South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 344, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 9 December 1916 — Page 4

r lit mvw . f "I I'jU.a ' m !. , i)t: ivMitf-.i; y, ivik IHK SOUTH HENP NEWS-TIMES SOUTH BEND NEWS -TIMES Now all o'r the country penny papers arc THE MELTING POT Morning Evening Sunday. JOirN ILIN-UY ZUVETl. Kdttor. GADRILL R. SUM Mi: US. Publisher. i ri-l ;i revival of the two-rent and three-rent pieces to ! f.i' ilit ite hu.sir.e.v trannctions with newhoys, but the ore-cent piece will - loomel to extinction. It may (vf'ii li'fotnp some (i.iy a mere sentimental mathemati al abwtr;t tion, as the mill' is now. Conducted by Stuart H. Carroll I A . ...... ..avUv-'.VciK

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ÄSÄ.'L'? Ä.r-7Ä TOTHIm about art. They . t.utht nothing- about beauty tphon- rrvw. etc.. to hen.1 f ':??xnK? tl in technical schools. Hut. suirtjests the writer, what's Aich reBp-nJ to ilotre l'U.n aud iill 21- to prevent an engineer and an architect from collaboriating? gXnCBirTION B-TES: f'rnlr(r and Erenlnjc ndlUo 1 This verv thin has been done In the case of a bridge ,?IX:T$Z r "Aoct ,cro,s the .M.mn-e river at Toledo. It was downed IxUrered by rj.r tr la Mutt nl nd ilxituwika. JiU f,anii t,Uiit bv Arnold W. Hrunner. an architect of wide j?x ip tdT.c. er hu: bj tie week. i " . - ! repute, together with Ralph Mojcski, engineer. The AI VKRTIHiXG KATIWt Ask tbe ndTrtislnir Apartment. ; rt suit is admitted by competent Judges to be a w ork Foceijrn AilTwtialntr IU?prewntaUvri: OSB. z?. (,' rare beauty, challenslnff comparison with many of WOODHAN. -ZZ Fifth A f.. New V.rfr City n.d AdT' ! CnlcjifrA. Tbe Nwa-Tlrr.en tn"?T'",5 to keep tu aavertuin tno nri.st bridges of the Old World. SÄ'SSÄi: Th.- ,al conception of architecture, whether of Eper will conr.T a favor o'j te maoaseirat by rerUn t- bridcos or pU,iic buildings or dwellings, is that It's ztM cotapletfcljr. - :-om(thinK superficial added to the real structure. Thus

an architect i; sometimes employed to "decorate" a building that has been planned by an engineer. The result is usually as disastrous artistically as It would le disastrous structually If the building were planned by a. mere decorator and an engineer then undertook to inject the necessary strength and stability. In one case the building is spoiled by having "art stuck on." In the other it is likely to tumble down. Archltectual beauty depends on fundamental structure. Just as physical grace and symmetry depend on the skeleton. The ideal plan would seem to be for engineers and architects to form partnerships, especiall with a view to the planning of the great structures for public anö private business for which hundreds of millions of dollars are being :-pent. Why are there not more sjch partnerships?

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GOLF AND EFFICIENCY. "Hi:,' Lusiries interests," we are told, "are considering the elimination of gulf-players from managerial poiüor.ö." Not that bU business has any natural prejudice against golf; but the captains of industry are said to have discoeicd that golf-playing ruins a man's c!"c!cncy. This is odd. We've aiwa.vs heard heretofore that uolf ?s a wonderfully healthful sport. It is credited 7.-ith having put many of our work-worn business men on their feet ai.-ain. It is what keeps John I . Rockefeller alive arl well. It is so te;tdily growing in popularity that th"rc has ! . :i sonic Kos.-ip lately of it's becoming a "poor man's game." What's the matter. anhow? Is it so fascinating a sport that the man who takes it up is drawn, against his will, to neu' I net hi business fr it? r does the n oteh-uvd-Mi!.i -i ompaiiimc -U which is generally considered an indi-pens iblo adjunct of the game, cancel the wholesome etfe ts of the exercise .'

