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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Nerves Great u. s. Problem

Dorothy Garfield Fisher, the novelist, told the
graduating class of the University of Kansas this
summer that of the chief problems of modern
America is problem of nerves
Our nerves. she said, are only generation or
two removed from those adjusted to solitude and
silence; yet solitude and silence have gone from
modern life beyond recall. and it is up to us to adj
just our nerves to the new conditions If we fail
we shall make quite hash of our affairs.
Her generation Mrs. Fisher said, came on the
scene just at the close of the pioneer period and
she continued:
Eve had neither the tools nor the knowledge to
deal with the wholly unexpected phenomenon of
evenings with nothing to do such as our forefathers
had never known, and of long, empty Saturday after
moons and Sundays without two or three strenuous
church services
Our generation knew no more what to do with
the leisure time offered by the organization OF
society than Hottentot would know how to get the
good out of box of artists materials
I'VE used these golden, priceless mnted coins
OF free hours just about ntelgenty as the Hoten-
tot would treat instruments of the higher life We
were all prepared for kind of life and were
called without warning to lead and organize another"
Human habits of thought and action are hard to
change We are prone to cling to the old ways ret
during the last quarter century conditions of life
nave undergone tremendous alterations The scien-
list and the ndustralist have moved faster than the
rest OF us. They have given us now tools before we
were able to use them.
The old theory of society held that there should
be wealthy leisure class" at the top, possessing
plenty of spare time and trained infancy in the use
of it, Below this class there would be great mass
OF workers, who would not need to know how to use
their leisure, as they would not have any.
But in recent years all of this has changed
carpenter today has as much spare time as banker
had generation ago. A housewife today has more
leisure than her mother ever dreamed of having In
the old days farmers chanted the proverb "A farmers
work is never done" today the farmer is finding the
proverb bit out of date
All OF this has meant confusion. We have wasted
much OF our leisure Our nerves have become slightly
frayed. The job that confronts us now, as Mrs.
Fisher says, is one of adjustment We must learn
to use our spare time If fail it will prove curse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Democracy Is Effective

After ALL this American democracy Of which we
hear so much must be pretty effective.
Half century ago two boys were growing up, in
poverty, on opposite sides of the continent.
In oregon an orphan named Herbert Hoover was
helping his uncle in real estate Office and facing,
apparently lifetime of hard toll and obscurity.
In New York another fatherless lad named Alfred
Smith was selling papers to help support his widowed
mother The streets were his school; one would have
said that his prospects among the dimmest.
This fall one of these two-Herbert Hoover
Alfred Smh-will be elected President of the United
States The two boys who had to start making their
own way while yet in their teens have reached the
top. One or the other of them will, within year.
occupy the highest place that American citizen
can attain.
Our democracy, after all, must be pretty real
thing when that be true.
The rise of the poor boy to the heights-the old
story "from the log cabin to the White House"-is
one of our most cherished traditions. It symboizes
the equality of opportunity that have been taught
to prize above everything else. And we are justified
in so regarding it,
For it is the faith that justifes works 1t is
the outward, visible symbol of inner, spiritual
grace to drop into the old phraseology of the church.
men, 1t is a sign that however much injustice and
inequality we may have in country however much
upon some segments of our population, the way is
still open
Not yet have we soldifed into castles Not yet
have we grown old and cautious and calculating Not
vet have we surrendered to the notion of ruling
class rich and we'll born
There are those who see in growing indus
trialization in the increasing accumulation of
wealth. sign that this old avenue of opportunity
is to end
Yet while we lean and on the machine,
on the power of finance far-fung bgness in bust
ness industry and politics. by the token indi-
vidual ability is becoming more highly priced than
ever.
We need capable more than ever before
Aand we are trying harder than ever to find them
When one arises-a product of poverty and hard
s kork like Hoover, Smith, Henry Ford, the Fisher
y kthers-he is heaped with power and honors
Much remains to be done, of course. But for the
knt we can be encouraged. The great old tradi-
As still fourishing. The two nominations Of last
prove it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
A Kickback at the Utilities

