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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
AN IMPOSSIBLE IMPOSSIBILITY
menacing, situation.

% HE trouble with the American home is that the modern
l husband expects his Penelope be Cleopatra too
declares Mrs Walter Ferguson exponent of wOmen editorial
views.
1t is terrible indictment of the modern husband and
body should something for his reform Penelope Ceopat
wife the aspiration the modern husbands Let deliberate
As recall matters of youthful days when ongwhskered
professor scorned grasp history Mrs Penelope
uousy awaited the return of her husband for many
plying herself with knitting socks fine boy and holding
bay dozen eager tors who finally shot
her returned husband without asking questions Mr. Pen
ope found his house perfect order wife knitting vigorously
and vrtuou fresh paper the pantry shelf biscuit in
the bread box coal in the bn cleaned sons washed
and everything His wife be chung by any husband
modern way back But how in bazes any modern hu
band conceive of composite of such wife and Cleopatra
Mrs Cleopatra worked kept house little bit She
passed her time sailing around sample of kmono
the Nile, with large blacks tanning the flies off
six mmodest maids seeing it that the kmono ddn interfere
with the public view She married her brother and took
with Anthony and other Roman hghups
along.
Verify in those old days, there
been husband who believed he could have who wanted
wife who, morally both knitted and tted a habit The
husband who could vision such composite
idiots who up nights happen
should irresistible force against mmOvable object
That's that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

all of the Indian babies are expected
to die.
This is a deplorable situation over
which the State has no control since
the Pueblo are wards Of the Govern
ment.
Most indian mothers Know nothing
about infant dieteics and many OF
them feed their year-old babies On
chile. watermelon and corn"
Investigators believe this health
problem among the Pueblos to be para
mount to the legislation now being
agitated in Congress to reclaim great
stretches Of Pueblo land and water
rights now in possession of white
settlers.
At one time the Pueblos held title
to some 500. 900 acres of land.
Part of this was given them during
days of the Spanish sovereignty.
Other tracts were purchased out
right by the Pueblos, or else We're CON
ffrmed upon them by Congress.
Land Is Taken
Today The Pueblos. who number
SuEnllN IN excess OF o,0UU members,
claim that practically all but 1900
acres of the go, 900 acres in their orig
inal holdings susceptible of cultiva-
ton. have been taken from them.
The Pueblos charge that most of
this lost irrigable land passed from
their hands in an illegal manner.
They are now petitioning Congress
for restoration of their former prop
erty. and, in event such return is i'm
possible, want the. Federal Govern
ment to compensate them for its loss
by building bitches to irrigate their
lands not now under cultivation.
Some 5000 white and Mexican set
tiers are affected by the controversy.
The Indians claim that these set
tiers in most instances should be
ousted from their lands.
But attorneys for the settlers main.
tain that fully so per cent of their
clients are holding former Indian land
in good faith, and that the Indians
were paid for these lands generations
ago. before New Mexico became a
part of the United States.
What might be likened to a separa.
zionist movement is afoot in many OF
the Pueblo villages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
MT. VERNON
NAME HELD
ANTI u. S.
Congressman Would Indict
! All Cities Named for Once
Enemy Nations,
Times STAFF Correspondent
1893 NeD York A

XVII AsHINGTON, May 3.--And now
IWI Congress is asked to investigate
L--J the whole United States for
treason! Page w. j. Burns! Rep
.resentative John F. Miller of Seattle,
Wash, has uncovered the most
gigantic plot against 10 per cent
Americans never conceived.
Miller has disclosed to Congress that
there are States, cities and counties
in the Union named for British
nobility who fought against the United
Statesl
That there are hundreds Of places
in the West with names of Spanish
origin, In spite of the fact that Spain
was once at war with this country
and for many years previous had
oppressed peoples now American
citizens.
Patriotic Horror
That there are even towns here
with names distinctly and unmistak.
ably German in their origin!
Wherefore he raises his voice in pa
triotic horror and calls on Congress
to appoint committee to immediate
~ investigate geographical nomencla.
ture In the United Stoves ana recon-
mend new names for a. those places
that can't show unsullied and honor.
able American derivation.
The trouble started over Mt. Rainier
Some one discovered that the noun.
tain was named for Admiral Peter
Rainier TO the British navy, who once
fought against the United States
Miller says even more glaring exam.
pies Of disloyalty In nomenclature re.
main unchallenged.
Ach Hemmell and Caramba
He particularly objects to these.
Georgia, Virginia, Maryland. BaIti.
more, Braddock, Mount Vernon
jamestown, Georgetown and Norfolk.
named for British nobility. San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, San Jose. Santa
Barbara. San Diego. San JOAQUIN.
Los Alamos. Saint Augustine. all of
Spanish origin. Sacramento! Ca.
rambaD
And these Germantown, Bismarck.
Bremen New Munich. Kaiser Schles.
wig, Metz and Berlin, undoubtedly of
German origin, Zach HinfmelD
He would have a committee of ten
members investigate the United
States. Philippine Islands and Canal
Zone and find new names for all of.
fensive places within eight months.
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Remember!
BY DIR. DONALD A. LAIRD,
Yale PsvchoIosicaI Laboratory

