Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 259, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1925 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times FOY W. HOWARD, President. (PELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard NeWspaper Allienee • • • Client of the United Press and the NBA Service * • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * * • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. * * * PHONE—MA in 8500.

I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and "prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.—l kings 10:7. The teUiple of fame stands upon the grave; the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.— Hazlitt. KEEP YOUR YACHT, MR. COOLIDGE IpIRESIDENT COOLIDGE, it is reported, is about to abanSUvSI don the presidential yacht Mayflower, because it costs so much to keep it up. The cost is, roughly, half a million dollars a year. We hope the President won’t do it. The chief executive of the richest country on earth certainly should hayg a yacht at his disposal for whatever uses lie cares to make of it. Hl has little enough privacy as it is, and if sometimes he can escape politicians, diplomats, Senators and job-seekers, and have a few hours with Mrs. Coolidge and some of his friends, taxpayers won’t complain of the cost. The Mayflower is manned by naval officers and men. And whether they serve on that or- on some other vessel, it is much the Same; they have to be paid anyhow. The expense of keeping the yacht is more apparent than real. ' A President gets little enough fun out of life as it is. Secret service men follow him about, he is the center of attention wherever he goes, and every word he utters is listened to attentively. He lives in a glass house. Keep your yacht, Mr. Coolidge.

HAIL THE WOMAN! fVI NEWS ITEM from darkest India tells of the appointment l/*l of two Indian women, one in the city of Madras, and the other in Mangalore, to the office of honorable presidency magistrate, a high position in the India judiciary. Which is singularly interesting to American feminists in view of their recent unsuccessful campaign for appointment of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney at Washington, to the Federal branch in California. We boast of our magnanimous treatment of the gentler sex in this country. How fare they in other lands? Three Swiss women have just been appointed, by the Council of State at Geneva, to serve on the administrative commissions of the Maternity Hospital, the Imbecile Asylum and for Protection of Minors. In Czechoslovakia women have full political equality and, in divorce and control of children, social equality also. Polish women hi ve won the right of legal individuality after marriage. In Scandinavian countries municipal authorities have decided to call in a woman advisor before granting any building permit, because they feel a practical housewife can best tell how a building* should be constructed. A woman has been named private secretary to Premier Baldwin of Great Britain, an important and confidential post. The cities of Calcutta and Bombay each have a woman councillor appointed by the military governor. Mohammedan women in Bagdad have formed a woman’s club and are agitating for abolition of the veil. The Japanese Diet is considering a measure which would permit women to represent constituencies in municipal councils. A hank financed and staffed by women has been organized in China to promote employment of Chinese women and encourage them in saving money. The Danish Parliament is considering a bill to permit ordination of women to the priesthood. Hawaii has elected the first woman, Mrs. Rosalie Kaliinoi, to the territorial legislature. \ The Chamber of Deputies in Rio De Janeiro is expected to act favorably on a bill making women eligible for all public offices, including the presidency. The University of Berlin has just appointed its first woman physician to the teaching staff. Two women members sit in the Durban city council, South Africa. Thirty-two women are serving in the German Reichstag, whereas in our own Congress only two women will sit next year. Woman a chattel? Wake up, Mr. Man; she is coming into her own—everywhere.

* **r I ■ Margaret Sings That She Has a Nice Morris Chair hut No One to Put in It

