Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1924 — Page 4

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OUT OF DAD’S SYSTEM mHE boy came home from high school and had a talk with dad. He was impressed mightily by what he was pleased to call “the student body,” and he said some things that indicated he was loftily thinking, in a boyish way, of class distinctions, and societies, of comparisons in birth and standing and religion Y>f his fellow students. This or that student, you understand, was not his equal or the equal of certain other of his fellows, and, therefore,. must be frowned upon or ostracised entirely. Dad opened his eyes, so the Kansas City Star says, and then he “handed the kid something” he hopes the latter will remember. “Son,” said Dad, impressively but kindly, “don’t get the idea you are better than somebody else because of the way you were born. If you were born in such a way as to have any advantage in this world, that’s your luck; you had nothing to do with it. You might have been born of any other race, in any other country. You might have been worse off or better off than yoo are, but you foould have had not one thing to do with it. Remember, too, that religion is pretty much what you are born to. Children are likely to believe in the religion of their parents, just as their parents before them, and so on. So, don’t you think the religion of your family is the only religion, or look down on the faith of others. * “Remember always, son, it is not how you were born but how you live that counts. It is not what race you belong to, but how you honor your race and humanity. Only this, my son, if your birth gives you any advantage, that much more is expected of you. Your only claim to superiority is what you do, for what you do telLs what you are. And while you are trying to do your part and make it worth while, remember that no real man regards himself bigger than the laws made to protect him and his family. And, if you ever find yourself getting stuck up because you were born somebody, just remember you might have been born in ihe slums and might have remained there.” May this “kid,” and all other “kids,” remember for their own good and the good of all society.

THE FOUNT OF THE BOSS’S POWER iTTJOT one person in five who can vote takes the trouble to turn . N out for the primary elections. Somehow the idea seems to have gained ground generally that the primary is not important. Everybody tries to vote at the general election, on the theory tl?at there he. is really voting. Asa matter of fact, it is only at the primary that the average citizen really has a chance to vote for something. There he can choose between a machine candidate and an independent one. At the general election his choice is usually between two boss-picked machine candidates. The reason they are six of one an d half a dozen of the other is that Mr. Citizen thought it wasn’t worth while to vote at the primary. For those to whom this fundamental principle of politics is not clear, a good book has just been published. It is “The Great Game of Politics,” by Frank R. Kent. Kent, for many years, has been a political reporter. “To think that the general election is more important than the primary election, as most voters do, is to magnify the wrong side of the political picture,” he writes.. “As things stand today, the popular tendency is to regard primaries as the particular concern of the politicians, and not of real interest to the average voter. The result is that often an absurdly small proportion of the qualified voters participate in the primaries. “There cotild not be a greater mistake. This lack of appreciation of what the primaries really mean, and the general neglect to participate in them, plays directly into the hands of the machine. It makes it ridiculously easy for the machine, through the precinct executives, to control the situation. It actually permits the machine to run the country. ’ ’ Kent shows how, in the average city precinct, sixty-five votes is all the boss needs to control the primary election, just because the average citizen doesn’t think it important .that he vote. And it's a poor boss who hasn’t put enough people on the public pay roll so that they and their families furnish him with those sixtyfive votes. •

