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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
THE
VERY IDEA!
By Hal Cochran
PASSING THE BUCK

IT wanna go barefoot Kin I, PAP
Aw. lemme-I won't catch cold"
We'll, Just can't say, son-ask
yer ma, an do just whatever yer
told. I'd like Ia say sure, aon. but
shucks-I dunno. You'd better ask
her, jes' the same. Supposin' a sliv-
ver'd run into yer toe. You'd boiler.
an I'd get the blame"
Jaw, gimme nickel. will va
ma? wanna go down to the store. "
Say, when you want money, just go
to yer pa. Explain what yer wantin
it for. have a hard time gettin'
money myself. With spendin' I hat
Ia go slow. A quarter is all I've
got up on the shelf. Ask father
he's got all the dough-"
It's funny how kids ask for this
thing and that-beg candy, a soda, a
dime. The folks keep 'em guessin'
at Just where they're at. They ask
the wrong one every time. When
pas asked for this and when MAJ
asked for those. the answer they'll
always imoart. is go to the, other"
mo kid ever knows the right one to
ask at the start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
THE WHOLE RECORD

The adroit and affabe Mr. Walb, who is the
chairman of the Republican State committee, says
that the campaign to elect watson Robinson and the
State ticket this fall will be based largely upon the
fact that the State debts have been paid by the
officers elected by his party
He believes, SO he ,naively asserts, that this
achievement or accomplishment should convince the
voter and taxpayer that only Republicans should
be elected to office.
His selection Of this particular accomplishment
on which to appeal to the public is not com
plimentary to the intelligence of the voter t5 put it
mildly
For even were it true that anything unusual or
wonderful had been accomplished In the matter. of
debt paying, the voter might inquire how the State
got into debt.
If pulling the State out of debt was party ac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

compshment, then putting it into debt was also
the work of the same party
If any credit goes to the party for Jackson, what
should go to the party for McCray?
Long before the fall election the people will
have the full record of the payment of the debts in
which nothing more wonderful done than reach
ing into the pockets Of the citizens and taking out
the money to pay them.
Instead Of paying the debt through retrench.
ments and economies, through savings in expenses.
the whole sum was paid by extra taxes.
The automobile owner was the chief contributor,
for he paid without any protest the cents tax
on every gallon of gasoline he used in addition to
extra high license fees.
He was taxed to build roads that were formerly
built through tax of cents hundred dollars on
all property.
But he was not saved this general tax. The
same levy was made as existed when there were no
special taxes on gasoline.
. The State took away from the good roads funds
over million dollars in one year that paid on
inheritances, tax that created for the special
purpose of helping build roads.
And then, to cap the climax, the fnanciers who
claim to be miracle men, tore up half million COL
lars worth of notes given to the auto theft fund and
practically abolished that fund.
And because it succeeded in taxing the people
more heavily the party in power thinks that any
candidate upon whom it puts its label should be
given unanimous vote.
The chances are that before November there
will be a change Of plans and the old hokum OF
asking for support on the prohibition question will
be substituted.
For If the State debt is an issue, the people will
want the whole record not the quarter truth which
the mere assertion that the State debts have been
paid. reveals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
SLACKERS

The vote Stacker, who values his franchise so
little that he never uses it, has heard much Of late
to burn his ears.
But seldom has he suffered attack
hement than the one delivered this week in Con-
Democrat from Marion, Ohio.
Pointing out that voting has gone completely out
OF fashion with half of the American people
Fletcher declared:
This treason Of Indifference is the challenge
Of the hour II eternal vigilance is the price Of lib
erty then what Of liberty when half the people are
no longer vigilantY"
And the State he held up most to the public
scorn was Pennsylvania, where, he asserted two
Senators elected in 1922 with only oneffth Of
the voting population sufficiently interested, to visit
the polls
Which introduces an interesting question:
DO these Pennsylvania citizens who do vote
really value their franchise any more than those
who do not?"
1t is question that will be answered emphat-
ically in the coming Pennsylvania senatorial cleo
ton. the election in which William B. Wilson Dem
ocrat former Secretary of Labor is running against
William SVare, Republican, machine boss of Phila-
delphia.
Ware is elected there is every reason to believe
the Senate will refuse to seat him. He has spent
too much money
Pennsylvania voters have had clear warning If
they vote for Vare the conclusion must be drawn
that their voting is gesture that actually
they value their votes more than those citizens
who do not vote at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
Tracy
Mussollni's Ready-Made
Cures for ItaIy's Ills a
Bit Drastic.
BY M. e. Tracy

