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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16

upon non-beauties every now and
again.
There is q certain quality of
friendlineSs in face which falls a
shade below DOGGY.
After all, the purpose Of a theater
is to enable the spectator to make
some identification between himself
and performer on the other side
of the footlights.
There was yesterday, for a little
while, a lone applicant in the center
of the stage. She was tall and
awkward and shambling. And if it
had been my job I would have
leaped at the opportunity to get her
in the organization.
Those of us who suffer from the
pander1ic inferiority complex do
not fantasy ourselves into the role
Of regalness. It is easier to strike
up a psychic feeling of comradeship
with some one situated on the same
plane upon which you yourself live.
I liked the homely chorus girl the
best of all the lot.
Copyright, 1881, by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Greed and Tragedy
XXTHILE cables brought more ,

XXTHILE cables brought more and
wv more of the sad details re-
garding the disaster in France, a
small group Of people gathered at
the Lutheran cemetery of Middle
Village, Queens county, New York,
to hold memorial service for the
1,031 persons who lost their lives
when the excursion steamer General
Slocum burned in the East river
twenty-seven years ago.
Travel by sea has been made
much safer, especially on regular
lines, but when it comes to holiday
cruises, not SO good.
Here we have greed, trying to
make a fortune at one shot, with
overcrowding as the result, and the
incompetence of officers and crews
who don't work enough to keep their
hands in.
French authorities say that the
st. Philbert was not overloaded.
Maybe not, but $50 persons seems
quite a crowd for a 100-foot river
boat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
About Professor Babbitt

PROFESSOR EAST is emphatic
Il in his wish that no one confuse
Scientific Humanism with the re-
cent movement known as Literary
Humanisn.
He is extremely outspoken In his
opinion about what he calls ''the
rise and fall of the Hunanist cult
led by Irving Rabbit" He writes:
1.-THE true humanist, as nearly as
I can gather from the unintelligible
though voluninous definitions of
the modern exponent, is not he who
bestows new knowledge upon his
fellow men, but rather he who be-
lieveS that progress ended with the
decline Of the classic Greek tradi-
ton.
1.-THE announced tenets of human
ism are a sense Of decorum and a
will to refrain;' and each hulnanist
naturally writes a book to explain
what these precepts mean.
1.-THE resulting volumes achieve
harmony only with one point, and
this makes the contents far from
dull; there is not need for restraint
when attacking error.
"Out of the modern humanist
doctrine there somehow emerges an
acute dislike for science. Professor
Babbitt says that science is we'll
enough in its place, but demands for
the humanist the right to deter
mine its place.
"The difficulty with science, ac-
cording to L. T. More, who has re-
ceived some training in the older
type Of physics, is that instead Of
combining itself to the simple prob.
lens Of the atom and the molecule.
it also is studying human attributes
and emotions.
ut does not appear that he re-
quireS the closing Of all medical
schools, but he does urge letters for
all psychologists
DR.. East summarizes Literary Hu.
manisn as queer and loose iointed
thinking"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Travel SIunpS
TRAvEL to Europe has suffered

NAVEL to Europe has suffered
4 sharp decline.
Where the government had issued
more than 100000 passports up to
June l, 1880, it has issued less than
100000 up to the same date this
year.
Steamship companies not only are
cutting rates, but are canceling
sailing.
The Manchester Guardian calls it
an unnatural season, with Amer
leans and the guide books seldom
seen in London which sounds like
strained effort to be funny.
Possibly, if the trend continues,
our English cousins will discover
that ''the Americans and their
guide books are not such a huge
joke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE REg2%

INSTEAD of going to distant Pa
4 ciflc islands for his experience,
Darwin might have derived his n.y.
pothesis of the survival of the fittest
by attending a few Broadway re-
hearsals.
In they come by ones and twos-
the girls who want job in the
chorus. And then the director asks
them to form a line. There they
stand for perhaps as much as a
minute.
In any case, it is longer than the
moment known to prisoners in the
dock when they are asked to rise
and face the jury newly returned
with its verdict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Just for a Change

