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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

to take if one has a taste for them.
They sometimes serve the pur-
pose of adding alkali, which is Of
benefit in persons who have unusual
acidity.
Favored waters are ordinarily
harmless if properly prepared and
if they do not contain SO much sugar
that they interfere with the appe-
tite and the digestion.
It should be remembered that
tea, coffee, milk and soup are
largely water and that most foods
contain a considerable amount of
fluid as well.
In persons with disease con-
ditions that tend to accumulate
water in the body, the amount of
fluid intake is ordinarily RESTRICT
ed by the physician.
From the hygienic point of view
the amount and nature of bacteria
contained in the water are of
great Importance.
Formerly typhoid fever was
transmitted. primarily by bad water
supplies. Nowadays any civilized
community controls the bacterial
containing water supply by the use
of filtration and chlorination.
Among the faddists there are
also water fanatics that flood the
body with fluids and in their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Anderson SneakS

THE one member of the Wicker
l. sham commission who said
anything worth while about crime
and its causes was Henry w. Ander-
son, a Republican from Virginia, a
corporation lawyer and a conserva-
tive.
He didn't sign the verbose expert
report, but fell back on a few very
obvious facts and few very print
tive ideas for conclusions of his
own.
Among other things, he pointed
out that we Americans have
squandered much of our heritage
to promote private gain, instead of
public good, that the spread be-
tween rich and poor has become
enormous, that personality is being
destroyed by our economic and
social system; and that disregard Of
personal responsibility and diSre-
spect for law are logical cOnse-
quences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
The Wrong Theory

While those who call themselves the "big
taxpayers" are calling for economy in gov
eminent and a reduction in rates, officials
seem to find no other method than to re-
duce the wages of the subordinates who
really do the work and let the larger waste
continue.
Most of the clerks in public offices are
worth all that they receive. Few obtain more
than they need.
But there are very many officials who
not only receive more in wages than they
could obtain elsewhere but whose official acts
lead to great waste of public funds
Taxpayers have but to look at the state
house and remember that it is costing
$4,000 to clean the building while local
firms offered to do it for $4,000 less to I'M
derstand that cutting the wages of those
who work in public offices may be a fine
gesture but is utterly futile.
The cost of government is not the result
of high wages to those who do the work. Of
course there is no sense or justice in paying
exorbitant sums to a county treasurer who,
in turn, is expected to finance his party or
his boss. But there is every reason to main
tain the wages of his clerks and subordinates.
The demand for lower taxes is quite likely
ly to result in even worse evils if the big cor
porations, whose hired men are most vocifer-
Gus in their demands for tax cuts, establish a
policy of low wages in public Offices as way
out.
If there is to be any reduction it should
be in the salaries paid to officials whose chief
work is to plan for their reelection or re-
appointment Perhaps it may be necessary
for both government and industry to estab-
lish a new basis for all wages. We may have
to substitute need instead Of efficiency or pull
as the basis of payment.
If that should happen, universally, the
world might discover that poverty is not
necessary.
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Just Every Day Sense
WE are expected to feel impressed, suppose, a
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

XXTE are expected to feel impressed suppose at
w the that Sgnora Mussolni wife of II
Duce, is the most secluded woman in Italy.
MY wife and children" announces the dictator,
ARE my most precious possessions, but so greatly do
treasure them that keep them apart from my
day as something refreshing for me to return to
when / have a moment in which to rest
Much as if they were wall paintings, or old wine,
or pieces of eight. you see.
Here has spoken the egoist supreme, the typical
old-fashoned, dominant male with whom the earth
once filed and who survives today in certain per-
sons like Mussolni.
He does not think of his wife and children as
individuals who may have ambitions and desires
and longings of their They are to him only
possessions to whom he can return when day is done
and find recreation and Surcease from care.
NET any man. even II Duce, surely hatters him
self when he believes that his family can live
out their lives with only his companonship BY this
them from his multifarious occupations his mere
presence is sufficient reward for the long hours of
monotonouS day.
He infers in short that he is the sole arbiter of
their existence and without him they should be inert
and incomplete.
Fortunately for the children. they some day will
rebel against such parental restraints. 1t is, al
ways, the wife who is the real victim in such cases
For dearly as she may love her husband, and Won
derfu as he may be to her, if she has the smallest
vesge of brain she will desire outside inter-
ests, some other friends, companionshipS for
her hours without him.
Furthermore, no nation thrive in the twen-
tieth century when its women subjected to such
expressions. II Duce may be very good dictator
but as an intelligent husband he kes the foot Of
the class. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
TeII-TaIe Traces

