Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1948 — Page 19

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LOAFERS AND

is of Mayor ‘Feeney's drive? I say read Emily And if we would practice what she preaches, the shagged in various directions would be remote, n in these “cleanup” days. Let's help our Mayor make Indianapolis a city iadies and gentlemen. He's swinging a weighted Let's pitch.in and help. fe yesterday I began my own campaign of more

sss houses and Terminal Station. Of course, I °

lace. 1f that had failed my hopes were pinned on

Miss Post's volume which was under -my arm, $moke on Street, No Sir

SOME OF MY EFFORTS seemed {o go unnoticed,

GENTLEMAN AND A LADY_Bringing courtesy from Wisconsin, Howard Bloom fits into the picture around here as he holds a door for -.

8 lady. NEW YORK, Jan. 9—As yoii may remember, we had sdme snow here. It paid off in about 20,000 people, including expectant fathers, being ~hauled nto court and fined, whip-whap, for leaving their 1 ears on the street in the snow. More than 13,000 cases were Heard on the first day of legal punishment for getting involved in an Act of God. This, I believe, didn't leave much time for the merits of the cases to be heard in the”six traffic. ‘courts that handled them. It is safe to say that in the majority of ¢ases the guilty citizens were caught t with their axles down-—the cars were snowed in so 1 deep they couldn't move them even if there had

been some place to move them to. Guilty, the man - says, Fifteen bucks. Next case,

Here Comes the Gripe - 1 AM THANKFUL for the snow, because it. has given me a chance to scream about a gripe I have

- been nursing since the last time I got invited down

to'see the judge. And also to comply with a deskful of suggestions from angry citizens who. have been gouged - without ‘chance of defending themselves— gouged for years—in the traffic courts. Cr ~The sorriest caricature of justice I know ig drawn dally in the small courts—the municipal courts, the magistrate “dens, the places where the man behind the desk prosecutes, judges and sentences without emerging more than halfway from his coma. . If justice dwells within the land she holes up in the uppercase courts where the presiding judge gets his name in the papers. } Back befo' de wah I.used to spend a great deal of time in court in Washington, 'D. C., either as a customer or a reporter. I was a pretty frequent customer, because of a tendency to ride down red lights and kick up the speedometer a little bit when nobody was looking. I was guilty every time except once, when the copper-had me miXed up with some other sinner. But the technique never changed, for me or anybody - else. The chargesgot read and the copper

——————————————————— Fascinating Clare By Frederick C. Othman: ——— eee

“other side of the aisle, chuckled at that. Clare paused ~with-both, fists clenched in midair; after all he had ‘no place to clench 'em-in- private. - '

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—I suppose I ought to be “tote at Rep. Clare Hoffman of -Allegan;-Mich:; -whe. was sounding off - against those newspapers ‘which have togsed rogks at him. _ But not tenider-hearted, forgiving me. T turn the othet cheek; because how can you stay mad at a gent who's’ got no pockets? © No place to put. his paws, except to shake 'em under the noses of newspaper editors? a. i 89/there was Clare—who looks like a fuzzed carbon of Will Rogers—gesturing with both hands and denouncing all kinds of people, reporters included, dha voice -like a buzz-saw hitting a knot in a

# hickory tree. ‘The longer I watched him the more grateful. was 1 to the genius who invented pockets.

Rep. Hoffman finished eventually with-those mean fellows. who. write: editorials about him. And then he was charging President Truman with discriminates" ing against bachelors and childless wives. This was supposed to be funny and in justice to good old Clare, I've got to report that it was. - “The President,” he rasped, “said the corporations, those’ nasty, wicked, dirty corporations, should pay that $40 tax deduction he wants to give eyery man for himself and every dependent.”

No Pocket—No Handkerchief

CLARE REACHED for his handkerchief to wipe Ms scarlet brow, but caught himself in time. He had no handkerchief in his breast pocket because he had . Bo pocket. : “Now why didn't the President go a little further and pay ‘$40 to the fellow who hasnt any income?” he demanded. “And why not be logical’ about it and pay him $40 for every child he doesn't have? Thats fair. IT want to be reasonable. I'd exempt everybody from taxation; if I knew some way to get my salary, that is.” Even his arch-enemies, the Democrats on the

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9—The People Talk Back—to Hollywood, to each other and to me: - “Why. do the vocalists in famous bands dress as it they've just gotten out of bed when they come to

our town? Then look neat when they play in Los Angeles, Don't we rate?”—San Bernardino, Cal

How About Animal Picfures? f “WHY _DO they spoil all the animal pictures for children g making them so sad? Let's have some happy pictures with animals."—Bend, Ore. Let's make it “The .Caruso Story” with Allan “Jones, Then Hollywood will really have something to Offer the declining movie-going public. Give the good People good pictures and they'll crowd the theaters.” ~Trucksville, Pa. . “S80. many of our people do not know what kind of movies they really like, for the stmple Teason that. they are ‘fed’ on a diet of the same thing over and

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susie. Now what are the rest of us going to-do in the never smokes or chews (not even gum) on the

fortunate in running into a:gentleman in action. He was going into a department store and a very pretty thing was coming out. What happened?

