Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1921 — Page 4

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3ttifcma Sate dimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, Dah/ Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . . 1 Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising omces { New York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. SUNDAY brought forth its usual group of tragedies. FORTUNATELY the majority of our school board realizes that we must have school buildings at any costa. THAT NEGRO applicant for a Janitor’s Job at the Statehouse was in no worse luck than a lot of white men! " THE BURNING of eighteen houses Sunday serves to demonstrate the Importance of more fire prevention efforts in Indianapolis. MR. MEEKER failed to register any great triumph at the meeting for successful candidates at the Democratic club Saturday night. MOST of the advocates of daylight savings seem to be in a position where they could practice what they desire by a mere changing of the hour at which the whistle blowsl THE IDEA of any one else having anything to say about the dispensation of Federal patronage is, of course, sufficient to cause one Indianapolis newspaper to have hysterics. Lindsey’s Fine Through the payment of a fine of SSOO an incident in Colorado is closed, but it invokes very serious thought as to the righteousness of the fine. Judge Lindsey, who by the way, originated the juvenile court, or made a big success of it in Denver from the good work that was done by it, was fined SSOO for contempt of court. The Judge appealed from the decision and fought the case in all the courts possible, but he was obliged t& pay the SSOO and now he has done so. Judge Lindsey had a wonderful faculty of gaining the confl ence of bad boys. He would hear their case in court, have a talk with them, give them their commitment papers and send them to prison alone. His methods were unique. He refused to reveal the confidence of a boy whose mother was tried for murder and acquitted and was held in contempt for not testifying what the boy told him. The spirit of our penal laws has been that one who 'nfracts them becomes an outlaw and can claim no privileges; that the culprit refuses to recognize and defies the law so that there are very few privileges he can claim from it in relation to his crime. This principle the Colorado court adheres to. Judge Lindsey felt what was told to him by the boy would be sufficient “privileged'’ that It should not be revealed, classing it like the confessional or the confidence to a physician or lawyer The court was right because it had the power to declare what the law was, although Judge Lindsey was simply trying to keep a trust that the boy had imposed upon him. It was held that he had no right to accept the trust and the boy had no right to give it to him. Conversations between a husband and wife in criminal matters are not admitted in evidence because the relationship is too sacred and one cannot be compelled to testify against the other. Judge Lindsey failed to establish any new principle of law and possibly he was wholly incorrect but as the law is shifting and progressive science, in years from now the legal aspect may be seen from his standpoint.

