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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
REASON BY rn qaSDIs

THE other day we read the lamentation Of gen.
L. tleman in the seventies over the departure of
odfashioned hospitality, but like everything else its
imperfections are hidden by the years and distance
lends enchantrnent.'
1t was fine thing in way that open-handed
welcome but it took terrific toll from the women
folks, who were forced to slave in the conlmssary
department while the sat on the porch or out
under the apple trees and snapped "reminiscences and
chewed their tobacco fne
TTNHERE we're no gas or electric cooking stoves in
l. those days and it was necessary to accumulate a
bliStering temperature in the kitchen in order to pre-
pare things for visiting palaes and after you were
perspiring rag it was small compensation to- have
them hang tributes on your biscuits and pies
The men never were able to get the feminine
attitude toward the invasons of relatives, but had
they been forced to cook one meal IN the torrid
periods Of July the whole bunch of invaders would
have been given their passports.
7 OOKING backward to the impoSitons visited upon
IL the mothers and older sisters of those days one
feels hot Of guilt walk up his spine, wearing
hob-nailed boots and it inexplicabe that the
men did not defend them.
We still can see the baked countenances Of our
folks as they gazed into the inferno of the summer
oven then wiped their dripping brows their aprons
all for the JOY Of guests who unlimited and fire.
quently from such distance as prevented the pos
sibility of getting back at them.
We have hectic recollection of one bunch in par
tcular which operated from the remotenesS Of
Pennsylvania and what this particular corps of
Sumers could do TO SmokehouSe full of hams was
too sanguinary to report.
IF We could just collect from the descendants of
L. those devourng hosts the price of the provender
with which lined their voracious vacancy to-
gether with compound interest we could pay the
national Iebt and have enough to stabilize Germany.
And We are glad that the daughters of the long
suffering ladies Of yester year have issued belated
declaration Of independence and ended the pitiless
under the euphonious misnomer y hospitality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
HEALTH SERVICE

Water is not important in the
nutrition of the body, except as it
concerns the handling Of other sub
stances. The amount of water
taken in is fairly well balanced
with the amount of water that
passes out.
There is at the same time a
definite reserve of water constantly
in the body. When large amounts
Of water are taken, the output in
creaSes. If for some reason the
output increases and the intake
decreases, dehydration rapidly
occurs.
Two investigators analysed water
intake and output with a view to
balancing the ledger. They found
that the water intake includes
about 800 grams taken in the form
of drinking water, $50 taken as
coffee, milk or soup, and 100 in the
for moi water from solid foods.
BY means of oxidation Of protein
fat and carbohydrate, an additional
1894 grams is supplied, making a to-
tai of 1894 grams at water intake
The output includes $50 grams
by way Of the kidneys, 300 by the
bowels and TOO vaporized through
the skin and by breathing. This
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
SaIeSmanship Counts

VAGUE and hesitant as its gen.
v eral program may have been,
the international conference has led
to certain side remarks which we're
rather interesting.
While discussing trade with spe-
cial reference to advertising, Lord
Luke Of Pavenham told how Amer
lean oatmeal has replaced the ira
ditional British porridge as break
fast food.
Whether this has any bearing on
the international tangle, it shows
what billboards, direct by mail and
full page displays can do.
Business, whether at the forks of
the creeks, or overseas, still is large
ly matter Of craftsmanship and ad-
vertising.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

influence on the progress OF American science
He has spanned in his lifetime the scientific revolu-
ton He Travelled the western praries before the rail-
roads He developed that valuable instrument for
precise measurement, the interferometer at just the
time when the linotype invented and Wagner
wrote Parsifal.
Yet he performed the experiment upon which Elm
stein based his theories of relatively and he was the
honored collaboration and teacher Of Enstein this year
when that great physicist visited Pasadena
Age did not dim his enthusiasm and energy for
research In the last few months he has made the
most critical and careful determination of the velocity
of light yet attempted
Visitors to the Mt. Wilson observatory in California,
where Dr. Nicholson has worked and rested in recent
years, often artist at work with brush and
easel Few realized he was Nicholson the great ply
sicist. He also was violinst of skill
His department Of physics at the University Of
Chicago place in science beside that of older
European and American institutions Knowing how
himself, he to have been able to teach others to
win Nobelspri and other honors
In that standard directory of the scientific world,
American Men of Science Dr. Michelson's biography
long with honors and societies. but hiS own descrp
ton Of his research projects consists of only one word
Light"
And that is symbolic description Of his career.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Artificial Cell

