Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1926 — Page 4

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.

Politics and Booze Whatever opinions one may hold upon the wisdom of the present prohibition system, all will agree with the position of the churches which hit at political control of its enforcement. The very definite charge is made that in three States the enforcement of the law depends entirely upon the political necessities of the Senators who are seeking re-election. “The Constitution is becoming a scrap of paper, the Jury system junk, justice a joke,” says the scathing report on conditions in these States. What else can be expected from a system where these enforcement officials, with every opportunity for blackmail, favoritism and graft, are named by Senators? What else could happen under a system where these jobs are regarded as spoils of office? There is no attempt to even hide the fact that this is the situation. The members of the Senate saw to that. When an effort was made to remove the enforcement agents from political influence, there was an almost unanimous protest from this “greatest deliberative body.” They compelled the President to parcel out these jobs to the men they named. Not only in three States, where enforcement agents are said to be deliberately ignoring the la", protecting the bootlegger who votes right and jailing the one who has a different idea than that of the Senator, but in every State politics and booze are being mixed. The people of Indiana may remember what happened to the head of the enforcement agents here when he dared to oppose the political ambitions of one Senator James E. Watson. He is no longer engaged in enforcing the law. It may be possible that the very wide discontent with the present laws, as evidenced by newspaper polls in many cities, is due to the disgust which the citizen has against the political control of prohibition enforcement. It may be possible that the law never had a chance, as long as the agents and heads are compelled to decide each day just how to enforce the law and not iujure the political ambitions of the men who give them their jobs. Certainly there can be no quarrel with the statement that the mixture of politics and booze is destroying respect for all law. No one who believes that the law is a failure wishes the Constitution destroyed by politicians for their own profit and aggrandizement. No one who thinks that we may have been unwise in our method of attacking the evils of alcohol wants a nullification by grafters. Both those who are called drys and those who label themselves as wet rebel against a condition of public affairs wherein the law is put upon the auction block and sold to the highest bidder. Just because this law directly affects more people than any other law ever passed in this country, it is especially important that its workings be taken away from the venal and the selfish. A political control of these agents means the political control of States in which the margin between parties is close. The people, all the people, may soon find themselves ruled by a nod to a prohibition agent, given from Washington. By discrimination, favoritism, prosecution and immunity, blackmail, they can and undoubtedly will change the results in important elections. It is not a pleasant condition to contemplate, this possibility of a President being chosen in the not distant future because of favors granted to bootleggers. Here is one platform on which both wets and drys can combine. If nothing else is done, and the people, as far as they have had a chance, indicate that they want other things done, there can be a concerted drive against the political grip upon the enforcement agencies. A start can be made by defeating any Senator who has at any time so far betrayed his oath of office as to use his prestige to influence in any w-ay the enforcement of this law. That start might be made in Indiana.

A Waste of Time "What will become of the Pacific Ocean after fifty years?” A first prize of $3,000 has been offered by the Osaka Mainichi of Japan for the best answer to this question. There are second and third prizes, too. Compete, if you like. You are eligible. "This question,” says the Mainichi, “offers food for profound thought. For good or bad, events of far-reaching consequences are destined to take place in this vast expanse of water. The days of the Atlantic are practically gone . "Fifty years will create scenes undreampt of today.” * • * "What is coming?” asks the Literary Digest, "History points to the greatest age the world has ever known. "The greatest age of all history is just ahead of us. The curtain is rising on anew world, richer, finer, different from anything before known. "In a few brief years our own astonishing age has transformed the world. We stand on the threshold of an era of still greater change—with more amazing possibilities.” * * * And yet there are those in this country who say we ought to withdraw within our shell and let the rest of the world roll by. And there are others too busy making money—or spending It, Babylonian fashion, jazzing around having a good time —to care very much what we do. Prosperity is making us heedless and soft But paste this on your morning mirror: We’ve got to roll along with the world or the world will roll over us. The Mainichi is right; and the Literary Digest is right: big events are coming. * * * The wise man, says Burke, “looks back upon experience and history and reasons from things past about things to come.” But the wise man will not stop there. He will keep track of what is going on today—he will "look

