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The Parsons In Politcs Can the church with propriety both save our oul* Irom hellflre and tell us how to vote on the tariff? This question of church and state was debated hotly from the time that Bishop Ambrose of Milan humiliated the powerful Roman Emperor Theodosius to the days when Nogaret, the emissary of King Philip of France, struck Pope Boniface VIII hi the face with his mailed glove. It has been contested within Protestantism, from Calvin's efforts to run a complete theocracy in Geneva to Bismarck's attempt to subject the church to the state In his Kulturkampf. when he clashed with the Catholic church in Germany. The issue has been raised in our own country with heat and intensity as .a result of prohibition, censorship and opposition to birth control. There has been not a little inconsistency. The same people who lauded the church for entering politics during the World war and applauded severe treatment of conscientious objectors since have denounced it for supporting prohibition. Those who opposed the .ee-, clesiastical support of war now praise the religious approval of prohibition. The question is of major importance and never more so than today. Hence. Stanley High s new book, -The Church in Politics.” is both timely and important. It is the work of an enthusiastic but relatively enlightened churchman, who warmly defends the participation of the church in politics and public affairs. . „ The whole issue now must be re-examined m tne light of the rapidly changing attitude toward the nature end function of religion. In the old days the theoretical problem was easy to solve. The church was concerned with things spiritual and of the other world. The state was temporal and of this world. Each should be supreme in its sphere and there should be no intrusion of one on the other. In practice. this clear division of powers always was difficult to maintain. By and large, then, there was an invincible argument lor the exclusion of the old-time religion from political activity. It had no business mixing in matters of this earth. No fundamentalist logically can argue that the church legitimately may enter actively into political support of prohibition or opposition to birth control. Mr. High can defend his position only by conceding that the.church no longer is a spiritual organization concerned with the future destinies of man in a world to come. With the decline of fundamentalism, the advanced leaders of the church are losing interest in the spiritual world and doubting the existence of a future life, i They are becoming more and more concerned with making us happier here and now. In due time the modernized church must surrender all spiritual interests and become wholly secular. Then what about separation of church and state? When the church comes to be as much interested In old-age pensions as Billy Sunday now assumes to be in rescuing lost souls from the clutches of Lucifer, can it remain out of politics? We doubt it. We must face the fact that the logic of the issue completely changes as the church becomes secular in outlook and program. The church can justify its existence only by working for a betterment of human life here on this earth. This improvement must be achieved in large part through politics. „ . The church of the future will of necessity be thrown into the midst of the political maelstrom. It will be effective chiefly to the degree in which it is able to influence politics. But these considerations are no justification for the present antics of a fundamentalist zealot in lobbying against liquor or trying to pass laws to ban cigarets. Optimism and Realism ""Secretary of Labor Davis just i:as given out a cheering message to Americans over the Columbia broadcasting system. He said, among other things: "No one doubts for a minute the courage and the mental and material resources of this great country of ours. That courage and those resources already are swinging us jjack on the road to recovery. And we are fortunate in having a President who sets a shining example of that courage and initiative.” But in that reliable compilation, ' Facts for Workers" for August, we find disconcerting information. W e fail to discover any convincing evidence that “the back swing to the road to recovery” is yet upon us, much as we might wish it to be. Unemployment, a good barometer of business depression, is growing steadily, in spite of the fact that these last months usually are the boom time of the year. As compared with the same months in 1929. the employment in manufacturing industries was off 5 per cent in January, 7 per cent in February, 9 per cent in March,* 10 per cent in April, 12 per cent in May .and-13 per cent in June. The picture drawn from the railroads is hardly nore cheerful. As compared with the same months in 1929. employment on class 1 railroads was off 2.1 per cent in January, 3.9 per cent in February, 5 per cent in March and 5.6 per cent in April. Gross operating revenue of these railroads were off 14 per cent in May as compared with May. 1929. We do not praise the calamity howler. Hope and optimism are helpful in any bad situation. But we must not put faith in that professional optimism which blinds us to the obstacles to be overcome. If we do our hope is likely to be deferred and our hearts made sick. A Cinderella Returns A little more than a. year ago the world wondered why one of its favorite Qinderellas had decided to go home from the ball. It was a long, long time until the clock would stroke 12. The crystal slipper fitted perfectly, and ail the silken ladies and gay gallants were bowing graciously. But Marion Talley removed the shining gowns slipped off the beads and bracelets that she had worn at the ball, and put on a sunbonnet. She listened to the last applause from the glittering horseshoe. She received her last red roses. She threw a kiss at the charmed circle. The stage lights winked their golden eyes and went out The velvet curtains rustled together. Marion was tired of glamour, so she was going away. Going out to Kansas to raise wheat and corn. Bhe had sung for a farm and now she was happy. But now Marion is back in New York again for a little. She has returned to make phonograph records. 6he says that it Is hot in Kansas, the corn is only fair . . . that she won't say that she never will come back to the opera if the urge grows strong enough. - After all, it is a far, far cry from fields of sunbaked corn to the fantasy and romance of the opera stage where )‘Je dances aloqg to % tragic drama or a laughing fantasjr.and the actress plays on pulsing, blood-red hearts, \ffjere is a long road winding, from

