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The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1. Come On, You Apples I WITH railway tie-up coinciding with the promise of Indiana’s hugest apple crop this fall, here’s a word of advice to the back country farmer and another to the city man. TO THE FARMER: Don’t let your apples rot on tree or ground when you hear they are selling for nearly nothing in the city. The “nearly nothing” kind in the groceries are always nothing but alleged apples—scrawny, bruised, blotched, worm-tun-neled. Pick your apples, get barrels, and then put a modest little ad in the best circulated newspaper in the near-by town. Say something like this, with your own trimmings: “From my orchard to your cellar. Rich, red, juicy apples. My apples are handpicked and will keep.” Quote a fair price that will give you a fair profit. You’ll sell your whole crop if you’ll keep the ad going awhile. TO THE CITY MAX: Get your share of this year’s big apple crop. Every apple eaten in your house is so much health. Everybody should eat ten times as many apples as he does. Farmers now advertise occasionally. Watch for an apple farmer’s ad and buy health. Hides and Seeks SENATOR GARRY says that the coming calamity—we refer to the Administration’s tariff law—will boost the cost of living $870,000,000 a year—with a lot of schedules left out of the reckoning. He is probably right. And when that sum is added to the cost of living as it now stands it is something for the man or woman who expects to live to ponder over. And here is a little lesson. Hides have been put on the free list. Most of the farm bloc, representing the farmers who grow the hides, were for free hides. Even to the tariff-mad farm bloc it was plain that farmers could not expect to get even a small fraction of as much increase for their raw hides as they would have to pay in increased cost of shoes, harness and other manufactured articles made of leather. It was hide in the tariff, and seek for the loss. It is so with many articles. If the average man could but understand how these tariff taxes enter into the cost of producing articles on other schedules, and hew he will have to stand the gaff, he would revolt from the whole tariff insanity, and ask for revenue raised in other ways.
Tariffs are simply obstacles to the free movement of trade. They are expenses. And the burdens laid on us by them are not confined to what is paid at the custom house. The higher the tariff, after a certain stage is reached, the less revenue. A perfect protective tariff would pay no revenue at all, for nothing would come in. The burden plays hide and seek with the investigator. and he seldom finds it all. The hides episode helps us to understand its working. The Woman’s Way BEX MARSH of the Left Wing Farmers insists that the women aren’t going to vote as the men do. Moreover, he says that lots and lots of ’em are going to use their influence to make men vote as they—the women —want them to. Come to think of it, they ought to have a different slant on government. They pay more attention to the details of the family economics. It has always been easy for the classes who live by plundering the people to close the eyes of most men as to taxes, the cost of clothing, food, building materials, rents and the things whereon and whereby we live. Will the women he as “easy” as the men have been? Won’t they do a little figuring at mealtime as to how government has boosted the cost of the meal? When daughter buys her school suit, or son gets his college outfit, won’t the women connect up the expense with her vote? Won’t she figure out for herself what it really is the railways are capitalizing and demanding the right to earn dividends on? Won’t she work out the elements of monopoly as against actual wealth the combustion of which glow there in the hard coal stove ? Let us hope so. Let us hope that the women will do what the men have always failed to do, namely, bridge over in their thoughts from the ballot box to making a living. Anyhow, let ns hope they’ll vote differently from the way we have done. Heaven knows it can’t he worse.
