Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1927 — Page 6

PAGE 6

The Indianapolis Times HOY W. HOWARD, PrealdautBOYD GURLEY, Edi* 01, WM. A. MAYBOBN, Bug. Mgu Member of the Scr*PP s ' Howaril Newspaper Alliance • • * Client of Ora United Press and tbe NEA Service * * * Muuiber. o£ the Audit Bureau of Circulation*. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland SL, Indbu-apolls * * * Subscription Hales: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week * • • PHOXE—MA in ?*SOO.

I No law sjaall be passed restraining the fre e interchange of thought acd opinion, or reacting the/right to speak, write, or print f/eely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of idiana. /

PARDON SYSTEM' I Abolishing tho pardon board and t timing back the W\i(\.ge& and prosecutors the duty of advising He Governor on matters of clemency, as provided In H ea *ireß before the Legislature and advocated by himself, is ono more step toward ■MTklng the criminal a part of the political machine. SOT Pardon boards have made mistakes, many of IHem. They could do nothing else under the political which dominates and influences every board |KH this State. H But bad as it is, it is some check on absolutely over the power of Immunity to one yen furnishing him with an alibi and at the same making every judge of a criminal court even dHore of politicians than they now are. jp| The power of mercy is lodged In this and every ■Hher State in the hands of the Governors. Governors have abused that power in many abused it so flagrantly and openly that there jflLve been added pardon boards which act as curbs his own inclinations and advisors In matters he has no time to investigate. The power of mercy is based entirely upon the xS eory that prisons are made to salvage and to save well as to furnish examples for the tempted and ■ e weak. The power of mercy Is extended in the belief at where miscarriages of justice have occurred in e courts, they can bo rectified without assault >on the precedents of law. / What will happen If this pardon board Is aboland the Governor bases his decisions, for against mercy, upon the recommendations of the |Hdge who tried the case and tho prosecutor who prethe evidence? ■ In some counties, not hard to designate, the J]Hdge would very probably advise the release of crook who promised to deliver votes at the election. In some counties, In fact In most counties, the when he takes office becomes a bloodthe number of convictions, not on the establishment of law and order. He depends for continuation Son the showing of how many men and women ■ can place behind bars. si® His legal training makes him the antagonist of flßery man be prosecutes and very few would ever JfMcommend a parole or a release. The prosecutor jjSHuitE blood, and lots of blood. That’s why he Is a ■tatentor. The breakdown in our criminal system does not Mme from too much mercy, or even from a mistaken of mercy, "Cut from failure of the law to operate Hackly 811(1 certainly In all cases, ffjyl It breaks down because the courts clog and ofwith money to hire shrewd lawyers pay EgHnaliy and are able so dodge tiials and sentences indefinitely. The pardon board is created to Judge human and to decide carefully between the power of as by each prisoner and the poso fsaving to society what can be created of tlMaracter and worth by routine and discipline. If there is to be such a change, make it comTake away from the Governor all power to Hrdon. Put It In the hands of tho criminal Judges. BEH Let them trade and traffic, as they will, upon aHft freedom of men who have made mistakes.' t .''■l The blow at the pardon board is vicious In prin JH)le and will be more sinister in practice.

A AN ECONOMY PRO( JIAM I Barly bills before the. Legislature suggest that Here is a wide difference between, a pledge of Banomy in government and Its practice. J Two of every three bills so far presented call ■r the expenditure of more money than has been lent In the peek I Spending more money may be the very best lonomy, If It Is spent In the proper place and for Ib proper purpose. M But when lawmakers seek for the creation of l>re Judges, more officials, more placing of more In and women upon the pay rolls In purely nonloductive places, there Is some doubt as to where lonomy begins and politics leaves off. |l If there Is to be any economy, It Is to be found I getting the disagreeable and necessary work of Ivernment done at the least cost. ’J Creating more 'public offices will hardly reach Is aim. So far the death statistics show that very Iv men on the public pay rolls die from overwork I from starvation. H The large numbers who seek these jobs lndllc that they are attractive places In which to looze or at least to doze. || There is always the temptation of bargaining lies for jobs and it seems to exist, very strongly ■ the present session. I Before any new offices are created, any new Ireaus founded, any more public moneys demanded, Ib lawmakers should inquire as to how many men Id women are being carried by taxpayers whose Iwlces would not be missed and whoso work could I done by others. 9 The road to economy is to get a dollar’s worth I service out of each dollar spent. Until that Is lie, there should be a halt on more officers of any I PUNISHED ENOUGH I Petitions have been signed by members of the life Legislature asking for tho release of former Ivernor McCray from the Federal prison. I Those who have signed assert tho belief that he Is been punished enough. I That may be true. I He was given the highest, office In this State and ld that office to take away (he money of banks Id of the depositors of hanks. | He was intrusted by all the people of Indiana Ith their confidence and he betrayed that eonlence. I The amount. <f money which he obtained in this Inner ran into many hundreds of thousands of liars and his methods were those of an autocrat, Ing the people’ft power to bludgeon his way Into I These bankers were afraid to refuse. The Gov Hk>r has power over inspections and Inspectors can