STEEL COMMON. An ancient philosopher taught that all things are made out of water. It" he were living today, he would lind t oii.-idt rable support for his theory in the history of American jorporatioiis. And he would doubtless bnd the most marvellous example of all aqueous business, creations: in "VAecl ommou." Anor.e who has read the history of the I'nited States Steel corporation knows that when that giant trust was or-M.i;zed, every constituent was taken in at an extremely liberal valuation and the resulting total was represented in the is:se "f preferred stock; and that the organ. zers ihon Issued, over and above all visible evidences of value, $500,uu0.00ö worth of "common vtock." The latter bale of securities, of course, rnresented pure "water." The organizers trusted to future operitions to endow it with value. And the skylarking of "iteel common" in the stock market lately shows that they tested not in vain. The stotk shares which 1" cars ago were worth n )l in spet illative value, but in actual alu as much a.M j,000,00 buckets of ocean water have been bought and sold recently for more than $600,Oci.,O00 of real money. They are 'way abuve par, and are probably b-'stined to stay there for some time to come. Their present rating is ypeculativc, but Jt doesn't seem likely that tluy will again sink much below par. Their value haa been established. How has it been established'." I?y the uual jtoccss of converting water Into wealth by charging the public rnu-h for steel products, year tfter ar. to proiue the reicsary surpluses to make good the paper promises. It Is a surtax imposed on domestic purchasers of steel products that ha-s run "steel common'" up to par. If it hid rot been for the necessit of validatrng that v.'5t stock issue, steel products would have alwas sold . heaper. And now. having contributed the .''iO,niMiiin medt r" to perfect this watevy masterpiece, with tlie value ol" the totk t';rmly ctablihed, tde American public is. naturally, expected to continue pai-g enough for steel products to provide appropriate dividends. That is to sv-y, the nation, hiving cheerfully contributed half a MI lion dollars to make -.rood an c-thcrvvise worthless sto k iuo, will now tuv Itself indt unitt ly to pay interest on that half b.llion.

SMALLER SUNDAY PAPERS. The federal trade commlbilon recommends cutting down the size of Sunday newspaper? as an important t,tep in the conservation of the supply of print paper. It has addressed an appeal to the publishers of the biggest Sunday editions, asking them to limit their size for the sake of the smaller papers. The inadequacy of the supply has forced the price of white paper up to a point that threatens the ruin of large numbers of newspapers all over the country. The trade commission explains that the elimination of a few pagts from the Sunday editions of big city papers would save enough material needed for the printing of small dailies, and tnat concerted action along this line by the big publishers would thus prevent many small publishers from going out of business. And incidentally, of course, the big publishers themselves would save money. The trade commission is probably right in its judgment that "the elimination of certain features would meet with public approval, and would not decrease the revenues of the publishers." It may be that this very scarcity of paper will thus prove to be a blessing in disguise. Everybody recognizes that s'unday papers in the last few years have grown to such unwieldy proportions that the biggest of them are a bi rden alike to the publishers and the public and a serious detriment to the development of the best journalism. Most publishers have made their papers large not because they wanted to, but because they felt driven to it by competition. The result is an unwieldy mass of reading and printed matter which no reader can plow through, and which by its very quantity precludes the possibility of high quality. If publishers are driven by economic necessity to reduce the size of their (Sunday bheets, we shall probably have a general increase in artiotle and literary merit.

The suffragists' slogan, "He kept us out of suffrage,' beat Wilson in Illinois. They think he'll now change his attitude toward Susan 15. Anthony, but maybe Wood row will come back with a little slogan of his own. entitled. "You darned near kept me out of the white house." Woodrow's chin is built that way, anyhow.

Morgan iV. Co. ad.ied bankers to buy foreign treasury notes. Our federal reserve board advises them not to but to keep in shape to help out our own merchants and manufacturers. Thus Morgan c Co. and Uncle Sam lock horns. We bet on I'ncle. He's in shape to convert his advice into orders a cinch.

l'remier Kalogeropoulos of Greece hasn't succeeded in appeasing the wrathful allies y announcing that he "'has smoked French tobacco .'or 4 o years." So far us the effects are concerned, he might Just about as well have smoked Turkish tobacco.

THE VANISHING CENT. There comes from the 1'hiladelphia r.ulletin a hint fiat one of the olde of American in.-titutions. interwoven with all our public and private life, is in danger of txtiiKtlon. It is the copper cent. Thi orue universally current oi:i ha already begun to disappear from irculatiuii. a.- a result of the steady v;.-e of pru . ind the growing tendency vi American.

to tuy ;n l.iro quantities. it is no Pm-ier a familiar I San Iiego is some stuck up over a baby that ar-

sijcht on the chunh collection, plate. Children have lo-t i rived two and one-half months before due. and is ready

j Marriage, writes Mrs. Winona Wilcox, is the one inI vestment a man makes without estimating his protlts (

beforehand. We guess that Mrs. Wilcox never had much experience as a married man buying Xmaa presents.

respect fur it. They may still consider it t'.t t, put in e s.:r.i!.iy . b.oo colh ction. but no longer do they ar:n up to it as a ;if; from a benevolent relative. !.' r. a.-, a theme tor thrift arid a unit t' r savings 'he e n.t ."i m disrepute. "A penny saved is a penny earned" no langer carrier weight. John I. Rockefeller may carry po.-ketf 'ills of pennies to church with him. to distribute among th- little children to the accompaniment of economy b et. ires, but the Lttle ti s take

to come cuit of the incubator. They do take bne care of the early tourist, at San Ioego. '

Rüth Law, tlie distinguished amtrix. predicts that in ten e.trs it will be fasnionuMe for women iu have :'uir own pleasure planes. Several woman of fashion we know needn't wait a day longer, for all we eare.

