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It Seems to Me HEYWOOD BROUN IT 3 all noMfiw? for a man to think that he must start to smoke the minute lv sits down to write a column for newspaper. I've known offices where they had a rule against it. and a good thing, too. We smoke excessively. After dinner with the coffee—that's all right. And maybe one just before going to b*d or possiblv two if the weathers a little muggy. And on a cold night a cigaret somehow seems warm you. In medium weather like spring one needs the stimluation which comes from nicotine But. a- I was saying, then I r.o point in smoking all the time. Then it isn't fun, but only a grinding habit. I'm glad the old life is behind me. Once I wax a slave. It used to be impossible to start a column without a cigaret. It amuses me to remember now the excuses I used to make for myself back .n the days before I got rid of the tobacco habit. Somewhere or other I read that smoking stimulated the

mind. That's silly. I've been off the drug for almost ten minutes now and my mind is much clearer than usual. In fact. I could start out right row and do a constructive piece on water power if I happened to know anything about water power. That ran go down m my notebook just under 'No more cigarets ” There it is—“ Remember to look up the subject of water power. This means you.” Ban II r'rr (i nitty nf Arson STIMULATES the mind? Don't be silly. It's wrecked your vaso-

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motor system and poor constitution in general—that's what it's done. Have you anything to show in return? Is there so much as a single paragraph you've ever written good enough to justify ruining your health? The human body is a great temple, and the cigaret -moker is guilty of arson. There isn't really any fun in smoking them. Deaf people don't smoke, or maybe it's blind people. Anyhow, sensible people don t smoke. Not when there's so much work to be done in the world. This is the age of efficiency. f Smoking sets up a mist in which a man tries to hide awav from reality. It's just a trick so you can stop working every' other second. This is much better —just going smoothly and happily straight ahead with the rolumn. I haven't smoked for twenty-five minutes and I feel fine. And I'm not going to stop to -harpen a pencil or get a drink of water, either. Damn that telephone. Well. I used to jump worse than that back in the days when I was smoking. Nobody likes a telephone to shoot off m his ear like that. There's no point in being too calm. A creature artist has to have a certain amount of imagination. So does a columnist. How ran he string original thoughts together, day after day. without being a bit jumpy? The same thing that makes him jump gives him ideas. Why should I go on holding this telephone? "Just a minute, please.” I haven't got all day. Probably I won't like the call when I get it. Let him ring again if he wants me. m a a Just Let It Ring LET it go on ringing. Let :t ring. What do I care? A week ago I couldn't have done a line with that din in my ear. Look at me now. I can stand it as lone as the bell can. This getting off tobacco certainly does take away the jumpiness. I'm not going to answer that if it rings all night. But in another five minutes I'm certainly going to smash hell out of the telephone. If it is Just going to keep on ringing I suppose I might as well answer. "There isn t anybody named Swempf in this room. I don't know what room. I told you I don t know I don't know.” I don't think I'm getting a fair chance in this experiment. Swearing off smoking is fine, but there's no reason why it should be complicated by having to answer a lot of fools on the telephone. Somebody's been sweeping up this place again. Sweeping can be overdone just like smoking. Some day they'll sweep out something that I really want. I hope I made a good lob when I cleaned out my pockets. I wouldn't like to find a stray one. because it would seem wasteful to throw that away. No. I didn't leave any. That's all right—l meant to throw them away. Still, there is something to be said for tapering off. Moderation is a great thing, but that doesn't mean abstinence. I guess I will go out and get some gum or somthing. 'Copvrtght 1934. bv The Timesi

