Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1921 — Page 6

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AUTOMOBILE PROVES TO BE CULTURE HELP Motorized Library of Noblesville Distributes Books in Country. Not so many year* ago yon heard the argument that the automobile was destined to monopolize people's time, that they wonld nave no more leisure hours for reading and that the Nation would consequently degenerate below Its present standard of culture. Since then, of course, It has been proved pretty definitely that exactly the reverse Is true. The automobile saves such an enormous amount of time that people have more opportunity than ever to read. There Is no danger that the motor car and culture will ever conflict. Asa matter of fact, there are a number of librarians In the country today who will tell yon that the automobile is helping them Introduce traces of culture Into communities that otherwise would fail to develop an appetitj for booka for years to come. These librarians are taking their books to the by automobile. They are Introducing the motorised library, and the success which has attended their efforts indicates that It Is one of the certain American Institutions of the future. HOUSE TO HOCSE ELAN SUCCEEDS. Particular success with the motorized library is found In the case of Noblesville. In an exceedingly Interesting article describing the methods and result* employed In delivering the library to the farmer's door. Miss Lulu M. Miesse, Noblesvllle'g librarian says: ••We tried both adult and Juvenile stations In sehoolhouses and homes and found the adult section was not well patronised. The country schools are open only flv# days a week and only six months a year. So the house to house plan of service was determined upon. We visited some other cities where library autos were In use, and after looking over various chassis and trncks. we decided npon a Dodge Brothers business car. In the first place it did not need a great deal of remodeling for our purpose. It was strongly built and highly recommended by people who were using It, for durability under hard service, which we know our car must receive. ••The seats were already comfortable. We had the wire screens and the entire back removed. The steel sides were bent over seven Inches and used for shelves In front of the book cases. In- j side the car we built onr book cases of oak, with glass doors opening outward on both sides of the truck, so that it advertises Its own wares as It travels over the country. The shelves slant slightly back to hold the books away from the glass. SIX TEN* TRIPS NOW, MORE ASF. NEEDED. "Onr territory Is now laid In sixteen 1 runs, but we'must add at least flv* to these In order to cover It. Some, of our trips are long. Number one. for In- ■ stance,, is forty-two miles long and begins and ends ten mile* from NoblesriUe. j We have driven onr car through fresh ; gravel, mud and over Ice. As we travel four days a week we cannot watt for good roads. The work Is very Interest- j lng and grows more so as the librarians ! and the people get better acquainted The demand for books has been so great j that it has been almost impossible to i aatisfy both the city and the country. | as we were not expecting and not well enough prepared for the voracious appetite for reading matter which we created. "Our library car Is called ‘Parnassus' after Christopher Morley'a book. ‘Par- \ nassus on Wheels.* It Is a very Inter- j esting little book, about book peddling. We use an old fashioned dinner bell to call onr patrons, this being more effective than the horn. One side ot the car is nsed for adult and the other for children’s books. We carry about i 300 books on the shelves and extra fiction and juvenile book* Inside. Fiction Is : In greatest demand, but we also circulate books on farming, travel, history, i literature, music, and Bible literature, j We carry fairy stories and bear stories for the younger children and have in- ! troduced many youthful readers to Little Women. Tom Sawyer, and rinochlo. One great advantage of our system to the rural patrons is that there are no fines attached to books charged to the library auto cardi.

••The people In the country think we made a good choice of a car, as it Is a good car. but not the most expensive. They make many comments on the car. especially since we have met the men In the homes. FAVORED BT STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION. “The Indiana library commission Is trying to push the country library Idee as are many other States. It Is much better to hare a strong central library, where decent salaries are paid, than so many small libraries, barely alive, and of not much use In the community. The Indiana librarians are very much Interested in our work. “Our car now regularly visits almost 800 homes and has about 1.500 patrons, the circulation running from 100 to 130 per rur.. We will give more service when the remainder of our territory Is organized. It Is the most Interesting library work we have ever done and we hope all of Indiana may have similar •erviee in the near future.’’ France Lifts Speed Limit on Highways Speed limits as snch have been lifted from the highways of France and now the automoblllst can go aa fast as he Wants to, but Is held rigidly responsible for all accidents In which he figures, no matter how fast or how alow he may have been going at the time the mishap occurred. Thla change Is one of many made by the newly adopted national traffic code Progressive tendencies are exhibited by the new code, which retains the rigid hand rule of the road, despite the agitation In England for the left hand rule. Motor trucks and other vehicles weighing more than three tons are subject to liberal limitations. Animals wandetlng on all FT. neb highways do so at their owners’ risk. Auto Owners Should Examine Grease Cups Many car owners habitually neglect the grease cups that are ordinarily fitted to the spring shackles for the lubrication of the shackle t-olts. Unless these cnps are regularly turned down, the grease In the passages becomes caked and hardened, preventing the passage of fresh grease to the surfaces needing It. If at any time difficulty Is noticed In turning down these cups, they should be removed and the obstructing matter abould be carefully cleaned ont, and then they should be fitted with fresh grease BELGIUM IS THIRST Y\ BRUSSELS, Aug. 24.—The sale of beer in Belgium has broken a'l previous records with summer not yet -_>ver. The increase in drinking la attributed to the long heat wave. ECONOMY Os ENGLAND. MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 24.—There Is 000,000 to $80,000,000 Is to be effected tbre-.igh the government’s bill to reform the p-nsion system.

