Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 184, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1923 — Page 4

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INDIANAPOLIS PROSPERITY [TATE politics may be going to the dogs, farmers may be w ___ nearing financial ruin again, and Europe rushing to the bow-wows, but Indianapolis is proceeding in its preparation for Christmas with more fervor and interest than ever. Crepe-hangers, who never see a silver lining these days, should remember this: Indianapolis merchants report a 30 per cent increase in sales over 1922 season. The city’s prosperity is at least extending into its spirit of Christmas gifts. .. Uncle Sam, through his Postoffice Department, predicts a record breaking mail business for Indianapolis this season. The first five days in this month showed an increase of $26,000 in receipts over a similar period in 1922. What’s wrong with Indianapolis? Apparently, not its prosperity, at least. BURDEN ON MOTORIST (TyTHEN you purchase your 1924 license, Mr. Automobile |W| Qwner, will pay from 66 2-3 per cent to 300 per cent more than you, did last year. And that m addition to the fact a second burden has been added—the 2-cent gasoline tax. Indiana has a total of 76,246 miles of toads. Os surfaced roads there are 39,857 miles. In 1922, Indiana surfaced 2,438.8 miles of fine highways. Development of inter-city and rural transportation by automobile has created a need for better roads. The progress in Indiana has been rapid in recent years, due to local spirit of improvements and cooperation of the State highway commission. But the revenue of the 2-cent gasoline tax plus the former license fee schedule will be “quite enough,” in opinion of State officials to meet demands of the commission for the next year. The State has taken big strides in highway building in recent years. , * Why add increased tax in form of higher license fees upon the motorist when he is already sharing his burden of responsibility in the good roads movement? TEACHER ENTITLED TO PENSION !• rIALUE of education in modern life cannot be overestimated. I V Nor can the importance of providing a public reward for the long service of teachers be forgotten in the stress for better buildings or salary increases. In Indiana, 12,000 teachers in the public schools have taken advantage of the teachers’ retirement fund. Nearly $1,000,000 has already been accumulated for this use.' A teacher’s function in building up character of the child, her importance in fostering good citizenship and patriotism, and her example in conduct of everyday life—these factors of her service are worthy of more than the value solely of her contribution of knowledge. The public can well provide a substantial recognition for those who thus serve. But thousands of teachers in Indiana, with a .service prior to two years ago, will receive no benefit from the pension fund. Failure of the State in the past to assume its responsibility has resulted in a deficit in the present fund. Whether public taxation must be resorted to, the fact remains these teachers are deserving of recognition. Teachers contribute to their own fund. If the teacher serves less than twenty-five years, upon retirement he or she will receive the full amount paid into the fund with 4 per cent interest. After twenty-five years, the teacher receives an allowance or pension upon retirement. And after forty years, a teacher may retire with a full annuity of S7OO a year, of which the State provides S4OO.

WHAT FIRE CARELESSNESS COSTS I\TI OT so long ago Indianapolis and other cities observed “fire 1 prevention week.’’ A “chewing gum week’’ would have attracted far more popular attention. Yet the record of fire waste in this country is an appalling revelation of wanton carelessness. Every second of every minute, sl6 worth of property in this country is destroyed by fire. Every minute of every hour, SI,OOO worth of property is reduced to ashes. Every four minutes of every hour a home is consumed by flames. Every thirty-five minutes of every twenty-four hours, one person in this country is burned to death. The money lost by fire in the United States in 1921 was sufficient to have built 2,477 hospitals, each costing $200,000. And these losses are increasing year by year. In 1921 the losses aggregated $500,000,000, or $141,500,000 more than in 1918. Last year 15,000 persons were burned to death—nearly half as many Americans as were shot to death in the late war. It is true 75 per cent or 37 out of 48 recognized causes, of our fires are preventable. These astounding facts and figures mean much to the country and to the individual. We pay an enormous price for our carelessness and indifference—pay it in hard money and human life—but we learn no lesson of benefit. Pouf, we say. It is less trouble to be reckless than right. We get no kick out of being safe and sane. COMPARATIVE peace is said to prevail in Ireland now. not excepting even Boston nad New York* IN THE SAD life of the pedestrian, the first minute is as bad as all the others. THIEVES robbed an Indiana farmer of seventy-five pigs. They were out to bring home the bacon, and they did it, you see. A TEXAS aviator has just been arrested for driving his plane while intoxicated. lie knocked down the only tree in the State. IF GIFF PINCHOT keeps on calling these conferences on coal someone is going to step forward and call a conference ou Giff. THE DIRT farmers of South Dakota to the granite diggers of Vermont send greeting. We horny-handed breakers of the glebe do stand together.