Your Health by ir. morris fishbein

I HAVE mentioned frequently in this column the unusual forms of painful conditions which develop in certain kinds of jobs. Probably you know about writer's cramp, but are you aware that there are similar conditions occurring among telegraphers, hammerers and twisters? Writer's cramp seems to occur more often in persons who arc inclined to be nervous and anxious than in those who are more stolid and robust. However. overwork seems to play a definite part in its appearance Fourteen of 8.500 employes in the postoffice department in Great Britain had to be transferred to other kinds of work because they developed writer's cramp. That, of course, means that transfer to another kind of work usually is the best cure for this condition. Sometimes a cure may be obtained by changing to a different kind of pen. to a different position of sitting when writing, learning to use a typewriter, or writing with the left hand instead of the right. a a a THE cause of writer's cramp is believed to be the development of some sort of overstimulation of the part of the brain and the nervous system concerned in the writing technic. The symptoms of writer's cramp are. of course, a spasm and weakness in the hand used in writing. Telegrapher's cramp is something of the same kind, but occurs to men who punch the telegraph key and afflicts the hand and arm that are concerned in the work. The twister's cramp occurs to persons in the weaving industry’ who spend most of their time twisting for weaving processes. 9 • n OF a different character is the effect of pneumatic tools on the tissues involved in holding the pneumatic nammer. Two factors apparently are involved. One is the pressure of the tool and the vibration which affects the circulation in the fingers, especially the left hand. The fingers in this hand are likely to go dead or numb. The other effect is the condition of cold produced by the escape of compressed air on the hands. Other investigators feel that the form of the tool, the way in which it is held, its weight, and the noise associated with the work may be involved in producing the serious changes in the blood vessels which are later reflected in the tissues of the hand. Liability to this condition increases as time goes on and the only hope for relief is removal from this type of wor’ *o some other work in which the hands are not cor .tly subjected to the vibration and the cold.

Questions and Answers

Q —Was a nation-wide popular vote ever taken for the selection of a national flower for the United States? A—A nation-wide contest was conducted by Nature Magazine and lasted a little more than a year. More than a million votes were cast, and almost half of them were for the wild rose. Columbine was second. Q—Wha* are the United States census figures few the population of the United States in 1934? A—The last actual census figures are for 1930. when the population was 122.775.046. The census estimate of population m June. 1934. was 126,564.000. Q—What does the name Madden mean? A—lt is either an Irish surname meaning "wolf," or it is derived from a British locality in Rockdale Pariah. Lancasters.hue, England.

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THE NEW DEAL AND THE JONESES

Typical Family Ponders Security for Aged 111 aiid_ Jobless

Thl In Ibr third rhaptrr nf a rontinnrd itary in which members of a typical American family di*cti the many phases nf the N'ew Deal and the pond and bad nf what S happening as it appears tn the Joneses. Follow the story daily for a better insipht into the recovery propram s far-rearhinp effects. BV WILLIS THORNTON > CHAPTER THREE THERE was a letter came today asking us to Join some old age pension association.” said Ma Jones, pausing in her job of clearing away the supper dishes. Tc's in there on the stand in the hall.” Pa Jones got the letter, and read it as he and his son sat down in the living room for their after-dinner smoke. ' Won't be long until your old man'll be needing something like this, I guess.” he smiled, a little wryly, tossing the letter on to the table. "That's one of your new social ideas that's coming right along, isn’t it?” "Yes. but it's only one.” replied John Jr. "That teams right up along with unemployment insurance and some kind of sickness insurance. There's going to be a big effort to get all of them passed in this winter's congress.” "Then we'll practically have Socialism, won't we?” commented Pa, a little sarcastically. Nothing like its denied John Jr. "Why, sixteen European countries have had unemployment insurance almost ever since the World war. We ll only be falling into step. "I don't see anything Socialistic about building up a fund while men are working to pay them something when they're laid off, especially if they contribute to it. Lots of companies do it now. And they don't call it Socialistic. "Then when a lot of men arp laid off. they'll have some little income. They won't just stop spending money entirely and that way cut the jobs out from under others, too.”

"Well. I can see something in that.” admitted Pa Jones. "But I can't see where it helps the unemployed today. It only helps men at work feel a little more secure.” nan “ r T''HAT depends on what kind of unemployment insurance is adopted,” argued the son. “Os course, as a purely insurance plan, nobody could benefit except those who had worked and contributed to the fund. "But maybe some of the money now going for relief could bo distributed through a fund like that, and help get it started right away among men not now working. "They did something like that in England, and you’re always talking about England and how they're recovering without ‘Socialism.’ Nobody knows just what kind of plan is going to be proposed. but you know the President has suggested that ours be a purely insurance affair on a sound business basis, to benefit only those who have paid in their share of the funds. He wants to keep relief separate. A com-

