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From Indiana— Ernie Pyle

‘Food Is Good, Plentiful and Cheap;

Yankees There Lead Lonely Lives. |

UENOS AIRES, Dec. 7.—There is. practically : no unemployment in Buenos Aires. And they say that poor people prob‘ably eat better here than in any other country in the world.

For a U. S. dime a housewife can buy “enough liver to founder a family of half a dozen. And it’s liver so tender you can’t even chew it—it just

and poverty. But the chasm be-! tween rich and poor, as far as actual nourishment is concerned, is very small compared to the countries of South America’s west coast. Wages are comparatively good here, food is fairly cheap, and there is plenty of it.e This, as you know, is cattle country. I believe that Buenos Aires must literally have the finest steaks in the world. I don’t know why it is, unless it’s because the steers’ papas are raised on Mr. Pyle milk. But here the steaks are tenderer, and tastier, than those at

- They make good use of hides here, too. In the show-

" _ ‘window of a big store I saw two rugs So beautiful it

& almost made me wish I had a home

to put them in. One was black and white; one was a wine color, softly shading from deep claret to a faint rose. They were nothing but steer hides, but the hair was long and

* curly. And they were given just the right touch of

rusticity by a wide border clear around, thonged on with rawhide. On one street there are second-hand shops that make you wish you had dough to spend. They have beautiful rare oid silver, and all kinds of leather work. Every shop has dozens of bolas. : ; : The bola is to the Argentine gaucho what the lariat is to the American cowboy. They are plaited rawhide ropes, not very long, with three balls fastened to the end. : : : Instead of using a lasso, the gauchos throw these bolas at the cattlé’s feet. The balls whip the end of the bola around the animal's legs, trip him, and down

he goes.

Too Much for Mere Whim

I wanted one for a souvenir. But the ones I.

‘wanted—balls of solid aged ivory, held by a band of “pure silver—cost about $12. And that’s too much to ‘pay for a mere whim, especially since I don’t expect to throw any bull in the near future. ¢I just couldn’t

help that.) . There are about 300 North Americans in the Argentine. They are a small minority, compared with the British, German, Spanish and Italian. There is no hostility to Americans, yet I somehow have the feel ing that we aren’t too highly regarded. . ’ : The group of people from the States in Buenos Aires is known as a “colony.” There is an American

i club on the top floors of the National City Bank

Building, and scores of Americans eat there. A few resourceful American women practically control the apartment decorating and renting business here, they say. Apartments are full, and houses are

~ almost impossible to get.

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i South America. But I “+ .Jittle beaten path betwéen

American colony is very snooty to and that standing in the colony ability or character, but

‘They say the its own members,

simply on how much money you me by an ‘American who has no money whatever, : so I don’t know how true it is. : The average American sent down from the States on contract to work in Buenos Aires sees little enough of the Argentine. It sounds romantic, to work in “Buf I know Americans who have have hardly be8n” out of the

been here two years who t } home and office. The only

.- difference between here and home for them is that here

they have few or no friends. Personally, I see no utility whatever in an Amerjean living in Buenos Aires. It isa perfectly all right city; in fact, I like it—but I think life would be fuller in San Francisco or Pittsburgh or Washington.

My Diary

By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Task of Picking Outstanding Woman Grows More Difficul. Each Year.

EW YORK CITY, Tuesday—I went up to the country yesterday. for a short time and found

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and: the general aspect so desolate and dreary I had one of those bursts of depression which I think we all probably have at times about our worldly posses= sions. I wished I did not own anything anywhere!After a short time I realized that when you are not on hand yourself things are apt to go awry, but even today I am not quite sure that it is worth while ssing anything except such things as can be kept constantly by you. : I came back to New York City to attend a meeting of the Chi Omega award committee. This award is given to some woman who has, during the year, made a notable contribution in her field of work. I am always surprised to find how many people there are from whom to choose. Women are really making their mark every year in more and more fields of endeavor and there are more and more women in executive positions. After the meeting, at which it was decided to whom we should offer the award, we sat down to luncheon. The award will be given -this coming spring at a ceremony in the White House such as we had two years ago. : - The five other women who were able to attend the meeting are all able women in their own fields and it interested me greatly to have an opportunity to hear them talk on a wide range of subjects. Naturally, all these women are concerned with world affairs as they touch the economic, scientific, artistic, and ‘educational fields. Rather to my surprise, 1 found the majority of women present thought young

