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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In order to determine the i'm
portance of canned tomatoes as
compared with fresh tomatoes so
far as concerns the prevention of
scurvy, representatives of the food
and drug administration made
some studies on guinea pigs which
had been fed diet planned to pro-
duce scurvy and which were then
fed diet including various types
of canned tomatoes.
The canned tomatoes concerned
included both the cold pack and
open kettle method.
Green tomato pickles were pre-
pared with spice, onion and pep
per and artif1cially colored toma-
toes were produced by treating the
green tomatoes with ethylene.
Cold pack canned tomatoes were
capable of producing a cure of
scurvy in the guinea pigs after the
cans had been stored as long as
nine months, whereas tomatoes
canned by the open kettle method
did not produce complete recovery
even with larger doses, indicating
that vitamin G is lost by oxidation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
A Cav Life

WELL, to judge from the serial
wv stories in the weekly maya
zines. and from the movies, some OF
the boys in the air service during
the World war led pretty gay life
in their spare time.
But even though more than 200
years have elapsed since Addisons
essay was written, his fears are yet
I to be realized.
OF course, some one may rise to
remark that the sort of invention
Addison had in mind has not yet
been realized either.
The airplane is quite different
from the sort of mechanical wings
visioned by Addison, wings which
would enable the wearer to soar
and glide about with the easy ire
Sponsibility of a bird. Perhaps the
day will arrive when Addison will
be proved right
But on the other hand, the world
has survived the invention of the
bicycle, the motorcycle, and the
auto, and it may be that it will sur
vive mechanical wings.
One of the favorite devices of stu
dents of ancient Latin and Greek,
who happen also to be the fortunate
poSseSsOrS of a sense of hunor. is
to hunt up a passage in some musty
volume or tattered manuscript
which decrieS the morals OF youth
and the pleasures of the day.
Such a passage usually sounds as
though it had been written the week
before last. A laugh always follows
when the reader announces that it
was written in 238 B. c. or 321 B. C.
or whatever the date happened to
be-.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Not So Much Wilde

ATOR did success come to him in
IN spite of the fact that he wrote
what is easily the most readable
biography written in our day. Pos
sibly it is stretching the facts bit
to speak of the Life of Oscar
Wilde" as a biography.
1t is somewhat more like vaude-
vile act in which the subject plays
stooge for the author. Wilde fig
ures for the most part as the gen.
tleman chosen as recipient for the
brilliant remarks of Frank Harris.
Of course, the book has little
claim for authenticity. Harris was
invariably a violent partisan, who
had small patience with any point
of view save his own. Moreover, the
conversations which he set down
years after the event are so full and
abundant that the reader naturally
must assume them to be somewhat
fctional Indeed, rather fancy
that they have something Of the
quality once labeled by Charles
Hanson Towne as "departee."
Mr.. Towne has explained that
these are the bright sayings which
one wishes he hao used at the party
and which come to mind in the
taXicab on the way home.
But for all its fabulousuess, the
Life Of Oscar Wilde" has in it ten
times the vitality of other portraits.
AS one who detests anything in two
volumes, make a particular ex-
ception in favor of this work. 1t
races and it gallops all through the
Journey
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Just Every Day Sense
XXTHEN San Francisco judge apologized to 1OC
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

