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The Washington times., 1924-09-30

work in cotton mills
ALL CHILDREN ARE CRUSADERS
Get this old idea that young people are ignorant and
weak and aimlessl YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRULY WISE,
STRONG AND DEFINITE They haven't grown lazy and
stupid and cowardy you and have They haven't com
promised with Beauty and Truth and Freedom Their uncon
ventionay and rebellion infinitely cleaner expressions
than most of our responsibility.
III YOUTH SHOCKS YOU TODAY THERE'S SOME
THING WRONG WITH YOU. It ought to twist your soul
with wonder and pity ought grind you into the miro
with shame as you think Of the world you have made for
Youth c inherit And then ought to boost you Of the
miro into heights OF courage and honor
Don shake your head Youth Be humble before it and
friendly to It, Help it to find itself Give it real jobs to
donot the cheap culls from your jobs Give it real
responsibilities real honors real crusades In 1912 the chill
drcn OF Europe set forth to free Jerusalem Children will
always set forth crusades for freedom but point
way But as long merely point the way safety and
profit ease and responsibility Youth will laugh for our
a1ness and hypocrisy and jazz For jazz even at
tive Remember that when you think Of Youth.
dicata Incl
The Washington times., 1924-09-30
Mr.. M'AdOO, Says He,
"Come on M" But WHY'S

O. McAdcO earnest intelligent student Of national pol
JOIN the League Of Nations He says America shsud hep to
prevent war. Oh ID that sol
There is war in China Should we send money THERE
and MEN, to be spent and shot in war between military
Mcngolian gangterswhich exactly what those Chinese
generals are7
Spaniards shooting Moors and vice versa in North
Africa We OWE something to Spain for she financed Coun
bus Should send young Americans the African sands to
get shot, or supply Spain with money which she badly needs
TO continue the war?
Then Mr. McAdoo is it DUTY ito prevent ware And
when are justified in merely WATCHING it, with best
wishes for both sides?
Just ONE thing will prevent war, and that u.s. allowing
nations to discover to their that doesn't PAY either
conqueror conquered.
When supply Europe with money fighting material
we simply encourage and prolong war;
The Washington times., 1924-09-30

WN HE aeolian harp IL the type
OF natures musical instru.
- nents, but there are many
unsuspected, and ct first sight
unrecognizabIe. forms that she
gives to It. The underlying prin-
ciple Is the selection and har-
monte combination Of sounds.
The sweetness Of echoes 10 due to
this. Digcordant noises are elm
mated. Doctor Alexander Forbes
records In Science some remark.
able instances Of analysed
sound" One Of the most strik-
ing is quoted from the notes Of
the goologist. Charles T. Jack
son, made while exploring mining
resources on the shores OF Lake
Superior In 1874:
Davis and myself set out one
day to shoot some pigeons, and
while wandering not far from the
shore in the cedar swamp near
the haFboF. we both suddenly
stopped and listened to . meho-
dious and solemn dirge, in slow
music, ike that have sometimes
heard in European cathedrals.
We listened for some moments be.
fore speaking. wondering where
this music could come from. At
first we thought It might be that
our party Of miners were re-
turning and were chanting IN
the forest. TO ascertain IL such
were the case. we ran in the d.
roction the sound appeared to
come from, but in q short time
We lost It, We then went down
70 the lake shore and looked up
and down the coast. from the
point, but there was no boat and
not a human being 10 be seen,
and no music was to be heard.
on returning 10 the spot where
we first heard II, II was still
there, but moving q few hundred
Yards either way, we lest It
again."
Music Purified.
At first Mr.. jackson was great.
" puzzled by the strange phenom.
enon, but further investigation
led him to this explanation:
ITO account for these musical
tones / supposed II was q case Of
analysed sounds. and on coInpAr-
ing the measure ! found II CORE.
spondod to the Fote Of the waves
on the pebbly shore, The vibra-
ton Of the air produced by the
constantly recurring surges was
anAlyEed By the forest. and We
stood, where We heard It. In a
focus Of the echo. Similar phe
The Washington times., 1924-09-30
Not Security a Gamble
This Is Fair Warning.

