South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 32, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 February 1921 — Page 6

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FEBRUARY 1. 1921.

BETTER POSTAL SERVICE. Hru- of the compensutinfr born f;ts of the business slump Is the improvement In the postal service. Tht improvimtnt is notlcrabb- almt cvprjwhcre, Fpvclally since the first of the y.r-ir. The holiday ru-sh was Uikin care of better than the public expected. Now the jr.-Ice in many cities i said to be approximating th efliciency of Fevtral years ago. Malt mrvtt?r is collected and transmitted more promUly. There is less delay particularly with Utters. The main caua of this improvement is found In the fact that postmasters are able or.ee more to obtain competent help. Iurln the war they wero I'.iprlved of many of th'ir bt,-st men by the draft. When tne army was demobilized most of these men stayed away, and others joined them, because of the lure of higher waes in industry. It was necessary to mploy larxe numbers of "temporary" clerks and carriers without ppccial qualification. Naturally tho hervic suffered. Now the obi employes are drifting lacV. and good raw material is peeking post otficc jo?s again. o that it Is possible to apply tbt? elvi service rules normally and discharge those who cannot me:;t its reiuirc:nents. Corgresci prompts to help the situation still more by granting additional money for the work next year. Iietter postal srvir?, needless to say, will help to make better business. It will also help the public I .yehology.This may turn cut to be a year of l!i. i.-ncy as well as thrift in public and private affairs alike.

PAYING THE INCOME TAX.

Henry Ford has been seeking a loan of $60,0C0,"j.j to $7;.000,uoo. His credit is good, and he can tcet the money if he i.s willing to pay the price. It is s dd that he may have to pay as high as 7 1-2 percent for It. The purpose, of tho loan, however. Is the interesting thing. Mr. Ford says he wants it, or most of it. "to pay his income tax." His personal income tax alone amounts to several millions, and Mr. Ford seems to have used up nearly all his ready money. Th. Ford Co.s tax. however, is what counts. Its 1920 taxs now owed to the federal government are K.iid to total $43.000.000. business has been dull lately with this company as with others in the automobile, industry. The sad thing about it Is that the comjany finds Itself obliged to pay the tax on lat year's boom business out of this year'a derlated Income. A FtM sat'der thing Is that so many thousands of other citizens are in the same position as Henry Ford. It Is a rather ridiculous plight for any business man, or any other man with business sense, to be in. Th sensible thing, cf course, is for a company or an individual to save money for its income tax out of th Income on which the tax is levied. It would have been possible for almost any firm to estimate last year, quarterly. Just about what proportion of Its Earnings would be re-iuircd for tho income tax. and to set aside that sun aj it set aside funds for dividend or Interest or depreciation or sinking fund. An Individual capitalist or salaried man would have found the matter still easier. If that had been dene, the money would now b-3 In the bank rendy for payment of the tax. There would be none of this wild scramble for loans at e xorbitant Inter st to meet the first quarterly payment in March, and there would be no gnashing of teeth over the necessity of paying the swollen tax on last year's big income with the scarcer and moro valuable dollars of the present year. The trouble was that nearly everybody got into the habit of thinking tho big profit. wiwild last forever, and for e.-ry dollar spent two or threo would come rolling in next year in time to pay tho tax. Slr.ce the income tax is destined to stay with u? for some time, thi lesson "might well be learned end nppM.-d. It those fortunate tnoush to have taxabb- iru o::; s this year start immediately establishing a fund u meet the tax when it coir.es due.

GOOD WILL TO MEN. Aft. r studying labor all ever the world. Fres't CharK s F. -Thv. i::g i f Wet-Urn llcserve university Miro.- up th..- matttr thus: "The labor problem - more a human and moral th:.n an ecu:;-mile pi ol.li m. It will not be solved until tb.t re a mam:', station and earncs; practice of 4,o od will n both :.bs" IVisonil sc'.bshr. ss has always been regarded by orthodox fco:-.o:: : - as the necessary mainspring of industry and trade l' rsonal e!t:shnss has likewise. Lt-r. considered the natural and inevitable motive in I ui:tb: -. In the- relations of nations to ach other i i.a.- k -. talwT: for rranu d that the aggraie h'itb-hn of tho individuals making up eery na

