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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Men OF the OF those early railroad builders
are the forces which drive humanity steadily along
che road OF progress They prove that virtually
nothing is impossible.
When the elevated railroad was first suggested.
even Old Man Vanderbilt roared with laughter. I'm
rossible! he declared. Whoever heard OF a rail-
road on stltls?"
Nevertheless. the gentlemen who refused to admit
that anything might be impossible went ahead with
their plans They built the elevated Wonder what
Vanderbilt would have said about a proposal to bury
tracks. trains and passengers in subways?
The history Of human failure is a never-ending
serial story. each installment repetition OF IT'S
impossible" and Il can't do It."
The history Of success is much smaller volume.
But it also IS never-ending serial story. with the
characters muttering firmly Nothing Is impossible"
and I'll do It or die in the attempt"
All powers and talents of man. all natural wealth
Of the earth, are merely fingers the hand known
as Human VIII Power
Without a never-agging viii power nothing
carry you through to success. With will power you
attain what you want, II of the fling
ers Of human ability and wealth are lacking
VIII power cannot be developed, for it lies dor
mant in every PERSONS character. What we call de-
velopment OF Will power is merely the bringing to
-ife OF a sleeping giant
That giant, If not already reused. be weak
ened IN you in the twinkling Of an eye.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
AMUSEMENT OR EDUCATION?

One very simple question ought 70 settle the tenn
pest the teapot the OF the public school
building for public gatherings
II the matters to be presented are purely educa-
tional IN character. they belong the schools to
given under conditions that preclude any private
Profit from the OF the public property and in
a that will enable all citizens to attend.
II they are amusements, entertaining in character
end put for the purpose of offering relaxation.
they belong in the theaters
broader use of public school buildings is to be
desired and some day the enormous investment in
them will put to a continuous use by citizens who
paid for them Some day they will be used for
community social gatherings. possibly
dances. in which the fast waning spirit orneghbor-
illness will be revived and broadened.
Until that enlightened view of the purpose of
school buildings and the public
advantage OF the chance run their plant" for
other uses than merely school rooms for children.
there are very definite limitations in the law upon
the use and the school board surely has no desire
to step beyond that legal limit which the ele-
ment is the use OF buildings for private profit Tha,
gives very definite criterion and one which
hoard has indicated that it intends to follow. No
other question involved none can be.
Fortunately South Bend is becoming known for
the high character of its theatrical buildings.
CUES nave as DulluIlBS OF SO ldISe
q investment in the business OF furnishing
ment to the public.
Amusement, by the way is one Of the most i'm
porart parts of city life. The city that is able to
offer to it's citizens the opportunity for satisfying
this common desire to meet the needs of it's popu-
aton this recognized necessity is always known
favorably abroad and is much more inviting than
limited small primitive and unsanitary
halls for such .recreauons.
One OF the big advertisements of this city at this
time is the fact that its theaters and movie palaces
compare favorably with those of Chicago.
There can be controversy and competition
between public buildings and these private enter
prses Each has its definite place in the communi
ty. devoted to entirely different purposes and di-
rected 10 clearly defined different fields of
tivity.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
RULED BY TRIPLES.

A Los Angeles woman obtaining a divorce. sol
emily told the court that a bridge game destroyed
her home she happened to trump her husbands
ace said to high crime by bridge experts where
uron the husband put on his hat and coat, walked
out and never returned.
Perhaps some confirmed bridge addicts will de-
fend the act OF the husband the high moral
ground that the vites act was indicative of such
lack OF thrift. such wastefuno-s OF character such
thoughtessness as to justify his desertion.
other people will smile hold in contempt
person whose view OF life such that he will per-
nit himself to be guided and ruled by triCes and
meaningless things
Then II they examine their own lives and their
own actions they may discover that they are made
up altogether Of trivial thinss and that most people
are guided and directed in their affairs by seemingly
unimportant things.
Few ever rise 10 the dignity Of crisis over some
lie things.
II am nib5led to dea-h by ducks" so5bed the dis
traught Fals,aff who had faced courageously the
death OF q fighting man uron the field or battle.
His experience was not uncommon. The petty an
noyances OF the day tear down the vitality and block
more fine ambitions than do real obstacles or serious
raenaces.
The petty worries Of life are more destructive
than Us grave problems More careers are ruined
by small habits OF thoushtessnes carelessness Cos
sip. envy or Jealousy than by crime or lack OF
ability
The husband who could not forgive the trumplns
q his ace might have forgiven much graver Of
lenses Little things rule the world or is it true
that there are no ;riGes in life?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
SEPTEMBER II, 1922