The ParisLyons Railroad one Of the biggest in France
will borrow twenty millions in America at per cent
with discount off, yielding ~ per cent
The money will be used to eeCtrfy part Of the French
railroad It MIGHT be used to eIectry part of some Amer
can railroad but there finanCer rakeoff in that
7h per cent tempts you 60 AHEADl But remember.
that Europe does not borrow ia per cent basis with an
added bonus to the underwriters except more or less du
bious security
Germany five years from should do to France what
France and some other countries recently did Germany what
do you think those bonds would be WORTH? foreOn w
curity i not security" It's gamble
The Washington times., 1924-09-30

YOUTH BUILDS LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF
A DREAM Youth destroys wantonly in re-
bellion--destroys itself, destroys others. BUT
YOUTH ALSO BUILDS SPLENDIDLY IN
ITS CRUSADING. Youth dares the incredi-
BILE and achieves the impossible. The same
childish hand that will bring dishonor on the
home or murder its own body, will save the
world IF YOU GUIDE 1T RIGHT AND
GIVE TT IT'S CHANCE.
This is true Of ALL YOUTH. 1t is not only
true of that dreamy boy Of yours and that
sensitive girl It is not only true of the
sheltered children Of the rich, the cultured
children of the aristocrats. It is also true of
Flossie the Flapper and Charlie the Sheik
It il true Of the youngsters who push hand
trucks and sell notions and dig potatoes and
The Washington times., 1924-09-30

hlmseff Youth made him Kill himself Youth does things
like that Life has value to chid-the body has no
reality Only dreams reaonly desires and rebellions
have value it not so the human race would still
be crouchng in lais caring only for the carron gnawed
daring nothing dreaming Of nothing beyond its immediate
food. But because Youth is Dreamer and Crusader and
Spendthrif winding trail leads up up and on and on
beyond the trail of savage or Of beast
The hope Of the world and the despair Of world finds
its focus in the act OF that boy Youth may
wreck life like that for the sake Of conviction Sometimes
It wrecks its own eofener it wrecks the lives Of Others
Youth always has wrecked life in just that way If its acts
hysterica that is simply because the age Is
more hysericaL Youth il the But Youth played
upon by speed and JAZZ by and by fast moving
industrial and social life, will inevitably react more
dramatically than Youth which in milder times Yet
Youth itself not changed Youth always wrecks-IJN.
Less IT'S FORCE AND FURY ARE DIRECTED IN BET
TER CHANNELS.
That fury Of Youth is the despair Of the world BUT THE
FORCE OF YOUTH is THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
Youth wrecks life for the sake Of conviction BUT
lun.
The Washington times., 1924-09-30
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

The more the artist charms the the thinker knows
That writer does the most who gives his reader the
most knowledge end takes from him the least tine
The Washington times., 1924-09-30

A sixteen-year-old boy killed himself the
other day. His home was happy, his
& y familysloving, yet he shot himself and
they found this note beside his bOdy
Well, folks, won t have to go to school !"
And at once, from the shocked and plying
public, there arose cry against an educa-
tional system which could have caused such
q tragedy. But our American educational
system had nothing to do with that tragedy.
Unless we understand that fact, unless We
understand what did cause that tragedy,
we're not going to comprehend Youth. And
unless we do comprehend Youth, we might as
well tie a large rock about the neck Of
Humanity and drop it into the abyss. For
Youth is the hope Of the world.
What made that sixteen-year-old boy kill
The Washington times., 1924-09-30

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities and in
every assertion keeps doubt in reserve
Nothing in nature is unbeautiful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
Science

A recent newspaper article dis
GUESSED with interest the tale Of q
desert prospector that he had seen
Wild camols i'm The Arizona desert
an old-timers in the southwest des-
crt country have heard stories Of
these wild camels. Some claim 10
have seen them. Tho story marks
one of the failures Of science.
In 1855. several shipments Of
camels we're made from the Sahara.
The United States government
bought the animals through recon-
mendations made by the army. In
those days. the only way for freight
TO move across the desert country
was by OK train or horses. Army Of
ficers and scientists, who Investigate
Cd the carrying capacity of
camels and the climatic and
other conditions necessary for them
TO exist. reported that they
would DO well in the American des-
CRIT and would speed up freight
movement rapidly. They had over
looked the point, however, that in
the Saraha sands there are no rocks.
The soil of the American desert is
fun of small rocks. The camel has
very soft pads on his feet and these
We're torn by the rocks so that the
animals could not be used as burden
carriers. Many of them We're turned
loose in the desert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
POLITICS AS IT IS PLAYED

