Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 260, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1924 — Page 4

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LET’S DO SOMETHING! SHE present school board has been in office ten weeks and has done nothing toward solving the problem of housing the city’s high school pupils. Meanwhile, conditions have become more acute. '’ * The old board had completed a program calling for anew Shortridge High School, a west side high school and a high school for colored pupils. The new board immediately assuming office ordered the entire program held up. The impression was, given at that time that the action was merely temporary. But ten weeks have passed without any definite steps being taken to carry out any part of the program or without anything being done to relieve the situation. The public is demanding more high school facilities. If the young people of Indianapolis are not to be deprived of an opportunity to attend high school, something must be done. The new board may differ with the old board as to the exact methods of carrying out the program. It may differ on the question of architects and of expenditures. No one will quarrel with these things if the new board will just do something to relieve the situation.

CROCODILE TEARS FOR COOLIDGE TTI ’LEAN’S Washington newspaper says that the leading *1 newspapers of the country condemn the Senate for publishing President Coolidge’s private telegrams, and for attacking the President in senatorial speeches. To prove its case, McLean quotes the New York Times, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Philadelphia Public Ledger and Philadelphia Inquirer. All of which would seem to indicate that the country consists of New York and Philadelphia; and that a leading newspaper is one that plays the organ for Big Business and in strong .for Mellort’s tax food for multimillionaires. One might think from the tender solicitude of these leading newspapers that the distinguished President was as innocent as a babe concerning politics. Coolidge is no political greenhorn. A regular organization Republican, who has served as member of the Massachusetts Legislature, mayor of Northampton, member and president of the State Senate, Lieutenant Governor and Governor, and then Vice President of the United States and presiding officer of the United States Senate, he has been long enough on the job to have his eyeteeth cut. So far as oil is concerned, Coolidge presided over the Senate when La Follette introduced his resolution to investigate the oil swindle and heard La Follette’s speech. lie safi in Cabinet meetings throughout the Harding Administration. It is reasonable to assume he reads at least one daily newspaper; and hence knew something of McLean’s connection with Fall. , Nobody accuses President Coolidge of any guilty knowledge of crookedness in the oil scandal. About all he is charged with is playing the game clear through as a regular organization Republican, and with doing nothing to clean up the nasty mess unltd forced by the Senate: and then he did his darndest to turn the legal end of the prosecution over to a bunch of corporation lawyers without consulting the Senate committee until after the appointments were made. What Coolidge doesn’t seem to sense is that what happens to the country is much more important than what happens ,to the Republican or to any political party. STEP FOR WAR MEMORIAL ATETER considerable preliminary activity the Indiana war memorial commission is ready to accept bids on the first unit of the memorial. It is expected the corner stone will be laid in late summer. It probably will be a number of years before the entire .project is completed, but when it is done, Indianapolis and Indiana will have something of which to be proud. Open spaces in cities are being striven for all over the country. In some places extremely valuable buildings have been wrecked in order to bring this about. Indianapolis is fortunate in having conditions almost ideal for this purpose, making possible a sweep of five blocks of park through the destruction of only two blocks of buildings and of the State School for the Blind, which should be moved anyway. Citizens will watch with interest the progress of the work, for the memorial project is one in which every one is concerned. * THOUGH Henry punctured his political boom, his Muscle Shoals boom seems to be chugging right along through the oily 'ways of Congress. TIME plays its little jokes. Secretary Denby, retiring, becomes a major, to be outranked- by Roosevelt, his former assistant, the colonel. HEFLIN wants to arm his fellow Senators to protect the public domain from looters. Might arm some of them with repeating alarm clocks. THEY SAY Sinclair and Dough-heenie were in fine spirits when they started West with a ear load of lawyers to do battle .with Roberts and Pomerene over the naval oil leases. If they can pump oil whil£ the lawyers are litigating the law’s delay will Jo the rest. ‘ * ’ #

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Second Marriages Happiest , Says Birth Control Advocate DO YOU AGREE ? “An Older man has learned what a precious thing afTec- jAg tion Is. You couldn’t take a I (j® plant and poke at It, bruise It, * /T cut It and tramp on It and ex- L pect It to live. And yet that is what yOung married people Wlm r u

MRS. MARGARET SANGER, NOTED BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE WHO RECENTLY MARRIED J. NOAH SLEE, 62.

