The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-13

This bit of doggerel is used by
DR.. Thurman B. Rice of the Indi-
ana university medical school staff
to point a moral in the current
number of the state board of health
bulletin.
His moral is that civilized mans
views about sex should permit him,
when he gets old, to enjoy such
endocrine adjustment as will per-
nit him to have a strictly objective
interest in it,"
Subject of DR.. Rices article is
"An Old Fool Talks" In it he lays
down three rules for keeping out OF
emotional tangles.
Men Should Settle Down
First he says that men should
get over the ridiculous idea that his
life should be devoted to constant
love conquests, IF he is to escape
the stigma of not being considered
red FLOODED"
This idea causes loose living
among youths, breaking up of fam
lilies among the middle-aged and
absurdly disgraceful spectacles
among old men, DR.. Rice declares.
Grandpa mortifies the family
TO death when he begins to get
spry with the women, the writer
points out.
Renrimands Women
Commenting on the verse re-
printed above, DR.. Rice has this
to say:
wise of Dave and Sol it was
too! AS a matter Of fact, it would
have been a darned sight better for
the royal family if they had begun
sooner, and have saved a nasty
scandal apiece"
This brings the doctor down to
his second rule. Women should
have a sensible sense Of sex, he
saws and the wrongful repression
of this sense, in times past, has
caused some to go to the other eX-
IRENE today, the writer contends.
Sex Appeal, Prudery Same
"They are making themselves OBJ
noxious with their never-ending
'sex-appeal, with their wiggling
hips and suggestive poses, with
their IT. " DR.. Rice continues.
zone would think, if he reads
women's magazines, that the only
function Of a woman is to have
beautiful hands, and to wear pas
sionately colored negligee.
1--WE have in mind several such
blends and brunets whose skins we'd
love to touch-with a barrel staVe
believe it or not.
1T may seem that the TT ladies
do not belong to the same category
with the prudes, but we are inclined
to think that they do.
Both are corresponding to sex
the one by screaming from the house
tops that she knows nothing about
such matters. and the other by never
letting you forget it.
Sex Is Important
"a pestilence on both of 'em! For
Gods sake, women, forget about the
extra petticoats and the powder and
rouge. There are homes to be KEPT
babies to be raised, work to be done.
Sex is. vital. it is important, but
let's not Smear it all over our land
scapes, our literature, our music,
and our social relations.
IF had wife that oozed sanct-
fly, I'd have her embalmed and
dressed in a snow white robe.
and if I had one that ogled me
across the breakfast table I'd bust
her on the head with a chair before
we got through with the grape
fruit. May the saints preserve us.
Fidelity Vital
DR.. Rice's third rule calls for edu-
cation in the proper function OF sex
to preserve the ideal of monogam-
Gus marriage and family life. Pro-
miscuity he terms the law of the
jungle"
"Conjugal fidelity is the only
foundation upon which satisfac-
tory home can be built" DR.. Rice
concludes.
"Parenthood is the greatest privi-
lege and the most impressive duty
of every normal individual. Mutual
consideration and respect is the
only thing that can prop up a
moonlight ecstasy and make it last
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