Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1934 — Page 9

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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun IDO not envy Mr. Samuel Insull in the present . state of life to which it has pleased fate to call him. According to the dispatches from Athens. Premier Tsaldaris announced that Mr. Insull would be permitted to remain in Greece, but only until his health improves. According to the dispatches, “The decision means expulsion still is threatened as soon as he gets out of ocd." Having been in bed for three days in a row myself, I can appreciate the horror of a man living

between a pillow and a pillory. Mr. Insull can keep away Irom extradition and trial in America only by keeping his head underneath the bed covers. It is not a romantic or a materially comfortable denouement for a gentleman who once loomed large in the life of America and gave orders to many hirelings within the government and beyond its borders. a a a End of the Passage (DON'T vant to turn soft sim- . ply because Insull is more than 70 and broken in prestige and spirit. I suppose some pennies of the fabulous wealth rc-

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main. He was a harsh man in his day. Insull did much to corrupt our governmental processes. He reached down into the schools and colleges and there found himself friendly economists who were not averse to being rewarded. Surely in the days of his glory the press spoke of him often as one of the rulers and leaders of American thought and finance. Now he is a frightened old man hiding in an Athenian bedroom. I wonder if his window commands a view’ of the Acropolis and if there is anything to be seen from his shelter which brings back the memories of vast days in Greece. Pericles was a bit of a rogue, but hardly in the same way as Insull, and those things which have made him glorious lived on to survive him. But what will Insull leave? Nothing, I suppose, but his name as the symbol of a curious age in American history. He will stand as the archtype of the man who built up higher and higher vast edifies marie from playing cards. And the mystery of it all will be the not improbable fact that even as shrewd a man as Insull got to believe his own sales talk. There was some point in his career where he became a sucker for his own strategy, and so, though it may sound fearfully soft and sentimental, I can not help hating the old man a- little less now that he has foundered. a a a Not a Lone Indian 1 DON'T want to suegest even the feeblest hint that, he seems to me admirable, but he was one of a group. The system made him just as surely as lie made it. There was the perfect adjustment of give and take. If Insull is never routed out of his bedroom in Athens to face trial and punishment here it will still be possible to say no such precise phenomenon is likely to occur again. But maybe that is exactly where I make a grave mistake It may be that it is just as easy for a system to create a dynasty of Insulls as one arch example. Greed remains your constant factor. Indeed, in the eyes of the more conservative economists it is the vital factor in the working of the economic structure which houses us. I believe the other name for it is “the profit motive.” Hold on! That is a good deal less than fair!” cries a short, thin man in a brown suit in the front row “The profit motive is merely that instinct for sell-betterment which drives a man along until lie has the things he needs or wants. He may not be greedy at all in what he tries to take out of the business for himself His eagerness to make a profit may be the means for many other people to make a profit.” a a a It Still Looks Like Greed BUT I still think greed is the best word. Because what is the precise point at which the entrepreneur stops and says. “I have enough?” In fact, -f you are arguing that it is bis eagerneso which makes a living for others, then he has no light to stop. No effective substitute may be available. Obviously an Insull after the first few years can not be motivated directly oy a lust for money Power is his goal. Yet even here it is hard to understand the logic of such a career. The white horses are moving out from under the performer. He cun feel the stretch. And now it is too late to come back to a one-horse enterprise. The end of it is an old man in a hotel room in a far-distant country trembling each time he nears footsteps in the corridot or a knock on the door. And how much did you tell me Sam Insull had at the height of his career? Pooh! What a terrible bargain! And you call that old gentleman just crawling under the bed a business man? Don't be silly. (Copvncht. 1934. bv The Times*

