Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1927 — Page 4

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Just Another Problem

The political worries of Senator James Eli Watson grow so fast that even those who have not been exactly his admirers might pity some of his perplexities. , Having had control of the party machinery in this State for a number of years, he is faced, by a demand from very earnest souls.that he reorganize it. and clean it up and show the voters that the old party has no responsibility for the officials who happen to get crosswise with the law and who tremble whenever they see anything that even resembles a “black box.” The appeal to Senator Watson to lead the party out of the muck and mire into the less asthmatic atmosphere of politics has its ironies. It is not so simple as merely finding some millionaire with ambitions and a blameless past and inducing the various gentlemen who have been promised the nomination for Governor in the past as a reward for political service to step aside in his behalf. If that were the whole problem when the Senator comes home at Christmas, he might even welcome the job. For he has been rather successful in the past in persuading those who felt they had claims on jobs to forego them. And it is quite likely that he would accept the millionaire potentiality for the governorship as his own discov-, ery and give the signal for the boys in the trenches to start their hymns of praise and penitence. But there is the more difficult matter of a successor to that able lieutenant of Senator Watson who for the period of disrepute has held the Republican State chairmanship. Shall his successor be a faithful follower of Watson or will that former Governor who now reaches into national fields for influence kidnap the organization? What will the women of the State say? That is important, for they have said things with votes in the past. Arid just as the mind of the Senator is intent on this job of political sewage disposal, the Marion County grand jury suggests that it would like to see and talk to the Senator before its term of office expires on Dec. 30. Only a master mind, as that of the senior Senator, could be expected to grapple with so many problems in a single week. The next Governor, the next State chairman for his party and a grand jury all in Christmas week. And that season brings good cheer and happiness and relaxation to all the rest of the world. Os course, there is that other little problem that will still persist after he has settled these others. There is a growing whisper in the high places that before Watson really- restores the party of his faith to public confidence, he will have to decide whether he can afford to carry along his colleague into the next campaign. There are those, and they are mighty, who believe that no millionaire respectable should be handicapped with a running mate who brings memories of “black boxes” or attorneyships for the grand dragon or with the explanation of “fake” pearl necklaces for Christmas presents. Will the senior Senator, wheh he comes and if he comes, decide that no further public sacrifice will be demanded of his present colleague? After he has got through pacifying the boys who hold his political notes on the governorship, after he has picked a spotless candidate as the party Moses, after he has chased away the goblins in the shape of Goodrich, just what is he going to do about Arthur? This is truly a terrible world with its worries and the senatorial pillow is never soft. * Humility Man boaets he has conquered sea, land and air. Nature’s forces have been harnessed to do his work. And.to provide him with comfort and luxuries. He is monarch of his universe. The sea swallows the submarine S-4 and holds it fast to her bosom. Storm-whipped waters defy all man’s devices and all his knowledge of the sea, gained in the centuries since the first small boats ventured forth from the inland sea. Across Europe nature sends winds and snow and biting cold, before which man cringes and is powerless. Vessels at sea are tossed about like matchwood. Belgium is colder than for fifty years. Prance Is icebound. Germany suffers. ( In far-off Asia the earth rumbles and shakes, and a comet flashes across the sky. Natives there, less sure than their white brethren of their omnipotence, bow in fear of this power greater than themselves. Nature has her own methods of keeping men humble. Consider the Fpx Some professor up in Massachusetts unburdened himself the other day of the statement that the larger animals seem to have developed their brains as well as their bodies; the chimpanzee, he pointed out, is more intelligent than the chicken. Look to the fox, doctor. Not as large as a bear is he, but smart? Well, with the wind at your back, just go out and try to get near a fox. Maybe the bigger animals really are wiser, but they are like some of those strong, silent men, who keep it to themselves. Wonder why a chicken crosses the road?

