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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
TT SEEMS TO ME By HB BTo1T

jus5 a shade literary They are
more conscious than Some Like
Them Cold, Harmony" and 1.-THE
Golden Honeymoon, which happen
to be my faVoriteS.
Lardner's earliest work which is
represented in Round Up" along
with later stories, is on the surface
entirely farcical. There never was
any need of a Sherlock Holmes to
point out that underneath this
seemingly humorous layer was an
other of tragic irony.
Some Like Them Cold" for in
stance, is one of the few stories i'll
the world which makes me laugh
out loud as I read it. But when
the thing is done, I know it for an
actually Misunderstanding tale.
The bitterness which lies in prac-
tically every story Lardner writes
used to be held in solution. Even
in the fizzy stories there was q
pleasing bite.
I'm not for straight lemon juice.
In story like Champion" it
seems to me that Lardner has said
to himself, Nov I will show them
100-proof bitterness"
And in this tale I feel that he has
overeached himself. Irony ought TO
be thin bladed. 1t should pierce
the consciousness and not crush the
skull descending in the form of
heavy girderS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

Clouds form when the water vapor condenses out
of the atmosphere Clouds are composed either of
very minute droplets of water of tiny crystals Of
ice.
Clouds form in the sky for reason which is SINH
lar to the formation of the dew the ground They
form because decrease in temperature has brought
the air to The dewpoint, the point where it can no
longer hold all the moisture water vapor which
has been dissolved in ii.
The sky seldom is cloudless. The shapes which
clouds assume are never ending. But 1t is possible,
nevertheless to group clouds into classes according
to certain general characteristics
Clouds be grouped in a general way by the
heights at which they appear in the sky.
The highest clouds Of all are the cirrus clouds,
sometimes called mares tails.
The cirrus clouds consist of thin feathery wisps
and bands.
Even in the warmest weather these clouds consist
OF tiny needles of ice. for they at attitudes rang
ing from three 10 six miles where the temperature
ranges from IS to 100 degrees Fahrenheit below zero
The cirrus clouds usually are announcers of storms
for they originate in storm mass, but because OF
their great speed usually arrive ahead of the storm
Clouds allied to the cirrus clouds. but at lower
levels are the cirrocumulus and alto-cuulus clouds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Sinclair Hangs On

Harry Sinclair in jail probably will be much the
same sort of chairman of his oil companies he
has been out of jail The presence of bars and bolts
about him will make difference in the nature of
mis- official decisions In that respect the point of view
OF his directors who urge him to remain at the head
OF his company is easy to understand.
1t is more difficult to understand why Mr.. SIN
clair has continued at the head of this company dur
ing the last five six years. There is some reason
to believe the answer lies in the fact that directors,
not stockholders, have made the decision.
Directors serving under Robert w. Stewart of the
board of the Standard Oil Company Of Indiana, were
urgent also that Stewart retain his position. When
stockholders were given chance to express their
views, the verdict was different.
Business is an institution fundamentally dependent
upon mutual faith 1t will be interesting to note how
the business of Mr. Sinclair thrves from year to year
the people affected get opportunity to voice the
opinions they have formulated about him since he
became known to front page fame.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Receding Chin D0esn't Mean Weakness

