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HEALTH SERVICE -
Illness Prevention Yields Big Return
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

would involve first a careful ply
sicaY examination for detection of
such defects as inf1amed adenoids,
infected torlSils, infected teeth, bad
posture and 1nalnutrition.
Incipient cases of tuberculosis can
be diagnosed and children Of tu-
bercular type could be placed in
preventoriuns, to give them oppor-
tlrity to build themselves into a
resistant state.
Whereas the man past middle life
is in danger because Of overweight,
the adolescent, up to the age of 20,
is in physical danger because Of IN
derweignt. The greatest record of
deaths from tuberculosis in recent
years has been among the ado
lescert group.
Apparently what is required to
secure the benefits Of modern SCI
entif1c medicine for the majority of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

the people is the development of
health intelligence.
A proper program would require,
first of all, the dissemination of
knowledge to the people as to the
importance Of a regular physical
examination; second, a recognition
of the necessity for taking care Of
such physical defects as have been
mentioned: third, the application of
irnmunologic methods already well
established, such as vaccination
against smallpox and diphtheria;
fourth, realization of the necessity
for attention to good personal by
giene.
Good personal hygiene involves.
among other things, proper care or
the teeth, the nose and throat. a
sufficient knowledge of diet to
maintain the body weight at the
Optinurn for height,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

long as these intellectual pastiInes
are being pursued.
And next, I suppose, they'll revive
that one in which a man with a
stop-watch turns suddenly on an
inoffensive guest and shouts 'L."
That means that you must think
OF all the words you can beginning
with IL" The time limit is a min
ute, and I think the record is some
thing like $50.
But I always begin slowly with
"louse, lunacy, lechery, nbidinous
and love- and then I get stuck.
The Ell I'm really thinking Of is
Lets quit
7 don't know why these Simon
Legrees Of parlor entertainment
are so 1oath to let anybody with
draw. You can pick up in a golf
match or default in tennis, but the
rule of the round games is that you
must go on trying.
At give up" is a solution which
never is acceptable. Still, there is
one consolation in the popularity
of Twenty Questions" Murder"
and the like. It saves you from
having to learn backgammon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
Free This CITY

Every civic organization should be inter-
esteG in securing the early passage OF a law
permitting this city to own, operate and con-
troll It's transportation system.
Such law will mean the difference be-
tween a free and a slave city. 1t will mean
progress and growth instead of stagnation
and possibly decay.
Transportation is the lifeblood of COM
merce and industry in any large city. Private
ownership has failed. It has left streaks OF
rust instead of tracks, junk instead Of COM
Portable cars.
The demand of the insult interests, prob
ably the best of operators, was so outrageous
as to shock the conscience Of all right think
ing men and women.
The one way out is for this city to own IT'S
transportation system, operate it on nom
political basis, and save the city vast sums
for this necessity.
With the steady march of invention it
becomes increasingly doubtful as to whether
street cars will long be necessary.
George Marott veteran merchant, lnvet-
crate worker in behalf of civic good, sue
cessful vendor of transportation, has sug-
gested that the time is here to replace cars
with buses.
That suggestion offers one way out for
the city. Such system would cost much
less than car lines. 1t is probably practical
today and certainly will be very shortly, per-
haps by the time the law is passed and
the necessary financing by the city accom-
plished.
If you want this city to grow, urge your
legislative friends to hurry along such law.
Public ownership is inevitable when private
ownership fails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
ANA<A AOO4 lands

TNHE march of political confusion goes on at WASH
a ington, and he who would foreteu the grand cl-
max needs cards, old bones and coffee grounds to
work with to do the job.
We wondered the other day if much Of this sena-
torlal turmoil might not be due to the fact that
President Hoover has not had the brethren down to
breakfast with him as the wel-known columniSt Mr.
Coolidge, was wont to do when he was laying a
presidential foundation for a writing career.
Mr.. Coolidge, you know, was a wizard Of sausage
and pancakes.
And Mr., Coolidge was not a man to be a spend
thrift of sausage or any kind Of vittles for that
matter.
He regarded it as an investment pure and simple
LIE had very persuasive sausage. After imbibng
l. one link thereof, his opponent would pause and
reflect and after the second link he was for the sage
of Plymouth Notch for life.
Dwight Morrow, you will remember hypnotized
the president of Mexico in similar fashion.
When Mr.. Hoover Came in we expected him to
reach undreamed of possibilities via the gastronon-
ical route for he had fed all those 'Belgans and we
fare which would make all opposition hide its face
in shame.
But Mr. Hoover has not been food-minded. He
has served no sausage, not even a hamburger; no,
not even dill pickle.
And it's just possible that the independent sena-
tors now seek to diorvce him on the wel-ground
grounds OF failure to provide.
81
WE believe Mr.. Hoover has overlooked rare
w opportunity for stomach strategy. Sausage
comes little high but If gentleman of Mr. Cool
iges splendid restraint could it. then Mr.
should find easy to cut the chef loose and 60
the limit
1t would entail vast expense but in extreme cases,
such the capture of glittering gladiator like Sen
ator Borah, we believe it would have been well for
Mr. Hoover to anticipate hi smonths salary and serve
the sageof Idaho with a mess Of liver.
Mr.. Hoovsr's apparent limitations in this ex igency
possibly arises from the fact that he served
tary Of commerce.
Had he served secretary Of the interior he would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EES4S

