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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
GLRLPRODIGY|
NOW TRAINS
O WIN CHILD
Wants Daughter to Be Just
Like Other Babies,
Not Unusual,

BIZ NEA Servtce
TG7IOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 90
IL She was a child prodigy her
IL self
But she doesn't want her own
child to be one.
Before she was 2, Viola Olerich
was being proclaimed throughout the
West the cleverest baby on earth. B"
That was twenty-five years ago.
She could read huently, talk in
polysyllables, name all the bones in
the human body identify hundreds
of famous men, solve difficult geo.
metric problems, talk intelligently
about the planets and do dozens Of
things that would stump the average
high school pupil.
Took DictatiOn
At she was taking dictation on
the typewriter and turning out per-
feet copy AT 4 she was out-speiling
a group Of picked university stu
dents.
Under the tutelage of her foster
father, Prof, Henry Olerich, she
made remarkable progress in her
studies, gaining an unusually broad
general education.
Then she dropped out Of the lime
light.
Three years ago news of her mar
riage to a young man employed in
the offices Of an Omaha packing
company leaked out.
Then the world again lost sight Of
its "cleverest baby"
But now she has been rediscov-
cred. She is living here. Has been
for a year.
And she has little daughter of
her own-Vlrginia.
Virginia is just 2-the age at
which her mother was astounding
scientists. educators and medical
men.
But Virginia Is not a child prodigy.
She's playing with dolls, a big rub.
Der ball and still talking baby talk.
And her mother IS glad.
Il don't want her TO be a child
prodigy" she says. Il want her to
be like other children.
IF the body is strong and heal by
now, learning will come easily when
school age is reached
just Like Others
I'm exertlng no effort to make
her a prodigy. OF course, I shall 1elp
her all I can throughout her school
career. But now I want her to be
just like other little girls.
after all. taking care Of a chil3's
physical needs. together with the or
binary amount of discipline. seems
to me about the most important
duty Of a mother during the first few
years Of her child's life.
And that's what I am trying to
do"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

Ho hum. This Chinese war is
shooting our alphabet for q row Of
glass dressing rooms.
The Chinese soldiers marched on
Hang Chow, reminding Us Of our
war when we marched on no chow.
A bunch Of seasick Chinese must
have named that town of Hang
Chow
The worst fighting in the Chinese
war. however. seems to center
around the province Of Typograph-
ical Error.
a big railroad lost sos 900 on its
dining cars last year, but we don't
see how.
No matter how much a railroad
loses on its dining cars the Gus
toners always lose more.
The most pitifuI person on a din
ing car Is the man who likes to
drink out Of his saucer.
Reports from the various camps
indicate we viii have three Presi-
dents next time.
Coolidge doesn't play golf, so
that's why he talks so little.
The Prince of Wales has just seen
his first baseball game. Now what
little boy wants to be a prince?
Being a Prince Of Wales IS a fairly
good job. but you don't get much
time off for doing other things.
So far no political candidates have
entered the international air races
scheduled for Oct. 2 in Dayton, Ohio.
Reports indicate many stump
speakers are up a tree instead.
Copyright. 1924. NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

Goldfish belong to the carp fam
lily and are sometimes called green
carp. The first goldfish seen in
France were those imported for
Madame Pompadour. Later, they
became established in streams In
Portugal and then on into all
Europe In Portugal they are used
as food delicacy. There are rec.
ords Of goldfish living in aquariums
until ! 0to Is years Of age.
The ancestor Of our goldfish in its
native stream is not gold. but IS
olive green above ana yellow be
meath. An allgold colored FISH
wouldn't stand much chance Of
longevity in streams or ponds, and
so they We're developed in private
aquariums In China and Japan.
United States has sixty-fve pro.
tected bird reservations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

