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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
SMALLPOX Toll

The United States had 1880 cases
of smallpox last year with 36l
deaths.
This is a humiliating but not an
alarming record.
1t is impossible to get excited over
disease which caused only S61
deaths among 10, 100000 people with
in twelve months.
What hurts is the fact that ten
European nations reported them
selves entirely free from smallpox,
with eight others reported an ag-
gregate of only 1000 cases.
: No matter how mild or infrequent
a disease may be, one does not like
to think of the United States as hav-
ing more of it than any country out
side of Asia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
A ut" and a up"

The difficulty of distinguishing be-
tween 1T" and Up" over the tele-
phone caused the last name of
Lucretia Chapman to appear as
chatham in this column yester-
day.
Nine letters of our alphabet-B, c,
D, f, G.. p, T, V and Z-end with
the sound Of double ''e" and no one
can estimate the trouble they cause
in giving names over the telephone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
Business Theory

American business operates on the
theory that it is impossible to pro-
duce and sell too much.
American business is forever de-
vising ways and means to increase
consumption.
American business will not admit
that anything is useless that can be
made and disposed of at a profit.
American business supports a vast
educational system for the express
purpose of training young men to
boost consumption in order to boost
production.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
Dry Politics

Some prohibitionists want Haynes
and some do not, which worries
Wayne B. Wheeler and causes the
average man to suspect that there
is quite as much politics in the dry
fold as in any other.
If the various leagues and asso-
Citations desire only law enforce,
ment, as they continually assert,
what difference does it make
whether Major Haynes or somebody
else is at the head Of the Federal
establishment, providing he believes
in prohibition, and has a good rec
ord?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

If our law makers have taken their
cue from the philosophy OF bust
ness who can blame them?
Business has popularized the idea
of measuring success by. the size of
the output. 1t has taught people to
think in quantity rather than
quality.
mot only our lawmakers, but our
schools and churches have come to
regard bigness as the important end
to seek.
We have too much law for pre-
cisely the same reason that we have
too much of many other things.
The chicken of forced production
that business Matched with such de-
light has come home to roost in the
legislative hall.
1t is a sign of sanity that bust
ness does not like the bird.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
; By Walter ID. Hickman

And in contrast to this characterize
ton is that of the cruel. selfish
mother of the girl "Lazybones"
loves. Elizabeth Patterson made a
perfect Rebecca Tanning out Of this
woman in the play last night.
The story of this play is a cross
section Of the life in a small coun-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

lost MS own per
sonality in the role
of Harry WitZel,
who fought the
loneliness Of Africa
with his own
system. Witzel is
dirty in appear
ance and even
mentally is as
dirty. but even his
idea of life in that
hot country seems
logical at times. 1t
is Witzel, you re-
call. who does not
become w h | I e
cargo. In make
up, Byron has
been so successful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
GAUL AND PATTERSON
MAKE SEASONS DEBUT

For a better play in Which to
bring George Gaul back to Indian
apolis it would be a difficult task to
find one that would please a larger
audience than "LaZybones."
II Lazybones" is a character that is
filled with the sympathy and tender
ness that Gaul can put into a role.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

1t can safely be said that Milton
Byron and Robert St. Clair never
have done better work in this city
than they are doing in white
Cargo"
Byron this week has studied his
part to such an extent that he has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
THE RIGHT SPIRIT
is PRESENT AT LYRIC

The right spirit of entertainment
is present on the current bill at the
Lyric.
The actors are working in the
right atmosphere this week because
there is so much personality.
The personality "bringers" include
Bobby Uke) Henshaw, VIII
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

Rogers on the
the screen, Don
Valerie on the
wire, the Four
Covans in dances
and Lou Cameron.
These people at
least on the bill
are working in
that good fellow
ship + e | a t ! o n
w h i c h actually
guarantees a good
show four times a
day. Will Rogers
has carried his Of
fetal ambassador
humor to the
screen and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

II ~ " - -
period of about
twenty years.
Steve futile,
George Gaul, in
growing up has
acquired the title
OF "Lazybones'
for his fondness of
Fl hing and other
sports that tend
TO keep him from
work.
Steve has de-
cided that some
day when he has
found a suitable
job and has
enough money he
will get married
and the girl he
has D j c k e d is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
q. How much do movie theater,
pay for films they exhibit?


