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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25

Mercator Club luncheon, Sphinx Arms.
Purchasing Agents Association luncheon
Severin. -, ...,.t.. ,,,.ot,oo,,
Chamber of Commerce.
universal Club luncheon. Columbia. Club
Phi Gamma Delta luncheon, Chamber o.
university University of Michigan Alumni luncheon
Lincoln.
The last consignment of asphalt
from the United Asphalt Co., repre-
sented by w. Todd Young, seventh
ward Republican chairman, has met
with specifications, Park Engineer
j. E. Perry said today. Two car
loads in the first consignment were
turned down. The last shipment
consisted of about six cars.
Officials Of the KrOger Grocery
and Baking Company are checking
their store at 1888 Wade ST. to de-
termine what was taken by thieves
early Sunday morning. Mrs. j. H.
Fauer, 1910 Wade ST., saw the rob-
bers and called police.
Police are searching for Frances
Carter, II, of 1145 Vandeman St.,
who is alleged to have stabbed Mrs.
Garland Bunton, 25, Negro 1902
Earhart ST., in an argument over a
dime. Mrs. >Bunton is in city hos
pital with wounds in her neck and
left arm. Miss Carter owed her a
dime and when she asked for it, the
fight started, Mrs. Bunton told
police.
John Smith, 107 Minkner St., was
held at city prison today charged
with drunkenness and operating a
motor vehicle while under the infiu-
ence of liquor, after he had collided
with an auto at w. Michigan st.
and White River Blvd.
Harold Blakey, 10, negro, 1923
Douglas ST., was sentenced today to
sixty days on the Indiana State
Farm by Criminal Judge James A.
Collins on a charge of vehicle
taking.
Police today watched indianapolis
roads for a Buick sedan, Pennsyl-
vania license No. 44,219, driven by
Thomas McCarty. Todd Stops,
HooSier Motor Club manager, asked
police to watch for McCarty when
informed that a relative Of the
tourist had died in the East.
Space capacity of the Capitol
Clothing Company. lit w. Market
ST., will be tripled by remodeling
and enlarging its building. The
work, started three weeks ago, will
be completed within a few days.
Wylie Coleman, IL, of 1742 S.
Delaware St., newsboy. was bitten
by a dog Saturday while delivering
a paper at AIT Cavens st. The owner
of the dog was ordered by the po-
lice to keep it confined for ten days.
Incorporation papers have been
filed for Mooresville Country Club,
located a short distance from Indi-
annapolis. No capitalization was
given and incorporates we're EN-
NETT Bovine, president; Minnie
Bovine, vice-president and Mildred
Jones, secretary treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
PLAN KIRScH FUNERAL
Rites Will Be Held Wednesday
in Sacred Heart Church.

Peter Kirsch, rs, who died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. F. G.
Felske, 900 S. Delaware st, Sunday
evening, will be buried at st.
Joseph's Cemetery, after services in
Sacred Heart Church at $3.50 a. M,
Wednesday.
Mr.. Kirsch had lived in Indian
apolis twenty-nine years and had
been engaged in the harness bust
ness the greater part of that time.
He had come here from Hayden,
Ind. Three sons, Jesse and Herman
Kirsch of Indianapolis, and Frank
B. Kirsch of Portsmouth, Va, and
three daughters, Mrs. l.. r. Boone,
Mrs. Clara Carter and Mrs. M L.
Felske, all of Indianapolis, survive
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
Births
Gf~r&

Walter and Mary Lynn. 905 Chadwick
Kenneth and Chrystal Smith. Long Hos
pital
:. Clarence and Anna Chingenpeel. Long
Hospital.
James and Minnie Martin. Methodist
Walter and Ruth McCreery. Methodist
Hospital.
Allan and Ruth Gilmour Methodist Hos
pita..
John and Jessie ShockleY. 2o36 E. Mary
land.
Otis and Augusta KEYS. 2511 North
western.
Stuart and Catherine Tomlinson. 1884
Adams.
BOYS
Glenn and Mary Gibbs. Long Hospital.
Frank and Sarah Fyffe. Long Hospital.
Everett and Leefa Warmer. Long Hos
ptal.
Vernon and Mary Frizzel. Long Hospital
Shellie and Willie Vinson. Long Hospital
Ben and Anna, Stein; Methodist. Hospital
Charles and Clara Heron. 1907 E. Ohio.
John and Margaret Redmond. 1871 N.
Garfield.
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HIS MELONS ALL WET
Rushing Business From Truck
Brings Blind Tiger Charge.

