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One Fine Change. This year residents of Indianapolis will receive their auto licenses from bureaus in charge of persons who will turn over the legal fees for service to <the City Employes’ Relief Association. As far as this city is concerned, the distribution of licenses will no longer be a political pium for private profit, but an institution for public service. The shift in method came from an arrangement between city officials who have been giving generously of their own salaries to maintain feeding places for the jobless and the hungry, and Secretary of Slate Mayr. The movement might well have been made statewide in its scope as it is built upon a fine idea and a high ideal. Some time, in more prosperous days, the public may decide not to tax themselves quite so often for a special service of this sort and place the work -upon regularly elected public officials w'hose office forces have ample time to distribute plates and drivers’ licenses. But as long as every auto owner is compelled to pay 25 cents for the privilege of buying his license plate, it is fine to have that money diverted to those 'who have most need for it. The Geist Threat Faced by a growing and insistent demand for lower water rates, the representatives of Clarence Deist, to whom the people pay tribute, threaten an end to improvements. - Os course, no one is fooled by the claim that the water company has spent any of its own earnings on extending its mains or service during the past few years. It has Dorrowcd money through the sale of bonds and preferred stocks, taken a commission for selling these securities and another fee for engineering and ihen put borrowed money to work. - It is not on record that the owners of the common stock of that company, said to be exclusively members of the Geist family, have ever added any of their own money since the day that the public service commission permitted them to turn four millions into five in the purchase of the common stock oi •Jhc water company, unless such money is represented In bonds or other securities. The people will better understand the Geist arrogance if they remember this one fact, for it was on this that Mayor Sullivan leveled the targets of his argument when the first peace conference was held. Sullivan showed that on this common stock, which is all the investment that the Geist family has in .he plant, they have taken shocking dividends. They took $1,225,000 last year. That, at least, is the statement filed with the public service commission. Mayor Sullivan showed that in five years they nave taken more than four millions of dollars. So that when there is a threat to stop work in this city if the people resent extortions, all that the threat means is that in order to punish the city, no more money will be borrowed and spent. The threat of the water company to fight against any reduction in revenues in this city means that the people must organize to find a method of relief. Perhaps the construction of anew water plant •owned by the people may be the ultimate solu f ion if there is a continued insistence upon returns from uninvested dollars. That would be one quite sure way of escaping those whose pockets bulge with dividends and who refuse to listen to reason. Must a President Be Renominated? Certain Republican leaders have put forward Ambassador Dawes as the party candidate for President in 1932. This raises the interesting question whether a candidate eager for renomination can be headed off. Let us look at it in the light of history. There is, of course, no doubt that many Presidents have failed of renomination. John Tyler, thought to have betrayed his party, was set aside in 1844. Four •years later James K. Polk was abandoned for Lewis Cass. Millard Fillmore was refused renomination in 1852 because of a deadlock with the Webster forces. Franklin K. Pierce was passed over in 1856 because the Democrats wanted a candidate who would hold together the northern wing of the party. James Buchanan was selected, elected, and then shelved in 1860. ■ Only three Republican Presidents have, however, been defeated for renomination for a second term. Os these, two —Johnson and Hayes—were very special cases, and the third—Arthur—made no determined fight for renomination. The question of Hoover versus Dawes would narrow down, then, to whether a Republican President, seriously intent upon renomination and possessed of all the power of patronage, can be blocked. The answer of history is there has been no such defeat in the past record of the Republican party. - Andrew Johnson's fight with the revenge and corruption wing of his party put him out of the running in 1868. He narrowly had escaped impeachment and removal while in office. Moreover, he was really a “war Democrat.’’ Rutherford B. Hayes gave the country a sterling Administration. Though obscure in the list of cur Presidents, he was one of the ablest and most competent. But he had run poorly in 1876, himself was opposed to a second term, and had made no use whatsoever of the patronage. Like Johnson, he had offended the partisans of spoil and vengeance by his generous treatment of the south and his advocacy of tivil service reform. ' When we come to the case of Chester Alan Arthur In 1884, we have the one case where a Republican President wished the renomination and failed to receive it. When Arthur entered the White House as a result of the assassination of Garfield, the country was aghast. It regarded him as a second-rate political hack and a docile henchman of Conkling, Platt, and Tthe corruptionists. The attitude of the country was well expressed by a prominent citizen of the time who observed: “Chet Arthur, President of the United States, good God!” Yet Arthur proved to be one of the best Presidents we ever have had. He strengthened civil service reform. He took the first stei s to give the United States a respectable navy. He supported mild revision of the tariff. He instituted a regime of rigid economy and honesty in federal expenditures. He did his best to punish federal officials guilty of graft. He conducted the social affairs of the administration with greater dignity and grace than any President before or since his time. He showed himself the most civilised and urbane occupant of the White House in our history, not even excepting Jefferson, Roosevelt or Wilson. g Such a man certainly deserved renomination. and earnestly desired the honor. Every Repi^Ucan

