davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
A Good Start

new face appears in the highway commits
sion and undoubtedly there will be walls and pro-
tests various political leaders and more prob
ably from the agents for various contractors.
The public at large will not object to new faces,
either the highway commission or on any of the
other boards in which the Governor will shortly have
the power and the duty to make appointments.
There those who have tried to assume that
the whole system of road building would be smashed
unless the Governor fit to reappoint the present
members their terms expire. They have been so
nsistent that the public might easily reach the
clusion that if any of the present board should be
unfortunate enough to leave this world, the good
roads movement would reach abrupt end.
There is some reason, of course for lauding the
board it stands but there is no reason to believe
that other in the State would not make as per-
sstent fight, if they wished against the capture of
the State millions by that greedy group of politicians
who have always wanted to handle the money and
get the contracts
What the public will be interested in is not the
fact that change has been made, but in what
stand this new mmber takes when he is placed in
position of temptation to yield to the State Repub-
lican machine in its search for plums or to divert
all the money to particular and favored sections of
the State
They will at least be fair enough to give him
chance to perform and to show his ability and his
good judgment.
Now that start has been made perhaps the
Governor will find other new faces for some of the
other boards
When it comes to the naming of public service
commissioners, nothing will be lost and much might
be gained if the Governor decides to find new men.
particularly If he finds some who are not so mbued
with the public utility viewpoint as to forget the
public.
The lower House of the Assembly by yerv
large VOTE demanded that the Governor replace the
present membership with men who have more of pub
lie interest and less of utility prejudice.
The indictment against that commission found
a hearty public response.
The people had been convinced tat the commits
sion needs large amount of proof before it refuses
any corporation any demand it makes and very little
investigation beor cit grants any petition for higher
rates.
Upon that particular commission the public
would be satisfied the theory that any change
would be for the better.
AS far as the new highway commission men,
Der is concerned, the people will suspend judgment
until it discovers just why he is there and what
he proposes in the way of change in policy and pro-
gram.
Some changes could be made with profit. Others
that have been attempted and desired would he dis.
astrous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Ten Years After

Inc tenth anniversary of our entrance into the
W;r to end war lends itself to much Iamentne
There are and rumors of wars in all narts
CT the world
instead of world made safe for democracy. we
seem at present to have world cut out for dicta-
tors, world where democratic ideals are more often
The subject of ridicue than challenge to sacrifice
and devotion.
In terms of the ideals which we entered the
war to uphold, the decade since our entrance can be
characterized disastrous.
The important question is: what of the next
Gecade?
When we entered the war we were simply one
nation among number regarded as about eouaI
III power" The Germans, indeed, had made much
lower estimate, regarding our power as trivial
In the past decade all this has been changed
The pendulum of world power has swung away
from war-crushed Europe to the west 1t is now
definitely located in the United States
Many students Of history think it will keep on
swinging westward until it reaches a reborn Asia
Regardless (of what is to happen a century
hence, the fact remains that the next ten years will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06

see the United States occupying the principal place
in the sun.
Our policies will in substantial measure deter
mine the course of world affairs. WELDING the great
est economic power in the history of mankind-a
power generated in no small by the demands
on us as storehouse for warning Europe-we will
set the pace for the world
Ten years ago we were going to demand ad-
justment of world affairs which would eliminate
wars.
The simple fact was that, regardless of the will,
we didn't have the power to do it.
Now, have power undreamed of then.
With that power go long way in carry
ing out the ideals which prompted our war endeavor.
1t will be possible to find out whether we were
really fooling ourselves with phrases in 1927.
The second decade after the war may be much
more decisive than the first far as the United
States is concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Great Grandma Is a Flapper
BY n. ID. Cochran

