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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Guilds Make Workers Prosperous
Written for The Times By Will Duront

and the literary triumph OF woman.
The literature Of the later middle
ages is full of the praise of noble
ladies, and accounts the love and
service of them tremendously as
the highest thing in life; but the
actual conduct of men on the earth
paid little attention to the ideals
II II
NN the contrary, the church itself
" gave plentiful theological basis
to the subsection of woman by hold
ing her responsible for original
sim" Between Adam and Eve in
paradise" says Jacques de Vitry
Q24o), there was but one woman;
yet she had no rest until she had
succeeded in banishing her husband
from the garden of delights and in
condemning Christ to the torrents
of the cross"
Even the worship of the Virgin,
though it honored woman as the
mother of God, and made Madonna
and Child the greatest symbol in
European art, degraded woman by
intimating that the only kind of
motherhood which was not sinful
was parthenogenesis-a mode of re-
production familiar to plant lice,
but as yet beyond the powers Of the
normal woman.
1t was the doctrine Of the church
fathers that marriage is a conse-
qIence of original sin, and that but
for this first sin God would have
provided otherwise for the main
tenance of the species.
Doubtless the present mode is as
silly as any humorist could have
conceived; but only a primitive and
foisted the responsibility for it on
the sex that bears all the brunt of
its abSurdity.
The medieval mother, then, had to
listen to the disparagement of mar
riage and the exhaltation Of vir-
ginity, at the very time when she
had to bear children almost to the
limit of her capacity. Men being
too ignorant to keep the death-rate
down, women had to keep the birth
rate up.
The medieval adage was right
enough:
Some reSpit to husbands the weather may
But huswiue's affaires haue neuer an end"
Copyright. 1927, by Will DuranD
Ito Be COntinued)
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What Other Editors Think

resignation of the Governor is
without the province of the
Republican state committee, is
difficult for the people to see. 1t
is hard to believe that Republican
leaders are sincere in their talk
of new DEAL and of repudia-
ton of the Jackson administra-
ton when they continue to up
hold the hands of the Governor
who has fallen so low in the esti-
nation of the people.
Refusal of the committee to
meet the situation courageously is
only another reason why there
should be a Democratic house
cleaning this fall. The situation
is one in which those sympathetic
with the present regime cannot
be trusted to act, regardless of
how loud they may talk Of repudi-
alton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03

tive at city. hall, present your troubles
Tm Sty Nams. write srd MT Exit at The
must be given will not be published
Eleven residents we're cheered to-
day over the promise to Mr.. Fixit
that street repairs will be fcrthcom-
ing in their neighborhoodS.
Street Commissioner Charlie
GroSsart told Mr.. FiXit the depart
ment is getting caught up on chuck
hole complaints and requests for
cinders on muddy streets and will be
able to care for all complaints in a
few days.
Many Of the complaints presented
the street department by Mr.. Fixit
already were on file, Grossart said.
They are: Berwick st. between
Eleventh and Twelfth StS.; alley be-
tween Oakland and oxford from
Washington to New York Sts.: 4O73
lockwood Ave. alley east of Burton
Ave-, between Roach and Twenty
Seventh ST.; alley back of 1900 e.
Riverside Dr.; Kentucky Ave. and
Vincennes ST.; alley 1900 block
south between New and Iowa Sts.;
second alley north of Goodlet Ave.
at intersection of w. Michigan St.;
Twenty Second ST. between N.
Sherman DR.. and Station ST., and
alley in HOO block east side of Ken
tilckv Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03

with Jacob Russell of Baltimore in
1851.
What is the address Of John Nc
COrmick, singer?
Noroton, Conn.
Where is The Irish World pub
lished?
81 Barclay ST., New York.
Who invented the clarinet?
1t is commonly said to have been
invented about the year 1890 by
Johann Christopher Denner, of Nu-
remberg, Germany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Anything That SparkIeS

Diamonds have come to symbolic
love in the minds of too many
young people.
The pathetic part Of it is that
they symbolic it with painful &C
curacy-the shallow, extravagant,
irresponsible calf love that is more
likely to run to seed and blow up
than anything else.
If jewelry had not come to play
such an important part in court
ship, there might be more substance
and sense in the latter.
Anything that Sparkles seems to
go these days, but real value re-
quires something more than sparkle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
A Chance for Our New Envoy

