Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 253, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1923 — Page 4

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GERMAN -y "v EIXTRODUCTIOX of German language as IN OUR an optional study in the high schools of InSCHOOLS JL. diana is not a matter to cause uneasiness. For the world, German kultur is a dead snake. Its power to harm was challenged and conquered. But there are millions of German speaking people in the world, sixty million in Germany alone—and with these sixty million the United States is certain to have trade relations as much as with Spanish or French speaking peoples. Tn the grade schools the teaching of no foreign language is practical or efficient, hew persons can point with pride to what ever was learned of any foreign language in the lower grades. The time of younger pupils can better be devoted to acquiring more accurate knowledge of the language universally spoken in this country and to reading, writing and arithmetic. It is certain that for many years to come any propaganda or effort to replace the German language back in the cultural standing it had in this country before the war will be stoutly resisted and it should be. When the war ended, the average Englishman believed that his country nev n would trade again with Germany on a big scale. Yet John Bull, balancing his foreign trade books, finds that England last year bought about 120 million dollars’ worth of German goods. , The war is rapidly being forgotten in our country. It's fading in Europe, too, though at a slower rate. Hatreds would die a lot faster over there if politicians were not pouring kerosene on the tire to hold their jobs. Time heals all wounds. No good purpose can ever be served by narrow hatred in America. OH, THE jr | be well dressed for all “ordinary oeea\ANITY I sions,” a man must spend $4,602 a year on OF MALES JL clothes. Hats alone require s">47, boots and shoes $7,93. This is announced by the Custom Cutters’ Club. Its members are leading tailors and stylemakers all over the country. The budget total. $4,662. provides a well-dressed man with twelve different outfits. These do not include raiment for fancy social gatherings that cannot be classed under “ordinarv occasions.” There are more idlers than you and imagine, spending this much on clothes. By the time a sport dresses and undresses twelve times a day, he liasn t much time left for anything else. Especially if his collar button slips and rolls under the bed. So much for vanity. THAT TT'S costing the Federal Government fifteen BOY’S I million dollars a year and tiie States as much FUTURE JL more to enforce prohibition. This is shown by figures furnished to Congress. That’s getting off cheaply, for the Nation, considering the sum that used to be rung up on the barroom cash register. One of these days there may be a national referendum on prohibition, probably at a presidential election, though the chances are at least two-to-one against. The election would be decided by the Avets who at the last minute might change their mind and vote dry. The key to liquor sentiment is in the commonly heard expression: “Glad my boy and the rest of the rising generation won t be able to get the stuff.” WORLDS ROSSMAX. young New York seientist. thinks POWER f he has found a way to “can sunlight”—store QUEST the sun’s energy and keep it until needed. nat distant places. Wliether he has it or not, it will come, just a matter of time. Meantime, in coal and crops, we have a more perfect form of “canned sunlight” than the inventors ever will discover. Grossman’s claim calls attention to this: The chief motive of civilization at present is to find cheap power. Pigmies of Central Africa Are Smallest People in World

QIESTIOVS ANV.VERdI To:: ran pet an answer to anv question of faet or information bv writ. ~ to the Indianapolis Time* Wa-hin - 1, bureau. 13iC New York At- Wclinrton. P. C. enclosing " rents in stamps. Medical, lepal and love an,! tnarriage mince rannot be given nor ran extended research be undertaken or papers, speeches. etc., be prepared lnsismod letters cannot b’ answered but all letters are confidential and receive personal replies—KDlTOlt. Who arc (he smallest people in the world? According to stature, the pygmies of Central Africa. Tho average height of these people is about four feet. Perhaps the next smallest are the African Bushmen, who average about five feet. Tn what year did \cw \msterdam hreome New York? In 1674. In what year was NatHtlemi’*: retreat from Moscow? Tn .1812. Have fish ever fallen with rain? T>r. E. W. Gudger. writing in the official organ of the American Museum of Natural History, reviews the history during four centuries of the stories of fish falling with rain whieh have appeared in different parts of the world. ITe accepts such stories as well authenticated. He nc- < ounts for such showers ns due to the agency of high winds, whirlwinds and waterspouts, which could easily draw up from the sea or from rivers any small fish swimming at the surface in the traek of these uplifting agencies. As their force is spent they distribute their victims along their path. Is the story of the “Great Stone Fare" by Nathaniel Hawthorne truth or fiction? Fiction, but the idea was suggested by the famous Great Stone Face rock profile in the Franconia Mountains. Frnfton County, New Hampshire. Are white rats safe pets for children? In oilier words, do they carry germs of disease? They are no more likely to be the carriers of disease than any other pet. and so In this respect may he considered safe. What is tile origin of the word landlord? The word comes from the Anglo ■taxon and had originally the mean .rig of “'lord of thr land.” Gator it came to mean a man who kep; a pul. i;e house, inn, or hotel. By extension, tn modern times, the word came also

