Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 214, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1935 — Page 11

It Seems to Me HEYWOOB BROUN DR RICHARDS NILES SEARS, of the Harvard psychological laboratories, is out with a statement that to the brighter students of the university puns are not funny. This distresses me because some of my best friends are pun lovers. It is true that Dr. Sears makes one reservation. He adds, according to the news report, that, "even if honor students were confronted by sure-fire puns, they pretended that they were not amused.” In this qualification there is hope. Perhaps the pretense can be broken down. Intellectuals

frequcntlv assume a snobbish attitude toward the play upon words. It may even be that they are fighting against an acceptance of the class struggle, for the pun is essentially proletarian humor. Oscar Wilde and his epigrams belong to he ruling classes. Joe Miller is the darling of tne masses. And Mr. Wilde himself, unbent to the extent of saying: "Nothing succeeds like excess.” I would greatly enjoy having Dr. Scars or one of his dead-pan honor pupils upon the stand so that I might ask a hypothetical question. It would run about like this:

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"Mr. Jones, you have testified that you receive A In all vour subjects and that you are a member of Phi Beta Kappa. You have further told the court that when anybody springs a pun you are not amused. Will you please give me your undivided attention while I ask you a question not bearing upon facts but wholly directed to exploring your opinion? a a a Punng Things Occur "Q UPROSE. sir. you were sitting in a comfortable <3 room before an open fire playing poker with five boon companions. Assume in addition that you nad a highball, three aces and two jacks. At this point a player who has just said. I'll raise you five.’ creates a slight interlude by remarking. ‘I took a walk through the zoo this afternoon and saw in a cage a large animal somewhat resembling a goat.’ "Thereupon Mr. X continues. ‘I picked up a rock and threw it at the animal hitting him squarely upon the neck which caused this goatlike creature to scamper to his feet quite hurriedly. What famous song by Ethelbert Nevin would that remind you of?’ "Now suppose that everybody in the poker game admitted. I give up,’ and Mr. X proceeded to say. Mighty Yak Arose.’ "Now let us further assume tfyat Mr. Y, another player in t.hg game, chimed in by saying, ‘the way you introduced that story sounded to me "Mighty Lak a Ruse.’” And on top of this let us accept the fact that Mr. Z, equally quick-witted, seized upon your fortuitous sneeze and announced, ’to me that sounded "Mighty Lak a Nose.’” "Now let us assume for the sake of this hypothetical question that the fire in the grate is guarded by a screen of ising-glass and that Mr. Y, nothing undaunted, should notice the red glow of the blaze througn.the screen and say, ‘to me that ising-glass is "Mica Like a Rose.” ’ a a a Something Should Happen "\\ THEREUPON Mr. Z. who has had time to W gather his wits together, should again project himself into the conversation by volunteering, ‘I understand the goatlike animal of w’hich you spoke and his mate are housed in separate cages and that a liquor bar has been set up in the space. Give up? So that people can get a drink between the "yaks.” * "Now let us assume that when pandemonium has ceased and order again restored, you, the holder of three aces and two jacks <vaks to open>, should be inspired to remark, ‘well, I’ll see your five and make it ten and I mean that this is mighty like a raise/ "Now. Mr. Jones, holder of a rhi Rets Kappa key and a full house, in the event of these hypothetical circumstances would you or would you not break into hearty peals of laughter?” It, seems to me that if Mr. Jones failed to say, “why of course I'd be beside myself w r ith merriment.” a committee from the audience should be summoned to hit him on the head with a baseball bat. The pun is an ancient and honorable institution. In school the teachers used to apologize for those which Shakespeare introduced. But he knew his business and was showing his fundamental humanity. In the dreams of every one of us the subconscious puns constantly showing that those who frown on this sort of humor are merely strutting their inhibitions. And so I cry. “here's to the pun and down with those who say, ‘long may it be waived.’ ” (Cnpvrißht. 1935)

