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keratin. Ordinary care includes
protection of hang nails forming
at the edges, the proper use of anti
septics to prevent infection, and a
sufficient amount of oil or grease
to keep the tissue fairly soft and
-viable.
Today manicuring has become a
profession in which the competence
of the workers varies greatly from
the poorest to the best.
The average woman can take care
OF her nails quite satisfactorily with
a small amount of attention each
day. This does not mean the dye
ing and the other fashionable "trip
peries INDUCED in by professional
manicuriStS. The average finger
nail does quite well if left largely
alone. Manipulations with drugs,
chemicals and unknown cosmetics
to meet the needs of fashion are re-
sponsible for a considerable amount
of annoyance and illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

no parents ever ponder this thought, wonder?
~ Perhaps their children do not listen to them
respect them because they have nothing unusual
to say and are not worthy of respect.
GrownupS are little careless about looking crit
icaly at themselves, although they very quick to
find fault with the youngsters.
A woman who has three maids and a chauffeur
spoke tearfuly the other day about her adolescent
daughter and the childs unconcern. why, wear
myself out for her. she walled land she never
shows any real signs of gratitude"
Undoubtedly this mother loves her girl and de-
sires her happiness But for wearing herself out
for her. the statement is ridiculous since she doesn't
do two hands turn of actual work fortnight. And
the child must regard her mother with some distrust
every time she listens to such words, which is not
infrequently.
Then we have certain stout fathers who expect
exemplary behavior from their sons. Honorable
standards, truth and all moral virtue Yet if they
probed ever so gently beneath the surface of their
past and present, they would glimpse ugly sights of
dishonorable deeds.
TOR any member of the older generation to talk
II severely about the boys and girls constitutes
rather rash act, it seems to me. After ALL are we
perfect physically morally, spiritually that
can afford to urge the children to emulate our
behavior?
1t was, we must remember, the staid and sober
citizens of a former cody day who managed to get
the world into its present mess The youngster of
1882 did not bring on the World war with all its
attendant evils He did not upset all the old sta
bilities. He did not put the Christian churches in
the inconsistent position of having to flourish the
sword.
And he is not responsible, even in part, for an
economic situation that prevents him from settling
down in marriage at an age when nature meant he
should.
He is the victim, but not the promoter OF a
slump in business that keeps him perpexed and
miserable because there seems to be no job in in
dustry for him.
Life is bitter problem for the young. And we
have made It SO. How dare We point to Ourselves
and say we are ore adlairableTkhan these children
we have hegot2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
SAYS.

Whether Gdndhi Has Done
More to RetGrd or Hasten
Home Rule for India Is
Open to Argument.
n EXTINCTION, KY. Jan. 5.-The
Il arrest of Mahatma Gandhi
means trouble in India. No one
knows this better than the British
authorities who ordered it. Their
idea was not to avert tempest
which has already been brewed, but
to strike the first blow.
That Gandhi himself was pre-
pared for such action is made clear
by his warnings and preparations.
Indeed, events had so shaped them
selves that no other course was pos
sible, without such concessions as
would have involved the utter col
lapse of British authority in India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Controversy Arising
THERE is some discussion in the

THERE is some discussion in the
i chemical world as to the prior
ity of one of these discoveries, since
it was claimed in 1880.
"In 1880 Allison, Murphy and
their co-workers at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute announced the
discovery of ekacesium, atomic No.
81, by the use of magneto-optical
method" the summary says. THE
method, based upon the long-known
effect of a magnetic field on poplar
lied light, is new, and the results
obtained have not been checked by
others.
In the meantime Jacob Papish
at Cornell university, using more
orthodox methods, announced in
1881 the discovery Of element 81 in
samarskite. A controversy already
has started on the priority of dis
covery.
THE Albania Polytechnic group
also has announced during 1881 the
discovery of ka-iodine, atomic No.
85, in a number of halogen- bearing
materials. Whatever may be the I'LL
innate award of credit to, or be-
tween, these investigators, there is
in the situation much to stir the
imagination of a mere chemist.
First, one is struck by the ac-
curacy of Mendeleeff's theory, pro-
pounded sixty years ago. Although
subjected to the most searching in
vestigation during chemistry's most
prolific period, his generalization on
periodicity of properties of the ele-
ments has stood the test of time,
and with relatively slight modif1ca-
tons has received only the strongest
confirmation in an era of refine
ment of observation beyond the
widest dreams of Mendeleef's day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Shallow Leadership

