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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
MAYOR OPPOSED
TO new MARKET
HOUSE FOR CITY
Shank Believes Tax Levy Now
Would Be Too Heavy
Repairs Contemplated,

Mayor Shank today expressed the
opinion that he was not in favor of
bulldog a new market at the present
time.
o. "Tbe old one can be repaired and
put in a sanitary condition, but I do
not believe that the city is In the POI
sition to spend the amount required
for a new building" the mayor said.
Mayor Shank has stated that the
present market house would be paint
ed and repaired in the near future.
An amended report recommending
construction of a $1,000, 600 market
building in place of the 100000
building as originally planned was
submitted TO the city administration
Thursday by the citizens market com
mittee, headed by John T. White.
White submitted the report in a
conference with members Of the board
of safety, board of works. City Con-
troller Joseph L. Hogue. Market Mas
ter Robert Il. Sloan and Councilmen
Walter W. Wise and Heydon W.
Buchanan.
The new plans call for only a mar
ket house, while the original plans
were for a market house and audi
forum combined.
It was agreed at the conference
that a new building should be built
or the present market repaired and
put in a sanitary condition.
Charles z. Coffin, president Of the
works board, promised that the pres
ent building would be repaired fnme-
diately in case the new structure Is
not favored.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
DRY AGENTS DRAIN +,
STATE OF LIQUOR
Report Shows Indiana Fast
Becoming Sahara

Indiana is one of the dryest States
in the Union, according to report
compiled by Bert G. Morgan, Federal
prohibition director for Indiana.
AS proof, Morgan cited three ao-
complshments Of the Indiana Federal
prohibition force within the past year:
The George Remus case, which had
its beginning at Lawrenceburg; the
closing of Vermilion County road
houses, ond the conviction Of fifty
five defendants IN the Gary liquor
conspiracy case.
During 1922 the Indiana depart
ment, Morgan said, conf1scated 554
stills, $685. gallons Of spirits, 6.545
gallons of malt liquor, $3.50 gallons
of wine, 114,398 gallons of mash, T76
fermenters, made 1,O01 arrests and
closed fourteen places by injunction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
POLICE REPORTS
MUST Be MADE
TO DETECTIVES
Chief Rikhoff Announces
Change Following Com
plant of Delay.

A plan to prevent loss Of police
reports intended to notify the de-
tectivo department of robberies it
should investigate has been put into
effect, Police Chief RH1hoff said today.
Police were severely criticised Thurs
day by Harry Gompf, treasurer of
the Iindeman Wood Finish Company,
1902 w. Washington St, because of
delay in Investigating a safe-cracking
at the company's plant several weeks
ago. Gompf charged the robbery was
discovered Sunday morning by an
employe, but no detectives came nm
I'll 4:3O Monday afternoon, and then
only after the president of the board
of safety had been appealed to.
Rikhoff said the report Of the
bicyclenen was borrowed on Sunday
by reporter who failed to return it.
Investigation later showed that
both the original and duplicate Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
For Stomach Agony
Ask Your Druggist About
Mona. Il Gives Relief
in Five Minutes.

Your druggist will tell you that M
O-Na is guaranteed to relieve quickly and
safely, upset stomach and indigestion,
or your money will be refunded
Have you gas on stomach
One Mona Tablet and the misery is
ended.
Are you bilious, diZzy or nervous?
Iii O-Na will help to put Won right IN
day; gives RELIEF in five min Ites.
Now. dear reader, don't 60 an suffer
ing with stomach trouble BE fair to
yourself; throw aside prejudice and try
Mona.
And money back II you don't say Mi
O-Na is worth It's weight in gold Sold
By leading druggists everHwiiefe and by
The Haag Drug STANDARDIZATION
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
YEARS OF STOMACH
And bowel TROUBLE
Had Three Operations and Was All
Run Down. Newspaper Sd
Guided Her Back 10 Health.

