Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 111, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1921 — Page 4

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JnMaita flail# STimrfl INDIANAFOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stret. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . . rH.tn.. i Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising calces j New York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. ACCORDING to some statements, the "fat fryers" are attempting to keep the pot boiling. PERSONS who are not voters may be registered, but it is up to election officials to see they do not vote. SOME ONE should devise a way to "stay” imprisonment and thus to do away with the necessity for a pardon board. LOOKS like the public service commission established a precedent In refusing the plea of a public utility for a merger! , . ... V -f IT IS WELL ENOUGH to show to what funds the taxpayer's money goes, but what the taxpayer is trying to find out is what becomes of it then. _ . COPS AND FIREMEN weigh safety board's warning in campaign contributions—headline. And the next administration probably will weigh the contributions. I WHILE the public service commission Is waiting for someone to file another petition it should Investigate a few wartime rates that might stand reducing. THEY ARE raising a fuss ip Illinois because the Governor has members of his family on the Skate pay roll. The Illinois Legislature should follow the lead of the Indiana Legislature during the late lamented Goodrich administration and enact a law to prevent that sort of thing. The Democrats 9 Opportunity The complete indorsement of the candidacy of Samuel Lewis Shank for mayor by Charles A. Jewett, together with Mr. Jewett's offer of assistance, is Interesting but by no means surprising. Mr. Jewett said, following the collapse of the Thomas E. Howe candidacy, when he was asked if he would support the nominee: “1 am a Republican.” Thereafter, this newspaper pointed out to the Democrats of the city that they were only deceiving themselves in their efforts to make It appear that their candidate for mayor would have the backing of the disappointed followers of Mr. Howe. Now, Mr. Jewett has publicly verified the previous assertion in this column that the Shank candidacy would eventually have the support*of the whole Republican party. Today, the city, county and State organizations are as essentially interested in the success of Mr. Shank as they ever have been in the success of any one of their candidates. It Is true that Immediately after the primaries Mr. Jewett sought an arrangement between the Democratic party and himself by which he was to throw his personal support to the Democratic candidate, but that was only on the condition that Mr. Boyd M. Ralston, the party nominee, resign and permit the appointment of John W. Holtzman, counsel for the Indianapolis News, to head the ticket. When this bit of treachery to the Democratic party was squelched, Mr. Jewett tdbk the only course consistent with his ambitions for future political preferment and became “regular.” Asa result of Mr. Jewett’s belated espousal of the Shank cause, the Republican candidate now has at his beck and call the entire resources of the Republican party organizations. Strange as it may seem, however, there are Democrats, close to Mr. ■Ralston, too, who are still laboring under the delusion that the Republican party is going to abandon its own candidate and move in a body to the support of Mr. Ralston. These mistaken gentlemen are now standing in the way of a Democratic campaign that includes criticism of the present insufferably weak city administration because, they would have us believe, the present city administration is going to help defeat Mr. Shank! Mr. Shank has occasion to congratulate himself. He rerudiated the Jewett administration in his primary fight, he has" captured It In his election fight and he has also been so fortunate as to prevent th j use of the only Democratic ammunition that is dry through the simple expediency of diverting the Democratic campaign from the great Republican weakness —the administration of Mayor Jewett. The past record and the personality of Samuel Lewis Stank were exploited thoroughly and viciously in the primary and the an ,'v.er was the nomination of Mr. Shank, whose sole issue was opposition to the administration of Mayor Jewett. Any school boy is capable of reasoning that a continuation of the primary fight on Mr. Shank is failure. "What is beyond all understanding, however, is the inability of the present Democratic leaden, to realize tliat when Mr. Jewett entered the Shank fold he took with him the record of his administration of the affairs of Indianapolis, a record that made Shank's nomination possible and a record 'Aat affords the only basis for a campaign against Shank (hat is not doomed to failure before It starts. Steel From the time of Kubla Kahn to the present, the greatest discovery of the world is the art of making steel. So when Indianapolis welcomes the thousands of delegates to the American Society for Steel Treating convention, Bhe realizes that she is entertaining those whose efforts in life contribute the elements most essential to human happiiess. There are present many distinguished men in the convention. All are engaged in a work which is blessing the world and which, despite its apparent complexity, is in its infancy. With the presence of steel everywhere, it is difficult to imagine what ftfe would be today without it. Transportation, building, manufacturing, so enter into the daily routine, with their many steel accessories and essentials that the making and treating of the metal is almost overlooked by the average person. From the Iron ore to the finished product of a watch screw, or a mainspring, or even a needle, is a long story. It involves experience and skill, the treasury of centuries of human progress. From the mine to a skyscraper in its hidden beams, pr to a ship of immense size and incalculable strength, is written the story of the achievements of men who are here assembled. It seems that almost everything necessary to comfort and utility has been accomplished through the art of making steel, yet how broad is the field! The compass with its faithful needle; the railroad track capable of receiving an Immense compact in all kinds of weather, all the modern machinery of the day, pay homage to those who are to meet here, for interchange of ideas and to discuss results achieved. Indianapolis welcomes the long list of distinguished personages, it welcomes those of the rank and file whose daily grind has produced so much; who have so richly contributed to the wealth of tl\e nation by their efforts. All the gold of the earth is worth but a fraction of the steel, and the world has scarcely begun to use the latter.

