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ME BY HF FRoH%

performer equipped to fill the role
Of Victor Moore in the road COM
pany Of their show. Mr.. Moore, as
you undoubtedly know, plays the
part of Mr.. Throttlebottom, the
vice-president, The choice at last
fell upon Donald Meek, who is an
accomplished actor, but I think that
Charlie Curtis could have done it
even better.
Possibly there was some fear that
Mr.. Curtis might be tied up by pre-
vious engagements. Any such ru-
MOI is groundless. Charles Curtis
was notified of his nomination on
Thursday, and that, I imagine, will
complete the responsibilities in the
present campaign.
1t is, I think, high time that
somebody told him. If the ma
tional committee had allowed a few
more weeks to drift by, he well
might begin to believe that his part
in the critical struggle was to be
that of the forgotten man.
(Copvright. 1892. bv The Tines
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Man Made

Contrary to. the Republican campaign doctrine, the
depression is not an act of God" according to a
ruling by Municipal Judge Arthur K. jenkins of Bir-
mingham, Ana.
One Paul Forthy contended that his lease had beer
terminated by a clause canceling it whenever his
earnings had been terminated by an act of God
The depression, he said, was such and had terminated
his earnings.
Not so, ruled the judge, who found in favor Of
the landlady for the sum of S45.
Now that this is settled in a court of law. we can
get down to some human remedies. If, as We have
suspected, we humans made the depression, we should
be able to unmake it. And, while we're about it
We should try to prevent another one.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

that the system has been emptied
completely.
It is best usually, after an attack
of food poisoning, to give little or
no food for twenty-four hours. The
patient may take cracked ice, which
will serve to quiet the irritation of
the digestive tract and the water
will help to supply the water that
is lost from the body by repeated
vomiting.
After an attack of food poisoning,
the return to a solid diet should be
gradual.
Although there seldom are fatali-
ties from ordinary cases of food
poisoning, cases sometimes occur in
which the vomiting, the intoxica-
ton, and the prostration are SO
great in a person who is not OF
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strong constitution that death may
result.
Most physicians have come to the
conclusion that the term "ptomaine
poisoning" ought to be abolished.
Cases have been described in
which the symptoms were due to
oxalic acid, tartar emetic, and salt
peter. There have been instances
in which uremia and cancer were
responsible.
Other cases have been due to in
digestion, nervous diarrhoea, pain.
sensitivity to various foods, and to
infection with the germs of dysen-
terry or botulism.
1t is necessary in each instance
to know exactly what organism is
responsible or what poison has pro-
duced the symptoms.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-This is the own
er's side Of the story regarding the
eviction proceedings of the Evans
family at 826 Coffey street.
In your issue of Aug. 10 you show
a picture Of the mother and six
children and mention that they
still are holding the fort, city fam
lily defies eviction, etc" and now
l wish to present the owners side of
this case for the information of the
property owners.
The family now is six months in
arrears with its rent, and 1 do not
believe has paid any rent, except
with money received from the Fam
lily Welfare Society. Suit was
brought for possession of this prop
erty on April 81 by our agent, the
Mccullough Realty Company. and
judgment was obtained in Justice
Crutcher's court in %Irvington on
May II. Since that time we have
been using all lawful means to OBJ
tain possession Of our property.
In addition to not obtaining pos
session, we have been compelled to
pay the water bill, amounting to
approximately $40, in the last six
months. We are compelled to leave
the water on, as We have anti
freeze sanitary toilets, and they
simply would clog u sewer with
out the city water, as they have a
coed we'll and cistern.
This family claims to belong to
an organization that they call the
Reds, and, according to the moth
er's story, the Reds would protect
them and they did not intend to
move. They at least seem to have
the constables bluffed regarding the
existence of such organization, as
they continue to remain on our
property.
What I would like to know is:
Has the property owner no pro-
lection in a case like this, and how
can he be expected to pay his taxes
and street assessments? Personal
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Sticks to Own Knitting

