Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1927 — Page 4

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Should Quit Now That aven a legislative act should keep Mayor Duvall in office after his continued assault upon all cense of public decency seems impossible. If the past acts were sufficient to cause citizens to vote at the rate of five to one to throw out the whole system of government in order to get rid of him, his very recent acts ought to arouse enough sentiment to demand his resignation or force the city council to impeach. The appointment of the foreman of the last grand jury which investigated his administration to a place on the city pay roll required not only unusual bravado, but a peculiar disregard for all the decencies. That grand jury was a peculiar body. It was dismissed after one member said that an offer had been made to bribe him. Judge Collins believed the story of the attempted bribery. The public believes the rest of his story which was that the friends of the mayor, in whose behalf the alleged bribe was offered, had others on the grand jury who would refuse to indict him no matter what evidence was presented. For the mayor, under these circumstances, to take the foreman of that jury into the city hall and place him on the pay roll is to say the least unusual and grounds for speculation. The sudden dismissal of the city engineer and the most unusual explanation for it is even worse. This engineer was named at the time when Duvall is reported to have changed his alignments from one boss to another. That the mayor may have changed back is not the reason assigned. The engineer says he was, dismissed because he recommended a contract for sewer construction which saved the people $140,000. Had an engineer been dismissed for recommending a contract that cost $140,000 more than competitive bids, the public might understand and applaud. But being discharged for recommending a low bid Is something new, even in Indianapolis. The fact is that when this bid was made by a concern which has the backing of Rockefeller millions and therefore presumably financially sound, word went out that it would not be accepted because it came from the wrong source. That recommendation of a low bid should be considered an unfriendly act against the administration offers broad field for investigation and speculation. A petition signed by all those who voted for the city manager system might impress the council with the necessity for action. It has power.

Who’s Fit to Be President? There being some talk of Owen D. Young as a possible presidential candidate, the point is raised that he would be unavailable because he happens to be the head of a big business corporation. This amounts to saying that the people of this country are so prejudiced against big business generally that they wouldn’t trust in the White House any citizen w'ho has won success in the business field —especially if his business and his success happened to be unusually big. We believe this prejudice exists largely in the timid minds of politicians—and politicians don’t always guess right when guessing what is going on in the minds of their constituents. While there may be prejudice against Henry Ford for some things he has done outside of his activities as a manufacturer, certainly there is little prejudice against him in the minds of the so-called masses because of his outstanding success as a captain of industry and his great wealth. On the other hand, there would be great prejudice against Judge Gary, head of the gigantic steel corporation; but not because the steel corporation is big business. It is rather because of the known reactionary trend of Judge Gary’s mind—evidenced in more ways than one, but particularly in his determined effort for so many years to maintain the seven-day week and the twelve-hour day for steel workers. There are different types of mind among captains of industry just as there are different types of mind ampng labor leaders. Some have vision; other* haven’t/ Some recognize an obligation of the individual to society; others don’t. There is some prejudice against big business. At one time it was quite general. But it wasn’t something inborn. In was created by the conduct of some big business managers who gained power and organization of a generation ago. That abuse of power brought on its curbing by government; and that curbing in turn brought on an educational process that enlightened such captains of industry as were capable of enlightenment. Now we have railroad presidents who are sensitive to public opinion and who recognize the rights of others, as well as some hangovers from other days who haven’t yet learned their lesson. We have captains of industry who have seen the light and understand that, after all, they are public servants; and we still have some with the Baer attitude and who think that industrial, financial and commercial kings rule by divine right. So, in talking about available presidential timber It v/ould be well to see things as they are now, rather than as they were twenty or thirty years ago—to separate the sheep from the goats, and to judge men by their real worth, their understanding and their democratic sense of obligation to organized society. We are not making an argument for or against Owen D. Young as a presidential i>ossibi.llty, but we

(ELKHART TRUTH) * A comparatively young man from an adjoining state recently came into the office to request suppression of a certain item which he knew would soon become available for publication. We Talking turned him down. ' A few days later he returned, made J lungs the same plea, and received the same Over answer. But this time he was prepared. He Informed us that if we would accede to his wishes he would present us with an envelope containing money ~-he held it in his hand while he talked—and we could take it home, pocket the contents and nobody would be the wiser. * Just how much money the envelope contained we have no means of knowing. We didn’t accept it. The item was published. Some time ago a bootlegger came to the office with a similar offer for suppression of news of his arrest.

