Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 328, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1927 — Page 4
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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, Presideut. ‘ BOTD GURLEY, Editor. \\ M. A. MAYBOKN. Bu*. Mgr. Member of tlie ScrJpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • • Client of the United Press aud ths NEA Service * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally except Sunday by Indianapolis ’Jtme* Publishing Cos., 2U-22U W. Maryland St.. Indianapolis * * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • * • PHONE—MA in SSOO.
No law shall be passed restraining the frceinterchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the righft to speak, write or print freely, on any subject ichatever.—Constitution of Indiana.
Pardon George Dale It would be something of a mockery if George Dale, the Muncie editor, should be sent to the penal farm for ninety days under a sentence for contempt of court imposed by Judge Clarence W. Dearth after all the revelations which the State had of the peculiar conditions in the Muncie court. Technically Dale is guilty of contempt. The courts have so ruled. , The Supreme Court of the State has held that Dearth had the power to send hint to jail. But considerable hjstory has been written since Dale wrote his article four years ago and all that history suggests that Dale rendered a distinctive service when be brought to public attention certain conditions even if ho did so in a way that was unwise and perhaps injudicious. Dale had been indicted o>n a liquor charge under rather peculiar conditions. He had been demanding enforcement of law. The arrest, was made in a law office. The evidence against him was an empty bottle. Three others were in the room, i Dale had been fighting that control ,of government which the Attorney General now denominates as "mysterious imposters.” That force was in power and control at Muncie. Dale, blurting out that be had been "framed,'’ that the grand jury was bent pn persecution, charged that the jury commissioners of Judge Dekrlh were using their powers to oppress. It is significant at least, that this liquor charge against Dale was dismissed by one of the men he charged with conspiring against him for lack of evidence. Ho was tried on that charge. The last General Assembly took up the matter of Judge Dearth and his court. > The House of Representatives, with but one dissenting vote, charged Judge Dearth with violating the Constitution of the State in suppressing by force the newspaper of Dale. The Senate voted, 2ft to 2a. a verdict of guilty on this charge. The Constitution savs that twothirds must vote for conviction before a judge can be impeached. The majority of Senators said ho was guilty. The House of Representatives charged that Judge Dearth had illegally named the jury commissioner whom Dale assailed. It charged that Dearth had qualified him by deeding to him a small bit of land worth not over S2O. Thirty-two Senators said upon their oaths that Dearth was guilty. - 6nly seventeen Said that he was Innocent. By the bare margin of two votes Dearth retained his seat. . • The Tlouse of Representatives by a vote of 9?.to 1 charged that Judge Dearth had manipulated and controlled the drawing of grand and petit juries so that he. might personally control their decision. Twenty-six Senators, upon their oaths, declared that the evidence proved his guilt. But twentythree said that the charge had not been proved.-' Tlic House'of Representatives, voting 9”. to 1. charged that Dearth bad manipulated juries so that many citizens could not obtain fair and impartial trials. Twenty-eight Senators declared that* he was guilty, while twenty-one voted to acquit. That is the record of the matter, so that perhaps there is some excuse for Dale when he blurted out that he could not obtain justice, that the power of that particular court had been turned Into a legal machine of injustice. What would any citizen have done had he been confronted with a situation such as the Senate of this State found, by a majority vote', to exist? Perhaps Dale should have waited his time. Icihaps he should have refrained from any protest, submitted himself to a court which a majority of the State Senate voted was so conducted as to deny citizens fair and impartial trials, perhaps he should have remained silent or joined the gang. But It does seem rather a travesty on justice and American ideals that Dale should go to the penal farm for telling the people of Muncie what a majority of the* State Senate later declared to have been the truth. The one escape is a pardon. The Governor can release him. Citizens who* feel that substantial justice demands his pardon might telephone the Governor and demand such action. The President and the Press "This growth anrl power of the press carries With it great obligations. It is axiomatic that a free press can! exist only in a free country. One of the first efforts of all kiuds of absolutism is to control the press and the schools as the sources of information and education of the people. Where the press is free, as it is in our country under the guarantees of the National and State Constitutions, it has a reciprocal duty of its own to perform toward the administration of the Government, of giving true reports to the people of the actions of public officials. This was said by President Coolidge last night, speaking at the twentieth anniversary dinner of the United Press. Newspapers generally will agree w r ith the principles expressed. They will not. however, be unanimous in indorsing the application which the President, makes of these principles. Two possible attitudes of the press, he says, endanger our friendly relations with foreign countries. One in constant criticism and misrepresentation of foreign peoples. Os this, he says—and it it is a keen and effective observation: “Human nature provides sufficient distrust of all that is alien, so that there is no need of any artificial supply. The world is in far more danger from nations npt trusting each other enough than from their trusting each other too much. A press which is given over to a narrow and bigoted nationalism, accompanied by misrepresentations of other countries, not only misinforms and misleads the people at home, but produces the reaction of a rankling bitterness abroad.” No honest, intelligent newspaper will dispute this statement.. The other Harmful uttitude of the press, as the President sees it, is the opposite extreme. “it usually consists,’’ he says, "of malicious and misleading partisan attacks on the conduct of our pwn GoverSJgSc Qm it , efforts to defend American A * \ /
