South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 54, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 23 February 1915 — Page 4

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M( n r.Mii iu.s a m i :m m i :nts. Destruction of the Stotsnburi: cnienilmcnt.s to the Indiana constitution, as nmv predated in the reports from Indianapolis, may or may not rove a Rood tiling for the state. Certainly, having hern promotefl as an iid to fori stalling a new constitution for the Mace, or any very material change in the present one, it will not be likely to break the heart of ccn -S'en. Stots--nlurK. if the amendments as amended should fail. What is really wanted by the party leaders of both parties in the b -Kislat tire. Is pot a new constitution, nor an amended constitution, but th same old conMitution that wo now have, and v hether Improperly entered upon the ITU.'! legislative journals or no, technicalities calculated to kill the amendments were to be expected, and were expected, the moment the more progressive f)f the number were passed by the 5enate. The amendment throwing down the bars to the legislature to pass laws providing for the initiative, the referendum and recall, is what, quite beond doubt, excited so immediate a ili'Aovtry that there was no foundation beneath any of the amendments. Jt would never do to allow such a provision to p before' the people of the state and take chances on their approval of it. Iieter to lose all the amendments, and even those desirable to partisan manipulators, than to take fiances on this "dreadful scourge" beins thrust upon them. Those lawts who have made this startling discovery, which has been maintained as existing for a month, need, indeed, to b congratulated on their politicoThe Stotsenburt; amendments have been a farce since the moment that they emanated from the fertile brain f their author. It is doubtful if they were ever intended to be written into tiie fundamental law of the state, and i is doubtful that they ever will bo. r.csides, there are several of them that it would be just as well that they should not be. The amendments on the basis of taxation, and likewise j resrrilun the future electorate, ought not to have the approval of the state for an instant. What Indiana reeds is a new constitution, not piecemeal amendments, and th;U is what the state will eventually et. roirs in tiii: tkf.nciif.s. Poets, playwrights and artists lighting in the trenches! Nothing better demonstrates the brutal wastefulness of war than does! the list given out of well-known! French literary men and artists who are now risking their lives in battle. There are well-known names among those mcn out names of men whose special capacity for high service is ouite wasted in tho trenches, for there they an do no better work than the dullest peasant, and perhaps not as good. Some of these literary lights may. Indeed, develop something of military tapacity. -en something of military genius, hut the chance that men so highly specialized along lines wholly dilleient will do eltlur, is so small as to he practically negligible. The grounds on which such men i e. u id claim exemption from military duty at a time of n itional peril are not easily definable, out to put them on the tiring line reveals the senseless waste which war involves more clcarlv and strikingly than does the similar use of men of abilities more common though not less valuable. The s.oj spectacle also 11 u.-t ra te ;:nd emphasizes the further fact that i:iy man is out of place in a battle tuiich. The farmer, the artisan, the lerk. the day laborer and any other man with -apacity for usefulness to the world is wasting that capacity on the battlefield. All of the useful and vplifting qualities in human nature go to waste in battle. Indeii, the arti.-ts p..ets and playwrights may ritarn from the war lo give the world a new art. a new literature, and a new drama. It is ino:iceivab!e that the dreadful seems and heart sarings of the front will pot work decided effects in the future werk of the artists ar.d writers who ur i e. Hut it will 1 e a new art. a new lull. it ;iie arid a new drama, hrutalhed. Fnfort up.ateh . not all the eils of war . nd with war. WHAT M.M M ( ( Is? Select a d-'en of th most successful mm o i know. They will show eery possible variation in their physial and me.nt.tl haractenstics. They will include tall arm short, fat mv! h an. brunette and blonde, handloiue and h'ivo!. Thie will be ; namr them Americans. Frghshmi n. " i -r. lino n. I riiiim-n. 'a na d l i lis .So . : , a re m idd b--a gd and s,,j;ie Germans and o u ng. ot In rs p. ist the meji'han. Tm ir weights will ran from I".', t-. 1' .". i an,;--. M nt iliv the i!;:: ni,. , s an ju-t as rre.it. T;re will be optimists and o-ii!i;!:-, briip.mt tal'uej- and silent uau; fcume i.ei o.s and fus and