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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. About half the moves which serious Henry Morgenthau makes in the realm of high finance these days are based on the unannounced effort to get private capital working. Without this monetary flow into business channels young Henry —and more especially his chief in the White House—have concluded that recovery will be a long time coming. So they are out to restore bankers’ confidence. One move in this direction was the recent flotation of home owners’ loan corporation bonds through a banking syndicate headed by Lerman Brothers. The syndicate received a commission of $6 a hundred for

selling the bonds. Behind this was partly the desire to show good will to the bankers, partly the plan to get the bonds scattered among a wide group of people. Hitherto, the banks themselves have bought in government bonds until their vaults are overflowing with them. This time Morgenthau wanted the bonds sold on somewhat the same plan as the Liberty loans. For this type of selling—through salesmen —a commission of $6 was not unreasonable. But the bankers did not diffuse their selling. Instead of sending out salesmen, they bartered the bonds off by telephone and telegraph to a relatively small group. Young Henry got his money, but his first try at bankers’ cooperation was a fizzle. a a a A FLORIDA farmer wrote Hairbreadth Harry Hopkins the other day that his federal relief workers were killing FERA cattle on his premises. The farmer protested Rgainst his property being so used. Someone in Hopkins’ office wrote a reply asking for specific facts. A week or so later there arrived at FERA offices a a dead steer. It had been dead some time. It was delivered, however. to the correspondence division of the FERA. On it was a card from the Florida farmer which read: -Here is the evidence.” bob WHILE President Roosevelt was touring the Tennessee valley inspecting the vast construction projects of the TVA. closed-door discussions were in progress in liberal quarters in the capital over the desirability of seeking anew power investigation at the coming session of congress. The progressives are in possession of information which they believe indicates that private power interests have launched a secret drive to obstruct and delay TVA plans. One of the strong suspicions of the liberals is that the recently raised outcry of southern coal operators that the hydro-electric development program of the TVA will mean destruction of their business is a camouflaged attack by power corporations. ‘Whether a probe will be demanded. and what form it will lake, is still undecided. Some of the liberals were of the view that if an investigation is sought it should be a senate inquiry. Others favored having the federal trade commission do the job. B B B SAN FRANCISCO'S popular Frank Belgrano, new national commander of the American Legion. is on the spot in a royal way. Elected at the Miami convention that went on record in favor of immediate payment of the bonus. Belgrano has no choice but to go down the line for that policy. But gomg down the line is go-

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mittee is studying all forms of such plans for him now. “This committee on economic security, made up of cabinet members and others of the President’s helpers, has been working on this since last spring, when the President promised the plan would be given to congress this winter. "Recently to the cabinet advisers were added nineteen experts from industry, labor, medical and social welfare groups. They have the advantage of being able to study such plans in Europe, giving them some idea of what will work and what won't, what is good and what bad. "They’ve just started a series of long discussions of unemployment insurance, child welfare laws, old age pensions, and government medical aid. On each of these they are expected to give congress a definite plan.” ana "\A/HOS going to pay for all ▼ these things?” objected Pa Jones, as the size of the plan dawned on him. "Here we are with a government going broke

ing to be a bitter pill for Belgrano. He is an executive of a large California banking firm, as well as an official of two national insurance companies. Both these interests have been in the vanguard of the opposition to immediate bonus payment. iCoovrieht. 1934. bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc.i OUTLINE CAMPAIGN TO STOP POULTRY THEFT Chicken Thieves Get More Than Bank Robbers. Plans for launching a state-wide campaign to halt the theft of poultry, which annually causes a heavier financial loss than bank robberies, were announced today by the State Poultry Associaition. Frank Conway, Indianapolis, chairman of the association’s poultry thieving committee, said the campaign w r ill be waged in cooperation with state police and county officers in each of the ninetytwo counties. OLD POLITICAL GROUPS DYING. SAYS PASTOR Radical. Conservative Groups to Be Successors, Is Forecast. Radical and conservative movements will replace the two major political parties, which are passing out of existence, declared Dr. Harold Bowen, rector of St. Marke's Episcopal church, Evanston. 111., at the Advent Episcopal church dinner last night in Calvivn Prather lodge hall. Others speaking were Bishop Joseph M. Francis. Walter A. Jamieson and Andrew M. Taylor. The session was presided over by the Rev. George S. Southworth. Advent church rector. TRACTORS ARE USED TO STOP FOREST FIRE Bartholomew County Blaze Under Control at Last. Bp United Prt** COLUMBUS. Ind., Nov. 21.—A fire which burned for three successive days, sweeping across approximately 2.000 acres of Bartholomew county timber and farm land, had been brought under control again today. National guardsmen from Columbus. CCC workers, volunteers from Columbus and farmers in the vicinity co-operated in battling the blaze. Shifting winds hampered efforts to control the fire by burning out its path. Tractors were used to plow protective trenches around farm buildings. BERG WILL ENTERTAIN Times Cartoonist to Appear at P.-T. A. Meeting. Russell O. Berg. Times staff cartoonist. will present an entertainment of of cartoons and illustrated poems at a meeting of the School 30 Parent-Teacher Association at 271 North Miley avenue, at 7:30 tomorrow night.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1934