rights when they are threatened or invaded in foreign countries.” Fair-minded newspapers will agree with {hat. Malicious and misleading partisan attacks are to be condemned, whether the subject is foreign policy or domestic policy. Such attacks are especially to bo condemned when the Government is engaged in defending American rights that are threatened or invaded in foreign countries. But the President proceeds from his premise to discuss our relations with Mexico, Nicaragua and China. He re-states his position with regard to those three countries—a position that has not met with complete acceptance by the press of the United States. Some newspapers—including this newspaper—have criticised the' 'Government's policy in I.atinAmcrica, while commending its course in China. Others have' done just the reverse, indorsing the Government’s behavior below the Rio Grande, while expressing impatience with the program being carried out along the Yangtze. The fact that newspapers have thus divided their views pretty nearly eliminates the suggestion of | malice and partisanship, if you add the further fact i that many newspapers—especially in the matter of Mexico and Nicaragua—are unable to convince I themselves that ‘‘defense of American rights, threat-! oned or invaded," is the real issuK little basis for | discussion is left. The President, however, offers further ground. The principal reason for his objection to news paper criticism of the Government’s foreign policy, j as he states it, is that it weakens the Government’s ! power to deal effectively with other governments. “When such an attitude becomes known in the i offending country,” he says, “it is widely quoted there and, when ail other arguments have been answered, becomes their chief relianee for maintaining their position.” This requires the assumption that any course i undertaken by any imerkan Secretary of State, is | bound to be one that will advance the best inter- j ests of all the American people. Newspapers may * be slow to accept that assumption, it is always possible that some Secretary of State may allow the interests of sotye person or group to overshadow the interests of the American pcop’e as a whole. All in all, the President, having stated the principle of the press very clearly, teems to have gone somewhat astray in applying that principle to the discussion of foreigu affairs. The application the Press itself makes is this: When the Government’s foreign lolicy appeals to the sound sense and best impulses of the American people, no foreign government will ever be able to doubt that the whole country is behind that policy. “Malicious and misleading partisan attacks” w ill be of no importance or avail. But when the! Government’s foreign policy dees not meet these re-j quirements, newspapers may be expected to exercise their constitutional right to criticise freely, to the end that a better policy may prevail. "It is axiomatic that a free press can exist only > in a free country." says the President. It Is equally j true that a free country can only exist where there ' is a free press.” A Man of Vision To few men is it given to leave behind them as a gift to their city or State a lasting legacy of a great vision. in Alfred F, Potts, little known beyond the circle of his intimates, never in the strong light of publicity, never in the places of power, this city had a citizen who contributed such a vision and who laid . t the foundations for its realization. Years ago, long before the day of utility regulation and control it was in the mind of Alfred | Potts, now called to his last sleep, that was born the idea that the people of a city should have the benefits of common conveniences without paying the tribute of unusual profits. In the days of natural gas, he organized a company that was operated on a basis of fair return to investor and a fair price to consume", saving the people of this city an estimated million dollars a year. When the sources of natural gas were exhausted, it was he who conceived the great plan of a company which would finally be owned and operated by the city itself. He it was who planned the organization of the present gas company which provides that when the men who joined in his vision should receive the face value of their stock in addition to a limited dividend of 10 per cent each year, the company should become the property of the city itself. lie not only had the dream but he had that j unusual ability to make his dream practical and | possible. That he did not live to see the fulfillment of his dream is one of the tragedies. Men of great vision seldom see their dreams come true. But when that day arrives, as it must arrive, that the people of this city will own their own source of fuel, the result will be a monument to Alfred F. Potts, who dreamed great dreams for the city he loved and who charted the path to their fulfillment. , 0 Proof for Berger Victor Berger is an elderly Socialist Congressman with a sense of humor and an abiding belief that the state of things in the United States politically and economically, is rotten. • While he was expressing the belief that the American radio, the church and the press were “capitalist controlled,” over a New York broadcasting station Sunday, thp broadcast was stopped and 1 the microphone yanked away. Such proof of what he was saying must have tickled Berger’s sense of humor. Charleston and Black Bottom indicate the effect of the World War upon the public mind, according to a dance teacher. The next war probably will be fought to make the world safe to sit out in. ' The grammar used by the "floating university’’* students, such as “you tell the world,” jarred London, says a dispatch. Leave it to somebody in a' boat to be spoofing the British. • rl. UR.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Says: United Press a Vital Factor in Shaping Foreign Policy ,