Repression There is no doubt the world is changing, and that for the better. One of the manifestations of progress Is the step of women, out of the life of repression into the sunlight and responsibility of constructive living. That step has been made and cannot be gainsaid. Franchise is universal today, in this fair land. The unnatural division of life’s burdens In the past has been eliminated in law. Legislation preceded custom and both are enforced by enlightenment. The wife is no longer incapable, legally, of managing her own property, or of conducting any enterprise in her own name. It is no more the duty of the husband, as head of the family, to chastise the wife with a rod no thicker than his thumb, so as to correct her ways. In many a home of the past, and indeed of today, the part of the wife has been to economize; to twist and turn and keep expenses at a minimum. It is negative. The husband indulged in the tobacco habit, whatever Its cost. He spent his business life in trying to expand and to grow. His efforts outside of his home were jwsitive and constructive, to build a larger business, to obtain a greater income and to enjoy a fuller freedom. His life often ’nvolved habits wholly incompatible with those of his hardworking wife, his viewpoint was broader, and his mentality could expand into unlimited fields, if he desired. Today the burden does not fall quite so hard on the maker of the home. She is on a nearer level as a partner; her vote counts as much as his. Instead of repressing her views, she can express them. She no longer is subject to a discipline which might have been tyrannical but she is recognized as entitled to live her own life. Women are as dear and as loved today as when they were forced to spin and weave and find their only happiness In a small home. The expansion of vision and of activities proclaims a greater growth, more happiness and a fuller life. Impatience Both Europe and America learned during the late war that things generally are not done alike by different nations. Any one engaged in railroad work in France can testify to the astonishment of the French people at the size of the trains, the manner of running them and the dispatch by which everything American went. On the other hand, a recent piece of news concerning the French academy, throws light upon the way great things are accomplished. In the year 1878 the academy began the revision of the eighth edition of the French dictionary and in April of this year, just half of the work was completed. In 1964 or about then the work will be finished. There are not to exceed 25,000 words in this half, and the academicians express great satisfaction at the rate the work is being done. If there is any one in the United States engaged on an eighty-six year job, no noise is being made about it. The task would be regarded as hopeless, yet in Indianapolis and almost every other large city, there is a stiU larger work to be done. It consists In planning the city's growth and development and then patiently working until that is carried out. Europe has been as long as 500 years in carrying out city plans, but when accomplished the protracted effort was well worth while. The American is impatient of results. A dictionary which took ten years in the making soon is outlawed by progress. There are many problems, however, common to Europe and this country, which the former has met and is slowly solving. Such, for example, is the planning of a city beautiful and the execution of that plan. Generally, however, the American would like to see something accomplished before the end of life overtakes him. Spitting / In the days of long ago, when miles of virgin forests and swamps and plains were seldom traversed by human beings it made little difference whore the humans spit f Ferhaps the hardy pioneers of that day were more immune to diseases of the communicable type than they are today, but whether they were or were not there was less of the disease to be transmitted and rules ana regulations for sanitary purposes were comparatively unknown. Today, however, when human beings are so numerous and in such close contact in the cities the wisdom of sanitary precautions must appeal to every one. As the inhabitants increase, so do the disease germs. As we associate more closely, 60 do the opportunities for transmission of disease increase. Hence the importance of carrying to as near perfection as possible the measures that we know will tend to prevent transmission of disease. Among them is the rule against indiscriminate spitting which is today receiving emphasis through the efforts of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. It requires little thought to comply with the dictates of decency and health as laid down by the sanitarians against spitting in public places. There is no good reason why this rule should not be universally observed and there are many reasons why it should. Think before you spit A

VERA GORDON ADDS ANOTHER MOTHER ROLE TO SCREEN *Too Wise Wives’ Is Good Entertainment—Warner on View—Justine Is Still a Beauty

Vera Gordon has done It again. That Is she has given the screen another splendid mother role. It happens in “The North Wind’s Malice,” a movie which opened a week’s engagement at the Ohio yesterday. Miss Gordon really became famous by her work as the Jewish mother* in “Humoresque” and since then she has maintained that reputation on the screen as well as on the vaudeville stage. In

the movie now on view at the Ohio, she Is again a Jewish wife. The action of the story,' that is most of it. takes place in Alaska. She is the wife of a small storekeeper in the great north. Their place is destroyed by fire and the couple seek fortune In the gold fields. Fate Is kid to them as they strike a rich lot of gold dust. It Is devotion of

