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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Observations

Jim Jeffries. expire fighter, thinks
he still has a punch. and so he is
going to preach.
DR.. Koo has been made foreign min
lister in China A man with a name
like that would be of great aid to Ger
many. 1t seems.
Harvard College will have four new
lizards, but not of the usual lounge
species.
That newly invented cycleplane is
an improvement. 1t can't kill more
than one at time.
President Coolidge is both an early
riser and a self-riser.
Senator Cummins says opinion on
the coal situation has not yet crystal
lized. Give it about three months
more and then you will be able to
see 1t on the window panes.
What is a homer" asks a writer.
Well, 1t is cigarette atmosphere into
which a man goes with his golf sticks.
With the papers full of pictures of
Coolidge milking cows and pitching
hay, how is it possible for Magnus to
feel otherwise than that he has MIXED
and lived in vain?
Some twenty of our Senators are
now in Europe and there is fear they
will be able to get home before the
war stalls them.
Europe holds the nonstop record. It
has been going 1t since 1914 and is just
getting its second wind.
Whole armies put to slep and taken
prisoner by means Of a new gas is now
promised. Why wait for armies? Why
not try it on nations disposed to make
war?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Animal Facts

Niagara Falls power people are
badly fused because squirrels. play
ing with the wires. ground the cleo
trical current to distant Rochester.
They aren't half as fused up as the
squirrels.
Arctic owl, with a spread OF six
feet, sometimes visits as far south as
Puget Soundq. This giant bird is
known to attack men.
Gray fox likes fruit and often Wis
its California orchards to eat the wind
falls. He can climb a tree, too, but
doesn't if the eatinS's on the ground.
The fisher which is still found in
many parts of the United States is
not a marten but, with that swift
animal, is a member of the weasel
family. In fact, the fisher uses the
marten for dinner purposes. He makes
his home in trees and is so incredibly
agile squirrel. Eight thousand of him
go into the fur trade every year.
rarher, caught snapshot Of an Aire'
dale and a skunk at the moment when
they were preparing for battle Skunk
won easily, with Towser putting all
he had into his legs.
DR.. Hornaday, veteran zoologist and
animal lover, rises to indignant pitch
because 200 little squirrels. enjoying
life, must meet death to furnish one
Iady's back with the well known SPUR
rel coat.
Three to five millions of newly
Matched trout planted yearly In Vel.
lowstone Park lakes and streams.
Let's go!
Every well regulated farm should
have an owl Tenant. He averages
two noxious rodents day as food.
If a field mouse infiicts only one
cents worth of damage to crops, your
owl will consume 81 worth Of mice per
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
WOMEN DO
HARD WORK
IN ENGLAND
Girls Labor at Fourteen and
Have Right to Vote at
Thirty,
BY JOHN w. RAPER

N ENGLAND: When a woman
in England is 80 she may vote.
She may go out to work when
she is IA, and if she is one of the
poor she does. The school laws of
Great Britain provide that boys and
girls shall remain in school until they
are 16, unless their aid is needed by
the family. Among the folk in the
trades and all manual lines, with few
exceptions in the industrial centers, it
is nearly always needed.
In Scotland, women and girls in
the retail sale forces have almost
driven the men out Of the field. Wom-
en- are everywhere. from clerk in the
hotel to cleaner Of the locomotive.
They are numerous on the Glasgow
street cars, both as motorwomen and
as conductors. Glasgow street cars
were operated exclusively by women
during the war and those who lost
the male relative on whom they had
been dependent were allowed to re-
main
Women Wash Windows
In England, woman has not driven
the man from the retail field. but she
outnumbers him greatly. I have not
seen any on street cars, but she is to
lie found everywhere else I have
not seen a male window-washer in
England excepting in London
Girls Of IS or 90 wash the windows
IN the retail districts. They wear
uniforms of coarse brown or blue
cloth, short skirt, spiral legg1ns and
caps, and carry ladder and pail
through the retail district They gen
orally travel in twos and threes,
sometimes with a pushcart to carry
the cleaning paraphernalia.
The factories wooden and cotton
mills are, of course. filed with WON
en- especially the factories nanufac.
turing light articles You find them
driving taxis OCCASION ally and running
delivery cars
Girls Tend Bar
Meat markets with women handling
the carcass and doing the cutting are
common.
More than half the bartenders are
women. and women do nearly all the
serving in saloons, hotels and tea
rooms.
There may be dentists who carry
the title OF DIR" but l have not seen.
them. On all the dentists signs I
have seen he is Mr."
Until few years ago anybody
could open a dental Office and prac-
tice without examination or license.
Then legislation provided for proper
regulation and dentistry is now recog.
nized as a profession
Teeth Are Bad
One Of the results Of the strange
inattention to dentistry is that the
Scotch and English have the worst
teeth in the world This is one Of
the first things an American notices
number of scientists are investI.
eating to learn why the Englishman' s
teeth are so poor. Lack Of attention
is one reason, but the fact is pointed
out that there are many other ooun-
tries In which the teeth are generally
neglected, but none in which the per
centage Of bad ones is so high.
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PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT
ment forward

