Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1923 — Page 4

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HOW TO BE HAPPY YY/ HAT is the measuring stick of success? George A. Rushton, W elevator man in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg., has been on one job—that of lifting and lowering folks at the Chamber building—for seventeen years. That’s a humble job, perhaps, but as for success — “I’m happy and contented for the part I’m able to play in daily affairs,” Rushton says. Happiness in the assurance of doing your job well is the lame reward a millionaire gets when he completes negotiation for anew factory. “Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.” Whether you are an elevator man or the President of the United States, the greatest reward is just happiness in serving others. MAN’S-SIZE JOB . ~ CFEAXCE for fame—what more can be wanted? If the new city’s assistant chief smoke inspector, Hubert F. Templeton, can accomplish the aims of the smoke abatement ordinance to eliminate the smoke plague in Indianapolis, he will be deserving of a place in a Hoosier Hall of Fame. His job? To save the city $2,300,000 a year. To benefit the health of thousands. To make Indianapolis a clean place for babies and grown-ups. If any man can accomplish that—and the ordinance provides the means —he deserves more than a financial remuneration.

SMOKING BY CHILDREN mF your son or daughter in the grade schools would ask you, Mr. Father, for a cigarette, you would probably feel inclined to get a slipper and start a grand march to the garage or the woodshed. And yet, according to a report of Paul L. Benjamin, secretary of the Family Welfare Society, “investigation of smoking among minors reveals a serious amount of law violation by child, parents, dealers and older boys and men, selling and giving youngsters tobacco.” An anti-nicotine club has been formed by boys aud girls in one Indianapolis school. Nicotine injures the health of boys and girls. That s why nearly every State, including Indiana, forbids the sale of cigarettes to minors. WHAT’S'THE USE? 1 HIS old world is full of good things gone wrong. Look at the radio. It no sooner gets a fine reputation for service than it is named as in a divorce action. Life was a glad, sweet song in the home of Gerald and Cora May White, Minneapolis, for eight years. Then Gerald bought a radio set. and it was all off. Cora stood it fairly well for a time, but when her nights Mere made hideous by jazzy songs, from out the air, like “I Gotta Song for Sale,” her nerves crimped -rml her health slumped. Then there was company at the house one night, and Gerald’s set shocked them and humiliated Cora by raucously blatting. “I Gotta Cross-Eyed Daddy.” And, as if that were mot enough, she learned that Gerald had expended S7OO on the machine just when she needed a dress and things. That convinced her his,affections Mere hopelessly alienated, and she hurried to a divorce getter. So the radio, from which we expected so much that was fine and beneficial, has joined the bicycle, the telephone, the automobile and other similar contraptions that, although conceived in purity and the spirit of uplift, have been used by reckless' men to tear irregular holes in the social fabric. TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION j HERE is a severe jolt in a report just made public by a professor of Johns Hopkins University. A survey, he tells us, discloses the sorry fact that there are 7,000 persons in our prisons “Mho have enjoyed the benefits of a college education.” This discoTerv is bad enough and shocking enough, but the survey discovered other things indicating that education, as we now promote and employ it, is not even an antidote for the evils that afflict human existence. The vast majority of these 7.000 college-bred persons fell into crime after they had reached the age of 40. About 98 per cent of them are or have been church members. Os the college-bred women, nearly all are held because of violent crimes, such as manslaughter and murder, while a very few of the men committed other than mild crimes like forgery, swindling, larceny, etc. Still further, the survey leads to the bitter conclusion that collegians turn criminals quite as fre quently as persons less fortunate in schooling. That’s the raw part of it. Where do we go from here? What’s wrong? We have thought, and our practice has been, that extensive book learning built virtue and respect for law and the rights of property. This survey explodes tbat theory. We fed these 7 # ooo unfortunates on everything but good morals. We broadened their minds, but left their consciences alone. And now we know that sort of thing will not do. Our educational processes are due for renovation and revision. We must make character building a part of school and college curriculums. Souls must have equal attention with minds, or. more.

BORAH party appears to be unanimous, anyhow. William seldom separates himself into factions. ADVANTAGES of diversified farming is best indicated by the diversified farmers that have succeeded in plowing into public life. INASMUCH as the colored troops fought nobly in every previous convention, there will be as many of ’em as ever in the next one. The hand that rocks the national committee needs the delegates. DEFEAT of the English Tories evidently made noise enough to be heard across the channel. Poincare woke up when the possibility of a labor movement loomed up; for it might mean diplomacy taking off the velvet glove and hitting with bare fists.

