Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1934 — Page 15

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It Seems to Me By Joe Williams (prnrh Hitting tor Heywood Broun) ALL things considered. I suppose it is necessary to admit President Roosevelt has done a pretty powerful job up to now, whether he Is a Kerensky, an old potato or just a long fly ball to the outfield. Just at a brief squint and as a casual nibbler on the more weighty stuffings of a newspaper, it seems to me that the gentleman has done or attempted to do about everything but execute a hand stand on the Capitol dome. There can be no doubt that

from his enormous energy and wisdom many epic reforms have emerged in recent months, not the least notable of which, possibly. is his sympathetic, understanding handling of the, the— Cripes! The problem escapes me at the moment. But what I -wish to say is that, while the President has been amazingly active and proportionately successful in bringing about a new’ order. T note with no little dismay that at least one vicious menace is allowed to continue unabated. I refer to the ballroom dance, as it, is committed on the glistening floors of hotel dining rooms

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and in such otherwise decorous places classed as supper clubs, these latter places being so classed because nobody ever eats supper in them. You are familiar, of course, with the ballroom dance, it consists mainly of one <1 thin, pale lady and one <1 > swarthy, beady-eyed, pomaded man who, at a given musical blast, come out, on the floor and spray carh other with wide, toothy smiles as a prelude to a routine that, combines the best qualities of mob voilence and advanced rhiropracticc. matt Cast Ips of Memory TN some way the terpsichore is supposed to be tied -* up with the culture of the early centuries, and sitting with the boys in the backroom. I even have heard, ii said that there was a close communion bptween the dance and religion, and very likely this is true. More than once T have sat in on one of Mr. Carroll s skin operas and I have heard wheezy old gentlemen with moon faces tinted pink by bacardi observe excitedly that the little girl in the first row on the left, was “heavenly,” and how about it? My memory of ballroom dancers goes back to the Castles and T thought them very graceful and evefilling. indeed, but it seems to me they always managed to convey the impression they were dancing. I mean I never had to restrain an urge to call the cops to avert a public torture. Perhaps I would feel more kindly disposed toward the modern breed if they did not all seem to belong to the same union. I always am lifting my chin out of a cup of cold consomme and witnessing the spectacle of a swarthy, beady-eyed, pomaded man swinging a thin, pale lady around by the heels. Now, I grant you there is a certain novelty in this when you see it for the first time. and. if unacquainted with the circumstances, you might be moved to go along and finish your consomme with the philosophical reflection that all thin, pale ladies should be so treated, and more. But after you have seen the same thing for the nth time you begin to wonder what, the weather forecast for tomorrow is, and if Pickford really is that way about Buddy Rogers. Aside from the ennui, grave dangers lurk in the thing. For instance, you never can be too sure precisely what is going to happen to the thin, pale lady. At almost any instant she is liable to come loose from her moorings and land in your salad. And. naturally, there is no way to be wholly positive that such a finality will improve the salad. The odds are that it won't. tt ts I'oimders of Palms IHAVE noted that, the really poetic torso twists and body bends that go to make the ballroom dance whatever it is fail to arouse the customers; it is not until the gent seizes the lady by the ankles and goes into a mad. barbaric whirr that the customers lay down their table shovels and begin to pound their palms. At first this was most mysterious to me because it seemed plainly to be the lowest note in artistry and loveliness, the muses gone muscular, but after some study I was anle to appreciate the reason. The palm pounding was sinister encouragement. If the whirring were prolonged indefinitely, either the gent must succumb or the lady be tossed through a skylight. I have been told there are some proprietors who discourage excessive palm pounding. I can't believe that this is due to any great concern about either the gent or the lady. Asa general rule, proprietors are not that considerate. It must be that the repairing of skylights is a castlv business. This season has brought a slight variation in the ballroom dancers' technique. It is a whimsical thing entitled the “Carioca.” I haven't seen enough of it to become even a sedentary convert. In a way, it appears to be a radical departure with Barrie replacing Zbvszko in formula. The lady and the gent appear on the floor. They eve each other in a manner which seems to gurgle, “Oooooooooooo!" With hands on hips they come close together and then, as if pappy had come down stairs and suddenly switched on the lights, they back away with much agitated friskiness. This keeps tip for some minutes and then you get the idea. The gent wants to kiss the lady. Just why it, is supposed to be appetizing to see a gent bounce around on the floor with his hands on his hips and his lips pursed. I do not know . But that's what goes on. The plot is that the lady will not kiss him until the very last step, and that is the one part of the plot I have been able to understand. Still. I think she could make it even more understandable by not taking that last step fCopvriffht. 133*. bv Th? Tirr?**

