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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
A Democratic Job

Many Democratic members of congress are shout
ing that this foreign debt mess is up to Hoover and
that they will not let him unload 1t on the Democrats
This latent attitude may have been stimulated by
the pointed conclusion in PresidentEect Roosevets
acceptance OF the Hoover conference invitation to
the effect that the immediate responsibility rests on
the present executive and legislative authorities
Obviously certain Democratic members of congress
have gone much farther than Roosevelt-perhapS
even to the point of embarrassing the Presdent-eect
Nothing could be short-sighted and costly Tor
the Democrats than an attitude of let-Hoover-han-
dle-it.
They seem to forget that there is much more at
stake than petty party maneuverng The debt settle
ment-whether the result is orderly revision or forced
defaults going to have tremendous effect upon
world finance world trade, and the American de-
preston
All this should be of much more concern to the
Democrats, who on the way in, than to Mr.. Hoo
YER who is on the way out If they try to stick Mr.
Hoover with this they will find before many months
that they have stuck the country-and themselves
AS matter of fact no amount of alleged political
cleverness by the Democrats nure the President
here. In the first place. he is defeated candidate,
with no political future He is not on not spot'
II is the Democrats who occupy that uncomfortable
position.
In the. second place. the President unlike the
Democrats is pretty well in the clear on the imme-
date debt issue.
The immediate issue is not a debt settlement
that is a later job which the Democratic President
and Democratic congress must handle. The lmme-
date issue is merely extension of the temporary mora
forum which congress voted last year and appoint
rnent of a congressional commission to hear the
debtors pleas.
Mr. Hoover is in the clear because last December
he made these very recommendations to congress and
congress refused to act thus the responsibility Tor
the present jam is on congress
From selfish standpoint all Mr.. Hoover has 10
do now is to repeat those recommendations to con-
press and unload the whole thing on the Democrats
who control congress
But the President has chosen more puonc-
spirited course He has invited the Presdent-elect
and other Democratic leaders to confer with him on
a Joint program, which amounts to an offer to pre-
mare the ground so the country and they will not be
handicapped when the administration takes over
the larger problem Of final settlement.
Under the circumstances, it is absurd Tor the
Democrats to act as though they can escape the
debt responsibility
Mr. Roosevelts responsibility is no less than that
Of his party He is not yet President but he already
Is leader Of the Democratic party and largely Will
contro its policy in this short session of congress.
Foreign debts, apparently, are to constitute the
FIRST test of Roosevelt leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Drugs Are Small Part Of Cure

i'll typhoid fever from days to
Is days, and in chickenpoX from
4 days to Is days.
In most of these diseases there
is an eruption on the surface of
the body. These eruptionS have
characteristic distribution on the
skin, so that a competent physician
asks particularly as to whether the
redness first began on the face, the
neck, the hands and feet, the OBJ
domen or the chest.
The eruptions also differ greatly
in their appearance; from tiny red
spots to large red patches, from
tiny pirnples to crops of blisters.
Practically all these conditions
are likely to begin with a slight
cold. In some of them the sore
throat is severe; in most of them
there is fever, slight headache, dir
illness, nausea or vomiting.
Obviously, it is not safe to diSre-
gard any of these symptoms, par
ticularly when they appear in a
child.
It is important to remember that
the excretions which carry disease
include the material that is coughed
from the throat, that is spread by
splitting, by sneezing, or that may
pass from the body in the form OF
discharges Of one kind or another.
Therefore, mothers should guard
against contact of well child with
one who is coughing, sneezing, spit
ting or who manifests any of the
other signs of infectious disease
mentioned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

W. w. says bestow TOO much sympathy ,,non
~ SplnSters DO you believe" goes the inorirv
, .ilaI an married women are bubbng over with ioy
happiness and bliss?" 80 WV" JoS'
/ am prejudiced in favor of MARRIAGE .r
H. YET my chief complaint against wives is that the,
are hkeiy 70 be snug Even though we NAV NOT have
distinguished ourselves in the matter of CHOOSING
LIS e. we seem 70 feel superior because have any
Marriage gives no assurance of happiness Eut
enen neither is spinsterhood a state of complete
felicity. - 'e
Women are experimentalsts. They will try any,
marriage ~ "S
That good many of them do not do so these
Gays is credit to their common sense Economic and
eoucatlona factors have entered into this question
10 sucn extent that while live in an entirely new
world we have not been able to cast off old-fashoned
Ideas SO far as marriage is concerned we continue
10 abide by the rules of dead past.
THERE are several good reasons why todays girls
do not marry. One is that while no other country
In the world talks much about the values of edu-
cation, we have not yet educated our men to the
opinion that wife is entitled to be smart as her
husband.
Men still refuse to marry girls who know as much
as they do even though we boast that this is the age
of airplanes
Again. in an economic period when a family hardly
can exist upon the earnings of person, we cling
to the conventions Of epoch which set up the
theory that is successful unless he could keep
all his women in comfort at home.
Also in era when there are ten thousand times
ten thousand public eating places in the land we
profess to believe that the good wife should cook her
husbands meals. In short, we do not regard matri-
mony with the practical sense we try to bring
to other vital issues.
Our business, industry and social life ale run on
modern basis; only marriagesis expected to thrive
on the Victorian concept
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17