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truth enunciated by th founder of this rrore or les ChrL-tlan civlll7..iMon. Nothini: will solve the labor problem, nothing will solv our clamorous political problems, nothing will solve the baffling International rrobImn of the present day, except the Golden Rule. Until that nil n crept. d, and men are oh willing to help others in thse various relationships as thy are to have others help them, the problems will remain Insoluble. Will such a millennial attitude ever come? H. G. WeiLs. who is by no means altogether an Idealist, bases his faith on his belief that "good will" Is inherent in man. and is potentially a tronger motivethan elilih!eKS. Herbert Spencer, a hard-headed philosopher with little trace of sentiment in hi make-up, foresaw a time when altruism would tako the place, of nelfishness as the dominant motlv imr.ng mankind. IJko Wells, he based his hopes oi what he actually saw In the hearts of men. It all eomea back to this that what this miserable world needs In order to straighten itself out is religion, and the very simplest of all religion at that. Was anything ever simpler than this same Golden Rule, and the Christmas message naturally associated with it? What we need today more than ever before '.9 "peace on earth and good will to men." And there is a deep truth contained in an alternate version of this same Christmas message 'Trace on earth 'to men of good will.' There is always peace for nun of good will. Since this is the era of propaganda, why not bao a propaganda on that? o A FEMININE UNIFORM AT LAST. The American Dress league, a newly organized body of business, professional and society women interested lr. "better clothe for women" believes that it hrus worked out at last tho long-sought uniform which will be acceptable to all classes of women and adaptable, with slight variations of material and cut, o all occasions. Mere man may not enter Into the realm of woman's dress and hope to escape with his life, so no attempt will bo made at detailed description of thH marvel. Rave to iiay that it is a "three-piece affair" consisting of "a foundation waist and knickerbockers" which can be worn for housework and athletic. For more formal wear there la an "ovcrfllp" to be varied In material and design to suit th occasion, the idea of simplicity and uniformity being retained. Some representative women have registered their approval of the costume and their Intention of adopting it. The president of the Dress league says these women believe that if generally adopted the uniform will "insure democracy among women, promote morality by doing away with vulgar display or limbs and lines, promote economy, woman's leisure and domestic harmony and remove the lure of the easiest way." If it will do all these things and ctlll leave room for tho exercise of Individual taste, it deserves enthusiastic adoption. All that remains is to get It adopted. o A bill has been introduced in tho Missouri legislature providing fines and imprisonment for "profiteering undertakers and casket-makers." Why discriminate? Is it any worse to profiteer In the necessaries of life than the necessaries of death? o ' Mr. Debs' term in-prison may be easier, at that, than Mr. Harding's term in the white house. And he'll probably get out sooner than Harding. o The average wage In New York state lately has been about ?28 a week. That's all right for tha average men lucky enough to have Jobs. o What the country needs now is a liquor-consumers' strike. o

Other Editors Than Ours

"A SCltV.VNT W1UIN Hi: IlKIGXITTU." (Chicago Daily News.) Enlarging upon a famous passage in Proverb. Kipling sings; "A servant when he rclgneth is confusion to the end." And he telLs why. "His feet are swift to tumult. His hands are slow to toll. His ears are deaf to "reason. Hi3 lips are loud in broil. Ho knows no use for power. Except to show his might. He gives no heed to judgment Unless it prove him right." Chlcagoans. ruled politically by their own pay roll, brigade, can discern much truth along with the poetry in these lines. Certainly they should not permit themselves to be thrown and hog-tied and confined permanently in a political corral of their servan.s manufacture. This they would do If they allowed the city hall machine to add to its j, resent thoroughly disciplined thousands of public employes many additional thousands of transportation workers. Such a consolidated and sternly captained throng paid by tho people and subjected to the will of a single political boss would constitute a thoroughly intrenched government of the tax-payers by and for the tax spenders. Even If it be assumed that governing agencies so organized and so controlled would furnish public service of high quality such an assumption Is as violent a it is amiable the citizens so governed would have nothing more for their portion than subjection to a benevolent despotism. Hut benevolence, in a spoils government is as scarce as water In r. desert. Why. then, should the citizens still further strengthen at their own heavy expense the forces that hold them in pollticnl subjection? The Daily News urges the citizens of Chicago to maintain and increase their powers of self-government. In placing uton thera new and great financial burdens through the formation of the proposed municipal transportation district the city administration would place upon them also nexr and almost unbreakable political bonds. In Its triumphal progress toward complete and lasting domination of this community's affairs the administration has finally bullied the council Into timorous acquiescence ;n the administration's plant, whatever they may be. There has been no more impressive demonrtraUon of the tremendous political power which the city hall machine now exercises through its swarms of public sonants who now rule the people rather than serve them. The citizens of Chicago are entitled to vastly improved transportation service. There is no real assurance that they will obtain improved service even years henc through application of the burdnomJ program advocated by the mayor and his satellite. They cannot possibly obtain it speedily u,nder that plan. The only results certain to come from its adoption are enormous additional costs to the taxpayer and an immense Increa.se In the political strength of the already immensely powerful city hall machine.

The Tower of Babel

Uy BILL ARMSTRONG

Bob Chase of the Liberty garage stopped traffic ail day today, as a result of having his muatacho shaved off.

