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Inside Indianapolis

ALL RIGHT, girls, here ard a few suggestions on how to get a husband. BN Before this bachelor lets you in on a few secrets, let me say to those who have written in

and disapproved of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

method of finding a spouse, I say you're so right. ‘Hocus-pocus by the light of ’ a new moon, full moon, garden gates, as suggested in the third edition of the reference books, produced no visions of loveliness in my dreams. That was all hogwash, _ Frankly, when I knitted knots and récited verses and hailed the moon, I wasn't sold on the idea. It takes more than verses and black magic to win a wife or husband. Ask any wife or husband. eo 0

“I'VE WANTED to dream of some big handsorhe man stepping into my life,” writes J. M. W,, “put it seems that I get to bed so late, I'm too tired to dream, ! : * “I've heard of a lot of ways to get a woman, but never have I heard of using an encyclopaedia, pins, garters and knitting needles, : “Since you, have such smart techniques on how to get a lady, won't you please inform me through your column on how to get a man?” Let's get one thing straight, J. M. W, the techniques can't be much good if at 31, I'm"still* as free as a “bird” call at a baseball game. A YOUNG lady who signed her letter with “Happy-Go-Lucky Betty,” wrote, in part: “You're silly if you think you cdn hang on a garden gate and recite verses to find a wife. Did you ever think of spending some money?” Money, money, money. That brings us to secret No. 1. This may sound brutal, but those of us who have been out of high school for 15 years and over should have learned by now that all things being equal, more people will take money than love. > SS WANT a man? You want to be that basic? Get a million bucks and I don't care if you're 02. or 22, look like Bushman and have a girth of 89 inches, you'll have a man around the house. It may not be love at first sight, It may take awhile for a man to get used to his surroundings. Love will grow, just show him around the vault.

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Feb. 3—All this week the big-

gest Broadway and Hollywood stars have been begging . . . begging money to fight polio. It's a new charity method-—that works. Gypsy Rose Lee, Denise Darcel, Barbara Brit-

ton, Dagmar, and Shirley Ballard have been bouncing through the cafes—wjth their, hands out for money. Gypsy stuck the money she got in her bodice. It was a net neckline and you could see the money against her skin. A March of Dimes? March of Dames! > 2 JIMMY DURANTE just announced huskily over the phone, “I'll come tuh El Murocco T'ursday and bring duh boys!” ws Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine and Faye & Skitch were at the Versailles one night. Shelley Winters, Carole Charnning and Johnny Johnston go. on a tour to Cafe Society, Ruban Bleu and Old Knick's. Eddie Cantor raised around $3000 in & night and morning at Coq Rouge and Jack Eigen’s Guest Room. “Where else can we go to get some money?” he asked—at 4 a. m. , . . OR his 59th birthday. 8 _ His wife Ida contributed FE] Bt roar am eel mga Raptr wonder where she got the money?” he asked, big-eyed.

> 2 IT'S SORT of a personal thing, this polio drive, to B'wayites, who felt it like a stab when Helen Hayes” daughter, Mary, died. Charles MacArthur said at that time, quoting Churchill, that polio “is a mystery within an enigma.” And Mary's doctor said, “The only way to fight it is to give money for research.” Stars go around in little troupes . . . Joey Adams stood on stage at Herbert Jacoby’s and Max Gordon's Blue Angel . . . in front of Doris Duke . ,. and auctioned off songs and comedy. by Celeste Holm, Mary McCarty, Jean Carroll, Pearl Bailey, Thelma Carpenter and Eileen Barton. “I'l give $50 myself to hear Jean Carrol,” Celeste Holm sang out .. . at Billy Reed's Little Club . , . and did. > SD A $100 bill flashed in the hand*®of a singer at the Copacabana when Frank Sinatra and Phil Silvers were offered. Toots Shor peeled off big bills at the Leon & Eddie's special show starring Harvey Stone, Lew Parker, Eddie Foy, Mickey Alpert, Frank Marlowe and Eileen Wilson. They got $2200 there. “Could you help us get a mink coat prize?” philanthropist Irving Geist was asked. : “yes—and T'll also give you a new 1951 Ford,” he said—and &id. :

Americana By Robert C. Ruark

NEW YORK, Feb. 3—A friend reports from Chicago that we -are finally officially at war. He gets this from war's odd harbinger, the profes-

sional bartender, “A man was hustling up this barkeep,” he gays. “And the old boy looked the man smack in the eye and said: ‘Take it easy, bud. There's a war on and we got plenty customers, but help is awful hard to come by’. From that point,” the friend said, “I regard us as officially at war.” The sad phrase recalls some pitiful memories of the last one. The indignant “Don’t you know there's a wa: on?’ was used as a weapon by nearly everybody to cover up their own incompetencies, their lazi- 4 nesses, their private irritations and their personal promotions. - It was the stock excuse for selfishness and swindle, for misbehavior, for slovenliness, for exploitation, downright ecrookedness, bribery and corruption.