Today's Science BY DAVID DIETZ =■

TEETH became more highly developed and specialized as evolution proceeded through the ages. Professor Ernest Hooton, professor of anthropology at Harvard university tells us. In the most primitive sharks, some species of which still exist, the teeth are merely specialized and sharp-pointed scales. These were the best teeth in existence 350.000.000 years ago. But gradually, fish and then the first land animals, the amphibians, developed better teeth. Two hundred million years ago. when the first reptiles appeared on earth, teeth underwent another improvement. Gradually, the process of the differentiation of teeth into different forms according to their location in the jaws began. ■•Obviously, the teeth at the front end of the jaws should be shaped for cutting and piercing, because that is the end of the jaws with which bites must be taken."’ Professor Hooton says. "At the corner of the jaw the primitive reptilian peg-like form tends to be preserved in the canines or tusks, used for piercing and holding. The farther back in the jaw the teeth are. the greater the leverage of the jaws and the more force may be brought to bear upon the teeth. Consequently, they are better adapted for crushing and grinding.” a a 9 SOME of the early reptiles began to be suspiciously like mammals. Professor Hootoa continues. •‘lnstead of going on their bellies, or waddling with their knees and elbows bent and thrust out tideways from the body, they managed to get their fore and hind legs well under their bodies, straightened them a bit, perhaps, and really were progressive,” he says.

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THE MONUMENTS OF LITERATURE

This Is *he eighth of a s*ries of articles written exclusively for The Times and dealing with important works of literature from Greek drama to contemporary fiction. Today's article discusses the notorious “l'!yses'‘ bT Janies Jovce. BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Times Staff Writer THE lone bitter harrangue between stiffly outraged moralists and equally outraged literary connoisseurs over the,legal propriety of author James Joyce’s bulky “Ulysses” is ended. The battle which became as fierce as a Salem witchcraft inquisition over the serio-comic lustful fantasy of a middle-aged failure and his wife often ran government overturns and four star murders out of the headlines. Highly unreadable and highly amusing by turns, the book now may be admitted into the United States without shuffling it under the lingerie in the steamer trunk. Asa consequence of potent publicity emanating from the sparking conflict, “Ulysses” has leaped to fifth place as a best seller, a survey reveals. Persons who had stealthily read the book by candlelight became literary critics over night. No more revealing than the Bible, Greek drama, or psychology textbook, the book so far as the average person is concerned is best appreciated if it is regarded as a grownup, robust “Alice In Wonderland" and “Don Quixote” combined.

The frantic horror of the moralists over “Ulysses” seems as Hamlet said of his queen mother; “Methinks. the lady doth protest too much.” In light of the sly insinuations of the French dramatists, the “cuckolding” of the Jacobean dramatists, “Ulysses” is merely of “the earth earthy.” This earthy quality is used with a definite satirical purpose by Joyce as contrast to the splendor of the original “Ulysses.” It is a safe volume to have around the home in plain sight of the plastic child 'mind, for it takes both a great fortitude and an insatiable curiosity to struggle through the pages. A child would be swamped on the first, page and the most Jonely wife would be stuck on chapter three. Whatever Joyce may do to sex, he certainly does not glorify it. a tt a Tl/TiETHER. “Ulysses" is im- ’ moral or not is dependent upon the reader’s inhibitions, literary curiosity, and vicarious tempermament. If the average reader is to enjoy the book, he must use the blue pencil of omission with a heavy hand. It has been dubbed and defended alike as “nauseating drivel" and "the most, intellectually comprehensive literature of the century." Both views may be true. Neither a childhood idyll as “Alice in Wonderland." nor hilarious dreams of wasted romance as “Don Quixote.” it is an ironic comment on the mediocrity of life as shown by the day dreams of the characters. It is Freud without his colorful symbolism, and it is more truthful description of

The Theatrical World ‘ Wonder Bar’ Is Triumph As Musical Movie Revue BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

PUT A1 Jo T son's movie. “Wonder Bar.” in that distinguished class of incomparable entertainment. I am not going to use a flock of adjectives in telling you about this musical movie revue, but am going to point out certain facts that I found. First, “Wonder Bar” has the most beautiful and artistic dance

