Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 108, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1926 — Page 6

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A CITY MAN AGEE Every week adds its incident to the array which should convince citizens that the time has come to put the city government on a business basis. The lack of harmony between the mayor and the majority group of the city council costs the people real money and is a barrier to real service. While the mayor talks about taking the police and fire departments out of politics, the fact remains that the boss of the local political organization is the most frequent visitor to his offices and more powerful than any group of citizens. There is no indication that any plea made by him in behalf of his compact organization has ever been refused. It is au open secret that because of his political power and his activities in electing the present administration, he is really the power in the mayor’s office. The use of official power to help out political fortunes always means that there is a cost to the people in taxes and in efficiency. The use of power to advance the fortunes of a political party moans that special favors are granted the privileged few and that the interests of the whole people are sacrificed. It means that the hand of the law is lifted at times from the criminal and that protection Is given to the vicious. It means that contracts are handed out Judiciously to those who will help, at the right minute, to keep the machine In j^bwer. It means that the men who run the political machine get commissions and concessions and that the people pay. The government of a city has no relation wt.atr ever to the platforms and policies of national political parties. It is very largely a matter of business management. People do not differ at all in regard to what policies should be followed—at least the vast majority of decent and useful citizens do not disagree. They all want courteous service, decent service, impartial enforcement of laws, economical expenditure of money. The bosses keep them from getting these things by dividing their votes into political party lines. Men who want the same things out of city government will vote against each other because of affiliations with a national political party. The city manager form will correct this. And Indianapolis, now eager to grow and become First, can come into its own much more quickly if it throws off these burdens and handicaps of a political government and gets a real city manager who will operate the public affairs on a business basis.

CLEMENCEAU AND OURSELVES Clemenceau's open letter to President Coolldge —and the American people—is bound to have a disquieting effect. His assertion that “France is not for with its unmistakable inference that the United States is seeking to buy, will arouse the sympathy of many. But while there will be some sympathy, there will be much more confusion. We have believed that we were generous in our •war debt proposals. As Secretary Mellon explains, we are not asking the return of a single dollar advanced to France during the war; we are asking only the repayment of loans made since the armistice. But now comes France’s war premier, long regarded as one with exceptional understanding of the American people, to renew the charge that we would take France’s life blood in order to have our gold. Where does the truth He? To what can a person who knows little of discount rates and trade balances cling in this maelstrom of conflicting opinions and feelings There Is not much. Any opinion that Is well foundod today may be false tomorrow. This is clearly indicated by the cable dispatch from William Philip Simms, printed in The Times Tuesday analyzing the forces bearing upon the French situation. Simms makes it clear that whether France can save herself and pay her war debts, is tied up with the whole complicated economic and political situation in Europe. No one can predict whether France will be able to pay. It is certain, however, that France never will pay willingly. One reason Is that the American Government has failed to advertise its generosity successfully. Another—and even more important one—is that the bulk of the French people, with centuries of war making behind them, have only one idea of war settlements and that is: Spoils for the winners, pot luck for the losers. To settle war debts strip the vanquished! but the United States refused to take part in that business at Versailles. Our high morality must have looked stupid to those trained in the old ways of war. Now the United States, high minded without precedent when the spoils were being divided, wants to collect some of the money she advanced to her allies. That, by the old code, must likewise appear stupid. It Is hard for our recent allies to see reason in it. It cuts too straight across their centurylid ideas. If France is never to pay us, save in the present bitter spirit, is insistence upon it worth a generation or two of ill feeling? That, at least, Is one question ■sphich most of us, novices in international affairs, can profitably consider. TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP! During a time when many colleges and universes are trying to cast out military training, it is gratifying to know that there are 40,000 young men who are willing to spend half their summer, without pay, In acquiring the rudiments of soldiering. Neither is that the only gratifying thing about the citizens’ military training camps this summer. Another is the degree of physical fitness which youth seems to be maintaining. Avery small per cent of all applicants was turned down by the array doctors. Yet this is an age when every one is supposed to be devoting his time to the ruination of his health. It seems that the Nation still is filled with fit-to-fight manhood and. perhaps better still, with manhood that is willing to fight. These summer camps are proving grounds for testing our military strength, potential and real. With our regular army organizations skeletonized, and some existing only or* paper, the bulk of power in an emergency would