BY WAL.Th.xi D. HICKMAN . „ HAT is furniture, especially a \*/ Morris chair, in a narlor . J when the fdmlnine owner hasn’t to put ih it. That’s the complaint that* the singing Margaret l,ung cries about In her new Brunswick record, “I Ain’t Got Nobody to Lovti.” The singer allows to the tune of Jassy syncopation that people think that she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth but contends that "the thing I never had is the thing that I want most. “I have * ooinfw Morris gchaJr, bought it myself, but what can I do when I haven’t any one to love?” asks the troubled Margaret in the new song. She even admits that she has a radio on which she can get Australia but she can’t land a man. Here is one of the troubled mamma songs that is now the popular craze. It doesn’t make good music better but it does meet the demand of the hour. On the other side of the record is "Nobody Knows What a Red Head Mama Can Do.” The lyric proves to my satisfaction that the song writer knew something about women. / Here are tw<*> "mama” songs that are not flagrant and ard in as good taste as this brand of entertainment can be. It will increase the voguu of Miss Toung. I He St.jhb Car Play Putting red Hot steam Into a harmonica is Jujt what Ben Kaasover does nothing o’se but in anew Okeh reoord called, "Hot Sure Can Play a, Harmonica.” I tmjyM/ have heard the remark t-hgt

certain people have hot lips, well, Kassover knows how to breathe steam right into the ‘‘soul” of a harmonica. Here is a novelty that is a peach.

Tom Sims Says In Cedar. Rapids, lowa, a mother and her daughter eloped and were

married on the same day, this being a sign of, spring. A Wykoff (N. J.) couple have been married |75 years. If 1 you think this Is easy to do Jusfc try it yourself. In New York a prominent minister has resigned. Quit the church. But he may not go where aome think he should.

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Congress has adjourned. Heft a lot of bills. Wish we could adjourn and leave our bills. Postmen are making more money now, but not enough to hurry through .u/iix walking so they can play golf. Being good at argument has one disadvantage. You prove to yourself the other fellow is wrong, even when he Is right. , (Copyright. 11126,, NBA. Service, Inc.)

NEW BALANCE OF POWER IS FORMED IN UNITED STATES SENATE

Division in Upper House Fails to Follow Party Lines. Times Washinaton Bureau. IStI New York Avenue. rr=-3ASHINOTON, March 11.— \)y Crowded together on the Re’T publican side of the new Senate there are now fifty-six desks. On the othsr side of the aisle, in a space exactly the same size, there are but forty desks for the Democrats. At the 66 desks there sit 61 Republicans, 1 Farmer-Laborite, and 4 erstwhile Republicans who have been read out of the party. At the 40 deeks there sit' 40 tnen who all class themselves as Democrats, though their views range from extreme liberalism to equally extreme conservatism. Though the broad center aisle separating the Republicans from the Democrats is supposed to be a definite line of demarcation, it has already become clear that it will be no such thing during the Sixty-Ninth Congress. Control in Majority The control will lie, it is tr;e, on the side with the desks, but not with the “regular” Republicans who sit at some forty-two of these desks. The real power is in the hands of a group of twelve men who do not recognise the stings of party* w’hips but who vote according to their own judgment. hTe very first vote of importance taken during the present session of the Sixty-Ninth Congress revealed the strength of these men. They were the Senators who made It possible to open the doors to the public during the discussion of the merits arid demerits of Charles B. Warren. pending his confirmation as Attorney General. With one exception, all Democrats present during the vote on this question, voted to open the doors. They mustered thirty-three votes. The occupants of seats on the Republican side supplied thirteen additional votes. The final result was fortysix votes in favor of an open session against thirty-nine votes for closed doors. / Ejected From Party Senators Borah, Brookhart, Capper, Couzens, Frazier, Howell, Johnson. McLean. iAdd, McMaster. MeNary. Norris and Shipstead voted with the Democrats. Os those men. Borah. Couzens, Howell, Johnson, McLean, Capper. McMaster. MeNary and Norris are Republicans in gcod standing, more or less. Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier have been ejected from the party and Ships lead is the Senate’s lone Farmer-Laborite. Senators Connecticut, and Capper, Kansas, are slightly out of place In this alignment, but the others of this group, ♦ogether with Ixi Follette, who was absent, may be counted on to give the Republican leaders plenty of trouble. For this little group, made up of Progressives and so-called “mild” progressives, who sit scattered about in the Republican section of the Senate, have the ultimate control of that body In their hard*. They constitute the new Senate’s balance of power. Home Grown By HAL. COCHRAN Though a little square plot Is th< best that you’ve got, you still can grow food for your table. So get out the hoe and the shovel; let’s go! And garden the best that we’re able. Just don your old clothes, for the av’rage man knows that the dirt And the dust soon will fly. It’s almost like play when you <lig In the clay, making beds for the seeds you will buy. Whatever man plants, there is always a chance that he’ll have better luck than expected. It pays you to stick to your task, for the kick that you’ll get whfen what grows is collected. There’s something that’s real, at the evening time tneal, when you dine of the things that you’ve grown. They’re better, by far, than the 1 store-bought things are, if the truth of the matter were known.

