Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1926 — Page 4

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WHO OWNS IT ? Should the job of treasurer of this city and comity be worth more to its occupant than is the presidency of the United States to Calvin Coolidge.’ Do you believe that the service he renders, no matter how well and faithfully performed, is worth ten times as much as that of a United States Senator and twelve times that of a Federal Judge? Uy the help of the Barrett law it happens that the treasurer gets about this compensation through a provision under which he keeps the interest on funds paid on public improvements under special assessments in the city of Indianapolis. The service he performs is to put these funds in a hank and supervise the bookkeeping. Not so very much work and not a great deal of responsibility. The city council has before It a resolution w hic.h attempts to collect the interest on these funds for the use of the entire city. / Four members of the council have taken a stand igainst this resolution. They are voting to keep up the present system of permitting the treasurer to take tliis interest as a part of his Income frog? the job. They should in all fairness tell the people who pay into these funds, just why they believe the treasurer should draw interest on their money. That fund, instead of being a benefit to the taxpayers, really becomes a menace. It makes the one job very attractive to a closely knit political machine such as operates in this city. It offers too many opportunities for a skillful political master. The councilmen who are blocking the effort to make this interest, estimated at $50,000 a year, the property of the people really should tell the people who owns this interest. Perhaps one of them can find a real reason for giving it to the man who merely deposits other people’s money in a good safe bank. And perhaps not. A SENATE SPOKESMAN Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania was replying to Senator McKellar’s attack on Premier Mussolini of Italy. “If the government of Italy preserves order, respects property rights and contracts’’—not a word about life and liberty, or any little thing like that —“it is none of our business what system of internal government she has.” “Is the Senator from Pennsylvania now speaking for the Italian people?” inquired Senator McKellar. “I am speaking for the American Senate,” replied Senator Reed.

WHAT PRICE JUSTICE ? $12,000 In Washington the other night a few hundred men and women sat down to an unusual feast. It v as a feast to celebrate the fact that the American Government had failed in Its effort to send an innocent man to prison! In the language of Senator Shlpstead of Minnesota, it celebrated the triumph of justice over the 'Department of Justice. The guests gathered to honor Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and his attorneys, Senator Thomas J. Walsh and Charles A. Douglas. The occasion was the action of the Federal courts in finally putting to an end the long sustained attempt of the Department of Justice to "get” Wheeler- because of his successful exposure of the department itself. The dinner was given by the Wheeler defense committee. Topping the list of names on that com- . mittee is no less a person than Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University. Included in the list are dozens of other nationally known names, names of men and women whose love of America can no more be questioned than can Dr. Eliot’s. Yet, what was the theme the speeches made and the letters and telegrams read to the assemblage? It was — Conspiracy! One after another voiced the belief that the American Government, through its department of law, had been engaged in a conspiracy against a single American citizen. They gave, as their carefully considered opinion, what the average newspaper reading citizen has come casually to believe, that our national Government deliberately attempted to “frame” and send to prison an innocent man. It seems fantastic when -you face this charge with open eyes, that such an allegation could be made in a public meeting not a half-dozen blocks from the White House. But the charge was made and repeated, over and over again, and no agents of the Department of Justice swooped :in to arrest the speakers. Nor were there arrests on the following day when the newspapers printed -the story. William Allen White wrote from his Kansas home to say he was proud of the part he had taken in helping to bring justice to Senator Wheeler. He ■called the indictments obtained by the Department *o£ Justice "infamous.” But he was allowed to edit his prairie paper next day undisturbed. “A degraded Department of Justice,” wrote .Felix Frankfurter, in a similar letter, but he taught law to Harvard University students next day without interference. “Nothing less than a treasonable conspiracy ‘with officers of the- Cabinet to defraud the Government,” wrote Itabbi Stephen S. Wise. And he was not jailed for that. "I doubt if in all our American history there can ibe found a conspiracy so black and vile,” wrote Rev. Dr. John Haynes Holmes. He remained unmolested in his New York pulpit. And more of the same. A curious timq in which we live, a time when , these things can be said of the very soul of the American Government—for if not in tho Department of Justice, then where should the Government’s soul reside? These things can be said and they are said and they go unchallenged by the Government. But nothing results. No wave of moral indignation : sweeps across the country. Tho Government sits silent and safe. “What price justice?” inquired one guest at tho dinner, and answered himself thus: “Fifteen thousand dollars was raised by tb(fi defense committee, in dimes and dollars collected in