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Miss Gordon to her “husband” In this movie which g.'ves the picture most of Its great human appeal. This woman can indicate more with a tear and the lifting of an eyebrow than any actress I have seen on the screen The story really centers on the unhappy life of Roger Folsom, an Alaskan pioneer and his pretty wife. As the story Indicates, the malice of the wind drives love out of the hut of the Folsom and the result Is another wrecked home until the malice In the wind turns to love. The snow scenes are well handled and the story is well and logically developed. This story will anneal to the men and the women will love Vera Gordon. The director has been able to reflect the gold fever of the north and bv contrasting character Is able to produce a strong dramatic story. The suspense is well maintained and by the Introduction of a number of characters Is able to make the person seeing the picture become Interested In the fortunes of each character. Jane Thomas, William H. Strauss, Tom Santschl and others are Jn the cast. i The director has made a change In introducing the characters and the actora tiklng the parts at the close of the picture Instead of at the beginning. Opinion: Am sure you will enjoy the work of Miss Gordon as well as the splendid photography and the strong story. At the Ohio all week.—W. D. H. -1- -1- -iJACKIE COOGAX IS A STAR NOW. Remember Jackie Coojan who was a great comedy tool for Charlie Chapiic In “The Kid?" Os course you do. The lad's rise to fame was so rapid and such a safe bet that the movit producers could not afford to hesitate In making him a star. So It was decided that Jackie shonld frolic in "Peck's Bad Boy,” and after seeing it at the Circle yesterday and on hearing hundreds of people howl with Joy at the antics of this youngster, it is a sure bet that the producer made no mistake In making Jackie a star. The picture shows one thing, that .Tackle Coogan Is not an “accident.” This boy can act and one Is aware of that when he expresses sorrow when his dog Is captured by the master of the dog pond. To my way of thinking, the church scene !r the funniest and the best done. Jackie as Henry places, some active ants in father’s lumbago pad. When father gets Into church.' the ants decide to go on an excursion and the efforts of the father to conceal his discomfort aids in making one of the funniest scenes ever flashed on a screen. Jackie has as his pal a well trained dog. This dog appears to love Jackin and the way this hound dog acts Is Immense. Jackie engages In all kinds of pranks and the way In which he eats prunes and apple? In addition to drinking cider, Indicates that Jackie Is a real boy after all. Os course prunes, elder and apples will not mix and poor .Tackle has a terrible stomach ache. Opinion—“ Peck’s Bad Boy” is ft movie which Is bound to please tha children and the grownnps will howl at the stunts staged by Jackie. It Is a clean picture and Is full of real laughs. At the Circle all week—W. D. H. 1 -|- -|- -|. LOIS TEi LS ANOTHER GOOD YARN. Lois Weber has aided In writing and producing another Interesting drama of married life. It Is called "Too W'e Wives.” It Is essentially a stogy of contrasts —one wife who makes her husband uncomfortable by her honest but overdone efforts to please him and another wife who plays the role of a loving wife of a man of wealth, but deep down In her heart she Is a cheat. The wealthy wife has her admiring eyes on the husband of the over dutiful wife. All the action in the story centers on tha efforts of the good wife to learn how to please her husband and on the attempts of she wealthy wife to appear loyal to her husband while she Is hatching little schemes. Claire Windsor and Mona Idsa are the two wives, and the husbands are portrayed by Louis Calbern and Phillips Smalley. With these four players In the chief roles, one can be assured that the acting Is always way above the averages. Nearly forgot to tell you that the photography is great, especially the scenes taken In the wonderful borne of the rich man. Always remember when Lois Weber has a rich man’s home photographed, she takes her camera into the real home of a really wealthy man. I can truthfully say that I received over an hour of splendid entertainment while viewing “Too Wise Wives,” at the Isis yesterday. At the Isis all week—W. D. H. x -|- -I- -IWARNER HAS ANOTHER CROOK ROLE AT SMITH’S. The crook drama appears to be a fad among movie producers these days. The pace was set on the stage by "Alins Jimmy Valentine," and writers and producers have attempted to beat or equal the box office appeal of that play. H. B. Warner Is a finished actor and he does not humble himself or endanger his reputation of being a polishd actor In playing crook hero roles. He has such a role as .Timmy Doyle, a crook, in “Dice of Destiny," which opened a week’s engagement at Mister Smiths yesterday. Mr. Warner has brought to the screen many of his stage mannerisms, which In no way handicaps his work on the screen. .Tlmmv Doyle decides to go straight, when he becomes thp guardian of Nancy Preston, the pretty daughter of a former pal of Doyle. -Timmy has two former pals who decide to make It as difficult as yosslble for him to go straight. These crook pals “frame” a robbery on Doyle, he is caught and Is sent to prison. While in prison Doyle works as an assistant to a doctor. In the meantime one of the crooked friends of Doyle Is making life unpleasant for Nancy, Doyle Is released In time to take care of the troublesome party. Others In the cast Include Lillian Rich, Rosemary Theby, Frederick Huntley, Claude Payton and others. At Mister Smith’s ell week. -I- -I- -ICONCERNTNG MART PICKFORD’S LATEST. Here 1b a fine bit of news. Mary Plckford has a clever little story in “Through the Back Door,” and she is permitted to wear her wonderful curls and be a sweet little girl. It Is marvelous the way Mary Pl'kford can make herself up to look like a little slip of a girl In her teens. Some of her recent movies have denied her

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 16,1921.