KIH SHI DON'T SAY A WORD TO a son j. (From News-Tim.) Miss Goodrich nnd Mr. Steele were quietly married in Chlcasro at exactly 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The marriage is a secret and win not be made public until the return of Mr. and Mrs. Steele to Mlshawaka Monday. They swore their friends to secrecy, and although South Rend and Mishaw&ka friends of tho couple mfet them at the Lasalle hotel in Chicago after the wedding ceremony Saturday afternoon, the friends promised not to breathe a word of what had happened.

Applications for membership in the A. A. O. to P.. which already has quit a large following in the city, are beginning to pour in an the bock beer season approaches.

rr war Lorrn worjr disguised AS A Grill. Dear Bill: Who was the gracious young person who showed me about tho edltorlil department at your opening Thursday. I'm Just crazy to know. D. V. D.

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KUKAXCi: MAX. Insurance Agent, (after getting name, address, eclor of eyes, color of hair, color of hands, color of suit, nnd slight idea as a to color of money) Do you drink? Victim ( keenly) Whatzat? I. A. Do you drink? Victim (scenting possibilities) Oh, yes, ves, Indeed, er I. A. What do you drink? "Victim I dunno. What have you got? I. A. You misunderstand me: I Just want to know whether,-' you drink to excess or not. Victim (despairingly) Do I drink to excess? I. A. Yeah. VictimIt doesn't look that wayjust now. I. A. Well, we'll drop tho question of drink and come back to It later. Victim T hope so. I. A. Have you been confined to any Institution for the lnnne? Victim No; the guy who told you that is a liar. I. A. Ever been confined for a long period in any institution? Victim Just my own home. I. A. 'Ever had the eplzoodlc. ltherlolamericaris, mythlopieriotes zUhclorcyrosrs? Victim Have I ever HEARD them? I. A. Ever HAD them? Victim Oh; I thought you were naming some classical compositions. I. A. Did your mother or father ever have cancer, tuberculosis, tumor, bright's disease, on the knee.? Victim I never thought to ask

them. Trie old gent had something on the hip but it wasn't water. I. A. Did your grandparents have an- of those things? Vict im Are you Insuring me or starting an investigation into my

i family?

I. A. Just questlcrs we hive to ask. Have you ever had a surgical operation ? Victim Yes. I. A Where? Victim In my own home. I. A. What for? Victim Two hundred dollar I. A. How long slr.ee you have been to see a doctor? Virtlm Not since th last time one of you Insurance, guys ame in and annoyed me, T went to a doctor at that time, but the Insurance man went to a hospital. I. A. What was the matter? Victim I just orter lest control. s I. A. Have you had any illness within the past six months? Victim Oh. a little threat trouble. I. A. Throat trouble? What was th matter with It? Victim It got awfully dry. I. A. Did you go to a doctor? Victim No, I went to a saloon. I. A. Ever have any ear trouble? Victim A little. I. A. What kind? Vletlm Why. my wife discovered I was a little deaf in one ear. I

didn't notice It until she called my attention to it. I.A. What did the doctor do? Victim He closed the other ear. too. I. A. Now returning to the drink matter. Victim (eagerly) Yen? I. A. If you drink to excess you can't buy Insurance. Victim And if I Insure to excess I can't buy a drlnX. I. A. My pood man. which would you prefer, insurance or a few drinks? Victim A few drinks. I. A. Do you know a place? Victim Sure. I. A. loot's po. (Curtain.) II. T. r.

AN OliD FRIEND BACK AGAIN. Dear Rill: We wero In an arm chair Food Emporium th other Day and in porting things Over trying to make out An appropriate line of eats We noticed that yeast has Reen put on the bill of fare. We were Just wondering And have decided to consult You as the greatest local Pillar of learning and Ask if the eating of Yeast Is to induce early rising And forestall thi Daj light Saving Ordinance? Yours truly. w I. OP. Sorry: ut a 8 o'clock Monday morning, we just happened to tpmtrriber that w? had promised Bill import we would be at his Sunday school class on Sunday.

Ignorant Essays BY J. P. McEVOY

OX IJOXG ATPOIXTED TO OFFICE, Kirn Rewtlab was appointed third assistant valet to the koiHr of the dog pound yesterday by Irrs't-rlect Harding. It was quitt a surprise to everybody in-eluding the dogs. Even Ezra was taken back, hut not far. "I am Riad I was appointed to tltls honorable post." said Ezra Devv-

lab. who made the first pair tt

rubber eyelashes for teddy hears in Chicaigo. 'I m linppy that Ires'teleet Harding showed this great eonfldenre In me. I will endeavor to he the b"st third assistant valet to the keeper of the dog pound In the history of Chiengo. Here Is a picture1 of me and don't forget to iell my namo right." " Nlles, Mich. (Special). Ezra Dewdab, recently appointed third assistant valet to the keeper of th? Cook county dog pound is well remembered here. Years ago he ran thrt dray from the depot and sold green onions in spring. He was ono of the best ginseng raisers in the country and could pick more penny-royal than three ordinary men. We would go so far as to say he was a penny-royal genius. Even then a bright future was predicted for him. We are glad to see he has made good our rosy predictions. Keep at it Ezra, old boy.

