Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1938 — Page 9
- Vagabond
Fre Indiana Ernie Pyle
3 Whiskers: Are: Baiting a Trap in Recapturing
¥ sarstow, Cal, for "he Flavor ‘of the Old Wild West.
Bix TOW, Cal, March 22.—People ' look fury in Barstow. The - otel clerk looked as if he'd been on a_two-(-y jag. The bellboy, in red Spanish Arouser: and wide leather sash, resembled Morgar ‘he Pirate. The s°~ ie motoreycle cop looked. as though he had been on od duty for 72 hours: straight. Even the barber hoo forgot to shave.
_ Curiosity at last got the better of |
me, so I asked somebody about it. And then it was all made clear. The whisker season has started in Barstow. It opened officially on March 1. The cause behind the effect is Barstow’s celebration of Calico Days of May 14 and 15. Here at Barstow we are in the heart of the great Mojave desert—a barren, mountainous country, dry, : snaky, full of frontier lore, the lore ; of the 20-mule-team borax drivers, Mr. Pla the lore of p tors on burros X and of the shafts from which came silver. _ The Wogniaips ‘hereabouts are called the Calico Mountains. because when it rains they look like calico, with all the colors of the spectrum. About 12 miles from Barstow, up a steep canyon, are the remains of the Cajies silver mine and the old boom camp of * Calico. They took $15,000,000 from this mine. But that was long ago. Calico, once 3000, now is only a few old adobe houses. Barstow is the metropolis—even though it has only 600 people. It has a Chamber of Commerce and a Kiwanis Club. It has an exclusive desert inn. And out of the haze that is the past, it is trying to recapture once a year the flavor of the old days. Of course it can’t be done, but at least an exhibition can be made. 2nd whisker-growing is part of the show. The Calico Days celebration is new. This is only the second cne. They tried it first in 1935. This year they are starting, in earnest on a permanent basis, and in a few years the Calico Days celebration may be a traditicn in itself, as well-known as the Pendle_ton Roundup or the Hopi Snake Dance.
‘Anythinc Goes But Murder’
The cenicr of the to-do this year will be on the desert, just cast of town. They'll have all kinds of ‘- gambling h=1ls and other concessions. You can play faro bank cr roulette. It's against the California law—but for two days the law just comes and looks and sees no hing. “Anything goes but. murder,” they say. : At the end of the “street” of concessions will be a rodeo ring. There will be rock drilling contests. . a long parad-, ranging from the pocket-hunter on his burro to to iay’s prospector with his auto and modern instruments. On the final night all the beards for miles around will’ be herced into the rodeo arena and paraded around and around, like cattle. A jury will select the finest. ‘The men of Barstow are » going in wholeheartedly " for the bear: idea. The cowboys and the ranchers
out in the hills are forgetting to shave. Even suave - * businessmen ‘rom as far away as San Bernardino are
letting the stuff grow, hoping to outdo some of the desert rats of Calico country.
My Diary
By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
This Is 'Most Unusual Weather,'
Californians Inform First Lady.
BATIIE, Monday.—I think you might be amused a few of the airplane experiences I did not 2 tc ell you about yesterday. Saturda night, when I finished my lecture in
a tie airline telephoned : that they ex- , pected their 1:52 a. m. plane would leave on time from . Oakland for Scattle. Mrs. Scheider left by train and . I drove back to-Qakland. It was a cold, damp drive, . but this is, according to every Californian one meets, “most unusual weather.” There is no doubt about it, : - everywhere one looked there was an excessive amount of water. ! I arrived at the airport at about 1:30 and was told weather conditions in the north made it impossible to fly and so I took a-room in the Hotel Oakland at 2 a. m. Even at this hour, seeing the wife of the President gave the clevator boy and the bellboy, who carried my bags, some excitement. As we entered the elevator one sai’ to the other: “Did you see who this is?” The other nodded with a broad grin. Though I was sleepy, I could not help but think how keenly interassted the youth of America is in the personalities cornected with those who represent them in government positions. It is grand to have. them take an interest, but as an individual you must keep in mind th2t it is not in you the interest is centered, but just in “the wife of the President.”