1t now appears that truth is not only stranger than
hcon but that often it is more interesting than phil
osophcai speculation. Recently the lively and rebelious
ACTIVITY Oh certain grandmas whose antics got the
newspapers, led to favorable comment on nv part
mat inspired letter by greatgranddaddy in which
he tells true story Of tapper greatgrandma that
Is full of life and human interest
The name Of the author of the letter was given.
but with request that 1t be not published So the
request is being respected Here is the letter dated
at Washington ID. c., and written on the office letter.
"Grandmas, is it? Huh! What is the matter with
the great-grandmas?
Il happen to know one who is rs years of age.
couple of years ago she had her hair bobbed and
began taking dancing lessons!
''She has four living children having horne nine
and reared six to maturity
She has eleven living grandchildren, having had
fifteen. ''NN
Now she has two fine great-grandchildren
ana several months ago she sued for divorce
she ana her husband not having lived together for
twenty years, and she having found man of her own
"s VINO promised TO dance, to the theaters travel
ana nave good time generally with herr
And her husband offered no opposition to tho
ulVorce' taxing the ground that any woman who had
porhe nine children, who had done her share in
bringing six of them maturity and who was grand
Hother ana great-grandmother several times over
was entitled to do any darned thing she pleased i'm
her old age that she thought would make her happy
know, because I am the husband daddy grand.
daddy and great-granddaddy, but have no desire for
iurtner changing marital or other alliances
Yours with all the sympathy in the world for
the srandmas and great-grandmas)
"Great-Granddaddy.
10 and still hammering a typewriter"
30 1ar this is the champion true story in the Old
Ase rebellion that doesn't get into the newspapers
because there Is nothing scandalous about it, With.
out attempting to elaborate on story that is complete
in itself, l take off my hat to great-grandma and
greatgranddaddy and suggest that il anybody can
beat this team for bubblng youth in the Romantic
Seventies, let them come forth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
A Thought for the Tired Business Man
In China

American business men in Shanghai want the
United States to help Britain sit on China
They have built up little business out there
said business being based on the ancient order of
things.
They seem to fear they may lose little money
if China wakes up and branches out as an independ
emit sovereign power.
How perfectly absurd
FULLY awake, strong selfrespectng hard
working, wage earning China would simply be the
making of American trade in that corner of the
world
Take the United Kingdom, for example. Her
population is 44,00OOOO. Our total annual trade
with her amounts to something like 81 $4,000 600
China has between four and five hundred mil
Ion inhabitants. Our total trade with her amounts
to approximately $28O,OOOOOO year.
With ten times her population, Chinas trade
with us is only one-ffth as great as Britain's
Labor, long time ago, vigorously opposed labor
saving machinery Workers were afraid thew
would be cut out OF job or have their wages cut
That was when workers were receiving a dollar q
Gay for about twelve or fourteen hours work
Now almost everything in the United States is
machine made. Yet there is no unemployment and
never have wages been anywhere near so high
Blind foreigners for an awakened China will
mean higher wages to Chinese workers, native mills
ana factories and native managed affairs generally
They are afraid the China will put an end to
their nice little profits.
If they only knew it they are standing in their
own light when they call for British Japanese and
American punitive expeditions, blockades and war
to keep China paralyzed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Punmeling Policy

Having pummeled Nicaragua and
Haiti to prove our own prestige. we
are now trifling with the idea of pun
melting China to prove British pres
tige.
Senator Edge rises to remark that
it is our duty to see that Nicaragua
holds clean elections.
If it is our duty to see that cleo
lions are clean in Nicaragua, why
isn't it our duty to see that they
are clean in five other Central
American republics, not to mention
Mexico and South America?
If it is our duty to back up Eng
land in China, why isn't it our duty
to back her up in India, Asia Minor,
Africa, or any other place where she
may be troubled?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Business Not All

