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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. wALTER FERGUSON

NOTHING annoys me more than the manner in
which literature is taught in the average school
The poor kids invariably are started off a strong
diet OF Walter Scott and Shakespeare.
The educators have built up kind Of rule that
frowns upon a nibbe at modern books until all the
ancients have been tasted So instead of doing the
sensible thing and working back gradually to the
colosSi Of the pen the kids trying to swallow
the heaviest bits first and that ends in mental ndi
geson and leaves them with active dislike for the
Bard Of Avon and others
The Merchant of Venice and "Ivanhoe" great
classics. closed forever to thousands of men and
women because they carry with them such vivid recol
lect!ons OF unhappy hours spent in searching these
gems for literary technicalties.
And imagine the sacrilege of forcing anybody to
scan poetry All the fire. all the life and wonder
Of depart when that is done. And am almost
that no good "scanner" ever developed into a good
poet, or even into reader OF poetry
THEN. too, it seems particularly stupid that We
Il should lead the pupil TO suppose that nothing Of
merit is being produced nowadays and that wrote
themselves out centuries ago AS If truth and beauty
ever could be exhausted.
To read inteigently one must have some knowledge
Of the background that produced the literature.
Therefore. what reasonable than that the child
can be taught easily through his own civiliza-
ton?
He knows best the modern scene. He is certain to
be bewildered completely by a sudden plunge into
Shakespeare or Scott unless he is familiar with Eliza
bethan and Highland history. And he assuredly Will
appreciate Milton if he first has learned TO love
Millay.
I think literary appreciation would be improved
greatly If we started the children of the modern
and worked backward century by century to the i'm
mortals. But. then. I'm no educators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
People Voice

Editor Times-In your issue Of
May 4, 1882, under the caption
Vaccination Proves Success" IL Is
said: Nowadays the child also
should be given the benefit Of i'm
munization against diphtheria with
toxin-antitoxin or with toxoid Here
also millions of children have had
the prevention without harm, and
the scientific records show definitely
that the death rates and the amount
Of illness from diphtheria are de-
creasing steadily"
I regret to say that you have been
misinformed. For example, in the
Journal Of the American Medical
Association. April ?. 1927. Page 1868.
Drs. w. Z. Gatewood and G. w.
Baldridge say that:
"A multiplicity Of untoward Sc
quelae have been observed in pa
tents treated with immune serum.
The Journal Of the American
Medical Association, Dec. s, 1919
reports forty severe reactions and
five deaths. in Dallas, Tex. from
toxin-antitoxin Damages ranging
from 500 to 81 900 we're awarded in
each case.
The Journal Of the American
Medical Association. March 9. 1929,
Page BAL, says that:
"Toxin-antitoxin is not a harm
less preparation and should not be
given TO school children in hap
hazard way"
In the Journal OF the American
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Plants Adapt Themselves to
Their Environment, Tests
bg Scientists Show.
ONE Of the most fascinating
~ subjects Of study is that of the
delicate balance which exists be-
tween living things and their en-
vironment.
one need only compare the dense
underbrush OF a tropical forest with
the sparse vegetation az a semi
arid region TO realize how inn
portant such factors as sunlight.
temperature, rainfall, and so on.
are.
The cactus. adapted 10 a dry
region Of much sun and little rain
fall, is quite different from the
plants that flourish in the humid
tropics.
Science has. Of course. been aware
Of these facts for more than a CEN
fury. It is only recently. however.
that detailed studies have been un-
dcrtaken to learn the delicate
mechaniSms involved in the relation
Of plants to their physical environ
ment.
Modern day science is interested
in knowing the exact physical and
chemical reactions which so on
within different plants.
Among interesting experiments
now in progress are some under
taken by the Smithsonian inStitu-
ton in an attempt TO clear up the
mechanics OF some queer behavior
among plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

