Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 155, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1923 — Page 4

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ANOTHER ARMISTICE DAY " XOTHER Armistice Day Sunday. The fifth. Time flies, but world peace seems to be standing still. Europe is worse off today than five years ago and the truce of Nov. 11, 1018, is still only a truce. Another war may overwhelm us at any time. The writer was in France the first Armistice Day. Folks went wild with the double joy that the great war was over and that there would never be another. It had been a war to end war, so they were told, and the world was shortly to see a definite concert of powers which would make it virtually impossible for such a catastrophe to descend upon it again. There was to be a league of peace under the influence of which people all over the world would be left free to pursue their own way of development, “unhindered, unthreatened, unafraid.” So President Wilson had said, and plain folks everywhere devoured his words as famished dogs might morsels of meat. What happened, however, was something different. The league of peace, ushered into the world by America, was stabbed in the back by the sons of its own mother, after which it. was mocked for its loss of blood and lack of strength by those whose hands had done the stabbing. Central Europe crumbled and split apart into anew Balkans. Germany is falling to pieces, threatening the whole world with disaster. All because a handful of timorous and misguided politicians forced America to scuttle from the job of completing the peace which she had helped to win. Reparations, left unsettled, have become an obstacle which may yet .wreck half the world, possibly including ourselves. Today the whole world stands on the brink of disaster, which might be avoided if we would but take a hand. Yet there are men like Hiram Johnson. Senator from California, and Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois who stand by calling on America to crawl under the bed rather than act to stave it off. They prate of “mawkish” sentiments leading us into “entangling alliances,” when all anybody asks is that this country, with her traditional courage, protect herself from a possible universal wreck. There is still a glimmer of hope, however. Sunday, in thousands of churches throughout the land it will be “Armistice Day Sunday.” Churches with 20,000.000 adults among their members will urge America to cooperate for world peace. Tens of thousands of pastors will explain the world court and tell why it is important we should join. Last week, in Alexandria. Ya., at the laying of the corner stone of the great George Washington Masonic Memorial, Bishop James E. Freeman told the multitude gathered there that “not until the world has been permeated with the spirit of fraternity for which our ancient order stands and of which the Man of Galilee is the Supreme Exemplar, shall the world go free from he awful curse of war.” Yes. there are signs that our Johnsons and our McCormicks ■ i>- losing ground. Even officials in Washington are beginning To see a light. The tide is rolling up. World cooperation against war is as certain as the passage of time.

A WORD FOR FOOTBALL j qIUTLER and De Pamv, ancient enemies on the football field, j O I meet again at Irwin Field and a “do or die” spirit predominates. But don’t lose sight of this —football is uniting American youth from coast to coast and boundary to boundary. Simultaneously all over the country muscular young men and boys have a common purpose in striving for excellence and recognition in a game which draws as spectators anywhere from 80 on a vacant •lot to 80,000 in a college stadium. So far as an honest, vigorous sport can do good to a nation -this is all to the good. About the only thing in which the antagonistic Greek states could find a common peaceful ground ofc meeting was sport. Football is eliminating a great deal of the distance between New England and California and North Dakota and Florida. If the boys of the different sections had different games, as they might have, considering the range of climate, the effect would be disintegrating. When the colleges make football the great game common to all the effect is collective. GETTING BACK TO NORMALCY "T“| FORECAST of soundness in economic normalcy exists in A the announcement of John W. McCardle, chairman of the State public service commission, that a possible reduction in the Indianapolis gas rates of 5 to 10 per cent is being considered. Getting back to normalcy is the wish of every citizen, whether in Indianapolis or elsewhere. Wartime costs, such as existed for coal, labor and material, have decreased. The cost of living has lowered 2 per cent in Indianapolis in the period of thirty days from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, a survey by the Government Zshows. Efficiency in management of a utility should result in lower costs. This factor is one of the arguments and reasons for the people permitting private monopolies to exist. Better service for less cost is the only logical excuse for a franchise. Gradual decline of coal prices, a saving of SIO,OOO a month in the mere cost of sending out bills to consumers, and iiereased production are attributed by the State commission as reasons for the contemplated rate cut. Getting utility rates back to normalcy must come soon. The announcement of the commission is a favorable indication that such is now realized by the State. DISCREDIT TO BUREAU? Bir MOVING to Indianapolis, one district branch of the veterans’ war risk insurance bureau of the United States Government could have saved SIOO,OOO annually. Such was the assurance given to Col. C. R. Forbes by John B. Reynolds, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, who is sending letters of the correspondence to the Senate committee Investigating the Forbes administration. Instead, the bureau was kept in Cincinnati with a resultant higher cost to the Government and to the taxpayer If an investigation of Forbes’ operations will cal an example of sueh heedless disregard for savings, the general outcome &n hardly be anything other than a discredit to the bureau