NTHEN San Francisco judge apologized to 100
w unemployed men who had been arrested for
sleeping in box the water 'front.' he did a
great deal to bring honor upon himself and the
courts.
Nearly so per cent of all arrests are made upon
the unfortunate. And certainly during this period
when many honest men and women are without
work hope the police should curb their enthusiasm
Tor bringing in a catch.
The ardor with which the law hops upon the
helpless and the poor of the disgraces of our
civilization. One need only live in a community
where there is large Negro population to observe
this phase of our enforcement At the slightest ex-
the black is hauled to jail.
Once I witnessed the diSgraceful incident of an
old country Negro recently come to the city who
clapped into cell for completely in coal steal
ing miSdemenaor, when the sole evidence against him
was that the thieves previously had stolen his horses
to haul off their loot.
NOR did the policemen or the judge see the sar-
y donic humor of the affair." the culprits escaping
entirely and the innocent old addle pate going to
JAIL where he probably still would be if his wife
mad not happened to cook in family who came to
his rescue AS it was, it took So to pay the costs
for this unjust arrest and Imprisonment
And the other day in Chicago young refrigerator
salesman making a business call to a rich mans
mansion was arrested suspicion and slammed into
the lookup without being permitted to telephone
either his family, his lawyer or his employer.
The fact that he was turned loose next morning
with muttered apology does not excuse such high
handed behavior from the arreSting officers.
1t takes eight or ten years toyapprehend man
like Al Capone, but somehow the less moneyed in
dividua too often is object Of Suspicion with the
cons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Tomato Valuable in Fight on Scurvy

The green canned cold pack to-
matoes indicated considerable loss
Of vitamin G following storage. 1t
was found that tomatoes ripened in
the greenhouse were not quite so
potent in vitamin G as those
ripened in the field.
Tomatoes colored red by the use
of ethylene gas also required larger
doses to produce recovery than
those ripened in the field.
Tomatoes ripened in dark rooms
produced recovery, indicating that
the vitamin c may develop in the
tomato after it is cut from the vine.
The amount Of vitamin c in green
tomato pickles was found to be so
small as to be negligible.
Obviously, exact knowledge is
needed before a conclusion can be
drawn as to the virtue of any spe-
cial type of food for the prevention
of what are known as deficiency
diseases.
1t is not possible to argue on the
basis of the general knowledge of
the past concerning the scientific
knowledge of the present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
About These Wines

MANY of the early attempts at
Iva flight, as Magoun and Hodgins
point out, were concerned with the
perfection of wings which a man
could manipulate by waving his
arms.
But as early as the seventeenth
century, there were critics of this
method. The authors quote one, AL
phonSo Borelli, who lived from 1906
to 1897. Borelli, a professor of
mathematics, first at MeSsina and
later at Pisa, wrote:
1T is clear that the motive power
of the pectoral muscles in men is
much less than is necessary for
flight, for in birds the bulk and
weight of the muscles for Tapping
the wings are not less than a sixth
part of the entire weight of the
body.
Therefore, it would be necessary
that the pectoral muscles of a man
should weigh more than a sixth part
of the entire weight of his body;
so also the arms, by Tapping with
the wings attached, should be able
to exert a power 10000 times greate>
than the weight of the human
body itself
But they are far below such ex-
cess, for the aforesaid pectoral
muscles do not equal hundredth
part of the entire weight of man"
Borelli also added: 1T is impossi-
BILE that men should be able to fly
craft by their own strength"
But unfortunately he spoiled his
otherwise excellent thesis by adding
that he had mo faith in any in
vention designed to lift man from
the surface Of the earth"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
lmDOIite but Accurate

COON we shall have Bernard
~ Shaw as seen by Mr.. Harris.
Since the book is not yet released
for publication, I should say no
more about it than to reveal the
fact that it will not hurt Mr.. Har-
riS' reputation for brilliant acri-
mony.
1t has been said on many occa-
sions that the author who lies dead
in Nice was man of execrable
taste-that is, reticence was not in
him. He did not seek to gloss over
scandals in the life of any subject,
but revealed in them.
Still, for that matter, he never
spared himself. I would not indict
him for bad taste. 1 think the
phrase wholly inappropriate.
He did not respect the manners
which prevail in drawing rooms. To
put it bluntly, he was not a gentle
man. But this made him something
more.
Good breeding n his case would
have made for poorer writing. A
certain caddishness, if you please, is
necessary in any man who would
set down on paper a full-length
portrait Of a fellow human being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Real Negative Attitude

