Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 149, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1926 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times KOI W. HOWARD, President. BOYD GURLEY, Editor. WIA A. MAYBORN, Bn*. Hr Member of the Serippa-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • • Client of the United Pres* and the NBA Service • • * Member of the Audit Bureau of CtrrnlatkiD*. Published dally except Sunday by Indianapolis limes Publish In* Cos, 214-220 W. Maryland SC. Indlanapoltt * * * Subscription Bates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week, elsewhere—Twelve Cants a Week • • • PHONE—MA Id 3500. ,

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IS THIS ECONOMY ? President Bryan of the Indiana University has listed some twenty-eight instructors and professors who have left that institution in th# past five years, attracted by larger salaries paid in other colleges and universities. His figures are an indictment of the policy of the State toward its institutions of higher education. The fact that other instiutions have come to this State for its teachers and leaders Is evidence that Indiana had and has men who are esteemed and honored for their ability and their learning. % Other universities do not seek mediocre or clent men. They seek men who have made their marks and who bring confidence and honor to them. The students of Indiana are entitled to the best instructors and to the best educators. The young men and women who leave the State universities will contribute largely to the future of this State, will probably direct its destiny. It is a sad commentary on the matter of public policy that the State university'should not be able to compete in salaries with any other State institution for learning. This State has wealth. It has resources. It has man power. It is second to none. Those who engage in the profession of teaching should not be compelled to pay for the privilege of serving Indiana. They may be expected to respond to invitations which show a larger apperciatton of their ability and their services. The best in teaching talent is none too good for this State and certainly the State Legislature should make provision where the best may be retained. It is not economy to drive from this State its leaders of thought through a low scale of salaries. It is time to awake to the fact that the most important fnstitutions in the State are those which are devoted to education—and to appreciate the services of those who are building for the future with a compensation which will compare with any offered by any other State. A PLATFORM “A man in public life, if he looks upon his oilloo as a mere instrument to give him power and glory, 'is ojtly an empty shell. But if lie keeps his petty ego suppressed and looks upon his office as a fortunate instrument to ser’-e the people, to establish justice, to increase good will—then Lis office becomes an altar of righteousness, a hiding place of the Almighty.** One of the candidates for the long-term senatorship adopted this lofty ideal of public office, written by Edward Markham, as his platform. Quite right. It was not Senator Watson. He would probably need an Interpreter to tell him what it meant. THE SKYSCRAPER CHURCH In New York they are building n skyscraper church. 1 The structure will tower some twenty—or is thirty?—stories high. It will pay Its cost and its running expenses. And—oh, yes—there’ll be a very fine church auditorium tucked away in a corner somewhere. • They didn’t conduct an "endowment fund campaign’* to build it. Regular business methods were applied. Bonds were issued, mortgages secured, just as in the erection of any other office building. Members of the congregation bought bonds, which will pay 5 per cent. ' That church will prosper. Little doubt about that. It will never have to give ohicken pie Bitppeis to make up a deficit in the pastor’s salary. There’ll never need to be any bake sales or rummago auotions fil the parish house to meet that church’s bills. It doubtless will have a bland, slightly plump secretary, who’ll have as neat a set of books as you’d care to see. We’re a business nation. You can’t escape it. We even as>ly business methods to our religion. And' if we sometimes measure the Buocess of a church by the size of its budding and the state of its funds —well, that’s only natural. But Isn’t it rather strange, when you stop to tiiink that this $5,000,000 church, with its gold bonds' and gilt-edged mortgages and lucrative property, was erected in the memory of One who gave His whole life to demonstrate that material possessions %re of no value whatever? PERSHING REFUSES Gen. John J. Pershing’s refusal to become a candidate for the office of national commander of the American Legion doesn’t add to the chances of the legion’s projected pilgrimage to France to commem'orate the 10th anniversary of this country’s entranoe into the World War. / Though a legion committee has been working for two years or more on plans for the trip, it remaina for the convention to vote An it in October. Recent indications of French hostility to the United States have been a decided wrench in the machinery. , When General Pershing’s name was first suggested for the legion commandership the point was strongly emphasized that, regardless of other Franco* American feeling, Pershing, personally, was 1 as popular on the other side of the water as ever—a fact amply demonstrated during his recent stay in Paris. The theory was that his leadership of the now, peace-time expeditionary force would- eliminate all possibility of friction between the Frehch\and the visiting Americans. The prevailing opinion seems to be that, after all, the legion will go. Firstly, the bitterness arising frojn debt settlement talk has a little subs Med. Secondly, the legion would like the trip and the bulk of the French —who are no more debt-talking pHliticirns than the bulk of Americans—undoubtedly would welcome it. Thirdly, calling the affair off. after it has be. so much discussed, certainly would create a painful . international impression. /M the same, General Pershing’s acceptance of the leg.on commandership, with his indorsement of the expedition, would have cinched matters. His refusal leaves the outcome open to question.

