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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27

So FUR next-door neighbor's small
boy is anything but an an
gel" the man from Seattle
remarked, land anything that he
does not get into or get into him,
had not been invented. He came
running into the house, one day late
ly, frothing at the mouth, as his
mother thought. She grabbed him I'M
der one arm and ran for the tele-
phone. oh. doctorl Come auickl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27

DURING 1923 when switched from the eight
hour day, United States Stee earnings 500
Why say more9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27
CORPUSCLES
OPPONENTS
OF DISEASE
Blood Stream of Red and
White Cells Battles With
Germs,
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor of The Times

copyright by DaNlQ DletZ
rT1l HE heart, as we have seen,
pumps the blood to the lungs.
- where it is purified or relieved
of it's carbondioxide and supplied with
oxygen. It then pumps i& through the
body, where the tissues absorb the
oxygen from the blood.
This absorption takes place in much
the same fashion that the blood OBJ
tanned the OXYGEN in the lungs.
The arteries, which run through the
body. end in fine tubes or capiIlaries
with exceedingly thin walls. In some
way the tissues absorb the oxygen
through these walls.
Then the blood returns from the
capiIlarles into the veins and so back
TO the heart.
Lett us now examine the blood
stream in detail The blood-stream is
a marvellous complex thing about
which psychologists still have much
to learn.
There are a little less than ten
pints Of blood in the average man.
Is Basically Water
The blood stream basically is water.
The water. however. contains various
substances dissolved in it. In add
ton, various substances are floating
in it, or, as the scientist says, held
in suspension" in It.
The particles in suspension are
known as blOod-cells. These consist Of
two sorts The first are the red cells.
which give the blood its color. The
second are the white cells.
In a drop Of blood the size Of pin
head, there are about 10000 red
cells and about 10000 white cells.
These red cells have a much more
important function than the colonng
Of the blood.
1t is these cells which absorb the
oxygen as the blood flows through
the capilaries IN the lung Then as
they flow through the capillaries in
the tissue, they give up the oxygen
to the tissues.
The red cells are broken up in the
liver and utilized in making a score
ton known as the bile which forms
in the liver,
But new red cells are constantly
being manufactured within the body.
They are manufactured by the mar
row known as the red marrow which
fills the ends Of the bones.
Fewer White Cells
The white cells are fewer in num-
Der than the red. But their impor-
lance is exceedingly great.
The white cells are apparently in
dependent things moving about in the
blood. They resemble 10 an eXcep-
tionally high degree the little micro
scopic one celled animals known as
anebae.
When germs enter the body and
get into the blood. the white cells
seem to flock to the point Of danger.
They proceed TO surround the germs
and 10 engulf or "eat" them, com
pletely destroying them IN this wpy.
They also absorb or eat foreign
matter which gets into the blood.
The substances in solution In the
blood stream include fats. sugar salt
and uric acid. In addition there are
substances not vet very well under
stood which seem to play an impor-
tant part in fighting disease.
Next article in series: The Diges-
tive System.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27
Here's Comeback

To the Editor Of The Times
Reference is made to a letter IN
which Mr.. Blacksmith objects to pos
tai employees asking for more pay. He
states that if his boss doesn't pay him
enough. he goes where they will.
7 assume that in such event hs
changes bosses and not trades; that
is, he still follows his trade as a
blacksmith. but works for another
boss. I wonder If he has not failed
to take into consideration the fact
that there is only one employer for
postofice wOrkers-The Postoff1ce De-
partment-and with the postal en-
plOye it is not a question of changing
bosses, but a question of changing
trades. The blacksmith can quit his
present boss and go to any city or
State and take up his old trade with
a new boss. The postal employee, how
ever, can not do this, as the boss"
is the same at all postoffices.
ANOTHER TIMES READER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27

doubts or TO read to confirm his
doubts Doubt needs not to be en-
couraged. We win have enough of it
naturally. NO prolong the doubling
seasons of another by the Federation
of our own is to "tie the grass across
his path and trip him for a fall"
Talk faith and faith viii grow.
S. S. LAPPIN. First Christian
Church, Bedford. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27

