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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

How old is James Eads How, the
millionaire hobo?
About 81.
How many popular votes did
Harding and Cox receive in the
presidential election Of 1920?
President Harding received 16,-
162, 200, and Cox received 9,147, 1853.
Should one say person was
hanged or hung?
Hanged is the correct way to
express the execution of person
by hanging.
Is penny the proper name for the
1-cent piece?
Technically it is cent. Penny is
merely colloquial term for the
coin.
What time was made by Gallant
Fox which won the Kentucky
Derby?
Two minutes 7 3-5 seconds.
Does embalming cause the flesh
to petrify?
Under some conditions, flesh will
petrify like wood. It is not clearly
understood by scientists just what
the natural process is which brings
this about, but it can not be accom-
plished by embalming or other arti-
fetal means.
What is Gene Arthur's real nameg
Gladys Greene Arthur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
M. E. Tracy
The Public Can Be Depended
On to Take Care of Itself.
if GiUen Proper InfornG-
ton.
N7HEAT goes down, but bread
SAYS:
V stays up.

u "a 4
w stays up.
Samuel r. McKelvie Of the fed
eral farm board wants to know why.
1t is a rather interesting question.
If the farmer has to take less,
why shouldn't the housewife pay
less?
If the housewife paid less. wouldn't
she be tempted to buy more?
Middlemen are the bugs under the
chip, of course, and their maraud-
ing should be curtailed, If not elm
mated.
But, considering the peculiar eco
nomic structure we have developed,
what would they do If they weren't
middlmen?
How are we going to strike fair
balance, not only as between pro-
Queer and consumer, but as between
both and those who handle the
goods?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
Daily Thought

Be not rash with thy mo
EccIeSiastes So.
RaShness is the fruitful but un-
happy parent Of misfortune
Thomas Fuller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
Leaves 1t to Public

M'KELvIE says that all the
WI farm board can do is get
information and distribute it, with
the hope that public opinion will do
the rest.
After all, that seems like a very
sensible way.
II public opinion is intelligent
enough and strong enough to run
the government, it ought to be in
telligent enough and strong enough
to buy bread at the right price, or
meat and milk.
Sometimes the public finds itself
in a helpless position, but, more
often than not, it can take care Of
itself.
More often than not, the only rea-
son it fails to take care of itself is
because it doesn't realize what is
going on.
We continually are underestimate
ing the public'S intelligence and
overestimating its information.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

Money" says Max Schmeling sis not everything.
And to those who paid to see him fight, money, ap
parently, is nothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

Wonder If husbands really expect wives to believe
them when they send vacation postcard home read
ing, wish you were here"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

Pittsburgh couple had fancy plane weddin
5000 feet in the ar-and like ell other couples rigt
after the ceremony they came down to earth"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

In France there are ten times as many bicycles as
autos The same proportion might exist here If we
also had an opportunity to handle bars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15

Firemen in an Illinois town have been instructed
to answer all alarms clads in their pajamas. With
hose to match probably.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
Somebody PAYS

UOU can see the result in boost
Il err histories" of cities, counties
or even states, in hy-by-nigllt mag
azines that adopt a name just close
enough to that of some good one
to fool people, and in the tons Of
press-agent stuff that fills the waste
basket Of every great newspaper
Office.
Somebody pays for it, of course,
and as a general proposition that
somebody is regarded as very
shrewd and l4ard-boiled by his as
sociates.
He wouldn't do it II he knew.
which means that information is
the remedy.
"Give light and the people will
find their own way" is a maxim
that applies to more things than
politics.
Most Of us can be misled because
we have neither time nor oppor-
tunity to make fine distinctions, be-
cause we have learned to put faith
in names, and because sharp sales
men can fool us by presenting q
card or an Sea which appears TO
represent something we have been
trained to trust.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
HOME JUST A RAIL
STATION, SAYS CHIC

make decided effort to return
of hoemakng the most vital institution OF the
threatened Mrs Thomas Edison wife OF the man
ced nvntn electric lights that he hates to sleep
nights Edison right and I'll tell why
the wife just drops Ly home
bridge prizes the daughter
dashn every repa the shows at mid
sight fill his flask and the smaller children visit there in the
put their school books and get out their
clothes
only time the of ndin
body a S when a payday.
The home longer is American institution 1t is more IKE
railroad station where everybody just pasn through Things
s 1s f En- bet even % the n poet se Eddis ~ or Sea-
Guest don't stay at home. 7cOpSrsht
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-15
An Inside View