Today's Science BY DAVID DIETZ-

ASTRONOMERS may soon have to revise their estimates of the temperatures of the stars. The necessity for this seems likely as the result of researches now being carried on at the Yerkes Observatory under the direction of Dr. William W. Morgan, with new types of apparatus and h\persensitive photographic plates. Preserit estimates give our own sun. which is a yellow or Type G star, a surface temperature of fiooo degrees centigrade or 10.000 degrees Fahrenheit. The coolest known stars, the red giants, such as the star Mira, are estimated to have a surface temperature of 1800 degrees centigrade or 3200 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest stars, the blue-white stars, are believed to have a surface temperature of 50,000 degrees centigrade or 90.000 degrees Fahrenheit. That these figures should be coming in for revision at this time should surprise no one for the last yoar has been one during which many revisions have been made in our notions about the heavens. Careful observations with new instruments as well as the development of new theories have necessitated many changes in the astronomical picture. n n st SINCE the sun is 93 million miles away, and the nearest star. 25 trillion miles away, it is obvious that there is no direct way of measuring stellar temperatures. The temperature of a star has been arrived at in the past bv the application of what is known as Planck’s law. This law. formulated by the famous physicist. Dr. Max Planck, states that as temperature goes up. the maximum or peak of energy’ moves forward from the red end of the spectrum toward the violet. A fatrlv hot star is red hot; a very’ hot one is white hot. Consequently, the method of calculating the temperature of a star has been to spread its light into n spectrum and then to determine where the energy peak occurred in the spectrum. Planck's law was then applied But Dr. Morgan has been using hypersensitive plates which record infra-red light, rays which are invisible to the eye. These plates, incidentally, are extremely difficult to work with. Because of their extreme sensitivity to heat, they must be kept chilled, for they disintegrate at ordinary’ room temperatures. With the aid of these plates. Dr. Morgan and his associates. Prof. B. A. Wooten, of the University of Alabama, and Richard F. Kinnaird of the Yerkes staff, have found that some stars emit twice or even three times as much infra-red light as could be expected upon the basis of Planck’s law. a a a JUST what this means, remains to be explained, according to Dr. Otto Struve, director of the Yerkes Observatory. “In the case of some stars." he says, ‘‘it may be due to absorption in dust clouds in interstellar space These dust clouds are acting as they do in our own atmosphere, as in the case of sunsets, and are making the stars look redder than they are." In other words, this would mean that our past measurements of the energy distribution of the light of these stars would be wrong due to the greater absorption of energy at the higher frequencies. “But this explanation is not true for all stars.” Dr. Struve adds, and it is quite probable that in some of them Planck s law may not properly be used. Dr. Morgans findings indicate that there is considerable doubt in regard to all stellar temperattrea banned from the application of Planck's law."

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THE TRIAL OF BRUNO HAUPTMANN

Broadway Recognizes Master Showmanship in Drama of Century

Only * minatc*' rid* from Brnadway, but world* away from thoatriral ml-hlirvr, th Iraal imoroaarlo* of the state of New Jeryer present: "The Trial of Brnno Haootmann.” Paul Harrison, dramatic eritlr for The Times and NBA s errtre. deerts the N'ew York sbowshops to review this Drama of the Century. His impressions appear below. a a a BY PAUL HARRISON NBA Service Staff Correspondent N. J„ Jan. 16.—1 t is an altogether masterful job of casting that a whimsical fate has done in the drama called “The Trial ( of Bruno Hauptmann.” A few of the characters, who at first seemed utterly fantastic, now are beginning to assume real shape and substance. Hauptmann himself is one of these; also a bushy-browed, elderly elf called "Jafsie.” The plot, too—during the first few scenes, at least—seemed needlessly cluttered with incredible involvements of mystic symbols, spooky figures, nightly forays into cemeteries and other forms of hocus-pocus. Such things, the audience must have thought, just couldn’t happen in n-a; life. Yet such is the skill with which this drama is woven that oy new even the most unlikely episodes seem real. Doubtless there are a good many Broadway producers and playwrights who would like to revise and pare this lengthy drama and offer it in one of the rialto showshops. Elmer Rice, who has done so many courtroom plays, could improve it immeasurably. For it must be ad-

