Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1938 — Page 9

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- From Indiana =Ernie Pyle

Out of All the Missionaries Who Came to Hawaii, There Is Only One Minister Among Their Descendants.

ONOLULU, Feb. 5.—In Hawaii you can work up almost as much conversational to-do over missionaries as you can over Japanese. There are no missionaries in Hawaii to-

day, of course. They're just plain preachers now. But New England missionaries were among the first whites in Hawaii; their influence became tremendous, and today many of the first names in Hawaii are missionary names. The first batch came round the Horn in 1820. There were seven couples, called a “company.” The American Board kept sending “companies” until 1848. And after that a score or so of missionaries were sent out, one at a time. The last one came in 1894. Altogether 184 American Protestant missionaries were sent to Hawaii—84 men and 100 women. Many gave up shortly and went back > : home. Many quit and went into Mr. Pyle business. Many settled here permanently, and their descendants are in the Hawaiian saddle today. Books have been written to prove that the missionaries took the land from the Hawaiians. Books have been written to prove they didn’t. There’s no sense to any such argument. Because if Hawaiian land is valuable today (which it is), it is only because value has been built into it, and not because it was valuable in the first place (which it wasn’t). And as for the missionaries stealing it—the great estates-in Hawaii today, with one or two exceptions, were started either by traders, or

The Indianapolis

Brewing an Antidote for Crime

Recreation Training Institute Will Open Here Monday

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aries themselves. Conducts Services in Hawaiian

At any rate, I thought it might be fun to look up the records and see if the descendants of that first missionary “company”’—seven married couples who came in 1820—were still around. Well, out of the seven, only one name is promjnent in Hawaii today. That name is Thurston. The Thurstons, like the Judds (who came eight years later), have remained important in Hawaii, although they haven't become immensely rich. Lorren P. Thurston is president and general manager of the Advertiser, Honolulu’s morning newspaper. The paper came down from his father, who died a few years ago. The Thurston line never left Hawaii. Even today there are few laymen who know more of the history and lore and geography of the entire Hawaiian group than Lorren Thurston. The other big missionary names in Hawaii today —Judd, Castle, Cooke, Alexander, Baldwin—they all came behind the first batch, when it was becoming possible to see both the woods and the trees. And out of the 18¢ men and women who made up the entire 75-year history of missionaries in Hawaii there is only one minister among all their descendants in Hawaii today. That is Dr. Henry P. Judd— who conducts services in Hawaiian at a native church every Sunday, dresses well, teaches at the university, writes books, belongs to clubs, and swims at Waikiki every afternoon. Time and Hawaii have mellowed the stern New Englanders.

My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

West Virginia Paintings Recall the Suffering Brought on by Coal.

YDE PARK, N. Y,, Friday. —Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Morgenthau and I went to see an exhibition of water colors and oil paintings by Olin Dows. 1 have known Olin Dows since he was a young boy and have watched every stage of his painting. Much of this work is the result of four years spent abroad, the greater part of the time in North Africa. He has certainly made great strides in his work. Some landscapes were painted in West Virginia and looked so peaceful and picturesque that I wished I did not know sO well what lay beneath those hills. The scenery is glorious in West Virginia, but to me there always will be a certain grimness in any of its landscapes, for I know too well the human suffering brought on by the coal beneath the surface. Many people are thankful for this coal and it has meant much in the development of the country. Many of us, however, have been oblivious to the human conditions which existed in many of the coal fields. We have remained oblivious to the suffering which became more acute in certain sections when the coal deposits ran out or were not profitable to mine. We accept so much of the work that comes to us as a matter of course, without any question as to what may lie in the background. If one could just look at these landscapes as paintings, they probably would be a joy to live with, but I came to the conclusion that if I had my choice, it would be the painting of a water carrier. It is utterly foreign, in soft shades of blue, and satisfied one’s esthetic sense. The interesting face of the water carrier sets one dreaming of the difference between the races. The interdepartmental reception last night was the one attended by all the departments which do not have special receptions of their own. More members of the Cabinet are present than at any other reception. 1 left on the midnight train for Hyde Park, where some of my children are spending a few days at my cottage.

