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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
ROMEN IND GREATNESS.

The leaders OF the feminist movement in this
country should be Interested in the latest attack
upon the very foundation Of their movement. which
comes from Indianapolis physician.
lie has the temerity TO announce that no woman
in all history has ever been really great He boldly
and mos brazenly sets forth his declaration that
Incapable of really performing
upon those standards which make for permanent
place history
Let him tell his story when he says: mo
woman Of history measures to the stature of great
ness Many Of them have nodded men into great
ness-they worked In the shadows and we know
little OF them No woman will ever be great. AS
might the pride OF will the opposi-
ton OF men 10 such great and steady weight that
she Will sink. The mind Of a Is not like the
mind or a man She only go toward fame and
greatness by spurts. Whatever any woman does is
by spurts and not by steady, unconquerable heat
as a man approaches the field of greatness. She is
easily diverted Is not. She wears out her
Hash Of genius by Fostering with details-details
that SWEEPS aside with laugh"
All OF which is very interesting but chiefly be-
cause none OF it is true. While most Of the men
who have written their names large upon the pages
OF history have admitted that they the product
OF some woman's Inspiration woman who has
achieved fame has ever yet confessed that she
even helped effort by any man. and there have
been some illustrious names OF women that viii be
remembered long books read and history
- studied.
Joan OF Arc for instance immortal To say
that she fame By spurts and not by sustained
efforts deny the capacity for patriotic love and
unselhsh devotion which her inspiration.
Perhaps the writing by Harriet Beecher stowe Of
a book that aroused nation to the crimes the
brutalities of human slavery. a squirt, but that
book was but reflection Of her entire life put into
words She wrote it because she had felt deeply
the wrongs OF a race and her rebelled against
the degradation OF great class of PEOPLE for
the pleasure or benefit of another.
AS a matter Of fact. impartial judges OF the infu-
ences which have shaped the destines of human
- kind might more truthfully say hat all women
possess inherent greatness. Some few achieve
lasting fame by being even greater.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
SECRETS EXPOSED.

Some one finally says a good word for the
kaiser The "some one" Is Sir Basil Thomson, for
head of Scotland Yard detectives
Thomson. now lecturing in America. and revealing
inside stuff" Of the British secret service says:
1.-THE Germany general staff had resolved uron
the invasion Of Belgium and they put their plans
before the kaiser. He vetoed them.
This situation continued for as hours and after
the general staff had issued the orders for the
to advance. Won Moltke to the kaisers bed
room at in the morning and asked him to sign
the order He refused. Won Moltke then said that
the safety of the fatherland had devoved upon the
general staff and, If your majesty refuses sign,
the general staff must take the responsibility
'In other words" according to Thomson, 1.-The
kaiser must choose between abdicaton and approval
and he took the latter course"
Thomson's lecture. instead OF absolving the ex-
kaiser from guilt. distributes the guilt the
ders OF many Bill included.
melodramatic picture OF the death of Rasputin.
sacred devil of Russia" Is given by Thomson.
Rasputn. taken to a palace basement dining hall.
given bottle of poisoned wine that had been
tried out a dog
Rasputn. when the poison got to him. breathed
heavily and foamed at the mouth. but showed
signs of dying. So Prince Youssarov. when Rasputin
staggered at him. gave him n shot out of pistol
and the monk fell backwards with terrible cry"
A doctor called in, examined the body and pro-
nounced It dead. Later Youssapov approached the
corpse and put his hand under the robe to feel the
heart. 1t seemed TO be still. when suddenly Ras-
putin up and seized him by the throat"
Youssapov escaped. Rasputin staggered to the
door out into the snow. Three pistol shots
brought him down. But took a bludgeon finish
the work
He died hard. You do not wonder Youssapov
decided that Rasputn the devil himself
Sir Basil Thomson thus adds :. few more paees
to the inside history" of the World war already
contributed to heavily by william Hohenzollern,
Lloyd George, Franklin x. Lane and others.
The Inside stuff" is coming on the very heels
of the That is contrary custom for dplo-
mats usually leave their memoirs to be published
after death.
We fortunate. It is rarely that a generation
that fights lives to learn what took place
behind the scenes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12

