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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-29
BY JAMES W. DEAN


NEW YORK, Aug. 29t-Musica1
shows and frothy comedies have been
only spring beauties that presage
the coming Of violet drama. And now
that these dramas, which seek to
search out the why's and wherefores
of human conduct, have come to town
we may know that the stage season
is in full bloom.
First Of these psychological dramas
Is Mary Roberts Rineharts 1.-THE
Breaking Point" The hero has for
gotten his former self and is a re-
spected young physician. He doesn't
know Just what he was ten years ago
and he thinks he should find out be-
fore he marries his loved one.
He returns to the ranch where he
formerly lived. He is about to shoot
man when he Immediately becomes
his former self Under the stress of
his agitation he remembers that he
killed man at that very spot.
Then he forgets everything that
he has done in the intervening
years. He returns TO the community
where he had been physician
Experiencing another moment OF
great tension he remembers what
had occurred in the later years
Thus asphasia and amnesia are both
dispelled.
Mrs Rinehart Is the wife OF
physician. Perhaps she was patho
logically sound in her treatment Of
the amnesia theme, but something
was lost in transferring It to the
stage. With one or two exceptions
this play presents the worst acting
and the worst stage direction Of the
new season. A serious play with
hardly moment Of intentional
comedy, 1t is one Of the biggest
laughing shows in town.
Another Promising Writer
Found In New Play
Martin FIavin's Children Of the
Moon" meets with much better treat
ment. This deals with the descen-
dants Of a moon-struck old codger.
The theory is that the moon possesses
such fascination for certain types that
| their minds become abnormal during
certain phases Of the moon. This
theory is centuries old; consider the
derivation of the word ''1unatic."
There is also the suggestion that
persons subject to such hereditary
traits Will lead normal lives unless
their weakness is suggested to them.
A concrete case Is made with a young
girl whose father committed suicide
during full moon and whose brother
rode 70 his death when he rushed
straight for the full moon in his air
plane.
A mother so IN love with her daugh-
ter that she would prevent her mar
rage tells the girl that she is sub
ject to the same lunacy. The sugges-
ton is fully effective in bringing
about the most dramatic second act
since Rain" Here is play full OF
the glamour OF the stage. It has a
kindling power over the audience. Yet
something goes wrong at the last min
ute TO rob It of greatness. I believe
II is its inconolusive ending.
The New Season WIN
Develop New Talent
Last season was notable for the
number of excellent young actresses
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-29
On View in Local
Theaters Wednesday

The attractions on view IN Indian
apoEs today include: THE Dover
Road" at the Murat; Dancing
Around" at the Capitol; Kara and
movies, at the Ohio; Howe and Fey,
at the Lyric: "Toytown Topics" at
the Palace; Human Wreckage." at
tho Apollo; "Dulcy," at the Circle;
THE Birth of a Nation" at the RI
alto; 1.-THE Wise Fools" at Mister
Smiths, and THE Desert Rider" at
the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-29

bU Times HpFCtnE
LEXINGTON, Ind, Aug. 29.-Alva
Arbuckle. a storekeeper living six
miles east Of here, has been arrested
on charge of receiving stolen goods.
In Arbuckle's store was found Army
goods valued at $500. He was re-
leased on bail OF 1000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-29

Last season was notable for the
number of excellent young actresses
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-29

after chapter the reader
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
Nobel Prizes

r~v~1IE recent award of Nobel prizes makes
it interesting to recall the origin of
the Nobel Foundation instituted by Dr.
Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite,
twenty-eight years ago..
Doctor Nobel set aside the greater part of
the fortune brought him by his invention,
nearly ten million dollars, as Nobel Prize
fund.- the annual interest of which he direct
ed to be divided into five equal parts with
which to reward the persons who, in the
year prior to the reward, had rendered hui
manity "the greatest service" in the realm
of science (physics, chemistry and medicne) ,
idealistic literature, and in the cause of in
ternational peace and the suppression or re-
duetion of standing armies.
The =prizes have gone all over the world:
no less than twenty countries being repre-
sented in the prize lists.
It is significant, too, to note that Germany
stands at the top with twenty-one science
prizes and four literary prizes; France takes
second place. with a total of nineteen
awards: eleven for science, four for litera-
ture and four peace prizes; while third place
is taken by Great Britain, with twelve
science, one literature and one peace, total
of fourteen.
These things are interesting to consider at
this time when any encouragement of the
arts or Sciences or any OccunatiOn other
than war, is What the world most needs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
SENTIMENT AND SLEEP
BY H. AddingtOn Bruce

