Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 192, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1926 — Page 6

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i The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. BOTH GURLEY, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORX, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Serlpps-Hownrd Newspaper Alliance • • • client of the United Press and the NBA Service j • • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St.. Pndtanapolls i • • • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere Twelve Cents a Week • • • j PHONE—MA in 3500.

No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.

A CITY MANAGER Not the best advertisement In the world Is the constant appearance In the news of city officials and employes being called before the grand Jury to explain their actions, presumably against the public Interest. The one worse advertisement would he the common knowledge of conditions needing Inquiry and obtaining no scrutiny. That was the condition for a long time, until In fact the public was startled from Its lethargy and apathy and general feeling of helplessness by the dramatlo charges of the former czar of the State, now a life term convict. We have progressed to the point where at least wo protest—which shows growth. But It Is not probable that the city will ever be rid of these evils until It gets rid of the boss system of government, for a city which Is ruled by a boss will always find that it needs to watch the men put In power by the boss. A boss can only exist by giving privileges to his servants, the men who round up votes on election days or find votes where they do not exist at all. The boss Is a boss only because he can use the public resources for the benefit of himself and his friends. Otherwise he would use Ills talent and his time In business ventures. The present system of city government is well fitted to the creation of the boss in politics, who in tnm becomes the power in government.. The linking of local elections to the names of national parties is the weapon which enables him to win. He can always depend upon a sense of party loyalty to give him a basis of support, for any candidate he names, and then he can plead with the venal and the corruptible and rule with this minority of citizens, all other citizens. By controlling the machinery of the party whose followers are the majority of a city, he can generally control the nomnations, and then the election, except when he gets too raw in his outrages, becomes almost a certainty. The present system, aside from this aspect, is cumbersome and costly. Instead of safeguarding public interest, It allows the public interest to be lost in the maze of divided responsibility. No wonder that thousands refuse to vote. Other cities which have suffered as Indianapolis suffers have found their salvation in the more scientific and modern system of a city manager. The enterprises of a city require an executive. They should he run as is any private business which must depend upon efficiency and service to maintain itself. No big business could last a year if it depended on picking its executives by an appeal to passion, prejudice and through trickery. That is the way city administrations are established—the secret bargains with politicians and bosses, the private promises of jobs to the unfit. The city manager plan provides for an election in which national party names are barred. The p'weTnment of the city is not made an asset for State and National affairs with which they have no connection or relation. There Is a chance of electing councilmen who will sense the needs of the city and act as a board of directors. They select a man for his ability to get results in paving streets, collecting garbage, directing parks, enforcing laws. They do not pick him because he has bargained with a boss to give him the jobs for henchmen who expect to graft. A comparison of the news of the day of Cleveland or Cincinnati with that of Indianapolis should be convincing of the need of change. Those cities are not expending their thought and time in hunting down graft. They are talking about expansion and better service and are boasting of victories gained in improvements. The change must come. It ought to come soon. For if any city ever needed salvation and redemption from misgovernment it is Indianapolis—now.

AN EDITORIAL BY SENATOR BORAH What’s the matter with China? Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaking before the national council of Jewish women at Washington last night, put a large forefinger on the trouble. ' • Incidentally, he took issue with Silas H. Strawn, United States representative at tire Chinese customs conference, who, just back from the Orient, gave this version of the Chinese muddle: “The real trouble with China today is not that she is suffering from imperialism, unequal treaties, extra territoriality, or from the lack of tariff autonomy. It is that there is no government but that dominated by war lords who have but two motives —greed and aggrandizement.” Partly true, certainly. But why is there no government? Senator Borah indicates the answer. “For years,” he told the Jewish women, “foreign powers have been closing in, as it were, upon China. Her natural wealth and the almost unlimited possibilities of commerce have been the great temptation. In dealing with the problem which the Chinese situation now presents we can not ignore the fact that more than forty of her important cities and many of her great ports are now under foreign control. Her natural resources are being partitioned and divided among outside powers. Her tariff duties are fixed by thirteen different nations. * * * The foreigner is exempt from the administration of Chinese laws. Warships of foreign countries patrol her defenseless coast and foreign gunboats ply and police her rivers, * * * “What would be the possibilities as to peace and contentment, the possibilities of progress and development in any country under such circumstances?” Thus is China paralyzed. A helpless China makes good pickings for selfish foreign powers. Small won der she continues in chaos. Civilized countries have done a lot of talking recently, the Senator observed, about “self-determina-tion.* Well, China, awakening to some of her rights, 18 now seeking to have a hand in the management of her own affairs. And she will not stop until she gets it “Four hundred million people,** he concluded, ‘TWbc.ed with thef-eplrit of independence and of na

