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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS WALTER FERGUSON
HERE is no friendship in business,
Tol,

Il John W. Arlington manufacturer
Perhaps this is one reason why we are so eco
nomcaly Ill these days. At any rate this sentence
presents to the imaginative mind an ugly picture
and that does not increase our respect for the
industrial system
We take it that there still is honor among bust
ness men, however, because have been told so
often that even thieves possess it, And friendship
and honor are allied closely that there is almost
no separating them.
In nearly every town during this period of bust
ness inertia see certain business heads using it as
an excuse for pinchng their workers down to the
lowest possible wage One builds himself a grand
mansion, another salts away his gold while still an
other improves and enlarges his business at the
expense Of faithful workers.
Organizations that keep on declaring dividends
have fired half their force and cut the salaries and
doubled the work for those remaining. I know one
man who declared that his small business had
cleared 100000 this year, yet its wages have been
cut to the bone.
THERE is no friendship here and no honor Yet
Il this, happily, is but one-half of the picture
There many more organizations whose leaders
do value friendship and who feel a great sense of
responsibility toward their employees.
And thousands of men, I dare say, have wealth
cred the hard times for the sole reason that they
had friends to help them
II there is no friendship in business which
strenuouSly deny then America indeed is in a sad
condition. For the cutthroat system, kept alive by
lies and deceits and bitter enmities, is no longer
considered the best system.
There is friendineSs in everything these DAYS
If that fails us, all things worthless. And the
who makes only a fortune and strives not for
friendship will be forever poor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Radiation unsupported

ORD KELVIN, Sir Oliver Lodge
IL continues, also knew that the
discharge of the condenser was an
oscillating one, like the swing of q
loaded pendulum, first in one direc-
ton and then in the other.
Lord Kelvin knew that the spark
of the electric discharge was really
a succession of sparks, first in one
direction and then in another.
Sir Oliver tells how he succeeded
in slowing down the oscillations OF
the spark by the use Of very large
condenSers until the vibrations ap-
preached those of musical notes and
the sound of the spark actually was
musical note.
Il exhibited this musical note at
the Royal Institution in what
called a 'whistling spark Lodge
told.
When such sparks took place,
radio waves were. at the same time
radiated into space. But, Sir Oliver
continues, I'VE did not know that
there was any such radiations, nor
did Lord Kelvin.
eve knew, or might have thought,
that such radiation was possible, by
the analogy of a tuning-fcrk. A
struck or excited tuning-fork gives
sound vibrations.
"A genius might have surmised
that, as the tuning fork vibrates in
air, so the discharge of a Leyden
jar or other condenser, being a vi
bration in the ether, might possibly
carve the ether into waves and emit
energy in that way. That is what
happens, but no one suspected it
for long time.
I'VE had no sense for such waves
and could not tell that they we're
being emitted, even when we made
the experiment. We we're in the
condition of deaf person striking
tuning-fork or a bell"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Children of the Soil
NTE are not as far away from

NTE are not as far away from
w the primitive as the illusion
ment of an Illuminated city street
suggests.
Half of us, or possibly more, are
able to live without much regard
to raw resources and raw labor, but
the rest can not.
We still are children of the soil in
every essential, absolutely dependent
on what the soil produces, either in
vegetable, mineral or animal form.
It's not bad idea to keep that
in mind, especially when we are
trying to cure basic ills with effec-
tive remedies.
This notion that the economic
structure can be separated into
component parts and dealt with
Scientists are beginning to believe
piecemeal has its weakness.
that the universe must be regarded
as an entity. It might not be a bad
idea to take similar view of eco
Monies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Detection Perfected

