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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Don't Be Dragged

There is a very real danger that apathy,
indifference or a sense of helplessness may
permit Cofinism to keep control of the pub
lie schools.
The happy condition of bossism is one in
which good citizens are too Disguised to
vote. That relieves the boss of the neces-
sity of trickery and fraud. 1t keeps down the
overhead.
When the supreme court knocked out the
city manager law, the first natural reaction
on the part of those who had hoped for re-
lief from machine rule was that the fight
against bossism is hopeless. Very many be-
lieved that all effort is useless. There came
the inevitable question of whats the use?"
1t is just that feeling which CoffiniSm
c~ultivates and encourages. 1t is aided in the
city campaign by the fact that the two can
didates for mayor are matched in personal
character and integrity. Coffin knew better
than the business men who pleaded with him
that he must name a candidate this year
whose personal background was beyond at
tack. Otherwise he would nave picked a diff
ferent candidate.
But there is one very real issue. The
rescue of the public schools from Coffin IS
an important matter. 1t is a task which must
be done, unless ignorance is to be enthroned
and the school system dedicated to further
enslavement.
The citizens committee has named a list
of candidates pledged to reforms IN the
schools and a return to business methods
+bo+ can he defended before the state tax
board. They are pledged to a policy that
will not bankrupt the funds for the sake OF
a ventilator worker. They are pledged TO
save the teachers from political dictation.
Don't be drugged, either by a sense OF
security or a feeling of hopelessness. n
schools are important-too important to be
left in the hands of Coffin.
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Senator Sheppard of Texas, author Of the prohi-
hilton amendment to the Constitution, has introduced
q hill in congress which would make the purchaser of
LIQUOR equally liable with the seller. He has the sup
mort of the Anti-Saloon League. The measure will be
considered at the regular session in December.
Logically. there is no reason why SheppardS Dill
should not be enacted. Liquor is contraband. If the
person who knowingly receives stolen goods is pun
ishable. why not the person who purchases a product
outlawed by the Constitution? Or if a person receiv-
ING smuggled goods can be thrown in jail, why not the
man who buys a drink?
Nevertheless. it is not surprising to find sentiment
amons the drys divided on the wisdom OF this new
and drastic proposal. Senator Norris Of Nebraska,
chairman of the judiciary committee, for instance,
pointed out that in s5 per cent of the prohibition
prosecutions the testimony of the purchaser must be
relied upon to convict the seller. Senator Caraway OF
Arkansas thinks there is already enough legislation on
the subject.
Senator Sheppard said. now that prohibition, has
nroved itself" his suggestion is a natural forward
stem" we do not know how the Texas senator knows
that prohibition has proved itself. There are abundant
reasons to believe that the contrary is true.
It is a matter Of common knowledge that liquor Is
plentiful and many believe-with statistics to support
their belief-that there has not been any appreciate
reduction in the consumption Of liquor. President
Hoover not so long ago spoke of it as an "exper msnt."
That such a law as Sheppard proposed would aid
In viping out the liquor traffic is doubtful. 1t would
make theoretical criminals of Thousands upon thou
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Times Readers
Voice Wees