tional integrity are In the end invincible. There is no power which can master them or hold them in subjugation.” “China may furnish the acid test,” he said, "of whether the world has been converted to justice on a basis of international dealings, or whether it proposes to retain the barbarous creed of force.” What’s the matter with China? Here you have it. PRESCRIPTION WHISKY The corner druggist told us the other day that he found it continually harder to select whisky for the medicinal trade. When he fills a doctor’s prescription, he said, he likes to be sure that he is dispensing the best and purest of whisky; but there are now so many whisky salesmen pressing him for orders that he has a hard time choosing. He intimated a suspicion that some of the stuff offered is not the genuine bonded, aged-in-tbe-wood, uncut bourbon and rye it is supposed to be. Which has a bearing on a problem now being discussed by the United States Treasury. Medicinal whisky is presumed to come only from the stocks still on hand in bonded warehouses. These stocks are running low. Gen. Andrews, prohibition enforcer. Intends to ask Congress to authorize the distilleries to resume manufacturing for the me dicinal trade. For the whisky to be good it must be distilled several years in advance of its use. Well, this situation has led to the suggestion that the Government take over the distilleries. If the Government owned them, it has been argued, the incentive to put out inferior whisky would disappear. Furthermore, since the Government wouldn’t go into the whisky business to make profit, the price could be greatly reduced. Both arguments seem sound enough. Certainly since the Government indorses whisky as a medicine it is a proper function of the Government to make this medicine available as cheaply as possible to those who require it. That is simple humanity, and there is nothing in the United States Constitution to prevent the Government from being humane. But the following item arrives by United Press: "The Administration today definitely decided to abandon the idea of Government ownership and distribution of medicinal liquors- ‘lt would be too much like the Government going into the wholesale whisky business,’ a high treasury official said.” The official isn’t named, but the highest treasury official is Andrew W. Mellon. He used to be In the whisky business himself, as all the world knows; didn’t dispose of his Overholt holdings until after he had become Secretary of the Treasury. That’s an added argument, by the way, for the Government taking the industry now if ever. The man in charge already knows the business. Presumably the chief objection to this course, so far as the Administration is concerned, is that it would tend to destroy private initiative. It is on that ground that the Administration is fighting against Government ownership and operation of Muscle Shoals, for instance, and the Government ownership and operation of the merchant marine, built with the people's money. But —can it be that the Administration wishes to encourage private initiative in the whisky business? They’re using airplanes in the war at Herrin, 111., now. Wouldn’t that, be a good place to establish a school of military tactics?

