Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1926 — Page 6

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Col. Coolidge Today Calvin Coolidge forgets that he is a President and becomes a son, his head bowed and his heart filled with grief. Not aU the power of the highest office In all the world could give to the man he loved an added hour of Ufa Nor can all the honors he has gained take from liia heart that ache which comes when earthly ties are broken and a loved one leaves, never to return. The father who gave direction and Inspiration to his early life, whose qualities and character were transmitted, and, upon a national scale translated into greatness, Is beyond the reach of his solicitude and care. Ail that even a President can new bestow Is the tribute of memory. Consolation must come In the thought that this son was able to lift from the obscurity of a small vUlage a man of sturdy worth and character who would have otherwise been unnoted beyond the hills In which he lived. To no other father In all our history has It been given to administer an oath of office to his son peldging him to keep faith with the millions of his feUow citizens In their highest office. The people of this Nation owe to this father their gratitude for an example of sterling Americanism. Few could have withstood the temptation to share the glamor and the glory of his son. His attitude was a constant reminder of the fleeting nature of fame and the sturdier worth of service. The spotlight did not change his simplicity or manner of living. He Uved as he had always lived, simply, usefully, sincerely and with dignity. In that dignity of simple life, he exemplified the best of all American traditions. The people will be gratified that their President has the memory of such a father still to serve as his guide and his consolation. To the son, they extend a sympathy sincere and deep. Did Money Fail? ‘1 have discovered that money does not give happiness.” This was the message which an Italian, ending his own life near one of the beautiful lakes of his native land, left as an explanation for his suicide. Asa boy he left his sunny home and came to the land of opportunity. He arrived in the steerage of an emigrant ship under contract to an employer at a pitiable wage. He was a victim of thfit system of peonage which prevailed before this country took its first step toward selective immigration. He looked upon this country as a place where fortunes were easily obtained, and he made a fortune. His story of success duplicates that of many others who had fled from oppressive conditions In Europe to the country where initiative, thrift and work would give returns and rewards. Five years ago he went back to his home land, taking with him twenty million of dollars. He went back to a country whose currency was depreciated, and where a dollar would buy much more at that time than at any other period in its history. He purchased a vast estate, probably because as a boy he had no home and his parents and ancestors for generations had existed at the will and pleasure of some titled aristocrats who had inherited their lands from a king for whom they had fought He had servants enough to form a small army. He bought his automobiles in fleets. Everything that luxury could suggest was his. Five years of this finds him a suicide, his life worthless. And he leaves a sad commentary that money does not bring happiness. He was wrong In that, of course, as wrong as he was In the belief that death Is ever the answer to any problem. Were he correct poverty should be the goal of all human beings and money, either large amounts or small, should be looked upon a curse and not a blessing. What he had really found was that he did not know how to use his money to gain happiness. He had discovered that there is a difference between happiness and comfort He could buy the things which pleased his palate and delighted his eye. He could buy nothing that satisfied his soul. The wealth that he had owned him. He did not own his own money. Wealth can buy happiness if it be looked upon only as a means of creating conditions which Invite happiness. It gives leisure and opportunity for study. It makes possible an expansion of unselfishness. It can create conditions under which others may be helped to escape from the very tyrannies and oppressions from which he had fled as a youth. What he really meant was that wealth never brings happiness to a selfish person. Congressional Go-Getters The salesman’s rakish derby hat -was never intended to be worn with a frock coat. And probably no group of men anywhere are needing more Sympathy than the six members of the congressional committee appointed to negotiate a lease of the Government’s $150,000,000 power plant at Muscle Shoals. Senator Smith of South Carolina has pointed out the chief danger confronting the statesmensalesmefi. "There is no use,” Smith warned the Senate in his fight against the unprecedented procedure, "to attempt to disguise the fact that this will open the v door to all manner of scandal. If we were to authorize some administrative or executive body to do the work for us, it would he a different matter. But we are attempting here to thrust Congress into a committee to go out and traffic with corporations and trusts and combines in order to turn over to them Government property worth millions of dollars. I not only question the propriety of it, but I do not think this body should commit itself to any such procedure.” The Henry Ford offer indicates what the committee may be up against. Ford offered to pay in 100 years $4,368,378 to-

