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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
A House of Refuge

COLUMBIA university will IN
~ wade South (athletic) field bv
granting a site for the new Hark-
ness library. This will end. I as
sumo, the use Of the plot for ath-
letic purposes.
indeed, the Alumni News asserts
columbia is to erect building for
the pursuit of mental exercise
rather than use the site for the
pursuit of physical exercises"
Stated in those terms, there can
be little argument that the adj
vancement Of knowledge is more
important than sacrificing a runner
along to second.
But discuss libraries as treasure
houses for those who would enrich
their metal equipment.
A small bar just of the main
reading room would help. But in
spite of President Buffers franz
eSpousal of the wet cause. I fear if
isn't feasible.
Yet without modification OF the
chill silence which generally pre-
walls, a library is less a home for
books than their cemetery.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
HEALTH SERVICE
Vitamins Now Center of Interest

1t is not apparent as to just why
the lemon juice must be mixed with
the orange juice.
Neither does any one know from
the quantitative standpoint how
much strawberry juice, tomato juice,
or other substitute rich in vitamin G
can substitute for the orange Juice.
There are many substances that
contain vitanin G, and any one can
eat plenty of fresh vegetables and
drink fruit juices and get an ade-
quate amount of vitamin c.
Tomatoes, cabbage, gooSeberries.
strawberries and apples, eaten raw,
provide large amounts of vitannin c.
but cooked cherries are poor in this
vitamin.
Cabbage, as has been mentioned
is an excellent source, as are also
spinach, watercrass, and Brussels
sprouts.
There have been innumerable
studies on the subject, all of which
tend to the view that a considerable
excess of vitamin is not harmful and
that the amount necessary for an
adequate diet is obtained easily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Still in Cave Stage

1T would be a wonderful thing If
i even a majority of people were
in a position to follow the adyen-
turings of science with undivided
attention, but progress has failed to
assure them that privilege.
Nine hundred ninety-nine OF
every thousand still are tormented
with problems and perpleXitieS that
bothered their cave-dwelling pro-
genitors.
The argument over marriage,
birth control, and religion is as hot
as it was 5000 years ago, and as
inconcluSive.
A mob of Fascist students make
hostile demonstrations against the
pope; the Marking government in
China drops everything to wage an
other war; Germany proposes to
ask the world bank for cut in
reparations; the tariff resumes its
place as paramount issue in this
country. and the administration at
Washington wonders whether it can
get by a billion dollar deficit with
bond issue, or will have to raise
taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
The AIimOny Racket

"a marry man and refuse to sleep
with him, talk with him, cook his beef stews, sew
buttons, In fact do anything to carry out the
domestic relations, and, on the other hand, the
courts force man to go through with his obliga-
tons to the nth degree. 1t is all wrong-all wrong
II tell you'll Let women have equal rights, God bless
trenl-and let them have equal responsibilities, dog
gone them"
Such are the sentiments of DR.. Daniel Morrison
in discussing the equal rights issue. Nothing slaps
the equal rights doctrine directly in the face
than the present anony racket in the United States.
No fewer than million are living on ali
mony in the country today. In many cases woman
gets crushing alimony from her first husband after
she has collected second spouse.
Ruth Brown Reed launches vigorous attack on
the system in the Outlook
1.-THE alimony racket has become the great
woman's industry. sobbng, pretty woman before
the court-and what chance has the husband? In
many cases, the amount of alimony is so large In
proportion to the mans earnings that it completely
nulhes any chance of happiness of another
marriage.
"And why-one can not help but ask-should
divorced man be denied the right to normal family
life? If So is not the woman equally guilty Of this
crime-and as equally responsibleP
Under the present system, the man must keep
the grlndStOne Tor the resi- Oh his SO
that woman who longer contributes one iota to
his comfort and well-being lead soft and un"
harassed life"
Miss Reed does not argue that there are no cases
where alimony is justihable.
Where there are children where the woman
is old or physically incapacitated for work. there is
no question of the mans obligation"
She would abolish the laws making it possible to
Jail man for nonpayment of alimony under civil
contempt and proposes attachment of income as the
proper remedy. She declares further that alimony
never should be granted to either party until after
thorough examination by trained and impartial in
vesgator; that in where justice dictates, all
mony should be granted to the husband.
Five states Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Vir~
GINA, Iowa and Oregon, already permit that.
She continues:
Whats wrong with the old goose and gander
rhyme applied to alimony? Here, inadvertently per-
haps, is a weapon in the hands of the non-conform-
lists, leash to hold in check eager would-be di-
vorcees Certain wives would think twice before they
cast sleeps eyes at freer pastures"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29

