Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1938 — Page 13
_ From Indiana=Ernie Pyle | Crossing the U. S.-Canadian Border
Is Easier Than Going From Arizona Into California,
RT STANLEY, Ontario, Aug. 5—We have just come across Lake Erie from Cleveland on a Sunday excursion steamer. Isn’t that the most remarkable thing you ever heard of? : .. It took five hours, the boat was full of ‘people, and for four hours no land was in sight. If ‘there’s anybody in the world who can tell, just from looking, whether you're in the middle of Lake Erie
or the Atlantic Ocean, he’s a mighty good guesser. We didn’t have a very good time on. the boat, because the chairs were just ordinary wooden chairs, and hard to sit-in. The people who seemed to have the best time were those taking pictures of each other. There were two others who had a good time. One was telling the other about "his remarkable pet canary at home. We eavesdropped on the conversation. ME , This astonishing bird is very much Mr. Pyle affected by music. A swing band i on the radio sends him into a rage. "(It does me, too.) But soft music gets him, and he starts singing the tune right along with the orchestra. This canary also ‘taps his foot as he sings, keeping time with the music. : = : Getting into Canada is easy. There’s less fuss and feathers about it than getting from Arizona into Cal- . ifornia. At least they don’t ask you if you're carrying any shrubs, plants or flowers. I've been asked that at state lines so many times that it has become sort of an intellectual insult. .Do I look like a man who ‘would be cafrying shrubs, plants or flowers? Coming across the lake on the boat they give you a form to fill out about your car. You just put down the license and engine numbers, and say you're ‘“‘touring.” - Then as you get off, one man looks over your card and stamps it, another asks where you were born, and that’s the end of it. I say it’s conduct tween nations. sim Just before we left Cleveland, a letter from Alaska caught’ up with us. It was from Mrs. Berglund, the woman trapper way up above the Arctic Circle. Mrs. Berglund and her three trapper daughters were in Ft. Yukon when she wrote. They had just arrived on their annual trip “to town” from the trap line 280 miles north. ; They come down once a year to sell their furs, “vacation” for two weeks, load the boats with staples, and then go back for another 11-month hitch in the lonely far north.
Furs Bring a Nice Profit
Mrs. Berglund said last winter's catch of furs
. should run to $2500. That's a prosperous catch., It ' takes about $600 for them to stock up with supplies. Which means they'll have about $1900 to put in the bank for one year’s work. That beats newspapering. : But of course they don’t “meet so many interesting people,” as you always say about newspapermen. In fact, the Berglunds don’t meet anybody. That also beats newspapering. There were also two letters from the States.. I would suspect collusion, except one came from Ohio and one from Tennessee. : The Ohio letter, which enclosed a picture of me from the Cincinnati Post, said: “You intimated in today’s column that you are in your 30s. I believe that you are misrepresenting your: age, for you couldn’t possibly have got that ugly in 30 years.” The letter from Tennessee said the same thing.
like that that keeps peace be-
These gentlemen are themselves very beautiful. I.
assume, or they wouldn't have. written. So I'll concede them the beauty title. But bet they can’t curl upper and lower lips around two pencils and wiggle their ears all at the same time, like I can.
‘My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Care Must Be Taken That Planning Does Not Become Regimentation.
