Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1926 — Page 4
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Who Changed? “The cynical contempt of men like Watson for the people should he made plain, so that if the people desire, they may express contempt themselves for the men who especially betray them.’’ You are mistaken. This Is not a rabid and heated denunciation by a Democratic opponent. It is reprinted from the Indianapolis News of October 18, 1922, when Senator Watson was, as now, seeking a seat in the United States Senate. It is not the opinion of the News. It is the opinion of a Republican member of tho United States Senate, Hiram Johnson of California. It was displayed most prominently by the News at that time, so well displayed that the headlines gave to It the emphasis of an editorial approval. It was printed In a manner which strongly suggested that tho News heartily agreed'with Johnson. It certainly did not fly to the defense of Watson. But whehter the Indianapolis News, now the great proponent of Watson and his chief defender, believed it at that time or not, it is certainly true that Hiram Johnson, one of the strong men of the Republican party, believed it to bo true that Watson especially betrays his constituents. There Is no doubt hut that Johnson was not alone in the belief that Watson has repeatedly shown a “cynical contempt’’ for the voters of this State and for the interests of the people when they clashed with his secret servitudes and political purposes. Has Senator Watson changed his wholo attitude toward life and toward government in the past six years? 13 there anything he has done in these six years which would indicate that he is different now than he was when Hiram Johnson wrote this caustic criticism of his colleague in the Senate? Is there any reason to believe that if Johnson were to write anything today that it would be different from what he wrote then? Is there any reason why any man or woman in the Republican party who has in the past looked upon Watson’s conduct, official and political, with scorn and resentment, should find in him today anything hectic or even palatable? Let it be hoped that Senator Watson can be persuaded to come hack to Indiana and make at least one more speech to explain just when and how he lost his “cynical oontempt” for the people of Indiana.
What Price Baby? One reason for the falling off in the American birth rate may be found in the results of an investigation just concluded by the Heller committee research of California. This is “The High Cost of Being Born." Whereas you used to make your humble entrance into life for less than SIOO, today you cannot arrive in any decent, self-respecting manner for less than five times that amount. To be exact, the committee finds the minimum price of getting Btarted in life is $541.95! The estimate, which applies throughout the United States, is of the absolute minimum. The arrival of some babies costs SI,OOO, and of others as much as $5,000, The cost of $541.95 carries no estimate for complications whatever. It includes no trained nurse, no laundry, tho cheapest private hospital room, and a layette bought ready-made. It doesn’t include service at the home, which, the report says, should be added if there is no regular servant, there.
Back to Jefferson On this one hundred and eighty-third anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the people of this country might with great earnestness regard the principles for which he stood. ,He probably more than any other American, expressed the fundamental principles of liberty and freedom upon which this Nation is founded. It was because he loved liberty and hated tyranny and oppression that he was so emphatio in his demands that there be written into the Constitution those provisions that protect the individual. He believed In men, and he believed in educated men. Upon bis tombstone he asked that there be written as his final epitaph and greatest achievement that lie was the founder of a great university. He believed that the best weapon against oppression in any form was the trained mind which enables men to detect danger arar, and be believed that republics can endure only when they are composed of men and women who have this capacity to think. “Educate and inform tho whole mass of people, enable them to see that it is to their interest to preserve peace and order and they will preserve them,” was one of his firm convictions. In other words, he wanted men to be able to protect themselves, to rely upon themselves and to have confidence in themselves. He believed in no superpower of government to protect the weak. He believed that men must protect themselves through their own power of clear thinking and high idealism. He hated the thought that government or the rulers could interfere with the individual. He looked upon government as the institution through which men were to preserve their inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That we have departed far from those ideals of Jefferson and tended toward the course of substituting sumptuary laws for character and education is the belief of many thinkers. Former Senator Beveridge finds the same principles enunciated by Jefferson deeply imbedded in the Bible. In an address upon “The Bible as Good Reading,” delivered on Sunday he emphasized tho principles of Jefferson as reflected and expressed in that great guide to conduct. “Throughout history attempts to form masses of people into a standardized moral strait-jacket has finally caused revolt,” said Mr. Beveridge. “The Bible, faithful chronicle of human character and appeal anomalous in the soul of man, teaches the Jefferson method. That method is to let men and women alone as much as Is consistent with the safety and happiness of others, and to set up £, few,
a very few, fundamental ideas toward which every individual can work. “If too many forms and guides are set up, if too many requirements are made the mind becomes confused and human nature can not conform to them. “Even kings, astute in manipulation and powerful In arms and all material resources, fall when the foundation of character dissolves. “Honor, humility, courage, charity, love, tolerance and ail other good elements of character can be developed only by self-effort aided by public opinion.’’ The message which Jefferson got from his own heart and the lesson which Beveridge reada from the Bible are the same. Law does not force men to be good nor does it bring happiness. The best that law can do is to aid men to find the happiness and to develop character built upon the ideals of justice and decency. We need not more laws but more law. We need that law firmly imbedded in thought as a rule and a guide for conduct. We need more men and more women to know how to rule their own lives and fewer who believe that they have the superior intelligence and morality to rule others. Jefferson, the great advocate of personal liberty, is needed in this day and age quite as much as in the era he was writing into our fundamental law the safeguards for its protection. Your Companions A young girl, with the experience of a mature woman, bitterly sob3 that had companions are responsible for the fact that she stands in the shadow of the Indiana penitentiary. Not yet twenty years of age, she has a record of being the inspiration of a group of young hold-up men, the brains of their projects in lawlessness. When she was married two years ago the income of her young husband was scant. Instead of trying to help, she found distractions in frivolous things, became the companion of the idle. The marriage failed, quite naturally. When the grand opera opens in New York next season, a young man of twenty-two will be given his chance. Two years ago he was working in the coal fields of West Virginia, a miner at wages which have never been extravagant in that field. He did not spend his evenings at the soft drink parlor or the poolroom. He found pleasure and companionship in tho choir of one of the little missionary churches of the mining camp. There he let his soul burst into the song and obtained very primitive education from the choir leader. But he was thankful for even that training and that encouragement. He might have learned to sing the barroom songs of other days or joined in barber shop choruses with other youths who found inspiration in the moonshine of the hills. But if he had, the elderly patron of culture who happened to be driving through that camp on a Sunday morning would not have caught the sound of his voice as it came from the rude church and stopped his machine long enough to investigate its owner. Nor would the way have been opened for him to secure the services of a real teacher who has every reason to believe that the name of this miner will one day be written beside that of Caruso. What would have happened to the girl had she found the right sort of companionships and friendship and cast her life in a different mold? It Is well within belief that she, perhaps, has a talent or a genius for something big and fine and that it has been lost in her mad chase for excitement that finally led to crime. It is certain that she has, in common with all others, ability to do useful work to find happiness In self-respect, contentment in the sure satisfaction that comes from self-support. It is also certain that had this miner chosen less wisely his voice would have been smothered and lost. Be careful about those with whom you cast your lot. Most of us take color from those aU ii)out us. Most of us are ruled by the influences we invite. The difference between fame and infamy, between honor and disgrace, between happiness and despair may depend upon the manner in which you bestow your friendships. It certainly depends on tho way you spend your leisure hours, much more important to life than those spent in working.