upon experience and history” now in the making as well. For unless we hook up the past with the present the future will probably knock us silly because it will catch us unprepared. Don’t let’s bury our heads In the sand. Let’s roll on with the w T orld. Study the past but . . . let’s read our papers, too. It’s vital. The Best Policeman The little printed note received by an Indianapolis business man, inclosing a five-dollar bill, gives the real answer as to why men can live together, be secure in their homes, their lives and their property. The note came from a thief who restored to its owner the money he had stolen. There was no necessity for sending back the money. The clew to the crime w r as lost. The thief was safe after risking his liberty for a few dollars by breaking into a store. He was beyond fear of detection. But the real policeman of civilization was on duty and on guard. You can imagine the story. You can write it for yourself. You can. fill in the details. After he had robbed, conscience followed him. Whenever he walked upon the streets, he saw’ accusing eyes in the face of every man he met. When he entered his tyome, he turned at the slightest noise. He shuddered as he tried to sleep. He knew that he was safe. But he could not avoid himself He had no fear of jail, but the reflection of his own face in a mirror terrified him. The>man who is honest only because of fear of jails or prisons is always a menace to society. There may come a time when he is so s’ure of his safety that he will steal. Those who restrain murderous impulses because they have a dread of paying the penalty in an electric chair or at the end of a noose are still savage at heart and potential killers if an opportunity arises. The woman who remains virtuous or conventional only because she fears gossip or exposure can hardly call herself a good woman. Fortunately all of these form a very small portion of the whole population. Were they to dominate, we would have chaos and crime instead of an orderly system of life. More fortunately, all or nearly all, are ruled by their own sense of right and wrong which operates through conscience. Most of us are controlled by that still small voice which is our constant companion. We make a mistake when we put our reliance upon written laws and depend upon them for protection. The thief who steals, is caught and sent to 'Jail, very frequently steals again. You may be sure that this conscience-stricken man who sent back his plunder will go straight in the future. He is in the hands of the greatest of all policemen.

Tom Sims Says

Two men who tried to get into a chain store in Birmingham, Ala., got into the chain gang instead. i Los Angeles man made a rope from his pajamas and escaped from jail, which was the up and Adam spirit. Chicago will have a hotel named Coolidge. It should be a real quiet place. Earl Carrol says a minister wouldn’t have been shocked at his party, but he doesn't say what minister. In Augusta, Ga., Ty Cobb, baseball player, caught a robber who must have thought lie was out. Our philosophy Is that the world ends every night and starts out new again every morning. Birds building their nests seem happy. They don’t try to make them larger than they did last year. Spring clothes look fine on slender people but don't feel so well on slender incomes. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)

State of Indiana Has No Motto

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legai and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. AH other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. What is the nickname, State flower and motto of Indiana? Its nickname is the “Hoosier State”; the StAte flower is the carnation, and it has no motto. When did the United States acquire possession of Haiti? Haiti does not belong to the United States. Formerly it was a French colony that proclaimed its independence Jan. 1, 1804, and is now a republic, governed under a constitution ratified on June 12, 1918. In November, 1915, both Houses of the Haitian Congress ratified a treaty with the United States establishing a protectorate over Haiti. That treaty establishes a number of American advisers to the Haitian government who are appointed by the President of Haiti upon the recommendation of the President of the United States. How long did the following serve as President of the United States: Garfield, Wilson and Taft? Garfield was inaugurated in 1881 and served six and one-half months; Wilson serve! two full terms from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1521; Taft served from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1913. Who was President when Clay and Webster clashed on the tariff question? Monroe. What is love? A strong, complex emotion or feeling inspired by something, as a person or a quality, causing one to appreciate, delight in, crave the presence or possession of the object, and to please or promote the welfare of that object or person.

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WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW An Entire Year Parades in the American Year Book

By Walter D. Hickman SHE parading of an entire year, 1925, to be exact. Is revealed in the American Year Book. When Macmillan Company, publishers, New York, announced the publication of thlS book I wrote them and asked permission to have a copy sent to me. This was done because many letters have reached by desk regarding information upon yearly events. It seemed to me that the American Year Book, a "record of events and progress for the year 1925," might meet a big general demand. One does not "read” this year book page by page, but keeps it handy every hour of the busy day. That is the best compliment that 1 can pay this genius of a book. One of the most frequent questions that reaches this desk is: What is the progress of the city manager plan of city government. This year book discusses this factor in city government under various heads. On this subject yoiLlivill find such an authority as Clinton Rogers Woodruff, honorary secretary of the National Municipal League. The progress of the city manager plan is shown in the ‘ directory of city manager cities." A Wide Scope In the 1,158 pages you will dis cover the following other topics discussed by leading authorities: American Political History: the United States Foreign Service: treaties completed and ratified: LatinAmerlcan relations; Influence of the United States in world affairs; Amer ican government; citizenship and persobal rights; freedom of opinion and expression; changes in the electoral laws, the president and the vice president and members of the cabinet; personnel of all government departments; the Supreme Court and constitutional law; state legislatures state and county govern-

