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The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

own responsibility, facing his
own consequences.
For remember this-from one
certain bond no soul cam be
freed. Even God is not free
from-consequences. And that
is the most dreadful part Of
freedom. You must bear your
own consequences and carry
your own blame.
Alibi Is Necessary
Could you do that? I'll tell
you straight couldn't! If
the loneliness of perfect free
dom didn't get me, my own
cowardice and conceit would. I
might manage to scramble
through life without family,
friends, boss or audience. But
I could never get along with
out an alibi. Or a goat to take
the blame!
Which is to me the best Of
arguments for having bosses
and being extremely grateful to
the thousands of humans who
help you play the game.
Once upon a time I wouldn't
have acknowledged to all this.
Once upon a time I felt per
fectly able to boss my own life,
and every one elSe'S.
I even gave God pointers.
But I'm all over that now.
I know I can't be freed. I
know I couldn't bear freedom.
I know that I'm under an en-
during debt to every life that
touches mine, and, though you
might never suspect it, I'm ex-
tremely humble and grateful.
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

entered after talking to one OF
the children. Pretty soon she
came out and went into the
corner grocery, coming back
with a bottle of milk and a
package.
When my landlady got back
I had her do a little shopping.
The folks across the street are
broke and hungry, and the little
lady selling waist pins to help
her husband had bought the
kids something to eat, because
they were hungry and children
are not to blame for hunger.
AS said before, I'll give my
mite away personally hereafter,
because that ex-soldier's wife,
when she was leaving, looked
like she got wonderful kick
out of giving away what she
couldn't afford.
JIMMY CAMP.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

What newspaper editors call human interest have
been making frequent appearances lately headed by dis
covery that Representative of the House who
Congressional funeral trip charged and paid 80 cents
for a ''corkscrew.'
These official Congressional funerals often COST it
veaed as much $780, seldom less than around $780, So
Summers of Texas proposes to do away with
the custom Of official funerals
Chin whiskers Of goats bring fancy prices China being
used for writing and bookkeeping purposes
In Zuuland Africa wife the prospective husband
thirteen cows but the girl must be all she advertised
Attention Washington Better Business Bureau The
upkeep OF wives after marriage small In this country
course the original cost not heavy but there guaran
Tee going with the wives and the cost of upkeep
rlage brings most complaint
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
ONCE-OVERS
HOw's Your Heart?

Are you leading near exem-
plary life from natural inclina-
tions?
Or does your fear Of personal
or family disgrace keep you
from overstepping the lines so
ciety imposes upon those who
would keep a good reputation?
At heart are you as good as
you pretend to be?
Isn't it necessary for you to
keep constant check to avoid a
miSStep?
Knowing yourself, then, why
are you not more charitable to-
ward those who wander a bit
from the right track?
Instead, you are extremely in
tolerant even toward those who
have done nothing more than
you would have done yourself
if you could have been assured
Of protection against discovery.
Sometimes you have congrat-
ulated yourself on keeping down
your desire to tranSgreSS for
hidden territory.
This thought came to you
when you realized at certain
times just what a predicament
some were in who did not con-
troll their desires and the i'm
pulses, and as a result gained
public denunciation.
In face of all this you are
given to adding to evil reports
of others.
You are an active circulator
of anything tinged with scan
dal.
You severely censure the
other fellow for doing what you
might have done.
(Copyright. 1881. International
Features Service. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

Northeast between A and B
Northeast. Today my landlady
was away and I answered the
bell to a neat little woman, who
was trying to sell beauty pins;
was helping her husband, who
is crippled war veteran.
I had no use for the pins,
and, as I'm not working at pres
ent, I didn't buy, but having
nothing better to do I watched
her from my window.
After finishing my side Of the
street she crossed over to row
of rather shabby dwellings on
the other side.
At one house, where there are
four or five kids, I noticed she
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