r AM terribly sorry to find round
Z games coming back into favor in
country houses. Years went by with
out anybody hooking me into
Twenty Questions" I felt that I'd
gone through that in youth, along
with the n1umps.
But now there are places where
otherwise intelligent people sit about
and pass up the opportunity Of lis
tening to brilliant conversations,
while am under the necessity of
asking, "Is it anirnal?" "Is it min
eral?" "Is it vegetable?"
Of course, if you get mo" in reply
to the first two, it's sometimes pos
sible to guess the general classif1ca-
ton without a third question.
But once you get along to the
point where you have ascertained
that the hidden object is a dead
mineral or live actor your troubles
barely have begun.
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-SZZ1XSSS~
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TANNIQER$ARY|
H4ss2zS5
sPENsER's BIRTH

OnAANaAJ AZ
I'm Jan Is, 1852, Edmund Spen-
~ ser, called "the prince of poets
in his time was born in London.
He was graduated from Pembroke
college, Cambridge, at the age of
"a. Two years later he went to
London and found a place in the
household Of the earl Of Leicester,
who later brought him to the at
tention of Queen Elizabeth.
In 1879, at q, he wrote and pub
lished THE Shepherds Calendar, /"
which marks an epoch in the de-
velopment Of English poetry. 1t is
said to excel the rhythm of Chau-
Ger.
Through the influence of Leices-
ter, Spenser was appointed chief sec
rotary to the lord lieutenant Of Ire
land. Queen Elizabeth conferred on
him an estate at Kilcclman, where
he wrote his greatest work, "The
Faery Queen"
In October. 1898, his castle was
sacked and burned by Irish rebels
and his infant child persisted in the
flames.
Spenser returned to London bro
ken-hearted and impoverished. He
died a year later and was buried
near Chaucar IN Westminster abbey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
Texas Shows Wav

A S might have been expected, the
4 n argument has brought out
quite a little discussion over the
relative merits of state and federal
management, and that brings Texas
into the picture.
Texas did not cede her public
land to the government when she
became a state.
Whether she has managed as
wisely as the federal government
would have, or has gotten as much
out of it as she ought, the fact re-
mains that she has a great deal to
show for the venture.
First, Texas built and paid for
her state Capitol through the sale
Of public land. Second, she has
created the largest public school
endowment, not only in this coun~
try, but in the world.
Third, she has created an en-
dowment for the state university
and other institutions of higher
learning. Fourth, she has not ex-
hausted her resources by any means,
but all the endowments still are
growing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

leaders in everything and the gen.
eral certainly is making a swell run
for it. The picture shows that he
and his white horse are already
across the creek. Not one of his
soldiers is within 100 yards.
Whether he was able to maintain
this advantage all the way back
home do not know, but I'm betting
on the old boy. Nor can I join in
the scorn which sometimes has been
heaped upon my great ancestor.
After all, if he had not been 50
expert in running away, who can
tell what would have happened in
the battle? But for his initiative
and ardor in getting out Of the fight,
there might never have been an "It
Seems to Me" column by Haywood
Brour1.
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About the Author

NJ. GlNAbOtCC1 possesses an
IL excellent literary style. He
makes no attempt to write down"
to the laynen, yet there is no diff
Guilty in following him.
His diction is excellent and his
manner forceful His treatment Of
his subjects is thorough.
Perhaps the reader will be inter
ested in knowing something about
this author. He was born in Rus
STA in 1889 and came to America
in 1905.
He received his undergraduate de-
gree from the Columbia university
school Of journalism and his A. NJ.
and Phi. D. from Harvard. He has
studied abroad, particularly at the
University of Paris.
He has served as an European
correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune and International News Serv-
ice, and as an instructor in philoso-
ply at the College of the City Of
New York.
He is a frequent contributor to
such journals as the Nation, the
New Republic, the International
Journal of Ethics and others.
In explanation Of his book, he
writes in the preface, 1.-THE work
naturally has fallen into a bio
graphical mold, for in the last ANAL
ysis impersonal science Is an abb
straction. There exists only the
careers and achievements Of tle
scientists
1.-THE great Frenchlnan, Pascal,
liked to think of human history as
a sort of composite biography of q
single individual who underwent
all the experiences and vicissitudes
shared by all men across time and
space. So it is with the history Of
science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
SCIENCE
by DAVID DEFY

