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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-31

went to the piano, played and then
directed his men.
Here is a concert that spells new
day in the musical future of this
city and the State. We want big
orchestral music. We will sit and
we will stand.
Ona B. Talbot has won. The great
day has come.
The future is secure.
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the bank. Two counts in the indict@
ment charged conspiracy and ten
counts charge specific violations
both by Weaver and Walb.
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is spectacular and done with real
flneSS.
The McBans have been here be-
fore. Their act consists in throwing
That's and juggling Indian clubs,
but there is lot of comedy and ho-
KUN mixed up in the performance.
However it is good, stuff.
This bill is especially good vaude-
vile.
AT the Lyric. (By the Observer.
CONCERNING BUR-
LESQUE SHOW
Here is burlesque in all 1t free
dom. And Birnbo Davis is the chap
who helps make it free.
Stolen Sweets" is the name of
this show that is one of the better
examples Of burlesque. This Bimbo
Davis is the chief comedian and he
presents as some Of his act bits that
have seen light in Indianapolis be-
fore. But it is still good. He is the
man who puts this show on the map.
Thelma Lewis is the prima donna
Of the outfit and she is good little
dancer, although she is surpassed by
one of the principals whose name I
don't know. This girl is also the best
singer Of the company and knows
how to present herself to the best
advantage.
Bee Bell Is one of the feature
members Of the company and does
some good work In her dances. Billy
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A good ad does a good job in The
Times. Mrs. E. Williams, 427 N.
Holmes Ave-, rented the above place
from this ad. You, too, can get re-
suits like this if you place your ad
in The Times.
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Sold for Cash
Rents Furnished House

4-ROOM HOUsE-For rent; furnished; S2S
month, city bus line at door; w. Morris
and Wash. st. Call Be- O5I7-R
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The Witches Tree.

IN many rural communities the eide:
is still called the witches tree, -
though no longer deliberately planted
near homes and barns for the express
purpose Of keeping away the witches
The idea that the elder should not be
allowed to grow near well, for fear the
water will be spoiled. Is not extinct
Anciently other than ignorant and
superstitious persons regarded the elder
askance, and Evelyn wrote: II do by
no means commend the scent Of It,
which Is very noxious to the air"
Cattle rarely touch the elder and the
mole appears TO be driven away by the
scent. Teamsters used to place branches
on their horses heads TO keep away the
flies. Nothing seems TO grow well In
the immediate proximity Of elder trees,
and when they have been removed and
the roots carefully grubbed 1t Is some
years before the ground becomes per-
fectly sweet and good for other plants.
The wood Of the elder Is particularly
good for skewers and the berries, be-
sides affording . splendid bird food.
make q wine most highly esteemed in
our grandmothers' day and stil occa-
sionally to be found In country homes.
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ans Pen Met Rebuke With Loss of His Government Job

not been reconciled with O'Connor,
despite Mrs. O'Connor's earnest efforts.
The only friend who stuck with him
was Peter Doyie-and even Peter vas o
devout cfurchman who sometimes re-
sented the agnosticism OF the poet.
For a year longer Whitman stayed In
Washington, spending most OF his eve
nings at his desk in the Treasury. IL
go evenings up TO the ONCE frequently"
he wrote TO his mother. Il have got
me a splendid astral lamp TO burn gas
by tube and 1t works 10 admiration
(all at the expense OF the ofice) and
there I can SIT and read. Then / am
getting many books from the library
our ONCE library-that / have long
wanted to read at my leisure, and can
get any book want In reason-so you
see it Is a great privilege have here"
The Government Of the United States
was providing an easy living for the
author OF When Lilacs Last in tcs
Dooryard Bloomed" II was nearD
midnight one night when whitman
turned out i1ir astral lamp and quit
his desk by the south window over
looking the Potomac for the last time
There was a queer ringing In his head.
He bade goodnight TO the guard at the
Treasury door and went to his attic
bedroom. The next day he was too
sick to come to work and short time
afterward he left Washington TO 20 to
his mothers home TO recuperate. He
reached Camden. N. j., where he was
the victim Of stroke Of paralysis from
which he never entirely recovered. He
spent the rest Of his life In Camden,
visited occasionally by Burroughs and
other friends Of the old circle at 1882
v street, which was broken up forever.