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pleads in melody not to stop the beautiful dance and not to say goodnight. Here is a melody that will be whistled and remembered for years. This one number puts Dick Powell in position of being a. singer of class, refinement and splendid charm. The second fact on the right side of the ledger which makes "Wonder Bar" a sensation, is the singing and acting of A1 Jolson. In this picture he is in his right element as he appeared on the stage in "Wonder Bar" with great success. This show gives him great opportunities for song and for comedy. He has magnificently smart comedy relief in Guy Kibe'e. Hugh Herbert. Ruth Donnelly and Louise Fazenda, four small town Americans doing the wise and rapid spots in* Paris. Jolson is magnificent while putting over a Russian song which glorifies the cockroach, not the flea famous in Russian song. Jolson meets all dramatic and human demands when he persuades the magnificent looking Kay Francis to stay with her husband and not go slumming permanently with Ricardo Cortez, a gigolo, a dancer with Dolores Del Rio at the Wonder Bar. He plunges into melodrama when Del Rio in a fit of jealousy plunges a dagger into Cortez's heart. Os course he dies, but Jolson pulls a clever one by removing the body and placing it in an auto driven by a bankrupt captain who has announced publicly he was going to drive his car over a cliff after one last fling at the Wonder Bar. So after Jolson sings in blackface, "Going to Heaven on a Mule.” he calls it a night and goes homq.with the promise that Miss Del Rio will be very happy hearing Dick Powell sing and compose love and romantic songs. a * MISS DEL RIO and Cortez make a splendid dance team. No faking here, just real dancing. Both are magnificent. After you see this picture, you will praise the work of Henry Kolker as the husband of Kay Francis in this story and the expert hoofing of Hal Leßoy in the Macklase heaven scene.

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Almost Unreadable, Highly Amusing Is Notorious ‘Ulysses'

number. “Don't Say Goodnight.” that the talking screen ever has revealed in my e x perience. Hundreds of beautiful dancers appear in this number on a series of revolving st a g e s and before gigantic pil 1a r s and large mirrors. This number gets its start as Dick Powell

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hidden dpsire than the two above mentioned books. That douty old knight errant, Don Quixote, is similar to Leopold Bloom, the ineffectual domestic and business nonentity, but Don Quixote was never so bold as to imagine himself lord mayor proposing decrees for “free love.” Alice waVidered through the looking glass and Marion Bloom wanders into an erotic dreamland. The title of the book is ironic comment on the aimless thought meanderings of Leopold Bloom and upon his Telemachos relationship with Stephen Dedalus, the tragic and poetic character of “Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.” a tt a UNLESS he must hopelessly confuse himself with an entangling mass of intellectual data and obscure satire, the reader had best, content himself with the simple theme. Leopold Bloom drifts through life, mildly taunted and kicked about, searching for his ego which he can find only in day dreaming. His wife. Marion, a lusty person, returns to some state of self--content through dreaming, of her loves. Stephen Dpdalus, disillusioned and stunted emotionally by his knowledge, feebly attempts to “recreate the consciousness of my race.” The author's fundamentally bitter view of modern civilization is shown by his style and selection of material. The characters have only a floundering motivation, buffeted by environment and drifting about. In that respect Joyce has out-psychologized the psychologists.

The third point in favor of this movie is that Jolson is not worked to death, but does plenty. He has a supporting cast, which is entirely competent to put over the story. There will be a lot of discussion about the “Going to Heaven on a Mule,” as both Jolson and the mule acquire wings in this satire on "Green Pastures.” If you take this part of “Wonder Bar” in the spirit of extreme exaggerated satire and comedy, you will get many laughs. “Wonder Bar” is the wonder of the musical movie revues so far. Now at the Circle. a tt a On View Here Today Katharine Cornell will open her engagement tonight at English's in “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” Other theaters today offer: “This Side of Heaven” at Loew's Palace; “Sweet and Lowdown.” on the stage and“ Let's Be Ritzy” on the screen- at the Lyric, “David Hasum” at the Apollo. “Success at Any Price ’ and “Two Alone” at the Indiana, and burlesque at the Mutual. The bamboo plant has been known to grow sixteen inhees in one day, and reaches a height of 116 feet.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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Moralists glumly watched the notorious “Ulysses.” a rambling perusal of life by James Joyce, as it is allowed to pass through the United States customs office after a long court battle. This book has aroused more furious discussion than any other book published in the last decade.