A LARGE number of cases. each
L n one as interesting as anv OF
the imaginative cases connected bv
the authors Of detective romances.
are quoted by Dr. Mitchell to prove
his point that science can be used
to unravel crime.
The value Of the method is well
shown by case in which a murder
er was identified by the fact that a
small-plumed seed belonging to a
rather rare plant was found upon
his waistcoat, upon which was also
a patch of blood, and tuft of this
plant was found growing only two
feet from the spot where the body
was found.
"Locard also records an interest
ing case in which a postoffice thief
was identified by the dust in his
coat.
"A watcher stationed in a room
above the postoffice saw, through a
peephole in the floor, an official
opening the letters and abstracting
their contents, but was unable to
identify him.
He therefore stamped violently
on the floor, thus detaching fine
plaster Of paris from the ceiling,
so that it fell upon the thief, who
at once rushed away in alarm.
Although he brushed his coat
afterward, the cloth still retained
enough Of the gypsum powder to
prove which of the suspected Off
Gals was the culprit."
DR.. Mitchell says that among the
dusts which are identified easily are
the various fours and starches, va
rious stone dusts, lime dust, coal
dust, fine sawdust and fine asbestos
dust.
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Atten- Shunl

NNE can imagine the stirring
~ spectacle upon the deck Of a
great fighting machine. There they
stand in line-the youthful ensigns
and the rest. Before them strides
an admiral or a captain. Dispatches
are held clenched in his right hand.
Gentlemen and brother officers, y
he begins. "On next Tuesday eve
ming at 8 o'clock Mrs. Audrey Hoople
is giving a dinner party and dance.
She requires the services of twenty
men in gold lace. Who will volun-
tear?"
In spite of discipline a shudder
can be observed ripping along the
line. There are men in this detail
who have been to Mrs. Hoople's.
The stern eye of the admiral checks
this momentary tremor "Think of
Decatur" he says, land Farragut
and of Dewey at Manila"
The brave young heads snap into
precise attention. Back go the
shoulders. No one speaks, not even
those few who kow the fruit punch
at the Hooples' Theirs not to
reason why! Theirs to do and
dine!"
Forward, as if on parade, the en-
tire line steps across the .chalk
mark. Each one is ready to go
and give until it hurts. The adj
mirals eyes glow wet with tears. He
casts an appraising glance upon the
volunteers and selects the sturdiest
ones. He doesn't have to go to the
Hooples'. This is work for young
men with no dependents.
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SCIENCE.
-RY DAN1n NIETZ

Certainty of Punishment, Not
It's Severity, Curbs Crime
in England. 1Ohere Micro
scope Is Strong Auy of the
Lar.
THE microscope. that powerful
l. eye which has advanced mans
scientific knowledge in every field
Of science, is coming to mans aid
as a weapon against crime.
Its uses are told by DR.. c. Aims
worth Mitchell in The Scientific
Detective and the Expert Witness"
recently published by Appleton.
THE question to which the mi
croScope enables an answer to be
given are almost innumerable." he
says.
They include the identification
of the hairs of man and animals,
the nature OF vegetable nberS, the
structure of skin and other tissues.
bacterial changes, the structure Of
paper, the character of ink and
pencil marks, the Identification Of
typewriter matter. and so on.
"One question to which much at
tention has been given during the
last few years is the microScopical
Identification Of dust on the body
and the clothes, and in certain
cases it has proved a conclusive
link connecting a person with the
scene Of a crime.
For instance, LUCAS, in his
Forensic Chemistry records an in
stance where two burglars were
convicted through the fact that the
dust found on their clothes CORE
sponded, both microscopically and
chemically. with the finely pow
dered Stag composing the fire-proof
packing between the inner and
outer walls of a safe which had
been forced open by means of a
drill"
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Science VS., Brutality

