Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1926 — Page 4

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TILE ONE QUESTION Do bootleggers, law violators and other criminals decided what policemen shall be assigned to their particular localities? That is a question which should he settled. The charge is openly made by Prosecutor Remy that such is the situation in Indianapolis. Either it is true, or it is not trueIf it be true, there is a reason. And that reason is the one question which the people of this city who believe they are to pay for enforcement of law and the protection of order want answeredThey want to know whether there is a super power in this city which is bigger than the government of the city, a power strong enough to order protection for law violators. It is true that the form of government makes responsibility difficult to trace. There is a mayor. He names a board of safety. The board names a chief. The chief names subordinates or suggests them. He has to depend upon lieutenants for advice. Is there someone who is powerful enough in this city to make suggestions that are not disobeyed by those in control, of whom they stand in fear or • to whom they pay political debts? Let's find out whether Prosecutor Remy knew what he was talking about He generally does and has the courage to tell it. The people will believe that this condition exists until there is soma stronger evidence than mere disclaimers by any of those in direct control of the department. No finer service could be given by any public organization, dedicated to the growth and welfare of the city, than to delve into this matter and then boldly proclaim the exact situation. If the police department is subtly under the control of the criminal, let's find out why—and the man who bargains away the people's government for political power. CLARENCE TRUE VS. SIR PHILLIP GIBBS Clare True Wilson, general secretary of the board on temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Church, calls upon the pastors of his denomination to charge the assertion that prohibition is out of place in the Constitution. Then he proceeds to instruct them how to argue this side of the question- Here is a sample of his argument: “The Constitution 'is to establish justice.’ But the licensed policy protected fraud and filled the treasury with revenue from a trade which corrupted politics, defied law and profited by the distress of the people- “ The Constitution was designed to insure 'domestic tranquillity,’ but the Government licensed a trade which inevitably produced riot, murder, robbery, debauchery and disorder.” * And so on. The inference is that by putting prohibition into the Constitution the evils complained of were corrected. But were they? Here is the testimony of a gifted foreigner: “In America,” says Sir Philip Gibbs, one of the gentlest manner, and one of the most temperate men, “one hears the frank admission that prohibition has resulted in a wholesale violation of the law by the most intelligent classes, corruption and bribery and crime which is weakening respect for all law and an epidemic of secret and excessive drinking which threatens to wreck the health and moral3 of the younger generation in all the great cities. “It is impossible to keep out ‘the booze.’ There’ Is a conspiracy of judges, police and public to let it in. “As I saw for myself from one end of the United States to the other there is no lack of it for any who can afford to pay. It flows at private dinner parties, and because forbidden by law, assumes an importance which would be regarded as* disgusting in British homes. Women, as well as men, drink as though it is their oni.- chance of mental elevation. “I went to a party at one of the best houses of a great city in the West, and every woman there, including beautiful young girls, became hopelessly intoxicated before the evening was out. College boys carry flasks in their hip pockets and give drinking parties to girl friends. “The mothers of well-to-do families—hoys and girls in good society—are terror stricken at this horrible evil which has Invaded their homes.” If putting prohibition in the Constitution "established justice.” we would say it was distinctly worth while. If It insured “domestic tranquillity,” if it took corruption out of politics, or stopped defiance of the law; or prevented “riot, murder, robbery, debauchery and disorder” or any one of these, it would have earned its/ place in the great American document. But it has done none of these things. There are many good people in this country who honestly believe that because we have prohibition in the Constitution we have prohibition in the United States. There are many good people who still believe the Volstead act has about banished booze. Then there are those, chiefly professional or paid reformers, who simply refuse to admit the facts which Sir Philip so vividly depicts. For the sake of our sons and daughters, however, we must face the facts as they are and not what we would have them to be- Nobodv can fight an evil, the existence of which he refuses to recognize. And one of the biggest and most disagreeable facts before the good people of America today is that putting prohibition into the Constitution and into our Federal statutes has seemed to produce results diametrically opposite to what its sponsors hopedUntil we have the courage to admit this there is Uttle hope that the rotten conditions which the distinguished Englishman quoted above describes stand a mighty poor chance of being corrected. TRUE TO FORM The head of the Anti-Saloon League blames the liquor interests of Pennsylvania for the scandalous flood of money used to name a candidate for the Senate for the Republican party of that State. It is true that most of the as spent in behalf of the “dry” candidate. But, argues the professional dry leader, the liquor people spent a lot of money six years ago to elect a candidate and failed and,, of course, the.

