Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1940 — Page 9

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940

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<. Hoosier Vagabond By Ernic Pyle

CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, Feb. 3.—There is a keen feeling here between Army people and civilian employees of the Government. : : They don’t, to put it bluntly, like each other. There are normally about 20,000 soldiers here, and ; . =~ about 4000 civilian employees. Most of the Army of course is

enlisted personnel, and they go.

their own happy way. Which leaves the commissioned men and the white civilians in the pot together, each thinking he’s as good as the other, if not a sight better. The dislike is caused by two things: 1. The Army {tradition of slightly looking down upon civilians. "2. The fact that an Army man ; i is here for two years, and the civilian forever. The Army man says he didn’t come here of his own choice, he was ordered here, therefore he should have the best of everything. The civilian says that since he isn’t just doing a temporary hitch, but is here for good, he should have the best of everything. Of course they both have plenty, but the Army: kind of rubs it in. For instance there are separate commissaries, separate social clubs, separate hospitals, for Army and civilians. A civilian worker is not permitted in an Army commissary or club—but an Army man is permitted in the civilians’. That causes re sentment,

Tourist Trade Falls Off

The businessmen of Panama are upset over the lack of tourists this winter. They had counted on the war bringing all the winter travelers down to the Caribbean, and here it has done just the opposite. People are afraid to come down here. : This fear psychology of people at home is baflling > to me. I'm thoroughly in accord with making Americans stay out of danger zones, but this is no danger zone. One man I talked to sees it quite clearly. He said:

, Our Town

TODAY'S PIECE is about Mrs. Marie Rhodius, the first anywhere around here to sense the financial possibilities of Sauerbraten and Kartoffelkloesse. Mrs. Rhodius. was a German, born in Nurnberg. Her husband, George, was a Heidelberger. In 1858, the two came America. After a year’s stay in Cincinnati, they turned up in Indianapolis. Mrs. Rhodius was 20 years old at the time. Soon as they had their trunk unpacked, they went in search of a place to set up a restaurant. They found a one-story frame building on S. Meridian St., just about where the Russet people now do business. In no time at all they had this part of the world beating a path to their door, all on account of the way Marie made Sauerbraten and Kartoffelkloesse. They couldn't have picked a better place or time to do business. For one thing, Indianapolis was full of German bachelors at the time—hungry young men like Herman Bamberger, for instance, and Henry Severin, Christian Off and Herman Lieker, to mention only a few. As for the location, 80 years ago the’ corner of Meridian and Washington Sts. was just as much the Cross Roads of America as it is today.

» ” ” v Larger Quarters Needed . Inside of a couple of years, the Rhodius restaurant was much too small to handle its customers. This time they found a two-story frame house on a 40-foot lot on N. Meridian St., just about where the entrance to the Electric Building is today. Even that wasn’t enough to suit them. They bought 20 additional feet. The frame house was moved to the rear of the lot and a two-story brick building was erected. This came to be known as the Circle House. As time went on, two . . additional stories were added and the house did a ¢ thriving business as a hotel. Then came the Civil War. Mr. Rhodius served in the Union Army in the Quartermaster’s Department. During his absence Mrs. Rhodius had the burden of running the hotel all by herself. When the war was

Washington

“We Americans as a whole don’t have -any sense of direction or distance. We have to stop and think which is east or west. And most Americans think Panama is about 50 miles north of Montevideo, where the Graf Spee battle took place.” ! He must be right. There's nobody here at all The regular liners come in half full. Cruise ships, they say, are canceling whole cruises. ‘I hop® the city fathers of Miami are duly grateful, and get down on their knees every morning, and close their eyes, and thank the Almighty that Americans have never got in the habit of looking at maps. # # 8