I suffered from stomach and bowel
trouble In the worst form for a long
time I went through three serious
operations and doctored all the time,
but found nothing that would do me
any good.
''On seeing Bnlks Emulsion adver-
tised in the daily papers I decided to
try it The first three doses relieved
me, and I am now on the fourth
bottle, and can say have never taken
any medicine that has done me so
much good. I am feeling better than
I ever did since my operations. I am
gaining in health and flesh rapidly. I
now weigh 148 pounds" Mrs. Hattie
Sharpe, 1016 Ridge St, Keokuk, Ia
Thousands Of sufferers from catarrh
of the stomach, Indigestion and bowel
troubles, have found that NIilks Emul-
sion gives prompt relief and real
lasting benefit.
MiIks Emulsion restores healthy,
natural bowel action; it is a truly cor
receive medicine, doing away with all
need of pills and physics. It pro
notes appetite and quickly puts the
digestive organs in shape to assimi-
late food, and thus build flesh and
strength. AIilks Emulsion is strong
" recommended to those whom sick,
ness has weakened. it is a powerful
aid in resisting and repairing the
effects Of wasting diseases. Chronic
stomach trouble and constipation are
promptly relieved.
This is the only solid emulsion made,
and so palatab1e that 1t is eaten with
& spoon like ice cream. Truly wonder
fuI for weak. sickly children.
No matter how severe your case.
you are urged TO try Milks Emulsion
under this guarantee-Take six bottles
home with you. use it according to di-
rections and If not satisfied with the
results, your money viii be promptly
refunded. Price eco cents and S1.20
per bottle. The Milks Emulsion Co.,
Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by druggists
Aeveryw here.-Advertisem
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
SECOND FORUM PLANNED
Officials and Civic Clubs Invited to
School Board Meeting.

Invitations to q special meeting Of
the board Of school commissioners
Tuesday night, when plans for new
school buildings will be considered,
were sent to city and State officials
and civic organizations today.
This win be the second meeting Of
this kind. Plans for the following
schools will be considered: No. So,
Capitol Ave. and Twenty Eighth St.
heating installation; No. SO. Winter
end Bloyd AYES. addition: No. 50,
Wallace and e. Tenth SITS. new build
ing; No. CT, 2615 w. Walnut St. ad-
dttion; No. TO- Central Ave. and Forty
Sixth St, addition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13

CHARGED WITH ATTACK
COlored Man Held Following Alleged
Row With Wife.

Dave Clemens, colored, 315 Usage
ST.. was under arrest today on the
charges of assault and battery on his
wife and resisting an officer.
Traffic Officer G. White said Beatrice
Clemens told him her husband had
struck her and he said when he at
tempted to arrest Clemens the latter
started to fight. White received sew
eral blows on the head before he got
a club out Of his pocket and used it,
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
SECOND ARREST is MADE
Aoysius Breen, Chauffeur, Held on
Tiger Charge.

A second arrest In the blind tiger
raid was made by Lieutenant Hudson
and squad after they raided a garage
in the rear OF 1856 n. Pennsylvania
St. said to be rented by Roll Ioss,
1905 Kenwood Ave. Police said H0ss
had as q partner a man named Alloy
sius Breen. chauffeur, laos y. Penn
sysvania. Breen was charged with
operating a blind tiger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
PRIEST CONFESSES STAYING RECTOR FOLLOWING QUARREL

report was filed on the uniform side.
it was stated.
To prevent such mishaps in the
future, Rikhoff said bicycleen are
required to personally take their re-
ports to the detective department and
obtain a receipt for them.
Rikhoff charged that Gompf
criticised the department because
Rikhoff, refused some time ago to re-
move a traffic officer who took Gompf
into custody for a minor traffic
violation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
FIRE DAMAGE DISPUTED
Loss of Mcdaniel Printing Company
Fixed at $4,000 to $4,000.