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PRINTING COMPANY. .South Bend. Indiana t he 1'oftoff.co at Fouth liend. Indiana others with poise; some buoyant and others sedate; some fond of companionship, others solitary; some are neat, others careless, and they dress in all decree? of fashion. They differ just as widely in intellectual attributes as they do In physical characteristics. Of course, there are pronounced qualities that count decidedly nsrainst a man, and there arc either qualities that count strongly in a man's favor. Iiut every day almost we see the man with the unfavorable, qualities winnine out, and the man with everything in his favor failinp. It always has been so. History shows us that most of the men who have amounted to much in the world have had very little chance to start with. Then, what is it, lyine, deep within the man and hidden from the surface, which impels him to success It Is not environment not what we commonly call opportunity. Tho greatest successes in history and in everyday modern business are achieved by men whose environment was unfavorable, apparently, and who had no opportunities that were visible except through their own peculiar vision. Their opportunities lay within themselves, not outside. Then what's the answer? m,ui'nx;, sam? In the old Mississippi river steamboat days, when draw-poker flourished apace and things ran wide-open, it was considered strictly according to Hoyle to stand pat on a pair of deuces that is; if your poker instinct told you that your vis-a-vls would likely chuck his hand into the discard. ! J-'omotimes he had threes to go and stayed, in which case you found yourself "out on a limb." A good many old timers are wondering if Uncle Sam lias a, "hunch" in his dictum to Germany re the newly established North Tea war zone. It would be awkward, to say the least, if Germany should call, for we would be confronted with the alternative of laying down or losing cur pile. It's an axiom of the national game that a bluff is only good when you get away with it. Where lie would produce the pair of sixes, said to be essential, in such situation, is what is puzzling those familiar with the armament Uncle Sea carries in his hip pockets. a thxas ui:n;-M aking colon I ine uipiomatic veu was incautious ly thrust aside when the news was permitted to leak out in Washington that Col. K. M. House of Austin, Pres't Wilson's intimate friend and counsel-. r, who is in London on a tour of the capitals of Europe ostensibly to coordinate the various measures of relief undertaken for Americans abroad v as in reality an unofficial peace envoy. At the white house it was denied that Mr. House was authorized to carry on any negotiations for peace, though admitted that Pres't Wilson expected "to learn much of interest about the diplomatic situation through him.'' Many diplomats in Washington ini line lo the belief that Col. House may be instrumental in developing, unofficially, an understanding of the conditions under which the belligerents would make peace. A childhood jingle recurs to us as a propos: "May I go with you my pretty maid?" "Nobody asked you. Sir, she said." ome one asks what has become of the man who used to have a fireplace in every room in his house, and depend on them largely for heating. Well just now he may be scolding his wife for letting the furnace get down so low that the thermometer fell below 7 5 degrees. Maybe Germany and Austria will give Poland independence, with an Austrian king. And then the czar might counter with a second Poland, with a Ilurvlan king. Wouldn't it be wonderful If poor Poland came out of the war as twins? Efforts are being made to reform the spelling of college students. As their writing is often illegible, mistakes in spelling are ofUu not disc ovtrctl. The small boy need not think he can throw an ink bottle around the school room and escape the consee.uenees. on the ground that he was within hi rights as a belligerent. MKs Wilson of Rcverly. Mass.. has to get out of Rerlin because she was ton curious. .hf was loeklng into yi;i barrels. Just like a woman! And now ittawa, Ont., r-os to bed in the dark thrm:Kh fear of mysterious .4 rj,lant s: .Mayl'O the kaisrr hue a .yo on Hudson hay. eh? Tht re is no full mon in February. The uld Fanner's Almanac khouid run

