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The Fourth and Fraud Before citizens of Indianapolis fire too many skyrockets to celebrate their right to rule themselves, they should read the report of the grand jury on the recent primaries. That report charged with great definiteness that frauds and corruption had been rampant, perhaps to an extent where the will of the voters in both parties had been nullified. Votes were cast in the names of dead men. They were cast in the names of fictious persons from addresses found to be vacant lots; the totals in some precincts were greater than the known number of qualified voters. The insignificant part of the report is that no one is punished, even accused. No definite charge is filed against the officials in the one precinct where they were accused of being caught red handed in violations of the law. Either the prosecutor or the grand jury has the power to file such charges. This Fourth of July celebrates the independence of the United States from a government which was not of their own choosing. The founders shot down the theory of the divine right of certain men to rule them through the accident of birth. Many gave their lives to the thesis that men should be governed only by those of their own selection. A King George, ruling by divine right, is no more obnoxious to that theory than a George who rules by fraud and corruption —or for that matter, a Joe, a Charley, a Harry or any other who overthrow’s the will of the people by trickery. The use of fraud and corruption at the ballot, either in primary or election, is as revolutionary of the system of self government as the battle of Bunker Hill was a revolt against monarchy. That a grand jury makes a report of this character and then fails to indict presents a monstrous situation. It means that self government has surrendered to government by fraud. It means that democracy is but a name and not a reality, that representative government is an echo of other days and no longer the voice of the people. It will not do to say that the failure was due to a lack of funds, and that the inquiry was blocked by the county council’s failure in that direction. It will not do to say that a special prosecutor was named to supplant the regular official. If those frauds existed, and of that there is no doubt, every official and perhaps every citizen, has failed. Where were the election officials while these frauds were being perpetrated ? Where was the prosecutor with his greatly augmented staff of volunteers? Instead of a celebration with firecrackers, there should today be gatherings of outraged citizens in every park, dedicating themselves anew to the faith of the fathers or supinely confessing that they have surrendered the heritages of those who knew the meaning of liberty and understood the divinity of the common man. The Sense of Mystery There is something about the spectacle of a man flying around the earth that stirs old memories. It is impossible to review the amazing flight of Major Kingsford-Smith and the Southern Cross without casting back in the mind to other trips around the world—to Magellan, and Drake, and the other hard-bitten adventurers of old days who refused to be afraid of unknown seas. Magellan set out with four rickety ships and got one back to Spain, giving his own life in the Philippines as a climax to a cruise of unimaginable hardship and peril. Drake dodged Spanish cruisers, doubled Cape Horn and came back with his ship crammed with gold and jewels. The others of that era who followed in his track had tall tales to spin when they dropped anchor in home waters again, and the story of the marvels they had seen was equaled fully by the story of the dangers they had undergone. There couldn’t be a more dramatic contrast; Magellan and Drake in cranky, snub-nosed cockle shells, painfully reeling off the miles on an almost endless journey, and this young Australian sailing through the air at 100 miles an hour, endangered chiefly by the possibility that his compass might go wrong and let him fly about in circles instead of hitting the mark. The old-timers had a slower, more laborious job. Kingsford-Smith went faster. The risks he faced were more sudden, less predictable. The news traveled ahead of him. Magellan went over the horizon and dropped out of human knowledge, for months; Kingsford-Smith was on schedule almost to the minute, with crowds waiting for him at every stopping place. The world obviously has taken to moving somewhere at a speedy clip. Just where it may be bound, however, and whether the change is going to be for better or for worse, are other questions, to which the answer isn't always quite clear. Kings!ord-Smith's flight symbolizes the marvelous growth in communications that has come since the old days. The isolation, the loneliness, the infinite distances that separated man and man in Magellan's day. are gone forever. The peoples of the earth are being drawn closer and closer together. We are getting much more familiar with each other and with the world we live in. Indeed, we may bet getting too familiar. For Magellan, climbing up the Pacific, was like a man on a strange planet. He could expect anything. Golden cities and islands of enchantment were within the range of his possibilities. He had the sense of wonder, the sense of strange, unimaginable

