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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Napoleon on Screen

XXTE think of movie, monograph,
w and radio as just three more
toys for u amusement.
That is because we have not been
in possession Of them long enough
to realize the greater service they
one day will perform.
What would We not give to see
Napoleon on the screen, much less
to hear him talk, or Caesar, Socra-
ties, and other giants of bygone
ages?
That will be the privilege of fu-
ture generations with regard to our
own times.
From books we learn that Henry
Clay's voice was "the finest musical
instrument of its day." but we do
not know how it actually sounded.
A hundred years hence, people
will not have to imagine what Cool
idge's nasal twang was like, or how
Hoover looked when walking about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
IA NnN nv FREDERICK
ANAA lands

IT'S customary to value the life a fellow has lived
l. by waiting until he dies, and then if he leaves a
wac OF money, no matter how he got it, he is en-
rolleo as a success, but II he quits the world as empty
handed as he entered it, no matter what burdens he
has borne, he is siloveled under as a failure.
r n II
But the financial yardstick, always brutal and I'M
just, is particularly so when you consider the case
OF Charles Ruggles, aged 81 years, who has just
been gathered to his fathers at Manistee, Mich.
MIR. RUGGLES never married, which has moth
Iva ing to do with the case, since many of the best
people who ever breathed- air have handed the water
pitcher to Cupid but in his "a years he devoted him
self entirely to the acquisition of coin.
r II n
He was a lumber baron; he owned forests every
where and before the grim reaper annexed him, Rug
giles has become many times a millionaire.
So he now goes into the glittering volume of sue
cess but from our standpoint he was a worse
failure than the gentleman who sells pencils on the
corner. &
Ruggles lived alone in a joint over his lumber Of
nee cooked his own meals and made his own bed;
he 5d this for some sixty years and in all this time
he adopted no poor child, educated no boy or girl,
insofar as his friends know. never had but one aG-
venture in human nature. the sponsoring of a man
with whom he later fought.
A IL these years. living alone in a nest over his
1 n Office. he was piling up money for which he had
no use on earth; he was not doing it by cultivating
the soil, but by cutting down trees to get millions
ne did not need.
If this be greatness, then We should crown
~cannibals.
He has now gone over the great divide and sew
eral forty-second cousins will come forth and center
upon Manistee, Mich, and for years the heirs. gen.
and otherwise, will fight over the dead mans
millions, the lawyers not overlooking an opportunity
to lay something aside for a rainy day.
Poor old RuggleSl
With all his millions he lived and died a pauper,
for he never had a human contact he did not Sus-
pect; he thocght everybody was trying to rim him.
How poor he was alongside the common man with
little cash but with folks who are foreem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Medium Of knowledge

DURING the last twenty-five
years we have seen people turn
from the legitimate theater to mo-
ton pictures by droves.
Snobs argue that this is mainly
due to cheaper prices and lower
tastes, but that is silly.
The movie has made possible a
more vivid translation Of human
ideas and activities.
In the end, it will do for history
what it already has done for the
drama. lii the end it is going to be-
come a very serious medium Of,
knowledge, and information.
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IANN(VGR$ARY|
BIRTH OF HOLMES
August 80

ON Aug. 80, 1909, Oliver Wendell
" Holmes, famous American au-
thor and poet. was born at Cam
bridge, Mass.
At 20, he was graduated from
Harvard and at once entered the
law school of that institution. Find
ing the law uncongenial, however,
he soon transferred to the medical
school.
While a student there he wrote
and published in a Boston paper
his well-known poem. "Old IRON
sides" which proved at the time an
effective piece of propaganda
against the proposed breaking up Of
the famous frigate, Constitution.
After he received his degree
Holmes studied in Europe for two
years and returned to practice
medicine in Boston. In 1888 he be-
came professor of anatomy and
physiology at Dartmouth college
and = 1847 to 1882 held the same
chair Harvard.
His only important contribution
to medical science occurred in 1843.
when he established the fact that
puerperal fever is contagious.
His widest fame, Of course, is as
a poet, a wit and a man of letters.
He was nearly so before his literary
reputation spread beyond Boston. 1t
then happened when he wrote for
serial publication in the newly
established Atlantic Monthly his
THE Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" witty, serious talks about
Boston life.
His most famous novel is Elsie
Venner," and among his most pop
ular poems are "Old Ironsides, I"
THE Chambered Nautilus and
THE Wonderful One HossgShay."
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the cat came back. Finally, I had to
take her all the way down the front
hall and slip into the elevator be-
fore she could follow me.
With just a little more tact the
animal might have obtained for
herself if not a good home at least
lodging for the night. 1t isn't the
morals of cats which annoy me, de-
plorable as they may be, but their
downright stupidity.
Even a kitten ought to be able
to grasp the fact that I am a man
of iron will and that when I say
"Scat!" I mean positively"
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body's house turns out to be a
potential mother if you keep it
around long enough.
Biologists may assure me that I
am in error, but all cat maintain
ers will support my contention.
There's much to be said for OPP
portunists, fur-bearing or other
wise. EYsp among human beings
many delightful friendships are
those which we form with agree
able egoists.
You always know where you stand
with an opportunist. He is as con-
venient as a slot machine. Put in
a penny and you will get almost
a penny's worth in return. You
must allow him some margin of
profit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Saved by the Movies
THE printed page and still picturl

