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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
The Twilight of Missions

Have our efforts to convert the heather Chinese
come to an inglorous end9 Must the pagans be al
lowed to perish according to their sweet wishes
in the outer darkness? Such the view of Hallett
Abend, an eminent foreign journalist resident in
Peking. He presents his opinions in an interesting
article on THE Crisis Of Christian Missions in China
in Current History.
The Catholics have been trying to convert these
stubborn orientaIs since the middle ages. The
Protestants have been at it from the end of the
eighteenth century The Protestant converts in China
today number about 100000. The Catholic converts
to 2,5OOoOo, by counting in the families of the
converts.
The high cost of conversion in China is becoming
more and more acute. In 1928 the Catholics and
Protestans spent at least $150Oo0O0 for missionary
work in China. The British found that it cost their
missionaries approximately $500 to convert Chinese
to Christianity.
Robert E. Speer, an eminent American authority,
admitted early this year that it takes the aver
age three paid missionaries to make one yearly
convert.
This is discouraging enough but the lot of Chris
tian missionaries is bound to grow worse in China.
The developing nationalsm stimulates the already
vigorous anti-foreign feeling The missionaries have
not dared to oppose Chinese natonalism; rather they
have been compelled to give it their appreciation.
Chinese nationasrn is increasing the obstacles to
Christian missions, Christian doctrines longer
be taught as a compulsory course even in mission
colleges. Yet courses in Chinese nationalistic phil
osophy are made compulsory In some provinces any
type of religious instruction except in the higher
grades, is forbidden by law. missionary slogans
like the following, taught:
1.-The cross of Christ is tool Of Imperialism to
crush the Chinese people.
THE aim of Christian education is to propagate
slavery to destroy the heart of society by means Of
the education and intoxicaton of the minds of the
young Therefore the thing to do is to attack Chris
tan schools" The number of missionaries murdered
is large and is on the increase.
An even more serious menace to the future Of
Christian missions than Chinese nationalism is, of
course the decline of Christianity in western lands.
Orthodoxy is collapsing at home, especially with the
coming generation
Secular work of the missionaries in education,
hygiene and the like be done far better by
strictly secular agencies. 1t would that we in
deed are in the twilight of foreign missions"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
The Titanic of the Air

The wrecking Of the British dirigible R-1Ol with
loss Of forty-seven lives gives America an oppor-
tunity to contribute to the world something more
useful than mere formal condolences over a great
tragedy.
1t appears from news reports that structural
failure-the breaking of hn-sent the big airship
to the ground That might not have been disastrous
But then her hydrogen filled gas cells exploded and
instantaneous flames cremated forty-seyen of her
hfty-four passengers and crew.
The United States has the only supply of helium
gas in the world. Helum is nonexplosive, and is used
in our dirigibles But we won't let other coun-
tries have any, Surely this catastrophe Of the air
is sufficient excuse, if must have one, to cause
us to open our supply of helium to the world.
The dirigible's greatest value is as a carrier in
peaceful commerce. It's value wartime instru-
ment is questionable So surely the military leaders
can not object to us sharing our helium. Admiral
Motfett does not object In fact, he urges it, 1t is
up to congress to throw down the bars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
A Popular Trick

THE trick is for the glider pilot
l. to get into the rising column
of air at the base of the cumulus
cloud and permit it to carry his
craft up into the air.
When that column has carried the
glider as high as it will go. the pilot
glides toward another cloud, repeat
ing the process once more.
The trick is particularly popular
in Germany, where such tactics
have been christened cloud hop
ping"
Teale writes: During some of
their flights, German cloud-hoppers
have made long journeys across the
sky, gliding from one up-column to
another under cumulus clouds.
Because Of the height at which a
take-off must be made, the only
place where much success. has been
attained in cloud flying has been at
the Wasserkuppe in the Rhoen
mountains of Germany, where pilots
are able to start at 1000 feet.
For experimental purposes, soar
ing ships may be towed high into
the air by motored planes and cut
loose in the neighborllood of cumu-
lus clouds"
Cloud flying still is in the expert
mental stage. Undoubtedly there is
much to be learned yet about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