Editor Times: What a mess of
affairs we have! What's the mat
ter with our good %citizenry of this
No Mean City? Are we in a dream?
We certainly are not in the dark,
for we have had the light Of day
for the last twenty months.
The writer, who has been a resi-
dent of this city for the last forty
years, and a lifelong Republican,
also an ardent supporter of the city
manager form of government since
the first 1000 signers for same, is
just regaining his bearings after the,
no doubt, fair and impartial deci-
sion of the courts relative to the
said form of government.
And since it is necessary to con-
tinue along the lines of our pres
ent form of city government, I rise
to the point of question.
Why an expense of thousands of
thousands of dollars for an election,
or trading of horses? Or, should
I say, an election for a mayor, etc?
The writer is no lawyer, and in
good faith seeks enlightenment on
the following: Was u present
mayor and seven members of the
common council duly elected to Of
fec or we're they appointed? Re
member, the writer has no personal
gains or desires in view.
And let me say now that while
I was opposed bitterly to the man
ner in which the seven members Of
cur council were chosen, at this time
the writer tips his hat to the most
capable common council that we
ever have had. And as for Mayor
L. Ert Slack, kindly permit me to
say, as I see it. If anybody Of re-
pute had or have anything of color
on him they would have trotted it
out, and in turn, the press you'd
have carried it to the four winds.
The question Is not, do we want
L. Ert Slack to continue as our very
efficient mayor, but ear he legally
do so? And is it hisNwish to do so?
The writer would be glad to have
an authoritative reply, and would
esk. why go back to Horse Traders
alley, West Pearl street, and run the
long shot, and most likely pick a
wind broken horse? Wake up.
j. ED BURK.
20S3 Hoyt avenue.
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of his native land save the fact that
garlic is too frequently introduced.
Spinach

NEXT to spinach, garlic is the
~ most unjustly condemned men,
Der of all the vegetable kingdom. 1t
is rather common for people to
speak i'll of parsnips, but these Bit
ter weeds deserve all they get. Gar
lie is quite another matter.
1t should be used more frequently
in all quarters of the globe. AS
things stand it's virtues are chiefly
known to Italians, the ArgentineS
and the Greeks. A silly superstition
has kept garlic out of its rightful
kingdom.
Somehow the impression prevails
that one might as well be always
a bridesmaid and never a bride as
to devour this succulent shoot.
That's a lie and there is ample
tradition to prove it. Indeed, the
i'll repute of garlic rests almost en-
tirely upon the easy and'convenient
jokes of the men who make the
comic strips.
Surely it is ignorant to assume
that garlic and romance are incom-
patible. The land of Italy, chiefly
famous for this sweet fruit, man
aged to produce Romeo and Juliet,
Paolo and Francesca. Garlic never
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
YALE RECEIVES CHARTER

YALE RECEIVES CHARTER
Oct. 9.
ON Oct. 9, 1701, Yale university,
" then known as the Collegiate
School of Connecticut, received it's
charter from the colonial assembly
and formally was opened at Say
brook.
For sixty years before the opening
Of the new school, the people of
Connecticut had been sending their
sens to Harvard. In 1701, ten Of
the principal ministers Of the COL
cny, all but one of whom were
graduates of Harvard, formally
founded a collegiate institution by
the gift of books for a library and
were granted a charter, making the
ministers and their successors trus-
tees Of the school.
The trustees elected one Of their
own number, Abraham Pierson, of
Killingsworth, rector of the school,
and. to obtain the support of the
towns on the Connecticut river,
voted to establish it at Saybrook,
as the most convenient town for
the present"
In 1716, in the face of much dis
satisfaction, the school was removed
to New Haven and permanently 10
Gated there. A wooden building was
erected where Osborn hall now
stands, and was formally opened at
commencement in 1718, when the
name of Yale college was adopted
in honor of Elihu Yale. who had
made large gifts to the school:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
IT SEEMS TO ME By BRoUE

served to keep these devoted ones
apart.
Many times I have dined in the
Italian = American restaurants of
New York where the ingratiating
tuber seems to creep into everything
from oysters to ice cream. At such
times, according to legends, every
member Of the party normally would
be barred from gainful jobs. mar
riage and membership in golf clubs.
But I have never noticed any
strangers pass by on the other side
as we ambled through the pleasant
night air of Broadway.
Indeed I know a girl who lived
consistently upon Italian cookery
and yet grew up to marry a mil
lionaire with whom she has lived
happily ever since. Her best friends
could tell her nothing, even if they
would.
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sands of persons who patronize speakeasies and boot
leggers. and would add to the unpopularity of a law al
ready so unpopular that its enforcement is next to
impossible.
History teaches that imposition of extreme penal
ties never has been an effective deterrent to crime.
If every American who buys a drink were brought
to trial, what would our already overburdened courts
do?
The question Of making the purchaser of
liquor criminally liable was considered when the origi-
nal voIstead act was passed. The zealots of that day
thought such a provision would be unenforceable and
highly unpopular. Accordingly it was omitted.
There seems to be small reason for including it
now. unless we wish to abandon our national hypocrisy
and see this experiment through to its logical con-
clusion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09