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state convention in 1884 warmly indorsed his administration. Why did he fail? He had not been elected to the office originally; hence his vote-getting strength was dubious. He alienated both wings of his party. He threw Blaine out of the cabinet. He angered Platt and Conkling by his political integrity and support of ciyil service. He refused to use the federal patronage in behalf of his renomination. He conducted himself as a dignified gentleman, insisting that the nomination must come to him on his merits, if at all. The Republicans lost the house in 1882. Arthur’s own candidate for Governor of New York, Charles J. Folger, was beaten roundly by Grover Cleveland. The way seemed open for Blaine, but he feared that his record might defeat him. He got behind General William T. Sherman, but that realistic old warrior refused to be beguiled. He said - : “I would account myself a fool to embark anew, at 65 years of age, in a career that may at any moment become tempest-tossed.” So Blaine ran himself and was defeated by a small margin. This he might have turned in his favor if he had kept awake at a New York political meeting and repudiated Pastor Burchard’s “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” speech. Arthur’s case, then, offers little hope to Dawes’ friends. No President ever has been more devoted to the cause of his renomination that Herbert Hoover. None has made more copious or unconscionable use of the patronage to effect this end. His nomination of Judge Parker to the supreme court illustrates Hoover's flexible conscience in this matter. On the other hand, it may be doubted that any Republican President has disappointed the country so deeply, due partly to bad breaks for which Hoover is not responsible and partly to his own ineptitude for leadership. ’ Tax Liquor The Hoover-Mellon tax plan ignores entirely one of the richest sources of potential income—the organized liquor industry. Individuals and corporations must pay, and pay heavily, on legitimate income to meet federal deficits, but this flourishing and prosperous business will escape. Theoretically, there is no liquor industry. Actually, there is a gigantic one. The government itself and the groups advocating prohibition admit this, and they admit further that all the efforts of the government over a decade have been unable to destroy it. At this time, arguments for bringing the liquor industry under control, and taxing it, carry unusual weight, for at no time in its modern history has the United States treasury been in need of funds so desperately. Legalization of liquor without the saloon would alter fundamental conditions only for the better. It simply would recognize a situation that exists, control that situation, and divert to the government those extortionate profits that go into the pockets of bootleggers and corrupt officials. Computations based on the Wickersham report indicate that between one and a half and two billion dollars are being spent annually for liquor. Other estimates run as high as four billions. All this escapes taxation. Estimates of the amount of taxes obtainable from legalized liquor vary from $300,000,000 a year for beer alone, up to two or three times that amount, and of course greater sums, if hard liquor as well as beer were taxed. The government actually collected $423,000,000 from its liquor taxes in the year 1918-1919 and additional millions were paid to cities, counties and states. Another powerful argument for legalization is the employment of idle men and the stimulation of allied industries. Brewers alone at one time employed 100,000 men, and this did not take into account those employed by coopers, bottle and machinery manufacturers and others. A brewing concern that made 10 per cent of the nation's beer in the old days estimated tfeat directly and indirectly it provided work for 25,000 men, and that resumption of brewing would mean jobs for 250,000. Mines supplying fuel and the railroads, both in difficulties, would benefit. So would farmers, who formerly cultivated 15,000,000 acres profitably to supply the needs of breweries. The protection of public health, and better control of criminal elements also are to be considered. Most of the country’s modern rackets grew out of bootlegging, or are in some way allied with it. The federal government would save $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 a year, now spent in enforcement, and states and cities would save additional millions. There is nc answer to the argument that the giant liquor industry should be taxed to the limit to help meet the huge federal deficit. Milwaukee has all its bills paid and over $2,000,000 in its coffers. Well, with prohibition, something just had to be done to keep Milwaukee famous.

