Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1939 — Page 17

FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939

Hoosier Vagabond

DANA, Ind, June 9.—My father is getting to be guite a gadabout. He has been to Indianapolis two or three times this vear. And recently he drove a bunch of women lodge members over to the city, staved a couple of days in the Hotel English, and

had a wonderful time. He's got so he stays out late at night, too. The Sunday before 1 got home, he and Oscar Holladay drove to Bloomington, Ill, to see the annual Passion Play. They left at 6:30 in the morning and didn't get home until midnight. They would have been home sooner, except they stopped in Champaign for supper, and then decided to go to a movie. By the time the movie was over, they were both so sleepy they almost ran off the road several times coming home. My mother and Aunt Mary got pretty worried before they got home, and didn't sleep a wink. Finally they heard a car drive up, and somebody come in the dining room door. But no light came on. They called out, and nobody answered. Aunt Mary was convinced a burglar was in the house, and she jumped out of bed and went ramming around, and I expect, if she'd had a skillet in bed with her, she'd have crowned somebody. Finally the light came on, and there was my father, looking sort of bewildered. What happened was that he missed the light switch when he came in, and in his hunting around for it he got completely lost in the room, and wound up by not knowing which room he was in, or even what house. My mother says she isn't going to let him go out at night any more. But he was out with the Eastern Stars last night till midnight. We finally may have to report him to the authorities.

" " x Aunt Mary to Visit West My Aunt Mary is 73 vears old, and works like & She drives the car all around the country

herself, takes women to club meetings, and is

chairman of the temperance committee at the church. Aunt Mary has definitely made up her mind to

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Our Town

Soon &s I heard that Juan Perez in town I made it my business, you bet, to look him up 1 found him playing with a dog in Mrs Ida Strawn Baker's backyard, 1635 N. Delaware St. Mr. Perez 15 a professional model who has stirred many artists

into action, among them Diego Rivera, the great Mexican paint=er -whose whole name, 1 learned is Diego Maria Concepcion Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera vy Barrientos Acosta V Rodriquez. It's a nice thing to know in case the question ever comes up. Mr. Perez blew into town on Memorial Day, “the day of the races,” he said, and headed straight for Mrs. Ines Samper’s home, 2232 Central Ave. Seems that Mrs. Samper is a teacher of Spanish and has a lot to do with running the Spanish Club of Indianapolis. Enough, anyway, that every Mexican makes it a point never to leave Indianapolis without looking her up. Some, indeed, like Mr. Perez, for instance, look her up first.

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He Finds a Job

From Mrs. Samper’'s home, Mr. Perez went to call on Mrs. Ida Strawn Baker—the lady with whose dog 1 found Mr. Perez playing. Seems that Mrs. Samper had apprised Mrs. Baker of his coming. Apparently. Mrs. Samper knew exactly what she was doing because when Mrs. Baker heard that Mr. Perez had served the great Rivera in a professional capacity, she was quite beside herself. Certainly, all agog. Mrs. Baker's love for Spaniards is accounted for by the fact that several vears ago she spent some time in Mexico —meeting, among other people, Mr. Rivera—and was <0 carried away by the adventure that she wrote a book about it . Tt isn’t in print yet. Chances are, though. that Mrs. Baker will surprise us any day now. The title of Mrs. Baker's book is “Who Is That Man With the White Horse?” It's not Diego Rivera, but beyond

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Washington

WASHINGTON, June 9—Here is the Roosevelt political picture which I outline with complete con-

fidence: First. Mr. Roosevelt is keeping himself footloose with regard to a third-term candidacy so that he can move either way, depending upon developments in the coming months. He is likely to run but he is reserving final decision. As to the announcement of his intentions, he will decide the timing. No announcement is imminent. Second. Mr. Roosevelt is primarily concerned now with control of the national convention. He is asking state Democratic leaders to select delegations of unquestioned loyalty to the Administration. There will be no ohiection to such delegations indorsing favorite sons who are New Dealers. N » y Myr. Farley in the Saddle Third. It is desired that the political management of this activity be vested in Postmaster General Farley. This is considered of vital importance. Tommy Corcoran has shown signs of undertaking politicai activities but it is realized within the Roosevelt circle that this would be fatal. His management of the

purge was a demonstrated failure. The Administration is a little late in recognizing