TCHOGUE, N. Y.. Thursday—I woke to what ‘ seemed a rather warm day, but I have learned that heat is largely a matter of having time to think about it. My grandmother used to tell me this and it always annoyed me very much, for I thought it was just anothér of those “Pollyanna” sayings that grownups are so fond of using in talking to children. Now I have reached the grandmother stage and find that when you say these things you are really trying to convince yourself as much as any young people who . may have to listen to .you. A kind friend spent all day yesterday trying to get me to a telephone and I finally went to a neighboring house this morning and called in answer to several * urgent messages. One of them was a delightful invitation to spend another week on Long Island, but I must return tomorrow to a house full of guests and, besides, I am not accustomed to being away and wonder what is happening at home. Something is always happening. This time there will be a new baby ‘on the place for me to see. - That in itself would take me home, for‘ I love little babies even when they + are not my own grandchildren. . We have been reading a most delightful book aloud. It is “A Southerner Discovers the South” by Jonathan Daniels. We have enjoyed it and I have chuckled . even when the mistakes which we “Yankees” make were pointed out. I think, perhaps, I have enough of my - Southern grandmother in me to. understand a . real Southerner’s feelings about certain things. This book is written with a background which em- : praces much travel and enough living in other parts ' of the world to gain a perspective on all that is seen
‘ here. So many people in the South: today still live in 1
* the past, just as the old inhabitants do in New Eng- " land. There is much that 1s worth struggling to pre- ' serve in both these pasts, but we cannot do it unless + we build a future in both places. I'm glad that Mr. « Daniels stresses the fact that it is people who are of « importance in this future we are preparing. He in-
sists that our people everywhere, if given the oppor- |
tunity, retain the qualities necessary to achieve a good life for themselves, =. =| :
Northerners Gain Little by Hurrying
To create this opportunity is the objective of good government, or so it seems to me. I do" not feel _ as strongly opposed to planning as Mr. Daniels ap- ' parently does, even when the planning is done in model towns, but we cannot be too careful not to regiment people and plan for them instead of dealing enly with their surroundings. = The trouble, so often, has been that in our planning we made it impossible for people to live as they wished. ‘We laid out their lives and their work as well as their h and their streets. : There is much to be said also, as this book brings . out, for a less hurried life such as exists in the South. . What do we Northerners do with the. seconds and minutes we save by constant hurrying? Nothing . very important, very often. The Southern man cr woman may really find more time to live and enjoy _ life than we do. a
Bob Burns Says—
OLLYWOOD, Aug. 5.—There’s one thing that can cause more hard feelin’s than anything else I know of—and that’s holdin’ a grudge. Two fellas will get mad at each other and let things simmer and simmer. Now that's no way to act. They outa square off and settle it and then be friendly or settle it
*. some other way. : ‘ :
. Just like my Aunt Boo did when she was gettin’ * ready to marry my Uncle Fud. She‘'says,-“I've got all my bridesmaids picked out. First, there’s Luta, and . . .” Uncle Fud says, “Wait a minute. I thought © you didn
n't . going to be married in yellow. and you know what
Ernie Discovers.
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Siberian Border Is Scene of World's Latest Hostilities
; - x / RUSSIAN troops such as these are engaged in hostilities with the Japanese; Red infantrymen are shown here moving up during recent maneuvers of soldiers of the Kiev military dis-
trict in the Odessax region of the Ukrainian:
Soviet Socialist Republic. : : ik
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TYPICAL of the Japanese fighters that have :
seen service in the Chinese conflict and that would be thrown against Russia in the event of war are these troops. This column of field artillery was photographed swinging into ‘action on the Chinese front. wan By Tokyo spokesmen have, said ‘thgt Japan is seeking peace with Russia .and. cessation of clashes on the Siberian frontier. In ‘Russia,
FRIDAY, AUGUST, 1938
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however, nation-wide indignation over the bor-
der incidents continues. Since fighting began last week it is estimated 400 Russian troops have been- killed. It is reported that Japan is pre-
- pared for more extended action if the peace pro-
posal fails,
” 2 » x ‘WHILE their fellow soldiers fight in Siberia ‘these Japanese machine gunners carry on in China. Occupying a position atop a freight train they are firing on Chinese snipers.
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might be in store for them in the eventuality
of war with Russia. ‘While Japanese troops are ’
engaged in fighting on*two fronts the girls are
taught the use of gasmasks in an antiair raid’
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demonstration. Emergency light - control reg- - ulations ‘as a precaution against air raids also
have ‘been ordered in eastern Japan and north-
ern Korea. :
= THE : present situation calls for plenty of
_Nipponese manpower. Here are fresh Jap-
_anese . troops. <lisembarking at an “unknown spot” along a North China railroad.