The American people have become
obsessed with the idea that so long
as business is good everything else
is bound to be all right.
They have grown lukewarm
toward those clements of life which
made business good in the first place
and which are essential to keep it
good in the secOnd-law, order, civic
consciousness and Keen interest in
politics.
Il republican government can't
run itself no matter what the ledger
shows, and, sooner or later. rotten
politics is bound to make business
rotten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
RQWNO AK N@1

man submarine that made several
trips to this country prior 10 our
entrance in the war, acting as a
cargo carrier instead of as a fighter?
G. What German cruiser, early in
the war, ravaged British shipping in
the far east until put out of com
mission by British pursuers?
7. What was the name Of the
famous Canadian regiment that
went overseas early in the war and
suffered terrific casualties?
s. What son of a former Presi-
dent of the United tSates was killed
in action?
8. What was Americas most
famous troopship?
10. What enlisted man is general
ly acclaimed as the greatest hero
of the American army?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06

1t was just ten years ago today
that the United States entered the
World War. ''Now You Ask One"
for today, accordingly, is composed
Of questions dealing with the war.
You'll find the answers on page 16;
1. When did this country declare
war on Austria-Hungary?
2. In what two forests in France
did American troops gain notable
victories?
8, In round numbers, how many
men served in the United States
Army during the World War?
4. BY what name is the chief
naval battle OF the wan (which
occurred before this country began
hostilities) known?
5. What was the name of the Ger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06

An exhibition of Hebrew cere-
monial objects is now open at the
Heron Art Institute. These pieces,
executed for the ritual service of the
church, are the work of Bernhard
Friedlander, a native of Poland but
now residing in Dusseldorf, Ger
many.
He is a goldsmith of prominence
in his adopted land, having been as
ISOLATED with the court jewelers. of
the country, but since 1918 he has
been working independently, and
evolved a type of ritual object Of so
marked an originality that it seems
destined to influence the point Of
view OF other artists in this field,
regardless of religious prejudice.
The pieces in the collection are
made from gold, silver, ebony inlaid
with silver, and ivory. There is one
example of enamel. The most i'm
portant item is a large tablet for
use in the Sedar service, and is
unique among Jewish ceremonial ob-
jects.
1t is of ebony, with inlaid panels
on the sides, and represents a years
devoted labor. There are a wine jug
and a goblet on a silver pedestal
that are companion pieces. They
are Moorish in inspiration, their sur
faces intricately and delicately
chased. A small antique tray of
Oriental origin is included in the eX-
hibition. This piece was repaired
and restored by Friedlander with
panels of filigreed and undecorated
silver, which display the discriminate
ing taste and consummate skill of a
master.
The several types of candlebra are
of unusual interest. A chanukkah,
or eight-branched candlebra, for use
during the Maccabee celebration, is
carefully balanced and gracefully
composed. A book with server and
enamel corners, and various types
of foblets complete the collection.
An exhibition of paintings by the
American artist, Max Bohm, has also
opened in the galleries. Bohm was
born at Cleveland in 1868. and died
at Provincetown in 1923. He was and
is almost unique among artists. He
always lived by his art.
He sold drawings and paintings
from the time he was eleven years
old; supported himself by designing
by the time he was sixteen; and at
nineteen had saved enough money to
go to Paris to study.
He was only twenty-six when his
painting, EN- Mer" was given a
place of honor in the Paris Salon and
for twenty years every picture he
sent to the Salon was accepted and
we'll hung. Medals and honors too
numerous to mention were awarded
him. The French Government bought
his painting, the Family" for the
Luxembourg.
Though he studied with Constant,
Laurens and Guillemat, he was of no
school, and though he had pupils
from all over the world he has no
followers. He was an artist of
magnificent ideas and ignored the
commonplace. He believed individ-
uality to be the basis of good art,
and his own dignity and largeness of
conception have given character to
the record he has behind him in his
| paintings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
DecenCy Quit

For every one who expresses a
sincere desire to make politics
cleaner, you hear a dozen proclaim
that politics is too dirty for them
to be interested.
That. more than anything else, is
what ails politics.
SO long as our brightest men. and
women hold such an attitude, poll
tics will not only remain dirty, but
grow dirtier.
Big Bill Thompson and his riffraff
following were able to do what they
did, not because of their superior
strength and numbers but because
decent people laid down on the job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
vTA CAtxxfi<,n
BRIDGE,
By ,MilEk1rx ~
C'NarR I d
Case Where Jack From
Dummy Wins Most
in No Trump.
The pointer for today is:


Playing NO-Trump contract,
with Jack-x in Dummy and Ace.
King-X in Closed Hand, the best
chance to win three tricks in the
suit is to play the Jack from
Dummy.
When Dummy has Jack.x and
Closed Hand Ace-King-x, players
sometime slip on a situation which
cannot be classed as difficult. At
No-Trump, it is we'll for Declarer to
play on the basis that a high card
Of the suit led is in the hand Of the
leader rather than in the Third
Hand; in this case it should be as.
stunned that the lead was from the
Queen. OF course it may be that the
leader, having no stronger long suit,
was compelled to open a suit headed
by the Ten and that Third Hand will
have to play the Queen if a small
card be played from Dummy, in
which case Dummy's play of the
small card will gain a trick; but it
is much more probable that the shoe
is on the other foot, that the leader
has opened a Queen-suit, and that
playing the Jack will take three
tricks in the suit, whereas playing
small would limit the Declarer to
two tricks in that suit. With Jack
XXX opposite Ace-King-X, the .qu9MMn
of whether the Jack or the low Bbf
the three will prove to be the more
advantageous play for Dummy, is
more complicated and doubtful; but
even then, the Jack generally should
be the card selected. The size of the
small card led may have a material
bearing on Dummy's play from Jack
Xxx. Whenever, by the aid of the
Rule of Eleven, the Queen can be
marked as being in the leaders hand,
the Jack must be a sure winner, and
it obviously should be played.
Passing to a different situation; if
YOU were a Declarer at No-Trump
contract, small card being led, and
in that suit you held Jack-x in Dunn
my with Ace-Ten in your own the
closed hand; which of Dummy's pair
of cards should you play on the first
trick? The answer tomorrow.
Copyright, John f. Ollie Co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Rioting at Home

You can't think of Billy Nc
Swiggin without thinking Of Chi
cago and especially the gang war
which has disgraced it for several
years.
The outrageous performances of
Tuesday were the logical result of
that gang war, of vice run rampant,
of thuggery in command.
Some folks think we ought to
make war on China, because Of the
rioting at Marking. If that is so
what ought to be done, because of
the rioting at Chicago?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
p"Tnr'"f
! RAJ ~
Into War for Democracy
But WEIGHED on Own
Proposition.
BY NJ. Il. Tracy

If you want to see a man hopeless
ly fuddled let him propose something
to his cronies, let them adopt it and
then let him go back on it. Hell
hem and haw, apologize, explain
hedge. offer substitutes and make an
ass of himself in forty different ways
That is what ails the United States
today.
Ten years ago this nation rolled
up its sleeves and went forth to stop
a war to set up a new order, to save
the world for democracy.
Afterward, it WEIGHED on its own
proposition, and you don't need to
look any further to understand the
mass of absurdities and inconsist
encies its foreign policy has become.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Speedy Justice

Our existing attitude toward other
countries would be in better taste
if we eXemplified it at home.
1t took Mexico only a matter of
days to find and punish the
murderers OF Wilkins.
Billy McSwiggin was murdered
months ago, but we don't know who
did it yet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Tying Hands

Meanwhile. we refuse to join the
League of Nations and the World
Court on the ground that they in
volved "entangling alliances"
Meanwhile also, and in spite of
our horrors of "entangling alliances"
we continue to call conferences and
palavers on disarmament which
serve only to tie our hands while
they promise little general good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Topic for the Week
"THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE"
Wednesday

