davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

wholesale lambasting on Mothers day. The oppor-
tunity was too good to be passed up laundering de-
nunciation came from many pulpit.
The mother Of yesteryear was all that is pure and
sweet and noble and sef-sacrifcng She devoted her
life to her husband and her children Outside diver
sion held no lure for her. The family circle"
place where love and peace and joy forever regned
But why, in recalling this, is it necessary to hold
up today's mothers examples of almost everything
that mothers should not be? They are frivolous and
Eighty, we are told. They smoke cgarets. They
spend their time playing bridge and running around
to movies and clubs, when they should be at home
darning papas socks or exerting bengnant in1u-
ence on the souls Of Jimmie and Susie Their skirts
are too short They put the children in day nurseries
or send them to summer camps. And so on.
Most of which is absurd. 1t is true that times
have changed and it was inevitable that family life
should have changed along with everything else. 1t
does not follow necessarily that the change has been
for the worse, or that the character of women has
deteriorated.
The mother Of a few generations ago had a pretty
tough time of it. More than likely she was drudge
for the family, toiling from dawn till dark. She
had few comforts, and fewer conveniences.
She cooked, and washed, and wove, and spun. She
struggled to give her children more than she herself
had had She probably bore many more children
than was good for her and all too often sacrificed
her health her youth and found herself ready for
the chimney corner at rs Or She was self-sacr1c
ing, truly, and it all taken for granted.
The much-maligned modern mother has such
hardshps She has washing machine and cleo
trio sweeper Clothes mostly ready made Food is
abundant and easily prepared She has a radio and
an automobile and time to enjoy them. Unlike her
grandmother. she find leisure to enjoy the So
ciety of other and get little fun out of life.
Why condemn mothers if they take advantage of
opportunities to be something more than household
slaves? For our part We would not have the old days
return
And the love Of mothers for their children has not
changed nor are sacrinceS for them any less The
sacrifices are not so burdensome, perhaps, because
they need not be, but todays mother is just about
the same sort of person that her grandmother was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
The Pardon Power

Contrasting strongly with his advertised at
titnde of being hard boiled is the parole OF
the Butler student from prison by Governor
Leslie. The youth Shot and killed Negro po-
Gceman. He had served comparatively brief
sentence.
There may be those who viii disagree with
the Governor as to this particular parole, but
there should be none to censure the new attl-
tude which he takes toward the prisoners in
the penal institutions
There will undoubtedly he those who sug-
gest that the killing Of policemen and officers
Of the law is very grave offense, and that the
killing Of policeman is worse, if possible, from
a social viewpoint. than the killing of private
citizen
Others may suggest that mercy IN such
case viii be an incentive to other boys to
become careless or ruthless.
The explanation of the Governor seems the
better way He says that the power to pardon
and forgive is to be extended to those VINO
give promise Of becoming useful if given an
other chance His statement clearly negatives
snv suggestion that the fact that the at
fOrneVS who 0etenQe0 tne NOuJH dt MS ILi"i
we're his close political and personal friends
had anv influence whatever on his decision
Now that the Governor has learned that the
pardon power IS lodged in the executive for the
purpose of salvagiug human shipwrecks for
the benefit Of society it may not be too much
TO expect that very soon he will take cogni-
zance of the fact that an 18.year-old girl IS
serving a sentence Of from two to fourteen
wears in the peniteptary for the forging Of
two-doIar-and- eighty-cent check, from which
she actually received but a couple of oranges.
This Daisy Sullivan was reared in poverty.
Her education was slight. Her motherless child
hood gave little opportunity for moral guild
ance.
Surely the great state of Indiana who re-
leased, with its best wishes and its ardent pray
ers a youth who had killed policeman will not
refuse this girl who forged check when hun
CRY another chance.
The Governor is on the right track and the
right policy. Let it be hoped that he applies
it to the Bloomfield girl whose sentence might
almost come under that forbidden classification
of "cruel and unusual punishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14