What Is a radiorueterf
An instrument by which radiant
heat and light may be directly con
verted into mechanical energy, an in
vention Of Sir william Crookes, II
consists Of an exhausted globe OF
glass in which is a needle support
carving a rotating four-disc vane,
the faces being blackened on one side.
Flsced in a field OF light, the black
ened side Of each disc absorbs more
of the radiant energy than the other
side, and the molecules OF residual
air that strike IL are thus given
greater energy The resulting pres
sure does not become quickly eqaui-
lied for the two sides, as would be
the case in air Of the ordinary density,
hence the vane rotates. An adapta-
ton OF the Crookes radiometer has
been devised by Nichols OF sufficient
sensitiveness to detect the radiant
heat Of some OF the fixed stars.
When did the Galveston food
occur and what was the loss Of
life and property
Sept. s. 1900. Property worth $780,
coo 900 was destroyed and approx
mately 5000 deaths resulted
Arc artificial diamonds made by
the electric furnace as hard and
brilliant as natural diamonds?
They are as hard, and if clear are
just as brilliant. but the only ones
that have been made are extremely
small and rarely clear. Artificial
diamonds have been made only by a
French chemist named Moissan on an
extremely small scale, and never
commercially.
Are there any insects that have
ears in their knees?
The Orthoptera family. including
the grasshoppers, orickets, and katy
ODDS have the hearing organs located
Just below the knee.
What is a surtax?
An additional tax levied on some
thing already taxed.
Whom did Pocahontas marry
and how many children did she
have2
She married an Englishman named
John Rolfe and had one child, son
named Thomas Rolfe.
What breeds OF chickens are
considered the best for general
purposes?
The Plymouth Rocks and Rhode
Island Reds are the favored breeds for
general purposes. They are good lay
ers. are Of the .'broody" varieties
make good mothers and are exception
ally fine for table use.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27
PaImiStw

PaImiStry
Who lets slip fortune,
Occasion s
-COWLEY.
! hand, howl
The palm9 psnistry Everything
to
fo~" mas
a OF directed
HERE
Ptstry Editor Washington Bureau
Washington. D.
Of bulletin
same:
City
Write carefury-Gve
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! tempt 10 ria tDllduelpnld OF uuQeSn-
ables. but secretly a good percentage
of them believes even Butler has De-
gun to feel the problem too monu-
mental.
Vice Still Rampant
Among others, the writer had a
long talk with a man generally
acknowledged TO know more Of Phila-
delphias underworld than any other
single individual in the city. This
man is about So. looks like a retired
banker. and stops at one of the most
exclusive hotels in the city.
Before the writer talked with him
he had been told: Should the man
you are about TO talk with suddenly
be imbued with a desire to clean UP
the city, he could do more in one
week than a million Buffers could do
in million years.
And this man told me: Not one
underworld woman has left the city
since Butler took hold. Not one boot
logger OF any consequence has been
caught. Gambling, dope peddling,
booze-selling is operated today on as
! big a scale as ever.
It must not be supposed Butler has
done nothing. He has reduced the
sale OF poisonous booze He has
raided gambling halls and shut them
up. He has forced the underworld
woman to cover. FIe has made it
lie cabaret. He has arrested scores
Of petty crooks-pickpocketa, shop
filters, purse-snatcners. He has
! clogged the police court dockets.
Real Beer Flows Freely
In other words Butler is scratching
the surface. For instance. just be-
fore Butler took hold, a newspaper
friend told me, Il happened one night
to be talking with a city detective.
We stood in q theater lobby. The
detective saw q pickpocket in the
crowd. He grabbed the fellow by the
trousers and threw him out on the
curbstone. Then he told the manager
not to allow the fellow inside again.
THE pickpocket protested he had
done nothing. That WAS true. and
that's why the detective made no
arrest. But under the Butler regime
the pickpocket in such an instance is
locked up and police announce the
fact. He comes before the magistrate
the next day. OF course, there is no
evidence against him and he is dis
missed, but the police do not announce
that"
Philadelphia has long been noted as
place TO get good beer. It has not
lost the reputation since the prohihi-
ton enforcement measure. So that
the first thing 1 wanted 10 know on
coming to the City OF Brotherly Love
was: How openly are they selling real
beer9
The first place / was taken was a
combination cigar store-barber shop
saloon. OF the three. the saloon proved
the busiest. It looked like the old
days. Men were lined up at the bar
and their discussions ranged from the
League Of Nations and Soviet Russia
to burlesque shows. Which indicates
they might not have been drinking
near beer. The beer sold for 10 cents,
which, 1 discovered, was the current
price.
But I wasn't interested in beer
selling. I wanted to find out what
progress Butler is making with major
crime and major criminals. I dis
covered that Philadelphia resembles
a giant hOneycomb. Outwardly it is
calm and quiet. Within, the bees
are busy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-27

