Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 64, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1924 — Page 4

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GRONINGER’S NEW JOB mAYLOH E. (Troninger, city corporation counsel, who is resigning to take up the work of representing the public service commission in the Indiana Bell Telephone Company rate case, is faced with a difficult job, but one in which he can be of real service to the public. During the last three years Groninger as corporation counsel has come to the front as a champion of the public in rate cases. He has not always been successful in preventing increases, but he ha§ let the utilities know that the public is represented and he probably has been instrumental in forcing some utilities to take smaller increases than they had hoped for. In the past public service commission cases in Federal Court have not always been particularly well prepared. This has resulted in difficulties in presentation and in failure to convince the court of the fairness of the commission's action. It is be hoped that with Groninger on the job the commission will be prepared and have its powder dry when the time comes to fight. “PITTSBURGH PLUS” to the average layman “Pittsburgh plus” means litW tie, if anything, to persons who deal with steel products or who buy steel products it has a very significant meaning, and the fact that it is no more comes as a great victory for the Middle West. **Pittsburgh plus” means just this: If steel is bought from the mills of the United States Steel Corporation at Gary or at Youngstown, or at any other place outside of Pittsburgh, the price is the Pittsburgh price, plus freight to the point where the steel was sold. This freight is charged, although the steel never has been near Pittsburgh. It is this practice that the Federal Trade Commission has ordered stopped. The order means that steel and steel products should be cheaper in this part of the country. It means that the farmer should be able to buy his machinery at a lower price. If you will just stop to think of the number of steel products that affect your daily life you will realize the importance of the elimination of “Pittsburgh plus.” BUNK AND VOTES 10LITICIANS don’t change their nature. There are seldom i __J any real changes in the rules of the game. When a Republican leader goes fresh from his State to Washington and calls on President Coojidge he makes the President feel good by telling him that everything is lovely back home where he came from, and that La Follette will draw more votes from Davis than from Coolidge. And the Democratic leader who drops into New York and calls on Davis tells him that everything back home looks rosy for Davis; that La Follette will cut into the Republican vote much deeper than into the Democratic vote and that it’s a cinch Davis will carry the State. Both Coolidge and Davis like to hear this stuff, of course. They are human like the rest of us. But it’s all bunk just the same. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican leaders know any more about this year’s situation than anybody else does They may know what the politicians are talking about. They may know how the men they come in contact with guess the people are going to vote. But they don’t know much about what the great mass of voters are thinking about or how they are going to vote. That great vote is called the silent vote. That’s a good name for it, because most voters don’t make a business of politics and don’t think it’s any of the business of the politicians how they are going to vote; so they don’t get gabby \^ T hen they talk to the politicians. In fact, they jolly the politicians much as the politicians jolly the candidates. They tell the other fellow what they think he likes to hear. One reason La Follette is the subject of so much talk and newspaper publicity is that nobody knows how big a vote he’s going to get and curiosity is aroused. It’s easy for a Democrat to convince himself that “Fighting Bob” is going to raise hob with Coolidge, and just as easy for a Republican to kid himself into thinking that nobody is going to vote for La Follette but Democrats. None of the prophesies amounts to a tinker’s doggone. No body knows what the bulk of voters are thinking about now or what they will be thinking about in November. A thousand things might happen between now and election day to change people’s minds. And the number of people who change their minds politically has been increasing from year to year. The number of hide-bound partisans who always vote the ticket straight has been correspondingly dwindling. Not nearly so many voters “belong” to the party now as in former years. More and more every year vote as they please, without the slightest regard for how their daddies or granddaddies voted in their time. That is to say, there is an ever-increasing number of voters who belong to themselves instead of to a party.