The Miners Approximately 2,000 delegates from miners’ unions throughout the United States are meeting in annual convention in Indian?- This city is the national headquarters of the miners and the home of John L.. Lewis, president of the organization. The convention continues until Oct 7. The miners’ association is not as old as some of the trade guilds, though mining has existed since history began. However, so mai r improvements in the science have.been made within the memory of people living, that the entire work of those who reclaim nature’s treasury has revolutionized. Just as the introduction of steam changed the mining over a century ago, so the use of electricity has made the work lighter, more endurable and more scientific. It is the old story of substituting applied knowledge to accomplish what formerly was dqne by brute force. All the changes In the manner of work have afTected the men who ars employed about the mines. No longer can a worker be irresponsible, nor does he depend uson his strength alone to accomplish his task. Asa result, life of the men is now highly technical, far different from that of years past It is safer today than yesterday. Its possibilities for development of the individual are greater today than ever before. New conditions cause new problems. To 60lve the questions that present themselves, the meetings are held annually. Thus the miners gather to improve their condition, to develop broader lines and to continue making life worth while. Indianapolis .welcomes them.

The STORY of NINETTE By RUBY M. AYRES

W’fco’a Who ih the Story NINETTE, a tins waif who first saw the light of day in cheap lodgings in a dull road in the worst part of Balham, ia adopted by "JOSH" WHEELS:*, who shared ms meager earnings as a scribe on a London paper, with* the friendless babe. Ninette meets i PETEK NOTHARD, an editor, who rescues her from sickness and poverty and takes her to bis sister, MARGARET DELAY, who has a home 13 the country. Ninette is introduced to ARTHL'R DELAY. Margaret's husband. DOROTHV MAN VERS, an oid sweetheart of N'othard's, is a guest at Margaret s house Ninette meets. RANDALL CAVANAGH. a wealthy man of London, who confesses that he is her father. . Cavanagh contemplates a business trip to America and places Ninette under tfto chaperonage of MRS. CRANFORD, a friend. . Ninette is surprised to learn that Mrs. Cranford Is Peter N'othard's aunt. Margaret tells Ninette that her husband has left her. Ninette overhears someone I tolling Peter Nothard that Cavanagh has | paid Mrs. Crawford to keep her, be^rs them ridicule her extravagant dress and hint that her father had done something [ disgraceful and would leave England tor i a while. Much to Notbard's distress, [ Ninette angrily tells him that she over- ■ heard his conversation. . Upon learning tha: Peter Nothard is 1 to marry Dorothy Manvers, Ninette suddenly realizes her own love for aim. - ne awakening startles her and she wishes her father wouli take her to America with him. In vain she waits for him and finally hears that he is dead. Nothard proposed to pay his ® u keep Ninette with her and Insists Ninette remain ignorant of the fact that he is supplyin the money. Mrs. Cranford suspects Ninette's fondness for Nothard, but he still thinks 6ae dislikes him. . , Nlnettff now knows that Nothard lore* her. and In her eyes be discerns her infection for him. Dorothy isr severely burned and it is thought her beiuty is permanently destroyed. Because of Dorothy's misfortune. Not jard realizes that their engagement can not be broken unless It is her desire. Ninette and Nothard quarrel when ne obeys Dorothy's request that he see her. While out for a walk, to quiet her troubled thoughts. Ninette meets Arthur Delav. . . . Nothard reluctantly tells Dorothy that h3 Intends to marry her in spite or n r disfigurement. _ .. ... Dorothy spitefully tells Ninette that Nothard admitted he s?as paving his aunt for keeping Ninette at her b° me ; Leaving her ualuableF behind, Ninette steals away from Mrs. Cranford s house. Nothard, knowing that Dorothy must have revealed his secret, tells her 'bat Ninette means everything in the world to him.