•BY J. R BABCOCIC feadinq <JIaA Jotujq chiUuritu and, duthorof ‘Babcock's Mid, Boot ot 'Rules

This is the sixth of a series of twelve articles by Babcock on rules for Mah Jon*:?. Clip each one and have a complete rule book free. No. 6—Four-ot-a-Kind mHAVE explained the main principles in the play of Mah Jongg. Today I will finish this by explaining four-of-a-kind. Remember that there is no such thing in Mah Jongg as a four-run se-

quence, and that the following apapplies only to four of a kind. I stated In a previous article that the winning hand was one consisting of four sets of threes (either threes-of-a-kind or sequences) and a pair. This is subject to one variation, the holding of one or more sets of four-of-a-kind. Thus a winning hand may be compose* of a pair, three

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three-run sequences and four of a kind; a pair and four sets of four-of-a-kind; three threes-of a-kind. a pair and four-of-a-kind; pair; a three-run sequence, a three-of-a-kind, two fours-of-a-kind. two fours-of a-kind, etc. You will notice from this that a four-of-a-kind will substitute for three of a kind, and also that, for each four of a kind you have one more tile than the customary fourteen. Thus a winning hand with one four of a kind in it will contain fifteen tiles; with two four-of-a-kind, sixteen tiles, etc. “Loose Tiles” These extra tiles are the “loose tiles” placed on the top of the wall

/fToM SIMS , -l- -/- Says “Annul Marriage of Actress” — headline. And, being in a hurry, we read it, “Annual Marriage.” "Bootlegger i-ioses Suit” —headline. Well, as Christmas is so near, better a suit than a suit case. Lemon juice and cold cream will dim freckles. To straighten bowlegs, kick a bulldog daily. “Two Armed Met * Caught"—head line. The men mifht have eMfcpd l s they had hail three arms. "Lower Coal Prices Soon"—headline. Why call six months “soon?” “Beer Plotters Get Bail"—headline. Bail, ball —oh, yes—full of beer, so were bailed out. Geraniums in a bedroom are not harmful and are excellent for burglars to stumble over at night. F Apply camphor ice to cracked lips and don't get the boss mad enough to make you laugh. “Prominent Women Speak”—headline. Well, all women do that. “Coal Dealer Acquitted—headline. Something wrong in that court. “STage Rotten, Says Bowlby"— headline. He means salacious. We hear of shows so warm they use asbestos curtains. By the t:me you find the needle in the haystack, it is rusty. What could make a bald man cuss more than heavy hair on his arm*? Th** best trained seals in the world are Red Cross Seals. St. Paul (Minn.) jail is so crowded prisoner's have to stand up, and the Christmas rush not over yet. A peculiar situation in Europe is the more they owe United States the larger their army. Never slap your wife or make faces at her. Over $17,000,000 alimony is paid yearly in America.

Science

Within the last year th* word “electron” has become a common term, having succeeeded the atom as the smallest known particle. In fact, it is commonly and often incorrectly used in the terminology of the now physics. The electron is the apparently indivisible particle of electrcity. The common idea —and one often fostered by pseudo scientific w'riters —is that electrons, positive and negative, form the atom, which is incorrect. Electrons are negative. The positive paj-t of the nucleus of the atom is formed largely by other particles called protons. Surrounding this nucleus are electrons. The excess of protons in the nucleus serves to retain in the region close to tho nucleus these “outside” electrons. Electrons travel about in space almost with the speed of light. Still they are not destructive of each other. Collisions are avoided by swerving to one side. In unusual cases w'hen there is a head-on aoproach they even retrace their paths. Electrons and protons are complementary. They may merje so closely that no difference in the size of the combined particles compared to that of the electron can be determined. Scientists believe that the number of electrons and protons in the universe is fixed, so that they never will alter except In the combinations they form.

Heard in the Smoking Room

a l~rr*iHlLE i was primping myself IVv I for this trip ’ ’ sal<l the smoker I * | from Des Moines, > “the wife of my next-door neighbor came over for her usual morning gosslpfest with my wife. I heard them, below stairs, going at a merry clip from one subject to another until they finally reached burglars. That very night, it developed, the neighbor woman had had a fright. She heard a noise in her bedroom, and, thinking at once of ail

