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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Hobbies Are Good for Aged People

less, or unhappy are not normal.
Their condition represents not the
effects Of age, but usually of dam
age to the body that has occurred
at some previous time.
A disease that has crippled the
joints, weakened the heart, inter-
ferred with the function of the kid
neys, or paralyzed the muscles
means much more unhapp1ness later
in life than it does at the moment
when it first occurs.
The person who takes steps to-
ward proper hygiene and right liv-
ing in youth is putting by health
insurance for old age that is far
beyond any momentary considera-
ton.
The old person Of today in no way
resembles the type of vegetative eX-
istence that used to mark the lives
of the aged in previous years.
Today the movies, the radio, the
popularity of bridge and other card
games, the occupations that haze
been developed for shut-ins and the
handicapped mean that many per-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
But She's a Woman"

Since 1862, when the first woman was put on the
pay roll OF the federal government women workers
and the policies of the government as an employer
have made long strides forward
There are $1,000 women now on the federal pay
roll and they guaranteed by law equal pay with
men for equal work and the opportunity to par
tcipate in all civil service examinations
Although this is true, Miss Mary Anderson,
director of the womens bureau of the department
OF labor, says that women in Uncle Sans employ
still in many instances Disseminated against in
appointments despite definite proof of their ability
to perform many types of work as we'll as men do"
Changed economic conditions have made it i'm
perative that women work And there is no reason
why they should not and no reason why those who
can do so, should not work equal terms with men,
When the great federal employer rids itself of
actual as well legal Determinations against women
its example will do great deal to improve their lot
elsewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Chaplain to Hit Back

IN this connection, some very in
l. teresting evidence is being de-
veloped with regard to the riot at
Joliet last Saturday.
A convict says that the chaplain,
George l.. Whitmeyer, who resigned
the next day, not only had con-
Spired with certain prisoners to help
them escape, but had fixed the
price Of his services.
Wnitmeyer says that this is not
true and that he is prepared to
make some startling revelations
when he appears before the legis-
lative investigating committee next
Friday.
He says that he did not resign
because of the riot, or any incl
dent relating to it, but in protest
over what he describes as an I'M
necessarily brutal episode which
happened some weeks previous.
To let Whitmeyer tell 1t, he
warned Warden Henry G. Hill that
three prisoners would make a break
Tor freedom Feb. %, only to have
the guards deliberately trap and
shoot them after they had been
allowed to climb down the outer
wall.
To let Warden Hill tell it, Whit
meyer not only carried messages
back and forth for convicts, but
warned them not to answer uues-
lions Of investigators sent to the
prison by the Secret Six" of the
Chicago Association Of Commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Geology Begins

MODERN astronomy began with
WI Copemicus; modern biology.
had its beginning with Vesalius. But
the world had to wait two and a.
nan centuries for the beginning Of
geology, another one Of the sciences
which contributes to our present
understanding of the universe.
Again, it was the publication of a
book which ushered in the new era
In 1875, James Hutton, a Scotch
man. published his Theory of the
Earth. With Proofs and Ilustraz
TONS
Hutton's work more firmly was
established few years later. when
Professor John Playfair, in 1902.
published another book titled III
lustrations of the Huttonian The
ory."
Still more evidence was added bv
British engineer, William Smith.
who wrote Strata Identified by
Organized Fossils"
Hutton established the foundation
Of modern geology. namely, that the
past history of the earth must be
explained in terms of the forces
which now can be seen at work in
the earth.
All sciences today find their unity
in the atomic theory and modern
scientists turn to atomic phenomena
as the final explanation of what
happens in the distant stars as well
as on earth.
Tt was in the year 1903 that the
modern atomic theory had its be-
ginnings with the publication of
John Dalton's New System Of
Chemical Philosophy" Dalton was
a Quaker school master Of Man
chester, England.
If you like to remember dates.
three worth adding to your list arc
1543, 1895, and 1903. They mark
important steps in mans under
standing Of the universe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Henry FOrd'S Sheer

The average man won't really do days work
unless he is caught and can not get out of it. There
is plenty OF work to do if people would do it,"
MS according to the press is the latest wsecrac
ol henry Ford Mr.. Ford is gentleman enjoying the
prOnCS from several millions which average working
men heiped him make He is in Florida, while tens
Oh thousands of hungry workers in Detroit are refused
work at his and other factories
AS part Of an inefficient economic svster, M
Ford can not be blamed for failure to nrovide uol
for all But there is one thing worse than denving
men the inaenable right to work That is ia smear -
the starving as Ioafers.
That is unjust to the unemployed. II is ni,,st n
the country.
Mr. Ford owes an apology
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

