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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Backward Arts

1T isn't our backward arts for
i which we do the most wailing.
think we might do well to weep
about sculpture if America, since it
has taken to the hills and become
an adjunct Of the quarTying busi-
ness.
In land where so many statues
are bad, just why should we want
them larger?
Even though I have expressed i'm
patience with Joyce Kilmer's
Trees I must admit that noun
tain looks better after God has fin
ished and before Gutzon Borglum
has begun.
The perfect comment on this new
form of mass production was made
several years ago by Forbes Watson,
who complained that we were max
ing molehiIls out Of mountains.
And I observed, not long ago, III
the public press that Mr.. Borglum
had decided to edit TIE flaming
words Of Calvin Coolidge.
I do not hold that every word
written by the distinguished coll
umnist is precious, but I was not
altogether moved by the sculptor's
excuse for dipping his own hand
into the boiling prose.
Mr.. Borglum said hat, after all,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

1T is characteristic of Americans,
Il think, that we go in for a feast
or famine. The lads of Wall
Street are either in a mood where
they believe that everything will go
to 300 or that there is no resting
place. for stocks this side Of zero
if even there.
And in activities more cultural we
are addicted to the same excess.
Accordingly, the individual Ameri-
can is at one and the same time the
most boastful and the most humble
of patriotic propagandists.
He will bore an entire company
in some foreign capital with talk
about American skyscrapers and
American enterprise and American
generosity, only to sink into an alb
iect whimper if the least of Euro
pean literary or dramatic critics
speaks i'll of the American novel
or the American theater.
George Bernard Shaw evidently
has recognized this fact, for in a
current interview in the New York
Times he stated: 81 myself have
been particularly careful never to
say civil word in the United States.
81 have scoffed at their inhabi-
tants as a nation of villagers. I have
defined the 100 per cent American
as 80 per cent idiot. And they just
adore me and will go on adoring me
until, in a moment of senile senti-
mentality I say something nice
about them, when they will at once
begin to suspect me of being cheap
skate, after all, and drop me like
a. hot potato.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
The Greatest of All

r AM well aware that many have
Il turned thumbs down on the
Santa Claus legend, while others
have gone even farther and turned
thumbs down on the faith into
which is has been woven so COM
pletely.
Maybe they're right. Maybe hav-
ing learned the lesson, we can get
along without the fairy tale, the
symbol, or what some are pleased to
call the superstition.
But certain it is that we can not
get along without the lesson.
If millions of children hadn't
been taught the JOY of finding gifts
from some unknown source on
Christmas morning, and hadn't felt
obliged to maintain the deception
when they grew up, our unfortu-
mates would be in far worse shape
than they are.
Cold intelligence may device a
system for the better distribution
of wealth, or even abolition Of pow
erty, but it never can devise a sub
Stitute for the kind word or
thoughtful act.
The widows mite" still ranks
with the greatest donation ever
made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

action it is commended would tend to break up the
gangs because. for example If light wines and beer
were obtainable legally the demand for bootlegging
products would decrease.
Capone it is recalled has opposed the plans of the
California grape growers to sell grape concentrate
which will turn into wine, if you let it alone and
which has been approved by the federal government.
In short this group believes it will be impossible to
make tie country bone dry and that it would be better
to turn the problem Of controlling liquor over to the
states in the hope that the gang menace and other
corrupting influences Of national prohibition may be
eliminated.
The sincerity of such leaders of this group as
Senators Morrow and Buckley hardly be ques-
toned just Morrow has stated he does not question
the sincerity of those vino believe national prohibition
Is the solution. Their views well those of the
drys deserve the careful consideration of all thinking
American citizens.
No real citizen wants anything but the strictest
control of liquor by governmental agencies. Condi-
ons are not what the drys hoped for before the
days Of national prohibition.
The question is, how real effective control be
obtained?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
New Declaration

TINE founders of America were
Il men of vision, and yet they did
not go helf far enough in the Dec
laration o. independence.
1t was not enough to declare our
selves free from King George as
long as we were willing to remain in
thralI to every British commentator.
Not for minute would I suggest
a protective tariff against st. John
Ervines and Hugh Walpoles. On the
contrary, I think we ought to have
a lively interest In what these men
and others have to say about our
comedies and our stories.
But it seems to me a mistake to
set up European judges as the court
of last resort in things artistic.
In some respects we need not yield
precedence. Since Mr.. Shaw began
to slow up, our theater is at least as
lively as that of any foreign nation
with which close dramatic contacts
are maintained. suppose it is reA-
sonable to assume that such plays
as are imported from England for
our entertainment represent the
pick of the puppies.
If this is true, then the New York
theater is a stride or so ahead of
London. And the same thing is
true in regard to dramatic compe-
tition with Paris or Berlin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
SAYS

