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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Thank You, Brother

WE should al be very grateful,
WI think, to Brother Straton.
He is a great prophet, or he would
not have perceived just where we
we're going,
He is deeply in the confidence Of
God, or he could not with an air of
cosn1ic authority have assigned to
us our definite place in the here
after His assurance-justified, no
doubt, by his knowledge Of his near
relations to providence-reminds one
OF the utterance Of an archangel, or,
at the very least, the confidence Of a
Dante.
"a great many people-most peo-
pie, indeed, have to wait until they
die before they are sure where they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Could Be Decent Man

THAT little Kentucky boy might
a become decent man if
brought up in the right way and
surrounded with the right kind Of
influences, even though he did shoot
a playmate.
To place him in a reformatory,
however, where he will be thrown
into intimate contact with the out
casts of the state, means little less
than his virtual destruction.
Much as we like to believe that
our corrective institutions can take
the place Of a good home, syrnpa-
thetic relatives and natural aSsocia-
tons, the result is not encouraging.
More often than not. the inmate
falls under the herd influence. alb
sorbing the smart alec, rebellious
spirit of HRS companions, rather
than the wise counseIS of those in
charge.
At best. institutional life is a
sorry makeshift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
DON MARQUIS, on this pleasant
y day has been kind enough to

contribute the entire column;
MY attention callers on my pay
roll point to an article in the Boston
Post in which the Rev. John Roach
Straton intimates that Sinclair
Lewis, Haywood Broun and Don
Marquis are going to hell, I wish
to state publicly that I am grateful
for the assurance that have a
future in such intelligent company.
"An incorporation is suggested.
"I do not suppose that we will be
able to accomplish a definite spir-
itual regeneration over any enor-
nous area of hell, when we get
there and continue the missionary
work we have started on this planet,
but I do think we should enter into
an agreement now to combine forces
there and do the best we can.
1T is, at least, a mission that we
have in some measure prepared our
selves for on this earth, and we
have found the work interesting in
/ itself, and the reactions we get from
it are occasionally very amusing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Across the Styx

ny own nope is That AFTER we
AVA get to hell, and begin our
evangelical work there, we will still
be under the supervision of Brother
Straton; that he will send us mes
sages of cheer and encouragement
and guidance from his place near
the throne Of Jehovah.
Maybe he will fly down now and
then for a friendly chat, and to get
acquainted with the congregation
that Lewis and you and I inevi-
tably will have gathered about us.
He has made me that sort of visit
before this.
"One day, ten or twelve years
ago, I think it was, he sought me
out in my Office in the Evening Sun,
and proposed to me that we trade
publicity. I had written a para
graph criticising one of his public
utterances, and the Sunday follow
ing he had preached sermon chaS-
Using me from his pulpit
II was crude enough, being still
unlessoned in the finer ethical points
of modern evangelism, to think that
there was a genuine difference be-
tween Brother Straton and myself
that there was, vulgarly speaking
a row on But I was wrong, il
appeared.
After making an earnest plea fol
my soul, he pointed out to me that
what I had said advertised him
and what he had said advertised
me, and suggested that we do a dou-
BILE deal on more of that sort Of
thing. for our mutual benefit in &
publicity way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of tina American Medical
Association and of HyEeia, the
Health Magazine.

MYTH the advancement Of
w medical science, 1T has become
increasingly difficult for a young
man to become a physician.
Fifty years ago the course in
medicine in even the best medical
colleges was about three years in
length and consisted largely OF lee
lures and some dissection and DEM
onstration. The time occupied in
schools was not so great and the
student could spend much Of his
spare time in earning his living.
Most students came into medical
colleges from the high school, but
even high school education was not
required for admission to many
medical colleges.
After Pasteur made his great
medical discovery, namely, that
germs are responsible for the spread
of disease; after chemistry and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

1T now looks as though recreation
Il airy senators, led by Moses, Reed
& Co., would not take MIR. Mallon
apart, not in secret at least.
No matter how the show intrigued
them, it was too much for some OF
their colleagues to stomach.
The idea of noisily denouncing
those hypocrites" who had given
Mr.. Mallon information as to the
Lenroot roll call and then making
him the goat, was too raw.
Thus in a roundabout way we
come to the more sensible PROPOSE
ton Of abolishing secret palayers
over the confirmation Of presidential
nominees.
After all, It's an i'll wind that
blows nobody good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Quotations of NotabIes

NNE Of the most important mat
~ tiers in any hearing is that it
should be open to the press.--Sena-
tor Simmons, North Carolina.
I burst out laughing the other
day when it was said of certain
man that he has devoted his life
to his country; for he has devoted
his life to politics.-Ed Howe. Atchi
son, Kan, editor and writer.
The American male is VIGOROUSLY
adept and incompetent as lover,
and the laws Of his country sternly
forbid any effort to improve him.
Fl. L. Mencken. american Mer-
curry.
A woman is like mirror to q
man; she reflects whatever he de-
sires that she shall Representative
mier Benito Mussolini.
=
Mexican labor has supplanted ma
tive American labor to such extent
THAI today fully IS per cent Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Reform Not for Babes

