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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

''Not in n decade has any equip
ment been added to the automobile
that has met with greater popular
approval than the rumble seat, said
Ed Herman, president of the Habis
Manufacturing Company. Practically
every car manufacturer has at least
one model in his new line, equipped
with rumble seat and information
at hand indicates that these manu-
facturers have been required to
speed up production on these particu
lar models in order to keep up with
TIE demand. The Rex Manufacture
ing Company for which the Habig
Manufacturing Company is distribu-
tors, has been working day and night
turning out this popular model for
Fords and Chevrolets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
SIGNAL Nuisance

The traffic light bug has struck
the country so intensely that it's
beginning to prove a menace, says
Leslie Sorensen, Chicago traffic
engineer. Signal lights and traffic
zones, he says, should be limited to
congested districts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
Perpetual Tags

Michigan is contemplating pas
sage of law providing for perpetual
license plates for automobiles. To
make up for the loss of revenue in
annual registration, the proposal
suggests doubling the 2-cent gasoline
tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

In addition to being one Of the
Murat Temples snappiest drill men,
our old friend. Carl f. Baase, has
been made assistant sales manager
for the Marion Chevrolet Company.
Baase has led the entire sales force
Of the Marion Company since the
first of the year and the promotion
is reward Cor this fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
New Type Gas

A large firm has been organized
in Paris for the production of syn
thetic gasoline from coal. Ignite and
their derivatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

If an out.of-state motorist over
stays his free time in Massachusetts
he may have to take out a State IL
cense and liability insurance in ac-
cordance with the new law. Thirty
days is the reciprocity" limit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
Junior Licenses

Connecticut is considering passage
Of law permitting juniors or per-
sons from 16 to Is, to be licensed as
automobile drivers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

A method of packing downtown
garages ito the hill" is suggested by
a turn-table arrangement in the cen
ter, which would park cars in a cir
cular arrangement and could itself
be packed full with the exception of
one space for car movement. The
idea is that of Niagara Falls firm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
GENERAL MOTORS HEADS CONFER HERE

able to present Spindler to the Ini
dianapolis public as our new dis
tributor." said Gorrell. "His high
standing in the community and his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11
WH|PPET MAKES
NONSTOP JAUNT
OF WHOLE WEEK
Car Is Driven Nearly 5000
Miles in Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky.

With hood locked and sealed by
Mayor Fred Merry, chief executive
of the city of Toledo, Whippet
stock coach has just completed a
seven-day -andnight nonstop econ
omy and stamina test over the high
ways of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky,
establishing an average of 27.13 miles
to the gallon of fuel during the
4,915-mile journey.
This 168-hour test was made under
the official observation of a Toledo
newspaper.
Definite Route
The fuel average includes the gas
oline consumed when the motor idled
during the numerous stops in the
various cities visited.
Before the long grind was started
a definite route was set and sched-
ule worked out. For seven days and
nights the Whippet coach Travelled
over this route, a change of drivers
being made every six hours, four
ullVerS pSll5 useu uullhS lilS leSI
trip.
Storms were encountered in south
ern Ohio and Kentucky. This forced
the Whippet to slow down and when
the storm had abated five hours time
had been lost. However, within the
next twenty-four hours the drivers
increased the Whippet's speed and
made up the time lost during the
terrific storms.
No attempt was made by the driv-
ers to establish speed record during
the trip, all traffic regulations of city
and country being complied with. A
Whippet had maintained an average
of 1928 miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

unquestioned ability and position ica.,
automotive circles make him mo Az
valuable addition to any organiza-
ton"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-11

Marmon's presentation OF its COM
plete line of quality automobiles,
rounded out by the new Little Mar
mon Eight, is fitting climax to the
company's twenty.fifth year as an
automobile manufacturer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Passport Photos Must
Resemble Applicants

