South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 62, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 March 1915 — Page 6

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have school children looked over by a doctor occasionally. The average teacher ought to be able to give simple exercise in gymnastics that world have much value, and which would brighten the children up for their study.

POOR ROLAND. As Belgium on the west side is bearing the brunt of tlx- suffering entailed by the European war so is Poland in the east. It is now being ravaged by a terrible epidemic which is sweeping" Polish villages hel by the (lermans around J-odz, and American lied Cross doctors are working heroically to stay the dread disease. The heart rending part of it. though, ii. the tat'!ii( nt of the physicians that thousands of the .starving peasants wait in their cottages, praying that they may contract the disease and he relieved of their sufferings by a speedy death. (.'an one conceive of a more truly horrible conditions than this depicts? Poor bleeding Poland: Once an independent kingdom with a population of 000,000 and an area of ::80,000 square milex, it was tlie home of a happy, enlightened and noble race of people. Rut since the beginning of tlie 1Mb entury it has been but a pawn upon

the chess board of Europe and has ! proportion would be away

been thrice partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria. On Oct. 1), 1ST 4, Poland's noblest patriot, Koseiuszko, was defeated in liis final battle for his country's freedom and Poland, as u nation, was wiped out of existence. Their country the scene of a thousand battles and a ct-ntury of frightful strife since is" 4 a prey to the tyrannies and persecutions of the Russian and Prussian overlords. the Polish peasants' lot has ever been one of sorrow and suffering. Now the cup oYrtlows and they crave the solace of the grave. Kor them death has no sting. When at the final bar of justice the men directly responsible for this war stand arraigned not the least of the indictments against them will be the reckoning of Poland.

IT IS AS SHERMAN SAID. W hen lien. Sherman said that "war is hell" he spoke a grim truth that applies not only to his own time. The world lias been regarding the devastation of Belgium and Poland as horrible in extreme, but it begins to appear that the devastations of the Russians in East Prussia are the worst the war has yet produced. Horror accumulates upon horror. The Russians themselves have admitted that their defeated troops laid waste the country as they retired. The kaiser has stated that the destruction was beyond anything hitherto known, that the whole East Prussian country was utterly ravaged. Now comes the word of two American correspondents who have personally seen ami photographed "the most terrible and disgusting devastations known to war." At tloldap. they say, the Russians did not leave a house, store. hospital or church

standing. In Eyck and all the surlounding towns there were similar excesses, every residence being plundered; and the women, it is positively stated, were not spared by the soldiery. Thus the (lern.ans have had brought home to them what Belgium has suffered at their hands, though they will not admit that the cases are parallel, since they insist that they destroyed only when assailed by the civilian population. On the other side it can be said that Russia devastated the territory of a belligerent, while (iermany in Belgium destroyed a country that was be let alone. But in either ease common humanity forbids that helpless women and children and the aged should be treated as belligerents. Whatever the excuses, the world is getting on all sides a picture of just how bestially wicked war i. None h.us ever been fought without heartIt s excesses, without wanton destruction, without the degradation of women and the murder of children. And yet war fanatics in this country and abroad will doubtless continue to affirm that war makes only for the manly irtues. May heaven long 'pine us of such "manly irtues" as aie developing in this war!

AN ADVERTISING CLINCHER. In talking recently with a man who has made a big success as an advertising .salesman, the question was asked him, "What has been the most effective argument you have used to induce merchants to advertise?" "I ask them." the salesman replied, "What proportion of the population in the territory they serve has come into their store within the past three months.." "Very few of them, in reply to this question, claim that any large proportion of the population has come into the store. A few may say they have had 10 per cent of the people. Many would admit that not over 1 per c nt of the people had been in their store during that period. In many cases the

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per cent. "Then I say, how are all the rest of the people going to have any idea about the merits of the stock you carry? They may go by your place of business twice a day. But they know nothing about what you are doing. You -will never get their trude unless you seek after their business and tell them what you have got." "To do that" .the. salesman continued, "I tell them there are just three things that can be done. They can send a salesman around from door to door to tell them about the goods. They can distribute handbills or circular letters. Or they can advertise in the newspapers. "Newspaper advertising would not cost a twentieth of the cost of personal solicitation. It is more effective, because it gets attention where a solicitor would he turned away. And newspaper advertisement is read where a handbill goes to the waste basket. If you don't care to adopt one of these methods, the great mass of the people will continue to pass you by without knowing about your goods or ever giving you any business."

