Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1938 — Page 9
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Ernest Thompson Seton Has Written 40 Books and Drawn 7000 Pictures, But He Just Won't Quit Working.
SANTA FE, N. M., April 30.—Ernest ~~ Thompson Seton is in many ways a great man. But I'll defend to the death my right to disagree with him. : For one thing, he has written 40 books,
drawn more than 7000 pictures, and given Such industry as that is repulsive to me. For another thing, Mr. Seton thinks that the
American Indian was (and still is) superior to the white man in philosophy, economics and manner of living. Ernest Thompson Seton is way up in his 70s now. He was born in Scotland, but turned up in this Southwest country nearly 60 years ago. Originally he worked as a cowhand. But some inner voice told him that he wasn’t cut out to be a cowbov. . So after four or five years he quit punching cows and went to New York. He was flat broke. He went to Central Park Zoo and. deer. He took it to the art editor of the old Century Magazine. The art editor said: “I've never seen a deer, but I know that’s a good -picture of one.” And he gave Mr. Seton a contract
Mr. Pyle
to draw 1000 animal pictures.
His animal pictures are uncannily lifelike, and in
“such minute detail that it seems impossible he could
have done 7000 of them in a lifetime. Me's still doing
‘them. “I've made several sketches already this morn-
ing,” he said. Seton’s books have always made money. And he As he says, “I'm a writer and an artist, but I'm a Scotsman
-t00.”
His Estate Is a ‘Campus’
~~ The Setons own an estate of 2500 acres about seven miles from Santa Fe. Mr. Seton calls this 2500
‘acres a “campus,” although it’s more like a grand dude
ranch. It’s the “campus” of the Seton Institute of
Indian Lore.
The school runs from July 15 to Aug. 25. It is The student body is made up largely of schoolteachers, Y. M. C. A. secretaries, Scout leaders and so on. They learn Indian songs, see Indian dances, have lectures on Indian It costs them $175 for six
ture has on the students, but it certainly works for Mr. Seton. He is a tall, large man, apparently in the prime of life. He seems immensely healthy and young. He writes and draws at a double desk in one end of his
* big library. When his wife is working, she sits across
the desk from him. He writes in longhand, and a secretary types it off later. Around him are his books and his pictures. And other men’s books, too, to the tune of thousands. - On one shelf is a box, full of medals, given to Seton by countries all over the world. He doesn’t remember what half of them are, without looking. His favorite is a big round one whose actual value in gold is about $50. The Government that presented it gave him, at the same time, a duplicate in bronze. That was so that if Seton, like many scientists, ever got hard up and had to hock his medal, he’d still have & duplicate to treasure.
My Diary
By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Urges Mother's Day Celebration Be Linked With Education Program.
TP OSTON, Mass., Friday.—While I was dressing on the train this morning, I wondered whether or not I would find my son John waiting for me on the
‘platform, for I could not remember at ‘what hour I
“told him we would arrive. He was there, however, towering above the gentlemen with cameras and flashlight bulbs, and we proceeded to the hotel where he ate a second breakfast with us.
As usual, we ate our breakfast with frequent in--terruptions from the telephone bell. But as there were three of us to answer it, each of us succeeded in haying some time to eat in peace.
Today is not as warm as yesterday and it looks somewhat cloudy. I always hope for a good evening when I give a lecture, for the weather has some effect on the audience, though it matters less in a big city where people are not driving in from some distance.
Yesterday my attention was drawn to a speech by Mrs. Shepard Krech, president of the Maternity Center Association of New York City. She referred to the fact that eight years ago that association began a nation-wide campaign to make Mother’s Day have a real bearing on the better care needed by our mothers and babies in-the first year. of infancy. It
. meres to me, that if we could link the celebration of
Mottier’s Day with this educational campaign, much could be accomplished.
Visits Two Hospitals
If every individual felt that on Mother’s Day something should be done for an organization working in the maternity and infancy fields in their community, or for some individual needing care, we would soon find a great change in the conditions which now
. prevail. Many of us understand the difficulties which
have brought about our low rating as a nation in the care of our mothers and babies. Now that we understand what our difficulties are, we are in a better position to overcome them.
With my cousin, Mrs. Alexander Grant, I visited
two hospitals this morning, the House of the Good
Samaritan and the Deaconess Hospital, one of the Federal emergency schools.
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Juvenile Court
WILFRED BRADSHAW
(Born on a farm in Warwick County, educated in the schools of Southern Indiana; attended Central Normal College and Benjamin Harrisen Law School; age 41; resident of Indianapolis 18 years; World War veteran; former Deputy Prosecutor assigned to Juvenile Court; at present Judge of Municipal Court, Room 1; married, has two sons, lives at 1125 W. 36th St.)