poles because they at higher attitudes at the
cquator)
Because Of the low temperatures Of the cirrus
clouds they consist of tiny crystals except for
very occasional exceptions.
Cirrus clouds take many forms Usually they look
like curled tufts OF hair or feathers Occasionally
they are arranged in long bands A familiar form is
known popularity as mares tales
The cirrus clouds is a thin shallow cloud of fine
crystals which have been drawn out by the wind
into more or less parallel. fine Streaks.
Cirrus clouds seem to form when air which is at
high level and contains very little moisture, rises to
still higher and colder level.
This causes the air to expand and be cooled still
further. AS a result it not hold the small
amount Of moisture in it. This moisture condenses
out and because Of the extremely low temperature,
freezes This thin cirrus clouds are the result.
Cirrus clouds are fairly good weather indicator
and for that reason the amateur student OF the
weather should learn to observe them.
When the cirrus clouds slowly disappear, it is usu-
ally sign that clear weather be expected for the
next day or two.
But when the cirrus clouds begin to increase and
thicken merging into a continuous sheet, it usually
that rain or snow depending the season of
the year, can be expected within few hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Not Free Love Tract

XKTORD has also gone about that
w Mrs. Dement'S book is a
yelled defense of free love. The pub
lie prosecutor went so far as to call
it communism" in his summation
for the jury. But there is nothing
in the book to justify this.
Indeed, it seems to me that Mrs.
bennett falls into a somewhat con-
sentative sentimentality in dealing
with this phase Of sex.
The young people are told, for in
stance, that 1T is only human be-
ings whose mating is what we call
falling in love and that is an eX-
perience far beyond anything the
animals know" Mrs. bennett does
not explain just how one can be
certain as to what animals know.
Warning against vice is severe and
explicit. 1t seems to me that the
book errs in this respect somewhat
on the side of those who feel that
virtue best can be promoted by~in-
sitting fear.
It is unfair for me to be captious-
ly critical of Mrs. Dennett's book as
ultra conservative. Obviously, her
book is more advanced than the
courts will allow at the moment.
Rumor has it that the conviction
rested largely upon single para
graph, but there is no evidence Of
this, nor can I find any passage
in the book peculiarly calculated to
shock Judge and jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
An Imnortant Anneal

Governor Leslie has been asked to restore the
right of free speech and free assembage in the coal
fields Of Indiana.
The statement itself is startling enough. These
are rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution
They form the main reasons for the Constitution
But more amazing is the fact that the denial OF
these fundamental rights charged to the courts and
the appeal to the Governor is for protection against
an injunction issued in this county far from the scene
Of controversy.
The basis of the controversy is debatable. 1t
comes from a difference of opinion between the
officials of the United Mine Workers of America and
large numbers of workers. who after long months OF
idleness. chose to return to work and have formed
another union. evidently more to their liking
The rights of workers to organize is well estab-
lished The right of collective bargaining is now ao-
mitted by even the most reactonary. But 1t may be
suggested that the right of collective bargaining
depends entirely upon the voluntary agreement of
those for whom the bargain is made and that every
worker and every group of workers must always have
the right to select their form Of organization and
have voice in the selection Of those who negotiate
II 4eir behalf There can never be any power within
snv organization which keeps men tied to bargains
AGAINST their will or takes from them the right to
secede when those selected to represent them no
longer have their confidence or represent their best
interests
from anv particular union Communists merely
copes an old trick Of the Socalled capalisc class
They may have been hungry men who wanted work
Thev NAV have believed that the economic situation
Of the coal industry in this state such that the
demands by their union we're impossible The entire
coal industry has faced problems in the past two or
three years that have demanded national attention
and have not yet been solved
Public interest, of course. demands that coal be
mined. The prosperity of the state demands that
there be employment at fair wages for the workers
It also demands that the mine owners be permitted
to operate at profit or. at least. without loss
state survey two years ago OF the entire coal
industry with view OF finding solution that would
permit continuous operation of the mines and con-
tinuous employment OF men should have been made
Il may not be too late now.
But the protest OF any group that there has been
a denial of fundamental rights deserves attention.
When the charge is made that these rights are denied
by the courts, it Is even more imperative
The safety OF all our institutions depends upon the
interchange of thought on all subjects. When this is
denied by any authoritative power those who believe IN
free institutions should take notice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
SZ $500
T q Q AM I IS r 4|EI 4
| ANNIVERSARY
tttzz224444tt5
LEWIS AND CLARK
May IA