Firemen and J. L. Mcdaniel, owner
OF the Mcdaniel Printing Company,
40S WuIsin building. today differed on
the loss suffered by the company in
a fire discovered in the press room
lute Thursday afternoon. Firemen
eaid that the blaze was extinguished
without spreading and that a smoke
less would not exceed $4,000. Nc
Daniel, said loss Of a supply Of
freshly-printed, numerically numbered
tickets would mount the loss to $1,000.
An automatic sprinkler system kept
the fire from becoming serious, fire
men said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
TELLTALE SYMPTOMS OF
WOMAN'S ILLS

Every woman who suffers from back
ache, headaches, dragging down pains
nervousness, irregularities. displacemeuts
irritabiIity, or despondency should rec
ognize In such symptoms some deranee.
ment Of her system which should have
attention before some more saaSous all
meut develops These conditions are
often evidenced by sallow complexion,
dark circles under the eyes. lHSsitude
aud sleeplessness. For nearly nifty years
Lydia l.. Piukham's Vegetable Compound
has been e-eminenty successful In
overcoming such conditions, and 1t Is
now recognized everywhere as the stand
ard remedy for woman's ills.-Advertise-
meut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13

CAIRO, April 13.-Howard Carter,
assistant to the late Earl Of Car
narvon, who barred to the world the
marvels of the tomb Of King Tut
ankhamen, was improved in health
Thursday and was able TO leave his
home for a walk
Although he still is indisposed.
physicians do not regard his CON
dition as serious.
Lady Carnarvon, who postponed
her trip back to England with the
body of her husband, has decided
to leave Port Said for England Sat
urday.
The nature Of Carter's illness has
not become known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
TRAVELS NIPPED IN BUD
Farmer Boy Seeks to Evade Grooming
Spring Flowing.

Confronted with the approaching
blowing season Howard Cloudy Jr.. Is.
Of near Charlottesville, Ind, preferred
TO "see the world" ne told Policeman
William Brooks today, after his &C
tons had aroused the officers sus-
picions- His father was notified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
Treatment of DIahetes. Tonio

Members of the Scientech Club have
been invited to hear DR.. George H. A.
Cloves Of the Eli Lilly Company on
The Development of Iletin as Used
In Treatment Of Diabetes" at the
meeting of the Chemical Society in
the Chamber of Commerce building to-
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13

that do not recall very we'll what
happened"
Rev. Father Mccullough. who was
at the dining table when the shooting
occurred. was too nervous to make
any statement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
Doctor Is Acquitted

CHICAGO, April I3.-Dr. R. J. c.
Hamilton, tried on a charge OF murder
Of Francis Guest. ". c. T. U. work
er who was alleged TO have died fol
lowing an Illegal operation. was &C
quilted by a jury last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
DAVIS TRIAL CONTINUED
NIotOrnan Charged With Failure to
Stop for Fire Trucks.

The case OF Richard T. Davis.
rnotorman, 271S Franklin Place.
charged with failure to give fire ap-
paratus right OF way, was continue ed
to April IS in city court today.
Fire Chief O'Brien charged Davis
did not stop his Central Ave. car near
Thirteenth St when fire trucks ap-
preached.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
Club Hears Educator

Dean Charles E. Slichter Of the
graduate school Of the University Of
Wisconsin, addressed the Exchange
Club at the Lincoln today. M. L.
Norland, of the Ernst & Ernst Co.,
was elected a member.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
Father Dillon Declares Superior Treated Him With DIsre
spect and Ordered Him to Leave-Shoot-
IL: Ing Occurs at Dinner Table,

KALAMAZOO, Mich, April 19.-The Rev. Father Charles
Dillon assistant pastor Of ST. Augustines Roman Catholic
Church. being held at police headquarters today for the
ing death Of the Rev Father Henry NELL pastor the
church to which he confessed police officials said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
OHIO SLAYER GOES
TO DEATH IN CHAIR