The oldest man to receive citizenship papers IN
the United States is Dr. James r. W Ward who
practioed his profession medicine IN many lands
AID finally comes here because Il Is the only nation
that has genuine liberty OF thought and education
His choice rests upon experience, a life time Of It.
He has travelled Europe felt the repression
OF autocracy when new ideas were presented or new
methods devised for the aid Of mankind. He has
been In the islands OF the Pacific and found that
those who tempted to think must use caution
not to disturb the old and ancient traditions and su-
perstitlons
It Is happy coincidence that he comes at a time
when the subject Of freedom OF speech is occupying
the minds Of many thoughtful men and women of
the nation. who are somewhat alarmed at the ten
dsncy 20 aside this priceless privilege in order
TO accomplish some immediate objective and settle
temporary problem
Men and women who are earnestly asking them
selves whether this America is to endure are per-
turbed at the stand taken by the government in the
strike injrnctions These came men and women have
little or no sympathy with the action Of strikers ana
especially Of the small minority OF hotheads and OF
leaders who have committed acts of violence in or
win advantage. Many are not at all sym
pathetic with union labor at all-but they are deep.
" in sympathy with the idea that the first
ton OF the republic is freedom Of speech free
dom Of thought and freedom Of the press
Many good lawyers in Congress have expressed
the opinion that the attorney general of the United
States has struck blow this right in his demand
FOR an injunction which forbids certain utterances
and seeks TO prevent expression Of opinion TO
the merits Of the railway controversy.
To take away that right means much than
the curbing Of strikers for opens the way to the
coming OF an autocracy of courts and a tyranny by
government that would be most thiny masked by
the forms OF democracy
II Is more than important that the right Of free
speech and the freedom of thought be protected in
al its purity in this land since this the only
ton where there is any pretease OF its protection
When a man Of 90 in search of this liberty finds
this the one and only place where this right
ished It may be taken as certain that this is the
only Land Of real liberty be kept such. not
only IN name but in reality.
The repression OF free speech has always resulted
in revolution. The only limitation uron that right
Is the advocacy of the government Of government by
force.
It is essential in times Of stress that this right be
maintained, for it is only when men and women are
exercised over some special problem that the right
Itself is important.
The enrolment OF Or. Ward citizen OF this
land under his expert evidence OF his reason for
coming here should be call to every citizen to
be on goard against any invasion of the glorious
heritage. received from men who fought and died
that their liberty Of thought might be guaranteed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Constable Newt Plum has bit
terIy ridiculed tn conclusion recent
ly arrived at by tn International
Conference of Police Chiefs that lack
o home trainin' is responsible fer
our criminals. In 30 fer as regards
that's concerned. their hain't nOthln'
into it." declares tn veteran officer
Lack o. home trainin.' lack O
watchfulness on tn part O parents,
may result in pranks an petty mis-
demeanors on tn part o. youngsters,
but tn worst defaulters an sharp
ers an sneaks I've ever knowed had
good folks Some o. them wuz Cdu-
Gated fer tn ministry. an all o. them
had been trained right down L n
minute ole Allison Peabody, back
in tn seventies. wuz sixty five years
ole an highly trained before he had
an opportunity q steal. He had allus
been in tn newspaper business be
fore he WIZ elected county treasurer.
AL Timmon's big outa wuz stolen by
his own brother who'd never been
away from home but once in his
life Upton Bud has got a nephew
that wuz raised in an apartment an
never had no home life an he's al
most twenty-five years ole an has
never been in trouble. o. course
its fine fer folks Z set a good ex-
ample fer Their children an urge 'en
. be honest an truthworthy so that
when they sit up in jail they feel
that they'd dong Their best t train
en- Pearl Slocum, that wuz cleo
trocuted in tn east a few days ago
fer murderin' an aged couple fer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
The Ring
By James ]. Montague