BACK TO COVER It was Inevitable that Senator Watson should revert to his old methods of campaigning. He is driven finally to"seek the power and prestige, of Coolidge as a cloak for his own political and official rectJrd~an<j now has the temerity to appeal in the name of Coolidge and Secretary Mellon for votes for himself. . I It requires rather good courage or a very definite brazenneefj for Watson to attempt to get under cover this year. He has been apologizing for Coolidge all during the summer when he went among the farmers to tell them that Coolidge was wrong and that he was right in his farm relief measures. He was apologetic for the President in the matter of the World Court, although he stands charged openly and without denial, with having explained to two friends of Coolidge that his own vote against tfie court was cast only when he knew that it would not be needed to pass the Coolidge measure. It is the more brazen when the incident of the visit of Secretary of Labor Davis to this city is recalled and the press sent from the room while Davis spoke, probably in a fear that he might speak on the question of Watson's record. But Watson, in his thirty years of office holding, has always been able to hide behind some powerful 'figure and divert attention 1 from his own record and his own activities. He has ridden irtto office so successfully in the past by this plan that it was'certain, sooner or later, he would repeat the same tactics. He would much prefer that the people think of Coolidge Watson when they go to the ballot boxes and is now trying to make them believe that the whole Administration depends upon him for Its policies and its integrity. It may be well for the people of Indiana to note that Postmaster General New is making speeches in Illinois, not in Indiana. To those who think, especially Republicans who admire President Coolidge, this is a sufficient answer to the Watson plea for support in the name of Coolidge. NOT USELESS ' A German historian has just presented anew and in’ imate account of the career of former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. His portrait Is hardly flattering, even though his treatment of the dethroned emperor is sympathetic. He Bhows how Europe again and again was led to the verge of war because of Wilhelm’s passion for playing the “great power’’ game. He shows how Wilhelm rejected an alliance with England, a soore of years ago, because he wanted to develop a big navy—as a sort'of toy, one gathers—and with Germany and Britain allied this would have been Impossible. He shows how the foreign policy of Germany again and again was shaped, hot in accordance with the aspirations of Its people, but In accord with Wilhelm’s own overweening ambitions. . 1 It’s a book worth reading, in these days when you find so many people wondering U the World War wasn’t just a frightfully useless blunder on the part of all concerned. A blunder it may have been; but not useless. Not .entirely so. Whatever may be Bald, at least the peace of Europe la not now dependent on the whims and' caprices of one egotistic, fame-seeking man. At least the world has learned that the “great power” game Is dangerous to play at when the lives of millions must be the pawns. * THOSE 5-CENT CIGARS Tom Marshall’s remark about this country lacking a good 5-cent cigar may atill be true. But there certainly are plenty of them. Department of Agriculture statisticians report Jthat during July production of cigars selling at 5 cents or less reached a high record, exceeded only by two other months In history. The output was 281,665,115 for the month. Either 6-oent cigars are getting good or a lot of congressional candidates spent some money. Health may be wealth, but never swap. Don’t lose your temper. You’ll need it before you find It again. \ Perhaps the clown Is amused by those who ore amused by the clown. / Some people could say what they think and still be quiet. The early bird catches the late one asleep. WHY THE GIRLS ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL s • 1 ■ -By Mr*. Walter Ferguson- ■ “It looks as there are no more homely girls,” said a matron the other day. “Everybody’s pretty and cute these days, whereas when I was young the really pretty girl was rare.” Os course, this reasoning not exactly correct. The girls are actually no prettier than they were back in 1306. They only know how to make the best of their good points. * They have too much sense to cover up their slender loveliness with a lot of cumbersome clothes. We used to look like a lot of folded up mattresses walking around. We encased our ankles lh ugly high shoes. We wound yards and yards of ribbon around our necks. We buried our arms in voluminous sleeves, and as for ’ our skirts, we might as well have had piano legs under them. . All of our grace and suppleness was hidden away in stiff and ungainly clothes. Our hair was filled with ruts until our heads looked like water buckets. In those days a girl might have been ravishingly beautiful, but nobody knew it but God and her pother. It was considered a sign of lost virtue to rouge the cheeks, and the person who dared usg the lipstick had sold herself to the devil, outright. We were strong for nature in those days. If we haj ugly eyebrows nobody thought of pulling them out and making them symmetrical. Ts we were sallow and pale lipped, we simply went througti life that way. We as God made us, and we never insulted Him by trying to improve on His handiwork. And as a cc sequence -vo were generally holy sights. , Now the wise girls of (oday wear only those ments which will reveal the beautiful curves ol their body. They improve their complexions and burnish up their, hair. They are always radiant and lovely, with vivid eyes and brilliant cheeks and lips as red as carnations. , They are really no prettier than girls used to be. They are only infinitely wiser.

