Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1926 — Page 4

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THE HUNTS 4RE HERE Remember back a few years when the bogie was raised that the Huns were on their way and would levy tribute unless we sacrificed and gave and bought Well, we won the war all right, hut ft looks very much as if (he Huns are here just the same. You find them up around the public service commission asking for about the same tribute that the Jcalser would have taken in indirect taxes had be become the ruler of thG world instead of an exile. At least, even by the wildest leap of Imagination, yon could hardly expect him to ask more than interest on the increased prices of iron and copper and steel that came from war inflations. That is about what is happening in the minds of the utility barons who expect to collect from the men who won the war the price of winning the was. That Is what is involved in the manipulations by corporations which are asking for more money, which must come from the pockets of the .people. The route is well marked and they all travel the same way. First there comes an application ior a huge issue of stock and bonds, which the lawyers explain has nothing at all to do with rates. The gentlemen who are throwing file two local power and light companies into one are now asking for a fifty-five-niillion-dollar issue on properties capitalized at many millions less than this sum and the lawyers are trying to pacify the public with the statement, that the commission does not fix rates on capitalization, but on the physical value. The nex£ step, of course, is a valuation of the properties at much less than the amount of securities which are handed out. Then cora'es the suit in the -Federal courts which stow that rates thus fixed are confiscation of property and invariably those courts have looked at the tock issues, and given the “Innocent” purchaser of these securities a rate that will compensate them. [n the end the public has paid and will con iinue to pay dividends on these new valuations. Wliat really has happened and is happening to i hat the utility barons are collecting for the war. During the war the prices of the materials which axe used In these utilities took a big jumpThey are the same materials used for guns -and -ammunition. Those prices have remained up. It Is true that the companies have not had to buy new materials. But they are intent on collecting interest an war prices for their old materials and are ahte, .fhxnugh their political lawyers and their high-prtcafl experts to convince tine commissions of the Justice of their clamte. The mergers, the purchases by new cmninmtef*. the applications for increased rates, all gn back to this very simple system. The purpose is to collect, through cmramskim® ami courts. Interest on prices fixed by "war conditions. Figure It all out for yourself. YVhttt different method would the kaiser have followed had he won? Are the Huns here, in this simple disguise? is democracy safe for itself? Who really won the war?

THE IMPORTANCE OF DEBUNKING HISTORY Back in our school days, like millicum ol "bnys and girls today, wb studied history, particularly United States history. And, of course, we got the usual panorama. George Washington was not a great human but something more than a saint —a deity as pure and as perfect as God —and the British were cruel, stupid, cowardly, inefficient, inhuman, blundering asses. While we (Britain, too, mostly, If only the Jifetorians haxl not distorted the picture so we forgot this faotX, were the sum of all the good and all the -virtues of all time. Thus we left scliodl with the idea fluff nve -were superior to any other people; that one untrained American citizen, pitchfork in hand, is nmrß than a match any time, any place, for any dozen -welltrained, well-equipped soldiers of any nation or group of nations anywhere on the face of the globe. Which is why the protest of Lieut. Cdl. Thomas J. Dickson, chaplains corps, United States Army,, retired, and president of the First Division Society of Washington. D. C„ is worthy of more than passing notice. * ' Colonel Dickson, whose war record .(ma-saas is to he envied, in a criticism cites case alter cat® taken from school histories in use all xrvar the United States where pictures of world war events are distorted out of all proportion. Some of the histories slur over the first three crt the great war, says the colonel, and give American boys and girls the impression that there wasn't any real fighting until we came in and thal when we did so we quickly won the war.. , * “Wo have a record any nation can be proud dt,” *'says the lighting parson. “And that is what we should teach —the truth. We 'don’t need to exaggerate wlmt, we did or belittle the other fellow, not even the Germans.” “We don’t want our boys aud gifts growing up with wrong ideas in their heads about these things* he argues, for two very good reasons. First, it will call down upon our country the hate ami contempt of foreigners in general and oar former allies in particular, aud second, it constitutes a real danger to the children themselves and to the Nation. Among scores of examples culled from many different text hooks, Colonel Dickson quotes the following from “Our United States' 1 (Guitteau. Silver Burdett. & Cos.): “The lighting at Belleau Wood. Chateau-Thierry and in the Argonne forest demonstrated that the American soldier with six months of training is more than a match for the German veteran.” “Ideas like these,” comments the chaplain of the Fighting First, “when believed by children, make work for the Graves Registration Service.” As Indeed they do. Our soldiers won, surely, hut only because they made up for their lack of experience by unflinchingly throwing in enough of their lives to mrn the tide iu our favor. Even Von burg, in his memoirs, admits he was moved to pity, along with his admiration, for the American boys who fell in this lighting, victims of too hasty training. Oar schools are intended to teach American hoys and girls te be useful, informed citizens. Stuffing ' .14

