Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1927 — Page 4

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MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Tbat some change in the form of control of public utilities will be made by the present Legislature . eems certain. The people are demanding some relief from high ates. They are rather tired of the uniformity with which the public service commission seems to have favored the corporations and are ready to accept almost any system that gets rid of the present body. It is probable that when the lawmakers get through tinkering with the bill, the people will still lind themselves enslaved to the corporations. The federal courts have built up a bulwark of decisions hat make it rather difficult for any commission, even if it so desired, to give the people much relief, especially as to rates. The point with the people, of course, is that the commission has not shown any great zeal about protecting the public rights in any matter and the utilities have apparently found most ready listeners for their pleas. Some cities are fortunate enough to own one r more of their own utilities. Some have their own ■ ater plants. Others supply their own citizens with iafl an electricity. In the amendment to the measures for (lie public control of utilities, these cities ihould be interested in removing city-owned utilities rom any control by the public service body. The whole theory of regulation demands that his be done. For regulation and control by the public service bodies rests upon the theory that the ■ommission will stand as an arbiter between the mblic and the utility, protecting the people from oo high rales and poor service and protecting the lilities from confiscation or too extravagant service. • There can be no need of such protection for the jeople who own a utility. That body in these cases, aud it often renders lecisions concerning them, must act us a judge between the people and themselves. It tells the people of a community what it may or may not do with its own property, which is un-American aud unsound. A community sensible enough to have bought or erected its own utility should be trusted to run that utility to its own satisfaction. If every citjr owned all its own utilities which give purely local service, there. 'Would never have >een a demand for any regulation of any kind. If tjic pdblicly owned utility is badly managed, the people have live simple remedy of electing new officials who will run it to suit them. To keep publicly owned utilities under the public service commission is an outrage upon the theory that the people have a right to rule themselves. We have been getting too far away from this principle of home rule and the demand of the times is for a return to old principles. The best government is that which the people i an watch with their own eyes and which is closest to diem aud always under their own control. The old town meetiug idea, was good in the days of small communities. When the people got together ■ a one hall to discuss their own affairs, they reached uecisions which fitted into the judgment and sentiment of the people. The old town meeting went with the coming of big populations and congested centers and government has been taken farther and farther away from the people until now most of it rests in Washington and for this State in Indianapolis and too little of it back in the villages, cities, hamlets, counties and townships. Only privately owned public utilities will object o eliminating owned utilities from regulaon. They understand that if people operate their vn plants efficiently, the system might grow. They ant these utilities hampered and not helped. Here is one spot where home rule should be ap.ied to the limit and every city allowed to operate s utility plants, if it has any, in the manner it pleases. City owned utilities can not be helped by regulation. The cities that are progressive enough to have them need no guardianship. Certainly privately owned plants can not complain of unfair competition.

TOO MANY COUNCILMEN Citizens of Indianapolis should make their proest to the members of the Legislature against the proposal to increase the size of the city council from -line to fifteen. Experience with tlie nine, uot only at present, >ut in the past, has suggested that there are too nany rather than too few members of that body—of lie kind and sort which the city usually gets. Tlie protest against the activities of the council tnd the results obtained from that body >s not gainst tho number of these officials nor against ny favoritism for any localities to the detriment of thers, but the general Tact that they have for the ■lost part obeyed the will of the local boss. Increase of numbers *vould permit the system of ossism to flourish more easily. There would be a better opportunity for the boss o make his deals and bargains and allow some mem'ers to vote-on popular sides of questions after the ang had lined up a majority for some privileged eheme. Tlie argument for the measure is that it would •>ermit representation from more sections of the ity and that the larger number, divided as to ternary, would be in closer touch with all the needs of ie city. That is the argument. The real reason back of ie bill is that tlie boss is finding it difficult to keep •is henchmen in line when the people become roused and he wants more members iu order that o can always get through the measures that ha nd the machine desire. One of the great tasks ahead of this city is to ct rid of its machine rule. That can best be done by the city manager form ( government, which is possible under present \ IWB. Theu the council would have none of its presit opportunities to mix into administrative mattars r the profit of their particular friends. Responsibility would then be centralized and isgovarnment definitely located, if it occurred. That system would replace the present system -a partisan government with a business form of .overnment and city government is, in the last nalysis, purely a business proposition. The city is the biggest business in Indianapolis

