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The Washington times., 1931-11-30

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The Washington times., 1931-11-30
Advice to the LoveIcrn

us. I told him I was going to
see that girl but 1 just don't
know what to do.
UNHAPPY WIFE.
Many women have had this
cross to bear, my dear, and
have won out because they kept
their heads, didn't nag, and
played a waiting game. It's a
deSpicable thing for a young
girl with youth and all of life
before her to accept the atten-
tons of married men and try
to wreck a home where there
are children. And I have never
known a case of this sort
where, in the long run, the
girl did not get all that was
coming to her in the way of
punishment. Don't think of
going to see her, just try and
keep your head, and keep on
as if everything is as it should
be. If your husband is any
sort of a man, he will not let
his home be broken up and
his children deprived Of their
proper background just because
he has made a fool of himself
over an enterprising young
vamp. Keep up your courage
and have my best wishes!
The Washington times., 1931-11-30

ADVERTISEMENT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
AN.6A AOOA LANDS

|TNHE other day we saw in parallel columns In a
Il newspaper a contrast that was well calculated
to curl the bangs of one even slightly addicted to
meditation. E
In one column it was announced that Arkansas
farmers were storming stores, demanding food and in
the next column 1t was said that Max Schmeling, the
German prize fighter, was offered $500,0 900 to come
over here and spill a little gore.
If there's not something radically wrong in civili-
cation where men who raise corn go broke and men
who knock people down get rich, then we will push
you and your family In a wheel barrow from Logans-
port to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
TINE papers say that a New York gentleman, who
Il seems to be up to the hectic moment, has turned
down a lady because she neither smokes nor drinks.
If this be true, we should like to see this ultra
Belle Guinness Of northern Indiana.
We sincerely hope that Booth Harrington, great
Indiana writer, succeeds in his latest effort to get back
his sight.
Harrington is altogether delightful and he is re-
freShing in his literacy decency.
Any man who can see life as he does should be
free from all v~exations OF troubled vision.
There's a little cloud over in the Orient, no larger
than the cap On your radiator, but 1t may grow into
a war.
The Russians have deded the Japanese and closed
a Korean bank. and il they will check up on the re-
cent history Of their country. they will see that the
japanese have a conquering way about them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Curling Usury

Present conditions have SO emphasized the social
evil of high interest rates for those least able to pay
any interest whatever that it should not be difficult
to pass one OF the many measures before the legis-
lature.
Usury is one OF the oldest crimes. In recent years
it has been difficult to define uSury. The Carnegie
Foundation spread the evil doctrine that it is quite
right for lenders on personal property or wages to
charge AZ per cent a year where the merchant and
manufacturer pays five or six.
During the past few months, social workers have
discovered that very many of those who were COM
PEELED to ask, for the first time, for. assistance, we're
driven to charity by the heavy burdens of mortgages
upon their wages or the few pieces of furniture.
They have reached the conclusion that a great
deal of human suffering has been caused by these
high rates. They believe that very many have been
escorted to the bread lines by them.
1t may be set down as automatic that If a bust
ness man would be driven to bankruptcy by such a
rate of interest the working man will be driven to
the bread line by the same method.
Cooperative loan associations in every business
house, church and lodge may be the final solution.
But until these are formed the state should revise its
usury definition. F~orty-two per cent a year sounds
criminal on its face.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
The Pope as SocioIOgist