By .V EA Service r-TIEW YORK, March 13.—Older I men make the best lovers. I’*' 1 So says Margaret Sanger, noted advocate of birth control. News of her marriage to J. Noah Slee, 62-year-old millionaire, leaked out the other day. The two were married in 1922. following Mrs. Sanger’s return from her world tour in the interests of birth control. It had taken just a year and a hajf of eloquent pleading on the part of the elderly millionaire to convince her she could take.

AGRARIAN LAW IN MEXICO IS FAILURE Although Big Estates Are Divided Among Peons They Will Not Work Farms and Land Lies Idle.

By 808 DORMAN NEA Service Writer nr~Tj ERA CRUZ, Mexico. March 13. Y I —The agrarian law of Mexico I 1 was hailed as the greatest advance made in the history of HeXico. From the start of the Madero revolution in 1910, the cry in Mexico has been for the division of the large estates—the furnishing of land to the great mass of the people. Each leader, seeking to enroll under his banner the peons of the country. promsied them land. Throughout the list of revolutionary presidents from Madero down to Obregon, the promise was never kept. I,and Seized But Obregon mads) good—the agrarian law was passed. It provided the land of the big estates might be taken over by the government, paid for by government bonds (which have so far proved worthless; and divided among the people. Lots were to be drawn for it, as in land thrown open to entry by the United States Government. How has it worked out? Badly—if ory is to take the word of the foreigners who have lived in

Jfellotosfjip ot ■ draper Daily Lenten Bible reading: and meditation prepared for commission * on evansrelistn of Federal Council of tho Churches of Christ In America. THURSDAY Power In Prayer

Read Mt. 7:7-14. Text: 7:7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall tid'd; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. “All the varied yeais of human life are calculated to develop enlarging capacity for praying. The long history of life in the earth shows that God has been wanting men to find out the laws of the physical and psychic world and to learn how to work with him in the use of physical and psychic force for the common good.” MEDITATION; In urging his disciples to seek God. Jeeus assured them that they would receive that which their souls needed most.' This is not saying, but what the search may be long and the seeking multip.ied and the knocking continued until we are prepared to make the greatest use of that which God has in store for us. PERSONAL QUESTION: Have I grown this year through prayer? PRAYER I—O 1 —O merciful God, help us to believe that if we lose sight of Thee it is because we turn our eyes from Thee. Save us from being easily discouraged in seeking Thee, us feel about us the inspiration of Thy presence. Amen. (Copyright, 1924 —F. L. Fagley)

Heard in the Smoking Roorrl

“1" . S everyone knows,” the man A from New York was saying, "colored people In New York are vastly Independent and often impudent. My wife was born In the South and always used to have her laundry done by colored help. She simply can not get used to the wear and tear of the city laundries. Her last and best laundress got married and that ended her ‘tub’ days when she went to Harlem to live In a steam heated flat.’ So the wife was

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Up the responsibilities of married life again as well as run a "cause.” “Second marriages are happiest,’’ she says, "and older men make the best lovers. if you were hunting someone to manage a business wouldn’t you want someone with experience? “An older man has experience back of him. A young man has only book ideals to guide him. He suffers disillusion/nent when he gets another person within four walls and sees that she isn’t tiehaving according to any of the rules.”

