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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
ALohhv Clean Up Due

If YOU are interested in a matter that is before
Congress or if you wish to present new matter 10
Congress- it is your privilege to appear in Washington
and argue the case with every Congressman that WILL
listen It is not difficult obtain the privilege of APP
pearing before the congressional committee or COM
mittees having your subject in charge
You can even hire lawyer to do this for you If
vou are not sure of your own persuasive powers.
But beyond doing these things-openly- and
more Congressmen are coming to believe you should
not CO.
Recently there was held in Washington, with con-
siderable fanfare a gathering that purported to be
a spontaneous assembling of State legislators. They
appeared to insist that Congress repeal the Federal
inheritance tax They had all the right in the world
to do this if their gathering was just what 1T pur-
ported to be-
But question has been raised to the authenticity
of their representations 1t is being charged that the
meeting was arranged and financed by certain persons
throughout the country who have direct interest IN
seeing the inheritance tax repealed.
Representative Royal johnson says he has evidence
that 100000 was contributed toward the expenses OF
the enterprise by one Montana corporation alone, a
CORPORATION whose name never appeared in the hear
ings granted by the House Ways and Means Committee
It can be shown, he says, that $500 was spent
to bring legislators here from single Western State
And he tells of reports that one "pay-oh man" had
$4,000 in 500 bills with which to defray the expense
of those delegates who were not prepared to pay
their own.
1t looks like the house has job to do. Johnsons
reports should be investigated they prove true Con-
gress should provide method Of preventing their
recurrence
But in taking the subject up it would be well Tor
the House not to restrict itself solely to this inheritance
tax lobby It should go the whole subject of proper
and noproper efforts to influence legislation The time
has come when a lobby cleanup is due.
A Wisconsin university professor says success is
NOT due to brains but luck and outside influences 1t
seems that intelligence has been overemphaszed too.
The prima donna who was offered contracts IN
the movies probably doesn't know yet whether she
was being praised or damned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28

The prima donna who was offered contracts II
the movies probably doesn't know yet whether she
was being praised or damned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
Has the United States National

Anthem?
"The Star Spangled Banner" is
universally recognized as our
National Anthem, though it has
never been SO designated by act of
Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28

Where is Berea College located?
Berea, KY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28

Should the roots Of azaIeas be
protected in winter?
Most azaleas are hardy, but in the
north and in exposed situations a
protection with brush, hay or mats
should be given in winter, to protect
the flower buds from sudden
changes in temperature. They are
easily transplanted in early spring
or early autumn, when the years
growth has ripened. If desired they
can be planted in beds for decora-
ton in the early spring, without
injuring the abundance or bril-
liancy of the flower, and later can
be removed to nursery beds to give
space for other decorative plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28

A Wisconsin university professor says success il
not due to brains, but luck and outside influences
seems that intelligence has been overemphasized, too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-28
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The Washington times., 1927-05-13

Andy wasn't surrounded with
lovely looking women in marvellous
clothes and makeup all day long
the way Gus was. There were no
temptations in Andy's life unless
he happened to find pretty girl
who wanted to buy q, used car.
Have q cocktail?" asked Roy
Schultz, and Bobbie lifted q little
glass from the tray he he'd under
her nose.
Capable LOttie
Then she saw that Lottie
Schultz had not taken one. She
was gazing into the fire, and her
brown capable-looking hands were
clasped around her knees. Her
evening dress was not very low at
the neck, and her arms were not
bare. She trailed no cloud Of per
fume behind her when she moved.
and her clever. charming face was
innocent OF rouge and lip salve and
eye-daEkeusr.
Would you like to run over to
my house for a. minute and see my
little girl before she goes to Sleep"
she asked Bobbie, suddenly gIanc-
ing up at her with her dark bright
eyes. Her voice was soft and full
of mother tenderness.
They went together, with their
arms lightly around each other. a.
IL they were old friends.
"How's business these days?"
Lottie Schultz asked, when they
were crossing the moonlit stretch
OK lawn before the big pink stucco
house.
II had three days work as q
bathing beauty for Curio Come
dies" Bobbie told her. but I
spent all the money made ON
this She held up an end Of
the spangled scarf.
Lottie laughed. "Just like all
the movie people. SquanderinK
your money on luxuries instead Of
necessities, she said gayly.
did it when / was a school
teacherr' Bobbie defended herself.
I'm a born spendthrift. Money
runs through my fingers like
water through sieve-and 1t al
ways has" She shook her head.
She knew she was hopeless, her.
self.
They went into the house. II
was very beautiful house. Just
the kind Of house Bobbie would
have liked for herself-plain and
simple and yet imposing in its
quiet magnificence.
There were books everywhere,
and flowers.
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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By Lucy Lowell

