Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1921 — Page 4

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3ni&ma §m\% STimrs INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising offices j York. Boston, Payne, Borns .% Smith, Inc. LET US HOPE we do not have to have any special sessions of the ten-mllllon-dollar Legislature! IT IS A TOSS-UP whether it Is softer for the advisor or the business director of the school board. THE TROUBLES of the mayor with the negTo politicians are the real reasons why we have ro better mayors. STRANGE, Isn't It, that a "good government" county board should have the same kind of a contract as the school board when the attorney general decides such contracts are contrary to the spirit of the law. WITHOUT ATTEMPTING to pass on the legal status of the negro whom that Louisiana sheriff forgot to hang recently, one is safe In venturing that he was a well satisfied person at the end of one perfect day, the day he was forgotten. A SOCIETY Item from Chicago states that owing to the absence of Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, the annual meeting of the Friends of Opera was postponed until Feb. 24 at the Arts Club. It did not sound like opera in Washington before the congressional committee recently. Inefficiency In calling public attention to the .impropriety of the several contracts between the Indianapolis school board, county commissioners and L. A. Snider or Snider & Rotz, the attorney general has performed a real service to the people of Indianapolis. For he has not only pointed out one specific Instance in which the public management has been very lame, but he has delivered an opinion which is, In Itself, a terrific indictment of the Inefficiency and laxity with which the afTalrs of the school city and county are conducted under the present system of government. We are not prepared to Impugn in any way the motives of the members of the school board in making these contracts. This is not a question of motives 60 much as it Is a question of system. The affairs of the school system should be taken out of the hands of any board such as now controls them for the very obvious reason that such control Is neither efficient nor proper. The Indianapolis school corporation and the county are entirely too big business to be run in the haphazard, inefficiency producing manner that results from control by a board that Is selected, not for experience w ability, but by reason of personal popularity or political manipulation. Hundreds of thousands cf dollars of money that have been cheerfully given by the taxpayers of this community have been wasted through lack of good judgment on the part of those persons to whom its expenditure has been Intrusted. Were only a fraction of this wasted money available today thousands of school children in Indianapolis would have modern school buildings in which to spend their time Instead of having shed3 in which breeders of fancy live stock would hesitate to house their animals. Many months ago this newspaper proved beyond the possibility of contradiction that the business affairs of the school board were in incompetent hands and that the Incompetency was costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars. . So complete was the proof that not a slDgle person attempted to refute the conclusion. But the business affairs of the school city are still In the same hands and the same incompetency prevails. A part of it is an overlapping of contracts by which a school board adviser gets a percentage of the cost of carrying out his advice and another percentage of the cost for preparing the plans and specifications in accordance with his advice. It is often more to advantage of a person to be in a confidential relation to an inefficient board controlling large expenditures than It Is to be President of the United States. It would appear that the job of "advising'’ the school board is more lucrative than the task of directing the affairs of the nation. But Indianapolis taxpayers are wealthy. And they appear to enjoy paying more for "advice” to the school board than the whole nation pays for the services of its chief executive. A Foolish Proposal As was to be expected, the movefinent to create “blue” Sundays in Indiana finally induced a bill in the Legislature to abolish Sunday baseball and close the motion picture houses. The bill ought, and, we believe, will, be promptly killed. Neither from the standpoint of the person who Is radical on the question of Sunday observance nor from the viewpoint of the literal Is it necessary. Sunday baseball has proved a profitable and pleasant diversion for the people of the State and has harmed no one. Sunday picture shows have been so universally demanded that the present law which forbids them has become a dead letter, impossible of enforcement in any live community. No amount of, lawmaking will change the inherent desire of the public Cor recreation and amusement. The only effect the passage of a law forbidding Sunday baseball and Sunday pictures could possibly have in Indiana would be to compel law enforcement officers to wink at its violation. What Indiana needs is a revision of the Sunday observance law to legalize clean pictures and clean theatricals rather than a law to forbid them. Intolerance is Just about as far from righteousness as Sunday desecration. The" Advantages of Glass Anew process of glass has recently been invented whereby It is now demonstrated that steel jacket bullets can be turned and at the same time an excellent quality of transparency retained. Thus will bank cashiers and others be protected and automobile windshields and similar devices rendered safe. __ m All this calls to mind the wonderful advancements of science in the making of glass and really demonstrated that truth is stronger than fiction. Some of the natives of the Philippines take shells and rub them very thin, thereby permitting the light to enter. Oiled paper has been in use from time immemorial. The manufacture cf glass has kept abreast of the times and has really made advancements ahead of the times, for not only has it enabled the electric industry to get insulation, but it has gone ahead in the artistic world until very .little has surpassed the manufacture of art glass in beauty and utility. Cooking Is now done in glass dishes and we almost live in glass houses. The plate glass manufacturing methods make It possible for every one to enjoy a clearness and perfection never heretofore experienced. All the beauties of cut glass dishes and many of the beauties of prominent diamonds and other jewelry are attributable to the glass manufacturers. In surgery and medicine the use of this article has assisted much. In times gone by brown bottles were advertised as having a superior function and certainly it was the invention of the bottles that assisted In making Milwaukee famous. W T hat advancements will occur next in the science of glass making can only be left to the imagination, but it is certain that if every other science had done as much and had made the advancements that this one has we would be much further along In the enjoyment of life. Where would half of us be if we had to depend upon the old polished steel instead of some mirror? Ladles should be specially grateful to glas* makers. Many a crystal stream has reflected back an unsurpassed beauty, but who ever saw the back of her neck till the hand mirror was, used?