u NE Of the most interesting of psychology
I } zeal phenomena is the relation between
sentiment and sleep 1t is more subtle
and significant than is commonly appreciated
Everybody, Of course is aware of the pow
crful influence exercised by sentiments of
anxiety in the way of sleep prevention. Let
man be worried over anything and sleep
will forthwith become increasingly difficult to
him. If he does sleep he is almost certain to
be disturbed by unpleasant dreams, and at
best will sleep fitfully.
1t also is we'll known that, in the case Of
many people, the sentiment of eager expocta-
ton is a potent preventative of sleep.
Children are not the only ones who sleep
poorly on the eve of an excursion or some
other happening to which they look forward
with keen anticipation. There are plenty of
adults whose sleep is similarly affected when
some pleasure is in prospect.
Instead of settling down quietly to sleep
they busy themselves with castlebulding.
They review in detail the thing they expect to
do, and the delight they expect to experience
from the doing of it. Or if, being less ex-
citable, they do fall asleep at their accustomed
time it will be to have an early awakening
as though the desire to be up and off for the
impending pleasure served as an inner alarm
clock to arouse them.
For that matter, various other sentiments
likewise have an alarm clock significance.
Particularly is this true of the sentiment of
duty.
There are people who literally can COM
mand themselves to awake at an appointed
time, with full assurance that when that time
comes they will awake The time may vary
from day to day. No matter. When it arrives
it will find these selfcOntrolled sIeeEers re
sponsiye to its coming.
Study their psychic makeup and you will
discover that mostly they are persons finely
sensitive to the demands of duty. There
are other ways, too, in which the sentiment
of duty operates to influence sleep.
Take, for example, the case of a nurse
whose task it is to care single-handcd for
some sorely stricken patient. The nurse, be-
ing human, must sleep, and when she does
have opportunity to sleep. she sleeps pro-
foundry.
Loud talking, noises from outside disturb
her sleep not at all, unless it be to start her
dreaming. But if she is nurse in whom the
sentiment is strong, any ominous distresssig-
nal, however slight, from the patient near
whom she is sleeping will rouse her instantly.
Sentiments Of affection act in the same
way. A sleeping mother, deaf to all other
sounds, is awakened from her sleep by the
faintest call from her child in its crib. in
that same moment she knows why she has
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
The Dusty Wheat

w eooas in the tomb Of T T"tp@ 33'-aro5
for carvings and jewels that deco
rated the race in his day, one of them gath
cred few handfuls of dusty wheat which
had been placed nearby-after custom still
prevailing in China, only in the case of
departed Chinaman rice is used No great
excitement was manifested over the discov-
cry of this wheat; such finds have been COM
mon. But enough interest was developed to
bring about an experimental planting in the
wheat lands of Hungary, with the result that
harvest of exceptional quality was secured
The survival of the germ life in this an
cient grave over lapse of three or four
thousand years strikingly attests the persist
eHcy Of natures reproductive principle and
the survival of form. Here in the tomb of
departed grandeur, surrounded by earthly
riches, lay these few handfuls of grain-cast
in, doubtless, at the last moment as symbols
on resurrection yet worth more, possibly,
than all the relics of Egypt's tombs Manu-
scripts from the tomb of rich planter found
nearby, revealed that wheat was the staple
product of the adjacent lands. Possibly it
was the corn" that Joseph's brethren sought
in their pilgrimage, and the real source of
Egypt's wealth. The kings died; the sands
drifted over Egypt and her glories gone. The
blindness that turned the faces of her great
men to black magic and idolatry shut away
from the minds of her wise men, the true
remedy against the encroaching desert and
left them, too. the prey of armed hosts who
sought the conquest of the empire. Lost to
the world was the fine knowledge of her
Scientists; the men who planned the pyra
mids; who mapped the heavens, named the
stars and set up the calendar year. All of
real worth that survived was-a handful of
dusty wheat.
And not Egypt alone, but Babylon, Assyria.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
FOR OPTIMISM
BY DIR. Frank Crane


