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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

riding bears are on hand to create
mirth with their comedy antics. The
Three and One Half Arleys are four
perch balancers who formerly were
sensationalists with the Barnum g.
Bailey circus. They have offered
their difficult feats In the leading
countries of Europe.
THE Girl from Montmartre." ia
the finn starring Lewis Stone and
Barbara la Mari in the role Of
Spanish dancing girl. Pathe News,
a comedy and topics Of the day are
the short reels.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Artists and Models at English's;
Joe Mendi at Keith's; The Howard
Sisters at the Lyric; TOO Much
Money" at the Circle; DON'T" at
the Apollo; 1.-The Wanderer," at the
Ohio; Three Faces East" at the
Colonial; a complete new movie
show at the Isis and burlesque at
the Broadway.
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WHO WOULD LIVE FOREVER
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson
! ne ANNIE =, pTTT q

TT RS. ANNIE G. BILL. an Eng
lMI lish woman, who claims to
J be "a. successor to Mrs. Eddy,
says the time will come when man
need not die a physical death.
Other people. many of them
scientists. prophesy that some day
men will live to be hundreds Of
years old. But have you ever
thought how you would like to con-
template an earthly existence of,
say, 800 years? The thing is stagger-
ing when you ponder 1t.
For it is the very brevity OF
human life that makes it SO dear to
us. Eternity, something the finite
mind cannot comprehend. looms in
the future, and these years we have
upon the good green earth, because
they are SO few, became things to
cherish. We cling to each passing
decade, looking regretful at the past
and facing the future with hopeful
eyes. Just around the corner we ex.
pect to greet some happiness which
we have hitherto missed; always we
think Of tomorrow as bearing
precious gifts.
md then when existence becomes
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The BLOW IT. Idea

IyV7E can grow crop of cotton, wheat, or
W. potatoes every year. 1t is all right to
boost their consumption, since we can produce
an increased supply to meet the demand by
keeping our land in shape.
1t takes from fifty to seventy-fve years,
however, to grow merchantable timber and we
should be careful about boosting consumption,
until we are ready to plant trees.
1t takes million years, perhaps, to make
coal, and that is entirely too long time for us
to think about. We might just as well accept
coal as an irreplaceable commodity and let it
60 at that
So, too, we might just as well accept oil as
irreplaceable.
Now if you were on an island, shut off
from communication from the rest Of the world,
and had five kinds of food, three Of which you
could raise, but two of which you couldn't,
would it be your idea to eat the Lattice just as
! fast as possibleq
It would not.
We are in exactly the same position as a
nation. This earth is an island. 1t imports
nothing except few meteors which nobody
knows how to use.
It is so arranged that it will grow things
for us from year to year, provided we do what
we ought.
It furnishes other things like water power,
sunshine, wind and rain, continuously.
Still other things, it contains only in fixed
amount, so far as we can see, and when they re
gone, they're gone.
Common sense suggests that we ought to
be careful in the way we use and exhaust these
latter, that, instead of seeing how fast we can
get rid of them, we should insist on thrift and
conservation
Take oil, for instance, which we have good
reason to believe is comparatively limited, and
we are not only tuning up our machinery to
consume the greatest amount of it, but we are
letting much Of it go to waste through sheer
carelessness and neglect
We are all right for so, or 100, or even $50
years, perhaps, but what is that in the life Of
nation9
What kind Of position would our great
grandchildren be in if they found the United
States without oil, while some other countries
had plenty of it2
They would not only have devil of time
in case of war; but would have to blow all the
wealth we left them if they wanted to joy
ride
II should worry" you say, ''I won't be
here and SO you won't, but somebody will.
and that somebody won't be putting flowers on
our graves and referring to us as sthe wise
forefathers," if we don't watch our step
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Two complaints concerning collec-
ton of garbage and ashes pursued
by Mr.. Fixit today resulted in
promise Of correction Of conditions
by Truly Nolen, garbage and ashes
superintendent.
They were sent by Mrs. Hazel De-
witt and Mrs. Hunter, 1929 English
Ave.
Again Mr.. Fixit sends the
message your street or alley must
have been graded by the board Of
works before repairs win be made.
This message applies to II. M.
Scott, 1921 Hovey st. Present a
petition to the board for grading,
also for lights.
There is no grade established
is the message to Nicholas Ave.
residents. Property owners Of
Gale St., Charles Emery, John r.
Connell and Trenton Sanders.
DEAR MR.. FLXIT: Now that
work on the new theater at Forty
Second st. and College Ave-, is near
ing completion I would suggest to
owners that they finish hauling the
dirt, which has become mud during
the past few months, from the
alley from Forty Second st. to
Forty-Fourth st. This is a paved
alley.
NEIGHBORHOOD BOOSTER.
Capt. George Winkler sent DO
lice to investigate this condition,
at Mr.. Fixit's request.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04
WHAT ARE
BABIES WORTH?