WASHINGTON. March Willard I Saulsbury of Delaw are is probably our J

most predestined United States senator. Away back in the gummy and misty past it was in the cards that lie should have a seat in the senate. He could no more have helped beeoniing a senator than he could have avoided living in Delaware and his residence in Delaware was hxed for him a great many years ago by no less person than William Penn. Old Will Penn, it will be. remembered, was the nation's lirst great ical estate shark. He would take three of four strings of beads, a couple of blankets, and a few pieces of bright colored yarn, and go among the Indians boastfully exhibiting these gaudy but inexpensive articles. The Indians would covet them and he would begin to dicker. When he got through, the Indians, who possessed only a scant sense of proportion, would have his dime's wortli of beads and he would have two or three hundred square miles of rich timber land.

Sometimes the prop is left out of a roio-ition.

THE PAY AS YOU ti( POLICY. Twenty years ago most cities and towns, on making any large public improvement, used to pay for it in bonds running 20 and 30 years. A good many people have only recentlyhad to reinvest seven per cent bonds issued as far back as 1SS0 or 188.") by many of the larger cities. During much of this period, these cities have been able, to borrow money for four per cent and even less. The burden placed on the tax payers by local governments that issued these bonds was

One of the real estate opcratons that Fenn loved to deal with was Lord Baltimore, who controlled the land that is now Maryland and Delaware. If properly approached. Lord Baltimore could be drawn into a realty transaction by which he would part with a great deal of land for little more than the cost of a round of drinks. Sometimes when one looks at certain lands in Maryland one is not sure that Lord Baltimore got any the worst of the bargain at that. A while ago a real estate man undertook to sell me a piece of land near Baltmore that he said was ripe for allotment. When I looked at it 1 found that the land was entirely under water and one would have to allot it by the gallon instead of by the front foot. That real estate agent and William Penn would have been great company. However, we're straying from the main thread of our tale, which is supposed to deal mostly with Sen. Willard Saulsbury. Well, one of William Pcnn's real estate purchases from Lord Baltimore was a little chunk of land that formed what is known today as the state of Delaware. Bv that time Penn had acquired practcally all the land he needed for his own use. and he let one or two friends in on the Delaware deal. One of these friends was kin to Sen. Willard Saulsbury. who now owns 4 00 acres or so that was involved in that same transaction. The land has never been deeded since Saulsbury's early ancestor lirst came by it, hut has always been passed down by inheritance. Thus we see how the Salisbury's became identified with Delaware. When a man is a member of an old family in a state as small as Delaware it is not altogetrt: easy for him to avoid being drawn into politics. Saulsburv is the third of his family to serve in the United States senate. Hi3 father and an uncle preceded him. He has known for o0 years on more that he might as well resign himself to becoming a senator. As a youngster whenever he expressed a childish desire to be a cowboy or a freight brakeman or a livery stable proprietor, his folks were certain to remind him that it should be his ambition to go to the United States senate like his dad and his uncle. For a time Saulsbury tried to extricate himself from the meshes of fate, but it was no use, as he soon came to realize. When he was finishing up a prankish career at the university of Virginia he greatly desired to become a mining engineer. He wanted to go out west, help extract mineral wealth from the bosom of mother earth, and be a real producer. As soon as Salisbury's father heard of this he rounded him up and placed the lad in his otlicc, with a copy of Blackstone in his lap., Saulsbury then made a discovery that studying law had certain advantages. For example, he could get his reading all done by 10 o'clock in the morning and devote the rest if thP dav to rowing and fishing.

