Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 150, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1923 — Page 4

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WHY PHONE HATES ARE HIGH m TELEPHONE rates in Indiana have gone up year after year. They are at their peak now. Folks have protested, but invariably the Indiana Bell Telephone Company has gone before the public service commission to get authority to increase the rates. Now we have a little different story as told to the associated investment bankers of the country by David F. Houston, president of the Bell Telephone Company. When Mr. Houston is interested in establishing the value of investments in his corporation and inspiring confidence among the bankers, his story is as follows: “There is, practically speaking, no competition. It is in effect a nation-wide monopoly. “It has always pursued a sound and conservative business policy. It has always retained a considerable part of its earnings in its business —in 1922, 20 per cent of the earnings of the associated companies. “These companies earned them, 5.6 per cent on their investments and they would have had to earn only 4.7 per cent to make it possible for the American Telephone Company to pay its 9 per cent dividend. And in that year, the American Telephone Company earned over 11 per cent, which was greater than the average earnings for ten years. “For ten years it has earned its interest charges more than four and one-half times and this year is earning them more times than that. “It has an unbroken dividend record for over forty-four years. It has never passed a dividend, it has never reduced a dividend.” Mr. Houston was not speaking to the Indiana patrons of the telephone company, but to investment bankers. Therefore, when Mr. Houston concluded his speech, there was no loud cry from the audience for a reduction in telephone rates. NEW FEATHERS FOR INDIANA EAGLES "TTIONTINUING a commendable policy of social service the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Indiana has announced that it is contemplating purchase of 520 acres of rugged, picturesque land in Brown County. By sponsoring the movement for old age pensions, the Eagles established a worth-while program for social betterment. In planning to purchase land for future use as a State park, the lodge again is moving its record higher. Indiana has taken notice of the Eagles’ old age pension proposal by creation of a committee empowered by the State Legislature to make a survey and investigation of pension possibilities in the State. Frank E. Herring, South Bend, is chairman of the body. Eleven foreign countries have compulsory old age pensions in which the pensioners contribute to a fund. Denmark and part of the British empire have non-contribu-tory old age pensions. In Denmark the ability to support one’s self, to have strict character and thrift, and to have a clean record of no crime or charity in five years is required. Unless restrictions are placed against old age pension laws, a premium is put on shiftlessness and waste, thrift and economy are handicapped and the law becomes a football of politics. The proposed system would permit the old folks to remain in their old home among friends and environment that is cherished in memories. Almshouses, instituted in the time of Queen Elizabeth, are considered by the Eagles to be a tremendous waste of taxation. Yet the sick, infirm and crippled must be provided with personal attention and care. The fact that Nevada, Montana, Alaska and Pennsylvania have adopted old age pensions is sufficient proof, however, that the matter is worthy of the public’s consideration. Indiana can well investigate.

STEALING GLORY FROM DIME NOVELS mHRILLS of dime novels, glorified by youth years ago, are relived constantly in Indianapolis by members of the police gambling squad commanded by Capt. Herbert Fletcher. What youth has not read of hidden mirrors by which the approach of detectives can be detected, of two or three spies and watchers who guard the entrance to criminals’ dens, of secret bnrzer systems by which signals may be flashed f Notorious clubs, frequented by gamblers, are under constant vigilance of the police. Uniformed men are useless in such sleuthing work. Wits, valor, intelligence and strength are needed. Captain Fletcher reports that gambling clubs are reopening again. The initial success in the war on these clubs is an indication of the character of the policemen who serve to demand reject for the law. Keep up the good work! CANNED horse meat is now prohibited in Italy. The S. P. C. A. no doubt will be interested. Dealers must sell it fresh. ICELAND is using artificial ice. Isn’t that the cat’s earmuffs f In the past they’ve been shipping salt mutton to Britain. Now they’re shipping it fresh, using machinery-made ice. GOVERNMENT officials are negotiating with the natives of Samoa for the purpose of turning a large number of nuts which are wasted each year into copra. Might be a hunch for use of iome of our home-grown “nuts.” ‘*NO POLICY that could be projected by our State Department deserves heartier backing and indorsement than that of closer relations, political, social and economic, with our South American neighbors,” announces Judge John Barton Payne. And why not a like policy toward European neighbors? SHIPPING board announces the first around-the-world passenger line maintaining continuous service under one flag to be the Dollar line, which is preparing to operate shipping board ships twice a month from San Francisco via Japan, China, India, Mediterranean ports. New York and back to San Francisco. Passengers will be able to use dollars all the way. MINNESOTA farm bureau assists installation of electrical equipment on farms, not only to light the house, but to cut feed, ran the churn, separator, milking machines, corn shellers, corn husker-shredder, ensilage cutter, grain elevator, feed cutters, fanning mill, feed grinder, hay hoist, thrasher, etc. Talk about the industrial oral

