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Progress Comes; Color Goes

The word color" is word that is, used very often
and understood very little 1t is applied to prize
fighters, ball players, avators and politicians to his
torca periods, unusual professions and bygone Gus
TOMS We say chat such and such man. or such
and such time "colorful,' even though we are
not always certain exactly what we mean by it.
The recent race between two Ohio river packet
boats is case in point.
These two steamers held twenty-five mile race
out of Cincinnati. The race was an unusual feature
for the 1928; but fifty years ago it one of
the regular features of river life.
Rival steamship companies used to pit their best
boats against one another special runs, in which
windows would be knocked out that air could
stream freely through the cabins, and safetyvalves
would be tied down for the sake of extra steam pres
sureoften with disastrous results. And we say that
such races, such times "colorfu" and we lament
that they more.
We often hear that inland rivers do not carry
near as much traffic as they did in the old days
We are mistaken The barge lines, Federal and pri-
vate, do huge amount of business Tugboas hauling
big barges loaded to the gunwales with freight are
constantly on the move, all the way from Pittsburgh
to New Orleans
But the famous old packet boats are scarce The
levee at ST. Louis used to be lined with them for
blocks now you can hardly find half dozen there
1t is the color that has gone; we carry freight
now more prosaically than we used to.
There is a net loss, in one way. 1t has its adj
vantages, Of course the goods that we ship get to
their destination quicker than they used to- and
with less waste and expense But string of black
barges does not give the thrill that hurryng white
packet boat gave Life is less exciting than it used
to be.
There isn't any particular use crying over split
milk. We can't bring the old days back. They are
gone forever. Efficiency is watchword nowadays;
and you can't have efficiency and romance together
The loss of color is of the penalties we pay
for progress We miss the old canals with their
shaded tow paths, the grown old grist mills the
putting river steamers, the snake rail fences around
the old far2rs the sailing ships the stage coaches
Life has grown smoother and less colorful. We have
to make the best of it. Now and then, when some
thing like this Ohio river race reminds us of the
old days We sigh for the vanished past But that
is all can do.
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Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY w. W. WENTWORTH

queen lack; X-any card lower
THE foregoing illustrations show
l. the most common illnesses.
However, the maneuver is not al
ways necessary and sometimes it is
inadvisable.
Assume, for example, that you
are the declarer and the trumps are
distributed between yourself and
the dummy as follows:
Dummy, j 10 4 3 2; declarer, A @
876.
Your combined hands contain
eleven trumps. The King and 5
are out against you. You want to
avert the loss of a trick in trumps.
The most probable distribution of
the two remaining trumps is one in
each of your opponents hands.
Playing the Jack up to the Ace first
round is likely to draw out both the
King and 5, leaving east and west
blank of trumps.
If the King does not fall, you still
have the lead and can control the
next play.
If, on the other hand, you finesse,
you have only an even chance. We
thus arrive at the rule that it is
best not to f1nesse when you hold:
1. Any eleven or more cards of
one suit.
2. Ten cards of one suit including
Ace and King.
3. Nine cards Of one suit includ-
ing Ace, King and Jack.
AS a general guide, f1nesse a long
suit when you hold:
1. Ten cards in that suit with
the King missing; f1nesse once with
this holding.
2. Nine cards in that suit with
the King missing; tinesse at least
once with this holding and watch
the fall Of the cards for informa-
ton.
Never take an unnecessary f1nesse
If game may thereby be sacrificed.
When game is assured without
finesSing. do not risk its loss.
copyright. 1928. by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
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N. E.
TRACY
SAYS:
"The Good Old Days
Made the Violence of To-
day Look Pale and Color
less In Comparison"
SAYS:

business goes on as usual, even
ID though stocks have fallen a bit
and we are in the midst of a politl-
cal campaign. Most of us should
be thankful that this is so. There
is little bread and meat for the
average run of people in stock
speculation and there is less in
politics,
What makes work seldom makes
good headlines. There are few
thrills in a steady job, or in the
enterprise that makes it steady.
Being compelled to earn our
bread and butter in ways that we
know, we look for the news to &C
quaint us with ways we do not
know.
Politics, stock speculation, crime,
adventure and trouble are welcome
in the news, because most Of us are
unfamiliar with them, because they
reveal experiences through which
we never have passed and through
some of which we would not care
to pass.
News, especially when topped by
four-inch headlines, is a rather poor
reflection of those activities which
make life comfortable and enjoy
able. 1t would not be interesting
news if it did.
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Easier Task Faced