WITHOUT taking time to make
w good, Gandhi falls back on
the campaign of civil disobedience
and passive resistance. In other
words, he demands independence
for a country which is unable or I'M
willing to guarantee minority rights
Or personal liberty for millions of its
citizens.
Like most idealists, he insists on
freedom for those who are not
ready to recognize anything like it
in a universal sense.
The shallowness of his leadership
is shown by the fact that he can
talk so hopefully of non-violent
thoughts while guiding three
hundred million people toward the
precipice of riot, rebellion and de-
struction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Help or HindranCe2
NNE can respect Gandhi the man

NNE can respect Gandhi the man
~ and still see tragic defects in
Gandhi the seer.
The sacrifices he has made, the
constancy of purpose he has shown,
the unself1sh patriotism by which
he obviously is inspired, are all adj
mirable qualities, but his inability
to understand that men can not be
violent without violent thoughts
represents an amazing blind spot.
The chances are that India will
get a certain degree of home rule
before many years, but whether
Gandhi has done more to retard
or hasten the event is open to ar
gument.
Certainly, he has made better
progress in converting British
authorities to the idea than he has
in converting some of the natives.
There is reason to believe that if
he had devoted more time and at
tention to problems at home, he
would have been just as far along
with problems abroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Discovery of Last Missing
Elements Is Regarded Out
standing Chemical Achieve
ment of 1881.
|DIsCoVERY of the last of the
- missing chemical elements was
the outstanding achievement in the
world of chemistry during 1881, &C
cording to the annual survey of
Industrial and Engineering Chem
iStry, one of the official journals Of
the American Chemical Society.
In 1869, Dimitri Ivanovich Mende-
leeff, the famous Russian chemist,
arranged the known chemical ele-
mentS into a table known as the
periodic classification" He grouped
the elements into families according
to characteristics and showed that
certain characteristics occurred at
regular intervals
Thus, for example, if you started
Will 4AtA4AAtAAA III AAob ciAAO NONAAb-
ed down to eight, you came to
sodium. Another eight brought you
potassium. Now these three ele-
ments have many properties in
common. They are all soft whitish
metals which react with water con-
siderable violence.
In order to make his table with
the known elements, Mendeleef
had to leave many blanks in it. He
boldly predicted that thees blanks
would be filled and that eventual
ly a total of ninety-two elements
would be known.
AS time went on, chemists dis
covered elements which fit into
these gaps. But at the start of 1881
two elements still we're missing.
During 1881 Mendeleeff's prophecy
was made good by the discovery of
those two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Nav Hold More

TINE natural question which
4 arises, now that the ninety
two chemical elements have been
discovered, is whether or not there
may not be elements heavier than
uranium, which is No. 80 in the
table.
"Is it conceivable that only
ninety-two elements comprise the
entire universe?" the summary con-
tinues.
"That no more remain to be
found? Perhaps that is the STU
alton, but the inquiring mind re-
fuses easily to accept it.
THE theory of Sir James Jeans,
eminent British astrophysicist, Of
fers solace to those who would weep
for other elements to find by sug-
costing that within the fixed stars
there may be elements, whole peri
DDS of them, of atomic weights far
greater than that Of uranium.
This theory attains plausibility by
suggesting that the gaseous enve-
lopes of these enormously hot bodies
mask heaVy atoms by reducing their
emitted radiation below the level
at which we can detect 1t.
'In other words, it proposes a
serious problem in refinement of
apparatus to allow us to continue
the search and holds out the posi-
bilities of whole periods of unknown
elements. Certainly the addition of
a single new element to the list
now Immediately calls for the dis
covery of enough to complete new
period.
"The first sample of the element,
rhenium (atomic No. IS. and dis
covered in 1920, was exhibited at
the chemical exposition in New
York in May. It is a source Of con-
siderable satisfaction to those of us
who still rely on our senses rather
than upon X-rays and modern ply
steal concepts to be able to see and
feel actual specimens Of newly dis
covered elements"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Better Country Doctors

Cheerful news is in the latest report of DR.. Ray
Lyman Wilbur's committee the costs of medical
care. 1t shows that doctoring in of the more
prosperous rural communities is the up and up.
The committee just has finished study of semi
rural San Joaquin county in California. There, for
$1,000 per capita annually people offered health
services comparable to the best in the cities.
The new country doctor, we hear, combines the
skill of the modern specialist with the human quail
tiles of the old rustic general practitioner For equip
ment, he owns Clinic an X-ray machine, auto in
which he can speed over good roads to his patients
bedsides He collects 80 per cent of his bills, aver
age of $7187 year YET like his lovable predecessor
he tempers his fee to help the needy and often RENTS
it altogether.
The passing of the old medical jack-of-all-trades
has been mourned as great social loss If the new
country doctor like this typical San Joaquin county
M D., the loss will be less than the gain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Fault Lies at Home