New Books Today

Public Library Presents—

A SEARCHING light on Russia's social experiment is Leon Feuchtwanger’s MOSCOW 1937 (Viking The label “Pasteurized, Grade A, for Adults Only” partly characterizes one critic's reaction to a book which is a clearly stated opinion in which, whether he concurs or not, the reader recognizes the thoughtful conclusion of an important writer. One agrees with Feuchtwanger, of course, that any opinion about Russia is outmoded almost as soon as stated, so swiftly do events move in this bewildering country. However, the views of a man of Feuchtwanger’s caliber, may with some confidence be ranged side by side with other convictions on this controversial subject to give thinking people one more means of approximating an intelligent opinion. Although the author is not wholly approbationary, admitting that everyday life in Moscow is difficult, housing and clothing standards low, and ease as western civilization knows it practically nonexistent, yet he insists that the knowledge of the self-evident plan behind the national economy consoles the citizen with shortcoming in his private life. Comparisons between Stalin and Trotsky, “the warming, lasting fire,” and «the rocket spent,” and descriptions of the Trotskyist trials, the second one of which the author attended, where he saw Pyatakov and Radek, “well groomed, well dressed men of a careless natural bearing,” heard what they said and “how they said it,” are dramatic. «No writer,” says the author, in justifying his opinion, “who has seen something great, should ever withhold his evidence. . . . Therefore I am bearing witness.”

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HE rush of men, money and materials to the lonely Russian Arctic territory, end the furious struggle there to establish modern ports, and cities, to chart and develop the vast untapped resources of that jand, constitute the epic narrative in 40,000 AGAINST THE ARCTIC (Morrow). : Harry Peter Smolka, a British journalist; traveled 20,000 miles by railroad, airplane, steamer and icebreaker through Arctic Siberia to learn details of this gigantic Soviet enterprise. The resulting story is one of the most interesting and satisfying books written about Soviet Russia. It should be read, if only to furnish the reader anew with the knowledge that men, and women, too, are still made of the stuff that enwilderness and even to

1 — AN antidote for crime and juvenile delinquency is to be brewed by 100 youth leaders here Monday. They will accept as their responsibility the belief that the troubles of youth are created largely by lack of adequate recreational training facilities. It was in recognition of this that the first Indianapolis Recreation Training Institute was formed in 1935. It is to continue the program inaugurated then ‘that 23 civic organizations, led by City officials and the Chamber of Commerce, are to hold the second institute at the Y. M. C. A. this month. Sessions, open to the public upon payment

of a registration fee, are to continue daily until March 4. = ” » FF objectives have been set. They are: 1. To bring to the organization of leisure new inspiration and a new interpretation of objectives. 2. To establish high standards of excellence in recreation.

3. To bring a fresh point of view to paid and volunteer work-

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their skill in conducting activities. 4. To give board members and civic leaders a new understanding of the significance of the present opportunity offered in the leisure-time field in relation to home, church, school and public and private recreational agencies. 5. To encourage effective cooperative planning and action.

2 ® 2 HE three nationally-known recreation leaders, who comprise the faculty, will take the students through an analysis of community recreation and needs into the development of person-

el. They will trace recreation trends in Europe, North and South America and Asia. They will explain the sociological, economic and educational causes of growth and development. They will discuss professional standards, types of leadership, qualifications for leadership and job analysis. And the field of drama will be covered from shadow-graphing to the staging of a three-act play. Clarades, pantomimes aad dramatic stunts will be explained. Selecting, casting and rehearsing will be discussed along with the principles of acting technique.

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Ex puppetry is to be included in the curriculum. The classes will be divided into groups for participation in informal drama activities. Games for crowded spaces, rainy days and hot weather are planned for the social recreation course. Parties for strangers and parties for threes also are included. Students will join in folk dances and then study the technique of the grand march. No phase of ballroom etiquet will be overlooked. Women attending the Institute are to study psychological types of their own sex such as the boycrazy girl and the type. The faculty members are National Recreation Association staff members. Clarence Leroy Glenn, the Institute head, is to direct courses in recreation administration. He studied at California State Normal School, University of Califor= nia and the University of Southern California.

