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moved by the plight of correspon-
dent, appeal to Park avenue for one
wife and what do I get? Nothing
OF course, there are professional
cynics who will say that when you
get nothing instead of a wife you
get all the best of it, including sim
pie honors, but this is a subject on
which I decline to comment openly
on the ground that it may incrim-
mate or annihilate me.
Just the same it does not speak
altogether well for the side of a
community which will provide jobs
for the unemployment, but will re-
main deaf to the love call Of a
heartsick swain who asks no more
than a liberal-minded heiress.
The trouble is, suppose, the dear
girls did not take the proposition
seriously. Only yesterday, for ex-
ample, Ethel, the waitress, said tc
me:
did that old guy really write you
about getting him a rich wife Oh
is that some more of your bunk?'
Well, any rational person can see
what fellow who wants to do "bie
things" is up against and what ter
rible discouragements he is forced
to hurdle. do not like to talk about
myself, because to do that is vain
yet I think it is fine tribute to my
mental poise and placid tempera-
ment that I have been able to &C
through all these trying predica-
ments and still maintain my charac-
teristic charm and amiability.
Copyright. 1880. by The Timesl
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Safeguard 1t

Before the state borrows money to hlre
farmers in the drought-stricken area to build
roads. some safeguard should be thrown
around its expenditure.
The loan is itself of doubtful legality, &C
cording to the encouragement. Even more
doubtful is the chance that the funds, when
obtained, will be handled in business-hke
manner.
The conduct of affairs by the state high
way commission has been such as to suggest
that the Governor would do well to replace
that commission before turning over any
more funds.
The fact is now disclosed that through
negligence, if not worse, the state has not
taken advantage of federal aid to the extent
of 50, 900 ,OOO a fund that would be sufficient
to take care of present needs. That money
belongs to the state, and would have been re-
ceived had there been a competent handing
of the road building program.
The explanation that the commission was
too much in hurry to take advantage oil
federal funds suggests that a new commits
sion. with more competency, is needed quite
as much as are funds for speedy relief.
With the program to furnish needed funds
TO those who need them, all will agree.
But there should be a certainty that the
funds will be expended carefully and IN the
places where they are needed. The further
fact that the highway commission paid no
attention to the budget, ran riot with money
that it did not have, should not be overlooked.
The situation is such as to condemn the
present commission as incompetent. 1t has
failed to follow the law. 1t has failed to gain
for Indiana the funds set aside by the federal
government for road projects. Perhaps an IN
vestigation of the switching Of funds from
one department to another in the commits
sion will give the Governor a clew as to the
necessity of swift action.
If the state is to embark on an enterprise
of debts disregardng the Constitution the
people in this emergency have the right to
see that the funds are in the hands OF those
who will pay some attention to not only the
law. but ordinary business prudence.
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Brain

TINE word "brsin" is used for the
Il first time by the Egyptian
surgeon author of the Smith papy-
rus.
Professor Breasted points out that
he obviously had recognized the
meningeal membrane, for he refers
to rupture of the sack containing
the brain"
Though from the earliest times the
seat of consciousness had been re-
garded by the Egyptians as being
both in the heart and the bowels.
this pioneering surgeon observed
that injuries to the brain affect
other parts of the body, especially in
his experience, the lower limbs.
He notes the drag or shuttle of
the foot, presumably partial paraly-
sis, resulting from a cranial wound.
Even more remarkable was his OBJ
Servation that the effects of brain
injury on the lower limbs shifts
from side to side, according to which
side of brain had been injured.
This recognition of the localiza-
ton of function in the brain is an
observation which has been de-
veloped more fully by modern
surgeons only within the present
generation.
Another remarkable achievement
of the surgeon was his recognition
of the heart as the center of a sys-
tenn of distributing vessels, and he
noted, for the first time in medical
history the Importance of observing
the action of the heart in determin-
ing the condition of the patient.
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1NAI AOO4 Lands