1 HE ups downs and intricaces Of Marion county
Ii politics certainly confusing the average It is
wonder that of the various factions able
keep them straight.
The most recent upheaval results from the attempt of
cnct committeeman for alleged disoyalty. Coffin heads
faction
the city hall there waing and crashing of teeth
settle the status of these commit
The city hall keep them The city hall is
trolled by another faction
George Lemaux is city chairman. He must work with
these precinct committeeman their in the city
election. Lemaux belongs another faction
The committeeman involved elected by the Repub-
can of the precincts But that appears have little
do with city election is coming and faction
other control.
The control evidently with the faction with the
ability tell the of the party the various pre-
cincts who their precinct committeeman shall be.
It is great game
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
Home Work
BY HAL COCHRAN

There is plenty to do, when you've
nothing to do, and you're spending
your time round the house. Such
terrible bores as a long list of chores
are thought of. of course. by your
spouse.
You'd much rather rest, but you're
quickly outguessed as the Missus
asks favors galore Much trouble
she airs; many things need repairs,
and she figures that's what you are
for
Tho old vacuum cleaner has ne'er
acted meaner. 1t hasn't been oiled
for week. The carpet is Stacking:
it likely needs lacking. The spout
IN the tubs sprung a leak.
It's practically certain the dining
room curtain has busted a spring
that was in it. You're hopping
around as new trouble is found and
you're kept on the jump every
minute.
When all things are mended and
working Is ended. the clock in the
house bangs off &c. You HE for the
hay. and you know, the next day,
YOU can fix them all over again.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
APROGRAM FOR THE G. O.P.

nj OW THAT they've got it, what they do with 7 This
IN question with reference the Republican control
affairs uppemost in the minds of thinking Aner
cans George Harvey furnish the
effort must considered seriously Harvey modesy
mits having President Wilson and then having
President Harding has allowed of the young
that he responsible for the
Of President Coolidge His slogan, Coolidge Chaos did
the work it is explained.
Harvey as editor Washington Post tells the Repub-
can party perpetuate itself
from radicals Briefly he argues party
longer be simply the of the industrial
win the farmers Supported by and serving
farmers well the nancers and manufacturers he be
eves there why should live another fifty
years
The advent of labor radical party to take the place Of
the Democratic party is certain in Harveys opinion EN-
pOyers OuHmbred by employees tie with the farmers
or rather Republican party them together They
represent property therefore conservative
and belong in the lineup
But win the farmers permanently, Harvey feels
something should be done for them He doubts that Providence
always viii provide breaking crops high prices
election years happened this year What do then9 Well
he kind of tariff worked for the benefit Of
farmers comparable the tariff given the manufacturers He
recognizes the difficulty this, since in agriculture this
export Nation and he hands the job Of working such
if 0 President Cooidges farm commission.
What else to dof Well, Harvey recognizes that freight
hit the farmer hard High take the profit his
farm products the hand and add vastly the of all
buys other hand. this Harvey has solution
RAILROAD have remained levels because high
COSTS he says High have continued high
wages Eventually the question be fought with
road labor 1t is UNPLEASANT prospect but it
binked."
offering Of George Harvey to the
Republican party into It must be
cred Harvey has influence lot of it, and his the
ferng from any Win by beating down
railroad labor he says Don't reduce speculative profits don
squeeze the water which the high freight rates rest but
beat down Do that Harvey and the Republican
party viii hold the farmers century
There is the first suggestion Republican program
Without pretending foreee further through devious chan
nes of George Harveys mind here guess his next s
gestion will be that the Republican square behind the
campaign being organized by the to obtain
rejection of proposed child amendment And this
too, viii be advanced the theory that help hold the
farmers within the Republican ranks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

are the politicians who, when they
speak, know as completely and ex-
actIy as Mrs. Lon2worth knows
what they are talking about
When Congress is in session, Mrs
LOngworth attends the sessions Of
the House Of Representatives almost
as faithfully as her husband She
knows absolutely everything that
goes on in politics, and she under
stands it inside-out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14


o"y and @r!nE "l H-# WORK. "'''
some DAY chmo up l"e lr"H A''er-
o"Fy TOOK
John Keats, tho poet. once wrote
rhvmed letter to his brother
cooroo r. ...,. cold ~ >-o,,, vorl,
''l'S week TOT 9''00o- II WIS part o.
the William Harris Arnold coliec-
ton.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
Tongue TIPS