mond counter in the store without
seeing any one I knew.
There was a very nattiiy attired
bald headed man in attendance. and
ne looked sentimental az asked
him 10 show me the solitaire rings.
You're going 20 DO Il beautiful
~" he almost sighed And I'll
guarantee she is worth IT,"
I mumbled something about
very charming girl.
'I know" he whispered. Il
know, Love comes but once. and
here he glanced at me-"when il
gets Us fellows who aren't boys any
more, it hits US hard"
BY this time he had a glittering
tray before me, and I was paving
il over interestedly when my tenn
perature suddenly fell with a thud,
and the baubles before me became
mere glare.
Al my side was a lady who lived
next door. knew my wife and fam
lily intimately, and took very keen
interest in all our affairs
Again I resorted to the clumsy ex-
pedient OF looking al my watch.
Another time" I said 20 the
clerk. important engagement I for
got. Mast hurry"
But ii was too late
Just Buying 1t For Friend.
Buying diamonds" said the
lady's voice. How WONDERFUL!
and what BEAUTIFUL bis ones
those arei"
"one is engaged but once" said
the clerk
would have Drained him If the
little stools beside the counter had
not been firmly bolted 70 the floor.
Just looking EN- over" said
feebly. Always admire such things.
Thought perhaps some day ! would
be able 10 afford one for
II know" said the lady And
she'll be just crazy about any of
those. TT keep your little secret till
you surprise her suppose it's an
anniversary or something's"
mo" ! said. "NOt. exactly an an
niversary. The fact is that was
buying, or thinking of buying some
thing. for a-er-friend.
I didn't mean it the way she took
il. But I had no chance TO explain.
"I understand" she said Jelly.
Wen. Mr.. Jones, your secret will
still be safe, but I am certainly
amazed"
And out she went.
I have been trying 10 explain to
that woman for a week, but how
can you explain anything TO a per-
son who never sees you when she
passes you on the street, and won't
come 20 the door when you call?
I suppose sooner or later she Will
break the silence she has preserved
as far as my own family is concern
ed. and I have shown the telegram
around home to square myself in
advance
But the women in the neighbour
hood look at me coldly when they
don't actually litter after 1 have
passed them, and I have sent this
telegram, in lieu Of the diamond
ring
Come back here and attend to
your own jewelry. I have reputa-
ton TO maintain. JONES.
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

,h.ng about mans nat is the up
keep.
40 man can understand why a
woman will pay $50 for a hat con-
tanning $40 worth Of material and
$40 worth of label; yet most men
annually expend twice that amount
in blackmau 10 courtroom boys for
guarding a cherished So hat.
Picking out a new hat is a joy 70
woman. an agony 10 man-and a
Sacred rite 90 both OF them.
A man selects a hat a S he chooses
a wife-just shuts his eyes and
snatches the one nearest at hand
But. once having made his choice. he
always st.cks-to the'HAT!
Woman has done a lot OF foolish
things for sweet vanity's sake: but
she has never yet tortured her head
by encasing it in an alright straw
hat or a satin-lned. inverted baby-s
coffin. in midsummer.
once upon a time the graceful
lifting OF his hat was mans most
MAGNIFICENT gesture. but nova
DAYS he seldom raises il without in
ward resentment-except on enter
ing a church
To kiss a girl with his hat on was
once q crime against romance: but
now he seems 20 think n girl should
be flattered 10 be kissed by a man in
any costume
AFTER a man dies his widow may
look calmly on the house he built
the medals he won. his golf trophies
and even his old loYe-letters-but If
she loved him, she cannot gaze upon
one OF his old hats without a heart
breaking sensation OF grief and ten
deruess.
Emerson was right-the HAT is
the MAN
tCopyright, 1922. Helen Rowland) q.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
MEDIT4TIONS OF 4
MARRIED WOMAN
BY HELEN ROWLAND

