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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-02
HISTORIANS GARBLE
FACTS, SAYS POET
Paul Valery Pleads for Accuracy
in Recruiting Great Events
of Worlds Past.

PARIS Especially Paul Valery. poet
and member of the French Academy IL
following in well known American font
steps. He is determined to "debIInk~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-02

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The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Not in the Stocking

One OF the things which indianapolis will not find
in its stocking is reduction in the bills for water
and electricity.
Apparently, rate reductions for utility services
must be obtained with something than pleas
for justice and for mercy.
The water company, bold, brazen and greedy, an
swered the appeal of Mayor Sullivan and the south
side civic clubs with threat that fight before the
public service commission and the courts for lower
rates would be followed by increase. The Geist
interests have had luck in the past with the commits
sion and the courts But it is possible that luck may
have turned and the people may now have their
inning.
The electric monopoly is gentle in its open
attitude and seems panied to think that any one
would question its willingness to do all that it can
for and to the city
little matter of 100000 year tribute to the
holding company in excessive cost of coal seems
trivial to it, but it is willing to be convinced that the
price of coal may have gone down
Other little items that amount to million for
the holding company each year can be scrutinized,
but in the meantime the public will be forced to keep
on paying
There is no apparent eagerness on the part Of
either the water company the electric interests to
have an early settlement of the question of rates
1t is true that prices of everything except utility
service has fallen Labor is Debated both in wages
and earning power. The prices of every bit Of ma
terial that goes into utility plants is at the lowest
The ability Of the people to pay has shrunk, but
these fixed tributes to the monopoies still firm
as Gibraltar. They are rapidly becoming impossible
and may prove self destructive
If there be little JOY in the hope of relief this
year. citizens may begin early to plan for another
year.
A legislature is to 0e elected next year. Men may
be selected who will revise laws that it will be
easier to get relief They may revise them to the
point where people will not be compelled to beg for
Justice but can really demand it and get it,
Making public ownership of competitive plants
easy would probably take away OF the present
assurances of the Geists and the C1arkes
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

{ 'a1VAA1Y is a term that is very much misllsed
1t is subject to many interpretations Advocates
OF oraWlng-room manneriSms contend that men owe
certain polite courteses to women and that because
ey realize the potential mother in all that is fei-
nine they love to practice them
!neretore when man springs to his feet or takes
on MS hat in the elevator when woman enters there
nurns within him the inborn desire to protect her
mat statement, it seems to ME, may be subjected
TO ntegent questioning For the truth is that most
OF tneSe magnificent gestures made by the old
IaSnoneo gentleman were plays to the grand stand
and old not represent at all his true attitude toward
"hat ne loved to regard as the weaker SEX"
we always have confused politeress with chiyalry.
Yet many polite is the veriest scoundre in all
his dealings with women. chivaIrous man on the
otner hand, Is one who is brave gallant, magnani-
NOUS AND he may possess all these virtues though
ne has not mastered perfectly the drawing room
graceS
NTOMEN themselves have been deceived badly by
w the generally erroneous idea of what consti-
tutes chivary They have been taught that the gallant
man will fly to The protection of the innocent What
they have not learned is that he also will if he is
true hero fly just readily to the defense of the
erring when injustice impends
Mistake it not, there knights these days, Just
as surely as there in days of old They may not
wear plumed helmets, or Stoop to kiss adys hand.
Hut they are the men who are willing to give the
taen girl another chance who are decent to black as
well as white maidenS and who are capable of seeing
all women IN human instead of merely feminine
terms.
Od-fashioned chivalry nourished in feudal days
During their duration there was more actual injustice
dealt to both men and women than all their gay
tournaments and romantic deeds can hide. In the
name OF common sense, let's not look back upon them
with regret.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Obvious Relief
Coolidge boom

