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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Curse of Literature

TTS that last premise that worries
4 me somewhat. I am not naive
enough to suppose that my daily
outpourings Cor those of any other
columnist) have no effect upon my
readers.
It is f1attering to learn that 1
have been the unconscious cause
for Mr.. Willner's becoming a clearer
thinker, a courageous father and a
Socialist.
But if all my constant readers"
are beginning to look like me, may
be it's time for me to quit the
newspaper field and enter some
profession where my thought and
looks are less likely to become con-
tagious.
I don't mean that it would be
terrible calamity for any man not
aspiring to the role of Don Juan to
resemble me. I'm not quite so bad
as the caricaturists would have you
believe.
Even Mr.. Wilmer paints the pic
ture rather blacker than it really
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

gather at Elizabeth Arden's instead
of the neighborhood Speakeasy to
talk over the plot of new novel or
biography.
But at least 1 am little ahead of
the game. Every day I am learning
new little tricks of makeup. The
man who has trod the boards C a
theater has some advantage over his
fellows.
A little powder and little paint
will make even an author look like
what he amt.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Questions and
Answers

How did BIackwelI's island get
that name? Has is ever been called
by any other name?
The Indian name was Minna-
hammock, meaning long island. In
1864 the island was granted to
Captain John Manning, and was
known as Manning's island. His
stepdaughter, who inherited it,
married Robert Blackwell, for whom
1t was then named. In 1928 the
City OF New York bought it for
$4,000. Recently the name has
been changed to Welfare island. It
now contains the Metropolitan hos
pltal, Home for the Aged, the Work
house and the penitentiary.
What is the origin of the express
sion "HobsOn's choice" meaning no
choice at all?
It originated in Cambridge Eng
land, where livery stable keeper
named Thomas Hobson, always gave
MS customers the horse nearest the
door-the first or none.
What is the salary of United
States senators and representatives?
$4,000 a year.
Is "ain't" a proper word?
1t is a recognized American con-
traction of "am not" but it is
classed as a vulgarism, and its use
is not encouraged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Health Magazine.
THE diet of the patient with
l. heart disease usually should
contain fresh fruits and vegetables
and fairly small quantities of fluids,
but all of the meals should be small,
and especially the evening meal.
1t is customary to forbid pastries,
fried foods, hot breads and similar
food substances.
DR.. David Hiesman, in his discus
sion of the subject, points out that
his patients are limited to not more
than 1900 &C. of fluid a day. which
is is quarts.
This represents such liquids as
water, milk, broth, soups, orange
juice, tomato juice and similar
drinks.
In cases where there is particu-
larly distressing form of accumu-
lation of gas, patients are put on a
milk diet, or buttermilk, for a few
days, and then after they begin to
improve they are given dry OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

is. He describes himself as IS feet
tall, heavy jowled, pot-bellied, good
natured, high forehead, black hair
and a winning smile.
Hardly a day goes by without
some one asking me, Mr.. Broun,
will you autograph =. p"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Idle CapitaI, Idle Men

HUMIDITY Of capital is the
4 worst feature of this depression.
Whether we have an adequate
amount Of cash to set things right,
we have lot that is not working.
The government can't force those
in possession of cash to put it in
circulation, but the government
could take some of it away from
them and start it moving through
increased taxes.
Against the six million unem-
ployed in this country, or whatever
the number may be, we have a de-
liberate boarding of cash and re-
striction of credit.
There is no hope of recovery as
long as such a condition prevails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Industry Playing Safe

TINE government has tried being
L decent toward the money
barons by policies which promised
not to burden them unnecessarily.
It has given them the benefit Of
tariffs on the one hand, and COM
paratively low income tax rates on
the other.
Some of the great corporations
have responded splendidly, but more
have not.
All along the line, there has been
a gradual curtailment of effort,
coupled with a definite tendency to
play safe.
This has been particularly notice
chle IL banking circles. where hun
dreds Of millions of dollars now are
held in virtual idleness.
How can this situation be COR
rected by a wave of econonizing at
Washington. What basis is there
for supposing that billion-dollar
concerns will be encouraged to go
in for expansion by the discharge of
500 clerks?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Daily Thought

There is no iniquity with the
Lord our God, nor respect of per-
sons, nor taking of gifts
Chronicles 1871.
Gifts, they weigh like mountains
on a sensitive heart. To me they
are oftener punishments than pleas
ures.-Mme. Fee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
The Good Old DAYS