Of for Costa Rica

Tomorrow we leave Panama. We hate to go on, but word arrives by wireless that Costa Rica has declared a national holiday and the entire population is down at the airport awaiting us, and won’t do another lick of work till we get there. So we have our duty, you see. The Americans of Panama are lavishly hospitable. Time seems to hang heavy on their hands, and they are eager for the sight of a new face or the sound of a new voice. It seems odd too, since there are so many thousands of Americans here. But I guess they all get

sick of each other, and when a stranger comes into| their midst for more than a few days, the welcome hand is out. The people up in Alaska are noted for}

their hospitality, and they even write books about it, Just in case you hadn’t noticed it yourself. - In Panama I've never heard any mention of hospitality, yet the people here are as friendly and hospitable and thoughtful.as Alaskans. Ten days ago we didn’t know a soul here. Tomorrow we will say goodby to people who will be our friends for life. We like Panama. d ” 2 ” 3 I leave with one thing undone. I never did get around in Balboa to take a look at Pyle Street. There is such a street there, for I saw it in 1924, and people tell me it is still there. | I wanted ‘to go ‘around and hang from the street sign by my knees, and have somebody take a picture of it. But a fellow can’t do everything, |

By Anton Scherrer

over, she wasn't any better off, either. Her husband had returned from the Army in broken health and died soon after; in 1867. Mrs. Rhodius stayed right on the job. When the Circle House became too small to accommodate its trade, Mrs. Rhodius bought the property now occupied (in part) by Lyman Bros. on-Monument Circle. There she erected the Circle Park Hotel of which she was the owner and manager until the day of her death in 1905. ” ” 2

Recipe for Sauerbraten

When she died, it was learned that she owned downtown property in Indianapolis worth something like half a million dollars. The only man who had her confidence ‘and helped her with her business affairs was Werner Amiet, a Swiss. Mr. Amiet stuck around Indianapolis for a while after Mrs. Rhodius’ death and then returned to Switzerland. Back in his native land he built himself a little chateau with a tourelle and all the architectural fixin’s, and called it “Villa Indiana.” Rhodius Park, the one on S. Belmont Ave., repre-

‘sents part of the fortune left by Mrs. Rhodius, every

bit of which was made right here in Indianapolis— mostly in her kitchen—and all in the course of 45 years. And just as beneficial for us was the fact that among her effects was found the recipe for her famous Sauerbraten. ; Put five or six pounds of beef (rump or shoulder) in a stone crock, said Mrs. Rhodius, and along with it put an onion, a bayleaf, cloves, pepper and juniper berries. Cover with boiling vinegar. Let stand in a cool place for six days, turning every day. When ready to cook, lard the meat generously with strips of bacon. Put good fat in the pan and brown roast on all sides. (This keeps the juice in the meat, said Mrs Rhodius.) * When browred, salt slightly, sprinkle a

little flour in the pan, add boiling water and some of |: the pickled vinegar and baste very often until done. |

Strain gravy before serving and add salt, sugar and vinegar to taste. As for the way Mrs. Rhodius made her Kartoffel-

kloesse, I regret to have to report that she took the|:

recipe with her. I can’t help it if some of my stories end like that.

By Raymond Clapper

SECOND SECTION

The Indianapolis

ern Finland

After the Russian Rout in North

Here the Finns made a surprise attack on troops of the 44th Russian Division in Suomassalmi. Machines were stopped and the bodies of the Russians were frozen where they fell.

. - SAN FRANOISCO, Cal, XYeb. 2Thae Is Yio de: flan 1 ever lave found before in frequent rovings Skis beside them, these white-clad Finnish soldiers are typical of This Russian was stringing a telegraph wire when a bullet struck mand for a Messiah in this campaign. No figure is about the country. :

on the scene who in the remotest degree takes on

that role in the public mind, not even President Roosevelt. He held that place in 1932 and again in 1936. Huge sections of public opinion in both of those years felt that Mr. Roosevelt was needed to save the country.

I don’t find that now, and I don’t mean that public sentiment has turned against him. Indeed, it seems to me that he stands higher in public estimation than ever before, with respect to the job he has done, and particularly with respect to the effort he has made. But it is not accompanied by any real demand, that I can find, for another four : years. Occasionally some political leader, for organization purposes, deems it to his interest to declare for a third term, but now there is even less ofethat. Occasionally some group favors it. The strongest third-term sentiment I have found was among a Jewish group in a Middlewestern city. An element in that feeling, some local New ‘Dealers told me—and it seemed to dovetail with what I was told directly—is the fact that the Jewish people, have been safe. under the Roosevelt Administration and some of them instinctively prefer the safety they have known to the risk, slight as it might be, of a change, > 2 8 s

