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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A SAD little letter has come from ambitious
N 17-year-old girl who has met disappointment
early in life, when her dreams of college education
shattered
II feel" she writes "as il all my hopes were dead
I always have believed that is handicapped fear
fully without college education, and have looked
forward since childhood to having one. am stunned
and in despair"
No doubt there are any number OF young persons
who look just hopeeSsy into their future for this
year of black depression will cut short prevent
tirely many college careers.
I would not be one to minimize the merits Of the
higher education But it is not stretching the truth
to say that it is possible to build fine, intellectual
and happy existence without one.
TSOR the average student, the contacts made al
II school the best acquisitions from four years
on any campus Except for those who specialize ir
q particular profession and follow that profession
through life, college is smattering of facts upon
good many subjects, about one-thrd of which may be
forgotten completely a decade afterward.
SO far as learning is concerned, one must acquire
that for oneself, in any event. If Miss II will look
about her for time. she will discover that there
a great many educated fools at large these days
And correSpondingly large number of clever per-
sons who do not boast degree.
AL therefore. Is not lost sincere effort to learn
wherever one may be, open mind the cultivation
OF an insight into the hearts of men and women. a
soul receptive to the gories of life and the beauties
of the earh-these things the very essence of all
education.
And they may be had anywhesE by any one who
truly desires to possess them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
HEALTH SERVICE :
DAILY HEALTH
College Girls Lax in Health Rules

/ it does young men. These pains
physicians find, are due in the vast
majority of cases to rheumatic in
lection.
When these pains occur sources
must be sought in the tonsils, the
throat, the teeth, the nose, the ears
and indeed in all the breathing
tract.
College girls are likely to suffer
also with disturbances of their Pc
riodic functions. Modern attitude
toward such disturbances tends tc
overcome them by leading a normal
life.
The common cold causes a great
loss of time and efficiency. So fal
as we know the only method of les
sening the number of colds is prop
er food, clothing, sleep and bathing
the avoidance of exposure, the
cleaning up of distractions in the
nose and throat and finally plenty
of sunlight.
Of special interest in relationship
to the health of the college girl is
the question of diet. Notwithstand-
ing their education, the girls are
hungry because they eat little at
meal times and much between
meals. The majority gain in
weight.
Reducing is haphazard, and in
many cases carried out in a dam
gerouS manner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Our Drunken Veterans

There are many kinds of intemperance
person can be Incorporate in his eating anc
in his drinking.
And ne can be incorporate in What he says.
DR.. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the
Methodist board of temperance prohibition and pub
lie morals. Incorporate when he referred to the
members Of the American Legion who voted for q
referendum prohibition as staggering drunks who
disgraced the uniform"
Probably some of the legionnaires did drink toe
much, since plenty of good liquor and beer was to
be had in dripping wet Detroit and across the border
in Canada
But 1t hardly is to be supposed that the million
members OF the legion selected crowd of dipso-
maniacs to represent them in Detroit
Nor will ISLANDERS from the pious doctor. whose
mission in life is regulating the morals and habits OF
his fellow-men alter the fact that the dictionaries
voted and acted pretty much as any other group of
Americans would have done
And one of their chief reasons for repudiatine
prohibition was rebellion at the political domination
OF the professional dry minority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Fermentation Institute

NHE Belgian correspondent of
Il the American Chemical Society
also reports the establishment of a.
new research institution in Brussels.
1t is called the Institute of Fermen-
tation. The official name is I'm
stitute National des Industries de
Fermentation"
A special feature of this new in
stitute is a university section"
open to students of advanced stand
ing, those who already have their
Phi. D. degree or it's equivalent. A
series of lectures is to be given to
this section by such authorities as
Doctors Calmette, Fernbach and
RouX of the Pasteur Institute of
Paris.
Another feature of the institute
Is to be miniature brewery. This
brewery, which has been recently in
operation at the Liege exposition. is
to be moved soon into the institute.
The fermentation industries, par
ticularly brewing, are among the
most important ones in Belgium.
The nations largest brewerieS are
in Brussels.
DR.. Van Laer, a well-known bio
chemist, is director of the new in
stitute.
The Belgian correspondent also
reports news from the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg, which is wedged in,
as the map will show you, between
Belgium, France and Germany.
The depression has not failed to
hit Luxembourg, just as it has
struck the rest of the world, he says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HF FTS4GS

