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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-23
Just Every Day Sense
By MIS-. walter FERGUSON

T NE worlds champion typist, we read now is a.
mother Which when you come to think of it, is
nothing at all unusual.
The day never will come when baby is casual
event to the who gives it birth But it is to
be hoped that We may live to see the time when we
shall not assume that because woman has child
she must give up all other laurels
More sheer bunk has been written on the subject
of mothers than on any topic under the SUM- 1t has
been preached by sentimentasts that maternity re-
away her tendency to sin, diminishes her faults and
transforms her instantly into but slightly
less virtuous than the angels
This alas is merely pretty whimsy For mother
hood will accentuate weaknesses, if anything
and enhance faults instead of renewing our
virtues.
THE selfish woman will be doubly selfish for her
L children. The foolish will go to further ex-
tremes of folly. The vain one will indulge her
vanity through them and the mean woman will grow
meaner
1t is only the loyal devoted, splendid persons whom
motherhood improves. For it seems to bring to the
surface latent qualities in natures Whether these
the kind of person the mother always has been.
for one, think we shall be better mothers when
We stop fooling ourselves with these sentimental
fancies. Let regard qualification and short
comngs honestly and without absurd exaggerations
There is only one way to be good mother-that
is to work at the job without assuming that nature
has given you any kind Of special ability because
you have borne child
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Improvement of STYLE

MOT for the world would 1 have
IN the practice of Blue Room
ghosts discouraged. I have no
morbid desire to read the Mckinley,
Hoover and Harding originals.
Richard WaShburn Child knew a
lot of nice words which poor Mr..
Harding could not even spell. It
would disorganize established gov
eminent if the man in the street
were not convinced that most of our
Presidents are semi-literate.
In fact, am not arguing for few
ghosts, but a great army of wraiths.
The Democrats, for instance, have
been shrewd enough to select
Charles S. Hand, an excellent news
paper man, to serve as the voice of
Garner.
The Republicans should go a lit
tie further and surreptitiously an
nounce that If Mr.. Curtis is re-
turned to Office, his responsibilities
will be confined to taking Mrs. Gam
in to dinner.
Some wiser head will be intrusted
with the detail of the job. 1 have
no idea what person the party has
in mind to stand in lieu of Mr..
Curtis, but if the post is open still,
I think a great improvement in
yice-presidential documents will be
noticed from the moment that the
task of writing them is intrusted to
little Billy Block.
Copyright. 1882. bv The TineA
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about words of more than two
syllables. Mckinley, Harding and
Hoover-to pick a few names at
random - were not men highly
skilled in the use of the English
language.
know that Herbert Hoover has
been under a terrific strain, but
that hardly excuses him from pro-
nouncing "fallaciously" as fell
ciously," which he palpably did in
his acceptance speech.
Of course, the secret of such
slips lies in the fact that most of
our Presidents do not write their
own state documents.
There is excellent precedent for
this: Woodrow Wilson, who func-
toned without benefit of ghosts,
once got himself into great deal
of political trouble by remarking
that George Washington did not
write his own Farewell Address.
Few questioned the historical &C
curacy of this, but there was a
feeling that it was not quite cricket
to betray White House secrets.
am not in a position to know
what stylist sat at the elbow of
Herbert Clark Hoover when his ac-
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Health Examiner. The family doctor, too lost his
equilibrium.
Consciously or unconsciously, he pursued methods
in his practice which reacted unfavoraby on his med
ical position well as on his reputation The fam
lily doctor, instead of being the master in the sick
chamber and assuming full responsibility for the case
has permitted himself to be relegated to an inferior
position"
The family doctor read is to blame for "the ire
mendous and very often unnecessary disqualification
of patients throughout the country" Many more pa
teirs could be treated in the home course that not
only would save money, but re-estabsh the old re-
lationshp between doctor and patient"
Today this once potent being the family doctor
specialists"
Specalism, properly linked to the general practice
OF medicine, is beneficial both to patient and doctor
writes DR.. Rongy. "Superspecalism is a canker sore
engrafed monstrosty created by and with the help
Of the family doctor to the detriment of the public
and the medical profession
This sounds like sense. Specialized treatment has
accomplished miracles since the old days of the bar
ner-surgeon. But like every virtue that is carried too
far it may become vice
We have invested $5OOOOOOOOO in HOSPITALS and
send through their portals 100000 out of 100000
sick each year Yet we have lost something. of real
value IN the friendly care, both spiritual and physical
OF the old family physician, who knew our nsdes and
those OF our family no expert could
We hope that the committee on the costs of mod
lcal care will help to reinstate the family doctor to
his old place of dignity and service
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save the need for discharging any
one.
The A. T. & T. will not counte-
nance any form of telephone work
ers' union whatsoever, but it does
set up 1.-The Association of En-
ployes" which has about as much
authority as has any organization
lbossed by the management. Until
the employees, the holders Of most
of the stock, do wake up, the stock
holders with their big blocks Of
stock viii continue to crack the
whip.
What the A. T. g. T. employee
stockholders should DO is to elect
an ordinary employee as their rep
resentative at all sessions of the
board of directors, with all en-
ploye proxies in his power to swing
as he sees fit for the best inter-
ests Of his fellow employees. Then
watch the big stockholders sit up
and take notice.
Then, and only then, will the A.
T. & T. employees have that boosted
voice in the his company" and true
unemployment relief"
4 FORMER A. 7. & 7. EAPLOx2,
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More Trade War