6 INDICATION. to the world .of Red Russia's ~~ mechanized military strength are ‘these light tanks.. This photo was taken in-Moscow’s
Red Square during the gigantic May Day parade this year.” It is reported that more: than 25
Russian tanks:have been disabled in skirmishes
with the Japanese on the Siberian border,
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Our Town By Anton Scherrer |
The Pronunciation or ‘Meaning of 'Propylaeum' Too Much for Some Citizens, but Not for Mrs. Sewall,
A/HEN Mrs. May Wright Sewall sprung - the word “Propylaeum” on us, it caught - everybody napping. - For one thing, nobedy, could figure out its meaning, much less. its pronunciation. Everybody was agreed, how=ever, that it was another synthetic word like" “Sapolio,” for instance, or “Peruna” or “Castoria,” and -when the news leaked out that the word came + straight out of the dictionary without any retouching on the part of Mrs. Sewall, you could have knocked us over with a feather. It was the truth, though. The word was in the dictionary as plain as the nose on your face: “Propylaeum, an ornamental entrance to a temple,” more specifically: “Propylaesum, the entrance to the Acropolis at Athens.” Which, of course, still left the SYmbOIOEY i be explained. The entinel a e time said it meant “The Porch of the Select,” which, Mr Scherrer Hf course, was just smart alecky. And another wag suggested that maybe Mrs. Sewall had turned into a designing woman; otherwise it wouldn't be possible to explain her lively interest in architecture, he said. Which, of course, was nonsense, too. As a matter of fact, you do well to be on your guard when you read what the men of Mrs. Sewall's time said about her Propylaesum. You'll do much better listening to the women, especially Miss Julia Harrison Moore. I came across Miss Moore's ace count in Mrs. Caroline Dunn’s “A History of the * Indianapolis Propylaeum,” a beautiful brochure put out this year in celebration. of the golden annie versary of Mrs. Sewall’s idea. ‘
Milwaukee Supplied Idea
“In the Christmas holidays of 1887,” says Miss Moore, “Mrs. Sewall went to Milwaukee, her old home, to deliver a lecture before the Milwaukee Woman's Club. She returned home late one snowy afternoon, and it was my good fortune to be invited to dinner that same evening. Mrs. Sewall was in fine spirits, full of her experiences and particularly delighted with her lecture at the beautiful clubhouse, which was, I believe, owned and operated by the Milwaukee ciubwomen. As she talked, Mrs. Sewall said, ‘Theodore (her husband) and I thought all the way on the train of a plan for the Indianapolis women. We can build and operate a clubhouse right here, and we | can. make money for all the clubs will rent of us, and it will eventually become a center of culture for the city.’ Bp s . _ “She became more and more enthusiastic,” continues Miss Moore; “as Mr. Sewall asked her rather satirically many questions to bring her out and even announced a name for it, Propylaea. Mr. Sewall shook his head and exclaimed, ‘Well, it sounds quite wild to me, but I don’t doubt you will do it if you have your mind on it.’ ” nn + Well, four years later, Mrs. Sewall had her way, and on Jan. 27, 1891, the dedication of the Propylaecum took place. Mrs. Sewall made a grand speech in the course of which she handled the word “Propylacum” several times. The way it rolled off her tongue, it sounded exactly like “propileum.” After which there wasn't anything to do but go back to eating olives again to see whether we could learn to like them. a
Jane Jordan— Jane Urges Widow Not to Reject + Marriage to Aid Brothers-in-Law.
ol DF JANE JORDAN—Since my husband died
five years ago his two brothers have been very kind and considerate and have tried hard to make me happy. I am their mother, their sister and their life. They lean on me for everything. There isn't anything théy wouldn't do for me. It scares me now when I think of what they will say or do, because I have found a man whom I want to marry. Understand that neither of the brothers-in-law has asked me to marry him. They haven't treated me like a sweetheart. I am afraid to take the chance of telling them for I don’t want to lose their friendship. I think as much of them as they do of me. Even if one of them should want to marry me I couldn't because he would always be brother to me. I am waiting to hear from you before deciding definitely what to do. MARYLYN.
‘Answer—Do you think that if either of your brothers-in-law wished to marry that he would refrain because of you? Of course not. And this is exactly what will happen some day. What will you do then? Explain to your brothers what a happy solution this has been for three years, but that it just isn’t in - the cards for it to last forever. Bachelors seldom remain bachelors to the end of the chapter, and you could hardly content yourself for the rest of your life in mothering a couple of grown men. In settling your future now you are doing the wisest possible thing for yourself. Furthermore, you are relieving your brothers of a responsibility which is pleasurable only as long as they need you. To give up your marriage now for their sakes is to place them under a heavy obligation to you which I should think they would prefer to avoid. I do’ not believe they can deny the logic of this reasoning. = » ”
EAR JANE JORDAN-—I am a young girl of 16. I had never thought of going out with fellows who are older, than myself as I preferred friends of my own age. 'However, recently I met a fellow of 23. He is so much fun, and when he is with me he does not act old or superior. He is very friendly and I have a good time when I am with him. I have learned from the friend who introduced us that my age makes no difference to him and that he is in no position to get serious. Is there any harm in my having dates with him? PERPLEXED LOU.
Answer—Perhaps he did not have enough fun when he was in his teens and that is why he enjoys a younger set so much. Besides a 16-year-old girl is not apt to demand permanence of him and hence -is not the responsibility that a girl- of his own age would be. I do not know what harm can come of your friendship unless’ you cut yourself off entirely from your own group, and when your new friend goes his way you will have to make : all over JANE JORDAN.
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