either stretch their power or be reasonable In their view of bank assetsThe bankers of the State have indorsed the Installation of machine guns behind their counters to kill those who come and take away their money at the point of a gun. The man who steals $25 or more can expect to spend at least a year in prison. But all of this may not apply. Perhaps the acts of a Governor outside the law should be treated with special consideration. . There may be a special co£e for those who are placed in positions of trust and violate that duty to the people. Perhaps the proper comparison is with those three Negroes who stole SBO,OOO worth of whisky from the Federal building, or more correctly who said they stole SBO,OOO worth of whisky, and who spent four months in Jail for that offense. Compared to the bank burglars who are given death sentences outside the law by the bankers, these pleaders for clemency are wrong when they say he has served enough. If you compare his sentence with those of the colored Janitors who stole SBO,OOO worth of whisky, in custody of the Government, and served four months, he hafe served too long. “MONROE DOCTRINE” The “Monroe Doctrine” was not a doctrine that - the United States ssiall be the special privilege bully of the American continent. \ The “Monroe Doctrine” had to do with the efforts of European kings and emperors to spread their powers and their governmental system to, the new world. % Republics were in favor when the Monroe Doctrine was announced. The free and united colonies of the British had become a lusty young republic. It was so lusty that it started encouraging neighboring countries to become republics and offered to help such aspiring neighbors to kick their detested emperors in the Under which inspiration many South and Central American States declared their independence and set up governments modeled on that of the United States of America. Some of these republics have at times been rather “revolutionary,” but their revolutions have been their own. If any emperor or king thought to take advantage of the situation to butt in, the United States was cn the job with a large poster, headed Monroe Doctrine. Its terms in simple langue were: Kings will not be permitted to trespass on the North or South American' continents. This is our business. (Signed), Republic of the United States. Napoleon thought be might set up a relative as emperor in Mexico. The affair of Maximilian showed him his error. Grover Cleveland called the British in Venezuela. Bit for the most part the warning has been observed and the new world has been permitted to experiment at will in self-government But during the days of Philander Knox and William Howard Taft there grew up what was known as “dollar diplomacy.” American investors thought it ought to be a corollary of the Monroe Doctrine that the United States—not, wishing debts to be collected from weak countries by European squadrons and marines—should become the debt collector, using American squadfons and marines. Hence affairs like JCellogg’s effort to uphold the dummy presidency of Diaz in Nicaragua. Asa matter of fact, debbcollecting is no part of the Monroe Doctrine, and setting up this or that government in behalf of this or that fruit company or -ilreud concessionaire was not contemplated by the .omulgators of the Monroe Doctrine It came with dollar diplomacy.

A seat certainly Is becoming costly in this coun try, whether It’s In the Stock Exchange, the Board of Trade, the theater or the Senate. The Right Hon. Stanley M. Brace, premier of Australia, says America Is "indecently modest." That’s the first hint we’ve heard that this country was bashfuL A geographer predicts Chicago will have 16,000,000 people by the year 2000. Not unless they change their ways, professor. We hope the man who married the girl debater will have at least a chance for rebuttal. HOPE FOR THE HEFTY GIRLS 1 By Gilson Gardner A bed slat Is the model on which the modern young woman patterns her figure. So we are credibly Informed and so we—to a certain extent —have observed. Her legs must be thin. Her lips nil. Her chest flat and her arms skinny. To be in fashion, she must be like a little wooden rack on which to hang her clothes. It is part—presumably—of the thing of being a flapper. Flappers were young, undeveloped females and when the fashion came to be a flapper, it became desirable to look like a young, undeveloped female. To achieve this the developed female does terrible thlDgs to herself, sometimes. Often. She diets. She starves herself. She cuts down her weight from a normal 130 pounds to 105. And feels quite happy. In her appearance. Often inside there are gnawings. Her stomach feels queer. Her color is bad and her pulse sluggish. Her;eyes are not so bright. She is anaemic. But there is the lipstick and the inevitable pow-der-puff and mirror. And her hair is given a curl by steam. Hours and agonies are suffered for that curl. We know. We have heard so much talk of it that it seems the one unavoidable subject. But fashions change. It will not always be so. Cheer up, plump miss. Cheer up, Dolly Varden, with your width of hips. The female figure was not made to be a bed slat. Giris were born to be mothers of the race. Bearing babies is the chlefest of their purposes. Flapper figures are not ideal for bearing babies. Width of hip, strength of muscles, a full circulation, surplus tissue which goes to smoothing joints and making dimples—ask any gynecologist. Go to any maternity home. Yes. girls, fashions change. The wide-hipped girls will have their innings, and the full-breasted and the healthy cotnplexioned. Do you remember the ladies' fashions after the Napoleonic wars? Do you recall the why of those hlgh-waisted gowns of the empire* period? Children, my dears. It was the fashion then to be an expectant mother. And In one way or another the girl lived up to the appearance. Be comforted, stout miss. The day of the bedslot lass wifi pass.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Tracy Present U. S, Policy Toward Nicaragua Implies War,

