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David Belasco It Is hard to realize that the curtain has rung down for David Belasco. His gentle, halting “you have made me very, very happy” still lingers in the memory of first-nighters. Born in this country of a Portuguese gypsy mother and a Jewish father, soon after they had landed, penniless, from London, David Belasco rose from call boy at the Metropolitan theater in San Francisco to be dean of the drama in America. Some say that reference to his “clerical” garb, which he termed not clerical at all, but merely oldfashioned, annoyed him. Yet others say he knew himself to be his own greatest character creation, and gloried in it. One of Belasco’s last productions was “It’s a Wise Child,” an unpretentious comedy that proved to be the most profitable attraction his theater ever had housed. His earlier “Mima,” a lavish modernistic spectacle, cost him a fortune, yet despite financial straits he turned down an offer to name his own price as a producer of talking pictures. Until the last few years, his energy seemed inexhaustible. He was in his theater workshop at 8:30 in the morning and worked often until midnight. Less than a year ago he spoke of an idea he had in mind that might take “five or ten “years to work out completely.” Now, at 78, he is dead, and the world of the theater is poorer for the loss of a man whom it must have made very, very happy. Darrow on Divorce I’ve been too hard on the Bible belt. Nevada is far more progressive than New York state. Reno permits divorfce in civilized fashion. New York still is back in the dark ages.” Such is the opinion of the great criminal lawyer, Clarence Darrow. Divorce has been much in the air of late. Rapidfire action has been legalized in Reno. Arkansas and Idaho have followed suit. Lawyers, clergymen, editors, and sociologists have presented their views. Darrow is much more perturbed by what he describes as the backwardness of New York state than by the progressive stand taken by Nevada and her competitors. “New York,” he said, “is one of the two or three most barbarous states in the Union in divorce matters. How can she continue to claim the proud title of ‘Empire State’ and still bear the blot of medievalism in all matters pertaining to sex and the family? The whole world is moving in the opposite direction. “There is nothing sacred about marriage. It is not made in heaven. It is a social convenience, to be cherished when it promotes happiness and dissolved when it brings oppression, misery and resentment. “Many marriages never should have taken place. Most people marry in either their first or second childhood. No two persons can live together in any freedom and develop exactly alike. They may work out a living arrangement if they are not too incompatible and learn who is the boss. “Few persons retain the ideas and interests of youth until middle age, or then care for the friends who charmed them years before, with the best of intentions, a married couple may grow entirely unsuited to each other after a period of some years. In such cases it is nothing short of imbecility to keep them in chains through outgrown law’s and false moral ideas. I favor quick and easy divorce in case either party demands it. The courts should have regard only for equitable property adjustments and care of children. Looking at the matter wholly in the interest of the children, easy divorce is desirable. An unhappy family is the worst possible place in w’hich to rear children. “Nobody would oppose easy divorce today, were it not for some old religious hangover. Some unmarried authority, hundreds or thousands of years ago, denounced divorce. Therefore, civilized persons in the twentieth century must spend their lives in agony. “Religious fanatics regard the family as an institution wherewith to produce children for heaven. Actually, people marry because they want to live together. If they get over this feeling, they should separate. “If there is any heaven there will be plenty of people there without the help of savage divorce laws. I rejoice in the recent loosening up in the Bible belt. I must take back some of the harsh things I have said about that area. I wish them luck and a lot of trade in their efforts to lessen human slavery. “Under New York divorce laws, there.are but two ways out—murder or divorce. Sometimes murder seems easier than divorce. Harsh divorce laws probably rank third among the causes of murder. Asa criminal lawyer, I ought to be all for the harsh system."

