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The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-11
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
The Great Titan Dies of Plague
Written for The Times 6u. WiU Durant

THERE is more strength than
l. tenderness in these pictures;
Titan was too normal physically,
or rather too healthy and vigorous,
to feel the full inwardness of faith,
the tormentS Of conscience, the
abandonment Of devotion, or the
peacefulness of hope; his thoughts
we're Of the earth, and his joys we're
in life itself; religious was to him
only an excuse for art.
After painting the Virgin duti-
fully, he turned to Danae, Antiope.
Ariadne and Venus. When Michael
angelo saw Danae he said, "Only
Titan deserves the name Of
painter"
When Philip III of Spain was told
that the fire had destroyed part Of
the great Prado museum aa Madrid,
his first question was, rs Titian's
'Antiope' saved?
ayes" they told him.
That is a comfort" said the
King; the rest could be replaced" a."
The old master painted Venus
again and again, the Venus" of the
Uffizi gallery at Florence rivaling
Giorgione's; the Venus With the
Lute-Player," in Dresden; the Far
nese Venus" at The Hague; the
Toilette Of Venus" il the Alte
Pinakothek at Munich; the Venus
and AdoniS" of the National gall
lery; at Madrid, two voluptuous pic
lures Of Venus amusing herself with
musicians. and a great canvas de-
failing THE Feast of Venus"
In the "Bacchanale" (alSo in the
Prado) there is a jolly spirit Of
Rubens and Franz Halls, and a little
more; love loosens all bonds and the
cup which the fairest of the women
holds up in her hand bears this
philosophical inscription: who
drinks without drinking again
knows not what drinking is.
Finally the two aspects of Titian's
taste appear together in his most
famous picture. Sacred and Pro-
fame Love; every one knows how
the Borghese gallery at Rome re-
fused S500000 offered for this pic
ture by an American millionaire.
The eye of the world has seen most
ly the inviting figure at the right;
but the robed lady at the left
(whom rumor identified with the
daughter of the painter Palma Vec-
chio) is one of the fairest portraits
in all painting.
q
T EFT us be chary of superlatives,
l. and nevertheless accord to
Titan, greatest of all colorists, the
further title of greatest portrait
painter in the history Of his art.
The finest function of painting it to
portray character and soul, as the
function of sculpture is to show
the body in its nobility and per-
fection; painting decays today be-
cause photography has encroached
too successfully upon its ancient
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field, even surprising it occasionally
in Transforming mediocrity into
beauty and distinction; but in the
heyday Of the art it was the por-
trait that lifted painting to its
highest excellence.
Titan lavishes his genius in this
realm, and bestows immortality
with unstinting hand upon a hun
dred men and women. Some he
leaves nameless, like the Noble
man" at Dresden, The Physician Of
Parma" and THE Man with the
Glove" sometimes we know them
only by carelessly chosen names,
like Bella" and Flora" more often
he labels his heroes and heroines
and Pope Paul III and Arch
bishop Filippo of Milan" Tin the
museum at New York;, and Alton
so of Ferrara and Laura de Dianti"
have come down to us with all the
glamor of actual history.
Among the finest of these por-
traits are those which the artist
made Of his daughter Lavina, and
of himself; he paints his own fea-
lures mercilessly, showing himself
bent and wrinkled with age; for
even Titan had to die.
Only a century of life could have
given him time for his unequalled
fertility; the museums of Europe
are full of his work, and every piece
is worthy of him. In 1547 he ex-
tended his sway to Spain by ac-
cepting the invitation of Charles V
to come to Augsburg and paint the
ruler OF the Holy Roman Empire;
he did not flatter Charles, but pro-
duced one of the most perfect por-
traits in existence; and the King,
with taste and generosity, showered
gifts upon the artist for many years.
From that time on the painter
moved among emperorS and popeS
as his natural company. When
Henry III Of France came to Venice
one of the homes at which he stayed
was that of Titan; and the painter.
as if to show that he was royal
too, presented the King with every
picture in the house that reused
the monarch's interest.
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THE great Titan died in 1876
L one of the victims Of the plague
which killed $4,000 Of Venice
100000 population.
After him Venice had only two
men worthy to be named his heirs
Tintoretto, his pupil, and Veronese
his friend. Tintoretto-i. e., Jacopo
Robusti, got his name from the fact
that he was the son of a dyer CTin-
tore); and the boy began his career
by covering with pictures the walls
Of his fathers shop.
He was apprenticed to Titan, but
for reasons unknown to history the
boy returned after fifteen days, re-
solved to study alone; yet he placed
over his bottega this inscription, as
the modest goal of his desire "The
drawing of Michelangelo and the
coloring of Titan" He could not
afford living models, he bought
corpses and suspended them from
the ceiling. so that he might draw
them full length.
He was overjoyed when he re-
ceived a commission to paint four
pictures for the school of st. Mark
at Venice; one Of these, "St. Mark
Freeing the Slave" was so success
full that he was offered, and in his
innocence. accepted, practically an
engagement for life, to paint three
pictures yearly for the School of
San Rocco, at the sum of 100 ducats
(S250) year.
In the midst of this labor he
found time to paint enormous pic
lures for the Palace of the Doges,
like the Descent from the Cross
and Paradise" The last is seven
ty-four feet long and thirty feet
wide; yet when the authorities sent
payment for it he returned part of
the sum, saying that he had not
expected so much.
Like Titan, Tintoretto lived to a
great age, and survived many Of his
children. When his daughter died
the broken-hearted father painted
her portrait as she lay dead before
him. so that she might not entirely
be dead. In 1894, aged seventy-siX
he himself passed away.
Copyright. 1923. by VIII Duranb
ITO Be COntinued)
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Simply a Good Citizen