FORMER Congressman Herrick of Oklahoma states
Il that he IS sorry that he did not sell out day
when he pillar of the republic and the forces
of evil piled $4,000 upon his desk in an effort to
purchase his virtue.
The former congressman is suffering from the
heat when he makes this statement. for the simple
that the forces of evil do not proceed in that
manner
They know what they are about and how to reach
the consummation Of their desires.
A COMMON congressman such as Herrick used
L n to be isn't worth dime as determining in
uence in the house of representatives at Washington.
Everything is done by committees and the way
to control legislation is to control of the heads Of
the various committees.
And there's very little or any of this done at
Washington.
Gentlemen who vote this way or that do so be-
they feel that way about it, because great in
terestS in their districts bear down upon them, or
because their brand of political thinking sanctions
their conduct.
Whenever privileged interests are concerned about
governmental action they proceed to pick their men
in advance: they do not wait to buy them on the
hoof after they get into power.
If it's an elective Office they cause their man
to rum and if it's an appontive Office, they buy the
appointment.
DUT they do it delicately they slip the candidate
- for Governor, for instance, fat campaign con-
tribution and incidentally have it understood that
certain son Of the republic is to be appointed chair
man OF this or that commission:
The most notorious bribery done at Washington
is done by log rolling, by the swapping Of votes by
senators.
This has been going on ever since the govern
ment founded and it's likely to continue until
the COWS come home, and men, otherwise jealous Of
their honor justify such swapping of votes because
- f-o nraIxr x-ox fc1offo he offa cd
So DO not be distressed by the thought that your
member of congress is laden with the golden loot
of corruption for unless he has been in the house
long time he hasn't anything to sell, and it's just
barely possible he wouldn't sell i n could.
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Prefers VioIetS

THIS would mean another broken
Il heart on Broadway and an in
calculable amount of grief among
the finny tribes, as I like to refer
to them.
No, the hazard is too great. Nc
matter what happens, I am not GO
ing to try to become fish peddler
Anyway, I'd rather peddle violets
because-well, there's just something
about violets that you don't get in
scrod or trout.
do not wish to create the i'm
preston that all the customers have
urged that I apply for an appren-
ticeship as fish peddler. Some
have been less harsh.
For instance, the day after I con-
trived a very scientific piece on the
personal values of astrology, q
gentleman wrote me a letter lament
ing that I hadn't first consulted the
stars.
"Then you would have known how
little you really know about astrol-
ogy," he wrote. Actually, however
the joke was on my correspondent
am what you might call Old Man
Astrology himself if though the
truth were known I am still just a
juvenile, gay and debonair.
But would it be practical to write
all I know about aStrology in a
widely circulated newspaper and
thus Up my mitt-as hardened
sports writers put ito those Coney
Island charlatans who charge 10
cents to see Venus and Mars stroll
ing in the twilight?
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- DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Liver Is Chemical Center Of Body

a substance called glycogen, which
is stored in the liver and which is
reconverted into glucose and carried
by the blood to the cells as they
need it.
The liver secretes the bile, which
passes to the gallbladder and into
the intestines. The liver helps to
control the amount of sugar in the
blood and to supply the tissues with
glucose.
It breaks up the products of in
digestion and forms protein combi-
nations needed in the body. 1t
helps to rid the body of poisons,
stores fat, and is concerned in the
formation of chemical substances
involved in the coagulation of
blood.
No doubt, there are many other
functions of liver not yet even sus-
pected.
This tremendous organ certainly
develops special secretions involved
in manufacture of blood cells. Elk
tracts made from the liver now are
used in treating various forms of
anemia
The bile is important in absorp-
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SCIENCE
- = III II = -
Surgery Tended ToaCGrd Sci
ence When Medicine Still
Was Connie tie d With
Magic.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

ONE of the interesting facts OF
~ early history is that surgery
and medicine had separate origins
and that surgery tended to become
a science in days when medicine still
was connected with magic, mystic
ism of various sorts, and appeal to
demons and pagan gods.
Perhaps the nature OF early life
brought this about. The man who
had been wounded in battle or in
conflict with a wild beast required
immediate attention of sort which
was obvious.
A disease requiring medical at
tention, however, seemed like some
mysterious visitation Of a god or
demon.
The earliest known surgical trea-
tise is an ancient Egyptian one called
the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus.
1t gets its name from an American
student who bought it from natives
i'll 1862.
An edition of this papyrus, trans
lated and edited by Professor James
Henry Breasted, director of the ORR
entail Institute of the University Of
Chicago, just has been published by
the institute.
Professor Breasted regards the
Smith papyrus as the first record OF
mans effort to establish the scien-
tific attitude, an attitude which
scientists regard as the cornerstone
of modern civilization.
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ton of fats. 1t is secreted by the
liver continuously and in animals
that have a gallbladder, from time
to time, bile is passed into the in
testineS.
The amount of bile that will pass
in twenty-four hours may vary from
a pint to a quart and a half.
Some of the factors which con-
troll the development and secretion
of bile have been determined
but the complete mechanism is not
yet fully understood.
Indeed, the functions of the bile
are many, and still are the subject
of investigation. Certainly, the
salts of the bile, as has been men
toned, assist in the digestion and
absorption of fat.
The bile helps to remove bac-
terra from the intestines through
the slightly laxative effect that it
has. In the bile are dissolved
various toxic substances which are
taken out of the blood by the liver.
Perhaps the bile is itself absorbed
and acts as a stimulator to the de-
velopment of more bile and to the
secretion Of bile.
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<SZZZESSS
Ie1T|t3e.l
ANNIVERSARY
.4ts
CAPTURE OF GUERRERO
Aug. 10