Today’s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

THE collapse of a house sounds like calamity. And indeed it is. But the collapse of a house in Munich, while being a calamity for all its occupants but one. set in motion one of the most fortunate trains of events in the history of science. It was on July 21. 1801. that the house collapsed. All its occupants were killed but one. that one being a youth who was apprenticed to a maker of looking glasses The Elector Maximilian Joseph happened to be walking along the street at the time. Mo\ed by the obvious distress of the boy who had just escaped death, he reached in his pocket, drew out a handful of gold coins and gave them to the boy. Tlie sum amounted to eighteen ducats. It would be practically impossible to figure the rate at which those eighteen ducats have paid dividends to the world in general. A million per cent would be a mild statement. For the boy was Joseph Fraunhofer and those eighteen ducats led him on a career which earned him the title of father of spectroscopy. Spectroscopy. or spectrum analysis is employed in astronomy. geology, physics, chemistry and biology. tt ts a . 11TITH part of the eighteen ducats, young FiaunW hofer purchased his freedom from the lookingglass manufacturer. With the rest he bought books and equipment and optned a place of his own as a lens-maker. In time his little shop grew into a huge establishment. He became the most skillful lens-maket in all Europe He made lenses for the greatest telescopes of his day. In addition, he carried on experiments of his own. advancing the science of optics and inventing many new optical instruments. Had it not been for this work of Fraunhofer, our knowledge of the sun and stars, our knowledge of physical and chemical phenomena, our ability to utilize chemical elements, and our grasp o; many engineering methods, might have been delated another century. Sir Isaac Newton in 1666 and the years immediately following experimented with prisms proving that white light consisted of a combination of light waves of different colors and that the prism separated the various waves, stringing them out h.to the rainbow or spectrum. nan m twRAUNHOFER made a decided improvement over Newton s method. He set up a small telescope, taken from a surveying instrument, immediately behind his prism. In this way he was able to examine the spectrum formed by the prism through the telescope. This gav* him a magnified view of the sun's spectrum and enabled him to study it in detail.

He noticed at once that the suns spectrum was crossed with a great number of dark lines.

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‘INDIANA’S GIFTS TO GOVERNMENT’

This is the fifth article of the popular Times’ series on HooSier Statesmen and concerns Samuel M. Ralston, brilliant senator and Governor. a a a BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer • REAT as were his services to the state and nation, there was no YJ bluster or pretense about him.” This is the tribute paid by friends of the late United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston, who also was Indiana's centennial Governor. Butcher's boy, farm hand, coal miner, school teacher, lawyer. Governor and senator, he won by his own efforts and character the right to be numbered on the list of great Hoosier statesmen. His administration at the statehouse marked the beginning of much liberal and labor legislation in this state, the building up of the state highway and park systems. How he stood high in the hearts of the Hoosiers was shown in 1920 when he defeated the late, great Albert J. Beveridge for the United States senate. A lifelong Democrat, he was backed by that astute political leader, the late Senator Thomas Taggart, for the party's nomination for President in 1924. Throughout his life he was known by fellow Democrats as just plain “Sam.”

A native of Ohio, he was born on a farm near New Cumberland, Dec. 1. 1857. In 1865, his parents moved to Owen county, Indiana, where he lived until 1873. That was a year of panic and later gave William Jennings Bryan in bis free silver campaign an opportunity to refer to “the crime of '73” when gold alone was made the money standard of America. As W’ith most farmers in panic years, the Ralston family met with serious financial reverses and young Sam w r as required to quit school at 16 to aid the fortunes of his father, w’ho was both farmer and livestock dealer. a a a TTE worked on the farm, in the * butcher business and a coal mine. Throughout the period he continued his self-education until he was able to qualify as a teacher. For seven years he taught a country school during the winter months and attended school during the summer. He was graduated Aug. 1, 1884, in the scientific course of the Central Indiana Normal college at Danville. Ind. Mr. Ralston then began “reading law'’ in the offices of Robinson A- Fowler at Spencer. He w r as admitted to the bar in Ow’en circuit court, Jan. 1, 1886. In the following June, he entered upon the practice of law at Lebanon, where he remained until his term in the office of Governor, 19131917. He had been the party nominee for secretary of state in 1896 and 1898 and was defeated for the nomination for Governor in 1908

Top-Notch Vaudeville on View at Lyric; ‘The Student Prince, ’ Now at the Indiana, Wins Plaudits; ‘Fashion Follies’ Scores BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