DR. MITCHELL is an English
- man. a doctor OF science Of
Oxford university. His point OF view
merits careful study in America at
this time when the Wickersham
committee is studying the increase
in American crime.
The English point of view has
long been that the way to keep
down crime is to make it a pretty
certain thing that criminals will be
caught and punished.
Reliance is not placed on severe
punishment, but in the certainty CT
punishment. This means catching
the guilty party.
The Wickersham committee re-
Gently has criticised American DO
lice for using the third degree" It's
alternative, as previously mentioned
IN this column, is the use of such
scientific methods as DR.. Mitchell
outlines.
DR.. Mitchell quotes another in
stance from Lucas where the micro
scope solved a crime.
Lucas gives details of a case" he
continues, where it was proved that
a man had had some connectio.
with the production of counterfeit,
coins by the fact that a particle o:
metal adhering to a file found az
his house was of exactly the same
composition as the metal of the
coins.
DR.. Locard has made a system
attic classification of distinctive
dusts, and of the methods of COL
lecting them. In several cases he
has found that, of successive LAYERS
OF mud adher.ng to the soles of q
boot, each had its own significance.
For example, in one case a laver
OF flour between two layers of earth
showed that a man had walked over
muddy ground to a flour mill and
then back again."
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY HF FF015S

not even possible to obtain a
quorum.
Now the remedy seems easy. It
will merely be necessary to wire
Washington and ask: please send
fast destroyer, with two admirals.
Pick officers who raise on two pair
or less. Game starts promptly at
8 o'clock. Could also use sergeant
and file of marines TO keep kibitzerS
in order"
OF course, a certain amount OF
tact and discretion would have to
be employed. The navy depart
ment justly might be irritated if
the admirals were returned early
the next morning without their side
arms or gold lace. After all, one
must respect the uniform even in
cutthroat game.
Can They SteriIize Bottles?
ONCE the coming of woman suf-
- frage it is we'll that female vot-
ers should appreciate their new re-
sponsibilities and their opportuni-
ties. If hostesses on Long Island
can have a group of well-dressed
dancing men for the asking it seems
to me that the housewives Of the
Bronx might we'll demand federal
aid for more homely and unitarian
purposes.
How about a message from Mrs.
Frieda Cohen, GAS Grand Concourse,
reading about as follows:
Secretary of the Navy:
Dear Charlie-Thursday is the
maids night out, and Isidore has
been restless for a month on &C
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ANNIVERSARY

START ITALIAN DRIVE

ON Aug. 10, 1917, the Italians
" started their second and most
spectacular offensive against the
Austrians. 1t was reported the
most important and longest sus-
tanned assault upon the enemy in
his own territory since the war be-
gan.
In the early stages of the drive
Austrian casualties reached 150,-
600, of whom over $4,000 were
known to be prisoners.
The Austrians also lost immense
amounts Of war material, princi-
pally abandoned in the vast in
trenched camps on Bainsizza or
captured under convoy in the
Chiapovano valley.
On this date also an official re-
port was given out saying that since
the beginning Of the offensive on
the Russian front on July 10. $4,000
Russian prisoners had been taken
by Austro-Germans.
1t likewise was officially stated on
this date that. the armed forces of
the United States included: Regular
army. sos, ZOO; national guard, 311.-
600; reserve corps, $4,000; total land
forces. 710,024; sea fGces, 233,l17;
grand total, 943, 141.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Roll Their Own