ON Aug. 10, 1912, perhaps the
" most important naval battle
of the War of 1912 took place when
the frigate Constitution, command
ed by Captain Isaac Hull, captured
the British frigate Guerrero of the
coast of Nova Scotia
In less than thirty minutes after
the engagement began, the Guer-
riere struck her colors. She was
so badly cut to pieces that Hull
could not tow her to port. In
stead, he set her on fire and then
blew her up. The American ship
was unchanged.
From that time on the Consti-
tuition became popularity known as
"Old Ironsides." Out Of eighteen
naval engagements between single
ships during the war the Ameri-
cans won fifteen. These series Of
victories moved Daniel Webster to
urge congress to increase the navy.
Success of the Americans on sea
was due to the fact they handled
their ships and guns far better than
the British did theirs. The enemy,
it is estimated, lost on the average
of about five men to one Tor the
Americans,
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PapyruS

THROUGH the Smith papyrus
i dates only to TOO B. c., there
is evidence that leads Professor
Breasted to say that the original
document was produced at least a
thousand years earlier, in the Pyra-
mid Age that extended from 5000 to
$500 B. c., and it is his conjecture
that perhaps the author was the
earliest known physician, Imhotep,
also a great architect, who lived in
the thirtieth century B. G.
whoever the author for the
first time in mans history, he was
true scientist, observing and col
lecting group of facts and making
rational deductions from his OBJ
servationS," Dr. Breasted says.
This early surgeon was far ahead
of his time, for he cast aside pre-
vailing superstitions and belief in
demons as the cause of physical
suffering, abandoning as cures in
carnations and magical recipes for
methods that in some cases are used
today by surgeons.
Although he had the physicians
desire to help his patient, as scien-
fist he had an interest in cases in
which he knew himself to be help
less, making his observations and
deductions from a purely scientific
interest.
"Of weight exam n at o n S
which survive in the treatise, which
originally discussed the entire body
from the head downward, he recon-
mends treatment in forty-two, leav-
ing sixteen without any recon-
mendations, but recording them as
interesting scientifically"
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Questions and AnSzUe1cS

ships, except that they are granted
to graduate students designated as
fellows, and the amounts are usu-
ally sufficient for at least a years
maintenance. Fellowships main
tanned in the graduate school OF
the universities offer graduate stu
dents opportunities for research and
graduate work in specialized fields.
Where is the city of Monte Carlo?
In the principally of Monaco, "A
miles from the town of Monaco. 1t
enjoys a charming climate and is
noted for its gaming tables and
handsome casino and gardens.
What is a charley horse?
It is a slang phrase for a severe
pain, that frequently affects base
ball players and other athletes.
Grantland Rice defines it as a sud-
den punching of muscles into hard
knot, and says that it is one of the
most prevalent and most painful
of athletic ills.
Is it against the law to make out
bank check for one dollar?
No.
What are the heaviest and light
est metals?
Osmium is the heaviest and hth-
ium the lightest. Neither are pro-
duced in quantity or handled as
commercial metals. Iridium is the
heaviest and magnesium the light
est metals produced in commercial
quantities.
Is a person born in the United
States, whose parents were born in
another country, eligible for the
office of President of the United
States?
Yes, because he is natural born
American citizen, no matter where
his parents we're born.
Who was Orinda?
That was the pen name of Mrs
Katherine Philips, who lived in the
reign of Charles II, and died Of
smallpox.
How old is Marie DressIer, the
actress.
She was born Aug. 2, 1878.
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Which is the largest glove manu-
featuring city in the United States?
Gloverville, N. Y. According to the
census of manufacturers of 1927,
4.05 per cent of all the gloves made
in the United States are manufac-
tured in Gloverville and 566 per
cent in Fulton county, New York.
Is there any difference between a
scholarship and a fellowship in a
university of college?
Fellowships awarded in certain
American and English universities
are practically the same as scholar
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Only a Gamble
Observation-Disclosures. Or.

TNHEOREIlCALL Dr. Auler
l. position is unassailable. The
psychological effect of everything is
all-important, but who in heavens
name can tell what that effect will
be?
AS a matter of record, we don't
know much about the psychological
effect of anything until it has been
tried, and even then we don't know
whether it would be the same in
another case.
Here's Mr.. Edison, who became
what he is without the benefit Of
modern education, trying to pick a
successor from the best products Of
our educational system, and no one
knows whether he will succeed, or
whether some ragamuffin from the
back alley, or some tow-headed kid
from the backwoods, will be the
great genius, forty years hence.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.

