Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 262, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1926 — Page 6

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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. W\L A. MAYBORN, Bun. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Hovard Newspaper Alliance * * * Client of the United Press and the NBA Servico * • * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dallv except Sunday by Indianapolis rimes Publishing Cos.. 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a U eek PHONE—MA in 8500.

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A Sound City. mN the frantic flurry of finance, it is a matter of more than city pride to note that despite whatever upheavals in prices are taking place, Indianapolis remains untouched and unalarmed. A revision of prices is taking place in the New York stock market. Men who have gambled on margins, trying to get something from a prosperity to which they contribute nothing are learning better and are poorer and wisei. Not a condition that affects real prosperity is changed. There is as much wealth in the Nation today as there was before stock prices began to change rapidly. There has been no disaster, no epidemic, no famine to reduce the power of labor, the first factor in wealth. There has been no upheaval of Government, no change in appetites, no overturning of conditions in any industry or trade. Some cities may feel the effect of fear. But not Indianapolis. Its industries have an outlet and a market which is not affected by the manipulations of stock gamblers or speculators. Its men and women are employed in rendering real service, in creating real wealth, in the manufacture and distribution of necessities and comforts for which there is a constant and a growing demand. The basis of its prosperity does not depend upon the gambling judgment of speculators. Therefore it can afford to be mildly interested in the outcome of the dollar game being waged between those whose optimism and greed outrun their judgment and the pessimists who see no silver lining to any cloud. Fortunately the prosperity of the city doesaaot depend and is never affected by such conflicts. Its industries and enterprises do not rest upon the valuation given them by speculators. They have the firmer basis of confidence and trust of the men and women whose needs they supply.

A Peculiar Appeal Lrv j NE of the great women whose keen intelI ligence and sensitive heart endeared her to the nations is hunting for a millionaire without a hobby. In the many years which she has devoted to the work of salvaging human wrecks, in reviving hopes in depressed souls, in building up broken manhood and womanhood, Maud Ballington Booth has always been able to find charitable givers. But she has also discovered that most millionaires have hobbies. Men who earn or obtain large fortunes also amass their own slants on life. They are quite ready to give, but they want to give to the things in which their in-

MR. FIXIT Shallow, Uncapped Wells Are Subject of Complaint.

Let Mr. Fixit present your case to city officials. He is The Times’ representative at the city hall. Write him at The Times. I Shallow, uncapped wells In the 4700 block on English Ave. produce an insanitary condition reported to Mr. Fixit today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: In the 4700 block on English Ave. there is a group of houses with dug wells uncapped. These wells are not more than fifteen feet deep. Some are less than that. Children are drinking this water. There also is a private sewer which drains into an open lot only a short distance behind these houses. Mice and rata enter the houses from outside by means of the sewer. TIMES READER. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, will send Inspectors to this region at once. DEAR MR FIXIT: Can you ' please say why Big Four locomotives in the southeast' part of the city whistle so loud and long and keep residents awake all hours of the night when there is a law prohibiting such whistling in the city. A. B. JOHNSON 1 . Please note what time the train passes and whether it is a freight or passenger train so Mr. Fixit may present definite information to the Big Four officials. DEAR MR. FIXIT: I have a garage at the rear of 1117 N. New Jersey fft. Across from the entrance is a large pile of cinders and clinkers, also an old junk automobile that interfere very much with entering the garage. Will you please see if the obstructions can be removed? C. E. ROARK Capt. George Stone will send a patrolman to Investigate.

