Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1930 — Page 11

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BUSINESS MEN ‘GO’ FOR TALES OF MYSTERIES City Financial Leaders Find Pleasure in Reading Detective Yarns. * BY SH4LDON KEY Tired business men have an Insatiable desire for the tremulous excitement they find in detective and mystery stories. They like them because they are “restful.” Librarians at the Indianapolis business branch library’ vouch for this and say many a sedate gentleman, who never touched a “dime novel” in his youth, now Is the victim of a peculiar complex that makes him lay aside the classic and find enjoyment in a good murder yam. Stand at the comer of Meridian and Ohio streets any day between the hours 12 to 2 or 5 to 6 p. m., and you will see a score or more of well groomed business men dodging into the dusky doorway of the business library. Take Novels Home Some read in the library, but usually they stop after work hours, get a modern detective novel, and hurry home for a quiet evening. To the layman, what the “gogetter” in business reads is interesting. Financial bulletins, Wall street news, trade reviews, and such volumes as Moody's investor service always are in use. Successful brokers’. bankers, insurance salesmen, and investors of all kinds rely on the business library for many of their ’tips’ as to prospects for investments. “When the market is wobbly, there is bound to be an influx of customers,” librarians say. “Why, during the recent Wall Street crash scores of men with worried, anxious looks perused our stock-reports and financial chats.” Enterprising Youths Patrons Young men, anxious to get ahead In their jobs, form a large per cent of the business library patronage. For their benefit there are four shelves of volumes offering inspirational psychology in the Indianapolis branch. Business men are unrelenting questioners and demand much reference work of librarians. They want to know everything from the latest dope on “General Motors methods” to material on “How to Finance a Fraternity House.” Hundreds of books are kept for the benefit of business men, but they invariably have his two preferences—those dealing with finance and mystery. The site for the White House at Washington, D. C., was selected by President Washington and Major Pierre L'Enfant when they laid out the city of Washington in 1791.

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(Continued From Page 1) Knight inquired solicitously when they reached a table for two r et against the wall. The girl's answer was a quick smile. She slipped into the chair held out for her. Her employer took the other one. “And now,” she said, “for food!” It was a menu w’hich, in contrast to Judith Cameron's usual cafeteria meals, was rather breath-taking. Blue points first. Then delicious onion soup, duckling roasted with cherries, a salad with Roquefort dressing, fruit in a light frozen pudding, and lastly coffee. The waiter, who spoke with a marked French accent, appeared to be accustomed to serving Knight. He helped Judith slip off her wrap. Underneath the black coat was the same bluish-gray frock she had worn in the office. Her only other dress, it happened, was at the cleaner's. Still the frock was inconspicuous. Knight did not even notice it. He was amazed to find how simple it was to feel at ease with Judith Cameron. Partly this w’as due to her real gift for listening. Partly it was because when he spoke of the office she knew what he was talking about. Above all, those long-lashed blue eyes challenged the man’s interest as he had not been stirred for months. Deep eyes, sparkling with laughter, soon to grow grave again and hauntingly elusive. The sooty fringes created an effect which actresses who are subtle and adept at make-up achieve by means of purple eye shadow. Knight did not realize he was talking with animation and that his face was flushed. He told her so many things he wanted Judith to know. He told her of the home on Long Island which had been closed for two years while he resided at a club. His town car, another motor and his daughter’s roadster were there now while Knight summoned and dismissed taxis because that was simpler. He told her of his summer’s fishing expedition in Canada. B B B ABRUPTLY, while they were having dessert, the flow of conversation broke. “I wonder,” said Arthur Knight slowly, “why you came tonight?” Judith Cameron's answer was characteristic. She said. “I wonder why you wanted me to?” He studied a pattern of the table linen. “I couldn’t answer that without sounding--well, without sounding rather like the villain of a problem novel.” he said finally. After a moment’s hesitation he continued. “I'll try, though. Miss Cameron, do you know that tonight you have salvaged one lonely evening in the life of a lonely man?” “But why should you be lonely?”

