Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1926 — Page 4

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Peace and Joy Drab and Dull and Dark Are Spent; "Gone is the Winter of Our Discontent.” With this cry comes green and gold Easter, sunsplashed and flower-dyed, the most joyous of all our holidays! The joy of the Eastertide is to the Christian the joy of the empty tomb and a risen, living savioi, offering life, and life abundant It is the joy of the promise of life everlasting, and reunion with loved ones from whose tombs the stone, too, shall be rolled away! But the joy of Easter is an even older thing than Christianity itself. It mocks the narrow confines of religious creed. It comes on dancing feet, arms outstretched and teeming with the gifts from nature’s cornucopia, and says—- “ Easter is for you and you and you, whatever you believe, whatever you fear, whatever you yearn for, and whatever is your joy]’’ For Easter is really the paean of all the children of earth to the Sun God. Our day for thanks for sun and moon and star and bird and flower—our day to joy in a world of all worlds beautiful and challenging. Easter is the day of the Saxon Goddess, Eastre, the Spring. In days of old, the multitude, joy in its heart, gay robed, new-sandaled, went forth to sing and dance and feast in the market place. The priests of all smiled upon these children of earth and played with them. Slaves were freed in order that they might make merry, too, in the yellow warmth of reborn spring’s sun. The years that have flown by, bringing with them new truths, Dew beauties, have blended a certain dignity of feeling with the riotous joy of the Easter holiday of long ago. Spring again! The cycle of life has turned another round. The new season only says once more that law is life, and life is law—that the blossom of spring shall forever follow the drab dead leaf of winter, and that birth shall follow death, and death shall follow birth as surely as the fruit shall ripen from the seed. The peace and joy In this message of certain law over the world! Warm yellow sun! A bluebird flashing! Little children laughing! The gauzy jade green that cloaks the willows The rosy froth of apple blossom. The budding garden shoost— Our world to live in—be in—do in! “The year’s at the spring, and day’s at the morn; Gcd's in His Heaven—All’s right with the world!”

Oust Mr. Wheeler (An Editorial in Collier’s Weekly y ' Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler, field marshal of the Anti-Saloon League forces in Washington, represents a group of citizens genuinely concerned with the welfare of the country. But there are times, unfortunately, when he gives the impression of representing a lot of moral bullies, and this is decidedly unfair to those who subscribe to the cause of prohibition. The feeling is abroad that Mr. Wheeler is more of a nuisance than anything else. This is to be regretted; yet, as the salaried representative of virtue, he has arrogated to himself a right not vested in him by law or ballot. Mr. Wheeler is not an accredited ambassador from the people. The position which he holds does not entitle him to exert an influence duly delegated to representatives of the people. Mr. Wheeler, notwithstanding, attempts to do this. He bulldozes and bullyrags, abuses and blusters, and endlessly and offensively tries to impose his point of view upon judges, district attorneys, enforcement agents, preachers and others. His manners are bad. He should be ousted. He no more represents the fine moral elements of the Anti-Saloon League than did the late Mr. Anderson. I ‘Perfidious A Ibion ’ The whole world is in a pickle because Btingy IH Uncle Sam refuses to agree to an all-round canyKlation of war debts. So Winston Churchill, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Philip Snowden, former Chancellor, loudly, in duo, broadcast over Europe. Tt Is propaganda of this sort that is largely responsible for the hymns of hate that are everywhere being chanted against America. Clear around the world, In every quarter of the globe, knocking the United Statfes has become the favorite indoor sport. Some do it out of ignorance; some out of envy; some out of malice. But others do it as a sort of settled policy to lessen our prestige and popularity for whatever effect it may have in the marts of the world. Let no one for a moment labor under the delusion that when Britain urges a general all-round cancellation of war debts she is prompted to do so by sheer goodness of heart. Far from it. Were we to take the kindly advice of Winston Churchill and Philip Snowden, instead of making a sacrifice Britain would gain by several billion dollars. The United States would be the loser—by some twelve billions. It’s very simple. Britain owes us nearly $5,000,000,000. This has been funded at 76 cents on the dollar and, as she Is perfectly able to pay, It is to be presumed she will do so. But France, Italy and other former allies, owe Britain approximately as much as she owes us. But she’ll never collect it all, nor anything like all. If she recovers two, out of some five billions, she will be extremely lucky, and this she knows Very well. Thus if we forgive Britain the $4,554,000,000 she owes us and she, in turn, forgives her former allies the questionable $2,000,000,000 she might some day collect, she’d be ahead by something like $3,000,000,000 But that is by no means all. A general alli'ound cancellation of war debts would give a decided fillip to European business and Britain would benefit accordingly to the tune of additional billions in increased profits. I Wo would be glad to see c. erybody prosperous