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NEW RECORD OF GASOLINE STOCK Refineries Had 808,551,519 Gallons on Hand. The bureau of mines has announced that stocks of gasoline on hand at the refineries of the United States on May 81. amounted to 808,531,1519 gallons, anew high record. In a recent survey conducted by the police department, not one driver In tlx In New York City claimed to know anything about his automobile except how to start and stop It. The American people are spending approximately *4.000.000.000 a year for automobile passenger cars, and $2,500.000.000 a year for trucks, including both first cost and operation. Thirty to S3 per cent of the livestock sold at the Indianapolis live stock market Is transported by motor truck. A separate division of the yard Is provided for the unloading of animals hauled Into the yard According to a nation-wide aurvey made by insurance companies, newspaper reporters and life insurance agents'are seldom run down by motor cars, the statistics for these occupations being lower than for any other. The anti-burglar motor fleet of the police department 1n Pasadena, Cal, Is equipped with wireless telephones, which enable officers to communicate with headquarters for reinforcements. If necessary, while pursuing motor bandits. REDUCTION MADE IN ROAD HELP PAY Highway Commission to Reduce Construction Cost. Scale pay on all State road construction work has been cut as Tegnrds the price of teams and laborers, according to Lawrence Lyons, director of the State highway commission. This Is in accordance with the commission s policy to reduce road building and maintenance costs, and also for the reason that living costs have declined somewhat, he says. Teamsters with teams have been reduced from 50 cents to 45 cents an hour The wage reduction for laborers will vary In that acme men are paid 25 cents an hour and others but 20 cents an hour. Where the work of a man Is believed up to the standard set by the commission, he receives 25 cents an hour. In cases where the superintendent consider* the man 1 giving his best efforts but such does not measure up to the efforts of the best workers, a reduction is made. According to Mr. Lyons the new scale will make It possible for a man with a team to earn about $4.50 a day or $27 a week. This is a considerable drop from the scale for war-time work. The sliding scale for laborers is designed to eliminate those men who think they esn kill time when employed by the State. Strains of ‘Exodus’ in Ohio County Jail CADIZ, Ohio, Aug. 24.—Walter Scott of Alliance played steadily for several days on an organ placed In the corridor of the county Jail by the Salvation Army. One morning Scott and George Reed of Byesvllle were not to be found. An Investigation by the prison officials disclosed that the organ had been utilized to deaden the noise created by using a section of a radiator In digging through the Jail wall. The missing prisoners escaped through the hole In the wall. Weak, Jliin Folks Need Phosphate Says Dr. Kolle Dr. Frederic S. Kolle, the New York author of medical text books, whose opln- i lons are greatly valued, writes: “When the nerve tissue begins to lose -ts vitality, woman begins to lose her youth and vivaciousness. She becomes Irritable, moody and despondent. It would be a Godsend if more weak, thin, nervous men and women were aware of tb efficacy of Bitro-Phosphate.” Thousands of thin, run-down people whose nervous energy is nearly exhausted are turning to Bitro-Phosphate as dispensed by Hook's Drug Stores and other leading druggists, because it helps to revitalize the nerves, increase bodily weight and bring back energy and meutal keenness. CAUTION* Although Hitro-Phocphate Is an .excellent aid In relieving weak, nervous conditions. Its nse Is not advised unless Increased weight Is desired.—Advertisement. J

The “this-ain’t-no-taxi” look.