IOHN +. WHITE, secretary or
the Federation of Community
L21 Civic Clubs. suggested at a
Federation meeting Friday night.
that the public service commission,
as>now constituted. be abolished.
He would retain the engineering
and accounting departments but
would return rate regulation to the
individual cities.
Utility commissioners of ability
may be scarce. But would the crop
be any more Iuxuriant if each city
raised it's own?
Public utilities are no longer one
lunged affairs. One organization
may operate in a dozen cities or over
a major fraction of the State. They
are conducted on a high plane, still
their wings haven't sprouted nor
have they been measured for harps.
They aren't averse to picking up
a dime from the middle of the road.
And, like the rest of us, they won't
run mile to find the owner of a
stray coin.
The substitution Of a numerous
progeny of undernourished local
commissions. for one strong State
wide body, is to increase the posi-
bility that some Of tie public
dimes will be scattered in the road
to tempt some enterprising public
utility or agile local commissioner.
If the present system in unsatis-
factory, public utility regulation
might be vested in the justices Of
the peace,
They can handle anything-and
do.
Well, the Indians almost won a
A. A. pennant, which is about as
satisfactory as eating an almost
good egg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
Blacknnail

~7LAUDE WORLEY, Criminal
IL Court investigator, raided the
A busy office Of an eminent Ma
rion County constable Saturday.
The constable and three deputy
Iuminaries now face charges of con-
spiracy to commit a felony. All
growing out Of operations on a
Statewide scale to heclle small en-
ployers who had failed to comply
with the provisions of the work
mems compensation law.
Which again raises the unanswer-
able question: Why is q constable7
The compensation law, for the
benefit Of the workmen, is a good
law. And should be enforced.
But, in giving Marion County
justice Of the peace courts Juris-
diction over violations occurring
anywhere in the State, It allows
some business genius-who chances
to wear the tin star and double
cross of a Marion County constable
to fatten at the expense of small
employers In distant counties.
A constable, whose activities are
restricted to a single county, is a
mild distemper. When he is per
mitted to roam the whole State in
search Of revenue he's a raging
epidemic.
For, with him. too often, law
enforcement and blackmaiI are
synonymous.
A 17-mOnths-Old baby on n.
Delaware st. drank kerosene. Honk.
Honl! There's another baby Lin
coin.
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FO7" La Toilette

BY GEORGE w. NORRIS,
United States Senator (Repub-
lican) from Nebraska.
Senator La Toilette is not
only courageous fighter
against wrong and evil, but his
long public record shows him
to be one Of the most construc-
tive statesmen of the present
day. He was the au-
thor of the seamen's act, a law
that abolished slavery on the
high seas.
In the fight to tax wealth for
carrying on the war he pro-
posed measures that would
have relieved the poor and
raised the money by taxing
those who had made millions
out Of the war.
Had his proposition on rail
road legislation been enacted
into law we would not now be
confronted with a transporta-
ton system which Injuries the
manufacturer, overburdens the
consumer and ruins the farmer.
He has always offereds a rem
edy when he has condemned an
evil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
The BObber Shop


BY c. A. l..
Pete, the porter, says q little gar
lie goes a long way and many ways
at the same time.
The meanest man in seven States
Is the gink who puts olive seeds in
the baked beans.
III the corset ever does come
back" said a woman in the end
chair this morning. you men will
receive it with open arms"
NEXT!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
Football

To ATURDAY marked the for
- nal opening Of the Indiana
- football season.
From now until after Thanksgtv-
ing they'll be hard at it. Purdue, I.
T., Notre Dame, high schools, on
down to barber colleges and CORE
spondence school.
And the press will chronicle cas-
ualties.
What's the game all about7
Some find nothing elevating IN
watching a cluster of young men, IN.
upholstered pants, root Up perfectly
good turf with any convenient an
gularity Of their persons-occasion-
ally pausing to spit out used tooth
or a blazing adjective.
Some fail to be inspired at the sight
Of a football crowd shrieking mad.
ly and excitedly dangling their ton
sils in the brisk autumn afternoon
as some timber lad Jugs an inflated
bladder over the last white line.
They're right. Football is
rough. brutal game. More dangerous
and perhaps more silly than NAH
jong It has no redeeuing qualities
except that It is a hard, clean sport.
1t demands a vigorous body and a
clean mind and it instills into youth
the fundamentals of that something
we define as manhood.
There are casualties from it-and
from any other of mans activities.
But, probably. for the youth of IN
dianapolis a nose broken in football
is less damaging to inward beauty
than a bottle broken in the Jack
O'Lantern Gardens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
What name do children born out
of Wedlock take?
Usually the mothers name.

