Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 282, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1926 — Page 4

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The Booze Leak Let it be hoped that some Congressman has the courage to demand a most thorough probe of all the facts connected with the custody' of whisky taken from the Squibb distillery. The former prohibition director for this State makes the unqualified charge that nearly two years ago an inventory secured by the enforcement bureau showed that 250 cases of this booze had disappeared. Ilia charge is specific. He names the man, a high official in the department, who, he says made the check. It is significant that this man is no longer a part of the enforcement agencies. It is even more significant that no publicity was given at that time to his report and apparently no official action taken to trace the possible manner in which it disappeared or place the blame for its disappearance.* This whisky is worth thousands of dollars. The people who believe in prohibition as well as those who do not favor it, will agree on the simple policy that any seizures made should be carefully guarded and not permitted to get back into bootleg channels. Every good citizen should have some curiosity about the apparent lack of interest in such a report. If any private citizen was known to have allowed 250 cases of whisky, which he might have legally held, to disappear, there would have been an immediate inquiry and investigation. There are a few questions which should be answered for th" sake of public confidence in the law and in officials. 1 Where did this report of the disappearance of liquor go? What effort was made to clear up the mystery? Was the officer who made that report separated from his position because he made this report? What effort was made to protect the remaining stock of liquor against the same fate? Was the Federal Court, which had custody of this booze, informed of it and, if net, why was no such report made? The people who believe in law and want to have confidence in their government are entitle ! to an answer. Congress should probe the whole matter. It is rather important. The Half-Dollar What strikes us as the strangest coin the world lias ever seen now lies gleaming on our desk before us: A half-dollar minted at Washington. Its reverse holds the American eagle, the word “Liberty” and a remarkable dedication: "To tlie Valor of Ihe Soldiers of the South.” The obverse bears the iegends: “In God We Trust" and “Stone Mountain 1925,' phis the portraits of two soldiers on horseback. Looking closely, we discover they are none other than Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee! Every American, Yankee and Rebel alike, should be proud to be a cilizen of a country that could produce a coin like that. Every boy and girl in the land should own one, for it tells why America is great. Just think! Sixty-odd years ago the guns oj civil war were rocking the Nation to its very foundation as Lee and Jackson led their Southern hosts to battle against the northern legions of McClellan. Pope. Burnsides, Hooker, Meade and Grant. Yet today, in what was then the northern capital, they are Striking coins “to the valor of the soldiers of • the South!” v* Why? Because America is America. Auywherc else under the sun victory would have meant spoils for the victors and firing squads for the vanquished. We do it differently. Northerners are among the very first to admit Robert E. Lee was one of the greatest of Americans. They readily recall his prayer, “God spare us from civil war,” and that he said no greater calamity could befall our country than that it should be cut in two. They tell of how the immortal Lincoln offered him the post of commander-in-chief of the Union forces and how his conscience led him to refuse that high honor to take a lesser command in the South. They know that Lee lived up to his belief that “duty is the subltrnest word in our language” and that he never wavered from it as long as his life was his. In defeat Lee was greater, if possible, than he had ever been in victory. He told the ragged, hungry, tottering remnant of his followers to go back to their homes proud of their record but to remember that “it is now the duty of every citizen to aid in the restoration of peace and harmony.” He himself set the example, for, from the moment he and Grant clasped hands at Appomattox the Union held no more loyal citizen than Lee. A foe without hate, as Benjamin Hill of Georgia, described him, Lee’s was the spirit that makes us a great people. Ready to fight in defense of what we believe to be right, we stand equally ready to accept what appears to be for the greatest good of the greatest number, without bitterness and without grudge. A great gentleman, a great soldier, a great citizen, a great American was Lee and the new coin honors us who honor him. A Congressman s Oath Members of the House of Representatives, at the beginning of each new term, raise their right hands and swear to observe, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. The first article* of the Constitution provides that House members shall be apportioned among the States according to number of inhabitants, and orders that this shall be done once every ten years at least. It has been sixteen years since any such reapportionment occurred, and just the other day the House leaders served notice of their intention not to permit it at this session. The prospects are it will go over until 1932. Th<= reason is, of course, that unless the House is increased beyond Its already unwieldy tflze, sev-