Yale Psychological Laboratory
How often we are introduced to PEG.
.i1le, hear the name and one minute
af'erward find ourselves unable to re
pea; it! Usually we acknowledge an
introduction with a simple How do
you To-"
We don't reinforce our memory.
If we did. by saying. How do you
do Mr.. Jones" repeating the name
then and afterward, we would rein
force our memory and the name would
not leave US"
When you look at something and
say. II must remember this" you
are improving your memory-but you
still need to reinforce it by further
effort
a student Of mine last year demon
strated by experiments that person
remembers Is per cent more a week
after memorizing something. when he
hears as well as sees what he memo
rizes. The lesson TO be gained from
that IS:
Talk over what you read or hear.
Your memories of the movies you
see are reinforced by reason of your
vivid impressions which maintain your
interest and prompt you to talk about
them to friends. Thus you reinforce
your memery.
Discuss the important advertise
ments and news in this paper after
you have read IT, Not only will this
aid your memory efficiency, but make
you an interesting person to have
around, because you know more
through the better working of your
membeTy.
If you have been in the habit of
writing down the things you want to
remember, you are reinforcing your
memory slightly, but the far better
method is to repeat and talk over the
things to be remembered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
INDIANS ARE
FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES
Battle Conducted by Aborig-
ines Against Death, Dope
and Settlers.
BY ROY j. GIBBONS

NEA SerUtce Writer
ri ANITA FEE, n. M. May g.
Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
- are nearing the end Of the
trail
Members of the oldest civilization
extant in America are now battling
for life against a combination of des-
perate odds.
Great stretches of cultivated lands
they claim are occupied by white
settlers.
Numerous diseases are taking great
toll
And dope. bought by factions that
claim to use 1t for religious and medi-
cinal purposes, has brought on the
added peril Of internal strife.
According TO estimates obtained
from reliable sources, half of New
Mexico's Pueblo Indians are afflicted
with disease of the eyes. while many
are victims Of tuberculosis.
Most Babies Die
Infant mortality among the race is
also high.
Says Mrs. Francis c. Wilson, presi-
dent of the State board OF health and
child welfare:
During the summer months in
some Of the Pueblo villages practically
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
SIDNEY LANIER

old negress in a shack along the
Mlssissjppi's bank near the old plan
tation where Sidney Lanier, beloved
Dixie poet, composed and sang his
sweetest songs.
And it was an amazing story Aunt
Mimi told the white folks who finally,
stirred by strange stories, came pes
ticatin' 'roun'."
1t was one cold December night,
back in 1916, the aged colored woman
said, that a white girl, young and
beautiful, knocked at the shack's sole
door.
The girl. her clothes all muddy AMI
bearing every mark of long travel,
asked for shelter. And Aunt Mimi
gave it.
Days later a baby was born.
Then one day the young mother pre-
pared to resume her trip-whither,
Aunt Mimi never knew.
I'm leaving the baby with you,
Auntie," she said.
And from a little leather wrist-bag
she produced five 500 bills and pushed
them into Aunt Minis hands. Then,
without word, she left the shack
Aunt Mimi never saw her since.
But the old negress was faithful to
her trust. Carefully she guarded her
adopted child. Carefully she taught
him what her long service in south
ern HON IS told her should be taught
white chillun'
Gossip. though, was spreading. The
officials at last took notice.
The judge of the juvenile court,
it happened once was\ one of Aunt
Minis employers. He arranged to
have Sidney Lanier,' as Aunt
Mimi had christened the boy. taken
in at the Waldo Burton Memorial Hall
of the Carrollton Avenue Orphan Boys
Home.
Nobodys told him yet that Aunt
Mimi is dead She died few weeks
after he was taken away from her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
ThnndeYin
HAL COCHRAN


|" TWO little kiddies are tucked in
to bed and the covers are pulled
- up real tight. Their faces are
washed and their prayers have been
said, and they've kissed nom and
daddy good night.
There's darkness outside and the
wind starts to shrek and the tots are
as still as can be. Then one to the
other will cautiously speak, Say,
cuddle up closer to me"
And then comes the glare Of a
lightning flare and a thunder roll
blasts through the night. Two pillows
are bare; little heads are not there
cause they've suddenly huddled from
sight.
When the weather is warm and a
summer time storm sends the elements
out on a tear, you can't blame the
mites on the thundery nights for wish
in their parents were there.
A faint little call travels down
through the hall, e'er the thunder and
lightning die "Oh, mamma! Oh,
daddy! Come here, hold my paddy!
They're having a war in the sky"
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
MAMMYLOVE
OF SONG IS
PROVED REAL
Baby Abandoned Years Ago
Faithfully Reared by
CoIored Woman.
BIZ NEA Ser,ice