JACKIE COOGAN AND HIS PAL

This Is such a “cute” picture of Jackie Coogan and his pal In the movie,’Peck’s Bad Boy,” that we couldn't help from

the right to appear as a sweet little girl. In one movie she had to play the role of a sad mother. The public did not like Mary In that movie. By her work In "Through the Back Door,” Miss Piekford again re-establishes herself as the world’s sweetheart. 1 do not want to flatter her too much, but I am forced to admit that she looks yonnger In this movie than she has appeared for years. The story gets started In Belgium before the war and our Mary 1* housed In a home which does not shelter her mother. The selfishness of a •woman who Is keeping Mary prevents her from being with her mother. When the war breaks out, the rich mother goes to America, leaving Mary over there. She Is permitted to come to this country after the selfish woman repents and sends Mary across the pond with a note confessing the “lie" which she had told Mary's mother concerning tiie child’s death. Mary finds that her mother Is a rich society leader. On the way over, Mary picks up two little Belgium children whose mother had died. She carts the two youngsters over to America and takes them to the fashionable home of Mary's mother. Fata deals harshly with our Mary and she becomes a mktd In Ijer mother’s home. One day she breaks the news that she Is not a maid, blit the daughter of the rich mistress of the home. This gives the story a happy ending. The photography is well nigh perfect —you sgrpect that In a Plckford picture. The woman who plays the role of the ro clety woman, I do not know her name, does some wonderfully realistic work. Opinion—Just as we predicted last Monday—this new Plckford movie la a hit. It Is Mary Plckford at her sweetest self. Not to be missed. At the Colonial all week.—W. D. H. -I- -!- -IMR. WALKER GIVES A PARTT AT HI HAT. MV. F uart Walker was so well pleased with the success of “Mamma s Affair” at the Murat last week that he entertained the members of Ills company, newspaper writers and others at a dance and a luncheon following the Saturday night performance. # JESTINE JOHNSTONE’S REALTY PHOTOGRAPHS WELL ON SCREEN. A crook dlsguiehed as a French officer who Is collecting funds for the war orphans, the only orphan receiving them being himself, two girls who have lived

KEEPING HOUSE WITH THE HOOPERS

fThe Hooper*, in average American family of live, llvii:y io a suburban town, on a limited income, will tell tbe renders of the Hally Times how the Jiany present-day problems of the homo are solved by working on the budget that Mrs. Hooper has evolved and found practical. Follow: them daily 'n an Interesting review of their home life and learn to meet the condition* of the high cost of living with them.) MOSDAT. The advent of the carpenter to put In the screens was a real harbinger of summer. Not ss Inspiring as the green leaves and bursting buds on the trees outside the living room window, but nevertheless an Indication to tho Hoopers that winter was a thing of the past. After Mrs. Hooper had put him to work and stationed Betty for pa - t of the morning In her ploy corner ii the back yard, she took up the won, of eliminating as many of the winter things in the matter of clothing and house equipment as could be /dispensed with. Sudden changes of weather had still to be taken into account as far as the underclothes and bedding were concerned, hut heavy coats and discarded outer garments could be weeded out and as many things put away ns possible so that the number to catch dust in the summer would be reduced to a minimum. As she carried a pile of newspapers on the back porch the sound of Betty's crying out in the sand box attracted her attention and going out there to eeo what was the matter she saw the child weeping bitterly and clawing about In the sand In a most desperate fashion. "My spoons is ail lost. My spoons Is all lost," walled Betty. Mrs. Hooper had given Betty two or three big spoons of varying sixes to play with and their loss in the sand was an almost dally occurrence and neither Roger nor Helen could be depended on to search for them as regularly as they became burled from sight, so the Job usually fell to Mrs. Hooper. As she poked about In the sand with a stick, assisted by Betty, she tried to think of something that would do away with such a waste of time and save the child the daily hysterical outbreaks that always followed the loss of the spoons. When they were finally recovered she gathered them together and, giving them to Betty to hold, went upstairs to n dresser drawer where she kept odds and ends and found a roll of old pieces of baby ribbon that had come ' around Christmas and birthday packages that had been sent to the family at various times Selecting a long piece of red, one of pink, one of green and one of blue she took them down and fastened each one securely to the handle of a spoon. They were long enough -so that no matter how deeply the spt>on might be burled in the sand, Betty herself could find the end of the long bright streamer, an 4 recover it. Mrs. Hooper went back upstairs content that this little device would probably save her many trips that ghe had been forced to make to the sand pile to find Betty’s lost spoons for her. As she rounds of weekly in-

letting you see It. Jackie and the dog have a bunch of fun while romping in r,he movie, "Peck's Bay Boy,” now on view at the Circle.

