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Blessed are th-2 pure in heart; for they shall see God.—Matt. 5:3-12. Keep thy heart twth all diligence, for out nf it are* the issues of life.—Bible. Bone-Dry ENDIAN A now has gone to the extreme in prohibition laws. If there is any future movement it must he in the direction of more moisture. Certainly we can not approach much nearer to legal aridity. Under the new law, it is dangerous even to think about taking a drink. It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment to accept. one. This new law should go a long way toward determining the question of whether prohibition really can prohibit. 1* is much more stringent than the Federal laws or any law of its kind ever before enacted in Indiana. Apparently there are few legal loopholes for the thirsty citizen or for the bootlegger. Under the Wright bill the whole problem •teems to have simmered down to the question of getting the evidence and presenting it in court. How thoroughly this law will he enforced or can be enforced is hard to tell. Complete enforcement and the consequent disappearance of the stuff that cheers is more than can he expected. The immediate result probably will he an increase in the price of hooch and feverish activity on the part, of owners of private stock in disposing of their wet goods. The Pound Lesson j rj-H HE dramatic, story of British currency has Ia I just reached its climax, thrilling to economists, hankers and students if not to the world in general. British money is now back on a gold basis. And, as forecast hv this paper some weeks ago, the pound sterling today is everywhere at par for the first time since the war when so many monies went tumbling. Chancellor Winston Churchill had every reason to feel proud when the other day he stood hefore a crowded Parliament and told his hearers the story of reduced taxes, bal-

What Sort of a Man Is Hindenburg?

By William Philip Simms L _ 3 HAT sort of a citizen—not solrVY/l dier, for everybody knows ( | that —but what sort of a civilian is Field Marshal von Hlndenburg, now about to take his seat as president of Germany? To get the answer I pored for hours over his own story—his autobiography written after the World War and entitled “Out of My Life.” • • • ®ORN in Posen in 1847, his father was a lieutenant, his mother tlie daughter of a sur-geon-general of the army. When !1 years old he entered a Prussian Protestant "gymnasium," !o prepare him for the cadet academy at ahlstatt, which he entered at the age of 11. • • • UjSC't HAT I should be a soldier, ’* I he says, "was not the reL 1 J suit of a special decision. It was a matter of course. Whenever I had to choose a profession, In boys’ games or even in thought, it had always been the military profession.” Hindenburg was a physical weaklings as a small child, hut his mili-tary-training made a man of him. In time he became a model pupil and was sent to the cadet school In Berlin "where I was at last able to have a glimpse of my all gracious sovereign, William I.” • • • —ls not the one human thing . —in all Hindenburg’s life was his great love for his mother and father. "My parents,” he says, "gave me the best things that parents can give —a confident belief in our Ivord God and a boundless love for our Fatherland and —what they regarded as the prop and pillar of that Fatherland —our Prussian Royal House.” • • * INDENBUROS greatest H thrills as a boy came when ___J glimpsed members of the Prussian royal house, or saw captured guns on their way back from Denmark. He was "all Impatience” at the time for the day to come when he. too, could enter the army and go to war. Did yoti ever "lose yourself” at a movie, or In a book, so that you sort of felt that no matter what the dashing bandit-hero did It was perfectly all right—no matter what? Well, reading Hlndenburgs story you suddenly realize, with a shock, that war is just about the most natural thing in the world—just a job, or task to be done, like sweeping off the sidewalk or something. For instance Hindenburg's first active service came In 1866 In the war between Prussia and Austria. He naively admits there was n“i. the slightest “national animosity against Austria.” Quite the contrary. They liked Austria and the Austrians. Only Prussia realized that “within tlie framework of tlie union as then constituted there was no room for I lie two great powers to develop side by side.” So, naturally enough, “one of the two had to give way.” \s Austria wouldn’t "give way” ' n Berlin asked her to, why "the

anced budgets and sound finances. It took backbone of an exceptional sort, both national arid individual, to go through with the program of almost confiscatory taxation put into force following the war. But the British had It. So today they are merely reaping the reward of sacrifices made. Orta in ot her nations of Europe have not been so wise, nor so Spartan. The result is they are almost over their heads in the rising tide of debts, interest payments and general financial worries—not to say dangers. The story of Britain’s financial comeback contains a mighty good lesson for all such. Communism FTyTI K read a great deal nowadays about comI ** | munists and communism. Do you know there is a bust of one of the greatest communists who ever lived, in front of the south entrance of the Statehouse? Do you knew that this communist once served in the Indiana Legislature and that he distinguished himself in Hoosier affairs? Do you know that he later was a member of Congress from Indiana? The man.referred to is Robebrt Dale Owen. He is remembered hv the present generation chiefly because he was; a communist. Robert Dale Owen, a peace loving man, came from Scotland to Indiana in 18’Jii and established a communist colony at New Harmony. The colony, as a communistic enterprise, failed. Owen went back to Europe, but later returned to America, became a citizen and entered Hoosier politics. Now, when we read of communists and communism we think almost, invariably of violence, of seizure of public property and all the other things that have gone with revolutionary movements in Europe since the war. Communism, as such, has nothing to do with violence. The present generally accepted meaning of the word has been brought about simply by association. Webster’s New International Dictionary gives this definition of communism: “Any theory or system of social organization involving common ownership of the agents of production and some approach to equality in the distribution of the products of industry.”

