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Inside Indianapolis

By Ed Sovola

A SECOND grader's impression of his daddy

“ on drawing paper certainly isn't flattering. Amus-

if daddy has a sense of hymor., Mnrs,-Darlene Luedtke, primary art teacher of Schoal 51, 2301 N. Olney St., said hefore the children began their work to prepare for a shock. It seems that youngsters at that level have more enthusiasms and imagination than’ talent, Mrs, Rhea Downs, regular teacher of the class, jokingly defended the artistic talent of her pupils until I asked if the second project of the afternoon, could he a crayon drawing-of “teach-

Ing, ves,

“er.” She fled to the school office to do some work

lesson, Ah, ha,

o > oe oe

during the art

‘ “WHAT KIND of a shape do we make for the head?” asked Mrs, Luedtke. You have to start with the basic fundamentals. “My daddy has a head kinda like an chirped-a boy in the front row. It that an oval would be satisfactory. The eyes and ears were discussed. “My daddy has blue eyes.” Another daddy had brown. eyes. I'm lucky. What would a teacher think if an Ed Jr. popped off that his daddy had red eyes? Must get-a pair of glasses. Dark, preferably. ~Eyes were to go about in the middle of the oval and on the level with the ears, The children were instructed to leave room for hair,

egg." was decided

FATHER, DEAR FATHER—Second ne

artists of School 51 make crayon drawings of

daddy. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Check the four illustrations to the right and see if you don't agree.

It Happened Bast Ni By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Feb. 4—Sometimés my son Slugger. who's 9 and in the fourth grade, supplies a light note to one of my very busy nights, : Like last night when seriously he said: : “Daddy, will you write out the whole life story of Woodrow Wilson and give it to me tonight? I have to take it to school tomorrow.” (It took Darryl Zanuck a year to tell Wilson's story!) s

Soh 8

THEN the Beautiful Wife, whose front name's

Rosemary, spotted a headline about the .court battle of glamourpuss Rosemary Williamson, which said: “Rosemary Weeps, Gets $2500.” My

Rosemary said, “And if I shed tears, all you give me is some tired Kleenex to dry them with.” FRED ALLEN—asked fo do a straigist dramatic role—told me he was well qualified to be

a dramatic actor. “A- dramatic actor.” he explained, “after all is just a comedian who can't get laughs.”

Comedian Jackie Miles told Copacabana audi-

ences about a slow horse he bet on: “They didn't time him with a stop-watch; they used a calendar.”

Eddie Cantor—here for his 60th birthday and the Bonds for Israel drive—told me that Gen. Eisenhower had used, as a subject for one of his early paintings, Emanuel Goldman, v. p. of GGG Clothes, who helps him select suits and uniforms. Right, "Twas Ike's painting No. 8, done in ’48, signed “D.D. E.” Said Mr. Goldman modestly: “He has asked to do a second one—so I guess he thinks he's improved.” TAFFY TUTTLE, the showgal, detected a strange odor about her Boy Friend when he

called, Then she found out what it was—he was sober. Months ago, after I wrote that Sen. Kefauver

might run for Veep, the. Senator wrote me: “Thanks ... but’it's quite impossible, of course.” At a cocktail party the other day I asked him: “Did you mean it was impossible because you had only the Presidency in mind?” The Senator answered: “I -swear, at that time, I had absolutely nothing in mind.” 2 When he saw a clogeup of Himself on a television monitor, the m.c. Walter Kiernan com-

- mented “I have a perfect face for radio.” $

LT <> ARTHUR GODFREY, in “Stories I Like: to Tell,” has this: “Sweetheart,” said the late returning husband, “I have a present for the person I love best in all the world.” : “A box of cigars, no doubt.”

Behind the Dollar By Thomas Sc Haney

WASHINGTON, Feb, 4 (CDN)—The 'government has plenty of silver “hard money” to back up the dollar bills in your wallet. The word comes from treasury officials and Leland Howard, assistant director of the mint. Look closely and you'll see the one-buck note in everyday use is officially a “silver certificate.” If says it is"good for “one dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand.” / Any bank is prepared at any tim¢ to honor such demands with the possible exception of furnishing silver dollars in quantity. However, the Treasury always has a “fair sized supply on hand. And even if everybody got the idea at once of turning | in paper greenbacks for silver dollars, the' mint says it could meet the demand by working overtime a few days. oo oo» o>

HERE'S HOW the system works: Until 1935 every dollar pfinted had to be backed by a silver dollar from the mint. Storing all those silver dollars created some major headaches. . Strictly accurate counts had to be kept on the silver which was held in regulation money bags. Every so often the bags got old and, let _8e.. That made new counts necessary, as well as new bags. Congress stepped in and gave the mint per-~ mission to store in bar form the silver backing up the paper dollars, , So. the silver making good your paper dollars probably rests right now. in one ofthe several bar depositories that are. scattered. over the nation, . - wb MR. HOWARD" says the mint could meet any simultaneous and large scale demand’ for silyer dollars to replace | ihe paper by coming the bars of silver. “We don’t look for such a thing,”. he adds. The mint has not made any new silver dollars since 1235 when there were about $300,000,000 ‘ worth in circulation. The demand for them in

& ‘most of the country has dropped steadily. .