and happy; but It must not be entirely at our expense. Freed from excess taxes, the rest, of the world might spurt ahead very nicely, but we Americans, handicapped by the burden others had shifted to our shoulders, would be held back by that much. Georgia Honors Itself In Statuary Hall, otherwise the Chamber of Horrors, in the Capitol at Washington, stand fifty or more statues. They are mostly of the leading politicians of their day. In the pompous attitudes they probably assumed when in life, they cast their gloomy and important regard over the scene of their former endeavors. Just the other day anew, white statue was added to the assemblage—that of a thin, elderly man, gazing dowm with a look of compassion. The assembled statesmen of his time probably never heard of him in life, but if there is increased wisdom beyond the grave, the "other figures In Statuary Hall must have bowed gravely, in spirit, to the newcomer, as to one who did more for humanity than most of them. For the figure is of Dr. Crawford W T . Long, who on March 30, 1842; w r as the first man to use sulphuric ether as an anaesthetic during surgical operations. In an age when anaesthesia of a stiff jolt of whiskey and a bullet for the patient to bite upon as the surgeon’s knife cut Into his flesh, this unknown Georgia country doctor figured out a way to bring merciful and unconscious sleep to ease the agony of his patients—a way in which millions have since been eased. The State of Georgia, which contributed the statue, has honored itself as well as Dr. Long by bringing the benefactor Into the public notice for aJI time and by breaking the precedent which has seemed to dictate that only a politician could achieve granite immortality in Statuary Hall. It Doesn’t Pay The lady with a title and a past has gone home. Not all the efforts of the immigration officers and a very Bacchanalian debauch could drag people to see the play which she had written. She lest her money. She lost a little more of her reputation. She lost her illusion that the people of the United States, even of New York, are Interested in the unconventional and the indecent. Back in the distant past, this aristocratic lady was the center of a scandal which gave her considerable advertising. It ended, as do most of such episodes, with her partner returning to his wife and forgiveness and herself with a rather smooty mark on her name. The play winch she wrote about it was expected to bring a small fortune because of the curiosity of Americans to see the highborn center of a scandal But the people just wouldn’t pay their money for an evening’s glimpse of indecency and badness Those who believe that it is necessary to appoint censors for plays in order to protect the morals of the populace should be Interested in this theatrical disaster. They may discover that there Is now a much stronger and better censor on the Job than any who could be picked, even by themselves. The Ideals of the normal man and woman are such as to make vice and sin and shame disgusting, rather than attractive. The theatrical managers who remain in business have discovered that there is much more profit in ! sweetness, in heroism, in bravery, in sacrifice and in virtue. Experience has always been that sin never pays. It does not pay in pleasure. It does not pay In happiness. It always demands its penalties, and they are usually heavy. Holding up the mirror to vice and disgrace no longer Interests. The people already know the answer.

Roosevelt’s Estate Valued at $500,000 You can ret an answer to any question of fact or tn'v r te Thp Intfianepolls Times Washington Bureau. 132„ New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. InSi. 0*1 2 S 6 ?* 8 ln •> ,am PS for reply. Medical, ieyal and marital advice cannot be riven nor can extended research be undertaken. Ail other questions will receive a personal replj. Unsigned roquests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—-Editor. What was the value of the estate left by Theodore Roosevelt? It was estimated at about $500,000 at the time of his death. Are watermelons and squash both classed as fruits? The watermelon Is classed as a fruit; squash as a vegetable. Can you give me directions for planting a shoot of tho rubber plant? A rubber plant shoot must be rooted while still attached to the plant. Tie spagum moss on the twig or put the twig through a pot of soil, so that a part Is covered, and allow It to stand for at least three months. The twig can then be cut away and replanted. The time for replanting does not matter. Has Poland nnd ambassador to the United States? What Is Ills address? When were diplomatic relations between the United States and Poland established? Poland has no ambassador to the United States. The head of the diplomatic mission of Poland to this country is an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotent lary, Poland established diplomatic relations with this country May 18, 1920, when the first Polish minister, Prince Lubomireki, presented his credentials to President Wilson. The present minister of Poland is Jan Ciechanowski. His address Is 2640 Sixteenth St., N. W., Washington. D. C. When were the first postage stamps issued in the United States? The first were Issued by Individual postmasters at their own expense in 1845, What is the average production of honey by a hive of bees in six months? From 60 to 100 pounds, depending on geographical location. Northwestern Ohio is a very good honey section. What are some of the products ol the arctic countries? Oil of seals, walrus, whales skins of reindeer, bear, fox; feathers and eggs of the eider duck} fish and minerals.