| remember, I did something about
precision in the use of the English
language and discussed the relative
merits of tits me" and "It is L"
don't need to apologize for that.
On the afternoon in question I
wasn't in kicking, scratching
mood. And those things can only
be faxed by writer's of sheer genius
or at least considerable talent.
I am not disposed to believe that
added years have made me more
cynical or less contentious person.
In spite of the faltering footsteps of
middle age, think I still carry
chip on either shoulder. But
heavens alive! I can't be mad every
morning.
Sometimes the weather is too pro-
pitiouS. The news down at the
theater may be good. And even a
minor triumph at poker or contract
bridge can bring temporary sur
cease to the most embittered or pas
Sionate soul.
After all, never pretended to be
as dedicated as a Gandhi or as sin
gle as an Ella Booze. In
deed, 1 was somewhat disturbed
week or so ago when a newspaper
friend declared in print that I was
in grave danger of becoming a sort
of columnar st. Francis and would
be known among my colleagues as
Dear Old Uncle Haywood"
The danger, protest, is somewhat
exaggerated. Like millions of other
mortals, I am not wholly free from
the messianic complex. But would
diagnose it as "just a touch"
copyright. 1881. by The TimesI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
NJ. E. Tracy

No Sooner Does q Theory
Show Up, Than We Ac-
cept 1t as Gods Oacn
Remedy for Every Attic
ton.
THIS is still a human world, in
Il spite of all the gadgets and
dewdads, and its greatest mystery is
man.
Look at Russia, Manchuria, the
pound sterling, or the Ceilings muir
der.
Why are japanese soldiers on the
march? Why is the pound sterling
worth only $3.49, when it was vir-
tually at par two months ago?
What caused two strangers to board
that little yacht in the night and
murder its owner for no apparent
reason?
We chase the illuSionment that
the whole set-up can be card cata-
logued and indexed, and maybe it
can, but not for a long, long time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
The Way of All Decisions

A ND what is good for pitchers
N may also be of use to column
nists. Newspapermen are limited
in the amount of fiery utterance
which they can produce, and it
serves to make them more effective
if they do not bear down in each
daily column.
Nor does this device, generally
speaking, render a commentator
more tame. On the contrary, it
gives him an added zest when he
feels equipped in mood and material
to cut loose to the best of his ability.
After long years I think every
columnist ought to take stock upon
occasion and listen to the advice OF
his best friends and Severest critics.
A man who seems to me one of the
ablest of all journalists, although he
is even more famous as musician,
gave me a picture Of myself the
other night which was disturbing.
It was on the whole compliment
tary, and yet it warred against a
notion which have held strongly
for long time.
ST think, Haywood" said Deems
Taylor, that you do your best work
when you sneak up behind some
body instead of making direct
frontal attack. In my opinion, the
most effective things you've ever
done have been in the manner Of a
savage kind of kidding.
Then I feel that you often do
get under the skin of your adver-
sary. When you just get mad and
slug, it seems to me that you're
likely to miss your mark"
This may be true. But if so it
skaters my pet delusion. My pet
delusion has always been that /
could make my best showing on
such days as was filled with a
blind fury concerning some person
or thing.
I still take pride in couple of
columns which did many years
ago on the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
And at that time I wasn't kidding
anybody. was trying to hit and
kick and bite and scratch all at the
same time.
n n e
Even a CoIumniSt Has EN-
CTILL 1 had no remorse when
- Some readers protested because
allowed the last anniversary of
the execution to lapse without a
column bearing upon the issues
which were current then and which
still prevail. On that day, as !
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
I'm this dav of crisis" writes

GIN this day of crisis" writes a
L reader, Bernard Rifkin, with
Japan and China in the throeS OF
what threatens to be a war, with
Russia mobilizing on the Manchur-
ian border, with England off the
gold standard, congratulations on
your burning article in today'S
World Telegram giving three cheers
for Lefty Grove.
Comradely Yours"
The answer to this is Stuff and
nonsense!"
On the whole, the column has
been, I should say, somewhat more
concerned with serious topics than
usual. Only the day before the
Lefty Grove piece this particular
pasture undertook to suggest some
immediate remedies which ought to
be taken for the healing of the
worlds wounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

GmtOF JOuTnal OF the american Meolca
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
THE girl in college is likely to
4 suffer from all the complaints
suffered by girls who are not in col
lege and, in addition, from special
complaints associated with the kind
of life that college girls lead.
In other words, intensity of at
tention, much reading and seden-
tary life bring on complaints which
come to the attention of college
physicians. Recently, Drs. E. W.
Stearn and G. R. Mitchell reported
on 225 girls in small college in
Missouri. The girls were from 16
to 81 years of age.
Seventy-eight per cent complained
of headaches varying from three
times a week to twice a year.
There is no single cause of head
aches. Eyestrain, nervousness, wor-
ry and disturbances of digestion are
among the main causes.
Because the causes are not elimi-
mated, the girls continue to suffer
and, like people generally, try all
sorts of remedies, including Seda-
tives, pain-relieving remedies, pills
of all kinds, laxatives and soda
water.
The condition called growing
pains affects young girls exactly as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
A Change in Diet

