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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-02
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
Artists Change to Pagan Subjects
Written for The Times by Will Durdnt

the scandalous nudes with which
he filled the Last Judgement" be-
hind the altar of the Sistine Chapel.
Perugino comes last because he
was the teacher of Raphael, and
the greatest of those who came be-
fore the great, and because in him
the conflict between Christian piety
and pagan scepticism reaches its
zenith in clarity and scope. He was
born at Perugia whence his nance
in utter poverty, and he lifted him
self--by making masterpieces-to
great wealth, so that historians dis
liked him for his too complete sue
cess. But he worked hard for his
victories.
HE did not permit himself" says
Vasari, Ito regard cold, hunger,
fatigue, OF priyation of any kind;
nor was he ashamed to perform any
work which might help to promote
his object, which was to obtain
the power of some day living in
case and quietness. 1t was his
wont to say p. that after bad
weather the good must come; and
that when it is fair weather man
must build his house, that he may
be under shelter when he most
needs it
He was a resolute, masculine fell
low, always ready to do is own
thinking. He studied side by side
with SignorelH at Perugia, and
then side by side with Leonardo at
Florence but no mans style re-
manned long to dominate him He
was among the first 70 abandon the
use of tempera for oils; and his
success in the new method made
him so popular that he set UP
studios in several cities, hired many
aids. and made money rapidly
much to the scandal of respectable
people who thought it a disgrace
that an artist should have enough
to eat.
Michelangelo, who was more of
a warning Michael than an angel,
and cared nothing for the goods
of this world, disliked Pietro; the
two quarreled with the fiercenesS
of rival talents, and Perugino was
dismissed from Florence.
Ito Be Continued
Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant)
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her exalted lover as the Mother of
God.
Christ and the Virgin still hold
their places as subjects calling out
the depths of the artists feeling and
power; but alongside of them come
The bright procession of ancient
deities-Aphrodite and Narcissus,
Apollo and Mars, Pan and Fauns,
Adonis and Galatea, Phoebus and
Daphne and Aurora. Art achieves
what morals ana philosophy have
never yet attained-the synthesis Of
body and soul, of joy and idealism,
Of paganism and Christianity.
Let us look at two figures in the
change, born a few years apart,
studying under the same master,
and dying in the same year Q523) /:
Perugino and Signoreli. Luca
Signoreli was the most pagan Of
them all Not that he did not paint
holy pictures; on the contrary, his
Holy Family" is the most charming
representation of Mary, Joseph, and
the child in all Renaissance art; and
his pious frescoes at Orvieto are
rated among the masterpieces of the
fifteenth century.
DUT Luca painted these pictures
ID for the church; portraying the
spirit in order to keep his body
fed; his real interest was in the
visible marvels of the flesh, and
even the panels at Orvieto are full
of naked men. drinking and dane
mig and twisting themselves into
strange attitudes, solely that Sig
noreli might experiment with every
muscle and study every pose.
When his son died, the artist
barred the body and sat all night
beside it, drawing every line of the
dear flesh, as if these lineaments
were the soul that he would cher
ish in memory.
His most characteristic picture is
The School of Pan; here among
the ancient gods, rather than with
the saints, Signorelli found himself
most at home. Tt was he, says Va
sari, who in the fundamental prin-
ciples of design, more especially in
the nude form laid open to all
succeeding artists the path to the
ultimate perfection of art"
From all these unclothed figures
NIichaelangelo drew inspiration for
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ference is not great.
Mars, however, has an orbit with great f1attenng
or eccentricity to the technical term. When
est the sum- Mars is 1280OO0OO miles from it. When
farthest from the sum- Mars is 154000000 miles from
it. The variation, it will be seen, amounts to 26000
900 miles.
The point where Mars is nearest the sun is known
perheon The point where it is farthest from the
aphelion.
Now Mars and the earth move with different
speeds but their motions such that every 8O days
what is known OPPOSITION occurs
That is the earth and Mars situated that a
straight line drawn from Mars to the would pass
through the earth. The accompanying diagram shows
this.
These are the close approaches of the two planets
and occur a little over two years apart The aver
age distance between the earth and Mars at opposi
ton is 48600O0O miles,
1t varies, however, due to the eccentricty of the
orbit of Mars 1t is greatest when Mars is at aphelion
Then it is 100000 miles
1t is least when Mars is at Perihelion. 1t is then
100000 miles, This is the closest which Mars ever
to the earth.
Such an opposition took place Aug %, 1924
Astronomers concentrated their observations upon
the planet at that time.
Interpretation of those observations have engaged
astronomers until the present year. Next we will
have look at those observations.
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California