NF course, even now our best
W seller lists are glutted with f1c-
ton that is less than adult. But so
far a writer, no matter how vapid,
has had to consider the popular
taste of his reading public rather
than on the effect of his personal
appearance.
If the story was sufficiently
glamorous to dull readers minds to
the harsh realities of their own lives,
then it mattered not whether the
writer was fair or dark, tall or short,
slim or pot-bellied. He became
overnight a nations hero.
And if, on getting first glimpse
of the great one, some of his more
sensitive readers experienced a
slight feeling of revulsion they were
quick to cast it away from them as
unworthy.
After all, q man who wrote books
was not expected to look like a
collar ad.
BY the same token, a person who
had achieved fame by virtue of
being good looking was expected to
be just that and nothing more. But
under this new order if a man can
combine a Barrymore profile and
Tunney physique, with just the
merest modicum of literary ability
retaining the best features Of each
he will instantaneously become a
nominee for the Hall of Fame.
1t is not a very encouraging out
look for those of us who consider
writing an art by itself. But maybe
all is not lost.
Already men have begun to
patronize beauty parlors. I can
think of dozens of author friends
and acquaintance of mine who
readily may become habitues.
Il a
Make Mine a Facial
r CAN visualize day not so far
H. distans when it may become the
vogue for our literary stars to fore
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EE012S

r JUST have had seriously brought
4 home to me the responsibilities
of a columnist.
There can be no doubt in my
mind and in the minds of friends
and acquaintance" writes Nathan
Wilmer. that reading your column
daily has made me not only a
clearer thinker, a courageous father
and a Socialist but, by golly, I am
beginning to look like you, tool"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

The matinee idol of yesterday is, by virtue of thu
talkies, the matinee idle of today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Recovery From Heart Ailments Slow

This is the last of series of five
articles by DR.. Morris Fishbein on ''The
Failing Heart of Middle Life"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Nothing goes to a fellows head so much as
strong attack of hay fever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
SCIENCE
Matter Million Times
Stronger Than Rddia1n Be-
[ieved to Form Interior of
Stars.
by DAVID DIETZ-

Stars.
A PRIMEvAL type of matter. un-
IA known upon the earth. radium-
like. but a million times more pow
erful than radium, forms the in
teriors of the sun and the stars, &C
cording to the newest theory Of
Professor J. H. Jeans. secretary Of
the Royal Society Of London and
research associate of the Mt. Will
son observatory Of California.
Professor Jeans calls the material
lucid matter" borrowing his term
from the great Sir Isaac Newton,
formulator of the law of gravity.
Because the stars shone by their
own light. Newton suggested in a
letter written in 1892 that the stars
might be composed of special
lucid" type of matter, different
from the ordinary or "non-lucid"
matter found on earth.
Study of the sun and stars with
the spectroscope reveals the pres
ence of the same chemical elements
found here on earth-hydrogsn
ilelium, iron, copper, and so on. The
only difference is that they are at
iinmence temperatures, ranging
from 5000 to 10000 degrees.
Professor Jeans points out, how
ever, that in our study of the sun
or stars, we are able to analyze only
their outer gaseous layers. The ques-
ton still is to be settled as to
whether the interiors resemble the
outer layers.
It is possible to argue that they
do, but Jeans advances excellent ar
guments for believing otherwise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

The nations news these days seems to vacilatt
from "shot Gown to Shut down"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Andy Melons job in France. as far as the debt
proposal is concerned is to show that $4,000 0oC
Frenchmen sometimes be wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
Uncle Sam. the Con

There seems to be pretty general rejoicing at the
Of the federal governments attack on rack
eteers via the income tax route. Americans have
shown that they proud of the might of their CEN
trail government which has won where city, county
and state governments have failed.
In these days Of police graft and revelations of
crooked judges it is heartening indeed to read how
those federal agents who
neither could be bought off nor frightened away
dug up evidence enough to jail at least one gangser
But these very things that make us proud of the
strength of the federal government, and its "un-
touchabe" agents. are also things that should pro-
mote concern and, even, fear.
Some one has said that if there is any good in
the racket it is that it furnishes what democraces
need: common foe against, which citizens can
unite Such union strengthens democratic govern
ment and the people who have delegated their powers
to it,
And yet, when state governments or city or county
governments fail to apprehend such law vioators as
racketeers and leave this to be done by the
government, those smaller units of government are
weakened. and the central government tends toward
decentralization of police power.
Preservation of states rights is favorite theme
81 politicians and statesmen and citizens protest the
spread of federal Jurisdiction federal bureaucracy
and power Yet it is the states right the ctys right
and the countys right and privilege and duty to halt
directly the violations of laws Quick and determined
action against criminals strengthens the citizens as
does their city and their county and their state De-
pending upon the federal government to approach
criminals by some circutous route does the opposite
The country is getting tired OF federal police
force spread over the land enforcing the prohibition
Jaws.
The country seems to rejoice now that federal
police have captured other criminals but the country
should be wary of inyasons by United States agents
into fields where local enforcement officers ought to
function
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Few ornaments become gangster more, according
to the public, than a bracelet-firmly about the
wrists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