The strange contrasts of our age are brought into
high relief by the papal ~encyclical on marriage and
sex, following as it does on the heels of DR.. Ogburn's
striking address on the future Of man at the Cleve-
land meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
His holiness summons man to e~Xacting obedience
to the old code of static and revealed morals sane
toned by the church. DR.. Ogburn tontended that
such conception of m-oralty-revealed, static and
obligatory for all time-already was outmoded and
must give way to an experimental code based wholly
on consideration Of social expediency.
The pope has commented unreservedly on the
views of the modern scientists and esthetics with re-
spect to marriage and sex. Suppose the process be
reversed for a moment and let social experts with
modern perspective pass d~ignifed judgment on the
dogmas Of his holiness.
In the first place, the contemporary students of
sex and marriage problems freely would concede the
right of the pope to state his views. Indeed, they
would grant that the pope as a good Catholic must
do SO.
The trends OF modern science and esthetics directly
and fundamentally challenge the dogmas of the
church. AS head of the Catholic church the pope
must hurl defiant condemnation at modern ten
denotes.
But with this concession the opponents OF modern
knowledge and experience at once would take issue
with the papal views. First and foremost, they would
challenge the basic assumptions underlying the en-
cyclical. They would not deny the existence of God,
but they would question the easy assurance with
which the pope assumes to know and interpret divine
judgments on marriage or any other question.
They r~esolutely would maintain that our present.
day astronomical and historical knowledge makes 1t
quite evident that no man can in any way have any
certainty Of what Gods viii may be with respect to
any social problem.
AS sin literally is very wilful diSobedience Of the
expressed commands of God, the modern social
philosophers would hold logically that the whole con-
ception of sin is ruled out of the picture Of modern
thought. If one can not know Gods Will, he can
not well know what is sin. One knowingly may COM
NIT criminal acts, defined by man, but hardly sinful
ones known only to God.
In regard to the whole issue of the origin and
nature Of morals, there is an irreconcilable conflict
between the papal view and the conceptions of modern
science and eSthetics. The papal view Is that our
moral code was directly revealed to man by God
and Jesus Christ. 1t is pre-human, extra-human, per-
feet and changeless. Its purpose is to secure saliva
ton In the world to come.
The scientific and historical view is that morals
are the product Of mans trial-and-error methods of
conquering the problems Of physical existence and
social life. In various parts of the world, meeting
different living conditions, man has evolved widely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
A Vicious Tax

Retail merchants have placed the right
label on the proposed sales tax, the brain
child of the Governors tax commission. They
call it stupid. They might also call it vicious
and still be right.
At the best it is a costly way of raising
money for public purposes. At its worst it
will increase living costs to 'workers and Gre
ate a new army Of criminals.
Fortunately the legislators, if they have
any regard for public opinion, have a guide
as to what is demanded in the way of equal
izing tax burdens.
The people Vast fall emphatically Endorsed
the principle Of an income tax as the fairest
and best way Of raising funds. That puts
the burden on shoulders most able to bear it.
Of course, the very rich and the very
powerful do not like income taxes. They pre-
fer the dugouts of tax exempt bonds and the
cyclone cellars of intangibles. They much
prefer that the farmer and the renter and
the small home owner carry the banner in
the tax parade.
Finally all taxes will be raised on incomes,
unless the miracle of single tax happens and
that would produce the same social result.
The only discussion before the legislature
on taxation should be over the rates. On that
point the heavy burden might be put on large
incomes and the exemptions for workers
placed high. That would make for a real
democracy in living and perhaps tend to
resurrect real democracy in government.
But the sales tax is so thoroughly bad
that it should be stifed at once. The sooner
the better and saner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
He's Human

TOVERNOR ADAMS is not a
" grandStander. He makes few
speeches and gives out few public
statements. When first elected Gov
ernor, he did not grab a megaphone
and yell that his office door always
would be open, but 1t has been.
When offered an LII. D. degree
by the state university, he declined
1t on the ground that such honors
were for truly educated men, but
without permitting any publicity.
He never has curried favor with the
rich in private for the sake of
power, or high-hatted them in
public for the sake Of popularity.
Above all else, he is a man Of
great common sense who realizes his
limitations, who admits he Is hui
man, and who is trusted accord
ingly.
Though a ranchman and conse-
quentIy sympathetic toward those
people who earn their living off the
land, Governor Adams stands out in
sharp contrast to such men as
Alfalfa Bill" Murray, just inau-
gurated as Governor Of Oklahoma.
The Adams Inauguration was SIM
pie, brief and orderly. The Muir
ray inauguration was a blatant
publicity stunt. Adams and Muir
ray both recommend tax reform,
but while the former does so with
the clarity and succinctnesS of
straight thinking, the latter pulls his
punch by playing to the galleries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Sweet Land of Snoopery

