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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
The Utility Unit

Efforts Of utility interests to establish new unit
fol state control should interest all the people Of this
state specially those who believe that there is still
chance Of protection against exoron and oppression
through the public service commission.
former attorney general charges that should the
scheme work regulation becomes farce and the state
will be at the unbrided passions or greeds Of utilities
When he policy Of state regulation was adopted
as means Of escape from the widespread corruption
Of city councils the people believed that they had
safeguarded their rights through appeal of citizens Of
communities to the state board when public officials Of
communities grew indifferent.
Now 1t is planned to link together many communi-
ties served by the new super corporations
There is of course, an argument for such plan
inasmuch the public is served largely by mergers
instead Of local corporations. One great power plant
supplies many towns and cities. One gas line brings
fuel to many cities The telephone monopoly is almost
national in its scope.
But it is readily apparent that under the suggested
insult plan no one of the towns cities will be in any
position to present just grievance, even If there
should come time when members Of the public
service commission are selected to and protect
the people and not to be mere rubber stamps and
Office boys for the privileged interests That time may
never come. This far neither political party has
produce da leader who dares suggest that the gov
eminent ought to escape utility bondage
The state has had very recent example Of what
the utilities to this state. They discovered that
when legislators fail to obey the will of these interests
he law they write supplanted for forgeries and
frauds so that control is complete
If the new super-unit is established as basis OF
regulation the control will be absolute and there
may be new revolt such occurred from the I'M
regulation license in the old days.
If the commission yields in this particular to the
utility plans, popular plank in the next campaign
might easily be the abolition OF the commission itself
and a very easy path to public ownership for COM
muntieo which become intelligent enough to protect
their own interests.
There comes point where greed becomes vice
that is still hideous even though embraced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
Muscle Control

ID EGARDING the anatomy and
IN functions Of the human voice.
Stanley says:
1.-THE human voice is a sound-pro-
ducing instrument governed by the
laws of sound and physiology. 1t
consists of motive force (the pres
sure of the BREATH, vibrator (the
vocal cords, and a resonator Ga set
of adjustable cavities in the head
and throat.
Voice starts in mental con-
cept, which brings the necessary
muscles into action.
1.-TWO groups of muscles, one of
seven and the other (far stronger)
of two, bring the vocal cords into
tension and hold them in this ten
sion.
When a mental concept initiates
the nerve impulses supplied to the
larynX, these muscles come into ac-
ton, and the vocal cords are set TO
the proper length, tension. and
position.
IF the singer starts from pianis-
simo, where the breath pressure is.
at a minimum, and increases the.
intensity, and therefore the breath
pressure or the amplitude of the
vibrato, to fortisSiino, the muscles
must take on additional tension.
The lighter muscle group should
take tension to point at which it
would overload; then tension of the
stronger group must be increased"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

Science Nay Be One of the
Best Friends the Arts Ever
Have Had.
BY DAVID DIETZ-

CCIENCE, sometimes mistakenly
- called a foe of the arts, may
prove one Of the greatest aids the
world of arts ever has had, by
Analysing and explaining the foun-
dations upon which the arts rest.
Gradually, science is bringing its
methods Of exact research to bear
upon the arts.
The result Of one such research,
which has extended over period Of
ten years, is reported to the En-
gineering Foundation by Douglas
Stanley. fellow of the Accousti-
cal Society Of America.
Stanley has been working in con-
junction with the laboratories OF
New York university and the Bell
Telephone laboratories 20 develop
what he calls an exact science of
sound"
AS a result Of study Of the
voices Of hundreds Of singers, both
trained and unframed, Stanley re-
ports that great singing voices are
due to the singers mental and emo
tional capacity and not to any ana
tomical peculiarities.
Stanley says that he has proved
that a singer must have a mental
concept of the pitch that he is to
sing and that if the person lacks
this ability to form proper concept
Of the pitch, he can not be taught to
sing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
Gentlemen of the jury

