The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-06-29

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APPLE In view Of the fact
that man has been drinking alcoholic
beverages for thousands of years, is 1t
any wonder we find it so hard to make
prohibition absolute in a few years?
Liquor feeds on itself-creates a
craving. A drinker soon finds that
alcohol has become a necessity. This
biological process through thousands
of years has given the world many in
habitants born a certain number Of
drinks below normal. To bridge that
gap, raise themselves to normal, you
criminal extremes.
MULTIPLICATION
Josiah White died in 1905 at Rock
ingham. Vermont. At death he had
$50 direct descendants.
A check-up shows that at least 5000
direct descendants Of Josiah have en-.
tered the world UP to the present
time.
This shows the wisdom Of death in
natures scheme of things. Without
| death, earth would become 80 thick
ly populated that its whole surface
would be a closely-packed crowd of
standing-up humans. We have to die,
to make room for newcomers.
AGED
George W. Sherman. SO years old,
! cuts out for himself the interesting job
of walking GA miles in thirty-one
days, to join his old comrades at the
| reunion Of Confederate veterans in
Richmond, Va.
Pictures of this white-beared patri.
arch look as If, in a pinch, he might
cover the distance in two weeks.
DO you think you will be able to
walk twenty miles a day for thirty
one successive days, when you are So?
Could you do 1t now?
Our generation is a lot weaker,
physically, than the one before US.
The schedule points to a race Of weak
llngs 4 half century hence
CLOWN
Chew Chew, q health clown, makes
the rounds OF New York City schools.
spreading the gospel OF fresh air,
proper food and cleanliness.
With him is his little dog, Crearao,
whose stunts include paving his face
as if washing when asked what he
does in the morning.
The school-chlldren the going wild
about Chew Chew and Creamo. They
are absorbing health facts, because
| the presentation Is made in an inter
esting way. And they will remember
| the health clown and what be taught,
in their old age
RFaIrfH- anhO~J n4araU4fn~ fa fha
| greatest problem of education. Peo-
pie in this boresome civilization re-
member, interesting things, forget the
uninteresting.
MUSIC
Music lie one OF the four necessities
OF life. The other three are food, shell
ter and clothing. So says Ubert Crqu-
hart, talking to a convention OF men
who make music an industry.
This is true. admitting that life is on
an emotional basis. which il Is.
Any period Of history is mirrored in
It's popular music. jazz music came
with a jazz period. 1t Is passing out
as the national temperament becomes
normalized II you want to keep an
eye on the trend of the times" watch
the new music as It come in. II we
react to wailing tunes. It will mean
that the public considers the outlook
discouraging.
YOUTH
The house In which William Taylor
Adams wrote many Of his "Olver
Optic" books is being torn down at
Dorchester, Mass. TO make way for a
garage.
This will open up the memory Of
many old-timers and recall the days
when they took out" Rollo, Oliver
Optic. G. A. Henty. Elsie Dinsmore
and the Prudy Books from the Sun
day School circulating library.
The times have changed. Youth In
the. old days read adventure based on
the outdoor life Of a world that was
far from conquered commercially and
geographically. Today youth finds
most Of its adventure in science.