Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1939 — Page 13

Vagabon 2 From Indiana = Ernie Pyle

- Chase Osborn, Michigan's No. I Citizen, Gave Away 10 Fortunes; Lives in Cabin, Enjoys Life at 79.

OULAN, Ga., Feb. 21.—Today 1 drove over to to Possom Poke on Possum Lane, and paid a call on one of the most remarkable men these star-gazing eyes have ever seen. His name is Chase S. Osborn. The “S” stands for Salmon. He is 79 years old, and was once Governor of Michigan. In the winter he lives in a

~ cabin here in South Georgia. In summer he repairs to a log cabin on an island in St.

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country. It has been 27 years since Chase Osborn was chief executive of Michigan, yet he is still addressed as “Governor.” He has officially, by the Legislature, been made the No. 1 citizen of Michigan. It's the first time I ever heard of such a thing. Mr. Osborn has made at least 10 fortunes, and given them away. And by a fortune I mean a million dollars or more. He has given away more than 100 annuities to friends, relatives and people who deserved something. These gifts have ranged fro $3000 up to $1,000,000. ; ! Out of his last fortune he bought an annuity for himself, Despite living in log cabins, he has an income of around $2000 a month. He says it's plain vulgar to have more money than you need.

“And I can be vulgar enough without piling up a lot of money,” he says. 3 Yet Henry Ford, whose philosophy of moneygetting seems to be different, is a close friend. Mr. . Ford was here the other day and climbed up Mr. “Osborn’s personally designed trick stairway into the attic of his office-cabin, ; Mr. Osborn never bought a stock in his ilfe. Every one of his fortunes was made by discovery of “productive wealth,” as he says. His money came from finidng veins of iron ore and stands of timber, and selling them. He is prominent in many fields, but it is as “The Iron Hunter” that .he .is chiefly known. He has prospected, dug and sniffed for iron over the entire world. . He has found great deposits in South Africa and Canada and Tibet. He is a naturalist, explorer, big-game hunter, author, statesman, engineer and philosopher. He is a Major Hoople, except that it’s all true.

: Visited Tibet Three Times

He served as Governor from 1910 to'1912. That was just an interlude, and then he went iron-hunting ‘again. Two years later he was renominated for the Governorship. He didn’t know anything about it, as he was in Persia. He almost got elected anyhow. He is well acquainted with southern Chile, where the recent earthquake happened. Phirty years ago he wrote a two-volume work on the Andes countries. He has been to Tibet three times. He has been within 10

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degrees of the North Pole. When I told him I'd been |

up the Parana River in South America, he said, “Isn’t that Iguassu Falls some sight?” | He has been in buildings where one whole end of his room was torn away by earthquakes and he, sitting in the other end, was unharmed. He has been on the lonely Pacific atoll near which Amelia Earhart was lost. Today, at 79, except for poor eyesight he has practically all the faculties of youth. Every afterncon he tramps through the Georgia woods with his dogs and shotguns for two hours.

He is totally blind in one eye. The other is more than half gone. He can read only headlines. Yet he rarely misses a shot. y

My Day

By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

A Visit From Johnny and Anne!

Mrs. Morgenthau Has Birthday.

EW YORK, Monday.—Saturday night, at about 11:30 o'clock while Miss Thompson and I were finishing up the mail which had accumulated during my short trip to Ithaca, an automobile horn honked outside. I dashed to the door just in time to see a long, lank, very weary young man unfold himself from behind the wheel of his car. Johnny and Anne had arrived from Boston! They found the roads not as good as they had hoped and have decided that this is not the best season of the year to travel far by motor if one wishes to travel fairly fast. We fed them milk, hot tea and toast and after a long night's sleep they seemed to recover., The thaw has taken away practically all the pleasure of the snow. You can’t coast, ski or sleigh through the woods and yesterday was gray and rainy. I drove down to lunch. with Secretary and Mrs. Morgenthau to celebrate Mrs. Morgenthau’s birthday. After I returned Johnny and Anne took Miss Thompson’s car, which is our only standby in the winter, except for a station wagon, and tried to go up to the top of the hill to see the President’s new cottage. : They got stuck, had to come back to get help to get them out and gave up trying to drive a car over the hill. All that the rest of us could do was to take a rather mild walk.

Distributes Books

Then I spent some time going over my books, trying to send a few of the modern ones to various libraries. The President keeps all of his books, but one collector in the family is enough, so when I have read a book, I try to put it in some library unless it has a personal inscription or has appealed to me in a special way. » : . Three of us left Hyde Park fairly early this morning and now I am in New York City looking at a pile of mail and doing some telephoning before starting for Philadelphia. : : When I drove by the New York Public Library today, I was reminded of the report which the “Citizens’ Committee on the Status of Librarians of the Public Libraries of New York,” has just handed to the Mayor. Back in 1930 I was interested in having the city consider these librarians as Government employees and admit them to the New York State Retirement System. This was accomplished in 1937, but one of the things which is extremely bad for the morale of these hard working employees is the fact that they still are denied a yearly increase in salary. The. result is that many valuable employees leave the New York public libraries for better positions elsewhere, which means a loss in efficiency and the morale of those who remain.