Mexico for many years and who has seen how the law has been applied. In the fy-st place only the choicest land has been denounced, and as a rule, only after it has been prepared and the crop planted. Theb it has been taken over, the land divided, and the people have lived on it until they have harvested the crop, after which they have deserted it. State Bankrupt Land has been denounced, divided up among some peons, who then sold their rights to it for a song to one man, who thus acquired title to the whole property at about one-fourth the price he would have had to pay In the open markot. Thus ho would be rewarded by some politician for political support. Under the agrarian law the state of Morelos, which formerly wns one of the richest states of th# Mexican republic, and was known as the largest sugar producer, has become bankrupt. % It has dropped far down in the ranks of the sugar producing spates and its government is receiving financial aid from the national treasury. One example of how the law has worked out there will sufTlce. A Mexican, a relative of Diaz, owned a sugar plantation in the State of Morelos, comprising about 5,000 acres. I Today he has abandoned it, and the estate has gone back to a tropical Jungle. Harvest Crop, Quit T-and With the passage of the agrarian law 1 , the natives of the region asked i for the seizure of part of the esi tate. They only denounced that part ! whose crop was ready to harvest. This was turned over to them, the crop harvested, and the next year the land was abandoned. Meanwhile, tho land on which the next year's crop was maturing was denounced with the same results. The land which had been abandoned by the first set of peons was taken over again by the owner of the estate, plowed and planted. It was promptly demanded by the peons who had abandoned it. in disgust the owner gave up trying to work the estate. The peons, without capital to prepare the land.j and with the money they received for their one crop spent on a good time, have also left the ground, which today lies idle. This has been the history of .the working out of the law all over the country. A Thought A faithful man shall abound with ; blessings: but, he that maketh haste ;to be rich shall not be content. — Prov. 28:20. • • • i-'-j 3 HEN faith is lost, when honor jj Yy | dies, the man is dead. —Whit-

strolling up Columbus Ave., In the region of 100 St., one day and she saw a nice-looking colored woman approach. who looked as though she might have a good job of washing and ironing concealed about her. ‘Pardon me,’ said the wife, ‘but could you tell me where I could get a nice colored woman to do my washing and ironing?’ " ‘Humpht’ said Ouida, the colored princess, ‘I was just lookin’ fer er nice white woms* to do mine.’ ”

BIRDS ARE DESCENDANT OF REPTILES Mammals Evolved From Stronger Branch —Bat Is Flying Animal, 3y DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) i, . ,i HE birds are first cousins to the | | | mammals. Both represent a —. J step above the reptiles in the scale of evolution. While both are descendants of reptilian stock, they are not descended from the same branch. Mammals, it will be remembered, are believed to have evolved from the dog-toothed l reptiles or Cyriodonts. Birds, one might think, evolved from the pterodactyl, 'the reptile which learned to fly. But biologists do not think so. They think that the pterodactyl represented a special branch of the reptilian stock which died out at the close of the Age of Reptiles. Birds, so biologists believe, developed from a weak type of reptile which was unable to hold his own in the struggle for existence on land. Accordingly, he took refuge In the trees where he was able to evade pursuit by the larger reptiles. Develop Agility sin time they developed great ily in leaping from branch to branch. There was probably a mid-way step in the evolution from reptile to bird, just as in the case of mammals wo found a mid-way step between the tree mammals such as the squirrel and the flying mammal, the bat. This was the flying squirrel which has web-like sections of skin between its legs which enable it to volplane from branch to branch Probably certain of the tree reptiles developed patches of skin between their front legs and their bodies. That marked the beginning of the bird. The bird still lays eggs like the reptile But the bird d'ffers in that its body is covered with feathers instead of scales and in that the bird is a warm blooded animal. Just as the scales of the reptile were evolved into hair In the case of the mammal, they developed into feathers in the case of the bird. But though we think of birds as characterized by the ability to fly there are some birds which have been sidetracked In the evolutionary process. Like the whale, which left dry land and went back to the ocean, we And birds which have left the air and gone back to flightless existence. The ostrich Is the chief type of flightless birds in existence today. Penguin Is Flightless A second type of flightless bird is the penguin. There are many varieties of penguins, but all are found In tho southern hemisphere, many in the anarotlc ice fields. The penguin's wings have become adapted for swimming. The largest penguin, the Emperor penguin, attains a height of four feet. Biologists believe that the early ancestral birds divided into two main branches' at an early date In the world's history. Each of these branches in turn divided Into a number of other branches. Biologists believe that hawks, eagles, vultures, storks, swans, ducks and geese all represent various branches which can be traced back to one of the two main branches. Similarly they believe that parrots, owls, song birds, pigeons, gulls, cranes and a number of others represent branches which can be traced back to the second main branch. Next article In series: Insects.