TINE prevailing attitude is mega
Il tive in this country, and has
been for several years. That goes
far toward accounting for the crime
wave, gang rule and business con-
ditionS.
Too many people have assumed
that because of the allied victory,
the federal reserve banks, popular
election of United States senators,
prohibition, woman suffrage and
some other innovations, they had
come to live in a fool-proof world
and need to do very little think
ing on their own account.
Right now they are doing a much
better job watching the political
weather than anything else, unless
it is reading stock market reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

years he stands out as the most
inspired scout. 1t was Harris who
first picked Shaw from Grub street
and gave lift to Max Beerbohm.
1 think that one of the least lovable
characteristics in Mr.. Shaw is the
lack of appreciation which he had
for Harris.
He treated his discoverer shah
billy. Maybe that is all for the best.
Harris did not thrive on gratitude.
1t was the snubs of Shaw which
inspired him to sit down in his old
age and attempt to pay the score.
There is no point in trying to
pretend that Frank Harris was one
Of natures noblemen. Malice he
used on many occasions as his IA
vorite ink. And out OF. anger and
irritation he could and did set down
words which snarl an bite and sting.
1t should be sufficient epitaph to
say:
He certainly could write like a
god when goaded."
Copyright 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
There Is Some Hope

4 DMITTEDLY, we have a lot to
IA worry about, but we also have
some things that warrant hope.
If there have been quite a. few
revolutions, most of them have
been comparatively bloodless, which
is something different and some
thing better.
AS a matter of record, the Orient
is the one great area where peo-
pie face real tragedy. In this re-
spect, the Orient is about where
Europe was 500 years ago.
1t is ideal to think of what we
should do in terms of perfection, but
it is only good sense to think of il
in terms of comparison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Questions and Answers

Can aliens, who have declared
their intention to become American
citizens, vote?
With certain limitations, as to
time decIarants can vote in Ala
bama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
When did Jack London die?
Nov. %, 1916.
How many banks failed in the
United States in 1929 and 1880?
In 1929 there were 551 and in
1880 there were 1,345.
Was the Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor cast in this country?
1t was cast in Paris in 1881. The
work of erecting it began in 1883
and was completed in 1886.
Are railway and railroad synOny-
nous?
Yes.
How does the Pennsylvania rail-
road compare with other railroads
in the United States.
It is the fifth largest railroad in
the United States in mileage. In
their order the five roads having
the most mileage are: Southern
Pacific system; Atchison, Topeka q
Santa Fe; New York Central; Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Paul & Pa
cific and Pennsylvania.
What is the largest species of
bear?
The brown bears of Alaska are
the largest. Cubs weigh upward of
2O9 ounces and adults weigh from
800 to 1000 pounds. A specimen OF
the brown bear in the National 70
illogical park in washington, D. c.,
more than IL years old, weighed
1880 pounds.
How many electoral votes did
President Hoover receive and how
many did Smith get?
President Hoover received 444 and
Smith received 81. Smith carried
only eight states.
What is the population of New
Jersey? y
4,O28,027.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
NJ. E. Tracy
80.

Too Many People Have As
Sumed They Haze Come to
Live in q Fool-Proof World
and Do Very Little Think
ing on Their OlOn Account.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Sir Henri
L Deterding makes the proposal
to destroy cotton an excuse Tor re-
iterating his faith in greater con-
sumption as the one sure remedy
for our economic ills.
No one who has given the mat
ter thought will disagree with him.
Increased consumption is, and al
ways has been, the basis of prog
ress, whether in overcoming de-
pressions, or spreading prosperity.
1t is only fair TO say, however,
that increased consumption along
general lines and as applied to spe-
ciflc commodities is not the same
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
u, S, Could Do Worse

THE great problem in this coun-
Il try is not how to make wealth,
but how to distribute it. That shows
that we are not so badly off.
If the idle money were put to
work, there would be no idle men.
Governor Roosevelt's idea is to
raise $20,000,000 for the relief of I'M
employment by increasing the in
come tax so per cent.
The federal government could do
worse than adopt it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
On Solid Ground