We're going to enforce prohibition by snoopery
after this.
We're going to establish government speakeasies
and lure law breakers into them SO that they may
he arrested; we're going to buy drinks for federal
agents In other speakeasies, with money from the
United States treasury. We're going to tap wires and
pay stool pigeons.
This is to be done with the sanction Of our de-
partment Of justice, which now supervises prohibition
enforcement, according to the congressional testimony
of Prohibition Director Woodcock, just made public.
If the government is going to be consistent and
logical about this business of enforcement, 1t looks as
II we were in for rather an uncomfortable time. For
consistency would seem to call for a burden I Aopen
and ~Scrutinize all letters, a burden of active CO inter
letters, a bureau for adulteration OF foods, a division
giving advice to would-be income tax violators, a bu-
reau to instruct in the art Of bribing public servants,
and hundreds Of other agents provacateur.
1t might mean dressing up our interstate commerce
commissioners like railroad magnateS and sending
them out to snoop on what the railroads are doing,
instead of sitting as a quasi-judicial body.
Carrying out this plan to It's logical conclusion, the
government should be able to make thousands of
criminals where there has been one, and, before it
is through, list us all in the gallery Of rougeS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Fatigue Often Due to Mental Action

irlsidious. There may be head
aches, nervous indigestion, pain in
various parts Of the body, an I'M
paired memory and inability to
concentrate.
Scientific medicine recognizes
now that some people are dynamic
and others sluggish. A dynamic in
dividual drives himself to the point
og exhaustion in an effort TO &C.
complish his end. He reaches q
state Of exhaustion without reaNz-
ing that he Is tired.
The sluggish individual works on
slowly and carefully and seems to
be tired all the time. In an effort
to establish the type, one may
measure the basal rnetabolism, the
vital capacity and study other physi-
ologic reactions.
Most important. however, is .
study Of the habits Of the individ-
ual to determine his output Of en-
ergy during an ordinary working
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
: DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

adult must make sure that he gets
the rest that he requires.
Physicians recognize the differ
ence between physical tiredness and
nerve tirednesS. There are some
phySiologic tests Of muscle tired
ness, but so far as Is known the
evaluation Of nerve tiredness must
be a psychologist evaluation.
The person who Is nerve tired Is
irritable, his judgment is not to be
trusted, he becomes careless in
walking and In driving, so there are
more accidents after 4 o'clock In the
afternoon than in the early morn
ing.
The feeling Of fatigue interferes
with skill, with artistic appreciation,
with attention, and with the ability
to respond to stimulation.
The person who overdoes during
the day Is restless at night; he can
not sleep, because his mind still Is
occupied with his irritations.
The approach Of over-fatigue is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
For Himself Alone

A ND ! am also aware that no
IA critic should pretend to speak
for anybody but himself. But With
any luck the average reviewer does
accumulate, in time, this thing
called "a following"
Naturally his worth to his journal
is not great II nobody pays any at
tention to what he says. But I
think they should not pay too much
attention.
I hate to hear the toilers in the
vineyard who actually support the
drama going around and telling one
another, Percy Hammond says" or
Gilbert Gabriel says" or even Bob
Garland says"
I'd much rather hear that on &C.
casion they remarked, well, now,
1t seems to me-" Surely a live and
vital theater Is dependent upon a
public alert in its own interests and
capable Of making decisions for tt
self. Any list Of smash successes
should represent something more
than a tally Of critics pets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Stars and Atoms

