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wearing one OF the new afternoon
frocks printed in a design OF wee
sailor heads. And IL it were not
such q warm day Rosalie might
hxSe worn one OF the new feather
fabrScS interviewer with
wool, especially ostrich feathers.
(CopyriEhe. 1923 King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
Famous Authority AnsWers Girl
WhO Cant Decide
BetWeeR Them
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems Of Love and Marriage

TyHERE never marriage, in all probability, that
absolutely satisfactory to all concerned and
concerned. In almost every case, there is someone,
somewhere, who would prefer for another
not to have it take place But when loved parent OBJ
jects renuousy daughter marriage which she has
set her heart, it is hard for all concerned.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10

yYELDOWN, the worlds softest
" material, made from Rayon Gel
lulose is an utterly new product, which
gives women new hygienic pad.
IT is softer than down and as caress-
inglyRentle as fuffs of the loveIiest silk.
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
ADVENTURES
OF RITZY
ROSALIE

A first glance at Rosalie's dress
might lead a person to believe
that she was knocked down by
heartless truck driver. Her new
frock is covered with tire tread
n1arks-the newest design in,
prints. She could have shown
her approval of our Navy by
The Washington times., 1929-07-10
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

When new shoes squeak, stand
them on q plate In which little
castor oil has been poured. The
soles will soak this UP and there
will be no more squeaking.
To make brooms fresh and
clean, dip into q pail Of boiling
soap and water and dry in the
sun.
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What Do You KnOlD?
ANSWERS 10 TODAY's TEsT
For Questions See Comic Page

l. Preacher. 2 Scout g. Mormon A Pugilst 5. General
VIM Taft q Jacob g. Theodore Roosevelt g. Form Of
ehanica elevator TO- Budapest H. c. Dodgson. r.
Barrier for defense 1S Rputed inventor Of printing movable
Tpe. IL Fifteenth dS. William Cullen Bryant
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Timely Topics

In Bolivia the natives of the
interior wear hats and shirts made
of the bark of tree. 1t is first
soaked in water and then beaten
until pliable.
Upwards OF 100000 people are
said to be living in 10000 base
ments in London. England, which,
by reason of dampness, lack of
light and ventilation, are unfit for
human habiiation.
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Nov A Vastly Center
Hygiene for Women
o5% Softer Effective ; to 5 Times Longer
r ISABEL oSTRArJDER. R. N.
Noted Student Of WOmsn's Hysiens

A Discovery That Experts Say Will
Virtually RevolutiOnize The Hygiene
Habits Of Women. Employs the Super
lative SOftness Of Rayon CellaIOse in Ban.
ishing All Possibility of Irritation.
Mul6plies Absorbency Over Present
Ways 10 Times Thus Remains Effective
Ho9rs Longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Hoover and the Tariff

The President has interviewed in the senate tariff
hght-not protest against higher rates for rich and
prosperous industries hoped but in defense Of the
flexible provision under which the President, rec
ommendation of the tariff commission, may change
rates up TO so per cent.
Arguments used by Mr. Hoover in favor of retain
ing the flexible provision perfect-theoretically
seven years ago it put into the law and pretty
generally accepted all sides as a reform.
1t to help take the tariff out of politics. to
provide machinery for correcting inequalities in indi-
vdua schedules without the prolonged congressional
debate which always follows attempted tariff tinker
ing and finally it was to increase the power of the
bipartisan and scientific tariff commission.
Unfortunately, it has not worked out that way.
Whoever or whatever responsible the fact is that
in seven years of operation the flexible provision has
in effect made the tariff commission more political
in character and has concentrated more power in the
hands of the President while at the same time sub
iecting him to increased partisan pressure
The flexible provision in the hands of Mr.. Coolidge
meant little than invitation to raise rates
right and left. Practically every important change
a full so per cent increase. When the commits
sion recommended a decrease on major commodity,
Coolidge ignored it,
Along with that process went attempt by the
White House to control the commission through in
direct pressure, and finally through the astounding
subterfuge of demanding standing designations from
commissioners to be used If and when the President
desired
This bit of unpleasant history explains why many
of the progressive senators of both parties
so opposed to the reform machinery which they
helped to build. They now propose to make the COM
mission directly responsible to congress- which alone
will have authority to change rates. originally
tempated by the Constitution.
They believe this will preserve the best part of
the present system and eliminate the evils of the
last years.
Doubtless great many voters find themselves
in own predicament We agree with the President
that the present system is BEST theoretically. But
have pointed out repeatedly the abuse of the
flexible provisions under Mr.. Coolidge.
1t all comes down-as most governmental problems
do-to the spirit in which law is enforced. And we
do not think Mr. Hoover is the kind of President
who will abuse the flexible provision power for parti-
san purposes Therefore somewhat less excited
about the need of quick revision than when
Mr. Coolidge in the White House
We saving excitement in this tariff fight
for the matter of high industrial rates which violate
the Republican campaign pledge, which will increase
the cost of living which will start foreign retaliation
and hoycotts and which pretty close to public
robbery.
We still hope the President, in line with his mes
sage to congress- will take positive position in
the matter of the high industrial tariff increases as
he has the flexible provision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
CoIored Ribbons
TINE institution of the Legion