sesfSsS-HoHAR
Evening star., 1930-03-27
SEA HOP PLANNED
FOR GIANT PLANE
D0-x, With SIS Aboard, Ex
pected From Germany
for U. S. Tour.
az the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 27.-The worlds
biggest bird--the giant seaplane DO-X
will fly the ocean and tour North
America this Summer If plans an
nounced yesterday are carried through
Taking of from Lake Constance on
the German Swiss border early in July
the seaplane. which has a capacity fol
$50 passengers and baggage would be
flown over a 4,775-mile course to New
York City. Stops for fuel would be
made at Barcelona, Spain; the Azore
Islands and Bermuda.
She would be operated by a crew OF
six and carry fifty passengers, the
small passenger list allowing an in
creased fuel load for the long hops from
Barcelona TO the Azores and from the
Azores to Bermuda, 1855 miles and
1921 miles respectively.
After arriving at New York the DO-X
would make trip to the Great Lakes,
stopping probably at Buffalo, Cleveland.
Detroit and Chicago then return to
New York City and skirt the North and
Central American Coast via the Pana-
ma Canal to Pacific Coast cities.
The big seaplane, in reality a flying
boat. is of monoplane construction, 1872
feet from wing tip to wing tip, and with
l52-foot hull. On its transatlantic
fight 1t will be powered by twelve 600
horsepower Curtiss-Conquerer motors.
Evening star., 1930-03-27

lation as may be necessary to control
the local smoke nuisance. The Howell
bill prohibition act for the District was
opposed, the citizens specifically OBJ
tecting TO that section which provides
for the enlargement Of the search and
seizure of liquor in private residences
on the ground that It offers too great
an opportunity for abuse of power.
The question of reduced or free street
car fares for school children was re-
ferred by President Thomas J. Llewellyn
to the public utilities committee for
study.
Representative Sloan OF Nebraska, as
guest speaker, urged the individual
citizens to plant trees to help beautify
the city.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Seeks New Record for Speed Boat

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, March 81 Up.
Gar Wood, Detroit speedboat racer.
will attempt to set new worlds record
over a mile straightaway course in his
Miss America VIII today over a
new route laid out in Biscayne Bay,
officials of the seventeenth annual
Miami Beach regatta announced yes
terday.
The straightaway course was moved
from Indian Greek where Wood set the
present world record of 93.123 miles an
hour to the bay, to avoid a backwash.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
CITIZENS INDORSE
AMATEUR BOXING
Rhode Island Avenue Group
Supports Compulsory Auto
Insurance Bill.

The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association, meeting in the Sherwood
Presbyterian Sunday School Hall last
night iItdorsed proposed legislation au-
backing to the Mcleod compulsory au-
tomobile insurance bill. The associa-
ton also urged such additional lsgis-
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Bandettes, 2Sc
CT AZ We're $I.SS
YRE and &2.9S

~ and $2.95
200 pairs High and Low
Shoes in black and tan.
Broken sizes.
80 Pairs ChiIdren's Rubbers,
broken sizes. Reduced TO 15c
THE DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Withers Is Sued for s55, 900.

LOS ANGELES. March "a H9.-
Grant Withers, film player whose recent
marriage to Loretta Young. motion pic
ture actress, brought an alimony suit
from former wife and objections from
his brides mother, was sued in Superior
Court yesterday for $55.000 damages by
the parents of three girls and two boys
hurt in an automobile accident.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Women's Hand
kerchiefs
z for Csc ..s w;'; 5.

IS Linen and Swiss Hand
kerchiefs.
50 Sachets. Were soc and
II. Now .......s......1 .1UC
Is Lace Cuff Sets. Were soc.
Now ...................2 .2Sc
THE DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1930-03-27

Their preserved foods alone, including
meats, fruits and vegetables, were
valued at s66,827.
A market maintained by 20 women's
clubs with nearly 500 members, and 18
girls clubs with 301 members, sold
products to "a rural communities.
Women in the county canned nearly
$4,000 quarts of fruits and vegetables,
made clothing valued at $29,345, and
put up 133,350 pounds of meat.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
TEXAS WOMEN CANNING
FOOD ON LARGE SCALE
Value of Products for 1929 in One
County rs Estimated
at Sl76, ,7ss. 80.