sons well along in years may live
normal and interesting lives.
Of particular Importance is the
development of some interest in a
form of occupation or hobby that
will maintain in the aged the de-
sire to live.
Golf constitutes for many old peo-
pie the maximum of enjoyment.
They should, however, limit their
golf to courses that are reasonably
fiat and not be too anxious to play
thirty-six holes or even eighteen,
when nine represents the limit of
their physical capability.
Indeed, after 90, one retired
philanthropist has found that seven
holes represent his interest for the
day.
Happiness in old age depends
largely on adaptability to ones sur
roundings, and maintenance of in
terest in some mental or physical
activity.
Old age is a time TO be enjoyed,
particularly when there is not the
fear of economic distress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
The Curse of Politics

uOW could any prison be run
l. l. efficiently with such Office
politics as these conflicting state
ments clearly reveal?
You can't seem to put your finger
anywhere these days without run
ming into politics-politics by which
some man expects to hold his lob.
or some other man expects to get
1t away from him; politics intended
to place those above, or those be-
low; politics which includes about
everything except the simple per-
Torrance of duty.
Whether you go to the front Of
flee of a prison, or the cell. block
back of it, you find that too many
men are in both places because of
this self-same politics.
Moreover, you find that, no mat
ter how disreputable an element
may be, it generally has contacts
with the so-called respectable side
Of society.
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condition of the average American he remained in
his Office on the hill
But apparently he was thinking, for on Monday
ne issued statement. 1t a sizzling statement
in the best johnson manner-for johnson always is
at his best when attacking something or somebody.
This time he attacked those who had bettIed the
same conference which he had declined to attend
Said the senator:
"The Republicans in command of the party ma
chinery may jbe and jeer, but let them take stock
OF the Republican party. Less than six months have
passed since New York was lost to Republicans by
three-quarters of million votes. and Illinois by a
like number; since Massachusetts, and Ohio the
cradle of Republican Presidents, repudiated Repub-
Hcanism; since Kansas, the rockrbbed Gibraltar of
the Republican party, defeated even the scknowl-
edged spokesman of the President.
IF politics only is to be considered, let my Re-
publican brethren reflect that something is radically
wrong somewhere"
Obviously it is not very comforting to Hoover to
have the party leader of the old home state of Cali
fornia talking like that. But if any one asks us.
there is a lot in what Hiram says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
M. E. Tracy


Crime Today That Actually
Pays, for the First Time IN
Our Experience.
THE prison band at Joliet, H.,
Il entertains itself between tunes
by taking Up the question of wheth-
err to start a general riot like that
which occurred last Saturday, gets
into a fight, and sends six of its
members to the hospital during
fifteen minutes Of more or less
heated argument.
Prison authorities are not aware
that a disturbance is in progress
until one Of them sees a convict
limping out Of the band room, and
it's all over when they arrive.
Considering what happened only
three days before, and what prison
authorities have declared might
happen again at any moment, such
situation seems incredible. Why
wasn't a guard present at that band
meeting to umpire the debate, if
nothing else?
One Of the most surprising fea-
lures Of our prison system is the
number Of things that can happen
with no one in authority present.
When it comes to quelling riots, or
Furnishing those who have commit
ted some offense, you can find
plenty Of men with guns, but when
it comes to preventing the thing,
their capacity for being somewhere
else is astounding.
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a Cigar
Mr.. Ford owes an apology.

Inc Red Cross, down in Arkansas, will give YOU
ana your children flour and lard and canned to-
matoeS-maybe at the cost of $3.50 week, if you're
hungry.
But for real relief, we commend one Tony Carlos
Oh FL Paso, who operates restaurant, and once a
week puts out a breakfast for dime And it's good
breakfast couple of eggs slice Of ham, and fried
potatoes. Tony fed $500 the other day.
What we like most about Tonys relief plan. how
ever is that he had added scent cigar to his menu
and all for the dime
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

JOURNAL OF bQe american MEDICAL
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
1T is a common remark that old
4 people are difficult. Their habits
have become fixed, their tissues
have begun to break down, and they
may constitute a considerable prob
lem in their homes.
On the other hand, many old peo-
pie ADAPT themselves so beautifully
to their surroundings and constitute
such an important feature of fam
lily life that the thought never arises
in the minds of any one that they
are in any sense of the word a
problem.
In a recent consideration of the
mental health of the aged, DR.. H.
Douglas Singer points out that some
people do not even seem to realize
they are old, but occasionally they
may boast Of their age. These are
the people who are I'LL argoing nor
NAL old age.
On the other hand, those who
are disconnected, paralyzed, help
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

