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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
Through a Glass DarkIy

DERFECT people are very inter
L esting. II the schoolboy actually
believes the primary books, he is
likely to grow bit bored at the
very beginning. I'm not sure that
he always does believe.
An alert youngster veil may sus-
pect that he is getting less than the
whole truth. That suspicion may
also work to kill his ardor for the
lessons Approximations are not
appetizing.
But most of all there remains the
fact that Washington and Lincoln,
Shakespeare and Milton, too, are
all clothed in the alternating robes
of compulsion.
In my day the teacher gave me
THE Merchant Of Venice" and told
me to read it within a week And
in effect, she added, Read it and
like it"
didn't, but I was too much of a
flypocrite to say so. Like all the
rest, I pretended a passion.
And Washington was presented to
me under the same repellent aus
pices. He was festooned with dates
and heavy with home work. Natur-
ally, I was hardly prepared to deny
that he was good man, but it
was not an association calculated to
produce much warmth on my side.
Later on I learned that Washing
ton brewed his own beer and was in
every respect the sort of person to
command net just cold respect, but
downright enthusiasm.
Copyright. 1880. BY The Tlnezl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
How Long, O Lord2

A FTER the show is over, we feel
"A compelled to do something
heroic for the benefit of those old
ladies who dream Of the time when
temperance was a virtue, so we
stage drives and make a few ar
rests, particularly of those who have
not been sufficiently successful to
pay cash fines.
Knowing that the big bosses will
not be touched, judges are inclined
to be lenient with the ragtag and
bobtail which are paraded before
them, imposing light sentences, or
allowing the poor, distracted souls
time in which to scrape together a
few dollars.
Then we have an investigation to
prove how low the judges have sunk,
when they were only acting like
normal human beings.
How long, o Lord, how long?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
A T the last annual session of the
L A American Medical Association,
the section on treatment of disease
gave special attention to the treat
ment of high blood pressure.
The presence of elevated blood
pressure causes little discomfort in
the majority Of people. Frequently
they fail to consult a physician un-
til the complications occur.
In fact, IL per cent of a group of
1000 patients had high blood pres
sure for some time before the synp-
toms were sufficiently severe to
cause them to consult a physician.
The person who has a regular
examination made once each year is
likely to determine the presence of
high blood pressure long before he
has any symptoms, and perhaps by
a modification of his habits of life
to prevent entirely the onset of any
unpleasant symptoms.
It has been found that the most
important factor etnering into the
development of high blood pressure
is a constitutional predisposition to
high blood pressure, which has oc-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
The Man for Him

A S he read he thought of Lincoln
IN as his man. He decided to go
to the land of Lincoln as soon as his
sentence expired. But when he ar
rived it didn't seem to be Lincoln's
land at all.
The book could not be right. Not
till he heard the voice of Debs did
the young immigrant awake to find
himself in the place of dreams.
1 have, of course, given only a
wooden and crude summary Of what
the speaker said, and here there is
nothing of a most persuasive elo-
quence and a convincing mood
The pattern is familiar enough.
The best book about our Constitu-
ton was not written by an Amer
lean, and the first successful play
built on Lincoln's life came from
the pen of John Drinkwater, who
is English.
incidentally he found his mate
rial in the biography written by
Lord Charnwood
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

Following is the explanation Of
Ripley's believe 1t or Not which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Thea Alba Can Write Six Di-
ferent Figures at the Same Time
Miss Alba, who has trained her
fingers so she can write six diff
ferent figures or letters Simultane-
Ously, with the aid of chalk extern
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
Jobs Instead of Charity