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life

CHAPTER CXXXVl—(Continued.) But I wanted to go home first to leave a placating note for Jim, to see if any message had come —just to satisfy mv own Intuition that I’d feel better starting right from home. Mr. Norreys seemed to understand my tangle of motives and desires almost without my explaining them. He had a way of understanding everything and of making ono feel that he would excuse even If ha didn't understand. Whilo Jim —it seems to me that I'm always having to explain myself and trauslute myself to my Jim. But n;y desire to start from home Justified Itself when I pulled a letter out of the Harrison box and revealed the distinctive cadet-gray paper and flowing yet ragged black characters I had seen only once before, but knew in a Cash as Betty's. ‘‘From Betty!” I gasped between smiles and tears, and there in the hallway I stood and rend the letter to Virginia and Mr. Norreys. "Little Princess!” It began—and from that my eye roamed to the right-hand corner, where stood the time—Monday midnight. The night Betty had dined with Anthony Norreys and me. It seamed ages ago, yet this was only Thursday. It took only a second to react to that, and then I resumed my reading Rloud : “What a cosy, friendly evening we hnl —you and Tony and I. Three friends, and real friends, I’m happy to say. Maybe if they're very good we’ll introduce Jimmie and Terry to this Inner circle of ours. But not right away. I'm going

PUSS IN BOOTS JR.