Relatively speaking, this Govern
ment is faced with a far easier task
IN the maintenance of law and
order than it was fifty or 100 years
ago.
Relatively speaking, its people are
more amenable to system and more
regular in their ways of life.
Relatively speaking, we do not
have the panics, upheavals and vio-
lent discomfort we once did.
Relatively speaking, the gang wars
of this generation are pale and
colorless beside those of the SOS,
SOS and '70s.
Where will you find tribe of
cutthroats to compare with that as
sembled by La Fitte and ForreIp
What has Chicago shown, even with
all Its murders and machine gun
battles, to compare with the river
thieves who once infested the banks
OF the lower Mississippi?
Al "Scarface" Capone. even if
guilty Of everything with which he
has been charged. is but a poor irni-
tator OF old-time outlawry.
Those who think the good old
days consisted Of nothing but puri-
tanlsm and Sunday school picnics
should go to the record. Those, too.
who think the improvement is en-
tirely due to lawmakers. policemen
and politicians should use their wits.
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'GooSe-Step' Effective

That economic structure which
affords 100000 Americans STEADY
work has not been without its eff
rect. The gigantic machine which
moves with monotonous regularity.
the time clock which requires punch
ing every morning, noon and night.
The system which demands training
and experience for each particular
Job, has accomplished wonders in
teaching us how to behave ourselves
Cynics say that we have discov-
cred nothing but the "gocse-step. /"
and in one sense of the word that is
true, but if the "goose-step" has
done nothing else it has shown us
the foolishness of trodding on one
another's toes.
After studying the United States
for many years, Lord Brice said
Such people can live without con-
stitution." The chances are that We
could.
The chances are that if our Con-
stitution and laws were strapped We
could not only remake but improve
them.
This thing we call business. this
commercialized, material age, this
mechanical form of existence, this
wool and warp of traffic rules, has
taught us the necessity Of orderli-
ness and system.
The reason that we suffer from:
so-called crime wives, that we find
it difficult to enforce regulations,
and that we appear to be afflicted
with a growing disposition to be
disorderly, is not due to 'awlessness
as some people suggest, but to the
fact that our law and law-enforc
ing machinery have run to seed.
The court, the police force and tbs
political structure, for that matter
represent the one field in which We
have not applied those ideas of sys-
tenn, efficiency and discipline thai
prevail in most other walks sof life
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A Note of Candor

The people of the State should thank the
managers of the Leslie campaign for intro
ducing so early into its management, direction
and craftsmanship the one man who most
clearly stamps and classifes his candidacy.
Protests on the part of friends of Mr..
Hoover against the public appearance and
speeches to women by Walter Bossert, former
grand dragon of the Khan, the personal repre-
sentative of Wizard Evans and the successor
to the ill-starred Stephenson, are most i'll
advised
The best support that can be given to Mr.
Hoover is the clear indication of the line of
cleavage between his candidacy and that of
the Indiana candidates, especially Senator
Robinson and Harry Leslie.
Any incident that thus so clearly shows
that there can be no utilization or relationship,
in principles or political morals, between the
Hoover candidacy and the Republican State
seekers for office, is most distinctly gain for
Hoover.
The greatest political misfortune for Mr..
Hoover would be that he might be compelled
to inherit the discredit of the local party His
greatest personal chagrin and humiliation
should come from the fact that his own popu-
larity, integrity and grip upon public conf
dence might be used to let into office the unfit,
the hateful, and the heirs to bigotry, under
specious plea for party loyalty.
The eagerness and speed with which Bos-
sert was showed into the limelight dispels all
doubts. The people now know the source of
the Leslie strength They understand, or
should understand, that it is the same old
crowd again striving to get back into power
The people have not quite forgotten the
revelations at the trial of Governor jackson
on charge of attempting to bride former
Governor McCray.
They remember, with some disgust, that
Jackson remains as Governor and at liberty
only through an appeal to the statute of limita-
tons. And they have not forgotten that the
first $4,000 which was to be used to purchase
the prosecutors office for the use of Boss
Coffin was to be furnished by the Khan poll
ticians who had succeeded Stephenson
The primary campaign indicated that
Bossert is the legitimate leader of the Leslie
campaign. That leaves no one in doubt
The Republicans Of this State calmly de-
cided a few months ago that cleanup was
needed. And at the end of their convention
they still saw the COLLINS and the dragons and
the wizards of old in command
BoSsert takes off the mask-and puts it on.
There is no real reason why any supporter of
Hoover, who believes that the State needs a
new deal should hesitate to vote for Frank
Daley.
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Essential to Progress