;fo mean the keeper of a hoarding | house, or a person who controls lands or houses. h hat causes cyclones? According to Dr. E. Kuhlbrodt the north poiar regions are covered by a i cap of cold air which thins out as it extends downward into temperate latitudes and ends in general about latitude forty degrees, but'may disappear at latitude fifty degrees over a few degrees of longitude. Above the cold cap is a considerable thickness of warm air derived from tho South, and having a motion to the East. Where ; the surface of separation of warm i and cold air comes down to tho eart is | surface at an unusually high latitude : a cyclone is produced, which is carried : t r > the East by th<> movement of the warm air. The distribution of wind and weather to be expected In such a region is shown to be In agreement with observation. What are the meanings of (he names Arthur, Eli, Jeanette, Kenneth, Marjorie, I oy? Arthur, high noble; Eli, a foster son; Jeanette, feminine of John, mean mg the gracious gift <.f God; Kenneth a leader, commander: Marjorie, a pearl: Hoy, probably a diminutive of Eois, meaning good, desirable. The Gamble By BKRTON FRALEY IF we foiiUl know Tomorrow s pleasure and tomorrow's woe; If wo roiild nm What isn't yet but what is yet to bo; ts we eon Id learn Just how the wheel of fate is bound to turn; Ts it were elrar What will transpire next week, next mouth next year; We wouldn t find As much of fun as when we go it blind. We'd lose Hie thrill Os gambling whether luok be pood or ill. We would abide Within a world where alt was out find dried: And. sick and sore, Wed find it most deeid’dly a bore. But since we can’t See far ahead or even take a slant At anything ' Which future days or fut re years mav bring;. We get a kick By puesaing whether fatjs hand holds a brick Or a bouquet— It's better thus than ant other way And then beside— We couldn't change it any If we tried 'Copyright, 133. NKA Wervlce, Inc.)

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Stone Says Conversion Simple and Natural Thing

FRED A. STONE, actor and comedian, who has undertaken to harmonize Christianity and his work on the stage, explained the subject of his religion today. Stone, wlio recently appeared here in “Tip Top,” was converted in Butte. Mont. He wrote the following for

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By ROY RIBBONS NEA Si.-ifT Corr.'sjond<'nt >E' '<:<>. ! . 1 1 Into the front entrance of an unpretentious apartment house lo cking with the - ni'-ll "f fried po- ' :!<•■ -• and up tim e flights of stairs I went and entered a compact fourrooms and-kio-h* nette sui'* . There to r<-< , i\ " tpo was Muriel McCormiek. granddaughter of John I'. Rockefeller, richest man In the world, and daughter of II mid K Mef'ortnick ChicuKo harvester multimillionaire. Muriel's keen living there five months—since she fi.-d from the Cold Const home of her mother to escape “an artificial life” and started her hat shop across the way. “I'm happy,” said Muriel. looking out of her sale window from which she can sec the l ack doors and garbage cans of he r former Gold Coast I a.-me. "There's Uy nothing to s< nfim f ntalize about. "I’ve h on panipeta I and petted all my ,|;o Iht' - why 1 came here—to get away from it. "I derivr all my living, you know, from my store—" "You til—er—dre <■-••>" r | n fo r . posed. No. said M urle| emphatically 1 sell . own -and hats I design them, too It keeps rm btisj gives n sow thing worth while to think about and yields me a comfortable living. “Before, f was eonped up in the hig house. Servants wore everywhere. bowing and bowing again. I tired of that, as any American

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the United Press and the Indianapolis Times: By FRED A. STONE I am more than surprised that a man who has tried all along to lead a Christian life, and probably has succeeded, should be the center of so much comment, simply be-

gin would. I came here to esi ape people who Leo me—servants especially. "I'd much rather run my little hat Emp than >!t till afternoon and play bridge That's stupid "There's nnthiny about 'tie Mm pie life that wearies one. So long as you lay \ air head on clean pillowy at night it makes no difference whether they are silk or cotton ” Spring Milliner}' Quantiti r of geoigetto and taffeta in Lidng used in spring millinery'fret; they are mode into tricorns or •er\ plain little hats whose only dec'ration is a lace veil artistically 1 raped. Circular Lines Many of the muanest spring fiocka •re cut on very circular lines and leveloped in plain and printed crepes, -nine of them are worn long enough a floor.

