Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1934 — Page 9
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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun THERE is, I am convinced, a thing called retribution which reaches out upon occasion and punches sinners in the snoot. My own nose is still a little bowed and bloody. Very recently I pledged myself to be done with any sense of humor for a year. Then I was tempted. Elmer Davis wished that the bon mots of noted wits as reported in
newspapers should be a little bonner. I replied, just on inspiration, that such reports should be taken with a few grains of camphor “to keep the moth away.” It wasn't much of a joke, but even so a little better than when it appeared in the papers as “to keep the moths away.” I should have kept my word and also I should have known better. Each of us has within his heart the conviction that given just the right audience and the proper spot he could perhaps bf? funny like his fellows. There is no excuse for me to continue to harbor this great delusion. I have had op-
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portunities innumerable and to me an audience has become a small, but determined band of people intent on turning down its thumbs. a a a A Chance for Cure ¥ SHOULD have been cured way back in the spring of 1924 That was the time when I made my first appearance on any stage. It was not a successful appearance. It grew’ less so. Five days after the opening Memorial day dawned bright and clear and warm. We had a matinee and it was patronized by fourteen persons, nine of whom were small children. The nine small children apparently had read none of the reviews and were in nowise prepared or reconciled to hear a monolog which was not so good. When I first looked out at them they were happy and expectant. In the space of thirty seconds my whole speech flashed before my mind. "And how," I thought, “will that small boy in the pink rompers enjoy the story of the censor and the blond chorus girl? Will the mule story go well with the black-haired child whose hair hangs down in. a couple of pigtails?" There was no need arguing the problem with myself. I would know f soon enough. Indeed I knew already. There I stood empty-handed and emptyheaded in the presence of nine tiny tots. Even if the scrubby anecdotes in my equipment had been far more scintillating my act would still have remained inadequate. These tiny tots had not come to listen to talking. They had other hopes. They watched me wide-eyed, and waited for tricks. The situation demanded that I slaould stand on my head or produce two white rabbits from my sleeve. But I can not stand on my head. My sleeves are too tight for rabbits. And anyhow there were no rabbits. a a a An Excellent Suggestion /"VF course, I might have fallen fiat upon my face. the little dears would have loved that. But pride in the intention and the integrity of my art was still too strong in me to permit any such compromise. “Into each life some rain must fall,” I whispered grimly to myself. “They will outgrow this fearful fifteen minutes, every one of them, and in time forget and be no worse for the experience.” And even if the ordeal had been calculated to blast them all for life I would not have cared particularly. The kiddies regarded me with bright and shining faces, and I gave them back a glance of great malevolence. "Empty seats can not laugh, empty seats never applaud.” so I was told by a veteran actor in the company. As far as I was concerned, that left them pretty much the same as occupied seats. Nevertheless a drowning monologist will clutch at an adult. I found a woman of mature years in the third row. She had a child on either side of her, but I thought if I could get her attention and appeal to her sense of humor the brats might get at least a little vicarious enjoyment. u a' a Mumsey Throws Me Down MUMSEY S just laughing and laughing, ' each little prattler would lisp to himself and maybe try a show -off giggle on his own account. But Mumsey didn't laugh. She turned out to be an even tougher audience than Buster and Johnny. Up to the end they remained slightly hopeful. They thought that probably I was stalling for only a minute or so in that foolish grown-up way and that after me there would be elephants. Mumsey gave up hope after the first three minutes and turned inimical. I walked off in a silence which was only broken by my own self-muttered pledge. "Never again will I try to be funny.’ I should have kept my word. (Copyright. 1934. bv The Times)
Your Health .■'.Ji. 1 BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN\TERY likely you are one of the many persons who ’ think that exercise is healthful, without being sure how or why it is. This feeling about it has lasted for thousands of years and is more or less justified because the ways in which exercise is beneficial are many and varied. It is known, for instance, that changes go on in muscles when they are active. These changes tend to become permanent, so that increase in the size of your muscle, its strength, and its endurance are recognized as regular effects of exertion. This increase in size of the muscle is due to gradual enlargement of the individual fibers and not to the appearance of any extra fibers. It is thus a typical response of tissues to excess demand placed upon them. Other tissues of your body respond in the same way. A heart or a kidney that is overworked gradually gets larger. a a a \ NOTHER thing that training does for an athlete is to increase his vital capacity—that is. the amount of air that can be handled by his lungs. The average athlete has a capacity of four td five quarts of air in contrast with three quarts for the nonathlete. One thing that exercise does certainly is to raise the basal metabolism, or the rate of the chemical changes, in the body. Altogether, the general value of exercise is to increase the capacity of the body to do physical work. There is improvement in strength and in endurance, and in the perfection of movement. The increase in endurance is shown by the fact that the coming of fatigue is delayed. The blood is circulated more rapidly. Old blood cells are eliminated and new functioning blood cells take their places. i a a a THERE are a few results of exercise which are not altogether beneficial. Chronic fatigue and overtraining are examples. Overstimulation of bloodforming organs, changes in growth of bones and ot joints, tendency to enlargement of the heart are not good Fortunately, it has been shown that none of the change brought about by exercise is inheritable, so a Sandow or any other athlete would not necessarily have big -muscled children.