sheltered lives but who unexpectedly learn something of the ways of the world, a detective sergeant and a newspaper reporter are the characters who put anew twist in an old story In “Shel.ered Daughters’’ at the Alhambra the first half of this week. Justine Johnstone appears in the leading part as one of the daughters, Jennie Dark, whose father is. the detective sergeant. Jepnle, so called by her mother, who is dead, because ihe name resembled that of Jeanne D'Arc, Is a passionate student of French history but knows nothing of the modern world. Through her friend, the other previously sheltered daughter, who has fallen-to the depths in search of romance which she had been denied, she meets the Imposter posing as a French officer and carried away by her admiratiion of the French, naturally falls easy prey to him. She Is rescued finally by her father and the reporter, the latter supplying the necessary touch of real romance. Although it appears most of the time behind huge shell rimmed spectacles, the camera man has been able to catch and display to advantage Miss Johnstone’s rare beauty. The play Is well acted and well photographed. The cast Includes, besides Mijss Johnstone, "Riley Hatch, Warner Baxter, Charles Gerard and Helen Kay. The story Is by George Bronson Howard. Besides the feature picture there Is a comedy and a news weekly. Tho Sherwood orchestra also Is appearing. AT THE REGENT. The feature movie at the Regent this week Is "The Midnight Riders," which Is a story of tho sheep-raising country of Wyoming. The picture starts out peaceful enough for the most extreme exponent of quiet, but suddenly the district Is terrorized by the appearance of a desperate gang of sheep rustlers, who work havoc among the great flocks of sheep. Bill Patton has the role of the hhro who breaks up the gang. Others In the cast aro Carlyn Wagner, Lee Fate, Chuck Welte and others. The bill includes Eddie Boland, In a comedy, “A Straight Crook." At the Regent all week. ON THE STAGE. The offerings of the stage today Include “Civilian Clothes," at the Murat; “Happiness,” nt English's; popular vaudeville at the Lyric, Keith's, Loew’a State. Rialto and Broadway, and “The Smarter Set," composed entirely of negro actors, at the Fork.

spection and picking up. she seemed unusually pre occupied, in any one less given to cheerincss her mood this morning might be called worried. Asa matter of fact she had a very serious problem on her mind that had nothing whatever to do with finances. Her dilemma concerned Helen. She was a most thoughtful, conscientious child, unusually dependable for her age, and because of her mother’s careful training from the time she was a baby neatness, order and care of her clothes and her person seemed like second nature. But on two or three occasions within the last week Mrs. Hooper hi and detected her In the telling of an abiolute falsehood. She tried to analyze ‘he reason as to why Helen should net have told the truth In each one of these cases, but there seemed no solution as far as she could see. She wondered If all children at that age told small white lies. She couldn't recall that Roger ever had done so. But Roger was a boy—and perhaps girls were different. She had refrained from talking the matter over with Helen until she had tried to study out the reason why a child as carefully reared as she had been should suddenly become possessed of the habit of telling untruths. She recalled now that the speaker at the club on Friday would be a wellknown lecturer on child psychology and she decided to put tbe question to her In the hope that some light might be thrown on the reason for such behavioui on the part of Helen before she took the matter up with the child on the basis of counsel or disciplines The luncheon was tl*a usual pick-up one from the Ice box and the dinner she found could also be planned without, any ordering. The greater part of tho afternoon she devoted to working on her dress as tho bride had offered to come over Tuesday and help her with the fitting. The menu for the three meals on Tuesday Is: BURAK F AST. Stewed Rhubarb Cereal Cinnamon Toast Ccrambled Eggs Coffee PUNCHEON Cream of Tomato Soup Bread and Butter Orange Floating Island PINNER Vegetable Soup Hamburg Steak Hashed Brown Potatoes String Beans Apple Pie (Copyright, 1021) Sat MEANING of etiquette. Q. What Is the exact meaning of etiquette? B M. O. A. Originally, etiquette signified a slip of paper attached to a bag or other object to signify its contents. The custom sprang up of issuing such slips of paper to men and women who were to take part in ceremonious affairs. These set forth the rules to be followed and the part the individual was to play. I* this way, etiquette came to mean forms prescribed for social and, official occasions.