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cause it had occurred to him one day to make a statement, which has become so public, that from now on he intends to do just a little more toward convincing others that it was the right and proper thing to do. It Seems the simple and nat-

— Jrllotostjtp of draper Pail.? Lenten Rib!* Trading: and meditation prepared for Commission on Evangelism of Federal Council of Churches The Teacher’s Need of Prayer “He departed Into the mountain to pray.” Mark 6:16. Read Mark 6:45-56. "Men become dilapidated as stone walls do. The virtues of the soul fall asunder and men need to be rebuilt.” MEDITATION: If Jesus needed to pray, I cannot get on without it. Jesus climbed a mountain for better praying, I cannot afford to be careless In my devotions. HYMN: O thou, by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way. The path of prayer thyself hast trod, Lord, teach us how to pray. PRAYER: O Almighty God, from whom every good prayer rometli. and who poorest out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and supplication: deliver us. when wo draw nigh to Thee, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with stead fast thoughts and kindled affections w- may worship Thee in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen. Capitol Jokes By IRVIN L. LENROOT U. S. Senator From Wisconsin A SMALL boy was brought by his father to Washing ton and taken to visit. Congress. Interested in the chaplain who al .. ways opened the ‘ dO sessions with tfjt' prayer. Both in imy j the Senate and] the House ha had I observed this pro-j \ / cedure, and final- j lv he asked his LENROOT father: “Papa, why does j the minister come in every day and pray for Congress?" "You've got it all wrong, son.” replied his father. "The minister comes in every day. looks over Congress and then prays for the country."

ural thing to me that one whose life has been so blessed as mine has been should turn to the “Supreme Being” who has made this possible. I have dreamed of the time when the stage and the pulpit would work hand in hand for the good of all the world, and I hope this day has arrived. 1 have been content in former times to he a passive sort of a Christian, doing what I could for humanity as the occasion arose, but not searching for an opportunity to be an active servant. 1 am. and always have been, proud of my profession, which has included people of very high standing, who have done good to all others all their lives, and my pride emanates from the fact that the actor has arisen from the ranks of a traveling mountebank and has taken his place among the foremost citizens of each and every community in which he resides. My labors in the theater will be carried on as before. T will give my best as always to my audience, with an added inspiration, for I shall do all I do for the glory of God. If my experience helps others to gain a happier, healthier view of life, and if I can in my humble way be the means of advancing the faith I have so sincerely adopted, 1 shall feel that T have been rewarded far beyond my deserts.

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TOM SIMS SAYS: YOU have to live fifty or sixty years before you learn everything young people should /p • * * / j| A great many men flare up as if 1 “Please Remit” were cuss words. \ The next thing to perpetual motion is a flapper wanting clothes. * v * ip Statistics show there are about 110,000,000 people in the United States who KjWK hate to get up. ♦ * * \ our ship never will come in if you stay away from the bank. * • * Since it requires seventeen processes to wash a stiff collar they should drop the grindstone and make it sixteen. • * * When a man gets half soaked he thinks he is hard-boiled. • * * Bloodhounds should be taught to recognize the tread on the different makes of auto tires. * * • Wish we could Jot the income tax blanks stay blank. •# * • They are bootlegging tobacco in Salt Lake City and can you imagine what terrible stuff it must be? • * Girls of Honolulu are taking up basket-ball and it should come easy, as they are dressed already. • An old-fashioned woman in Prescott, Ariz., stole three horses. lowa Senator says lie may wear overalls in the White House and if he does we hope he has them pressed. * # * Just, to show what ambition will do a New Jersey cow gave 1.1,793 pounds of milk in twelve months. * # A helicopter in Ohio went fifteen feet straight up, or about as high as the boss goes when you are late. • * Intercollegiate Rowing Association has set a boat race at three miles, which is a well-known limit. • * * War clouds over several European countries are due to the reigns. • • • The first reliable sign of spring is when gasoline prices go up. • • * Russia is so hungry she exports 7,000,000 bushels of grain. A family of nine was found living on carrots in the Adirondaeks, which Is almost as bad as living on tapioca pudding.