Mollie Fuller Can Not See Her Audience but She Can Hear Real Appreciation

By Waller 1). Hickman mN one way, fate and time have been unkind to Mollie Fuller. Our parents and maybe our grandparents have seen this woman of the stage. Years have passed and Mollie Fuller is still upon the stage. She is not selling sympathy. She does not

mention that she is sightless until a curtain talk is demanded. Then Mollie Fuller talks out of her darkness. She sees not hut she "feels” and hears her audience. She knows that all Is well, or os well as it can be under the conditions, with her and her public. Mollie Fuller has kept pace with the demands of the hour in the way of entertain-

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ment. In a little sketch of modern make, called "An Even Break,” Mollie Fuller is surrounded with Perry Miller, a youthful and fair dancer; Bert Kelly, a female impersonator along the lines of the late Bert Savoy, and Leila Romer, a heavyweight “ballet” dancer. With the natural aid of these entertainers, Mollie Fuller has an act that does not have to beg for tolerance. There is a lot of everything in this act. Miss Fuller is first seen as a scrubwoman in Mme. Muidoone's fancy dressmaking establishment. Bert Kelly is the “fancy” dressmaker with more colored wigs than there are colors In the rainbow.

Mollie Fuller has a dramatic recitation and she then blossoms out in a beautiful gown as a model. There is swift, artificial and honest entertainment in this act. Mu’ le Fuller ha3 never asked for sympachv. She knows her stage. She knows that the "goods” must be deliverod. And Mollie Fuller Is still doing this. Local interest centers upon Bob and Gale Sherwood and their entertainers. The Sherwoods got their start in this city. They have developed the idea that ‘something new must be going on when an orchestra is on the stage. They have developed that idea until they have become real headliners. There is a little bit of everything in this act. Sherwood excels in working out a different routine for an orchestra. The result is that they are a big time sensation. Personally, I would eliminate one song number, the one telling about how difficult it Is to tell the boys from the girls. They are stopping the show this week. Harry Jans and Harold Whalen have become a vaudeville institution with their own brand of comedy, dancing and singing. They know how to sell honest to goodness personality. I put this team In my own Hall of Fame. Lillian Morton and her material didn’t register with me. I failed to get heads or tails out of what she was attempting. Her opening number Is the best. Haynes, Lehmann and Kaiser are heavyweight singers who sell personality and comedy more than they do harmony. But they do “sell” their stuff. Laura Ormsbee, singer and violinist, with Hal Findlay at the piano, has an interesting offering of melody, done in class and with ease. The bill opens with the Digatanos, dancers. Here Is a bill that makes one want to go to the theater. At Keith’s all week. -I- -!- -ILOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE PALACE Supposing you were a married man of many years standing. Supposing your wife went out for the evening and when she came back she found three young and good looking girls being entertained by you. What do you think she would do? At the Palace today and tomorrow in the act of Sager Midgley and Company this very thing happens. The kick of It is the ending. It is everything but what you would expect. Pitter Patter Is the name of an

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George A. Birmingham

Here Is the latest picture of George A. Birmingham, author. His latest. "Lady of the Abbey." has been published by the BobbsMerrill Company of this city.