theft* minds with historical bunk is worse than no history at all. Tt makes them intolerant of foreign nations and peoples which, in times of crises, in dines them more to war than to peace, then fools them utterly as to what they will have to go up against if and when war ccmes. It is high time we began to debunk our school histories, beginning at the beginning. There's glory enough jn the simple truth and we would be a finer and stronger race for knowing it. It would be a work of real patriotism. FALL AND DOIiENY ON TRIAL The trial of Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny, starting today., takes place three years after'the public first learned of the charges against them, and after the first shock of the Teapot Dome committee revelations has passed. This is fortunate in one sense for no defendants should be tried in the midst of hysteria great enough to cause suspicion thht impartial Justice has been denied them. ' Tet fairness can become indifference and indifference can be overdone in a case like this. The offense of which the two are accused is so grave aa to threaten both the structuy of the Government and its powers of defence. If the two are guilty then they have seriously wronged and imperiled every living person in the United States, and those who will live here in future years. This is not a case affecting us as a matter of abstruct Justice. It has a specific, material bearing on the welfare of each of us. Each of us needs to scrutinize every detail of this trial in order that we may get a clear picture of the present condition of our Government and foresee the possibilities the future holds for it. u TAX RELIEF” Don’t be fooled by phrases. “Tax relief” is occupying the headlines a great deal these days. Anybody over burdened with taxes naturally wdll welcome relief from the burden. Before yon hug that phrase to your heart, however, stop and consider how much direct Federal taxes you are paying. Then you can tell whether you prefer the Mellon plan of “relief" or a program of intelligent use of tpe surplus now in the United States treasury. IT your income is less than $3,000 a year voter personal relief will he about 64 cents, under tha Meltnn plan. ' 'lf you happen to he Andrew Mellon, your relief will be about $160,000. • “Plunder bund" is another phrase coming into use in Washington. It is applied by those supporting this so-called tax relief to those who would spend the treasury surplus. No discrimination is used between plain pork-harrel proposals and projects of admitted benefit to the public. Even those who would use the surplus to hasten relief for the farmer's are being included as members of this alleged plunder bund.

RELIQION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS i “By N. IX. Cochran