all the forty-eight States. One section crew on the Alaska railroad shbok itself down for a few dollars and asked if more was wanted. Porto Rico and the Philippines were heard from with contributions. But all told, only 1,900 persons out of our hundred million citizens felt a duty to offer aid. However, $15,000 was raised. Os this, $3,000 remains to bo returned to the contributors. Three from fifteen leaves twelve. What price Justice in America? In this instance, $12,000.” A LEG FOR MONEY Three human legs have been offered one James Tatom, 41, who, losing one leg In a railroad accident, broadcast his plea for anew one to be grafted upon the legless stump. “How much will you pay?” runs the tenor of each letter from the three who would sever their own limbs to give to this man. If one but knew the tragedy that lurks behind the masks that each of these three wear! What grim reality of life so fearful that, for yellow gold, they would part with warm, living, pulsing, flesh and blood itself? Desperate indeed is a human being who will fight down that fiercest of all human instincts, selfpreservation, and willfully mutilate the body even for gold! Love of others can be the only answer—a child crying for food or education, a mother hungering for one little taste of luxury after a barren life. This is the reason that has made men throughout the whole epic of life stamp down even the fierce instinct of self preservation, and mount to higher tilings on an even more gigantic instinct—love. ” ' "" YOUTH AND FACTS The next time any one comes to bat with a tremulous wail about r.he sins of modern youth, and the way it is going to the dogs with the accelerator pressed down, hand him a long, ripe guffaw and walk away. The United States children's bureau has just found that it isn’t so. Statistics from the larger cities of the country actually show that there has been a decrease in the last fifteen years in juvenile delinquency. Our young folks aren’t getting worse. If they were, the figures would show It. OUR WALTER JOHNSONS There is noticeable at this time of year a tendency, especially among people who think they belong in the “intellectual” class, to bemoan the extreme popularity of such big league baseball stars as Johnson, Hornsby, Cobb, Ruth and the rest. It’s a bad thing, they say, to fill the minds of young boys with excessive admiration for “mere ’ athletes. It distorts values, places too much emphasis on the physical side of life. Perhaps there’s something in what they say. It is regrettable that no American boy was ever yet known to select Isaac Newton or Galileo as his beau ideal; regrettable, but natural. Yet the intellectuals miss the point. It is the way of boys and young men to admire the doer, the man of action. And in a land that produces such exquisite doers as Gerald Chapman, Martin Durkin and the like—shouldn’t we be mighty thankful that there are a few Walter Johnsons and Rogers Hornsbys to give our children heroes that are more wholesome to admire?