supposedly is produced through
dictatorship, has been shown up in
striking fashion in Italy.
The comment goes, as under
stand it, that the Fascist regime
has scored a great success because
the trains of Italy now start and
arrive at their destination more
closely to schedule.
But there is limit to the Duce's
power. He has not as yet been able
to make Arturo ToScanini beat
time.
Mussolini, I believe, Is, among
other things, an amateur musician.
In the presence of man of ToS-
canini's stature, Benito is lucky to
be able to get in on a pass to stand
in the back Of the theater. ~.
Even if one accepts the most op-
timistic version of the achievements
Of Mussolini, not one of them in
cludes anything as glorious as the
personality and supreme ability of
TOScaniai.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
A New Plan

ME- committee in charge Of the
n Pasadena meeting wisely has
decided to set precedent BY de-
parting from the general plan of the
annual winter meetings.
The winter meeting. for the most
part, is devoted to large numbers of
small sectional meetings at which
large numbers of papers and reports
are read. Usually about 5000 papers
are read at one Of the winter meet
ings.
Only few general sessions for
the purpose Of listening to one dis
tinguiShed speaker or a symposium
upon some vital subject are held.
The plan Of the winter meeting is
an excellent one. in that it provides
facilities for announcement and
discussion Of all sorts and varieties
OF scientific research. The meeting
really is cross-section or summary
OF the past year in scientific re-
search.
The committee, however, has de-
c1ded to reverse the plan for tha
summer meeting. Emphasis is to be
placed upon symposiums at which
distinguished speakers, specially in
vited for the occasion, will discuss
vital subjects.
In addition, each evening is to be
devoted to popular lecture by some
well-known authority.
The evening lectures-thanks to
the California sunshine-will be held
outdoors in the Greek theater in
Griffith park, Los Angeles. (The
committee, with what sounds like
California pride in its weather, an
nounces that wraps of some sort
will be found advisable.")
Among the speakers at these eve
ming lectures will be DR.. Franz Boas.
president Of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement OF
Science. DR.. Boas is professor of
anthropology at Columbia univer-
sity and dean Of American anthro-
biologists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29

a variety of food substances takes
care of most of the vitanin needs Of
the population.
There is no reason why most peo-
pie should drink a quart of orange
juice daily; no reason why they
should take excessive quantities of
cod liver oil or cod liver oil tablets;
no reason why they should expose
themselves to sunlight to the point
of burning.
Vitamin deficiency in any single
case can only be discovered by a
careful study of the diet and health
of the individual. A haphazard
taking of great quantities of vita
min-containing foods with the hope
of improving health generally may
injure the very health that one is
trying to conserve.
Apparently a person needs for g.
full vitamin G supply in any one
day the amount of vitamin G con-
tanned in pint OF orange Juice
containing the juice of one lemon,
together with one-fourth to one
half head of lettuce or its equiva-
lent in raw cabbage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
A Wide Range
THE symposiums to be held