ANSWERS Tou can pet an answer to any question of fact or information by writing: to the Indianapolis Times, Washington bureau, 1322 New York Are.. Washington. D. C.. mclosinp 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal and love and marriage advice will not be given. Unsigned letters will not be answered, but all letter* are confidential and receive personal replies.—Editor. Q —What is a basilisk? A —A fabulous creature, resembling' a serpent, and supposed by the ancients to inhabit the Libyan Desert. It was described as being of a yellowish color, with legs of white, and as having a pointed head, whereon stood one or more prominences, also white, resembling a diadem. Its breath was considered to be especially po-sonous and its glance fatal. The word basilisk is now applied to a sort of lizard. Q —How may mildew be removed from white goods? A —Soak the garment over night in buttermilk. Spread on the grass in the sun to dry. A little salt added to the buttermilk will be found helpful. Or. mix soft soap with powdered starch, half as much salt, and the juice of a lemon. Spread this on both sides of the soiled fabric. Let it lie on the. grass day and night, renewing the application two or three times a day. Salt wet with tijmato juice will sometimes remove the satin. Q —What is “One Horse Power?” A—The power (or strength) necessary to lift 33,000 pounds one foot per minute. Q. —How many lives were lost by the eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, in 1902, which destroyed the city of St. Pierre? A_—Some 30,000. Q. —What is the best way to clean dirt and grease off a human skeleton? A. —Get some oakite at the druggist’s and make \ solution neither strong nor weak (c re heaping handful to a pail of water), and place the skeleton In this solution. If the re-
ceptacle is not large enough to permit this, it would be advisable to partially unstring the skeleton. Let It remain in this solution for two days, then remove it and scrub thoroughly with hot water so as to remove all truces of the oak.te. Place in the sun to dry. This will clean it thoroughly. Q- —When United States Senators were elected by State Legislatures were there ever "deadlocks"? A.—Deadlocks were of frequent oc- | currence. The Pennsylvania LeglslaI ture on Jan. 17, 1899, began ballot- | ing for a successor to Senator Quay j and adjourned on April 19 without i having effected an election. Q —Has any one ever crossed the Atlantic in an airplane? A—On May 17, 1919. Lieutenant Commander A. C. Heed of the U. S. Navy, and a crew of six men crossed j the Atlantic Ocean from Trepassey Bay. Newfoundland, to Horta on Fayal Island of the Azores—l,2oo miles in one continuous Right in fifteen hours, eighteen minutes, in a Naval Curtiss biplane, the NC 4. From there they flew to Ponta Delgada and on May 27 they left there for Lisbon, covering in all 2.472 miles In twenty-six hours, six minutes. The flight was continued |to Plymouth, England, which was reached May 31. The longest distance covered in a trans-Atlantic non- ; stop airflight was 1,932 miles from St. j John’s, Newfoundland, to Clifden, I County Galway, Ireland, in sixteen : hours, twelve minutes. This was ac- ! complished by Captain John Alcock I and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown of the British Royal Flying Corps, June 14- : 15. 1919. In their flight they used a Vickers biplane fitted with a RollsRoyce engine. Q. —How do little chickens breathe before they hatch? A.—There is a small depression at I the big end of the egg. Here, bej tween the pod and the shell. Is the | air chamber from which the chicken * gets its first supply of air. The egg of many pores in the egg shell
OPPOSING SIOES OF MIL HOLE HOLDJSIKEfI Harding’s Position Enhances Unpopularity With Both Labor and Capital. GROUPS MAINTAIN FIRM Possibility Looms Bold That Situation May Grow More Serious Later. By N. D. COCHRAN', Timet Stuff Corretpondrnt WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—No President ever tackled a tougher job of peace making than President Harding j tackled when he tried to bring peace In the railroad war. So far ho Is . | about as popular with both sides as the man who tried to make peace between man and wife and got well damned by both for Ills efforts. The trouble lies deeper than the mutter of wages or the question of the ; seniority rights of strikers. Two sig- ' niflcant facts developed during PreslI dent Harding's peace negotiations. One was the complete solidarity of the railroad unions; the other was the division in the ranks of railroad exI ecutives, which resulted in majority { and minority reports in reply to the ; President's last proposition, with reI luctant acquiescence on the part of the minority executives who evidently want a fight to a finish. The solidarity of all the railroad unions. Including for the first, time the four conservative brotherhoods, grows out of the belief on the part of all labor leaders that the banker group in control of railroad labor policy was out to break the unions. These leadj ers believed tho game was to smash first the shopmen and then smash the ; other unions In detail, finishing the j j job with the four brotherhoods. They i ; feel that trades unionism has Its back i i to the wall and Is fighting for its very ; ! existence against a determined attack by organized capital. Bankers Rebel President Harding’s efforts at peace didn’t please the banker group, be cause they wanted to be let alone. The unions were afraid to trust the Railroad Labor Board for at least two reasons. One was taht the board had quit cold when the ra.lroads ignored its orders, but jumped on the unions when they did the same thing. Another was the ruling of the board that when employes struck they outlawed themselves, ceased to be employes and had no standing before the board. The men took that to be a decision in advance that they had no sen-ority rights; so they were not willing to trust the board to arbitrate as to ; seniority. There :s danger of the situation becoming much worse if pressure is put lon Congress to attempt to run the railroads with an armed force, for all organized labor in the country will i resist to the utmost all efforts to | legalize involuntary servitude. THE REFEREE By ALBERT APPLE. POLICE . /Rka Scotland Yard’s lnvestiga- | of fh< assassination of | Jv Field Marshal Wilson suri Americans by dis- ; \ r KSf closing that Bobbles, the j | \ 'tXm Lon lon police, do not car j-J "V rv revolvers. The only ex- * ceptions are when they are APPLE detailed on dangerous missions where the survivor is certain to be the one who shoots first. If we had that system over here, we would be recruiting anew police force and burying the old one every week or so. The invisible might of the law is ! more terrifying to the criminal in ; England than in America. FIVE DOLLARS The life of a $5 bill is about ten months. Then it is worn out, and has to be replaced with anew one. I This is reported by the Federal ReI serve Bank of New York. It keeps ; constant’s’ on hand an excess supply of 1500,000,000 of paper mone>’ to be substituted for worn out bills.