who examined 1000 German infants
found the increase in weight much
greater during the late summer and
autumn than in the spring and early
summer or in the winter.
An American physician who
studied several thousand children in
Boston during the period of their
school life noted a. seasonal differ
ence in the weight increase, the
September to January period aver
aging "a pounds in boys, whereas
the February to June period aver
aged 80 pounds. He found, in gen.
eral, a loss of weight in April, May
and June.
An increase in height is found
to take place rapidly from April
to June, slowing down in the hoG
summer months and still more in
the winter months.
The figures recently we're checked
for $50 children, aged to 9, in four
Scottish towns. All these children
had an increase in height in the
three months from March to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
1NG<1 AO\/4 Lands

TIP in Chicago there was a lawyer named Joseph
" Sarley. He was an income tax expert who
showed the rich how to avoid handing Uncle Sam &C
much money that he would become foolish.
He was very successful, according to our market
place standards.
When one day. having accumulated all the
money he needed, he INDUCED in the American dissi-
patton of trembling for his health.
He went to see doctor and the doctor x-rayed
him, took mis- latitude and longitude and listened tC
his insides through the garden hose.
VXTHEN the doctor up and said to Joseph Sarley
w the Chicago lawyer: you up against it;
you can't get well; you're goner; you won't live
over five years; you can't"
Being lawyer. Joseph Sarley had profound re-
gard for precedent and when he heard this decision
he thought it was all of.
So he got ready to die in five years.
He quit working, pulled down his roll top desk
threw kiss to the bust of Daniel Webster, froWnng
at him from corner of his Office walked out of the
active practice" and got room in hotel and sat
down to die on-schedued tine-f1Ye years away-and
he just has done it.
You know you can do that. if that kind OF indoor
sport appeals to you.
If you sit around studying tombstone catalogs and
committing to memory the last words of great states
men and wearing Gala lily in your Prince Albert
you can take the elevator almost any time that
strikes you as being appropriate.
I OTIS OF fellows are dying on schedule time every
IL week just because DR.. Bozo or the great sani-
tarum conducted by the Bazoopss Brothers told them
to do and this article is written in the hope that
those doctors who hand out death penalties non
chalanty as If they were Saratoga potatoes will think
it over and decide to be little diplomatic
You can warn fellow that he's in bad shape but
|rY4ff ~ hi
dggers spade; you can warn him that he must watch
his step and that its Up to him to make his stay long
or short but you don't have to skut the door of hops
and nail skull and crossbones on It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
Questions and
AnSzOe7.S

How should cork floors be cleaned?
They may be kept clean by sweep
ing with an ordinary broom or floor
brush. If washing is necessary, use
a warm solution Of a small amount
Of neutral soap in water. Sandpaper
or steel wool is sometimes used to
remove stains.
What is a herbivorous animal?
One that feeds only on vegetable
natter.
How many Hungarians OF the
Magyar race are there in the United
States?
According to the 1920 census there
we're 469, 449.
How long did the great Chicago
fire last? What amount of dam
age was done?
It began Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, and
was one of the most destructive fires
in the history of the United States.
Breaking out il a barn on De
Rowan street, and famed by gale,
it spread rapidly and ragged uncon-
trolled for almost twenty-foul
hours, sweeping over 400 acres, de-
stroying 17.450 buildings, causing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
Talks Good Sense

KF that were a professional nae
Il fist talking, you might find some
excuse for dismissing Il as a mere
outourst of sentimentaIity. but bv
no stretch of the imagination can
Admiral Mofett be catalogued as
such.
He is hard boiled old sesdop
schooled to the art of war. and he
Is interested particularly in aero
nautics. When he says we are
wrong in trying to bottle I'D heliurn
and gain a temporary advantage
by exposing other people to death
and disaster, you can rest assured
that it is from good sense, not
emotionalism.
Like all other intelligent men.
Admiral Mofett realizes that avia-
ton belongs to no one If not the
whole world, and that 1t holds no
promise of constructive value, save
to humanity in general
Further than that, he realizes
that it represents too big and risky
a venture, especially where dirigibles
are concerned, to be carried on sue
cessfully, without the cooperation
and support Of all civilized govern
ments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07