4 YOUNG woman, 80 years old.
"A welcomes a grandchild to the
home of her daughter in Passaic
N. j.
Does it make me feel old?"
she laughs. Certainly not. am
too happy to think the great JOY
or motherhood has come to my
daughter. as it did to me. while
she is very young"
The grandmother's eyes sparkle
merrily; light strikes down the
dark head that shows not a thread
of gray. She is the mother of
seven children.
To celebrate the arrival Of the
little new granddaughter the
grandmother will go to a dancing
party with her husband, who. after
16 years of marriage. Is still her
sweetheart.
Times change: progress moves
along. Once it would have been
scandalous for q grandmother. of
whatever age. to go to a dance.
And a grandmother who blushed
happily when she spoke OF her
husband would have been consid.
cred not quite nice.
It has been a long. slow process,
that of women forsaking the ira
ditions which, have held them, and
one Of the last to be let go is
the tradition of age.
This tradition is the fallacy that
any woman must be relegated to a
purely passive place In life; that
she must. for any reason what
ever. stand on the sidelines and
watch the rest of the world go by.
Everywhere now you hear of a
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TT CAN'T BE
DONE

TN spite of the fact that a we'll
i trained nurse has had, besides
some high school education, at
least three years instruction in
a good hospital, including lee.
lures, laboratory work and prac-
tical experience in diet Kitchens,
operating and delivery rooms and
at the bedside, there are at least
eight schools that offer to teach
the nursing art by correspon.
dence. asserts Hygiene.
Position in the nursing profess
sion today depends on recognition
by the State, and correspondence
school graduates are not given
such recognition. Their lessons
and diploma are not worth the
paper on which they are printed.
The girl who wants to be nurse
should consult her family ply.
stefan as to the selection of a
proper school. If he has not the
requisite information he can get
it by writing to the headquarters
of the American Medical Associa-
ton
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az she remembered that Monica
had had very special company" in
her flat that afternoon at
O'Clock. Could the very special
company have been Gus? Had he
spent the afternoon with Monica,
and then come straight to her?
And If he had been with Monica,
had he made love to her?
She certainly would let him II
he tried" Bobbie told herself mis-
erably, and knew 1t was the truth.
For Monica made no secret of
the fact that loveless life was
no life at all, so far as she was
concerned.
II must have a little thrill now
and then" she had once confessed
to Bobbie, during the time they
roomed together. IT can get along
without clothes and food and shell
ter, but / must have a love affair
every now and then. Just for
bit Of excitement, you know.
Life's duh as dishwater without
itr'
Perhaps Gus was like that, too.
Perhaps he wasn't the kind of
man who could be satisfied with a
love affair in which there was no
love-mak ing-no thrill, no touch of
eager lips and hands.
Andy Jerrold was different, Bob
bic went on thinking. Andy would
go on being in love with her, no
matter how cold and Indifferent
she might be to him. But then
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AN UNUSUAL
-
FEAT

CAFETY and economy are
~ claimed for a small mono
plane which has been devised for
the purpose OF bringing within
the reach Of the man of moder.
ate means. says Popular Mechan.
les Magazine.
The craft is sturdiiy constructed,
the fuselage being Of the steel
tube type. the wing spread is %
feet, total weight 400 pounds. and
the motorcycle engine affords a
speed of Is miles an hour in
flight and a landing speed Of but
80 miles, to insure greater safety.
From 35 to forty miles on a gal
Ion Of gasoline is the usual per-
Torrance. It sells for only SIS,
complete and ready to fly. +
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Making Career for Ones Self Is Not All Peaches and
Cream as BObbie Ransom Found Out When She En-
tered the Movies at Hollywood