Alexander Hamilton once estimated
that the labor Of four persons was
sufficient to provide necessaries for
100 and that If we depended on
necessaries for business, ninety-six
out Of each 100. including women
and children of course. would go un-
employed.
But what is little thing like that
to Mussolini. who rolls back into the
ages with the sweep Of his hand and
dismisses all human experience as
too trif1ing to bother with.
He will show us how nation can
grow rich and prosperous by
suppressing trade, how there can be
longer working day with less
work to do.
No newspaper Of more than six
pages, no new saloons, cafes,
restaurants, theaters or hotels, NO
construction of anything. except
cheap houses for working people
and no strikes. or lockouts to spoil
the grand parade. but an added hour
to the working day. If employers de-
sire It, cheaper brick, lime and
cement and alcohol mixed with
gasoline to pep up the automobiles
that constitutes his ready-made cure
for Ita1v's Ills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
Sharp-and Kind

If you met a man named Smith
from Boston, especially with Jere-
miah as a handle, you would say to
yourself Here is a hard-flsted
Yankee" and you wodld look well
to the protection Of your own In
terests II you had a trade on with
him.
You would probably go q little
farther still and assume that. though
he might be absolutely square. he
would take the last red cent that
was coming and that ~ where you
would be wrong.
The motion prevails that kind
ness goes with inefficiency and that
efficient men are quite generally i'm
mune to the finer feelings.
AS a matter OF record, some of the
finest characters. in this world are
shrewd. sharp exacting in the con-
duct Of their trade, or professional
affairs.
Jeremiah Smith OF Boston is one.
He had the ability to go to
Hungary and within two years,
straighten out what seemed a hope
lessly chaotic financial situation.
What is far more admirable, he
had the courage, born of real
affection for a distraught and over.
strained people, to hand back the
100000 check which the Hungarian
government was more than glad to
give him for his services, with the
remark that the poor needed 1t
more than he did and "the only COM
pensation I desire for my work is
the appreciation and friendship of
the Hungarian people"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
Orthodox Pinks

How can there be genuine Uncle
Sam night" with "The Star-Spangled
Banner" barred?
Yet that is the paradox to which
New York will be treated this eve
ming If nothing goes wrong. when
members and their guests gather in
the Port Society" building to stage
their annual Independence day cele-
bration.
If people want to celebrate with
out singing the national anthem.
that is clearly their right, but to
bar it by public announcement be-
cause Of an idea that It might wound
British feelings is quite another
matter.
If Socialists, Communists, or even
the Civil Liberties Union were to do
such thing there would be moth
ing less than riot.
But orthodox people can do many
things in the name OF international
friendship that unorthodox people
cannot do in the name Of plain COM
mon decency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
NEW SHOW OPENS
AT PALACE TODAY

"A Song and Dance Cocktail With
a Kick" is the vaudeville offering OF
the Stars of Tomorrow, six youthful
entertainers who will glorify young
American talent at the Palace the
last half Of this week.
Birdie Dean is the feature dancer.
She rs a contortionist. The DeAIarr
Sisters are Of the late >Ziegfeld's
Sally and the "Follies." They are
on the Duncan Sisters type. Ed
York and Dolly Francis are charac-
ter steppers.,
Marietta Craig, who was the Liz
zie in the late production of 1.-THE
Bat" now presents a travesty on
the famous drama which is called
'Batty." Jack Dunbar and Marie
Ames are the others in the sdt.
Bill Utah, who, like his name
sounds, is westerner, Grawls out
his funny stories, sings original
songs and performs half a dozen
stunts.
Bits and Hits of Broadway" are
favorite musical numbers taken
from musical comedies that have
played the great white way" Gene
and Myrtle Moore are singing the
songs. Clifford and Stafford have
bits Of Art" in which they do ev-
erything from playing a piano to
painting pictures on a woman's
back.
"Hell's Four Hundred" is the film
which stars Margaret Livingston in
the role of ''gold-digger" one jump
ahead Of the police and pawnbroker.
Pathe News, a comedy, and Topics
Of the Day are the reels.
other theaters today offer: 1.-The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
So, He Will Fish

