Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 293, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1925 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F BRUNER, Editor. WM - A - MAYBORN. Bus. Mgr. Member of the Kcrlpps-Hownrfl Newspaper Alliance • • • Olleut of * the United Press snd the NBA Service * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published rlnllv 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 3500.

He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. —Rom. 12:8. If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds.— Joubert.

Not Two Straws! O NIT ED STATES SOLICITOR GENERAL BECK argupd for an hour Friday afternoon before the United States Supreme Court to sustain the Government’s contention that newspapers which had printed *he list of income tax payments were subject to punishment. Then in conclusion he remarked to the learned court that, he did not “care two straws* 4 how the case was decided. He just wished to remove from controversy, he said, the question of ivhether the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of the press granted newspapers the right to publish any information which might, be thrown open to public inspection. Without attempting to argue the merits of the case, now that the members of the 1 n:ted States Supreme Court have it in their hands to decide, Beck’s statement does call for comment. It rounds out a remarkable picture. Congress enacts a statute of unmistakable meaning, so far >as Congress is concerned. It is a st at life repugnant to the President and thp Secretary of the Treasury. The latter official undertakes to interfere with the operation of the statute and the Department of .Justice lpnds its aid to. that end. .Suits are filed in several Federal Courts against newspapprs which elected to follow' the statute, as they read it, rather than the personal preference of the Secretary of the Treasury, as expressed by luimi elf. This resulted in some newspapers avoiding their public duty and withholding publication of the tax lists. It resulted also in burdening the already overburdened Federal Courts with additional litigation. 'When none of the Federal district judges was able to see any merit whatsoever in the view of the Secretary of the Treasury, this newspaper and many others suggested that it was time to end the farce, and that the United States Supreme Court, at least, shoiild be spared the time and trouble of considering the case. But the Department of Justice continued ponderously to carry through the processes of objection begun bv Secretary Mellon. finally, having said the last word open to it*.. sav on the subject, the Department of Justice, through the Solicitor General, frankly tells the United States Supreme Cqurt that it doesn’t care two straws about the result. What course would have been taken if the Department of Justice had cared that many straws? Would the department have surrounded the proceedings with department detectives, as in the ease against Senator Wheeler under way in Great Falls? Would thp editors of thp Baltimore Post and the Kansas City Journal have been dragged twothirds of the way across the continent for

Mrs. Robinson Crusoe Had Nothing on the Old Man

By Walter D. Hickman | p I ICTION has had a lot to say H I about old man Robinson CruI J soo but they haven’t given much thought to the petticoat edition of the old girl. Not that Robinson wen married because we recall that Robby had his man Friday about. But Rose Macaulay became a jester, a satirist, when she pictured a woman placed in the ‘‘shoes'’ of adventure of old man Crusoe. Such an Idea caused Miss Macaulay to dip her typewriter ribbon In gTeen ink of satire and the result is “Orphan Island." In 1855 Miss Charlotte Smith, one of those nice things from England, started out to oart over on a boat about fifty orphans from Ixmdon to San Franciscb. On the way over the lvoat was wrecked and Mlse Smith, a woman companion and a doctor who was fond of liquor and strong words, together with the orphans, found themselves upon art uninhabited island. Miss Smith became Mrs. Robinson Crusoe in spirit and in fact, because after realizing the urge, the spiritual lonesomeness and a few other things, she married the doctor or thought she did but years after found out that doc had a wife in a civilized clime. Then the ocean sharks made a cafeteria out of Doc end so ended the gentleman. Miss Smith kept right on taking care of the orphans. Some Merry Fun But orphans will grow up, you know, and they marry or don’t, and even have children. Miss Smith, in this virgin island, made, herself queen of the island because the dear old soul felt that she was entitled to hove all the land. And then the fun starts. The old soul discovered for seventy years that even orphans when they grow up and multiply that some become "Smiths,” high-class society of the island because they come from the Smith side of the fence and others are just orphans, no class at all. For years and years, tills old Lady Crusoe remained the spiritual and legal head of the Island which was never touched hy Blit one day, sever&y years dAr the orphams

trial, as in the second cas4 against the same Senator? Perhaps the newspaper publishers should be glad the Government cared so little and that they w r ere subjected only 1o the annoyance of being haled into court and the expense of employing counsel to point out the law to the Department of Justice.

