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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Vices Into Virtues

CHAW once said through the
~ mouthpiece Of a character in one
of his plays Il quote it from men,
orU: IF you've got a vice you
can't get rid Of, make virtue of it. y
I doubt most dreadfully whether the
gambling instinct can be eradicated
in our lifetime by any sort of legiS-
lation.
Accordingly, I think it would be
wise for the government to turn
this passion to its own advantage
and to the advantage of the COM
munity.
Specifically, suggest that the in
come tax be abolished and that all
necessary funds for federal expenses
be raised by government lottery.
This would be the easiest of all
taxes to collect. The money would
roll in profusely and nobody would
be under the necessity of going
through elaborate calculations with
pad and pencil on the afternoon Of
every March Is.
We could dispense, then, with COL
lectors and all the officials who in
vite you down to discuss the return
you made or didn't make in 1924.
Mellon would have no trouble at
all in thinking up inspiring slogans.
The official communique could say,
why go to Harlem to be skinned
in the number of game? Be pa
triotic gambler and risk your money
with Uncle SAM"
The United States Is big and
prosperous country and easily could
afford to take a lower rakeof than
any of the amateur lottery makers.
If anybody objects that this would
be very immoral and serve to en-
courage gambling, I can only an
swer that gamblers need very little
encouragement and that Uncle Sam
is implicated In a game of chance
by taxing stock sales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Due to Gambling

ECONOMISTS agree that at least
- the panic phases of the great
decline may be attributed to the
evil consequences of gambling. And
in the situation there will be an at
tempt to discourage the public
from ever again indulging in a pas
sion for games Of chance.
Yet it is quite possible to argue
that instead of having less gambling
we should have more.
Perhaps our present difficulties
arise from the fact that we have
been too cavalier in checking what
is after all a deeply rooted human
instinct.
In England, for instance, the
white collar class goes in very
heavily for race track betting. But
in this same group the stock market
plunge is far less common.
Here it is rather difficult to get
bet down on a horse and so the
man with small sum to risk has
been tempted to trust it to some
thing gilt-edged like United Cor
poration or Standard Brands.
In the long run which community
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE.
-
Physician Can Tell If Child Is Normal

Besides these factors known as
physical factors, there are the men
tai traits of the child. The term
insanity" practically has disap-
peared from the considerations Of
experts in mental diseases but they
recognize all degrees of mental
capacity from complete idiocy or i'm
becility to the extraordinary &C.
centricities associated not infre-
Quently with great geniuses.
Before one can be certain that
the child Is a normal child, it Is
necessary%to find the capacity of
the child physically and mentally
and to find whether it falls within
the limits that are generally con-
sidered normal. This means that
the normal child is one like most
other children.
To find out whether a child Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
7 Temperance

TN the same way think that the
l. United States should be willing
by now to admit that 1t is extremely
difficult to end the traffic in alco-
holic beverages.
Applying the Shaw theory once
again, it would seem the part OF wis
dom for government to regulate the
traffic and incidentally derive a
revenue while promoting the cause
of true temperance.
trust that the drys will appre~
ciate the fact that there must be a
new examination of prohibition In
the light Of recent events. The old
argument used to be that our pros
perity was brought about by Vol
steadism. II prosperity Is nov
passing, as seems not impossible. it
would be only logical for prohibition
to go along with 1t.
There is good economic reason
now to end the dry regime. In a
period of defiation it Is not well that
the community should spend so
much on liquor.
Professor Irving Fisher has COM
piled figures to prove that there Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

normal physically, it is necessary
to consult a competent physician
and he can make his decision only
on the basis of physical eXamina-
ton.
The examination of the mind does
not necessarily require a specialist
in diseases of the mind.
1t is possible for teachers who
have had some training in the eX-
animation of children, for ply
sicians who have some knowledge
of psychology, and particularly for
psychologists to determine whether
the reactions of the child's mind are
normal reactions.
Should these reactions be found
defective, it may be necessary to
consult psychiatrist to determine
the nature of the mental defect or
disturbance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