America will suffer more trade losses from the
agreements of the British imperial economic confer
ence Just ended at Ottawa Our agricultural products
will be blocked in the British market to the advan-
tage of Canadian products entering free, while Can
ada will give British steel and many manufactured
articles preference over the products of mills and
factories.
Estimates of American losses run into hundreds
Of millions of dollars annually.
But we have no right to the British, the
Canadians and the other domnions entering their
agreements They merely are taking page out of
our book trying protect themselves in the world
trade and tariff war largely started by us.
Though we can not take a hoher- than thou atti-
tude toward these neighbors of ours can question
their wisdom. 1t is just as silly for them to attempt
to interfere with the natural flow Of world trade as it
Is stupid for us to do the same
Canada and the United States have natural trade
relations. We largely complement each other Large
trade between these two countries is mutually advan
tageous.
In the long run, those natural channels of world
trade will re-establsh themselves But meanwhile,
the man-made trade barriers prolong the world de-
preston, which they did SO much to create.
We started the trouble. We shall have to start the
reform
President Hoover in his acceptance speech defend
ed the monstrous tariff rates of the Hawley -smoot
act and even intimated that some of them might be
raised SO apparently there hope to be expected
from the Republicans.
Logically, might turn to the Democrats as the
traditional low-tarif party. But the Democrats
helped to pass the Hawley-Smoot bill Now they
make great ado about the inquities of that alleged
Republican but they evry careful not to
commit themselves to any definite downward revision
The Democratic platform, admirably frank in many
ways, evaded this issue Candidate Roosevelt is
equally evaSive when it to making lower tariff
pledges
If this that the next administration,
whether Republican Democratic intends to con-
tnue this economic world war the result can only be
disaster.
These British empire agreements are only the be-
ginning Of large foreign drive against American
trade-unless America has enough to call a
halt.
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Like business. the professions finding time
these dull days to do bit Of soulsearchng and stock
taking. ..,
In this process doctor, at least has discovered
malady in his own calling He calls it superspecial
ism" tendency among physicians to shunt much Of
their work on TO hospitals and specialists thereby add
ing greatly to the cost without always increasing the
efficiency of medical
In recent years, the practice of medicine, not un
ike finance and industry, became a bit frenzied,"
writes DR.. Abraham J. Rongy Of New York in Ths
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