Selling alleged liquor under the
guise of peddling watermelonS land
ed Robert Porter, Al, Negro, 2736
Boulevard Pl., in city prison today.
Porter was doing a rushing bust
ness of selling watermelons" from
a truck at Twenty-Fifth st. and
Northwestern Ave. until Patrolmen
McMann and Bartlett discovered a
pint of alleged whisky under the
drivers seat.
Porter is facing charges of oper-
ating a blind tiger, selling by sta
ton, selling on the streets without
a peddler's license and resisting an
officer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
ALLIGATOR is CAPTURED
Reptile, Is Inches Long, Is Found
in Pleasant Run.

An alligator of the manufacturing
variety today is confined in a wash
tub at the home of its captor, Will
liam D. Stewart, $40 N. Ritter Ave,
Ellenberger Park custodian.
Following complaints of several
youthful waders in the waters of
Pleasant Run, Stewart went on a
hunt for the reptile Saturday night.
Armed with a garden rake and a
fiashlight he found the eighteen
inch alligator under a foot bridge
across the creek.
Stewart believes that home-com-
ing tourist became tired of the pet
and turned it loose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
COMPANY PICNICS HELD

Employees Of Four Concerns Frolic
at Walnut Gardens.
More than 500 employees of four
companies held picnics in Walnut
Gardens Sunday. Baseball and
other games, musical numbers, din
ners and dancing were on the pro-
grams.
Employees of Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana numbered about
200. One hundred fifty workers of
the American Express Company, 100
employees of United Furniture Stores
OF Indianapolis and Kokomo and
seventy-five employees of Brooklyn
Brick Company held outings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
PATROLS TO ENFORCE
BAN ON GREEN CORN
Quarantine to Be Established in
Northeastern Part of State.

Northeastern Part of State.
Sixteen roads in the northeastern
part of the State will have special
patrols to enforce the green corn
quarantine which is expected to be
established within the next ten days,
State Entomologist Frank Wallace
announced today.
Special officers are to be employed
in this work and farmers will be
halted and asked whether they are
transporting any green corn. No
green corn may be carried out of the
district which is infested with corn
borer.
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JULY %, 1927

increase for the three units of $l.0O7.
Discussion Of possibility Of paying
part of the refund by bond issue
and the rest by direct taxation was
held.
Taxing officials we're frank in }
hitting that they are faced with a
most serious problem, which must
be settled without delay.
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Marriage Licenses

metal finisher. and Dorothy Reuter-. II. Of
1902 s. Belmont.
George Milligan, %. Of 923 N. Senate.
laborer. and Arminella Alexander. 20, Of
1921 Maple. housekeeper.
Wilbur Appel. %. of 1907 N. New Jersey.
assistant manager insurance company,
and Gertrude SCHUYLER. ~. Of 1910 N
Delaware.
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County ITO Years Old

BIZ Times Special =
PETERSBURG, Ind, July 25.-A
pageant at the fairgrounds here
Tuesday night will feature the cele-
bration of Pike County's 10th birth
day. More than $50 persons will
take part In the pageant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
FACES cRIPPLE's LIFE

Newcastle Policeman Hurt in Motor
cycle-Auto Crash
NEWCASTLE, Ind, July 25.-Pa-
trolman Robert Martindale prob
ably will be a cripple the remainde.
Of his life as the result of police
motorcycle he was riding being
struck by an automobile driven by
Ray Stone. Martindale suffered q
double fracture of the right leg
broken hand and other injuries. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
HIGHER TONE IN
HOGS AS TRADE
SETS IN AGAIN
Calves and Cattle Become
Strong to Higher
Ovines Improve.