a N S W f r s

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton Of fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis Times " alugton
Bureau 1922 New York Ave, Wash
ington. D. c.. inclosing cents IN
STAMPS for reply Medical legal aud
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended tesePrch be undertaken.
All other questions viii receive o per
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are conhden-
uA Editor
What is the annual coL-
sumption Of cigarettes in the
United StatesP
Approximately fifty billion.
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Gellotusbil) OF
Draper

Daily LAnten Bible reading and
meditation prepared for commits sicn
on evangelism OF Federal Council OF
the Churches OF Christ in America
THURSDAY
Entering the Kingdom
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Which countries produce mer,

Which countries produce mer-
curry and how is II found?
The chief producing countries are
Spain and tho United States
California and Texas furnished the
entire amount over here. Practically
the only ore which Is regularly
worked for mercury is cinnabar Mer
curry in the metallic state is found In
small quantities only.
How many books are there in
the Library OF Congress2
About 100000 books ana printed
pamphlets.
Can = dog's age be told by its
teeth2
Up TO twelve months It can; after
that it is guesswork even 10 the
expert.
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Who lets slip fortune her shall never find:
Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
-COWLEY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
A DOOR BELL
FOR THE DEAF
BY H. A. Callahan

"HE census lists 10000 deaf
people in the country. But
there are perhaps 100000
who hear so iRperfectly that the
clamor of the door bell will fail
to attract them. Here is a bell
whose ringing is visual.
A pendulum is pivoted just
below an ordinary electric bell,
almost directly below the clapper.
1t is then swung into a position
almost upright SO that it rests
lightly against the clapper.
When the button is pushed, the
clapper vibrates violently against
the pendulum, pushes it beyond
the vertical posistion and sends it
swinging rapidly back and forth.
A thread attached to the pen
dulum can be led into the rooms
in the house. In each room,
ball Of paper suspended from
the thread will be made to dance
merrily as the pendulum swings.
The deaf person, seeing the swing
ing pendulum or the dancing
paper balls, knows that the bell
is ringing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15

Surely you have heard the eX-
preston applied to q peppery per-
son indulging in a fit OF temper.
One can almost imagine such a
back drawn up. like kitty's when
he filings defiance to all dogdom.
The fact is, your back most
Enthusiastically reflects your
general temperament and mental
mood. So keep cheerful, calm,
and courageous if you wish a
back that is gracefully straight.
Sensible care of your health,
by adding strength to YOUR body,
makes it easier to hold your spine
erect. Daily exercise, daily baths,
and long, lightly hours of slum.
Der in a cool, dark room abrlm
with fresh air will help to impart
such energy that holding your
back straight will be as easy as
breathing.
Here is an exercise that should
take the kinks out Of your back
and strengthen and straighten it:
Lie straight on your back on
the floor.
Clasp your hands behind your
head, raising it slightly from the
floor.
Hold this position and draw
your knees as close as you can
to your chin.
Now go back to first position
with your legs stretched out
straight.
Repeat this exercise a few
times then vary it by lifting first
one leg, then the other, as far as
you can toward your chin.
Practice it only a few times
the first day, but gradually as
your back grows stronger you
will enjoy trying it ten times or
more. And it will Iron out"
your back.
Many women are annoyed by
blackheads on their backs. One
reader writes that she is "hor.
ribly embarrassed" by these dis.
figuring blemishes whenever she
wears a bathing suit or evening
frock and begs me to tell her how
to Danish them.
can only repeat the sugges-
tons I have often made regard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
ALLURING DOOR OF
new PERFUME GIVES
GIRLS MORE CHARM
"But all things about her ore
drGWn
From MGytime and the deVy
dawn."
Wordsworth.