TINE average patient Is not 50
IL much interested in the unusual
child as in his own, which means
to say that the vast majority Of
children come within the group
known as normal.
However, there is seldom nor
NAL child who is perfect. 1nvesti-
cations made of applicants for the
army during the World war indi-
Gated that high percentage had all
sorts of minor disturbances, varying
from flat feet and enlarged tonsils
to defects Of the heart action and
of the abdominal organs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

physically possibly injure many
mentality.
Why can't We still help those IN
need? I've seen a few buddies who
have died in your city and mine fol-
want of care. Is it right? Have we
forgotten? Can we ex-service men
get jobs as quick as others? No.
have had to give up job after job be-
cause of poor health, forever a worry
to me and my family.
Just like others, I've tried to get
compensation since 1921, but have
not. The red tape is too long. Soon
they'll wonder if it's the World war
or the Civil war they're trying to
get pension from.
There is certain amount Of shell
shock and gas that always will
handicap the boys who did the
fighting on the line and were not
in the battle Of Cognac in gay Paree
Il was never in Paris.
One of the Old Wild West
Ninety first) Division.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
THEORY. whose philosophical

| A THEORY, whose philosophical
n implications are destined, IN
all probability to be more far-reach-
ing than either the Einstein theory
or the Schroedinger wave mechanics.
is the Bohr- Heisenberg principle of
uncertainty.
The Einstein theory made the
word absolute almost meaning
less in the physical world. Measure
ments Of space, time and mass all
became quantities which changed
with the motions of the observer.
According to Schroedinger, wave
mechanics, the electrons and atoms
of matter are only pulsations-of
what, no one is quite sure. Perhaps,
they are pulSations of electricity.
Schroedinger calls the pulsations
Psi, one of the letters of the Greek
alphabet and let's it go at that.
Psi is close enough for Schroe-
dinger, because he can use the Greek
letter as a mathematical symbol and
write equations to tell how the atom
| behaves.
For the average layman, however,
Psi is as bewildering and as amaz-
ing as is the Einstein theory.
But physicists have dealt the most
telling blow to old-fashioned notions
of the universe with -HeiSen-
berg principle of uncertainty.
Bohr and Heisenberg are two of
the most eminent European physi-
| ciStS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

What Would Motherhood Be
If 1t Operated on the Idea
Of Dividends, or Heroisn1 If
1t Considered the Return?
SAYS

NEONEY talks. That is why the
1v1 cut has had such reassurine
effect. When Uncle sam proposes 6
slash of $160,o0o,0o0 he bets that
business will be as good next year as
it was this year.
People have confidence in fore
cast backed up that way.
They feel that the government
wouldn't be taking such chances il
it were not certain of it's ground.
Money talks not only to investors
but to criminals and law enforce
ment officers.
Sometimes it talks too loudly, and
in the wrong way.
Four hundred thousand dollars
worth of jewelry and geegaws lure
seven bandits to raid party in
Buffalo.
Reasoning from cause to effect,
one member of that party offers
5000 for each bandit alive, or $10,-
900 dead.
His viewpoint is understandable,
but is it wise to put such a premium
on gun play?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
CT qnCe

"ITNHE original conception of the
Il relation between cause and eff
feet which was accepted universally
in science has lost its meaning"
writes DR.. Irving Langmuir, one of
Americas most distinguished phys
icists, in Science, official journal Of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
In its place we have today the
laws of chance.
atomic processes" DR.. Langmuir
continues, seem to be governed
fundamentally by the laws of prob
ability.
"It has no meaning to ask when
will a particular radium atom dis
integrate, for no operation is con-
ceivable by which such event could
be predictedP
1t is the feeling of DR.. Langmuir
and his associates that because OF
the inability to measure both the
position and the velocity Of an cleo
tron, it is not possible to predict
what an electron or an atom is go
ing to do next.
The reader will object to this, on
the grounds that cause and effect
seem well established in most phe-
nomena.
To this, the scientist answers that,
in ordinary phenomena, we are deal
ing with millions upon millions Of
atoms. The effect is the result Of a
statistical average.
According to the law Of prob
ability, it is possible to predict what
the great majority of atoms will dc
in any given circumstances. But the
scientists now insist that it is i'm
possible to make a prediction for
any single atom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
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| ANNlVER$ARY|
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Nov. 16
NN Nov. 16, 1864, Major General
" william Tecumseh Sherman's
army started on its famous march
from Atlanta to the sea.
The army stretched out at times
for a length of sixty miles. The
country along the march was almost
devastated. Sherman reached Sa-
vannah on Dec. IL and it was sur
rendered on Dec. 81.
In February, Sherman resumed
his march, turning northward
through South Carolina with his
army of nearly 100000 men, and
on Feb. II, 1865, entered Columbia.
On the same day. the Confed-
crates evacuated Charleston, which
was occupied the following day by
Federals. He then pushed on into
North Carolina, repulsing various
attempts by General Joseph f.
Johnston to check him.
On April 18, Sherman received the
surrender of Johnston at Durham 6
Station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
MANY individuals have been held