THE NEED OF A NEW HEAVEN —"By N. D. Cochran

When those eminent English preachers started in to abolish hell, they started something. Now we’ve got to lose heaven too. Preaching at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, Dean Robbins calls for anew poet to picture heaven and helj in terms worthy of modern intelligence. Here’s how he wipes off the map the old-fashioned abiding places in the hereafter of saved and lost souls: “There has been a good deal in the newspaper* recently about the reputation of the doctrine of hell on the part of certain prominent Euglish ecclesiastics. If by hell they mean the old-fashioned doctrine of literal fire and brimstone, few will be found to dispute their conclusions. That doctrine is as obsolete among intelligent people as the pearly gates and the golden streets and eternal harping on harps which still bulk too largely in our hymns about heaven. It is quite time I think for some modern poet to give his faith and his imagination free rein and picture the future of the blessed in a hymn which will be as attractive to our generation as “Jerusalem the Golden” was to the generation which flourished in the year of grace 1145.” lie also calls upon the poet for anew and modern hell, but says that both heaven and hell must be psychological. Maybe Brother Robbins is right, but many of us less intelligent people have a lingering affection for the heaven and hell of our grandmothers. We don't mind a bit of modern improvements in the scenery to bring both places up to date, but the dear old harp shouldn’t give w r ay to the radio until scientists take out the static and gabby announcers have been abolished. The annoouncer w r ho is fit to handle that job in a perfect heaven has not yet been evolved; and it wouldn’t do to have all the programs come from the nether world even'if they are psychological. There may be a few announcers in purgatory, but that’s about as near to heaven as they’ll get—provided they go where most listeners-in have assigned them. After all, it isn’t so much what changes are made in the scenery as who will be found in either place when we get there. Beautiful fairways may be substituted for golden cobblestones, triumphal arches for the pearly gates and the younger angels may bob their hair, but such things are material, while the angels with whom we have to associate take us over into the spiritual side of life beyond the grave. Anyhow, wo don’t think material things should be thought of in connection with heaven. Because we are thinking about a Christian and not a Mohammedan heaven. Until our missionaries can convent them we needn’t bother about the heathen. Nor need this new poet concern himself with Chinese, Japs, Hindus and other unbelievers. Until we can establish a harmonious league of nations here on earth it’s just as well not to try our hand at organizing heaven on an international or universal or cosmic scale. Perhaps it would simplify matters if we don’t take in too much territory. We may have some trouble getting together on what American Christians we’ll let in. For even in a psychological heaven there is much celestializing to do before we can get Protestant, Catholic and other kinds of Christians to throw off their earthly habiliments and live together in peace and harmony as plain Christians. The more we dig into this subject the less we are inclined to leave the solution of it to a poet. Perhaps It would be safer to let each individual organize his own personal heaven for himself. Those who expeot or prefer to go to the other place should have the same privilege of self-organization. Either that or leave the entire, matter to God, _ .

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Tracy Edison's Opposition to Skyscrapers Divides New Yorkers in Opinions.