1'tah. according to an apparently trustworthy foreot. is ibitir.eU to go dry this fall. Strange, the ten-

the gifts to treasure n: rely a- r.ietuer.to s of Mr. Rock- ' v sho,n by these .-erui-arid states to make their

e feller. A r.p-kt 1 is th.- smallest oin. th;.t cM or ut:g. lue.- any rtspiet for.

aiidity complete!

'nest Americans. n.l thir riu:.ird

f. r it is steadily waning. If vo i doubt it. ;.it sive a i ni kel tip to a w alter. The : r.t l serves the! purpe-s of the o r.t in former o.ivs, ,i a minimum cur- ' rente unit. 1

New Year's eve will come on Sunday. An awful predicament for society folks w ho take that eve to throw off sobnety :iid decency in the tafes.

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cr.e remair.irr 'p for the cent is the news-

i i'-: publ..-h:ng i ontir.ues to adw II s " :i jacking. The extreme

wet Ii ri er had lau h u for the tint, simply because it has hcmt had the oi;i-(t.:it standard for r.eus-

Nc York's bureau of weights officially call for an ,yt tt. We'll bet on the cold storage egg to hold out tlie buiger.

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The e alle J Francis-Jo-eph "the man of sorrows." but we note that he was gay enough to leave at least one suul widow."

Tin; joy or a ior,. Ma says no, it's too much care An" it will scatter germs an" hair. An it's a nuisance through and through. An" barks when you don't want It to; An' carries dirt from off the street. An tracks the carpets with its feet. Rut it's a dgn he's growin up When he is longin' for a pup. Most every nicht he comes to me An" climbs a-straddle of my knee An" starts to fondle me an' pet. Then asks me if I've found one yet. An" ma says. "Now don't tell hir.i yes; You know they made an" awful mc.'-s," An' starts their faults to catalogue. Hut every boy should have a dog. An" some night when he comes to me. Deep in my pocket there will be The pup he's hungry to possess Or else I sadly miss my guess. For I remember all the joy A dog meant to a little boy Who loved it in the long ago, The joy that's now his right to know. (Copyright, 1916, by The Reilly Ä Rritton Co.)

SIull Measurements Can Reveal Hidden Talents of Vocalist

Hy Gamtt I. ScrU-s. Somebody has been "measuring the human voice with a tapeline"; so, at least, I read. The method employed is to ascertain the size and form of the resonating. or resounding, cavities that occupy the lower part of the skull, and that impart to the voice many of its most important qualities.

Resiiles measurements on skulls in museums. 12,000 living persons have been subjected to this scientific probe, including many famous singers, and it is claimed that some remarkable discoveries of undeveloped voices of great power and excelle-nce. possessed by persons who had never suspected their endowment, have thus been made. In such oases, it would appear, the owners of the unused resonating cavities had remained Ignorant of nature's gifl simply because they had never tried their voices except In ordinary conversation. It is averred that the measurement method will eletect the peculiar qualities of a voice in advance of any efforts to train it, and will afford scientific guidance in the process of training. It will show in advance what the possibilities of a voice are, and in what direction it will best reward the efforts of the trainer. This is a subject of far greater importance than most persons are likely to suppose. The voice is the

of intellectual intercourse. ' animals have voices, but man

lias a voice which naturally itself to the production of

speech, i. e.. of articulate sound through which the mind expresses Ideas. A parrot can be taught to produce articulate sounds, but in this case they are not expressive of independent ideas. The parrot cannot combine sounds to make new sentences conveying other meanings. V

improving Tin: ROSR. "A rose would still produce the same olfactory sensation, thouch it were designated by some other appellation." The witless worldwide welcome of this false and flimsy statement should be at once subjected to suppres.-ion and alatemcnt. There's insufficient tause to give it nourishment and credit by reason of the fact that one of Shakespeare's people said it. If there were nothing in a name and in its proud aroma, the college graduate would need no frame for his diploma: the business man would get results colossal and surprising with no csJamitous ex. pense for ink and advertising; the captains of our industries would not esteem it vital to wed the Yankee daughter to a European title. But .Vs a fact and circumstance defying contradiction that he who wants 10 peddle soup or sell a werk of fiction can minim. ze the hardships of his glorious endeavor by hitting on a name that's bright and winning, neat and clever; for if you will believe me. sir, a name of grace and savor can add to nature's sweetest rose a little finer flavor. Arthur Brooks Baker.