By M. K. Tracy ! The United Press celebrated its | twentieth anniversary by a worldj wide series of dinners Monday night. ! The largest assemblage gathered in ; New* York, where 1,000 distinguished guests heard President Coolidge personally, and several times that number heard him over the radio. | It W’as in all respects a fitting tribi ute to what "has become the world's | greatest world wide news service in this short space of time. Acquainting Peopie i It was but natural that President Coolidge should make use of the occasion to discuss the foreign policy and the foreign relations of the United States. The United Press 1 has become a vital factor in shaping ] both. With its cables stretched | across the seven seas, w’ith comj plete coverage of North and South j America, with news gathering agen- : cies in thirty-seven countries, and ; with its copy appearing in great i journals throughout the world every i day, the United Press is perhaps j doing more to acquaint people with j each other than any human organization. A Novel Note j The President touched specifically on our relations with Mexico. Nicaragua and China. He loft the impression that the Mexican problem was likely to be solved through negotiations, defended the course now being pursued in Nicaragua and declared that the United States has no intention of making war on China. He struck a novel, if not an original, note when he asserted that "toward the governments of countries which we have recognized this side of the Panama Canal wc feel a responsibility that does not attach to other nations.” / New Doctrine? Are we to understand that this Nation is being committed to a special sphere of influence, that it has cut out a particular slice of the w orld s surface which it proposes to dominate? That has been a doctrine of European nations in Africa and the east, but this is the first time that -it has been announced! as a doctrine of the United States. Ts protection of American lives ] and property is the prim ry object,] of our foreign policy, as the Prcßi- I -lent seems to suggest, why should ] it be different toward one •> country j than another, arid why should we i not adopt the same attitude toward I nations on both sides of the Panama I Canal? War Not Wanted On the whole, and n:> matter hoy one may disagree with it i\j detail, the Pres dent's address is reassuring. li conveys the impression that he se-’s no caus- of #ar on the horizon and that it is his Intention to go to almost any lengths to a*.old war. The Amerijatj people will be glad to know this. Whatever t’iia foreign situation may warrant, a great many of them suspect it harbored elements of strife. Not only that, but a great many suspected that the foreign policy was being shaped such way as might lead to strife. Under such circumstances, if is peculiarly gratifying to hear the President ray "Our attitude toward ail nations is one of friendship and good will.” The American people Pa not want war. At any time they can do so without sacrificing their principles or their honor they would rather pay ten dollars to avoid war than one to promoto it. No one realizes this more keenly than the news gatherer who goes forth among them and who is constantly in contact with their basic; reactions. , ' ! Vital Point President Coolidge said: "It is i natural that the press should represent the character of the government under which it lives and of the people it serves.” This is undeniable, but, as between the two, the press should be far l more careful to represent the character and aspirations of the people. Government can only r main free so long as it reflects the public will, and the press can only contribute to free government by accurately reflecting the public will. Karl A. Bickel, president of the United Press, put his finger on the vital point w-hen he said during his introduction of Coolidge: “The newspapers of ttye United States—indeed, the people of the United States—have been singularly fortunate, for at no time in our history lias the press ever been cursed with the handicap of a governmentally subsidized agency, holding or endeavoring to hold, by virtue of special powers or privileges, the deadening hand of monopoly over the news distributing resources of the country. The press has been free largely because the development of its news sources has been free. And, bcause of this free competitive situation, the press associations of the United States have developed into the strongest and most comprehensive agencies in the world for the fast and accurate distribution of the last obtainable news facts.” Why do many women get off : street/ cars backward? It is observed that most women carry bundles, handbags, etc., crooked in the left arm, leaving the right arm free. One ingenious theory about this habit is that it is a racial in-1 heritance of women from the remote j times when the anthropoid ancestors of man lived in trees and the females carried their babies on the left hip with the left arm around , the baby, leaving the right arm,free for defense. Grasping the street car rail with the right, or free, hand causes one to face backward when descending from the vehicle.