Governor AL Smith has put to rout his longtime
soticaI enemy William Gibbs McAdoo, in McAdoo'S
nome State and it is now difficult to imagine any
development which will prevent Smiths nomination
at Houston.
Smith and McAdoo met head-on in CALIFORNIA;
primary and Smith emerged an easy victor. McAdoo
lead ticket pledged to Senator Thomas j. Walsh of
Montana dry, and opposed Smith with the argu-
ment that he was wet Senator James A. Reed also
was candidate and showed surprising strength, finish
ing second on early returns
Smiths victory much more than the ac-
ouistion Of delegates. 1t means the elimination OF
McAdoo as an efectual factor in the selection of
candidate The movement of which he was the leader
has received setback from which it cannot recover
Smith has demonstrated that his appeal to the
rank and file is not matter of geography and that
the wet argument is not effective against him.
He has destroyed the principal threat of disrup-
ton like that of 1924 and has provided convincing
demonstration to wavering politicians.
So far as the Democrats are concerned, it would
seem that the preconventon campaign is just about
over.
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Penalty for Rum

What a come down it is to find
ones pleasant speculations regard
ing X-rayed chickens, tailored dogs
and dude" ranches interrupted by
a news item which tells how a
Michigan woman faces the posi-
bility of spending her life In Jail
because she was caught with two
quarts of rum. Somehow that does
not seem to fit into the picture.
You just cannot square the idea
Of bull terrier gadding about Eu-
rope with three trunks, a daybed
and q nurse, while a woman, who
might have been your second cou-
sin, or great aunt, if not a closer
relation, is doomed to look out upon
the world from an iron cage dur
ing the rest of her natural life be-
cause two deputy sheriffs found her
in possession Of a quantity of liquor
which our Puritan ancestors would
not have regarded as enough to
wash down q church supper,
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Dude Ranches in Vogue

People who are irked with Euro
pean travel, or who cannot get rid
or their incomes fast enough by
Quitting poodles, Spitzs, Terriers,
Polneranians and Pekinese, will find
an opportunity in the dude"
ranches with which the wild west"
is trying to help bored and over
burdened public dispose of its cash.
Among others, one has just been
opened in the Alpine territory of
Texas, where the altitude is so
great and the rainfall so little that
most any one can kick up a dust.
This ranch is genuine in all re-
spects. Its corrals, bunk houses,
COW ponies, chuck wagons and poker
are faithful to tradition. Those who
have grown weary of paved streets
and Pullman cars will find every
thing exactly as it was in the glori-
Gus mid-Victorian period, except
the bill.
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Your firSt-clasS touring dog now
requires two calfskin luggage cases,
a raincoat. a rug, silk jackets, laced
boots, towels, combs, brushes scent
ed soap and hot water bottle in
case of seasickness not to mention
day bed and such other articles as
properly belong to well-bred
twentieth century canine who is so
fortunate as to have landed in the
lap Of luxury.
AS though this were not enough,
there are going away" gifts which
friend of the family may buy and
donate to the encourage.
Those economists who think that
we have not learned how to dis
tribute wealth should give careful
consideration to this new industry.
Whatever else may be said, it shows
that we do not lack for inventors
and promoters to help us keep
money in circulation.
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If business dances to the tune Of
science, it also dances to that of
fads, foibles and notions which can
hardly be described otherwise than
peculiar.
The fashion of touring Europe,
coupled with a love of dogs, as de-
creed by those who have more
money than they know how to spend
wisely, gives rise to a new trade.
We now have shops devoted to
tags for dogs" and we have stand
ards by which those toys are
graded.
If Europeans find it hard to judge
an American tourist by the clothes
he or she wears, they may get valu-
able hints from the way the dog is
Outfitted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-02