act of five girls who with songs •uid dances find their way to favor ver yoasily. There are several num hers that have some very fine costume effects. Two “blues” singers in the manner of the Dolly Sisters, gel over some songs in a quite pleasing way. They ail have specialties either In dancing or song and provide some good entertainment in this line. Raymond Wylie has the right idea when It comes to being in jail. In his cell on *he stage everything looks its if it were Intended for someone's cosy home. Curtuiaa all around, lrottles on the table, and when we first see him he is telling the W’urden how to draw hts bath. He is one prisoner with the desire to have perfume in hi3 bath. With Dave Hlack the two es them put over much fun and some songs. Wylie’s best song number was one in which ho featured the tastes of song lovers of yesterday and today. Was composed of the "Toreador’s Song” from "Carmen” and a popular jazz song. Adams and Griffith are two men with a good eye when It comes to finding things to laugh at. One of them takes the part of the vocal instructor and the other Is the very, very dumb pupil. The pupil with his eccentric manner Is good for most of the fun. Wilfred Dubois opens the bill with a juggling act in which stress Is laid on several novelty features.. Included on the bill Is a photoplay, “The Circle,” with Eleanor Board man, and a news reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) -M- -IAND FRANK JAMES WINS.AT TIIE LYRIC

Among the members of the hard working theatrical profession there is an Ideal that is universal. It Is that the show must ''carry on.” No matter what personal misfortune may befall an actor or artist the public must not be forgotten. Their own suffering and cares must be placed on the shelf and the business of entertaining the public, of which you and I are members, must go on. At the Lyric this week is a young man that illustrates this fact in a way that all may understand. His name is Frank Jones. With his left leg missing just above the knee he laughs about it. Could you do the same? Ho calls it his "meal ticket” in a way that has a touch of grim humor to it. With his one good leg and the peg that he uses on the stago he dances with a degree of skill that tells of much haj-d work In training himself. With the aid of several harmonicas he puts out enongh melody to satisfy all. When Ills act Is finished he is satisfied in the knowledge of one thing, he has done his bit. and has done It well. "Twin Beds’’ is a sketch with a good story that Is somewhat poorly acted, with the exception of one part, a house maid. Concerns the eccentric straying from the marital fold of a male grand opera singer und the trouble of his wife in keeping him at home. Jimmy Gtldea and company have an excellent little burlesque of ancient love. We are taken back into history and given a sample of love as put out oy the famous heroines c” the different periods. Centuries are juggled about in a rather careless manner, but as it is all in fun, we shouldn’t worry about that. Mr. Gildea as the seeker after ancient love lore makes many a bright crack and gives material for many a laugh. Thornton and Squires are a clever team who have a novel Idea for the opening of their act. They make the movies help them out by having a picture screened that brings the comedy action up to an Interesting point, and then they step onto the stage. They have a humorous Interpretation of a rural Romeo and his wise little sweetheart. Smith, Lynch and Smith are a trio of men with some very fine voices. Are at their best in novelty effects such as one number they did in which the combined voices gave the effect of a bagpipe. Frank and Ray Doran had me puzzled for a minute or so. They have a dance act and were on the stage when I entered the theater. I thought It was an ordinary man

life; social work in churches; labor and labor legislation; religion and religious organization; science; chemistry; medicine; literature and book publishing the arts; music and drama; academic education and hundreds of other topics. You will agree with me that the subject matter covered is most complete and 1 am sure that it Is authentic. The American Year Book is a monument, a working and helpful collection of needed data. It Is necessary In every public library and school. And In the real thoughtful homes this book should not be missing. New Library Books The newest books at the public library Include: New books of fiction are: “Secret of Bogey House," ( v Herbert Adams; "Fifty Candles." by E. D. IMsreiu; "Little Tiger, by A H. Hawkins; "Cruise of the Cuttlefish," by Francis Lynde: "Pig Iron." by C. G. Norris: “Cow Jerry, ' by G. W. Ogden “P. A. L..” by Felix Riesenberv; "Rachel Marr." by Morley Roberts. New books of psychology, religion, setology and economies include: Spoken English and Row to Teach It." by E. W. Baker; “introduction to Sociology and Soaal Problems. ' by W. G. Beach; "Accounting for Building and Loan Associations." by R. J. Bennett: “Religion of Thirty GreatThinUere." by Albert Gehnng; "Mina of Jesus." by Louis Howland; ■Permanent Court of International Justice," by M, O Hudson: "Life of Christ, by R. M. Johee; "A Grammar of Polities.” !nr H. J. Laskl: "Telepathy and Clairvoyance.” by R E. Tlsehner: “Sodal Origins and Social Continuities." by A. M. Tozzer. New technical and -cicntiflc books in- • slude: "Spoken English and How to Teach It," try E. W. Baker: “Elements of F.lectrieal Engineering." by A. L. Cook: "Industrial Electricity.” try C. L. Hawes: ■ The Medical Follies.” by Morris Fishbetn: Elementary Thermodynamics of Automobile Engines," by E. H. Hamilton; Tree Habits P by J- s. 1111.-k: Prometheus, by n S. Jennings: "Heating of Residences and Smalt Buildings." by A G king. 'Elementary Hydraulics, by F W. Me- | daugh: “Fur Rabbits. by M. V Meek, "Draftsman's Mathematical Manual, edited by E. V. Oberg Turret Lathe Prav tie*>" bv Oherg "Manual of the Anpliea'ion of Electricity to the Motor Vehicle. ! "Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes by C. W. I Townsend, and "The Origin of Continents and Oceans " by A. L. Wegener New books of art. musto essays *nd noetry include: "Violin Master Works and Their Interpretation. hv Leopold AuerContemporary Figure Painters, by A I-. Raldry: “How Music Grew by Marion Bauer and Ethel Peysp-: Nature ” by J D. Curtiss and Poet s Proverbs.” r>y Arthur Guiterman.

