Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1926 — Page 4

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Not Wet, but American

rp HE head of the Anti-Saloon League of this State has listed this newspaper, along with numerous other important publications, as “wet,” and in his report to his directors charges that it has engaged in an “unpatriotic” effort to overthrow the law. The gentleman is mistaken. The readers of this newspaper understand the policy of this newspaper in its comments on prohibition. They know that it has stood for law and that its effort has been to restore law and respect for law and to preserve, most of all, the traditions of American liberty. It has pointed out from time to time that there has been a lack of enforcement of the prohibition law and it has called attention of its readers to tho fact that the workings of prohibition have not resulted in a reduction of crime or poverty which the real friends of temperance and the real foes of alcoholic excesses had hoped it would bring. It has been the dry spokesman and advocate at all times, because it wanted sobriety and not drunkenness; law, not anarchy. It has been always the advocate of any measure which will reduce drunkenness. But it has not been so foolish or so blind as to believe that any act of Congress has the authority of divine inspiration or is beyond all scrutiny, examination or repeal. The charge of being “unpatriotic” is a rather serious one, for we havo believed that we were especially patriotic when we tried, as far as we might, to save the foundation principles of this Nation. We believed we were patriotic when we hoped that the time would come when this crime would not be fashionable. We believed we were patriotic when we demanded that the final law of the land be the will of the people. # * # mF we to adopt the methods of our accuser, we might retort that the Anti-Saloon League has become a commercialized institution, that it carries on its work for hire, that it has challenged our traditions by endeavoring to link the forces of church and State and has endeavored to make organized religion a dominating force in politics and government. But we prefer to settle the matter on the facts and the record. It is not a defense, but it is significant to note that the policy of this paper on this subject has been that of a committee of great Americans, including ministers, college presidents, statesmen and financiers which have demanded an honest study of the situation and a solution based on facts instead of fanaticism or appetites. It is also significant to note that the temperance societies of at least three large church organizations are on record as approving exactly the stand which this paper has taken. This newspaper believes that it has a duty to perform and it intends to perform it despite the charges and libels of paid propagandists for any cause,

— WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW Clyde Griffiths Stages Great American Tragedy

By Walter D. Hickman URDER la a tragedy In any country and It Is an Ameriu- can tragedy also. Theodore Dreiser, In his first novel since 1915, makes the murder of a girl by Clyde Griffiths the great American tragedy. Arid he calls his two-volume, threebook edftion of this tragedy “An American Tragedy.” In two other reviews I have been concerned with the first book and half of the second book. Today we are concerned with the last half of the second book and the entire third book. We consider murder not as a fine art but the misguided reason of Clyde Griffiths in removing from this world a girl, a factory girl, who he had wronged in a sex and moral way. He becomes a cad, a coward and a cheat to himself and to society. Murder waa the way out. So for days he plans cold murder, the turning over of a canoe on a lake, which contained the girl he had wronged. Her name was Roberta Alden. And while her dead body was in the cold waters of the lake this murderer for accommodation purposes alone basks miles off In the smiles and embraces of SonUra, a society girl of rather wild habits, but she refused to become a part of an sex program that Clyde might arrange. Dreiser’s genius rests in the fact that he develops Clyde as a murderer upon a strange and yet common basis. Clyde could not see how he could be discovered. He forgot there might be such a thing as conscience. He forgot that the law makes it a duty for prosecutors to hunt out murderers. A Bad Plan And so Clyde deceived himself in thinking that the removal of his victim would solve his future happiness with the ricji Sondra. And price he paid for his own