mitted that "The Trial of Bruno Hauptmann” drags in spots, and contains much that seems irrelevant. It lacks sex appeal, too. For all that, it remains tense and vibrant stuff, and utterly absorbing during the scenes which are more skillfully paced There are welcome intervals in which it is brightened by touches of comedy, although it almost always is a nervous, strained sort of laughter. But for tormpnt and suspense and mystery, made pmotional by the good old theatrical trick of deliberately underplaying emotions "The Trial of Bruno Hauptmann” must be called the drama of the century. ana THE Standii -;-Room-Only sign has been out every day since the opening, and ticket scalpers and holders of dummy subpoenas have profited greatly from the curiosity of late-comers who have been refused admittance. Inside, the lucky ones hold grimly to their seats, refusing to go out for a breath of air during intermissions. I venture to say that they comprise the most uncomfortable audience in the world. The small courtroom always is stuffy almost to the point of suffocation. Damp sheepskin coats, oiled boots and a hundred redolent varieties of defensive perfume make a day in that place an experience that’s not to be sniffed at. But no one complains. Scores stand close-packed in corners, on window ledges, on radiators, and in t,ho left-hand end of the rail inclosure. Sheriff John Curtiss, a sort of

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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Few recent recruits to the New Deal were picked with more exquisite care than Francis Biddle, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Yet few recruits have caused so much heartburn to the people who did the picking. Chief pickers were Miss Perkins. Donald Richberg and the President himself. A lot of names were proposed to them, among them several devout friends of labor. All were turned down because they bore too obvious a pro-labor stamp. Biddle, however, did not. He bore the stamp of Philadelphia s blue-bloods. He could not be accused of being prejudiced against the capitalist system. His position was impregnable. But at the same time he was knowrn to be fair and friendly to labor.

All these expectations were fulfilled—and some more besides. Chief among these is his aggressiveness. a characteristic w’hich is developed far more than Miss Perkins or Richberg relish. Miss Perkins, as Secretary of Labor, is Biddle's titular superior. But he goes along almost entirely on his own, serenely oblivious of her jurisdiction. Donald Richberg also is supposed to play an important part in forming labor policy. And he was more than irritated at Biddle’s independent handling of the Jennings case. All this has come to a head at a time when important labor legislation is coming before Congress. Section 7-A is to be clarified or modified. * Biddle, a militant upholder of majority rule for collective bargaining, w’ants the law’ rewritten so as to strengthen the Government’s power to enforce that principle. But Miss Perkins and Richberg are decidedly cool toward majority rule. Asa result those on the inside see every indication of a headon collision between the independent and unflustered Mr. Biddle and his two titular superiors. a a a IN Washington, it’s never safe to assump a superior attitude, regardless of who you may be. or to whom you may think you’re talking. Mrs. William Jeffries Chewning Jr., erstwhile Margot Couzens. daughter of Croesan Senator James Couzens of Michigan, went shopping recently at a fashionable Washington department store. She made a small purchase, and in payment presented a very large check, explaining that the banks were closed and she needed some cash over the week-end. The salesgirl, very pleasantly, replied she could not cash so large a check, as much as she w’ould like to. Retorted Margot; “But I’ve got to get it cashed. Ive been dealing here for years. It’s perfectly good.” ‘•l’m sorry, Mrs. Chewning.” reiterated the salesgirl; “we have strict orders not to cash checks above a certain figure.” Mrs. Chewning. not accustomed to having her checks rejected, was keenly annoyed. ‘That’s all very well,” she replied, “but do you know who I am? I’m Senator Couzens daughter.” The salesgirl nodded pleasantly. “Oh. yes; I know quite well. You see. I’m Senator Nye’s daughter. a a a THERE is some quiet sleuthing going on in the Senate in an effort to run down just who is behind the undercover attempt to prevent the confirmation of Mar-