rest with the national guard and the organized reserve. There were thousands of men who wanted to go to summer camps this year and were cheated by an Insufficient appropriation. The Nation was cheated, too, for there is no other single influence which so effectively gives an appreciation of the highest obligations of citizenship. WE NOMINATE: To succeed Brig Gen. Lincoln Andrews, prohibition czar — Wayne B. Wheeler. The general expectation in Washington is that General Andrews will retire at the end of this month. He said he would quit after one year if he found he couldn't enforc prohibition. There is reason to believe that he agrees now with the rest of the country, which is convinced that he can’t. Prohibitionists are not satisfied with his efforts. Wayne B. Wheeler is among his severest critics. W r e’ve tried a politician, Roy Haynes; he failed. We’ve tried a high class army officer. General Andrews. He has failed. Let’s try a dyed-in-the-wool prohibitionist, Wayne B. Wheeler, and see If he falls. I,et's put the country’s busiest political sharpshooter out on the firing line for once; let’s allow him to lead the army in person. If he falls to dry up the country maybe he will dry up himself. The prospect makes it worth while. His nomination is offered in all seriousness. * All who favor it, please raise the right hand. Well, that seems to make it unanimous. Now write and tell President Coolidge you want Wheeler and, who knows, you may get himMORE MEN’S RIGHTS Score another point for the sex. Removing hats In elevators Is officially taboo Jn large office buildings In Denver, Colo. In announcing the release of the males from this more or less general custom, the management of the buildings offers, some very practical reasons. It seems that hat removing “causes confusion and limits the capacity of an elevator, and frequents ly results in the crushing of an expensive hat to the chagrin and annoyance of the owner." That argument, If true, is very powerful. Coupled with the contention made by the management that “business women no longer expect any special privileges," the case against doffing hats In elevators would seem to be virtually complete. The next step, of course, Is to get other communities to adopt the enlightened position taken in Denver. If that can be done without opposition from those specializing in repairing and replacing crushed hats, the male, who is being so rapidly emancipated, will make another important gain. A GOOD JOB, SENATOR It’s a fine campaign which Senator McKellar of Tennessee is undertaking, back home these hot eummer days—to bring home to the people of the South what Muscle Shoals means. Those who have been trying to pass over our great public power plant to private interests are afraid of nothing so much as public knowledge of the worth of Muscle Shoals. Under public operation, the giant hand of electricity may quicken industrial life in every community within hundreds of miles. Cheap power, abundant power, flooding through the South. A proof that the public's operation of its own plants Is feasible. A perpetual warning to private companies that they face public competition and must keep their own prices down or lose their business. McKellar has a chance to do a good summer. Camouflage stockings ar® the latest, but they won’t become popular. Here's a fine symbol for a 1928 political party: Camel in a canoe. There’s quite a bit of static In handling our radio industry. —n Our Idea of being rich Is having your umbrella made to measure. First five months of summer always are the hottest. i ■ Our busiest citizen Is one trying to make a living without working.

USELESS WORK THAT WOMEN DO By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON Did you ever watch a woman sitting over her needlework until you wanted to throw something at her? Many a wife's Idea of industry is to spend hours embroidering her sheets, smocking a frock, or tatting lace. Long ago It was considered a mark of domesticity and therefore a virtue to have all your linen hand-hemmed. f Think of the dames who put out their eyes making quiits and hand made lace that now repose In granddaughter’s cedar chest. When the war was on women all over the country started to knit. You couldn’t board a street car or a train, or go to a meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society but you would see half a dozen energetic women plying their needles in a khaki sock, helmet or sweater. They did this because they were imbued with the Idea that they must help. They were urged by their hearts to contribute some manifestation of their love and patriotism. But what misplaced energy! What wasted hours! A few good factories could have turned out the garments in less time at a lower cost. And even though the love had been left out of the stitches, the boys would have kept just as warm. The women who spent so many hours knitting while disaster swept the world would have done vastly more good if they had spent their time studying politics and industrial conditions wit ha view to fixing conditions so there might be no more wars. But women waste much energy upon nonessentials. They are seldom lazy. They must be doing something, but they will wear out their nerves and their health stitching fancy embroidery on guest towels and hemming their dish cloths when they might be em gaged in a hundred things more important, Interesting and beneficial. They will faint at the Idea of a button being off the husband's underwear, but makq no effort to give intelligent companionship to a lonely spouse. They will work their fingers to the bone over their children’s clothes and take very little time teaching them either manners or morals. About half the close, wearing work that Is done by women in the home is entirely unnecessary and do6s not add to the family happiness or the progress of the race. /

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Tracy Clemenceau’s Debt Letter . Termed Malicious by Borah.