mHERE has always been and will always he an insistent demand that all laws be enforced. We do not believe that the readers of thi* newspaper approve of present conditions under which Federal agents, police officers and sheriffs are constantly corrupted by criminal bootleggers. Wc do not believe that any condition is wholesome which offers opportunities to these bootleggers to make fortunes by catering to the appetites or a large portion of the population. We do not believe that parents look with calmness upon a situation where their boys and girls of high school age are tempted by hip flasks and can so easily fill them. We do not believe that the constant spectacle of corruption and failure to enforce the law is an inspiration for respect for any law. We do not believe it wholesome that many men who would scorn to commit other crimes condone violations of this law. It is to save the country from the rampant anarchy which has existed in every portion of it, from the intemperance which has been brought to States and cities formerly temperate, that it has from time to time suggested that prohibition thus far has failed to accomplish the purpose for which it is designed. In our interpretation of patriotism in a republic there can be no higher purpose than to make the will of the majority the law of the land. Is there any lack of patriotism in urging that behind prohibition there be put the vote of the thinking men and women of this country? The big foe to American institutions is the intolerant insistence of minorities, to rule majorities. That road led to bolshevism in Russia, where a small group, by its tyrannies and force, impresses its will upon the countless millions. In Italy it takes the form of the black shirts of a Mussolini, where force and castor oil have reduced a population to servitude, to fascism. This country is not ready for dictatorship —not by a Trotzky of bolshevism, a Mussolini of fascism, or paid propagandists who use the brutal power of unwarranted libel and slander and accusation. Taken all in all, and the only occasion for any comment is the official position and prestige of the professional dry leader of the State. The attitude of the Times has been more plain and consistent and clear than that of the' organization he represents. It believes in sobriety and temperance. It believes that the law should be enforced as long as it remains upon the law books. It believes that it should be repealed or modified if a majority of the people so desire. It believes that all law must rest upon the conscience of the people. It believes that at all times the people themselves must rule. Not wet, Mr. Shumakerj—just plain Amer-

life. The electric chair was the means. Dreiser, I believe, is at his best while telling in page after page the method used by the State of New York in running down Clyde and then trying him. Clyde’s lie could not stand on the witness stand, and above all, it couldn’t stand in his own mind. And yet this boy became a murderer and a sex expert in this book just as he would in real life. Clyde A Big Egg A novel bearing the provocative title, “The Dinosaur's Egg,” is promised for publication in the latter part of March by E. P. Dutton & Cos. It is by Edmund Candler, whose book of mingled travel, observation and philosophy called “Youth and the East,” which the Duttons published last year, attracted attention and much comment. Griffiths and all the other characters step from the printed page and become real, living personalities. Clyde is not a lovable murderer because he was such a little fool In his own makeup. He refused to pay the price only until the State demanded It. He a weakling and a coward and yet his evil weakness v as his strength. No reader can symi&thize with Clyde when he becomes a mental and moral heathen. He had his chance and he became a murderer by careful plans. A Great Novel j Dreiser stands alone today, way and above the many ordinary writers of fiction. He challenges respect by his very daring. He paints ugly but nature life. There is little sun-

(shine in Dreiser’s' new masterpiece. In my humble opinion, "An American Tragedy” comes nearer than anything in being the great American novel. I know that this Dreiser novel is the talk of the hour. It is startling. It is cruel and yet it is human althought the weakness of human | characters are revealed. There is a great lesson in this novel. A lesson in nearly every page of the 840 pages. It challenges respect. It will conquer your own very fears by the great lessons and, deductions arrived at as conclusions of life by Dresier. I “An American Tragedy” stands, ir/ my opinion, the most challenging exponent of the great American nov-*]. I obtained my copy for review from L. S. Ayres & Cos. It is ]/üblished by Boni & Liveright, “New York. Be sure and read "An American Tragedy,” and do not miss tbe joy and the thrill by discussing with your best mental friends. - Ask The Ti/nes You can get an answer aji V nm>- } Ol )rX > * J 3 "’’ 1 or information x by writing ] r^T; Us v’T' 1 WMhtmrton Bureau. 132a New Ave Washington, D. C.. inclosing a cents in stamps for reply. Meri'fcal feral arid marital advice cannot bf, given nor can 1 /and" take,, AJI qu T T, ‘""S will re vive a personal lns sued rpQi /'stn oajinot. v>a —Editor Al * l, ’ t,ter9 are confidential. What is the sfelary of Gloria Swanson, the moa/ie star? It is reported t;o be about $17,500 per week. Why is the* president of the Argentine Rer/üblic always a member of the Roman Catholic Church? / A conßt: futional provision requires him to be.