SUNSHINE SONG GIVES SINGER Big Chance to Scatter Happiness on Stage

By WALTER Til HICKMAN*. “Sunshine fur sale.” That would be an appropriate title announcing the nature of the song revue being offered by Miss Marjorie Edwards, ormerly of the Savage production of “See-Saw,” and other successful musical comedies, this week at the Ohio. It Is the sunshine quality of the work of Miss Edwards which makes It possible for a musical comedy singer to break down the barriers which exist between the patrons of the silent drama and the professional who appears in a movie theater. I have contended earnestly for some time that the appearances of musical comedy favorites in person in a light and tuneful recital of past successes would result In satisfaction to both the management and the public. The engagement of Miss Edwards, who is the daughter of Edward F. Oaillgan of Marlon, Ind.. and a widely known theater manager, has proven that my theory is right. The other night I dropped Into the Ohio to hear Miss Edwards. She brings to the Ohio the same pretty i gowns, charming way and rich voice \ which characterized her appearances In I the big musical comedies of the past j season. She is opening with a little love , song, which Is really a ballad. She then 1 swings Into her big number—the “Sun- j shine,” number In which she “sells ' j sunshine and smiles to the audience. This number resulted while I was In the . theater In one of the most sincere | ovations tendered a singer In experiences covering the local movie theaters. Years of study and* careful traintng ! coupled to the qyperienees of the musical . comedy stage, has resulted In giving to j | the entertainment loving public a singer whose wholesomeness and refreshing per- j ' sonality is as welcomed as a glass of Ice j i water on a warm day. The appearances of the real people of : the stage In movie theaters Is not un- j ; common. I noticed a press report from London, F.ngland, recently In which it , was stated that Mrs. Patrick Campbell,

Tired and Nervous —from the Lack of Sleep? Do You Know the Reason Why? <

Sleep time is the time when the reconstructive processes in your body are busiest turning food into blood, and nerve tissue, and living cells. That’s the reason why lack of sleep makes you irritable, inefficient and nervous; and why you lack “punch” when you don’t get a proper amount of the right kind of sleep. It has been the experience of many that the cup of tea or coffee, taken at meal-time, robs them of sleep. In Gould and Pyle’s Cyclopedia of Medicine and Surgery you’ll find that “caffein i3 a rapidly acting stimulant to the brain and spinal cord, quickens the action of the heart, and raises blood pressure.” This makes it a very good medicine if prescribed by a doctor for cases of collapse, when a patient needs to have his system abnormally forced into activity. But caffeine is not good for

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,1921.

the famous actress, ,4s reading a dramatic prolog before a movie screen The movie theater should be a dignified Institution, Just as the legitimate theater should bn. The movie theater Is essen- ! tlally a music box and as the musical accompaniment to films Improve from season to season. It Is only rsasonalsle to believe that the movie theater will become the cbief medium of educating the general public to iove and enjoy real music. The appearances of Miss Edwards at the Ohio proves beyond a shadow of doubt that a thoroughbred of song can appear with complete satisfaction before a movie public. The way in which the singer respond* to the movie audience shows that she Is alive to the groat possibilities of the movie theater. The moYie audience knows the real article when it appears. The movie fan generally is better versed on music than the occassional patron of musical comedy There is mnsic every minute of the show at the leading theaters. The addition of a singer of the ability of Miss Edwards, show* that movie managers can not afford to consider lightly the nature of the musical offerings of their houses. Miss Edwards Is appearing dally at the Ohio this week. * -I- -I- -I----OX VIEW TODAY. The attractions on view are as follows: “Honor Bright” at the Murat; popular vaudeville at the Lyric; “The Courtship of Miles Standish” and Harold Lloyd In “I Do” at the Ohio; “Playthings of DestlDy” at the‘Circle; “The Wblto Moll” at Loew's State; “If Women Only Knew” at the Alhambra: "The Wrong Woman” at the lain: “The Golden Snare” at Mister Smith's: “The I/ast Chance” at the Re gent and “Remorseless Love” at the Colonial. . Marries 3 Sisters LONDON, Aug. 24.—James Guest has Just been married for the third time His new bride is a sister of both his former wives.

FIX VALUATION AT 19 MILLIONS Merger Companies Respond to Commission’s Order. The seven corporations which wtll make up the Indiana Electric Corporation, the organization which plans to build a power plant In the coal fields and supply electricity to a large part of the State, are valued at more than $19,000,000, according to figures filed with the Indians Public Service Commission. The figures were filed as a result of the granting of a petition to the city of Kokomo asking that the valuations of each separate corporation be filed. Attorneys for the new company filed separately the valuations of four corporations and lumped the remaining three. The valuations as set out by the companies follow: Merchants Heot and Light Company, $11,501,000; Indiana Railway and Light Company, $4.K70,000; Elkhart Gae and Fuel Company, s*s6. 000: Valparaiso Light and Fuel Company. $.865,000; Wabash Valley Electric Com pany. Putnam Electric Company and Cayuga Electric Company, $1,500,000. This makes a total of $19,121,000. Opponents of the merger, who are fighting It on grounds of over-capitalization, point to the fact these figures are much higher than the valuations placed on the property by the tax board. The latter figures, which do not Include real estate, total $11,112,882. Attorney* for the new corporation con tend capitalization should have no boar- | lng on the approval of the public service commission. It Is understood they are not asking the commission to underwrite their securities and they are not asking that the capitalization be taken into consideration for rate making purposes John W. McCardle. chairman of the public service commission, has stated repeatedly the commission would make j plain in Ita order It would not consider I Itself bound to make rates on the basis j of capitalization.

