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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
LETTER FROM SALLY ATHER-
TON TO LESLIE PRESCOTT


TON TO LESLIE PRESCOTT
Well. I'll say one thing. Leslie
dear, and that is your husband may
have his faults. but when he gets
into action. he is that often men
toned. but seldom found human
dynamo.
1 was nearly wild about Jimmy
Condor, as you know, for Mr.. Pres
colt told me that he left the two let
tiers that : enclosed to him for you
to read. 1 was. glad he did for I
knew that you would understand.
You would know as 1 did that the
boy was not wholly to blame.
Some times. Leslie. when l see a
little ignorant scheming she-devil
like Mabel Carter making every man
with whom she comes in contact
bow down and kiss her feet, / feel
like raising Highlands to heaven
and forswearing both men and
women forever.
The world, the flesh and the devil
seem 70 kick up such awful hula
baloos at times and then, my dear,
down deep in my heart / know /
am rather envious of those super
women. Dot look at me as though
had said something terrible for you
know I could never be one OF those
vampire creatures, however much I
would want to be. and when think,
dear. Of the thousands and thousands
of blessed women like you, get my
balance back again.
I don't know what your husband
said to Jimmy when he returned
here. He had long session with
him and when the boy came out of
his Office he looked as though he
had been run through a mangle. If
he felt as fiat as he looked Mr.. Pres
colt had certainly done him some
good. If ever you saw a cowed young
egotist. that kid was one.
And now I am going to say some
thing perfectly terrible. dear, but be
tween You and me I think Mr.. Pres
colt was a little harder than he
might have been IL he had not re
membered the first time he saw the
lady. 1 remember he was quite in.
clined to think she was a maligned
and lovely creature. 1 think, my
| dear. that poor Jimmy had to take
some OF the lashing he was giving
himself.
1t is all right now. however. jim
hasn't looked sidewise since Mr
Prescott got back. He is working
harder than ever and as 1 lent him
the thousand dollars to make up the
payroll. no one except ourselves Is
any the wiser.
Her vamping ladyship is some
where on the way toward Soutl
America and Mr.. Prescott is pattine
himself on the back and acting very
righteous and grand.
oh. Leslie. Leslie. isn't life wonder
full and aren't men scream.
Copyright. 1925. NEA. Service, Inc.
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BUSINESS OF CITY
TO SUFFER WITH
Split IN COUNCIL
Minority Faction Holds Up
important Appropriation
Ordinances.