I guns had to speak." That’s all there was to it. i>o Bohemia was smeared with blood—in a friendly little war to decide whether Prussia or Austria should ride In front In the saddle. • • • OLL through the book runs a strain of war glorification, nf "the holy lust for battle,” and of the "holy ardor" which always seized him as the battles raged. And with this is an accompaniment of deification of "my Falser, king and master, William II" or his imperial forbears. And to his "Kal ser, king and master, William II," he still refers an "my present allhighest war lord.” Little or nothing hn-s Hindenburg to say of dvlo virtues aside from their relation to the army. He speaks quite naturally of cities being "assigned” to army corps for quarters, not of army corps being assigned to cities. Plain dtizens have no place in his book. The aristocratic, officer class of Prussia Is everything and to mingle with, or even the nobility is deemed a, privilege and honor never to be for gotten.

Hindenburg Bolshevism is a disease. • • * The French are too vivacious. • • • The army is the finest school for will and action. • • * I was taught to judge and value men by their lives and work. • • • The Trusslan uniform will be the garb of honor to me as long as my life lasts. • • * The German soldier is great not because he Bays "I must,” but because he says "I can.” • • • Throughout my life and conduct my criterion has been, not the approval of the world, but my Inward convictions, duty and conscience. • • • I held the classic world in high honor, I sought my youthful heroes among my own countrymen. * * * Roman history hold me In its grip. . . . Rone’s ruthless selfishness which doomed no method of dealing w'th friends or foe where her own Interests were concerned: her virtuous indignation, skillfully staged, whenever her enemies paid her back in her own coin—all this, 1 was to learn later, found its mirror and perfection in British statesmanship which succeeded in developing all these aspects of the diplomatic ait to the highest pitch of refinement and and uAidty.

(■' 1 0 we arrive at the answer to W our question. 1 I All in all Hindenburg Is himself a military Implement, a living, breathing Big Bertha: very useful while a war its on. but to be stored away in an arsenal in time of peace. Citizen-civilian Hindenburg? There's no such person. Test Yourself Observation Here Is a test which will show how wide awake you are. Are you In tHe habit of noticing details? Follow these directions and how keen an observer of pictures you are. Although not too much dependence should bo placed on a single test, this will give some indication of your ability. Directions: Below are five pictures, each of which has something mining;. Look carefully and find out what Is missing Draw In the missing part.

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(Answers: 1, umbrella; 2, tracks; 3, tire; 4. shoestring; 5, worm.) (Copyright 19”6, by Science Service. Inc.) (Hub Plans 1 >a\vn Social Plans for r lawn social at the Shelby Branch Library are being made by the Junior Clvlo Club. Ralph Gates was choosen head of the committee to arrange for the social, June 5 6. Bight new members were taken into the club at a recent meeting. Record Graduating Class Hu I tiili 'I I‘i ihx HUNTINGTON, Ind., May I.—Arrangements were completed today for the graduation of one of the largest classes in the history of Huntington College. Forty-nine students will be given dieplomas May 29. ' V . . .* x ,1

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Three Pair of Crutches Does Not Prevent Mabel McKinley From Being Very Happy

By Walter D. Hickman |r-p, HREE pair of crutches does | I not prevent Mabel McKinley l—J from being happy and wonderful. When I entered the dressing room of Miss McKinley, American soprano, at Keith's, I noticed that three pair of differently colored crutches were against the wall. This talented singer has been on crutches since she was a year and a haif old. But crutches did not prevent her from becoming a gifted singer on the vaudeville stage. She has climbed the road leading to .fame on crutch sand she never complained. Mabel McKinley laughed when I

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

MAY DAY ACTIVITIES M'IAY day Is being observed in Indianapolis aa Child Health day. It marks the begin ning of a week's campaign throughout the nation to improve ‘the health of children and spread the gospel of hygiene'. Physicians and school nurses are

conducting free clinics In the schools. Children's wards in the city’s hospitals and shut-in -youngsters in private homes, have been visited and remembered with flowers. All over the country there are similar ac tivtties. Better

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and happier children Is the ruling thought of the day In America. It la r'ho May day in Europe. Workers are demonstrating, socialists rioting and communists are threatening to throw bombs and blow capitalistic governments to pieces. From Gibraltar to the Russian frontier police and sol diers are mobilized to disperse sullen, angry crowds and in every of flclnl circle there Is an air of tense ness. V, For there May day means outrages and tlie I toiling over of the cauldron of class passions and class hatreds. Its advent is dread ed, not welcomed. Something more,than the Atlantic Ocean separates Europe and America. Tlie whole spiritual dlf ferem-e between them is summed up In the manner of observing this day here and abroad. Which sort of May day activity is likely to prove more beneficial to the, world? Ours or theirs?

