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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-28
TOTAL ECLIPSE
OF sun LOOMS.
BUTNOT HERE!
Europe to See Phenomenon
Wednesday; America
Unaffected.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LONDON, June 2S.-Rising over
the Atlantic Ocean, not far from
the coast of Ireland and continuing
to sweep across the world until it
fades out in the Boring Sea, total
eclipse of the sun tomorrow will
throw nearly quarter of a million
square miles Of the earth's surface
into almost total darkness.
With its path of totality thirty
miles in width and with a sweep Of
more than 1000 miles to make, the
eclipse tomorrow will probably be
viewed by more civilized peoples of
the earth than any in centuries.
Although the eclipse in the British
Isles will cast heavy shadow out
side of the thirty mile path, thou
sands of people are preparing to
view the phenomenon, the like of
which has not been seen here since
1924 and which will not repeat it
self until 1899, within the path of
itc c1Unnn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-28

hSSCSoinCnt Law
Another tax affair which found
its way on today's ballot is. the So
called taxation assessment law,
passed by the Legislature and on
Evening star., 1927-10-24

| gered me, for I had only two hands.
Two arms and two shoulders, and
they We're only pair all together.
Tne outcome of it was that | figured
II would take me. working all alone
, as | had to do. some 10 or IL years
to get my handsome periagua into
the water.
There I had worked more than I
, now dared add up. faced with this
great disappointing and the. peri
aqua could not be moved. With my
own hands I had contriyed to fashion
boat out of the trunk of tree, and
tEt. tree Rad nc' even been hollow. as
is usual with the periagua mow
spelled piragua), as the Spaniards call
H"ch beats or canoes. / had dug it
oilt with my poor tools. and it was
therefore we'll named q dugout--and
h>re 1t stood, perpetual monument
TO my folly fur as long as l might
'i+ve to remain on this island
All my dreams of reaching that
1ti er shore ana all my hopes of es.
Gaping from my island were now dashed
to pieces. | had toiled in vain for
many weary day and week. and all
tfat l had to show for my pains was
a symbol of folly or hort-sightedness.
My only consolation was that as
L
recalled that my hopes had carried me
through that task, and l had kept at
1t with such absorption that L had
never. had any opportunity for brood
lnf over my lonely fate in all that
long time. | could not help thinking
that the prisoner in his cell with the
nope OF escape to brighten his days is
not really imprisoned, for he lives in
that hope.
L gazed again at the canoe, and nv
forlorn attempts to get it to the water
1t was indeed hopeless. The shore
was so high campored with the posi-
tlon OF the canoe that at the upper end
OF my proposed canal l would have
had tC cut it at least 20 feet deep. So
at length, though with the greatest
resluctance. ] gave over the ATTEMPT
left the canoe where it had always
stood, and set about other things that
my island existence compelled me to
give attention. to.
poor. foolish Robinson Crusoe, Here
in English literature is repeated that
classic example of human folly, the
dolne OF 4 thing without looking ahead
TO see whether the final aim Is really
posslble--humoroEsly exempl:fed in
the familiar act of comedy, that of
mans painting himself into a corner.
This incident of Robinson Crusoe's
canoe is one of the most appealing hu-
man touches that Daniel Defoe
achieves in his famous story. 1t car
rles the conviction of reality-it is not
only plausible but it has the magic
essence oe something that really came
to pass)
Evening star., 1927-10-24
A1'AA@ ~ OA~AAIo w. BURGESS

live most Of the time," and then he
ground his teeth with jealous rage.
lie had moved carefully before, but
1t was nothing to the way he moved
now. He would take one step at a
time and then stop to look. listen and
smen. Gradually he approached one
Iavorite place of Mrs. Peters after
another He didn't find Mrs. Peter.
Neither did he find any signs of a
strange rabbit. Gradually it came
over Peter that there was a queer air
OF loneliness about the dear Old
Brlar Patch. It was just as if the
Oic Briar-patch was deserted. But
that couldn't be. Never had he known
little Mrs. Peter to leave the dear Old
brlar Patch alone. 1t had been hard
enough work to get her to leave it
with him for a little excursion now
ana then. OF course, she might be
out at sweet clover patch a little
way from the edge Of the Old Briar
Patch. Peter decided that this must
De the case. Still, all in all, there was
something very strange. He hadn't
Intended to run the risk of meeting
little Mrs. Peter by visiting her favor.
lite places, but he did it He went
through every little path in the Old
brlar Patch, and there was no strange
rabbit there. Neither was little Mrs.
Peter there. The dear Old Rriar Patch
was empty, save for his cwn presence.
fCopvright 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Everyday Law Cases
When May One be Held Liable
For GiUin0 Wrong In
f0rmdtion2
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