<1 BY J. R BABCOCkC feadinq Jlah Jotwq (Authority and {Author of ‘Babcock's xed Book of Hules

This is the fifth of a. series of articles by Baccook oil Mah Jons? rules. Clio eaqh one and have a complete rule book free. No. s—The Play mN my last article I explained the ’object of Mah Jongg as being the completion of a hand in four sets of threes and a pair. You will remember that, immediately following the draw each player had 13

tiles, except East Wind, who had 14. Thus as four sets of threes and a pair total 14, it is obvious that J£ast is the only one who could Mah Jongg on an original hand. The chances of the other players (and of East also after play starts come through a system of drawing and discarding. East starts by

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discarding one tile. This should be the tile he considers of least value to him, i. e., the one which he thinks least likely to work into a three-of-a-kind, a three-run sequence, or a pair. This depends on the remainder of his hand, and (which is true for ail players) on the discards after the first play. Another Draw As soon as East discards, and unless someone “pungs,” (which is explained below), South either “chows” (which is explained below) or else draws from the wall. The draw from the wail is of the top tile immediately U> the left of the opening. Then South discards and (if uninterrupted by "pung” or “chow”) West, the next player to South, draws from the wall (the bottom tile of the pair of which South just drew the upper tile) and thus the play proceeds, counter-clock-wise around the table. “Pung." When a piece is discarded any player can “pung" it if he has two of the same denomination in the same suit in his hand. This he does by saying "pung” and picking the piece up from the table. “Pung” Thus, if East discards a “two bamboo” any other player, regardless of

?CiOM SIMS - -/- Says

Tr— — HERE is a cry for a candidate for President who can raise the i___J bonus money by reducing taxes. Mellon’s plan to reduce taxes reduces the Treasury income. All such plans have this great fault. Coolidge's stand against the soldier bonus will cost him votes, but standing is better than lying. The war vets deserve a bonus. The taxpayers deserve a reduction. And the sun deserves a rest. The soldiers can’t get their bonus because the profiteers have it. Taxpayers can't get a reduction because the tax-empts have it. Make it legal for all war vets to shoot craps with loaded dice and they will collect their bonus. Every man knows how to reduce his own taxes. This is so simple. Put them on the other fellow. Let every'Svvnr vet throw rocks at a war profiteer two hours. It would be better than a bonus. Teach the cops to lay bricks. They could make millions in their spare month3. Collect it for taxes. Rent the congressmen out to garages for blowing up tires by mouth. The income would cut taxes. If allowed to bootleg, our navy could be self-supporting and pay off the national debt in a week. Give an ex-private a squad of exsergeants to drill and he would forget all about his bonus. Put all ex-second looeys in uniform and invite war vets to cuss them. Call tt a soldier bonus. Make all except war vets wear knitted socks in a shoes a mile too big, as a bonus substitute. Order the street cleaners to turn in all the dimes they find. This would cut taxes a little. Let every war vet chase a flagwaving politician three blocks. It id a swell bonus substitute. s Put mail boxes in cellars and makepostmen pay to deliver mail. It would reduce taxes some. Find the army raincoats makers. Make them wear the coats they made. This would tickle any war vet. A Thought Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God. believe also in me. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.—John 15 1-18. C f—_ OMFORT, like the golden sun, Dispels the sullen shade with her sweet influence. And cheers the melancholy house of care.—Rowe.