answered with a happy little
smile.
Stella turned sharply away as II
that smile had been lash across
her face.
At the door she glanced back,
over one thin sloping shoulder.
did you say you wanted some
gold paint for your slippers?" she
asked. I'm going down to the
drug store. III bring you some IL
you need it,"
Bobbie tossed her a half dollar.
She began to take off her
clothes in feverish hurry, and
she was lying deep in hot bath
when, Stella came back with the
gold paint.
something antiseptic in the upper
hall OF the house when she started
back to her room. 1t made her
think Of the smell that always
hangs in the air Of a hospital
ward. sCarbolic acid, was that 1t?
: She picked UP the bottle OF gold
paint from her dresser and shifted
it. 1t smelled like banana oil.
Then she went to the door of
Stella's room. What is that weird
smell in the hall2" she asked, and
then she saw that Stella was
holding a little brown bottle in
her hands, and looking at its label.
''Carbohc acid" she said, In an
absent.ninded way. I'm going to
wash my hair brushes, when you're
through with the bathroom"
I'm through now" Bobbie an
swered. tuckinE back the little wet
gold curls that clustered on her
forehead.
But Stella didn't go into the
bathroom. She laid the small
brown bottle down on her bedside
table and followed Bobbie into her
own room.
Honey" she said, as she sat
on the bed, smoking cigarette
after cigarette and watching Bob
bit get into the pale pink dress.
you're Just crazy about Mac
Cloud, aren't your"
Bobbie nodded. Cray, mad.
Stella" she answered solemnly.
You could tell things to Stella.
She was that kind of person.
Not Worth It
Hes not worth it," Stella re.
marked, flicking off a bit Of ash
from the end OF her flag. Hes
selfish beast and when he's
through with you he'll drop you
: just the way he'd throw away an
old collar. Now. I'm telling you"
Think so?" asked Bobbie.
''He's come back to me twice now,
after I've told him to go chase
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NOU Go On With The Story

CHE had not taken off her hat
~ and coat and she was standing
beside the bed, looking down at
the pale pink dress and scarf
that Bobbie had spread out upon
It.
She turned when Bobbie opened
the door. Her green eyes spar
kled like emeralds. They lookd
curiously alive in her tired white
face.
you going somewhere tonight"
Bobbie nodded. She had not
told Stella anything about Gus
MacCloud's party. She had hoped
that Stella wouldn't need to know
ABOUT It at all.
Yes Her voice was one small
short sound, and she did not look
ct Stella when she spoke.
Instead she gazed at the ruined
slippers, holding them up in her
0utstretched hand.
Monica borrowed my evening
slippers, and Just see what she's
done to themr' she cried, setting
them on the dresser. do you sup
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New Year to him for me, will
your
CHAPTER xxXIII
Every window in Gus Mac.
Clouds white plaster house was
golden with lamp light as the
great roadster rounded the hill
and stopped before the door.
Just one before we go in?"
Gus asked, and Bobbie knew
that he wanted a kiss there on
the vine-covered porch. But she
took a step away from him in
the darkness and shook her head.
No" she whispered. "No--
darling" She might adore the
ground that he walked on, and
she might come to his house with
him when there were other peo-
pie there. But she wasn't going
to let him touch her, so long as
he had wife.
1t was hard. though. What
she wanted to do. more than any
thing else in the world, was to
walk straight into his arms, take
his head between her hands, and
give him the kiss he asked for.
It's just one of the things
that can't be done. Gus" she
said in a shaky voice and walked
ahead Of him into the house.
She expected to see a whole
crowd Of people already gathered
there. But there were only two
In the wide living room with its
pale walls and silk-shaded lights.
They got up from the daven-
port before the fire and came
out into the hall. hand in hand
Roy Schultz and Lottie.
Still In Knickers
you! Not dressed YETI Lottie
cried when Gus slipped out of
his loose topcoat. and then Bob
bic saw that he was still in the
tan sweater and knickers he
wore at the studio.
He laughed in a guilty sort Of
way. ''No. but ] will be in arr
a secw he said. and started up
the stairs, two steps at a time.
tell Ito to give you something
to put pep into your' he called
back to them from the top of
the flight.
Now, where on earth has he
been all this time?" Lottie
Schultz asked. She put her bare
arm around Bohbie's shoulders
and they went into the living
room. He left the studio a good
hour before we did this after.
noon"
Roy gave a bark OF laughter.
Never ask where a gay young
buck like Gus spends his spare
time. Lottie." he said and winked
at Bobbie who did not wink back.
Her lovely fac was thoughtful
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
SEEK FAME
IN MOVIES