By M. E. Tracy Thomas Kdison has set New York by the ears over skyscrapers. He liollevos that tall buildings have become a plague to the modem city, and so stated the other day. New Yorkers tind themselves divided on the question; some are wholeheartedly In favor of th* skyscraper, because, as they contend, it boosts the prices of real estate and makes more taxes available for Improvements. Others say that this Is merely a vicious circle, that many of the improvements would not be necessary except for the skyscrapers, and that its ultimate effect is to destroy Its own earnng capacity by the expense it forces on the public. The skyscraper presents new and discouraging problems. The question is whether we should abandon It on this account of replan the modern city to meet its needs. It goes without saying that we cannot build skyscrapers on the same kinds of street or crowd them together in the same haphazard way that we could the old four-story tenement and office building. They must be so arranged as to leave room for light, ventilation and adequate transportation facilities. When you come to think of It, the whole problem centers In the fact that we are trying to plant modern structures In old-fashioned towns. -I- -I- -ISight and Mentalit y Darkness has helped to promote the belief in spiritualism, according to Dr. William .T. Mayo, world famous surgeon of Rochester, Minn. Sight, represents about 95 per cent of man’s mental power, he says, and when he sits in a cabinet or in a room with the lights turned off the medium has only about 5 per cent to hoodwink. There is a lot of common sepse in Dr. Mayo’s observations. Those who sincerely believe in spiritualism only hurt their cause by insisting on conditions that leave room for fraud and deception. -!- + -IThose Russian Gems Russian crown jewels on the front page again, with rumors, denials and speculations galore, while tradesmen seek to turn an honest penny, mulcted creditors look for a way to oollect, and Bolshevist leaders hunt a market in which to peddle their ill-gotten, treasurer. It It a foregone conclusion that there could not be so much smoke without some fire. It is also a foregone conclusion that whoever undertakes to dispose of $300,000,000 worth of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other precious stones to get revenue for a universally disliked regime will face some difficulty. The nuptial crown of Catherine, with its 1,500 diamonds and blfzing cross, is there, all right. So, too, is the diamond-studded sword of mad Paul, the golden rattle on which poor Nicholas cut his teeth, the sparkling box from which Elizabeth took royal snuff, and many another priceless geegaw brought to satisfy Romanoff pride with the blood and sweat of millions. For nine years communism has sustained itself largely on the treasures of the order which it overthrew, and there are enough left to sustain it for several years more, provided they can be converted into that kind of capital which communism professes to hate. It is a grim joke that the treasures of czardom should remain to feed its destroyer, and it is a grimmer joke, perhaps, that the world’s outstanding democracy should offer the best market in which to peddle them. -I- -IFighting Modern Crime Two interesting hours with Joab Banton, district attorney of New York, Tuesday, and quite as worthy of a place in this column as anything appearing in the news. You think of the public prosecutor as a lonely figure, a fiery, undismayed spirit, who quizzes criminals, heckles witnesses and ma-nipulates-juries with the sheer force of his eloquence, but that is in deference to tradition. The modern bandit, the city of 6,000,000 people, the art of organization have produced a different kind of instrument to detect and punish crime. Joab Banton’s offices fill a ninestory building. There are 221 persons on the pay roll, sixty-five of them lawyers, seventy-five of them process servex-s, six of them special investigators, one a trained physi- j clan, one a civil engineer, one a photographer. There is a library of 42,000 volumes, filing cabinets by the mile, rdws of information windows that look like a hank lobby, and a switchboard with twenty trunk lines. It is no longer one man protecting • the public interest in a haphazax-d, overworked way, but e. modern machine that functions with efficiency and precision. Banton is seldom seen In court, but his work as an executive Is felt throughout the pulsating life of the great city. His office has disposed of 4,832 cases during the last ten months, operating through seven courts. )■ I- -I For Speedier Justice It is Banton’s idea that the law must be speeded up and put in line with the modern world. He says that wo are trying to handle twentieth century crime with an eighteenth century system. He has hung upa sign in the jail requesting all px-isoners to communicate with him If their cases are not brought to trial within fifteen days. It is his ambition to put the district attorney’s office on such a basis that every accused person can he brought to the bar of justice within a few weeks. (1) What. Is the population of Indianapolis? (2) Os Lorain, 0.? (1) Indianapolis, 858,819. (2) Lorain, 0.. 87,296. Both of those are the lat.

An Exhibit of Old and Rare Coins of Twenty-Six Centuries on View Here

Coins of twenty-six centuries! Coins of gold, coins of silver, coins of ancient Greece, coins of modern America—a bird’s-eye view. An exhibition of them arranged chronologically and fully labeled has opened in Gallery 1 and continues through the month at the Herron art institute. The exhibition was assembled by the American Numismatic Society of New York for circuit among various museums of the country at the instigation of Director Mac Lean of the John Herron Art Institute. It constitutes a concise and very attractive summary, in the original, of the coinage of countries since the sixth century, B. C. The earliest coins, representing the sixth century, B. C., are sinxple in design and rather archaic in style. Then the development of the art is shown from the archaic type to those representing a period which many consider the golden ago of die engraving, from 500 to 400 B. C. Heads of deities predominate. Technical ability improved stili further from 400 to 300 B. C., with heads of Greek gods commonly used on the obverse and city emblems on the reverse. Gold regal issues were instituted at this time and bronze was used for the lower values. From 300 to 200 B. C. mythological symbolism was largely supplanted by portraiture. The silver coinage of Rome appeared about 250 B. C. During the period from 200 to 100 B. C. a decline may be observed, followed by still further decline in the following cer.tury and an upward movement in the first century A. D„ when tffie art again reached a high standard with strongly characterized j portraits of tne emperoj-s and their \ families. All of these periods of ancient , coinage are represented by characteristic original examples, as are also other periods from ancient times down to the opening of the twentieth century. The exhibition is fully’ labeled and Is an important, and valuable record as well as a highly artistic display of beautiful numismatic productions. Sunday, Nov. 14, will be the last