VAUDEVILLE, comfortable and mighty nice, is to be found on the stage of the Lyric this week. Who ever is responsible for booking and arranging the acts deserves to be congratulated upon such pleasing theater. A wise booker does not have to rely upon sensational box office names to put together a good show. The bill at the Lyric is ample proof of my statement. There is a spirit of team work this week which gives energy and force to the bill from the very beginning to the last act. Three acts especially appeal to me because they prove my point that comfortable vaudeville is the thing. Ross and Ayres have that easy manner about them and talent as well, which makes their comedy imitation of radio and screen stdrs A-l theater. These men give their comedy idea of Ed Wynn, Rudy Vallee, Amos 'n' Andy as well as Joe Penner. This idea has been done many times before but without better effects than in the hands of these two men. Another example of excellent vaudeville is the offering of Lauren and La Dare. The man is an eccentric comedian who knows the value of the right kind of showmanship. He plays many musical instruments. The closing act is a sensational acrobatic dance offering in which a group of men hurl several girls over the stage in a most amazing manner. This act is breath-tak-ing. It is extremely well done. The woman in the act of Carleton and Ballew works along the lines of Gracie Allen. This woman is very clever and has a splendid personality enhanced by the right showmanship. The man knows how to get effects and how to bring out the dumb remarks of his partner. Another example of mighty comfortable theater. Fortunella and Cirillino engage in a pantomime acrobatic offering which interests the children in the audience. The permanent dancing unit has two pleasing numbers. Watch the nice way the first number has been costumed. The movie feature is “I Like It That Way,” with Gloria Stuart and Roger Pryor, which has a musical background. Now at the Lyric. a a a Concerning 'Student Prince’ Many times, I have told you about -The Student Prince." As often I have told you about the work of George Hassell, who created the comical role of Lutz. Many times I have considered the work of Gertrude Lang as Kathie. who has the painful misfortune to fall in love with a prince who becomes a king. An intelligently abridged edition of "The Student Prince ’ is now bring offered on the stage of the Indiana. The director wisely has kept the grand ballroom scene with interesting stairway and beautiful dances by ladies of the court. The famous singing male chorus is adequate. You will hear again such pleasing songs as "Deep in My Heart,” “‘Golden Days.” "Serenade” and the splendid "Drinking Song.”

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Great, But No Blaster or Pretense —That Was ‘Sam ’ Ralston

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1934

by Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall. In 1888 he w’as the joint senate nominee for Boone, Clinton and Montgomery counties. a a a WHEN the Democracy assembled in convention at Tomlinson hall, March 17, 1912, the name of “Sam Ralston” was the only one presented for the gubernatorial berth and his nomination followed by acclamation. Mr. Ralston w r as elected Governor by an unprecedented plurality. His test as a man of action came with the street car strike in Indianapolis in October and November, 1913, which attracted na-tion-wide attention. Governor Ralston called out the entire Indiana national guard and brought them to this city for duty. But he refused to put the troops into the streets to police the running of cars and insisted that the company officials meet the strikers through him. His firmness won the day. His services as arbitrator w’ere effective and the city of Indianapolis returned to its normal life. Under the leadership of Governor Ralston, the legislatures of 1913 and 1915 passed law’s prohibiting sales of habit-forming drugs, for conservation of natural resources, development, of the livestock industry, prevention of tuberculosis, industrial aid for the blind, regulation of hospitals and tenement houses, children’s playgrounds and abolition of the redlight districts.

The show has been tastefully and expensively mounted and the company is a large one. Mr. Hassell, regardless of how’ many times he has* played the role of Lutz, is just as fresh, energetic and as eager to get th 6 laughs and to please as if this w r as his first week with the show on Broadway. Here is a real comedian and a showman. Hollis Devanney again is seen as good Doctor Engles. Donald Green at times is not effective as the prince, but he has the looks and that aids him in gaining audience appeal. .“The Student Prince” is still a mighty big and satisfactory buy in the theater. On the screen is “Hi, Nellie,” w’ith Paul Muni. Now at the Indiana. a a a In Other Theaters Today Tonight at 8:15 at the Academy of Music, Elsa Alsen, grand opera soprano, will be the guest artist with the Indianapolis Maennerchor male chorus. Other theaters today offer “Queen Christina” at the Palace, “Alice in Wonderland” at the Apollo, “Devil Tiger” at the Ambassador. and, burlesque at the Mutual and Colonial.