CONCERNING STEPHENS, IRISH NOVELIST You oan get an answer to any question of fart or Information by writing; to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. 'Washington. D. C.. inclosing :i cents in stamps lor reply. Medical, legal and martial advice cannot be given nor can extended research undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.— Editor. Can you tell me something about the life and writings of .James Stephens? He was an Irish poet and novelist. Asa poor boy, without education/he wandered all over Ireland and in Belfast ho nearly died of starvation until he learned typewriting and stenography ana'WeJhme a clerk in a solicitor’s office at Dublin, llis first volume of verse, "Insurrections” (1909), attracted widespread favorable notice because of its originality, and the royalties enabled him to devote more time to literary work. A second volume of poetry. "The Hill of Vision," appeared in 1912. In the latter year, he published two novels, "The Charwoman’s Daughter” and "The Crock of Gold.” His subsequent writings include: “Here Are Ladies” (1913); "The Demi-Uods” (1914); "The Rocky Road to Dublin” (1915); verse, "Songs of Clay” (1915); “Dierdre” (1923). Did the United States Congress give General I .ar fayette money and a grant of land, and what was the location of the land? When Lafayette returned to the United States on a visit in 1824-25 Congress gave him $200,000. In 1803 he was given ten different grants of land and in 1824 he was given an additional township comprising 11.520 acres in west Florida. Tallahassee is now located on that site. The original grants of a.bout 1,000 acres each were situated along the Mississippi, but as they were not surveyed the exact location Is not known. What is the average amount of water per square foot of grate surface evaporated per minute in steam boilers? How much water is required per minute to produce one horse power in a modern steam engine? Boiler horse power ordinarily is ilgured at 30 pounds of water from and at 212 degrees Fahrenheit evaporated into steam per square foot of grat<? surface per hour. That equals pound per square foot of grate surface per minute. The best modern engines use about 18 to 20 pounds of water per horse power per hour or from .3 to .33 pounds per minute. Older engines of the high speed type use as much as 45 pounds per hour. Is there a special raisin grape and where are they grown? Raisin grapes are usually grown in warm climates and contain from 28 to 30 per cent sugar. Commercial cultivation is limited to a few countries about the Mediterranean Sea, South Australia and, in the western hemisphere, to southern California and Chile. The principal and most valuable class of raisin grapes is the muscatel or muscat from Malaga and Valencia in Spain and from California. The seedless raisins of commerce are largely the product of the 6ultana grapes. The Thompson seedless, which is a promising seedless raisin grape in California, produces raisins a little larger than the sultana. The smallest raisins come from the small current grape, originally from Corinth. Where docs Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, Jive? 3014 N Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

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Sandy’s Understanding of Just Around the Corner Was Another Man Waiting

By Walter D. Hickman. Just around the corner to Sandy probably had the meaning that Just another man was waiting. And she didn't keep ’em waiting ong, because Sandy was a fast worker. -As you know, “Sandy” Is the name of a novel by Elenore Meherin, which

Is appearing daily as a serial in The Indianapolis Times and is being reflected in movie form all this week at the Colonial. That thousands of people are Interested in the experiences of heart and passion of Sandy was shown Sunday when there was a waiting line of people in the lobby of the Colonial from 1 o'clock In the afternoon to late at night. There is

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no doubt that people are interested In Sandy both as a story and as a movto. The tremendous drawing power of Sandy was clearly shown yesterday when the picture opened. I heard people talk of this character as if she was a living character. Judged as movie entertainment, “Sandy" has that sex appeal which spells riches at the box office. Asa movie production “Sandy” is heads and shoulders above "Chiekle.” 'William Fox, In assigning Harry Beaumont as the director of "Sandy,” made no mistake. I take It for granted that you arp acquainted with the various characters In this story. If you look at the cast you will a#ree with me that a splendid cast has been assembled. Tho cast follows: Sandr McNeil Mads* Bellamy Douglas Keith Italic Kenton 1 “ "’■* Harrison Ford Judith Moore Gloria Hope V*'“ ■' , uri...-> Barcson Hard Atufu.l McNeil David Torreme label McNeil .I.llllan lyeiirhlon Timmy Charles Farrell Alice McNeil Joan Standing Madge Bellamy has done more for herself in this movie than she probably expected to do. You first meet her as Sandy, carefully adjusting a flask in or on her garter. For a while Dandy is the merry little flapper flirt, doing the Charleston at an all-night party. Then papa and mamma step in and demand that she marry a rich guy, a chap she did not love. But she marries him because papa and mamma wanted a rich man in tho family. Sandy tries to be the good wife, but friend husband turns out to he not only a cm! but a brute. When her husband is the direct cause of the death of her first child, Sandy begins looking around the corner for other men. And sno finds ’em. She told society and the world to go to the bow-wows anil she took a straight slide to that place herself. Guess I will not tell you the ending of the story, but will rest upon the statement that there is no moral to the story. Oh, yes, indeed. When a good little girt goes wrong not once or twice, she must pay the price, and Sandy pays in full. I am not taking a favorable viewpoint of “Sandy,” as a movie sex yearn Just becauso this paper is publishing the story along with a hundred Other newspapers In this country. “Sandy” as a movie has that sex appeal thing, not done in bold and Indecent strokes,,, but rather these episodes are Indicated by a rather warn petting party. “Sandy” will be on view all week at the Colonial. -!• •!• -!- SPEAKING OF HILDA GRAY AND HER COMPANY The Mg noise at the Circle this week Is Gilda Gray and her wiggles. There seems to be more wiggles in Gilda’B body than In a glass of Jelly. The dancer and her company landed at the Circle yesterday a little before 6 p. m., alter making