King Boris’ Plight IAVING sown the wind, the Bulgarian government is now reaping the tornado. Red terror stalks through the streets of Sofia, bombs are crashing and a revolution is under way. Bulgaria us made up 90 per cent of farmers—or peasants or agrarians as they call them over there. There is a sprinkling of industrial workers—perhaps 2 or 3 per cent. —while the other handful form the upper crust, the military aristocracy. Up to a year and a half ago a representative of the 90 per cent was in power. Premier Stambulisky was a big, bull-like peasant of a fellow, who, after his own fashion, followed the theory of Abe Lincoln that, a government should he of. by and for the people. With better intent than tact, he frankly told King Boris to observe the rule laid down for all good boys and be seen and not heard. And he told the world and sundry that while Boris might play king if he liked, he. Stambuliskv, would rule. It was not without relief, it may he imagined, that King Boris saw his own set come hack in power. By a well-laid plot the military seized the government of Sofia while Stambulisky was in another part of the country, then surrounded his house and put him to death. \ Since then the handful have ruled the many. They did it only because they had the army on their side. In faet they were the army plus the aristocratic civilians. Every attempt of the peasant majority to regain power was mercilessly put down as a “communist uprising. ’ In 1923 some 10,000 peasants and workers were killed in the “fighting.” Foreign diplomats there at the time described it, however, not as a fight, but ns a massacre. There are precious few bolshevists and communists in Bulgaria, or for that matter anywhere in the Balkans. There are a few, of course, for the situation naturally breeds .them. And what few there are are no.doubt extremists. But the peasants themselves arc a rude lot. and used to the sight of blood. They have had enough of their own spilled, goodness knows, and they will not be any too squeamish if the tables are now turned. The trouble in Bulgaria may be the signal for other revolts in the Balkans. Jugoslavia, to mention just one other nation, has a similar situation within her borders. Croatians, Slavonians, Dalmatians and Moslem minorities really constitute a majority there whose aims at autonomy are frustrated only by trickery and militarist terror at Belgrade. The war which did not make the world safe for lemoeracy did a particularly poor job for the Balkans.

landed, a rescue party of modern English folk arrive. Miss Smith had become old, grand, foolish and a great lover of Island hooch. She thought that she was Queen Victoria or somebody like that. She was a power In the island. But the orphans and the descend ants of orphans began to have free thought. Even the "press.” written In sand each evening on the sands of the shore, had to lie censored. Even the young men of the island were becoming effirr.inate and a lover of gay weeds, skins and the like for clothes. And even some of the orphans and descendants of orphans had free love affairs without being married. Shocking! So Miss Smith put them in "D" class and made them so-

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cial outcasts, even on the island. Miss Smith sobered up sufficiently to attend church on Sundays and she forced all the others to do the same. Rich Satire There are many keen laughs in “Orphan Island” when one reads that these people and their de scendants, cut off from the world for seventy seven years, took on all the vices, follies, pleasures and customs, of European folk. Here is quiet, mental fun, poked at you by an expert. It‘is one of the wisest laughs of the Reason. Here Is fun of a high elder. Not A

li tcrary hokum, but smart satire sat with mental diamonds. At times you may think there Is wicked wit, because It shows up modern society In such an unpleasant way, but I assure you it is gorgeous fun. If vou love mental fun, then read “Oipnan Island,” published by Boni & Liveright, New York. In New York By James W. Bean N' EW YORK. April 21.—This city of all nations often has been referred to as the great melting pot, and the general conception of the term is that all foreigners are eventually simmered down to the essence of Americanism. That may be the eventual condition, but the process is not completed in one generation, nor in two. Here, where each nationality has its own community, that particular nationality finds that the contiguous community is not one of native Americans, but very likely of an other alien race. Thus the people of one colony overspread into another, resulting in a great fusion ami 1 confusion of habits and customs. Were immigration to lie stopped and new blood of the various nations kept out of New York, the population of the city within a few generations would become a heterogeneous mass, anew alloy of the human race. • • • The extent of the Influence of one race on another Is shown In the following dramatic ventures in the foreign colonies: "The Secret Marriage,” a Russian drama, is to be performed In Arabic. "The Dry Goods Peddler,” a Persian musical comedy, is to be presented in Armenian. The Armenians also will present "Quo Vadis” in their native tongue. Greeks will present “Othello" In Greek. , Professor Pupin will direct the production of Georgivitch’s comedy, "Gritcha.” in Serbian. And the Thalia Theater on Bowery presents plays from all languages in Italian throughout the year to an aud'Jnce composed of all races.