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the black and white ladders of song down a country road where farmers pray for rain. Everyone wondered why Marion Talley stepped out of the story book and closed its silver crivers. After the discouragement which has been the portion of farmers this year, no one will censure Marion Talley if she decides to go back to the ball, one glass slipper in her pocket, hoping that the music masters still hold its mate against the time when she returns. Who Is a Republican? The national Republican organization leaders in Washington say they will not support the Republican senatorial candidate from Nebraska in the November election. Their excuse is that Senator Norris is a traitor to the party. By that charge they mean that Norris has been one of the most effective opponents in the senate of the administration farm, tariff and power policies. That Is true. And they mean that Norris voted for Smith for President in 1928, which also is true. So they are going to read him out of the party that is what withholding organization support ,in an election amounts to. This raises several interesting questions, which go far beyond the Norris case. In the first place, what is a Republican? The party has no definite creed to which members must subscribe, and no certificate of orthodoxy necessary for casting a Republican ballot. Even if expediency did not prevent su-’h a creedal test, it would be impossible in any event, because the party platform changes constantly. " a Republican, therefore, is merely one who votes the Republican ticket. Obviously that does not mean one who never scratches a ticket, but rather one whose Republican votes are the rule and whose scratches are the exception. For there are very few voters in any party today who automatically vote a straight ticket. Indeed, it has come to be rather an insult to a man's intelligence to assume that he would not scratch a ticket in favor of what he sincerely believed to be the better candidate. Norris has voted the Republican ticket much longer and much more faithfully than, for instance, Herbert Hoover, the former Democrat. That is not particularly to Norris’ credit, to be sure. But it does give Norris a pretty good claim to the title of Republican so long as he wants to use that title. Question No. 2. What is the Republican party? Is the party the national bosses in Washington, or the rank and file membership? Where is the ultimate authority when it comes - to disciplining a party member? The Republican rank and file in Nebraska just have chosen, in the only manner provided by law, George W. Norris as the Republican candidate—chosen him by overwhelming vote and in direct defiance of the national organization. If the time has come when the Republican ‘party membership is not allowed to pick its own candidate, then it would seem that the national organization should expel as traitors the Republican party off Nebraska for disloyalty. Question No. 3. What is to be done with the dozen or so other Republican senators who share Norris’: views and who are fighting to elect this "traitor.” Are they not "traitors.” too, ajjd due for the ax? Question No. 4. If Norris arid his kind are not good enough to bear the name Republican, what is to be done with such other Republicans as the Daughertys, Falls, Sinclairs and Hustons, whose party purity never yet has been questioned officially? We can not imagine Senator Norris being much worried by the bosses’ boycott, or by the question raised by such action. Why should he worry? He is secure in the loyalty of the voters who elect him to his great public service, come what may. He has seen iri his time many administrations and many Republican national organizations rise and fall. He goes on. ; v - But millions of voters, who take the Republican national committee more' seriously than it deserves, may get the impression that the party of Lincoln no longer has any room for liberalism, not even in the rumble seat. : i r— ‘ North Carolina State college is holding a summer school for janitors.. It is said they're often given permission in class to take the floor. Those states which have had population totals clipped off in the revised census tabulation have one consolation—it may mean fewer congressmen.