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Tracy A Lot of Questions Arise as We Think of Election.

By M. E. Tracy Will Wadsworth be beaten for Senator In New York because of his straddle and give' Governor Smith, whose election Is a foregone conclusion, undisputed control of the State? If this happens, as now seems more than likely, will Smith have gained such prestige as to fdtee. hie nomination as President by the Democratic party two years hence? These two questions and others growing out of them are focusing the eyes of the hation on New York. We are sailing into a presidential campaign with both great parties all split up and with all kinds of coalitions and bolts In the making. With Coolidge asking a third term and with Smith, a wet Roman Catholic, leading the Demorcats, where would we land? It would be an unprecedented situation all round —the first time the American people were ever called to decide the third term issue, the first time they every had a chance to prove their boasted liberality. Would the dry, protestant South remain solid? Would the Ku Klux j Klan find anew leaSe on life? | Would' wet Republican States, like Massachusetts, go for Smith? -I- I -I- ---! Germany Jo Beg Germany is getting ready to ask a $375,000,000 loan of American bankers, with her railroads put up as security. This comes about as part of the j agreement made by Briand and Stresomann some days ago, when ; the former virtually pledged that ; France would quit the Saar for so ' much cash on the barrelhead. | ’ The whole maneuver is designed |to develop a situation which will force the United States to reduce allied debts, if not cancel them. f In order to make her railroads I good security, Germany must give ! guarantees, recognize prior claims and arrange a financial set'-up that will leave no doubt of her ability to pay. Such a financial set up cannot be arranged unless the amount of Gers man reparations Is fixed, and the imount cannot bo fixed unless it is nateriidly out down. If the amount of German reparations were cut down to satisfy the need of an American loan, and if the allies were to get lesif In consequence. they would b*j In a pretty good position to ask further reduction of their debts. I- I- -IBlDe Glasses Dean Inge of St. Paul, the distinguished English divine, has put on his blue glasses once more, and on this occasion he beholds nothing less gloomy than the decline and fall of the British Empire. He sees organized society giving way to radicalism, supremacy on the sea passing to other nations, the United States standing aloof and colonial Indifference, if not worse, doing the rest. It mky come out that_ way. Empires, like Individuals, have birth, youth, maturity and decay, as is proved by those of Alexander, Augustus and Philip the Second. Still, there is no use In borrowing trouble. We are dealing with different conditions than ever prevailed before. Civilized Use is crossing all boundaries, becoming more Independent and more powerful than any government or group of governments. For the first time in history we can contemplate the destruction of States without imaging the destruction of civilization. Who’s -Right? • Having made what It claims to he a thorough and Impartial survey, the Moderation league, Inc., of*New York, charges that drunkenness has practically d<3uble£ In this country since the first year of prohibition and is now back on a pre-war level. Taking 1914 as a fair place, to start, and 384 of the larger cities as a fair basis of calculation, the Moderation League finds that there were 523,000 aorests for drunkenness in the above named year, that this number dwindled to 234,000 in 1920 and that it rose to 533,000 in 1925. Wayne B. Wheeler, says these figures are not to be retted on because they ignore the increase of population,' but surely he cannot believe ♦hat the 384 cities shrunk by one-half between 1914 and 1920 and that they doubled during the next five years. Neither does the argument explain tfhy so many youths and children are being arrested for drunkenness, which the Moderation declares to be the most alarming phase of the situation. Can’t Believe ’Em We have come upon a State of affairs that i# appalling, (-specially to the fathers of families, who need no surveys nor statistics to realize how Insidiously bad liquor Is creeping into school, college and social life. The infection is a matter of common knowledge. You can sin ell it on the street corners and see it in tho faces of joy riders that are too young to be so flushed. Scamps, not by ones and twos, but by the thousands, are getting rich peddling' booze ta boys that scarcely know how to use a razor, and the law seems powerless to stop them. Hypocritical straddling, spineless, politicians offer no solution for the problem. No more dependence is to be placed In the mouthy wet out for back alley votes than in the smug dry. who panders to the water* tight minds of Intolerance. BARKER TO BE FAIR JUDGE E. J. Barker of Thorntown, sec retary treasurer of the State board of agriculture, left today for Memphis, Tenn., where he will act ap Judge of all swine entries at the Tri-, State Fair this week. Tennessee, Mississippi,and Arkansas, take part Jn the Tri-State Fair. Barker is a—fci JUArLcjahiiMk Inn