You are not surprised at the short life.of $5 bills, having observed the speed with which they travel, rarely lingering long enough to got acquainted. CHANCE? D’Annunzio, melodramatic Italian poet, is seriously injured in the Irnad by falling only seven feet out of a window. You recall how he repeatedly risked his life in airplane and battle, only to come to disaster by a simple fall, and you think, “This shows the power of chance—luck.” There is no chance or luck about It. In danger, D’Annunzio was cautious. He meets his accident when off h.s guard. Personal caution Is the best Safety First. Accidents come when it is laid aside..
UNUSUAL FOLK Hy NEA Service BOSTON, Aug. 18. —Boston has been experiencing a “child evangelist” lately. She’s Mary Agnes Vitchestain, aged 14. Mary’s been preaching gßaMawßit bathers how they |h| y ‘ s he u,i "s 9 she mad." “The devil I' plays while we dance.” “Real rnen scarce MARY the run." “The preachers who champion evolution are fitter to bark ‘Hot Dogs’ at Coney.” “Away with your advanced civilization, your culture and refinement!’' “The queer thing.” remarks a “■Woman’s Page” writer, “is that adults who ought to have a wild longing to take her into a woodshed and spank some sense into her. can be found who will listen seriously to this presumptuous chit discussing topics entirely beyond the ken of her experience or insight.”
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Lady Rhondda, Now Visiting U. S., Predicts Women Soon Will Sit in House of Lords
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Because principle and right always triumph, eventually all countries will pass laws for the protection of children and will grant equal political right to women. Such Is the prediction of Viscountess Rhondda, British coal magnate, reformer and political leader, just arrived in this country for a live-week holiday In the Connecticut hills. The viscountess won world-wide notice when her application for membership in the House of Lords was turned down last May. “Principle Is bound to win,” she declares. "That’s why I am sure women will yet sit In the House of Lords. Politics has postponed, but cannot bar, the day when this will bo. Era of Justice Ahead "In England, os here, Justice to women, children and the oppressed Is beginning to be done. The Six Point Group, composed of women, is working especially along these lines. "We chose our six points because they embodied Important reforms we believed the public would rally about. One of the most important Is a bill to protect young girls from assault. "Through the activity of our two women members of Parliament we have already obtained partial action In this matter. “At least, we have got through a bill which makes it no longer posible for a man to defend himself against .tssault charges by claiming that he thought the girl was over 18, the age of consent. "If she really was under age lie must be punished, no matter what he thought. Seek Widow’s Pension “Another measure for which we are working hard is a pension bill for widowed mothers. In an effort to
OBJECTION Citizen Dislikes Abuse of Laws by Policemen. To the Editor of 1 he Timet Laws which govern conduct of :ltlz hould ,be equally; applicable to members of constabularies, police and all other minions of tho law. That members of the Indianapolis pol.ee department should be allowed to and. ivo police cars l”--unnumbered, without lights, is . ~t . . inexcusable. Furthermore, it seems to be a pet obsession of police, thus endowed with powers to violate laws passed for the laity, to exceed speed limits consistently. When it comes to being hit—as I almost was last night—there is little preference in the kind of car that hits you. I see no advantage in being hit by a police automobile. I, for one. am in favor of a few laws for police themselves—sort of like government committees to investigate investigation committees. CITIZEN. To the Editor of The Time if criticism is in order, here's one for your estimable sheet. I am a constant reader of your What Did You See column, and confess that I am usually interested and amused. One objection I have is tins: too many of the excerpts from hfe seem to lack originality. Some of them seem to be nothing more than revamped jokes winch have gone the round and come back for a rest, which they deserve. Another fault which I note is a tendency to libel public Institutions, individuals and interests. It was my opinion the column was intended merely as a humorous list of things w hich attract the writer’s eye. I’rankly, some