ward amortization of the Government’s investment. Hla friends claimed this really represented a $49,000,00 payment, explaining blandly that the Government could Invest Ford’s $50,000 a year and draw $45,000,000 compound Interest In 100 years. Ford offered to pay $5,000,000 for $83,915,783 of salable property at Muscle Shoals. Hi3 friends argued this really represented a $25,000,000 payment because $5,000,000 would draw $20,000,000 Interest in a century. A House minority • report declared, "It Is Impossible adequately to characterize the folly of such figuring.” The congressional committee will get plenty of It, however, during the next month. That Is why the members need sympathy. Drunken Drivers So alarming is the Increase of drunkenness among drivers of automobiles, especially In the middle west, that the head of the automobile association of the Nation sounds a warning and a protest. More persons were arrested in 1925 for this crime, and It is a real crime, than in any previous year. Here Is something more than an argument for those who do not like the Volstead act or prohibition to use to support their contention that the present system has failed to curb drunkenness. The constantly increased use of the automobile in business and for pleasure demands that there he no mixing of booze and gasoline. Were the driver simply to menace his own life and limb, were he merely to endanger the lives of those who might *>e foolish enough to ride In his car, the problem might solve itself and the verdict be written by coroners. ( But an automobile driver, crazed with drink and especially the poisonous stuff which Is dealt out by the moonshiner and the bootlegger, is a menace to every person he may meet upon the road. He becomes a potential murderer, for the killings of pedestrians and other autoists by such a driver can be called nothing else but murder. The law in this State makes a Jail sentence compulsory upon conviction for this crime. The extreme limit of the law, in every case, and with no discrimination in favor of the man who gets drunk on bonded stuff at sls a quart and the one who goes crazy over home-made wine i3 not too light a penalty. But even that does not furnish the whole answer. No man who drives an automobile while drunk should again be permitted to drive any car. The revocation of his license and another year in Jail if caught driving an automobile, drunk or sober, might help out the situation. Traffic problems In congested streets and along paved roads are difficult enough without the additional problem of trying to make them safe against drunks who fill up on hootch and then step on the ga3. Too Merciful In a Detroit court a mother was appointed to pass Judgment upon her son, who was brought before the law charged with drunkenness. "You probably know best what should be done with him,” the Judge told the woman, who had complained that her son came home drunk and abused her. "Yes, I think about 30 or 60 days would be about the right punishment.” But finally the mother relented, and placed the boy on probation. Too bad.

Tom Sims Says

Florists say the outlook for spring la very rosy. Among the things which come to those who wait is spring fever. Successful men are too busy to think UP any secrets of success. We all know exactly what we would do If we were someone else.

‘Know-Nothing-Party ’ Origin Traced

You can pet 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, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. What was the origin and principles of the “KnowNothing Party"? About 1852, when the Whig party was breaking up, a secret oath-bound organization, said to have been called "The Sons of ’76," or “The Order of the Star-Spangled Banner,” was formed for the purpose of limiting immigration and participation In the government by foreigners. Its principle was “Americans must rule America.” Those of Its members who had not been admitted to the higher degrees were kept In ignorance of the full alms of the organization and their constant answer “I don’t- know” to questions regarding the society caused them to be dubbed "Know nothings.” The secrecy about Its membership and Its strength In the 1854 election created consternation among political leaders. In 1856 the cult of secrecy was discarded and it was apparent that the “Know Nothings” were mostly disguised Whigs. The name was changed to “American Party” and about 1860 it ceased to exist. Give date and exact day this country went dry. . G. W. B. The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution came Into effect Friday, Jan. 16, 1920, one year after the date of its ratifications. What is the speed limit for inlcnirbans within city limits of Indianapolis? A READER. Twenty-five miles per hour. Wliat does the expression, “The rocky road to Dublin” signify? Ireland is a rocky island. In the days before Improved roads, the road to Dublin was particularly rocky. As that road was more traveled than any other, Dublin being the principal metropolis, the expression struck a familiar note to all Irishmen. The evolution of the phrase to signify rough experiences and hard knocks can readily be seen.