BAKERS NOW PROSPER IN GOLDEN AGE Increase Profits Despite General Business Conditions Throughout Nation, BY JOHN CARSON Timex Stuff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. —The bread manufacturers are living in a golden age. Income tax returns examined today show baking corporations, the country over, have managed to increase their profits despite general busines conditions. The same income tax returns show the average manufacturer of f<>odstuffs had no similar prosperity, and the miller, flour, feed and meal business suffered tremendously—that is. by comparison with the baking corporations. The increasing outcry over high bread prices has attracted attention to the tax returns. The old pound lo.if that sold in pre-war days for f> cents ia a rarity still. It is now selling at 8 cents. 9 cents and 10 cents. Yet there has been no great increase in labor cost nor in the cost of wheat and flour. Bottom Drop in 1921 The years 1919, 1920 and 1921 represent the most recent tide in business. In 1919 business conditions were extremely prosperous. In 1920 they were not so good and by 1921 the bottom had fallen out and poorest conditions in business prevailed. But baking corporations experienced no such tide. They had increasing prosperity. In 1919 baking corporations reported total net incomes ~f $29,993,204, and average net income of $44,303. In 1920—much poorer business year —the baking corporations increased their total net income reported to $30,157,502. The average fell off a little, to $41,311. In 1921, poorest business year recently. the baking corporations again increased their total net Income reported to $37,459,993, and the average was again increased to the record for the three years. $49,224 Tn the poorest of business years—in this period—the baking corporations reported an increased income of 12 per cent over the most prosperous of business years. Other food manufacturing corpora tions did not far so well. Millers Suffer Most The flour and feed and milling business suffered most. In 1919 such corporations reported net incomes of $62,887,986 and the average was $190,509. In 1930 the net income had dropped to $22,656,404 and the aver age was $27,799. In 1921 the total in come was $21,411,142 and the average whs $31,533. While the haking corporations Increased their profits,emillers suffered. All foodstuff manufacturers reported total net income in 1919 of $619,824,914 in 1920 of $404.547,051. and in 1921 it was $319,176,273. The averages for three vears were $67,859 -and $53,615 and $44,287, respectively. The baking industry now has its institute, and farm organizations insist that the institute has contributed not a little to maintain the high bread prices. And one of the answers made to any criticism of high prices is that despite the price, bread continues to' .he cheap food. And that’s about the same general answer made to any criticism of recent high sugnr prices.

Animal Facts

This country has 750 different kinds of rodents. They are increasing in number because of the slaughter of their natural enemies—hawks, owls, lavens, herons, weasel?, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes and others. “One snake is worth a dozen rodent traps,” says Zoologist G. T. K. Norton. Hessian fly pest came to this side in straw bedding of the Hessian soldiers, who fought us in the Revolutionary war, and we have tried in vain for a century to exterminate it. Every year this flv costs Uncle Sam’s wheat crop as much as the expense of the whole Revolutionary war. Indins and Eskimo tell folk stories of the ancient “thunder bird,” big and strong enough to carry off their grown-up ancestors. Scientists wonder if the giant, vulture-like bird found in asphalt pits near Eos Angeles was this winged whopper. Valentino “I have only 150 suits of clothes,” says Rudolph Valentino sadly. “You may think that a large number, but clothes to me are just like a pick and shovel to a laborer—they are my tools.” Even Socrates would listen to that. Socrates also would be keenly interested In the bit of cable news describing Valentino in his boudoir, ‘‘several French journalists interviewing him on international relations.” The real joke about this is that some of the politicians who actually shape "international relations” aren’t half as keen and wise as the Sheik. Tax If your income this year is large enough for Uncle Sam’s Income tax but not over $5,000, the tax blank you'll have to fill out will be a single sheet instead of the former six-page document. Directions will he simpler and clearer, the Internal Revenue Bureau promises the four million who'll use'the form. Simpler forms are o. k. The income tax law should also be simplified. Drawn up by lawyers, it’s so complicated it has made work for nearly the whole legal profession. That’s the intention with most of our ’nws.