i : people today are far more interested in public affairs

= conception of what citizenship

than ever before. This is due largely, of course, to economic pressure, and sometimes because of a better

today. ° James Pleased With New Job

This rather confirms my own observation and I

am glad that they think this is so. We all agreed, however, that youth would tackle the most serious problems with an idea that they could be solved next week, which gives them a kind of debonair courage lacking, because of our own sad experiences, in most of us who are older. That iS ds it should be, for: nothing would ever happen if one couldn’t have more hope of accomplishing miracles in the twenties than one has in the forties! > ; . Several people I have seen today have asked me about the new position which our son, James, has taken. He, himself, seems glad to have a chance to work at something which promises less strain and yet a great deal of real interest. I am off in a few minutes to the dinner at the Hotel Astor for the support of the Leon Blum colony in Palestine. - : : : .

Bob Burns Says—

OLLYWOOD. Dec. 7.—Sittin’ up here and writin’ these articles every day is a lot of fun but I'll have to admit—it’s pretty tame. Sometimes I long for the hustle, bustle and roar of the press room of the Van Buren Daily Argus. There's a papel with a tradition. She’s never been scooped on local items. It may be because it's the only paper in town put I can remember the editor rushin’ into the office one day and sayin’: “Come on, boys, we've got to

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No One Lacks Work in Buenos Adios! =

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BY GILBERT LOVE

(Second of a Series)

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THE saloon, said the re-

pealists, never must re-: turn. Public drinking, in the bright new world which was to fellow the end of prohibitien, was to be a mere ‘accompaniment to eating. It was thought that the citizenry should be satisfied with a dignified glass or two. with meals, instead of standing at a bar tossing alcoholic potions down the hatch. |

Some states made it illegal to serve drinks: without food. Indiana had such a rule for a short time. Others did not go that far, but arranged their original regulations so that liquor = would be playing second fiddle to victuals. Only those establishments dedicated primarily to the production of meals were to get licenses. The citizenry, however, wanted to do some of its drinking without being bothered by food, and a large proportion of the tavern keepers ‘sought to gratify this desire, for. financial reasons. * In the states which required the serving of food with drinks, the law was obeyed and avoided at the same time by ‘serving durable sandwiches, wrapped in heavy waxed paper. If a customer wanted to eat one of them he could, but few did. -

In some of the other. bailiwicks,

the Legislatures finally relented

and said, in effect: . “All right, boys, step up to the bar.” A few changes -in regulations ‘and the

old-time: saloon was back, in mod-

ern dress. Sawdust floors and swinging doors did not make a come-back; women came in the front door a © special “ladies’ entrance”; furnishings were modern—but for all practical purposes the new drinking establishments were the same as the corner grog shops of the preprohibition era. doll saw :

HERE were no ‘recorded in-

stances of children standing outside the new “saloons chanting the "old refrain, “Father, dear

father, come home with me now.” But there were instances of chil-

dren going inside and-having a

quick one. That, and other violations which became numerous a few years after repeal, alarmed the liquor industry and caused the enforce-

ment’ agencies of a number of

states to start “cracking down” on the retail liquor places. - Not iall of the cafes serving liquor became saloons, of course, and not ‘all the saloons were evil, by any: means, But a troublesome minority; was found to be serving liquor td children and to visibly| intoxicated adults, staying open after clesing hours and on Sundays; permitting lewd shows

ballyhoo methods to lure patrons inside, * and, in general. doing everything possible to make a few extra dollars. T Associations of liquor dealers attempted to cleah up their own business by adopting self-regula-tory codes. Many of the distillers stated adver®ising campaigns urging the public to drink wisely. Even some of the distillers, howevr] were guilty of violating the letter or spirit of the liquor laws by engaging in sharp practices to promote the sale of their brands. In some of the larger states, the one+<man club was the most diffihad to face.