Heard in the Smoking Room

a |HIS artist, Gene Knott, in j ,the paper here,” said one of „T ~J the smokers, “reminds me of E3SU Reedy, one of the big and plenty writers of the Aliddle West. “Reedy made big money, but rarely had any, and he had borrowed of Knott. After much patienoe and com f - &£ *’ '' C j posure, Knott dropped Reedy a nice

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where he sits, can “pung” if he has ; two or more “two bamboos” in his j hand. But a player can never “pung" j to fill a pair, or to a sequence, except ; when the filling of such pair or sequence will give him game, or Mah Jongg. A “pung” can always be to complete a hand for Mah Jongg, and such a “pung” takes precedence -iver a “pung” which does not complete a Mah Jongg hand. When two can “pung” for game, he gets the piece who is nearest the dlscarder in order of play. It is not called "pung” or “chow" in this case, but “Mah Jongg." A “pung” automatically shifts the order of play, he who "pungs” then discarding and the game proceeding ; to his right. Thus, if East discards 1 and West “pungs,” the next player to draw after West discards will be North. Or if North “punged” a discard by East, the play would go North, East, South, etc. “Chow'’ A "pung” takes precedence over a “chow.” “Chowing." The "chow” is permissible only to the player to the immediate right of the dlscarder. Thus when East discards, South (and South only) can “chow.” When South discards, West (and West only) can chow.” An easy way to remember this is that the next in order of regular play is the only one who may “chow.” A person “chows” when he says' “chow” and picks up a discard which enables him to fill a three-run sequence. Thus, when he “chows” a Four Bamboo and he holds the two and three Bamboo, or the three and flVe Bamboo, or the five and six Bam boo. Last Pieces Only A “pung” or a “chow” can only be j made on the last piece discarded. All ( other discarded pieces are dead. Courtesy of the game demands that j both punged and "howed pieces shall immediately he laid in tront of the | punger or chower face up, together ■ with the two pieces which gave him j authority for making the play. Thus . on a pung, the entire three-of-a kind should be exposed before the discard, while on a chow the three cards of the sequence should be so exposed. Next .Article: Four of a Kind.

UNUSUAL PEOPLE Keeps Towns Clean

vr.4 Service Cities and towns must show i___J clean faces before Mrs. E. G. Dobyns. Or she climbs their skyscrapers and other buildings and cleans the,lr exteriors for them. '-it-'' 1 •' • V bookkeeper for a ■:j day's work is done —even before MRS. DOBYNS starting it she sees after the home and the education of her 12-year-old daughter. What Editors * Are Saying Rates fßluffton Evening Banner) And If a municipality like Bluffton —a small concern when taken into comparison with the greater utilities—can lower the rate for a commodity, why is it necessary for the big boys to have an increase. Neither do we. I- -I* 4 Coal (Muncio Evening Press) Two-thirds of the Indiana coal mines are shut down. And everybody knows you can’t keep warm in a coal bed. •I’ ’l* -IWise (Logansport Pharos-Tribune) Once in a while a rpan is found who is possessd of real horse sense and prefers his regular job to a public office. Will G. Irwin, a banker of Columbus, Ind., was recently suggested as a candidate for Governor on one of the major tickets. When approached upon the subject Irwin remarked: “I have no political ambitions. I am going to stick to my desk and my job.” •I- ’l’ -I’ Tenacity (Columbia City Post) Governor Warren T. McCray is hanging on to the office of Governor of Indiana with all the tenacity of the well-known burr, in spite of the very pointed suggestions by Chairman Walb and the Republican central committee to the effect that his presence would be appreciated elsewhere. It is possible that he js actuated by one of two motives, either thaUresigning from the office would be tantamount to a confession of guih, or the fact that the Governor’s salary is his most substantial source of income.

note of reminder, upon receiving which Bill went to the telephone, got Knott on the wire and said: ’ “ ‘Gene, I’ve been trying to get you for days. I want you to do me a favor. I’m going to hold a meet mg ,of my creditors In the Coliseum. Saturday night, and I want you to address the over-flow meeting on Twelfth St.”* .