IS GOLF the real hoof and mouth disease? “WHAT HAS BECOME of the charming young lady -who had a Psyche knot?” asks an exchange. Answer: Oh! she bobs up occasionally. NOW MADISON SQUARE garden will be torn down under private contract, again showing a fine opportunity overlooked by that convention. NEW YORK has established its own broadcasting station which is naive admission, at last, that there is considerable country outside Manhattan Island. SECRETARY HUGHES will travel in Europe incognito, say the New York papers. Not in them whiskers, Charlie, not in them whiskers! A FISH of the minnow species is named “PimephaU.s,” which is Greek for “fat-head.” Must be the poor fish we hear of so frequently in contemporary conversation. AN EDUCATOR says it would be a good thing to cut out much of the arithmetic now taught in the schools, but the idea was not original with him. We know a boy wio said the same thing over fifty years ago. \

LITTLE BEAR ALSO SEEN IN HEAVENS Constellation Also Known as ■ v Dog, Leopard and Jackal, By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times mHE Little Dipper furnishes the foundation for the constellation of the Little Bear just as the Great Dipper did for the Great Bear. And as in the case of the Great Bear you must draw rather heavily on your imagination to see the figure of a bear in the sky in this constellation. With the telescope It is possible to see about thirty stars in the Little Bear, but most of these are so faint - that only a few can be seen with the naked eye. The bowl of the dipper forms the flank of the bear and the handle of

THE ANCIENT TEMPLE AT DENDERAH. the dipper the bear’s tail, with Polaris, the north star, at the tip of the bear’s tail. According to the Greek legend, you will recall the Little Bear is Areas, the son of the nymph Callisto. Jupiter, king of the gods, lo% r ed Callisto and so Juno, queen of the gods, turned her into a bear. Areas, her son, was about to kill her, not recognizing her as his mother. So Jupiter turned him into a bear and placed both bears in the sky, Caliisto becoming the Great bear and Areas the Little Bear. This constellation, however, was not always regarded as a bear. The ancient Babylonians cabled it “The Leopard,” and the Egyptians “The Dog of Set.” Set was one of the Egyptian gods, the god of the inhospitable desert. The Egyptians also called the constellation “The Jackal” at times. In THE LITTLE BEAR Denderah, a village on the left bank of the Nile, stands one of the best preserved and most beautiful of the temples of ancient Egypt. Many constellations arc pictured on its walls and among them is “The Jackal." The constellation is also represented as a jackal in the Rames scum, the temple built by Rameses II on the west bank of the Nile. The Greeks must have also re garded ♦he constellation at times as forming a dog instead of a bear. We know this because they frequently called the north star “Cynosura." This word was formed from two words meaning the “dog’s tail.” Our present, word “cynosure’’ Is formed from this name for the north star. Mariners always turnei their eyes to the r.crth star, therefore anything which became the center of all eyes or attantion whs known as a synosure. So when you call anything a cynosure, ycu are really calling it a dog's tail. The American Indiana had a legend about the stars in the Little Dipper. v They believed that a party of Indians was lost in the forest once. Suddenly a little girl appeared. She told them she was the Spirit of the North Star and showed them how to find their way by guiding oh the north star.

THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH STAR GUIDED THE LOST INDIANS. Then when these Indians died, the Great Spirit put them up in the sky where they can now be seen circling the north star on every cloudless night. You have now made the acquaintance of u r o Constellations, the Great Bear an l the Little Bear. Not far from th<se In the sky is a third one. easily found. This Is Cassiopeia, sometimes called the ‘’Lady in the Chair.” Next article: Cassiopeia* (Copyright, 3924, by David Dietz) Science Freckles are caused merely by exposure of the skin to the sun. There are supposed to be many cures for them and “lotions” are common. However, there never has been a single freckle really “cured.” Some preparations cause a peeling process that seems to eliminate the freckle, but the result is only temporary. Once freckled, always freckled. Freckles become less prominent as a person grows older. That, coupled with the reason that children are outdoors more than grown persons, is why more freckled children than adults are seen. The coloring fades with age, and a harmless face powder, either in liquid or solid form, often will cause them to defy detection. However, the freckle Is still there, faint as It may be, and the camera will show it.