The World Still Loves ‘lda’ and Eddie and Has Room to Enjoy Clara and Orval

By Walter D. Hickman There Is a beauty about carrying on the glory of other stage days. When a man or a woman can do this successfully before anew generation of theater goers then that individual Is more than a personality—he Is an Institution. And such a man Is Eddie Leonard. He came from the old minstrel days

but he found t,lme to give the world “Ida. Sweet As Apple Cider” and “Roly Boly Eyes” of equal fame. The world today loves Eddie and “Ida” Just as much as ever. Leonard probably Is stronger today with his audience than ever before. The grass has never been greener In Eddie Leonard's back yard thin it Is today. The world loves to look

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. in and see Leonard. The years have given him | many things and he has giver, the stage an Institution in himself. This I man is no longer a youngster and ! even toclaS' he has that same great big regard he has for the pleasure of his audience that he had years ago. This man knows how to build an act. He comes just as near glorifying the vaudeville stage as any single artist. 1 am not 4vrlting silly sentiment Just to give one the impression that It is proper to be sentimental when an artist of many years standing visits us again. Leonard is still on the top of the ladder becausd he has not allowed his art to dim. He is still an Individual even at hjs years. The voice probably isn’t just as mellow as In former years. But who cares? The Leonard, manner and artistry 1 greater than his voice has ever been. It takes many thing? to make Ed- | die Leonard, the Institution. He I sings “Ida” and “Roly Boly Eyes” and finds time to even tacle “Rose i Marie.” j This week at B. F. Keith's, you I will see Eddie Leonard and his new , act topping all events. He is’ a big showman. He knows how to snr’j round himself with fast and snappy dancers as well as a good jazz orchestra. Leonard has at least three corking good soft and hard shoe dancers with him. They alone would be enough to stage a complete act. But Leonard Is not sntlsked with Just a vffew events. So he gives a world of entertainment. And Eddie Leonard today stands ns “ne of the real compliments co vaudeville. Following right on the heels of the Leonard acf Is Clara Barry, coming from a great theatrical family, and Orval Whltloge. Orval admits right at the beginnihg that he does not feel like doing the act because he has been Ironing for two hours and ! Is about exhausted. One Just can't i carry on at home and be an artist at the same time, one knows. So get lntrhthe tempo of the fun offered by Miss Barry and WMtlege. You will Jove their fun and the great amount of artisthy which they use in putting over their fun. Here is really fine fun done with a grand gesture. Like ’em. Am wild over them. The Four Karrys twist themselves In all kinds of shape. That is three of them do that very thing. Tho Arnaut Brothers with their travesty upon a bird courtship are again present. The act still goes over with ease. There Is another eccAtrlc act on the bill. I hope that I am right In saying It is Medley and Duprey. It is the act wjth - the over eccentric man, a trick phonograph and a girl tjiat fits Into the fun. Nice fun. Jean Boydell is an eccentric female who has Individual material and a wild way In putting over her material. Took me some time to adjust myself to her method but she certainly got the house solid before she stopped. Perez and Marguerite hare a juggling act which Is the real article. Since I saw*tho opening bill Loos Brothers have been added to the bin. At Ktlth’s' all week. -!