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. FRIIIAY. APRIL 7. 193.7 ARE WE NEAR CIVILIZED DRINKING? r J~'HERE have been two mam stages in the history of human civilization. One was the era of the Greeks and Romans who mastered the fine arts of living. They not only esteemed leisure, but also knew how to enjoy it in civilized fashion. They failed, however, to have sufficient regard for science and engineering. Hence, they lacked many o£ the comforts and conveniences of our age. Moreover, while we are able to enslave machines, the classical peoples were Übie to insure leisure for only a small minority snd that at the expense of unspeakable cruelties to a vast slave population, g The second of the two main periods in the eVelution of mankind has been that since about 1750. It has been characterized primarily hy the marvelous strides in natural science, its application to the solution of the problems of manufacturing, transportation and communication, the triumph of the empire of machines.' and the establishment of the factpry system. We have done more marvelous things in the field of material culture in the last two Hundred years than were achieved by man in the preceding 200.000. But we have not learned to live. Uniquely capable of having abundant leisure, ot r ace neither demands it nor knows how to use it when available. . Hence, we well may turn back to the Greeks and Romans for lessons in that aspect of humrn life in which the*Greeks and Romans proved themselves supreme. Pending the success of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, the current beer and v, : ne law may force us to go back and take a 16af out of the book of the classical practices re’-’t.ve to civilized drinking. With the Greeks and Romans the enjoyment of life and the cultivation of leisure was a fine art. They applied this quite logically and consistently in their drinking habits. They consumed little if any spirituous liquors, confining themselves mainly to a goed grade of wine. This they almost invariably took with a strong m.xture of water. Uusaliy in the mixing bowl were found three parts of water to two of wine'.. It was not uncommon to mix five parts of water with two of wine. Consuming this nnld dilution, the classical peoples were able to continue drinking from the beginning of dinner on through the symposium which ran well into the night. At the end, while full of animation and urbanity, the great majority of those present were in full command of their faculties and able to carry on alluminating and amusing conversation. It was well recognized that a spirited conviviality and good fellowship, rather than physiological paralysis and mental confusion, should be the real aim in use of alcoholic liquo^. In our tense industrial civilization, we have greater need than the Greeks and Romans for such drink.ng practices. Unfortunately, in spite of our economic and social maturity we have clung desperately to the drinking habits of a rude frontier society, where life was uncertain, ana heavy infiltrations of hard liquor were necessary to make one forget,the strains, and tenors which might await one on the morrow. It well may be that civilized drinking can help us to find the proper solution, at one and the same time, of the problems of leisure and the attainment of true culture. Alcohol, taken in decent quantities and at the right time, is the greatest aid to human playfulness ever devised by man. This is not an argument for excessive drinking. It rather is advocacy of meliorate indulgence in pure liquors of a light alcoholic content at the proper time —good liquor taken with the evening meal, with congenial companions during the evening and the like. Such indulgence in ales, beer, and light wines has no bad physical effects, is immensely beneficial in a psychological way, and rarely leads to the vulgarity and other abuses associated with our contemporary swilling of hard liquor. Man, being a big simian, is by nature one of the most playful of animals. He never can be truly happy or natural unless he can play at least some small portion of his waking hours. But the natural simian playfulness and gaiety of man have been curbed and restrained by the fears of religion and by worries about economic security. We are coming to the time when supernaturalism need no longer plague or terrify mankind. We should soon be at the point where we can conquer economic worry. The arguments for civilized drinking thus are more attractive for the future than for the past, when' large doses of hard liquor may have been necessary to help man face the harsh uncertainties of life. Moderate use of mild liquors will suffice in the future to let down our higher inhibitions, to free us from the tension and worries of normal existence, to give us a greater spirit of conviviality and to make us more congenial with friends—in short, to make us more delightfully human. In the future the aim of alcoholic indulgence should be to secure an amiable ' glow" rather than paralysis or stupor. CITY DEBTS PROVE BURDEN IT is probable that no American city ever again will rush into debt as blithely as was the custom during the earlier part of the decade. I The chickens, right now. are coming home to roost, and the effort to find a place for their restless feet is giving mayors and city councilors gray hairs, wrmkles and sleepless nights in, a horrifying manner. Some cities, of course, are in good shape