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‘INDIANA’S GIFTS TO GOVERNMENT’ Benjamin Harrison and Famed ‘Tippecanoe, ’ Served as Presidents
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer HOOSIER STATESMAN—That title may bring a smile to those whose memory covers but the last decade in Indiana politics. Yet there were periods in the past w'hen native sons did stand for something besides political expediency and contributed constructively to national affairs. List of those Indianians who have won high title from the federal government is long. It includes Presidents, Vice-Presidents, cabinet officers, ambassadors, senators and congressmen who have been conceded as great or near-great. If a historical review leads to the conclusion that the near past doesn't measure up to the more remote periods, there remains the consolation that change is always possible. Some already see improvement and plan to continue to carry It out. Archives of the Indiana division of the state library, long presided over by Miss Esther U. McNitt, offers no end of evidence that Indiana has always been the home of at least some of America’s “representative men.” Since the state from which the President is elected is credited with the triumph, Indiana contributed the twenty-third President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, w T ho lived in Indianapolis.
But the great Abraham Lincoln spent his boyhood in Indiana and didn't remove to Springfield, 111., until after reaching his majority. Famed “Tippecanoe,” William Henry Harrison, grandfather of the twenty-third president, was the ninth President of the United States and won his nickname in this state. He commanded the federal forces at the battle of Tippecanoe, near Lafayette, and was afterward Governor of Indiana territory, with residence at Vincennes. At that time Indianapolis was but a part of the wilderness. a a a WHEN elected President, William Henry Harrison was credited with coming from Ohio, however, as President Lincoln is claimed by Illinois. Benjamin Harrison was born in the home of his presidential grandparent at North Bend, 0., Aug. 20, 1833. Tutored at home, he entered Cary’s Academy, near Cincinnati, for his high school course. From there he went to Miami university, Oxford, 0., and was graduated in June, 1852, at the age of 16. Having married Miss Carrie L. Scott, daughter of the Rev. J. J. Scott, D. D., Oxford, 0., he came to Indianapolis in March, 1854, to study and practice law. Entering the office of John H. Rea, clerk of the United States district court here, it was not long before the young future President w r as making himself felt in both his profession and politics. His first jury trial was as assistant to Major Jonathan W. Gordon in what became known as the “Point Lookout” burglary case. So well did he conduct himself that he received high praise from the opposition counsel, Governor David Wallace. Later he became a partner of William Wallace, who, in 1860. was elected Marion county clerk. Mr. Harrison then formed a partnership with W. P. Fishback and was
Brawny Idaho Governor Zooms Into Capital by Plane, but He’s More ’at Home’ on Horse. GEORGE ABELL Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Washington visitors last week:. Booming, raw-boned C. Ben Ross, Governor of Idaho, and real cowboy, arrived from Pocatello on business connected with the bi baked potato state. Porters gaped as Governor Ross, sun tanned and stalwart, steppe from the train, announced in hearty tones:
“Well—now to work!” The Idaho executive can really ride a bucking bronco, throw a rope and brand a calf critter. This is his second term as Governor. He served before that as mayor of Pocatello, was reared in true western fashion on a ranch at Parma. Idaho. St tt tt PRESIDENT LIVINGSTON FARRAND of Cornell, genial and intellectual, a ..ended the Roosevelt dinner at the White House in honor of the Speaker of the house and Mrs. Rainey. Professor Farrand is an admirer of the bushy-haired, courteous Speaker and exchanged long conversation at the White House party with Mrs. Rainey, now like her husband, possessor of the honorary title “LL. D.” a a a GIGANTIC Primo Camera, world heavyweight chrmpion, stopped for ten minutes in the capital as his plane paused here before leaving for New York. Primo interrupted his training at Miami for the forthcoming fight with Tommy Loughran to go to Manhattan and appear before a referee in his bankruptcy case. He seemed cheerful, waved a greeting to admirers who welcomed him at the airport. a a tt OPTIMIST NORMAN DAVIS (slightly less optimistic than he used to be) bustled into town' from the sunny south on his way to New York. He called at the state department. discussed Paris riots with dapper Jay Pierpont Moffatt. chief of the division of western European affairs—somewhat perturbed over conditions in France. Norman prepared to leave later for Manhattan. tt tt B OUENIE. a Siberian Samoyede. which belonged to Asa Taketomi. daughter of the Japanese charge d'affaires, is lost, and there is much wailing at the Japanese embassy and elsewhere. Asa is leaving for Holland next week, her father having been appointed minister to the Netherlands. So she decided to give Queenie to someone who was kind to animals. “Would you like to have my dog?" she asked Dolly Temple, daughter of the Rev. John Temple. rector of Christ church in Georgetown. Dolly was delighted. Now. Queenie —chained in the yard of the rectory—has slipped out. of her collar and disappeared. When last seen, she was headed for the Japanese embassy. Both Asa and Dolly are in tears over
