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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-11
Cobb
By BERTON BRALEY

By BERTON BRALEY
There still is pep in every step,
In body, brain and nerve of him,
Within the fount of youth he's been
immersed;
The pitchers still must fear his
skill
And dread the speed and verve
of him,
His eighteenth seasons better than
his first!
He's lost no whit of strength or grit,
The blithe insouciant air of him
Still keeps the other teams upon
their toes;
Lnfeld and out when he's about,
The players must beware Of him,
For what he's gonna pull nobody
knows.
A lesson, this. we shouldn't miss.
A lesson in sobriety.
IN keeping fit and healthy for your
Job;
Hence time can't pale nor custom
stale
The infinite variety,
The vim and zest of Tyrus RAYMOND
Cobb!
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Incl
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JaYWaIking
Muncie Pressl

The Press has received a communi-
cation which while commencing It for
its incessant campaign against auto
mobile speeders, says that enough at
tention has not been paid to careless
pedestrians. There is much to be said
on this point, as every driver Of a
motor car knows. The commonest ex-
perience is to observe a man. woman
or child stepping almost directly into
the path of the car. Now. no auto
mobile, even IL running slowly, can
stop instantly, and if the pedestrian
happens to be struck. The machine
even though running as slowly as
possible may kill the one struck If 1t
pass over his body in such a way as
to crush him. 1t is not always, al
though 1t is generally, the speeding
car that does the most damage.
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AMERICAN LEGION,s FUTURE

HORTDY after the ended, the American Legion had
u about $4,000 members Officers of legion at national
headquarters in Indianapolis admit membership fallen off
greatly.
Following the war; the legion recognized powerful
force, particularly in politics. national State
Lemue Boles national adutant legion today
stronger in cohesion and spirit. What of the future2
Some of that sentiment which returned sol
dier Immediately following the gone says Boes "The
people found out the soldier being pretty
good fellow who had been bered his experiences
war enthusiasm and in that way the legion so
trqng'
Boe admits the that the boys served together in
the World War will not keep them paying dues.
The soldiers organization following the Civil continued
strong because of its influence politics. occasions at
effort has been politicians throw rope and
tie he legion Bos adds that legion be controlled
politically.
life, he eve make this country to
live in -
The legion has for community activities building
muny houses developing Fairgrounds swimming pools i'm
proving the roads, and
In national sense, the legion is going to fight immigration
opposing powerful influences the country de-
handing greater immigration.
The bonus adjusted compensation be passed by
the next Congress without the legion being fight
for it. Bolles predicts
ORDERS loafers stop burglaries dime
How about an order to arrest burglars'
in the city levy indicates Mayor Shank some
les well talks
~ 1T will be time for Indianapolis to go
me little frame school buildings, old houses churches
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WILL
AGAIN RULE
WASHINGTON
White House Boys First
Young Blood at Mansion
in Ten Years,
By FLORA q. ORR


XVII ASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Once
.IWI more. after an interval Of ten
III years, youth will reign in the
White House. John Coolidge, II
years old next month. and his brother
cal, Jr." who is almost Is, will soon
run the old mansion.
Going back to the time Of Lincoln,
one remembers the stories Of little
Tad" Lincoln, who was s or years
of age at the time. He Is said to
have spent good deal of time driving
a pair Of goats around the White
House grounds.
There were the five grandchildren
of Andrew Johnson and one 14-year-
old son. Buck" and Jesse Grant
drove to school every morning in a
little wagon drawn by Shetland ponies.
Races in East Room
Little Fanny and Scott Hayes were
reported as sweet, well-behaved chill
dren. Not so, young Irving Garfield.
He would bring in all his playmates
to have bicycle races in the East
Room. Once in the middle Of big
reception he coasted down the stair
case on his wheel. flashed past the
paralyzed spectators. and went round
the East Room in a circle.
President Arthur's young son, Allan,
was student at Princeton when his
father occupied the White House. He
used to surprise his father by appear
ing for breakfast casually, and With
out warning, leaving college for g. few
days whenever the inspiration seized
him. The frs thing he would do
would be to order a team Of horses
from the White House stables, and
then he was off to call on some girl.
Allan loved horses-and girls!
First Christmas Tree
President Benjamin Harrison had
the first Christmas tree in the White
House for his grandchildren, the little
Mekees. One day his favorite grand
child climbed upon his desk and
touched in succession all the electric
bells. All the White House attend.
ants came rushing in to see what was
the matter.
Stories of the Roosevelt children
are still fresh in every ones mind.
Quentin's pranks included everything
from bringing his pony into the
house and up into Arches sick room
to shooting out all the street lights
around the White House grounds with
his air rifle.
Taft's sons and daughter were all
Of college age when their father occu-
pied the executive mansion.
Neither the Wilson or the Hardings
brought any children to tighten the
White House regime. Both. however.
were very fond Of children.
OF the two Coolidge boys. family
friend. Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, says:
They are just very fine. sweet.
industrious boys. John the older. is
of a mechanical turn Of mind. while
Cal is more studious. Lessons come
very easy for Cal. Last year at ~Mer-
cersburg Academy. his rating was sec.
ond in a class of 200 Cal is working
On tobacco farm this summer.
John is at Camp Devens for the
summer. His mother has had one let.
ter from him since she arrived In
Washington. 1t made no comment on
the fact that his father wasN now
President of the United States"
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Animal Facts

