Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1936 — Page 18

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BY RAYMOND CLAPPER (Ernie Pyle, Page 34) ASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The next time "you sink up to your ears in debt and are about to go down for the third; time, remember how the Van Sweririgens’ Kept

afloat. These Cleveland Brothers, both of whom have died since; were desperate in the spring of last year. They were.in hock some $40,000,000 to New

York bankers headed by the Motgan group. The bankers held voting control of the

8 ferred to mysteriously as corner”—meaning

and Wall—were willing to advance this pocket change because the Vans were the only oncs who could handle the intricate railroad spiderweb which had fallen into the bankers’ hands. So, with their heads in the Wall Street noose, the Vans were allowed to stay on as executive heads of their empire; and were even sraked to living expenses. But by late summer the bankers," to whom the Vans were in debt some $40,000,000 plus $8,000,000 - back interest, decided to auction off the whole basket of stale eggs. Exactly why they decided to do this is not clear, for they took a heavy loss. : 8 8..8 Speculates on Reason

ENATOR WHEELER confesses he is not certain. Fortune magazine, in its December issue, speculates. “ It offers three possible reasons: The desire of the Morgans to disassociate themselves, in the public eye, from a messy situation; ‘the expectation that if the Vans were kept in control the Morgan group would continue to enjoy fées and commissions from handling the banking end of the operations; and lastly, the opportunity of the bankers to “take losses™ for income tax purposes, At any rate an auction was held, aftef the’ market closed, on Sept. 30, 1935. It occurred in a little upstairs room at 18 Vesey:st, New York, ovetiooking the graveyard of St. Paul’s Church. 3 L. P. Ayres, economist for a Cleveland bank and a director in the big Van, Sweringen holding company, the Alleghany Corp., did the bidding.: George Whitney, a Morgan partner, sat at a table just below the auctioneer. There were tense moments as the parcels of securities, held as collateral, were auctioned off, Control of the empire went with the sale-of the Alleghany stock for $274,682. It was worth $2.838,676 on the stock exchange that day, the ‘New Yofk Times reported. The whole lot, with a market value of $5,745,219, went for $3,121,000,

Produces Credentidls

CONOMIST AYRES produced his credetitiais, 0. P. Van Sweringen lookéd relieved. ‘Morgan Partner Whitney went over to him and sheok hands, then put his arm around Van Sweringen, as they chatted. Bidder Ayres, it developed, was representing not the Van Sweringens, but. the Mid-America Corp. What was that? Well, it had just been organized and the directors had held their first meeting that Jory jhorning uptown, in room 828 of the Ambassador ote While the reporter was gathering his information, two gray-haired men, strangers, stood inconspicuously in a ‘back corner of the room, Jooking upon the

strange scene, or perhaps gazing out of the -windew:- 1

at St. Paul's graveyard. More about those two mysterious is strangers, later.

Mrs.Roosevelt's Day

BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT EW YORK, Thursday—Wednesday afternoon 1 hada telephone call from Boston, The doctors weren't satisfied with Franklin Jr.’s sinus condition and wanted to perform a small operation on his nose. After some consideration, 11:30 Thursday morning was fixed on, Mrs. Scheider got me accommodations .on the Wednesday midnight train for Boston. When I arrived at Phillips House this morning I found a disgusted young man ‘and an equally disgusted doctor, for the patient had ‘a slight temperature and nothing could be dome. Quiet is the order of the day so I came back to New York where 1 will again be at the end of a telephone. In the afternoon before going to Boston I met a group of Campfire Girls from .Larchmont, N. Y,, at the headquarters on Union Square. One smart, very solemiy youngster made me a speech on their conservation program. > After that I paid a brief visit to the Downtown Gallery, 113 W. 13th-st. Here some erstwhile WPA painters antl: art workers have some Work on exhibition at: prices which you and T ‘can perhaps afford. I think you will get a ‘thrill out of a case-of Carl Walters’ ceramics. © My pennies are. going to :be ‘saved until I have one of these bowls, or plates, or quaint animals, to enjoy in my own home, - Mrs. Grenville Emmet, home for a visit with her husband, who is our minister top The Hague, Mrs. Franklin K. Lane and Mr. and ‘Mrs. James Kieran dropped in to tea. Then in a flurry of haste I got off to ‘dine with my mother-in-law and to the concert for the benefit of the Women's Trade Union League. | Then I went back to my apartment to collect the bare necessities and at midnight I took the train

for Boston.