Cold Intelligence Never Can
Devise O Substitute for the
Kind Word or the Thought
fM Act.
HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 24.-Under
Il i other circumstances, I would
be glad to toss in few remarks re-
garding the Norris-Lucas row,
Borah's plea for an extra session,
renewal Of the gang war in Chicago,
the Wickersham commission and
Moneys case, or some other in
cident considered worthy of head
lines during the last twenty-four
hours.
But this is Christmas Eve and,
childish though it may be, can
not throw of the spirit which goes
with that institution and which is
so conspicuously in evidence this
year.
Hard times may have interfered
with trade to some extent, but not
with the idea of giving, especially
where it is most needed.
The unusual amount of work
being done by regular agencies, or
even emergency committees, is too
well known for comment, but what
amazes me is the number of people
who are contributing a bit here, or a
bit there, quietly and on their own
account.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Not Enough Romance

COMETIMES, I think we talk too
~ much about the mathematical
side of civilization, and too little
about its romantic side.
We never can be perfectly ra-
tional. Where would we land if we
could?
The idea that intelligence is sep
arabic from the emotions always
has struck we as absurd.
Love, hate, fear, hope and all the
other border-line faculties are inte-
grail parts of the thinking machine.
Their control is desirable, but their
suppression is impossible.
We poor mortals need lot that
simply can not be expressed in fig
ures, or had through system, and
we need it not only because of the
comfort it gives, but because it is
essential to the production of nor
NAL human beings, to the social
balance and, above all else, to that
degree Of happiness, illusionment
and confidence necessary to con-
tinued progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
BY DIR. MORRIS EISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine,


Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
HUMAN beings suffer from dis
4 Il eases transmitted from ami
mails, directly or indirectly by in
sects, and by other living species
which carry the organisms re-
sponsible for setting up disturb
ances.
The human being also becomes
infected from contact with germs
transmitted to him from other
human beings, previously infected.
All men perhaps are carriers of
diseases because they constantly
distribute about themselves organ
isms with which they previously
have been infected.
The organisms may come from
secretionS of the nose, throat anu
mouth; through coughing, sneez-
ing, splitting and kissing; through
contamination with secretions from
the eyes, such as may come when
one uses a handkerchief or towel
that has previously been used by
an infected person; through con-
termination from the excretions of
the intestines and of the urinary
tract, and even from contact with
organisms that are on the human
skin.
These organisms are transferred
from one person TO another by di-
rect contact, by contamination from
sewage, food, water, air, dust and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Feelings Most Important

XXTHAT we feel is still more i'm
w portant than what we know.
Take Bolshevisn,. for instance,
which is, perhaps, the coolest blood
ed political scheme ever tried. Who
sllpposeS that it would last fifteen
minutes but for the blind faith back
Of it, the sublime trust of ignorant
millions. the emotional strain which
makes it possible for few leaders
to make nation endure such heroic
sacrifices.
The pursuit of ideals and the ex-
pansion of abstract principles from
the bedrock of human progress. The
brick and steel by which we set
such store merely constitutes their
translation into physical form.
When you get right down to brass
tacks, it is what we have learned
to do by, for and through each other
that separates us from the jungle.
Easy enough to teach savages the
use of machine guns, but much
harder to teach them what justi-
fieS it.
The conception that mechanical
skill or scientific ability spells true
greatness is one of the worst pieces
of mysticism with which the race
ever was afflicted.
Given two men Of equal intelli-
gence, and the difference which en-
ableS one of them to operate a Ger
tain device while the other can not,
is simple to explain and easy to
overcome.
Given two men Of equal ability
in the same line, and the difference
which makes one of them mean
while the other remains generous, Or
crooked, while the other goes
straight, is much harder to under
stand, and harder still to eliminate,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
The New View