Shortly afterward O'Connor died, his
restless spirit bowling at last to hard
work and disappointment His widow
moved to Washington and remarked
Charles Sumner died. Garfield was
assassinated. The Augustan age Of
literature In Washington vas at an end
The house that Jack built" az
Whitman had called the Burroughs
home at 1882 v street, retained its
artistic atmosphere under the reT
owners. II still was an art center when
he moved there before the var. accord
ing to Rev j. Milton waldron. pastor
Of the Shiloh Baptist Church, who live
next door in house built on land
which formerly formed part Of tn
Burroughs acre. Later the house lost
caste rapidly until Rev. Mr.. waldron
was obliged to make several complaints
to the police about the various occu-
pants.
The next occupants after Burroughr
built brick studio in the rear, which
has been an attraction to artists. bu
which now Is used as rooming hous
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pay from his department. Harlan, ac-
cording to his lights. had struck blow
for morality and virtue.
AS it turned out. the action didn't
injure Whitman. Among Government
officials he had hundreds of admirers,
many Of whom considered him the
greatest living poet. But he was
puzzled for the time being. He took
the letter to O'Connor. who Immediately
got in touch with j. Fl. Ashton, the AS
sistant Attorney General. Ashton. in
a few days. secured for Whitman job
In the Treasury. where 1t was under
stood that his tasks were to be ex-
tremely light and his pay high. He was
given desk on the third floor south.
overlooking the Potomac. where he
could sit all day and scribble verses and
where he could come at night to read.
There the matter might have rested
everybody SatiSfied-had IL no. been
for O'Connor. He didn't like Harlan
and he was quick to see where the
Secretary of the Interior had made a
mistake which would cost him dear
Harlan was an estimable man and an
honest public official He had been a
brave soldier. a brilliant lawyer and q
college president And few men, be-
fore or since, have been so crucified
for trying to defend the public morals.
He simply didn't have the type OF mind
which could see the eternal stars shin
ing through Whitmans work.
O'Connor. at this stage of his life,
was disappointed and bitter man. In
his youth he had looked forward TO
brilliant career in letters. But. one
after another. his works had failed.
Harrington" his most ambitious novel.
had been drowned out by the Civil
War. He hated the routine OF his
Government clerkship. to which he was
obliged TO cling to earn living for his
family He wrote. wrote. wrote--fruit-
lessly. And he considered Whitman the
greatest genius ever born in America.
He wanted some individual upon
whom he could vent his hatred of dull
oficialdom, and the Secretary OF the
Interior unwfttingly had offered him.
self as a convenient target
So O'Connor wrote the Good Grey
Poet" the defense of Whitman, which
established his reputation in Europe
and made Harlan ridiculed in England,
France and Germany. Such men as
Tennyson and Swinburne protested
against such treatment of great
genius. Only the saner and more de-
liberate Matthew Arnold replied that,
much as he admired the genius OF
Whitman. he was forced To admit that
a great deal he had written was hardly
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daira might some day be Empress OF
Japan heightens this interest
Photographs taken last April of the
Ambassador and his daughter under the
Washington cherry blossoms were pub
lished In Japan. with descriptions OF
the increasing attention being paid by
the city TO the trees. II Is noted In
Japan that many Americans now jour-
ney TO Washington at cherry blossom
time. some of them from considerable
distances. This is accepted as proof of
the growth OF tradition and Of the
permanency of tho festival idea.
AS Japan for many centuries has
made the cherry blossom fetes the prin-
cipai observance of the kind in that
country. the widening interest In Amer
lea In the Washington observance Is
gratifying 10 Japanese Of ail stations In
life. japan marks the chrysanthemum
season In the Fall most elaborately. and
the plum blossoms and the gorgeously
hued maple leaves receive much atten-
ton, rs well as other coverings. But
the cherry blossom holds first place,
mainly because II betokens the arrival
OF Spring and the revival OF nature
after Winter This Is symbolical OF
plenty and renewed life.
The apple blossom fetes In the Shen-
10 the japanese cherry blossom fetes
In the item Of pageants t:,An the cherry
blossom season at the Tidal Basin.
Washington, however, gradually Is
building a structure OF traditional cere-
monies around the cherry blossom sea-
s0n which will be counterpart, even
II a limited one. OF the japanese OBJ
Servances.
Al Kyoto In the southern part Of
the main island OF the japanese Em-
plre is the principal cherry blossom cel-
ebration, lasting for whole month,
from late In March until late In April.
