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Emancipation Day Sixty-five years ago today the President of the United States issued a warning to the Southern States that he would, unless the war ended, eventually set free the black man from human slavery. The event is celebrated today, especially by the sons and grandsons and great-grandsons of those who were then in bondage, as the beginning of their liberty. The real significance of the day lies in the fact that President Lincoln, knowing public sentiment, waited until there should be the victory at Antietam before he sent out what was at best a feeler to test sentiment in the North and disorganize the sentiment in the South. Those who are perhaps discouraged with some of the conditions of today may ponder on the fact that even the great Lincoln was not sure that men who did not own slaves had been convinced of the moral wrong of slavery, so brief a time ago. That it was morally right for one man to own another, if the color of the slave was black, was disputed only by the few who protested against it and drew to themselves the contempt which goes to fanaticism. The world in seven thousand years of history had not reached that point of view where it could condemn property in human beings, where it saw the wrong of the strong overriding the weak. So men were put upon the auction block and sold. The child of the black man and woman had exactly the status of the colt of the pasture. It belonged to the master, who could sell if he chose, and whose wealth increased with each birth. It may be worthwhile to remember this today, if you arc pessimistic and discouraged. There are still vistas of liberty to be attained. There'are yet new interpretations to be placed upon human freedom. It was not the cruelty of slavery that aroused resentment. Had the outcome been left to the slaves, they would probably have preferred to remain in their enslavement, protected by their owners and treated with a kindness that is not possible when they became competitive in fields of industry. Slavery was ended because it was morally wrong, not because of the crack of whips or the auction blocks. No man is really free who is held in bonds of fanaticism and bigotry. No man is really free who has not thrown off the shackles of hate in his own soul. Some day we will discover that the condiL tions which perpetuate hate and bigotry and I fanaticism are as immoral as were those which ■made slavery an institution. A The world moves fast these days. Slavery Bs but sixty-five years in the background. Real JPrcedom may be much nearer than we suppose. A Will-O’-The-Wisp for Farmers During the coming session of Congress the American Farm Bureau Federation will again Insist that the American Cyanamld Company be given a fifty-year lease on Muscle Shoals. This Is clearly Indicated In a series of prepared articles, with Illustrations, already being distributed to the newspapers of the Nation by federation leaders. The articles will Inevitably be widely printed and will have great influenoe in rural communities. And yet, nowhere, are the fallacies of the federation’s position more apparent than in this newest propaganda material. j No doubt the federation leaders are sincerely convinced that agriculture will be greatly helped if the American Cyanamld Company obtains the people's

(Portland Republican) (Republican) It now begins to look like the Republicans would have to completely clean house in Indiana, or abandon all hopes of electing a single person on the State ticket next year. This opinion prevails / u m ,„ind there is nothing else to do. V p f 1 But why not make the cleanup m Both, t ' thorough and complete; not Just with Parties the Republican party, but with the Democratic party as well? One party is as bad as the other. The only difference is, the Republicans are in and the Democrats out. If the people are to get any benefit from a socalled clean-up, the clean-up must take in the Democratic party as well as the Republican party. The leaders and the organizations of both parties are rotten, and we contend that if the Democrats were in office at Indianapolis today, conditions there would b about the same. Both organizations toadied to Stephenson, but it happened that the Republicans outgeneraled the Democrats and got the offices and are in power. (Lebanon Reporter) _( Republican) Senator Arthur Robinson, who has been allied with Jackson, Stephenson, et al. in the political combination that has all but wrecked the Republbican party in Indiana, has mounted the >a platform and with a gesture of sena- , ‘ torial dignity demanded that The Indianapolis Times retract certain stateSenator ments in which The Times accused the senator of being a member of the Jackson-Stephensun machine. Os course, The Times did not retract, instead it reiterated its charges and politely told the senator to crack his whip. Nothing would please The Times more than to have Senator Robinson file a suit for libel. The trial in such a case would afford The Times excellent opportunity to prove its charges and incidentally increase its circulation. Senator Robinson was appointed United States ■enator by Governor Jackson, with whom he has long 4