eral of the Eastern and mid-Western States would lose members to the growing Western States. Congressmen are growling over the “campaign of vinification” of the Congress which they claim is going on in the country. It is exactly such things as this which lead to “villification.” Reapportionment is a comparatively small matter, of course, but if even in such a matter the whole Congress will violate its solemn oath, will flout the Constitution and- ignore its duty, the country is likely to stick its tongue in its cheek at tha members’ protestations of patriotism, •and to believe that in larger matters they will be as ready to flout their duty and their oath if any selfish or political ends are involved. The Lollypop Crisis The debt France owes to the United States is worrying her a lot Just now. So is the alarming collapse of the franc, which the other day dropped to a new low level. So is the blanket effort by the Socialists to block whatever tax plans the administration puts forward. These are weighty problems, but there is one that is weightier. During the same hours that the coin of the realm was tumbling down the other day, the Chamber of Deputies reached a crisis in the lollypop situation. It was a time when statesmen are made. A delib erate proposal to prohibit the sale of all-day suckers had been hurled into the solemn midst of that august chamber that guides France's destinies. in that hectic hour, with the Chamber rocking in the storm like a reed in Kansas, a hero arose. The stalwart was Deputy Guerin. The fact that In* was a druggist, could have had no possible connection with his interest in the lollypop situation. It was the oliil dren of which be was thinking, the children and La Patrie! Tie spoke and spoke and spoke. lie spoke so long that even the radical deputies sickened and called for an end of this lollypop crisis for ail time. So the Chamber hurried on to another crisis. \Ye wonder what .1. P. Morgan A- Cos., who loaned the French government $100,000,000 to meet the franc's slump in 1924, is thinking about. Anyhow. Vive le lollypop!

Tom Sims Says

After dusting off the old phonograph records lut them with a heavy sledge hammer. Ants and poison ivy are eager to meet the pi.--nickcrs and summer boarder:-. When driving over rough roads a soft top is just a., important as a s .ft seat. \N 11 e 11 planting your garden r* member that jellv beans will not grow in this climate. Drying at movies is foolish The same tears used at home will get a woman a spring hat. What makes this modern poetry so interesting i guessing at what it means. lou can't tell jf a man with spring fever is stretching himself or telling a fii-h tale. if the brake bands are loose eiGier tighten them or tighten the grip on your life insurance. (Copyright, 1920. MIA Service, Inc.) formulas Given For Hand Perspiration You van get an answer to any question or fart or information by writing to Tl.p IndiananoliH Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, I). <J„ in- • losing 3 cents in stamps for reply. Medina!, legal and marital advice cannot be giv< n nor can extended research be undertaken. Ah other questions will receive a personal mplj. Unsigned quests cannot be answered. All letters arc confidential.— Editor Is there anything that will eliminate hand perspiration? Formulas recommended for perspiring hands are ;is follows: (a) Zinc oleate, 10 parts; bismuth subnitrate, 20 parts; betunaphtol. 1 port! starch, 69 parts, (b) Zinz oleate, 1 dr.; bismuth subnitratc, 2 dr.: betanaphthol, 10 gr. Apply by dusting frequl !y Vver the surface. Any druggist can make up the compounds for you. How many States are there in the Union at the present time? There are forty-eight States in the Union. What were the thirteen original States? New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. When did the Little Theatre movement begin in Europe? When were the first of these little theaters established in America? The little theater movement began in Europe with the Theatre Libre of Andre Antoine a tParis in 1887. The Moscow Art Theater of Constantine Stanislavsky started in 1890. The first little theaters In America were Maurice Brown's little theater in Chicago and Mrs. Lyman Gale’s Toy theater in Boston, established 1911-1912. Both have now ceased to function. The “Washington Square Players in New York began in 1915; the Arts and Crafts Theater of Detroit in 1916; the Provincetown Players began in 1915 in a summer colony at Cape Cod. There are eight or ten such theaters of note in the country now; at Harvard University; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Carnegie Institute, New l'ork; Berkeley, California; New Orleans, La.; and Fargo, N. D. Has a woman more ribs than a man? Men and women have the same number of ribs—-twenty-four. What is the meaning of the letters *‘i. e.” before a list of names or places? They stand for the Latin words “id est," which means “that is.” ) What is the meaning of the Latin plirase "Per aspera ad astra”? “Through bolt and bars to the stars.” Are salt deposits found in Europe? Yes. The most notable are in the Cheshire district of England; at Stassfurt, Brunswick, and Hanover, Germany; Wieliczka, Bochnia, in Poland and Hallstadt, Szechoslovakia; Maramaros, Hungary; the Crimea and Donetz basin, Russia; and Cardona, Spain. The mines of Wieliczka, near Cracow, are famous for their great antiquity and the unusual size of their underground workings. Is there any way to determine the sex of eggs before ttyey are hatched? No. \

