Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 236, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1926 — Page 4

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Watson and Robinson rnIENATORS Watson and Robinson of InI I diana “emerged with least credit of any Senators” from the World Court fight, Frank R. Kent, national political editor of the Baltimore Sun, said in a dispatch to his paper recently. Kent pays a tribute to Senators Swanson and Walsh for really leading the court fight in the Senate, and to Senators Borah and Reed for their sincere, though in his view mistaken, opposition to the courts. Then.he adds; “Probably the two Senators who emerge with least cause to be proud of themselves are Watson and would be the last to grasp the idea. “It is true*they are both *iVp-4or election this year, and Senators in that situation are apt to find their convictions soften, but no one here (in Washington) thinks either had any convictions of any sort on the subject. “It is thought here that the reason both went to the White House and told President Coolidge they intended to leave him on the court was because of pressure brought by the IQan from one direction, and pressure brought by one Albert J. Beveridge on the other. “Affable Albert was here, and there is reason to think hissed some hot words into the ears of these Indiana statesmen to the broad general effect that he personally Would beat the tar out of either or both, if they voted for the court.” The President Insists SHE President has sent word to the Senate that he will insist on his appointment of Wallace the United States Circuit Court bench. McCamant has been before a*Senate committee defending himself against certain charges. One of the charges is that lie violated his pledge to the people of Oregan as a delegate to the 1920 Republican convention in Chicago. This pledge was an official thing. It was printed by the State and circulated to all voters. In it, McCamant said: “I have.avoided committing myself to any candidate for the presidency in order that I might be in better position to support the candidate who wins at the Oregon primary.” Elected a delegate, McCamant refused to vote for Hiram Johnson at Chicago, although Johnson had won overwhelmingly at the Oregon primary. McQimant’s explanation to the Senate committee was to the following effect: “I made no promise to the voters. You can see that the tense used in that sentence is

Trying to See What Makes a Best Seller in Fiction —WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW

By Walter D. Hickman HAT makes & beat seller has VY/ always puzled mo as much “"I as how one gets into “Who’s Who?" And at that there is no mystery about either one. Accomplishment answers both questions. Indianapolis plays Its part In determining a best seller, Just like any other city. Tho bookshops of the city report that we fellow In many respects the general demand over the country on popular fiction. The six best fiction sellers for the past month, according to the report of Baker & Taylor, wholesalers in books and published In "Books,” In the New York Herald Tribune, Sunday, is as follows: “Thunder on tho Left,” by Christopher Morleyj "The Perennial Bachelor," by Anno Parrlshi “The Keeper of the Bees,” by the late Gene Stratton Porter; "Wild Geese,” by Martha iDstenso; “One Inoreaslng Purpose,”*by S. M. Hutchinson, ana “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” by John JSrskfno. It wIU be remembered that “Helen of Troy,” is published by BobbsMerrlll and so Indianapolis has a direct bearing upon the best sellers In one way at least. In the non-fiction list also prepared by -Baker & Taylor In the New York Herald Tribune, It Is noted that Bobhs-Mejrill la represented by “The Man Nobody Knows,” ’by Bruce Barton. 1 have told you about both of these books in this department. Other Thoughts Also on the list of the best nonflCtfbn sellers is “When Wo Were Very Young,” by A. A. Milne, published by Dutton. Hero Is a volume of ohildhood verse with nn adult appeal which speaks well for what the reading public is willing to purchase. j Doubleday, Page Is represented on the non-fiction best selling list .with ‘ The Letters of Walter Hines Page.” In other words, goo# books are tho best sellers in America today. Different fasten along literary lines of account for a mixture of heavy and light reading but the fact rein fijna lliat every best seller In either list shows that this eounry Is reading good books, many thoughtful ones. I for one am not afraid of the popular verdict. I trust it. T have the following interesting