BOUNTY FOR SCALPS mHE Boone County Bankers' Association. In a recent meeting at Lebanon, voted to give a reward of S6OO to any person killing a bank robber while the miscreant is engaged In an attack on a Boone County l>ank Tne Illinois Senate not long ago passed a bill providing a bounty of SI,OOO for a bank robber alive or dead —and appropriating $60,000 for the bounty fund. Apparently the Legislature expects the State to do a rushing business In rewards. Whenever any predatory beasts become too numerous It Is quite customary to put a bounty on them. The ranks of wolves. Eng llsh sparrows, and horse thieves have been thinned by public botin ties. Perhapo the same measure will reduce the droves of t>ank robbers. Probably where bounties are offered few will be Collected. It is hard for a teller or cashier to think about the reward when gazing Into the business end of a robber’s gun. However, the mere fact that there Is a price on hls head will likely deter any except a hardened bandit. He is always faced with Ihe possibility that some Indiscreet person will take a chance on procuring his scalp. REVOCATION OF LICENSES rpriREDERTCK H. RCHORTEI x I METER, secretary of State, I ..J has revoked for ninety days tlie automobile license of an Indianapolis man convicted of driving while under the Influence of liquor. Tt was the first case of license revocation under the new motor vehicle law. Certainly the action was merited. Reckless and drunken drivers can't be' rendered tame and harmless by judicial frowns and temperance lectures. 'l'lie penalties inflicted on them must pinch until they leave black end blue spots. Os course when the license Is laken up the penalty la really against the car not the driver. Which may be an Injustice, because no automobile is reckless of Its own free will and accord. It is pushed Into breaking traffic rules by the lawless foot and hand of Its operator. Nevertheless in practice the punishment should prove effective. The reckless Individual suffers acutely, when his auto is Interned, for he seldom has a fleet of cars at his disposal. When hls law breaking vehicle Is banished from the highways he goes with It. For years fines and Jail sentences have been plastered on traffic law offenders—without discernible effect on violations or • highway safety Fines are mere incidents and jail sentences, though frequently pronounced are seldom served. Revocation of license, if judiciously applied, is a penalty that will pinch. Ts a reckless driver can’t use his car. he ceases to be a reckless driver and becomes a footsore pedestrian.

spoke of her handicap—"Oh, this is nothing. Just think of the hundreds who are worse than I am." That is the secret of her success —she has never let her affliction become a mental nightmare. Her music and love to make people enjoy good music are the two big things In her life. "I do nos want sympathy when I come on the stage on crutches," she told me. "I have studied for years with Isadore LucJj stone, a great teacher. He gave me the keynote of my taßk on the stage when he told me that the thing T had to do was to make people forget my crutches when singing.” And that Mabel McKinley has

By GAYLORD NELSON

EATING FOR HEALTH mWENTY boys and girls In the nutrition class at Shortridge High School have put on 105 pounds additional weight in eight weeks. One girl the class champion, gained fourteen pounds in four weeks. Some people think Increase in weight is nothing to brag about. To them every additional pound acquired brings a bucket of woe and a gob of tragedy. They are afraid to look a prune In the eye for fear their fig tires will spread out of hounds. However, school health and hygiene authorities view the avoirdupois of the class with pride It demonstrates what can he accomplished by a study of fmd values and a careful balancing of the daily ration. Most people wouldn't know a calorie if they ino_i on the street. Vet the unnoticed, unloved calories, whether hidden in a waffle or a chocolate eclaire, keep the human engine running. If it is to operate at highest efficiency the number must be carefully regulated. A mess of raw, naked calories wouldn't make a toothsome dish. So they are Introduced Info the system Inadvertently In a variety of foods —dressed up with culinary art. When through knowledge of the science of nutrition the proper number is taken in daily, eating for health becomes a fact.