Heard in the Smoking Room

** j r y-,'IHERE’S a good deal depend--1 I I ing on accident,” said the smo1 ker. who kept his foot on top of the cuspidor. "There were the two colored men back there at the Union depot. '< “ ‘George,’. said Bill, ’did you hear dat Wash Jones died las’ Saturday night?’ “ ‘How died. Bill?’ said George. " ’Wei, sah. Tom Sims, you know.

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UNUSUAL PEOPLE Says Angels Visit Him

Service RMADA, Mich., Nov. 10—With great age, says William Stocks, comes the ability to pierce the curtain between this life and the life beyond. \ Stocks is 104 years and 15 months old. Six times in the last right years,

he recounts, heavenly messengers have visited him. The last experience he mentions was three years ago. Os the angel's conversation with him he recalls but little, though he does recollect that several more years of life were predicted for him. He was awakened, he says, in the middle of the night, to feel the presence near.

STOCKS

Stocks makes no ejaim to unusual spiritual power. He thinks merely that, at his years, man becomes refined hy life, with the physical less important than to the comparatively young.

(90M SIMS | -/- -/- Says rr~ ET S see now, today is Ford’s I I day to refuse the. presidency. t- . He does it every other day. Henry leads a hard life. Before breakfast every day he decides either to run or not to run. The Germans are still writing notes to France. These are the only notes France can collect. Big meeting in Brussels. Hun dred orators delivered fiery speeches. Regular Brussels spouts. Armstice Day would be better if it didn’t remind privates of Second Looeys still at large. Boston still exploded. Injured three. Would have injured many more if it hadn't exploded. In Los Angeles they are objecting to dancing without lights. Called on Account of darkness. Some people marry for money. A r exas tnan didn't. Fie gave the minder a worthless check. Only thing you can say for Ger many’s aluminum coins is wealth won’t he such a heavy burden. Football is played with the pigskin and this may he why there are so many rooters. Arguing with a policeman is about as foolish as a dog trying to bite a hig automobile. Many people have the polish and refinement of a good education with out the good education. When you bum your hand put a little soda ori the ph.ee. Nothing, however, helps sideburns. The best thing about stopping at a hotel is you don't mind if you ao get the towels dirty. The skinny people have one advantage. They can eat all thev please without getting any fatter. Open fires are much better than steam heat. Imagine getting real inushy about a radiator. Everywhere you see suggestions for beautifying the home Our suggestion is to lower the rent. Eat all the cabbage you can. It will be scarce next year. Campaign cigars must he made of something.

Family Fun

Close A noted violinist, a shy and quiet man except when ruffled o~ annoyed, wars playing at a private house, and an elderly woman, a passionate lover of music, drew closer and closer to him as he continued to play. She was interested in the score, and to read it better, she put her head almost (tgalnst his. The violinist, who had been growing angrier every moment, suddenly ceased playing, arid, whipping out his handkerchief, wiped the woman’s nose with it. Sho was furious, and grew more so when he said; T beg your pardon, but your nose was so close to my face that I thought it was my own.”—Argonaut. Dud at the Shoe Shop "Uve worn these calfskin shoes only two months and now look at 'em.” “My dear sir. you must remember the calf had already worn that skin live months, making seven months’ wear, which is very good, I think.”— Boston Transcript. Little Sister Knows “Do you think anyone loves a little girl who tells stories?” “Yes, teacher, —my sister's young man.”—Judge. Tommy Goes 50-50 “I saw you kiss sis last night.” ”Hm-m. I suppose you want a quarter.” “Nah. But I thought it wouldn’t be no more than right to split, the fifty cents with you that dad gave me when I told him about it.”—American Legion Weekly. One for the Minister Missionary: “And do you know nothing whatever of religion?” Cannibal: “Well, we got a taste of it when the last missionary was here.” —Successful Farming.

is one jealous debbil. Went home last Saturday ebening and found Wash purrin’ ’round Mrs. Sims and razzered Wash up’n down and crossways.’ “ ‘Bad, bad bizness, Bill; mighty bad!’ “ ‘Might nab been worse, George.’ “ How come worse?’ “ George, was it Friday eboning it’ssvould hab been me.' ”