a fast jump from Toronto, Canada. At 6:45 p. m. Gilda Gray and her company were making their first appearance at the Circle. She made three appearances last night, and It was as easy to put one more sardine In a can as to get into the Circle. She Is a box office attraction. She is famous for her wiggles while dancing. As you know, I am not excited over the Charleston In

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any form, but I know' that I am in tho minority. Sho is capitalizing upon this dance crane and she throws In several hundred extra wiggles in every dance that she does. She does the Charleston, Ty-Tee, a sort of a South Sea Island something: a Polish Folk Dance, and ends her part of the program by attempting to sing "Beale Street Blues,” and then goes in to her shimmy dance. This violent type of dancing does not appeal to me personally. Never has and never will. It is not art to me. Be your own judge in this matter, just as I am. Have your own opinion. Miss Gray has several clever dancers with her, especially the classical dancer. The act is well mounted. During this act, David Levin conducts the Circle orchestra. The movie feature is "Her Second Chance,” a rather dramatic race track story with good melodramatic climax. Anna Q. Nilsson, Charles Murray, Huntly Gordon and Mike Donlin are the featured players. Murray has a mighty clever part as a detective, who wears many disguises. It- is really his picture although Miss Nilsson does her dramatic scenes with ease. Dessa Byrd is romping home this week again with another winning pipe organ solo, "Spring Is Here.” The slides are clever and the words are good for many laughs. Tiffs woman knows how to turn a pipe organ into a fine, comedy farce. The Circle orchestra this week is playing "Hungarhm Luspiel” as an overture. Bill includes a news reel and a plever little movie journey to the noitth pole regions. At Circle all week.

Movie Verdict - OHIO—You are going to love Bebo Daniels all over again when you see her in “Miss Brewster’s Millions.” Dandy fun. CIRCLE—GiIda Gray will make ’em sit up and take notice here this week. The movie feature is “Her Second Chance.” COLONIAL —The popularity of “Sandy” as a novel Is being demonstrated at this theater, where this movie played to continual capacity yesterday. APOLLO—Third and final week for Harold Lloyd's “For Heaven’s Sake.”

YOU Wild, LOVE BEBE AGAIN IN HER LATEST Right now it is proper to say something about Bebe Daniels. This star is one of the few women of present day favorites who is going to live on and on as a public

favorite. She is a cute little bag of tricks. She is about the cleverest ltitle roughneck, meaning the characters she plays, that we have on the screen. She has j a naughty wink in her eye and the cleverest little way of permitting an audience to get in on the fun. Her method was never more brilliant or more sure fire than in “Miss Brewster's Mll-

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lions,” now on view at the Ohio. This Is the sort of a story that Miss Daniels knows how to put over. There is a bunch of trick photography Used in putting ovor the old chase Idea, hut the director certainly put over this idea in anew way.

