South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 232, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 20 August 1919 — Page 6

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AUGUST 19, 1919.

PRICES HAVE BEEN WORSE. Lt hara..-el hou? wivf s f i;l i Ih-t. Iricea T.ve bf-n wors' than thy ar now. And from past liMory. thro is jrroun-I for hop. An oll procer'a bl'.l rcaurrectc-d In Chicago .huws these vricoa in 16S, at th- cloe of che Civil war: Sucar, 2: cent? a po-ind. Starch. $1 .1 pound. Tea, $1.75 to 1 2 a pound. Salt, :i5 cents a bnje. Itio, 17 cents a pound. P.lackhf rri s. 4". cents a quail. Kerosene oil, $1 a gallon. Oittnieal, four pounds for 5ft cent?. Most oth r groceries cost proportionately. fow would anybody like to pay tho.,.- prices now? It it rem mbi red. too, ;hat wat,s and salaries were much lower In than they are in 101 'J. And that wasn't the record, ithtr. Oointr hack to K.-volution.iry war days, a time when the present generation imagines that living was absurdly U; wv find ;uch priTs as these, nccordiir-r to a Chicago authority: Meat $1 to S2 a pound. Corn. 2 5 a bushel. I'otatu 5. $ 1 0 a biisl.f 1. Molasses, $12 a gallon. . ( 'he se, $2 a pound. I'.utter. $?. a pound. Suurar, $2 a pound In the ear 1779 nitr ro-c to $1 a pound. In 17 39. a year comparable with 191?. because It was t)u year alter the war had enurd and the year when the American Cnion or League of States was established, butter sold for 12 a pound and tea for $4. Those prices, of conr.se, must have been reckoned :n depreciated currency. But it was the only currency in circulation, ami wa- no doubt b ird to .; t as present-day money. Trices have always been abnormally hih after wars. And hero is where the hope comes in they have always gone down again never. perhaps. ,uit to the previous low level, but greatly below the hiizh level caused by the waste and disturbance of war. (Ilance bick at that 163 list, and then remember the days since, when sugar could be bought for four cents a. pound and br.-ail for five cents a loaf and milk for fivo cents a quart and cl-its for 23 cents a doen The.-e i-urrert pries will not last forever.

THOSE KNOBBY MEN. A woman who likvs to l: m swimming at Atlantic City has become incensed at the strlctnes-s of the r;iles affecting women's bathing suits this year, and Mill more ineepst d at the laxity of rule affecting the ottimes of men. lb r letter t the head of the lrt-ch patrol say-: "The way men are .allowed to parade the beach make theun lepuNiv- Their limbs are simply awful, full of knoSs; .and l'M.bs, most men are bowb-g-cd. Could anything b moro unsihtiy? The men. not the girls, should bo compelled to wear stockings. Nobody wants to sec them, and they only clutter up goodlooking scenery."' 9 The letter is amusing fiimu-h. and the whole1 situation no 1. ss s". And of course ll is Hue. Ninetenths of the nun n any Pathing i.each are unsightly c.iri.-atuv.-:. The wmon who e'orrespond to them in lack of leau. ate apparently too canny to display he m-elvt; ä in tlr.s wa. or pe rhaps they use the well-known fe min'- e mfts .f camoutiago to help them out. Why are the men kn.bl-y and 1 i v - legged and M-rawr.y and o'.lier -.M.-e e lu'U nn;s'- lp of gool n. r.t ry ? A government Lul'.-nin r( o nt'y ii,utd helps to dr.swiT tlie nuestion. It t!e.i!s with the malnourished i hdd. The children i today who are not given proper fool. proper vN 'rai.-e. propt-r sleep. pU-nty if fr sb. air. bee o me the how-legged mal s and knockkr.e. d Icrr.ab s. tlie -crawny and knuhy and ugly adults of tomorrow. The parents f to! ;- ma be all tl'as-1 unNwutiful thir.g-v Their chitdia u uo not hae to b. a wine so. A little vtuily of the mi ,.ns provided at every hand, a little effort to apply th" matter learned, a little firmness in atte mln.g to the ha! its of the- c hild. will help these children t urmv up into sturdy, eleanlimbeil. beautiful creatures who will .eeld te and not detract from the oceia s.er.evy of later years.