THE COURT'S SENTENCE mHIS is a belated Christmas story, but it is worth while, and may contain a hint for Indiana judges. There is a Solomon on the bench up at Ilibbing, Minn. —up on the iron range, where the atmosphere is cold and life is raw. This Solomon answers also to the name of Thomas P. Brady and he presides in the municipal court. A few days before Christmas, a sad-eyed woman, accompanied by two tearful little boys, appeared in Brady’s court complaining of the neglect and non-support of the husband and father. The latter was summoned. Brady heard the stories of all concerned and then he turned to the man. “I am not telling you the amount of your fine,” said this Solomon, “but the court fines you one Merry Christmas for your two children and your wife. Guess what that fine would have been and then spend a similar amount on your family, and, remember, the fine for this offense would have been a large one.” ♦ Out of the court went the family together. There was a softened father, a relieved and happy mother and two joyous boys. And the Great Day just ahead 1 It was not the harsh law that spoke in its usual stern tones, but the gentle spirit that came to mellow a world through that far-off manager 2,000 years ago. NOW we learn that this Dr. Murphee, Bryan’s choice for President, believes in evolution. Appears that Doc has thrown a wrench into Bill’s plans—a monkey wrench, it seems. COAL truck caught fire in Washington t’other day and everything was burned except the coal. Must have been the lame kind of coal we got in those last three tons we bought. ADMINISTRATION policy seems to be to give all our naval oil to the private oil exploiters except so per cent and then the oil men want the navy to use that 10 per cent to get more oil for them from Mexico. VALUE of radio becomes more apparent every day. Senator Copeland, heckled few weeks ago while addressing New York Silk Association, broadcast his reply. No choice for interruption there.

MOON CLOSEST OF HEAVENLY BODIES Astronomers Know More About Cold and Lifeless Orb Than Others of Solar System.

THIS PHOTO, TAKEN AT THE TERKES OBSERVATORY WITH THE 40-INCH REFRACTING TELESCOPE, SHOWS THE FULL MOON.

By DAVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) E r ~~~ \CH of the eight planets, it will be recalled, with the ex* Venus, has one or more moons or satellites. The earth has one moon Mars has two. Jupiter has nltK. Saturn hds nine. Uranus has four and Neptune one. Even our largest telescopes tell ue very little about the satellites of the other planets. But It is reasonable to assume that they resemble our own moon. Poets have bitten much about the “radiant orb of night.” They r Pom Sims ; Newspaper NEW TEETH! DENTIST SAYS MAKE YOUJJ OWN EATING TOOLS. C 1"”""""" HICAGO, Jan. 22.—Dr. John Cadmus, a dentist, has invented l - ■ 1 machine for making false teeth at home. You may soon be able to afford a set for biting neighbors, a set for chewing the rag, a set for grinning at biil collectors, and a set for biting nails when you are mad enough. SCHOOL NEWS Going With a grass widow is a fine way to get an education. MARKETS Pig iron is so high there is talk of us using biscuits instead. WEATHER It will seem warmer if you keep the thermometer near the fire. EDITORIAL “Knickers for women” won the election as mayor of Spencer, W. Va_, for Mr. T. W. Lattimer. We congratulate him. Knickers give freedom of movement for beating rugs, building tires, hanging pictures and kicking the cat off the table. HOME HELPS Remove cracker crumbs before using the table cloth for a sheet. BEAU-BY SECRETS Try putting your double chin up in hair curlers every night. SOCIETY Enemies will be sorry to learn Miss Sal Herpatica has anew dress. Jack tells us his eyesight has improved so much he needs anew girl. Harry has asked the boss to cut his pay as a Leap Yedr precaution. ADVERTISING Spring styles show women’s shoes made of alligator, lizard and snake skins. This is true. We couldn't think up anything so crazy. Use discretion in removing corns. It is the better part of valor. MARRIAGES Ham has been going with eggs so long the two should marry. RADIO NOTES Static was invented by two cats fighting on a back fence. BRO. TOM’S KITCHEN When whipping crqam add shaving soap to make it fluffy. SPORTS The Greb-Wilson bout is the biggest prize fight held in Madison Square Garden, New York, so far this year. But the garden has a much larger one coming. It is the national Democratic convention. FOREIGN NEWS Democratic bout in New York will be first time it has ever been held in a foreign country. TAX NOTICE Tax collector leads a hard life. Every man he sees is mad. FICTION “Women never propose.”

