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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

But the young leaf is sensitive to sunlight. This
sensitiveness is particularly true Of the stems of the
leaves, to give them their scientific the petit
ofes.
The young leaves SO influenced by sunlight that
the leaf at maturity has the best possible position
with relation to the light.
Teh sunlight causes the petiole to bend and twist
and in many cases to elongate that the blade or
broad part Of the leaf gets the maximum exposure to
sunlight
The way in which leaves adjust themselves to the
sun is only one example of the marvellous ways in
which living organisms able 20 adjust themselves
to their environment.
Other examples will be introduced from time to
time in this discussion OF plants.
The gardener who understands this relationship be-
tween plants and their environment will get addi-
tional Joy from his garden
1t Will gixe him new appreciation Of the marvel
ous ingenuity of nature and will enable him to OBJ
serve many interesting changes in the growth Of his
plants which would otherwise escape his attention
1t will prove of great interest for example to
watch how the growing plants adjust their leaves
the sunlight.
Here is another example where knowledge increases
our appreciation of the beauty of nature.
It likewise increases our respect for nature
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Times Readers
Voice Vie7OS

Editor TimeS-DeSirable as dollars
may be even in this democracy, some
late experiences declare them to also
present possible sources Of danger.
The blood of American marines
mot to mention that of many
Nicaraguan Americans has but re-
Gently been shed, and many millions
of our taxpayers money. been mis-
erably wasted, to safeguard the in
vestments of few American pluto
Gratis in Central America. This, I'M
der the plea that wherever an
Ar erican citizen chooses to loan
cash, or transact business, he may
wrap himself in the flag of our
country and claim that the army
and navy of these United States
shall protect him and his invest
ments.
So long as ours was debtor ma
ton, borrowing instead of lending
gold, this imitation of Great Bri-
tain perhaps was harmless. The
World war changed all that. Your
columns not only chronicle loans by
our millionaire flnanciers to Ger
many and France, etc, but, more
recently. that just one citizen,
Henry Ford, is to invest 100000
in Russia.
Now though it may be easy to
have the flag follow the dollar in
Porto Rico, or Nicaragua, how will
that fattering dogma fare should
Germany, France or even Russia be-
come bankrupt, and repudiate and
reject our plutocrats' demands for
payment? Is the same boast to
prevail and our army and navy be
employed to collect Mr.. Ford's $780,
100000?
Is it not about time we agreed
to settle all such matters through
the international court of justice,
which long string Of our Presidents
advocated. and which has been es-
tablisned through the initiative OF
one Of that illustrious line?
EDWARD BERWICK,
Pacific Grove, Cal.
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HEALTH IN HOT WEATHER

in various types Of muscular per-
Torrance.
When one rides his bicycle, he is
concerned not only with the amount
of rapidity with which he can cause
the pedals to go round, but also
with pushing against a force, keep
ing his body in the seat and SIM
liar problems.
DR.. Sylvia Dickinson in the uni
versity college, London, has studied
the efficiency of bicycle pedaling as
affected by the speed and the load
for the industrial fatigue research
board of the British medical re-
search council.
She points out that the relation
previously found between the max
imum speed of pedaling a bicycle
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Questions and AnSz0erS