drys had to use money to put over their man this year. What he really shows is that the wet and dry issue is being used in not only that State, but in all States and in every city as a camouflage for the real purposes of privilege hunters and favored interests. No one believes for a minute that any part of the huge fund spent in behalf of the dry candidate came from men who are dry or have any great interest in that issue. It came from those who knew that their candidate, at a critical moment, could be depended upon to vote for the right sort of a tariff, for a cut in income taxes for the very rich, to defend if necessary the aluminum trust. It is absurd to believe that the thousands of sincere men and women who believe in prohibition and the inspiration of Volsteadism are the sort who would contribute a million dollars to buy votes of persuadable citizens to maintain their ideals. It is quite conceivable that the bootlegger of that or any other State would contribute, largely to keep thing| as they are, for the bootlegger has become an important economic and political factor. He reaps rich rewards, is aided by gun men and thugs, knows that his business depends upon the existence of a law which a majority breaks. The real answer to the corruption is a referendum on this mooted and debated question which will give the people a chance to speak their minds and voice their wishes. In the face of such a referendum it will no longer be possible to use this question as a mask for bigger robberies and greater conspiracies against the public welfare. , The time has come to take this question away from the arena of conventions or platforms and let the people give an answer direct. The time has come to tear away the cloaks of some pious gentlemen who use their lip service to prohibition as an alibi for sinister misuse of office. TRAINED FOR THE CRISIS The cadets of West Point marched recently for Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus, our distinguished visitor from Sweden. As they rippled past, the reviewing stand, every line as one man, and every gun in every line as one gun, every stripe on every trouser as one stripe, they seemed a mechanical thing, a machine. But every man wa? thinking. These men Jjr.d been trained, drilled, coached in the little things that lead to the crisis. And, in this instance, the crisis came— The colors were passing the stand. One of the color guard, who had held the flag to prevent its flapping in the wind, released it to float in the breeze just as the guard passed the stand, in accordance with regulations. Just as the guard came opposite the crown prince the wind whipped the flag viciously, and the banner flipped off the cadet’s hat. That cadet—we don't know his name—was ready for the crisis. Stiff as a ramrod he marched on, with never a move out of perfect military form. Rank after rank followed him. Some of the marchers stepped on the hat, some kicked it without sign, but there was never a waver, never a change in face, never a sign. “The marching war fine,” said the prince afterward. “I have never seen better.” The prince saw more than better marching. He saw a body of soldiers meet a crisis as great as war offers and never flinch. , DOTY AND THE LEOPARD A young man from Memphis. Tenn., a soldier in the Foreign Legion, one Bennett J. Doty, tired of dull moments in the warfare in Syria and called a little war of his own the other day. He was captured by French troops. News dispatches the same day told of the capture in India of a leopard that was said to have killed 125 men in the last seven years. Doty was cornered and captured, the leopard was cornered and killed, each after a terrific battle. Doty is. a fighting man. The leopard is a jungle beast that instinctively fights. Neither can change his spots. A Detroit woman who failed at suicide three times should try crossing a busy corner without looking. Sometimes a woman Js so considerate slje won’t kick if her husband has to work three or four nights a week.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT LEFT AFTER BEAUTY GOES?