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Buck Up, Navyl This newspaper yields to none as a backer of the American navy or as a plugger for its officers and men. Our navy must be second to none. Its personnel already is. Nevertheless, there is something wrong. Somewhere there are too many accidents. In the last few years a battleship, an aircraft carrier, five destroyers, four submarines and other craft have figured in serious accidents involving heavy loss of life. This ought not to be. We say this knowing full well that the navy was not designed ds a pleasure craft or built for safety first. It was built for war to shoot and sink and fight and kill. It carries a cargo of high explosives and man-killing munitions and machinery. Its business at times is to navigate dangerously. By the very nature of things, safety must be of secondary consideration. Nevertheless, every single safety precaution possible should and must be taken. And such is not the case. For instance, when an 18-inch gun is tested, a range is staked out carefully, and, if over water, all craft are kept at a distance. Peace-time undersea boat navigation, save when necessary maneuvers in war games prevent, should follow some such rule. No submarine should be required, or allowed, in ordinary times to dive and risk coming to the surface, as the S-4 seems to have done, directly in front of an oncoming ship. Also, what has become of the listening gear about which we heard so much during the war? The commander of a submarine, we are told, while far below the surface, could hear and locate other vessels as they came and went. Was the S-4 so equipped? If not, why not? And If It was, then it would be very useful to find out why the gear failed at the crucial moment. The Germans equip their U-boats with telephonic buoys. If one goes down by accident, the buoy rises, marks the location and provides instant telephonic connection with any living men cooped up below. This gear is simple. It overcomes the logical objection to adding cumbersome machinery to an already over-crowded hold. It is small. Several such devices have been offered the navy. Grappling rings welded to the sides of submarines are in use with several of the fleets of the world. Why aren’t ours so equipped? It is argued that the modern submarine is so large that grappling rings can not be made heavy enough to hold. Which, no doubt, is true If all the compartments are flooded and the entire weight of the ship must be lifted by the rings. But not infrequently—and always when living men remain inside—one or more of the compartments remain free of water. In such cases, grappling rings might prove invaluable. These details, however, are technical and beside the mark. Just what is wrong we do not pretend to know. Perhaps no one knows. For the navy numbers many critics and these do not always agree among themselves. Some say it is over-officered. Some say it is under-manned. Some say fear of reprimand seals the mouths of many, or that its morale is low, affecting efficiency. Still others charge that the navy has become too bureaucratic for new ideas to break in. We do not know. Perhaps it is a combination of several of or all these things. Steps should be taken to ascertain the truth and the quicker it is done the better. We are about to embark on an $800,000,000 building schedule, the greatest peace-time program in the history of the nation, and it behooves us to do all we possibly can, and at once, to prevent our starting wrong. That 58,250,000 Recent figures offered by the American Bankers’ Association are interesting, if not surprising. The savings division of the association offers statistics to show that nearly one-half of the people in the United States hold savings bank accounts. In thirty-four States where figures were available, the number of such depositors was found to be 48,250,000. In the lack of Accurate returns from the other fourteen States, it is fair to assume that there are 10,000,000 more savers in those States. In the southern States the ratio of depositors was computed at fourteen out of every 100 people. This ranged up to eighty-nine out of 100 In the cannier New England district. The volume of savings of all the people in the thirty-four States was* $26,000,000000 at the end of the fiscal year. The total represented a gain of about 1,368,000,000. The per capita gain in savings since 1918 has been more than ninety-eight per cent, and since 1912 has been 150 per cent. This represents more than double the advance in the cost of living in the last fifteen years. These figures offer one of the best available proofs that America not only knows how to live, but how to save, and that is one of the great facts about prosperity. The archbishop of Canterbury wept when the House of Commons rejected the prayer book revision. It’s interesting to know that legislators actually can get something besides laughs. It has happened! In Boston a couple was granted a divorce and neither spoke a word during the trial. Right again, they are both deaf and dumb. ( With most of the accidents in this country happening in the homes, is it any wonder the i young people don’t spend more time there? Loss of voice is nothing to fear these days. All you have to do to regain it is smoke one of those cigarets. I * A man singing in' a Chicago case was shot by one ,of the patrons. We’d like to take the shooter around on a little tour of the radio stations. America is a country where you have to have a good reason to get away with murder, or no reason at all. The public should know more about mental hygiene, says an alienist. What we *need, maybe, is a few more murder trials. We had Just about gotten rid of the Chinese war when a man named Skjellerup had to go and discover a comet. / ....... ...