THE symposiums to be held in
l. connection with the meeting
cover a notable range of subjects.
These form an interesting list since
they are an indication of the prob
lens which are occupying the CEN
ter of the scientific stage at tho
present time.
The subjects include: MA Tor
Problems IN Modern Oceanographic
Research" 1.-THE Antiquity of Man"
High Voltage x-Ray Tubes and
Their Medical and Biological Posi-
bilities, J." 1.-THE Internal Structure Of
Stars" archaeological Problems"
Economic Entomology" 1.-THE Colo
RADIO River Dam and Aqueduct," and
Problems in Genetics."
Translated into more simple Eng
lSh, this means that the leading sci-
entists of America are offering the
public scientific diet for a week
that ranges from the insides Of stars
and the causes Of earthquakes to
means Of fighting insect pests and
the latest theories on heridity.
Tourists who are planning summer
trips to the Far West ought to con-
slider the opportunity of including
this meeting in their journey.
The hosts for the meeting will be
the California Institute of Technol-
ogy, the Mt. Wilson Observatory and
the Huntington Library and Art
Gallery.
"Cal Tech" as the institution In
known to its students, and the Mt.
Wilson observatory recently figured
in the worlds news as the hosts to
Professor Einstein on his American
visit.
The fact that the first summer
meeting Of the American Associa-
ton for the advancement Of Science
is to be held in Pasadena again
bears evidence to the Importance
which this pleasant little California
town is assuming as one of the
worlds greatest scientific centers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
$ZZE1SS
b}TE9E|
ANNIVERSARY
CHINESE PREMIER NAMED


May %
an May %, 1917, President Ii
~ Yuan-hung Of China appoint
ed Ii Ching-hsi premier to succeed
Tuan Chi-jui.
The president had dismissed the
latter after he had been accused
of urging the country to go to war
on the side of the Allies as an ex-
cuse for instituting martial law and
assuming control of the govern
ment.
Tuan also was accused Of conniv-
ing at japanese ascendancy over
China's war policy.
The new premier was a nephew
of the grsat statesman, Ii Hunag
Chang. After parliament ratified
his nomination by a decisive,
though conciliatory majority, the
northern generals declared that
they no longer recognized Ii Yuan
lungs authority.
They therefore appointed pro-
visional government with Hsu
Shif-kai as dictator.
They then issued a proclamation
reiterating their demand for China's
immediate entrance into the war,
but insisting that that action must
be accompanied by the dismissal
Of parliament and the reinstatement
sf Premier Tuan Chi-jui.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Questions and
Answers

Was Victor Herbert, the composer,
born in the United States?
He was born in Dublin. Ireland.
What was Larry Semon before he
went into PICTURES?
He was a cartooniSt.
On what day did May Is. 1908,
fall?
Friday.
What is the plural of the word
tuxedo?
Tuxedos.
Where are the Ozark mountains?
They are billy uplands of south
western Missouri, northwestern Ar
kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.
To what race do the Moors be-
long?
They are a mixed race of North
Africa, containing an Arab or Semi
tic element, and a Berber or Hami-
tic element, represented by the
Kabyle tribes, which are chiefly
nonadic.
Are bones of human being solid!
They are porous, and are filed
with tiny blood vessels for their
nutrition. The center contains
marrow.
Why does tn ebody Of a drowned
man always float face down and q
woman face up?
That Is a popular belief not ccn-
med by observation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
REASON BY Ff HAapiS

TT is said that England told Texas Guinan that she
could not come ashore. If Europe had never
handed us anybody than Miss Guinan we would
be whole lot better off, far crime and insanity
are concerned.
It is not for us to judge the grandson Of the late
President Garfield, but if he had had to struggle in
his youth as did his distinguished grandfather the
chances he would have priced his life too highly
to destroy it.
Those people who are disappointed because Presi-
dent Hoover will not call special session of congress
to give the opportunity to get into the world court
can ind more important business for to transact
if they will just look around at our unemployment.
Ex-SECRETARY FALLS sudden decision to carry
II his to the supreme court of the United States
may mean that he has received tip that the Presi-
dent has no intention of giving him pardon.
1t took more than two weeks to try the Kirkland
about two days.
If our lawyers can not speed up court procedure
We might try turning it over to our automobile
facturerS.
Representative Collins of Mississippi urges drastic
reduction of the army and the army should reply
ty urging drastic reduction Of the house of repre-
sentatives
1t should be cut right in the middle
ITALY is no home for nervous person She has 4S3
earthquake trennors every year in addition to the
eruption Of MuSSolini
When he says that prosperity is coming we hope
that Secretary Mellon is better prophet than Mr.
Raskob who assured the country last fall that pros
perity was just around the corner.
Miss Leila Alice johnson of Cambridge City Ind
who has seventeen dogs thirty chickens and five cats
has been ordered to leave town. which will result in
a marked decrease in the population of Cambridge
City.
The statesman who thinks the people do not ap-
preciate him should just listen to ball game over
the radio and hear the fans boo their hero when he
rikes out with the bases loaded Sc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Black Shirt Blacklist