II congress votes itself long Christmas holiday
without voting the families of 100000 UNEMPLOYED
some form of relief, the country is apt to think
that congress is intent upon personal pleasure
than public duty. That would be especially unfor-
tunate because-unless we are mistaken-it is un-
true.
Two reasons explain congress- delay to date in this
crucial matter. One has been the lack of time
the Presidents failure to call special session having
left only about fortnight for congressional action be-
fore the regular holiday recess,
The other reason is that the multiplicity of relief
bills and proposed panaceas has slowed down legisa
tive action.
Despite these two legitimate reasons for delav on
general relief legislation however there is no excuse
Tor withholding action one simple and easy meas
ure over which there is no wide disagreement and
no need for long discussion, that empowering the
federal farm board to turn over wheat for poor relief
Many state and local relief organizations need
these government stores to add to the depleted and
inadequate rations being distributed to the iob
less Local conditions determine whether the
Wneat Is needed in the form of flour with local mers
contributing their services free or at nominal cost
or whether the wheat is served as highly nutritious
boiled cereal. as recommended by some physicians
Hardly less desperate than the condition of city
families OF the unemployed is the plight of farmers
now in the tenth year of agricultural depression.
The senate resolution would help the farmers by
reducing the giant wheat surplus which is depressing
their market The farm boards 18O 1000 o0O- -bushel
surplus is holding down the market far below the
cost of production
Disposal OF 40O0O,O00 bushels of wheat through ex
listing relief agencies thus would not only feed the
hungry OF the Cities but at the same time improve the
lot of 100000 farmers
The resolution has the support of the senate agri-
cultural committee, the farm board and unemploy-
ment relief agencies generally. Here is one case in
which congress- if it WILL can act quickly to meet
grave emergency.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
BOLSHEVIST PEACE FARLEY
December %

NN Dec. %. 1917, peace negotia-
~ tions began between the CEN
tral powers and the Bolshevist
government. Count Czernin, speak
ing for the central powers, pro-
posed an immediate peace without
forcible annexations and indemni-
ties.
The allies lost heavily in naval
warfare-France lost nine ships of
more than 1900 tons during the
week ending on this date, and Eng
land suffered the loss of three tor
pedo boats, thirteen officers and 18O
men off the Dutch coast. Torpe-
does or mines were thought to have
caused the explosions.
England successfully repulsed at
tacks near the Bapaume-Cambria
road and southwest of Armentieres,
while Italy regained the ground lost
in the region of Monte Asolone on
Dec. 10.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Moses and Wisecrackers

The sad experience Of New HampshireS senator,
George Moses, might have been lodged if he had let
history teach him what happened to other and more
famous wiSecrackers.
His own wisecrack about the "sons Of the wild
iackass" has further consolidated the western pro-
Eesve Republicans and lost him leadership In other
lines and places. smart phrases have lost battles
horsed dynasties even remade the worlds map.
"And who is Caesar?' smartcracked Ariovistus,
chief Of the Marcomanni 1t cost him $4,000 soldiers
10 flnd out.
Queen Marie Antoinette, when told that her peo-
pie crying for bread, made hstorys famous wise
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Peoples Voice

Editor TimeS-What manner of
political bug is it that inoculates our
secretaries of state with q burning
desire to become Governor, and,
worse still, starts them building
fences around the Office before they
even have demonstrated their abil-
ity to fill any state political Office?
Former secretaries of State
Shortemeier and Fiield now find
themselves relegated to the political
discard, whence there is no return,
because they sought to use their Of
flee to attain the governorship, and
now Secretary of State Frank Mayr,
undismayed by the fate of his pre-
decessorS, is employing the same
tactics, and is destined shortly to
find himself enjoying political OBJ
livion-and justly so.
The citizens Of Indiana have
demonstrated that they will not toll
crate an Office holder who deems
himself above the party that elected
him, nor will they tolerate a party
within party.
If the Democrat party in Indiana
expects to avoid the mistakes that
have humbled the Republican party
into an object of condemnation and
pity, it must nominate men for
state offices who will redeem the
good name Of our state, and not
permit any faction of self lf-appoint-
ed leaders" to bring about the
nomination of candidates who have
little, if any, chance to be elected, as
has been done in many instances
during the last several elections.
1t is a matter of common know
ledge that such worthy and repre-
sentative Democrats as Albert
Stump, and others, have been sup
ported only passively, if not actually
opposed, by these factions, after
they failed to nominate their own
candidates. Such a faction now is
aligned with Secretary of State
Mayr, much to his political peril.
Tenures of Office of the present
accidental Governor and his un-
fortunate predecessors make it in
cumbent upon the Democratic par
ty to nominate for Governor a man
with the character and ability to
direct constructive and respect
able administration, and not one
who is utility controlled and graft
ridden from top to bottom.
JOHN A. ROTHROCK.
Martsnsville, Ind.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