Just Every Day Sense j BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A MOTHER who believes strongly in the feminine influence writes that, in her opinion, this column is ver ybad for women, by inciting them to evil ways. She says that far from taking her children too seriously, the average woman does not take hers seriously enough. She is alarmed at the bad propaganda this scribbler puts out. I understand the fetishism of motherhood thoroughly. It is practiced by millions of women. To them maternity is biassed with a sort of divine rightness. After you have had a bady you can’t b ewrong about anything that may affect the child from its infancy to its maturity. This, it seems to be, is one of the worst and most disturbing of feminine traits' It is arrogant and false and helps to cultivate a general attitude of smugness in a group of indi iduals who, because of their natural position of authority over children, should be openminded, alert to improve and possess a minimum of conceit. ana Ijf the theory set forth by my correspondent had been followed faithfully ,and every daughter had held to the strict traditions of her mother, where would the race be now? -Back in the dark ages of superstition. It is perfectly safe to wager that every good woman who ever has lived has gone against her mother’s opinions and beliefs, over and over again. I am not arguing that a mother's influence upon a child is not tremendous. It is. This is why it is so important that o woman should -not permit herself to fai into the greatest adult error, a firm belief in one's own infallibility. The wrold has suffered much from this idea. Motheis hemselves have suffered from it most of all. Besides all that, isn’t it a little foolish to contend that maternity can endow a woman with supernatural wisdom and permit her to settle all questions of right and wrong? L

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

We Sho.il Do Well Not to Talk or Think Too Loosely About War Debts; We Risked the Money to Win and We May Lose It Through Victory. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Congress is wasting time on the moratorium. There was nothing crooked, mysterious or dictatorial in its adoption. Had President Hoover not proposed it someone else would have. Had it not been put into effect when it was the whole world would be a little worse off today. Besides, congress will ratify it in the end. U tt ft Necessity a Virtue IN one way, it seems rather tough that American taxpayers should be asked to stand a big increase, while European governments are let off for one year, but that is not the real issue. The real issue is whether we can get something by easing the situation along, or get nothing by forcing it. President Hoover merely made a virtue of necessity. It is almost a foregone conclusion that Europe would have been thrown into bankruptcy, if not revolution, but for some such measure of relief as he offered. tt tt tt A By-Product IN this connection, we shall do well not to talk, or think too loosely about those war debts. They are a by-product of war. We risked the money to win, and we may lose it through victory. Certainly, we would have lost it through defeat. Payment is not a contractual, or even an ethical proposition. When men can’t do things, they can’t. For what other reason do we have bankruptcy laws? tt tt tt It’s Not Inappropriate NEITHER is it entirely inappropriate to link disarmament with war debts. What justified the war if not the prospect of anew order of things in which the processes of regularly constituted justice should supercede those of force? If we were willing to sacrifice millions of men for that object, why not billions of dollars? tt tt u Out of Question AS a matter, not of fantastic idealism, but of plain, hardheaded common sense, if we could get anything like a reasonable degree of disarmament by reducing, or even cancelling the war debts, we would have made the best trade since the dawn of consciousness. Not only peace, but prosperity, is out of the question for Europe as long as governments remain armed to the teeth, and as long as it is out of the question for Europe, it will be out of the question for us. tt tt tt What’s the Prospect WE have been hearing a great deal about peace and peace treaties in connection with Manchuria, about the threat which disturbed conditions there at present and the necessity of composing the situation before widespread strife occurs. One can admit that the emergency is serious and merits prompt attention, without considering it the only, or even the most dangerous source of trouble. What has Japan to fight with compared with some of the military establishments in Europe, or what prospect of dragging other countries into the melee? tt tt u \ Straight Up in Smoke LET us forget the task we start- ' ed out to accomplish, or where the trouble all began. The great war started in Europe,; and though we tried to make ourselves believe that we couldn’t possibly be drawn into it, we were. It started, moreover, because of the highly trained armies and nice, up-to-date equipment which tempted everybody to want a celebration. Well, Europe has more men under arms than it had in 1914, which means that war can be started just as easily and that something could occur to make us a party to it. What would become of the debts in such a case? Why, they would go up in smoke, just as they did before, and the chances are that western civilization would go with them.

