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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Just Every Day Sense
IN these days of bewilderment, when trouble trea
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

N these days of bewilderment when trouble treads
at heels, we must realize that in one respect
at least our educational system has failed amentaby
We do not know how to govern ourselves AS has
been polntd out frequently whereas young people of
other countries take national problems seriously and
are alert to their significance our young men SEEM
on the whole totally Indifferent to the questions that
agitate the world
Indeed, men and women in general are extremely
ignorant of the issues which confront and which
may react so vitality upon US We have gone gayly on
our mad way, leaving our political and international
amid this avid throng, the statesmen are few, too
few for our own good.
THIS childish attitude has been cultivated in the
Il first place by early school training. We have
been taught to view historical background without
any criticism. We have had cramned into us, and in
turn we into children, the belief that any,
thing done at Washington, any movement emanatng
from seat of government, is right To paraphrase
current cgaret advertising, excaim, Good! We've
got to be good"
Rather than point out past mistakes we have gone
on the comfortable theory that being Americans we
could make none. This idea, foStered long enough,
naturally would lead to the conclusion that We need
not concern Ourselves about questions of state, since
they always would turn out to our glory and good.
Consider the tariff, for instance The average
person long has regarded this question merely as a
political ISSUE something over which Republicans and
Democrats could disagree. Yet today it looms vast on
the international horizon, menace I'll can and may
plunge all nations into war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

and have both constipation and
diarrhea.
Because they can not take food
and digest it properly, they become
greatly emaciated.
Another prominent feature is the
weakness of the circulation of the
blood. The blood pressure falls to
less than half of what it usually
is and people tend to faint or be-
come unconscious because of lack
of blood supply to the brain.
When anybody is so extremely
exhausted, as is apparently the case
in this disease, there are associated
disturbances of vision, and of all of
the special senses.
Previous to the last ten years
cases of Addison's disease were in
variably fatal; indeed, recovery from
a fully developed case was unheard
of. However, the advance of mod
ern science and recognition of cases
in their early stages have brought
about a change so that modern
medicine permits prolongation of
life, even if not cure.
Next: How cOrtin extract is OBJ
tanned and results of experiments
| in which it was used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
preston emergency measure for the good reason that

preston emergency measure for the good reason that
most Of the veterans not in need.
Veterans who in need because they can not
get work have exactly the same right-no more, no
ess-to unemployment relief nonveterans without
jobs.
To confuse these two issues and to pay all veterans
regardless of need total Of more than two billion
dollars at this time would play havoc with the al
ready shaky federal finances. Without any bonus
increase it is estimated that the federal deficit for last
year and this may reach the astounding figure Of
three billions
We can not go on piling up such huge debt
without prolonging the depression and injuring all
citizens. If other citizens are injured the veterans
will be injured.
1t is to the interest of every veteran, as OF every
other citizen to help restore prosperity and balanced
federal budgets.
We believe that veterans who stop to think through
this problem will agree with the President that a
large bonus drain on the government at this time
would have serious consequences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Involuntary Reactions

ATOR would I grant the fairness
IN of putting up to Sunday school
scholars their feeling about Liter
airy Digest poll" One may assume,
if he pleases, that this was less than
American public opinion. But at
least it was step in the right di-
rection.
A reputable magazine undertook,
with all sincerity, to ascertain the
status of opinion. And nobody but
bigot should object to such a lab
oratory experiment, no matter what
the result.
I may be somewhat prejudiced in
the contention that neither Speak
easy" nor "bootlegger" calls for a
dogmatic penciling. After all,
speakeasies are not all of the same
character. Some are pleasant and
agreeable, while others are merely
gyp joints. I have known bootleg
gers whom I liked and others who
were the greatest nuisanceS in the
world.
In the field of statements which
the student IS asked to identify as
true or false he is in certain queries
required to cover rather a large
territory. I cite, alcohol is a ne
ceSsity to the practice of medicine. /"
This seems to me distinctly prob
lem which should be left to the doc
tors.
I do not believe the average lay
man is competent to have an opin-
ion one way or another. Any clear
minded young man or woman,
whether in Sunday school or not,
ought to answer by saying, II don't
know"
And I particularly object to one
query as a bait for the young to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HR RR04%