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Gay Night Club Music Turns Modern Home Into a Bright and Gay Broadway

By Walter D. Hickman SHEY are turning night into | day in many American j homes. The glorious “blame” goes to the phonograph and to the radio. Sister entertaining her best parlor friend with the phonograph for a little at home dancing. The dance music, such as being played in the gay clubs of night life on Broadway, oozes through into neighborhood i homes. In a flat there is generally a turning off hour of the phonograph, as it is generally understood that some people do a little sleeping. It is then that the head phones get In use over the radio. I know that some of my friends have their radio on the lamp table near their beds and with a headphone on they Broadway themselves to sleep by hearing the gay tunes coming from The night places in New York. The phonograph companies are making a big effort to keep up to date with their “night life music.” Have before me a statement from Okeh in which, it is stated in connection of the playing of “I Never Knew” and “Don’t Wake Me Up” as done by Vincent Lopez and his orchestra that "Okeh record buyers can hear the same music that is being played nightly in one of Broadway's ‘very gayest night clubs, Vincent Lopez’s—the Casa Lopez—when you play ’I Never Knew’ and 'Don’t I Wake Me Up.’ ” And Okeh lists gay records as fol-| Ifows: '“Hurrayl Hurray! My Wife's So Good to Me.” Tenor-baritone duet, accompanied by the Bow Wows Happiness Boys (Billy Jones-Emest Hare). “I Would Rather Be Alone in the South. ' j Tenor baritone duet, accompanied by the | Bow Wows Happiness Boys (Billy Jones- ! Ernest Hare). “Close Your Eyes.” Fox trot. Palledo Orchestra of St. Louis. “What-Cha-Call-'Em Blues.” Fox trot. Palledo Orchestra of St. Louis. “Waiting'.” Fox trot. Phil Baxter's Or- ! ehestra. “Something Tells Me.” Fox trot. Phil Baxter’s Orchestra. "Roll ’Em. Girls (Roll Your Own)." Fox trot. Tho Red Hotters. “You Told Mo to Go." Fox trot. The Red Hotters. “Tomorrow Mornin’." Singing with banjo. Barney Baruuiu with Bill Bailey (The G obe Trotters). "Headin’ lor Louisville.” Singing with banjo. Barney Barnum with Bill Bailey (The Globe Trotters). "If I Ever Cry You'll Never Know.” Contralto. Piano accompaniment by Millie Gottsghalk. Alma Rotter. “I Wouldn't Be Where I Am if You Hadn't Gone Away.” Contralto. Plano accompaniment by Millie Gottschaik. A/m a Rotter. "Wt'iit a Llttlo Lovin'. Fox trot. Merritt Brunie* and His Friar's Inn Orchestra. “Sugar Foot Stomp Fox trot. Merritt Brumes and His Friar's Inn. Orchestra. “I Did Wanta, But I Don't Want* Now." Contralto. Accompaniment by Jack Gardner s Orchestra, lresie Taylor. “I Ain't Thlnkm Bout Y/ou.” Contralto. Accompaniment by Jack Gardner’s Orchestra. Irene Taylor. “Jail Birds." Monolog. Shelton Brooks. “The New Professor.” Monolog. Shelton Brooks. "Tomorrow Mornin'. Fox trot. Chorus sung by Billy Jones. The Melody Shoiks. "Five Foot Two. Eyes of Blue" ( Has Anybody Seen My Gifl'r' l Fox trot. Chorus i Sung by Billy Jones. The Meiody 1 Sheiks. “Dream Pal.” Tenor. Accompaniment by Justin Ring Tno. Bruce Wallace. “It Love Were All." lienor. Aeeompani- I ment by Justin Ring Trio. Bruce Wal- I lace. "Take Up Thy Crosk.” Baritone-contralto duet. Accompaniment by Justin Ring Quartet. Homer A. Rodeheaver-Virginia Asher. "Jesus. Rose of Sharon." Baritone. Ac- i eompaniment by Orchestra. Horned A. , Rodeheaver. "Behind These Gray Walls." Baritone Ac- ' eompaniment of guitar, violin, trufnpet and harmonica. Tobo Little. . "Tho Unknown; Soldier's Grave." Bari- ; tone. Accompaniment of guitar, violin ) and trumpet. Tobe Little. ‘ Kentucky's Way of Sayin’ Good Mornin'." i Fox trot. Chorus by !Tom Stacks. The Jazz Pilots. "I’m Sitting on Top of the World.” Fox trot Chorus by Tom Stacks. The Jazz Pilots. "That Certain Party." Fox trot. Chorus sung by Billy Jones. The Goof/is Five "Then L*il Be Happy." Fox trot. The Red Hotl/rs. “I N-/ver Knew." Fox trot. Vtacent Lot>./i and Hi- Casa Lopez Qfchestra. "Dv*n't Wake Me Up.” Fox Xrot. Vincent Lopez and His Casa Loped Orchestra. "’Dien I'll Bo Happy." Barltcjie solo, with Taro-Patch accompaniment. Richard B. Gilbert. “If I Can Find the Kind or a Grl I Dream j About. Baritone solo witii ukulele ac- j eompaniment. Richard B. Gilbert. “Sleepy Time Gal." Tenor Solo. Aocompaniment by Justin RingjTrio. "The Lonesomest Girl in ’Town." Tenor solo. Accompaniment by Justin Ring Trio. Bruce Wallace.