DUT 7 have no intention now, nor
- has it ever seemed to me a
useful practice, to harp continually
upon one mood. There is, of course,
ample opportunity for serious dis
cussion every day. But the writer
who allows himself to stick too con-
Stantly to topics of tragic import is
very likely to grow stale. And his
readers, if any, will become over
trained and overstrained even be-
fore he does.
Indeed, it might be pertinent to
select a moral out of the career and
technique of Lefty Grove, who so
offendS Comrade Rifkin.
In his early days as a big Lacquer
Grove faltered upon many occasions
because he endeavored to put every
thing he had into each pitch. He
could not even allow himself pro-
per period of relaxation between
deliveries.
The story goes that Cochrane, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
We Felt Loo Sure

CTUDY and experimentation along
- such lines are desirable, but we
are not content with that. No
sooner does a theory show up, than
we proceed to accept it as Gods
own remedy for every affliction.
Though the Soviet government
has been a going concern for only
four years, George Bernard Shaw
feels that it is the most perfect
form of statecraft yet devised.
The moment the federal reserve
system had been established here,
we all rushed to slap each other
on the back with the assurance that
something had at last been done to
prevent panics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

catcher, suggested to him that he
stand still on the rubber and count
up to twelve between windupS. This
had some salutary effect for while
and managed to preserve the keen
edge of the southpaw's speed
through a nine-inning stretch.
But eventually some wise man of
an opposing club discovered the
timing of Grove, and that particular
team drove the pitcher to frenzy by
having each batter count to him.
self and at the stroke of II step
out of the box and leave Lefty
floundering.
1t was the discovery of quite an
other asset which made Grove the
greatest moundsman of his day, if
not of all time. BY dint of careful
practice, he mastered a change of
pace. And when the batter was all
set for speed he would feed him a
slow one,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Beer Production
THE production of beer is on

TINE production of beer is one Oh
L the few industries which have
shown expansion in Luxembourg, he
writes. In 1926, the production was
37,778 hectoliters. In 1880, it was
562, 1903 hectoliters.
The chief industry of Luxembourg
is metallurgy. Iron is produced
from the phosphated ores of the
country with the aid of coal brought
in from Belgium and Germany.
Transactions between Belgium
and Luxembourg are controlled by
the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic
Union, established in 1923.
Crude steel production for 1929
was 2,7O2,252 tons. 1t fell of 16 per
cent in 1880, dropping to 1888. 1892
tons.
In 1929 there were thirty-eight
blast furnaces in operation in the
country. At present only twenty
eight are working.
In 1929, the furnaces consumed
6,065 1893 tons of Luxembourg ore
and 4,546,383 tons of foreign ore.
This dropped in 1880 to 5,174,569
tons of native ore and 1868, 439 tons
of imported ore.
Another Luxembourg industry
which has been hit hard by the de-
preston is the tanning industry.
Exports to Germany have fallen of
while exports to France have be-
come almost negligible because Of
the prohibitive import tax.
The correspondent reports, how
ever, that strenuous efforts are be-
ing made to keep up employment by
employing men who have been
thrown out of their regular jobs to
make repairs around the factories
and do similar jobs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Il Is Dangerous

VOU often wonder why a gram
i mar school graduate succeeds
where a college man fails. More
often than not, it is because the
former realizes that he has lot to
learn and must work harder.
The same thing applies to the
greatest of enterprises, even to ma
lions.
Just now, we Americans feel quite
cocky on account of our huge gold
reserve and unaSsailable credit. The
idea prevails that we could let down
quite a bit in our efforts and still
keep ahead of other countries.
That's just the dope of success,
and it's dangerous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Didn't Work Head