, "RoUP, Tex. (P.-The annual earn
ing power of farm women down here
in Smith county hits six figures.
Total value of their products for 1929,
according to Miss Nettie Schultzl, home
demonstration agent, was $176,7s8.9O.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Fisk Rubber Official Stays Self.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March ~
R.-Wilson B. Kelser, formerly credit
manager for the Fisk Rubber Co., COM
mitted suicide in his home here Tues
day. His wife, returning from shopping
trip, found him dead in the kitchen
of their home with jets Of the gas range
open.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
OLD LINE CLUB TO HEAR
ADDRESS BY TYDINGS
New Director of Athletics at
Georgetown to Be Honor Guest
at Banquet Tor ight.

United States Senator Millard Tyd-
ings and Dr. Raymond Allen Pearson,
president of the University of Virginia,
will speak at the banquet of the Old
Line Club. an alumni organization OF
the College Park school, at Stoneletgh
Court this evening.
Tom Mills new director of athletics
and foot ball coach at Georgetown Uni
versity, will be an honor guest.
Senator Tydings is an alumnJs OF
Maryland, having graduated in the class
of 1909.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Wash Frocks, Soc

Were 7Sc
so House Dresses, wash
able colors.
16 Bed Jackets and Quilted
Robes. Were IS. Now, $2.9S
Corduroy Robes. Were
$2.95. New. .$1.SS
8 C0Olie Coats. Were 34.05.
Now $2.S6
3 Linen Dresses. Were sass.
NOW .............. .S1sAo
8 Dresses ana SmOcks. Were
$50 and $1.o5. New. 0Sc
IL Tweed Dresses. Were
$5.e5. New 1885
Evening star., 1930-03-27

Men engaged in painting the Forth
Bridge, England. have a perpetual job.
To give the bridge coat of paint from
one end to the other takes some three
years-when they have to start again.
Evening star., 1930-03-27
Boys Spring Suits
I.j5 Were $1.Ss

104 Suits, including wash
suits and wash tops with
wool pants. Sizes 5 to 8.
liz Pairs FIannelette Pa
jamas, one and two piece,
styles. sizes 8 to Is. Were
81, so. Now ............ $50
5 Leather Coats, wool lined.
Size 8 only. Were $11.75.
NOW 1913
43 Union Suits, part wool,
knee length. Sizes 4 to 8. Re-
duced TO .45c
IL BlOuses, long sleeves,
sports collars. Sizes 4 and
5. Were S5c. Now. .35c
THE DOWN STAIRS STORE
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
7ELEV|S|0N.RAD|O
 PROGRAM TRIED
Sight and Sound" Experiment
 Made in London Studio

London, April (UP)-The first public sight and sound" program a combination Of the television and the regular radio entertain. ment-was broadcast yesterday from the Brookmann Park Station or tho Britain Broadcasting Com- pany.
 The program was successfully re. ceived in English homes which have television sets. The head and shoulders of several speakers and singers were shown on two wave lengths-onp for vision and the other for sound.
 Although only a limited number of private sets for reception of tele- vision programs have been installed i1 England, the company has start ed manufacture of thousands more which they expect will be demand eG as result of the program star.- cd today.
 The program was presented in the studio of J. L. Baird, who per- lected the television apparatus, and
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
GOD BEHIND PLAN
 ID DRY UP TURKEY
". C. I, U. Leader Hopes to
 Organize Nations Women