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Mrs. Mooney Borrows Much Tea and Eggs; ‘Bat’ Is Still Batty —Magic Man Is Here

By Walter I). Hickman | . 1 LLi of us have the dear next j I door neighbor who Just runs LUJ over to borrow an egg. a slice of bread and a hunk of cheese. While borrowing, said dear neighbor does a lot of talking and much complaining about her pains and poor health. Such a neighbor is one of the human characters iu a little playlet of plain folks under the title of "Three's a Crowd,” by Elaine Sterne. As presented_at Keith's, we meet this week two women who go in for such careful and honest human characterization that this little human commodity jumps to first place on the bill. Mrs. Mooney lived just across the hall, third floor, from Mrs. Meade and her son. Danny. Mrs. Mooney looks like the wrath of Satan, all bleached, topsy and unkept hair, a bad complexion and a kitchen edi tion of the Peggy Hopkins Joyce brand of the ’’give-me's.” Peggy goes in for the expensive "giveme's,” but Mrs. Mooney is satisfied with a hunk of cheese, an egg or two and a cup of tea. unprepared. She gets more that way. To the character of Mrs. Mooney, Nora Ryan brings a legitimate touch which makes the character stand out in a commanding way. although the character is an unpleasant old piece of human driftwood of the hopeless sort. Miss Ryan has that natural, sympathetic something which In the hands of the very few Is accurate '•ealism. And it is that in the hands of this woman. Splendid work, realistic and true. The featured member of the cast is Jean Adair, who knows *he stage very well. She does not overact the role of Mrs. Meade, the mother of Danny, who realizes tiiat when a son marries, the mother of the groom should not move into the hridal flat. She shades the character with some sentimental color which doee not • cheapen the characterization. NoteVorthy work. The remainder of the cast is satisfactory. The stage set helps to tell the story. Grace Kayes sings some of the noisy Jazz songs of the day. minus some of the noisy. Bhe has her In dividual way of developing a song number. The Arnatit Rrothers are doing their same line of acrobatic

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CHASING THE RAINBOW mwo Indianapolis boys--10 and 12 years old—started v Saturday morning for the West, where wild and woolly al ventures are supposed to bloom,

but where men are realtors and women movie actresses. Death Valley, California, anti cowboy jolts were their objectives. Motor policemen found them in a field a mile west </f Ben. Davis studying a road map. They had n't quite reached their and e stinatlon. Death Valley and

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adventure are quite a walk beyond Ben Davis. Instead of bestriding bucking hronrhos and riding with one foot in the stirrup, they ended up with both feet in the detention home. They had about the usual experience of adventure seekers. The pursuit of romance is like chasing the rainbow. Apparently It always lies Just beyond the horizon. In reality, it Is nowhere except In the mind. One seeks It all over the world from the equator' to the pole. He gets his feet covered with blisters, his ears full of sand of the Sahara and eyes full of the northern lights. Then wearied he comes hack to a prosaic. New England or Hoosler village and the big adventure of his life knocks at the hack door or meets him on the way to the postoffice. Life itself Is the great adi venture. A BELATED REWARD GEN. JAMES ALLEN, I B I r( * t,rf,f b a n *tlva Hoosler, L=U has Just been awarded the distinguished service cross for conspicuous heroism, according to announcement by the War Department, It is an honor of which any soldier may be proud. To military men the distinguished service cross betokens professional accomplishment—like the honorary degree of D.D. to a preacher, or a sentence in Atlanta to f bootlegger. In this case the honor was not bestowed with unseemly haste. The special act it recognizes was the cutting of the submarine cables at the entrance to Havana harbor twenty-seven years ago during the Spanish-American War. To humble taxpayers that war Is history, bought and paid for on the installment plan. But apparently the news has just seeped through the War Department that the conflict is over and the gallant .actors should be honored. However, belated recogntion of heroes is characteristic of the Government. Gen. George Rogers Clark, whose conquests made Indiana possible, died a neglected and impoverished old man. The State of Virginia, in whose servise he performed his great deeds, voted him a sword and a microscopic pension in his old age. But he couldn't eat the sword. Asa profession, heroism in the service of State or national is not lucrative. Patriotism hat profit actuates the heroes aWd personal satisfaoljbn Is their reward.