Or. A. l. Jacoby. phychiatrist,
Detroit: IF high powered automo-
biles are entrusted to individuals
whose mental development is that
OF the average child Of 7. no matter
what the chronological age of the
individual may be, we must expect
accidents"
Lewis c. Candy, Boston: "Wiu
New England ever cease worshiping
it's past grandeur and turn it's eyes
to the future?"
Or. Henry Van Dyke, preacher
writer: The voice Of the people
lis the voice of God will hardly do as
la motto for the man who IS seeking
truth"
e. II. Lindley. chancellor Univer-
sity of Kansas. You can not tack
IA $4,000 education onto a 2O-cent
boy and receive many dividends"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
Tom Sims Says

Experts find music will not charm
Ia snake, so next time you sec one
it IS safer to run than sing.
The handles on aluminium frying
are too light for spanking children.
They seldom have lightning in the
polar regions, so that would be q
dandy place to go to tell q lie.
We can all be thankful this
Thanksgiving that saxophones are
hard to learn to play.
A wise man knows he IS acting
foolish to fall IN love this close to
Christmas.
Women's clothes are so funny.
they are almost as funny as the
mems.
The old-fashioned woman who
drowned her troubles poisons him
now. .
It must be awful TO he school
teacher and have so many children
wish you would break your neck.
The flea hop IS the latest dance
step. 1t is quite an Improvement
over the ST. Vitus.
When It comes to guam hunting
most men are fine at shooting spar
rows.
It IS estimated a great many PEG
pie will get real strong exercising to
get warm this winter.
Among modern home inconven-
fences are gas heaters. around whish
there is no place to chew tobacco.
Most men try TO forget their past
instead Of using It for their future.
Perhaps a third of our cuss words
were discovered by men waiting for
their wives to dress for church.
Men who catch on to things too
quickly let 60 the same way.
The man at the bottom Of most
things is usually UP tree.
The future usually becomes the
past without anything happening.
Life, at best, IS a gamble. And
the man who never takes a long-shot
seldom shoots very far.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

At Riverton, n. J., IN 1916. waSs
opened a box containing nursery
plants from Japan. No attention
was paid to the dry soil about the
roots, but It contained the eggs Of
the deadly Japanese beetle. The
family from those eggs now num-
Der untold millions and they have
already spread over 5000 square
miles. At the center, Riverton, the
situation is awful in the summer.
The air is fun of beetles. q rascal
about half an inch long, whose
taste for food Is not fnicky. He'll
eat leaf. or an apple, or weed.
The Jap beetle is 4 beautiful insect,
all shiny green and bronze, with
white spots
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
PRESIDENTS
WIFE BUS Y
INDIVIDUAL


e.
xvi ASIINGTON. Nov. 14-It
INV may be wonderful 10 be First
IL Lady Of the Land. but It's a
real Job. take it from the schedule
~ Mrs. calvin Coolid1o who has
had almost fifteen mouths oxne-
rienca as mistress Of the White
House
40 breakfast in he'd for This 14jt..
S6. arises In good time every morn
ine. br.anf8s;- with the President in
time Tor him To reach his de.j, bv
! O'Clock. He. in the meantime. has
been Qua for his earlv morning stroll
I or. on rare occasions. for n horse
back ride.
Before breakfast. Mrs Coolidge
herself may have had q brisk walk
about ~ White House grounds with
Rob Roy. her devoted white collie.
ut her heele./
breakfast over, she plans the me
, nus Tor the day tt IN" h!.e House.
''i7 .','is ''7i''-', nee "1 ~ :
.,.. ~,
0.'' 'i''''''
/ II Won like to get lots ot letters.
you should he the Presidents wife.
+ There arr about 200 a day and many
/ ~ them arc actually put ON Mrs.
+ CooldEe's own desk for her 10 see
/ personally Many others Miss Laura
Harlan, her secretary talks over
/ with her and then answers are dis
tated to stono@taphers.
Every day there are twenty or
more requests Tor autographed pic
lures or donation Of some kind for
n church. fair or bazaar. Mrs. Cool
/ idGe usually responds ny sending an
I etching OF the White House. auto
graphed by herself. IL is said that
similar requests were answered by
Mrs Mckinley with knitted slippers,
while Mrs. Roosevelt sent haudller-
chiefs Mrs, Taft, Mrs Wilson and
Mrs Harding have all like Mrs.
/ Coolidge, used the engraving
Ask Appointments
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