present perfect, not futqre. I did not tell the people what I would db.” His explanation "left tbes Senators aghast. Tlie thought of putting a man with a mind like that on the Federal bench shocked them. But word has been sent from the White House that the President insists that McCamant be confirmed. / John Bull, U. S., and Sunny It. SS was to be expected things are being said, to the disparagement of this country, on the subject of Britain’s versus America’s treatment of Italy on the debt question. Italy owes Britain $2,837,000,000. She owes the United States $2,042,000,000. Funding arrangements now having been completed, we find that Britain will receive from Italy, over a 62-year period, total payments of a present lvalue of $455,000,000 —calculated on a 4 y 2 per cent interest basis—as against $528,000,000 to America. In other words, say our ever-ready critics, John Bull, the magnanimous, agrees to accept from Italy 16 cents on the dollar, while Uncle Sam, the Shylock, collects 26 cents on the dollar. To such critics we beg to remark, the relations between John Bull and Sunny It were entirely different from ours. Italy, in 1914, was engaged, in a formal alliance, to Germany. John Bull, being at war with Germany, left no stone unturnecl to win Italy’s hand for himself. He made her glowing, not to say golden, promises if she would only come with him. So, in 1915, Italy threw Fritz over and married John Bull with Sister Marianne France as maid of honor. Financial support was'made part of the wedding contract. True, the marriage was one of convenience. And it lasted only for the duration of the war. But Italy is now entitled to her alimony. Thus instead of patting himself on the back for his generosity John Bull should .consider himself lucky to collect even 16 per cent of the money he let Italy have during wedlock. Uncle Sam was neither husband, relative nor best man* but merely a friend of the family. -As -such-he accepted their IT O. U.’s for some $10,000,000,000 and today is asking payment of only such part of these as the borrowers can afford to pay. Take his arrangement with Italy, for example. He makes her a present of 74 cents on every dollar she owes him, excuses her from any substantial payments on the balance for a decade to come and lends her another SIOO,000,000 into the bargain. The magnanimity, if anybody should ask us, is mostly on our side.

items in my mail from Houghton Mifflin Cos., Boetoh: What is probably the most lmportent publishing announcement of recent years is the statement by Houghton Mifflin Company that they will publish on March 5 “The Intimate Papers of Colonel House,” arranged as & narrative by Charles Seymour. More than any other man, Colonel House was at the very centor of world diplomacy In the period before, during and after the great war. His detailed day-to-day Jlary, recording tho substance and often the exact words of his conversations with the statesmen of the warring nations, promises to give a more revealing picture of the momentous decudo than any hitherto published. At the request of the committee of intellectual cooperation of the League of Nations, the American Library Association has selected the forty most Important American books of 1925. Os this number; flvo are Houghton Mifflin Company publications; “Life and Letters of John Muir,” by William Frederic Bade; “Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson.” by Martha Dickinson Blanch 1 ; “Woodrow Wileon,” by- William Allen White; “Social Psychology,” by Floyd lientw Allport, and Paxson’ i ‘‘History of the American Frontier,” recently issued In a popular edition. Professor Bliss Perry, who** books, “The Praise of Folly,” “Tin American Mind,” “A Study of Poetry," and others, have earned him a place among the leading essayists of America, has recently been appointed to the Francis Lee Hig-

Interesting Although Bret Harte led one of the most picturesque lives In the history of American letters, less la known about his career than that of any other American writer of equal prominence. Biographers, hampered by lack of material, have left him an Intriguing and still unexplored figure. Now, hqprever, his grandson, Geoffrey Bret Harte; has assembled and edited a largo body of entirely unpublished letters, which completely reveal for the first time the man and his romantic career. Houghton MifflinjCompany will publish the letters on Feb. 12.

ginson professorship of English literature, established In memory of the late Mr. Hlgglnson, a graduate and overseer of the college, at Harvard. Professor Perry has been at Harvard since 1907 as professor ref English literature, and was formerly editor of the “Atlantic Monthly.” Ordinarily, the reading of boys and girls shows a discernible difference of Interests, but In a recent Investigation of reading tastes of over 7,000 young students, “The Sea Hawk," by Rafael Sabatini (Houghton Mifflin Company), was one of fthe few books that enjoyed wide popularity in the reports of both boys and girls. “The price of living story tellers,” writes for no age and sex, but for all. Houghton Mifflin Company published on Jan. 29, another robust tale of sword play and high deeds; “The Lion’s Skin,” which like “The Sea Hawk,” Is a reissue of one of Sabatini’s earlier novels. Ask The Times You can ret an answer to any question ot fact or information by wrltuisr to The Indianapolis Times waahlnjrtoD Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C.. Inclostner 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, leral ana marital advice cannot be riven nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unairned requests cannot Jtv answered. All letters are confidenftal. —Editor. Should a married woman use tho title “Mrs.” when signing hor /•name? A married woman uses “Mrs.” only for business correspondence. In other cases she signs her full name, generally using both Christian and maiden name. Which countries of the world are not now members of the League of Nations? Alghanistaji, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Russian Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, Turkey and the United States of America.. Is a guard still maintained tomb of President Harding?, 1 Yes. The guard Is composed of one officer aand twenty-five enlisted men. What is the actual horse power of an elephant? There seems to be no estimate of the horse power of an elephant in ust that form, but it is true that in elephant can carry from 1,700 ,to 2,200 pounds,, maintaining a steady pace of four miles per hour.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

