Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1924 — Page 4

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HEARING ON CAR FARE YV/ lIENEVER a question of street car fare or service comes up V all citizens of Indianapolis have an ideas to wfcat should be done about it. The question of higher fares is up again and citizens are giVeA opportunity to jell their ideas. This opportunity will comej at the public hearing before the city council Monday night. In too many cases complaints are made about rates or service after action is taken and it is too late to do anything. If you have a constructive suggestion don’t wait until after something is done about car fare and then wish you had expressed yourself. to the council meeting Monday night and get it off your chest;. Your idea may be the one everybody is looking for. Anyway.! go and hear what the other fellow has to say. OFF THE WHEEL FOREVER I; REPENTANT autoist at Worcester, Mass., agreed in court i that never again would he drive an automobile. He’s 70 years of age. His machine killed a boy. do not know if this driver was speeding or responsible for the tragedy. however, his self-imposed punishment might furnish fuel for lawmakers, perhaps, in Indiana. The day may come when States will pass laws providing for permanent banishment of speed maniacs—those who have been irresied a number of times for the same offense. There are thousands of careful Indiana drivers who would welcome such irnolmtafy treatment of the speed demons. i : WANTS, TO THE END yfj AN wants but little here'below, nor wants that little long,” saith the sage. There’s a cry from the cradle. A baby, maybe a Woodrow Wilson to-be, is saying, though not in intelligent |Words. “Mother, I want ” So it is from beginning to end 6f man. L clean bib or a fresh bottle for baby. Later, a doll or a set of blpcks. “By nature’s kindly law. pleased with a rattle, tickled with'a straw.” jhe school boy wants to be a man, wants skates and baseballs. Wants to know, wants to have and do a million things. The young man wants leadership among his fellows, wants a career. The prince of manhood wants to serve, wants to create, wants Fulfillment of visions, wants fame, wants to leave things that will fendure. £)ld age wants comfort, peace, health, vitality and illusive fruits of years of labor for what’s wanted, till “Tired, he sleeps .ind life’s poor play is o’er.” tfce whole span of man’s life is covered by what he wants. And finally, they read, at the bier of Woodrow Wilson, that most beauiiful Psalm. “The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want.”

[ FOR THE POT r 'F good old Marl* Ilanna were with us, he would surely obI, * serve an accumulation of progress and refinement since his uncohth methods were the vogue. In collecting for the Grand Old Pot of the Grand Old Party. Uncls Mark would throw ushers, door tenders, ante-room attendants and such down the elevator shaft and walk into the private ien of the tariff king, or oil octopus, or coal baron, with a club bearihg the legend “Excelsior and C. 0. D.” He would take from his inside pocket a little slip of paper, bearing the invitation “Subscribe Here,” above a dotted line, put the index finger of his iron-ore hand on that line, and say ‘Sigs.” It was uncouth, maybe what might be called peremptory, ‘but it frisked all the big cinch holders and a large multitude of the little ones. Mark played upon the selfishness of human nature. Shell out for the Grand Old Pot of the Grand Old Party or the Grand Old Party will shell out your cinch! I?on’t understand us to mean that such was Uncle Mark’s dogah. Far from it. Clutching the G. 0. Pot in one hand, with the ojther he waved aloft that inspiration, “The Full Dinner Pail!?’ And, unto this day, posterity has to love him for his art in latching ’em coming and going. But, today, there’s more refinement and spiritual appeal to it. The appeal is cultured, well-oiled, directed at gratitude, and the 3. O.'D. feature not so brazen. The approach is not with a club, tt is jalmost like putting your dollar into the collection box in ihurcjh, in thankfulness to the Giver of All. What cinch holder, ►vhatiretired, or active, millionaire can hesitate over donating to :hq, Grand Old Pot, with the Grand Old Party trying to reduce his inconje taxes 50 per centum? EVERY year is leap year, let the pedestrian tell it. APPARENTLY the victorious party in the Mexican revolu;ion is the one that gets to the telegraph office first. VHAT death should do is to overlook the shining marks and iake a biff at a lot of the easy marks. LEO BAER, Ipswich, S. D.. went to Aberdeen, the other day. When he left home he was the father of four children. When he returned in the evening he was the father of seven. Why, oh why, vill ipen leave hornet