Kindness Rescues Ann From Career of Despair Unfortunate Transgressor Shown the ‘Right Way 9 and Follows It Faithfully.

Ry LAUREL C. THAYER. City Probation Officer. A sad story with a happy ending, and X learn again that love is stronger than iron bars. No, there Is no court record against her. My acquaintance with Ann began when I found her one morning with half a dozen girls In the large cell of the citY prison on the second floor of the police station. She was combing her brown hair with a side comb In a pathetic but vain effort to hide the unmistakable j signs of a sleepless night. My affection for her began during a j walk I shall never forget when we were going from tlie county Jail to the Union Station, and I was permitted to look Into the soul of a girl. Later, when holding her little hands In a farewell clasp I sav - In the eyes of a run-away-girl that she wanted to go home to “mother.’’ WAS IT THE QUEST FOR ADVFNTIRE? Poor littlj Ann. Was It the qnest for adventure that lured her wayward feet to Indianapolis? She came Into the courtroom In a red velvet coat high In the neck, and black velvet hat of the poke variety. She looked very chic. A soldier chap from Ft. Benjamin Harrison had testified reluctantly against her In the trial several days previous, and the case had been “continued” In order that the probation officer might hear from her home. Meabwhllo, Ann had stayed at the Jail across the street from the city court. t Officers of the court remembered how difficult It bad been for the prosecutor to worm out of the soldier-witness any facts damaging to the girl. But he was on oath and accompanied to the very witness chair by a young lieutenant, his superior officer. A TRAGEDY OF THE WAR. “Yes. Judge, I met her at the fort. But Ann isn't a bad girl. Our company expected to go overseas. I thought I would never see Ann again. If I came back, we Intended to get married.’’ A disheartening letter had come from Ann’s sister In the northern part of the state. It said: “We can’t do nothing with Ann. Sue won't work. Our father Is dead, and otir brother is In the Navy. Mother and X work in a factory. I am Ann's sister. I am seventeen. I won’t have anything to do with her, but mother says to tell her to come home, and we will get along some way.” Ana had a grandmother in Illinois, but the probation officer s letter to her was unanswered. The prosecutor was asking very troublesome, personal questions. Theroom was filled. As she saw the army of men around the judge * bench —officers, reporters, etc., She whispered to the matron: “Do I have to faee all these men?” This was the world, and It was against her WAS LONESOME. LIKED TO DANCE. “Yes, I went to the camp because 1 was lonesome and I like to dance,” she vas saying. “There was a boy from home out and he asked me to come out to see him. Then I met some other soldiers, I didn’t know the officers would get me.” it was a terrible moment. The court room was hushed. The judge was silent. A thousand eyes were staring at her, every eye an accusing spirit, every faco, she face of a Judge. Tears began to trickle down on the red Velvet coat. A The Judge’s alternatives veWe the Woman’s Prison, the county Jail or dismissal. He chose the latter, and the case was “continued Indefinitely," the girl to return home. I followed Ann into the matron's office adjoining the courtroom. The. girl was wiping the tears from two very downcast eyes. We stood near the outer door which opened on the long corridor on the second floor of the police station. Suddenly we heard heavy, regular footsteps, coming down the corridor, and two soldiers appeared. SOLDIER’S ENTRANCE CAUSES EMOTION. With a cry “Oh God." Ann threw her hands to her face In a paroxysm of emotion, and her head dropped on my shoulder. Her entire body was In a tremor. One was Ann's friend who had testified against her. The other was tne lieutenant. He kept close watch, for his prisoner had been released from the guard house only to attend Ann's trial. The big uniformed man looked down on a drooping head that refused to be raised. But he looked with the pitying smile of an indulgent parent. He raised the face, grasped both the little hands, looked Ann steadily In the eye- and said, “Well, Dot." Two tear stained eyes looked up to a face In which she read no trace of censure. There was only pity and affection. The moment was sacred. The dungeons of London Tower, where kings were lightly put to death, had their big. ponderous iron keys.- So have the doors of prisons today. MATRON APPEARS WITH JAIL KEYS. The matron held her bunch of keys In her hand when she asked if I was through talking with Ann. It was too late to, put the girl on the train for home, and she must be in someone's care until safely started on her way. There was no place but the Jail, and Ann was recommitted to be released on tho following day. It Is the custom In Jail committments to return “cases” to the city prison after -trial to await the close of court, when the bailiffs take the prisoners across the street. Just then the key was an unwarranted intrusion, an instrument of * torture. "Let’s wait,” I whispered. The two were still talking, while the lieutenant stood nsido. “Do you and Ann wish to marry?” the soldier was asked. “Yes," came the unhesitating reply. “I love Dot, but I can’t afford to marry