T WILL state my belief in the future
! It is not blind creed formed only
10 from my desires and hopes. 1t is a con-
victiOn based upon the past development of
the race, upon its present condition and upon
the tendencies which l see in vigorous oper-
alton in the world
1t is belief based not upon revelation
nor any authority. 1t is based upon eYolu-
ton, history and observation.
[ believe there is more goodness in the
world today than ever before. 1 know that
interest in creeds is waning and religious
partisanship is abating, but 1 believe the
world contains more of the essence of reIi-
9iOn now than ever in the past And the
essence OF religion | take to be a conviction
of the sanctity of love, the sacredness of life.
the JOY of existence and due evaIuation Of
spiritual forces. Modern doubt" as some
one recently wrote, els very largely a news
paper scare with disappointed magazine writ
ers for its paid agitators, and were census
taken Of the happy people in this so/called
age of despair, the number I fear would be
shamefully large"
AS mankind moved out Of brutedom into
savagery and out of savagery into civliza-
ton, so it will move out Of it's present de-
structiVe COMMISSIONS into a saner co-opera-
ton.
AS the world has swung out of the shadow
Of mediaeYalism with its beIlicose creeds and
bugaboos of superstition, so it will move out
We have far to go toward the realm Of
brotherhood, but we have come far already
and are still on our way
Men are kinder one to another than In
the days Of slavery.
Men revere women more than ever before
IN the history Of the world.
Homes are brighter, little children better
trained, the aged more tenderIy cared for
the sick and crippled and insane and Grim
inal more humanely treated
Looking back over the past I see one
shadow after another lifted from the earth.
Looking forward into the future I see the
sunshine more and more triumphant
The kingdom is coming But it is not
coming by the clamorous conquest of mill
tant organizations, not by socialistic schemes.
not by e9otistic propaganda, but coming as
the light of dawn pOurs through the sky. as
the door of the rosebud fills all the garden
awakened and hurries to the crib to see What
is amiss.
Facts such as these-awakening at a preA
determined time, and selective responsibility to
sounds-make very plain that in Delhoeuf's
expressive phrase, that heart never sleeps"
In fact, on a basis solely of these curious
sleep occurrences it would be possible to work
out a persuasive argument for the spiritual
as COntrasted with the material and mechan-
icaI, view of the nature of man.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
Herbert and His Brethren

Y T is to be hoped that Secretary Herbert
Hoover will have more success than the
Democrats in bringing his Republican
brethren to accept a certain economic truth
which he proclaimed at the American Marine
Congress- cit seems worth repeating at
times" said he, that our international trade
is one of the very foundations of our stand
ard of living; that our whole fabric of living
of commodities which we do not and can not
ourselves produce-tin, rubber, coffee and a
score of others; further, in the main the
amount of these commodities which we can
import will depend upon the volume we ex-
port Moreover, we need constant eXpan-
sion of our export markets to give stability
to our internal production by wider range
of customers"
It was to these principles of economics that
the Democrats of Congress appealed in eff
forts to ward off the Fordney-McCumber
tariff-and against these very principles that
the Republican majority stood embattIed.
They contrived import duties for the benefit
of favored groups, as if there were no inter-
national currents of trade in which Americas
common interests are concerned; as if it were
possible to rear a frowning tariff wall to dis
courage others from selling to us, without at
the same time discouraging them from buy
ing from us. If Secretary Hoover can impart
this truth to the Republican powers that be-
so that they will become not only hearers OF
it, but doors as we'll, he will have rendered
an inestimable service alike to his party and
to his country.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13

O. How many huts did the Y. NJ. G. a,
maintain overseas? H. Z.
A. Overseas the ''Y" maintained more than
800 huts and tents for the use OF the A.
E. f. The organization turnlShed 4oV mn
lion sheets Of letter paper, 200 million en-
velopes and 16 million post cards Ito the
boys.
@. Are the names of the minute men of
the Revolution contained in any one book?
B. P. w.
A. The names are not compiled in book
form Most of the town records OF MasSa-
chusetts contain records of these men.
@. Which is larger, British America or inc
United States and her possessions? d. '. H.
A. British America, which consists OF Can
ada, Newfoundland and number OF lSIands,
has an area of $3.50 600 square miles while
the total area of the United States and its
possessions is 3,743,446 square miles. Thus
Britain has little more territory but much
of it is so far north asxto be OF compare
lively little value
c. What becomes of bats in winter? J. B,
A. Bats are absent from the coolest parts
of the world and are most numerous in the
eastern tropics. They are Enthusiastically
tropical. In rather cold climates, such as
that of Canada, some species have acquired a
habit of migration, going south.
@. What is the significance of the word
amen" used at the end of prayers and at
the end of some verses in the Bible? S. N. f.
A. There are numerous TRANSACTIONS of this
word. The one which is generally accepted
is that it means $50 be it."
Q. How many congressional medals were
issued in the great war? T. H. S.
A. The adjutant generals office says that
there have been ninety awards of the con-
gressional medal of honor to officers and
enlisted men in the United States and the
marine corps for services during the World
war. One award was made to <the unknown
soldier of each of the following nations:
Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy and
Rumania.
Q. Who said that truth-tellcr can be as
bad n trained liar? X. j.. &.
A. In his work on THE Quintessence of
Ibsenism" G. B. Shaw says that the thesis
of Ibsens wild Duck is that a truth-teller
who cannot hold his tongue on occasion may
do as much mischief as a whole university
full Of trained liars"
Q. What language is more widely spoken
in South America-Spanish or Portuguese?
NJ D. G.
A. Spanish is spoken in all South Ameri-
can countries except Brazil, so it may be
said to be more widely spoken than P0rtu.
guese, the tongue of the Brazilians Brazil
however, has population equal to that Of
the rest of the continent and Portuguese is
spoken by as many South Americans as
Spanish is.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irwin Cobb