Lawless Government To be an alien in the United States is becoming scarcely less of an offense than to be a criminal. While the crime wave unfortunately goes on with little interference from the authorities, in some cities police and federal immigration officials quietly are waging a reign of terror against persons who are, or happen to look like, aliens. Just after the war similar ‘'Palmer raids" became a byword for official lawlessness. We again have the situation of local police, ap-‘ pointed to administer the state or city criminal law, turning instead to help the federal authorities enforce federal laws by illegal methods. Now at last these tactics are being challenged. A Britisher, Lcucas, arrested by a federal inspector, tipped off by the New York police, is appealing to the courts for protection. His arrest was unwarranted. For Loucas was arrested for deportation as having entered the United States without a visa, when it was only the precipitancy of his arrest that prevented his showing the officials the visa which he didn’t happen to have with im, but which nevertheless had been issued duly in London by a representative of our state department. So much even the government now concedes. The fight has narrowed down to this. Did the government, as it claims, have the right to arrest Loucas without any evidence whatsoever of wrongdoing or violation of law on his part? Or is Loucas right in claiming that the government had to have some evidence against him before it lawfully could get a warrant for his arrest and take him into custody? Judge Woolsey’s decision went off on a technicality. Loucas is appealing, not to establish his right to be here, of which there is no question, but to protect persons who look as though they might be aliens—for an inspector can disbelieve a claim to citizenship quite as readily as a claim to lawful entry—from similar arrests. r Loucifc demands his immediate release from what 4

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he claims is an illegal arrest and detention without submitting to investigation by the labor department. The real issue in the case is not a technical one. It Is the question whether an administrative branch of the government, empowered only to carry out the law, can do what no court ever has claimed a right to do—compel a man against whom it has no evidence to prove that he is innocent before it will release him. If this is the law, we are all, alien and citizen alike, subject to arrest by the labor department‘and to be held in custody until we have proved that we have not violated the immigration laws. A League of Nations or of Victors? Opposition to the League of Nations has been justified in the United States chiefly by the isolationist philosophy which contends that we must avoid mixing into affairs of Europe. Such attitude is futile in this age of world communication and already existent interrelationships. But there is another argument which unquestionably does possess some validity. It lies in the charge that thus far the league has been fundamentally a league of victors, concerned chiefly with preserving the system which grew out of the post-war treaties. The vanquished are not on any real parity with their conquerors at Geneva. This point of view was voiced by Count Bethlen on the tenth anniversary of his premiership, when he said: “The league has become an organization of the victor states which can offer neither justice nor peace to the other group of nations which they conquered. It has conceived its task only as being to bring about the hegemony of the victor states. But cracks and crevices have appeared in this fabric lately and the war mentality has found itself in a cul-de-sac.” If friends of the league desire to raise it in the esteem of fair-minded men, then let them take up Bethlen’s challenge and prove to the world that it has no foundation. Contrast Now it is Kentucky that furnishes one of those unbelievable contrasts of wealth and poverty that are far too common in this country. At Churchill Downs thousands will watch and wager as the aristocrats of the racing stables compete in the Derby. Not far away are desperate unemployed coal miners who threaten to “help themselves” if help soon is not given them. Supposedly allowed equal opportunity, who will say that these miners and these racing fans, typifying poverty and wealth, have in fact been afforded this equality. Yet, under our system, that promise is made. Seeing on one side the wealthy, colorful and carefree Derby crowd and on the other the distress of these poor and idle miners is not a pleasant sight. Can they meet on some mid-ground? Out of all the talk and thought of overcoming the depression must come the fulfillment of this promise. Wise Spending We are going to hear more and more about governmental economy between now and the time congress meets, for in economy is planted the administration’s hope to avoid a tax increase on the eve of an election campaign. Politicians, of course, constantly condemn the growth of bureaucracy. This condemnation is as much an institution as bureaucracy itself. But bureaucracy means several things—there are necessary bureaus and unnecessary bureaus. Would you, for instance, reduce the expenditures of the United States children’s bureau? This agency’s work should be increased by more money to spend. Would you hamper the work of the department of agriculture in attempting to make farming less a gamble and more scientific? Remembering the Mississippi flood, would you decrease federal expenditures for flood control? Naturally not. There are the unemployed to help, national health to preserve, and a score of other activities the government must inaugurate or continue. When bureaucracy is condemned, take a pinch of salt with that condemnation, and remember that real economy is wise spending. Twin evils that come with the spring usually are stepping on the gas and. stepping on the grass. The daughter of a German brewer is said to be planning a flight to the United States. Well, who should know more about hops? A politician doesn’t seem to realize that the steam he blow’s off also can be condensed.