Boy Who Carried Water for Elephants Recalled

By Walter D. Hickman Since they are building monuments and memorials for about everything, It Is appropriate that the old and young hoys who carried water for the elephants on circus day should liave their own. And this monumefit to the water boys has been erected in the form of a book, “Here We Are Again," which is the recollections of an old circus clown. These recollections were written by Robert Edmund Sherwood, known years ago under the white top as Rob Sherwood. It is published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company of this city. Sells for $3.50. In giving the world an accurate account of the old circus days. Sherwood writes in his introduction: “The reader is assured that what follows is founded in truth, set down without embellishment or elaboration. Excepting for the portions based on authentic accounts of history of the circus which transpired before my activities began, all the matter has been taken from my diary and date books, which I faithfully kept, and of which I have managed by hook or crook to retain possession during all of the vicissitudes of life.” And Bob Sherwood has not only stayed within the facts, but he has brought back the memory of many of the leaders of the old days when the circus was the circus, parade and all. Here is a most human account of the circus and circus people of the other days. I found it corking good reading. Really very, very fine. You may he surprised that in a book by a former circus clown that

Tunes Readers Voice Views

To the Editor of The Times: In your paper of Tuesday you made a statement to the effect that George S. Elliott "was head of the Marion County Voters’ League,” "composed of one wing of the KuKlux Klan,” and "Elliott’s organization was unsuccessful in Its fight to help Clark defeat Clyde E. Robinson for the treasurership nomination.” The facts are as follow: George S. Elliott was merely a director of the Marion County Voters’ League, not the head thereof. The Marion County Voters’ League was not composed of one wing of the Ku-Ivlux Klan, but was composed of some 15,000 citizens of all political and religious creeds who wex-e and still are opposed to the George V. Coffin ring In the Republican party in this qounty. The Marion County Voters* League did not indorse Charles M. Clark for the treasurership nomination. but did indorse one John T. Saulter, whose name appeared on the 300,000 slates distributed by the said league. The deal which Elliott is purported to have been made with Clark was done by him privately, unknown to other members of the voters' league. Clark was not indorsed by the voters’ league because he approached one on the directors thereof early in the campaign and said he was going to have the backing of Bill Armitage financially. Both George S. Elliott and Harvey W. Bedford were forced to resign their membership in the Marlon County Voters’ League in October of this year due to their private dealings with various politicians, including the deal Elliott is purported to have made with the above mentioned Charles M. Clark. Asa member of the Marion County Voters’ League nnd its former secretary. T request that you publish the above facts to correct the wrong and incorrect impression contained in your news article immediately underneath the reproduction of the purported Clark-Elllott agreement In today's noon edition of The Times. WILLIAM A. BOYCE JR. > m K. Riley Ave.

Opens Thursday

Anita Stewart On Thursday afternoon the Palace will present a movie version of the stage mystery success, "Whispering Wires.” Anita Sterwart plays the lead. Engagement is for three days.