Ky0to was for thousand years the
capital OF Japan before It's removal to
Toxic. Kyot0 has more than 1000
population and has enVifoning hills To
make beautiful settings for temples and
cherry trees.
Within the last few years Toxic has
been holding theatrical season spe-
cially dedicated 10 the cherry blossoms,
Early In April al the theater called the
fShimbaahi EmbuIo the geisha girls give
cherry blossom dances with beautiful
scenery. But II Is down In kyotG that
the theatrical phase reaches truly re-
markabie heights. Here the observance
has been an annual event for centuries.
Here are the most famous geisha dane
ers Of the empire Here the stage
scenery is 0f q loveliness and originality
that challenges the hest IN the American
iheatef
Each afternoon and evening the dance
Ia given, or q program IN which there
are a. many A. nine dancek, Not all are
cherry dances for beautiful kn0w
scsns In Japan was one scene. while
Autumn With ith richly o0l0red foliage
was another The JapanFhe get i'm.
pfeWlve eneCls 9th electricity, One
sesns showing The slaHs ~ night With
An OooAhlonal shooilns AtaT, The Aeen.
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fit reading for the general public. and
that most British cabinet officers prob
ably would have acted In much the
same way as Harlan In similar circum-
stances.
O'Connor followed this with his story
THE Carpenter" in which he ap-
preached most closely to the genius OF
his two friends. Burroughs and Whit
man. He was working on THE Car
penter" when Burroughs used to throw
plums at him.
The theme Of this story has been imi-
tated often since@the story OF Christ
coming to earth again as a carpenter
and being crucified by supposedly en-
lightened modern society just as surely
as He was In Jerusalem 2000 years
ago. But the character OF the Car
penter" was a vivid pen picture OF his
friend Whitman crucifled by Harlan. II
shows at least the esteem In which the
vagabond OF Pennsylvania avenue was
held by those who knew and under
stood him best. whose money he had
borrowed with no intention OF repay
ing. and who had fed him and clothed
him.
TT was at about this time that Bur-
roughs. as opposite type from Whit
man in his personal habits as could
easily be imagined, found that he had
saved enough money TO build the house
on v street. at the edge OF the city
which now is the Wood home When
asked II she knew that the small back
yard In which she was hanging the
weeks washing. and which Still bears
traces of brick lined flower beds, had
been trod by the feet of Burroughs and
Whitman, Mrs. Wood said that she did
not know any such men In Washington,
bat that the real estate agents might.
Whitman still came for his Sunday
breakfasts. The Burroughses were early
risers. but the poet had no sense OF
responsibility in keeping his appoint
ments, even for free meals. He would
keep them waiting until 10 or ii
O'Clock in the morning before making
his appearance. Mrs. Burroughs used
TO scold him severely. but her sharp
words made no impression on him. He
had the freedom OF both sides of the
house, and Mrs OConnor always would
cook him something TO eat when his
other friend was too angry at him.
With O'Connor himself the poet no
longer was on good terms. The former
was an unrelenting disciple Of Charles
Sumner. He wanted the fifteenth
amendment enforced by armed troops.
with no mercy on the Southern States.
He represented the extreme New Eng
land abolitionist sentiment which had
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his pocketbook which close association
with Whitman required. Mrs. O'Con-
nor. however. always welcomed her
''gray-bearded child"
Burroughs used TO spend his 30 days
leave in the Adirondacks each Summer
Whitman tended his garden for him
while he was away-and doubtless let
it run to weeds. They took long walks
together through the woods OF what
now Is Rock Creek Park.
Whitman used TO remain at the Bur-
roughs home until late at night and
then run for the last horse car down
Fourteenth street. One stormy night
he was the only passenger The con-
ductor sat down beside him, The boy,
evidently, was lonesome and discourag-
ed. Whitman. since his Brooklyn hack
driving days. always had felt fellow
ship with street car conductors and
drivers
II did not require much urging TO
draw from Peter Doyle the story of his
troubles. He was the son OF an Alexan-
dria blacksmith who had served in the
Confederate army. He was friendleSs
and alone. Whitman and the horse
car conductor that night struck up a
friendship which lasted for the rest of
the poets life. For the remainder of
the time he lived in Washington. Doyle
was his constant companion and was
admitted to the highly intellectual
group which centered about the Bur-
roughs and OConnor households.
