Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1922 — Page 4
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WHAT A MOTHER mouse, pet of a life-term prisoner in YOU [\ thè Ohio penitentiary, brings her young into thè SEEK jLJL world by performing a Caesarean opei’ation on herself with her teeth. If a surgeon had done it-, there’d be talk about his intelligence and skill. We are too vain to credit a mouse with intelligence. The universal self-sacrifice of motherhood is symbolized in thè pain endured by this mother mouse. Pain greater than experienced by thè wolf which gnaws its leg off to escape from thè Steel trap. Commenting on thè mother mouse’s operatimi, Dr. J. F. Bai lard asks: “Is medicai Science entitled to thè credit that has attended thè acéomplishment of birth by thè Caesarean method. or does that honor rightfully belong to Mother Nature, which man with all his knowledge can hope only to approximate?” Answer: The credit goes to nature. , All of our inventions and discoveries are reflections of similar processes in nature. From thè spider’s web man got thè idea for thè fish net. Stea ni. naturally lifting a tea kettle lid. suggested thè steam entrine. The steam shovel is a copy of a human arm with cupped band. Thè airplane was copied from soaring birds. Paper was made by wasps long before men. So runs thè story of progress, indefinitely. Wliat man calls knowledge is nothing more than a growing realization of what already exists in nature. There are no new ideas. Wc merely discover another of thè long list that already exists in nature. Humanity, increasing its knowledge, is merely uncovering nature. just as thè fisherman digs for worms. If something is wrong with vour health. fortunes or state of mind, you probablv are thè victim of a violation of naturai laws. Stùtìy nature, to learn what to remcdy. All evils are caused by violating naturai laws. CRIME JIUY, fìnd Charles Irwin guiltv of AND \/\/ murder, and decree that he be imprisoned in PARDON.S V V thè State prison thè rest of his lise. ” x Short and simple, isn't it? Yet to thè prisoner sitting with blanehed elieeks with a deputy sheriff just behind bini, it doesn't secm so. That ’.s what Charles Irwin. who thrust a knife into a woinai; breast in thè fair city of Indianapolis last fall, heard thè cIC thè Criminal Court reati. He is 27 ve ars old ami in good health Deathlike stillness prevailed. Then somebody whisperer “That’s not so bad. Ile’ll be pardoned in a few vears.” Sad but true. in many eases. The State makes an example of some erring citizen. and then thè Governor. urged on by relatives, and outsiders impelled by maudlin sympathy, lets him go. Surely, it ’.s fine for thè prisoner. In spite of thè name, thè “penitentiary." where a criminal is supposed to be “penitent,” probablv does a man more harm than good. But how about thè effect on that part of thè popolatimi that needs a restraining fear to keep them within bounds? In England a prison sentence is enforced, Fewer murders are committed in thè entire kingdom of Wales. England and Scotland in one year tlian in Chicago alone. Our courts are opr only safeguard. Their deerees should be upheld and murder would beeome less popolar in thè United States. Si ( CESS EORGE BERNARD SIIAW writes to a young OFTEN B idol- worshiper who had requested his autoMASKED VJI graph: “Set tire to your enileetion of signatiìres and sit on thè top." llowever, thè lt ter gave thè young man thè autograph he wanted, so he should be satisfied. \ears ago Col. Bob Ingersoli told a reporter: “I never give interviews. Reporter asked, why not? Ingersoli told him. So thè reporter wrote an interview with Ingersoli on why he wouldn’i be interviewed. Failure sometimes can be transformed into victory. if you can give it thè right twist. Studv failure, instead of shrinking from it. Extremes meet. 1* allure ofteu is success wearing a mask. RUSSIA jnryiE ultimate in foolishness has bee)i reached by EXILING I thè soviet government of Russia. The most SANTA JL elaborate attempts are being made, according to press dispatches, by thè Russian government to abolisti thè Santa Claus myth. Just what thè patron saint ot childhood has done to incur thè wrafli oi thè rulers of Russia is unknown. The chances are, however. that thè old gentleman is not wasting anv sleep over thè affair, for he must know that long alter thè soviet government has passed awav and been forgotten. thè children of thè snow-covered steppes of Russia and of thè whole world vvill he lookiug forward I cach vear to a visit from Santa Claus,vjust as thev have for generations gone by.