TT is heartening to hear that Serge
l. KousseHitEky has refused to fill a
concert engagement at Milan as a
protest against the treatment of
ToScanini.
The manager of the Scala cabled
that time was short and that he did
not think the incident sufficient
ground for a breach Of the contract.
Whereupon Mr.. Koussevitzky re-
piled, "It is a question of principle
with me, and that is sufficient rea-
son."
It was well said. And the Incl
dent ought to be sufficient for a
boycott upon the part of all who re-
spect the dignity and the rights of
art.
American singers, American
painters, architects and authors
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Ldgnpen Are limited to
Weeks Meeting for Scien-
tifc Advancement IN Cali
forniG IN June.
THE first Of new series Of sum-
L mer meetings Of the American
Association for the Advancement OF
Science is to be held in Pasadena,
CAL, from June Is TO 20.
Officers Of the association are 10
&c congratulated upon their decision
70 hold series Of summer meet
ings.
Within recent years, the associa-
ZION has concentrated all its eff
iorts upon an annual meeting held
between Christmas and New Years
Gay This meeting, for many years
now has been the largest and most
important scientific meeting held
eacn year in the United States.
with the great growth In scientific
interest upon the part Of the pub
80 'AiOAe Is every reason Tor hold
ing more than one meeting a year.
me American Association for the
advancement Of Science is distin-
gtuSned by the fact that 1t contains
among Its members many of the
.eauIils scientists Of America, and,
CD Ine same time. many laymen.
oi4iiAe Such societies as the Amer
lean Astronomical society the An1er-
lean Meteorological society. and
similar societies which justly enough
limit membership to Scientists the
american association invites the
membership Of laymen who have
an interest in science.
The association, therefore, by rea-
son OF its organization and ideals is
IN position to take a major role
ID answering the popular demand
for knowledge Of science.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Much TO Learn
OoKED at one way.

L OOKED at one way, human
IL progress is marvellous. Looked
at another, it leaves vastly more
ahead than there is behind US.
With all our ability, we yet have
to climb earth's highest hill, much
less to attain a degree of civiliza-
ton where any human being can
feel secure in life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness"
Delegates representing fifty gov
ernments meet in Geneva to see if
some way can not be found to re-
duce the habit of taking morphine,
cocaine, or heroin which has en-
shaved hundreds of thousands of
human beings.
Lack of self control, whether as
represented by the drug addict or
the dope peddler, still is more i'm
portant problem than what the air
is like thirty miles up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
NJ. E. Tracy
The American Mayors Visit
ing France Haze Not Done
Much to Further Better
Understandings"

NEW YORK. May 29-Professor
IN Picard and his assistant land
in the Tyrolean Alps after being up
18 hours and IS minutes and reach
ing an altitude of $500 feet.
That is nearly two and a half
miles higher than man ever went
before
Such margin is enough to rate it
among the greatest achievements Of
this day and generation, but let us
not overestinate its significance on
that account.
The first balloon ascension having
been made in 1882, it has taken the
combined intelligence of thousands
Of scientists and thousands of me-
chanics 149 years to make this
record.
Applying that yardstick, how long
will it take men to reach the moon,
and what would they know that we
don't when they got there?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29

