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Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-In the past few
weeks a great deal of discussion
concerning the morning parking
ban has found it's way into your
columns. Kindly allow me to pre-
sent an entirely different angle to
this much discussed subject.
Seemingly the downtown mer-
chants are doing the biggest part of
the yelling over the tow-in. Threats
of injunctions, appearances before
the city council and what not and
all on the part of the business men.
Now why?
Do you really think it is because
they are interested in Mr.. and Mrs.
motorist farther than the dollar
that they will spend? I for one
don't think so. To get to the very
bottom Of it all it becomes evident
that the merchants are extremely
jealous. They are afraid that W.
will spend our money with the
ne5ghborhood merchants or with
one of the most progressive firms
doing business in this city. This
most progressive firm came to this
city and showed the Merchants As
ISOLATION that they could do business
some place other than on Washing
ton street, between Illinois and
Pennsylvania streets.
They came here with the full
realization that the automobile was
a convenience that is used by the
shopper every day. Furthermore.
they didn't buy part of the street
that belongs to you and me, they
didn't make it impossible to park
around their store for fear of a
Stlcker, but they did buy a big lot
where we may park as long as we
wish. They showed that progress
OF a city depends on the expansion
Of the trading area. It is really
preposterouS when we stop to think
that city of nearly four hundred
thousand people has it's downtown
trading area confined to a very few
blocks on one street. A small town
loea OF the main street type.
For years the merchants down
town have seen to it that every city
street car has passed by and unload
ed at their very doors. Efforts to
bring about crosstown lines have
met a most vigorous opposition from
the business men. The same old
fear that we would spend our money
out in the community. Then these
same men come to the rescue and
CALAMITY defend the motorist be-
cause he is abused and can't park
in the morning.
Their gallantry is a mere sham
in the eyes of those that see through
the whole thing. Their defense is
not for the motorist but for then
pocketbooks. It is time that we were
spreading our business area and
taking our place with other cities
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Railroad Wages

The Louisiana s. Arkansas railroad, short line
operating chiefly in those two states reduced wages
OF its shopmen late last year. and changed rules
governing their working conditions
The workers protested. but mediation failed and
arbitration failed Then, acting under the law Pres-
dent Hoover appointed an emergency board to in
vestigate and report.
The railroad had claimed its financial condition
neccsstated the wage cut But the Presidents board
found In its report that there was nothing in the
financial situation of the carrier. nor other seond-
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No Different Now

XXTHEN it comes to an inability
w to understand causes, or fore
see results, the era which succeeded
the fall of the bastille has nothing
on the one through which we are
passing.
Recall, if you please, what we
were told when we entered the war,
or when we came out of it, not by
ordinary folks, or soap-box orators,
but by our ablest men, and then
compare it with what has occurred
since.
Or if that is going too far back,
recall what was said about this de-
preston when it first broke out, or
about the imminent return of pros
perity on innumerable occasions.
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On COnev Island

HOWEVER, the small neighbor-
II hood bookstores are the ones
that offer invaluable material to a
keen student of psychology. A case
in point is a small shop on the
Coney Island boardwalk.
OF course, during the summer sea-
son this store attracts purchasers
from the four corners Of the earth.
But for the most part their trade
is local. 1t is made up mainly OF
young housewives, an occasional
husband, and scads Of children
ranging in age from about 5 all the
way to II and 10.
The young lady who manages this
shop happens to be friend Of mine.
She had told me many stories OF
the amusing and annoying incidents
of her working day. My curiosity
was aroused. I decided it might be
worth the effort to go down and see
for myself. I did. I saw and heard
and was amazed.
Seventeen women came in, one
after the other, and asked for "Call
Her Savage" The only two copies
the store boasts happened to be out,
Miss x suggested something else.
"Oh, no." exclaimed one young
woman. st don't want anything
else. I don't see why you haven't
got that one in"
well, you see," patiently ex-
planned Miss K, every one else
seems to feel the same way about
it as you do. The book has been in
circulation continuously since ii
came in. But here's a swell book
The Great Jasper, by Fulton Ours
Ter. Have you read that?"
mo. But that's an old book.
wouldn't be interested"
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book" I comfortably reflected, will
be appreciated by posterity."
But now have my doubts. My
confidence has been shattered. AS
matter of fact, am seriously
considering abandoning the novel
entirely. Instead, I think I shall
write book on etiquette. Emily
Post still is a best seller.
One rather elderly lady with a
shipper tripped in and asked for
Desire Under the Bridge" by
Theodore Dresser. I looked my as
constituent. Had Dresser written a
new book that no one knew about?
Impossible. Miss K noticed my be-
wilderment, smiled silently and
handed the lady her book. It was
1.-THE Bridge Of Desire" by Warwick
Deeping.
But the most amusing incident of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
Saved for Democracy