The delicate and alluring fra
GRANGE which seems to be almost
a part of most women, has an ap-
peal all it's own which makes their
appearance and company so pleas
ing. That delicate perfume seems
to pervade their hair, their skin.
the very air they breathe. You
fairly drink in the intoxicating and
dazzling charm of such women.
If you look for the reason why
this fragrance seems so personal, so
infinite and so natural, you will
invariably find it is the perfume
of their favorite toilet necessities
which bear the well-known Black
and White trade mark.
Never before has such tremen.
dous approval been given by the
girls and women of this country to
any new Creation as they are heap.
ing on the unusually dainty and
delicate odor known and expressed
best by the enhancing terms, EN-
cense of Flowers"
That ii is unusual Is best proven
by the tremendous sale of 50-cent
Face Powder, and the 25-cent Tai
cum Powder, which bear the ia
nous Black and White label. "In-
cense of Flowers" perfume is blend
ed with their exquisite texture,
forming what is fast being realized
by girls and women as the height
of, excellence in body sachet and
complexion finish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
WHEN IN
DOUBT
BY Cornelius Beekman-

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Mr.. husbands lodge is
giving dance. The invi-
tation states it is informal"
Please tell me what is the cor
rect dress for a lady and should
wear a hat going there? It is
only five minutes ride from my
house to the hall by trolley car.
(2) Also what should the gentle.
man wear?
(30 When receiving invitations
not stating whether informal or
formal, what is correct to wear?
MARY.
A SENATORIAL dress Of the
"A dinner dress" kind would be,
should think, appropriate. It
would be proper form for you to
wear a hat.
(2) A tuxedo suit would be ap.
propriate.
(3) That depends" upon what
the invitation is for. The dress,
Of course, varies with the func-
ton. If the invitation is for the
evening, one is usually pretty
sure that it calls for formal
clothes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
Writer of Great Serial "Chice Presents New Novel Of
Modern Life, Conferred on the Heart and the Mind
of the "FIapper'

bell. It's strident insistence jang-
led through the quiet house. Mar
garet would hear; she would come
in.
Nora Lee sped across the room,
opening the door narrowly. Lily
raised her head in stately ges-
ture Of entrance. The girl blocked
the passage with a cold: "Well?"
81 have come on business with
your mother, Miss Meadows"
my mother is very ILL.,"
This is important. must see
her"
mo one can see her."
Lily pinched the fingers Of her
stiff, black gloves, her abnormally
thin mouth twisting. She was
much taller than Nora Lee, and
making a sudden move put her foot
across the threshold. "Tell your
mother that 1 am here. She will
see me-"
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
Tell your friends that the back
chapters Of this great story can
be had free at The Times office.
Call, telephone or write for them.
Main $3.50.
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[NNT HAT Is in that box,
" Foxy Grandpa?"
w Bobby asked as the
expressman delivered a big box
and ! was signing for it.
Now, wouldn't you like to
known" I laughed.
Yes. sir" Bobby answered
very seriously.
"A young girl Of ancient
Greece got into a lot of trouble
once just by opening a box to
satisfy her curiosity" I said.
Tell me about it," urged Bob
by, the prospect of story max.
ing him forget all about the ex-
press package. So 1 sat down
and began:
Once there was a god called
Prometheus, who brought fire
down from heaven and gave it to
man."
IN bet that made Jupiter
mad" unused Bobby.
Mad" I exclaimed. 1T made
Jupiter furious-so furious that
he decided to punish Prone.
theus.",s
What did he do?" queried
Bobby.
Jupiter devised the scheme of
sending Pandora to Prometheus
with a mysterious box" an.
swered.
What was in the box?"
Bobby asked, his eyes brighten.
ing with interest.
I'm that box were all the evils
and miseries which could befall
man." I answered.
But Prometheus was not par
ticularly inquisitive, and besides
he was a, wary fellow. He felt
that there was something wrong
about this strange box, so be re.
fused to open 1t.
"But Pandora was determined
to deliver 1t to some member of
his family, although she herself
did not know what the box con.
tanned. So she carried It to the
brother Of Prometheus, whose
name was Epimetheus.
Although Epimetheus had
been warned by his brother not
to accept any gifts from Jupiter,
he fell in love with Pandora and
made her his wife. OF course.
when Pandora came to i've in her
new home she brought the box
with her. Now Pandora had
been cautioned against opening it,
but, as is so often the case, this
only made her more anxious.
Finally. after much persuasion,
her husband consented 10 her do
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THE STORY OF P4NDORA,S BOX.