PUTTING THE BEARD INTO JAZZ Ml SUC. The sight of Ijbng-haired gentlemen and some wdth beards playing the hottest jazzr time music Is being given those Mtftio visit the Circle this week. Am speaking of the House of David Band. I take it by this time that these musicians are entertainers because th<4y play in the theater. The House of David years ago crept upon t'fte front page of the dailies. The tmusicians have been tooting theiy instruments for many years upon, the stage. They may not dignify jazz but they certainly do spread it all over the stage* And they throw a bearded and long-haired Charleston in for good m fasure. I sh<*uld have fold you about the Circle last Monday, but the fact is that I 4 became ill and was forced in fairness to you and to myself to see this show again. T’/ie movie at the Circle this week is "'The Far Cry,” one of those sm/ppy light little divorce things. /The cast follows: C’Alre Marsh Blanche Sweet r/ck Clayton Jack Mulhall 'fouise Marsh (Claire’s Mother) / ... Myrtle Stedn-an /Julian Marsh (her father) Hobart Bosworth Max Fraisier Leo White Helen Clayton (Dick’s Mother) Julia Swayne Gordon Eric Lanci’field William Austin Count Fi’ippo Sturani John Sainpolls Yvonne Beaudet Dorothy Revier Margaretta (maid) Mathilde Commit On view at the Circle all week. I- -I- -I* Other theaters today offer: “The Student Prince” at English’s; “Fads and Follies Revue” at the Lyric; Chase and Latour at the Palace; Benny Rubin company at Keith’s; “Dancing Mothers” at the Apollo; “The Far Cry” at the Circle; “Braveheart” at the Colonial; “The Skyrocket” at the Ohio and burlesque at the Broadway. What is the weight of a cubic foot of dry, loose earth? Seventy-six pounds. How can the odor of moth balls be removed from a trunk? Place lumps of charcoal in the trunk, together with some sweet lavender. Close the trunk and the odor of the moth balls should disappear In a short time. What is the pay of an air pilot? The base of pay is $2,000 to $3,600 I per annum, with an additional mile- | age pay of from 5 to 14 cents per mile, depending on the time of day flown and the character of the country over which he passes.