FARMERS IN INDIANA ARE COMMUTING Thousands Work in Nearby Cities to Raise Cash for Taxes, Although farmers of the great Middle West are the folks who have turned their discontent into political action, farmers of other sections of the country are in very much the same boat, a survey of conditions in farming districts served by the Scripps-Howard chain of newspapers, of which The Indianapolis Times is a member, reveals. The exception to the rule is the cotton belt or the South, where a fair degree of prosperity is being enjoyed. Likewise, growers of the Pacific Coast, who have better marketing facilities are prosperous above the average. In Ohio, the farmers are in better shape than last year, but prices generally are low and expenses high. Ohio Com Good The corn crop in Ohio is good, the wheat crop only “average” and' the hay crop “short.” Prices obtained for corn and hay are satisfactory, but are disgusted with the wheat price. f Dairy farmers are regarded as in the est condition, while livestock growers are forced to take low returns on both cattle and hogs. In the vicinity of Cincinnati, and the large cities generally, the farmers are In a better condition than elsewhere because of the e isy access to a ready market without the expense of high freight rates. Work In Quarries Poor agricultural conditions have caused large numbers of the farmers of Indiana to supplement their Incomes by working in adjacent cities and towns In the southern part of the State thousands of fanners are working in quarries, while large numbers are also engaged In coal mining. Around Terre Haute many farmers have left the farm work to their wives and ehildrefl and go back and forth to jobs in the city each day in order to earn enough to pay taxes and interest on mortgages Indiana farms of 160 acres, valued at from $75 to SIOO per acre, may be rented for S3OO per year. This represents less than per cent on the investment, out of which the owner must pay taxes approximating 1% per cent of the value. Marketing Developed Cooperative marketing has been developed to a limited extent, partlcu larly among dairy owners, livestock growers and fruit and vegetable grow ers. Members of the "co-ops” are re ported to be in a better financial con dltion this year than the farmers who are attempting to market their prod ucts Independently. Tills Is partlcu larly true of the Pacific Coast. Cotten —the "one big crop” of the South—is approximately 50 per cent of normal for the wtiole cotton growing area. In Mississippi conditions are the least favorable, the yield being about 37 per cent, while in Oklahoma it is 74 per cent. In a few regions, notably in North Carolina, the boll weevil damage became dangerous only late in the summer and in some sections reduced the yield by fully 30 per cent within one month. Unlike the wheat growers of the Northwest, the cotton men of the South are getting good price* for their product.

Animal Facts

Polar bear babies come Into the world in a cave of ice, or under an overhanging hammock of Ice. They are absolutely naked of hair and she must be some mother to keep them alive in the fierce cold of an Arctic spring. She defends them, even when they're half grown, with the most reckless disregard of her own safety. Dr. Nelson. United States biological survey chief, tells of one that held her big boy between her front legs while she turned her back to take the storm of bullets from a ship crew’* rifles. California condor, !e the only bird of that species of giants living In North America. Although now protected, he is rapidly disappearing, from eating poisoned bait laid for coyotes and other varmints. Rebecca Bartlelt, Quaker farm woman of Pennsylvania, is a practical nature lover. She wouldn’t cut down a fine tree when she was building her kitchen; she cut a corner off the kitchen instead. The huge moose, a pure American, has palmated antlers—flat like the palm of your hand—and blunt as your shinbone. But once—-nobody knows how many thousands or millions of years ago—his palms had long sharp spikes, as proved by a perfect skeleton, fossilized, that they dug up in New Jersey. Judging by the picture of him, as drawn by science. Skinclothes probably avoided meeting him alone in an alley. 1 Honey bee Is the world’s champion in putting on weight. When hatched from the egg, she is a tiny speck. In the next five days she has increased 1,500 per cent In weight. During that time she has outgrown her skin every day, shed it and grown anew one. Listeners About 2,800,000 radio receiving sets are now in use ir> America, according to estimates by The Wireless Age. Figuring four to the average family, this suggests that about one American in every nine is a radio listener. This probably is not far from the “saturation point”—unless the Continental Code catn be eliminated from the evening’s chop suey of sound. Interference by code senders Is considerably responsible for slump of Interest in radio.