move the silk and cover with linen
cloth and press with warm iron.
How soon after the United States
entered the World war did General
Pershing go to Europe?
He arrived in London June 8, with
part of his staff. The first American
troops arrived in France, June Is,
1917.
What is the color of Tom Mix's
horse Tony?
Brown with some white on his
face and hind legs.
What is the limit to the amount
that can be PUT in postal savings?
What is the least amount that can
be put in at one time and how much
interest is allowed?
The limit to an individual deposit
is $4,000. No sum less than 81 will
be accepted for deposit. Interest
is allowed at the rate Of 2 per cent.
What is the value of Confed-
crate 500 bill, issue of 1861, por-
traying cars at depot?
1t is valued at from 81 to 50.
Does heIium gas conduct heat
more readily than air?
The United States Bureau Of
Standards says that helium gas con-
ducts heat about six times as read
lily as air.
Where was Emil Jannings, the
movie star, born?
In Brooklyn, N. Y.
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THE man who really can grasp
1 and understand q problem can
alm0st ce~-a'nly be relied upon for
the judor ent that will enable him
t. contribute something toward its
col 't'on-Tvy Lee.
The moment a man is stirred by
ambition, he becomes several times
more valuable to himself and to his
commuuity-Henry Ford.
All thinos are created out Of silence
silence is full Of creative power
FaS ndranath Tagore.
Population problems v'ill be .
ma or po,!tica, issue in les than
century Huxley
Ekclaim how shocking and a
modern girl laughs. Tell her she
is outrageous and she is delighted.
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TITANIC DISASTER BLAMED
July 80

II AMI ASAIA4FAIO
July 80
I'M July 30, 1912, the British
" Board OF Trades inquiry COM
mission made public its report blam-
ing excessive speed for the sinking
of the Titanic, then the largest ship
in the world, with loss Of 1903
lives.
The commission found that the
loss of the ship was due to the col
lision with an iceberg brought about
by the excessive speed at which
the liner was being navigated.
In view of the customary prac-
tice of masters in the North Atlantic
who steam ahead at full speed in
clear weather, the commission found
itself unable to blame the captain.
At the same time, its. recommen-
dationS that speed must be re-
duced when ice is reported, that
there should be boats for al"
that boat drill a continuous service
of wireless biography and the
policing of a disaster are vital pre-
cautions, we're steps toward setting
up new standard on the sea.
This terrible disaster involved a
greater loss of life than has ever
been known in mercantile marine.
The Titanic was on her maiden voy-
age across the Atlantic when she
struck an iceberg at 11:40 p. m.
There were not nearly enough life
boats-twenty in all-and the ship
sank about two hours later, carry
ing with her all but 705 Of the 2,2O8
on board
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

TINE riot at Auburn leads to a lot
l. of discoveries.
We learn that the prison was old
Ind out CT repair, that it was over
crowded, that somebody may haze
brown a revolver over the wall,
and that there was considerable dis
content.
In conjunction with the riot that
occurred at Dannemora only q few
Gays before, We learn that life term
ers are apt to get rambunctious,
that men grow desperate where
there is no hope, and that guards
become careless.
All Of which, though very inter
esting, leaves the situation about
where it was.
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Cost of Air Crashes

7 LIEUTENANT CARL CROWN
L. HARPER, writing in the journal
of the Society Of AutOmotive engi-
ners, fixes the average cost of fatal
airplane accident, in which a naval
aviator is involved, at 100000.
He arrives at this figure by cal
culating the cost of training the
aviator whose life is lost the cost of
the plane that is wrecked and the
cost Of the pension which must be
paid to his family.
While the cost of airplane &C
cidents in which CIVILIAN aviatorS
are involved could hardly be COM
puted on the same basis, it probably
amounts to little less.
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Corporation farming

HAVING made survey of agri-
4 4 culture, the United States
Chamber of Commerce is convinced
that we need not fear a social up
heavaI because of the "big farm
In the first place, there are not
so many big farms, and in the sec
ond, they do not show up much bet
ter than the small farms.
1t is interesting to learn how
ever. that no less than 5000 corpo-
rations have gone into farming, that
the average size of farm they op-
crate is about 1000 acres. that the
average investment is about $3.50 900,
and that the average return is bet
ter than 500 900 annually.
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A SinI0SS Town

MOT pausing to argue the point,
~ America is going to try it's hand
at developing a "sinless town" on
the banks of the Colorado, and in
conjunction with the building of
Boulder Dam.
1t will attempt this through con-
troll of the land, which will be
leased to tenants only during good
behavior"
That suggests one way of en-
forcing prohibition.
The government could buy all the
land in this country, and lease it to
the people with the threat of
evicting them on violation of the
law.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

