davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
Questions and AnS1CerS

the place of the cheaper metal
which can be made to do equally
good work. Many Of the so-called
"lost arts" are processes that have
been abandoned when superseded
by something better
What is meant by bird reserva-
ton on the Dry TOrtugas?"
The Dry Tortugas is a group Of
ten islets in the Gulf of Mexico,
forming a part of Monroe County.
Florida. The entire group is a fed
eral bird reservation.
What does the name Chrysula
mean?
1t is girls name meaning
golden" probably referring to the
color of the hair. 1t is from the
Greek word "chrysos" meaning
gold"
Can an American-bOrn citizen be
depOrted?
An American born citizen can not
be deported, When q foreigner is
deported he is sent to the country
from which he emigrated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
The Solution

THIS is highly interesting puz-
l. zle. 1t involves what to some
opponents of bridge is known as
the elimination playa play usually
requiring considerable foresight.
The obvious difficulty lies in the
spade suit. Since it is of course
necessary to lose the high jack OF
trumps, a spade trick cannot he
lost If the puzzle is to be solved
Here is what happens:
South opens with low club
North wins and returns the suit
South winning with the king
South'S last club is then led and
North trumps. North next leads
the ace Of spades, followed by d
trump, which East wins with the
jack.
But no matter what East now
does, North and south take the res
of the tricks. East must lead eithe
club or a diamond-suits which
both North and South lack.
The lead enables North and
South to trump in one hand and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
The Deity in KnickerS

Having RECALLED ourselves with
that particular bit of nonsense, let
us 60 to Frankfort, Germany, where
there is q good-sized row on over
a play which portrays the Deity in
Knockers and st. Peter as a benev-
olent buffoon.
Volunteers defenders of ortho-
doxy entered the theater Wednes-
day night, took seats in the gallery
and broke up the performance by
dropping tear gas bombs and stink
pots on the audience. Next day the
city council voted not to interfere
A great exhibition of hoodlumism
all around, the author Of such a
uselessly offensive skit included.
There is no less rowdyism in Of
Tending religious conceptions with
such an unnecessary piece OF
coarseness and vulgarity than there
is in breaking up a show.
A roughneck is a roughneck,
whether he expresses himself intel
Iectually or with bricks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
A Crazy TriangIe


Most of the stories are old, but
the background is different. We
have had the triangle" with us
since the dawn Of consciousness, but
who ever heard of such a case as
that which occurred in Riverhead,
L. L, this week?
A music teacher becomes infatu-
ated with his 19-year-old pupil. He
discovers not only that her soul har-
monies with his, but that the ac-
cord is necessary for him to pursue
successful career. Instead of be-
ing jealous, his wife falls in line
with the fancy.
She wants her mate to be happy,
no matter what happens. She is
willing to make any kind of sacri-
flee. She agrees with him that di-
vorce offers a way out, but divorce
will take time, and nothing must
be allowed to postpone or interfere
with the contamination of her
spouSe's livesick whim.
She goes with him to get a license
and witness a bigamous marriage,
which all three hope to keep secret
until legal separation can be OBJ
tanned. But the license bureau of
New York failed to cooperate. Pub
licity entered the situation and
spilled the beans for every one con-
cerned.
Now there is CONSERVATION where
bliss was supposed to reign The
music teacher yearns helplessly for
his second bride, what time he IS
not nursing a bruised face where
her irate father smashed him. She
goes on a hunger strike to prove
how enthusiasts ically his feeling is
reciprocated. The real wife is once
more forced to play the role of in
nocent byStander.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
immigration Changes

recommendations for changes in the immigration
law made by Labor Secretary Davis further COM
plicate that problem, which there already is wide
disagreement in congress-
Davis would impose quota restrictions on Canada
and Mexico, reducing Mexican immigration by about
80 per cent, but permitting more Canadians to enter
the country than are coming in at present.
He would increase annual European inmigrati ton
from $4,000 2O4OO. Where the quotas under
the national origins" plan are greater than those
now in force, he would accept the larger quota
The proposals made by Davis call for most care
full consideration.
Secretary Kellogg previously announced his oppo-
sition to the Mexican quota proposal in the belief
that it would antagonze Latin-America. The effect
OF restrictions on relations with Canada likewise
deserves thought
The national origins" clause is scheduled to be-
come effective June 3d. 1929 1t generally is agreed
however, that the system is impractcabe and there
is disposition to abandon it, A commission, of which
Herbert Hoover was member, found it impossible to
determine accurately the national origins of the pres
ent population which is proposed to base quotas
Hoover so reported and has favored retention of
the present restrictions which fix quotas at per cent
of the foregnborn residents of the various countries
as shown by the 1890 census.
The wisdom of any increase in immigration par
tculary when based the defective national origins
plan, is open to question.
The existing law has obvious imperfections. It
seems fairly we'll to have accomplished the purpose
Of keeping the character of immigration in harmony
with the racial strains that make up the nation how
ever.
Later censuses than 1890 if used for quotas would
impose hardshps on northern and western European
stock which originally settled the country Earlier
censuses would unduly limit immigration from south
ern and eastern Europe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