DOETS and musicians have
l. learned the trick of disonance.
which has not yet been accepted by
the experts who select chorus girls.
1t is my notion that at least a single
plain recruit may serve to leaven
the plot.
The girl on either side will shine
with far more splendor. And be-
yond that I rather think the human
eye grows sometimes weary of too
much radiance. 1t is restful to look
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
BY DIR. NORRIS FTSHBETN


Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
MOST deaths from drowning &C.
I'VE cur from May to August, when
swimming is popular. The majority
Of cases of drowning occur in men.
Twenty-Five per cent Of those
which occurred in California, IN a
recent study of the subject by the
California state department of
health, affected people between the
ages of IS and 81. Relatively few
deaths from drowning occur in
people between the ages of 20 and
"a, presumably because these people
are at an age when they swim fairly
well and have enough vigor to with
stand the rigors Of exposure.
Approach of the vacation season
makes it important to emphasize
again the desirability of having
everyone associated with swimming
or with work around water under
stand the elements of resuscitation.
The procedure is relatively simple.
The unconscious person should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
The Fair and Others

IRON the point of view of a tyro
l. it is simple enough to under
stand why certain ones don't get
the job. But occasionally it seemed
to me that people of personabIe-
ness were being passed by. Thank
heaven, the business Of choosing
was wholly outside my jurisdiction.
And yet I had a curiosity. I asked
and got the information:
you mean the girl in the white
dreSs?"
YES. She was pretty"
~But didn't you notice she was
about four inches shorter than the
others in the first line? That makes
a difference. Dancers have to be
about the same height. It breaks
the effect if any are conspicuously
Shorter or taller"
I suppose that success in the
theater, JUS as ia newspaper work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Now We Have GigoIoS

D EGARDLESS of what may be
IN happening to tourist trade and
hotel business in Europe, both ap-
pear to be booming in this country.
The latter has reached the point
where we need gigolos. At least,
that is what Mrs. Erma Hubble says,
and, being president of the Inter
national Association of Social Exec
utives and Hostesses, she ought to
know.
"The secret of making people
happy" she declares, els giving
everyone a partner. I believe that
my hotel (the Ambassador, Los An
geleS), is the only one in the country
to have gigolos. They are profess
Sional Spanish dancers and are a
great hit"
1.-THE gigolos," she explains, "are
more popular than the amateurs,
because they can dance better and
you know the girls always like the
Spanish type"
Thus we come to another inno-
walton, If not another remedy for
unemployment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Scientific Humanism

DROFESsOR EAST sets forth his
4 idea Of Biology and Human
Problems" a new book by twelve
scientists, including East. He writes:
"As I see it, the possibilities OF
scientific humanism, which must
not be confused with literary hui
manisnl, run somewhat as follows:
Under just and humane gov
eminent the machine can abolish
poverty. Indeed, it can furnish
creature comforts amounting to lux
ury, although with the incubation
Of healthy ideals, inordinate de-
mands for luxury may be expected
to diminish.
Birth control can lay the NAL
thusian specter or overpopulation
and keep the census figures at
figures at somewhere near the op-
timum for effective effort.
"Genetic information, sanely di-
rected, can lessen the proportion Of
the mentally and physically def
Gent, and can raise the average in
telligence materially.
Medicine and surgery can in
crease the average expectation Of
life at birth to so to 70 years. and
this span can be made relatively
free from disease"
Professor East, in brief, looks for
ward to the day when the human
race will make the same use of the
findings of biology that it already
has made Of the discoveries Of ply
sizes and chemistry. He denies that
there are any realms within human
experience which can not be i'm
proved by the application of the
scientific method and of scientific
thinking.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this DaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Why Just Ten YearS2

wv vi WI ~
CPEAKING of unemployment, in
~ dustrial depression, and other
economic ills, the National Civic
federation suggests the adoption of
a ten-year plan.
1t sounds good, but why the ten
year limit?
AS a usual proposition, depressions
are more than ten years apart. Even
If they weren't, they ought to be.
Sound as it may be to fix a
definite period for completion of
specific projects, it is not sound to
deal with the problem of stabiliza-
ton in that way.
Whether industry can be stabilized
is debatable, but it certainly can lot
be by plans which come to an end,
The very basis of sterilization is
continuous, uninterrupted operation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Yachting Costly