4 FEW years ago, Dr.. MacDougaI
L n got his name in the headlines
of lot Of newspapers by the in
yention of what he called "the arti-
fetal cell" A lot Of newspapers said
that he was trying to create life.
DR.. M .cDougal smiled about that.
1t didn't make him as mad as it
would have made some scientists.
Il was just a bit uncautious in
naming it," he says with smile.
Il should have known when I called
it the artificial cell that I was let
ting myself in for trouble. I should
have called it cell model or some
such name"
What DR.. MacDougal did was to
make thimble Of cellulose and line
it with gelatin. He then placed a
solution Of sugar in the center.
The result was large-scale model
of a plant cell, the celluIose thirnble
corresponding to the cell wall, the
gelatin to the lining or sytopIasm
of the cell and the sugar solution
to the sap.
The artificial cell did 8, number
of things which live cells do. For
example, it absorbed various salt
solutions at the same rate which
live cells do.
This was an important discovery
because it proved that the fact that
living cells are alive has no partic-
ular effect upon the way they alb
serb salts.
The absorption is merely in re-
Spouse to certain well-known chem
ical laws.
DR.. MacDougal has also made
many studies Of the way in which
plants absorb water through their
roots.
He has also spent much time
studying photosynthesis, the process
by which plants manufacture their
sugar and starches from water and
the carbon dioXide of the air
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
SCIENCE
The Scientific World Todas
Needs Ambassadors and
Statesmen.
BY DAVID DIETZ

NNLY a diplomat could look az
~ distinguished in a full-dress
suit as does DR.. Daniel T. Mac
Dougal, one of Americas most fa~
nous bontanists.
Therefore, if you conclude that
DR.. MacDougal must be a diplomat,
your logic, in this case at any rate,
will be correct. He is one Of the
diplomats Of science.
The scientific world today had
its need of ambassadors and states
men. There was day when a SCI
enlist hid himself away in a gar
rett and worked away at the par
tlcular SubjeSt that interested him.
But that day is gone forever.
Scientific research today is car
rled on by great institutions. uni
Versities, foundations, endowed lab
oFatorieS and the like.
Many problems are carried on
Jointly by a half-dozen laboratories
scattered over a half dozen states.
mere are international organiSa-
IONS OF scientists, national organi-
zaI4ons and state academies.
There are co-ordinating commit
ices and directing committees and
cooperating committees. So Won
see there is a need for scientific
craftsmanship
VI. MacDougal has for many
years been one Of the leaders in SCI
entlnc craftsmanship as well as in
scientific research.
AS the general secretary of the
American Association for the Az.
vancement of Science he performed
invaluable services in extending the
OohoS OF understanding between the
scientist and the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

Following is the explanation Of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Professor Mathurin Veyssiere
de la Croze C1661-1730) of France,
famous for his profound erudition
and extraordinary memory, re-
cited the entire Divine Comedy"
by Dante, $4,000 words in twenty
hours, all from memory. This
prodigal feat was accomplished in
the presence of the elector of
Brandenburg in Berlin in 1898.
Professor de Ia Croze was the Ii
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Honoring an Agitator


A ND no one would deny the rea-
I n sonabIeness of fastening the
title of agitator to William Lloyd
Garrison. In fact, in his case the
epithet constantly was employed by
the shareholders of the south.
It was their argument that Ne
groes who had never known a dream
Of freedom merely were rendered
restless by the strong words of the
man in Boston.
And restless they did become as
the tingle of the abolition move
ment began to prick against dead
nerve centers.
Few would insist now that the
fruition of a dream should have
been denied forever to these men
even if the vision was carried to
them by an outsider.
The agitator in all fields of hu-
man endeavor is the person who
insists, sometimes with violence
that the world as it stands is not
good enough.
This insistence partakes Of a very
necessary quality of life. Con-
tented organisms already have felt
the touch Of degeneration.
In man or beast or microbe, life
consists Of the desire to push oul
wider borders, to grow and move
and explore domains which have
been barricaded.
Posterity has picked practically
all its heroes from the agitators
They are the saints and the holy
men Of our religions.
And since the process of honor.
ing the despised and the criticised
has become so universal, We NIGH
sharpen our wits enough to re-
frain from hasty condemnation O
all who would shake us out Of leth.
argy.
They may be disturbing. The!
may be nuisance, but they ar
the corpuscles Of the corporate be-
ing through which the waste ans
the stagnation Of the status quo /
turned into living tissue.
scopyzizht. 1891. By Tia T1z1ssl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
A PERSON can go, without food
"A for many days, living on the
reserve in his body. He can not
go long without water, because water
is second only to oxygen, which is
the main substance secured by res
piration.
AS an essential substance in
human economy, water is the uni
versal solvent. AS a constituent of
the blood, it carries nutritive sub
stances to the cells, it carries away
waste products and aids their elimi-
nation through the kidney and the
bowels.
None of the chemical changes
that take place in the cells could
take place without water.
When water is taken into the
body by the mouth, it passes
through the stomach and is alb
sorbed largely in the small and
large intestines.
1t leaves the body by way of the
kidneys primarily, but also through
the lungs, the skin and the bowels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
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}ANN|VER$ARYI
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CAPTURE OF FREsNoY


