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Do You Dare? Only a great sympathy or a great fear will enable "the workers for the Community I* und to raise the amount which is estimated at the lowest sum needed to prevent suffering and want and at the sarhe time maintain some decent standard of social morals. In other years, the emphasis has been upon sympathy. It is easy to be sympathetic when prosperous, well fed and well conditioned. It is not so spontaneous in days of adversity. In other years the needs of women and children, the sick, and the aged, of the unfortunate and the distressed, tugged at heart strings and, in turn, tugged at pocketbooks, so that this city never failed to raise the amount necessary. In other words, Indianapolis proved itself to be a city of civilized people, remote from savagery which permits its unfortunates to die and where self-preservation is not only the first, but the only law. There was a satisfaction in the thought that the needy were cared for, that the sick were healed, that the aged were protected. The Community Fund paid in these other years in a rich dividend of complacency upon the part of those who contributed and could feel that through their gifts human beings were more comfortable. This year is different. It is different because, unless it be last year, there probably was never a contribution to that fund which involved, in any definite sense, a personal sacrifice. It is true that many gave willingly of their time. But the money that went into the fund did not mean the missing of a meal or a movie. No one was compelled to change one habit of life in order that the beneficent results might be achieved. It is a different year because the need has increased enormously and the sum necessary is larger. It is a different year because every one has felt the pinch of reduced incomes. Those who had enormous incomes have found them lessened. Those who have work and wages are earning less. The pay envelope is smaller. There are enforced vacations. This year brings the real test of whether we are civilized or still living in the jungle. This year will show whether people, themselves in reduced conditions, are willing to sacrifice thiit Other human beings may have the necessities of life. This is the year when gifts will be measured, not on their size, but upon the amount of sacrifice involved in the donation. This is the year of the Widow’s Mite. For those who may feel no urge of sacrifice, there should be another question. Such people are ruled by their brains, not by their hearts. They may even boast of being indifferent to others. To them, there is one consideration which can not be escaped. What will happen if this fund is not raised? That picture is not pleasant. The hard of heart and clear of mind will easily find the answer. To them, before they refuse definitely to contribute, let this suggestion be made: Picture conditions if this fund is not completed. Then ask yourself, Do You Dare to Refuse ? “Progress Has Been Made” “Progress has been made," says the Joint HooverRoosevelt statement on the White House foreign flebt conversations. That is not much for the public to go on. But—such as it is—it is hopeful. Progress has been made, if the President and the President-elect have risen above campaign bitterness to meet one problem which prolongs the depression here and abroad. Progress has been made, if Mr. Hoover has achieved enough patience to resubmit his recommendation rejected by congress last year for a moratorium pending investigation by a congressional debt commission. Progress has been made, if Mr. Roosevelt has Haken leadership—given him by the election—of the Democratic party which really will control the lame duck session as well as the new congress. Progress has been made, if Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt have ignored party demagogs and listened to the economists, government experts and business men with the uncolored facts. Progress has been made, if the President and the President-elect have renounced partisanship to provide the joint leadership necessary to make a lame duck congress face a business problem in a businesslike manner. No intelligent business man would force a debtor into default without hearing what he has to say. A Federal Job The movement headed by Brigadier-General Pelham D. Glassford to ask congress for funds to feed and care for the depression army of transient men and boys will enlist support from all who have given this problem serious thought. Relief must come at once. It is estimated that the states are being overrun by upward of 1,000.000 homeless and jobless wan-' derers. The great bulk of these are under 35. At least 200,000 are boys. Mgny are college men, the great majority are from good families. As they wander in box cars or hitchhike from state to state, they meet with unspeakable conditions in flop houses and makeshift soup kitchens, always being forced to move to the next community. Unless adequate care is offered, many will beedine permanently unemployable vagabonds, some will become degenerates and criminals. Outside N>f Cali-