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make present use of the complaint against him as a captain of industry to illustrate an argument that the bigness of business doesn’t make it either criminal or objectionable, and that success doesn’t disqualify an American citizen for office-holding. There'are men. in all honest and useful walks of >life, in all creeds and in all political parties, who are fit to be President. What England Asks Indications increase that disarmament in any important sense is not likely to result from the pi-esent three-cornered conference at Geneva. The British proposal with regard to cruisers seems to make this certain. While denying that the figure of 600,000 tons represents her desire in the matter of cruiser tonnage, Great Britain does not repudiate the statement that she hopes for a cruiser strength approximating that. She hopes in other words to double her present strength. And that can scarcely be called a gesture toward disarmament. The announcement of her willingness to see American cruiser power brought up to a parity with her own doesn’t mean anything, of course. 'While American naval authorities would like to add a certain number of cruisers to our navy, they recognize that increasing our present 100,000 tonnage to 600,000 would involve enormous waste. They wouldn’t propose it even if they thought Congress would give them a respectful hearing, which Congress wouldn’t. The situation facing the three parties at Geneva is unfortunate. Absence of France and Italy makes it so. The difficulties that lie between Britain and America could be disposed of, if the British did not have the French and Italians to consider. Great Britain talks a great deal about her long trade lines, the life blood of the empire and that sort of thing. But it is not her long trade lines that really worry her. Os no more importance are her much mentioned trade lines than is the sea route that connects Holland with the Dutch East Indies. The industrious Hollanders seem; to get along and prosper in this quarrelsome world, however, without much more of a navy than the Swiss. Borneo, Sumatra and Java are half way round the world from her, but boats flying the Dutch flag carry the groceries from these colonies to the mother country day in and day out and you never hear of any trouble resulting. Britain’s worry is not her trade routes. It is the old, old question of the European balance of power. The recent war revealed the effectiveness of tHe submarine. France and Italy have been stocking up on submarines ever since. What Germany did with these inexpensive instruments they propose to be able to do if occasion arises. That is why they have remained away from this Geneva conference. With plenty of submarines they believe they can stand Great Britain off, while proceeding with any plans they may have. Light cruisers come the nearest being an answer to submarines of anything yet devised. Wherefore Britain wants them and wants them in great numbers. There appears to be only one way that disarmament can be furthered at the present moment and that is by persuading France and Italy to enter the discussion.

The Right View of Education To hear many school teachers talk shop, it would appear that theirs was the dullest and dreariest and most uninspiring job in the whole world, there are, however, a few who sanely view the profession as pretty fair play and short hours with a long vacation, and they work at their trade as though it were more than hum drum slavery. The real teachers in this latter class can now be found in summer schools, brushing up a little on this or that, getting ready to deliver knowledge as best they can. Whether these teachers regard mere knowledge as the supreme end in view, or whether they regard knowledge as a mere means to an end should be of importance. As Judge Kavanaugh of Chicago recently told a middle western teachers’ convention, it is necessary to teach other things than those found in textbooks. Acquisition of a sense of responsibility and a knowledge of how to deal with success and failure are more essential in life than knowledge of the binomial theorem or the extraction of cube root.

Law and Justice by Dexter M. Keezer

A dentist extracted a woman’s teeth, and allowed one of the' teeth to fall down her throat. She was under an anesthetic at the time and did not know, that it had happened. She did not find out until three years later when the tooth was taken froth her lung. She sued the dentist for damages on account of malpractice for permitting the tooth to fall down her throat and neither recovering it nor saying any- - thing about it. One of his defenses was a New Yore statute providing that suits for malpractice must be brought within two years after the time of the alleged malpractice. To this the woman replied that she had no chance to bring a suit during the two- 1 year period because she didn’t know the tooth had fallen down her throat until it was discovered in her lung three years later. / HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE JHIS CASE? The actual decision: The Appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York decided that the woman could not recover damages for malpractice because of the statute limfting such suits to a period of Jwo years after the offense was committed.