If You Are Old Fashioned Leave Your Own Nightgown at Home and Wear a Ribbon

By Walter I>. Hickman mF a nightgown la In fashion in your own home, then miss "Artists and Models.” If you wear red' flannels and believe that It is proper, then pass up this bunch. I have been shocked so long* In standard literature and musio that I do not fear the revue. Main Street ■ Ai wanted o hr. , " I shocked last night mtm . and SO they. SPfp' crowded English's Uk """'JHM Theater to ree MT Models.” And a /. M capacity house | means something. , • .1 I know the Chief |P y- A ot police was there, ; j / f • because a friend of his was so anxious to infa | troduce him to a •> > i friend. I asked the if he Grace Hayes were the censorcommittee. I am so glad that I was protected In the extreme that somebody’s friend wanted to meet the chief. And I admire the chief more than ever: he was like a critic, he didn't talk about the show. He said something about the weather. I don't give a rip what? the chief thinks about the show and he doesn’t give one yell what .1 think about It. I have seen other chiefs in the theater and they have seen me In the same theater. And the show went on. Why should It nos? It has been going on for a long time. There Is lot of hot stuff to this show. In one scene when a gentleman (I trust he Is that) gets warmed up on a subject while a maiden reclines and declines In his bedroom (not his own house), tells a blank lie, a piece or several pieces of china fall. As more china falls (poor China), the louder the laughter. I wanted to be naughty at this show because everybody wanted to be shocked. It was a Main Street cyclone and nobody called an undertaker. It wasn’t that raw. It depends on Just how much you depend upon the stage to give you a thrill. A few things they call art doesn’t worry me one bit In the theater. Generally I expect art to be half draped and there Is no exception to the rule, ff I am wrong, then I have never been at the old swimming hole. “Artists and Models," is a tantalizing show. It can be raw on a minutes notice. It can be fairly beautiful. There Is talent In this show. There is some rank burlesque. No worse than I have seen before. In one scene you see a grand woman by the name of Marie Stoddard known in Scene 16, Ist Act, as the Governor’s wife, being kicked in that zone upon which she sits, generally, by a man known ns Fred Hlllebrand. This is the climax to a scene called “Insanity.” I yelled out loud and many others did for a long time (me, too), because It was Hillbrand who was able to walk soon and not that fine personality known as Marie Stoddard. Fred comes out soon after the assault in the the Insanity scene and spills lot of smart stufT called “Spanish Juanita.” A real riot of fun. If you buy “Artistj( and Models" seats or seat with the idpa that you are gplng to Hades Jyou are all wrong. Yes. there are models there. David Belasco once presented a play on this very stage called “Ladles of the Evening.” Upon this very same stage was “Desire Under the Elms.” Yes There are models present. Fine showmanship, but not so finely presented. Every trick Is used to pack the theater. To me this show la not shocking. Ajd at times not even Interesting. But—there Is artistry present. Consider these names and look upon the program to -see whei*e this happens. Mr. Masstnger In many songs; a series of fan a&ffrls In one event; a burlesque with no excuse called “A Model Laundress” with Frank Gaby; this same Frank Gaby with a dummy; a beautiful sopg picture called "Good Night” having the services of Marie Stoddard, Jackson Hines, Nancy Gibbs (always wonderful), and Charles Massinger; a nifty with a smart tendency known as a humble burlesque upon the dining room farce, known in this edition as “Honesty** or “Around a Dining Table;” a kick with the foot In the climax with Marie Stoddard and being given by Fred Hlllebrand, and Grace Hayes In songs. And remember that there ls-4ot of scenery to this show, lights and everything. It lg an expensive show to exhibit. Lots of names I haven't mentioned. And I hate golf. They could cut out everything they call and “pose’J under the name of art. and It would be a better show. I do not go to the theater with the purpose “of seeing how little or how much a girl wears. And that is honest. If there Is entertaining brains back of the general Idea, then I am not worried. If art becomes naked, then It is naked, but I do not want somebody near my seat asking me what somebody had on, a fan or an Idea. Really. dearie, I can't tell you, because It isn’t my kind of fun. I still find In “Artists and Models” a lot of lavish entertainment. It depends a good deal this week what you Imagine or want to see at English's. “Artists and Models”-.will be on view wrlth absolute capacity all week. Let anybody find fault with me for liking "Desire Under the Elms.” Write your own ticket for “Artists.” “Artists and Models,” at English’s all week. -!- -I- -ITHERE IS LOT OF MONKEY BUSINESS HERE Many an actor has told me that he "hated” animal acts. • But Joe Mendi. an 18-months-old chimpanzee, rises above the mere animal class. Joe isn’t an act. rl> Is a study. I have seen this animal only once upon the stage. He Is a comedian and a wee bit of a rascal. The woman Who causes him to draw a salary never becomes worried. She has the good sense of allowing Joe to be