JOuTndl OI Tue american pnCuiCdi
Association, and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
THE liver is the largest organ in
L. the human body. 1t weighs
from three to four pounds. 1t is
well supplied with blood and it is
concerned with many activities eS-
sential to life and to health.
The liver lies in the upper right
hand side of the abdominal cavity.
Under the surface of the liver is
the gallbladder, a pear-Shaped sac
from three to four inches long.
A tube comes from the liver and
joins a similar tube coming from
the gallbladder to make one COM
mon tube which empties into the
intestines. The liver is the great
chemical center of the body.
When food is dfgested, it comes
from the intestines to the liver
and the products of digestion are
changed, built up, or broken down
into other substances which are
needed by the various tissues.
Glucose, which comes from the
blood to the liver, is changed into
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
Cleanliness Is Vital
PSYCHOLOGISTS can

PSYCHOLOGISTS can take a
Il typical case of mental derange-
ment and diagnose il with fair de-
gree of accuracy, but when it comes
to forecasting the effect of what
boys and girls read, or Of their gen
eral environment, they can't do
much better than the average run
Of people.
Like doctors, psychologists are Of
some help after the disease has
made it's appearance, but in fore
stalling disease, ordinary cleanli-
ness, as made possible by modern
inventions and a few simple rules,
can be depended on to accomplish
more than either.
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BY JOE WILLIAMS

1T has been pleasant enough
L browsing around in the parched
Broun pastures for the last two
weeks. To be sure, there have been
a few minor complaints. But I be-
lieve these can be ignored pretty
safely.
After all, when a customer shrieks
in a letter to the editor: "Where
did you get that guy Williams? he
ought to be peddling fish, it might
readily be true that he is just a
big jollier trying to have a little
harmless fun at a good mans ex-
pense.
I repeat it is silly to take such
letters seriously. Now in this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-19
1t Must Be GreWSome

A LII of us want to be healthy,
"A safe, and prosperous, yet few
of us find the health, safety, and
prosperity of other people interest
ing.
A sick neighbor, particularly If
suffering from some loathsome dis
ease, is always good for an evenings
conversation. So, too, is the ragged
settlement ION the wrong side Of
the track" or the man who lost
everything in the stock market
crash.
More often than not, the first-rate
novel, play, or news story is built
around the things we don't want in
our own lives.
One can't help wondering why this
should be so.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
csting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
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M. E. Tracy
Most of Us Favor Censorship
IN One Form or Another,
No Matter Hoi0 Vigorously
We May Oppose 1t IN
Principle.
TINE Tahiti disaster would have
SAYS:

TINE Tahiti disaster would have
Il drawn much bigger headlines
had half a hundred lost their lives,
which is not the least tragic part
of tragedy in these enlightened
days.
While doing everything we can to
prevent death, we still like to read
about it, especially in violent form.
OF all routine items, murder, sui
eide and fatal accidents still take
first place.
Generally speaking, best sellers
are built around similarly grewSome
episodes.
The philosopher who said,
Blessed is the nation without
history" well might have added
land blessed is the home, ship, or
institution that never knew the
thrill of an eight-oolumn head"
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The Good Doctor Speaks
EVEN the eminent psychologist,
II DR.. Alfred Adler, is not so sure
that Boston's idea of censorship is
wrong.
There are many books, he thinks,
which young people, or even older
people without the benefit of scien-
tific training, should not read.
But, like every one else, DR.. Adler
admits that these books have not,
and could not, hurt him.
Also, like every one else, he adj
mits that his own profession is
qualified to do the censoring.
Viciousness and vulgarity, he says
should not constitute the basis of
judging a book, since what really
counts is its psychological effect.
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LoSt Love

n AM forced to admit that / have
i lost a great deal of respect for
the wealthy unmarried women Of
New York.
Uncle Haywood got jobs for more
than 1000 last winter. With just as
much ardor and earnestness. I,
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Trustees of Des Mones university, egged by STU
dents at public meeting disappeared with the di-
plomas just before graduation. The trustees won
out by degrees.
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We Favor Censorship

COME folks say that it is to sat-
~ isfy an almost universal de-
mand for the exceptional, imply
ing that we have become SO good,
wise and efficient that the excep-
tional can be found only on the
seamy side.
Others say that this is not true,
that we are Commercializing morbid
tastes, and that censorship should
be applied.
Most Of us favor censorship in one
form or another, no matter how
vigorously we may be opposed to it
III principle.
This paradoXical attitude may be
accounted for by the interest we
take in other peoples ills, ailments
and misfortunes, especially when
they can be employed to tickle our
own conceit.
At any rate, there is hardly a hui
man being but who knows, or thinks
he knows, of some pet vice from
which his neighhors need protection.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EEg1GS

Haywood Broun, who conducts this
column, is on his. vacation. During his
absence Joe Williams, sports editor of
the New York Telegram, will pinch hit
for BrOun.-The Editor.