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Trash ‘ By HAL COCHRAN Consider the things that are packed in a trunk. No doubt, you would call them just trash. The junkman might purchase the outlay for junk, yet he couldn’t buy them for cash. A wee pair of shoes that are brownish with age are packed in some cotton with care. They’ve rested since time has turned many a page, since a wee baby’s Mom put them there. A box full of lace that has never been used. Another that’s packed full of braid. Just memories sweet that must not be abused, just things that a grandmother made. An old photo album that’s faded and torn, with pictures of Dad as a lover. It may be all ruffled, but ne’er can be shorn of the mem’ry that’s held ’neath its cover. Just trash, you may say. Things away out of date. But, after their story is told, you’ll know that, to someone, they’re well worth their weight, a hundred times over, in gold. x (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) IS ILLINOIS SAFELY IN G. O. P. LIST? Republican Party Is Divided While Democrats Have Strong Ticket, Bu Times Special IHICAGO, July 23.—1f the claims of the Coolidge managers are to be taken at their face value, Illinois’ twenty-nine electoral votes are already in the Republican column. But even the Coolidge managers are not as confident as they pretend to be. They claim Illinois as "safely Republican” and at the same time they are perfecting plans for an intensive campaign. As in Michigan, it is La Follette and his untested strength with the voters that is causing the greatest concern to the Republican machine. The record of the Democrats in this State Is not quite as sad as in Michigan. The Democrats have carried Illinois twice in National elections since the birth of the Republican party in 1836, whereas the best they have done in Michigan is to get five of the fourteen electoral votes in the 1892 campaign. In 1892 and in 1912 the Illinois electoral votes were given the Democrats. This record is hardly one to cause much worry to Republicans. Far From Peaceful

If all things were peaceful and ! harmonious within the ranks of the | local Republican organization, it is doubtful if even the La Follette candidacy would cause much sleeplessness on the part of Republicans. But things are far from peaceful. The recent struggle between Senator Medill McCormick and ex Gov. Charles S. Deneen for the Republij can nomination for United States Senator has left many sore .spots. Deneen barely defeated McCormick. McCormick is still nursing his grudge and Is not expected to lend any very whole-hearted support to the Republican organization. Then there Is the problem of Governor Len Small who Is anything but friendly to either Deneen or McCormick, but who is making an earnest fight for re-election on the Republican ticket. Ticket Called Strong The Democrats have what is regarded as a strong State ticket, headed by Judge N. L. Jones, candidate for Governor, and A. A. Sprague, candidate for United states Senator. But somehow the Republicans feel they can defeat these men even though their own party machinery is rather out of gear. It is the independent voters who are causing the worry. Illinois nas a great body of voters wear their party affiliations very loosely. This was evidenced in I£l2 when Roosevelt came within 18,000 votes of carrying the State In the face of combined Republican and Democratic opposition. Polls Big Vote, Not eo long ago a young man named Newton Jenkinu of Chicago announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States Senator frem lllionis. He gave out word that he stood for the principles which have made Senator La Follette nationally famous. Almost unknown and without an organization of any kind, this young man polled more than one-third as many votes as did President Coolidge whose organization was as nearly perfect as a political machine can be. Family Fun Probably Won’t Be Little, Helen had heard that the stork was expected at her home and she was asked whether she preferred a baby brother or sister. "I don’t care whether it’s & brother or a sister.” replied Helen, "but I do hope it won’t be a cousin.”—Boston Transcript. One for Landlord “Ah tol’ de rent man us didn’ have no money, so he said us’ll have to move.” “Dat’s all right, honey. He tol’ Sam Joson de same thing, so us’ll jes swap houses.”—Amez-ican Legion Weekly. A Puzzle for Dad “I see that Stoneham, who tiled the other day, left his wife half a million. How would you like to be his widow?” “Now, you know I would rather be yours, dear.”—Christian Advocate. Saving the Parrot “Mary l Mary! Come quickly and take the parrot away—the master's lost his collar stud.”—Birmingham Gazette. This for the Doctor “My friend, you are suffering from a chronic complaint.” “I know it, but please lower your voice; she’s in the next room.”-f-Bos-ton Transcript.