Population Center in Indiana You can set an answer to any question of fact or Information by writ ins to Tb-> Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New Yorx Ave.. Washlnsrtpn, D. C- Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and Siariial advice cannot b. gi'--n nor can extended research e undertaken. AU other questions will receive a personal repij. Unsigned requests cannot be answered All letters are confidential.— Fditor. What was the center of population for 1920? It was located in the extreme southeast corner of Owen County, Indiana, 8.3 miles southeast of the town of Spencer, having moved 9.8 miles westward and about one-lifth of a mile northward, from the city of Bloomington, Indiana, where it was located in 1910. What quota does Great Britain have under the American immigration law, and when does the quota year open? What would be the admission status of an Englishman who had been a citizen of Canada for a number of years? The yearly quota of immigrants to the United States from Great Britain and northern Ireland is 34,000. The quota year opens July Ist. Immigration from Canada is not governed by quota, citizens of that country being admitted freely into this country. How many mushrooms are raised to an acre? They are not raised by the acre, but in special y constructed beds and houses. The average is one and a half pounds per square foot. Is there any premium on a one-cent coin dated 1835 and another dated 1845? A United States largo copper cent dated 1835 is valued at from, 1 to 20 cents; one dated 1845 at from 1 to 15 cents. Who was Horace Greeley and where was he born? He was born in New Hampshire Feb. 3, 1811, and died Nov. 29, 1872. He was a famous American journalist w’ho founded the New- York Tribune. How much light does a mirror iteflect? The best mirrors reflect about Off per cent of the energy of the light falling on them. \
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Cut the Banquet Cake Because Keith’s Has One Swell Great Big Show All This Week
By Walter D. llklunan Cut yourself a piece 'of cake and then pass it around to every artist at Keith’s this week. Here Is a bill that is a show, and Ido not mean maybe. It is probably
the most expensive show that this house has had in several seasons. It’s a big show in many ways. Prom a scenic standpoint, “T h e Dance Club,” a song and dance revue presented by Jeanette Hackett and Harry Delmar. is the best and most expensive exhibit I have ever seen In vaudeville. Also fromascenlo stand-
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point, the act called "Jerry and Her Baby Grands," presenting n piano quartet, is another big offering. From a novelty standpoint, the opening of the Du Ponta is another scenic accomplishment. Anyone of these three acts is strong enough to be an independent headliner, but the talent is so scattered in these three acts that it is necessary to present ail three of ’em on the same bill. The Hackett and Delmar act is one of great beauty. The costumes remind one of the "Follies.” It is by far the heft-dressed vaudeville act I have ever seen. The ehoru3 know how to dance and they have mastered the art of wearing gowns. Miss Hackett is a dancer of much charm, and Delmar handles a wicked pair of dancing feet. Here is one great and beautiful dance offering. From a scenic standpoint, it is a wonder. Jerry and her piano players open in a colonial setting, one of ra -e beauty. A series of song pictures, beautifully presented In costume, is one r-f the big events in this act. And tho four piano players know how to handle a piano. Another great act. Tlie Du Fonts are jugglers, with the man being one of those tine comics generally found only in the big and high priced legitimate revue. He is also a splendid eccentric dancer. Roger 'Williams is a good mimic who Imitates a jazz orchestra and about everything that can be imitated. Wanzer and Palmer are back with their little classic called “One Saturday Night." I can see this act every season and not l>ecorno tired with its repetition. Eddie Allen and Doris Canfield, with their eccentric song. d.uic© and conversation stuff, actually stop tho show, and this .is some lurd show to stop. i ’rodit for this goes to Miss Canfield and oh, boy. what is needed to stop a show along eccentric lines this woman has. The Yokohama boys have a slide for life over the head of the audience which makes them give everybody a thrill. At Keith’s all week. -I- -1- -IGI'EAT RUSSIAN ACT ON MEW AT LYRIC Bringing the strange, to us, coloring of their native land and com-
bining with this the beautiful choral effects of Russia that are just becoming known to the average theater goer of our country, the Russian Master singers at the Lyric are giving a program that is every bit worth concert presentation. All the scenes are done in an Impressionistic mood. There is no heavy scenery present with glaring lights.