TINE nrst stage Of the most re-
T. markable exploration in Amer
lean history began at st. Louis 125
years ago today, when Lewis and
Clark started the ascent Of the Mis-
souri, river to explore the vast
northwest wilderness acquired by
the United States in the Louisiana
Purchase
The two explorers we're close per-
sonal friends and their exploits to-
gether have made them the Damon
and Pythias of American history.
Lewis was originally commissioned
by congress to lead the expedition
airy party alone, but with President
Jeferson's consent, he chose his
army buddy" Clark, as Joint
leader.
They were accompanied along
various stages Of the Journey by
various numbers Of men, never
however, exceeding fifty. OF those
who accompanied Lewis and Clark
on the entire expedition, only one
died and one deserted.
The expedition was the first in
history to cross the American con-
tinent north Of Mexico. Many In
dian tribes we're encountered, which
10 to that time we're unknown to
whites.
More than 1000 miles-to the Pa
cifc and back again-Were explored
thoroughly before the party re-
turned to St. Louis in September,
1906
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

recognizes as identical twins. IN
deed, the markings OH the palms
of the hands are almost the same,
as well as the finger prints.
The twins are found to be, after
the passage of time, about nine
pounds different in weight, but with
hair color, eye color and ears and
teeth very similar, if not identical.
One of the twins tended to be left
handed and the other right handed.
They we're given a great many
mental tests and we're found to be
quite different One was much
smarter than the other, hut both
were high tempered, hasty n action
and judgment.
Whereas these twins were much
the same in their emotional re-
actions and not the same in their
mentality, the twins studied by Null
er were much different in their emo
tionaI reactions and rated the same
in their mentality
In another instance, twins born
in a New York City hospital we're
taken to an orphanage and at the
age of IS months and 2 years we're
adopted by two families living in
different parts of Michigan.
When these girls were 20 years
old they were studied together.
Since neither had known Of the
existence of the other, it was easy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Pseudo ReDubIiCanS'

g ENATOR TESS Of Ohio having
- referred to Senator Brookhart
of Iowa as a neutrality-suspicious.
the latter rises to inform the senate
that he has looked up the word and
finds it to mean, Lying, false, count
erfeit and spurious"
Not wishing to be charged with
having applied such adjectives to a
colleague, Senator Tess explains
that he picked up the phrase "pseu-
do-Republican" from speech which
Senator johnson of California made
last week.
Senator Johnson interrupts to
congratulate Senator Fess on pick
ing up something from his speech.
Senator Brookhart losses in the
remark that this is "the first ray
Of light coming from Senator Fess"
and then asks the latter whether
he did not know what the phrase
'pseudo-R publican actually
meant"
Senator Fess, who was a teacher,
before entering politics. replies that
he did not have such a meaning in
mind as Senator Brookhart put
on it.
Then Senator Brookhart closes the
incident by declaring Il think this
pseudo business is in the farm bill
rather than in the Republicans,
whom the senator from Ohio criti-
cises."
Such is craftsmanship at $4,000
per year with a private Office, two
or three sec taries, mileage and
the franking privilege thrown in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Victory Over Darwin