THEIR STUDY IS HELPED BY POSTMAN Children of Canadian Wilderness Are Learning by Mail, Bv SEA Service fryi ICTORIA, B. C„ July 23 I y I The “little red schdolhouses” L J are few and far between along British Columbia’s rocky coast. Often, in fact, they are hundreds of miles apart. But that doesn’t keep the boys and girls of the “wilderness” from learning their “three Rs.” For even the childz-en in isolated lighthouses and on islands; 7 far fz - om shoz - e, are going to school every day. A coi-respondence course, inaugurated by the provincial educational authorities, is giving them the educational advantages they otherwise have been denied. Already the department of education has, taught nearly 1,000 pupils by mail. Three hundred more are under instruction now. At first It was feared the younger children might not be able to follow the instructions. But they were. They have passed their examinations with high marks—often higher oven than those obtained by pupils that had the advantages of teachers’ personal instruction. “For some reason or other,” says Inspector James Hargreaves in charge of the work, “They show more enthusiasm than the boys and girls In the regular schools.” In nistory and literature classes, pupils are instructed to read certain pages and then write in their own words that they have just read. Spelling Is written from dictation, the aid of the parents being solicited. Photographs and charts arc used in penmanship, arithmetic and drawing. Papers are mailed back to the in spector. Ho and his aids correct them and return them to the pupils. Should it appear a child has not grasped the subject, properly, a personal letter, making the matter more plain, is dispatched him immediately. The system of promotion is the same as in a regular school. Certificates are Issued upon completion of the course. All necessary books and station ery are furnished free. On die in the department’s offices are any number of interesting testimonials from parents whose children have been enrolled.

ABOVE THE LIGHTHOUSE AT AHERINGHAM POINT. B. C„ WHERE THREE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA’S BRIGHTEST “UNSEEN PUPILS.” STURDIE, FRANCES AND PHILIP ARDEN, ARE GOING TO SCHOOL BY MAIL EVERY DAY. LOWER RIGHT—THE ARDEN CHILDREN. LOWER LEFT—VIOLET M'PHEE, 13, WHO, THOUGH NEVER IN SCHOOL A DAY, WRITES A LEGIBLE HAND AND IS FAR ADVANCED IN ARITHMETIC AND OTHER STUDIES, THANKS TO THE PROVINCIAL CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.

In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN. NEW’ YORK, July 23.—H. L. Header, living in the heart of teeming New York, has all the grandeur and environment of an estate in the country. He lives atop the W’aldorf Bldg., in Thirty-Third St., just off Fifth Ave. Header is a bachelor and the architect who designed the building. From the roofs so taller buildings, Meadei s home is as alluring as a babbling brook on a steaming August day. His large Italian garden, green in the careful daily attention it is given not only by nature but by an eillcient gardener. Is a model. Header’s rooftop home is comfortable in every way. There always is a breeze stirring in his front yard. Being high above the bug line, Header’s garden is not infested with insects. In the evening it is lighted and Meader has open-air garden parties in a district inhabited by thousands of people—yet none can molest him. But with all this summer luxury in New York, Meader closes his home before summer is well under way, and sails to sea in his yacht. W’hen he is gone the house is closed. * • • Instead of going to the movies these night, whole families trail to the barber shop. Last night I saw a happy family of four listening to a barber’s concert of clicking scissors. First the two sons had their hair cut, then mother had her hair bobbed and then dad had his rapidly disappearing locks trimmed. It hasn’t been so long since a woman would not go to a barber shop under any circumstances—not even to have her children’s hair cut. • • • A scene in a quick lunch suggests anew form of insurance—soup insurance. An elderly, palsied man slipped his soup and other luncheon dainties into, the lap of a youthful business man, clad in a light suit. They gazed upon each other like a pair of fighting cocks. Then they exchanged business cards. The soup-spiller is a dry cleaner. This nearly precipitated a riot.

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Tongue Tips Dr. Woods Hutchinson: “Few fat men go wrong.” * • • E. W. Howe, writer: “The Government needs help; the people need help. Only God is equal to the occasion, and I wish He would hurry.” • • * Count Richard Couden-Hove Kalergl, Viennese author: “Remember, French reaction and German reac--1 tion will prepare the next war. Both sides of the Rhine are enemies of Europe. Follow the example of our great sister across the ocean.”

Tom Sims Says Even If all the world Is a stage the best to way to act is natui-al. When a wise man gets home late he tells his wife the truth so she will have no idea of where he has been. The taxpayer thinks all inroads lead to the treasury. The trouble with being friendly with the neighobrs is they want you to keep their dog or cat while they are away on their vacation. Fools rush in where wise men fear to w r ed. If you don’t get a vacation this summer you'll be rested up from last year’s by next year. Some men look s.o cheap they give themselves away. From the low pay preachers get salvation is almost free. The best thing about paying compliments is it leaves them due you. Making love while the moon shines is where the son shines. Many a man’s opinion of a woman is formed by her dressmaker. Those rising by airplane or plain air are liable to fall.