•By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

In all of this agitation about the acquiring of beauty, did you ever consider how many plain women have good husbands, nice horpes, and lovely children?, According to our best fiction the thing is, of course, improbable, but in real life it is often the homely girl who has the matrimonial luck. The raving beautities are too much concerned with their own loveliness and therefore hard to please when it comes to choosing a husband. The*plain girl never expects to wed a Croesus or an Adonis. She is thankful if she dan get a reasonably good man who makes enough to give her a home, and because of her lack of physical charm she makes a ' more earnest effort to please by her personality, her disposition and her industry. She knows her limitations and profits by then*. The ravishingly lovely damsel, on the contrary, being seldom so beautiful as she thinks herself, overestimates her power. She feels that the world owes her a rich husband and that because she possesses white skin and a rounded form she should do nothing but enjoy herself. She is not always content with the simple things of life, an ordinary husband, the gknv of her own hearth fire, and babies to rock in her arms. She must be Helen of Troy or Cleopatra, upsetting the world. And once she does marry’, sh£ thinks she has bestowed unusual favors upon her husband and makes the price of her upkeep very high. She sets up an altar to her beauty and sometimes finds no time to do anything save tend the flame that burns before it. She becomes a worshiper of Self and thus, in a large number of cases, this beauty which she prizes so highly becomes her own worst enemy and leaves her in the afternoon of life with empty hands. Surely God knew what He was about, when He made so many homely ’women. He felt sorry for the men. He realized that they could never live happily with the beauties.

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Tracy

What Is the Rabble That /It Should Have a Voice in'Government?

By M. E. TRACY The American flag, which came into being 149 years ago today, was unfurled for republicanism in a world of monarchy for eqiiality before the law into a world of class distinctions, for government by ! elected officials in a world of born ! rulers and for freedom of speech ’and conscience in a world where few dared speak their minds. It took nerve and sacrifice, to keep that flag flying except for the first few tragic years. Not only was it assailed by the guns of a foreign foe, but by the so-called better elements in this country. What is the rabble, they asked, that it should have a voice in State affairs, and what is liberty that it should be granted to ignorant, irresponsible multitudes? And some are still asking the same question ard finding a deal of solace in the cry of Mussolini that Democracy hat failed. Shall we call them good Americans or classify them with the bolshevists and demand that their ideas be excluded from the public schools? . -I- -!- -!- The Senate’s Course If the candidate who spent most was defeated and the candidate who spent less won. how can it honestly be said that the Republican senatorial nomination was bought in Pennsylvania. The Senate will have to do something, of course, for this is quite the most scandalous outpouring of cash in connection with a primary that has occurred yet and since it can’t do much of anything but unseat Vare, that is probably what it will do. -I- -I- -!• True Discipline Paul Caruso, a 12-year-old lad of Hackensack, N J., is sweeping Main St. every Saturday morning and will continue the operation every' six months while a detective looks on to see that he does the job well. ‘ This is his punishment for throwing a rock at a watchman, the watchman having died, though, from a paralytic stroke and not from the injury', as it appears. . At first the judge thought he would send Paul to a reformatory, but decided later that a little oldfashioned open air discipline might do just as well. Wise judge and fortunate boy. Parents used to accomplish with a birch switch, or a few hours of extra work, what we are trying to do for rambunctious kids with great and costly institutions. Because parents have laid down on the job, there seems n<? reason -why the court should not apply some of their method*. * -!- -!- + ! What Is the Answer? According to the United Press, dryauthorities estimate, that 40,000,000 persons drink forbidden beverages. It is unthinkable that children form any' considerable part of this multitude, which leaves the adult population of about 70,000,000 to reckon with and forces the conclusion that four out of every seven violate the law. At the same time, dry' authorities contend that a. clear 'majority' favors prohibition as expressed by' the Volstead act and a clear majority violates the act, what’s the answer? •I- -I- T A Boomerang Epistle Senator Wadsworth (Rep.), New York, you will remember, came out. as a super-wet some days ago. This was discouraging to the Democrats, w'ho thought they had a mortgage on all the wetness of the Empire State. So some of them got together at Washington and drafted a letter to Seriator Wadsworth, which was supposed to he very clever, but which was simply' coarse. They said in effect, “you think you are wet. but you areii't and you have no right to be. You voted for the Volstead act and you can’t change your mind at this late hour. We Democrats can be depended on to take care of all the wetness that is necessary for New York. We’re so much better I tfian you are that there is no comparison.” The letter has been made a part of the Congressional Record, which means that Senators and Representatives can frank it over the country, as they please. That iq w'hat those opposed to the' presidential aspirations of Governor Smith are said to be doing and the New York Democrats are more discouraged than ever. The smart letter some of them wrote with the hope of defeating Wadsworth for Senator in New York is now being used to defeat their own pet candidate for President in the South and West. It. doesn’t always pay to write smart letters. FORD STARTS ON SHIPS Work of Dismantling Boats Bought From Government Started. Bv Times Special DETROIT—The task of com ■> ting 200 war-time vessels into auto mobiles and tractors has been started at the Fordson plant as workmen began dismantling the ships Henry Ford purchased from the Government for $1,706,000. WILL BEQUEATHS.CELLAR Friend of Ne\v Jersey Banker I Agreeably Surprised. Bv Times Special MAYS LANDING, N. J., June 14. —Joseph H. Baker of Pine Valley was agreeably surprised when he learned that an unusual bequest has left him the cellar of Walter Nagle, retired banker. Relatives and friends divided Nagle's fortune, but "the contents of my cellar with the privilege of removing it” were Eakera'A .

