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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Our Spare Time
omissions.

Men at work in the government and in in
dustry hunting ways to abolish drudgery. Machines
are being invented every year to from hard
and tedious toll. A dozen forces are moving
toward a shorter working day and a shorter work.
Ing week.
But no one is studying the problem of leisure
thus obtained.
If the time comes when man works only six hours
a day and four days week, what is he going to
do with three free days and his idle hours at the
end of other days?
With time free for study and appreciation and
creative work will We become at last nation sensi-
tive to beauty, with new arts of our own?
VIII We become nation of athletes, building up
D tradition Of physical development?
Or will we crowd into amusement places: or turn
10 crime; or vent great restlessness in battle and
eonqueSt2
These are questions that should not be left to
answer themselves. We are not nation of fatalists
We constantly try to shape own destinieS; and
this problem calls for our best thought
Perhaps it will be necessary to alter the whole
system by which we educate young
Perhaps we will discard a whole background of
ideas and ideals and build And the time
for all this is short.
The machines whir faster. offering us freedom and
challenging to take it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
A SpeciaI Session

The old adage of the i'll wind may apply
to the political fears of the dominant party
in now urging a special session of the legls-
lature to carve the state into districts Tor the
election Of congressman in a manner tnat
promises the greatest chance to elect It's o"'-
members.
There is a great fear that the next legls-
lature. which will otherwise be forced TO take
action of some kind, may not be so completely
Republican and the Democrats might have
not only the purpose, but the power to force
through some fairly safe districts for them
selves.
special session of the legislature
would not be an unmitigated evil. 1t could
be very useful.
OF course, it would take care of the I'M
poverished school districts which will other
wise be forced to close their school houses
for lack of funds. The legislature might
even go so far as to discover the causes
for the present condition. It might even dig
up the facts concerning administration and
distribution. 1t might locate vast waste as
we'll as great carelessness.
After that, it could very profitably inves-
tigate the highway problem and the manner
in which twenty millions of dollars each year
are being spent by board whose capacities
and abilities leave much to be desired.
That huge fund is the largest tax upon
the people and yet it is left to board that
is political rather than scientific.
The board meets but monthly, and per-
haps even that is too often. But so large
fund and so huge a burden should demand
the constant care of body of men specially
trained for that purpose and paid large
enough salaries to keep them above tempta-
ton. There should be at least one engineer
who knows the problems.
1t would be too much to expect of course,
that the special session would investigate
the possibilities that lie in the establishment
of a state owned cement plant to be oper
ated by the prisons. The state has a surplus
of prison labor. 1t is becoming difficult to
find work for its convicts. The cost of max
ing cement, compared with the price now
paid, is worth looking into.
Let it be hoped that the political urgency
of the congressional reapportionment will be
strong enough to force the special session.
There is always a chance when the legisla-
ture meets, to remedy some mistakes and
omissions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
White Collar Men often Unhealthy

whatever at correction by securing
eye glasses.
OF those already wearing eye
glasses it was found that 1913 per
cent had failed to obtain good cor
rection.
This was believed to be due to the
fact that the glasses had not been
changed and that a considerable
number of those with defective
vision had been fitted with glasses
by unqualified people.
Defective hearing also was COM
mon in clerical workers over 80
years of age.
It is safe to say that the condi-
tons found in Cincinnati are dupli-
Gated in other large cities over the
country. The problems concerned
are such as are remedied easily
when attention is called to them.
Nevertheless 1t is realized by both
physicians and social workers that
one of the chief problems in med
icine today is to overcome the inertia
that seems. to rest on the white
collar worker in attending to mat
terS affecting his health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Machines
DR. MILLIKAN believes that the
advance IF ccienca will result

DR. MILL1KAN believes that the
~ advance of science will result
in the eventual elimination of war.
"In my judgment, war now is in
process of being abolished, chiefly
by this relentless advance of science,
it's most powerful enemy.
"It has existed in spite Of re-
ligion, in spite of philosophy, in
spite of social ethics, and in spite Of
the golden rule, since the days of
the caveman, because, in accordance
with the evolutionary philosophy Of
modern science, and simply because,
it has had survival value.
1T will disappear like the dino
saur when, and only when. the con-
ditions which have given it survival
value have disappeared. Those con-
ditionS are disappearing now pri-
marily because Of changes in the
world situation being brought about
by the growth Of modern science"
And regarding the question of the
machine age, DR.. Millikan said:
LAS read history, the machine
age actually has freed, educated and
inspired mankind, not enslaved it.
Routine labor plays part in all
our lives and an attractive part too.
if it is not overdone and if there is
leisure for something else.
Even the few routine men who
feed the machines in Mr.. Fords
factory are less routinized and have
shorter hours by far than the dumb
agricultural drudge who hoed pota-
toes for twelve hours a day through
all the history Of the world before
the machine age appeared"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Questions and AnSwe1cS