people whose systems don’t need to be drugged. So if you don’t get your proper sleep at night, it may be because you are being kept awake by tea or coffee. Step tea arid coffee for awhile and drink Postum —the delicious cereal beverage. Postum is a pure cereal product, and contains no harmful element whatsoever. Your first taste of Postum will surprise and please you. Many people prefer the flavor of Postum to that of coffee. Order Postum from your grocer today. Drink this hot, refreshing beverage In place of tea or coffee for ten days, and see what a wonderful difference it will make in the way you feel. Postum comes lr two forms: Instant Postum (in tins) mads instantly In the cup by the addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in packages ->( larger bulk, for those who prefer to make vho drink while the meal is being prepared) made by boiling for 20 mlnutt.

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u. s. MINT AT PHILADELPHIA CUTS OFF DEBT Lops $5,000 Daily From Annual Interest on Paper Money. COINS $260,000 A DAY Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—The Philadelphia mint is cutting down the interest bearing debt of the United States $5,000,000 a month. Each dny the mint ts cutting $5,000 frrtm the annual Interest on paper held against the Uuited States. All of that comes about because of the concentration of the work of the three United States minth in coining of silver dollars to replace 350.000,000 dollufs that were melted down during the war to sell to the English as bullion. When all those dollars were melted, the United States had to call In all the silver certificates—the sl, $2 and $3 “bills” to speak in common lingo—representing the dollars that are deposited In the--vaults of the mints. Under the law of tto land the treasury must hold a allvcr collar for each dollar silver certificate lamed. So with the melting of the silver dollars silver certificates had to be recalled. To cover that loss In currency, the Government issued short term certificates of Indebtedness bearing 2 per cent interest. The silver dollars now being coined allow for the lssuranee of new silver certificate# which are being us.-d in calling In those certificates of Indebtedness. There are three mints—Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. The Philadelphia mint Is equal In output to those in Denver and San Francisco combined. TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS COINED SINCE APRIL. Last April all three plants were started on the making of the silver dollars They were put on twenty-four-hour working days for six days of the week. Two shifts of twelve hours each now are working In the Philadelphia mint. Until a few- weeks ago, there were three shifts of eight hours each. But when frees Styer succeeded Adam Joyce as superintendent of the mint, the third shift was put to work counting the money In the vaulta in the making of an audit due to the chauge in Administration. In '5 9 four months since April 20,000,000 silver dollar* have been coined. There remains on hand to be pressed into coin of the land 80,000,000 ounces of silver, which wilt make approximately 35,000,000 silver dollars. Robert Clark, superintendent of coining in the Philadelphia mint, said the greatest production in the history of the plant now Is being obtained. The daily average In production for the last month has been 200,000 sliver dollars. On some duys It has run as high a# 275,000. That' rate will be maintained until the present supply of silver is exhausted and then the mint for a time will go back to the coining of the smaller coins. It will take probably two years, according to Mr. Clark, to coin all of the 350,000.000 sliver dollars that will be needed to replace those melted down for England. 1.. PAYS l AN* OUNCE FOR SILVER. The United States sold the silver to the British because of the acute need of money tn the British Empire, especially in ludla. The British were unable to obtain silver for love nor money. They .

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Agatha had inherited the name, the mansion and the aristocrat ie traditions of her great aunt Agatha, but no money to keep them up. So she decided to impersonate the old lady and take boarders, doubling as a, maid of all work to wait on the guests. It gave her rather a lively time, before she admitted that the game was up, and that she really loved the star boarder. Comedy—“ Take Your Time” Fox News Weekly Today—“lf Women Only Knew”

LOEW S STATE THEATRE NOW PEARLWHITEin “The White Moll” By FRANK L. PACKARD, author of “THE MIRACLE MAN." | NOW SHOWING ANITA STEWART

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Playgoers the world over have welcomed the announcement that Eleonora Duse, the distinguished Italian tragedlernne, has returned to the stage, after an absence of fifteen years. No living actress. It is said, with the exception of Earnhardt, has had more tribute paid to her genius than Duse. Her ability to portray great tragic roles has linked her name with those rare artists who have added to the great traditions of the stage. The photograph Is a most recent one of the celebrated artist.