One morning as Puss was travelling through a strange land, where the brooks ran up hill and the birds flew upside down, and the moon shone In the daytime and the sun at night, and the little stars stood on the tops of trees, and the poor people all had Liberty bonds and the rich men War Savings stamps, ha came to a rude kind of chair, and on a stone slab over It was written t “WISHING STONE.” So russ sat down and made a wish. But I won’t tell you what It was, for If you tell your wish, you know, it never comes true, and sometinv\s It doesn't, anyway, so I've been told. And while he sat there a poor old man came by with a rose bush In his hand. "Where are you going?” asked Puss. But at first the old man did not roply, for b 1 s eyes were full of tears and his voice was very husky, and the pain la his heart was very great. And the reason for nil this was because hi* good wife had died and lay burled In the churchyard. "I am taking this rose, bush to plant by my good woman s grave.” answered the old man after a 111 tie while. "May 1 conic with you?" asked Pus*. And the old man answered, "Come with me if you Ik®.” so together they went down the road nnd after a while they came to the qult-t churchyard where the people rested who hail travelled life's hard road and had reached the Journey's end. And when tho old man came to the grate of his good woman, he planted SUNNYSIDE Health Talks By information Bureau of the I Sunnysida Tubercular Sanitarium. HOW (AN W E FIGHT TUBERCULOUS DISEASE? Active tuberculous disease 1* not so common r* tutu-r uious Infection. Many people get tuberculous Infection, and never Line It dwell p Into the active The infection may remain latent for a long time, and may after years ri p out when the infected pi-rs l ft Is under a strain of bad environment, or some disease, such as typhoid fever, pneumonia, influenza, etc. There are two waja of fighting tuberculous disease: L fol-Cilvoly, by Joint effort, through community measures, or by public hygleue. ”, Individually, by pe-sonal effort, or through personal hygiene. This letter deals with the public or organized measures against tuberculous disease: Protect the School Child's HeatUi This is one of the most vital questions that the mother faces In ail the course of her life. If her child Is net healthy it cannot succeed in its pursuit of an education—cannot grow Into normal maturity. Our Washington Information Bureau, realizing this, asked the American It' 1 1 Cross to make, for lfs distribution, a bulletin that would give the mother tile beat possible advice about keeping hor child physically fit. The book is now ready. It is tin doubtedly the most practical study ever made of the subject. IT IS FREE In the interest of the well being of your children, send for it In filling out the coupon print naipe and address or be sure to write plainly. Frederic .T. nankin, Director, The Indiana Daily Times Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. I inclose herewith 2 cents In stamps for return postage on a free copy of The School Child's Health. Name .... . Street City - State

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1921.

Ann Lisle

off on a wee trip. A sort of rest cure and penance for my sins. Just as soon as I’m settled I'll let you hear from me. Be good to Terry while I’m gone; and tell Terry I said 'he should big-brother my little Lilac Princes. And I want my Jimmie boy to remember always that sha Is a little Princess—and gentle and delicate. "How I'm mooning along. That'B because It’s midnight, the witching hour; and I’m going away—and I love you. I do! So you might as well know it. Y’our Betty B.” "And It doesn’t tell a thing,” I moaned, as I finished reading—finished with moist eyes. , “When's it dated?" asked Virginia. “Monday.” “And this Is Thursday. Ro she’s much further away thtyi Greyfrairs Hall—a three-hour motor run." “But It’s mailed here In the city,” 1 said, puzzling over the strangeness of that. “And posted today—this morning." “Then I think we ought to drive right down to Greyfrairs—don’t you, Tony?" asked Virginia. "I’m still in favor of telephoning first, Vee. But wait. Our little princess has an Idea, I can see that. Did it come from the other letter—the one you're crooning over like a little mother?” asked Annthony Norreys. I folded the little note I was almost unconsciously “crooning over” and looked up to answer Anthony Norreys.—Copyright, 1019. (To Be Continued.)