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now. I have my parents to help. Some day I hope to marry Ann.” And a joyous smile, the first lm many days, crept over the face of the girl. AIDS GIRL ) IN EXTREMITY. I believe 1 shall be forgiven for taking moro time than was absolutely necessary to telephone about trains, and to negotiate with Miss Markowitz, secretary to the judge, for money from the court’s charity fund for Ann's railway ticket. The judge’s secretary is a valuable all? where a homeless girl Is concerned. These matters arranged, we four, Ann, the two soldiers and probation tiller, crossed over to the jalL When the iron door had closed on the girl she looked through the bars long enough to catch the words of her soldier-lover: “Dot, be a good girl, and some day I wll come for you, and we will be happy In our own home.” Turning to me he said “X am grateful for all you have done for my little Dot, and I am sure she Is, too.” The following morning Ann emerged from the jail fairly radiant. Color was In her smiling, happy face and joy In tlie dancing eyes. RESOLVES TO TURN OVER LEAF. “It's all right now,” said a cheery voice, and the eyes said so, too. “Will snys he will come for me, but he will get the consent of mother first. I want to be good now so he will not be ashamed of me. I will mind mother and help her until he comes.” As we walked to the station I saw there had been a transformation. Surely this sweet, lovable girl was not the “court case” of yesterday. The tell-tale, guilty look which all prisoners have had disappeared. There was eager hope In the pretty eyes, ihe humiliation of the court scene had begun to give place to the blessed forward look which only youth knows. She had been closer to the brink where lurk defeat, disgrace than she realized. I was looking Into the soul of one of God’s children, and I was thankful to havo been near her In the crisis. ANN KEEPS SACRED HER PROMISE, A letter followed Ann. Yes, two. One to the secretary of the Y. \V, C. A. of her town, another to the woman there who above all others loved girls and mothered them. Months afterwards, a note came saying Ann whs keeping her promise, and that Will had been there on a visit and that “mother" was pleased. It Is lucky for Ann that she was not born fifty years ago. I am wondering how a indge would have dealt with her then. It would have been his duty to see that Ann was properly punished. He would have regarded her as a criminal. He would have locked her up so as to protect society. He would have made of her an example to deter others from similar offenses. He would not have concerned his worthy head, this Judge of fifty years ago, with Ann’* welfare, either while serving sentence or after release. In those days "the State committed crimes against criminals,” and we are told “did great injustice to- young and first offenders, to those who broke the law through Ignorance or by accident, or under the influence of great temptation, or through the stress of circumstances, or the force of environment over which they bad no control or were powei’ess to overcome.” MORE HUMANE METHOD NOW USED. Today “the new and more humane method of criminal procedure that embraces the probation system.” says a noted New York Judge, "includes the three elements above mentioned, but It adds another which Is far more important than either or all of the three. That Is the reclamation and reformation of the offender herself by giving her inspiration and encouragement afld affording the opportunity and the means by which she can make of hprself a useful, self-respecting and law-abiding citizen.” Is It possible to understand a girl? Is It possible for her to understand herself? Did Ann really know why she came to Indianapolis? Was It because her town was dull, monotonous? Did she yearn for the thronged streets, the gay shop windows, the dazzling electric light that advertised the movies she so loved? Was it because mother was tired when she came home from work and ( scolded because the house was not clean and supper ready ? Or was sister cross and fretful and careful to hold to the precious pay envelope with Us sl2 from the factory Saturday night? ANN’S PROBLEM IS UNIVERSAL. Had a girl friend confided to Ann that lots of soldiers were at the camp and they had dances there? If Ann's problem were only individual, It would not be so serious. Since It Is universal, It is our problem—yours and mlno. As complex as are the forces creating In every city and town the girl problem, we can perhaps learn something of Its fundamental causes Science tells ns that “the senses of youth are singularly acute, and ready to respond to every vivid appeal, that nature herself has sharpened the senses for hecown purposes and is deliberately establishing a connection between them and the future of the race. It would seem, however, that she was totally unconcerned that this force ruthlessly seized the youth at the moment when he was least prepared to cope with It; not only because his powers of sejf-eontrol and discrimination are unequal to the task, but because his senses are helplessly open to the world.” HOW MODERN CITY INCREASES PERIES. Let us see how the modern cltv Increases youth’s perils. Jane Addams, Chicago;* "Joan of Arc,” says In her book, “The Spirit of Youth and the ICty Street*:” “The newlyevvnkened senses are to by all that is gaudy, by the flippant street music, the highly colored theater posters, the trashy love stories, the feathere.d hats, the cheap heroics of the revolvers