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glory, ahead of him. And Kingsford-Smith—like all travelers today—knew precisely where he was going and what he would see there. There were no fables to explore. Great flier that he is, he can not pilot his monoplane to any spot that has not been photographed and described already. We may have lost more than we think, in this connection. The feeling of mystery and amazement that environed the ancients has left us, forever. Its loss has not been entirely good for us. Lost Liberties For a country dedicated to the inalienable right of citizens to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, we don’t seem to be do’ng so well on the eve of this anniversary of national independence. Leaving aside the millions denied the right to work because of industrial and governmental inefficiency in handling the business cycle, there probably never has been a period in peace time during our history when civil liberties were at such low ebb. Under the prohibition laws basic rights, such as those relating to search and seizure, are abrogated; the right of jury trial is restricted by pending legislation; and innocent men arc killed without warning by federal enforcement agents. The liberties of labor arc- disappearing fast in many states, where militia, company gunmen, and injunction judges constitute a lawless menace. The very courts, last peaces".! refuge of the oppressed, in many localities are dispensing class justice which always victimizes the workers. As in North Carolina, even mob leaders who murder unoffending women workers are set free. A New York policeman just has killed another unarmed Communist, whose crime consisted in marching in memory of a second murdered Communist and who resisted police interference with the peaceable parade. During the last three months, approximately 4,000 workers and alleged radicals have been arrested throughout the country, despite the fact that in virtually every case these workers were innocent of violence and merely were actng within their constitutional right of free speech and free assemblage. In the six months ending today, there have been twelve lynchings in the country, a number equal to the entire year of 1929. This type of savagery is unknown in other civilized countries. And still there is little nope that these mobs which overthrew orderly government will be tried, much less punished. To Negroes, to the alien-born, and to thousands of white native American workers, our constitutional guarantees of civil rights have become a mockery. The federal government is intent on barring from citizenship those who refuse to bear arms for conscience sake or who accept m good faith the Kellogg treaty outlawing war. Though the United States circuit court of appeals jusr/ has reversed exclusion decisions of lower courts in the citizenship cases of the Rev. Dr. Douglas C Macintosh of Yale, a Canadian war chaplain, and Miss Marie Bland, a Canadian war nurse, the United States supreme court is expected to repeat in these cases its unconstitutional Schwimmer exclusion decision. What is national independence worth if we allow government and courts and men to rob us of our American heritage of civil liberties? A Very Useful Citizen In the death of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley the United States has lost an extremely useful and able citizen. Every inhabitant of the United States for the last two decades has had purer, better food than he might have had if Dr. Wiley had not lived. That, when you stop to think about it, represents quite an achievement. Few men can hope to serve their fellow citizens any better. In recent years Dr. Wiley was no., as much in the public eye as formerly—proof, in itself, that a great part of his labors had been crowned with success. His sensational fight for pure foods had been largely victorious. That was what put him out of the limelight. In itself, it was a great testimonial to the high value of his services. Lord Derby told folks back in England that prohibition and not money was our national topic of conversation. And the curious thing about it is that we have neither. New York probably called the $21,915 it spent' cleaning up after the Byrd reception a tidy sum.

REASON

IMPERIALISTIC nations do justice to those they govern only when forced to do so, John Bull now offering the Hindoos a promise of ultimate self-gov-ernment under the British crown, thanks to the threat involved in Mahatma Gandhi's rebellion. n a a After the Battle of Saratoga in our revolution, Mr. Bull offered our forefathers everything under the sun if they would only stay under the British flag, and most of them were in favor of accepting the compromise, but there was one gentleman named Washington who refused to take anything short of absolute independence. a a a A CABLE from Paris announces that while Corsica has the reputation of being a land of bandits, she is in fact the most law-abiding of countries. However, this does not mean that Corsica has reformed; it means that Corsica has shipped her bandits to Chicago. a a a There's no sense in Judge Marcus Kavanaugh's statement that capital punishment is needed in great cities, but should be discontinued in small towns. According to Kavanaugh, John Wilkes Booth’s precious life should have been spared had he only assassinated Lincoln La some small county seat. a a a How unspeakably tame our national life would be were it not for the daily chronicling of the activities of the Capone brothers! a a a Before Commander MacMillan departed from Maine for his thirteenth conquest of the far north he announced that he was going to start three schools to educate Eskimo children. We question the wisdom of it, for they’re living on the fat of the land as it is. a a a THE leaders of countries may make alliances, but these do not make the peoples of such countries love each other; France and Poland are allies, but the other night there was a vicious fight in Cherbourg, France, between French and Polish sailors, and during the World war there was a fight whenever the American and British sailors got together. a a a Things are coming pretty easy for Dwight Morrow, being nominated for United States senator and elected grandfather all in one week. Had that baby come to town a few days earlier Morrow would have carried New Jersey by a million. • mm It was another great blow to (Mir national pride when Camera won from Godfrey a fouL