- -I- + INTERNATIONAL WEEK ON VIEW AT LYRIC Kidding yourself as a means of entertainment for others may not seem to have a great appeal when you think about it, but Faber and Wells at the Lyric this week have chosen this method and have worked it up to a point where one is not sure who Is *eing kidded, the actors or the audience. Anyway with their smart dialogue and sophisticated cracks they are an entertaining team. The whole act is a continual line of patter between the two, a sort j of super sophisticated couple from | Broadway who are trying to have a lot of fun at the other’s expense. Mahon and Cholot seem to be liked better the oftener they come to town. During the show that was' reviewed they stopped all the proceedings for a while, people were so anxious to listen to the line of hokum that this couple put out. The act you will remember Is the old man, apparently, and young fellow with the southern accent who vie with each other in efforts to prove v hich is the best man. They haven’t changed their stuff any. and from the way it is being taken they will, not have to for a while, Capers (ft 1926 is a dance act with | about three numbers that are really worth while. These being a Charles-1 ton song and dance by a girl, a Russian dance by two men and an eccentric tap dance during the opening of the act. Joseph Griffin has a song program that- enables him to use his tenor voice to advantage. Outstanding among the several things he did were “Rose Marie,” fWIfK the musical play of that name and “Mandalay." The accompanist also plays an excellent piano .solo. The Band of 4“ Nations stresses the fact that the members are each from a different country. Their program includes specialties bv the different men and some dances by the woman with the act. Knight and Sawyelie are a man andAvoman comedy team, who have taken a' lot of “rube” stuff anA exaggerated it enough to piake ft 1

Stage Verdict KElTH’S—Eddie Leonard today stands as F one of vaudeville’s most beloved institutions. LYRIC—For some good fun Faber and Wells have the right idea and can give you plenty of It. Palace—Egbert Van Alstyne In company with two singers has a musical act that will please all.

funny. They believe in working fast and there Is not an idle, minute In the act. The Tanarakls are a Japanese group, who feature some balancing. The main feature is the balancing high in the air of a ladder by one of the men and a woman climbing up and doing tricks on it. The Dixon Riggs Trio close the bill with an exhibition of acrobatic novelties and stunts. At the Lyric all week. (By the Observer.) -I- *1- -IVAN ALSTYNE IS A HIT AT THE PALACE Everyone remembers that old song “Under the Shade of the Old Apple Tree.” If you have ever wondered who the father of that song was would like to tell you that he is at the Palace today and tomorrow. Egbert Van Alstyne, for he is the man. with a company consisting of himself and two singers, men, liven up the bill with many of those old favorites that were the popular songs years ago. If appearances tell anything Mr. Van Alstyne must have been a very,

Commercial Club's First Home

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Rapid stridfs have been, made by the Chamber of Commerce since 1891, when the Commercial Club, now the Chamber, was housed in tU buslnesa building at Capitol Ave. and Maryland St. The first home of the Chamber is still standing oq.the southeast corner. The name was changed to Chamber of Commerce in 1912, when Commercial Club was merged with several other organizations. %