ONCE the Psychologists have dis
~ covered that the maximum
speed Of a runner or Of an athlete
in any performance depends on his
vital capacity; that is to say, the
amount of oxygen that he can use
in turning out certain amount of
work, as we'll as on the efficiency
of his nervous and muscular syS-
tenn, experiments have been con-
Quoted in various laboratories to
find out what is the greatest speed
and efficiency that can be developed
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Saving the Dialect

a N eminent word sharp okeys
[ a "foist" in New "Yoick"
Admitting he is right, how about
long "gislant"?
Dialect is dialect. and some of it
curht to be preserved for philology's
sake. if for NJ other reason.
"You-qll." in Coor9;a, 'ri@ht
mart" in Ken,u~ky, "dono gone" in
Teas. and rod" in H-aine, I'M
douh+e1ly have q no-saqe for future
General 'onS which should not be de-
strOyed.
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CritiCiSing the u, S.

FRANK WARD O'MALLEY, wip-
L ing the dust of this country
from his sandals, has some rather
unkind things to say about it.
1t is like minister's son, he OBJ
serves, which would sound more
logical, if he did not bear down so
heavily on intolerance.
Minister'S sons, though they may
not walk in the ways of their ia
theirs, usually ale liberal minded.
In that respect, at least, this
country maybe like them.
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its highest emci-
ancy when its leaves
have the greatest
exposure to the sun.
Nature has pro-
vided plants with a
mechanism which
enables them to at
tain that maximum
efficiency.
The positions of
the stems of plants
and the arrange
ment of the leaves
on them is not such
in many instances
as to give the leaves
an adequate expos
IRE to sunlight.
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PuritaniCaI America?

IF America we're as puritanical as
Il some critics would have us be-
lieve, there would be less law break
ing than there is today.
The eighteenth amendment may
prove what the Anti-Saloon League
and kindred organizations we're able
to put over, but the consistency with
which it is being defed, proves
something else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30
Big CitieS-Big Prisons

WOU can't have big cities without
Il big prisons or organized indus
try without organized vice, or the
herding Of men in large bodies
without mob psychology.
BY and large, there seems only
one way to simplify the problem,
and that is to keep the country
small, or if not small, unorganized.
That, however, is one thing your
average American absolutely refuses
to do.
Your average Americans concep-
ton of progress is based on the idea
Of putting things together.
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David Dietz on Science---
LcaUeS Find Sunlight
No. 421'

DLANTS need light to carry the process by
L which they manufacture sugars and starches
from the carbon doxide of the air. This process as
previously stated, is known as photoSynthess.
The process of phoosynthesis is carried on in the
interior of the leaf Consequently the plant reaches
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

Edison says he once went 174 hours without sleep
He knows how it is then to live next door to guy
with cornet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

When silk stockings were expensive, every woman
had to have them. Now that their price is lower the
ladies are going without them.
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WfitlnR @ Frederick NJ. KeT6y QUESTION
iE aSsts99p4 BuESea!g9 g5a2 Nsv YosS avenue
sdea cs G5 n FSpB B Med Md' or and oap GA
tended research be made All other
questions will receive a persona Reply rep!Sg
an letters are, confidential You ar. are
service
Where is Cape Horn and what is
its climate?
At the southern end of South
America lies Cape Horn, a desolate
rocky pronontory that rises to a
height of 1890 feet. The surround
ing region is stormy and much
dreaded by sailors.
Is Merle a masculine or feminine
name?
1t is masculine. Myrtle is
feminine name.
What was Mark Hanna's right
name?
Marcus Alonzo Hanna.
What is the population of Russia?
146,304,931.
What is the address of Premier
BenitO Mussolini?
Palazzo Chigi, Rome, Italy.
DID Houdini die under an opera
ton?
He died in Detroit, Oct. 81, 1926,
of peritonitis caused by ruptured
appendix. He was operated on
Oct. Is.
Did President Wilson sign the
eighteenth (prohibition) amendment
to the Constitution?
Resolutions proposing amend
ments to the Constitution are not
signed by the President. The Vol
stead act for enforcing the
eighteenth amendment was vetoed
by President Wilson, but Congress
passed it over his veto.
What is the nationality of the
name Chambers?
It is an English family name re-
ferring to keeper OF the champer
kings or queens, from the Norman
de la chembre."
How can parchment be smOothed
after it has become wrinkled?
Place it face down upon clean
blotting paper. Beat up to n clear
froth. with a few drops of Glove oil,
the whites of several fresh eggs, and
with the fingers spread this over the
back of the sheet. and rub it in until
the parchment becomes smooth and
yielding. Then spread it out as
smooth as possible, cover with oil
silk. and press for day. Then re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