and woman dance team, but found out that I was wrong. The woman is a man. The Camille Trio close the bill with much clowning on the crossbars and tumbling. At the Lyric ail week. (By tho Observer.) I- -I- -IA FEW V ORIS ABOUT “KOSHER KITTY KELLY” I refuse to become excited by “Kosher Kitty Kelly.” a farce with music, now on view at English's. Have howled my head off ail season about this and that of the

theater. I have tried at nil times to center interest upon worthwhile things, and “Kosher Kitty Kelly” does not belong to that class. Here is a noisy farce about Jewish and Irish families. The character drawing is faulty. The story doesn’t ring true, and no company could put this bunch of theatrical hokum over to success. Nell Roy, Marvin Oreck, Dorothy

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Walters, Sam Critcherson and Robert Leonard do all they can with faulty material. The few song numbers are not tuneful, and certainly are not well put over. This company acts much better than It sings and dances. I am not going to blame the actors—the play just it- not there. At times it Is nothing but low comedy. Asa ane night-stand show, "Kosher Kitty Kelly” might get by, but it is not a big city show. This 13 my verdict. Kindly have your own. At English's today and Wednesday. -I- -I- + Other theaters today offer; “The New Klondike” at the 'Apollo, “The Dancer of Paris" at the Circle, “Souls for Sables” at the Ohio, “The Cohens and the Kellys” at the Colonial, movies at the Capitol, burlesque at the Broadway and “With Daniel Boone Through the Wilderness’ at the Isis.

THE VERY IDEA By Hal Cochran ""

SOME OTHER TIME All klddln* aside, this is one of those days when a man can’t get down to his work. The sun’s shinin’ bright and I’m lost in Its rays, and I feel that I’d much rather shirk. I might write a verse about fashions and such, ’er I might frame a poem on spring. I well can Imagine that Just the right touch could make it a sweet little thing. There isn’t a law against serious thought, and I might turn a rhyme to advice. But that’s not the spirit in which I am caught, so the verso wouldn’t turn out so nice. No doubt there are millions of hunches, at hand, that really would fit Into rhyme, but surely, by this time, you’ll all understand, I’ll write them —at some other time. It’s queer how a fellow can knock letters out, and write without batting an eye. I’ll bet you don’t know what this verse Is about. That’s nothin’, folks —neither do I. • • NOW, HONESTLY— Pardon me if I laugh at the fellow who thinks he gets by on bluff. Why shouldn’t I? All the rest of the world laughs at him. That’s the funny part if It—when a man has so little sense as to travel along on brag, exaggeration, egotism and the like, you can’t expect him to have sense enough to know that he’s not fooling anybody but himself. But—someday he wakes up to find that tho road he has traveled leads only to the well-known place called No Place. “It’s a kindly tip to all heading that way—DETOUR! ■When you kiss a girl In a quiet spot, It’s quiet only because she can’t very well talk while being kissed.