ana tastes were or the child. hers
Instincts child instincts. Today in
thought and action and dress she Is
an adult. One does not even have
10 talk 10 Charlotte Mills TO see these
changes.
What caused this quick transition?
Shock first OF all. Then grief.
hotly tempered with anger. These
emotions no doubt prompted her 10
demand the governors help in
avenging the murder Of her mother.
Instantly the white spotlight Of pub
licity focused upon her.
Transition Overnight.
Observe then the transition from
the schoolgirl. Overnight she is the
woman Of experience-the transition
mirrored in the modish clothes sud
denly hers; latest hats, new gowns.
bangles of extreme style at her ears,
silks. striking hosiery.
1t is all analogous TO william
James description OF the groups Of
completes in the human mind, each
holding an interest in a different
thing-and suddenly one Of them
wildly brought forward by some
psychological stimulus, by what
James calls the searchlight Of con-
seriousness thrown on the area"
That is what happened to Char
lotte Mills. sudden stimuli OF death
Of grief, OF spectacular environment
and publicity acted on her subcon-
scious mind like water on a seed,
the subcOnscious blossoms suddenly
Towering and bursting into activity.
Like a searchlight in the dark IL
Eliminating a single key Of type
writer, so certain completes of the
girls mind would rise above the
others-such as self-assertion, supe-
riority aggrandlzement.
In the Spotlight.
She now thinks and talks and acts
and even dresses in a totally differ
ent way than before. Take the su-
periority complex alone. 1t follows
Freud's theory OF the biological or
sexual basis of a womnns desire to
excel other women and be more at
tractive.
Ills liipulSe OI ueS4Ie may De SUD
conscious, but ii is there. Grief. for
example, may be a sincere and
honest grief, as in the case of Char
lotte Mills, and yet find its outlet
and its climatic result in new gowns
and silks and earrings.
Charlottes face is free from the
lines of mental stress. Yet remem-
Der that she Is now in the spotlight,
and clothes and show and display
and adornment may be simply the
OIL ward illustration Of the child in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12

with some awe and much sought after for opinions
on every weigh;y subject. from fePpers 70 finance.
Both are rendering oxactly the same service that
OF furnishing fuel The distinction Is a matter Of
size and words.
The chauffeur for a taxicab very seldom hnds
his name IN the social register and Is often
invited a guest 20 exclusive clubs. The head OF
a railroad, matter how short 1t may be, has
standing. Both engaged IN the business Of
carrying people who 20 get somewhere.
The dresEnaker who once sewed in the families
obtains a certain elevation and Standing II she
adopts French name. lacks Madame to it as a
front porch and dubs herself modiste.
The messenger boy IL object of jest for the
comic papers The manager OF a telephone com-
pany sits with the mighty
Both deliver messages from people who wish to
get into communication with other people.
The distinction IS not matter of organization.
money power. II rests largely in the fact that
certain very definite suggestions TO the human mind
The explanation OF the reason girls prefer
to work harder and longer in factories than they
would be compelled TO perform If they took
ployment in private homes. that they deliberately
ditions be found in the fact that unfortunately
in the old days those who engaged domestic
service were called hired girlA"
That touches the pride. Some day some one will
invent a high sounding title for the same work and
1t will become popular.
Words have been terrible handicap to improve
ment in many conditions in life. They will be a
TO happiness in industry when the fact that
all honorable and the only disgrace is idle
ness becomes more firmly established in the morali-
ties.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
Picking On the Passenger
By James J. Montague