D FREDERICK B y LANDIS

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SCIENCE

BY DAVID DIETZ-

Scientists Should Get More Credit in Future Histories, and Strutting Warriors Less. THE history of science is beginning to come into its own. As the present age becomes more and more scientific, more dependent upon machines and the products of scientific laboratories, anew view is being taken of the past. Many authorities are beginning to think that we have made a mistake about the important people of the past—that the present owes more to Galileo, for example, than it does to some strutting king who fought some wars and pushed out the boundaries of his kingdom by a few hundred square miles and got his name in all the History books. A Harvey studying the circulation of the blood, a Leeuwenhoek polishing the lenses of his crude microscope, a Gilbert pondering the behavior of magnets, a Lavoisier seeking the nature of combustion, did more for the world than scheming politicians and intriguing statesmen. Perhaps the day may come—who knows?—when school children will learn the date of the publication of Newton's “Principia” as well as the date of the Battle of Hastings. A beginning has been made with the publication of a number of excellent books on the history of science in recent years. u n n Monumental CHIEF among these books are George Sarton’s monumental publication, the first volume of his “Introduction to the History of Science.” This first volume extends “From Homer to Omar Khayyam.” It is a huge volume of 839 pages. One is amazed that one man could collect ali the information contained in it. Os equal monumental character is Lynn Thorndyke’s two excellent volumes, “History of Magic and Experimental Science during the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era.” Both of these works, however, are likely to make their chief appeal to the specialist and not to the layman. They are heavily documented, bristling with footnotes. A volume is available, however, which should appeal greatly to the layman. It is R. J. Harvey-Gibson’s “Two Thousand Years of Science.” (The book just has been published by The Macmillan Company at $4.) Harvey-Gibson was emeritus professor of botany in the University of Liverpool. Unfortunately he died in June, 1929, while the final revision of his book was under way. A. W. Titherley, dean of the faculty of science of the University of Liverpool, completed the revisions. The book presumes no previous scientific training on the part of the reader. Its clarity further is increased by many excellent illustrations and diagrams. a a n Important THE author chose to give the greatest amount of space in his book to the topics which he thought would be most interesting to the layman. Consequently, the last third of the book is devoted to what he calls the “Science of Today.” This has necessitated a brief treatment of the earlier developments. In fact, the author brings the reader to the beginning of the sixteenth century with the first twenty-three pages of the book. Such treatment, of course, is necessarily sketchy, as any one will realize who ponders over Sarton’s 839 pages from “Homer to Omar.” From the sixteenth century on, the author discusses the great names of science and discusses their work in considerable detail. The great astronomers, physicists, chemists, biologists and geologists are paraded before us. His chapters on the science of today are very complete, including discussions of modern astronomical research, relativity, radio, weather forecasting, synthetic chemistry, atomic theory, and those problems of the chemistry of life which are grouped under the heading of biochemistry. The book by* no means exhausts the field. There still is room for many popular books on the history of science. The book, however, is an important one and an excellent one, and merits the careful attention of intelligent readers.

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COOLIDGE’S BIRTH July 4

ON July 4, 1872, Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President of the United States, was born at Plymouth, Vt. After graduation from Amherst college, where he earned a reputation as a hard worker, Coolidge studied law with a Northampton firm, and two years later began to practice. Because his employers were interested in politics, Coolidge soon found his natural inclination. Coolidge readily was elected to various offices in Northampton until he became its mayor. Following his election as state senator, his political career in Massachusetts progressed by regular steps. As Governor of Massachusetts he attracted nation-wide notice by his firm stand during the Boston police strike. It was at that time he gave utterance to his famous phrase: ‘‘There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere. at any time.” At the Republican national convention in 1920 he was nominated for Vice-President, with Warren G. Harding as the presidential nominee. They were elected by a great majority. On Harding’s death. Aug. 2, 1923, Coolidge became President. He was re-elected in 1924. His administration was one of marked governmental economy, which, together with general prosperity, permitted a drastic reduction of income taxes. Since his retirement from office on March 4, 1929, he has become an insurance official and has devoted considerable of his time to writing. DAILY THOUGHT Happy are thy men, happy axe these thy servants which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. —I Kings 18:8, He who is good is happy.—Habbington.