The White Houses spokesman
rises to remark that the President
was merely abiding to local issue
when he said that fishing in the Tidal
Basin at Washington was sport
for, boys.
AS a national issue the President
believes that fishing is an appropri.
ate sport for men and to prove it
he will fish.
He will fish, moreover. not with
''boughtep. bait" as they say in Yer
mont, but with genuine worms dug
from the garden.
The White House spokesman does
not say so,- but one is left with the
impression that the President will
pursue this course just to show that
he is a real son of the soil and un-
derstands the farmers problem, even
to the difficulties Of getting fish
bait.
Speaking seriously, the President
is real sson Of the soil and knows
great deal more about farm prob
lens than some of his critics, or
than the unfortunate attitude of
some of his advisers would make it
appear. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
Indianapolis Citizens Loan Their Art
Treasures to the Heron Art Institute

European arts Of the so-called
minor group: this is. other than
the fine" arts Of architecture,
painting. and sculpture. has for the
last three years been shown In the
special gallery reserved for this pur-
pose. From time to time the various
installations of this gallery are re
arranged and new material, or OBJ
jects which have not been on view
for some time, are exhibited. Such
is the case this week.
The collection of pewter lent by
Miss Anna May Johnson has been
rearranged and several items which
have been on exhibition have been
removed to make way for others
which have not been shown for some
time. This collection of pewter forms
an interesting part of the European
exhibition, because of the various
types represented, the pleasing soft
quality of the gray metal, the fine
proportion and lines in the individ-
ual pieces and because of the interest
which this ware. the precursor of
silver in the homes of our ancestors.
holds.
Another interesting section Of this
European gallery are the two newly
installed cases on the east side of the
room. One contains examples of
English iustrewear, five of which are
from the permanent collection and
the remainder lent by Mrs. William
c. Bobbs. Mrs. Ernest Kneffler. Mrs.
Max Leckner, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Latta and Mr.. and Mrs. William r.
Toel.
The soft rose and white and gleam-
ing copper of teapots. pitchers.
plates, and bowls is particularly
pleasing in the light which falls on
them from the southern windows.
The second case holds another group
of objects delicate in quality and
grace, where clear and colored glass
porcelain of various forms and dec
Grafton are shown
In the Contemporary European
Craft" case in the center of the gal
lery near the doorway into the log
gia, several new accessions are
shown. including examples of mod
ern French lace from the old Nor
man town Of Bayeux, where lace of
excellent design and workmanship
has been made fos the last half cen.
fury and more. The case viii also
include other examples of contempt
rary European workmanship and
several costume accessories which
are also new accessions to the collec-
ton and not previously shown
The Otto Stark Memorial Exhi-
bition continues to draw both muse
UNI friends and Mr.. Stark's person
al friends to the galleries where 1t
Is shown. How widely his work Is
appreciated one may judge to some
extent by the number of sales which
have been contaminated since the
opening Of the exhibition on June 6.
In this connection comes this inter.
esting announcement of the purch-
ase by the art association, of two pic
lures from the exhibition: "Ripples''
and the Self Portrait" which was
shown in the Eighteenth Annual Elk
hibition Of Work by Indiana artists
and craftsmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
FABLES IN FACT

THEY HAD LIVED TOGETHER
FOR 10 THESE MANY YEARS
COMMA AND HAD ALWAYS
BEEN HAPPY PERIOD MAYBE
1T WAS BECAUSE THEY USED
THEIR NOODLES DASH DASH
HE WAS A TRAVELLING SALES
MAN COMMA AND WHENEVER
HE WAS HOME FROM A TRIP
COMMA THE GOOD WIFE AL
WAYS PICKED THAT TIME TO
GO VISITING OUT OF TOWN Pc
ROD
Copyright. 1895. NEA Scrptce
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
Another Triumph of Man

