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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Just Every Day Sense
BY Mrs. Walter Ferruson

is not surprising to learn that Henry T N6I-.
a Is good husband. The chances are that bs MOI
'"l perlectlons VIII not diminish with the wears
For Mr.. Mencken not only is an INTELLIGENT NO.,
but passionate defender of human RIGHTS A. 49,
Such men human rights always include Justice and
Ialr play for women and wives
Inc dumb man, like the dumb woman is tho
poorest matrimonial bet He is filed with silly nrei
oces and superstitious traditions Never having
thought much about anything he certainly will ut
exercise his feeble wits bordering the rights If bic
partner in marriage. W
POSSIBLY, being reared in the cult of male sine
Ilorlty by divine right he will think she should
have none N
for men, taken as whole do not use their brains
IN matrimony., have known fine lawyers who ha "a
mace vast fortunes but who did not apply common
sense, much less reason and logic to their fan1iI,,
scraps l have known ministers who preached the
forgiveness OF sins and love for ones neghbor who
were as hard-headed and hard-hearted about the
frailtleS of their wives and children as thirteenth
century despot.
I HAVE known doctors who could diagnose all the
Il psychological ills of their friends but who never
Tried TO study those of their own menage. I have
known merchants who knew the value of honesty and
courtesy in business, but who practced neither on
their wives
have known politicians who could soft-soap
voters year after year. who ruthless in their
homes
Many men who have a reputation for intelligence
are not so in the larger meaning of the word. For
true intelligence is the capacity know and under
stand readiness of comprehension, and this surely
must include the ability TO know and understand
the problems of ones wife
Happy and perfect marriage is possible only when
TWO beings on an equal plane of intelligence are in
complete physical mental, and spiritual accord
Rare as such unions, may be. they suffice to keep
alive the hope that is imperishabe in every heart
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Our Standards Differ

XXTE Americans should not at
w tempt to appraise politics il
other countries by our own stand
ards. They fit our system of gov
eminent, which is one reason, and
not the least important, why We
have it.
We know what big part the old
New England town meeting played
in forming this republic, European
countries weren't blessed with the
town meeting, but they had other
institutions to serve a similar pur-
pose.
Germany had the vehm, only to
mention one Illustration, and Rus
STA the village cooperative.
Popular ideas of how national
government should be formed to-
day have their roots in the village
customs of centuries ago. State
craft is not made at the top, but
at the bottom.
You can go back to fifteenth-cen
fury England and find the germ OF
many an American institution. You
can 60 back to notwithstanding
German or Russia and find an ex-
PLANTATION for many things which
their people now are doing.
History still has a profound bear
ing on human progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Times Readers Voice Their Views

/ merce, preached the conquest OF
world markets by his own country
If great sums we're lent to Ger
| many it was to make a customer
of her. 1t did not occur to him
he was building up a competitor
instead.
Even now he seems not to think
it. He believes that if Germany
does not buy, it is because she is
crushed under the burden Of rep
/ arations, by the fault of the French
He believes that if Europe does not
consume the American product, ii
is because she is spending too much
upon armies.
Well, then, suppress one-third of
the appropriations. This third, as
you may guess, will descend upon
the United States like a reviving
rain.
Such are the puerile conceptions
of President Hoover. They merit
only smile. One is surprised to
see them engage the attention of
statesmen. America, in the present
crisis, seems utterly at sea.
1t is imagined that Europe would
absorb the surplus product if she
had the money. All right. Order
Europe to economic in military de-
Tense. And President Hoover is
sues the order with astonishing
presumption.
Since chiefs of states have formed
the habit of converting in Switzer-
land, every sort of intrusion upon
diplomacy is permitted. Every
possible question is thrown upon the
carpet at-once, and the crowd is the
judge.
If America is giving us our or
ders, it is merely because negotia-
tons all are made at the worlds
fair, and everybody las a right to
go to the fair. If Germany demands
the denunciation of the treaty of
Versailles, it is because twice a year
she has the best possible opportunity
to make her demand heard.
President Wilson seated us on a
hornets nest and President Hoover
is tanning us in.
Society of Nations-American.
Dawes Plan-American
Young Plan-American
Hoover Moratorium-Ame
America is not satisfied? We
have enough of this merchant who
tries to get us into his shop by
using his fists.
LOUIS LATZARUS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
The German Election