ON May 9, 1917, the Germans re-
~ captured Fresnoy at the height
of the battle Of Arras.
Philip Gibbs, war correspondent,
describes the capture as follows:
Upon this village CFresnoy) and
the neighboring ground the enemy
concentrated everything he has in
artillery which can be directed on
this sector of the front and in adj
dition to the ordinary high explo-
sives and shrapnel, he flung a storm
of gas shells wherever he thought
the British had battery positions.
"Fresnoy itself had been a diff
cult place to hold since the Cana
dams took it so CALAMITY on May
3.
THE enemy had marked it down
for attack, and for several days
made strong counter thrusts on each
side Of it to prevent British troops
getting forward to straighten out
the line.
English troops had to bear the
brunt of the German concentrated
fury
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

brarian of the elector, and even
tually obtained PROFESSIONAL
chair at the University of Helm
staedt.
Ellery Walter-During a period
Of three years, Ellery Walter, lee
turer and author, compltely cir
cled the globe, made many trips
between the United States and
Europe, and Travelled extensively
around the United States. AS a
result of blood-poiSoning, Walter
has undergone twenty-four opera
tons, resulting in the loss of one
leg, but he has travelled a total
of 10000 miles, always alone. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Tree Studies

NR. MACDOUGAL is Of medium
II height and rather heavy build
a neatly trimmed beard adds to his
look of distinction.
He was born in Liberty Ind. on
March Is, 1865. He was educated
at the universities of De Paw, Pur-
due, Tubingen and Leipzig.
From 1889 until 1904 he was di-
rector of the laboratories of the New
York botanical garden. From 1904
to 1905 he was assistant director Of
the gardens.
In 1905 he left New York to jon1
the Carnegie institution of Wash
ington and became director of its
laboratories of plant physiology.
That meant he was to spend the
major part of his time at the Des-
ert laboratory in Tucson, Ariz. But
his presence was still desired fire.
quently in the east and as a result.
he has averaged three trips a year
from Arizona to the east and back
again from that day to this.
DR.. MacDougal has been one of
the leaders in the development Of
plant physiology. The plant physi-
ologiSt studies a plant as a growing,
functioning organism.
DR.. MacDougaI is the inventor Of
an apparatus known as the dendro-
graph. Essentially, it is an expand
ing ring connected to a recording
drum.
The ring goes around the trunk
of a tree, or around a cactus or
other large plant. It's contractions
or expansions are registered as a
graph on the revolving drum.
Thus it is possible to keep a COM
plete record of the growth Of the
plant and its reactions to change in
temperature, humidity and so forth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Learn From AnCientS

A N international commission rep
N resenting the League Of Ma
tions will study the ancient RENE
dies of China.
It's a good idea.
Either medicine is Of no very
great Importance, or the ancients
knew a great deal about 1t.
At all events, they we're able to
get by, in spite Of their ignorance
of certain fads by which we set
such store.
Not only that, but the recently
discovered cure for leprosy goes back
to drug which the Chinese claimed
would do the trick 1000 years ago
In surgery, which is largely me-
chanical, we have eclipsed anything
the ancientS could do, but regarding
knowledge Of the physiological effect
Of herbs and minerals, it's doubtful
if we have made much improvement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
A Temperate King

TINE King of AbySsinia comes out
i for temperance, if not for pro-
hibition.
The semi Official newspaper, print
ed on his own private press. berateS
grog-shop keepers for selling the
stuff, musicians for drumming ur
patronage, and youth for falling ar
easy prey.
Making due allowance for loca,
conditions, racial traits, and lido
matte expressions, the article con-
tanning his majesty's view sounds
very much like the temperance lit
erature put out in this country two
generations ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

is the author Of THE World on
One Leg" G. P. Putnam's Sons,
1929.
The Horseshoe Crab Is a Spider
The horseshoe crab (xiphosura)
is allied more closely to the spider
(arachnida) than to any other
species. 1t has the characteristic
structure (appendages, book gills,
attached to broad abdominal legs,
etc. which qualify it in that
class, having no affinity to the
crutacea.
MOnday-"A Ripley Favorite. +"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Should Remind Him

a ND so deny that 1t is an IN
N trusion to tell socially
manned or wounded person that he
labors under a disability. A strik-
ing case was much reported in the
instance Of a young man who had
been blind from birth.
The anti-agitation school. in all
logic, should have been against the
opration which gave him sight.
Never having seen the passing. show,
he could not have worried about it
a great deal.
And yet it was within his due
that window into the world should
be opened up for him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Mothers Alive