The Week in Washington f Southern Votes European Aid World Court Progressives Block Organization of Senate Over Escht-Cunimins Railroad Law.

(From Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Coolidge campaign managers think they need all the Southern negro votes they can get to nominate their candidate. They steam-rolled the reform measures adopted at ithe 1920 Republican convention aimed to reduce the delegate representation from the Southern States, where the Republican party exists in name only. The Southerners will have more delegates even than they had in 1920. Senator Howell, Nebraska, warned the committee it was "lighting" a fuse that leads to a powder line.” Senator Hiram Johnson denounced the action as “repugnant to every sense of fair dealing.” But the steam-roller prevails —at least until the convention assembles in Cleveland, June 10. Earlier in the week, F. W. Stems, Boston dry goods merchant, announced President Coolidge was a candidate to succeed himself and that William Butler, Massachusetts textile man, would act as “personal” campaign manager, with assistance from James B. Reynolds, politician, of Massachusetts. Unofficial Aid for Europe The Administration admitted sympathy with efforts to solve the reparations question. Officially, America declines to take part, but President Coolidge “views wi'th favor” efforts of American citizens acting os private individuals to help determine Germany’s capacity to pay. Two committees organized by the reparations commission will study German conditions. One will attempt to solve the budget and currency problems. The other will investigate the spiriting of capital out of Germany. A Is* wholly unofficially, the Administration favors relief to German famine sufferers, but not through Government appropriation. Substitute for World’s Court Senator Lodge hell eves the world court as now constituted is not suitable for American participation. He announced he had thought up another plan for a court wholly divorced from the League of Nations. Fail to Organize Senate Refusal of progressives in the Sen- | ate to permit Senator Cummins (Rep.), ; lowa, to be both chairman of the Inj terstate Commerce Committee and president of the Senate, resulted in a deadlock of the body. The progressives wish the EschCummins railroad Law changed. So does a majority of the Democrats. Only the fiipflop of Senator Bruce (Dem.), Maryland, who switched to Cummins in order to save the rail roads from falling into the hands of La Follette and his crowd, prevented j Democratic control of the committee. ' Organization of the House progressed | little better, progressives and Demoj crate alike, protesting against a ! stacked Rules Committee.

Science

Great progress has been made by science in the last two or three years in solving the mystery of the origin of life on this planet The real founder of this work was Thomas Fraham, the father of colloid chemistry, who gave out results of his work in 1861. It attracted no attention, hut later researches, now regarded as immensely Important, started from his foundations. Colloids are grouped molecules. The cell, which forms the hasi? of all animal and vegetable life, is a small particle of matter composed of theso grouped molecules. From such r grouping, early In the history of the earth, life evolved Chemical reactions were violent in the early days of this planet, when molten rocks were cooling and heavy rains drenched the earth’s surface. A recent theory in that a stroke of lightning caused a union of chemicals so as to form the first organic compound capable of developing into protoolasm. This might have been impossible except for the pdwer of the element carbon which can unite its molecules end to end and form long chains, these chains sometimes forming rings by uniting at the ends. The addition of certain elements haring the power of wandering up and down these chains made possible the development of protoplasm and the formation of the cell.

Animal Facts

Chlcadee takes the world upside down In his. Running back down ward along the underside of limbs with great ease, he has all the bug eggs and scales of downstairs to himself, the other birds having sedately taken their dinners from the top of the table. Ruffled grouse, he of the north country, grows a special set of toe nails for the winter. Ho uses these curious fringes on his feet as snow shoes and to dig himself a comfortable bed at night deep down in the warm snow. Naturalist Brownell has case of a brood of baby crows being parried a mile to a house, but bright and early next morning their father and mother came in through the open window to feed them. When Mother Chinook Salmon leaves the ocean and starts for a stream’s headwaters, perhaps 1,000 miles away, to lay her eggs, she has eaten her last meal In this world. As she ascends the river her stomach beccmes smaller and smaller and finally shrivels up, but no choice morsel tempts her. Her whole business is to get, away up there and lay eggs and nothing else in life Is of the slightest attraction. Reaching the spawning ground she is usually all In and soon after t*he eggs are laid she dies. Curiously, her destination must always be the other side of a lake that bisects the river. If the lake Is near the ocean, her job isn’t so hard.