The week opened today at the In
dianapolis Union Stockyards with
an advance in hog prices. The mar
ket was generally 10 to rs cents
higher on the hundredweight. Most
light porkers were at the full OF the
advance.
Estimated receipts were $500;
holdovers were 174. The top went
to SLIPS, a jump of IS cents above
Saturdays best. The bulk sold at
$105O@11.25. The early top at Chi
cago, on a market generally 10 to Is
cents higher, was $1,000.
Hog Price Range
Pigs went at $9.75 down; packing
sows, $7.50@8.25, and smooth light
sows, $3.50. Other quotations were:
160-215 pound hogs, $11@11.25; 215-
225 pounds, $10.75@11; 225-250
pounds $1,000 @ 1890; 250-300
pounds up, $8.90@975.
Slaughter cattle was sold to Is
cents higher. Receipts were esti-
mated at 300. Beef steers sold at
$9.75@12; beef cows, $6.50@8.50;, low
cutters and cutter cows, $4.25@5.50,
and bulk stock and feeder steers,
$725@8.50.
Improved Tone
Calves were strong to higher like
wise. Best vealers brought $14,
other grades selling downward from
this. Receipts were 300.
The sheep and lamb market was
strong. The practical top was
$3.50, with a few odd head going
up to $14. Offerings amounted to
about 500 head. Top fat lambs sold
at $3.50; bulk fat lambs, $12.5O@
1880; bulk Gull lambs, $8@1O.5O;
bulk fat ewes, $5@6.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
Oregon Is on Campaign

By United Press
MEXICO CITY, July 25.-General
Obregon was here today in further
ance of his campaign for the presi-
dency. The former president arrived
yesterday and was welcomed by
about 5000 persons.
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CHICAGO Commission Mart
BIZ United Press

BIZ UNlICU TFt6S
CHICAGO. July -Berries--Dewberries
s2G3 per is ats; black raspberries. $2d
2.75 per "a PTS; blueberries, ss%s.75 per
ats: red raspberries. s2M250 per "a DTS;
Strawberries, $250Q3.75 per l6 ots. Green
fruits-Apples.. $2@2.75 per bu.: canta-
$50 per is ats: grapes. 40640c per
basket; peaches, S2.50G2.75 per bu.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
British General Is Dead

BIZ JUIICu FTtSS
BRISTOL, Eng, July Is. = Brig.
Gen. Reginald E. Dyer, officer who
ordered troops to fire on Indian
crowds at Amritsar during the Pun
Aab riots Of 1919, died here yesterday.
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Commission Row
PRICE TO RETAILERS

fhlOE ~
FRUITS
Apples Box apples-w inesap. $50
Barrel apples-Ben Davis. 3d.. Basket
a aPpiies IT. nSS, 20 iSs $500;
Duchess, $3.50.
Apricots-California 81 crate.
Biackberries- 24-pt. crate, 81.
stanSPs cra AFz0n $780, us s crates crates
Cherries .s5.25 Us Ibsl.
GrapeS-California, IS crate.
Grapefruit-Callforni $3.50 crate.
Honeydew Melons-S2.25 crate.
Lemons-California,. 5000.
oranges@Caiifornia Vaiencias. crate,
PeacRes. Georgia Elbertas. So bu.
Pears California. $3.50 box.
Pineapples-Cuban.. $3M3;50:
Raspberries-Black. "a PTS. ss93.25;
atermelons-Georgia. average 80 lbs,
65Q85c.
VEGETABLES
Beans-oreen, s2.7s@s hamper.
Cabbage-H. G.. 50 Dbl.
Carrotts-H. g. ACC dog; bulk. 50 bu.
crate; Soc bunch,
- Corn-Kentucky, 40c dozen.
CHcumbers~H sl.25 doz.
California. zoe ID.
bss s. $3.50 crate;
MISUNDERSTANDING 50 hamper.
Onions-Yellow. 100 lbs. $3.50; Spanish.
6. white Bermuda, So bu.; H. g. yellow
0 P Parsley G., soc dozen.
Peas-H. G., $2.25 bu.
Potatoes-Virginia Cobblers. $3.50 Dbl:
Radishes-H. G.. white. .40@50c: red, ~
assoc; H. G. buttons. 75c dozen.
Rhubarb-H. G.. 35c dozen. -.
Sweet Potatoes-Nancy Halls. $3.50
hamper; new Georgias. 81 bu.
Splnach-H: G.: SIPS bu. ,ou. .,7s.
Tomatoes-H. G. hothouSs, 10 Ids, Sl.1o'
Indiana Climax, 20 lbs, 50.
Turnips-H. G., SITS bu.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
Produce Markets