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THi; ALTERNATING CURRENT. First the Germans, then the French, Take or lose a little trench, Makes no difference how they caper, Both sides always win on paper. First the Germans, then the Japs, Rudely wakened from their naps. Makes no difference why they fight Both of them are always right. First the Germans, then the Scotch, Guilty of some awful botch, Makes no difference who's to blame. Both of them win the game. R. M. II. NO truer than the robis's note, not near as sweet as the bluebird's song, but still a harbinger of spring, the assessor comes along. WHICH sljows how little it requires to provoke ohe to rhyme at this season of the year. SPEAKING of the weather "And don't you think." queried the original that this ozone is preferable to the war zone?" Make Room I "or the Infant Class. Ed. M. P.: The appeal of one of your M. P. contributors to other and tardy contributors, "Let's start something!" gave me a reawaking flicker; but you know yourself how precious that last 1.1 minutes snooze is in the morning after you should lie dressing. Moreover it seems like a reflection on C. N. F.'s stuff, or his quotatons from Charles Iimb, to butt in when the M. P. is so readable without us. Then, too, the genial ed. forbids rough house paragraphs; and one has to part his hair strictly in the middle if he has any and not rock the boat or tin; neutrality censor will cut us off. Still. I want to please, and I have a story or two about infants bless 'em! that I will relate oon if i eimitted. D. S. M. IF Rep. Niblack spelled his name slightly different and had nothing else to do we might use him to dig our oall out of the bunker. MARCH came in with a smile that was lamblike and bland, but we had i feeling that there was a lion, under the fleece. Hut She Should Comb Her Hair. (Exchange. ) "Wanted Girl for general housework no washing. "Our neutrality" writes J. P. L., "situation might be compared to walking a tight rope. We cannot lean too far either way without falling." THE pain of paying taxes in May is somewhat ameliorated by the filing of mortgage exemption papers in March.

j low Nutural! (Cor. Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.) While in the city. Mrs. Bailey looked in cn the Indiana legislature and interviewed some of the saloons. WE see by the papers that by means of a new process the production of gasoline will be increased 200 per cent and the Lord knows we need it. "GENTLEMEN," said Uncle Sam. rising to his full height and extending his arms. "I protest." But did the mutts stop? Naw PHILOSOPHY OF JK; AND JIGGER

No. 2. The Crab. we met a Crab yesterday. a Human Crab. meeting II in -was Inevitable. He is a Fixture on This old Planet we Think You would call Him a Gas Fixture, only You can't Blow Him out. in the Use of a Hammer He Rivals the famous carrie Nation, yea, He is greater even than hammer stein You meet 'em Everywhere and WE suppose that Even in Gehenna, a Crab will Complain that the Lumps of Coal are too big for His Shovel, and if One should by Accident slip Past st. peter and get into the Super Regions, this Crab would say that the Angels Trumpets were Out of Tune now in Jiggerland where We live. Besides having Laws against Collections, Investigations and fords, we have One against Crabs, we Call it our "Jim Crab" law and the Sign on the Entrance to Jiggerland reads, "Crab! Don't See the Moon .Shine Here" for those Who can't Read Wc have another Sign with a Picture of a Crab with two Men Chasing it like These dutch cleanser Signs For the Blind We have a Phonograph and as Each Person crosses the Bridge which Leads to Jiggerland. wh;n He steps on the Iast Board. He Presses a Button which starts It playing, "Oh Mortal Who approaeheth Nigh, If you have lost the use of eye, Listen to my Plea, and Heed The Flea You cannot enter here. Oh man If you belong to the A. O. C. So get Ye out of Jiggerland And back to the Fisherie." The Slogan there is "swat the Crab." what is your Swatting Aerage? S. II. C SPEAKING of zones "Wrhen wc went to school writes C. W. C, "there were only five, but the parcel post and the war zone bring it up to seven." IX these days of toil and burden our svrnpathy goes out to the ad man, who, unused to toil, is working overtime without a union scale. IN view of the price of wheat wc repeat with some hesitation, "Give -us" this day our daily bread." C. X. F.