“Clothes Make the Man” — Maybe!

QUESTIONS I The Times ANSWERS

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. AH other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor Was a man ever sentenced to spend his entire life on shipboard, never setting foot on land or hearing of his native land? This was the sentence pronounced on the hero (Philip Nolan! of Edward Everett Hale’s "Man Without a Country." The story is pure fiction. How much of the world’s wool is produced in the United States? About one-tenth. What verse in the Bible has all the letters rrf the alphabet except the letter J? Ezra, Chapter VII. Verse 21. What is meant by the Short Ballot? A short- ballot Is aiiy voting paper which requires the selection of only a few important candidates. Its benefits appear in our national elections where the voter elects not more than four, usually three, candidates whom he holds accountable for the Government. The principle of the Ahort ballot is to remove ail minor offices and some important ones from the ballot in the interest of magnifying the power and accountability of the few men who are chosen by an intelligent popular vote. Does the hair of*a human grow to any extent after death? A few cases of the growth of the human hair after death have been reported. This Is probably due to su’o surface conditions. WHat Americans rose to prominence from hardships? Among them are Lincoln, Andrew Jackson. Andrew Johnson, Whittier and Jack London. What Presidents were elected by the House of Representatives? Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams. What is meant by the "Levant?" This is a geographical name employed throughout Europe to designate the Eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent countries. In a wider sense. It Is applied vaguely to the regions eastward from Italy, as far as the Euphrates and the Nile; but more generally is used in a more restricted sense, as including only the coasts of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt. Will young ducks lay the first fall? It depends upon the breed. The "India Runner” will lay as early as August or September of the first fall, other breeds do not generally lay earlier than December or January of the first year. Does the Isle of Pines belong to the United States? No, 'it belongs to Cuba. ■What' were the benefits of the Louisiana purchase to the United States? The United States obtained with a single stroke as much territory as she already possessed. The farm lands on the seacoast. declared a hopeless wilderness, were, a hundred years after the purchase, worth seven bllllQp dol lars, five hundred times as much as the price paid Napoleon. Tn addition to adding great natural resources to those possessed by the United States, the Louisiana purchase prevented war, and unified the republic by eliminating foreign countries, and consequently diplomatic disagreements. What is the St. Lawrence Waterway Project? A plan to open the St. Lawrence river so that large vessels can go from the lake port* to tidewater at Montreal, Halifax and Atlantic coast ports. Advocates of this project claim that a cheaper method of transportation will thus be afforded between tidewater and the interior. NEW FORDS FOR REnV Drive Yourself—AU Models No Bed Tape. New Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 18 Kentucky Aca„ , LI. 7086

Roads to Nowhere By BERTON BRALEY Sometimes I grow weary of pavement, Os roads that are built of cement, Which hold you in ordered enslavement, At least to a certain extent; Where driving’s a guarded progression. With motor-cops always on hand, Where all the cars move in procession, And all that you need is a band. I like to get off of the highway . And drive over roads that are strange, Explore some unfrequented byway Unmapped and unmarked, for a change. Away from the smell of the gas, Where there is peace most seraphic And nobody's honking to pass’. The roads may be crooked, and narrow, And muddy or rocky indeed. The sort that is certain to harrow The soul of the man who wants speed; It’s all in the way that you view them, I don’t, greet bad roads with acclaim. And yet 1 find wandering through them Adds zest to the motoring game. May broad concrete roads be extended All over the nation, until Our main traffic highways are splendid And smoother than marble —but still I shrink with a kind of dismay from The thought—and it certainly jars— Os days when one can't get away from The endless procession of cars! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Indiana Sunshine

