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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
TIC Rast Censorship

zahn, Nathan Krass already has established him
ale =, yioorous exponent of urbane and progressive
religion and as an aggressive social LIBERAL ms repu-
tation will not suffer on account Of lecture which ne
rave before the New York meeting to provide an
emergency fund for unemployed actors.
He here set forth a stmulatingly sensible concep-
ton OF censorship He suggested that the only sane
censorship is that exercised indirectly by the patrons
Of plays.
7 always have been opposed to federal state' OF
municipal censorship or any kind Of censorship 'naC
needs the policeman's club 1t Is trag-comeoy
art has to be supported by brass buttons and oue
coat I think the public ought to censor plays by It's
presence or its absence.
Il don't think the public is Interested in salacious
PLAYS or plays on sex problems People go to that kind
Of pav because they are ashamed to tell their friends
that they are not interested in sex problems. They
fear that if they do not dsparage the plays of the
ages they will not be considered as belonging to the
intelligentsis.
Il have found from experience that people like to
see good plays. do not mean goody-goody plays.
am as much opposed to them as I am to plays that
depend for their support profusion of filth and
vocabulary that travesties the beauty, luxuriance
charm and power of the English language"
Some might wish that the rabbi had Disseminated
somewhat more closely between sex plays and sala-
cious plays and that distinction probably was implicit
in his full address. But his enlightenment on the
censorship issue is refreshing breeze in the sultry
fog Of recent clerical lay demands for more OF the
blackjack and club in the playhouse.
If we don't like certain types of plays and language
we can protect our virtue and integrity by staying
away. Innocents of tender age may be kept immacu-
late through parental control laws placing an age
limit on attendance.
Before any action is taken, We at least should de-
mand that some person specifically testify that he or
she has undergone serious moral harm as the result
of the play accused Further it is not unlikely that
some who howl for ironclad censorship would profit
morally by the most salacous play which ever has
marched up to the footlights in Manhattan.
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REASON BY FREDERICK qaT1IS

XXTE are glad to read that the government has
w pensioned Old Nick the 34-year-old horse that
riculture.
Instead of being shot like traitor he is to be
retired like patriot.
And this reminds us of the most shameful act
Of our so-called civilization.
Out west they are shooting thousands Of wild
horses because the gas buggy has taken away their
jobs
Rather ungrateful treatment of the noble ami
NAL that pulled the human race out of the mud OF
centuries
When he read of the loud bloviation of our states
men, we are reminded that Thomas Jefferson once
wrote these words: Il served with General Wash
ington in the legislature of Virginia and with DR.
Franklin in congress, and heard either of them
speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the
main point which was to decide the question
THERE'S lot of truth in Bernard Shaws recent
Il statement that Americans like to be ridiculed
AT least this has been Shaws experience for many
OF our people regard each fresh blast from this pre-
eminent advertiser proof Of his greatness and their
own utter unworthiness
Did you ever notice how ever fellow who is tried
for poisoning his wife proceeds to prove that the
deceased was high roller participating in every
known vice and several previously unknown?
Chicago is happier than she has been for long
time since the gangsters who long concentrated their
activities within her borders now are bringing st.
Louis, Detroit New York and other cities to the
front page.
It's not remorse the part Of the gangsters but
the genuine law enforcement Chicago has been prac-
ucing for the last few weeks
ATE glory in the spunk Of Queen Helen who re-
w fuses to go back to King Carol Of Rumania
WHO gave her the air a year or so ago.
But there are many empty headed heiresses in
yurf1N
ing this bird
While President Hoover has his troubles with con-
gresS he should thank his lucky stars that he does
not have TO appoint new cabinet every time he is
voted down. as does his executive brother the presi-
dent OF France
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The PunditS

ID ECAUSE there you have an
ID other fiction that the man in
the street shares with the pundits.
It is that the writer of a long mar
rative novel is somehow in higher
class than the man who writes,
say, short stories.
II don't think SO, and am going
to prove Ito my own complete. sat-
isfaction) that the Nobel judges and
the whole American nation have
forgotten the man who represents
most accurately American literature
and who owes less than any other
eminent writer of our times to
Europe, who is absolutely original.
who has hunor and character draw
ing and marvellous gift for depict
ing that character not in long
passages, but in single, short, sharp
dialog stretches, so that the moment
or1e of his characters opens his
mouth you recognize him or her.
"He is man who appeals to the
artist in words as supreme master
of his medium, and he is wealthy,
because, like Dickens, he appeals to
the man in the street, who roars at
his lifelike dialog and his almost
incredible knowledge of the COM
mon people and their illiterate
speech.
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Liberal Policy