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Everything is subdued and the imagination is given a chance to fill in with the warm coloring and suggestion that is present on the stage. The act opens with the four men in the vestments of the choir of a church. It is done against a back drop that carries a stained glass window in colors. It is a striking and beautiful number. With the act is a dance. Juanita La Bard, who is used only twice, but who performs with a charm and ability that one wishes she had more to do. Her feature number was a Russian dance that is a revelation to those accustomed to the dancing usually featured on tho vaudeville stage. Had the pleasure some time ago of listening to a group of about thirty Russians in a great choral offering and they were supposed to represent the best from their country-, but in my opinion these four men at the Lyric are every bit their equals and, I believe, somewhat better. If you care in the least for men’s voices this act should be seen and heard. O’Donnel and McKenna are two men who liven the atmosphere with many witty remarks and a song and dance, somewhat eccentric, thrown in.for good measure. Carlisle and La Mai, a man and woman, take the parts of a famous athlete and a newspaper woman who is interviewing him. The situation proidves room for a good many humorous lines, and on the whole is good comedy. Nellie Jay and her orchestra, billed as the “Jay Birds,” provide the music of the bill vrtth a varied program of syncopation. Chapman and Ring are two more funmakers who have features outside their comedy. The man plays a saw and the woman sings and plays the guitar. Sydney S. Styne is a rather eccentric comedian in the way of songs and bright chatter who will probably be remembered for his remark as to the change in times. It is no
Stage Verdict KEITH'S-—The prize allround vaudeville show of the season is present this week. Not to be missed by those who want their vaudeville grand. LYRIC—The Russian Master Singers are fine examples of the fact that vaudeville audiences appreciate good, music. PALACE—Th 6 Observer finds muth to enjoy on thi|S bilL
longer “Wine, Women and Song," he says. Nowdays it is “Home Brew, Your Own Wife and Static.” IGorence Seely and company offer some amusement in the way of two men dressed as a couple of huge cats who impersonate’ these animals in a way that contains a great deal of humor. At the Lyric all week. (By tjie Observer.) •I* -I- •!• PLEASING DANCE ACT AT THE PALACE Steps and Tunes, on the Palace bill today and tomorrow, proves to be a very pleasing ensemble of talent in the line of songs, dances and piano solos. The act opens with a very fine .selection on the piano by one of the women and leads off into tho songs and dances. Almost every number leaves a pleasing impression. There is not a number that seems In the least ordinary and usual. Probably the finest things of the act were a song and dance of long ago. in which most of the company took part and a song number with a Spanish touch during the latter part of the act. The act is well developed and moves very smoothly. Jack Henry and compaany have a sketch that, although it may not be very heavy in a dramatic sense, does prove to have points for a good many laughs. The com pony is composed of two men and three women. We have a young author who goes down into she country with a friend and the two of them take a couple of girls along for company. Most of the fun comes from the remarks of one of the men and the perplexities arising when the girl of one of the boys shows up. Marion and Martin are two men who impersonate a couple of Italians who have not been in our country very long. The excitable temper of this pair and their many “bright cracks" are mirth provokers of the first rank. At the time of review they were called back for encores. Benson and Green, a man and woman, have a lino of chatter that is certain to get laughs. Other sea-
THE VERY IDEA " By Ilal Cochran
TRUST What an unhappy hang-out this oUI world would be. How filled we would be with disgust, If never tho bright side of things we could see, and no one had stock In real trust. What pleasure would come If you doubted all men, and felt every human a cheat. With every transaction, you’d worry again. Would life, after all, bo so sweet? Each man is entitled to standing that’s high—at least till he’s fallen from grace. The man who ne’er trusts is a queer sort of guy. What fun can there be in his place? There really Is pleasure In feeling each man is honest, straightforward and true. Try building that feeling, whenever you can. Most men, after all will come through. • • • A Chicago wife wants a divorce because her husband trumped Ivor ace in a .bridge game—and then crowned his queen ’cause she took him to task for It. MR. FIXIT Reader Asserts He Was Cheated When He Purchased Automobile, Let Mr Fixit present your case to ety official*. He is Tne Time* r<-pre-rntaUvo at the city hall. Write him at he Time* Some automobile salesmen are dealing off the bottom of the deck in a game of freeze-out. it would appear from a letter