THIS being the day devoted by
Il custom to reviewing books it
had been my intention to say some
thing warm and pleasant about the
autobiography of Al Smith entitled
up to Now"
But just at the moment that the
heat of composition seized me 1
found the publishers had set a dead
line on it Of Oct. 6. This leaves me
without a book, for it is not Gus
tomary for this critic to carry a
spare around in his mind.
Lacking a close knowledge OF any
thing current in the literary field,
I will switch to another phase OF art
and discuss cooking. A Spanish
gentleman just has stepped forward
to complain that the cuisine OF his
native land is not so good in spite
of it's reputation.
Questions of taste are not easy to
argue, but it seems to me that the
Don makes out a bad case in bring
ing nothing against the stew pots
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sometimes taken as a sign of viril-
ity. for the simple reason that wom-
en- have little Or none on the face.
Women with a considerable
amount of hair on the upper lip,
cheeks, chin or chest, get sufficient
commiseration to worry them into
psycho-asthenia over the presence
OF the extraordinary hirsuty.
1t is generally believed by scien-
tiic men that the glandular condi-
ton of the body and heredity pri-
mariIy are responsible for the extra
hair.
It has been stated that the use of
cold cream, vaseline or ointments
will stimulate the growth of the
hair, but there seems to be not the
slightest scientific evidence to sup
port such claim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
PROGRESS

THE Importance of such work as
a that done by the Carnegie in
stitution, recently was summed up
by John j. Carly, vice-president of
the American Telephone g. Tele-
graph Company and n of the
trustees of the institution.
ITO solve the problem of the hui
man personality we must push for
ward the advances of pure science
in all directions without exception"
he said.
This is the great mission of the
Carnegie institution, which it is
carrying out with the highest dis
tinction.
1.-THE pure scientist in whatever
field he may be working is an ex-
plorer who constantly is extending
our knowledge of the realities of our
environment. The applied scientist
is providing agencies so that We
may adjust ourselves to these reaii-
ties.
BY the aid of that unified knowl-
edge which should be the aim Of
philosophy, education must expound
the principles by which the individ-
ual shall make this adjustment.
we must encourage and utilize
the work of the chemist and the
physicist, which often is conducted
without any conscious regard to the
human problem.
Even the astronomers are con-
tributing towards the solution of
the problem of the human person.
atty.
Human progress need no longer
be left solely to chance. BY the aid
of science it can be brought under
our conscious control"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
HEALTH
Getting Rid Of Hair Is Puzzling Job

Removal of the hair is a constant
problem. The hair can be removed
by shaving, the hair can be pulled
out, it may be removed by chemical
depilatories, it may be bleached with
hydrogen peroxide, finally it may be
removed by the use of the X-ray or
the electric needle.
The electric needle removes hair
permanently, but the method is diff
ficult and it is not possible to re-
move more than a few hairs at a
time.
Removal of the hair by the use of
the X-ray is not permanent and re-
peated use may sometimes cause the
hardening of the skin and even has
been related to the development Of
cancer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Onions

A S it is with garlic SO, too, on
IN ions are traduced. 1t is quite
possible for an individual to eat
them fried and still sacrifice Moth
ing of his popularity.
There are tragic possibilities in
the current campaigns to promote
personal esthetics. Maybe you have
seen the advertisements Of the
gentleman who could get around
most any course in rs, and yet failed
ever to be elected a member of a
golf club.
According to the paid propaganda
he was excluded for ~neglecting to
use the proper sort of mouth wash.
What is membership in even the
best of golf clubs compared to a
thick steak smothered to death in
onions?
fCopvright. 1929. BY The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Daily Thought