and its management ought to be on a basis of modern efficiency, rather than on oue of political pull. Cities which have adopted this fqrm of government after carrying the burden of such a system as prevails in this city have grown and prospered Machine politics is always costly. The taxpayer reaches into his earnings to pay for its waste and the profits that go to the cogs in the machine. Politicians, the professional ones, are in the business as a business and not for pleasure. Whenever they direct the city policies along lines that benefit the party in power, the people pay the cost of that donation to party welfare. Under the present system, it is necessary to keep watch closely aud it is much easier to watch nine men than it is to watch fifteen. The measure lias all the signs of being designed to inject more party politics, more machine rule into the city government. Indianapolis has liad about all this sort of thing it can afford. A protest from civic bodies, churches, labor organizations and any other group interested in decent government and decent living conditions in this city is timely. THE MEANEST USURY Surely there will be no hesitation in passing the bill limiting interest on loans under S3OO to 2 per cent a mont,h. The law at present permits those who lend to the most needy, and the least able to pay, as high as 3% per cent a month or 42 per cent a year. Representative Borns of this county, knowing the evil effects of this form of legalized usury, has introduced a measure in the legislature to cut down the legal limit of interest. Two per cent a month for Hie use of money seems to he sufficient to satisfy the ordinary avarice. That means 24 per cent a year. The men who float huge promotions are able to borrow at as low as 5 per cent a year, and sometimes less. Those who borrow these small sums and have sufficient character to act and serve as security, or enough small chattels to insure against loss, do so usually under the stress of personal need. They do not borrow, It is true, to build. They borrow because they need. And they do have security of some sort, either in personal property or in character, to enable them to borrow. Just why these borrowers of'small sums, driven by necessity, should be burdened with a load of interest, is explainable only on the theory that they need the money so badly that they will consent to promise. Usury is one of the few crimes that has behind it the authority' of centuries of recognition. It is the charging of too much interest for loans. It would seem that the meanest form is that leveled against the most needy and the most desperate. When saving banks pay but 4 per cent a year, it would seem that those who loan to small borrowers ought to he satisfied with -six.times this rate. THE UNITED STATES MUST ACT, AND AT ONCE The Presdent has rushed warships and marines to China to protect Americans endangered by the anti-foreign riots there. That is good. If massacre is to be prevented, American guns must not be allowed to provoke the mobs to greater excesses. Foreign force should be restricted to covering ahy necessary evacuation. This is dictated by international ethics, by traditional American friendship for the Chinese, by expediency. Most of our missionaries are isolated at interior posts. Their sole safety rests on native good will. Even in the foreign settlement of Shanghai guarded by United States battleships, there are &uO,000 natives to 30.000 foreigners. The 4,000 Amerii cans there will have no chance if Washington and London order a strong arm policy. In sending warships and marines to cope with the emergency, the President has not finished his job. If American lives and interests there are to be safe in the future, if this Government is to keep its word, the United States must help remove the cause of these anti-foreign riots. Like the Americans in 1776, the Chinese are done with foreign interference. We must lose our extraterritorial fights to. maintain our own troops and courts in China. The only question now is whether we shall force them to drive us out, or whether we will give up these special privileges. For years the Chinese have looked to us as their friends. Now we are losing that prestige. We can regain it. The Administration must announce at once its readiness to give the Chinese full equality. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Orange, N. J., urges that a. publicity man be appointed to herald the deeds of the firemen whose deeds “are not sufficiently appreciated.'’ Now we can expect to see the headline: FIREMEN PERILED IN RUBBISH BLAZE. Washington never went near a cherry tree, and Edison’s five-hour sleep is the bunk, they tell us. We are expecting any day now to hear a protest from the White House about all this prosperity. * George Young, who made the Catalina channel look like a mill pond, told his mother he didn’t Intend to* marry until he was 25. Hollywood, there’s your man. * Plotters bombed the Italian consulate in New York as a slap at Mussolini. That's almost as direct as our recent war with Mexico. A young mdn who turned bandit in Kansas City really can’t be blamed. He had hunted the town from top to bottom for a job for his wife. Charles Chaplin is suing for half a million. That’s one way of scraping up the modest sum that Llta Is asking. A hawk lias been killing the pigeons around the Art Institute in Chicago. Why don’t they hire a stool pigeon? ’ You may never see this headline: RUSSIA AWARDS KELLOGG 1927 PRIZE FOR INGENUITY

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El Paso, Largest Border City, Is Monument to Modern Life.