DEING an actress Is only one of
- the ways in which a woman
can earn fame and fortune in the
motion picture industry. points out
Charles S. Dunning in an article
in this weeks Liberty. For, as he
explains. there is no prejudice
against women workers In Holly
wood.
Among the highest-paid seen
Ario writer's, !" the writer explainers,
are Mis- Frances Marion, Miss
Jeanne Eherson, June Mathis.
Bess tth, saba Cowan and
Brad Anita Loos got her
start Nr the movies. Women do
most OF the cutting and editing OF
film. and some dthe titling.'
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
These NeW GrandmOthers

large and spectacular portion OF
the worlds work being done by
women. Few of them are very
young women: many are mothers
and grandmothers.
Many not engaged in such man.
ner are taking this freedom into
their own lives, finding interest
and happiness through it.
You heard, not long ago, about
the mother of three children re-
ceiving her B. A. degree in peda-
gogy at Louisiana Tech College
the same week her son won his
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
HE STARTED
RIGHT
ONE Of Americas leading radio
" and electrical engineers was q

One OF Americas leading radio
" and electrical engineers was q
native of Sweden, and received
his technical education in Europe.
He graduated from the high
school in Lund, Sweden, when he
was eighteen years old, and then
spent another five years. at the
University of Lund and the Royal
Institute of Technology In Stock
holm. and post graduate work in
Berlin.
Then he came to the United
States and got his first job as a
craftsman with the C. & C. Elec.
trio Company. But shortly after
this he made connection with
the General Electric. in which he
soon won the opportunity to de.
vote his activities principally to
research work.
And 1t was about eighteen years
later that he became chief engi.
neer Of the Radio Corporation Of
America.
Throughout this period he has
made more than a hundred in.
ventions, of which he Is the pat.
entee, +he foremost among which
were a single phase railway motor,
and a number OF radio devices
and systems.
His name lie Ernst r. W. Alex.
anderson.
The Washington times., 1927-05-13

pose I could fix them up with
some gold paint?"
She could feel Stella's enormous
eyes fixed steadily on her.
Where are you going to-
night?" Stella asked point blank,
and Bobbie told her.
Gus MacCloud is giving a New
Years Eve bust" she said slowly
and unwillingly. The brows above
Stella's green eyes drew together,
and across her face, went the little
shadow Of pain that Bobbie had
noticed there before when Gus
acCloud's name had been spoken
between them.
"But / thought you and he
weren't on friendly terms any
more" she said accusingly.
Deep In Love
Bobbie smiled the soft helpless
smile of a woman who knows
that man is hopelessly In love
with her. and she with him. 1--WE
weren't--but we made up" she
The Washington times., 1927-05-13

himself! / think he likes me a
little, Stella.
She wouldn't have said 1t, II
she's guessed how she was hurt.
ing Stella. But she didn't guess
not then, at any, rate.
She went on brushing her hair
into little gold ,curls around her
ears, fluffing violet toilet powder
all over, her neck and arms and
shoulders, slipping the thinnest of
thin chiffon slips over her head,
rolling gold-colored stockings just
below her knees. She was SO busy
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
Dangers Of Electricity

linoleum or carpet or anything
that insulates him from the earth.
Let him, however, hold live hand
amp In one hand and turn
water faucet tap with the other.
ana he will receive a shock that
may kiln him. To handle any
kind Of electric apparatus while
in a bath is to court greater
danger than any other OF the
risks Of ordinary life.
A current Of IS volts may cause
death. An alternating current is
four times as dangerous as direct.
The danger varies with the hui
mildly Of the skin. What is a
startling shock to dry hand may
be death to wet one.
The cause Of death by electrocu-
ton is not very well established.
Some authorities think that the
current disorganizes the work Of
the nerve centers situated in the
stem Of the brain, where all the
vital functions, such as breathing.
are controlled, since the heart
stops beating and the victim does
not breathe. The current may
have the effect, however, of para
lying the breathing apparatus
first and stopping the heart
through lack Of oxygenation. Ami.
NAL experiments have shown that
the heart Of an eIectrocuted ami
NAL Is thrown by the current into
the state OF tremor in which it
cannot beat. Those who believe
that this occurs in man are sus-
picious Of. the usefulness of arti-
ficial respiration. but many VIC
tins Of electricity have neverthe-
less been saved by this method
applied in exactly the same way
as 1t Is to those apparently
drowned.
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doing the hundred and one little
delicious things that are part of
a woman's dressing that she didn't
look into the glass and see Stella's
face reflected there.
II she had, she might not have
felt so light-hearted when she went
down the stairs at the sound of
Gus MacCloud's siren wailing in
the street below.
There he is! BY. by. Stella"
she called back.
And Stella's voice floated down
the staircase to her: Say Happy
The Washington times., 1927-05-13