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THE Governor of Michigan is wise to refuse to let Ohio take Burke to Toledo and try him for the murder of a policeman, if there’s any possibility of a technical situation resulting which would free the long sought outlaw’, in event of acquittal, tt st tt We saw a picture the other day of 144 army airplanes which were plying over New’ York City in a sham attack, and it is enough to prove the utter helplessness of any country, not equipped with a swarm of flying fighters. As defenders, iron ships on the sea are as useless as a linen duster at the north pole. a a a A RICH woman in Louisiana, aged 64, just has married her eleventh man. She divorced seven and won endurance contests with three. She could save a let of coin by getting them by the dozen or by the case. a a a It isn’t once a year that any boy shortens his days by excessive study in college, but every day some boy does it by excessive activity on the athletic field. Walter Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily is said to have gone to his early grave because hr weakened his heart in college athletics. a a a FRANCIS CROWLEY, New York gunman wanted to plead guilty to first degree murder, but the judge wouldn not let him do it. Crowley didn’t want a lawyer, but the judge made him take one. At the rate we are going, it will not be long until 3 criminal will have to exert strong influence to induce a court to consent to try him. a a a These rio> in Spain prove again that nobody knows how far the crowd will take them when they upset a government. The French revolution ran away with its authors and the people of Petrograd ran away with those who started the opposition to the czar. a a a Now thzt the second Kirkland trial is under way, we hope they will not turn it into another picture - taking orgy]' In the other trial they photographed the defendant and his folks sitting up. lying down, rolling over and skinning the cat.

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M. E. Tracy SAYS: Gang Rule Is Just Another Example of What an Organized Minority Can Do. O PEAKING of age, Paul Doumer, just elected president of France, is 74. At that, he is not the oldest man so to be honored. M. Thiers was 80 when called upon to clear away the wreckage left by the Franco-Prussian war. The new president is a real byproduct of democracy. His parents were so poor that he had to leave school at an early age. First he became a locksmith and then a reporter. He has held one kind of political office or another during the last forty years, having served as deputy, senator, governor of Indochina, and minister of finance on three separate occasions. Three of his sons were killed in the w r ar and the fourth was gassed so that he died later. a u a Ticker Tape Showers THE New York Board of Trade is opposed to showering distinguished visitors with ticker tape and torn up telephone books. Outside of the unnecessary clutter and fire hazard which the custom involves, the Board of Trade solemnly declares that there are better ways of showing respect for a celebrity than dumping wastebaskets on his head. Not arguing the point, there is one advantage in the paper downpour. The tonnage collected next day furnishes a good barometer of the celebrity’s rating. Lindbergh, for instance drew 1,800 tons, w’hile Byrd drew only 1,400. b b b This Policy Pays TIMES may be hard and money tight, but two “policy” operators in Harlem —New York’s great Negro district—have made a million each in the last few years. One of them, Jose Enrique Miro, whne he hit New York in 1916. After working eight years as a common laborer, he took up gambling, from which he graduated into the “policy” game. His salesmen a Porto Rican, had only a dime are said to have worn buttons with his initials to guarantee them immunity from arrest. u b a Just Cowards ATTORNEY-GENERAL JOHN J. BENNETT of New York, who took charge of the operations against the Legs Diamond gang in Greene county by special order of. Governor Roosevelt, does not regard the problem of destroying racketeers as either mysterious or difficult. Racketeering, in his opinion, is just another form of outlawry organized by “cheap thieves,” whose courage is derived largely from firearms. “Here in Greene county,” he says, Vwe have found Legs Diamond and his gang the cheapest sort of cowards, and all of them everywhere are nothing more.” it it a Mailed Fist Does it GANG rule is just another example of what an organized minority can do, especially when aided and abetted by public indifference. The most alarming phase of the situation is the fact that so few people realized what was going on until recently. You can’t explain the terrorism, tribute and corruption on any other ground. All that we need to break up this childish manifestation of cussedness and all that we ever have needed is described exactly by AttorneyGeneral Bennett when he says, “relentlessness in the courts and prosecutors willing to use mailed fists instead of kid gloves will send the racketeers to cover.”