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MOB law is not a lovely thing under any circumstances, but it is likely to be invoked anywhere when a certain crime is committed, the crime which explodes the community as concussion explodes dynamite. , v V U . a an i : This lynching at. might just as well have oceurred in your tow:., the only difference being that the crime was not committed in your community. There isn’t a better town in America than Marion; there isn’t a better class of people, so what occurred there would have occurred anywhere else under the same circumstances. ~ ~ : ; a a a ' •• FOR months Indiana has known these crimes •-in which motorists .were held tip and women outraged, and. of course, until such beasts, be they black, white, blue or pink, are wiped out, there will be little public concern as to the methods employed. When you're facing rattlesnakes you grab the first club you see. .nan Lyhchings are deplorable, -but another thing is still more deplorable—the decline of the faith people once had in their courts. The people know that if they want the death penalty administered they have to take it into their own hands, for our courts utterly have failed to function. a a a Mobs seldom think; they feel; but if this Marion mob indulged in the luxury of just one meditation it was that the court would not handle the offenders as they, deserved to be handled; the mob knew that the guilty would be Sent to thp penitentiary and that in eight or nine years some puddin’ headed Governor would let them out - v . '* * a a m EVERY community knows its court is a failure: it recalls many murders that have not been punished adequately and many that have not been punished at all. -v Every citizen can recall a score of men who earned the electric chair, but who now walk the streets. a a ~ • _ - The jnob spirit can not be eradicated, but it can be restrained by law enforcement and it is time to start in this direction by the elimination of technicalities -and delays, by the selection of competent prosecuting attorneys instead of inefficient beginners, and by the selection of juries that have enough nerve to do their duty. • •-*'*=*: We do hot mean that perfect law enforcement \ would make lynchbigs impossible. But we do mean that with our rising tide of crime our judicial ma- f chinery must be made efficient, or lynchings will- be- : some our most popular outdoor sport t

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BY DAVHX DIETZ Pluto, Recently Discovered Heavenly Body, Declared to Be Comet, Not Planet. PLANET X, recently named Pluto, is not a planet at all, but - a comet, in'the opinion of Dr. William, D. Macmillan, professor of mathematical astronomy at the University of Chicago. ,17 Pluto has been the center of a battle ever since its discovery. Many astronomers felt that it was some sort of comet-like body and not really a planet, like the other planets in the solar system. Professor E. W. Brown, one of the world’s greatest authorities on planetary motions, expressed the opinion that Pluto was not the transNeptunian planet whose existence had been predicted by the late Professor Percival Lowell. However, Dr. V. M. Slipher, director of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., where the new planet"*Svas discovered, says "this remarkable trans-Neptunian planetary body has been found as a direct result of Lowell's work, planning and convictions, and there appears present justification for referring to it as his Planet X.’* - The Lowell astronomers express the belief that Pluto maji be about as large as the'planet Mars, that is, about half the size of the earth. Dr. Macmillan, however, believes that Pluto may be one 0: a hitherto undiscovered distant and populous family of comets. tt B tt Orbit DR, MACMILLAN came to his conclusion after, drawing the orbit of Pluto on the basis of the Lowell calculations, and then calculating the number of years it took the planet to go around its orbit. Declaring that the three positions of the orbit so far recorded by the Flagstaff observers were still insufficient to insure accuracy, he described the orbit as an extremely elongated eclipse. ... He interpreted the diagram to mean that Pluto is not a planet, but an unusual type of comet. According to the tentative orbit sketched by Dr. Macmillan and Dr. Walter Bartky, Pluto will pass beyond vision in a few years and will riot return until the century 5000 A. D. Such is the extent of its journey that it will not reach its aphelion, the point of its orbit farthest from the sun, until 3495 A. D., when it will start falling back. On its present trip its closest approach to sun and earth occurred in 1900. On its next trip, its peri--helion will occur in 5089. ... • a a tt ; Motions ’ > CONCERNING the motions of Pluto, Dr. Macmillan states that in 1900, when it was closest to the earth, it was twenty-one astroriomical units away. An astronomical unit is the distance from here to the suri, 93,000,000 miles. Pluto’s : distance in 1900, therefore, was 1.953,000.000 miles. At present, it is forty-one astronomical units away. This is a distance of 3,813,000.000 miles. Dr, Macmillan continues: - “Though no attention, was directed to it in’ 1900, it was much brighter then, they pointed out, roughly of the twelfth magnitude. It was not a ‘trans-Neptunian’ body, but passed close to the path of Uranus. “This huge flattened orbit, according to which Pluto has been on its way here since 306 A. D., when Rome was In its glory, probably 1 means that this wandering traveler is a comet. "It is certainly not one of the steady little family of the eight known planets. Asa comet, however, its closest approach to the sun is farther out than the perihelion, or closest approach of any comet, yet recorded.” V. ■ -