I financially. But they are in the minority. Bonds totaling something like $15,000,000,000 are outstanding in American cities, towns and counties, and congress is being asked either to let the cities enjoy a two-year moratorium or to set up a plan whereby principal and interest on this stupendous debt could be scaled down. The situation represents one of the most pressing problems the nation has to face. It also stands as a monument to two misfortunes —to the depression itself, which lessened muj nicipal revenues and increa.sed municipal expenditures. and to the era of high, wide, and handsome spending which preceded the depression. That this tremendous load of debt can be carried through the recovery period is extremely doubtful. A moratorium, a general revision, or an epidemic of outright defaults —one of these, or a combination of all, seems to be in prospect. But suppose that happens, and that prosperity eventually returns, with our city treasuries in a solvent condition once more. What then? Shall we begin anew the free-spending habits that brought on this trouble? Shall we contii>re I p put up with the inefficient, graft-ridden, politics-perverted type of city government that caused so much of this vast debt load? If we do. we shall prove that the depression has taught us nothing. The one great truth that this crisis has made obvious is that the ordinary kind of city government in this country is too expensive to be tolerated any longer. If we are smart enough to learn by our troubles, we shall insist on having anew kind, TEN THOUSAND A YEAR e-p'HE United States still leads the civilized world In homicides, according to Dr. Frederick Hoffman, New York insurance statistician. Basing his estimates on reports from 180 cities, Dr. Hoffman finds that in the five years ended in 1931, 51,203 Americans met their deaths by homicide. This means an annual harvest of 10,000 lives. This revel of killings can be halted. In twenty-one cities last year there was not one homicide. Boston, with a population of 800.000, had a rate of only 2.5 per 100,000. Southern cities generally make a sorry showing, with rates running above 50 per 100,000. To curb this country's murder mania, two steps appear- to be essential: Better law enforcement and disarmament. In England, justice is swift and certain, not ; necessarily harsh. Here it is sluggisli and un- | certain, and because of its inefficiency it imposes harsh penalties W'hich juries refuse to . • carry out. All but eight states have the death penalty, yet the last census shows that for our approximate 10,000 killings in 1930, only 155 persons were executed. We need more scientific detection, better co-ordination between the states, speedier trials. Disarmament at home should go along with international disarmament. It is too easy to get firearms. Although two big mail order houses have discontinued sale of pistols, all sorts of firearms can be bought at pawnshops, j Many cheap pistols are smuggled in from abroad. There should be stricter federal, state and euy measures. The sale of machine guns should be stopped completely. The lobbies of arms manufacturers that have blocked such measures in the past should be swept aside by the force of public opinion. LABOR’S PROGRAM 'T'HE program suggested at the recent conference of labor leaders and economists with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is by all odds the most far-reaching and daring of its kind ever seriously considered by the American government. A $5,000,000,000 bond issue to provide 2,000.000 jobs, a national law providing for the thir-ty-six-hour week in industry, strict minimum wage regulations, abolition of child labor, complete recognition of labor's right to organize —here, surely, is a program wffich ought to satisfy the most radical. Whether it stands any chance of adoption % is something else again—as, also, is the question whether it would work if it were adopted. But the mere fact that the administration gave it a sympathetic ear is a profoundly significant development. SACRIFICES FOR SCIENCE TT often has been remarked that the great discoveries of science frequently have to be paid for in human lives. Os nothing is this truer than of the X-ray. A recent cable from London points out that fifteen scientists are dying, in various parts of England, because of the work they did to develop and adapt this great boon for the use | of mankind. They are dying by inches, painfully: but because of their courage and devotion, the lives | of a great many other people have been and j will be saved. Furthermore, they have helped to rid the ! X-ray of fits dangers. It can be handled safely, now. Scientists henceforth will not have to make such sacrifices. The history of human bravery holds few brighter chapters than this. TEMPERANCE EUROPEANS are fond of saying that Americans are extremists. It is charged that under our skies virtue became puritanism, vivacity broke out as jazz, conviviality sank to debauchery. Whether this is just or not, certainly so far this young nation has fallen short of the Roman ideal of "everything in moderation." The return of legal light beer and wine gives us the chance to prove that we have ; grown up. Naturally, the prodigals return is being celebrated with proper unction. It need not be the signal for a saturnalia of beer-swilling, brawling, and deviltry. In the days to come we should settle down to learn the art of drinking—or abstain altogether. In older countries, people rarely drink beer and wine to excess. The mugs and goblets there are emptied as part of the meal, and the meal itself is a social function. Because they have learned temperance, they have not had prohibition. Excess breeds a counter-excess. With our increasing leisure we, too. may take time to eat and drink together, and. perhaps, recapture the fading arts of conversa-