THE VERY IDEA

ANTIQUES There once was a maiden who early in life, just craved for the time when she'd be some man's wife. She dreamed of the man whom she knew she would get—and started a hope chest so she'd Ikj all set. A little of that and a little of this were saved, .as the things that would help married bliss. Thought she. twill surprise him. when I come to bat, with nearly enough things to furnish a flat. The years wore along and tho men came and went, but never. It seemed, did she meet the right gent. To marriage the roadway was never quite paved, for no man seemed worth all the things she had saved. And then came the time when the end of her rope was reached ‘cause she lost all her wedding bells hope. But that didn’t fret her. or bring on the tears like all of the things that she's saved up for years. Her love dream was blighted. If passed on its way. She opened a little antique store one day. And how did she do it? You’d never have guessed—with things that she’d put in her little hope chest. • • • A New York night (Tub laughed at the law, so the cops put a padlock on the door. Try to laugh that off.

MR. FIXIT Machines Interfere With Drinking Fountain for Horses, Says Letter,

Let Mr. Fixit present your case to city officials. He is The Times repreiv'ntjitiY* fit th© city hall. Writ© nun at The Timoe. Motor cars are rubbing it in on Old Dobbin. They are not contented with eliminating him from the traffic picture, but now are crowding him out of his drinking fountains, it appears from a letter Mr. Fixit received today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: There Is a water fountain for horses and animals and it runs the year round. It is on W. Michigan St., between lielleview and King Aves. We have great difficulty in watering our horses there, because of the automobiles that park there. Every day we have to push some machines away before wo can get to the fountain. Dobbin gets thirsty just the same as the Fords. • LOVER OF OLD DOBBIN. Traffic Inspector Lester Jones will Investigate with a view of remedying this condition. Thousands of horse lovers will agree with your stand. TO TIMES READER: Horace Carey, fire prevention chief, will send an inspector to Shelby St and Southern Avo., to see whether the premises you describe are a Are hazard. DEAR MIL FIXIT: You would greatly oblige Birch wood Ave., 3600 block, north, taxpayers, 'if you could obtain for us some street lights. The only light we receive is from a light at the Fairfield Ave. corner. This street Is pitoh dark at night, and as the alley of Birchwood faces the woods, all sorts of characters prowl around after dark. TAXPAYER. The board of works has shown a tendency to conform to the wishes of the residents. Present a petition with as many names as possible to tho hoard. It meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 2 p. m. MISSING WOMAN FOUND Du United Prc* MARION. Ind., April 19.—The long search for Mrs. Nannie Tetters, who disappeared from her home in February, was ended i today. Mrs. Tetters reappeared, laying she had been working in

Her latest vehicle Is really a female edition of “Brewster’s Millions,” In which a million dollars had to be spent in thirty days. And the way Bebe goes at the, job is one of the delights of the present season. Bebe is a cute little fun. maker and when she starts to make love, she gets the idea over with so much ease that she becomes a riot. In her support is that "sterling” funmaker (sounds like a press agent talking) Ford Sterling. As usual he makes a fat comedy part cut of nothing. If you want a delightful hour and some mintues with Bebe Daniels in a gay and tantalizing mood, then do not fail to visit the Ohio this week. Am telling you that there is lot of fun, real honest to goodness fun,_ln Miss Brewster’s Millions." The’bill boasts of another comedy, “Moving Day,” a Helen and Warren comedy and lots of warm music, by Charlie Davis and his orchestra. They have a novelty presentation this week which is stopping the show. At the Ohio all week. -i- -1- -ILLOYD IN FINAL WEEK AT APOLLO “For Heaven’s Sake," Harold Lloyd's latest, is now in its third and final week at the Apollo. Lloyd is the only star that has sufficient power to make a three weeks’ run in this city. I told you about this comedy when it opened two weeks ago. Charles Berkell opened hl3 annual spring ancf summer season at English's last night by presenting “The Boomerang.” The biggest audience for a Berkell opening was present last night. Will tell you all about the old and new players tomorrow. Other theaters today offer the Albertine Rasch Girls at Keiths. Venetian Masqueraders at the Palace, Mazette-Lewis and company at tho Lyric, Tom Mix in “The Yankee Senor” at the Isis and burlesque at the Broadway.