TINE first to show that an electric
Il discharge would generate ether
waves was George Francis Fitzger-
aid, Sir oliver continued.
Fitzgerald published mathematical
studies of the question in 1880 and
1888.
It is of interest to note that Fitz-
geralds work was mathematical and
theoretical, not experimental AS
Sir Oliver adds, still we didn't
know how to produce these oscilla-
lions and still less how to detect
them"
Fitzgerald's theoretical work was
based upon the electromagnetic
theory of light which had been
published in 1865 by James Clerk
Maxwell.
Many experimenters set to work to
detect the ether waves predicted by
Fitzgerald.
L also set to work experimental
ly, and tried to produce the waves
by the discharge of Leyden jars"
Sir Oliver tells. mo doubt I did
DTOQuCG bilEHl bIldL WdS eb2oJ
enough; the thing was to detect
them.
1--WE needed what Lord Kelvin
called an electric eye"
Success finally came to German
investigator, Professor Heinrich
Hertz. Hertz, as Lodge tells, used
a different arrangement of appar-
atus. He generated such powerful
waves that when they were absorbed
by metal conductors they caused the
conductors to give forth tiny cleo
trio sparks.
AFTER that" Lodge says, prog
ress was rapid"
"A multitude of ingenious inven-
tors combined their ingenuity and
experiences to apply the process on
an engineering scale and to improve
it out of all recognition
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
ASKS WAR ON AUSTRIA
Dec. 4

ON Dec. 4, 1917, President Wilson
~ in his second war message to a
joint session of congress urged a
declaration of war against Austria
Hungary.
President Wilson also gave a
broad intimation of possible eco
nomic war against Germany: "It
might be impossible to admit Ger
many TO the free economic inter-
course which must inevitably spring
out of other partnerships in real
peace"
President Wilson also transmitted
the following message to the king
of Rumania:
THE people of the United States
have watched with feeling of warm
est sympathy and admiration the
courageous struggle of Your Majesty
that the United States will support
Rumania after the war to the best
of its ability. and that in any final
negotiations for peace it will use its
constant efforts to see to it that
the integrity of Rumania as a free
and independent nation is adequate
ly safeguarded."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Sir OliDer Lodge Relates En-
periments Whicb Were
Forerunners of Modern
Radio.
NEARCONI frequently is called
4VA the father of radio" but It is
well to remember that radio also
had many grandfathers.
Marconi is justly famous because
he took the radio out OF the Iabo-
ratory and made it capable of doing
real work in the everyday worlu.
But Marconi could not have done
it if it had not been for the MANY
laboratory workers who preceded
! him.
Sir Oliver Lodge, great physicist.
and one of the pioneers in radio.
told about the early days in that
field in a recent address before the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
"AS one gets older" Lodge said,
people seem to think that ones
duty is to be historian of the
times during which one has lived.
Unfortunately, I have not been
trained as a historian, and, there
fore, am incompetent to do more
than just trade upon my reminis-
cences. which are liable to be rather
one-sided and not to satisfy the
conditions for serious and reliable
history without prejudice or favor
itiSm.
Looking back. then. over NV
lifetime the first item to attract
my attention was a paper on Tran
Sient Currents. written by Lord
Kelvin, in 1883 wherein he gave
the theory of electric oscillations
in a mastery manner. considering
that the idea of Self-induction was
not then born.
He knew. however, that an cleo
trio charge could be stored in
condenser. after the same fashion as
energy is stored in a bent or coiled
spring, so that the condenser re-
ceived and stored up electric en-
ergy, which it would subsequently
give out when released. That was
the first STEP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
A Queer Stunt
MEN do queer things when tn

MEN do queer things when they
Iva get greedy, or excited.
Down in Birmingham Ala, a local
movie war inspired some bright
boy to import lot of snakes from
Texas, with the idea of turning
them loose in the darkened houses
when crowds and plots we're thick
est.
The stunt actually was carried
out causing near panic and calling
for some rather unusual detective
work on the part of the police.
The police rose nobly to the occa-
sion, with one arrest already made
and sixteen snakes conflscated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


4 LMOST every one now knows
L A that the human being may be
Sensitized to certain protein sub
stances and respond in various
ways, sometimes with hayfever,
sometimes with asthma, sometimes
with abdominal pain or headache,
and sometimes with eruption on the
skin.
The eruption on the skin may
take various forms, including swell
ing, eczema and general irritation
manifested by blisters and itching.
DR.. Leo II. Criep recently has
surveyed some of the special points
in relationship to the type of SEN
sitivity that is manifest on the skin.
Usually the person indicates that
other members of his family have
similar disturbances, including
either hayfever or asthma, or some
other type of sensitivity.
Not infrequently the occupation
of the patient is such that he is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