A valuable consignment of goods
was to arrive in New York on the
Steamer Malone. and it was necessary
for the consignee. Thomas Wexford,
to have the goods stored until he
could dispose of them. Accordingly.
he arranged for the Tide Express Co.
to place the goods upon their arrival
in one OF it's warehouses on the dock.
The consignee, desiring to protect
the goods, made inquiry at the office
of the express company as to where
the goods We're stored. stating that he
wished to insure them. One of the EN-.
ployes looked into the matter and in.
formed him that the goods were stored
in Warehouse A. AS Il matter of fact,
it appeared later. only half of the
goods were stored in Warehouse A.
The other half was stored in Ware
house B.
Warehouse b was destroyed by fire
and Wexford was unable to collect
insurance. as he had informed the in
surance company that the goods were
stored in Warehouse A.
Wexford brought suit against the
express company for having given him
incorrect information.
The court held the express company
liable. qualifying the rule as follows:
mot every casual response. not
every idle word, however damaging
the result. gives rise to a cause Of
action. Liability in such a case arises
where there is a duty to speak, If one
speaks AZ all, TO give the correct in
'orniation. The relationship between
no ig,rties mast lie such that one Of
he parties has III" right to rely upon
The Other for information, and the
other owes duty to give such infor
nation with care"
Evening star., 1927-10-24

The curtain stie-backs which I shall
describe today might have come from
the garden of Mary Mary. quite con-
trary," for they give the appearance
OF blossoms "all in row. The verse
says ''marigolds.' and, indeed. one
could adhere to the rhyme strictly and
with pretty effect. on white or pale
green curtains in chamber where
these shades harmonized.
They are conventionalized posies of
the sort most at home in a picture
book garden--that Is. until they are
plucked for use at window. They
can have a perfectly arbitrary color
scheme. And what. say you. should
govern it? 1t may be that the scraps
In your piece bag make the decision.
The pretty scraps can be made into
tte.back flowers in colors and species
which would defy the most expert
enced botanist to name. So we will
name them ourselves. and call them
after the rhyme, Mary, Mary tie.
backs
One does not need to be ga very
skilied needlewoman to devise a
charming pair of these curtain ac-
cessories. They are made of circles
OF various colored washable material.
such as dotted perca.le, figured cotton
goods, f1owered prints in small design
with leaf-shaped pieces of green to
provide foliage
Flowers.
The flowers are circles cut nearly
twice as large as they will be when
finished. They are made by turning
in wee hem on the right side and
gathering. Draw the thread so that
the material cups. leaving the center
uncovered. Have the open portion
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MElEK EIDRED

In view of the present popularity
of lactic-ac.d milk as an infant food,
it is always surprising when mothers
write frantiCally to discover if it is
really all right to feed their babies
this sour stuff. Most mothers have
an unconquerable fear of putting acid
and milk together. even in the same
meal, and now they are told that the
acid should be put right into the milk.
One can understand with what inward
trembling they perform the ceremony.
When plain milk enters the stom.
ach it is attacked by the acids pres.
ent there and 'curdled." That is the
natural process Of digestion. and so
wien a baby spits up soured milk 1t
with the milk. but because it is al.
ready undere ding digestion. Lactic
acid Is one of these agents of diges-
ton. and so in order tc save the
stomach some work and labor we help
1t along by putting the Tactic acid In
the milk
Milk may be acldiied by other
agents besides Tactic acid All kinds
Of experiments have been made to see
what acidifying agent is the most
successful in helping to make cows
milk easier for the human infants
stomach to digest. Lemon juice
(citric acid, vinegar tacetic acid) and
hydrochloric acid, all acids which are
found normally in the stomach and
are part of tho digestive process. have
been used with success.
There are two ways Of making
lactic-acid milk. The first is by sour
ing it artificially with a Bulgarian
bacillus tablet, which makes a milk
that has none of the disadvantages Of
sour milk because 1t is free of harm.
full bacteria. The second method is
by adding Tactic acid, drop by drop.
to sweet pasteurized milk. Either
method is all right. IL order, then,
to make the milk still more like
mothers milk. from the standpoint
Of the baby's digestion, we add some
sugar to 1t. Fifty per cent corn sirup
that is. corn sirup which has an
equal amount of boiled water added
t. tits the usual sugar chosen.
An undernourished baby can take
Tactic acid better than sweet milk, be.
cause of its ease of digestion and be-
cause, not being diluted with water.
smaller quantity of Tactic acid will
contain more food value One can't
give baby whole sweet milk with
cut upsetting him. but many babies
can take whole lactic-acid milk. 1t
is an excellent milk to use when the
child has intestinal troubles. as the
iactic acid acts an purifying agent.
Considering its many advantages,
one hopes that mothers whose babies
are ON lactic-acid milk will allow their
fears to be set at rest. Before using
anv artificial food for a baby it is
essential that the mother consult her
doctor as to its adVis3bility
Evening star., 1927-10-24