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fomia, with its now overcrowded chain of forest camps, no state even has attempted to offer adequate care. Nor is it the state’s Job. This is a national problem. The wanderers come from every state in the Union. It is necessary for the federal government to assume this burden, and in doing so it should lay down standards for the states to fellow in spending federal money. It Is not mere sentiment that demands decent care for these footloose, Jobless youths. A growing army of desperate young men is an unhealthy'leaven for any country. The Radio Decree Only time can disclose whether the public or the Radio Corporation and its associate companies actually have triumphed in the consent decree which ends the government’s radio anti-trust prosecution. Apparently the close grip on radio patents which resulted In oppressive fees for their use has been broken. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, General Electric, and Westinghouse will license for use of their patents hereafter, as well as RCA. In an attempt to assure real competition in licensing, the government has stipulated that General Electric and Westinghouse must divest themselves of all stock holdings in RCA, and has forbidden them to acquire stock in the future or to be represented at its board. Occasionally, consent decrees have accomplished the purposes for which they were intended, but sometimes they have not. The aluminum trust, for instance, probably has flourished more since the consent decree to which it agreed in 1912 than before. Constant attention on the part of the government and unfailing concern on the part of the public always are necessary if the ground gained in any such fight is to be retained. Whatever are the developments of the next few years, the fight against monopoly in the radio industry has been decidedly worth making to date. In its earlier stages it has been marked by various victories in the courts and by a considerable reduction in royalties charged independent radio manufacturers. More important still, it has educated the American people concerning conditions in one of their most important industries, and undoubtedly has hastened the day when the federal government will regulate communication systems of all kinds and endeavor to bring about their development primarily in the interest of national and individual well-being. Communication affects national thought, and opinion, understanding, and good will among states and among nations, business development, national safety. An eventual victory which will assure public control over this most vital element in modern life will be far more important than one merely promising competition in manufacture of radio equipment and lower prices to purchasers. Harvard men of today of old American stock are taller than their fathers and grandfathers and are still gaining height, research discloses. There's higher education ilfi And college girls, the same Inquiry shows, are heavier than their progenitors. Which may induce the sweet young things of the coming generation to alter their views toward mind and body. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned—or handed an undressed wild duck by the sportsman’s wife next door. There are football fans who never got nearer the gridiron than the sidelines but can pass a jug four rows in the grand stand without being intercepted. Charlie Gelbert, Cardinal shortstop, shot himself in the leg while hunting. Just couldn’t let a fast one get past himl Mother and the youngsters are beginning to check up to see what they might like dad to surprise them with Christmas day. Campaign “hooie” must have sounded like the familiar hog call in the field of politics, judging from the herd of job seekers that’s crowding around the trough. Every- cloud has a silver lining, but would some one please do something for last winter’s overcoat? Campaign mud-slinging is over, but it’s just the time for rival winter resorts to capitalize on each other’s bad breaks in weather.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE Western College for Women at Oxford, 0., recently conferred an LL. D. upon Mrs. Elias Compton. And guess what for? Because she is the mother of three noted sons. We have done much talking about the nobility and value of maternity, but outside of mere words our recognition of mothers has been negligible. The exPresident’s widow gets a pension; the ex-soldier’s wife gets a pension. The woman who gives to her country a good and great citizen gets nothing. If producing splendid sons and daughters is not an achievement, then nothing we do is worth while. Men and women who give notable service to their nation and their race, in whatever field, advance civilization’s progress. The mother who has created and trained them thus makes the finest of all contributions to humanity. A woman wants no actual rewards for having, reared excellent children. Their reality is enough for her. But the country sadly needs anew system of values, based on human rather than material worth. Our rewards of merit for motherhood always have been out of line with our oratorical expressions on the subject. The spectacular acocmplishment in any calling receives our praise while the long, slow, difficult task remains unnoticed. * * m THUS a person who climbs suddenly to dizzy heights of success is acclaimed from coast to coast, no matter how speedily he may fall from that eminence. But the stable, steady citizen, the diligent, faithful worker without whom all efforts of the great would be unavailing is seldom recognized and never applauded. ' The man who owns the money that makes possible a skyscraper is given the lion’s share of glory. The architect who dreams it remains second in public esteem, while the workers who actually build it have no place there at all. The same holds true of women’s work. The one who creates a great book is hailed as a genius; another who creates a great individual is not regarded as an important factor in national lift. Why not a sort of Nobel prize for mothers? Theirs is the superlative contribution to society and we need today, above all else, fine men and women.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy —Says:

We Take More Time on Our Election Than Our Grandfathers Did, Most of Which Is Sheer Waste> NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—1 t takes about one year to nominate, elect, and install a President of the United States. That is ridiculous. It fails utterly to square with the American idea of progress through speed. It is not even up to the pace set by countries that commonly are regarded as conservative, if not j slow. Without warning or preparation. England can order a general election, conduct an effective campaign, and get anew administration under way within six weeks. Since our elections are held at regular intervals, and since everybody knows when they will take place, we ought to do as well, if not better. Instead, we take morp time than our grandfathers did when they had to depend on ox carts and gossip. For people who can’t bear to ride under forty miles an hour, who prefer the telephone to mail, and who want everything broadcast over the radio the moment it occurs, we take our politics with amazing patience. Is it because we enjoy the game, or lack ability to conduct public affairs in an efficient manner? u tt n )Ne Ignore Constitution Apparently, the trouble goes back to a habit of thought which paralyzes us whenever and wherever the Constitution is involved. We just can’t stand the idea of removing anything from that sacred document, no matter how antiquated or unworkable it may be. We have nullified the eighteenth amendment for twelve years and the fifteenth for sixty. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not furnish the only, or even the worst, example of hypocritical defiance. For more than a century we have ignored the constitutional method of choosing a President and a VicePresident. With a few notable exceptions, the men who founded this republic had little confidence in the masses. That is not surprising. Democracy, as we have come to understand it, was anew thing. Universal suffrage never had been tried, and the prevalence of illiteracy caused most statesmen and philosophers to regard it as impractical, save within narrow limits. * u Just Rubber Stamps SUCH radicals as Franklin, Jefferson and James Wilson thought the people could be trusted to elect the; head of the state, but they were overwhelmed by a conservative, skeptical majority. After protracted debate, it was decided that the President and the Vice-President should be chosen by “electors,” who were to be nominated and voted on for that express purpose. Each state was to choose “electors,” the number being equal to that of its senators and representatives combined. These-“electors” were to meet at' the stafe capital on a certain day and vote for a President and a VicePresident of the United States, without obligations to any party, or faction. Then they w£re to file certificates of their choice which would be opened and tabulated in the United States several months later. We still go through that rigamarole, but it means nothing. The “electoral college” still is provided for by the Constitution. In theory, any elector, or group of electors, could disregard party obligations and vote for whom they pleased. In practice, they merely act as rubber stamps. an * Retarded by Custom TO get around this clumsy, obsolete system, we have permitted custom to establish a slowmoving mechanism. It was last January, or even before, that Franklin D. Roosevelt began his campaign for the Democratic nomination. Since that time the whole country has been more or less distracted by politics, and now we are waiting foi March 4. To a measurable extent, constructive, purposeful action has been thwarted. It will be next spring before we can get back to normal. That Is too big a price to pay for changing party control of the government. The method should be simplified and brought down to date. There is no reason in the world why more than two or three mdnths should intervene between the time a President is nominated and takes office.

Questions and ' Answers

How much federal tax did wholesale and retail liquor dealers pay before prohibition? Wholesale dealers paid SIOO a year; retail dealers paid $25; wholesale dealers in malt liqudrs paid SSO, and retail dealers in malt liquors paid S2O. Does an automobile consume more gasoline when running fast or slow? More gasoline is consumed when going at a high rate of speed, because the higher speed requires -more gas to force the pistons. What is the value of goods that an American tourist can bring back to this country free of duty? One hundred dollars. What is the highest point in North America that has a telephone? The top of Pike’s Peak, Colo., 14,109 feet above sea level. Did Alfred E. Smith carry New York City in the 1928 presidential election? Yes. „ How is the horse power of a stream determined? It equals the weight of water in pounds falling per second, multiplied by the distance through which it falls, in feet, and the product is divided by 550. How much does water weigh per cubic foot? 62.35 pounds. When will the next session oi congress convene? Dec. 5, 1932.