tion, wit, and philosophic discourse. Under our summer vines and winter rafters, we shall then enjoy the fruits of the harvest as nature intended that we should, in 'the spirit of mellow good-feflowship. The Germans have a word for it. so have the French. The words mean just the opposite of drunkenness. The drys are saying and praying that America will not be able to drink beer and wine with decorum. If they are right, they will be given a powerful argument against repeal. Let us prove them wrong. RAILROAD WASTE HPHE President's railroad plan, to be successful. should include some means for the federal government to compel, where necessary, the readjustment of topheavy financial structures. Mr. Roosevelt recognizes this, for he made the same point in his Salt Lake City campaign speech. The Interstate Commerce Commission recognizes this. And congress, at the behest of the past and present administrations, passed last session anew bankruptcy act to provide means for financial reorganization of the roads. Either the proposed federal co-ordinator should be authorized to force reorganizations where necessary, or. as Mr. Roosevelt earlier suggested, this same force should be applied through the Reconstruction Finance corporation. In Salt Lake City, Mr. Roosevelt advocated that the “government announce its intention to stand back of the railroads for a specified period,” and that its help be “definitely conditioned upon acceptance by the railroads of such requirements as may in individual cases be found necessary to readjust topheavy financial structures through appropriate scaling down of fixed charges.” The importance of forcing reorganization is two-fold: Not only will it put the carriers on a better financial basis, but it will tend to strengthen railway credit, and thus the position of railroad securities held by so many insurance companies and savings banks. The new biil will not be sufficient if it merely authorizes the proposed railroad coordinator to eliminate wasteful practices and services of railway operation. It also should furnish the means for eliminating financial waste. Jesse Isidor Straus, America's new ambassador to France is head of the largest department store in the world that, makes its customers pay cash. Wonder if France will take the hint. British story tells that a cuckoo flew from Berkshire, England, to West Africa. That reminds us that the trans-ocean stunt-flying season is almost upon us. Glass manufacturers are foremost among those who hope for a revival of old drinking customs. Remember, they used to smash the glass after a solemn toast? Red Sox team shaken up in a train wreck. Nothing to the wreck they usually meet up with through the season. The cheapest-looking thing at a bargain sale usually is a man carrying a stack of bundles for his wfife. > A man fishing in Florida caught a kingfish, and died from the excitement. That's a dangerous sport down Louisiana way, too. Market tip is to look out for a bad slump in prices of capping machines, funnels, small rubber hose and crockery containers.

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THE great Jewish boycott, “tolerated” by Hitler and "conducted" by his crowd, is significant not for what it accomplished, but for what it reveals Germany has not found a dictator, but a crack-brained figurehead who lacks courage as well as a sense of value. After all the frothing and bombast, it was decided to restrict the boycott to one day, and that day was Saturday. More appropriate still, the day was April 1, which custom has dedicated to fools. Unless the German people have been struck dumb by misfortune, their failure to get the point is inconceivable. They have been victimized by a bunk artist, and so have the rest of us. This new luminary is not a star, but merely a bit of burning gas. Even the Jews over-esti-mated his heat. About all he has done since assuming power is turn loose a mob that itches for excitement. a a a GERMAN Jews are not threatened with any well-thought-out scheme of persecution, but with the promiscuous attacks of half-baked prejudice which the man who has jumped himself into power lacks the ability to guide or the guts to prevent. ' Adolph Hitler has shown his number in figures a mile high. He is just an imitation of Mussolini and a very cheap one. His own balderdash, as well as that spouted by henchmen like Dr. Gobbels, leaves no doubt of how completely the windbag has been deflated. We find ourselves dealing with a stuffed uniform rather than a leader. We find grandstand phrases for the crowd, rathar than carefully considered plans. First, Hitler lost his head over the protests from abroad, and then lost his nerve to do what he said he wouid at home. # a a '['OR the moment, impulsive prejudice can be depended on to save him, but this shadow boxing for the entertainment of German Ku Kluxism only discloses his weakness and foretells his downfall. He will last just as long as shrewder men can make use of him ana no longer. They probably are wondering right now whether he won’t collapse too soon. Meanwhile, many German Jews have suffered unjustly, and the chances are that more are going to suffer. The pity of it is that those 1 responsible have nothing in mind except to make a Roman holiday for a horde of political hang--1 ers-on. The campaign is not even intolerant in a sense of determination or deliberateness, but I merely an undigested manifestation of brutal, unthinking horseplay. There is nothing deep or I purposeful back of it. nothing to challenge that j curious kind of admiration which grows out of j horror or hate. It is merely an incoherent upheaval of mob psychology, and Adolph Hitler, man of the hour, lacks the intelligence to recognize it as such. Adolph Hitler should take a six-week course either at Rome or Moscow, and learn the difference between what is necessary to indicate leadership and what constitutes pandering to temporary waves of prejudice.