Istanbul, Turkey. April 1 P- God sent me to Turkey at d criti- cal moment when the nation was turning from Islan to drink" Agnes Slack, secretary of the World $ Women Christian Temperance union. who is here to organize the first Turkish branch of the W. C. T. L., said today.
 Two hundred Turkish women took the tectotalers' pledge in form ing the union branch today, clectins Madame Hussein Bey as their pres .dent.
 Mme. Slack also met and congrat- ulated the l5l year old teetotaler abo Agha, who has said he was coming to the United States to ex- hibit himself as testimony as to how abstinence from alcoholic li- quors will aid to longevity.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01

houses in Paris, London and New York. She needs many different houses in Paris, London and New York. She needs many different types or dresses because of the varied life she leads.
 One very rich society woman. whose secretary l was for more than year, had fur closet Ill which she had fortune tied up in furs. There was one sable wrap for which the furrier had spent three years matching the pelts. It cost her $95,O00. She had an er- mine wrap valued at sl4,000, ' chinchilla for which she paid $25,- l 900, and broadtail coat priced al so5,000. There were also several less expensive coats. as well as a choice assortment of sable scarves and sil. yer fox boas.
 In her next article the Socia Secretary will tell how the Society l Racket has become largely q man | game.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
William J. Locke Has
 Operation in Paris Today

Paris, April P-William J. Locke. noted British novelist, un- derUent an operation at q hospital here today.
 He was taken ill some time ago, but regained his strength and the operation today was understood to be under good conditions.
 The surgeons withheld comment until they could examine him again tonight.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
Inside Story of New Racket Reveals Appar. ent Hopelessness of Crashing" Into Forbid den Realms.
BY M.ARGARETTA ROBERTS (Nho Has Been Social Secretary in the Homes of Some of the Coun- frY.S Wcalfh1eSt Eamiliesl

try'S Wcalth1est Families)
 This is the story of the Society Racket as it exists in this country today. I believe I am qualified to tell that story because, for the past 10 years, I have served as Social . Secretary in the homes of some of our wealthiest and most socially prominent families.
 Never before have there been Sc many society crazed people as there are at the present time. The great wealth of the country, of course, is responsible for this condition. Study the income tax reports and you will understand why we have such a large number of people who are desirous of breaking into society Huge inherited fortunes, quick wealth gathered overnight on the stock exchange - these are the things that have turned American society into a racket.
 Remember, the people who are in socety are doggedly determined to stay there; those who are out but have great wealth, are equally determined to crash the inner cir cle. Since society must be exclusive or else it is not society at all, we have here a constant struggle, a racket
 People who attempt to win their way up in society must be equipped with great wealth. There was a time perhaps, when society was open tc a person of fairly moderate means but that day has passed. A socially ambitious person who wishes tc achieve any success as a climber must have millions of dollars. And the climber must be prepared tc spend it recklessly
 Society Controlled by Wealthy
 There is no doubt but that Amer. ican society is largely controlled by money. It is still possible to buy a way into it's innermost circle; bu the cost has gone up. It costs. liter. ally, many millions.
 Society, the kind spelled with 6 capital S, means only two sets ir this country today. First there is the so-called Newport set. whicl numbers amongs its members sucf families as the Vanderbilt. Astors Belmonts, Goelets, Wideners, Stu. art Duncans and others> Second there is the Long Island or Inter. national Set, a younger, gayer, moro daring group. Both of these sets, O. course, carry Social Register rating
 Between the two sets, so far al social supremacy is concerned there is no comparison. The New. port set may be dull, but it is stil the leader. There are many mem bers of the International Set who spend their lives in trying to crasl
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
Enormous Wealth Needed to Enter
 Inner Circle of Society, Asserts
 Woman Formerly Social Secretary

