Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1938 — Page 17

Vagabond

From Indiana— Ernie Pyle

Any Schoolchild Could Outclass Paderewski With the Invention of Mr. Conlisk, Mr. Conlisk Avers.

; ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 22.—Do you realize that all over this world, right at this very minute, people are down in basement workshops in their homes, making contraptions of all kinds? The thought is appalling. Here in Albuquerque I've added a new one to my list. He is a contractor, and his contribution is a device that allows you to play the: piano simply by blowing into a harmonica. The man’s name is A. B. Conlisk. He used to give music lessons. But now: his hands are contractor's hands, and I doubt that his fingers could run over the ‘keys like a kitten. But with his device you don’t need fingers. : Let’s rush through the technical

: part. First you have a mouthpiece like a harmonica. This is attached

“#4 little rubber bellows in it. bu Mr. Pyle leads from each hole in the harmonica to one of these miniature bellows. Well, when you blow a note, the bellows expands and Mifts alittle steel arm, which makes an electrical contact. Now watch closely. From each of these contact points a wire runs to a cabinet affair set over the keyboard of a piano. In this cabinet are cylindrical magnets, with a plunger moving up and down inside each one. One of these cylinders is suspended above: every key on - the piano. ; So, when you blow the right notes, the electrical contact carries through to the corresponding plunger at the piano, the plunger drops and hits the key, and there you have music. Mr. Conlisk says that he can eventually rig this thing up to play any instrument imaginable. A whole orchestra, even. And he says that with this astounding device he could play a big bass viol four times as fast as anybody has ever played the common violin. Mr. Conlisk has had this thing in mind ever since he was a child. He’s a bearcat on the harmonica, but he never did consider it a musical instrument. The fact that you waste so much wind blowing into a harmonica is what gave Mr. Conlisk the idea.

He Won't Sell Them

Mr. Conlisk expects to have the first one finished and playing in a month or two. Before the year is -out he expects to have a factory going. He won't sell them. He'll just rent them out; operators. will take them around the country giving concerts. Mr. Conlisk is especially interested in children learning to play by this method. He says the thing fits right in with present-day musical education, since harmonica-playing is being taught in every public school in America today. This is a fact of which I was not aware, but of course I've been over in Death Valley for a few days, and have sort of lost touch with things. One good thing about Mr. Conlisk’s experimenting js that the whole thing hasn’t cost him more than . $50. But he expects to make from $2500 to $3000 a week rental from each of his instruments. “What if you couldn't learn to play the harmonica?” I asked. Conlisk assured me any such worries were groundless. “Why,” he said, “any 5-year-old child who can count up to 12 can take this instrument and play a piece 10 times better than Paderewski ever played it.”

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My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

- Unexpected Places of Seclusion Make Virginia Gardens Charming.

FT AMPTON, Va., Thursday.—We took the ferry yesterday afternoon and landed in Yorktown, Va, where we went to see the Nelson house. This carried me back to the days of the World War. On one occasion my husband and I went with a party on the Sylph to visit the fleet which was anchored off Yorktown. That was the last time I had seen this very beautiful house. Though ‘the house is open to the public, the owners still use certain rooms and all the rooms have a lived-in atmosphere. There is a small house on the grounds, which the family uses when it is there. The oldest house of all was not built of brick, but of white clapboards, and has just as much charm as the others. = I have been trying to analyze why these gardens in Virginia seem to have such a particular charm of their own and have come to the conclusion that it is largely because they have such unexpeéted places of seclusion. For instance, at the foot of this garden there is a tree growing in the middle of a little brick floor circle with a hedge around it high enough to shield people from prying eyes. To be sure, the oldfashioned iron seats would not fulfill our modern idea of comfort, but I can imagine that for many generations people have retreated to these little lost spots with a book or a bit of sewing or a friend with whom they wish to converse at ease. ~0

Sodas Follow Telegram’