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BRIDGE ME ANOTHER (Copyright. 1927. by The Ready Reference Publishing Company.) BY W. W. WENTWORTH

(Abbreviations: A—ace; K—king; Q—queen; J—jack; A—any card lower than 1. What is meant .by throwing the lead? 2. (a) Holding; Hearts—K QX X X; spades—A X X; clubs—XX X; diamonds—X X, what should you bid? (b) Why? 3. What does the echo signify in a suit declaration? The Answers 1. Playing a losing card which will in all probability compel a particular one of the adversaries to take the trick so that he may lead up to you in order tbr;t you may make a trick. 2. (a) One heart. Cb) Contains, two quick tricks. 3. Asa rule, that the partner has only two cards of the suit and wants to trump on the third round.

They Say

(Rensselaer Republican) Herbert Hoover, one of the really great executives of the United States, and a man Who will command the most minute respect and serious consideration of every voter In this country, if he decided formally to make a race for the presidency, advocates winter building as a boon to industry. Hoover, since he first gained prominence as a builder and captain of industry, has been noted for his cautiousness in giving opinions or making forecasts. His vision can be relied upon; his foresight is unquestioned. He sees a definite trend toward utilization of the winter months for construction of every type of building, which is a good sign that our business men are alert to the needs of people. It is a welcome sign to men of all trades and industries. The time is past that when winter comes we think only of a season of idleness and whiling away the long hours beside a red-hot stove. (Shelbyvtlle Republican) R. Earl Peters, chairman of the Democratic State committee, delivered an address Thursday in Connersville before a meeting of his party men of this district in the course of which he said: “In my opinion, it is not enough for us to diagnose the criminality and shortcomings of the opposition, nor predicate a victory upon its ruins. Our program should be so manifestly constructiye and sincere that at once voters of all faiths will be attracted to its support. The Republican party managers and the Republican nominee.*, in the coming campaign would fail short if they did not meet the Peters issue fair and square. The Republican party will be placet, on the defensive, no question al>out that, but it has nothing to fear and can carry the fight on official performance of elective State officials. No reflection is cast against the manner in which the business of the State has been conducted. The constructive policies have been well directed and executed. Every State official ha tonducted his office within the appropriation made by a nonpartisan board, each and every one turning back into the treasury a large amount of money, every cent of which could have been legally used. The State tax levy has been reduced 5 cents and there is sufficient surplus to properly conduct the business of the State. On this record the Republican party and the State officials have nothing to dodge or to apologize for. Mr. Peters’ plank should be adopted by the Republicans.

Life’s Niceties Hints on Etiquet

1. Are there two sets of etiquet for guests in large cities and small towns? 2. Is it harder to be the “perfect guest” when visiting in a small city apartment than in a country home? 3. In what ways is it harder? The Answers 1. Yes. 2. Much harder. 3. One needs much more tact, consideration, neatness and just about everything else to keep from wearying one’s hostess and jarring on her nerves.

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The Rules 1. The idea of letter golf is to change one word to another and do it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus, to change COW to HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW. HEW, HEN. 2. You can change only one letter at a time. 3. You must have a complete word, of common usage, for each jump. Slang words and abbreviations don’t count. 4. The order of letters cannot be changed.

