South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 284, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 10 October 1920 — Page 17

Bend SECOND SECTION 1MB FEATURE, SOQETY, WOMAN'S, THEATRICAL, AUTOMOBILE and EDITORIAL SECTION L JL VOL. XXXVII, NO. 284 SOUTH BEND. INDIANA. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 1 0. 1 920. PRICE TEN CENTS

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The Voter's Choice In The Coming Election By CHARLES W. ELIOT, President Emeritus of Harvard University

After a study of the Principles of Government Advocated and Acted On by the Leaders of Both Great Parties During the Last Eight Years, President Eliot Comes to the Conclusion That "The Democratic Party is the Far More Trustworthy Party for the Promotion of Progressive Ideas in Government, Politics and the Improvement of All Social, Commercial, and Industrial Organizations."

Wo that nrrs strong ought to boar the Infirmities of Hmj cafc, nnd not to plcaso ourNi'ltos. Paul to the J tomans, xv.l. It is only a minority of tho voters, even a small minority, who make an Intelligent choice at any election. Most practiced voters follow their party lenders or their party newspapers, without much use of cither their minds or their wills. This fact is not to be regretted In ordinary' times; because party government is the only form of government which has proved possible in the democracies, and to successful party government a certain stability in political parties seems to bo essential. Moreover, the free governments In which political parties aro only two, with the occasional and general precarious development of a third, have been on the whole muc h more successful in procuring for the people concerned real progress in education, production, and trade, and real toleration in religion, than the governments which have to bo carried on through numerous political parties, which naturally tend to become mere, factions, compelling the administration to rely on temporary groupings, within which there is littlo real sympathy, or even much hostility. In extraordinary crises, however, like that of Europe in 1314, cr that of America at this moment, this normal stability of great parties in free governments becomes a serious danger. The formidable question then presents Itself presents itself now in this country how a large proportion of tho voting mass will rise to the occasion and make a sound enolce between tho policies and men set before them by two contending parties a choice sound not only Intellectually but morally. A Mommtrras CHsIh. A larger proportion of tho young voters than the old will free themselves from partisanship and make, their choice on simple moral grounds. This fall the expoldlers will choose best of all, becauso they know more about tho facts than stay-at-home people do, and want make, sure as they can that their dead and disabled comrades have not died and suffered in vain. Th American people are now approaching a momentous crisis. They are called upon to render a decision on questions not primarily economic o rindustrial, but relating chiefly to national duties, responsibilities, nnd obligations. The decision will depend on the present state of the national character, which Is of course an outcome of

From Barren Russia To Eddy Street Is A T wisted Trail But David Plotkin And His Family Are Happy Once More After Many Years Of Suffering And Untold Hardship

IW THANK FATtKINdTON War In its hldecus and grotesque masks of carnage, flaming with hate and bitterness; the rule of a stern and misguided peopl; hardships almost more than human flesh and blood could withstand, all these were Interwoven in tho tales of four Russian refugees who found a loving welcome In South Dend last wcew. This story concerns the family of David Plotkin. Most of us think that we know something of war, for have we not read some of the books! Philip Gibbs, in his "Now It Can Be Told" has given u- an Insight of the heart and mind of the ICnglish soldier under tho most adverse conditions. Henri Harbuse, whose "Under Firo" is one of gTeat books of the post-war period, haa written a narrative of a squad of French soldiers and their part in the war which for sneer ghastllness can hardJy bo approached in literature. Lips. Vs. Hooks. Books are intangible thing We are obliged to tako frcm the cold printed letters of tho page our Ideas, and let cur Imagination work to transform the story into coma semblance of reality. The Plotkin family gives a narrative as full of horror and misery as any book of the war, and it comes from lips which smile with the gladness of tho row-found freedom; and with shrugs of th9 shoulders In the Slavic manner which dismiss the thoughts of the distant and dreary country they have left forever. David Flotkin came to South Ilend ten years ago from PInski, Russia. There he had a family of three small children, the youngest a boy of twelve years. South Bend's industry knew him for a few years, until he had mastered the English language and the American ways. Then he started a little grocery store on Parry and Division 5treets. He counted the days that must elapse until enough money was saved to brinj his family here. Then the carnage of war swept Kurope Into a flame. grid the Plotkin family was one of the blLs of human wreck wood which floatt-d on its ghastly surface through five years of bitter sfrrrgie. No letters came to the father during the five years which followed, and it was only after the establishment of the mere stable government under the Poles that news and money from Ilotkin could reach them. The father did r.ot know where they were h could only hope They did not know If the war had caught him up too. am it had jo many of tho mm of thf!r own country, and that he might be filling fr-rave on wmf tattle line. In their modest, clear., and happy home on South EJdy treet 1 listened with th aid of an interpreter to tbelr tales of war. Anna, the oldest child, is a little