nTHER circumstancesh have
~ helped to clear our minds re-
garding the place this new, vitalized
Russia is likely to occupy in the
family Of nations. Among them may
be mentioned the Sino-Japanese sit
uation, which would be far more
threatening than it is but for Rus
sia's interest and attitude.
OF equal Importance is Russia's
manifest willingness to drop the idea
Of fomenting revolution in other
lands. Whether that idea ever
played such a dominating part in
her foreign policy as some believed,
her pacific attitude toward Far
Eastern events eliminates it as
reasonable ground for suspicion.
BY attending to her own business,
paying her bills, and refusing to
scratch sore spots. Russia has con-
vinced most fair-minded people
that she is neither a cheat, nor a
disturber.
BY participating in peace con
terepces and expressing readiness to
meet the world more than half way
in disarmament, she has persuaded
them that she wishes no country i'll
and that her real desire is to i'm
prove the condition of her OWL
people.
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property is protected by the police.
Why not real estate?
If an auto is stolen from a street
in our city, police squads are on
the lookout for it. When the guilty
person is caught, probably in a few
hours, although he may have not
damaged the machine n iota, he
probably would 90 to the penal farm.
1 have no fault to find with this, but
is it right that this family can stay
IN my property indefinitely, when l
pay in taxes and street assessments
on this property more than is paid
on several autos?
Also, is it fair to property owners
that the trustees furnish families
like these with food, and make no
provision for a place to live? Is it
not just as important that they have
a roof over their heads as 1t is for
them to have something to eat?
1 will admit that there are. per-
haps, many worthy cases that need
to be taken care Of, but is it right
that 1 be compelled TO furnish this
family with a place TO live free Of
charge and pay tribute TO them in
the water bill besides? Why not all
bear this burden?
I believe that it generally is
recognized that a large percent of
the money raised by taxation is from
the tax on real estate. and I claim
that the property owner should have
protection.
FRANK E. SWONGER.
ll0l East Ohio Street.
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Just Every Day Sense
NTORTALs, and especially married women,
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

NHORTALS, and especially married women, are
WI prone to error as the sparks fly upward. A
good many of them ruin their lives because they lack
sufficient imagination and humility.
Many a wife, for instance, vigorously will oppose a
husbands continuing his male friendship and will
sniff malevolently at his ~favorite hobby.
And thus she almost invariably will begin the de-
struction of their existence together, and when her
marriage fails she will be the first to cry out at the
cruelty of fate.
The truth is that most of us are responsible fol
our unhappinesS. Therein lies the tragedy of life
and marriage. We set the snares that entangle; WE
place the traps that cause our downfall.
A man does not change his nature when he takes
a wife. And no error a woman can commit is SC
she insists that her husband should be glad to relin.
quish the world for her sake.
TT is incomprehensible that a woman could de.
i mand, much less really desire, such a sacrifice
Sensible ones, I am convinced, never do. But. unfor-
tunately, We still have a good many foolish females ii
the land.
And these are they who want a husband trottins
at their heels every leisure moment. They find it in
conceivable that their companionship might not al
ways be entertaining and exciting. Although they
may become bored with their husbands, they can no
understand how a husband could be bored with them
And if there is any mystery about our sex, Thu
is 1t: This continual sumption that a wife-any
kind of a wife-can take the place of play and friend.
and hobbies with a man.
Marriage has become a symbol of slavery because
OF such attitude on the part of women. Men hest.
tate to marry because they have watched this tyr.
amy exercised over their acquaintance.
The friendship of men is one of the most beauti
full of human relationships. A woman who deliber.
ately sets about to break such a bond is a sort O
spiritual murderer.
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nights. when they would have been
welcome. They might have helped
to dress the balcony. And 1 have
a distinct impression that many a
manuscript accepted for production
in the city of New York has been
more than a little marred by moths.
It is cited against making the
farmer the ward of the state that
the prices of products never can
be calculated in advance But there
is such a thing as the cut-rate ticket
as well as cut-rate wheat and cot
ton,
Accordingly, let no invidious dis
tinctions be drawn. The actor is
not more worthy than the agrl-
culturist. but stands on a par with
him. And Equity might have point
ed out quite properly that the
authorities in Washington are far
more adept in theatricals than in
farming.
It is vet to be proved that con-
gress can raise as much wheat as
it can raise hell.
Already the senate has been ORA
matized successfully in "Of Thee /
Sing" 1t was an oversight on the
part of that august body not to
retain the musical comedy rights
in its own proceedings.
Personally, I think that Huey
Long is at least as funny as Al
Jolson, and I wouldn't think of
trading Alfalfa Bill Murray for
Walter Hampden.
. Perfect Type Casting
OF late, the Messrs. kaufman
" Ryskind and Gershwin were
perplexed to make a choice of some
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BY DAVID DIETZ

Ancient Literature of Great
Aid IN Determining Time
Of Sun Echpses.
CLIPsEs of the sun, because OF.
II their dramatic and startling au-
pesrance, always have attracted the
attention Of mankind.
The solar eclipse of Aug. 81 viii
be a matter of scientific study for
the astronomer and popular in
terest for the layman.
But there was a time when
eclipses were greeted with fear and
superstition. Ii is not surprising.
therefore, that ancient literature
should contain many references to
eclipses of the sun.
These have proved of great value
to the historian. For the astronomer
can calculate when echpses occurred
in the past as well as calculate
when they will occur in the future.
The Canon of Eclipses." for
example, prepared by Professor T.
R. Oppolzer in 1887 for the Vienna
Academy of Sciences. contains the
dates of all eclipses from 1907 B. c.
to 2162 A. D.
Among the most famous students
Of ancient eclipses is DR.. J. K.
Fotheringham, reader in ancient
astronomy and chronology at the
University of oxford, England.
DR.. Fotheringham considers 4
reference in the Chinese annals as
that of the oldest eclipse on record.
The exact date of the eclipse is
difficult TO calculate, because of the
lack of data. 1t was either in the
neighbOrhood of 2159 B. c. Or 1892
B. c. DR.. Fotheringham favors the
latter date.
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FRENCH BAG 5000 PRISONERS
Aug. 20