By the time we reached Williamsburg, our first thought was to find a telegraph office and, luckily, we came in on the main street and found one. Even the desire for sightseeing, once the column was filed, was subordinate to the desire for something to drink and we invaded the first restaurant we found and indulged in ice-cream sodas. ‘We all gloated over the fact that we had no business to take anything so fattening. . I was reminded of the story of a friend of mine who ate a piece of candy before a very young lady and remarked: “I really shouldn't eat it, but I. will this once.” Whereupon the child said: “All you grownups are so funny. You always say you shouldn't do things and then you do them just the same.” And so we. enjoyed our sodas. :

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Public Library Presents—

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as much attention to the protection of his home as he the bullding of bis busine ; :

F. D.R's Own Story of the New u

©“ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1938

CL RRR

(Contained in an authorized advance publication of his notes and com-

ments to “The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roo

Article No. 27. i On the Good Neighbor Policy (lll)

To ‘the president of the Pan-American conference in Montevido, December, 1933, which was described in yesterday's article, President Roosevelt sent a message urging peace in the Gran Chaco, adding his own influence to the efforts of the League of Nations

and the President of Uruguay.

The bitter war between Bolivia and Paraguay, not to be ended for two more years, was only one affair in the American family of nations viewed with concern by the Good Neighbor. There were other disputes, between Peru and Ecuador, between Peru and Colom-

bia, and unrest in Haiti.

. Early in 1934 Peru and Ecuador secured President Roosevelt's agreement to help arbitrate their boundary controversy. This was in accordance with the Ponce-Costra Protocol signed 10 years before.

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7 HE boundary dispute between Peru and Ecuador involves the two former Spanish colonial provinces of Jaen and Mainas. It dates back to the early part of the 19th Century. Since then there have been many attempts to settle the dispute, all without success. : Under the 1924 Protocol, pending the sending of delegations to Washington, negotiations were to continue between the disputants themselves in an effort to arrive at a peaceful solution of the boundary question.

The negotiations between the parties were not brought to any conclusion; and on July 6, 1936, an agreement was signed. to transfer the seat of the negotiations to Washington.

Leticia Dispute

Since Sept. 1, 1932, when =a

group of, about 300 Peruvian na- °

tionals seized the Colombian town of Leticia, there had been continued dispute and intermittent fighting between Peru and Colpm-

bia about the boundary. Efforts at a pacific settlement of the controversy were made by both the League of Nations and the United States. We co-operated actively and thoroughly in all of the efforts made for a peaceful determination of the controversy. Success finally resulted in the signing of a treaty by the delegates of the two Governments. The agreement recognized and reaffirmed the sanctity of treaties, since it was based upon the validity of a prior boundary treaty between the two Governments in 1922. It also formed a basis of continued co-operation to solve present and future problems in the area, renouncing war-as a means of settlement. . This recognition of the obligation of treaties and. this estab-

lishment: 6f the principle of arbi--:

tration of disputes between the two nations were important steps in the building of machinery for peace on this continent. (Editor's Note—Settlement of the controversy. was hailed on May 21, 1934, by telegrams from President Roosevelt to the Presidents” of Colombia and Peru, and again on Sept. 28, 1935, when the agreements were ratified by tha two countries.)

Chaco War

An important step in ending

the Chaco dispute was a Proclamation issued by me on May 28, 1934, pursuant to a Joint Resolution of the Congress. It prohibited the sale of arms and munitions of war in the United States to Bolivia and Paraguay. After the Proclamation, the Administration continued its efforts to assist in the achievement of a settlement. On July 12, 1934, the United States, Argentina and Brazil proposed a peace plan to the belligerents which was not adopted. The efforts of the League of Nations to

bring about a peaceful settlement

were also unsuccessful, and in fact resulted in: the withdrawal

of Paraguay from the League on

Feb. 23, 1935. : Finally, a mediatory group, composed: of * representatives of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay. and the United States, met in Buenos Aires in May, 1935, with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Bolivia and Paraguay. Again the United States co-oper-ated effectively in this peace effort and played a very important

Side Glances—By Clark

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role in assuring the success of the

- ‘negotiations.