national law started its work by adopting conven-
ton on nationality which contained many Of the out
worn determinations against women.
There violent protests. The United States,
which has removed practically every feminine handi
cap from its nationality laws refused sign the
vention.
Since then not single nation has approved the
proposed CODE and protests have continued pour
Accordingly the league has reopened the whole
question and placed it the agenda of the 1881 as
semby. 1t has, in addition, appointed committee
Of sixteen women from eight women's International
organizations to make recommendations on the sub
ject.
The women whose efforts brought about these re-
suits have done excellent piece of work If inter-
national law is to be cod1ed it should contain the
best and most advanced thought instead of medieval
custom that has not been rooted out of national codes
To force woman to abandon nationality at mar
rage is one of these medieval anachronsms
Some day women will demand from statesmen the
right not only to recommend to their destnies but
to control the decisions which affect them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
The MAYORS Perform

TURNING to smaller, though no
less annoying, episodes, the
American mayors now visiting
France do not appear to have con-
tributed much to the furtherance
of that better understanding"
which our statesmen are so fond
of describing as the sine qua non
of peace.
The mayor of Los Angeles left a
dinner party because champagne
was served, while the mayor OF
Portland (Ore), made speech at
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
where absolute silence is the rule.
AS though that were not enough,
the mayors made their visit to the
city hall Of Paris an occasion for
squabbling over the question of
whether their personally conducted
tour" was being conducted prop
erly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Daily Thought

hearkened and heard, but they
Spake not Alright: no man re-
pented him Of his wickedness, say
What have done? every one
turned to his course as the horse
rusheth into the battIe.-Jeremiah
S:6.
Repentance is but another name
for aspiration.-Beecher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Overlook Plain Deceney

OUCH uncalled for disregard for
- common decency makes peace
seem very far away.
Until men, especially those hold
ing responsible and important posi-
lions, have acquired the art Of ordi-
nary politeness, how can we hope
to solve such problems as disarma-
ment and trade recovery?
How can society expect to be pol
ished at the top as long as it is so
crude and vulgar at the bottom?
We seem to have forgotten that
the real attitudes of humanity are
formed not by far away preach
ments, but by the practices that
prevail right down where people live.
Wherever history presents a pic
ture of culture and refinement in
the state, it invariably presents one
of culture and refinement in every
day life.
When you find a nation with high
ideals, you find the people of its
cities, towns and countrysideS dwell
ling in an atmosphere of courtesy
and good will.
Many of the problems which we
are attempting to solve at some high
council table go back to those ele-
mental virtues and convictions
which are determined in the hum
bier walks of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
PENNSYLVANIA Follows North Carolina

Recall the murder of Ella Virgins in North Caro-
lima? There was no conviction, though her slayerS
were we'll known Further, no local clergyman would
perform the funeral ceremony.
Now coming to Pennsylvania There is a bitter
strike in the hosiery industry in Stroudsburg and
adjoining territory. Alberta Bacnmann, 81 striker
shot by four private detectives
The union strikers contended that District Attor
ney La Bar of notorious antiunion prejudices, was
not prosecuting the efficiently and asked for ap-
pontrnent of special prosecutor This was denied
by Judge Shul1 The defendants were acquitted,
though they admitted the killing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29

WHENEVER a new discovery is
w made in medicine it's COM
mercial exploitation promptly fol-
lows.
We are given as a nation to mass
interests and to adopting promptly
any new method of amusement, any
new food product, or any new scien-
tif1c discovery.
Every one can remember the tenn
porary craze for nah jongg, cross
country walking, shaking machines
for passive exercise, and ultraviolet
rays in the home.
Now the furore of interest and ex-
ploitation is associated with vita
Minis.
Readers of this column have by
this time realized that practically
all natural food substances contain
vitaminS Of one type or another,
and that an average American diet
consisting of varying quantities Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Atomic Energy

THESE individuals whose SYM
l. pathy is commended by the
President are not things apart from
the structure of the state. A gov
eminent is, after all, merely an
agglomeration of individuals.
But that sort of efficiency which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-29
Women and the League

The League OF Nations has learned something
about the determination of women to achieve new
order for themselves.
Last year The Hague codihcation conference. or
ganzed under auspices of the league to cody inter-