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Sokoloff With the Cleveland Orchestra Will Give Two Concerts Here Next Week

SWO concerts will be given hero next week by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, with Nikolai Sokolqff conducting. The first concert will bo given Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at Cadle Tabernacle, and it will be open only to tho young people of the Indianapolis public schools. That night the orchestra wrlll give a concert as a part of the regular course of Federation of Indianapolis Puolic School Teachers. The orchestra comes here under the direction of the teachers of this city. The follovdng concert will be given Thursday afternoon: Overture to “William Tell " Characteristic Dance* from—‘The Nutcracker Suite Twhaikowaky March. _ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Arabian Dance. Chinese Dance. _ . . Dance of the Mlrlllons (Toy Flutes). Trepak. Russian Dance. ~ ‘‘To a Wild Row'" MarDowell “Shepherd s Bey’’ ..• • ■ ■■ ■ • ■■■ Grainger Ride of the Valkyries from “The \ alkyrles" W'aguer At Caleb Mills Hall Thursday night, the program will be as follows: Prelude to Act Til. "Lohengrin". . .Warner Symphony No. 6. ‘ Pathetic." B Minor. Op 74 Tsrhaikowsky "A Victory BaJl." Fantasy for Orche*tra Schellin* Leronclc, ‘The Enchanted Lake," Op. 02 -. . . . Lladoff Polovtsian Dances From "Prince Igor" Borodin -I- -I* *V S r " OME Idea of the immense triumphs of Madame Galli-Curci u__J on her recent foreign tours | may be gained from the following | gripping description of her London j debut, with which an extended tour of the British Isles began. This j description appeared in the London I Express on the day following her first concert there, and becomes still more notable when one considers the reserve of the British Press. It ran as follows: “The amazing scenes In the Albert Hall yesterday when Madame Galli-Curci, America's greatest singer, gave her first concert in England can be compared only to a novelist's Idea of a singer's triumph.

“For two hours 10,000 men and women, packed in tiers to the gTeat dome, sat under the spell of her silver voice. Her last song over, the audience awakened as if from a trance, and called her again and again. Time after time she came, kissing her hands, waving her handkerchief. The insatiable thousands still shouted and stamped, demanding more. She sat down at the piano, and in a sudden hush sang, ‘Home, Sweet Home.’ “A few thousand took the hint: a few thousand stayed on. The lights went down. There were great red plush gups in the sea of faces, the sound of departing feet echoed through the hall. Still the wavering crowd stamped and shouted and —they were rewarded. “Suddenly, unexpectedly, impulsively, Madame Galli-Curci pressed through the crowd that invaded the platform. She came to the front through a line of arms. A man tried to shake hands with her; women's white-gloved fingers touched her bare arms: She reached the front of the packed platform, tho accompanist struck a note and she began to sing. “Immediately there was a rush back into the hall. Men and women stood on chairs. Excited people dashed noisily up the stairs, and arrived panting with excitement, as through the half empty Albert Hall rang the notes of a Spanish song, ‘Clavelltos.’ “On the la.it note Madame GalliCurci ran to her bouquets and excitedly tore out pink and white carnations, which she Hung to the outstretched arms. The crowd seemed likely to press her from the platform. She was unconscious of it. She only wanted to give something to the people who had given her so much tribute. “In a passionate Latin way, avoiding the officials who tried to head her off, she rushed to a basket of giant chrysanthemums and tore at them violently, and, smiling, tossed them to the people. Then she allowed herself to be led 'away. Her first appearance was as quiet as her disappearance was dramatic.” After a whole year of absence, In which this most famous of world artists has arounsed Mg scenes of a frenzied appreciation throughout the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand and in Honolulu, Madame Galll-Cure! will once more be heard here at Murat Theatre, on Sunday afternoon, April 25, under the Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Direction.