Basic Reforms Accepted 3

Then there are some New Dealers—but mostly in’ Washington, who see no one else to take the place of Mr. Roosevelt. Added up, the third-termers constitute probably a relatively small group. There is no wave of blind reaction that I can find. On the contrary there is more acceptance of the basic reforms of the New Deal, less determination to get rid of them, more feeling that they are here to stay,

My Day

NEW YORK CITY, Friday—Both the President and I left Washington last night, but both of us went to our trains later than we expected. The reception was the largest.one we have held this year and after it was over, a few of the people who were staying in the house went up to the President’s study to talk for a few minutes. It seemed a little odd to go off and leave. our guests, but my aunt, Mrs. David Gray, who is staying with us, was asked to be hostess and to watch over their comfort.

Mile. Eve Curie arrived yesterday afternoon for dinner and the night, and the President was very glad to see her again. She tells me that she must return to : France in two and a half months : . when her contracts have been fulfilled, for she is mobilized for work there. I looked at this slender, dark, very chic and charming woman, who does not look as though she were made for hard work, and yet can come over to this country and spend tWwb months on the road. - She looks her best on all occasions, meets people, 1 am sure, with the thought in her mind that she is : only making friends for herself, but for her id that, therefore, she must tyy to meet

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But I find deep reluctance to see the barrier| the famous “ghost” patrols of the Arctic warfare. him. So quick was death, so cold the air he froze like this.

against a third term go, that tradition rises up now as a kind of a symbol of democracy. 2 One of the most intelligent and perservering New Dealers on the Pacific Coast, Manchester Boddy of Los Angeles who publishes the only large-city New Deal newspaper on the coast—excepting son-in-law John Boettiger's paper at Seattle—is against a third term. : His reasoning, briefly, is this: During the Roosevelt Administration it has been necessary greatly to

enlarge the functions of. the Federal Government. |: We have given Government new powers, and it|3

reaches into the daily lives of citizens as never be-

fore. Those changes in themselves do not men- |:

ace democracy, but they represent nevertheless a trend away from local self-government,

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No Demand for Messiah -

Therefore it becomes all the more important to hold the lines where they can be held—and the tradition against, a third term, the practice of completely reshuffling the hands that hold the reins, at least after an eight-year interval, is a source of protection to our democratic processes which should not be thrown away. ’ : I think his reasoning is sound and I suspect that he has thus mace articulate the instinctive feeling of the mass of American people." : Our problems, while stubborn, no longér seem so desperate as they did a few years back. We feel competent to work at our difficulties even though we see no solutions in sight for some of them. In other words, the demand for a Messiah has receded. Much of that is due to Mr. Roosevelt's leadership. He has, I think, restored faith in democracy. And by that very achievement he has worked himself out of the Messiah role. More than ever I am convinced that a third-term attempt by Mr. Roosevelt, or by his friends, would lead to. disaster for him, and bring upoh one of the great figures of our time a tragic fall.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

The press came to see her and, I imagine, gave her a very uncomfortable hour, for it was their job

to try to get something startling in the way of news, §

regardless of whether it made life more difficult for her. The result must be that an interview with the press anywhere is more or less a battle of wits in which she must be careful to say nothing which might seem to suggest that she is trying to influence or criticize anything in this country while we are offering her our hospitality. With the best intentions in the world, it is hard always to foresee in what way the simplest phrase may be interpreted.

I wonder sometimes that our visitors from other lands do not fall into the pitfalls spread for them ‘more often than they do. In any case, I think France is fortunate in sending over Mille. Curie, for she wins

the hearts of those who come in contact with her|: and her mother’s great achievements as a scientist] have already laid the foundation for friendlier feel-| ing where the women of this country are concerned. >

I have spent a frivolous morning here trying on two Easter dresses. and ordering a new ‘knit fabric dress which my friend, Mrs. June Hamilton Rhodes, recommended because she said I could travel a long

time in it, roll it into a ball if necessary and have it|

come out uncreased. She showed me one she had worn on her trip to the West Coast and back, but the proof of any pudding is always in the eating and I II you more about this dgess la in the

Soviet guns and equipment lay in the Snow after the rout of the 44th Division on the Suomassalmi front.

Swedish volunteers helping Finland chat with their comrades in ° arms at “Tornio, northern Finland. :

These are Russian prisoners.

Times-Acme Photos.

the invaders escaped