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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION Greek Sculptors Discovered Art Laws

IF we have spoken so much of the Parthenon it is because we have taken its as a symbol of Greek are and of Greek civilization at its best; but we must not suppose that it was alone among the architectural achievements of the Greeks. On the Acropolis itself a quite different style of architecture from the mighty Doric had its triumph in the Erectheum and the Temple of Athene Nike; here were the slender “lonic” columns that had come from the Greeks of Asia Minor, with a base for each column and a graceful “volute,” or curling ear-like top to form the capital; and here, on the Erectheum, almost intact, is the famous “Porch of the Maidens,” held up by six substantial women called the Caryatids (women of Caryae, probably priestesses). One might find fault with this Oriental use of human figures as pillars for an edifice; but see the strainless adaptation of these ladies; they do not seem to feel the weight; they are strong, broad shouldered women, not the frail and slender lassies of our idolatry. And down on the plain stand the great of the Olympieon, or Temple of the Olympian Zeus, built and rebuilt by twenty generations of Greeks and Romans, and illuminating. with magnificent flower - like capitals, that “Corinthian” style which had come to Athens from Corinth, and presumably, in its origins, from Egypt and Crete. So within a little distance three forms of columnar architecture found completion. Such was one part of the work ol the age of Pericles. Never before and never since did democracy spend so lavishly on art. Indeed, the people complained of this expenditure; had not the funds of the Confederacy been voted for war? So they questioned Pericles in Assembly, and for a time ot seemed that they would call a halt on this orgy of perfection. 0 But Pericles, said Plutarch, cleverly persuaded them, saying: ‘Do not then put this expense to the debt of Athens, but to mine, and I will inscribe my name” (and not that of the Athenian people) “on all public buildings.” “When Pericles had said this,” Plutarch tells, “the people, either in admiratiion of his munificence of manner or being eager to bear their share In the glory of their buildings, shouted with one accord that he should spend as much on the buildings as he pleased.” Nevertheless, the power of Pericles waned; one after another his sceptical friends were prosecuted and exiled. Finally Phidias himself was indicted on a charge of embezzling gold from the statute of Athens Parthenos. When the artist refuted this by having the gold weighed, he was Indicted again for having placed on the shield of the statute the figure of himself and Pericles. On this charge he went to prison, and there, broken with the toil of creative years and the ingratitude of the mob, he died. The world does not readily forgive a man for being great until he is dead. FROM MYRON TO SCOPAS. IF sculpture, as Santayana thinks, is the greatest of the arts, then the glory of Greece is secure, for in sculpture she has no rival. Never since have artists so well portrayed the strength, the health and the beauty of the human frame, and never since has the body been in such profound harmony with the mind. The unity and proportion of all parts of the organism, the smooth cooperation of all the powers of flesh and soul—this was the ideal of the Greeks in life and their ideal in art. They would show man at one with himself. Plato said that the wise man will wish for three things above nil others: First, to be healthy: second, to be beautiful; third, to be rich without dishonor. Even the intellectuals in Greece

Taking Her Place in the Sun

had health and strength; and beauty in a man was held to be as noble as a subtle mind. Greek histories record the handsomest figures of various ages in the past; Greek critics offered prizes for virile beauty and erec f ed statues to those w’ho w'ere judged best. When Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon, examined the suitors for his daughter’s hand, he provided them with an exercising ground in order (says Herodotus) “that he might test their race and education.” A man was rated not by his wealth or by his degrees, but by his happy union of health and intelligence. So came at last a race whose features—the straight line of nose and brow, the full lip and the small sar —have been for every later age the standard of human beauty. And so sculpture grew, when the flesh was a thing of splendor rather than a cross of shame. It was not merely in their games that they honored the body, but in their daily lives and their simple dress; they loved garments that could be removed with the turn of the arm, or which any breeze might blow aside, revealing some Charmides to some arity,” said Pliny, “to conceal nothSocrates. “It is a Greek peculiing.” BUM IT was natural that the first development of sculpture should come from the Peloponnesus, where the body was honored most; and that it should not develop supremely there, where art was honored least. So the first great name is Ageladus of Argos, teacher of Myron, Pheidias and Polycleitus; but we know him only through his pupils. Myron (ca. 500-410 R. C.), too. Is but a