makes contact with the supply
wire and with earth he will re-
ceiye almost as severe a shock as
If he had bridged the supply and
the return wires. Earth is not
necessarily soil, but may be a
cement floor. a damp stone, or a
brick floor, a basin, bath, or tap.
A frequent source of nlishap is
a switch or hand lamp of which
the insulation Is broken down, so
that the metal work is in circuit
with the supply and is therefore
alive
An electrician may handle a
switch as much as he likes as
long as he is standing on a dry.
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
By Chas. A. L. Reed, M. ID.
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

Medical Association
VoU can't now escape electric.
i ity. 1t is everywhere.
Electricity, like every invention
that brings new comfort, brings
new dangers, and electricity has
perhaps brought more Of both
than any other scientific discovery.
The electrician knows its dan.
gers and the wayfarer Is warned
by conspicuous red signs Of the
deadliness of high tension current.
But the ordinary householder,
dealing with tensions Of hundred
TO two hundred fifty volts, is
never told that currents are
practically as deadly as the cross
country currents of which he is
warned by a skull and crossbones.
It is very rarely that a victim
actually comes in contact with
both poles Of the current and re.
ceives 1t directly through his
body.
What few people realize, how.
ever, is that all currents tend to
30 to earth, and that If a person
The Washington times., 1927-05-13

B. s. degree in engineering. The
son planned to go into business,
and the mother arranged to go on
studying for her masters degree.
This is real progress; this il
keeping the mind and heart alert
and young. 1t means an impor-
tant thing not only to women
themselves but to the race.
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
Read Thia First:

BqRBE Ransom dmuTe little school teacher ANYTHING but
G yssTs she has been dreaming Of going to Hollywood break
Sna her family win not lend her any Neither win
Finally $500 the WeItOdo WIDOW PARKIN6
who is to her father and she to Hollywood with high
hesrt q fun purse. N So tsts5a
At MRS MANGAS boarding house she meets STELLA DELR0Y
extra In the Through her
the MAGNIFICA STUDIOS where ROY SCHULTZ
rector, and LOTTIE, his WIFE, take
MacCOUD, the assistant director falls in
him. MONICA MONT, another player MagnCa,
live at Mrs Mangan advises BO6bie
Bobbie
Jealous. 4 a.
BObbie
cs Her father he going to Widow
back to HolywOodand Gus Hr father sends
m0n9s That had belonged to Aunt Gertrude
one Of them Sasl@4..
During her absence Monica has been given
Schultz picture the strength
But she has money to lend Stella who's been badly burned
studio fire. Stella back to her old job
Bobbie gets days work at Magnics where she that Gus
has been married and his wife is dvOrcing him She tells GUS she
with Monica again He fails to ask BObbie to Christmas dinner
Stella Andy sends her lovely bracelet
how much money It would bring should she have sell it,
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
Grease on Stone FIoors

This can generally be removed
in the following way: Cover the
stain with a thick paste Of Full.
ler's earth and water and leave
for day. Remove the paste and
scrub well with hot. strong soda
water,
The Washington times., 1927-05-13
Harnessi,,a tIle Winds

WINDS that the summit Of Mount to be har-
messed to light Of the worlds powerful beacons
million candepower light that will guide pilots Medi-
terranean air routes
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LOndon's LOftiest Dwellings,

BLOCKS of flats, nine stories high thus making them the
n loftiest dwellings, in London, be built in North Lon
don Three Thousand will be moved to admit Of
the change but ultimately there viii be for 5000 the site