Proof of the vanity of some women
is often furnished in the New York
customs house by passport applicants,
according to Frederick Tisdale in an
article in Liberty. The author quotes
an official of the New York passport
Office who says, 1--WE are often amused
by some of the photographs submitted
by Older applicants. A woman of fifty
will bring in a photograph copied from
a picture made when she was in high
school. We explain tactfully that the
photo is necessary for identifying the
passport holder, and we are forced to
point out that the applicant resembles
the earlier picture only vaguely after
all these years. Sometimes they regard
our attitude as a personal Offense."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Nervous Disease Often
Accompanies Greatness

1t is entirely possible for person
to be neurotic, that is, have a nervous
affection that gives rise to strange
obsessions, and still lead a good life,
even a great one. asserts Brenda
LELAND in an article in Liberty. In
proof of her assertion she cites sew
eral famous examples of men who be-
came great in spite of ALTERNATIVES.
SOLVER Cromwell. lord protector of
England" she points out, had violent
attacks of bad temper and once had
vision in which woman of gigantic
stature prophesied that he would be
the greatest man in England.
Goethe" she continues. '.wrot,.
much OF his poetry while in a state
somewhat resembling somnambulism
and had periods of depression with
hypochondriac and suicidal tendencies
alternating with periods of extreme
joy"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26

band got me one bottle at first; then I
took two others. Now I am feeling
quite strong again."
Mrs. Ernest Tanguay Of Adams,
Mass, says she was i'll for four years
and could not sleep nights or go out on
the street. She read about the Vege-
table Compound and decided to try
it. After taking eight bottles she was
able to do all her work and go any,
where and is quite herself again.
This dependable Vegetable Com.
pound is household word in thousands
Of homes. The fourth generation is
now learning the merit Of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than half a century, this
reliable medicine has been used by
women with very satisfactory results.
II the Vegetable Compound has helped
other women, why shouldn't it help
you?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
a Changeable Animal

An animal which can change into
another animal and then back to its
original form is the startling discov-
cry announced by DR.. Martha Bunting
of the geological department of the
University of Pennsylvania.
The animal" is one-celled. resem-
bling minute drop of jelly. and be-
longs to the amoeba family 1t can
transform itself into complicated
flagellate, Doctor Bunting declares,
and then effect a Reconsideration
back to it's amOeba state.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
GOOD OBSERVER

Hal has an original method of ex-
pressing himself, for a three year-old.
and in telling about horse be said {:
''The horse had long chin. with a
mouth right on the end of his chin
and it was so long 1t came clear down
in the grass"
When the robins appeared in his
yard recently he said "There are
pigeons in our yard. mamma, with red
'tummieS.'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Last Call

"WiIliam." said she. severely, show
many more times are you going to ask
me to marry you?"
Clara" said he, Il can't answer
that question. but l don't think I'll
bother you nue.. longer. One of the
other three girls I'm proposing to
shows signs of weakening"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
She Did and She Didn't

Ned--She insisted that her ccm-
plexion is natural.
Fred-She didn't have the face to
tell you that:
Ned-If you mean that as ques-
ton. the answer is. she did; if you
mean it as statement of fact, i
agree with you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Why Motorrnon Is Lote

A motorman's never quite on time.
AS you no doubt will find.
For he's always behind the car ahead
And ahead Of the car behind.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26

1Or your medicine,
/ could not have
done my work as it
should have been
done. Mother told
me Of Lydia e.
Pinkham's v g 6 E.
t a lie Compound,
and / had read in
d fl e re n t papers
what it had done
for different women.
She wanted me to
try 1t, so my hus-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Father Kreu

Father tat l a. NILS that young
man asleep, Marie!
Daughter-Hush, father! He has
just asked me to marry him and make
him the happiest man in the world.
Father-Just as / thought. Wake
him up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
A Mental Strain

am thinking of Il trip to Europe"
"RealIy, old man, you can't afford
that. You're not accustomed to that
sort of thing"
Il merely said I was thinking of it..
/ can afford to think, can't IL"
mo; that's what l mean. You're
not accustomed to thinking"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26

Van Mutter-Meeks is fellow who
is very fond of cabbage in any form,
you know.
Van Cutter-That's right! Say, you
ought to let him try some of your
cigars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
TWO WOMEN
FOUND help
Their Sickness Banished by
Lydia E. Pmkham's Vcge-
table Compound

Mrs. Nina Matteson, Box FOG, Ok
ford. N. Y, writes-"If it had not been
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
A Saxe Sounds Better

lrwin-Let's eat at this cafe, old
man. They have the best piccalilli in
town.
Sidney-But l don't like to listen
to an orchestra while I'm eating.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Scenario
him up.