Heard in the Smoking Room

“Irp J ALK about this fog out I | I there,” said one smoker, t- J “Why, you should have seen the fog at San Diego on eclipse day. So thick and cold that you had to grease your smoked glass to keep

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

UNUSUAL PEOPLE Coal Dealers’ Nemesis

tip NEA Service _ A \ . ers of New York run for cover U__J whenever Anna Hochfelder comes into view. She’s one of the assistant corpora-

tion counsels of New York, and her special duty is to see that home owners get coal when they order coal, and not culm, rock or slate. She has the law with her. Besides she has prepared a city ordinance to cover what coal dealers may sell legally for coal. But she has

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MISS gone even further HOCHFELDER to protect the furnace against foreign substances. She has begun to organize the women of New York In a general movement against the sale of coal that won’t burn. And the women are backing her to the limit.

SIMS | -/- -/- Says SHE powers want to reduce Germany's debt, which Is the only way to keep her from owing so much. Reducing Germany’s debt makes that much less the .allies lose. France thinks Germany should pay In full. She wants to get madder when Germany doesn't pay. How can Germany pay? The Idea is foolish. She needs all her money to start internal trouble. Less movies will be made. It is a good plan. Show the same films instead of Just the same plots. Movie business is slacking up because people have seen them all. Movie stars are going to the speaking stage. This is too bad. Many will have to learn English. Other improve nents are noticed. The derby hat la passing. Old ones will make nice flower pots. The measles microbe has been discovered and will be fought. It brought this all on itself. Governor of Pennsylvania will wear a Texas hat. which Is much better than talking through It, Plasterers in Chicago are receiving $25 a day. We think this Is laying it on pretty thick. Things are quite lively In Boston. A man was arrested there for claiming a razor beat four aces. Idaho man wants divorce because his wife would cook nothing but eggs, She Just egged him on. Many sealskin coats are being sold for winter. Many of these coats weye worn by rabbits. A Georgia farmer who wondered If robbers would get S6OO out of hiscoffee pot found they would. A policeman shot a burglar In New York. Perhaps he will claim he didn’t know It was loaded. Chicago barber attacked a man with a spade.. Wash your head before getting a haircut. Trouble with electing the wrong man to office is you can't get your money hack if not satisfied.

Observations

Blinded by lights, a Los Angeles owl knocked out an autolst. I/et every community buy an owl. A former Wall Street broker Is now driving a taxicab, showing that the Bams old greed for sordid gold still possesses him. Chick Evans, champion golfer, is bankrupt. He started on the putting green with $150,000 and made the last hole In three years. “Lynn factories to make cheaper shoes," says a headline, as If they were not already too cheap for the price. Well, It begins to look as though some musical genius will have a chance to write a political glee club song whose popular refrain will be, "McAdoodle-doodie-do. McAdoodle dandy." The odor of whisky will be enough to warrant the search of Chicago homes hereafter. That ought t, revive the old thrift precaution of taking care of the scents. Mary Garden says she will not marry, despite the considerable number of men who are ambitious to have a garden they can call their own. There can be no real progress until the non-stop hen evolves.