By M. JE. Tracy KL PASO. Texas, Jan. 24. —One can stand tin the treeless, windswept .summit of Mount,- Franklin and get fi view that Intrigues the iinagina- ' tion us well us the eye. j Here is the West ot' Remington and Bret llurte,with its vast open I spaces.'its endless reaches of stark I aridity, its blue mountain breaking tiie sky line, in every direction. Three thousand feet below lies El I’aso, nestling against the inoun- | tain’s base in a bend of the Rio Grande, which meanders like a silver read through a carpet of green, i lor irrigation lias made the desert ' bloom in a long, narrow strip borderI ing the river. 1 To the south is old Mexico, to the west New Mexico, and to tjic north and east is Texas. There is not a large city within 500 miles and not many large tow ns. El Paso is a monument to modern life, to the railroad, the telegraph, to devices of mechanical speed and pow er. Spanish priests established what is said to be the first white settlement on United States territory seven or eight miles below (he city, but three centuries of struggle with the desert found it about where it was at the beginning when the first house 4n El Paso was built, fifty-two years ago. El Paso is the largest American town on the Mexican border, and Juarez, just across the Rio Grande, is the largest Mexican town on the American border. Here is where you see the relationship of the two countries at its best. Business lias come to overshadow amusement. There is something to think about besides how to beat Mr. Volstead, gamble a bit or see a bull fight. Here you see. the possibilities of trade, exchange and mutual understanding that are being overlooked elsewhere.

Peace Desired Os course, everybody is interested to know' what El I’atso thinks of the Mexican situation, of the Washington policy, of the possibilities of revolution. It .occurs to an observer that El Paso is just sawing wood and wishing that Washington would do tlio same, Ih l re are rumors and opinions, naturally, but mostly derived from personal interest. Some people in El Paso would make money out of revolution, and some, because of connection in that country, are prejudiced against Calles. Barring personal interest, El Paso, like the rest of us, would like to see Peace continue. Few Wood Buildings Tlie visitor to El Paso is impressed' with its comfort, prosperity and up-to-dateness. People will tell you that it has been hard hit, first by the break in cattle and then by the break in cotton, but there are few visible signs of this. Til spite of a large Mexican population, you look in vain for evidence of poverty. There are no such shacks as disgrace some eastern cities, or as thousand* of tenant farmers occupy in other parts of Texas. Out of the twelve or fifteen thousand buildings in the city only about fifty are wood. This is a record of which any community might well be proud, but of which few can boast.

Industry Hums Cattle, copper and. more recently, cotton have played the leading part ! n El Paso’s development. Here is located a great smelter, belonging to tlie Guggenheims, which gets its ores from old and New Mexico, with copper as the principal product and with lead, silver and gold as by-products. The smelter is running full time, and common report says that it is about to be altered and enlarged, with lead taking the place of copper as the chief output. Situation Improves As in so many sections ot the Southwest, the cattle business was tragically affected by war and drought. High prices Induced the ranchers to load themselves up with stock, mostly on borrowed money. Then the market broke, which was bad enougli, which made tHeir situation hopeless. Five years ago it was estimated that El Paso collected as much as $30,000,000 annually from cattle. Today her collections are said to be hardly one-fifth of that amount. Everybody admits, however, that the situation is gradually righting itself. Unusual Project Ninety miles above El Paso is tlie Elephant Butte dam, largest of its kind in North America. It was constructed by tlie Federal government to Impound tlie waters of the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes and holds a take thirty miles tong. Tlie project is peculiar because it represents about Hie only ease in which Uncle Sam has undertaken to provide irrigation for ' land he does not own. Where are the “Seven Islands"? This group of islands is in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Province of Quebec, opposite the entrance of Seven Island's Bay. , Are ethylene and ethyl-glycol the same? * Ethylene is a colorless, inflammable, gaseous compound having a suffocating odor that is contained in coal gas. Glycol is a colorless inodorous liquid compound having a sweetish tasto and is fornned by decomposing ethylene brontid. Ethylglycol is a liquid, inodorous, of sweetish taste and musclble with water and alcohol.