of them are neither humor-; ous nor significant. I trust these criticisms will be ac- j cepted In the same genial way in i which th>y are offered—the way I ac-1 cejit my Times every day. H. A. F. THE DOPE SHEET Bu BERIOS fiRALEY QtOMETIMES a guy can disregard Each rule of health, yet itve to be *'-'A hale old paj-ty. tough ami hard. Who plays par irolf at ninety-throe; And you might also do the same And still grow very old and frray. Hut, as the wise guys vtew the game. The betting is the other way. „ SOMETIMES the loafer copH the wad And drinks the nectar of success. While he who v> ks must dully plod A path of toll and weariness: And you. perhaps, might crab a roll Without a stroke of work, but snyl You will observe that—on the whole— The betting is the other way. THERE are exceptions to all rules, But when you're planning out your ; fate. Don’t be impressed by lucky fools. Or think them wise to emulate. Some rounders laugh at Father Time. Some idlers prosper and are gay. But—hero’s the moral to this rhyme— The betting is the other way. (Copyright, 1032, NEA Service.)
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The business Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, Ohio and Meridian Sireeis FOR SALESMEN “Fundamentals of Salesmanship,” by Brisco. “Reta.l Selling,” by Fisk. “Selling Process,” by Hawkins. “Modern Methods in Selling.” by Hoenig. “Mind of the Bnver,” by Kitson. TOUCH-UP TARIFF Bill Heady for Last Stages and Final Vote Saturday. Hy United New* WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—The tariff bill has reached the touchingup stage. It probably will be ready for the final vote, Saturday. It will then go Into conference. Delay may arise from a promised tight by Senator Moses, Republican, New Hampshire. On the amendment of Senator Bursum, Republican, New Mexico, to place an embargo on foreign dyes. Victorian A recent importation from Parir that has a strong Victorian flavor is a gown of cream-coldred velvet with a close-fitting basque and a hertha of black Chantilly lace. The lace Is also used in festoons on the skirt. Sea Flavor A smart little felt hat of a very intriguing shade of sea green carries out the sea flavor in its trimming—a band of small irridescent seashells about the crown
LADY RHONDDA get equal pay for women wo have selected teachers and civil service employes to begin with, since they are l>aid either directly or indirectly by the Government. “Another bill we are pushing in the interest of justice is one to raise the
Protraction of Rail Situation Means Millions Lost, Government Experts Say
Bo HARRY B. HIST Timet Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 18—Additional handicaps in railroad transportation, government market experts say, will bring Immediately: Acute shortages In necessary foodstuffs In the great consuming centers in the Last. Millions upon millions of dollars loss ir. perishable products grown In the West and middle West. Soaring costs of food necessities. Untold hardship and privation, they say, undoubtedly would follow a gen eral rail tie-up. Growers and other producers are hardest hit now by the strike, because It comes at a time when the chief fruit and vegetable crops are being harvested. These demand prompt shipment to markets or storage centers to prevent spoiling. The situation in New York, Boston and Philadelphia s typical of what a rail deadlock would do along the Atlant.c seaboard. These cities depend on the South and West for the bulk of their meat, wheat, dairy products, fruits and staple vegetables. New York uses about 2,000 tons of meat a day; the other cities use it proportionately. Cut off the sh.pGOITERS Bo PR. U. 11 BISHOP anta. 1 AVE you ever noticed persons Ba whose eyes protruded from their m sockets? Ten to one, these persons 1 1 had what is known MWV. M exopthalmic golJM V I I This is the most C j serious form of A- ! goiter. The simple _____ _—i_i.J form seen in girls in their teens Is accompanied usually hy enlargement of the neck and an operation on such a goiter Is not fraught with great danger. However, the operation on a goiter which Is accompanied hy rapid pulse, tremor and great nervousness, is dangerous. Generally the first symptom noticed In the case of exopthalmic goiter is a rapid pulse. The heart beats fast at times, causing the victim to say there Is palpitation, and throbbing in the neck. Then the eyeballs protrude. Enlargement of the throat gland conies in every case sooner or later, though not always noticeably. Trembling of the hands is an easily