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rs 15 years he was director of the Los Angeles Physical Education Department. He served as assistant superintendent of recreation at Oakland. He was Y. M. C. A. physical education director at Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. He was a member of the University of Southern California and Pomona College faculties. He organized the California State Association of Health. Ethel M. Bowers is to direct courses in social recreation and recreation for girls and women. She is Katherine F. Barker Memorial Field Secretary on Athletics and Recreation for Women and Girls. She studied at the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics, Brenau College, University of Georgia, New York University, and Chalif’s Normal School of Dancing. She formerly was director of the Brenau College faculty and president of the Georgia Physical Education Association. For several years she was editor of the Handbook on Athletic Activities for Women and Girls. . The drama courses will be directed by Jack Stuart Knapp,

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National Recreation School drama specialist. He is a graduate of North Dakota State College and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. He was play production instructor at North Dakota State College. ” ” ”

OR several years he conducted rural drama institutes for

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partment. He is the author of “Lighting the Stage” and several books of plays. State and civic leaders, headed by Governor Townsend and Mayor Boetcher, form an honor-

ary sponsoring committee. Hugh McK. Landon is chairman. Indianapolis organizations assuming active sponsorship of the

Recreation supervisors from all sections of Indiana are to convene here Monday for the second Recreation Training Institute. Youth leaders who direct physical education activities at the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. will be represented. A girls’ class at Y. W. C. A. (1) has chosen up sides for a supervised volleyball game while a younger group (2) plays water polo at the “shallow end.” At the Y. M. C. A. the 12-year-olds (3) are learning a new “dodge-’em” game in the gymnasium.

project are: American Association of University Women, Boys’ Club, Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire Girls, Catholic Charities Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Church Federation, City of Indianapolis, Social Agencies Council, Girl Scouts, Community Fund, Park Board, Indianapolis Foundation, Public Library, Jewish Community Center Association, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Junior League, Women Voters’ League, ParentTeachers’ Association, State Department of Public Instruction, Works Progress Administration, Y.M.C.A.and VY. W. CO. A.

Lack of Funds Slows Construction on

Two Large Cathedrals i

IVERPOOL, Feb. 5 (NEA)—Liverpool is building simultaneously two of the most magnificent cathedrals on earth. One will be the great Roman Catholic cathedral of the north of England. The other will be the immense new Church of England cathedral. The Catholic cathedral is being built according to the plans of architect Sir Edward Lutyens, a Protestant. And the Anglican cathedral is being built according to the plans of Sir Gilbert Scott, a Roman Catholic. The estimated cost of the Catholic cathedral when completed (perhaps not for 100 years, because of financial difficulties) is about $15,000,000. The great foundations and crypts are finished. The cathedral will be the largest in the world—its area four times that occupied by the famous St. Paul’s in London. Its total length will be 670 feet. Height to the top of the cross surmounting the dome will be 473 feet. More than 10,000 people may attend mass in sight of the High Altar, which will stand 12 feet above the floor. There will be 24 altars in all, so that wherever one stands, there will be an altar in direct line of vision. The dome of the church will be incased in stainless steél and a figure of Christ will surmount the facade, which will be illuminated at night so that it will be visible many miles out at sea.

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HE Church of England cathedral was authorized by Parliament as long ago as 1885. St. James’ Mount, a high hill in the city, was chosen for the site and the foundation stone was laid in 1904. By 1910 the Lady Chapel was completed and consecrated. Work was

carried on intermittently even during the war and the church, as such, was consecrated in 1924 in the presence of the late King George V. The general style of the church is Gothic. The distinguishing feature of the building is its-tall central towergwhich will not rest upon the intersection of choir nave and

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transept, as in many famous cathedrals, but upon the outer walls. The church will seat 3500 people. The church is farther advanced than the Roman Catholic cathedral but even so, the authorities say they can give no date as to ultimate completion. As with the Catholics, it all depends upon inflow of money.