By M. E. Tracy Lot’s have no illusions. The policy being pursued by Secretary Kellogg and indorsed by President Cooildge Implies war. What have we to gain by force that could not be gained by peaceful methodß? On the other hand, what do we not stand to lose? There is revolt In Nicaragua against a government that would not last live minutes but for American bayonets. Mexico has passed a land law which some of our oil interests do not Uke. What is more offensive in the eyes of our State Department, Mexico has dared to recognize Nicaraguan faction which we oppose. Empty Words “Bolshevism,” cries Mr. Kellogg, as though that should settle it, and trots out some resolutions passed by the /Third Internationale. This Government has been charged with helng Imperialistic by a crowd of long-haired theorists in Russia, and Latin-America has been named by them as a logical point of attack. Empty words, of course, but quite enough to make our Secretary of State see red. Lati-Amerlca suddenly becomes a nest of plots in his vivid imagina tion, with Moscow running the show. • But where are the armies, the or ganlzation, the overt acta? Why Another Prussia? Bolshevism is bad, Its attitude is bad, its propaganda is bad, and its theories of government are bad, but Is that any excuse for the United States to become another Prussia? Jhe fact that we have been charged with imperialism by a lot of windbags is far less important than is the question of whether it's true, f If we have taken to waving the big stick more than is necessary, we shall be hated by more than the reds, and with more Justice, too. AS fourteen professors of Texas University point out In a telegham to Senator Borah, “the United States should be too proud to hide behind a smoke screen of bolshevism.” Bolshevism has come to be a nightmare with-us, Just as British enterprise came to be a nightmare with the Germans, and we are meeting it in the same stupid way. What has this government to fear from Russian Influence in LantinAmerlca if it plays a straight, open game? What have the followers of Lenin to offer the people of Mexico, or Nicaragua, or any other country of tha western hemisphere that is worth one-tenth of our friendship and goodwiU? Suspicion The trouble is that Latin America is growing to suspect that we have no friendship and goodwill for it, and that our primary object is to exploit and domineer. We claim to distrust bolshevism because it seeks to foment revolution in other countries, but what is our present attitude driving toward except that very result in Mexico? Is there an Interest or faction opposed to C&lles, but what Is comforted by the charges we have made and the pose we are assuming? Our State. Department virtually accuses Calles of acting as a oatspaw of bolshevism What impression can this leave in the minds of Mexicans other than tho United States would be glad to see this gove.rnment overthrown?

A Way Out Crying over epCt nriUt <?oe Bttle good, erf course, except as It teaches ua how not to repeat the mistake. What we need now Is a constructive plan, rather than fault finding. Senator Borah appears to have offered one In his speech of yesterday. He says that the Nloaragotatna should be permitted to hold a special election and that our dispute with Mexico over her new land laws should be settled by arbitration. "Inaugurate a campaign of peace,” he says. "Abolish the Idea of force. Try friendly relations. Seek to establish amity. Seek to get In touch with the niaaaes, the people themselves, and we can establish a policy in Central America which will proteqt our Interests and respect our rights.” That Is not Idealism, but plain common sense, and the most practical suggestion yet offered. "Why shouldn’t the people of Nicaragua not only be allowed but choose every possible means of accommodating Its differences with Mexico before resorting to ugly Insinuations? There is nothing at issue that couldn’t be adjusted by consultation if approached In the right way. No breach has occurred that couldn’t be healed by discussion If mutual confidence were restored. Are we geing to shut the door on these methods and invite the risk of bloodshed, or live up to our obviolus responsibilities? FEW CHRISTMAS^KICKS’ - -.. . . / Public’s Cooperation Decreases Post Holiday Complaints. The postoffice department here this year has been spared the usual aft-er-Christmas flood of inquiries regarding lost packages and undelivered mall, according to William C. Ela and Allan C. Garrigus, postal inspectors. “The public’s splendid cooperation with the ‘Mall Early’ program of the department is shown in the marked decrease of Inquiries,” Ela said. "Letters and packages mailed early which inadvertently became delayed In distribution, were easily handled and delivered to the proper destination In plenty of time," Garrigus declared.

