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many other characters but space
prevents me.
Fourth-One will be impressed
with the gigantic sympathy Of
Quick with real American life as
developed from the mixing of for
eign blood with that truly Amer
lean. The great accomplishment Of
Quick IS that In 1.-THE Invisible Wo-
man" he has given us not char
acters of fiction, but men and women
who rise from the printed page and
stand upon their own feet and walk
their experiences of life right be-
fore your very eyes.
| cannot overestimate the liter.
airy value OF this new novel. 1t is
the real goods, not cheap and tawdry
fiction 1t is the result of the most
careful literary work. 1t is not
trash, but one Of those fine Ameri-
can things which will rise from the
mob of publications, and will be-
come individual and commanding in
the realm Of fiction.
No Fear
Have no fear when you approach
this lengthy novel that you will not
finish 1t. I wrecked nearly four
nights of sleep to read 1t. When
came downtown to work felt that
Christina, her father, Magnus, and
the other folk of Iowa were my
neighbors. They seemed to me to
actually exist. I admit that 1 cut
short some important work to get
back home with the characters Of
Herbert Quick.
Quick Is well known to the read
ers of The Times, az he is a con.
tributor to this publication.
Lot of us rave when a foreign
writer turns out something big about
the life and character Of the United
States. Quick knows the inside beat
OF the hearts of the American people.
He has captured the thought, love,
battles, tragedy and comedy Of the
people.
Again I repeat: 1.-THE Invisible
Woman" will not perish. but will
take its place by the side Of the very
few Worthwhile modern stories Of
American life.
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joins the mayor OF Gary-who re-
signed recently preparatory to
serving sentence I'm Federal prison
for a similar conspiracy-in prov
ing that it is unhealthy TO run wet
towns in dry times.
The prohibition law may or may
not be a failure. Probably It is
If 100 per cent enforcement is ex-
pected. But nowhere in Indiana
is open and notorious violation of
It approved by the majority.
Years ago, Boss Tweed. when
charged with outrageous corrup-
ton. asked insolently: What are
you going to do about it?" And
he got away with it-for a time.
Mayors CT Hoosier cities may
adopt the Same contemptuous at
.titude toward prohibition enforce
ment-but they can't get away
with It Public opinion is against
them.
If they personally oppose the
dry act. they had better keep their
feelings to themselves. Even pri-
vate citizens with thirsts don't
cheer officers who disregard oaths
to run wide-open towns.
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Weekly Book ReUielJ

Merrill Co., of Indianapolis, by
pointing out it's striking points as
follows:
Firts-The careful oharactei
drawing OF the men and women who
appear In this narrative. Many have
previously appeared in "Vande-
marks Folly" and 1.-THE Hawkeye."
Quick is absolutely complete in de-
scribing his characters. The reader
seems to live right in their COM
munity. We know their history,
their life at home, their quarrels and
the village gossip. Quick is one OF
the foremost American authors to-
day in drawing complete character
ization.
Second-Cltristina Thorkelson is
introduced in the whirlwind that
struck Iowa. We first see her as
a quiet and invisible character in
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| WEEDS
| OR WHEAT

1N1R. FRANK s. c. wICKS.
I'D pastor Of All Souls Unitar-
~ ian Church Of indianapolis.
recently addressed the interna-
tional birth control conference, In
session in New York, on weeds
or Wheat" He declared multiple
cation Of the unfit menaces civili-
cation.
That is a favorite theme of so
cial workers and eugenicists. They
assert the hopelessly unfit are in
creasing so rapidly that if scientific
breedlng-with enforced steriliza.
ton of mental defectives-isn't
practiced the race will deteriorate.
Doubtless human stock can be
improved by scientific breeding.
Man has produced better corn.
goldfish and hogs by selective
processes. Why can't he produce
better men by application Of SINH
lar scientific principles2
1t sounds simple and logical
but breeding super-men isn't as
easy as breeding a prize steer.
Man is a more complex organism
facing n more complex existence.
What are the desirable human
qualities scientific breeders should
try to perpetuate and accentuate?
To one perfection might be race
beautiful but dumb. To another
bullying intellects might be the
goal.
Nature has worked for some
time without human assistance
evolving higher types of animals.
Perhaps left to herself she will
solve the problem of better hui
mans. She operates slowly, but she
eventually prunes the family trees,
of all living creatures, to suit her
ideas. The human race is no big
ger problem to her than the fish
worm.
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Q. ]. What is the population of
Irvington? 2. Who is the pres
ent minister of the Evangelical
Church Of Irvington7 How long
has he been minister of that
church and what is his address?
A The census of Irvington Is
not taken separately. There Is
no Evangelical Church in Irving
ton.
What is the value of a silver
peace dollar dated 1921?
$1.00.
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Movid
BY Hal Col

