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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Re Kindling the Franco British
E.ntanta


President CASTOR Domergue of France yesterday
arrived in London official visit to King George.
AS usual on such occasions, official spokesman
are making it plain that no Importance whatever
is to be attached to the rendezvous.
Which, of course is quite true strictly speaking.
Not so, strictly speaking, however we'll wager the
French foreign minister, Aristde BRAND and his
majestys secretary for foreign affairs, Sir Joseph
Chamberlin will not confine their remarks to the
weather.
And why should they? There are at least half
dozen highly important things in which France
and Britain are mutually involved and what better
time than this to talk them over?
What about the war debts to the United States?
And the possibility of Germany defaulting repara.
tons? John Bull and Marianne should get together
on this.
Italy and France are growing colder toward each
other daily and Britain and Italy to be growing
frender in about the proportion. NJ BRAND
will probably ask Sir Austen how
France has been having trouble with her COM
munists. And because of this, with Russia. Today
Britain and Russia are on the ragged edge of
break Scotland Yards forced entrance and
search of soviet house in London What would be
Frances attitude if Britain sent the soviet agents
packing?
Britain is afraid of submarines France insists
submarines her best, almost her only, means of
keeping her Mediterranean routes open to northern
Africa. The naval limitation conference this summer
at Geneva may hinge upon this difference. Sir Aus
ten may be depended upon to sound France out
Then there's China, and the Franco-British oc-
cupation of the Rhineland and SPANS claims In
Morocco, and Itay's ambitions in the Balkans, and
Germany's demands on Poland and so on
There's plenty to talk about without touching
upon platitudes Back in 1904, after years of bick
erlng, sometimes to the verge of war, France and
Britain came to friendly understanding
few years later this rpened into the now
famous entente cordiale.
Today, however, there is little in the way of any
real entente between the two nations and what little
there is is far from being cordale. Relations be-
tween them in fact, not much more cordial than
they are between France and the United States-a
state of affairs which is far reassurng to the
rest Of the old world There is mutual suspicion and
distrust coupled with more than dash of fear
France, of Britains power and Britain of
Frances strength in the air.
It's easy to understand one another over good
food and a glass of ancient vintage And while
M BRAND is almost total abstainer and Sir Austen
Is far from being addict, they would be losing
wonderful chance for little close harmony IL thew
overlook the opportunity which the spirit of the pres
ent occasion affords.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Peace In Nicaragua-Bang! Bangl

Reading the newspaper yesterday the following
headline caught our eye
H. L. Stimson cheered by disarmed liberals /!
N1caraguans hail end of war"
1t sounded queer that the liberals should cheer
over their own defeat after going hungry and ragged
and fighting in the mud and rain for six months.
Nevertheless we said Hooray and waited for the
details in the afternoon paper
And this was what the afternoon paper head.
line said:
"Nicaraguans kill United States officer and
marine in clash.
Capt. c. Bell buchanan and Private Marvin
Jackson slain by liberals
Several Americans reported wounded"
That's the answer. The United States has
ended the war" in Nicaragua between liberals and
conservatives, perhaps. But our "war with Nicara.
qua has just begun"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
BUYING Large Stores

While Mr.. Macdonald is caution
ing us to take prohibition seriously,
Americans in London are buying
up and storing large quantities of
wine.
Fifteen of them attended an auc-
ton the other day and one bought
300 bottles.
The wine cellar of one hotel is
said to contain no less than 1000
cases belonging to Americans.
When asked whv they have pur-
chased a quantity of liquor they can
not possibly consume and that they
cannot bring back with them be-
cause of the law, they explained
that they intended to hold it until
the law is changed.
Some opt,mists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
BootIegger Must Pay

The Supreme Court has declared
that bootleggers must pay an income
tax like the rest of us. So far as
taxation is concerned, this is an
eminently fair decision, but it in
wolves some pulling questions.
If beotlegger makes return of
his income and tells how he earned
it. he has obviously given evidence
against himself.
If he makes the return without
telling how he earned his income, he
has failed to satisfy the Govexnment.
If he makes the return and describes
his income as earned in other ways,
he has committed perjury.
The problem for the bootlegger to
solve is whether he is more afraid of
the tax collector or the dry agent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Two Messages

On his departure for England to
take part in the greatest industrial
debate that country has ever faced,
J. Ramsay Macdonald leaves with
us two messages of prime impor-
lance. First, he says that prohibi.
ton is a heroic effort to make peo-
pie decent, and he will take no part
in sneering at it.
Second, he says that the people
of both countries should work for
a better understanding with each
other.
The sincerity and bigness of the
man rings clear in both statements.
Whether you agree with his views
or not, YOU cannot help feeling that
he is one of the few who tries to
think in basic principles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

