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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
81 DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN


Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
II EXTENSIVE studies have been
u and are being made Of the pos
ture of the human body under va
rious conditions.
Through long continued bad pos
ture, particularly il the growing
child, the skeleton Of the body may
be so deformed that serious results
will follow in adult life.
A great portion Of our time is
spent in the sitting position and at
least one-third Of it lying down
The posture OF the body under all
Of this circumstances is important.
Various muscles and points are
involved in any position that the
body may assume. The experts who
have studied the subject have ana
lyzed the posture from the ana
tomical point of view.
They realize that the manner in
which one stands or sits has to do
with the position Of the organs of
the interior of the body and with
the way in which they function.
An habitual depression Of the
chest cavity makes impossible deep
breathing; interference with ven
ailation of the lungs makes them
susceptible to various diseases.
Downward and inward pressure
on the abdomen interferes with the
action of the stomach and intestlnes.
Cramping of the chest and abdo-
men throws an extra load on the
functions of the heart.
Habitual bad posture results in
curving Of the spine with inability OF
the back to function properly in
work.
Furthermore, our views Of beau
ty are definitely related to certain
conceptions of posture. The things
that we admire are those associated
with correct posture; namely, up
rightnesS, ievel-headed, chesty,
we'll balanced and poise.
The things that we dislike are
associated with bad posture,
slouchy, narrow chest, stopped.
shuffling, stumbling.
A man who stands and sits cor
rectly is said to have backbone.
The weak and incompetent are
called spineless.
Occasionally bad habits Of pos
ture become a national fad, as in
the case of the debutante SLOUGH,
the use of the hustle, and the
straight front.
These things are, however, unex-
plainable, except as mental aberra-
tons, and sooner or later humanity
returns to a proper conception Of
physical condition.
Since much of the life of the child
is spent in school, educational in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Mexico Meets Crisis

Mexico has not received from us
the sympathy and confidence which
she deserves, and which we would
be glad to give, but for our lack of
knowledge. 1t is curious that we
should know so little about Mexico,
and it is even more curious that we
should be so content in it.
The prevailing impression is that
Mexico contains little worth our at
tention.
Events of the last few days should
warn us how erroneous such an i'm
preston is.
AS Ambassador Morrow pointed
out in his address before the Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce at MeXi-
co City Wednesday, that calmness
and steadiness which the Mexican
rulers and people have shown in
their hour of trial may well be prac-
ticed by u.s."
When President Elect Obregon
was shot down, we confidentially
looked for wholesale murder, if not
revolution. AS a matter of record
the Mexican people have shown q
poise Of which any nation might be
proud.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Something to See

With good roads stretching from
the border down through Mexico,
the average American would soon
learn about the wonderful Spanish
architecture; about the Maya and
Toltec civilizations; about the hand
made pottery of Guadalajara and
the pyramids at Teotihuacan, not
to mention the modern ref1nements
and engineering progress, Of which
he has little conception.
Whether from the standpoint of
antiquity or from that of indivi-
duality, Mexico has real wonders to
offer the tourist. She has pyramids
and temples which compare favor
ably with those Of ancient Egypt,
and excavations which rival those
of Pompeii and Nineveh. She has
also an artistic temperament which
has produced music, painting, sculp-
ture and ceramics that will stand
comparison with those of any other
country.
These are some of the things
which fiction ignores, but which Joy
riding would force upon the travel
er'S attention.
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The infant has 8 better chance of living.
He has a better chance today of escaping the dis
cases of childhood
He has better chance OF reaching the prime of
life with a strong, healthy body.
One by one, diseases which were regarded as
ncurable are bowling to medical science.
Insulin has conquered diabetes.
Liver diet is conquering perniciouS anen1ia.
1t is true that many diseases remain which still
caffle medical science.
But they being studied in finely equipped lab
1rao1ies in all parts of the world by men who are de-
voting their entire lives to the task.
At the Rockefeller Institute in New York. at the
Western Reserve Medical School, at the Johns Hop
kns Medical School, at other schools and institutes
and laboratories in all tn important cities of the
world the battle against disease and sickness is being
waged.
The discovery of insuin was the result of a long
patient investigation which took the time and energy
of trained Investigators year after year.
Similar Investigations in process will eventually
yield their results.
Wien they do. new victories will be checked up to
the ct of medical science.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
"America First"