TITO hear some Of the claptrap,
l. one would fancy we bore no
resemblance to our grandfathers,
that we had suddenly evolved into
a different race Of beings, that the
automobile, telephone, jazz and
bobbed hair had endowed us with
new kind of intellect and that
everything previous to 1900 should
be dismissed as obsolete.
Well, listen to this from Wash
ington. Revenue from cigaret
papers and tubes increased by more
than 100000 last year, which shows
that many people have gone back
to rolling their own" Think OF
that, yet some say you can't revive
an old habit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Look at This ChanceI

A GAIN, I am surprised to find
N that many of us taxpayers
have failed to appreciate the oppor-
tunities which lie open to us in re-
gard to the use of our navy.
1t is stated in the daily press that
upon many occasions warships are
furnished in response to private
request. Two cruisers furnished
waterfront attraction at Bar
Harbor, Me-, this summer during
the progress of tennis matches at
the request of the Ear Harbor Ten
mis- Association
"a warship was sent to Portland,
Me-, this summer at the request of
Senator Frederick Hale"
This suggests possibilities of
which never had dreamed. For
instance, we sometimes know a
couple Of days in advance that at
tendance for the ThanatopSis In
side Straight and Pleasure Club will
be slim. Thlre have been nights
during the h-s spell when it waa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
When to Rebel.

XXTHAT do you suppose the Gu
w ban revolution is all about?
Do you imagine the Cubans need
any expert to tell them?
How was it that our forefatherS
knew when to rebel, much less how
to set up a government, with none
of these scientific flapdoodlerS
around?
How, in heavens name, has the
world survived all these years, with
out the so-called modern notions,
the newer thought, the twentieth
century idealism, with its mergers,
gangs and quack cures?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Prohibition Causes Crime

Even il the Wckersham commission afraid
TO say So its own experts reports show that economic
conditions ard prohibition the major causes of
crime. Poverty and unemployment are basic causes,
Prohibition is secondary cause-but it is vastly i'm
portant,
Reading the experts reports. one gets the impress
sion that the same commissioners. who we're afraid
"a. have any commission report whatever pcohbi-
On as cause Of crime. must have edited oct and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Racket Insurance

TXTHEN existing habits prove too
w expensive, or existing agencies
break down, you can depend on
people to try something different,
possibly new, but frequently old.
When the law ceases to function
effectively, you can depend on
people to take it into their own
hands, whether through a mob, a
vigilance committee, or a new kind
Of insurance.
A new kind of insurance, designed
to protect small stores and business
establishments, is the latest answer
to the crime wave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Penny Clubbing

THE state comptroller Of New
i York is holding up certain
bills filed with him for payment by
the legislative committee investi-
eating New York city affairs. Ac-
cording to these bills, the steno-
graphic reports of private hearings
held by Chief Counsel Seabury are
being paid for at the rate of
30 cents a folio for the first
copy, 20 cents for the second
and 10 cents for all additional
copies.
The comptroller says the state
usually pays 20 cents for the 1rst
copy, 10 cents for the second and
for the third. Besides, he wants
to count the folios to be sure the
number is correct.
Mr.. Seabury objects on the ground
that they are records of private
hearings and he prefers to keep
them in his possession. He offers,
however, to let a representative of
the comptroller count them if the
comptroller will send one to his
Office, to which the comptroller
demurS.
Sometimes you wonder whether
we are not getting too scientific,
systematic, efficient, analytical and
retrospective for our own good;
whether we are not suffering from
Hamlet's trouble, whether we are
not bankrupting ourselves with
mental gymnastics.
Sometimes you wonder whether
our faith in statistics, adding ma
chimes, charts and curves hasn't
degenerated into superstition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