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f - W and M-:--?;. WA.. vv-J He of the moral and religious leadership enjoyed by the people during the past three centuries and of the na. tional experience at homo and abroad during the same period and alio on tho opellnesa of the people's heart to the world's appeal for help. Under these circumstances the stability of tho two great parties In the country is sure to be Impaired, the number of Independent voters will Increase, and many more voters than usual will be making a real choice among the policies and persons that solicit their votes. Help For the Inquiring Voter. "What are tho documents which the intelligent and conscientious voter needs to study, in order to make up his mind whether ho ought to cast a republican or a democratic vote? The leading documents are of course tho official platforms of tho two parties, tho "keynote" speeches at tho conventions, and the acceptance speeches of the candidates. It is a grave misfortune and hindrance that these documents are, with two exceptions, deplorably long, much less explicit than they should be, and defaced with vituperation, bombast, and vote-catching appeals to the thoughtless and ignorant. The exceptions aro tho speeches of acceptance of the two candidates for the vice-presidency. It now looks as if October wero going to supply the inquiring voter with some other means of making up his mind how he ought to vote. These means will apparently be better adapted to the reading habits of the American people than tho official documents now accessible; because they will be short editorial paragraphs in the newspapers or short reports of utterances by the leading candidates. The best opinion now seems to be that the ordinary American will put off reading an article in his newspaper which exceeds a column or so in length or an urticle in his magazlno wh'ch exceeds eight or ten pages. lie may intend to read it later, but seldom does. If the newspapers and periodicals conform to this confirmed habit of their readers there is hope that the voter who wishes to cast a considerate ' and righteous vote will get some help from the press during these closing weeks before the election. Indeed, both the principal candidates have within the past few weeks made significant contributions to the great debate. They are revealing their personal qualities to the attentive voter. Aim of tho Ibrpublioan Managers. The republican managers seem even now to be studying how to shift the main issue of the campaign from passed. All are plump, seemingly well fed, and even now know some Knglish. But the obvious delight which each Child takes in his new shots, warm sweaters, and other articles of clothing shows that they aro not accustomed to them. You men and women who beauty of sixteen, with dark eyes and black bobbed hair. The boys, Frank, 14 years old, and Samuel, 12, with tho mother complete tho family which Joined the father here last week. They did not seem to bear any 111 effects of the horrors through which they have demand real wool suits, and silk frocks, and shoes of leather, take them as a matter of course, part of tho clothing of everyday life. Not so the Plotklns. Garments made from gunny sacks, wooden shoes fo their feet if they were lucky In getting such a prize, failing that, rags wrapped around the feet to keep out the cold. that was their lot for many cold and bitter days of winter. An Incident will illustcate this. One of the boys was handed a sugar sack by his father at the store, with instructions to take it home, so his sister Anna could wash the windows with it. "What." he said, "wash windows with this? Why. if one had such a piece of cloth over there for a shirt he would be thought a rich man." Under II c Kulcr. During the years oC war there were five changes of Bovernment in the district where the Plotkin family lived. When tho war started the Czarlsts ruled. Then came Kerensky, who promised so much and delivered so little to a wor.'d which hailed him as a man of destiny. When the armed forces of Russia retired before the gray clad waves of Mackensen In the famous battles of the marshes, another rule came to tho refu

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The Main Issue of the Campaign is a Moral One, and Not President Wilson's Personality, Savs Dr. Eliot,

the Disputes or Differences

About the President's Character and Conduct Should Not Affect the Voters Desire or Purpose to Use His Own Vote in the Best Interests