Rain There Was and Plenty of It When . Rainmaker Got Busy With His Stunt

By Walter D. Hickman If it isn't going to rain any' more, the rainmaker would know all about it. And such a character is played by William Collier, Jr., in “The Rainmaker,” a movie made from Gerald Beaumont's story, “Heavenbent.” Here is a strange mixture of the improbable and the possible. At times it gets on dangerous ground, but when it gets headed in that direction the author conies along and

saves the situation. The idea of prayer, that is the actual pray- | ing for a thing, is : an individual act of the highest im- j portance. It is faith. But in “The j Rainma ke r” a j jockey can tell j when it is going to rain by a funny' j sensation in his right arm. He j then appears before the owners of horses and prays for rain, so there will be a muddy track, so

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the “mud'' may win. Ibis makes him a pot of money. One day' this jockey is thrown from his horse, and while in the hospital hIs nursed back to health and hope by r a nurse who was formetly a dancer in low halls in the West. She is tpo attentive to her patient at hours she is not supposed to be in his room and she is fired from the hospital. She leaves without telling the rainmaker where she is headed. The rainmaker then predicts a lain and get a dry thousand, so he and his pal strikes out for the V est in search for the nurse. They find her in a cheap dance hall. This ‘ gal" wants to be good and thinks she is too bad to be the wife of the jockey. Then a dreaded disease breaks out In the village and the dance hall girl again becomes a nurse. She, too. is struck down and the rainmaker is told that only a, rain would stamp out the disease. Finally, he starts to pray in earnest and rain comes. Then a happy wedding for the rainmakqr and the dance hall girl. The story at times Is awfully sentimental' but it has that sense of tho theater which keeps it most of the time within the fi-ld of interesting entertainment. Ernest Torrence is cast as the rough keeper of the dance hall, who has a heart as pure as snow, although his business is rotten. You will find that sort of a persons in books and on the screen Georgia Hale is the dance hall girl who becomes a nurse and she does a pretty good job. I liked best the work of William Collier, Jr;.'as the j jockey rainmaker. He catches the [ various mood3 of the character. A ! mighty interesting characterization. Bill'includes Lambertl. xylophon list; Walter Hiers in a comedy, and I Frish, Rector and Tooolln in songs At the Ohio all week. •!• •]* AND HERE IS MIGHTY GOOD NEWS FOR MOVIE FANS Told you some months ago that I would shout It from the housetops when Charlie Ray staged a real comeback. And now I am ready to shout the good news from every housetop because this man has staged a real comeback, this time in "The Auction Block.” To nty a i * * TWffSfcHyeTTT way of thinking, L'v ' - this man is a real bet on the screen as long as he has the right kind of vehicle. Although he is cast as a sort of a dress suit figure in this story’, one of those sons of the rich who spends a. fortune on candy for a pretty girl and another fortune on an automobile in the same day, Ray puts the cha ra c ter over Eleanor with such humain Boardman and lovable strokes that he again establishes himself as among the better light comedy actors on the screen. And there are mighty few of this class of polite comedy actors of real ability. "The Auction Block” Is a light and cute little story' about a girl of a small town who becomes queen of the beauties in Atlantic City'. Ray, as the rich man's son. falls 1n love with the queen and lp a few days’ courtship marries the girl. Os course the poor dear didn't ask where he got his money, because her daddy had plenty although in fact the money came from her husband’s father. It is so much easier to get the cash that way. When taken to her husband's apartment she discovers that he has had many girl friends. Judging by the pictures around the room. Little wife then throws her marriage license away and rushes to her home town. Her folk? think that she is x-eadv to marry' a nice boy in the small town. Friend husband arrives and agrees to keep the secret for a while. He becomes a shoe salesman Hnd all the girls fall in love with him. One of the Rappers decides to com- j promise our hero and she does. Then there is a merry scandal with the I proceedings resulting in the little wife being ready to tell the world that she has the best and dearest hubby in the world. Charles Ray flits from one comedy scene to another with real ease and ability. He gets his laughs easily. Eleanor Boardman makes a very hum-in and fussy little bride. Sally O'Neil is immense as the small town flapper, who compromises our I hero. Here is an outstanding performance. Am sure you will agree with me that Charlie Ray stages a great comeback in "The Auction Block." Be sure and see It. Bill includes a comedy, music byEmil Seidel and his orchestra and Leater Huff at the organ. At the Apollo all week.