The public utilities lobby that patted itself on the
back SO deightedy last winter when it got Senator
Walshs power trust" investigation transferred from
the Senate to the Federal Trade Commission must be
wondering right now if the rejoicing not little
bit premature and i'll advised
The trade comm ion, which was expected to
make the investigate tame, routine affair, has
been providing interesting and startling copy
1t has done it simply by letting facts speak for them
selves Listen, for instance, to this quotation from
a letter written by ]. B. Sheridan of st. Louis
public utilities press agent, to friend.
What do" the letter, when the f.
nanciers will initiate, overcaptaze, sell securities
based blue sky hot air, rates must be kept
up to pay returns on said blue sky and hot air?
1.-THE best public relations stuff in the world is a,
nice little reduction in rates. Do we get it? We do
not. know places where believe 13-cent top rate
should be cents"
And it was for this that the power lobby battled
manfully! This is the tame friendly and unexcit-
ing" investigation the trade commission was to give
Senator Walsh himself could not have done much
more damage
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Old Customs ReCede

Anniversaries lose their simifi-
canoe as the events in which they
originated recede. Events are re-
ceding faster in this age than ever
before. The ways and customs of
each generation are being obliter-
ated with unparalleled rapidity.
The Chinese coolie, who lives the
same and works the same as his
ancestors did 5000 years ago, can
feel a greater degree of sympathy
for them and their aspirations than
we can feel toward ours Of 200 years
ago. The difference consists in the
progress we have made. That
progress is based on change and in
novation.
If Fourth of July stands for one
thing more than another, it is for
change and innovation. From po-
litical standpoint it marked the
most revolutionary change that had
taken place in the world for 1000
years. Our forefathers made it
famous by standing up alone in the
midst of monarchy and proclaiming
that monarchy was wrong, by risk
ing their lives in what seemed not
only a hopeless rebellion, but a
still more hopeless experiment.
Willing as we are to concede the
revolutionary character of some
modern inventions, like the radio
and airplane, we forget that the
United States of America was, per-
haps, the most revolutionary OF
them all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Did You KnOw?
AirpIane and Rotation of Earth

Airplane and Rotation of Earth
There is a very general misconcep-
ton, involving the relative motions
Of bodies, which assumes that an
airplane or balloon which ascends
from the surface of the earth has
its position in space affected by the
motion Of rotation of the earth.
Why is it, it is asked, that an air
plane rising from the surface of the
cart hat one spot, if it could remain
stationery, does not come down half
way round the earth. since the earth
is rotating beneath it?
This erroneous idea is held be-
cause it is assumed that the plane
or balloon rising from the earth
thereby detaches itself from the
earth's mass. The contrary is the
case.
The plane rises into the earth's
atmosphere or air belt and this
ocean of air is as much part of the
earth's mass as the oceans of water
upon the earth's surface. The plane
and the atmosphere in which it
floats or moves is affected by the
earth's gravitational attraction in
exactly the same way that the land
masses, and the moving trains and
automobiles on the surface of the
earth are affected.
The earth's atmosphere and the
plane held within it, rotate with
the earth exactly as an individual
walking on the earth's surface ro-
tates with the earth.
Part of the confusion arises from
the well-known fact that a plane
flying westward gains an hour in
time measured on the clack for each
IS degrees of longitude of its
journey, and in flying eastward, it
loses an hour for each is degrees,
due to the earth's rotation; but this
is equally true of railroad train,
an automobile, or man walking on
the surface.
But an object which rises from
the surface of the earth into the air
and after an elapsed time descendS
without moving eastward or west
ward in the air will descend at eX-
actly the same point from which it
arose (wind currents being climi-
nated). since it has continued to ro-
tate with the earth's mass all the
time it was in the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
tMuncIe Pressl