opportunity to see the exhibition of contemporary woodblock prints by Japanese artists which has been on view for a number of weeks in GaP lery 11, the Print room. It will be followed by an exhibition of prints from the permanent collection, which will open Wednesday, Nov. 17. It is intended to include in this new exhibition some of the best examples in various mediums included in the institute's print collection. On Sunday afternoon. Nov. 14, visitors to the art institute had the pleasure of hearing a program by

the writer would devote a chapter to Mark Twain and “Tom Sawyer.” But" Sherwood lived a mental life. You know, it takes brains to be a funmaker. The hardest thing in the world is to be funny, to make thousands laugh twice a day for months. Sherwood writes that he met Mark Twain and Bill Nye in 1879, when the two were on a joint lecture tour. One night, aecording to Sherwood, Mark after his lecture at a college “indulged in his favorite vice of smoking, which subjected him to severe oensuro from the faculty, who claimed that li ■ had set a bad example before the students.” Os course you recall that this was 'way back in the good old days of 1879. “The next day the humorists were billed to appear at Bryan, 0., where Barnum’s cireus also was exhibiting, with which I was then appearing as a premier clown.” Bob met Mark when the humorist attended a matinee of the circus. Boh asked Mark if he were the man "who corrupted Oberlin?” Mark replied that he was, and on Bob's sug-

SNAKE-CHARMING IS WEIRD TRICK

Noted Magician Tells Times Readers About Strange Control of Reptiles in Far East.

By Nicola, Magician, Appearing at Keith’s The scene was a public square in Bangalore. A circle of American and English tourists were standing in awe before the waving arms and muttered Incantations of a squatting Hindu fakir. A fissure appeared in the ground beside him. Strange, haunting music came from the crack in the earth, glisten-ing-eyed snakes elevated their hideous yet beautiful bodies, a whirling dervish spun in the sun so madly that the giddy sight hurt the eyes. The tourists were stunned, bewildered. To the manifest consternation of the fakir in charge of affairs, I laughed loudly. It upset everything. The smoke stopped, the music ceased, the snakes went back to sleep and the dervish ceased spinning long enough to beg alma in reward for his exertions. The fakir was angry with me until I conversed with him in Hindustani, showing him 1 perfectly understood his tricks and scolding him for not being more dexterous. The amazed tourists thronged about me, asking me a score of questions about the mysticism of India. There really is a mystic school or cult in India, perhaps more subtle and marvelous than of any other country'. There is also a gread deal of hokum, most of it perpetrated upon guileless travelers for profit. Snake-chkrming! What a queer, outlandish black magic stunt this seems! Whereas it is only the natural reaction of the reptiles to the dulcet wood-pipe music of the fak- i lrs. And, by the way, fakir does not mean "faker,” or one who “fakes” his stunts. The title originally applied to a religious devotee or esthetic, and is pronounced ‘‘fah-keer.” Not the Greatest No, snake charming is no|t the \ greatest conjuring feat of India. But the stories of mystified tourists have spread such propaganda back home. More mysterious than this is the queer practice of self-hypnotism, heart control and other effects which j the Hindu mystic can perform upon i himself. There have been innumerable j cases of a fakir burled alive for ; hours, during which time all animation suspended, and when he was dug up again he w’oke up. Respectable scientists have made affidavits of such cases, and It would be to their manifest chagrin If I would have showed them the tunnel In the

members of the faculty of the Metropolitan school of music. Members who took part, are: Hugh McGibeny, Willard McGregor, Frieda Heider, Frances Beik, Donn Watson, Adolph Schellschmidt and Earle Howe Jones. The program was open to the public without chargo. The museum Is open freeon Sundays from 1 to 9:30 o'clock p. m. The subject for Miss Blair's lecture on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 17, at 3.45 o’clock, is "Lithography," the second subject in her cnurMu on the graphic arts. Lithography is a fascinating phase of the graphio arts undone which comes more closely home .to the modern American public than the average person realizes, many of the posters, advertising material, labels, etc., which are constantly about us being products of the so-called “commercial” phase of lithography. Fine examples of purely artistic lithography, produced per se and for no primarily utilitarian purpose, will be shown, with an explanation of the procedure by which they are made and of the characteristic qualities of tine lithography. Kwirn* of Exhibit* Gallery I. “Birdseye View of Colnaxo." Arnm and armor Gallery 11. Woodblock prints in color by contemporary .Japanese artists. Gallery 11. European pewter, porcelain, lace, furniture and glaas. Court. Sculpture, classical art. East Indian carved screen. Nature studies in water color done by Elizabeth Nicholson. Balcony. Oriental art. Stair Landings. Tottery of the Ear East Japanese textnles and prints. Gallery VII. Rearrangement, of paintings from the permanent collection. Gallery VIII. Ten primitive paintings in the James E. Roberts collection. Gallery IX. Paintings loaned by Frank 0. Ball. Galbry X. Loan exhibition of Colonial portraits. Gallery XT. Paintings by Everett Warner and Chauneey Ryder. Indianapolis theaters today offer: “Ben-Hur” at English’s; Fred Ardrath at the Palace; Nicola at Keith's; Kinzo at the Lyric; Ben Lyon in person and on the screen at the Circle: “The Return of Peter Grtmrn" at the Colonial; “Love's Blindness” at. the Ohio; "Kosher Kitty Kelly” at the Apollo: "Speed Girls of 1927’’ at the Mutual; new show at the Uptown, and "Thirty Below Zero” at the Isis.