it good thing for the race? Is it kind thing
for the child? The wife?
There are sharp differences of opinion about these
matters. Certain powerful religionists hold firmly
that all must be left to nature That little souls must
be born into the church and that all else is as
God wills
And then there are those among the ntelligentsia
who say God has nothing to 90 with it, and that it
shall be as the family doctor and the intelligent
parents will And that if they have any sense they
will consult the family budget before starting a new
member of the family.
There is bill before congress to remove the penal
barriers on information, and to send the United
States along the same road taken by England and
most of the continental countries of the Old World
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
Marriage Is
MOI Matter
of One Year
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
MISS HALDEMAN~JULIUS and
1V1 her companionate husband,
Aubrey Roselle, report at the end OF
their first experimental twelve
months of marriage that the venture
has been a complete success.
Let us hope that the children are
not premature with the statement.
To the young who are in love, per
hapS their interview on the triumph
Of companionate marriage over the
old sort will be momentous, but or
those who have clipped down the
rocky road Of matrimony for nigh
onto fifteen years it will make nc
great impression.
We who have stuck to one hus
band more than a decade know that
the bride and the bridegroom OF
but one year are Woefully ignorant
when it comes to giving out any
really authoritative statements as
about marriage.
For, after all, successful marriage
is something more than mere blano
happiness.
It's an up and down sort of thing,
q nip and tuck to preserve your
balance. It's a constant struggle
It's sunshine and shadow. It's fete5
and funeral. It's storm and stress
and love and laughter.
The couple who have joyed to-
gether over their first-bou know
better what true marriage is. Blu.
even they do not know so well a.
those two who have wept over the
grave of some beloved child Of their
union. Standing on the heights o.
life together is a wonderful thing
but the man and woman who have
gone down into its depths side BY
side are the truly welded
It's easy to keep ones illusions
about marriage when one is young
and fortunate and lifes horizon Is
rosy with pleasure and joy. But the
real test comes when the blush is
fading from the cheek of the wife
when she is worn with illness. anu
the husband is irked by misfortune
and worry
True marriages are not made In
heaven. They are built slowly anG
painfully out Of our disappoint-
ments, our labor, and our tears. IN
selfish love is their only foundation,
and their reward is happiness
that is as beautiful as it is rare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
THE BURNT STICKS
n
NO PRESENTS THEN
LIGHT BUT HEAVY

DRINCE CHICHIBU Of Japan
4 announces that he feels very
close to us because he renewed his
acquaintance with his future bride
while visiting in Washington and it
is to be hoped his domestic eX-
perience will never be such as to
cause him to urge a declaration of
war against the United States.
n
These thirteen widows of soldiers
Of the war of 1912 who are still on
the pension roll must have been
debutantes when they selected their
venerable and heroic mates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
This Date i'm
u. S. History

December
1765-Birthday of Eli Whitney, in
ventOr of the cotton gin.
1775-Americans began the siege of
Quebec.
1648-First California gold deposited
in the United States mint.
1863-Congress gave General Grant
a vote of thanks and q gold
medal
1863-Lincoln issued a proclamation
of amnesty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
4 Fortunate Accident
No. 1913

TINE collapse of an old Bavarian house was one
4 of the most fortunate incidents in the history Of
the telescope.
Macmillan Joseph, the elector of Bavaria, was
walking along the street when the accident hap
pened. He saw workmen eXtrcate youth from the
ruins and out of sympathy for the boy gave him 10
ducats which he happened to have in his pocket.
The incident occurred on July 81 1901. The boy
Joseph Fraunhofer. His father, glazier had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

died when Joseph
was a baby, and
at the time of the
accident, Joseph
was apprentice to
q mirror maker.
With the 10 du-
cats, Joseph pur-
chased his free
dom, some appa-
ratus for polishing
glass end some
books.
w it in five
years, he made so
great a reputation
through his skill
and ability that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
BRTDGEE2!Drrll.f

discard a spade in the other-and
to take the remaining trick by a
very simple ruff.
South may open with a spade but
the clubs must be led Immediately
thereafter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

T AY out the cards on a table as
l. shown in the diagram, and
study the situation. See if you can
find a method of play that will
net North and South six of the
seven tricks. The solution is printed
herewith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