The bidding should be: South one
No Trump. which would obtain the
contract The play to the first trick
should be-: West, Four Of Spades;
North Dummy. Nine Of Spades;
East, Ace of Spades; South CLOSED
Hand, King of Spades.
The point to be noted is the play
of the King of Spades on the adverse
Ace. 1t is made because, when the
Ace of Spades is played Declarer can
see that one Spade trick mo more)
can be taken, two Club tricks and
two Diamond tricks. making a total
of five. To win the game, four Heart
tricks are needed; and the only prob
able way to obtain them is to lead
Hearts twice from Dummy. Dummy
can get in once with the King Of
Diamonds, but cannot get in a sec
ond time unless Spade entry be
made in the Dummy hand by the
play of the King on the Ace. This
does not affect the number Of Spade
tricks won by Declarer, but changes
the winning of the only Spade trick
that Declarer can take from Closed
Hand to Dummy and makes posi-
BILE a game otherwise unobtainable.
TOday's Problem
In the following deal, look at the
hand of each player and determine
what you think he should bid in his
turn; in that way you will decide
what the final contract should be.
Then decide what four cards should
be played on the first trick and fill
in pencil on the answer slip given
below:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Highest in Favor

OF all the American fiiers who are
waiting to start for Paris, Charles
Lindbergh stands highest in popular
favor.
This is not only due to his engag-
ing personality, but to the fact that
he plays a lone hand.
"A lone hand leaves no doubt who
wins in case of triumph, or who
loses in case of failure.
The man who dares to play it
shows his willingness to take the
risk.
Lindbergh has not split the respon-
sibility and that is why he does not
have to split the honor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Law and Justice
BY Dexter NJ. Keeezer :

The employees of a circus having ball
game on the circus grounds before the evening per-
formance: 1t not scheduled circus attraction,
no admission was charged, and the management of
the circus knew nothing about it, A 12year-old boy
Joined group of persons watching the game. A
circus tent stake which being used bat flew
from the batters hand and broke the boys His
father sued the circus management for damages The
management said the game was no part the circus
program and that it could not be held liable for
injuries to those who chose to watch it.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The acua decision: The Supreme Court of Maine
held the circus company liable. 1t said that the
circus proprietor had the duty to for the safety
of his patrons while they the circus grounds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

and shining from the flying spray,
frollicking in gay abandon in messy
pools with bright arrows of water
singing them to laughter.
The figure "Humoresque" is de
lightful from every angle. She is
teasing nymph. Clasping beneath
her arm a slippery struggling denizen
of the deep, she balances herself
upon dolphin's back and tempting
" offers her toe to his gaping mouth.
The lightly poised feet, the out flung
arm. the downward peering face,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

the windblown hair offer a harmony
Of gracious lines.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
"Laff That off" at Englishs; The
Patsy" at Keith's; Carnival of
Venice" at the Lyric; Toby Wilson
at the Palace 1.-THE Love of Sunya"
at the Circle; Held by the Law"
at the Colonial; Heart Of Salome"
at the Uptown: Rockies" at the
Ohio: THE Magic Garden" at the
Apollo and Hills Of Peril" at the
Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Too Many Laws

Legislative assemblies meeting in fortyfour
states OF the Union this year. introduced some 10000
new bills, 10000 of which have become or are soon
to become laws.
This unlimited spawning Of dollhouse legislation
Is not new disease or symptom of disease It has
oeen chronic Tor SO long time that even the best
lawyers OF the country find themselves confused
by the spreading completely in this cancer on the
legal code. The plea for simplifcation can not be
made too often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Legal, but Are They Wise?

Criminal syndicalism laws are legal
But in finding, two Supreme Court Justices
Brandeis and Holmes, condemn curtailment of free
speech in terms that argue powerfully for repeal of
all such laws
They say:
Those who won our independence knew that
order not be secured merely through fear of pun
shment for its infraction; that it is hazardous to
discourage thought, hope and imagination; that fear
breeds repression that repression breeds hate; that
\ hate menaces stable government; that the path Of
safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely sup
posed grievances and proposed remedies; and that
the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones
Fear of serious injury not alone justify sup
preston of free speech and assembly. Men feared
witches and burnt them. 1t is the function of free
speech to free men from the bondage of irrational
fears
"Those who independence, by revolu-
ton, were not towards. They did not fear political
change They did not exalt order at the cost of lib
erty To courageous, self-reant men with conf
dence in the power of free and fearless reasoning
applied through the processes of popular govern
ment, no danger flowing from speech can be deemed
clear and present unless the incidence of evil appre-
hended is so imminent that it may be fall before
there Is opportunity for full discussion If there be
time, the remedy to be applied is more speech not
enforced silence"
We feared witches and burned them We are
ashamed of ourselves.
Is it not time to grow ashamed of our wartime
deluson that gag laws were necessary to preserve
our Government?
Is 1t not time to put such childish folly behind
us and turn once more for guidance to the clear
headed common of the men who wrote our
bill of rights?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Questions and Answers