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done She wins her audience because of her voice, her sincerity and her inteligence. A Big World This woman finds the world a very big place. And a happy place. She has been in vaudeville since 1903 with the exception of a few years when she was a church soloist. She does not hesitate to go on long tours, many months at a time. By constant study she keeps on Improving herself. "If a person does not Improve himself each day, just a little bit, then he is slipping,” she told me. President McKinley was an uncle of Miss McKinley. "I was the baby of the family and I was born In Grandma McKinley's home." she said. "When he was president, I often sang at the White House for the President and Mrs. McKinley. I was a child then. "I had Just a few songs in those days and when T had played all of them, the President would whisper to me to start all over again and play them all," she said. Although she went to the White House on crutches, she was received because of her voice. She met many of the noted people of that day. And so, Mabel McKinley has found Joy in l>eing received on her merits and not because she is handicapped. "And why do you have silver and gold covered crutches?" T asked. She smiled and said. "To match my gowns.” She Is at Keith’s this week and is finding the audiences a "Joy to sing to.” rONTVttor has fast JOB WITH ORCHESTRA All conductors do not hare as easy a time as the director of the orchestra in “Past and Present” has it. While playing "June Night” as an encore "requested by the music pubItehers." the conductor conies down and sits with the audience, telling all those present to buy a copy because he Is In on the royalties. He gets a good laugh from this stunt. The entire idea with this orchestra art Is different from the regular run. They first appear as an old fashioned band and then suddenly are transformed into a modern cabaret orchestra. They play lively music. The entire net gets over with ease. We have had many band acts this season. hut the way people responded to this one convinces me that they are still popular. “The Broken Mirror" is Just what the title suggests. It Is the old im presslon Idea put over to good laughs. Harry Brown starts a song.

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Tom Sims Says Philosophy is usually about all a philosopher has. The sound of the lazy yawn Is being heard throughout the land.

Harsh critics of winter are beginning to retract their statements. The Prince of Wales is writing poetry, and poets seldom re main bachelors for very long. Ice man was overcome by heat In Chicago, this being regarded as a sign of spring there. Police report no bouze at a New York party

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where a man got drunk and fell off a building. Mexico City's strike of 10,000 bakers Is news. We thought Mexicans lived on hot tamales. Movie producer has married. Ordinarily we wouldn't mention It, but It's his first one this year. American firm will build a waterworks in Athens, Greece, this being a fair return for her culture. Portugal’s president has resigned, and we don't blame hint since they have china money there. Beer was found in a Cincinnati baseball man’s room hut fans won't call It another scandal. Some have a peculiar sense of humor. In fact, we all have. (Copyright. 1925 NEA Service, Tno.) Then stops to do some Juggling and then finishes his song.^ Eddie Fitzgerald and Harry Madison do a quiet little crook sketch. When through with that they come out in front of the curtain and do some clowning. Herbert and Neely go in for eccentric fun by showing how a fat fellow may take *‘uke" lessons. The movie feature Is "Barriers Burned Away." At the Palace today and Friday. -I- -1- -IOther theaters today offer: "Little Miss Bluebeard" at English’s: “Omar” at Murat; "As Man Desires" at Circle; "One Night in Home" at the Colonial; Bill Cody In "Border Justice” at the Isis; Royal Scottish Clans at the Lyric; "Madame SansGene" at the Ohio; "The Great Divide" at the Apollo; Jack Joyce and his horses at Keith's and Lena Daley at the Capitol.

Ask The~Tlmes Yon can get an answer tV> any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 York Ave W’asblnton, D. 0.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor ; can extended research bo undertaken. All other questions will receive a prsonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are con Aden, tlai —Editor. | 1. At what age Is n widow empt from paying personal taxes? 2 Did the widow's pension bill pass? •• ! 1. No one is exempt from paying personal taxes. 2. No. Thero lo a pension hill that provides, through the board of children's guardians, do widows can care for their children in their homes. ■ Which is the larger 1n squard miles. New Orleans, La., or Chicago. III? The area of Chicago la 128.3RJ19 acres or 193 square miles. That of New Orleans la 113,920 acres or 173 square miles. When does the garnishee MU go into effect? It Is now In effect. What Is address of Mrs, Burton K. Wheeler, whose husband was killed by an interurban car? a Address her: University Heights, Indianapolis. Teddy B. By llal Cochran Aw, go on, smile a hit! There, that's the hoy! Gee, when you smile, you Just bubble with joy. Pickin’ you up isn't meant to annoy, but holdin’ you seems Just like handlin’ a toy. Kay, little honeybunrh,-' came the red, that right on t.hs |V> JH of your cheekbones is spread? Wlsir you could know all the things that, nre said of the cuteness of yOU, from your toes to your head. H Wee hit of hair that is shiny ns silk. Blue eyen that sparkle on see ing some milk. Piggies that wiggle whenever we touch. Tears? Well, they never appear very' much. My, hut we'd like to explain, If we could, how happy w are through your bein' so good. Still, we would love you nil over again, though you were crossltke and bed, now and then. You are the reason why folks often say that little things courtt. In their own little way. When want happiness, brim Pill of gl#e, we know we can count upon you, Teddy B. - ' (V*l!ece Campus "Cleaned Up" Indiana Outral College rsmpiis was given an all-day clean up Thursday. Classes were dismissed for the day and all students and facugy members joined in "house-cleaning the enmpus.”

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