'The New Turk Legislature enacted a law authorizing religiouß instruction of pnblic school pupils one hour a week during school hours, but outside of school buildings. The aanstitrrtianality at that law is now being tested in the State Supreme Court. Those who attack the law contend that it violates one*of the fundamental principles of the Constitution, declaring that State and Church shall remain separate. Also they argue that it is in conflict with the State compulsory school attendance law. which the commissioner of education is required to enforce. Counsel for the State department of education, defending the law., argue that not to permit the absence of children from regular school classes to At! ad their church schools would he 'an interference with religious liberty, and that no pupil Is required to attend the church classes without the eftnsent of tlis parent. Courisdl for the Greater New Turk Federation of Churches and the New York Sunday School Association, asserting the right of the parent to direct' the training and culture of the child to be one of the most inalienable liberties guaranteed by the Fourteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution and the Bill of Rights of New York State, said: ’ . “The local school hoards of this Stale, which have the authority to prescribe the curriculum and make ah reasonable rules and regulations, have the power to give reasonable recognition to this right and to recognize that, according to the view of most parents, religion is the mast essential and an increasingly important element in the prescribed subjects of civics, citizenship and patriotism. ‘While such boards may not themselves, under the Constitution, expend public money uporn religious education in connection with these prescribed subjects, they have the power to honor the views of the parents who feel that any instruction in these subjects which excludes religion altogether is, in effect, instruction in irreligion and undermines the very basis of all good citizenship, honest government and enlightened patriotism.” It is expected that this case will go ultimately to the Supreme Court of the United States: so it t|econms of interest to all States and" all citizens of all religions. The right of pa rents to direct the training and nature the character of the child need not be disputed, and isn’t. There is no dispute as to the Intention of the Constitution to separate Church and State. But there can be honest and sincere difference of opinion as to the propriety of indirect as well as direct connection of religious instruction with such instruction as our public schools are expected to provide. / One need not arslue against either the value or th& importance of religious instruction in insisting that the public school is no place for ii, and that public school authorities should not touch it even to the extent of changing rules 'of school attendance in order to accommodate any church. There is plenty of time for religious instruction by churches or parents outside of public school hours. . If this were all there is to the movement that led to the New York law It might be passed over as not important enough to discuss; but there is a determined effort on the part of some religionists to get around the constitutional separation of Church and State and ' to force religious the public schools.’ And that is important. Even the movement to have Bible reading in the schools involves the determination as to which Bible shall be used: and three Bibles, at least, are in use in this country—the Jewish Bible, the Catholic Bible and the King James edition of the Protestant Bible. That is already a controversial subject. We can't teach religion In the public schools unless we teach some religion. Agreement on any one religion is impossible. We can all agree on the Golden Rule, but that’s about as fgr as we can go; and it’s quite far enough for the public schools which are open to children of all religions or of no religion on equal terms. N

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Tracy % Fall-Doheny Trial, Regardless of Result, Is Triumph for Decency.

By M. E. Tracy Fall and Doheny went on trial at Washington today. Whether convicted or not, it is a triumph of decency that they should j be brought to book like other peo- | pie. It restores a badly shaken faith that there is still a law In : this land for the rich as well as the , poor. Bad as It may ho for a cabinet member and a /multi-millionaire to ! stand before a Jury charged with | conspiring to defraud their Government, It would be far worse to let S the char.sjn go untried and unI answered even though they are inI nocent, | There never was and there never will be but one safe way to clear up a situation that is rooted in such ugly scandal. The question at issue is whether a secretary of the interior and an oil magnate connived to defraud this | Government of a great oil reserve ! acreage, . Let us have done with the, red ! tape and technicalities with which . high power lawyers can obstruct J justice and confuse the public. I If Fall and Doherty are guiltless It is their right to be vindicated. If they are not it is essential to this l country's welfare that they pay the i price. 44 4 Vless Left by G, 0, P. Republican administration, put In [ to save this country from Wilson’s j idealism, as Its spokesmen are fond i of proclaiming, has left a miserable | mess for the law to clean up. For the first time in American history, cabinet members have gone on trial charged with misconduct during ‘their terms of office. There has been such corruption in handling public funds and such scandalous use of money In connection with political campaigns as are without precedent. Hpndreds of men have been I suspended or convicted for conniving j to violate the liquor law whUp members of the coast guard. A commissioner of the District of ! Columljia has been dismissed for tak- ; ing money from Insane veterans to which he was not entitled. , A veterans bureau chief has been proven guilty of even more shameful conduct. No wonder Samuel Hopkins Adams thought the moment propitious for writing such a book as “Revelry." 4 44 Scandalous Books This has become a great day for scandalous hooks. Apparently, quite a few people want to say things for which they do not care to stand responsible. Some of them go In for fiction and sign their names, well knowing that the art of romance offers a sufficient disguise to shield them, while others produce fake memoirs and diaries which they do not care to father. “Revelry”—you don’t know who It Is about, hut you do know Who wrote it. "Whispering Gallery”—you don’t knew who wrote it, but you do know who It Is about. 444 Hits School Histories Speaking of books, Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, senior chaplain of the A. E. F., charges that recently published school histories are grossly inaccurate with regard to the World War. He says that he has read something like fifty-two of them and that “all have serious errors of omission or commission.” "Some of "them,” he says, “are ridiculous. absurd and stupid.” our modern histories are Immediately corrected.” he adds, “our pretensions, unwitting or otherwise, doom us to become the laughing stock of the world.” 4- 4 4 Affect World’s Fate