We believe in America First, especially in the
world of sport and at the Olympic games; but VIC
confess to feeling that an occasional reversal is not
a bad thing.
Uncle Sam has not had it all his own way at
Amsterdam Nothing wrong about that America
cannot expect to win all the time.
Both international good will and the cause OF
athletics will be benefited by general distribution
of honors. A clean sweep by the United States would
constitute a full meal for national pride but might
produce indigestion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
With Other Editors

case up on a question Of consti-
tional rights, but the Federal Su-
preme Court declined to take the
case and Dale finally had to go
to the penal farm, though he was
paroled by Governor Jackson the
same day he entered that insti-
tuition as a convict.
The principle upon which Dale
made his fight remains, there
fore, undetermined beyond the
Supreme Court of Indiana.
The Dale and the Shumaker
cases do not have entire CORE
spondence. Dale made no pre-
tense that he had not stated the
things charged in derogation of
Judge Dearth or that they did
not and were not intended to be
harsh criticisms.
He did contend that the things
stated were true and offered to
prove that they were true. DR..
Shumaker's defense is that the
things he stated in criticism Of
the Indiana Supreme Court were
never meant to be offensive and
that he had nothing farther from
his purpose than that his criti-
cisms should be taken as holding
that tribunal in contempt.
Dale, in short, charged that
Judge Dearth's judicial conduct
had been venal and scandalous
and offered the proof of it. DR..
Shumaker asserts that his criti-
cisms were proper, rational and
constructive, such criticisms as
are wholly within the rights of
any citizen to entertain and pub
GSh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Pleasure to PROGRESS

Mexico reacts to the agreeable
task of entertaining American tour
lists with a great road building
program, which is just one more ex-
ample of how progress grows out
Of pleasure.
Lack of good roads more than
hing else has held Mexico
back. For years, her leading
statesmen, capitalists and educators
have tried to make the people I'M
derstand this, but purely economic
arguments have failed.
1t took the automobile, with
prospects of road house. all night
cabin and hot dog joint to create
the proper enthusiasm, which is
something that gives us no license
to smile, for we, too, meyer recog-
nized the value Of good roads until
Joy riding compelled us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Roads Are PeaCe-MakerS


1t was not the farmer, or the
merchant who started the highway
construction program that has made
this country famius. 1t was old
John Public, with his family car.
Concrete highways and the auto
mobile will do more in ten years
not only to make Mexico prosper
Gus, but to create a better under
standing between the Mexican and
American people, than statesman
ship could in 100.
Ignorance is responsible for most
of the trouble and misunderstood
ing, and we are more at fault than
the Mexicans because we have less
excuse.
So long as we do not visit Mexico
and see conditions for ourselves, we
will accept the movie and the melo-
drama as interpreting them cor
rectly. The movie and the melo-
drama, like all forms Of CONNER
cialized entertainment, are forced
to indulge local prejudices. That
makes it difficult, if not impossible,
for them to tell the truth about
other people and Other countries.
The average American thinks Of
Mexico as he has seen it portrayed
on stage and screen; thinks of wide
hats, bowie knives, bandits and
snakeskin belts. His ignorance OF
what Mexico has to ~fer in an
historical, artistic and cultural way
is little short of appalling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY W. w. WENTWORTH


Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; o
queen; Jack: X-anY card lower
than 100
VETHEN drawing trumps you
w should not as a rule indulge
in ducking. To do so might unneces-
sarily permit opponents to ruff with
the result that your entire ducking
campaign would collapse and your
opponents might make tricks that
otherwise could never have been
made by them. AS rule, draw the
outstanding trumps and postpone
the ducking.
Used to best advantage when one
of the hands is weak in re-entries,
ducking may, however, be advisable
when you do hold a re-entry as in
the illustration which follows:
Hummy holding spades-5 4 8;
hearts-A 2; diamonds-A K 7 6
5 4; clubs-3 2. Declarer, spades
A ] 2; hearts-Q 10; diamonds-3;
clubs-K @ 76 5 4.
The only way in which declarer
may possibly make game is to es-
tablish the diamond suit.
This may be accomplished by
ducking the first time that suit is
played. AS soon as declarer gets
the lead he should play heart Queen
and overtake with heart Ace in the
dummy.
Then he plays diamond Ace and
diamond King in turn with the like
lihood that all of the missing dia-
monds will drop, enabling him to
win tricks with his three remaining
cards in that suit with the prob
ability of going game.
Copyright. 1928, by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
SAYS:

MYTH 100000 automobiles
w and 100000 miles of hard
surfaced highways, American vaca-
tons will be spent on wheels.
Though pleasure is the object, we
demand price as the yard stick.
How many are mentioning on
wheels, and how much will they
spend? That is what George F.
Rabbit would know, before he is
ready to give the thing his indorse-
ment.
Having made its traffic count and
computations the American Auto
mobile Association reports as fol-
lows: 100000 people have or will
mount the f1ivver. scattering at least
$4,000, 100000 as they roll along, and
visiting not only all parts of the
United States, but Canada and
Mexico.
Realizing what there is in it, Can
ada and Mexico have let down the
customs barriers. One now can So
journ three months in either coun-
try without paying duty on his car,
camp or equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
The Utility MASTERY