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STOP’ AND STOP STREETS Hundreds of motorists, officers of the traffic department declare, drive across Washington St., New York St. and other preferential thoroughfares without coming to a full stop, as traffic, regulations require. So a campaign against such motorists has been started. More power to the cops in this war! On one of our preferential streets one never knows when he sees a flivver approaching on a side street whether it Is going to pause at the intersection and shiver —according to law —or whether it is going to leap forward and devour him. It may or may not stop, which adds an unnecessary sporting element to driving. But even more anr.oying tlian the spjit-seeond motorist who dashes Into preferential streets is the driver who always gets a running atari on a siiont policeman. The fellow to whom the green and orange lights both mean "go" and the red signal means “siop” maybe. On Meridian St. one can see any number of motorists starting with the orange light and half way across tho intersection before tho green “go" flashes. And at less prominent corners automatic signals are treated with more contumely. Pedestrians at these comers live or die, depending on their agility. Stop signs for preferential streets and automatic traffic signals are excellent devices for regulating traffic —if obeyed. But sooner or later, if they are only half obeyed, they will regulate some traffic into a Junk heap and some drivers into the hospital.

HOMES FOR CHILDREN John A. Brown, secretary of the State board of charities, says the State board, in cooperation with social welfare organizations, plans a systematic placeemnt campaign to provide homes for tho 1,900 homeless children now maintained in Indiana's public institutions. “We believe that for every homeless child there is some good home ready and able to roccivo it,” he declares. No doubt the care of orphans in public institutions is not a satisfactory solution of the problem of disposing of the homeless child. No matter how efficiently such institutions ore operated, they aro at best cold and cheerless. Tho Inmates are denied the love, affection. individual training and understanding with which a child In a ! private home Is surrounded. But to find the proper home for the homeless child. Aye, there's the rub. In Wisconsin, where the plan of placing children from public mstitu'lons in private homes under an Indenture system has been largely practiced, a recent investigation disclosed shocking conditions and shameful treatment of many of the ehildren so placed. Many are treated as slaveys, beaten, ill fed, given no schooling. Just drudges which foster parents worked to denth. The pages of Oliver Twist depict no more barbarous treatment of orphans than the report of the Wisconsin Investigators. Indiana doesn’t want any such treatment of its orphans. We would rather have them kept in institutions. More Important than getting all our homeless children In homes is making sure that those who aro placed out aro in good homes. FROM MERGER TO MERGER All principal quarries in the Bloomington-Bedford district will be merged under one ownership by not later than April 1. Chicugo

A Sermon for Today By Rev. John R. Gunn”"* 1

Text: 'Tie shall deliver thee In six troubles: yea. In seven there shall no evil touch thee.”—Job. 5:19. You have had your six troubles, perhaps. Now you are in the midst of the seventh. And this seventh

One of the best ways to make little things count Is to get a Job as u third grade arithmetic teacher. She—ls bookkeeping easy? He—Yes—unless the people you borrow from have good memories. • * • The worst lit© I ever heard tell of was the golf ball that landed In tho middle of a newly plowed field. • • • ’Rfunny about a telephone girl. She has to make both ends meet or she can’t hold her Job. • • This thing has puzzled me for years, So fell me, if you can. Why Solomon, with his hundred wives. Was called the wisest man? • • • One of the most Important parts of an auto Is the nut that holds the wheel. • • • FABLES IN FAIT ONCE THERE WUZ A LADY WHO WAS AFRAID TO LIVE IN HER HOME ALONE COMMA SC SHE BOUGHT A DOG PERIOD THE PURP CERTAINLY COULD BARK COMMA BUT THAT DIDN’T PROVE THAT HE WAS A GOOD WATCH DOG COMMA AND THIS IS THE VERY THING THE LADY WAS ANXIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT PERIOD HOWEVER COMMA A TRAMP CALLED ONE DAY AND STOPPED AT THE OUTER GATE PERIOD QUOTATION MARK DOES YOUR DOO BITE QUESTION MARK QUOTATION MARK HE ASKED PERIOD QUOTATION MARK THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT COMMA QUOTATION MARK REPLIED THE LADY COMMA QUOTATION MARK COME ON IN PERIOD QUOTATION MARK.