His Country and the World. 5 repudiation of tho covenant and treaty "to repudiation of President "Wilson and all his works. They hope that there are more voters who dislike the president, condemn severely his mistakes and failures, and see no merit In his achievements, than thero are voters who reject outright the covenant and treaty and wish to have the United States kept out of all participation in the struggles of the world toward international coo eratlon, the reduction of armaments, and the prevention of violence by strong peoples against weak ones, and of wars for new territory or new trade. They incline to withdraw the rejection of the League nnd covenant as the primary issue and to rely chiefly on the impatience of short.elghted people with those democratic measures of the past seven years which have disturbed their private business or their accustomed pleasures. They think it safer to seek the votes of the numerous peoplo who are tired of the strenuous Ideals of the eloquent but impractical and mentally isolated president. They hope to profit by the reaction from tho moral exaltation of the war-time, and by the common wish for a change in political, economic, and industrial management. All the more it is important to state, and keep stating until the election, the real issues which the people are to decide on November 2. Issues Aro Moral Issues. Fortunately these issues are moral issues. Tn all free governments based on a wide suffrage sound popular decisions are obtained on moral questions more quickly and more surely than decisions on economic, legal or administrative questions. This fall tho main questions before the people might properly be called religious. If that word did not suggest to many minds some sectarian or ecclesiastical interpretation. The reflecting and responsible voter is going to make his choice on moral groun,. He Is going to ask himself who is right, the president and his supporters in and out of office, or tho opposition senators who have been preaching for more than a year that the noble phraso "America firat" means. In respect to national conduct, not moral leadership and enterprise, and service without thought of self, but selflsbr.ess. det-ertlon of brave comrades.In-arms, seeking cover from new risks for liberty and humanity, and refusal to participate in protecting the weak against the strong, and In making aggressive war too dangerous, in either civilized or barbarous regions, to be undertaken. The two political platforms differ from each other (Continued on Tage 11, This Section.)

gees, huddled as they were, alone the banks of the great canal which was one of the arteries of trade between the Baltic sea and the interior. That German rule was the best, the Plotklns say. It was harsh and merciless for those who did not obey the commands of the officers, but it was fair. No man, no matter what his station or his riches, could obtain more food than tho poor man. The card system for bread was put in operation, which gave each person one-fourth of a pound each day. "Did you have cards for meat and clothing." I asked. "Meat," they echoed, "there was none, and clothing we got any way possible. Gunny sack clothing was a luxury. Tho children worked with pick and shovel in their hands to build roads for the Germans and Poles. For that they got a piece of bread." The Bolshevists Come. After the German collapse came the Boleshevlst regime. Life and property meant nothing to these disciples of Trotsky and Lenlne. Looting and burning, rapine and murder swept over the land where armies had waged at least seme semblance of honorable warfare. No' life wa too sacred for the Reds to take, property was his 'who could take and keep it at the point cf a gun, honor was a word used by visionaries and dreamers. Polar 1 with her jealous reaching out for more territory v . : the next ruler. But that did not settle all the trouble. Jews are not yet acceptable to the great mass of the Polish people. Centuries of mistrust and trouble cannot be allayed by a simple government edict. The Plotklns and many of their neighbors were Jews, so they made arrangements to come to this country and rejoin the husband and father. Three years in Warsaw, the Polish capital, under the rule of the government of the Poles was one of the hardest times for the Plotklns. But before that there had been days and nights of misery, hard for people of our country to understand. The part of Russia in which the family lived is cold and wet, cut up with lakes and marshes, and the principal products are lumber, flax, and some grain. But there was not enough grain for both the armies and the civilians, so the civil population took what they could get in the way cf food. They dug beets from the frozen fields, cooked them, and in their hunger gathered the weeds from the roads and hedges for food. But the weeds poisoned the half-starved wretches bloated bodies and faces te?tlfled to that, and the victims died In terrible atony. I was either weeds for (Continued on Page Nine. This Section.)

Sis Hopkins Here But Not On Stage

n IjOItETTA LOUDEX Ohio may have favorite sons, but Indiana has famous artists. To namo onl three Rose Melville, James Whitcomb Riley and L. Clarence Ball. The first mentioned Ii, to use a country Journalist's expression. "in our midst," renewing acquaintances and friendships. Just for "auld lang sj-ne." How would you like to be tead and dinncred and danced until you didn't have a moment's time in which to count tha number of days before Gov. Cox takes up his residence in the White House? Wouldn't you like to have 'oodles of friends In your home town who loved and petted you whenever you visited them and who made gala preparations in order that you might have a good time? Of course you would appreciate It, and 80 doe Sis Hopkins, who is spending a fortnight with friends in South Bond. Has Quit the Stage. Mra Frank Minzey, nee Rose Melville, has given up her stage career, after starring for fourteen years as "Sis Hopkins," a role which she has made famous throughout the states, endearing herself to the thou, sands who have comprised her audiences. During her career she has given over 5,000 performances as iin Hopkins, a record achieved by no other actor cr actress starring in one part, with the possible exception of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," but even in this play the n V r t .': ;... . r ." . . ... . 3 . 4' ' V- . : X . :' i .. .. ' ' r ' '. jr; J T ::.- 'Hi t . ' : Ts I' - ;-..v... . '4- : t characters wero changed from time to time. Mrs. Minzey says, "Starring in one part so many years Is not good for art, but it is good for the poeketbook " ühf has appeared before South Bend audiences at least ten or twelve times, and thought that with her last appearance, about three years ago, she would be through with reporters and interviews for all time, possibly forgetting that a native city always wants to know what her cons and daughters are doing who have Journeyed afar. How Sis Got Her Hat. Do you krow how Miss Melville obtained the hat w-hich beeam? an integral part of "Sis's" outfit for ten years, and which helped emphasize the amusing appearance of her checked gingham dress and stiff braids? While rldirg through Missouri years ago Miss Melville saw a young woman on the train, with a babe in her arms, whoso every article of dress proclaimed her