We turned him down He didn’t like it a bit. In fact, he became very irate. “What this town needs,” he exclaimed, "is another newspaper!” But, we replied, it wouldn’t be much of sf newspaper if it accepted money to suppress stories like this, or any story, for that matter. “Where I came from you could fix it with both the newspapers,” he retorted, naming a town in the central part of the state. We replied that either the publisheres of the two newspapers he mentioned were crooks, or he was a liar, and we had every good reason to believe the publishers were not crooks. Even Henry Mencken, foe of established institutions and cynic de luxe, admits that most newspaper men, though they may not be heavily endowed with gray matter, are honest. And Henry says he has had ample opportunity to ascertain this fact, or words to that effect. . v •

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jU. E. TRACY SAYS: Men Seem to Have Taken Their First Steps in Civilization by Copying Nature.

In spite of his tragic experience and narrow escape, Command*r Byrd no sooner gets his breath than he begins to arrange for a. flight to the South Pole. That is the spirit which makes this age what it is, the spirit that refuses to rest on its laurels, that never knows when it is licked, that regards one triumph as only paving the way for another. Hard Luck Victory Byrd played in hard luck, but he caved his crew and showed what could be done under the worst possible conditions. Anybody can be a fair weather sailor, but it takes a storm, or in this case, a freezing fog, to bring out the man. It almost seems as though Providence was bound to test Byrd. He waited and waited for the skies to clear, and supposed they had, but only to find difficulties that he had not expected. A technical defeat under such conditions is a real victory, as the French have already proclaimed it. Other Feats Forgotten We have become so excited over feats in the air as to forget what people are doing in other lines, but they are doing the usual amount, if not more. Whether in sport, politics, crime, science or industry, this has been a remarkable year. A telephone conversation has just been held between Seattle and Aus* tralia. which breaks all previous records; Helen Wills has won the Wimbledon cup and Giles G. Healey, youthful Yale explorer, returns from Venezuela with six pounds of the deadly Cuare poison which the native Indians use in their blow guns, only to mention three interesting events. Poison Blow Guns The blow gun seems a weak instrument with which to kill ferocious beasts. Beyond that, its use in widely separated parts of the world suggests an interesting line of thought. It has been found in Borneo as well as South America, which warrants the belief that tribes did not borrow it from each other, or inherit it from a common origin. More than that, it is found where venomous reptiles are common, which Justifies the idea that they inspired primitive men to make it. Generally speaking, it consists of a slender tube of bamboo, or 'Some similar reed, through which a poisoned arrow is blown with the breath. Some tribes use a tube nine or ten feet long, while others make it as short as two or three feet. The arrows can be blown as much as fifty or sixty feet. The poison with which the arrows are tipped differs, according to the locality, though that made from the Yupas tree is said to be most common. Copying Nature Men seem to have taken their first steps in civi'ization by copying nature. The blow gun is just an example of this. Where poisonous snakes and stinging insects abounded, what was more than for man to kill his prey the way they did? Cchbol for Children Man never copies nature exactly, but he invariably borrows his basic ideas from her. This is just as true today as it ever was. If. it hadn’t been for the birds, we wouldn’t be flying across the ocean. It is true that much time was wasted trying to fly like birds, and that their form and method had to be abandoned. But they were responsible. Nature is still the greatest teacher that we have and this is the time of year in which we find her in a friendly mood. There is something to be gained through a vacation in the country besides xest and recreation. It is a pretty good school and especially for children who have grown up in town. , It gives them a scene of value they cannot acquire from brick walls, paved streets and machinery. They see life as life is actually lifted, get an understanding of where their food and clothing comes from, of how slow and exacting the procession of growth and reproduction really are. A month’s association with flowers, cows, hens and pigs is nbt only a wonderful, but a very beneficial thing to the modern child.

You can act an answer to any question ot tact or- information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Wash ington. D. C. inclosing% 3 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research bo undertaken. All other questions will receive a' personal rep’y. Uns'gned requfsts cannot be answered. All letters are confidential —Editor How many public accountants are there in the United States? Approximately 7,400. When was George B. M. Harvey, American Ambassador to "Oreat Britain? He was appointed by President Harding in April, 1921, and served until December, 1923. How large is a walrus? A full grown male measures 12 feet in length and may exceed 2,200 pounds in weight. Females are smaller. Where was the first electric light in regular service operated? In 1862 an arc light was installed in a lighthouse at Dungeness, England and supplied with current from a cumbersome magneto-electric ipachine. It was in use for many

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Only Four People Found in Smartest Fun Cast of the Season in ‘On Approval’a Walker Production BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