The average mans devotion TO his
HAT IS one Of life's greatest mys-
teries.
It seems to be something sacred in
his life. which he cherishes and pro-
,ects as passionately as he does his
dignity his honor and his grand
mothers memory
He VIII tight for it, quarrel over
IL and risk his life under a motor
truck or a trolley car TO salvage its
remains in "a wind
Al least a full quarter OF his life
is spent in hunting for it.
II a man would display half the
daring and enthusiasm in pursuing
woman that he does in chasing an
old straw hat. life for a girl would
be so much more thrilling,
II he would cling 10 a faded or
withered wife as desperately and
Loyalty as he cliugs 10 a battered
panama that has lost all its youth
ful contour and beauty. divorce
might not be such a popular .nstitu-
ton.
When a boy wants 10 start a fight.
all he does is 10 snatch another boys
hat-and the battle is on. ANY nor
nal boy viii cheerfully tear his sun
day coat 20 shreds in the effort 70
rescue a ragged. 50-cent cap.
II is the INSULT Of the thing
You may disagree with mans
religion. decry his politics and laugh
AZ his figure. but II you value his
friendship. forbear 10 cast aspersions
on his hat
The expensive part OF a woman's
hat is the initial cost; the expensive
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

on a beautiful Sunday morning.
when everything seemed serene. no
cloud IN the sky, and even the coal
strike eeemingly on lis way 20 a
/ peaceful settlement, came this tele-
gram:
GO soon as possible best jewelry
joint in big town get solitaire ring
one thousands dollars for greatest
girl ever who viii name the day
sometime next December. You
know me and the way 1 do things
when the occasion Is on hand Shir
lat once BILL"
Bill owned a silver mine and a
couple OF railroads somewhere in
/ Montana. He had all the money nee
/ essary, and now obviously was 10
take a wife. and meant 70 do the
/ handsome thinSfto bind the bargain
he had made
To help him seemed a trifing
/ thing go do, and 1 was at a loss 10
know why a cold chill seemed 10
surround me suddenly as I thought
I Of the errand Il was something
prophetic in me- knew that now.
The next day I detoured toward a
jewelry store on my way 20 the Of
fee. Half block before got there
a friend from my suburban town
overhauled me and fell in step.
"A little off the beaten track.
what?" he said.
Yes" I replied. II have a little
] errand I thought I would attend 70
+ this morning. Glad I met you How
about little lunch together by and
by"
Sure" said my acquaintance. IN
the meantime I'll just run along with
you. Something for the wife, sup
pose ?"
It would have been better to tell
him. but somehow didn't quite like
TO. Buying thousand dollar diamond
rings was so far from my habit that
II would be sure to excite comment.
l made another effort to get rid Of
him.
Its a dentist" I said Got an
engagement with him at nine-thirty,
so long"
suits me-" he returned amiably;
"I'll sit in the waiting room and
FedQ a ItIf IldB1L " AAAAt 1ou Sc
EN- sharpened. I want 10 talk 10 you
about the finances Of the golf club
The Interested NeighbOr Appears.
Obviously 1 had made a mistake;
I didn't know a dentist within nine
miles of where ] was and didn't
dare go into any building and ask
for one.
What I did was incredibly clumsy,
but 1 never was one TO think quick
! ".
looked at my watch by jim
! inv" I said. Now I remember that
appointment was for this afternoon,
I guess I'll hurry right on down to
the office"
My Nemisis looks hurt. as he had
a right to.
"Of course" he said. IF am
butting inf you are under cover
or anything why
Not at all, not at all" I as
sured him. Let's grab this car and
we can talk the golf club stuff over
on the way down town"
Next day ] started on: once more
on my errand.
This time l got as far as the dia-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
Short Furious
By Kin Hubbard