A peace protocol was finally signed on June 12, 1935, and actual hostilities. in the Chaco ceased on June 14, 1935. The protocol provided for a peace conference to seek a settlement of all questions at issue between Bolivia and Paraguay. In the meantime the armies have been demobilized, prisoners of war have been repatriated, and an agreement has been entered into between Bolivia and Paraguay to renew diplomatic relations.

The arms embargo remained in force until it was revoked on Nov. 14, 1935, after the conference in Buenos Aires had formally adopted a resolution declaring that the war between Bolivia and Paraguay had come to an end.

Haitian Finances

Pursuant to the Treaty of 1915 and the Protocol of 1919, we had assumed certain obligations in the financial administration of Haiti upon which holders of Haitian bonds had relied-in buying their bonds. In response to-the request of the Haitian Government for a modi fication of the then existing financial administration, we undertook a series of difficult and patient negotiations with Haiti which culminated in an agreement between the United States and Haiti on Aug. 7, 1933. In the accord the Government

- of the United States agreed to

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one of several in South America during President. , Roosevelt's first administration. The fighting had started in Sept. 1, 1932, when a group of about 300 Peruvian nationals seized the Colombian town of Leticia. Both the United States and the League of

The bonds .will be retired by 1944 and at that time the financial administration under the agree-

ment of the confroversy. was hailed on May 21,1934, by telegrams from President Roosevelt to the Presidents of Colombia and Peru. This photo shows a closely packed crowd in Bogota, Colombia, reading war bulletins posted in front of a newspaper office.

ment of Aug. 7, 1933, will completely cease, even if no satisfactory arrangements for refunding can be made by Haiti before that time. During the Pan-American Con-

ference at Montevideo early in December of 1933, the Haitian

delegation approached the Secretary of State with a suggestion from the Haitian Government that the existing financial control be withdrawn through the designation by the Government of the United States of the National Bank of Haiti to supervise and carry out the service of the Haitian debt.

Further Loans

At the same time the Haitian Government, desirous of contracting a small loan for the financing of certain public works, was exploring with certain American issue houses the possibilities of obtaining such a loan in the American market. On March 22, 1934, the President of Haiti, His Excellency

accelerate the Haitianization of =” Stenio Vincent, accompanied by

the Garde d’Haiti, to ‘turn over

the Garde entirely to Haitian .

officers by Oct. 1, 1934, to withdraw the Marine Brigade and tHe American Scientific Mission not

later than Oct. 31, 1934, and to -

make various modifications reducing the powers of the Financial Adviser-General Receiver, the name of which office was changed to that of Fiscal Representative beginning Jan. 1, 1934. This agreement was very fair to Haiti, but a group of Haitians,

hostile to President Vincent,

started a campaign to make the United States withdraw from all participation in the administration of Haitian finances. (Editor's Note—On Nov. 16, 1933, President Vincent wrote to President Roosevelt asking ‘for a termination of the financial arrangement, under which Haiti was literally in receivership to the principal American agent there—the Financial Ad-viser-General Receiver. In, his

answer President Roosevelt of-

"the Minister of Finance, Mr.-Lu- - cien Hibbert, sailed from Port-au-Prince for New York City in order to investigate personally the possibilities of obtaining a loan’ in New York ‘and later to go to Washington to discuss with me and other officials of the Government the question of certain proposed modifications to the existing American financial control. In the meantime a tentative plan had been worked out which substituted the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti for the office of fiscal representative. The bank was to be purchased by the Haitian Government and was to have a board of directors of six members, four of whom were to represent the fiscal agent and the bondholders. - Although this plan™ had not

"reached final form by the time President Vincent reached Wash-

ington on April 16, our two Governments were in such general agreement as to the basis for this plan that it was possible for us to