Speed. speed, speed. where will II
end?
The sailors idea Of ultimate swift
ness used to go no farther than be.
ing dragged in boat at the tall OF
a whale, while the landsman could
conceive nothing faster than a wild
pony racing across the prairie.
Then came the steam engine, the
motor boat, the automobile and, fin.
ally, the airplane eclipsing them all.
Time was when the carrier pigeon
held every long distance speed rec.
ord, but he goes to the junk heap,
along with Old Dobbin and the Bal
timore Clipper.
They staged an airplane-pigeon
race up at Auburn. N. z, yester-
day, not because there was any
sense in it, or because anybody ex-
pected the pigeons to win, but just
for fun.
The airplanes were comparatively
slow and. had to fly total distance
of sixty-niles while the pigeons had
to fly only fifty.
Fifty pigeons were started in order
to give them every possible advant-
age, but the first one came in three
minutes behind the. airplane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Mad Honeymoon" at English's;
Seventh Heaven" at Keith's; Ca
Diet Sextette," at the Lyric; Good
and Naughty" at the Apollo; 1.-THE
Love Thief" at the Colonel; Brown
Of Harvard" at the Ohio; Miss No
body" at the Circle; complete new
movie bill at the Isis and THE
Cohens and the Kellys" at the Up
town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Wouldn't it be great streak of luck If you could
convince your face that whskers are out of style?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Mussolinis daughter is In love If Mussolin
doesn't change his mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01
DON,T WORRY. MOTHER

Mothers who fret the strenuosities of mis-
behaving children should fret longer but let the
worrying be done by parents of the teachers pets"
child psychologist declares that the qualities
that make young boy roughneck the very
qualities that make for success in adult life and
that the quiet and retiring children great favores Of
teachers and proud mothers, are in a fair way of
becoming social and industrial failures because of
the lack Of what might be called pugnacity.
This possibly explains why the nice little boys
and girls. beloved Of teacher and invariably at the
head of the class, often fail to realize the glitter
ing future predicted for them, while the obnoxious
obstreperous, ncorrigible goes out grabs the world
by the neck and lays up fat fortune.
Mussolinis daughter is In love If Mussolini
doesn't change his mind
Women are SO brave In Seattle one married
cello player. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Women are SO brave. In Seattle one married
cello player. ~
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wbat Il tbe harde.t metaIp

The United States Bureau OF
Standards states that II is impossible
to say that any one metal IL the
hardest. because tho hardness OF
meal depends upon the treatment
It receives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Has the number Of hospitals and
Institutions for the cure Of drink de-
creased since prohibition?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

What does the name Adele mean?
1t is a French name meaning full
of beauty
Which has the larger population
Italy or England?
The population of England dnclud-
ing Monmouthshire) is 35,67S.53
Of Italy 39.659.944.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

You. can get an .anawer TO. any gues
10 The indianapolis Times Washington,
Bureau. 1892 New York Avea WaehlpG
ton d. O.. inclosing 2 cent? v sta9npe
sST reply M &c Yep nor cam Sao eE.s5H
research be undertaken All other
questions will receive personal reply
All letters are confidential Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Do large sized men make the best
statesmen?
Recent comparative study OF the
size and weight with the commits.
sions earned by 600 shoe and insur-
ance statesmen indicate that the old
idea that the large man can domi-
nate his client by mere physical bulk
and gain better results IA not sup.
ported by fact, says Science Service
Men of medium size and weight were
found to be the best statesmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Who was Coal-Oil Johnny?
The nickname given to John
Steele, a famous coal operator in the
Pennsylvania oil fields. who amassed
a great fortune and souandered It in
riotous living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

There were approximately 27S
hospitals and sanitariums for
inebriates, Kelley cures, etc., in the
United States before prohibition. At
present there are about %, but they
are not entirely devoted to alco-
holics. some being general SAM
tariums as well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-01

Do cows go mad and Is there dan
ger that others In the herd win be-
come infected?
Cows do have rabies. like dogs.
The only danger TO the herd is from
saliva Of the mad COW injecting
other cattle. If another animal ia
hooked but not infected with saliVa.
there is no danger.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
STATIONS GET READY
FOR A. AND N. GAME
Service Classic Likely to Have
Greatest Attention of All Grid.
iron Struggles.