posing for some comic photographs
years ago, when he was making two
reel comedies. He had real bomb
in his hand which the property man
had given him by mistake. 1t ex-
ploded, blowing up the studio and
iniuring Lloyd'S hand.
Is it ever too cold to snow?
The United States weather bu-
reau says that light snow falls at
very low temperatures.
Does Betty Compson actually play
the violin in the picture street
Grip?
Yes. She played the violin in
vaudeville before entering motion
pictures,
What is the value of a Persian
kran in United States currency?
The par value in United States
money is $0.0793.
How many kinds of flying insects,
mammals, birds and reptiles are
there?
There are more than 100000 kinds
of flying insects. more than 10000
flying birds, about 100 kinds of fly
ing reptiles and about 500 flying
mammals, all but a few of which
are bats.
Who played the part of the pro-
fessor at the Pelham school in the
talking picture "Sweetie?"
william Austin.
Is the population Of Los Angeles
larger than that of Cleveland?
According to the estimated popu-
lation for 1928 Cleveland has a pop
ulation of 100000 and Los Angeles
500, 900.
What is the unit of currency In
Jugos]avia?
The unit Of currency is the dinar
or crown which is equal to s0.1930 in
our money
Who played the part of Carvel
Emerson in the motion picture 1.-THE
GambIers?"
Jason Robarts.
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examined, 781 were found to have
physical defects that might eventu-
ate into serious handicapS. Only
213 workers had minor physical
defects and exactly six were CLASH
fed as essentially free from phys
ical abnormalitieS.
AS had been found in most series
of examinations made nowadays the
diseases of the heart and blood YES
sells were most frequent among those
examined.
More than third of all those ex-
amined were found to have such
defects, and whereas only 36.1 per
cent of all those examined showed
these defects, 49.1 per cent of those
twenty pounds overweight were thus
disturbed.
Overweight has been found by all
insurance examiners to be a possible
contributing cause to early death Of
those past middle age.
Of particular interest in this study
was the fact that 582 per cent of
those examined had defects Of
vision. Indeed, 281 per cent of those
with defects had made no attempt
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ID BOARDING the future release
N of subatonic energy, DR.. Milli-
kan expressed the opinion that 1t
simply wasn't there to be released.
He said;
Now the new evidence born of
new scientific studies is to the effect
that it is highly improbable that
there is any appreciable amount OF
available Subatomic energy for man
to tap anyhow. In other words
men, like the bishop of Ripon, who
are living in fear lest some bad
boy among the scientists may some
day touch off the fuse and blow
this comfortable earth of ours to
stardust, may go home and sleep
in peace with the consciousness that
the Creator has put some foolproot
elements into his handiWork and
that man is powerlesS to do it any
titanic physical damage, anyway"
With regard to the charge that
science has multiplied the weapons
of destruction, DR.. Millikan says:
primitive mans chief tools prob
ably were arrowheads and tona-
hawks and his chief industry max
ing and using them.
when the age of bronze replaced
the age Of stone, a multitude Of new
peaceful arts was born. These
turned mems minds and energies
and interests away from war and
toward peace.
And this has been the conse-
quence of practically every advance
in science and its application since
that time.
Every scientific advance finds
ten times as many new, peaceful
and constructive uses as it finds de-
structive ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Delegates Only Humans

OUT when all is said and done,
- the greatest difficulty confront
ing the conference is the attitude of
those people who want it to fail for
one reason or another, and who are
predicting that it will fail.
The delegates are only human
you know, with their ears to the
ground, as yours and mine would be
under similar circumstances, and
with thoughts of the glory, or the
blame, that they may get out of the
job playing an important part.
1t Is only natural that the crowd
making the most noise will get the
most consideration.
For this reason, if for no other,
those who want the conference to
succeed should get busy.
It goes without saying that a
majority Of people in all affected
countries hope for reduction.
Whether they believe that reduc-
ton would lessen the likelihood of
war, they know that it would lessen
taxes.
But these people are too busy for
The most part to make themselves
heard.
Generally speaking, they are just
average folks, with no great inter
est at stake, but they would be at
the front in case of conflict and
they feel the burden heaviest when
it comes to producing revenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Sugar Suckers