gestion said that he could write a story about it, and Mark did, under the title of "The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg.” And so the circus clown inspired tht prince of furmiakers to write a story. You will meet some of the old ones of circus life of other days in this book, such as Frank Larardo; George L. Fox, a great pantomimist; William Batchelor; Bob Stlckney; Johnny Patterson, Irisfi singing clown; Billy Sholes, bareback rider; Martin and Rose Julian, acrobats; Ada Isaacs Menken, who rode the wild horses in “Mazeppa;” Dan Rice, the daddy of the circus clowns; Captain Costentanus, according to Sherwood the only man In circus history who was tattooed from his scalp to the soles of his feet, and many others. Most Interesting is the story of this completely tattooed man. Never have I read an account of human suffering so pathetic as when Sherwood tells the reader of this man’s intense suffering, being loaded with indigo poison. Sherwood certainly takes you back to the real story of the days when the circus was real.

grave which led to a hollow, tree some yards away. But self-hypnotism is an actual' thing. By it the fakir puts himself into a comatose condition which is sounder than the deepest slumber. He may even extend lilmself to a state of catalepsy, during w'hich he j is insensible to the pains of needles thrust through his skin, torches ap- : plied to the scorching point and ! other practices which seem unbelievable to the onlooker. "How Ft Started.” The whirling dervish Is an excellent example of self-liypnosls. This was originally a religious rite, performed in a frenzy of ecstasy and idolatry. It has been excellently commercialized, especially in Con- | stantinoplc, where numerous dervishes stand on the great bridge and demonstrate tlJbir Vnad art for a j mere pittance. The dervish really whirls himself into a state of coma, during which he Is insensible to the tortures he is I inflicting upon himself. It would bo both mentally and physically impos- j sible for a person to whirl normally in this fashion. In strength and | nervous energy it exceeds any ath- 1 letic contest or feat ever performed. In all, I have spent more than fifteen years In Tndia out of twentysix abroad, and there is no trick, I stunt or demonstration on the As’iat-1 ic continent I can not perrorm or | explain. Many of fhelr most diffi cult Illusions I have used In other countries, and the Indian basket trick, which I will do at Keith’s, is ! considered the most mystifying effect in Hindu magic. But remember, the Hindu fakirs are not devils, nor do they practice black magic. They are either very clever or very abnormal, and what is entertainment here is considered a religious rite or a national pastime over there. Tomorrow: "Tlie Death Markets of the Far East” WELL DRILLING FIRM Incorporation papers for the Starr Development Company of Indianapolis were filed today at the Statehouse by H. N. Bertram, B. G. Hewitt and D. Edward Davis, incorporators. Capital stock was placed at $60,000. The concern will engage in well drilling and similar activities, according to the paper*, w <