"What is this?"
"a study of the common house fly"
"What do you want with it,"
Il want to sell the screen rights"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26

There are American chambers of
commerce in England. Belgium,
France, Germany, Spain, Turkey and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26

The Girl on the End-How funny
that Claribel girl looks in her Nile
costume.
The Next One-Funny is right. She's
regular comic strip.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-26
Animal Amenities

Asked che alligator of the crocodile,
Which one displays the latest styleT'
Said the crocodile to the alligator.
when it comes to style we're neither
later"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
FORTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY
EXERCISES OF THE .TUSKE-
GEE NORMAL AND INDUS
TRIAL INSTITUTE

The first Of this week the writer re-
ceived an invitation to attend the an
niversary exercises of Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute at Tuske-
gee, Ala, beginning Sunday, May p,
and concluding Thursday, May %
The following program was rem
dered:
Sunday, May p, 200 p. M, Com
mencement Sermon, Dr. Plato T. Dur
ham, Dean Gambler School of Theol-
ogy, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Monday, May %, 7;3O p. m, Junior
College class day exercises.
Tuesday, May "a, 7:30 p. m, Trinity
Church (Boston) prize contest.
Wednesday, May Is, 7:3O p. m,
Senior Normal class day exercises.
Thursday, May 20, 1000 a. m, and
200 p M, Annual commencement ex-
ercises, annual address, DR.. Charles
Albert Tindley, Pastor East Calvary
NJ. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
CLOSE SEASON WITH PARTY

The Laura Sewing Club, of which
Mrs. Laura "A. Cantrell is president
and instructor, closed its needlecraft
work season Saturday evening with a
house party at the home Of Mrs. Es-
tella Crawford, 4742 Evans avenue
About IS members and friends en-
joyed a pleasant evening at cards after
which dainty menu was served. The
president presented to Mesdames
Crawford and Cant beautiful per-
fume container, for their regular at
tendance of the meetings. To each
member of the club as her token, the
president presented them with a most
dainty tea apron. Work of the club
will be resumed next September. All
kinds Of embroidery work is taught
and the class work is interesting.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
Partisan Pointers on
Latest Fashion Ideas

If one hopes 70 escape in dress the
implications of the jungle and allied
environments, the time is not vet.
Spring openings in Paris cOncede
even more space and time to sinuous
subjects like snakes, lizards and alli-
gators.
One of the Redfern models is de-
velOped in brieschwanz, the fur
dipped in gold
Premet not only INDUCES in gold
iewelry as an accessory. but goes so
far as to sew gold beads at neck and
wrist in stimulation of necklace and
bracelets. This trimming IS 50 far re-
served for black frocks. Berthe also
replaces real bracelets with embroid-
cred ones. Any number of these are
developed in strass on one sleeve only.
The boutOnniere loses none of its i'm
itself in new directions and assumes
fresh attractions with every move.
Jane Regny leads up coyly to it when
she makes an application Of green
leaves In a vine pattern climbing over
a blouse toward the left shoulder. At
this point an Organde flower bursts
into bloom Agnes designs a but
tonhOle" of two large pearls and
foliage.
Waistlines keep going up and up
and while some reach normal any
number fall just short of it.
An interesting note is the cOmbina-
ton of pink and blue in two cravats
that knot at the neck These cOlOrS
are being associated by several Of the
leading cOuturiers.
There is a revival in cOttOns ana
linens to slight extent.
All the signs point to Il successful
season for prints, small prints In
crepe and larger patterns in chiffon
and georgette. There are numbers Of
ruff1ed arrangements, little frills and
furbelowS here and there. and perhaps
a development of tiers. These last go
on as prominently IA ever. The tiers
we have always with us, until we
reach the point where we are tempted
to pun and change to tears. But since
youth is served, we should be very
glad to have them continue. Boleros
and tiers both contribute to youthful
suggestion. The mode is tied up as
never Questionable Dress
Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE GETS
ANOTHER RESPITE
preston News Service)