in Mr. Fixlt’s mail bag today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Perhaps you can tell me how I can be straightened out with some trouble of mine. Eight months ago I bought an automobile from a corporation which is tupposed to be a reliable firm. I paid for one year's model of a car and when I received the car I found it was not the model I had bargained for. The title and registration certificate had been changed to make it seem a yeart later model. I have r lawyer, but he seems to be working for the corporation and not for me. Mr. Fixit would suggest you pursue the matter at once with the Better Business Bureau in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. This useful agency will make a thorough Investigation. DEAR MR. FIXIT: The alley between Capitol and Graceland Aves., and Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth Sts., Is In very’ bad shape. Can you tell me if it is going to be paved tills spring. I. M. GRAHAM, 3837 Graceland Ave. The contract has been let and the paving will st irt with improved weather. Mr. Fixit was advised by Wayne Emmelman, board of works secretary. FEDERATION TO MEET Jewish Organization Will Elect Seven for Board. Ralph Bamberger, acting president of the Jewish Federation, has announced that the federation annual meeting will be held Thursday evening, April 22, at the new Klrshbaum Community Center, 2314 N. Meridian St. The nominating committee, consisting of Eli Schloss, chairman: Phil Grenwald and J. M. Bloch, will present the names of the following persons, seven of whom are to be elected to serve three-year terms on the board of governors of the federation: Henry Blatt, Joseph A. Cohen, Abe H. Goldstein, Julius Goldsmith, Jackiel Joseph, Charles F. Kahn, Jacob L. Mueller, Jesse J. Mossier, Dr. R, A. Solomon, Mrs. Wolf Sussman
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The Wisconsin Haresfoot Club tonight at the Murat will present Its annual university play, “Mary Ann,” with & large cast. Thomas Hodges Is in the cast. tures of tho act are a song by the woman and contortionist tricks by the man. Basso and company consists entirely of K&sso, If that is the man's name. He does some new Juggling tricks that are extremely interesting and require a large amount of skill. Included on the bill Is a photoplay. "Time, the Comedian.” with Mae Busch and Lew Cody. Also a News reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. Byf the Observer.) Other theaters today offer :“The Big Parade,” at English's; "Bed Dice,” at the Colonial; ‘"The Crown of Lies,” at the Ohio; “The Trans--'ontlnental Limited.’ ’at the Isis; Tramp, Tramp. Tramp,” at the Circle; “For Heavens Sake,” at the 'polio; "Mary Ann,” at the Murat, and burlesque at the Broadway.
A woman drives a bargain—and ho husband who takes her home, Irives a Bargain hunter. • • • Maple isn’t the only sap that’s running wild these days. • • He married I<T for money. Then He found it wu no joke. Slh' liad as much as he had, and The both of them were broke. • • • Some men fish and lie about—and others lie about their fish. • • • They used to shingle people In the woodshed—now they do it In the barber shop. • * • TEACHER (to lisping pupil)— Now, tell me what a panther Ls. PUPIL— I Tho man who makes panths. • • • FABLES IN FACT THE MAN HAD BEEN SUFFERING WITH INSOMNIA FOR A LONG COMMA LONG TIME PERIOD FINALLY HE CALLED THE DOCTOR COMMA BUT MEDICINE AND SUCH HELPED LITTLE PERIOD A FRIEND COMMA RETURNING FROM CHURCH COMMA DROPPED IN AND WAS TOLD OF THE MAN’S TROUBLE PERIOD SAID FRIEND SUGGESTED THAT HE HAVE THE PREACHER CALL PERIOD CoD>/rtiht. lift, XEA Srrvtca
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FROM CHUCKHOLE TO RUT George Woodward, street superintendent, la a report to the mayor, states ttoat from 500 to 800 miles of Indianapolis streets and alleys are completely broken down and will have to be rebuilt froth the bottom up. Many bridges also require Immediate repairs, says GeorgePersonally we don't know whether the street superintendent's report of the mileage urgently tn need of major repairs is accurate or not. But it’s undoubtedly true we have much bumpy- wornout. defective paving- It's a mystery how so many energetic motorists can break the speed law on some of our streets without also breaking their springs and shacking their vertebrae all over the roadway, Fvom chuck hole to rut is the sequence in traversing many main thoroughfares. N- Meridian and several other heavily traveled streets are surfaced with wood blocks in bad repair- Whenever there is a heavy dew the wood-block surface floats awav into the gutter. And when moist the paving is a traffic hazard. as slippery as a politician. And some of the recently laid boulevards are as wrinkled and wavy as though )>avei by tho Romans in their prime. The truth Is, Indianapolis has accepted and paid for a lot of shoddy pavement. Whether it Is the fault of dishonest contractors, specifications, supervision or plain politics, the result is the same. The taxpayer has not been getting street improvements as durable as the bonds issued for them.