Man Shares Last Meal with Pal
Convicted of Same Crime.
BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April I3.-After
sharing his last meal with Charles
AIithoefer, convicted Of the same
crime. Stanley Forbes was electro
cuted for the staying Of PatroIman
G. 2. KOehler.
Forbes was the first Jew executed
at Ohio penitentiary.
The two men ate their last din
ner together alone. AIithoefer de
clined TO reveal their conversation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Signature of E. w. Grove is
on box. Northumberland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-13
MEETING CHRISTIS
BIG QUESTION OF .
LIFE,SBYS BULG!N
Character Only Thing That
Counts-ParabIe of Ten
Virgins Explained,

eff Jesus came tonight, would you
be prepared to meet him?" asked DIR,
E. ]. Bulgin, evangelist at Cadle Tab
ernacle, in a sermon Thursday night
on 1.-THE Parable of the Ten Virgins"
Are you ready? That is the big
| gest question I can put to you"
Recounting the Biblical parable, the
evangelist asked Have you the real
oil, or are you like the five bad vir-
gins?
THE oil which the five bad virgins
lacked represents the thing that fits
you and me for the coming of Jesus
Christ" DR.. Bulgin said at repre-
sents true Christian character.
Character Counts
1T isn't what you do. but what
you are that damns the soul. The
very blowing Of a farmer IS sin If he
is unregenerated
LAS a tree falleth so must it lie
There is no repentance after death. II
Sabbath bells won't bring you to God,
what chance win you have in the
blacltness of help"
Opportunity does not make the
man. 1t did not make Honest Abe
Lincoln. He was Honest Abe long
before God called him to pilot his peo-
pie in time of stress.
Character is revealed, not made,
in crisis.
Religious Hiding Scored
''They say Jefferson Davis. when
he was captured. was found disguised
! In woman's clothes. Lots Of you men
are trying to so TO Heaven by hid
ing under your wives religious pet
ticoats.
You can divide money. but not
character and patience. That is why
the five good virgins could not divide
their oil with the other five"
Bulgin answered critics Of the
church by denying the church IS in
tested with hypocrites.
He replied TO arguments OF Inger-
soil and others attempting 10 dis
credit the Bible by picking flaws in
the Parable of he Ten Virgins.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
SUBURBAN BOARD.

CAN ACCOMMODATE FEW BOARDERs in
private home: large, shady lawn: cool rooms;
plenty of fresh vegetables; convenient Tor
ot1ceholders; terms very moderate. Tel.
Falls Church. S29-F-11.
Il EASTERN AVE. TAKOMA PARK-Room
with board for two gentlemen. In private
home: all conveniences; one block from LATIN
ST. ear. Phone Col 9I1a.
ROOM AND BOARD-A large lawn; part
garage; abundance of shade; minutes to car
Line. 30 To city- Phone MOOdsde 44.J.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

1862 BELMONT AND 3 ROOM APIS.
Ink, cleo, private bath, sleeping porch
Call week days after pm. Col 525. 90'
CLIFTON TERRACE-a-R0OM, KITCHEN
and bath apts.. $s5-$100
THE BERKSHIRE, 14l2 Chaplin; Groom
kiSchen and bath, $T5
ST. MIHIEL, 10th and Riggs; /, and 8
room ants.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Observation-Disclosures.

29l7 18th ST. NW.-FOUR LOVELY OUT
side rooms and bath: summer rates. 90
3506 10th ST. NV ROOMS, KITCHEN,
private bath and back porch; open fireplace;
annie closet gDace. &aJ IL
Evening star., 1923-06-29
3NTS-UNFURNISHED.
Tnn ~ AvrnAI

SIXRoDM AND BATH APARTMENT IN THE
bennington 14th and Clifton NV: all rooms
large and spacious; electricity; gas; hot-water
Evening star., 1923-06-29
TABLE BOARD.

1881 HARvARD-Can accommodate four 70,
meals; best home cooking, 90
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Observation-Disclosures.

1896 ST. Sc. THREE ROOMS. FIRST
| floor pantry, bath. porches and yard facing
park; $4J.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

DOWNTOWN APARTMENT IN APARTMENT
house; rooms, kitchenette and bath; fur
nished. including piano. Call Col 32s4 or
Main 8S2
Evening star., 1923-06-29
COUNTRY BOARD.