1t is favorite charge Of cyncs that in our present
court system many Of the jurors morons When
there are competent lawyers both sides it is hard
to select jury obviously prejudiced toward side
Therefore both sides have to rest content with col
lection OF twelve colorless hoping to sway their
not too alert intelligence.
In many instances the assumption of the feeble
mindedness Of the jury is exaggeration.
In Detroit however, there has come to light a case
In which former inmate OF state institution for
the feeble-mnded actually served three juries over
short period of time and helped to decide verdicts
in more than twenty
When he was identified by a policeman he was
sitting as a juror on important equity He
had been a juryman IN murder trial
Doubtless hundreds Of morons sit in the jury box
each year. Under our present unscientifc system
Of legal evidence and court procedure they may do
almost as well as normal persons But this case Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
ANA<A AOOA Lands

A FAMOUS British scientist says that we are on
n the verge of discovering greater spirit world
and that we shall learn that man is not the highest
form of life
You rather suspect this very thing after an &C
quaintance Of politics.
The Boys Club Federation of America has started
a campaign to make golf PLAYERS cut out profanity
in the presence of their caddies but our own notion
is that the movement will fail.
We either must put a muzzle on the golf player
or a gas mask on the caddie.
Premier Ramsay Macdonald states that aviation
is sure to give the world true international spirit
Oh, yes particularly when you think what nations
are getting ready to do to each other overnight with
lew bombing planes.
MYTH the report that fifty people we're killed in
W bread riots in Moscow last Sunday life appears
TO have Its troubles even in that perfect land of
Communism.
Peter Gulbranson OF Piedmont Cal, had fled an
application for his final papers Of citizenship but
states that he would not bear arms for the country
Well, Pete. if it we're up to us you would not get
your papers
If the time has come that this country has to let
every foreign bird who wishes to become an An,si
can citizen name the terms under which he is willing
to join us, we would better 20 into the hands of J
receiver-and without delay
We have managed to get along for over CEN
tury and half without such pussy willows and we
can do it a while longer.
DEARING arms In defense Of your country Is a.
II much an incident OF citizenship as the payment
OF taxes, and an alien might as well stand on the
rim OF the republic, cock his hat at an important
angle and he would consent to join us If we
made him meet the assessor
The only value in Lindberghs fight to Japan is
that for the time being, and possibly little longer
1t will lift our popularity in Toxic, where it has been
sagging ever since the exclusion OF the japanese
In her resentment toward us, Japan forgets that
she practices the very same exclusion against the
Chinese
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
HEALTH SERVICE
Posture Is Index to Your Vitality

children to stand tall, to stretch
out, to hold the chest forward, and
the shoulders back.
AS emphasized by Thurman 3.
Rice in his recent consideration of
this subject in Hygeia, the upright
man, the straightforward person
usually can be trusted, while the
sinking, the cringing, and SLOUGH
ing arouse suspicion.
The careless, lounging man who
Shuf1eS to his feet and sneaks
around in a hang-dog manner is a
whipped man.
1t must not be thought, however,
that the bad posture is the cause Of
his ineficiency or the result Of it..
The two go together with mutual
interchange of forces.
Sometimes, indeed not infrequent-
ly, bad posture is the result of bad
diet or disease. Just exactly as
good advice and exercise can not
compensate for the need Of eye
glasses in a child whose eyes are
not built right, so also can not ad-
vice and exercise compensate
wholly for defective bones, muscles,
Joints and ligaments.
A competent physician who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

studies such cases can provide sup
ports or braces that act as a crutch
to the weakened tissues in the same
way that eyeglasses compensate for
anatomical changes in the eye.
Sometimes the feeding of more
calcium and PHOSPHORUS and the
use of viosterol and sunlight will aid
development of weakened tissues.
Associated with this, proper ex-
ercise and practice will induce a
suitable posture and an improved
appearance.
The weakened tissues Of children
should not be compelled to carry
heavy weights for long periods of
time, as is the case when a rather
weak child attempts to carry eight
or 10 books home from school day
after day.
Psychologists talk about the con-
dition under the term ''body-tone."
The average man thinks of tone
with the words vim, vigor, and
Vitality
The person who has in him drive,
impetus, or good, reflects this in his
posture, in the way he walks, and
indeed in his whole attitude toward
life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
Let's Break the Law