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qt ESTIONS ANSWERED You can set an answer to any qucstion of faet or Information by wntins to thè Indianapolis Tini*.-’ Washington Bureau, 132 C New York Ave.. Washington. D C.. lneioßine 2 ?enta in starno. Medica!, iosa! and love and marriase adì ice cannot be given. Unsipned lettere cannot be answerert. but all lettera are eonfidontial. and rcceive personal replies. Although thè bureau does not re,mire it. it wi! assure prompter replies il readers will confine questiona to a sinsle tubjcct, writlnp more than one letter lf ansvers on various subjects are desired.— EEITOR. Are there any estensive pine forests In Canada? If so, in whlch province are they? Most of thè white pine is sound in southern Ontario; Jack pine is sound north of thè Great Lakes. There is some western yeìlow and western white pine sound in British Colum blu. Are thè pearls sound in mussel siiells va! il alile? Pearls sound in mussel shells are of good size and quality sometimes, fcut it is usuaily thè seed variety. The value depends entirely upon thè e:.ape and luster. What i thè longest suspension bridge in New York City? The longest Suspension briose in New York Citiy (with approaches) Is thè Queensboro bridge, length 7,449 feet. What are thè qualiflcations for library work, salaries, hours, etc? The quaiifications incluoe a love ot love of people, and a desire to be of Service to them. In addillo:, .i. .
the librarian must be accurate, neat and quick. To fili thè higher positions, she should have scholarship and reai enthuslasm. The salarle paid, are sejdom large but thè work ing eonditions and hours are pleasant. What is thè difTerence between a white inan’s and negro’ skull? A negro’s skulj is shaped pecullarly, with a broader nasal structure and a greater inclinatlon of thè upper Jaw than a white man’s. If a white man'a ar.d a negro’s skulls are plaeed dose together thè differences are very apparent. What will restore thè naturai color of a gold watch that had liquid mercury dropped on it? Careful heating will. remove thè mercury. It tvould be best to take thè movement from thè case before heating thè latter. Where is thè famous statue by St. Gaudens in Washington, I). C., located? The statue by St. Gaudens, called “Grief” or thè “Peace of God,” is located in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. This was deslgned by thè artist for Henry Adams. Are ripe olives poisonou? It is just as safe to eat ripe olive as any other food. The ripe olive polsorÉng which was epidemie about uro ago has been guemJed :,t - ii v< *‘ eluse iiispection.
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~7 Matrimony Wi-I Be Merely Business Contrae! for Protection of Children.
By JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT .V E A Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dee. 22.—1 a che veneratile institution of matrimony bound for thè cliscard? Have thè myriads of women who went out into thè world seeking flnancial independence made a diseovery which is likeiy to penetrate to thè vei-y foundation of thè home? Women doctors, lawyers and edueators have hinted as much whiie Mrs. Almon Hensley. writer and onetime British militant suffragist, openiy prediets that thè next few years shall see determined strides toward a marriage compact' that shall be “as entered into and as readily dissolved as thè ordinary business agreement.” * “Everyone knows,” she maintains. “that as far as social law goes thè question of marriage is ptirely one of ccrvoniic import. With -every slep that women have taken toward eco nomic independence there has been a growing revulsion toward marriage as men have seen flt to make lt. “The signs of thè tlmes point to a desire for easy divorce. This is thè best proof of thè ne<td of reform in marriage. There are no satislled married people trying to get apart. “It ls a supreme impertinence thaf !he law. either social or judcial, should presume to interfere in thè intimate relations of men and women.” There are conditions which. accordine to Mfs. Hensley, wlll terni to begonie generai during thè next flfty yea rs : Marriage—The marriage oontract
Why Was thè War?