XXTHEN it comes to silver and
w wheat, Sir Henri is on solid
ground. There can be no justifica-
ton for destroying food while peo-
pie are starving.
The very people who are starving
could buy food if they only had
some of the silver which we can't
use.
This is just one Of many examples
Of what could be done to encourage
and increase trade.
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What was the estimated value of
agricultural crops, animals and the
manufactured products of the United
States in 1929?
Agricultural crops were valued
at $10,288,000; animals at Sc,
100000, and manufactured prod
uctS, $68,453, 1868.
Was General Pershing injured in
the war.
No.
What is the nationality and
meaning of the name Aegerter?
1t is British family name, de-
rived from the Anglo-Saxon, "agut-
ter" meaning sharp edge, a point,
or hard and strong.
How many steps are in the stair
way of the Washington monument?
Nine hundred.
What bird flies highest?
The Egyptian goose is said to fly
higher than any other bird. Its
maximum altitude is estimated at
$1,000 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

77d0|AEF B1TE7e
ANNIVER$ARY|
MINE sWEEPERS SUNK


ON Sept. l, 1917, British destroy
~ ers sank four German mine
Sweepers off Jutland, near the
scene of the famous battle Of Jut-
land.
The British lost no ships in the
encounter and her losses were small.
On this date also the United
States export board disapproved Of
plan to release grain in Dutch
cargo ships held in New York har-
Dor.
A report was circulated from
Petrograd on this date that Car
Nicholas had taken up a fourteen
room apartment in an old-fashioned
house in Tobolsk, Siberia.
The French advanced three-quar-
tiers of mile in the Hurtebise Sec
tor, sweeping the enemy before
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Forget Bad OmenS

A S a general proposition, we are
L n thinking too much about bad
omens. Six months ago there was
just as wild talk of a crisis in Italy
as there is of a crisis in England
today, but Mussolini and the Pope
have found it possible to reach an
agreement.
Why not accept that as sign
of the times? Why harp so con-
tinually about evil portents? Why
take every breeze to mean a hurri-
cane?
Haven't we trouble enough, with
out crossing SO many bridges be-
fore we come to them?
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Fortunate PoSterity
THERE may be a difference o

THERE may be difference Of
l. opinion as to the enduring
worth of everything written by
Frank Harris. He was reduced to
potboiling efforts on many occasions
through a life of almost chronic
poverty. His work about Wilde
seems to me a good bid for poster
ity. Posterity will like him better
than his own times.
While living Harris got somewhat
in the way of his written words.
His personality, his raspiness, his i'll
temper in regard to even the mild
est criticism blinded many to his
undoubted talents.
Even if his books recede into back
shelves and dim corners, there can
be no denying Harris a place as an
inspired critic.
Among the editors of the last fifty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
Quit Singing Blues

ITO hear some people talk, you'd
Il think there was nothing ahead
but pestilence, famine and war,
preferably war.
Surprising it's true, do we gain
anything by dying on imaginary
battlefeldS?
The augurs should change their
tune. All they are doing now is
adding to very bad fit of the blues.
If they can't conscientiously
propheSy better times, they at least
can be noncommittal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.

