The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-26
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

h1 NALIEh IL. HIGhmAN
r DO not know whether it is any
a honor for Old Man Depression,
but bunch of writer's are writing
books about the depression.
Remember that one author made
the resolution that the depression
would never reach him mentally be-
cause he just would not think about
it.
Now Henry Ansley who calls him
self "Jackass of the Plains" has
written book which he calls Il
Like the Depression"
Here Is about as human a docu
ment as l have ever read regarding
this thing they call depression"
Ansley thinks that the depression
has been blessing to him because
he no longer has the big head, no
longer thinks he is a high powered
business man, no longer tries to
keep up silly money spending pace
and at last has found real pleasure
being sweetheart to his own wife
At times, l yelled with glee at his
remarks, but when began thinking
them over, l began to realize here
was something more than a lot of
wise cracking remarks.
Prosperity, according to Ansley of
Texas, gave him lot of false ideas.
In speaking of his own bankroll,
Ansley writes: It's funny how
quick a woman's intuition will tell
her that the meal tickets salary has
been raised, but it takes a revolution
to convince her that it has been
cut"
Ansley writes that during pros
perity I'VE lived for three years on
promises We paid debts by borrow
ing more-just like France and Ger
many and England and the United
States and everybody does"
The depression has made a change
in conventions, according to the
author. He now takes his wife with
him, both spend one-half less than
he did during the prosperity con-
ventions and he admits that the
boys attending the depression con-
ventions do not wake up with the
big head the next morning.
Prosperity made q change in the
Ansley bathroom. In those days it
had a color scheme and everything
harmonized from the color of the
wallpaper to the color of the soap.
Il never really enjoyed a bath for
three years, Ansley writes Il was
afraid 1 wasn't using the right kind
of soap or that I would mess up
something. Then the bathroom was
place to keep clean. Hurrah for
the depression. The bathroom is
now a place to get clean"
Here is new slant on the &C.
preston. 1t is published by the
Bobbs-Merrill Company and sells
for ST..
Have Just received for review two
new novels published by Lincoln
Mac Veagh, New York City. The
wind Driven" a story of the sea,
by Jacland Marmur, and "Fugue," a
story of woman in love, by Olive
Moore
Among the new books offered at
the Business Branch library are:
Business Looks at the Unforeseen, .
by Donham, Profitable Practice in
Industrial Research by Ross, Pro
motion of Commercial Buildings:
Prosperity Taxation in the United
States" by Jensen, and THE Work
room Manual compiled by National
Retail Dry Goods Association.
They are making a movie out of
Warden Lewis E. Lawes 30 900
Years in Sing Sing" 1t should be
mighty interesting movie material
because it is human. And at the
same time it is sane discussion of
prison life and treatment.
Brentanos list the six best sellers
in fiction as: The Family Circle. I"
PARKWAY" Promenade Deck"
Lark Ascending" a Good Mans
Love" and Keeper of the Keys
Some one asked me to list three
new books to take with them for
late fall vacation. If was going to
TAKE any vacation, late or otherwise,
l would take Keeper of the KEYS"
by Earl Derr Biggers: The Store +"
by Striking. and The Fountain. +"
by Charles Morgan.