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

The Matinee Musicale Will Present ‘A Night of Opera’ at Masonic Temple

l NIGHT OF OPERA” is to Abe given by the Matinee Musicale Wednesday evening, April 7, in the Masonic Temple. The program will consist of three parts, the first act from the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana,” the card scene from “Carmen.” and the ballet “Walpurgis Night” from Gcunod's “Faust.” Mrs. Helen Warrum Chappell is training the singers and taking the part of "Santuzza” in "Cavalleria Rusticana.” Other parts will he taken by George Kadel, who will sing “Turridu," Mrs. Glenn O. Friermood “Mamma Lucia” and Mrs. Sidney Fenstennaker, who will sing "Lola." In the picture "Lola” | taunts "Santuzza” with having won “Turridu” from her. The matinee | musicale chorus and the Rapcr Com- | mandery choir will assist in the I opera which will he supported by a | twenty piece orchestra trained by i .Miss Jean Orloff. Hugh McGlbeny will erect the performance. In the "Carmen” scene Mrs. John Willard Hutchings_ will sing “Carmen.” “Frasquita” and "Mercedes” will be sung by Mrs. Mildred Daugherty Emery and Mrs. Jessamine Barkley Fitch. Mme. Eeontine Gano is training the ballet from "Faust” which will be composed of about twenty members from Mme Gano’s class in the Metropolitan School of Music. -I- -I- -I' - r _Jl HE Indiana College of Music [ j and Fine Arts will present _ ‘ the following students in a ! recital on Saturday afternoon. April I 3. 1926, at 2:30 p. m. In the college j auditorium: Harold Phillips, Virginia Hecathom. John Dennis, Jean j Knowlton, Fred Miller, Mary Eloise j Rowland, Jack Hunter. Alfred Coffin, Oscar Finkei. Dorothy Anderson, Kenneth Foster. Carl Stoycheff, Pauline Siener. Yvonne Powell, Jeun Ochiltree. Marjorie Kaser, Fay Boles, Edna Zier an*! Virginia Marcus. The above are pupils of Clarence , Weesner, Evan Georgieff, Helen i Sommer.-:. Pauline Roes. May Gor- ; such. The program is open to the ! public, and Eleanora Saunders Is in j charge. i ■—| N Sunday evening the choir "f I I T.'t I*l I Sri! •'imrcli will give n icndltlou t f Gounod's "Mosse Solemn U< " (St. ' 'e cilia!. The work lias not been sung !in IndianatHitis for years. It is ver\ beautiful and is arranged for soli j and .boras Tit* soloists will he Mrs. Flormi.-a Parkin M el h. soprano; Mr | Floyd M. Ghnfee. tenor from the • hiir. li quartet, and Mr. Elmer An i drew Steffen as guest baritone. Free* ding tli“ p*-rfiirmHn. > of this work a trio for *• male voice*. "The Three Maris at the Dr.front Dole idgo Tailor's "Atonement will l.e 'ting by Mrs \V loh. Miss Bare ni> *■ Reagan and Miss Nonna I Fram e. Mr. Paul R. Matthews is the organ ist and Fred Newell Morris tin <sl- - rector. The public .i i-ordtallj invited to , attend. '~“| SI \l 1 i.ME.NI egardit g /\| future plain for M.s . week in Indiana is n**ll -i* Indi an (polls is made as follows j, v R Webb Sparks, secretary of Ihe fine arts committee of the Chamber of i Commerce: At the beginning of the year 1921 the fire arts committee, under t lie j guidance of Mr. .1 t. Holcotnh. tin deftook ’lie sponsorship of Indiana's observance of National Music week. 1 \cti\ities of ihe committee were most prominently expressed in the j sponsorship of the State music .-on- ! test In which Indiana high schools 1 competed for honors through their ! hands, orchestras, mixed choruses, i girls' glee clubs and hoys' glee clubs. The success of the initial venture warranted continuance of the project. and last year an even more supcersful contest was conducted, with a splendid concert climaxing the contest and the week's memorable events. Tills year, prospects support the belief that previous successes will be more than equaled. To summarize briefly, the fine arts committee has done a most wonderful piece of constructive and educa tional work, which will bear fruit long after those of us assembled here today have forgotten our participation in the events which we have planned and sponsored. None willing to make intelligent examination of our undertakings would or could say they have been anything but successful. But as a forward-looking group of individuals interested in carrying on a continuing and expanding program of musical activity, we must look to the future by realizing that we have "merely scratched the surface.” You need not be reminded that the schools of Indiana cities have responded most satisfactorily to our requests for entries. The trials and tribulations of competing high schools are many and they are not lessened by the financial burden which is imposed upon them who come to our contest. Each city sends its group out of civic pride without knowing in advance by any regulated comparison how they can hope to compete with other organizations. They can know only by “regional or district competition,” In which winners could be selected for State competition. Under the plan which your secretary makes bold to present, every high school in the State of Indiana can be drawn into a sectional music contest, at which winners in every district in the State can he selected. These regionals will develop a community interest which we never can hope to create under our present plan. Winners of the Evansville tournament, for example, will come to Indianapolis secure in the knowledge that they are champions in their own province. With the sectionals held two weeks in advance of the State contest, great State-wide interest could be created in the culminating contest here and the funds for the transportation cf the sectional winners could easily be raised by an admission fee at the sectional, though any slight deficit which might occur undoubtedly would readily be made up by the city to be represented in the State contest. The Indiana State basketball tournament has been successfully built on such ',a foundation. Comment