the Newport set. A few, a very few ever succeed.
 Newly rich social climbers usu- ally aim at the International Set Its members are eager to be anus ed, their imaginations are caught by bizarre and luxurious enter- | tainments, and they are in every way more accessible than the dow agsrs of Newport, hidden behind the battlements of their "cot- tages.'
 Prince Of Wales
 It was the International set which captured the Prince Of Wales on his last visit to this country. That was a feather in the cap of that group, but it had no lasting effect. /
 The Newport circle is extremely difficult to break into. I have known mothers and fathers who, despalring of ever making the grade themselves, have set out de- liberately to get their sons and daughters in by marriage. In some cases this has been done provided, of course, the marriage settlement was sufficiently large. But even then, the mother and father have benefited only indirectly. New port seldom accepts them. They are invited only to the most un- important parties. They are not even given an opportunity to dis. port themselves in the sacred wa ters of Bailey's Beach.
 There is this to be said for New port, however. Once you crash it, you are in for life. Your next stop, socially. is heaven. About the only things that could possibly oust you would be a great scandal in volving an unusual amount of un- pleasant publicity or the loss of your wealth. Wealth, remember. is the keynote of the rrole structure,
 Many of our society families. although possessed of enormous wealth, have very little cash on hand. They live on the install ment plan, just as most of us do today. The reason is, Of course, that the famiy's money is gen orally tied up in investments. leav- ing what the mistress of the cs- 1 tablishmcnt is sure to consider only a small sum for expenses.
 This is particularly true of the younger members of the families. and it accounts, I think, for the many socially prominent young so- ciety people who are only too glad l to endorse various advertised | products. Contrary to general inn precision, they do not do this be- cause they want the publicity, but ! because they actually need the money it brings them.
 1 Always in Debt
 | In one noted home in Newport where I served as social secretary fos two years, the first of the | month was a day particularly tc be dreaded. When confronted with an overdrawn bank account and q large stack of bills, the mistress of the establishment usually went into a tantrum. Sometimes she threw things around and swore like a trooper; and she always ended by paying what bills she
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
Eight Attend Meeting Of IndeDendent Part,

Martin Kelly, candidate for mayor on the independent ticket will be the chief speaker at rally to be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Ukrainian hall at Erwin place.
 Other speakers will be Vincent Dobrowolski, president; John Smo- lak, secretary and Clifton E. Daven- port, candidate for the school board.
 Only eight persons attended a rally held last night for voters and property owners in the first ward.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01

In his campaign Candidate Kelly, with the assistance of Mir. Daven- port, is distributing handbills at factory gates and this method of conducting a campaign they claim. is more effective than rallies.
 Another rally of the party will be
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01

In Greece during her greatest period. there are said to have been 12.o00,o00 slaves to 5,00o.o00 free men.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01
Yacht a Necessity

l Naturally, too, this sort of es- tablishment needs gardeners, ken- \ nelmen and grooms if the social aspirant goes in for horses and dogs The monthly payroll for servants for place of this kind probably will average S500O.
 To accompany such a preten- tious home four or five cars are necessary. They should range from Fords for marketing and station work to Hlspanos or Rolls Eoyces for best.
 A green house, while not d ne cessity, is a convenient accessory; and at Palm Beach, Newport, or Southampton a private yacht is demanded. A climber who is de- termined to break into society in d big way could count on, say. s2o0,000 for an ocean yacht, car ryins q crew of about IS men.
 As social progress warrants it. the social climber will want d summer home at Newport, Bar Harbor Or Southampton, though not more than aiX weeks of the years arc spent at any of these places. There is no limit to what these may cost.
 The real society people also have a winter place at Palm Beach or Nassau, cottage at Aiken and possibly ranch in California or a plantation in the south.
 Besides this, 1t is smart to so to London for the season, and jour- ney on to Scotland for the shoot ing, and to play the continental spas and beaches from the Riviera to St. Moritz. And. of course, the society woman must finally get to Paris for clothes.
 No small part of the expense of society family is the expenditure for. clothes for its women. The smart American society woman is the best dressed woman in the world. She buys her clothes at the most exclusive and expensive
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01

carried by wires to the Brookma IS Park Station.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-01

could and postponing the others.
 I worked for another Newport dowager. a woman wealthy in her own right, who had strange streaks of economy from time to time. Having long since lost in- terest in her quiet. little husband. most of her affection was centered on champagnes and fine liquors. She had a magnificent cellar. stocked with rare vintages of pre- war stuff. and she never allowed even the butler to enter this sanc- tuary unless she stood guard over him.
 This woman was very proud of the fact that she enjoyed the repu- tation of serving only the finest liquors to her guests. The truth of the matter was that she had the pre-War stuff served only up to the moment when her eagle-eye detected that the party was going slightly alcoholic.
 Then, at a signal from her, the butler switched from the pre- war liquors to bootleg stuff.
 To the best of my knowledge the dowager was never detected iI this little fraud. I do not know whether that was a slur on the ability of Newport society people to judge good liquors or great recommendation for the stocl with which she started out hel parties.