By David Cory

| the rose tree and the tears that fell from b!s eyes watered It until It budded and blossomed, and In a short whilo tt was laden with beautiful roses, “Ah, my wish has come true,” said the old man. “Kee, the tree has many roses upon it. My good woman always loved roses.” And then he dried his eyes with the back of his hand. “And so has mine." said little Puss simply, but the old man hardly noticed what he said, for he didn't know that what little Puss tad wished as he eat on the Wishing Stone w-as that some poor person who wanted something very much should have It. And I think that was a very lovely, unselfish kind of a wish. Ro very dlf- • ferent from the kind of wishes one usually honrs about. For most of us wDh i for something for ourselves, but little j Puns Junior him made a wish for some ; or.e who needed It more than he, and j perhaps that is the reason St came true, j Who knows? Well, after that Puss went upon hi* ' way, and th* old nan plucked a rose and took It horns with him ami placed | in In a vase and set It before the little | mirror In which his good woman wr.t vont to look when she did up her hn!r | !n the morning before she got the break ! fast. And all that n'ght the wind sang down ihe chimney of the little old man's house: “She *e,-s your roses blooming red Upon her quiet, grassy bed.” —Copyright, 1021. | (To be Continued.) !3. Proper Housing. Here there are two things of prime j importance: Sufficient living space; 1 over crowding and congestion are dangerous; the facilities f.>r cleanliness. such as hot water for hand washing and bat'ulng, proper sewage end refuse disposal, etc. 2. Proper W irking Conditions. Unsanitary fuctury conditions may produ e disease. (if even greater importance are too much overwork, excessive fatigue, strain, breaking down our resistance to dis'osy, Unntoeas' ry and dangerI ous dust In the fact rlos, nosdvs f'-mj,ernture and humidity may uiso lower re:'stance. .1. Proper Economic f id!t!on* Extreme poverty an! destitution art the alii v of ujbercaiosis. We cunnnt eliminate one without first removing the others A living wage, with knowledge as to how to use that wage for health, is essential to tuherruh sis control. .4. Proper School Conditions. Sanitary school buildings, thorough medical nnd nursing work among school children, the use of open window rooms. Instruction regarding nutrition, flic development of recreation facilities rll these wi.l help to build health and resistance to tuberculosis and other disease, and are important in our armament against sickness 5. Regular Medical Examinations. Medical machinery in Infant clinics. In school nnd factories, and for Ihe general population will detect disease lu It* beginning stages, and make possible lfs treatmei sand cure, before It becomes advanced and hopeless. All these are things that wo must obtain through organized community effort. The next time we will deni wl'n disease fighting methods that depend on our own Individual action. J HOROSCOPE I “The stars incline, but do not compel!” 1 TUESDAY. FEB. 15. Katiirn rules strongly for good today, according to astrology, but the Sun and Neptune are In evil place. There 1s a sign unfavorable to the ami bltions of women, the stars seeming to make it necessary for them to meet difficulties in order to gain power in tfio commercial and political world. This Is a day in which the reactionary forces are strong. Old men will gain Influence In legislative councils, while this configuration prevails. Persons whose blrthdate It Is have the augury of a successful year, if they j were born in tho morning. Those who were borne later in the day may meet many ups and downs. Children born before noon liavo tho promise of harpy successful lives, but if they first see the fading light of day, they may hieot with many vicissitudes. —Copyright, 1021.

CHICKENS GET PICKLED IN PICKFORD MOVIE ‘Earthbound’ Is a Rare Dramatic Treed —Dorothy Gish Wins Again