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at the beginning of play. For each four of a kind, he who draws it immediately (before his discard) draws one of the loose tiles. Should both be used, two more are taken from the immediate right of the opening and placed on top of the wadi. A player can pung a fourth to three of a kind which he holds in his hand. But he cannot pung a fourth to three of a kind which he has exposed, that is, which he has placed face upward on the table before him after a pung or chow. However, should a player draw a fourth to an exposed three, he can place the fourth with them, and draw a loose tile to fill his hand. This has no effect on the play, but will score as an “exposed four” when scores for the hand are computed. Optional I'lay A player holding three of a kind in his hand and drawing a fourth from the wall has the option of continuing to hold them concealed, or of "exposing” them by placing them before him. If he keeps them concealed, he does not draw a loose tile. When he exposes them, he turns the two end tiles face down to indicate that the four will score as “four in the hand” at the end of the game. After exposing them he draws a loose tile. It is obvious that a player holding a foursome in his hand cannot Mah Jongg and still keep the four Intact. But sometimes a player elects to hold the four on a chance that, by using one of the four in some different combination, he Mill make Mah Jongg. However, should the hand end with him still holding the four in his hand, they score only as “three of a kind.” Next article: The score:

Indiana Sunshine

Mike Cizel, a bachelor living near Cilnton, was preparing for his wedding day. He had his home nicely furnished for the future bride. However. when officers raided his home, part of the preparation seemed to be in making moonshine. “Guess the wedding is rII off now, boys," Mike told tho officers as they placed him under arrest and contlscati-d the boozemaking equipment. _____ $ A deck of cards decided the election es an adjutant for the Lafayette American Legion Post for 1524. “Web” Gunkle and “Kinky” Boiler each received twenty-seven votes. When Gunkle drew a king on the cut, as compared to Solior’s five-spot of clubs, Gunkle was declared elected. Ixtve of nature is second only to Christianity, according to members of the Disciples r.f Christ congregatiop at Muncle. When t hey-*const ructod a large tabernacle so, evangelistic services, rather than destroy a large tree growing on the spot, tho structure was built around It without even a limb being removed. A working model of tho old Bonneyville flour mill, the oldest In Indiana, is to be mail® by students of the Elkhart Historical Society. It is to be displayed at Elkhart for a while, then given to the State museum. The old waterpower mill, which has supplied the vicinity with flour for a century, still gTinds buckwheat flour.

What Editors Are Saying

Converted (Ft. Wayne Newa-Sentinel) If Senator Ralston la the “dark horse” the Democrats are whispering about, they may discover next year that, by the intricate processes of good memory and political metamorphosis, the big Senator from I/ebanon will be converted into a “white elephant.” • • • Needy (Decatur Daily Democrat) You will enjoy watching your children and your folks have a happy Christmas all the more If you drop a few dimes in for the poor children of the community. Bea Good Fellow. • * • Worst (Huntington Press) Under the wise and guiding hand of Postmaster General Harry S. New' the postal service throughout the country is the worst in tho history of the department. Apparently there has been no effort on the part of Washington to remedy the evil. Os course local postmasters are blamed, but the truth is the responsibility for the deplorable service does not rest there. Washington is entirely to blame. * • • Wild (Daily Clin lonian) Developments in Clinton suggest that the parent w r ho has been, letting his son or daughter take a go-as-you-plcas.e course may soon he forcibly reminded of the fact this often leads into pitfalls. Parents who are reasonably careful sometimes fall to succeed in efforts to guide their children, but the percentage of going wrong is far greater among those left virtually to “run wild.”

her valuable plate and jewelry, she got up at once, with the idea of saving her property from the despoilers. Around the bed she went, and there—horrors!—she saw a man’s legs sticking right out from under her bed! “Breathlessly, my wife asked, ‘Were they the burglar’s legs?’ “ ‘No,’ replied the neighbor woman, ‘they were my husband’s legs. He had heard the nslse, too,’ ”