Who maketh his angels spirits,
and his ministers q fame of fire
Heb Ii
The angels may have wider
spheres Of action, may have nobler
form of duty; but right with them
and with us is one and the same
thing-Chapin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

What is the average life OF
chicger?
From ter days to two wocks--if
It doesn't find n host. If however.
it finds "A host it burrows into the
skin. swells up. falls off en- the
ground, ard undergoes n trans,
formation and becomes n nymph,
and its life AS n chieger is over.
Should "A gentleman precede a
lady in ascending or descending
the stairs?
No, he lady should rrecede unless
they can ascend or descend together
why does not the movement OF
the earth through space and the
rotation Of the earth on its axis
effect an aeroplane in flight?
Because the atmosphere, or air, IN
" hich a plane travels is just as
much part and parcel Of the earth as
the water Of the oceans ana moves
with it This atmosphere is supposed
to have thickness of about 100
miles.
What are the college colors OF
the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology and of the University
Of Nebraska?
Massachusetts Institute, cardinal
red and silver gray; University Of
Nebraska, scarlet and green.
How long does IT take for food
to digest?
From one to six hours. Soft liquid
food requires less than solids. Fruit
juices require very little time. Milk
takes about two hours.
Is It true that railroad car
wheels are ever made Of paper?
For a while some passenger cars
were equipped with Allen com
pressed paper-cored wheels, which
made them ride easier. This use
has been practically discontinued on
account Of the increasingly heavy
equipment and improvements in
steel wheels. The paper cored wheels
We're intended to deaden sound ana
We're never used in freight equip
ment.
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husbands Worth

But, John. dear, before we were
married you told me you We're worth
$50 a week"
Il am, but the boss just gives me
twenty. Oregon Lemon Punch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14
The Midnight Noise

What was that noise heard
when you got into your house late
last night?"
"Oh, that was the wife falling for
the story / handed her. Fig Leaf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

GROWTH IS
A PROBLEM
Herbert Quick Discusses In
crease Expected In
United States,
BY HERBERT QUICK

IES@v-1 HE maximum population OF
the United States" says DR..
Raymond Pearl, will be
I97,274,00 and this figure will be
reached by the year 200 If the con
ditions of the nineteenth century re-
main permanently unaltered."
No living man is better able to
make such an estimate than Or.
Pearl. What, In the light OF such
statement. becomes Of the haCkneyed
utterance Of the Cheerful Idiot that
the State Of Texas could support all
the population Of the United States?
1t merely conyicts him Of his old
crime, cheerful 1diocy.
"If'' Is Involved
Or. Pearl says a great deal more
than the statement I have quoted.
And in this quotation there is that
subordinate clause which many read
ers viii not note. The population
viii cease to grow in the year 300
when IT has reached the number Of
197274,0o0 If the conditions Of the
nineteenth century remain per
manontly unaltcred."
"hose conditions will not remain
uaalteled Probably Dr Pearls fore
cast viii NOT he verified within many
millions. lie bases It on n curve Of
growth which is based on biological
laws. It Is the result Of much in.
vesueatIon and study, and is very
valuable.
Increase II population. however.
depends. not only on the capacitv
Of land TO support, bur on the kind
Of people. China and India are each
smaller IN fertile land than the
Urited States. bat neither Of them
ceased growing fin population ~ any
such figure as Or. Pearl gives as
our maX.mum IIe bases his fore.
east on our having the same sort or
people we had In the nineteenth
century
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

ANEW dance is called the 'Huppa Huppa," which sounds
like seasckness, matter how it may look.
THAT NOVA SCOTIAN who padded his canoe all the way
New York unquesonably sought a desperate end
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

THE "BANANA KING'' is dead in Boston Yes, he has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

Experts find music viii not charm
a snake. so next time you sec one
it IS safer to run than sing.