Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1939 — Page 15

* From Indiana=Ernie Pyle

na Selfless Negro Scientist He Sees a Key Which May Unlock a New Era for U. S. 'Problem No. I.’

+ "TUSKEGEE, Ala., March 9.—In this job of roving over the world I have met a

few human beings so selfless as to be almost Utopian spirits.

But never have I met a man who towers.

above Dr. George W. Carver in nobility or inteliigent greatness. He is one of the greatest men in the whole: South. He is a scientist. He is a Negro. Dr. Carver was born in Missouri, apparently

1 during the Civil War. Night raid- | ers stole his parents and sold them at auction. He never saw them again. But Amos Carver, the white plantation owner, was good to the little boy. He gave him his own name, which was customary in those days. George Washington Carver, the Negro boy became. When he grew up, he went to schoo! in Iowa. He specialized in science, and rapidly garnered his degrees. Then he turned southward, among his own people. Forty-two years ago he came to Tuskegee Institute, the South’s famous Negro school. He has been here ever since—a lifetime. Dr. Carver has worked like an inspired man for 42 years to help the South. Not only has he worked for the Negroes, he has worked for the whole South. -| His work has been of the soil, and the things that grow from it. Forty years ago he was preaching the dangers of erosion. But only a few would heed. Ard all through the 42 years he has also been working in his chemical laboratory. He has found dozens of uses for almost every plant that grows in the South. His discoveries of practical commodities that can be made from sweet potatoes and peanuts run into . the hundreds.

Opportunity Beckons to Dixie

| The South has been labeled by the Government as nation’s No. 1 economic problem. The South as a - whole resents that. | But just the other day in a| Montgomery paper there was an editorial which said, in effect: “Let's stop sticking our heads in the sand. | What the Government says is true, and we all know it. So why not accept some help and advice, and try to stop being the nation’s No. 1 economic problem?” The South is fundamentally rural. Except for a steel city like Birmingham, and a few textile towns, the whole heart and soul of the South springs from its soil. ‘And the soil and its tillers have sunk to a point that is hot pretty. Much of the South is “Tobacco Road.” And it needn’t be so. | The whole deep South could be, relatively, what Mobile’s famous Azalea trail and Natchez’ gardens are. Just transfer the luxuriance of the flowers into the . lives of the people. If can be done. And I believe that in all the talk and wrinkling of Administration brows over what to do, the whole founfain of Southern reconstruction lies right here in the laboratory of this humble Negro scientist—Dr. George W. Carver. It seems to me that some farseeing force could take Dr. Carver's discoveries as a basis of planning, and rebuild a new and variéd and prosperous South around them. It would take money and intelligence. The money might sprout from the Federal Government, as money has a way of doing. The intelligence can come from the Southerners. If farmers would rebuild their soil and open their minds to something besides cotton; if industry would set up factories to manufacture the things that Dr. Carver knows can be made ‘from the varied plants of the South, if it would be done in an organized and forceful way, then it seems to me that within 20, 40, 50 years the old, old South could again become the nation’s garden spot.

My Day By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

Natchez, Oddly Enough, Benefits By Rift Requiring 2 Pilgrimages.

EAUMONT, Tex. Wednesday.—During the pilgrimage, there is certainly a friendly, co-opera-tive spirit in Natchez, Miss. A rift has come among some of the ladies and so two pilgrimages are carried on, which makes the period for seeing the houses extend over several weeks. On the whole, this is probably an advantage to the place itself. The Democratic National Committeewoman expressed every hope that the entire period would be successful: I felt that men, women and children were ready and glad to -work together, in spite of rifts, for success which means so much to their city. The atmosphere in the hotel is more than friendly, and the little waitress dressed) in her pink colonial costume and cap, was as interested as anyone I met. She confided in me, however, that they were having the busiest possible time and I am sure her off duty hours were much restricted. The Negro boy who carried the trays for her must also work long hours during this pilgrimage period, yet he too was cheerful. In the evening, after my lecture, we went to a beautiful old house which is used as a clubhouse and where for a short time a reception was held. Then we went back to the theater, where a special performance was given of the Confederate Ball tableaux. I was amused to find one of the reporters who had interviewed me in the morning, appearing in a schoolmaster’s suit and tall hat. :