TRY leaders prove the success
II Of prohibition by telling how
many have been arrested and con-
victed under the law. Wet leaders
use precisely the same figures tc
prove it's failure.
People who fail to get tangled UP
with the law don't count.
Perhaps that is one reason why
so many get tangled up with it
No one wants to be blank.
To a certain type of mind, vio-
lation of the law involves little
risk, while it paves the way fo1
publicity.
The offender usually can depend
on getting his name in the paper
while his chances of being let of
by a fright" district attorney, SYM
pathetic judge or thick headed jury,
are more than even.
A Canadian jury just has &C
quilted a liquor runner, on the ap-
parent ground that it was mo
crime to feed rum to Americans.
Counsel for the defense repre-
sented us as being in a dire con-
dition because of our unrequited
thirst, and painted his client as a
philanthropist instead of Grim
inal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
About the Vihrafn

CTANLEY also has made an IN
~ terestirg study of the way in
which great singers achieve the
emotional quality which marks their
singing.
Observation of great singers has
shown that they never produce a
dead steady tone except at pianis-
Simo," he says. 1.-THE tone fluctuates
in intensity with perfect regularity.
This fluctuation, very wide at
high intensity, is accompanied with
a slight fluctuation of pitch. This
phenomenon is called the vibrato.'"
"The vibrato is the result of a.
periodically applied impulse to all
the muscles which coordinate in
the act Of phonation. It's frequency
is about six second but can be in
creased.
THUS all the time the singer IS
phonating he actually is singing and
stopping singing, rapidly and regu-
larly. AS the intensity rises, the on
impulse is more vigorous and the
swing of the vibrato increases.
Since at mezzo forte, when the
technic is good, the intensity of the
tone should increase as the pitch
rises nearly up to the top of the
singers range, the vibrato should
increase in amplitude as the scale
is assembled.
"The vibrato decreases as the in
tensity drops until point Is
reached at which a stream of air
actuates the vocal cords, when it
disappears altogether.
This concept of the on and of
impulse is very different from the
old notion of steady control Of a
stream of breath"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

We Have Acquired the Habit
of Rating Policemen Like
Cats, If They Don't Catch
So Many Mice They Are
No Good.
NEW YORK, June 1.-TWO New
~ York cops are sentenced to
Sing Sing. They belonged to the
vice squad, which is supposed to
protect the community from i'm
moral women. Like other cops,
their efficiency was rated by the
number of arrests they made.
When a sufficient number Of VIC
tins failed to show up in the natu-
raj order Of things, they simply
when out and made some. They
regarded it as a rather good joke
on the victims.
One would like to believe that
those cops are entirely responsible
for their misconduct and that the
system had nothing to do with it,
but they are too young and too
many more have gone the same
road. Neither does political cor
ruption explain it all.
We have acquired the habit of
rating policemen the way we rate
cats. If they don't catch about so
many mice, they are no good. In
stead Of rating law enforcement by
the number of people out Of Jail
we rate it by the number put IN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