Stage Verdict KEITH’S—The entire Interest centers upon Joe Mendi, a Chimpanzee. ENGLISH’S—KindIy read my entire review upon “Artists and Models.” LYRlO—"Knick Knacks of 1926” tops a very good bill with plenty of fast dancing, by a company of six. PALACE—“Dance Visions of 1926,” is a fine mixture of specialty and ensemble dancing

natural. That is the best compliment I can pay to her. She lets Joe toy and romp with the rockey-horse. She lets him be a child. That 1? what he Is—a wonierful child. Joe Mendi Is not blessed with too -much showmanship upon the stage. Maybe that Is the reason he Is such a sensation. Joe is a study. Not to be missed by the entire family. The tricks of Joe and Betty Whtel- 1 er, now with a third member, are well known. Same routine with exception of third member. Act Is and always will be a h# on any bill. Flo Carol, with men forming an orchestra, one being a dancing partner, presents a colorful attempt at dancing. Tom F. Swift is making a mistake In repeating In “The Gob.” It depends whether you have seen it or not. Tom, you are wrong doing this sort of stuff on a repeat. And not near as well as the first Jlme. I still do not know what Johnnie Berkes and Sheila Terry are all about. The comedy attempts are terrible. The man while dancing, good. Still much doubt about sob sister stuff on the part of Terry. Why does every womoa have to dump that sob sister bunk upon a public? This Js terrible in this act. Eccentric comedy along musical lines Is offered by Coscla and Verdi. In this act we meet MaJ. W. D. Wilson of this city. The Rios open the bill In a posing, athletic and ring act. The movie is Our Gang in "Burled Treasure." At Keith’s all week. -I- -I- -IAND THE OBSERVER LIKES "DANCE VISIONS” A charming dance act Is to be seen at the Palace today and tomorrow In “Dance Visions of 1926.” The company numbers five girl dancers and one man. Featured are two former local dancers, Maria Chaney and Mary Jane Wright. The act is replete with specialties and Is full of pep. Everything Is done with an air of completeness and care that makes for fine entertainment. One scene In particular would Hke to call to your attention. It is the opening of the third scene, and three of the girls are posed backstage for the beginning of a somewhat Oriental dance. The picture was appreciated to such an extent the time of review that tha-'audlence applauded vigorously as the curtain went up. It was a beautiful picture. Ford and Cunningham have a let of fun with the chatter of a rather dumb husband and his beautiful, but also dumb, wife. Jason and Harrigan are two women whose best bit Is their harmony singing. Bptb. however, can put over a song alone, which they did to the satisfaction of everyone. Arnold and Florence are a team whose offering is comedy by the woman and some good balancing feats by tge man. Tony Grey and Company, two men