THE great abundance Of good
i land and the liberal policy of
the federal government in providing
free homesteads for the settler at
tracted great numbers of immi-
grants from the Atlantic Seaboard
states into the farming states Of the
west, Professor Schmidt says.
"Hither came also large groups Of
European immigrants experienced
in old world methods Of farming,
which they adapted to the require
ments of a new frontier environ
ment," he continues.
They were as a rule industrious
and thrifty, becoming a substantial
part Of the farming population and
loyal American citizens.
IAN agricultural empire was
founded in the Mississippi valley
Meanwhile, the Pacific coast states
were settled and added to this great
imperial domain.
1.-The population has until recently
continued to be. predoninately rural.
According to the United States
census of 1880, the rural population
/ dncluding towns and villages with
less than $500 inhabitants) num-
bered IS, 1888, 345, or 70.5 per cent of
the entire population.
This was a number greater than
the total population of the United
States in 1860. In 1910 the rural
population numbered 40, 348, 1888,
which was 53.7 per cent of the en-
tire population"
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The New Picture
TINE 1920 census, however, showed

THE 1920 census, however, showed
4 that the picture was beginning
to change. Professor Schmidt says
THE United States census of 1920
is the first to show that the majority
of the American people now live in
towns and cities; 48.1 per cent be-
ing classified as rural, while 519 are
classified as urban-the latter ex-
Guiding towns and villages of less
than $500 inhabitants, which are
classified as rural.
I'm 1910, 1872 per cent of all per-
sons engaged in gainful occupations
were engaged in farming greater
proportion than was engaged in any
other occupation.
"In 1920 the proportion of per-
sons over 10 years of age thus en-
p1oyed declined to 1858 per cent.
while the proportion of persons en-
gagged in manufacturing and me-
chanical industries was increased to
30.8 per cent.
This is fact of fundamental
significance in marking the emery
ence of the United States into an
agrarian-industrial state.
"These figures show that there
has been a rapid increase in the
rural population since 1890 and in
the urban population since about
1880; but that while the rural pop.
ulation has been increasing, the
urban population has been growing
at a more rand rate
THAT is to say, the rural popula-
tion has entered upon a period Of
rapid relative decline, which is an
other way of saying that the popula-
ton of the United States is becom-
ing urbanized."
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dation product known as quinone
When this substance is moistened
with water and applied to the skin,
it has a strong irritating effect.
1t has been found that a solution
of sodium hyposulphite will neutra-
lie the action of the quinone and
relieve the itching that results from
such irritation.
Since almost all furs sold at
moderate prices have been dyed
with various chemical substances,
it is safe to suspect almost any of
them in the presence of eruptions of
the character that have been men
toned.
Dyes also are used for hat bands,
artificial flowers, hpstick, rouge and
similar materials, and may be re-
sponsible for irritations of the skin
when these substances come in con-
| tact with it.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-The Times always
has fought for the under dog. Now
please give the mothers a chance
who bear sons to make future his
tory.
The very foundation of a state,
nation, or home is threatened when
mother declines to sacrifice for
the building of her childrens char
acter. Women sigh, saying, house
work is so monotonous."
That is far from the truth. It
varies more than any Office or fac
tory work, if you care to be a home
maker instead of a machine. What
is more delightful than planning
good meals? The appreciation on
the family faces speaks louder than
words. If the meal is ever so cheap
cooked correctly and served neatly
it satisfies.
There is the radio school, always
fnstructing, advising and teaching
Good books help to cultivate person
atty. We have free classes in cook
ing, sewing and art. These things
make life worth living.
There is church and social work,
the most important things in human
existence. And last, but not least,
are the children. Did you ever prize
a rose bush? Watch patiently the
opening of its buds into beautiful
blooming roses? Still, you play no
important part in that plants life.
When baby grows from a bundle
of sweet smells into a thinking, ac-
tive child, you can form body and
mind to your liking. Mold their
lives into characters of real men
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M. E. Tracy

The Depression Seems Less
Acute IN West and South,
Probably Because More
People Lire ON Farms in
Those Sections.
HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 29.-Not
= 4 the least interesting phase OF
this depression is the variety of
yardsticks by which people are at
tempting to measure it.
Watch STEEL" says one, land
don't bet on anything until the tide
turns in that stock"
Watch foreign trade" says an
other, land don't imagine you have
come to the end until it improves. .
Still others prefer to be guided by
the number and extent Of bank
failures, the building record, the
price Of cotton, or clearing house
reports.
Perhaps the choicest theory was
advanced by Houstonian, who
pointed out that the city had only
six debutantes this year, where
seventeen made their appearance in
1929, which should please Senator
Norris, no matter what it implies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Saving the Children

Although the traffic fatality figures almost avari-
ably extremely discouraging, there is one single
ray of light to be derived from them 1t develops that
the various safety campaigns put in schools
throughout the country beginning have effect
Fewer children being killed by automobiles now
than were killed ten years ago.
This represents real achievement when you con-
slider that the population has grown considerably in
that time, that there many more autos on the
streets and that the total casualty list has consid-
erably increased.
The child today is safer from the traffic menace
than he was decade ago, and the people who have
given their time to these safety campaigns can be
proud
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ANNIVERSARY
ANDREW JOHNsON'S BIRTH
Dec. 81

