THE MICHIGAN DAILY.
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Sunday Morning Magazine Section
1HiE IIC -1IGAN DAILY
Established 1890
SUNDAY MORING MAGAZINE
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General Editor......... J. L. Stadeker
Staff
L. S. Thompson E. A. Baumgarth
Win. uH.Fort Golda Ginsburg
R. J. Blum Walter R. Atlas
C. S. Huntley D. M. Sarbaugh
M. C. Piatt Bruce Swaney
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1915,
Issue Editor........... J. L. Stadeker
A LITERARY PAPER
There has been much agitation of
late for the re-establishment of a
purely literary publication on the
campus. On the question of the de-
sirability of such a project there can
be little discussion. A university the
size of Michigan ought to provide the
means of publication of the work of
those students who can and wish to
write poetry, stories and essays. But
unfortunately the publication of a
magazine has its practical side and
it" has been proven that Michigan
cannot, or will not, provide a suffi-
ciently large circulation for a liter-
ary paper. Circulation means adver-
tising today and advertising alone
secures a sound financial basis.
The circulation and advertising are
already at hand in the shape of The
Michigan Daily. Page Four of The
Daily has for some time been devoted
to features and on Sunday is a pure-
ly magazine page. There is no reason
why The Daily cannot to some degree
become an outlet for literary talent,
other than journalistic. The modern
newspaper is becoming more and more
high class in tone. Sunday supple-
ments of many New York and Chicago
papers are contributed to by the fore-
most literary men of the day. Why
cannot the same plan be worked out
successfully on a college paper?
The Daily is willing and will ac-
cept all suggestions and contributions
toward the plan. The faculty agrees
with The Daily that Page Four may
well supplant the literary magazine of
old. It needs but the co-operation of
the student body-especially of those
men and women who can write, who
wish to write, and who will write.
The Inquisitive
Son Will Persist
James W. Helme, state dairy and
food commisioner, is not a humorist,
nor does he claim to 1de one. He has,
however, vritten a little-piece of im-
aginative conversation betwen a fath-
er and his inquisitive son which we
take the liberty to publish on this
page as a help both to Mr. Helme and'
others. It follows:t
"Oh, Pa, what are those red things{
in the bushel basket?" asked the small
boy of his father as they went along{
the street.
"Those, my boy, are cranberriest
which your mother always serves witht
the turkey on Thanksgiving," said thet
father.
"And, 0 see, Pa, there's a tin meas-t
ure in the basket just like my buyst
milk in! What's that for?"t
"That," says the father, "is suppos-t
ed to be a quart measure in which
they measure the berries."c
"But, Pa, when ma sold some straw-c
berries, she measured them in a quart
basket. Why doesn't the grocer?"
"Well, you see, my son, there arec
two kinds of quarts, a dry quart to
sell dry things in and a liquid quart
to sell liquids in. The liquid quart
holds ten cubic inches less than thea
dry quart so the grocer buys his cran-
berries by the dry quart and sells
them by the liquid quart."e
"Why does the grocer do that, pa?",
"So he can get 38 quarts out of eachv
32 quart bushel."
"But, Pa, I should think people[
would insist on having a dry quart ofs
cranberries instead of a wet one?",
"They would, my son, if they onlya
knew the law."
"But, Pa, ain't it dishonest to sell 1
persons a short quart of cranberries?" h
"Oh no, my son, it is merely 'Busi-
ness Efficiency.'"
"What's 'Business Efficiency?'" t
"Oh, that's the art of getting all f
there is out of business and thenb
some."
"But, Pa, isn't that wrong?"n
"Now, never mind asking any more
questions, son, you won't understand s
business principles until you grow up."
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Look that Reule, Conlin & Fiegel ad o
over and form an opinion, then comew
to the Big Store and verify it with the t
goods. nov5-10-14-19-24 a
STUDENT RELATES HAPPENING S
DURING ONE NIGHT STO POVEI
IN "BUMl" IHOTEL
THRILLING THINGS TAKE PLACE
By Wn. H. Fort,
For those who have never spent a
night in a municipal nightie, the ex-
perience would be an education. iou
have seen the tramp and thought
about him often-from the depths 01
an easy chair before a crackling fire
and between puffs of your after-din-
ner cigar you have wondered how
m~zy "poor devils" were out of work;
around Christmas time you have prob-
ably handed over, nonchalantly, care-
lessly, a dollar or so to a representa-
tive of some charitible organization,
and undoubtedly turned the next mo-
ment to rebury your nose in the eve-
ning paper, thinking your duty done
and seeing no necessity for worrying
further. It was, and there wasn't.