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$150,000,000 power and nitrate properties on the Tennessee river. But the federation leaders may be following a will-o’-the-wisp. * Can the American Cyanamld Company make fertilizer? Certainly! The federation leaders point out In their prepared articles that the company, using the same process it would use at Muscle Shoals, is already converting thousands of tons of nitrogen from the air annually. The air nitrates are manufactured at the company’s Niagara Falls plant, whence they are shipped to Warners, N. J., to be made into ammonium phosphate, “an extraordinarily high-grade fertilizer.” And what becomes of all this fertilizer? Does the American farmer get it? “Strange as it may seem,” explain the federation leaders, “nearly all this high-grade fertilizer Is being shipped out of the country. Japan has been getting most of It, although Cuba, Porto Rico and Java have also received considerable quantities. The amount exported last year was 35,000 tons.” It would appear that there is something even stranger here than the federation leaders admit. If such fertilizer Is so greatly needed by the Amer-* ican farmer, why in the name of sense isn’t he getting the company’s present product? Those who really believe the political hokum that Muscle Shoals should be considert 1 as a fertilizer rather than as a power plant, will Insist, perhaps, that the present product costs too much. But Japanese consumers seem able to pay the price, even afteethe stuff has been shipped over thousands of miles of ocean. And money Is scarcer In Japan than In America. The truth Is, as the President’s Muscle Shoals commission pointed out In 1925, that the American farmer, even at a saving of 25 to 43 per cent on prices, will nevpr t*e a concentrated type of fertilizer without a lengtny, determined and costly educational campaign in his behalf. Considering this, together with the higher cost of rail over water haul, the American Cyanamld Company sells where It can. And, even were the American farmer educated to the use of concentrated fertilizer, there is every reason to believe that material manufactured by cyanamide process would be unable to hold the market. The cyanamide process Is obsolete, according to many experts. It uses too much electrical power. The total world production was only 174,250 tons In 1926. Using the newer and more economical synthetic ammonia process, a process involving comparatively small amounts of electricity, German plants alone produced 402,500 tons in 1926. Muscle Shoals should be developed, not as a fertilizer property, but as a power property. And It must be open ted by the people for their own benefit, not by private capital for private profit. 1-ullman porters want tips banned, says a newspaper headline. John D. must be riding on those trains again. Coolldge refused a farm he was offered in South Dakota. And yet some of the Democrats are saying the President Isn’t so smart! ' An Oklahoma city held a-turtle race. Anyhow, that’s better than betting on a turtle * a horse race. The guests must have smiled am’ dy when two cowboys from a rodeo show shot up a Chicago hotel. No, you’re not boosting home industries when you ask for a local anaesthetic.

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Heezci * ' ——— A man owned a piece of land against which there was a court judgment which had been held to be invalid. He brought suit to have the judgment dismissed and wiped off the court records. The court in which he brought the suit refused to consider It on the ground that do long as the Judgment was invalid there was no legal basis for a suit to dismiss it. The man appealed from this decision, contending that although the judgment was admittedly invalid it might serve to make the property more difficult to sell. He said that he should be allowed to clear up the matter by having the Judgment dismissed instead of having it remain as a possible source of future embarrassment. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled that the proper procedure was to dismiss the Judgment. The court said an invalid Judgment against a person or property might easily become a soifrce of future embarrassment, and that a person faced with such a Judgment has a right to have it dismissed.