This is the season when you will
easily find tree or bush in your
yard, or anyway in the neighbor-
hood, which is inhabited by numer-
Gus caterpillars, those hairy larvae
OF the butterflies or moths. And if
you are willing to stop a little while,
you'll be quite likely to observe an
interesting incident in natural his
tory
While watching your caterpillars,
keep one eye on the lookout for a lady
wasp. When she arrives, keep both
eyes on her. First. she picks her
prey and then flies to his leaf. In.
stantly the caterpillar realizes that
the world is coming to an end and
begins to curl up. In a moment.
however. Mrs. Wasp springs on him
and like lightning hands him two
stings. first in the neck and then half
way down the body
DR.. Fabre. the greatest insect nat
uralist of the last generation. says
there are no haphazard stings; that
they are carefully placed so as to
paralyze the victim, but not result in
his death.
The wasp's next task is to convey
her heavy trophy to her home, which
she does after many a hard tug and
pull Then she lays an egg on top
of the helpless invalid and, having
performed what she considers her
paramount duty to the world, she
brings wet mud in tiny dabs and
builds a cell around the egg and its
paralyzed but still living bed.
The REASON for singing the cater
pillar so that it will not die now ap-
pears. If 1t died, the body would
quickly decompose and disappear and
no breakfast, dinner and supper
would be left in that sealed cell for
the nourishment of Baby Wasp when
he emerged from the egg and felt the
need of something substantial So
the unhappy victim lives and lives
until the egg matches, whereupon the
young wasp begins TO eat him alive!
That precocious infant first devours
the fatty parts and then he reaches
the point where he changes into
lusty adulthood. he tackles the rest of
the body, including the vital organs,
until presently there is left not even
the core" Of Mr.. Caterpillar.
Being lonely, Young Man Wasp now
breaks out of the mud cell and pro-
ceeds to hunt up a young lady wasp
upon whom to lavish his affections.
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What Editors
Are Saying
Organize
CFrankfort Crescent News

(frankforT Crescent News
The Rensselaer, Republican carried
an interesting story few days ago
of a farmers wife who thirty years
ago marketed ten pounds of butter
for which she received 80 cents. She
traded it for some groceries and had
to pay the merchant So cents differ
ence. After thirty years she comes
again with ten pounds of butter, &C
cording to the Republican, and sells
the ten pounds for $40, and bought
exactly the same articles she had pur-
chased thirty years before. and after
deducting these from the price of the
butter, she had SO cents left. That
was good.
Bat the mora, to that story is not
regarded it. 1t is no use trying to
kid the farmer. He knows what Is
the matter, and has done some fgur-
ing himself.
The moral to that story is organi-
zation. It will be noticed that woman
received but cents a pound for her
butter thirty years ago. This year
she received As cents. There were
no creameries thirty years ago. The
butter is now made by eFeaneries
who have organized the business so
that farmers get a good price for
either their cream or their butter.
But for this good-priced butter made
possible by the creamereies that WON
an would have been worse off than
she was thirty years ago. The moral
is for farmers to organize ana sys-
tematize in other lines. Dairyfng is
paying we'll now.
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PUNCH AND
JUDY, SHOW
STILL LIVES
Ancient Attraction viii Draw
Crowd in Scotland
Cities.
BY JOHN w. RAPER