The city of Cleveland has taken an admirably
sensible measure to ease the unemployment situa-
uon Instead of voting money for charity the CITY
council voted 100000 bond issue for the ionoedi
ate commencement of certain public works. and 1000
men will be given jobs as result.
That is the sort Of unemployment relief that really
means something When you give a hungry man a
bowl OF soup and cup of coffee you are relieving
an immediate need but you not solving the under
lying problem What the man needs more than a
meal is job.
NO matter how much charity you dispense, YOU
haven't helped him very much unless you have made
his chances of getting work brighter That is why
this Cleveland plan deserves copying widely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

sions, recently has been on a
vaudeville circuit in Berlin. Ger
man and other European news
papers have commented about this
unusual feat of muscle training.
James Wyllie, Long Time
Checker Champion-James Wyl-
lie is one of the most famous
checker players who ever lived,
nATTN THAI TIL GID TTTOE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

There is nothing accidental in the
fact that an alien is likely to feel a
stronger emotion concerning our ma
tional heroes than we do. 1t gets
down to the old commonplace about
New Workers never going to the top
of the Woolworth building unless
the trip is first suggested by some
country cousins. I doubt that Al
pine guides care much about
scenery.
Education is designed to stimu-
late the child's imagination and
move him TO fervor for our fore
fathers, but it is nl-adjusted.
In the first place, our school sys-
tenn has been founded on the theory
that Washington, jefferson, Frank
lin, Lincoln and all others should
be presented as without sin Ut flaw.
No teacher would be allowed to
point out that Franklin was amor-
GUS, that Lincoln told stories which
Walter Winchell never could print
in his column and that Washington
swore violently on some few occa-
sions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
Daily Thought

will utterly consume all things
from off the land, saith the Lord.
Zephaniah liz.
How would you be if He, which is
the top of Judgment, should but
judge you as you Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

We Simply Don't Think Of
Assembling for Any PtT-
pose These Days Without
Hooch.

-
Hooch.
IF it is al right to buy phono-
4 graphs, radio sets, and automo-
biles on the inStallment plan, why
IS it al wrong to pay fines that way?
Furthermore, wouldn't the in
stallment plan Of paying fines help
to equalize conditions between rich
and poor?
Cleveland police court judges seem
to have thought it would, especially
where bootleggers were concerned,
but the higher-ups say that they
are mistaken.
1t all came about as the result
of an investigation which disclosed
the widespread practice of allow
ing time for those who lacked the
cash.
incidentally, the investigation dis
closed some other things that might
cause doubt as to whether the po-
lice court judges were moved en-
tirely by a spirit of altruism ana
fair play, such as 10000 errors and
irregularities; but let that pass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

The couple dancing their way across the continent
are understood to have adopted as their slogan: "A
mile minute"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11
named after ii

The more We hear of certain programs over the
ether the less we wonder why an anesthetic was
named after it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-11

and was champion Of the world
from 1847 to 1859, from 1864 to
1876, and again from 1877 to 1894
"a total Of forty-one years. This
can be verified in any book on
checkers.
Monday THE Gamblin &
Corpse"
Evening star., 1930-06-08

DON'T see any reason why I
shouldn't appoint this man" F"
President Coolidge was think
ing aloud when he said this.
TJo haA kaoY Chiof UvanJtfiua
Evening star., 1930-06-08

(Qntinued on Fourth Page.l
Evening star., 1930-06-08

"HE rather chilly reception which
has followed the formal launch
ing of M Brands project Of
. i United. States of Europe can
Evening star., 1930-06-08
JUST BEFORE START OF THE NORTH POLE FLIGHT.

Sir Douglas Mawson, the great SCI
enlist, found an average yearly wind
velocity of so miles an hour at his
Winter quarters In Antarctica; that Is
astonishing the flying speed of
a plane. There is nothing in the Arctic
comparable to this.
Surroundings Different.
The surroundings of the two regions
are also very different. The Arctic
Ocean is inclosed by land over which
access may be had to its shores in most
places and over which retreat may be
made. 1t supports some life along
these shores, and even on the floating
ice of the great sea itself life is found.
Animals travel over its surface and live
in its waters.
The Antarctic Continent is surround
ed by an abysmal ocean, and its conti-
mental shelf is much lower than any
other continent on earth. 1t is sur
rounded at all times by a belt OF ice,
which at a few places in the Summer
opens sufficiently to permit access to
the land. How precarious is this open
ing was brought sharply to our minds
by the experiences of the last season,
with its unprecedented formation of
pack ice, which nearly made our re-
lief impossible. The Antarctic has
been guarded by nature in a way which
one cannot comprehend until one has
seen 1t. There has been talk, I have
heard, of taking sightseers to the Ant
arctic in large ship. Such trip
Evening star., 1930-06-08