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do Wednesday • night. April 7. the Mntiue- Musleale at the Ms sonic Temple will present “A Night of opera." The picture

upon i Ills event is needless, for all know how it is followed by the hasketlmli funs of tlie State. The satin thing can 1> done for music, and our committee is the only properly • ■quipped organization to sponsor the undertaking. • >ur expenses would be prai Really no mor" tl.an they now are, for our event as It now b conducted requires exactly the same set up as would be necessary to the enlarged undertaking, hut we can have thirty organizations in each classification guaranteed to us in-

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Editor Times: Jim "Peanut" Watson, from the sts rt. Was always cute and funny. And has the knack of sizing up The man that has the money, lie mixed tho law with polities A .-oil An on I loonier habit And when he saw a chance for gain lie never failed to grab it. His grant est gift is modesty. The kind that never falters. But puts its owner to the front Nor hesitates, nor palters# Os course, an office came his way—lie modestly consented To serve the trusting people who Seemed fairly well contented. And office after office caine, His modesty still aiding. Till House and Senate finally Looked on at hts parading. And after thirty years or so The people seem to wonder What he lias really done for them With all his noiso and thunder. He's ready for another term — Anil his "organization” lie thinks will balk the people's will And rule the situation. But Jim can't win—he's had his day The people want real action, Nor will his "bag of peanuts" give The farmers satisfaction. THEKLA THORNE. (Copyright, 1926) Editor Times: We are having the worst winter in Indiana, and have had it, that the State has known in forty years. The hospitals are filled with pneumonia cases and bronchial cases and there are more people ill in their homes of these ailments in this State at present than has ever been recorded before. Ask any hospital or ask any doctor. In these kind of cases good alcoholic liquor is known to be a specific. In the hospitals they are in many cases giving plain grain alcohol, which, though it dees some good as a stimulant, permanently hurts the stomach. Here are the daily papers telling us from day to day that there are some 1,500 cases of fine rye whisky in the Federal building "ordered to be destroyed." WHY' NOT SEND THIS TO THE HOSPITALS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA TO BE USED ONLY FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES? If this whisky is to be destroyed at this time, the act of destroying it will be recorded in the pages of history as the most fanatical and crazy transaction in the story of American civilization. What will futur'e generations think of a law that permitted pure grain alcohol, fresh.ly made and not matured, to be administered as medicine and ordered the destruction of aged and matured liquor which all will admit is the ideal form of alcohol for the stricken who suffer from the terrible effects of this climate we are now living in. Sincerely yours, F. A. NATTIC, M. D. MOTHER: Where did you put your hat and coat? YDUNGSTER: With daddy’s. MOTHER: How many times have I told you to hang them up?