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Swallowing Food Is Speedy Process

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. WHEN anything is swallowed, action begins when the food that has been chewed is caught on the tongue and pressed upward against the hard palate. This forces the food backwards into the throat. From that time on the mass is beyond control. Contact of the food with the base of the tongue and the back wall of the throat stimulates certain nerves, which then cause the muscles to contrast. Asa result the soft palate is pushed up, the pillars which guard the entrance to the throat come together, the nose is shut off from the mouth, thus keeping the food from passing upward into the nose, and down it goes. At the same time, also, ordinarily, the food can not get into the lungs. This closure is brought about by a combined action of the tongue and a drawing upward and forward of the larynx or that part of the wind-

IT SEEMS TO ME

“'T'HAT is old stuff about Mars,” A writes Hendrick Willem Van Loon. “About forty years ago a Russian mathematician reasoned as follows: If there are people on Mars and they are at all like us, they will have developed some system of mathematics. “In that case they must have hit upon the Pythagorean theorem the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares erected on the two other sides—or whatever it is called in English. That part of my career is still Dutch to me. “Now, all we need do is to make a giant theorem in electric lights on the Russian steppes and Mars will see it. They almost can see the Chinese wall, the only piece of human construction enormous enough in scope to be seen from afar. But when they see the Pythagorean theorem they will say: How come? There must be human beings on that lousy little planet we see in our telescopes.’ “Os course, nothing ever came of it, but the Russian was forty years ahead of the London professor whom you mention today.” it it Mars Swims Into Ken AS a matter of fact, Mars has gone out of favor in recent years. The world has had trouble enough on its own meager surface without seeking new r planets to conquer. If Mars is raising its head a§ain, I’m glad, whether anything

Every Day Religion BY DR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

“ A LWAYS play first fiddle or l none at all,” remarked a man i who by hard work, as well as by push and pull, had made his way to the top. The answer is, Fiddlesticks; play the part you can play best, play it with the best art you can command, and get a lot of fun out of it. For the tune will end soon enough, and all players will be as forgotten as the first man who ever ate an oyster. Two soldiers were discussing this matter recently, and one of them recalled a saying by Turgeniev, the Russian novelist, which is as full of good sense as an egg is of meat: “It seems to me that to put oneself in the second place is the whole significance of life.” There is much to be said on that side of the subject, if we really want to get something out of life besides fever and fret. In the nature of things there can be only a few first fiddles; life is largely a matter of second choices and second places. Not many of us are doing the things we set out to do, much less dreamed of doing. Os old, St. Paul wanted to go to Spain, but he had to stay and raise money to feed the poor saints at Jerusalem. Whether he ever got to Spain or not we do not know; but we do know that he did not make

The Stein Song

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

pipe which is concerned with speech. Obviously, there are many factors involved in swallowing, all parts combining together. Once the food starts to move, the action is so rapid that it hardly can be seen with the eye in X-ray pictures, but has to be followed by motion pictures. Fluids go down much more rapidly than solid food. Liquids reach the stomach in from one to two seconds, whereas solid fcods may require seven to eight seconds. If any one of the factors involved in the swallowing mechanism is disturbed, the whole process may be disturbed. In paralysis of the tongue, which means paralysis of the muscles involved, swallowing is disturbed and also speech. In case the whole tongue is paralyzed, it shrinks and lies at the bottom of the mouth, covered with saliva. Such complete paralysis, however, is quite rare. In most cases only one portion of the tongue is involved. If both parts of the tongue are paralyzed, speech usually is unin-

RV HEYWOOD BROUN

comes of it or not. It makes such a nice subject for off days. And with Mr. Wells setting the pace there was a deal of interplanetary fiction a generation ago. And also drama. One of the favorite plays of my youth was “The Man From Mars,” in which Charles Hawtrey played. I can’t remember who wrote it. There was, I distinctly recollect, a moral lesson in the piece. One line still rings through my head. “In Mars we call it otherdom,” the messenger from that distant planet used to say. And if this old brain does not deceive me, the point of the plot hinged upon the fact that the Martian brought sweetness, light and unselfishness to a rather beastly British household. Os course, his missionary efforts were aided a little by the fact that he possessed some sort of magical electrical power by which he could thrust out one finger and knock down somebody who stood all the way across the room. A great many evangelical campaigns are based on that same theory. The sinner gets a chance to repent, and if he doesn’t take it he receives a sock in the nose. tt tt After Our Own Image Everybody who has written about Mars or indulged in the fantasy of its being inhabited, always has peopled it with beings somewhat after our own image. In some of the stories the creatures of