Heard in the Smoking Room

mHE smoker from Kentucky was telling about the “moonshine’’ district of his wel-known State. A Chicago lawyer was a visitor to that section not so veiy long ago, he said, and, among other things attended a picnic in the mountains. Pair to middlin’ corn whisky flowed with considerable freedom and in a short time the frolicsome gambols of the mountaineers was transformed into a free-for-all battle royal. At it they went en masse, pummeling, biting, scratching, kicking, gouging—nothing barred. The lawyer was horrified and began to look around for an officer of the law. He wanted Uat fight stopped before there came a killing. '* * -X V- . -- ♦. ’

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stem to think that it exercises a telling effect upon lovers. But astronomy teaches us that the moon is a cold, lifelesst body, without any atmosphere or water upon it. We know more about the moon than any other heavenly body because the rnoon is so much closer to the earth. Whereas the distance to other heavenly bodies is measured in millians of in-les, the distance to the moon is measured in thousands. The moon is approximately 240.000 miles away from the earth. Consequently, the larger telescopes would reveal anything the size of New York as a dark sprawling spot upon the surface of the moon. A battleship or Zeppelin would be revealed as a tiny moving speck. But nothing like this is revealed in the telescope. Rotates on Own Axis The moon revolves around the earth in approximately twenty-nine days. It rotates upon its own axis In the same period. Consequently It always keeps the same face toward the earth. We take It for granted, however, that the face of the moon which we do not see Is just like the one we do see. The reason that the moon goes through phases, changing from n<ws moon to first quarter to full moon and back again to new, is due to the fact that the moon revolves around the earth. The moon shines only by reflected sunjight. Consequently the shape which the moon appears to take depends upon howmuch of It Is lit up by the sun. The motion of the moon coupled with the motion of the earth is also the cause of eclipses. When the sun, moon and earth are In a straight line with the earth between the sun and moon we have an eclipse of the moon. That is because the shallow of the earth falls on the moon and obscures It. When the moon gets directly between us and the sun, It shuts out the sun and we have a solar eclipse. The diameter of the moon la 2.160 mles, a little more than onefourth of the earth's diameter. The telescope reveals ten great mountain ranges upon the moon. Many peaks are 14,000 or more feet high. Has 30,000 Craters

In addition to the mountains there are about 30.000 so-called craters. These are cup-shaped formations often 100 miles in diameter, with walls as much as 19,000 feet high and with peaks 10,000 or more feet high rising in the center. Astronomer* cannot tell the exact nature of these craters. Some think they were caused by meteors striking the moon. Others think they are extinct volcanoes. But there are many objections to both theories. Other features of the moon are the great flat plains called “maria.” “Maria” is the Latin for seas, but it is known that these "seas” are plains that contain no moisture. Another unexplained feature are are the whitish streaks which radiate out from some of the craters. Next: The Asteroids. A Thought Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. —Prov. 13:12. * * * H r " OPE awakens courage. He who can Implant courage in the human soul is the best physician. —Von Knebel. Little Son’s Bank “Oh, mother, father has backed an ‘also ran.’ ” “Hdw do you know?” * “My money box won’t rattle.”

At last, he spied a barefooted man sitting on the fence, complacently chewing tobacco and apparently enjoying the fight mightily. On the hollow’s breast shone a constable's badge, and the lawyer hurried to him. “You are an officer of the law,” said the lawyer, heatedly, “sworn to keep the peace. Why don’t you put a stop to this warfare at once? These men are committing a flagrant breach of the peace.” The officer of the august law looked at the lawyer for a moment, and then drawled: “Then folks ain’t committing no breach of the law. They’re just fightnn’ among theicselves.”