A Scripps-Howard newspaper Is
neither an American Mercury, a
soap box nor a house organ.
A Scripps- Howard newspaper is
simply a good citizen.
We are interested in all those
things which interest a good citi-
zen.
We are interested in the Cham
ber of Commerce, in industry. in
commerce, in banking; VIC are inter
ested in decency; we are interested
in good government, and honesty
among public officials; we are in
terested in fairness and justice; we
are interested in all those things
which affect all the people.
And your individual who is a Good
Citizen is also interested in those
things.
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80 OIIp,
lPEES
HICKORY. A NATIVE


THE hickory is a native born
Il American. There are nine
species and no representatives ever
have been found in another country.
Indians made a liquor from the
kernels of the tree which they
called "powchohicora" and from
that word the name hickory was
derived.
The wood of the hickory is hard
and tough and strong as wrought
iron.
Even the youngest fibres are like
threads of steel as many a boy has
discovered when he sought to break
hickory branch for a fish pole.
Strength toughness and elasticity
have made it the worlds foremost
wood for vehicle parts and tool
handles. AS a shock resisting wood
it's equal has not been discovered.
There are some eight or ten
species of true hickory and pecan
hickories. The wood of the pecan
hickories is less valuable.
The true hickories of commercial
importance includes the Shagbark,
bigleaf shagbark, pignut and mock
ernut hickories. The hickories are
slow growing; true hickories grow
even slower than the white oak.
Mature trees are generally from
200 to 300 years old with diameter
of about two feet and height of
about 110 feet.
The vehicle industry consumes
over one-half of the hickory cut,
principally for spokes, rims, single
and double trees, poles, shafts and
various other parts.
The tool handle industry con-
sumes approximately a fourth of the
hickory, principally for ak, pick,
sledge and hatchet handles, where
strength and toughness are re-
quired.
The States with the largest sup
plies of standing hickory rank in
about the following order: Ar
kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, North Carolina, Louisiana
Mississippi, Alabama and West
Virginia.
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The Coming Conventions