- Tx. WILLIAM r.. hlNGt
III secretary Of the State board
OF health, says the death
rate of babies in Indiana has de-
clined from 81 per 1000 births to
So, from 1920 to 1924. II the 1920
rate had prevailed there would
have been 1913 more deaths OF
infants in the State in 1924 than
was actually the case.
The difference, he attributes, to
Increased medical knowledge, bet
ter treatment facilities. applied
child hygiene and public health
effort in the State. How much is
that worth?
Statistical sharps. when they
feel the need OF recreation, whit
tie their pencils to fine points and
try to compute the economic value
of a baby. Their results disagree.
One expert, however. has figured
that at birth a baby is worth $500
to the Nation, Increasing in value
rapidly until grown to maturity he
or she IS worth $4,000 to the Ma
ton.
On that basis the declining death
rate of Hoosier infants in five
years has added potentially to the
States wealth $1O,7SO,OOO. A not
inconsiderable sum to the credit
of enlightened child hygiene meas
ures. Apparently It pays to raise
babies.
That's what the statisticians
say. But the problem of raising
babies for the market Is not so
simple. Some babies. after grow
ing up, are worth incalculable
sums to their country; others
aren't worth a plugged nickel. The
actual worth of an individual baby
depends on him and his parents,
not on arithmetic.
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NV 10 Tot

TT EE that youngster down the
street, She's a tot of mine.
Sweetest child you'll ever
meet Simply superflne. Only s.,
but as she grows, say, you'd be sur
prised, just how much this young
ster knows. I've just realized.
Cute? why. gee, she's cutter still.
Clever little ways. Things she does
are At to kill every time she plays.
Rules around my neighborhood. Sis
ter's what she's called. Spirit does
the neighbors good. That's what
she's installed.
Races in and races out, happy all
day long. When this youngsters
not about everything seems wrong.
Only to the corner she ever likes to
roam. That's the place she waits
for me when I'm comm home.
Every night, when sleep time
comes. sisters tucked in bed. Crazy
tunes her daddy's HUNG, e'er the
good nights said. Simply had to
let this out. Now I'm feelin' fine.
Here's to one I'm wild about-shes
tot OF mine.
We all make mistakes-f'rinstance
the fellow who got Pittsburgh dur
ing the international broadcasting
week. and It was so cloudy he
thought he had London.
The shades Of night are falling
fast because young girls are mod
est at bedtime.
Some vocalists remind one of Fritz
Kreisler cause he doesn't sing
either.
Sister got shingIe, then
Nom followed in a hurry.
Fathers hair has vanished, SO
He doesn't have to worry.
800
Supposin' the weather was al
ways the same. we wouldn't know
how to start conversation.
STRANGER-Hasnt that photog-
rapher large hands?
STRANGER STILL-Yeah. He's
been playin' around in developer.
A man should never let his wife
catch him flirting, even If she
caught him that way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