. ing so. She opened it, and out
flew all the miseries and evils
that one can imagine.
when she realized what she
had done, she quickly shu: the
box. But the woes .had all es-
caped-all these wretched ills that
make trouble in the world But
left in the bottom Of the box
was hope.
"And because hope stayed in
the box, the ancients believed that
is why, despite all trials. hope
always remains"
That's so, isn't it, Foxy
Grandpa?" murmu"ed Bobby.
"Yes, Bobby" sail l. 1--WE
couldn't live without hope"
"But was Prometheus pun.
ished?" asked Bobby.
'Oh, yes" answered, ''he re.
ceived terrible punishment.
What was it?' asked Bobby,
Prometheus wao chained to a
rock on Mt. Caucasus. And there
an eagle continually attacked him,
although If the eagle hunt him
the part that was hurt was made
well again." answcl ed.
did he stay there the rest Of
his life?" asked Bobby.
mo" said T., fortunately for
him, Prometheus had once done
great favor for Jupiter. And
Jupiter, sitting Up there on
Olympus, thought Of it one day."
HE really felt very bad to
think Of poor Promethnus chained
to that rock with tho eagle flying
at him day and night, SC he re.
Tented"
"Oh, I'm so glad" exclaimed
Bobby, breathlassly.
Jupiter sent the great Her.
cules to kill the eagle and Sc:
Prometheus free"
did he?" the boy asked.
'Oh, yes, laughed. Hercules
killed tie eagle ana broke the
chains and Promethe1s was set
free"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15

ing blackheads. They appear
usually on an over-oily skin and
on portions of the face or body
inclined to be fat and are nothing
but oil or perspiration mingled in
the skin pores with dust or other
CRIME. The remedy lies in more
effectual cleanliness.
If your back is subject to black
heads get a good, long-handled
bath brush. Also buy a rubber
bath spray. You should be able
to get one at your corner drug
store.
Each day, take hot bath and
during this bath, scrub your back
well with the brush dipped in
soapsuds made with pure soap
that is not too hard or alkaline.
Then rinse your back well three
times with the spray and tepid
water, dry it well and sponge it
with 50 per cent grain alcohol.
Persist in this simple beauty
measure every day, and you
should soon find that the black
heads no longer appear on your
skin.
You can also help the process
by eating ONLY simple food, in
Guiding plenty Of fruit and green
vegetables and by drinking plenty
Of water.
These suggestions are not
difficult to carry out and if you
follow them faithfully you should
be rewarded by a straight back
with a skin as clear and fine Of
texture as a petal of a rose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
Orange Filling

h-Cup sugar.
Tablespoons Of Argo cornstarch.
n teaspoon salt.
4 Tablespoon bread flour.
/ Tablespoon butter.
&-Cup water.
/ Egg.
/ Tablespoon lemon juice.
Juice and rind of one orange.
Mix dry ingredients. Add water
and butter and cook fifteen min
utes in double boiler after mix
lures thickens. Beat eggs slightly.
Add to cooked mixtures. Add
grated rind of orange with orange
and lemon juice. When cold,
spread between layers. Use plain
white frosting on top and small
slices of oranges on the frosting.
Mrs. H. A. Ourand, 100 Holly
avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

when was work on the Lii
brary of Congress begun?
2-When was the Swiss Red
Cross founded?
3-When was George w. Goe-
thals appointed chief engineer of
the Panama Canal?
4-When did Kate Greenway,
noted illustrator Of childrens stor.
ies, die?
5-When did Menelek become
Emperor of Abyssinia?
ANSWERS to these queries will
be printed tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-15
To Kill Moths
Eggs In Carpets

II moths get into your carpet,
treat it as follows: Put in a pain
half gallon of boiling water and
a quarter of a pound of ro-k am
monia. Then take a large square
of house flannel and put it IN The
pail, leaving the ends hanging
over the sides. Pick up the dry
ends and wiring the flannel. Plact
on the carpet and iron dry with
a very hot iron. Go al over the
carpet Ike this and no moths
eggs will come TO life.
AnVGRTISEMENY