b§en closely identified in politics. The appointment, by all the rules of the party game, should have gone to Albert J. Beveridge, the party’s nominee by a primary vote. But the Jackson-Stephenson machine decided that Robinson should have it. Robinson accepted and played along with Jackson until the Governor became involved in a nasty scandal. Now Robinson is seeking to desert the very men who are responsible for his appointmei. * in the Senate. His hands are smeared with the same dirt that has involved his former political bucV’os. We doubt that he will carry out his threat of suing The Times for libel. We know of no better way for him to make a public ass of himself. It was a silly thing for him to do to make the demand on The Times, but if he goes through with his announced Intention of suing The Times the whole State of Indiana will enjoy a huge laugh at the senator’s expense. (Marion Leader Tribane) (Independent) Apropos, the present political situation in Indiana one of the outstanding lessons tc be drawn for it all is the fact that cnickens come home to roost. It is foolish to believe that the record which Come men make > B°°d or bad, will not come j, , home to them. The individual, nor the tlome to party of which an individual is a memRoost ber, can escape the responsibility. There may be a redeeming grace about the recent exposures, if they will make men understand that they cannot for any great length of time put over anything. They may Jiide behind locked doors, in darkened rooms, and conduct a nefarious and unsavory business, but the record which they make is so indelibly written that it cannot be erased. If the record is a bad one. it comes back to haunt those who made it. We cannot escape the inevitable consequences of our conduct. Men must pay the price. Emerson once said that the law of compensation is uneseapable. Justice rules supreme and demands an accounting from those who prostitute the sacred principles of government and society.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: As a Matter of Common Sense, We Are All “Joined Tivins,’‘ and All Dependent on Each Other’s Well Being, Even Though We Seem to Be Physically Free.

Three men are dead in Kentucky. The reason Is that somebody kicked or stepped on somebody’s dog last winter. There was a shooting scrape at the time, but without fatal results. Last Sunday two of the Interested parties revived the controversy by engaging in a fist fight. A third party, operating on the Irishman’s theory that “there has got to be peace if I have to lick everybody," sought to end the difficulty by drawing a gun. He succeeded, for when the scrimmage was over everybody concerned had passed out of the picture. The curious part of it is that no one seems to know what became of the dog. But that Is true of life. We are always getting tragic results from trifling causes and trifling results from tragic causes. High-Priced Faith Faith is apt to grow difficult as the cost rises. E. H. Boush was Injured so seriously while working with crutches. This incapacitated him for worl; and entitled him to “compensation" under the State law. Then a disciple of Aimee Semple McPherson came to town, claiming to heal all manner of afflictions by divine assistance. Mr. Boush attended the meeting and was one of those miraculously healed, throning away his crutches and walking from the platform in the most approved style. Being thus restored to health, he was no longer entitled to "compensation” and the company stopped it, whereupon he appeared with a cane, lamenting the fact that his cure had been temporary, not permanent.

‘Joined Twins' ill Again comes the news that the "joined” twins lace the possibility of death because one is ill. This time it is Mary and Margaret Gibbs of Holyoke, Mass., who are only 14 years old and who have led a singularly beautiful life, in spite of their difficulty. Man’ has pneiflnonia, though not a serious case as yet, but it is feared that she may communicate it to her sister, or that even if she does not, a turn for the worse may destroy both lives. One is reminded of' the original Siamese twins, one of whom, though seemingly in good health, only survived his brother by a few hours, and of the Blazek sisters, who died together. We are accustomed to think of “joined” twins has pathetically unfortunate not only because of the way their lives and movements are handicaped, but because they constantly face a double shadow of death. Asa matter of coifimon sense, we are all “joined” twins, and all dependent on each other’s well being, even though we seem to be physically free. Linked by Distant Events We are not only dependent on each other as individuals, but as groups, and even as nations. The health and welfare of people often is and often has been affected by very distant events. The Black Death is supposed to have originated in eastern Asia, and to have traveled half around the world before de rastating wes:*rn Europe. If thj League of Nations accomplishes nothing else, it will more than pay its way by what it can do to rid the world of communicable diseases through cooperative effort. Need World Cooperation We need cooperation on an international scale not only because of the promise it holds to diminish war, but because of the certainty it offers for improved health and a consequently stronger race. Lack of cooperation in this respect is costing the world billions every year. Not only are multitudes of men and women dying unnecessarily because we fail to make proper use of the knowledge at 'our command, but crops, cattle and other sources of production are seriously affected. American cotton farmers have suffered a incalcu’able loss because the pink voll worm crept out of Mexico Into this country while no one was watching. Why Bar Banker? President Coolldge is to be congratulated for restoring full diplomatic relations with Mexico by the appointment of Dwight W. Morrow as ambassador. Mr. Moi.'ow has a great ' opportunity to render both countries invaluable service. It is unfortunate that opposition should develop to his selection before he has the slightest 'bpportunity to show what he can do. This opposition appears to be based on nothing more substantial than his connection with the house of Morgan. It has become fashionable in certain circles to assume that no one can enjoy such a connection without being tainted, but there is no reason why a man cannot, be clean, scholarly and fair even if he is a banker. Asa matter of fcord, Mr. Morgan is quite as much of a student as he is a banker and quite as much concerned with philanthropic and educational enterprises as with those of a purely commercial character. # Strict fairness suggests that the ifian ought to be measured by what he is and not be condemned because of only one of his m%ny interests.