Little Restitution NOW that the public is becoming aroused, it is only a question of time when gang rule will be smashed. There is no question of this country’s ability to handle such marauders. The majority of beer barons, hijackers, plug uglies and “policy” operators will be run in or run out. But that is only part Os the job. The great weakness of our legal machine is its inability to do much by way of restitution. a u tt Make ’Em Pay THE new Spanish republic celebrates its birthday by seizing the personal fortune of King Alfonso, on the ground that he should be made to pay back what he wrongfully took. TJaat should be the rule in every case where it can be applied. Thieves, thugs, swindlers, and all others who have preyed on the public not only should be apprehended and punished, but every item of value they have acquired should be taken away from them and returned to those who w 7 ere victimized.

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THE TRAINING CAMPS May 15 ON May 15, 1917, sixteen camps for the training of officers were opened in various parts of the United States, the numbers of trainees in attendance being 40,000. The camps were scattered throughout the country so as to afford the opportunity of entrance and training with the least inconvenience and expense of travel Officers previously commissioned in the reserve corps were required to attend the camps and in addition, about 30,000 selected candidates were accepted from among the much greater number who applied for admission. These camps were organized and conducted under supervision of department commanders; applicants were required to state their qualifications ands rough apportionment was attempted among the candidates to the several states. At the conclusion of the camp, 27,341 officers were commissioned and directed to report at the places selected for the training of the new army. By this process the national army need for officers was satisfied and the roster of the regular army filled.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Shun Laxatives in Appendicitis Cases

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyzeia. the Health Mazazine. OUR knowledge of appendicitis goes back many years. The public apparently has been fully informed concerning control of this condition. Nevertheless, a survey of the statistics in twenty-seven hospitals in Philadelphia by Dr. John O. Bowers indicates that the mortality from appendicitis still is high. In the early 80s, the majority of the patients were operated on only after peritonitis already had developed. Now, after fifty years, it is found that 44.7 per cent of the patients who enter the hospital with appendicitis still have peritonitis, and that one out of every eighteen dies. It is quite certain, as has been revealed in numerous studies throughout the world, that a patient in good physical condition in

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COLUMBIA has established an unofficial custom which ought to be taken over into the machinery of the university. Each year the Spectator makes a survey and asks the students to express an opinion about the professors and the instructors. The most recent research shows that as far as the undergraduates are concerned, five faculty members were adjudged poor and twen-ty-one mediocre. It may be in some cases that the unfortunate professors are graded according to their subjects rather than their personality. Thus chemistry shows eight boring instructors, while history has not one. I would not establish this student survey as a court of last resort. But it is no mere newspaper stunt for the college organ to collect these statistics. After all, the proof of a professor lies in his effect upon his classes. Not Quite Infallible YET here a line must be drawn setting student judgment somewhat below the line of infallibility. An easy-going, larky, • entertaining professor could rank high with undergraduates and still be of no great importance.

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Editor Times—Will Evans, in an interesting manner recently presented a somewhat interesting exposition before a few friends and many graduates of their alma mater. The manner of attack was unique, for the D. A. R. was not even mentioned. Neither was the American Legion or the Ku-Klux Klan. However, no one yet has given an oath declaring that the latter was not referred to—the oaths come later. From the facts related above, we will assume that, luckily, most of the auditors had a fair degree of intelligence. Intelligent people seldom become agitated by remarks of politicians or public speakers. Truth may be ascertained and even yet—contrary to common opinion occasionally a college graduate and even an undergraduate is capable of thinking and this capability is at rare intervals exercised, even though it b contrary to academic sanction of well established precedence. The ambush was placed so well that a few honest and even intelligent men might be trapped. The gun seemed to be “aimed all over the field,” either toward a social order, a government, a school or a man. However, a palsied wreck might “aim all over the field” and yet shoot a rabbit, or again he might aim at an army and shoot one man and that man might be a prisoner of war. sincerely working for the liberation of the same just cause that precipitated his injury. Princes, kings and even Presidents have been trapped and shot down and wounded in crowds. Tis an accurate marksman that can pick the noble from the crowd. Being academic rather than, prac-

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ninety-nine instances out of 100 is safe, if he is operated on for appendicitis within the first twelve hours after the onset of the symptoms. Without exception, patients who develop a rupture or bursting of the appendix with peritonitis within twelve hours after the onset of symptoms have been given laxatives or cathartics. Out of 5,121 patients with appendicitis, 306 died and of the 306 deaths there were only 160 patients in whom a definite history could be had regarding the taking of laxatives. One hundred thirty-one of the 160 patients had peritonitis and 124 of the 131 had taken laxatives. This evidence may be considered to establish conclusively the danger of taking laxatives in the presence of appendicitis, and also the very serious dangers associated with delay following the appearance of the symptoms of this condition.