EAITH in God ought to mean
L faith in man, and probably
works if it we're the right kind, but
DeS Moines university, although ap-
parently successful in teaching fun
damentalism, seems to have failed
in teaching those connected with it
to trust each other.
The trustees did not trust the
faculty; the students did not trust
the trustees.
When the trustees fired the fac
ulty, the students staged an egg
throwing party. The trustees saved
themselves, we are told, by hiding
under the stairs.
Order has now been restored by
q, court injunction.
A great victory over Darwin, per-
haps, but hardly a shining example
of applied Christianity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS-No 10
Psychic Bonds of Twins Is Bunk

to determine whether they felt at
the same time similar sensations.
In their case they were found to
be remarkably similar in appear
ance, but had been profoundly modi-
fed by different educational OPP
portunities.
The twin who had been we'll edu-
Gated had distinctly superior mind,
showing greater brightness and
alertness as we'll as greater capacity
in all mental tests.
However, their emotional reactions
were quite similar and their tenn
peraments were approximately the
same.
On the basis of these studies, it
is reasonable to believe that twins
in the same circumstances are likely
to react emotionally in exactly the
same way to similar situations and
that if any mental disturbance oc-
ours which is likely to upset the
mental status of one greatly, it will
probably upset the mental status Of
the other greatly.
If, however, the twins are far
apart and are not acted on by the
same situations, they are not likely
to be affected at the same time in
any way. In other words there is
not the slightest proof of any spirit
ual or telepathic connection between
identical twins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygcia, the
Health Magazine.
GONE years ago, a writer named
- Muller made a study of identi-
cal twins who had been separated
in childhood and reared apart. 1t
has been a common belief that
twins not only look alike, but think
alike and act alike, that there is
between them some vague attach
ment, something like a telepatllic
connection, which causes them to
be joyful or sorrowful at the same
moments
To prove the truth or falsity of
this belief, Professor H. H. Newman
of the University of Chicago, one
OF the greatest authorities on the
subject Of twins, has studied the
cases of several sets of twins sepa-
rated in youth and reared at great
distances from each other.
In one instance, one of the twins
was adopted by relatives and the
other by friends Of the family. One
was taken to Canada when she was
2 years old and the other remained
in England until she was II years
of age.
These girls received about the
same amount Of education and had
about the same opportunities.
They are what modern science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Snake Expert Bitten

CHARLES E. SNYDER is about
~ the last man one would expect
to die from snake bite.
Not only had he been head keeper
of the New York zoo, but a pupil
of the distinguished DR.. Ditmars,
than whom no one knows more
about snakes.
Still the best of swimmers will
drown and the most expert blasters
get blown up.
RattleSnakes do not always give
warning before they strike, nor does
the magic serum always work as
poor Charles Snyder learned to his
cost.
While hunting rattlesnakes last
Monday, he had reached down, TAX
en- one by the neck which he had
pinned with a forked stick and was
bitten by another one.
He knew what to do, Of course,
and did it-cutting the wound and
putting on a tourniQuet
Also, he reached a hospital in time,
to be treated with the serum which
usually proves effective as an anti
dote, but to no avail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

Many hold that information
should be given by the family doctor.
That theory was assailed by a doctor
friend of mine who tells me that the
average physician is badly equipped
for this purpose.
The medical man knows an ample
amount Of anatomy, but according
to my informant, very few physi-
clans have studied the somewhat
delicate matter of child and adde's
cent psychology.
1t isn't enough to tell the facts.
They must be impaired in such a
way as not to shock or ALLEVIATE the
individual.
No one who reads THE Sex Side
OF Life" can fail to be DISCOURAGED
with our present code of laws and
customs. If this book is obscene,
then no reasonably effective text
book is in any way possible at this
time
Copyright, 1929, for The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Fear Chief Weapon

DOsSIBLY there was objection to
1 the section dealing with auto
erotism, since this still remains the
sex subject most hushed up, al
though the most important Here
again the system Of control through
fear has been the chief public reli-
ance.
Undoubtedly there was day
when scores OF organic ailments
were traced to this source, but
physicians have abandoned such
theories long ago.
Every neurologist whom I have
ever read agrees that it is the sense
Of fear and shame which brings on
nervous ailments in youthful trans
gressors. In other words, they can't
be made well except by being re-
assured
OF course. Mary Ware bennett
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Chance for Inventors