By Hal Cochran

Short skirts are free and kneesy. • • * As lie was leaving town, he meant To Idas his lady fair. Tile train pulled out so suddenly He kissed the open air. • * • The tightest man we know of is tile fellow who listened to a Sunday sermon and turned off his radio when the collection was taken. • • It’s not a bad idea to appear dumb at times—but so many people carry It to extremes. • • • FABLES IN FACT COUPLE MARRIED MEN WERE DISCUSSING MARRIED LIFE AND SO FORTH AND SO FORTH PERIOD ONE OF THEM SAID HIS WIFE WAS VERY BROADMINDED SO HE OFTEN TOOK OTHER WOMEN TO LUNCH AND THEN TOLD HIS WIFE ALL AROUT IT PERIOD THE OTHER FELLA ADMITSTED THAT HIS WIFE WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE COMMA AND THEN HE ADDED COMMA QUOTATION MARK SO YOU SEE I HAVEN’T ANY WOMEN FRIENDS DASH DASH DASH TO SPEAK OF PERIOD QUOTATION MARK (' nwt'iht. lots. SEA Service

DEVINE TO BE SPEAKER Institute Head Will Talk at Rotary Club Luncheon. Edward T. Devine, who will be in Indianapolis April 19-23 to conduct an Institute on social work under the auspices of the local chapter of the American Institute of Social Workers, will speak before the Indianapolis Rotary Club at the Claypool at noon Tuesday. Hid subject will be: “Mexico, a Market and a Neighbor.” He will discuss the Mexican attitude toward this country and the American policy in reference to Mexico. BUSINESS MEN TO MEET Pennsylvania Street Merchants Will Elect Officers. Officers for the coming year will be elected at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Street Business Association at 6:30 tonight at the Columbia Club. Present officers are Jud McCarthy, president; Hal Shearer, vice president; Eugene Short, treasurer; Herb Jennings, recording secretary-, and lister C. Negley, executive secretary.

WHO WILL IT BE?

Dividend Earnings Total End of Payments on on Credit Payments Dividends to date 6 mos. 130.00 .... 130.00 12 mos. 130.00 3.90 .... 263.90 18 mos. 130.00 7.80 .10 401.80 * 24 mos. 130.00 11.70 .34 543.84 30 raos. 130.00 15.60 .70 690.14 36 mos. 130.00 19.50 1.20 840.84 42 mos. 130.00 23.10 1.82 996.06 48 mos. 130.00 27.30 2.58 1155.94 54 mos. 130.00 31.20 3.46 1320.60 60 mos. 130.00 35.10 4.50 1490.20 66 mos. 130.00 39.00 5.70 1664.90 72 mos. 130.00 42.90 7.04 1844.84 78 mos. 130.00 46.80 8.54 2030.18’ Total 1690.00 304.20 35.98 Total payments. .$1690.00 Total dividends on payments. 304.20 yy e Have Total earnings on dividends.. 35.98 Always m* > r,. • Paid 6% Total credit in six years and six months $2030.18

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IN INDIANA

A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM Uldine Maybelle Utley, 14 J year-old girl evangelist, will begin a series of revival meetings In Indianapolis this week, it is announced. For the last three years this I young girl has conducted revival meetings In all sections of the country, Including manv of ‘he larger cities, and Is credited with having made thousands of converts. For one so young, a girl at that, to be actively engaged in preaching the Gospel and publicly persuading sinners to repent is unusual. At an age when most girls are just putting up their dolls and beginning to think about "sweeties," souls and spiritual matters occupy her time. Evidently she is not of the flam Ing youth type. But youth frequently does tho unexpected. Joan of Arc was only 17 when she left her sheep to save France. She was only ID when she was burned at the stake. But she accomplished the Impossible and wrote the most beautiful pages in all history. What hardened warriors and experienced gray-beards feared to attempt, she. in her innocence and sublime faith, dared. She is but one example of youth rising to lofty heights of spiritual exaltation In crises. “And a little child shall lead them,” wrote Isaiah of old. That is often sober truth and not poetic fancy, THE CINDERELLA BUSINESS Jerry Butcher, 75, of Newcastle, Ind., prospective bridegroom, and a 13-year-old girl, his intended bride, were jailed when they applied for a marriage license. The girl, it is said, had her parents' consent to wed, but juvenile court officials Intervened. Just another outbreak of the Cinderella business. Since “Daddy” Browning took an infant wife to ndse, with much publicity, we will probably have an epidemig of grandpas raiding grammar schools for brides. Seventy-five trying to wed thirteen! That isn’t December marrying May. It's a union of Christmas and New Year's day. In the natural course of events, by the time the bride was old enough to wear short dresses the aged husj band would be gathered to his faj thers. There may be dispute as to the proper age for marriage. Some judges and authorities on the subject declare that youths and maids under tw-enty-one shouldn't marry.