, , 'l' 'l' ’l* j rr-i 1 HE Matinee Musleale’s offer- | I ing, "A Night of Opera," will •■-) close the season for the olub and will give the general public opportunity to hear one of the most attractive musical evenings of the year. Three scenes will make up the program. The card scene from "Carmen," most popular of all grand operas, will he given by Mrs. John Willard Hutchings, as "Carmen,” with Mrs. Mildred Daugherty Emry and Mrs. Jessamine Barkley Fitch, ns Mercedes and Frasqutta, Carmen’s companions. In this scene Carmen reads "Death” as her fate ln the cards. The ballet., "Wahpttrgls Night.” from Qunod’s r Fftust,” produced by Mmo. Leonttno Gano, will be an effective offering. The dancers are members of Mme. Gano’s classes in the Metropolitan School of Murlg. Mrs. Helen Warrura Chappell, Mrs. Glenn O. Friermood, Mrs. Sidney Fenstermaker and George kadel will give the first act from ■'CavWHem Rusticana.” The matinee Muslcale chorus and the Raper Cos roman dery choir will sing the choruses. The performance will be conducted by Hugh McGlbeny and will have a twenty piece orchestra for Its support. Mrs. Grace Clarke Pierce will be the raconteur and tell the story of the operas. George Sohmes of the Little Theatre will have charge of the stage and lights. -!- -I- -IThere will be two publlo recitals at the Metropolitan School of Music next week. Next Tuesday evening, April 6, Miss Leone Kinder will present a program given by her students in the Odeon at 8 o’clock. Students of Miss Fay Heller-will assist giving readings and a one-act play “Mah Jong,” a fantasy. Taking part will be: % Mary J Catherine Luts, John William Bf-humakar, Mary Kathbrlne

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Nikolai Sokoloff On next Thursday two concerts will be given here by the Cleveland Orchestra with Nikolai Sokoloff conducting.

Kerr, Carl Joyce, Mary Elizabeth Steuber, Wiliam Robert Craigle, Eugene Kerr. Martha Hill, Betty Martindale, Elizabeth Couch, Char lotte Twltty, Virginia Pierson. Beulah Moore, Ruth Edwards, Kathem Walker, Jeannette Solotken. Carl Hadley, Helen Goodpasture, Virginia Elliott, Mary Caswell, Charles Joe Craigle, Barbara Jean Williams, Stuart Williams and Betty Clark. On Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, a miscellaneous recital will be given by students of the Metropolitan School of Music. A short play given by pupils of Miss Frances Beik will conclude the program. Taking part will be: Virginia Judd, Martha Grace Williams, Ramona Wilson, Martina Margaret Sink, Russell Talbott, Ruth Eloise Dale, Charles Joe -Craigle, Fanchon Fattig, Esther Steinmeier, Robert McCullough. Dorothy Riker, Helen Lennox McCoy, Kathryn Cordon. Frederick Overman Jr., Kathryn Bowlhy, Thaddeus Schoen, Helen I-ouise Small, Mildred E. Myers, Cost, Ross Rissler, Gladys Trouler, Wilma Cochran, Betty Martindale, Catherine Stafford, Martha Hoyle, Helen Emert. The students are pupils of. Grace Hutchings, Frances Beik, Edward Nell, Nora M. Beaver, Lucille Wagner, Earl Howe Jones, Hugh MeGibeny, Helen Sartor, Donn Watson,

THE VERY IDEA ———————By Hal Cochran --

Cleaning 'Round the house there’s somethin’ doin’, and I think that work Is brewin’, ter the wife Is makln' plans that come each year. With the springtime now In season, there's no doubt that that’s the reason why the dustin’, clean,’ scrubbln' Job Is here. All engagements we are droppln.’ 'Stead of steppin’ out, we’re moppin.’ To a married man the thought is understood. As the front rug Is hangln', for its boatin' and It’s bangin’—when the wife says, "beat It” —Gee I wish I could. E’en the yard, with dirt appalling, needs a thorough overhauling, and the shovel, rake and hoe are put to use. Little gardens must be planned on. Raked up spots one must not stand on, are the places where real labor’s put to use. Up on ladders; then akneeling. Washing baseboards, tile and celling, till your knees, your arms, and mental power are dumb. Yep, It's up to you—get busy! Plough until you’re fairly dizzy. That’s the penalty you pay ’cause spring has come. • • • “Blub—blub-blub," said the baby at the breakfast table. “You said a mouthful," snapped little brother. * • • Prince Charles of Belgium, ts gonna take some American cowboys with him on his Belgian Congo expedition. Wise guy—to take someone along who knows tlie ropes.