this coal strike talk gets and confusing, here
~ thing at least that be remembered of
land maSamuel Warrngr spokesman for the anthracite
mine owners that grant the wage demands of the
would add $90O00O00 per year the labor of mining
Warrnger also says that if this wage increase granted
will be pass the expense the public by adding
So ton to the consumers price.
The United States coal commission finds that the
put anthracite between eighty and ninety million per
year r~
Adding So add between $16OOOOOOO $780,
100000 to the public's bill
Of this the miners would get $900O000 and Mr. Warmer
others the coal business would keep the remaining $780,
100000 $900000O0 Mr. warning that he public
the high intended incline public opinion
against the but when appears that advance
Of 81 to be used club the public for additional dollar
Well, that is passing on labor cost with vengeance
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xvi EEKS says we may have a
IW new war. Hope not. But if
IL we do, we want a new ser
geant, also.
]. F. Morgan has gone to Europe.
He knows where our money is.
Movies are great educators. Wash
ington grocer chased a robber away
with pickles and pies
A tunnel 17S miles long will be
built in the Rockies. How nice for
honeymooners.
Washington statistics show di
vorces increasing. Marriage ties, ii
seems, are beau knots.
Minneapolis man claims he has
worn a straw hat fifty years. May
be the one he bought this spring.
A Brooklyn man left will Of only
thirty-three words, the strange part
being he was lawyer.
Detroit woman was arrested with
five kegs of beer. But fall will be
here soon now.
Beauty makers in convention say
women will quit wearing hats. Nc
such good luck is possible.
Ruby Miller, English actress, says
Americans are poor love makers
But we are practicing.
The Gideons report many Bibles
being stolen, by people ignorant OF
what they are taking.
Wife Fails to ppear"-headline
1t seldom happens.
In New York, girl got five years
for stealing nickel; a man four
years for taking 100000 Men are
better paid.
Washington rum runners use mus
tard gas against cops. That's bet
ter than selling it.
China has shipped us sixty-one
tons of nah jong. Could have been
worse. It wasn't chop suey
Two houses were dynamited in
Cleveland. At first they thought il
a presidential boom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Heard in Smoking Room

They were talking about Ireland.
THE trouble over there" said the
hardest smoker, lis the large number
Of Irish there"
That reminds me of the two society
women and one Irish woman 1 saw on
train out of Albany recently" said
smoker No. 2. The society women
had met on the train by accident and
they occupied the same seat in order
that they might visit and gossip. In
the seat Immediately back Of them
was corpulent Irish wogan with a
lot of baskets.
Where did you spend your
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Yankee

Yankee genius, by inventing new
tangled improvements. is counterfeit
ing the cheap products threatening
us from Europe. So chuckles Dow
Service, business experts.
Yankee ingenuity became famous
long before the tabled Connecticut
gentleman sold wooden nutmegs.
1t can be counted on to save us
from almost any sort Of interna-
tional industrial peril. Inventiveness
is the most outstanding of all Ameri-
can traits. We create. Others inni-
tate. Often they improve. That's
not always so. but it's average true
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H., c., [.