IN VILLAGE OF BLUEMONT-Fried chicken
three and four times per week; plenty milk
fresh eggs garden, ETC.; rates. ~ per day,
SO and $l2 per week. Mrs. Millard Patter-
Evening star., 1923-06-29

18th and c SITS. NE.
Two-story brick buildings containing two
apartments of four rooms and bath each.
sleeping porches, hot-water heat, electricity.
Apis. completed July 15.
1st floor apartments. s..............S4 S45 per mo.
md floor apartments. ............$J $50 per mo.
For further particulars apply
FLOYD E. DAVIS,
Main s53. sol 7th st. s.w.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

FLOYD Z. DAVIS,
Main 353. 501 Tth st. S.W.
4 ROOMS, BLISS BLDG. So ST. NV.
4 rooms, Penhurst. As II st. ne.
rooms, Dorchester, 18th and Md. ave. s.w.
room. kitchenette, al St NV
APPLY A. o. BLISS PROPERTIES.
IS b ST. NV Phone Line. 1860.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

THE MAYCROFT, 1474 COLUMBIA RD.-3
rooms and bath: elevator service: new bldg. !;
possession July /. Apply Apt. 4O1. L.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS.
RENT HoUsEs-FUR. & UNFUR

1106 JEFFERSON ST NV, BRIGHTWOOp
Park-Brick house. six rooms. BATH eleC
tricity: furnished, $50; unfurnished, SO. CO!
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Observation-Disclosures

THE NORTHUMBERLAND NEAR 18th AND
q, two rooms, kitchenette, bath; all outside
rooms; cool and pleasant. Apt. 10: SO
ii08 7th ST. NE, APARTMENT ON FIRST
floor, front and back porches; electric lights
and hot-water heat.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

2 ROOMS, KITCHEN. BATH; OUTSIDE
rooms, second floor. Apt. 4. 1900 Harvard
at Col R1oR-J 2Ss
Evening star., 1923-06-29
APARTMENTs-OUT OF TOWN
RENT HoUsEs-FURNIsHED,

LAUREL. MD.-4-R. APT. LARGE LAWN
porches and conv.. for the months Of July an,
Aug: FUR. lei. 124 laurel. 2. 0. Box 242.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

1885 18th N.W.-Beautifu large and small
rooms: good location; excellent table.
1888 p ST.-Rooms and board; reasonable
Franklin l4I3
Evening star., 1923-06-29
wANTEp-RooMs AND BOARD.

GENTLEMAN wishes room and board In pri-
vate family; also accOmmoda Ions for summer
mopths for son IL years Of age; northeast sec
tjon preferred; state particulars In reply. Ad-
dress 7ox 17O-V. Star ONCE.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

FURN. 2-ROoM, Link.
apt: garage if desired; reasonable TO employed
couple. ll37 Allison NV Col. 7S82-W. 2s
Evening star., 1923-06-29

lights and gas. 1901 New Hampshire ave IL J
THREE LARGE, COOL HOUSEKEEPIN6
rooms. bath. porch. a.mi.. porcelain sink, gas
rent reasonable. 76T Princeton place NV. c9'
Evening star., 1923-06-29

AT CHEVY CHASE, Till SEPT. 15-CO0
1202-W
Evening star., 1923-06-29

BY REFINED young lady. room, with board,
In private family, In suburbs of Washington; I;
can give good reference; state price and To-
Evening star., 1923-06-29

MODERN 5-R00M AND TILE BATH Bun
galow, attractively furnished; screened porch
large lot; permanent; reasonable. 1892 CheSa
peake St, Chevy Chase, d. c. Cali Cleyelsn,
1921. IL
Evening star., 1923-06-29

1885 FAIRMONT ST-Several south front. in
owners home; splendid home cooking; cleo
rricity and hot water,
Evening star., 1923-06-29