City business will be interfered
with, perhaps seriously, city officials
declared today, as the result of a
split along factional lines, which
developed at the city council meet
ing Monday night.
Refusal of the. minority faction,
composed Of Lloyd d. Claycomb.
Walter w. Wise, Theodore J. Bernd
and Ira l.. Bramblett, to vote for
appropriation ordinances resulted In
in number Of these going over to
the next meeting. Among these was
an ordinance for employing two adj
ditional clerks in the Barrett law
department of the city controllers
office, and for the purchase of new
cabinets and fixtures for the Bertil-
Ion department at police station.
Five new traffic ordinances were
introduced and referred to the safe
ty committee. They provided for
.one-way traffic on Meridian st. and
Capitol Ave. during rush hours;
one and one-hals.hour parking on
Meridian St., Washington Sixteenth
Sts.; all-night parking on west side
Of Bird St., and north sides of Wa
bash and Pearl Sts., Pennsylvania to
Illinois Sts., prohibiting parking on
north side of Southeastern Ave-,
Washington to Leota Sts., and pro-
hitting parking on the east side of
Riverside Dr., Eighteenth to TWEEN
ty-Ninth SITS.
Resolution asking that Congress
make Indianapolis an airplane mail
station, introduced by Heydon w.
Buchanan, was adopted.
Councilman John z. King urged
a resolution providing that a com
mittee composed of the president of
the board of works, city engineer,
track elevation engineer, representa-
tives of railroads and others be
named to expedite track elevation in
the southeastern section of Indian
apolis. The resolutionswa adopted.
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Ave. Covers for ten were laid at a
table arranged with pink sweetpeas
and decorated In keeping with both
Valentine and George Washington
suggestions. The program included
piano solos and readings by James
Reed.
Mrs. Lon r. Smith, formerly Of
81 Maple Court, has gone to Detroit,
Mich, to live. Mrs. Jean j. Min
thorne, her daughter. entertained In
her honor, several times before she
left.
The Mothers Club Of Kindergarten
No. 2 gave a Valentine party Tues
day at the Riverside NJ. Z. Church
for the children at the regular
monthly meeting. The committee in
charge was Mesdames Robert AL
ford, George II. Richter. A. B. Her
dich, William Ulrey. William
Waters.
The l.. A. A. o. II. Division No.
will entertain with cards Wednes-
day evening at Odd Fellow Hall.
Hamilton Ave. and e. Washington
st.
Ladies' of the South Side Turner's
will give a card party Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 at the hall on
Prospect st.
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He offers cigarets to other girls
and calls them good sports" IL they
take an occasional drink, but CEN
sures his sister for a few puffs of
cigaret or couple Of sips OF wine.
He chats chumily with the modern
grandmother who hobs her hair and
is ION the go" constantly, but wants
his mother to be the dear, old
fashioned, gentle kind that depends
on her children for contact with the
world.
He approves of the almost mascu-
line efficiency of his stenographer,
but wants &c &c cghter to be the
most feminine OF fen,inines.
IA rays willingly to make his
business efficient, but: expects his
wife to make her hone just as effi-
cient without paying.
Ard he calls women INCONSISTENT
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PLAN VALENTINE DANCE
Costume Party to BE Given by Gun
Club Thursday.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Cat
ling Gun Club will entertain Thurs
day evening with the Valentine cos
tune dance which was to have been
held Feb. IL. at the clubhouse. 700
N. Illinois st. The committees in
charge include Mrs. Harry Pell,
tickets; Mrs. G. l.. Girard. music:
Miss Katherine Riley, decorations.
and Mrs. h. p. Randall. refresh
ments.
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Better training Of ministerial can
didates was urged In a resolution
adopted by Indianapolis Baptist Min
listers Union. "Pioneer Missionaries
In Japan" will be the topic OF the
Rcv. H w. Waldo. pastor Second
Baptist Church, at tho next meeting.
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~ aAAA 1&AA
over and raised
myself up again
1 could almost
s or a m w 1T h
pain in my back.
One day I was
SO bad that l
han to leave my
washing. Once
when we had
been In town a
little book tell
ing about Lydia
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- 1YLVIA sits in the parlor trying to read.
NJ But the words in the book dance before
- her eyes,
Thump! Thump THUNfPl goes Sylvias heart.
For she is waiting or-her first beau.
go. Must she shake hands with him? How
shall she greet him? What will she talk about when
he comes?
ooh, how silly you are" Sylvia scolds herself. ito
be shy and shaky at the thought Of Tom!'
For she has known Tom all her life. Only this
noon he carried her books home from high school
And they talked gaily of thousand things
hockey games and algebra problems.
But somehow this is different.
Tom isn't just the boy next door any more. He is
her First Beau, coming to call to call upon
his Best Girl.
The grandfather's clock in the hall strikes s.
Then the door bell rings!
Sylvia runs to open the door.
There stands brandnew Tom one she
has never seen before.
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His hair is like patent leather. His face is shiny
with soap. and red with shyness. He has flower in
his buttonnoie. And he stuttersi
"Hhelo, S-sylvier' he says.
Hello" Sylvia Her voice
a thousand miles away.
Presently they seatedon the old sofa
in the parlor.
Sylvia is at end and Tom at the other
and the poles of the earth not farther apart
Or 1t to Sylvia
silently, rniseraby.
"whatn 1 say next?" Sylvia wonders. But there
Ii nothing to say.
Out in the dining room Dad is tuning in. And
suddenly the music of jazz band hundreds of miles
away fills the house.
Mandalayr" Sylvia cries, They're playing
MandalayT Don't you adore it. Tom? Let's dance.
And they do. And Sylvia forgets to be
shy forgets that Ton is her first beau
. a. He's just good old Torn the best
dancing partner in the world.
Copyright. 1925. by NEA Servicel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Politics.
BS Times\ Special

BH Times Special
NOBLESVILLE. Ind, Feb.
17.-After thirty-two ballots had
been taken without a selection
being made. meeting Of county
school children to choose a dele
gate from Hamilton County to
the junior legislature adjourned
until Saturday.
The junior legislature will be
held at Indianapolis following
the close of the Indiana General
Assembly. Counties from all
over the State will send pupil
representatives"
Candidates from this county
are Julian Johnson Of Westf1eld.
Joe White of Noblesville and
Knoeful Van Mater OF Carmel.
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Mayor Shank's proposed fight
against high gasoline prices proba-
bly, will come to nothing. Ray
Wright, city purchasing agent. re-
ported after an investigation that it
would be difficult to buy gasoline
for >fdieienfly low price to pay
for handling
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At First Sight.