bes: grade. pound. 42@45c.
Butterfat-Local dealers. 40c.
Eggs--Strictly fresh delivered at Indian
Poultry 6buying pricesl = Hens; large
ROSTERS, large. loml2c: Leghorns and
turkeys, No. i young toms. 2Od25c; No:
ySSoEed hf Srsassed g2 sSd G s qS oSc n
8@loc: guineas. a5c.
BIZ United Press
1888; creameries, SSG soc; standards. Soc;
ffldTsts. se5a @s7q; seconds S4@ lsc extras
3iG22c; firssts. asa 3Ssici seconds. isc; ex-
tras, 2l@24Isc.' Poultry-Receipts. g cars;
geese. is91sc tuTseys Zoe r0osters isc
broilers. 24c. Cheese-Twins, 22A a % 12c;
young Americas. 229t G23c. PotatOes-Ar-
Cobblers, Sl8061.85. mostly around s1.75.
Sweet potatoes-s1.5oG2.25.
BIZ United Press
unchanged. Pork-9uiet: mess, $sss Lard
susafERaW. dull; f spot '? ss test delivered
% i S soc; cctrfs%kI0. n, ~. on sPot,
1171Wlfl2Cs OdlgOo, W. t. 1OVAW 4 o.
low-Dull; special to extra. 712Gg7ssc.
Hay-Dull; No, /, $l.20; No. 3. 90c@l;
clover, s1@I,1o: Dressed poultry-.Quiet;
broilers. 2O@36c; capons, goa acc; fowls.
I2@2Sc;, ducks, ls@32c; ducks, Long Is;
nominal; geese, l0q12c; ducks, 12624c;
fowls, 18G25c: turkeys, 25G30c; ROSTERS.
15c; broilers, 20@37c. Cheese-Firm: state
whole milk. fancy to specials. 27d 28c;
Long Island. $2@S.75: Jersey. s2.75aS;
southern, s1,25 1883. Sweet potatoes =
Jersey. basket. SlQ2; southern. basket, 81;
southern, barrel, $3@7. Butter-Weak;
receipts. 6,s27i creamery extras. 4lhc:
receipts, 9,088; nearby white fancy, .36p
s0c; nearby state whites, 27aa5c;s fresh ns
firsts. 23h M25c: Pacific coasts. 28@37c;
western whites. 26Q3oc; nearby browns.
500 36c.
BU United Press
in tub lots: 4s@45c; fiTsts, 400 Ale; sec
onds. 37m38c; packing stock. 28c. Eggs
Extras, 29c: extra firsts, 27c: firsts. 23c;
ordinary. %. Poultry--Fowls, 22Q23c; Leg
horn fowls. 17@l8c: heavy springers. go
30c: Leghorn broilers. 22@24c; cocks. l5@
Ice: ducks, l9@-21. Potatoes-Carolina
and Virginia barrels, $3.6oG3.75.
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Cholera Brings Traffic Tie-up

BIZ United Press
BASRA, Persia, July 25.-River and
road traffic was suspended today
upon reports from the Anglo Persian
refinery at Abadan that cholera was
present there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
In the Sugar Market
lBy Thomson & McKinnonl

NEW YORK, July 25.-The narrowing Of
the differentialS between refined and raw
sugar by the declines in the former during
the week. should eventually have q good
effect on the futures market Unfortun-
ately the demand for refined has not been
stimulated by the decline which may have
the effect of temporarily retarding any adj
vance in futures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
BIZ United Pr