States Naval Observatory declare
that It is impossible to predict-in
the present state of scientific knowl-
edge-the amount of sunlight that
will be experienced in the coming
year, or for any appreciate time in
advance.
What does "dolcO far niento"
mean?
Sweet idleness.
Was there ever such an animal as
a dragon?
No. these were mythical creatures.
What is the meaning of the name
Julia?
1t is from the Latin and means
soft haired"
@. In fighting other animals does
the porcupine throw its quilts at its
enemy?
A. The porcupine does not throw
it's quilts in the sense of releasing
them. but in fighting another animal
the pines are released through con-
tact with some part of the enemy's
body or may be shed by vigorously
shaking the tail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
CHINA LONG DISTURBED

The China tourmoil is not the re.
suit of an overnight condition but
rather the result Of centuries of con.
flict, Dr. Clarence II. Robertson, au-
thority on Chinese affairs, told the
Rotary Club Tuesday.
Richard Henry Little, Chicago
Tribune columnist, and Albert Brom-
ley, Chicago's "Snowshoe AL" also
spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

@. From what is the moving pic
ture Tin Gods" taken, and how
did il get the name?
"A. 1t was adapted from a stage
play of the same name. Janet Stone
wife of Roger Stone is obsessed by
an ambition to succeed in politics and
she sacrifices her child, her husband
and her home to realize her desire
worshiping "tin gods" indicates that
one is willing to sacrifice the best
for relatively unimportant things
and to set up false standards of life
and conduct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

New York taxcabs have periscope so
that the driver doesn't have to turn and behold
couples kissing when he wants to ask question
BY all means, let not subject our taxi drivers
to moral risks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

What Is the meaning of the col
Iege terms "prom," coed" and Sub
deb?
A college prom is a college dance
A coed is girl student in coed
ucational institution-college, or uni
versity where both men and women
attend. A sub-deb is a girl about
seventeen years of age who has not
made her formal appearance in So
cietV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Do you suppose that ali the Chinese really
want after all, is a little Peking?
Raise your chin, but let checks alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

young Ohio ex-sailor knows 100 different kinds
OF knots Send him to China, send him to China
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Is it better to use an electric iron

or a gas heated iron to marcel hair?
Opinion is divided. Some hair
dressers use gas and others use cleo
tricity. Gas irons are ordinarily hot
ter than electric irons and put in a
morl permanent curl. but too much
heat is not good for the hair. The
electric iron is probably better for
home use.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Every one seems willing to cancel war debts
owed the United States-except the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

What is the value of safety pins
manufactured annually in the United
States?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Can a person coming from Eng
land or Scotland live in Canada a
few months and enter the United
States as a Canadian?
Residence in Canada does not en-
able one coming from Scotland or
England TO enter the United States
as a Canadian. He is subject to the
quota law and to all other immigra-
ton laws. rules and regulations. He
must reside for at least two years in
the Dominion of Canada before APP
plying for admission into this coun-
try as a Canadian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

You can get an answer to any ques-
lion Of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave: WASH =,
ington. D. c.. inclosing = cents N
stsmps for reply. Medical, legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor can
extended research be undertaken IN e al ~
other questions will receive a personal
Teniv Unsiened requests cannot be
answered All letters are CONFIDENTIAL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

VIII the amount of sunlight that
win fall upon the earth this year be
more or less than lass year?
Scientists in the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

France announces a plan of super-fortifcations
to be erectedssoon Getting ready for the American
Legion conysl4ion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

What is the length of the Simplon
tunnel?
Twelve and one-haf miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Glass that contains a great deal of
lead; sometimes as much as so per
cent lead oxide is used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
What Is a "torsion BALANCE?

An instrument for measuring very
minute forces, consisting of a fla
ment Of wire on which hangs hori-
zontal arm, to the end of which the
force is applied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

How did phrase, mot worth 81
tinker's dam" originate?
A tinker's dam is a ledge or wall
Of mud or dough enclosing a space
which a plumber desires to coat with
solder and it is worthless after it
has once been used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

What are imitation diamonds made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

From warden" "a guard and
"doer" door. The words are Anglo
Saxon and mean door.keeper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Figures for 1928 were s2,44s.7ls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Who was the leading woman III
the phOtoplay. "The Blackbird
Renee Adoree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Answer Slip of May IS
......., should be the Declarer; the
contract OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. The first
'''''''''''"@ Dummy plays
..,,,,..,......,.Th Third Hand plays
.....................Close Closed Hand
plays NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

From what Is the name outward"
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13
President 3rd Dist Idaho Fed of Womens Clubs
AGAIN-ARE WOMEN PEOPLE?