Off for Baton Rouge

We left the hotel this morning at 7:30 o’clock and our kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. William Kendall, drove us to Baton Rouge, La. On the way we stopped at Southern University, Scotland, La. I had a wire from Mrs. Bethune of the NYA, as well as one from the president of the school, asking me to try to stop, for it would only take me a short distance off our road. They have some very good looking buildings and are putting up some new ones. The faces of the Negro boys and girls were bright and happy. Judging from a board on which subjects of study were printed, I should say that this institution must be doing a great deal for the education of Negro youth and raising the standards of living. We stopped for a minute at the Governor's man.sion in Baton Rouge, and, the Governor's secretary, David Ellison, and his wife, greeted us. Mrs. Herzberg, whom we remembered as an excellent housekeeper when we were here before, urged us to have breakfast. It was a great temptation, but unfortunately our train was leaving too soon to allow us anything more than a cup of coffee. We were sorry not to be able to sée Governor and Mrs. Leche, but glad to hear Br he is recovering from, his long illness.

Mr. Pyle

Day- by- Day Science

By Science Service ANCER, ruthless killer that it is, can yet do mankind a service. It can teach the lesson of democracy. This aspect of cancer is set forth in the pages of a new book, Cancer Against Civilization, written by one of America’s cancer fighters, Dr. Clarence

Cook Little. There is much: else in the book, but the |

lesson in democracy seems especially timely. Cancer is the great equalizer, Dr. Little points out. It neither respects nor favors any group, class, race or creed. It is just as likely to strike the most intelligent and learned as the most slow-witted and ignorant. It is just as likely to strike the banker, dictator or other influential person at the height of his . power as the struggling clerk, the day laborer or the man on relief. This fact about cancer should, Dr. Little believes, make all of us pause for a moment or two and stop "| to consider true values in life. “For some years,” Dr. Little points out, “we have been spending most of our time and energy in a blind and ineffective struggle for individual, group, class, creed and race preference. A good deal of the trouble so created has been visible and obvious. Much more activity, however, has gone on quietly and, in a sinister way, beneath the surface.” In our absorption in material interests, we have jforgoiten, Dr. Little suggests, that the real enemies of mankind are common to all men.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939

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Neighbors Angry, Babies May Have to Goto T oronto to See Rulers

(First of Two Articles) By Paul Ross

NEA Service Staff Correspondent

ORTH BAY, Ontario, March 9.—This | section of Ontario isn’t going to secede from the Dominion, but the refusal of England’s King and Queen to stop off and visit the Dionne quintuplets next sum-

“mer has folks around these parts hopping mad . . . all 3

except the Quins. The five young ladies remain aloof from the resentmen’ against the British monarchs—continue serenely the business of growing up. Theyll be five y2ars old May 28. But most other people up here feel that they and the famous Quins have been given & royal cold-shoulcer. When the King and Queen make a (Canacian tour next summer they will pass within 80 miles of this region—but they : will not visit the Dionne babies, according to the present itinerary. Unless you’ve talked to people here you can’t imagine what this “royal ritz” means to them. The little girls are not only the things that put this northern Ontario region on the map; they are not only a terrific attraction which brings millions of dollars in tour= ist trade to a depressicn~ridden area, they are also the special pride and joy of everybody around here: It's like stirring up a whole city of fathers and mothers to snub the Quins. The Ontario Government has invited the famous children to come to Toronto to meet the King and Queen, but there has been no decision as to whether tlie invitation would be accepted. If guardians and parents accept it will be the first time the children have been outside of Callender. They would make the 200-mile trip by train. Of course, there’s still a possibility that the royal visitors may make an unheralded visit to the home of the Quins. Die-hard optimists up here point out that ac-

.cording to the itinerary the King

and Queen will lard in Sudbury, 80 miles away, on the evening of June 5, and that there are no engagements for them on June 6 until the afternoon when ! hey head south to Toronto. 2 ” 2 TALKED to mary people about . the “snub.” To a man and woman, they were hurt, humiliated. For example, here 's what Arthur ayor of North Bay, had k I speak for most

appointment have beer one

But, apparently, th tention from the be ing the children.” Old Judge H. A. Valin, guardian of the Quins and a man who loves them like h's| own grandchildren, was still nopirg when I saw him. “Every, important person who has ever \ isited this area has come to see the’children,” he said. “I can’t believe ‘hat their Majesties won't find soni¢ time to see the babies.” I dropped into Fred St. Pierre’s barber shop and asked his opinion. “Everybody all up and down Northern Ontario feels slighted,” said Fred. “The Quins are the most famous people in the world. They're more of an attraction than the New York World’s Fair.” Brakeman Don works for Canadian National Railways, voiced a hunch: *I think the Queen .will see them, anyway. She’s a mother herself, isn’t she?” : I wandered inte a department store and interviewed several ladies.’ Mrs. P. H. Bonhomme minced no words over] what she thought. “I think it’s terrible,” she said, “in fact, it’s a lack of courtesy on the part of their Majesties.”