Dear Miss Lee: / met man three
weeks ago and have been going steady
marry him. ! said had not known hin
long enough. but he said that didn't mat
ter, because 10 was case of love at first
sight.s do think I love him. Should
marry himf 1 am 20 and he Is %.
WORRIED JANE.
Love at first sight" sounds
romantic. and some times it is. But
it is well to test 1t for long time,
to be sure it lasts. before you risk
marriage. Love Is too uncertain,
anyway, for you to take such a
gamble as the one this man pro-
poses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was left In our car. have taken
i've bottles of the Vegetable Com
pound now and / do all my house
work and help with the milking and
taking care of chickens and garden.
Besides have fine baby girl eight
months old just the picture of
health and l am feeling fine myself.
You may use this letter as a testi-
monial and 1 win answer any let
tiers asking about the Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. OSCAR r. BOR-
GELIN. Route No. s, Forest City.
Iowa.
A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
HEALTH TALKS BOOKED
First OF Series to Start at Y. w. G.
A., Wednesday Evening.

Beginning Wednesday at 8 p. M. a
series Of seven public lectures on
health will be given by local ply
sicians at the Y. w. c. A. Meetings
have been arranged by Miss JOY
Taylor, education director.
DIR. A. L. Walter win speak
Wednesday on food and Its ReIa-
ton Of Health" Meetings will be
each wednesday night.
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AMENDMENT REJECTED
Pennsylvania Turns Down Child
Labor Change in Constitution.

Bu United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. H.
Pennsylvania Senate defeated the
proposed child labor amendment to
the Federal Constitution Monday
night by vote. Of as to A. The ac-
ton disposes of the question in this
State as there is no resolution be-
fore the House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
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LII l., z %
Blue Ridge DR.,
accompanied by
her children. Bet
ty and Gale, and
her mother, Mrs.
p. M. Gale. and
children. PIinney
Myron and Mary
Jane, left Sunday
for Los Angeles.
Cal T h ey will
visit there and In
San Diego, Cal.
until June.
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Mashed potatoes can be prepared
In a cake mixer in much less time
than it takes to prepare them by
hand.
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THIS WOMAN'S
REMARKABLE
RECOVERY
Entirely Due to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

MY first child lived only a short
time and / was sick for a year after
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Men May. Lay Claim
to Inconsistency loo

Inconsistency is special fault usually arbued-by men
And yet, she has copyright on it.
For instance
A admres another woman who great deal OF
batcr wife doing thing
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The Tuesday Friendship Club met
Tuesday for luncheon at the home
of Mrs. Grace Reed. 1924 Kenwood
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
PARKHURST I 0
SEEK RELEASE
ON BOND
Habeas Corpus Sought to
FREQ Boy Charged With At
tack on Silver Spring Girl

Habeas corpus proceedings will
be heard Friday morning at 10
o'clock for the release on bond OF
Robert s. Parkhurst, twenty-five
year-old Berwyn, Nd, youth now
being held in jail at Rockville on
charge OF criminal assault pre-
ferred by Mary Elizabeth Price
sixteen-yera old daughter Of George
Price, Of Silver Spring, Md.
Young Parkhurst is a son Of Mrs.
Virginia Peters arkhurst, who re-
Gently announced her candidacy for
the Democratic nomination FOR the
United States Senate next year.
The habeas corpus proceedings
will be heard before Judge Robert
Peter, OF the circuit court, and
will be argued by his son Robert
Peter, jr., who has been retained
by the boys mother.
Two weeks ago Parkhurst was
given q preliminary hearing; be-
fore Judge Samuel Riggs In the
police court at Rockville and was
held without bail for the action Of
the November grand jury. Judge
Riggs, however, stated at that time
that liz he were trying the case
instead Of simply sitting as com
hitting magistrate he would acquil
Parkhurst on the strength of an
abb presented at the hearing.
Young Parkhurst's case was ma
terialIy strengthened by Mary
Prices switching of stories first
that it was a negro who attacked
her, later that it was Parhhurst,
and again, later, that 1t was the
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
HORSES SAFE, BUT MAN
DIES IN TRUCK CRASH