By way of bitter contrast between the actual and the ideal, Joyce writes the curses of a drunken sailor in one paragraph ‘and in the next describes a glorious mythological scene in beautiful rhetoric. When the reader opens the book, looks w’ith consternation upon the jumbled heap of words, he is seeing the nearest literary realization of inner thought. Joyce caused a great deal of confusion in the literary world when he created the stream of consciousness style, radically different. from all previous methods. Lesser writers, attempting to catch the flow of thoughts, have written some of the worst literature ever ground off the presses. On the other hand some of the great authors have improved

GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK AT EDUCATION PARLEY McNutt Explains State’s Full Time Operation of Schools. How all Indiana public schools have been operated full time through state support will be outlined by Governor Paul V. McNutt at a citizens’ conference on the crisis in education to be held at Columbus, 0., next Thursday and Friday. Governor McNutt speaks the first night. Others on the program include former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, Newton D. Baker, Glenn Frank. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and George F. Zook, national commissioner of education.

STATE LEGISLATURE HOLDS SOLUTION TO QUEST OF DIOGENES

Frank Thompson is editor of the Bluffton Banner and also a Democrat state representative. Either one or both of these occupations may have caused him to read minutely the House Journal for the 1933 session. Asa result of that reading, the state today is richer by S4O. Mr. Thompson wrote William P. Cosgrove. state examiner, a letter inclosing a check for that amount. In the letter he set out that in reading the Journal, he discovered that, he had been overpaid S4O on his mileage account.

upon the original “interior dialog.” The main fault with the style is that almost every aspiring young author props a volume of “Ulysses” up before him and proceeds to write a perfectly grisly story. tt tt tt A NUMBER of good contemporary writers influenced by Joyce are John Dos Passos, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence. Remain Holland and William Faulkner. Although Marcel Proust wrote before Joyce, his tremendous influence abroad has only caught in the United States within the last twenty-five years. Proust wrote of the decadent French nobility and used a lengthy sentence structure that winds like serpentine down the pages.

Plenty of Champagne Envoys Toast and Ret oast and the Supply Never Runs Out.

WASHINGTON. March 29—A pale green flag ornamented with three .white stars and a white crescent, flapped from a staff in front of the royal Egyptian Legation yesterday in honor of the birthday anniversary of King Fuad I of Egypt. Inside the legation, amiable, plump Nicholas Khalil Bey, charge d'affaires, was host at a luncheon in honor of his majesjty. There were thirty guests.

Black-coated pince-nez twinkling, rotund Mr. Khalil stood above the red and white carnations on the table, proposed a toast: “His Majesty the King.” Guests rose, clinked glasses, sipped champagne. “His Excellency, the President of the United States.” Champagne gurgled again. “His Excellency, the President of Turkey.” Ambassador Ahmet Muhtar of Turkey, who retires soon, bowed, stroke his white waxed mustache. “His Majesty, the King of England.” Bulky Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassador of Great Britain, looked pleased. He’s a good sport, if a poor tennis player. “His Excellency, the President of Poland.” Vernerable Mr. Patetk, Polish ambassador. smirked affably. “His Majesty, the King of Italy.” Signor Augusto Rosso. Mussolini's dapper representative, looked properly impressed. And so on down the line. Servants filled the glasses. Mr. Khalil beamed. Envors toasted and retoasted. Best of all the champkgne did not run out. Now that prohibition is ended, Mr. Khalil was all ready to buy an extra case from a liquor store —at a moment's notice. NOTE: President Roosevelt dispatched a special wire to King Fuad, sending “to Your Majesty heartiest birthday greetings and best wishes for your health and happiness in the years to come.” a a a HARD-WORKING Dr. Jose Baron, counselor of the Cuban embassy, usually goes to bed at 10 o’clock. But he decided to stay up late and meet Dr. Martinez Saenf, Cuba’s secretary of the treasury, who has returned to Washington. “Saenz arrives at 1:30 o’clock in the morning,” he was informed. Dr. Baron went to the station—yawning a little at the hour. He inquired about the train, located the car in which Saenz was, quizzed a porter, was informed: “Dat gen'man's asleep!” Dr. Baron stayed around awhile, hoping Saenz would wake up, but he didn’t. He slumbered peacefully all night, got up in time to enjoy buttered toast and coffee at the Cuban embassy next morning. He later apologized to Baron. He hopes to be in town several days. u n a THE Insull case has had no percepitble effect on the social relations of the United States and Greece. President Roosevelt sent the following cordial message to the Greek president, Alexander Zaimis, on the occasion of the Greek national holiday: “On this national holiday of the Hellenic republic, I am happy to send to four and

