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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Destiny
1Rr Victor Mn-a

(By Victor Murdoch. in the wichita EagIe)
At the moment, somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico
Newton Baker is sitting quietly on the deck Of a
steamer watching the waves while Destiny works for
him.
Everything indicates that the Democrats in ma
tonal convention assembled, will make Baker their
presidential nominee. Their internal politics is work.
ing that way And the figure of the man, Baker, is
crystalizing around him appeal to the Democratic
imagination that no other aspirant can command.
That figure in it has Of the democracy of
Jefferson, some Of the rugged rectitude of Jackson
some Of the bluff viriity of Cleveland some of the
scholarly grace of Wilson, and an equipment of elo-
quence surprising that of any of them.
There is no more interesting thing in these United
States than this; the force which in the midst of
much rough and futile hewng, shapes, out of hand,
a mans end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
IMPROVING TOenails Need Extreme Care

procedure. Almost every one thinks
himself competent to advise on the
handling of ingrown toenails.
Therefore, as DR.. Harold Dodd
points out, the patient usually has
tried all sorts of poultices, antisep-
tics, and ointments on his toe be-
fore coming to the physician.
When he finally does come, the
nail and the toe will be found red
and swollen, with pus not infre-
quently exuding from under the
nail.
Not infrequently the infection is
brought about by the practice of
clipping the toenails with a sharp
scissors that is. seldom sterilized
before use.
DR.. Dodd provides some simple
suggestions for treatment. First,
stop all attempts at the use of
poultices, linaments and soaking of
the foot in baths.
Apply tincture of iodine daily, but
in relatively small amounts, to the
infected portions of the nail where
it comes in contact with the skin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

COLOMON was not the wiSest in the world
- about his children. His Proverbs, replete with
smooth phrases and studied for ages for their
sagacity have brought harm to the young of every
Christian generation.
The cody man of former years, to justify him.
self for beating his sons unctuously quoted the line,
Spare the rod and spoil the child" What cruelty,
what misery what injustice has that one sentence,
written in Holy Book, brought to the little
of earth.
In spite of the fact that our children still fall
short of perfection, am of the opinion that if we
had put Solomon's advice into the discard long be-
fore we did, today would be Improvement
over what he is
THE idea that might makes right has been cuffed
l. into many boy of former years by stout and
pious fathers, who believed they could pound virtue
into their sons The dissemination of such false
theories in the Sunday schools has been responsible
for nine-tenths Of the misunderstanding between
the older and younger generations for centuries.
1t has piled bitterness upon bitterness, caused
brother TO hate brother, and sent many lad forth
from his fathers house with wrath in his heart.
Solomon, moreover, was in exactly the same posi-
ton as every other elderly gentleman whom the
world has known. lie did not walk in paths Of vir-
tue and Righteousness all his days. but, according
to the Good Book which sets down his in plair
words for every youth to read he spent many years
with idolorous companions and women Of iniquity.
He learned his lessons from experience, the
teacher from whom each mortal gleans wisdom.
The intelligent man of this age is hundred
times wiser than Solomon when he stands before
his son. not as orator or chastiser but q COM
panion and friend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
DON'T Kin the Business Goose

Despite their high tariff stand and opposition to
direct federal hunger relief it still is somewhat sur
prising to find the Democratic leaders in congress
even more reactionary than the Republican admin
istration the vital matter of tax increases.
The administration proposed selective sales tax
chiefly on uxuries and semi-luxuries. That was in
teligent But the Democrats in control of the house.
where tax legislation originates announce that they
are going to bring in general sales tax bill
ing virtually everything except staple foods.
This is rather late in the day to have to remind
the Democratic leaders that general sales tax is
recognized as both unjust and inefficient.
1t is unjust because it places most of the tax load
on the poor. Have the Democratic party managers,
in their desire to appear safe" to campaign con-
tributors thrown overheard the cardinal Democratic
principle that Just taxation is measured by ability to
pay that those who have most should pay most?
Assuming that considerations of justice not
to weigh the decisions regarding the nature of the
next tax law the Democrats would do well to recon-
slider their general sales tax plan on the score of
efficiency.
We do not refer at the moment to the pyramidng
of taxes that occurs under this SYSTEM to the
expensive reorganization of the internal revenue
Offices necessary to handle the newtype complicated
sales tax All that apparently has escaped notice Of
the Democratic leaders.
But it is difficult to understand how the depres-
sion and the dire need for business revival could have
been forgotten by these drafters Of tax bill. 1t is
an undisputed fact that tax on any commodity
slows down the sale Of that commodity
Obviously, such sales are slowed down more at
a time of general depression.
Congress Just has authorized and appropriated
billions of dollars in one form another to improve
credit and stimulate business activity To clamp
down a general sales tax on business now would be
to smother the business revival which might be
started by the artificial help Just given.
We know, of course that the tax situation is
critical that there win be a four-bion-d dollar, two
year deficit due to the selfish and short-sghted Re-
publican administration fiscal policy during the pros
porous years.
And we know that the government can not make
up the deficit by borrowing indefinitely without dis
astrous results to the federal treasury.
Nevertheless we are convinced that much less
harm win come from limited federal bcEgowins TO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Radical Wall Street