T= purpose of the Juvenile
steps of wayward youth into the paths of good citizenship. It is essentially a children’s
court. It is the court of human relations—the court that determines whether a boy or a girl, floundering in the confusion that comes with adolescence shall become a humiliated, warped, hunted animal or a developing personality in which the qualities essential to good- citizepship. are brought out. : The term “judge” as applied to the man who presides over the Juvenile Court is the term that was used in the ancient sense. It symbolizes a man who is sympathetic but not maudlin; who is dignified but not austere, who is a student but not a bookworm who has shut himself off from the realities of the world; one who understands psychology not only as it has been revealed by the scientists but through a deep personal insight that is inborn. The Judge of the Juvenile Court must be free and willing to surround himself with aids who are trained and as deeply conscious of their responsibilites as the Judge himself, and who are determined to reflect credit upon himself, his court and most of all, to aid those unfortunates whose lives are affected by his conduct in office.
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EDWARD C. EIKMAN
Democrat, for Juvenile Court Judge.
(Native of Hancock County; graduated from Central Normal College; teacher in ‘grade and high schools for six years; has practiced law here since graduation from Indiana Law School in 1906; elected State Senator from Hancock, Fayette and Rush Counties in 1914; member of the Indianapolis Bar Associations Lutheran; resides at 207 N. Illinois St.)
HE. solution of the question of the unfortunate or delinquent child is to take the Juvenile Court out of politics and co-ordinate therewith the School,
and the Church to help the Judge of the Juvenile Court to teach the child cbedience to duty and observance of the law, but not to penalize it. The child’s first right is protection from .abuse; the second,
dianship. No unfortunate or delinquent child should be allowed to suffer distress for want of food which is its inalienable right. Poverty sometimes is a contributing factor to the child’s delinquency, but this is where and when the School, the PIarentTeacher Association, the Church, the welfare worker and the Gov-
To penalize %
Democrat, for Juvenile Court Judge.
Court is to turn the groping .
the Parent-Teacher Association,
proper care, support and /guar-
ernment relief agencies comes in. the child is 10 abuse ;
Responses received from candidates for Juvenile Court Judge and Prosecutor are printed herewith. Responses from candidates in the contested Superior Court, Rooms, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Probate Court and Criminal Court races already have been published. Statements from Mayoralty candidates will appear Monday. ments in uncontested races have been published.
No state-
home environment is the cure of all the child’s misdoing. To administer the above plan is to appoint the heads of the schools, the churches and all government relief agencies assist-
ant probation officers of the Ju- -
venile Court, without charge to the County, to co-ordinate the welfare work in each township as a government unit under the probation officer of the Juvenile Court to help the Juvenile Court in its individualization of treatment for dispensation and placement and welfare work for the unfortunate or delinquent -children.
JOHN F. GECKLER
Democrat, for Re-election as Juvenile Court Judge. (Born in Mansfield, O., Sept. 7, 1868; resident of Indianapolis about 60 years; Indianapolis City Clerk, 1899 to 1901; practiced law from 1914 to 1930; elected Juvenile Court Judge, 1930; lives at 1120 Hawthorne Lane.)
URING my term of office I have administered the affairs of the court regardless of ra=. cial, religious, social or economic consideration. The interest of the child has always been paramount.
Like nearly every public official, I have been subjected to more or less criticism. Recently a group calling itself “The Juvenile Court Committee” started a dual campaign to select candidates for Judge of the Juvenile Court for the voters of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. Their twin candidates are now being paraded before their meetings. They issued a circular alleging matters that are not true. This committee has failed, after being requested, to give me an opportunity to appear before it and refute these statements. I have always been willing and have co-operated with responsible private agencies, but have never forgotten that I have taken an oath of office and am responsible to the people of Marion County in the discharge of my duties. Reformation, rehabilitation and readjustment have been the watchwords of my administration. My court collected over $100,000 for child support last year alone. Many families have been reunited by reason of the efforts of my workers in handling cases. Out of 500 first offenders coming to the attention of the court last year, only 10 per cent have been returned. In other words, my method of adjusting cases has proven satisfactory. 8 = 2
WILLIAM H. REMY
Republican, for Juvenile Court Judge. (Age 45; attended Indianapolis grade schools, Manual Training High School, DePauw and Indiana Universities, Indiana Law School; served in U. 8S. Army during ‘World War; married ; Isabel Hughes, daughter of Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Methodist Church; has two children, son, 21, daughter, 11, lives at 44 E. 54th St.; Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-28.)