Mrs Satta Mick. of Wingate possesses a Bible of the Mick family believed to be more than 150 years old. The Bible is bound by hand with the skin of a fawn which the grandfather killed for meat. On the pages for births are entered the names of John Mick, 1772, and Priscilla, his wife, 1776. There follow many Johns and Priscillas among the names. Bloomington firemen are becoming tired of the old favored indoor game of checkers and may take up the playing of Mah-Johngg as a betweentlres pastime. The reason, they say, is that someone has promised them a set in their Christmas stocking. “3.1.59::345, Plymouth, Ind." Try this on your typewriter! Postmaster Fred D. Price of Plymouth received a letter bearing the above inscription and was about to consign it to the dead letter office when he had a happy inspiration. The addresb was typed. Price concluded the typist had used a doubleshift machine, depressed the right keys under the wrong shift and posted the letter without looking at it. Following out his theory he found the name to be E. J. Sonners. While he enjoys a conundrum, Price declares he coqld employ his time to better advantage. Dad Knows “Father, our domestic science professor is teaching us how to spend money.” “He might as well teach ducks how to swim.”—Boston Transcript.

&Cb* Christmas Solid gold cut’ links, $5 pair and np. f>'r. Gold filled cuff links, $2 pair and up. Lilt Gold stick pins, $1.75 up. Suggestions Flexible gold bracelets, $lB and up. From 14-Karat white gold mountings, $9 Mullally . TA NARUS,"" , , , ... ' Diamonds in smart mountings, $35 A wide assortment , of attractive gifts to allQ up ' choose from. Reliable watches, sll and up. J. P. Mullally, Diamond Merchant Street Floor.

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Mailmen Thankful To the Editor of The Times At the last regular meeting of Hoosier City Branch No. 39 National Association of Letter Carriers, it was moved and unanimously carried that Branch No. 39 extend to you their heartfelt thanks for the publicity given us in our salary campaign. O. A. COLLINS, Secretary. Looking at Smoke To the Editor of The Times Though “Orchard Hill” is located twenty miles from Indianapolis on the Knobstone lands of Morgan County, where the air is clear, we can see the many columns of smoke ascending on our northeastern horizon. While this view of the smoke jf a "No Mean City” has been an object of interest for years, there now arises another and broader phase of this same smoky smoke. A gi eat city has uttered an edict of “out a smoke.” Will this decree be a s easy of execution as the \kdstead act? Both have much to do with true citizenship. The quality of American citizenship is advancing, hut it doesn’t advance quite enough to keep up with our inventions and economic needs. Two score years ago it was generally conceded as impractical to try to enforce “Compulsory Education’’ in free America. Finally when it was inaugurated it came under the guise of "truant officer.” Less than ten years ago it was thought impractical for our Federal Government to participate in highway improvement. Now it is thought as feasible and is as free from graft as the postal department. The 100 per cent free American citizen is apt to take this view of the smothery smoky, soot abatement ordinance: “Don’t I own this house and lot and isn’t this old jug stove and the highpriced coal I stoke into it my very own. I guess I know how to build a fire as well as these experts—give her plenty of drafts below to make her go.” THEODORE ROMINE, MooresviUe, Ind.

Family Fun

Fair Enough “There are two quarters missing from my desk, and ’ only you and I have a key. What about it?” “Well, sir. let’s pay a quarter each and say npthing about it.”—London Answers. When Aunt Married “That old maid landed a husband at last; she married an aviator.” “She found, like others, that there is room at the top.”—Detroit News. Sister’s Charity “So you accepted Jack Poore after all.” “Yes; he said he'd go mad if T didn't marry him, so I thought it would be better for me to support him than to let the public do it.”—Boston Transcript. Bobble's Sore Foot “Are you a messenger boy?” asked the near-sighted man of a boy In the street. “No, sir," was the Indignant reply, “it’s my sore toe that makes me walk so slowly."—London Tit-Bits. How It Happened “It surprised me that Ed married Nell, he hardly knew her.” “It would have surprised me more if he had married her, knowing he * as she really is.”—Detroit News.