My Day

WASHINGTON, Thursday. —I have just made the rounds of every room in the White House with Mrs. Nesbitt, the housekeeper. We even inspected the third floor, which, this time, instead of housing grandchildren. will have our royal visitors’ personal servants. Ordinarily, when the house is going to be filled, I tell Mrs. Nesbitt to get in touch with the nurses to find out what food should be ordered for the various children, but on this occasion I have no babies to worry about! I have to explain, however, with extreme care certain English customs, such as early morning tea and bread and butter and water which must be cooled but must not have ice in it. Only in our own country is wawith ice floating in it considered a necessity. 1 think Mr. Reeves, the head gardener, has done the most besutiful job with the flowers in and around the house. It has meant a great deal to him to have such wonderful flowers sent in from various parts of the country From a friend in New Jersey have come some of the most beautiful roses. Pink gladioli have come from Alabama and the orchids. which will be the central decoration for the table tonight, came to us through a friend in New York City. 3

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By Ernie Pyle

take a big trip to the West Coast this summer, She’s going up by way of Lake Louise in Canada, and I hope she has better luck with it than my father did. He came through there two years ago and, at my insistence, stopped over for a day to see what 1 consider the most beautiful sight in the world. But he wasn't much impressed, and said the best time he had that day was when he got over to Banff in the evening and went to a movie. I could have kicked him. 1 haven't any fears at all about my Aunt Mary traveling at her age. If she wants to know something, she'll just stop the first 1000 people she sees and ask them. She was telling me about her trip to Minnesota last fall. She had to transfer from one depot to another in Chicago, and she was a little fearful she might not do it right. The reason I'm telling vhis is to tell about this new word of Aunt Mary's. I don’t know where she got it, but it’s a mighty good word anyway. The word is “juberous.” “I tell you,” Aunt Mary says, “I got a little juberous before we got to Chicago. I didn’t know whether I'd get the right Parmalee taxi or not. I did feel

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Mother Talks of Moving

But she wasn’t juberous long. She started asking questions, and before they got to Chicago she had three different families of fellow-travelers all fighting to take her over to the Northwestern Station in their cars. I won't be surprised if the San Francisco Fair finds itself putting on an “Aunt Mary Day” before she | gets away. My mother has said all her life that she never wanted to leave the farm. But now, much to my| amazement, she talks of wanting to move to town, It) didn’t take me long to see through it, though. “She! merely figures that's the only way to stop my father from working so much, But he wouldn't be happy in town, with nothing to do. He can’t bear the thought of ieaving the farm.| And somehow, although I left it 20 years &go, I can’t bear the thought of somebody else living in our house. If my folks left it, T don’t believe I'd ever want to see it again. But they aren't going to leave.

By Anton Scherrer

that I'm not going to tell who the man is, I haven’ the heart to spoil Mrs. Baker's fun. Well, to get back to Mr. Perez. After Mrs. Baker got the latest news of Mexico by way of her prodigy, she went to work to find a job for Mr. Perez. Mrs. Baker is like that. She called up the Herron Art| School and, believe it or not, at that very moment| Henrik Maver, who runs the Lifé Class over there, was wondering where he was going to get a model, Can vou beat it? Mr. Mayer pining away for a model, and just around the corner not a block away from the Herron, was the man who had posed for Rivera. Not only that, but for almost everybody else, too, including Thomas Benton. ” » »

He's Also an Artist

Besides his job at the Herron, Mr. Perez has also posed for the Indianapolis Camera Club. It isn't| enough to keep him busy, though. That's why Mr.| Perez is thinking some of leaving Indianapolis pretty | soon and trving his luck in the East. He hopes to meet Wayman Adams. Maybe, Alexander Archipenko, too. Mr. Perez has a hunch that he will have the world by the tail after he has posed for Archipenko and Adams. Anyway, after he’s conquered the East, | Mr. Perez plans to go to Europe, if there is anything| left of Europe by that time. { In addition to being a professional model, Mr. | Perez is also an artist. He works in water colors and | got his start in Washington University. Mr. Rivera | has seen some of his work, he says, and was very nice | about it. Mr. Rivera is an awful nice fellow to meet, | and considerate of his models, says Mr. Perez. In-| deed, he can't say enough for Mr. Rivera. He thinks he's one of the greatest artists alive, no matter what anybody may say to the contrary. “The world only builds statues for men after they are dead.” said Mr. Perez with a finality that seemed to dispose of the guestion Mr. Perez is 28 year old and handsome as they make 'em down South. He weighs 175 pounds and is| 5 feet, 11 inches tall with a better set of teeth than any in Hollywood. I thought you'd like to know what Diego Rivera demands of a model.