CHAPTER XLIX. Dorothy Looks in a Mirror. "She means everything In the world to me." Feter’s words were like a gleaming sword between him and Dorothy. He turned and went slowly from the room, as he realized what Ife had said. It was impossible to talk longer with Dorothy, and his heart was so heavy that he hardly knew which way to turn. Left alone In her room. Dorothy the floor in a fury. She was enraged with refer for his devotion to Ninette; she had long suspected It. of course, yet his confession startled her. And it had been unlike him-to make it, great as the provocation had been. "Well, I shan't give him up. evpn 1f they are in love with each other!” she declared, angrily. “He's far too good a thing to lose. And he's too honorablo to ask me to release him, of course. Besides, he really needs a wife like me. Ninette would never do credit to a mau of his position.” Even with herself she did not dare to be truthful, and acknowledge the fear that had haunted her waking hours since the moment when she regained consciousness after her accident. Trj as she would, she could not conquer Jfhe foreboding which the doctor's evasiv* words -only served to strengthen. “How will I look when the bandages are taken off my face'/” she asked him, time after time. “That's hard to tell till the time comes." he would answer, or ' There may be some marks, of course'; however, I wouldn’t worry about that.” She had tried pitifully hard to have faith In hts half-promises that her beauty was not gone, yet at times It seemed to her that she must tear away the concealing strips of gauze and learn the truth, bitter though it might be. Once or twfo#, when the long night hours dragged interminably, she had even started across the room to the mirror, but she had always turn°d hack before she reached It. too fearful to yield to the impulse that had driven her. And always there had been in her mind the comforting assurance, "Oh, well, if my beauty is really gone I’ll still have Peter—he wouldn't go back on me, he’s too mneh of a gentleman.” Tonight, however, the Impulse to learn the truth for herself was stronger than ever before. Bhe tried to fight It off by. curling up once more on the couch by th* fire end .opening a book, but reading proved to be Impossible, and the mirror hanging on the opposite wall fascinated hes. Twice she started np from the couch, and then forced herself to He down again. “I won't do it —I won't," she told herself determinedly. And yet—wtrswnot Just lift the. edge of one of the bandages the least hit? Surely there could be no harm In that. And If the skin was clear—if there wasn’t any scar—that would be so reassuring! And so, reasoning with herself, arguing the wisdom of her own folly, she stole over to the mirror, lighted the can*, s that stood in sconces at Its sides, and lifted the edge of one bandage ever so lightly. Her Joyous exclamation wag wholehearted. For the bit of skin thus revealed was unscarred. "Oh, it did heal—l have not lost my beauty!” she cried exultantly, and tor, the bandage from her face. One glance at the mirror, and she sank back,, cowering against the great chair that stood behind her. Her beauty, her one asset, was forever ruined. A livid scar zigzagged across one cheek. The flesh was puckered into a white welt that drew up the oorner of her mouth iqto a ghastly grin. The es-