President Coolidge gradually IS changing MS
diplomatic lineup in Latin-America. In accord
with his goodwill INSPIRED policy in the matter
of appointments to posts south Of the Rio
Grande, he Just has sent to the Senate the name
of David E. Kaufman Of Pennsylvania as min
lister to Bolivia
Though without previous experience in the
diplomatic field, few appointees have entered it
with wider range Of backing, Democrats as
well as Republicans having urged his appoint
ment.
A lawyer by profession, he is described as
Dwight Morrow type Of man, one who will
go to his new job determined to understand the
problems not only of Americans down there,
but of the Bolivians as well.
Just now La Paz is one of the three of
four most important posts in South America.
Since 1888 relations of Chile, Peru and Bolivia
have been anything but cordial. Chile as a re-
suit Of war, took the Atacama Guano region
from Bolivia, and the provinces of Tacna and
africa from Peru And what is perhaps more i'm
portant to Bolivia, she lost, at the same time,
her outlet to the sea, leaving her landlocked
in the heart of a continent.
Ever since that time Chile and Peru have
squabbled over the lost provinces and Bolivia
has struggled to regain her access to the Pa
cifc But in vain.
Recently the United States was asked to
arbtrate, but, due to insufficient knowledge of
conditions surrounding the forty-year-old
quarrel, plumbers were made which gave our
diplomacy one of the worst setbacks in its his
tory.
To Latin-Americans our handling of the
Tacna-Arica affair was test of our influence.
Success meant magnificent boost to our pres
tige Failure meant a corresponding blow. And
we lost.
That is where matters now stand. Peru and
Chile are as hostile as ever. Bolivia still is cut
off from the sea. And more or less resentment,
particularly in Chile, is harbored against the
United States for our part in the late amented
effort to make peace in that part of the world.
Thus our diplomatic representatives down
there have a chance to distinguish themselves,
not only by retrieving some of our own lost
prestige, but to aid the three nations most con-
cerned to find their way out Of an ugly i'm
passe. If Chile and Peru could see their way
clear, each to cede little and agree on some
compromise permitting Bolivia free passage to
salt water, their show of good will materially
would advance the spirit Of Pan-Americanism
as well as the peace of this hemisphere.
It may be that helping to settle other peo-
pies quarrels will not be part Of his official
duties, nevertheless such is the background of
the situation into which Minister kaufman soon
is likely to find himself.
However, if he can contribute toward an all
round understanding down there it will be
quite feather in his cap
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
New Diamond Field

A new diamond field has been dis
covered in South Africa. and the
Government Is going to take it over
for fear that its unrestrained ex-
ploitation might break the market.
For years the diamond market
has been sustained by holding back
a stupendous portion Of the avail
able supply.
Diamonds would not be worth
what they are but for the barrels of
them that are kept in cold storage.
If a process is ever discovered for
making them artificially, or If some
of the principal fields ever get out
from under control, the market is
due for a smash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Why Bury a joker

Mark Twain worried a great deal
over that "carelesSness and indif-
ference" which he regarded as COM
mon among readers.
In one of his books he told Of
how an "aesophagus" floated lazily
in the sky He did it deliberately,
of course. and got mad when 10
one called his attention to the abb
surdity.
Mark was too subtle. He buried
his joke like a needle in a hay
stack. and then expected every one
to see it at the first glance.
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RIudton Banner


And now wouldn't 1t be about
the last thing should it be proved
that farmers have been scared"
into cleaning up their corn fields,
by the cry of "borer" where no
borer existed. In Huntington
County, farmers have been holding
meetings protesting against the
cleanup methods adopted by the
Government, and w. H. Settle is
quoted as saying the thing was all
a scare and that Secretary of Ag-
riculture Jardine told him so.
1t is quite easy to remember
back one day about a year ago
when the farmers made a demand
on the legislature for an appropri-
alton of $23o,000 to aid in the fight
against the corn borer. The legis-
lature simply fell over itself to
make the appropriation because
the demand came from farm
leaders and seemed necessary.
However, it has not been proven
that the money is not necessary.
Reports from other parts of the
country may have no bearing on
Indiana, but with Settle, the head
of the State Farm Bureau, talk
ing against the cleanup and quot
ing the national secretary of ag-
riculture on the question, the work
may be said to have fallen into a
slump, to say the least.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Yes People

Though I seldom use letters in
this column, I always read them.
learn something from most Of
them and am able to borrow ideas
from quite few.
Scarcely a mail arrives without
bringing bouquets or brickbats.
While the former are pleasant, the
latter are more apt to be ed
ucational.
Eyes People" may be good for
the emotions, but they do very little
to improve the intellect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
COnpaniOnate Marriage

Congressman Hammer has intro
duced bill prohibiting companion
are marriage in the District Of Co
lumbia.
The wonder is that he or some
other Congressman did not do it
long before this.
How could we discuss such a prob
lem so long without someone pro-
posing a law?
Mr.. Hammer is to be congratu-
lated for rising to the occasion and
defending humanity against the
threatened ravages of an innovation
which a dozen people may have
tried, and which has failed signally
in majority of cases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Attentive and Alert