THE reader who has made the
i acquaintance Of Luyten, Stetson.
and Jeans really needs no great
amount Of guidance thereafter. His
knowledge OF astronomy will be
SUFFICIENT to enable him to decide
pretty quickly what he wishes to
read and what he doesn't wish to
read.
The following list is offered to
Aim for assistance in making his
selections:
Stars and Atoms" by sir Arthur
Stanley Eddington CYale univer-
city press. 1o27). A series Of popu-
lar lectures by one Of the leading
astronomers OF Great Britain, de-
falling researches upon the interior
and other present-day topics.
Flights Prom Chaos" by Profess
sor Harlow Shapley, director Of the
Harvard observatory and one Of
the worlds greatest astronomers.
(Whittlesey House, 1900 A stimu-
lAting book, tracing the organiza-
ton Of the universe from the tiny
electron, 50 small that several mil
Hon might rest upon the period at
the end Of this sentence, to the
super-galaxies, organizations Of
stars made UP Of billions Of stars.
Source Book In Astronomy"
edited by ShApley and Howarth.
McGraw-HiIi, 1890 Excerpts from
the original writings Of C~opernicus,
Tycho, Kepler, Calico and 50 on.
Recommended to the reader who
has developed q strong interest In
the history Of astronomy.
"The Great Astronomers" by
Henry Smith williams. (Sirnon &
Schuster, lo30.) Well-written ac-
count Of the development Of astron-
omy from the ancient Greeks to the
present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Man and Stars

nor his second book, the reader
Il might try Man and the Stars, :"
by Harlan True Stetson. pub
lished in 1880 by Whittlesey House,
Luyten is assistant professor Of
astronomy at Harvard. StetSon for
merry Of Harvard, is now director OF
the Perkins observatory Of Ohio
Wesleyan university.
Luyten follows the traditional
presentation Of the subject, intro
ducing the reader to the moon, the
sun, the solar system, the stars and
the distant nebulae:
Stetson follows n different line Of
approach, introducing much OF the
history OF astronomy and concen-
trating to a great deal upon the
more speculative side OF recent as
Economical developments.
His book will introduce the read
er to the great names Of astronomy,
CopernicuS, Tycho, Kepler, Calico,
Newton and HerSchel. It also will
acquaint the reader with modern
speculationS upon the nature and
structure Of the universe.
The reader Is now prepared to
tackle one Of the most stimulating
books Of the last few years, The
Universe Around Us" by Sir James
Jeans. published In 1929 by Mac
millan.)
Jeans book Is written for the lay
man and the layman should have
no difficulty In comprehending it.
But 1t covers so much territory in
its 341 pages that 1t sometimes has
to move pretty swiftly. That Is Why
the reader is advised to try a few
other books before he approaches
Jeans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15

Governor Adams of Colorado
Has Held Office for Forty.
Eight Years, Because He Is
0Mdn With Common Sense
and Character.
DUEBLO. Colo, Jan. 15.-William
4 H. Adams began his third term
as Governor of Colorado last Tues
day. He has held public Office for
forty-eight consecutive years, a
record equalled but few times in
our history.
He was elected mayor Of his home
town before he had attained the
legal right to vote, though 1t is said
he had been permitted to exercise
that right by virtue Of popular APP
proval. He was sent to the state
legislature as a representative before
he had reached the age prescribed
by the Constitution and came very
near being disqualified on that ac-
count. Afterward, he served as state
senator for thirty-eight years.
Most remarkable Of all, Governor
Adams is a Democrat, while Colo
RADIO has gone Republican most of
the time. In 1928, he carried the
state by more than 10000, though
he was the only Democratic candi-
date to win, and though Hoover
carried it by 10000.
His career Is a convincing answer
to those who always T saying that
the American people lack independ-
ence and discrimination.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
TT z M MI ~
l. l. OL1Z4N1O ~ VII D BROUN