"If more people can quit their jobs at 60 or 65 without fear of starv - ing, there'll be more jobs open to young fellows.”

now with all these relief and welfare plans. "How are we going to finance all these others? Where's the money coming from?” "Well, for instance, in unemployment insurance, usually the government puts in some, maybe the states, the companies, and the men who work —all chip in and form a pool. “Then when men are laid off they draw out of it in proportion to what they’ve put in. Or maybe there’s a pay roll tax of from 2 per cent to 4 per cent on wages, collected by the government. “The exact best way, whether to have a big national pool, or state pools, or pools in individual companies, those are the things they’re pow-wowing about in this committee new.”

ITALIAN DEMOCRATS ARRANGEjESTIVITY Victory Dance at South Side Turners, Dec. 9. Harry Martinelli, Italian-Amer-ican Democratic Club president, today announced the committees for the organization’s victory dance to be held at the South Side Turners’ Hall, 306 Prospect street, Dec. 9. The entertainment committee is headed by Luigi Copola, assisted by Sam Amato and Alfred Cerulli. Rocca Palamara is chairman of the dance committee and Tony Zappia, Tony Maio. Roxie laria, Domenick Gentile and Sam Maio will assist him. President Martinelli w?ill have charge of the committee handling tickets. Henry Moffet and his orchestra will provide the music. Frank L. Martino, honorary club president, announced that plans are being formulated for a state-wide membership campaign for the Italian-American Democratic Club. HONOR REBEKAH LODGE TO SPONSOR BENEFIT Odd Fellow Farm Will Receive Proceeds of Program. The ways and means committee of Honor Rebekah lodge, No. 418, will sponsor a benefit entertainment for the Greensburg I. O. O. F. home Farmland at 8:30 Friday at the Rebekah hall, Howard street and Blaine avenue, it was announced today. The entertainment will be preceded by the regular business meeting and election of officers.

SIDE GLANCES

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“It’s only twelve o’clock. I don’t see why we always have to be the first to go home.”

"QURE. but in the long run the people who work, like you and I, we're the fellows who pay the bill, no matter whether they deduct the money in wages or pay it in taxes. Because we’re the only ones who produce and have incomes to get it from,” protested Pa Jones. “It’s just like this old age pension plan here. It's great, but it takes a 10 per cent sales tax on everything to support it. "If you’re willing to see the cost of living jump 10 per cent on account of just this one thing, o. k. Personally, I’m not.” "That’s why it’s necessary to make such a careful study of the various plans,” reminded John Jr. ‘lt’s not a question of what'd be nice to have. It’s a question of what’ll work, and what can be done.

I COVER THE WORLD ana ana By. William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—The whole Pacific and Far Eastern balance, already teetering, today is threatened with complete upset as Washington studies two grave developments at the Londdn naval conference: 1. Japan is believed to be on the point of casting camouflage aside and lying before the British and American confereees what amounts to

an ultimatum: Actual naval equality, else the end of the limitation treaties of Washington and London. 2. The British government, face to face with the issue, shows increasing signs that it is almost hopelessly split over the course to pursue. One faction plainly wishes to play ball with Nippon in Asia and in the southern and western Pacific. The other regards such a step as national suicide. A crisis is seen approaching at London with the cards falling Nippon’s way. As in 1931 when she seized Manchuria, the hands of Europe and America are tied by economic and political unrest. Japan, therefore, is in a position to drive a hard bargain at the British capital. a an IN some respects America's position is stronger than Britain’s. If Japan scraps the naval treaties and starts a building race, the United States can fall back on Hawaii, Alaska and the Aleutian islands, Panama and the great defensive triangle formed by these bases, and keep the present 5-5-3 ratio intact by building in proportion. America has two principal stakes in the far east. The first is the open door to trade in China. The second is the Philippines. But