Famous Composers Moritz Moszkowski 10SZK0WSKI, a Polish composer and pianist, was born in Breslau in 1854. lie studied at Dresden Conservatory and in Berlin. At 19 years of age Moszkowski made his debut as a piano virtuoso, and after successful tours through the principal European countries, he settled in Berlin, in which city he subsequently made his headquarters, although after 1897 he became almost entirely identified with the musical life of Paris. The best known of his works is “Spanish Dances,” which nowhere met with greater success than in America, and which may be said to have introduced him to the world at large. He also wrote many pieces for pianoforte, chamber music, concert studies and waltzes.

THE VERY IDEA! By Hal Cochran ■ ■ 1 ■

Sonny E CONSTANTLY envy, like all other men, a youngster of 8 or of 9 or 10. Down there In the age where all life is a grin, where youth has its fun, ’ere the worries come in. There’s something concerning all kids that I know, that makes me feel bad when I know they must grow. I guess, after all, if you hit at the truth, we all feel that way when were drifted from youth. A grown-up can thrill o’er the pep of a boy who lives in a world that is made up of joy: who’s reapin’ the best that he possibly can, yet missin’ a lot —as he’ll And when a man. , You never appreciate bein' a child, an' runnin' through playdays a little bit wild, until you are grown—then it’s always too late to live it all over —the working of fate. I w’sh I could tell every lad in the land, the meaning of youth so he’d well understand, and get all the fun and tho pleasure, but gee, they'll never And out till they’re grown up, like me. • • • Washings may not be all wool—but they're usually a yard wide. • • Agreeing that we all sprang from monkeys, my guess is that woman sprung larther than man. • * • Long hair makes a man look silly —especially if his wife finds It o his coat. • • She stood out in the rain one clay, Quite friendly, so to speak. ’Cause as I lie raindrops fell her way, they’d patter on her cheek. • • • NOW HONESTLY ’Course your watch won't keep regular time— When you treat It the way you do. People expect a frail little timepiece to do wonders with only the assistance of carelessness. It’ too dern easy to forget to wind a watch, every night. Yet It ought to be done. That's the best way to keep the oP ticket in proper shape. And the best way to put it out of order is to wind it at any old time of day or not, totally out of regularity. I ought to know —that’s the way I keep mine out of whack. • • • Prof. Ofergosh Sakes contends that when an orator gets through talking, it’s the audience that ought to say “I thank you,” instead of the speaker.

YOUR INCOME TAX NO. 2 M. Hurt Thurman, Internal Revenue Collector, TelLs Times Readers About the New Tax Regulations In These Articles.

SHE exemptions under the revenue act of 1926 are $1,600 for single persons and $3,500 for married persons living together and heads of families. In addition a S4OO credit Is allowed for each person depending upon and receiving his chief support from the taxpayer. If such person is under 18 years of age, or Incapable of self-support because mentally or physically defective. The normal tax rate under the revenue act of 1926 is 1% per cent of the first $4,000 of net income in excess of the personal exemptions, credits for dependents, etc.; 3 per cent on the next $4,000, and 5 per cent on the balance. Under the preceding act the normal tax rate was 2 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the exemptions and credits; 4 per cent on the next $4,000, and 6 per cent on the remaining net income. All net income up to $5,000 Is considered “earned net Income.” On this amount the taxpayer is entitled to a credit of 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. For example, a taxpayer unmarried and with no dependents, whose net income for 1925 was $5,000, would pay without this reduction a tax of $52.50. His actual tax Is $39.37. From his net income of $6,000 he is allowed a personal exemption of $1,500 ; the tax of 114 per cent on the remaining $3,500 is $52.60. Onefourth of this amount, or $13.13, may be deducted. For the purpose of computing this credit in no case is the earned net income considered to be In excess of $20,000. Under the revenue act of 1924 the earned net Increase was considered not to be in excess of SIO,OOO. The term "earned net Income” Is defined as “wages, salaries, professional fees and other amounts received for personal services actually rendered.”