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A Modern Noah’s Ark Brings Kreisler, Whiteman and Szigeti Here Same Day

By Walter D. Hickman It never rains, but P' ’.r, and this musical rain on a modern Noah's ark, the train, brought three of the great leaders of music to town all on the same day, Sunday. The big three on this musical special line up as follows: Fritz Kreisler—The most commanding violinist on Tlie concert stage today, who played to a standing room audience only, with part

of the audience' seated on the stage at the Murat yesterday in a concert which will become one of the sweetest and most beautiful musical experiences in the lives of every one who was in the theater. Paul Whiteman—The admitted leader in elevating syncopated muric to a right to be on the concert stage with his or c h e s tra, who

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turned 'em away by the lobby full at the Circle yesterday. Joseph Szigeti—Hungarian violinist, Who made his first appearance in this country last season, held an audience at the Academy of Music spellbound with his masterful artistry. Tlie verdict of Szigeti is based upon the critical report of Mr. Hawkins. As Paul Whiteman will he at the Circle all week. T will consider the .Whiteman program first. I rrmeniler back some seasons ago when Whiteman first visited this city under the direction of Ona B. Talbot. At that time he presented the much discussed “Rhapsody in Blue,” a funny and strange thing that creates new musical moans, groans and what not in a certain pagan tempo in the thought of today. This same number is on Whiteman’s program at the Circle this week. Since Whiteman first visited this city, he has become the leader in. syncopated music of the day. He is a. student of music. He knows that good music must be good and that jazz and syncopated tunes may be come even great music as to beauty and swing if properly played. The spirit of novelty as well as proof of Whiteman’s growth in

Who Is He?

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The name of this man, prominent in politics, and the correct answers to the questions appear on page 12: 1. Who is shown in the accompanying picture? 2. What is the capital of France? 3. Is black a color? 4. What moving picture actor is called “the man with 1,000 faces?” 5. How many feet are there in a ; mile? 6. Who wrote “Paradise Lost?” 7. Where is tlie source of the Arkansas River? S. Who is United States postmaster general? 9. Was Benjamin Franklin a signer of ihe American Declaration of Independence? 10. Who plays the lead in the picture, "Twinkletoes?”

showmanship is shown by the way he presents “Sam, the Aceordian Man.” He takes a tune called "Sunday” and lifts it to the dizzy heights of marvelous syncopation. It all depends upon how you serve this syncopated dish, whether it be for Charleston or Black Bottom hoofin' or as a concert presentation. It seems to me that Whiteman and his organization are better today than ever.. His name, which guarantees a mighty complete pro- j gram, drew thousands of people to the Circle yesterday and he and his band made five appearances. Never have so many people tried to get in one theater at the same time as they did yesterday at the Circle. Whiteman in addition to being a musician and a leader in the new music of the day, is , a marvelous showman. He knows how to handle light; how to put comedy that is comedy into a musical offering: how to elevate an orchestra to the position of being able to jump with the greatest ease and success from the concert stage to the movie theater and from the movie to the legitimate stage in a revue. He has a novel way in presenting members of his orchestra. Whiteman knows the comedy possibilities of the members of his orchestra and he uses them well. He has a positive sensation in Rinker and CrosTey, two harmony singers, one playing the piano. Here is an intimate singing duo that uses anew way in putting over their numbers. Stopped the show cold and Whiteman was so grand that lie allowed them to be a sensation. This man knows how to please an organization. And then there ds Wilbur Hall with his trick violin and bicycle pump stunt. Also a |youngster who plays the banjo and dances. You will find Paul Whiteman giving his best program ever at the Circle all week. It costs a fortune to bring Whiteman to the Circle. But it will pay. because Whiteman is giving genuine pleasure to thousands this week at the Circle. Fritz Kreisler How can I approach my subject, that of Fritz Kreisler? Hours have passed away since I heard this man at the Murat and yet while I write this I can not only hear the magic of his artistry, but I feel his message of melody. I saw several young people skate to the Murat yesterday to hear Kreisler. I saw a good many people fall on the slippery walks and one person was taken to the theater in a wheel chair. Only Kreisler could have done that yesterday at the Murat. Every seat was taken. People stood in the rear of the house and every chair that could be placed on the 'stage was occupied. The minute that he began to create the thin shadow notes in Mozart's “Sonata, B-Flat Major, No. 15,” I seemed to sense that Kreisler was in the mood for big things. Mozart in the three movements took on anew meaning. New and tantalizing beauty, delicate as the shadow of a fern on a beautiful sunshiny day—all of this and more Kreisler gave to Mozart. Aiding him in the creation of this beauty was Carl Lamson at the piano. After Mozart came Bach. It was “Adagio and Fugue, G Minor.” Here you saw musical color and felt a delicate warmth of melody. The Bach creation was played without the assistance of the piano. Here you had only the magic of Kreisler and the composer. One realized more than ever the superiority of Kreisler, his tone and his method while playing Bach. And yet was it Bach, Mozart, Corelli, Tschaikowsky that caught the great fancy of the audience and which resulted in one of the biggest ovations I have ever witnessed in the theater. No. It was “Frasqulta Serenade” by Lehar, tlie man who gave us the haunting tunes of “The Merry Widow,” and by Kreisler. The effect of this melody played in Kreisler most amazing style, resulted in an ovation so prolonged that Kreisler repeated this melody. I really suspicioned that Tso.halJ