Chicago, ILL.,, May l7.-Elin~Lyons,
Columbian soldier Of fortune, was
again given a respite by the Illinois
Supreme Court Friday. Lyons was to
have been hanged that day having
been found guilty last summer of slay-
ing policeman following robbery
The court notified the sheriff of Cook
county that stay Of execution had
been granted to permit Lyons to re-
view his conviction for murder.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
TOO BAD, NEW ORLEANS!

Washington.-The city of New Or
leans not long ago invited the National
Amateur Athletic Union to hold its
track and field championship meet in
the Crescent City and it seemed set
tied thing that the games would be run
off there on July a. But an obstacle
has suddenly appeared to throw the
whole plan out of gear; that obstacle
is the drawing Of the color line
New Orleans officials, hearing that
colored athletes were likely to COM
pete in the games, wrote to Fred
Ruben, president of the Union in New
York, and asked that no one Of the
race be allowed to compete, giving as
a reason for this that the presence of
colored contenders in that city might
give rise to race troubles"
To the honor Of Ruben, that gentle
man replied that colored athletes were
going to compete and that the Union
was not in the business Of withdraw
ing athletic privileges from anybody
otherwise qualified on account Of his
race or complexion. So New Orleans
loses the meet, and after that exhibi-
ton of intolerance, it is much better so.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
BoIero Is Adapted to
All Types Of Figures

There can be no question as to
the youthfulness of the bOlerO, and
now that it has been modified and
adapted to various types of figures it
Is destined TO play leading part in
the fashions Of spring.
In its original version the bolero
was what might be termed fashion
risk" for any but the tall and grace
fully slim. 1t seemed to cut the figure
off too abruptly and the effect was
frequently far from what one desired.
In its present aspect, however, 1t
has all the yOuthfulness of its proto-
type, but il infinitely smarter and
much more subtle in line. There may
be an upward curve in.front or in the
back. Again the sides may extend up
ward while back and front are Of even
length. All of which is vastly more in
teresting than a straight line all the
way around.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
TWO SEEK POST IN LIBERIA

Washington, ID. C.-Among the
many names actively being pushed
for the post Of Minister to Liberia,
still vacant because Of the declination
of Hon. James c. Carter, have been
added S. NJ. Dudley, Of Washington,
and Charles w. Mitchell Of W. Va.
Dudley is an attorney and Secretary
Of the Church Extension Department
of the A.M.E.Z. connection while
Mitchell is business manager Of the
W. Va. Collegiate Institute, former
Virgin Island Commissioner and banI;
president
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
Wages in Sunny Tennessee
Bon Voyage Petites Femmes
who's Who in Colored America
Negro Folk Songs
Wages in Sunny Tennessee

Wages in Sunny Tennessee
The United States Women's Bureau
has come out frankly with some find
ings and statements which should
make Sunny Tennessee pass resolu-
tions to purge its industrial soul of sin
and shame Following an investiga-
ton of 216 factories, stores and laun-
dries in % cities and towns in Sunny
Tennessee, the Women's Bureau says:
The earnings of Negro women
workers in Tennessee fell very much
below those of white women. While
half of the white women earned as
much as Silica week, half of the Ne
gro women earned less than $6.95, all
Of the latter receiving less than $22
and only about one-seventh Of them
as much as $40.
IN laundries, where the largest
group Of women were employed, the
median earnings were $655, while the
figure for white women was $8.95. In
the manufacture of tobacco products
other than cigars, the industry en-
blowing the second largest number Of
Negro women, the median earnings
were $3.50 For white women in this
industry the median figure was $500
The number of hours of work
which brought the highest earnings
was greater for the Negro women than
for the white, the highest median
among the Negro women being that
of women who worked 81 hours. One
half of these earned as much as $925.
"Only two hour groups had medians
lower than that of the women who had
worked 81 Unconstitutional they rep
resented the standards for those wo-
men who had worked less than 80
hours, or 80 and under 80 hours. The
years earnings Of the majority Of Ne
gro women fell between $500 and $500,
the middle figure for the whole group
being $780,"
Think of wives, sisters, mothers and
daughters toiling 81 hours a week for
$9.25-seventeen cents an hour-and
then do not be surprised when you
read, or some one says, that Negro in
FAINT mortality in Tennessee is high;
that Negro health is at low ebb; that
the Negro death rate is soaring. Could
it be otherwise with the mothers of
tomorrow-the human cloth textiles Of
the future Negro Tennesseean-play-
ing the role of industrial slaves? Hard
IL we think
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
Jacket Prominent
in Spring Styles
Slightly Longer, and As
sured Prestige in Dresses
as Well as Suits.