Woodrow Wilson The great war President belongs official and authoritative sources now to the ages. His life and and Government records. It will work are part of American his- answer the hundreds of questions • that you have asked and will ask tory, which he helped to write. about this man and his public and Out Washington Bureau has private life, ready for you an eight page bul- If you want a copy of this bulletin telling the story of Woodrow letin. fill out the coupon below and Wilson's life. It is drawn from j mail as directed: Histiory Editor, Washington Bureau, Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York }Ave., Washington. D. C.: ; I want a copy of the booklet. “THE LIFE OF WOODROW WILSON,” and enclose herewith 5 cents in loose postage stamps for same. Name St. aitd No., or R. R. City. State Write clearly. Give full address. JFJP,

Masonic Collection of Washington Mementoes

[Y |] ERE are a few mementoes IJJ J included in the George Wash1. 1 ington Masonic collection which will find a permanent abode in the George Washington Masonic National Memorial at Alexandria, Va. These relics all were used by our first President, some in his capacity as a master Mason and some in his home. Many of them reveal litUo known episodes in the life of ‘ the father of his country.” At the top of the picture is one

laggmsmNGTON 4<Q OME man!’’ When all is said and done O And written of George Washington, That common argot of the street Brings forth a picture more complete Than phrases by word-weavers spun. SOME Man! Great-hearted, great of fame. In triumph and defeat the same, Who mastered first himself, and then Mastered and served his fellow men. Leaving to Time the thought of fame. SOME Man! Because he went his way Wearing his courage like a shield. Great in the counsel or the field, A whole world thunders forth today “SOME MAN!" (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

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You can rc* an answer to any auction of fact or information by writ Ins to the Indianapolis Times Wa-: -tou Bureau. 132. New York A vs., ww-n----lng-ton. V. C. inclosing 3 cents in ■tampe for repiy. Medical, ligai and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned request* eannot be answer'd. All letters confidential.—Editor. 1. Where is the oldest Methodist church building in the city and how old is it? Where is the oldest church building in the city? 2. How old Is the Christ Church on the Circle? 3. How can upholstered furniture be cleaned?— MRS. MARY LANG. 1. Fletcher Place is oldest M. E. church building in city—fifty years. 2. Christ Church on Circle is oldest of any denomination. It was built in 1860. 3. Upholstered furniture should be cleaned with naptha and vacuum cleaner. How many grad© crossings are there in the United States? At the end of the year 1922 there were 256,362. Is there any metal that will melt gold? Mercury dissolves gold, forming an amalgam which sticks to the surface giving it a greasy feeling. Is there a sacred city in India? Yes. Benares, the “Sacred City" of of the Hindus. In the tradition of these people it is believed to have been coeval with the creation. Jt is the central seat of Hinduism, and yearly attracts immense crowds of pilgrims. Which is the best way to remove old paint (from iron radiators? Immerse them in a tub of lye solution. A solution of one-half pound of lye (caustic soda) in a gallon of water should work satisfactorily. The radiator must be thoroughly washed after the removal of the paint in order to remove all traces of lye. What animal can leap the longest distance? The galago, or flying lemur. This animal is a native of the Mallai Archipelago. It is from two to three feet in length, and is furnished with a sort of membrane on each side, of its body connecting its limbs with each ! other; this is extended and acts as a parachute while taking its long leaps, winch measures about 300 feet on an inclined plane. The kangaroo can leap with ease a distance of between sixty