* > THUMBPRINTS still remain on the fat neck of a certain German waiter in Philadelphia, as 1 recall, who was allegedly serving a couple of junior officers just returned from a 10-months tour on a ammunition ship, and were just a little edgy-in the nerves from watching friends being blown up. They also had been forced to sit for 24 hours on the ship, looking at the city, because nobody was docking any ships on a holiday. * “The walter brought the drinks—first slug of scotch for either man in months—and presented the bill. ’ “What's this?” one officer said. “We're going to have several more.” . * eo “DON’T YOU know -dere’s a var on?” the walter said nastily, in a thick Getman accent. “Ve don't trust people in uniform no more. Ve got to collect after each round or maybe lose money from bums in soldier suits.” !

The two officers said nothing, paid, and drankup. Bomehow the drink didn't taste as good as

‘Want a Musband?

Just Listen, Gals

Please, let's not have any arguments about money. Marrying for love is fine, Every man should marry for love. That goes for: women, too. But if love has by a few times, it doesn’t pay to hang onto the shiny ideals of yore. Ideals and a television set are a poor substitute for a husband.,K - : * > 0 SECRET No. 2: Don't be eager. By that I mean, don't invite'a man to a home-cooked meal the first timé.you are out having a few cocktails and dinner. Don’t tell him how horrible it must be to eat out all the time, Don't tell him in detail abbut the steak you had the other night and how much you énjoy working in the kitchen. : Don't, on the first and second and third dates, invite him to drive to Valparaiso and meet your folks: Don’t tell a man how much he would like your Daddy and your Momma, : LE

THE FIRST TIME out with a man, don’t show what a fine, thrifty, considerate woman you are and begin objecting to the prices. Don't, above all, on the first few dates. begin discussing religion and how “other couples” have worked their problems out, Right now I feel like a Samson, shorn of his locks, but 'm getting steamed up and might as well shoot the works. ) oe + @

DON'T, just as soon as you meet a man who fulfills . the general requirements for a husband,

‘try to change his drinking, smoking, living habits.

If you don’t have a million dollars, try to be pleasant, neat, understanding; be yourself, act your age at all times. If you have one ounce o a woman's intuition, you'll know when not t act your age. Above all, no tears. Keep the brine in a barrel until the chains are forged and you have a license to shoot if he tries to get away. LE WisL YOU CAN LEAD a man to an altar, It doesn’t take a high IQ. t don't’ push: Don't shove. Don’t make up his mind. Mother Nature invented a thing called courtship. Bugs and animals and birds make a beautiful ritual out of the courting period. ‘ . » Let your heart sing out. Keep your trap shut and be a woman. : I feel weak.

Stage, Screen Stars Boost Polio Drive

Each night the pace-setter, Joey Adams, with Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom and Lou Quinn, tours restaurants—Danny’s Rideaway, Al & Dick's, Stampler's, Cafe Arnold, El Borracho—collecting a buck to 100 bucks at tables.

So far just.one man has been nasty. He told

a canvasser, “Drop dead!” We all hope that, such a thing doesn’t happen to the man that said that—from polio. > SS

THE MIDNIGHT EARL: Two juicy new college basketball scandals are rumored about to break, but may be hushed. . . . Aren't the Mayor Impelliterris and Walter T..Shirleys going on a cruise on the Independence this week-end? .. . Joe DiMaggio earned $53,000 on radio and TV in ’50 but has po plans this year. He's just quit smoking. . . . The White House wonders whether FDR Jr. would take a diplomatic post. + + . Ed Friendly can have a big Defense Mobilization Bd. appointment. . . . Danny Thomas goes into Miami's Copa City Mar. 6. . . Big News in Show Biz: Danny Kaye's at the Roxy. Sr > » B'WAY BULLETINS: The Justin Gilberts parted. . . . Sharman Douglas’ Chambord date was Montgomery Clift. . . .. Robert Taylor bought a house if” Bucks County. . . . Herbie Baker, Belle’s son, was signed as one of Danny Kaye's fop material writers. . . . The airlines may cut out night fights as they acquire faster planes. . . . Lionel Hampton quit Decca Records after 10 years. . . . Jean Wallace, on her way to Italy to make a film, left Gogi's as her ex-hubby, Franchot Tone, walked in. . . Today’s Daily Double: Actress Pat Hitchcock (daughter of the director) and coast agent Frank Liberman. . . . Doris Duke claims her Blue Angel date with Roger Dann was strictly platonic. . . The cast of “The High Ground,” a play about nuns currently in rehearsal, calls it “Call Me Sister.” . . . Blonde Betty Bartley appears with Jose Ferrer and Gloria Swanson in “20th Century.” . . . Jerry Lester will fill in for Paul Winchell on his TV show Monday. Paul's in Miami mending an injured : wrist. > oo »