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RUSSIAN DECLARATION December 16 /YN Dec. 16, 1917, the executive committee of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates in Petrograd approved a decree declaring the Constitutional Democrats enemies of the people. The peasants’ congress denounced the* arrest of members of the constituent assembly and called upon the army and navy to defend the delegates. At this time Russia was passing through the most confused period since the revolution Civil and uiilitary affairs were in a state of chaos; civil war had broken out; many districts declared their complete independence from the central government. The Bolsheviki were in control of Petrograd and Moscow. They apparently had an overwhelming support of the army, navy and laboring classes under the leadership of Nicholi Lenin, as premier, and Leon Trotzky as minister of foreign affairs.

Daily Thought

Let no man seek his own, but every man apother's wealth.—l Corinthians 10:24. Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they can not cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.—Feltham.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE : Malaria Declining Steadily in U. S.’

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyeeia, the Health Magazine. EPIDERMIOLOGISTS and authorities in medicine have attributed the fall of the Roman and Grecian civilizations to the development of malaria among the population. Certainly a constant incidence of this disease will devitalize any individual. Today enough is known about malaria to make it possible for any community that is willing to sufficient money to stamp out the disease. <• Because of this fact malaria is becoming less prevalent in the United States each year. It has been argued that a million people in the United States constantly suffer from malaria, but most authorities believe this statement is an exaggeration; local surveys indicate that the morbidity and the mortality of the disease are falling constantly. The physician diagnoses malaria by the characteristic symptoms, which include regularly recurring attacks of chills and fever, the presence of enlarged spleen and the presence of the malarial parasite in the blood.

Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times—l would enjoy seeing an article in your paper explaining why certain cars are permitted to park on New York street back of the Federal building, without being molested by the tow-in car. I parked there one morning and enjoyed the pleasure of seeing my car (pulled out from between two other parked cars, but I could not get an explanation. I understand one of these preferred cars belongs to ex-Sheriff Winkler. Would that make a difference? MEDDLESOME. Editor Times—What seems to be the trouble with our present mayor? Why doesn’t he rid the city hall of the 70 per cent Republican job holders, since he was elected by good, reliable, and loyal Democrats, who suffered defeats for sixteen years, but still kept the party together? Mayor Sullivan made a speech, inone of his first meetings, when he was a candidate for mayor, in which he told the Democratic workers, “I’ll tell you one thing. If I am elected mayor, there won’t be a Republican left in the city hall.” Any job seeker has to have McKinney’s signature to obtain a job. I wish to say that we good citizens, voters and Democrats do not want boss control back in this city, county, and state. A DEMOCRAT AND TIMES READER. Editor Times—l notice that one of our leading papers, on its editorial page, is trying to impress upon the public mind that even to try to get a reduction of light and water rates not only will cost the taxpayers more, but will cause an increase in light and water rates. This article should not impress the reading public, for this paper not only represents these big utilities, but is a champion of the Statehouse clique. The only way to get a rate reduction is to put up a howl, and keep howling. And if the public should get a reduction of rates, it should thank the Indianapolis Times for it, and show appreciation by having a Times in every home, to enable a paper that is for the people to exist and help fight their future battles. As long as we have legalized utility hijackers, we will need a fearless, honest paper to carry on the fight. WILLIAM LEMON. 225 West New York street. Editor Times—Perhaps some Times readers can solve this puzzle for a permanent resident of our No Mean City. After giving it my best efforts, all I can show for my failure is a few strands of grey. If you fail to find employment in sixteen months of daily canvassing, would you feel optimistic in regard to future possibilities? ' Now you have in your favor age, fajj> education, character, qualifications and business experiences above the average, so why do all employers ttyjn tell you. “I will let you hear from me,” when they know

A Case of Have To!’