TcxEs ~AS well Tn0 singers and
players on instruments shall be
there. "-Ps. 1877.
David was a great statesman, a
great leader Of men. But the
most permanent and blessed service
he rendered to mankind was as a
composer Of music and song. He
was author OF most Of the Psalms.
These psalms have survived through
the Centuries. breathing into human
hearts everywhere a wholesome.
beneficent. elevating and inspiring
influence.
When the roll is called of those
who have rendered conspicuous serv-
Ice to the world. among the best
known and most loved will be the
names of our great musicians, such
as Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn
and Rubinstein.
A brother whose wealth had made
him arrogant once called on Bee
thoven and, not finding him at homo,
left his card inscribed thus:
Johann Van Beethoven,
Land Proprietor.
Beethoven returned the card with
this added inscription:
Ludwig Van Beethoven,
Brain Proprietor.
The great majority of men have
brains only for lands, manufactures
and commerce. and while / would
not underestimate their value to
society. the world would be poor
indeed had not God created some
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GIFTS OF
BALL BROTHERS

70 n A TIoN S. totaIling
i'd sl.s5O,OoO, to the Riley
- hospital for children. me-
mortal hospital at Muncie. and
the Muncie branch of the State
Normal, announced by Ball Bros,
OF Muncle. Wednesday, occasions
no surprise.
Such large gifts to public Service.
the betterment of their State and
community, are characteristic Of
this distinguished family OF
Hoosier manufacturers. They
have given millions to worthy
causes and purposes Of public
good.
AS business men and citizens
they are a credit to Indiana AS
wealth pours in on them their
generosity finds an outlet for It
instead Of merely heaping 1t UP.
And how much more fun they get
giving while they live rather than
willing their fortunes to sol1e
charitable object after they are
dead.
Americans, say critical foreign
ers, are money mad and graspi,lg.
We are accused OF thinking orsy
in dollars. An American business
man, they say, is a cross between
Shylock and Simon Legree.
II the Ball brothers. James
Duke. who gave $40. 600 600 to a
North Carolina University, the
Eastmans, RockefeIlers. and other
wealthy Americans who have
given so largely 10 educational,
humanitarian and artistic projects,
are money.mad. humanity can
stand a lot of that sort OF mad
ness.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BIZ GAYLORD NELSON.

movies. and other twaddle turned
out by Hollywood.
OF course 1t may arouse
antagonism in some quarters
where the ancient grudge still
thrives. But II producers are to
avoid all subjects that might Of
fend a few people about the onl-
book they could film would be
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Go ahead and shoot" Uncle
Tom, Mr.. Laemmle. Only use
bloodhbunds and not mastiffs or
great Danes to chase Eliza. And
don't have two Uncle Toms and
two Little Evas in the picture. On
the stage they have made enough
little boys cross-eyed.
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man IL for him there is not some ex-
pectation OF power and glory and
honor in that unpierced Beyond?
Though we may know it not, It is
always the future that helps us to
get through the present, and few are
the souls that could contemplate
with equanimity too lengthy ex-
istence under present conditions.
Half the sweet of life lies in the
bitterness of its evanescence.
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HooSier Briefs

1T Marion, there breathes a
IA man with soul so dead"
LII He stole an American flag
from the McCulloch Junior High
School. Prof. o. N. Horner dis
covered the theft.
Seeing the first robin Is still front
page news az Hartford City. L. l..
Forkner, Washington township
farmer, was the one who saw it.
Honors were even when a Ford
owned by Glenn Timer and an Over
land, owned by Cletus Sills, met
headon at Bluffton.
Prosecutor d. 8. Phares Of Tipton
certainly bankers to prosecute a Ger.
tain party. Thirty hens were stolen
from Phares' hen house.
IN RBA COPPOCK is the only
Al fireman at Upton who
IL hasn't new uniform. Con-
pock took Roy loves place re-
Gently and when the new Suits
arrived Coppock tried to get In the
UNIFORM that was to have been
Loves. He was too big.
robert Bockover asked two men
In a lunchroom at Alexandra n
they were driving to Elwood. Tbev
SAID yes. So Bockover went along
Six miles from Elwood they held
nm up and took S22. his weekly nav
envelope. p'''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

When a person is released from
arrest on bond and does not APP
pear in court at the designated
time is his bond forfeited2
A bond permitting the liberty Of a
person under arrest, is security
given to guarantee the appearance
Of that person in court atsa desig-
mated time. In most cases, failure
to appear results in forfeiture of the
security.
What Is meant by approval APP
plicants" and approval sheets,
terms used by stamp selling firms?
The term approval applicants
refers to individual stamp col
lectors who wish stamps sent on
approval and whose trustworthiness
has been investigated. Approval
sheets" are consignments Of stamps
sent to individuals after their re
liability Is approved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