"The Sidewalks Of New York
will become the high roads to the
White House if the Democratic
party, newly militant, has its way.
AL Smith, the little East Side
tenement boy, now grown up, has
been chosen as the Moses to lead
the children Of Democracy out OF
the political wilderness in which
so long they have been wander
ing forlornly.
The Promised Land flowing with
the milk and honey of federal
patronage, has been pointed out
to them from afar and they, an
hungered, are smackirg limp lips
in joyous, albeit doubling, an
ticipation.
But the qUestionings of them
are insistent. Can Al VIM" say
their puzzle minds while their
voices bravely declare, 1--WE can
win with AL"
It may be set down that we are
in for a colorful campaign. When
Claude Bowers gave to the Ma
ton series of word pictures OF
the Republican party, the motif
for all of which was black, he
tipped OF to the voters an i'm
portant plan of the campaign.
It is to be one of denunciation
of the opposition. Behind such
a smoke screen the forces of the
more or less embattled DEM
ocracy doubtless hope to conceal
their own movements.
But the people may prove to
be rather weary Of vituperation
unless along with it are given
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
SAYS
THE first Fourth of July that l

THE first Fourth of July that
u can remember consisted of
bunch of f1recrackers and a long
promised fishing trip that was
spoiled by the arrival of some long
lost cousins. The day was blighted
by the mackerel = did not catch.
Even the firecrackers proved
poor consolation. AS for patriot
ism, no one seemed very much in
terested in it.
After that came innumerable
Fourths, with more or less varied
and picturesque celebrations. Some
times there would be a picnic, some
times a series of races, and occa-
sionally an old-fashioned pow-wow,
with an grafton which made every
one glad when it ended.
More often than net, the night
before the Fourth furnished far
better entertainment than the day.
1t was night Of unlicensed liberty,
especially for the younger set, the
one night of all nights when we
were permitted to bedevil the COM
munity.
AS I look back, it does not seem
as though the Fourth of July were
taken any more seriously than it
is now. The way people amused
themselves may have been differ
ent, but it was just as much a case
of amusement as it is today. Even
the formal ceremonies failed to at
tract attention.
There was not quite as much
dancing, perhaps, or such tremen-
dous migrations to beaches and
amusement parks, but there GER
tainly was just as much meaning
less racket. If people were a little
more original in providing their en-
tertainment it was because they had
to. not because they took them
selves or the occasion any more to
heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
freedom on Fourth

For forty years I have heard peo-
pie complain at the way we cele-
brate the Glorious Fourth. The
complaint takes exactly the same
shape now as it did two genera
tons ago. We are too happy, friv-
olous, too selfish Instead of re-
consecrating ourselves at the altar
of patriotism, we frolic and forget
why the day was established.
This is lot of bunk. The Fourth
of July was not established as a
day of conformity. 1t came into be-
ing at the signal of revolution, or
resistance to the prevailing order.
AS a matter Of common sense the
way young people celebrate the
Fourth of July, and the way they
have always celebrated it, is much
more in keeping with what the day
stands for than are the formal,
stereotyped ceremonies that ortho-
dox patrioteers would impose upon
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
II

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
IN the report of the joint commit
i tee representing educational and
medical interests as well as special
organizations for the care Of the
blind, an analysis Of visual defects is
made which should be suggestive
not only so far as it applies to the
child, but also to the adult.
For purposes Of school medical
examinations, ability to read the
line marked twenty at twenty foot
distance is considered normal vision
Inability to read the lines marked
thirty and forty at twenty foot dis
lance is a sign of -sightedness;
inability to read the lines above
forty is evidence Of serious eye dis
turbance.
Far-sightedness is marked not so
much by the reading of the chart
as by symptoms of eye-strain.
Usually any child with normal
vision may read the twenty line at
at twenty feet at the age of four,
five. six and seven years. After the
age Of seven, it may do better than
1910.
If, however, the child complains
of headaches, inflammation Of the
eyelids, fatigue of the eyes, symp-
toms of nervousness, watering Of
the eyes, or if it frowns or squints
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With Other Editors