By George Clark

“It's funny. I'm young, and you’re old enought to be suggesting that you're personally interested in the old age pension idea. But do you know I've got an interest in it, too —a selfish one? "Aside from providing decent comfort to old people, which they deserve after working hard all their lives, and also providing a large number of people with steady incomes and ability to buy even in hard times, there’s another angle to this. "It’s this: It will enable more old people to retire earlier from active work. And that means jobs for us younger fellows. “Don’t forget that there are a million and a half young fellows and girls getting through school every year and trying to get their first jobs. And most of them can’t do it these days. “If more people can quit their jobs at 60 or 65 without fear of starving, there'll be more jobs open to young fellows.” a a a THEN I take it that all this social security business won't help create jobs for the present unemployed at all,” suggested Pa Jones. “I don't think so, directly.” admitted John Jr. "These are things aimed more at trying to prevent any more terrible bust-ups like we had in 1929. Both old age and unemployment plans would create large groups of people who could go on spending even if jobs slacked off—and that would help keep them from slacking off any more. "These plans are aimed at leveling off the up-and-down aspect of business and jobs. The main thing it would do is make the jobs more secure after the unemployed get them. It won’t create the jobs.” Ma Jones came in from the kitchen at this point, wiping her hands. "For goodness’ sake, stop arguing, you boys,” she said. “There's a good picture at the Palace tonight. Let’s all go!” (Copyright. 1934, NEA Service. Inc.) NEXT—The PWA—the Joneses consider the idea that if ordinary industry can't provide jobs, somebody must—and that somebody is the government.

she is preparing to get out of the Philippines at an early date. Furthermore, Great Britain is quite as much interested in the fate of the Philipipnes and the open door as is the United States. She is more dependent upon foreign trade than this country, and the Philippines, in the hands of Japan, would be a pistol at the head of Australia. Britain, too, has her vast “spheres of interest” to think of in China. She has Kang Kong, India, the British East Indies and Australa to consider. Even now, with five tons of warships to Japan’s three, Britain is in no position to fight Japan anywhere in that area. Should Nippon increase the might of her fleet to equal that of Britain, the latter’s Pacific and far eastern interests would be plainly at the mercy of the former. 808 \ CCORDINGLY, part of the Tory government at London favors coming to an understanding with Japan. Yet the Tories hesitate. They do not wish a simple renewal of the old AngloJapanese alliance which would bring Britain into a war on the side of japan in certain contingencies. But a less dangerous formula, satisfactory to Japan, seems difficult to find. Yet Britain is aware that Europe may blow up almost any minute. In the event of an explosion. she would need to be at her strongest at home. She would not dare engage in adventures in the Antipodes involving the use of force. Thus an arrangement with Japan safeguarding Britain's interests in the Pacific and Far East would be comforting to many. But, say British opponents of a new Anglo-Japane.se entente, Japan will not perform any such service without x a substantial quid pro quo. And if this qu<d pro quo meant siding with Japan in some warlike undertaking, especially if aimed at America, “it would split the empire from top to bottom.” A third school of British opinion favors an Anglo-American understanding. The alternative, say such leaders as Lord Lothian, of England, General Jan Smuts, of South Africa, and others, is to turn over the western Pacific and eastern Asia as a Japanese hege- ■ mony. HUNTERS’ AID SOUGHT AGAINST FOREST FIRES 3,000 Acres of State Woodland Burned in Ten Days. An appeal to hunters to aid in preventing forest fires was voiced today by Virgil M. Simmons, department of conservation commissioner, in connection with a forest fire reported raging over several thousand acres of land in Bartholomew county. Mr. Simmons said more than 3,000 acres of forest lands has been burned in Indiana in tfffe last ten days. Some of the fires have been started by hunters’ carelessness, he added.

Second Section

Entered n* Serond-Cl*s Matter at Fostoffie*. Indianapolis, lnrt.

Fair Enough MKOOKPtfflt XTOW that Huey Long has announced himself as a candidate for President on the youth ticket, the silence of the students of Louisiana State university becomes a strange sound amid the noises issuing from Baton Rouge. The undergraduates of the state university said nothing audible a few days ago when Huey suppressed a story in their student newspaper on the ground thai it criticised him. They had nothing to say that found its way out over the wires even when he said that the university

was his university and that he wasn't going to stand for any disloyalty in print. If this had happened at the University of California in Los Angeles or the College of the City of New York, the response of the students would have been immediate and shrill. At almost any other school in America there would have been at least a small group of independents among the students who would have found a soap box and started protest meetings on the campus and if the dictator had sent his secret police around to break them up there would have been fights and