What do we mean when we speak
of a person beingsa victim Of cir
cumstances?
The expression refers to one who
is affected adversely by conditions
over which he has no control.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
Reason

TINE farmers friends in Wash
4 ington will have to be on their
guard. or tariff revision will pre-
cede farm relief at the extraordi-
nary session Mr.. Hoover is expected
to call, in which event the tiller of
the soil will get no help, aside from
increased duties, in time to bene-
fit the 1929 crop. Tariff legislation
creeps like a snail suffering from
locomotor ataXia.
Il Il
And if the next tariff bill raises
the barrier against South Ameri-
can products, as is now contem-
plated, it will neutralize the hoped
for fruits of Mr.. Hoover's visit I'M
til little will be left except the
burnt sticks of the rockets that
were sent up in his honor.
Il
When Mr.. Hoover was married
he grabbed his bride in a hurry to
catch a boat for China, and there
were no guests, consequently no
presents, but the clOudburst Of gifts
now delGging the distinguished
tourists more than makes up for
the loss.
The president of Austria is 60
ing to be elected for the third time,
but this isn't such a great honor,
for there's nothing left of Austria
except Vienna and nobody thinks
of Vienna any more, except when
they go to the bakery.
II
We should all rejoice that this
girl has sued an eastern professor
for $25O,OOO, for it pays very
handsome compliment to very de-
serving profession.
n II
Postmaster General New states
that congressman franked $40 mil
lion pounds of their speeches
through the mails last year, but it's
hard to- see how anything so light
could weigh so much.
n +
The national potato conference
now is being held in Chicago and
small potato conferences will soon
be in full blast in the various leg
islative halls of the several states
Of the Union.
II
We are not surprised to hear the
department of justice say that $25,-
100000 worth Of liquor was smug-
gled into this country from Can
ada last year, after hearing tour
lists tell how our prohibition agents
wink the other eye as truck loads
Of it have rolled along.
4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
QUESTTON-What is the

QUESTTON-What is the
best way to ventilate a room?
ANSWER-There is no way
to purify the air in a room,
except to let the bad air out
and let fresh air in. In most
cases this is best done by rails
ing a window. A screen placed
before the window or a board
placed on the window sill in
front Of the window and reach
ing across it will defect the
air upward and thus prevent
drafts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
LunaCy Knows No Bounds

The lunatic fringe is not confined
to iazzed art or sex relations
Neither is it the exclusive property
of individuals. Us mortals can &C:
just as ioiotically by the million
as by ones or twos, and we can act
lust as idiotically in America as in
Afghanistan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

Headline over Hollywood couple, just married,
says Life Contract This Time" Whoever said the
newspapers aren't optimistic?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

It's fine to be popular, but the popular vote doesn't
seem to get you anywhere,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

"Collegian is wounded mistaken for bandit" says
headline over a story from Montgomery, Ala. Who
shot hinl-hS father?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

Statesmen at Geneva propose the men who start
thei be made to in the front ranks. That
would end the possibility of anybody ever winning
any wars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

able question of fact or information BY
writing to Frederick M Eerby Question
Editor The Indianapolis Times Wash.
ington Bureau. 1922 New York Ave.
Warrington. D. O.. tncloSine 2 cents IN
stamps for reply Medical and legal
advice cannot be given, nor can eX.
tended research be made. all other
nslgned requests cannot be answered
All letters are confidential You are
cordially invited to make use of this
service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

on request viii net be published Lett
tiers not exceeding 200 words viii receive
preference
Editor Times-One of your read
ers wants to know what is wrong
with the Democrats. They don't
spill enough ink, and they don't
think nationally. In almost all
states, they are just a local party
The newspapers always find some
way to support the Republicans ma
tiOnally
oil smear spreads with acquittal
of Stewart was a headline in one
of the papers since the election.
Just a few weeks ago this same pa
per said the oil mess was old stuff
They blameU -rammany for things
that happened when Al Smith was
a little boy, and they used the Civil
war as an issue for fifty years.
When the Democrats nominated
the Incompatible John w. Davis
for President, the papers couldn't
find anything against him, so they
had to dig up some old stuff about
Bryan because his brother was on
the ticket Ex-Governor Bryan was
no eX-iOckey or stable boy and it's
just as laudable for the Bryan
brothers to love the under dog as
Lincoln. That's all they had against
him.
These entangling alliances with
sinister interest OF the Republicans
have done more than entangling
alliances abroad, and I think the
issue should have been decency in
government, both locally and ma
tionally. The Democrats should
have taken the offensive, for as it
was they were too much on the de-
fensiye. M, E. d.
Editor Times-We find in The
Times a ''wage earner's' appeal Go
our people. 1t may be very interest
ing now to know his stand from Il
government standpoint, the pros
perity program for the wage Garner,
and the farm relief measures.
Stocks and bonds up, farm prod
Ucts down. Well, Mr.. Republican
write out the stage program for wage
earners and farm relief. You have
had the stage for eight years.
feel that the American people are
entitled to your four-year program.
We, the American people, are in
terested directly, I assure you. We
must know our leaders and the
American prosperity program.
In the last thirty days moIc
tramps have been hunting SOUP
houses than ever before. The -~s
think Hoover ate it all and then
left for parts unknown.
FRANK WALTON, Campbellsburg
Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