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Winning a High School Maid No Snap Four Local Misses Tell The News-Times What Virtues Their Ideal Must Possess

"Prince Charming," thos magic words! Since tho days of fairy tales and nursery rhymes thos.' words have quickened the pulses of many a damsel. At the age of ten she awaits for him to come on a pracing charger in glittering armor and floating plumes and in her dream the binds her glove on his arm and becomes his lady fair! From the ages of twelve to fourteen she forgets him for awhile and becomes studious but when the is fifteen and a freshman she wants a big man. a strong man, a football man! As a sophomore she takes an interest in dancing and the man in the case must flit the light fantastic nnd play a ukelcle. The junior girl, becoming submerged in civics, wants political distinction for her man so she demands that he shall be a democrat: and the senior ah, the senior girl! Having arrived at the age of condecension she looks forward to the college man. And so it goes, as we grow older our Trine Charming on the charger grows fainter and fainter until at last smiling sadly he fades from our minds, only recurring as we gazo into thj smoke of an open fire and build air castles. How our grandmothers In their crinoline-lir.ed skirts would have gasped at the audacity of the question "What do you like best in a man?" But perhaps despite their confusion they would have, answered that they wanted a protecting, homeloving man. But when the question was put to their progressive granddaughters without hesitation they 'dtscribed their ideals, and without exception nothing about a (.home-loving man was said. "We want a man who can dance, and he sociable and play the ukelele and one who is good looking," they say. K. nu:siiMAN By Man Jo Miller. "What do ycu like best In a boy?" This was the question asked me by the society editor of the News-Times; and. being taken wholly unaware. I was a little doubtful at first as to Just what I do Ilk in a boy. However, after a hasty reflection decided that my Ideal man or boy need not have the virtues which some noted authorities on the subject say they must hae. Mj' "ideal" need not be a modern Apollo although I like a good lo king boy. My preference is a rather tall, dark complexioned boy. Although Home of my best friends, the ones Lest liked and admired, are light and yes short. A bey who wears his clothes well and who carries himself well takes much better than a slouch. A neat boy who has a clean appearance i3 liked by all the girls. There It something about him that you cannot help liking. I don't mean a "sissy," for we all adore football heroes, and it Is an undeniable fact that foot

Men You Ought to Know (Being one of a series featuring the great and near gTeat among local good fellows) BY STUART H. CARROLL