But had you taken the time and
trouble to investigate you might have
learned many interesting things about
the bearded hoard, about the life they
lead and the causes that brought them
from the higher planes of life to ap-
ply for membership in the universal
club of the "leisure class" of America.
Adventure comes to those who seek
it, often, to those who wish for it,
sometimes. I wished for it, sought it,
and found it-the wierdest night I
ever spent-within the four walls of
the MacGregor Mission, Detroit, and
was surprised by many things. The
Mission is the western "Hotel de
Gink" of New York fa :e; a lacea
where you find gathered together ho-
boes and vagabonds from all over the
country. In the main hall on the first
floor, stretched out on benches, gath-
ered about checker tables, lingering
in the neighborhood of the spitoons
which are grouped around the posts,
or shufflinA back and forth across the
length c the flior are to be found
men of aH ypes and in all degrees of
dress and undress at any hour after
supper, cvc r> niht. That ihe gath-
ering is cosmopolitan may be proved
by the sta trment of Dr. Wriht who
has charge ' r dhe ical d partmne t
there.
"In the last three years," he said,
"we have had here three college pro-
fessors, two men who were once
among the most prominent men of
Detroit, and one doctor who several
years ago had the largest practice in
Michigan." In all cases, he said, their
downfall was due to alcohol. It is the
common opinion that tramps are af-
fected by the wanderlust, that they
do not wish to settle down. This is
true in some cases, but not entirely.
They are divided into two classes,-
those who have no desire to work, who
have no ambition, and who care only
to be allowed to eat once in a while,
and those who would work if they had
the opportunity and who are anxious
to get ahead. To the second class
the municipal lodging houses are able
to bring some help, to offer some en-
couragement. A conversation with
one of the first-named class is typical
of his kind.
"'Smatter," I asked, "no work?"
"Sure," he replied. "Lots of it. I
c'n work half the time if I wanna."
What did he do with the other half?
"Oh, come in here," he said, "an',
spend my money. They'll letcha stay
as long as ya wanta if y've got fifteen
cents," He shook his head to empha-
size the statement and aimed a gen-
erous stream of Honest Scrap at the
nearest spittoon. "Swell here," he
went on. "An' after the first night
you don't have to take a bath 'less
you wanta." Several of them laid great
stress on that point, and most of them
proved the statement by their appear-
ance.
The sleeping process is interesting.
In the shower room they are made to
take off all their clothes, which they
hang on an iron coat-hanger and sur-
render to the attendant who puts
thein in the "vat" over night to be
umigated. They are made to take a
ath, then given a night-gown, of;
rough, unbleached muslin with in-
numerable sharp points along thel
seams, and sent to bed. There is a1
eries of dormatories, a hundred beds1
n a room, and when a room is filled -
he lights are put out, and after half 1
an hour or so, it is quiet until five3
'clock when they are all called. It
was in a room full of these that I
ried to sleep, but it was much easier,
nd more 'exciting, to lie awake. They
EUSRAH, THE UNIVERSITY Y. M. %. AS MISSION IN ARABIA, STRA-
TEGIC WAR POIN' IN THE 31ESSYPOTAMIAN V=ALLEY
Busrah, the university Y. M. C. A.
nission post in Arabia, is exposed at
:resent to the drives of both German
and British armies, owing to its strate-
gic importance as the entrance to the
fertile Messopotamian valley.
Whoever controls Busrah commands
the entire belt of rich farming coun-
try where corn can be raised which
equals that of Minnesota, both in quan-
tity and - quality. Moreover, any,
trans-Asiatic railroad would naturally
:ass through this city of 60,000 people
and this lends the place an added im-
portance. f
No letters have reached Ann Arbor
from this post for over two months
and a half and the university "Y"
officials are extremely curious to
know the exact state of affairs there,
since at the last report the city was
in the grip of the Bubonic plague,
which was carrying off the natives by
the score.
Since the outbreak of the war all
nail has been so strictly censored by
the British authorities at Bombay that
very little real information has been
received here. For a long period all
mail was held up and as a result
neither the mission nor the "Y" could
communicate with each other.
Dr. Hall Van Vlack, '10, who has
charge of the "Y" mission at Busrah,
reported that at the outbreak of the
war there were seven Europeans in
the city, two of whom, being Ger-
man, left to join their army, leaving
one of their compatriots behind. This.
German immediately went to the Brit-
ish consul and suggested that the
cataclysm was so far distant that it
should make no difference in the local
relations. The Englishman gladly
agreed with this thought.
Some time later the consul discov-
ered that this German was at the bot-
tom of a plot which was nearly ripe
and which had as its aim the capture
and pillage of the city by over 1,000
Arabian nomads: The instigator of
this plan escaped.
In the same letter 'Dr. Von Vlack
wrote something of the activities of
the English in that region, but the
pencil of the censor promptly elimin-
ated it.