A t any rate, the one great OBJ
"A Stacle to Indian autonomy is
the fact that Hindus and Moslems
have not been brought into accord,
and that though certain promises
have been made in behalf of the
forty million "untouchables," they
still are "untouchable."
Like some other people one can
think of, Gandhi assumes that his
country's misfortunes are attrib-
utable wholly to conditions imposed
on it by outsiders, when good
many of them go back to it's own
habits, traditions and peculiarities,
and are beyond correction, except by
general and sweeping reform within
its own limits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Questions and
Answers

Describe the national flag of Bra
I'll. What do the coIOrs represent?
The present flag of Brazil was
largely inherited from the extinct
empire. Tt consists of green field,
twice as long as wide, with CEN
trail disc of blue on yellow dia-
mond. Green represents the vege-
table stars, is a representative of
the heavens at Rio de Janeiro,
when the constellation of the
Southern Cross is at the meridian.
It bears the words "Orem d Pro-
gresso," meaning order and prog
reSS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
LLOYD GEORGES WAR AIMS
January 5

ON Jan 5, 1918, Premier Lloyd
~ George of England, speaking
before the Trade Union Conference
on man power, outlined Britain's
war aims, unifying Great Britain
anew and winning the working
mems support for the governments
plan to mobilize 100000 more men
for the ShipyardS, and 100000 more
for military service.
He declared. I'VE are not fight
ing war of aggression against the
German people.
I'VE are not fighting to destroy
Austria-Hungary or to deprive
Turkey of its capital.
Belgium must be restored.
I'VE must stand by the French
democracy to the death in the de-
mand it makes for a reconsidera-
ton OF the gerat wrong of 1871.
There must be reparations for
the injuries done in violation of in
ternational law.
I'VE are fighting for a Just and
lasting peace"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Mind Your Business

A T the present time, most people
IN are suffering through nom
recognition of their own faults and
through futile efforts to alibi them
selves by blaming those faults on
others.
If there is one thing which would
do more than another to improve
general conditions, it is a mind
your own business movement" not
in a fippant or antagonistic sense,
but with the idea that each coun-
try should do everything possible
to cure its own troubles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
BY. DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.


THERE are certain conditions of
l. work in which the f1ngernails
are destroyed. They separate from
the nail beds and come off. Host
of these cases seems to occur in
laundry workers.
One woman reported that her
nails came off following the use of
a patent washing powder consist
ing largely of soda. Several wom-
en- lost their nails following occu-
patton in position which involved
washing the paste from labeled
bottles.
An investigation indicated that
new employees who were apparently
healthy developed black spots I'M
der their fingernails within forty
eight hours after beginning work.
Within few days the nails came
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Who invented gunpowder?

Neither the inventor of gunpow-
der nor the date of the discovery is
known. Roger Bacon, who lived in
the thirteenth century, is sometimes
credited with the invention because
he left q formula for producing
thunder and lightning. The discov-
cry has also been assigned to Be-
thold Schwartz, who mentioned it
in 1928. The Chinese claim to have
discovered it long before it was
used in Europe. <
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Matter of Being Honest

7 AM not talking of economic bet
Il terment through repeal. mere
ly have in mind the moral effect.
1t inks me to have America get off a
standard far more precious than
gold. I would like to see us get back
to a reasonable regard for truth
fitness and factuality.
So great has been the mental cor
ruption of Volsteadism that even the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

How old does Persian tabby cat
have to be before she can breed?
She should be one year old, but
will show signs of mating at eight
to ten months
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

What are the duties of hostess
on an airplane?
To point out places Of interest
along the route, answer questions.
serve refreshments and look out
generally for the comfort of the
passengers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Love laughs at ocksmiths But you don't need this
device to pick godenlocks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Twenty-three tons Of fresh air be forced into
Chicago stadium, of the 1882 Republican ma
tional convention, every minute. How many tons OF
hot air can be forced out?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Secretary Stimson says the success of the Geneva
disarmament conference depends upon the United
States. Yes, unless we dsarm we will not be able to
get anybody into a fight with us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Chicago gangsters are offering inducements in the
scramble for Al Capone's liquor. To sell their stuff
they'd probably agree to take their customers for a
ride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

India is going on with its civil disobedience cam
paign just where Gandhi left off. Just where anc
what, did Gandhi leave off?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
TT STEMS tn MT ,1 HAYWOOD
l. OGA4V1O l. ~ 4NAA ol BROUN

would be beneficial, since there
would be some lessening of tax bur-
dens. But, of course, our present
difficulties depend on things more
fundamental.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