A Painting by Frank V. Du Mond Is Attracting Much Attention at the John Herron Art Institute

The Richmond pictures occupy the long east gallery at the John Herron Art Institute and a painting by Frank V. Du Mond is hung at the end of the room against the north wall. It is a large canvas in brilliant color —so brilliant that the paintings on either side of it seem extremely dark. It is true that when impressionism first found its way into the galleries a high keyed picture of the new school would often put an entire exhibition out of countenance, and though in this case the L Mond painting fails to depress ftnfTJht its Immediate neighbors, it is because a feeling of light and life and color is evident throughout the entire group, all modern painters having learned from the impressionists. Du Mond has selected an oriental subject and has accorded it an “Oriental Splendor.” Figures in green, and tan, and deep clear blue are subordinated to a standing figure in the foreground clothed in iavendar of a vibrating tone with red about her head and shoulders. There is a background of sunlit field in glowing yellow and a strip of cobalt sea. Tree trunks—narrow strips of dark —cut the bright pattern an da pale shadow falls across the foreground. Skillful brush work is found in the handling of the various textures and of the smiling facesRobert Reid’s “Peonies,” a delicately toned study in pale pinks and greens, is an entirely different type of figure painting from the Du Mond picture. Ca r efully harmonized schemes of color and subtle drawing are characteristic of all of Reid’s work.

Constitution Writers Avoided Class Feeling

This Is the tenth of Mr. Atwood s series on the Constitution. Tomorrow s artlc'.Awill tell sublime incidents In Its framinß. BY HARRY ATWOOD President Constitution Anniversary Association. One of the outstanding achievements of the men who wrote the Constitution and founded this republic was their avoidance of class consciousness. They established a condition of government and industry freer from class consciousness ar.d class agitation than the world had known up to that time. No qualifications except age and residence were placed upon the presidency of the United States or any other public office' within the confines of the republic. There was not the faintest hint of class consciousness or class action in the Constitution.

Thumb-Nail Sketches

Love is a story that’s old, old! says the song, and so it would certainly seem. Today’s red letter day for Mr. and Mrs. G. They are celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Just a year ago, they eloped—from the Old Folks’ Home! Mr. G., 86 years old, had been a lonely widower for seven of the years he has lived at the Home, and Lina, a sweet-faced, smiling woman of 79, had captured his heart with her good humor and her industriousness. Lina had always worked hard. When her first husband died and she was forced to provide for herself she became a housekeeper, managing other people’s houses and saving a little something for that dim old age when she could no longer work. Mr. G.. had labored industriously on his small farm until age had forced him to stop. They found they had tastes and fancies in common, and so they c" :- cided to be married. It was just fun eloping. “We’re going for a walk,” they told the others last Sept. 16, and that walk took them to a minister’s. They are happy and gentle old people sharing their remaining days with each other under the friendly roof of the Home. , Their happiness and their comforts in their old age sure made possible because of XOUR COMMUNITY FUND.

Another One Tires of It

His “Defiant Autumn,” the property of the Indianapolis Art Association, hangs with other paintings from the permanent collection in Gallery IX. It, like “Peonies,” has a tapestry-like quality of surface.' One of the fine landscapes in the Richmond collection is “White Water Valley” by T. C. Steele. This was painted in 1899 and is an example of one of Mr. Steele’s most Interesting periods. The atmospheric envelope that he knew so well how to paint veils, distant hills and trails across a peaceful foreground where cattle loiter on a winding path. Blue greens are skills illy blended with green gold, and there is a strip of warmly toned light sky. Fonyth’s self-portrait is a solid, vital piece of work and an excellent likeness. A strong light falls on one side of the face leaving the other in deep shadowThf artist wears a hat set rakishly adant and holds a cigaret betwee>. his lips. % Tans and browns are used in the hac and the keen blueness of the glance is repeated in the necktie. Mr. Forsyth has made a number of portraits of himself, and this is particularly successful. The Art Institute building is frequently used by organizations and by individuals when entertaining. Sculpture Court and the long galleries provide accommodations for many guests and offer an interesting background to scenes of gayety. Teas, lectures and musicales are held here and it is well known as a sectional gathering place for conventions. The staff of the museum through contact with the Indianapolis Cham-