A Thought

The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.—Acts 17:30. * • ♦ j T is never too late with üb, so I long as we are still aware of ' our faults and bear them Impatiently—so long as noble propensities, greedy of conquest, stir within us.—Jacobi.

frost from forming on it.” “Huh!” said another smoker, "Those ordinary London fogs are so thick that folks grease their dogs In the morning so that they can get home at night.**

MILLIONAIRE BOOTLEGGER TELLS HOW Prohibition Is Here to Stay, and So Is Rum Running, He Says, By C. A. RANDAU , Times Staff Correspondent “I EW YORK. Nov. s.—“Prohibitlon Is here to stay and so L - is bootlegging." With that unqualified assertion, a self-styled “successful bootlegger” brings to an end a 238-page book entitled “The Real Story of a Bootlegger.” "I’m still In my thirties, I have retired, and I am worth a million. That is the reason for this book. If a general wins a war, he sooner or later likes to tell the way he did It. It is the same with a poor boy who rises to he a rr.erchant-prince, and It is the same with me.” "I played fair and won,” he says, nnd adds, "I haven't left a single dissatisfied customer behind me. How many merchants can say that?” Built Up Trade At first he depended for his liquor supplies on the stewards of transAtlantic liners. Later he established connections which enabled him to get large supplies from whisky warehouses, either through fake permits or through “arranged” robberies. He built up a supply service between Canada and New York and bought fast motor boats to ply back and forth ! between the rum fleets and the Jersey and Long Island coast, i “The safest way to get the stuff off | the ships was what we called the , water route,” he writes “We would i pick out a lonely cove and a night when there wasn’t much sea. Then we would s gnal the sloop, which would be lying out, waiting for us, and they would come in a bit and throw out the cases, w.th heavy buoys tied to them, in shallow water. They would sail away, we would wait till we were sure nobody was on to the game, and then we would Just go out and haul up the ‘fish,’ which was our name for cases coming In by the water route. “They're st.ll playing that game, and so far as I can see they always w,ll. No government could afford to patrol a coast r.ght, if its coast is as big as our s.” Here to Stay. Prohibition is here to stay, says he, because: "1. We are the most conservative people on earth —a lot more conservative than any people living under a monarchy—a lot more conservative than even the Chinese; we never do change an amendment. We have nineteen of them, and we have never repealed any of the lot. We have overlooked Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 6,8, 14 and 15 when and where it was convenient, exactly the way we do the E.ghteenth. “2. We American* are Just as proud as we are conservative; we never admit we made a mistake. Minority Are Noisy "3. The minority that opposes repeal is noisy and well organized, and from what it threatened to do to our reputations In the past, the politicians know what It will do In the future if they aren’t good. “4. Big business wants pro- • hibitlon. Whatever happens, big business will provide money to finance any campaign against repeal, and so will the bootleggers." “I am for prohibition,” he says. “Prohibition made me a millionaire. If It. hadn't been for the Anti-Saloon 1 League, the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, I would still be tunning a little beer saloon in a small town.”

Science

The greatest task of science today is learning about the smallest forms of animal and plant life—the bacteria end animalculae. This study will determine whether man Is to survive or whether he is to go the way of the mastodon and dinosaur. These minute forms of life are the deadliest enemies of animal and vegetable life. Already they have destroyed millions of kinds of living things of the past, for the number of plants and animals In the world, enormous as It is. was once vastly greater. Men and other animals, as well as plants, suffer from diseases that are, after all, only contents for nourishment between the upper and lower divisions of living creaturee. The malaria germ has dethroned powerful civilizations that had conquered the known world. Large sections that supported advanced and educated peoples, thousands of years ago, are now uninhabited Jungles with only ruins to remind the explorer of the human beings that once ruled ever the other surrounding forms of life.