kowsky’s “Andante-Cantabile," would be the number which would cause the big noise on part of the audience. It did create a sensation but nothing like the Lehar-Kreisler creation. Yesterday I had my most satisfying experience with the violin. Ail ready the memory of that experience has gone into my mental jewel box as one of the rarest treasures I possess. What an artist this man is. No fireworks. Just the superior intelligence of the artist and the man. Encore followed encore. The violin was not spared. Yesterday Ona B. Talbot had the joy of presenting Fritz Kreisler in his greatest and most compelling program that he has ever given Indianapolis. f

Joseph Szigefi By John T. Hawkins Up until yesterday afternoon the name of Joseph Szigeti had meant nothing to the concert going public of Indianapolis. But now that Szigeti has been here and gone there is a deep significance attached to this name when mentioned to one who was present at the recital given Sunday afternoon at the Maennerchor. A brilliant, colorful and sympathetic touch is that of Szigeti on the violin. His personality impresses itself upon you the instant he appears. Unobtrusive and yet strong and commanding is the mind picture of one beholding him for the first time. At the first sweep of the bow across the violin strings one realizes that a master of his instrument is now playing. On account of the double array of concerts in the city yesterday it was a critical audience that greeted this nian. His name was pitted against that of one of the most famous violinists of our day. A better test of a man's w-ork could not be arranged. And, in our opinion, Joseph Szigeti now holds a place in the hearts of his hearers of yesterday that will never be usurped. His program, in it’s length was an exceptional example of a varied technique, ranging from two heavy concertos, by Bach and Mozart to two light and charming numbers, by Milhaud and Hubay. The Bach Concerto, in four movements, was a rarity to American listeners, as the soloist told us. He made the change in his program after the first number when he perceived that lie had a perfect audience from the artist’s standpoint. Tlie appreciation of his listeners was as fine an example of encouragement as we have ever s o en. And the added number a tribute from the artist to his admirers. Closing his concert Szigeti played for us a number whose charm is known wherever music is heard. “Caprice Yiennois,” by Kreisler. II was a fitting finale to tlie concert and a dramatic one, as the composer of this melody was at the same instant playing the finale to his own concert only a few blocks away. As an accompanist Szigeti bad Karl Rnhrseitz at the piano. This concert was given by the Indianapolis Maennerchor. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Academy of Music.

Movie Verdict CIRCLE First National seems to have a winner in their new western star, Ken Maynard, judged by the success of Maynard in “The Overland Stage.” APOLLO—LIoyd by sticking to the strict lines of characterization has given the screen a really different type of movie in “The Kid Brother." Second week. OHIO—W. C. Fields has his best and funniest movie in “The Potters.” This movie is compliment to the industry. COLONIAL—George Sidney does not follow the David Warfield conception in “The Auctioneer.” I

JAN. 24, 1927

Work, Learn the Laws and Play in Accordance With Them.