Eighteen Great Figures Of
Science Are Named IN Dr..
BenjGmin Ginzburg's Ne1g
Book.
DR. BENJAMIN GINzBEaG, who
II has carried on studies IN the
history Of science at Columbis, Har-
ward and the University Of Paris.
picks out eighteen great figures for
portrayal OF his new book, The Adj
venture Of Science" cThe book Is
published by Simon & Schuster)
AS the modern age grows more
and more scientific, the realization
Of the debt which civilization owes
to the great scientists Of the past
grows greater and greater.
The eighteen whose careers are
detailed by Ginzburg are figures
which every intelligent person
should know. For they helped build
the world in which he lives.
The ancients included in the
eighteen are Pythagoras, founder
Of Greek mathematics; Aristotle.
student Of natural philosophy, whose
theories ruled the middle ages;
Archimedes, great physicist OF an
tiquity. and Ptoleny, great astron-
omers of antiquity.
Next comes Copernicus, founder
Of modern astronomy, and Calico.
whose monumental work estab-
lished the Copernician system and
laid the foundation for the work
Of Newton. Then William Harvey.
who discovered the circulation Of
the blood, and Sir Isaac Newton.
fornnulator Of the law of gravitation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
Not a Good Bet

.nNE of the veterans Of the game
" has an elaborate system. He'll
bet you $500 he can guess anything
you choose, and he always does, but
that's no foundation on which to
build a good gambling pastime.
And I don't like the game called
Murder any better than Twenty
Questions" Both Of them are built
on the same scheme. Somebody has
to go out Of the room and suffer,
although I must admit that suf-
fer, even when I don't go out, as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeias the Health
MAGAZINE.

DEOPLE of the United States
4 spend about $2,Oo0,0O0,000 a
year as result of illness. Of this
amount. the doctors receive less
than one-fourth. The major portion
of the money goes for drugs, in
Guiding patent medicine, for hos
pital care, nursing service and SINH
lar expenditures. Quacks get one
fourth as much as the medical pro-
fession.
The smallest percentage is spent
on preventive medicine. If the
money lost by illness were to be
spent in securing physical fitness
and on the prevention Of disease,
the returns would be enormous in
benefit to the people.
Attainment Of physical fitness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

There Is Something About
the Desert That Makes Peo-
pie Strong and Stubborn.

ALLUP, N. M, Jan. 16.-Twen-
VI ty-seven miles west Of the Con-
tinental Divide and $500 feet high.
Surrounding hills create the illu-
sienment that you are down some
where near sea level, but this is
land of illusionment.
You mot only ought to realize 1t,
but get big thrill when you go
over the ridge of the Rockies. The
only thing that makes you aware Of
it is a sign by the roadside,
So, too, you ought to discover a
quaint, isolated, backward comnu-
nifty, where no city Of half a million
is nearer than 600 miles, but you
don't.
They were discussing the Mexican
earthquake in Gallup on Thursday
night. just like the rest Of the
country, and listening to the same
radio skits.
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Questions and Answers

States paid the death penalty for
murder, eight in New York, eight
in Pennsylvania, two in Vermont,
two in New jersey, one in Virginia,
one in Georgia and one In Wash
ington, D. c.
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What is meant by the expression
Carried on the crest of the wave?-
The crest is the feathered top
Of the wave, and the expression
means that the thing alluded to is
being carried on by an extraneous
momentum.
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor
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NV Ancestor

TN one Of the rotogravure sections
4 was interested to see picture
in which my great-great-grand-
father appears as the central figure.
It is called, Retreat of the Amer
leans Under General Stirling Across
Gowanus Greek"
We Strings always have been
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What is the difference between
ale and beer?
In the United States ale as dis
tinguished from beer is malt liz
uor made by experimentation, in
which the newly formed yeast goes
to the top of the ferrnented liquor
and is removed therefrom, the tenn
perature being Sc to So degrees
Fahrenheit.
What increase in population did
the United States have between the
years 1910, 1920 and 1880?
The population in 1910 was 91,-
972,266; in 1920 it was los, ITO, $50,
and. the preliminary. total as an
nounced by the census bureau for
1880 is 122,730,O26, subject to minor
changes.
From what are canoes made?
From striated stones, such as
onyx, sardonyx, agate, or similar
stones.
What is the life span of grass
hoppers?
Most grasshoppers live only one
season, but a few species survive the
winter in a nymph stage and others
lay eggs which remain in the ground
during the winter.
How many and what ships did
Admiral Byrd have on his south
pole expedition?
Admiral Byrd had three ships, the
City of New York, whaling vessel:
the Eleanor Bowling and the G. A.
Larsen.
What is the political position of
Alaska in the United States?
It is an organized territory.
How many women have been exc
cuted In the United States2
From 1917, to the present time
twenty three women IN the United
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An Ancient Civilization