Political ideas, especially as they affect tho relations of countries, are grounded in history. How the next generation of Americans will feel toward England, France, Germany or any other government depends entirely on what it Is taught to be lieve about them today. The fate of the world la bound up i tn school histories. We cannot be too careful In their writing, cannot ) afford to have any but the best qiial j isled men do it. + -!- + Prosperity and Rain There have been four great j financial depressions In this coun- ' try: One in 1837, one in 1873, an?? one in 1893. Professor Ellsworth , Huntington of Yale says that each ' b4as followed a period of deficient ' rainfall and bad crops. j There Is no doubt that the weather exercises an all important influence on business circles. We recognize this in seasonal' trade, in spring and fall buying, in winter stocks, in the difficulty of selling coal in June and Ice cream in De- i cember. But the weather moves in larger spirals than a single year measures An expert who had the time and means at his command, tried tb discover the secret of these spirals by cutting down trees in all parts of 1 the world and examining these rings each of which, as everybody knows, represents a year’s growth. He j found that there ‘Was a period of diminished or suspended growth about every twenty years with some Irregularity. You will notice that the four depressions of the United States conform to a similar rule, there being twenty years between the first and ' second, sixteen years between the ; second and third and twenty years between the third and fourth. — f Is the earth getting heavier or lighter? Heavier, on account of the fact that it is continually receiving meteoric matter.

Wallace and Raymond Were Athletic So They Made Scrubs First Day in Navy

By tYalter D. Hickman They were athletic they were, 1 meaning Wallace Beery and Ituyj inond Hatton before they landed in 1 the Navy. And so being, these two landed on j the “scrub team" the first day in the Navy. Meaning that they scrubbed ! up the deck. | Am trying to tell you about a ! whale of a lot of fun that is being

reflected hpon the ; screen of the Apol-i lo under the name ' of “We’re In The j Navy Now.” Beery and Hatton came j Into their comedy own as real stars | \ when they -Ip. j peared In “Behind The Front.” It seems that “Be-I hind” was not considered a success until the pub-1 | lie got a look at it! and It became ono| of the lenders. It I j was then decided to team Wallace

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| and Raymond ! again and so “We’re In The Navy j Now” is their second effort. To me, ! their now comedy is a funnier and j greater picture titan their first joint I effort. Both of these men have j natural funny faces, especially [Beery. And when these two get : frolicking togetheryou can be sure j that there is going to be some real fun. / You recall that "Shoulder ArmsV I was one of the funniest movies that ; Chaplin has made and I am sure you will agree that Berry and Hatton have never been funnier than in this navy comedy. I got more genian>• laughs yesterday at the Apollo seeing “We’re in the Navy Now” than I have for many months. ' Beery’s natural awkwardness comes in mighty handy this time. This Is really a big comdey because a fleet is used and even I a “sub” or two. Not even forgeti ting the rowboat. One of the funniest scenes is that j devoted to Beery trying to pari [ his frame in a hammock on a battle I ship. The two comedians have 'worked this one up to a fine laugh. Os course the admiral is the comic edition of the title and the two funmakers have a lot of fun with said Important gentleman. One thing in favor of Beery is that he plays his role seriously. You are going to agree with me that "We're in the Navy Now" is. i one of the best laughing films of 1 the season. You must come over and see this one. Emil Seidel and his orchestra artback again at the Apollo. When it comes to putting out a "hot piano.” this man Seidel is one of the best in the business. He certainly makes the ivories take on heat this week. Seidel has worked out a corking musical prgoram this week. Abe Fafb has a hit in his method of preI setting melodies this week. I The bill Includes a Newlywed comi edy and a news reel. At the Apollo all week.