forth definite plans for the con-
struction Of something better than
the things that are to be torn
down.
The Democrats do not have to
point out that there has been
grating in high places during some
of the years of a Republican ma
tional administration.
Any Republican will admit that,
but the plain, ordinary people are
bound to be skeptical when the
Tammany tiger processes to be
able to change its stripes.
The tiger may essay the role of
angel, but it scarcely can be con-
vincing in such a part. It's at
tempt at a smile of sweet inno-
cence serves only to display the
saber tooth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY w. W. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; O.
than 1Oj
OERTAIN definite requirements
Y. for opening bids have been sub
mitted in these articles. Complaint
is made by some bridge enthusiasts
that this tends to make the game
very mechanical and does not allow
for sporty" bidding.
This is not quite correct. Having
knowledge of the value Of your
hand, you are in better position
to occasionally shade the minimum
requirements and vary your play.
AS illustrations examine the fol-
lowing:
/. Spades-A K x x x x x;
hearts-X x; diamonds-X x;
clubs-X x.
2. Spades-A K @ J x x x;
nearts-none; diamonds-K Q x;
clubs K @ x.
Experts are not all in accord as
to the opening bid to be made .oc
these hands. In illustration VI
some would bid one spade, and
some might bid three spades.
Still there is another sporty
group that would pass and this Is
their reasoning: They maintain
that the adversaries or partner I'M
doubtedly hold sufficient strength
in some other suit TO warrant bid
ding, so that the hand will not be-
passed out.
If it be passed out, they be-
lieve it due to the fact that part
ner lacks sufficient assisting
strength for game.
1t is advisable, they contend, to
occasionally change the method OF
bidding to confuse the opponents
They prefer to pass; then, if any
other bid be made, they declare
three spades.
If a double follows, it may insure
game.
In illustration co we find very
strong hand, but the following high
cards are missing A of spades; y
K @ of hearts; A of diamonds; A
Of clubs.
A bid of four spades will shut
out bidding and also might encour-
age a double.
The strategic player will bid four
spades and encourage the double.
If you fail to pre-empt, opponents
may only bid you up to two or
three spades and permit you to
have the bid.
The psychological moments for
bids Of this kind depend upon the
temperaments of the adversarie5
and your knowledge of the real and
Institutional value of the cards.
After your opponents have re-
ceived drubbing, bidding in the
above manner may be most oppor~
tune.
Their morale at that moment
may be at a low ebb.
Copyright. 1923. hy the Ready Reference
Publishing Com1any)
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Goshen Daily News-Times)

Goshen Daily News-Cimes)
It didn't take Governor Al Smith
long to repudiate the ambiguity
contained in the prohibition plank
of the convention that made him
the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent.
The Governor, in dispatch to
the convention chairman, said: 1T
is we'll known that I believe there
should be fundamental changes in
the present provisions for national
prohibition"
Had the Governor made this
statement before his nomination
took place it is doubtful if the
convention harmony would have
been so satisfactory.
The dry element Of the conven-
ton subsidized because it was out
numbered by the cohorts of Gov
ernor Smith. There was plenty
of fighters, but no leader worthy
Of the name.
Senator Glass did oppose the pro-
hibition plank until there was
stricken from it an explanation OF
how the Eighteenth amendment
could be gotten rid of, but this sort
of opposition was merely sporadic
and did not materially retard the
Tammany march to victory.
The frankness of Governor
Smith in stating his exact position
on this important subject should
be appreciated by both his friends
and political foes.
instead of lodging the prohibit
ton issue the Governor has
brought it to the front in a man
ner that is bound to make it the
leading issue of the campaign. 1t
will provide a clean-cut fight be-
tween those who are for and
against the Eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead law.
Nothing else in the platforms OF
the two parties presents such a
wide diversion of opinion. That
section of the farming industry
which is seeking special legislative
favors got nothing more at Hous-
ton than it did at Kansas City,
except a more fulsome supply OF
verbiage.
Therefore, those who favor re-
tention of the Eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead act have no
other recourse than to vote for
Herbert Hoover; and those who
desire to destroy these basic and
statutory laws can lend aid to
Governor Smith in bringing this
about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04

