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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Lots of Us Are OIafs

n LAF Jansen just over from Sweden, meets a smooth
~ talker who sells him street car for 500. When
Olaf to take charge of the which the smooth
talker promised would make him rich quickly, he be-
learning that in this free country nothing is really
free except the air.
Maybe you smile at the ancient bunko game worked
on poor Olaf If truth known and recognized most
of US are daily victims of swindIes smaller SCALE
within the law but equally preposterous The proof is
in our pocketbooks.
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Mellon Has His Man Friday i'm Person
of COL James Drake, Salary $4,000

year; thinks the sun rises and sets
when Uncle Andy" does.
Drake became one Of the Mellon
boys" in 1919, when he resigned as
Lieutenant Colonel of Ordnance in
the Army. His first job was that Of
confidential man ard advisor to the
MELONS in oil matters. Profession
ally, Drake is an oil engineer.
But Uncle Andy saw that Drake
was too smart to be wasting his tai
ents entirely on oil, so Drake came to
Washington about the time that Mel
Ion became secretary Of the Treas
uTy to keep the chief informed on
what is going on.
Not on Public Payroll
Drake is not on the public payroll
he couldn't afford to be; and any way
what's a $40. O00-a.year salary to the
MELONS OF Pittsburgh, who control
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our conversation was limited to de-
tails I had given weary times before;
That I was Huldah Benson, 20, five
feet four inches tall. that my hair
was blonde and my eyes were gray.
ANY experienced" said Mr. Pack
ard
None" I said sadly. Would it
help any II they knew I could play
the piano?"
1T might" said Mr.. Packard, how
much dc you weight"
"A hundred and forty-flve pounds
in my coat"
well" said Mr.. Packard, that may
not be a disadvantage, you never can
tell where the lightning will strike. d"
I took courage. On the way out
met Inez.
The next story will be a talk with
Inez, the girl who tried to come back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

By Tunes Special
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-Wood-
row Wilson had his Colonel House;
President Harding has his Ned Nc
Lean, and Daugherty his Jesse
Smith.
Uncle Andy" Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury, has one, too.
He's Col. James Frank Drake,
known affectionateIy by inumates as
MELONS eyes and ears"
Faithful to Uncle Andy"
Middle-aged medium height. blonde
hair, slightly bald; blue eyes, keen
as fox, deep, rich, musical voice
faultless dresser, aristocrauc. exclu.
sive. used to pushing buttons; elegant
suite at a fashionable Washington
hotel; reputed salary OF $4,000 a
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ent high railroad rates and the at
tendant overhead expense must be
cut out, it is explained.
The little Independent packers,
whose numbers are increasing, have
brought about this change. They can
do business cheaper because they draw
from and sell to nearby patrons. thus
eliminating the long freight hauls.
Trucks Cut Cost
The motor truck method of trans
portation, instead of the branch house,
affords them a much more economical
means of distribution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Marriage a la Mode

The custom Of having all bride
maids dress alike at a wedding
had is origin back in the primitive
days when evil spirits were sup
posed to attend wedding cere-
monies and see how much trouble
they could stir up.
So the bride and bridegroom al
ways were surrounded by friends
Of their own age and sex, SINH
larly dressed, to make it more
difficult for the spirits to single
out the happy couple and carry
out their evil designs.
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BOOKS
Chlldren's Room. Indianapolis Public
Library, st. Clair Square
BOOKS FoR GIRL SCOUTS