Day-by-Day Science

By Science Service If a society wishes, it can make its people acquisitive. It can incite them by the thousand or million to become warlike. It can evoke other traits, good or bad. j This tremendous power of environment, and particularly society, to shape human beings, is pointed out by Dr. Abraham Myerson, clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. History has made experiments, he says, for our guidance. He reminds us that in the eighth, ninth and 10th centuries there were hordes of pirates and freebooters who sacked towns and cathedrals. As Norsemen they terrorized Europe. In time they became Scandinavians—today models for Europe in peaceful liberalism and progress. The Scandinavian has not changed biologically. What happened was due to changes in his environment. Dr. Myerson advocates a fresher view of the old argument over relative importance of heredity versus environment. They cannot be separated. And rather than speak of heredity, he prefers the term constitution. - Environment is continually shaping, directing

_or damaging, providing use or disuse of qualities in |

body and mind. No good to be equipped with fingers and ready for a great musical career, and no musical instrument ever available. Geniuses, says Dr, Myerson, are made as well as born. In terms of na- , OF environment evokes hereditary traits and |

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"TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939

: “World of Tomorrow,’ Theme

Of Great Exposition Which Has

Been Four Years in Making; Opening Scheduled for April 30

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By William Bloeth

Times Special Writer

(First of a Series)

EW YORK, Feb. 21.—A group of architects held a series of meetings to ponder their role in the recently announced New York World's Fair. Some were youthful, “all had youthfulideas. At an early meeting one of them

broached a novel plan:

“Why,” he asked, “must classic architecture feature

all expositions?

Can't they forget that fuddy-daddy

stuff? Why not use. present-day scientific developments to create a fair of the future? > “That's the idea we are seeking,” the others agreed. Presently the proposal emerged in finished form and was submitted to the Fair planners who examined it, toyed with and elaborated some of its better features. Finally, Grover A. Whalen, the Fair president, announced definite plans for an exposition that, not only would re-

view man’s accomplishments but also would show what could be done through them for a better “World of Tomorrow.” It is a theme that stirs men’s imagination. A multi-million dollar prophesy of tomorrow! And scientifically accurate too! All this was four years ago. Today the vision has been replaced by reality. In a few weeks—on

April 30—the gates will swing open and the first of 70,000,000

visitors will pass through to see

this - fantastic, $155,000,000 spectacle. : . Impartial and usually accurate ‘surveys say this mass movement will eclipse any other migration to a small area in the history cf man: Equal to the combined forces of the seven Holy Crusades, a movement of people greaYer than the armies of Caesar, Hanibal and Napoleon together! To these millions the questions today are: How much will it cost? Where can we stay? What shall we see and how shall we see it best? And what shall we avoid? These questions we shall answer in this series. To the country this great movement to New York means an unprecedented flow of money. The millions were not spent merely

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to picture the future. The aim is much deeper and more vital. The hope is that the billion dollars to be put into circulation will. bring back prosperity, or at least go a long way toward it.

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ful commercial significance. Of

their many benefits, in recent years the one most attractive has been their ability to alter economic conditions profoundly and to help promote prosperity. : The Columbian and Century of Progress expositions were depression shows, both, distinctly successful. With a major fair in New York and an important one in San Francisco this year, the country, it is believed by experts, is on the eve of a great business stimulation. Grover Whalen, drafted from an important executive post to give his energy and personality in the cause of the Fair, is the stanchest * believer in Fair-built prosperity. ; More important to individual consideration is the fact that nothing is allowed to stand in the way of success. All efforts are being bent toward promoting attendance — co-operation on all fronts will make the trip possible for the greatest number at the

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Symbols of New York's $155, 000,000 show are the perisphere and trylon, one a 200-foot per-

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a 1700-foot three-sided needle. Equally familiar is the fair’s

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least expense. In volume there is profit, as it were. Railroads, for instance, ofFer unusually attractive rates; busses, airplanes and steamships likewise. Hotel and restaurant owners have reassured prospective visitors by guaranteeing the recession prices of last year. And so it goes. The goal of the millions of East-bound visitors is a 1200-acre

site between the communities of

Flushing and Corona on Long Island’s north shore. Of the three islands New York City encompasses, Long Island is largest and most celebrated; a fish-shaped stretch of land separating the restless Atlantic Ocean on the south from the restive waters of Long Island Sound, .the large waterway between the island and Connecticut. 2 os ®

T= fairgrounds formerly was a huge malodorous dump called Flushing Meadows by Corona and by the stalwarts of Flushing, the Neither wanted it. But when Fair officers found it the approximate geographical center of New York, it became the prettiest po-

- tential part in the city.