new book lists the famous trials of the last
fifty years. Nothing is said about the cgaret lighter
however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

have been made to control their
claims, but none of these expert
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

Growing Old Gracefully"
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor journal of the American Medical
Association and of HYgeia the
Health Magazine.
REAN'S search for the elixir Of
4VL youth is eternal.
Since the first announcement by
Voronof and by Stomach that their
methods would reiuvenate the ell
derby, hundreds of experiments
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
BY FABYAN NIATHEY.
- -
By
Frederick
lands

BY FABY AN MATHEY.
Hearts are trumps and South has
the lead. North and South must
win six of the seven tricks, against
a perfect defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

What is the worlds record for the
standing broad jump?
IL feet AS inches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

Are people born in Alaska citi-
zens of the United States?
Alaska is a territory Of the United
States and the natives are Ameri-
can citizens. The fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution defines
citizens: "All persons born or nat
uralized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens Of the United States
and Of the state in which they re-
side"
Is the process of hardening cop
per a lost art?
1t is still known but has fallen
into disuse for two reasons. Hard
ening copper is not as efficient as
good steel and it is too costly to take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

Maurice Diamant cf Hungary
merely gave a funeral in honor of
his amputated leg and in his be-
reavement he should have the SYM
pathy of all of us who know what
grief it is to have ones leg merely
pulled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
No Merit in Glands TO DiSbeL Age
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

This is the second of two articles on
Growing Old Gracefully"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08
Times Readers
Voice Viez0S

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution but
on request viii net be published, Let
preferenCe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-08

David Dietz on Science
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08

man Of singular ease and poise to whom success haa
given a quiet self-assuranee devoid Of boastfulness.
At the recent democratic state convention in Texas
which was dominated by Governor Moody in oppose
ton to Governor Smith. Jesse Jones, who does not
seem to seek office, was Endorsed for the presidency
He has since issued a statement in acknowledgment OF
that honor which is a model of political diplomacy
He compliments Governor Moody on his success, also
for not riding too r~oughshod over the minority but
chief or all, Mr.. Jones is sure that there will be mo
riff In the democratic party and that, while he -
~flattered by being spoken Of for office and. II drafted,
will do what is demanded Of him. he will be happy TO
serve in the ranks as before. confident IN the belief
that the democratic party offers the American people
the best hope-if not indeed the only hcpe-of eff
Gent, popular and clean government"
III the vice presidential nomination should 20 TO the
west, there would be worse choices than Mr.. Jones for
democratic campaign manager; or, if Saith should be
elected, for the cabinet. The democrats are not going
into the campaign without the advantage Of some Wig
orous and attractive figures. During the war Mr.
Jones was director general Of military relief in the
Red Gross; after the war he was a delegate, with the
late II. p. Dawson Of the J. p. Morgan firm, 70 the Red
Cross meetings abroad and assisted in organizing the
League of Red Cross Societies of the World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
Kellygrarns
Yv FRED C. KELLY

somebody lets him I'm. he goes to that
door and barks the next time NV dp-
sires to come in. But if ~ iE ad-
mitted sometimes at the front door.
and sometimes at the kitchen door.
then he finds il wise 10 try barking
first nc one place and then at the
other. I'm other words, NE uses hi
| repertoire or efforts, now knowing
which will avail.
This In equally true of dogs in
laboratory experiments. One w these
is to put along into a little cage
with a door that can be opened BY
| pushing his home at exactly the right
place. In trying 10 get out, he will
eventually succeed by chance But
nv does not At once associate that
chance act with getting his freedom.
Tie only knows that hc did ONE
thing which succeeded; 80 he tries
everything he can think Of and again
one Of them works. Gradually he
eliminatures unsuccessful efforts until
ne Is able Immediately 10 oren the
door. YIN all this he behaves exactly
as reopIe do. IA salesman calling ON
N customer doesn't know just which
phase of his selling talk Will turn The
trick. After u series Of attempts,
errors. and successes, he learns
which points are of no use. and tries
on future customers only those argu-
ments which seem 70 work.