and wear constantly a beard IN or
der to hide from the world the alb
sence of a prominent chin.
A forward projecting chin, on the
contrary, is regularly believed to
indicate pugnaciousness and a true
ulent spirit,
The anthropoid apes and savages
of Ethiopian types have pro8nathic
or forward projecting lower jaws.
The animal about to give battle
usually pushes forward the promi-
nent jaw
No doubt the idea that reced-
ing chin means weakness arose by
contrast with the battling character
assumed to be associated with the
chin that prOtruded forward.
Just as a considerable number
of men with weak chins have had
strength and the mental power to
make other people believe it, so also
many a man with projecting chin
has been able to impress upon the
world a strength that he did not
actually possess. The world is far
too prone to judge by appearances.
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these things can not ordinarily have
any effect upon its mentality pre-
viOus to birth.
However, the idea that a receding
chin is a sign of weakness is we'll
grounded in centuries of supersti-
lions and beliefs.
There is an old aphorism that il
a person believes a thing hard
enough that thing will become true.
1t is likely that the ages of belief
in this notion produce in the atti-
tude of parents, of friends and of
neighbcrs toward the infant with a
receding chin form of relationship
which causes the child himself soon
err or later to adopt their point Of
view.
However, there are innumerable
instances recorded in which persons
with receding chins have been strong
enough mentally to overcome such
an attitude, and to develop eventu
ally the belief Of others in their
powers.
So fixed is this notion that many
man has been forced to cultivate
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| ANNIVERSARY
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A S15,OOO,O0O PURCHASE
April 30

NNE hundred and twenty-six
" years ago today the United
States purchased the Louisiana ter
ritory from France for $15,000,O00.
BY virtue of this purchase more
land than was contained in the
original thirteen states was brought
under American sovereignty. And
largely because Napoleon needed
money for the war which was brew
ing with England, and could not
afford to experiment further with
his plans for an American colony.
BY the terms Of the purchase
treaty signed April 3d. 1903, the
boundaries of the land acquired by
the United States were not specific.
A subsequent treaty with Spain
settled it's extreme southern Dor
ders and one with England was
necessary to define its extent to the
northwest.
If all the territory directly or in
directly acquired by this treaty be
included, however, it may be said
that this $15,oOO,OO0 spent by the
jefferson administration brought
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska,
North and South Dakota, Mime
sofa, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana, Idaho, Oregan and Wash
ington into the Union, at least with
their ultimate boundaries.
Today is also the anniversary Of
the admission of the state of Louisi-
ana to the Union on April 80, 1912.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
~ ICKLESS"

" ICKLESS" alcohol, mall
"a picked up by airplanes as they
fly, radios for automobiles and TO-
000-ton ships are among the things
predicted in the news as just over
the horizon.
England bids for permanent con-
troll OF the sea, we are informed by
the Daily Mail, with the construc-
ton of such gigantic and luxurious
ocean liners as we're never before
knOWn-liners, with rock gardens,
marble baths, telephones for every
room and rea palm gardens.
The automobile of tomorrow, if
one may judge from current an
nouncements, will be equipped with
radio set, as well as bouquet
holder, SO that the occupants may
listen as they ride, while postmen
of the sky will pick up mail bags, or
toss them out, as they wing their
way over hill and dale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Nations Raw Spots

A GRICULTURE, coal mining and
n the textile industry constitute
the three rawest spots in this ma
ton. The millions of people who
depend on them receive lower re-
turns than the rest.
There seems to be no sound eco
nomic reason for such a situation.
Why should the farmer, the weav-
er or the coal miner get less for an
equal amount of work than garage
mechanics or steel mill workers, not
to mention railroad men?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Modern and BarbariC
TITO contemplate the achievements
promised bv science is both

ITO contemplate the achievements
A. promised by science is both
thrilling and reassuring.
There seems nothing but straight
forward progress in what men are
doing to overcome their physical
limitations,
Only when we come to what they
are doing to each other because of
prejudice, or intolerance, does the
picture assume a gloomy aspect.
1t is hard to reconcile the broad
minded experimenting which guides
the world of commerce with the
minded peevishness which
still influences men in their rela-
ton to each other.
Aviation, radio or the modern hos
pital do not seem to belong in the
same age with such barbaric cpl
sodeS as still characterize our daily
life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Quotations of NOtabIeS

question that we have today in large
measure an American merchant
marine. 1t is a matter Of official
statistical record that between IS
and 40 per cent Of our international
commerce today is carried in vessels
under the American flag
Lee Jahncke, navy department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Raising Wage Level