EVEN before hc came to Washington
Burroughs was an admirer of the
work of Whitman and wanted TO meet
him.. He watched his opportunity and
finally secured an introduction at the
ARM. supply store of Allen & Clapp
Whitman then was a. and Burroughs
26.s The young man had expected to
find half rowdy.
Imagine my surprise" he wrote,
when I found we'll dressed. large.
benevolent looking man. cleanly and
neat. with a grizzly, shaggy appearance
about the face and open throat. With
out rising. he reached out TO me warm.
soft hand and regarded me with look
of infinite good nature and content
ment.
II was struck by the strange. new
beauty OF him as he sat there In the
gas light. There was glow In his
countenance. brightness In his eyes.
a curious blending of youth and age in
his expression. / was likewise struck
by his rich. mellow voice. said Here
Is new type of man. new type of
gentleman. new type OF philosopher. a
yeritable new ethics and new gospel"
This was on December IL 1865. A
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the Basin. the Washington Monument
or the Lincoln Memorial In the back
ground and the water is as charming
as any view in Japan. There is. how
ever, more variety In the japanese set
tings. which include mountains.
This years celebration in Washing
ton will have one feature that may
never be duplicated. The daughter Of
Ambassador Matsudaira. who Is To be
married this Summer 10 Prince Chi
chibu. brother Of the Emperor Of Japan,
may have her last glimpse OF the cherry
blossoms here. Az least II Will be some
time before she likely would revisit
A ktgsAvts@ T1tsa far. f'sat Mia .fs LstI-
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BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.

..PAE takes the keenest interest
In Washington's annual cherry
blossom festival II is considered
~ 10 be- a real link In the chain Of
friendship between the two ma
tions. even II the observance in Wash
ington is on small scale In compari-
son with the observance throughout
Japan.
After seeing most Of the beautiful
cherry blossom scenes In Japan. 1t Is
possible for an American to say that the
setting OF the trees on the Tidal Basin
here has a loveIiness that ranks abreast
Of any setting in Japan. The picturi-
Z2tion Of the trees with the curve ~
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had fought. and he had no patience
with It, Besides. he may have been
rather tired of the continual drain on
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survived the war. Whitman wanted to
go slowly. To OConnor this was trea-
son to the ideals for which the North
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cry shifting n no less remarkable tor
right before the eyeA ~ the speclatnfA
the stage Nill revol,e and present an
entirely new vista VI nature ~ the stage
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EMERSON called on Whitman at
Burroughs house In 1871. The Con-
cord sage had been the poets first
great champion in a world into which
he had been born ahead of his time
Burroughs went with Emerson to the
depot at Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue to see him safely on the train.
1T was amusing" he wrote" TO see
what hard work he made of 1t. fussing
and fumbling at loss what to do
with his umbrella, his gloves and his
ticket"
Emerson. even then. was sinking
into the tragic dotage in which his life
ended. And Burroughs, having achieved
some literary distinction. was becoming
more and more disguised with the
humdrum activities Of his Treasury joo
His decision to quit came suddenly.
with the offer Of job as bank ex-
aminer In New York The decision left
Whitman practically homeless. He had
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olher aud other properties viii he ~.
Nersed swiftly so that the mechanism VI
the changes operates With rarlditv
that relle,ea the patrons ot tedious
NaitA.
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In the regular gelNha dances the ac.
tlon IA slow hat m harNeNng scene
the chorus attained much Ut the speed
~ an American chorus The muslc n
supplied hy a gesha pi1hrstta usine
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Al tis ar-. .rics '"dsf of Cspibp'
- Bill nesf the y. I'll -sh N the
- .sn ONE Building" whitman cDfl-
i,ssso great Deal ~ the eifgy Of Lin
G0ln Sbirb is MT only MA own master"
plsce cgt which may constitute me
fggYenDs contribution of the uplfo
states " world liLeTstUTe during the
nineteenth century These verses were
running through me poets MIND T0fb
no came lu from the garden, one
Spring evening, and asked Burroughs
sas naturalist foT the name u 81
Ipifrlcsn BIRD distinguished Tor rs
fWeet singing sna comparable W ne
nightingale 81 Eytops The mIiio ot
tDe younger man went bsck W tho
IdiTOndscs SO5os of MIA bgyivySd snc
sss dsscriDeo the DDnE 81 the hermit
EhHlFn
Thn7 ps. byfn zoe blm": 'si "bin-
g. - ihs sifgy thf llscs iaf t,rlen
sno ths evening strf Am = VAS sftsI
IN rung ~ Whsn hlsf. saki iu tns
6D,Tysfs DlsyInso thst Whitman iound
sns mofnins 0n hla dsss in tbs Bufssp
~ indian Ansmt 90 sDsebIs cDp'HiE
iuE 30 tsfts nsaf Nhl'h stated inst
tns ssfyisft ~ Wslifi whitman ~ Nos
gnfs 40 bnpsI aill 10 required D.