shows two of the artists. Mrs Dhappell and Mrs Fensterm iker, in a scene from "Cavalleria Bus-tl.-ana."

stead of the undetermined and varying number we now have. in closing, it might he sag. I.v observed that Rome wax not built in a day. Our contests have been progressively successful, hut they can he made infinitely more important in the public ntind through this regional development, into which at least seven hundred high schools would l.c drawn instead of the two hundred now reached. <mo needs only give ills imagination opportunity to envision the future contest to realize its iiossibilitigii.

THE VERY IDEA! ■ By Hal < nr lira ii

While Mom's Away The icebox has been raided; there are crumbs upon the floor. There once whs good food stored away—that isn't nnv more. The kitchen sink is all messed up with dirty pinto* galore. t>h, can't you hem- the shriMy shriek of •hildren's voices soar? Tlie quilts out in the hedroom show faint footprints on the top. The springs are squeaking loudly as a .lumping tot goes flop. The cur tains, due to tugging hands, are Just about to drop. Why is it little youngsters never know just when to Stop? The dining room and living room have added to the joys of peppy little youngsters who are making lots of noise. In every nook and corner there are games an ! hooks and toys. You ean't expect r kid to know a thing like that anroys. It's just the chance that seldom comes, so kids do things up brown. The house Is like a riot and completely tip-side-down. They dare the little spankings, and they risk the sigh and frown, that mother’s gonna register, when she comes home from town. * • • There are 20.000,000 autos in the United States —or one to every family. Rotten distribution somewhere, ’cause I know a family that hasn't got ore. • • • NOW, HONESTLY— The man who invented tomorrow certainly was a great kidder. And, sooner or later, we all find it out. It's like the fellow who referred to the little skunk." There ain't no slch animal. Waiting for tomorrow is pomething perpetual. Today, of course, was tomorrow—but It Isn't. Tomorrow Is. For instance, ya go to sleep tonight and say, "I'll pee ya tomorrow.” Then you wake up in the morning and find out you were all wrong. Dog-gone-lt, it's todny—not tomorrow. So—let's put off till tomorrow, all the things we shouldn't do today. If you can figure this nil out, you get a gold medal tomorrow. • • • Some people don't seem to understand that this is a free country and we're all allowed to th-lnk. • • • FABLES IN FACT MISTER HUSBAND BROUGHT HOME A BRAND NSW BOOK COMMA WITH THE IDEA OF SPENDING A PLEASANT EVENING READING IT PERIOD HOWEVER COMMA HIS WJFK HAPPENED TO GET HOLD OF IT WHILE HUBBY WAS SHAVING COMMA AND SHE WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING HERSELF WHEN HE CAME OUT TO START HIS EVENING'S READING PER lOD WHAT A SWEET SITUATION DASH DASH BOTH WANTING THE SAME NOVEL PERIOD ANYWAY COMMA THAT'S WHY THE KIDS IN THE FAMILY HAPPENED TO CALL IT A SCRAP BOOK PERIOD (Copyright, 1926, Service, Inc.)