In the German election. the parties Of modera-
ton and peace lost The parties Of extreme national
ism, the war parties and the revoutionsts won
That is the significance of the Hitler Fascsts
doubling their popular vote since 1880 and the Com
munists increasing their strength to IA per cent OF
the total The combined reactionary parties of the
right poled more than As per cent of the total
They control Germany without having an actu-
oil ma iory. The Communists hold the balance of
power
1t is true that Hitler failed of his desired ma
iory and that his vote virtually was the same as last
spring. But, OF Importance, the German eecto-
rate has invited continuance of the present thinly
disguised dictatorship
General Kurt Schleicher, who represents the
worst of the old Prussia still is the dictator behind
Chancellor Won Papen
That means trouble for Germany It means trou-
BILE for the rest of the world the United States in
cluded
But before blaming the German people for this
rapid drift to extremes it would be well
member the cause. Probably no other nation would
have been so long suffering and patient as Germany
under the unjust and degrading Versailles treaty
1t branded her with the lie of sole war guilt 1t
took away her colonies and much of her trade 1t
destroyed her economic independence and reduced
her to little than political vassal of the allies
AS a result the German people have suffered as
few nations have su1ered-suffered not only
In loss OF pride and selfrespect but in starvation.
After years Of waiting for the allies to keep their
treaty pledge to dsarm they dsarmed her, and
otherwise to restore the status of equality which is
her right Germany inevitably has begun to listen
to extremists who promise to hberate her by
other than the peaceful methods which seem to
have failed her
We do not believe peaceful methods have failed
finally. We hope the great German people be
patient a little longer
There is basis for that hope. In France there is
a generous attitude toward Germany for the first
time since the warthe remuneration of repsration is
proof OF that
In England there is growing demand to
rect the nustces of Versailles In the United States
leaders such as Senator Borah are working for
new international settlement.
Germany should be patient and hope, because her
welfare has become the key to world peace and pros
pery. There a good chance that she will get JUS
tice, because is to the selfish interest of other
nations to reduce ornaments debts, and tariffs and
thus prevent another world war; which would destroy
us all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
When Winter Comes

The feel of autumn already is in the air, and soon
the fourth winter of suffering will be upon us
Relief agencies modifying for their biggest bat
ties against cold illness and hunger, A call has been
issued by j. Herbert Case of New York, president of
the Association OF Community Chests and Councils,
for conference in Washington on Sept. Is.
He announces that Newton D Baker will head an
national citizens committee of the welfare and re-
lief mobilization of 1882
Both of these news items are encouraging. The
coming mobilization of all national leaders charged
with relief services, the largest gathering its kind
is frank recognition that the need is desperate and
the burden will fall chiefly upon the same agencies
that have carried it in the past The name of Baker
gives assurance that the need will be met humanely
and realistically
No one more than these social workers knows how
the picture is Family reserves are gone cities
and states are impoverished The much publicized
federal relief loan fund of $3OOOOOOOO pathetically
inadequate.
For 1882 the community chests have raised $780,
900 900 20 per cent greater than the chests
raised for 1881. Yet President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor estimates that in the
coming winter there will be 100000 jobless-2OOO
600 more than now.
The winter of 1882 and 1888 will bring with it a
obtaining them" said Case The federal relief APP
preparation not in any measure cover the relief
needs of the country.
There is no disgusting the fact that even with
federal aid and with each community contributing to
the utmost of its ability is going be exceedingly
difficult to meet all demands for assistance which will
come this winter"
Especially important is the initial statement by Mr.
Baker, streSsing the fact that relief should extend
beyond food for the hungry.
Social work other than relief, particularly all the
character building and character preserving work,
must not be scrapped This work is not luxury of
the rich. 1t is an essential reconciliation of our in
dustral system to the needs of humanity
To permit the forces of social work to be scattered
and demoralized would be national disaster"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
: DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

accurate, since most old people are
proud of their age and tend to
exaggerate.
For example, in nearly every CEN
sus, more people who give their ages
as over 81 are found than people
who give their ages as between IS
and go.
British health authorities assume
that many jump from IS to 81 in a
year or two.
However the span of life is in
creasing gradually. And in time we
may expect to have more and more
people above 80.
The chief reason for this remains
the rapid decline in death rates for
infants.
Thus, a man born in 1854 had
life expectancy of 20 years. Now,
he reasonably may expect to live to
be So
Having reached the age of so, a
mans expectancy of life now is 1412
years and a woman's Is years.
Since heredity seems to play a
large part in longevity. it is con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Middle GROUP Loses

NEXT to the Hitlerites, comes
~ the Center, composed of Social
lists, Catholics and five minor par
ties, with total strength of 241.
In the old reichstag, the strength of
this group was 258, which indicates
a loss of II.
The Communists rank third, just
as they did before, but with gain
of II, which gives them SO.
Thus both ends appear to have
gained at the expense of the mid
die. though hardly enough to war
rant any prophecies.
The most one can say is that Ger
many seems to be dissatisfied with
her present form of government, but
is undecided whether to turn Fas-
cist or Bolshevist. Maybe, she will
do neither in the end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Eyes vs., Camera