T FEEL sorry about the death OF
L Jack Donahue, 80, because he
was a man of great charm and a
superb actor. His performance was
too short by many years.
And the poignant part of such
passing is the fact that this gay
comedian carries his tricks away
with him. 1t would be entirely i'm
possible for me, or even those who
knew him better, to describe in any
precise words the spirit and mood
of Donahue's dancing.
When actors die the word "ge-
MUS is often plucked and offered
as a last tribute. We hail too many
geniuses. I've never known the
boundaries of the noun. But 1
must say that Donahue did some
thing in dancing unlike anybody I
ever have seen.
For my taste there was per-
son who could make a step or a pos
ture so hilariously funny, but, OF
course, Jack Donahue was not the
only comic dancer. 1t was the COM
bination of burlesque and pure
beauty of line and movement which
distinguished Donahue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07

Children Grow More in Summer, Fall

| end of June, more SO than in any
other period.
The smallest increase in height
took place in October, November
and December, the greatest in
crease in weight took place in July,
August and September, and the
second greatest in October, Novem-
Der and December.
In the early part Of the summer,
namely, April, May and June, %
per cent Of the boys actually lost
weight, although they increased in
height.
Such studies as these emphasize
the Importance of a study of nor
NAL conditions before attempting
to draw any conclusions as to loss
of weight or height in relationship
to diet and disease.
Unless one knows the normal
curve of growth and of height, it
is not possible to venture any opin-
ion as to the significance Of sun
light and ultra violet rays on in
creases in weight or height at any
given period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
M. E. Tracy

Selfshnsss of the United
States Vas Partly Respon-
sibJe for the R-f01 Dis
dSter.
7 WONDER how many Americans
4 realize Just what part their gov
played in the R-101 disaster
not deliberately, Of course. but by
the pursuit of a narrow. short
sighted, selfish policy.
Admitting that the ship would
have cracked up anyway. either be-
cause Of structural defects, or poor
plotting, there seems little doubt
that many more, if not all. Of her
passengers and crew would have es-
capped but for the fire.
Hydrogen, and hydrogen alone. Is
responsible for the more horrify-
ing aspects of this tragedy. and by
drogen would not have been used.
except as our own government has
made it necessary for foreign coun-
tries to do so by forbidding the ex-
portation Of helium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
$ZZEGXX%SsSSS
Is 1T|t4e|
EANNEVE!R$ARY|
H4A4s1lA:;.
BATTLE KINGS MOUNTAIN
October ]

I'M oct. 7, 1870, little force Of
" Americans, calling itself the
Army of the West" attacked the
British at Kings mountain, a high
ridge on the boundary line between
North and South Carolina, and
scored a memorable victory. one of
the most heartening of the Revolu-
tionary war. the 150th anniversary
of which will be celebrated on the
old battlefield this year.
Just before this triumph the
Colonists were passing through what
historians called the darkest period
of the Revolution.
The British had been victorious
in the south, the republic bankrupt
and our soldiers grumbled because
of poor pay and threatening to re-
volt.
To lower further the morale Of
the American troops, Benedict Ar
mold, an able general, turned traitor
and joined the British.
It was at this time that the Brit
ish Major Ferguson was sent with
LOO men to cut of a body Of pa
triots then retreating from Georgia
to the highlands Of North Carolina.
Ferguson penetrated too far into
the mountains and was met by a
swarm of backwoodsmen.
In the ensuing battle of Kings
those of his men who were not
killed or wounded we're taken
prisoners.
This victory proved to be the
turning point of the war in the
south. A new army soon was raised
for the south and placed under the
command of Nathaniel Greene.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
Dancing