musical stuff. Still pleases although the novelty is worn off. Charles Irwin wonders why he doesn’t go over big. The reason is that his material is not new. The Vivo Duhsk.vs in their acrobatic offering convince one that circus days arc here. Zelaya still plays a wicked piano and slaps jazz music all over the stage. A mighty good showman Is he. The Du Fonts open the show. The Apache Dance, done even in a burlesque or aerobatic way, is no longer a novelty. That Deno and Rochelle know by this time. Their dancing is interesting but lacks novelty. Their orchestra pleases. The two young men dancers do good hoofing. At Keith’s all week. •I- -1- -IIl!T ‘THE BAT* ANYPEACE AM) IT IS A SIRE WINNER Have arrived at the conclusion that “Tho Bat” Is one of the best stock bills available at this time. Have always considered it a gold mine on the legitimate stage when

it was reaping a fortune while on tour. Last night I went to English's to see "The Bat” as presented by the Berkell Players under the stage direction of William V. Hull. As you know "The Bat” is a mysterytrick. Asa road attraction it has l>een seen in this city several times hut Berkell. by paying a mighty high price, secured it for the first stock presentation in this city this week. This play is a stage trick.

Robert St. Clair

The most illogical things happen and it Is up to the actors, the electrician and the director to keep the public fooled from the first shriek of Lizzie Allen, the maid, to the last yell of the frightened girl.'When a company can mystify an audience for more than two solid hours, the result Is satisfactory- The Berkell Players go way beyond the point

NEW SITE FOR BLIND SCHOOL mHE new site for the Indiana School for the Blind lias bedn selected. It is a rfftyuvie tract at College Ave. and Seventy-Fifth St.—part of the Hugh McGowan estate —for which the State pays SOO,OOO. For two years Marlon County was secured for a plot of ground suitable in location, physical features and price. About 300 tracts were considered. Os that number only two were approved by the site commission. One, the Frank Wheeler property, was rejected by Governor Branch because of excessive price. The other, after several months' dickering, has been secured. Probably the site chosen meets all requirements. It is large enough to provide for the institution's future expansion. Transportation facilities are adequate. It is outside the city, but in a rapidly developing residential district, where it is unlikely to awaken some morning to find a packing house or other noisome industry squatting on its doorstep. But though the problem of the new site has been solved, a considerable time must elaise before the blind school can be removed. Until the next session of the Legislature there is available only $l4O- - for erection of buildings at the new location—a sum Inadequate to build an extensive or ornate State Institution. Five years will elapse from the time relocation was determined upon until the school is again established in its own home. Giving away the old blind school grounds was a noble act of generosity. However, it has proved troublesomd. State institutions can't be moved instantaneously. They can’t just put on their hats and walk out. So in locating and relocating them future needs should be given equal consideration with present expediency. HOW COMMON IS HONESTY? , ——-IILLIAM FORTUNE, prest YY/ dent of the Indianapolis * * , chapter of the Red Crows, recently received a letter from Princeton (Ind.) that indicates honesty Is more than a figure of speech. Several years ago the Gibson County Red Cross Chapter sent a check for SSOO to Oakland City College to provide a fund for small temporary loans to needy, ex-eer-vice men receiving vocational training at the school. in four years loans aggregating *12,900 were made to 215 men .from this fund without notes or other security than honor. Each dollar was turned over about five times. Pessimists would say that SSOO loaned on those terms would shrink like a snowball In an Indiana summer. But after four years of such “wildcat” loans threefourths of the original fund was turned back to the Red Cross for tornado relief. Only ten men who were helped failed to repay. Which Indicates that about ninety-five per cent of the people are honest., Derhaps Diogenes, as popularly supposed, tottered through the streets of Athens with a lantern, searching for an honest man. If 8n he was moved more by lndigestlon than moral facts. Honest men are not hard to find. Only cases of conspicuous dishonesty are sufficiently uncommon to attract public notice.