Dipper. For the north star is the end of the handle
of the Little Dipper. The accompanying illustration
makes this clear,
To get a good view of the Little Dipper you must
pick night when the moon is not very bright. This
is because the Little Dipper is composed of rather
faint stars and when the is very bright, it
is at full moon, the stars of the Little Dipper
very hard to find.
In looking for the Little Dipper it is also wise to
pick out station where the glare from lamps
other ground lights will not get into your eyes,
The Little Dipper occupies only about half as much
space in the sky as does the Big Dipper Since the
whole sky appears to revolve around the north star
the Little Dipper will appear to be revolving around
the sky upon the end of the handle.
AS already stated Polaris, the north star is at the
end of the handle of the Little Dipper.
The next star is rather small star, known to
trononlers as fourth magnitude star That is, it is
among the stars which fourth in brightness as
class
If you look closely at it, you will notice it has
grreenish tnge The Arabs named it Yildur.
The next two stars in the dipper are also fourth
magnitude stars.
The star at the outer edge of the dipper's bowl
will hold your attention. for it is red star which
CLOVIS with the brilliance of little ruby Like Po-
laris it is second magnitude STAR It's name is Ko-
chab.
The two stars forming the bottom of the bowl Of
the dpper both fainter. They are easy to find,
however
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Encourage Tolerance

We are keeping faith with the
founders of this republic far better
in our industrial and economic life
than in our political attitude. SO
far as business goes, we not only
tolerate, but encourage their spirit.
When it comes to politics, how
ever, we appear to be growing
orthodox, intolerance and narrow
No one can review what has
occurred during the last quarter OF
century,, and especially during the
World War, without suspecting that
the United States of America has
become curiously afraid of free
speech, free expression and political
innovation.
It is not going too far to say that
we have called men traitors for adj
vancing doctrines which would have
only challenged the interest Of such
statesmen as Thomas Jefferson.
Evidences are not wanting that
the belief in free speech, free press
and a free conscience enjoys less
favor with the people of this country
than it once did.
There is developing disposition
to protect ourselves against the pos
sible influence of certain ideas. This,
Of course, amounts to nothing less
than doubt, of the average mans
ability to make an intelligent de-
cision.
Such doubt had small place in
the minds Of our fathers. They
may have distrusted the ability Of
the mass to initiate new ideas, but
they did not distrust its ability to
discriminate between good and bad
ideas.
Hesitant as they were to
popularize government, they were
not scared of propaganda, OF the
s0ap-hox orator
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Questions and
AnSzOerS

What and when was Black
Friday?
The date was Sept. "a, 1869. It
was brought about when Jay Gould,
James Fisk and others attempted to
corner the gold market at New York.
Upon receipt Of news that the Gov
eminent was selling gold, the mar
ket collapsed.
What is the membership In the
Boy Scouts of America?
The latest figures available are
800,112.
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while reading. it should be examined
for far-sightedness or hyperopia.
Such disturbances as cross-eyes or
weaknesses of the eye muscles so
that a special effort is required to
keep both eyes directed toward the
same point to avoid double vision is
easily apparent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04

Dipper with sew
eral of the near
by stars forms the
C ION S t citation Of
the Great Bear.
The two stars at
t h e e nd of the
bowl Of the Great
Dipper are the
poin t ers. A line
drawn throug h
t h e m re a C h e S
Polaris, the north
or pole star.
Once you have
found t h e north
star, it is very easy
RI find tho T.ittIa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-04
Meet the Little Dibber
=. No. a2

ME CONSULTATIONS are easy to learn if YOU
Il study them one at time. The sky is confus-
ing to the amateur who goes outdoors with a star
map and attempts to identify all the principal con-
stellatons in one evening. But if you have patience
the task is simple and enjoyable.
Start with the Great Dipper. Everyone knows this
familiar constellation AS recently told here the Great