and sticks out below to form the high
land around the South Pole. The
earth in its movement through the uni
verse with the rest of our solar system
is heading, so the astronomers tell US,
toward a far-diStant star, and the
North Pole always points roughly in
that direction. To me these facts nave
long been a subject for speculation.
There is, of course, also the theory that
the Antarctic Continent moved to its
present position from another point on
the earth's surface. However 1t may
have been formed, the two areas are
as different as Is possible for two
regions affected by similar climatic con-
dltionS, and these differences control
the work of the explorer in both places.
Divergent Polar Conditions.
In penetrating the North Polar basin
the problems to be met are different
from those of the South, whether the
explorer travel over the surface or
through the air. In only one particu-
lar did we find conditions similar in
flying, and that is the prevalence OF
thick weather, fog and clouds in the
Summer months. But otherwise there
are widely varying attitudes to be met
by the aviator, and for the explorer
who travels on the surface all the dif-
ference between moving over a ltfelesS
contingent of great low plains and
high mountains and forcing ones way
forward over or through the shifting
ice of a great sea.
Evening star., 1930-06-08

advise the President of his availability.
Mr.. Coolidge listened attentively to
brief statement by the Senator Of the
qualifications of a man the President
had never seen. 1t was then suggested
that, If the President was inclined to
consider the name, it would be courte-
Gus and proper for the Senator to in
form Senator Walsh of Montana of the
posture of events, as Senator Walsh had
offered the resolution under which the
investigation was taking place. With
the Presidents approval this was done.
At an interview that quickly followed,
the President expressed wish to see
Roberts, who was thereupon summoned
from Philadelphia by telephone. An
appointment was made for him to call
upon the President at the executive
Offices. The appointment was duly
kept. What inquiries the President
may have made about Roberts in the
interval, do not know.
The interview was a brief one. At
the end of it the participants were
standing. Roberts is big and strong.
He has a smile that makes you like
him and a look in the eye that makes
you respect him. The President looked
him over as one might scrutinlze
racehorse. The eye of the executive
Travelled upward from the feet to the
face, then down again, then up again.
There was Q moments silence. Then,
turning to the introducer, the President
said: ..,....
Evening star., 1930-06-08

criminal cases and gained not only in
valuable experience as an advocate but
a stock of knowledge of the criminal
law which is usually lacking in the
equipment Of the modern civil prac-
titioner.
Step by step he had advanced to a
position of leadership at the bar, and
In 1928 was one of the small group Of
lawyers who, in common Judgment,
were the most competent men at bar
which has never lacked practitioners OF
ability. He had made a favorable i'm
preston on the justices OF the Supreme
Court of the United States when from
time to time he had appeared before
them. He was beginning to be known
by LAWYERS in distant parts OF the coun-
trv both through the contacts incident
to important litigation and through his
effective work as q member OF tne
Council of the American Law Institute.
It could not be said, however, tnat ne
had as yet achieved q national reputa-
ton.
Bore Marks of Man Of Hour.
Here. then, was a man with all the
qualities needed for an effective dis
charge of the duties OF special counsel
for the United States In the oil cases.
He had upon him the marks OF the
man of the hour. 1t would have been
unpardonable II the senior Senator
from Pennsylvania who had known
Roberts from boyk pod. had 1aueo 70
Evening star., 1930-06-08
Orchids, known Best for Their Beauty,
Are Also Source of Vanilla Flavoring