LEBANON, Pa, Sept. Leon
Travers, twenty. OF Cambridge.
Nd, was killed In a motortrucl1 ac-
cident at the foot OF South Noun
tain, near Cold Springs. Chester
Scatterfield, fifty-nine, of Harring-
ton, DEL, was slightly injured. Ken
meth Thomas, twenty-five, Of Cam
bridge, Nd, escaped injury, as did
also q negro and his wife.
All five were occupants of a large
nnotortruck transporting three race
horses owned by C. L. Hatchell, Of
Cambridge, Md, to the Lebanon
fair. Thomas lost control Of the
truck on a sharp curve and the
machine was ditched. Travers SUI
fered punctured lungs and a frac-
tured right leg. The horses were
unhurt.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
len SantaEY Years
How the Santa Ec has grown in ten years andN
that gOEth means to SanlaIe patrons. Beltu service
unreasonable rates. due to efficiency Of operation
and millions spent for improvements.

That Santa Fe freight n1oUes promptly,
that Santa Fe journeys are enjoyable
doesn't just happen.
Wise economies, 264 million dollars
spent between 1914 and 1924 on track
and equipment, and the cooperation Of
patrons and employees these have helped
to build up q great transportation ma
chine which IS at your instant service for
most reasonable charge. And this in the
face 81 heavy increase incosts Of operation
without corresponding increase in rates.
In these ten years the Santa Fe and the
Southwest have grown together. The Santa
Fe's growth has been not only in mileage
and facilities, but also in ability to se1De
patrons better.
This decade has been ! period Of e.
pension. In It the Santa Fe's operated
mileage has increased 922 miles. Each
locomotive now hauls 81 per cent more.
Nearly II, 900 more Santa Fe freight cars
are available. There has been an increase
Of Is per cent in passengers carried one
mile and 79 per cent in revenue tons car
ned one mile. 81
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
With The
|Alibi Artists.
Victims in Auto Deaths
Comply With Regula-
tons, Statistics
Show
Problems for Eldridge
By DONALD McDOUGAL

An editorial In. a Washington
daily reads:
Thus far in 1925 there have
been fifty-two persons killed on
the streets OF Washington and,
according to police statistics, only
in three instances were the
drivers Of the vehicles which
caused the deaths held. RESPONSE
BILE. In these forty-nine cases the
drivers were exonerated by
coroner's juries, blame for the
tragedies placed upon the VIC
tins themselves and the official
records marked to show that
death was accidental These
verdicts, obtained through the
examination OF eye Witnesses be-
fore the coroner and his juries,
must be accepted as accurate and
authentic.
The editorial writer suggests
that these figures should be
studied by critics Of Washing
toms traffic conditions.
That struck us as q pretty
good suggestion 30 we went
down to the nnorgue and examined
fifty-two deaths.
In nine cases the drivers were
held for the grand jury because
the evidence showed they We're
careless or drunk. in four cases
the accident was found to be to
the pedestrians carelessneas; in
the remaining sthirty-nine cases,
the tragedy was held to Ybe uI1-
ayoidable. with no blame attach
ing to either pedestrian or
The statement that in 40 cases
the blame was placed upon the
victims themselves Is quite an
exagReration. In only 4icases, or
per cent OF the total. did the
jury find the pedestrian blame
worthy.
The records show that in 80
cases, or Is per cent OF the total,
both the driver and the pedes-
TRAN were complying with the
regulations: in II per cent Of
the cases the driver was at fault;
and only per cent OF the cases
were avoidable by the pedestrian.
We are surprised to note tnat
the director, in commenting on
these figures, speaks only OF the
pedestrians share Of the RESPONSE
bility, and passes over the re-
naming 90 per cent without re.
mark.
"The pedestrian must shoulder
some OF this responsibility" Mr..
Eldridge Is quoted, and adds that
he does not know what more can
be done in this direction than
the steps now being taken by his
staff. Startling confession!
It might not be q bad idea to
tackle the majority group OF
cases-the 20 per cent-first.
Even IL ali the pedestrians were
trained to the most exemplary
carefulness, the reduction in mum.
Der Of fatal accidents would be
only s per cent or the total.
- The director agrees with tho.
AIibi Column that the install lila Hon.
or signal lights would reduce the
casualty list most encouragingly.
That is good news, certainly,
but we are sorry the director
has given such a small proportion
of his efforts to establishing them
promptly. With death and in
jury occurring at a rate. that
puts washington among the five
most dangerous cities from a
traffic standpoint it is difficult
to understand why four months
have elapsed without the estab.
lishnent of a single traffic lights
The Washington times., 1925-09-02