The position, not to say predicament, of
the people of Valparaiso, should remind the
citizens of the entire State of the fact that they
have very little to say concerning their own
public utilities.
From Newcastle comes the plant that
the big insult interests are threatening to de-
stroy their little municipal lighting plant,
erected for the purpose of lighting the streets.
But Valparaiso has tested the whole the
DRY of protection in the public interest by
courts and utility commission and discovers
than whenever public interest and private
profit or ambitions clash, the public interest
gets short shrift in the end.
The attitude Of the people of the progressive
northern city, home Of what was once the
most widely attended institution of learning in
the Nation, the educational cafeteria as it
were, can be readily understood.
They simply do not desire to have former
Governor Goodrich own and run their tele-
phone lines.
1t SO happens that Mr.. Goodrich seems to
DESIRE through one Of his companies, to serve
that community with such service and is
far down the road toward his ambition.
The former owners gave good service. They
satisfied the community and the community
was quite willing, when sale was necessary,
that the little company should be owned by
the great telephone company which serves
all the other cities in the Calumet district.
That company wanted to purchase the COM
pany.
Here entered Mr.. Goodrich and his pres
ence changed the picture. The great tele-
phone concern of Illinois evidently did not
desire to compete with Mr.. Goodrich.
Twice the public service commission ruled
that the people Of Valparaiso were right IN
their contention and that ownership by Good
rich was against their public interest.
In theory that should have settled the mat
ter For the public service commission is pre-
sumed to protect the public interest.
But the last Legislature passed law under
which utility may go to a minor court when
rebuked by the commission. There is where
Goodrich went. 1t is, of course, of no moment
that the court he entered is presided over by
a judge whom he originally elevated to the
bench when he was Governor.
True the law passed by the Legislature is
declared unconstitutional by the attorney gen.
eral Under it the service commission has no
chance to defend it's decision. The attorney
general does not appear as lawyer for the
public interest.
And this judge says that Goodrich may own
the telephone company of Valparaiso, even
though he, the judge, believes it against public
interest to have him control it.
The situation seems impossible. Only
Chnaman is presumed to have no chance. But
the people Of Valparaiso know differently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Times ReuderS Voice ViezOS

No civic public servant is more
faithful in maintenance of law and
order and the protection of our
homes against marauders then our
police officers.
The interpolation system is the
logical thing to have, if we want
to get the most out of our police
force. We cannot expect efficiency
until the municipality recognizes
the rights of the officers.
They are giving to us wonderful
service under the present system,
but there is room for improvement
on our part.
Let the citizenry speak up and
be counted. Let's give the police
men what rightfully is theirs.
JAMES @. SHANESSY.
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must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published Let
ters not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
Editor Times-I have noted with
much concern the news items
carried by the daily papers relative
to placing the police department on
a 12-hour daily shift or to what
is known as the two-platform sys-
tenn.
AS citizen and taxpayer, feel
that the 12-hour day for the police
force will place a black mark gainst
THE name of Indianapolis and also
will cause a gross injustice to our
faithful Police offlcers-there are
none better, no matter what city
you would like to name.
Travelling as I do, in United
States and Canada, I have found no
more honest, efficient Woodworking
lot Of policemen then we have in
our own city.
Common horse sense, to say the
least, teaches us that we can not
get efficiency out Of our police force
by compelling the men to be on duty
for twelve hours a day, and if an
arrest is made by the officer on
duty, this officer has to lose an adj
ditional two to five hours, or until
the case is disposed of. These are
facts that the people Of indianapolis
should know.
The Board of Safety should be
familiar with the difficulties of the
police department without adding
to them by burdening the force with
longer hours.
They should, instead, find ways
and means Of adding more men to
the department and place the police
officers on the interpolation sys-
tenn basis, the eight-hour uay.
This system is in vogue in some Of
the most progressive cities of our
Nation. 1t is not an experiment,
but a successful system.
I fully agree with the police
chief in his insistence that more
men be added to his department.
Our penny wise" policy is costing
+ the citizens of Indianapolis plenty.
With the additional force we
greatly can reduce the present
crime wave and at the same time
humanize the conditions of our
policemen. i
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Medicine, CiUiIi&atiOn
No. 119

A LENGTHY argument might easily be precipitated
N over the question of what has contributed most
to the development of modern civilization.
The weather being too warm for lengthy arguments,
we shall avoid any positive announcement on the
question.
But undoubtedly there are many who would nomi-
nate the progress of medical science for the post Of
honor
Modern civilization owes much to medical science.
The cities OF the middle ages were periodically
swept by terrible plaques
Living as we do in the twentieth century, we have
no appreciation Of the horror of Black Plague when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03