ie was no inInning of see-

” ® 2 : RS. M. ROGERS, who herself came from Britain, many years ago, felt a little more kindly but nonetheless slighted. “I believe their Majest:es were stopped by somebody—o1r something—I don't know who or what. The Quins are a big enough attraction to warrant their coming here.

Side Glances

If King George and Queen Elizabeth of England hold to their an-

nounced schedule of stops when

they visit Canada and the United

States this summer they may not see their famous little subjects, the Dionne quintuplets. Callender is not on their Majesties’ itinerary.

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We were all preparing to entertain - them. Now I sm disap-. pointed.” Another lady, Mrs. B. Devonshire, took the matter out of the

However, the Ontario (iovernment has invited the children to go to

realm of politics and put it on a -

personal basis. should come,” she said, ‘since they’ll be so close. I think. they will be missing something if they don’t see the children. Don’t you?” x There are several theories current up here as to why the King and Queen changed their minds. One school has it that the gov= ernor general of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir, is responsible. People point out that Lord Tweedsmuir has never seen the Quins although the children are under the protection of the Government. E. L. Banner, secretary of the North Bay Board of Trade, holds this view. “I can’t believe that our invitation was placed before their Majesties,” says Nr. Banner. “If it had been, the King and Queen would absolutely make it their business to see the Quins.

After all they said they want to

see the children of Canada. And who represents the children of Canada better than the quintuplets?” Another theory has it that it’s all a matter of politics. People point out that North Bay is Con-

servative while the Provincial gov-

ernment of Ontario is Liberal. Still another view is that the railroads are at the bottom of. it.

The royal visitors are being routed - on the Canadian National Rail- -

ways—state owned—as much as possible. To get to North Bay the King and Queen would probably have to go along the Canadian Pacific, a privately ‘owned road. ® os 8 UT deep down, under all the theorizings and suppositions, folk up here have an idea which they will reveal if you keep after them. The French Canadians hold to it most strongly. The nonFrench repeat it and attribute it to the French. But, if you watch their faces, you can see them wondering if maybe it isn’t so. Nobody wants to be. quoted on it but the idea is this: The Quins are of French-Canadian origin. The monarchs are English. If the Quins were English, too, the King and Queen would go to see them. But since they're not . .. well... a shrug. If the King and Queen of Eng-

land do visit the Dionne sisiers

or see them in Toronto their Majesties will find the Quins fairly blooming. : The Quins staged a great recovery from their tonsil opera-

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Toronto to see the royal couple:

whether they will make the trip. Mean

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told that it is possible they will see thé King and Queen and here

Yvonne holds a picture of the royal ele while Annette, Cecile, Marie

and Emilie practice their curtsies.

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Yvonne, right, takes: throat soundings on Emilie who obediently : says “ah-h-h.” . Pictures of health, the Dionties are thriving and gain=

ing weight after their tonsil operations,

.~ bread. toast, milk.

tions. As was expected, their weights dropped immediately after the operations. For 10 days to two weeks the Quins were off a few pounds, but at the end of a

month they had not only regained '

. the lost weight, but added a few pounds. a First important result of the operations was a remarkable lack -of colds. The Quins’ nurses .report

that formerly ail one had to do

to give the sisters a cold was to sneeze somewhsre in their vicinity. ‘The next day they would have the sniffles. Now they are virtually: immune to colds. Emilie had one for two days and threw it off. Before the operations, the other four would have picked up Emilie’s cold almost instantly. The Quins’ breathing is greatly improved. Nurse O’Shaughnessy

told me that they all used to be .

mouth-breathers while they slept and that Marie snored. Not only snored but snored so loudly that the others would be kept awake and on more than one night would call out to Marie to keep quiet. 2 2 2 O overcome the fixed habit of mouth-breathing the Quins were refrained in breathing methods. They not only continued with the mouth and lip exercises and the calisthenics = with = mouth = closed which they had been doing before, in an effort to keep down growth of

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Name the famous waterfalls

2—What is th ' time between and Rome, Italy? 3—What is the correct pronun- .

difference in

ment?