Proust is one of the most thorough students of emotions that literature ever has had with the exception of possibly the Russians. "Point Counterpoint,” by Aldous Huxley is Proust cast in more intelligible and less degenerate form. “Swann's Way” is the most popular of Proust's works. It tells of Swann taking his mistress. Proust popularized the theories of the French philosopher, Bergson. Instead of God or love or destiny being the eternal quality of life, Proust follows the theory that memory is supreme. Thus time will shift back years by such a fragile recollection as brought by the flavor of a cup of tea. This method of recollection has influenced greatly contemporary style, as may be seen in Faulkner's “Light in August.”

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your excellencys fellow countrymen my sincere felicitations and best wishes.” Greek Minister Charalambos Simopoulos waved the Greek flag, demonstrated the virtues of Greek wine to a few particular friends, wore a white carnation in his coat lapel and declined to talk about Insull. HEBREW ASSOCIATION IS SPONSORING DANCE Tomlinson Hall Will Be Scene of Program April 15. Members of the congregation of the United Hebrew Association will be entertained with a dance Sunday night, April 15, at Tomlinson hall. Joseph Levin, president of the congregation, will be in charge of the program. He will be assisted by Mrs. Samuel Davis, president of the ladies’ auxiliary, and by members of Reus, a junior social organization. OWNER - RETRIEVES CAR, HOLDS THEFT SUSPECT Resident Gives Chase in City on Sighting His Stolen Auto. A keen eye for his own property resulted in recovery by Oscar Harris, 2954 Guilford avenue, of his automobile that he had reported stolen. While driving through the city with an employe, Mr. Harris spied his car being driven past. He followed it and when police arrived was clutching Lucian Shackelford, 27, of 969 West Pearl street, who is alleged to have been driving the car. Shackleford was arrested on a vagrancy charge. NEW WOMEN’S WEAR STORE TO BE OPENED Kimbers, Inc., Will Be Ready for Business Saturday. Under the management of H. Clair Kimber, Kimbers, Inc., will open Saturday at 48 North Pennsylvania street. The new store will feature ready-to-wear clothing for women, hosiery and footwear. With each pair of shoes purchased on the opening day the store will give a pair of hose. The store has been redecorated, with a black chromium front, softly tinted interior decorations and will have air-conditioning equipment. POST AUXILIARY BEGUN New American Legion Group Is Organized, An auxiliary to the Colond Shelby post of the American Legion was organized last night at the hall at Carson street and Troy avenue. Wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of overseas veterans ara eligible to to* new organization.

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Entered as Serend-Clae* Matter at Postofflee, Indianapnli*

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler OF course, an honors-list in this country soon would clutter up the American .scene with home-made dukes, earls and knights, and there would be constant fault-finding with the awards just as there is in England. But. tn a little time, a system of titles would begin to pay for itself in economies besides providing true distinctions for the citizens in place of the' rather wistful make-Believe which is all we have at present. As things are now. a man who desires to be ad-

dressed as “Sir Knight” joins a lodge, buys himself a sword, hroad-ax. or staff, as the case may be, a uniform (including epaulets and shako!, and a lapel button for his business suit and learns the secret grip. He is initiated into the secrets at a ceremony which may be either furiously rowdy or terribly solemn, and. as they say, “Impressive.” according to the character of the order which he is joining. From that time on. if he keeps up in his dues and attendance and does not get caught in anv notorious violations of the moral code he has the right to be addressed as “Sir Knight” by his