Add Fairy Tales,

Once upon a tyme a woman baked

a cake and found no lault with ve cake. There was nothing wrong;

with ye oven or ye frosting. Fable from "Springfield Republican. JOY XOTK. "VSince shoes have got so bloomin' high." faid sweet Samantha Sneed; "I thank my stars, indeenl, that I Am not a centipede." IN WHICH THE JAYHAWKRR RROMPT.S THK HoOSIKR. Sez the Indianapolis Star: If Mary' Ellen Ixase and Carrie Nation could have lived to see this day in Kansas! Sez the Topeka Capital: A postal eard with the simple address, "Mary E. Ixase. New York City." will reach that lady and bring back a reply, if anyone cares to trv it. Cupid Ne'er Md. Despite objeetions raised by friends and relatives. William Hollenbek and Mrs. Martha prow n of Fall River Valley, respectively, M and years old, eloped to Redding (Calif.), and were married here. Spokesmen -Rev inv ( Spokane). Which item, to the pessimist. might mean that Bill and Martha

were surely entering vpon their peccm! childb'Mjd. To those in this lonesome old world who are playing the glad game of Pcllyanna, however, it means that the sunshine of love radiates just a.s brightly in the hearts of SO as in those of sentimental IS; that, although features may become wrinkled and worn, hearts never wither but remain beautiful gardens wherein the roses of love may blossom and bloom until plucked by Him Who there implanted them! Could the Mirror in "Milady's Iloudoir' Only Sicak. No man has yet answered the Cleveland newspaper woman, who. after spending an afternoon in n barber shop, asserted that men were twice as vain as woman. Howcan a man answer th charge when he Is never allowed behind the scenes? o WHOSE MUNITION IS HOT AIR. Yes, Carmen, the big guns In the court house yard are to protect the bigger guns who are daily seen entering and making their departure from the Main st. edifce. ix sua t:hiam;. In silwrdale we Io not are AlxMit the -ot of living. But wo are somewhat worricei there About the cot or (llvvins! S. II. c.

such a musician appeared only once in a century." Perhaps there is no direction in which human physical improvement could go farther than in the development of as yet unattained heights and depths of vocal melody. The vojee still lingers far behind the ear. What I mean by that is that while the ear can follow the waves of sound over a range of about eleven eictaves, the utmost reach ef the voice, ss shown by combining the limits attained by the greatest singers, some in the upper and others in the lower gamut, covers less than six octaves.

What undreamed of possibilities

of vocal splendor and delight may lie, undeveloped, in those live octaves not yet touched by the human voice? Caspar 3 Forster, a wonderful basso, reached within 10 rungs of the bottom of the ladder of perceptible sound when he sang the note "fa" of the lirst octave which has 4 2 vibraions to the second, but the highest rung reached, by Lucrezia Ajugari, "do" of the sixth octave, with a vibratory rate of 2,0 IS to the second, is more than :;0.000 ste:ps below -the top of the ladder which terminates in the 10th octave, with ol'.TfiS vibrations per second.

basis Many alone leads

But we must pet rid of the Impression, which the praise of the new method cf voice measurement is likely to convey, that the resonating cavities of th had have anything to do with the production of either voice or speech. Their name alone shows tlie nature of their service to us they are like soundingboards, or like the vibrating belly of a violin. They magnify project, and modify the quality of the Founds, but the real organ of voice is the larynx, with its delicate adjustable vocal chords, which may be likened to the strings of the violin, while the source of the sound is in the lungs, whose action, together with that of the muscles associated with them, resembles the work of the bow gliding over thestrings and setting them into vibration. And the thoucht of the violin and the marvellous effects which are produced by sli-'ht differences not only in the form but in the quality of the material of which its sounding box is made shows that too mud. reliance should not be placed upon simple measurements. It is not merely the internal shape of our mouths and noses that affVcts the power and quality of our voices, but the condition of their surfaces. Everybody knows the effects of colds. couchN. hoarseness and eatHT'-h unnn the voice. e'hrnriif" rouh'es of this kind may, and do. ruin mny a naturally tine singing or sneaking voice. But we mav ro farther than ibit ind asert the probability th'M here are ounuties of texture af'eetinr boh the vocal chords a'-' v.f resonat i r ir cavities, which cannot be rvriled by any ystem of TnerKurement. Row otherwise ran w account f r the voire, for instance of Jer.v Rind, which -i'I 'ontmroT rv teimony hows w:o 'ncomt'ara i-le and inimiubb to a degree almost Veyor.d b'-lief? Mere dec-iption of its mus-ien! -anre nforded ro conception of it marvellous nualitv To siv thnt It was a ?")brano. with a rantre of fvo and a half octaves. tdl- othin.- of !t re-l secret. Ceorce William CurMs wrote of her; "There was the MnnufstionMd oualitv 1n her snn? which made Mendelsohn say that

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