TABLES IN FACT SOMEONE HAD BEEN STEALING BIG SISTERS ROUGE PERIOD WASN’T ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT COMMA BECAUSE EACH DAY IT DIMINISHED MORE AND MORE PERIOD FINALLY' IT GOT HER GOAT COMMA AND SHE DECIDED TO KEEP HER EYES OPEN UNTIL SHE FOUND THE CULPRIT PERIOD NOW COMMA WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD MILDRED WOULD DO IT QUESTION MARK BUT BIG SISTER HAD PROOF DASH DASH DASH SHE CAUGHT HER RED HANDED PERIOD (Copyri ;ht, 1926. NEA Service, Inc )

MR. FIXIT Partly-Paid-for Cars Cannot Navigate in Alleys.

Let Mr. Fixit present your ease to uity official*. H#* ih The TimeiT retireprr.tatlve at the city hall. Write him at Tne Time*. A frank correspondent of Mr. Fixit today bemoans the fact the partly-paid-for cars of himself and neighbors are unable to navigate in the alley between Tremont and Mount Sts., in the 1100 block. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Please use your Influence to have our alley cleaned enough that we may be able to get our partly-paid-for cars through it. There is some mud, but we can stand that, ruts, but we can stand them. However, the thing that blocks our way, shatters our nerves, cuts our tires and gets our goat is the rubbish piled along the edges, which work down to the middle. Such rubbish piles flourish particularly well back of 1140 N. Tremont St. and 1141 N. Mount St., although there arc some others in the vicinity. TIMES READER. Capt. George Winkler has ordered police to investigate the condition you describe in hopes you may receive benefits from your payments. George Woodward, streets superintendent, has authorized immediate investigation of the following complaints: Knee deep in mud, Alton Ave.; Mrs. Nita L. Harris, 3136 N. Sherman Dr.: Harry H. Lykins, 2737 Dearborn St.; Mrs. Edward A. Wise, Koehne St., Burdsall to Twenty-Third Sts.; South Sider, sidewalks on Glmber St., near Shelby St. But a Tax Payer, S. Gale and Earhart Sts., must petition the hoard of works for establishment of a grade.

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

TRACTION LINE SHOWS A PROFIT SHE Interstate Public Servico Company, supplying light, gas and water to a number ot jioosier communities us well ns operating a traction line between Indianapolis and Louisville—enjoyed in 1925 one of the most prosperous years In the company’s history, according to the financial report submitted to the annual stockholders’ meeting in Indianapolis, Monday. Even the traction lined showed a profit, something entirely out of tho ordinary for Indiana electric interurhans. Most of them the past year have operated on red ink. There’s something for traction magnates to think about. The line to Louisville is equipped with all the travel frills and luxuries—sleeping cars, buffet-parlor cars, most modem steel equipment and fast schedules. And In the midst of general traction gloom it makes money. Speed and comfort are what the passengers want whether they travel by railroad, lnterurban, bus or In a hearse. A transportation agency that supplies Its customer with speed and comfort at a reasonable charge will be patronized by the traveling public. That's what people want and they ate willing to pay for It. We would respectfully refer the experience of the Interstate Company to the Indianapolis Street Railway and other electric lines that, with dingy cars and obsolete equipment, bewail bus competition and decreasing patronage. Paint pots, vacuum cleaners, and up-to-date equipment will do more to resuscitate such lines than rate boosts and friendly public service commissions.