ton to the workers unless precautions
are taken.
After the drying process is completed
the beans are almst black, with fiat
tened, slightly tapered and wrinkled
contour The beans then contain about
l1a to 3 per cent of the chemical sub
stance "vanillin," upon which the flavor
depends. The surface Of the pods some
times are covered with long crystal Of
this substance, and the household COM
modify Is extracted from the cut-up
beans by diSsolving in water and alcohol
to which sugar has been added.
Synthetic Process Evolved.
The chemist has evolved a method
whereby essence of vanilla" can be
made synthetically, and this process has
been used to large extent during the
last few years. 1t is interesting to note
that chemists have done their work so
well that the artificial flavor Is almost
indistinguishable from the natural ex-
tract. This new process consists OF OK
idizing another chemical substance
known as "eugenol," an extract of
cloves, by blowing through a mass OF
this substance either ozone gas or
ozonized air. It has also been found
that by subjecting eugenol TO ultra
violet rays the process Is improved.
The chemical product obtained from
this synthetic method has the appear
ance of clusters of white crystalline
needles, with an intensely strong taste
and odor of vanilla. These crystals are
dissolved in alcohol or water so thai
essences of various strength may be
conveniently obtained.
Evening star., 1930-06-08

That the vanilla bean, the extract of
hold as f1avoring for foods, is provided
by the variety of tropical plant called
the orchid" Is probably little known
by even the best cooks. orchids are
best known for their beautiful flower,
emblematic of opulence and fantasy.
They grow in their natural state as
parasitic inhabitant of the great trees
Of the forests in Mexico, Java, Sey-
chelles and Brazil, and are especially
common on the banks of the Orinoco
River.
The variety that bears the vanilla
bean Is the vanilla planifolia, which
grows with long heshy stems and clings
to the branches of trees by long aerial
rootlets. This species of orchid has
Rreenish white flower, which, after
blooming, forms pulpy fruit pod which
averages half an inch thick and 8 TO
IL inches in length.
Bear Fruit Third Year.
The plants are cultivated by setting
cuttings at the foot of trees in a clear
ing In the forest or by training them
to grow on a trellis. The plants bear
fruit on the third year Of planting.
The time of gathering is important, be-
cause II the plants are immature the
beans are almost fiavorless, and If left
TO long the pods split when dry.
A slow drying process, either by the
s,,n or artificially, is the main method
used for curing the beans, after which
the pods assume a shriveled and dark
brown appearance. An alternative
method is to soak the pods in boiling
water and then dry them in q woolen
bag. The pods while drying discharge
a syrupy liquid of oily character which
eAnnetirnes causes peculiar skin tnfec'
Evening star., 1930-06-08

would be folly. Even the whalers, those
experienced Norwegians who go South
year after year, bring out their ships
at times battered and broken and often
barely escape disaster.
In the Arctic there is much life, from
musk OK, the northernmost animal, to
the Arctic bear and fox, birds, seals and
fish. In many places, such as Etah,
the northernmost Eskimo village, ami
NAL life is so abundant that the Eskimo
does not have a very difficult time sus-
tanning life.
A DesOIate Region.
There is no life in the Antarctic ex-
cept on its shores, and most of it is
there only in the Summer months
This life is limited entirely to seals,
birds and the teeming life of the water,
ranging from the invisible diatom
which stains the ice yellow, to the
schools of whales. But in the interior
there is no life at all, nothing but snow
and ice, except when occasionally in
the Summer months a bird Is found
wandering on some mysterious errand
of its own far in from the sea. Here
Is vast area as big as the United
States and Mexico combined that has
never sustained human race, as far as
we know.
One who flies over either Of these
deSolate regions must bear these diff
ferences in mind. They govern the
conditions of his flight and determine
Continued on Fourth Page)
Evening star., 1930-06-08