I was to go to Buckley School this morning at 9 o'clock to see my grandson act in a play so when 1 changed by plans I had to offer him Mrs. Scheider in my place, and promised to go tomorrow if I could. I will be there but sad to say I will not see the play and he was, I am told, a grand revolutionary drummer boy. May his military service always be confined to the past!

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1986 _

WITH THE QUINS AT Cl Children Rapidly Are Becoming Adept at.

Miniature porcelain wash-stands provide ideal facilities for the

quins’ ablutions, and here’s Emilie

demonstrating what fun it is.

(Third of a Series)

BY ALLAN ROY DAFOE, M. D,, O. B. E (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.)

ALLANDER, Ontario, Dec. 11.—Much of the quins’ present program is directed toward ‘esching them to .

take care of themselves.

There is no intention to make them into “little ladies,” waited on hand and foot, for that is not a proper training for life. In every possible way, the children are taught to look to their own wants, and to assume duties and re-

sponsibilities.

For instance, they are rapidly getting the knack of washing themselves, combing their own hair, and hanging

up their ‘own combs and towels in the appointed

places when finished.

This presented something of a problem. Since the little girls do not read, marking their special places for hanging utensils was not so easy.

Then we hit on a plan which

has. worked quite welly #bove the | &

hol and closet ‘shelves reserved for each girl we placed a symbol easily identifiable. For Yyvemne, a bird; for Annette, a maple leaf; Cecile, a turkey; Emilie, a. tulip, and Marie, a dog. Now, though they would not have been able” to read their -names, they readily identify the symbols, and place their things where they belong, after using them. 3 In the shoe closet adjoining the bathroom, we insist on the same Kind of ‘orderliness; with all the ' shoes of one type placed neatly in a row on their own shelf. Over the five little compartment clothes closets adjoining the nursery, the same symbols ‘have been placed. : sxe HIS same: orderliness is sought, ‘and this same sense of responsibility, in the requirement that toys for outdoor play be taken from their Storehouse by

"the girls’ when they ‘begin their

outdoor play hour, and replaced, carefully when tHe period is over. The growing comprehension of the quins is well illustrated at table, where they serve themselves from a side-table ‘to which their food is delivered through a half-door leading to the pantry and kitchen. But if something runs’ short at table, and the nurse says (in French, of course) “Annette, go over and get some more milk, if you please,” the child addressed does so without hesitation. It is quite clear that they understand perfectly any simple in-

structions given them, or stories told them, and their education in helpfulness is already beginning to bear fruit. Their growing understanding and their ability and willingness to help simplifies greatly the daily routine. The children now go to bed at 7, and almost Shways drop

TEA with them, but she is awakened only rarely, when one of the children raises the cry familiar to all parents of “I want a drink.” But by 6:30 a © m. one or another of the little girls is clamoring for action, awakening the nurse, who gets the chill off. the room before the children get’ up to dress. . ” i ”. . ACH now gets her! codliver oil and orange juice which’ has become just a routine, so firmly is

the habit impressed on the chil-

dren. They have taken this beneficial “artificial sunlight” from their earliest days, and to them it clearly does not taste bad. The children then play in their playroom while the nurses breakfast at 7, easily keeping an eye on the children ‘through the French doors. At 7:30 the quins get their first bath. The bath--room, a large, light room, opens off their sleeping room. There is one large tub in the center and the children still use it two at a time in varying order. ey run about: and enjoy themselves just like little animals, and then dress in their day ¢loth-: ing, silk dresses or: the like: At 8 they have their breakfast in a room leading directly off the bathroom, helping . to serve themselves with the ‘égg, strip of bacon, gruel, PE and milk, They have become accustomed to taking care of natural needs shortly thereafter. = . About 9, they dress for the out-