Only in the Far West do the folk still like to “feel” their money. The mint explains the situa-

tion several different ways. ©" e

ght

*. . . } a " Yook At Tt Right: duniory An Ar “MY DADDY doesn't ‘have any hair,” That

was a’ signal for numerous comments about hair styles as “mostly curly—mostly black-—mostly

slong —it. sticks out in front just like mine.”

The attention span of the children was short, Mrs. Luedtke wasn't surprised. I sure was. When they sat on" the floor to watch Mrs. Luedtke show them: how to make the oval, ears, eyes, hair, different s®irt styles, you could have ‘heard a pin drop. In 10 minutes the floor was a mass of fidgeting ‘youngsters® just itching to grab their. crayons,

“Let's all tiptoe to our seats now announced

Mrs. Luedtke. Forty pairs of feet. went into action and not on tiptobs. It's been a long time ago, but I think my old classmates in second

grade could have made. more naise. Wonder why kids don't wear tin cans on their shoes anymore. That was fun,

ARTISTS leaned low over their work. Tongues appeared when a difficult bit. of draftsmanship was encountared. Orange was the favorite color for daddy's face.. It was interesting to note that the color and quantity &f hair was different in each drawing. And the youngster with the baldheaded father drew a hat.’ “There are a lot of daddiés without ears, warned Mrs, Luedtke. Ears, every size and description, high and low on the head were drawn, Some were the size of buttons and-others were dinner plate size. oe o* -

THE KIDS didn't pay too much attention to the neck. Some daddies were lucky to get one. They all had a shirt, or a reasonable facsimile. In the shirt department the children went hog wild with color. Of course, that was a warmup to cut loose with the neckties. Out of the 40 drawings, only one boasted a howtie. Now I know where neckwear manufacturers get their designs. Primary school’ children “create” the patterns. After all the “talk about sport shirts at the beginning of the class, only two children drew them. The fun started when the children began showing the pictures of their daddies to each other. To the mature eyé many drawings leaned to the ghastly category. To the youngsters they were beautiful. One lad laughed at a classmate's drawing. You don't do that at School 51. IT WAS unfortunate that all fathers concerned couldn't see the pride in the eyes of the chips off the block. If more parents, as you hear teachers say, would take a long, long look at their children when doniestic strife develops, there would be fewer broken homes. : In the final analysis, however, what the result does. to Junior and to his daddy is what counts, Daddy might shudder within himself when he looks at the drawing. When he looks at the proud artist, that's fhe payoff. The real image is reflected in those blue or brown shiny eyes. Daddy is the handsomest guy in the ‘world. :

Columnist’s Family Gets Into the Act

THE MIDNIGHT EARL . Faye Emerson— asked about rumors of a split ‘with Skitch—emphatically told us: “It's ¢ absolutely untrye, and absolute nonsense.” , . o Margaret Truman'll sing the lead role in “Sari” on the Railroad Hour opposite Gordon McCrae Mar. 17—=z great step forward for her as an actress. . . Betty Threatt wore for ug the $125.000 - Cartier necklace that is the “star” of the film, “The Las Vegas Story.” The British will ex“plode an atom bomb in Nevada. There aren't enough . testing instruments in England . . Geraldine Fitzgerald has a hush-hush TV series coming ... Gov. Driscoll of NJ's expected to declare for Veep by Mar. 1 . . . The Chas. Graces of the shipping fortune are in Splitsville . . . “Veronica Lake and Hollywood actor Bob Quarry were a Blue Angel midnitem . . . People Today's upcoming cover picture of Susan Hayward is a new low—in neckline, I mean , .. Bullfighter Mario Cabre may sing at Chateau-Madrid

as a stepping stone to Hollywood . . . It finally happened, and Geo. Ross and Jerri Higgins celebrated their wedding at El Morocco.