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By GAYLORD n ELBON

capitalists are er.gineerlnp tho 140,000,000 deal.which will place control of Indiana's limestone out put In a single company. As more than 60 per cent of the building stone used in tho United States comes from Hooaler quarries, a very lusty trust is apparent In process of hatching right under our nose. And there Is no public outburst of indignation such as would have greeted an en terprise of that, sort In tho gay muckraking days. Business now leaps lightly from merger to merger. Big business gets bigger nnd no tocsin founds for tho trust busters to do their stuff. * True, the proposed $2,000,000,000 baking merger has Just been slapped on the wrist by tho Gov ernment. And the Nickel I’luto merger was disapproved by the interstate commerce commission. Bui the latter was not disapproved per se; the objection was to tho financial structure planned. Probably that will be reformed and the con solldatton perfected in due time. It’s a far cry from tho days when anti-trust suits followed each other in rapid succession—when Judge Landis stuck tho $39,000,000 flno on Standard Oi!—to tho pres ent, when merging is all the rage Railroads, mines, quarries, oil wells are being grouped in larger and larger corporations. A S4O. OOOjOOO stone merger hardly at tracts casual attention. Perhaps this tendency to con solldation Is all wrong. The old trust busters may turn over In their graves. But big business is no longer feared Just because It is big, even by its competitors. It’s the resull not tho size, of a merger that merits official scrutiny.

LAKES TO OCEAN J Arch G. Graham of Booth Bend, candidate for tho Republican senatorial nomination, announoes that he favors development of s waterway linking the Middle West with the Atlantic seaboard. "1 consider such a waterway one of the most vital ncoesslttes tor northern Indiana and tho Stato as a whole,” he says. That's good safe position for a candidate for office in the Mid die West to take. Producers, manufacturers and shippers generally in this section of the country arc strongly in favor of waterways. They would reduoe freight rates, open world markets directly to Middle \V*stern producers, and boom business. But it will probably be some time before ocean liners toot up White River and dock near the Washington St. bridge or the flag.i of ft dozen nations fly from shipping (B tho Michigan City harbor. Untold millions have been spent dredging tho Mississippi and its tributaries and in construction of canals in Indiana, Ohio and neigh boring States. However, the in land waterways thus projected have failed to produce results. The rivers of Europe aro great commercial arteries. American rivers carry little except Congressional appropriations and sewage. So far development of Inland waterways here h.m been mostly a dream—a nightmare. Right now thoro I* much tjilk of the Great Lakes to ocean route. From the engineering standpoint it is feasible either by improvement of the St. Jj.awrcnce route or by enlargement of New Y'ork’s barge canal, the old Erie canal. But thoro is no agreement as to which is the best. And no prospects of a decision that will permit starting of work on either project. There’s the reason our inland waterway* aren’t more aerricc able. We talk about them endlessly and enthusiastically, but in stead of building them we quairol over the routo. Freight, not con vernation. Is what they need to be successful.

seems to be too much. Ybu •re beginning to feel blue and discouraged. You are wondering whether there Is any way out. The text speaks of six trouble® and a seventh. Perhaps your troubles have been too many to number. It is not so much a question as to I how many they have been. The thought here is that past experiences furnish a basin of confidence and hope for the present and the future. As It haa been, so will it be. Without violence to the text, we might read It, “Thou hast been with me In six troubles, therefore, in the seventh Thou wilt not forsake me.” Ts you have had six trouhlos and have been delivered out of them, surely there Is no reason to he afraid of a seventh. And so on through l fre ‘ v As you ar ® Avert'd from one trouble after another, instead of becoming pnnlc-strlckon at tho approach of the next, you ought to be able to face It with increased confl denco and courage. What God has done for you In the past Is a guarantee of what He will continue to do for you. “He shall dellvor thee In six troubles: yea, in seven thcro shall be no evil touch thee." Why, then, should you bo so cast down and out of heart because of your present trouble? Why should you be wondering whether there Is any hope of deliverance? Trust In God, do the best you can, and your deliverance will be ns sure as any you have expo rieneed In the past. (Copyright. 1526, by John R. Ounn) FAIR SHOWS PLANNED Women’s Exhibits Being Arranged by Agriculture Board. Plans for tho art and home economics shows at the 1926 In dlana State Fair were arranged Monday at a conference held b> Thomas Grant of Lowell, dlreclor of the Women’s Department of the board of agriculture, with memhei* of the women’s advisory committee Members of tho advisory committee are Miss Leila R. Gaddis, Purdue University; Mrs. L. G. Van Keys Amo, and Mrs. Lawrene Foster, CrawfonUvilia