1t is a mistake, however, to get
so fascinated with the parade of
events in the news as not to be able
to catalogue them in the right place,
and as to forget that forces are at
work back of the scenes, which
though drab and uninteresting from
news standpoint, are essential,
not only to the bread and butter
side of life, but to the march of
progress.
RaSkob's appointment as chair
man of the Democratic National
committee brings him more pub
licity in a week than he obtained in
year as chairman of the finance
committee of General Motors, but
his work in the latter capacity has
helped to make millionaires of at
least eighty individuals and to fur
nish steady employment for as
many thousands.
The gang warfare about which
we are hearing so much, and which
is said to yield graft of $13,OOO,-
600 annually in Chicago and in
other cities, represents merely the
froth which criminals are able to
skim from legitimate business.
Legitimate business pays all the
bills in this country, whether pre-
sented by thief, racketeer or dis
honest official.
Legitimate business not only paws
all the bills, but goes far toward
maintaining law and order. The
courts and police would have a
much harder time than they do
were it not for the disciplinary in
f1uence of our corporate enterprises.
The fact that we could not have
reliable transportation, electric
lights or on orderly distribution of
food, clothing and other materials
without systematic work is helping
us to be decent.
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music hoped that he would fall in love with them.
AS TING wore on, the hopes of these maidens
turned to bitter hate for Orpheus who refused to
pay any attention to them
Finally, at the height of of the festivals in
honor of Bacchus, the god of wine, jealous maiden
cried, See yonder despiser," and hurled avelin
at him.
But the legend tells us that when the javeln came
within the sound of his Tyre it fell harmless at his
feet.
Other began to hurl stones at him. but
these also fell harmless at his feet
Then they began to scream with rage. Their
screaming drowned out the music of his Tyre
When this happened, the stones began to strike
Orpheus and soon they killed him.
The infuriated women tore his body into pieces
and threw them into the River Hebrus.
They threw his marvellous Tyre into the river also.
The Muses., however rescued his body from the
river and it proper burial And was said that
the nightingales sang sweetly at the grave of
Orpheus than anywhere else in all Greece
Mercury, messenger of the gods had made the
Tyre, and Apollo the su-god had given it to Orpheus
So now, Jupiter king of the gods, rescued it irors
the river.
He placed it in the sky where now according to
the legend, it shines the constellation of Lyra
reminder for all time of the story Of unhappy Orpheus
and his beautiful Eurydce
When you gaze up at sparkling tWinkling Vega
think Of the lovely Eurydice and of Orpheus who
drew such sweet music from his Tyre.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-30
Constitution Needs Some Study