The plasmodium of malaria was discovered by the famous scientist, Laveran, who received the Nobel prize for this discovery. It was shown by Ross and Grassi that the organism of malaria is transmitted from one human being to another through the bite of the anopheles mosquito. As long as the adult parasites are present in the blood of the individual in sufficient quantities to infect the mosquito that bites the individual, the person is a possible conveyor of malaria. Since the parasites remain in the blood for months, provided the individual is not treated properly, any one who is not undergoing regular treatment is a menace to those around him. Children suffer more severely with the disease than does the adult. Negroes apparently are less affected by the disease than are the white people. Malaria practically has been stamped out of northern communities, and cases rarely are seen even in large charity hospitals in the northern part of the United States. However, the disease appears fairly frequently on the coastal plains of the southwestern states and in

you fill' the bill, and really must accept whatever is offered in the way of compensation on account of family responsibilities, yet you never hear from your interviewer, knowing that position was available and not filled. Why do employers condemn an individual because he experienced a disability in line of duty during the World war, although he applies only for work at which he is not handicapped by this disability? Has Indianapolis been kind to me? Will she humiliate me further and force me to go contrary to my teaching? Who can give me the explanation of above puzzle? J. H. M. Editor Times—ln the issue of Oct. 27, a writer who signs .himself “Hoosier Citizen” declares against all razzing and in favor of boosting instead. However, after defending and praising three national figures who do not need boosting, because their greatness and fame is denied by few, he'proceeds to the business at hand of knocking the present administration. He writes that he would like to see a man elected to office who would bring back old times, this being impossible for any one man to do. He also points out that we had better times under a Democratic administration. Being too young to remember any Democratic administration other than President Wilson's, although, according to history, as read in school, Grover Cleveland's administration was not overprosperous, with its panics, strikes, etc., I will refer to the war administration. To me and to a majority of others, times were very bad. Our loved ones were at war, and prices were prohibitive on even the common necessities of life, such as potatoes, wheat, and sugar. Os course, certain businesses and classes of people profited by this, but the majority suffered. I do not blame these woes nor the war on the President nor the administration then in office. It is ridiculous to blame all our ills on the President or party, as certain people did then and do now. Due to war, we had our depression of 1921-23 and I believe our super-inflation lasting until Nov. 1929. However, things that go up most come down and we did, with a bang. / Persons who knock our President and upon him place the blame for our present depression are not thinking people. President Hoover has labored under conditions that would drive a man of ordinary intelligence and forbearance to despair. He has had a mulish and, with some exceptions, stupid congress. which, with endless appropriations has wasted your money and my money. Now in my turn I am going to do a little knocking. Long before I came to had heard of the beautiful state of Indiana. I

the Mississippi vallley below St. Louis, also in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, southern Missouri and California. Malaria in Porto Rico and in the Philippines is a serious problem. tt tt IN the more serious types of malaria not properly treated, anywhere from 10 to 30 per cent of the people die. The milder forms of the disease become chronic, and the fatality rate may be less than 5 per cent. In controlling malaria, patients who are sick with the disease are protected from the bites of the mosquito. It has been established that the regular use of sufficient doses of quinine will control the Condition. A special form of quinine, called plasmochin, may be injected into the blood and practically sterilize the blood of those who carry the adult sexual form of the parasite. The real control of malaria comes through proper handling of the breeding places of the mosquitoes that carry the disease. Oil poured on the water that can not be removed by draining or by other sanitary measures will prevent the development of the mosquito.

have seen very little of Indiana, but a great deal of Indianapolis. This city could be very beautiful, but isn’t, because it is shrouded with a blanket of soot. It is the dirtiest city I ever have been in. New York City is clean and the air is pure as compared with this city. The public buildings are spoiled by their dirty coat. It is impossible to keep your houses clean and not even our clothes escape ruin. I haven’t had a breath of real fresh air in Indianapolis since I came here. Os course, I know what the loyal citizens of this city will say, if I don’t like it why don’t I get out? However, the point of my argument is this. Why doesn’t this city, with all its civic clubs and leagues, start a movement to curb and prevent the pall of smoke and soot that injures the health of its citizens and mar its appearance? I WONDER. Editor Times—Why not insure bank deposits? This would create a confidence that is needed more than anything else at this time. I feel sure that the depositor would be willing to accept a lower rate of interest on his savings, if he knew that they were protected by insurance. This bank deposit insurance would, without doubt, bring back into circulation, not only the confidence of the people, but also millions of dollars that today are ifi safe deposit boxes and other places of hiding. WALTER P. MANTHEY. 4117 E. Tenth Street. To what college does the football team known as the Wildcats belong? Northwestern university, Evanston, HI.