Until now, Wall Streets chief efforts to cure the
depression have been from the top downward. The
Hoover moratorium, the $2OOOOOO,OoO "R F. c." the
bank relief bill and other measures to strengthen
the nations credit have been its concern.
The fight to reconstruct the nations buying power
has been left largely to labor and to few indie
pendent employers.
But light is breaking through the cavernous street
of streets Tomorrow the Magazine of Wall Street
will feature an article by Charles Benedict favoring
the hve-day week and the seven-hour day.
Fear he finds, is our enemy But it is not fear
of the banks; It is fear Of becoming jobess Of being
in want. At least 100000 to 25OOO,OOo Americans
he will say "have lost their means of livelihood"
One Of every four employed in 1929 now is living
in costly ideness, while millions struggle with
reduced incomes. The total loss in purchasing power
SIS appalling" and runs into billions
The American Federation of Labor, he will point
out estimates that there is enough work in the
try right to employ every worker for thirtyfive
hours a week.
"The trouble is that work is not equitably spread
around" Benedict will say. TOO many millions
either have of it, or too small part Of it. If
every one were permitted to share in it, each would
have seven hours of work day, five days out of
the week.
"As compared with the accepted standard Of eight
hours a day. five and one-half days a week, this
certainly would constitute no very startling change
The shorter work week and day, according to this
Wall Street voice, is not charity, but enlightened
self-interest
with all employed at a living wage, it would not
be difficult to envsage gradual loosening up in
spending creating the sef-accelerating impetus upon
which prosperity has come so largely to rest, the
article concludes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Holmes and Carbon

good many years ago, Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes delivered an address to Harvard college stu
dents in which he told them:
mo man has earned the right to intellectual am
bon until he has learned to lay his course by star
which he never has seen-to dig by the dvining rod
for springs which he may never reach"
That sentence, somehow, takes on new signifi-
canoe when the recent change in the supreme court
of the United States is considered.
Justice Holiness stepping down, is replaced by JUS
tice BENJAMIN N Cardozo, worthy successor in
every way; and the careers of these two men prove
conclusively that it still is possible for man to fol-
low this other-wordy impractical advice which JUS
tice Holmes gave the college men a generation ago
and still win a high place in public life.
Ordinarily we look on public Office as something
that has to be bought with or less base metal
The man who would fill it must compromise with ex-
pediency he must give up the privilege OF always
saying what he thinks, he must occasionally 1all 20
let his right hand know what his left hand is doing.
Politics, we are fond of saying, is a dirty game
Perhaps we are right, in a good many cases. But
we aren't always right. These two men, one leaving
a high place the other mounting to it, show us how
completely our easy assumption can be wrong.
To lay a course by star which he never has seen
what does that mean, if not that the leader OF
men must trust to nobility and divinity that not
evident IN the WOrKdudy DC AOauy
to let his fellows deride him visionary, must be
INCREASINGLY faithful in sticking to the truth as he
has seen it?
tough job for man who would rise in public
Officer Very likely; yet few men ever retired from
the supreme court to the acclaim that greeted Justice
Holmes retirement, and few men ever assembled to
it as widely Endorsed as is Justice Cardozo. And
these two throughout their careers have lived up to
that motto increasingly.
The nation is always ready to put men of that
kind in high places The only trouble is that it can
find so few Of them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
DefIatiOn Menace

A S far as economic recovery ia
IA concerned, low pay represents
as much of handicap as hidden
cash.
The American people can not
meet existing obligations, much less
engage in the buying which a re-
turn of prosperity demands, If their
average income is reduced material
ly.
The sag in wage scales and COM
modify prices must be stopped.
AS Senator Walcott of Connecti-
cut says, "Our gold backed dollar
has become too valuable, too pre-
cious. Our dollar buys too much. -
Defiation has become menace.
We can not go much farther in
cheapening goods and labor, with
out a worse disaster than we yet
have suffered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Pure White Snake