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 Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

New Jersey woman sued for divorce, naming E
game Of cards as correspondent Evidently she didn"
stack up so well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

John H, Raskob is petitioning 10000 Democrats as
to their views on prohibition Looks like something
is going to be soaked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

Flo ziegfeld said there always would be staged
Johnnies and that's why there would always be Fol-
lies" And what folles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

Lawyers are whooping up second Reno" in
Hot Springs Well, that's another place to get
into hot water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

With peace in my heart 1 turned
over and went to sleep, for now ]
realized that CHEEKY, fresh-air
water-drinking Mr.. Wiggly had one
OF the nastiest colds it has ever
been my pleasure to hear.
n
Deep-Dyed Detective Work
ONE of the easiest jobs in the
~ world must be that of federal
secret service agent. First-page
dispatches from Washington an
nounce that these inspired detec-
t1ves have unearthed a connection
between the Communist party and
the national hunger march.
All the sleuthing necessary was to
buy a copy of the Communist daily
organ, which has been dealing with
the hunger march in eight-column
headlines for more than month.
And even now that the discovery
has been accomplished the policy
of the government seems to be a
little less than shrewd. 1t purposes
to fight the Communists. 1t might
be smarter to fight the hunger.
Copyright 1881, by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

What are the official names for
the positions on a football team in
the United States?
Right end, left end, right tackle,
left tackle, right guard, left guard
center, quarter back, left half back,
right half back and full back.
Who played the role of the run
boy "Rencharo" in Trader Horn?
1t vast played by native, Mutia
Omoolu.
Have any successful dives been
made from the Brooklyn Bridge,
New York, in the last few years?
Ray Woods, a st. Louis swimming
instructor, dived twice from the
Brooklyn Bridge, In June, 1928. He
wore a baseball mask and chest pro-
tector over a flannel shirt and his
swimming suit. The protector and
shirt we're torn to shreds when he
struck the water. Another dive was
made by Jack Latkowski, about June
l. 1929.
How does the area of France COM
pare with that of Germany?
France, including Alsace-Lorraine,
has an area of 212,659 square miles,
and Germany has 185,889.
Are Negro boys barred from the
United States military academy?
They can enter if they obtain an
appointment and pass the examlna-
tions. Several have done so.
On what date is the Yellowstone
National Park closed to tourists?
The tourist season extends from
June 20 to Sept 10, during which
time the park utilities are operated.
Between June l and 20 and Sept.
10 and Oct. Is, aemittance Is
granted only to those who come
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Daily Thought

For in that he himself hath
suffered being tempted, he is able
to succour them that are tempted.
Hebrews 218.
Hardly a man will you find who
could live with his door OPEN
Seneca.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

How much difference is there be-
tween Pacific coast time and eastern
standard time?
Pacific coast time is three hours
earlier than eastern standard time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