Spread of Fascism Recalls Fight for Liberalism

By E.R. R. ASHINGTON, Feb. 5—Erection of a semi-Fascist dictatorship in Brazil last November and the more recent introduction of Fascist rule in Rumania have added two more countries to the growing group of authoritarian states. The United States, Great Britain, and France are now the only great powers still practicing genuine democracy, while smaller nations adhering to the democratic tradition have become fewer and fewer. The wide spread of dictatorship in recent years, promoted in part by conditions resulting from the depression, has made it seem that Mussolini may have been right when he predicted in 1932 that the 20th Century would be the century of authority ani of fascism in contrast to the liberalism of the 19th Century. The gains made by liberalism in the last century were achieved only

after a long struggle and many setbacks. The first French republic established after the revolution of 1789 was short-lived. After the Napoleonic wars the Holy Alliance of Austria, Prussia and Russia inaugurated a regime of absolutism and repression and resolved to stamp out every liberal movement wherever it might appear. While it was restrained, by issuance of the Monroe Doctrine and by England’s attitude, from attempting to restore to Spain the Latin-American colonies which had declared their independence, the Holy Alliance received no blow to its prestige in Europe until 1830. After 1860, however, representative constitutional government was gradually introdyced in one country after another. The World War toppled many thrones and led to the formation of a number of new democratic states in Europe. Within 20 years, however, the picture had completely changed.

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A WOMAN'S VIEW

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson HERE is something both in-

spiring and sad about the modern woman's longing for youth. Ponce de Leon's search for his fabled fountain becomes merely a petty jaunt when compared with the ceaseless effort made by the mothers, grandmothers and maiden aunts of our time to find a talisman which can bestow upon them perpetual youthfulness. Such fierce energy, if expended upon any movement, would be powerful enough to burst the world asunder—and the pity of it is, most of these women do not realize that the person who wants to burst the world asunder is the one who never grows old. Have you noticed that those people who manage to remain young are generally interested in something outside themselves, and that they have little time to worry about what happens to their looks? There are so many things women ought to be doing—such a vast number of enterprises which should have their attention and deepest loyalty, and yet far too many are satisfied to tread their little squirrelcage routines, intent only upon observing the conventions, following the fashions and memorizing the latest social patter. Youth does not abide down this road, because the very word youth implies curiosity, zest for doing and an aim in living. Yet how few mid-dle-aged women are really curious about anything that matters. And how afraid of work we are. It ages us too fast, we say, although a reasonable amount of work, coupled with an intelligent interest in outside affairs, is the only successful formula for keeping the years at

Jasper—By Frank Owen

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Our Town

By Anton Scherrer

Robley Stevenson Turned Out His Humor at Unusual Hours, but He Kept Indianapolis in Stitches.

DIDN'T have time yesterday to tell you everything David Gibson had to say about “Pop” June’s restaurant—or “Olga,” either,

for that matter. “The patronage of the restaurant,” says

Mr. Gibson, “included the more prosperous of local newspaper writers of that day—Edwin Hill, now of radio reputation, Robley D. Stevenson, Horace Lancaster, Kin Hubbard, ¥. Tarkington Baker and

even an occasional real book author in the way of James Whitcomb Riley, Booth Tarkington and Meredith Nicholson.” Mr. Gibson’s mention of Robley Stevenson recalls a character that just about set Indianapolis on its head. He was born and bred somewhere around Terre Haute, and started out being a doctor. As a matter of fact, he received his credentials at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and obtained a position as Government physician among the Indians in Dakota. Right after that, for some reason, he chucked medie cine, and turned to writing for the newspapers. Sometime around 1890, when he was about 33 years old, he blew into Indianapolis and got a job writing paragraphs, signed “Wickwire,” for the old Journal, His department was known as “Bubbles in the Air.” When the Indianapolis Press started (1899), he went with that paper contributing the “Intermezzo” paragraphs. In his spare time he wrote some of the funniest things that appeared in Puck, Life and Judge of that period. His way of working was as funny as the man hime self. At the Journal he would drop in at night, sometimes as late as 12 o'clock, speak to no one, take a seat in a remote corner at a table, desk or anything else handy, and pound out the paragraphs that had Indianapolis in stitches the next day. Legend has it that he would sit down at his typewriter, pound out a joke, then shifting a space or two for the next one, would get up and walk around the room looking for the next nifty. He always found it.