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Mandolin and Guitar Come Into Their Own in Dave Apollon’s Act at Keith’s — 111 —By W alter I). Hickman 1
The Russian idea of vaudeville, which made such a hit in this country several seasons ago, has been Americanized by Dave Apollon to such an extent that his "Apollonian Revue' turns out to he made of ihe stuff that stops any vaudeville show any time. By using about seven players from Manila, arming them with mandolins and guitars of various
patterns ami then giving them plenty of time to play hot American jazz and even "Dance of' the Hours,” Apollon puts over a melody idea which gives him one of the best acts befeore t}ie American public today. I am not afraid to tell you that Apollon now lias one of the best acts in vaudeville because on the stage lie proves exactly what I am saying.
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Marie Ycro Apollo n plaj s many instruments, he is blessed with a sense of humor which makes him a good intimate announcer. And he can dance, lie brings the audience mighty near, and that gives him a chance to become real friendly. But it is when he brings on his "Russians,” as he says, that -his act becomes a positive sensation. The "Russians" on inspection turn out to bo musicians from Manila. n 'bat be admits. Apollon has with him a young woman danebr who does an Indian Oriental dance. This woman uses some of the most difficult body twists and turns that I have ever seen. Here is sensational art dancing. Nothing better on the stage today. Apollon is giving his best to the stage right now. Act beautifully staged. I hope that this city w’ill wake up to Apollon before the week is over. His act is a masterpiece. And there itj another great artist on tlfe bill—Hoy Cummings. Cummings has been "falling” for a living for more than twelve years. He is the most original of the "nut” comedians. He starts out where the others stop. He takes more falls than a football team at every performance? This is the man that rides the scenery and falls into the orchestra, pit. As usual he has the services of Irene Shaw to ‘‘tease” him on and make him wild. Cummings has always been one of the ten best acts and still is. We are introduced this week to Marie Vero. She is announced as a New York school'girl. She has a coloratura voice and if it receives proper training and she studies as she should, she will be in a commanding position. Stan fcavanagh juggles, talks and then Juggles. He is another reason why Keith’s is a pleasant place this week. Vick and Peggy Binns have a dance offering. Senna and Dean have a little sketch which uses the idea that the girl should do all the courting and should see the boy friend home. Two roller skaters, titled “The Thrillers,” close the show. One of the real winning bills of
Stage Verdict KEITHS —Two great big real hits on a real hit show. The big hits are Roy Cummings, and Dave Apollon and company. LYRlC—Coakley and Van, blackface comedians, again prove the worth of having personality. A jpal hit. ENGLISH'S —Every member of the Berkell company makes good in “The Little Spitfire." PALACE—PoIIy and Oz, with a lot of eccentric comedy and personality, get over in fine shape on the bill here the first half. ,
the season is on view at Keith's all week. BERKELL GIVES US \ BRAND NEW SHOW HERE You do not have to go to Chicago to seo “The Little Spitfire.” No need at all. because Charles Eerkelt bought the rights to this comedy drama and it is on view this week at English's. I am glad that lie produced “The Littje Spitfire” for many * reasons, although it is often too talky and a little bit too long. But this comedy drama Ins
some real characters in it. and It has many good and oven wise laughs in it. Also for another reason—it gives about every member of the company a chance to strut their talents. First, it gives Jean Oliver as Gypsy, the Little Spitfire, a mighty good opportunity to make all the women of the au-
Milton Byron dience cry in .at least two acts and laugh themselves into tears in two other acts. In this show. Miss Oliver strikes her stride. She has come into her own this season. It takes a little time for any artist in a stock company to hit the stride which brings on success. It is pleasant to record that Jean Oliver has accomplished this. Larry Sullivan and Idabelle Arnold have the first part of the last act nearly to themselves, and they stage one of their famous quarrel scenes. A comedy knockout they are. Robert St. Clair gels his first dramatic emotional chance as a juvenile this season. In his “sob" scene he uses real tears to get the idea over. Probably as fine a piece of work that he has ever given Indianapolis. Milton Byron is east as the rich New Yorker, who