Questions and Answers

You can set an answer to an; Question of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. A’l other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What is the value of a United States one-dollar gold piece dated 1874? $1.50 to $2.50. By whom was the Salvation Army founded? Rev. William Booth of Nottingham, England. Does the constitution of the Republic of Argentina require the president to be a Roman Catholic? Yes. What is the name of the Parliament of the Irish Free State? Dail Eireann. What is the unit of currency of Jugoslavia? The dinar. Should a man wait for a woman to speak to him or should he speak first? It is a woman’s privilege to speak first. What Is the address of Eva Tanguay? 124 Pleasant St., Holyoke, Mass. When should soup be served in a cup? At luncheon or supper it should be served in cups. At dinner it is served in a plate. How many oil producing companies are there in the United States? The number is roughly estimated at 40,000. ' What are the Cook Islands? An archipelago of small islands in Polynesia, Pacific Ocean is called Cook Islands or Hervey group. The more important ones are Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutakl, Mauke, Mitiaro and Hervey Islands. Os these Rarotonga the largest has a population of 3,303 and an area

name; we presume that the famous Discobolos or Disc-Thrower, and the Marsyas, Dancing Satyr, are his work; but we know almost nothing of his life. Let us remember throughout tha' the Hermes of Praxiteles is the only original in all our samples of Greek statuary before the Hellenistic age. The rest Is later imitation. “Our collections,” says Taine, “composed of scattered torsos and heads and limbs, resemble a battlefield after a combat," And our histories are but hypotheses. Polycleitus (ca. 480-412 B. C.) was the leader in this effort for precision of technique. In his masterpieces, the Dlac’eumenos (the FilletBinder) and the Doryphoros (the Spear-Bearer), he sought to study the athlete not in the agony of victory, but in the beauty of repose; and on the basis of these works he composed his famous “Canon” of rules for sculpture, basing all on the width of the brow. He was the Bach of ancient statuary, turning mathematics into beauty. . In these men beauty was as yet chiefly a matther of health and strength, as nature sought to make it before chemists and tailors came. In Praxiteles (fl. 360 B. C.) suddenly an almost modern sense of beauty as seductive loveliness appears; and woman enters to contest the prize with man. For Praxiteles was a lover rather than a warrior; his heart was lost to Phyrne, the fairest hetaira of her day; and when at a festival she frolicked nude in the water before the assembled Greeks, Praxiteles fell at her feet and begged her to pose as his model for Aphrodite. (Copyrieht, 1927. by Will Durant) (To Be Continued)

of twenty-six square miles. There are no cities on these islands.

How many stars arc visible to the naked eye? The United States Naval Observatory says it is impracticable to fix a precise limit to the number of stars visible to the naked eye at any one time. Various estimates have been made ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 or more. One authority states that about 4,000 are visible to the naked eye. The total number it is possible to photograph with long exposures surpasses 100,000,000. What is the greatest number of home runs Lou Gehrig hit in one day during the 1927 baseball season? Three. What became of the dog that carried the diphtheria serum to Nome? Balto was the lead dog in the team belonging to G. Kasson that participated in the “mush to Nome” with diphtheria serum in February, 1925. Kasson brought the serum into Nome after great difficulties and credits Balto with the feat. Balto died of frozen lungs and a monument has been erected to his memory in Central Park, New York. Did John L. Sullivan lose the heavyweight championship to Bob Fitzsimmons? At what weight did they fight? John L. Sullivan never fought Bob Fitzsimmons. Sullivan lost the heavyweight championship to Jim Corbett by a knockout and Fitzsimmons won it by knocking out Corbett. Fitzsimmons’ fighting weight was about 165 pounds and Sullivan’s about 196 pounds. When displaying wedding presents should the donors’ cards be removed? ' , There is no impropriety in leaving them on. Does a person lose his American citizenship by failure to vote at an election, NO.