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BATTLE OF BENNINGTON Aug. 16 ON Aug. 16, 1777, one of the most significant battles of the Revolution took place when a force of New Hampshire militia under Gen. John Stark defeated a combined force of Hessians, British-Loyalists and Indians: at Bennington, Vt. They were sent to Bennington by General John Burgoyne to capture the depot of supplies, which the Americans were reported to have there. As the invaders were utterly ignorant of the country, as , well as of tile Revolutionists’ methods of warfare, they were easily trapped, surrounded, and captured. Os a force of about 1,000, more than 200 were killed and pounded, 70 returned to Burgoyne and the rest taken prisoners. The American loss was 14 killed and 42 wounded. Washington called this victory a “great stroke,” because it prevented Burgoyne" from getting the supplies he sorely needed and cut off all communication between him and the garrison he left at Ticonderoga. Further, it resulted in the desertion of a large body of Indians and Canadians.'white it greatly strengthened the Americans, particularly by causing the enlistment of large bodies of militia for service under General Gates.

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Editor Times—ls our city industries would hire resident .labor instead of hiring farmers from other cities than Indianapolis, laborers would have plenty of work. If they want to live in other cities, let them labor there and not rob Indianapolis residents of their money and work. I think those who live in Indianapolis, help to build it up, and spend all their money here ought to be protected by the city of Indianapolis. A TIMES READER.

Daily Thought

The truth shall make you free, j —St. John 8:32. [ Truth is too simple for us; we do not like those who unmask our illusions.—Emerson.

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Following is the explanation of Ripley’s "Believe It or Not,” which appeared in Friday’s Times: George Tzanoff Smoked 144 Cigarets in fourteen hours—George Tzenoff, who established anew record for continuous cigaret smoking,* performed this feat under

- DAILY HEALTH SERVICE How Blood Pressure Works

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical , Association, and of Hygeia,. the Health Magazine. TTETHEN a volume of fluid is forced through a tube, the pressure of the fluid in the tube varies according to the amount of pressure behind the fluid, and the size of tube. The pressure varies also according to the ability of the tube to stretch. If the pressure behind the fluid is lessened temporarily, the pressure in the tube is lesseried. If the tube is rigid, the amount of pressure will increase over that of a tube which can relax. These are some' of the considerations which govern blood pressure. An increase in the amount of blood flowing through the blood

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BY JOE WILLIAMS p'LEANOR MEDILL PATTERSON is editor of the Washington Herald. Most of her staff writers are men. Someone wrote in and asked how she proposed to boss a room full of males. And she answered in her newspaper that she could foresee no difficuties, because “men always have been bossed by women, although most of the time they don’t know it.’’ On or about the same hour that Mrs. Patterson was admitting that the female is the more dominant of the species, a telegram was received at the local office of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, announcing the astonishing news that Helen Wills would not defend her championship at Forest Hills next week. It "was signed by Frederick J. Moody Jr.. who happens to be the tennis star's husband. This was the first intimation any one had that the champion was not coming east. A few weeks ago when she returned from Wimbledon she expressed a most enthusiastic intention to compete in the tournament, as is her annual custom. She was going, to hop out to California to see her husband and then come right back. Well, it- develops that she isn’t. She’s going to stay right at home, and forget about tennis for a while. And who says so? Mr. Moody himself, and he’s only the husband. u a u Where’s the Glory? 1 DON’T know how Mrs. Patterson handled this phase of the story in her newspaper. The chances are she gave it the play it rated. A good editor doesn’t let his prejudices influence the news value of a story. (Was it Greeley or McFadden who said that?) But just the same if Old Constant Reader clipped the stcay out and mailed it to Mrs. Patterson, together with her peremptory ideas of the docility of the male animal and demanded to know “how she got that way?” she need not have been surprised. or offended. Certainly it would appear that here and there in the land there are at least * few rare specimens of the pantalooned breed who do a little bossing themselves. I think perhaps it is true that a large percentage of the brother Elks of the nation are bossed by women without knowing it. . In such circumstances it is a question whether the gentlemen should plead guilty of innate dumbntss or the woman should make, adequate atonement for a shameless cunning. Are the sinister wiles of a Cleopatra to be morally esteemed over