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himself elected reporter of the supreme court. During the fall campaign of 1880 he distinguished himself in an impromptu debate with the famed Democratic Governor Hendricks at Rockville. Civil war wracked the land. a a a reporter of the supreme court became a soldier. War Governor Morton offered him a regimental command. But instead he took a lieutenancy and went out and raised his own regiment. Before the war was over he commanded a brigade and became a brevet brigadier-general. As colonel he commanded his regiment in the battles of the Cumberland. He was the brigade commander at the surrender at Atlanta, Ga. Whereupon he returned to his wife and two children and was at once re-elected to the supreme court position, in 1876, when Godlove S. Orth withdrew from the race for nomination as G. O. P. Governor, Mr. Harrison was unanimously chosen by his party. The campaign was fiery, but he lost to his Democratic opponent. That was in 1876. In 1880 he was elected to the United States senate and served six years. In 1888 he the Republican presidential nominee and won. The contest became memorable in that it introduced the so-called “front porch” campaign, which became popular with the Grand Old Party. Delegations from throughout the land came to Indianapolis to visit the Harrison home and hear the nominee speak. Throughout the east, Mr. Harrison was noted for his oratory. Harrison marching clubs were formed, out of the one in Indianapolis came the Columbia Club, which is still flourishing. a a a AS President, General Harrison conducted what was termed a “business administra-
the loss of their pet and have issued a joint appeal for the dog’s return. tt a a OXONIAN-ACCENTED Ambassador Freyre of Peru and outspoken Minister Alfaro of Ecuador sat in President Roosevelt’s study discussing the question of the Peru-Ecuador frontier. Quizzed by newsmen before he went to the White House, Envoy Freyre remarked. “Oh. no! I’m not going to discuss anything with the President!” •Coming out of the White House, he lisped: “I caw-n’t say a thing about it!” Envoy Alfaro, with a smile, informed inquirers: “We are going to discuss the question of frontiers with the President,” Emerging, he remarked: “President Roosevelt was most sympathetic. We had a long conference and talked of the matter in detail.” A newshawk sighed: “Ambassador Freyre is like Cuban Ambassador Sterling. The only answer one gets from either is 'I don’t know.’ ” REVOKE LINDBERGH’S COMMISSION, IS PLEA Famed Flyer Charged With “Conduct Unbecoming Officer.” By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—A request by Arthur W. McMahon, former senior lieutenant in the naval reserve air force, for revocation of the reserve corps commission heW bv Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh today awaited decision of MajorGeneral Dennis E. Nolan, commander of the second corps area. Mr. McMahon charged Colonel Lindbergh with “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman” in his telegram to President Roosevelt on the cancellation of air mail contracts. FORSYTH IS ‘IMPROVED’ Noted Artist Reported Recovering From Sudden Illness. Condition of William Forsyth, noted Indiana artist, who yesterday became ill suddenly at his home. 15 South Emerson avenue, today was reported to be greatly improved. Members of the family said his condition is not considered serious.
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Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third President of th e United States, was a “Hoosier by choice,” having come to Indianapolis from his native Ohio to enter the practice of law and politics. He was successful in both, being the grandson of the famed William Henr y Harrison, ninth President, one-time Governor of Indiana territory at Vincennes and commander of the federal forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
tion.” His honesty and integrity never were challenged. Retiring in 1893, he returned to Indianapolis and his law practice. One of the notable cases jn which he was counsel was that of Venezuela against Great Britain. He
CITY DOCTORS HEAR ADDRESS ON WHISKY Labeling of Blends Is Urged by Dr. Harger. Blended whisky is no more poison - out than the aged brands, members of the Indianapolis Medical Society were told last night by Dr. R. N. Harger at a meeting in the Athenaeum. Dr. Harger declared either beverage may harm the human body, when in excess, but that neither will cause great harm when taken in moderation. However, he added, liquors should be labeled correctly in. order that the consuming public may know what it is drinking. Recalling a book, “One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs,” by Kellett and Schlink, the speaker said many of the alleged poisonous effects from various cosmetics and drugs were exaggerated. Other speakers included Dr. K. K. Chen, who discussed new antidotes for poisons. Dx\ Verne K. Harvey and Dr. L. G. Zerfas led discussions.