house manager, bustles about on errands of his owm, imperturbable and beaming. Every ear seems intent for each word from the witness chair and counsel tables. The audience doesn't applaud, but often looks as though it would like to. nan THE critics of the show, who are the press, sit at a double row’ of benches behind the rail, and at other benches along the right-hand wall, and in the tiny balcony at the rear. They'll stay until the final curtain. Not evm George Jean Nathan, Broadway’s greatest tw’o-act reviews, would walk out on “The Trial of Bruno Hauptmann.” Behind the railing, at the right —and, under an American flag which still remains incorrectly hung—sit the citizen super-critics —the jury. They Fnow quite well that this drama is being enacted for them, and they leceive as their due the special giances and gestures and half-audible asides directed at their brx by the performers. Jures; Rosie Pill is beginning to look a little bored. Juress Verna Snyder still wears her furtrimmed coat in the stuffy courtroom. Juror Liscom Case is munching on his mustache. Judge Trenchard is not the type of jurist that the average casting director would have chosen to preside over the drama of the century. Now, though, his paternal benignity seems to fit perfectly into the picture. He is not given to dignifying himself as “The Court.” He says,

riner S. Eccles as governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Tips that such a scheme is under foot have reached the ears of Administration floor leaders. The suspicion is that reserve banking interests are behind the covert plan. Eccles is anathema to these bankers. Although the biggest banker in his state, the 39-year-old Utahan has advanced economic views. It is an open secret that he wants the Government to strengthen its grip on the Reserve System. Big reserve bankers waged a vigorous behind-the-scene fight to prevent Eccles being named head of the Reserve Board. a a a DIPLOMATS do read the newspapers. A year ago, following Roosevelt’s first annual diplomatic reception, harsh comments appeared in the public press because ambassadors and ministers—long used to yawning through the usual boredom of such functions—arrived at the White House, shook hands, and disappeared immediately for more sprightly affairs. This year it was different. Taking cognizance of the criticism, virtually every diplomat remained until the Navy Band played “Home. Sweet Home.” (Yes, they do that at the White House, too.) In fact, the British Ambassador, issued instructions to his entire staff that not one of them was to leave before he did. arid he was one of the last to don hat and cape. Only persons to duck from the party early were Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, who made no secret of the fact that they were bored. They pleaded, politely, that they had a long trip home—all the way to Leesburg. Va.. 20 miles away—thus couldn't wait it out. (Copyright. 1935. bv United Feature Syndicate. Xnc.i

Indianapolis Tomorrow

Real Estate Board, luncheon, Washington. Sigma Nu. luncheon. Washington. Caravan Club, luncheon, Scottish Rite Cathedral. Sigma Chi, luncheon, Board of Trade. Engineering Society, luncheon, Board of Trade. American Business Club, luncheon. Indianapolis Athletic Club. Locomotive Engineers, 8 p. m., Washington. Alliance Francaise. 8 p. m., Washington. Conference of Bank Auditors, 6:30 p. m., Washington. Lumber. Builders’ Supply Association, convention. Claypool. Home Economics Student Club Committee, 10 &. m„ Claypool.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1935

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The curtain rises on a scene from “The Trial of Bruno Hauptmann.”

simply: "I will allow the objection,” or "Please close that window’, sir. I am susceptible to draughts.” nan T? ACH audience, however, soon A- / gains the impression that Judge Trenchard is a man inexorably firm, and that he is taking special care not to be bested by Mr. Edward J. Reilly, leader of the defense and a crafty fellow who has embarrassed many a judge. Reilly w’as a natural selection for the role of Hauptmann’s chief counsel. Florid, many-chinned, spatted, striped-trousered and w’ith a mysteriously fresh carnation in his lapel, he looks exactly like a successful criminal lawyer. Outside the courtroom here he has been an amiable back-slapper and a generous drink-buyer. In court he often sits in apparent somnolence, leaving objections to his assistants, indolently declining cross-examinations. But at