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displayed In the pawn-shop windows. And all this without appeal to the higher Imagination. "If the Imagination is retarded, while the senses remain awake, the senses become sodden and can not be lifted from the ground, rt Is this state of ‘aesthetlo Insensibility’ into which we allow the youth to fall which Is so distressful, so unjustifiable and so dangerous." And you and I help to make the modern city. I wonder If we had something to do with tha “story” of Ann. I wonder If Ann’s mistaken view of life just “happened.” I wonder if it is true that "society creates the victims that It afterwards vainly attempts to get rid of.”

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(Any reader can get tho answer to any question by writing THE INDIANA DAILY TIMES INFORMATION Bt REAP, FREDERIC J. HASKIN. DIRECTOR, YVASHINGTON, D. O. uhls offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject ” rite your questions plainly and briefly. Giro full name and address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) SUBMARINE CHASERS, Q. What size are the submarine chasers that are to be sold? To what purpose can they be put? C. C. G. A. These submarine chasers which can be readily converted Into yachts are 110 feet In length, with a normal displacement of seventy-seven tons. They were manned by a crew of eighteen men in charge of two officers, but the crew could be reduced to nine with safety. INAUGURATION DAT. Q. Why was the 4th of March selected as Inauguration day? I. M. C. A. The original clay chosen was not the “4th of March.” butv the "first Wednesday in March.” This happened to be the 4th of March, and, although the first inauguration did not take place upon this day, It became the date for the quac.rennial Inauguration. rtL " STREET, LONDON. Q. - —d Fleet street get Its name? A. M P. A. This o'.d London street takes its name from the Fleet stream. This small creek is now arched over and converted Into one of the large city sewers. \ CLIMATE IN FIJI ISLANDS. Q. How many Islands axe known as the FIJI Islands? Is the climate tropical? F. W. A. There are about 200 Islands In the group known as the Fiji Islands. Os these about eighty are Inhabited. Contrary to the popular impression, the climate Is not extremely warm. The temperature seldom rises above 00 degrees F or falls below 60 degrees F. MARY GARDEN IN "LOUISE.’* Q. Can you tell me In wbat opera It was that Mary Garden sang In New York about 1908? It was an opera of which I had not heard before and of which I have not heard since. C. K. I. A. Yon probably have reference to Gustave Charpentler's “Louise,” which was first produced tn New York Jan. S, 1908. GOOSE QUELL PENS. Q. From what kind of bird* are quill pens made? M. E. R. A. The feathers of the swan are excellent for making of quill pens, but goose quills are most commonly need. 'Crow quills are said to be best for fine writing and drawing. FRENCH MINISTER’S REMARK. Q. Who said “If the people can’t get bread let them eat grass?" A. A. W. A. This remark was attributed to Joseph Francois Foullon, who, on July 13, 1789, was appointed In France as minister of the king's household. The exact words were supposed to be “If they aro hungry, let them brouse grass. Walt until I am minister, 1 will make them eat hay; my horses eat It.” ANCIENT NAME OF RIVER. Q. Where Is the Oxus River? H. T. A. The Oxus was the ancient name of the Amu Darla, the principal river of J central Asia. It separates from Bokhara and empties Into the Sea of Aral. In ancient and even medieval times the Oxus was supposed to empty into the Capsian sea.