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Senator and Governor was Samuel M. Ralston, who died in office at Washington. His record was such that he was nominated for the governorship by his fellow’ Democrats without opposition. His career is one pointed to with pride whenever his party men foregather.

nnWO outstanding pieces of constructive legislation of his administration were the public utilities law’ and the vocational education act. In 1914, he appointed the first nonpartisan state highway commission and launched the good

The Theatrical World-

New Fashions Revealed ABIT of a story, a bit of a fashion parade, and a bit of a musical comedy, go to make up the interesting potpourri titled “Fashion Follies of 1934.” In this piece, William Powell, dapper and dauntless, plays the

role o f Sherwood Nash, an enterprising young man w’ho cares little whether or not his enterprises come within the law. He takes as partners in crime, Bette Davis, as Lynn, an attractive gown designer trying to get along, and Frank McHugh,

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as Snap, who handles all the outside work. These three move through the highest circles of swindling, stealing and forgery in an effort to get copies of exclusive Parisian gowrns to the United States, where they sell them to the highest bidder for mass production. The scheme works out right w’ell and the trio finally goes to Paris, where they ply their trade

By George Clark

roads campaign which still continues. The state parks system also was instituted under his regime with the purchase of Turkey Run. Nominated for the United States senate in 1920. he faced vigorous opposition from Mr. Beveridge, the Republican choice. He won the six-year term.

on a greater scale. While in Paris, Nash gets the idea of putting on a big musical comedy as an advertising scheme for his gowns. For the star of his show he gets the services of a fake duchess, whom he has always known as Mabel McGuire. She, in order to save her title, is forced to take the part, and her husband, a competitor of Nash’s, is blackmailed by the same method after they are married. Then Nash sells out the business and very nicely ends up the story by taking his loving partner, Lynn, back to the United States in a whirl of happiness. The music is "nicely handled. Veree Teasdale, in the role of the duchess, sings quite agreeably. The chorus numbers of this show are among the best that I have seen in recent musical pictures. There is one routine done by the girls, clothed in ostrich

Invalid Woman Rescued From $2,000 Fire Here

Mrs. Catherine Tracey, 71, Is Carried to Street by Neighbors. An aged woman invalid and a small black and tan dog were rescued early today in a fire which partially destroyed a two-story building at 2636-2638 North Harding street, causing damage estimated at more than $2,000. Mrs. Catherine Tracy, 71, who lives on the top floor of the building which caught fire, was carried to the street by neighbors aroused by the smoke and flames which seeped through the building. Suffering from a broken hip, the aged woman was bed-ridden. Also helplessly trapped in the flames was “Brownie,” a small dog which could not make his way to the street because of a burning staircase. His owner, Guy Netherton, disregarding his own safety, returned to the burning building to rescue the dog when he heard him barking, after the family had made its way to safety. The fire started in the storeroom of the Standard grocery, occupying the first floor of the building. Merchandise valued at more than SBOO was destroyed, according to Sam Beville, manager. The flames spread rapidly to the apartment occupied by Mrs. Ruth McClelland and Miss Bernice Davis above the grocery. Aroused by the smoke, the two women ran through the building, awakening tenants, who made their way to the street in scanty attire. The fire spread to the building occupied by the Federal cleaners at 2640 North Harding street. Damage estimated at SSO was done in the cleaning establishment, according to R. T. Stockdale, proprietor.