increases and decreases, have been made in the law
by presidential proclamation.
But now Fletcher is through, and Hoover has the
opportunity 10 name as chairman of the tariff COM
mission an expert tariff man and economist who will
be yes-man neither to the administration nor poll
ticians the hill.
Hoover himself has said he hoped to remove the
tariff from the logrong of politics. and to cure the
iniquities Of the Hawley-Smoot rates through the
tariff commission.
To date neither Of his hopes has been fulfilled.
But they might more nearly be if the tariff COM
mission vacancy is an expert Of courage and ex-
perience
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

oA ONCs HAOASESAO GA0AOGAN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

What is the salary Of United
States senators and representatives?
$4,000 year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-27

Make Mine a Facial
II CAN visualize day not so far
H. distans when it may become the
vogue for our literary stars TO fore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Books ReceiUed

EARLY AMERICAN SILVER. BY G. Louise
Avery, assistant curator, Department OF
Decorative Arts. Metropolitan Museum Of
Arts. New York: The Century Co.
TINTYPE TYPES. BY Violet Short. DaIlass
The Southwest Press.
HOAnESPUN HANDICRAFTS. BY Ella Shans
non Bowles, author Of About Antiques
etc. Illustrated Philadelphia: J. b. Lips
pincott Co.
THE SPLENDID wAYFARING. BY Haldane
MacFaI. Preface by Frank Brangwyn
New York: Walter v. Mckee, Inc.
THE BAHAI WORLD: A Biennial Intern&4
tional Record. Prepared under the supers
vision Of the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahais of the United States and
Canada Volume III. April, 1928-1930 NeW
York: Bahai Publishing Co.
PICTURES AND PEOPLE: Transatlantic
CriSs-Cross Between Roger Kinks in Ions
don and Naomi Royde Smith in New York.
New York: Harper q Bros.
THE BLACK BARON: The Strange Life Of
Giles de Rails. BY Tennielle Dix. Ins
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Co.
THE BLACK NAPOLEON: The Story Oh
Toussaint Louverture. BY Percy Waxmau.
New York: Harcourt. Brace g. Co.
PAULINE: Favorite Sister of Napoleon. By
W. N. c. Carlton. Illustrated New York;
Harper q Brcs. !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Ruth Snyder about which she has no new
material, Then, she drops down to Oklahoma
and covers" the escapades of Clara Smith
Hanon. Her subject material IS not attractive
far from it-and why many Of the cases
should be labeled crimes Of affection is a ques-
ton. Among the female murderers who receive
special attention are: Belle Guinness, q truck
gardener who planted men like onions in her
back yard; Wanda Stopa, who was q poor shot
and killed the wrong man; Catherine CASHIER
who was indicted for two murders; Grace Lusks
who widowed her horse doctor boy friend when
his wife insulted her; Tillie Klimek, who used
arsenic soup as method of solving the prob
lens of Master Cupid.
lone Qutnhy made quite study of all thes0
cases and It is evident that her newspaper exc
perience aided her in placing them in book
form. She does not miss a dramatic point, NJ
matter how sordid her story may be.
c. Il. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