By United Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-Foreign exchange
opened steady. Sterling demand, $4.85 1-16;
francs, 391Kc; Ira, 5.43c; belga, 13.891ac,
UP .0012c; marks 23.77c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
In the Cotton Market
(By thomson & McKinnon)

NEW YORK, July 25.AThe weather
seems to be changing for the better, most
of the bulls have repurchased the cotton
which they sold out early last week: Sales
from the South are increasing and think
the week will see lower prices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
SENTENCE THEATER MEN

Two to Prison Tor DOctOring In-
come Tax Figures.
Bn United Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-Edward
and Oscar Alexander, president and
treasurer of the Alexander Theater
Ticket Office, Inc, today we're fined
$4,000 each and sentenced to six
months in Jail for doctoring income
tax figures.
Both were released on $4,000 bail.
pending appeals on the contention
that the law under which they we're
convicted is unconstitutional.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
Local Wagon Wheat

Local grain elevators are paying $1.22
for No. red wheat. Other grades are
purchased on their merits.
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Other Livestock
BIZ United Press


hoSs sAs os sag x6 sSs q oily
ceipts. 10000; market. generally l5@25c
higher; heavyweight, s2.50@350 lbs.
medium to choice. ssGlo.1o; medium
weight. 200M250 lbs. medium to choice,
$9.50@10;. iightweights. 10000 lbs. com
mon mo It, to choice. s9.75@11: light lights. 1S0-
packing sows, SMOOTH and rough, $50 $50;
shUsge gS '0sS R % cste
calyes-Steers. 1900 lbs. up, good and
choice, sl2.25@1440; steers. 1,100-1. 500 lbs,
choice; s14M14.40; good. s11@13.75;. steers
siOGis:25; medium, sa.S5 Sii.5o;' common col mon
$7@8.75; light yearling steers and heifers
good and choice. $3.50 lbs. down. sl0@
up, s8.50@12; common and medium, ali
weights, $6.75@9.50; common and medium
$5.75@6.5o; low. cutter .$4.75@575; calves
medium dhni to choiceo s7:5o@lo; yealerS. cul
tie steers common to choice, ss.5o@S SO
Slaughter sheep and lambs-Lambs light
anad heavyweight. 90 lbs. down. medium tc
choice, S12.50@14.85:. Gull and common al
weights, 50 .25612.50; ewes. medium tc
choice, $4@7:. Gull and common, $1.50M5
Feeding lambs-(Range Stock Feeding
lambs, medium to choice. $1l.50@13.75.
81 Lo 55fsSf ESRso'e July Neutrality-suspicious.
1900: market steady to Csc higher tops
$1,000. Cattle-Receipts. 1,4O0; market
steady to Csc lover. Calves-Receipts. 800
market steady; good to choice. $lo.5o@l2
Easo &c. Market GUS! Steady e
Csc higher; mixed lambs, si2.25; ewes ane
$50.
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BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-Clearings $437,-
900, 600: clearing house balance, S107, 000,-
900; New York Federal Bank credit bal
ance S85, 000, 600,
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Banks and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT
NEW YORK STATEMENT

Local bank clearings today were $4,007.
600; debts, $6,500,000.
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UNDERTONE OF
/ STOCK MARKET
TURNS STRONG
G. M. C. Heads Industrial!
Advances - Steel Out
standing Around Noon.
Average Stock Prices

Average of twenty 1ndustrials Saturday
was 1911, up %. Average of twenty
rails was 1927, off .12. Average of forty
bonds was 97.12. up .01.
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9 share Indianapolis st. Ry ......... SO
1000 Liberty 4th 4hs ............. 80
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The City
in'Brief
TUESDAYS EVENTS

Rotary Club luncheon. Claypool.
Mercator Club luncheon, Sphinx ARMS.
Purchasing Agents Association luncheon,
SEVERN. $3.50 ,L
American Chemical Society luncheon,
Chamber of Commerce.
Universal Club luncheon. Columbia Club:
Phi Gamma Delta luncheon, Chamber oil
University of Michigan Alumni luncheon.
Lincoln.
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Chicago Grain Table