GONE of the other queer snakes
~ in the collection are:
The white-mouthed chinchuk-an
almost pure-white snake with some
sharp, black markings. 1t is re-
puted by the Siamese country peo-
pie to be very poisonous and DR..
Smith astounded them when he
told them that he kept one on his
bed to catch mosquitoes.
This very striking creature, he
says, may be an albino form OF a
quite common variety.
The rat snake-nearly two yards
long-which climbs bamboo clusters
to catch birds.
The peacock snake-a combina-
ton of brown, rolden-yellow, black,
pink and red. The tail is intensely
red. The tip of the tongue some
times is black.
The fish snake-which can be
caught by batting a line with a
whole small fish.
Ordinarily it is not poisonous. but
the Siamese claim that it becomes
extremely poisonous when it is
about to have young.
Among the curiosities in the COL
lection were some transparent tad
poles. While light passes through
their bodies, they are not perfectly
transparent, but Of a dusky gray
color with traces Of a purple
irideScence underneath.
Another queer specimen is the
"chin-knock," species Of jungle
toad recovered from the stomach of
a snake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19

Do not attempt to manicure the
nail in anything like the intricate
technic used for f1ngernails.
DR.. Dodd suggests the use of a
pair of surgical scissors with round
ed ends, which will not lacerate the
skin or do much damage if the
scissors slips.
To catch up with. the corners, he
suggests cutting a shallow "v" or
''u" in the center of the nail. This
slows the growth at the side of the
nail and takes the pressure off the
corners.
AS dressing for an ingrown nail,
it is merely necessary to have a
piece of surgically clean gauze, to
wear stockings thick enough to af-
ford protection, and shoes loose
enough to prevent pressure, but not
so loose as to cause rubbing.
If this procedure is followed re-
peatedly the ingrown toenail grad
ually becomes normal and proper
hygiene thereafter will keep it in
that condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
aiI-BIting Snake

A THOUGH the hia lives in the
4 n jungle, it occasionally inyades
The city limits of Bankok, DR.. Smith
reports, getting into the canals
which run through the large gar
oens there. 1t is particularly fond
OF ducks and chickens.
DR.. Smith also reports that the
Siamese regard the eggs of the hia
as a great delicacy.
Another creature sent to the
smithsonian by DR.. Smith is known
IN Siam as the "ngu kon kob"
which means "tail-biting snake
Belief is quite general among
the Siamese," DR.. Smith writes
that it bites with its tail. One
version OF the popular belief is that
IL bites with its head when the
moon shines and with its tail on
dark nights.
One Of my assistants assures
me that friend of mine was killed
by being bitten with the tail of this
snake. 1t is seen not infreouentlv
on Bangkok roads on rainy nights
coiled tightly with its head CON
cealed in its folds and its tail stand
ing erect"
Another striking animal is the
ngu seng att, or "sunny-ray snake"
1t is one Of the most beautiful crea-
lures in the reptile kingdom-a
sort of living diamond.
Even in the preservative it shows
the beautiful, glowing iridescence
which suggests the name given it
by the natives. 1t is reputed to be
very poisonous.
The collection contains several
specimens of the ngu saiman pra-
indra, sometimes known as the
Brahmin curtain-cord snake. It
has remarkable leaping ability.
"One morning as I got out of
bed" DR.. Smith writes, ga full-sized
snake of this species was summing
itself on the sill of double-door
opening on a veranda.
CAS- I approached, it ran behind
the door and climbed. to the top,
where it sprang to the rail of the
veranda. The distance was about
seven feet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
A Tribute to the JobIess

One of the most striking features of the present
depression has been the relative absence of violence
on the part of the unemployed working men. Norman
Thomas, Socialist leader touched on the point in
speech at Williamstown, Mass. the other day, and
remarked:
"This depression has produced less mass demon
stration believe, because of the recoil and actual
fear of violence among the workers and the fear that
such demonstrations would tie them up with the
Communist theory Of inevitable revolution"
That apparently, is about the size of it, and there
could not be tribute to the soidity and in
telligence Of the American wage Garner.
The American worker has not the slightest desire
for a revolution. He simply wants job, and if he
has to wait long time for it, he wait without
breaking things
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son why it should be surrounded
by an acceptance of a caste sys-
tenn which never was our own. An
account of a British tournament
couched in the style of Braid,
Vardon and Mr.. Wethered," gen.
orally will cause an American to
smoker.
He thinks it little amusing that
the gentleman" player should have
his status so markedly underlined
in a newspaper story. In the fine
old racing phrase, "All men are
equal on and under the turf
Obviously, all sport had its lead
ership in the leisure class century
ago. The artisan golfer is a COM
paratively recent development. But
it seems to me a rather important
thing that in a cornpanionable world
there should. be equality of oppor-
tunity upon the playing fields.
In both Russia and Germany vast
strides are being made in athletics
for the worker. We should not lag
in this effort to democratize sport.
And one of the best ways to en-
courage wider and more public
participation in games is to take
practically everything we have in
our amateur codes and scrap it once
and for ALL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Buying Power Suffers
THE countrys buying power mus