New York university professor says bridge weak
ems reality Seems to adulter-ate life
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Where is the Island of Martin
ique? How large is it? What is
the nationality of the people and by
whom is it governed?
It is an island and French colony
Of the Lesser Antilles, situated be-
tween Dominica on the north and
st. Lucia on the south. It has an
area of 381 square miles. A large
majority of the population is
colored. especially Negroes and
mulattoes; and hardly a vestige, ex-
cept in mixture, remains of the
ancient Carib Indians. The colony
is governed by q governor appointed
by the government Of France, and
a local general council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05
Daily Thought

Wherefore, my dearly beloved,
flee from idolatry.-I Corinthians
1912.
Every ones true worship was that
which he found in use in the place
where he CHANGED to be.-Mon-
taigne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

A 21-year-old girl agreed to marry any one for
100000 but when she tried to cash check bounced
back Henceforth probably she will not bank on men,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Japanese have warned Chinese to flee. Must want |
to get the jump on them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

What is the term Of a United
States senator and representative
in congress and whab salary do they
receive?
Senators are elected for six years
and representatives for two years.
The salary Of each is $4,000 year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

Robbers dug Sixty-foot tunnel to loot bank Sort
of getting at the bottom of the financial situation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

If an American joints the French
foreign legion does he lose his
American citizenship?
No, because he Is not required to
swear allegiance to the French re-
public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

A 77-year-old Engishman has emigrated to Aus
traia to make his fortune" All he has to do is go
to college and make the football team.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

French are calling sinister bankers bankSterS.
What chance has poor gangser got? Of course with
the sympathy Chicago gives its gangsters a bank
ster wouldn't have much chance
Scientists say apes grow bald like men. But apes
escape BARRIERS trying to grow it back again.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD 4. GAKKIS
Copyright, 1929. BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

/ don't know her name and he
doesn't tell me? 1t just can't be
done!"
"Oh, maybe if you look you'll
see the name MOTHER in the
book suggested Baby Bunty, who
! jumped over a chair before Bub
could tag her. Look, Unkie Wig"
"All right" said Mr.. Longears.
I"I will"
Strange as it may seem, Uncle
Wiggily did find the telephone
tname of MOTHER and when he
called up the number a woman's
voice said:
This is Little Bulbs mother.
What has he been doing now?"
why, how remarkable!" ex-
claimed Mr.. Longears. 81 get Bulbs
mother the first try and she knows
he has been doing something. And,
stranger still, this lady can under
/, stand rabbit talk and she can
speak it back to me just as Bub
! does. Oh, this is remarkable"
Then Uncle Wiggily told how,
that afternoon, he had found Bub
playing in the bungalow garden
and had let him have fun with
the little rabbit children. But when
night came Bub didn't want to go
home.
"It's all right" answered Bulbs
mother over the telephone. "Bub
is always doing something funny
AS soon as you called up knew he
must be somewhere. 1t will be all
right. Let him stay and when he
goes to sleep give him a ball to
cuddle in his crib. He can come
home in the morning."
We'll, this is very funny, but it
is delightful said Uncle Wiggily,
who loved children. $50 Little Bub
may stay here in my bungalow
all night. My bunnies will love that
! anyhow"
So Bub stayed in the hollow
stump bungalow, eating a supper
of carrots, spinach and lettuce with
the rabbit children. After supper
the children, including Bub, play
ed some games and then Bub said :
I'm sleepy. Please give me a
ball." Uncle Wiggily found an old
tennis ball that Buster had been
playing with. Mrs. Longears found
an old pair of Uncle Wiggily's
pajamas for Bub to wear and soon
he was asleep in crib next to
Baby Bunty, clasping his ball in
his hands.
And in the night something
strange happened. I'll tell you
about it in the next story which
will be Uncle Wiggily and Bulbs
balloon.
That is if the pancake will stop
| turning somersaults when the mo-
laSses wants to sit down on one
side of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-19
Don't Quote Me-
, BY United Press

and warned" that further loans
60 cotton stabilization corporations
might help reelect Mr.. Hoover.
ST don't care what political for
tunes develop out of the loans
made by the corporation. Couch
replied sharply. I'VE came here to
help put the country back on its
feet. Every time cotton goes up a
cent q pound, farmers benefit
100000" The corporation recent
ly loaned $5O,OOO,OOO to Farm
Board aided cotton cooperatives
and stabilization corporations.
Former Senator Cole Blease Of
South Carolina, who has just beer
beaten in an attempt to come back
to the senate in the primary rum
off. is one of the few self-con-
fessed wet drinking, dry-voting
politicians.
While in the senate he gave the
United Press an interview in which
he said he used liquor moderately
but voted dry because his consti-
tuents were dry and he was being
paid to represent their views in
Washington.
The only difference between
Blease. and many others here is
that he was frank about it. In his
recent campaign he declared he
would stay dry until the white
voters of South Carolina voted
wet"