CAPTURE of the steam yacht
~ Surf suggests two things.
First, rum runners have been sue
cessful enough to buy a better type
Of craft.
Second, the coast guard has i'm
proved enough to catch them at it..
The Surf is valued at about $780,
600 and her cargo at an equal
amount, if not more.
Those who lost probably will lay
it on the stock market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16

A Ten 7 ear Plan for America
Sounds Good, but Why the
Tet-Yedr Limit?
By United Press
NEW YORK, June 16.-With the
IN battleship Wyoming towing Sir
Hubert wilkins crippled submarine
toward Queenstown, the steam yacht
Surf, lying in New York harbor
after being captured of Montauk
Point as rum runner, with 5000
cases Of liquor on board, and 40
dead as the result Of marine dis
aster on the coast Of France, the
news has distinct if somewhat un-
pleasant smell Of the sea.
Though every one regrets the mis-
hap to the Nautilus, there is conso-
lation in the fact that it occurred
when and where it did, instead Of
in the lonely Arctic, or, worse still,
under the ice pack.
This writer is among those who
hope that Sir Hubert will take it
as warning and give up the fool
hardy idea Of attempting to make
an under-sea voyage to the pole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Who was Narcissus?

In Greek mythology he was the
son Of the Athenian river god,
Cepfisus, who having rejected the
love of Echo, is tabled to have fallen
in love with his own reflection in
the water.
Is the king Of Italy or Mussolini
at the head of the Italian govern
ment?
The head of the government is
King Vittorio Emanuele III, but the
actual power is welded by Premier
Benito Mussolini, who controls the
political machinery in Italy.
Is the land area of Soviet Russia
larger than the United States?
The Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (Russia) has a land area
of 8,l44,228 square miles; the United
States has land area of 1888, 1893.
How far below street level does
the Empire State building in New
York extend?
About thirty-three feet below
street level.
Why does Germany always hold
her national elections on Sunday?
1t is so provided in the con-
stitution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16

Canoes, according to navigation order, must carry
lights at night Which probably will mean less
nance in the light of new regulations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Daily Thought

Surely God viii not hear van
ity, neither will the Almighty re-
gard it.-Job 35:13.
Vanity costs money, labor, horses,
men, women, health and peace, and
still is nothing at last-a long way
leading nowhere.-Emerson.
What is the average height and
weight for girls 16 years old?
The average height is 61.6 inches
and the average weight is liz
pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16

In England q typewriter has been invented tina
can be operated under water. Just the thing fo
stenogs susceptible to sinking spells.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16
Ridiculous?

party Of 500 persons has been shipwrecked upon
isolated island plentifully supplied with the
stiles of life.
Cast away from the rest OF the world and needing
basis of currency the leaders decide that sea shells
shall be used for money, so each family is given an
allotment of shells
Presently fairly we'll organized society results
In fact the island civilization mounts to such heights
that eventually two three have amassed prac-
tically all the sea shells few men are hired to do
the bidding Of the landlords but the great majority of
citizens who want to work can find nothing to do.
They are no longer allowed to hunt in the forests
fish in the waters for their food for all these are
owned by the sea shell barons. Panic, depression
near-Starvation, overcrowdng and host of other
social ills result.
Ridiculous" you will Immediately cry There
would be bound to be revolution new distribution
Of sea shells; new leaders appointed; new system
devised"
1t Is easy to see morals and logic when small
cross-section OF humanity be isolated under the
microscope 1t is not easy to find ones way about
through the mazes of the complicated economic and
monetary schemes of the world in which two billion
human beings milling about, trying to find happi-
ness and security.
However it crystal clear that too much con-
centration of wealth. even in this complicated world
is poor economy and bad for the world. Eventually
it may be bad for the lucky few who have amassed
the money bags.
It seems just true in consideration of two billion
persons of $780, that there are certain practical pr
poses for which money and wealth were devised.
If too much money in too few places has forced too
many players out of the game the chips will have to
be redistributed For the game must go on.
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mills, jobless oggerS the future holds increased for
eign competition.
Since manufacturers are given indirect subsi-
dies and shipping and aviation given direct fed
eral subsidies the luabermen argue, with logic that
they have equal right to some kind Of q dole.
better method, we believe, is special dole for
any industry.
Real conservation and reforestaton can and should
be worked out comparatively by private industry and
the government. Trees should be treated as crops;
forests as public trusts
If private industry gets special favors and aid from
the government it must accept consequent special
regulation by the government and special obligation
to the public. Many industries seem unwilling to pay
that price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-16