Holds Interview at Airport
At 8 o'clock I called the airport and learned they expected the plane to leave at about 10 or 10:15. I was up and ready when the airline bus came. There were only two péssengers, but we picked up the pilot and hostess and at 10:15 we did take off. The trip was bumpy in spots and we flew through occasional squalls of rain snd wind, but on the whole it was .. beautiful with the snowclad mountains beneath us. When I got o° the plane in Seattle around 3:40 p. m, I saw my ‘amily, but they had to wait until : the usual oat aphs could be taken. Then, with : a grandchild clinzing to each arm, I stood and held ¢ a press interview ‘n the airport with a crowd stand- . | ing around us. I don’t know how satisfactory it was + to the press, but I thought it a very good idea, for ‘ the necessity for s need was so evident we finished in
. bare s
: a very short ume.
New ‘Books Today
Public Library Presents—
KEPTICS may ~aise a questioning eyebrow at this collgction of short scenes from history. They are .. flashbacks, really, from the headlines of today to * jdentical occasions ‘housands of years ago. Our cosmetics, b=by specialists, big business, inflation, strikes and spcakeasies seem quite modern. SO Sou THINK IT NEW (Funk) would tear this false idea to ribbons. We are invited 72 turn back the pages of history . and find the conquerors of Britain engaged in a rough and tumble football game on an evening in 55 B. C. or Soranus, Greek plysician of 130 A. D., giving “mod- - ern” advice to youn mothers in almost the identical . words of our own d¢ .. who knew the right word, were admitted long after : curfew, for a last driik.: Nero had an elevator! Jury - bribing was not new, even in*400 B. C. J. Funk h-s omitted any footnotes to prove
his incredible statem-nts, but refers unbelievers to a
iblograpny and to rapyrus records and ancient clay
” 8. HE ov Lonny Bishop, bewildered and lonely since the death of his adored twin brother and ‘by his hopelessly poor and struggling
, turn in despe:-tion to the neighbrohood gang. Hl
Bimont at ance Be b- ames involved in petty thiev-
into oven conflict with the law, and | |
And |
Second Section
HISTORY WRITTEN BY THE MAN WHO MADE we
President Roosevelt's
Own Story
RTs
New Deal
an authorized advance publication
Contained in
of his notes and comments to ‘The Public Papers
and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
Series of! Thirty Articles Will Start Tomorrow in The Indianapolis Times
HE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES begins tomorrow: the
~ advance publication, exclusively in this city, of President Roosevelt’s own story of the New Deal, a series of
‘articles comprising notes and comments from his five
0 his chief. purpose of President Roosevelt .in writing his own story of the New Deal is to preserve the information they contain for accurate historical record.
forthcoming books, “The Public Papers and Addresses of This has been learned from per-
Franklin D. Roosevelt.”
The initial article tomorrow concerns tho. genesis of
the New Deal.
By this is meant the origin and develop-
ment of the general, broad principles and objectives of
the Roosevelt Administration.
The President will disclose
how these took: form while he was still Governor of New York, and compare the differing requirements of State
and Federal legislation.
On the following day, Thursday, the President will tell his own story of his famous meetings with President Hoover in the interval between Mr. Roosevelt's election, in November, 1932, and his inauguration on the following
March 4. The article will relate ‘what he and President Hoover discussed, explain wherein they differed as to the most effective remedies for ending the depression, and give the reason why the President-elect
" declined to join President Hoover in taking certain
momentous steps. The dramatic incident of the Bank Holiday will be the subject of President Roosevelt's third article, on Friday. What prompted him to declare the holiday, what means he employed to do it, and his four reasons for the act, will be included in this Presidential commentary. ,
#® Ha ”
ATURDAY will bring a review
by the President of the problem of unemployment relief, as it was upon- his entrance into the
- Presidency. He will detail the
action his Administration took to
.cope with the desperate situation - of the jobless and present a sum-
mary of the results to date. The series, in 30 daily installments, will continue through Tuesday, April 26. In point of time, the articles embrace the entire period from Mr. Roosevelt's first election to the Presidency up to the year 1937. In subject, they treat of nearly every vital aspect of government,
both national and international. The articles have never before appeared in print, in any magazine or elsewhere. The President’s five books containing them will not be issued until the conclusion of the series in The Times. s To each of the notes and comments taken from the five there is a definite plan of structure and purpose. ” ” ” HESE. volumes contain three kinds of materials. One is the text of the hundreds of speeches and documents the title: refers to. Another is a group of verbatim re-
ports of a number of Presidential
press conferences. The third con-
sists. of notes and comments by the President relating to the first two, linking them together, making it clear their significance in reference to associated events and conditions. . Publishers’ . Weekly, a trade magazine for book publishers, in reporting upon this thirdepart of the President’s books, said recently: “Of very great importance are
~ the many notes written by Mr.