MORE AUTOS IN INDIANA In the first throe months of 1926 there was an Increase of 38.654 in the number of passenger automobile licenses issued in Indiana, over the corresponding period hist year, according to Mark Rhodes In charge of Olb auto license department. Last year, 459.T81 licenses were Issued up to April 1. This year 526,555. That's the way it has gone since the first year automobiles were required to carry licenses. Each year there has been an increase in the number of licenses issued and consequently in the number of automobiles in the State. Where Is the saturation point? Five or six years ago economists and motor car manufacturers predicted that auto industry would soon reach Its peak. And State and municipal authorities were worrying about traffic congestion. Since then the number of atitomobiles owned in the State has nearly doubled, and the end Is not in sight. The saturation point seems as far off as ever, despite the fact that the entire population of Indiana could take to the road at the same time in Indianalicensed machines. And does apparently every pleasant Sunday. Certainly the increase can’t continue indefinitely. But there Is still room for a few raoro autos in the State. There aren’t as many motor cars as voters In Indiana. And every voter Is a prospective auto owner. And most of the flaming youth have ambitions to own a car. If the saturation point is over reached the traffic on our ro.-ds will be so dense that automobiles will have to go two deep. A Sunday spin will be like a trip In a sardine can.
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By GAYLORD NELSON
THE CRIPPLE’S HANDICAP Mondas Miller, a little crippled girl of Summitville High School, won the Madison County oratorical contest the other night. Sup. ported by crutches she delivered her address. Points, not sympathy, returned her victor over her whole-limbed competitors. She hopes, after finishing high school- to attend college and fit herself for a useful, self-support-ing career despite her bodily ■affliction. Os courso she i* handicapped. Her physical Infirmities will always interfere more or less with any activities that she attempts, and will require courage and determination to overcome. But Steinmctz- the great electrical genius., whose accomplishments in his field won him worldwide renown, had a twisted body that would have been the envy of a professional beggar. Through sheer will power, and courage*, he overcame the handicap of his physical afflictions and achieved undying fame as a scientist, Every day at strategic downtown corners are crippled beggars, no worse crippled than the little Summitvllle girl or Stoimnetz, wheedling coppers from compassionate passersby on the strength of their physical mutilation. Sometimes they make pretense of selling lead pencils and other trifling merchandiseCertainly they deserve sympathy, They are crippled, But the cripple's greatest handicap is not. his bodily affliction. It is in his mind.
SCRUB OUR FACE Mayor Duvall and other heavy civic dignitaries pushed a huge brush around the Circle yesterday noon, a formal opening of tho annual spring clean-up campaign sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, “Clean-up, paintup, keep-it-up” Is the slogan for the next two weeks. We don't know how much dirt the mayor's brush wielding yesterday removed from our municipal face. At least the ceremony started something. An annual, intensive clean-up—in which the face of the city, not the taxpayer is cleaned—ls a good municipal habit. In the course of a hard, sullen winter, rubbish and dirt of all sorts, dead tin cans, squirming soot, and just plain trash accumulate on the premises of every household. Unless, with brush, broom and rake, the householder goes on periodical clean-up sprees the debris would so pile up that even the mortgage would be buried. Some cities have neglected annual clean-ups so long that archeologists are still digging forth em. Indianapolis isn’t in that class. It may not be so picturesque as cities which wear a centurles-thlck crust of grime. But it makes a better impression on visitors and is a more pleasant place to live, because It scrubs Its face now and then. Accumulated rubbish may lure the archeologist, but not tho million population. If John J. Citizen will cooperate to make the clean-up, paint-up campaign a success, Indianapolis will present a well-groomed appearance that will be a source of community pride. Appearance counts with a city as with an individual.