Home Buiding
Book Publishe~d
The haughty visitor from the met-
roplois can no longer point the finger
of scorn at Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor
homes. The days of the ugly and
purely practical house of the Amer.
ican small town have passed and there
is developing around Ann Arbor a
district of beautiful homes and graci-
ous lawns. South and East the tide
has spread till the hillsides have been
covered with beautiful and hospitable
dwellings, the windows of which open
upon the panorama of river and valley
below.
Of great interest to the prospective
home builder is the volume just issued
by the Architectural $ook Publishing
company, "American Country Homes
of Today," by Samuel Howe. The
book shows in picture and plan the
new ideal in American architecture..
From all over the country have been
chosen homes and gardens planned
and completed within the last few
years, selected by the author for their
,beauty, comfort and refinement.
The stucco house has come into
more and more evidence with the
years, for the material is one upon
which nature can leave subtle mark-
i gs of her own. Its picturesque values
combined with bricks, tile or stone,
and enhanced with vines or foliage,
has been siezed upon by many Ameri-
can architects. The stucco house as
found in and about the city is almost
always brown and low in its outline,
hospitable and attractive in its tone.
It is rarely burdened with detail or
ornament and fits unobtrusively into
the surrounding landscape.
For the builder who wishes color
there is. nothing like brick, says Mr.
Howe emphatically. The brick house
is full of suggestions of warmth, se-
curity and comfort. Many Americans
have followed the lines of the English
manor house and from Jacobean and
Georgian 'models have rebuilded ac-
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HEALTH SERICE
INSTITUTION NOT SURPASSED BY
ANY UND)ER OTHER UNIVERSI-
TIES' CONTROL
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN TREATED
By S. W. Donaldson
On North Ingalls street, just behind
Hill auditorium, stands a small un-
pretentious-looking brick structure,
which to the outsider presents no un-
usual appearance and even a passerby
might fail to notice the small sign,
"University Health Service," beside
the door, but here, every morning and
afternoon is the busiest place on the
campus, in regard to the welfare of
the student body.
Some three years ago there was
created a demand for some institution
hat would better the conditions of car-
ing for the general health of the
large number of students in the uni-
versity, and out of this idea, which
was rapidly expanded, grew tie estab-
lishment of the system that now pre-
vails.
The Health Service at present is
surpassed by none directly under the
control of any university and is also
the model of several of its kind now
conducted at other schools. It gives
to the students the best medical aid
that can be secured and the statistics
compiled since its establishment show
that it has kept the degree of sick-
ness of the student body lower than
ever before.
Since the foundation of the service
there have been -numerous additions
made. First was the securing of a
woman physician to take care of the
department for women students; then
as more assistants were needed these
were added; and later, both for their
benefit and to allow the offices to
accommodate a larger number, it be-
came part of the section work of the
seniors in the medical school that they
should each spend ten days at the
Health Service.
Every morning between nine o'clock
and noon there is a constant influx
of students, both men and women, to
the offices maintained, and it may be
said that there are very few students
who have not at some time or other
awaited their turn.
When a student appears for an ex-
amination or treatment he is required
to fill out a card, giving his name and
complaint and also to state if he is
visiting the Health Service for the
first time. If, when his case is consid-
ered, it is thought advisable, he is sent
to him room and told to stay there.
A notice is written to his Dean ex-
plaining fully his condition and an
excuse from classes is obtained. Or
if it is deemed necessary he is given
a "refer" card to the University Hos-
pital where he is put under the care
of a specialist, and if the hospital
further advises, he returns and is
given a "Hospital" card, which en-
titles him to operation, treatment and
nursing entirely free except for the
expense of his room while confined.
Each student with, for intsance, a
nose and throat- complaint, is given a
routine examination for tonsils, ade-
noids or deviated septum, or any other
condition which might prove to be #
focus of infection or a source of con-
stant irritation, thereby making the in-
dividual a subject to colds or a chronic
nose and throat trouble. If such is
found or anything else which might
be deleterious to his health, he is
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ANN ARBOR HAS CINDERELLA,
MISS Mac-MILLAN DISCOVERS
The theatrical Cinderella has found
her equal. Miss Violet MacMillan,
who has been charming audiences at
the Majestic theatre during the last
few days, has found a sister Cinderella
in Ann Arbor. Miss MacMillan, who
wears a size twelve and one-half shoe,
put one of her dainty pumps on ex-
hibition at a State street shoe store
and offered anyone who could wear it
a pair of seats free to a performance
at the Majestic. At first it seemed that
Ann Arbor was to be classed with
Chicago, but finally Mrs. C. D. Camp,
304 South State street, saved the day
for Ann Arbor and incidentally won
a pair of seats at the Majestic theatre.
all snored, with everyone a master of
a different tune which changed ac-
cording to the nature of the dream
the musician was dreaming.