NOW, HONESTLY


All Of us don't know so much, 7
after all
For instance-what hooks are for
We walk into the house, drop our
overcoats most any place; toss our
hats on chair; fling our mufflers
ON the dining-room table and, at re-
firing time, do likewise with all
other wearing apparel.
Course 1t gives mothers a lot OF
things to pick up, but
'Twould help IL we'd remember
that hooks are made TO hang things
on.
Hang that on your memory
You can wear any hat for Ave
years If you have 1t reblocked q
couple Of times, cleaned a triple OF
times ana change 1t in some restau-
rant for a new one.
Jack and Jill went down the hin.
Thereafter never fell.
There was the time when they went
up,
BuG some one moved tho wehl.
$50
Prof. Ofergosh sakes claims he
knows what becomes OF ell the pins
used every year. But / don't think
anybody cares about that, so why
ask him?
It's great to be an indulgent hus-
bandit you can get good stun.
1t used to be that man could
support family on half as much as
he can now. But that was before
cash registers were invented
FABLES IN FACT
A COUPLE OF FELLOWS WERE
BROUGHT INTO COURT FOR
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES 1T
Make QUESTION MARK THE
WAS A KINDLY FELLOW
AND COMMA AFTER HEARING
BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGU-
NIENT ASKED 1T THE CASE
COULDN'T BE SETTLED OUT OF
COURT PERIOD SOUNDS REA.
SONABLE COMMA DOESN'T TT
QUESTION MARK AND 1T WOULD
HAVE WORKED OUT THAT WAY
COMMA EXCEPT THAT ONE OF
THE MEN WOULDN'T FIGHT PIE
ROD
CoDvrtoht. 1895. Ov United Press
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A twelve-year-old poet of Brook
Iyn, N. Y. She has published two
books that show so much precosity,
that some critics do not believe a
child could have written them. Her
parents declare she is a healthy,
normal. natural child. Her last book
Is Lava Lane"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

Text; CAS- well the singers and
players on instruments shall be
there. "-Ps. 1877.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

Where is "Beryl' found?
It is found in several forms:
Emerald, aquamarine. Inorganic.
golden beryl and common beryl. 1t
COMES from New Granada. Brazil,
and Siberia, Royalston, Massachu-
sets. and Stony Point. North Caro-
lima. Large coarse specimens of
crystallized beryl, mostly hexagonal
prisms, have been found at Acworth
and Grafton, New Hampshire.
What is the political complexion
Of the present Congress?
The Senate has fifty-six Repub-
leans, thirty-nine Democrats and
one Farmer Labor Party man. The
House OF Representatives has PAT
Republicans. 1873 Democrats. one In
dependent, two Farmer-Labor and
two Socialists.
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Mr.. FIxIT'
Promise Of Correction In
Garbage, Ash ColIec-
lions Made.

Let Mr.. Fixit present your case 20
city officials. He Is The Times repre-
sentative at the city desk. Write him
at The Times.
Evening star., 1926-10-31
GEORGE III. DACY.

. HE obituary of scales that steal
and Yardsticks that lie has
been written for all time to
Il come in our National Capital.
Evening star., 1926-10-31
cZo

where or when the test purchases are
to be made
Inspectors enter stores and weigh
package foods whenever they wish.
This unannounced system of vista
ton reduces the tendency to sell short
weight package goods as headline at
fractions to bring trade to the stores
under the false guise Of bargain in
ducements. The inspectors make a
regular practice Of reweighing sam
pies Of all package goods which they
come across during regular or Sur
prise" calls. During recent IL
months 1870 packages Of this type
were reweighed and fraudulent goods
were located and eradicated from local
marts Of trade.
AS Washington residents purchase
and use more motor cars annually,
the number Of gasoline filling stations
increases. On the basis of present
automobile population the District
consumption OF gasoline amounts ap-
proximately to 40, 10000 gallons a
year. An average shortage Of one
quart Of gas on each five-gallon sale
would cost local car owners an extra
$3.50, 900 a year on the basis of gaso-
line selling for % cents gallon.
Automatic pumps are employed
almost exclusively in serving the
supply tank of your motor car or
mine with fuel. The duty of the
inspection service is to test all the
pums< in the District twice each
resir 40 see that they are deliverinG
Iull measure. Defective AID erlVneous
Evening star., 1926-10-31