LEW TS HAPPY IN OHIO PHOTOPLAY Lew Cody in “The Gay Deceiver” has a role that must have pleased him mightily for he is cast as a matinee Idol of Paris. Although the movies have no regular matinee favorites Cody is a star of such popularity that a role of this kind is but real life to him. “Tho Gay Deceiver” ia a romantio story of stage life in Paris, center-

ing on the affairs or the foremost actors of the day. His reputation is such that all wom-j en love him but none believe a word he says. In this picture Cody is all that is ex-| pected of him, and a little better than some of his former pictures have been. As the famous aotor who has all the feminine hearts in his. hand he Is most convincing. The story la not very

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heavy but there is enough human interest in the plot to give full play

A Popular Scot

You should have no difficulty! identifying this popular Scotch come-! dian. The rest of the questions are easy. too. Correct answers appear on page 12: 1. Who is shown in the accom-1 panying picture? 2. Is the largest city in Ohio the | State capital? 3. What is an amoeba? 4. What is meant by a herbivpr- i ous animal? 5. Are the backs of “Indian” and | "Lincoln” pennies of the same de- ! sign? 6. Is a fish under water in a straight line with the observoris eye? 7. What is the lowest card in a pinochle deck? "j 8. Do motorists in England drive j on the right or left side of the street? ! 9. How many quarts are there in i a gallon? 10. What State is the largest of j the United States in area?

to Cody's personality, which makes j a success of the picture. Marceline Day as the daughter who grew up without being known by her father is a capable support; ing artist. Her work is excellent as is that of Malcolm McGregor in the part of the young playwright. Dorothy Phillips as the wife of the famous star does not get so very I many chances to appear until the last, but her work is characterized by a finished and smooth perI formance. To sum it all up you will not be I disappointed if you go to see ’Lew ! Cody at the Ohio this week. Charlie Davis and his gang of many countries are in China tills week and are a good bunch of Chinese, from an entertainment -tandpoint. We don’t know how Davis manages to figure out all his musical programs and make them | lit the way he does, but he does it I and this week is no exception as to j the same high quality that has been present In the offerings'by the orchestra during past weeks. One thing Davis is doing that : shows foresight is in keeping Dick ' Powell and Doc Stults from taking ! up as much time on the program as ' the audience wishes. These men are such favorites that were they to be | permitted to appear as often as their j admirers wished they would soon j get old. but Davis took note of this In advance evidently and he is workI ing out his numbers, in our 1 opinion, perfect taste. At the Ohio all week. (By the Ob- | server.) .j. AND HOW THOSE OLD DAMES DO FROIJC Have the feeling that Louise j Fazenda and Ethel Wales, the two ; prim old maids in "Ladles At PKty” , axe going to be given the comedy crown for feminine efforts in comedy this week. Fazenda is cast as Aunt Katherine and Ethel Wales is Aunt Sarah. , - '-"on- what proper people

these two aunts when you learn 1 hat the great grandmother of one is the woman who walked back from the ride of Paul Revere. And that was some walk you know. And one of the aunts herself was present on the beach when Sherman marched lo i lie sea. And so you can get a pretty good picture of Just how proper and old these two old aunts really