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iTiims leaders are invited to r.riiress their views in Ouse columns. Make your Utters short, so all van hare a chance. Limit them to ~\s o words or less.j By a Speedway Fan. Steve Hannagan, Indianapolis’ annual visitor before the Speedway race, is in town to stay. Steve comes back from a winter in Florida and a few weeks up and down the Atlantic seaboard, to say nothing of the states he visited en route to Indianapolis. And Steve, as usual, brings something with him. It is the word that an entire nation, as far as he is able to learn, is pointing to Indiana as a state that's doing something. To quote Steve: "Indiana is the hottest place in the country right now. Every place I've been they’re talking aoout Indiana, and what it has done since the first of the year under the new administration. It's looked on ai THE state, and plenty is expected of it. “But there's one thing about the entire situation that I can t understand. With all the outside praise, I find, after getting into the state, that you Hoosiers are only lukewarm. What's the matter, here?” There’s a question to be followed by another: “Is there anything wrong?” Maybe, after two months in the city, handling publicity for the annual speed derby, Steve will be able to see if there is anything w-rong and answer the questions himself. Bv F. C. McCormick This free translation is interesting just at this time. “Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, into the w r est and said, ‘What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you,’ And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.”—Matthew 6:15-16. “When, therefore, they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, ‘Whom will ye that I release unto you. The liquor dealers, or Jews, who is called Christ.’ And they said. 'The liquor dealers.’ Pilate saith unto them, ‘What shall I do unto Jesus?’ They all say, ‘Let him

IT is recognized generally that the occupation of railroad engineer is one of the most nerve-wracking in which mankind participates. It demands constant attention, with the mind alert, the periods of work are long, and the circumstances of the work arduous. Two German physicians have analyzed the causes of death among lailroad engineers, and discovered the, amazing fact that twenty-four engineers had died suddenly while on duty, within one and a half years. Moreover, of all the deaths of engineers, 250 were due to heart disease—l3o suddenly and 120 gradually. This constituted 36 per cent of all causes of death in this occupation. By contrast, only 16 per cent of the male population over 20 years of age dies annually in Germany from heart disease.

IHAVE no particular kick on daylight saving, but why stop there? For the American parent as well as the American working man deserves consideration, and he will not get it until something is done to move the dance hour back to 9 o’clock, so tha t not only the wornout adult, but the kids, could get to bed sometime before dawn. There is more wailing over this silly habit of beginning all social festivities around the middle of the night and less done about it than anything else I know. We started off on this topsyturvy plan main’y because we were on a prosperity jag and the entire United States wanted to behave like the upper social register of New York City. The Lord knows we have paid for our ambition Because, whatever may have happened to Manhattan's Four Hundred, the rest of us just naturally have to get to work. And we can't do that by facing until 3 o'clock

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: : A Woman’s Viewpoint : : BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

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Business at Home Bv William Burnett. TN looking through your paper, I find a person's views expressed with which I will agree in i asking American Legion and other patriotic, labor and fraternal organizations why they should oppose recognition of Russia, are they afraid that the people of Russia will prove to us that a country can be run for the masses of the people instead of being run for the wealthy while millions go hungry and live in shacks as we do, and let our government heads make laws to enlist 250,000 of our unemployed, take them from their homes, and place them in the camps in the woods, miles from their loved ones? Do these organizations believe in recognition of Hitler, who is doing more to destroy peace in a few days then Russia ever did, or of the Mussolini Fascism? I believe if these organizations would put' in more time on the disgraceful condition of our own country and keep our own government clean, they wouldn't have time to condemn a country already started on the right road. be crucified.’’’—Matthew 27:7. 21, 22 to 26. “Now Judas did not intend to help send Jesus to the cross, for when he found that the Savior was to be crucified, he threw the blood money on the pavement before the priests, saying, ‘I have betrayed innocent blood,' and went out and hanged himself. “And the chief priest took the pieces of silver and said, 'lt is not lawful to put it into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.’ And they took council and bought with them a potter’s field for a burying place for drunkards, their wives, children and victims. Wherefore that field is called the Field of Blood unto this day.”—Matthew 27:3 to 5. “But Barrabas and his friends said, ‘Let us set all criminals free and legalize all crime and take a portion of the plunder the criminals gather to pay taxes, for the Roman taxes are grievous.’ But others said, ‘lf all crime is made