The average reader is fairly at
tentive and fairly alert. if given a
reasonable chance. Errors, eXag-
gerations and controversial state
ments do not get very far without
somebody picking them UP.
Look at the stir caused by the
observation credited to Will Durant
that men over 80 are incapable Of
love.
If newspapers had printed all the
comment they would not have had
room for anything else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Indifferent Readers

like people who think for them
selves, and am glad to learn that so
many of that kind follow this
column.
While it may hurt to find one has
made a mistake, it would hurt more
to have no one notice it.
There is nothing so diScouraging
to a writer as indifference. 1t means
either that he has only attracted
careless readers, or none at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
Questions and AnSzVerS

first advertisement of ice cream in
New York appeared June 8, 1876,
and the dish was introduced in
Washington by Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton at dinner given~in honor
of President jackson. The whole
sale ice cream business originated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY W. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-aee; liking; O.
queen; Jack; amy card lower than
1O)
1. When you hold five cards Of a
suit, with more than two honorS,
do you lead fourth best against no
trump?
2. What two prizes should be
bought for a player who always in
sists on showing his suits, although
he has normal support for you?
3. What expression in bridge is
parallel to Keep your eye on the
ball?"
The Answers
/. No
2. A gage and a math book.
3. Keep your eye on the score.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
The Rules

/. The idea of letter golf is tc
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 time.
3. 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
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03

We now have the queer Specta-
Gle in Indiana of having num-
Der of candidates for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor
separately and individually de-
manding a new deal" in politics
in this state. Each and every
man who is either a candidate or
contemplating a candidacy is de-
manding reform, and repudiating
the Republican administration we
now have.
Yet, the Republican committee
recently lodged the issue and hid
behind a subterfuge when asked
to express itself concerning the
propriety of allowing a man, freed
on a mere technicality but con-
victed of a felony. to remain as
Governor of the State.
The committee declared when
asked by Thomas H. Adams and
Arthur K. Remmel, two of the
foremost Republican editors of the
State, to demand the resignation
of Governor Ed Jackson, that
that question was entirely without
its province.
Just why request for the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Why not amend the bone dry law
and fix the same punishment against
the person who buys liquor as is
the punishment imposed against the
person who sells the stuff?
If there are no buyers, there will
be no sellers. If there be no buyers,
there will be no DRINKS. If there be
no DRINKS, many lives will be saved
to this great America. Many lives
are snuffed out each day and liquor
is. the direct cause.
1t is violation Of the law to sell
1t. 1t should be violation of the
law to buy it. If there were no de-
mand for coffee. your merchants
soon would stop handling it. If a
man be found under the influence of
liquor, that should be conclusive
evidence against him that he has
bought liquor from someone. Then
sock the fine to him and make that
pint cost him 5000, instead of just
$500.
A man says you can't do that.
Why the politicians can do any
thing in Indiana. A Times daily
reader. Nobody else but
UNCLE JOHN HUNSAKER.
To the Editor Have been in your
city for the last six months. Am
glad to see by the Federal trade
report that L. S. Ayres & Co. store
is the leader among the department
stores. 1t justly deserves to be. 1t
is beautiful store, with an air OF
refinement throughout, intelligent
looking salespeople, who have an air
of contentment and display the
greatest courtesy at all times,
whether one buys or not.
L. S. Ayres richly deserves the
support Of this community, as all
employees receive a living wage and
kind treatment May 1928 bring
a large increase to this worthy in
stitutSon.
kRLETTA N. SMITH.
Miami. Fla.
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You can get an answer to any answer
writing to Frederick NJ. KERRY, Question
Editor, The Indianapolis Times, Wash
ington Bureau. 1925 New York Ave,
IN stamps for reply %edea ~" and M
gal advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made. All other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters, are confidential. You are
cordially invited to make use of this
EDITOR.
What Is the specific message of
the book of Haggai, in the Bible?
Haggai was prophet of Israel,
who lived in the early years of re-
Storation from the captivity. The
exiles had returned in 536 B. c., but
the work of building the temple re-
manned in allegiance until $40 B. G..
when Haggai arose to urge Joshua
and zerubbabel to proceed with the
task without delay. Haggai
prophesied that the dearth then
upon the land was due to the dis
pleasure with the settlers for
adjoining their own houses while the
house of God remained unfinished.
What is helIoniSm?
1t usually is applied to that type
of critical taste in literature and art
which prefers the severity of ar
tistic restraint and the chaSte purity
in design and execution character
istic of Greece during the Periclean
epoch. To the Hebraic intensity and
Gothic eXuberance. HelleniSm may
be said to have taken rise at the
time of the Renaissance, when the
monuments of classic genius we're
regarded as unapproachable models
which moderns might initiate, but
could never hope to excel.
Does an American citizen who
wants to be married in England
have to obtain permission from an
American consul or any American
public official?
No.
Where and when was ice cream
first produced?
The history of ice cream is
fragmentary. Water ices were
probably brought to France from
Italy about 1850 and ice cream is
satk to have been known in Paris
in IT'S, and in England and Ger
many at about the same time. 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03
To the Editor .