A S an evidence of the new point
"a of view which science has
brought, DR.. Woods calls attention
to the new view of the soil. He
says:
"The soil today is not just dirt,
but a universe of life and activity.
billions of organisms from the mi
crophages - invisible under the
highest powers of the microscope,
bacteria, protocol, microscopic al
gae, molds, fungi, and multitude
of higher forms, all engaged in
breaking down and building up
processes that al together make
soil.
"The factors that favor the fer
tility- producing and conserving
processes are being discovered, as
well as those that work in the OPP
posite direction.
1--WE are learning to promote the
helpful activities and to suppress
the harmful activities. The chemists
have discovered that out Of all these
activities there are developed GER
tain colloidal substances that have
much to do with what we call soil
type.
These colloids, with the organic
matter which in the past we have
Jumped under the term humus,
have a controlling relation to crop
producing power.
"These and other factors are all
considered in our soil surveys and
land classification as basis for a
more highly developed and perma-
nent agriculture and in reclamation
procedures.
"Then, too. we are beginning to
realize the tremendous losses Of fer
tility and waste of soil from slow
as well as rapid erosion and we are
beginning to take steps to prevent
these losses as far as possible.
1.-THE New Jersey station is one of
the foremost leaders in this soil
research"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BFoSS

he himself would be obliged to an
swer to posterity. I doubt it. 1t
seems to me that poSterity will not
have much occasion to communi-
cate with the Black Hills blaster.
And if, indeed, the Scared rock
carries signature in scale pro-
claiming the name of Borglum to
the world I have notion that the
passerby may cast one puzzled glance
and then inquire ''Who?" before he
hurTies on.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

BY DAVID DlEIZ-
We Can Feed All Our Popu-
lation More Easily and
Cheaply Than at Any Time
IN the Past.
THE tremendous advances which
i scientific research have intro
duced into agriculture we're sum-
married. by DR.. A. F. Woods, direc-
tor of scientific work of the United
States department of agriculture,
at "a recent celebration commemo-
rating the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the New Jersey agricul-
tural. experiment station.
"A half century ago it looked to
the best scientific minds as if in
crease in population would overtake
and pass our power to produce food
to meet the need" he said.
THE zero hour was set at about
1888.
THE day is here. Populations
have increased at about the ratio
figured. but we can feed them all
today more easily and cheaply than
we could at any time in the past.
There is less famine, less suffer
ing, less hard work, and more leisure
than ever before.
THE reason is that We have more
accurate knowledge of the factors
that must be controlled and We con-
troll them better than ever before in
the history of man"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
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TREATY OF CLIENT


ON Dec. "a, 1914, the treaty of
~ peace between the United
States and England, ending the War
of 1912, was signed at Client, Bel
GUM. The American commission
ers at the signing were Gallatin,
Bayard and John Quincy Adams.
England appeared eager to make
peace, not only because she was ex-
hausted after her struggles with
Napoleon on the continent, but also
because she wished to reopen Amer
lean trade.
But in spite of the desire Of both
sides for peace, negotiations dragged
on for year and a half.
The treaty provided for: Cd res
toration of all territory seized dur
ing the war, except certain islands
near Passamaquoddy bay, the dis
position of which was referred to a
commission; Cd a commission to
settle boundary lines between the
United States and Canada; 80
cooperation between this country
and Great Britain in suppressing
the slave trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Questions and
Answers

Is Latin dead language? Is it
spoken in any country in the world?
1t is a dead language and is not
the vernacular of any race or ma
ton today.
What was the total popular vote
for Calvin Coolidge in 1924 and for
Alfred f. Smith in 1928?
Coolidge, 1924, 15,725,016; Smith,
1928, 15,016,44S
What is the nationality and
meaning Of the names Yolanda and
Carolyn?
Yolanda spanish, means heart
less, and Carolyn German, means
noble spirited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Unbeconling SerViIity

THAT I accept as sound OBJ
l. servation. We are much too
servile in the face of criticism con-
corning our status in the cultural
world.
Let visiting foreigner make
even the mildest criticism of the
theory or practice Of our govern
ment and he will be pilloried in
every editorial page.
People will want to know, eff he
doesn't like it here, why doesn't he
go back where he came from"
But if that same foreigner sails
into the books, the plays, the films
or the music of America, we merely
hang our heads and grant the
truth of even the most extravagant
criticism.
Indeed, no American artist of
any sort may be said to have ar
rived until some European critic has
patted him on the head. Even
Sinclair Lewis could not free him
self from the Babbitt-built myth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Laws of Nature
OBSERVATIONS LED Id the ID