Only four people, the right people, are in the cast of “On Approval,” but let us give credit to that artistry of direction which comes from George Somnes. Somnes is the man who directs the Stuart Walker productions in

Indianapolis and it is to his ever lasting credit, as much as the four members of the cast, that “On Approval” is the smart arid beautiful gem that it is. Here is a smart conversation show which ( gives birth to a lot of mental nothing. In other words, here is fine delicate talk about getting a husband, trying him out on a strict

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diet of morality and then finding the chief woman snowbound with l a man, who probably will not follow her formula. Am telling you that you must come over and get intoxicated with this smart fun in “On Approval.” They do not throw mud pies in this show. All tbly throw are mental bombs and Jhey explode about every minute. In speaking of George Smones—-he. with the aid of the men back stage who go out and get the properities, and the art director have made “On Approval.” the best dressed show of the season. I have never seen this smart affair before, but I am sure that it was never better mounted nor acted on Broadway. In this play you will find France Bendtsen having the time of his life in one of those ‘Willie” roles in which he excells. In all my experience with the theater, this man is better than anyone in such a role. Here you see that delicate touch of comedy as well as farce which elevates the stage to that degree of excellent comedy which one dreams only exists on the foreign stage. Also, you have Margaret Douglass sailing out in the finest characterizations which stamp her as a woman of great ability. Miss Douglass is cast as Mrs. Maria Wislack, whose first husband died leaving her much money, and who on second thought takes a chap by the name of Richard Halton, to her estate in Scotland, to see if he would make a good second husband. And I am telling you in the last act Mrs. Wislack, who is a perfect old female bear in temper, discovers that her trial mate tells her to go to —well, see till comedy. McKay Morris is Richard, who goes on trial and in the. last act turns the tables on his trainer. Morris rises to that peak of high comedy fun that he is capable of displaying in such a smart comedy. We also have in this quartet of

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years and is generally credited with being the first electric light in regular service. The Pearl Street Edison Station in New York was opened in 1882 and was the forerunner of the great central stations In what works of Shakespeare are girls referred to as “chickens?” Timon of Athens, Act 11, Scene 2; Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3. Who is Charles Paddock? He was born in California in 1900 and educated at the University of California, where he achieved fame as a runner. He holds 37 world’s records for sprint distances and has acquired the title of the ’’world’s fastest human.” He is associated with the Lds Angeles Athletic Club. After his appearance in the movies in “The Campus Flirt” with Bebe Daniels the announceme;.. cl ll'-Cir engagement followed. What is the origin of the expression “The Goose Hangs High?” One authority claims that the expression originated in England in the 16th century in this wise: When the family and relatives gathered

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smart fooling. Ann Davis. Again she does that perfect thing in acting known as quiet but firm characterization. She is magnificent in this sort of a play as she is in very drab drama. If you have any faith in my judgment, then take my tip and see this four-peopled cast in a magnificent bit of fun. "On Approval.” At Keith's all week. "LOOSE ANKLES” MEAN HOT DANCIN’ FEET You must understand the meaning of “Loose Ankles” as applied to a farce comedy written by Sam Janney. , The meanin’ is hot dancing feet upon a financial basis. "Loose Ankles” rather reminds one a little of "The Cradle Snatchers” although the themes are not too much alike. In “Loose Ankles,” thee men* make their spending money by renting themselves out to elderly rich women as dancing partners. Interest centers upon the efforts of the three “loose ankle” gentlemen to make the ankles of another young chap, Gil Barry, bring in enough of the coin of the realm to pay his part of the rent as well as food. Gil becomes the agent of Ann Harper, a rich girl who decides to have a private scandal of her own so she can break a will, thus leaving many of her relatives without a cent of inheritance. “Loose Ankles” as a play is strangely constructed and I believe that by breaking the first act in three scenes, the author loses a lot of time. To make this first act effective. a revolving stage is nearly necessary, as long waits in changing scenes slows up the required action. There are really two grbups of principals in "Loose Ankles." One set is played by Milton Byron, Larry Sulllivan, J. F. Marlow and Robi ert St. Clair—the four who rent out their dancing feet. The second ret is rather divided, one is composed of two elderly ladies who do the renting of “loose ankles”—played by Mildred Hastings and Henrietta Floyd. You really do not discover that fact until near the final curtain when the author makes this discovery one of the big laughs of the play. In this group you will find Isabelle Arnold in a wise-cracking role which she handles splendidly; Jean Oliver as Ann Harper, who embarks upon a career of being compromised; Bernice Marsolais as Agnes, the maid, who has a horror of any man who wears red flannels, and Herbert Dobbins as Major Elling, who fears scandal. Miss Oilver is giving a light, spirited performance of her role. Miss Marsolais is excellent as the maid. William V. Hull dashes in and out of the play as a newspaper reporter Hull stages a funny “souse” in the last act. “Loose Ankles” isn’t so much of