THE VERY IDEA! "" 1 . "By Ila) Cochran

Riches mONCE knew a man who had plenty of dough. In fact he was rich as they make ’em. Whatever hp wanted, wherever he’d go, of costliest things, he would take 'em. Why, money to him, was a plaything at best. He virtually threw it away. His purchases always were made from the best and he ever was read£ to pay. The price of a thing didn't mean much to him. whenever ’twas somejurTfixit Custom of Dumping Ashes in Alleys to Be Halted. Let Mr. Flxlt solve your trouble* with city official*. Ho 1* Tho Times icuresf'iitatlvp at the city hall. Write him at The Time*. Mr. Flxlt found an unexpected assistant In the ash collector, according to a letter today. But filling alleys with ashes Instead of collecting them falls to meet with approval of cltjL officials. DEAR MR. FIX IT- Have the men any right to dump ashes in the alley after they have been put In tubs for them to haul away? This the second time the ash man has dumped my ashes Into the alley. The trouble Is the asnes had nails In them. This Is the 800 block on Eugene St. anad Twenty-Ninth St,>-all this square for two weeks they have dumped them in the alley. MRS. HILL, 855 Eugene St. Looks like tire trouble Is In the offing. But Truly Nolen, garbage and ashes superintendent, will halt this quaint custom. Don’t forget you must petition for a grade to be established before repairs may be made to new streets and alleys. Street officials say no grade has been established on Walnut St., between Livingston St. and Somerset Ave. W. P. Hargon is investigating need for repairs on California St., between Thirtieth and Thirty-First Sts., suggested by a reader of The Times, and the alley for which a complaint wa‘ received from George B. Kiewitt. 803 N. Garfield Ave.

and a woman, center their comedy around the actions of a colored man who has been hit by an automobile and Is in the hospital. Bill Includes photoplay "The Breath of Scandal," with Betty Blythe and a-news reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the observer.) •I* -'-J: FART AND CLEVER DANCERS AT THE LYRIC) “Knick Knacks of 1926,” topping the bill- thin week at the Lyric, Is a fast and clever act of dancers and one singer. All members Indulge in specialty dances of original and pleasing effect. One dancer stands out In her offerings though in the way she dances a y-s* spirited “CharlosA- ’ ton” on her toes. *r/ V 2- - Her name ,s HickJf ' ? jß man. Along with s|/ her partner, Miss ■fcf Hickman, does an Apache dance toward the close of act that Is excelent In all respects save one, they 'A should rely upon >, lap IpA? | their skill as dancWL'/. m "* ers and leave the f* 4 voices out enA- i tlrely. Jerome and Gray Miss Howard have a lively line of chatter and fun, and toward the middle of their act surprise you. They open with the man at the piano and the woman with a violin - in her hands, but 'as they progress the man takes the violin 9md the woman the piano. Together they turn out some good melody. Maureen Englin with lots of personality and some Intimate little songs of her own gets over with ease and puts one In a very good humor. Her last number, an encore was probably her beet. It was about a wayward husband and hla not too bashful wife. She has a charming 1 way of putting out a song that takes a personality such as hers to do. The Four Glrton Girls are four young women who confine their activities to trick bicycle riding. They have some very clever stunts among which are riding backwards on one wheel of the bicycle and one of them riding with only her head perched on the seat. Carey, Ellsworth and Marr, three men, are harmony sihgers who were liked well enough for several encores. The Howard Sisters, two of them, have a very clean and snappy looking aerial act In which they perform on a trapeze rotating in the air. Soli’s Marimba Band closes the bill with seven men playing on a very large marimbaphone, or perhaps It is two of them. Their numbers include several of the popular melodies, but the outstanding thing was these seven men playing the second Hungarian Rhapsody, Was fine. For a photoplay this week the Lyric has gone back to what I would say Is the first picture ever made, ’’Tillie’s Punctured Romance,” and it still draws the laughs, not as originally Intended however. At the Lyric all week. (By the Observer.) -I- -I- -IOther theaters today offer: “Too Much Money,” at the Circle; “Three Faces East,” at the Colonial; “Don’t," at the Apollo; “The Wandered.” at the Ohio; burlesque at the BroadwAy, and ’ The Lucky Horsehoe,” at the Isis.