VOU sense a little different at
Il mosphere out here, however,
even if it doesn't run to lack Of
bathtubs, jazz. and tire. troubles.
For one thing, you feel the pull
of the Pacific slope. The women's
hats and dresses you see on display
are from Los Angeles, not New
York.
For another, you feel the influ~
ence of the oldest surviving civiliza-
ton in North America, that Of the
Pueblo Indians.
Strange is it not that our red
predecessors should have gained
their strongest foothold on the
desert? One would have expected
this to have happened on the fertile
areas of the Atlantic coast or the
great prairies, but the six nations
practically have vanished, while
Isleta, Laguna, and Taos still stand
much as they were when the first
Spaniard found them
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British scientist predicts the world soon will go
naked Lots of folks already are living on bare
necessities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16
Uncle .IOe Was a Piker

Efforts viii be made to force Nicholas Longworth
from the speakershp Of the house of representatives
or to exact from him pledge for liberalization of
the rules under which the house operates we are in
formed in dispatches from Washington. Republicans
are said to be backing the movement.
This is good news. Probably at no time in our
history has the lower chamber been less of DELHI
erative body than at present 1T is SO rugged that
small group of reactionaries literally control pre-
vent free discussion and permit passage of only such
legislation as they approve.
This dictatorship is led by Speaker Longworth,
Republican Leader Tlson of Connecticut and Repre-
tentative Smell of New York, chairman Of the rules
committee
The present uprising recalls the fight against
Cannonism twenty years ago. Cannonism became
national issue. Uncle Joe remarked before he died
that the new ruling clique had gone farther than he
ever dreamed OF, and Uncle Joe was right. It has
gone too far
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man doesn't have to be married long to come
to the conclusion that women have very attiring
dispositions
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There's catch here somewhere" as the wrestler
confidently said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

The college grad who hasn't yet found job says
he doesn't want to take unfair advantage of the
world and conquer it while it is in depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

An Iowa man divorced his wife and then hired
her as cook That's one way to be sure she'll
leave him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-16

Butter is said to be selling for IS a pound in
Moscow. And who will say the Russians deserve
pat on the back?
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Desert Gives STRENGTH

L Asst week we saw the sun
IL dance" performed at Isleta, on
the same plaza and to the same
music that it has been performed by
one generation after another for
more than seven hundred years.
The steps seemed simple enough,
but they synchronized with four
rhythnlS simultaneously, which is
more than most white folks can do.
There are 100 autos in the pueblo
of Lsleta, there are shops where ex-
perienced tradeSmen bargain the
tourist out of his eye teeth for rugs,
arrowheads and silver dewdads, and
there are young braves who regard
the tribal ceremonies with suspi-
cion, if not contempt, but they go
steadily on, and even the skeptical
are glad to look down from the
roofs on which their ancestors stood
more than forty generations ago.
Say what you will, but there is
something about the desert, with
its exacting sterility, its bleak, but
colorful ramparts, it's usually blue
and cloudless skies, its i1ffrequent
savage storms, that makes people
strong and stubborn.
Babylon was built on a desert,
and Egypt is little more than thin
line of fertility thanked by two.
HH
They Love the Wastes
TXTE Americans have been
wv trained to look upon the
desert as cruel and intractable, as
something to be avoided, or crossed
with the greatest possible speed, but
those few who have made their
homes in it love it with a tenacity
equal to the Pueblo Indians, and
more are entering it all the while.
Archeologists- of them at
least-say that the desert once
supported a vast population; that
not thousands, but millions of
people once lived in the territory
now known as New Mexico, Arizona,
and part Of California.
Boosters say that it could be made
to do SO again. All of which is very
interesting, especially in view Of the
proposition to transfer 178,0O0,0OO
acres of desert from the federal
government to the states.
This proposition has led to much
argument, particularly with reference
to mineral rights. One side takes
the position that, while it is all
right for the government to trans
fer the surface of the land, it is all
wrong to include the oil, gas, coal,
silver, ETC., that lie underneath. The
other side, which means about
everybody in the eleven states con-
cerned, wants all, or nothing.
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The difference between an actor and a producer
observes the Office sage, is that one has role to
play and the other a roll to pay
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Daily Thought

Though a sinner do evil an
hundred times, and his days be
prolonged, yet surely I know that
it shall be well worth them that
fear God, which fear before him.
-Ecclesiastes S:12.
All flows from the Deity, and all
must be absorbed in him again
Zoroaste9.
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From what are canoes made?
From striated stones, such as
onyx, sardonyx, agate, or similar
stones.
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