personal liberty" is tied up entirely
with the question of light wines and
beer. To be sure, it has been wide
ly employed by proponents of modi-
flcation. But the theory of personal
liberty is wider than the temper
ance question.
Personal liberty includes many
ancient rights and liberties which
have nothing on earth to do with
Volsteadism. I hape that even the
most fervent Hooverites will not
cross off personal liberty as dis
agreeable phrase merely because
they believe in strict enforcement.
In doing so, they would indicate
disbelief in the right of assembly,
the right of petition, and the hard
won privilege that each mans
dwelling constitutes his castle.
I also think that there is a GER
tain inference in including the
name "Al Smith" among the test
reactions. 1t is true that the ex-
Governor became in the last cam
paign a symbol of states rights
against federal supervision. But
Smiths record does take in great
many questions having nothing to
do with the wet or dry cause.
AS stanch a political rebel as Sen
ator Norris Endorsed Smith, al
though opposing him on the prob
lem of prohibition. He recognized
the New York leader as the out
standing radical in the two major
parties. Or, if radical" is too strong
a word, at least the outstanding lib
eral.
1t ought to be remembered that
Al Smith is the father and god
father of the great bulk of welfare
legislation which is increasingly
taking hold in various commune
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
One Big Feature

CRITICS of the Swope plan over
~ look one feature which may
prove advantageous to small bust
ness.
The trade associations for which
it provides will include only those
enterprises which employ more than
twenty-five persons.
That means that big business will
be subjected to an overhead which
small business can avoid.
Except as arbitrary laws are
passed to kill off competition the
opportunities for small, independent
business tend to increase as the Or
ganization Of big business grows
more comprehensive or complete.
The auto industry has become or
gained quite thoroughly, but look
at the room it has made for garages
and filling stations.
Look at what the power industry
has done to make business for in
dependent electricians and electrical
supply houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Once Stricken, Safe


THAT communication of the dis
i ease from person to person is
brought about by personal contact
and the transfer of the secreticns
Of the nose and throat of the sick
to the well has been established by
observation of human epidemics and
by experiments on monkeys, DR..
F1eXner says.
whether or not any other COM
mon manner of communication of
the disease to man exists is not
known" he continues. Present
public health measures of control of
infantile paralysis are based on this
mode of personal Infection"
can attack of infantile paralysis
is protective for life, irrespective Of
the intensity of the attack.
Persons who have had infantile
paralysis possess in their blood GER
tain protective or healing substances
which can be used effectively to
treat persons sick of the disease,
and perhaps to prevent the disease
in other and exposed children. 1t
is the fluid portion of the blood that
is employed in this way under the
name of convalescent serum.
"Since normal adults may develop
immunity to infantile paralysis as
a result of exposure to the virus
under circumstances not leading to
obvious disease, their blood serum
also carries, at times, the protective
and healing substances.
1.-THE serum of these adult per-
sons. which is abundantly avail
able, may sometimes be substituted
for the serum of convalescents,
which is necessarily limited in guam
| tity,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
This Hypocrisy Stuff

A DVOCATES of modification are
N getting so mild and charitable
that they are talking about per
cent beer, just as though such a
beverage would mean much more to
speakeasy keepers and bootleggers
than cold water.
But you must make allowances.
The new idea is to provide jobs for
the idle and funds for the govern
nent. BY no stretch of the mag
ination can it be confounded with
that vulgar, old-fashioned attitude
which admitted an honest appe-
tite.
Who says that hypocrisy is all on
one side of the prohibition ques-
ton?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

indulge in the dangerous and falla-
cious practice of generalization. ]
refer to "All moderate drinkers tend
to become heavy drinkers"
Surely there must be grave doubt
as to any 100 per cent statement OF
this sort. Even the ardent should
be content with some such conten-
ton as many" or even most" "All'
is a word which falsifies practically
any sentence in which it is used.
One hundred per cent supposedly
is the mark of perfection. But it is
also the mark of a mind too dull
and too indurated to deal with the
exceptions which animate every
form of existence.
(Copyright. 1881. by The Tiuesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
But They Spend

CEVENTY-FIVE or 100 strangers
~ have been in Huntington, Long
Island, during the last few days
on account of the Ceilings murder
mystery, some of them drawn by
curiosity, but more for news.
They aren't getting much in
either respect, because nothing of
Importance has developed, but they
spend from SIS to $40 each day,
which the town merchants welcome
as good business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
-%ZZE1xxNSS
H7d6AYF BfTEe
ANNIVERSARY
FIND SECRET MESSAGE