WHETHER one approaches the
w question of punishment from
the standpoint of reform, prevention
or revenge, its application to babies
is palpably useless.
Six years can not produce enough
to make over, enough to be scared,
or enough to suffer.
But. if thrown in contact with
the idiots, half-wits, and perverts
that clutter our reformatories, the
potential purity of six years easily
can be contaminated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
TT SEEMS TO ME By H B10TS

are going. But Lewis and you and I
have had it all settled for us.
Brother Straton, profoundly in
the councils of God himself, tells us
while we are still IN the flesh. He
disposes of our souls without any
thought of blasphemy or sacrilege,
such as might stay the tongue of
lesser man less divinely accred-
tied and informed,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Conscience Stays Alive
DOvERTY may lead to crime, bur

DOVERIY may lead 20 crime, DuG
l. it seldom deadenS conscience,
Only those who have more than
they know what to do with find it
easy to justify appetites, desires and
ambitions that otherwise would be
looked upon as vicious.
The low criminality which comes
from want is not only less danger
Gus, but less excusabIe than the
subtler kind which originates in the
"gi'mes,"
Since the dawn of constituencies,
our worst tyrants, perYerts and
crooks were born with silver spoons
in their mouths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

college professors and publishers as corrupters OF
youth as one of them suggested to carry the incl
dent to the extremity of absurdity.
There is a concentration Of events in this best
of all possible worlds" Dr. Pangloss commented TO
his disciple Candide at the conclusion of the latters
adventures
"All that is very we'll" answered Candide but let
us cultivate our garden"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

AS the definition
tells, the stratus is
just a fog which
doesn't touch the
ground. 1t is the
lowest of clouds,
averaging around
1000 feet.
1t is formed in a
number of ways.
Occasionally, it will
be formed by cold
winds running I'M
der a layer of warm
h Il m d air. The
warm air will be
lifted to a cooler
region where the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
David Dietr on Science -
Here Is Fog-Like Cloud
No. 1854


VXTE now have reached the end of the official
w classification of clouds. No. 10 in the list is
the stratus.
1t is described officially follows: "a uniform
layer of cloudlike fog not lying on the ground The
cloud layer of stratus is always very low If it is
divided into ragged masses in a wind or by mountain
tops it may be called fracto-stratus The complete
absence of detail of structure differentates stratus
from other aggregated forms of cloud
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
SAYS:

Since the Da10n Of Con-
science, Our Worst Tyrdnts,
PerucrtS and Crooks We're
Born With SiIver Spoons in
Their Mouths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

What ships first passed through
the Suez canal?
The first three to pass through the
canal on Nov. 16, 1869, were the
Lotif, an Egyptian corvette of 400
tons, under Captain Djemli Bey; the
French dispatch boat, Salamandre
of $50 tons, Captain Blanc, and the
Verka, Russian steam yacht Of
seventy tons, Captain Alleen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

z. L. Doheny bought in at public auction the
ranch property of his friend former Secretary Fall
Mr. Doheny seems to have been the Fall guy in that
transaction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

A man laughed out loud in San Francisco movie
theater and was elected. The only thing you can get
away with in movie theater these days is good cry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Now that a mechanical heart has been invented by
a scientist in Canada, couple of cartons ought to
be ordered by the presidents of the American and
National Leagues
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Scientists have been revising their statistics and 1t
seems to them now that the universe is not spa
cous as formerly believed Maybe they have been
attending beauty contests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers, and are pre-
sentcd without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.--The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

The United States is a country that expresses its
democracy by fighting over places at the table.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Who is the leading woman in the
motion picture, 'F1eetwing," and
what other prominent parts has she
played?
Dorothy Janis is the leading woi11-
an in "Fleetwing' and she played
the part Of Sings-in- the Clouds in
kit Carson" She is 10 years old.
What Is the Negro and the Indian
population of the United States?
The Negro population Is 10, 463,i3f
and the Indian population is 354,-
gao.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

An incendiary fire destroyed mechanical organ
in Chicago movie house. Police haven't even men
toned the theory that it some Boy Scout doing
his daily good deed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

A Boston man gave up golf to win a girl Reform
is diicult but they say good woman often make
maj out of the poorest kind of material
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

The Greeks have made Mount Olympus a national
park The venture should succeed if they put in a
good movie for the American tourists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Tammany hall seems to have observed Foot Health
week by booting out few of its recent favorites.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