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New Stage Baby Comes to Light and There Will Bea Lot of Talk About This One Play

By Walter D. Hickman | • —~i OR one certain reason, I call Ir* your attention to the time I I 1 that lam telling you about “The Sport of Kings.” The time Is 8:22 this morning. I write when I feel that I can tell you the truth. And now is the time. Clearing off the boards, I am not one bit worried about the many people present at English's 1a s t night. This show In my Ufa have 1 seen as faultj l||i dress rehearsal. O. P. Heggie, the al- Betty IJnley leged star of this show was not a character. In all fairness, he mußt “sink” and become a character. He will travel fast If he gets ahead of Walter Kingsford as Bates, Kingsford and Heggie have a wonderful chance, the lines are there. So Is Kingsford. Heggie is creating but he will be there. Heggie lifts at times but Judging by last night, the character of Amos Purdle, J. P. Is far missing. By Saturday night, this may be changed. Heggie is a great artist but I am not satisfied with his characterization last night. He is not In the part. Time will tell. In the first act and until T'oung Purdle and Katie Purdle lo a strange masquerade they (Howard R. Cull and Alison Bradshaw) are wonderful. Then they pass out because of failure to keep characterize tlon. A costume must not change a character when there is no reason for it. Brilliant conversation does not make a great comedy. There are laughs, many of them,, by actual count last night. But these mental situations will not make “The Sport of Kings” a great success. This comedy of racing life is not human. There must be a laugh and a tear. I want to know why I laugh after leaving the theater. As “The Sport of Kings” now stands it will not last. I find terrible miscasting when it comes to the women. The only exceptions are Mary Forbes and Alison Bradshaw. Betty Llndley as Dulcle Primrose did not reach me at any time. There must be a lot done on this show. Do not take these words as final. This is a growing show with a growing cast. I want to see it grow some more. Livingston Platt has done splendidly with the creation of the needed sets. Fine, yes. But tell me why there is not more realism when certain characters are watching a horse race with glasses? Somebody was very careless when they try to convince an audience by this cheap and unconvincing stage direction. I believe that the laughs are here but the situations must be dressed up as well as the characterizations. Get busy on this show, Major lan Hay Belth, Carl Reed. Mr. Platt, O. P. Heggie and the others who are expected to do something. Again remember this—this Is not final as this Is a growing show and a cast that can grow if it works. At English’s today and Saturday. LOOKING OVER NEW SHOW AT THE PALACE All kinds of dances and some excellent song numbers are the features of ‘‘Frolics of 1926” the head-

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line attraction at the Palace today and tomorrow. Opening with a short song by one of the men and a dance the act moves swiftly Into a series of specialty numbers by the Individual members and dancing teams. The most striking bits of the act are the solo dances by one of the women, who does a "snappy" charleston, and a number near the close where four people take part In an eccentric offering. Percy Bronson and Edith Evans have a smoothly balanced act in which full play is given to Mr. Bronson in his portrayal of a rather intoxicated actor who smilingly says that he Is not sick and that he never felt better In his life. Miss Evans has a good voice and In one number, a blues song, liked her very much. The two of them make their best effort In their Intimate "little by little” songs. Ralph Bailey and company have a comedy sketch In which we are given, with much humor added, the privelege of seeing the fall of two