What is a simple method of
measuring the flow of spring?
Dam up the stream. insert a pipe
or an overflow, so that the water can
be collected in a bucket as it runs
into the overflow, and count the
number of buckets collected in a
minute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
KnO0, Indiana

When was the Whitewater Canal
started?
Sept. 10, 1886, the same year the
$13, 100000 internal improvement bill
was passed.
When did imported goods first 'ap-
pear in Indiana?
About 1920 broadcloth, brocades
and taffetas first appeared in the
State.
Did Grant have charge of any In
diana troops?
Only incidentally. He was in COM
mand of the Army of Tennessee, In
which a great number of Indiana
men were enlisted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
Contribution

THE sap Grace is engaged to asked
her to contribute something toward
the home he's promised her
do you suppose she WHIP"
You bet! She's going to give him
the gater Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
BUSINESS METHODS

REs what be done when business is substituted for
II politics in the operating of State departments
Pennsylvania hires thirty persons and expends $4,000
year to coectts $6O00O00 gasoline apply build
ing of roads 1t collects of little more
than Sc gas tax per automobile in the State.
Indiana hires ONE and the part time services of
girl stenographer expends $4,000 collect $42000 in
gasoline 1t collects average of $788 automo
bile.
recognized expert gasoline tax that an average
should be collected for each automobile in the State
Charles Benjamin gas clerk the State auditors Office
than that through his methods He has
field men, does the Pennsylvania gas tax department He
the of each company and if it appears that
Hhe falling off he investigates to the State is being
Hshortchanged He collected $4,000 delinquent taxes
through his method with the part time aid of senographer
The automobile license department collects about So $1,000
year But it costs than Sill 900 annually to collect it.
1t takes about eighty nine persons to collect it.
1t appears that duly allowing for the fact that it costs
operate licensing department. the auto license de-
partment could take little object lesson from the operation
of the State gas department
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

BEWARE OF the driver with bathing beauty pasted on
his windshield His vision low as the avators say
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

sHE FRENCH Academythas removed the word cocktail"
dictionary but the genial card stands pat for the
Iy}eE of the liquid language.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

THE EXPRESIDENT of Chile seemed to have had bunch
that his constitution matter of safety should follow
fag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

IT LOOKS like rubbing it into Al to make Lieut. Lowell
Smith president of the National Smith Society
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

WHEN THE papers speak of the princes engagements
hey make feel that she isn't her job and daugh
Ter knows it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