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feet was inexpressively horrlhle and revolting. Dorothy grew faint with horror. Never had she dreamed that she could be so terribly disfigured. She had been so proud of her beauty, had idolized it so aird counted so confidently on it to bring her all that she asked of life, that, now, confronted by this fieldish work of fate, It sea<rfed for a moment that her reason had deserted her as well as her beauty. She sank down into the chair and burst into tears, no less violent because of their hopelessness. "It cannot be—this rhing could not happen to me!” she sobbed bitterly. Yet only a glance at. the mirror sufficed to show that her protestations were In vain. Never again would any one look at her without a shiver of horror. She slipped from the chair to the floor, and lay there for some time, a pitiful huddled little figure, her gorgeous red hair taking on coppery glints in the flickering light' of the candles. She lay very still, but her thoughts raced like wind-driven waves, surging from one point to another. ~ And at last, pressing her delicate hands to her scarred cheeks, it again, softly, behind her. * "That will he the better way," she said aloud. "People would try not to look at me, yet they couldn’t help It. I would i have to wear a mask, or face their cur- ' losity and aversion all the rest of my life. But If I end it all now —that will be so ! much easier." I She slipped on a long cloak over her | trailing silken negligee, and wound a ! misty-hued scarf about the glory of her hair. Then, quietly as a shadow, she opened the door into the hall and closed It again, softly, behind her. And all that was left to tell the tale of her departure was the little pile of bandages that lay on the floor before the mirror. • CHAPTER L. The River Holds Out Its Anns. | Dorothy stole down the stairs, cllng- | lng to the bannister, and shrinking back into the shadows whenever an unexpected sound seemed to indicate the I approach of one of the members of the > household. But nobody passed through | the hall below, and so at last she reached I il -

As she passed the mirror that hung near the front door she caught a glimpse of her face, and, flinching, closed her eyes to shut out the dTea<l ful reflection. How recently she had paused for a moment in front of that very mirror to admire her arrogant young beauty! Noiselessly she closed the front door behind, her, and, as Ninette had done, paused a moment, to think which way she should turn. But for her there was no question what destination she should seek; she had sfopped only to plan how she should reach It. The cold rain was still falling, and the wind, blew it straight into the girl s face. Her cloak was soon dripping wet. and the thin silk of her negligee clung in wet folds to her slender body. Discomfort had always been one of Dorothy’s greatest aversions, but to night she was hardly aware of It. Still weak from her Illness, she could move but slowly, but site dragged herself on through the shadowy streets, the strength of her purpose nerving her to its fulfillment. She paused when she came to the river, and stared down at it, where It flowed sullenly along under ths bent of the rain. To her St seemed not kindly as an aid In accomplishing her desire, but rather some great, sluggish serpent, writhing on In search of what it might devour. "X could still go back," she reminded herself, turning away from the sight. ”1 could go back end marry Peter." For a moment she toyed with the thought trying to picture what life might b t< her. But nlways the thought of heT horrible disfigurement came back to her afresh and she shuddered at the remem bran.ee. Sbe wondered what Peter would say wheu ho found out what had happened, lie would be sorry, she hoped, though •be know that bo did not love her. Well, he would be free now to „j to Ninette I His sister would bo glad, too. and so would Mrs. Cranford. They would all pity hc-r, of course, but not ote of them would really grieve over the tmgfly of her death, Dorothy told herself. As she stood there, nerving herself to take the final step, two men approached. They were laughing and chatting, and one paused ohty a few paces away to light his pipe. And as the match Bared np Dorothy slipped past them and hurried down the steps to the river. The man stepped back suddenly as she passed; eho had gone on, swiftly as a shadow, by the time he realized her presence. Hastily he rejoined his companion. "What’s the matter? You look as if you’d *een a ghot?" demanded the other, as he turned up his coat collar against, th* wind. . "1 don’t know but what I did," was the answer. “Though It looked to roe only like some human being going down the steps to the river. Listen—what was that?" They listened for a moment, and the ono who had seen Dorothy stepped to the edge of the walk and stared down at t!*e turgid srtronm below. But the night wng dark and so wro Dorothy's oloak and scarf; even the light of a bright moon wonld hardly havo made her slender little form visible from that distance. "Oh, come along—you have got the Jumps tonight Wbat do you think It was-—some poor devil seeking a watery grave?” “It might have been,” answered his companion, quietly, then shrugged hts shoulders at his own grewsome thoughts and hurried on through the rain. (To Tie Continued.) ANTIDOTE VS. TOISON. hONDOX. Sept. 39. —A parliamentary bill provides that on the label of every poisonous chemical sold there must also be printed the antidote for the poison. One criticism raised is that such a label might prevent people from calling a physician in casa of accidental poisoning.