noted sign. Persons with goiter are continually on edge mentally. They are nervous, irritable, depressed and liable to insomnia. Some good rules to follow are: Avoid all excitement or Irritation Get an abundance of rest. Go to bed early, sleeping long hours and taking a mid-day nap. Sleep in a thoroughly ventilated room. Eat and drink nothing that irritates the nervous system. Eat slowly and chew thoroughly. Avoid foods difficult to digest. Eat little meat. Drink plenty of milk. Eat foods prepared with milk, cream buttermilk. Avoid meat broths, and such organs as sweetbreadß, liver, kidney, tripe and plucks. Eat freely of cooked fruits and vegetables and very ripe fruits. Drink fruit Juices prepared from ripe fruits. Eat eggs, butter, bread, toast, rice and cereals. Drink an abundance of good water, known to be pure or distilled or 1 boiled. Use no tobacco.
IF YOU ARE WELL BRED You know nothing Is more indicative of bad training than caj-eless, ungrammatical English. If you are not sure of your grammatical constructions and cannot express yourself clearly, there Is only one thing to and until you can. The- most cultivated manners will not proclaim you well bred if your speech belies your manners. Camellias A black satin frock, cut on stately, classic lines, has a girdle composed of white camellias. The gown is sleeveless. Open Saturday Night 6:00 to 8:00 Jfletcfjcr &abtn<i£( anil GTrutft Cos
status of children born out of wedlock. The law now holds the child responsible for Its parents’ fault. "Public opinion is especially on our side in this matter The ideal of Justice also will be upheld when we have mothers made equal guardians of their children with the fathers.” Lady Rhondda has been called the "busiest rifch woman In England.” She inherited millions from her father, food controller of Great Britain during the war, but she puts in twelve hours a day working for the twenty-seven social and political reform measures she sponsors. Her mode of living is simple. Her name was not on the passenger list of the ship on which she came here and her vacation in Connecticut will be entirely minus social frills. Her manner Is cordial and unaf-
jßuckeye Representative Flies to Duties in Speeding Airplane
By LEO R. HACK, Times Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. —Because It takesffelghteen hours to go by train from Washington to Dayton, Ohio, Congressman Roy G. Fitzgerald of Dayton, has become the latest congressional aerial dare-devil. He wants to do it In four. He Is bidding for the honor soon to be vacated by the eccentric Congressman Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, who was retired In recent Oklahoma primaries. Fitzgerald served as an infantry major overseas. After the armistice he took up flying. When he was electod to Congress from Dayton, he found it necessary to become Intimate with aviation problems.
ments of dressed meat and livestock and the meat markets would have to close in ten days. blocks at Low Ebb Stocks of wheat and flour in eastern cities are at a low ebb. The great harvests of the Northwest are just now ready to move toward the eastern mill ng and consuming centers. Thus the East would face also a bread shortage. Inabil.ty to move grain to the mill- • lng centers would bring many of the farmers of Minnesota and the Dakotas face to face with disaster, and the flour bins of the whole Nation I would suffer. Dairy products stocks in storage aro greater th.s season than in years, and the s.tudtion :s not so acute. The potato crop also would suffer from a rail tie-up. The peak of shipments from tho Ma.ne and North Dakota fields comes in September and October. The Dakota crop alone this season is estimated at 15.000 cars. Losses Imminent More than 200.000 cars of perishable foodstuffs, excluding the great California fruit crop and exclusive of i dressed meats, will have to be moved j within the next three months if pro- ! ducers are not. to face ruin and If conLEARN A WORD TODAY Today’s word is—INDEFATIGABILITY. It’s pronounced —ln-de-fat-1-ga bll-l-ty with accent slightly upon the first and more strongly upon the third and 3ixth syllables. It means—the quality of being incapable of fatigue or weakness; tirelessness. It comes from —the Latin prefixes "in.” meaning "not.” and "de," mean- : lug, among other things, “from,” and j the Latin verb "fatigare," meaning ’to I weary.” It’s used like this—" The Indefatigability of the late Lord Northcllffe j was responsible. In great measure, for bracing the English to their task in the World War.”