The Jacket leads In styles for
spring, accenting compose effects in a
mode that Is tied up on every possible
pretext. according to the fashion notes
in Fashionable Dress Magazine, here
In summarized.
The Fashion Forecast Of this
magazine states that while the bolero
which probably began this style con-
tinues popular, the slightly longer
jacket is assured certain prestige in
dresses as well as suits.
The short jacket matching skirt
of the same fabric and worn over
contrasting blouse, which may or may
not be attached to the skirt, Is nat
urally very softly tailored in its dress
form and the suit is likewise much
feminized. Belts often accompany
these jackets, and yokes enter the
scheme very decidedly.
In tailored dresses vestees combine
well with the bOlerO. Many Jacket
treatments emphasize the compose
note in costumes and the important
yoke of the moment accomplishes the
same thing. as for example the white
yoke with the black frock or the
mauve with the violet
While the deep-pointed yoke con-
tinues TO be important. Fashionable
Dress Magazine points out that the
square yoke is decidedly significant
Diagonal necklines have also come in
TO fashion with a flourish, slanting
from one shoulder to the opposite IN
der-arm in the evening decolletage.
The deep V-Shaped back Is still the
pronounced treatment for evening, but
the bateau line promises to return in
summer fashions.
On every side settles appear on
the frock or coat. These ties seem TO
be just little wider and more impor-
tant than heretofore. The loops are
fuller, and Of course materials must
be soft for the right effect. A corner
Of the square neck is a favorite place
for the fabric tie and If this treatment
is repeated at the side Of the waist
line so much the better. Then there
are ties ut the front neck and waist
line, at the wrists. cascade treatments
of trimmings are also seen a great
deal, sOftening the dress with q grace
full ripple from shoulder to hem, eff
fecting iabots here and there, and 9TH
er effective touches.
Lace appears on every possible oc-
casion. Fashionable Dress Magazine
enumerates its use in vestees, yokes,
sleeve puffs. tiers and frills. particu-
larly in cream or black. There are all
lace dinner dresses and elaborate az
ternoOn dresses where lace IL associ-
ated with filmy stuffs like chiffon, net,
georgette and marquisette.
The white evening dress maintains
its important position, lending itself
to lavish beading. In the evening
frOck wing and draped treatments
continue to break the sometimes very
straight lines, and wing sleeves vary
the design of dinner and afternoon
gowns. The irregularity OF hens ap-
pears to be irrepressible The after
noon coat Of crepe, canton and satin
also INDUCES in wing sleeves.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-05-21
Bon Voyage Petites Femmes

A group of notable Republican col
ored women has just closed a three
days political session at the Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. c. A., with splen-
did representation and an enthusiastic
wave which bids fair to have far-reach-
ing results. Cooperating with the
colored group at one session were such
notables Of the other race as Mrs. All
win T. Hert, Vice Chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, and
Honorable James J. Davis, cabinet
member.
Without attempting to name the
delegates present or to tabulate the
detailed events of the several sessions,
which will doubtless be well done by
regular press correspondents, this
column desires to comment upon what
We believe to be of greater signih-
canoe than names and events.
The women who braved the venture