EARL'S PEARLS: Jan Murray thinks his basement must be a little damp. He set a mouse trap and caught a herring. e > 2 WHO'S NEWS: Mrs. Estes Kefauver relaxed at the .Roosevelt Grill with a pal, the Police Ga-

zette’s Nat Perlow. . .-.Dolores Del Rio's mother is very ill in Mexico City. > Hb

TODAY'S BEST LAUGH (From Rome): “Things are so tough here that the DPs are leaving town and going back to camps.” ¢® & o TODAY'S BEST DEFINITION (By Hal Block): “A well kept secret: A married man’s girl friend.” : Jack Parr encountered a Hollywood psychiatrist so strict/ that if you were late for an appointment he nfade you stand. . . . That's Earl, brother, : 1

Smile When You Say ‘There's a War On’

they had anticipated. But scotch is scotch to thirsty sailors, and they gulped it down and signalled for another. Friend waiter was down at the other end of the room, holding converse with two other waiters. The officers tried to catch his eye. His eye would not catch. They coughed, beckoned, tapped glasses with swizzle sticks, and did all the other impotent acts by which one is supposed to attract waiters who do not wish to be summoned. > S @ FINALLY, one of the: officers got mad and whistled loudly. The whistle, or hiss, is an accepted polite form in all Latin and most European countries. Up charged the waiter, bristling with wrath, “You don’t vistle at me like I vas a dog!” he screamed. “Ve don't haff to take dot no more, now! Dere's a var on... A scant two days before the two officers had been actively at war with submarines run by people with the same accents. One man's hands

; reached out and seized the waiter’s thick throat,

His eyes bulged and his face purpled and knees bent. The choker’'s voice was very quiet, - but his eyes were slightly mad. “Sit, dog,” he said, ‘‘down, Rover, Towser.” > > @ vy THE MANAGER came running up, his mouth open to excoriate and his arms waving. The little officer got up and picked up a chair. His voice was quiet, too. “You wanna die with a chair around your neck?” he asked. The manager went away. The little officer sat Qown. The big officer released the waliter’'s neck. - “Up, dog,” he said. the room.”

nice

“Walk down to the end of

> bd J WHEN the waiter reached the end, the big officer stood up and whistled piercingly. The ‘waiter came at a gallop. “Yes, sir,” he said. ‘Please, sir. What would you like, sir?” i ; “Nothing,” the big officer said. “Your hotel stinks. Let's go, Hank. There's a war on.” - » 1 suppose the whole dreary cycle starts again now, with wrong on ‘both sides, s

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Fear of War

Is destruction inevitable because men can't get along? ¢ Dr. G. Ernest Thomas says the answer is “no.” In this second article of a series in The Sunday "Times, he cites testimony of the ages to prove that despite the ancient fear of war men can learn to live together. But, he warns, the time for learning is running out. Dr. Thomas, head of the spiritual life ‘department of the Methodist Church, with headquarters in Nash«ville; Tenn, will address a mass meeting for Methodists of the Indianapofis District next Sunday at 2:80 p. m. in the Roberts Park

Dr. Thomas

Methodist Church. The articles now appearing in the Sunday Times | are taken from his book, “Faith Can Master Fear,” | just published by Fleming H. Revell Co,

& CHAPTER TWO By G. ERNEST THOMAS

A GREAT principle which should be recognized by those who are in the grip of a fear of the future is this: Men can learn to live together. ; Much of our uncertainty for the future is centered about the international situation. We fear that nations will again resort to war, We