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It has ,cvn a hard winter for theMri'.il companies, but walking the railroad tracks is a '-nod healthy exercise. j Holly.' Is Fnt le Sam K'oins to wear I n chip on one shoulder for the F.ritshoulder for Oormnnv? Those (Juadalajara people are the wic Mexicans. They rreet with joy ! anybody's arms that takes their city. Belgians are reported to be "crazy over American pork and beans." are we but "for" not "over." The raisin contains "." per cent of the rpost nourishing and easily digestible food. Demon rum quits Pes Moines altogether because council wouldn't renew licenses. Statesmen Real and Near. By Fred C Kelly WASHINGTON. Feb. 2'.i. P. D. Decker, a boyish-looking congressman from Joplin, Mo., is a great friend and admirer of Sen. James A. Reed. During the debate in the senate on the shipping bill somebody came up to Decker ami began to east aspersions on the things Heed was doing over in the senate. "See here," interrupted Decker, "I want you to understand that I am a friend of Jim Heed's and it he has really done something foolish 1 won't admit it." When the time came to start his campaign for reelection to congress last fall. Hep. John V. Desher of Pennsylvania was asked by the democratic campaign committee to furnish them with copies of all the speeches he had made in the house during his term of olHce. They wished to go through them, pick out the goodies, as one would from a hickory nut and make use of them in boosting Lasher's candidacy. "But the trouble is," said Lesher. "I have not made any speeches. So far as I can recall now I haven't uttered a word, except on roll call." "Wha-a-a-t!" gasped the chief of the committee. "You didn't make a speech? Well, how in the name of nil Hryan do you expect to make a campaign then? That's what speeches in congress arc for to use in the following campaign. The people will think you're a dead one when they learn that you never got up and talked about any of the great questions of the day. What did they send you down there for, anyhow? J say, what did they send you down there for? And how can you hope for reelection?" "Well." faltered Lesher. "everybodyelse was making speeches and using up space in the Congressional Record, putting the government to much expense to print all they said, and I just thought I would be different. I decided not to make any speeches at all. Then my people would not have the chance to accuse me of disseminating hot air like so many public men do. I'll simply have to make my campaign on that basis." The campaign managers were exmely dubious about the success of i is. but they made the best of it. a .d whenever Desher was presented to an audience he was introduced as the non-speaking congressman. He got up then and made a stump speech, of course, but in doing so he pointed with pride to his speechless record in the house, his abstemiousness from mere talk and hot air and the glorious novelty of his career in that respect. The voters soon began to warm up and glow with pride at having a congressman so different from the usual run. And thev gladly reelected Lesher. Frank T. O'Hair, Illinois congressman, has a sense of humor. Also, O'Hair got married a few years ago. On the wedding trip O'Hair frequently mortified his bride by eating with his knife and pointing out objects of interest with his fork. Not until the wedding journey was over did his bride receive positive assurance that O'Hair really knew better. He had been eating with his knife because he thought it was a good joke on his wife. If a congressman desired to get an item in an appropriation bill past j Chairman Fitzgerald of the .ippropt iaj tlon committee, and sought to do it j l y making polite overtures to Fitzgerald. patting him on the back and ! calling him "Nice Fitz. good old Fitz." 1 he would make scant headway. The oniv way to gain me lavor oi i uzgerald is to abuse him. calling him every name at one's disposal. And even then Fitzgerald would doubtless un ahead in his own way. (Copyright, 1915, by Fred C. Kelly.) TWENTY YEARS AGO ltcinlnders From the Columns of The Dally Times. Schuyler C. Robertson and family are moving tu their farm near Notre Dame. H. C. Wheeler returned from Niles Inst night. He says Jack Gephart is fixing up the old fair grounds in ureat shape. Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Reiger of Mishawaka left for the Pacific coast. Misses Hattie Dunn. Maie Miller. Kate I.istenbcrscr. Winifred Van Pelt. Anna Grecnuwalt. Verna Lantz, Rouise Nickel and Ressie Wade will act as ushers at the Oliver at the Epworth benefit concert. J. t. Hunker and wife of Akron. O., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Hunker. i:TKKs MII.TJ.R KSTATK. A valuation of ? 1.500 is placed on the real estate left by Margaret Miller, who died on Fob. II. at hr hom in this ( ity. The estate has been entered for probate and the husband. Cyrus R. Miller, has qualified as administrator. SWITCHMAN KILMin. NORTH JFDSON. In.l., Feb. Fred Harwood. a switchman, was killed hy a train hore Monday. ui:.cm;s pout. I.ONI)X. i-vi. 2H. The Cimanlcr (rduna arrived safely at Liverpool Monday niyht from New York.