TINE institution of the Legion of
1 Honor Wells calls, "a scheme
for decorating Frenchmen with bits
of ribbon which admirably was cal
culated to divert ambitious men
from subversive proceedings"
1t does seem silly that anybody
should be willing to die for a bit
of ribbon, but Wells ought to give
Napoleon credit for his insight. Men
will die for bit of ribbon. We have
seen them do it in our time.
Without decorations, without
phrases and without the brilliant
and effective theatricality of French
officers from marshals to ieuten-
ants, France would have lost the
great war. 1t was neither guns nor
barbed wire which stopped the Ger
mans at Verdun. A phrase stood
in their way and could not be dis
lodged.
Even the stern and taciturn
Pershing learned the lesson and be-
fore he had been in France three
months he was travelling about
making orations to wounded men.
I heard him tell legless boy that
he envied him and wished that he,
Pershing, could lie there in his place.
I doubt if the boy was convinced
of the sincerity of the wish.
Possibly Pershing did not use the
proper gesture. After all, he was
not Napoleon.
Copyright 1929. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Truly Rural

Clinton Bardo, president of the New York Ship
Building Company, speaking out of the richness OF
his experience with William B. Shearer declares on
the witness stand that he now regards Shearer as
undesirable man to have around
Asked why, he lapSes into the rural and says:
Well you might send him after the cows and he
might take gun and shoot the farmers pigs"
That rather picturesque language describes &C.
curately what big business frequently gets when it
hires what have come to be called by the pompous
title of public relations engineers previously known
under the more plebian heading of press agent"
Especially will some of the public utilities appreci-
ate Mr. Bardos feelings for those utilities have been
on the anxious seat now for couple of years as
result of high-pressure schemes devised by their
public relations engineers"
The text book scandals and other similar revelations
brought forth by the federal trade investigation are
demonstrations of the fact that the press agents who
sent out to bring in the actually did shoot
up the pigs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25

T JUST have read what seems to
Il me the best novel any American
now alive has written, but this is
not to be issued in book form for
another week or so and accordingly
it is the honorable duty of critic
to keep quiet.
It is not a bad rule to read an
old book whenever you just have
finished a new one. Accordingly, 1
supplemented the magnificent native
novel by tackling 1.-THE Outline OF
History" once again.
That isn't quite ancient yet, but
it remains a good book to have
around. 1t is a particularly appro-
pirate book for the library of a
lazy man. 1t is good book for
me.
You see, it will always be fresh
as far as I'm concerned, because
I have no expectation of ever get
ting all the way through. I sup
pose, man and boy, I've been read
ing 1.-THE Outline" nigh on to seven
years. There have been intervals
in this endeavor and mostly I start
all over again to refresh my
memory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Enright Says He Knows,