THE VERY IDEA

‘SON* I Just can’t get her off my mind—and does that make me mad? Why, say, the thought of her I find by far the best I’ve had. There Isn’t any fault to pick, with manners or with ways. In fact, I’m always very quick to step right forth with praise. They say no perfect person can be found beneath th& sun, but If they ever change their minds—well, frankly, she’s the one. As far as I’m concerned, right now, all things are as should bo. There’s nothing more to wish for since she suits me to a tee. Whenever worries head my way and overflow my cup, it always seems she hurries forth and trios to clear them up. I didn’t have to grow so old till smart enough to learn that she, in every trouble, was the one to whom to turn. There ln’t no use in talkin' ’cause you hit the same cl’ spot whene’er ya start dlscussin’ T>out the finest friend you’ve got. She’s called me down, an' called me up for goods and bads I’ve run, but, best of all—tho greatest call —Is when she calls me son. • • • The easiest way for a man to make a girl love to hear him talk Is for him to talk about her. • • • •* If there Is any truth in •• *• that “seven years of bad •• *• luck” gag, the breaking of a•• •• mirror is far from a wise •• •• crack. ** • • • How comes they call modem girls "dolls?” Didja ever hear one of them call “ma-ma” when squeezed? • • • The two of them wore college chums In fair or rainy weather. In fact, ns gossip boldly hums, They always rammed together. • • • NOW, HONESTLY—’Twon’t be long till the famous ol* grind-organ man will be filling the air with popular tunes. Bo let's have a thought or two concerning him. Who is he, anyway? Nobody knows. Nobody cares. He simply drifts through the neighborhood, leading a monkey on a string and turning an organ crank. | The kids are thrilled. The grown-

young bachelors when they come Into contact with two young women who are hunting husbands. Summers and Hunt are a man and woman who take us down Into the country for a few minutes and Introduce us to a rural maid and her very rural sweetheart. Wilbur and Adams open the bill with a man and his wife at home trying to find a suitable place to hang a picture. Old stuff. Included on the bill Is a photoplay, "A Girl In a Big Cfity,” ■with Gladys Walton and Niles Welch, and a news reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) • • • Other theaters today offer: "The Jordan River Revue" at the Murat. Jimmy Glldea and company at the Lyric; “The Cohens and the Kellys” at the Colonial; “The Midnight Limited” at the Isis; The Sherwoods at Keith’s; “Souls for Sables” at the Ohio; "The New Klondike” at the Apollo; "The Dancer of Paris” at the Circle and burlesque at the Broadway.

By Hal Cochran -

ups stop in their work and listen for a while. Muslo hath charms to soothe —and cheer—and pep up. Give the organ man his share of the credit due. • • • When a doctor pays a visit the visit pays the doc. • • • You’d hardly say the telephone girl has either a business or a profession. Just a calling. • • • PERSONAL MAlL—Dear Uncle Sam: Suppose it was Just an oversight—but In connection with the internal revenue tax, there’s been a slight mistake. Will ya please change the "t” in the first word to “f.” Thanks!

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times: People of high moral standards, such as constitute the residents of Thirty-Fourth St. vicinity, not only resent, but cannot pass by unchal* lenged, false Insinuations and misrepresentations regarding the community and its moral surroundings and Influences, such as were brought out recently. To quote the Bible, then pursue such tactics to gain a selfish end, is not only commitlng a great wrong, but-displays common Ignorance. For the benefit of those who might be influenced by such remarks, by those who apparently have failed to investigate the true state of affairs, we would state that an attempt has been made to run a poolroom on Illinois near Thirty-Fourth St., but for lack of patronage it disappeared after a very short existence. We lay honest claim to a clean business section, find & community of as high moral standards, supporting as active churches of as beautiful structure as may be found In our grand city. May the choice of the location of our "New Shortrldge" be governed by a clean honest Investigation of conditions and convenience, for the best Interest of our children, unbiased by misrepresentations and selfish interests. MRS. JOSEPH COFFIN, 39 E. Thirty-Third St