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fected. In dress, too, she prefers the unostentatious. When seen here, she wore a loose, dark blue crepe de chine frock, cut for comfort rather than fashion. She Is typically British In appearance—tall, robust, with deep-blue eyes, fluffy brown hair, clear skin and high color. She speaks easily and to the point, with understanding and humor. In addition to her work for women and children, Lady Rhondda personally manages the huge coal mine Interests which came to her from her father. She is said to apply the good business sense gained thereby In her political campaigns and to have won a number of points through her experience in commerce. Lady Rhondda will return to England the middle of September to aid in pushing a number of women’s bils.
( Fitzgerald has had several lessonc i from an army instructor and hn handled the "stick” himself. Whe Congress recessed he took the ah plane home. When Congress reas sembled he flew back to Washington. Fitzgerald and Congressman Rich ard N. Elliott of Indiana are schet! uled soon to adress a political rally a’ College Corner, Indiana, Ohio. It takes four and one-half hours to get there by train from Dayton, the nearest big town. In an airplane the trip can be made in thirty minutes. The congressmen will fly there and College Corner will have it's first big political rally with an aerial side show.
sumers are to be able to provide for their tables this winter. First producers to feel the pinch of the strike were the California grape growers. Hundreds of cars of grapes j have been held on sidings at Rosedale, Cal., chief icing point for the jeng transcontinental haul. This year’s California grape crop is estimated at 40.000 cars. If it is denied shipment, the loss in this one crop alone will run into the millions. With hundreds of cars of coal, deI layed by the mine strike, waiting to j be moved before winter, with the great ; fruit and vegetable harvest that must ]be taken to market and storage points I and with the wheat and grain harvest ' that must be moved, a rail tie-up at 'his time would be a direct cost to tho Nation that, through waste, loss of i produce and increased costs, would parallel the cost of the war.
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VOCAL THERAPY AIOS 'HIES' TO EAfIOLTH Thousands of Disabled World War Veterans Overcome Various Handicaps. MENTAL CASES FREQUENT Rhythmic Influence Serves a3 Sedative for Shaken Nervous System. By RALPH 11. TURNER United .Veto* Staff Corretuondent LONDON, Aug. 18.—S.nging their way back to health —by that strange process thousands of wounded British war veterans are regaining peace of mind and strength of body. Among the most difficult of the • ost-war casualty cases were the ex>ldiers, who. e.ther by severity of ounds or suddenness of shock, lost Imost complete control of their erves. The cases required exceponal treatment. The King’s Service Choirs were organized. War veterans who were the nost conspicuous victims of nervous ■ases were enrolled as “singing paents.” The principles of vocal herapy, aided by med.cal guidance, accomplished the rest. Individual and class training in singing, speakrig and breathing has restored to the iffiicted men their lost powers of ■peech, self-confidence and a revived form of mental and physical action. By vocal therapy stammering lips have become articulate, imperfect breathing has been corretced. faulty memory strengthened and depression swept away. Restoring Memory Men whose memory has left them, whose speech was halting, who walked unsteadily, have been restored to normal condition through the exercise and confidence they received from exercising their vocal organs in a singing class. Men have been given their old soundness after afflictions in which they were subject to various forms of hysteria and brain paralysis—subnormal weaknesses which forced them to stop vacantly In the middle of a word, breaking out Ir a childish laugh. The influence of music has even given back to war heroes their forgotten ability to read and spell. Training of these war-shocked men has shown that modern syncopation, whatever Its achievements on the dance floor, Is lacking In curative quality. Syncopated music tends to keep the men unsettled. They prefer the old-fashioned songs with a regular rhythm. They are more satisfying, lend more confidence from their steady swing than the disturbing treatment of blatant bazoo.