ORDER FOR FEES LEADS LAWYERS TO FILE SUITS (Continued From Page One.) lawyers who specialize on divorces, studiously avoid filing their complaints in Room 5 and will wait for hours or days even to file them elsewhere. I endeavor 'to try every case strictly on its merits but some of these professionals have learned that their appearing for a plaintiff Is pretty fair priroa facie evidence that their giveh '-ase is probably without merit. The Legislature, the grand Jury and the bar association shoud ltake active steps to see that this sinister traffi* in divorce caw's is curbed. "In the epitome of decrees granted during the past three years, set out In the flrrt article in The Times, the number of divorces granted by the various courts range from fifty eight In my court in 1918 to 634. in another court In 1919. The difference Is due to the fact that although an equal number is expected to be filed in each court., those filed in Room 5 are not tried so soon after being filed, many more are dismissed and particularly are those tiled by specialists more thoroughly scrutinized. By this means a number of collusion suits have been exposed and dtecrees dented." The writer suggested ; “I am curious to hpar your criticism of the press." Judge Moll said in response: "Well, that is a somewhat delicate proposition to handle. The newspapers of Tndlanap oils have been uniformly kind to m throughout r have no criticism to make of them as a local enterprise. My views relate to the t ress In general. So please keep tn mind that this is impersonal. SAYS PUBLICITY MAY GIVE IMPETUS. “In short, I think the continuous publicity the d’vorce problem is receiving, the too common frivolity with which some publications treat 1t and the class consciousness which some leading magazines first create and then exploit, are severelly and unitedly giving the divorce movement an impetus which is unnatural. artificial and dangerous. “Your wvn series is unquestionably seriously calling the attention of your readers to the awful proportion the problem is assuming and you are to be commended for so doing, but even at that there is a danger that the dissatisfied of both sexes will read in it only the fact that divorce* are easy, popular, respect able and cheap, so why not get one for themselves. “Divorce statistics, so often published, are often distorted and only partly show conditions. Generally only the number of suits filed is given and the In comparison to the number c t marriage licenses granted. Seldom 1s the total of divorce* granted and denied set ont. Less often Is the list of divorcees, who mutually remarry, considered at all. The very large number of couples who become permanently reconciled af er suit is filed, is not considered tn the calculation or comparison. The number of plaintiffs who come from other States where divorces are difficult to secure, reside here Tbe minimum requisite period and then sue. Is a me:* conjecture.