IT is interesting to note that while
Il in general photography is a SUI
perior method of research to direct
vision, this is not entirely true in
the case of the study of the suns
surface or photosphere.
Photographs of the sun do not
I show so great wealth of detail as
can be seen with the eye during in
stants Of exceptionally good "see-
ing that is, during instants when
conditions for observation are ex-
ceptional
This same thing is true also of
Mars. During moments of excep-
tional Seeing" more details can be
seen with the eye than can be pho
tographed.
1t must be remembered that our
studies Of the heavens have to be
made through the earth's atmos-
phere.
Two things in particular interfere
with observations. One is the mois-
ture in the atmosphere. The other
is the motion Of the atmosphere.
Photography, however, has been
particularly useful in the study of
the sun. because it records instan-
taneously the appearance of the
disc.
Thus by taking series of photos
some minutes apart, it is possible to
make record of changes which are
going on in the suns surface.
Such studies of the sun are car
ried on by number Of great OBJ
servatories where many photos are
made of the sun on every clear day.
These observatories include the
Mt. Wilson observatory in Califor-
mia, the Meudon observatory in
France and the Kodaikanal obser-
vatory in India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Questions and
Answers

What does habeas corpus mean?
1t is a writ, directed to the per-
son OBTAINING another and COM
manding him to produce the body
of the prisoner at a certain time
and place, to do, submit to, and
receive whatever the court or Judge
awarding the writ shall consider in
that behalf
Who was the father of the bib
lical character Rispah?
Ala.
What is the title of the song
played as an introduction to "Tar-
zan, the Ape Man?
"Vooddoo Dance" by Richelovie.
Is there a river named the
Pasig?
1t is in the Philippine islands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02

ceivable, according to Sir Humphrey
Rolleston of England, that encour-
agement of intermarriage between
families that tend to live long would
produce stock that tended to live
long.
However. such experiments among
human beings, are almost impossible
and this theory must remain largely
a matter of conjecture.
One of the real problems we have
to face is to make the life of the
aged person happier and healthier
one.
They must realize their own
shortcomings in regard to strength
and ability to throw off disease,
while those around them should al
ways take into consideration the
changes which come with advanced
age.
If older persons observe the simple
rules of health, there is no reason
why their declining years should
not be happy ones.
Next: Natural characteristics of
Old Age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02

Editor Times - Quoting the
Chronique Politique, Revue Heb
domadaire, Paris, July 2:
Will somebody request the Amer
leans kindly to leave us alone? BY
what right do they try to regiment
us? They refused to participate in
the League of Nations. That is their
business-we do not reproach them.
But they should be logical, and not
essay to control its work,
Behold, however, their President,
Hoover. cabling ultimatums. ex-
pounding what we must do, fixing
limits to our military expenditures,
and regulating European budgets.
We know that the American peo-
pie are the greatest ever seen on
earth. We have been told so often
enough. But in the shelter of their
ocean defense, they understand
nothing of our disquieting problems.
Our history records the many ag-
eressions we have had to resist.
The Americans should oblige by
leaving us to defend our frontiers
as we see fit.
Our request is the better founded
in that we know some Of the mas
tiers of America. 1t is the German
element that, on the eve of ma
tional election President Hoover
mus try to handle. The French
element in America is negligible in
an election. And it is the internal
politics of the United States which
inspire their foreign policy,
1t may be said that am not up
to date, and that the United
States intervenes in our affairs in
the interest of economics, and that
they have right to speak in the
present world crisis. Very we'll, let
them speak. But to collaborate, not
direct
All that we know of their theo-
ries and organization does not seem
to qualify them as masters. They
have erected system. based upon
ideas that seem almost childish. and
the system has broken down. They
had made us believe the secret of
perpetual prosperity was found.
1t was so agreeable to believe that
in renouncing dull economy and
making full use of credit, every
body might make his fortune. Au-
tomobiles, baths, librariesl No more
poverty!
Mr., Hoover, as secretary of COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Like SnOWfLakeS

r ANGLEY, one of the famous
IL earlier American students of
the sun, described the appearance.
of the photosphere as resembling
"SnoWhakeS on gray cloth
Astronomers frequently refer to
the nodules as rice grains" because
of the similarity in appearance.
These rice grains" range from
400 to 600 miles in diameter. But
when conditions for observation are
particularly good, a high powered
telescope will show that they are
composed in their turn of smaller
grains.
The grains are not permanent.
but continually change in appear
ance, old ones disappearing and new
ones taking their place.
They bear testimony to the fact
that the surface of the sun is not
quiet region, but a great seething
cauldron of gases,
This is what we would expect.
since other studies have revealed
that the surface of the sun is 10000
degrees on the Fahrenheit or ordi-
nary thermometer.
In addition to the 'rice grains"
the philosophers exhibits bright
streaks and patches known as ia
culae"
1t is difficult to see the faculae
near the center of the suns disc,
but they are prominent near the
edges. Like the rice grains" ia
culae are subject to change, old ones
disappearing and new ones appear
ing.
The facUlae are likely to be es-
pecially prominent in the neighbor-
hood of sun spots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
SAYS