BY REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E.
BYRD.
CANAL ZONE.
r BELIEVE that it is difficult fully to
appreciate the two ends Of the
earth without flying over large
i areas of the Arctic Ocean or the
South Polar Plateau I must con-
fess that even though I felt I had a
fair knowledge of the problems of the
South Polar flight before 1t was made,
the actuality could not be realized until
we were lowering over those precipitous
mountains, those magnificent peaks
which fringe the plateau.
The contrast between the two polar
regions of the earth, both from the
point of view of flying and in their
many other aspects is almost startling.
It is probable that the average person
who has not made a study of these dis
tant areas has always thought of them
as being somewhat similar-ice, snow.
extreme cold and year OF one day and
one night. In such respects they are,
of course. alike, but there resemblance
ceases. One is an ocean: the other
a vast plateau. The Antarctic Conti-
nent is in the clutches of an ice age
the Arctic is not.
It is odd that the great ocean basin
of the North should correspond so
closely in depth to the height OF the
southern plateau-about 10000 feet. In
other words, the earth at the North
Is pushed in to form the Arctic ocean
Evening star., 1930-06-08

Water Is a bad conductor OF heat,
and consequently the temperature OF
the sea Is often much higheA than that
Of land or air.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-19
Passengers Fight
Fire AS Ship Lands

PONTIAC. Mich. Aug. l9.-tFG
While his four passengers-one OF
them q woman-protected him and
themselves with fire extinguishers,
Bernard Rawson. %. a Bay City,
Mich. pilot, yesterday safely land
ed a burning airplane from a
height OF 5000 feet.
Rawson, handling a cabin mono
plane for the Aircraft Corporation.
was taking the passengers from
Cleveland to Bay city. near here,
Cleo Slagle and Miss FsSrence
Davis. on the front seat. discovered
the fire and called to Rawson.
While the pilot dropped looking
for a landing place. Slagle. Miss
Davis and the other passengers
George Commons and Bousefield
Ward - seized fire ezNnguishers
and kept the flames out Of the
cabin.
After dropping $500 feet. Rawson
saw that the blaze was growing
more serious and landed at once.
Ua-Sly missing a hedge fence z
few minutes after the five left the
plane. il was wrecked by a gasoline
explosion. Except for scratches due
% tg-k hurried exit. the occupants
OF the plane were unhurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-19
RIDES
OPEN CONTEST
Legion Drum Corps Airplane
Voting Begins
Monday

The Fifteenth District American
Legion Bugle and Drum corps aero
plane contest opened over station
KwwG Monday evening with the
donation Of Tn free aeroplane rides.
The contest was opened with the
announcement that the first ten
persons to call the station and
enter the contest would be given a
free ride. The first ten included
Argentine Cara. Hazel Deputy, T.
Fl. Clegg. Arthur Logan, Dadlo
Guerra, Joe Cisneros, Howard
Cummings, Roger v. Ray, Bill
Williamson and Robert Cole.
The contest will 60 on the air
again Tuesday evening at 8:35 d.
m. al which time one of the ten
will be awarded a free flight over
the Valley. BroadcaSts will be held
regularly at this time during the
contest.
The two a~eroplanes to be given
away. a CurtiSs Robin monoplane
and a Travelaire Biplane, are now
on display at the Brownsville air
port. Free courses of instruction
will go with the planes.
The corps has made arrange
ments with Valley merchants
whereby customers get one vote in
the contest for each dollar they
spend. The n getting the most
number Of votes will get the mon
oplane while the one getting second
place will get the biplane.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-19
Prohibition Officer
Under Suspension

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9-tPy-
George Goiding. prohibition ad-
ministrator at Albany, New York,
was under indefinite suspension to-
day on charges involving personal
misconduct, which. II sustained,
will result in his dismiSasl from
the service.
Prohibition director Woodcock,
who announced yesterday ne would
punish illegal personal behavior OF
agents. said Golding was charged
with misconduct with several Steno-
graphers in his office. The charges,
brought by the girls themselves. are
on file with the civil service COM
mission which has power to Gust
the administrator from the govern
ment service.
Woodcock said the charges were
first made last July Is, and that
a thorough investigation had been
made which led him 70 believe the
girls involved were in no way 10
blame"
Two ether agents. Robert F.
Myrtle Of Milwaukee and Basil N.
Quinn OF Washington. ID. c.. were
given five-day suspensions yesterday
for their behavior in quarrels with
motorists over traffic rules.
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