S1o7 10Th ST. n.w.-Third- floor apartment.
large rooms and tile bath; beautiful view OF
Rock Creek Park: $6750.
WILLIAM 8. PHILLIPS.
Realtor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
VACATION DISCOVERIES

These are days when, returning
from vacations in the more bucolic re-.
gions ambiguously called "the coun-
try" we tell strange tales of oddly
amiable farmers who. though they had
never set eyes on US befvre, offered
us n glass of milk without so murh
as limiting at payment: of town folk
who welcomed us to thei- hamlet as
warmly as IL we were relatives: OF
villagers on narrow shaded streets
who gave up CHEEKY good morning.
though they knew us not from Adam
of others in motor cars on meander-
ing highways who insisted upon us
mixers having a lift" and would noe
take mo- for an answer.
These are days. when we come home
wondering uneasily just why human
beings everywhere cannot be as hui.
man as they are where humans are
few. We return to find our fellows
of the big cities cold. cal 'ulating. hard.
unfriendly and altogether too intent.
on getting the better CT one another.
Mans inhumanity to man is great
est where man congrerates in greatest
numbers. Why? Why cannot mill
lions grouped together treat each othee
with that friendliness exhibited where
neighbors are mile or two anartf
Why can We not love our nei~hho-
ut our Elbow rs easily as II he Wed
in a little lonesome cottage nj tho
turn Of the road?-Brookly Eagle.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
ALASKAN STRAWBERRIES.

Wrangel, AlaslSa.-The President
and Mrs. Harding were presented
with huge basket of Strawberries
nearly twice the size of the berries
they have been accustomed to in
Washington.
Tie that if you can
That's the spirit of the great North
west.
You thought Alaska was n place of
fogs and chill where reindeer lived
amid perpetual ice and snow on the
scant Outcroppings of arctic moss.
Magnificent scenery. but desolate save
for an occasional stunted pine or Il
fleeing criminal escaped from the Roy
al Northwest Mounted Police.
Even so, you envied the President
bit these warm days. But you never
thought Alaska was going to do ali
this for him.
At once the Alaskans offer their
President berries nearly twice the size
that all the loyal millions of the
states have been able TO send to him.
And they are strawberries. Fruit of
10 uncivilized or barren land, but very
type Of achievement. human and di-
vine. For who has not heard from his
birth Izaak Waltons famous word !:
DOUBTLESS God might have made A
better berry than the strawberry, but
doubtless God never did"
So, on a pleasantly cool-but mind
you, not a chilly-summer morning
Alaska honors the President and his
wife and at the same time fixes itself
forever in our minds as the land of
trawberries-big ones-twice as big
as those you and had for breakfast
You can't keep good country
Journal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
ROBOTS AND RABBITS.

A cabled comment of London Opin-
ion of American baseball said the
other day that the intelligentsia Of
the British capital looked upon that
game as an exhibition of Robots at
play. and upon Babe Ruth as the
chief Robot.
Not all of us were able TO detect
the allusion. which. ii appears. is TO
a recent play by the somewhat
futurist dramatist Capek. in which 1t
was related that an ingenious SCENT
list had created in his laboratories
certain sub-human creatures designed
to do the work of the world. These
were called Robots.
The idea is not bad. Those who
are engaged in occupations little
outside the scope of the understand
ing sympathy of our superiors may
be dismissed as Robots. We are then
soulless mechanisms. the spume of a
retort heated to the boiling point;
but quite without relation to life ar
it is lived by gentlemen.
If this were not SO weak 4 jest
in a whimsical play meant only for
a momentary diversion. ii might be
said that it represents a reversion ip
these times to a state of mind that
was cultivated honestly abroad in
other ages. Those who can take ii
seriously are indeed the Robots. The
living. breathing. pulsating world has
passed far beyond them. They are
like dolls dancing to strings tied TO
their hands and feet Not Robots
but rabbits. crinkling their noses. nib
bling at lettuce. and very dumb
Albany Knickerbocker Press.