The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-31
FLYSPECKS ON THE SUNSET
BY n, ID. Cochran =

Some people stroll through life taking the bitter
with the sweet having their trbulatons but
managing to find some good in everybody and silver
lining to every cloud. Others would get a spygass
and look for hyspecks a gorgeous sunset.
But at that pessmists well ~ optimsts find
some happiness in the interesting old world This
optimst will enjoy the sunset itself the pessmist
gets happy kick out of finding the fyspeck. One
enjoys finding good in his fellows; the other gets his
finding sin and wickedness.
Now would think that jealous prohibtonists
would be happy because after long years of struggle
they put 1t over and have got the United States
eminent devotng of it's official energy to enforc.
ing the Vostead act But it looks as If pessmism is
constitutional and incurable
There is Mrs. Ella Boole, for example She is
president of the great w c. 7. o. chief of thousands
of earnest women all over the country who are very
good themselves and spend all their waking hours
trying to make the rest of good they are.
But Mrs Bocle isn't happy yet. though she lives in
Brooklyn and is head of the W. G.. TT.
In her Keynote address at Washington she found
iyspecks all over the great blue sky. I'VE charge
she began and then told long list of troubles that
disturb the sleep of the good Here some of them:
Some reputable newspapers contributing to
disrespect for the law some society nations set a
bad example to the rest of America by serving wines
and champagnes to their guests and thus keep alive
the appetite Tor drink the manufacture and sale Of
hip TASKS has other purpose to provide for the
transportation and of beverage liquors; old grads
who carry liquors back to college functions set a
leading
magazines, current novels and motion pictures are
contributing to dsrespect of the law booteggers flour.
ish because patrons buy; enforcement officials are Grip.
pied by lack of public cooperation and the difficulty
Of securing legal evidence.
IN snort, reputable newspapers magazines, novels
motion pictures, society leaders, manufacturers and
sellers of hip TASKS old college graduates patrons Of
bootleggers and the public all wrong. Otherwise
the world may be not so bad.
can synlpathize with the estmable Mrs Booe
Tor We often felt that way myself was easy for
me to see that this world would be perfect if every.
body on 1t would do exactly Thought they ought
10 90. thought knew just what everybody else
ought to do. Sometimes in my youthful zeal
wanted to make EN- think, believe and act as wanted
EN- to- In those days would probably have passed
laws to fix the world way But darn It ALL there
were too many people who thought they knew better
IMAM did what was good for them. They were de-.
termned to be happy in their way. So years ago
gave up monkeying with other peoples souls and
bodies and tried mindng my own busness-only to
md that had mans sized job making myself be-
have.
I've become tolerant that the last thing would
think OF would be to suggest to Mrs. Boole that she
ought to mind her own business On the contrary 1
feel like saying, Go to it. Ella Hope you have a
good time trying to make this wicked old world put
its conduct straight even II you don't succeed"