PHYSICAL ( I LTI RE. A recent report from the nudical advisor of Cornell univerity shows that only .1 of tlie students have fully deelop'd bodb s. while So' cases of mrvaturt. of the spine are reported. Most of t i . cim s of curvature are -f course slight, but no doubt there is a great deal of malformation. An imprission prevails that if a child is turned loose out doors, the active fresh air life can surdv be do-

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Tilnrn ,-o tfio ,- ., cr-,.-;.,r, -i reasonable, and he reconciled

of the heavy burden placed on tax- scl. u brco"unfL a if" . ,.,

'i nougn ne i fun'ii.-. payers by this policy of making pos- tierce-looking person. Saulsbury is , terity pay. Interest rates are higher ' not half so serious as he looks, and j now than they were a few years ago. 1 not tierce at ah Jo the contrary .,

i f J IlilJS till t A I. v LH 1 1 i v r-"r"9---, Cities that issue serial bonds for 1 3 , personality ; and also a habit of and 20 years w ill pay two dollars for ! sticking to his friends clear up to the one. last toot of the whistle. i r .i , , . . There was no possible way for him Many of the old timers used to ar- u of llolitlt.s. . lt was in gue that it was a good thing for a mu- j jsyo that lie lirst began to be nomnicipalitv to have a public debt. lt inated for the United States senate, tended toward economv. they said. R ! He has been the democratic cauc us nominee at every session of his state checked the spendthrift element, and ( .,islaturo siiu.0 then until 11 l::.

led to a conservative financial policy, j ,V it stands to reason that n a

man permits himself to be nominated for a position over and over again he runs the risk of carrying his

There may be something in this. Rut us a whale the present generation is paying dearly for the light hearted and nonchalent financial policy of its fat hers. It is a favorite politician's scheme to borrow money, load off the .burdens of administration on future years, provide a low tax- rate for the current year, and go to the people on the issue of economy. Frequently it works. Rut some day the debt must be paid. Then it is learned that nothing stops the growth of a town quicker than high taxes. Authorities on municipal finance today all favor paying for improvements In the least possible time.

Making the small merchant a profitable customer " I have a list of merchants in 500 towns that are too small to send salesmen to. Once or twice a Week I send each of these buyers a Western Union Night Letter or Day Letter quoting a list of especially attractive buys. This sales scheme is developing one of the most profitable markets we enjoy. A SALES MANAGER. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

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pitcher to the well once too oil en. ure enough, in the Delaware b gislature was democratic and Saulsburv was elected just as it was intended and foreordained that he should be. char back in the days of William Penn, and. doubtless, cer much longer ago than that. (Copyright, li'l-. by Fred t. Kcli.)

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TWENTY YEARS AGO Reminders From the Columns of The Dally Tliucs.

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The fact that a man sits up to 11 p. m. studying the seed catalog does not necessarily mean that he will work in the garden until 11 a. m. on some of those spring, days.

I Monroe and Carroll sts. for a grocery. There is much opposition to an ex-i Mr. and Mrs. John r. Deacon cnter- , - , w 1 tained a party of New Carlisle and tra session of congress. m spite of thc;Soulh IU,ml youn. ll0oph. in cclcbrafact that it would help many towns ! tion of Miss Ada Coinpton's birthday.

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rresidtnt Wilson talks up pretty i nit nt in commemoration of the peace

j end. d on t,, -ie a go.nl plnsual de. ; i,olli to cJernianv and England, and I treaty between the two countrie s, seloprntnt. Hat unfortunately such j lho newspapers are nreparing for war which was signed under the arLitraL far xrorn the ca. A great many j ,,y putting in new typewriter ribbon.. .-n "tutuo. which was built" children early contract the stooping! through the co-operation of the two habit. Tli it" lung arc poorly d r. l-'t It corn. rye. and other coarse foods ! countries, and was unveiled in 1 y 1 .

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