for a fete day and had imbibed a little too freely, a dead goose was hung by its feet from the limb of a tree; the head and the neck was greased and all the young bloods would ride their horses under the tree at a full gallop, and the one who succeeded in wrenching the goose from its noose received it as a reward for his skill. The signal for the start of the horses was “The Goose hangs high.” Who was the first Mikado of Japan? According to official chronology, the first Mikado was Jimmu Tenno, who began to reign 660 B. C. Descent is claimed from the gods that created heaven and earth. OTHER THEATER OFFERINGS Other theaters today offer: Ted Lewis and his orchestra at the Circle; “A Million Bid,” at the Indiana; “Quicksands,” at the Apollo; “The Telephone Girl,” at the Ohio; “Hiawatha,”, a Theatre Guild production, at 8:30 o’clock tonight at Fairview Park, and “Grinning Guns” at the Isis.

a play, but it does get the laughs, and that is something these warm days. On view at English’s all week. 6 PLEASING BILL ON VIEW AT LYRIC The bill at the Lyric this week is one that will appeal to every taste. No matter what your diet, you will find a bit that the doctors will say will agree with you. An exceptionally good singer is the headliner. Gaby Duvalle, a French prima donna, has a selection of songs in English, French and Spanish that seems to catch the audience. Miss Duvalle, a Brunswick recording artist, is from the Opera Comique, Paris. She is assisted by Camille V. Loaize at the piano, who incidentally composed one of the songs of the French opera star. “The Honeymoon Limited,” a musical playlet with William Singer, Alice Hegeman, Louise Kelly and Carle and Lynne, is one of the cleverest bits that has yet been seen on the Lyric stage. It is fast and funny and is built around an old uncle’s will. A song and dance revue that has that certain appeal is found in “Hits and Bits of 1927.” The settings are beautiful and the songs have a real lilt. A comedian that is a ventriloquist. That certainly is different. “General” Ed La Vine certainly surprises everybody. Asa juggler he is hard to beat. Asa general he can marshal a lot of laughs in a few minutes. Oliver and Hayden are playing a return engagement again. This - is a comedy team that always is welcome to the city. Hickman brothers and company also are old friends to the patrons of the Lyric. Their act, “Advertising in 1944,” is certainly unusual. Carey. Ellsworth and Marr present a program of music that is very good. The trio can get some real harmony and give the audience quite a few laughs. The Three Orantos present one of the best acrobatic acts that it has been my pleasure to see for some time. The bill includes “Greenwich Village Romance,” a color classic, comedies and news reel and Lester Huff’s organ recital. At the Lyric all week. (By the Observer.)

YOUNG MOVIE FAVORITES ON VIEW AT THE PALACE Those of us who go to the movies have taken most kindly to “Our Gang” comedies, and it is not surprising that certain members of the original gang should take a trip into vaudeville. And that is just what Mickey Daniels, the freckle-faced boy who generally was the head of all the trouble, and the sweet sweetheart of the gang, Peggy Eanjes, havq done. Tljey are here at the Palace in one of those pleasant little affairs in which they just be themselves, so to speak. These youngsters are born mimics, as shown in their impersonations of Mary Pickford in "Sparrows”; Doug Fairbanks, Bill Hart and Mae Murray. These youngsters of the screen will please every boy and girl in this citjf and even the grown-up folks will love ’em on the stage just as on the screen. Max Trout and Jack Hess, two blackface funmakers, go in for some smart parody songs. These they put over in a real classy way. Act pleases with ease. Simpson and Dean have a neat introduction to their “Chop Stewy” sketch. Miss Simpson is an eccentric comedian of real appeal. The Barderlangs are athletes of ability and good showmanship. Mile. Rea and Santoro go in for classical dancing of much beauty. They are assisted by a pianist, a singer and two acrobatic “dancers.” The movie is “White Gold.” Mighty good show. At the Palace I today and Wednesday.