Audience Liked His Parody

At any rate, that’s the way he wrote his masterpiece—the parody on James Whitcomb Riley’s, “When the Frost Is on the Punkin,” and the “Fodder’s in the Shock,” beginning: \ . “When the booze is in the bottle and the bottle’s on the bar—When the seltzer is a sparklin’ like the early morning star . ..” Well, according to Mr. Gibson, it was this poem that made “Olga” the toast of the town the night of the Elks’ benefit. “She opened,” says Mr. Gibson, “with ragtime songs in a rich, low, well-trained (Ernestinoff) contralto, and followed this with a line of chatter in the form of a monologue closing with a recital of Robley D. Stevenson’s .parody.” “Her act topped the performance all right,” says Mr. Gibson, “Tommy O'Malley, who kept the saloon next to the theater entrance, said that during the intermission right after Olga’s act, his place was jammed.”

Jane Jordan—

Advises Wife to Turn Tables on Husband Who Imposes Upon Her.

Dee JANE JORDAN—Do you think a wife should have the same privileges as a husband or does she have to stay home day in and day out? My husband never misses being out from two to four nights a week, including Saturday night, while I have to stay home with the children. He doesn’t care whether 1 have any recreation or not and I am getting into a bad frame of mind. If it weren't for the children I wouldn't put up with the way he does me. He says

he doesn’t care where I go, but he refuses to care for the children while I am away or to hire someone to stay with them. He says I must take them with me because he knows I won’t go and leave them alone. I get out once every two weeks or maybe I run up town and right back. Sometimes it’s a month before I 7et to go to town. I'm always told to go easy on the money he gives me, but he doesn’t go easy himself. I'm really ashamed of the way my children have to dress for school. I'm about to throw up my hands, I'm so discontented. I'm sure you can help me to make my burden lighter. JUST DISCONTENTED. » # 2 Answer—You have fallen into the habit of letting your husband take advantage of you and now youll have a pretty time in changing a situation which he has found so satisfactory for so long. I don’t know what you can do except just quietly go ahead and take the time off you deserve. Did it ever occur to you that you could just walk out some evening when he is home and leave him to take care of the children? If you didn’t do anything more drastic than call on one of the neighbors or go to the movies alone it would serve to reverse the situation for a time. I can’t say you'd enjoy your first evening off, but if you kept your poise you could get away with it. The trouble with most people who allow others to impose on them is that they do a lot of talking, but never do anything about what annoys them. The martyr resents his situation, but can think of noth= ing to change it. Vehemently he will insist that there is nothing he can do, but the fact is he doesn't want to make the effort and face the trouble that revolt would cause. After a while he begins to en= joy his own complaints. Enjoy is an odd word to use, but it is true that the person who has been disap= pointed in pleasure sometimes come to take pleasure in displeasure. You say your husband won't hire anyone to take care of the children. Couldn't you take money he intended to use for something else and pay a woman to sit with the children for a few hours? You're afraid to do this—afraid of the storm it would arouse. Yet if you could find the cold determination to claim what you deserve, you'd be surprised at what you could accomplish. The strength to correct injustice must come from within yourself. No one imposes on a stronger per= son. You can gain nothing by nagging or by com= plaining. It takes considerable fortitude to turn the tables on a man accustomed to self-indulgence, but it can be done. Use your wits. JANE JORDAN.

Put ynor problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions in this column daily.

Walter O'Keefe

ALM SPRINGS, Cal, Feb. 5.—Uncle Sam is build ing a bigger Navy. If those little businessmen don’t behave we'll have to enlarge the Army just to keep peace at home, You don’t hear much of him these days, but it did seem that the country was better off when Jim Farley was running it. . ; In the light of conditions today it seems that Mr. Hoover's depression was only the acorn for F. D. R38 recession. The Democrats are putting on an exciting show, ‘but it’s not worth the money we're paying for it. Note on the weather— en they have a rainstorm in southern California 3 y bigger and the Chamber of Com= Tra e

Mr. Scherrer