The inspectors play the roles Of
school teachers, II you will but look
at their duties in the proper light.
They instruct merchants and trades
men about the various provisions of
the local laws as they affect different
lines of business and industry. In
some instances, this cooperative as
sistance has been developed to the
stage whore the inspectors have es-
tabliShed measures and methods which
enable the dealers to conduct their
businesses more efficiently. Where
such friendly aid is not received gra-
ciously and apDreciatively the iron
hand Of the law is invoked to accom-
plish what courtesy and kindness have
failed to effect.
EVERY once in so ofteiA the in
spectors or other District repre-
sentatives go on shopping tours for
Supt. Roberts department. Often
woman shopper is employed for that
purpose. They buy bread. milk, dress
goods, package groceries and gaso-
line. Each purchase is identified and
indexed when delivered at the Dis
trict Building. The bread is weighed
on very delicate scales, the gasoline
purchase Is removed from a special
supply tank and measured. Foodstuffs
are weighed and dress goods are
measured under systems which do
not tolerate appreciable errors. In
this way the District government
keeps IN close touch with the stores
ana merchants. There Is nO .teluua
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P'orosity of Liquids.

When certain amount of pOwdered
sugar is slowly poured into warm
water the water will dissolve tn"
sugar and appear to absorb IL with
out increasing it's volume. Similarly
when alcohol is poured into water. the
resultant will be less than the sum
of the two volumes. Apparently one
of the liquids has entered into thu
pores of the other.
The experiment as commonly per
formed in physical laboratories cor
sists In putting measured qFIantities
of the two liquids together, but the
effect would be far more striking Were
1t possible for students TO see one OF
the liquids actually soaking into the
other. This can be done in this way.
Take two glasses, one filled to the
brim with water and the other with
alcohol. Color the alcohol with red
ink To- make il more distinct. The
glasses SHOULD not be over full. Place
a sheet of paper over the glass full of
alcohol and, with a hand on the pd-
per to keep it down on the rim OF the
glass, inVert the tumbler over the
glass full Of water and carefully draw
out the paper. This can be done with
out spilling q drop of the alcohol and
yet as soon as the paper Is removed.
the alcohol will begin to drop. Ow-
ing TO the fact that II Is colored II j.
possible to see the alcohol actually
soaking into the water. while tiny
air bubbles that were formerly CON
tained in the pores of the water rise.
slowly to the top OF the tumbler. This
will continue until n considerable ai..
space forms in the top OF the tunbler
Evening star., 1926-10-31

acts to the benefit of Washington con-
sumers 1t results in more painstak
ing inspection and more drastic en-
forcement of existent requirements.
During the last fiscal year the Dis
trict department of Weights. Meas
ures and Markets instituted 1913 prose
cutionS. and only one defendant was
acquitted. Prosecutions are resorted
to when educational and corrective
suggestions are ignored, whether or
not the deception. fraud or misdeal-
ing is the purposeful act Of the mer-
chant or vender. Corrective mea sures
are pursued when it is possible to
aDate abuses and protect the public
by such actions. Prosecutions, how
ever. are fostered wherever the public
welfare can best be safeguarded in
that way. The prosecutions of recent
months include 3S coal dealers, "a
grocers and food merchants, 81 ice
dealers, IA gasoline Dealers bakers,
3 dairymen and 16 miscellaneous
tradesmen.
Supt. Roberts and his aides are
authorized by law to enter business
establishments and investigate their
contents and methods without search
warrants or other introductions than
their insignia of office. The inspectors
also are empowered to make sum
mary arrests whenever necessary
Congress has vested far-f1ung author
ity in the department. No person
can modest or interfere with the Dis
trtct inspectors II tho pursuit and
performance " .EslT duties.