OSAGE TRIBE IS RICHEST IN'WORLD f Indians Want Measly Allowance of $14,000 Per Year Raised, Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave. Tyl] ASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Folks, yy meet “the richest people in the - —J world.” Having found It exceedingly difficult for the average family of five to make ends meet on a measl - $14,000 a year—which is barelyts269.23 a week —members of the Osage Indian tribe of Oklahoma are here to plead with Congress for an increase in their allowances. Jn feathered headdresses, gay blankets and soft-sole<l moccasins, they are dividing their time between the committee rooms at the Capitol and their suites at the city’s leading hotels. With some of the braves are their squaws and papooses, the delegation numbering about seventy. It’s their own money they are asking for—money produced by their oil wells, about three-fourths of which is now held back by the United States Indian Bureau and banked for them. Millions have piled up to their credit. At present, the wells are earning about $12,000 a year for each of the 2,229 originally enrolled as members of the tribe. But adults are permitted to draw out only $4,000 a year and enrolled children only $2,000, the rest being invested for them by the Government. Want Allowance Raised

The Indians want the allowance for enrolled children raised to $4,000. They also ask that children bom since the tribal rolls were closed in 1906 and who nf>w receive nothing—be allowed $2,000 a year out of their parents’ money. Congressmen opposing the request declare the Government’s Indian wards spend too lavishly and therefore it is best the Government hold the money lri trust for their descendants. You'd he surprised at what the white man’s civilization—and his money—have done to the noble redskin. For Instance, take old Chief Bacon Rind, counsellor of the tribe. Just a little past 60. he wears feathers and blanket and looks for all the world like a bronzed figure Jn a Remington painting, but the chief smokes cork-tipped cigarettes and enjoys the movies. Furthermore, back In Paw husks. Okla., he Has a hlgh-pow< nd red automobile and a hired chauffeur. Cork-Tipped Cigarettes GM Chief Red Eagle, principal chief of the Osages, wears the white man's clothes, hut his long, shiny is braided in red ribbon. He, too, puffs nonchalantly on cork-tipped cigarettes, lives in n home that has water, gas and electric lights and owns a red automobile. Mi's. Bacon Rind and the other squaws also wear blankets witn gaudy green and red stripes and dress generally in typical Indian costume. So much for th*> older generation, but how about tin* younger? In an expensive suite at one of Washington's leading hotels, you’ll find an elderly Osage woman and her two daughters, both married. The mother clings to her Indian garb, but the girls— Well, one is Mrs. Mary Bearskin. Just turned 18, who wears her raven hair bobbed in the height of flapper fashion. Is stylishly gowned in a natty tricolette dress and sports Frenchheeled shoes The other Is Mrs. Frankie Fitch, about the same age as her sister and similarly attirde—bobbed hair and all. Same World Over "Yes,” said the latter, who speaks English as good as you do, “I attended school in Washington last year, hut this Is my sister's first visit here. Wo may run up to New York for a little trip—sister has never seen New York, you know- —before returning to Okla,homa.” A photographer asked the prettylittle bobbed-haired squaw to pose for a picture. “Oh, wait until wo fix up a little bit,” she countered as she reached unconsciously for her powder puff—-show-log that., after all, women are the same the wide world over.

Family Fun Smart Feller “I think .lack is hurried. I asked him if he had to choose between me and a million which he would take, and he said the million.” “That’s all right. He knew if he had the million, you’d be easy.”— Film Fun. Beating Brother to It. “Ah, every morning - you are my first thought’” “Your brother says the same.” “Yes, but I am up half an hour before him!” Animal Facts The buds for all next .ammer's leaves and for the flowers of trees and shrubs are already formed on limbs and twigs in even the coldest part of the country. This was the work of nature last summer. The lilac was one of the earliest and was pushed out under the bark within a month after last spring’s flowers bloomed. Anybody can see these bud nubs, but nature has so closely wrapped them that the heaviest frost harms them not. A warm spell may open leaf buds and a following frost blast their surfaces, but no matter; the bud wilj usually throw out the leaves again. Granite, material used in many city pavements, is the fruit cake of nature, mixed when the earth ingredients were white , hot. Pick up a chunk and you can point out the quartz, mica, hornblende and feldspar which nature threw into her furnace to fuse into granite. N Killdeer plover makes her nest on the ground so early in the spring that often the much mottled eggs appear to be deep in the snowbank of a February blizzard.