a fuss about it, much less imagine that he was a square peg in a round hole. BUB SO throughout biography, if we had time to follow it out, Robertson of Brighton, did not want to enter the church; he wanted to oe a soldier. But despite his disappointment—perhaps because of it—he became one of the noblest voices of his age. Robertson Nicoll had to give up the work he loved best because of illness, but he made the best of a second choice, and became a great journalist. Many besides Sir James Barrie could say of him, “He gave me my chance!” We live from day to day—we have to—and no day repeats a day gone by; therefore, we must play our part, whatever it is, with our finest stroke. If we can not play the first violin in the symphony of life, we can at least learn how to join in harmoniously, ceasing to play sharp or sing flat. The first violin can not do without the second fiddle; and it is great, even in the back row of the orchestra, to hear under our fingers, that at least we have learned to be skilful, the chime of the triangle and the roll of the drums. Os an actor recently dead it was said, “He was invaluable in rqinor parts.” (Copyright. 1832. United Feature Syndicate;

telligible. If, however, only onehalf of the tongue is paralyzed speech may be fairly good, but certain sounds, particularly L, S, E and W, do not come out satisfactorily. In certain diseases the nerves affecting the palate are involved so that there is paralysis of the palate and of the pharynx. This occurs particularly in some forms of infantile paralysis and diphtheritic paralysis. In such cases swallowing may be so difficult that it becomes necessary to feed the patient through the nose. Sometimes the paralysis is so severe that there is interference also with vomiting. This is most unfortunate, because food under such circumstances tends to get into the windpipe and to produce coughing, or it may actually get down into the lungs and give rise to pneumonia. If an X-ray examination shows that particles of material, made opaque to X-ray, are getting into the windpipe and lungs, prompt action must be taken to prevent this complication.

Ideals and opinions expressed In this column are those o! one of America’s most Interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

that land are grotesque, to be sure, but it is not possible to escape the temptation of giving them a somewhat similar psychology. I wouldn’t put very much faith in the plan of Mr. Van Loon’s Russian friend. It seems to me a somewhat coolish approach to begin a conversation with another planet by saying in effect, “Oh, look—we know plane geometry.” As one who struggled long, hard and unsuccessfully with that hypotenuse in high school, my own vision would include a Mars without geometry or, indeed, arithmetic of any sort. I even doubt that the socalled exactitude of mathematics is of that brand of truth known as eternal. Beyond the Milky Way it is at least possible that the sum of the other two squares doesn’t equal the one set up on the hypotenuse. In my very vague and confused notion of what Einstein has been about, I believe I’ve heard it said that he has found that a straight line isn’t the shortest distance between two points. If there is to be a Mars for the mental consolation of mystics, I would much prefer it as a place where none of our rules holds good. There, let us hope, that moss is on the rolling stones, and that early birds catch never a single worm. it it tt Bland Life and Gay One TO me the suggestion of canals upon the surface of the red planet gives strength to the theory that across the ether there may dwell a placid people. The Dutch are always with us, so why hold out against the chance of Hollanders in Mars? In great houseboats they float all day, drinking real gin out of stone jugs. The principal industries are mandolin and cards, for on a canal boat in a temperate zone there is not much to do but sing and play contract. And there is an idea that neither the Russian nor the Britisher advanced as a clew to communication. Why not place upon some great meadow a stunning set of thirteen cards and then wait for the faint radio flash from across the neck of the worlds, “If you’re asking me Id bid two spades?” (Copyright, 1932. by The Ttmes)

People’s Voice

Editor Times—l am a 27-year-old man with a wife and three little girls. The oldest one is in the first grade of school. I am unemployed and have to depend on my wife’s folks and my own for a place even to sleep and eat. Oh, what a relief it would be if I had a job that paid me just one tihrd of S3OO. I have three trades at any one of which, in good times, I can earn a good living, but there are too many such wives as “One proud to be a working wife” to help keep me, and a lot more as bad off, if not worse, out of employment. My wife never has worked away from home, and I think any man who will let his wife work when