The bipartisan lobby investigation committee of
the senate wisely has incorporated in its special sugar
report statement on the lobbyists relation to Presi-
dent Hoover.
Referring to the President the report stated:
"In all this your committee finds no improperly
nor anything open to cenSure Or criticism"
It might be supposed that such statement of the
correctness Of the Presidents position would I'M
necessary 1t might be assumed that no one would be-
lieve the absurd claims and innuendoes of lobbyists
who boast of their contacts" and their Influence in
high places.
But that is s. mistaken assumption For the
thing that this lobbying investigation has proved
and over again is the unexpected and almost unbeev
able creduty of the big business interests which have
been MIXED by the lobbyists.
The committe found. for instance, that something
like 100000 had been spent lobbyists by the bust
ness groups favoring and opposing sugar tariff in
crease The ants spent more money on lobbying. be-
cause the pros we're better heeed with friends in the
senate
And with what result? AL that these business
groups have succeeded in doing is to make it
dcult for the senate or for newspapers or for cit
zens who otherwise would do so sincerely to support
their position.
m general. citizens organizations and newspapers
long have opposed increase in the sugar tariff
the ground that it neealessy would increase the cost
Of living without stimulating growth of an economic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

WHAT is a person supposed to
w do when, or if, somebody
comes up to him and says, THAT
was g. swell column you wrote two
weeks ago last Thursday? The
situation arises only now and then,
and I like compliments in retrospect,
but, at the moment, it makes me
feel uncomfortable.
I think most people. under the
same stimulus, are like that. 1t isn't
modesty. Not with me, anyhow. The
trouble is a lack of any acceptable
formula. Possibly some book OF eti-
quet has worked the matter out, but
I've missed that chapter.
Naturally, the point is not limited
to column conductors who have
happened to hit one day right. The
subject is broad enough to include
those assailed with, "You sang very
we'll this afternoon" or That was
fine nonstop flight you made" or
even. How swell you look"
You see. I'm trying to make the
problem inlpersonal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

A DMIRERS of Jack Dempsey
L n are satisfied that Gene Tun-
ney's kidney trouble was caused by
the terrific pummeling he received
at the formers hands.
VETS can see nothing good in
President Hoover's message, or the
Wickersham report, while drys can
see nothing bad.
Soviet Russia not only predicts
failure for the London conference,
but war between England and the
United States in the near future.
The same old story. You usually
can depend on prejudice to make
the wish father to the thought when
it comes to prophecy or explanation.
Russia wants the London confer
ence to fail, because that would
make trouble for the capitalistic
world.
For precisely the same reason,
Russia wants to see England and
the United States at war.
AS long as these two great nations
remain at peace, Russia realizes that
world revolution is impossible. With
out world revolution, Russia is not
so sure of the success of communism
within her own frontiers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
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ANNIVERSARY
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FIRST U. S. LOCOMOTIVE

FIRST U. S. LOCOMOTIVE
January IS
ON Jan. Is, 1881, the first loco
~ motive built in America, the
BEST Friend" appeared on the
Baltimore g. Ohio railroad.
The locomotive was built at the
West Point foundry at New York
City and was designed by Adam
Hall
The BEST Friend" had verti-
cal tubular boiler carried at one
end of a horizontal platform or
frame, while the cylinders were
carried at the other end, and the
four wheels occupied the space be-
tween the boiler and the cylinders
The West Point foundry built a
second locomotive, the de Witt
Clinton" in 1881, which was put at
work on the Mohawk & Hudson
railroad. nov a part Of the New
York Central & Hudson River
railroad.
This second engine was very SIM
liar in design to the first, but pos
sessed a number of improvements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TIME clerical worker is not sub
l. mitted to the hazards that af-
feet the worker in mines, or in
many of the big manufacturing in
dustries. He does not have to
worry about inhaling poisonous
gases, dangerous dusts or the
deadly monotony of repeating the
same operation hundreds Of
times.
The chief factors that concern
him from the point of view of
health include ventilation, long
standing, hard floors, difficulties OF
too rapid eating and contact with
innumerable strangers.
To get some idea of the exact
state of health of clerical workers
DR.. Carey P. McCord examined the
workers in fifteen Cincinnati estab-
lishments, including banks, rail-
road offices, insurance companies
end similar organizations.
OF 1000 male clerical workers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Devastating

4 DIRECT compliment splits the
IA average personality wide open
You do like to hear what the kind
gentleman is saying, and yet you
wish he would stop.
That's why letters are such a
precious boon.
There is still another form of
compliment which I imagine is the
most heartening of all. Only actors
and others who perform in person
and public receive it.
I refer to applause. This has the
advantage of being both impersonal
and immediate. I never have heard
of an actor being moved to come
before the curtain, in response TO
popular clamor, and then saying,
MY performance really was not so
much"
In fact, he doesn't have to say
anything. He just can nod his
mead.
Copyright. 1890. by The Tines
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What will proIong the life of wood

what will prOiong the lie OF wood
en- fence posts?
The most effective treatment Is
to soak them first in hot creosote
for five hours and then in cold Gre
osote for the same length of time.
This treatment will double or even
treble their life.
Is lamb and mutton from the
same animal?
Lamb is the flesh of young sheep;
mutton is the flesh of old sheep.
Did Harold Lloyd lose his arm
during the filming of the movie
Speedy?
He lost his thumb and forefnger
and part of his hand while he was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