POST-WAR SCANDAL IN PARIS QUIET German Offer so Furnish Labor and Material for Reconstruction Refused, By HERBERT QUICK Just after the close of the World War —if it can ever be said to have ended—an offer was made by Germany to furnish both labor and materials for the reconstruction of the regions the Germans hud so cruelly devastated in France. The world wondered when France refused to allow’ her former enemies to repair ihe havoc they had wrought. Now’ a French deputy—similar In rank to a Congressman here —has I üblished a story which for sheer horror of greed and looting surpasses even our Veterans’ Bureau scandal. He says poor men who suffered through German ruthlessness the loss of everything they possessed, are still living in hovels. They have not been relieved at nil. But many who aided the looters by stuffing their hills, so there would be something to divide, have had relief. Hunt Club Repaid A hunt club with a lot of worthless land had its dock struck by a cannon hall—-that is all their damage. It put in a claim for 344,050 francs, and go* more than. that. One case keeper had a building worth 5,000 francs—this was ail he had. He was a milllonair" hy the reparations allowed him. A truck gardener lost cold frames worth 14,000 francs. He claimed damages in the amount of 170,000 francs, and has collected 90. 000. Two brothers claimed 110,000,000 each and were allowed 75,000,000 each They used the money to buy up the claims of poor people, and have built a magnificent block of buildings. All over the devastated regions are palatial residences newly-built and won derfully equipped factories, while the poor and honest losers go in poverty. Will Be Hushed Up No wonder those in power did not want the Germans to do this work' it is said the whole thing will be hushed up- But It cannot always lie hushed up. The French people have heen taxed for this steal. The Ruhr has heen invaded at the behest of the government which allowed the steal ! lng because the reparations, a large j part of which might have been paid by Germany in work and supplies, were not paid. Some time, it is to be hoped, the | common people of Franco and Germany will boch come to see they are not enemies of each other: and that their common enerr lea are the same crowds that arc waging a quarrel over the control of Iron and coal and making the masses of both nations pay the hills. And when they do, they will make short work of the whole crowd of double dealers and robbers.

Tongue Tips

D, N Lawrence. English novelist: “Art speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art. If it be art, will tell you the truth of his day. The old American artists (writers) were hopeless liars. But they were artists in spite of them Reive?. Which is more than you can say of most living practitioners." Sigrld Onegin, operatic star: “Once in a while 1 might like a glass of beer, but I don't have to have It. Everybody says ’Don’t you find prohibition awful?’ but I don’t —not at all. It is such relief to be in America. Tho people are in so much better plrlts. In Europe there is much unhappiness everywhere." Edgar T. Cutter, Associated Press: "You probably have not suspected It. but 'there are newspaper men who start their daily tasks with the prayer, ‘Lord, show me Thy way that I may walk therein’ —men who realize their great responsibility both to church and State in the great work of spreading the world’s doings.” Dr. Simon Louis Katsoff, matrimonial specialist: “No wife can be suecesful and carry on a career outside the home. She can not live in harmony with the combination of babe and gorilla and give part of her interest elsewhere. Wives should give bushands freedom and nusbonds should return the gift to wives. Nothing has ever been accomplished by those in slavery, including matrimonial slavery.” Miss Ada Louise Comstock, president Radcliffe College. Cambridge: “Education more widely diffused, more effective. Is the only trustworthy means of relief for the economic and social conditions of the world today. In that faith we of America have been bred.” County Attorney Floyd Olson. Minneapolis: “Bootlegging is becoming more dangerous every day. Now they are opening restaurants, or brkeries or cigar stores, or real estate offices, where a whispered word and a knowing wink in needed by customers.” Youth This ad caught our eye in the American Boy: “Join our Boys Aviation Club. It costs one dollar. This entitles you to receive all the material, silk wing coverings, plans and all for constructing a model glider, also entitles you to enter your completed model in the greatest Boys Model airplane contest.” We are not yet bald-headed, but after reading this ad we are wondering how many years we are behind the times. This new generation that’s rising speaks a. strange language. Gambling Never a shortage of moths for flying into the candle flame. In the first tep months this year, over 190 million shares of stocks changed hands on the New York Exchange. In the corresponding months of 1901, sales totaled over 230 million shares. And the average since 1900 has been IGO millions for the same months. Like all gambling it’s run on the law of averages. And the suckers come along, year after year, by the same law.