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It I, had form to sicak of an American citizen of forcisn birth or extraction a-; a (Jcinian. an ImsilUiman. an Italian, n Dane or any other nationality. Cirt the idea that lie U nn American anil let it Ko at that. i tiii: wiiali; and tin: si iimaIn the North sea lived a whale, Which had a bifurcated tail. And when he started out to roam He lashed the waters into foam. This whale which lived in the North sea Was bigger than you often see, A terror to the fishing boat And other minor thin-s afloat. He took a great pride in his strength And thought he was the limit in length Until one day a submarine, The first this wliale had ever seen. Came that way and without salute P.egan torpedo tubes to shoot. A battleship sank on the spot. And then the submarine was not. "That gets my goat," the whale did say. And quickly ducked the other way. TIIH practice of diplomacy is becoming a fine art in the United States, which among the leadinc nations of the world is about the only one where diplomacy is resorted to. It is reasonable to flatter ourselves that by the time the nations of Furope have had enough of war we will be so far advanced in diplomacy that they will come to sit at our feet and learn wisdom. HK Hi: is the idea. It may come to pass we don't say it will, but it may that all the nations will want to crawl under our flag: As a correspondent says: "In the past England has been very energetic in her plans to keep the American flag off the seas. iiut since, the declaration of a blockade by Germany, John Hull flies the Stars and Stripes instead of the Union Jack. Isn't it queer how fast nations will change their policies?" OR, as the darky preacher said when preaching on the evils of "crap shooting:" "Dem rolling bones don't gathah no moss." S. H. C. T11K allies are encamped on the vacant lot across the street from our house. Their tent s a scene of activity almost any night and day. The -CSTAND BY YOUR l OWN COUNTRY -4 V vV v U f -4 r T T One of the sanest contributions to our "war literature" is the following editorial from the last number of the Notre Dame Scholastic: "Every day the problem of the United States to maintain its neutrality becomes more dilllcult. England and Germany both refuse to recede an inch from their positions on the question of neutral shipping. As a consequence, in the words of a member of the committee on foreign relations, "this country is approaching the gravest crisis in its history." Despite our views on the present administration we must admit that the government is doing everything in its power to prevent us from being embroiled in the European war. The rights of this country and of all neutral countries must not be sacrificed to the needs of the belligerent nations. In this trouble it is the American citizen petty antagonism time of great dutj of every to put aside to the administratum and aid it in every possible manner to accomplish its purpose. It is time that we forget all the ties that bind us to the European countries which have the tendency to make us engage in partisan discussions concerning the merits of the belligerents and the placing the blame upon each other for this war. Far above our affections for the land of our ancestors must be placed our duty of loyalty and "'login nee to our own country. ?n we realize that we are first oi all American citizens our troubles will materially diminish." That is good reading for Washington's birthday. The Russ Is true to the white father. It is well. The Teuton, to the kaiser. It is The Gaul, to France. It is well. Rriton, to the Island empire, well. The Mexican, to God him. he doesn't know and the well. The It is help more the pity. It is enough for Americans to be true to America. That. too. is well. Ret us eiuit mixing in those foreign quarrels. RADOGA. The postotlb has been robbed for the second time in live months. The burglars wrecked the outer door of the safe with nitroglycerin and obtained $G0o worth of postage stamps. TO SEE WELL SEE US tiT. 1500 - e; . - j i.. - - , . r - 4 uurfL a LU.rf-Srv7I ur i lUAhu J TVf-s pvamlnil fr' platers rifted &t moderate prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. DR. J. BURKE & CO. Optometrists and Mfg. Opticians. 230 SO. MICH. ST. Xotloc Wc duplicate any Ienso the fame day, no matter who fitted them. Rrinj the pieces. DR. TUCKER Specialist In Chronic Diseases cf Men and Women. Othce it: Toepp Building, Opposite P-)itortl'o.

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commanders of the allied armie?. Rill. Rud and Rlaekie, are constantly issuing orders and rushing to and fro. Ry day the smoke rolls in black volumes from the cook's oven and by night a glare of light illuminates the scenery. The people of the neighborhood are sleeping en their arms, not knowing what moment their trenches will be attacked. The M. P. correspondent is at the front equipped with wireless, aeroplanes and other means of communication, and our readers will bo kept advised of the future movements. WK are often struck with admiration for the sympathetic natures of some people, but the fellow wc kowtow to is the rne that digs up a dollar without shedding any tears. "IT is most likely," writes a wise guy, "that the weather in the war zone will be hotter this summer than last." THF foreign country which puts ship in friendship is the one that can get the closest to us. Tin: wi:i)ding. (Kssays of Klia.) I do notj know when I have been better phased than at being invited last week to be present at the wedding of a friend's daughter. I like to make one at these ceremonies, which to us old people give back our youth in a manner, and restore our gayest season in the remembrance of our own success, or the regrets, scarcely less tender, of our youthful disappointments, in this point of a settlement. On these occasions I am sure to be in a good humor for a week or two after, and enjoy a reflected honeymoon. Reing without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship. for the season: I am inducted into degrees of affinitv: and. in the participated sociabilities of the little community I lay down for a brief while my tolitary bachelorship. I carry this humor so far that I take it unkindlly to be left out. even when a funeral is going on in the house of a friend. When a good old Fnglish mother Her brood would send to bed She gatherer them about her And thus to them she said: "A Zeppelin will get you If you don't watch out." C. N. F. What WM if your "air castle" fails to materialize? Help your air castle along: by doing something practical! One single dollar put away in our Savings Department will make a good, solid foundation. By saving part of your earnings and depositing the amount here regularly you "will soon have a good substantial bank account. You can shape your own future by acting today here NOW ! ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. THE ST. JOSEPH LOAN & TRUST CO. X:- . 1

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