Here*s a Test for Speed

The questions listed below are easy to answer. In working this test, use a piece of paper and time yourself. Try- them on your friends, as a game. The correct answers are on Page 12: 1. Find five rabbit heads concealed in the accompanying illustration. 2. What date of the last century reads the same forward and backward? 3. How many hoofs were there on the horses of tho Three Musketeers? 4. What historical warrior’s narM is found In the letters: DNXALRA-, EE? , 5. What Latin words are used to express the meaning “in the opposite case”? \ 6. What Is eight raised to the third power? 7. Name the days of the week backward. 2. How many letters are there In the full name of the President of the United States without his title? 9. What is two-thirda of three? 10. TVo autos leave a point at the same time for a city thirty miles distant One auto averages thirty miles an hour and does not stop. The other averages forty miles .an hour running time, but is forced to stop ten minutes. Which auto gets to the city first?

Bee—Careful Is Their Motto Bu United Preen i WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Observers of a bee colony, 40,000 strong, at the Smithsonian Institution have found that the honey makers adhere to American traffic regulations # and "keep to the .right.” The bee colony was installed in a glass observation hive from which a twelve-foot glass tunnel leads through a window to the butdoors. Jt has been noted that bees entering the tunnel weighed down with pollen, go to the right while those going out empty observe the same rule of the road.

young man when he wrote his first hits. The two men singers carry their numbers , well and have good voices but the feature of the act is Van Alstyne. He does a clever thing when he > takes the old apple tree song and syncopates It. It makes a lively melody that sounds much better, than most of the jazz songs we hear today. Lockett and Page- with a man pianist have a song and dance act with many good things to it’s credit. All their dance numbers are swiftly and pleasingly done. One dance of the ‘girl’s Is one of the fastest and wildest we have seen. A piano solo by the accompanist was another feature of the act. Full of syncopation and blue harmony it was a pleasure to listen to. Nixon and Sans, the man in blackface, are a couple who take the type of the Negro In the big city and play it for comedy. They succeeed very well. There are laughs all through the act but the best comedy is probably the female im personation done by the man. “The Wedding Ring” is a novel offering In which a young husband and wife are shown as verbal sparring partners In their married Use. Are some original bits in the act but It get?*' a little draggy at tmes. Missed the opening act. Included on the bill Is a photoplay “Lady of the Harem” with Ernest Torrence and Greta Nisson, also News Reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) / 'l’ 'l' + Other theaters today offer: “Blarney” at the Apollo; "Hold That Lion” at the Ohio: “The Flaming Frontier” at the Colonial; “The Strong Man” at the Circle: Viola Elliot and her French Models at the Mutual; “The Texas Streak" at the Isis, and “The Family Upstairs” at the Uptown.

‘BITE’ KNOCKER, ' URGES WEIGLE Help? Promote Good Will, Is Speaker’s Plea. “Advertise your city, paint Indianapolis everywhere, on all of your factories, carry your city’s name on your automobile and let the whole country know who you are and where you are from,” declared Dan Weigla of St. Paul, Minn., Monday night before the North Side Lion’s Club following a banquet at the Lincoln. Welgle spoke on “Bite’Em!” a phrase from the club's official yell. “Bite the fejlow who bums his way, bite the clerk with the sour face , which drives from the bite the traffic officer who growls at visitors, bite every one who destroys everything Which civic organizations such as the Chamber, of Commerce does to promote good will, good business and bring new residents here,” WeigJe said. Mayor Duvall praised work of the Chamber in cooperating with the city administration. John B. Reynolds, general secretary of the Chamber, urged members of luncheon clubs to join the body. Other speakers were Earl A. Conder, president Indianapolis Church Federation, and Lawrence Ginger, club president. TO MEET AT FRANKLIN High School Press Association Convention Will be Oct. 22-23. Bu Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Sept. 28.—More than four hundred high school journalists from approximately a hundred Indiana high schoojs will hoar Governor Jackson give the opening address of the fifth annual convention of the Indiana High School Press Association at Franklin College here Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23. The initial meeting, at which the Governor will speak, will be Friday morning. The first annual convention of the Indiana Journalistic Teachers and Advisors Association will be held Saturday, Oct. A tour of Franklin, a general convocation and sectional discussions will be held during the afternoon of tho first day. Arrangements have been made with a /nationally known journalist to make the principal address at the convention banquet Friday evening. Lowell Craig. Rushvllle, is president of the association.