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MEDIATELY after the repeal jof prohibition, there was an apparent surge of fraternal spirit. Clubs by the thousands suddenly came to life and demanded liquor licenses. * t was suspected that a large proportion of them were “paper” organizations, arranged to allow an ambitious saloon keeper to get

problem that enforcement

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The one-min club and taproom evils such as selling to minors and promoting business through gaudy | vaudeville attractions, caused enforcement bureaus to “crack down,” distillers and liquor dealers’

a cheap club license and stay open later than other bars, but this was difficult to prove. Enforcement agents did prove it in hundreds of cases, however. Indiana has had its share of trouble with clubs. As recently as last September, the State Alcoholic Beverages Commission issued a warning to all clubs holding alcoholic permits to cease violating the regulations, or face restrictive legislation. The clubs were warned that if they did not “clean house,” it would be cone for them.

Many of the clubs were accused of selling to.nonmembers on .he theory that anyone not a member of the club was a guest. Complaint was made that many clubs were selling or Sunday and after the week-day closing hour.

In Pittsburgh, enforcement agents found a ¢lub which could be joined through an introduction performed by the elevator operator: another where “members” largely were transient guests at a

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downtown hotel; a third organized in 1936, but with “members” who had cards dated 1934 and 1935. : #8 » HEY found literary clubs - without . books; a war veterans’ club with a 30-year-old “Civil War Veteran” on its rolls; athletic clubs where the only athletic activity was elbow bending; a club dedicated to the perusal of literature, but where the only reading matter was: alleged to be poker hands; musical organizations in which the only music was the tinkle of glasses and the ring of a cash register; a patriotic order in which, records showed, the members had refused to buy ‘a flag. : - | In fact, a group of agents once totaled some figures obtained at license revocation hearings and concluded that the clubs under uspicion spent 3500 times as much oney for liquor as for the civic or cultural purposes outlined in their charters. :

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By Anton Scherrer

f+ = recalls the old Murger Club of which he was a charter member. Others in at the

| start were Adolph Schellschmidt, David Gib

bon, Brandt Steele, Paul Teichert, Kin Hubbard, Danny Lancaster, Ben Stevenson and Tess Dalton, a hand-picked group, of gentlemen who, in the divine scheme of things, ripened before their time and gave expression to the vague and visionary

| ideology of the Nineties.

. 1 To my knowledge, nobody hasas

yet found the right word to characterize the Nineties though, good= . ness knows, any number: of smart people have given the problem a - whirl. Stuart P. Sherman, for in-

- :} stance, “thought up the “Yellow

associations to take action to clean up their own industry, ‘and the

citizens of many communities to vote against liquor in their. munici=*

palities.

In most sections of the country, enforcement: drives during the first years of repeal weeded out some of the most flagrant violators of the law, in both club and taproom categories. ‘The abuses, however, helped win victories: for prohibitionists in thousands of communities where local option elections were held. By the end of 1937, 16. per cent of Ohio’s population and 5 per cent of Pennsylvania’s residents were living in “dry” territory, while in Kentucky nearly a third of the counties had local prohibition. Thus far, most of the communities that have become deserts in the midst of a general oasis have been in the rural or semirural regions. . In some cases, the citizens were not adverse to drinking, but wanted to rid their neighborhoods of one or two troublesome taprooms. Other “dry” communities are: populated heavily with persons whose religious or ancestral backgrounds have made them abstainers.

ins Showed Temperament

Matter-of Nerves, Not Glands

{The following article, prepafed for Science Service by Prof. Anokhin, director of the Neuro-Physiological Department of the Soviet All-Union Insti= tute of Experimental Medicine, was received but a few hours before the unusual coalescent twins—two heads, four arms, a coalescent body and a single pair of legs—died. They were one year, 22 days old. They were studied carefully during their brief life, for they are “one” of the most unusual creatures on record.) :

By Prof. P. Anokhin

Head of the Neuro-Physiological Department of The All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine.

PP and Galya, coalescent twins, lived to be one year old. Trials and tribulations were not absent

during this first year. With a frail constitution, subject to disease of every kind, the twins have suffered many ailments. However, the excellent clinical care afforded under the expert guidance cf Prof. G. N. Speransky, has enabled them to meget

their first birthday in sound healt,

Science has, during this year, gathered valuable data significant for

the solution and explanation of many problems in. dispute. A group. of physiologists has been organized by the author for the specific purpose of invéstigating and studying Ithis exceedingly rare phenomenon. The studies made on the state of sleep, nourishment, appetite, pain, |certain diseases, etc., Have raised in a new way the problem of the physi- | ology of these states. All these investigations we started | from the premise that we are deal/ling with an unusual being, and a child at that. This made it essential to take all precautionary meas-

lures and approach the phenomenon

with the finest human. feelings. That is why our main work was observation and not experimentation.