The Constitutional Educational Association points
out that Sept. II, next, will mark the 141st ami
versary of the adoption Of the Constitution of the
United States In connection with this glad event
it urges "a real genuine Study the Constitution
Week."
There is proposition which we're glad to indorse
The Constitution of the United States is praised
more and read less than any similar document in the
world, probably. No stump speaker, no perspirng
political spellbinder rotund convention headlner
would dream OF finishing speech without some ref
erence to it.
But this is mostly lip service. Among those who
would be panied, shocked and Mortified if every pro-
vision of the grand old document were actually en-
forced to the ht many of those who are loudest
in its praise.
Some of the men who made the Constitution and
framed its subsequent amendments may not have had
very deep and abiding trust in the ability of the
average man to govern himself. The views of Alex
ander Hamilton for instance, are fairly well known
But these men had an even deeper distrust of
governing classes. No can read the Constitution
and its amendments without concluding that the
trainers were haunted by a fear that the country's
rulers might, now and again. try to make democracy
shadow.
Read, if you doubt it, few excerpts from the
Constitution:
Congress shall make no law abridging the
freedom of speech of the press the right of the
people peaceably to assemble"
1.-THE right of the people to be secure in their
persons houses papers and effects against unreason-
able searches and seizures shall not be violated and
no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause"
'No religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office or public trust under the
United States"
Those declarations are fairly definite and clear
Yet, during the last decade, every one of them has
been infrnged upon, repeatedly, to the of hur-
rahs from certain defenders of law and order
There has been a tendency to regard the Consti-
tuition solely instrument set up to protect the
status quo from sudden and unwise changes. 1t is
in reality an instrument to protect the people from
excess of government
Let's have study the Constitution week" by all
And, while we're about it, let's really study it
and see if there aren't places here and there where
we have forgotten It's letter or spirit or both We
have given it lip service long enough.
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Times Readers Voice Viez0S

think prosperity is still around the
corner?
Do you know the Marmon Motor
Car Company is not making 300
autos a day and never has made
300 autos a day?
You know we have a lot of news
paper prosperity. We readers get
lots of it from all the indianapolis
papers.
Do you know that there are thou
sands of men out of work here in
this city? Both the old political
parties are mum on this question,
just like the News, Times and Star.
The two grand old parties Go moth
ing and say nothing on this oues-
ton.
would like for someone to give
a reason why a workingman should
vote the old party ticket.
JOHN DAY,
$40 Temple Ave.
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Questions and AnSzOecS

How many newspapers are pub
lished in the United States and how
many books are there in the public
libraries Of the country? How many
books are published each year?
According to Ayers American
Newspaper Annual, there are o.
100 newspapers in the United States.
During 1924-1925 the annual book
production in the United States
reached 9,012 separate titles. The
total number of books in State and
public libraries, exclusive of colleges,
schools, etc., is 70,770,008.
What is the average fat content
of milk from the better known
breeds of mich cows? What is the
legal butter fat content of cream?
The average fat content of milk
from the Holstein is 3.46 per cent;
from the Ayrshire, 3.57 per cent;
from the Jersey, SCI per cent, and
from the Guernsey, 5.12 per cent.
The usual legal standard for butter
Fat in single cream is Is per cent;
double cream 80 per cent.
What is a maidstone?
The term is applied to a stone or
other substance, frequently a ball
Of hair from the stomach of an ami
NAL, that is popularity supposed to
cure hydrophobia and to absorb
venom when applied to a wound.
Was Sir Francis 5acOn an iIIe-
Ultimate son Of Queen Elizabeth by
Che Earl of Leicester?
No. His father, Sir Nicholas
Bacon, was lord keeper of the great
zeal, and his mother was the learned
Ann Cooke, sister of Burleigh's vile
Can a Japanese or Chinese be
naturalized in the United States?
No.
What is a phObia?
A morbid fear or dread.
What is the amount of the Italian
debt to Great Britain?
On June 80, 1925, it amounted to
,868,000,000 gold Ira. The par
value of Ira is $0.193.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal OF the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TN his analysis of the everyday
L problems of the everyday child,
DR.. Douglas A. Thorn calls attention
to one situation likely to develop in
family life that means a great deal
to the future of the child that may
be concerned.
Everyone knows that a sick per-
son is not easy to get along with in
most cases, is likely to be irritable,
to demand attention, or to want to
be let severely alone.
A sick child is probably more diff
ficult than sick adult, because of
the inability in most instances to
reason satisfactorily.
In many instances, a child that
has been happy, companionable and
generally pleasant changes its per-
sonability entirely after any fairly
long period of illness.
When it becomes sick, the parents
no longer trouble themselves about
its bad habits, the child is waited
upon, every whim is gratified, it is
constantly entertained and amused,
its appetite is encouraged by giving
it only the things it likes to eat.
When the illness has passed, the
child is suddenly confronted with a
world in which all of these exceed
ingly pleasant accommodations have
disappeared.
Immediately it is punished for
wrong actions, it is compelled to eat
what the rest of the family eat, it is
forced to find its own entertainment
and amusement.
The natural reactions of the rea-
soning child is to respond with
stubborness, sullenness, argument.
whining and bad spells Of temper.
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" DAILY HEALTH SERVICE |
Don t Spoil the Child During His Illness
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

