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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
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a biography seems barren when 1t
makes slight reference to the con-
ditionS which govern unconscious
motivation.
Indeed a Bryan book must cover
a great deal Of territory. 1t should
include a vivid account Of the times
in which the leader lived This is
surely true in the case of William
Jennings Bryan, He was the very
essence and distillation of the conf
munity from which he Sprang.
In single paragraph about the
Dayton trial, Fl. L. Mencken shows
us more of Bryan than Werner does
in his entire book.
by the end OF the week, Menck-
en- wrote, "he was simply walking
fever. Hour by hour he grew more
bitter. What the Christian Scien-
lists call malicious animal mag
netisln seemed to radiate from MIN
like heat from stove.
From my place in the courtroom,
standing upon a table, looked eli
rectly down upon him, sweating
horribly and pumping his palm-leaf
fan. His eyes fascinated me; 1
watched them all day long.
They we're blazing points of
hatred. They glittered like occult
and sinister gems. Now and then
they wandered to me, and I got my
share for my reports Of the trial had
come back to Dayton, and he had
read them. 1t was like coming un-
der fire"
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ANNIVERSARY
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A PIONEER DRAMA
April Is

nNE hundred torty-three years
~ ago tonight, on April Is, 1876,
an audience gathered in the John
Street theater in Boston to witness
the premiere Of the first comedy By
an American.
1t was "The Contrast" by Royal
Tyler. a Harvard graduate who
afterWard became chief justice OF
Vermont. Oddly enough, the plot
of this pioneer play was as modern
as one which might be offered to
a present day talkie audience
The title came from the contrast
between the traveller veneered by
European society and the rustic
American Most Of the comedy
was supplied by Jonathan, a Yankee
servant, who delivered his jokes
with a New England tWang Aside
from the fact that it was a pioneer,
1.-THE Contrast" was not remara-
able as a play.
AS early as 1850 there were
theaters in New York and Phila
delphia but the frowns Of Puritans
and Quakers delayed any real de-
velopment of the drama.
Productions we're mostly Of Eng
lish origin, except tragedy By
Thomas Godfrey, 1.-THE Prince OF
Parthia," produced in Philadelphia
by amateurs III 1867,
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State Should Supervise Camp Health

sanitary problems as proper water
supply, milk supply and sewage dis
posal,
Maryland asks all conductors of
camps, whether for adults or chill
dren, tourists or residents, to make
due application for inspection it
provides rules and regulations gov
erning camp ground sanitation and
wells from pollution.
Plans for small living quarters in
camps and advice in regard to suit
able building materials and ventl-
lation are also available.
Other states will do well to fol-
low the example Of Maryland and
give to people who use summer
camps proper protection against
sanitary deficiencies.
In other words considerations that
have been mentioned leadership
must come from owners, managers
and parents.
Only such cooperation Will Sc
cure for the children in summer
camps the type Of safety and med
ical care that parents provide for
them at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Quotations of NotabIeS

TERBERT HOOVER assumes
l. i the presidency at a time when
the country is looking forward to
aggressive constructive development
and Herbert Hoover, if I analyze his
determination correctly, will lead
in the greatest era of progressive
ness history ever has recorded. >
Senator Walter E. Edge, New Jersey.
No right-thinking man or wom-
an wants the return Of the legalized
saloon and what it stood for. But
worse than the saloon would be 70
enthrone permanently hypocrisy as
the dominant force in our country"
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, New York.
former member of the Republican
national committee.
Few of our great landscape
painters today could say which end
of a COW rises first. Lord DeWar,
British speaker.
=
Our daily conduct from the
cradle to the grave, including what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Play Bali

Familiar figures pass. and new ones make their
nervous debut IN the arena; Cobb and Speaker are
gore and from obscure sandlotS comes anotheE crop
of keen-eyed swift-armed youngsters. Old Walter
johnson IN the dugout now stalking his fortunes on
fresher arm than that valiant right of his own.
But the mighty bludgeon of the Babe is poised. and
Grover Alexander still defies the beckonngs OF time
McCraw and Connie Mack, like ageless patriarchS
still marshal their baseball progeny for the assault
New faces or old in the lneups the thrill OF open
ing day brooks no denial In the eight nerve centers
of the game and in host of lesser ones at bulletin
boards and in newspaper offices and beside million
radios the nation takes from its worries today
to applaud the perennial cry. Play Bali"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Great Progress Made

A DMITTING that stock specu-
N 1ations is necessary to Ger
tain extent. we should seek to put
a premium on the least, rather than
one the most.
Legistimate business has grown to
a point where it needs all the credit
the country can afford.
We are still in a state of eXpan-
sion, still developing our resources
and markets, still building, perfect
ing and improving.
Nothing illustrates the great prob
lens ahead more distinctly than the
increase of our export trade.
Last year it reached the enormous
sum of 100000. with manufac-
tured and sen1i-nanufactured prod
ucts accounting for more than two
thirds.
This represents not only definite
change in the character of our eX-
port trade, but one which promises
to continue.
Fifty years ago our exports con-
sisted largely of raw materials,
which other nations polished off and
returned
Now We are polishing them off
ourselves. That is one reason why
we are making more money out Of
the game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Good Nerve or Thick Skins