The good. neighbor policy played a part in bringing the trice in

the Chaco War, on Dec. 19,

J1933.. This century-old quarrel between Bolivia and Paraguay over the 100,000 square miles of jungle, swamp

and prairies of the Gran Chaco Boreal cost the two countries more than 100,000 casualties in less than two years before the armistice was signed. . Above, a Bolivian observation post in a hollow tree, during

the hostilities. :

refer to it in a joint statement of April 17, 1934. Moreover, at the time the statement was: isstied, ne-

fered the - Government’s good offices “in any way which would not involve it in any further responsibilities in Haiti”) The letter pointed out our obligation of good faith to the individuals - who had purchased Haitian bonds. It also indicated our eagerness to withdraw completely from Haitian finances if some refunding arrangement could be made which was satisfactory to In fact, the agreement of Aug. 7 provided that Haiti could retire the bonds before their due date, providing she could make a satisfactory arrangement for that purpose.

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Heard in Congress—

Rep. Fish (R. N. Y.)—The fact is that the President has an obsession for power. that amounts to a virtual passion and a consuming appetite and keeps demanding more and more: from Congress. President Roosevelt has had far more power than any other President, yet he is solely responsible - for the present depression. If he should resign and Vice President Garner should become President, I am convinced that confidence would be restored throughout the nation in less than 30 days. . :

between the two countries ‘were so well advanced tha# it, too, was included in the’ statement. Contemplating ‘the departure of the United States ‘Marines late in 1934, I was able to ‘inform President Vincent that’ I would request authority of the United States Congress to make a gift to the Haitian Government of- a large part of the Marine Corps material then in Haiti. 3 In July of 1934 I persotally visited Haiti, and there concluded the final arrangements which led to the withdrawal of the Amer-

ican forces of occupation in Au-

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to the original date set for the withdrawal of the Marines. - Due to certain Haitian domestic considerations, the purchase of the National Bank of the Republic of . Haiti could not be’ consummated in 1934 as planned, but was de= ferred until 1935. Other considerations have since intervened to delay a conclusion ofa new form of financial co-operation based. upon the purchase of the Bank. Copyright 1938; copyright under Intersalionet commit Glia, olf ents 5 11916) by Fri -D. : Roosevelt; distributed by mite. Feature ‘Syndicate,

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Our Town

If You Like to Go Places and Do ‘Things, You Might Try Crashing The Nathan Morris Kindergarten.

THE only place left in Indianapolis where anybody is having any fun, or so it ‘seems, is the Nathan Morris Kindergarten down on Morris St. Believe it or not, the fun

| started last September at the beginning of .

school; and piled up so fast that somebody had to keep a record. I saw the record the other day. It’s called a Year Book and was prepared by Mrs. ‘Lucretia Saunders, who runs the kindergarten down

, Lcan’t begin to tell you everything contained in the record, but I can hit some of the high spots. The fun got going good last October when Mr. Lilly invited the kids out to his apple orchard. He let them have the run of the place, and didn’t mind a bit when they stuffed their pockets full of apples. Fact is, he seemed to encourage it. What's : more, he let them play with his pet nr Scherrer swans. 2 October, too, was the month the kids called on Mrs. Kiefer, who runs the Madison Avenue Branch Library. She told them all about books, how to handle them, and put them back on the shelves properly. It was here, too, that Mrs. Kiefer started telling the kids the story of the Pumpkin and the Cat. .Soon as she got started one of the kids piped up that he had heard that one before, so Mrs. Kiefer let him tell it. It was a big day for the kid. When it was time to go, Mrs. Kiefer brought out a box .of candy pumpkins. She had mora than enough to go around. November was packed with excitement, too. One day around Armistice Day, Miss Canary, the nurse, showed up, and: when she learned that the kids were discussing the significance of the day she told them all about her trip to Washington. -The kids couldn’t get done talking about the sentry who marches back and forth guarding the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Later that same month, the kids ate persimmons after picking them from the tree in Albert Passo’s _ yard right across the street. Mrs. Saunders says the tree has been there all the time she’s been teaching, but she didn’t know it was a persimmon tree until Pupil Passo put her wise.