Stock Player

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Robert St. Clair

Robert St. Clair, who returns with the Berkell Players to Indianapolis for the summer stock season opening at English’s Sunday night, April 18, made many friends here last summer who will accord him a hearty welcome. During the winter season Mr, St. Clair was a member of a stock company playing ln Peoria, HU

Helen Louise Qulg, Fay Heller, Franklin N. Baylor, Bernice Van Sickle. -I- -I- + Ar— RECEPTION will be given by the faculty of the Indiana College of. Music and Fine Arts, Meridian at Sixteenth, assisted by the members of the Sigma Alpha Sororoty, in honor of Miss Flora E. Lyons, retiring president, and Mrs. Henry Schurmann, newly elected president of the college, on Sunday afternoon, April 4, from 4 o'clock to 6. Friends and students of the college are cordially invitod to attend this reception. •I* -I- jHE Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts will present <—J the following pupils in an advanced student recital Thursday evening, April 12, 1928, 8:15 p. m., In the college auditorium: Aurlne Davis, Fanetta Hitz, Maxine Ferguson, Thelma Rubush, Edna Schofield, Gertrude Whelan, Ann Ursula Mathews, Hortense Falender, Justine Stotsenberg, Mildred Schmedel, Mildred Marlowe, Norma Davidson, Margaret Wheeler. The students are pupils of the following teaqhers: Pauline Ross, Eleanor Beauchamp, ' Ferdinand Schaefer, Bomar Cramer, Ruth Todd, Glenn Friermood and j Ruth Ranier. Mr. Bomar Cramer j is In charge of the program and the ! public is i. vited. | I- -I* -IaT is interesting to know that the art of bell ringing was revealed to America first in the |lß4o’s by the late P. T. Baraum. | While touring England he heard a group of church bell lingers prac- ! ticlng upon hand bells, and he conI reived the idea of using a larger peal of bells and playing more elaborate music. The bells for the Bamum bell ringers were made In England, as the world's best bells always have been, but in conformity with the great showman’s unfailing originality as an advertiser, he dressed the players, both men and women, in the costumes of Swiss peasants, and called them Swiss Bell Ringers. For many years this company toured the United States In wagons before railroads were at all general. The art at that time was so successful that our grandfathers recall most vividly the visit of the Swiss Bell Ringers to their native towns. Jack Wood’s Male Quartet and Bell Ringers preserve the best traditions of bell ringing and present a program in which selections played on the bells are a notable feature. Vocal selections and instrumental numbers employing violin, cello, banjo and piano all find a place on the varied programs of this really notable company. A musical treat Is in store for those who hear Jack Wood’s Male Quartet and Bell Ringers, who are scheduled to appear on the Lyceum course Friday evening, April 9, at Caleb Mills Hall.

Asphalt took a drop In Wall Street, And, if you’ve touring, you know that Isn’t the only place. • • • When writing little sing-song verse, Where meter isn’t missin', The only thing you’ve got to do Is make it rhyme—like this’ll. • * • NOW, HONESTLY— The trouble with most of us is that we’re so blamed human that it gets our untamed goat when people gather right In the middle of the sidewalk to gossip. No one has ever given a satisfactory answer as to why they do it. ’Twould be a simple thing to walk over to the curb, or up to a building side—out of the way. But that’s the place they leave for you and I and the other fellow to go. What do they talk about? Oh, about a half hour. Just long enough to provoke a flock of pedestrians. And there is only one thing we can and around! • * • Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, lexicon rapher (laugh that off), says the average person knows but from 8,000 to 10,000 words. . . . Well, the average woman either repeats herself a heck of a lot or is dog-goned smart. • • • War’s a funny thing. A general reports at a private office—and a private reports at a general office. • • • Ho— Dldja ever hear the story about the oil? She—ls It crude or refined? • • •