rs the way they look at you and
the way they humble about you as
they walk down the aisle after you
asked them a question.
Then suspicion always sits en-
throned on Their countenances, and
II by chance your ticket has slipped
from the crack beneath the orna-
mental plush strip on the top Of the
seat where you tucked it, and fallen
on the floor, you know, as you
frantically paw around to find IT,.
that Icy think you haven't any tick
ct and are trying to steal a ride.
On occasions such as these they
exhibit a sort Of an Impotence that
corner policemen exhibits when he
has told an owner-chauffeUr TO come
ahead and the Characterization cant
get his car started.
1t is not a pleasant impotence.
There Is something about Il that
convinces you that drastic action IS
about to be taken and that you VIII
be seized by the scruff on the neck
and dropped off the platform.
If you could ignore conductors. as
you can certain other classes o.
ficials such as presidents and gov
ernors, it would be different. But
you can't. They insist on themselves.
There Is no lodging them. They
have certain things TO say 10 you,
such as, Keep your feet off the
seatsl" and Don't you know bet
ter than to stand on the PLATFORM"
that you must listen to.
IT, ~ n arr,10r, mill not or rrOrr
alone
Why Courtesy Signs Came Down
On the suburban train which J en-
ploy daily 1 often seek slumber In
order that I may enjoy II 10 the
utmost limit Of the time I am on
the train. I frequently tuck my
Communication ticket under the rail
where it can be easily seen by the
cOnductor-even partially removing
the coupon so he can detatch Il
without troubling me.
Does he do it? Not he. He de-
tatches IL all right
But he also takes out the ticket
along with IT, and prods me in the
chest with It till I waken. saying:
Here's your ticket. Don't you
want it?"-tili am thoroughly
awakened
He wouldn't let me sleep for any
money though why I have never
found out.
on this same railroad there used
70 be notices posted up IN ali the
cars that courtesy was the rule Of
the road and all the employees OBJ
serve It.
They took them down a couple
OF years ago. People laughed ar
them so much that the railroad was
afraid # would have to pay the gov
eminent an amusement tax on them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
A NIGHT UNDER GARLAND'S ROOF
Closeup OF Millionaire Philosopher

in the news are just like other per-
sons, il seems. only perhaps. a 1T
tie kinder.
over on the couch Doris Benson
continued her contemplative stare.
She's thinking about gas en-
gines. explained Miss EdgertOn-
Barley (the family mace for Gar
land) was explaining the car 20 her
all afternoon but she can't get IL
through her head" Doris was con-
trite.
Garland smiled az her indulgently.
Every few minutes h would reach
above the lamp. Behind the lamp
were two rows Of books. all the dIa-
logues of Plato. all the works OF
Tolstoy. Veins Outline OF History,
The Outline Of Science" a volume
Of Ibsen's PLAYS, a work Of Edward
Carpenter. other books combining
poetry. history and science.
Between cigarets Garland leaned
back in his chair offering occasional
Observations.
Jung and Freud and the rest
were given TO Interpreting every
thing through the medium Of ser"
he said He didn't know but what
some other medium would do as
we'll
He hadn't read "Tertium Organ
um" but meant TO. Understood it,
was a meaty book. He wished more
people would read Edward Carpen-
ter.
Once he jumped up to get Web
ster's definition Of pathological. Then
he led an animated discussion as 20
the exact relation between pathos
and disease.
Afterward he took d volume Of
poems by Edna st. Vincent NIllay
under his arm and went to his bed
in the barn.
Women Seeking Happiness.
The two women told me they are
seeking happiness through this ven
ture Of shaking off the trappings OF
city life and living simply and plain
" and close to the soil
Though Shy and wistful, Doris
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
SOUTHAMPTON DOCK
NEARS' COMPLETION
World Largest Floating Dock
VIII Cost More Than Five
Million Dollars.

SOUTHAMPTON. Nov. Ii The
worlds largest floating dock VIII
shortly be located at Southampton.
For its construction contract
for over five million dollars has
been given to Armstrong, Whit
worth & CO.
But this is only part OF a vast inn
provement scheme which the Lon
don & Southwestern Railroad -
owner of the d0cks-is planning FOR
the port The ann Is TO make
southampton the greatest rend ~
vOus for ships in the world Tho
cost. Including these other improve
ments, viii not be much less than
twenty-five millions
The dock abou- 10 be constructed
will be in commission a year from
now tt viii accommodate ships up
to 5000 tons burden
Built of steel. if VIII be held en-
position by four large steel moorin-
booms attached % large concrete
,"dolphins." About $50 feet long
and 134 feet wide. o. viii DE ar-
preached from the present docks by
a pair of foot bridges.
HbH imam NLDN mas r-A lIt An'h11
but only one can accommodate liners
of the size of the Aquitania. Olym-
pic and Bereug8rla.
The Majestic. which has a dock
ing weight Of $500 sons cannot be
dry-docked here under present con.
ditions but. after tho alterations g.
viii be possible TO lower the Float
ing dock 90 IS feet below the water
level The ship will ride in. tho
water VIII be pumped out and The
vessel high and dry VIII Doe ready
for the painters and repa-rars 70
walk under her
Dredg.ns for the site or this mon-
ster dock viii De as deep a. fo feet
and VIII involve the clearing az SG0.-
600 tons OF mud
To pump the sea water out OF Tho
floating dock and ff." vessel of
the Majestic class ulu take about
four hours.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
By Kin Hubbard