BOOKS FOR GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouts OF America Official
handbook.
How Girls Can Help Their Coun-
try" by Low.
Camp at Gravel Point" a story
by Judson.
Camping and Wood Craft by
Kephart.
American Natural History" by
Hornaday.
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some hundred big oil, steel, coal,
aluminium and railroad equipment
concerns and banks with a capitalize
ton of some $500, 900, 600?
The whole Mellon family is pulling
to have Uncle Andy make good on
his job and one way to help is to have
Drake hanging around.
The MELONS think Drake is a wizard
when it comes to judging men. So
Drake, private citizen, looks over
many of the applicants for big jobs
in the Treasury Department and
passes judgment on them. Mellon
doesn't make very many appoint
ments without brakes o. X.
Mellon likes brakes directness and
punch They frequently dine to-
gether- and the door of the Mellon
private office is never closed to the
younger man.
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By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-Do you
wonder what's going ons behind the
scenes in the meat packing industry?
A new condition brought about by
numerous small Independent packers
operating on an economical motor
truck basis in their immediate com
munities is affording stronger COM
petition than 1.-The big five" with their
expensive refrigerator car systems
and branch houses are able to with
stand.
This is what well informed men
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Painted Velvets

Painted velvets are shown for eve
ming wear and made into charming
negligees for the heYse.i Usually the
velvets are delicate in tone and the
colors applied are of the soft pastel
shades. Large flower patterns are
most popular
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RlacII and White

Black velvet hats. ermine trimmed,
are the favorites now in the shop
windows Black fur Jackets are worn
with white broadcloth costumes and
white fur coats are frequently seen
with black velvet outfits. The black
and white combination has replaced
the all-black idea of a season ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

Under a subsidy BILL as tho bill IS
now framed, the ships viii be sold to
the big fellows in the business now
There will be no wide distribution Of
ship ownership IN the United States.
The provisions of the bin feeding into
the treasures Of those ship operators
millions Of dollars viii encourage the
continuation Of Inefficient method and
extravaganza that exist in American
shipping now.
Phillip Manson. president.
Pacific & Eastern Steamship Co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
to Stand
His OzV11 Losses

BIZ United NeiCs
NEW YORK, Nov 25-From now
on the owner will stand the loss II
somebody runs away with his cellar"
The National Surety Company. who
writes more theft insurance than any
other company in the country, will
not insure any booze, according to
their new policies.
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q job IN New
York is that por-
ton of the classi-
fed telephone di-
rectory marked:
Theatrical Man
ayers and Pro.
ducers.
Not that I
found this out
right away. The
Travellers Aid at
the Pennsylvania
Railroad station
had been very
kind In the mat
ter of lodging,
meals, advice and
pure unalloyed
friendship.
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Miss Van de G7if Makes Rounds of
Ne70 York Theatrical Booking AgencieS

come out and say, Nothing today
No, I'm sorry. but there's nothing to-
day for any of you" and we would all
get up and file out.
This happened again and again. At
the managerial offices 1t was no bet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

a 100-bushel crop OF corn in grain
and silk win take out Of the soil 14S
pounds Of nitrogen, twenty-three
pounds Of phosphorus and sevcnty-one
pounds Of potassium. In 1909 corn,
wheat and oats. three cereal crops In
the grain alone, took from the soil
3,965 600. 600 pounds OF nitrogen. 606,-
900. 900 pounds Of phosphorus and $751;
0C0,0 900 pounds of potassium.
r. f. Bower,
American Farm Bureau Federation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
No Like Money? No Sense

4 Eastern insists upon giving away the
"A money that comes to her as fast as she can get
it." So petition is filed in court to have Jury ex-
anime her to whether she's "al there" mentally
Have we money-mad people actually reached the
point where the mentality of a person with aver
sion to money is questionable?
Where does sanity end and insanity begin? Best
answer the Irshmans: "Everybodys out of step
but me-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Money First