THE printed page and still picture
Il furnish little more than a
record of abstract ideas. To make
those ideas real, the reader, or OBJ
server, must reconstruct them in his
own mind. and this he can not do
without adding the color of his own
peculiar prejudices and personal
background.
The movie, especially when ac-
companied by sound-reproducing
devices, offers a far more faithful
and comprehensive record.
If the art Of printing has worked
such wonders in the progress of
civilization, what can we not ex-
pect from the silver sheet and sound
record?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Swearing at Cats

A ND a first-class opportunlst IS
N a very sensitive person. Liv-
ing his life through the sharpness
of his intellectual perceptions, he is
quick to understand your moods
and avail himself Of them.
Right here is where the cat falls
down. She simply is incapable OF
taking a hint. Shout at a dog,"Get
out of here!" and he generally will
leave the room as soon as you re-
peat the command and add a few
curse words. He gets the impression
that you don't want him around.
The color and tone of profanity
penetrate to his intelligence. But
not to cats. Swearing at cats is
useless. So inaccurate is the feline
ear that Mice kitty and g! - q
=" seem to sound just alike to her.
Coming back suddenly from Con-
inecticut, I found a large cat, a per-
feet stranger to me, lying in the
middle of my bed. Evidently she
had come from the penthouse root
through an open window.
I spoke to her sharply and urged
her to be gone, but the animal paid
no attention. I tried pantomime
and indicated by means of gestures
that I was anxious for the cat to
get out of my bed.
Indeed, there were sound effects
included in this performance, for
after pillowing my head upon my
hands, I did imitation snoring so
that the cat might grasp the fact ]
was anxious to go to sleep.
Brapdishing a cane was no good.
Finally I threw a slipper, but only
over her head. A direct hit from a
slipper CT mine we'll might be fatal,
even to an animal with nine lives.
AS yet my fury was less than muir
derous. All I wanted was undis-
puted possession Of the bed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Baseball Is Still Flourishing

Every year or so some calamity bowler arises to
remark that big league baseball is dead, or at least
dying. And every year, regular as ~clockwoFk, some
thing comes up to prove that there is a great deal
of life in the old game yet.
The latest bit of evidence in rebuttal of the
calamity bowler is contained in the recent attend
ance figures at Wrigley field, Chicago. When the
Cubs finished their series with the Dodgers and the
Giants, they had set a new attendance record for
baseball. The good old days at their liveliest could
not match the enormous outpouring of fans that
visited Wrigley field this summer.
Baseball, obviously, is a long way from death or
the danger of death. AS long as it can continue to
produce thrills and hot competition it will remain
what it has been called-the great American game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ,

College Students Careers Are
Shaped Largely By Acct
dent, School President As
serts.
A CCIDENT rather than aptitude
"A is shaping the careers Of most
college students, according to DR..
Arthur E. Morgan, president OF
Antioch college.
sDr. Morgan directing courses in
the summer session at Columbia
university. believes that the time is
here to apply the findings of science
to the methods of operating colleges.
The degree Of attention which the
college young man and woman give
to a subject depends much more
upon the skill with which it il pre-
sented than upon the supposed in
terest in it which the students
brought to college, he finds.
The business of higher education,
DR.. Morgan contends, therefore is
to help students to escape from ac-
cidental, commonplace interests to
those of permanent value.
cat the present time student in
terest is probably the greatest single
force in determining the curricula
of our colleges and universities" DR..
Morgan said.
"An institution may endeayor to
guide and modify student interests
as a mother tries to educate the ap-
petites of her children, or it may
cater frankly to them, as the man
ager Of a cafeteria caters to the
tastes of his customers; but no.
where in America can a college or
university safely ignore those in
terests."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