Theirs a great moral lurHn' in tn
Prof. Elmer Peg desertion case, that
comes up at tn fall term O. court
great lesson fer all, male an famale.
Elmer Peg made tn common, age
old mistake o. gettin' married be-
fore he found himself. before he
knowed that his lie work wuz [
be. He wuz workin in a sawmnl
when he married Myrtle Tate,
girl ever'way qualified [ grace
mill hands home. an had TO be
continued as a mill hand he you'd
not be where he is t'day which is
in tn jug with a prison term con-
frontin' him, as he has no money.
His wife erred too. She should have
cast about TIL she found beau less
ambitious an likely Z rise In the
world. Perhaps. like all girls high
or low, she did not stop Z think
what she wuz dom. She prob'ly rea-
soned, here's a chance L git mar
red" an grabbed Il. But Elmer
Peg an his wife lived happily en-
ough until IN an evil moment he
left tn saw mill Z become a school
teacher. His new calm cast him
'mongst women folks. an It wuz on
" a few years till he developed
likin' fer a Villowy organ teacher o
gentle blood. AS he learned Z know
her better II begun I dawn on him
that he'd married beneath him. He
commenced { regret that he wuzz
not single aGin. Tn tussle with his
conscience grew hercer an fiercer
day by day. Finally he an tn organ
teacher decided they could not live
without each other. All tn while tn
fat, simple. hard-workin' wife an
mother kept singin' as she picked
her way 'mongst he cooin'. spraw-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
OtherE ditors ThanO Ours
SENATOR LODGE.
CNew York Times


In 1915 Sen Lodge defeated his Democratic
opponent former Mayor Fitzgerald by nearly 81 900
votes In 1922 his magnificent plurality over Col.
CASTOR is 1.945, and the colonel demands a recount.
That is the Judgment OF Massachusetts, upon his
work especially during the last four years BY such
narrow squeak for all his long service and sup
posed prestige. does he hang on to HIS rost the
veteran leader, the chairman the committee on
foreign relations Of the senate the accomplished
scholar and statesman whose exceptional gifts and
dis nterested devotion TO public duty displayed
through his long career have given his leadership
that special quality which associate with the
Massachusetts, tradition" a Sec'y Hughes called
him. How many Republican votes were cast against
him can't be known. In the Republican primaries
there more than S. 900 votes for Joseph
Walker. insistent advocate OF the League OF
Nations and some 1900 voters cast their ballots
neither for Lodge for Walker.
Mr.. Lodge had to save his skin before the mi
maries BY getting hides the free list The extent
OF his perturbation in the campa gn may be Judged
from the fact that he tried 20 down from his
chilling heights and be mixer. He had previously
angled for various racial votes" He stopped 10
conquer; and how magnificent his victory and how
he must be fattered by this strong evidence OF his
popularity and the public gratitude for his great
achievements! Gov. Cox. against whose renomina-
ton there was strong opposition. a colorless and
against Honey Fitzgerald one OF the best cam
paigners the state gets plurality of more than
$4,000. What compliment for the veteran leader
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT
(NEA stan Writer)