New Workers eat 100000 eggs daily, says a bulletin
of the Merchants Association And just think OF the
millions more they have to look at!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

common or unskilled labor in my
state is performed by Mexicans.-
Mr. McKemy, commissioner Of labor
in Texas.
I've read the statements of lot
OF old fogeys that woman should
enjoy personally preparing the food
her husband eats. They are like a
flock Of wet hens. I doubt if my
husband could eat food I prepare
Vaughn De Leath, radio singer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

TASTY resolutions are of the ma
Il Il ture Of vows; and to be equally
avoided.-William Penn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
REASON
Appointiue Office Is the
Refuge of the UnWorthy So
We Should Flood 1t WITH
Daylight.
-Rv Frederick lands

THE most UNI American thing at
i Washington is the secret ses-
sion in which senators discuss the
qualification of presidential ap-
pointees and vote on their oonhrna-
ton
Under the rule, 6enator may be
/ expelled if he tells what occurred
in the secret session, even if he
merely tells how he voted, all of
which makes such secret session the
most abominable steam roller in
America.
In time of war there may be oc-
casions when appointments should
be discussed behind closed doors. At
such time, the people willingly sur
render their rights, even though the
demand therefore be clearly uncon-
stitutional, but to buck and gag the
consideration of every peace time
appOintee serves no public and
profits only the unworthy.
The most recent eXRsperating in
stance of this senatorial Suffocation
was in the case of the confirmation
OF Irvine L. Lenroot's appointment
as Judge of the court of customs APP
peals, very grave charges having
been made against him, among
them that he aided ex-Secretary
Fall in the Teapot Dome scandal
and that he dad lobbied for the
power trust.
IF either charge be true, Lenroot Is
not fit to hold any public posi-
ton. Yet such was the determine
ton of the senatorial machine to
smother all publicity of the discus
sion of his case, than an effort Is
said to have been made to forbid any
senator to keep record of how his
associates voted.
Such attempted discipline Shrinks
the august character of United
States senator to the helpless status
of an infant in kindergarten.
No honorable man should shun
an open discussion of his career, and
no dishonorable man should be per-
mitted to shun it.
You can not imagine a square
man like Charles G, Dawes running
into a senatorial closet with his APP
pointment under his coat, fearfully
telling the statesmen Of the upper
chamber that somebody was about
to go into his record and beseech-
ing them to lock the doors and pull
down the blindsl
IOPEN door consideration of the
" fitness of presidential APP
pointees will not only protect the
country from confirmation of the
undesirable, but it will cause presi-
dents to think twice before they APP
point the undesirable.
Such open discussion of the
charms of Fall and Daugherty might
have prevented their confirmation,
if in fact it had not prevented their
appointment in the first place.
Privilege constantly is on the alert
to fill high office with its friends
this solicitude centering largely
about appointments to the Federal
bench.
This is why year after year, you
see men appointed to great stations
who never in this world could have
been elected.
Appointive office is the refuge Of
the unworthy, so we should flood the
pathway to it with daylight!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Prohibition officers in Ohio shot the proprietor of
soft drink establishment. Now some ought to
go after the hot dog statesmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

former st. Louis gunman is employed a
director of underworld films Judging by the num-
Der of that kind of shows we've lately Al Capone
is missing big chance by not buying movie camera.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

Workmen are tearing down the first steel sky
scraper erected in Chicago. Must have been pretty
tough building
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25

The Hoover disarmament proposal raised a lot Of
false hopes. Nothing said in it about the coast
guard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-25
Daily Thought

Better is it that thou ShouldeSt
not VOW, than that thou shouldest
vow and not pay.-Eccl. SIS.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
FASHIONS
F A NCIES

Positively on the dot is a dotted
handkerchief and purse ensemble.
The background of azure blue and
the big white dots present an ef-
fective picture. The hankie has a
deep white border, while an un.
usual brass ornament fastens the
purse.
1t amt gonna rain no more, or
you won't care a bit If it does.
II you own u rainproof top coat.
Rubberized crepe or satin coats
with long scarf ends put the rain
coat definitely in the swagger top
coat class. They follow the ever
reliable trench coat model for the
most part
Going round in circles may not
get you anywhere. but you will
undoubtedly place Yourself in the
front ranks If you wear circu.
lar scarf. Apricot crepe de chine
lined with orange, and tucked like
a vest is a charming manifesto.
ton Of this vogue.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29