Instead of a handicap, the condition proved a boon, enabling the planners to realize a novel plan. By starting from scratch, they were able to institute a comprehensive zoning that groups allied industries in logical order an exposition innovation. Eliminated is the confusion of traveling from a Turkish pavilion to a shooting gallery, from a manufacturing exhibit to an art display. Before a building was started, the entire project-was laid out by a committee of the leading designers and architects. Three years ago the work began. Out of the dump sprouted magically a city of fantasy and promise. It is a city within a city, an utilitarian collection of 300 buildings, low and squat and windowless — and colorful. In its color scheme as much as in the layout, the Fair is a weliordered plan. Bold colors shade into each other without jumble. By them, you can determine your location on the site. In design

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—-What does status quo means? 2—Are the three Guianas in the South America republics? 3—What is the name for the employment .of song for magical purposes? 4—In units of length, how many links are in one rod? 5—How are members of the U. S. Broad of Tax Appeals chosen? 3 6—Name the city in Alabama with the largest population. T—For what Government agency do the initials I. C. C. stand? oft . : Answers. 1—The existing state of things at any given time. 2—No; they are colonial possessions of Great Britain, Prance and The Netherlands. 3—Incantation. . 4—Twenty-five. 5—They are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. 6—RBirmingham. T—Interstate Commerce Commission. : 8 '8 2

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functional — useful. Gigantic murals in vivid colors and huge adorning fins relieve

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Outstanding of all buildings is the Fair's; theme center, symbol-

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extraordinary spectacle. One, the trylon, reaches skyward 700 ieet, appearing twice as tall in comparison with the other buildings. It serves as a beacon for miles. The companion-piece is the perisphere, a 200-foot sphere seemingly supported by jets of water and so illuminated at night that it appears to be revolving slowly: it is the only complete sphere ever built. » o s N the perisphere is the Fair’s significant show, the City of Tomorrow, a highly dramatized conception of the community planning, it is set to special symphonic arrangement with trick lighting and moving picture projection. The visitor views the

six-minute'showing: from revolving

platforms without visible support in the imposing interior. There are other buildings equally unique. One is an ‘“ice-en-crusted igloo” with its own Aurora Borealis inside; another a 200foot equilateral triangle held 20 feet off the ground by what appears to be oil tanks. Prows like those of a ship but twice as high as the nose: of the largest liner afloat flank the entrance of the maritime building. There's a whole town there, the Town of Tomorrow. Full-size model homes in the most modern styles with the latest equipment. An Istanbul market place, the Texas Alamo, a model of Ireland constructed with imported Irish soil—even water from the lakes of Killarney—all the attractive

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ideds that fertile brains can devise are there. For its important amusem.nt the Fair offers a separate area more than a mile long with hundreds of thrilling and rovel attractions from a parachute jump that gives the thrill of a real leap —pbut with perfect safety--to jungle camps, bull fighis and underwater shark fights, Indian villages and others in the full flavor of fun of foreign climes.

; 2 8 =» & LLUMINATION on a rew scale, including trees that glow as if from a phosphorescent sup coursing through them, feature tomorrow’s world. Nightly fireworks spectacles will combinz / lights,

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The scope of the tremendous offering is best illustrated by i size and cost; its building; pa vilions and exhibits of 62 foreign nations; displays of 1400 industrial firms; 80 restaurants serving

~the cuisines of practically every

locality and nation. ‘A complete transportation system has been organized for the World of Tomorrow; 100 buses built extra large, 40 tractor trains, ferries plying its large lake; 62. miles of roadways and walks. All facilities except lodging for a quarter of a million “residents.” It is a fantastic spectacle for the millions to marvel at; and it is the offering of ‘the city that has more than its share of attractions. The big city is about to be dwarfed by its visitors an is preparing accordingly. The showplaces, theaters, museuras and great shopping centers, foo, are striving to attract the visitors. Two shows for the price of one with the price within your means whether you can afford to spend $40 or $400.

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Proper Habiliment, Conduct and Training of Bartender Was Worth 20 Pages in Herb Green's Manual.