40, hum. in the st
regular thing for the IN ~ q.
job TO arrive. Hence. VE|{s
season when father has n
feel that he'll never survive. -
The nice comfy spot that htr.
in a lot, while perusing the
each night, has suddenly G
for the rooms disarranged,
reading lamps shy OF a igh y
IT'S shortly detected, the N
expected, was really a hope thy.
rash. Nom fairly is dizzy FROM
and too busy to cook anything
some hash.
Right after he's eaten, some
must be beatin' and rubbish
such must be burned. Nom doG
directing and wind-up inspes
while getting the rest that \
earned.
Soon dad says. lets go to n
movie show" but the bunch p
out of his dome, when the m
just signs and then calmly re
There are pictures to move he
home"
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Light summer fiction is being
ten by authors who get their
by wading across a sloppy stree
We are seriously thinking OF
ing our house turned half
around so the bill collectors
find the front door.
Wouldn't you he rich II you
nickel, or even a (penny. for
hairpin back of every auto SCI
--------@--.>-,.N
Tough steak may be made
by letting the family wear it a
as rubber heels.
A successful amateur gardeE
one who ia not disappointed
after his seeds have come up.
Another one of our reliable 81
style tips Is that scandals w
worn to a fragile.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service
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These treasury notes were to be full
legal tender, and were redeemable in
gold or silver coin at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The silver was to be coined only as
rapidly as was found necessary for
the redemption of the treasury
notes.
Is a five-year residence neces-
sary throughout the United States
before one can be naturalized?
Yes.
What has become Of the battle
ship Illinois?
1t has been out of commission
since May 15. 1920. On Oct. 25,
1921. It was loaned to the naval mi
litia Of the State Of New York, and
at this time Is still at their disposal.
Does a star Of theatrical com
pany pay the rest Of the cast?
Not unless he happens to be also
the producer. The producer always
attends to the salary end Of the
business.
am drawing a pension from
the United States Government. II
I should move to foreign coun-
try would my pension stop?
No. Simply write the office from
have the address changed. The pen
sion check will be sent just the same.
What is a. "Jay-Walker"
One who cuts corners and crosses
in the middle Of the block instead
n using tho pkeacrdhed crossYaYs.
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MUSIC HATH
CHARMS

O7TILESVILLE High School
ID won in the annual music
~ memory contest of the In
diana public schools. The finals
were played in indianapolis the
other day with thirteen schools
competing.
Photograph records Of classical
selections were played. Contest
ants. after listening. had to write
the name Of the selection, the
opera from which 1t was taken,
and the composer.
The Exposition building was not
necessary to accommodate tumul-
tuous rooters attra cted. The con
test was not as thrilling as the
State basketball finals-a duel be-
tween diatonic scale and eardrum
isn't an athletic spectacle.
Nevertheless the permanent
value of the affair will probably
equal that Of the BASKETBALL tour
nament. 1t has cultivated an ac-
quaintnace, liking and apprecia-
ton Of good music.
OF course music isn't practical
fits fr1ll. 1t never dug a ditch
nor canned a bean. Many success
full persons can't distinguish be-
tween Carmen" and Hard
Hearted Hannah"
Yet all the joys, sorrows, hopes.
and fears of mankind are wrapped
up in music. 1t expresses the emo
tons and reveals the soul Of hui
manity. It would be a dull. drab
world II music was banished from
II.
Through the music memory con-
tests pupils may acquire a taste
for something which viii afford
them enjoyment and comfort In
after years. Anyway It's better -,
them to tune up musical 4
nings, than to tvpSm t.
car. -
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