This year a new note may not be arnisS in the
celebration of Mothers day.
For fourteen years we have stressed the beauty
and sacredness Of motherhood while overlooking the
fact that The death rate of mothers in childbirth is
higher in the United States than in any other part
Of the civilized world
sentimental gesture is much easier than
straight thinking about an unpleasant fact. But to
the tens Of thousands of women who will become
mothers this year, the white carnation in Maytnle
remembrance of dead mothers may seem a grim
question mark.
In the United States the maternity death rate
is 65 to 1000 live births In England the rate is Al
In Italy it is 26 In Uruguay it is a.
In parts Of the United States the rate is much
worse-Lousana, for instance, with rate of ia for
every 1000 live births and other southern states with
figures almost as high.
In this civilized nation mothers are still bringing
babies into the world with only the aid of ancient
charms mustard seed scattered on the doorstep and
hornets nests hung in the corner.
And thousands of women who scorn superstitions
10 not have adequate prenatal cal% and face death
a result.
The Maternity Center Association of New York.
fighting this condition. has demonstrated that 10000
Of the $4,000 who die each year in childbirth
could be saved.
With the Endorsement of the United States public
health service and the chdren's bureau they suggest
that other communities also might keep mothers alive
That should be the spirit of Mothers day.
Co-eds at western university are reporting for
the mems track team. Probably they're little con-
fused as to the meaning Of going around on laps.
When young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts OF love- lightly" has bearing on the
expense involved.
Then there's the telegram messenger who considers
himself "wiry' young man.
All heavy eaters points out the Office sage have to
reckon some day with expanse accounts
The man who blows his own horn says the office
age, is the only one who thinks he's tootin' right
What sort of Mothers day tribute does old
Mother Earth get this year?
Alfonso is somewhat of polo player but gone
are the days when he can say, my kingdom for
horse"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

How many Jews are there in the
world, in the United States, and in
New York?
According to David Trietsch, a
Jewish statistician, there
are 1s,09o,o00 Jews in the world;
4,40o, 900 in the United States, and
1000 900 in New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

In somewhat similar fashion If
seems to me an excellent thing that
men should take occasion to tell
workers in backward communities
that SIS week is a pitiful wage,
even if it is the rate to which they
have become accustomed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EXg3fS

of men a dissatisfied feeling about
foreign relations which had not
been there before.
These communities were content
with the old order of national ri
valries, or, rather, they gave small
heed to them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

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 paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Albert Nicholson

DR.. Nicholson 10 reported near death. He is the
grand old man OF American science. When asked
why he measured and remeasured the velocity Of light
he answered because it is so much fun"
AS the first American scientist to be awarded the
Nobel prize as the recipient OF nearly every honor
THAT colud be hesped upon his erect spare shoulders
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Breaks to Criminal

TT takes 200 New York police more
Il than an hour to overwhelm and
capture the pasty-faced rat known
as "Two- Gun" Crowley, who killed
a Long Island policeman the other
day.
At that, the New York police did
excellent work, not only in finding
him so quickly, but taking him with
so little damage or destruction.
The incident is worth more than
a passing thought. 1t conveys a
vivid idea of what the problem OF
Kidding this country of racketeers
involves.
Most people think that one peace
officer can handle one criminal un-
der any circumstances, and at any
time, but that Is not so. The GRIM
inal always has the advantage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Speaking of Horses

TIMED $40 for beating his balky
l. nag, and claiming to have only
five on hand, Isidore Fable, a
Brooklyn peddler, tried to raise the
other five by offering the nag for
sale in court.
There being no takers, he insti-
tuted a more thorough search of his
jeans, which resulted in discovery
of an additional $497.
Kind-hearted spectators supplied
him with the needed 3 cents, where
upon he departed with his nag, re-
joicing.
A good time was had by all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09
Daily Thought

Six days shall work be DONE
Exodus 35:2.
It is our actual work that de-
termines our value.--George Ban
croft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

What sort of Mothers day tribute does old
Mother Earth get this year?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

Alfonso is somewhat OF q polo player but gone
are the days when he can say, my kingdom for
horse"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

The man who blows his horn, says the ONCE
age, is the only one who thinks he's tootin' right
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

All heavy eaters, points out the Office sage have to
reckon some day with expanse accounts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

THE other day read the lamentation Of gen.
l. tleman in the seventies over the departure of
odfashioned hospitality but like everything else its
imperfections hidden by the years and distance
lends enchantrnent."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

When young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts OF love, lightly" has no bearing on the
expense involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

Co-eds at a western university are reporting for
the mems track team Probably they're little con-
fused as to the meaning Of going around on laps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-09

Then there's the telegram messenger who considers
himself "wiry" young man.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17

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