Them that sin rebuke before all,
that others also may fear.-I
Timothy 500.
= . e
The act is that sin Is the most
unmanly thing in Gods world. You
never were made for sin and selfish
ness. You were made for love and
OBEDIENCE. G. Holland.
In diplomacy what is the meaning
of the term doyen?
The Oldest member Of a diplo-
matte corps in any capital, in point
of service; in other words, the dean.
From what chemical is tear gas
made?
Brombenzyl cyanide.
What Is the name of a South
African buffalo that begin with the
letter N.
Mare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
Millions

TIME Carnegie Institution OF
l. Washington was founded by An
drew Carnegie on Jan. %, 1902, with
an endowment of registered bonds
having a par value of $10,000,O0o.
The Mt. Wilson observatory for
astronomical research, the work in
terrestrial magnetism and the work
in experimental biology we're begun
in 1904.
In 1907, Carnegie added $4,000
900 more to the endowment and in
1911 he made a third gift, an ad-
ditional $4,000, 600, bringing the
total endowment to its PRESENT fig
ure of $22, 000, 900.
The income from the $4,000 900
has enabled the institution to equip
it's fine laboratories and turn groups
of expert scientists to work upon
important problems.
The policy of the institution, as
outlined by its president, the dis
tinguished scientist and philosopher,
DR.. John C.. Merriam, is three-fold.
First, it is interested in large
scale research problems which re-
quire the collaboration of several in
ve~stigators, special equipment and
continuous efforts over long periods
Of years.
Secondly, it is interested in fur
thering the individual researches OF
competent workers in important
fields.
Thirdly, it is interested in pub
fishing the results of scientific re-
search. for it feels that scientific
discoveries, must be disseminated so
that all may profit by them.
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

A CTUALLY all hair is super1u-
"A Gus for civilized man. 1t is
generally considered to be a vestige
of the time when man roamed about
without clothing and required hair
for protection against wind, winter
and sunlight.
In the present state of human
development, it is customary to have
a certain amount of hair on various
portions of the body, but not every
person has the same amount of hair
on all of the portions.
Thus, man has a growth of hair
on cheeks, chin, and upper lip, and
a considerable amount of this is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
SCIENCE
~ nAVID DIET'Z-
Great Work IN Scientific Re-
search Being Accomplished
By the Carnegie Institution.

A TOP Mt. Wilson is a group OF
"a the worlds greatest astrono-
mers studying the heavens through
the worlds largest telescope. Some
where on the Pacific is the non
magnetic yacht, the Carnegie,
aboard which another group OF SCI
entistS is studying the magnetic cur
rents of the earth and the e%lectri-
city of the atmosphere.
Upon the Arizona desert, a group
of biologists is studying the prob
lem of how plants manufacture food
out of the carbon dioxide of the air
with the aid of sunlight.
In Central America, a group of
psychologists is u%ncovering buried
cities OF the lost civilization OF the
Maya Indians.
These four represent but four &C
tivities Of the Carnegie Institution
of Washington, world leader in
many fields of scientific research.
The institution now is celebrating
the twenty-ffth anniversary of its
entry into science. For although
the institution was founded in 1902,
it did not begin its research work
until 1904.
In 1902. it was a dream in the
minds of Andrew Carnegie and his
scientific advisers.
Today it is wrestling secrets from
the universe, maintaining the great
observatory on Mt. Wilson, the geo.
graphical and terrestrial magnet
ism laboratories in Washington, the
| desert laboratory in Tucson, Ar1z.,
the famous Cold Spring Harbor bio
logical laboratory of Long Island,
and a number of others.
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CENATOR MORRIS SHEPPARD
y of Texas, commonly called
father of the eighteenth amend
ment," introduces a bill to make
purchasers" liable to prosecution
under the prohibition law.
He says that such a provision
was left out of the eighteenth
amendment because Of the belief
that the latter would have failed
had it been included.
No doubt it would, and by the
same token, his proposed bill prob
ably will fail.
Dry as they may be, the American
people still are in no mood to
yield the privilege of buying" and
ready as they may be to prosecute
bootleggers, they still cherish the
right to p%atronize them.
Ours is not the only government
which undertakes to regulate per-
sonal conduct. If you can't drink
in America, you can't kiss in China.
A young couple just has been
arrested and fined at HankoW for
violating the statute against public
oscillation.
Such a rule sounds dreadfully
modern and sanitary, but as a
matter of fact it prevailed in Rome
1000 years ago, and a noble senator
was brought to book for kissing his
wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers, and " pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude IF
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09