Merry Melody Maids in Times Revue

r- <%a Ikv ~ wUBBm l& ■'¥ >^ g ;;W ? { , .< .t.. g&jUir, .f'^b--sss&? .‘ ■l&gf|. v . J' ftMj f'* •■* .■' <• x i . r -*[ ? .;jf^ ■ hW’ : &jfkwfss*'}'

Tonight on The Times radio program over WFUM Geneva BoeLteher and her Merry Melody Maids Ordrestra will take a most prominent part in the Musical Melody Revue to be broadcast. It will be broadcast from the studio at the Severin.

Wise and Elderly Fun Is Revealed By Glenn Hunter in ‘Young Woodley’

By Walter D. Hickman

The sex idea as expressed by English lads while at school In England is the basis of the wise and elderly fun as well as tragedy in "Young Woodley.” This, play gives Glenn Hunter a better personal chance to do certain

worth while things upon the stage than his famous “Merton of the Movies." Hunter’s Woodley is an English chap in a public school in Kngland, who actually grows in mental. physical and sex experiences while at school. As long as Woodley was allowed to write his love and dream poetry with no actual expression of the sentiment, he was safe. In other words as living as he dreamed, Wood-

Glenn Hunter

ley remained the innocent lamb. But the second that he kissed the wife of his mathematic professor, then his poetry took on another meaning. He suffered and when his fellow classmates poked “dirty fun” at him and while others tried to understand, he fought. In other words, Woodley started to grow into a man although he was only 18. The play shows that youth is Just a number in the English school system. If they become vicious before being turned out of the public school, a system which takes the youngsters away from their homes, they are just ditched as undesirables. There are about three chief characters In this play. Os course. Young Woodley, the Innocent dreamer who kissed a good .woman and who could not understand the difference between a clean kiss of a good woman and the had kiss of a bad woman; then Mrs. Simmons,

A Governor

Tho name of the State Governor and the answer to the questions appear on page 28: 1. What Governor Is shown In the accompanying picture? 2. Who wrote the story, "A piece of String?” 3. What Is the largest city In Iowa? 4. Who was Claude Monet? 5. What is the abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy? 8. After whom was the State of Delaware named? 7. What was the real name of George E!!ot? 8. Where Is Harvard University? 9. What is the. State flower representing Florida? 10. Who wrote "An Old Man's Folly?” t

Circle City Trio On Times Program

On The Times radio program over VVFBM, from the studio at the Sever in tonight, starting at 9:30 o'clock will be the Circle City Trio. It is composed of, left to right, Harry Saunders, Walter White and .lulls Gnettling. (Photo by Howard Studio.)

the understanding wife of the mathematc professor, who gave the kiss to Woodley, played with a fine sympathetic touch by Mary Servoss, and, then Simmons, the bully who stood for system and respect when he gave none, magnificently played by A. E. Anson. You also have the youngsters of the school, played by Paul Jachia, Philip Earle, Philip Tonge and Richard Milner. The others in the cast just fit in to give certain action and atmosphere. But it Is Glenn Hunter, now completely away from his Merton days, who is able by the simplest strokes of his acting to gain dramatic and comedy effect by artistry which stamps him as an artist. It is in the last scene of the third act with Mary Servoss as Mrs. Simmons that we get a beautifully honest scene with Young Woodley. This one scene justifies the writing of this play and more than gives Hunter a big human opportunity to do the big human thing, finely restrained. I recommend "Young Woodley,” with Mr. Hunter and his surronding players, as a wise and sophisticated experience in the mental thought and sex suppression and expression in youth as well as adults. Go to “Young Woodley” not In the spirit of a Jest, but to a play, a comedy mixed with grim and honest thought, .and if you do that you