just why there should be lamentations
over the nomination of Ralph Updike for Con
gress and shouts Of triumph for the victory Of
Arthur Robinson for Senator is one Of the
unexplained bits of Republican psychology.
And yet the mouthpieces for the machine,
which has agam secured the count of votes,
use the Updike candidacy to prove the failure
of the primary system, and the victory of Rob
inson to indicate that the people still rule.
If there IS any choice between these two,
both Of whom came into power through the in
fuence of Stephenson, the balance should be
with Updike.
1t is true that Stephenson required from
him written contract and that Updike signed
on the dotted line.
That might indicate that the crafty dragon
believed that Updike had some remnant of
conscience that would cause him to renege
on his bargains and that he took precautions to
keep him safe and sound.
When the State conventions meet, the
voters will have a chance to accurately measure
the moral forces of the two parties.
Both will nominate candidates for Gov
ernor and for other State Offices.
If there IS any consistency in the Repub
Iican party, its convention will name candi
date for Governor who is friendly with Ste
phenson
For the old Stephenson machine was in the
best Of working order and certainly the voters
who approved of Robinson and Updike have
the right to expect a man of similar ante
cedents, politically, at the head of their ticket
Just how any candidate who denounced the
machine or any outside citizen of standing can
accept a nomination with any implied obliga-
tion to support the Updike and Rowbottom and
Robinson candidates is hard to understand.
The Democratic convention should be moth
ing more than a ratification meeting for Frask
Daley.
His commanding lead in the primaries,
against field of candidates, was so impressive
that the nomination Of any other candidate is
possible only through the intervention of the
same influences and methods which disgraced
the Republican party.
The opposition to Daley was the highest
compliment that could be paid to him. when an
analysis Of the men, methods and means that
were employed is made.
The Democratic convention has real duty
in this matter. 1t alone can save Indiana. 1t
alone can offer the people the way out.
There is every reason to believe that the
people of the State, independent voters, Re-
publicans with consciences and without night
gowns Democrats who still believe in the Con-
stitution and in honesty, are looking to Daley
as the Moses.
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Editor Times:

GAAVOA AAACo-
Just read Mr.. G. Frederick's ar
ticle in regard to daylight saving.
He says there is no logical argu-
ment against it.
want to suggest that we arrange
for a public discussion.
Say we rent hall and charge
small admission fee, sufficient to
defray expenses. We sure would
like to hear his argument. We
also would like to show that 80 per
cent of the people of Indianapolis
are against the ordinance.
We would like to prove that in
Ohio and all eastern cities where
they have adopted daylight saving
it is not welcomed by the masses,
but is the result of class domina-
ton. We would like to produce evil
dence to prove that many factory
workers in Indianapolis who signed
in favor of daylight saving did so
under coercive pressure. 1 would
like to ask Mr.. Frederick this ques-
ton:
If the daylight savers were aris-
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The Mission of
a Newspaper"
by JOHN SORRELS,
Editor, The 1T. Worth Press

A MAN made a remark to me
IN several months ago, and it has
been sticking in my craw ever since.
1t was along about the time the
traction company asked for higher
bus fare.
We we're discussing the matter,
and he said; THAT ought to be duck
soup for you Scripps-Howard peo-
pie"
I asked him what he meant.
"It's plain enough" he grinned.
Here's utility asking for a higher
fare. That's made to order for you
people"
Then I asked him why it was duck
soup for Scripps-Howard particu-
larly.
oh" he said with a tinge OF
irony you fellows are always look
ing for a chance to smack somebody
down in the interest of the dear peo-
pie"
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WINGS!

This is the of the Airman has thrilled human
y has the of the which, with its
strides still in its infancy Our Washington Bureau has packet
three interesting bulletins dealing with Aeronaucs which
They contain facts that every American
ought Flying Fill the below and send
this packet. bulletins
i. The History OF Aeronautics.
2. The life of Charles A. Lindbergh
3. Oceanic Flights in Detail.
CLIP COUPON HERE
AERONAUTICS EDITOR Washington indianapolis Times
1922 York Avenue, Washington, D. G.
want the packet of three bulletins AERONAUTICS and
enclose herewith uncanceled u S. postage
stamps, to postage and handling costs:
Street Number
reader of the Indianapolis Times
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Business of The Press

Now that man had the wrong idea
about the newspaper business gen.
orally, and the Scripps-H Howard pa
pers in particular.
And 1 set him right.
But ever since, have been Won
dering if the people generally have
an accurate understanding of what
a newspaper is-and what a Scripps-
Howard newspaper is.
The thing has kept boiling around
in my head, and I decided to ex-
plain a little something about the
function of newspaper--at the risk
of repeating some things I might
have written here before.
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--David Dietz on Science--
Mystery and Beauty
No. Al

MO sight impresses the casual visitor to an OBJ
IN servatory more than the appearance OF the
planet Saturn in the telescope. To the unaided eye,
Saturn appears merely dull yellow straw-hke OBJ
iect But the telescope dscloses the planet to be a
disk marked with bands streaks like those OF Jupl-
ter, though much more faint, and surrounded by a
marvellous system Of rings.
These rings are an object of mystery and rare
beauty to the eye and source of amazement to the
rtnrdnn nf lnn
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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,
HEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
3. You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump.
e'7~T words and authorizations don't
count.
i. Ihe order Of letters can not be
changed.
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who was Major Whittlesey?