Betty

Threatt

TODAY'S DAFFYNITION: “Psvchiatrist—one who deals in crack pottery’- Don Rodney. . deo EARLS PEARLS, |, .Téw Parker notes that the man who claims to understand women is & psychologist or needs one. > » »

WISH I'D SAID THAT: Lenore lemmon, meeting two men from Houston and buying her own cigarets despite their protests: “I want to be the only girl whoever paid for anything While with two men from Texas.” ~~

“ Hh »

HERBERT JACOBY FOUND this notice in an English paper: “The Clairvoyant Society will not hold . its weekly meeting due to unforseen circumstances” + + +. That's Earl, brother,

Silver's There If You Want It

Gambling is legal in Nevada and this creales a demand. Westerners produce a lot of silver and they've always been used to silver money,

“ob ob

TO SOME: EXTENT the average westerner has the mint storage problem in reverse. He

~The

ASK ED SOVOLA—

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ndianapolis Times

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1952

PAGE 9

WOW-Pop Should Look So

AMAZONS OF THE AIR

Torch Singer Tries

THE WAY TO SECURITY. . Why Are Most American People So Insecure?

doesn't, handle as, much money as those living .

in other sections and he likes to have it in silver to keep it from falling apart. About the only call other sections, according to Mr. Howard, comes from those who. like them for gifts or “lucky pieces” and the promoters of advertising stunts, Stores holding “silver anniversary’ sales sometimes make change in silver dollars. In most cases the dollars are arranged for ahead of time with local banks. Banks as a result don't keep many on hand because of storage problems.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q—I would lke to join the Indianapolis Rose Society. Please give me the necessary information. Mrs. W. E. Bell, Waynetown. A-—The rose society now has a permanent address;’ a. post-office box, just so they can take care of sucH requests as this—no matter how .many times their officers may change, Write to the Indianapolis’ Rose Society, P. O. Box 6324, 42d St. Station. If you prefer the personal touch, Mrs. B. Lynn Adams, 3015 N. Meridian St., is the so-

; Read Marguerite Smith's s Garden Column ’ in The Sunday Times

ciety’'s program chairman. Of * course, ciety is delighted to have interested folks drop

for silver dollars from

number which

" participate in

the sos

in at their regular meetings and get acquainted.

‘Regular meetings are held on the second Wednes-

day of each’ month at 8 p. m, Time and place “

"of meetings is miso given in the Siinday TIMES garden clib column on the Sunday. before each meeting. Most meetings are held at 20 WW Fan Creek Parkway, North Drive. |

ALICE'S FATHER—This is the way .

Lee Scalf, ‘926 Stuart St., daughter. Little Alice draws a pipe, doesn't she?

looks to his

smile, Jack Hiatt, 2505 Ave. ould find a Shirley's, artwork.

mean

No 1—

By GEORGE W. HERALD

DO 1

NIGHT CLUB singers make good soldiers? A

This question recently arose in a Women's Air Force \

recruiting center when comely Sue Gregory of Keyport, A came in to enlist® Ske and her sister had been a

N. J; successful torchsong cafe society. “Why do you want to join an

team in

outfit like ours?” -she was asked. 3 “l would like to tour the

world with one of your Special Service shows,” she answered. They accepted Sue. But, instead of the world, she is now touring Mitchell Field, IL. 1., as a pfc., escorting visiting firemen, and that's how I met her. “Are you sore that they don't let you sing?” I inquired. “No, I love Public Information,” she said, “and then my case is in no way excéptional. You ought to meet Dot.” = » = SO WE went to look up Sgt. Dorothy Jutkiewich from Springfield, Mass. This young ladv had been a fashion designer in ciyilian life, but now she was plotting the weather .chart rather than next season's styles. Hers was a vitally important job, as the pilots relied on the detailed maps she and her. colleagues were issuing every six hours. : “1 was one of the first six girls ever trained in Weather School at Chanute Field, IIL.” she told me. “All of us passed and became plotters. I. could ‘buck’ for forecaster—that’s the highest you can get in the 1st Weather Squadron—but I plan to go home at the end of my term.” “Back to fashions?” “No,” she said nonchalantly, “now I want to hecome a skiing instructor.”

» » I DECIDED graphs of versatile

” fo get photo~ Dot and

By HENRY C. LINK

IF SEVERAL millions of Americans should die as the

result of atomic bombs, the characteristic inscription -. on their tombstones ‘might well begin: Hére Lies

John J, Smith Social Security'No. 172-563-218 Soldiers in war wear identification tags, but today the most common of all identification badges ih a social security number, y Some people carry union cards, some business cards, some personal or visiting cards. But there -is one card whith the great majority of ‘adult ,Americans

carry: their social security card. Each

card bears a

Mr.

belongs to one Link American citizen only, his social security number.