sNoBs. BY NJ. A. Dormie. New York: d. APP
pleton & Co.
"A FAMILIAR foundation for "SnObs," most
most pleasing story. An international
marriage between the opuient American girl
and the impecunious Britisher is the generally
absorbing theme of engagement The wife, as
American as Plymouth Rock the husband as
British as Lands End, the pair finds that true
love gets mighty jar now and then while each
is waving the flag Of his own deeply ingrained
native soil. As in most other cases, the two
could have managed fairly well, for they are
sensible and much in love, if the rest of the
world had not insisted in running their domes-
tic alliance for them.
A brilliant and entertaining record Of daily
marital makeShifts under MY Country It's of
Thee" one day and "Brittania Rules the Waves"
or the Sea- maybe-on the next. But, there
Is a saving grace to that which might so easily
have been extravagant claims and counter
claims. Good sense and real affection seem to
have hold Of this pair. So, while the common
run Of criticism back and forth between the
two countries spices up the matter chapter by
chapter, there is, after all, q capable measure
of good sense and restraint that lifts the story
into genial humor, quite above pure farce.
A diverting and competent contrast between
the points of view imposed by the training of
these two, and the people roundabout, brings to
the 'front.' and by way Of believable incidents,
sum of the prime contrasts existing between
the Supernclal IRE OF America ana England,
Underneath, nevertheless, there is feeling of
the deep bond, the deep racial bond, that
serves the uses Of agreement and accommodate
ton. Yes, most amusing transcript of one
phase Of fact itself. An entertaining novel,
therefore But it is much more than this. Un-
der the wit, cutting sharply here and there, is
understanding and tenderness running deeper
yet, to the final effect that this is not so much
the conjugal adventure of single couple as 1t
Is the basic sympathy and ultimate compre-
hension Of two countries whose blood Is sourced
in common racial strain. Good fun, if you
want that. More besides, much more.
MURDER FOR LOVE. BY lone Quinby.
Covici-Friede.
WHEN a woman starts on a rampage it Is
difficult to stop her. When she starts out
for vengeance, armed to the teeth, she usually
gets her man. From all indications, lone
Quinby, the writer, was newspaper "Sob sis
ter" before she conceived the idea Of writing
book. Her tales of murder for love- resemble,
to q certain extent some of the ochre-colored
tales Of the tabloids although they are written
from actual cases in the files Of police depart
nnents over the country.
For instance, she starts on with the case Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

some day, from absorption in . current novel,
for the sake Of reading this tragic tale of real
life. No, you'll not like it. nor should you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Such a story Is rare. And such a mind. In
which thoughts become synonymous with great
beauties Of nature and find their dearest outlet
in the summing up Of Its many waJs also IS
rare.
Helen Thomas IS as much Of poet as was
her husband, who was killed in the war. But 1t
was her love for him that brought out the best
Of it, just as it was that, had it not been for
their mutual admiration for the color, the
scent and the various forms Of nature all
about them, she and he might not have had
faith each in the other made as gloriously
colorful as it became
Doubters win say that much of the naive
ness of this couldn't be true. And yet idealism
was reached, not out Of blue and cloudleSs
sky but after storms of the most virulent kind
had passed. While much Of the love affair
was ethereal in its conception there was
infinitely more that was simple as clay, and as
common-in the nobIer sense Of thu word.
z. De s. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

GOLD. BY Clarence Burlington KelIand, author
of Conflict" etc. New York: Harper 81
Brothers.
A NNEKE VAN HORN-the star Of "oold"-
& Is q forecast whose fuIfHment is only now
g.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
1.-THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN"

marked In this respect. He made no
bones of his contempt for the accepted
Republican leaders. He was 1T. Jake
Preus apparently had abiding faith in
the Republican powers that be, but he
could not resist the urge to follow his
own dictates when the question at issue
was a critical one. Joe Burnquist was
always wary of the individual or group
with an ak to grind and did what Joe
Burnquist thought best. The two ex-
ceptions probably were John A. john
son and A. o. Eberhart. Both were
ideal managerial material. AS to his
ExcenencyS political future, well, it is
rather early to even hazard guess as
to what will happen in 1882 except to
say that his forced retirement will not
be any easy task Gov. Olson has so
far not done anything that would send
his name laundering down the halls
of time or fame. He has piled up a
lot of grief for himself and his party
through house cleaning" programme,
the carrying out of which has been
replete with everything but good poll
tics and generalship. 1t is safe to say
that there is now in the open an army
of 10000 disappointed office seekers,
not to mention the several hundred
who have been ousted, to both of whom
the name of Olson is one of hate and
retaliation Add to the above sullen
rural constituency that so far has been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
(By Vance Chapman.)

How is Gov. Olson making it? Has
he accomplished anything worth while?
Who are his advisers and who is closest
to him? What are his chances at
another try at the big job?" These
and other questions equally as personal
are almost daily put to the Scribes who
haunt the State Capitol. With less
than ten months of his two year term
of Office completed. any analysis of Gov.
Olson's stewardship so far would seem
rather far fetched. but such is no
deterrent in the case of any number
who have his official scalp in mind.
Keeping official tab on the big Boy
is the best thing they do. How is the
Governor doing?" Fairly well, thank
you," could be the answer. Who are
his advisers and who is closest to him?"
To date, organized labor and those who
were in at the birth and struggles of
the NonpartiSan League have been
favored with majority of the official
breaks but as to who or what particu-
lar bunch has exclusive access to the
gubernatorial ear is beyond most of the
Capitol scribes. Like a majority of
his nationality in political and official
life, Gov. Olson is inclined to be pretty
much master of his own mind
Whether such is an advantage or
handicap is not for discussion here.
Former Gov. Christensen was quite