He was the commanding officer OF
the famous Lost Legion a bat
talon that took part in the Argonne
forest drive in the World War, and
broke through the German lines on
Oct. 2, 1918. They we're cut off
until Oct. from the American
forces. When rescued only 252 Of
the battalion were left out of 679
officers and men. Major Whittlesey
disappeared from a steamer on the
way to the West Indies Move 10,
1921.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1928. by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-aee; king; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
100
l. Partner not having bid. what
would you lead against a suit bid
when you hold: 10, g?
?. Partner not having bid, what
would you lead against a suit bid
when you hold: A K x?
3. When you hold honors in Sc
quence, what should you lead
against a suit bid as a rule?
THE ANSWERS
/. 10.
2. K.
3. Top of sequence.
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heavens.
The rings were
discovered by
Calico in 1910
with his first lit
tie telescope.
The instrument,
however, was not
sufficiently pow
erful to disclose
the real nature
of the rings and
Galileo was at a
loss to say more
than that the
planet had an
unusual appear
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Times Readers Voice Vie1CS

ing now at 3, 4, or even a. m, do
you think there would be an ordi-
nance Of this kind before the city
council?
What do you say, Mr.. Frederick
w. B. SCHREIBER.
622 Lexington Ave.
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This Date i'm
u. S. History
MAY IL

MAY IL
1647-Peter Stuyvesant became gov
ernor of New Amsterdam.
1665-Colonies of New Haven and
Connecticut united
1858-Minnesota admitted to the
Union.
1864-General Grant sent his IA
nous telegram: Il propose to
fight it out on this line II 1t
takes all summer"
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What is a nautical knot?

1t is a nautical mile, varying in
length in different countries, and
according to American reckoning
it is 6O8O.2 feet.
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lew Jersey man cut his throat and smoked a
cigaret. Thatu be about the next thing you'll see
in the cigaret ads.
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A man in Louisiana initiated wild turkey SO well
that he was shot. Some Of those senators would
better quit trying to initiate cuckoos.
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The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution, but
on request Will not toD be puehshed: Let
preference.
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Hoover and Others In Indiana Vote