thing be wanted. He'd rush in a store full of vigor and vim an’ he'd purchase haphazard, undaunted. A lot of folks envy this type of a man, but I can’t say that I do, so much. Because of his riches, he never will know that he’s missing one wonderful touch. To have and to hold of the beautiful things Is nice, but when all's said and done. It’s wishing and wanting—then getting, that bring a feL. low a whole lot of fun. y *y ‘ Wot say, we all get a Job standing out In front of a bank? There’s real money in it? • • • Cleveland guardians of the prohibition law pinched a man because booze flowed out of a gas Jet in his home. What did they expect, light wines? • • • The lungs of the average man contain about five quarts of air, and you can estimate for yourself how much of It Is hot. ** * * Hfe bought his wife a low neck gown, And made her peeved, by heck. T hadn't any collar so. She has to wash her neck. • • • MIStER—WeII. I’ve got three Invitations for tonight—one to a poker gante, one to a prize fight, and one to a stag dinner. Which shall I accept? MRS.—The fourth one—stay at home. • • • Johnny offered to be good, for a nickel, and his mother ( insisted he 1 be good for nothing. He. was! • • • v FABLES IN FACT COUPLE OF GIRLS WERE j TALKING ABO l) T THEIR i FIANCES COMMA AS GIRLS ARE | KNOWN TO DO NOW AND THEN j PERIOD ONE OF THEM SAID THAT HER FELLOW’S BIRTHDAY WAS COMING SOON COMMA AND SHE WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO GIVE HIM A REAIrSURPRISE PERIOD THIS COMMA THAT AND THE OTHER THINGS WERE SUGGESTED COMMA AND FINALLY THE OTHER GIRL GOT TIRED OF TRYING TO HEI/P HER FRIEND OUT PERIOD SO SHE ENDED THE DISCUSSION BY SAYING COMMA QUOTATION MARK IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SURPRISE HIM COMMA WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM Y6UR RIGHT AGE QUESTION MARK QUOTATION MARK. (CopjTight, 1926, NEA Inc.)

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

STREET CAR RECEIPTS SRANSFER receipts of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company for the month of January—the first month of 2-cent transfers —showed an average daily increase of S4OO over the receipts under the 1-cent transfer charge, according to company officials. In persuading the public service commission to authorize doubling the transfer charge the street railway officials said they expected the boost to swell the company’s revenues SSOO a day. The first month’s trial falls SIOO a day below the estimate. Evidently fewer transfers/are being sold under the new rate. So the Increase granted will only partially solve the trolley system’s financial riddle. In a few months it will probably be moaning at the bar of the utility commission—a suppliant for further relief. The street car line has tried a boost in fares to close the gap between Income and outgo. In an eighteen months’ trial that failed to produce expected results. Then it tried doubling the transfer charge. One month's trial Indicates that remedy will fall short of curing the patient. What next? Indianapolis strap-hangers demonstrate by shrinking street car patronage, following fare and transfer Increases, that they don’t take kindly to more costly trolley transportation. Apparently the street railway will have to sweat Its expense to fit Its Income Instead of stretching Its Income to fit Its expense—as it has tried. AGAIN THE TRAIN WON JDOLP PAl' 'LER and four other persons with him in h__) his automobile were killed the other night when he drove on to a railroad crossing In front of a freight train at English, Ind. Three other members of the party were seriously injured. There.. were only" eight in the machine, so the casualties were 100 per cent. Again the train won by a large margin In disputing the right-of-way at a crossing with an automobile. It always wins, but nevertheless motorists keep on trying. As In most grade crossing smashes, there was no excuse for this wholesale tragedy. The occupants of the demolished sedan had long lived near the fatal Intersection. They knew the railroad track was there—had been there for years. It wasn’t anew hazard that sprang up In their path over night The driver of the automobile simply drove on to the crossing heedlessly—and he and a majority r>t his party paid with their lives for his momentary menial lapse. About every sort of safety measure has been tried x to reduce the toll of crossing accidents. Caution has been urged on motorists; bells, lights, stop-look-and-listen signs have been Installed. Watch men and safety gates are used to guard dangerous intersections. And all such measures fall with alarming frequency. Drivers of automobiles Just will Insist on driving Into the paths of ondomlng trains and getting themselves killed. Nothing so far devised can slop them. To preserve their customers, automobile manufacturers, apparently, will have tc perfect machines that will shy and stop of their own accord when approaching a railroad crossing.