See “Sermon of the Week,” Page 36

fear the conflict of systems of thought which we assume to be incompatible. The history of human fear-indicates that this point of view has caused greater worry than any other, The earliest records of people who were filled with terror come from the civilizastions which were dominated by the obsession that destruction was inevitable because men could not get

along with each other. * © 9

WHEN MAN came upon the éarth countless ages ago he had to live in fear in order to survive, Every day Be met hostility from man and beast. He feared every savage who came out of the forest, perhaps sometimes just to look curiously at his neighrs. . . : . It took thousands of years to convince man that he could trust the families on the other side of the hill, and that he could serve his own best interest by joining with them to make a tribe. It took more thousands of years before the tribe learned that it could best protect its interest by uniting with other tribes to form a larger unit. . It took countless generations before tribes could learn that their best security lay in the nation. It has taken centuries until the people of the world would even consider the idea of a United Nations. ¢ S 4

EVERY STEP of the way fear has slowed man down. Yet the testimony of the ages is irrefutable! Men can learn to live together. = Much of our fear of the future will be dispelled if we accept this fact. The divisions which seem to make a cleavage between the peoples of the world today are minor compared the severe handicaps to unity which already have /been overcome. It is true that the development of agents of human destruction has been so rapid that we do not have as much time to resolve our differences as people have had in former generations. We must quickly learn how to live together, Time is running out for us. The way of co-operation must be found. tae The evidehce of the ages indicates that a plan for co-operative effort will be found, and will be put into |, effect. Men can—and, we believe, will—learn to live at peace with each other, . «> 0 . ANOTHER principle which will help to dispel our fear of the future is this: The human spirit is supreme. People for many generations have lived in abject fear of their future because they believed that weapons, or money, or government -was supreme. Because they could not control the power of those wea-~ pons, or because they did not possess enough wealth, or because they had no part in the government, they felt helpless and weak. They were afraid. © The Christian attitude toward life is closely bound up with the idea of the supremacy of the human spirit. “Man shall not live by bread alone” said Jesus. For him the soul of man was of greatest significance. How does that affect the attitude of the individual Christian who is confronted by a world in which his neighbors tremble constantly with fears of the future? Just this: He knows God is the Father of all

God with divine possibilities for life. He accepts the clear witness of our faith that the human soul fs im- | mortal. He does not understand all the mysteries in-

« By CARL HENN

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handwriting is clearer now than it ever was, This has occurred in spite of comparatively little classroom

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mankind. He believes man is made in the. image of °

Penmanship In- Lower Grades Better Than Ever, But It Deteriorates in High School

ALTHOUGH the three R’s still stand atthe beginning of Junior's education in Indianapolis, the middle R isn't the same any

Writing—or, as it is still called, penmanship--is taught in a different style in the early grades of public school here. Junior's

the 12-year-olds,” said Mrs.

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Fear

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the ages is irrefutable. Men can learn to live together, — + ;

volved, but he is aware that the noblest witness of the ages in Christ, and the voices of the greatest of the philosophers and the poets, are united in proclaiming that man.is made to live forever. He is immortal. Such a faith in human immortality is a sure antidote for our fear of thé future. Suppose the world is faced with dire uncertainties; suppose the civilization of this age is headed for destruction. The Christian soul has within it the seeds of immortality, The blazing light of such a faith has the power to dispel even the darkest fear. 7 : i Ape : J FEAR of the future often is based on the idea that material factors are the ruling agencies in life. But courage often has been a more valuable factor than any army. Love frequently has overcome the’ strangling power of money, Brotherhood sometimes has been more useful than political might. The human spirit is supreme. More often we think, it can be victorious over the threats to security and peace which cause us to fear the future. If the human spirit cannot find that means to transform the world in which it lives, it still can seek a better country under the providence of a loving God. * Fear of the future plagues almost everyone who lives in this generation. We wish life might be different, we say, but the world looks dark. Rich or poor, highly educated or ignorant, American or Russian— we fear the future. In those moments when we are

given to wishful thinking we long for some miracle to dispel those shadows. - a Ce a i JOHN BUNYAN, in “Pligrim's Progress,” painted a picture of a world held fast in the strangling power of fear. } : koe Pilgrim is made to say to, his wife: “I am for’ certain informed that this our eity. will be burned with fire from Heaven-—in which fearful overthrow both myself with thee my wife and our sweet babes shall.