SSS IN INDIANA MfiSS

THEY WANT TO BE OUT Four trusties quit the Indiana Reformatory a couple of nights ago, scaling the walls by means of ladders at the bewitching hour of midnight, and vanished into the darkness without leaving their forwarding addresses. They are still out in the great open spaces. The tocsin, of course, was sounded, searching parties organized, warnings broadcast, and hll the machinery of the man hunt put in motion. Quite likely the fugitives will ho captured. Reformatory authorities have become more or less proficient in chasing escaped prisoners, for breaks for liberty nrt- of common occurrence in this penal institution. A couple of months ago nine* prisoners In one batch tried to escape. Eight were frustrated after a battle with the guards. According to sappy 1 umnnitarians and soft shelled sociologists, penal institutions should he attractive places. Combinations of schools, hospitals and recreation centers for making over tho inmates into upright, industrious citizens. The prisoners are to he scoured, educated and returned to society as angels of light instead of darkness. Not many of ouv penitentiaries have reached that Ideal, though some of them approach It. Nevertheless, the prisoners in such institutions do ns much scheming to escape as did those confined in the unspeakable Bastille. They don't want to be reformed. They want out. Which indicates that loss of liberty is a real punishment. A point for our cash-and carry type of Justice, which substitutes tines fur imprisonment, to remember. JUST LIKE A FRENCH PREMIER Harvey W. Bedford, traffic inspector. has resigned his post after he had warmed the seat of authority in the police traffic department less th in two weeks. Interference ly politicians with his administration. and attempted dictation, caused him to tjirow up the job. he stated. In and out. Up and down. Tndianapolis police officers are nl- • ways coming and going. Tlte higher officers of the force ..re jnst like the premiers of France. j They are elevated end demoted ; with bewildering rapidity. An inspector comes down in the , morning, bungs up his hat preparatory to putting in a hard day inspe-ting. Before night lie may ! Ik* walking it beat, tin ordinary flat- | footed cop. Even the chief has lo I keep a diary recording his fluctim | lions in .rank front day to day. All of which is due to the mixing ; of politics and the police department. A private huaiue.<s where there j was suc.lt a constant shifting of • men and officers last , long. It would soon cea.se to he a, private business and would lie.-ouie a bankruptcy case. To make ihe : enterprise successful, even tho 1 management of a peanut roaster I must he kept In charge long enough to lieeome familiar with ' the problems that go with the job. Bui because of live exigencies of municipal politics ihe heads of : the branches of the police departi ment hardly have Mine to become acquainted with their swivel chairs I to say nothing of their jobs. The ! ordinary s ibmergcd citizen doesn't particularly care who is I raffle inspectoriOr who holds tlie* other I high hat jobs. He wants an effi- | cient police force. He won’t get It so long as tlie depnrtmrnt is chief- , ly run for and by politics.

A Sermon for Today By Rev. John R. Gunn

Text; "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of tlie city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto flic things which were spoken of Paul.**—Acts 16:14. A r— ' "I BUSINESS woman honored with a place among the im- — mortals of the sacred Scriptures. In all probability Lydia was a widow. Widows, when thrown upon their own resources, very often develop into splendid business women. What an honor they reflect upon womanhood. Lydia was a native of Thyatira. However, at the time referred to In the text, she was across the sea at Philippi, where she hnd established a merchandising business, carrying u line of purple-dyed garments for which her native city was famous. It took a woman of shrewdness and energy to do that —one who was not afraid of work and who did not consider It beneath her dignity to he a business woman. Some women look with disdain upon “going to business.” A young man asked a young lady If she worked. “Oh, no,” she said, “Now and then I get restless and go out to work for pastime.” That was an exhibition of senseless pride. The world honors a young woman like Ruth of old. who was not afraid to go to the field to help a widowed mother make a living. The young woman who goes out to work reflects credit upon herself and her kind. It does not endanger her chance of winning *ome Boaz. A man whose love Is worth having will love all the more when he sees the object of his love engaged in honest toll. All hall to tho working girls' brigade. There is no nobler band on earth than the hosts of girls and women, who have pushed their way into modern business nnd Industry, where by the swqat of the brow they are earning their own livelihood, many of them supporting dependents besides. They deserve and have the respect of all right thinking people. T am glad that Christianity In Its early stage found a place In Its ranks for a working woman such as Lydia and that this hoonrable mention of her has been preserved in the pages of God's eternnl RookFrom Its beginning the Christian Church has welcomed working women Into its folds, and today they