ON Aug. 20, 1918, the Fourth
~ French army under General
Mangin smashed its way through
German defenses on the Disc and
took more than 5000 prisoners in a
day of fierce attacks and counter
attacks.
The net French advance for the
two days of fighting in the new
drive averaged more than four
miles on a sixteen-mile front. Many
towns and villages were taken and
>~etreating Germans suffered great
losses from French artillery fire.
British forces continued their ad-
vance in the Merville section. push
ing forward more than a mile.
Much of the ground gained by
the Germans in their five great Of
fensives in the spring and earIy
summer had been regained by the
allies since the start of their great
counter offensive on the Marine on
July 18.
German morale was reported
weakening n~oticeably.
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Liquor Problem

THE story of this ancient eclipse
a is an interesting one. In the
"Shu King" or Book of Historical
Documents" it is stated that Hsi
and Ho, the hereditary astronomers.
were neglecting their duties and
abandoning themselves to drink in
their private cities. (AIas, there
seems to have been a liquor prob
lem even in 1000 B. c..
The king, Chung Kang, sent the
marquis of Yin with an army to
punish them. Before starting on
the expedition, the marquis made a
long speech to his troops, in which
he said that the two astronomers
were so lax in their duties that
they had not even been aware of a
recent occasion on which the sun
and moon did not meet harmoni-
ously.'
inns phrase, as DR.. Fotheringham
points out, is accepted by all stu-
gents OF Chinese literature fo mear
an eclipse of the sun.
unfortunately, the part of the
Shu King in which the passage
quoted occurs is believed to be 2
literary restoration made to replace
oookS burned by imperial order in
213 B. c. ~
There are other records. how
ever, which lead authorities to ac-
cept the reference to the eclipse as
an authentic one.
Two other eclipses, n of the
moon and n Of the sun, mentioned
~ Chlnese records, have been iden-
ClIleo definitely as those which oc-
B. G. - 40
ihese eclipses r mentioned in
a iamentation which occurs. in the
Shin King or Book of Poetry
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Told by Homer

A N eclipse of the sun is mentioned
"A in the Odyssey the famous
poem IN which the Greek poet
Homer, told of the w~anderings Of
ulysses or Odysseus, to give him his
creek name, after the Trojan war
ulysses, 1t will be recalled. finally
reached his home after MANY ey.
citing adventures.
He came home in dispIise ord
FOUND his wife besieged by a our
OF Suitors who demanded hat She
choose one among them.
ON the day that ULYSSES is r.
make his presence known and kin
the sultors, Theoclymenus. the sear
notes many portents of the coming
event. GINNING
Among others, he notes that othe
sun has persisted out Of heaven and
an evil mist has spread over ali
some authorities have suggested
that this was the eclipse of April Is
ll78, B. c., which was total in or
near Ithaca, the home of ULYSSES.
Most authorities, however. are in
cllned to feel that the reference is
merely literary and does not of
necessity represent an actual eclipse
A solar eclipse of April 6. SAB B
Is thought to be the one meant in
a poem by Archilochus, which saws.
Nothing there is beyond hone
nothing that can be sworn i'm
possible, nothing wonderful. since
zeus, father of the Olympians. made
night from midday, hiding the light
OF the shining sun, and sore fear
came upon men,
A solar eclipse visible at Thebes
on April 30, 468 B. c., is thought
to be the one meant in the follow
ing passage from Pindar:
Beam of the SUM- o thou that
seest afar, what wilt thou be devils
ing? o mother of mine eyesl o star
supreme, reft from us in the day-
time!
Why has thou perplexed the pow
er of man and the way of wisdom.
by rushing forth on a darksome
track?"
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IN TIE WORLD Manufactured b. rOuson Euuk and Box Co, rarqoNO