Around every social security number there is an elaborate system of bookkeeping. The’ federal government, the state government, the employers, all this system. From the time an individual | begins. paying ‘his social security taxes until he dies, this personal bookkeeping record goes on, - The number of citizens “eligible for social security payments and the size of those payments have steadily increased. And yet, in spite of the most generous and elahorate security plan the world has ever known, people seem “to have more fears and worries” ‘than ever. *% 2 ‘Many of these fears center

on-money. Workers being’ called

_ into’ the service worry abo

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr, Herald has done extensive research on various aspects of our National Defense. Here, Mr. Herald turns the spotlight on America's. newest branch of service—the Women in the Air Force. This is the first of a series of six reports of the girls in blue at work and

play.

snub-nosed little Sue, and that turned out to be the job of Cpl Gil Mescino from Cranton, R. L. She was handling the Speed Graphic with so much authority that I thought I was at Jast in front of a real professional. “Never worked with a came era before 1 joined up,” 20« year-old Gil informed me -briskly. “Was just a school kid who had taken some amateur shots; Learned all 1 know in Photo School at Denver, Colo.. I'm sort of an ‘expert’ now. Could

even take aerial pictures of enemy instaHations if need there be.”

These three smart girls were fair samples of the thousands of young American women now serving with the WAFs, but they hadn't simply been picked at random. Each of them had to meet certain definite stand-

<¢ ards to be eligible.

~ According to regulations, candidates must he between 18 and .34 years of age, U. 8 citizerig and ‘high school graduates. They atso have to be single, without dependents and prepared to: enlist for three years. And that isn’t all.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of six articles which reveal the basic methods of achieving personal security. Dr. Link is a practicing psychologist, author of three books whieh have attracted more thaw three million readers. Today's installment draws a sharp line between personal security and social security.

These chapters are from Dr.

Link’s latest hook, THE WAY

TO SECURITY, published by Doubleday & Co, | Ine.

the support of their families. People receiving unemployment

insurance worry about what they will do when their term of payments runs out. 2 8 s

THOSE on home telief are in constant fear that their allowances will be reduced or stopped. Those who have jobs have hegun to worry about

\SHIRLEY'S FATHER—Except for the

few things wrong with

N. Gladstone

KATHLEEN'S FATHER—Harold C. Thomas, 2819 N. Olney St. away look in the illustration and inset. Clever, these youngsters. Oh, daddy.

PFC. SUE GREGORY—The

has that far-

Hand At Soldiering

torch singer who became a

soldier. She's interviewing an airman who just returned from Korea.

“We are checking on each girl's character and reputation in her home town,’ Major Kathryn Bradspies, WAF Commander at Mitchell Base, 101d me, “We only want girls with emotional stability. anda certain degree of intelligence. In fact, we now require them to score between 15 and 20 points higher than their male competitors in our initial .I+ test.” Here are fome typical questions the reégruits may be asked: 1f you received an order based

on what you know to be incor- °

. No. Yr

their old age. Those who have pensions are following leaders who promise them still higher pensions. Responsible citizens and government officials are becoming worried: about the growing cost

of government security plans, Already the government debt amounts to about $1700 for every man, woman and child

in the country.

The threat of another depression is one of our recurring fears. The great depression of the early 30's, when factories shut down and banks closed, when the government spent billions of dollars to give WPA jobs to the army of unemployed is ‘still a nightmare to many. Then we had a sound dollar and no large government debt, What would happen if Such a c2pression should overtake us

now?

Some economists believe that we would have been in a serious

‘ficlally prosperous

eit information, what would

“you\do? Can you briefly de-

scribd the difference between a fighted, plane and a bomber plane? You are out on a pass expiring \at midnight. On the way bac your bus has a traffic accident. You are unhurt but some '&f the passengers

need first aid, Would you stick around to hel them or would

..you rush to get back to camp

in time? Girls showing' the proper doses of common, sense and

depression before this had it hot heen for the cold war, the war in Korea, foreign aid, and other war preparations, » » » THE large sums being spent for these purposes, they claim, are keeping the country -artiIf true, this is a high price.to pay for a postponed depression. Still, if it results in lasting peace, it will be worth the price. How the pursiit of security sometimes creates insecurity is illustrated by the experience of the young fman who told us: “41 have failed in business, I can't hold a job, and now 1 can't hold my wife. I have.lost most of my friends and I can’t even hang on to my money.”

” ” od “1 HAVE had every advantage,” he admitted, ‘because

. my parents denied me nothing. They paid for my expensive

college éducation, and they set me up in business.” When I fell

He Looks Well, Says Dean's Wife

i By United Press BERKELEY, Cai.