CONDEMNS RF.PI TED HI MOROI S MAGAZINES. "The alleged professionally humorous magazines cannot be too strongly condemned for their uniform treatment of the dtvorco problem a* a matte* of cheap wit nnd coarse levity. In the same category are the movies wbl. b follow the same course. "The magazines, otherwise high grade, which cater to women readers particularly, seem to consider the divorce problem as a question peeulalrly affecting the wife and to agitate it as a part of their newly acquired political and economic right*. Such views are radically and fundamentally wrong. The vesting of women with the franchise and thetr modern entry into all lines of btufnes* doe* not change the inherent natnre of the domestic relation, and discussion of divorce lit connection with either of these sphere* of action is entirely out of place. With their increased rights in the premise*, women should be urged, through magartnea, to assume and discharge more and more the responsibilities of life. Including foremost those of the hom* on which aortety and civilization are predicated, as they secure more and mors authority. The two are correlative. MATRIMONIAL YOKE HAS FLACKS FOR TWO. “No one ahould be entrusted with authority who is not at the same time charged with responsibility. The matrimonial yoke always has had and always will have places for two consorts. Each must pull a share of the load. Neither public affairs nor business will ever change this while civilization lasts and society endures and It will be well* for the magazines for women to treat the subject differently from styles and housekeeping stunts, which change from season to season, nnd to dwell upon the preservation ami perpetuity of the home as the main desire rather than the shifting sands of divorce as a solution. "Already too many couples, especially the young as was so often pointed out in previous articles by my associate brethren of the bench, are prone to think of marriage as an experiment rather than a covenant, as a temporary relation rather than a permanent status. And tho magazines for women, ns a rule, are encouraging this notion rather than combating It. The startling number of persona, especially women, who apply for divorces a second or third time, or even oftener, discloses that this lrresponsicle notion is not limited to younger persons."

15,000 Hear Choir at Martinsville Tvo sacred concerts were given by the Gipsy Smith choir of the Cadle taber-" mtole yesterday at Martinsville before an estimated total of 15,000 persona. The. fire* concert vfhs given in the. open air on the courthouse square and the second in front of the traction depot before the choir left on special cars for Indl anapolls. Following the first concert, the women of the Presbyterian, Baptist and Christian Churches served a chicken dinner to the members of the*choir. The choir was presented there under the auspices of all the.churches of Martinsville. The choir now numbers over 1,000 members.

Do You Know Indianapolis?

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This picture was taken in your home city. Are you familiar enough with it to locate the scene? Saturday's picture was a view north in Mill street from Sixteenth place.

Highways and By-Ways of LiF OF New York Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Cos. By RAYMOND CARROLL

NEW YORK, Sept. 19—“ David” Hines, possibly better known as “Rebel Jim," who did much better in his primary battle with “Goliath" Murphy of Tammany Hall than was expected, is being egged on with back pats, editorial jollying and “voter” appeals to carry his demand for a recount into the courts. Mr. Hines, assembly district leader, lost by only 8,500 votes, carrying more than a fourth of the Manhattan assembly districts In his pluckv fight for the borough president nomination against the Murphy hand picked Julius Miller. v "They don't get me yet," said Mr. Hines. “My quarrel Is with Murphy and his methods which counted me out. It was in Murphy’s own district that my cnmpalgn manager was beaten np and

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright. 1921. by Star Company By K. C. B THE POSTMAN came. WITH A paper box. • • • FROM AWAY out West. • • • AND WHATEVER tt was. , I DIDN’T know. TILL I’D opened It. • * • AND THERE lay two dolls. m m m SORT OF raggety dolls. AND ONE was a boy. • • • AND ONE was a girl. AND BOTH of them smiled. • • • AND I took them out. m m m AND FOUND a book • • • THAT HAD come with them. '-• . . . AND I read the book. • • • AND FOUND that the boy. • • • WAS IRAN Smile. • • * and HIS little sister. • • • WAS IDO Smile. AND ONCE on a time • • • THEY HAD both lGed ON SUNSHINE Mount. * • • AND THERE bad learned. • • e THAT DOWN on earth. LIVED GRUMPY Grouch. WHO HAD dug deep pit*. SO TIUT Ido Smile AND IRAN Smile. •• • „ COULD never come down. AND DRIVE Grumpy away. • • * AND WHAT do you think. • * THESE TWO kid* did. • i • THEY JUST waited around. • • • TILL A rainbow came. • * * AND BRIDGED the pits AND HAND in hand. • • m THEY WALKED right down WHERE GRUMPY was. • • AND I don’t know. • • * IF IT’9 true or not. • • • HIT THIS little book savs. • • • WHEN GRI MPy comes. • • • IF YOU’LL run to tout door. • *, AND CALL “Ikan Smile!" and WA IT a while. AND CAI. "Ido Smile!" THEY’LL „OTH come running AS FAST as they can. • * ♦ AND GRUMPY Grouch. * * * WILL BEAT It owar. • * • I THANK you.