.DEC. 22, 1927

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “An Old-Fashiomcd Person Might Argue That Remus Did Not Have to Become a Bootlegger Because of the Volstead Act, but Such a View Has Gone Out of Date."

The acquittal of George Remus comes as a peculiar climax to a peculiar career. According to the man’s own story, he made a fortune by violating the law, was robbed of it while In jail, went temporarily insane when he discovered what he had lost on getting out and shot his wife. He says that prohibition ruined him, which is in strict accord with the newer theory. An old-fashioned person might argue that Reriius did not have to become a bootlegger because of the Volstead Act, but such a view has gone out of date. Modern philosophy teaches that environment makes the individual, that he is a machine, a creature of circumstances, and that if he goes wrong some-condition is responsible. nun Recruit for Wet Army Assuming that the Vblstead Act caused his crime, Mr. Remus will devote the rest of his life to its repeal, provided he can prove himself sane as the Ohio law requires. No matter how others may feel about It, he looks upon this as a simple matter, and is probably right. The chances are that he will experience no greater difficulty in convincing the Probate Court that he is sane than he did convincing a jury that he was insane. This being so, the advocates of modification or repeal of the Volstead Act can look forward to gaining anew and important recruit. m B Lusitania Claims It is gratifying to know that the Government has at last found time to take up the Lusitania claims with the definite idea of settling them. It was known all along that Germany could not pay, except on the installment plan, and that if the heirs and defendants of those lost on the Lusitania were to receive any real cash, the United States would have to put it up. 4 The speed with which governments can move when it comes to waging war and mobilizing armies stands forth in strange contrast to their slowness in compensating Innocent bystanders. BUB Soviet Leader Dies Only a short time t go, the name, of Gregory Zinnoviev was of such importance that even its unconfirmed presence on a bit of propaganda proved enough to wreck a British government. Today, M. Zinnoviev knocks vainly on the door of the Communist party for permission to enter. Not only that, but he pleads repentance for past sins as he knocks, and promises to be good if readmitted—a pathetic figure on that stormy strand of revolution and theory, where those who have not sense enough to compromise with the tide are doomed to be tossed about on Its whimsical and shifting current. As Stalin says in so many words, Zinnoviev and his like are dreamers. They lack power to learn by experience, to modify their ideas in accordance with what experience reveals, to abandon convictions that are found impractical, to admit mistakes that have been proved. n B B Weakness in Creed Stalin is no less a Communist than he ever was, in theory at least, but he has sense enough to realize the weaknesses and limitations of his creed. He has seen enough to understand that world revolution was impossible and that Lenin was never wiser than when he made that all Important compromise with the peasants by allowing them to retain their land in utter defiance of communistic principles as the price of their political support. tt m Cold Wave in Europe Twenty below in Breslau, the coldest since 1799; 33 below at Moscow; 10 below at Vienna; snow on the Riviera; seventeen Serbian soldiers frozen to death; fifteen miners suffering a similar fate; roads blocked in Scotland; trains late in Germany; sailors dying in the icy surf on a dozen coasts—so runs the v news from Europe. You hear people say, especially those of advanced age, that winters are not what they used to be. Sometimes they are not, but sometimes they are and even a little worse. It is a weikness of human nature to brag by telling how tough the weather and other ocndltions used to be. B 9 B Weather in Cycles Like everything else, the weather moves in cycles. There are seasons beyond seasons, a group of severe years, followed by a group of milder ones. For a generation. New England compared all winters with that of 1888 and proved them less severe. Then came 1917-18 to set up another laid mark. We remember the tough times we went through because it suits our vanity, because it puts us in a heroic light. Nations are no different than individuals in this respect. Every history in the world glorifies the struggles and difficulties Incident to the begimung of a nation in such a way as to picture its founders as supermen.