~ ttANo ~ w. Dt~HbC N@No VI
World on Science Are
Nothing NeaO; 1t Really Is
an Old, Old Tale.
DRESENT-DAY critics who blame
l. the ills of the world upon the
progress of science is nothing new.
AS has been observed many times,
history has a way of repeating it.
self.
The British bishop who startled
the scientists of England some time
ago by suggesting that they declare
a ten-year holiday was not the first
man to view scientific advance tenb
with alarm.
A delightful and charming ex-
ample of this sort of alarm is quoted
by Magoun and Hodgins in their re-
Gently published and excellent book,
"a History of Aircraft" They quote
Joseph Addison, the famous essay
list, who in 1713 published a letter
in "The Guardian" under the sig
nature of DaedaluS.
At the time, many inventors were
hard at work trying to invent me-
chanical wings and other devices
which would enable mankind to fly.
Addison protests against the pro-
posed invention in the following
words:
1T would fill the world with in
Vulnerable immoralities, and give
such occasion for intrigueS as
people can not meet with who have
nothing but legs to carry them.
"You should have a couple OF low
ers make a midnight designation
upon the top of the monument, and
see the cupola of st. Pauls covered
with box sexes like the outside Of a
pigeon house.
Nothing would be more frequent
than to see a beau flying in at a
garnet window, or a gallant giving
chase to his mistress, like a hawk
after a lark"
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WHATEVER haven awaits Frank

N|HAIEVER maven awaits FRANK
w Harris, I am afraid he will
not like it. But, for that matter, he
hardly would enjoy any community
which provided him with complete
contentment.
Of the authors of our era he re-
manned until the day of his death
by all odds the most truculent. Age
lent no touch of sedatenesS and
twilight calm. Unlike such literary
hereticS as Bernard Shaw and The
odore Dresser, he put on no aspect
of responsibility in his later years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

How many more representatives
in congress viii California have I'M
der the reapportionment act?
There are now eleven, and under
the reapportionment there viii be
twenty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01
The Product Changes

MORE often than not, progress
1V1 increases consumption by
changing the product consumed.
Sir Henri Deterding deals in oil.
Greater consumption of oil has led
to a reduced consumption of coal.
People keep warmer and travel
faster because of oil, but that does
not help the coal business.
If Sir Henri could restore Eng
lands coal markets, he would have
gone a long way toward overcom-
ing her social and political troubles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

This is the SOth of series of SO time
ly articles by DIR. Morris Fishbein on
Foods Truths and FoIIies," dealing with
such much discussed but little known
subjects as calories, vitamins, minerals,
digestion and balanced diet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

Ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those of
one of Americas most inter.
esting writers and are pre.
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this DaDer.-The Editor.
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IT has been taken for granted that
l. the vitamins contained in fresh
fruits and vegetables were equally
available in the canned and pre-
served products or in products
modified in various ways.
Tomatoes are available not only
as the fresh fruit used in salads,
but also in the form of canned
tomatoes, tomato juice, catsup, and
tomato pulp prepared in other ways.
1t has been recognized from the
first that the tomato is one of the
most important sources of vitanin
G, the anti-scurvy vitamin. It is
important that the public know
whether or not they may rely on
any given type of tomato for this
purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

A Chicago woman wants divorce because her hus-
band passes out only kiss a week. Passing out
always has been disagreeable experience.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

Well, they've found the spring where Solomon
drank. With these 300 wives, there must have been
awful rush at springtime.
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HE RR02}S

All of us really want our great men
served up to us with every mole
and molecule.
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Daily Thought

A wrathful man stirreth up
strife; but he that is slow to
anger appeaseth strife.-PrOverbs
1918.
An angry man opens his mouth
and shuts up his eyes.-Cato.
How old is Dennis King, actor?
Is that his real name and how long
has he been on the stage?
He is 81 years old, and his real
name is Pratt. He made his first
appearance on the stage in 1916 as
Dennis in GAS You Like It."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

When that Tammany chief testified for the horse
doctor, he probably figuring they'd need him for
the Democratic mule in 1892.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

Pangborn and Herndon were fined $1,000 in Japar
Maybe that was higher than they expected to CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

If aboliShing prohibition would bring back good
times, Germanys not much of glowing example
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

BY their deeds ye shall know them. Even if they're
real estate men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

Talk is cheap, except when you talk back to the
judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-01

Dempsey knocked out his opponent in his first
exhibition bout" The victim probably wouldn't
bubble about the title
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BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.