Y ambition to become Judge of the Juvenile Court began in 1922, when I became interested in juvenile delinquency.’ As prosecuting attorney, I devoted much time to the study of the troubles of youth, and from my experience there, I believe that I developed some insight as to present-day ‘problems. I would like to have the opportunity to apply that experience and to andzation of
-any “clique”. or or
others will be barred
The Indianapolis
‘Why You Should Vote for Me’
Prosecutor and Juvenile Court Judge Candidates Make Statements
Editor’s Note: The Indiangpolis Times has invited all the candidates in the contested primary election races for the Mayoralty, Judiciary and Prosecutor nominations to
and sympathetic lines, and in cooperation with every social, religious and civic agency and every parent interested in child welfare. I realize that it is no easy job
" that will lend itself to immediate
miracles of accomplishment, but I will undertake to accomplish results within three or four years that will be apparent in the economic and social welfare of Indianapolis, The Juvenile Court has no place in politics. There is no Republican. nor Democratic way to deal with the misfortunes of children. I will pledge that I will never be swayed by political considerations, nor will I ever permit questions of creed, race or color to influence my official conduct. As to my ability to keep this pledge, I invite the inspection of
my past record.
HOMER J. SANDUSKY
Democrat, for Juvenile Court Judge. .
(Resident of Indianapolis 20 years; age 44; in practice of . law 16 years; for past 28 years employed by Big Four Railroad - in various capacities; married, two daughters; lives at 5307 Pleasant Run Parkway.) : :
S candidate for the Democratic nomination. for Juvenile Court Judge, I believe in the unity of the horme.and that the
future of our republic depends upon the proper maintenance of the home. : If nominated and elected to this most important office, this thought will be foremost in my mind. I am not a candidate of, nor have I solicited the support of on. - It would be my ambition to establish an understanding between modern parents and their children, and as: far as practicable, children should be treated, not as criminals, but as children in need of aid, encouragement and guidance. I believe the modern treatment of delinquency calls: for the study of each case as an‘individual behavior problem, in order that the child may be: socially readjusted and thus saved to the community as a future asset, instead of being permitted to become a permanent liability. These ideals will never be realized until the children’s court is taken completely out of politics and not made the. plaything of “hobby - crazy” so-called social workers.
HARRISON WHITE
Republican, for Juvenile Court Judge.
(Descendant of William White of Plymouth Colony and Governor John White of Virginia Colony; age 56; resident of Indianapolis 15 years; attended Hanover, Ill, High Sahool, McAllester College (St. Paul, Minn.); Gonzaga University (Spokane, Wash.) ; Presbyterian; former U. S. Commissioner.)
F I am elected to the Judgeship of the Juvenile Court of Marion County, children’s problems will not be met with measurements of law; they will be met with common sense in all cases. : No investigator will be sent to any home unless she is a mother. It will avail the prosecutor nothing unless his warrants are based upon sworn affidavits of bona fide complaining witnesses. Hearsay testimony of social workers and from the
ble
child; I know the- problems of youth; I know the problems of mother and I know the problems of dad. : : I know the Juvenile Court is no
show the way when it is up to her, in
and I would follow through reason. My office will always be open to any attorney, and I will listen to reason in all events. If any good citizen would sponsor any child to keep that child from any State institution; they could close the doors of that institution as far as Marion County and that child was concerned. What is best for the home is best for the State.
Prosecutor
EDWIN HAERLE
Republican, for Prosecutor. .
(Lifelong resident of Indianapolis, graduated from Public School No. 32, Shortridge High School, Indiana University; has practiced law since 1929; member First Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Gatling Gun Club, Lawyers’ Association, Indianapolis Bar Association; captain in Officers’ Reserve Corps; married, three children, lives at 5745 N. Pennsylvania St.; never before candidate for public office.)
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PLEDGE that if nominated and elected, I will conduct the
office of Prosecuting Attorney in
an honest, effective, economical
and aggressive manner. I will appoint deputies who are qualified by legal experience and ability to render capable service in their respective positions. I pledge a perpetual campaign against habitual criminals and organized racketeers and will advocate prompt trials for all persons charged with crime, rich and poor alike. ; I have not made, nor will I make, any entangling alliances with -any person, group or organization which might tend to hinder justice or reduce the effectiveness of the office. As a home owner and taxpayer, I shall endeavor to keep
expenses to a minimum and at-
the same time render a maximum
of service.
Cases will be thoroughly investigated and properly presented. I do not favor suspended sentences in cases involving personal violence, robbery and other similar crimes.