It looks as If the cost of living is
going to begin to dropping within the
next six months. A very definite
decline in wholesale prices has been
taking place in the leading COM
modify markets. The down move
nlent started in March. Since then,
wholesale prices have dropped about
q tenth, averaging them.
It's just q matter of months until
consumers get the advantage Of
such wholesale price slumps. But
consumers will be out of luck If
wholesale prices suddenly recover
that is, rise to where they were in
February, or higher. Many a re-
taller is losing sleep these nights.
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H.. c., l.,
alexander Times-Tribune)

Living costs in the United States
in the month Of July this year were
61.9 per cent. higher than in 1914. Be-
tween June Is and July Is, of this
year, there was an increase of 1.8
per cent. We have noticed tho
neither ham, pork chops nor liver
sausage declined in price with the de-
cline in live hog prices. We also no
ticed that watermelons are priced
only for the plutocrat, plasterer,
plumber and hod-carrier.
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vacation this year?' asked one society
woman Of the other.
oh, I went to Boston, but don't
like It there. There are too many
Irish to suit me- Where did you
spend your summer
Well, went to New York, but
didn't like it a bit. Too many Irish
there, too
AT that moment the train slowed
up for station The Irish woman
arose, gathered up her baskets. and,
as she turned into the aisle. she
leaned over the society women and
said. The two of yez can go to hell.
Yesn find no Irish there.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Joy

A Chicago man puts himself In
voluntary bankruptcy. He owes his
creditors more than four million dol
lars, and claims his entire personal
wealth amounts to only $40.
Most of us will consider the Elm
stein theory a simple matter COM
pared with the system by which
any man can actually spend over
four million dollars more than he
actually has. In this particular
case the man concerned got into
the hole by signing other peoples
notes. Not bad thing to remem-
Der indelibly when you are asked to
ego good for another party, COM
mon way Of getting stung.
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from the
~ Referee S Tower
BY ALBERT APPLE
Annie

Do you want to buy the home of
Annie Laurie, the bonnie lassie about
whom we all have sung so often?
It's offered for sale, over in Scot
land.
The English fear that some Amer1-
can millionaire will buy It. He'd
probably install a radio and enough
other contraptions to ruin it's natural
charm.
Americans have the money And
the way they're buying art treasures
and historical relics is the night
mare of Europeans The hand Of
destiny wears an iron glove
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Substitute for siIage

The Royal Agricultural Society at
Cambridge recognizes the value of
silage as a cattle food, but admits
that many farmers cannot afford to
build silos. They have, therefore,
been experimenting with clump pits
dug in the ground in which the fodder
is compressed and covered with earth.
They think the method is going to be
successful, and that preserving silage
in this manner will become an eco
nomical process Cor the average
farmer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
A Thought

God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.-Rev. 21:4.
T HOU canst not tell how rich a
dowry sorrow gives the soul,
- how firm a faith and eagle
sight OF god.-Aiford
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Tough On Daughter

II can't decide where to hang our
daughters diploma--the one she re-
ceived for excellency in cooking"
We'll if the meal she cooked today
is a sample of what she is going to
do, you had better hang that diploma
in the dining room where the guests
can see it and make allowances ac-
cordingly.-Judge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
CRIME is RUNNING RAMPANT