scoured the markets of the world. Finally the United States consented to sell at the rat© of $1 an ounce. The United States now Is paying $1 an ounce for the silver being used in the dollars now being coined. Were It not for the Pitman act that silver could now be bought at the rate of 60 cenls an ounce In the open market. That would make a saving of $12,000,000 to the United States. But the Pitman act set* the price at $1 per ounce, and that Is the price that must be paid. At the time that price was set silver was sellig a little more than $1 an ounce, but the price was set In a falling market and to help protect the silver miners. There have been several movements toward amendment of the act, but none have come to a successful hold. In the meantime the Philadelphia mint is setting a record in coining stiver dollars and each working day is peeling more than $5,000 off the interest bill of the country. For every 250,000 silver dollars coined recalls $250,000 worth of notes bearing 2 per cent interest.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company. Expect Word From President on Debs WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—A definite statement of policy by President Harding on Eugene Y. lebs, Socialist leader, and others imprisoned during the war for violation of the espionage act, was said to be near today. Friends of Debs today coofidentaly expect Harding to take decided action following signing of the peace treaty which now appears imminent.

Broadway’s Brilliant Beauty JUSTINE JOHNSTONE —in— - “A Heart to Let” From the novel, “Agatha’s Aunt,’’ by Harriet Loomis Smith

Eternal City Planning Houses on Top Houses ROME, Aug. 24.—Rome will become a city of odd appearance if the plans for the solution of the housing problem proposed by some ItalianVengineers are put In operation. The proposal Is to build on the flat roofs of most of the buildings In Rome light houses of three and four stories. The engineers have placed their ideas before Henry Colt Mac Clean, United States commercial attache to the Amerl can embassy. They have asked that American capital become interested in the project. The material for the whole scheme, according to the engineers’ suggestions, would come from America because of the adaptability of American light construction methods in the choice of materials and means of asembllng. Mr. Mac Clean has succeeded In Interesting several American business men In the project and other projects along the line of building construction In Rome. WIN 6-HOUR STRIKE. ROME, Aug. 24.—Dishwashers in all the best hotel and restaurants struck suddenly. Their employers granted all demands in six hours. $ ASPIRIN' Name “Bayer” on Genuini Take Aspirin only as told In each package of genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Then you will be following the directions and dosage worked out by physicians during 21 years, and proved safg by millions. Take no chances with substitutes. If you see the Bayer Cross on tablefs, you can take them without fear for Colds. Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaeeticacidester of Salleylicacid.—Advertisement \

RHEUMATISM SHOULD BE TREATED THRU THE BLOOD Medical authorities now agrea that rheumatism, with its aches and pains, is caused by germs that pour poison into your bloodstream. Rubbing will not give permanent relief. Thousands of rheumatic sufferers have stopped their agony with S. S. S. For Special Booklet or for indi• vidua} advice, without charge, write Chief Medical Advisor, S S S.Co.Dep’t 441, Atlanta, Ga. Get S. S■ S. at your druggist. Standard for Over 50 Years MOTION PICTURES.

THIS S * A WEEK /Balloon j to each child y I Attending mj \we e k-da^W j Return Engagement I HAROLD LLOYD in “| DO” \ Also Longfellow’s ~\ “The Courtship of Marjori\ Miles Standish” Edward* \ IBs In Program N. o^M —ra—■cr^fi—H—i 1 n i Trmnmmmmmmmammmm ICIC ENTIRE 1010 WEEK Ivan Abramson's Production ‘THE WRONG WOMAN” BEN TURPIN IN “She Sighed By the Seaside” AMUSEMENTB. II HD IT Marine© Today and To- j nnlinMf morrow. Firs* time on I til Un(l I any stags this week. I The Stuart Walker Cos. IONOR BRIGHT A Brand New Comedy By Meredith Nicholson and Kenyon Nicholson. The Dramatic “Crickets" Liked It “The Messrs. Nicholson hare more than the makln’s of a successful ploy.” —R. G. Tucker—Star. “The Idea is a good one, the dialogue natural, and at time* brilliant.—W. H. Whitworth—New*. “ ‘Honor Bright' is Joy box containing many new and interesting toy* to interest those who are ‘fed up’ on conventional comedy.”—W. B. Hickman—Times. mills SEVEN ROSEBUDS •Tnv©nil© Stars In a Smart Sons: and Dane© Offering:. KEE TOW FOUR Oriental Harmonists 6 OTHER BIG £ NE W AC TS 0 Dancing in the Lyrte Ball Boom Afternoon and Evening.