stronger In some of us, both chill
dren and adults, than in others.
but IL your child is irked by the
necessary indoor confinement dur.
ing the glorious spring days. why
not help him to adventure after
school hours as much as you pos
sibly can?
After one afternoon during
which l did not appear at school
at all, my mother said to me: II
am sorry you felt that you did not
need to attend school this after
noon, becsu that means you will
have to make up the work you
missed, on Saturday. and your
father just asked me il he might
take you for a ride out in the
country. Maybe next week you
will have all your school work
finished during the week. and you
can CO."
That was all. That was enough.
The next week / had all my home
work done by Friday night and
didn't miss a day in school.
Why not make Saturday after
noon adventurous, exploring times
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
Wedding without Love
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAlRFAA:
l am girl of II. My parents
want me to marry man who
drinks lot and is 10 years my
senior.
Last winter l was going with
q nice boy, but because we stayed
at a party until s O'Clock and
the next day ] was dizzy they
thought he took me on a wild
party. Now they object to my
writing him.
They want me to marry this
older man. What can / do?
Shall tell them / never went
on a wild party and make them
realize this man I went with last
winter is the one l want to
marry? DIXIE.
/ am sure your parents will not
insist on your marrying a man
VOu do not love. Dixie.
At II you are too young to
settle down to the responsibility
of marriage. MY suggestion is,
wait at least two years. BY that
time you will understand your.
self better and can choose a hus.
band more wisely.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
MAY and september

Is a man of 35 too old.to marry
a girl of 1S? Would such a mar
riage have a chance of success?
II not, why not? These are some
of the questions suggested by the
following letter from Alice:
"DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
my friends and I are in a very
big discussion. They insist that
a man of 35 is too old for girl
Of IS. But l think he Is just the
right age for her and she for him.
He has been around more and
knows how to treat girl better
than these young kids, l insist,
because a fellow even at 20 is
Just about the same age as girl
Of II.
My friends insist that when a
woman Is 40, the man is 81 and he
has become So old and fatigued
with life that he doesn't want to
60 out any more and have good
times. I say that by that time
they should both be ready to settle
down and be happy.
Will you put this in the paper?
/ am sure that there are many
other girls who think the same
as I do, and some who think the
same as my friends.
Were having big debate on
this subject, so we'd all appreci-
ate it very much of you to help
us out by giving us your opinion
in the matter. ALICE.
There are many factors besides
that of ages to be taken into con-
sideratiun in a marriage such as
YOU suggest, Alice. There have
been happy, successful marriages
between May and September. 1t
is possible that a very sedate, set.
tied girl of IS might find happi.
ness with a man of 35 who adored
her and understood youth and
youths viewpoint. But the chances
OF success are all against such a
union.
Each generation has it's own
natural pace, viewpoint and aims.
The average girl of 1S would be
miserable, tied down to a help.
mate nearly twice her age. A wise
and safe motto in marriage Is to
mate with one of your own gene
ration.
Congratulations! It Is fine for
you and your friends to discuss
these important subjects and try
to get at the rules and principles
that underlie happy successful
marriage.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
By Beatrice Fairfax
Constance Cameron on Cures for 7ruancy

for yourself and your children
providing. OF course, that they at.
tend to business during the week
and get their school work finished.
It is not in the nature Of reward,
but the logical consequence of
work finished and put away, which
leaves them free to enjoy outdoor
trips Don't punish this urge to
enjoy nature. Indulge tat the
legitimate time. It is a good op-
portunity to teach a bit Of self.
control, because all through life
there always seems to be some
thing we must do before we can
proceed to the things we WANT
to do.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
Famous Aut h or
On Problems
of Love
By Beatrice Fairfax

Constant Reader writes that
sin a rage" she. sent her friend
away.
She misses him. yet is too proud
70 ask him to come to see her
again. What is to be done In
such a situation?
Dear Miss Fairfax" her letter
reads. For the past three months
have known young man in
troduced to me by a vrey dear
friend. He has been out of work
for the last few weeks and is pen
niless at present. He is capable
of earning a nice living--enough
to support a family-when he Is
working / tried to console him
and through sheer sympathy be-
gan to love him..
''He insisted young man
ought not to marry girl until
he could give her the luxuries she
craved even told him my
parents would be willing to help
us until we were on our feet.
But It was of no avail In a
rage one evening l told him not
to come to see me again until
sent for him. He finally stopped
coming to see me.
Il feel so blue without him.
Should write him and ask htm
to come and see me? The
chances are could make him
see things diffently. But have
too much pride"
There's such a thing as true
pride. my dear. and there's also
false. pride. If you dismissed your
friend in a rage of temper, and
there is no real reason save your
pride why you should not ask
him to forgive your temper mad
start afresh with the friendship,
then you are letting a very poor
counterfeit of true pride stand
between you and happiness.
True pride is glad to tell the
truth by acknowledging a wrong.
BY all means, write your friend
a note asking him to come to see
you. He, on the other hand,
shows true pride in his decision
not to marry until he can support
a wife. If / were you, / would
encourage that pride and try to
inspire him to find work and save
money so that he can marry later
on. Meantime, why should you
refuse a congenial friendship
just because it cannot mean more
than friendship just now.