TAKE ALONG A ROAD MAP THOMPSON. 19I J year-old Indianapolis girl, 1 .J now advises girls never to take an auto ride with a strange man. She accepted such an invitation following a dance Saturday night, and is now in city hospital, with a terribly bruised face, the result of being dumped out of the automobile on the National Rd. near Greenfield. “He was awfully nice looking," she explained. “It was such a wonderful night, and he had such a peachy-looking roadster.” All was lovely until they reached Greenfield. Then, according to her version, the party got rough. She was pushed out of the speeding roadster and landed In the road on her face. The awfully nice-look-ing young man and tho peachylooking roadster sped hack to Indianapolis without her. She was picked up by passing motorists and brought to city hospital. The young man, when arrested by detectives In connection with the affair, told a different story. He says on the ride they quarreled. She wanted to get out. “So, like a gentleman, I slowed up; she jumped out; I drove on to Indianapolis." And, “like a gentleman,” left her bruised and unconscious on the road. The incident can be used to adorn a tale, point a moral and form the text for a sermon. But probubly it won’t deter other girls from accepting similar invitations to ride with strange “boy friends.” They will continue to live and learn. But when they go on such rides they had better take along a road map. A COLLECTION AGENCY STUITS, brought under an old Indiana statute by the Mal___J rion County prosecutor, on behalf of a woman to recover from the winners $3,429 lost by her husband in stud poker games at the

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By GAYLORD NELSON

Indianapolis Athletic Club, an Interesting field of possibilities. According to tho statute, if you play cards for something more substantial than fun anil lose, as occasionally happens, your wife can enlist tho aid of tho prosecutor’s office to recover your losses. It makes tho State a collection agency for gambling loascs. Os course, poker Is a very reprehensible pastime—tho law says so —and should bo discouraged. And. possibly, one way to discourage It is to give tho wife final say whether her husband shall lose his money or merely his sleep In trying to draw a pair back to backas the stud poker vernacular has it. Properly exploited, the statute would make a married man as welcome at a friendly game as the smallpox. No doubt gambling is a vice that should lie suppressed. But complete suppression is a largo order. Despite all tho legislative enactments on tho subject, men will insist on playing cards for keeps In private homes and clubs nice, more or loss prominent citizens. Even the statute Invoked In this case, probably, Isn’t especially effective In stamping out gambling. But if the prosecutor’s office Is to be a collection agency for gaming losses —If It seeks to recover for the losers in crap gutnes on Indiana Ave. as well as for losers iti_ stud poker gnmes ut the athletlfl club It will, at least, enjoy a busy summer. A PROXY IN PRISON EOUIS GARINO is again a free man, after serving more than six months us a prisoner at tho State Farm. He was pardoned tho other day by Governor Jackson. Ho pulled a regular Sidney Carton act—went to prison as the hired substituto of a follow countryman who had been convicted and sentenced for high crimes and misdemeanors against the prohibition net, and who disappeared while out on bond pending hearing on his appeal. The substitution was a clever ruse. Five months ago tho substitution was discovered. The matter was Investigated. There was quite a scurrying to and fro of officers and a search for tho sprightly hirer of tho prison proxy. Meatwhlle Louis was left at the farm serving time for another’s crime. YVhat was tho Idea in keeping him locked up after It was discovered that ho wus tho wrong man? The whole episode has all the characteristics of comic opera Jurisprudence—the sort of thing one expects from the hick constables In the comlo strips. Thjj wrong man Is hustled off to —and kept there even after the authorities are convinced that he is a substitute. Kept there because they don’t know what else to do with him. Somebody ought to serve out the sentence and he is available for that purpose. That seems to be the reasoning. Apparently it la a slower and harder Job getting the wrong m’n out of prison than the right one in. In what percentage of divorce suits in 1923 were wives the plaintiffs? How does it compare with other years? -What were the principal causes of divorce? In 1923, wives were plaintiffs in 67.8 per cent Os divorce proceedings. This ratio has scarcely changed since decade 1887-1896, when tho average was 65.8 per cent. The causes of divorce specifically alleged and their percentage of the whole In 1923 were: Drunkenness, 1.3; neglect t>> provide, 4.0; unfaithfulness, 10.5; do. sertion, 83.2; cruelty, 35.3.

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