MANY individuals have been held
I'VE responsible for the stock mar
ket crash. Some have mentioned
Jesse Livermore and a few have
spoken with bitterness of President
Hoover's fairly recent market letter.
My friend Morris Ernst, the law
yer, introduces new culprit. He is
inclined to blame it all on Charles
E. Hughes.
To be sure, Hughes stands to some
extent as a symbol. His activities
in New York state did much to
make race track gambling difficult
and if Governor Hughes did not
succeed in ending the improvement
of the thoroughbred at least, he
drove it under cover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Daily Thought

To him that overcometh will /
grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as i also overcame.-Reve-
lationS 1921.
q
A strenuous soul hates cheap sue
cess. 1t is the ardor of the asSailan
that makes the rigor Of the defend
ant-Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

is better off? 1t seems to me best
to recognize the gambling instinct
and legalize it.
To be sure, the small better at the
English track quite often sacrifices
his all, but I doubt If any meeting
has ever spread losses so widely
through the community as our re-
cent Wall Street crash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
TT SEEMS TO ME By HT aFo0S

only 10 or Is per cent as much
drinking as formerly. This consti-
tutes a terrific indictment of Vol
steadism. In the old days beer was
5 cents a glass. Today cocktails
cost a dollar.
This, according to my mathe-
mates, indicates that we are spend
ing far more for rum than ever be-
fore. The only way for the nation
to economic is to turn wet again.
Copyright. 1929. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Meaning

a CCORDING to the Bohr- Hell
L n Senberg principle of uncertain
ty, the old idea of cause and effect
lost their meaning in the field of the
electron.
More than that, 1t is fundamen-
tally impossible to say what an cleo
iron is.
1t has been known within the last
year or so that in some experiments
the electron seems to be particle.
In others. however, it seems to be
a wave. Which is right2
To answer this question, we would
have to be able to measure both
the position and velocity Of an cleo
tron. But we can not do this.
If we measure the position of the
electron, we must sacrifice the
attempt to get at its velocity. If we
measure the velocity, we can not
determine the position of the cleo
iron.
And-this is the important fact
according to the principle of I'M
certainty, We never will be able to do
both. 1t is not merely a question
of not yet knowing how.
According to this principle, which
is now accepted by leading physicists
of the world, the nature Of the uni
verse is such that it never will be
possible to do 50.
Now, let us see how the principle
of uncertainty changes our old idea
of cause and effect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Questions
and AnS7OerS

What were the ten best pictures
in 1928?
A newspaper critics consensus
shows: THE Patriot" "Sorrell and
Son" "The Last Command" -Four
Sons" Street Angel, THE Circus,
Sunrise" 1.-The Crowd" 1.-The King
of Kings" and Sadie Thompson" g.
the leading ten.
When and where were the first
forks for table use made?
The first table forks we're made IL
France about the middle of the
fourteenth century. The first silver
fork was made in England in 1852
and is engraved with the crests o.
the Manners and Montague families.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's. and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Money Not First

1T is right and just that men who
Il do worthwhile things should re-
ceive adequate compensation.
At the same time there are things
which must be done without the
thought of compensation.
What would motherhood be If it
operated on the idea of dividends, or
heroism if it considered the return?
There are values that can not
be translated into dollars and cents.
Milton got only five pounds ster-
ling for Paradise Lost" And Simon
Bolivar died in a borrowed night
shirt. Washington gambled his
fortune for American liberty, and
Roger Williams chose exile in a
New England winter rather than
sacrifice his convictions.
The world would not be what 1t is
today if its leaders had put money
first.
We often speak of civilization as
though it were the result of pros
perity, but that is putting the cart
before the horse.
Men learn to read and write be-
fore they learn to make machines
Suppose they had stopped because
they couldn't see how the reading
and writing paid; suppose they had
been content to go on with the
fighting and plunderirg which did
pay; suppose the poets, the paint
ers and the prophets had given up;
where would we be?
If we scrap their idealism, where
will our children be?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
Character Is Important