The people who ask for advice usually resent it
when 1t is unfavorable.
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Maybe We ought to ship few of our secondhand
airplane engines TO Europe Then some OF those Eu-
ropean hiers might be able to make the Atlantic cross
Ing.
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That was a real accomplishment
the other night in Pacific waters,
when an airplane flew from the
Illuminated deck of the airplane
carrier, Saratoga, and returned,
making a safe landing on the deck
of the carrier while it plowed
through the water.
He is blind who does not see that
in the next war the airplane will
do the business on land and water.
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Quotations of N0tabteS

Tell her she is cheap, and she looks
YOU straight in the eye in anger,
unless you can give her. equally
straight in the eye, good reasons for
5ou~ op' mon Emily Post (Collier's).
s long IS our ideal is a worth
while one, and so long as we satisfy
it out of om own lawful earnlnlS
we are as rich as Rockefeller or
Ford.-Frederick L. Collins, cine
Red Book MagazineO
Majorities have no divine right to
coerce ano rule minorit.es and the
power of ma iorities always must De
-xarc 'sed with discretion and mod
Grafton. Victor S. Yarros Che Ma
tom
How much is lost each year In
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Today's definition: A Scotchman is fellow who
waits for the smaller money to pay back that IS SO
he won't have TO give you so much paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

TINE papers continue to speak Of
i Minister BRAND and Secretary
Kellogg as the authors Of the treaty
outlawing war, but the real author
thereof is Solomon LeviSon, Chicago
lawyer, and he is entitled to what
ever credit there is for originating
if
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

Is it correct to address woman
presiding officer as madam chair
woman?
The word "chairWoman" is rarely
used in this country, although it is
not incorrect. Madam chairman"
is the common form of address.
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BY the way, what ever became of that person
Harry Sinclair?
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SAYS

If America We're as Puritan
icaL as Some Critics Would
Haze Us BeIieUe, There
Would Be Less Lac Break
ing Than There Is Today.
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Arrest of this Ohio bootlegger
which was caused by the fact that
the officers smelled liquor on the
breath Of his COW should be a warm
ing to ali bootleggers to supply their
cattle with breath perfume.
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Eugene O'Neil, the playwright.
who married the French actress,
agreed to live the next thirteen years
in France, which is about twelve
years longer than such weddings
usually last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