Greek alphabet. 5—What is a Maxim silencer?

public of Guatemala. T7—Was the Dominion of Canada ever owned by the United States.

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: Answers 1—Victoria Falls. 2—The Standard Time differ ence is six hours. 3—A-ver'-ment; not av’-er-ment. 4—Omega. 5—A device for suppressing the

arms. ; 6—Guatemala City. T—N No. 2

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4—Name the last letter: of the 3

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tonsils and adenoids,

Jectives. The nurses told them-—as a means of suggestion—that it was desirable to sleep with the mouth

closed, that it was nice, that. it:

was good. The Quins are never told—directly—to do or not to: do something. . The nurses and the. ‘teacher feared the Quins might lose their beautiful singing voices as a result of | the . operations. - But, if anything, the Quins’ voices have

‘ improved.

The first thing the Quins asked for after the convalescent period was food. Severzl small but very important changes—to a Quin—have been made in the children’s diet. For one thing they now receive highly prized bits of angel cake once a week and a small square of date

cake once a week. For another

thing they're now getting choco-

late milk every day.

2 » 2 * OTHERS with feeding problems of their own will be happy to know that the Quins eat comparatively little spinach. The reason is this: Their diet is so worked out that it is unneces-

-sary to concentrate on one vege-

table which the children may or may not like.

Here is a typical week’s menu jn

for the Quintuplets:

"MONDAY

Breakfast: Vegeiable cere al,

but they were given indirect breathing, ob- :

- heaviest,

; } Beet broth, broiled ‘chicken, peas, potatoes; . dessert— caramel pudding, sunwheat biscuits.” : “Supper: Cream of wheat, brown bread and butter, arrowroot biscuits, Jello with fruit, milk.

TUESDAY

Breakfast: Vegetable cereal, bacon and soft boiled eggs, brown

Dinner: Lamb stew, carrots, potatoes; dessert—chocolate pug: ding, biscuits. Supper: Oatmeal porridge, soda biscuits, apple sauce. WEDNESDAY - Breakfast: Vegetable cereal, scrambled eggs, brown bread toast, milk. : ‘Dinner: broth, | beef, asparagus, potatoes; dessert—ice

Beef.

‘cream, biscuits.

«Supper: Cream of wheat, brown ‘bread rusks, prunes. «

THURSDAY ¥ Breakfast: Same as Monday.

Dinner: Beef broth, beef, pota-:

toes, spinach; dessert—floating island, biscuits. Supper: Oatmeal porridge, soda biscuits, arrowroot biscuits, rusks, milk, Jello. - FRIDAY ¢ PBreakfast: Same as Tuesday. Dinner: Fish, string beans, potatoes; dessert — graham: biscuit pie.

Supper: Cream of wheat, rusks, -

soda biscuits, brown bread and butter, junket. SATURDAY Breakfast: Same as Wednesday. = Dinner: Beef, carrots, potatoes; dessert—custard pudding, biscuits. Supper: Porridge, soda biscuit rusks, apricots, milk. SUNDAY Breakfast: Same as Monday. Dinner: Beef broth, carrots, potatoes: dessert—ice cream. Supper: Cream of wheat sunwheat biscuits, rusks, soda biscuts, apple whip. Corn syrup on puddings, bread, etc. During February, when the thermometer was far below zero almost daily, all’ but one of the girls gained weight. Cecile, the weighs around 48 pounds, with Annette running a close second. Marie is lightest-at 44 pounds. Yvonne is around the 46-pound mark. The Quins’ heights -range Retween 40 and 42

ches. bas ; NEXT—Musical tastes and play program.

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dog, Dock, was a faster rat killer.

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By, Anton Scherrer

~ ‘RatKilling Tournaments Recoled They Helped Fill. Time Between Basketball and Baseball Seasons.