THERE is still another charge to
l. be brought against the man
who parties a compliment and slaps
it down. Ninety-nine times out of
a hundred he's a liar.
Women very frequently are Of
tenders in the matter of mock mod
esty. Checking back on a long life,
I imagine it is possible that I have
said to thirty different people,
you're more beautiful than any
body I ever saw" Twice 1 meant it.
Twenty-Five out of the thirty
people pleaded not guilty. Now, I'll
grant you that some measure Of
denial might well have been en-
tirely honest. II think that's ex-
cessive," would have been a legiti-
mate answer. But that was not the
line they took.
1T don't think I'm ever pretty
was the approximate answer of the
twenty-nine. This was not truthful.
The thirtieth was different. She
met, you're more beautiful than
anybody I ever saw" by replying,
Il imagine I am; what of it?" An
excellent answer.
I seldom have gone through the
experience of being praised for
something which I honestly dis
liked on my own account. The
many things which I have done,
which seemed to me not so good,
were accepted readily by everybody
else as terrible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Daily Thought

And if man obey not our word
by this epistle, note that man.
and have no company with him,
that he may be ashamed.-Thes-
saIonians 3:14.
We need only obey. There is
guidance for each Of us, and by
lOwly listening we shall hear the
right word. Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
Others Hope for Failure

1T is not in Russia alone that
n wishes breed hope of failure for
the London conference.
There are jingoes in every land
who share it, and there are gun
makers, Shipbuilders and others with
financial interest at stake.
But more numerous than all else,
there are the slaves of hatred and
fear-the multitude who can't look
at the horizon without imagining
enemies beyond, or think of foreign
ers without getting mad.
n
The naval conference is beset with
difficulties.
There is the cruiser problem be-
tween England and ourselves, the
Mediterranean problem between
France and Italy, and the Pacific
problem between Japan and all the
rest.
There is the question of whether
to bring up freedom of the seas, ;"
and Of what to do if it is brought
up,
There is President Hoover'S sug-
gestion for immunity of food ships.
There is doubt as to whether naval
limitation can mean very much, I'M
less it is accompanied by reduction
in other branches of the military
establishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-Tbe Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15
SCIENCE
.Ru nAVTn nIETZ-
by VIZ DlE IL
Every Scientific AdUdnce
Finds Ten Times as Many
Corrective as Destructive
Uses.
1.-TWO Of the chief fears Of laymen

TWO Of the chief fears of laynen
l. with regard to science-namely
that some scientist seeking the re-
lease of atomic energy will blow up
the whole world and that science
will lead to such terrible engines Of
war that mankind will destroy itself
are groundless, according to Or.
Robert A. Millikan.
DR.. Millikan. famous American
physicist. who was the first to iso-
late and measure the electric charge
of the electron and the first to verify
the existence of the cosmic rays.
set forth his views in his preSiden-
tial address at the recent conven-
ton in DeS Moines Of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science. The address is to be print
ed in full in Scribner's Magazine.
DR.. Millikan's address came at }
welcome moment. The world is Just
beginning to awaken to the tremen-
dous advances of science. And it
is only natural that some people
should be startled and even bit
panicky.
The drama has taken to portray
ing the alleged terrors of the fu-
ture. wings Over Europe por-
trayed the day when a scientist
should have discovered the secret
OF subatomic energy. carrying with
it the power to blow up the earth.
"R. U. R." and the German movie
metropolis" portrayed a world in
which the machine, child Of science,
had conquered man and made
slave Of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

What college won the intercolle-
giate track meet in Harvard sta
dunn at Cambridge, Mass, in May.
1928? Who won the BANNER throw?
Stanford university won with q
total of 43 points Yale was second
with Is 1-3 points and Penn State
tied for third place with Is points
each. Norwood G. Wright of Cor
nell won the hammer throw with a
heave of 167 feet 715 inches,
How should rope be treated to pre-
serve it?
Dip the rope into a bath contain
ing 20 grams of sulphate of copper
per liter of water, and soak 1t in
this solution for four days. It will
have absorbed a certain quantity of
suiphate of copper, which will pre-
serve it from animal parasites and
from rot.
Who Is the American consul at
Brest, France, and how should one
address him?
There is no American consul at
Brest which is within the consular
district of the American consulate
in Nantes You can address the
American consul in that place &C
follows, Ferold NJ. Collins. Esq.
American Consul. Nantes. France.
What was the Negro population
OF the United States In 1920f
1O.463.13I.
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PuzzIing

DUT what should the person do
ID when so addressed? One device
sometimes employed by the receiver
of the compliment seems to me
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-15

life insurance statiStcian finds that scholars live
longer than athletes. Maybe some of those athletes
really do die for dear old Rutgers.