OBSERVATIONS led to the de-
~ termination of modes of action,
DR.. Woods continued, and in this
way the so-called laws of nature
have been formulated.
rThese laws operate with consid-
cradle certainty within the range
Of our observations he said.
1T is this method that has given
birth to what we call modern sci
ence. Some of it has grown out
Of a study of plants and animals
under domeStication, as Darwin's
formulation of his theory of natural
selection. Mendel's studies of in
heritance Of unit characters and his
formulation of the manner of in
heritance OF such characters now
known as MendeiS' laws.
These two deductions have given
us greatly increased power to modify
species and to make new ones en-
bodyiTlg new unit characters and
consequent qualities and to have
these fixed true as in nature.
But while nature may take a
thousand years to produce a new
species, we can do it in very few
years or in some cases in few
weeks.
1.-THE plant and animal have be-
come as plastic in our hands as the
molecule and atom have in the
hands of the modern chemist and
physicist.
This increased knowledge and
power has been acquired not by
spinning logical theories, but by OBJ
serving and testing and basing our
hypothesis and theories on OBJ
served and tested facts.
I'm this work the agricultural ex-
pertinent stations have been buSily
engaged for more than half a
century. They have as a result
built up a body of experimental
evidence in relation to almost every
aspect Of agriculture and country
life that is gradually changing the
whole aspect of agriculture in en-
Iightened countries from a haphaz-
ard, rule of thumb work for peas
ants to dignified, interesting and
successful group of industries, able
to hold their own, and to render eff
cient service in civilized society"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

that no question of merit in litera-
ture may be properly decided I'M
less it comes from some band Of
men across the waters.
I wonder, for instance, if he took
occasion to ascertain whether Swe-
dish academicians may not rate
just about the same proportion ct
stuffed shirts as here in the home
land,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

What was the estimated wealth of
Great Britain and Ireland and of
France in 1914?
The wealth of Great Britain and
Ireland was estimated at $4,000
100000 and that of France at $685.
OO0. 600 600.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Hoover and Lucas
obtained?

The fact that Executive Director Lucas of the
Republican national committee stopped to dishonor-
able and secretive methods in an attempt to defeat
senatorial candidate chosen by the Republican pri-
mary voters Of Nebraska is relatively unimportant
compared with the indications that the President and
the Republican chiefs are supporting Lucas
No amount of mud thrown at Senator Norris by
Lucas and his associates can obscure the issue They
read Norris out of the party-provided 6hey can
get away with such usurDation of power from the
Republicans of Nebraska. All that is party mai
ter, in which the public is not concerned.
But that is not the issue. The issue is the method
used by Lucas and his associates.
Lucas was chosen by Hoover. Hoover is responsible
for Lucas. Hoover can not be blamed for an error
in judgment in picking Lucas. He can be and will
be blamed for approving Lucas conduct if he fails
to condemn that conduct and if he fails to remove
Lucas from office.
Two comments have come from the White House
since this muck uncovered. One was the state
ment that the President would take no action. The
other statement from Chairman Wood of the
congressional campaign committee, Immediately after
conference with Hoover that "Mr Lucas has ex-
pressed the sentiment of every real Republican in the
United States"
Is it possible that the President of the United
States approves such disreputabe politics? We find
that very hard to believe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

College enrolnents have increased despite the de-
preston, says item. And for the fraternities
business, as usual will be rushing"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

The President and congress get along, as the oil
smile goes, like two seidlitz powders in glass Q
water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

The fellow who picked the winning teams las
season is one, at least, who thinks the things ar
decidedly for the bettor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24
Daily Thought

Blessed is the man that trusteth
in the Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is.-Jeremiah 17:7.
The beloved of the Almighty are
the rich who have the humility Of
the poor, and the poor who have
the magnaniqlity Of the rich
Saadi.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

The rich man who marries his daughter to an
unsupportng young is also doing his bit in CIV
ing the bride away, to aid the unemployed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

The trouble with some men who take importan
step in life says the Office sage. is that they quickly
lose their stride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

Now that women reported smoking cigars in
Paris expect the newest creations to feature Havana
wraps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

"The vets" says paragrapher, "are bent on max
ing prohibition an exact sciences Judging from
some of the stuff around lately it would be nearer
correct to say extract science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-24

beauty queen recently was chosen in contest
among Eskimo girls in the Arctic Circle. AS far as
the other contestants we're concerned the whole affair
was on the ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-25
PLAN MISSION SERVICE.
Rev. w. II. Pinkerton to Conduct
Meeting Tomorrow Night.


The Sunday evening services at the
Central Union Mission, 613 G street, ct
7:45 o'clock will be conducted by Rev.
w. H. Pinkerton of the Vermont Ave-
nue. Christian Church.
The night services for the week, be-
ginning at o'clock, will be in charge
of the following churches represented
by the mission: Monday night, the
United Brethren Church: Tuesday
night, the First Baptist Church; We'd
nesday night, the National Baptist Me-
mortal Church; Thursday night, the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church;
Friday night, the Metropolitan Baptist
Church, and Saturday night, the Tenn
pie Baptist Church.
Mr.. Bennett, superintendent of the
mission, will sepak tomorrow night at
st. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock
Greek parish.