this week of just giving value received for a ticket. They add much more in real entertainment to ever}/ ticket sold. To my way of thinking, it is the most satisfying all-around buy that Berkell has given this city in his three years here. In the first place, William Hull, director, has given more thought to stage lights. His tendency has been this season to play too much light on the scenes. To do that this week would spell ruin. The lights are being handled splendidly this week for “The Bat." Lights must be right or "The Bat” will be wrong. And don't forget it that' the electrician, although not seen, is a mighty important factor in the proceedings this week. There are three “fat” parts in "The Bat”: Lizzie Allen, the hysterical maid, as played by lhabelle Arnold: Miss Cornelia Van Gorder. tlie center of all the mystery, as played by Mary Hill. and. Anderson, a detective, as played by Milton Byron. Tho acting honors this week go easily lo Miss Hill as Miss Van Gorder. Through all the noise and mystery she sails on and on until the mystery is solved. Even when this play was on its road tour the casting director would not have been in error to have had Miss Hill in orfh of his companies. Idabelle Arnold finds it easy toi convulse the audience. The part Is i there in the first place. Byron has I his part well In hand and does the right thing to get certain needed results. Others in the cast ineludue Larry Sullivan, Bob Kay. Kdythe Ellioti, A1 C. Wilson, William V. Hull, Robert St. Clair (much improved this week’ and Tommy Evans. "The Bat" remains on view all week at English's. /+ + + DANCE REVUE HAS MERIT AT THE LYRIC .7 Francis Haney's Revue, an unusually good dancing turn, is heading a tine bill af the Lyric this week. Haney, an Indianapolis man, knows how to stage a dancing revue and make each number stand out as a distinct part of his program. There are five people in the act. Miss Hazel! Stewart ami the four “Johnnies.” Each is a specialty dancer of ability. Haney's comedy dance is the high spot of this clever little revue. People who say all magicians are the same should see Chefalo. He is an Italian magician, new to these parts, who has a startling line of illusions. At least two or three of them are entirely new. to me’ at least. Some of the good old favorites are also done in an improved manner. He is the cleverest man I have ever seen with those big steel rings that link together and come apart so mysteriously. The comedy part of the act is not so good. Incidentally, his stage settings are unique and beautiful. If you like the best in magic you should not miss Chefalo. Freeman and Morton are the goods In the comedy song line. These two men have a line of exclusive material and a showmanlike method of delivering it. Among the besf in their line of work. O’Brien

More on Christian Science Controversy

To the Editor of The Times: min-1 members and officers of the church founded by Mary Baker Eddy, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Roeton, and Its branches, have no desire for controversy with anybody, and we especially prefer to avoid controversy with the persons who were members of this Church, hut who have formed a different organization. In no instance would there be any controversy between them and us if they would carry on their own work and refrain from misrepresentation and molestation. In spite of this attitude on our part, they have now twice made use of your columns for a purpose which we must regard as both agggresslve and unjust. There Is positively no basis In faot for the claim made In your columns by the persons In question that they are acting In accordance with an intention expressed by Mrs.

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Stage Verdict Keith’s—The human viewpoint and understanding of realism in acting of Jean Adair and Nora Ryan in "Throe's a Crowd,” a sketch, makes this offer a; the easy merit winner of the current bill. English’s—As a siock bill "The Bat” is a gold mine. Being well presented bv tlie Berkell Players I his week. In fact, it is a triumph. Lyric—A good all around bill with J. Francis Haney’s Revue and Chefalo. an unusual magician, (he outstanding ads. Capitol—-Another Daley produced musical show. Billy “Bozo” Mack the favorite.

and Josephine offer a line of comedy and a song or two. The woman gives a clever imitation of a laughing cornet. Giuliano Trio offers a routine of songs. This act is very badly arranged and thereby loses what effectiveness it might have had before a vaudeville audience. The Me Banna open the show with a firstclass exhibition of juggling. Earneraldo and Webb pound a lot of mol od.v out of theif marimbaphono. Comedies, a Sportlight and a news reel are the rnovles. At the Lyric all week. (By Observer.) •I- -I- I* LENA DALEY IN SECOND WEEK HERE For the second week of the summer season at the Capitol the Daley

company is presenting a little different style of show. This one has a plot—very thin, to be sure, but a plot nevertheless. It concerns the “Bozo,” Billy Mack, being mistaken for the king of somewhere or other. Gives Mack a good opportunity. Incidentally "Bozo” is no longer a silent comedian. He spends a good part of the time

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in this show singing about his recently deceased monkey. His danoing specialty Is the hit of this week’s bill. Daley exhibits some more of her bizarre costumes and leads a couple of the musical numbers. Believe her audiences would like to see her do a little more. The remainder of the cast, some of them new this week, includes Lew Denny, Arthur Harrison. Dorolh-y Alexander, Tommy Seymour and one or two others besides the chorus. The costumes and scenery are right up to snufT. At the Capitol all week. (Bv Observer.) -I- -I- -IOther theaters today offer: Priscilla Dean In person and on the screen In "A Case In Cairo” at the Circle; “Being Respectable” at the Apollo: "A Kiss In the Dark” at the Ohio: "The Last Laugh" at the Colonial and “Gold and the Girl” at the Tsls.