forest has been aroused by some special incident, and most of them, she finds, have little imagination. They give to the obvious things and to the needs which require only to look upon to pity. Their vast funds arc available for hospitals, the lame, the sick, and the blind. There is much money ready for the endowment of hospitals and (lie building of libraries. The ignorance in foreign countries always has its pocketbook appeal. The convict and the criminal command sympathy and charity, and now this great humanitarian who has ministered to all of these has discovered a greater need. She declares that the four greatest things in the world are love, marriage, home and children, and she wants to find a millionaire who will devote his fortune to the safeguarding of these. She wants a fund to back young people who start on the career as home builders and permit them to become parents. She carefully explains that she does not wish to pauperize people, but that our system of society is becoming so oomplex and competitive that the thought of doctor’s hills, rent and food frighten the young men and women of today until only the moist courageous dare indulge their dreams of love or have the temerity to carefully plan for homes and all that homes might mean. She believes that some of the great tragedies of today is the increasing number of childless apartments where a baby is looked upon as a luxury and its coming postponed with same callous calculation as in the purchase of a flivver or a radio set. Possibly she is all wrong, but the statistics put out by Uncle Sam do indicate that the per cent of married women who continue to work for wages in industrial and commercial institutions after they turn from the altar is increasing much more rapidly than the total number of employed women. Charity has never been the real solution to any problem. Even if she found her millionaire with a hobby or many millionaires without a hobby, it is doubtful whether she would solve the problem whieh vexes her. Her definite plan for a foundation to buy or build a home for young married people to finance her adventure into home building might be just the means of pauperizing the strong and sturdy men and women whose children will be the dominating force in the next generation. Most charitable enterprises which have for their purpose reform by the wholesale fail. An institution which is not strong enough to survive in competition with all other social influences is destined to fail. Possibly her hunt for a millionaire without a hobby will have the result of calling attention to anti-social influences which make the four greatest things in the world, whieh she lists as love, marriage, home and children increasingly rare.

Enlisted Pay in Navy

. You can g-et an answer to any quesf lc>r > of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Washington, p. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital aavice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Uns-gmed requests cannot bo answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. To what grade and pay can an enlisted man in the Navy advance? He starts with a base pay of s2l per month. He can advance as high as chief petty officer with a base pay of $167.50 plus 25 per cent after sixteen years service. When was Daniel Boone born and when did he die? He was born 1734 and died in 1820 at the age of 86. Is a rural mail carrier allowed to have other work outside his delivery hours. Yes, if such work is in no way benefited or enhanced by his position in the postoffice. He may not have work, for example, which requires canvassing, because his acquaintance with his district through his delivery of mail would give him an advantage over his competitors.

Famous Composers Robert Schumann S r ~~ CHU.MANN, o;ie of the greatest ci German composers, was born at, Zwickau, Saxony, in 1810. Although he composed small pieces at the age of 11, his first serious instruction began in 1831, at Leipzig. Acceding to his parents’ Wishes,’ he first studied law, but after marrying Clara Wieck, the daughter of a prominent musician, he adopted music as his life profession. At first his freedom of form was opposed by the critics of his day, but several noted virtuosi, such as Liszt, Tausig and Clara Schumann, his wife, eventually made his works famous. In 1834 he wrote the Symphonic Studies, which with the great A Minor concerto and two sonatas remain among the most admired of all compositions for the piano. In 1850, melancholy drove him into insanity and in 1856 he died in an asylum near Bonn.

Who wrote the poem “Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight?” Rose Thorpe. What is the meaning of the name Blankenship? - ***“*~" Apparently it comes from the stem “blank” or “blanche” which means “white” and “ship” meaning “state of”; hence the meaning is “whiteness.” It is an English (Norman) name. Are persons born in the United States of foreign parents eligible to become President of the United States? Irrespective of the nationality of parents, persons horn In the United States are natural-born citizens and are eligible to the office of President, if otherwise qualified. What kind of a stone is a “doublet?” The name is applied to stones made partly of the real precious stone and partly of cheaper material. The top Is made of the genuine stone and the lower part of glass or a cheaper grade of the natural stone than is used on the top.

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THE VERY IDEA!