! believe that the Government
should consider its obligations as pri-
vate parties consider theirs, and so
long as the Government owes money.
and particularly when it owes 1t to its
own people who have bought its bonds
with money earned in the sweat of
their faces, that it is due to the main
tenance Of the honor of the Govern
ment that those bonds be taken up as
quickly as possible.
Senator New R). Ind.
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But mad
learned nothing definite as to how I
was going to get on the stage. To
the Travellers Aid at the Grand Cen
trail Station L put my query in some
what different form:
'Do you have. a list Of reputable
theatrical agencies?"
The lady at the desk didn't, but she
thought 1 might get such a list at
the Theater Guild.
Selects Agencies
There in o little crows nest I found
a girl, plump and pleasant. No, the
Theater Guild didn't have such list,
but from the telephone directory she
selected two agencies that she assured
me were all right. l then had re-
course to the telephone book myself
and made q list Of some thirty or so
theatrical managers and agencies.
The list began imposingly enough
with David Belasco. 1t ended with
Sam Scribner, producer of burlesque
Then began a heart breaking tour
of the agencies. / would poke my
head through a door, hoping vaguely
that a producer or manager. sitting
inside, would observe that had a
certain sDirituene cast of countenance,
would hop from his chair and say:
"Ah, the very type I've been look
ing for" and bear me off to triumph
Instead, 1 would find a score or more
people sitting in. chairs about the wall.
They would look at me critically and
then relapse into their own introspec-
lions.
After while, when the chairs were
all filed and a number of us were
standing, a bobbed- haired blond would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
68th Congress Remains Under
@. o. P. Majority by Slight Margin

100000 He died Dec. I6, 1917. Of
uraemic poisoning.
Q.-Are lottery tickets of foreign
countries allowed the use of the mails
in the United States?
A.-No. The postmaster general
has notified all countries that it h
against the United States postal regu-
lations to send lottery tickets through
the United SAFES mails.
, Q.-Do all the States OF the United
States have compulsory birth registra-
ton laws?
Ayes.
Q.-Can sheliash bore holes in hard
rock?
A.-Yes. the Science Service says
there are some species of sheIlf1sh
which can do this The Pholads, which
are bivalves related to our oysters
chisel their way into the hardest
schists, as we'll as softer rocks and
mud by means of the tooth like edges
of their shells. They enter the rock
when very small and continue to cut
a tunnel in the stone as they grow
These tunnels are their homes and
their tombs, as they become much
larger in diameter than the entrance
made into the rock, so they can never
get out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

This is the second OF a series Of six
stories Of Josephine Van dc Grit de
scribing how she. posing as q country
girl sought to get on tho stage in New
York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Trimmed With Seal

An attractive suit Of mustard col
ored duvetyn is made with a very
coat IS trimmed with many inch
bands Of seal fur and seal buttons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

Q.-Who was Hugh McCulloch.
whose portrait appears on the $40 ma
tional currency bank notes?
Am American financier, born at
Kennebunkport, Me. In 1863 he was
appointed comptroller of the currency
with supervision over the national
banking system which was called into
existence by the law of that year. in
March, 1864, he succeeded Fessenden
as secretary Of the treasury at the
request Of President Lincoln and held
that position until March, 1869. He
died in 1895.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

When He maketh inquistion for blood, He remem-
bereth them; He forgeteth the cry of the humble
Psalms 9:12.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25

H. u. wells lost IN politics. lie should let Wells
enough alone
Mexico is making faces at US because we haven't
noticed her.
A baby born in New York was five feet tall. It was
a giraffe.
The big apple crop we reported recently is a big
cider crop now.
Speaking of Southern chivalry George gave his seat
in the Senate to Mrs FELTON, the first day.
We hate to mention unpleasant things, but income
taxes are due again ten days before Christmas.
Russia is making autos. When people begin to get
on their feet they want to get off their feet.
When a prize fighters condition is not o. X. it is
often K. o. If you know what K. o.
Hitting the ground is much easier than hitting golf
ball because the ground is so much larger.
Football backs very forward young men, if you
care for such things.
Perhaps fat men make the best statesmen because
they have the bulge on'the slender statesmen.
What's in a name? Maine National Guard cavalry
has Major Gallup.
If we got everything we wanted there wouldn't be
room to put it.
Faint heart never won fair lady but fat-head has
Life is ups and downs If there were no downs how
could there be ups?
TOM SIMS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT
NEA SnrNica Staff XNritar