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: supervision of a regularly convened athletic committee at the Phoenix Case in Sofia, Bulgaria. An official bulletin announced that the champion’s physical condition remained excellent. Siegmund Klein Lifted 250 Pounds Five. Times in Succession—Though Klein’s body weight is but 148

vessels will raise the blood pressure. If the blood vessels become hardened by arteriosclerosis, the blood pressure increases. If the blood vessels arft constricted by the use of certain drugs or by the action of the nervous systeiri, the blood pressure increases. The amount of blood pressure can be measured by numerous devices, including the method usually seen of putting a cuff around the arm, inflating it with air and reading the amount of pressure on a mercury column or on a spring device. Recently a machine has been developed that will record with a moving finger on a moving screen the variations in the blood pressure over a certain period. > By listening with his stethoscope while the blood pressure is being measured, the physician is able to

the blundering faith of an Antony? Don’t tell me—let me guess. Anybody can be a boss. All it takes is a strong executive chin and a couple of yards of flinty resolution. These attributes aren’t common. A lot of men have them. I’ve always thought a woman without' them would appear more lovely. a a Tricky Sex ONE criticism against the vaunted tyranny of the high French heel is that it doesn’t' squash the males it ought to. There .would be some sense in" a wifely domination that could keep a flagpole sitter on the ground, an endurance flier out of the sky and a rubber ball bouncer out of Niagara falls. • - Maybe it is true as Mrs. Patterson says that men always have been, bossed by women, only they don’t know it. Well as long as they don’t know it there will be no serious backfire or protest. The assertive male boss will begin to roar once the -women begin to wear their sovereignty on their hem line. Pride has made more champions than all the Jimmy De Forests in the country,. a a a A Woman Editor SOMEHOW a woman editor doesn’t seem to fit in with the traditions of the business. This is a post for a Chapin, with a feverish restless imagination, a rasping manner, and an idoltayr for inky headlines. It is still easy to picture Mr. Irvin

Questions and Answers

How many games did the Philadelphia American baseball team play against the New York Yankees in 1929? How many did they win? Out of twenty-two games played against the New York Yankees last season, the Philadelphia Athletics won fourteen and lost eight. What is caviar and how is H served? . .._ _ It is the roe of sturgeon and is served on crackers or toast, or in small glasses set in cracked ice. Are the Philippine Islands nearer to Japan than to the United States? They are nearer to Japan. It is 7.164 miles-- by boat from Manila, P. I. to San Francisco, and only 2,023, miles, from Manila to Yokohama-/ ..... -r How did is Paul Whiteman? He is 38 years old. >

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pounds, he can lift 250 pounds above his head, five successive times, two,arm , jerk., This, and many other phenomenal feats of strength were performed in the presence of many physical culturists in Klein’s studio, 717 Seventh avenue, New York City. Monday—The Baked Bean Addict.

determine two phases of the blood pressure, while the heart is contracted and while the heart is relaxed. ' At first every onfe was concerned largely with the question of high blood pressure, but now it is recognized that high or lo& blood pressure may be of importance to the health of the body. Life insurance companies particularly have given consideration to this question. Today the determination as to life expectancy of an individual may rest largely on an exact determination of his blood pressure. 1 The majority of medical directors of insurance companies are inclined .to think that pressure somewhat below the average predisposes the individual to increased longevity. It is also obvious that pressure beyond the average is serious.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most inter* estinjr writers and are presented without rerard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