ID ICHARD E. ENRIGHT, running
INfor mayor Of New York on the
Square DEAL ticket, says that if
Governor Roosevelt authorizes an
investigation of the Rothstein case,
he will tell what he knows.
81 have some information con-
corning the Rothstein case which is
authentic" he says, land I will be
glad to submit it to any investiga-
tor the Governor might appoint"
This information would be ex-
tremeiy embarrassing to several city
officials, he declares, insinuating
that the police have done what they
could to cover it up for that reason.
More particularly, he charges that
the police and District Attorney
Banton have known pretty we'll
where Herman Biller, an impor' 1T
witness in the RothStein case, was
to be found, while he himself had
information that Biller was in New
York City for two weeks last August.
Borrowing an idea from Presi-
dent Hoover, District Attorney Ban
ton says that if Mr.. Enright knew
of Biller's presence in the city, it
was his duty to inform the authori-
ties, not forgetting to mention time
and place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
REASON By Ff IASpiS

TNHEOpOPE ROOSEVELT, nov Governor of
l. Porto Rico is the brightest of T. RS children
and the one most like him is Alice Roosevelt Long
worth
welt banner would not be hanging the ancestral
wall at Oyster Bay; it would be waving up close to
the head of the procession
Young gentlemen. suffering from that tired feel
ing may be interested to learn that the oldest toer
in the American vineyard, Jacob B. Ullery aged 81
years still takes of his 100-acre farm up in
Michigan
He cut his place out of the wilderness more than
seventy years ago and has run it ever since, thus
proving that the nearest approach in all this world
to fountain of eternal youth to spend your days
as your own boss in a business that you like
William F. Kenny. the wealthy New York con-
tractor, now in Europe who had his barber cross the
Atlantic to give him hair cut should also takeNa
seafoam and shave while the fellow is over there
d AMSAY MDONALD'S visit may not determine
N the naval strength of the United States and
Great Britain. but when President Hoover entertains
him. it will determine just where Mrs Gam is to sit
It is sad commentary on the intelligence on our
highwaymen that not of them thought of holding
up victim by claiming to be corn borer detective
sent out by the department Of agriculture.
ID EPESENTATIVE LA GUARDIA, nominated as
N Republican candidate for mayor of New York
is an interesting personality. Born in Arizona, he
graduated from New York high school and served
a flier during the World war.
In politics he has visited around quite lot run
ming on various tickets and If not elected mayor he
will stay in the national house of representatives and
make wet speeches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Book\That Never FaiIS

THIS time I jumped into the mid
i die and grew fascinated with
what H. G.. Wells has to say about
Napoleon. Publishers have a say
ing that no biography of Napoleon
ever can fail.
Hot or cold, he remains the most
glamorous of all historical figures
Nor is the urge to write about Ma
poleon limited wholly to historians
and biographers.
The editor of a literary magazine
tells me that in the last three years
he has read no less than 26 novels
which deal in part with the retreat
from Moscow. Even the great Shaw
grows a little sentimental and ro-
mantle when he writes about the
Corsican.
Accordingly, it is strange to find
that H. G. Wells is practically the
only living writer who processes to
have a contempt for Napoleon. Mr..
Wells feels that his historical sta
ture has been exaggerated vastly.
He would have the world accept
him literally as little corporal. 1t
may be that this attitude is defen-
sive. Wells does protest a shade
too much.
The sight of the terrible Corsican
peeping over the edge of the Thirty
eighth chapter sends Mr.. Wells
scurrying from his detached inter-
nationalism right into the center of
a British square.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
1T SEEMS TO ME By H RRoTS

Otherwise, so the stanch Briton sug-
gests, the English would have made
short work of the Old Guard had
they tried any monkey business on
the far side of the channel.
Nelson, according to this historian,
was a warrior of far greater imagi-
nation than Napoleon. But if So,
it seems a pity that he did not rise
to Wellsian heights of strategy and
lose Trafalgar so that Napoleon
might later land on England's shore
and take licking.
Very probably mankind is not bet
ter off because he lived. 1t is rea-
sonable to assume that his career
was not altogether pleasing to God.
But Bonaparte remains even yet
the great DOGGY man of Europe, a
figure great enough to reach out
from the grave and frighten H. G.
Wells and mark him.
Here was a man who took life
and made it theatrical. 1t was an
achievement in popular esthetics if
nothing else. But Wells doesn't
seem to care about esthetics.
Perhaps even moral might be
extracted from the life of Napoleon.
He proved the magic quality of per-
sonality and the inspiration of ges-
ture. Some day the same methods
may be used for some finer purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25

BY DAVID DIETZ-
by DAVID DIETZ-
Measuring Distance to Stars
Is Simple, as Far as the
Underlying Principle S
Concerned.