terry, a new hat and somebody to
hold her hand and agree that
she suffers"
Moreover, a doctor knows how
to make a woman feel sorry for
herself or ashamed of herself or
delighted with herself, as the
case may demand. He knows
when to remove her inferiority
complex and pep up her vanity,
when to scold her out of her
hallucinations, when to Jolly
her, and when to condole with
her.
He can see right through her
headache to her martyr-complex.
And, even when he prescribeS a
headache powder, the larger
part of his" bill is often for the
dose of philosophy he hands
her along with the prescription.
A doctor knows that a woman
has Just GOT to emote now
and then or something will hap
pen. So he permits ner to
emote for his benefit, at so
much per emote or so much per
gasp. And he is wise enough to
look grave and pretend to take
her seriously while she is emot-
ing, instead of rushing out and
slamming the door behind him,
as a husband would.
Doctors have cured lots Of
feminine ailments Just by their
genius for LISTENING. If q
doctor will onnly LISTEN until
a woman has gotten her last
symptom out of her system, Re
has her half-cured, and can
safely advise her to get up and
go out to a matinee.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Suggests Minting Of
A New Coin

Editor, The Times:
I have to recommend the
minting of q coin with a value
Of 6A cents. It could be made
of nickel, of proportionate size
and weight, being only a trifle
larger than the present scent
pieces. It's purposes and uses
must be self-evident to most
of us.
It would be a fractional part
of a dollar, four to the quarter.
Twelve and a half cents is a
denomination of decided ad-
vantage to retail purchases,
who now pay 13 cents for an
article priced at 1919 cents.
Many articles are today sold
for 10 cents that could be
placed on sale at the new coin
value of 6A cents, where a cut
price to 5 cents might mean a
loss.
F. w. ERICKSON.
New York,
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
WISE MEN

It is a gentle and affectionate
thought that in immeasurable
height above us at our first
birth, the wreath Of love was
woven with sparkling stars for
flowers. -Coleridge.
A short life is given us by
nature, but the memory of q
well-spent life Is eternal.
Cicero.
Nature has sometimes made
a fool, but a coxcomb is always
Of a mans own making.
Addison.
A thorough conviction Of the
difference Of men is the great
thing to be assured Of in social
knowledge. Helps.
The diligent farmer plants
trees of which he himself will
never see the fruit. Cicero.
Genius can only breathe free
ly in an atmosphere Of freedom.
Mill.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Takes Up the Cudgel
For Farmers
Editor Times


People who till the soil have
been promised everything since
framing of the Declaration of
independence, 1776, and they
have received a few more mil
lion words of relief since Con-
gress turned on the gas last
December.
Senator William E. Borah said:
"We will either feed these
people. or we will stay here and
tell the American people why
we don't feed them" Hearty
congratulations Congress
forgets to quit staying. The
Federal Farm Board has also
promised everything mentally
possible. but not physically real.
A minded editor in Ar
kansas published that the
American Red Gross was spend
ing nearly 3 cents a week on
each starving farmer in his
home county. And millions of
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
The Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen Rowland
Doctors Understand Women

Doctors Understand Women
Nearly every man under
stands one woman or one type
OF woman-but only a doctor
understands all women.
OF course, all of these mod
ern LotharioS and. mpus
cavemen have their little tricks
and Wiles for making weak
wor'el weaken; but they flat
ten out and become helpless
in the presence of a cool
headed, sophisticated young
woman with a skeptical eye
and a way of looking straight
through them.
A doctor is different. After
a few years spent among per-
fumed boudoirs, tears, nerves,
disinfectants. hypo chondriacs
and smelling salts, NO WO-
MAN can fool him. Or feaze
him. He can tell. just by the
colo" of a wonaan's negligee,
or the wild pattern of her
pyjamas, or the way her hair
is done, exactly what she is
suffering from-and how
much!
He knows, at a glance,
whether it is a real attack of
cardiac trouble or only a case
of acute hysteria because the
Boy Friend forgot to call up
or the husband won't come
across with the price of trip
to Paris. He knows, almost
without counting hen pulse
beats or looking into the whites
of her eyes, whether she needs
q sedative, a stimulant, an op-
eration-or only a little flat
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
He II Do His Own

He'll Do His Own
Charity Work
Editor, Times:
I have given my mite TO the
Red Cross more than once.
Hereafter I'll keep it and give it
away first hand myself. I'll be
sure some one in need gets it,
and maybe I'll get a kick out Of
giving.
I room on Seventh Street
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

destitute men, women and chill
dren in this good old U. S. A.
are still waiting-as usual.
o. A. M'KELVIE.
Huntington Park, Calf.
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Mrs. Margaret Sanger
Thanks The Times