,.lowed the terrific hunk of feminity to pass. (Emily Post might not like the description but that's what I thought she was). My first thought was to lay my coat in the gutter for her to step on but she continued walking along the sidewalk.

for her name and other vital statistics, I did ask the) man for his name. Lo and behold he wasn’t a resident of the city, His name is Howard Bloom and he lives in Sheboygan, Wis. Mr. Bloom is a traveling repre- : sentative for a photo supply manufacturer. We discussed “etiquette” just long enough so we wouldn't be classified as loafers. _ ,

arm to an old lady or an invalid gentleman to help them across a street. The “Blue Book” frowns heavily at offering arms to young ladies. In fact, you're not supposed to hail a mere acquaintance on the street.| Get a load of this: “A gentléman may hail a lady on the street if he knows her very well, especially if he has not seen her for long, or if he has something to tell her; but he would not hail a mere acquaintance.” Makes it rather tough sometimes but leave us not waver from the path of social graces. {

his, -An-elderly. man. with. the. soil. of honest toil on. his clothes held one of the swinging doors for a snappy-ldoking woman wearing a batch of rabbits trying hard to look like mink. This woman looked, down her nose at the little oI’ man and plowed right on in without a word or a kind glance. I felt like hitting her in the head with my book on. etiquette. |

equld- offer my seat to a lady. Foiled. . No seats. No use offering my standing room. That's carrying my campaign too far. |

pip, and cheerio! Is your etiquette showing?

| mumbled yuhonor I wis proceeding south en X St. when this man passed by an’ I paced 'im six blocks and he was doing 38 in a 22-mile zone and anyhow!

potiums the judge is a thwarted politico with a bad case of bourbon jaundice, who is mentally computing’ his race-track losses while the testimony is being = delivered. i a municipal judge around who was not only a!$ drunk, for years, but a little loony besides. could say “ten bucks, next case” as well as anybody. #

word was as good as a cop's word. Next time, I was going lo take ‘it to the Supreme Court, screaming like a wounded horse for the cops to produce their witnesses. ?

and let it go. cais in a blizzard because the old lady is about to) bear a child get slugged 15 fish apiece. legal parkers get. railroaded for not being giants| who can lift a sedan out of & six-foot drift and haul it into the walkup living room. It's been going on ‘for years, and most generally it doesn't require snow to make it smell, .

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“The: gentleman backed up, held the door and al-

It would have been rude to ask the young lady

ean on Your Own Arm DIDN'T RUN INTO any opportunities to offer my,

At Terminal Station, with my own eyes I saw

Late in the afternoon I boarded a bus just so I

And now, dear reader, I must bid you adieu. Bip

By Robert C. Ruark |

t was a dull mornin’ or else he run through a red

light at 16th and K and uh yuhonor, Step down, |

Somebody says “howdyuhpleadguiltyr not guilty”,

and the poor craven culprit pipes up. “not guilty” and the judge wakes up, blinks, and says “ten bucks. Next case.” |

The one time I ‘wasn't guilty it was the same hing. Granting that most of the people in the, ittle courts did run through the light or did knock

off a heat 60 MPH in a school Zone, the opportunity | for disproving the allegation is nearly non-existent. | The reasoning is that you're guilty when you come in or else why did the copper bother to hand you the ticket?

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IN. A GREAT many of these blind-goddess em-

In one instance, in Washington, we had °

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But it winds up being easier to pay the 10 bucks Which is why men who leave their

And 20,000)

Then he went to work on the U. S. Treasury, which le said doesn’t care whom a gangster bilks, so Jong as it collects its share of his il-gotten gains, He accused Attorney General Tom Clark of backing up the tax collectors in their broad-mindedness toward the nefarious ones. And that is why, he said, he’s introduced a bill to force the government to answer questions of Congressmen like himslf.

I could tell you also what he thinks about the Civil *

Service Commission and its list of names, including a few lawmakers, it considers unsuitable for federal! jobs. But the more he talked the more interested I became in his costume, without pockets.

Eschews Dirndl Effect

THE GENTLEMAN from Allegan wore an old blue] suit with a faint gray stripe. The pants could have stood a little pressing, but I've got to admit there was | no dirndl effect about the jacket. It fitted smoothly, ! without bulges, around the Hoffman hips. Where the pockets should have been was afr expanse of dark and seamless serge. It was not always | thus. - Clare used to wear pockets when he was a| young. lawyer, He had a bad habit of fidgeting in| ‘em with his hands and he noticed that the jury always was so fascinated by this that it wasn’t paying attention to his oratory. His remedy was drastic. . No more pockets. This as been a rough assignment for the tailor. He's so used to cutting pockets in people's clothes that he always makes a couple of false starts on Clare's. After 35 minutes of this contemplation, Clare interrupted my reverie. He said 10 minutes was long enough for any Congressman to talk. He sat down. And folded his hands in his lap. Me sore at Clare for what he said about newspaper men? I love the guy and always forgive him in advance.