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THREE MEN OF SILENCE RUN RACES None of Campaign Managers Is Noted for Talking Ability, Times Bureau. 1322 Sew York Are. | A SUING TON, July 23.—Three men whose tongues never work overtime are directing the campaigns this year of the foz-e----most presidential candidates. - William M. Butler of Massachusetts, John M. Nelson of Wisconsin, and Clem L. Shaver of West Virginia, have longed practiced what the wise men preached years ag l — everything, but say little. Butler, generalissimo of the Coolidge campaign, who succeeded to his pre-convention job. long ago earned a reputation for caution. His i chief, ‘‘Cautious Cal,” is loquacious compared to Butler Butler ton[descends to see newspaper men daily, i Put that’s all. He sees them —and | they see him. Only on rare occasions ; does he offer some comment. Speaks Cautiously John M. Nelson, Wisconsin Con- [ pressman and leader of the La Follette progressives in the House of Representatives, who is field marshall of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket, for years has enjoyed the reputation of a man who speaks only when he has something worth while to say. Like Senator Follette, Kir. Nelson does not believe in wasting his own time nor the time of the public and its representatives. One result of this policy was that wher.i ver John M. Nelson addressed the House of Representatives the seats of Congressmen and the press gallery were well filled. Known as Sphinx Clem L. Shaver, the new chairman of the Democratic National committee, has quickly earned for himself tho reputation of a “Sphinx.” Shaver was chief of the “fool friends” of John W. Davis who worked to obtain the Democratic nomination for the West Virginian. But Shaver worked silently. Since he was designated by Davis to head the national committee he has become more discreetly silent than over. He, too, has faced the barrages of reporters at news- ! Taper conferences, but he has prac- , tically nothing to say. Nature Yuma, Ariz., is said to be the hottest place in the United States, but the hottest section in the world is southern Ai’abia. Here the Mohammedan religion originated and one of its beliefs is that on judgment day the sun, presumably for its sins to mankind, will be cast into hellflre. The larnyx controls the voice of man and animals, but not the singing birds. They have an organ peculiar to themselves, called the “syringe,” located at the end of the windpipe. Nor does the tongue have anything to do with a bird’s voice.

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Ask The Times You can gret an answer to any Question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C„ inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidsntial.—Editor. How many Roman Catholic churches are they in Chicago?According to the official Catholic directory, there are 384 Roman Catholic churches in the diocese of Chicago. The record does not give the number of churches in the city proper. Is the U. S. S. Mississippi an oil burning ship? Y'es. What is a good preparation to ■ put on the hands to drive away mosquitoes? Oil of citronella, 1 ounce: spirits of camphor, 1 ounce; oil of cedar, t/i ounce. What is the meaning of the name Eunice? ! Happy victoryIs hand-mixed paint better and j cheaper than ready-mixed paint? The bureau of standards states ! that hand-mixed paint is not mors durable than ready-mixed paint, although somewhat cheaper. Is it possible for one to obtain the plan of an old battleship? Yes, through the chief of the bu- | reau of construction, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. | Is Thomas Meighan married? When was he born? Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 9, ,1887. He is married to Frances [ Ring, a former actress and sister of | Blanche Sweet. In what book does the character “Fain" appear? In Dickens’ "Oliver Twist.” He i3 pictured as fawning, but malicious and grasping and full of cruelty. He is ultimately arrested, tried and condemned to death. What is the katathermometer? An Instrument which measures the ratio of cooling of the human, j body, the controlling factor deter--1 mining comfort or discomfort. This was invented by Dr. Leonard Hill. "Where are the Leeward Islands, their population and area? The Leeward Islands of West Indies are part of the Lesser Antilles, forming Froude’s “Bow of [ Ulysses.” The area is 715 square [ miles; population, according to latest census, 127,103. Who was the first Unite 4 States Postmaster General? Samuel Osgood, who Served under George Washington. "When was Chicago settled? Chicago was laid out as a town in 1830 and chartered three years later. The first house on this site, however, was built in 1779. A Thought Pleasant words are as an honeycomb. sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. —Prov. 16-24. * * • Fair words gladden so many a heart. —Longfellow.