Eddy that her Church should he dissolved when she passed on. She never said or wrote anything that could he reasonably construed as evincing such an intention. On the contrary, she founded her Church as a permanent institution, gave it a constitution of this character (its deed of trust and by laws), and she made her last will to consist chiefly of clauses establishing permanent trusts to be administered by the directors of her Church. Quotes Bj'-law The by-law cited In your columns as evidence of Mrs, Eddy’s alleged Intention that her church should be dissolved when she passed on reads as follows: "A member who Is found violating any of the bylaws or rules herein set forth shall be admonished In consonance with the Scriptural demand In Matthew, 18:15-17, and If he neglect to accept such admonition he shall be placed

dent Washington, with Masonic ceremonies. The north wing was finished in 1800, and the Government, which came from Philadelphia, took possession in October of that year. ‘ What is the content of a whole hen's egg? Refuse (shell). 11.2 per cent; Water. 65.5 per cent; ‘protein, 11.9 per cent; fat, 9.3 per cent, and ash, 0.9 per cent. How many miles of railroad are there In Alaska, and what are the two longest lines? There are 466 miles of railroad in Alaska, the longest strips being from Cordova to Kennicott, 195 miles, and the Alaska Northern, from Seward to Fairbanks, 72 miles.

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TUESDAY. APRTL 21, 1925

Tom Sims Says Coolidge shook hands with 1.420 in less than half an hour, which is what comes from milking cows when young. FMve were fined in New Jersey for bull fighting, so Vie careful where you hold your picnics. They are padlocking bootleg joints in New York, so now a man must

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the automobiles, the population of the United States has Increased 8.000,000 since IH2O. Tom Mix, movie star, rode a pony through London, so now they will think all Americans ride ponies. Philadelphia has 100 public libraries; so she must have about a million picture shows. In a I/ondon court, one wife was vaJued at $25, another at SIOO,OOO, and we’ll bet the SIOO,OOO wife couldn’t cook. The Rockefeller Foundation Is fighting the hookworm. In other words, it’s bookworm against hookworm. Chicago Judge decides golf Is no grounds for divorce, but even Judgeo may make mistakes. And, in Chicago, a. woman, 73, petted her husband, 73. with an ax. (Copyright. 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Want Ads By Hal Oochran VERY day plans are laid for a dicker or trade and it seems What we have we will swap and to come out on top in the trading we do is our aim. In the want ads you’ll find things of every old kind, from the sensible down to the strange. The owners don’t need ’em and so they will lead ’em to market for open exchange. An old baby cal) Is put on the slab for the buyer who’s willing to pay. Their trade wish is keen, 'cause a sewing machine Is the thing they are needing today. The first summer weather makes folks get together the things that are Jylng around. Their aim is to trade ’em. They feel that It’s paid ’em as soon as a trader Is found. We all have in stock things we’ll put on the block, if through, we are willing-to loose ’em. Why hang to the things, that no benefit brings, when there's somebod yelse who can use ’em?

on probation, or If he repeat the of sense his name shall he dropped from the roll of church membership.” (Church Manual, Article XI, Section 2). The former members of our church who have had the courtesy of your columns claim that the foregoing bylaw requires the directors of our church to expel all of Its members and then expel themselves and thus destroy the church, because certain other by-laws, if construed literally, call for Mrs. Eddy's personal approval of certain administrative acts to be done by the directors In the ordinary course of their work. I submit to the fair-minded readers of The Times that this claim is both Inherently self-oontradlctory and contradictory of the by-law to which It refer*. As to * r LesuVnV* As pertinent to the claim now made by the persons In question, It Is to be observed that the one who Is called ‘Header" withdrew from our Church before Mrs. Eddy passed on. As for the one who Is called "deputy leader,” he acted as a Director of our Churoh for over eight years after Mrs. Eddy passed on and until he was removed from office. Moreover, he continued to he a member of our Church for a further period of over four years, during which time he made publlo protestations of fidelity to what he then described as "our beloved Mother Church.” In tl ese circumstances I submit that the claim In question, the claim that Mrs. Eddy Intended that her Church should be dissolved when she passed on, constitutes an attempted imposition on the public: it involves a grave injustice to Mrs. Eddy: and it is being used for the purpose of aggression and attempted destruction. CLIFFORD P. SMITH. Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Boston. Mass.

carry a key as well as a corkscrew. Thousands of desks through out the land have feet on l hem now for tho first time in several months. Golfers’ lock ers were robbed at (he country club In Wilmington. Del., thirst being an awful thing. In spite of all