n UNFORTUNATELY, I forgot TO
~ turn off the radio upon quit
ting the job early yesterday morn
ing. It makes it much easier to
write if you tune in on one of the
cabarets. The sounds of jazz and
revelry increase your self-esteem
enormously.
AS you pound the typewriter keys
you hear "How's Your Uncle?" or
Life Is Just Bowl of Cherries, "
and you say to yourself, There are
those fools and MASTERS dining and
drinking and dancing, and here l
am hard at work turning out lit
erature."
The jokes of the broadcaster and
the applause and the laughter all
sound very jolly and enticing. But
it is easy to thrust aside tempta-
ton with little philosophy.
THAT" I say to myself, lis just
the fun of a moment. Ephemeral-
itv is written all over it. Who
among all the FOSTERING crowd will
remember a single one of all the
announcer's witty sayings tomorrow
morning?"
mot one" I reply, for I make it
a practice in these philosophic dis
cussions to supply the answers as
we'll as the questions.
But the book am writing I
continue-"th will live after the
cabaret quips are forgotten. This
book will still be partly current two
months after publication"
Blind FOOLS" I ruminate with
bitterness. They have no thought
except to please themselves. I work
for the sake of posterity."
Daybreak and BugIe Calls
DUT, as l said, it was mistake
d not to turn the blame thing
off after the last Jazz band had done
for the evening. The current con-
tinued even though nothing came
through the horn, and at GAS a. m.
I began to dream that 1 was best
man at a military funeral.
It was impossible to work all the
noise into the fabric of my fantasy
and remain asleep, and I awoke to
find the sound of pealing bells and
bugle calls.
And the reason for this puzzled
me until I heard a CHEEKY voice
which said, Good morning. every
body; this is Mr.. Wiggly, the ex-
ercise man." To get up and shut
him of was far too great an effort,
and SO I listened while he grew in
creasingly CHEEKY.
isn't that fine he continued, TO
see you all tumbling out of bed?
Now we'll begin by drinking a nice
long glass OF cold water. Tastes
good, doesn't it? I've always said
nature is mans best bootlegger. Ha!
Hal Hal" and he laughed three
times with most annoying vehe-
mence.
Now 1 want each of my pupils
big or small, to make sure that the
windows are open Fresh air should
be part Of our breakfast every morn
ing. There's nothing like fresh air
on these fine, sharp mornings"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
One Portion of Fresh Air

Une Portion OF Fresh AT
TOR the first time I was reminded
Il of the penetrating chill Of the
bleak and gloomy days and drew
the quilt under my chin. But there
was no shutting of the breezy tones
of Mr. Wiggly.
We'll, now. isn't that fine? Here
comes daddy to join our circle.
Daddy's not so young as he used
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

Headline Miss Carr Loses Drivers License. Auto
been more careful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04

Do Alaska brown bears ever weigh
as much as 200 pounds?
The Kodiak bears, the largest of
the Alaska brown bears, 1900
pounds is not regarded as very
heavy. They grow much larger.
What relation is the daughter of
my mothers cousin to me?
Second cousin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-04
Deep-Dyed Detective Work

Copyright. 1881. bv The Timesl
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

terS requiring a prompt answer
should also contain a Self-ad-
dressed envelope.
Too Young for Ring
Dear Miss Fairfax:
am 16 and have been going
with a boy of the same age
for eight months. We had q
quarrel recently and I gave him
back his ring. He says he still
loves me and wants me to start
going with him again. II I
do so, do you think I should
take his ring?
Thanking you for your help
full advice in advance,
RUTH.
Sixteen strikes me as entirely
too young to give and accept
rings. It's natural and whole
some for girls Of your age to
have boy friends, but when it
verges on "the forever-and-ever"
basis. it is distinctly a mistake.
You'd have to wait several
years before the boy would be
able to contract a legal mar
l\age. Why take things 50
seriously in the meantime?
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Diet and Health
BY DIR. Logan Clendening

will not react to the irritant.
The results of this form OF
treatment are variously re-
ported There is no doubt that
in some persons it works per-
fectly. know Of many in
stances in which a course Of
pollen extracts has completely
prevented any symptoms of
hay fever for that one season.
Can Prevent Att-.ckS
The exact proportion of these
fortunate ones is hard to say.
Probably about IS per cent
one out of four-who try the
treatment get such complete re-
lief. About an equal number
get no relief at all. OF the
rest-about so per cent Of the
total-there are varying de-
grees of relief. Some are re-
lieved Of asthma in connection
with the attack of hay fever,
which is a good deal.
It is impossible to say which
people will be relieved. But it
may be said with confidence
that if a person is not relieved
in any year it is useless to at
tempt the method again an
other year. And also those
who obtain relief can be pretty
well assured that their hay
fever attacks can be prevented
in the same way every year.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