Cobb arriving in the city room of the World, noting Chapin’s absence, learning of his illness and commenting “Well, I hope it's nothing trivial.” But around Park Row the veterans tell you there never was a better or more devoted newspaper man than the Old Crab. The presence of a woman editor might make it necessary to alter the present social code and tighten, up the loose informalities of the office. Many an editor would consider it a rank - discourtesy if the head of the copy desk stepped across the street to Jake’s for a little snorter without asking him along. ' And the stud poker game after the last edition has gone to bed—more than one head man has sat around tfying to get a decent hole card until way past dawn. With a woman editor editing what is to become of these noble old institutions? It would never do, for instance, to invite the lady to stick around arid take a hand.' That would be risking all the rowdy fun of the night. ' Being a newspaper woman, it’s a cinch she’d accept, : fOop.Vright, 1930. bV The Timgsi

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.AUG. 16,1930

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

The Monroe Doctrine It a Leftover From a Dead and Bygone Day. THE Chilean newspaper Mercurlo says that the Monroe doctrine , has become obsolete, that the ! circumstances of its origin no longar ! exist, ana that it is doing more harm than good. Most Americans will disagree with this view, but largely as a matter of sentiment. The Monroe doctrine has become \ one of our sacred traditions. We are 1 so sure of its righteousness that we spend little time studying the whys ; and wherefores of its adoption, much less the whys and wherefores of its continuance. The fact that history records it as a noble gesture in behalf of the ; comparatively xyeak and helpless i Latin American republics more than ! 100 years ago is quite enough to | satisfy our pride. ; Besides, we like the role of "Big Brother” which the Monroe doctrine ! conferred on us. , ; ana j ' Likes to Strut THE HOLY ALLIANCE, organized not only to restore monarchy, but to help Spain re-es-tablish her sway in Latin-America, and which brought the Monroe doctrine into being, has gone the way of all flesh. 1 Even if it hadn’t, Latin-America has- grown sufficiently strong to make conquest by any European nation, or group of nations, a most doubtful venture. But Uncie Sam likes to play the part ts "the defender of democracy.” especially’since it gives him an excuse -from meddling now and then. N6t that he admits as much openly, but that he finds it possible to fool his own people and some outsiders by continually referring to the glorious thing he did when a boy. a a a Only a Relic THE Monroe doctrine is the leftover of a dead and bygone day. From an international standpoint, we do not live in the world of 1825, when the United States still was regarded as a doubtful experiment, and the Latin-American republics were looked upon as a crowd of delinquent children who deserved nothing so much as a sound thrashing. What three kings could make a stir in the world these days by combining to do anything? One hundred years ago it was a different story. Kingcraft was a respectable business, and not only respectable,. but strong, wb’e the apostles of democracy were regarded in about the same light that we hold Communists. Not only that, but there wasn’t a Latin-American country capable of withstanding one good division of European troops. Even excluding the role played by England iri getting Adams to promulgate the Monroe doctrine for her own benefit, it represented the Monroe doctrine for her own benefit, it represented a rather neat method of scaring the wolves away from our door as well as from that of neighbors, who would have fallen an easy prey to the hungry pack. a a m That Was a Century Ago A LOT of things were held in high esteem 100 years ago that we fail to take seriously now. . The Monroe Doctrine belongs to the ox-cart era, and we probably would admit as much but for all the advertising. About the hardest thing to break away from is faith in some political move which proved worth while at one time or another. Because of the way politicians glorify it, and textbooks present It, we get to think of it as an immutable principle, as a corner stone of national existence, as something v/hich could not be changed without jeopardizing the whole structure. Though the Monroe doctrine obviously was conceived as a temporary maneuver to meet a temporary situation, we have grown to regard it as a basic pronouncement which forms an essential part of our political system. Asa matter of fact, we find it rather difficult to imagine the United States without a Monroe Doctrine, and, having gone that far, cease to think. a a adjust Butting In THE Latin-American republics, having arrived at a state of considerable strength and prosperity, feeling that they are able to stand on their owri feet, and enjoying no pride of authorship in the Monroe dbetririe, ldok upon it in a little different light. To them' it has become a patronizing instead of a protective measure, an excuse for butting into their affairs, instead of a promise to help. Who plays the *oJe of Anita, th> gypsy girl, in “The Cuckoos?” Dorothy Lee.