All other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are conhden'
What was the amount Of the
fortune left by George Washing
ton?
About $5S0.0OO, at a conservative
estimate.
In what kind Of business was
Grant engaged before he entered
the Civil War?
Having engaged unsuccessfully In
both farming and real estate, he
went to Galena, Ill. where he took
position in a store owned by his
father.
How many times a day do No
hammedans pray and how many
postures do they assume?
They pray five times a day, as
Stunning thirteen pastures during
prayer.
At what ages to cats and dogs
attain maturity? What is thee
average age attained by these
animals?
Cats attain full growth at the age
Of 9 months. while a dog does not
attain full growth until the age Of
IA months. The average length Of
life of cat is from IL to Is years;
of a dog, u years.
When and how should peonies
be divided and transplanted?
Transplant any time from the
latter part of August through the
month Of September. They require
a medium loan soil and do best in
sunny places. Dig the plants up
and cut the clubs of roots with a
large sharp knife. DO not divide
them too finely: cut them with two
or three eyes on each one; cut back
the old leaves, and plant each plant
three or four inches deep in the
soil.
Where is Bots Blanc Island and
how long is it?
In Cheboygan County, Michigan.
in Lake Huron, about ten miles
southeast Of Mackinaw. 1t is about
ten miles in length.
At what age do people attain
their full growth?
Most people attain full growth by
the time they have reached "a; in
the majority of cases perhaps a
little earlier. A girl is apt to reach
this stage a little earlier than a boy.
When was the first Federal
census taken in the United States?
In 1890 in South Carolina. The
next taken was in Alabama in 1920.
On what should captive lizards
be fed?
On insects, ant eggs. little pieces
of meat, a little egg and a little
milk.
Why is blood red?
The color is due to the presence
of a pigment, haemoglobin, In the
red corpuscles. This pigment con-
tains about GA per cent iron.
Why is the name Delilah often
applied to a woman apparently as
describing her character?
1t is often applied to a woman who
beguiles and betrays a man, because
Delilah, the wife of Samson. accord
ing to the story, beguiled him into
telling her the secret of his strength,
which was that he should not cut
his hair; she then cut his hair and
betrayed him to his enemies, the
Philistines. who captured and blind
ed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
Both Unhappy

Neither Republicans nor Demo
Gratis are happy over the inside re-
ports they are getting from the West.
Even the correspondents of par
tisan newspapers have begun telling
the truth about California Iowa and
other States out West; and all point
to a La Toilette groundswell.
No matter what publicity bunk is
given out about how Davis captured
the West. the information that
comes from seasoned Democratic
politicians is that Davis has no
chance out West, and that the wise
thing to do is to encourage Demo-
cratic voters to vote for La Toilette
and help take former Republican
States away from Coolidge.
The big money isn't coming in
very fast. The big fellows evident
ly don't like the idea of that Borah
committee taking a look-see to find
out who's contributing. But. of
course, they'll come in on the finish.
One way to get around the publicity
feature Of big contributions is to run
deficit, with the understanding
that the big contributors will make
it up after election.
The people don't seem to scare
worth a darn this year. The only
frightened ones are the politicians,
and they're scared because they
don't know how the people are going
to vote. and don't know what to do
about it. That silent vote is so all
fired silent that it keeps EN- awake
highs trying to hear it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

WE '|DOLLAR-CHASERS' must throw off at least 100
scents, judging from the way Europe chases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

A four-sided figure whose sides
are equal and the opposite sides
parallel, but which has two of its
angles obtuse and two acute. There
is also a genus of fiat fishes called
rhombuS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

ALSO THE world flyers have demonstrated that the long
est way round is not the shortest way home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

ALL those Chinese cities be invaded that
Gen. Nah Jongg is the very to lead.
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Ask The Times

You can set an answer to any ques-
ton OF fact or information Dy writing
10 the indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 New YORK Ave. Wash
ington, D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are conhden-
tial.-EdltOr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

4 few Illinois affinities are learn
ing that the road to happiness is not
paved with arsenic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

E-7ASHINGTON, Sept. 20. -
1--WE He'll an Maria Dawes has
panned out. as blusterers
generally do, pretty much Of bluR-
Cussing isn't eloquence as a general
practice; and when Dawes started
out to cuss his way TO the center Of
the stage and began blowing about
what he was going to do and how
he was going to do it. students OF
human nature knew what to expect.
They know that the fellow who
blows too much generally blows up
before his wind gives out.
Dawes didn't make a hit. even
with his own partisans. when he
went to Wisconsin and abused La
Toilette as a demagogue and a Red,
but he did attrack enough attention
to draw the fire OF the Progressives
on himself
When Senator Wheeler opened up
on Banker Dawes in his own home
town of Chicago and turned the light
on the bank deal with Lorimer, he
made charges that can't be waved
aside as hearsay or partisan bank;
because the facts are in the records
Of the Supreme Court Of Illinois.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29
Young, Not Dawes