Fred Kelly went back to the scenes of his
Ohio boyhood and hired a horse and buggy
to drive round and visit familiar spots
AS he was about TO climb into the buggy a
negro came trotting across a lot, calling
Kelly by name. Kelly couldn't remember
him at first, but the negro identified himself
as boyhood playmate, and insisted Kelly
should drive him to field where he had a
job cutting corn, explaining that if Kelly re.
fused to do this he would lose his job.
what makes you late?" asked Kelly.
"Oh, my wifes sfstah is visitin' at our
house. She wasn't feelin' very well an coms
over this mawnin' on the o'clock car. They
thought she might get better at our house,
but she died about half an hour after she
come; so that kept me back frum gettin' to
wu'k"'
What was the matter?" asked Kelly.
ooh, seems lax she went to some sort of
dance in Dayton night befo last an some
Niger over there got to wu'kin on her haid
wild a Ratchet"
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13

Persia and all that vast civilization built up
through thousands of years, persisted and
sank away beneath the soil, leaving accessible
here and there an inscription, a carving, a
kings head and the foot of a queen. VANITY,
vanity, all is vanity" And we who occupy
the stage today are digging, digging, digging
through the dead lands to learn the story of
the past
But not in the tomb of King Tut alone
was found the imperishabIe principle Of life
and the resurrection brought over from the
lost nations. In our Old Testament, in the
maxims of Bhudda, in the writings Of Con-
fucus, and in the Talmud and Koran were
hidden away the germs OF Immortality from
the abandoned treasures of the vanished
ages, and out Of these a new civilization
arose. The brought-over wheat was not lost;
some of it fell by the wayside, sprouted and
died, but other grains multiplied thousand
fold, and fowered into harvest that blesses
the world. Persia, Assyria, Egypt and all
the desolate lands have not persisted utterly.
Today, blessed by the immortal truths from
the tombs of Gods servants the prophets,
the inspired ones, they are entering into an
era whose sun is the sun Of liberty, whose
king is knowledge and whose God is love.
The same day that brought to the west
the lesson of the dusty wheat brought also
the news that the harem was a thing of the
past and the universities of the East were
full of unveiled women, seeking light,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
.OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

Smithers was haunted Not by the con-
YentlOnaI ghost but by an ordinary common
or garden straw hat. Quite recently he
moved to- another house, and decided that an
old straw hat he possessed was no longer of
any use to him. and, accordingly, he threw
it into corner with some other rubbish.
Someone thoughtfully rescued it for him.
and the next day he was only lust in time
TO prevent it being packed with his other
clothes. Again he put it on the rubbish
heap, telling every one that he did not want
it any more
Imagine Smithers annoyance when, on I'M
packing, the straw hat again turned up
among d litter of odds and ends.
Thoroughly reused and annoyed, Smithers
grabbed fatiron and with a mighty blow
smashed the hat fiat. Just then the maid
appeared.
please, sir" she said, timfdly, that is
the gas mans hat"
Sir Frederick Bridges emeritus o~ganfst Of
Westminster abbey, records an incident
Whlch occurred in connection with an auto
matte piano to which he was invited to
nSten 1t played one or two rolls quite we'll
at least, everybody was able to identify
the tunes without difficulty. but one niece
puzzled us greatly, The rest of the small
audience sat round with that rapt attention
peculiar to people who are listening to elias
seal music-particularly if they do not I'M
derstand it. I whispered to the lady on my
left: What is it playing?' 'Bachs fugue
in G. minor she whispered back. A few
minutes later we discovered that the roll
had been put in the wrong way and that it
was being played backward"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
HER MONEY
BY CAROLYN BEECHER

What has gone before.--Althea Cros-
by inherits a fortune on condition that
she marry before she is thirty-five.
She falls in love with handsome young
DR.. Peter Graham and marries him
without telling him about the condi-
ton in the will. Eventually he hears
gossips discussing it and assumes she
married him to get possession of the
fortune He becomes cool and she as
sumes he married her for her money.
She becomes very jealous of her hus-
bands attentions to Mrs Ruth Will
liams, wealthy patient. Althea meets
Kenneth Moore and his gaiety attracts
her.-NOw go on with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Then Peter opened his mouth and said,
"Of truth perceive that God is no re-
Specter of persons; but in every nation
he that feareth Him and Worketh right
eousness is accepted Nth Him.-The Acts
of the Apostles 1884
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MUSINGS OF ABE MARTIN

TIL worst draw back t. havin a reputation
fer bein' close mouthed is that so much is
expected Of us when we do cut loose o.
course farmin' hain't what it might be- but
folks that live out in tn country ought t.
be glad they hain't steppin on discarded
cheWn' sum all tn time
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~ NE of the most interesting of psychology
} zeal phenomena is the relation between
sentiment and sleep 1t is more subtle