ON Dec. 20, 1903, Andrew John
W son, seventeenth President Of
the United States, was born in a
crude shack at Raleigh, N. G.
When 4 years of age his father
died. So poor was he that at 10 he
was obliged to seek work. At IA he
was apprenticed to tailor and he
learned the alphabet from a fellow
workman. johnson never went to
school a day in his life.
When 10, he moved to Greenvllle,
Tenn, where he worked as tailor.
A year later he married Eliza Nc
Cardell, who taught him to read and
write.
JohnSon's enthusiasm for self
education led him to organize a de-
batting society. Then, beginning a
political career, he became success
siyely mayor, state legislator, con-
gresham, Governor Of Tennessee
and United States senator from
Tennessee.
He was Lincoln's running mate
in 1864, and succeeded to the presi-
dency on Lincoln'S assassination.
In 1867 Johnson suspended STAN
ton, secretary Of war, who was re-
instated by the senate the follow
ing year. An attempt to gain pos
session Of the war department dur
ing this quarrel led, in 1868, to
Johnson's impeachment. but Of one
vote the two-thirdsz vote necessary
to convict was lacking.
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From a Little Town

A ND so the restless instrument
IN shrieked and cried and COM
manded listeners. 1 went as close as
I could and tried to help, but this
was to me a strange tongue.
At first it seemed as if the In
strument were trying to say, with
clicking turnult, that some great
one-a king, perhaps--was dead or
dying.
Or maybe it was war and each
dash and dot for some contending
soldier moving forward under heavy
fire. And. again, it might be that
volcano had stirred. Or tidal
waves had swept the coast.
Surely some great force was astir
in the world, and, like most men
and reporters, I thought of might
wholly in terms of destruction and
disaster.
There was something almost ave-
inspiring in the insiStence of the
telegraph instrument. And now ]
did realize that this was, in fact,
no long-running narrative, but one
announcement repeated over and
over again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Facts Hard to Get
THERE just doesn't seem to

THERE just doesn't seem to be
l. any way of getting at the facts,
much less the causes, which is one
Of our most serious drawbacks.
In spite of all the surveys, you
can't find any two authorities who
will agree on the number of unem-
ployed in this country, or the best
method of helping them.
We are obliged to fall back on
guesswork, not only with regard to
the country as a whole, but with re-
gard to each locality.
Generally speaking, things appear
to be easier the farther one travels
south or west
My own idea is that this is be-
cause a larger percentage of the peo-
pie in those sections either live on
farms or in partially self-sustaining
homes, and are consequently in a
better position to take care Of them
selves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Questions and
Answers

Can an alien be deported from
the United States after a specified
number of years residence for fail
ing to take out citizenship papers?
Immigrants are not compelled to
become American citizens no mat
ter how long they live in the United
States, and they can not be de-
ported for failure to do so.
Do Sturgeon spawn in fresh or
salt water? On what do they feed?
Most of the species are migratory
and ascend streams to spawn, but
some live permanently in fresh
waters. They spawn in the spring
and summer and are prolific, a
large female producing from two
TO three million eggs, constituting
from a fifth to a third of its entire
weight. They feed on small animals
and plants.
How can evaporated milk be
whipped?
Place the can in a pan Of cold
water. enough to cover the can, and
let boil for five minutes, from the
time it begins to boil. Cool and
place in a pan of ice and salt, three
parts of ice to one Of salt, and whip
until stiff.
What are the French names for
the white and yoIk of an egg?
White Of an egg, "blanc d'oeuf; =
yolk, "jaune d'oeuf."
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EES2iS

IN Christmas morning, once
" upon a time, went to the Of
flee of the newspaper where I
worked. To me there is something
infinitely mournful in the sight Of
a scantily stated city room.
just two men were tipping away at
stories Of small moment. Locally,
we were without murders, judicial
scandals or three alarm fires. The
whole world seemed to be waiting.
The telegraph instruments were
silent.
Suddenly, one began to talk, but
there was nobody to set down what
it said.
It's sllrill staccato insistence
sounded momentous. But telegraph
instruments are like that. Their
tone is just as excited about baby
parade in Asbury Park as about an
earthquake in Madrid.
Every distant whisper which comes
to it must be ratified out at top voice
and at once. Words are the in
trument's very blood stream, and,
for all a telegraph key knows, one
word is just as glorious as any other.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