by Nelson Kneass, who adapted it
from a German folksong. It was
first sung in a play in Pittsburgh,
Pa, in 1913.
How many persons are employed
in the federal civil service? How
many Of these are employed in the
city of Washington?
Employees in the federal executive
civil service on June 30, 1923, num-
bered 568 IT'S. Of these, 61,388 were
in the District Of Columbia and
5O7,327 were employed elsewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
Times Readers
Voice Vieu0S

Editor Times-I am mailing this
to you, knowing it will be given to
the proper authorities. The children
of this neighborhood qrom Six
teenth street to Nineteenth street,
and from Bellefontaine street to
Park avenue) are greatly in need of
some place TO play to keep them off
the street.
They have been very annoying
with the little airplanes this sum
mer and they cause children to dart
out in the streets, besides endanger-
ing passing motorists. The chill
dren have to have a place to play
and surely a city Of this size should
furnish them one
Why not utilize the school
grounds for summer Fairgrounds
and appoint boy scouts III relays to
look after the children?s All chill
dren can not have the opportunity,
during summer vacations, of going
to parks every day.
We feel they would have much
better protection to have a play
ground than in the streets. Many
children of the city are supplied
with Fairgrounds. Let's try and
have places for all of them. Safety
first.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

tration probably does not depend upon Turing bust
ness men into technical government jobs. 1t depends
rather upon building up a competent corps of gov
eminent experts-such as julius Klein in commerce,
Nelson johnson in diplomacy and Parker Gilbert in
finance.
Good intentions, general intelligence and success
in other fields are no longer sufficient qualifications
for the key federal posts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
One of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

Now if Tom Upton were entering a golf tourna-
ment instead of a yachting contest, there might be
a crack somewhere about his canny tea to cup play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

The Movie WIZ Present for
Posterity a Faithful Rec
ord of Our Times.
SAYS,

OSCtf ttY u uttHJ " nv
ord of Our Times.
THEY have buried Lon CLANCY,
Il but not so completely as would
have been the case had he lived IN
good old pre-movie times.
What is there left of a Booth, an
Irving, or even the divine Sarah,
save a few clippings and a few imi-
tatorS?
Their regulations still survive, to
be sure. but outside the profession it,
is rapidly shriyeling to a mere matt
ter of names and dates.
Lon Clancy will be ~obliterated by
the same inevitable laws of mortal-
ity, but it viii take longer.
Instead of playing before n or
two generations he will play before
ten or twenty generations.
Generations yet unborn will see
him hobble through The Penalty
or The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
With the same feeling of intimacy
that we have known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

To an addicted tea drinker like Betty Nuthall,
English tennis champ, what's another cup more
or less?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

Now that the head of the Chinese National army
has offered troops money rewards for capturing GER
tain cities, you may expect his men hereafter to talk
in terms of their cash surrender values.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30
A TIMES READER.

Editor Times-If the good house
wives of Indianapolis would throw
the bones and meat scraps from the
table into the alley or back yard,
these nourishing tidbits could be
picked up by lost or stray dogs,
which would keep them going until
they found homes, or were rescued
by the dog pound truck.
A week ago a forlorn little puppy
appeared at the kitchen door, at
tracted by the fragrance of beef
steak cooking. 1t slowly was starv-
ing to death. I put it in the base
ment and fed it regularly until the
dog wagon came for it.
The very next morning I saw a
stray collie in front Of the grocery
where I trade begging so hard for
some of the meat that was being
unloaded And who knows but that
this kindly foresight also might
prevent rabies?
sRIEND TO ANIMALS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-30

A New York doctor says that an occasional drunk
adds to the length of life. Rather a staggering state
ment.
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Apple Candy From the
Shenandoah Valley

We've tried for some time to
find this candy for our column
and have at last located it. It
Is made from delicious juicy
apples and nuts, has a most un-
usual flavor and is not too rich
for the children. It is daintily
boxed, apple blossoms forming
an attractive border, and there
are three sizes Is cents, so
cents and 81. Right now they
have a special on the half-pound
box at 80 cents Don't fail to
try this. You'll like it.
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Maxine Role
MarrieS This
Evening
Wedding to Take Place In
Grace Lutheran Church Of
Popular Washington Girl