ANYWHERE IN SCOTLAND-An
old-fashioned Punch and judy show
in an open space alongside the Ma
tional Gallery in Edinburgh on a Sat
urday evening held 300 spectators in
great interest. The crowd laughed
heartily when Punch hit the impu-
dent Satan with a club and shouted,
Right in the bread basket"
Not far away was an entertainment
for charity, given by folk from Lenth
and Newhaven, on auto trucks Four
children in kits danced to the music
of bagpipe. Each of the dancers
wore at least a dozen medals won In
dancing contests, and one boy had not
less than forty.
The Newhaven folk are of Scandi
navian origin and wore brightly col
ored costumes of the ancient days of
the country from which they sprang
Burns was day or two ahead Of
us in piece Of slang. In the orig
inal manuscript of one of his letters
to a patron he says ALLOW me then.
my lord, to tell the world how much
I have the honor to be your lord
ships highly indebted and ever CRATE
full humble servant"
A health food store" in Edinburgh
has a show window containing books
entitled How Not to Grow Old"
''Vegetarianism INDICATED" Fruits.
Nuts and Vegetables" etc. There is
a sign, ''Warmite Repels Influenza"
The Scotch take good care of their
old bridges. On the old bridge at
Dumfries is a sign cautioning folk not
to push wheelbarrows across 1t.
At Maxwelltown. across the river
from Dumfries. they'll gladly show
you the house in which Annie Laurie
lived But they don't insist upon
your believing IT,
The florists don't use the undignifed
Say 1t with flowers" Their signs
say. Flowers express IT better than
words"
I went through the cathedral az
Aberdeen with a 7S-year-old native of
that city, who had spent sixty-five
years Of his life there. 1t is said to
be the only granite cathedral in the
world Part of il was built in 1866.
part in 1922. 1t was the first time
he had gone through the cathedral
And but for you I probably never
should have gone" he said.
Next-In ''Merrie Err gland" now
Jack Raper finds the native heath
from which sprung the anoeetral lines
of hundreds of thousands OF Ameri-
cans. old Yorkshire County.
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Nut

business man in Italy said to
B. l.. Winchell, president of Reming-
ton Typewriter Company: You have
shut out our wines by prohibition,
you have shut out our oranges. our
lemons, our almonds, our grapes and
our laces by high duties so that we
have left little that we can export to
you, and then finally you have passed
immigration laws 80 that even our
labor cannot go to your country for
employment. Why should we want
to buy American products II we can
avoid it?"
There are easier jobs than being
foreign trade salesman.
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Heard in Smoking Room

s THE train came to a stop.
IA after hitting a COW, one of the
u fellows in the smoker rushed
out to view the horrible remains, and
returned. presently. saying the bloody
sight turned his stomach"
Speaking of punichment for morbid
curiosity" said a Chicago banker, fill
ing his brier-root, Lyman ]. Gage
used to tell one on fellow we'll call
Smith.
Smiths tremendous inquisitive-
ness made him a nuisance every
where, but 1t was really a disease.
One day Smith was riding in the Pull
man when, at way station, little
old whiskered man with one leg
hobbled in and took the seat in front
of Smith. Smiths curiosity went to
boiling. How about that leg? How
was it possible to get the old man into
talk that would lead UP to all about
that missing leg?
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.OM SIMS
Says
r IKE a trip to hell" says a
Boston minister of bathing
. beaches. Others, however,