Joppa, Mo. (Special.) Tho citizens of this town are glad to claim

Ezra Dewdab for their own now that he had been appointed by I'res't-elect Harding to the post of third assistant valet to the keeper of the Cook county dog pound. Years ago Ezra lived here and ran a catfish farm. He thn branched out into eels. It was Ezra who first discovered how to cross the lightning bug and the honey bee so the bee could work nights. We are very proud of you Ezra, po we are! Yonkers, X. Y. (Special). It Is with pride we read tluit Ezra Pewdab, a former inmate of this town. has Non appointed by Pres't -elect Harding to the post of thin! assistant valet to the keeier of the Cook eounty dog pound. Ezra lived hen years 'ago and was the first man to suggest that Inhabitants of Yonkers wear chains so tltey eould climb the hills here in wet weather. Ezra Is also the Inventor of the joke: "Wliat are Yonkers?" We always kn-vv Ezra would ' succeed. Ah. there, Ez! (Copyright. 1921. K FEBRUARY. February resembles a sausage. It Is short but they've crowded a lot

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More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

success. For this Is the place that it came from!" (Copyright, 1921.)

COALS TO NKWCASTIJ-1 A couple of thousand of miles From the westerly ccast of Brazil. A half dozen green little Isles Are people with cannibals still. And thither American traders resort. Who find It a paying vocation. To sell to the king, who's a redblooded sport, The wonders of civilization. His Majesty's strong for plug hats And satin pajamas and ties, Bass-drums and false teeth and mauve spats Are things that he greedily buys. But nothing the traders have got to dlsp'ay Can make him ao eager and keen. As records of musical shows on Broadway To play in his talking machine. But lately a Yankee named Klein, Arrayed in his Joliiest amlles. Brought with him a jazz-music line To sell In these cannibal Isles. When the King heard tho records a terrible frown Was 0en on his forehead to settleTo and fro In the throne-room he stalked up and down And ordere! poor Klein to the kettle.

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$3.00 to $15.00 Tailored Vist3- play an important part in the Modes for the comping Spring. We are showing new models of Taffeta, Wash Satin, Habitai, Pussy Willow, both plain and striped; La Gerz, Dimities and Handkerchief Linens. The styles are varied so as to include both high and rolling collars turn back and French cuffV some fastened with one large pearl button, others have. pretty frilly edges on the collar and cuffs some have vestee effects and tucked fronts. Imagine how attractive these will be with the new Spring Suit.

A Growing Rug and Drapery Department for a Growing City

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Wed. Evening Feb. 2nd

The net proceeds of this dance, which is sponsored by Prof. Charles W. Gates, will be turned over to The Visiting Nurse Association.

Tickets on Sale at Geo. Wyman & Co. Robertson Bros. Ellsworth's Store Hullie & Mike Oliver Cigar Stand

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quote.) You've sure got a blank jf a nerve To offer me stuft that I wrote. Although I confess that I haven't a gues Whatever your Jazz get its name from. You can t palm it off as a New York

A WOMAN'S WILL. It happened thl3 way. Her folks said He wasn't fit for her to wed. An all the time, as some folks will, hey kept bellttlln him, until She argued back, as girls will do, To prove their statements all untrue. Sho answered sneers with words o' praise Found something in his ' careless ways

Worth bcastin of, an' when they'd

ni vv iv, She showed she'd come of fightln stock.

Now gl-ls is girls, an' folks should!

know You got to handle 'em jes so; There's wme, perhaps, 'at you can drive. But I'm clof on to sixty-five

An I ain't found one yet so mer-k i 'At she would turn the other cheek Or jog your way or change her mind i

If she wuz otherwise Inclined; Jus' cross one once, an' se how fur. With all your strength, you'll git with her. She'd rue the day they frequent etald. When she to such a man wuz wed. Poor stuff hl people were, an' he Poor to the end o' time would be; Ar, this, as I have said before. Jus made her -love hirr. more an more. Until it happened one fine day The two of "em Jut slipped away An straight unto the parson went. Which ended all the argument. All this was forty years ago. An' I suppose you'd like to knew Jus' what occurred. Through thick an' thin ShcV.uck. determined he 3uld win Stubborn as ever, keepta oft

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