Children crave and require SYM
patny, but not excessive sentiment
tally.
"A doubling. undecided. fearful
mother" says DR.. Fordyce, gives
her baby indigestion. whether it be
breast or bottle fed"
All too often. in the desire Of the
uniformed parent 10 give the child
everything that is believed to be
necessary, the infant is absolutely
stuffed with every type Of patent
food, vitamin preparation, or extra
ordinary substance that happens to
be advertised in any manner.
Difficult children are not neces-
sarily feeble-minded. Idiots and
imbeciles are mentally defective.
Quite frequently a. child who is
severely anemic or suffering from
malnutrition may seem to be men
tally defective. whereas it merely is
physically incompetent.
1t is important for parents to
know certainly the physical condi-
ton Of the child and only on the
basis of such information to at
tempt to control its mental quail
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H ERo1S

When his honor CHANGED to see a
scowl or frown on any countenance
he assumed. of course, that the
poor fellow was suffering from the
same ailment as himself. refer to
Walkers complaint.
Isn't that too bad?" Jimmy would
say. I'm pretty sure that raggedy
man on the last corner was trying to
figure out how to live on SIS, 900 a
year. I certainly know what he's
up against. On a salary like that,
it's tough to keep body and soul
together
And sometimes he was minded
to tell the chauffeur to stop while he
gave the unfortunate letter to
Paul Block. But, after all, there
are only twenty-four hours in day,
and the mayor Of New York has
81 many ears to fill.
And so he would drive on about
his business of boyfriending the
great and good and kind, and when
he lay down at night he would sing
himself to well-earned slumber with
a little ditty which ran:
"Poppa Paul is big melon maker.
And Brother auscultates for tin:
Sisto picks IN an odd shilling.
Nv God. how the money rolls in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
BATTLE OF THE OISE
June s

ON June 8, 1918. shortly before
~ midnight. the Germans, con-
centrating on a drive to the Marine,
met a strong Allied force on the
banks Of the Disc and we're re-
pulsed after a terrific battle.
More than 100000 men were
massed on a twenty-mile front, from
Montdidier to Noyon. North Of this
sector the Germans held the atten-
ton of British troops by a constant
pounding Of gunfre.
This battle. which was to wage
back and forth for days. brought to
light the fact that Germany was
modifying 16-year-old boys. old
men and convicts in a last desper-
ate effort to strengthen her weary
troops.
The first assault was made on
French lines near Hautebraye. be-
tween the Aisne and the Disc, but
the French successfully withstood
the assault and even staged a coun-
ter attack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

Prohibition Hos Brought This
Country Closer to Moral
Chaos Than Anything Since
Slarery.
NEW YORK, June s.-Though
~ OF great Importance, because
Of the place he occupies in Amer
lean finance and philanthropy. the
conversion Of John D. Rockefeller
Jr. to repeal IS typical Millions Of
people with a similar background
regarding liquor have come to a
similar conclusion regarding pro-
hibition. That. and that alone. ex-
plains the profound change in pub
lie sentiment.
This country is not moved by a
desire to get drunk. II il we're, the
eighteenth amendment would fur
nish little cause for complaint.
Whether the consumption Of liquor
has increased. or diminished, during
the last few years. an adequate
supply is, and always has been,
available.
Nationwide prohibition has had
small effect on this phase Of the
problem, except to raise the price
and lower the quality
Men and women leading the fight
against this most unfortunate OF
modern experiments are alarmed by
something worse than drunkenness
and inspired by something better
than appetite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

Medical Association, Nov. %, 1929
page 1862, it is said:
The injection OF horse serum
INTO a sensitized person always in
Voives a menace Of some moment"
II constantly is claimed that chill
dren are rendered immune from
diphtheria by toxin antitoxin. Medi-
cal literature shows to the con-
trary. Schwartz and Janney say
IN the American Journal Of Dis
eases Of Children. March. 1890. that
toxin-antitoxin has two distinct
disadvantages. The first is its vari-
able protective value-about so Der
cent OF the patients remaining in
sufficiently immunized after three
doses Of toxin antitOxin: the sec
ond is the danger Of serum sensi-
tization following its use" And II
Is added that the fear Of sensiti-
zation is commonly prevalent"
AS matter Of fact. diphtheria.
ike other zymotic diseases. comes
IN cycles. We recently have reached
the low level in some states, and
now the rise is coming.
Owing to the danger Of toxin-anti-
toxin, there is a tendency now for
It's abandonment for toxoid.
In the United States public health
reports Of Dec. 10. 1881. it is said:
It IS Of the utmost Importance
TO realize that the administration
Of a foreign serum by any hypo-
dermic method is not entirely free
from danger"
SUE NJ. FARRELL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Curious Moss