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QUE STIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS

4ou can get an nnswer to any question of t -t 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 advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per rona’ reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters am confidential—Editor. What is the monthly immigration quota for Germany, and is it being filed? The maximum monthly quota ie 13.521. Out of this quota, only 7,480 were admitted In July. 9,103 in August and 7,209 in September. is It proper for a young lady to dress in a man’s costume at a mixed party? Not unless in one of the picturesque costumes of other days. The modem mans dress is neither becoming nor in very good taste for a refined young lady. What is the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research? , An institution founded by Jolin D. Rockefeller in 1901, originally Incorporated in New York State, to encourage “medical research with special reference to prevention and treatment nf disease." In 1908. however, the charter was amended, and its scope enlarged to embrace investigations into questions of hygiene, medicine. surgery and allied subjects, and the nature and cause of disease. Fan race be determined by blood tests? There is a gr-at deal of controversy among scientists regarding the determination of race hy the examination of blood, but Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum and one of the foremost anthropologists of the world, does not attach any value to it. What is the law forbidding the circulation of mutilated coins? It reads: “Whoever, fraudulently by any u°L way. or means, shall deface. mutilate. Impair, etc., the gold or silver coins, which Have been coined within the United States, or "'hall pa etc . with Intent to defraud any person, etc., shall he fined not more than $2,000, and imprisoned not more than five years.” Is it correct to say “He owned he took the money"? No. Do not use the word “own” for “admit." The sentence should be “He admitted he took the money.” What is the correct size for dinner napkins? Dinner napkins are 22 inches square or even .'arger.

Is "everywheree” correct? There is no such word. Which animal has the longest life? The Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture states that (he turtle Is probably the longest lived animal. Turtles are found on the Gallapagos Islands, just off the western coast of South America, some of which live to be 4dr* years old. Is the sun’s corona risible or distingiiisn.ble at other times besides when it is totally eclipsed by the moon? The United States Naval Observa tory says the sun’s corona cannot be observed except at the time of a total solar eclipse. On such an occasion some nf the coronal streamers have been seen to extend for several millions of miles away from the sun; during the few minutes of eclipse the corona is immobile with reference to the sun. What is Socialism? Socialism is any theory or system of social organization which would abolish entirely or in great part the individual effort and competition on which modern society rests, and substitute for it co-operative action, would introduce a more perfect and eQual distribution of the products of labor, and would make land and capital. as the instruments and means of production, the joint possession of the members of society. How is it that the Jews and Germans speak practically the same language? Yiddish, the language spoken by the Jews of eastern Europe and the most widely used dialect of the Jew's, came into existence because numerous Jews left Germany toward the end of the middle ages for the Slavic lands, carrying wuth them the middle high German of their place of origin, which gradually became corrupted Into the dialect^

Armistice Day and —

Soldiers of Peace By BERTON BRALEY The Men who fought our battles, Who did the work of war; They have not yet forgotten What they were fighting for. The Statesmen and the Diplomats Conduct things as they may. But the Men who fought the battles Will have the final say. The Men who fought our battles, French, Latin, English, Yank, The common ordinary lads Os plain Buck-Private rank — The boys who faced the Hell of It And know what battles cost Will not stand meekly by and see Their mighty labors lost. The Men who fought our battles And watched their Buddies die Will see the dead died not in vain, Or know the reason why; And though the world is torn and racked With suffering athrob, The Men who fought our battles Are still upon the job. And though Peace is a longer task. They’ll surely see it through, Till all the dreams for which they fought Shall finally come true. The spirit that was in their hearts Has neither changed nor passed. And the Men who fought the battles Will win the Peace at last. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc >

Science

In an attempt to learn about the mysteries of sleep, scientists are analyzing the blood of men and animals before and after sleep. Human beings spend more than onethird of their lives in sleep. Sleep is universal. All animals and plants sleep. Sleep was inherited from the earliest one-celled ancestors, that lived in tho sea, before even plants had learned to form roots. But science knows less about sleep than about any her function of animal and vegetable life. In plants, when sleep comes, their chemical activity Is reversed. Lack of sleep, In animals, causes certain sleep-producing poisons to gather in the blood, thereby making them “sleepier” up to the point of where excessive fatigue enters. Sleep has no relation to death, although this is a common poetical conception. Fatigue brings sleep, but too much fatigue keeps sleep away, because the sleep-producing poisons, in excess, excite *He cells of the brain and bring on mental activity. Science expects that the chemist is more likely to find the secret of sleep than the psychologist.