HT IKE trip to hell" says a
Boston minister of bathing
III beaches. Others, however,
say heaven.
America must save the world
says Woodrow Wilson, and we sug-
gest starting on our wheat crop,
1--WE are afraid of what we can't
sea-" says Annette Kellerman; none
of us being afraid of her.
Rich mems sons won't work like
l want them to work." says Schwab,
the last six words being six words
too many. =
Auto is an insult to everyone but
its owner" says Albert Payson Ter
hume Often. we add, it even insults
its owner.
A. Duck of Toronto was injured by
a robbers bullet. Duck, its seems,
didn't duck.
Mike Jergovich of Detroit says he
robbed to pay fine. Jergovich is in
the jugovich.
A foorwalker In Wichita, Kas., not
only acts like Russian prince, but
really is one.
At last the president of the Bach
elor Maids of Atlantic City has man
aged to get married.
New England telephone strike is
off. The girls failed to get the right
number this time.
Please hold your breath during
the coming elections in Ireland.
Los Angeles ministers say, Hello,
haven't | married you before?"
Two girls who robbed Diminick
Natarnecola In New York were not
after his name.
England and France are two ma
tions as mad as if one was taking
lessons on the cornet.
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Three-Mile

Returning from Europe, the presi-
dent of the Remington Typewriter
Company says: Great Britain is be-
coming irritated over our trying to
extend the right of search beyond the
three-mile limit. British business
men fall to see how wines and liquors
sealed in the hold of vessels where
they are inaccessible to Americans
can affect local conditions, especially
in community where liquor Is so
freely obtainable as in New York"
The European viewpoint is thai
our purpose, in refusing to allow
return-voyage liquor to enter our
ports, is not so much a matter of
prohibition as to enable dry Ameri.
can ships to compete with wet for.
eign ships.
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Power

The invisible force that holds the
earth to the sun is so powerful that.
to replace it artifcially. would re.
quire covering the whole earth with
earth-to-sun strands as large as tele-
graph wires and only half an inch
apart. And even these wouldn't stand
the strain with any margin of safety.
The Christian Science Monitor fur
nishes the information.
This force of gravity which holds
the earth to the sun has been har.
messed by man only in a small way
Geniuses who might have harnessed
1t on a big scale fiddled away their
time with perpetual" motion ma
chimes.
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Pretty soon Smith. leaning far
over the back of the old mans seat,
said: Don't you think that Kansas
looks prosperous along this line?
Yes snapped the old man, and
Smith settled back in his seat. But
his blamed curiosity wouldn't be de-
MED and again he leaned over ana
said: Don't you think the country
along here needs some rain?'
Nor snarled the old man, and
again Smith subsidized, but he couldn't
stand 1t long, and soon said: Mister
If l might, I really would like to know
how you lost your leg
Well, replied the one-legged one
II you'll promise not to ask me one
more of your damphool questions, I'll
tell you how I lost my leg
Agreed said Smith, his curiosity
delighted with the prospect.
:" Well, then said the old man. 1t
was bit off.
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World Kept On Going

The Enir OF Asir is dead. Yet
hardly any of us knew he was sick.
Where is Asir, anyhow? About one
in 100 could name the continent it's
on. let alone the particular spot. It is
south of the Hejaz. on the Red Sea,
not very far from where the children
of Israel crossed the sea on dry land.
So strong is human pride. 1t is likely
the old ruler imagined the whole world
revolved about his particular person
and country, yet he was dead for
weeks before anybody outside Asir
heard OF It That's fame.
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Valentino

porters that he wears tan silk sus-
penders. He wants 1t known that
he is an Italian. not a Spaniard. his
real surname being Guglielmi. Val
entino gets from 1000 to 5000 letters
a day from the fair (sometimes I'M
fair sex.
With a million women a year writ
ing to him, we wonder what would
happen If he ran for President. Men,
who have as one Of their chief func-
tons the task Of selling" themselves
to the Only Woman, should study the
psychology employed by Valentino. He
Is wise bird and as clever press
agent as Barnum's Tody Hamilton.
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Brain

The intellect is not in the brain. It
is in our finger tips, eyes. ear drums,
etc. A novel idea. advanced by Pro-
fessor Howard Of Northwestern Uni
versity.
AS a matter Of fact. the intellect
isn't inside the human body at ALL
Abraham Ldncoln's body has gone to
dust, but the force known as his in
tellect Is more alive and active now
than 1t ever was when Lincoln was
%alive." Eventually nothing remains
of the human being except thought.
Life is mental condition. so is death.
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Marketing
Lafayette Journal and Courier)