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of his keys. Beneath it are the chair in which* Washington sat as a master of his lodge, the old clock whose hands still point to the hour and the minute of his death and some candlesticks that adorned his mantel. The trowel was used by Washington at the laying of the corner stone of the national capitol, at Washington Sept. 18. 1793. The knife was given to him at the age of 10 by his mother for good conduct.

and seventy feet and can spring over a. horse and take fences from twelve to fourteen feet high. Can you give me a formula for protecting wire from tarnishing? Melt mineral pitch, and add to it 1-15 part by weight of coal tar and 1-20 part by weight of very fine quartz stand, and immerse the wire in the mixture. The coating becomes hard in 24 hours. What is the origin of the name Los Angeles? It is from the Spanish and means “The Angels.” When is Shrove Tuesday and why is 11. thus called? The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. so named because the faithful used to confess and be shriven on that (lay On May 7 next there will occur a transit of Mercury- What does this mean ? ft means that the planet Mercury will pass directly between the earth and the sun, and will appear as a small black circle on the face of the sun. moving in a westerly direction. Which are the four Largest steel •producing cities? Pittsburgh, Chicago. Sheffield and Birmingham. Is it proper to say “pleased to know you?” This is not a good form, either grammatically or socially. A better form is “How do you do,” or "I am delighted to meet you.” A Thought Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain.—Prov. 31:30. ♦ * • EP thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, wiU neither last nor please thee one year.—Sir Walter Raleigh

Heard in the Smoking Room

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GEOLOGISTS FIGURE AGE OF EARTH Cosmic Time Lasted 800,000,000 Years —Age of Man, 25,000 Years Old, By DAVID DIETZ. Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by Davjji Dietz) SHE geologist in piecing together t*he story of the earth’s history has divided the whole history of the earth into periods just as we have divided the history of man into ancient, medieval and modern history. The era, which began with the catastrophe to the sun and closed with the moment when the earth finally had a surfacs divided into continents of solid rock and ocean, is known as Cosmic Time. The period when man became the dominant creature upon the earth, extending up to and including the present, is called the “Age of Man” by the geologist. Since man is a reasoning creature, it is sometimes called the “Age of Reason,” or to give 1* a more formidable name derived from the Greek, which means the same thing, the Psychooic Era.

Time Only Guess No one can hazard a guess as to how long Cosmic Time lasted. But geologists are sure it was hundreds of millions of years. The Age of Man has lasted probably 23,000 years. The time which existed between Cosmic Time and the Age of Man is called Geological Time. There are various estimates as to the length of Geological Time. Professor Sehuchert fixes it at 800.000.000 years. Some geologists are inclined to double that estimate. Geological Time is In turn divided into five great eras. The first is known as the Archeozoic Era. It followed immediately after the formative period when the crust of the earth solidified. Life upon the earth originated during this period. The second era is known as the Proterozoic Era. Life grew more complex during this period, but no form of life originaled which had a backbone or spinal column. The third era was the Paleozoic Era or Era of Ancient Life. This is sometimes called the era of fish dominance. This is because the fish, the first animal with a spinal column or backbone. made its appearance ip this era. Half Fish, Half Reptile But during the era, the amphibians. animals which were the ancestors of our present frogs, newts and salamanders, also made their appearance. The amphibian is a creature halfway between the fish and the reptile. He begins his life in the water and ends it on the land. , At th close of the Paleozoic Era. true reptiles began to appear. The fourth era was the Mesozoic Era or Era of Middle Life This is i ften called the era of reptile dominance. During it, the reptiles were the dominant form of life, reaching their greatest development in the gigantic dinosaurs. Mammals or warm-blooded animals began to appear at the close of this era. The fifth or last era of Geological Time was the Cenozolc Era or Era of Recent Life. This was tne era when the earth was dom.noted i,y mammals or warm blooded animals. It closed with the emergence of man as the ruler of the earth when the Age of Reason began. Next article in series: The First Four Hundred Million Years.