had made his three clubs or gone
down two undoubled.
Never again will I have such a
chance to attain the first page of
the papers. Before my eyes there
swan the inevitable headline xxi
bltzer Killed as Big Match Is Halted
for Ten Minutes"
Once Mr.. Lenz could not stand
the strain of Mr.. Lightner's deliber-
alton and leaped from the table to
stride across the room. I wanted to
walk with him arm insarn, for the
problem already was settled for
anyone who could see with his own
eyes the distribution.
But Mr.. Lightner sat and sawed
back and forth with his ace of dia-
monds as if it had been a violin bow
employed to bring forth the sweet
strains of Meditation" from
Trails" I thought it was only we
tyros who get caught up in such
muscular instability.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

Adults Are Not Immune to Mumps

serious, except in rare cases in
which secondary Inflammation of
the sex glands occurs.
When mumps develops, the pa
tient at once should be kept away
from other people, particularly
young children, during the time
when the glands are swollen.
In the prevention Of mumps, the
blood of people who have recently
had the disease may be injected,
but the procedure is not practiced
commonly because the disease itself
is not ordinarily serious.
Certainly the handkerchiefs and
any other apparel that is soiled
with the nose and throat secre-
tions of the patients should be
boiled and thus freed from the
menace of conveying the infection.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

twelve to twenty-six days after such
a contact.
In most instances a person who
has had mumps once is not likely
to have the disease again, but cases
do occur rarely a second time in
the same individual.
Records indicate that mumps is
one of the most infectious of all
such diseases.
Children from to Is are more
likely to be infected than are others,
but cases frequently occur among
grownups, particularly in dormi-
tories or institutions. Mumps is
seen most commonly in the spring
and winter. but may occur at any
season.
Men are infected more frequently
than are women. Fortunately the
complications of mumps are not
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Rabbit-DiSCoV0rer

A DOG chases a rabbit out in
L N New Mexico and the FL Rey
mine, which contributed so much
to make the court of Montezuma
magnificent and to gladden. the
hearts of its conquerors with loot,
but which has been "lost" for more
than 200 years, is discovered.
Though long since drained of its
treasure, the mine is rich in old
Spanish documents.
Human beings will claim the
credit for this find, but it really
belongs to the scared rabbit.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Skip Prohibition

CONSIDERING all that has been
~ said on the subject, prohibi-
ton ought to be regarded as a para
mount issue, but instead, leaders of
both parties are trying to soft-pedal
it because of their inability to guess
its effect on next years election.
Dry or wet, they would rather see
the federal deficit grow and the
American people burdened by a
great and unnecessary increase of
taxes than take up a question
which has irritated the public for
ten years.
Such an attitude would be easier
to understand, if the problem in
volved were not obviously response
BILE for so many Of our ills.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Books on AUiGtion Are Fine
Gifts for the Boy Who Is
Air-Minded, and What One
Isn't?
THE youth Of the nation IS air.
l. minded. If you wish to verify
that fact, station yourself near a
schoolhouse when the dismissal bell
rings and count the number Of boys
who are wearing aviator helmets.
Another interesting experiment is
to engage a 13-year-old boy in con-
versation upon the subject of avia-
tion. Within is minutes you viii be
wondering If it isn't really the Sec
retary of the Aeronautical Chamber
of Commerce of America you are
talking to.
That would indicate that a book
on aviation might make a fine
Christmas present for an older boy.
incidentally, it would be an accept
able gift for many adults who are
interested in aviation, either as
profession or a hobby.
The most complete story of avia-
ton, which has come TO our atten-
ton is "A History of Aircraft" by
F. Alexander Magoun and Eric
Hodgins. (The publisher is Whittle-
sey House and the price So
Although written in language
easily within the grasp of the nom
technical reader, the book is actually
an encyclopedia Of aviation history.
Its publication filed a spot on the
bookshelf which had, until that
time, been vacant.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
CONGRESS DaIIieS