Screen Verdict APOLLO Charles Ray stages a rich comedy comeback in "The Auction Block.” Corking good fun, splendidly presented. CIRCLE—LeYris Stone has a good melodramatic time in “Old Loves and New.” InteresUhg and well done. OHIO—You will find. "The Rainmaker" mighty good dramatic entertainment with some good comedy relief. COLONIAL "Watch Your Wife” is just summer entertainment with Pat. O’Malley giving an interesting performance. "

AND THEY SAY THAT THEY MUST BE HATCHED And they do say that, wives should be watched, and the same applies to the husbands. You probably will get that impression after you see Virginia Valli end Pat O Malley in "Watch Your Wife.” The first part of this film Is devoted to the old stuff—the continual

quarreling of a rich man and his ' wife. Those are the ones who can afford to fight, the ' rich ones. This married couple [ stages so many I fights that a di- j vorce is granted and the second i that each one is free there is a longing on the part of both to be married to each >ther again. In the meantime, the divorced wife has

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n merry time with a fortune hunter in a big hotel. The ex-husband discovers that he can rent a “wife" at an exchange. That is, a weary husband may have the services of one of these for rent wives front 10 in the morning until 8 at niglyt. Os course overtime is extra, so says the subtitle. In this case the for rent wife Is a cute little dear and she attempts to make hay' while the son shines. And she nearly' lands hint, but the ex-wlfe arrives on the scene to learn just how loyal her divorced husband is to her. ThVn after some more excitement. the -two decide to marry again. "Watch Your Wife" is nothing hut light summer entertainment. It is nothing to get excited about nor will it makeiyou weary. You will be interested chiefly' in the work of Virginia Valli as the wife and Pat O'Malley as the husband.

GERMAN MOTORIST MUST BE LICENSED

Letter From Former Indianapolis Woman Tells of Time and Money Required to Get Certificate.