marries a chorus girl and then has to take his whole family before he gets them to love his little spitfire. He places the role quietly and honestly. Herbert Dobbins and Mildred Hastings are teamed together again as the rich father and mother of the boy, who marries a chorus girl. Both are more than satisfactory. Bernice Marsolais ha 4 the thankless task of being a society snob. Splendid work identifies her characterization J. F. Marlow is the villain. Tom Pawley and William V. Hull have lUtle to do this wepk. / The keynote of the story is that of a rich young society man marrying a chorus girl and how the chorus girl tames her rfch and haughty new relatives. “The Little Spitfire,” is on view all week at English's. LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE PALACE Polly and Oz, in our opinion the brightest spot on the bill the first half, have taken for a motto a single line that fittingly explains their eccentric comedy, i “Were all nuts” is the rather abrupt declaration of the man and the fun goes on. They have a wild disordered opening that catches hold very easily and the act is a series of outbursts of different kinds. Throughout this couple in mind that comedy is the keynote and they do it well. A good pair of dancers and an accompanist of equal merit make up the act of Alma and Duvall. The man and woman dancing I team have several offerings in which they display themselves gracefully and the accompanist, besides fur- ] nishing the m lody for the dances. I has a piano solo that is well liked, j "Wlgginsville” im the title of a I song and comedy Rfetch telling of
; a little romance down in the couni try. There is some good harmony in j the act and the comedy at times is ; enjoyable. i The Four Clifton Girls open with j a dancing number in which the four I have a variety of things to offer, j They feature ensemble dances and | acrobatic dancing, if Fres and Cody offer a comedy act using the rather stout figure of the woman as tDo theme of their humor. Included on the bill is a photoplay. “Nobody's Widow.” with Beatrice Joy. Also news reel and comedy. At the Palace the first half. (By the Observer.) PERSONALITY AGAIN STOPS A VARIETY SHOW tYe have another fine example of what a strong, comedy personality can do for an act on the vaudeville stage. Our study today in personality is offered by Conk ley and Van, blackface comedians. These two men come on the stage with a loud no:s' and then quick
as a flash they start handing out their individual comedy dressed up only in thelr personality. One of the men asks a question and the “ther one answers it in itis Individual Way. For Instance one asks: "Why is it that whitehorses on our farm eat more than black ones?” The other answers, "T h a t 's
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silly.” The first Hall one, '"Jibe only way we figured it out was that we had more white horses than black and we sold the white ones.” And they go on delivering that brand of humor in their own quaint and slow way until the act is a panic. Another example one spates, “Our dog has a reason for not eating meat.” The other member of the team, “Ho\y's that?” The first one, ‘‘Cause we don't give him any.” A reaj blackface act. Hot personality dressed up all their comedy. Raymond Bond and company use a burlesque idea and even twin beds in their sketch of a honeymoon night, called “Good Night." The comedy situations certainly approaches thin ice many times, but the two chief members of the act have so much Main St., personality that the act becomes a burlesque bowl. You would expect this sort of thing in a $4.40 revue. The Stafford Louise Company have h novel way to open their act. Two members state it isn't what is said that counts, but the way it is said. They prove it with a nifty bit of satire. Then the act becomes one of clever dancing. Act nicely mounted. Omer Herbert’s Syncopations of i 1927, is built along an orchestral idea. The act lacks novelty and ! direction. Webb and Hall compose a. harmony duo. They have no trouble in being a hit. Robin and Hood open the show In an athletic offering. Miller and Rainey have a good travesty upon a country newspaper and those who come into the shop. Movies and Hester Huff at the organ complete the bill. At the Lyriq all week. Other theaters today offer: ‘‘Beau Geste,” at the Colonial; “Johnny Get Your Hair Cut,” at the Apollo: “Mr. Wu,” at the Ohio; “The Better ’Ole,” at the Circle; “Lady In Ermine,” at the Uptown; “The Last Trail,” at the Isis, and burlesque at the Mutual. Did General Lee keep his sword when lie surrendered to General Grant?' It was Returned to him by General Grant at the time of the surrender. Dee’s officers were permitted to kfeep their side arms and horses.