‘Why Don’t They Shoot at the Bear, Instead?’

QUESTIO NS Ask— The Times ANSWERS Tou can jet an answer to any question of fact or inlormatlon l>y writing to tho Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave. Washington. D C., inclosing 2 cents in •tamps for reply Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal -eply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are coulidcntial.—Editor. Dear Sir: Recently, to settle an argument, I wrote to Washington, D. C., in quirlng as to the repeated assertions the 1917 $1 bill bore certain designs interpreted as the Pope and Catholic cross. The following is the reply I received, which is self-explanatory" The 1917 $1 Rill The design in the upper left corner of th*s 1917 $1 bill does not represent any particular person—the Pope or any one else, it is merely- a coincidence that it bears the resemblance of a human head. It is in reality the petals of a flower. This design has been in use since 1863. The “cross” on the letter “E” in the word "one” on the reverse side of the bill Is an artistic touch by the engraver and has no significance. The official of the treasury who had control of engraving money in 1917 was George Rose. We do not knowto which church he belonged, but he was a Protestant. The story that somebody w-as discharged or sent to prison, as a result of this particular design Is mere idle rumor. HARRY ROBERTS, Route B, Box 130 H, Indianapolis, Ind. What are some of the wild animals of North America? Polar bear, caribou, reindeer, fox, beaver, bear, muskrat, Jack rabbit. moose.

Is there a drink called "Benedictine?” If so, where is it made and how did it get its name? Yes. It received its name Pom the fact that it was originally manufactured by Benedictine monks, but since the French Revolution it has been made by a secular firm in Fecamp, France. What are the names for boys ad girls which begin with I? Ignatius, Ingram, Immanuel, Ira, Isa&A. Ivan, Isadora, Ivor, Ida, Ina, Iva, Inez, Imogene, Israbel, Irene, Ir ma, loia. \Vto were the Popul st crndldate* for President? In 18*2, Weaver; 1900, Barker; 1904 and 1901. Watson. In 1896, the Populist party indorsed the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, William Jennings Bryan, but nominated their own candidate for the Vice Presidency, Watson of Georgia. What is the legend concerning the name of Europe? That a beautiful girl by the name of Europa was abducted by Jupiter, In the form of a white bull, and carried to Europe, which continent took its name from her. What was the height and weight of John L. Sullivan? He was 6 feet 10M; inches in height and his fighting weight was 196 pounds. * When has February had and when will it have five Fridays? There were five Fridays in February in 1788, 1828, 1836, 1884, and there ■will be in 1924 and 1952. What animals lap water in the same way dog do? Wolves, foxes, coyotes, lions, tigers, panthers, Jaguars and wdld cats; in fact most, if not all, carnivorous animals lap water. Who is the smallest baseball player in the major leagues? Probably Edward Foster, third base man for the Boston Americans, who is 5 feet 6 Inches ta height and weighs 150 pounds. What are the "dark etars"? How many are-there? The United States Naval Observatory says: “A dark star is an invisible or very' feebly luminous star. It is impossible to estimate the proportion of stars that are “dark”; it is conceivable these may greatly outnumber the visible ones. That many dark stars do exist, however, is shown by their effects on the orbits and on the light of certain luminous one®, and by the appearance of novas.”