TOW do astronomers measure the
L L distances of the stars? That is
the question in the mind of a cor
respondent who writes, I read with
interest your reports of the recent
meeting of the American Astronom-
ical Society at Ottawa. 1t is Stimu-
lating to hear the way the astrono-
mers toss around billions and tril-
lions of miles. But how do they
know?"
Measuring the distance TO star
is a very simple matter as far as the
underlying principle is concerned. In
practice, however, it is an extremely
difficult task, requiring the highes!
of astronomical skill.
An analogy will make the method
clear. Let us suppose that a surveyor
on one bank Of river wishes 20
know the exact distance to a tree OIL
the other side. He will proceed as
follows:
First, he will measure of a base
line on his side of the river. Then,
he will set up his surveying instru-
ment at one end of the line and
sight at the tree, measuring the an
gle between it and the base line.
Then he will do the same thing from
the other end Of the line.
He now has triangle of which
his line is the base and the tree the
apex. He knows the length of the
base line and the two angles which
he has measured. 1t is then simple
matter to calculate, by trigonometry,
the distance to the apex Of the tri-
angle, which is the tree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Study Child's Mental Capacity Early

learning ability of the infant or its
behavior with relationship to these
simple tests.
The infant mentally defective at
birth will begin to show its de-
fects very promptly. If the infant
does not show normal Characters
tics of growth early in life, it de-
mands prompt consideration and at
tention.
Even though it is not certain that
much can be done for such an in
FAINT, except to protect it against a
world which has but little considera-
ton for the inefficient, what scien-
tiflc medicine can do in such cases
is to determine as soon as possible
the need for specialized study and
care, the separation of the individ-
uaI from the group and its life and
those of it's relatives the special at
tention that will make more en-
urable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
ties that child can carry out pur-

ties that a child can carry out pur-
posefully during its first year.
BY the end of the first month, the
normal infant apparently recog-
nizes its mothers face; by the end
of the second month, it will follow
her moving figure with its eyes; at
the end of the third month, it can
begin to manipulate objects lit
tie; at the end of the fourth or
fifth month, pick up a toy in the
crib; at six months, reach for a
toy; at eight months, look for a
spoon that falls ON the floor; at 10
months, pick up any small object;
at II months, push a pencil through
a hole, and at IL months, speak one
or two words.
A normal infant is likely to de-
velop at about this speed.
It has been found that even diff
flculty with nutrition and under
weight will not modify greatly the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
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SIGHTS PACIFIC OCEAN

SIGHTS PACIFIC OCEAN
Sept. 25
I'M Sept. Is, 1913, Vasco Nunez
" de Balboa, Spanish explorer,
sighted the Pacific ocean, the first
European to do so from American
shores.
Confused accounts of a great
western ocean which reached Balboa
in the Darien territories, of which
he was in supreme command, i'm
PEELED him to go in search of it in
1913.
On Sept. 25, he obtained his first
view of the Pacific ocean from a
mountain top in the Isthmus Of
Panama.
Four days later, he reached the
water at a point which is still
known by the name he gave it, the
Gulf of Miguel He took formal
possession for Spain, naming the
ocean the Mar del Sur, or South
sea, the coast at this point trending
nearly east and west.
The educated men of his time
shared his great enthusiasm az this
great discovery and the contempor-
airy writer's may still be read with
much Interest
Governorship of the territories
conquered by Balboa. and known
as Darien, was obtained a short
time later by Pedro "Arias Pedrar-
ias) Davila, through intrigues at the
Spanish court, and Balboa resigned
the command into the hands of the
Governor.
Balboa was beheaded in 1917 after
a dispute withe Pedrarias.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
To the Sun