I'M Wednesday, commercial radio
~ service will be opened between
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
While such service has existed be-
tween America and Europe for nine
years, and now extends to thirty
four countries overseas, a new
beam prof. ector' was required to
make it effective for inland COM
munication.
The service has been tested for
two years in all kinds of weather.
It is reported as capable of handling
three hundred words a minute.
Thus big business continues to
grow more interesting if not bigger.
Whatever else may be said about
it. big business cannot seem to
grow big enough to escape the in
roads Of invention.
No doubt the telegraph companies
are worried over what radio prom
ises.
No doubt they look at their stu
pendous investment in wire, cables,
poles and conduits, and wonder
where it will end.
There are lots of people who do
not own stock in telegraph COM
panies, yet who have money to in
vest.
So long as such a situation exists,
the inventor will get his chance.
Indeed, the only way to keep out
would be to organize one gigantic
trust for the control Of everything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

have long regarded those territories
as their rightful and special pre-
serves. DIR. julius Klein. director
OF the bureau Of foreign and domes-
tic commerce, department. of COM
n1erce.
Women always must be on their
mettle professionally, inasmuch as
the public never fails to point out
their mistakes Judge Florence Z.
Allen, Ohio supreme court.
We are relieved greatly to learn
that President Hoover has sent a
message Of felicitation to King Fuad
OF Egypt on his els; birthday.
We were scared to death for fear
he would forget all about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14
Modern Mothers

Moralsts in every age have lamented the passing
Of ancient virtues. Whatever the current manners
and customs, they have been compared unfavoraby
with those of earlier generations Our grandfatherS
had this habit; have It and doubtless our grand
children will find abundant reasons for believing their
generation the worst ever.
Il was almost inevitable, that the species known
the modern mother" shoqld have come in for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

The Best of Summers WiIL
DrO1Cn and the Most Expert
Of BId8terS Get BIoWn Up.

WHETHER New Workers must
W eat the proverbial peck Of dirt
they seem foredoomed to breathe it.
Having completed a survey for the
smoke nuisance committee, Professor
H. H. Sheldon of New York uni
yersity reports that the city's atmos-
phere contains no less than 1900
tons Of foreign matter.
1t sounds terrible until one re-
members how much atmosphere
there is and how many lungs
are available.
Let each New Yorker inhale
three-fourths Of pound of dirt and
if he does not blow up, catch some
infectious disease or die from hard
ened arteries, the problem will be
solved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-14

"WToRKERs collectively and in
w dividually are more cogni-
zant Of safety in their daily occu-
pations; furthermore, they have
come to realize the economic impor-
lance to themselves, to their farni-
lies and to their company in avoid
ing accidents. Charles NJ. SchWab,
chairman of the board of Bethlehem
Steel Corporation.
THE public wants no more irnmi-
grafton It is an exact fact that 30
per cent Of all the men elected to
The present sitting house Of repre-
sentatives were elected with the idea
Of more restriction of immigration
as well as nearly all the senators
elected at the last election. Rep
resentative Johnson, Hoaquiam,
Wash.
The Chamber of Commerce of
the United States represents the
apex OF that associational move
ment which has accomplished so
much in keeping this country rela-
lively free from governmental pa
ternalism, so that the course of
business-its standards, ethics and
eontrol-rests in the hands of bust
ness men themselves. DIR. julius
Klein, assistant secretary Of COM
merce.
z
why should all the people Of the
country. to say nothing Of the COM
peting railroads. be asked to pay the
expense Of the construction and
maintenance Of internal waterways
when only a limited number Of peo-
pie during limited open seasons, will
use Edward E. LOOMS,
president, the Lehigh Valley Rail
road.
y
1.-THE expansion Of American sales
in French North Africa and in Aus
tralia. for example. have been
viewed with no little concern by
French and British merchants who