Proponents of a drivers’ license law for Indiana motorists should know of Its tarjous phases as applied in foreign countries, according to Robert B. Rhoads. Iloosier Motor Club president. A letter from Germany has just been received telling of the cost and time spent trying to get a driver's license there. The letter was received from Mrs. Kurt Lindener of Hamburg. Germany. Mrs. Lindener formerly was Miss Irma Vonnegut, a resident of Indianapolis. An excerpt from the letter follows: “Have I told you that 1 am at last learning to drive and hops to pass my examination next week or the week after? Such a to do as that is over here One has to take lessons of a licensed teacher until he thinks one ready for the official examination. The lessons Include so-called "theory’’, too. One is supposed to understand all ahcflit the engine and he able to make all necessary ble on the road. Physical Examination ’"Then, armed with two photo graphs of a given size, one must go to the board of health and ask to he examined by the doctor. He assures himself that one Is neither deaf or blind nor addicted to fits and for this five-minute examination one has to pay him twenty marks. He then stamps the pictures and signs a long document. "These, together with a birth certificate and marriage license, are sent to Berlin, and after two or three weeks, if one is lucky, one is informed that one can now be accepted as a.candidate. The examination costs fifteen marks. But the lessons cost the most. The regular course costs 280 marks. Isn’t that a hold-up! "But driving here is quite different from driving over there. The bi cycles, motorcycles and push carts Increase in numbers ever more rapidly than automobiles. And the pedestrians are so antagonistic that they constantly dare one to run over them. The police are struggling

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Bill includes a Charles Puffy comedy, Aesop Fable, a news reel and American Harmonists. At the Colonial all week. ■I- -I- -ITHE OBSERVER LIKES “OLD LOVES FOR NEW" "Old Loves for New,” the feature picture at the Circle for the week, is a very pleasant vehicle for Lewis Stone giving him many chances, which he uses to advantage, of do ing the things he has been most liked in. England during the war is the scene of the first part of the picture. Stone, ds Dord Car-

vis Carew. returns horn* disabled from the front and finds his wife gone and his infant son dying. After a hard fight to regain his health Carew leaves for Algeria, where he lives U ith the Arabs denoting his life to them in their sickness and trouble. It is here 'that lx>rd Geradine, the man on whose account Carew’s wife and i v o r c e and him, comes with his

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bride Mary O'Meara, played by Bar bara Bedford. The story tangles up a bit here and it happens that Carew by chance saves the beautiful Lady Geradine from 'a marauding set of Arabs and falls in love with her. The picture has much melodrama of the thrilling kind in the Algerian scenes and Stone has been üble to give his mode of characterization a somewhat different touch with the wide variety of action present. As "El the healer of -the Arabs, he Is a very impressing and - forceful character. Tully' Marshal, jas the silent and faithful follower |of "El Hakim." 1? the very Ideal of .the grim and loyal Arab which he is J supposed to be. P.arbara Bedford, as the wife of the no-good Lord Geradine. is the [sweetest and moat beautiful touch [of the film. Asa supporting artist | for Stone she would be hard to excell. The bill includes the overture and numbers by the Glrcle orchestra, conducted by Edward Resener: organ features by’ Dessa Byrd; a*N>ws and comedy. At the Circle all week. (By the Observer.) •I- -J- -IOther theaters today offer: "Within the Tviw" at English's, “Polly Preferred" at Keith's; Pat Daly and company, Coamopolitan [Revue, at the Lyric; movies at the ■Rand Box: "The Bat" at the Uptown. and Hoot Gibson in "The Phantom Bullet" at the Isis.

| bravely to solve the awful traffic - mess, b it sometimes It seems hopeI less.” Money Required "From the letter, It may be clearly I seen," says Rhoads, “that a desire | to drive Is not the only requisite for • driving In Germany. One must have ! a physical examination, an examinaI tion on driving skill, a course of lessons from an expert driver, a photograph, a birth certificate and a marriage certificate, if married. "Money Is also needed, for the two examinations cost 35 marks and a course of driving lessons costs "SO marks, bringing the total cost to obtain a drivers' license to the sum of 315 marks The new mark Is now quoted at about 24 cents, so the actual cost to obtain a driver's license in Germany, in Americafl money would approximate S7B. “The Hoosier Motor Club has been against driver's livense law since It was first, proposed.” SHE SANG. HE ENDS LIFE Suicide Note Blames Vocal Exercise* of Woman Next Door. Bv Time * Special. LONDON. June 14.—William A i Hammond, 70, eommitted suicide by | taking gas jn his apartment, leaving | a note explaining that he was un- [ able to stand the singing of the j woman next door. PROTEST GAMBLING BAN Italians Fear Tourists Will Not Go to Health Resorts. ! Bv Times Special * ROME, June 14. —Italian health resorts are alarmed lest tourists be driven away by a bill suppressing all gambling. Senator Lulggi protesteil to the Italian upper house that serious business losses would result if the measure passed.