about the size Of an American hal.
dollar.
A planket-stitch finish is put to the
hem edge after il has been drawn up.
making the effect of a flower center
more pronounced. especially if 1t Is
done in yellow. The effect of stalnen
and pistil is given to the inner portion
of the circle thus made by pretty
distribution of French knots
The French knots appear to. be
merely for ornament, but in reality
their usefulness is indispensable. as it
is they which secured the flow
ers to the tape to which all are fas
tened. so it is that, after you have
drawn from five to eight circles of
goods into the sembIance of flowers
you next blanket stitch the outer cen.
ter. then pin them to the tape and
lastly, put on the French Knots.
Important Point.
After deciding of what length YOU
wish the tie.backs to be. have flow
ers enough planned to cover the por-
ton visible from the inside of the
window. then consider the putting Of
a few green leaves of foliage as a
finish where the flowers end.
A novel and attractive touch is to
MAKE butterfly or your most color
full fabrics and fasten it so that it will
appear to be resting upon one of the
MOVERS in the "Mary.Mary'' tie-back
Celluloid rings are sewed to both
ends of the tie-back, and a larger al
lowance of tape is made at one end
than the other. The longer length of
pam tape comes on the under side
A word to the wise who prepare early
for Christmas. These tie-backs make
choice gifts nd are suitable for
'pick.up" work.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

with weeks growth and was
III In need OF considerable wedding.
His blue overalls were droftv
thlhGs and his shirt fit him
where it hit him. The visor of his
cap chung to the crown through good
luck and half Il dozen fast .wea keniug
S'ltchcs. The car was battleship gray.
req dlsk wheels and generally speak.
ing had what the boys call Glass"
Having safely delivered the depart.
ing guest at the station. the hired
i,iah started back. He had not
drl'eh block from Union Station
"nen two men stepped from the curb
ana ordered him to stop. The driver
obeyed and found himself in the
hands of detectives who grilled him
concerning the ownership of the We.
hicie. The whole thing was so incon.
sruous that they could not believe
the car had not been stolen. The
honest hired man insisted that he
was driving under the owners orders.
Unfortunately he had no papers of
identification. To complicate matters
tho theft of a similar model had been
reported to the police and it seemed
that the driver was in for a warm ses.
s1on. He finally saw light in the
TACT that he was to meet two lady
lflenuS or The cars owner at o'clock
ana invited the officers to accompany
nm to the meeting place and thus
ne could establish his honesty. The
ladies' were to be at Twentieth street
ana pennsylvania avenue and the
two officers and the suspect drove to
that intersection. Once again fate
doubie-crossed the hired man, for the
ladies' fHiled to turn up. This con.
vlnced the detectives that there was
something ''phoney." just as they
we're about to take the suspect into
custody the bewildered hired man
managed to prove his identity and was
released. The moral is that only a
$4,000 driver should drive a 81. .nO0 car
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A, CRAIG,

October "a, 1S20.--By a city ordi.
nance, enacted today, a roadway was
opened on the eastern side of what
is now Lafayette square, from Penn
sylvania avenue to Fl street. This
roadway is now Madison place. Jack.
son place had been opened two years
before. Both roadways were gravelled
at the expense Of the city government
(The square continued to be an open
common until 1926. when the work
of levelling the ground and fencing it
was begun)
The admission of pay pupils to the
public schools was forbidden by an
other city ordinance enacted TODAY.
and it was directed that the schools
shall consist entirely Of children
whose parents are unable to pay for
tuition"
October "a, 1S49.--It was recorded in
the National Intelligencer of this day
that Pennsylvania Avenue-"The
Great National Broadway of the
Metropolis" as one writer called it.
had for seven years had the distinction
of being the only street in the Ma
tional Capital lighted at night. Con-
gress had been restive about the
street-lighting expense. In 1914, two
years after providing for lamps on
Pennsylvania avenue. when the lights
were confined to only part of the
Avenue, it had been provided that the
lamps should be lighted only during
the sessions of Congress Although
some attempts at lighting streets had
been made prior to 1880. the limited
resources Of the city about that time
resulted in the entire abandonment
of street lighting, and for more than
decade the streets were dark. Final
ly. in 1912 Congress appropriated
money for the first time to erect lamp
posts and provide lamps and oil on
Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol
to the White House.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER

1t Is the inalenable prerogative Of
our elders to remind us Of "the good
old days" just as it will be our privi-
iege some day to recount to others
the glorious, golden days of 1927. OF
course, in the future as in the present,
there will always he a few youthful
nit-wits who will contemptuously ex.
claim, well. what of it," To the
sensible youth. however, there Is no
treat SO rare as that of sitting at the
feet of "one who has lived" No man
witnesses more of human drama than
the Judge on the bench. and 1t is
especially interesting when one sue
ceeds in inducing an ex Judge to look
backward through the eight of time.
Former Judge Daniel Thew Wright
~lNSiHCd in the Federal Court of this
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Coffee Cakes.

Cream together one-half a cupful of
shortening and two cupfuls of light
brown sugar and add the beaten yolks
of two eggs and the white of one egg.
Stir thoroughly. then add one cupful
Of coffee infusion alternately with two
ano one-half cupfuls of pastry -four.
Drop by spoonfuls into gem pans and
bake in rather quick oven. Remove
from the pans and scoop out bit of
the cake from the top of each and fill
with one teaspGonful of orange mar
ma lade. Make white frosting. using
the whipped white of egg Boil one
cupful of granulated sugar to the soft,
firm. ball stage and ooLr over the
stiflly whipped white of the egg and
beat up. When 1t begins to stiffen
stir In one.fourth cupful of shredded
cocoanut and spread this on the sides
of the cakes and sprinkle some cocoa
nut over the top.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

would. SO would We. Only yester.
day on g street scores of Washing
ton sophisticates turned to gaze at a
touring party of four women and one
man who emerged from a New York
car. Each of the tourists wore
knickerbockers. carried camera and
spoke above the roar of the traffic.
A halfbrock farther down the street,
a colored man. wearing on his head
crown Of Indian feathers after the
fashion of Big Chief Mud In The Face,
attracted the attention Of dozens OF
people.
There are always three or four per.
sons fascinated by plate of Mexican
jumping beans in the window of
shop. No. we are not sophistiCates.
X y X X
A silk hated gentleman driving 81
flivver would be a ludicrous sight.
A shabby, yellow-whiskered person
driving a $4,000-car might also be a
Evening star., 1927-10-24
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday, October 25.

Although the confguratton for to-
morrow. according to the reading OF
astrology. appears rather uncertain
there is a strongly bcnefic aspect dom
inant.
There is a sign read as favorable
to those who buy, but forbidding for
those who sell
Machinery will he wonderfully de-
veloped by means Of new inventions,
II is forecast, and a great number or
new patents will he issued i'll the new
year. -,
Tremendous engineering feats will
he MANNED and executed in 1928, the
seers prcphesy. and among them will
be carried out novel ideas in national
defense.
English women will attract world
attention. it is prognosticated, by de.
mauds for greater political liberty and
important economic reforms.
The Prince of Wales will come into
the limelight as never before, when
the new year is well advanced, it is
foretold.
south Africa and Australia will at
tract many cntcrprising men and
women Of the United States, if the
stars are wisely interpreted.
Discoveries of wealth in States LONG
settled Is fOietolu. Inc eaftl IL ~
Weld rare min crnls for strange uses
Again public health will come much
into national interest, for the Winter
will bring more than one epidemic. 1t
is forecast.
Both women and children may be pc
culiarly susceptible to disease in the
coming Winter, and they should safe.
guard the throat and lungs.
Deaths due to rapid transit will con
tinue to be as numerous as casualties
in q war.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augucy Of ycHr of adventures
Many pleasant experiences are fore
cast.
Children born on t!;at day will sue
ce"d with little trouble. in al proha
hility. Many subjects OF this Sign
wear uniforms
Evening star., 1927-10-24

cold. If your skin is inclined to be
naturally dry, apply a little good
cold cream. That is all--it's natures
rule for keeping that schoolgirl com.
plexion.
But be sure you get the real
Palmolive. A soap made solely for
one purpose: to safeguard your skin.
Sixtv years OF soap study stand
behind it.
Get l0c Pallnolive now. Use no
other on your face. Experimenting
with improved soaps is a folly.
Good complexions are too priceless
for that. The Palmolive-Peet Co.
Chicago, u. S. A.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
LITTLE BENNY
by LEE PARE.