Members Of the highway commission are
now meeting to hand out contracts running
into millions Of dollars.
Among these contracts are the agreements
for the sale of cement to the state If history
repeats itself, me prices viii be exactly the
same from all bidders inasmuch as the makers
of cement have very tight little organization
which fixes prices with due regard to competl-
ton from abroad not from home.
When the commission was getting rid OF
former Director Williams, several things were
brought TO light which makes it apparent that
the members Of he commission, some Of them
at least, have either very good nerve or very
thick skins.
One of the Developments was that the COM
mission finally discovered that it was possible
for road contractor, to buy cement cheaper
than could the commission, on some roads
alternate forms Of bids were finally authorized,
under which contractors might buy then own
cement That is suggestive, when considered
with the numerous stories of the pool Of 10
cents a barrel sci aside by the cement dealers
for propaganda and ether purposes The
other purposes become a matter OF curiosity
Before letting contracts for millions of dol
lars worth Of cement, the state might expect
some inquiry as to the cost Of other materials
as contrasted with cement the durability OF
cement roads as compared with other forms,
The possibility Of state plants for cement, using
prison labor.
IF the commission were entirely free from
cement Influences it would find the expert
euce of Michigan interesting. The savings that
could be made by plant at the state farm
where materials are already owned by the
state. are estimated by competent engineers at
one of the two millions of dollars which will be
spent this year for that material.
Other exposures at the time of the Williams
exodus concerned the actions of two members
of the board who should resign before spend
ing these millions OF dollars.
One Of the commissioners admitted that he
had received valuable gifts from a concern that
sells materials TO the commission. Certainly
no commissioner should have the mind Of
waiter who looks for tips from those he serves
He should be free to act for the benefit OF the
state. not with "A mind already prejudiced by
donations.
One other commissioner was charged, and
he did not deny, with being indirectly inter
ested in a contract. His actions suggest that
the charge is true. His activities more than
confirm it.
In all deccncy these two commissioners
should relieve Governor Leslie OF their pres
ence on the board. They should not embarrass
him or cause him sleepless nights by their fur
Their official life. They should get out before
public Indignation presses the Governor to
throw them out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

MT R. ERNER S new book,
IVA. Bryan" is not biography
at all 1t is merely an obituary. No
man dead so short a time should lie
quite still upon the printed page. In
fact, the whole purpose of biography
should be to quicken the subject I'M
der consideration. This present
book is far too dead to deserve being
called "a Life"
One major fault lies in an excess
sive use of the objective method. A
good biography should deal not with
one person but two. The author and
subject both belong in the book.
This is not said in celebration OF
several glittering performances IN
recent years, which have been
ticketed, or possibly branded, as
Modern Biography" I am thinking
of an old and enduring model. After
all, Boswell revealed as much OF
himself as he did of DR., Johnson.
There is little Of Werner in this
new book and for that matter, not
much Of Bryan. Even as an objec-
tive study the biography is incom-
petent.
Mr.. Werner has concerned himself
only with printed material about
Bryan. He has been through the
newspaper files with fair fidelity and
read some forty or fifty books, but
seemingly he has been wholly obliVi-
GUS of the necessity Of talking with
some of the many thousands who
we're closely acquainted with the
Comuoner. AS a result, the book
contains not so much as scrap Of
new material
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

protest of dozen countries and flock Of diplomatic
disputes over our sundry embargoes and restrictions
on foreign imports the state department is busy try
ing to protect our movie industry from dscrimina-
lions abroad
France is the worst offender but she is only one
among many Great Britain, Germany Italy, Spain,
Austria, Hungary and others determined by hook
or crook to limit Yankee films. Their method in
cIudes governmental import restrictions and quota
limitations the side, and the other national
trusts and European cartes The French quota,
which American motion picture producers just have
refused to accept would cut imports from America 40
per cent by forcing the purchase of one French film
for every three American films That amounts to an
effort to force American producers to substitute their
French competitors
More than trade and money involved in this
world movie dispute The foreign governments are
acting against American films because of the alleged
propaganda function of the Hollywood product in
"Americanzing the world" that is in making the
world safe for American ideals, American styles,
American crime and everything else American.
But foreign movie fans prefer American films,
Just as they insist on American automobiles and other
products In the end, that probably will do more
than all the Hollywood threats and state department
notes of protest to keep Yankee reels unwindng in
foreign countries.
The real bugaboo to American film export seems
to be- rather, the takie development American movie
prosperity has been based large scale capital in
vestment and production made possible by product
of universal appeal
The same silent film which spoke eoquently to
both the American highbrow and lowbrow, spoke in
all the languages of to the Hottentot the Hol-
lander, the Hungarian to the Pekinese, the Portu-
eese the Parsienne and the Pole. But the takie film
speaks only one language and that only to one class
with one taste in one country.
Perhaps Hollywood will compromise by permitting
foreign producers to make foreign takie records for
American world films.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