dye, the physician pays particular
attention to location of the eruption.
The irritation, when due to hair
dye, usually begins with itching,
redness and puf1ness of the upper
eyelids, the sides of the forehead,
and the back of the neck.
When the irritation is due to the
dye in the fur collar or cuffs, it is
likely to appear first under the chin,
on the front of the neck, in a TRAN
gular area over the chest and on
the wrists.
Hair dressers and furriers who
use the dye on other people and
on furs and who themselves are
sensitive to it, develop the eruption
first on the back of the hands, front
of the wrists, the forearnls, eyelids,
nose, and other parts of the face.
The irritation of the skin from
these dyes usually is due to an oxi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29

the voluntary funds available for Gross work must
be supplemented by appropriations from federal and
state treasures
1t should be noted that there is difference be-
tween the proposals being made for restricted and
temporary federal relief and the political systems
the European type, commonly called doles.
dole system for unemployment relief is bad 1t
sets up continuing system hard to get rid Of 1t
becomes political trough. 1t works automatically
1t enervates the population 1t encourages industry to
shift the unemployment problem to the government
But these objections do not apply to a temporary
restricted federal fund for emergency relief through
the Red Gross.
There should not be such temporary federal
aid if it can be avoided That is if communities and
private agencies can meet the need this winter.
Congress and the Presidents emergency commit
tee should get the facts at If only federal aid
can prevent starvation in the most depressed districts
then should be provided quickly through restricted
and noncontnuing appropriation to the Red Cross.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Red Cross Relief

Joe Robinson, Democratic leader in the United
States senate has joined Senator La Toilette and
others favor Of federal appropriations for direct
lief to the unemployed this winter in communities IN
able to cope with local needs.
As q result of his observation in the middle west
this week Robinson issued the following statement
from Little Rock:
Ny information. obtained from various sources is
that in spite of the efforts of the Red Cross and
&ther similar agencies present arrangements for re-
lief In extreme cases are inadequate, and believe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Capital Too Easy

THE land bank, intermediate
L farm loan bank, and building
and loan association represent a
form of credit which ought to re-
ceiye more attention than it has in
the past.
Capital, as we call it, should be
tied up more securely with the land.
The idea of leaving it around
where it easily can be picked UP for
speculation, promotion, and exploit
tation is not SO good, especially
where the savings of widows and
orphans are concerned.
If this depression proves one
thing more than another, it is the
danger Of diverting large amount
Of capital from the channels of
legitimate trade to those of gam
bling. If more capital were tied up
with the land, such performance
would not be SO easy.
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and women. Is this monotony?
Neverl An inspiration? Ever!
Many working mothers gladly
would stay home if their men folks
could find work, but others, through
pure selfshness, deny them Cod
given right.
If you are against married women
working, please send your name End
address to
CARROLL COLLINS
$500 RaWls avenue.
If any one cares TO write me filthy
letters on this subject, as before,
please be sport enough to sign your
name and address. Thanks to the
worlds best newspaper.
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The Noble Prize

VXTLLIAM MFEE, the novelist,
w has his own ideas about the
Nobel prize, and he writes:
"All Of you seemed to miss a very
genuine criticism Of the Swedish
pundits when you failed to see that
in giving the Nobel prize to a writer
of long novels they merely were
running true to form.
Why did the winner and every
writer you commentators put for
ward as a possible substitute have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-29
Need More Land Owners

WHETHER we have enough
w houses in this country, we
have not enough homes, particu-
larly Of kind that enables the oc-
cupantS to do much for themselves
in case of bad weather.
The fact that more than half the
people have become tenants is not
reassuring.
Anything like a we'll balanced
distribution of wealth seems inn
possible without a financial system
which recognizes the land, and
which AUCTIONS around the idea Of
making the largest possible numLel
of people owners of land, whether
in the form of a city lot, a suburban
home site, or farm.
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pardonable crime of not writing
long novels full Of padding, and so
you all forgot him.
"He has committed the other UNI
pardonable crime of writing in the
American tongue and manner,
which is utterly untranslatable; in
fact, an Englishman is at a loss to
know what he is talking about, so
that the Swedish gents are unaware
of his existence.
Il refer, Of course, to Mr.. Ring
Lardner.
you Americans sometimes make
me extremely tired"
Copyright. 1880. BY The Tines
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A 1000 Per Cent American

The perfect patrioteer has been found. He is DR.
A. D. Houghton of Los Angeles.
Until recently he was famous only as president Of
the American Cactus Society The other day he rose
in his wrath and denounced DR.. Albert Einstein as
AN undesirable alien" because the great scientist
declared that per cent of countrys fighting force
refused to bear arms in time of there would be
no more wars. .
Los Angeles cactus king framed resolutions for his
legion post, demanding that Einsten be de7orted The
cost unanimously tabled the resolutions III Hough-
ton in high dudgeon, turned in his legion button.
We had thought that Los Angeles home Of the
Better America Federation could stand patrioteerins
at any strength. Apparently DR. Houghtons 100C
proof is too strong even there