The Garage Man’s Baby By BERTON BRALEY He's a model that is sassy, On a tiny little chassis, And his headlights are a nifty shade of blue. Just at present he ain’t much on Making speed, but oh! his clutch on This here heart of mine Is strong, I'm telling you. They don’t make ’em any smarter, He's a genuine self-starter, And his klaxon surely has a lot of power. When he really gets to going With his scream-lines, he is showing Something pretty close to ninety yells an hour! He’s upholstered, nice and fat in A material like satin With downy sort of stuff upon his dome. And I have a grand Idea That in time he'll prove to be a Dandy runabout to run about our home! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service* Inc.) What Editors Are Saying ‘lnside’ (Michigan City Evening Dispatch) Indiana bankers favor the death penalty for bank robbers, which suggests that there should also be stiller penalties for “inside” jobs. -I- -I- -IBashful (Frankfort Evening News* Doc McCulloch is a very bashful fellow, but we’ll bet he would like to make the race over for the Governorship of Indiana with a gentleman by the name of Warren T. McCray for his opponent. -I- -I- -IFlexibility (Newcastle Courier) Hiram Johnson is still referred to occasionally as a “presidential possibility,” illustrating the extreme flexibility of the United States language. -!• -I- -IChanges (Decatur Daily Democrat) An Indiana judge has declared the automobile the greatest menace to present-day morals. And just a few years ago it was the buggy. -i- -i- -iUnkriowing (Ft. Wayne News Sentinel) That football player who walked around for two months with a broken neck and didn’t know It, had nothing on the democratic party, which has been locomotor ataxying around with a broken neck for four years and won't know it until November. -I- -I- -ILearning (Bluffton Evening Banner) Indiana State prison at Michigan City has seventeen hundred inmates. One of our principal colleges has three thousand students. So the balance of power is still with the higher education. In the prison, however, they learn to make binder twine. They learn other things at the college.

Cruises and Tours To Warmer Climate Bermuda and West Indies Special Cruises From New York, $250 and Up Feb. 20—S. S. Orea Feb. 23 —S. S. Empress of Britain Feb. 26—S. S. Megantic Two sailings each week from New York and New Orleans by United Fruit Company’s boats. Three sailings each week from New York for Bermuda, S7O and up. Mr. F. A. Doll, Travel Dept. Fletcher American Cos. Main 5080

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Editor’s Mail The editor is willing; to print views if Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Lis-n your name as an evidence of good faith. It will not be printed if you object. Nature Lover Protests To the Editor of The Timet After seeing the write-up in The Times concerning the deer at Fairview Park, I regret it was not in larger headlines so that the whole city and State of Indiana could know what a heartless thing it was to take their lives. There are many people who would have been glad to have taken the animals if it was a matter of dollars and cents, as it evidently must have been or the deer would not have been sold to the butcher. At the age of 28, I had never had the privilege of viewing those timid little animals, until I saw them at Fairview Park. It was a feast to anyone’s eyes to see them romp over their playground. Our monuments, our parks, our statues and other taings are all be;gutiful even if they are made by man's hands, hut what is sweeter than simple life as nature gave it to us. A NATURE LOVER. Favors Higher Fare To the Editor of The Times The street car is the poor man’s vehicle and I am one who regards good service of more value than low car fares. Asa wage earner I can testify 7cent fare is more easily paid now- than a 4-cent fare w-as in 1913. Also I feel certain the cost of operation, upkeep and extensions is very nearly double what it was in 1913. I am in favor of increased fare being allowed our city railway system to the end that service of the highest quality may- be rendered us. I am not deeply Impressed with the “hon-est-to-goodness” Intentions of tin city's legal representative when he proposes to fight a raise of fares. It sounds like the usual brand of “sop” for consumption by the "dear peepul." But the zoning proposition of fare increase I regard as the most impracticable thing yet put forward. Half of the street car traffic is out-bound. How is a conductor starting from the center of the city going to differentiate among first, second and third zone passengers?” I propose the following method: Make all in bound fares 7 cents with free transfers. This will pjiaca on equal footing those whose jobs are on the other side of town with those who stop in the mile square. This is as it should be. Let all who ride the cars contribute equally- to the sum total of revenue necessary to enable the company- to function as it should.. It most certainly- cannot do it on the fares now prevailing. E. P. M’CASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave. Dad’s Pudding “This pudding is a sample of the new cook's work. What do you think of it?” “1 call it mediocre.” “No. dear: it's tapioca.” ( NEW FORDS FOR RENT Drive Yourself—All Models No Red Tape. Sew Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 38 Kentucky Ave. LI. 7086