The wedding Of Miss Maxine
Role, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
August H. o. Role, to Augustus
8 Goodyear, son Of Samuel
Goodyear, of Kingston, N. Y,
is taking place this evening at
1880 at Grace Lutheran Church,
Sixteenth and Varnum Streets.
The ceremony will be performed
by Col. Julian Yates, Chief Of
Chaplains, U. S. A., assisted by
the Rev. Gerhard Lenskl, rector
Of Grace Lutheran Church.
Miss Role will have as her
maid Of honor Miss Rosemary
Arnold and Mrs. Floyd Bush
as matron of honor. The
bridesmaids will be Miss Mary
Agnes Brown and Mrs. Erwin
Johnson.
DR.. Emil Goodyear, brother
Of the bridegroom, will be best
man. The usners will be Floyd
Bush, Frank Goodyear and M.
F. Hall.
kk&
Coming Here
Lieut.. Mercer Walter, U. s. A.,
and Mrs. Walter will arrive in
Washington shortly to be the
guests Of the formers mother,
Mrs. Mary Walter, at Tilden
Gardens.
They have been until re-
Gently at Fort Hoyle, Md,
where Lieutenant Walter was
stationed. They will be here
until December s.
Mrs. Arthur Lee Kinsolving,
I'd, Is the guest of Mrs. John
r. Buchanan at her home
near Warrenton, Va.
*&k
Luncheon Hostess
Mrs. William P. McCracken
entertained at luncheon yester.
day at Wardman Park Hotel.
The Rev. Richard N. Ed.
wards, pastor of the Brookland
Methodist Episcopal Church,
and Mrs. Edwards, announce
the engagement of their daugh.
ter, Miss Catherine Rogers Ed
wards, to Mr.. Hugh Wilson
Speer, Of Fredonia, Kans. The
wedding will take place on No
vember %.
Both Miss Edwards and Mr..
Speer are graduates Of Ameri.
can University. Mr.. Speer is
principal Of the senior high
school at his home in Fredonia.
Next summer he will receive
his masters degree in political
science at George Washington
University.
Il
In New York
Mrs. George Mixter Of the
Carlyle Hotel, New York city,
is spending the week in this
city visiting friends. She will
return to New York early next
week.
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Mrs. Andrews
Returning
From NJ
Capital Woman Guest of Honor
At Reception at Princeton
On Monday Evening

Mrs. Marietta Minnegerode
Andrews will return this after.
noon to her home at Seminary
Hill, near Alexandria, Va, from
Princeton, N. j., where she was
on Monday the guest Of honor
at a reception given by Mrs.
George A. Hulett at her home
on Washington Road.
Earlier that evening Mrs.
Andrews addressed a meeting
Of the College Club at the Audi
torium Of the Chemical Hall
on her latest book, George
Washington's Country"
At ShOreham
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel B. Cas-
ley are now at the new Shore
ham Hotel where they have
taken an apartment for the
coming season.
At Wardman
Miss Beatrice Detwiler, of Ian
caster, Pa, has arrived in Wash
ington and taken an apartment
at Wardman Park Hotel for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jensen,
of Hudson. Wis.,, are at the
Carlton for several days.
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Miss w all to
Be Bride of
Afternoon

Marriage to Frank 7. Hines,
Jr., Son Of Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Hines, Set for Today
Prettiest of the autumn brides
will be Miss Frances Winthrop
Wall, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Joseph stiles Wall, whose mar
riage to Frank Thomas Hines,
jr., son Of Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Frank T. Hines, is taking place
late this afternoon.
The ceremony will be held at
the home Of the brides parents
in Wymoing Avenue. the Rev.
DR.. Herbert Scott Smith Of.
ficiating. A small reception will
follow the ceremony.
Miss Wall was a bud" Of sea-
son befor elaSt and is a grad,
uate of the National Cathedral
School. She has been an active
member of the Junior League
since her debut year.
She will be given in marriage
by her father, DR.. Wall. and
her attendants will be Miss
Mary Perduce Ruden, maid.of-
honor, and bridesmaids, Miss
Mary Bennington Shinn and
Miss Clara Boiling. 81.
Harry Fowler will be best man
and Paul Lutz and Louis Peake,
uSherS,
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Miss Clara Boiling
Names Assistants
For HaLLOUeen Ball