A great deal Of research
work has been done during the
past Is or 20 years on the
prevention of hay fever.
The, method most generally
used is to give extracts of pol
lens Of the plants responsible
as a process Of vaccination,
beginning several weeks before
the attack of hay fever is ex-
pected.
The first lecture I heard on
this subject before a medical
society was in about 1912 Il
am not absolutely certain Of
the date). The subject was
new then, so the date repre-
sents about the period of time
this research has been going
on. In 1915 Cooke Of New
York reported on the preven-
tive vaccine treatment in IA
" patients who had hay fever.
Principle of Method
The principle of the method
depends first on finding exactly
what plant causes hay fever in
the particular case. In doing
this the doctor can take advan-
tage Of the fact that the pa
tient who is representative to
any substance will show q re-
action in the skin If that sub
stance is introduced by a n.y.
podermic needle into the skin.
A red area soon shows up at
the point of injection and
grows to a considerable size. de-
pending on how sensitive the pa
tient is.
In this way the extracts of
pollenS of several plants which
might possibly cause hay fever
are introduced into the. pa
TENTS skin. Whichever one, or
ones, show the most violent re-
actions are considered the cause
Of this particular persons at
tackS. Extracts of these pol
lens are made either in salt
solution or glycerine, and, be-
ginning with very weak solu-
tionS, gradually increasing the
amounts of the pollen extract
are given hypodermically at in
tervalS of several days. In this
way an immunity to the effects
of the pollens is supposed to be
built up, so that when the hay
fever season starts the patient
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
The Marry-Go-
Round
BY Helen Rowland

The Eternal Feminine
The modern woman may
scorn the ties and dependence
of marriage, but, somehow she
still seems to have a great
respect for alimony.
The savages cover them.
selves with paint instead OF
with clothes-and so do a lot
of civilized women, at the
beach resorts.
When a woman can't lose
any weight by living on
toast-and-lettuce diet, she can
always fall in love and worry
herself thin over some man.
A woman is only as young
as she looks; but it's comfort
ing to know that most Of the
factories in the world are
working overtime making
clothes, beauty creams, hair
dyes and other things to KEEP
her LOOKING that way.
In a popularity contest, a
quiet, reserved girl would prob
ably draw about as many votes,
these days, as corSetS, carrots,
spinach or classic education.
Oro n-v. So V.uunon. - Rnuwiun
divine" And almost any man
will generously let q woman
assume all the divinity" If
she will only permit him to 60
on being rs "human" rs he
pleaseS.
The world is still waiting for
a fOOI-prOOf railroad crossing, q
bIOnde-prOOf man and a woman
proof automobile.
A man may have heart
enough to love two women at
the same time, but he should
have brains enough to keep
them from finding it out.
A man admires the, woman
who makes him think, likes the
woman who makes him luagh,
adOreS the woman who makes
him suffer-and marries the
woman who makes him feel
pleased with himself.
You can get fire insurance
on almost anything, these days,
except a red-hot temper and a
flaming romance-the two most
dangerous things In the worldl
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority ON Problems Of
Love and Marriage.

Is 1t Bad Luck?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a constant reader Of
your column so I am asking
your advice on a family mat
ter. I have two daughters who
are talking about being married
in a short time and they have
asked me about having a double
wedding. I mentioned the idea
to a friend Of mine, who said
it was bad luck. Would you
mind giving me an answer to
this in your column as soon as
you can so I can see what to
do. A CONSTANT READER.
I've never heard that a double
wedding was bad luck. If you
are interested in the manage
ment of the details of double
ceremony I shall be glad to
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

shock. He left her a nerve
tonic and some sleeping pow
ders.
"But I won't need them!"
Fanchon protested.
'They will relax ,you," he told
her, smiling; you are terribly
keyed up"
Mrs. Carstairs went out to the
hall with him, as he left.
A Stubborn Woman
"She's all right" he told her
In answer to her anxious ques-
ton. "I didn't, of course, ask
for details. She's pretty badly
shocked by the whole dreadful
business. And very nervous.
Give her lots of sunlight, rest,
fresh air and keep off any suo-
ject that seems to affect her
disagreeably or emotionally.
See that she gets plenty of
recreation. too, and laughter.