OLI.li: CL.RK A Fhinlr.g batta'icn cf tables Breaks? Into the column toiay. For Olli, th' owner cf Kib'.c', Is chosen the theme of our lay. We wonder who see him at midnight And then when the f.rtrt c.V.ckens cheep, Just when in the dusk or th dawr.lr.g Does ho ever get any deep! A f.ro In the heart of the city Wlth winter wind chilling th air; A shivering Fo.uadren of f.remen With Icicles curling the;r hair; And then a mo?t pleasing aroma A pmile from the heart of the men Two waiters plunge out of the snowdrifts With coffee that Ollle pent In! And though they don't get in the papers These great-hearted, generous thing. They rate an indelible headline Where, local good fellowship ring; And Oliio- is on" of the legion Who llnd In the valley of strife That loving and laughing and giving Make happier moment? of life! to be from the "hack wood'' or lumbering district. As soon as she saw the young woman's hat. a grotesque little upturned sailor, such ns your.gtrrs ear, with a yellow flower sticking straight up in front. Miss Melville exclaimed to her manager -I want that hat. but how will I set it." "Offer to buy it," he replied. Po. like a sauve diplomat, sbe mati up witn th baby first and eventually got to talking with Its mother. "That's a fine hat you're wearing " flattered Mis Melville, finally getting the woman's consent to Mop at the next town and purchase a new hat os a gift from the star. In the department Ftore, the woman begnn to lor.k at the cheaper grades of hats until she was told that nhe could have any hat which she might pelect in the store. After the clerk had displayed various etyles of millinery sho asked tho woman which one the liked best. "Well, I dunno," ho replied, "a hat's a hit." Perhaps the only little fault which vexes Mis Melville's friends is she's always late' Late for engagements, late for trains, nnd sometimes lat for performances, but here's hoping she will not be too late getting down to the poles to vote. One day, while rushing to catch a train sh saw a crowd of people in front of the station, all waving frantically. Alighting from her taxi, she learned that ehe had delayed the train for ten minutes! Her llnppicst Uncs. f-omo of the mirth provokers at which Sls's audiences havo "doubled up" are: "Paw says sometimes a person with a family tree Is able to branch out for himself." "Maw s-ays thero ain't no sen." in doing nothing for nobody what nver done nothing for you." (Here her audience laughed so that it was impossible for her to finish the line) "and you couldn't never make noth. ing doing nothing for nobody for nothing." In the first part of this quote th two negatives make an affirmative, so that It Is really the Golden Rule Sis Hopklnizd. Another saying of Sis's: 'Taw says a. soubrette is like vinegar, mother's always thf re." Mr. and Mrs. Minzey hav closed up their beautiful horn; at Iuke reorg and are driving through to California, where Mr. Minzey has been offered the directorship of a Los Angeles film company. They are alo considering a trip to Honolulu and the South Sea ile.j. made famous by Jack London's wild tals of romance and adventure. Mr. Minzey may film some of the ir'e.s for educational purposes.

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ball players are at times a very "mued up" bunch. He must have a nsi of humor, also an Imagination, not too vivid. He must be a good talker, ai.d also a good listener, for. as everyone knew-. I am a talker myself. He should like to dance, r. ooj show, swim and like all sorts of cut-door sports ar. J athletics. He should like to go with tho girls for thir friendship and companionship and net for silly f.entimentallty as he will probably Uve some day to lookback on those days with anything but pride. Lastly as to his character. It fchculd be strong and firm. He snould have a mind of his own and know what he wants and likes and stick to h'.s decision. In summing up my "Ideal." I should say that I lik boys in general as a who! real wll. Of rourv, I hae my f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e.s as does every other g.rl. Ther sire some over whom I thrill, others at whese very fight I ihudd'-r. I have found It my experlc r.-e amor.? both sexes that boys, as a general rule, make truer and stauncher fri'-rds than do girl. If a boy ccr prelends to b" a friend in the true ?er.bo of the wcrd it isn't likely that he will ever turn you down, while v. all kjjow a girl is very apt to waver In her friendship, although her purpose may be alright. So girls. I believe that the boH are a. very good bunch, at least th ones around our high school. So K t's give thr. loud cheers for the boys In ger.-rn.l: p..ih: Hah: P.ah: SOI'HOMOKi; By Illldegartlo Von Ilarandy. I hive been asked to give my opinion of what I like best in a boy. We!!, that's a question that I don't know exactly h&w to answer, but I ii do my best, or rather try to do it j'tice. First cf all I like an a'.laround s-port; or.e who takes r.urt n th0 school activities, plays football, basket-ball and b'iwball; one wh takes part in clas;s plays, meetings and school Interests, and one who Is not what we tall a "sis-y" or is n&r interested in looks than sport-'; cr iThoo! actlvlt.ei. Next he must be able to. and like to dance, as on wants to go to a dance once in a while or dance at home to the Vic. He must t tall, at leat five ar.J one. half feet, dress well and have a good carriage, beside being healthy, a little wealthy and a little w!se. He must havo good taste In dresa. manner and habit and at least be willing to write letters cr.ee in a whll If he is out of town. As for my 1-d-e-a-l, I don't b. Hove I have one. although I always admire a. hoy that Is tall, dark haired, has blue eyes and a f.rm n'.r.d fd ! supps you would call him my ideal but I don't know for pure, as Bometimes there are boys with blond hair that seem to attract my attention and I admire them more than those with dirk hair. Now I have tried to give you my cpir.Icn cf what I (Continued on Page r'ine. This Section.)