'TUXE 1926

Questions and Answers

You can set an answer to an.v auratlon of lac* or Information by wilting to The Indianapolis Tiuica Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washlnlt ton I). C. Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply Medical legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research he undertaken All other questions will receive ft personal reply Unsigned requests ennnot be answered All letters are confidential.—bditur How ninny Presidents of the United Stalest took the oath of oflii e in New York City? George Washington was Ihe only one, and for his first term only. His second inauguration was in Philadel phia. in the Old Federal Hall (1193). From what is latitude and longitude measured? i-nttitude Is the distance on the earth’s surface as measured by degrees, minutes and seconds from tho equator: longitude is the distance east end west on the earth's surface measured from a given meridian. In the United States and Ore.it Britain longitude i reckoned from the me ridian passing through Greenwich, England. Will you describe the “lead" used by seamen to ascertain the depth of water? Usually prismatic in shape, nciar onal or hexagonal in sect ion. tapers slightly from base to top. Its length Is six or eight times Its diameter. At the upper end Is an eye for the line and at the lower end is a re cess for “arming” with tallow When the lead is cast the depth of the water Is ascertained by’ ohsetv ing the mark on the lino that Is at or near the surface when the lend reaches bottom, and the character of the bottom is shown by tne particles of sand, shells, etc., adhering to the tallow’. What metal lias the greatest re. sistane" to heat? Tungsten, Is It quicksilver or mercury that is used in a thermometer? What chemical is added? Quicksilver is the popular nam for mercury. No chemical Is added to it when used In a thermometer. Which States have the largest logging operalions? Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California. When did Queen Victoria assume the title of Empress of India? In 1876.

THE VERY IDEA!

By Hal Cochran “HERE COMES D VD”

Who’s that cornin’ down the street? I’m the one she’s gonna meet. Gosh, amlghty, is she sweet? Sure she is—my daily treat! Surely, things would seem quite wrong, if I didn't hear her song. Sing a song of. “Here conio's dad." That's the song she's always had. Always up to same old tricks, when the hour Is nearin' six Wonder why she thinks It’s fun, just to meet me on the run? Every day, when work Is through I do what all fathers do. Hie for home. The story's told—so's to meet my 3-year-old. Nothin' like a tiny mite. Cheerful —makln’ things look bright. Gee. you don't know what you miss, if you've never lived like this. Work may make you all tired out. Still that feelln' swings about, when a child struts dov.n the street—an' you're the one she's gonna meet. • • • When a motorist Is pinched for speeding he’s usually in a fine fix. • • • About the only place you can see a mermaid these days is outside the three mile limit. • • • Th fellow who waits long *nougV, before putting up his screens, can use them to keep the flies In—not out. •• • ‘ He worried Tinut his rented suit, And thought jt much too tight. And then, when he leaned over ho Found out that he was right. • • • You can’t blame kids for wonder Ing why they have to go to bed when they're not sleepy, and get up when they are. • • • People who never know what to do with their week end ran at least put a hat on it. •• * • “Southern exposure" must mean the way the girls dress at Palm Beach and points In that vtcliUl|t. * • FABLES IN FACT FOR SOME REASON or OTHER THIS PARTICULAR GENT GOT A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ROY y CLOTHING MAKER* PERIOD MUCH To EVERYBODY’S HER PRISE HE GAVE A LONG TALK ON THE ADVANTAGE OF LOW NECKED BLOUSES FOR LITTLE FELLOWS PERIOD EVERYBODY WONDERED WHY HE PICKED THIS TOPIC DASH DASH 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A SOAP DEALER PERIOD