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You can get an answer to any ques- 1 tlon of lact or information by writing I to The IrKiianaoolis Times VVaahiutrton Bureau. 1322 New York Ave . Winaiinirton. P. C.. Inclosing 2 rents in *(femr>s for reply. Medicaf lecal and marital advice cannot be siren nor can extended research be undertaken. All other durations will receive n personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What is tho divine right of kings? A theory that kingship is a gift of God and therefore the king could do no wrong. Who was Vlctoriana Huerta? A former president of'Mexico. Which railroads in the United States aro called transcontinental lines? Union Pacific, Great Northern, Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Did President Hayea come to Washington in disguise to take the presidential oath of office? He came to Washington incognito on March 3, 1877, on account of the tense partisan feeling that had been aroused by the controversy over his election. He took the oath of office privately on the evening of that day, but public inaugural services were held on the following day and the oath was once more administered to him by the Chjef Justice of the Supreme Ccfurt. • Who comprised the main cast of tho play, “The Girl of the lost?” Gloria Grey, Emily Fitzroy, Arthur Currier, Raymond McKee, Arthur Millet, Cullen Landis and Gertrude Olmstead. What do the names Albert and Herman mean? Albert means “all bright;” Herman means “commander-in-chief.” How many pyramids are there in Egypt? Seventy-five at the present time. They extend in groups from Ahu Roash on the north to Medum on the south. Which planet is the center of the universe fnom which time Is reckoned and all other planets Controlled? There la no such planet. What, is tlie caus3 of high blood pressure? It Is caused by the contraction of the muscular walls of the arteries, thus offering an Increased resistance to the flow of the blood from the heart. What is t ie derivation of the name Bennett? It Is a form of “Benedict” and means “blessed.” What is a “doodle bug?" An instrument- similar to a divining red, sometimes used In oil fields, although it haa no real value In locating oil. Do “Stability” and “fortitude” have the same meaning? Stability is steadiness, firmness, strength to stand without being moved or overthrown. Fortitude Is strength or firmness of mind to endure pain and adversity patiently or encounter danger undismayed. Is tli ere anything that w£!l prevent Mistering from sunburn? Vinegar, ruhhed on the skin will prevent blistering after sunburn. Why Is the Opera House at Milan called I-a Scala? The word means “the stairway " The opera house at Milan is so called because of tho beautiful flight, ofsteps leading up to It.

MR. FIXIT Block Paving on Michigan St, to Be Repaired,

Lst Mr. Flxit ti’sent your csss to cl, r officials. Ho Is The Times representative at tho cl Jr hall. Write him at The Times. With the visit of an Inspector to the broken-block district of E. Michigan- St., relief may be expected for that neglected thoroughfare soon, Mr. Flxit was advised today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Why is It they always repair the wood blocks on Meridian St. immediately {after they are torn up by the raiin and let other streets go for weeks. E. Michigan St., east of State Ave., has been torn up several blocks east from State Ave. and no effort has been made to repair it. Also the condition of this same street, from Sherman Dr. to Emerson Ave. is very bad. Try and get some action on the street for the east end Times readers. TIMES READERS. Workmen will start soon, following the inspector's visit Thursday * , , . DEAR MR. FIXIT: The garbage has not been collected at this address for a monjh. We have our garbage In a can with a lid and a handle/)n the lid. Hoping you will Jook into this matter. THOMAS HAYDEN, 3219 W. Tenth St. Truly Nolen, superintendent of garbage and atfhes collection, will larly. Complaint of L. F. D. concerning condition of the 700 block on Wade St. will be investigated within tho nbxt / fcw days.

Standardization of Students Decried Bu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 28.—j-Individualism is lacking on t;he modern college campus, is the belief of Dr. Henry Boyer Longden, De Pauw University vice president. “The student today- is a product of Fordization," Dr. Longden declared In a recent chapel talk on “Non-Con-formity. “Our haircuts, manners of life, and even our talk —all the same. I wonder what would happen if anyone should differ? I c.-ni't recognize a student anymore. How can I? They, all look alike, talk alike,” he said.