of chemistry, DR.. Black, discovered
it and notified the parents, who
then dismissed the nurse.
Even at that time the risk to the
child of being nursed by tubercu-
lar woman was understood.
When Sir Walter Scott was 10
months old, his first serious illness
overlook him. Apparently he suf-
fered with the cutting of teeth and
a fever. On the fourth day there
after he was found to have lost the
power of his right leg.
His parents consulted every pos
sible type of medical practitioner,
both scientific and unscientif1c, and,
all of this being without success, he
was finally sent to the country to
recuperate.
This was, of course, an attack of
infantile paralysis, not sufficient to
cause death, but sufficient to pro-
duce permanent Gripping, for Sir
Walter Scott was lame for the rest
of his life.
1t probably was excellent advice
to send the young boy to the coun-
try to recuperate.
AS Scott himself said, ''the impa-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-23
The r. F. C. Report

There has been lot OF hokus-pokus in high
places to prevent publication of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation reports
South Trimble clerk of the house, called in legal
experts, and even prepared printed brief to sup
port his decision to permit publication of the reports
1t was the only decision possible under intelligent
administration of the law terms of which never
were obscure Intent of congress never was in doubt
Attempts of standpat Republicans and Democrats
to foil the majority of congress thus have failed
Publicity never hurt any public business In this
instance it should help the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in the administration of its difficult task
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Eighteen-Year Period

THE Saros is Is years, liz DAYS
Il in length. If, for example, an
eclipse of the sun should take place
today, another would occur ap-
proximately eighteen years and
eleven days from today.
The track of the eclipse at the
end of the next Saros, however,
would not be the same as the track
Of the first eclipse.
The usual number of solar
eclipses in a SaroS is seventy-one.
though it may be two or three more
one way or the other.
Mention Of eclipses is found in
ASsyrian literature. There also are
passages in the Bible which are
taken to refer oeclipSes.
In Amos VIII, 8, it says: And it
shall come to pass in that dav.
saith the Lord God, that l will
cause the sun to go down at noon,
and 1 will darken the earth in the
clear day"
A reference in the ASsyrian epo-
nym canon. a passage which refers
to a year in the Assyrian chro-
nology which has been identified as
1853 B. c., says, Instruction in the
city of Assur. In the month Swan
the sun was eclipsed."
Both this passage and the one
from Amos are believed to refer to
an eclipse of the sun which oc-
Cured on June Is, 763 B. c.
From TAT B. c. on, a canon of
astronomical observations was kept
in Babylon. All eclipses we're re-
corded in it. Nabonassar was king
in TAT.
1t was this canon, DR.. J. K.
Fotheringham of oxford, famous
authority on ancient stronomy, be-
iieves, which led to the discovery
of the Saros.
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Average Not Good Enough

ME average is not only being
Il studied too much, but is being
allowed to play too prominent a
part in all our activities. Mass
production, whether as applied to
art or overallS, is bent on finding
the average.
Our schools have suffered from
the same complex. On every hand,
we are lowering standards to &C
commodate the average. That is
one reason why the average remains
so low.
The average is particularly out of
tune with the theories of eugenics.
Indeed, there would be little excuse
for eugenics if the average were ac-
ceptable.
No one wants to be an average
person, whether with respect to
length of life, bodily strength, or
mental ability; no one believes there
is any hope for humanity in stand
ards, achievements, or ideals which
satisfy an average,
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SaYs

The Average Always Is BelOlO
the Desired Standard; the
CaUemdn Was A1OGre of
That and Sought His Mate
With the IdeA of Getting
Array From 1t.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-By TAX
IN ing the measurements of 100,-
600 World war veterans, scientists
have produced a plaster model Of
what they will call the composite,
or average, American male Of this
generation.
The thing is on display at the
New York Museum of Natural His
tory. its immediate purpose being
to entertain, enlighten, or horrify
delegates to the third International
Congress of Eugenics.
Outside of the information it may
afford tailors, haberdashers, car de-
signers and others who make or
sell things which must be accom-
modated to the human body, it
means very little.
Neither tape nor caIiper is needed
to prove that the average always is
below the desired standard. The
caveman was aware of that and
sought his mate with the idea of
getting away from it.
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SCIENCE.
BY DAVID DIETZ