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are in "Ladies At Play.” Here is a smnrt comedy done in perfect taste. The director lias kept things moving rapidly. And the story unfolded is a funny and interesting one although the main theme is as old as the hills—an heiress must marry In a given time or hand over six cool millions. Doris Kenyon is the good looking one who must marry and Lloyd Hughes is the man who [doesn't want to marry until the last few feet of film. Ilpllam Cooley and [John Patrick are the two lounge lizards who take the two aunts out ito a case and Introduce them to some of the wildest cherries that ever frollced In a cocktail. And those cherries certainly made the two old aunts very very wild. | Am not going to tell you too much ; about the story of "Ladies to Play.” . It Is enough to say that here is smart ' and entertaining comedy. Quite the cherries, I would say. Really mighty clever fun. The cast is as follows: Ann. the Girl Doris Kenyon Oil. th<- Ttoy Lloyd Hughe* Aunt Katherine Louise Fazenda Ttettv Virelnia Lee Corbin Hotel Clerk Philo MeCollougU Lounge Ll/iarda— Terry Hal lam Cooley Andy John Patrick Aunt Sarah Ethel Wales Stolarevsky is a very wise conductor as he Is giving both classical and Jaza numbers as part of his overture. This week the bill Includes “Morning, Noon and Night,” and “Moonlight on the Ganges.” Both beautifully played and directed. Bill includes Dessa Byrd at the organ, a. clever littlo thing called "Should a Mother Tell,” a news reel and a'v stage presentation, “The Black Bottom Revue,” which is way below the standard of such presentations as the Circle offers. Act is badly put together, lacks punch and individual talent, Judging by what I saw. At the Circle all week. -I- -I* 4 RFAUSTTC BATTLE STUFF IN COLONIAL. PICTURE "Across the Pacific” is war drama and the war scenes have all the realism, thrills and other attributes which good melodrdma should possess. / You will be interested in the featured player because it is Monte Blue, an InmanapoUs man who has advanced a great deal lately. Others in the cast Include Jano Winton. Myrna Loy, Tom Wilson, Walter McGrail and others. Tlic story gets into Its own in second part when the war scenes in the Philippines are shown. Here you have the real article in war, the kind that you read about when we were fighting the Philippines. Here was jungle warfare that was a mess from the beginning. . The real punch of the story rests in the way the camera man and the director have developed them. And 1 must say that they have done a

Movie Verdict OHIO—Lew Cody in “Tho Gay Deceiver” and Charlie Davis'’ and his orchestra prove to be a most entertaining bill at this theater. CIRCLE A polite and splendid comedy is "Ladies At Play.” The two women comica are fine. APOLLO —One of the best i comedies of the year, that’s '"We’re In The Navy Now.” COLONIAL—"Across The Pacific” is realistic war melo-