It has harmony and common sense lyrics. Sort of character-llke, you know. The story is told in pleasing melody by Billy Jones. Harry Reser supplies what is needed of guitar music. • On the other side on this Okeh record you will find Billy Jones and Ernest Hare singing "On My Ukulele," with Harry Reser teasing a uke in pleasing relief. Get Ready for These Have Just received prior to release the first Brunswick reoord of Edith Mason, prirna donna of the Chicago Civic Grand Opera Company. It is unethical for me to discuss her until the release day, but I am glad that she is recording. Marvelous voice, you know. I like to get letters from readers of this department asking me to get bold of certain records. Have Just made arrangements to get for review some new requested Odeona. They are as follows: Odeon Symphony Orchestra playing “Gotterdammerung” (“Siegfried’s BMneral March, Parts I and lip Emmy Bettendorf soprano, singing "Santa’s Ballad"; Richard Tauber, tenor, singing Grieg’s “Ein Traum,” and Hildach’a "Der Benz.” -I- -l- + Indianapolis today offer: Frandne Larrlroore in "Parasites” at the Murat,* Roy Cummings at Keith’s, Patton and Marks at the Lyric, "A Dan,:ing Honeymoon” at the Palaoe, "Dixie Handicap” at the Apollo, "Learning to Love” at the Circle, a fine musical presentation f-nd "Falome of the > Tenements’* at the Ohio, and "feet Be Buck” at the

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

INDIANA LIMESTONE f OLD BUT RUGGED Hr— —l 8. BRIGHTLY, technical director of. the Indiana I* Quarrymen's Association, declared at the Y. M. C. A. the other night that Indiana limestone —the oldest in the world—is best for building purposes.

Its age is estimated 'at 18,000,000 years. Which is a ripe bid age, considering it never submitted to a gland operation or other rejuvenating process. It may not be as old as claimed —vital statistics were notoriously kept kept in early days. However,* it

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long ago ceased to celebrate-ffiirthdays. Nevertheless, despite its venerableness, Indiana limestone enjoys robust health and earns its own living. From the quarries of the State ten million cubic feet of stone are are shipped annually. Sixty per cent of the building stone used In the country is Hooaier bom and bred—without which courthouses and public edifice® could not flower so luxuriatnly hither and yon. • Building materials come and go. Sun-dried brick, cement, steel, tarpaper and first mortgages, all have their uses in construction, but steadily Indiana limestone holds its pte.ee and popularity. Probably no other industry has made this State more widely and favorably known than Its stone quarries. Indiana limestone may never get Into the Hall of fame, but certainly the hall of fame will be built of It. It Is an enduring contribution to civilization. WHEN ARE~ SAVINGS SAFE? Ks— IARL WAGENSREITER of South Bend drew J 3.50 \___J eight years' savings—from the bank the other day. He was anxious about Its safety. He hid the money in a trunk at home. Two -hours later when he returned from a walk it was gone. No clews. In his anxiety to protect his painfully accumulated treasure he spilled the beans. So common and universal have banks beeoipe it is hard to realize this country's first savings bank was established only a little over fcne hundred years ago. Prior to that keeping savings was a serious problem to the frugal and thrifty. The old woolen sock, the cracked teapot, the cornshuck mattress, all served as family depositories. There are yet people who are :e----luctant to trust other devices. The frequency with which these private hoards are now rifled sug-