‘When a Feller Needs a Friend!'

Sleep in Any Position You Feel Best

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyeeia. the Health Magazine. THERE are all sort of opinions as to the way in which people want to sleep. Even the United States army urges soldiers to lie flat, sit straight, stand tall, and during sleep not to pull up in the middle. Various medical authorities recommend that one avoid sleeping on the back because this has been associated with bad dreams. It has been argued that one should not sleep on the left side because this interferes with free action of the heart and requires the stomach to pump its contents against the force of gravity. The vast majority of medical authorities tell people to sleep in any position in which one can sleep most comfortably and sleep best. To determine just how people sleep and in what positions, investigators in the Mellon Institute devel-

Readers of The Times Voice Views

Editor Times-—About the quickest and most complete way of getting an idea before the public is to put it in a Scripps-Howard paper, so that is why I am submitting to you my idea of how partially to solve the unemployment question. If all heads of business institutions, both large and small, would discharge all married women vho have able-bodied husbands to support them, and give those positions to married men who have families to support, there would be fewer unemployed men and less strain on the charity organizations. I know several married women making better than a $ l 3O a month holding positions that men should have who can’t find work and have families to support. These same women boast of the fact that they would work for SSO a month if their wages were lowered that much, because their income, whatever it is, is all clear to them, for the husband’s salary pays the expenses. The majority of these women spend their wages on clothes and other things that could be gotten along without if they were at home, where they belong. While they are using this money foolishly, some other woman or child is going without food and only enough clothing to cover their nakedness. These women are lowering the wage scale for men, because they will work for almost anything that is offered them and business men will hire them to cut down overhead. The business house that does not sell a commodity for women loses every dollar it pays them in salaries as far as getting it back into the business concerned, whereas the married man distributes his '.alary around and every type of business Is benefited by it. Does the ether business gain or lose by employing married women at practically nothing and cause the money to go into the other man’s business? Women marry men to be supported and given a home, and their place is to stay in this home ana let the men make the living. The progress of the world depends upon the people of today raising children to take their places when they are gone, and it takes a certain amount of young blood to keep things moving. These women who get married and continue to work on starvation wages certainly are not helping to increase the population any for the future. The more money that is paid out in wages, the more merchandise is bought by the working man, and business conditions will improve for everybody. So, Mr. Business Man, wake up and give the working man a chance and you will be rewarded in more ways than one. Am I right? G. M. WHICKER. Crawfordsville, Ind. Editor Times—l was disappointed to know of your stand in regard to the soldiers’ pension bill now pending. as I am quite sure that we all would be better off if every soldier I with an honorable service record would be granted a small monthly pension, say sl2. Those who did not I serve would have a fair chance to get their bit every time the boys | were paid off. Uncle Sam, when he needed sol- ! diers again, could depend on them I if they in turn could feel that they would be treated fairly when the war was over and not have to be killed, or nearly sojfend then have to prove

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

oped a device for photographing a normal man while asleep. Beside his bed a clock was placed and the motion picture camera used in the investigation revealed the position of the patient and the time at which he happened to be in that position; at the same time an automatic device recorded the change in position and the time at which it took place. Not only were records made of the normal man, but also of patients in a tuberculosis sanatorium, and of young children, so that in all 150 people were studied. The most typical of the healthy sleepers changed from one position to another between twenty and forty-five times in any night of eight hours sleep. The shortest period between changes of position was two and one-half minutes. Practically half of the postures that the sleeper assumed were held for less than five minutes; about one-fifth, from five to ten minutes; about one-tenth, from ten to fifteen