I suspect the complete wisdom of the Columbia symposium largely because the label “humorous” has been included in the list of qualifications to be voted upon. Deliver me and all who seek knowledge from the humorous instructor. I have known many in my time, and I do not intend to indict any lecturer who occasionally grows quippish. But there is much to be said against those in authority who cultivate classroom laughs. First of all, it isn’t quite sporting for a professor to spring a joke. This puts too great a strain upon the integrity of the average student, particularly if he happens to sit well down in front. He knows he is supposed to laugh. And if he meets the -sally with a grim visage, there is the possibility that resentment may linger in the subconscious mind of the instructor. And professional jokes have a horrid habit of becoming standardized. Certain popular college lecturers annually are reminded of the same anecdote upon the same date each year. If we are to have humorous faculty members, at least there should be some pressure to make them change their routine once every four years.

tical, we are not concerned in refuge for the wounded nor are we concerned about justice for the wrongdoer, but merely a morbid curiosity to find out the cause of the excitement compels investigation. The heart wound of one individual Is insignificant, so we gratify the wish of our speaker, or perhaps we fool him, by looking for the fundamental disturbance. From the facts paraded by the speaker we are embarrassed to learn (we learn by thinking for ourselves) that some are trying to thrust a new social order upon our young students at De Fauw. The time was when facts newly obtained by the learned class could be studied carefully under supervision. Unfortunately, the college man has degenerated into a type so ignorant that facts no longer may be taught. We must assume that the disease germs of society are of such deadly character that it would be a grave mistake for a college president to permit even students to analyze the dread disease in order to protect society. Here we must have a unique college—one that stands for learning, yet within the very walls of these historic buildings where men have dared to conceive new ideas and nurtured them until the ideas became beneficial facts, we find the medieval spirit of suppression of truth. The wheel of progress moves on and De Pauw sometime will learn that college people ought to be educated, regardless of opinions to (he contrary. HARRY BOATRIGHT. 736 West Forty-third street. De Pauw, ’25.

The Philadelphia County Medical society printed 302,000 stickers for distribution about the city through physicians with the following recommendation: “In the presence of abdominal pain give nothing by mouth. Never give a laxative. Apply an ice-bag to the abdomen. Call your family physician. Abdominal pain which persists for six hours usually is dangerous.” Furthermore, the co-operation of retail druggists was secured in making sure that people w T ho are buying laxatives did not have symptoms of appendicitis, and druggists were asked to exhibit placards containing sound advice. It is hoped that by this method of conducting educational campaigns more people with such dangerous symptoms will be induced to make certain of their condition before taking treatment, and by this means the number of deaths from appendicitis can be lowered greatly.

Ideals and opinions expressed m this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without retard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

A Proper Warmth BUT qualities such as vividness and approachability are the proper concern of the student body. There is small excuse for the traditional lecture course unless the man at the head of the class can lend a certain warmth to his words. Most courses of this kind are directly founded upon some book which the professor in question has written. And if he can make nothing more than a sing-song of his facts and theories, then he better would be encountered in the library. There was, I dimly remember, a course on municipal government given by a professor who shall be nameless, since I can not begin to recall anything about him except that he called the inhabitants of the land where Mussolini now rules “Eyetalians.” No doubt he was a scholar well versed in his subject, and I was not too studious an attendant at his lectures. And yet it can not be entirely my fault that the entire series of talks has faded into nothingness. Surely he never gave us an exciting afternoon. And if I harp on this word, it seems to me the thing chiefly lacking in most formal education. One should get a kick out of his encounter with anew subject. Again and again I have known young men to go through courses in history and economics in a tired and jaded way. And some of these same people, upon leaving the cloistered halls, have found casual contact with a strike or an election something to arouse not only interest, but true passion. (Copyrleht. 1931. by The Ties)