Sulli¥an Ponders ‘Timing’ Of Great Britain's Crisis

BY MARK SULLIVAN

ASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The official statements do not wholly clear up one of the major

ister and Parliament are wholly in the right. It does not follow grat the King, on this one point, is

the wrong. The King had & right ||

to make the I requess, but. Prins Mite

Drying her hands on her own towel, Emilie grins happily.

But for milady, there’s much ‘more to it than just a quick splash. The. coiffure must be right, so Emilie takes a turn at her black hair,

nner. how snatly it gets! But ‘the comb will Hraighten it!

“All neat and clean!

Now to hang up the comb!

Emilie, like her

sisters, believes in a “place for everything and everything in its place.”

door fldy. period, helping | to don

the heavy woolen clothing ‘that

is a necessary’ protection; the little . overcoats and hoods. “They. walk. to the playground, where they

amuse themselves with impromptu : sport.

the “dressing room” where the

toys are kept, at one side of the

playground, so if any of the children should get cold, she can be readily warmed. Should there .be visitors to see them, they are taken through the gallery of the playground, just as

-in the summer, between 9: 30 and

10. | Before 11, ‘however, the children “are back inside the nursery for a play period, during which music often is Tenired

big meal Sot the day comes around noon — Liver, two Yeo dessert and milk. And by 12:30 they are all asleep again out on the inclosed veranda.

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There is a coal stove and fire in

| ure clothes is the Kahn Tailor- 1

- No’ longer do they take this oufdoor nap in carriages, but in real

“lMttle beds, with hoods which keep ‘the snow off if the - weather 1s

‘blustery.

- Instead of ordinary coverlets : which may be pulled loose or disarranged, we use a sort of sleeping

bag which insures that the child

will be fully covered at all times.

Around : 2:20 the children are awakened and again go outdoors . for a period of free play in the open air. But from 3 to 4 they return to the nursery for another

period of what amounts to pre-

Bia one aber, a toy tele-

phone over which they apparently love to hear voices from the other room, plastic clay for tentative

tries at modeling; and little easels

on which they y try their

hands at water-color painting, are all in evidence.

Perhaps some. of these “early

Dionnes” may fetch a big price in ‘the art markef some day, though

I confess that up to now most of them don’t look like it. Then the toys are put away, and at 4:30 comes another bath, more codliver oil, and at 6 a simple supper of porridge, milk and biscuits. Between 6 and 6:30, five little girls, tired but happy, are ready to kneel, finger their rosaries, and Join in the prayer that the faith

‘of their parents prescribes for the

end of the day.

: NEXT--What hap, happens to spankless quintuplets when they're

[Poor Aid May Supplement Security Pension if Needed

{ ‘trance to: the hotel Toby.

BY ANTON SCHERRER

JOR siyie: and sumptuousness, nothing this town ever beat the Bates Ho

oo ‘barber shop run by. George L. Knox. I have

the least igea where Mr. “Knox picked up his frills and furbelows, but:he had the fii of everything. . And it's hard to account when you iry to reconcile it with the fact that Knox was sold in slavery when he was three

| old. Anyway, Mr, Knox introduced the “singe”

“the “facial massage” and brought the first manicurist to Indianapolis—dt a. time, too, when a barber shop was the least likely

shop - was: Tilinois-st side ‘of .the hotel; in a room which measured, I should say, 40 by 60 .or so feet. It Jooked a hundred times that because of the mirrors-in the place. Mr. Knox was a wizard with mirrors, and I mever ‘met another man who knew as. much about the theatrical possibilities of re- 3 flecting surfaces. At any rate, Mr. Knox invested & pile of money in mirrors and it was worth e penny he spent. The whole north wall was with them and so was the south wall, and the exs perience of standing between them was like meets ing eternity, because no matter which way you 1 y you just couldn’t lose. yourself. It made his cuss tomers feel very. important,