Their plan provided that aspirants for public office would not be asked such questions as, From what family do you come? From what schools are you graduated? What degrees have been conferred upon you? What is your vocation? How much wealth have you accumu? lated? To what church do you belong? Rather the test should be: What sort of character have you acquired? How much capacity have you developed for useful public service? With how much understanding and loyalty dan you take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States? The provisions in the Constitution specifying qualifications for public office are as follows: No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of 25 years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of 30 years, and been nine years a citizen of the United states, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. No person except a natural-born citizen shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years and been fourteen years a resident within the Uniteo States. No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. No qualifications for eligibility to appointive positions are stipulated in the Constitution. Such matters are governed by law and the judgment of those exercising the appointive power. Toward the latter part of the last century, demagogues began stirring up class agitation to array the rural population against the people of the city and to bring discord between employer and employe. What a difference it would make in our history if Abraham Lincoln had been class conscious and instead of preparing himself, under great difficulties, to make the Cooper Institute address and to debate with Douglas, he had spent his time getting the railsplitters organized and advocating a railsplitters’ bloc in the legislature! What a tragedy it would have

ber of Commerce, is kept informed of the conventions meeting in the city and an invitation is extended to each body to visit the exhibitions either in a group or as individuals. Many out of town persons thus invited, avail themselves of the opportunity and are cordial in their remarks of appreciation. Teas have recently been given in Sculpture Court by the Local Council of Women and by thp Indianapolis branch of the American Association of University Women. The Local Council of Women entertained the visitors and delegates of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the National Association of Post Office Employes. The University Women had for their guests Indianapolis teachers. There were special programs on both occasions- On Oct. 20 the Indiana State Teachers’ Association will hold sessions both morning and afternoon in the court. Indianapolis theaters today offer: Fulton and Parker at the Lyric; Florence O’Denishawn at Keith’s; “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” at the Colonial; “Beau Geste,” at the Circle; Charlie Davis at the Indiana; “Hula,” at the Apollo; “Kandy Kids,” at the Mutual; new bill at the Isis; movies at the Rivoli and “Made Pompadour,” at the Ohio. All theaters have made arrangements to announce round by round the Dempsey-Tunney fight tonight, many of them using the service of the Indianapolis Times and the United Press. The Indiana ballroom will use a radio and a loud speaker to announce the fight by rounds.

been if James Garfield, when driving mules on the towpath of a canal, instead of using his spare time •to prepare himself for college president and for President of the United States, had gotten the mule-driver’s consciousness and devoted his time to organizing a mule-drivers’ bloc in the l egislature to secure class legislation! The manner in which individuals have risen from the humblest origin to the highest places of honor and influence in this republic is one of our proudest heritages. The pathway of historf has been strewn with wrecks that warn against the danger of class consciousness and class activity., Russia is the latest example of the paralyzing results of class agitation and class legislation. Many of the true stories of the rapid promotion of individuals in this country read like romances because of the adherence to the law of mutual Interest and the principle of individual responsibility for individual product and avoidance of class consciousness.

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Washington, iD. C„ Inclosing 2 cents In stamps for \reply. Medical, legal and marital advice oannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Why did Napoleon Bonaparte divorce Empress Josephine? Because she failed to bear him an heir, his council of ministers advised him to divorce the empress, %nd marry a descendant of the Caesars, Princess Maria Luisa, daughter of the Emperor of Austria. One reason why he consented to the arrangement was to shield his plebeian birth. How many newspapers and magazines are there in the United States? At the beginning of 1927, the number listed was 20,530. Why do so many people go to Paris to obtain a divorce? Because it is possible to obtain a divorce in Paris within a short time, as there are no definite statutory requirements as to the length of residence within the jurisdiction. The French courts have, however,

SEPT. 22,1927

Why the , Weather?