TOWN- MEETING RETURNS. The "town meeting' is o he rt-iv-l in l-iwicnoe Kans, as a part of cuy ronimissam uoverr.mer.t. The rr.aor w ill i- a- a proeamat up eting asieb one evtiiiiig e nh luonth fer the meeting. All citizens wili ! e xpiited to at t -1 . 1 . and to cnie with an intelligent, pub.ic .-p. rite. I i :. t rest in the affairs tf i:if titj. Tins plan i int : '. to .b hh.iv with tlie evil cf pui'Iie indiff rvi;i te) clvie- affairs, said to be t fpe ;.i'!y fotere, tla- e ni i a 1--1 o n gov t rnmei.t . t rn . The town n. -'i: .: i- me it.-v . It t ; 1 i ists in cm p.'trts of New Ungiund. our forefathers knew

It well in the early 1 iy of this country's settlement. As the population of e. town grow, however, th town meeting becomes awkward a.Td inv budy. That i one rt'a.""n why it has been generally a oandolieal. i:-ry citizen ought to be sufficiently ir.tr rrsted in the affairs of hin Community to follow with thoughtful intercut th? work of city oTicials. to at--tend council mtetincs occalonallj and to know what his city needs ru ft to Insure Its health, nafety and pood porernnK-nt. He hould have opinions and express them t the proper times and places. If t:e citizens of any community lick such interest, no number of to vn meetings will elo any good and no form cf Kornment will continue to be truly successful. The peop who V..tV: governmental reforms whether of the mr.Il town, the city, the county, state or nation would do well to remember this fact and to accompany their reforms with intelligent, wide-awake educationel campaigns.

THE DOCTOR'S UNION. A committee of physicians called upon the general organizer ejf the; American Feeleratlon of Iabor In New York the other day to inquire upon what terms they could Join th federation. These were not doctors with private practice. They were physicians employed by insurance companies and compensation commissions and in various similar capacities. They are obliged to ?ive their entire time to the institutions employing them, and are subject to the same difflculties of stationary salaries and mounting living costs which affect other wage-earners. They need, therefore, the ad" vantage of collective bargaining. This dos not come -o strangely to the ear as it might have done a fe.v ytars ago. Since actors, engineers and teachers have seen the light of the old motto, "United we stand, divided we fall," why shoubl not the tioctors Join the procession? Now if the ministers would only get together and acquire the power to extract a little real financial return from the congregation who habitually exploit their conscientious and self-sacrificing service, the outlook for human equality of comfort and opportunity would be a great deal more cheerful than it is. Understand, however, we do not say all ministers: only those who are hiving "their conscientious and self-sacrificing service" txploitttl. A great many are not; are getting all thty are worth under the "open thop."

OPEN DIPLOMACY AT WASHINGTON. The session of the foreign relations committee of the senate at the white house em Tuesday, was an innovation which, however much it may have upset the votaries ef precedent and tradition, makes a hit with the American public. It Is plain common sense, of course, for the president and the senate, the latter functioning thiough this committee, to get together and talk over the peace treaty frankly and fully. Tf there is to be any agreement about the. treaty and any ratification of it within a reasonable time, it will be accomplished by &uch methods. The senators have had a . ha nee to ask questions an l have them answered by the one man who knows most about the treaty, and is most responsible for it. The president has a chance to present his reasons for acquiescing in the provisiems that are in dispute. Best of all. the public is let into the game. The nust unprecedented phase of this conference Is the full publicity provided for. Every question, every answer, every explanation ami comment, goes over the wires to the whol? nation. This is genuine "open diplomacy." r.nel with such diplomacy there can oe intelligent progress mado with the peace settlement and the League of Nations covenant.

The man who always wanted Sunday to come in the middle of the week may realize hia dream, if some of the laber unions succeed in their plan for a five-day working week. If there are to be two Sundays, one of them'can be substitujed for Wednesday or Thursday.