Medicine Time lIENEVER a youngster Is yU ailin’ a hit, and needin’ a , doctor's advice, you always kin know, ’twill be throwln’ a fit — fer medicine Isn't so nice. The glass oa the table, -with spoon o’er the top. is ne’er half as bad as they make it. But e’en though the dose they must down Is a drop, they always will fuss when they take it. That bottle of brown stuff makes little tots fret. Those pills 'er so hard to get down. And yet.they are given for tummy,s upset, when medicine time comes aroun’. Os course there are youngsters who never fret —much, but most kids a real fuss are makin’, whenever It’s time for the tablets and such, that every four hours must be taken. It may be that havin' to stick to the bed, away from the school work, is slick, but when- lots of medicine youngsters are fed, It isn’t much fun bein’ sick. • • Letting someone else do your thinking is Just thoughtlessness. • • • Maybe a fellow calls Ills wife angel ’cause she’s always harping on sometiling anti never has anything to wear. • • • If the same button is off of a man’s shirt for several weeks In succession he ought to get married—or divorced. • • • This picture of the modem day. Will show yon what is wrong. The young make love much quicker, but It doesn’t last as long. • • • NOW, HONESTLY— One of the easiest things to do Is get sore at a loop— And the next easiest Is to forget that he is on the job for our own benefit. Autolsts knock traffic regulations for a goal and feel Insulted If the law smacks ’em on the wrist. Pedestrians Ignore safety first tips and blame the lack of protection if they're swiped by an auto. Which is the reason we have traffic officers —to protect all of us. The average cop Is looking out for your interest —that’s what he's paid for. It’s to your interest to help him earn his dough.

YOUR INCOME TAX NO. 3 M. Burt Thurman, Internal Revenue Collector, Tells Times Readers About the New Tax Regulations in These Articles.

mF you ar single and support in your home one or more persons closely related to you and over whom you exercise family control, you are the head of a family and entitled ifhder the revenue act of 1926 to the same personal ex. emptlon alltwved a married person, $3,500 In addition a taxpayer is entitled to a credit of S4OO for each person dependent upon him for chief support, i i such person is either under 18 years of tfge or incapable of selfsupport because mentally or physically defective. Such dependent need not be a'member of the taxpayer’s household. For example, an unmarried son who supports in his home an aged mother is entitled to an exemption of $3,500 plus the S4OO credit for a dependent, a total of $3,900. Ts from choice the mother lived in another city, the son, although her chief support, would be entitled only to the $1,500 exemption, plus the S4OO credit. The mother not living with hint, he is not considered the head of a family. An exemption, as the head of a family can be claimed by only one member of a household, The S4OO credit does not apply to the wife or husband of a taxpayer, though ofie may be totally dependent upon the other. 4

Georgy Somnes

Playhouso, Nineteenth and Alabama Sts. It will be repeated next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.

By Hal Cochran

Sometimes a fellow boasts that he can marry any girl he pleases—and then finds out he doesn’t please any of them.

Mothers! Don’t complain If baby daughter cries for the moon. Wait’U she grows up—she'll want the earth. • • • She: Were you ever moved by a speech? He: Sure—a cop once warned me against loitering. • • • TRY THIS ON YOUR CALLIOPE: It depends on how many fellows a girl goes with, how many laps there are to the matrimonial race. * * • Prof. Ofergosh Snkes declares that, though a fellow Is willing to risk his life for his wife, 'tis far wiser for her to hire a cook. • • • The little kid rear! a sign which said: "Ice Cream—Ninety Cents Per Gal.” And he wondered how much they charged boys. • • • FABLES IN FACT HE HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE COMMA AND ALL HIS FRIENDS STARTED handing him advice about MAKING MONEY PERIOD ONE FRIEND IN PARTICULAR SUMMED IT ALL UP BY SAY’ING COLON QUOTATION MARK BE HONEST COMMA WORK HARD COMMA AND ABOVE ALL GO OUT FOR THE CHINK PERIOD QUOTATION MARK SO THE VERY NEXT DAY THE GRADUATE STARTED COLLECTING WASHING FOR A LAUNDRY PERIOD Conurlaht. 19K8. JWA Service