n HE night that l started read
ing 1.-The Invisible Woman"
0 by Herbert Quick, the daily
papers were broadcasting the hor-
rors of a wind twister in southern
Indiana.
First chapter Of Quick's new
novel of the Midland Trilogy is
introduced with the title of 1.-The
Biography of Whirlwind." This
twister, according to the author,
made q wreck out OF certain parts
of Iowa.
1t seems that history in fiction re-
peats itself in fact as Quick S
description Of the Iowa twister
fitted perfectly the Indiana visitor.
Am going to approach this 4SS
PACED book, published by the Bobbs-
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boundary In time Of ignorance but
she lived to suffer so terribly by
this one oct The result of her moral
crime was always before her. Won
defully drawn is the character Of
Owen Gowdy, the product of the in
vasion Of crime. / should mention
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Tom Sims Say

The beautiful thing about ST
is later on I'm the night you q
mind hearing the baby have Ill
These thin stockings won't pr1<
legs from sharp looks.
And we claim If holding the bF
develops the lungs these neckins
ties are healthy to some extev
Perhaps the only way to
chickens out Of your garden ~
eat canned vegetables.
The nice thing about soup Tor
ner is IL company comes just ad
little more water.
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ton law. Ten
other residents of
the town drew
lesser penalties.
IL a W doesn't
permit the court
to give you suf-
fcient pu nj s h
ment." J Il d g e
Baltzell told the
mayor. You vio-
lated the law in
of your oath
to uphold the
Constitution
The mayor OF
Bic knell now
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$25 and captains $50. Firemen must contrib
ute So and officers in the fire department $40.
This situation alone should be sufficient to
arouse the voters of Indianapolis to the point
where they will hasten to overthrow form
of city government that permits such a SIS
tenn.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
WET TOWNS
IN DRY TIMES
BY GAYLORD NELSON

7AYOR CALLAHAN OF Bick-
I'M nell, Ind. was sentenced
0 in Federal Court yesterday
to two years Imprisonment for
conspiracy to violate the prohibit
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SEEING WASHINGTON, D. @.

A reader of this column asks
for a list of principal places of
interest and suggestions on
touring Washington. Any 9TH
err reader. contemplating a visit
to Washington and desiring a
mimeographed bulletin on this
subject may obtain 1t by writ
ing to our Washington Blu
reau, inclosing 2-cent postage
stamp for reply.
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Should two.tube SET cause any
disturbance to a f1ve-tube set in
the house next door?
No, not IL properly tuned.
What are the names of the leu
tenant governors of Nova Scotia,
Quebec and Ontario, Canada7
Grant McCallum, Hon. Louis p.
Brodeur and Henry Cockshutt, TO
spectively.
What is the worlds record for
pistol shooting.
1850 out of a possible 800. made
by the United States Infantry team
OF TT. Niagara, N. x. at that place
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10 MEAN POLITICS