MR. FIXIT Asks Snow Removal From Walks by Residents,

Mr. Pint represent The Times at the city hall. He will be glad to present your case so Ihe proper city officials. Write him in care oi The Times. -Sign fuii ticittid and addrers. Name will not be ouu’i&hed if requested. Mr. Fixiit has received another complaint. asking if there is a city ordinance compelling residents to remove snow from the sidewalks in front of their dwellings. There is such a city ordinance, and it should be enforced. If the snow is not removed the freezing and thawing will cause tho walks to be very slippery. The letter is: Dear Mr. Fixlt; Here I come again asking your aid. I have had su. . i res cl’s before in getting yon, i that i hope that von c;ui l**j ■■ ie. isn't there a cllv online re? r-quiring poople to -move snow from their sidewalks? If so, why isn’t it enforced? There is a store and residence on the corner of Howard and Lee Sis. and tho sidewalks in front are never cleaned. To make it worse, a downspout empties onto the sidewalk, making a glare of ice or slush, as the case may be. Will you please help us get this ordinance, if there is such, enforced in this port of town? X. Y. Z. This case will be taken to tho police by Mr. Flxit. In the meantime ho would suggest that you get in touch with the patrolman on your beat. The second “doggie” situation brought to Mr. Fixlt’s attention in the last few days is set forth as follows: Mr. Fixlt: I am asking if you will see to having a lot of stray dogs removed from our neighborhood. I have counted twelve to fourteen every morning at our back door. -The owners of these dogs do not feed them or pay taxes on them. M. S. B. Mr. Fixit has imported this matter to the police nnd they promised to have the dogs removed. If nothing is done in the next few days he would suggest that the writer see the patrolman on the beat in that section.

will have an experience in the theater which you will cherish. "Young Woodley,” wlth f Glenn Hunter, remains on view at English’s today, Saturday afternoon and night. I LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE PALACE A pleasing voice and a method of showmanship that fully exhibits a personality so winning and pleasant that everyone must like her are the offerings of Hope Vernon at the Palace the last half of the week. Miss Vernon’s act had already started when we entered the show, but enough was and seen to convince anyone of the things we have said about her. Her songs are of the ballad type, one of them being a little number done with a French accent, we don’t know whether It was real or just used, but it did make the song more Interesting. Tricks do not interest us very much but one of this woman’s features was humming a song and making it sound like a muted violin. Fooled us for a minute. James and Sinclair, a man and woman comedy team, entertain with an offering centering around an alcoholic taxi driver and his fair passenger. Have several good lines in the act and will chase away the blues for quite a few minutes. The Littlejohns have a novelty i feature in which a lavish display of rhinestones on the backdrop, on their costumes and all the things used in the act. Feature Jggling and a dance by the woman. Taking the part of a young country youth, Edward Blondell, in company with a woman, offers a comedy sketch in which the boy appears as lost. Didn’t care for It very much,! although several others did, Judg- j ing from the applause at times. Missed the first act. Included on the bill Is a photoplay j "For Alimony Only,” featuring Le- j atrice Joy and Clive. Brook, also news reel. At tho Palace the last half. (By ; the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: Hick-! ville Follies at the Lyric; Daphne j Pollard at Keith’s; “The Flaming Forest,” at the Apollo; "The White Black Sheep,” at the Circle; "Sorrows of Satan,” at the Ohio; “The Stolen Ranch,” at the Isis; "The Third Degree," at the Colonial; new j show at the Uptown and burlesque I at the Mutual. BROWN- ELECTED HEAD Union Trust Land Bank Names Officers, Directors. Stockholders of the Union Trust Joint Land Bank elected officers and directors this week. Officers elected werei Arthur V. Brown, president; John B. Reed, ■vice-president; Robert Bracken, manager; Harry F. McNutt, treasurer; Alfred F. Ganding, secretary; Cornelius O. Alig and J. Floyd King, assistant treasurers; Allen A. Ritchie and Everett E. Lett, assistant secretaries, and Charles N. Fultz, asslst--1 ant manager. Directors elected were: John J. Appel, Arthur V. Brown, Henry Eltel, Edgar H. Evans, Alfred H. Ganding, Henry H. Hornbrook, William G. Irwin, John E. Reed and Frenk D. Stalnaker.

Stage Verdict ENGLISH’S—GIenn Hunter is a masterful treat In “Young Woodley,” a play of delightful •purpose. Splendidly acted by Hunter and associates. PALACE Hope Vernon makes a personal triumph on the current variety bill.