Indiana went for Watson and against Hoover
From that certain conclusions are being drawn One
is that it is a setback for the leading Republican
candidate for the nomination That one hardly
stands consideration.
The figures available at this writing give Watson
10000 and Hoover 175000. The Indiana favorite
son. United States Senator with the State organiza-
ton, hooked up with the AntiSaloon League and the
KluX, was able to beat the invading Hoover in an
agricultural State by what may prove on final returns
to be less than $4,000 votes.
1t takes the delegates away from Hoover, to be
sure, and delegates delegates, but otherwise it
adds to the evidence of Hoovers strength running as
he did in the least favorable conditions and against
the greatest odds.
In only shadowy fashion are the delegates con-
sidered Watsons. In only shadoWy fashion is Wat
son to be considered a candidate.
He is to the extent that he'd take the ncrli-
nation and candidate be counted out until one
is counted in, but if luck walke1 down the aisle and
raised Mr.. Watsons hand he'd say that it more
than he expecting
Indianas delegates held in his name for some
one else possibly for LoWden, possibly for Dawes.
Both have been considered. Possibly also the
nucleus for building up something else. But it may
be remarked that for such this delegation Is poor
terminating core.
It represents the success of another combination
of Bilfl and Black George. Control remained in the
hands of the elements which have been represented
by intolerance in the Anti-Saloon League and
profgacy and brutality in the Klan.
Dominant Republican politics in Indiana has
joined and played with these elements and their
leadership has been removed to the Jail and peni-
tentary. The Rev. Mr.. Shumaker of the Anti-Saoon
league has still on his hands a sentence for con-
tempt Of the Supreme Court.
But the influences of the organizations which have
been having their way with the State to its detri-
ment and the damage Of its reputation are not yet
sufficiently broken down. Watson and Robinson who
won with them will go into the national convention
with the odors them. They've worked in the lrv-
cry stable and not in the greenhouse
It is to be regretted that Clliom and Adams could
fl0av inns
ernor We learned here in Illinois that 1t can't be
done by dividing the attack and throwing rival can
didates against an organization which has Office and
which makes combinations in every direction.
Moreover, it seems apparent that the State IS not
vet mad enough to assert itself Again it was learned
in Illinois that this takes time. Gilliom and Adams
started good fight It's time had not come.
Both are good fighters, Adams a better hghter
than vote getter Newspaper editors seldom are good
vote getters And never are good vote getters also
good editors.
AS we see it, Hoover has lost nothing but some
delegates The State has lost chance to come ou o.
it's trance troubled sleep.
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joker somewhere Secretary Kellogg surely can not
mean all he seems to mean. They refuse to believe
the United States stands ready to scrap the Monroe
Doctrine and other policies hitherto deemed vital to
its national existence, to pledge itself in advance
never, under any circumstances, to go to war; even
in self defense
So, they say, there's Ethiopian in the woodpile
some place, which, of course, there is
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For whom was the Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington, ID. C.,
named?
Walter Reed, an American Army
surgeon, sanitarian and bacteriolo-
gist, who distinguished himself in
finding the cause and cure for vel
low and typhoid fever among the
soldiers during the Spanish-Ameri-
can War.
What is the worlds record for the
100-yard dash?
Charles w. Paddock holds the
record at 9.5 seconds.
Do snakes have teeth?
Yes.
How tall was Rudolph Valentino
and how much did he weigh?
He was five feet eleven inches tall
and weighed 154 pounds.
Who served as the mistress of the
White House during Buchanan's
administration?
Harriet Lane, his niece. In 1866
she married Henry H. Johnston of
Baltimore.
Where are "Our Gang" comedies
produced?
Hal Roach Studios. Culver City,
Cal,
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David DIetz on s

There is no fixed salary for chorus girls 1t de-
,er1ds largely upon the figure.
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man suing for divorce in Los Angeles declares
his wife put him out and he couldn't get along with
ort his rnother-in-law Sounds like misprnt
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What was "The Mark OF. Cain
that is mentioned in the BibIea

A mark put upon Cain after the
murder Of his brother. Abel. 1t is
not known just what kind of a
mark it was. Some commentators
think it was the lines or wrinkles
In the face resulting from his sense
of guilt. There are many other
theories
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Where is the solar pIexus?

A pleXuS is a cluster of nerve CEN
ters and the solar pluxus is the
largest and is located behind the
stomach and in front of the aorta
and the pillars Of the diaphragm.
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Is the Cornish language related
to the Welsh?

The Cornish language belongs to
the British subdivision of the Gel
tic family and stands on the whole
nearer to the Old Breton than to
the aid Welsh. 1t ceased to be a
living language in the eighteenth
century. although small number
of Cornish words are stir used in
the English dialect of CornWell.
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Daily Thought

Mark the perfect man, and be-
hold the upright.-PSalm 1881.
y n
1T is reasonable to have perfection
Il in our eye, that we must always
advance toward 1t, though we know
it can never be reached.-Dr. John
son.
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The Ford free publicity has been falling of tre-
mendousy since the standard American joke be-
came cigaret lighter.
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Questions and
AnSzOe1:S

You can get an answer to any answer
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Editor, The Indianapolis Times. WASH
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Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential. You are
cordially invited to make Use of this
Tree service as often as you please.
EDITOR.
How is parachute jumping done
from an airpIane?
The jumper stands either at the
outer edge Of an airplane wing and
pulls the rip cord, allowing it to
pull him from the plane, or he
jumps into space and counts five
before pulling the rip cord which
releases the parachute from the
pack, that is strapped to him. He
must be sure to fall far enough so
that the parachute will not become
entangled in the ship Some avi-
ators let themselves fall several
hundred feet before releasing their
parachutes.