APRIL 26, 1927
C V T\ enaction ~C.Wor!i Watch Your Stoppers in* Bidding No Trump,
! The pointer for today is: It is rarely wise (o bid no trump over an adverse, suit without two stoppers in that suit. Yesterday's hand was held b.\ I 'West, who had to decide what to do I after a declaration by South. a A-10-t A-J-; <> A-K *. * SM j My answer slip reads: No. 1. So#th pass; West should i hid one No Trump. No. 2. South one No Trump; West i should double. No. 3. South one Spade; West l should double No, 4 South one Heart; West , should bid one No Trump. | My reasons in support of these declarations are: , No. I. West, with a King, and a Jack in addition to three Aces, j with the ideal .l-J-S-l No Trump di j vision, and in the most advantageous j position for it (after a pass by i Dealer), has an obvious No Trumpet’. ] No. 2. West has adequate strength | to justify an informatory double. , namely, live high cards that will \ probably take tricks—and three of I them are Aeet The division of thua j hand is also admirable for nS | Trump, and, while neither Major is long, both have three cards and I ample strength. No. o. Asa rule it is inadvisable ] 1° hid No Trump over an adverse ; suit with but one stopper iri that suit; when tliat stopper is taken j out, unless eight consecutive tricks ] can be won. the adversaries are apt i to win a total of five tricks and , save game. With a hand like West's there ■' better chance for game at : partner’s best suit. ; Xo - U Di this case the Heart's—--Ito a practical certainty—being , stopped twice. No Trump presents i more attractive probabilities than a I double. Having two stoppers, the adverse ; nit is not the menace that j it is w hen it is stopped but once. Today's West hand follows: B* 3 (j A*K*ld*S f y A *4*4 * .J.10.M I Score love all; what should West declare after the declarations of I South, as stated in (lie answer slip I that follows: Bridge Answer Sl'p cl April 2fi i No. 5. South pass; West should , i No, (!. South one No Trump; West iliobM • No. J. South one Spade; West ' should No. 8. Soiitli one Club; West should ] Copyright. John F. Dille Compan.^fc
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Editor Indian ip Times. 'Dear Sir: * Some of the men who are opposing the city manager plan should read up a little on the difference between the so-called commission plan and the commission-man-ager plan. They are much alike in name, but very •different in form. In the debate \Vith Mr. Insley Mr. RucHelshaus Is quoted as saying that fifty cities have abandoned the manager plan. fJc is mistaken. Nineteen cities and towns have tried the commission form and have abandoned it to revert to their old form Thirty-six cities and towns have tried the commission plan and have later advanced to and adopted the manager plan. To date, only four towns which have adopted the manager plan have abandoned it. ACCURACY.
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You can get an answer to any que* tion of tact or information by writing >'j The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau 1322 Sew York Ave.. ington. It. (' inclosing 2 cents stamps for reply. Medical, legal marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research he undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsgncd roauests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential —Editor. Is the boiling point of water (lie same at higlt and low altitudes? The boiling point becomes lower as the pressure is decreased and higher as the pressure is increased. For example, in the city of Mexico (7,500 feet above sea level) water boils at about 92 degrees centigrade ajid in Quito (9,350 feet above sea level) it boils at 90 degrees centigrade. Nor mal boiling point is 100 degrees centigrade or 212 degrees Fahren ljelt. Is aluminum a free ore? It occurs in numerous compounds widely distributed. About 8 / per cent of the earth's crust is aluminum. It is the most abundant metal and the third element in abundance in the earth's crust. What is fur farming? Raising of animals for the fur There are about 2,500 fur farmers in the United States and Alaska and about 1,500 in Canada, according to the United States Biological Survey. The majority of these raise silver or blue foxes. The total investment in the business is about $30,000,000 in the United States and about sll,000,000 in Canada. The industry is not confined to the North American continent, but has spread to European countries and to where it has had a steady growth.