Roosevelt. The President wrote an explanatory note for each chapter
_ of the first volume and for each’
important item in the others. “These notes have a definiie plan, In them Mr. Roosevelt explains: The historical backgrcund of each message or measure; the factors which urged him to introduce it; the objects he hoped to attain, and the ultimate consequences.”
sons familiar with the President's objectives. According to the same’ 5 infortte
ants, President Roosevelt: undertook the task of compiling, annotating and co-ordinating his
papers while he is in active office
for a number of other reasons. For one, element of personal memory is an asset in assembling his own story of the New Deal. The events and issues his writings cover are fresh in his mind.: Again, as the nation’s Chief Executive, he can gather his mate-
rial more completely and prompt-
ly. -In short, -he has wanted to do the . job thoroughly before it was too late, and while he has all the data he. needs. Moreover, there is: always, even in so carefully managed an organization as surrounds . the President, the chance of actual loss of sources of information. A
public address itself occasionally
can go untabulated. -
Such was the case when Presi- | &-
‘dent, Roosevelt spoke at George Washington - University in 1933, Through some oversight, no stenographer was present.- It -would
have been impossible to recall the -
exact words: the President spoke except for the accidental :enterprise of: someone ‘unofficial ‘who managed fo get a record of the address. . » 8 8 S every new President comes to the White House, too, the files of his predecessor are removed. Those close to the President also believe that an attempt to answer a multitude of ‘inquiries he receives is a motive in: preparing
this ‘work. A newspaper reader:
will dispute some detail in his local ‘paper’s account of an event ‘in. whieh ‘the President took part. To confirm his facts, the reader will write to the White House to ask, “When did you say this?* or
“When was it you did that?” The.
completeness. of the President's record will make it a ‘reference book for all such inquiries. -
An additional reason is understood to be -the fact: that Mr. Roosevelt personally enjoyed doing.
it, particularly because, in looking over the events: of his official life since it. began, he found he gained a better. perspective -upon
what he already had: done and:
; Upon what he: still. ‘had in. mind
to do. | Some speculation has arisen as to. why President Roosevelt’ has
chosen to publish his: writings -
- through the regular - _commercigl channels; that'is, to be printed and issued by nonofficial publish ers. The reason for this is simple and practical. While ‘some: states print public papers, the .. Pederal Government never does. . Hence if Mr. Roosevelt's’ writings ‘were not handled by: commercial publishers, they would ‘not, be published at all. ~ ; LE ee wa TT editors who: arranged President, Roosevelt's . notes and comments constituting his ' own story of the New Deal read more than 10. miles of words. The part which will appear in daily installments in The Times consists of the President’s notes: and comments upon the measures and messages of his Administration. But properly. to. arrange these commentaries it was necessary to read the entire contents of all five volumes, and read: them with the utmost care. . = This ‘meant a thorough perusal
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Fostorfice, Indianapolis, Ind.
Our Town
By Anton Scherrer
PAGE 9
‘Maybe the Horses Weren' + Bunched, But Still a 'Photograph Finish' Was Provided Mr. Tron's Artist,
EADERS of these encyclicals, old enough ' to remember Billy Tron’s saloon-on the
{Levee, will recall the breathtaking picture
on the wall opposite his bar. It was the piece de resistance of his collection, not only
{ on account of its heroic size, but because of
: | its convincing realism.