MARCH 1926

ONE OUT OF EIGHTY 9 , Harry Smith. Gary Negro, went to tho electric chair at Indiana State Prison the other morning. He paid the supreme penalty for murder. In his case the machinery of tho low revolved Inexornbly. was tried and convicted by a Jury. He had neither nor friends, so there was no peal and no plea to the Governqß to stay his execution. He was lor ken to prison and after remaining there 100 days, the minimum waiting period required by law, he was electrocuted. Within fourteen minutes after he could be legally executed, he was dead. Probably ho deserved the punishment. But would he have gone to the chair with such dispatch, if at all, had he possessed money, or friends and a shrewd lawyer? <>ut of eighteen murderers convicted In Murion County Inst year, one went to tho chair. That one was an Ignorant Negro, who, In committing a robbery, hit the victim harder than he intended and cracked his skull. The other-seven-teen convicted murderers In tho county, some of whom killed with mote brutal trimmings, drew prison sentences varying from two years to life. Capital punishment may or mny not lie morally right ami Judicially effective. That question Is argued pm and con. OrtolflA however, if it Is to he infllcteiWw all. It must he applied impartially. Otherwise It's worse than useless. Not much can he said in favor of tho death penalty when only one murderer out of eighteen receives it. There is not much Justice in Imposing it only on Ignorant, illiterate, alien or Negro killers, IS RECREATION SINFUL? v The strait-laced elders of his church will bring W. Clyde Martin of Palmyra, Ind., to trial oo heresy charges. He Is accus'd of "ungodly" activities in promoting athletic games and recreation among the young folks of the community. Ho was formerly principal of the school In the village. But when he organized a basket hall tenm In the school and fixed up a gym naslttm the austere members of bin church wore shocked. They secured his dismissal. Then, as his Individual enterprise, he built a community recrea tlon hall In the village. And continued to foster athletic games, recreation sod innocent amuse inepta among the youths and maidens of the village. More shocks f**r his plour brethren. So lie must answer before a solemn conclave of the members of his church for his "wot , ldllne , *s," Perhaps hi accuser* arc fie.l in bringing him to trial. may have trunsgressed the toSBF of Ids sect. But Is recreation rein fill? I- it wrong to encourage wholesome pleasure and sport among young people? Must real piety he dour and long-faced? The earliest miracle recorded of Him. whom ah Dhriatians hold in reverence, vvss changing water Into wine at the marriage feast in Dima. He wanted to make that feast a success. He wanted the guests to make merry, laugh and enjr.v themselves in tin iradi Mont I rnsunct on that occasion. Ts it more harmful to enoourag" • nnocent diversions and healthful sports among youhg people than to encourage pleasure and sod ability among the guests at a wedding?

make up a large part of Its constituency, Lydia appears in our text at a prnyer-meetlng. Go to the average church prayer-meeting to. ilay and you will find it made up mostly of working women. Ndt only will you And them In the prayermeeting, but you will find them J taking a leading part in all the workl of the church. Not muny of theny will ever get their names Inscribe J In any hook of luin an history, bill they will he found written upon th| honor roll in heaven, where G will l.n preserved through the . less ages of eternity. C opyright, 1926, by John R. Ounffl

MR. FIXITj Back Yards in for Spril Clean-Up, Mr. Fixit* Learns. P

Let Mr Kixlt present your fj city nfft.-ials Hr In Tli* Ttmi*f •jntstira Rt the city hull, Write J The Time* M Back yards on Arbor Avt.M for a spring clean-up before* begin their regular Flxit learned today, DEAR MU. FIX IT: tin cans arc being of my house on Gillette jrjpF hack yards In the 40j|Tv**.| Arbor Ave In find soon fin time for ness might result. MBBt The board of fii-nlt! <1 • ■ :"11 y• " l .Iceßb'^p

DEAR MR. FIXJ pleaso see what yoi* paving Oxofrd Ht., '■ side Ave., and the a* ford and Parker si we have hnd to p front of our house. Present a petl L* | large number "f/-y!j 111. li<office Ml Ihe l jftirjUß (hides .lit line (lodged 'BEaA’A