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THE attitude of one girl to the other is extremely interesting to observe. Since their arms and heads are in close proximity, they naturally are able always to touch one another. On occasion they stare .| fixedly at one another and evidently to get more intimately “acquainted,” one of them reaches out

Side Glances—By Clark

Everyday

Movies—

to feel the face of the other. Mutual acquaintance like this. does not not always end peaceably. The sharp fingernails of one at times are driven into the face of the other, A loud cry: of pain .resounds through the ward. In a moment the wrangle ends and the sisters suck their fingers peacefully. These conflicts of late become increasingly rare, which indicates that a mutual “understanding” is being arrived at. » ” ”

ESPITE a common blood circulation, it is noteworthy that the character of their nervous activity is distinctly individualized and they have what is generally known as temperament. While Ira is vociferous, energtic and strong, Galya is a good deal quieter, somewhat dull and feeble. She rarely smiles and cries a good deal. This proves that many traits of human behavior which were associated with peculiarities of the ‘blood hormones are determined by peculiarities of the nervous system.

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* the-drink sales,

NDIANA has no real local op=tion provision. While neighboring Ohio communities may vote to bar or permit liquor sales, resi= dents of the Hoosier State are de=

pendent on the whims of the State

Alcoholic Beverages Commission. The Indiana law provides that citizens of Indiana communities wishing to’ bar liquor sales may sign petitions, which then are passed on by a local board, one member of which is named by the commission. The decision of the local board is subject to review, upon appeal, by the ABC. The only exception is in towns under 5000 population, where by-the-drink sales are barred, under the law, until the town board passes an authorizing ordinance. A recent survey by the ABC revealed that 109 such towns. have passed ordinances permitting bywhile 354 have not. Not one of the 92 counties in the State is, 100 per cent “dry.” Elsewhere in the nation, the loss of “wet” territory through local option elections has been more than offset, of course, by the increase in states that have legalized liquor. There are now only four where real state-wide prohibition is in force. In addition to correcting evils that crept into the legal liquor trade, the State and. Federal officers waged a constant war on the bootlegger and speakeasy. Many

large liquor rings were broken up..

It was alleged that one ring de-

livered moonshine to ' customers. |

with such regularity that its operations were like a milk route. With legal liquor bearing taxes, the bootlegger and speakeasy dealing in untaxed, home-made beverages are expected to be permanent problems, but the illicit trade was especially large’ the first few years after repeal because so many persons had been schooled in ths ways of evasion during prohibition. ! Although this article has been devoted to the troubles in the first few years of repeal, it should not be assumed that repeal has been a failure. Later articles will give the brighter side of the picture.

(Copyright, 1938)

NEXT: - Some of the liquor control plans in use in the various states,

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—What is the nickname for the State of Idaho? 9 What is the cup or bowl from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper called? : 3—What is the political affiliation of Herbert R. O’Conor, newly elected Governor of Maryland? ; 4—In what city Yard? '5—Where does the accent fall . in the word quintuplets? 6—What nickname was applied to Thomas Jefferson? 7—Describe the flag of an Admiral of the U. S. Navy.

2 2 Answers

1—Gem State. : 2—The Holy Grail. 3—Democrat. 4—London, England. 5—O0n the first syllable. 6—Sage of Monticello. 7—Four white stars on field. ; 8 8s 2

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Nineties,” Richard Le Gallienne, the “Romantic Nineties,” and somebody . whose name is now lost in the shuffle, hit upon the “Naughty ‘Nineties.” All of which, when you come to think of it, are singularly inept phrases be cause they suggest only certain phases of a period which is now remembered as nothing short of an in=

‘Mr. Scherrer >

| tellectual revolution,

For that reason, Prof. Whittlesey of Princeton probably came nearest the mark when he. proposed the “Moulting Nineties” with its suggestion of shed-