see that those conditions could not
last, and right now, the largest
amount of the ones crying for char
ity are the ones who were insane
with prosperity during the war.
Did the soldier have a chance to
put any money in the bank at that
time? Emphatically no. Then why
do you and these other people try
to keep him from getting what is
rightfully his, at the time when he
needs it most?
The government saw fit to loan
millions to foreign nations which
they promptly used to pay their
ex-service men bonuses and just
as promtly forgot to pay it back
to the United States. But when
our soldiers ask for justice, they
are branded as despoilers.
You raise the cry that he should
not give up his insurance, but you
don't tell him that he can buy the
same amount of protection for
twenty-five years (paying for it a
little at a time) for about $500.
AOA A40J Wy W COl1NIllCG bIiSoS
men that they are wrong in taking
this money at this time, but can
tell you that it is going to be
mighty hard to prove to a man
whose children are crying for food,
that he could use a thousand dol
lars, to a better advantage four
teen years from now than he can
at the present time.
G.. A. C.
Editor Times-In the Indianapolis
Star, Sunday, March Is, 1 read
Henry Ford's statement, parts of
which say: THE average man.
however, won't really do a days
work unless he is caught and can
not get out of it. There's plenty
of work to do if the people would
do it,"
If Henry Ford made such state
mentS, I consider it as direct in
suit to millions of honest and in
telligent workers who now are look
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

Hiram johnson, one time running mate OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt and before that Progressive Governor
OF California, did not attend the Progressive confer
cnce in Washington last week.
While his Progressive senatorial colleagues were
meeting with economists and other leaders of thought
in downtown hotel to consider ways of helping the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Hfee BOOKS Played Great
Part in Changing Mans
Ideas Of the Earth, the
HeaUenS, and Life.
pOOK-MAKING has played an
- important part in mans uni
verse-making down through the
ages.
Fundamentally, it was scientific
discovery which advaIc ED mans
knowledge of the universe. but dis
coverleS did not have th,ir full eff
feet until they had been broadcast
through the medium Of publication.
Consequently We can trace the
record Of mans Understanding
through a succession of notable
books.
The modern phase of the story
begins with the revival of learning
which followed the end Of the Mid
ole Ages.
Il was a time Of exploration in
every Held. Columbus and the
other voyages of the Atlantic were
paralleled by those who sailed in
telectual seas in search of new
knowledge of the universe.
The year 1913 uShered in the era
OF modern science with the publica-
ton OF two books. Latin, of course
was the language of the day. and
so both books had long Latin titles.
One book was the work of
Polish monk named Nikolaus Coper-
nlcus. The title of his book was
De Revolutionibus Orbium Caeles-
tlum, that is, Concerning the
revolutions of the Heavenly
Bodies"
The other book was the work of 2.
Belgian surgeon named Andress
Vesalius. The title of his hook WAS
DE Human Corporis Fabrica. = that
Is The Anatomy of the Human
Body"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

Hlgh-toned walters who look askance at the dime
you leave them should realize that that's all John
ever gives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

Green lace powder news item says, is the rage in
Paris Perfectly killing, this Paris green!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

ing for work, and if those millions
allow Ford to heap such insult on
them without making a protest,
they must be as dead as Henry
Ford ought to be.
If Mr.. Ford expects the workers
respect in the future, he should tell
those thousands who have called
or are calling at his gates and
being turned away, where to go tc
find this plenty of work. as at
present from fifteen to seventeen
millions are looking for it.
S. A. NELSON.
Editor Times-Congress has ad-
journed until next December. The
members had all last summer and
fall to consider some way to help
those in need of work to keep hun
ger and restitution away, and the
last three months to enact law or
some way to help the destitute, but
what have they done? But very lit
tie, indeed.
Representatives and senators were
not going in need Of food, clothing
and warmth. Oh, no!
Each one Of them gets $4,000 a
year salary. That averages $50 a day
for each working day in the year.
Lots Of people would have been glad
to get that much a week this win
ter if they'd had the chance.
No wonder they seem indifferent
to the needs of the poor.
OBSERVER.
Editor Tines-Recently I read the
most unreasonable thing on the
front page Of The Times. just inn
agine one of our senators having
the nerve to say, Lodges are nei-
Their charitable nor benevolent"
when only few miles from Indian
apolis is a beautiful home. and it
is charitable, supported by the Ma
sonic lodges Of Indiana. Who could
drive through Franklin and not see
it? The Odd Fellows lodges also
care for their orphans and their
old. The Moose lodge supports one
of the largest charitable institutions
in the United States at Moose
heart, Ill. The people know this to
be fact.
If that senator wants an old folks
pension, let him get it in the right
way, and that without knocking our
charitable and benevolent lodges.
Why should these lodges be taxed
to support old people who have lived
up their earnings in life? If they
had joined one of these lodges, they
would be supported in their old
days when they are unable to work.
Why should our lodges have to
support every old man who comes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Questions and
Answers