Tongue Tips

Dr. Henry Chapin, New York: “The big problem in infant raising is to pull the babe through tho flist month. In the lower East Side of New York, among f>reign-born parents with poor surroundings, infant mortality has been forty-five per thousand, compared with as high as eighty-five in the finer residence districts, where artificial feeding was more common. In artificial feeding good milk must be used.” Robert Nettleford of Hobart, Tasmania: “I come from the land of contraries. Our south winds are our cold ones, our west winds are our warm ones; our warmest month is January and our midwinter is July; our Indigenous trees shed their bark and not their leaves; there is not a single native son, in the sense of an aboriginal Tasmanian, alive; and we are about as far from the Antarctic Circle aa Boston Is from the Arctic, and yet we hardly know what snow is, except on the highest mountains." Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, Boston: “No wonder some persons get fat when their food goes through forty feet of intestines. In such persons all food particles are taken up by the body, ftut when the food goes through the system rapidly, as most food does, most of the nourishment is lost in the short, digestive channel. To remedy this the thin person must eat food that goes through the Intestines slowly. The fat persona, desiring to reduce, must eat the rapid food.**

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You oar, set an answer to any Question of fact or Information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C., enclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advlco cannot be given, nor cat, extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned request* cannot be answered. Ali letter* are confidential.—Editor. When did pugilism first become a recognized sport? Pugilism was first brought into prominence by Jack Flgg In London in 1719, and was particularly popular between 1734-50, when Jack Broughton flourished. To this noted boxer we are indebted for the invention of the boxing glove, or muffler, as it was then called, as well as for the first code of rules, from which those at present In use have been developed. When did the price of sugar either during or after the war reach its peak? May 19, 192 u, just after the Government control was lifted. On this date It sold for 23:57 cents per pound. What is the range of a .23 high power rifle? The accurate range Is 200 yards, the effective range is 600 yards, the maximum range is 2,000 ya*-ds. How many bricklayers and stonemasons are there In the United States? According to the census of 1920, 131,264. Why is or was Africa called "The Dark Continent”? Because of the almost total Ignorance concerning the people and geography of its Interior which, until comparatively recently, prevailed tn Europe and America. Which church in New York Is known as "The Little Church Around the Comer,” and on what street is It? The Church of Transfiguration, Twenty-Ninth St. near Fifth Ave. Has Greenland ever been explored? Yes, by a. number of men. among whom are Ross, Inglefleld, De Haven, Kane. Hayes. Hall Greely. Peary and Nansen. Nansen crossed from sea to sea in 1888 and Peary in 1892, and In 1895 again crossed the Ice-cap, ascertaining the Insular character of the continent. Various other explorations of the coast line have been conducted. How many islands are there In the Philippines? Counting everything above water, the total Is 3,141, of which, however, only 1,668 are named, 366 have areas exceeding one square mile each, and only 342 are Inhabited. Please give me the correct pronunciation and meaning of bonhomie? The word means, genial nature or manner, good-fellowship. It Is pronounced bon-o-ml, first "o” as In not. second "o” as in obey, “1” as In police. What Is a good method for cleaning wallpaper? Make a soft dough of coarse brown flour mixed with water until stiff enough to handle easily. Rub the paper with it gently. When soiled, remove the soiled portion and proceed until the paper Is clean. What Is the meaning of the word "bloc” used so much In a political sense? "Bloc” Is a French term which has been adopted and widely used In recent times to mean “a group of politicians or others formed to foster special Interests or to obstruct legislation.” The word is pronounced "blok," "o” as In not. What Is the "Golden Rose?” A rose formed of wrought gold and blessed with much solemnity by the Pope tn person on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The prayer of blessing contains a mystical allusion to Christ as "the flower of the field and the lily of the valley." The rose is anointed with balsam, fumigated with incense, sprinkled with musk, and is then left upon the altar until the conclusion of the mass. It Is then usually presented to some Catholic prince or princess whom the Pope desires especially to honor, with an awwoprlate form of word*.

On His Way

Find the Moral BY BERTON BRALEY The brooklets run down to the river, The river runs down to the sea, A fact which is simply aquiver With meaning for you and for me; Consider this marvelous motion, This steady, continuous (low, Consider the size of the ocean Where all of the rivers must go! The brooklets run down to the river, The river runs down to the sea, What sermons a man could deliver. What chances there’d certainly be To dwell with a whole lot of stress on These obvious natural facts, Evolving a stern moral lesson From just how a watershed acts. What lesson are these we can gather From brooklets and rivers and seas? Well, er—er —ahem! I would rather Not go into that, If you please; THIS sermon is kind of a flivver! But still, you must wholly agree That brooklets run down to the river, And rivers run down to the seal’ (Copyright, 1923, NEA Sendee, Inc.)