EURTHER investigation by news
4 paper correspondents brings
forth fresh hardships in the life Of
seafaring men off Montauk Point.
1t is revealed that when invitations
come from summer hostesses to
members of the feet certain officers
officially are requested to attend"
According to The Times, ITO fill
the quota of each entertainment
volunteers are requested from vari-
Gus ships, and if not enough volun-
teers are obtained certain officers
are detailed"
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count of teething. Yoy know how
difficult it is to get domestic help
these days. Irving and 1 have an
invitation to play bridge with the
Levys next Thursday. Will you do
us a favor? Please send a couple
Of sailors or admirals-it's all right
by me either way.
They should be at the apartment
not later than 6 o'clock. We will
be home by midnight. Better make
it an admiral, because Isidore might
maybe be amused playing with his
hat. Admiral should be steady and
dependable. Ours is a respectable
apartment. Sincerely yours.
MRS. COHEN"
"P. S.-Tell admiral not to bring
sword. Our floors just have been
waxed."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

How Was 1t That Our Fore.
fathers KneaO When to
Rebel With None of These
Scie ntifc FldpdoodIers
Around?
NEW YORK, Aug, 18.-The
' Wickersham commission issues
a 220,0oo-word report on crime
causes. 1t was prepared by experts
and undoubtedly represents a deal
of scientific brain fag, not to men
ton paper and ink
The nine members who signed
and passed it on to President
Hoover contented themselves with
three non-committal paragraphs.
The public hardly can be expected
to do more.
After a searching examination of
nearly 5000 students in six Penn
sylvania colleges, the Carnegie
foundation finds that freshmen are
about as well educated as seniors.
New York police have fortified
themselves with a scientific test for
drunken drivers. 1t consists of
telling the time at a glance, touch
ing the nose with ones eyes shut
and walking straight line.
This test was tried on a driver
who was drunk by all the usual
signs, and he proved himself sober,
whereupon the police locked him up
just as though there hadn't been
any test.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

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 oaDer.-The Editor,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
Daily Thought

Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for
darkness; that put bitter for
sweet, and sweet for bitter
Isaiah $50.
All deception in the course Of life
is, indeed, nothing else but lie re-
duced to practice and falsehooc
passing from words to things
South
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18
How About Ping-Pong?

THE Montauk controversy. as a
4 matter of fact, leaves me a lit
tie puzzled. Representative Brit
ten first explained the cruise to the
Long Island resort on the ground
that he wished to tougher up the
men of the service by imposing
hardships
But now he is quoted as SAYING
that the criticism has been greatly
exaggerated" and that "the officers
are pleased with the golf course and
tennis courts"
Just why should a Montauk links
be more eXacting than eighteen
holes in the neighborhood of New
port? Possibly Fred Britten thinks
that the officers of the United
States navy need the discipline Of
bigger and deeper sand traps.
copyright. 1881 BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

How many divorces were granted
in the United States in 1927, 1928
and 1929?
In 1927, 1s2.o37; 1923, 1s5, 1893;
1929, 201 ATS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

How old is ELISA Landi? What is
her address?
She is "a years old. Her address
is Fox Studios, 1401 North Western
avenue, Hollywood, Cal
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HEALTH SERVICE
Drinking Water FOllies Are Secuted

This is the eighteenth of a series of
tihrty-six timely articles by DR.. Morris
Fishbein on Food Truths and Follies.'
dealing with such much discussed but
little known subjects as Galleries. vita
minis. minerals. digestion and balanced
diet.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
OPINIONS differ as to whether
~ or not water should be taken
at meals. 1t serves the purpose of
diluting the mixture of food in the
stomach, making the absorption
easier and facilitating the move
ment of the residue through the
intestines.
Water should not, however, be used
to wash down Jumps of unchewed
food that may remain in the mouth
while eating.
Ice water is a. common American
habit, little used in foreign coun-
tries. It chills the stomach, but SO
far as known is not harmful, unless
taken in excessive quantities or at
times when the person may be over
heated.
Carbonated water, soda water,
ginger ale and similar modifica-
tons of ordinary water, are pleasant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

The police department in Chicago is issuing golc
stars to citizens for mertorious services Just thu
thing for innocent bystanders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

Kansas justice performed marriage ceremony,
payment for which was the brides weight in wheat
Evidently he's in business for his health
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-18

There are so many electrical household devices
these days that friend wife is overworked using
them all.