GONE plants carry on photosyn-
- thesis best under intense light.
DR.. Johnston says. This is true of
the plants which have adapted
themselves to the deserts Of Arizona
and New Mexico.
Other plants thrive best in the
subdued light of tropic forests.
DR.. Johnston calls attention to
one curious little moss which grows
in caves where there is almost no
light
This moss is equipped with a plate
Of cells which form a battery OF
lenses, a veritable living burning
glass" for focusing the little light
present in the cave upon the cells
which particularly are concerned
with the task Of photosynthesis.
Special apparatus has been set
up at the Smithsonian institution to
determine the rate at which plants
absorb carbon dioxide under various
conditions.
The experiments show that not
only is the intensity Of light inn
portant, but that the wave lengths
or color OF light present is also
highly important.
In certain experiments, tomato
plants we're grown under a high in
tensity Of electric incandescent
light. but the leaves Of the plants
turned pale and almost white.
This was because the light used
had its greatest energy in the mira
red portion Of the spectrum where
as sunlight has its greatest strength
IN the blue-green region.
The chlorphyll. or green pigment
IN the leaves. disappeared almost
entirely when the plants we're grown
under electric light only.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
TyanniCaI and Absurd

DROHIBITION was born Of the
Il absurd idea that nothing is
impossible through law, that the
power Of a sovereign government
to regulate the lives and habits Of
those who dwell under it is limit
less, and that little is needed to
make people over in any respect,
except an act entitled an act.
1t is a paradox that this country,
which was brought into being by
resentment against tyranny, should
have so far forgotten its traditions
as to try one of the most trifling
and intimate tyrannies ever con-
ceived.
What would our forefathers. who
got so excited over a tax on tea.
have thought Of dry agents snoop-
ing around their kitchens? You
just can't square the eighteenth
amendment with the ideals to which
this republic originally was dedi-
Gated.
Neither can you square il with
the innumerable warnings that we're
handed down to us against the
danger of too much centralized
authority on the one hand. and too
much interference with personal
liberty on the other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Out of Tune

THE eighteenth amendment and
i Volstead act represent an abb
solute departure from the stand
ards and principles on which this
government was founded. That is
the chief reason why they have
failed.
Wise as they may have appeared
to those whose conceptions of right
and wrong hinged on a glass OF
liquor. they were completely out Of
tune with the larger ideals Of social
and political justice to which we
had been trained.
A revulsion of feeling should have
ben self evident revulsion which
would balk at nothing less than
notification, regardless Of cost, or
consequences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Honesty Not in It

IF all those who voted for nation
Il wide prohibition had been honest
with themselves. We might have made
this country dry. but if they had
been honest with themselves. they
never would have voted for IL.
Like too many other reforms,
prohibition was forced through to
save somebody else. From the very
start. it was a piece Of unadul-
terated hypocrisy. Not that all
those who advocated it were in
sincere. or anywhere near all, but
that enough we're to make it a col
lective sham, social pretense, a
political forgery.
Prohibition has brought this coun-
try closer to moral chaos than any
thing since slavery. 1t has led to I'M
precedented corruption in about ev-
cry branch Of government, has
made the law an object Of ridicule
and contempt, and, worse than all
else, practically has destroyed those
efforts and activities which were do
ing so much for the cause of tenn
perance twenty years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