MTDDLEBORO. Mass. Oct. IS
I have spent a night under the roof
OF Charles Garland. 23-year-old mil
lsonaire. who gave up fortune. wife
and children in order that he might
te-himself.
His hermit retreat Is a recon
structed hen house. divided through
the middle and equipped with a
stove. a table. 8. cot, a desk. a lamp
and a typewriter.
Here Is the oddly assorted family
which is seeking TO wrest happiness
out Of Garland's tumbledown farm
seven miles out from this pictur-
esque little town:
Garland-tall. clad in a heavy
wcolen shirt. khaki trousers. wooden
stockings and mOccasins; a little
shaggy mustache. betraying gleam-
ing white teeth when he smiles.
Doris OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
Garland. sturdily built. hair cut
short, clad in Knockers and a blue
sweater.
Alice Edgerton-friend Of Doris
and OF Garland. blond braid down
her back. clad in Knockers and green
blouse, and using the soft thee"
and thou" OF the Quakers.
There was Laughter.
AS stumbled across the darkness
the lights from the reconstructed
chicken house shone warm and yell
low. a blond girl was sitting on
the cot and hugging her knees con-
templatively A tall dark man was
reading something out Of a book.
There was laughter. They greeted
me kindly.
IF folks would only get to know
US" said the Quakeress.
As we sat and talked Miss Edger-
ton suddenly said:
Hast thee been fed? ?"
And so while some argued and
others listened, she built brisk lit
tie fire in the range and piled me
with hot chocolate and soup left
from supper. and fresh brown bread.
These persons who have figured so
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12

Benson vigorously denied that ahe
agreed Wao.y with a.. ot GarAn1s
tAeor4as.
ANYWAY. che said Zach per
son mas 20 work cut those things
alone What I went 20 learn just
now, though. IS 20 De a good farmer
A-ce E4gerior vas likewise a1N-
ious 10 learn 90 he 5000 farmer as
part or the pursi-t ~ happiness.
Almost a. pc. ara'1ut az Gar.and's
Has been the career ~ ih.7 friendly
eyeo youhs woman VINO i'r TWO years
has lived without money Her
clothing has been OF -he simplest
one s<lr~ TWO m-a-.e=- and the plain
~ o. other garments Recently she
mas substituted NnieSers Tor The
skirt.
Her policy has been go work wher-
ever she was needed. n shop, hos
p-tol or home. ana 90 ask Tor such
SIMPLE lhln7S SIS supplied her wants.
Holding such ideas i- was natural
that she should g-2ru.e eventually
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12

lin, crawlin' little tots, an looked
after tn routine duties o. tn home.
Several times she thought she detect
ed a CROWN GOODNESS in tn atti-
tude of her school teacher husband
but she dismissed tn ugly thought
an attributed his demeanor Z tn
complex an ardUous duties o. his
profession. an that WIZ purity good
reasonin' fer an uncultured wild
flower utterly UnacQuainted with ia
ways o. tn world. With nine little
children she wuZ too busy L watch
him an as IS too often tn case.
she wuz TOO dependent on him L git
him mad, much as he would have
been pleased 10 have had her do. fer
then he would have had some sort
OF an aEbi fer his sneaEin' an un-
manly conduct prob'ly incompata-
bility. Anyhow, Prof. Elmer PEG an
his weetheart organ teacher run of
tgether. Public sympathy went out
az once Z tn deserted wife an
children. an an aroused community
demanded that no stone be left IN
turned Z apprehend tn desertIn'
fend. o. course he wuz found IN due
time. as you can't escape justice an
carry a woman. In a statement O
Constable Newt Plum. who went q
Hurley. Wisconsin. Z bring him
back. tn professor said that he'd
long considered maxim a change
that his wife dressed too loose. that
she made no effort . reduce, an
haF oh ~ a.
~, an O. no help { him in his work
But as tn train pulled IN an he
seen his wife standin' in tn crowd.
he cried: Il never seen Myrtle look
as purity. Somebody has dolled her
up. Constable. all ask Is another
chancsi"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-12
4 MATTER OF Words.

= The who stands behind all night lunch
counter objected when patron called him waiter
? He insisted that he was a clerk and protested
against a wrong class heauon.
A New York newspaper thought the thing was
funny enough to merit half column description
= OF the argument al with the plain inference that
4 the man was a waiter.
OF no importance OF course. unless you happen
20 think how much time wasted the mere mat
OF titles and how great stress Is paid BY many
. people Of in fact 20 the question OF dignity
:. rather than service
The man who chops wood in the country obtains
: large amount of social recognition from that
- The who manages gas Plant a STABLE
> city l. a very important parsonage. looked upon