"There are Evil Forces About Us"
SCRIPTURE: Read-Ephesians
$1,000.
For our wrestling is not against
flesh and blood, but against the
principalities, against the powers
49,. against the spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places"
(Eph. 6:12). And the woman said,
The serpent beguiled me, and did
eat" Gen. 1919. Each man is
tempted when he is drawn away by
his own lust, and enticed" JAS. 114).
Put on the whole armor of God,
that ye be able to stand against the
wiles Of the devil" Eph. GID.
See-John $40; John 1872; I. Peter
5:8; Colossians 1913.
MEDITATION: Jesus spoke OF
devils, of Satan, of Beelzebub. True,
He often spoke in parallels. But
we need not dogmatize about the
mystery of iniquity. am sure
there are wicked men and that there
are evil impulses in me, and that vi
cious influences beat upon me as adj
verse winds against the sail. Like
fire the breath of evil withers and
burns the careless soul. My safety
is in the living armor Of God; that is,
His spirit possessing me.
There are two fires to which the
soul is subject-the fire CT sin and
the fire of God the one consumes
the soul, the other consumes every.
thing that impedes the soul" a.
HYMN: -
Beneath the cross of Jesus
fain would take my stand
The shadow Of a mighty rock
Within weary land.
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning Of the noon.tide
heat,
And the burden of the dASa
take, o cross, thy shadow
For my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
The sunshine of His face
Content to let the world go by,
To know no gain nor loss,
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all the cross.
Elizabeth c. Clephane.
0S30-1S69).
PRAYER: Pray for-spirit of
long-suffering; slaves of habit, true
enjoyments; servants.
Collect-Heavenly Father, whose
tender mercies compel our love, we
thank Thee for the gift of Christ
our Savior. In Him our shortcom-
ings are filled up; our sicknesses of
soul are healed; OUR rebellions of
spirit are quelled For salvation
full and free we bless Thee. In the
presence of Thy outpouring Of love
our selfshness stands revealed.
Breathe into us Of Thy spirit that
we may be strong to forsake sin, to
overcome temptation and to live in
the light which Christ supplies. o
our Father, grant us to know some
thing Of Thy passion of love. Help
us to proclaim the gospel to Skll
mankind. Record our pledge "a "a
Thee that we will eXalt the thfnEs
Of the spirit. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Exhibition of Ceremo NAL Objects
on View at Heron Art Institute

Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Rae Samuels at Keith's; Lilac
Time" at English's; 1.-THE Broadway
Revue" at the Lyric; Doc Baker at
the Palace; "The Demi-Bride," at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06


extended research be undertaken. All
other questions will receive a personal
reply. Unsigned REQUESTS cannot DC
answered. All letters are confidential.
Editor.
Are men who marry sisters re-
lated to each other?
They are not kin because there is
no consanguinity, but they are
brothers-in-law.
What nationality is Cherries FrOh-
man, the theatrical producer?
American.
Where can / get official infOrma-
ton about pensions granted by the
Canadian government?
Write to the Canadian government
commissioner. Al Whitehall ST., New
York City, N. y.
Why do the names of all the con-
tinents except Europe begin with
the letter ZAP"
There is no special reason. 1t is
merely a coincidence.
In whom is the executive author
ity of the Dominion of Canada
vested?
Nominally in the King Of Eng
land, and it is exercised in his name
by the encouragement, aided by q
privy council. The real executive
authority, however, is vested in the
cabinet that is responsible to the
Canadian Parliament.
Are women required by law to
take their husbands names?
According to the legal research
department of the National Wom-
ans Party there is no law, statute,
or court decision in any State pro-
viding that at marriage a woman
must take her husbands name. If
she does so, it is voluntary and in
compliance with custom.
What is the population Of the
world by races?
The estimated figures are as fol-
lows: Indo-Germanic or Aryan
(white), S21,OOO.OOO; Monaghan or
Turanian (yellow-brown), 5000, 900;
Semitic (white), 75,OOO,O0O; Negro
and Bantu (black). 139, 100000 Ma
lay and Polynesian Grown, 100000
900: American Indian, north and
south (red, half-breeds), 2S,000,O00.
Where are the chief UNEMPLOYED
regions of South America?
In central and northern Brazil, the
! far reaches of the Amazon, north