OU will have to put up with another lecture on the old Denison House Bar. In yesterday's rhapsody, for instance, I didn’t say a word about the qualities to be cultivated by bartenders, a subject that keeps Herbert W. Green busy *for the better part of 20 pages of his illuminating work yclept “Mixed Drinks: A Manual for Bar Clerks Up to Date,” which, as I told you yesterday, was the style book of the

Denison House Bar back in the : Nineties. “The model bar clerk,” said Mr. Green, “should be a man of good character. straight personal habits, good temper, cheerful, obliging, wide awake, quick, graceful, attentive,

| sympathetic, yet too smart to be

‘worked,” neither glum nor too talkative, of neat appearance and well dressed.” “Some bar clerks,” he continues, “wear linen or duck coats, and they look very neat, but they are stiff, uncomfortable and hinder the free movement of the body and arms. A more convenient and appropriate dress is the white shirt, white vest, white necktie and white apron— everything white above the belt even to the white kerchief for nasal and labial comfort.” ; On page 160, Mr. Green admonishes young bare tenders not to attempt that difficult rick ing cocktails, sours, etcetry, at long range until they have practiced some on clear water. iy “Strike up an imaginary line,” he says, “by the assistance of the eye, between the right hand folds ing the mixing glass and the left hand bearing the receiving glass. Start low with a small stream: pour slowly; increase the volume of your stream and the speed of your movement as you elevate your right hand, until it becomes a miniature torrent from an altitude as great as your arm can reach: then diminish it by a rapidly vanishing movement until the glasses almost meet. Proficiency will excite wonder and admiration, but failure will raise a laugh.”

A Simple Truth. ; : Ain’t it the truth? The biggest trouble, though, said Mr. Green, is that

bar clerks do not as a rule study the tastes of their patrons as they should. “In mixing a cocktail,” he said, “most clerks make the mistake of putting in too much bitters, in which case the drink is spoiled, or rather, is yi bites,

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the customer. Most men like but very little bit You should, in order to become proficient and popular; study all the points in the mixing of all drinks. There can be too much sirup or sugar, lemon juice or other ingredient used, in the same way as too much bitters in 2 Sonkiail. This is a profession that every man can1 ster. ere are men who woul first-class bar clerk in g lifetime.” y i Hor aks a Mr. Green takes the words right ‘out of m ] : 1 y mouth. With this difference, however, that compared with Mr. Green, I lose all command of the English lan - guage, and just sputter when I think of it.

Jane Jordan—

High School Boy and Girl Advised To Continue Studies, Take Odd Jobs.

PEAR JANE JORDAN-—We are a boy and a girl in the junior class of high school. Even though we are young, we are very much in love. Our parents are financially unable to send us to school. I That Ie they cannot buy us the proper clothes for all school parties and function: high school life. Should we oti ost bo none ia and save our money until we are old enough to be married, or should we continue going to school and be left out of all high school activities? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. HIGH SCHOOL COUPLE. §

Answer—Stick it out, even if you have to give up the parties and other school events. Compensate for

what you renounce by excelling the others in scholar Ship. Don’t fortes J educational equipment, bee se you're go need it 1 g Ses Ion 2 ater on when you get I know several boys and girls who work on Sature days, holidays and summer vacations to help with their high scnooi expenses. Jobs may be hard to get but they’d be just as hard to find if you quit school. You two young people are in a tough spot. Life isn’t easy for you I know, but what are you going to do ahout it? . Quit or push on? If you have the stuff in you which success is made of, you'll push on. : 2 » = EAR JANE JORDAN-—I am 24 years old and have , a baby of six months. My husband and I get zlong fine. We never have any trouble. But we live in the house.with his folks and his mother is a sick woman. She is hard to get along with. I am sick now and I don’t think I can stand it any longer. My husband says the only thing he knows to do is for us to separate. I love him with all my heart and would sure like to stay with him, but he. thinks he can’t give up his folks. What do you think about it? : A WIFE.

Answer—That’s what he thinks now, but he may Shinze Js ming in sme, particularly if you do not rouse his antagonism by sa; A i gronse } y saying too much against his In your talks with him, point out the joys and delights of a home of his own instead of complaining about the home you have. Of course he doesn’t want a separation. He just wants to discourage you in your efforts to cut him loose from the apron strings. Have patience. Maybe you can win by strategy. JANE JORDAN.

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

New Books Today Public Library Presents—

“YN my day we did not think that society owed us a job, we went out and made one for ourselves,” says David Fairchild in his autobiography, THE WORLD WAS MY GARDEN (Scribner) and it is with “his job that he is primarily concerned while telling his story. It is, however, a decided understatement to label as a mere job an all-consuming purpose such as thas which carried this scientist from his boyhood home on the campus of Kansas State College of Agriculture, by way of United States Government Service, to such

‘remote spots on the globe as Java, the Cannibal Isle, Finland, Bagdad and Spain. : - The essential purpose of these exploring expedis tions was the study of various types of vegetation with a view to introducing them into the United States. But it is easy to understatid how David Faire child’s vital personality, wealth of knowledge, and

| keen interest in humafi as well as plant life would