Lafayette Journal and Courier
One sound fundamental success In
business is to find market, make
sure what is needed and to supply
that article when it is most desired.
This applies today to the farming
business. 1t means diversified farm
ing just as it means diversity, intelh-
gence, alertness and timely shifts in
all other lines of business. If the sup
ply of wheat exceeds the demand it
is good business to turn the land to.
other products for which there is a
good demand and of which there is a
short supply. In this way the pro-
Queer better serves his public and
does so at a fair return.
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Family Fun
SQUASH

When Garfield was president OF
Hiram College, man brought up his
son to be entered as a student. He
wanted the boy to take a course short
er than the regular one.
My son can never take all those
studies" said the father. He wants
to get through more quickly. Can't
you arrange It for him?"
"Oh, yes said Mr.. Garfield. HE
can take a short course; it all depends
on what you want to make Of him.
When God wants to make an oak He
takes a hundred years. but He takes
only two months to make a squash. "
Christian Register
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from the
J Referee S Tower
Ice Cream
BY ALBERT APPLE

Americans eat s213,00O.0 900 worth Of
ice cream in a year. the government
reports. And that's only the whole
sale price.
BY the time this frozen delicacy is
dispensed in cones and other retail
forms. the national ice cream bill
must average SIS a year for a man
and wife with three children.
Ice cream was discovered by acct
dent. a little more than 100 years
ago. by a darby chef named Samho
Jackson. You never can tell how
much good or evil will eventually
result from an accident or mistake.
It's a. good thing we make mistakes
occasionally.
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Daughters Tire Trouble

An old sea captain was reproving
his daughter for being out late in an
automobile with that '7ubber," as
he called her beau.
But, father, we were becalmed Z"
she exclaimed. You see the wind
died down in one Of the tires and we
had to wait until it sprang up again"
Montreal Gazette.
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A Thought

Seest thou a man that is hasty in
his words? There is more hope Of
a fool than Of him.-Prov. 1920.
III OMMON f1uency of speech in
many men and most women is
| owing to a scarcity OF matter.
Swift.
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What Little Son Gets

Mother, do they eat giraffes?'
Il don't know. dear. l suppose
they do in some countries"
Gee, mother. Think of their little
boys getting the neckr'-Boston Tran
script.
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Butcher-My son-the one that used
to help me in the shop here-hes gone
in for boxing Won a championship.
tool
Customer-Ay. 1 remember him. 1
suppose he'll have won the light
weight pionship2-London Mail.
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Observations

On July %, the records show, 20
automobilists in the east tried to beat
trains to crossing-and failed.
1t is said that the Philippines are a
land Of many kinds of language. Per.
haps Gen. Wood may now be able to
verify this statement.
Once n awhile, the voice of Jimmy
Cox m " be heard issuing from be-
meath chose 7,o0O,O0 votes.
Largely we could account for the
others that have gone over, but Vol
stead puzzles US.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke says we have
lost the art of conversation. He's
probably been listening to two auto
nobilists discussing their respective
cars.
Alaska may be made a state to ap-
pease it's state of mind.
Mr.. Ford is so and hitting on all
Of EN-.
Stung again! A scientist has dis
covered the busy bee loafs about so
per cent Of its time. However, it is
a $3.50 bird-he admits that.
They tried dog races up In Michi.
gan, but so many goats were at.
tracted the police had to interfere.
known a wage scale could be agreed
on at Atlantic City only by men with
scales over their eyes.
After life's fearful brews many
sleen well and long
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Not Little Sisters Worry

Nancy I'm afraid. darling, you're
eating so much chicken you won't
have any room for dessert"
"Oh, ma, the chicken can move over
a little"
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Rather n Camera Fiend

Goodness, John! How queer the
baby looks. 1 believe he is going 10
have q flt!"
by George! I believe you are
right Where is my camera?'-Ore-
gonian.
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What kind Of wood is used to
make aircraft propellers?
Various kinds. including mahogany,
oak. cherry, walnut and poplar
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Father at His Tailor,s

Shall I make an extra pair of
Knockers with the suit?n
you might as well. My wife will
be sure to wear them. Judge.