Radios verdict as to which of the
big foot ball games of the season com.
mands the widest attention names
the Army Navy game that is to be
played this year for the first time in
Chicago.
Already record number of stations
have asked to he included in whatever
chain of broadcaSterS is formed to
transmit a play-by play account of
the game.
TO date definite arrangements for
the broadcasting have not been made.
hut from all indications the same
policy that was worked out for the
world series will prevail in Chicago.
nder such q plan only one micro
phone will be given entree TO the side
lines. and other stations will take
their accounts from the one master
station. 1t is not expected any fee
will be asked by the Army and Navy
athletic officials for the broadcasting
concession.
Other prominent foot ball games OF
The season, including the Big Three"
games of Yale. Harvard and Prince.
ton, the outstanding games of the
Pacific coast and interSectiona LclaShes
between the Navy and Michigan. the
Army and \otre Dame and Chicago
and Pennsylvania, will receive due at
tention at the hands of chain broad
tasting, but none. from present indi-
"ations. Will equal in interest that
which is anticipated when the Army
Evening star., 1926-10-08

So up here Thanksgiving day is the
time when intersectional tests are
wanted. So far as home and home
arrangements are concerned, the
Northwesterners are very open mind
ed-they are perfectly willing to meet
colleges from other sections half way.
Some of Big Battles.
This year, for example, Idaho will
visit Omaha on Thanksgiving day to
play Creighton, and the Oregon Aggies
will Journey to Milwaukee to meet
Marquette. On this holiday also Ne
braska will come to Seattle to play
the Huskies. In the Southland Notre
Dame will help make December a
red letter day by playing the Univer-
sity of Southern California at Los
Angeles.
Creighton would like very much to
have an Eastern, Middle Western or
Southern eleven come to Portland
next Thanksgiving day or, If not then,
on the day Of the Sacrificial turkey in
1927. Washington wants a home-and
home arrangement with good teams
In New York or Chicago.
SO far as the Pacific Coast Confer
ence IS concerned it is through with
the Tournament of Roses foot ball
game, which has been held annually
between West Coast university
team and q visitor from some East
ward. section on January l at Pasa-
dena Troubles about this game have
been cumulative and now it is felt
that it is not worth the difficulties
involved in handling 1t.
This does not mean that any con-
ference eleven that wins the West
Coast title will not be free to make
arrangements on its own account;
it means simply that the conference
as an organization is out Of It. So
far as the championship is concerned.
the outlook was never so doubtful.
There are more formidable teams In
the organization this season than
ever before, and at this time no one
outfit stands out clearly as the leader.
Many Strong Teams.
University Of California undoubt-
edly will gather strength game by
game, but the Bears will have more
than one grave problem to solve.
Southern California is one of the
finest looking aggregations the writer
has ever seen. Stanford is very
strong right now and will increase
in strength.
The Oregon Aggies never had a
better eleven and much is expected
Evening star., 1926-10-08
SHERWOOD FOREST
TO STAGE TOURNEY

The Sherwood Forest Club, on the
Severn River near Annapolis. has
| announced a 36-ho1e medal play tour
| nament to be played on October 10
| for amateurs and professionals.
A S. entrance fee will be charged
and $500 in prize money has been
guaranteed Two hundred dollars will
go to the winner. with an amateur re-
ceiving the equivalent in plate; Slo0
to the second place winner. $lo 10
third, $50 to fourth and $25 to fifth.
The value OF all these prizes may be
enhanced if justified by the size OF
the entry list.
Entries must be made to DR.. Harry
f. Kelsey, at All North Charles
street, Baltimore. and may be made
up to $50 am. the day Of the tourna-
ment.
Frank p. Reeside met DR.. W. e..
Mason in one-half Of the semi-final.
while e Cortland Parker crossed
clubs with Landra r. Platt in the
other semi-fnal of the competition for
the Presidents Cup at the Chevy
Chase Club. The event is handi-
cap affair. Yesterdays results: +. p.
Reesde t9) defeated J. ]. Hamilton
Q3) and .; DIR. W. b. Mason (S) de-
feated b. S. Minor 90. 4 and 3: T..
G. Parker 04 defeated DIR. S. H..
Greene, jr. I'D, 5 and 3: l.. r. Platt
N2) defeated Walter G. Peter GD.
. up.