In soliciting the support of the
voters of Marion County, I promise you that every one of these pledges will be kept and that I will treat the office as a public trust and perform my duties accordingly. >
ANDREW JACOBS Democrat, for Prosecutor.
(Born Feb. 22, 1906, on a farm at Tell City, Ind.; of French - English ancestry; graduated from Benjamin Harrison Law School with honors, 1928; in law practice since; Pauper Attorney, two . and one-half years; married, has three children, lives at 3146 Broadway.)
HE law was written to be obeyed; otherwise enforced. 1 shall enforce all laws. Children to be socially healthy must not be reared in a vice-ridden community. Vice can be whipped and I shall do it. Organized vice is the root of major crime, and punishing the latter is but a treatment of the symptom of social ills. Gambling, prostitution and houses © assignation must go. Public. officials should earn their salaries; I do not believe in “spurts” of law enforcement called drives; I will move constantly against lawlessness. I shall be diligent in my efforts 5 determine He truth by the en t justice Serv both the Toes and the guilty, I shall
'imes
Entered as
press); and make thorough investigation of pauper cases. No innocent man will be punished because of poverty. My conduct will not be motivated by political considerations and woe will befall any political grafter.
DAVID M. LEWIS
Democrat, for Prosecutor,
(Born in Indianapolis March 15, 1909; educated in Indianapolis public schools, Lawrence High School, DePauw University, University of Chicago; Democratic chairman 8 Lawrence Township, four years; Democratic member, Marion County Board of Election Commissioners, 1936; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-36; married, has one son, lives in Lawrence.)
N my candidacy for the office of Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County, I have certain definite plans which, in my opinion, will aid in the administration -of justice and the enforcement of law. One of my first acts, if nominated and elected, will be the appointment of a full-time . deputy prosecutor to be assigned to the Marion County Juvenile Court. This is an important court in our legal system, dealing as it does with the youth of the county. The Juvenile. Court Deputy will be a person who has had experience in social welfare work as well as the necessary legal training. In the appointment of deputies I propose to name competent men and women. The appointments will be made on the basis of ability and efficiency. It is my beiief that if lenity is deserved, it should be granted in the courtroom and not after the expense of a trial and conviction. I do not propose to prosecute any person, gain a conviction and then nullify the action by signing a parole petition, unless there are unusual circumstances shown to warrant clemency. The office will be operated with " full and complete co-operation between County, City, State and Federal enforcement and investigating agencies.
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RUSSELL I. RICHARDSON
Republican, for Prosecutor.
(Resident of Indianapolis since 1919; age 37; graduated from Butler University; active in Republican political campaigns as speaker, but never before candidate for public office; Member, First Presbyterian Church, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; married, two children, lives at 5937 Broadway; in practice of law since 1933.)
HE Marion County Prosecu- - tor should eo-operate as an officer of the court and a servant
of the people to make this city
and county a dangerous place for criminals. He should assume office with the intent. to do his full duty. This means to me that it should be fully demonstrated to wrongdoers that crime
- does not pay and freedom from |
punishment cannot be bought. Nor is the office one which should be used to punish enemies or reward friends. The law should simply be enforced. If I am elected Prosecutor, I shall use ‘every investigating agency ai my command to the end that justice may be obtained. I hope never to subject anyone to prosecution who is not guilty. : It will be my purpose, as near-
ly as possible, to employ the
system in vogue in our Federal
courts with the idea that cer-
tainty of punishment and thoroughness of preparation deter the commission of crimes and assure fairness to innocent persons who may be imperiled. I shall appoint only such deputies as subscribe to the same _ideas. and are capable of the
same performance. : It is by this method that I
shall endeavor to discharge the
office of Prosecutor,
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Our Town By Anton Scherrer
"When Poets Finally Entered the Advertising Field, VanCamps Had One to Sing the Praises of Beans. .
PEAKING of the VanCamps, as I did the other day, I can’t dismiss the' subject without some mention of the Jingle Period. That’s the way Earnest Elmo Calkins decorates that grand period in American litera-
ture when poetry came down from its high perch and entered the advertising field. You have no idea the part the VanCamps played in that period. I guess it was sometime around the turn of the century when the VanCamps decided to go in for national advertising. For this purpose they employed a poet. They couldn't have done better, because when you come to think of it nothing lends itself to poetry like a can of pork and beans. It behooves me to say, however —somewhat regretfully, too—that the idea of employing a poet was not original with VanCamps. The Chinkalyptus Pill people, for instance, had one on their staff as early as 1890. Three years later, at the time of the Chicago World's Fair, the poets had the advertising field pretty well sewed up. At any rate, as far as the streetcars were concerned. There wasn’t a streetcar in Indianapolis at that time that didn’t have a rhymed Yucatan chewing gum ad, and Colgan’s Taffy Tolu poems were worth reading, too. The piece de resistance of the period, however, was the jingle somebody thought up to promote the sale of Faultless Chips: :
Mr. Scherrer
“Annie Rooney” and “Daisy Bell” were “Comrades” tried and true; In fact they were almost as Girls in Blue.” Uni) one day “After the Ball” into a passion Daisy
friendly as “Two Little
ew, Because Annie had some Faultless Chips and would give her none to chew.