that before they could get a little compensation. THINK IT OVER. Editor Times—l agree with every word of The Lost Sheep after reading his letter in The Times. Out of a job means increase of misery, starvation and death. We either must get a job or beg, steal or starve. Some say go to some charity club. That’s all right if you could get anything. Those working are receiving such meager wages they find it hard to live, and those depending on charitable institutions get still less. Patriotism of the American worker is on trial today. CHARLES W. BURTON. 101 South Liberty street. Editor Times—ln the public square and upon the memorial building of Indianapolis the word JUSTICE is inscribed in prominent letters. Justice is an ideal we have been taught to revere and is one of the cardinal principles of the American Legion and other organizations and associations. Today, out of work and without friends in the city, I went to one of the parks to lie down and rest, having no money for a room. I was rudely awakened (in more ways than one) by a policeman, who intimidated me in every way possible without resorting to physical force. Even when I told him that, being without funds, I was forced to sleep on the cement floor at the city jail in Richmond the night before and, not being accustomed to such “accommodations” failed to rest, he informed me that if I remained in the park five minutes longer I would be in jail again. Is this a crime—to be without work during this depression? Can it be a felony to comply with the first law, nature’s law? I had been brought up to believe in justice, but my faith is shaken badly. I consider such treatment an injustice, which the conventional teachings say does not flourish under our American institutions. Have Ia perverted outlook on the thing? I would like to hear from readers who would not have the personal angle I have. UNEMPLOYED. Editor Times—ls Winkler making a tool out of poor Schroeder to try to get elected this fall? I don’t think he killed the man. If he wants to be elected, he can’t play with poor prisoners until proved guilty. Judge Collins is wise in his rulings that they can’t make a slave of a prisoner until proved guilty. J. G. SCHMIDT. Editor Times: At Riley playground last summer we closed from 12 nocn to I p. m. and from 5 to 6 p. m. That is a splendid plan, as all parents like their children to be home for meals. As to repairs, we had no trouble, as our custodian, Mr. Manix, would fix all small defects. such as putting new links in swings, fixing checker tables, benches, maypoles, locks on doors, etc. We all worked for the park board, not against it. I think children do not like too much routine in play centers. They want freedom to do just what they enjoy most. I do maintain, though, that one graduate instructor is seeded at each ground, to help the matron in organizing sewing clubs, spelling bees, stunts and singing contests, checker

minutes. Less often than once a night did a healthy sleeper lie in one position lor an hour. Only when a person was given a heavy dosage of sleeping medicine did he lie in one position very long. A healthy sleeper never lay in one position for two hours. In concluding their consideration, the workers in the Mellon institute point out that apparently the most restful, quiet sleep is characterized by the use of a considerable variiety of bodily positions, all of which are contorted; none of which indicate anything like complete relaxation of the muscles, such as one may observe in a fainting person. The change of position seems to be well adapted to the relief of irritation of some portion of the body set by the last position, or perhaps by the day’s activities. To get a healthy person to spend a night in any one position it won id seem to be necessary to strap him on a frame or else put him in a cast and then prop up the cast.

tournaments, plenty of good games, reading hours, sand building, etc. Mr. McClure, our director, was a good pal to all his help and was respected and liked by all the children,, instructors and matrons. He inspired one to do his best, not by bossism, but by kindness and good will. We all worked for him to make our playground a success. KATHERINE MORLAN, Ex-matron.

<f£w Wel/DoJou ‘/Cnow^ourßib/c? FIVE QUESTIONS A DAY" ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES

1. Who was Salome? 2. Complete “If God be for us . . .” 3. Who whote “In thy light shall we see light”? 4. What prophet was thrown into a lion’s den, and why? 5. Who said “By their fruits ye shall know them”? Answers to Yesterday’s Queries: 1. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”; Psalm 33:12. 2. For 430 years; Exodus 12:40. 3. The power of the tongue; James 3:5. 4. Seven years; I Kings 6:38. 5. “Above all things, and desperately wicked”; Jeremiah 17:9.

Questions and Answers

On what date did Good Friday fall in 1918? March 29. What is the name of the President’s yacht? The presidential yacht Mayflower has been withdrawn from service, and President Hoover has none. What is the capital of China? Nanking. What does the eagle signify as an emblem? Might and courage. What child actor played in the motion picture “Thunder” and hew old is he? Wally Albright Jr., who is about 4 years old.