seventy cents. wore spectacles when
he wuz a little BOY an recited in
public. He had a, goat an a veIoci-
pcde an WIZ a we'll trained normal
bay an didn' leave home Z go l.
work till he wuz thirty-two. It's
not generally known. but Jake Bent
ley has a boy in tn penitentiary.
He's been Their fer years as a con-
frmed criminal He WIZ we'll rails
ed, educated an polished, but he
couidn' go near a pen an ink with
out forgin'. Fer a long time his
folks hid tn ink bottle, but when
fountain pens become cheap an
Plentiful Their wuz no controlhn' him
SO ne had Z be shut UP. Fer ever
brutal. clumsy crime committed BY
some dull. sluggish Teller of obse-
cure origin, theirs ten well planned
atrCcious crimes committed BY
smart. educated an responsible
fends with good early traInIn' Just
recount tn crimes o. II last few
months that wUz committed by well
connected, we'll raised an even we'll
lido criminals. So we'll connected
an well-r-do, in fact, that most Of
'em are go!n' free as fast as they're
tried. Theirs some purity good an
honest people in this country that
didu' even have homes. Z say nothin'
o. home trainin' Also theirs a TO-,
O. woI bred crooks that are gett.L'
by on account o. Their splendid carly
environment. Let our police chiefs
give more time Z Ioundin' up GRIM
In9Is an not worry about how ,ney
originate"
Copyright National News Service
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
CAN YOU DO IT?

possible consider This:
In 1872 the Boston Courier said editoraIly The
project OF a railroad from Boston TO Albany i'm
practicable as every one knows who knows the sim
pest RUE OF arithmetic, and the expense would be
little than The market value OF the whole terri
tory OF Massachusetts,; and which. Il practicable.
every person OF common sense knows would be
useless as a railroad from Boston to the moon
Nevertheless crazy Missionaries" went ahead and
laid a network OF railroads. Having imagination.
they eairvoyanty sensed the future in store FOR New
York and other states.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17
PRICES BY CONSCIENCE.

An interesting experiment is being tried in 1T
tie town in Massachusetts, in the matter of taxi
fares.
The passenger pays what he thinks is right and
his honor and Of justice are the only sched-
ules for fares.
It is a little town and two little motor COM
prise the entire equipment for the enterprise which
has driven out all private competition.
At the end OF six months of such system, It de-
selops that the hackers Of the enterprise show de-
ficit Of Sill, quite considerable sum for so small
town.
That means that the people Of that community.
az least have not reached that stage development
in conscience where they will be honest voluntarily
or have not been educated the cost of service
ss to make an honest payment for the thing re-
ceived
What would happen in a larger community If this
b Isness were placed upon a similar basis would be
bankruptcy almost before the taxis needed new
set OF tires.
Contrast this result Of a new ideal and the ex-
pertinent of deasts with the fact that billions
OF dollars worth OF foreign money has been sold
in the United states within the past few months by
brokers who have told their clients that the mark,
he franc and the ruble bound back to
their former value in American money.
Before these values be restored, it must be
put there by the labor Of the German. French
and Russian worker
The German mark has been favorite form Of
Investment despite the fact that the printing
are running night and day manufacture this
money ard the total issue up date is several times
the value Of all property IN the German Empire be
fore the great war If the mark had its former
change value.
The people who buy these marks and francs and
uras in the hope OF getting something for moth
ing They expect to profit by some special and ex-
ira labor or hardship in creative work the Fart
OF these people whose nations put out the money.
IN no other way can the value come back
People buying these bargains" paying less than
they believe the article is worth. shall ride in the
taxis q pay nothing all Until the hope Of some
Thing for nothing driven out OF the minds OF men
and a new morality that demands only value for
value service is the recognized basis % human
tivites such experiments fixing prices by
science VIII fail
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Peggy Joyce said she was in the west for hard
work She kissed Charlie Chaplin the other day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Have you paid your telephone
bill yet? adv-260
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Boston broke his les in %pty coal bin.
Another evil result OF the coal strike
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

EVENING EDITION
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

AT this price you can ge- a
fine golden or fumed oak ex-
tension table and only 81 de-
llvers T. m your home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-17

Choice OF the best stock
Of rugs we have ever
had. All the very new
est patterns and color
ings and any rug deEv-
cred upon the paymen-
OF but 81 down. This
Is your chance 20 get
new rugs for every
room IN your home
which needs one and
you viii find our prices
afford unusual bargains