City Manager movement SClrS Inem up.
POLITICIANS, including former Police
Captain John Zener, Mayor Shank's man
p work, are becoming considerably agitat-
|ver the movement to bring about the
pess-like city manager form of government
A few weeks ago Zener,
drawing his salary as police captain,
Mated petitions asking for a commission
Rof city government Policemen and fire
y ere virtually forced to circulate the petit
" Law the same John Zener, but for the
~ ing not police captain, is spending his
hking down these same policemen and
"a for contributions to the Relph Lemcke-
Igor fund.
ner's lack of sincerity is more than OBJ
is of course impossible for one man at
Id the same time to be for the comusis-
< orm of city government and for Ralph
IKE or any one else for mayor.
ME commission petitions, which were OBJ
4tained under false pretenses, are being
k}n safe deposit box waiting for the
4 5es men who are supporting the city
NJ form of government to file their pc
<z3Aoon as the city manager petition is
&r expects to file his commission petit
zE& bis only one purpose in this commits
68Hkh and that is to prevent the people
!. 4 5}v< plis from choosing the city manager
3ernment. Thus the present system
6hent would be retained and Ralph
|2T some one else would become mayor
I|k&5HNe to say that there are not dozen
Indianapolis who are for the COM
~ I'M of government.
Dry men who circulated the commits
" IRE strongly opposed to the com
nd, of course, even more strong
r. the city manager form.
of the best possible recommen-
~ manager form.
ssion petitions were circulated
Il and the policemen and iremen
g posed to be paid to serve the
X he when the difference between
form and the city manager
q - lbeen fully explained to citizens
IS could not be now obtained on
1etition unless the persons sign
" n simply to block the city
or unless, as has already
Is. 4 y, voters are given to I'M
VI are signing city manager
ElmiD istration has continually
per use of the police and fire
Y policemen and fremen must
kpch it may be against their
! T. ~ have repeatedly seen exam
l & Is exacted from those who
= kcally."
{ y council increased the
d fremen so cents day.
81 rt time later, the city adj
81 s. money away from police
H p 81 vgardless Of their political
r. TX le campaign of Mayor
= lI tie for mayor.
<< <55 & ~ as been fixed. Patrolmen
E< = e. y ergeants $40, lieutenants
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Illinois Central System Shows That Freight
Is Only One Cent on Dollar Meal

influence of freight rates prices
and disbursement
of billions annually that realizes only with atonishment how small
an really has of most commodities
of
Ill., selecting that because central point on our lines
Al which
dollar amounted to only about cent ana
substantially 1921 and the revised figures show the
assembling this typical dollar meal to be about cent and
mill
from widely scattered parts Of the
dollars
of freight
al h
S miracle of modern railway transportation
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Taking the Tie Out
Of Majesty

TO1VER in Baltimore the other day our
III doughty dry agents Graded" whole
window full of plaid neckties that were out
rageously violating the Volstead law.
The up-and-at- em window dresser of
Kahn's Quality Shop had filled his display
window with Scotch neckwear and set off with
some Scotch whisky cases-empty, it goes
without saying Then he put up sign read
ing:
REAL SCOTCH, $10O'
Now we call that pretty clever. But the
dry agents did not seem to think So They
demanded that the window be cleared 1t
was "agin the law" Why it was agin the
law, gosh knows unless, of course, it was
cruelt yto Misunderstanding the pardon of the
thirsty Baltimoreans for calling them animals.
Little by little we are making headwav
drying up the country, True the Atlantic
coast, The Gulf coast, the Pacific coast, the
Lake front and the Mexican and Canadian
borders are swarming with rum runners bring
ing in the stuff by ship and truck, but we can t
do everything at once. First let us rid our
haberdasheries of Scotch cravats and empty
boxes.
No doubt we will be going. after Scotch
terriers and golf pants next. And what will
happen to poor Harry Lauder the next time
he ventures to bootleg his Scotch dialect in
this country we shudder to contemplate. Still
and all his brand of Scotch comes in such large
lots that he ought to get by without detection
The majesty of the law must be upheld,
of course. But it does seem to us that we are
taking the tie" out of majesty"
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hrkness which may be felt.-Bible.

fhere is no darkness but ignorance
lespeare.
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the nrSt |
she asks
she will Il
you are a
40 don't 4
The hat
ket is &
frantic !
ity being y
among U
on windy d
The exI
around
country st
are predic
this win
the no
summer 4
back In \
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|7< of Correction and
Y ncy Hospital is located
California Ave. Chicago,
old whitewash be re-
IA a wall?
by wetting 1t literally
ledly with a solution of
Is Of potash In five gallons
and when softened remove
seraper.
v many miles of streets and
rs are there In the City OF
gton?
hare about $50 miles OF
avenues ranging from so
s. in width and 65 miles OF
ging in width from 100
the Sherman act Of
Ia to the purchase OF
United States Gov
pr the increase in the
Yer purchases by !
axernment to 49,
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Money Back?
Author-When my play was pro-
duced the public stormed thentieket
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Don't Be a Flower Hog