libel, I changed his name somewhat
radically to Duckworth.
I submit that the odds ought to
be at least ten million to one
against the existence anywhere of a
Duckworth. People simply don't
endure names of that sort. But in
the current mail I have received a
card which reads.
Dear Sir: You got me in a
terrible mess. My name is Charles
Duckworth, and I don't go to speak
easies."
And this Mr.. Duckworth is no
further removed from the territory
partly covered by this column
than Staten Island.
1 am further informed that Mr..
Duckworth has a job as superin-
tendent of a building and that he
feels aggrieved lest his employers
identify him as the perambulating
DuckWorth Of the 1T Seems to Me"
column.
ALI can do is to offer my most
sincere apologies and proclaim the
fact that never in a speakeasy, or
anywhere else for that matter, did
I meet Duckworth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Solving the park
ing situation has been a puzzle to
every one in Indianapolis for some
time.
Monday morning the city inau-
gurated the new town system, and
Immediately claimed a considerable
number Of victims.
In building up a big city differ
ent systems must be tried, but I
believe the officials are making a
great mistake in the toW-in. How
would you, or the owner of a car,
feel if you came downtown to see a
doctor, park your car, and returned
to find the car missing?
We must all realize that we are
going through a time of depression,
when conditions are very unfavor-
able and money Is hard to get. The
majority of automobiles seen on the
streets we're bought on the install
ment plan, and their owners are
having difficulty meeting their OBJ
legations.
Don't get me wrong, because I
do believe car owners should be
punished for disobeying the traffic
rules, but in my opinion the sticker
system is sufficient punishment for
this violation.
Three dollars to redeem car which
is double parked is absolutely RI
diculous, and what's more, it even.
tually will make business condi-
tons worse than they are at pres
ent, as people who usually come
downtown to do their purchasing
will prefer to favor the neighbor-
hood merchant.
Every one is wondering what the
outcome Of this depression will be
personally. I am not one of those
guessers. Figure it out for yourself
JACK STONE.
s34 Union street. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
So Many TonyS

ATOW. Of course, I am not ig-
~ norant of the fact that here
and there about the city stands
some haven OF refuge known 10 the
local trade as 'Tonys." Indeed, the
generous supply Of places thus
labeled emboldened me.
But Duckworth was the sheerest
kind of fantasy. It began upon an
other name. There used to be
around New York an actor named
Charles Butterworth, now lost to
the stage through the seductions Of
Hollywood.
He was a friend of mine, and so
I seized upon him as typical
speakeasy patron. Respecting the
bond Of friend hip and the law Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


Z VERYONE realizes the attrac-
Il tiveness Of human being who
stands we'll, sits we'll, and who has
in general good posture.
1t must be borne in mind that
the human being developed from
some species that walked on all
tours and that the attempt to walk
and stand on two feet puts strain
and stress on parts of the body that
formerly had not had them.
Hence, we see today innumerable
round-Shouldered, stoop-Shouldered
people with sunken chests, twisted
backs, prominent abdomens and
lame hips.
The position adopted when Sleep
ing is one of complete relaxation
of muscles and ligaments so that
the spine is curved. A certain
amount Of relaxation Is desirable,
but when walking enough stress
must be placed on the muscles and
ligaments to inspire proper support
and physical development.
Hence, teachers now try to get
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
A Justified Probe

FUDGE SAMUEL SEABURY, now
y investigating New York City's
government, will look into the
financial affairs of some 10000 Of its
employees.
That represents one Of the most
sweeping inquiries ever made, but
it is justified amply by facts already
developed.
Outside Of those larger Irregular
tiles which have caused the dis
missal or resignation of half dozen
judges. and magistrates, there is
good ground for suspecting the
presence of widespread petty graft.
A clerk in the Bronx bureau of
the board Of education has con-
fessed to pilfering $4,000 during the
last eight years in the form of 5 and
10 per cent commissions" on small
repair contracts.
Few New Workers will regard his
case as exceptional.
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BIGGEST AIR RAID
June IL