FABLES IN FACT ONCE THERE WAS A SCOTCHMAN AND ANOTHER FELLOW WALKING DOWN THE STREET TOGETHER PERIOD SUDDENLY THEY CAME TO ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THE OWNERS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF MISTER VOLSTEAD PERIOD ENTERING COMMA THEY WALKED RIGHT UP TO A LITTLE OLD SERVING STAND COMMA AND THEN A TRAGIC THING HAP PENED DASH DASH DASH THE OTHER FELLOW DISCOVERED lIE WAS BROKE PERIOD (Copyright, 1926, NEA Servloe, Inc.) ALPHA CHIS TO MEET • Monthly Luncheon of Sorority Next Sat urd a; ' an. The Indianapolis Alumnae chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, sorority will hold Its monthly luncheon with Mrs, Gem-go L-. Clark, 625 E, FiftyNinth Bt., next Saturday at 1 p. m. Sorority members are Invited, Mrs, Fermor S. Cannon la chair- , man of the committee, which in- | eludes Mesdames Paul Collins, J. V Darrell, Clarence Weaver, Eugene I Pursel, and Miss Nelda Weathers, Installation of new officers will take place. Plans will be made for i the May Guest Day at the home of Mrs. Orval Hixon, 4634N.,Pennsylvania at. ,"

S5 IN INDIANA J? ™

CAUSE AND EFFECT In the last two days of March, when that month was malting a disgusting spectacle of Itself with rain, enow and howling gales and weather conditions Imperiled bath foot and vehicular traffic on our city streets, one lone speeder was arrested by Indianapolis police. One arrest for speeding In fortyeight hours. Police believe that is a record. Perhaps the absence of arrests Is accounted for by the benumbing influence of March’s dying .ggon!es on the traffic squad. However, it Is significant that during the same two days, when driving rain and snow and treacherous pavements Invited street mishaps, not a single serious traffic accident occurred in Indianapolis. During the same forty-eight-hour period Chicago w;is lashed by a blizzard that disrupted tho city’s transportation and added to the traffic hazards. Yet in the two days no person was severely Injured In motor accidents on Chicago streets, where, since Jan. 1, there has been an average of two automobile fatalities a day. The conclusion Is In plain sight. When weather conditions are so bad and streets so obviously un- * safe that even the most foolhardy motorist must slow down and drive cautiously for Ills own protection there Is a sharp decrease In traffic accidents. When driving conditions are most perfect and the reckless ones feel most like "stepping on ’er” traffic casualties are most numerous. There is a direct relationship between speed and accidents that Is unmistakable. MARRIED WOMEN BARRED The Ft. Wayne Telephone Company has adopted a rule that no married women will be employed bv the company except In cases were such women are obliged to support themselves. Os course the telephone company is privileged to hire whom it pleases. If it wants to employ only red-haired girls, divorcees, grandmothers or flappers, tt Is entirely optional with the management. Nevertheless Its decision to put up the bars against married women, who do not need to work to support themselves, will doubtless excite comment. Among single women and widows compelled to work for a living there is much complaint against the employment of married women, who wrrk not from economic necessity but to earn [ spending jnoney, gratify their taste for fine clothes or to supplement already adequate family Incomes. "Give the Jobs to those who need them," is the attitude. And there is much Justice in the business girl’s complaint against married competition. But there Is another side. Despite the threadbare adage “a woman’s place is in the home" there are many capable women happily married who have neither talent nor temperament for household duties. Yet 'many of these women have the ability and the liking for business pursuits that qualifies them for positions outside the home. Nothing much Is gained for the improvement of society by compelling a natural-bom stenographer. office manager, clerk or business woman of any type to stay at home and make repellent, disconsolate biscuits Just because she Is married. Whether a woman should engage In any gainful occupation outside the home depends on the individual woman. The quesltlon

A Sermon for Today ■' ■By Rev. John R. Gunn

By the Rev. John R. Gunn Texs: ’’Put them in mind to be subjects to pricipaiitie* and powers, to obey magistrates, to he ready to do every good work."—Titus 3:1. Paul is speaking here of the Christian’s place and responsibility as a citizen. As Christians we ought td be, not only good church members, but good citizens. We ought to respect and obey the powers that bo-

Harry Booked

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Graduating from the leadership of two real comedy stars and signing an exclusive contract with First National to maJce feature length comedy productions Is the record inada by Harry Langdon, the Bllllkenfaeed comedian who will bo seen In “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,’’ his Initial featuro, at tho Circle the weak of April 11, “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp’' Is bull*, up on a, sound plot and modeled aj-ound a etructui-e of pathos and human Interest, Situations build up one after another, ending In a succession of startling: laugh-provok-ing episodes. Joan Crawford, one of the most beautiful of the screen's younger uetre.sses, plays opposite and makes a brilliant part of the role she plays. In order to give Hangdon excellent support many capable players were assembled to play In “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,'*