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Tl.Mi: TO COOIj off. ( lcarf)om liHlopriuIent.) If. In August. J914, Germany had submitted her differences with !"rance and Kussla to a board of arbitration, she would have found nothing to arbitrate-. If she had waited for findings of a board of arbitration before going to war there would have been no war. Nations will have plenty of time to cool off before ;roing to war if the covenant of the league of Nations is adopteel. In that locument 'ho members of the League bind themselves to submit disputes to arbitration or to the council and they agree "in no case to resort to war until thre-e months after the award of the arbitrators or the- report of the council." The council is given six months m which to make its report after the facts have lern submitted to it hy thr nation in elispute. The nations in dispute can elo as they like, submit their differences either to the council or to arhltrators of their own choosing. The? binding part of the agreement is not to make war on the- other nation if that nation complies with the findings of the council or arbitrators, and in no case 1 0 make war inside of three mcnChs from the time- the findings are reported. If a cause is Just It will not lose any of its virtue in three months time. In three months timo thoe who frequently make war. but elo not lo the lighting, will have time to hear from these who usually do not vote slaughter but get slaughfreel. There is nc difference that can arise which canrt; be adjusted if both ieles are inclined to be fair. Ami the very purpose of the League of Nations is to prevent war by enforcing fairness. Kngl.ir.d had reason for going to war because flermany. ence in the war. hroke her agreement as i. Belgium- America hrul reason for going to war because C.e rmany. or.Ce in the war and in elesperate sp-nits. violated the rule of the s?n. Germany r.ever thought England would cume in. much less Ameriia Had she realineel how many nations would be oitted against her before the finish there would have ben no beginning. How much more careful will a nation be. then, about going to wer if declaring war means offense to 4 other nations, and how much less likely is a nation to I cl ire war if from six to nine months tim. is taken to think it over?The League of Naiione plan contemplates absolutjustice, gives a nation the right eventually to declare war if its people become convinceil they lave- a just cause, but provides th.it they shall think it over and make ure they are right before kOin ahead.

More Truth Than Poetry By James J. Montagus.

THERE MUST BE SOME OF IT LEFT OVER. When a town in the state of Kentucky went dry The officers emptied the whisky supply In a swift little stream, and the fishes therein Partook of the same with a welcoming grin. Next, evening a person'named Casey pulled out Of the murmuring waters a sizeable trouL He ats it that night, and to make the tale short Turned up with a tide in the morning in court. At least Mr. Casey was free to admit That this was the way that he chanced to be lit. But the judge didn't think that the story was true. And neither, dear reader, will you! The corn in a silo on Hennessy's place Turned sour and "worked" (a is often the case). The cow ate the corn, and the milk in the pail That evening was flavored somewhat like Scotch ale. When Hennessy drank some for supper, with bread, He found that it suddenly went to his head. So he cranked up his flivver, and, scorching through town. Ran a couplo of sheep and a constable down. At all events, this was the gist of his tale But the sheriff was sure that the yarn was a lie. And so, gentle reader, am II An apple tree grew on a brewery site And burgeoned and fruited, and one autumn night The Peterson kid, who was wandering by, " Took some of the apples down home for a pie. Next morning the Petersons numbering nine. Came issuing forth in a wavering line. Their voices upraised as they sang to the moon, In clamorous accents a loud Swedish tune. And when sundry neighbors had questioned them why They acted that way, they replied, "Apple pie." But the stall didn't go in the town worth a cuss. Nor will it, dear reader, with us I (Copyright. 1919).

The Tower of Babel

By Bill Armstrong

Collar prices are going to 35 cents each, wc lamp in the dailies. We wonder how a neat all wool sweater would look on us during the winter months.

On? thing about that Memphis editor they L.ent to jail they certainly did not juil his press agent!

By the way, that's a kind of a funny name for an editor hain't it? Leech.

The next Dollar day in South Bend ought to be pretty well advertised by the time it rolls around again, because we read in the paper where the merchants are going to hav; u booth out at the fair for the purpose of advertising it.

Dollar day now the merchants are beginning to talk in a language that wc understand. But $." day no compre. as the frogs used to say when wo asked for Cognac with an M. I. at our elbow.

Some marrieel men have unusual privileges. We met a man the other day that was boasting that h could leave his new wife and go down town for 10 or 12 minutes any evening that he had a mind to.

of two punctures. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Fank Allen and Lloyd Greenan were absentees from the meeting.

Charley Itaab, born in Mishawaka und for years a thin man with a circus until he became so fat It took two chairs to hold him over in the county clerk's ollice where he loafed for a couple of years, is again visiting friends in these parts- Mr. Raab Is now located In Washington. D. C. and claims to know the president personally, at least he sees him nearly every day. The other day in a short conversation with Mr. Wilson, Itaab relates, the preside nt made the following statement to him: "Get the h 1 out of the way!"