By NEA Serrice
H1 EW ORLEANS. May 3.-The
i'm love of the old negro nanny
III for her white chile" immor-
talized in song and story Of the South
land, is no Pigment of the poets fancy.
Concrete evidence of it can be found
today in last bequest Of faithful love
that now is puzzling officials and vel
fare workers.
They indeed have a problem on
their hands-a 7-year-old problem.
with the gentle mannerisms Of those
children of southern aristocracy.
They call him Sidney Lanier."
The welfare agents found him,
carefully reared in isolation by an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Other Editors
New Plaza Idea

Speaking Of the plan to demolish
churches now standing on that World
War Memorial plaza at Indianapolis.
just what provision has been made in
the memorial building itself for a
chapel or for a place for religious or
sacred services fitted to such a MEM
orial structure? And is it not possible
so to remodel or adapt existing church
buildings, if remodeling is necessary,
as to fit them into the general scheme
of the memorial plaZa?-Lafayette
Journal and Courier
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
FoiIing Her Father

Are you sure the course is clear?"
she whispered, sliding down to the
arms of her lover
Yes" he replied. 81 succeeded in
boring hole in the water pipe Your
father has discovered it and viii keep
his finger over the hole until the
plumber arrives. Virginia Reel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Family Fun

Letter received by a Detroit school
principal:
"Sir: My little girl was given 5
in her spelling lesson because she
could not spell "Octoginaran" and
"Diagnosstisohon." I do not care to
have her study about these perhis-
toric animals in the first place. De
troit News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
One WAY to Look at 1t

One nice thing about being a candi-
date. even if you are not elected to
office, is that one has such fine OPP
portunity to get acquainted with the
people and find out how many folks
promised the other candidate to vote
for kim-and did it-Logansport
Pharos tribune.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Smokes

Americans are using 140 ciga-
rets for every 100 used in 1922,
judging by factory output.
Cigars and pipe tobacco con-
tinue slumping steadily.
The cigaret, made respect
able" by the war, is our national
smoke. Fifty cigarettes month
are being manufactured for every
man. woman and child in our
country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Ask The Times

You can get an answer TO any ques.
ton OF fact or information by writing
70 the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1872 New York Ave Wash
ington. y. C.. inclosing cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confdsn-
ual.-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Atlanta (tIa.) woman SlOL at ner
husband three times without hitting
him, jroving some women are not
trained for matrimony.
A tornado demolished many homes
in Austin, Texas, but escaped before
it could be asked to run for office.
In Blytheville, Ark. man tried to
run down his enemy with an auto in
stead of with his mouth.
A spotiess reputation needs more
care than pair of white trousers.
Bandits robbed a Granite City GILL;
bank. Got $50. 900. This is enough
money for a vacation at a summer
resort.
New York girl who led a double life
reached her end just twice as quick.
Agrarian bands are terrorizing Vera
Cruz land owners and many American
jazz bands are still at large.
The wild flowers are holding their
annual beauty contest.
One thing the scientists have shown
us is that the first million years have
been the hardest.
Faint heart ne'er won fra lady. hut
many a fat-head has.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Son Copies Dad

Now, my little man." said the bar
Der to the little boy in the chair.
how do you want your hair cut?'
With hole in the top. like dads"
Southern California Transmitter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
RahY's Points

WHO does he resemble?"
well, he has my wife's eyes and
nose, but 1 can't imagine where he got
his voice from unless it, was my motor
horn.'-Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
4 Thought

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee; be-
cause he trusteth in thee.-Isa. 26.3.
Peace is the masterpiece of reason.
Johann Muller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Maybe

McAdoo is still a candidate for the
presidential nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket. Did we say "still?" Yes;
very still.-Alexandria Times-Tribune.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
One Explanation

Comfort is the prevailing note OF
the spring fashions. The younger gen.
Grafton must be getting old.-Clinton
Clintonian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Mrs. w. S. Jennings. General Fede-
ration of Women's Clubs: 1T is
heartbreaking that vital reforms have
to come at the cost Of great sacrifice,
but this seems to be history"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Read 70 IIucIa

Uncle Jack asked little Celia if she
didn't want him to play with her.
"Oh, no." she said, we're playing
Indian, and you're no use cause
you're scalped already. limited Pres
byterian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Let lis Sing