September %
.NN Sept. %, 1917, the govern
~ ment announced that it had
found among cipher documents
seized at Wolf Won Igel's Office in
New York, in August, 1914, secret
messages purporting to be from
John Dewey, Supreme Court JUS
tice Daniel E. Cohalan OF New
York, and other Irish-Amerlcans
addressed to the kaiser'S higher
officials, urging Germany to cause
a revolution in Ireland. Cohalan
issued a denial.
In the message in question the
writer said that an Irish revolu-
ton could be successful only if
helped by Germany, and that it
should be started by aerial attacks
on England.
The writer also suggested that
troops. arms and ammunition be
landed in Ireland, to enable the
Irish to close their ports to Eng
land, and to establish submarine
stations along the Irish coasts to
cut of the food supply from Eng
land.
He concluded with, "The serv-
ices of the revolution therefore may
decide the war"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
We Act Like Blind

nNE of the weak spots in our
~ outlook on life is that we are
wilfully blind to the doors being
opened constantly.
Our attention is concentrated on
the chances big business sews up,
instead of those it is creating all
along the line.
The impression prevails that
every line Of endeavor gradually is
being taken over by some chain,
group or combine.
You only have to walk about your
own town, or even your own neigh
borhood, to realize the fallacy of
such viewpoint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
It's Much NobIer

VXTALL Street having weathered
w the crisis in fairly good
shape, Japan having denied that
she intends to make war on China,
and President Hoover having told
the Legion what he thinks about
the bonus, why not take a moment
off to consider beer?
From a conversational standpoint,
beer seems to have undergone a
profound change.
To hear people talk, you would
think that no one wanted to drink
it any more, while every one sud-
denly had walked up to its possibili-
ties as a revenue and work pro-
Queer.
It's so much nobler to be moved
by sympathy than by thirst.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Chief Source of Trouble

0VER in England, stock and
" bond holders get scared for one
reason or another and dump their
securities on falling market. New
York is afraid of sympathetic re-
action, and, just before the Stock
Exchange opens Monday morning,
the board of governors forbids short
selling.
What might have happened if the
board of governors had not taken
such action, no one knows. In that
simple fact lies our chief source of
trouble, yet some people persist in
denying that psychology plays much
of part in human affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
M. E. Tracy

This Beer Chatter Makes Us
Realize It's Much Nobler to
Be Moved By Sympathy
Than By Thirst.
a MOB gathers about the Har-
"A rison county jail in West
Virginia to lynch Harry Powers.
officials become alarmed when pris-
oners inside the Jail threaten to
mutiny and deliver him. AS last
resort, he is Struggled into car
and hurried away to the state
penitentiary at Moundsville.
Powers has confessed to five
murders. You would expect him to
have nerve, no matter how deficient
he might be in other respects. He
whimpers and whines all the way,
however, what time he is not call
ing on God to protect him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
SCIENCE
.RY DAVID DIETZ

- LA v IL LIE Il -
Infantile Paralysis Epidemics
May Be Making Americans
Immune to the Disease, Say
Scientists.
THERE are strong reasons for
4 believing that the population
of the United States gradually is
acquiring an immunity to infantile
paralysis. So says DR.. Simon Flex-
ner, director of the Rockefeller In
stitute for Medical Research, New
York.
This immunization, he believes,
is taking place as result of the
epidemics which have prevailed in
different parts of this country since
the great outbreak in Norway and
Sweden in 1905.
DR.. Flexner sums up present
medical knowledge concerning this
dread disease as follows:
THE microbe of infantile paraly-
sis is known to belong to the class
of invisible, filter-passing micro
organisms, to which the name of
viruSeS. is applied.
This virus has been found in
the secretions of the nose and throat
Of persons i'll of infantile paralysis
and Of well persons in intimate con-
tact with the sick.
when the virus is applied to the
nose and throat Of monkeys it
passes along the connecting nerve
hberS to the brain and spinal cord,
and induces paralysis similar to
that occurring in the human dis
ease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Adrenal Glands Source of Malady

Promise of means of producing cor
Tin extract. used for the relief of Addi-
sons disease. has aroused widespread in
terest. In series of two timely ar
ticIes. the first of which is presented
herewith. DR.. Morris Fishbein describes
the causes. symptoms and treatment of
this unusual maIady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine

a DDISON'S disease is a condi-
IA ton affecting the adrenal
glands, two small bodies which
lie just above the kidneys. AS a
result of the breaking down or
degeneration of these glands, the
secretion of the glandular struc-
lures is not provided to the body.
One of the most prominent symp-
toms of the disease is a gradual
.bronzing of the skin, but there
are cases in which the character
istic signs and symptoms are not
easily apparent and which repre-
sent lessened function of the gland
rather than complete loss of ac-
ton.
The most common cause is tu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

ideals and opinions EXPRESSED
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-.
sented without regard to theiY
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude ~
this DaDer.--The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