VETERINARIANS TO MEET HERE State Association to Hold Three-Day Session at Severin. The reason why Fido gets distemper and why Twenty Grands of the turf as well as the laundrywagon route suffer heaves will be explained here Jan. 22, 23 and 24 when the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association meets in the Severin. Dr. H. E. Bryan. Angola, Capt. Will Judy, Chicago, and J. D. Ray, Omaha, will be among the principal speakers at the convention. Dr. Bryan, association president, will speak at the opening session with Mr. Ray, diagnostician, as speaker at the second day’s meeting. Capt. Judy, editor of Dog World, will discuss canine breeds and v their traits at the opening session. A card party for women guests will be given -the opening day and a luncheon and theater party on Jan. 23 with a banquet and dance in the evening. Officers will be elected at the closing sessions of the convention.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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“Can’t we have just a lew minutes more? We’re right at the most exciting part.?

some least-expected point he is on his feet, thundering. When Reilly takes a wutness he is inconsiderate of the audience. Questions of doubtful value to the defense are asked in a low voice. His forensic talent reaches its full tenor, however, when he discovers some advantageous point. a a a HAUPTMANN has been criticised as a particularly unresponsive character. It seems to me that he is a master of the trick of securing emphasis by restraint. He displays just a suggestion of swagger, just a hint of a sneer. Usually his small, darting, deepset eyes register no feeling other than curiosity, except in the frequency of their blinking. However impassive his face, that blinking is a barometer of his concern. His snarled "You're a liar!” proved a master bit of showmanship, for it w’as a pent-up explosion after a long period of patient silence. His remark that he

I COVER THE WORLD a a a a a a By William Philip Simms

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—The Saar’s return to Germany brings Europe closer to stabilized peace than it has been in a decade. The League Council’s decision to return the Saar to Germany has removed the last territorial obstacle to a Franco-German entente, according to Adolf Hitler himself. "Only a madman,” he said in a radio address to the world a year ago last October, “could believe in the possibility of a w’ar between the two states,” once the Saar problem is amicably adjusted.

Franco-German relations are the key to European peace. If these two powers can effect a rapprochement, Europe's biggest war danger will have been squelched. Such an outcome, perhaps the most important aspiration in the world today, has now become a possibility for the first time since Foreign Ministers Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann. both now’ dead, made the attempt 10 years ago. a a a THE big question-mark is Herr Hitler. In Pierre Laval, France has a foreign minister as sincerely desirous of patching up the quarrel with Germany as was Briand. But Nazi Germany lacks a Stresemann. Instead, she has Herr Hitler, feared around the globe as a swashbuckler and firebrand. Yet Der Fuehrer has put himself on record. He has pledged his word that the Saar is all that stands between Germany and

would be “a second-hand carpenter if I built that ladder” proved a disarming wise-crack. And w’hen he talks with his wife during intermissions there is not an onlooker but marvels at the smiling transformation of that granite face. nan COIT LINDBERGH’S feelings are reflected more clearly than those of any other principal. With elbows on knees, he registers intense concentration. Lolling back, he displays either boredom or amusement. Less frequently now’ does he steal a sidelong glance at the prisoner, several chairs to his left. Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz appears the least favorably cast of all the leading characters. He seems little too suave, a bit too ready with his velvet insults —until one feels that he is overplaying his role and actually is on the defensive against the assured Reilly and his assistant annoyer Lloyd Fisher.