By Raymond Clapper

Mr. Farley's importance to it. Although he has uttered no complaint, it is well understood in Washing-

ton that he has been neglected at the White House. Mr. Roosevelt has not made ‘full use of Mr. Farley, who is a most important political asset.

Some of the intimate and influential persons in the Roosevelt circle hope to bring about a correction ot that situation in the near future. They have been much impressed by the lovalty which General Farley | has shown on his recent trip. un n =”

Wants Party Kept Liberal

The Administration has become concerned over the matter of convention delegates at this early date) partly because of the activity for Vice President Garner. It is realized in the Administration that attention to mechanical preliminaries in setting up state delegations has been lagging and that activity should be pushed immediately. The fact is that the anti-| Roosevelt forces have got off to a head-start in organization activity. - The dominating fact in the Democratic situation | is that Mr. Roosevelt is determined to see the Demo-| cratic Party go on down through the vears as the vehicle of liberal political action. . { Whether Mr. Rooseveit runs or not, he will insist | upon the party going forward as a liberal party. That means a platform which will not trim and nomination of a real liberal as a candidate. He is in no mood to make concessions “to hold the party together.” He regards 1940 as a critical campaign and if it means a nasty fight, he is ready for it.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

The arrangement of all this profusion of beauty is all done by Mr. Reeves and his assistants. When I went out on the porch for my breakfast, I could not help exclaiming over the gorgeous vases of deep purple gladioli standing by each column. The railings of the steps leading down to the garden are covered with honeysuckle in bloom and the big magnolia tree planted by Andrew Jackson has opened wide its blossoms. I am writing this column early this morning because I have an idea the rest of the day may be somewhat busy. The President told me firmly that I must be ready at 10 minutes before 11. From then until the King and Queen come back to dress for the gar-

den party at the British Embassy, T do not see thai] there is going to be any time for them, or for me, to do more than remove a hat! Three of our boys with their wives arrived last] night for dinner and I have talked to them all this morning on the telephone. Tt seems rather queer not to have them in the house, but it is certainly nice to! have them in the same city. Franklin Jr. brought his| great dane to stay until he takes him to Hyde Park, which will add a homelike touch to the south lawn, After all these preparations, it is exciting to reach] the actual day of arrival and I am looking forward | with keen pleasure to meeting two people who have | impressed their sympathetic personalities upon a continent. %°

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(Last of a Series) By David Dietz

Scripps-Howard Science Editor

YoU have to be a surgeon, as well as a fisherman, if you set out to “bring ‘em back alive” from the deep Atlantic. 1 learned that from Louis Mowbray, internationally famous naturalist and director of the Bermuda Aquarium. Deep sea fish have to support the great pressure of the water above them. This pressure, which tends to flatten them out like pancakes, is counteracted by the pressure of their blood vessels and their other tissues. When such a fish is brought quickly to the surface the sudden disappearance of the outside pressure causes the gases within it to expand until it swells up like a toy balloon. Sometimes the pressure inside is so great that the fish bursts. Then there is one less specimen for the aquarium. Usually, the internal pressure also pushes the fish's stomach out through its mouth. Quick action is needed if the fish is to survive. That is why Mr. Mowbray had to add a bit of surgery to his other accomplishments. He operates with a sharp steel instrument like an awl, puncturing the abdomen of the fish. That releases the pressure, returning the fish to normal size. Then he pushes the stomach back where it belongs. An occasional fish develops an infection and dies, but most of them are none the worse for their experience. The wound heals up and the fish find life as enjoyable in the tanks of the aquarium as they once found it in the murky depths of the Atlantic. » ” » HERE are other new tricks to fishing when you bring ‘em back alive. Mowbray had to design a special kind of boat for the purpose. As a result, when he puts out to sea he mot only has the ocean all around but inside