He watched her without answering. • “Can you tell me,” he said finally, “any reason why I should not be?” The girl raised both hands in a faintly foreign gesture. “But you have so much! Money, Mr. Knight—” “The wealthiest men I know are the loneliest.” Judith shrugged her shoulders. “Perhaps,” she said. "But most of the things the world wants can be had for money.” “You’re wrong there.” For a moment the girl lost her poise. There was cynicism certainly in the smile playing about her lips. Knight, concentrating upon the lips’ rich vermilion, took no notice. “Then you have your children—” Knight straightened. “I had my children,” he said. “They have been the most precious things in my life. But no parent can say nowadays after a son or daughter is 13 or 14 years old that he ‘has’ children. They grow up so quickly. They’re themselves—they don’t belong to fathers and mothers. “My children—” he continued, “well, Tony’s in Europe with her aunt. She’s a little devil, Miss Cameron, and an angel. Tony’s 18 now. “She’ll be marrying one of these days, I suppose. Marry someone

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I’ve never heard of. That’s the way they do it. Junior’s in prep school. Sixteen last month. He’ll never go into the publishing business. “Morning, noon and night it’s nothing but aviation, and if he wants to be a pilot I'll not hinder him. Couldn’t if I tried. You see?” He smiled with a singular, appealing melancholy. “We ought to be going, shouldn’t we?” asked Judith thoughtfully. an a HE nodded, rose to draw back her chair. As the cab rolled up Fifth avenue, neither the man nor the girl spoke. It was a short ride to Judith’s dwelling place. She made two light efforts at gaiety but they xvere halfhearted. Saying good night before the door of the rooming house, Arthur Knight placed his hand over the girl’s. “May I look forward,” he asked, “to another evening which will not be lonely?” “Os course.” He was down the steps and the cab had vanished before Judith Cameron, standing in the dim-Ut hall, started her four flights’ climb. And all that her employer had learned about the girl in three hours’ conversation was the fact that Judith Cameron made a charming dinner companion. Neither he nor any one in Hunter

ADVANTAGES OF CHAINS RECITED BY I. U, EXPERT Dean of Commerce School Testifies in Licensing Injunction Suit. Advantages claimed for chain stores over privately owned stores were cited in federal court today by Dr. William A. Rawles, dean of Indiana university's school of commerce and finance, in defense of Indiana’s store licensing law, fa-

Brothers’ employ saw r Judith Cameron three nights later as she descended from a cab at a corner on West Sixteenth street. Her glance up and down satisfied her that no one was watching. The girl hurried down the block, turned about and stopped to gaze at a bakery shop window. A young man came out of the shop and joined her. Together the two proceeded westward. Their conversation was low and on the dark street only dim outlines of the tw r o figures could be seen. Suddenly the girl’s voice raised sharply: “But I will, Dan! Didn’t I promise? You know I’d do anything in the world for you—anything!” (To Be' Continued)

miliarly known as the 1929 “chain store act.” Dr. Rawles testified for the state in the suit of Lafayette A. Jackson. proprietor of the Standard Grocery Company. Jackson is seeking to make permanent a temporary restraining order which has prevented the state tax board from enforcing the measure. Dr. Rawles’ testimony was presented by the state in an effort to show the license fair because of exceptional advantages chain stores have over privately operated business. Dr. Rawles listed as chain store advantages: 1. Buying in quantities, with advantage taken of cash discounts of 2 per cent; buying skill developed to the limit, and elimination of secondary expense such as warehouse costs. 2. A large supply cf capital making quantity buying possible and attracting skilled employes. 3. A price and sales policy which provides for rapid turnover of stock at small margins of profit. 4. Promotion of sales by combined advertising and displays. 5. Management and methods facilitating choice location of stores; employment of experts and specialists in various branches of business and the ability to take advantage of breaking prices markets. Dr. Rawles, on cross-examination, admitted the chain storts are making attempts to harmonize with public welfare, but said the problem is a difficult one because local store managers have an eye to promotion to more important cities and pests, and therefore subordinate community interests to companyaffairs. He admitted, however, that better

service and lower prices are an item for public welfare and community betterment. Jackson's complaint, drawn in interest of all chain store companies in the state, avers the license measure is unconstitutional in being confiscatory. Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, professor of marketing at Columbia university, and R. W. Lyons, secretary of the National Chain Stores Association, have testified co-operative buying i by independent retailers has off-

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