His success as Governor w’as repeated in the senate and made him the “native son” contender for the presidential post in 1924. He died in office Oct. 14, 1925. Ed Jackson, a Republican Governor, was then in office. He appointed to the vacancy Senator Arthur R. Robinson.

fans, that is flow’er-like in its naturalness and beauty. Bette Davis wears new clothes in grand fashion and there are many models shown in the fashion parade. Miss Davis is good as the hard-working artist. She has settled down more in her acting. William Pow’ell is by far the star of the show. He walks suavely through the piece, never bothered by the constant cajolings of bill-collectors, always a step ahead of the law r , even when they catch up with him, and cleverly handling the business involved. Frank McHugh and Hugh Herbert are adept at the comedy of the show and Veree Teasdale is ingratiating as the duchess. The gowns, the girls, and the glamour of “Fashion Follies of 1934,” aided and abetted by the acting of an excellent cast, make it very pleasant and easy-to-take entertainment. Now at the Circle. (By the Observer.)

LIONS CLUB TO HEAR LECTURE ON JAPAN A. W. Place, Former Resident of Nippon, to Speak Wednesday. A. W. Place will address the Lion* Club on "Sidelights of Japan" at a meeting Wednesday noon in the Washington. Mr. Place, who lived in Japan for several years and is now a resident of Indianapolis, is a graduate of the University of Chicago. It was he who introduced the game of baseball into Japan and was instrumental in bringing the University of Chicago team to the Orient for a series of exhibition games. Ed Kepner will be in charge of the program. Robbers Smash Glass in Door; Steal Cash, Woman Reports. Thieves early today smashed glass in the front door of the home of Mrs. Frieda Siefert, 927 Eastern avenue, stole $22 in cash and fled, she reported to police. Other burglaries reported to police yesterday were Robert Shedd, Negro, 605 North California street, radio valued at sl9; Dave Love, 752 Utica street, radio valued at S2O, and Everett L. Kelly, 1842 West Wyoming street, clothing valued at s3l and a purse containing sl6. WOMAN HURT IN CRASH Car Swerves Onto Sidewalk After Accident. A car driven by George Turner, 49. of 549 North Pine street, was struck by a hit-run driver at East and Ohio streets last night. Mr. Turner's car swerved onto the sidewalk, striking Mrs. Rossie Bickel, 819 North Denny street, a pedestrian. She suffered bruises and laceration of the legs and face.

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Entered as Second Cla*s Matter at PostofTice. Indianapolis

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler T HAVE been down at the New York City hall, taking some squints at Fiorello La Guardia and holding out my ears to catch any small talk which might be going on about him. Mr. La Guardia, up to this time, seems to be a sort of lower case Franklin Roosevelt. He is running a community which is the equivalent of a minor league nation in population. whose running expenses, nowadays, including hidden items, is almost as great as the entire cost operating the United States government was in 1912.

Like Mr. Roosevelt, La Guardia is trying to deal new hands all around and to grab back some of the money which the statesmen of past administrations voted aw’ay, much of it to themselves and their relatives and personal friends. Some parties have been heard to complain that Mr. Roosevelt is trying to take such funds without due process of law, which would amount to stealing the money, but process of law, or not, that was the way they got it in the first place and a man would be foolish not to steal back something which had been stolen from him if that happened to be the only available method.