NEW. YORK, Nov. 25.-The most
immediate aid that comes to the serv-
ice of the young woman in search of
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single subject, writing more than one letter
II answers on 'arious subjects are desired
Q.-What VII be the party elign-
ment in the Sixty Eighth Congress?
A.-As matters now stand, there
will be 225 Republicans, 207 Demo
Gratis, one Farner-Labor. one Social
list and one Independent IN the House
Of Represented IS, and in the Senate,
forty-two Demo erats. fifty-three Re
publicans and OF q Farner-Labor.
Q.-What are the meanings Of the
following names"
A.-Inez-pure
Winifred--lover Of peace.
Melicent-.swee singer.
Antonio-:nestimab
Roland-fame of the land
Peter-a r)ck.
Reginald strong ruler.
Erit.-richS brave, powerful.
Q.-What is thu fortieth wedding an
niversaryi
A.-The ruby wedding.
Q.-How many building and loan
associations are there in the United
States?
A.-According to the latest figures
available Q92D. 1888.
Q-Wha-t kind of man was Frank
Gotch. heavyweight champion wrestler
of the world? When did he die and
of what disease?
A.-As & man, Gotch was a solid
citizen" of Humbolt. He was director
of a bank president of the street car
company and head of an automobile
business. His estate was rated as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-25
Interest CenterS
on IO7Ou Colonel
in Washington

By Times Special
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25-"Whats
this fellow Brookhart like?" That's
what everybody's asking in Wash
ington now.
Interest is centerins in the quiet
hammered Iowa colonel, because many
see in him a possible leader of the
progressive group in Congress.
Quiet-mannered? Yes, he is that.
but he has a way of saying things
which may one believe that he means
business.
It's quite true that the farmers
elected me-" he says. That's exactly
what happened. I'm a farmer my
self. We live a little way out of
Washington, Iowa, on a twenty-eight-
acre farm. where ] raise pigs. keep
cows and chickens and do a little gen.
eral farming.
Sticks by Program
81 have come here to do certain
things and I intend to stick by my
program and work hard to put It over.
You know what my platform is,
don't you? A repeal OF the Esch-
Cummins law, a real soldiers bonus
law, paid for my war profiteers and
peace-time gamblers in the commod-
tiles produced by the farmer and q
complete destruction Of 'NewberTy-
ism
Looks Encouraging
Part of my work is already ac-
conplished." he said. Il had been
in town only one day when Mr.. New
berry resigned. AS for the rest.
things look extremely encouraging
Senator Brookhart is short,
heavy-set man in his hfties. lie
dresses plainly. lie is clean-shaven,
bushy-haired, with bold features.
His smile is one Of the incest
things about him. He says. by the
way, that he isn't the long haired
brainstorm" that some Of the papers
have made him out to be. His looks
bears him out.
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Permit Us to Say

H. C. Wells lost in politics. He should let Wells
enough alone.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get all answer TO any question
OF fact or Information by writing to the
Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau.
1872 New York Ave. Washington D. c.. in
closing cents in stamps. Medical. legal
and love and marriage advice cannot be
given. Unsigned letters cannot be answered.
but all letters are confidential, and receive
personal replies. Although the bureau does
rot require IT, IL will assure prompter re-
plies If rsaders will confine questions to a
single subject, writing more than one letter
If answers on various subjects are desired.
EDITOR
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$500, 600. He died Dec. I6, 1917, Of
uraemic poisoning.
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Mexico is making faces at US because we haven
noticed her.
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Senator New Rl, Ind.
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\ baby born in New York was five feet tall. It W
giraffe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-17