EOR instance, he professed to find
/ the so-called interpretative
dancing of the Duncanites sheer
folly. Many Of his most successful
numbers were based upon hooking
parodies Of the hop-skip-and-a-
Jump style which has been seen by
all of us under dim lights in Car
negie hall. He had his own version
of Spring Song" ballets.
And yet the curious part Of this
was that Donahue derived much Of
his art from this school which he
parodied so boisterously and sue
cessfully.
In spirit he was granddaughter
even of Isadora herself. mean
there was nothing merely grotesque
in Donahue's version of line and
rhythm as he spoofed the modern
dancers.
Given leopard skin and SYM
phony orchestra, and he could have
made even the esthetes watch him
in pop-eyed wonder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
Bad Policy
THE idea of estal,1isI7i,,

ME idea of establishing an iron
cad monopoly of heliun can
De Justified only by one of two req
sons: First, to gain military ad-
vantage in time Of war: second
70 guarantee a commercial advsn1
Vage III time of peace.
NO matter how such an idea nav
appeal to us from a purely patriot
&c standpoint, it is stupidity sell
IlSh from a humanitarian stand
point and equally short-siehted
from an economic standpoint
Besides, it is contrary to about
everything we claim to stand fo nv
WIN regard to international trade
ana exchange. How can we n7aI-e
other people believe that we are
lor the common good, the inter
eStS OF humanity. and improved
conditions throughout the worId II
we deny them the use of the o,7lv
known safe gas for airships?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
MOffett Is Right
r tlle supply were small WE mi

r the supply were small we might
a nave some excuse for such
4Iggardly policy, but as Adr1irs1
MONET points out there is ple1tv
The disaster undoubtedly was
que to the R-1O1 being inflated wifi Tao
Lild.yyorogen," says Admiral NToFet
Inc United States is the onIv ,o :.
Clon IN the world possessing helm,
IN unlimited quantities. The nres
ehJ law prohibits it's expectation
would urge the repeal of that
ID" ana allow it to be exported il,
Iline OF peace to alInations. especiai 1- Il,
the British and Germans. who have
mad the. vision and courage In
carry on with rigid airships de-
Splte disasters and the handican
and danger of hydrogen"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07

Sons O. Guns many times last sea-
son.
Donahue acted as master of
ceremonies for a benefit we gave at
his theater last spring. I had a
chance to watch him work from
front and back.
There was a scene in that show
which seems to me almost the high
spot in inventive foolery. My i'm
preston is that Donahue was the
originator of the notion.
The audience saw him in "No
Mans Land" bringing back three
German prisoners. BY some Alice in
Wonderland sort of magic, they all
turned out to be acrobats, and while
resting between shell holes they I'M
dertook to teach Donahue a pyra-
mid trick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
Rhapsody

q ND once saw him do one Of
IA the most extraordinary pieces
of interpretative dancing the stage
has known. 1t was at Lambs
Gambol. He undertook to translate
Gershwir's Rhapsody in Blue"
from sound into visual movement.
Of course, the object was one OF
mockery. The stunt, l imagine.
was largely in1promptu. But as he
warmed up to the task, the music
took hold of him. He was sensitive
to music from the tip of his ears
down to his toes. You could set
your watch by his taps.
I've always thought that the
Rhapsody" was a swell piece. I
believe it has about as good a
chance as any modern American
composition to survive.
And Donahue was up to it. He
was with it neck and neck. When !
hear the Gershwin lament Git al
ways makes me feel mournfuD
again I'll see Donahue gliding and
twisting across the little Lambs
Club stage. He was adorned by the
music as if each note had been a
vine leaf.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.


Ctoud-Hopping With elders
Is Becoming q Popular
Pdsttme.
THE newest sport is cloud fly
a ing" Aeronautical experts ex-
pect to become exceedingly popu-
lar in the next decade.
1t is carried on by means of a
glider or motorless plane.
The pioneer work in the field was
done on the other side Of the ocean
by Robert Kronfeld, Austrian ace.
Edwin w. Heale describes cloud
flying in his excellent new book,
THE Book of Gliders." He writes:
THE suction which lifts motored
planes when they pass below cumu-
lus clouds was familiar to aviators
for years before the soaring pilots
began to make use of it.
Such cumulus clouds always
crown powerful columns of rising
air. The great caulif1ower- shaped
masses seem to boil, an effect
caused by the warm air piling up
from below.
This air bears moisture evaporated
from water or damp earth. When
it meets a cold layer Of air or when
it has risen high enough to cool
itself, the moisture is condensed
into tiny droplets and the cloud
mass is formed.
1.-THE speed of the warm air in the
ascending columns increases as it
approaches the cloud. Sometimes it
is rising at IS feet a second, suff1-
Gent to carry aloft a soaring plane"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BE0TS