A. The rental depends upon the
kind of production selected and also
on the kind Of place where It is
exhibited. A high class theater usu-
ally pays more than one of the cheap.
er class, although the actual rentaG
is based on the seating capacity ON
the house. The rent of a photoplay
in a theater with seating capacity
of 1000 would be considerably higher
than for a theater with 1000 capa.
city. First run" pictures cost more
than those of equal merit which have
already been shown in the town and
are being shown again in anothaA
theater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

to this little GENT of travel fun.
This week, viii is in Ireland and
he sees and tells you the things
which the average tourist will get
a laugh. For instance he shows a
place which he teHs you by subtitles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
OTHER THEATER OFFERINGS

Other theaters today offer: "Caba-
ret" at the Apollo; Mother" at the
Colonial; Wedding Bills" at the
Ohio; THE Night of Love-" at the
Circle; For Alimony Only" at the
Uptown, and Men Of Daring" at the
Ixis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10
0.M:
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Indiana Ave, to Be Ready
for Speedway Day,

Assistant City Engineer Arthur
Haufier today assured Mr.. Fixit that
the condition of Indiana Ave. north
of Fall Creek will be repaired before
the Speedway race.
The repair gang quit work beyond
the bridge only temporarily, Haufler
said
The letter:
Dear Mr.. Fixit: l have sent sew.
eral requests to your column about
Indiana Ave. being repaired between
Fall Creek bridge and Montcalm St.
l notice that the repair gang has
stopped work at the east end Of the
bridge and from all indications they
are not coming over the creek,
which is sadly in need of repair.
would suggest that if our trav.
cling mayor could not see clear "a
have some asphalt put in those holelN
he might have a few loads of Gin.
ders dumped in the holes.
Citizens OF the northwest section
would appreciate anything that could
be done.
TAXPAYER OF HARDING ST.
Your request should be granted
within a couple Of weeks.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: How about try.
ing to get the section of Morris ST.
between East st. and Madison Ave,
repaired? There are some pretty bad
holes along this stretch that should
be looked after. They sure can tear
up your car because you can't miss
all of them.
Also the corner of East and Nor
ris SITS, on the east of East ST
there is big hole that ought to be
repaired. Thanks.
MORRIS ST. RESIDENT.
The repairs will be made as
soon as the street gang reaches
the south side.
To L. J. B.: Your request for a
street light at Allen and w. Six
teenth SITS. was denied by the city
as no new lights can be installed for
the time being because OF lack OF
funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-10

NORRIS ST. RESIDENT.
The repairs will be made as
soon as the street gang reaches
the south side.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
How to Organize the Whole
World for Peace
Unity of Purpose Among Englsh-speaking People Will
Do It. as Mr.. Hearst Points Out.

Sunday the purple hood Of doctor of laws placed
around the shoulders of William Randolph Hearst, oge
thorpe University Atlanta with the simple accolade:
civilian Randolph Hearst, counselor Of millions, lOUer
Of America, exponent of perpetual entente be-
tsOeen the EngLsh-speakng peoples of the wOrld."
The degree and title fitting reward for the crusade
Of Enghspeang unity by Mr. Hearst and his papers be-
ginning with Mr. Hearsts stirring 1927 New Year message
calling these nations of tongue to pledge among
themselves together for peace the rest Of the
world.
In his baccaaureate address to the graduating class of Og
thorpe Mr. Hearst paid his tribute to the healing power of
common language:
"The same races Which speak different languages and
Ue in conflict in Europe speak the language and
iUe in peace and harmony in America"
In the spread of the English language the common
speech Of international trade and finance Mr. Hearst
mighty force for peace He said:
81 firmly believe uOiH realize universal peace
IN the world until haze whn amounts to universal
language This business Industry is enhrOned
Finance is king. And English is the language of
and the counting
EWith combination of English-speaking nations the
Dide distribution Of Engsh-spe0kng peoples English
.u become the universal angudge least eOery
nation O learn its language first and English
ond and the language thus chosen to be used and
understood throughout the UOrld uOiH be English"
The political events of the year emphasize the inter
ests America and the Engshspeang domnions of the
British Empire and their need to stand together to protect
those interests, the chief one being peace
Above all the Englishspeang nations hold the money
power of the world By refusing lend money to other
nations for warlike purposes Herbert Hoover suggests
the snews Of war can be cut.
ogethorpe gave Mr. Hearst deserved encouragement in his
campaign for English speaking unity for His work is
nucleus around which the world yet be organized for
peace in fulflment of the agelcng dream Of humanity
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Music by the Light Socket
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