And while the Dawes plan OF set
ting Europe's disturbed finances has
been played up as something great
that Dawes did, it turns out that
the American financial and business
genius who Is entitled to all the
credit for originating and carrying
out the so-called Dawes plan is
Owen D. Young.
Young's plan is called the Dawes
plan because Dawes happened to be
the political chairman Of the commits
sion OF which Young was the NOV
ing spirit. And Young IS the man
who remained in Europe to carry out
the plan and make his dream come
true.
Altogether there is mighty little
satisfaction IN C. o. p. headquarters
over the Dawes performance up to
date. There was hope that he could
take the burden off Coolideg's Shout
ders by doing all the rough stuff
while Calvin remained cool calm and
quiet in the White House. Now it
look sas If Coolidge would have to
emerge and do the heavy campaign
ing himself.
Coolidge has ne record to Defend;
Dawes has.
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n ATURDAY marked the for
= NAL opening Of the Indiana
- football season.
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DAWES FAILS
TO GET B Y
WITH BLUFF
Old Parties Unhappy Over
Reports Received From
West.
Times Washington Bureau,
1922 NeiC York Are.

.ASHINGTON, Sept. 20.
He'll an Maria Dawes has
banned out. as blusterers
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What was the amount Of the
fortune left by George Washing
ton?
About $3.50. 900, at a conservative
estimate.
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IOOsierisms
BY GAYLORD NELSON

John F. WHITE, secretary of
the Federation Of Community
i Civic Clubs, suggested at a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-29

~7LAUDE WORLEY, Criminal
Court investigator. raided the
L busy office of an eminent Ma
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Where is Bots Blanc Island and
how long is It?
In Cheboygan County, Michigan.
in Lake Huron, about ten miles
southeast of Mackinaw. 1t is about
ten miles in length.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-23
Helen Wills to
Meet Mrs. Molla
Mallory Today
by United Press Leased Wire,

BROOKLINE, Mass, Aug. %
Helen. Wills and Vincent Richards
will meet Mrs. Molla Mallory and
William T. Tilden in the final round
of the national mixed doubles on
the ! Longwood Cricket club courts
here today. Miss Wills and Rich
ards defeated Miss Eleanor Goss
and Rene La Coste, France, in the
, lower half of the semi yester-
day 6-2, so.
Miss Wills lost service i'll the
second set but both La Coste and
Miss Goss lost service repeatedly
and were barely match for their
opponents.
Tiden defeated William M. Johns
ton in an exhibition set 8-6. Johns
ton lost service twice.
Mrs, M1olla Mallory and William
Il. Tilden earned their way into the
finals of the national mixed doubles
when they defeated Mrs. George
Whitman, New York, and Jean Boz
rotra, France in straight sets, 6-2,
Ga. =
Mrs. Mallory and Tilden meet the
victors of the games between Miss
Wills-Vincent Richards and Miss
Goss-Rene La Coste in finals today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-23
DUNLAP TAKES
STAND. RELATES
HIS LIFE STORY
Sneers at Los Angeles
Police Force in
Talk
nv united press Leased wire

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-Harry
J. Dunlap, the badge bandit
will be questioned Monday concern
ing his testimony yesterday after
noon when he took the witness stand
in his own defense.
For several hours Dunlap told
his story, in one breath denying that
he had ever committed a crime and
in the next saying that he had pass
ed scores of bad checks. 1t is his
story of his past life as he unfold
ed it or the witness stand that the,
state will attack in cross -examna-
tiOn.
Through his story, Dunlap sneered
at the local police and district at
torney's office, and spent many
minutes casting vituperative remarks
at his wife, who aided authorities In
the nation wide search for him.
The police department, the
..badge bandit" said, is composed
of a @big bunch of dumbbells.' Z
Judge Grail called him to order
several times in his story, admin
istering severe reprimand.
District Attorney Asa Keyes was
also on the witness stand for q
short time, questioned by Defense
Attorney Golden relative to evE
dence submitted during the trial.