I'm June IS, 1917, the worst Ger
~ man air raid over England was
carried out at noon, when a SQUAD
ron Of German airplaneS bombed
the East End and the business Sec
t1ons Of London, killing ninety
seven persons and injuring 437.
Many Of the victims were women
and children, 100 of the latter being
either killed or injured. The large
number of casualties was due to
the fact that the eating places in
the East End were crowded at the
hour of the raid; schools we're still
in session and large numbers OF
persons were on the streets.
No damage of a military or naval
nature was done. Only one of the
attacking planes was brought down
A supplementary official report
stated in part
"The air raid over London lasted
about sixteen minutes. The raiders
were engaged by guns of the East
London defenses and large num-
Der Of airplaneS of the Royal Fly
ing corps and Royal Naval Air serv-
ice were sent up as soon as the
enemy was reported off the coast.
Several engagements took place
in the air"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
Be Sensible

TT has been a fine lesson to me,
Il even though Mr.. Duckworth's in
volvement borders upon the tragic.
Hereafter when I invent char
acters, either for newspaper pur-
poses or for fiction, they will be
called nothing more than Mr.. Y,
Mrs. K and Miss 2.
If, after that precaution, there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13
What is smoker golf?

It is the latest variation Of min
iature golf, combining some features
of both billiards and golf. The
course is laid out like the conven-
tional billiard table, with concrete
edges on the lawn corresponding to
the edges Of the table, and the usual
number Of pockets or holes about
the sides. Sixteen balls are used,
being racked in triangle and
broken at the start of play, as in
pool. Balls Of different colors count
different scores, counted on stand
ard billiard counters strung over
head.
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arises anywhere a Mr.. Y, a Mrs. <
or Miss 2, shall wash my hands
OF the whole business and declare
roundly that people ought to pick
themselves names more sensible
than that.
copyright, 1881 by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

NNE Of the greatest difficulties
" which confront the writer OF
fiction is choice of names. 1t is
not expedient to call the hero John
Smith or the heroine Mary Brown
The author naturally wants to set
down some name which is arresting
unusual and of glamorous nature
But at the outset he is in trouble
A name ought to seem real
If you call a young woman in a
story Genevieve Morningglory the
readers mind will rebel and cry out.
Nobody ever was called Genevieve
Morningglory."
Some writers adopt the method OF
looking through the telephone book
and finding suitable name. In
actual life a name is hardly a fair
criterion of the nature Of its pos
SCISSOR. But most noyelists-even
the realists-have bent a little in
suiting the sound to the character
Thus Uriah Heep sounds unpleas-
ant even before Dickens tells us that
if he were cut he would bleed white
Again, Mr.. Micawber has some
suggestion of boastfulneSS and ire
sponsibility.
And Rabbits
T CITE, in a more modern in
: stance, that George F. Babbitt
conveys a Rotarian impression from
the outset. 1t may be that I am
putting the cart before the horse
and accepting a Rabbit" and
"Babbittry" in the sense in which
they have come into the language
through the novel of Sinclair Lewis.
Yet, I think I can defy any one
to make a Romeo and romanticist
out of a person called "Babbitt. "
And, naturally. I am including the
days before this particular person.
atty was staked out and nailed
down.
Arrowsmith, for instance, has to
me q singing quality. l am glad
that Lewis made his medical man a
person heroic in most aspects. I
wouldn't care to have any Arrow
smith kicked around.
But in this choice of names the
fictioneer runs a grave risk OF step
ping upon the toes Of people SIM
ilarly tagged and quite unknown to
him.
Surely it was a million to one
that there could be realtor in the
United States called George F. Bah
bitt. And yet one turned up and
protested bitterly against the book.
On several occasions I have writ
ten pieces concerning speakeasies in
particular and in general. And it
became a sort of set phrase to re-
mark that the visitor knocked thrice
upon the gate and exclaimed: us
this Tony's? Let me in. I'm a
friend of Charlie Duckworth's.'
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pres
sented without regard to their
agreement or disbursement
With the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-13

What are the dimensions of the
aircraft carrier, Lexington? How
many planes does it carry?
She is 888 feet long and has a 106-
foot beam. She is built to carry 100
airplares,