Newfoundland, in need of 100000, can't find
where to borrow it. What's the matter with the
Grand Banks?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-12
Mrs. Marie Blank
Buried March 4
Passed Away at Melrose-Many
Out of Town Relatives At
tended Service

The funeral of Mrs. Maria Blank
who died last Sunday was held
from the home at Melrose Wednes-
day afternoon with Rev. Schwartz,
of Grey Eagle, officiating. After
the services at the home the re-
mains were brought to Sank Centre
where interment was made in the
family lot of the Greenwood ceme-
terry. A large number of friends
and relatives followed the remains
to pay their final respects to well
known resident of this community.
William Holznagel, Fred Holz-
nagel, William Raddatz, Otto Herd
er, Henry Wagner, and Henry Win
tiers acted as pail bearers. Out of
town people who attended the fun
eral were: Mrs. Conrad Haagand
and daughter, Alma, Sanborn; Mrs.
Elmer johnson, Walnut Grove;
Mrs. William Trap, Sanborn; Mr..
and Mrs. William. Raddatz, Sank
Centre; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Blank and family, Springfield; Mr..
and Mrs. Erwin Blank and son
Lamberton; Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Halverson, Lamberton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Blank, Sank Centre; Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Nordquist Hoff-
man; Theodore DIRK, Sanborn; Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Busse. Sanborn;
Miss Emma Dahne, Springfield;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holznagel, Lam
berton; Mrs. Carl Wog, and chill
dren, Lamberton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Gust Emblom, Sank Centre; Mr..
and Mrs. Jonas Eckberg and son,
Sank Centre; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Daluge, Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-12
Former Sank Centre
Resident Died Sunday
A Member of Star in The West
Lodge for So Years-Was
Raised in 1878.

George L. Dederick, former res
ident of Sank Centre, passed away
at the home of his son, Myron, in
Cassville, Wis, on Sunday, March
8. The funeral services were held
at Ferryville, Wis, Wednesday at
two o'clock, conducted by Vero-
qua Lodge No. "a, A. F. & A. M.
Mr.. Dederick, who is nephew
of r. r. Kells, left this city in
1881 and moved to Wisconsin. He
was the first station agent at Mi
Ian, Mimi, and as the railroad
was extended he was moved along
the line. He was employed for a
short time by the Great Northern
in Canada and later went to work
for the Burlington road at Stock
holm, Wis. From that city he
was transferred to Ferryville and
from there to Victory. He retired
from railroad work four years ago.
Deceased was a member of Star
in the West Lodge for So years and
always maintained his membership
with the local body. He was raised
in 1873. He was also a member of
the Sank Centre Royal Arch by
affiliation.
Mrs. Dederick passed on some
years ago. Three children remain
to mourn the loss of their father.
They are one son and two daught-
ers. He is also survived by sis
ter.
Mr.. Dederick's early years were
spent in California and Nevada.
For a few years he lived in this
community where he spent some
time on a farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-12
Well Known
MatrOn Died
At St. Cloud
Mrs. John J. Costello Passed
Away Wednesday Follow
ing Operation
SHOCK TO COMMUNITY
III Two Weeks with Flu and
Complications
Saturday