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represented the former and won. He died in 1901. His son, Russell B. Harrison, is the Mexican counsel and engaged in law practice here. For many years he was a state senator. A grandson, William Henry
CWA Workers on Park Offer Day s Labor Free
Plan Is Means of Showing Their Gratitude, Say Officials, Refusing. One interesting phase of opinion characterizing CWA workers throughout the nation has come to light on certain projects in Indianapolis, it was revealed today. About 4,500 men on park projects in the city have offered to donate one day’s work without hay in order not to fall behind schedule in completing the projects. This offer was made in appreciation of the work given them by the CWA, but the park board told the men that while they appreciated the spirit of the offer, that they felt they should not take advantage of it. Park board officials stated that they were highly gratified at the loyalty of the workers and considered the offer a fitting recognition of the appreciation of the men for the work given them. Three crews of CWA workers at Riverside park, the reforestation crew of 300 men, the crew of 700
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Harrison, also is a member of the local bar and former member of the state house of representatives. He was the G. O. P. nominee for congressman at the last election, but was defeated by Congressman Louis Ludlow.
men engaged in the construction of Lake Sullivan and the 200 men who are straightening Crooked creek first made the offer to donate the day’s work. The movement immediately was immediately joined by all other crews on the park projects, amounting in all to 4,500 men. NOTORIOUS PONZI IS FREEJNCE AGAIN Swindler Leaves Prison After Long Term. By United Press BOSTON, Feb. 14.—Charles Ponzi, who has spent nearly a third of his 52 years behind bars, left' prison today at the end of a seven-year term resulting from his fantastic “get-rich-quick” scheme, in which millions of dollars vJere lost in 1920. His ruddy face brightened by a broad smile, the notorious swindler left his cell at 9:10 a. m. Accompanied by Dr. Joseph I. McLaughlin, state prison physician, he walked briskly to the prison office. Forty pounds heavier than when he entered the prison in 1927, Ponzi was immaculately dressed in a blue suit, tan belted overcoat, and white scarf. He wore a gray snapbrim hat and a bright blue cravat. EX-MATE KNOCKED HER DOWN, WOMAN CLAIMS Court Withholds Decision in Case Involving City Man. “You've had this coming for a long, long time,” Mrs. Olive Dietz, 2153 North La Salle street, testified yesterday her former husband told her before he knocked her down with a “right” to the eye. Mi’s. Dietz Appeared in municipal court three before Judge Dewey Myers to prosecute an assault and battery charge against Irvin D. j Jacobs, 342 South Temple avenue, 1 her divorced husband. She said the alleged attack took place when her ex-husband met her at the auto show at the state fairground. Judge Myers took the case under adivisement. HELD IN AUTO DEATH Orin Schaaf Faces Charge of Manslaughter After Accident. Orin Schaaf, 29. of 2870 North Denny street, was reslated yesterday on a charge of involuntary man-; slaughter in connection with the! death of Joseph W. Baxter, 65, of j 2339 North Illinois street, who died as a result of an automobile accident Saturday night. Original charge against Schaaf was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor.
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Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler EVERY year I go shoving through the crowd at the dog show in Madison Square Garden and I have yet to get over a sort of feeling that the dogs don't care much for the experience and that the principal motive of most of the people who show them off is to maxe some money. This is a legal purpose, all right, but the nonprofessional who goes to such an exhibition generally is a sucker for a playful bark or the wag of a tail and the pros who raise dogs by the herd, or pack, for the market, seem
to be taking an unethical advantage of his tenderest feeling for purposes of sordid gain. The professional exhibitor's attitude toward his dogs, or stock, seems altogether impersonal and when he bends down to grab his mutt by the tail and yank it to its feet in a studied and artificial posture, to catch the eye of the judge, my policy would be to say: “Oh, let s forget about the judges andVhat they may happen to think and go on home and see what I can frisk out of the ice box for you.” It appears very unlikely, judging from the demeanor of the show dogs and their owners.