corking good job. Thore is enough suspense In these scenes to keep you on the edge of your seas most of the time. And the villains anil the spy system will also keep J/ou worried. The element of suspense lias been well handled in “Across the Pacific.” Monte Blue is cast as one of Uncle Sam’s fighters who is always getting in bad with the girl he loves because .vtonte is called upon to make love i to a native girl (a wicked looking one) so as to get the plans of the enemy. After Monte becomes a hero anil his rival is found to be a traitor, you have the happy ending for Monte and the “gal” he loves. As I have often said, melodrama must be considered as melodrama and as such "Across the Pacific” is interesting entertainment. The stage offering this week Is Joan Graham anil her dancers. The bill Includes an Arthur Lake comedy. Aesop Fables' and a news reel, as well as music by Floyd Thompson and his orchestra. At the Colonial all lweek. •I- 4 4 Other theaters today offer; “Ben!Vlur” at English's, Patt Rooney and ! Marion Bent at Keith's, Fred Ar|duth at the Palace, Busch Sisters at I the Lyric, “Tonev Runs Wild” at the ! South Side, “Kiki” at the Sanders. | "'The Kick-Off” at the Isis. "One I Minute to Play” at the Uptown and j burlesque at the Mutual. The tenth anniversary festival jof the Mendelssohn Choir will be ! held tonight ar the Indiana National Guard Armory. Mine. Rosa j Raisa will bo the soloist. PASTOR TELLS IV ALL SHOULD BE VERY THANKFUL The Rev. Line Declares We Must Show Gratitude in Life. "We should be thankful, first of all, for the changed and changing conceptions of life," the Rev. Fred A. Line of the Central Church said Sunday while delivering Ills Thanksgiving sermon. "Even as the pioneer and troublous conditions surrounding the hrst Thanksgiving day have been changed lor tho peace anil plenty of the present year,” The Rev. Line said, "so also the crudities and absurdities and cruelties of the old religion have been lost in the nobler conceptions and Ideals of a twentieth century Christianity. “The earth is no longer tho center of the universe. Tho saints are no longer the chosen elect of God The monster God of the early days has given way before the loving Father of the present. Tn front of Jesus, the King, and eclipsing him as it were, stands .Testis, the Son of God and Elder Brother find Ideal man. “Men are no longer tortured physi eally because they db not believe as otlys-men do. The emphasis In religion Is being transferred from Sunday profession to every dav living. The good man Is the Crhrlstlike man. the man who is endeavoring to realize the ideals of the Christ life in his life. “We are centering our thought not so much upon heaven and hell over there as upon heaven and hell here and now. These changing conceptions of religion are leading us into new ways of life. Be Thankful “But again we should be thankful for (he achievements of the past, which are a part of present day blessing and achievement, remein berlng that we are part of a progres sive life development, and that tho toll and sacriflc and herolo endeavor of other days has but. made pos slble the growth and deepening experience of the present moment. We have life a.nd ha.vo It more abundantly because others before us have lived and tolled and suffered and loved and died. “We should be thankful for the growing appreciation of life and all that tt means. C mint your blessings. They are too numerous to he numbered. The grateful heart sees the hand of God In all of life's ex- • perlence. In the day's beauty and hurden alike, and makes acknowledgment in an Increasing soul development. "We should he most thankful, perhaps, for the new application of the spirit and principles of Christianity to the problems and life of the world. Science and discovery and invention are being made to serve the deeper needs of humanity’s life. Gut of man's love .for man have come the present day social and , economic and political movements. The program <f Christianity in this i 1 resent hour calls for the fighting [ of disease, the cleansing of # politics, [ the humanizing and spiritualizing of j the social order, a readjustment of economic forces —the Improvement j of the world through the Improvement of men and their * environmental existence.

Nhnw Gratitude "It is not enough to say, *1 thank you.’ We must show our gratitude In life. As : nation, as a religious people, as individuals, we have been abundantly blessed-blessed with material prosperity, with the vision of faith, with the-multiplying treasures of love. Hurely our cup runneth over. Shall we not-make manifest the optimism of a great and beautful faith In the sunshine of life, showing forth In dally activity our gratitude to Him from Whom nil bless lngs flow."Next Thursday we gather In our several homes to njoy the Thanksgiving feast and v.-e assemble In our various Churches to render thanks to God for His mercies and goodness unto men. But as we partake dally of the bounties of divine providence let us offer up the thanks of a grateful hedrt, singing our song of praise in a service of love," he said.

NOV. 22,

Overbidding May Be Virtue There Are Times When ‘Flag Flying’ Pays, Says Work.