Thanks The Times
Editor, The Times:
On behalf of the National
Committee on Federal Legisla-
ton for Birth Control, I wish
to express to The Washington
Times our gratitude for its fair
and comprehensive news re-
port of the recent senatorial
hearing on the Gillett birth
control bill.
MARGARET SANGER,
National Chairman.
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship wtth all nations entdnotn0 alliances
Nth none."-George Washington
Propoond representation the United States Senate
State to haUe less Senator's Legislation enforce
prompt constitutional reapporonment In the House OF
Representatives.
Separote departments the Army OF the NGvy and the
Forces under Secretary of National Defense
Federal action to Federal powers abolish
tllerncy under Secretary of Education.
Installation OF President the first OF January oor
the November election
Selecue immigration admit only those suited Amert
can citizenship and American needs
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Conplete publicity for income prevent big
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification of the permit light and
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

10. credulity
government by a woman
or women
Do you know:
II. From what play is the
refrain,
"Take, o take those lips
away?
IL. On what river is Dresden,
Germany?
13. Who wrote "The Eve of st.
Agnes?
IA. Who was Abel the son Of
Of?
IS. With whom did King Coph-
etua fall in love?
ANSWERS on Magazine Page
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

Fill each blank:
/. is supposed to be the
last play that Shakespeare
wrote.
2. Marco Polo travelled to -
in the Thirteenth century.
3. dissolved pearls in
wine.
4. was the knight with
out fear and without reproach.
S. The title, Prince Of Wales,
was first given in the year -.
Match correctly:
6. actual error
7. knotty real
8. gynarchy belief
8. blunder intricate
The Washington times., 1931-02-24
Congressional Funerals

Also Goats Whiskers and the Cost of Zulu Wives
The Washington times., 1931-02-24

New York,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
Legal Notices
NOTICE -
SCHOOL CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
TEMPORARY LOAN.

j
Scaled bids will be received by the
undersigned at the office OF the, Board OF
School Commissioners at the southWeSt
ceTner of Meridian and Ohio streets. IN
dianapolis, Indiana, until o'clock p. m.
Tuesday. Aug. IS 1881. for a temporary
loan of $3.50 10000 to the Board OF School
Commissioners of the City OF indianapolis
Ind, for, the relief OF the sslo boaIo : ;
board at its regular meeting held at
O'Clock D. m. on Tuesday, Aug. II, 1881.
Said loan will bear interest at the rate
payable at maturity OF the loan. and will
be evidenled by a note or notes OF the
board aggregating in principal the sum
Of $l50,Oo0.Oo; said loan to be dated ana lti
consummated and the money received by
the board not later than IL O'Clock, noon,
Wednesday, Aug. &C. 1891.
Bidders are required to bid for the
whole amount OF said loan, the money to
be payable to the board of School Com
missioners of the City Of Indianapolis.
Offers for said loan will be opened at
the place upon the. date and at tbs, hour
above mentioned Aug. Is. 1881 and said
loan will be awarded to the bidder or
bidders Offering to loan the money at the
lowest rate Of interest.
Said loan Is to be made in pursuance
of the authority so to do given by the
Statute of Indiana, entitled can Act Con-
corning Common School Corporations in
Cities of More Than 500 900 Inhabitants"
approved by the Governor, March 8, 1881
(Act 1881, Page 29l), and said notes will
become due and payable on Nov. IS. 1881,
and will be payable at such banks or
trust companies in Indianapolis Ind
as the successful bidder may select and
in such amounts as may be agreed upon
Said loan and notes will be paid out
of the proceeds of the boards taxes levied
in 1880 and to be collected in the calendar
year 1881 for its Special Fund"
The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
OF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
BY A. B. GOOD,
Business Director.
Aug II, 1881. Indianapolis Ind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
60 BUS DRIVERS ARE
GIVEN SAFETY AWARDS
indianapolis District Has Best Rec.
ord for Greyhound Lines.