PEOPLE have marveled at the
l. number of relationships set up
in a world supposed to be saved for
democracy, and more still at the
peculiar favor they appear to en-
joy in those very countries that
were "freed" to escape oppression
or for the sake of minority rights.
That is what usually happens
when we poor mortalS quit thinking
on our own account and get to see
ing things, either because of what
we have been promised, or by virtue
of mob psychology.
That is what landed MuSsolini on
top of the heap in italy, Mustapha
Renal in Turkey, Pilsudski in Pol
and, Horthy in Hungary and King
Carol in Rumania.
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BOUndIeSS COnCeit

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE had
IN barely begun his military
career when the bastille fell, with
little to indicate the tempest he
would one day raise, or how he
would capitalize the democratic
fervor of the times TO king it not
only over common folks, but over
the royal breed as well.
A lieutenant of twenty, with small
body, big head, passion for saving
his native island of Corsica and
boundless conceit-who would have
picked him as future emperor of
France, especially when France was
making a blood covenant with
democracy?
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all occurred during a lull toward the
end of the day. A rather staid, dig
nified woman came in. She couldn't
seem to find what she wanted. Miss
K offered to assist her, suggesting
several Of the more recent novels.
The woman sighed. mo, miss;
it's no use. These books are too
dirty. Why, in Michaels Colds
Jews Without Money they even
printed that word-well, I can't re-
peat it. But it's a word of one
syllable, and refers to a woman of
the streets. don't care for these
sex stories. guess I'll have to stick
to Shakespeare.
I Wondered if she had read Venus
and Adonis" and 1.-THE Rape of Luz
GREECE"
Copyright, 1881, BY The Times1
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tons affecting it. which justified its action in
reducing wages of its shopcrafts below the standard
prevailing the country ="
AT White House conferences following the stock
market crash Of 1929 employers agreed they would
not reduce wages during the depression and employees
that they would not strike for increased wages.
President Hoover's board found that, with few un-
important exceptions, the L. & A. was the first
railroad to this policy. 1--WE feel" said the
boards report, that the carrier should not disturb
the wage structure which other carriers, no better
situated are maintaining"
This presidential commission seems to have done
a good job 1t is to be hoped the railroad accepts
its recommendations.
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by DAVID DIETZ.

The Universe Is Like a Clock.
Perhaps IN Fifteen TriIlion
More Years 1t VIII Stop
Ticking.
A GREAT sea Of pitch-black
n empty space, with here and
there a handful of charred cinders
drifting aimlessly in the cold dark
ness. That, according to many
eminent astronomers, is the ultimate
fate awaiting our universe.
In time. they believe. the stars
will grow cold and go out. And SO
win our sun. And this earth, de-
pendent upon the sun for its light
and heat, will become a frozen Gin
der, spinning around cinder of q
sun.
The view is a gloomy one and
many will prefer not to accept it.
Deductions about the universe are
! nara TO make, because II is only
within the last twenty years that
information has begun to be &C
cumulated upon which satisfactory
deductions can be made.
1t may be. therefore, that in an
other decade the astronomers who
now hold this view, will change It.
But nevertheless, it is interesting
to review the evidence upon which
they base the present view.
The current view of the fate Of
the universe grows out of the &C
cepted theory for the origin Of the
energy of stars and the sun. This
is that the energy of the bodies
arises from the complete annihila-
ton within them of very heavy
| atoms.
Lighter atoms, such as exist In
the outer layers of the stars or the
sun. or such as compose this earth.
are merely the debris left from the
explosion of the heavy or "lucid"
atoms, as they are called.
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Enter Napoleon

TINE world is waiting for the
Il right witch doctor to make his
appearance, with sublime confidence
that he will surely do so if it waits
long enough.
Mass thinking, as some are
pleased to call it, has resulted in
nothing SO definitely as supersti-
tious faith in some leader, or some
scheme to pop up and cure every
thing.
That was exactly the kind of a
stage they set for Napoleon, and
what drama he put on it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
What is a certified check

A bank check that has stamped
on its face the word accepted"
Certified" good" or some equiva-
lent word, together with the sigma
ture Of the proper bank official,
showing that the check is genuine
and that the drawer has enough
funds in the bank to meet the
check.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper,-The Editor.
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Great Broun Novel

A CHILL Of apprehension over
N came me. I expect to write
a new novel very shortly. I had
visions of expending superhuman
e6ors on this masterpiece sThis
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN


Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
TINE ability to keep cool in sum-
Il mer depends on the application
OF a good deal Of common sense.
Proper clothing is important. The
head and the eyes should be pro-
tected from the sun.
The clothing should be light and
loose, and should be sufficiently
porous to permit radiation of heat
from the body. A cool shower in
the morning and evening, followed
by brisk drying with a thick towel
is stimulating to the skin and
makes one feel much better.
Exercise is healthful, if properly
controlled. Riding in an open car
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
Daily Thought