By HERDER! QI ICK. Mr. McDaniel "f thè War Depart ment. spoke in Washington lh other day in favor of vocational training. Ret us hope that all efforts in ald of vocational tr;Uning 11 succeed. It is a type of education which we neg lect: and this neglect ls thè chief defect in our System. But when Mr. McDaniel illustrated his point by saying that half thè sol diers in thè late war werc so badly educated that they dirò not kriow for what they were fighting. we pause and scratch our head. Can Mr. McDaniel teli us now what it was for which we were fìKhting? If
And So They Go Ry BERTOS BRALEY TEN little motorista driving down tho lina. One hit a trolley car—then there were nine Nlne little inotoriets monkeylnft with Fate, ine bumperl a motor truck—then there were eifht i.ufht little motorists tmsting- much In lleavwn. in- trled to hoc thè road —-then there were *"ven. 1 en little motorist trylnc clever trlck. e rnet a rallroad tram —then there were slx. . little, mi toriate thoupht that they corld drive. ■ ne skidded off a bridge—then there were (ire ! ne little motorista epeedinc more and more, One struck a Thank-you-ma am—the there were four !• our little motorista drivins reckleeslee, One sasseti a trafflc cop—then there were three. Three little motorista hearing into riew-, One passed upon a curve—then there were two fo little motorista out to malte a rnn, One hit a granite wall—then there was one. One little motorist paektng qulte a btin. He a In a prison celi —so there va none. Here is a htstorv it is wcll to heed. It has a inorai he who drive* mar read ! (Copyright, IP l‘ì. NEA Service)
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will be purely a business contract for thè protection of children. There will be nothing in lt to compel a man and woman to live together. Woman —The woman will maintain her independence and live her own l!fe. Motherhood will be pensionerò.
he can, aster four years of so calieri pettoe, will he speak up and inforni a puzzled world? Was lt to make thè world safe for democracy ? In Worse Sliape That is what we were told when thè boys were examined, but when was democracy in worse case over most of thè world than now, four years aster we won? Was lt to establlgh peace? Well, there has never been a moment of pealce since our victory. and nothing but thè prostration of thè natlons provents war on half a dozen fronte tomorrow. The Tempie of Janus
Society will remove thè obloquy from thè unmarried mother. Children—Children will Uve with :heir mothers ruther than be piacerò m institutions. But where thè mother is either ineompetent or unable to care for them they will he I lacerò In “home groups" looked aster hy women of materna! instinets. st.ands with open doors. More men re under arms than before thè war. If one could examine thè papero of thè college graduates and thè ofllcers of thè late war, one would fin-, that none of them knew what we ware fighiing for. Broadly speaklng, nobody knew. We only thought we knew. An nnlettered htll billy in one camp, when asked what we were fighting for, said. “To lick Germany!" And that was as good an answer as any. Rurpose to Lick Germany The war had no know-n purpoee except to lick Germany. and to preserve ! his country from future rlsk. And whatever purpoee for good it had, veri that of defeatlng Germany, seems to have been forfeit ed in a poace w-hlch ls as Ijad as war. That ls thè tragedy of lt—thè most ignorant Boor knew as much nbout it for all practlcal purposes as thè l'est educateci reemit. Education will never cure this Nothing can curo it ■xcept a r.ew world organizatlon putting Into effect a new splrit of world democracy—through a new kind of statenman. For Winter Gardens“ A plcture hat designerò for garden oyo is of lavender satin trimmed with lavender tulle, and wisteria blossoms which bang to thè walat-line In thè back. .