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Here’* another European theatrical star who plans to hold the United States for ransom—at the box offiob. She Ls Miss Eugenia Ureal, star of the Palais RoyaJe, Paris, who is coming this way.

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A hardshell bacheldr says It’s foolish to enter tho state of matri-. mony at any age. Others say wed young and be happy. They may all be right. In marriage as in food, wha.t Is one man's meat is poison to another. Certainly, however, the state of matrimony will never be improved in States with lax laws that pet> mit cradle-robbing under the guise of marrlago. TOO MUCH POLITICS A. B. Neal, a distinguished English educator, in Indianapolis last w r eek studying the State's educational system, praised the American elementary and secondary schools and our plan of giving all children equal educational advantages, but he said in our educational systefns there “too much politics.” Ho must have been looking right at Indianapolis when he made that charge. At any rate the characterization so fits our school system that wo haven’t any snappy comeback. The condition must be pretty bad to impress a casual visitor, a foreigner. Unquestionably India napolis schools suffer now as in the past from politics. As far back as any one can remember every school board has been split into majority and minority factions. Always policies have been determined on the basis of faction not on Intrinsic merit. For a majority member to support a proposal advanced by one of the minority would lie equivalent to high treason. School affairs, under the present board, are in politics up to the ears. The Shortridge site matter, the building of new grade schools, the hiring and firing of janitors, tho ‘employment of painters and carpenters all are involved in board politics. Yet the only purpose for maintaining schools is tho education of the coming generation, to give children a better chance in life, to make them better citizens. And that means every child. The schools arc for the whole community and affect the whole community. It would be refreshing If every semblance of politics was eliminated from their control and operation and they should bo run exclusively as a community enterprise. We would have an educational millennium and the taxpayer would drop dead. AN OUT-OF-DATE STATUTE The “air piracy” case. In which the Government sued the Zenith Radio Corporation for usurping and broadcasting on a wave length contrary to license, has been decided in favor of the defendant by Federal Judge Wilkinson at Chicago. That ought to Interest radio bugs. In effect the court held that Secretary of Commerce Hoover lias no authority to assign wave lengths to broadcasters. The 1912 wireless act —the only law applying to broadcasting—was not Intended and does not control the radio business, In the opinion of the court. Passed only fourteen year* ago the statute for regulation of wireless communications is already obsolete. When It was put on the books there was only wireless telegraphy. The radio, crowding the air with programs of music and speeches with millions of listeners, was undreamed of. New laws must be passed to fit tho present conditions. The case illustrates bow changing conditions and the progress of civilization require constant fashioning of new laws. Law must boa living, growing thing. But in the process of keeping law abreast of the times another equally Important matter is neglected—trie repealing of out-of-date statutes. Our law books are full of antiquated acts, passed In grandfather's time to fit conditions peculiar to his age, no longer needed. The Indiana horsethief detective act is a perfect specimen of an old statute still sticking around long after changing conditions had made it unnecessary. Then* arc many others. Every State has old blue laws still existing almost forgotten that are occasionally resurrected to plague people. The cry is, wo have too many laws, don’t pass any more. But we must have new’ laws. What W* need is a legislative massacre of out-of-date statutes. If. for every new law passed, a Legislature would repeal an obsolete act. It would win. bouquets instead of brick-bats.