Family Fun

Just a Musician A beautiful girl had Just finished singing "My Little Home in Devonshire.” The hostess was surprised to see a man in a distant corner of the drawing-room visibly affected. Tears stood In his eyes, and he shook his head. "Poor Mr. Smith!” she said sympathetically. “I'm afraid that song recalled sad memories to you. Are you a Devonshire man?” "No; I'm Just a musician.”—Argonaut. Doctoring Little Tommy Little Tommy had a sore toe, so hla mother thought this a good op portunity to make him eat his cereal “Tommy,” she said, “If you eat your oatmeal, It will cure your toe.” Shortly afterward Tommy came to 111? mother with a very disgusted air. "I ate my cereal,” he said, "but my toe isn't any better. I guess the darn stuff went down the wrong leg.” —Judge. Dad's Sharing “Mamma, does papa shave because he has to, or Is it just to give himself a chance to swear?”—American Legion Weekly. Read to the Doctor “If anything comes to worry you. cast It aside—forget it.” "Thanks, Doctor. J’ll remember that when your bill comes in!”—The Humorist (London.) For Most Any Girl "Why do blushes creep over girls’ faces?” “Because if they ran they would kick up too much dust.”—Answers.

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What Editors Are Saying

Efficiency (Richmond Item) We have shown, here in Richmond, that when a city is run without any thought of party politics, we can get efficiency, economy, good service. Nobody ever thinks of the party politics of the mayor or of the city council. He has had Just as fine and loyal support for his various plans for improving our city service, our city finances, from as from Democrats. Not once in all these two years has the subject of party lines coma up. And the same thing Is true of the business men who have helped him In all the public-spirited things which have been worked out. Convenient (Washington Democrat) It long has been a query in many minds what the State board of agriculture is for. Well, it seems to be for convenience. Taxes (Seymour Tribune.) With the approach of a State election we hear a good deal about Issues and the cause of the “common people.” It is very apparent that taxation will be the principal Issue It the forthcoming campaign. There is only one State In the Union—New Jersey—which has a higher rate of taxation than does Indiana. Indiana, to be true, is a progressive State, and rapid strides can not be made without expenditure of money, but a good many taxpayers are gradually coming around to the belief that taxation may become so burdensome as to Impede sound, constructive progress and development.” Commendable (Lebanon Daily Reporter.) The service of the Night School Is a contribution to community life de : serving the fullest recognition and warmest commendation from citizens whose heart-hopes are set on a Greater Lebanon. And these 118 students in the Night School can be assured that their pluck, courage and serious purposes will arouse community-wide admiration and appreciation. Predictions (Decatur Daily Democrat) The Portland Republican declares that Lew Shank Is “just as good as nominated and as good as elected" Governor of Indiana. That would be bad enough. It might be advisable to save the cost of primaries and elections except it will be remembered that Editor Klst made the same wild claims for Albert J. Beveridge a year or no ago. Let the campaign go on. Actor (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) The platform on which Lew Shank, the vaudeville actor, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, declares against discrimination on account of race or re ligion. We can very readily agree with that feature of the platform, but coming from Lew Shank the voters of the State will no doubt be a bit skeptical as to his sincerity. Pavlowa Someone is always finding fault. Anna Pavlowa, the dancer, says: “Americans do not dance—they wrestle. Dancing is too beautiful a thing to be used for reducing weight galed by gorging one’s sejf -with pastry and sweets in this country, and not enough liquor.” Ouch! Is that the way the audience looks from the other side of the footlights? But Anna’s right in her slze-up that dancing to most Americans, is chiefly a form of athletics. Stolen Seventy thousand autos a year are stolen in this country, an insurance man testifies in court. This means. In broad figures, that there’s one chance In 200 of your car being stolen. Wish our pocketbooks were as safe from the profiteers. What Daughter Tells "Is your mother a sound sleeper?” "Not after midnight.''—Judge.