is announced by the press that the electrcght
socket will become throat for the radio
All you will have to do will be to plug in on an
ordinary light socket and you hear music furnished by
the pecaLprogram people and thus your electrical equip
ment will furnish you light and sound at will.
The messages will not through the air. but along
the electric wr and will be delivered the electric cables
through mcrophones by special process certain central
offices.
proposed pay for the expense of this by charging
the of the device small rental.
This intrgues the Imagination. The radio itself was
wonderful thing and how any could bring little
box into his anywhere carry in his automobile
and have it catch the whispered messages the air for him
is something still to marvel at.
There to be limit the to which electricity
may be put Some people say that life itself but form
of electric energy Certain it that the whole universe is
filled with this strange power call electricity.
No knows what it is He can only tell how il acts
1t like the wind, Thou knowest where cometh NOR
where it goeth but only nearest the sound thereof"
Electricity is more and more entering into the field Of
transportation Automobiles thick throughout the coun
try and electric trains sections carry passengers
of sand brick whisked along the highway by electric
power.
There to be limit the capabilities of this strong
giant Since the days when Franklin drew the electric find
from the clouds by kite and sken string down to the
present tme electricity has amazed mankind by its de-
velopment.
The transportation of power through air without wires
is not remote possibility.
The coming age may we'll be called an electric age lust
the past the age of steam and coal
The electric battery, storage battery for moving auomo
bes and has been perfected so as to become
universally practicable, but the in sight and some
of the most ingenious minds of the engaged the
problem.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

Ed Curley, writing about racing for the NEW YORK
AMERICAN says 1.-The horses will make their society
Belmont Park the beauties of the social elect will greet
them And the time the hoi polloi will be there in
thousands to do to the fleet equnes
Hoi pooi will be there not so much to do reverence
to the booded equnes hand its money to the book
makers returning home without that money.
The social elect the brilliant ornaments They have in
herited money and themselves racing horses But
ho poo which the ordinary riff raft also very
necessary to the sport of kings and the blooded
equines."
Those dulinded polloi that don't know enough keep
their money in their pockets and for themselves pay the
They pay to get IN and they pay to get OUT To get in
they buy ticket and they pay get out by handing the rest
of their money to the bookmakers.
Not of them made money at the end of
and every of them KNOWS that
And yet like flies that to the fly they back to
the race track thousands of them the bookmae
in the city, never seeing horse.
And they with their money support the bookmakers and
tc racetrac and socially elect and all the Of it.
The burnt child breads the fire and keeps away from
But the bookmakers customer doesn know when he
Il burned and blistered. He goes back for more.
Only one thing cures him, and that is HAVING NO
MONEY.
p s-This won't do very much good, for fools nu-
merous and the gambling instinct is strong
But there thousands that give to boomakers and the
scay elect money they ought to give their wives to be
guent for their children.
few of them perhaps will realize that the Sucker born
everv minute usually born his way to the bookmaker
and also THAT NOBODY EXCEPT Bo0KMAKERS AND
TRACK OWNERS EVER WON ANYTHING BY RACE
TRACK GAMBLING.
This will annoy some of younger foolish readers
also some older hopeless fools
Rut this paper for the benefit Of Its readers parC
uary of that must take of the children hence
this sort of editorial
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
MEDITATTONS
OF A WIFE
By Helen Rowland