his boat as well. For he goes to sea in a boat that has some 40 or more holes drilled in its bottom. The whole central portion of the hull of his ship is a tank for holding the live fish he has caught. the water of the ocean flow in and out so that to all practical purposes the fish are still swimming in the Atlantic as his boat makes its way back through the coral reefs to the aquarium harbor on Harrington Sound. Mowbray's skill in bringing back the fish as well as his skill in arranging his aquarium tanks have resulted in major triumphs for the Bermuda Aquarium. Deep sea fish that are extremely rare in aquariums thrive there, Each tank has been arranged to duplicate the natural habitat of the species of fish it contains. Thus the fish that normally live among the coral reefs swim about in tanks in which coral polyps The fish swim in

fans and the branches of the coral “trees.” A coral tree looks like a diminutive submarine bush of some sort, but actually it is a whole colony of living animals. Each branch is a separate animal or polyp. ending in a mouth surrounded by a fringe of tentacles.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Does the United States own the Panama Canal Zone? 2—Name the Governor of Ohio. 3—Where is the Isle of Man? 4-What does foot - pounds mean? 5—Must members of the Presi dent's Cabinet be naturale born Americans? 6—Who wrote, “The Wives of Windsor?” ” LJ »

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1—No; it is leased in perpetuity from the Republic of Panama. 2—John William Bricker, 3—In the Irish Sea.

4—The unit of work equivalent to a force of one pound acting through a distance of one foot. 5—No; many Cabinet officers have been foreign born, 6—Shakespeare. rr - ®

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R. Mowbray will call your attention to facts that the casual visitor to the aquarium misses, how not only the corals are alive but how all sorts of tiny shellfish of one sort and another live among the corals. It is that way out upon the coral reefs, he tells vou. Not more than 20 per cent of a coral reef is composed of coral. The rest of the reef is built from the shells and skeletons of starfish and molluscs and shellfish of one sort or another thai make their home among the coral polyps Because Mr. Mowbrav succeeds in creating within the aquarium tanks the same balance of life that exists in the ocean, he has had unusual success in keeping alive specimens that usually fail to survive In aquariums One tank of sea horses and another containing several octopi testify to his skill Few living creatures as amazing as the seahorse. The ancient Greeks imagined a mythological creature, the centaur, supposed to be half man and half horse. The seahorse appears half horse and half mermaid. It looks like the head of a horse joined to a mermaid tail. All this is in miniature for the seahorse is about four inches long. It swims in a vertical position, lights on a branch of sea weed and hooks its tail around the weed like a monkey wrapping its tail around a branch of a tree. The male seahorse has a pouch in front like that of a kangaroo. In this pouch he carries the eggs laid by the female until they hatch out. At first, the tiny “colts” <ally forth one at a time, then they emerge in bunches. The seahorse wears a suit of armor. From head to tail he is covered yith bony, jointed rings. Most amazing is the ability of the seahorse to change color like a chameleon Sometimes he is the palest yellow with here and there the glint of silver. As vou

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watch him he changes to an emerald green Then, as though struck by a pessimistic thought, he fades to a dull brown. This ability to change color is possessed by many of the denizens of the sea. n ” » IFE is a magician in the ocean. Here is a tiny, almost transparent creature that at first glance looks like a bit of animat~ ed seaweed. Closer inspection, however, proves that it 35 alive What, looked first like feathery bits of weed are really jointed legs growing out from a tiny bodv. Looking closer we see bulging eves sticking out from the front of this creature on stalk like projections. The strange larva of the But before it are all familiar through several transformations.

These transformations constitute the problem which Dr. Ma=~ rie Lebour, famous British biologist, is studying at the Bermuda Biological Station. The crustaceans — shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters, etc.—all live in suits of jointed, bony armor. They can only grow, as is well known, by shedding their shells. But in their early stages, they not only shed their shells but un=dergo a series of strange develop=mental transformations at the same time. As a result there is a great deal of confusion about the early life histories of many crustaceans. In many cases, the com=plete series of transformations are unknown. Likewise, many larval forms are Xxnown but unidentified. No one knows what creature they will eventually become. Dr. Lebour is seeking to unravel some of these mysteries. Her method is to dredge up the larval forms from the waters around the Bermuda coral reefs. Then she transfers them to aquarium tanks

creature the familiar crawfish. attains the form we with, it will go more magical

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Upper Left—This astounding looking creature is the larva of the familiar crawfish. Upper Right Larval forms of all sorts abound in the waters off these Bermuda cliffs, Below—Dr. Marie Lebour, famous British biologist, who is studying the larval forms of sea life at the Bermuda Biological Station. She is shown here with some of her drawings.