ITO a majority Of our senators
Il and representatives the cancel
lation, or even revision, of war
debts seems unthinkable, particu-
larly because Of the depression.
Holding such view, one would
suppose that they would waste no
time in passing relief measures.
AS a matter of fact, they have
done nothing except talk about au-
thorizing the farm board to give
away forty million bushels of wheat.
The senate has been content to
remain deadlocked over Moses, while
the house has found satisfaction in
psycho-ana1yzing Mr.. Hoover and
some big bankers.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Values PerpIex us
.HE hardest thinp tn learn is

THE hardest thing to learn is a
Il sense of value.
Statesmen smile as though it were
of no consequence when sending
nations into life and death
struggle; neighbors contract endur-
ing hate for each other over tres
passing chickens or barking dogs.
We forever are discovering that
what one person considers all-im-
portant, may appear to another as
trifling, and that it is well-nigh
impossible to find two people to
agree on what is most important at
a given moment.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HFYMqSD FY642S

r WENT to see the big contract
l. bridge men at work and was de-
lighted to be drafted as a referee.
Fortunately, my responsibility con-
sisted of nothing more than the OBJ
legation to sit just behind Mr.. Lenz
and keep my mouth shut.
The match, beyond argument,
constitutes the oVeremphasis of a
pastime, but from my point of view
contract Of this sort is more thrill
ing for the spectator than either
college football or professional
hockey.
And yet it was not the rise and
fall of the cards which interested
me most. AS went down the hall
of the Culbertson suite toward the
arena noticed sign upon a door
which read; Quiet, please. Children
asleep and dreaming" 1t left me
wondering what are the dreams of
a little boy and girl living in a con-
tract bridge household.
And even more I am curious to
know something about the waking
life of the Culbertson children. IN
deed, I have tried to imagine for
myself the breakfast conversation
Of the family:
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Crimes and Motives

a NGERED at being discharged,
IA a Japanese butler murders his
wealthy employer in Poughkeepsie
with unbelievable brutality and
viciouSness.
One would like to believe that
horrible crimes center around some
deep, if not justif1able emotion, but
more often than not, they originate
in trivialities.
1t is on record that a stranger
once was shot on the streets of
great city, for no other reason
than that he had been the eleventh
person to remark to the killer, its
q hot daY."
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Breakfast at CuIbertsonS


ELY CULBERTSON (speaking to
IL his small son, Jump-Bid
Bruce: "You see, daddy was North
and mummy was South, and I
opened with a one club bid to indi-
cate king, queen, seven, deuce in
that suite and the ace of hearts.
But bad old Mr.. Lenz doubled, and
your mother passed.
Jump-Bid Bruce: st want to hear
the story of the three bears
Mrs. Culbertson: mo, dear, not
the three bears. That's the official
system. If daddy bid three bears
mummy would have to take him
out in to little slam in tigers. And,
besides, papa wouldn't think of
bidding three bears. He forgot to
tell you that we were vulnerable"
But very probably that is nothing
like it, for even the tension of the
big match could not keep Mrs. Cul-
bertson away from her Christmas
shopping, and Mr.. Lightner took
her place at the card table.
L was prepared to find a certain
tension among the goldfish who are
engaged in the card battle of the
century, but I had been under the
impression that possibly the little
spats so frequently reported in the
papers constituted nohing more
than fair for shoWmanship and
publicity upon the part of the per-
formers Now 7 am f1raDarad m or
quit all members of the troupe from
that accusation.
Even in the role of deaf and
dumb kibitzer, could feel the blood
CONCEAL along my arteries at all the
tight points in the match. I felt
that a sneeze upon my part might
ruin slam, while a good raucous
cough could blow the Culbertson
system into smithereens.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Questions and
Answers