JAN. 14, 1927

Work Keep the Danger Hand From the Lead in No Trump.

By Milton C. Work The pointer for today Is: A No Trump Declarer, after holding up control of the adverse suit, mv third round, should try to keep the danger hand from the lead. The two adverse hands frequently are spoken of is tho danger hand and the nondanyer hand, respective ly. When these designations an employed, It means that a lead from one adverse hand would be very dangerous—probably fata!—to the alms of the Declarer; whereas, if the other adverse hand should obtain the lead, no serious damage would ensue. Such cases frequently con front the Declarer. A danger and nondanger situation exists when Declarer has a suit, which Is vulnerable If led through but not If led up to. There is no case, however, in which one hand is so dangerous and the other so safe as when a long adverse suit is established in one adverse hand, with no cards of it in the other. For example: The following cards were given yesterday and the ques-, tion was: How should Declarer plan to play his combined hands? North S.: K-7-4. H-: A-Q-10-8. D.: A-Q-10-8. C : 10-9. West , East Leads Plays Five of Clubs Queen of Clubs

South S.: A-Q .T-8. H.: ,1-9. D.t A-Q-70-8 C. A-8-4. He should plan to hold up the Ace of Clubs until the> third round so as If possible, to exhaust the Club in the East hand. Having done that, he should select Hearts as the suit to establish—a suit in which the finesse can be taken up to the nondanger hand—rather than Diamonds, in which the finesse would have to he taken up to the danger hand. It is perfectly possible that both finesses might succeed, and both red Kings captured; but also it is Just as j possible (there having been no ad verse bidding) that neither finesse i wll! be successful, in which case it would be important to lose hut otic trick to the nondanger hand rather than three tricks an,d game to the | danger hand. So, although he ha> ! less Hearts than Diamonds, Declarer : after tho Club hold-up should lead ! Hearts; if East win with tho King and lead Diamonds. South should | not finesse, as winning that trick* I would ensure one Club, four Sapdes, j three Hearts and one Diamond—nine j tricks—game. To illustrate, we give the most un i favorable distribution of the ad 1 verse cards; It will be seen that with such distribution finessing into the j j nondanger hand would still allow Po 1 ! clarer to make game, while finessing, the other way would not. North S.: K-7-4. H.: A-Q-10-8. D. J-9-7-6. C. 10-9. West East S-: 9-5. 1 S.t 10-8-8-2. : H-: 6-5-4-S. H.: K-7-8. ! D.: K-4. D.: 6-3-2. C.: K-J-8-5-2. C.j Q-7-3. South 8,: A-Q-J-8. H.: J-9. D. A-Q-10-8. C.: A-B-4 'Copyright. John F. "Dille Co.l Work, the international authority on Auction Bridge, will answer questions on the game for Times readers who write to him through The Times, enclosing a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope. Questions and Answers I You cjn get an answer to any ques i tion of fact or Information by wnttnit j to The Indian apolie Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Are.. Washing j ton. D. C.. Inclosing 2 cents In stamps ! for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be riven nor can extended research bo undertaken All other questions will receive a personal replv Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.-—Editor. Hns the Hag of the union of South Africa been changed recently? No. Last, spring Dr. Malan, sec rotary- of the interior for South Africa, introduced in the South African parliament a bill providing for anew design for a flag. He pro posed to leave out of the new de sign the Union Jalk, which Is nov shown In one corner, as it Is in the flags of Canada and Australia, and to restore the four-color design of the old Transvaal. Tho British ha.ve refused to accept the new desigu, but Dr. MaJan declares that he will reintroduce his bill at the next se.s sion of parliament. How many cards are used In play Ing three-haml pinochle and auction pinochle? Three-hand pinochle la played with forty-eight, cards, sixteen cards being de.lt. to ach player, four at. a ittme. There Is no widow. Auction pinochle with widow, which is today the most popular form of the game, Is played with forty-eight cards by three active players. If four-play, the dealer lakes tio cards Fifteen cards are dealt to each activo player, three at a time, and three are laid /pside, face down, after the first round, for the widow. What is the address and membership of the Foresters of America? The address is 275 Grove St., Jer sey City, N. J. At present the membership Is approximately 200,000. When is national Grange day? < There is no such day, but at the ' national Grange convention of 1925 It was decided to inaugurate a na tiona.l agricultural day, sometimes called farmers’ clay. It Is ndt a holiday, but simply a day In Oc tober of each year which each errange society celebrate* with ap propriate ceremonle*.