1 ding . feathers, and the implication that we were

pjeacy for something new in the way of life, art and etters. : . : J At any rate, Prof. Whittlesey’s definition will do: to describe the one thing the members of the Murger Club had in common, namely an awareness that something big was in the air. Mr. Gibson, for instance, had been at the Chicago Worlds Fair . (1893) and came back with a prediction that Louis Sullivan was on the way to giving the world a brand new kind of architecture; Mr. Schellschmidt had been in Ger= many where he had played his cello at the first per= formance of “Tod und Verklaerung” with Richard Strauss doing the directing; Brandt Steele had been

| in Paris, had seen Whistler, and come back with his

trunk ‘full of drawings by Audrey Beardsley; and Hugh Richards had spent his student days in Munich. drinking deep of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. As for the rest, they had been around some, too. ;

Here's How It Got Its Name

Well, that was the start of the Murger Club of In= dianapolis. It started as a meeting of minds at street corners and the like, but-finally got around. to having quarters of its own, the rooms at 18% N. Pennsylvania St., formerly occupied by Albert J. Beveridge. Furs nished with nothing more than a rickety table and a couple of chairs, it looked exactly like the first act of “La ‘Boheme,” and because Henri Murger happened to be the author of that story, that’s how the Indianapolis club. got its name, io To pay the first month’s rent ($15) the club took up ‘a collection and when that was used up, they hit on one of the slickest schemes ever pulled off in this town. They decided that Carl Lieber, Booth Tarking= ton and T. C. Steele had the necessary temperament and vision to qualify as members and soaked them $5 apiece to get in. That same month, they decided to have a piano ($20) and looked around for victims. It. cost Jim Riley and Meredith Nicholson $10 apiece to become members. On the surface, it looked like a grand way of keeping the club alive, but it" didn’t work because with Messrs. Riley and Nicholson inj they discovered they had exhausted the possibilities with not another man left in Indianapolis who knew enough about the Nineties to qualify as members.. _ After that, the club petered out and bust. It’s more than a memory, however, because the flowing ties Adolph Schellschmidt and Brandt Steele wear today are the same ones tney wore when they were members of the Murger Club back in 1899. vi

Jane Jordan— Girl Is Told to Forget Boy Friend And Concentrate on School Work.

EAR JANE JORDAN—For the last eight weeks my grades in school gradually have been going down. Now since the last cards have been given out I have to stay in and study every night for a month ‘with ‘no dates or anything." IT am 15. At 15 a girl should not be thinking of love, but I am. ‘There isa boy here who is very independent and does not want to go with .one girl. I like this boy very much and when he is cool and aloof it hurts and I'm sure this is the reason my grades are low. Maybe love is a pretty big word for me to: use, but I know he can. either make or break me. My mother read one of the notes which he wrote me and she thinks that IT am being very foolish in liking a boy who very plainly doesn’t care much for me, although once in a while he says he does. Every girl has her school romances and I guess this is mine. The girls around here take it on their own accord to run to this boy and put in a good word for me and I imagine it gets rather monotonous. I'm rather flighty and rattle-brained, too, and at times I act so unnatural. Could you please help me out on these things? HPF

Answer—I do not agree with you that a girl should

|'not be thinking of love at 15. If she is a normal girl 2

she can’t help it very well, nor should she try. The trick is simply not to think so much of love that it crowds out other important things such as school. What has happened to you has happened to most girls at some time or other, You've met with a little defeat and for the time being your desire to win in spite of the odds against you has monopolized your energies to the exclusion of everything else. It will pass. But I do think that you ought to make a hig effort to pull up your marks in spite of your dis= appointment. : : ; Fa Life is full of disappointments and each person’s success is determined by the way he meets them. A race horse springs forward under the flick of the lash. A mule just balks. So it is with people. The courage= ous are simply spurred onward by failure to succeed in some other venture. The discouraged, the weak= lings and the fraidy-cats simply quit. Because the universe isn’t organized to gratify their every wish, they just sit down and bawl. g Lie You're facing a bit of a character test right now which will show whether or not you are geared to meet disappointment. - Your reaction is rather ime portant. If you can learn.at 15 to let go of a man who isn't satisfactory and bend your energies toward finding a better one, the lesson will stand you in good stead for many years to come. gs: As long as you moon -ovér this boy you haven't &

| chance in the world to catch him. He knows the con-

quest is already made. ‘What incentive has he to try further? | It is simply fatal to get intense over an in= different boy. It always repells him. You're only a beginner in Jove and mistakes are unavoidable. Wash him up and raise those grades!. JANE JORDAN. =

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

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