In the middle of the night the mu-
sic in the bed next to mine suddenly
stopped and there arose a blood-curd-
ling yell that Buffalo Bill himself
would have envied. The occupant of
the bed arose suddenly, let out a long
string of curses, and then just as
suddenly lay down again. Another
one, off in a far corner of the room
dreamed he was in a fight, and pro-
ceeded to illustrate several new
punches to his neighbor in the next
bed. Thus the night passed.
The morning was most exciting. The
whole bunch was herded into the
shower room, the nightgowns were
taken away, and there, with the win-
do ws all open and a fresh breezd
coming in, we all stood shivering
while the attendant called off the
numbers of the clothes hooks from
the vat, and in due time we got our
clothes. Then it was a question
whether to put them on or leave them.
There couldn't be a 'richer' smell in-
vented than the odor which clings to+
cloth'< s that have spent the night in;
the fumes of a MacGregor disinfect-
ant. In the morning everyone was
cheerful; some of them even whistled-
as they crept into their clothes. And
that the night's sleep between clean
linen (thought prickly) had done
something for them and awakened a
few of their softer instincts may be in-a
ferred from a conversation that I hap-1
pened to overhear. One fellow was1
coughing from the cold air that blew
in on him through the window and in
one of his neck-contortions he hap-+
pened to bump the man ahead of1
him. The man turned arcund-a
huge bewhiskered giant-glared at
him and said: "Wassa matter witcha, -
huh? You been on the road so long
you've lost all yer manners?" I
THEATRICALNEWS NOTES
"Sin," the photoplay that is to be
shown at the Majestic theatre today,
is an unusually convincing and pow-
erful play growing out of the clash of
elemntal human passions. The play is
one of Italian life. It starts in Italy,
where Lugi, the lover of Rosa, is cast
aside for the love of Pietro, a dazzling
young Italian who has just returned
from America where he has made some
money.
From Italy the scene shifts to New
York, where the Italian colony, "Little'
Italy," is celebrating the feast of the
Madonna of Mt: Carmel, the most sac-
red fete day of the Italian colony.
Many startling incidents occur in
America and the play is brought to
a mighty and overwhelming climax.
"Sin" is undoubtedly one of the
fleest photoplays ever produced and
deserves the consideration of all photo-
play lovers.
The bill which will open at the Ma-
jestic Monday night is quite novel and
contains acts never seen before in this
city. Perhaps the greatest novelty is
the "Mystic Bird," an act in which
a canary picks up and whistles a num-
ber of selections played by a boy
violinist, Master Paul.
Another attractive offering is a
sketch called "The Flareback." This
is a novelty filled with humor of the
richest sort.
Signor Franz, presenting his "World
on Wheels," a comedy bicycle act with
La Petite Violette and two other clever
comedy riders, will show to Ann Ar-
bcr audiences a wheel act far superior
to any seen here for some time.
The bill is finished by the Halkings,
who present "Shadowgraphy."
In response to many requests, Man-
aeer McIntyre of the Whitney has de-
cided to open a mail order sale for
seats for the coming engagement of
Francis Starr next month in "Mary-
Odile," the widely discussed play by
Edward Knoblauch, in which this
young actress created something of a
sensation when she first appeared in
it at the Belasco theatre, New York.
For some years Miss Starr has ap-
peared in numerous dramatic produc-
tions, but it is said that she is at her
best in "Mary-Odile."
Mail orders for the play, accompan-
ied by a stamped and self-addressed
envelope, will be filled in the order of
their receipt.
Wright Saxophone Trio party at
Michigaii Union Friday evening, Dec.
i. )ancing 9 until 2 o'clock. For
titkets call 236, nov2S
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THE DEVIL'S DUE.
We work and work and never
rest,
And hope thereby our lives be
- blest;
Or else we spend in idleness
Our days with Muriel or Bess.
We work and know not why we
work;
We slave.away our lives in toil
To lay up riches that will rust
Where Satan's angels never
. shirk
To tend the steaming pot where-
in we'll boil
Or bake, which slowly turns us
back to dust.
We idle, never knowing why;
With Bess we turn night into
day,
With Muriel we see the show;
We hope that when we come to
die
St. Peter will not send these
clods of clay
To sweat and squirm in regions
down below.
You see, dear reader, each ex-
treme,
But if you wish to work or play
or rest,
Why-choose what in your heart
will suit you best,
And take a chance on being
Satan's guest.
--Alexander Brede, '18..
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THEDA BARA IN "SIN" AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE TODAY
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