Miss Clara Boiling, chairman,
and Miss Mary Stuart Birdsall,
vice chairman, have asked the
following girls to assist them
at the Halloween Ball at the
Mayflower, Friday evening:
Eleanor Calvert, Mildred
Blaine Clarke, Mary Cootes,
Dorothy Dodge, Elizabeth Ed
son, Virginia Glazebrook, Deve-
reux Green, Katherine Hall,
Sally Cary Harrison, Rosa
Hayes, Louise Hoehling, Kath-
leen Knox, Barbara Korff,
Betty McNally, Sylvia Contee
Meredith, Eliza Mitchell, Flea
nor Mulliken, Mary Eleanor
Orme, Elizabeth Pillsbury, Bet
ty de BeauvaiS Richards, Kath-
crime EdmonSton Riegel, Lu-
cille Swift, Louise Turner, Caro-
lyn Mclean Walker, Susanne
Bagley Wallace and Betty West.
Mrs. Jennings Bailey, jr., Laura
Barkley, Catherine Berry, Mary
P. Bradley, Virginia Cheatham,
Jane Crosby, Emiscah Davis,
Elizabeth Dunlop. Catharine
Fechet, Engracia Freyer, Phoe-
be Fuller, Isabel Green, Ann
Griffin, Betty Griffin, Mary In
graham Henry, Mary Jacobs,
Susan Kintner, Mrs. Bowman
Macarthur, Frances Morse, Ja-
net Murray, Alberta Perley,
Margaret PilSon, Mary Ruden,
Margreta SwenSon, Frances Vir-
ginia Waggamann, Helen Wal
ker, and Mary Martha Wren.
Leaves Capital
Mrs. Richard Aldrich has
gone from Washington to Provi-
dence, r. l., to be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest T. H. Met
calf until after election.
Mrs. C. A. ASpinwall, Of Kalo.
rama Road, is registered at the
Pickwick Arms Hotel at Green
wich, Conn.
Miss Edith Kellogg, of Welles-
ley Hills, Mass, is at the Dodge
Hotel, accompanied by Miss
Ella II. Potts, of NorriStown,
Pa,
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
Washington Fashions

An evening wrap is not only
a necessity this year, but it is
also a joy, for never have wraps
been lovelier. They compile
ment the gowns so beautifully
that they really add to the
grace of the whole silhouette.
They also follow the ways Of
individuality, for there are a
thousand different types and
colorS. In fact, it's a tempta-
ton not to buy one for every
frock
Every wearable length is
found in the new evening
wraps. Some of them come
just to the waistline. Others
are we'll over the hips and from
there they extend on down to
the ankles. AS the evening get
colder, we find that more and
more women are buying long
wraps so we are sketching
longer wraps today.
New wraps are made of the
same fabric as the dresses,
but they, Of course, are always
bought with the dress. Then
there are wraps Of transparent
velvet, Of metal brocade and
of fur. Little white bunny
wraps are often worn by young
girls that now may be found in
very inexpensive versions. Lapin
makes smart evening wraps
also and isn't necessarily eX-
penSive. Transparent velvet
wraps may be Nng or short,
may be in any color and made
with Shirring, a scarf neckline
fur trimmed, or any other
smart way. Stiff velvet appears
occasionally also and is very
new looking. Material usually
either matches the color or Is
fur trimmed.
The black velvet wrap we
have sketched today is interest
ing because Of it's length and
for it's stitched and sf1irred
collar that stands high in the
back. The other wrap is Of
chartreuse transparent velvet
and has unusually gracious
lines with it's tight hips and
scarf collar. Neither Of these
wraps are expensive and they
are from a Washington shop.
*
Miss LaVilie will gladly an
swer any question about these
wraps or about fashion If you
viii telephone District $3.50,
Extension 165, or write, sending
q Self-addreSSed. stamped en-
velOpe.
The Washington times., 1930-10-29
President and Mrs.
Hoover Are Patrons
For Arn1istice Ball

President and Mrs. Hoover
have given permission to have
their names used as patrons
for the Armistice Day ball to
be given at the Mayflower
Hotel by the Veterans Of For
eign Wars. The Italian Am
bassador and Sonora de Mar
tino also will be listed among
the patrons.
X \ \
Lieut.. and Mrs. H. w. LiSterd
have returned to washington
from Upperville. Va, wherI
they were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Rozier Dulapey.