WE Americans emerged from the
war assuming that we had the
worlds maritime trade nicely Sewed
up. Our reasoning seemed perfect
at the time. German submarines
had sunk 100000 tons of shipping
and we had constructed great
fleet to take its place.
Well, something didn't work right,
chiefly because we were so sure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Nel0 Pipes of Asbestos and
Cement Mature May Elm
mate Hazard of Breakage
By Freezing.
DIPES made from a mixture OF
Il asbestos fiber and cement are
being tried in place of iron or steel
pipes in Belgium, according to the
Belgian correspondent of the Amer
lean Chemical Society. The new
pipes were developed first In Italy.
The mixture of asbestos and ce-
ment is known under various names
in Europe, fibrocement and eter-
mite being two of them. The ma
terial has been in use for about
thirty years for roofing sheets, fire.
proof shingles, and similar uses.
A first-hand study of the italian
piping systems of fibrocement was
made by Professor Francois of the
University Of Brussels, and Profess
sor Van Hecke of the University of
AOuNd1Il.
They found that in Genoa pipes
OF forocement were used in prefer
ence to iron pipes for the fire mains.
THESE mains contain sea water and
1t was said that the salt would make
the use Of iron pipes impossible be-
cause Of corroSion.
The professors reported that in
certain localities last winter the
temperature dropped so low that
where the pipes were exposed the
salt water froze but that the pipes
did not break.
1t is reported that f1brocement
pipes can be made in any diameter
and with wall of any thickness. It
is planned to try them out for gas
mains also in Belgium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
More Ambitious Idea

TINE old boys had an idea that
l. if they brought up children to
be honest and good sports, they
had done about all that could be
done, outside of a few mechanical
inventions for creature comfort.
We have a much more ambitious
idea, which visualizes society as a
mechanism and the possibility Of
its control by a switchboard.
This idea finds expression through
dry laws in our country and Com
munism in Russia, not to mention a
whole raft of less consequential ex-
amnleS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
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BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH

Sept. 26
ON Sept. 26, 1917, the English
~ made a smashing drive on a
six-mile front from half mile to
a mile deep in Flanders.
South of the Ypres- road
the English home troops completed
the capture of the Twoer Hamlets
Spur, and gained their objective
the German concrete works on its
further slope.
In the center some companies OF
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
met with stubborn resistance, so
that the assault further north was
carried into the afternoon with the
Australians clearing the remainder
of the Polygon Wood and the Eng
lish, Scotch and Welsh battalionS
accomplishing their remote objective
-Zonnebeke, a mile away.
On the extreme left the North
Midland and London Territorials
reached their detectives on both
sides of the Wieltje- Gravenstafel
and st. Julien Gravenstafel roads.
This advance reached half a
mile through maze of fortified
farms and concrete redoubts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Brought on Slump

4 LIED nations emerged from
N the war believing that Ger
many would foot a large portion of
the bill. They were not wholly to
blame, siAce that is what many
leaders had promised.
That. is one reason why the i'm
possible load of debt was not
recognized and dealt with sooner,
why it was allowed to drag on, until
it virtually had bankrupted several
great governments and brought on
the worst trade slump in recent his
tory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Likely to Act Foolish

CUPERSTITIOUS faith in new
~ devices and novel ideas has
caused much unnecessary trouble.
But for the blind confidence in
our federal reserve system, we
might have been more cautious in
the boom.
Whenever people get the notion
that they are protected by a fool
proof scheme, they are likely to act
foolish.
Captain Smith of the Titanic
imagined that he was sailing an
unsuitable ship. If he hadn't been
so sure, he might have insisted on
sharper lookout and avoided that
iceberg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

What is the value of United
States Decent paper money, issue
of 1858, perforated edges, facsimile
of a Decent stamp, Washington,
green?
1t is valued at 30 cents if in new
and perfect condition. The same
with plain edges is valued at Is
cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Took Advantage of 1t

once the eighteenth amend
" ment and Volstead act had
been adopted, we sat down to the
comfortable thought that crime
would diminish. There was gen.
eral letting down of vigilance, eSpe-
cially on the part Of dry enthu-
Siasts, except with regard to boot
Logging.
Alert criminals could have asked no
more favorable situation, and the
result shows how successfully they
took advantage of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26
Is it proper to can only citizen

Is it proper to call only citizens
of the United States, Americans?
BY long established usage the
word American is popularity under
stood to mean one who is a citizen
of the United States of North
America. Technically. of course,
the word applies to all inhabitants
of the western hemisphere or of
North, Central and South America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

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 uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

One form of insurance is to write your memoirs
to be sold after your DEATH
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

Six Chicago police captains were shifted in war
on gambling With the professionals out of the way
that puts the game the up and up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

There may be some question about bootleg liquor
but it's cinch arpane gasoline is good to the last
drop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

Mayor Jimmy Walker has been decorated by six
European countries. That's one publicity stunt Cali
fornia muffed.