Sixty drivers of the Pennsylvania
Greyhound bus lines today wore
safety awards, presented Thursday
night in the Greyhound admins
tration building.
The Indianapolis region was
awarded the President o. S. Caesar
trophy for the best safety record
achieved by any region. In the last
Sixteens week drivers in this region
covered 1905 ,683 miles with only
five accidents. Drivers were re-
warded with $40 gold pieces and
gold pocket pieces.
Marcus Dow, Cleveland, safety
director, made the awards. Other
speakers were r. j. Littlefield
Philadelphia, and S. r. Sundstrom
of Cleveland. vice-president of the
bus corporation.
B. F. Hall, regional manager, was
chairman, assisted by Carl F. Bauer
dispatcher, and F. F. Carpenter
secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
Anything? Let The Times Lost and Found Column Help Find
WIDOWS SUIT
new ANGLE IN
VEHLINC CASE
Woman Asks Court TO Gust
Administrator of Seized
Property.

The administrator Of an estate,
disposal Of which has involved Cor
oner Fred w. Vehling in an i'm
parchment suit, today was named
defendant in court action to dis
solve letters Of administration.
Petitioning that she is the right
tul heir to the $500 estate of John
snyder, who died here July II, his
widow has asked probate court to
set aside letters issued to Snyders
landlord, James Holland.
Impeachment action and a $4,000
damage suit, filed by Holland
against vehling, for alleged refusal
OF the coroner to turn over the
property to the administrator. now
sre pending in county courts.
Fred Barrett, Vehling's attorney,
Med the suit for the widow, who
hVes in Cincinnati.
All Assets Claimed
She states that all assets of the
estate belong to her, as widow, since
Their value is less than $780," The
suit listed them as including watch,
s.; United States postal savings
$3.50, and account in the Bankers
Trust Company, this city, 500.
Holland charged Vehling came to
MS home at midnight, July II, de-
manded the property, and afterward
refused TO return. it.
me widow AYERS she came to In
annapolis shortly after Snyder's
death and took charge of his body
ana the property, totaling $468.
she charges she inquired as to
ms oepts at his rooming place and
was told there was no indebtedness
or no creditors. Snyder had roomed
with the Holland family during his
tnree months residence here.
Owed Bill. Says Landlord
Holland stated Snyder owed him
$500 room and board bill, and that
snyder claimed he had been sep
arated from his wife for ten wears
The widow claims she and Snyder
were married Aug. 8, 1905, and were
separated June IT, 1881. She con-
tends Hollands appointment as
administrator was made improp-
erly."
The suit contends the widow was
appointed duly acting and quail
ned administrative of the estate by
the probate court, Hamilton county.
Ohio, Aug. 10, 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
DOCKET NO. lo573

In the matter of the Joint petition of
Eastern Indiana Telephone Company,
Centerville Cooperative Telephone Com
pany and Modoc Telephone Company
John l. Cheney)-for approval of pur-
chase and sale.
Notice is hereby given that the Public
Service Commission of Indiana will con-
duct public hearing in the above entitled
cause in the rooms of the Commission,
at 900 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday. August
25th. 1891.
Public participation in this hearing is
reqqpsISI1sfq1 py E SHe fSc1gnmi rSsSit9sn1iss,o
OF INDIANA
BY J. W .MCARDLE. Chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15

Salu ponuS VIII De SOLD 70 The highest
bidder for not less than their par value
and in accordance with the order of the
Public Service Commission of Indian, in
Cause No. 1852 before said Commission.
Der of bonds bid for and the gross
amount they will pay for the bonds bid
for. and accrued interest to date of
transfer.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
o. r. MANN
Town Clerk -TreaS i1rer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
H0NGK0NG MUNITIONS
BLAST FATAL TO 26
Heroic Troops Remove Shells to --e-
duce Explosion Toll.
By United Press

~ United Press
HONGKONG, Aug. 15.-Heroisn1
OF troops who went into under
ground chambers where shells we're
Stored beneath the site where ten
tons of gunpowder had just explod-
ed was believed today to have kept
to twenty-six the toll of disaster
at the Macao munitions dump.
Several Portuguese officers were
killed in the explosion.
Sergeant Major Vidal was killed
while he slept. A huge boulder
crashed through the room of his
home, smashing his bed to bits. His
wife and son both were injured.
The caretaker, his wife and five
children at Flora Palace, which re-
Gently has been used as a kinder
garten. were killed when the palace
was demolished.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
REJECTS DEBT HOLIDAY
Yugo- SIavia Informs U. S. 1t Can
Not Make Sacrifice.
By United Press

b. Urued Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-Yugo-
Slavia has advised the United States
the financial sacrifice it is called
upon to make under the Hoover
debt holiday plan is so great that it
can not enter the project.
Yugo-Slavias losses would be
greater proportionately than those
of any other nation. 1t is scheduled
to receive 100000 in reparatons
during the year, but would pay out
only 100000 on its war debt. The
moratorium plan thus would cost
Yugo-Slavia $l6,D 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS
Ofice Of the Clerk Of the Town of Sneed