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Moreover, .. must be remembered that only men in apparently perfect health are permitted to engage in the occupation of railroad engineer. At the request of the Union of Locomotive Engineers, Drs. Munk and Spiller examined 100 members who suffered with heart disease, most of them complaining of sudden attacks of shortness of breath, with the typical pains and symptoms of angina peetbris. As has been previously mentioned in these columns, attacks of angina pectoris are increased when the person is under strain or nervous excitement. These facts are of special importance because of the nature of

in the morning, even though there be tears of rage in our eyes. u n a IN the dear, dead day? of 1928, the sophisticates and the stock brokers played around most of the night. The rich slept all day and used the Questions and Answers Q —From what is sausage casing made? A—The intestines of hog. sheep and cattle. Synthetic sausage skins are now made from cellulose. Q —How old is Edna W’allace Hopper? A—Fifty-nine. Q—Should timepiece be hyphenated? A—No.

lawful, every one will be perfect, for every law against crime enrages people and makes wicked criminals j of them.’ But Pilate washed ins j .ian„j of the whole matter, saying. ‘I will not consent to the sheading j of innocent blood. Then all the .vets shouted loudly and said, ‘Their blood be on us and our children.' And it was even so. "—From the Ancient Book of the Wets, 13:7-13. Milton, Ind. By Mary E. Porter. Some of us who remember with sorrow the old saloon, feel very sure the fight now on is not between the wets and drys, but between good and evil. We recall in 1920 how we went to ihe rescue mission and there, without rancor or malice, sang praises to God for ridding our lair nation of the loul saioon and its me cate ana Lie wine we felt then, as now, that Gcd at ,asc nau ahowered me players Ov a mul.ii.uue of mnocen. suuerers, o\ei a of aoout 150 years, since we | became a nation, we hear uvc. ; .he tau.o anu throug.i Lie press j mat.mere arc ac least three men m the united States who can themselves piies.s and preachers, who aavoca.e the return oi aicoholic leverages. We wonder if they will'* open iheii i places of worship Friday and in- i vite those who wisn to celebrate j .he return of such liquors? Will! they preach from the text, “Cursed is the man who givetli his neigh- : bor drinx and maketh him drunken | :.iso,” or the one which says, “No ..runkard shali enter tne kingdom j of heaven.” \vw.io leel that each of us is, j in some measure, our brother's keeper, are waiting to see.

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The secret of the Lord is with j them that fear Him; and He will ; shew them His covenant.—Psalms 25:14. Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.—Jeremy Taylor.

the occupation of the men studied. All of the locomotive engineers stated that the great watchfulness and the feeling ot responsibility associated with their jobs are a constant strain on the nervous system. This strain is accentuated intensely for a considerable period if a locomotive engineer has been associated in any way with an accident. The alternate periods of day work and night work make good sleeping habits difficult to establish and interfere to that extent with suitable rest. Finally, there is a tendency for locomotive engineers to put on weight, because the job permits little exercise. It is characteristic that the fireman usually is lean and slender, but he becomes fat just as soon as he is promoted to locomotive engineer.

dark hours for making whoopee. But it hardly is necessary to remind all parents and most of the children that this is not 1928. and that only night watchmen and street cleaners and actors can get along by spending all morning in bed. The guy who wants a job has to be like the bird after its worm—on the spot early. Here, then, is a reform that I recommend to all those excellent folk who have run out of causes. We’re worn down with trying to be urban, so why not go rural for a change and get in a little rest? Can't we begin dancing at 9 and quit at 1 so pap* can get at his apple selling on time and 16-year-old Johnny can work his arithmetic and mama can have the wash out before noon? The last three years have proved that were all hicks and suckers anyway, so why keep on trying to high-hat ourselves?