Other important items have grown,
too. Such as expense Of maintenance Of
therailroad, which increased 121 per cent
or ST, 700 mile. Maintenance Of loco.
motives showed an upward trend 81 137
per cent, or Sc, IA each. Passenger cars.
IS per cent, Of 1929 car. Freight
cars 155 per cent Or $751; per car. All
operating expenses combined jumped
Ia per cent. Taxes advanced for each
mile Of track 1876 per cent Or 1898. To-
tal taxes in 1924 were ST., $50, 1861 81,
81, 499 per mile.
Yet Santa Fe freight rates have gone
up only 20 per cent and passenger fares
only AZ per cent.
Freight loading carried By each car has
increased 8. IL tons, or II percent Freight
loading carried BY each freight train has
increased 226 tons, Or 81 per cent. These
are gratifying marks Of progress.
The Santa Fe hopes to keep On srou,
ing and to keep on giving satisfactory
service.
.W.B STOREY. President
The A.zhisun. Topeka y Santa F. Railway SSystsn
The Washington times., 1925-09-02

mer employee Of the Athens office
of the tobacco company, and was
based on a letter said to have
been written by the office man
ager, promising huge commission.
Mr.. Aravantinos thought the letter
was a forgery, and with the con-
sent of the Athens courts brought
the letter to this country and con-
suited Mr.. Osborn. The expert
said that a microscopic and photo
graphic examination revealed that
a paragraph promising the COM
mission was written on a different
machine and later than the body
of the letter.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
VETS BACK LONE WORKER
IN FAMILY" PRACTICE

Veterans organizations are sup
porting a new plan whereby the
employment of more than one Fed
eral employee from a single family
may be discouraged.
The proposal. which is chiefly
aimed at, the practice Of having
husbands and wives both Govern
nent wage earners, centers around
a new system of credit subtrac-
tons from efficiency ratings of the
Federal employees, to be applied
when discharges and demotions are
made.
Although the plan has been
placed before the Personnel CLASH
fication Board, it is not likely to
be acted upon in the near future.
The plan Of either prohibiting or
discouraging the employment Of
husbands and wives In the Gov.
ernment service has often been
under discussion by personnel Off
Gals, but no action has ever been
taken.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
Suicides in Army

BERLIN, Sept. 2. During the
last twelve months there have
been 100 suicides in the German
army.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
NEW YORK HIGH COURT
UPHOLDS HOME RULE

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 2.-The
constitutional amendment giving
cities OF New York State home rule
was held valid by. the Court of AID.
peals in decision handed down to-
day. ~
Reversing the ruling of the Ap.
pellate Division, first department,
which declared the amendment in
valid, the highest tribunal in the
State announced its decision less
than twenty-four hours after the
appeal had been formally laid be-
fore it. 1t was one of the quickest
decisions ever made py the court.
Approximately 172 local laws
passed by cities under the home
rule amendment were saved by the
decision.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
SIX JOBS ARE OPEN
At DISTRICT NAVY YARD.

The labor board at the Washing,
ton Navy Yard Is receiving applica-
tons for the position OF fireman.
electrician, electricians helper,
blacksnlith's helper. machinist's
helper and pipefitter's helper, it
was announced today.
A register from which future
vacancies will be made up from
the applications filed.
The Washington times., 1925-09-02
GREEK COURT SENDS TO
u. s. FOR OPINION

NEW. YORK.. Sept. 2.-P. j.
Aravantinos, an attorney of Athens,
Greece, and formerly Grecian Min
lister OF the Interior. win sail on
the steamship Mauretania with a
deposition for the Athens courts
from Albert Osborn, the hand
writing expert. which he hopes
win result in the dismissal of a
suit for 100000 drachmas about
$40 900, brought against the Glenn
Tobacco Company, Of Winston
Salem, N. G.
The suit was brought by for