This Jayg Age
DANCING is losing its popular
~ ity. The younger set is tax
ing its hugsing STRAIGHT, these
uncompromising days.
y
Perhaps the only difference
between the modern girl and the
old-tashionel girl is that the mod
ern girl Is so easily flattered at
all the things which her mother
used to regard as tiresome or
impertinent.
Nowadays. a happy marriage is
one that lasts until the last grain
OF rice has disappeared from the
luggage.
When a woman goes away for
the summer she can stop the
ice, the milk. and the newspaper,
but she has an uncomfortable sub
conscious suspicion that her. ,hus-
band has only Just STARTED! =.
No man ever can understand
why he should pay such an exor-
hitant price for te hole in the
back of his wife's evening gown.
X 4 4
A woman never feels any real
remorse for having stolen another
woman's husband. until after she
has been married to him for a
year or so.
X X \
A man always fondly believes
that a woman can't detect the
fibs in his mouth. just as little
Johnny believes that the teacher
can never suspect the chewing
gum he is prepared to swallow at
a moments notice.
\ X +
A normal man can forgive
everybody on earth. except the
man to whom he owes money and
the woman to whom he owes"
his love.
80 "a
All the worlds . woman's
beauty parlorg and every mans
Gves are her mirror.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

not affect the distance that the
autos had Travelled, each in its
own direction. from the starting
point, for both OF them would all
the while have been carried east
ward at the same rate as that
point.
Another illustration may make
this clearer. Suppose two men in
a Pullman car start, while the
train is running. To walk in oppo-
site directions from the center
one toward the forward and the
other toward the rear end. Both
are being carried together with the
floor of the car in the direction
that the train is running But this
common motion does not affect the
rate at which the two men sep
arate as they walk away from one
another.
Now, since the atmosphere TO-
tates with the earth, the same
principles apply to the airplanes.
The air itself carries both of the
planes eastward with the earth's
rotation without affecting the rate
at which their independent motions
separate them from one another
and from the point from which
they started.
Nevertheless, the problem is not
quite so simple in practice because
not only does the internal mobility
of the air produce various winds
and currents mot caused by the
earth's rotation. but by differences
of temperature, etc), but. az the
air moves northward or southwark,
it's direction with reference to the
surface is shifted by the rotation
of the globe. Also, as the eleva
ton increases the linear speed of
the atmospheric rotation with the
globe necessarily becomes greater,
so that a westward travelling plane
which had rapidly risen to a great
height would be somewhat OPP
posed by the eastward motion of
the atmosphere. while an eastward
travelling plane in the same cir
cumstances would be slightly
fastened.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

"As one of your constant
readers ask for your opinion
on a matter that ! have never
been able to solve to my salts
faction. Suppose two planes
to take the air from a certain
point, one going with the ro-
tation of the earth, the other
against it. After flying say an
hour should not the plane go
ing opposite to the earth's ro-
tation be considerably farther
from the starting point because
of the high speed at which the
earth rotates?-M. J. K, Chi
cago."
TN spite Of all the schools,
i books and professors, the re-
lation Of the earth to its atnos-
phere seems to remain a popular
mystery.
The atmosphere rotates with
the earth. Keep that fact in mind
and the mystery vanishes.
If the atmosphere did not thus
turn with the earth it would
create q westward blowing wind
travelling between 700 and 500
miles an hour in United States
latitudes-and where should we
be then!
The atmosphere has taken up
the rotary motion. of the earth,
on which it rests, as the water
in a whirling basin takes up the
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