(boys who are prisoners Feb. 4—Mrs./Communists are getting along. he's just getting ready to take™a individual. bite.”

William F. Dean looked at the/I'm so lucky to ha¥mithese pic-

latest photographs of her hus-

band, Maj. Gen, William F, Dean, |

today and said “he looks pretty well, “considering.”

The pictures were taken by the picture - of her husband playing Communists and obtained by the chess with a Communist guard {“the best.” “He looks more content than

United Press. ‘They portray Gen.| Dean's life as a POW.

tures,

(They ap-|

Content at Chess Mrs. Dean said she

‘peared in the home edition of yes-|y." tha others,” she mused.

terday's Indianapolis Times.)

Mrs. Dean viewed them at her! one, ”

. home here.

gray. He's aged,” .-she

“He's scowling at little in this | : she said, pointing to the picture. showing Gen. “He . doesn't look as full in the boxing stance. face. anymore, and his~hair is so one said. whether he is..getting any. exer-

*But

thing 1 ‘worried abott

‘Then more happily she said, “but cise, and 1 guess he is.” I do think, really, he looks fine, | Another photograph showed the On 8, "table.

considering all: that = he's been 53. .year-old general sitting cross-| : Chinese-|But I'm

through.” . “But I often wonder?

Dean said, “how the rest of our

legged on the floor,

Mrs. fashion, eating rice. ~~ LHere he dos t look at’ all like ithe door." Ale

of the himself,”

while ‘for so many other wives there's no word at ail.”

tu liked the mail- from home,

that was one of the brightest in our current thinking about |pieces of news since his name appeared on the Communists’ prisjoner of war list last December. him,” Mrs. - Dean said, “I'm geing to tell him Dean in ‘a about all the letters I've receive that was from people all over the world _ telling. me how happy they are he's alive.”

Thén she laid all the pictures

she said,

Gets Mail From Home

| The United Press story from for himself and‘ which make {Tokyo that accompanies the picres said Gen. Dean is receiving any circumstances. To his wife,

“In my next letter fo

“Yes,” she said, “He looks-well.. going .to reserve final - judgment CEE feo him Wall v8 ity fag Tdeetrors

ROGER'S FATHER—Russell Sinclair, 2855 Parker Ave., has made a lasting impression on his son's mind. Observe’ the hair, glasses and smile.

“ patched to

“but maybe fits and money given to the

knowledge are sent to Lacks fand Air Base near San Ane

tonio, Tex., to undergo 8 to 11 weeks of basic training. They,

are grouped into squadrons of 60 “airmen” and taught such subjects’ as mapreading, alge-

bra, ‘plane recognition, Afr Force ' procedures and corre spondence,

PARADES and close order drill are being Kept to a mini" mum but the recruits learn how to survive in the tropics and the arctic’ and how to go on working” in chemical warfare dresses while surrounded by gas and smoke. After eight weeks of this they are given another Aeries of aptitude tests and disspecial training schools. “And if a girl wants to bee come an officer?” 1 asked. : “That isn't easy” Maj. Brads spies explained. “An enlisted woman must either have twa years of college or pass three stiff general education tests to qualify for OCS. Actually, most of our officers are recruited straight from civilian life. In that case, we require a bachelor's degree and at least three years of working experience.” All this seemed hardly te disturb the poise of my escort Sue, “I am going to become an officer and stay in this thing for 20 years,” she exclaimed. full of enthusiasm. I glanced at the pretty pfe, and had my doubts. There were too many dashing airmen (of the male variety) stationed“ at Michell Field,

NEXT: “Anything MEN Can Do, We Can Do Better.”

in love, they financed our mare riage and our home. -They did not want our marriage to sufe ~fer because of money worries. .- ‘But now my marriage and everything else are ruined. I don’t . know where. to turn, Everything has been done for . me. I have about decided that there is something radically wrong with me.” He was right, of course, but not wholly. His family was more at fault than he. They had given him social security at the expense of personal security. ‘By shielding him from-life's problems they had kept him from acquiring the abilities to solve them. By standing between him and life's fears, they had preverited him from cultivating the power to overcome fear. » ” »

SOCIAL security is what his family or soclety does for the individual. Personal security is the result of what the indivie dual does for himself. The former comes from outs’ side the individual, .the latter comes from within. Social security consists largely of bene-

Personal security comes from habits and beliefs which the individual develops

him self-reliant. under almost 1

Probably the chief weakness

security is its emphasis on so cial security and its peglect of personal security. sol It is the emphasis on securit from without rather than curity from within. It is thel hee lief that our families, or ‘government, © give us s ity instead -of realizat that the individual must in own securi s by Henry