l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a given number Of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN in three strokes, COW, HOW,
aEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
8. You must have complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not be
chanUpd
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-02
This Date i'm
u. S. History
May 2

May 2
1785-ThomaS jefferson made Amer
lean minister to France.
1851-San Francisco burned; $500
buildings destroyed; loss,
$3500,000.
1863-Stonewall Jackson accident
ally wounded by his own men
at Charlottesville, Va.
1865-PreSident Lincoln proclaimed
a reward of 100000 for the
arrest of jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederacy.
1890-Oklahoma organized as a ter
ritory.
1912-Postoffice appropriation bill
provided $T50000 for expert
mental work with parcel post
system.
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Questions and
AnS7OeYS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question OF fact or information BY
Editor. The Indianapolis Times, Wash
inRton Bureau, 1922 New York Ave,
Washington. D. c., enclosing two cents
gal advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made. All other
questions will receive personal reply
Unsigned requests cannot be answered
All letters are confidential You are
cordially invited to make use of this
free service as often as you please.
Why are brides advised to wear
something blue" when they wed?
The idea is borrowed from the
ancient Israelites. They were bid
den to put on the borders of their
fringed garments a ribband of blue
blue being the color of purity, love
and DEBILITY.
What is the value of a COnfed-
crate 500 bill, issue of 1864?
A bill of this date with the bust
of Mrs. Davis on it is worth only
2 cents.
What started the World War?
The immediate cause was the as
sassination of the Archduke Ferdi-
nand Of Austria by a Serbian stu
dent.
What is the correct Celtic spell
ing of the name Aileen?
Either eileen" or "Aileen." It i:
the same as the English Helen anc
means Eight"
What is the record climb of Pike:
Peak in an automobile?
The record was made by Charley
H. Meyers, driving Chandler Spe'
cial, in II minutes 48 Us seconds.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1928. by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace: K-king; O.
queen: jack; X-any card lever
than 100
i. What is the quick trick value
of A K j?
2. What is the quick trick value
of A K @?
8. What is meant by the spade
convention?
The Answers
/. Two and one-quarter.
2. Two and one-half.
g.. That the informatory doubler,
whether ola suit or no-trump bid,
must be prepared to accept a spade
bid of four cards by partner.
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David Dietz on Scie
Mars Makes His BOzU
No. 80

NO. 81
SATISFACTORY studies of the planet Mars can
- only be made when the planet makes close ap-
proach to the earth. These close approaches are
rather rare. This is why they great Juror
in astronomical circles when they
The accompanying diagram will help us to under
stand the situation Both the earth and Mars revolve
around the in paths orbits which are fattened
circles, known technically as ellpses.
The earth is the third planet from the sum- the or
der being Mercury, Venus earth Mars is the fourth
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tive at city. hall, present your troubles
to city officials. Write Mr.. Fixit at The
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published
Cleaning of an unsightly street
light at Brookside and Eighteenth
st. was assured today following a
complaint to Mr.. FiXit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Am writing a re-
quest you to have the street light
at the corner of Brookside and
Eighteenth st. and Tacoma Ave
washed. 1t is indeed unsightly and
does not give the bright clear light
it could if cleaned.
CLEAN LIGHT.
The indianapolis Power and
Light Company which maintains
the lights promised Mr.. FiXit to
give the light an early bath.
Dear Mrs. Fixit: When we put
trash in the alley between Tabor ST.
and Raymond st. the ash man fails
to collect it.
Please see what you can do
about it. MRS. ]. S.
The city sanitary department
collects only garbage and ashes.
Other trash is not collected by the
city. The collectors attention has
been called to your complaint,
however.
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SAYS:

MEASURED by waste paper,
lVl New York's welcome to the
Bremen fliers, was not so great as
that it gave Lindbergh.
In this latest excess of tearing
up telephone directories, bibles,
Government publications and other
books which we pretend to read, but
do not, the warm hearted people OF
New York only Uttered the streets
to the extent of 1900 tons and it
only cost $4,000 to clean up the
mess.
Colonel Lindbergh will go down
in history as the recipient Of 1900
tons.
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planet IN OrQer
the one imme-
diately after the
earth.
The earth is
a p pro Ximately
93,000,000 miles
from the sun
Due to tn c
dattening of the
earth's orbit, ii
is closer to the
sun IN S o m c
parts of its Or
bit than in
others. The fat
tening is n o t
much, however.
and so the diff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-02
Plans New Ocean Hop

Having parked the better half o.!
eve" in the Smithsonian Institute,
Colonel Lindbergh plans to make
another airplane immortal by flying
to Europe via Greenland, Iceland
and then to the worlds principal
capitals. He plans to use a Ford,
all-metaI, tri-motored craft and
will have at least one companion,
Probably Major Lanphier, with
Henry Ford as hacker.
You could hardly ask for a more
formidable team than Ford and
Lindbergh.
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Daily Thought

Yet a little sleep, a little slum-
Der, little folding of the hands
to sleep.-Prov. 24:33.
CLEEP is pains easiest Salve,
- and doth fulfill all offices OF
death, except to kill--Donne.
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Dainty little paraSols for men are becoming fash
ionable, says a dispatch from Paris. Fifty million
Frenchmen must be wrong, after all.
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KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELL DENNY

II IIllS year unless appropriations
are held to a minimum and unless
the Senate eliminates third of the
revenue cut passed by the House.
This fight between the President
and Songress will be carried to the
Senate floor tomorrow.
President Coolidge will not per-
nit Congress to depart from his
original program of economy in eX-
penditure and rapid retirement of
the public debt.
Unless Congress meets the Presi-
dents demands, it is probable that
the revenue bill will be vetoed so
late in the session that there will be
no tax cut Of any kind.
The maximum tax reduction pos
Sible in the Presidents judgment is
S2l0,000,000. The House bill, passed
IN December, provides a reduction of
S290,000000. For four months that
measure has been held up in Senate
committee. Yesterday the commit
tee reported out a 5000 100000 bill
After losing their fight in commit
tee, the Democrats now will carry
to the Senate floor their demands
for a 1925, 1000, 600 cut.
The main issue is the corporation
tax of 1872 per cent. This was cut
by the House to 11l5 per cent. The
Democrats want IL per cent. The
Administration controlled Senate
committee made it 1919 per cent.
The Senate bill and the Coolidge
policy vigorously are opposed by
the United States Chamber of Com
merce. The chamber demands:
/. Reduction of the corpora
ton income tax to not more than
10 per cent.
2. Repeal of the remaining war
excise taxes on particular busi-
nesses.
3. Repeal OF the Federal in
heritance tax.
TIARRY F. SINCLAIR belatedly
I L admitted to the Senate Tea
pot Dome committee what it ha6
discovered for itself, that he got
S757,OOO as his share in the notori-
Gus Continental Trading oil deal.
Like that other oil man who par
ticipated in the deal and who also
is under Senate contempt indict-
ment. Robert w. Stewart, chairman
of Standard Oil of Indiana, Sin
clair professed almost complete lg-
norance of the Continental affair.
About all he knew was that he
took the money He meant TO give
the bonds to his company. He just
has done so, together with 3 per
cent interest.
Why the secrecy all these years
about the transaction, and why had
he delayed so long in turning the
bonds over to his company? The
committee wanted to know.
H. NJ. Blackmer had asked him TO
keep it a secret, and Blackmer was
the person who knew the details of
the deal about which he was ignOr-
ant, was the answer. This was
practically the same answer given by
Stewart.
Following the reported capture of
Tsinan-Fu, capital of Shantung
province, by Chinese Nationalist
southern forces, renewed efforts
will be made to get American mis-
cionaries out of that civil war area.
Though repeated warnings have
been issued by American Minister
MacMurray, an unknown number Of
Americans are remaining in the
trouble zone.
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Mr.. Fixit)