There wasn’t anything like it in all Indianapolis, and I doubt very much whether even the praised and prized collection on
‘the walls ‘of the Hoffman House -
bar in New: York at the time had
| | anything half as good. Indeed, now | that I look back, I'm ‘rather in-
clined to believe that it was this
‘picture, more than anything, that
{drew so many of us into Mr. Tron'’s
: irreparably lost, as the designs of Leonar
of well over a million-and a half words. The average length of each word, as it appears in advance proofs of the President’s books, is a half-inch. If the entire text were printed in a single long line, as on ticker tape, that line would be “over 10 miles long.
# 2
NOTHER aspect of the immensity of the President's. -complete work is indicated -by the materials that will be required for its publication. Two and a half carloads of paper for the text and 10,000 yards of buckram for the binding will be used. The President, it ‘has been learned, will carry on his own story of the New Deal to cover the complete record of his Administration. These books so far are all that the President has completed. They cover a period of time extending from his first elec=.-
tion up to the year 1937. It ‘be- .
came known recently, however, - that their publication will not
“mark the end of Mr. Roosevelt's
work. He expects to add other vol-
umes, each to be devoted to other
‘years of his term of office, beginning with 1937.
President Roosevelt Noted For Colorful Phrases
S a niaker : phrases, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose own story of the New Deal will be published exclusively in this city by The Indianapolis Times, is noteworthy among the nation’s Chief Execytives. This literary work by the President recalls - the unusual number of celebrated expressions he has uttered, many of which have become a part of our, contemporary American language. Here are a few: “The New Deal; or “The: Toreuiten man,” and “The. more ‘abundant life,” used in his first Presidential campaign.
“Chiselers,” Sin regard - to. un-
‘| scrupulous wage~cutters..
.“Half-boom and: half-brole,” describing the nation’s economic state preceding the 1029. stock: market crash. - “Caveat vendor, ” stating: the principle for which the SEC was estab-
lished, that the seller of. securities
be the one to -bewafe,s 4s
of memorable]
CONOMIC royalists,” applied to America’s plutocracy. : ‘ “A three-horse team,” in simplifying the nature of the three branches of Government: Executive, legislative, judicial. : The metaphor of himself as quarterback of a football team, in reply to a charge that the Administration was inconsistent in the direction of its efforts. A newspaperman, at a conference with the President, asked about this. The President replied that football was a parallel, in that where one. play failed to gain, the quarterback necessarily must try another kind. The Administration was like such a team, with ‘“himseif as quarterbuck.” . “Quarantine,” employed: in a speech in Chicago to outline a: policy of isolating unlawfully aggressive nations. “A four-inch tail wagging a 96‘inch dog,” in describing the nature of dolding companies in relation to ‘the larger corporations they control.
oétors. In Rome, 35 B. C., those .
|Side Glances—By Clark
J asper—By Frank Owen
A WOMAN'S VIEW
i 18 Mrs. Walter Ferguson -
S there an adolescent in your home? If so, you know the succession of strange . ‘whims, sullén
| angers, destructive high spirits you : have to endure. The routine is al- : ways the same.
One day, without warning, your sweet-little boy looks at you with a stranger's eyes. Where there .was
‘lonly tenderness and love; there is
now a gleam of crificism, a hint of resentment. Gradually his: gestures of affection for Mother. are with-
held.
_At this point mothers whe: nave
‘I had no experience with the tribula- ‘ [tion become mightily concerned. - But there is no disease to fear. )
{ [It's only adolescence, - and there's
very: little comfort in the thought
\ 1that ‘before he gets better - ‘hel a §] | probably be a good deal" worse. :
to your ‘baby. He’ll. not “back any more. Theres g crying, however, for, v's
Ap ais stage you might as well
place. Anyway, it was in Mr. Tron’s place, one day, while ‘consuming his Super mint juleps and de luxe ree lunch that I first conceived the notion that a picture to be properly Mz. Scherrer appreciated must, first of all, be hung in suitable sure roundings. x I lost all track of the picture after Mr. Tron’s death in 1905. To be sure I gave it a thought once in a while, in much the same way as one thinks of an old sweetheart, but outside of t by the picture, as far as it did me any good, was lgst— and Michelangelo for the decoration of the Council Hall in the Palazzo Vecchio.