He that Ioveth his brother
abideth in the light, and there is
none occasion of stumbling In
him.-John 2:10.
Love and you shall be loved
Emerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

"Natrirnony' says Peggy Hopkins Joyce, 'fs seri-
Gus business" business which, she will agree
sometimes pays handsome dividends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

Some Presidents have dams named after them;
others just damned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

{ This city is large enough to get
away from the small town idea of
the hitching rack around the court
house. We are large enough to take
on big city ideas that others who
come here may feel that we are a
big and progressive city, a capital
city.
Just a closing thought. Wouldn't
these men do some real crying if
they were in Chicago where down
town parking is banned all day?
CHESTER F. PETERSEN.
Editor Times-The citizens Of In
dianapolis should demand the i'm
mediate trial of the alleged sIayers
OF Lafayette A. Jackson. Such ac-
ton would stop crime in this CITY,
Charles Vernon Witt and Louis E.
Hamilton should be tried by Judge
Frank P. Baker. A CITIZEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

With Sublime Confidence the
World Is Waiting for the
Right Witch Doctor to
Make HIS Appearance.
SAYS:

NEW YORK, June 14.-One hun
dred and forty two years ago to-
day-July IA, 1789-a Partisan mob
stormed the bastille.
1t was the dawn Of new era
which is chiefly amazing because of
what its sposors did not foreSee.
No one recognized the great
genius of that era at the time, much
less the kind of drama by which he
would bring it to a climax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

This is the sixth of a series of seven
articles by DIR. Morris Fishbein on the
Summer Care of Health"
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(Copyright. 1asl. By The Tlmesl
Evening star., 1931-05-03
Army-Navy Chapter. D. A. R.
Giving Silver Tea MAY Z

The Army and Navy Chapter, d. A.
r., Is holding a silver tea at the home
Of Mrs GrisVold, 214l Wisconsin ave-
nue., Thursday afternoon from 4 10 8
o'clock for the benefit Of the chapter
house. Ali members OF District chap
teYs are invited.
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press for the Presentation
understanding in other
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SERMON IS BASED
ON BOOK OF JOB
Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski to
Occupy Pulpit at Grace
Lutheran Church.

What Shall Man Give for His
Life?" will be the subject of the ser:1os
by Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor, in
Grace Lutheran Church tomorrow morn
ing. This sermon will be based on the
book of Job and will apply the teach
ings Of this ancient saint to modern
conditions.
A missionary service will be held at 8
m. under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society and Young Ladies Society.
Returns will be made by members of
these societies for the mission fund.
The pastor will deliver a sermon, TAX
ing as his subject the question, Dare
We Despise Missions?"
At a special meeting Of the voting
members of the congregation last Sum
Cay 1t was decided to invite the minis
tiers of the Eastern district of the Amer
lean Lutheran Church to hold their
annual conference meeting at Grace
Church in September, 1882. Approx
mately $50 congregations comprise the
district and each is entitled to be rep
resented by its pastor and one lay dele
gate.
Thanksgiving day will be observed
with a special service November IS
at IL am.
The young people will assemble Sun
day at 6 pm. for the friendly hour"
DR.. Raymond Seeger will conduct the
discussion for the senior group, while
the pastor will serve as leader in crgan-
izing the work of the junior group
Supper will be served at o'clock.
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the spot. He found the cross standing
and celebrated mass there on All Saints
day, November /, 1776. Work of erect
ing the first building commenced. the
task being assigned to Fathers Amurrio
and Mugartigui, though Father Jose
Zaloidea proved one of the biggest fac
tors before the work was completed.
The building consisted of living rooms
for the padres, guest rooms, store
houses, shops, and adobe huts for the
900 Indian families which fiocked about
the missions. The building was con-
structed of boulders, adobe, sandstone,
wood, iron, tulle, mortar and rawhide.
Tulle and rawhide were employed for
ceilings in certain Of the buildings.
The church was completed in 1897.
1t was in the form of Roman cross
some 80 by $50 feet, with bell tower
1t was this portion of the old mission
that was recently reconstructed by the
Landmarks Club.
The mission thrived and prospered
until 1872, when an earthquake visited
the district and RACED the tower and
other portions of the buildings From
that time, the decline of the old mis-
sion began.
For many years it has been known
as THE Melrose Abbey of America, /"
and it was because of the innate beauty
and charm of the ruins that the recla-
nation of the church was brought
about.
(copyright. 1881, Publishers Syndicate.)
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SCIENTIST TEXT CHOSEN
Church of Christ Picks Subject
"Mortals and Immortals."