Pop was sitting out on deck tawk.
ing to Mr.. Bingam, being Mrs. Bing
ans husband, and ma came out say.
ing, Willyum I dident know we had q
whole bottle of DR.. Jargons toothwash,
in fact dident think we had eny. but
wat wunted to say was. it taists very
peculiar, 1 wonder if enthing could of
happened to it, think I better throw
it out.
zee gods. my 3 star conyack, hands
off, pop sed, and ma sed, Willyum
Potts now / think your dredfill
thaWt YOU promised Inc not to try to
smugglc that in.
Nuthing of the kind, | meerly sed
Id empty the bottle. and SO / did. J
emptied it into an empty Jargons bot.
tie. pop sed, and ma sed, Then now
I've got something elts to worry about
We'll all be in jale before we get home
You've done a lot of travelling, Mr..
Bingam. don't you think the customs
men would notice conyack in a Jar.
gons Toothwash bottle? she sed
j don't know. Id half to examine it
/ before l could pass an opinion on a
fire point like that. Mr.. Bingam scd
and pop sed, All rite. come on down
to my cabin and Well examine it.
Rite o, Mr.. Bingam sed.
And they went down, Mr.. Bingam
having "a red face and being about 4
and half times as fat as pop, max
ing them both look funny waWkine
| together, ma saying. l do hope Mr.
| Bingam will try to discourage him
from the ideer, its crazy thing to dc
! and I'm sure if the customs men dis
cover the conyac they'll get redicu.
llssly Suspicious and make me declare
all my white kid gloves.
Pop and Mr.. Bingam not coming
back for about a hour. pop saying
/ Ais well with the werld, Bingam says
| its all rite.
! Its absolutely marvelliss, Mr.. Bing
! am sed.
And him and pop sat out on deck
. together Saying things to make each
other laff tig had to go to bed and
don't know now mulch longer.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Gingersnaps.

Heat one cupful of molasses to the
boiling point and pour it over one
half a cupful Of shortening. Sift to-
gether three and one-fourth cupfuls
of flour, one-half a teaspoonful Of
baking soda, one teaspoonful of salt
and three teaspoonfuls of ginger. Add
to the first mixture. Place I'm the
refrigerator to chill so that the dough
may be rolled without the addition of
extra -four. Roll very thin. cut, and
bake in a meoiuna oven for 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

City.
Judge Wright studied law at the
Cincinnati Law School and soon after
graduation became first assistant
prosecuting attorney of Hamilton
County. At 81 he was elected judge
of the Hamilton County Court OF Com
mon Pleas, the youngest man ever t0
ascend to the bench in Ohio. lie was
appointed TO the Federal bench by
President Roosevelt in 1893.
one day there came to the judges
court a squint-eyed little fellow, doWdy
in attire and altogether unprepossess.
ing. He sat through session and
returned the next day. This con.
tjnued for some time. Finally he ap-
preached the Judge and introduced
himself as Virginia lawyer. He said
that he wished to learn the procedure
of the Federal Court. Moreover. he
suggested that perhaps Judge Wright
would assign him to a case in the
event that an INDECENT prisoner was
hailed before the bar
The judge assured him that he
would be given an opportunity. The
chance came unexpectedly III the
criminal division. when a prisoner was
fellow pleaded not guilty. He was
asked if he had lawyer and replied
in the negative. The sduint-eyed at
torney was appointed to defend the
prisoner and requested the judge to
permit him to confer with his client
Judge Wright agreed that he should
have all the time he wished, and could
spend the entire day at the Jail with
the defendant, If necessary In the
meantime the prisoner was appraising
5he attorney. carefully giving him the
up and down. Finally he turned
20 the judge and said, Judge, If I've
got to have this fellow to defend me,
I'm going to plead guilty"
x X y X
A well known New York columrist
insists that his city is so sophisticated
that no one would even turn around
to look ct a man walking down Fifth
n of