RI HE rapidly growing disregard for human life throughout
the United States and especially apparent Indiana
this time Of the gra7est problems that society has deal
with
edition Times this
de murders wholesale accidents and several seriously
the activity of the all prevalent
bandit
The murder of William Van Camp Franklin County sheriff.
who killed by bandits while performing his duty is fresh
minds Indianns Shall this also be entered in the
another 'unsolved mystery7
Detroit bandits fred reklessly crowd seemingly
ing little the bullets hit and killed their victims they
would they missed Result three wounded The gang
killed policeman a few hours later
Chicago girl admits she joined band of outlaws
cravng for thrills Such thrills lead dangerous
results.
So long murderers remain unpublished look for
ward to reckessnes growing mitess dimensions
partments of justice small carry their they
should be augmented with agents Every citizen should
make it his duty aid these departments by reporting
slightest clews that would help solving many ved
mysteries .s,.~
WHAT the farmers need is a eating insect
A WATCH has 160144,00O ticks year This than
NEVER hide bootleg booze under the bed Imagine
of drunk bedbugs could dog
GIRAFFES behind without turning their heads Boys
think teacher looks like giraffe
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Q U E S T I o N s
ASk-The Times
A N S w e r S

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 \ Y. Avenue Washing
tor. d. c.. inclosing cents in stamps.
Medical. legal love and marriage ad-
vice cannot be given. nor can extended
research be undertaken, or papers,
speeches, etc. be prepared Unsigned
letters cannot be answered. but all let
ters are confidential and receive per-
sonal replies ---EditOr.
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lights
Decatur Democrat

Prize fighting does not seem to bs
very profitable in Indianapolis. Fir
pc received only half the amount
promised him and most Of the others
who had bills got less in proportion.
The fans did not respond in great
numbers. the fake part being made
too plain ahead Of time. but at that
the participants probably received
forty times more than the show was
worth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23

Has your brother a pasturage YETI"
asked the well-meaning but upedu-
Gated woman.
My brother is a clergyman, not a
cow" resented his college-bred sister.
Boston Transcript.
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What Editors
Are Saying
Miles
Rokomo. Dispatch)

Somebody says what the world
needs today is more miles to the gal
Ion. Respectfully referred to a prom
inent candidate for president, who is
in position to do something about
the matter
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Barnun1

So-called super movie films" are
to be exhibited on Broadway at 81
a ticket. Any one with his eyes open
could see this coming, though the
movie should be dirt-cheap enter
tainment because it has the advan
tage of quantity production.
However, movies at 81 admission
fee will probably play to packed
houses. Americans are extremists
in everything. We buy because the
pricA is too cheap or too high.
Mex
Mexico offers. to all its adult citi.
zens, land. Property owned by the
government is thrown open. for this
purpose, barring reservations. In a
general way, if a Mexican doesn't
soon own a patch of land It'll be his
own fault.
The Obregon government is wise.
It's land action is insurance against
the most dangerous form of discon-
tent. The man who owns the land
on which he lives with his family is
rarely a revolutionist.
CorSetS
Women should wear corsets, urges
Or. John Oberwager Of the New
York City Health Commission. He
claims corsets have both a curative
and preventive value in relation to
women's health Few women have
adequate support for the liver,
which has one-thirteenth the weight
of the entire body. and the stomach.
I think the best support is the
corset"
All of which is confusing to wom-
en- who were told-when the cor
set was in fashion-that is was ex-
tremely injurious to the health. The
corset is an artificial unnatural in
strument of torture, and genera
lions Of wearing 1t have weakened
the fair sex so that some sort of
support may be necessary for most
of them. Real danger Is in ex-
tremes. The wasp waist. for In
stance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
Dads Contrariness

There you are, eating that break.
fast food you always said you hated. "
Eyes, but this is free sample."-
Judge.
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Sisters Fellow Ok

Ny daughter is by no means poor"
That's all right. I'm poor enough
for two. Judge.
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Father at Church

II have nothing but praise for the
new minister.
$50 noticed when the plate went
round. Film Fun.
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F arnnerS
(Franfort News

The cotton farmers down south
are glad wheat is low, and the wheat
farmers up north are glad cotton is
lew. So both have something to be
happy oevT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23