To the Editor:
You may enter this in your paper
with other letters describing facts
and conditions if you so desire.
1t is a shame that the State OF
Indiana will allow such crossings as
at Centerton, Ind, and various
other places in the State. How will
indianapolis ever reach a million
population with the population sadly
decreasing at every crossing?
These crossings could be elimi-
mated or made safer by removing all
obstacles that impair the vision OF
the driver. Why not right now
have that grocery store moved TO
some other spot in Centerton? 1t has
thirty deaths to it's credit and still
it in position to decrease the popu-
lation.
1t would be a very good thing for
the State to give Chicago rest if
the Chicago home bomberS would
take vacation and concentrate OH
this particular dangerous life
taking obstacle.
Yours for the truth.
A. SUBSCRIBER.
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Times Readers
Voice Vie1OS

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
preference.
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The Republican State Commit
tee would do we'll to pay some
attention to Thomas H. Adams,
editor of the Vincennes CONNER
cial. Mr.. Adams has asked the
committee to demand the immedi-
ate resignation of Governor jack
son and if the committee really
is interested in knowing we can
say the State is right back of
Editor Adams.
1t was this editor from Vincen-
cennes who tore the lid off in the
recent investigation of Stephen
sonism. Mr.. Adams got very little
support when he made first
charges. Indeed, all the politicians
and most of the Republican news
papers tried to cry him down and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-03

Editor Times:
Mr.. Charles H. Krause, ST., knows
his false prophets" Each day for
years have read with keen inter-
est the wholesome pros and cons
in letters contributed by Times
readers. This is my initiation to the
ranks of that throng Of delightful
folk who SO fearlessly express their
views on the moot topics Of the day.
I, too, have searched and I've
failed, yea, miserably. to discover
this heralded prosperity. A local
writer mot in The Tines, finds 1t
everywhere. Let him interview en-
ployes who have been laid off" from
these surging industries that
threaten to burst with the very bang
and clatter of their. own feverish
production; let him accompany one
of the thousands of good Hoosier
lob seekers ON his daily rounds in
search of employment; let him
mingle with hundreds at the fac
tory gates of a morning-thirty men
for every job in town. Skilled me-
chanics, laborers, clerks, they're all
there.
Then, dear editor, let him go east
or west on Washington St.-or any
other strickland get the truth from
the butcher, the baker, the tailor,
the grocer and the restaurant keep
err. Then it surely will dawn upon
him that he has been guilty of delv-
ing into mythology. That glorious,
scintillating, alluring, prosperity is
not.
Such rampant blazonry may serve
to lift a few to the heights of
ecstasy, but it lacks sufficient
strength to fool those who know the
truth and who are not afraid to ad-
nit it. These splurges of gushing
press agentry" are fat, soggy and
are "hooie." Yours for prosperity,
BOB COSTES.
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To the Editor

To the Editor;
Probably what I am writing about
has been called to your attention
before. have been wondering why
Indianapolis can't have an old-time
musical program, broadcast over the
radio, just the same as some of the
other cities do, especially Nashville,
Tenn. Surely a city of this size
could produce enough talent for at
least one hours program each week.
[ personally am acquainted with
several good old-time "f1ddlerS" and
play some string music myself. I
am not thinking of myself. however,
because I am writing. 1t is just
simply because 1 love the old-time
music as thousands of others do.
Trusting you will give this letter
a little thought. Sincerely,
OMAN KEUTZER.
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they would have succeeded with a
less determined man.
But the old war horse knew
what he was talking about and he
proved that a determined man
with a cause can come close to
developing a revolution even in
Indiana. And now the newspapers
which were too weakened to
support Adams are demanding
that jackson get out.
Indeed the demand appears to
be almost unanimous and the
State committee would do we'll to
take some cognizance of the stu
alton. 1t is true politicians are
trying to smooth the thing over.
The less said the better for the
party, they are saying. But we
have an idea that Tom Adams is
a better guide than the politicians.
1t is our judgment the Reppb-
lican party is missing an oppor-
tunity to regain standing if it
refuses to denounce and diSown
Ed Jackson and all his works.
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Mr.. Fixit
Gets Action on Street
Repairs.

Let Mr.. Fixit. The Times representa-
tive at city hall. present your troubles
70 city ohicials. Write Mr.. Fixit at The
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published.
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