Facing each mirrored wall was a battery of seve maybe more, chairs, which made a total of at 1 14 stations in the place. The rear wall was Rr with Ja battery of bootblacks and the secondary Mr, Knox caught them

Mr. Scherrer

-ooming and going. - RN

Haiveut a Ritual

ETTING a haircut or even a shave in Mr. Knox? place was something of a ritual. Mr. Knox sab immediately to the right of the entrance beside & little stand on which stood the busiest cash register - in Indianapolis. He was a very handsome N about 50 years old when I first met him, with the most impressive head of white hair I ever hope to see. What's more, he knew how to make the most of it, because he always dressed in a Prince Albert coat and a White vest during business hours. It made a great impression when you entered his place. Ine ‘deed, it was not unlike a lively overture that held the promise of something good to come. Mr. Knox’ regular greeting, I recall, was “Front* and immediately a boy from somewhere around the bootblack battery would rush forward to relieve you of your hat and coat. Immediately, too, every barber in the place would rise so that you could make your choice. The choice, I remember, was awfully hard to make at first because they were such a grand lob of barbers. Chair No. 1, which was the first one on the north side of the wall nearest Mr. Knox, was in charge of an old man with burnsides, who looked for all the world like something out of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” Chair No. 2 was Lon Davidson and I hitched up with him, because he looked more my generation.

Gave Checks

OMETIMES, which was more often than ~ chair was occupied when you got there. In hat case, Mr. Knox gave you a check with a number on it. nen your number was called you had the al

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{igen or Yor Sing inte fhe, a

Mr. Davidson, because, besides: being a lanes he was a mighty good talker. Mr. Knox was also a good talker but, of he couldn't put up with a boy when he had Riley and Ben Harrison to talk to. Once I remer ber seeing Booker T. Washington in Mr. Knox’ pla ‘He got the whole works and I don’t think that Knox charged him a cent for it.

Lon Davidson once told - ‘me that the Little Lord Fauntleroy period was a’ feast for Mr. Knox. Of course, it didn’t look that way in the beginning, Mr. Davidson, but Mr. Knox had it figured out t it was only: a question of time when the kids of In= dianapolis . would let out a rpar. And that’s exactly what happened. When the Fauntleroy showed signs of blowing up, a good Saturday in Mr. Knox’ sh could fill three bushel baskets with Indianapolis b § curls, said Mr. Davidson,

Hoosier Yorerdevs

" DECEMBER 11

T™ response to notices in papers, a public me was called Dec. 11, 1830, on the fourteenth anniy osary of Indiana’s admission to statehood. Minutes taken by H. P. Thorton, Washing County, drafted as secretary by the assembly, a record of the occasion: “At a large and respectable meeting of the General Assembly and citizens of the state and town of Indi= anapolis, convened at the Courthouse on Satu evening for the purpose of taking into considera the expediency of forming an historical society the state, Mr. William Graham of Jackson County w invited to the chair.

“Mr. John H. Farnham of Washington Count having in a few appropriate remarks stated the obs Jott of the _meeting, presented the following res ons: Whereas, this meeting is fully impressed with importance of collecting and preserving the mate for a comprehensive and accurate history of our co try, natural, civil and political, many of which are an ephemeral and transitory nature and in absence i well-directed efforts to preserve them are Di passing into oblivion; and whereas establishment ¢ safe depositories for the keeping of natural cu ; manuscripts, public documents, ete.; in the intelligent guardians interested in their prese; has been found promotive of public good . advancement of science and literature href be it resolved that a committee be’ appointed. to di a constitution for said rs