CHICAGO. July 25.-Carlots: Wheat.
2S6; corn. SO; oats. so; rye. Z.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
THE SPOKANE WON

Jackson. the unsuilied goodness of his
heart, the element Of divinity in him
that made him the ''lame boy seeking
the shrine one of the most poignant
lines OF one of his most beautiful
poems. And the youth of the future
will see that when in this preface he
preached democracy and the progress
of the human spirit he said that bad
public taste is mob law, good public
taste is democracy; that ''ugliness is
a kind OF disagreement" and that
"a bad designer is to that extent bad
citizen" These are profound truths
worthy of any mind. This is the per-
sonality backing the John Brown po-
ems which make of the man who was
called a horse thief and was hanged
as felon the gigantic figure of our
American hierarchy of saints, sitting
with his gun across his knees and his
hunting dogs at his feet, Judging the
world; an imaginative conception of
the American spirit which marks the
highest point which poetry of the mod
ern movement in America has reach
ed. There is no poem by any other
American poet of this time that can
touch it as a pure creation, a magical
and ever memorable work of the
mythmaking genius.
The plain truth then is that Lindsay
is not to be judged by his prefaces,
his works on the movie art, in which
his Egyptian and Swedenborgian con
ceptions furnish the basis for aesthetic
representations; he is to be judged by
his best poems. And in judging them
the test is not whether they are sound
thinking, but whether they are sue
cessful products of that compact i'm
agination, that bizarre vision, which
Goethe found to inform all works of
genius, Judged this way, Lindsay's
fame came to him as his right and it
will endure.
(Reprinted from the Bookman by per-
mission Of the publishers and the author).
ITO Be Continued).
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
Vachel Lindsav

The Santa Fe Trail" the John Brown
poems and the Andrew Jackson poem
contained in Going the-Stars," a
more dignified name might be found
TO designate this new field of saxo-
phones, strings and horns. Lindsay
has done the thing the Jazz composers
have not done, and at which they are
now working. His poetry is not Jazz
If by that term it be meant that his
poetry comes out of the vulgarity of
the cabaret out of the slang of the
street. 1t touches, TO be sure, the bra
vado of the American spirit, the reck-
less and rude adventures of homespun
notables, the tambourines of the Sal
walton Army, the beer kegs Of Negro
celehrants, but everywhere rivers of
light flow through his singing, and
spirits and archangels are the pre-
dominant chorus.
Lindsay is profoundly religious
man, and like Swedenborg he sees
meanings back OF meanings and planes
of life in correspondence above every
plane of life that the physical eye can
see. Because of this spiritual consti-
tuition Of his he is forever seeking
from the visible world explanations
of that spiritual world which en-
crosses his imagination. He INDUCES
himself in prefaces to eXposit his
philosophy, and draws pictures of cen
sers and roses, of maps of the uni
verse, TO Illustrate his meaning. So
thinking, but not writing poetry, and
thereby obeying the god that is his
demon, he sees Springfield, Illinois, as
the future home of world university
all of which is possible, as Don
QuiXote said, only it happens not to
be So" He sees America as the old
court house America, and his own
drawings and poetry as having an
Egyptian hieroglyphic but not a jazz
meaning, a distinction that his critics
may buffoOn to their hearts content
without successfully exposing it's phil
Osophical unsoundness. Throughout
this preface his immense imagination
exercises ITSELF and pours out its
strange and prophetic mysteries. Asia,
Egypt, India, are working for some
sort of world contamination, with
America as the final flower. And it
may be so. True it is that the imagi-
nation finds the way that science aft
erward travels and makes clear and
sure for the world at large, and
dreams of world unions haunt many
minds.
| can see the probability of Lind
says becoming the most magical fig
ure of this day to the Americans of
one hundred years from now. when
the rising generation of this time will
dwell upon his quests and his wan
derings, his faiths and his passions,
his tramps preaching the gospel of
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