Gladly enough he volunteered to
be the top of the heap, but when
the pose was set machine guns from
both sides began to zip away at
them.
OF course, it was an insane idea,
but the burlesque had a pleasant,
healthy bite. I have no desire to
dig too deeply under surfaces, but
felt that the strange and zestful
comradeship Of the mixed group be-
tween the lines contained at least
an implied satire of the tragic far
cicality of war.
To say we are all acrobats under
the skin is merely another way Of
saying we are all brothers.
copyright. 1890 BY The Tinlesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
u. S, Has Monopoly
uEL1UM is a noninflammable

uELIUM is a noninfammable.
\ nonexplosive gas, and the only
one of its kind light enough to be
practical for airshtps. It is the by
product Of certain variety of nat
ural gas, and was discovered
through experiments intended To
determine why that gas would not
burn.
Thus far. no appreciable supply
OF hellum has been discovered out
side the United States which means
that our government enjoys a nat
ural monopoly of it. and can denv
It's use to the rest of the world bv
Che simple process Of passing a law
That IS exactly what our govern
ment has done, in spite of all it has
hsd 10 say about international CO.
operation and fair play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07

Editor TimeS-There can be no
question that all people would be
better off morally, physically and
politically if the habit of using in
toxicants as a beverage would be
eliminated. Every day, every news
paper, contains proof of the fact,
vet The Times editorials and its
coiunnists ali knock the eighteenth
amendment.
It may be admitted that the
amendment is not the very best
plan that can be devised, but a
second best plan for the accomplish
ment of any purpose is better, II
backed up, than even a better plan
if unsupported.
with a different attitude of
newspapers, politicians and. other
people of influence during the last
ten years, the conditions would be
vastly better now.
Newspapers are largely the lead
ers of public opinion, and there
fore, are largely responsible for the
trend of public sentiment on all
policies of public interest-1noral,
social and political.
A long pull, a strong pull, with
The Times and other influential
newspapers as wheelhorses could
and would pull the country out OF
the present mire.
Should you do so, your conscience
would sing with approval, Happy
man" Happy man: Conscious OF
having shared in a work that Will
be a great blessing to husbands,
wives, mothers and children, public
welfare the country over.
otis a. consummation devoutly
to be wished"
I read and like The Times for its
vigor in many things, but l don't
ike its stand on the eighteenth
amendment.
SOL NJ. CLICK.
Columbus, Ind.
Editor Times-In an open letter
TO the press of the state, among
other things, a leading politician
said: saThe conservation department
has served the state marvelously
and made the revenues more than
paw the cost. It. has not cost the
taxpayers of Indiana one cent.
Surely the newspapers Of the state
will not sit idly by and let this
statement go unanswered. We know
that it has served the sportsmen OF
the state marvelously, by not giving
us anything for our money-not
even a pair of quail, a pair Of squir-
rel or a fur bearing animal
The hunters and fishermen have
donated and donated, only to see
our fish and game rapidly disap-
pearing. We know that some parts
of the department have added to the
burden Of the taxpayers. and that
the legislature Of 1923 appropriated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN


Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
.THE average person is likely to
Il take it for granted that a child
grows constantly from birth to ma
turity at a fairly even rate and to
be little concerned with the factors
concerning growth at any given
time.
Actually, children, like plants,
grow much more during some sea-
SONS than during others. Their rate
of growth seems Influenced by the
weather, the sunlight, exercise, diet,
and many other factors.
For at least a quarter century it
has been known that children tend
to grow more during the summer
than during the winter, the fact be-
ing emphasized by German investi-
gators who made a special study of
the subject.
Thus, one German investigator
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07

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 uaner.-The Editor.