A Woman's Viewpoint

Husbands Aren't So Much! By Mrs. Walter Ferguson A l-- "I YOUNG girl says she can’t understand how so many ■i. married women seem to be happy and satisfied with their husbands because, look where she will, she can’t fin# a man to marry. There Is always something wrong with every specimen considered. Well, there is something wrong with every husband, too. There are no human archangels, and the soon sr the girls find this Out the better for their future happiness. Women are always clamoring for and dreaming about the perfect husband, but If one ever found such a thing I’ll bet she -would want to exchange him before thirty days. Womens don’t really want perfect husbands. They want loving and kind men. but nothing giVes them so much real Joy as the feeling that they are gradually reforming the men they have married. The visualize themselves as creatures of higher morals and finer Ideals, ulwayc stooping to lift up tempted and everfalling man. And many a wife dies happy in the belief that her gentl#[ Influence exerted through a long period of years has caused her spouse to give up his wild ways when, as a matter of fact, middle age and Indigestion has effected the change In his behavior.

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FEB. 2, 1926

MORE HEARTS GIVE OUT rr*T| M. WRIGHT, Vital statls-|-j • tics division of the State * board of health, reports that of the 38,696 Hooslera who died last year, 8,214 were the viotims of organic heart disease and apoplexy—more than claimed by , tuberculosis, pneumonia and diphtheria, the three mostdeadly communicable diseases, combined. Year by year there Is a noticeable Increase In the number of people who succumb to failure of heart and arteries. Last year the death rate in the State from heart disease, according to a survey of the United States Chamber of Commerce, was 193 per 100,000 population. The previous year It was 188 per 100,000. Medical science has made great advance In recent years In conquering disease. Once dread plagues have been tamed. Annoying little germs have been chased until they are out of breath and harmless. Years have been added to the average length of human life. But the greatest advance has been in saving the babies. Adults are Increasingly falling victims to heart disease and functional dls orders In the prime of life. Tb/g man of forty, says a medical thorlty, has a life expectancy three years less than a man of that age thirty years ago. So despite medical science the high pressure of modern life Is proving disastrous to the human machine. We live too fast and burn out too quickly. We are driv-, lng a six-cylinder civilization with a one-cylinder heart—and the en glne balks. GOLD IN INDIANA ORIvMEN digging a ditch yy on the Owen County farm of T. J. S&re of Bloomington recently found traces of gold In the gravel. Bamples were sent to the State Geologist. If his report Is encouraging further prospecting Is planned. No frenzied gold rush has followed announcement, of the discovery though Owen County Is much easier of accoss than Alaska. Siberia and such distant lands to which people hurry when the mystio word ‘gold” Is whispered. Busses, paved roads and railroads lead right to the site of the new Hoosler gold field. * Every once In a while reports of discovery of gold, in minute quantities, in Indiana are made. But not even the development of a very runty bonanza has followed these discoveries. Undoubtedly there is some gold In Indiana, probably there is more in Hoosler teeth and Hoosler banks than the Hoosler soil. Os course it would be very pleasant to have a fat, *- healthy well-trained gold mine in one’s back yard. Then one could go out with a dfshpan day or night and scoop out yellow metaj as needed. For Hooslers such a lovely state of affairs seems remote. Our gold mines aren’t that kind. The gold from our soil is produced with tolll perspiration and blisters and marketed as farm products. We would like to communicate with any one who has a good secondhand Midas’ touch or a serviceable Aladdin’s lamp for salei.

A perfeot husband would boa torrib] a thing td have around tho house. In tho first place, your own shortcomings would loom so oolossal beside his. perfections that you w?uld speedily grow to bate him. And then if you went through your days with nothing in the way of husbands to find fault with, time would hang heavy on your hand* Life would be a bore without the diversion of wondering where your husband had gone and what he was doing, or lacking the feeling that you were being “put upon” and treated with shocking tion. 1 Women, especially wives, love feeling like martyrs. Nursing a secret bitter matrimonial worry gives them unadulterated bliss, and If they haven't got a real grief to hug, they can always find an Imaginary one to carry around with them. God has never yet created a perfect husband, and If he ever did the poor thing would lead a lonesome life, because never on this earth could he find a perfect wife to marry. f What If the value of a 10-rent piece dated 1858, and a 1-cent piece dateed 1864? * A United States 10-cent piece dated 1853 Is valued at from 10 to IB centf{ small copper cent, 1864, one to thrs* rents.