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HERE she undertakes to keep them alive until they have undergone a transformation. The difficulty comes from the fact that these larval forms are extremely delicate. They don't thrive well in tanks and usually proceed to die in a few days. But occasionally, some of them live long enough to shed their shells and go through a transfor=mation. Usually they die thereafter. But Dr. Lebour has then obtained one more stage in the life study of the particular crustacean. She watches them until she catches the last known stage of the larva again. Then, if she can keep it alive long enough, she can get one more stage in its history. In this way, she has already succeeded in getting five or six stages in the life histories of certain creatures. In each case she makes careful drawings and she is now preparing these drawings for publication in scientific journals. There are many forms of tiny crustaceans, unknown to the general public, which are of the utmost importance to life in the ocean because they form the food of larger fish. These tiny crustaceans are part of the plankton, the plant and animal life that drifts with the currents of the sea Variations in the supply of plankton, therefore, is not merely a matter of scientific interest. Tt is of prime importance to the fishing industry, Consequently studies such as Dr. Lebour and other scientists are carrying on at the Bermuda Biological Station are of the utmost importance.

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NOTHER illustration the now classical story of the hunt for the breeding place of the eel conducted by the late Prof. Johann Schmidt, famous Danish biologist and ocean~ ographer. For many vears, all that was known about the eel was that each year the eels left the rivers of both Europe and America and headed for the open sea. Then in due season the voung eels came out of the ocean and returned to the rivers. But no one knew where the breeding place of the eel was. Dr. Schmidt set out to find the answer to the mysterv. The chase kept him busy for many vears. It was my good fortune to meet Dr. Schmidt in Paris in 1923,

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shortly after he had brought the hunt to a successful conclusion. First Dr, Schmidt tried to find out where the eels went When they left the streams and rivers in the autumn and put aut to sea, But all attempts to locate the adult eels in the ocean failed But ont of

the voung eels came back: the ocean and so Dr, Schmidt decided to hunt for lare val forms instead. His method was to drag a net behind his ship. Soon he made a remarkable dise covery The farther out from the shores of Europe he went, the smaller the larva he caught. Apparently, they developed far from the shores of Europe, grows ing in size as they drifted across the Atlantic with the current to the shores of Europe. As he neared Bermuda, Dr. Schmidt found not only the larva of Buropean eels but those of American eels also. The two are so much alike that they can be distinguished only by examina= tion with the aid of a microscope. Finally he found that both American and European eels breed in the same place and that this breeding place of the eel i8 in the open ocean, northwest of Bermuda upon the northern edge of that area of calm known as the Sargasso Sea. ” n »

R. SCHMIDT solved one mys= tery only to create a dozen more. What instinct causes the eels of two continents to seek the same spawning ground? How do they find it? How do the larval eels find their ways back across the ocean? How does a European eel know that he belongs in the rivers of Europe, an American eel in the rivers of America? One possible explanation is that it. takes the European larval eel three times as long to mature as the European eel and that the young eels do not seek fresh water until they are mature According to this theory, the voung eels spread out in all directions until some reach the coast of America. When the young of the American species reach the proper stage of development they £0 up the rivers The young of the European species have no such urge and so they drift with the ocean cutrent which carries them across the Atlantic to Europe. They arrive on the coast of Europe about at the time they are ready to enter the rivers. It is a startling picture, however, that Dr. Schmidt's work portrays: The eels making their way across the Atlantic to the breeding place off the coast of Bermuda, the voung finding their way back to the rivers of two continents Some authorities ‘hink it is the Gulf Stream which guides the eels, Many such mysteries abound in the sea, mysteries far older than man for life in the ocean preceded man by millions of years, Such mysteries bring the scientists to Bermuda, where at the biological station, they may study these wonders of marine life,

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