RAYS OF SUNSHINE SEEN BY CHIC SALE Most people are jumpy this July fourth because when they hear a firecracker explode it reminds them of what has happened to their bank accounts. You take last July Fourth. Money was pourin’ in so fast we could wear clean shirts every day, have meat on the table and first-grade eggs in the ice box, throw away everything that was left over from supper and go downtown and stay until midnight or later and still hardly make a dent in the day’s receipts. Amid this orgy of spending, we forgot the fundamental rule of lastin’ prosperity, which is “when livin’ in a land flowin’ with milk and honey take good care of your cows and ’'ees.” You take this July Fourth we are right in the middle of hittin’ the bottom and bouncin’. Things are goin’ to get better and I’ll tell you why. A nation is sound as long as it can laugh off its troubles, and when it comes to laughin’ off troubles actual statistics show that more tooth paste is bein’ sold in this country this P. k & summer than was sold last summer. Thats a fact.

.JULY 4, 1938

M. E. Tracy

SAYS:

Many a Poor Devil Who Should Have Died, According to the Card Index System, Has Been Saved by the Family Doctor. THE family doctor is coming back, if one can believe the New York Medical Weekly, the guide, philosopher, and friend who knows local politics as well as pills, ani who is able to t-ell what ails Johnny or Sis in nine cases out of ten. because he attended mother and dad when they were children. The family doctor certainly has his place in the scheme of things, in spite of the way he has been sidetracked by the thousand-bed hospital and endowed clinic. Though he may be a little out of of date when it comes to cataloging bugs, he knows the people with whom he deals and that their peculiarities are of great consequence in the battle to preserve health. Rules, formulae, and actuarial tables may be all right in striking an average, but they often go wrong in individual cases. A man in York. England, recently celebrated his 102d birthday, though he was rejected by an insurance company more than sixty years ago. The chances are that a family doctor pulled him over some of the rough spots. Whether that is the case, a family doctor has saved many a poor devil who should have died according to the card index system. a a u Knows Psychology THOUGH he may not call it by that name, the family doctor knows a great deal about psychology and develops an effective method of treatment for each of his patients, not only in a medical but a mental sense. With some he is rough, with others sympathetic, and still others indifferent. He acquires almost a sixth sense in this respect, and he depends on it quite as much as on his lancet or prescription blank. When Mrs. Jones calls up at 2 o’clock in the morning, he is neither alarmed nor Irritated. She has done the'thing before. Besides, he is familiar with her eccentricities. Without waiting to hear the description of her symptoms, he diagnoses the case as 95 per cent imaginary, drops around in the morning, pats her hand, talks about the pet cat, and exercises the particular devil with which she is afflnted. If it is Mr. Joins, he pursues an entirely different course, because he knows all about the man's obesity, weak heart, and uncomplaining disposition. nun Patient Must Live THE family doctor is more Interested in human beings than their ailments. Instead of looking for triumph over some queer malady, his idea is to pull a neighbor through. The highly trained surgeon may find it possible to speak of a successful operation, even though the patient dies, because he has done some clever cutting. The family doctor calls it successful only if the patient lives. Specialization, system and equipment have done a great deal for the medical profession, but they have not done it all, and never can. Public health, as shown in vital statistics, is one thing. Personal health, as shown in normal bodies and normal minds, is quite another. Throughout the age, some men and women have not only remained strong and vigorous, but have reached a ripe old age, in spite of plagues and epidemics. In most cases, this was due to the fact that they possesed what we call a good constitution, but the kind of constitution a person has, though measurably dependent on his ancestry, can be strengthened by his way of living, habit of thought and, above all else, intelligent regard for his own peculiar weaknesses. That is where the family doctor helps us most. He studies his patients quite as closely as he studies their afflictions, and here again he has an all-important advantage over the specialist. nun Shows Originality NOR is the family doctor the unoriginal bungler that some people think. In the great dispute which arose over the discovery of ether, when Morton and his rivals were fighting for a reward of SIOO,OOO at the hands of congress, it developed that a family doctor in Georgia had used ether as an anesthetic long before any of them. Like most family doctors, however, he lacked the time and inclination to strut his stuff. It was enough that ether helped him to help his patients. Besides, he took it for granted that other doctors were equally skillful and alert, and probably had done the same. How can cod liver oil stains be removed from clothing? They may be removed easily when fresh from practically all materials by freely sponging with carbon tetachloride, then washing the garment thoroughly in warm soapsuds. It is important that the application be made as soon as possible after ; the garment is stained because in Ia short time it is extremely dif- | flcult to eradicate it. " i Who sang “Keeping Myself Just j for You” In the film version of “Hit the Deck”? I Polly Walker.