NNE OF the plants being studied
~ by the Smithsonian scientists
is the compass plant, a bristly
perennial OF the sster family, which
grows in abundance over tho
prairies.
This plant is living compass.
turning the edges OF its leaves in
A general north-south direction.
Another plant which behaves i'm
Just the same way is the American
wild lettuce.
The behavior OF these plants. ac-
cording to the Smithsonian scicn-
lists, is an adaptation to the sun
light. Because oil the way the
leaves turn, they arc in a position
in the morning and evening hours,
when the sunlight is weakest. to OBJ
tain the full benefit Of the suns
rays.
And at noon. when the sun is
hottest and furnishes more light
than the plants require. they have
only the edges Of their leaves turned
toward the sun.
Other plants also adapt them
selves to the sun in ways to meet
their own particular requirements.
Thus. for example. the English
ivy arranges its leaves IN a mosaic
pattern, so that the greatest pos
sible area is exposed to the sun
light.
The plants use OF sunlight is
bound up with its fundamental
growing process, photosynthesis.
The plant absorbs carbon dioxide
from the air and water from The
soil.
These, with the aid Of sunlight
and green pigment known as chic
rophyll, it puts together into car
bohydrates, tfat is, sugars and
starches.
According TO DR.. Earl S. Johns
ton. plant psychologist Of the Smith
sonian institution. the strength OF
light needed for the process of pho
tosynthesis varies with different
plants and the conditions in which
they happen to find themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

People in Poverty Row
r HAVE been told that Jimmy
l. laughed a little perfunctory at
the first night Of Face the Music. "
He was puzzled by the tin box jokes
and is said to have asked a friend,
But why didn't they have pri-
vate safes?"
If it were possible for Mr.. Walker
to go on in his ivory tower shielded
from the facts of life, I would be
the last to suggest that any one
should bring him those realities
which blister and which burn. But
the age of banquets is drawing to
a close. A new day dawns and pre-
sents problems not to be solved by
any after-dinner speech, no matter
how graceful.
Somebody must tell Jimmy. Pos
sibly little Billy Block might be
good one to start, so that the nee
essary knowledge will not come as
too great shock.
I am prepared to accept the fact
that it must be done by word OF
mouth. James J. Walker is a
creature OF habit. and 1 feel that
it might be impossible to induce
him to read even the big type So
why not a town crier? And why
not Dudley Field Malone?
Let Malone come in with the
orange juice next morning and pro-
claim in his pianissimo: TT. SUM-
ter has fallen; the car Of Russia
is dead Babe Ruth knocked his
fourteenth home run. and man
named Seabuy wants TO see you"
lCopyrirht 1921. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal OF the American Medical
Association. and If Hygeia. the
Health MAGAZINE


Health Magazine.
PRACTICALLY all children have
L their periods Of eXcitability and
disturbance. A child whose man
agement and training never present
any difficulties is not a normal
child.
The term difficult child" is APP
piled, therefore, to one who con-
stantly disobeys, lies, fights, steals,
or vets the bed.
A normal child may be disobedi-
ent occasionally. may have fits Of
temper. or pick up something it ad-
mires. but it does rot do this con-
stantly and is likely to stop when
corrected.
Associated with mental disturb
ances there occasionally are such
physical conditions as sleeplessness,
constant refusal Of food, indigestion
and anemia.
DR.. A. Dingwall Fordyce of the
childrens hospital in Liverpool,
has found that correction of the
physical disturbances in many in
stances promptly is followed by i'm
provement in the mental difficulties.
Many mentally defective children
are difficult children. but there are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

speakeasy has replaced the saloon only unit for
unit but probably twofold II not th-eefold; that a
vast army Of law breakers has been recruited and
financed on colossal scale; that many Of our best
citizens, pqued at what they regard infringe
ment Of their private rights openly and unabashed
have dsregsrded the eighteenth amendment; that
an inevitable result respect for all law has been
lessened greatly; that crime has increased to an
unprecedented degree slowly and reluctantly have
come to believe
So have millions Of others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one OF Americas most inter-
estinE writers and are pre-
scntcd without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
A Modern Rip Van Wrinkle

- WOuCl ID NY v ceit 'fiiiNiO
RUT I think the time has come
ID when somebody ought to tell
Jimmy. I mean for his own
good. Never mind about the rest
Of us. No man should be allowed
to 20 over Niagara Falls in a barrel
under the assumption that he mere
~ is taking a nickel ride on roller
coaster.
Seemingly Jimmy has had to
CLEAN his information about affairs
Of the world and the nation from
his chance contacts with distin-
guished guests Who are brought TO
city hall. To him life has been just
bowl Of channel swimmers and
Arctic explorers.
Isn't it strange to have a chief
executive who knows more about the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