‘Everyman ’ in a Church

Wrapped in the impressive dignity and sincerity of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of which Dr. Lewis Brown is pastor. “Everyman," a morality play aged with years, was presented Tuesday night, at St. Paul's by the Little Theatre Society. Under the dim glow of candles In the auditorium where people gather for worship and with two or threeelectric lights playing upon the characters of the play, “Everyman” became an impressive Lenten sermon. Dr. Brown members of the church board and of the congregation deserve a sincere hppreciation for joining hands with & dramatic society in presenting thfe best of ;he ancient Vnorality plays. Such dramas practically originated in the minds of the clergy of ancient date. It was fitting and proper that this dramatic sermon should be enacted In sacred territory. It was the most Imp*esalve ceremony I have witnessed for many months. A hush was over the vast congregation as the jburney of Everyman after being summoned by Dethe for an accounting, goes to his grave, accompanied only by Good Deeds, was depicted. The achievement of the Little Theatre Society as well as Dr. Brown In cooperating with'the mission of the play, will stand for months to come as an impressive lesson. The Lenten spirit of both the season and the place of presentation was not violated. The presentation of a play because of its especial significance of the Lenten season, is unique in the history of the church in this city, as well as this country. Mrs. Eugene Fife read the dramatic lines of Everyman with respect to its lyrical beauty as well as its xr. a saage. On the professional we would declare her reading of the pari to be a dramatic accomplishment. She caught the spirit of the ancient wisdom of the role and beaut) Hod it with the modern .mechanics of acting. Interest also centered upon the work of Mrs. T,l Ilian Hamilton as Good Deedsa and Herman Ernest as Goodes. The entire cast aided in making "Everyman” the most impressive presentation that I have ever seen the Little Theatre offer. . The singing of the church choir and organ music played by Clarence Carson, the church organist, aided in maxing the evening one to be long remembered. . , George Somnes. director of the Little Theatre, In rraaenUng “Everyman” in the satisfactory manner as given last night, has done more to prove the real value f this society to the community than anything U has done in the vast. Again, "Everyman” was the most impressive thing I have seen in months.—(Reviewed by Walter D.

gests that the world Is getting worse or that before invention of banks the thrifty must have had a gaudy time watching their savings. Even now, with banks, chromesteel vaults, burglar alarms and bonded employes, disaster sometimes overtakes savings deposited therein. Glittering stock certificates spawned by a Hawkins Mortgage Company or of similar parentage may feed upon them. But probably—except for the spiritual treasure laid up where moths do not corrupt nor thieves break In—savings will be safest In banks. WOMEN FORM LEGISLATORS’ CLUB mUST before the SeventyFourth General Assembly sank turbulently into its grave there was organized the Women Legislators' Club. Women who have served ip the Indiana Legislature comprise 'the membership. The Exposition building or the mayor’s p-ojected coliseum won’t be necessary to hold the organization's first convention, The entire club could assemble comfort- , ably In a well-known light sedan. There are only four members—and no more will be eligible for two years at least. There are just enough club offices to go around. Absence of disappointed privates should be conducive to harmony. Naturally, women who Mazed the way for their sex in legislative halls desire to perpetuate memory of their service by a formal association. Why not? If two men ride the same hobby, wear the same brand of underwear or have anything else in common, they immediately organize a club, and hold a convention. And women likewise, only more so. That is the great American diversion. One not a member of some trade, business, professional, social or cultural association is rare. He is properly regarded with suspicion by his neighbors. Probably all these organizations serve useful or ornamental purposes in, contemporary society, but as a result of them America is being organized within an inch of its life. Perhaps, eventually, It will be clubbed to death. A RADIO SLOGAN WANTED SHE Broadcast Listeners’ Association of Indianapolis seeks a distinctive slogan, for use by local announcers, whereby, the city may become known to the radio world by some other name than just “Indianapolis, Ind.” The city now rides the air with three broadcasting stations and radio waves from here Jiggle the eardrums of listeners from coast to coast. Maybe an appropriate phrase coupled with the name would help to Identify the city to listeners and be good advertising. But “Indianapolis” is in itself a distinctive label. Without any embellishment It identififies this city. Except for a wide place in the road In lowa —population 120—no other town in America has this voluptuous appellation. So there can be no confusion as to what city is designated when a local radio announcer uncoils the name before the microphone. We live by slogans, fight ware with them, advertise everything from garters to automobiles with them. It's a national habit. It isn’t surprising that nightly the air is worn out with such announcements as: "This is station XT 7. of Podunk, the city of magnificent debts.” However, it isn't the slogan but the program for which radio fans tune in. If programs of local broadcasting stations are good the city will achieve radio fame no matter how the announcer designates It.