Health Magazine.
MOST people without an accu-
4V1 rate understanding of the way
in which medicine has progressed
during the last fifty years are of
the opinion that the chief duty of
a physician when called to see a
p0tient is to prescribe medicine.
Actually the giving of drugs is an
exceedingly small part of the sue
cessful prevention and treatment
of disease.
Modern medicine uses many
methods including physical treat
ment, such as the application of
light, heat and electricity; chem
ical methods, involving the use of
drugs taken internally or applied
externally; anatomic methods, in
volving the use of splints and BAN
dages and manipulations of disor-
dered structures; bacteriologic meth
eds, such as the use of vaccines,
serums and antitoxins; hygienic
methods, which control the climate,
rest and exercises, and nutritional
methods, which provide for suitable
food and drink.
In addition to these there is men,
tai treatment which, - the power
of suggestion, stimulates the pa
tent, explains his difficulties and
frees his mind from care.
A rational physiciana uses any,
thing or any method in the treat
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ONCE a column is sort of pull
- pit, I will assume the privilege
today of preaching a sermon. For
my text shall take the lines OF
Charles Kingsley, who wrote quite a
few years ago, BE good sweet maid,
and let who will be clever"
Mr.. Kingsley made the assump-
ton, which is not yet wholly gone,
that wisdom and virtue are war
ring factors. In our own day Will
liam Jennings Bryan went up and
down the land preaching against
the professors and the higher learn
ing, on the ground that science
rotted the soul and that education,
save in the most circumscribed
sense, was a sin against the Creator
and the Constitution.
Probably the strangest duel which
ever took place was the courtroom
debate between Mr.. Bryan and
Clarence DaTow at the Scopes trial.
Mr.. Bryan seemed to himself the
embodiment of all the Christian
virtues and Mr.. Darrow would have
been entirely ready to identify him
self as an agnostic realist wholly at
war with the ethical scheme of life
propounded by Mr.. Bryan.
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His Conclusions
IRON his study, DR.. Newman

IRON his study, DR.. Newman
l. draws three conclusions. He
states them as follows:
81: That environmental differ
ences produce differences in certain
human traits directly in proportion
to the extent of the environmental
differences involved.
20: That minor differences do not
have sufficient intensity to tran
scend the threshold Of stimulation,
and therefore have no effect.
80: That mental characters, tenn
permanent emotional traits, and
some physical characters. such as
body weight, condition of teeth, and
general health, seem to be about
equally affected by pronounced en-
monumental differences, and to be
equally unaffected by slight en-
vironmental differences"
Including the one set of identical
twins reared apart previously
studied by DR.. Mueller in his figures,
DR.. Newman compared the ten
sets Of identical twins reared apart
with the fifty sets of identical twins
reared together.
1.-THE average difference in body
weight in fifty pairs of identical
twins reared together is four
pounds, that for ten pairs of identi-
cal twins reared apart is ten
pounds, or exactly the same as that
for fifty pairs Of fraternal twins
reared together" he said.
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Y HEALTH SERVICE

ment of disease that he knows to
be for the good Of his patient.
The common contagious diseases
include measles, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, whooping cough,
mumps, chickenpox and German
measles.
AS was said previously, the best
way to avoid these diseases is to
keep away from people who have
them.
However, it is not so simple to
do this, since many parents do not
feel their responsibilities greatly
and do not see to it that their
children, when i'll, are kept away
from other children.
Really the chief responsibility
rests on the parents of the sick
child for the prevention of in
fictitious diseases rather than on the
parent of the well child.
Most of the common infectious
diseases are caused by organisms
which get into the body and which
then begin their action.
A certain amount of time elapSeS
between the period when the germ
first gets in and when its visible
manifestations appear.
This is known as the incubation
period, and it varies with different
diseases.
For instance, in meningitis it is
from 2 to days, in erysipelas Il
to 8 days, in measles 10 days to
weeks, in German measles from
days to 81 days, in scarlet fever
from few hours to a week, in
smallpox from 10 days to weeks,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
City Governments