VALUE OF RAILROADS DISPUTED t Commission Working Out Figure With Which to Establish Rate Cases. This is the last of a series of articles on the raiiroiil question by John Carson, of The Indianapolis Times' Washington staff. By JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent 77771 ASHtNGTON, Dec. 17.—What yU is the value of the railroads? --J Upon that question depends much of the future story of transportation and the possibility of reduced railroad rates. ’ , The interstate commerce commission said the value was $18,900,000,000 three years ago for a particular rate problem, but members of the commission then sid they supported the decision only because Congress demanded a “valuation.” Senator Cummins said the figure “startled’ him. The interstate commerce commission is working on a complete valuation of the roads. When the. work is ended, the courts will try many a valuation case. It will be years before anything definite is fixed. Progressives contend the commission is making no endeavor to ascertain the important thing—the amount of money prudently and honestly invested in the road3. The commission insists that cannot be done in most cases. Granis Free Land grants to railroads by the Government and the States included territory equal to all that within the boundaries of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The railroads got more than 312,000 square miles frerwof charge. These Federal "land grants were made with the express stipulation that the roads were to sell them to settlers at moderate cost. But the railroads held on to some of the most valuable lands. The Northern Pacific, for example, recently announced the organization of the Absaroka Oil Development Company to develop oil and mineral resources on its land grants in Montana, North. Dakota and Wyoming. Servant of Financier* Opponents of the railroad executives persist in the charge that the average railroad president today is a master of actual operation only and that he is a servant of the financiers in their dickerings. Railroad executives, of course, deny tho statement. Another chargtf Is as follows: Take the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It Is owned by the big men in the Pennsylvania. The income of the Pennsylvania is regulated. The Income of the Baldwin is not. The Pennsylvania might send its locomotives to Baldwin for repair or buy new locomotives there an excessive cost. That would lessen the earnings of the Pennsylvania. The railroad then might come to the Interstate Commerce Commission with a poor mouth and demand an increase In rates. At the same time, they would bo taking excessive profits out of the Baldwin. The public would pay twice. Related to Roads It is true that the various construction companies that deal with the railroads have made wonderfully fine profits, as a rule. And it is true most of these construction companies are related to the railroads in some degree. So also are some of the coal lands. So also is the steel trust. Tho railroads are spending more than a billion dollars this year. Investment of a billion dollars in business controls, to a great extent, the general business situation. Invest a billion dollars and there is a good prospect for business prosperity. Cut It off and busines will lag. Another thing—political. It is best explained by an Immediate example. The Republican leaders today insist there Is a good chance to elect President Cool idge provided business conditions remain good. The railroads can contribute much to keeping them good next year. Thereby, the railroads assert a tremendous political control.

A Thought

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.—l John 3:16. YY/ 7JEN our hatred is too keen It YY places us beneath those we ''■J hate.—La Rochefoucauld.

Family Fun

Didn’t Have To “Robert,” said the teacher to a small pupil, whose face and hands were badly soiled, “you didn’t wash this morning, did you?” “No, ma’am,” truthfully replied Robert. "Why not?” asked his teacher. “ ’Cause,” explained the youngster, “mama wasn’t home and I didn’t have to.”—Detroit News. Daughter Tells Him “Why did you let me make love to you if it was hopeless?” “I didn’t know it was hopeless until after you’d made love to me.”— Boston Transcript. One on Dad “Well; where have you been until this hour?” “I wash coming along th’ shtreet when two men held me up, an’ —” “Hm! Yes, judging from your condition I should say that must have been necessary."—American Legion Weekly. Mammy Explains “I’s wants a ticket to’ Florence.” “Where is Florence?’’ “Settin’ over dar on de bench.” — Everybody’s Magazne. Careful Manuna “Madam, I know your husband would go wild over this hat.’’ "Yes, and drop dead over the bill, and then I couldn’t wear it.”—Exchange.

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to tho Indianapolis Time*' Wanhington Bureau. 1822 New York Are.. Washington. D. C. Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and f marital adriee cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questtor * will receive a per eonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor Who bottled up the Spaniards during the Spanish-American War? The Spanish fleet under the command of Cervera was blockaded by Admiral (then Captain) Sampson. A daring attempt by Lieut. R. P. Hobson to close the harbor channel by sinking the Merrlmac was unsuccessful. However. when Cervera's fleet emerged it was destroyed by Sampson’s fleet. What are the most important styles of architecture? Egyptian, Assyrian, Hellenic, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval (including Romanesque and Pointed). Renaissance, and Arabic. The various later medieval styles are commonly included under the vague and misleading term Gothic. How many species of birds ara known to the scientific world? The United States National Museum estimates there are 20,000. When was the Civil War debt paid in full? - | The Civil War debt never been paid in full, there are still some outstanding bonds. What are the monsoons?* The winds occurring in the alternation of the trade winds in India and the North Indian Ocean. What is the “Key to the Mediterranean?” The fortress of Oihraltar Is called the key to the Mediterranean. It may he said to control the entrance to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. Where is the hottest place on earth? The Dead Sea at the southern end of the Jordan Valley, in Palestine, is said to be the hottest place on earth. It lies in a depression 1.300 feet below the level of the sea. How many eggs are there in a pound? Ten common-sized eggs weigh one pound. What is the area of United States proper and continental Australia? United States proper, 2,974.159 square miles; Australia, 2,946,700 square miloa. How often was Charles Dickens married? Once. What is “manifest destiny?" This phrase is commonly understood to mean that it manifestly is the destiny of other parts of the two American continents, but particularly of North America, to be annexed to the United States. The phrase was in use as early as 1845. Where is the geographical center of the mining industry of the United States? According to the Bureau of Mines —about ten miles south of Springfield, 111. * How old was Eugenie, ex-em-press of France, when she died? Ninety-four years old. Where was Roger Casement hanged? In Pentonille prison, London. What was the “zabem Incident?” Zabern is a town in Alsace. In 1913 the “Zabem incident” occurred, growing out of the attitude of the German officers stationed in the town toward the native Alsatians. A young lieutenant of noble birth remarked that he would give ten marks to any one who would run his sword through an Alsatian blackguard. The lieutenant was upheld by his superior and further earned the hatred of the town by striking with his sword a lame cobbler who jeered at him in the street. Tho Kaiser ordered that the army was to be upheld without compromise or apology. What city in the United States has snow on it In summer? Leadville, Colo.