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GOOD OLD DAYS

By M. E. TRACY mHERE never a time when age didn't dream of its youth. There never was a generation in which grandfathers didn’t sit children on their knees and say, “Now, when I was a youngster Generally, it is but the loss of illusionment, the fading of hope, the shock of reality, that makes old people wince. Once in a while, however, there comes a condition that can not be explained so glibly. By and large, the world grows better, but not always, or uninterruptedly. The world is subject to moods and movements, some of which drive It backward. Rome was not suefi a comfortable orderly place in which to live 600 years afterward as It was In the time of Augustus. Athens has never been so glorious |is In the age of Pericles. Nine times out of ten, age Is wrong In supposing that the days of Its youth were beet. The tenth tbn It Is right. As children, we look through a rose-tinted mist and the visions we behold are indelibly stamped on our plastic, receptive minds. As children, we are carefree and protected from the rough knocks of life. As children, we are the objects of kindness and indulgence. As children, we are in no position to measure the drudgery and responsibility of life. That is why the memories of childhood are so generally pleasant

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and cause age to imagine that It has come to dwell in a harder, harsher world. But wisdom, as well as disappointmeht, is born of experience, and .sometimes age speaks with the voice of prophecy. **• The exuberance of yputh is quite as untrustworthy as is the drivel of declining years. Twice in the course of natural life we are helpless—onoe when we are very young, once wher we are very old. In our prime we bear the burden. In our. prime we are probably beet qualified to judge and compare conditions. When men in their prime begin to doubt whether things are growing better, the maxims of age should be heeded and the gush of youth set aside as folly. Accident Costs Right Bv Times Rvecial NOBLESVTLLE. Ind., March 11.— John De Hart, grocer ( was blind In one eye today as result of an auto accident near Anderson. The auto In which he riding struck a guy wire. The wire struck him in the face, splitting the eyeball. Memorial on Sunday Bv Times Bvecial SHELBYVILLE. Ind., March 11. —Thomas F. Chaffee, G. A. R. commander here, has announced Memorial day services will be held Sunday, May 31, Instead of May 30, due to the speedway races at Indianapolis.

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Ask The Times You can grt an annwor to any question of tact or Information by writing to The Indiananolia Times Washington Bureau. 132a New York Ave., Washington. D. C„ Inclosing 2 ‘-ents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research bo undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All Liters aro confliLntiai—Editor. What is the tallest building in Europe, excepting the Elfel tower in laris? The Cathedral at Cologne. It la 612 feet high. Is Carrie Nation dead? She died In 1911. Where did the umbrella originate? It had Its origin in the far eastern countries many centuries ago and was (and in • some places still la) looked upon as a symbol of royalty. Umbrellas were not used ift Europe until the early part of the eighteenth century. # . j Is there any word used to de- . note the killing of a stster? Sororicide is sometimes used. Thla, however, is not a technical term In law. The technical term Is “fratricide,” which refers to the killing of either a brother or sister. -—I— By whom are the call letters of radio transmitting stations given? The Government assigns call letters at the time the station license is granted. I The Department of Commerce has charge of this work. What Is a tear? A drop of the saline liquid secreted by the lacrimal gland. When and where did the Jack Johnson-Jess Willard fight occur? April 6, 1916, at Havana, Cuba.