What is the rate of increase in
the buffalo herds maintained by
the United States Department Of
Agriculture?
One hundred and eighteen calves
have been born this season; ninety
two on the Montana Bison Range;
sixteen at Wind Cave Game Preserve,
South Dakota; eight at Niobra
Reservation, Neb. and two at Sully' s
Hill Game Preserve, North Dakota.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23
How many persons are engaged

How many persons are engaged
in raising blue foxes in Alaska?
There are LAG farmers, of whom
ninety are in southern Alaska. twenty
nine in the Prince William Sound
region, eight in the lower Cook Inlet
region, thirteen in the Kodiak
Afognak region, and ten on islands
off the Alaska Peninsula.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23

Is lime that has been exposed
to the air for any length Of time
good for whitewash or fertilizer?
No; after long exposure it loses
It's value for both purposes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23

What is the area and general
description OF Tahiti What are
the living conditions there?
The island comprises about 500
square miles. consisting of two I'M
equal and nearly circular portions
connected by a narrow strip of land.
The chief town is Papeete with 4,601
inhabitants. Of whom 2.126 are
French The island is mountainous
and picturesque with fertile coast
line bearing bananas, oranges, cocoa
nut, sugar-cane, vanilla, and other
tropical fruits The chief industries
are the preparation of copra. sugar,
and rum. The New Zealand Company
has a monthly service connecting San
Francisco, New Zealand and Austria
LA with Papeete. Hotel accommoda-
lions are hard to get; in fact there
are few places to stop. A furnished
house may be rented. Living amounts
to about SO a day with a servant.
This is not the climate for an invalid.
as the drainage is poor. and the nights
cool and damp. Otherwise, 1t is found
delightful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-23

Where was ALA Nazimova, Olga
Petrova and Anna Pavlowa born?
Ala Nazimova at Talta, Crimea,
Russia: Olga Petrova at Warsaw.
Poland; Anna Pavlowa at Petro-
grad Russia.
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What is the description of poke

What Is the description Of poke
weed2
large plant, branching widely,
and bearing large glossy leaves and
stif punches of white saucer-like flow
ers, succeeded by dark purple berries
which are occasionally used for ink
In autumn the stems assume rich
shades of red and purple. These
stems are Violently poisonous.
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WHAT the farmers need is weed-eating insect.
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NEVER hide bootleg booze under the bed. Imagine "
bunch of drunk bedbugs could dog
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G1OM SIMS
| Says

xvi EEKS says we may have a
lW new war. Hope not. But if
III we do, we want new SER
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GIRAFFES see behind without turning their heads.
think teacher looks like giraffe
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ATCH has 16014400O ticks year. This is more than
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07

And FATE CZFEN
1R YOUT IN ELY

Which one of the twoi stories, is
the historically accurate n is not
at the moment known. bat it is
one or the other. The more plaus
ible one is that a young man was:
kidding 4. couple of the girls OF.
Fred's restaurant and seeing ii
handsome Chevrolet touring car
standing in front of Murdock's,
told them jocularly that it was his
and to get in and take a ride. The
other Is that they mistock it for
their owr and rode around IN 1t a
couple of hours before they discov-
cred their error. Anyway the car
was brought back after that length
of time, the country from Ely to
Connor's pass being given the once
over, and left in the identical spot
from whence it was driven.
Joe Johnson, one Of the prosper
u wne of the Workingmen's
Club at Ruth. thought his car had
been stolen. He was almost calm
about it and notified the agent
III CailiCo Liz INSURANCE DOllCy
letting it go at that. He admitted
that he was a little excited and
paced the streets in q rather I'M
nerved condition for half an hour,
then was given a ride up in the
direction of his home port and
hack again by Mr.. Murdoch, just
to not get out of practice or be.
come reconciled at being afoot. In
due course the Chevrolet returned
explanations were exchanged and
all was well.
Had Mr. Johnson been a young
impressionable, unattached kid OF
a fellow you cannot tell what would
have come of it, for these strange
ly ~predestined meetings do turr
out queerly sometimes. Their pos.
sibilities are unlimited.