The community was painfully
shocked at noon Tuesday when
word reached the city that Mrs.
John ]. Costello had passed away
at the st. Cloud hospital.
It was not generally known that
she was i'll.
Two weeks ago she suffered an
attack of the flu. Later a mastoid
formed in her right ear, spreading
to her brain. Late Tuesday she
was hurried to the st. Cloud hos
pital for an emergency operation.
She became unconscious at 500 P.
M. DR.. Gelz operated at midnight
but Mrs. Costello never regained
consciousness, passing away at
1880 A. NJ, Wednesday morning,
with her grief stricken husband,
two sons, John and Francis, a cous-
in, Victor Flynn, and a dear friend,
Miss Ethel Winslow, at her bed
side.
Mrs. Costello was very widely
known and admired in the Sank
Centre community for her many
splendid womanly traits of char
acter.
Clara Marie Tatro was born at
Nashua, Chickasaw county, Iowa,
April 81, 1885. She was raised and
educated at Dougherty, Cerro
Gordo county, Iowa. In 1901 she
moved to Sank Centre with her
foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell
D. Harrison.
Aug. 81, 1907 the deceased was
united in marriage at Glenwood to
John j. Costello. Their entire mar
ried life was spent in Sank Centre.
To this happy union two sons were
born, John, of st. Paul, and Fran
els at home.
The remains were brought to
this city late Wednesday afternoon
and taken to the family home in
the north part of the city a 500
o'clock last evening.
The funeral will be held from the
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
Saturday, March IA, at 1000 A. M,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. John
Fearon. The remains will be laid
to rest in Calvary cemetery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-12
to
Be Paid by Banks
Veterans of Sank Centre Com
munity Can Be Accommodated
BY Local Institutions

The Merchants National and
First State Bank of Sank Centre
are participating in the Veterans
Credit pool of $34,0O0O00 which has
been established by a group of
Twin City Bankers.
The money is Immediately avail
able and a number of veterans of
the Sank Centre community have
already availed themselves of loans
to be secured under the revised adj
justed compensation act. Already
loans exceeding $16,0OO0OO have
been granted Northwestern veter-
ans under the original compensa-
ton act.
1t is contemplated that $50 ,OOO, 900
will be needed for this work in the
Minnesota territory.
Applications for loans may be
made at either the Merchants Ma
tional or First State Banks. All
new loans will be written on an an
nual interest basis of Az per cent
per annum.
Under the provisions of the re-
cent amendment to the World War
Compensation Act, the making of
loans up to so per cent of the face
value of the certificates is permit
ted two years after the date of the
certificate. The original act, adopt
ed in January 1927, established
graduated loan values beginning at
8 per cent of the face value two
years after the date of the certifi-
cate, which was usually January 1,
1925, and reaching as high as %
per cent in 1880. Thus the collateral
value of the certificates is more
than doubled.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-12
Glenwood High School Won
Basket Ball Ch0,mbi0nshib

Long Prairie fans terrible scare
but the Todd county lads finally
emerged with a 20-19 victory.
Out-weighed and out-played Sank
Centre was badly defeated by Glen
wood in the semi-finals Friday eve
ming, the final score being Glen
wood %, Sank Centre 9.
Long Prairie's showing against
Alexandria Friday evening must
have been a keen disappointment
to the teams loyal supporters. Alex,
andria took a lad early in the game
and were never headed.
In the Consolation game Satur-
day evening Sank Centre was
quickly disposed of by Long Prairie.
The husky lads from Todd County
scored 10 points in the first quarter
and six in the second at the half
way period by an 1876 score. The
final was Long Prairie %, Sank
Center 9.
In final game Glenwood clearly
demonstrated its superiority over
over Alexandria and its right to be
district champions.
Alexandria, team and rooters, al
ways extremely hard losers, were
broken hearted over the outcome.
Class eventually told, however.
The final score was Glenwood II,
Alexandria 10.
Mr.. Angler, of Hancock, did the
refereeing and worked very well.
The games were played in the
new gymnasium erected at Alex
andria during the past year. This
gym compares quite favorably
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