“miserably come to ruin, except (the which yet I ses’

not) some way of escape can be found, whereby we. may be delivered.” . & rR You remember that Pilgrim began to run with his feet on the path and his eyes on the shining light. which led to the wicketgate. ,On the journey he was not alone, for the Evangelist met him and guided. him. : Fear of the future is well described by the exe perience of Bunyan's Pilgrim. But too few of us ac cept the light which Bunyan saw. If we walk fore ward with our feet on the path of righteousness, and with our eyes set on noble goals, we, too, will diss cover a strange power and peace to calm our fright ened minds. And on the journey we shall find that a divine spirit is leading us. Our fear of the fyture will have disappeared. : oe NEXT SUNDAY~—Fear of Loneliness. (Copyright, 1850, by Fleming H. Revell Co.)

That's ‘Printscript’ Marsha Is Writing ~~

Letters Connected sk ; In Fourth Grade

“tendency to idealize the past and find fault with the present.” . “It's practical instruction toe day,” Mr. Norris said. “Chil don’t learn to make ornamen letters any more.’ And good 7 handwriting does produce better ~ marks, I think.” % >

» MRS. LETTIE TREFZ, hand-

time devoted nowadays to forming the long ovals and up-and-down pen strokes once so dear to teacher's heart. Today, boys and girls are initiated into the mysteries of handwriting through the “manuscript” or “printscript” style, in which single letters are formed to resemble printed letters. Not until the fourth grade, when they have learned (presumably) to write legibly and neatly do they begin to connect letter with letter in an attempt to write in adult style. The connected form of handwriting most adults use is called “cursive” script.

” » » THE TIMES consulted local handwriting instructors and

| school heads after hearing the

results of a national survey conducted by W. A. Shaeffer Pen Co., Ft. Madison, Iowa.: According to President Craig R. Shaeffer, 64.4 per_ cent of the principals the firm con-

sulted said their pupils’ hand-

writing was better, or at least was no worse, than the penmanship of a generation ago. But the other 35.6 per cent of 5000 educators questioned felt

that handwriting had gone

down hill. -

“Not in ~Indianapolis,” say

authorities here. 1 “Handwriting -in my. school

is amazingly beautiful through

principal of School 82. “Sixth-grade handwriting is perfectly amazing. “But, as pupils start writing faster in high school, and stop practicing penmanship, their handwriting deteriorates,” Mrs, Goss said. In Mrs. Goss’ opinion, teachers these days are more capable of adequately instructing their pupils in handwriting, and put more stress. on it.

~ » o GEORGE OSTHEIMER, principal of School 12, was of

two minds about penmanship -

‘today. “I've seen a lot of terrible writing in schools in other cities,” Mr. Ostheimer said. “In general, I belleve penmanship has declined through the years. “But handwriting im" Indianapolis schools is one of our strong points,” he continued. “I'll give a bouquet to our handwriting department for the good work here, contrary to what I've seen elsewhere.” Mr. Ostheimer said he -always makes it a point.to praise a child who turns in a neatly written paper, before he checks the paper for accuracy.

“I-think a child who is sloppy 2 was,”

in his writidg will be sloppy in other work,” Mr. Ostheimer said. “And I think the eye appeal of well-written papers is bound to influence the teacher who gives out-the marks.”

Richardt, School 70 teacher.

en “Good writing by my pupils fs at least partly due. to the manuscript style of writing they learn first,” Miss Scott said. “Even though we teach the =

Marsha Spoerti, 4445 N. Pennsylvania St., demonstrates dis-

connected script writing under the watchful eye of Miss Anne : *. classes in Indianapolis are pus

connected style later, we don’t want them to forget their print script, It's good for use in map work, labeling, science work and filling out forms.” E. L. Norris, principal of School 3, said he thought those who preferred the handwriting of 25 vears ago to that of today might be influenced by a

"the pupils’

writing consultant for Indianapolis public schools, had .-& definite opinion. “Penmanship is a great deal better today than it was a generation ago,” Mrs, Trefz stated. “Of course, you might expect me to be prejudiced,” she said, “put writing in elementary schools now is far superior to what it used to be. And I have examples from more than 20 years back to prove it. “Not only is there an improvement in legibility, but in attitude toward learning as well, We achieve that by teaching penmanship right along with other subjects, especially spelling.” In the fourth grade, pupils are introduced to the same kind of wooden pens and steel nibs used by their mothers and fathers, and find inkwells in their desks for individual dipping of pens. Only in a few eighth-grade

pils being allowed to use founw tain pens in- class. And that, Mrs. Trefz said, is a sort of experiment. : “We'll have to make a decision one of these days on whether all junior ‘high (seve enth and eighth-grade) pupils can use fountain pens,” Mrs, Trefz said. “But I don’t know just when it will nappon.” .