arrests and the spectacle of youth going to jail, if necessary, in defense of their rights. Louisiana State has a good professional football team hired by the dictator to act as sandwich men ior his political machine on trips to various cities in the region which he now regards as provinces of his kingdom. It is easy to understand why the football team, under the patronage of the Kingfish, and even the varsity band, whose members enjoy certain privileges, have had nothing to say. 808 What's Happened tn Youth? T>UT that an entire student, body of an institution -■-* calling itself a university should submit to censorship of their student paper on the mere ground that a story offended the vanity of a politician who is not even an alumnus of the school is something which calks for interpretation. Asa rule, at all universities there are student correspondents who are alert to fire in queries, followed by long pieces to the newspapers around the country when a news story breaks within .their purview. If there are any student correspondents at Louisiana State they have not been live reporters in this case and the student body, as a whole, for all that has been reported to the contrary, has taken the censorship and suppression lying down. There is a corps of very good newspaper reporters in the state capital but possibly they have been too busy covering Huey, himself, and the extension of his autocratic powers by the latest special session of the legislature to pay much attention to the students and their affairs. The two-year moratorium which Huey passed last week is more daring than it would appear to be from a reading of its title. The benefits of the moratorium are extended only to the dictator’s own people because each case is to be considered separately by his own commission which will have the power to grant the moratorium or refuse it. The Kingfish. like James A. Farley, believes in taking care of his own and nobody else, so the operation of the moratorium probably will compel his enemies to pay their debts as usual or assume the normal consequences. ana \ame Calling a Draw YOUR correspondent made, an effort to discuss the censorship of the school paper with the Kingfish. but has little to report. The leader of the American youth party answered the phone readily, but only greeted your correspondent with opprobrious names which were returned with enthusiasm. Your correspondent claims a draw in the name-calling, but calling names over the phone is only a mild pleasure and not worth the expense of an extended call from New York to Baton Rouge. It is hard to understand not only the submissiveness of youth, as represented by the students of Louisiana State, but also the apparent docility of the president of the university, who has made no noticeable protest as yet against the dictator’s frank claim that the university is his because he built the swimming pool and stadium and many other buildings which make Louisiana State, in the material sense, the best in the south. It is strange, also, to find Captain Biff Jones, an army officer of some professional distinction, associated with a football organization which is becoming more and more disreputable with each of Huey's politico-sporting week-ends with the team. It is impassible to guess the answers. Louisiana always has been funny, but it did seem that if there were any pride, honor or self-respect anywhere in the state it would be found among the youth v;ho attend the state university. (Copyright. 1934. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Today's Science BY DAVID DIETZ

TayCANY a man can trace the beginning of his career to some book which came into his hands, by accident or design, in the days of his youth. Such a career-making book is 'Exploring With the Microscope,” by Raymond F. Yates. Give the book a thought when doing your Christmas shopping. It would not be surprising to read three decades from now that some Pasteur or Lister or Huxley of 1960 got his first interest in a phase of biology when Santa Claus left him this book on Christmas morning. Sometimes it happens that a boy is given a microscope—it may be cheap one or an expensive one. At first he is excited about it. Then his interest in it wanes. Soon, to the mystification of his parents, the instrument is gathering dust in a corner of a closet. There may be two explanations. One is that he is destined to be a musician or a lawyer or a stock broker; that he has no aptitude for things scientific. The other and more likely explanation is that he has no knowledge of the possibilities of the microscope and hence no means of realizing them. a a a IT is not even necessary to own a microscope to enter the enchanted world which Mr. Yates describes, for he begins by telling how to build the simplest of all microscopes, the water-drop microscope. This microscope, made from a lew bits or wood and a piece of sheet metal, uses a drop of water for a lens. Properly made, this simple microscope will magnify from seventy-five to one hundred times. A splendid feature of the book is that it is illustrated with both diagrams and photographs. Thus, for example, there is not only a set of diagrams for making the water-drop microscope, but photographs showing the completed instrument and its use. % There are other simple instructions for the building of inexpensive accessory apparatus to be used with either a home-made microscope or a moreexpensive one. ana MOST important of all, Mr. Yates tells the experimenter what to do with his microscope. He tells how to study microscopic plants and anmals with it and how to use it to study the microscopic structure of larger plants, insects, fish and so on. There are instructions for preparing and labeling microscopic slides, instructions for making a microtome, the “sheer” used by biologists to prepare thin sections of plants or other materials for examination under the*^nicroscope. The book is written simply and with a pleasant sense of humor. In this review I have spoken of the book with primary concern for youthful readers, but it is completely suitable in every way for adults. “Exploring With the Microscope ’ is published by Appleton-Century at $2.

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