yes fisnsd ~ Ismss hsrlsn hs'fslAif
~ 10 fnisflpf u Hhnm pi1lf iflsndf
tse fstsslsd ihai 80 suhD -
'.Asist u Ofts1 sct4slig ssi disNHs
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short time later Burroughs wrote. Walt
and I meet two or three times a week
over a mug of ale and peck Of oysters" !"
After he had moved from the city he
wrote: During the war and after,
used to see a good deal of Whitman in
Washington. Summer and Winter he
was conspicuous figure on PennSyl-
vania avenue. where he was wont to
walk for exercise and feed his hunger
for faces. One would see him afar of
in the crowd, but not OF 1t. large.
slow-moving figure clad in gray. with
broad-brimmed hat and gray beard. or
quite as frequently on the front plat
form Of the street horse cars with the
driver. My eye used to single him out
many blocks away"
Before Whitman left Washington he
was a world figure and many came here
to meet him. He had no home of his
own in which to receive them and used
the Burroughs and O'Connor homes for
the purpose.
There came Edmund c. Stedman and
Emerson. Among his friends. admirers
and fellow horse car riders was James
A. Garfield He was a marked figure on
the streets. or sitting with Peter Doyle
on the steps of Bacon's grocery store
at Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue.
eating watcrmelons He had what Bur-
roughS had called "A hunger for
faces" but he shared little of the
curiosity regarding nature which made
his friends heart leap at finding q
hepatica blossom in February under dry
leaves in the Rock Creek woodland
Nor had he the restless. consuming
energy and ambition OF OConnor,
which made this man one of the tragic
figures of American literature.
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HntoI eonV and
sEmeron md Whose Won Throughout
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will never ask much Of It. And it Is the great ask
srs-the men and women who demand that their fsl-
lows transcend their limitations Of selfishness blind
ness and timidity--thst push the world forward.
Cynicism would have helped Washington endure his
squabbles with the Continental congress- the graspng
Tory traders and the sefseeking army officers with
much more comfort It would have made Valley Forge
more bearable. But it would not have the Revou-
tion That took visionary ideas that could persist in
spite Of plain common sense
Likewise cynical Lincoln would have been happier
than the gaunt idealst who occupied the White House
from 1861 to 1865; happier, and less successful For
the world somehow does rot respond to cynicism II
demands ideals, il it flouts them. Seeing a.
through glass, darkly it nevertheless recognize
that which is higher than itself; and in the funesa
Of time, it will follow IT,
This u especially true in democracy, like ours. TX
the cynic the problems Of democracy are insolubc
They call for an impossible improvement in human
nature Yet they will be solved, in time; solved be-
causes there will be, from time to time, Lincolns
Rccsevslts and Wilson's who dare appeal to their fe
lows to do the impossible.
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THE ANNALS OF THE ARCTIC

The world thrilled yesterday to dramatic story Of
rescue in the Arctic. It I grim story Of stark
suffering death and despair but it shot through
with deeds Of hsrosm that warmed the heart Of human
kind.
Probably never before in the history Of the world
have men gone further in the face Of great obstacles
IN the cause Of science in the search Of adventure
than they 60 today. And the pace grows faster.
The drama Of an ce-breaking ship battling polar
Ice reaches. the story of aviator who rsked all to
save others and at the end was himself marooned are
compelling evidence that the century has its knights
unsettled Is brave and bold as those Of any day.
The annals Of the Arctic are replete with grim
stories like that Of yesterday But yesterdays story
is proof that it is longer inaccessible as once it
was Rescues like that Of yesterday would have been
impossible decade ago. There is inspiration in such
stories for ALL They prove the pace. but they prove
too that the is not lacking spirit in regard for
the duties Of unselfsh service to others.