It didn’t seem possible to carry poetry any farther after that, but the Sapolio people did. They invented “Spotless Town,” a series of good natured verses of six lines each, which not only told about the merits of a mythical town, but introduced all the leading citizens in it. It turned out, in every case, that they attributed their success to the use of Sapolio.
More Than Four Lines Needed
The VanCamps entered the Minnesinger contest just about the time the Sapolio people were going good which probably accounts for the Mother Goose milieu of the VanCamp ads. Anyway, I remember that VanCamps’ poet wrote a whole Mother Goose series starting off with: : There was a man in our town He was so wondrous wise, He bought a can of pork and beans His wife he would surprise. And when she saw it was VanCamps She sang in joyful strain, . “I'll serve you such a dainty dish You'll bring it oft again.” That moved the Heinz people to employ a poet. He wrote about beans, too. For some reason, though, his poems were never more than four lines log. It always struck me as not enough for a poet to tell everything about beans. ; : Tne
Jane Jordan—
Perhaps Parents Also Want to Live Alone, Wife Seeking Home Told.
EAR JANE JORDAN—I do not think my huse band loves me or ever really did. He is affece tionate enough, but he does things that hurt me, However, I feel that there is a way to get along with everybody. Then, too, he is my little boy's father and we are both proud of the boy. What I am trying to decide now is whether to have another baby. Here is what I have to consider: We have always lived with my folks, and if we have another child we would have to move on account of space. There is nothing I'd like better. But if we leave, my father and mother can’t keep up the payments on their property. So it seems that if I had my wishes that my mother would
| lose her home. I wonder how it looks to an outsider
and certainly will respect any suggestions. I've been told that I have a talent for writing and have written a few paragraphs as the spirit moved me, never working hard at it or taking any instruction. I have never really believed in myself or my talent but feel now that by applying myself and being extremely observing I may be able to develop writing as a welcome escape from reality at least. MARY. 8 8 . Answer—Aside from the question of having ane other child, you and your husband ought to have a home of your. own. Your parents should be selfsustaining and if they cannot afford to live in the house they are buying, they should be willing to find another.
Of course it would have been much easier to make this decision when you first were married. Now it may be more difficult to break away without hard feelings. On the other hand you have no way of knowing but what your mother may also have a secret yen to live alone. > Wouldn’t it be a good idea for you to sound her out on the subject some time by suggesting that as she grows older she should have less work and less house to take care of? If you live alone you might see a change in your husband. What you now interpret as a lack of love may only be a lack of interest in your parent’s home, He may feel that you're too tied up with your mother and may even feel a trifle jealous. At any rate I believe that you should feel secure in your husband’s love before you think of having another child. As for your ambition to write I think it is an exe cellent goal for you to have. Perhaps if you'd join a class in writing when such classes open in the fall it would inspire you to more regular habits of work, i = JANE JORD
Put your problems in a letfer to Jane Jordan, who will answer your questions in this cblumn daily.
Bob Burns Says— OLLYWOOD, April 30—You never know the strength of a person’s character until you find out how much suffer and/ sacrifice he will endure for his principles. : : Two of the worst old gossips we ever had down home made a bet early one mornin’ that they wouldn’t open their mouths for 24 hours. At 10 o'clock that mornin’ some fella eloped with another man’s wife. Along about noon, one of the gossips died of apoplexy and at 2 o'clock that afternoon, the other
‘one jest naturally blew up. A
(Copyright, 1938)
Walter O'Keefe— FOLLYWOOD, April 30—A year from today New York will open the World's Fair, and if business Pleks Wp, even some Americans may be able to afford ets. : Sn England, France and Italy will be represented by magnificent buildings, but poor little Finland won't be able to come to the party. The Finns are too busy making money so they can pay their debt to
+ Uncle Sam.
Opening the last day of April, the buildings will
be painted in brilliant yellows, purple violets and
blues. You can see the Reds by waiting over till the next day and going down to Union Square. ° Whalen will open the fair, and every