The Tail That Wags the Dog

Some Time Since BY BERTON BRALEY (If it isn’t pronounced this way, then the verses are all wrong.) In the days of Tut-ankomen Excavations seem to show men Lived a life not greatly different from ours; And from reading the inscriptions, We deduce that the Egyptians Were quite busy, mid their pyramids and towers. In acquiring worldly treasure. While they .spent their hours of leisure In pursuit of love and laughter; so we know All those people intimately. Who lived gaily or sedately In the days of Tut-ankomen, some four thousand years ago! In the days of Tut-ankomen There were bluffs they used to throw. Men Tried to seem much more important than they were; The Egyptian politicians Had their little cheap ambitions And in public life great scandals would occur. Women had a fervid passion To be dressed In latest fashion And the ladies’ husbands grumbled as they saw' expenses grow; High society divorces , Ran their brief caloric courses, In the days of Tut-ankomen, some four thousand years ago! In the days of Tut-ankomen Old folks held it as an omen Os the terrible decadence of the day, That the flappers of the nation Mocked the elder generation—(Which “could never, never happen in our day”) Though no movies gave them shivers. And there were no chugging flivvers. Yet in all our daily living Archeology will show That we haven’t got them faded And are acting much as they did In the days of Tut-ankomen, some four thousand years ago! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) Paradise Australian newspapers reports that Tonga, in the South Pacific, is the only country' in the world wnthout a national debt. All schools are free, and the Government also pays the doctors, medical sendee being without charge to the people. The only taxes are low tariffs and about $8 a year paid by all males over 16. Tonga has 25,000 inhabitants, all kinds of sports, telephones and radio. Boy, bring the timetable. Tonga people apparently aren't paying for a lot of former wars.

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A MAH-JONGG SET for a Christmas Gift Chinese Sets Skillfully decorated bone and bamboo tiles distinguish y this set. Specially priced Jr) s3 A genuine leather case of Babcock’s Book of Rules. $2.50 Charles Mayer 6? Cos. 29-31 W. Washington St. Established 1840. ■ -

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Some Questions To the Editor oj The Times If a boy 9 years old can be sentenced to twelve years in a boys' school for forging a $26 check, w'hat should a man get if convicted of forging checks, making false statements, obtaining money under false pretense and selling bonds on land companies that did not exist and misusing State funds? I would like to have the public’s opinion so I can find out if there is any ..Jtice in law. This is not written by a critic or fault finder but by a person with common horse sense. A SUBSCRIBER. A Mother’s View To the Editor o} The Times I read in The Times that Judge Lahr of juvenile court has sentenced a S-year-old boy for twelve years for forgery. I am a mother of young boys. I know my own 9-year-old boy would not realize the crime it would be if he should write a check and someone would cash it for him. Any one who would cash a $25 check for a child deserves condemnation. When a young man from a wealthy family steals an automobile, a judge gives him a kindly calling down and dismisses him upon his promise to do better. When a gang of bandits rob a bank they are sentenced to two to fourteen years and have a good chance for pardon. But this poor boy was not given another chance, although he is not much more than a baby. His liberty is taken from him. His childhood, which should be che happiest time of his life, must be spent away from proper environment. What kind of civilization have we to boast of, I ask? A MOTHER. Terrible Lord Curzon in his book goes Edgar Allan Poe one better In telling about an Amir of Afghanistan, said to have put to death by slow torture 120,000 of his own people. Another time he had 10,000 enemies blinded by quicklime, then turned loose In the wilderness. The star act was taking prisoners to a mountain (pp during zero weather, pouring water on them until they were encased in solid ice, up to their heads, then left to die. While taking with a grain of salt the stories about this barbarian wo can’t help reflecting that maybe civ ilization is more of a success than we realize.