By M. E. Tracy Cruelly misleading, deliberately unjust and yet pathetic is the way Senator Borah describes Clemenceau’s debt letter to President Coolidge In an exclusive statement to the United News. “He (Clemenceau), is one whose unfounded wrath we can afford to ignore," says the Senator, “and whose malicious insinuations we can afford to pass by.” Ail of which suggests that two of a kind have taken up the pen, and that when it comes to vigorous language, each can write about as effectively as the other. Senator Borah is fairer than Clemenceau in one respect, however, for he declares that if debts are to be cancelled, they should be cancelled all around and Include reparations. •I* -IPoincare’s Machine A more reassuring aspect of the debt situation is to be found in the smoothness with which the Poincare steam roller still works. The radicals are making tumult and have Increased their strength to some extent, but he is etill able to muster a safe majority. With dogged persistence, he keeps hammering away at the idea that France must show faith in herself if she would enjoy faith abroad. Os course he has not come to the debt pact yet, but he is laying as solid ground for it's ratification as any man could under the circumstances. His grasp of the problem Is vividly illustrated by the fact that Clemenceau's burning eloquence has pro duced no great effect tlJus far. •I* •!• -IGlacial Movement Only eleven days of the Mexican muddle and still some people are surprised that nothing cataclysmic has happened. * If large bodies move slowly, why not deep sentiments? It took fourteen centuries for Christianity to reach Mexico in the first place and the basic decree that President Calles is undertaking to enforce was adopted almost seventy years ago. -!* -I- *l* Open Door for Romance Because no man has found it, and because no one probably ever will. Lord Kitchener's body seems foredoomed to become the plaything cf romancers and notoriety seekers until the end Os time. The man's death was consistent with his life—tragic and mysterious. The unanswefed question of what really became of his physical remains is too alluring for human curiosity to overlook. The British -government’s denial that his body has been found amounts to no more than a bare statement that he was drowned with many others, and leaves the door wide open for all kinds of claims. •I- •!• -IJungle News Not satisfied with a mere leopard, New Jersey now has an escaped chimpanzee to hunt. The chimpanzee bit a cop in the getaway, injured a and disappeared after laying down a barrage of tomatoes. I am against more laws as a general proposition, but If New Jersey hopes to case of frazzled nerves, she should pass regulations for the better construction of animal cages. -I- -l* -I* Sickly Jurors Five kid bandits, whimpering when caught, and called the “cry-baby” gang In consequence—they went on trial with confessions of enough crimes to just miss the electric chair and New York justice was ready to railroad them In fine style. But each and every one of them swore that the confessions had been forced by cruel and abusive treatment, by kicklngs, beatings and starvation. As the fifth defendant was. recounting this one of the Jurors leaped to his feet and flinging his arms wide, shouted: “I demand to be relieved; I demand to be relieved.” The testimony made him sick, he

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explained, and he could not go through with the case. There was nothing for the court to do but decree a mistrial of’course, after which the eleven other jurors took an unofficial poll among themselves, with the result of a unanimous vote for conviction. •I* -I’ -I* An Architectural Joke The suggestion that we' buy, tear down, import and reconstruct some of the fine old churches which London wants to get rid of, brings to mind the fact that P. T. Barnum once proposed to buy and bring over Shakespeare’s House. It also brings to mind the genius of Sir Christopher Wren, who designed these churches, and who was not only a great architect, but a great engineer and a great humorist. By way of ornamenting a certain edifice. Sir Christopher designed a projecting bow window many feet above the ground and without apparent support. Afraid he had made a mistake and that the bow window would fall, the committee in charge compelled him, though sorely against his will, to place tall columns beneath it. Two hundred years afterward, when this building was under-gejing repicrw, workmen discovered that the bow '.-indow did not rest on these columns at all, but that there Was a clear space of half an inch between their tops and Its base. That was Sir Christopher’s way of | perpetrating a good joke. BARBER BRANCH REVIVED Local Group of Master Body Brought to Life-Election Held. Seventy-five employing barbers of Indianapolis at a meeting at English’s Hotel, Tuesday night revived the local branch of the Master Barbers’ Association to boom the barber business. Plans for an advertising campaign and a drive in the State Legislature in behalf of a licensing bill, requiring barbers to have two years instruction in their craft, were discussed. Harry Hoop was elected president: Walter 'Winsted, vice president; R. E. Cunningham, treasurer; H. T. Beach, secretary; and R. O. Clarothers. sergeant-at-arms. Nick Hurst, J. H. McCown, E. E. Schaaf. William E. Sargent and C. R. Akers, were elected members of the executive board. THIS FIsiTpdbFsPORT Rams Snout Through Boat—Angler Almost Drowns. Sw rnitfti Pr** PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 11.—A fisherman who started in a dory from his schooner to capture a giant swordfish was nearly drowned when the big fish, fighting furiously, pierced the boat. The dory commenced to fill. The timely arrival of the schooner saved him.