We attended meeting Monday where the nutrition worker the
public schools told his audience how much vital is to interest
teachers proper health habits for children the
teacher and her instruction
pays attention the plea of the mother The day
said she wished somebody would do
something stop negng their children and the
brought appeal from the Liberty magazine for comments
article by Kathleen Norris Home Sweet Home
(But Nobody Home What all about? We sympathze with
poor mother who has tried for make John wash his teeth
brighten him the table clean
her Miss said that the for boy to do No
dishes the sink and down town and for
gets o back and get the dinner!
Need geve because the modern finding to
her identity submerg until she follows her grand
that xfoo cell marked with little white head
rarely older than 40?
Says Kathleen Norris: -
The pretty gr-sh looks like gwho sells gloves will
married She has boy of and
She had kick her husband ouhe the limit
She had home and hundred she would have had
child by this tmemght have been of
the thousands of helpless who caught in the mill of
blind and stupid mans fishness
Nowadays destroys the home rather than herself and
nine yearod boys idea of the typical
American home be-
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13

C. C. Mecum presided at we'll at.
tended meeting of the West Valley
High School PIT. A. Monday night,
when the five member associations
came together for their Joint monthly
program. John Shaw, vice principal of
North Central High School, spoke on
parental responsibility in education,
and the parents part in character
building. Community song was led by
John M. Black, music supervisor in
the school at Orchard Park. Miss
Ellen Sampson, of Spokane, gave piano
selections; Leroy Lowell had violin
numbers, accompanied by Lawrence
Lowell; the Grant School Harmonica
Club was we'll received in several mum.
bers, as was Carl Johnson with vocal
solos and Miss Frances Brewbaker at
the piano.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13
language. Anybody who was in too
much of hurry to write out Christ
mas" should not use the word.

Wise men in Milwaukee will devote
three days to discussing high ques-
tons, including this, Can Christian
ity be of any practical use in changing
existing conditions?"
Christianity has been changing ex.
listing conditions for about nineteen
hundred years, there is no reason why
1t should break down now. To love
thy neighbor as myself" trying to help
him, instead of trying to rob him, will
always improve conditions if men
mean it.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13
Mcdonnell

The Spokane Woman extends hearty welcome to Big Mac
MacDonne chief of police of the city of Spokane Under his
reign will be effectively purged of its present scandals
We promised that the flow of poisonous liquors the bars OF
alleged soft drink houses will that discrimination will be
shown between the rich and the by this fearless police officer and
Spokane will again call itself the eleanet city in the Northwest Po-
lice who arrest the working will lead parade down
Riverside a IS miles per hour.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13

We take of time from, its loss.
The bells that 1926 announce the entrance
of 1927 tvith its and possibilities.
Last Spokane qe0 in size and pouer and tar more important
tUth the north Idaho also gre
in population and commercial production.
God places position from Uhch cannot groW
We that nothing But e do not send any
branches uptUard may be sending roots doonW@d
1927 UiH be greatest year.
MARY R. BEASLEY.
President 3rd Dist Idaho Fed. of Womens Clubs.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13

Another suggestion before Congress
is to forbid experiment with an scien-
tific study of poison gases.
The peak of absurdity is to suggest
that we must not KNOW about poison
gases. Can we not trust ourselves.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-01-13
"Weaky" Wanderings
By LUCILLE critics
THE RADIO-PHONE

THE RADIO-PHONE
is ALL very well;
TO TALK clear
ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC
BUT TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS, FOR
ONE-MINUTE
"HOLLERS", WOULD
DRIVE A poor
FELLOW QUITE
FRANTIC.
SUPPOSE HE
SHOULD TALK
WITH A slow
YANKEE DRAWL,
OR SUPPOSE that
SOMETIMES HE
SHOULD SHUTTER!
HE'D SPEND all
HIS CASH; maybe
DO SOMETHING
RASH OR even
SWEAR WORDS he
MIGHT UTTER!
THEY SAY that
STAGE FRIGHT
is A terrible
THING; BUT
RADI0-FRIGHT
BY THE ear-full,
WITH ONES
MIND A blank,
OR AN old
EMPTY TANK;
WOULD BE both
EXPENSIVE AND
FEARFUL! 80
IT'S ALL very
FINE FOR the
RICH GUY, of
COURSE, HE'LL
TAKE TO this
STUNT so much
BETTER; BUT
WHAT can
SAY AMT
WORTH PAWN
SUCH PAY;
so I'LL send
MY MESSAGE
BY LETTER.