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

A PADLOCK PUZZLE iMER HAWKINS, Marlon County sheriff, ordered by the court to padlock the home of Mrs. Susie Davey, 551 Wilkins St., for liquor violations, declares he has no fund to provide tho signs and locks for tho promises required by tho court order. What to do? The judge ordered two signs, one on the front and one on tho rpar of the home, to be conspicuously vlslblo to one approaching tho house. He also decreod that each outside door to the place should be locked and keys given only to members of tho family. Tho garage is to be locked and the son of the family only is to have a key to It. Only members of tho family are to use the keys and enter the place. Apparently that caulks up She premises so no booze can trickle out. But what’s to prevent the possessors of keys being accompanied In and out of the dwelling by friends with or without thirsts, despite the new locks and warning signs? What’s to prevent them receiving visitors as heretofore? Who is going to keep watch to see the padlock order is obeyed? In fact, If It Is desired to use the premises as the lair of a blind tiger, vigilance of the officers Is more to be feared than the elaborate but vulnerable padlock order. The padlock has become quite fashionable in dry enforcement circles lately. But it is of questionable efficacy. To sc*-amblo a metaphor, the padlock s bark seems worse than its bite. NOT SO MANY BABIES TOM JOHNSON, city health board statistician, says the stork doesn’t come around like he used to do In Indianapolis. In January the old bird delivered only 574 new babies lrt the city and In February 543. For each month the total was less than for the corresponding month In 1925. which in turn was less than the year before. Apparently there is a real decline In the birth rate In Indianapolis. Perhaps that’s something to worry about. It’s discouraging just when everybody else Is getting pepped on this million-popula-tion idea to have tho stork ,lay down on the job—especially when he could. If he would, do so much to put the Idea across. Homer McKee will have to talk to him. But In fact the decline In birth rate need occasion no alarm. Though the birth rate has gone down in the past six years, there has been an even greater decline In the mortality rate of Infants under 1-year-old. Fewer babies are horn in Indianapolis, but more babies live beyond babyhood. The net result is an Increase of population. Ir. no other field has medical science made greeter advance than In saving babies. The average life expectancy of nn American born a century ago was thirty, five years. It Is row fifty-five years. The difference Is primarily due to reduction In Infant mortality. For the average life expectancy of a man of fifty-five to-

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day is no greater than that of a man of that age a century ago. The work of the world lfl performed by adults. When science becomes as successful In prolonging the average active life of adult as it is now In saving babies, civilization will get up and hump itself. MOTHERS TODAY AND YESTERDAY IRS. ANNA RICHARDSON. on the editorial staff of a . leading woman’s magazine, told a gathering of Indianapolis club women Tuesday that “as a class the mothers of today are vastly superior to the mothers of what w'e call the good old times.” That should elicit prolonged applause from the harried and oftcrltlsed modern parents. Mothers of today—also fathers—have had pretty hard sledding. They have been held responsible for all the conflagration of flaming youth that arouse so much discussion among sociologists and heavy thinkers. If their offspring are addicted to warts or the Charleston the mothers are blamed. If a youth terminates his career on the gallows It is the result of improper parental training. On the other hand If a youth becomes city councilman, or otherwise famous. no credit Is given to the parents —he Is said to be self-made. Asa matter of fact since the first, parents raised Cain and Abel —with disastrous consequences—rearing children has beon a major human occupation. It would bo suprising, Indeed, if with accumulated experience, broader knowledge and greater education, the technique of motherhood didn’t Improve with the ages. Each generation of mothers must boa little better equipped than Its predecessor for the Job. If It Isn’t, the race !s not progressing; It is going backward. Which most of us are not prepared to admit—except on the first of tho month and other sour days when optimism flutters feebly. IT’S UP TO THE CITIES SHE well-known United States Senate refuses to conduct a Senatorial investigation of outlawry In Chicago—as requested In a petition from tho Better Government Association of Chicago and Cook County. It’s up to the Windy City to do its own housecleaning, without Federal aid, said sage Senators. No one denies that Chicago needs cleaning up. It Is the crime capital of the Universe—the paradise of gunmen and gangsters. Almost every day one of Its prominent citizens —a beer baron or an underworld prince—dies with his boots on and a couple of policemen are slain incidentally. Besides these more fashionable bits of violence —the feuds of rival gangs—there Is an unending succession of plalp outlawry, murders, robberies and assaults on peaceful citizens. Sure, the crime conditions In the country's second largest city are deplorable. We Hooslers admit It. But It Is doubtful If the situation would be lmpEoved by a senatorial probe. There Is no more reason for an appeal to the Federal Gov-