we eat and drink; what we buy and
SELL what we may see at the theat-
ers; how our wives shall divorce US:
whether and what we shall hunt and
fish; see prize fights and go into
physical training; how our mothers
shall be advised in case We are
not wanted in the world, or how our
arrival shall be expedited if we are
desired, are all matters which now
receive statutory treatment by con-
gress. -Majo General James G.
Harbord, president Of the Radio
Corporation Of America.
1--WE want to build up the farmers
themselves to control their products
not to build up bureaucracy" Sec
rotary of Agriculture Arthur NJ
Hyde.
My feeling is that it is possible
to over organize scientific research,
and that usually the best results are
obtained by individual enterprise" "
Sir Oliver Lodge, British physicist.
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highs either northwest northeast OF the location
of the obServerer.
It will continue warm as long as the predonnlaU-
ing high is south of his latitude.
The movement of low pressure area usually can
be predicted by noting the sohers that is the lines
of equal temperature, leading eastward from the
center of the area. The low usually moves along
these iSotherrns
Isothern1s should not be confused with lsobars,
which lines Of equal pressure. The weather map
is marked with both isobars and sotherms.
If a low is moving toward the observer from the
southwest, it will usually bring precpltaton-rah I'M
less the temperature is low enough for snow.
Low pressure areas which pass along the northern
border of the United States deficient IN precpl-
tation
The slow settling of high pressure area over the
south Atlantic states be taken as sign that hot
weather can be expected in all parts OF the country
east of the Rocky mountains.
Such heat wave is not broken, although temper
airy relief may from showers, as long as the hgn
pressure area stands still.
When a V-shaped low appears on the map the
amateur forecaster rule will hit II right he
looks COR violent local storms in the region OF the low
Heavy rains and occasional tornadoes are caused
when lows take such shape.
In general, the amateur forecaSter should remem-
Der two rules
Lows as they drift toward the observer, usually
bring rise in temperature and frequently rain In
winter, they frequently bring snow
The high which follows in the track OF low,
usually brings cooler and fair weather.
In summer, however, during period CT extreme
heat low may cause drop in temperature by bring
ing showers which cool the parched earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
It Better Be the Board

XXTILLIAA1 G. DURANT and the
w New York World make sur
veyS to discover the opinion OF bust
ness men regarding the federal re-
serve boards policy toward specu-
Iation.
Mr.. Durant discovers that 81 per
cent diSapprove. while the New York
World discovers that 80 per cent
favor it.
Whether the result squared with
sthe wish in the case Of the World,
it certainly did in the case of MI
Durant.
Mr.. Durant says that the board,
"by tactless handling and spectacu-
lar methods, succeeded in creating
a panic costing the people of this
country hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars and is ready to lead a ma
tional movement to curb its power
Admitting that there is something
to be said on both sides OF the ques-
ton, most people would prefer to
see business controlled by the fed
eral reserve board than by crowd
Of spectators.
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Dramatic Ir0niGS

1.-TWO dramatic ironieS in the
/ makeup of William Jennings
BRYAN have been all but missed by
Werner. There is certainly marvel
Gus material in the fact that the
man who went about the country
lecturing on The Prince of Peace
was one of the most profound and
accomplished haters this country
has. ever known.
The second ironical factor is prob
ably kin to the first. Nowhere do 1
remember Werner making any men
ton of Bryan 5 aumor and his fond
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

OUTSIDERS are responsible for
~ a good deal of the trouble in
New York. and doctors are apt to
overlook fractured skull if they
think a man has been drinking.
That is what one gets out of the
Bell-Smith-Brown episode which is
exciting New York.
Mr.. Bell was from Baltimore, Mr..
Smith was from Cleveland and Mrs.
Brown was from Lexington, KY.
Both gentlemen wished to see the
lady home There was a Scuffle
when it came to entering the taxi
cab. Whether he was hit, pushed,
or stubbed his toe, Mr.. Smith fell
down., fracturing his skull. Stag
gering about the street, as man
is apt to do with broken head, he
was picked up as intoxicated.
Doctors, wiser in the ways of the
world than in their own profession,
pronounced it a case of too much
hootch.
Mr. Smith was dragged into court,
where judge, who seems to know
more about human ills than these
medicos, thought he looked sick and
sent him away. Even after Mr.
Smith died the medicos put it down
as a case of diabetic poisoning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Tragedy by Radio