France. He has said Germany no longer lays claim to Alsace-Lor-raint. The German colonies, he says, have been given up. The Polish Corridor-issue has been settled directly with Poland, at least for 10 years, after w’hich it is difficult to see how it can be resurrected. There w’ould seem, therefore, little in the way of a FrancoGerman understanding, if Herr Hitler really wants it. And if France and Germany can get together, the prospect of peace in Europe today would seem brighter than it has been in years. nan TWO sizable clouds, however, -*• remain on the horizon. One is Austria. The other is Germany’s rearmament. But even these may be brushed aside once the Saar is definitely back under the German flag. In any event the peace project of Premier Mussolini and M. Laval should prove helpful. Germany will be asked to join in a series of European pacts designed to safeguard not only Austrian independence, but her own eastern frontiers. An effort, too, will be made to get Germany back in the League, and at the disarament table. If Herr Hitler refuses to cooperate in those peace moves, especially now that the Saar is on its way back to the fatherland. European suspicions will be thicker than ever. Fear of his intentions w’ill mount, and the real reason for the Nazis’ feverish rearmament will seem clear. Accordingly, if Herr Hitler won't Join the European peace moves, now in full swing, he will almost certainly find himself surrounded by glistening bayonets to prevent him starting trouble. STATE LUMBERMEN TO CONVENE FRIDAY Prominent Speakers Listed for Hardwood Session Here. The annual meeting of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association will be held Friday at the Severin. The afternoon session will be followed by a banquet at 6:30 and an entertainment program. Principal speakers will be Fred Hoke, National Emergency Council state director; John McClure, Chicago. National Hardwood Lumber Association manager; L. S. Beale, Washington. Hardwood Division Code Agency manager, and J. S Thompson, Louisville. Ky„ Southern Hardwood Traffic Association district manager. Leroy Cooke. Franklin, and Robert E. Hollowell have aranged the programs. The state organization was founded approximately 35 years ago.

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Entered a* Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.

Fair Enough WESTBROOK PEGLER ATTASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 16 - Aoout a year ago. your correspondent wrote a little composition about two newspaper reporters who instigated a few words of legislation in the House of Representatives which was the means of saving from $100,000,000 to 5450.000.000 of the taxpayers' money and undertook to tell, at some future time, who they were and how they happened to do this. There were at that time reasons for avoiding the particulars, as will presently oe explained. These

reasons no longer exist, however, so the two reporters may now be named as Ted Lewis, who covers the House of Representatives for the United Press, and William F. Kerby, then of the Wall Street Journal, but now with the Liberty League. Mr. Lewis is a New Hampshire man, the son of Edward Morgan Lewis, an old-time major league ball player who put in four years with the Boston Nationals and one with the Boston Americans around the turn of the century. Lewis Sr. also coached the Harvard ball team from 1897 to 1901 and has been, since 1927, president of .he University of New Hampshire.

It was last Jan. 30. a dull afternoon in the House o! Representatives, that, the Messrs. Lewis and Kerby. sitting in the press coop and playing tit-tat-toe. fell to gossiping about the Vinson Bill, which was then up for passage, and hp tremendous profits which are made on munitions, ships and all war material. The Vinson Bill was the one which authorized the development of the United States Navy up to treaty strength and it had now come out of the committee and was being moved briskly along. ana Hunting for a Stooge THEY decided that it was too bad that there was nothing in the bill to limit the profits of the contractors, but there was nothing that they could do about it until one or the other said it might make a piece for the papers to steam up some member and get him to introduce an amendment limiting the profits to 10 per cent. It seems that the journalists often do steam up the statement, giving them ideas of their own which presently pop up in the debate and make news. Accordingly, the two ink-stained wretches went pattering down the stairs looking for a stooge among the members to present their idea on the floor. Mr. Lewis particularly wished to find Marion Zioncheck, a Democrat from the state of Washington, who, on his record and from personal acquaintance, seemed to him to be suitable for their little enterprise, but couldn’t run him down. The time was getting short when they ran into Charles W. Tobey, a Republican, from Mr. Lewis’ own state of New Hampshire. Together, they explained their idea to Mr. Tobey who said, "Fine business, I have always thought these profits ought to be limited to 10 per cent myself,” and the three of them sat down somewhere and drew up the amendment on a sheet of scratch paper. The two reporters then went back to the gallery and listened while Mr. Tobey, with only 10 minutes remaining, obtained the floor, put in his amendment and fought it through against the protests of Mr. Vinson and other who claimed it was not germane. From that point on, the fight was Mr. Tobey’s and he had to scrap for his economy before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee against the opposition of admirals who thought it wasn’t feasible and even against the protest of Lewis A. Douglas, then director of the budget, who sent over a letter announcing that the limitation, as written, did not meet the approval of the President.