By Milton C. Work The pointer for today is: Familiarize yourself with the laws and play in accordance with them. \Uhough all letters, when accompanied by a stamped envelope, recoived from readers of these articles, are answered directly to (lie writers as promptly as the volume of correspondence permits. 1 shall devote tlie articles this week to repeating answers T have given to questions contained in such letters. Unfortunately space does not permit indiscriminate reproduction of questions and answers, so I feel that 1 should refer in these articles to the questions which are asked most frequently and from the widest territory, rather than those about some particular hand which specially interests a certain group. In giving my answers lo these questions, doubtless' I shall be giving again some of the advice tbat these articles have contained previously; but, judging by the number of questions received upon each point, tlie advice" will bear repeating. Many of the oft repeated ques tions concerning tlie Laws of tingame indicate that a considerable proportion—possibly n. majority—of those who play Bridge, attempt to do so without reading the Laws and even without having a copy at hand for reference In case any question should arise. This unfortunate practice is apt to result in irregular play due to following erroneous statements made by individuals who arc misinformed as to what the Laws really are. Players should remember that the Laws are drafted with the greatest care and are subsequently approved by a large body of experts, appointed by the leading Bridge organizations of the country; that they are accepted and followed with practical unanimity by card and social clubs. One of the questions most frequently asked is whether a dealer has a right to “reserve" a bid; meaning that, by saying “reserve,” the Dealer may pass his chance to make an Initial bid and yet retain the op tion of opening the bidding or passing if the other three players pass. No such absurd provision ever was contained in any code of laws, and how the idea originated is quite byond my power to imagine. Law I? (a) expressly states that “the first legal act of the auction is a bid or pass by the Dealer", he must declare one or the other. Tomorrow and during the remainder of week more of the most fre quently asked questions and their answers will be given. Copyright, John F. Dille Cos.) Work, the International authority on Auction Bridge, will answer questions on the game for Times readers who write hint through Tlie Times, inclosing a self-ad-dressed. stamped envelope.

Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor: In view of the United Mine Workers convention here this week, 1 feel there should be some recognition of their visit to the city. Here are my sentiments: Indianapolis welcomes you, No mean city, many have found inn Don’t that make one feel at home In a place that’s not your own? And ’tis the capital of our Hoosier ' State. Now, then! ’Twas the home of a poet great: A city of homes, beautiful as one could wish to see, Peopled by folks, Just folks, such a> ydu and me, Os pilgrim stock, none better in the laud: Love, goodwill and hospitality at every hand. Indianapolis, when she bids you farewell. Says, "Come back again, boys!" That's our fraternal yell. C, 11. W.

Questions and Answers

You can ret an answer to any nu<. 3 . n r>, fact or information by writing Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 132.., New York Ave„ Washing- **.. f- inclosing 2 cents in stamns Medical, legal ami marita; advice cannot bo riven nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal replv Vi! B ,*?. requests cannot be answered All letters are confidential.—Editor. How was Mabel St Hekla nil, the champion cowgirl, Injured? She was seriously injured at the opening of the world’s series rodeo. Nov. 4, 1926, in Madison Square Garden, when she fell under her mount. Miss Strickland was riding in a contest with a dozen other cowboys and cowgirls, mounted on a horse she bod ridden for some time. Half way through tlie trick in which site goes under her mount’s need: and recovers the saddle on the other side of the horse her grip slipped. She fell under the galloping hoofs and weseverly trampled. What does it cost the average American family for food, clothing, rent, etc., per year? In 1918 the United States Bureau of Labor statistics made a study of about twelve thousand working men's families for the purpose of de termining the cost of living for that year. Modifying jhe figures result ing from this study, by the price changes reported periodi -jliy by the bureau, the following value of purchases for the year 1921 has been reached: Food. >465.91: clothing. 1232.50; furniture and house furnishings, $87.27; fuel and light, $98.19: miscellaneous commodities. $112.68; miscellaneous .services, $289.62: rent, $299.12, making a total of $1,585.24 per annum.