Modern Astronomers Make
Use of Knowledge Handed
Dozen By Ancient ChaI-
deans.
A sTRoNOMERS have calculated
IA the time for the solar ecliuse
of Aug. 81 to a fraction Of a second.
They can make calculations with
almost as great accuracy for an
eclipse to occur five centuries from
now.
This ability to make such precise
predictions is one of the maryels of
modern astronomy. Yet the ability
to predict an eclipse is very old in
the world.
In fact, modern astronomers in
figuring eclipses, make use of a term
used by ancient Chaldeans in pre-
historic times.
The ancient Chaldeans, of course.
did not understand the real motions
o fthe solar system. They, like the
people of the earth for centuries
after them. thought that the sun as
we'll as the moon was in motion
around the earth.
Although a number of Greek as
tronomers suggested that the earth
moved around the sun, it was not
until after time of Copernicus-
l543-that this belief generally was
acceptedO
But the astronomer priests Of the
ancient Chaldeans studied the an
parent motions Of the sun and
moon, that is, the paths in which
they semed to move across the sky
and the rates at which they ap-
peared to move.
They also made careful studies of
the eclipses that occurred and from
their studies they made the dis
covery that eclipses occur in cycles.
This cycle they named the "Saros,"
term which astronomers still use.
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TT CEEMO M ME nv HAYWOOD
i OZL4Y1O 4 ~ WILL DA BROUN

DRESIDENT HOOVER'S bland
j. announcement that no Repub-
lican need take the prohibition
plank in the party platform very
seriously has come home to roost.
1t has inspired ce-President
Charles Curtis to declare that he,
for one, is just as dry as he ever
was.
Some may applaud the courage of
the presidential candidate if
they are so disposed, but it does
make things little confusing.
Seemingly the right hand of the Re-
publican party does not know what
the left hand is doing, and much
rather would not be told.
When the venerable statesman
out in Topeka, Kan, was hooked up
for sound, the campaign managers
were very careful not to let him be
heard in either New York or Chi
cago. Paul Gascoigne, who attends
to such matters for the G. o. P, ex-
planned that the omission must have
been an 'inadvertence."
To put it bluntly, that is little
hard to take.
After all, Mr.. Curtis was routed
into Ft. Wayne, Bay City, Eau
Claire and Orlando, and in making
out such a list it seems strange that
nobody remembered the existence
of a small settlement clustering
around some mud huts on Manhat-
tan island.
I think it is even strange that
Chicago was forgotten, although
from my point of view that would
be a consunmation devoutly to be
wished.
Keeping Him in WigWam
INDEED, it is my idea that in put
l. ting Mr.. Curtis out over the
ether the reverse of usual consider
alton prevailed. The managers of
the party in power undoubtedly sat
down and tried to think not of those
metropolitan areas in which his
ideas would do the most good, but
of the hamlets in which his mes
sage could do the least harm.
On the whole, it would have been
smarter just to cut the wires and let
him talk into a dead mike. That
would have afforded a reasonably
good time for him and disturbed
none of the voters.
I am not of the impression that
many thousands of the invisible au-
dience rushed to turn on their ra-
dos, crying: "Goody! Goody! Charlie
Curtis is going to make an address. :"
A speech by the Vice-President of
the United States is always likely to
yield precedence to a good welter-
weight bout, jazz orchestra or
some quartet singing Sweet AIDE
line"
But, though the office does not
stand in high repute, the perform
ance was a little worse than any,
body could have expected After
all, only a heartbeat stands between
the vice-presidency and the highest
office in the gift Of the American
people.
1t is monstrous that this respon-
sibility should be intrusted to gen.
tlemen who could not possibly get q
job as sixth vice president of skat-
ing rink.
e.
When Ghosts Rush In
TINE country has steeled itself to
4 the fact that some Of our
Presidents arc . Ittls uncertain
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-The Editor.
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We doubt whether Hot Springs will ever be able
TO catch Reno in the matter of divorces Besides
being late starter the Arkansas city has the added
disadvantage of being greater distance from Holly
wood
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Health Magazine.
TN honor of the centenary of Sir
a Walter Scott, the Edinburgh
Medical Journal has made a special
study Of the medical history of this
remarkable man. He was one of
twelve children, the first six of
whom all died in infancy.
In the period in which he lived,
deaths among babies were fire.
quent. Indeed, the infant NOR
tality rate was in many places as
high as 400 to 1000, which means
that two of every five infants that
were born died before they were
year of age.
Today the rates vary from so to
100 to the thousand.
In fact, Scott himself almost
succumbed because his parents en-
ployed for him a nurse who was tu-
bercular and who concealed this
fact.
Fortunately, the famous professor
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We know far better way to have path beaten
TO your door than to invent new mouse trap. Just
nave your name included on three or four lists OF
sustaining" members of worthy charities
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Daily Thoughts