The Movies If you are interested in the movies—as most people are—then you will enjoy reading and keeping for reference, a packet of five bulletins on the subject that our Washington bureau has ready for you. They are: 1. Directory of Motion Picure Stars 2. Popular Men of the Screen 3. Popular Women of the Screen 4. Picture and Radio Stars 5. The History of Motion Pictures If you want this packet of five bulletins, fill out the coupon below and mail as directed: CLIP COUPON HERE Department B-15, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times 1322 New York avenue Washington D. C. I want the packet of five bulletins on MOTION PICTURES and inclose herewith 15 cents in coin or loose uncanceled United States postage stamps to cover return postage and handling costs. Name Street and Number .State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

_DEC. 16, 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Medical Science Seeking Light on the Part Heredity May lay in the Origin of t Cancer. TWO things are known about the origin of cancer by the medical profession today. One is that it is a disease of growth—the cancer is due to the unchecked and unrestrained growth of some tissue. The other fact is that cancer is not contagious. There is no record of a surgeon or hospital nurse ever ‘catching” cancer from a patient. An important problem upon which many medical men are working today is the relation of heredity to | cancer and to the whole range of abnormal growths known to the medical profession as tumors. (A cancer is a particular form of malignant tumor.) “We have insufficient evidence to say definitely that tumors in one's parents increase the liability to tumors in their children,” Dr. Elliott C. Cutler, professor of surgery at the Western Reserve University Medical School, says. ‘‘lt may be said, however, that where there have been many tumors in several generations in a single family, the descendants may be more liable to tumor growth, but this can not be stated in the sense that, if the parents and grandparents all had tumors of the breasts, their descendants would have the same tumor.” u m a Experiment on Mice IT might be merely that the descendants in the case just cited would be more likely to have tutors arise anywhere in their bodies than would be true in the case of their friends whose ancestors had had less numerous tumors, Dr. Cutler says. ‘‘Certain strains of mice have tumors and these have been bred and studied for man* generations,” he continued. “From this type of experiment work it has been shown that at least in mice one can increase the liability in the descendants according to the numbop of tumors in the preceding generations. “One can not, however, translate animal experiments directly to man and again in this case there would be only the liability to tumor and not direct inheritance of a special tumor.” Another important topic is the relation of cancer to injury. “It is a common thought among the public that tumors do follow injury,” Dr. Cutler says. “It may be stated emphatically that a single injury has nothing to do with, the cause of tumor. “It may be said, however, that repeated injury at the same spot over a long period of time does play a definite role in the production of tumor.” tt tt tt Action of X-Rays THAT such repeated slight injury can cause cancer resulted in so many of the early experimenters with X-ray becoming martyrs to their research. “Thus, we now know that the X-ray produces an irritation if repeated exposures occur over a long period of time, and the early workers with the X-ray apparatus, not knowing this, failed to protect themselves as the workers do today and therefore produced on their hands, and sometimes on the body, repeated slight injury,” Dr. Cutler says. "In time the tissues thus injured began to grow and unfortunately continued to grow, acting as a real tumor does act, failing to stop growth as if the cells for some reason or other had gotten beyond the forces which direct body growth and! could not stop growing. “I myself, have had to remove fingers from doctors who used the X-ray machines without proper protection in the early days because small skin cancers arose, creating painful ulcers which would not heal. Moreover, instances of the production of tumor are seen elsewhere. “In certain parts of India, where bullocks draw carts by a i ope placed around their horns, repeated injury occurs at the point where the rope rubs at the base of the horns, and after years of such injury skin cancer sometimes develops.”

Questions and Answers

Which side of the human brain is the “silent region,” and what is ifli functions? Both hemispheres of the brain are used, but there are in both socalled “silent regions” that may be injured or removed without apparent harm. Their purpose is not clearly understood by anatomists. What was the date of Thanks* giving day in 1911? Nov. 30. Are cucumbers, pickles? Not until they have been pickled in brine. Is the grapefruit a hybrid? It is a natural fruit. For whom were the Philippine islands named? How many islands are in the group? The islands were named for Philip II of Spain and there are approximately 7,083 in the group.