NO. 28 Third Degree Yourself! 5 Teaming Ability Do you learn rapidly? Do you remember what you ha\’e learned? Try this test anA find out whether you can learn something in a few seconds. The lines around the letters just below form a secret code In which words containing those letters can be written. Note how the word "son" is written In this code. ¥ I P|W I o T|O } N 7 i“. UIR ! S I I S O N i ~~ I l__ Be sure you understand this sample code and then get ready for the test. Look at the test code below for half a minute and then cover It up with your left hand or a small card. Then draw the proper combinations of lines around the letters printed below It. You have three minutes in which to draw the lines. „ Ready? CIO! H| G M I j F |J> L JE j K EFGHIJKLM What Is your record? Check your own work. (Copyright by Science Service) Son Fatally Wounded “Engaged to four girls at once? How do you explain such shameless conduct?’’ "I don’t know. Cupid, must have shot mo with a machine gun.”—Ex.

QUESTIONS Ask —The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question ol tact or information by writinc to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Are.. Washinfton. D. C., inelosintc 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Should the bridegroom have a trousseau? It is not necessary for him to buy a complete outfit such as is expected of the bride, but he certainly must not be shabby. He should have enough shirts. handkerchiefs, underwear, socks, ties, gloves, etc., and suits of clothes, but they need not be entirely new. What Is tho construction of “it’’ in the sentence "It rains.” Tho pronoun "it’’ may bo used as tho indefinite subject of the verb without referring to anything in particular. Is it possible to really remove freckles? It is not possible to remove them entirely without injury to the skin, but they can be faded with the use of the proper creams and care. Is there a city on or near the ruins of Babylon? The town of Hilda, which now has a population of some 20,000, grew up south of the old city of Babylon. Who wns Watteau? Antoine Watteau was the most important French genre painter of the eighteenth century. He was the most original genius of French roeco painting. His color schemes are warm and glowing, combining daintiness with richness of effect. Where did the "Plains of Abraham,” just outside the city of Quebec, get their name? The locality was named after a St. Lawrence River pilot who once owned this tract o i land. Which is the preferred form for the past tense of prove? "Proved” not "proven” is the preferred form of the past tense and the past participle of the verb "prove.” What is the superstitution about the opal? That it is fatal to love, and sows discord between the giver and the receiver: given as an engagement token, it is sure to bring ill luck: it Is a luck stone for those born in October. How many ex Presidents of the United States have there been at one time? Five is the greatest number. During Lincoln’s first term Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan were living. What does the expression -'come to Canossa” mean? Canossa in the duchy of Modena, is where in the winter of 1076-7 the Kaiser Heny IV- stood barefooted in the snow for three days, a penitent awaiting the forgiveness of Pope Gregory the VII. The expression “come to Canossa” has since been used to denote coming to a place of humiliation—in other words "eating humble pie.” Is it true that liquid air is capable of being attracted by a magnet? Liquid air is paramagnetic and consequently would be attracted by a magnet. The forces of attraction •would be so small, however, that it could be detected only by the most sensititve laboratory apparatus. What is the difference between ordinary glass and cut glass, and how are art glass dishes made? For cut glass pattern is first traced on the dish after which it is roughly cut on grindstones continually moistened by streams of wet sand. Fine emery w'heels are then used, after which the dish is polished by various processes. Pressed glass is made by tpre|sing the hot glass in mojds- The edges are much more rounded than cut glass, of course, and the dlh is not so lustrous. All table glassware Is usuall/ made out of flint glass.

Who’s Chasing Who?

Progress By BERTON BRALEY They fell a tree Which nature took two thousands years to grow; They lay it low In half a day or so. . • And cut it up in boards and timbers that Will build a flat And ugly row of houses For workmen and their spouses— And call it Progress! They take a green And lovely country, quiet and serene, And build a smokey city Ugly and gray and gritty— And call it Progress! They take a hill Whose rugged cliffs gave every eye a thrill. And mine it for cement Till all its sides are rent And gashed and gaunt and gray— And call it Progress! It seems to me That Progress need not ho A thing that must employ Man’s skill and science mainly to destroy The beauty that is nature’s. Why should man’s Trail of advancement be so strewn with cans And broken glass? When shall we come to learn, When shall we’ have the patience to discern That beauty pays?—Ah, when we do. Beauty shall glimmer everywhere we view— And that is Progress. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