To everything there is a sea-
son, and time to every purpose
under the Observation-Disclosures
81.
A deep meaning often lies in old
CUSTOMS Schiller,
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ceptance speech was prepared, but
if the bulk of the phrasing was not
the work of Ogden Mills I dutifully
will eat the script in any shop win
dow which may be selected.
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Greeks Stunned AVERAGE

THIS plaster model which pre-
4 tends to denote the average
American male is a most discour-
aging commentary, with its thin
shoulders, big stomach, and obvi-
ouSly weak bocy. At that, it proba-
by is as good as the average of any
other land.
AS one critic remarks, the aver
age American male, as portrayed by
this model, does not compare ia
vorably with the heroic sculpture of
Greece, or even the statues of mod
ern leaders.
Why should it? Greek artists did
not pick ideals from the average.
nor can the leaders of any age,
whether modern or not, be CLASH
fed as average.
Athletic records are not made by
average runners, jumpers or shot
putters. Art is not the product of
average talent, nor scientific prog
ress Of average brains.
More important than all that.
there is no such thing as the aver
age, or composite man.
We Need Something Better
A LII the thousands of veterans
IA who were examined, calipered
and tapped to produce that plaster
model, you could not find one that
is like it in every detail. With all
the study and research, science has
yet to discover two human beings
exactly alike. 1t has not even
found two sets of fingerprints alike.
What we all want is something
above and beyond the average. Just
now there is considerable faith in
mass production and mass think
ing as means of getting it, but
science knows better.
Science knows that no strain of
fast trotters ever was produced by
breeding average horses. Science
knows that no race of men ever was
improved by clinging to average
standards. Science knows that the
only way is to select the best and
afford it every opportunity, to pre-
serve the dominating strain which
promises most.
AS far as principal goes, science
knows nothing that the jungle
savage didn't know when he went
forth to find strong, healthy wife
In practice, it has discovered some
clever tricks.
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ALLIED VICTORIES


IN Aug. %, 1918, Byng's English
" troops stormed nine villages
north of Albert, advancing more
than two miles on seven-mile
front.
Fighting in this area was bitter
to the extreme and losses were ire
mendouS.
The French Third army crossed
the Divette river near Evricourt and
Mangin's troops crossed the Disc
near Manicamp, advancing several
miles on a wide front.
Americans in Fismes, which they
had taken several days before, re-
pulsed three savage attacks by fresh
German divisions.
The German army on the west
ern front was under heavy pres
sure all along the line, and was Civ
ing ground constantly in most
places.
Allied planes bombed Karls-
ruhe, killing nine persons and dam
aging many industrial plants.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

This is the first of two articles by
DR.. Fishbein on the medical history of
Sir Walter Scott, the British author.
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What was the population Of New
York City in 1880?
1,911,698.