What is the purpose Of the pro-
posed lame duck" amendment to
the Constitution?
It provides that congress shall
meet early in January, Immediately
following the November congress
sional elections, so that the con-
gressmen who were defeated. and
who are called lame ducks" will
not be able TO participate in lsgis-
lation after their defeat. as is now
the case. II also changes the date
for the Inauguration Of the --esi-
dent from March TO January.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

IT HAVE not read the papers,
i said Mayor Walker of New
York to the reporters Of Detroit.
Its a habit of mine. I do not
even read them at home.
It seems to me that Paul Block
has a right to complain that the
cost of gaining a new subscriber
is becoming excessive in these days.
And yet this brief confession of
Jimmy Walker serves as a complete
answer to many of the charges
brought against him.
The csptious have said the
mayors concern for the unem-
ployed and the impoverished has
been less than passionate and con-
tinuous. but now Jimmys answer
to all that is perfectly simple. He
never heard about them.
Soon after arising on a typical
day he sees Dudley Field Malone.
Mr.. Malone seems cheerful and is
certainly not undernourished. There
is no depression there. On pri-
fdbG AdA uOuliu AbI CdIlAoA AA4os III
the Central park casino for dinner
at a Broadway first night, no signs
of privation obtrude themselves
upon the attention Of His Honor
Pauls in his heaven-alls right
with the world
And Even Ancient Jewels
or course. a very keen and pro-
" fessional eye might detect the
fact that some Of the ladies in the
audience are struggling along with
nothing better than little old last
years sables. but they are so brave
and reticent about their tribula-
tons that Jimmy Walker may be
forgiven if he never guessed.
StiIl. even a man who never
reads the paper must have noticed
at times a worried look on the
faces Of the citizenry as he drove
BY. And without question Jimmy
did. but right here is where he
made his little mistake on account
Of his unfamilisrity with current
affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Daily Thought

Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and
opened unto the eyes of him
whom we have to do.-Hebrews
ALB.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08
Where is Correction island?

Where is Correction island?
It IS situated almost in the mid
die Of the entrance to Manila bay,
about thirty miles from Manila.
Who is the governor Of the ter
ritory OF Hawaii?
Lawrence M. Judd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

An excuse IS worse and more ter
rible than a lie: fo- an excuse is a
lie guarded.-Pope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-08

south pole and the north pole than
about the vice squad?
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Compass Plant

NNE OF the plants being studied
~ by the Smithsonian scientists
The Washington times., 1932-02-12
AOvERTIseMEHT
How One Woman
Lost47Lbs. .OfFat
In 3 Months and
Feels Years Younger

"I have been taking kruschen Salts
for nearly 3 months. have continued
taking one teaspOOnful In warm water
every morning. 1 then weighed 2l7
pounds, was always bothered with pains
In my back and lower part of abdomen
Now i am glad to say I am a well
woman. feel much stronger, years
Younger and ms weight is l7O pounds.
/ do not only feet better hot 1 look bet
ter, so all my friends say
81 shall never ne without krusChen
Salts, will never cease taking my daily
dose and NOR than glad to highly rec
Ommend 10 for the great good that ia
in it," Mrs. S. A. SOLOMON, New
"F. s. You NAV think am exagger-
atinE bv writing such long letter hut
truly ! feel so indebted to SOu for put
ting out such wonderful salts that I
cannot say enough"
A bottle of Kruschen Salts that lasts
weeks costs but a few cents.
When reducing attention to diet will
help--cut down on pastry and fatty
meats-go light on potatoes, butter,
cream and smgar--the Kruschen way is
the safe way r. lose fat.
To take off fat harmIessly and safely,
take one-ha: teaspoOW Of KruscheD in
glass of hot water every morning-don't
worry its Ths safe way to reduce.
But be sure fer your health's sake
that you ask for and get Kruschen
Salts. Get them at Peopirs Drug Stores
or anv Drugstore in the world and il
the results 0ne nottls brings do not de-
light you-do not joyfullv satisfy you
whv monev back