TINE mother of an escaped Texas
l. convict broadcasts an appeal
over the radio for him to surren-
der.
Probably he will not need her adj
vice, because if he were in the habit
Of doing so he would not be an
escaped convict.
Her advice is sound, nevertheless.
1t comes from the heart, which often
is as good. if not better than the
head, in solving moral problems.
The tragedy Of it is that this
young man could not see it shat way
when he was a boy and probably
can not see it that way now.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, and
Health Magazine.

dealln mdBdLlu6s
A LREADY the owners and pro-
IA prietors of summer camps are
beginning the spring cleaning and
the notifications necessary to make
the camps suitable for safe occu-
pancy during the coming hot sea-
son.
There are only a few of the states
in this country that provide for
regular inspection of camps by Off
GERS of the state board of health,
Since 1926, Maryland has had reg
ular supervision and inspection Of
camps. In 1928, camps totaling
1O4 were inspected in that state and
only Seventy-six we're licensed to
operate. Only the camps that meet
the state requirements for santa
ton and for general care can obtain
a license to operate.
1t is a strange aspect Of human
logic that a parent who will nave
his child in a private school with
regular examination and the best
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

sort OF weather to
be expected.
A good guess as
to what the tenn
perature will be
like can be made
by noting the lati-
tudes of the highs
and lows.
AS a rule, the
weather will be
cool and the llu-
Nudity fairly low
if the largest high
pressure area on
the map--knoWn
technically as the
pre- do m j ting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Background LaCing

A NY good book about Bryan,
"A which purports to be complete,
should give a great deal of attention
to the background from which he
sprang. 1t is impossible to know the
man without having some insight
into his boyhoOd.
While the Freudian approach may
have been overdone in recent years,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Credit Is Essential

WE can not build the necessary
w mills and factories, draw on
the necessary supplies, and maintain
the. necessary distributing system
without credit.
Selling stock is one way of estab-
fishing credit even if it does lead
to speculation and gambling.
Speculation and gambling can be
carried to a point, however, where
too much of the credit is absorbed
by the game itself, and where mer-
chants and manufacturer actually
are deprived Of money they need
because an unnecessary volume has
gone to support this twentieth CEN
tury brand of poker.
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Wrecked by Radio

I MET him after the peak of his
Il glory, but there was still life in
the old man during the San Fran
cisco convention of 1920. Even to
those who liked him not at all, Will
liam Jennings Bryan was an amaz-
ing person. The Werner book
makes him seem dull and drab,
which is far from the fact.
If he had not gone into politics,
Bryan might easily have been one
of the greatest actors of all time.
Booth himself can hardly have pos
Sessed voice of such glorious quail
ity,
Although commonplace in thought,
Bryan's speeches still read pretty
well. To hear them was to be en-
tranced. Up to the time of his great
failure at Madison Square Garden,
Bryan probably stood as Americas
finest orator.
At Madison Square Garden he re-
fused at first to stand before the
microphone. They can't hear you,
Mr. Bryan, said the chairman. That
must have been the most tragic mo-
ment in his life. Indeed, the life
Of William Jennings Bryan might
we'll carry the subtitle. The Rise
Ind Fall of Voice"
Copyright 1920. BY The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Gives Rise to Doubts

OUCH incidents will cause the pub
- lie to doubt statistics regarding
death by acute alcoholism.
If Mr.. Smith could die from a
fractured skull and get a certificate
that his demise was due to diabetic
poisoning, who knows but what
some one else could? And that is
not the worst of it, for if the frac-
tured skull had been discovered,
who knows butt. what Mr.. Smith
might have BEEN Saved?
1t goes without saying that q per-
son who causes the death of another
by pushing, hitting, or tripping him
up is guilty Of Incorporate conduct,
but what about the doctor who
thought that he was just another
drunk, when he had a broken head?
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one Of Americas most inter.
estin2 writers, and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
With the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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No. $50

TT IS easy for the average layman to make his own
weather forecasts from the daily weather map, if
he keeps in mind that there is a general drift of
high and low pressure areas eastward across the
United States
BY noting the positions of the highs and lows on
the map he can make a pretty good guess as to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
HOLLYWOOD Uber Allies

When other nations protest against American re-
strictons On foreign goods We turn deaf ear, but
when they raise barriers against our products our
self-righteous cries of indignation be heard
around the world.
In the midst of plans for tariff increases, over the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Daily Thought

But keep under my body, and
bring it into subsection; lest that
by any means, when / have
preached to others, / myself
should be castaway.-I Cor
9:21.
TINE world looks at ministers out
i of the pulpit to know what they
mean when in it.-Cecil.
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NJ. E. Tracy

Most People Would Prefer
to See Business Controlled
by the Federal Reserve
Board Than By a Cr0tUd Of
Spectators"