The comedy gem of the silver screen Is "The Kid.” Never has Charllo Chaplin accomplished his purpose of wholesale and real entertainment ns effectively as he has done in “The Kid,” which la now In the second day of a week’s engagement at the Circle. There is only one genuine comedian on the screen today and his name In Chaplin. It- takes an artist to turn out such pictures ns “The Kid” and “Shoulder Arms.” Chaplin coins the grins, the laughs, the screams and even a tear or two In “The Kid.” “The Kid” Is a human document of the street. It concerns the love of a tramp for a boy. Chaplin l.e the tramp and Jack Coogan is the kid. I do not know where Chaplin picked up this Coogau youngster but he Is the most natural and honest-to-goodness “kid" actor I have ever seen. There are many stories going the rounds concerning how Chaplin trained this youngster, but It seems to me that Jackie loves Charlie and will do anything the comedian wants him to do. * There are many cracking good scenes and business In this movie, but I will i choose only two for consideration, as I believe that at least two scenes In “The Kid” represents the very top of honest comedy endeavor. One of these rrize scenes Is where Chaplin aids the kid in whipping another kid. Charlie “sicks” the kid on the other one until a grownup tough appears on the scene. The “tough” one : happens to be the brother of the chap who is being licked by the kid. Tho tough makes many passes at Chaplin j and the manner In which Chaplin dodges j the blows makes this scene ono of the i laugh gems of the comedy. The tough ■ puts on such “steam” to his blows that i hf* even bends a lamp post and the wind from his blows even moves a sign. Another scone which is a gem is the | ono showing a cheap “flop house” at night when Chaplin digs up his last thin dime to get a bed and on being j admitted slips the kid Into his bed. A ; unique scene Is tho one showing Chaplin's drearu In which he dreams he and 1 1 he kid are angels. Chaplin even uses tils w legs In flight. Opinion: "The ICid” will never be equnle<r on the screen unless Chaplin decides to beat his own record. This movie Is so good that one doesn’t mind standing up for an hour and n half to see this picture. That is what I had to do 'yesterday at tho Circle because there , was such a crowd. At the Circle all week.— XV. D. n. -|. .]. PICK FORD MAS DECIDED TO IM) SOME REAL ACTING. ! Barnyard chickens get pickled In Piek- ! ford's new movie. Mary Bickford has decided to act. That may be u strange thing to sr.v because Mary Is still the leading movie actress No one can approach her In ! popularity. Mary Bickford play* the ro! of nn ! Italian girl In "The I.ove Light.” which opei l j w - ’g engage! ent at the QUESTIONS AND l ANSWERS L'.ny reader can pet the answer to any Question hv writing THE INDIANA DAII.) lltllN I.MOini.tTIUN !!( Kl VI . 1 ’KEOKUK .1, 11 Y-KIN. DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON. D. C. This off'-r applies strictly t<> lnformati u. Ihe bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters It <! es not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your q :estlon plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents In stamps for return postage All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) TRENCH (.1 N DESCRIBED. Q What la a trench gun or mortar? I M K. A. This is n small portable cannon, or I mortar, used at short range, for dropping bomba or similar projectiles Into an enemy’s trenches. MORE ABOUT INCOME TAX. Q. It Is necessary for me to use a Ford car going to and returning from work ! Can I deduct upkeep expenses of car from my Income tax return? W. K. S. A. The Bureau of Internal Revenue In- | forms us that it is unlawful for you to deduct the upkeep expenses of your car l when filing Income tax returns. RIGHT WAY TO PRONOUNCE it. (j How is Amelita Galli-Curci's surname pronounced? (J. It. T. A. This name is enunciated as follows: ”gal’ lee koor’ chee.” the octobrists. Q. Who xvere the Octobrists? F. A. M. A. This name was applied to members of n moderately liberal political party lln Russia, originally supporting prm- | clpics of constitutional government, which } were expressed, and measures of reform were advocated, In an imperial manifesto of October, 1905. SNOW BANNERS. Q. What is a snow banner? B. L. C. A. This is a banner-llke stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish color, nnd extending horizontally for several miles across the sky. USE OF BRIDGE TOWER. Q. What is a bridge tower for? G. N. A This Is a tower for the defense of a bridge, usually erected upon the bridge Itself, the road passing through arch i ways in its lower story, which could be j closed by gates. Bridges were commonly defended In this way In the middle ages, and many such towers remain, aa (it Cahors In France, and notably at I'rague, In Bohemia. familiar quotations. I q. Where can the quotation, “Music I hath charms to south the savage breast,’’ i be found ? E. n. B. A. These lines are from the play, "The Mourning Bride,” by William Congreve (1697). OFFICIAL VOTE FOR DEBS. Q. Please give the official vote so. Debs In the last election. F. IX. H. A. Eugene V. Debs received 910,477 votes In the last presidential election.

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Charlie Chaplin and hi* little pal. Jack Googan, walking away from om mischief in “The Kid,” now at the Circle.

lontal yesterday. Mary Is sad nnd happy la this movie, and she is called upon to batttle with a storm at sea, and the little at tress must have been soiked through and through before these scenes were completed. In this movie Mary is a mother nnd the cutegt baby has been used. "The Love Light” strikes a tragic note as it rings of war, and yet It Is not n war picture. Mary is able to look sweet cud

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cute when the story demands It, and when she is called upon to do some real acting, Mary i* right there on the Job. This woman udl act. She doesn't have to pout and wink and look cute to put her movies over. Give her roles In which *h can smile and cry. She can do both butter than any other woman on the screen. 'lhere is some original business ta i this Bickford movie and a funny scene

is where some barnyard chickens, geese and pigs get “drunk” on Italian wine. I am yet unable to explain how the director ever got chickens and the geese tc play “drunk." The lighthouse scenes are well done nnd the storm at sea Is effective. Picklord has better support In this picture •ban she has had for some time. The story centers around a little ItaJ(Continued on Page Five.)

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