MARCH 4, 1926

New Show to Open at Palace

Originality Is tho keyntoo to the headlining act on the Palace The i ater bill the last half of this week which Helen and Gertrude Clinton, dancers, present with the help or Jess Mendelson and Ralph Rambled.' Kazoo Kings. The two sisters have been soloists with Important ballets, while Mr. Mendelson Is a singer of some iepute in NewYork productions ns well as a stepper. The Kazoo Kings are Instrumentalists playing tho latest of Jazz. One of their features 1m tho playing of two Instruments simultaneously. Ralph Whitehead Is a character Impressionist direct front A1 Jolson’s “Big Boy Company.” Mr. White head has a complete repertoire of songs, character Impressions and pi ano solos. Miss Gertrude Pennington accompany him at the piano. America’s athletes In a study In endurnnee Is unother one of the featured bits on the program. Tho Rath Brothers, who have appeared In tho “Muslo Box Revuo,” the “Passing Show,” "Whirl of New York" and soverul other product lons, accomplish astounding foats of strength and demonstrations of muscular development. Eccentric comedy In a novel way Is offered by Chrisale and Daly, who Imitate dolls and anlmala. A comedy song and dance skit is Included In the number presonted by Gram and Eddie Parks. "With This Ring” Is the photoplay starring Alyce Mills, Lou Telle, gen, Forrest Htanloy and Donald, Keith. Short reels on the program' aro: Pathe News, a comedy, and topics of the day. •I- -I- + Other theaters today offer! “The Student Prince,” at English’s; Benny Rubin, at Keith’s; “Fads and Fn,n. cles Revue,” at the Lyric; "The Fur Cry,” at tho Circle; "The Skyrocket," at tho Ohio; "Braveheart,” at the Colonial; "Dancing Mothers,” at tho Apollo; complete now movie show at the Isis, and burlesque, at th< Broadway. emment to clean up the mess than for an appeal to the Indiana horsethief detectives for help. The problem is tho exclusive property of Chicago. Fred Schortemeier, Indiana's secretary of State, In a recent speech, said crime must bo handled on a State basis, that it’s no longer a local matter. Ho may be right. But the experience of Chicago, Indianapolis and every other city is that tho crimes and outlawry from which they suffer are chiefly local products, perpetrated by home talent. A city Is as clean as It wants to be. Whenever Chicago Isn’t satisfied to be a srime paradise It can clean house. Who Is tho youngest member nf the House of Representatives and of the Srnato of the United States? Samuel James Montgomery, rep resenting the first district Os I >’ 1 | homa, is the youngest member <>f the House. He Is 29 years old. Robert M. La Kollette, Senator from Wisconsin, Is the youngest mend" of the Senate. Ho is 31 years old. What Is the correct spelling and pronunciation of Jugoslavia? It la spelled both ”Jugoslavia” and "Yugoslavia” hut the first Is preferable. It Is pronounced according to the second spelling. How many mo or vehicles arc there In the United States and In the world? Approximately 20,000,900 nro registered tn the United States and 22,506,982 in the world.

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