It is the declared judgment of the
Protective Tariff league that the ad-
1ninistration reverse at the polls this
month was due to a failure to make
the tariff rates high enough. This at
titude of the league leads the New
York Times to remark: when the
end of the world comes and the ele-
ments melt with fervent heat, they
win be ready to snatch Gabriers trum-
pet away from him and proclaim to
affrighted mankind that all this might
have been prevented if the tariff on
wool had been made 5 per cent
hlgher."
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glanced at his letter, sprang up sud-
WHO the devil are you?" he
shouted. -,.-,s av,,
mean, who am I, really! I'm Gurus
van Suydam, to please you, but, as
a matter of fact, I'm Barry Evans,
Of Evanston, Illinois"
.sThen what-listen here" Taylor
read the letter aloud, then glared at
Van Suydam alias Evans
..Dear Sr-Started for your place
but came down with measles en- route.
Impossible to accept your offer. Yours
truly,
Van Suydam shook his head.
means nothing in my young life" he
said Game up here to get first
hand experience of summer girls for
in the fall. They consider me weak
on delineation of fIapper type. You
see, I've always spent my vacations
in the North Woods and lodged the
sex completely. Didn't penetrate your
scheme about change of name, but
rather thought you recognized me and
novelists were taboo at your estab-
lishment. Rather pleased person.
ally, at incognito."
Taylor was beginning to see light.
Thunderstorm he cried. well,
might have known you were too good
to be true. Put it there!" and he
held out a plump hand.
Later Barry and Ellen, out on the
lake in canoe, exchanged conh-
denceS.
dad told me he'd hired you and it
didn't seem fair, somehow, to the
guests for you to be acting under
false coIors. II tried not to like
you tried?" asked Barry gleefully.
"Oh, Ellen, won't you be my sum-
mer girl for always?"
''Tll-IH try!" said Ellen, but Bar
ry, satisfied at what he read in her
lifted glance, beached the canoe at
the nearest cove and came to her
side.
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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MONOPOIuES.

'.It is clear that the American TeIe-
phone and Telegraph company &C
knqwIedges ownership of substantial
" two-thirds of all the telephone in
terests in the country and this rapid
pace toward a complete telephone
monopoly is a threat TO the public
which will impose a burden of hun
dreds OF millions of dollars upon te!e-
phoze users both Iocaf and long dis
lance" declared Chairman Clyde NJ.
Reed of the Kansas public utilities
commission in an address before the
national convention Of railway and
utilities commissioners.
This is a statement that should COM
maud the attention not only OF public
Officials and legislators but of every
citiEen of Kansas Some years ago
government gave practical recognition
to the fact that there existed both
good and bad trusts So there may
exist both good and bad monopoiies.
A monopoly which uses It's control
OF an industry to reduce costs of pro-
duction and gives the public the ben
efitzof such reduction deserves to be
classed as a good monopoly. But a
monopoly which uses its power TIC re-
duce costs of production and at the
same time Increases costs to the con-
sumer is a bad monopoly and should
be dealt with in a way that would
protect the public from oppression. In
the view of Chairman Reed the Bell
company is such a monopoly.
Mr.. Reeds commission was estab-
lishea~ for the purpose OF protecting
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HEART And HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of nineteen. There is a young man
of about twenty-one years whom l
am crazy about, but I think he likes
another girl who is a telephone oper-
ator. She calls him up very often. He
doesn't pay her much attention ex-
cept when he sees her and they are
very friendly. This boy comes to see
me often, aItho live four or five miles
away
Please tell me If you think he likes
me or not and tell me how to win him
over. Does he like this other girl?
DESTROYS TO KNOW.
The fact that the young man goes
to see you often should satisfy you,
because if he did not like you he
would stay away. Accept him as a
friend and do not try to force him to
express the extent of his liking by
saying that he loves you A young
man of twenty-one is rarely in a posse
ton to marry and therefore he pre-
fers not to think of suSh thing until
nearer the time when marriage be-
comes possible
Don't worry a minute about the
girl who telephones him. She has
little chance of really standing in his
favor. because she runs after him. He
may like her we'll enough to talk to
her over the phone and be pleasant
when they meet, but doubt il he is
interested further.