Imagine then my surprise Bier all these years to run across Mr. Tron’s picture the other day. What more, I met its owner—Mr. Tron’s widow, if you please—and that puts me in a position to tell you not only what happened to the picture in the last
: 30 years, but to go right back to the beginning and
tell you how the picture came to be painted in the first place.
Well to hear Mrs. Tron tell it, the subject of the ‘picture is the exciting finish of the American Derby at Washington Park, Chicago, June 24, 1893, won by ' Boundless, as pretty a horse as ever came down the Shasich, I guess that fooled you youngsters all right, I'll bet you had- it all figured out that Mr. Tron’ «had a nude hanging in his place. Nothing ‘of the sort. Mr. Tron was a serious man.
Painting Cost $4500
Let me tell you how serious he was when it came to art To get his picture painted, Mr. Tron engaged Theodore Groll, a Duesseldorf artist who was also one of the judges brought over from Europé for the Chie cago World’s Fair. That wasn’t all, however; as a matter of fact, it was only half because to make sure that Mr. Groll would stick to’ facts, and not let his imagination run away with him, Mr. Tron also engaged a photographer. He was Mr. Power of the old firm of Marceau and Power who had a stylish establishment on the Levee where the Block People now do business. Both were stationed at the finish—Mr. Groll make ing sketches, and Mr. Power taking snapshots. Mrs. Tron 'says it cost her husband $4500 to do it that way, but that didn’t make any difference. In matters of art, he wanted things right, she says. As for Mr. Groll, he had to use 45 square feet of canvas by 9) to get everything in (and right).
Jane Jordan—
Marriage Can't Be Broken to Make Husband Eligible for Air School.
EAR JANE JORDAN—I am a girl of 19 and have been very happily married for nearly four months. My husband has been unemployed for two months. He has a chance to enter a Government flying school. He has no profession or trade to follow and this would be a great opportunity for him. But the requirements for the school state that the appli cant must be unmarried at the time ‘of application, He must have two years of college or take an examination equivalent thereof: My husband has had one year of college and feels confident that he can this examination. If he gets the appointment he would get $75 a month and his meals, laundry and clothes furnished. Therefore we could put at least ‘$50 a month in the bank. Then when he graduated we would have a nice sum to start out on as the school takes nearly two years to complete the course. And he would have a carter to follow either in civil or military life. Now the problem is: Should we get a divorce so that he ‘can make application for the ° examination, or should we let things stand as they are? We have discussed this situation pro and con and can't get anywhere. Would you please give us your view? : C. O. ; ” 8 » : Answer—You forget that you do not have grounds for divorce. Since your husband is unemployed you could charge nonsupport but even nonsupport isn’t valid until two years of failure to: provide have gone by, and you only have been married for four months, "The trouble with many young people is that they put the cart. before the horse by marrying first and worrying about their means of support afterwards, Now you would like to retrace your steps and put your problems in their logical order so that your husband could train for a profession and marry afterward. But you have incurred a responsibility by marrying which you cannot shed without fraudulous claims. The fact. is that your husband isn’t eligible for the. flyiig school and I believe the best thing to do is to
‘| give it up and find something which is open to mar-
ried men. After all you can’t solve one problem by avoiding another which is just as important.
Note to S. H. 8. Girl—When a boy is inattene tive and breaks his dates without good reason, the best thing to do is to forget him. No:doubt it hurts your pride that you cannot interest the ‘boy you prefer, but it is better to face the fact that you do not make a strong appeal to him and that there isn’t much you can do about it. The fact that you: do not click with one boy is no sign that you aren’t attrac tive to others, as you will Sstover 3 if you keep on sireulsling a ‘among Lr of your own age. RHI ; JANE JORDAN.
i Pup your problem in 8 y letter to Jane Jordan, whe r= “ answer your, Suestions In in this. x otlunmn daily; 3
Walter C oO Reslo—
OLLYWOOD, ch 21s a terrible dilemma ‘the traveler is in’ this year. _ If he ‘goes abroad
3 he'll hear nothing but talk of war, and if he stays °
here there’s nothing but. talk of’. business. and Gov=
: emnment—which is the same thing.
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