Where did Patrick Henry deliver
his Give me liberty or give me
death" speech?
Before the Virginia house Of bur-
geSSeS, meeting in an old church
near Richmond, Va.
What is the salary Of the presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor?
He receives $4,000 a year.
Who owns Mutt" the horse used
by Hoot Gibson in wild HOrse?"
Gibson owns him.
What kind of a tube is used ia a
televiSiOn reprOducer?
A neon tube.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

survey human fallibility. 1t does not
surprise me that Jove grew i'm
patient sometimes during his
stretch upon Olympus and hurled
thunderbolts.
I, too, was seized with a grave
temptation to interfere with NOR
tails in their mistakes and struggles.
There was q moment-or, to be
more exact, a period of two and
one-half Misunderstanding which
Mr.. Jacoby sat in agony trying to
make up his mind whether to cover
a ten of diamonds with his queen.
I could have put him out of his
misery by shouting, ct makes no
difference; he's got the ace, king,
jack and nine!"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

crack, Then why don't they eat cake?" She had her
pretty neck glillotined.
Joseph Foullon French administrator suggested
hay for popular diet, only to find himself hanging
by the neck to lamp post with bale of hay strapped
to his back Louis XIV is credited with another un
happy bon mot: "The state2 I am the state"
Germany's most eminent wisecracker was the late
Chancellor Won Bethmann Hollwegg, who made slo-
gan for the allies by saying: Just for scrap of
paper, Great Britain is going to make war" And
George III spoke out of turn when he said: "1 have
beat emil Beat all the Americans"
Here are some bright sayings that went wrong in
our own short history:
William Henry Vanderbilt in Chicago: THE public
be damned" phrase that gave the muckrakers a
text.
DR.. Samuel Burchard in New York: Rum. Ro-
mansm and Rebellion" an appeIation he applied TO
the Democratic party that forthwith defeated his
candidate, James G. Blaine, and elected Cleveland
in 1894
Boss William Marcy Tweed of New York: "Weu
as long count the votes. what are you going to
do about it?" He died in prison.
President Roosevelt in California: "I took the
Canal Zone and let congress debate; and while the
debate goes on the canal does too-a boast for which
congress years later had to pay Colombia.
President Hoover can recall two boomerang
phrases of his Palo Alto speech of acceptance They
are:
"A great social and economic experiment, noble in
motive and far reaching in purpose" He referred To
prohibition
Given the chance to go forward with the policies
OF the last eight years SHALL with the help of God
be IN sight Of the day when poverty will be banshed
from this nation" He referred to the late Harding
Coolidge boom.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Complete Record Given


A SPLENDID feature of "a His
"A tory of Aircraft" is the excel
lent Illustrations. Those range from
reproductions of old prints to pho
tographS of the newest airplaneS
and airships.
The book is divided into six Sec
tions. The first deals with balloons
and parachutes; the second with
navigable balloons and airships; the
third with ornithopterS, that is with
attempts at flying by means of flap
ping wings; the fourth with helicop-
ters; the fifth with gliders, and the
sixth with airplaneS.
The section on airplanes contains
an excellent discussion of aviation
in the World war and in the post
war period.
An appendix, which contains a 25-
page Condensed Table of Records"
is particularly valuable to those in
need of aviation statistics.
Another excellent book for the
air. minded is "The Conquest of the
Atlantic by Air" written by Charles
Dixon, a British pilot who saw serv-
ice during the world War. The
book is published by Lippincott at
$3.50.
The book is history of the i'm
portant and adventurous attempts
to fly the Atlantic since 1910.
Many will be surprised to know
that attempts to fly the Atlantic
were made twenty years ago. Dixon
begins his book with the story Of
Walter Wellman's attempt to make
the trip in an airship, the America.
WellmanI took off on Oct. Is, 1910.
The airship was not equal to the
task. Fortunately a wireless mes
sage brought aid from a ship and
Wellman and his crew were rescued.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
The URGE to Interfere

THE wild urge to speak aloud
Il and give inspired advice as
sailed me. A dozen times it was all
1 could do to restrain myself from
touching Lenz or Lightner on the
back and saying, "I'd lead that one"
e All the press services of the ma
ton were assembled, and even the
telegraph wires twitched as they
waited to announce to London,
Cleveland and Seattle that Jacoby