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W7 iy the Weather?

By ChtrlM Fltzhugtt Talman Authority aa Meteorology

LIGHTNING PRINTS The belief that lightning sometimes impresses photographic images on the human skin is one of those fallacies that no amount of “exploding” suffices to kill. Hardly a year passes in which cases of this alleged phenomenon are not reported in the newspapers. The images are usually said to be those of trees;sometimes of leaves. The truth underlying these talesis that ramifying pink marks, bearing some resemblance to trees or to the venation of leaves, are often found on the bodies of those who have been struck by lightning, with or without fatal results. These marks are called “lightning prints.” They generally fade out of sight in a few days. They are in no sense photographs, but merely the lesions due to the passage through the tissues of a branching electrical discharge. The heat generated by such a discharge resistance accounts for the alteration of the tissues, as in the case of other electrical injuries. The correct explanation of lightning prints was first given by Rindfleisch in 1862. (All rights reserved by Science Service, Ine.)

Mr. Fixit Potatoes Urged, but Paving to Be Put on Street

A request for a permit to use a street which has been torn up, for months for “raising potatoes" this summer was received today by Mr. Fixit. Dear Mr. Fixit: Inasmuch as the paving of Holmes Ave. will be held over until we have a city manager form of government, would we have to have a permit to put our part of the street in late potatoes of fall vegetables? We would like to have some benefit from our street this summer. J. B. A. Since your letter was written to Mr. Fixit the board of works got busy and awarded the paving contract. So it loooks like you’ll have to look elsewhere for a garden spot. .Dear Mr. Fixit: Most of the block on N. Tremont, St., between Twelfth and Fourteenth Sts., is vacant property. This is used for a dump. I wonder if you could see that no more trash is dumped here. Last year the weeds were not cut on these lots until fall. Is it possible to prevent a like condition this summer? The weeds are very bad now. E. S. B. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, health board secretary, ordered inspection of the place and will not permit further dumping If it can be avioded.

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To the Editor: In Friday's issue of The Times appeared a news article stating that a' fruit grower had discovered a method of retarding the early development of fruit buds by burying ice at the base of trees. This method w r as given a thorough tryout more than thirty-five years ago, and the results were found to be negative. I. myself, banked ice and snow about the base of peach, trees and cherry trees and covered it deeply with straw and leaves. This prevented a thawing for a considerable period after frost had left the ground elsewhere. Yet, with the first balmy rays of spring these "banked" trees began to show swelling right along with those not so treated. About twenty years ago a man in New York State, experimenting along this line, removed a pane of glass from a window in his living room and maneuvered a limb of a thrifty peach tree standing Just outside through the window into the room. Then he filled the space, around the limb with cloth and paper to keep out the cold. Pretty soon the limb projecting into the room began to put out buds, although the parent tree was, much of the time, standing where the temperature was far below freezing. Nature's metabolism seems not to be affected to any appreciable extent by chilling just a part of a growing tree. Very few trees but what have their feeding roots below the frost line, and if the head of the tree is in a growing atmospheric temperature, that tree is going to put forth bids regardless of a chilled belt at its base. This we see every spring in the sugar, maple and pine. A tremendous flow of sap is in evidence before the frost has entirely left the ground. E. P. McCASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave. ,

Brain Teasers

Here are the questions, the correct answers to which are printed under the “Now You Ask One.” heading on page 12: . 1. What is the title Mary Pickford’s press agents wish to have her known by? 2. What is the name of Thomas Jefferson's estate in Virgtniat 3. What two famous volcanoes are near Mexico City. Mexico? 4. Who is the president of the Irish Free State? 5. What was the name given to Paavo Nurmi, distance runner, who visited the United States several years ago? 6 Who is the most famous "gate crasher” in the United States. 7. Who is the new dictator and war lord of North China? 8. Who is the United States ambassador to Mexico? 9. What is the ratio of naval arms limitation between Great Britain, the United States and Japan, under the Washington agreement? 10. What is the American record for the hundred-yard dash? 11. Who piloted the first airplane to fly over Indianapolis and when was the flight made? 12. How many spectator* were In the crowd that witnessed the first local airplane flight?