that anybody ever frisks anything out of the ice box for them or lets them jump up on a good chair or the foot of a bed and stay there. Anybody who ever has known a dog personally is bound to know, however, that these are among the most important pleasures in a dog's life, and, although the dog experts will claim that such practices are bad for the dog, I have known some dogs quite intimately which managed to survive this sort of mistreatment and live very full lives. a a a There's A o Personal Relation 'T'HERE can be no personal relation between the A dog and the owner in a commercial kennel because if there were the proprietor would not hang a price tag on his pooch and sell it to any one who happened to come along with enough money. I am aware of an incident at one of the best commercial kennels, or a dog store as you might call it, in the region of New York, in which the buyer and the seller stalled just $5 apart on the prices bid and asked for a Scottie pup, whereat the professional dog-lover picked up his little mutt and turned away, saying: “I will fry him and eat him before I will take a nickel less.” It is possible to become too sentimental about dogs and rare examples of heroism and loyalty on the part of dogs are exploited into a tradition which runs for the entire breed of animals. No to minimize the sacrifices which have been authenticated, I have a suspicion, however, that dogs do not invariably rescue the baby or the man from a watery grave, but sometimes are guilty of terrible indifference and just amble away. a a a Maybe They're Not Heroes OR, with an exaggerated sense of humor, the dog may frolic and bark along the shore making a great joke of a tragic happening, and then forget all about it. Dead men tell no tales about the dogs w r hich didn’t go to the rescue and one seldom reads pieces in the paper about the dog which fraternized with the burglars and romped about the house for them, showing'6f¥ his tricks ahd playing the fool generally, while they drank the boss’ Scotch and robbed the place. But, on the average, dogs probably give as good as they get in the way of loyalty. A dog may jump into anybody’s car and ride away or follow anybody who calls him and gives him the bone from a chop, we will say. But the dog, himself, may have been sold for a sum of money at some time in his career and many of them are deserted in the country every year because people find it inconvenient to take them back to town. For the fifth year in succession, I have poised over the catalog of dogs in the show at Madison Square Garden without finding a dog named Rover, Towser, Sport, Spot or Fido. In a way, it is no wonder the pros don’t cultivate personal relations with their stock. The names which .they give them preclude this. They are called such names as Champion Alexander of Clane O’WindHoline and Rose Shire Gorim O’Hollow Tree. Only fancy a man going to his back door at night and hollering, “Here Champion Alexander of Clane O'Wind-Holme; here Champion Alexander of Clane O’Wind-Holme.” (Copyright. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Today's Science = BY DAVID DIETZ ===== TWENTY fragments of the famous “ivory house” of King Ahab, referred to in a number of biblical passages, are now in the possession of the Fogg art museum at Harvard university. They are part of a remarkable find made by Professor Kirsopp Lake and his associates while carrying on excavations in Samaria, once the capital of northern Israel. Professor Lake says that the ivories give anew understanding of the luxury of King Aha’o’s court, and that they can be expected to throw much light on a number of debated points in biblical history. Ahab was king of Israel f rom approximately 875 to 850 B. C. His queen was Jezebel of Tyre. Professor Lake says that the richness of the workmanship of the recently discovered ivories gives anew conception of the splendor of their court. The finds include carved ivory pieces of considerable t'ariety both in size and decoration; others are “in the round.” Several are cut to receive colored inlays. The finest of the ivories are overlaid richly with gold and inset with lapis lazuli and other colored substances. a a AHAB, according to Professor Lake, was one of the strongest rulers of Israel. Through his marriage with Jezebel, he allied his kingdom with Phoenicia, the great trading nation of the Mediterranean. Jezebel imported forty priests of Baal and, according to one legend, she and Ahab daily brought their weight in gold as a sacrifice to Baal. The corruption and extravagance of their reign finally stirred the Israelites to revolt. Professor Lake points out that the Bible contains several references to the ivory house of Ahab and Jezebel, and that it has long been a symbol of the splendor and luxury of these rulers. The ivory house is listed in the first Book of Kings, Chapter XXII, Verse 39, as one of the great achievements of Ahab. Later, Amos, in voicing the wrath of God against the Samarians, declares, “The houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end.” o tt tt EXCAVATIONS by Professor Lake and his associates showed that the palace of Ahab stood on the summit of the hill of Samaria. It was in a vast open court covering seven or eight acres of ground. Around the court, however, were massive walls. Many of the ivories are closely related to the contemporary Egyptian art, Professor Lake says, representing clearly figures from Egyptian mythology. Other ivories show less exact workmanship and the costumes and attitudes are more Asiatic than Egyptian. This would seem to indicate that some of the ivories were imported directly from Egypt, while others were made by craftsmen in Samaria. Many of the designs on the ivories correspond to the biblical description of the temple of Solomon, built in Jerusalem a century- before the reign of Ahab. These include the “lions, oxen and cherubim,” described in the biblical account.
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