A Thought

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.—Prov. 17:27. • * • SILENCE is deep as eternity; speech shallow as time.—Carl.vle.

Snappy Query of Phone Girl Is Trend of Times

’Hello, what number would you like to have?" What s wrong with that question? Answer: Telephone girjs don’t speak in that lingo. And now the public is getting educated to the snappy query, “Number, please.” When Mrs. Smith calls Mrs. Jones she hears: “Mrs. Jones speaking,” or “Drexel one-O-one-one,” or whatever it happens to be. That is. if she is up to date. If not she replies with the old, tiresome, time wasting “Hello.” Furthermore, the telephone girl’s troubles are diminishing, according to Miss Ceeile Smith, chief operator at Main exchange. Evidently the Impatient business man and the catty housewife are becoming more appreciative of the operators’ problem’s. Miss Smith said. Possibly it is because Mr. Average Man and Woman suddenly hove discovered they are only one of (500.000 who call in a day in Indianapolis, as the records of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company show. That makes 25,000 an hour, and 416 2-3 calls a minute. So while you are talking there may be 415 ether souls jabbering at the same time. Operators are busiest from 11 till 12 a. m. and from 4 till 6 p. m. The former are mostly business calls, but the latter are social. From 7:30 until 8:30 p. m. is “kid’3 hour,” when Johnnv calls Geovgk or Mairy calls Ruth.

SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 1923

Editor’s Mail The editor is willing to print views of Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name as an evidence of food faith. It wul not be printed if you object.

To the Editor of The Times What has become of the “Country Jake,” With his pockets full of dough; How could you keep ’em down on the farm. With times so dreadfully slow? Where, oh where has the fanner gone. Where, oh where can he be; With costs so high and his marke* down: A man on a raft at sea? To market, to market to sell a fiat shoat; The times are all out of joint; Election is coming, they’ll market your vote. Just wait till you catch the point. The market sat upon Wall Street’s wall. Protected by tariff’s great men: Down came market, farmer and all, Humpty Dumptied again. But there, little girl, don’t cry: For Old Mother Hubbard's at home; The cupboard is bare, but do notj despair, The poor dog may dig up a bone. And out to Old Aunt Mary's. From the crops they wouldn't buy. They are making moonshine liquor. It’s coming through the rye. And Mary has a little lamb: Is it growing any wool? Baa—what's the use, it says. The markets are always full. Well, Mistress Mary, quite contrafy. How does your garden grow? The harvest is fine, but nothing is mine, The taxes take it, you know. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, Perhaps you can save the wheat; The cows can have it, give ’em the corn. And the haystack’s plenty cheap. But wait, said the campaign speaker. Till the frost is on the punk: i Now Peter’s a pumpkin eater; The same political bunk. There was a man in our town. A farmer, wond'rous wise; He borrowed all the dough he could, And opened the fanner's eyes. Something is rotten, said Shakespeare, In the State of Old Denmark; But see America first, my friends. Let the G-O-P embark. OLE SMOKE. Shank Speaking Dates Mayor Shank will address the Rotary Club at Win<. Hester Monday. The mayor also has accepted an invitation to address credit men at St. Louis Dec. 19.

Milk men start things going about 4a. m. Calls increase from then until 12 o'clock, when the peak is reached. For every seven persons in the city there now is one phone, figures of the company show. Fifteen exchanges maintain the traffic thus Involved. Main, with 157.691 calls a day, is the busiest while Stewart, with 8,370 calls, does the least

Indiana Sunshine

As an unusual feature of a Methodist revival at Linton, coal miners were asked to bring their carbide mine lamps to the service. They provided the only light in the auditoriwa during the singing of "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning.” A delapidated sliver with a HaitiJ starter refused to go in Hammond recently. When the owner cranked It, the car ran two blocks down tlte street and halted in a garage. If It had been in good condition It would probably have swiped a couple new tires an a ° ••news “tarter.