The Same old Mess Results
From Germanys Election
No Majority for Any
Party.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Germany's
4 ' latest election seems to have
resulted in the same old mess-ten
or a dozen parties, fallirg into three
principal groups, but no majority.
The Hitlerites, or Fascists, more
than doubled their representation
in the reichstag, but increased their
popular vote very little. Sixty-eight
of the 1913 seats they gained were
at the expense of smaller parties,
which have been voting with them.
Besides, their gains we're somewhat
Offset by Catholic and Communist
gains
The Hitlerites now control $50
seats of a total of 602 in the reich
stag. Because of four smaller par
ties which usually vote with them,
they can rely on DIT. In the old
reichstag, they could muster 222.
That means that they have gained
fifty-five, but still are twenty-five
short of a majority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Socialism Fits Anywhere

OUOloliOIiI ITO AllyWllC .
nj ANfES do not mean the same
N thing in Germany that they
mean here. The Hitlerites are sup
posed to favor return of the mon
archy, but they call themselves Ma
tional Socialists. The Center group
is supposed to favor retention Of the
republic, but the 214 seats which it
controls, 1877 are held by Socialists.
AS a matter of fact, three of every
four members of the reichstag are
what we would call anti-capitalist.
That, however, is not half as radical
as it sounds.
Socialism had made considerable
progress in Germany while it was
still an empire.
In this connection, it is just as
we'll to remember that Socialism
rests on economics, rather than
politics, and can be introduced un-
der most any form Of government.
Rome was much more highly So
cialized as an empire than as a re-
public.
Old Peru, though an absolute
monarchy, was highly socialized,
with the state owning about every
thing, controlling about everything,
and providing about everything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hvgeia, the
Health Magazine.

A THOUGH 100 years Of life is
4 "A possible to human beings, only
thirty people in 100000 reach that
age. And more than two-thirdS of
the persons who do reach that age
are women.
The reason for this latter fact is
that women usually are less exposed
to accident and infection and, what
is more important, are more apt to
lead temperate lives.
Census figures from Great Britain
show that the average number OF
persons more than 100 in the British
Isles is about ITO, and that eighty of
this number are women.
These figures are not absolutely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
SCISSORS TAKEN
Aug. 2

ON Aug. 2, 1918, victorious
" French troops occupied Sois-
sons, which had been evacuated
during the preceding night
The German army corps which
had been operating in the Marine
salient was reported retreating rap
idly.
American and French regiments
advanced five miles north of Fere-
en-Tardenois and French outposts
were established in the deserted
town of Ville-en-Tardenois.
German losses during the battle
which began as. their fifth offensive
on July IS and ended in their most
decisive defeat in years, we're esti-
mated at more than $4,000 men by
allied observers.
The balance of power on the
western front definitely had swung
to the allies. and neither Germany
nor her allies was on the offensive
on any active front.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Few Reach Century Mark in Age

This is the first of series of six
articles by DR.. Fishbein on Good Health
after so. In this series he explains the
pitfalls to health for the aged and tells
articles will be published daily in The
Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
Daily Thoughts

looked on my right. hand, and
beheld, but there was no man
that would know me: refuge
failed me; no man cared for my
soul.-Psalms 1924.
Despair is the conclusion Of fools
-Beaconsield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-02
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.

The Surface Of the Sun Is
Not Perfect, Like a Bur
nish c d Ski ED, built
Marked With Spots.
nAzzLED by the suns brilliance,
IL no human eye can catch
glimpse of the suns appearance.
The ancients imagined that it was
brightly polished, like the faultless
surface of a shield.
After Calico built his first tele-
scope it became possible to study
the sun. One method was to use
the telescope to cast an image Of
the sun upon a screen.
The other was TO equip the tele-
scope, it became, possible to study :
1t possible to look through the tele-
scope at the sun. (Amateur astrono-
mers never should turn opera
glasses or binoculars upon the sun.
The experiment might result in per-
manent blindnesS.)
NAASRS NNNAA1 OkAAANAllss VI bklE sun
discovered that the surface of the
sun was not perfect, but was marked
with spots.
This fact was greatly resented BY
many of the philosophers of the
Middle Ages, who held that since
the sun was a celestial object, it
must of necessity be faultless.
Modern study has revealed that
the gaseous surface of the sun.
known technically as the photo
sphere, is not smooth, as the an
clients pictured it. but notified, look
ing very much like rough drawing
paper
A high-powered telescope reveals :
that the surface is made up OF +.
rather darkish background, over
which are scattered bright grains or :
nodules.