Citizens interested in city government might
slider the necessity Of securing court-proof law which
will permit municipalities TO obtain the manager form
Four years ago this city voted by six to one for
such change and only the fact that the supreme
court rendered perfectly absurd and patiently po-
litical decision prevented such control.
It the crest of the wave of indignation
against the bosses who fought this change that the
people turned to Reginald Sullivan.
The fact that the city has had good government
under his leadership should not blind the public to
the fact that under partisan system Of municipal
control, good government is likely to be acct
dental than continuous.
Under partisan system, there is inevitable waste
and a certain amount of inef1ciency. No political
party unfortunately, stand for 100 per cent
ice. There are too many deserving" workers to be
considered.
The city manager system of government has
worked well in many cities. Cleveland is the only
large city to abandon the plan after adopting it. In
hundreds Of other cities it proved the salvation
from bankruptcy.
The people will probably agree that it will be rather
difficult to discover candidate in either party who
will bring the same high standards of public service
furnished by Mayor Sullivan.
There is more likely to occur race for office that
will result in placing power in the hands of those
whose desires are entirely selfish.
Under an administration pledged to popular govern
ment, real city manager law should not be i'm
possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
In Defense of. IdeaIiSn

ITO the ears Of many, 'fdealism"
Il means a lot of empty words
and effort to achieve the. impossible
at some very distant date. But it
is better than that.
Several of the wisest of economists
can offer us little counsel to i'm
prove the tangled snarl of interna-
tional relationships except to sug-
gest that we might work our way
out if there we're greater amount
of good will floating around in the
world. And at the moment the ma
tons have gone off the goodwill
standard.
Muddled-headed good will, the
mere desire to do something to i'm
prove the human lot. won't get us
very far. The way is as vital as the
will.
But we are in no position to sheer
at bourgeois virtues" when in GER
tain instances the road to adjust
ment lies, plainly ahead of and Is
blocked by fear. hatred, petty ma
tionalism, and personal greed.
am all for rational and scientific
planning for the new world, but
don't think it will do bit of harm
if the machinery is oiled and lubri-
Gated by a liberal amount of a very
fashioned virtue.
You can laugh your head off II
you choose, but I mean very liter
ally that the wise men need not
only all their wisdom, but also the
fellowship of love.
Copyright. 1892. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
Avoid Another Mistake

THE time has come to put our
4 own house in order and visu-
alize our own interests as of first
Importance. If we don't, nobody else
will, as the last twelve years have
shown.
The money we have lost through
unwise investments in other coun-
tries, unwise attempts to help other
people, unwiSe efforts at co-opera-
ton, would go far toward getting us
out Of this depression.
While we can not correct the
plumbers that have been made, we
can avoid making similar ones, and
this st. Lawrence project is a good
place to begin. We have done very
well without it so far, and there is
no reason to suppose that we can't
do the same few years more.
Besides, we have innumerable
rivers, harbors and canals of our
own which need improving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
58.4 Per Cent Democracy

Americans elated over the tremendous outpourine
OF the electorate week ago today should have a
look at the other side of the picture
More than 100000 Americans were entitled To
vote, yet only 100000 cast their ballots. This
means that, in the nations most crucial emergency
100000 Americans neglected to function as citizens
OF the republic, or were prevented from doing so by
racial or other forms of intimidation
1t is encouraging that the percentage of those
who voted last Tuesday was higher with relation to
Vhose entitled to vote than in other recent elections
In 1924 the percentage AS; in 1929 it was 551
in 1882, it was 5s4.
But when 100000 voters must assume respon-
soility for 6SoOOooO voters democracy is crippled
democracy must be better than 584 per cent
strong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17

We Could Afford Better to
Spend Millions on the Ms
sissippi or the Tennessee
Than on the st. Laurence
RiUer.
NEW YORK. Nov 17.-As a
l source Of hydro-electric power
for the state of New York, the st.
Lawrence seaway promises much. AS
an outlet for our great grain and
iron-producing areas, its value is
less certain.
As canal which runs through
the territory Of foreign govern
ment, but for which we are to pay
one half the cost, it involves a
certain degree Of risk. As means
of diverting trade from old estab-
hshed centers, it threatens to be-
come more of liability than an
asset.
AS an experiment calling for the
outlay of many millions of dollars, it
should not be undertaken at this
time.
Northwestern farmers never will
get what they expect out of this ice
bound ditch. What they need is a
market, and the freight cost they
could save by using the st. Lawrence
four months in the year means little
in that direction.
The deluSion as to what the st.
Lawrence seaway would do for our
corn and wheat growers leaves the
door wide open for about the same
kind OF speech that James Proctor
Knott once delivered on the glories
Of Duluth"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
Three Groups