XXTE can apply this same method
w to finding the distance to the
sun. At the same instant, an as
tronomer in New York and one in
San Francisco point their telescopes
at the sun, noting the angle at
which their telescopes are inclined.
They now have triangle like the
surveyor had. The distance from
New York to San Francisco is their
base line. The telescope readings
give the tow angles. All they need
do now is calculate the distance TO
the apex of their triangle, which is
the distance to the sun.
It would seem at first that the
distances of stars might be obtained
in the same way. But the stars are
so far away that the base line from
New York to San Francisco is far
too short.
However, once we know the dis
lance to the sun, which, OF course
is the radius of the earth's orbit, VIC
can make use Of that.
Consequently, we can pursue tn
following method: We can poln
our telescope at the star in jar
uary and again in June. We thf
have a great triangle, whose ba
line is the diameter of the eartl
orbit, distance of 186,000,000 mil
Actually, a modification Of I'll
method is used. Two photographs
the star and it's neighboring sta
are taken, six months apart. Due
the change in angle at which Ii
star is seen, it will appear to h9
shifted its position slightly vi
reference to the other stars
general.
This shift, or paraIlax, as it
known technically, then is deter
mined from careful measurements
the two Photographic plates and IT,
angles and then the distance calcu
lated from it.
The parallax is so very small, how
ever, that the method can be applied
with success only to the nearer
stars. In the cases of the most dis
tant stars, it is too small to measure
with the most delicate instruments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Dog Star

A r the present time, six Amer
N lean and one English observa-
tories are cooperating in program
of measuring stellar distances by the
parallax method.
Recently the results of their work
to date we're assembled into cata-
log by DR.. Frank Schlesinger, direc-
tor of the Yale university observa-
tory. 1t gives the distances Of 1870
stars.
These, of course, are the nearer
stars. The distances Of more re-
mote stars are estimated.
Let us suppose that we know the
distance of a certain star from par
allax measurements. Suppose now
that a spectroscopic study reveals
that another star of unknown dis
lance is exactly like the star of
known distance, exactly like it both
in size and in true brightness.
1t is possible then to estimate the
unknown distance by comparing the
apparent brightness of the two
stars. Obviously, the further away
the star of unknown distance is, Lne
DINNER it will appear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Wink at SDeakeaSjeS


EOR many years the opposition to
Il Tammany hall, whether repre-
sented by Republican, Socialist or
fusion candidate, has hung on the
hope of proving graft or collision.
The Rothstein case is popular
with the opposition because it rep
resents one more possibility in that
direction.
Exposure of the speakeasy graft
probably would be easier, but not SO
effective.
The presence of $4,000 speakeasies,
as Mr.. Enright charges, would sug-
gest nothing so emphatically as that
New York is tolerant toward them
Even if such tolerance does include
considerable hush money.
Proof of connivance to pigeon
hole a murder case would hurt
Tammany more than would ex-
posure of an indulgent attitude to-
ward hooch.
AS a matter of common sense,
such attitude is taken for granted
Especially since Mr.. Whalen de-
clined the invitation to Cooperate
with federal authorities.
Like all Washington, New York
oratory with regard to speakeasies
takes academic lines.
A great deal is heard about com
mon knowledge" what the author
tiles could do if they had the will, ~
and so on.
Prohibition, when you come to
think of it, has taken the place of
the weather in furnishing a sub
ject about which everyone feels free
to talk. While no one feels obi
gated to do anything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
Talk Is Our RELIGION
TALK has become almost a re

TALK has become almost a re-
l. ligion in this country.
We believe in it not only as a sub
stitute for action. But as a guar
antee of results.
Some of our shrewdest business
men are willing to pay good money
for talk. AS the Shearer case re-
veals, and rather poor talk at that.
A review of the testimony thus
far developed in that case is start
ling.
What Shearer did or said at Gen
eva and Washington is of no great
consequence, but what the people
who hired him expected is a sad
commentary on their business
sense, if not their political ideals.