100 Million — Saved! MR. DOUGLAS proposed an Administration substitute. exempting from the limitation all contracts for $50,000 or less, but Mr. Tobey hung on, made a pestiferous nuisance of himself, and finally reduced the exemption to petty contracts involving SIO,OOO or less. Citing the records of the Nye investigation of the munitions industry, Mr. Tobey estimates that the profits, on a billion-dollar program, without this restriction, would have been something between 20 and 50 per cent and that the economy thus may be reckoned at no less than $100,000,000. which is the round number for $90,909,090.91. Nowadays, in Washington, an item of $90,000,000 is regarded as breakage, like the penny-money at the pari-mutuel windows. There is no telling, however, but that the cost might have risen still another 100 million if the builders had been allowed to use their conscience for their only guide. Profits, in some cases, have been as high as 90 per cent. Mr. Tobey was up for re-election last fall and the 10 per cent limitation was very helpful in' his campaign, so it was thought to be fair and sporting to let him have the entire use of it for that purpose inasmuch as he did. after all, fight it through against strong opposition. However, the fact remains. and may now be reported without injustice to Mr. Tobey, that the saving originated in the idle reflections of two newspaper reporters sitting in the press coop on a dull day and that but for their initiative at the psychological moment it would not have been proposed at all. That this could be interpreted as a work of journalism under the terms of the Pulitzer award is doubtful. Strictly speaking, it was anything but journalism for they never wrote the true story and possibly the two brothers could be run out of the halls of the sacred heritage forever for lobbying. (Copyright. 1935. by Unitea Feature Syndicate Inc.i

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN—

WHEN a person complains of pain, don’t ridicule him. don't ignore him. It may be quite serious. Pain is a warning signal nf 3 physical disturbance, although fear, anger, rage, anxiety, and despair may modify it somewhat. For example, the pain associated with a blow or a knife wound differs from that associated with a surgical operation. The pain associated with a severe illness differs from the difficulty of breathing that comes from too much exercise. The pain from a sudden violent blow may be accompanied by sensations of anger or fear of death. The pain from a sudden severe attack of colic is likely to be accompanied by a feeling of anxiety. The pain of a toothache may produce simply a sense of suffering. a a a ANOTHER effect of pain is to change our perception of time. It is quite common to hear the sufferer say that every minute seemed like an hour. A man who was suspended by a live wire realized that the duration of the shock couid not have been more than a couple of seconds, but it seemed to him “ages” until he lost consciousness. The doctor who undertakes to treat a patient because of painful sensations must have a complete * understanding of the nature of the pain, if he is to do his best in overcoming it. He must treat not only the physical condition responsible for the pain, but the associated mental factors. a a a PHYSICIANS find that persons vary in their ability to describe their pains. Obviously, the doctor has to depend first on what the patient tells him. to learn about the place of the pain, its nature, and its intensity. Doctors who take care of babies must find out for themselves whether the baby has pain, the nature of the pam and its intensity. There is no exact method of measuring the intensity of pain, and the amount of pains that may t cause one person to suffer excrutiatingly may hai'dly' be noticed by another less sensitive person.

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