APRIL 7, 1933

It Seems to Me ■ BY JOE WILLIAMS

• Ratline for Hnnond Broun) THE Roosevelts must be awfully nice people. They are eom? serve beer at the White Houh to "any one who desires It." The President's wife has made a-j official announcement to this rffec adding that while she docsn t in. dulgc in alcoholic syrups herself ! she never would dream cf imposin' her individual convictions on othoi people. Such frankness, coming from the w;fo o: the President, is both unique and refreshing. It bespeaks a wholesomeness of spirit that is not always to be found in pres-dential or lesser households. Unimportant in itself, the question nevertheless embodied diplomatic perils of a character that Blight have caused a less forthrigh r person to chart a much different course. No doubt, the Ella Booles will be de-ply pained to learn that the wife of the President of the United States lias come out publicly for a cold glass of beer at the dinner table, and they tan be counted upon to say as much, if not more, when the dear ladies get together as representatives cf 30.00? 000 American mothers—or is their favorite nuirb-r in this stenciled threat 50 000. COO? Mrs. Roosevelt just doesn't seem to mind what the Ella Booles think | or "hat they may attempt bv wav . of political retaliation. It is quite evident that she believes in being herself. To her the social graces seem to mean a bit more than the sentimental support of a group of earnest old fussbudgets from Des Moines. The Ella Booles never will be able j fo comprehend a woman of Mrs. | Roosevelt’s caliber anyway. Her conception of tolerance and temperance • is slightly different. Also her theory that the next door neighbor is en- ! ti'led to a life of his own widens | the breach beyond all hope of comI promise. a a a An Amazing Man nPHE announcement that lyr A would be served in the While : House bore only Mrs. Roosev?li s ! signature. The President didn't sign | it. Perhaps he was too busv. H has been in office just a month and i he has done so many things that the suspicion is growing that he is triplets. What will he do next? What can he do next? His whirlwind operasions up to date suggest the story i of the circus daredevil who sought an engagement from a blase booking agent. The daredevl’s act was a plunge of 200 feet on horseback | into a blazing cauldron. . . . “Yeah. But what do you do for an encor??” The President is making it tough for those who are to follow him ! mto the White House. Hr is doing : ’’recisely what he told the voters I “ was going to do if they elected him. The President has developed so i ar-ariy in popular esteem since he has been on the job that the people I even are beginning to concede that | perhaps he really feels that way | when he smiles that smile of his. For some reason this has been a j subject of acute national con ! :oversy. Citizens have gathered in , a git a led knots from Nnnr' to Nantucket to ponder the baffling quesi tion. “What mak'-s Roosevelt J smile?" they demand to know? If | not the most serious, this becomes j the most general criticism against the nominee. nun An Honest Smile j A VERY lively resentment grew i J* up against the gentleman bo- | cause he persisted in greeting his fellow citizens with a frank, disarming smile. There wasn't a great deal to smile about at the time, but whether a funeral frown would have made him a more acceptable or a more substantial candidate is debatable. It is quite probable that an extended survey of such matters wouid reveal that more than one important world problem was solved without any direct assistance from the fighting face or the clinched jaw. The magic of the make-up box will create these shams just as readily as the professional smile. It turns out that the President has a genuine zest for living and for doing things and that his smile merely mirrors a buoyant, optimistic soul. The excitements of battle, the tremendous responsibilities, and the wide opportunity for action are stimulants to him. Apparently he is happiest when he has to pitch with the bases full. n an .4 Monopoly Ends TN any case, the Republicans no A longer have a monopoly on the Roosevelt background. Hyde Park seems to be just a-s fertile a field for statesmanship as Osyter Bay. It is not impossible that history may remember the Big Smile with just as much affection as the Big Stick How will this new deal in old names affect young Teddy? Until P’ranklin Deiano came aton.g. r.e was the fair-haired Roosevelt ’of the national political arenas. By degrees the Republicans had built him up until he was about ready to go on for a main bout. He had a grand fighting name—but much of its political exclusiveness has been !o e! . The only disturbing cloud that has appeared on the President's horizon so far ha come in the form of a slogan . . . “As right as Roosevelt” i Copyright, 1933. bv The Times > Boy Lost BY LIONEL WIGGAM Forever after thus, I shall condemn April, and every tree that felt her tears. And every tulip root and jonquil stem. Never again. I say, shall any year's Bewildered blossoming confuse this breast. Nor little crocus fingers tense this throat, Nor starlight-lacquered leaf ’rouse interest: April shall find me armored and remote. There was an April when I doubted not, And stood enchanted where *ie spring uncurled, Every greening taste upon my tongue, Every new and dazzling color shot Into my heart. But oh, how soon the world Matured . . . how long I lingered very young J