.■NOV. 23,1932

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Professor John J. Abel Does Outstanding Work in Field of Medical Research. WHEN some 5,000 members ot the American Association for the Advancement of Science assemble in Atlantic City between Christmas and New Year’s day for that organization's annual meeting, one of America’s most distinguished savants will preside. He is Professor John J. Abel of the Johns Hopkins university medical school, one of America's most famous workers in the field of medical research. In addition to presiding. Dr. Abel will take part in a symposium on the subject of the pituitary gland. Professor Abel was born on May 19, 1857, on a farm near Cleveland. At the age of 19 he entered the University of Michigan. He interrupted his college career to become a teacher at La Porte, Ind.„ teaching Latin, mathematics, physics and chemistry. After three years however, he returned to college and received his degree in 1883. He then went to Johns Hopkins university for a*, year's post-graduate study in physiology and biology'. The year at Johns Hopkins marked only the beginning of Abel’s training. The next six and a half years he spent in study in Europe, at the universities of Leipzig. Strassburg, Heidelberg, Berne and Vienna. He also managed, during vacation periods, to do some studying at the universities of Wurzburg, Berlin and Paris. In 1891 he returned to the University of Michigan to become professor of materia medica and therapeutics. U tt tt * Chemistry of Life IN 1893, Professor Abel joined the Johns Hopkins medical school and for fifteen years was head of both the departments of physiological chemistry and pharmacology. (Pharmacology is the science of drugs and their use in medical practice.) In Europe,- during his years at various universities, Professor Abel came in contact with the leading medical men of the continent. He attended lectures by leading research men and made the rounds in the hospitals with the leading clinical authorities. He had an ample prepa ration to become one of the leaders in American medicine. Professor Abel’s chief interest lay in the chemistry of the living organism and at an early date he undertook studies of the substances known as hormones. The hormdnes are chemical substances poured into the blood stream by various ductless glands. These hermones regulate and control many body processes. A shortage or an overdose of any particular hormone usually results in a serious condition of disease. In 1895 Professor Abel started a series of experiments to isolate the blood pressure raising hormone, which is secreted by the central portion or medulla of the adrenal glands. He succeeded in obtaining it in a relatively free form which he named epinephrine. Later, another research worker, Takamine, obtained it in a still purer form which he named adrenaline. Adrenaline is well known because of its use in medicine as a stimulant. tt it tt Isolated Insulin IN 1913 Professor Abel succeeded in isolating a hormone which is secreted by the glands in the skin or the toad. This hormone is somewhat similar to adrenaline. Abel named it bufagin. It is a powerful heart stimulant and has an action similar to that of digitalis. In many ways Profesor Abel has been a sort of Sherlock Holmes in tlie realm of biology, devoting his time to tracing down powerful but elusive substances, which although present in tiny quantities, exercise vast influences upon the living organism. Thus, for example, he succeeded in isolating the active agent in certain poisonous mushrooms. In 1926 he undertook to isolate pure insulin. Banting and McLeod, in their famous work which won them the Nobel pjize, succeeded in obtaining an extract from the pancreatic glands 6t animals which is known as insulin. More exactly, it is an extract which contains insulin among other substances, many of them proteins. Abel succeeded in separating out the insulin as a crystalline compound. This paved the wa y for much important work upon the nature of insuline and its role in the living organism. No record of Professor Abel’s work would be complete without mention of the many men whom he has trained during his years at Johns Hopkins. A long list could be made of his former pupils who now are distinguished as professors, research workers and medical practitioners.

Daily Thought

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.—St. John 3:17. , God's will is the very perfection of all reason.—Edward Payson. What is the airline distance between New York City and Caracas, Venezuela, and between New York and Honolulu? How long does it take mail to reach both places? From New York to Caracas is 2,100 miles and from New York to Honolulu is 5,051 miles. Mail to Caracas takes twelve to fourteen days and to Honolulu twelve to sixteen days. he has a job and can support her has very little respect for her or himself. She spoke of doing the honorable thing, i think the honorable thing to do is to live and let live, not hog everything you can. No one ever lived who married for love any more . than I did or a lot of others who are even worse off than I am. The agitation against married women working is largely the result of hunger and starvation. The rest of us like steak as well as she does, but eat beans, potatoes, combread or whatever we can get. Thousands and thousands of us have spent considerable time and money learning our trades and professions, but are not bragging or blowing about it. I’m not. R, W. SMITH.