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position to assume before you start to float.

By Lillian Cannon It is while learning to be expert in the back stroke that one also can learn to float. Floating, I have always maintained. is a gift and cannot be learned except by experience. Some excellent swimmers in Chesapeake Bay that I know of. never have learned to float. Instructions are simple. Lie on the back in the water with arms ex-

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Do Not Be Afraid to Dream When You Hear Shakespeare Set to Great Music

By Walter D. Hickman Dreaming is not a fault when the dream has beauty. One of the greateot values that fine music has is that it causes me to dream great and beautiful dreamy fabrics. And it isn’t loss of time or energy. It develops my moods and my appreciation for beauty. Recently Brunswick, by its new recording process, brought out a twofaced large record of the Scherzo and the Nocturne from Mendelssohn’s “Midsummer Night's Dream." This record is (flayed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, with Arturo Toscanini, guest conductor, conducting. In the Scherzo you will hear a flute solo by John Amans. These two selections from “Midsummer Night’s Dream” are among the better and more beautiful ones from this opera. It is well while playing these two numbers that you consider them as excerpts from the works of Shakespeare, a sort of a musical setting from the text. Os course, you will have to use your imagination as to the words, but I rather think you can easily get the mood of the composer as well as the author. No one is going wrong by getting acquainted with Shakespeare in a musical setting, and I am sure that the addition of a few more admirers of Mendelssohn will do no damage to the peace of the world. Have played this Brunswick contribution to better music many times. My dreams are not always the same. Sometimes I feel the fun spirit of Shakespeare, his delightful touch which we see in his plays. Then the master of the melody maker gets hold of little me and I begin dreaming of mountains, hopes, great faith, love and even a fanciful dance. Do not put a bridle on- your dream box, because the very title, “Midsummer Night's Dream,” invites you to the land of dreams. Here is great music, splendidly recorded, and It is a compliment to the library of every home which has a copy of this Mendelssohn-Bruns-wick-New York Philharmonic Orchestra record. Here Is music, If It Is real music that you enjoy. Another Valencia The musical world is being flooded with various ideas of "Valencia.” I have at least a good half dozen records of “Valencia" at my flat. Some good and others not so good. Am ready today to tell you of my favorite “Valencia” record. It is Franklyn Baur singing “Valencia” on a Brunswick. Here is a fine tenor who knows how to project words as well as moods. Baur has a rich tenor voice which seems to melt into the record. To my way of judging, this Baur record of “Valencia" is by far the best of all of ’em. On the other side Baur sings “Tell Me You Love Me.”

tended and lungs filled with air, until the body comes to rest. Then exhale slowly and Inhale quickly. The feet will drop at first until the body is perpendicular but, if one persists, the body will float with t)ae face clear of the water. After getting the hang of floating in this manner it Is simple to raise the feet to the surface —but It requires long practice to keep them there. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)

Good Act

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Grace Wallace

Among the l good acts at the Lyric this week which appeals to both children and adults Is the ventriloquist offering of McCormick and Grace Wallace. They use more than eight dummies in their act.