Murphy has got to answer for that outrage. But 1 am still a Tammany Democrat, a Tammany district leader, and I will be on the job election day for the -honestly selected candidates of my party.” What has happened to Charles F. Murphy Is the inevitable volution of a political boss. Nineteen years in the saddle at the Fourteenth street wigwam has made Mr. Murphy somewhat, arrogant and exceedingly careless. He has been weakened by the fawning of sycophants, too much terrapin at the uptown eateries and the soft cushions of many limousines; In short, he forgot that his power came from the district leaders and he was caught napping. There is an Jtalian-American shoe shining parlor near the Pennsylvania station that is always crowded. 1 was surprised to hear, the bootblacks talking to each other in English, contrary to the custom of most of such stands where the "asides" of the workers are uttered in Italian. "Yes, It is a novelty," said the proprietor of the parlor, "but 1 ordered It so, not a word of Italian is spoken In this shop. American customers hearing the bootblacks Jabbering in a foreign tongue are apt to think they are being talked about. That is the principal reason for the rule I have made of no Italian spoken in working hours.” But the boys are henefitted—they learn to speak English sooner.

1 wonder if the average American woman knows the story of the hair net. Before the war hair nets were supposed to come from Germany and it had been a monopoly bottled up in China. Then came a study of the business by American overseas traders and its reorganization npon international lines. "Hair nets pass through many bands before reaching the fingers wbich deftly put them in place on milady's pretty head,” said one familiar with the business “Their raw product base is the combings from the heads of Chinese women. Chinese go from house to house tn China buying up these combings and stuffing them,into their capacious pockets. There are hundreds of these human hair collectors. At the end of each dav the collector sells the combings to a dealer who sells the purchases of a number of such collectors to a wholesaler. "The wholesaler hair into 500 pound lots and sells them to an American export and Import house which ships the baled hatr to New York city. Here the hair is washed by an acid process, dyed Info different colors and then, strange to relate, the hair 1s shipped back to China. Again the hair Is resdlstributed into other Chinese homes, the domiciles of the workers. A trained Chinese woman worker can make front nine to eleven hair nets a day. "The next step In the collection again of the hair made Into hair nets. That collector also sniffs them into his pockets takes them to a dealer who turns them over ‘o a wholesaler. That wholesaler passes them on to an Amer ioan export *nd import house and the hatr for the third time starts upon an 8.000 mile jurney which ends in New York city now the hair net center of the worid. Here the hair nets are Inspected by Federal authorities and fumigated for possible Impurities. The hair nets thein ate carefully examined for breakage, sorted as to color, wrapped separately In paper, placed in envelopes and sent ont into the home market where each hair net retails for about 10 cents.” Former Citizen Dead; Funeral Tomorrow Gustave G. Joseph. formerly of In- ! dianapolls, died at bis home in Chicago i yesterday morning. Mr. Joseph was a resident of tadianapolis for thirty six years before tnovin gto Chicago three years ago. and was in tbe wholesale dry goods business. \ Funeral services wil bo held at tlic j home of his daughter. Mrs. Robert Shut- ! man, 035 East Thirtieth street, at 10 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. He is sur- j vtved by nine sons. Charles G., Rudolph G„ Theodore TANARUS., Kenneth, Meyer. John and Aaron of Chiivigo; Samuel G. and I Harry of Indianapolis, and two daugh- I ters. Miss Rose Joseph of Chicago and Mrs. Shulman. "LOCOMOBILE" LATEST. PARIS, Sept. 19.—Numerous arrests j have been made among taxi drivers for i peddling cocaine to orug addicts from j their machines. Such machines have been christened “cocomobiles" by the authirities.