Under certain conditions this procedure is called lynching, but I find that this word has a tendency to churn up the indignation of various societies for the suppression of things so I will just breathe It and go on to a description of Mr. La Guardia. Mr. La Guardia stands about five feet ten and though he has been running to more and more width in the last five years, being now’ close on to iat, his chunkiness probably is exaggerated by his black, felt statesman s hat such as William Jennings Bryan used to wear. a a a He Angers Quickly UNDER his hat and with his hands jammed down into the pockets of his black overcoat, which has a last year's look to it and is beginning to fit him a little soon, owing to his expansion, Mr. La Guardia resembles one of those stout little Italian priests who are to be seen trotting about their business everywhere in Rome. He has a belligerent chin, the set of which is not much obscured by a No. 2 chin. And he seems inclined to be temperish over small matters. He got sore in an instant, for example, w’hen one of his secretaries, a bright-looking office type, didnft hand him some papers the instant he motioned for them at the board of estimate meeting. If the young secretary had had the same sort of disposition he might have tempered him right, back, and then you might have had the interesting spectacle of the mayor of New York and his young secretary going to the floor amid a lot of clattering brass objects and overturned chairs. Still, if a man is expected to keep himself in a big. unrelenting fury against the grafters as Fiorello does not hesitate but, on the contrary, enjoys to call the Tammany job-holders who do no needful work for the pay which they draw, he can not be required to turn on the sweetness and go around blowing kisses the instant he is off the subject. Like an electric bulb, he needs a little w’hile to cool out after the juice is turned off. And, at this moment, he had just been going over a lot of resolutions involving city money. In fact, they had just finished one calling for the payment of $15,000 a year to Thomas C. T. Crain, a Tammany statesman, as a referee of uncontested divorce actions. Now you couldn't call this pay for this job graft, although, in an open competition for the place you might find a lot better man with a much better reputation for diligence and efficiency in office than Mr. Crain to undertake the work for one-third as much. Maybe it exasperated Mr. La Guardia some to come across this item and discover what a lucky one this Mr. Crain is. For Mr. Crain was the prosecutor in Manhattan throughout the great Seabury investigation and Tammany Hall still is crowded with fellow-members whom he did not put m prison or even on trial under circumstances which might have aroused the official prosecuting zeal of many another man in the same situation. <t a a Nobody Wants Them SO now there came up this proposition to vote some kind of bond issue against the city s credit to get $15,000 for Mr. Crain’s salary in anew job, and you could see Mr. La Guardia's neck sweli as he thought about it. Well, it appears that under some court ruling the city is compelled to vote these securities for such purposes. But Mr. La Guardia has been pointing out that nobody wants to buy such issues, and that therefore he might solve tne problem by sending them around to the court, with a message saying, ‘ All right, Judge, buy them yourself.” As they talked this one over, trying to figure some w’ay of stalling on the payment of $15,008 to the referee, Mr. La Guardia's voice began to rise. That is a peculiar thing about him. Blocky and dark and tough-looking as he is, the voice that comes out when he starts to talk is strictly a neckvoice and rather high-pitched and unexpected, like Jack Dempsey’s. Another peculiarity is that when >ou are looking at him, face-to-face, as he is orating, he opens his mouth so wide that you can count his back teeth, like a man being ‘reated for sore throat. Mr. La Guardia locked around the meeting scheming what to do. Mr. Deutsch, on his left, suggested that they give the bonds to Mr. Crain. Then Mr. La Guardia got an idea. Referred to committee,” he said, and turned the resolution for Mr. Crain's salary face down on a pile of papers. “What does that mean?” I asked Mr. Murray Davis, who covers these goings-on and knows what such things mean. “That means,” said Mr. Davis, “that the little flower is giving Mr. Crain the run-around. He isn’t n^' ng A'Pu Mr ' Crain ‘ We will not Pay you the $15,000. All he is saying to Mr. Crain Is -Try to get it.’ ** (Convrieht. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

THERE was a time when you were supposed to worry if you were thin. Nowadays more often it is the fat person who worries about trying to get tnin, yet a really thin person—that is to say, one who is seriously undernourished—has something to worry about. Emaciation, with the haggard appearance that comes with it, is a definite symptom of disorder of the human body, sometimes a disorder of the glands, sometimes of the stomach and intestines, and sometimes is related closely to a basic disturbance of the mind. A distuz Dance of the glands resulting in emaciation such as occurs particularly with the thyroid gland requires a careful study of the functions of the gland by the basal metabolic test. If definite overaction of the gland is found, you may need to take much more rest or to take medicine which will result in dimmishing this excess function. It • even may become necessary to remove the gland by surgery. * an n IN the majority of cases of undernutrition, three good meals a day with an abundance of bread and butter usually will help to build up weight. Breakfast may include some orange juice, a large helping of cereal with cream and sugar, two boiled eggs, two or three slices of well-buttered toast, a little bacon, and a cup of tea or coffee with sugar and cream. Around 10 in the morning, two glasses of milk containing one-third or one-half cream may be taken.

Your Health BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

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