--rhat Is the motif which runs
through all life-through your life
and mine and the lives of all those
VINO, have gone before us and shall
come after lis.
EVERYTHING FLOW S-no.
thlng stays nor can be made to
stay in our grasp-everythinR
must pass and give place to some.
thlng else. That's the Truth. hut
now we nate TO acknowledge 1t.
AND now terribly We suffer be-
cause We won't acknowledge It.
Happlness-we want to hold onto
II. But one can no more hold nm
TO happiness than one can hold ON
to a sunbeam. For a. moment II
Illckers above the swift current of
life and then Is gone. And be.
cause It has gone we cry that life's
q failure. But life isn't failure.
1t isn't in the least necessary that
happiness should be permanent.
lnoeed 1t would be great mis-.
fortune II happiness were perma.
nent. Growing things need wind
and rain as much as they need
sunbeams. We need the stress and
storm of life as much as we need
JOY. But we have never learned
to look at things in that larger
way. We are greedy children who
want to hold joy tight in our hot,
foolish little hands and who scream
when 1t slips away.
Love-love flows, too. out of our
grasp though we try so passion
ately to retain it. OF all our cruel,
futile struggles none are more
cruel or futile than the struggles
to hold love and retain our grip
upon loved ones. They grow up
they are claimed by their des.
/, TIMES, or they die and we are left,
bitter and alone, because we tried
To do the impossible.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

The h o m e @
that have been
ruined and the
hearts that have
been broken be-
cause we tried
to hold and rule
love!
Ever y t h Ing
nows-w l s dom
fl o W st h a t
which was wise
Y e st erd a Y is
ruled out today.
The wisdom you
carefully collect
ed at twenty.
t h | n king it
would last your
life. is useless at
I or ty. Unless
YOU have re-
newed it you are
out of step with
your time as q
man who would
plow earth with
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

a forked stick.
Everything passes-customs pass
the framework in which we have
comfortably settled our lives is
swept away. and how we rebel!
We look back wistfully at the days
of our youth and sigh for "the
good old times" We survey the
new order and sneer and make
gloomy predictions. How silly and
pitiful! How can life possibly stay
the same, and of what use would
it. be il it could? If tho good old
times" had persisted we'd still be
wearing bear-skin pants and eating
our neighbors raw.
Standards and ideals pass-that
which was right Yesterday il in.
expedient today and will be con.
sidered wrong tomorrow. Good.
ness itself is fluid thing, adapt.
ing itself to changing seasons and
growth, No one generation can
decide what is good for another
generation. / cannot decide what
Is good for you--nor can you de-
eide what is good for me, but. how
we like to try!
Everything flows, and If you
would find any peace or strength
you must flow with it. Everything
changes and you too, must change.
Everything passes and you must
be content to pass. It is useless to
rebel. You might as well try to
rebel against the ebb and flow of
the tides or the slow circling of
the stars. Do not try to rebel. Do
not set your heart on holding onto
happiness or power or love, Give
yourself UP to the current. Then
suddenly. in place OF the small
trickle of life which you tried to
clench In your hands, YOU will feel
and be part Of the whole On.mov-
ing river,
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
Fast, Big, Expensive
And Worth Just-NOTHING.

The United States batleshp Florida makes 2234 knots
hour in speed test and the fastest batehp
afoat The Florida has been changed to oil burner with
$4,000 tons Of extra and 5000 more horsepower.
IT'S magnificent battleship, costing at least $5O0O00OO
But half dozen $4,000 arpanes could send it to the bottom
Of the sea with the greatest Of ease.
real war came that batteshp would not be SENT
% sea- hidden away in harbor Where the big
baeshps of France England and Germany in the last
HIDDEN AWAY. ---'--~---------1
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

TN Mr.. Wells
i ew book
1.-The World of
William ellis
Sold" there is a
quiet house in a
tangled garden.
a singing thread
of water trickles
from a stone
cup beneath a
6 r e e k inscrip-
ton which trans.
lated, m cans
EVERYTHING
FLOWS"
e V e r Y.
THING FLOWS
It h at Is the
m o tiff W h ich
ru n 6 through
Mr., Wells vast
and moving. pic
ture of our
world today.
e v e r 7.
THING FLOWS
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

motion of the receptacle that
carries it.
Suppose that instead of two
airplanes, two automobiles should
start from the same point, travel
ing at the same speed. one going
west and the other east. Both
would equally partake of the mo.
tion Of the earth on which they
rested. Consequently both would
be carried eastward by the turn
ing motion Of the globe exactly
as If they had remained at rest