IN spite of the full dinner pail,
l. character building is still i'm
portant.
If anything, it is more important
today than ever before.
The instrumentalities at our COM
mand tend to increase rather than
diminish personal responsibility.
The man who drives an 80-horse
power engine through the streets
needs to be more careful than the
man who drove an OK cart.
Neither will any traffic system
that ever has been, or can be, de-
vised relieve him of his duty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

Is the metric system used In
Sweden? What is the unit Of length
corresponding to mile?
The metric system Is used In
Sweden. The kilometer is the urit
of length corresponding to the En-
glish mile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

1t Is Fundamentally fmpoSSi-
bic for Scientists to Say
Eractlg What an Electron
Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16

Who played the part Of Noah In
aNoah's Ark"
Paul McAllister.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-23

which gather force with continued and
uninterrupted exercise. This law is
exemplitied in both public speaking
and private conversation. Excitement
increases with repeated vibrations of
the vocal cords.
The public speaker should be for
given almost anything he says from
the platform because when he speaks
he is about nine-tenths of his audi
ence and about one-tenth himself. he
also should be forgiven If, later, he de-
MES what he said or that he said It,
because then he is about nine-tenths
himself and one-tenth his public.
In either or both cases he should
be forgiven but not trusted too far
because In the public address he is
the more or less unconscious mouth
piece of massed thoughts and emo
tons, while later he is merely an ego
reacting from the influence of a mob.
Almost any audience is mob In en-
bryo. That the embryo seldom ma
lures is due to the inherent dread of
the fusion of Municipalities and the
confusion of each individual.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-23
Combination of Brain
and Drawn Is Common

Unusually smart children are taller
and stronger and weigh more than
less intelligent boys and girls. tests
among New York public school pupils
showed. The experiments were un.
dertaken by Columbia university
professor to disprove the belief that
the minds of geniuses are housed in
puny bodies.
At the age of about ten years, says
Popular Science Monthly, the average
height of the clever Children was 52.9
inches, as against 51.2 inches for the
less gifted ones, ana the average
weight of the prodigies was IA pounds
as compared with G3.9 pounds for the
others.
Strength measurements showed that
a good brain is usually accompanied
by a strong right arm. The bright
children had an average grip of SOIL
pounds, as compared with 51.5S for
the duller pupils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-23
Language Somewhat Mixed

The Portuguese language is Ro
nance language resembling the Span
ish and paralleling ii rather closely in
grammar. The Portuguese vocabulary
shows a considerable borrowing from
the French. According to the latest
estimates there seem to be II vowel
sounds and some 26 consoIinntal
sounds. One lof the most marked iea.
lures of Portuguese as compared with
other Romance languages is the loss
of the intervOcalic '1' and m. thus
"Quaes" represents the Latin "quales"
and ''pessoa" the Latin persona" An
interesting phenomenon of Portuguese
is the appearance of a personal or in
flected infinitive. which makes possible
a very succinct construction compar-
able to the Latin accusative and in
finitive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-23
Audience Before Him Sways Public Speaker

Public speaking may be an art, but
It certainly is necessary evil. 1t
must be evil because almost everybody
deplores it. Ii must be necessary be-
cause there is so much of it. Why IL
is necessary we do not know, James
Warnack declares. in the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Speaker and audience are about
equally responsible for their mutual
boredom. Speaker and audience both
are self-hypnotized. In reality, they
are practically one, the speaker stand
ing in the same relation to his audi
ence that mans voice stands to its
owner and operator. The public
speaker usually is merely the mouth
piece of his audience, saying the things
his hearers like and want to say, but
which he can say better for them.
Much as a man, when speaking, puts
himself into his voice. so an audience,
when listening. throws itself into the
mind. heart and voice of the speaker.
Speaking may be caused by thought,
but the act of speaking is an emo
tOnal operation, an emotion and act
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-23
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