By Milliin Work It is often sound bidding for player knowingly to overbid, of sering to contract to take more tricks than he hus am reason In believe his side could make. In other words, he courts a loss in order to keep ihr adversaries from making game. Thin Is "ilagjlv ing "; and on the rubber gumt. to HiittVi 1 an internlonul loss than permit the adversaries to win the 2fiU rublter bonus, is often a paying gambit. To illustrate; Suppose that one partnership could make four Hearts, but tin more, and that (he other could make four Spades, but no more, and that the hands have been bid up to four Spades. A bid of five Hearts, although it might cost B)0 less honors, would be sounder than to permit the four Spudes to be played and the mbber to he obtained by tho Spade declarer. Flag-flying is not. however, practice to -be adopted by those who have not the Bridge Judgment to determine whether the adverse ries will surely go game, and whether the Rag-flying price will not bo too much to pay for keep lug the rubber open All fine flying ileda rat lons obviously tniisi be made during tho latter part of the auction; and to make them with any safety, It is essential tha' the Initial bid, which is the in formatory platform upon which sound bidders support their latet bidding, be absolutely sound. It ia of vital importance that the original bid be dependable. Many pl&yers allow •the state of the score, or the question of which game of the rubber is being played to influence them when deciding whether to hid or pass originally and many a futile effort has been made to Justify an unsound orig inal bid by the faefthat the ad had a score, that it was rubber game, or some other suoli pretext. Under no conditions, ex cept when making a pre-emptive bid. should any extraneous condi lions affect the initial bidder. If ho have a bid, he should make it; if not, he should*pass; to adopt am other practice would practiialL bar even expert partner from (lug flying, because he never could estimate the possible losv with any accuracy. The pointer for tr day Is: The initial bidder should not hr affected h.v (he state of I|,e score. Do you think the following hands should be bid op passed by a Dealer? <x is nny small card lower than a Ten.) LSp ; Ace-x-x. Ht : Ace x v Dla.: Ace x-x. Cl.: x-x-x-x 2. Sp. Ace-x-x. Ht.: Acs-x * Dla.: King-x-x. Cl.: x-x x-x. 3. Sp. x x-x. Ht.: Ktng-v-x Dla : Ace-x-x. Cl.: Ace-x-x x Answers tomorrow'. (Copyright. Milton C. Work I Dork, the recognized author il> on Vurfion Bridge, will answer questions for Times readers. Write him in tare of Tho Times.

Questions and Answers

j You can set an answer to any aim, "V; on or l| ) formation by 'writm. to Mm fiiillttnanohs Tliuen w.ipliinxto' ' 'l-'- New Vork Ave WbMhus WL'ilostifr q cents in stamplor reply Medivif, loral an.l ijisrita ? ,an, ' ot * Siren nor can extemlc renrnroh be undertaken All ottie j nutations will receive a t<onmnal replc 1 tai alien requests can no 1, 0 amrurrril All letters are eonflilmit.l* I.—Editor Correction Douglass Mac Lean was named ar the star of “The Quarterback. ” in this column, Nov. 18. This was hi. error. Richard Dix was the star. Will a tub of water nelgliiuu | seventy pounds weigh more if ;t duck is placed upon the water in the Gib? MEADn POWELL. Any additional weight placed with j1 1’” water necessarily would add in the weight, of the whole. Who was Manrlquef Gomez Manriqtie whs a Bpanlsli poet, I4l*i-1491. Many of his best works were rediscovered in 1885 and I published by Pazey Mella in 188i; j His cpnteiupary fame rested mainly ,on his dldartio verse In the Italian ate style of Juan de Mena and tin j Marquis tie Sanrlllanu, his unel<\ lb also wrote u sacred and secular pin. I which are among the first. true I dramas 1n the Spanish language What does “A t'apella” mean? It is front the Italian and means music, to be sung by a choir. Where is the Avoea River? Tn Wicklow, Ireland. It Is formed by the substrlbutarlos Avonmon land Avonberg and is famed for Its ! sylvan scenery and for Thomas S Moore's well known lines in his | Irish Melodies published In 1779. How doe* the new law read with respart to increased compensation for tubercular ox-service men of the World War? “That any ex-service person shown to have had tuberculosis disease of a compensable degree, which In the judgment of the director has reached a condition of complete at rest of his disease, shall reoelv * cdVnpensatlon of not leej than 150 per month: Provided, however, that nothing In this provision shall deny' j a beneficiary the right to receive a , temporary total rating for etx months after discharge from a one | year’s period of hospitalization! Pro vided, further, ?hat n<* payments under this provision shall be retro active and the payments hereunder shall commence from the date of the passage of this act or the date the disease reaches a- condition of arrest ’ whichever be the later date." Is water fattening? Drinking water is good for Che di and is healthful rather than I fattening or otherwise. How many slave* warn emancipated as a result of the-Chrll Whuff A total of UfUtV