Banking in the U. S . What is a national bank? What is a state bank? What is a trust company? What is a private bank? What is a savings bank? What is a clearing house association? What is a federal reserve bank? What is a farm loan bank? Why do banks fail? How are banks inspected? What safeguards your money in the bank? What has the federal reserve system done to making banking safer and better in the United States? Can you answer all these? If not, and you are interested in banks and banking—and everybody is, of course—you will want to read our Washington bureau’s latest bulletin, BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES. It will give you a condensed but clear description of the various kinds of banking institutions, their methods and purposes. Fill out the coupon below and send for it: CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 127, Washington Eureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps, for return postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NO. CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

MAY 15, 1931

SCIENCE -BY DAVID DIETZ—-

Queer Link Is Shown Between Sun Spots and Business Depressions. BUSINESS depressions have been blamed on everything from international banking houses to Communism, so why not blame them on the sun? While it sounds facetious, perhaps there is something in it. Dr. Harlan True Stetson, formerly of Harvard, now director of the Perkins observatory of Ohio Wesleyan university, contributes some interesting data to the discussion. Dr. Stetson has devoted much of his time in recent years to the study of sun-spots. Asa result of a series of studies which he made in cooperation with Greenleaf W. Pickard, the famous radio engineer, he demonstrated that radio reception fluctuated with the sun-spot cycle, becoming worse when sun-spots were most numerous and best when the spots were at a minimum. “One day,” says Dr. Stetson. “I received a copy of Colonel Ayres’ charts of the ups and downs of business. (Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, nationally known statistician, is vice-president of the Cleveland Trust Company.) “I could not help noticing how much the chart looked like a sunspot graph,” Dr. Stetson continues. “So I started to do a little figuring.” S B B The Evidence HERE are the results of Dr. Stetson’s tabulations: A study of the chart by Colonel Ayres shows that the bottoms of the business depressions since 1880 were reached at approximately the following dates: 1884, 1896, 1908, 1322 and 1930. A study of a sun-spot cycle chart shows that the maxima of the sun-spot cycles since 1880 were reached at approximately the following dates: 1882, 1894, 1900, 1918 and 1928. It will be noticed that bottom of each depression in business came after a sun-spot maximum. Dr. Stetson has figured out the exact lapse between each sun-spot maxima and business “low” and finds them to be as follows: ;The bottom of the 1884 depression came one and one-half years aft.er a sun-spot maximum. The bottom of the 1896 depression came two years after a sunspot maximum. The bottom of the 1908 depression came two years after a sunspot maximum. w The bottom of the 1922 depression came four years after a sunspot maximum. The bottom of thee 1930 depression came two and one-half years after a sun-spot maximum. It will be seen, therefore, that four of the five depressions came approximately two years after a sun-spot maximum. The depression of 1922 did not follow the rule, coming four years after the sunspot maximum. a a a The World War PERHAPS one might explain the failure of the 1918 sun-spot maximum to bring on a depression in two years by the fact that the World war interfered. A World war easily might be blamed—or cerdited—with almost anything. But now let us regard the matter seriously for a moment. Does Dr Stetson say that sun-spots causa business depression? Most emphatically he does not. He writes to me, “I trust you to interpret this rather venturesome skirmish of an astronomer with due discretion.” He suggests that perhaps tha matter is worth further study. In this connection, it is interesting to note that Sir William Herschel, the famous English astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus, once made a study of wheat prices and found that they fluctuated in step with the sun-spot cycle A suggestion was also made once by William Stanley Jevons, the English economist who lived from 1835 to 1882, that business depressions were caused by the sun-spot cycle.. Just what the mechanism connecting sun-spots and business may be, is difficult to tell. Perhaps sunspots affect weather: weather affects agriculture, and agriculture affects business in general. But no one yet has shown that sun-spots affect weather, though many observers think that they must.

Daily Thought

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to ail them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.—St. Luke 2:38. The poorest service is repaid with thanks.—Shakespeare. How does the area of Australia compare with that of the United States? Australia has an area of 2,974.381 square miles; the area of continental United States is 3,026,769 squara miles.