. NOV. 17, 1926

Questions and Answers

You can get an an ewer to any ques tlon of fact or Information by writing to The ImliananoliH Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, I>. C., inclosing i! cent* in htainn* for reply. Medical, legal and marital advlco cannot bis given nor can extended research bo undertaken. All other nuostions will receive a personal replv Unsigned reoueetn cannot bo answered. All letters are confidential.— Editor On what day of the week did Christmas come in 1910? Sunday. What is the address of Mary Robert Rinehart, the author? 2479 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. What is the premium on a Columbian half dollar? There Is no premium. On what part of the dirigible I,os Angeles is (lu* name painted? On l>oth sides, just forward of the fin. The name Is visible from the ground when the ship flies low. Where and when was Estelle Taylor, the wife of .lack Dempsey, bom and what nationality are her parents? She was born ir 1900 at Wilmlng ton, Del., of Irish parents. How many foreign-horn white ium sons are there In the United States? 13,712.745. representing practically every country In the world. Hoes the United States Governnvent pay pensions to widows of Confederate veterans or the Civil War? Only when the Confederate soldier served in the Mexican or Indian wars. Tn such cases pensions are sometimes granted. Most of the former States in the confederacy pay pensions to their Confederate veterans and widows. What is "broadtail”? Skins from winter killed Persian lamb. Tt Is nearly always black, it Is much smaller than Persian lamb skin and has a very silky, moire effect fur wool. What do the tifiinos Ffrlon, T/orot ta, Dorothy, Erwin and Kenneth mean? Helen, light.; Loretta, pure; Dorothy, gift of God: Erwin, strong, .-md Kenneth, a leader. How many horses and mules were used by the American and French artillery during the whole period of tlie war? How many were killed or died in the service? There were 224.135 horses and mules employed by the American Expeditionary forces in France dm (ng the war. and of thin number 6R.652 wore killed or died. How many Brazil nuts are there In one shell? Where V> they grow? There are from eighteen to twentyfour nuts in a shell. They grow wild 1n South America and the entire production comes from that conil nent.

When one Is In mourning, what Is correct In stationery? White stationery of a. good quality is correct for all occasions and mourning Is no exception. That which has a narrow black border Is good, but a border nearly an Inch wide Is In bad taste. After three months have passed gray stationery Is permissible. The border may Be lessened from time to time during the period of mourning or It. may remain the same until It Is discarded altogether. Can a magnet he Insulated? A magnet can be partially insu lated by Interposing a sheet of glass or hardened rubber, or haklite, be tween the magnet and object from which it Is desired to Insulate It. Please give name and street number of firm on the Circle who furnish home work for women? MRS. M. E. G. Wc do not give business addresses Who wrote “Thanafcopsls?” D. NOBLE. William Cullen Bryant. What is the lowest place in the world? The Dead Sea in Palestine It is 1,290 feet below the sea level

MR. FIXIT Warman Ave, Residents Offer to Pay for Repairs,

Let Me. Fixlt present your case to city officials. He is The Times representative at the City Hall. Write him at The Times. Those who wish street repairs ai e becoming so hopeless they offer to defray part of the expense themselves, Mr. Fixit learned from a correspondent today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: We are constantly reading of the help you are to others and so wonder if you can help us too. Wilcox St., between N. Warman Ave. and Haugh St., is in a terrible condition, especially th 4 entrance of the alley south. Could we get some cinders or gravel in the chuckholes? We are even willing to put out a few dollars on material ourselves so that we may avoid a few knocks and bumws. MRS. J. W. ELLABY, 424 N. Warman Ave. The streets department official declare they will be able to take care of you before long. DEAR MR. FIXIT: How about the new street paving specifications? What will they be and when will they be ready so that the people may know? HOME OWNER. They are nearly ready now and will surely be Issued in a week, In the word from City Engineer Chester Oberleas. They will re move an alleged discrimination that has existed against concrete, it is said. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Our street is tn very bad condition. We can hard ly get out and in in winter or sum mer. Maybe you can get some ashes. MRS. FREDA OVETTER, 2107 E. Forty-Fourth 61 Repairs will coma soon. Is the