RIGHT tat HERE IIN

INDIANA

MONEY IN GARBAGE Judge Linn D. Hay has decided the garbage collection suit In favor of the city of Indianapolis. In the future only the city can gather garbage from downtown hotels and restaurant* which hitherto have been disposing of their kitchen refuse to private parties. Probably it’s a famous victory. However to ordinary citizens a lawsuit over the privilege of carting away garbage la the ultimate zero in disputes. But there Is more to garbage than appears to the casual observer, more than a pervasive, squirming, maroon odor. Unsightly, unappetizing and devastating to the olfactory nerve os it Is, there’s money in It. It is the raw material of profitable industry. With the independent garbage collectors ousted from the field it is expected that the revenues of the city’s sanitary department will be increased from S6OO to S7OO a week. From garbage cornea grease, soap stock and fertilizer tankage. From these products recovered from the city’s waste, the city's disposal plant last year earned SIO,OOO above operating expenses. Actually showed a profit! When any city activity results in actual profit, it is a near miracle. So when the garbage wagon with its fuming contents and Its aromatic trail, quakes past Its worthy of the taxpayer’s respect— If not his love and affection. It represents one municipal enterprise that Is strong enough to stand alone. NO TROUBLE TO GET A GUN The convenient, easily procurable pistol has settled another argument In Indianapolis. Asa result Thomas Martin is in city hospital with a bullet hole in his abdomen and police seek Cliff Lowe, who fired the shot. They had an altercation over the parking of an automobile. Afterward Lowe, with a companion, according to the story of the latter, went to an Indiana Ave. pawnshop, where he bought a pistol, returned to the scene of trouble and let the revolver argue. Just walked Into the pawnshop, planked down hla money and walked out with the artillery. No questions asked. And grave Hooster legislators, at their last session, passed a law to prevent that very thing—to make more difficult the purchase of pistols and the Indiscriminate carrying of weapons. Presumably one desiring to carry a revolver must make application to the county clerk for a permit. Then, after he has presented himself and his permit to a dealer and signified hla desire to purchase a gun, the vendor must allow twenty-four hours to elapao before making the sale. During that interval ihe dealer Is supposed to satisfy himself that the would-be purchaser is a law-abid-ing citizen, not a bandit or assassin. In this Instance where was the requirements? The purchaser was subjected to no more scrutiny or formality in the transaction than if he had been negotiating for a bottle of cough syrup or a nickel’s worth of striped stick candy. Not long ago Prosecutor Remy was aroused because local pawnshops had displays of weapons,

MADdI 19,1926

By GAYLORD NELSON

ammunition and lethal tools In their windows. They have been removed. But despite the law, the prophets and the prosecutor’s flurry. In Indianapolis It Is still no more trouble ta get a gun than a cold. BLOOD WORTH NOTHINO U. Z. Wiley, aittte# u special Judge In a damage case against te city of Indlanapolla, held the other day that blood given in transfusion. In the effort to save a imp son’s life, ha* no pecuniary value The case involved the death oC a girl os the result of Injuries received in Tomlinson HalL Her father submitted to a blood transfusion in the effort to save her life—which transfusion, he alleged, had permanently Incapacitated him. And he sought to recover damages for the loss of blood. Probably the Judge's ruling was In accordance with law and legal precedents, in this spedflo case. Nevertheless, It suggests a very pretty question for amateur debate Isn’t blood given voluntary lly as valuablo aa blood taksn forcibly? If a person maliciously tape you on the nose with resulting flow of blood, the law will assist you In collecting damages for v---ery drop as well as the wear and tear on your nerves and ego. If you give the vital fluid to save one near and dear, injured through another’s fault or negligence, you have no reoourse—only the satisfaction of having performed a good deed. Collectible perhaps in the next world, but not In this. That seems to be good law. But. though your blood may be worth nothing on the market, how much would you be worth without it? WAS IT MURDER? ’■**. Indianapolis detectives have made ilttle progress In unraveling the mystery of the Skelton found by workmen buried in quicklime under the floor of a building on N. Senate. The find fits Into the record of no known crime nor reported disappearance. Doctors say the skeleton Is apparently that of a woman over twenty-five years old, 6 feet and 3 or 4 inches tall, and might have been buried from 8 to 30 years. Who, what, when, where and why their examinations have not disclosed. At one epd of the trail Is the mute skelton. To where does the other end lead? To murder, suicide, natural death or grim Jest of a practical Joker who *had a superfluous skeleton to dispose of? Recently a young Ohio husband killed his wife, placed her body in the bathtub, destroyed all clews, and went about his business. He seemed most anxious to aid tho police in running down the murderer. For weeko no suspicion attached to him in connection with the deed. The disappearance of a pair of blue pajamas he was known to possess led to hie undoing. While being questioned about them he suddenly broke down and confessed. Another “perfect crime’* was solved. Always there is something. Jf every physical clew falls there Is still conscience. It may lie dormant for years until the crime Is forgotten then without warning bestir Itself and scream at the top of its voice, "here Is a murderer!” The safest way to get away with murder is to keep away from It.