DR. NEWMAN points out that
- the twins studied fall into
three groups. First of all there was
a group of fifty identical twins
reared together. Here each pair of
twins might be considered as hav-
ing both the same heredity and the
same environment.
Next there was a group Of fifty
fraternal twins reared together.
Here each pair of twins had the
same environment, but differed in
heredity.
Finally, there was the group of
nine Identical twins reared apart.
Here each pair had the same
heredity, but different environment.
The first group of fifty formed
a standard to which the others
might be compared. In scientific
parlance, such standard is known
as a control"
DR.. Newman and his associates
made careful examination of all the
twins, noting physical character
iStics, mental characteristics, and
temperament or emotional charac-
teristics.
Discussing the nine cases of iden-
tical twins reared apart, DR.. New
man said, I'm every one of the nine
cases where there is known to have
been pronounced difference in
some one or more features of the
environment of the twins, one finds
an appropriately pronounced diver
gence in the kinds of characters
that such differences in environ
ment might be expected to produce.
Similarly, whenever there has
been no pronounced difference in
the environment, even the twins
have been long separated, there is
found no greater divergence in
any characters than might be ex-
pected had the twins been reared
together"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-17
Questions and
Answers

Do the words capitol" and "cap-
itaP come from the same root?
The proper noun capitol" mean
ing the building in which the Iegis-
lative body meets, is derived from
the Latin word "capitolinus," the
name for the temple of Jupiter in
ancient Rome. Capital" the name
applied to the city in which the
government of state or nation is To-
Gated, is from the Latin capitals. F"
a form of "caput," meaning head. :"
How can narcissus bulbs be kept
after they have bIoomed?
When the bulbs have ceased
blooming they should be placed
immediately in a shallow trench in
the ground, covered with earth and
allowed to remain there for two or
three years before they are forced
IN water again. If they are the
paper white" narcissus, however it
is useless to plant them, as they will
not live.
What does the expression by and
large mean and who coined it?
1t is an American idiom that
means COMPREHENSIVE" The
phrase seems to have been coined
by Mark Twain, for in an article
entitled "Old Times" he said: TAX
ing you by and large, you do seem
to be more kinds of an ass than any
creature 1 ever saw before"
In which motion picture did the
song, Il Love You So Much" orig
inate?"
THE Cuckoos."
Which political party had a ma
jority in congress when war was
declared againts Germany?
Democrats.
How many persons in the United
States legally are eligible to be-
come voters, if all registered?
The estimated number is about
sixty Million
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CHARLES @. KEISER
612 Hamilton avenue.

Editor Times-In your Nov. 5
Times, in an article regarding the
South Meridian Civic Club, you
state the following:
One more Leisure Hour Club or
gained by the South Meridian
Civic Club.
I do not know who is responsible
for this article, but do know the
article is not correct. The chair
man appointed a committee to in
vestigate, and it was given full
power to decide whether we should
participate in such program. I,
for one, am not in favor of the pro-
gram, for it is just the opposite to
what have been advocating, and
that is more entertainment in the
homes and fewer children on the
streets at night.
1t is learning and putting an
idea in our young peoples minds
that they can not be entertained in
their homes, that they must go out
side Of home to spend an evening,
and, furthermore, this Is creating
an expense for the taxpayers some
where along the line, regardless Of
how much is said about 1t costing
nothing.
If the rooms in our schoolhouses
are furnished free to the club, then
who pays for light, heat. etc?
If the school board has anything
to give away free. then let's cus. the
budget some more.
JOHN G. KIRcH.
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A Happy Little Accident

A ND it was curious contro-
IN versy, because Mr.. Darrow al
ways has been imbued with a far
greater component of loving kind
ness than ever was known in the
breast of the Commoner. He was
in the fortunate position of being
equipped with both more goodness
and more cleverneSs than his oppo-
nent.
1t seems to me that the good and
the clever ought to get together and
merge, retaining the best features
of each. UnenIighrened excellence
of disposition is not enough to solve
the problems Of a sorely beset world.
You could set a million sweet
idiots into an urban community and
they could not make q go Of their
city. They would be ravaged by dis
ease and starvation. Very soon they
would learn that a couple Of eff
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EE04%

Gent managing directors and good
sanitary engineer were of more use
to them than the sum total of their
good intentions.
And the managers and the en-
glneer might all be mean, disso-
lutte and lecherOuS. But these vices
would not be an essential part of
their equipment.
There is flaw in any reasoning
which holds that when a piece of
counsel is unsound, it can be made
true by the simple process of re-
versing it. BE good and let who
will be clever" is bad advice.
BE clever and let who will be
good" is equally unfortunate. We
have come to an age in which the
second proposition has been SER
iously advanced by very many
people.
A Somewhat Brazen Calf
NHE somewhat brazen calf Of
l. enlightened selhshness" has
been held up for us to worship. It
is a phrase requiring close def1ni-
ton. I am aware of the fact that
some people, perhaps the vast ma
jority, get decided kick out of
doing good and useful things with
out other hope Of reward than the
opportunity to reach around and
pat themselves on the back. They
are extremely useful citizens.
Rather than bending exercises I
recommend to all men over 40 the
practice of patting yourself on the
shoulder at least once every morn
ing. More than once is mistake.
After you have learned the trick, it