Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-02

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ton during the winter, foreshadowed the
Democrats 1922 tactics. He said they
would show the country. the economic
consequences Of hermitage" That word
play On John Maynard Keynes cele-
brated book on Versailles will hardly
serve the Democrats as a popular cam
paign slogan. Its phraseology is not
designed for the tall grass. But its i'm
port is plain. The party that still burns
incense at Woodrow Wilson's shrine is
Enthusiastically bent upon contending that
the times at home and abroad are out
Of Joint because America prefers
''proyincialism" and isolation" to
mending 1.-The heart of the world"
new Knickebocker theater, q movie
palace" like its ill-starred predecessor
which collapsed with the catastrophe
consequences on January g. will shortly
rise on the same scene. The proprietors
OF the former establishment have just
bought for $1S7 800 the land on which
1t stood and will proceed at once to rear
upon it another Knickerbocker. As
monument to the victims OF the January
tragedy, the new theater is 10 be q
worlds model Of architectural and con-
structional safety. Safety against every
conceivable contingency in the way of
accident or danger to life IS to be the
outstanding feature more than elegance or
comfort To that end the proprietors will
ask the foremost builders in the United
States to compete for the construction
contract. Indictments against architects,
builders, and inspectors Of the wrecked
Knickerbocker are still pending in the
District Courts. but as time withers
public indignation over the disaster
grows less certain the prosecutions viii
be either pushed or fruitful.
Daylight savings means nothing in the
blithe young life Of the Nations capital
Neither Congress nor the President was
moved to reverse the hands of the clock
as towns, cities and States throughout
the Republic did today. So the throngs
that file their way into the capital morn
I ing, noon and night from the four points
Of the compass viii only need to keep
their watches adjusted to standard rail-
road time to remain chronologically in
the straight and narrow path at Wash
ington.
This placid metropolis on the Potomac
takes life on the whole so leisurely thGt
drastic measures for lengthening the day
are not seriously required. Washington
is not a business town and glories in
the fact. Factories, mills and foundries
do not desecrate its panorama. Few
folks except super-earnest Cabinet min
listers overwork themselves. Everybody
else in the District Of Columbia gets
statutory quotas OF play time and sleep
time, wherefore liberties with the clock
are considered a needless tampering with
normally.
Mary E Mcdowell, veteran American
settlement worker. is of for Prague
shortly, to be the guest for si1 months
Of the President Of Czecho- Slovakia and
Mrs. Masaryk Miss McDowelrs friend
ship with the Masaryks dates from the
days Of the Presidents early exile in
America as a political refugee, and she
knew Mrs. Masaryk long before that
American woman dreamt Of becoming
the first lady Of the Czecho- Slevakia land.
Miss Mcdowell achieved international
fame as the first head Of the University
of Chicago settlement At the Union Stock.
yards thirty years ago. She has always
interested herself in the problems Of for
eign born women settled in the United
States. Through attendance at interna-
tional congresses she is well known in
| Europe sociological quarters. Miss Nc
Doweu intends introducing into Czechs-
Sloyakia one American innovation expert
mentally and successfully introduced at
the country's legation in Washington
the cornmeal fapjack. DR.. Stepanek,
President Masaryk's envoy, having sur
viyed a bsptismal serving, assures Miss
Mcdowell Czecho -Slovakia cannot live
without it. So 4 sample bag Of raw
material viii accompany her to Prague.
! Washington is host tor the French I'm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Maurice Donnay and
Andre Chevrillon Of the French Academy.
/ They arrived from New York via PhiIa-
delphia, having come TO the CnitedStates
for the recent Moliere festivities in
Gotham Ambassador Jusserand will en-
terrain al dinner in their honor on Tues.
day evening The French envoy slwaSs
selects his guest list on such occasions
with careful regard to pathological ext
gencies Of a community IN which foreign
languages are spoken not too well NJ
Jusserand is accustomed to securing
Washington for distinguished Americans
who can parlez-vous with felicity. TAA&S
name is not legion.