Oft. WAYNE Journal Gazette)
Decision appears to have BEEN
taken by DR.. E. S. Shumaker and
his counsel, together with friends
in the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League to appeal his case to the
Supreme Court Of the United
States. We trust there may be
no withdrawal from this decision.
We should like to see the merits
of that case determined by the
highest court in the land. There
has been an element Of doubt in
the minds Of DR.. Shumaker and
his advisors that the Supreme
Court of the Nation would receive
the case and determine it.
For that misgiving there is some
ground for reason. Yet the appeal
to that court is worth trying for
and it is hoped it may be under
taken.
The United States Supreme
Court refused jurisdiction in the
case of George r. Dale. publisher
OF q newspaper in Muncle, VINO
was penalized for contempt by
the new notorious Judge Clarence
w. Dearth, presiding over the Cir
cult Court of Delaware County.
The position taken by Judge
Dearth was that, while the things
charged by Dale and held to be
in contempt might be true, the
truth was no defense. Dale was
fined and sentenced to the State
Penal Farm.
He appealed to the Indiana Su-
preme Court and that tribunal
affirmed the Judgment Of Judge
Dearth.
Dale then sought to carry his
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can be explained only on the basis of some
other reason.
That reason is found in the law which Shu-
maker secured from the Stephenson-bosse
Legislature under which private attorneys who
prosecute such abatement suits receive fees of
800 in each case.
When the prosecutions are made by the reg
ular prosecutor this fee goes into the public
treasury.
Prosecution for profit has always been alb
horrent. 1t is abhorrent, even when INDUCED
in by professional dry reformers
More than that, the filing of such suits in
this county by the attorneys for Shumaker is
direct reflection upon Prosecutor Remy. 1t
suggests that he has been negligent or that he
acquiesces in the participation for profit by
these agents of the League.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Questions and AnS7Ue7cS

coloring matter worked into a paste
with gum water. The vegetable
colors used are tumeric, litmus,
saffron and sap green, but should
in every case be free from acid as
the latter reacts on chalk. Red
chalk is made from ochery clay, one
containing much iron oxide.
What is the meaning Of the namN
Shirley?
1t g an English place name fr=m
Sheer-lea, a meadow where sheep
are sheared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
Kn070i1g H070 to Sit Aids Good Posture

squarely on the floor without slump
ing; there is no tendency to slide
forward on the seat when the child
relaXeS.
The shoulders tend to hang out
ward and back, and there is no in
clination Of the body to topple for
ward.
If a seat is properly built, it is
merely necessary for the child to
sit well back in the seat to be as
sured of good posture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

stitutions are giving more and more
attention to proper sitting and to
lessons in posture during the school
hours.
A properly designed seat is not
too high or too deep, it has no ele-
walton at the rear of the seat to
slide the body forward and the back
is fitted comfortably to the natural
curves of the spinal column.
A child who sits correctly in a
proper seat is able to put its feet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03

the carts ratified
up and down the
streets all night
carrying t h e
dead to the bury
ing places.
Medical S C j.
ence has eradi-
C a t e d S u C h
plaques.
The eXpecta-
ton Of life has
been increased
by medical SCI
ence.
Fewer women
die in child
birth than did
once u D o n a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-03
This Date i'm
u. History

August 3
1492-Columbu sailed from Palos,
Spain.
1924 Massachusetts court con-
demned six witches to death.
1777-Continental Congress accepted
Count Pulaski's services.
1780-Benedict Arnold put in COM
mand at West Point.
Standard Oil Company fined
$29,240,0O0 by Federal Judge
Lands at Chicago.
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Daily Thoughts

BE not wise in your own con-
ceits.-ROmans 1916.
q 2
has some lines made a
~ fool, but a coXcomb is always
of mans own making. -ddison.
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General Mobile was Kissed in Norway. That re-
minds us that a young man named Columbus was
hooted once in one of those towns over there.
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David Dietz on Science
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The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
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Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; O.
queen; Jack: X-any card lower
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copyright. 1928, by the Ready Referere
Publishing Company
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18

Judgment-h then you eas TO think
you're bounded. why. here again,
your delusion IS not insane.
Our senses and judgments often
make mistakesi
Only II we persist In believing,
after evidence IL brought 70 bear
hat disproves what we believe. are
we IN a dangerous way.
Besides. when dealing with In
sanity the decisions and hallucina'
tons are numerous.
They are also very unusual and
very far-fetched and altogether out
or harmony with the individuals
surroundings and past life.
People don't go insane 50 easily
anyway The mind - a tough mech.
anism after all.
But teal or insanity Is YER com
mon and most people believe that
Authorizations or decisions mean IN.
sanity and nothing else.
Let Us know what's what In any
case.
Let Us Danish ignorance with
knowledge.
That's about the best way 70 get
rid OF unwarranted fears.
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