By Erskine Johnson

“You're right—most people like good ‘Whodounits’ but a GOOD one shows how-a clever super-sleuth hunts down a criminal, not spending the whole pic-

ture on the gory details of how the crime was com-

mitted.”"—San Marcos, Tex.

Sure Sign of a Weak Sister “THE TRAILER previews of ‘Forever Amber’ were the funniest thing I ever saw, Every scene Was A high promise of sensational cheap love-thaking. It was a sure sign the picture was & weak sigter. P. 8. 1 saw it.and it was."—Grand Rapids, Mich. “1 just saw ‘Down to Earth.’ Again 1 want to ask why they waste the talents of an actor like Larry

SECOND SECTION

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a i Photos by Victor Peterson, Times Staff. Photographer COMING BACK?—Some West Coast fashion experts predict the return of pantalettes and camisoles for feminine attire. If the "new look" trend continues, Grandma's whole wardrobe could be hauled from the attic. Ladies, this'is a Civil War era nightgown. Like it? You could suffocate quietly and pleasantly. But this was photographed in the atomic age, so a lightbulb sdbsti-

* A-DAINTY DAMSEL—Coyly Miss/Gruber models an old petticoat with enough material to make dozens of modern bathing suits. The new styles however, already are giving womenfolk a touch of this very fashion, The clothes of yesterday, shown’in this series, were obtained rtesy of the Children’s Museum of

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SHEER COMFORT — Model Gruber smilgs her approval of ‘present day hose, half" slip and bra.. "Modern women are-active.. These. suit our needs,” she said. -

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Optometrists | Cemmival—By Dick Turner

Convene Jan. 18

State optometrists will meet Jan. 18 to 20 in the Severin Hotel for the 51st annual—convention.of the Indiana Optometric Association. Dr. Robert E. Bannon, Columbia University professor, will be the principal speaker. His topic, “Evolution and Essentials of Refraction,” will be heard by some 300 who will attend. | Col, Robert| { Rossow, state po- | Dr. R. E. Denny lice ‘superintend. ent, will make the address of welcome at the formal opening. Dr. Roy E. Denny, state presi-

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dent. ‘will preside. A new. feature:

will be an extensive display ‘of opti- | 'cal equipment, in charge of Dr. Robert Ledig, master of. exhibits. Dr. H. C. Fahrbach is chairman | for a buffet supper Jan. 18, and Dr. | John P. Davey chairman of the | banquet the following day. { Other local optometrists on the convention , committee are: Dr!

Parks on. a stupid, pointiess musical like that."—New Prank C. Otte, entertainment; Dr. |

York City. “If you want the the movies, get the prices down to where a can reach them. '—Laurel, Miss,

poor man Soland,

|W. D. Elson, badges: Dr. W. L. Van,

other 24.000,000 people to go to Osdol, printing; Dr. Emerson J.| registration. Dr. “J. Ry

+ Shreve is secretary.

“This is Prof. Dumphey. ‘who split the atom—pay attention while - ; a

he shows you how to slice the ham and cheesel” .

Grandma

ATTENTION MEN—Do-you want this shorty gown comfortable for sleeping.

Fashion Service said, after posing in the "things" of yesterday, "Never, never,

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A spokesman Branson, president division, cabled that;

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| Mr. Branson said he “feared” that {Communists had seized Dr. and | Mrs. Raymond McCullén of Lomatheir 4.year-old Ronald, and Miss Gertrude Green lof Rochester; N.Y. a nurse. McCullen was director of the AdHospitdl. in © Yencheng,

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ventists’ China,

Chinese General to Run For Vice Presidency

(UP): Tsung-Jen, chief of the Nationalist, Peiping- headquarters and one of generals, | nounced today that he ‘would be a! candidate for vice president in the |

« PETPING, Jan. 9

China's six leading

March elections.

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/BEDTIME GLAMOUR—Today a lady wants to look as attractive in the privacy /ct her bedroom as she does on the street. This gown; with the shirred bodice, is cut full but the lines lend thgmselves to create a living statue in Grecian beauty, “The high, tight collar on Grandma's gown nearly choked me," Model Gruber said. "And the material, it was like wearing a ‘paper bag.”

~ REAL PAIN — It took several minutes for Miss Gruber to regain her breath after being released from this whalebone torture chamber. Tha fetching, lacetrimmed —undergarment is— what - fashion experts say is coming back, the camisole. Miss Jeanne Goulette, director of Jeanne Fashion Service, provided the: befuddled photographer with technical advice during the modeling session.

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Three Seventh Day Adventist mis- perhaps arrange a wedding day. sionaries and a child are. [eared th: be kidnap victims of Chinese. . Communists, according to the Adventist headquarters here. said William WN. of the China two other ‘members of the Adventist group are

Smiling Princess on Way

| COPENHAGEN, Jan. 9 (UP)— {Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma; happy .and smiling, boarded the Nord express today, to join. exiled P)—sKing Michael in Switzerland and She is scheduled to arrive in Basle, Switzerland; tomorrow;

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