fellow knights, but only by them. The rest of the °r and does not regard him as a knight at all, so he has spent his money and gone through the ordeal of qualification to become a knight to a limited group between the hours of, sav, 7 30 and 11 30 every other Tuesday evening. This isn't enough be. cause a man who wants to b* a knieht at all as M!? Um?s. ' ,an “ “* * kn,sht to 311 and * ts X Their Moral Record T HAVE been given to understand that the moral ° f Vari P US orders of part-time American knights are very beautiful and bear down heavily on ° f rhastity * That is ground which is pretty well covered by most religions and, for the nonreligious. by the marriage vow and the laws of the state. But a little reiteration ran do no harm. . e armed forces of the government recognize that m requiring the commissioned officers to renew their oath to the Constitution once a year. I knew an officer who during prohibition used to abstain from alcoholic beverages for as long as a week, some years, after the annual renewal of his httle S ° pPrhaps every little safeguard helps a I am taking into consideration the fact that the chairman of the national committee of the partv in power inevitably would be awarded some high honor by a grateful President and that, by this process the postmaster-general almost invariably would leave .office a duke or lord or some such. In the case of Will H. Hays I would have felt some personal objection but that would have been a mere mucli r ° f opimon ' 1 not admire Mr. Hays that it He Elects James Farley I think James Farley would make a very nice •L* lord, and I would take pleasure in saluting him on the street or at the fights with a cheery "Hiyah. L ° rd ' Hp mi & ht fall himself Lord Haverstraw’ af er the English custom, in sentimental remembrance of the little city where he used to play first base on the ball club. As in England, too. persons contributing substantial sums to the party funds would be rewarded in proportion to their gifts and publishers supporting an administration would pile down to Washington just before Christmas to be honored by a grateful President as Northcliff was and Beaverbrook and so many others. I do not know just how they would grade the titles, but obviously a publisher with a circulation of only 10.000 net, paid, could not expect the same recognition as a man with a whole chain of major league newspapers. In the course of time, a peerage of our own would arise in this country, and then I think we would have less trouble keeping some of the established American fortunes at home which nowadays are married off to European persons of more or less ranb. Maybe you would not think that an American heiress, shopping around for a title, would wish to marry an American whose grandfather had been a prize fight commissioner, even though he were a lord, but that would depend a great deal on the exploitation and promotion of the plan. If it were ridiculed such titles might never amount to anything but if every one should get behind it with a great big. hearty, boosting enthusiasm, starting off with a ten-hour parade led by Grover Whalen and a speech by General Johnson, the reception might be entirely satisfactory. And anyway, what would be the matter with a Farley? rhey are big, healthy people, and churrhgoing and respectable, and the one whom I have proposed for the first Lord Haverstraw does not use tobacco or intoxicants in any way, shape or form' and never swears. On the other hand, in a comparatively recent case, a rich young American woman went to Europe for a title and married a used-job or repaint whose title of prince was derived from a land where people qo not bathe very often but just scratch, and anv one who can prove that his people, as far back as his father ever wore shoes, is an aristocrat. The prince m this case came of an unusually fine family Even his grandfather had had shoes. fCopyrlKht. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

''pHE length and complexity of your intestines are enough to cause considerable trouble, if they should become blocked, due to one of many causes. Their walls Include not only the surface, which secrets fluid and absorbs material, but also muscle layers and elastic coverings, which permit, stretching and constriction. In children, onp of the most common causes of blocking of the bowel is the sudden drawing of one portion of the bowel into the portion above or below it. This is called scientifically a.n intussusception. Such an accident is due usually to some irregularity of the system which produces motion in the bowel and which is called peristalsis. You can get an idea of this process by turning the tip of a finger of a glove back into the lower portion. Once this condition occurs, the baby to whom it has happened becomes a very sick child. The bowel becomes blocked, swollen, and congested; in fact, even of a vivid red color. Unless something is done promptly to relieve the intussusception by straightening out the bowel, secondary inflammation and infection will occur and death will result. * M U ONE of the most interesting cases on record is that of a boy who developed the symptoms of intestinal strangulation, but did not submit to an operation. In his case the portion of the Intestine that was drawn in gradually broke away, the walls healed, and seventeen inches of the small intestine were passed out of the bowel in the usual manner. This, however, might well be called one of the miracles of human physiology and it is certainly rot safe for any one to depend on a miracle of this kind occurring in another case. Another cause of strangulation of the intestine Is a sudden twisting of some portion of the bowel. This most often occurs in older persons, perhaps between the ages of 30 and 40, and is usualy due to stretching of the ligajnents which holds the bowels In po-ition. Sometimes the bowel is blocked by a tumor or a growth and there are also cases in which the obstruction has resulted from swallowing unusual objects.

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