FOLK MENTIONED AS DESIRABLE Democrats Seek Chairman to Succeed White. Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Sept 19.—Th* Democratic party, it is observed In Washington, has scrambled back to the political map in connection with the revival of its internecine squabble over a national chairman. Information described as authentic was forthcoming today. George > hite is ready to relinquish his thankless Job under conditions. The primary one is that his successor be a Democrat not conspicuously aligned either with the old time Wilson wing or the defeated Cox group. Mr. White wishes the party management handed over to a "neutral.” A successor palpably idearified with Wllham G. Mc-Adoo would not. In the present chairman's opinion, answer that <ipscription. Mr. White also is anxious, before laying down his office, to see that debts accumulated by tbe party under his chairmanship are cleared from the slate. He has whittled them down considerably. <>nly some $90,000 remains to be wiped out. Joseph W. Folk of Washington, formerly Governor of Missouri, is mentioned as a national chairman who is neither a pernicious friend or partisan foe of either of the rival groups within the'' great unterrified. A me-tlng next month Is tn decide the issue.-Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company.

BILL ARMITAGE An Indiana Idyll

"Bill certainly was back of it aIL” —lndianapolis News. (With apologies to an unknown anthor who wrote of Mark Hahna in McKinley's Administration.) He is the candidates’ friend, you know; You’ll hear of him where'er yon go. That famous man from Ohio. Bill Armitage. v And he's the man that gets the blame. Guilty or not—it's ail the same; When things go wrong, they all exclaim! Bill Armitage. They say he wants the ocean wide; That he never will be satisfied 'Till he opens the earth and writes inside Bill Armitage. Who makes times had, bnt never good? White others talk, who saws the wood? Who'd be our emperor if he could? Bill Armitage. Who mortgaged every house and home? Who makes tbe friendless hobo roam. And fills the schooners full of foam? Bill Armitage. Who owns ten thousand games or more? Who rules things on the council floor? Who makes Bill Blod'getJ rant and roar? Bill Armitage. When debts afflict the ill-paid clerk, Dr flour goes upward with a jerk. You know who did the dirty work— Bill Armitage. Who rakes in all the cash in view? Who told George Coffin what to do? W ho sank tbe shin for Tom Howe's crew? Bill Armitage. Who sank the Maine in Harana Bay? Who tells young Beveridge what to say? Who makes the prices of wheat and hay? Bill Armitage. For many's the evil things he's done. Who gave the Huns their long range gun? Os course we know the guilty one— Bill Armitage. Who causes troubles near and far? Who caused the Filipino war. And spoiled th-> peace plans of the Czar? Bill Armitage. Who caused the grip that caused such woe? This summer's beat—last winter's snow? The 6ame rile schemer, we all know— Bill Armitage. In all bad works you'll see his hand; Who caused the fight in no man's land, And. fills our sugar full of sand? Bill Armitage. Who puts a tax on everything? Who's always mixed up in a ring? Good Democrats get up and sing— Bill Armitage. He's got a cinch on earth and sky; And if, from all onr ills we'd fir, What rillain must we all defy ? Bill Armitsge.

Freak Duck Has Wool Instead of Feathers EASTFORT, L. 1., Sept. 19.—" Fuzzy." the featherless duck, a white Tekin freak, bred by George Frey, of the Snnryside duck farm, is creating great excitement among breeders, who see a way to make a fortune if “Fuzzy's” tribe can be increased. It costs 6 cents to pluck a duck. When a man has 20.000 ducks to prepare for market plucking runs into money. “Fuzzy" came along more or less by accident, but Mr. Frey is dreaming of the “edge" he would have if be could run a featherless duck farm. “Fuzzy” came into the world queerly dressed. As he grew older his coat became queerer. Some say it is down, others think it is wool. At any rate, it is short, white and fuzzy. Heuce the name. “Fuzz will bead a pen of breeders from which Mr. Frey expects eventually to produce ducks that will do away with the expense of hiring pluekers. SHEEP-8 HEARING RECORD. LONDON, Sept. 19.—Edward Woodford of Brook, aged 82, bolds the world's sheep shearing record. In fifty-two years he has sheared 03,800 sheep.

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