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
Sixty-FOur' Fractures in Sixty
Eight Years-Arthur Gambell,
who lives at 1923 Carlisle avenue.
Covington, KY, says that one of
the most serious accidents he ever
had was when he fell backward a
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NAY Us Ell CONFESS 1t Has
Blundered in It's Policy To-
ward Ru88ia.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2o.-Having
~ acknowledged the existence of
hard times and the failure Of prohi-
oitlon, the Hoover administration
might as well round out the list of
its confessed plumbers by including
the futile policy it has pursued to-
ward Russia.
Reports from Washington sug-
gest that it soon may do this. If
it does, We can chalk up another
victory for public opinion.
Public opinion has undergone a
great change with regard to Russia,
especially during the last two years.
One need not be cynical to give
hard times some of the credit.
But for hard times, we might
have gone right on imagining that
loss Of Russian trade meant moth
ing. You can sneer at dollar di-
plomacy all you like, but OCCASION
ally it stands for common sense.
Childish antipathy toward the
Russian experiment, which is none
Of u business, has caused a lot of
factories to close in this country
and put a lot of people out of work.
AS if that were not enough, childish
%guillibility has inspired our gov
eminent to adopt measures and
some of III great financial interests
to extend credit in such way as
made it possible for other countries
to take Russian trade away from us.
But for hard times we might
never have seen the folly Of it.
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single step and succeeded in
breaking his shoulder in two
places, as we'll as the upper bones
of his arm, and his %collarbone.
In all, during his So years, he
has suffered sixty-four bone frac-
lures, including all his ribs, all his
fingers, some toes, both jaws.
both knees, both ankles, hips,
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE.

IT is desirable to clean out the
Il system, following food poisoning,
as much as possible by the use of
enemas and frequently by the CIV
ing of salts.
Pain with gripping can be relieved
by a hot water bottle or hot packs
over the stomach. If there is no
pain, an ice bag may be useful in
quoting the intestines.
1t is not advisable to give soda
tives that are strong, unless the
diagnosis is absolutely certain and
unless, the physician is convinced
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
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Mussolini says the wars the thing for red blooded
he-men. Especially if the he-men can sit back in
Rome and read about it in the newspapers.
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wrists, and a score of others-in
fact, practically every bone in his
body except his back and neck.
Despite his eeaseless hard luck,
Gambell maintains an optimistic
attitude, and gets more than an
average share of life's pleasure.
Monday: "Flea Island
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Money talks louder than ever a, news item say
But the trouble with that is that it doesn't talk ofte
enough.
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A stroll down any street these hot days woulc
convince any one that what Barnum should have sale
was that a seeTsucker is born every minute.
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Has Greenwich village in New
XnrE Cftr doein.I ..no

Has Greenwich village in New
York City a defined area?
1t has been called a state of
mind rather than a defined geo.
graphic area The old Pc .er Warren
farm, which comprised what later
came to be known as Greenwich
Village, extended from Washing
ton square westward to the present
West street. The southern bound
airy now is Charlton street and the
northern boundary Fourteenth
street.
Which state raises the most
apples?
New York.
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The hog will lead us out of the depression, ar
economist forecasts. And all the time we thought
the hogs got us into it.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE "
Clean Out System After Poisoning

This is the third of three articles by
DR.. Fishbein on food poisoning.
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Daily Thoughts

As for God, His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is tried: He
is a buckler to aIl.-I Samuel
22:3I.
Faith is the heroism of intellect
Charles H. Parkhurst.
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What are the eoIors Of the ma
tisnal flag of the Irish Free State.
Green, white and orange.
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. CTORS' EOUITY wants Uncle

A CTORS' EQUITY wants Uncle
"A Sam to go in the show bust
ness. In the current issue. of its
magazine, the theatrical union
points out, logically enough, that
the government which undertakes
to help the farmers, might just as
we'll lend a hand to the struggling
actor.
1T may be objected" says the
editorial, that the theater is a haz-
ardous field bordering on the spec
ulative.
Could anything be more specula-
tive than farm products? They
are dependent upon the vagaries of
unp%redictable wealth, at the mercy
of insects and blights, and the prices
they may bring lev can be cal
culated in advance.
yet the government has poured
a great deal Of money into the pro-
ducing, carrying and marketing of
these products"
Now, it is quite possible that
many analogies may be made be-
tween corn and chorus girls, revues
and radishes. buckwheat and bur
lesque. Indeed, I think the only err
ror in the Equity argument is the
tendency to note differences be-
tween the sheaves and the Shuberts.
II II
Not Counting CriCketS
TOR instance, blights have not
L been unknown among farces
and comedies. The actors publica-
ton talks of insects as if such Wis
itations were unknown along Broad
way. 1t is true that in the dear,
dead days when I was a producer
myself I never saw any %seven-year
locusts in the theater. There were
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M. E. Tracy

The HoOUer Administration
May os Well Confess 1t Has
Blundered in It's Policy To-
WGrd Russia.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

TREASURE HUNTING DE ELUXE-every-
bodywants gold these days. "The Truth About
Treasure Hunting" by Harold T. wilkins.
starting page 7S4. November issue Popular
Mechanics. relates how adventurous man
salvage treasure ships.