By CharMS Fitzhuffe Talman Authority on Meteorolosy

ACTION CENTERS OF WORLD WEATHER. Nowadays when the weather of any part of the world appears to be badly out of joint meteorologists are likely to look for an explanation to the “centers of action.” It is a remarkable fact that, although these interesting regulators of weather have been known to science for nearly half a century, they have never acquired popular renown. Their importance in the economy of the atmosphere was first recognized by a French meteorologist, L. Teisserenc de Bort, who was trying to find out why the winter of 187980 in central Europe was one of the most severe ever known. He drew charts of the distribution of atmospheric pressure, which showed that th high pressure area that normally lies near the Azores ip winter was shifted to the eastward and lay over France. In consequence of its dislocation the mild southwesterly winds that generally blow from the Atlantic and give much of Europe a mild winter climate were replaced by cold winds of continental origin. The “Azores high” is one of the centers of action .the “Aleutian low” and the “Iceland low” are others, and there are half a dozen more. They are persistent systems of high or low atmospheric pressure, which, instead of traveling rapidly over the globe after the manner of ordinary cyclones and anti-cyclones, shift but slightly and slowly from certain locations. Lome of them exist throughout the year, others only for a season, and they all undergo changes in size and intensity, with a tendency to offset one another’s ups and downs by a sort of “seesaw” process. Anomalies in the weather of regions far away from the centers themselves can often be traced to their variations. (All rights reserved by Science Service, Inc.)

Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor: As I am a constant reader of your paper there are very few articles, especially your editorials, that escape my notice. There is an editorial in today’s paper which I have read with considerable amazement under the heading of “The Forgetful Farmer.” It is an unfair statement, whether it was intended to be or whether it is based on Ignorance of the facts. The reference to the investigation of trading in grain futures is misleading, to say the let =>t. Farm organizations have centered their heaviest fire, for many years, on grain speculation, fully recognizing its evils. They are engaged in fighting gambling in foot stuffs and all who are familiar with the development of farm commodity co-opera-tive marketing know that one of the most potent factors in the development of co-operative marketing has been its promise of the elimination of food gambling. There is no foundation for stating that the farmers are not interested in the administration of the Packers and Stockyards’ Act. I do not believe you are qualified to state, at this time, that the transfer of this administration to the Bureau of Animal Industry will, prove r'etrimental. I wonder whether you are aware that even before the transfer the administration of the act was far from satisfactory to the farmers and had been the subject of many hearings on various phases. It may later develop that the transfer made things worse; until it does it would be well to withhold such comment. It is apparent, of course, that the bureau was not established to handle such matters as the administration of this important act. We are hopeful, however, that it mya be broadened in such a way thaf" conditions will be improved. When it develops that the bureau can not do justice to its job, you may feel sure that farm organizations will take note of it and act accordingly. The representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation is in touch with the railroad valuation situation. It is quite likely that farm organizations will be heard from along this line at the proper time. I presume you are aware of the active part farm organizations have taken in many recent rate hearings. If you are not, the record is open. Newspapers, professing friendliness to the farmers’ cause, often do that cause great damage by unfounded editorial utterances. I had expected more intelligent discussion of the farm problem from The Indianapolis Times. Assuring you I appreciate your fearless stand on public and political questions, I am INDIANA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, W. H. Settle, President. Sept. 20, 1927.

recently became more stringent in regard to divorces of foreigners. A foreign plaintiff must now be prepared to show (1) that he has a bona fide residence In France; (2) that there is no court in his own country that could entertain the application; (3) that the ground upon which he applies would be vr.nd ground for divorce in his own country. How old is Lois Moran, the motir n picture actress? Is that her real name? She is 18 years of agd. Lois Moran is her real name. Who said “Hitch your wagon to a star?” Ralph Waldo Emerson in “Civili ization.” Is it correct to use the expression “you all” to indicate more than one person? It is a colloquial Soutnern expression. The word ’’all” is superfluous. | Why is the basement or first floor of a building the coolest? Because heated air rises.