Have been asked to tell you about the new Columbia release of Louis Graveure. baritone. Just as soon as Columbia can send me a copy of this. I sure will tell you all about it. Celebrity Records Have been asked by readers of this department to list more worth while records. So here goes. Columbia has sent me a list of what they call Celebrity Records. Am acquainted with many of them. Here is the Columbia-Celebrity list: . “Absent." Barbara Maurel. "Africana 0 Paradiso." Charles Hackett. "Alda: Celeste Aida." Ulysses Lapnas. "AU Throueh the Night/’ B. Maurel. "Ballade A Flat. Op. 47: Parts I. and 11-. ’ Ignaz Friedman. Bandolero. The,” Louise Graveure. "Barbiere: Sa 11 mio noma saper,” Charles Hackett. "Because," Rafaelo Diaz. ( "Bells of St. Mary." Barbara Maurel: "Blue Bells of Scotland,'' Dc larecka. “Bonnie Sweet Bessie." C. Van Gordon. "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." Cyrena Van Gordon. "Flow Gently. Sweet Afton." B. Maurel. “Gioeonda: Cie'o e mar." U. Lappas. "Howdy do Mis' Springtime.' R. Diaz. “Indian Dawn," Barbara Maurel. "La Bohcme: Che gelida manina." Charles Hackett. "LaCampanella. Parts I. and II..” Levitski. “Le Cygne (The Swan)." Felix Salmond. "Londonderry Air." Felix Salmond. "Massas in de Cold. Cold Ground.” Corinne Rnler-Kelsey. "Mazurka," Russian Nationa’ Orchestra. “Moment Musical." Russian National Orchestra. “My Lovely Celia," L. de larecka. "My Old Kentucky Hctne." Corinrt6 Ridt r-Kalsey. "Pastorale " Ignaz Friedman "Robin Adair/ Barbara Maurel. “Rondo alia Turca." I. Friedman. “Scotch Strathspey and Reel. Parts I. and 11.. Grainger Singers and Players. "Tosea: Recondita armonia." Hackett. "Yeothan s Wedding Song." L. Graveure. “Chansonette,” Rudolf Friml. "Collegiate Blues." Singing Sophomores. "Cossack Love Song.’ Tessa Kosla. gould If" Ruth lilting ross My Heart. Mother.” L. James. *i‘/i‘ 'l* GIRL REVUE ON VIEW AT BROAD RIPPLE The Hello Girls Revue Company appearing at Broad Ripple Park in an engagement that will include next Sunday is offering a combination of singing, dancing, jazz music and girls who appear in a dozen or so snappy musical numbers. The revue is offered on the stage of the summer theater which has been inclosed for the occasion. The cast which numbers .twentyone people is headed by Jess Buttons, a comedian. The act is presented in a special stage setting. The chorus is ““costumed and drilled In the various dance numbers. A jazz orchestra Is present. It is presented each evening at 8:45 with a special matinee Saturday, the management states. • * • Indianapolis theaters today offer: “The Mountain Man,” at Keith’s;

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"The Bridal Suite," at English's: Bailey and Barnum, at the Lyric; “Courting Days,” at the Palace; ‘The Duchess of Buffalo,” at the Circle; “A Hero of the Big Snows,” at the Colonial; “Aloma of the South Seas,” at the Ohio, “Bigger Than Barnum's,” at the Apollo: "Oh. What A Nurse,” at the Uptown, and “The Millionaire Policeman," at the Isis. Questions and Answers You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C„ inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor Are there Federal laws regulating yivisection? No, but several of the States have laws on the subject. Are burns caused by electricity harder to heal than bums from fire? Some forms of electric burns are very serious and among the worst known. No generalization can be made as the seriousness of a burn and time required to heal it depend upon its nature and the general dition of the person burned. What Is a “Blowing Viper”? Technically it is the Hog Nose Snake of the Heterodom Controtrix, that is found all over the eastern part of the United States. What does the name Valentina mean? It is the feminine form of Valen tine, derived from a Latin name meaning “worthy.” Saint Valentinewas a martyr of the early Christian Church. What gives the color to red bricks? Color in ordinary bricks is due primarily to the nature of the clays from which they are made. Bricks made from pure clay should te white and if the clay contains iron or other coloring oxides they will be more or less colored depending on the amount of okides in the clay and the conditions of burning. Where is Piccadilly and how did it get the name? It is an important street extending for a mile between Haymarket and Hyde Park Corner in London. The name refers to a kind of lace, fashionable in Queen Elizabeth's time, and to the collars of that name worn during the reign of James I. What Is “The Black Watch,” and how was It named? Formerly It was the name of a Scottish semi-military organization of Edinburgh in the early part of the eighteenth century. From a regiment, of the British Army W* formed and the name was ultimately applied to the 42nd and 73rd regiments, which are now the Ist and 2nd Battalions of the “Black Watch,” or Royal Highlanders. What is the average depth of the Amazon River? Nearly' thirty fathoms (180 feet) and there are reports of 500 to 600 feet, but their accuracy is questioned. Are eels similar to ordinary fish? An eel has gills like a fish, in fact it is like a fish except for its shape and some points of internal structure. How should linen be washed and how nuicli will it shrink? Linen shrinks when washed about one-half inch to the yard. Generally it does not shrink after the first washing. Immerse it in warm water and wash with pure soap suds: rinse well In several waters. Who is Jeffery Farnol? What is his nationality? An English author who lives at Sunnyside, *Withdean, Brighton, England.