How is the drone of an airplane
engine produced over the micro
phone?
The National Broadcasting
Company says that the sound in
NBC programs is produced by a
stream of air, forced through a rub
Der hose against the diaphragm of
the microphone. The sound is
caused by the vibrations which the
silent stream Of air sets up in the
microphone.
How can copy of Wickersham
report be obtained?
It can be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, Gov
eminent Printing Office, Washing
ton, D. c., for IS cents, money
order or coin.
How much electricity was pro-
duced in the United States in 1929
and how many houSehoIders are
consumers?
In 1929 production of electricity
for public use was estimated at 81
billion kilowatt hours with a total
of 24,050,000 consumers, of whom
nearly twenty million were house
hold users.
What was the Brehon law?
Tt was the ancient system of Irish
law, named for the judges, called
Brehons. or Breitheamhuin. Its ex-
istence has been traced from the
earliest period Of Irish history down
to the time of the Anglo Norman
invasion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

floating to Indiana to spend his old
days on our lodges, when the lodges
have their own members to take
care Of in their old age?
Would such law be fair? He
should know it would not.
n. NJ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18

Nations and men are only the
best when they are the gladdest,
and deserve heaven when they en-
JOY it.-Richter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
Daily Thought

Thou hast put gIadness in my
heart.-Psalm Al.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-18
BY DIR. MORRIS FTsHBEIN

Editor. journal of The American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-09
SAVING THE EYES AT GOLF
By DR.. J. Fred Andreae

Golfers will be pleased to learn an
other good feature about the game,
and that is that while on the course
they are probably using their eyes as
nearly as possiblezin the manner in
which nature intended them to be
used. Man was originally an out-of-
doors. creature with eyes adapted to
the verdure of nature and to long
distance seeing. The demands of mod
ern life have progressed much more
rapidly than the evolution of the eyes
and thus, while golf may prove rec
reation for the body, it is splendid
rest for tired eyes as well.
Care must be exercised that the
eyes are properly shaded with a
broad rim hat or visor. Man no longer
grows bushy eyebrows of his out-of-
doors ancestors; generations of indoor
life have deprived him of these natu-
raj projections. A man should no
more go on the course bare-headed
than he would wear his dress suit
when greasing up the family car.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-09
DIED..
John JOSEPH FAHERTY

John Joseph Faherty, aged IS years,
died Sunday morning at 7:45 o'clock
at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland,
following an operation for mastoid
tumor with which he had been suffer-
ing for brief time. He was the son
of the late Stephen Faherty, who was
killed in a mine accident near Crellin
a year ago, and Mrs. Georgia Faherty.
Besides his mother he is survived by
the following brothers and sisters:
Michael Faherty, Pierce, W. Va; Ed
ward, Francis, William, Robert and
Mary Faherty, all of Crellin. The
body was taken to Crellin from the
Cumberland institution Sunday after
noon and on Tuesday inferred in the
church cemetery after funeral services
conducted by the Rev. FIR. McVeigh in
st. Peters church, Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-09
Music Festival Plans Nearing
Completion

Plans for the regional music festi-
val at Somerset, Pa, which is being
sponsored by the Allegheny Tableland
Association, are going forward rapid
ly. The site selected for this event
could not be improved upon, it is said,
and the committee in charge will lack
nothing in the way Of natural advan-
tages to assure success.
Mr.. Nat T. Frame, Director of the
West Virginia Extension Service, with
Miss Huff, who will direct the festival,
visited the spot with committee the
past week and pronounced it perfect.
1t is situated just beyond the Dupp-
stadt Airport in Somerset where the
fiat land pitches steeply for several
rods toward another fiat spot, backed
by a forest. which provides beauti-
full background or setting, as well as a
sounding board for the stage.
The date for the music festival is
tentatively scheduled for the last of
August or the first part of September,
and will probably be for this year a
morning and evening affair. The COM
pleted plans will be published as soon
as ready, so that groups from every
part of the tableland region will I'M
derstand what to do and how to pre-
pare to be represented at this unusual
and popular song fest which is expect
ed to attract many people to Somerset
for that day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-09
Work On New Road Started

Equipment for constructing the new
Grantsville- Bittinger road has been
received at Grantsville and work was
started Tuesday on the 2-6 miles of
macadam highway, the contract for
which was let some time ago to Ben
nett, Hunter & Price, who have sub-let
the contract for bridges and culverts
to Poffenberger & Mause, of Myers
vile, Md. The highway begins at the
National Hotel in Grantsville and will
run southeasterly to Bittinger, when
completed.