How much is lost each year In
America through embezzlement?
Such losses are estimated at Sl2o,-
100000 a year.
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~ W. - wv W
See That the Airpldne WIZ
Do the Business on Land
and WGter in the Neat
War.
THIS new twenty million dollar
L grain corporation should help
stabilize prices and enable the farm
er to market his produce so he can
get a fair share thereof.
Now he gets about one-fourth Of
what he produces in grain and a
much smaller proportion of what he
produces in fruit, all of which is pill
lage instead Of prosperity.
When James A. Stillman, former
New York banker, goes to Alaska
to hunt grizzly bears, he will find
it far less exciting than the long
matrimonial lawsuit which he passed
through.
Uncle Sam long has been the
Santa Claus of International affairs,
but the largest present that ever
came out Of his sack is this French
debt settlement by which We can
eel the wartime obligations and
collect only for the loans made after
the war.
And don't you remember how
vehemently both political parties
declared that the war debts never
should be Cancelled?
n
That was a real accomplishment
the other night in Pacific waters,
when an airplane flew from the
Illuminated deck of the airplane
carrier, Saratoga, and returned,
making a safe landing on the deck
of the carrier while it plowed
through the water.
He is blind who does not see that
in the next war the airplane will
do the business on land and water.
TINE papers continue to speak Of
i Minister BRAND and Secretary
Kellogg as the authors of the treaty
outlaWing war. but the real author
thereof is Solomon Levison, Chicago
lawyer, and he is entitled to what
ever credit there is for originating
it.
Arrest of this Ohio bootlegger
which was caused by the fact that
the officers smelled liquor on the
breath Of his COW should be a warm
ing to ali bootleggers to supply their
cattle with breath perfume.
President Gil of Mexico has
started a great campaign to edu-
cate the poems and Indians and If
it succeeds, Mexico will have won-
derful bunch of hammer throwers,
pole vaulters and football players
inside Of the next four years.
Russia has stopped a plot by the
hotels of Moscow to rob American
tc is, but that's by no means re-
stricted to Moscow In fact, it might
be called the European plan
tt Il
1T should not take former Gov
L nor Al Smith long to wipe out
the 1923 campaign deficit, at the
rate he's getting for his magazine
writings-$2 a word.
n
When people speak Of the French
debt as being the result of mutual
concessions by the two countries,
they mean that this country threw
off half of what France owed us and
then France threw off the other half.
4
The attorneys in this Shook case
over at Columbus, o.. would better
search the father of his victim, for
he irnpresses one as being a south
ern gentleman who might be very
quick on the trigger, particularly if
the jury should not give Shook the
chair.
Eugene ONeil, the playwright.
who married the French actress.
agreed to live the next thirteen years
in France, which is about twelve
years longer than such weddings
usually last
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Daily Thought

But he forsoOk the counsel
which the old men gave him, and
took counsel with the young men
that were brought up with him.
that stood before him.--I Chron-
icles 1913.
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REASON
: BY Frederick lands

He is Blind Who Does Not
See That the Airplane WIZ
DO the Business on Land
and Water in the Neat
War.
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MATURE is full of freaks, and
~ now puts mold head on young
shoulders, and then a young heart
beating under four score years. -
Emerson.
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The attorneys in this Shook case
over at Columbus, O.. would better
search the father of his victim, for
he inpresses one as being a south
ern gentleman who might be very
quick on the trigger, particularly if
the jury should not give Shook the
chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

President Gil of Mexico has
started a great campaign to edu-
cate the poems and Indians and If
it succeeds. Mexico will have a Won
derful bunch of hammer throwers,
pole vaulters and football players
inside Of the next four years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

Russia has stopped a plot by the
hotels of Moscow to rob American
tc is, but that's by no means re-
stricted to Moscow In fact, it might
be called the European plan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

1T should not take former Gov
l. nor Al Smith long to wipe out
the 1923 campaign deficit, at the
rate he's getting for his magazine
a word.
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When people speak Of the French
debt as being the result of mutual
by the two countries,
they mean that this country threw
off half of what France owed us and
then France threw off the other half.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-30

DID Houdini die under an opera
ton?
He died in Detroit, Oct. 81, 1926,
of peritonitis caused by a ruptured
appendix. He was operated on
Oct. Is.
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THIS new twenty million dollar
4 grain corporation should help
stabilize prices and enable the farm
er to market his produce so he can
get fair share thereof.
Now he gets about one-fourth of
what he produces in grain and a
much smaller proportion of what he
produces in fruit, all of which is pill
lage instead Of prosperity.