IT is to be admitted that the coal
L problem has been made doubly
acute because of oil, that the in
dustry is over-manned and over
capitalized and that large num-
mber of miners must be let out be-
fore production and wages can be
stabilized.
It is to be admitted, also, that
agriculture is Handicapped by a sur
plus.
When it comes to the textile in
dustry, however, no such a condi-
ton prevails. Those in control of
that industry seem to be in a posi-
ton where they could raise the level
of wages if they would,
While this might involve increased
prices, it would also produce in
creased markets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Labor and the South

COUTHERN mill owners claim
- they have won the textile strike
and impartial observers are inclined
to agree.
Be that as it may, the strike has
not been in vain.
Not only have undesirable con-
ditions been brought to light, but a
foundation has been laid for their
improvement.
The mill owners will help in this
if they are wise.
No business can prosper in these
days on the bent back of impover-
ished workers.
While miracles are not to be eX-
pected, the wage level of the tex
tile industry in the south gradually
can be raised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Dancer Of Slice

XXTHEN a man begins to write
w for posterity he can't help
pressing just little. His wrists
get ahead of the swing He is likely
to slice or pull, for there is no ease
in him. Happy is the man who
writes upon the sand, for he need
not worry about his adjectives.
Lardner has been put under ter
rife pressure. In the beginning he
was the joy and consolation Of peo-
pie who read his stuff for. the fun
of it. Whether it was literature or
not never bothered them. I doubt
if it bothered Lardner very much.
I don't mean to say that ne was
not always a careful workman with
personal standards which he re-
spected. But in the early days of
his career. the critics left him alone.
Within the last four or five years he
has become fit subject for essays in
the New Republic
Lardner has kept his head up in
spite of the numerous pats be-
slowed upon it. But I would not
say that he has gone scotfree. To
my eye, there is slight tightening
in the method. The stories which
are most applauded are generally
those which I like best
I have sat in with many little
groups in which the work Of Ring
w. Lardner has been dished up for
discussion, and very often I hear
Haircut and Champion" put for
ward as his best work His most
significant if you please.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
ASSOCIATION and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

heaJIh magazine,
A man may have a receding chin
-popularly supposed to be a sign
of weakness-due to a great many
different causes.
In the first place the centers Of
ossification from which the bones of
the body are developed may be in
terfered with in some manner due
to intoxication by poisons or by
other methods so that the bone Of
the lower jaw does not develop.
In other instances, malformatiOns
of the body of the mother may in
terfere with proper development Of
various portions of the body of the
infant.
In still other cases, the infant may
assume such a position previous to
birth that pressure on its tissues will
prevent their growth.
Obviously, the infant is in no way
responsible for such disorders and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Basis of Prosperity
THE basis Of our prosperity is

ME OASIS Vi OuI prosperity 10 G1le
4 buying power of the public.
Anything that increases that buy
ing power makes for prosperity.
We overlook what is to our own
advantage when we let any great
industry operate on a lower wage
level than is necessary.
The idea that we gain by getting
vegetables cheap from poorly paid
farmers, or by getting cloth cheap
from poorly paid textile workers is
false.
Any considerable section of the
people which works for such low
wages that 1t can not afford ordin-
airy comforts and conveniences
means loss to the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

I e r e n t types of
clouds, not only for
their beauty. but for
{ h e information
which they convey
about the weather.
First of all, it is
important that a
mistaken notion of
the nature of clouds
be dispelled.
Clouds do n o t
consist of W a I e r
vapor. Water vapor
is water which has
evaporated or been
dissolved in the air.
Consequently it is
invisible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