I IA UL-M I !!()! I CLUB MKKTS. Ncv members have been accepted as follows: Arnold Spielberg ) K. M. Blankenbaker ( () Accepteel for membership on probation. () Imlicates borrwed machine with .1 rattle. Obi members continued activities, as follows: Neal Welch () John Delia veil () Yellow Taxi () . Bob Mclnerny () () Kicking on high price of gasoline- ( Insists on talking business. () Usual fare charged. () Request to assist In repair

Bill Nichols, on tour in his Buick in the west, went by a mail box in Yellowstone park at 90 miles an hour, and for a wonder the postal card lilt the slot and now it lays on our desk in this office. Bill reports nice weather and a line trip. We expecttbere isn't much left of the machine he started out of here with, except the top and possibly one tire, because a machlneis only good for about one state the way Bill drives It. We suppose he will come riding in here some day In December on the Vandalla, with his Buick strewn from CJiapin st. to Honolulu.

Milt Frudensteln came back to town l.i time for Dollar day.

Retail merchants visited the new consolidated telephone exchange on S. Main st Tuesday where Ed Bonds has ben in hiding for the past several months- Ed, in Issuing th invitation to the merchants, made this statement: "Gentlemen you will find when you visit this exchange., elozens of pretty girls at work. And they work; not one of them will

glance up even for a second while'

you are visiting the exchange, they are so busy." Joe Grand Leader did not go on the Inspection trip as a result.

Arc You Superstitious by imogitni; unten. Shaking Ilaiuts with Omelf. "Sohething was bound to go wrong." said a mother of a family in excuse for a mistake that she had

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"Something was bound to go wrong! I felt so pleased with myself yesterday to think how well I was managing that I shook hands with myself, so to speak, and then things began to go all wrong." A Wall st. broker told me that whenever he congratulated himself

on one big deal that he had put!

through, it seemed that immeeliately afterward he heard of some unfortunate error in Judgment that he had made. "I never tlare shake hands v ith myself any more," he Kiid. It ia horribly true that whenever we feel Justified In patting ourselves on the back, or shaking hands with e"urselves. then things begin to go wrong. Why is it? Perhaps it is because the mental prick which we experience when we -hake hands with ourselves is almost Uke a prick of the conscience. There is a suggestion of remorse in it. Good fortune is so rare that when

it cmes it makes us happy and we i look for it again: we expert one' stroke of luck to be followed by anoibr. Aj a rule we ejLDect ia vain-

There is an old Roman proverb;

that sayH that whom the gods wish to punish they first favor. They raise a man to the highest pinnacle of fame and happiness o that when his downfall comes it shall be all the more keenly felt. But that is not the rea-son why bad luck seems to com just as we are congratulating ourselves over some bit of good luck. We did no destroy the enchantment by. a word. In the nature of things good luck cannot last. That handshake was part of a fleeting good time. We should not regret it. (Copyright, 1919. Thompson Feature Service.)

KÖK0M0 HAS FIRST FRENCHWAR BRIDE JwOKOMO. Ind.. Aug. 20. Kokomo has her first French war bride In the person of Mrs. Clyde Snoddy, who arrived in this city recently with her husband, a flag bearer in, the world war. The bride is a native of Grenoble. France, and it was there that Mr. Snoddy met her shortly aft

er the armistice was signed. The bride's people are said to be wealthy and her parents are expected to visit her this autumn. Mr. fc'noddy is a former resident of Bloomlngton. Ind.

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IN CUT GLASS Bowl, 8-inch, floral cut $1.00 Cream and Sugar, floral cut $1.00 Handled Basket 12-inch $1.00 Water Pitcher, grape design $1.00 Relish Dish, heavy cut $1.00 Celery Dish. 12-inch $1.00 Mayonnaise Set, 3 pieces $1.00 Tumblers, heavy cut, odd sets, 6 for. .$1.00 Vase. 10-inch, floral cut $1.00 Candy Jars, floral cut $1.00

Ice Tea Classes, grape design, 8 for. .$1.00

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'DOLLAR DAY THURSDAY, August 21st Dollars will do double duty here Dollar Day. Only a few articles of some items. Better come down early. See our window for bargains.

SILVER. IVORY, ETC. Ivory Hair Receiver $1.00 Ivory Powcler Box $1.00 Ivory Brushes, cloth $1.00 Ivory Buffers $1.00 Silver Military Brushes $1.00 Silver Mirrors $1.00 Mahogany Nut S-ts $1.00 Mahogany Sewing Trays $1.00 Dessert, Table or Soup Spoons, Wall ace 35 year plate, set of 3 $1.00 Salad Forks. Wallace, set of 3 $1.00 Clocks, one day, desk $1.00

Sherbets, heavy cut, 6 for $1.00

These are only a few of the mafty good values offered here on Dollar Day. No article laid away or delivered on this sale.

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