APRIL j 1926

can't be answered by the presence or absence of a matrimonial bail and chain. SOMETHING NEW IN UTILITY APPEALS Representatives of the Atwood & Rurket Electric Company, a small fry utility concern supplying electricity to a limited territory In Kosciusko County, have -appeared before the public service commission asking authority to reduce rates. That appeal must have leit the members of the public servioe commission popeyed and epeeoh less. It was, oh, so different from the usual requests of the public utilities that stagger in and Bob on tho bosom of the public eerv lee commission. For example, tho telephone ooto pus, to whom the sympathetic commission hrs Just given a few bonbons, for wliich telephone users pay. The public service commission Is presumed to serve both the public tyui the utilities fairly, to prevent extortionate rates and assure the utilities fair returns for their serv tee and Investment. But in vory few cases has the commission re duced rates. Its activities aro practically an unbroken succession of rate Increases. Members of the commission are not altogether to blame because the findings of the regulatory body so often have reverse English on thorn as far as tho public is concerned. In tho cases before them the utility’s side ip always represented by experts in that particular field who can make figures stand on their heads. The public’s side Is never adequately presented Consequently, rates go up and up. As far as the pubtlo Is con corned the regulation of utilities by a State commission hasn't brought the millennium any closer than it was when each community wrestled with Us own utility prob lent. PRICES IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS V. T. Reid, of Salem, Ind.. has given the Washington County Historical Society an account book kept by his grandfather, a pioneer merchant of the community, 100 years ago. The record reveals some Interesting comparisons with present living costs In April. 1826. eggs retailed at Salem at 4V4 cents a dozen, flour nt 1 Vi cents a pound, and a whole dressed lamb cost sl. The average price of a week's board was $1.50. For $1 ono could hire a horse for a twenty-mile trip and return. And a skilled carpenter could be hired for $1.50 a day. Now one couldn't btty the coloring matter to rouge the cheek of a single Easter egg for 4V4 cents. To purchase a couple of lamb chops a person must mortgage the home and disembowel baby’s savings bank. A taxicab for a round trip on the Circle wrecks a. dollar. And a carpeter gets sl.lO an hour. In 1826 the cost of living hadn’t learned to soar. Those were the good old days. Many a fatigued ultimate consumer sighs as he thinks of them. But in 1826 they had no electric lights, steam heat, movies, radio, automobiles. bathtubs, liquor scandals, trafflo oops, permanent waves, golf courses and so forth, through an Imposing list of comforts and conveniences, that we today class as necessities. And a bank president then reoelved less salary than an office boy now. The good old days were mostly the good old bunk. But it would be very pleasing If someone oould devise a scheme for coupling 1926 scale of living and lnoome with the 1826 price list

and stand ready for every good work that makes for good government and the betterment of human relationships and conditions. It the Christian religion stands for anything, it stands for good eltisezuahlp. No one can be a good Chriaflan and not be a good citizen. Yu may be pious and godly In your manner of life and faithful to the obligations you owe directly to the church, hut If you are not living up to your obligations as a citizen you are falling short of your Christhin duty. Christian duty does not end with church work, but extends to elvlo and political affairs. "Be ready to every good work" says Paul. Good work where? In the church? Yes. BuJ you will observe that ln this particular Instance the apostle Is not speaking of good work ln connection with the church, but ln connection with principalities and powers. He would have us as Christians "to be ready to every good work" that good citizenship requires. You know the requirements of good citizenship. It requites something more than paying your taxes It requires an active interest In all the great political, social and economic problems which relate to the well being of the State and society. If you aro a good cltiaen. you cannot be passive and Indifferent toward these great matters; nor oan you, If you are a good Christian. As a Christian you ought to measure up to all the requirements of a good citizen. Indeed, being n Christian ought to nmke you a better citizen. Your example In'* respect to your citizenship ought to lie exemplary. (Copyright, 1928, by John H. Gunn > YOUTH TO SUBJECT Professor ,Jensen Will Address feral Council of Womeiv "WJiflt Ails Our Youth” wifi be Prof, Tloward H, Jensen's topic before the lecal Council of Women. Tuesday at 3 p. m. at tho Llnooln. Airs, idtlo B. Heppner Is ln charge of the musical program Miss June Gray will talk on health of out iouth. Five directors will I* elected. Mrs. Bert 8. Gudd, president, urged each affiliated organization president to have her accredited rep* rassntaUvt present,