"CONGRESs can do anything it
" chooses. Senator Tom Heflin
of Alabama.
1.-THE man is rare who tells his
wife everything that happened be-
fore he met her."-Gilda Gray,
dancer. Outlook
what if we do have these gang
sters shooting each other off be-
cause of bootlegging? That is just
what we want. "-Pussyfoot john
son, prohibition lecturer.
1.-THE agricultural implement peo-
pie today are getting very close to a
machine that will pick cotton. That
will displace large amount of
labor. Robert P. Lamont, secre-
tary of commerce.
THE rapidity with whics
labor saving machinery is spt2
throughout industry, and ever0
occupations never before inVat 2
any kind of machinery, is some.-
to give us genuine concern. james
j. Davis, secretary of labor.
=
II would not exchange the period
in which I have lived for any other
in the worlds history. Andrew w.
Mellon, secretary Of the treasury.
at is not wise to give too much
advice to the young. Lady Aston.
Il do not think there can be any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
Daily Thought

Then / looked on all the works
that my hands had wrought, and
on the labor that l had labored
TO do; and, behold, all was van
ity and vexation of spirit, and
there was no profit under the sun.
-Eccl. 2:11.
81 q
A COCK, having found a pearl
"A said that a grain of corr
would be Of more value to him.
Pierre Leroux.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
And Texas Went Free

TEXAS GUINAN goes free and
Il Helen Morgan goes free, but
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett is con-
victed.
You sometimes wonder where we
are going with all this regulation.
When personal conduct and NOR
atty are prescribed by an act en-
titled an act, no one can tell where
the lightning will strike.
To ordinary folks, obscenity i'm
plies motive, as we'll as words, but
the law seems to make no such dis
tinction.
To the law, words are all-impor-
tant.
So this grandmother, who wrote
nothing but what she thought was
desirable and needed advice for her
two boys, is tagged like a dive keep
er or the author of smutty book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
estinc writer's. and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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: David Dietz on Science
Clouds Tell Weather
No. 342

CLOUDS are a never-ceaslng source Of beauty and
" the person who has failed to learn to observe
the clouds has cheated himself of one of natures
richest offerings
No two days are alike for the person who has
formed the habit of studying the clouds.
The student of the weather should know the off
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

Comment in the Atcnison Globe to the effect that
the man who talks a lot is usually unthrifty must
be wrong in one respect at least We're thinking of
the who work up interesting monologue
about most anything while the waiter is trying to
give some one the check
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
3v Frederick lands

BY Frederick lands
doorer Should Send Pershing
as Ambassador to France,
Not a Politician Like Hilles
Of Ne7O York.
ONCE this Canadian rum-runner,
- the I'm Alone, has been violat-
ing our law for years 1t seems
strange so much fuss should be
made over its destruction, but you
can't blame the Canadian minister
al Washington, for this is the only
diplomatic business he has, and,
like the young lawyer with only one
client, he must make the most OF 1t.
The strangest bed fellow observed
in the boudoir Of politics for many
years are Uncle Sam and Aguinaldo.
Until Funston captured him,
Aguinaldo led war to drive us out
of the Philippines, but now he is
the strongest advocate Of our stay
ing there.
Professor George Baker OF Yale
university is right when he says
that our national speech is becom-
ing StaccatO.
You'll appreciate the fact if you
have tire trouble after dark and try
to get another car to stop and give
you lift.
AS the American farmer reads
that the bricklayers Of New York
City lust have won a five-day week
with an increase in wages, he rea-
| lies once more than in this age
those who can not organize are lost.
1T is a great mistake for this
L group of American explorers 10
20 clear to the headWaters of the
| Orinoco river in Brazil to hunt for
tribe of white Indians.
The explorers should have stayed
at home and gone into politics.
The United States is divided into
two great classes, those who are out
ragged because this Massachusetts,
| fellow threw a bottle at Tom Helm,
and those who are enraged because
the fellow did not have a more &C
| Curate aim.
Former Governor LoWdens state
ment that the best part OF the trip
abroad is to return home is a great
consolation to those Of lis who are
attached permanently to the U. S. A.
| Tammany may discard Al Smith,
| if it feels that way about it, but 1T
will be several summers before that
organization produces another
member fit to be nominated for
President.
TORMER VICE PRESIDENT
Il DAWES has told Santo Do
mingo how to get out of debt, but
it won't amount to much unless she
! follows the plan more faithfully
than Germany did.
! We hope Mr.. Hoover does not send
Hilles OF New York, a mere poll
tician, as ambassador to Paris.
He should send General Perish
ing, our greatest world figure, and
one of the few regular army gen.
erals who is an all-round man.
4
The governments building pro-
gram should make Washington the
most beautiful city in the world.
There's only one thing wrong with
1.-THE national capital should be
nearer the center Of the United
States.
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beginning It's mistakes being brought out before
they can do permanent harm.
senate inquiry can suggest cures that are needed
Doubtless these will include better wages and working
conditions shorter hours, union recognition, safe
guards against anti-abor injunction abuses and ade
quate laws properly enforced for protection of
and children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30
SAYS:

No Business Can Prosper In
These Days on the Bent
Backs Of Impoverished
Workers.
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Going Literary

TT IS my opinion that in both
these tales the man has gone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

Frederlck lands
dOorer Should Send Pershing
as Ambassador to France,
Not a Politician Like HiIles
Of Ne7O York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

1T is great mistake for this
L group of American explorers TO
20 clear to the headWaters of the
Orinoco river in Brazil to hunt for
a tribe of white Indians.
The explorers should have stayed
at home and gone into politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

The United States is divided into
two great classes, those who are out
ragged because this Massachusetts,
fellow threw bottle at Tom Heflin
and those who are enraged because
the fellow did not have more &C
Curate aim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

Former Governor LoWden's state
ment that the best part of the trip
abroad is to return home is a great
consolation to those of lis who are
attached permanently to the U. S. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

AS the American farmer reads
that the bricklayers Of New York
City just have won a five-day week
with an increase in wages, he rea-
Lies once more than in this age
those who can not organize are lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

Professor George Baker Of Yale
university is right when he says
that our national speech is becom-
ing Staccato.
You'll appreciate the fact if you
have tire trouble after dark and try
to get another car to stop and give
you lift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-30

The governments building pro-
gram should make Washington the
most beautiful city in the world.
There's only one thing wrong with
1.-THE national capital should be
nearer the center Of the United
States.
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Tammany may discard Al Smith.
if it feels that way about it, but it
will be several summers before that
organization produces another
member fit to be nominated for
President
New Britain herald., 1929-12-03

THE NEW MU- s E U M l N P II l L A D E L PHIA A view of the gateway to the new magnlh- cent Rodin Mu- scum, the gift of the late Jules Mastbaum, to the City of Philadel- phia. The open ing ceremonies were attended by prominent states men from all parts of the country.
 (Inset) Mrs.
 Jules Mastbaun, widow of the late m otlon picture e
 magnate.
 International Newsree
Nogales international., 1929-07-02
| FEED 5000 PERSONS
July FOURTH ROOEO;
|ITH LOUD SPEAKER

rcle z Guest Ranch for the fourth an
Patagonia Volunteer Fire Department.
led that the attendance this year will
g roAeos Last year the"barbecue COM
have ordered enough beeves to feed
e opened early Thursday morning to
! he forest along the banks of Sonoita
will be. broadcasted over the field
A. VI. an address will be delivered by
Tucson, one of the states best orators.
IT NOON
ved. There will also be a concert dur
y Band, Of Nogales.
will begin with a cow-pony race which
|alf-roping events, wild horse riding,
be more than sixty entries and the e.
with loud speakers so that all specta-
|tants and the time made by each. Gus
hmber of Commerce, will be at the mi
handle the parking Of cars so that ev-
Id.
the annual dance will be held at Pata-
R5th Infantry orchestra.
hartman Of the committee On arrange
the Circle z ranch, is rodeo director.
nmittees follows:
1on1.Yoa11 concessions