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Stock Swindlers Get Ready for Sucker Ciean-up Hi/ Times Special WASHINGTON. Deo. 22.—Thousands of bogus stock companies are flooding thè mails with “come-on lettera.” preparing for a clean-up on suckers this and next rnonth when thè Treasury redeems Victory bonds and 1918 War Savings Stampa, thè lattei- totaling $645,000,000. At thè same timo Treasury officiate are warning ih ose who invested their amali earnings with thè Government during thè war to ' beware thè fake stock promoter now. To head off wild-catters’ raids on amali savings, Congress is being urged by Representative Edward Denison of Illinois to rush into law a “blue-sky” bill which has already passed thè House and which is now delàyed in thè Senate. Denison's bill would prevept promoters from seìling their stocks by mail in States which have not approverò their schemes. ‘‘The Treasury Department estimates that every year thè American public is robbed of $500,000,000 by means of worthless securlties,” Representative Denison said. “It la thè intention of my bill to put these quacks out. of business, but not to burdon any legitimate enterprise.” Snappy Mouse A very smart biouse of whlte crepe has eollar. cuffs and a hip band of pleated white moire and red leather In a chècker board pattern.
German La bor Party Fig hts Stinnes and His Efforts to Aholish 8-Hour Day Law
9 Bit MIETO* BROX\ER .V E A Staff Correipitndi nt Éd of Representatlves Ci ■ ■ t ’ You have some A Idea of what it is thè Reiehstag and STINNES hearing himself denouneed by a Social Democratici leader. The Rookefeiler of Germany, thè man who <-wns mines. Steel Works, Street railways systems, banks and newspapers. alno flnds time tn be a member of thè German legislative body. I heard him vigorously scorerò by Dr. Rudolph Breitscheid. one of thè iritelleetuals in thè Social l'oniocratic party, thè blggest party numerlcally in Germany. It was a nevei -to-be-forgotten scene, not only because of thè personality of thè men ìnvolved, but because they represent clashing interest in what ls looked upon as one of thè most important and bitterly contesterò of present-day Germany. Breitscheid starter! out by , exeoriating thè German People’s Party as a Stinnes party.
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“I wam you,” said Breitscheid, pointing a long menacing finger at Stinnes, “that thè working men and women of Germany wlll not .allow you and your kind to tear down thè eight-hour law or to destroy The elghthour principio.” All thè tlme Breitscheid is speaking. Stinnes sliows that thè dynamic. existence he has been leading in piling up vast rlches has begun to teli on him. Hia dead white face never shows a trace of color: his hands are never stili. Stinnes dirò not reply to Breitscheid. He simply iistened. One of thè first things thè working classes won in Germany. when thè republic. was established, was thè enaetment into organic law of thè eight-hour statute. Manager of great industriai pianta have always sneered it was merely an excuse to work more than eight hours and get doublé pay for overtime. Not long ago at a meeting of Germem induatrialists Stinnes made a speech In which he said if thè Gerirgli mark was ever to he stabilized, If Germany was to pay thè reparations demanderò by thè alìles and thus get rid of thè armies rif occupatlon, if she was ever to set her own he use in order, she would have to produce more goods and to do this her people would have to work longer hours. Must Go to Work He said no one would dream of disturbi ng thj letter of thè German eight-hour law, but German workmen would simply have to make up their minds that for thè next ten or
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fifteen years they would have to work at least ten hours a day. And he didn’t stress very strongly anything about getting extra pay for extra hours. This speech was at once taken up ;.s a challenge hy thè labor forces all over thè country. There are perhaps twelve million men and women who belong to labor unions. And thè most of them are affiliateci either with thè Social Democratic, thè t entre, thè Democratic or thè Communist parties—which together have a big majority in thè Reiehstag. The Social Democratic party as a party formally declared itself agalnst any tampering with thè eight-hour law or thè eight-hour principle. But thè Stinnes proposition isn't dead yet. Stinnes is a bulldog for pertinaci ty. In thè meantime other big employers of labor have been feeling out their workmen with two new propositions: FlßST—they would continue to pay their men for thè regular eight-hour day. But for thè extra two hours they -would pay them in goods. For instance, a worker in a sugar refinery would be paid overtime in si gar; a worker in a flour mill in flour. SECOND —Payment in produets ls obviously imposaible in many industries. For instance, an employe in a roiling udii wouldn’t want to be pald with a Steel bar. In such cases em ployers would pay thè men their ovei - time in marks. Another pliase of Germany's industnaJ trouhles will be discussed in Bronnei-s next story.
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