A Taste of Railroading

The kids wére so” busy making Christmas and Chanukah gifts in December that it didn’t leave much time for visiting. At that, they got to see the American Specialty Co.s factory on Madison Ave. which is full of noisy machines. The girls got scared and held their hands over their ears. In January, they got around to the Southside Branch Postoffice; in February, to the Fire Station at Madison Ave. and Morris St. The firemen were awful .nice, and let every kid sit in the hook-and-ladder driver's seat. While up there, they got to sound the siren, too. In March, the kids made kites and pin wheels, and just a fortnight ago they went back to Rieman’s greenhouse to see the Easter flowers. Next month the kids are going to see the roundhouse on S. Senate Ave., and if everything goes well, they're going to have the time of their life sitting in a real-for-sure locomotive. Oh boy!

Jane Jordan—

Daughter Probably Is as Jealous

Of Stepfather as He Is of Her.

EAR JANE JORDAN-—I have a girl 15 years old and a boy 17 by my first marriage. I have been. married to my present husband almost a year. I love my husband dearly and want to get along with him. He brought me here to Indianapolis and expects me to be satisfied to let him do as he pleases. He hasn’t worked much; so we have been living with his people. I am working out doing housework and my daughter who lives with us, also works after school. It takes all I make to pay carfare, cigarets and a show on Sunday. This I don’t mind, but I do hate to come home at night to have. him nag me. It is always about the girl. He wants to boss her about and tell her what she should wear and he jumps on her for doing little things that he does himself. He is jealous of her and wants me to send her away. I told him that I loved him but if she went, I was going, too. How can I stop this constant nagging? at WORRIED. ” 2 2

Answer—There is nothing which puts a woman on the spot so painfully as the necessity for standing between her husband and her child. Her emotions become so involved that it is almost impossible to be fair to both parties. : If you'll study the situation carefully I think you will find that your daughter is as jealous of her stepfather as he is of her. I expect that she often does sly little things to provoke him because she enjoys having you stand ‘up for her so much. It makes her feel closer to you, more secure in your affection. I do not mean that she would do these things on purpose. It is just that she fears her stepfather will come between her mother and herself and her uneasiBess prompts he: to set her parents against each er. ‘ : The best plan is to talk to each in private, out of earshot of the other. Every woman worth her salt knows ways of pleasing her husband. When she has put him in a good mood, the time has come to reason with him about the problem a child presents. Your next task is to influence ‘your daughter to adopt more diplomatic methods of handling her stepfather. Actually mén are very susceptible to the wiles of young daughters even when there is no blood

e. ; 2 Every mother should give her daughter lessons in charm. Now the chances are that your daughter doesn’t like her stepfather any better than he likes her and so far neither has made the effort to win the regard of the other. Work on both of them and perhaps you can improve the situation, but remember it is a full time job. - JANE JORDAN.

a letter to Jane Jordan, whe will

Put your ; blems > ue this column daily.

in answer your questions in

Bob - Burns Says—

OLLYWOOD, April 22—I never could see that the younger generation today is so different from that of yesterday. Some lady writer that their outlook on life is different. I don’t it's near as different as the world they look out on. If some of our ancestors could come back to life they would find that the world has changed a lot more than the children. Grandpa Snazzy says that the main difference in the children is on account of this new type of architecture we have today. When I asked him ‘why, he says “Well, shingles are scarce and you can’t spank a boy with a tin roof.” rill ae © (Copyright, 1838) a

{ Walter O'Keefe—

: - his 49th birthday this week, and it gave 74,000,000 Nazis a chance to fall on their faces again. . 3 day cake, but he probably would have been a lot happier if he could have cut a slice of Czechoslovakia. Herr Goebbels gave Adolf a lion cub, and the lion and Adolf spent the afternoon _trying to see who could growl loudest. = = = tler’s understudy, Goering, wore every medal in his collection and looked like a preview of the New

World's Fair at night. 4 time was had b