WHEN it comes to practical
w politicians, we make little eff
fort to study problems, talk about
principles, or debate issues.
Our first thought is to pick out
some poor devil on whom we can pin
something, and make him the tar
get.
Before we get through with the
job, few escape without being spat-
tered.
Still, we wonder why young peo-
pie shy at politics and why public
interest is SO hard to arouse.
n n Il
After listening to the political
chatter, it is refreshing to read the
will of Thomas Mitten, in which he
bequeathes the bulk Of his fortune,
estimated at $40, 000, 900, to a foun-
dation for promoting better rela-
tions between capital and labor.
His conception of the problem is
not to stir up trouble, but iron out
the wrinkles, through cooperative
action.
He not only breaches this gospel,
but applied it.
What is even more impressive, he
cid this with the full realization
that he could not hope to live long
enough to see it's general adoption,
and dispose of his fortune in such
way that Others might carry on the
work,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09

What is the meaning of the name
Gilchrist?
Il means servant Of Christ"
"Gilles" is a Scotch name for err
want.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09
M. E. Tracy

Dry as They May Be, the
American People Are IN No
Mood to Yield the Privilege
of Buying from Boot
leggerS.
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Need Anti-NoiSe Crusade

THE greatest city in the world
l. ought to furnish more worth
while subjects for discussion, and
those who aspire to run it ought to
have intelligence enough to discuss
them.
But noise, perhaps, has developed
too great a passion for creative
thinking.
If so, we certainly need an anti
noise crusade.
One could be surer that noise was
the seat of trouble, If politicians
were not addicted to the same habit
everywhere, and If most every cam
paign did not run to seed with per-
sonal SANDER.
The politicians of this country
have called each other crooks so
long and so ~vociferously that the
public is beginning to believe them.
Nothing has done more to destroy
the average citizens confidence in
government.
Whether in the village, the state,
or even the nation itself, our politi-
cal campaigns serve no purpose so
distinctly as to prove that all sets
Of candidates and all parties are
unfit,
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Always Has Scandal

A YOUNG playwright pauses to
IN observe that noise makes New
York an excellent place in which to
do creative thinking, which may
explain where the politicians get all
their scandal.
They certainly are spreading it
thick and fast, and the absence of
facts to back it up leaves no other
conclusion than that 1t is the prod
uct of original thought.
Not that New York ever suffered
for lack of scandal, even in its
quietest days, but that the present
campaign sets a record for future
generations to shoot at.
There are those who believe that
the opposition to Tammany has
overreached itself; that 1t has said
so much and proved so little as to
leave the public in a hopeleSSly
skeptical mood.
Whether there is warrant for all
the charges, they have come too
fast, and cover too much territory
and have been sustained by too lit
tie evidence to make a serious i'm
preston.
Further than that, they have COM
pletely so Sidetracked worthwhile
issues as to Shrivel the whole per-
Torrance, until it sounds like a
back alley scrap I'VE a garbage can.