TNR. CHARLES C. PLITT, University of
u Maryland, has coined new one
8 flower hoo -
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any ques-
hoy writing
Z ashington
Re-. w ash
cents in
|al. legal and
= given. nor
undertaken.
kceive a per-
ests cannot
n conhden-
~ of the
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O1VER in Baltimore the other day ouI
~ doughty dry agents Graded" whole
window full of plaid neckties that were out
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-10-22
Conference Christian
Churches Meet Here

Fitzgerald will be host soon to the
annual convention of the Christian
churches in Georgia. This will be
, the second time in the history Of
this city that this convention has
been held here. The first time was
some seven years ago when Rev. E.
G. Orahood was pastor of the local
church.
The convention will bring OF Fltz-
gerald about 200 delegates. Among
this number will be many of the most
outstanding ministers and workers of
thc Brotherhood in this state. Rev.
]. Randall Farris, pastor of the First
Church of Savannah, is Convention
President, and will preside through
out the sessions. The program is de-
clared by those who always attend
these conventions to be perhaps the
strongest that has ever been pre-
sented at state gathering. The
Disciples of Christ, as thisbrother-
hod is best known, has made rapid
Roadway in Georgia in late years az
well as in other states. This is due
no doubt, to their plea for the unity
of all Christian people. The conven-
ton theme is Georgia for Christ"
and there will be inspiring messages
from leading ministers each evening
of the convention. The convention
opens on November 3, and runs
through the 5th All sessions will be
held at the Central Christian church
here where plans, under the direction
of the pastor, Rev Buce Nay, is be-
ing perfected. The church has just
been remodeled inside and many new
features added which will make a
most attractive appearance to the
many visitors who will attend. Vari-
Gus committees have been appointed |
and are actively at work and every |
detail will have been worked out be-
fore any of the delegates arrive so
that the convention will be able to |
move off on schedule time. Rev. |
Victor Bowers, of Pembroke, Ga,
will lead the convention singing and |
that insm es good music throughout. |
There will be three sessions daily, |
afternoon and evening. |
While all the sessions will be open
to the public, probably the most in
teresting to visitors will be the eve
ming services which viii feature some
of the strongest men in the state who
will deliver burning messages of vital
interest to all Christians. The pub
lie generally is invited to all services.
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Sunday, November /, will be Home
Coming and Rally Day at the Central
Christian Church and Sunday school
here. Inasmuch as this will be the
first time that services will be held
in the church since it was remodEfed,
it will be a real home coming to the
local members. They have been hold
ing services in the Carnegie library
for the past month and have missed
the church greatly. They are look
ing forward to the return to the
church with a great deal of interest,
and as the interior of the building is
entirely changed, it will, no doubt,
be an added incentive to- all mem
bers and friends of the church to be
there to assist in dedicating it on
the first Sunday. Home Coming in
vitations are being sent to all out
of-town members who might possibly
be able to be here on that occasion,
and it is hoped that large number
of former residents of this city will
be here for that day.
Plans for an elaborae program are
being worked out by the committee
on Especial Days." assisted by the
superintendent, and it expected that
they will register the largest attend
ance in the history of the school.
Among the many things of of inter-
est that will take place on that occa-
sion will be the attendance of all
babies on the Cradle Roll of the
Sunday school. This will not be a
beauty contest, but will give the Sum-
day school a chance to see all the
babiesat one time. The school will
assemble on the outside and will have
a picture of the entire cody taken
which will be sent to The Lookout, a
weekly paper published in Cincinnati,
by the Standard Publishing Co., and
which is read by Christians every
where. The newly elected officers
of the school will be installed with a
special service by the pastor, and mu-
sic for the occasion will be furnished
by Mr.. ]. E. Sturgis, manager of the
Music department of the Standard
Publishing Co., of Cincinnati, and
soloist as we'll and is violinist of
note. Many other things of interest
will take place at that time and eve
ryone in the city is invited to be pres
ent at that Observation-Disclosures
ent at that time and participate and
enjoy the splendid program that will
be rendered.