IF 1T were possible, I would like
= to foment a public revolution
against the dramatic critics Of New
York. 1t need not be a bloody
revolution, ending at the guillotine.
Decidedly it would be better for the
reviewers to retain their heads.
Nor am I one who thinks that
these hired appraisers Of things
theatrical are forever wrong and
insenSitive in their reports. IN
deed, If they we're 100 per cent &C
curate in all their judgments, the
revolution of which I speak still
would be a good thing.
I speak as n who has been critic,
actor and member of the public
that public which is led by the
news.
My point Is that the theater
should, in the last analysis, belong
to the paying patrons. 1t is not a
good thing when many allow a few
men, however wise, to make up their
minds for them.
I take my oath that once I heard
a frSt-nighter say, when asked how
he liked the show: II don't know
yeti haven't seen the reviews"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Waterloo of Critics
was once In this town

THERE was once in this town a
l. very successful and considerate
authorities revolt. At that time I
belonged to the Swiss guard and
went down under the heels Of the
mob. And I was bitter about it.
1t so happened that I was a re-
viewer who covered the first night
Of "Abie's Irish Rose" and remarked
dogmaticaliy that it was a terrible
show and that 1t could not endure
for a week. 1t still seems to me
that my first statement was accu-
rate, but I lost out on the second.
Indeed, after the first year I made
a concession and revised my predic-
ton. This time I advanced the
more conservative prophecy that it
would not run forever. But I had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Questions and Answers

What Is a superhetrodyne radio?
What Is meant by the term screen
grid?" What Is meant by the term
electrical transcription"
The superhetrodyne radio is the
outcome Of intensive research dur
ing the World war for an extremely
sensitive, ~selective and easily tuned
radio circuit. In this receiver the
radio signal is received as in the
ordinary radio set and then con-
verted to a signal of much higher
wave length and amplif1ed, all sig
mails being ampliied at the same
wavelength.
Screen grid is the term applied
to a new vacuum tube in which an
other element, a screen, has been
placed between the other elements
to insure stability and efficiency Of
operation.
Electrical transcription Is the
term applied to a broadcast pro-
gram that has been recorded on a
large photograph record and repro
duced In that manner at the broad
casting station.
Is there any law prohibiting jew
eIers from using gold coins to make
pieces Of ;eweIry?. Is there = law
against the defacement Of United
States coins?
There is no Law prohibiting the
Use Of gol&coins in the manutac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
Too Much CaImness

TT did not suffer actual mayhem
l. at the hands Of the critic. but
In the famous phrase Of Percy HAM
rnond's. They praised 1t with faint
damns."
I thought they were all surpr1s-
1n0ly casual about the fact that w.
G. Fields Is back In town and, more
than that, Is juggling once again.
I would rather SEQ Fields Jungle
than watch PAvlowa dance, accom-
panied by . soprano solo sung by
Lily Pons In conjunction with Paul
Whiteman's band.
It has been said that the show is
not quite 80 funny when Fields is
not ON the stage. OF course not.
But that Is a little like saying
that the Alps are q little less i'm
presSive when Mt. Blanc is absent
on . holiday. What does the aver
age theater-goer want for his
money?
It IL q thing compounded out Of
def skill and inspired humor. Few
ever have put together the gro
tesque and the glorious IN more en-
trancing form.
Copyright. 1881, By Tho Tfmas,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-15
THE FIRST
January Is.

ON Jan. Is, 1881, the first loco
" motive built in America, ap-
peared on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. It was called the Best
Friend" Designedd by Adam
Hall, 1t was built at the West
Point foundry in New York City.
The BEST Friend had a YER
teal tubular boiler carried at one
end Of the horizontal platform or
frame, while the cylinders were
carried at the other end. The four
wheels occupied the space between
the boiler and the cylinders.
The West Point foundry built a
second locomotive, the DE Witt
Clinton" in 1881, which was put
at work on the Mohawk & Hud-
son railroad. now part Of the New
York Central & Hudson railroad.
This second engine was very
similar In design to the first, but,
Of course. possessed q number of
Improvements