Family Fun Flirting "Beg pardon, madam, but did you mean to flirt with me?" "How dare you. sir?” "You were flirting with me, nevertheless.” "What do you mean?” "I just.' saw you get out of your automobile on the traffic side—" “Who are you?” “Madam. I am an undertaker.”— —Youngstown Telegram. Dodging the Doctor “Come, young man, put your tongue right out.” "I can't, doctor; it’s fastened at the back.”—Film Fun. The Neighbor's Wife “Mrs. Bangs has an awful disposition. don't you think?” "Why?” “Why she even uses barbedwlre for a clothesline so the birds can’t sit down.”—Judge. Proposing to Sister > “Oh, do say you will marry me! Why don’t you answer?” "Oh—l—er—er—” “Why, anyone would think I had asked you to sing.”—Boston Transcript. When Dad Boasts “A man is never older than he feels. Now I feel as fresh as a 2-year-old.” "Horse or egg?”

embraced a very much surprised lady, with, “Oh, auntie! how glad I am to se e you. It has been fifteen years since I saw you last. Mother sent you her love and I am giving you mine. Don’t you think I am a big boy now?” “ ‘Yes,’ said the lady. 'I think you are a nice big boy but I am NOT your aunt.’ ”

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Third Degree Yourself! FOR LOGICAL MEMORY Read once the following paragraph quoted from a newspaper. Then write the answers to twenty questions upoui It. Do not look at the paragraph after you have read it once, .and begin to answer the questions, and do not look at the questions before you are ready to answer them. EAST CHICAGO. Jan 17.—A fire on Washington St. early thJB morning destroyed Smith a grocery, a bam and two dwelling houses near The loss was abnv.t 512.000. and was part y covered by insurance Six gallons of kero- ns in the rear of the store burned fiercely, and made the fire hard to put out. be cause throwing on water only spread the flames Mr Smith lived over the store with his wife, two sons and .1 daughter The youngest, Mary, 5 years old. was made unconscious by the smoke and wae rescued by a neighbor with some difficulty. The y-ungpr son. Harry. 7 years old, helped his father in removing some of the goods from the burning ctnre. Sparks, carried by a strong west wind, spread the Are to adjoining buildings Some think the fire was accidental, but the cash drawer was found open and empty, so the fire was probably set to conceal a robbery Answer questions with yes, no, a name or a number. 1. Were the buildings insured? 2. Was the oldest child overcome by smoke? 3. Was she rescued by her father?

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4. How many children were there in all? 5. Was Harry five or ten years old? 6. How many dwelling houses were burned? 7. Was the kerosene the cause of the fire? 8. How many gallons of kerosene were there? 9. Was the wind blowing from the North? 10. What was the youngest child's name? 11. Did Mr. Smith live is one of the adjoining houses? 12. Was \he fire In the summer time? 13. Was Mrs. Smith badly burned? 14. On what street was the store? 15. On what day of the month did the fire take place? 16. Did the fire burn three cr five dwellings? 17 How great was the loss? 18. What part of Chicago was the fire In? 19. How much money was found ir the cash drawer? 20. Did the tire burn down a drug store? Answers: 1, yes; 2, no: 3. no; 4.

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three; 5. neither; 6, two; 7, no; 8, six; 9, no: 10, Mary; 11. no 12, no; 13. no; 14. Washington - 15, seventeenth; 16, l either: 17, $12,000; 18, East Chicago; 19, none; 20, no. PARA LAUGHS^ Trees are growing only one-fourth as fast as they are being destroyed by lumbermen with wooden heads. Five bandits held up a crowd of 500 in Detroit. This is 100 per bandit. Ford should hire them as efficiency experts. In Ashland. Neb., a poor man of % 79 eloped with a woman lawyer, but he doesn t like to talk much anyway. Counterfeiters were caught raising dollar bills to SI,OOO bills, making almost as much profit as Government oil men. London prisoners must shave daily, so what is the advantage of being in jail there.