Sealed proposals will be received in the
otiice Of the CLERK Of the Town of Speed
Bank. Speedway Indiana, until the hour
Of o'clock p, m, Friday. August 20.
1881, and from day to day thereafter I'M
til sold. for the purchase of SI3 DOC. 90 of
bonds. issued in strict compliance with an
act OF the General Assembly of the State
cities, Towns and other municipal corpo~
rations to. purchase and ACQUIRE water
works. and to issue bonds therefor paw
of such works." approved March 8, 1921
and acts .amendatory and supplemental
thereto. Said bonds are dated December
|, 1929, and draw interest from the date
thereof at the rate of per cent per an
mum, payable semi annually on july 18TH
coupons on said bonds that were due on
July 10, 1880. January IS. 1881. and july
Is. 1881. have been clipped from said
bonds and that the accrued interest on
said bonds will be from July Is. 1881 That
the number denomination and when due
& a follows
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
TAKES FLIGHT AT 80
Muncie Woman Finds Wind and
Noise Only Annoyance.
Sv Times Specie

BIZ ItWtS NptUIuV
MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. l5.-"I ex-
perienced only one discomfort from
my airplane ride-the noise Of the
wind and engine made it nearly i'm
possible for me to talk" a 90-year-
old woman, Mrs. Julia Lambert of
near Muncie, declared after her first
airplane ride this week.
Mrs. Lambert was amazed at the
speed with which she Travelled
through the air from one city to
another, but prefers an autolno-
bile for sightseeing. Il expected
to recognize a lot Of familiar places"
she said, "but Muncie just looked
like a checker board
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Legal Notices

FSOFD ,GOQPE--Engine No. 1l7os575. will
after Aug 21st. " go
ED WILSON. 1904 W. Wash. ST
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
Nursery Stock and Flowers

FALL SHRUBBERY- pink moss
locust trees. Korean. Bridal Wreaths,
sorts. Finest Darwin Tulips Zvergreens,
Fruit Trees. Select from colored picture
BRo eS CO. olf R6ch en delivery Brown
SIARk. Indpls., agent. Wa. l67O-M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
Apartments for Rent
Steam Heated Apt.

Five rooms good condition: special in
ducements to desirable tenant. 4lS E.
10th. $40,
Dunlop & Holtegel, 122 E. Market
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Apartments for Rent

BELIEF 2315-Recently redeco.
rated lower apt; 3 rms, bath, heat. wat,
gar. furnished: reduced rent. Or. $500.
CENTRAL. 1865 rms. sun parlor; heat,
water. lanitor; adults Oh. 1909.
CENTRAL, 2342-S-rm. apt, kitchen, bath:
neat. water furn.. He. 2763, RI. 1904.
WASHINGTON, E., 50is-5 large rms.
mod: desirable; good heat: gar. rent reaS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-15
Pets
All Breed Dog Show

III d. ecu Dug DIIUW
Hoosier Kennel Club. Indiana state fair
grounds, Sept. 1873. 1881. For infornla
ton and entry blanks. write or phone
A. 9. Never. 2645 Madison Ave. Indian
apolis. Ind. Phone DR.. 4023.
DOBERMAN PINSCHER- fe-
male: Is mos. old: CHIP ali W. Morris.
BOARD your pet: dogs. Young or sid: eY-
-ce1ent care: reasonable. BE. li65.
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Radio and Equipment
StOre-Ofice Supplies
TYPEWRITERS
Coal and Wood

FRIEDRICH COAL co.
e01-8g9 Beecher st: DR.. I7e9.
WINTER IS AROUND THE CORNER.
BEI TER COAL, BETTER PRICES NOW.
Best Island Creek and Ky, blk. fkd. $50
req ASH Pocahontas smokeless. Ip3' ann
UNION ICE AND COAL CO DR. 1921