Let Mr.. Fixit, The Times representa-
tive at city hall. present your troubles
TO city officials. Write Mr.. FiXit at The
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given viii not be published
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Thursday, March Is, 1928

I've got that kind of Imagination,
young man." interrupted Grimstead
drily. I'D already considered all
that"
'Of course" smiled Davenport. re
ltpsing from his tense eagprnr~>.
And then besides there are hundred,
of thousands of workmcn who would
he thrown out of employment for Il
lime until II readiustmeni had been
made"
why. il sounds TERRIBLE" cried Bur
ton.
That's why | say there's u reSpon
Sibility connected with il. All this
capital and these works of various
kinds and these workmen will find
other and probably more ultimately
useful things To do after time. II
shouldn't he sprung ON them all al
once"
What would lie your SUGGESTION"
asked GrimStead
Davenport laughed boyishly.
Continued on Page 14)
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"rhe royalty idea appeals to me-"
answered Davenport. for certainly
do not want to get mixed up in af
fairs unless | have to. But | do feel
responsibility in turning thing like
this loose without trying to do my
part"
You'll find the business part of it
in pretty competent hands," Grimstead
assured him.
II do not doubt that for II moment"
said Davenport. II shouldn't have Il
moments uneasiness on that score.
I'm thinking Of the world at large"
world at large?" repeated Grim
stead, little blankly.
'Yes. You, of course, have not
thought of this as much as | have.
for it is n new proposition. But I've
been bordering on il for a very long
while. It's the terrific upset in in
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unlimited power. The gas and electric
companies would simply have To ga
out of business. Why should anybody
buy anything of them? Reaching out
from that think of the correlated in
dustrieS that would be more or less
affected"
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dustry that must come from this"
"Of course there will be readiust-
ments." agreed Grimstead.
But just stop to follow this out
Let's suppose, for the sake of argu-
ment, that this battery is all it might
be; that il is genuine short cut To
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-11
THE CASH CHRISTMAS GIFT TO THE
 PIONEERS.

The action of W. D. Gross in raising fund to provide each resident of the Pioneers Home cash Christmas gift is in the right direetion and there should be general and liberal cooperation in it. There is nothing that counts more for real en- joyment and the maintenance of sef-respeet than to have some cash in ones pocket that belongs to him to do with as he might please.
 With money in hand the residents of the Home there at Sitka will celebrate Christmas Day with a pride and zest that would not have been possible if it had not been for the success of Mr Grosss idea. And success is already assured. It is estimated that Seattle will raise nearly $1,000 and Ketehikan has already given about $500. Wrangell and Petersburg came through with their parts.
 The campaign for money will start at Juneau at Last year this town contributed more than half of all the money that raised for this purpose. She will, without doubt, respond generously to the fund this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-12-11
SOME STRAINS.

It is worthy of note that those States that gave Hoover his largest majorites in most in- stances were those where the bootleggers are we'll organized and conduct a thriving business where the people who want it get satisfactory thirst service California, Pennsylvania and Ohio are examples. So in the South where the ma jorties that swung Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee to Hoover, and the votes that swelled his Kentucky and West Virginia ma jorties. came from the mountain districts where moonshining is one of the chief industries
 Prohibition is the basis of business for boot leggers and moonshine distillers Wet votes come largely from those who refuse to give up what they regard as their personal liberties but who