TOM SIMS i -/- Says Supporters contribute money to campaigh funds in America, but In Mexico they contribute ammunition. The Philippines want Independence so they can have oil scandals and things all their own. One reliable sign of spring is when you read about so many being made homeless by devastating floods. Tax schedules are even more complicated than railroad schedules. Theories are nice handy things to have around, but you may be injured when they are exploded. I What’s become of the old-fashioned health alarm about digging your grave with your teeth? It was a good one. Thieves got $35400 which an Alabama farmer hid in hjs well, proving his confidence was not well placed. They are solving the oil tangle, but ro far It is only about a 5 per pent solution. Chicago medium swapped a charm for SI,OOO. and we can’t decide if she is a happy medium or a medium of Exchange. Chemists, we read, are seeking new uses for oil. And so, we guess, are the politicians. Family Fun Playing Dentist "What in the world are 1 you and Bertram doing?” “We are playing dentist.” ‘‘Playing dentist?” "Yes, mommer. Bertram knocked all the teeth out of the comb and I am trying to put in some bridge work.” —Youngstown Telegram. By the Doctor’s Wife ”1 had a great many more patients this time last year. I wonder where they have all g4ne.” "We can only hope for the best, dear.” —Boston Transcript. Sister’s Poise His Detroit sedan was breaking the limit, and, just as he smacked her ruby lips, a tire blew out. “Never the cava man > effects, George,” was all she said. —Ex.

THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1924

Editor’s Mail • Tho editor is willing- to print views of Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. I Sign your name as an evidence of good faith. It w-ill not be printed if you object. Getting a "Whiff” To the Editor of The Times Some time ago I read an article in the “Fun Column” about a Scotsman incarcerated at Edinburgh for intoxication. The Dominie of the Kirk made it a rule to go to the jail regularly and read scripture texts to the prisoners. Tills minister always took a stiff eye opener of whisky or gin as a morning appetizer. When he came to the prisoner who was in for intoxication he was impressed by the "nestling close-up” by the prisoner and also asking him to read the passage again and again. He asked the prisoner what it was about this biblical excerpt that so impressed him. He answered, "Dominie it is your grand breathe." I was at a theater Monday and just behind me was a big bloke who certainly had a grand breathe. He exuded alcohol fumes so strong that I feel certain a match struck in his vicinity would have resulted in an explosion. I had to change seats to avoid nausea. I liave decided that the Scotsman was surely suffering a perversion of olifactiCTw discrimination, or else the liquor cf today is about the worst imaginable. Tho disturber of my peace of mind had the appearance of a retired business man, not a common street curmudgeon. Surely our prohibition law is rapidly progressing from a joke to a tragedy. ‘ E. P. M’CASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave.

Braley’s Poem To the F<iitor of The Times You printed the poem, "Purpose.” by Berton Braley. With one word "want” out of each one of five lines and the word ‘‘ought’' substituted instead in said si ■ lines; I will be satisfied with the l oem, and probably many parents will also. Many a child and adult “wants” to “do” and “win” and “get” and ’go” and write” when they should not. Substitute "ought” or “should” and the lines will suit. ERALEY’S POEM IMPROVED “Be sure of what you ought to do, Then do it! "Be sure of what you ought to win, Then win it! "Be sure of what you ought to get. Then get it! “Be sure of where you ought to go, Then go! “Be sure of what you ought to write. Then write it!” J. G. SUTTON, Yorktowm, Ind. Science ' The majority of all scientific discoveries and inventions made by man are used by him, in one way or another, in killing bis fellow man. Warfare makes more rigorous and efficient use of science than does peace. If It were not for other scien title discoveries, principally in medicine and surgery, the World War, with its new methods, would have wiped out entire nations. As it is, despite greater efficiency in killing, the per centage of deaths in warfare has grown constantly less. As methods of killing grow, so do protective measures. But the greatest saving of life has been in prevention of sickness and in care of the.wounded. At the battle of Waterloo, in 1816, 9,000 artillery rounds were fired, having a total weight of thirty-seven tons. On one day in the World War the British alone fired 943,000 rounds, weighing 18,000 tons. Yet the percentage of deaths was greater at Waterloo. The figures may be entirely changed in the next war, however, because of the great advance In the use of chemicals, whereby not only soldiers, but entire population* may be killed.

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