We will sing the little ballad en-
titled: She was only a livery mans
daughter. but she was well liked by
all the employees. Middlebury Blue
Baboon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Tongue TIPS

Margaret Bondfeld of British labor
ministry: Work lends woman poise,
one of the greatest gifts in the world
one that is essential in the gaining
of any disputed right"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

DR.. Henry VanDyke. author and
preacher: Men Of privilege without
power are waste material"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

John II. Conner, United Shoe Ma.
chinery Company: There is no ques-
ton about it, the United States must
find a way to sell largely abroad or
else content itself with a reduction of
existing standards of living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

ilIcl SElidDle.
To which State does the Wa
bash River belong?
That part which flows in Indiana
belongs to this State. If a river di-
vides two States each owns to the
middle Of the river bed. except where
the Government gave a State title to
a river before the adjoining territory
became a State.
Did Harold Lloyd really climb
the building in Safety Last?"
Ask Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Cal
How did the celebration Of May
Day originate?
There is some reason for believing
that the celebra Ton of May Day Is
a surviva; of the rites which were
of1erd on May l to the Roman deity,
Maia, goddess Of Spring and F'ertil-
ity. The actual basis OF May Day
seems TO have been the Roman Flo
radia, celebrated April % to May 8,
and instituted at Rome in the year
23S b. c., on account Of a bad har-
vest Flora, to whom the feast was
aconsecrated, was also Goddess of Fer
tility as well as of flowers She is
generally represented as wearing a
wreath OF flowers.
Is there any verse in the Bible
that states illegitimate children
will be damned?
No but In the twenty-third verse Of
the second chapter of Deuteronomy it
says they shall not be admitted to
the Congregation" The explana-
ton Of Congregation" given by a
Bible commentary is that it meant
either admission to office or public
of foreigners. Incorporation with the
nation by marriage.
Why are leases limited to nine
ty-nine years; why not an even
hundred years?
The limit of ninety nine years in a
lease would seem to be connected with
a somewhat arbitrary estimate Of 100
years as the probable extreme dura-
ton OF the life of man. Leases for
years are in their attributes, evolu-
ton and history. sort of middle term
between an estate for life and ten
ancy at will. For this reason pc
riod little short OF the duration of
the life of man was devised, so that
the lessee might reasonably build or
lay out money on the property.
What. Is an internal combus-
ton engine?
One which obtains it's power by the
combustion or explosion Of fuel in the
cylinder The gas employed may be a
| fixed gas, or the vapor produced from
ether, alcohol, gasoline, petroleum oils
naphtha, etc. These engines are di-
vided into three classes. "a Gas en-.
gines. those in which fixed gases, such
as producer gas, are used-usuaily sta
tionary. ~ Oil engines, those using
oil, either in the form Of a spray or
the vapor given off when the oil is
| heated-usually stationary. 90 En-
gines in which is used the vapor of
gasoline or other volatile liquids-used
in automobiles, launches, etc. In
these three classes of engines he air
and gases in the cylinder are com
pressed and then exploded by a direct
flame. Told style) a hot tube, or an
electric spark the cylinder being
either air or water cooled
What is the fortieth wedding
anniversary?
The ruby wedding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Mrs. c. II. Remington. educator: In
this game of life neither the teacher
nor the parent can afford to be back
number. and I would add also the
school superintendent. The world is
going much faster today than when
we were children"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

What is the correct way to pro
nounce the word Lyric?
Litk-sh0rt sound OF /, accent on
first syllable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03
Tom Sims Says:

Atlanta (Ga) woman shot at her
husband three times without hitting
him, jroving some women are not
trained for matrimony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

A tornado demolished many homes
in Austin. Texas. but escaped before
it could be asked to run for office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

In Blytheville, Ark, a man tried to
run down his enemy with an auto in
stead of with his mouth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Did Harold Lloyd really climb
the building in Safety Last?"
Ask Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

The wild flowers are holding their
annual beauty contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Faint heart ne'er won fra lady. but
many fat-head has.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

A spotiess reputation needs. more
care than pair of white trousers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

One thing the scientists have shown
US is that the first million years have
been the hardest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-03

Agrarian bands are terrorizing Vera
Cruz land owners and many American
jazz bands are still at large.
Milford chronicle., 1924-05-02

new building OF the Deemer Cottage
will be open to visitors except on
Wednesdays. This rule has been ap-
piled to the Deemer Cottage for some
time but not to the new building.
Members Of the State Commission
present on Saturday to take part in
the exercises were Mrs. Samuel H.
Messick, Of Bridgeville; c olonel
Robert G. Houston, of Georgetown;
Arley B. Magee and Jane Pennewill,
of Dover. About one hundred men
and women, all of whom are promin-
ent residents of the State, were pres
ent.