THE country's buying power must
l. be sustained and restored.
That is the most important
problem We face right now.
We are not going to sell the
required number of automobiles,
radio sets, electric refrigerators and
vacuum cleaners, not to mention
necessaries, while millions of people
are out of work, or if their incomes
are cut in half.
Amid such confusion as now
reignS, some values are bound to get
out of line, but wages should be
watched and safeguarded with every
possible care.
The business structure of this
country has been developed on the
basis of mass consumption, on the
fact that the great majority of
people can afford a decent stand
ard of living. Eliminate that fact,
and the road is. left wide open for
a general collapse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Lizard Which Resembles Di-
nosdur IN Collection Sent
From Siam to WaShington.
A GIGANTIC lizard seven feet.
n long, resembling in appearance
the ancient dinosaurs which roamed
the earth in the Age of Reptiles,
has been added to the collection Of
the Smithsonian institution in
Washington.
This great water lizard, known as
the "hia," is one of a number of
weird specimens sent to the Smith
sonian institution by DR.. Hugh M.
smith, former chief Of the United
states bureau OF fisheries, who now
Is in the employ of the Kingdom
OF Siam to develop that nations
fishery resources.
DR.. Smith has sent the Smith
Sonlan institution a collection of
strange creatures, many of which
look as though they had stepped
out Of a nightmare.
The hia sometimes attains a
length OF fourteen feet, DR.. Smith
reports. The creature has a small
mead long neck and long heavy
tall' and when seen in the Jungle
according to DR.. Smith, looks very
much like an ancient dinoSaur.
Scientists, however. agree that al
Vhough the hia resembles the di-
noSaur, 1t is no more closely related
10 that lent creature than are
any OF the other living reptiles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EKS4}S

follower of track and field events
can remember today the name OF
the athlete who was legisIated into
a championship.
I am not contending at all that
there should not be a spirit of
craftsmanship and that contenders
ought not to be urged to play fair
and without rancor. But I insist
tina; the sort of amateurism which
our present regulations produce falls
far short of this ideal.
It is not a thing of the spirit at
all, but mere economic survey into
the financial status of the men con-
cerned.
Copyright. 1882. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Bankers Share Blame

MO one will deny that certain
IN amount of wage-cutting has
been necessary, or that many indus
trial leaders have done their best to
hold it to a minimum.
Fear, however, has created some
thing of stampede. 1.
In large measure, wage-cutting,
especially when carried to excess,
can be traced to the same influences
as boarding.
Scared, misguided bankers deserve
some Of the blame in both instances.
An undue restriction of credit on
the one hand, and panssky advice
on the other, have combined to pro-
duce a scramble for safety which
has led some to hoard and others
to squeeze.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
Open Titles Openly Won


COLF is at least a step ahead of
~ tennis in that the true cham
pionship each year is the open
tournament where professionals and
amateurs meet in competition. An
amateur title meant not very much
if It merely signifies that Mr.. So
andso is the best among those in
dividuals who have the money and
the spare time to get to the place
where the match is held.
In the case of the olympic games,
the results will be negative if foreign
countries are not allowed to provide
something more than actual ex-
penses for the competitors who come
over. 1t will be advisable in several
cases to substitute such runners who
must stay away from jobs necessary
to maintenance Of their families.
Jim Thorpe was forced to return
the trophies which he won in Stock
holm and his name was erased
from the records because it SubSe-
quently was discovered that he had
played summer baseball for COM
pensation. But it was not possible
to erase the fact that Jim actually
had won the pentathlon, and I
doubt that even the most ardent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
TINE feet are among the most
4 abused portions of the human
body. and are probably responsible
for about as much agony as hui
man beings can sustain.
Fashion takes no account of foot
comfort or foot health. Modern
shoes, particularly for women, bring
about extraordinary malformations.
Hiking craZes cause large num-
bers of people to undertake long
walks with poor equipment. Mo-
tor cars keep most people from
walking enough to give the feet
even adequate exercise.
When foot which has been
largely neglected from the point of
view of hygiene develops a COM
plication like ingrowing toenails, the
owner of that foot is in for an eX-
ceedingly painful time.
The large toenail is the one usu-
ally concerned in the ingroWing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-19
GERMANS TAKE LUTSK
February 10


ON Feb. 10. 1918. the Germans
~ continued their new drive into
Russia, capturing the towns of
Lutsk and Dvinsk.
Lenin and Trotsky signed a state
ment announcing complete surren-
der of the Soviet government and
asking the Imperial German gov
eminent to name its peace terms.
Russian troops were refusing to
fight.
On this date, British troops in
Palestine 4dvanced two miles on a
fifteen mile front, encountering stiff
resistance from the Turks.
Fighting on the western front
was confined to trench raids by
both sides, neither having any
great advantage.
1t was announced in official cir
cles that German troops from the
Russian front were arriving in
force,