The former kaiser says German PREPARATIONS mus
be revised downward before the depression will be al
leviated Guess the Germans never thought of that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

If British movie producers are planning on payin,
those American stars Hollywood wages they'd bette
be planning joining the dole line
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Many an unemployed man would be willing to as
sumo some fat ladys dietary temptations without
counting the calories
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Amos Alonzo Stage says that the recipe for marital
is to help your wife with the dishes-and he
doesn't mean help to break them, either
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

With Gandh in England, those swanky Londo
tailors probably aren't claiming clothes make the maj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

a LCOHOL is the subject OF a
N "nonpartisan" course for Sun
day school classes under the aus
pieces of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America.
am a little bit afraid that the
course is not entirely nonpartisan,
1t includes two series of tests. In
the first the students are asked to
strike out singly words or phrases
which call up a disagreeable asso-
citation. And in the list find the
word cocktail" This, I am afraid
is something of a leading question.
The Sunday school teacher knows
perfectly we'll what his reaction is
supposed to be to this word. And
generalization is encouraged. This
is a dangerous thing.
After all, one should keep an
open mind toward cocktail" ]
mean that even rampant wet, if
he thinks back, may find that
cocktail" has not always been a
pleasant episode.
II
Here's How
LIE very well may remember
Il Il some party which he attended
and found there a connection made
out Of warmish orange juice and
bathing gin which was highly dis
agreeable. On the other hand, he
must balance this against some
moonlit evening in Bermuda, per-
haps, or Nassau, where he sat un-
der the stars and slipped a heavenly
ice-cold concoction blended out of
Bacardi and heaven knows what.
In fact, it seems to me that a
normal reaction to the word cock
tail'' ought to be Eyes and no."
Then the student is asked to mark
his emotions in regard to wood al
cohol." Here there should be una
nimity of opinion. Certainly the
drinker does not regard wood alco-
hol with any anticipatory thrill.
And even the abstainer, unless he
be of a peculiarly sadastic turn,
also must cross it out as a thought
not wholly pleasurable.
A certain number of extraneous
nouns creep in. There is, for in
stance, machine gun" This seems
to me not distinctly allied with a
prohibition quiz-at least, not from
the point of view Of the dry.
I myself have always commended
that it is impossible to be COM
plete paciflst and complete pro-
hibitionist. No single philosophy
will carry you through both posi-
tons. There is here fundamen-
tai divergence.
After all, the bone-dry is per-
son who believes in force and COM
pulsion. Several of our leading Vol
steaders have urged that the army
and the navy be called into action
in order to enforce the eighteenth
amendment.
And there is a news record Of the
fact that clashes on the high seas
have brought us, if not to the ac-
tual verge of war, at least into
strained relations with neighboring
nations.
Quiz Becomes Too General
A GAIN, I find the phrase beer
"A STEM" Now, it would seem to
me that one might be as dry as any
autumn leaf and still admire the
craftsmanship which has gone into
some of the drinking receptacles Of
the old world<1
Nog would admit the phrase
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

The faithful are worrying if Hoover can be re
nominated. Then there still are faithful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

There's at least one advantage in being genius
You can go without hair cut without comment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

dozen foul balls from sandlot game dropped
into the back yard at the White House the other day.
Not the first foul balls to drop into the White House
nor the last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Now that college football has returned, what will
prohibition, politics and AL Capone do for front-page
space?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Mahatma Gandh, Indian leader, shivered from
cold in London while he broadcast an appeal to
America from London. Gould it be that he lost his
shirt in England?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

If there's any truth in that sweetheart in every
port stuff those English sailors protested their cut in
self defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

What is the average height and
weight for a 10-year-Old child?
The average height for girls in
this country is 51.3 inches and the
average weight is ga pounds. The
average height for boys is SIT
inches and the average weight is
65.3 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Divorce is worse than poygamy says an English
bishop. But not half so expensive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Now they're treating tooth cavities by diet. Might
not be bad idea to treat stomach cavities the same
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Most any merchant these days would admit the
customer is always right-if he could find customer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York reveals his am
btion to become United States senator Possibly
he hasn't been able to get away with sufficient
tons as mayor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22
Daily Thought

BIT every man is tempted
when he is drawn away of his
own lust, and enticed.-James
2: IA.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-22

Temptation is the fire that brings
up the scum of the heart.-Boston.