The fault is, of course, not entirely
that of the child.
The child who is sick or recover
ing from an illness is entitled to
special consideration, but reason
should disappear entirely in its con-
troll.
1t must understand that it is
receiving special consideration be-
cause it is sick and that accommo-
dalton to the rest of the world is
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granted his plea
on the condition
that he lead the
way out and re-
frain from look
ing back at her.
But just as he
re a C h e d the
gates CT HadeS
be turned around
and so he lost
her.
From then on,
.Orph us re-
manned diScon-
solate. although
MANY heaIItjfI1I
m a i d e n s ,
charmed by his
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! lngton Bureau, 1922 New York Ave-,
ps oa Fsp e. 'Rf saoaf an Sfns ga al
advice cannot be, given. nor can ex-
tsnded research SEA be made All Other other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters, are CONFIDENTIAL. You are
free Service as often as You please. '''''
| EDITOR.
What causes feather pulling
among chickens? How can it be
cured?
This vice may originate from sew
eral causes, such as close ccnfine-
ment, idleness, lack of sufficient
mineral or animal matter in the
feed, or. the presence of itch mites
at the base of the feathers. A par
ticularly vicious hen may begin the
practice and she may be initiated
by others of the flock, thereby Gre
ating a vicious habit. The treat
ment is to allow as much room as
possible for exercise. Scratching for
feed in deep litter helps to keep the
birds busy. Provide a variety Of
feeds with meat scrap and plenty OF
green feed and ground oyster shell.
The early discovery and isolation OF
the principal offenders will frequent
" check the trouble where 1t is a
habit and not due to other causes.
If mites are present treat as for
scabieS.
Will salt kill a tree when put
into a hole at the roots?
If SUFFICIENT salt is applied it will
kill the tree. The easiest way to
kill tree is to girdle it in June,
cutting the cash a foot wide, and
removing all bark so that there is
no chance for the sap to run back
to the roots. When the leaves are
dead cut the tree as close to the
ground as possible. The roots Will
not sprout again.
Is there any law that cOmpels
woman to take the name of her
husband?
According to the National Wom-
ans part" there is no law, statute,
or court decision in any State in the
Union providing that at marriage
a woman must take her husbands
name. In doing so she performs a
voluntary act, in compliance with
custom, and not because the law re-
uuires it. They further declare that
there is no court decision denying
her the right to retain her maiden
name.
What relation was Harriet Lane
to President Buchanan and what
wat was the relationship of Mrs.
McEIroy to President Arthur?
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston was
the niece of James Buchanan and
was mistress of the White House
during his administration, 1857-1861.
Mrs. Mary Arthur McElroy was the
sister of Chester A. Arthur, and
was mistress of the White House
during his administration, 1881
1885.
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

July 80
1718-William Penn, founder Of
Pennsylvania, died.
1733-First Masonic lodge estab-
lished in Boston.
1778-Washington arrived at White
Plains, N. Y.
1780-Continental currency worth
2 cents on the dollar.
1875-Andrew Johnson, seventeenth
President, died.
Excessive speed blamed for
Titantic disaster by the Brit
ish Board of Trades inquiry
commission.