NE March night about 35 years ago, 500 people including two women crowded ‘into a big room in the rear of Sloan’s saloon

-at the corner of Senate Ave. and, 16th St.,

to witness a rat-killing, a form of sport designed to fill the gap between the end of the basketball season and the beginning of baseball. An elevated pit occupied the center of the room around which was grouped the sporting gentry of Indianapolis. Possibly not more than a couple of dozen had ringside seats. The rest had to stand and look over the heads of the more fortunate ones to see what was going on. Even so, they saw pleniy. Ten rats were allowed each dog, the point of the game being to see which dog was the fastest killer. A stop watch was used pecan very often it was a matter of a split second. The rats had been in confine-

ment, were half-starved, and mean Mr. Scherrer

{1 as they make ’em. Often they dodged the dog and,

scrambling between his front legs, attacked his rear feet until the dog didn’t know whether he was coming or going. Often they evaded the dog’s teeth and gripped his mouth in their frantic efforts to escape death. Sometimes, too, three or four rats attacked a dog at the same time and kept him spinning around and around to protect his feet and legs from their sharp teeth. Anyway you look at it, the dogs had all they could do to stay ahead of the rats. The first prize that night went to Railroad Jack, the bulldog pet of a Big Four conductor by the name of McVay. His time was 51 seconds flat, a record that had never been beaten although on one or two occasions it had been equalled. There's no telling, though, what might have happened to Railroad Jack had Bull, a rat killer belonging to Charlie Barnes, been able to participate that night. In practice that afternoon, Bull made a record of five rats in 17 seconds, but he suffered an injury, with the result that his name had to be scratched when it came time for the main event.

A Cleanup for Muncie

As for the other dogs that night, Cyclone, the pet belonging to No. 5 Fire Engine House, made the best showing. He was the nerviest small dog in Indiane apolis, willing to tackle any size rat, but he lacked strength to make a sure kill. It slowed up his teche nique. ‘Enough, anyway, for Railroad Jack to turn in the better score. Which“ brings me to the point of today’s piece, namely. the Muncie-Indianapolis rat-killing. tourna=ment. When the people in Muncie heard about Rail road Jack they sent word that they'd bet everything they had, including their shirts, that Charlie Rawling’s : As a matter of fact, they put up a purse of $200 to show they meant business. The meet was held sometime in April, 1904, in the Interurban Club Rooms in Muncie and more than 800 attended. of which 200 came from Indianapolis, They couldn’t see how they could lose. For one Jhinik. Railroad Jack had a batting: average of” 505, ha ving won four out of six contests. The Indianapolis fans bet everything they anywhere from $5 to $200 a cent of it, because that night Charlie Rawling’s dog, Dock, achieved an all-time high and got his rat in 261% -seconds, Muncie never saw 80 much fuoney sing the natural ‘gas days. | 8 py

Jane Jordan— Girl Fearing Reputation Injured

By Friend Advised to Avoid Her.

EAR JANE JORDAN—I am only a school girl but I need advice as badly if not worse than other people who write to your column. I would tell my mother but she isn’t the motherly mother (that most children have. I was brought up without a mother, you migiat as well say, and all I have learned has been through -notherly neighbors and teachers. Well, to get at the point: One of my girl friends has ruined my reputation along with hers. This girl

about in this neighborhood. Several of my best girl friends’ mothers have forbidden their daughters to associate with me on account of this girl and her meanness. The teachers in school have called my attention to this. I have a very clear conscience, and am sure that I have done nothing that would bring disgrace on myself or anyone else. I like this girl very much when I am with her but find it easy to talk against her. Earlier we were rivals and had a rather awful disagreement in which we fought. I was ashamed of myself and promised my parents that I would never fight again. After several months we made up. Lately we have not been agreeing again, and I would like to drop her entirely, but this would make her into an enemy as she is a spoiled child, Her mother and father work in a beer tavern and they cannot look out for her properly. Please answer as soon as possible and tell me how to end these awful tales with which I am connected. ; EW. L.

~Answer—I suppose that there is nothing for you to do but to break up your friendship with this girl. What you tell me about her father and mother’s neglect of her makes me feel very sorry for her, but after all you are not well enough established to preserve your own good reputation and be seen with her. There is no reason why other girls should be dragged down because one is allowed to run wild. : I wonder if some of these motherly neighbors and teachers of whom you speak would not be willing to help the girl? : 8 = 8 Note—TI have several letters for Mrs. E. H. B,, the woman who is afraid of the wind. - They come from women who have had similar experiences. If Mrs. E. H. B. would like to have these letters, let her send

.| her name and address and I will forward them to her,

JANE JORDAN.

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