"Mortals and Immortals" is the sub
iect Of the lesson-sermon In all the
Churches of Christ Scientist tomor-
row. The golden text is from II Corin-
thians, iii18: I'VE all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord"
Among the citations which comprise
the leSSon-sermon Is the following
from the Bible: who shall separate
us from the love Of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? :. Nay, in all things we are
more than conquerors through Him
that loved u.s." (Romans, viii.35-37)
The lesson-sermon also includes
the following passage from the Chris
tian Science text book. Science and
Health With Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy: When the evidence
before; the material senses yielded to
spiritual sense, the apostle declared
that nothing could ALLEVIATE him from
God, from the sweet sense and presence
of life and truth. 1t Is ignorance and
false belief, based on material sense
Of things, which hide spiritual beauty
and goodness Understanding this,
Paul said: Neither death, nor life, /.
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate US
from the love of God This is the doc
trine of Christian Science: That divine
love cannot be deprived of its mani
festation, or object; that joy cannot
be turned into sorrow, for sorrow is not
the master of Joy; that good can never
produce evil; that matter can never
produce mind nor life result in death"
page 303, 304.)
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Y. M. C. A. SCHOOL HAS
LARGE ENROLMENT
DR.. George s. Duncan Begins Du-
ties as Dean-Two New
Courses offered.

The Y. M. c. A. School of Religion
commenced its thirteenth year last
Monday night with the best enrolment
that it has had for several years. DIR.
George S. Duncan began his duties as
dean, filling the vacancy left by the
death Of the late DR.. Homer j. Coun-
cilcr. Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw, in
structor in public speaking, is also
teaching the class in story telling, and
DR.. Harvey Baker Smith. pastor of Co
lumbia Heights Christian Church, is
teaching the class in psychology.
Two new courses are being offered
this year-the teaching work CT the
church and dramatization and pagean-
try. Miss Lillian Shoemaker is teaching
the course on the teaching work of
the church, while Mrs. Blanche Mayes
Marshall is teaching the course on
drama tization and pageancry.
A faculty reception TO the new stu
dents was held after the class periods
Monday night. Page NICK. Etchison,
secretary Of the school, presided in the
absence of Dean Duncan, who left for
a To-day lecture tour OF Eastern uni
versities, starting at Cornell and ending
at Columbia. Mr.. Etchison welcomed
the students. after which the staff of
the school was presented. together with
the members Of the faculty.
Students may enroll in the school
until November % and still receive
credit from the international Council.
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Men WILL ATTEND
SERVICES IN BODY
Chevy Chase Baptist Church to
Commemorate Layman's Mis-
sionary Movement.

The men of the church will attend
the morning service of the Chevy Chase
Baptist Church In body. The pas
tor, Rev. Edward o. Clark, will preach
on Jesus Came Preaching" The serv-
ice will commemorate the founding OF
the Layman's Missionary Movement.
A story-sermon will be tcld to the mem
bers of the Junior Church.
At the annual church banquet held
recently reports were given showing
substantial increases in the member
ship both Of the church and the Sun
day school. DR.. William S. Aber-
nethy spoke.
The intermediate Christian En-
deavor Society will visit another society
Sunday at o'clock. The Senior B. Y.
P. U. will have a program under the
direction of the service group, Miss
Lucille Forbes, leader. At 8 O'Clock
the church will cooperate in union
Protestant services held in the First
Methodist Episcopal Church OF Chevy
Chase, Connecticut avenue and Shep-
herd street. Rev. J. Turnbull Spick-
nall, pastor, will preside.
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TRAGEDY OF.LOST
LOVE TO BE TOPIC
Rev. S. Carroll Coale Will Be in
Pulpit at Brightwood Park
Methodist.

"The Tragedy of Lost Love" will
be the sermon theme of Rev. s. Carroll
Coale at the Brightwood Park Metho-
dist Episcopal Church al the IL o'clock
service tomorrow. THE Grumble Man
will be the subject of the childrenS
story. "Life's Skyline" will be the min
isters topic at the evening service.
]. Raymond Schmidt, teacher of the
Wesley Mems Bible Glass, will conduct
the class. The Sunday school begins
at GAS o'clock.
The oxford League will meet at 6:45
pm. The devotional hour of the Ep-
worth League, beginning at the same
time, will be addressed by w. Edward
Still.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary societies Will meet at the
home of Mrs. H. J. Bounds, 1909 Illi-
ilois avenue. Wednesday at /: 80 o'clock.
The weekly meeting for prayer and
praise will be held Thursday evening.
The Girl Scouts, of whom Miss Helen
Leach is captain, will meet Friday at
$3.50 o'clock. Scout Capt Elizabeth
Hams troop of girls will meet at 1880
o'clock. The Boy Scouts, John Wolfe,
sccutmaster, will meet at o'clock.