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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A MOTHER noted psychologist-and the woods
seem to be full Of them-announces that If wives
took their husbands wardrobeS in hand the result
would be general improvement in the appearance
Of the American male and a probable betterment of
the economic situation.
That's lovely idea. But now will somebody tell
how are TO set about using it?
This gentleman may know lot about wardrotes,
but he evidently is rather ignorant when it comes
to the nature of the American husband.
For If there is one thing under the that will
set the average man of into ht it is having his
wife assume too much authority over his raiment
He not only resents inference in this quarter but
he issues positive orders that say hands off," The
wife who dares invade the masculine clothes closet
and give away a ur-year-old rag that has hung
untouched in the spot for twenty-four months
Is rare and courageous creature.
And it's as much your life is worth to tamper
with old hats. IF one is missing that's the identical
favorite that he was going TO have reblocked.
HUSBANDS cling to their old clothes with a pas
IL l. sionate tenderness They exhibit the most pro-
found affection for frayed and shiny coats.
II you suggest gently that these are useless, you
will be told in no uncertain terms, that they make
grand fishing things.
The power that lies within the scope of the Amer
lean woman Is informed, tremendous She
can alter social customs motivate moral reforms,
and even end economic depressions
But let us not be duped into believing that she
ever win be powerful enough TO persuade q male
member OF her household to wear his straw hat even
one day before the date fixed for that momentous
event. to 90 to the office in polo shirt, mat
ter how torrid the temperature.
There are lengths TO which even the intrepid
American wife viii never 60. Taking q husbands
wardrobe Ia hand Is ons Of thexa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Precautions Urged

q" A HAYSTACK that Is IN
IA state of active heating never
should be opened. except after care
lul preparation against the imme-
date outbreak of flames by having
at quick disposal suitable eight
ing equipment such as extinguish-
ers. water buckets and so on, DR..
Browne says.
Numerous examples can be cited
Of where heating hay. horse ma
nure and so on, has broken out into
flames upon exposure to the air,
even later repeated drenchings with
water.
when a heating haystack begins
to cool off, the slow, continuous
penetration of air into the interior
of the pile brings about gradual
oxidation of the unstable reactiye
compounds Of bacterial origin. which
rarely is, however, intensive enough
to raise the temperature to the
danger point of ignition.
Vastly greater than $4,000, 900
a year are the losses in dry sub
stance and nutritive value of agri-
cultural products as result oil
spontaneous heating where there is
not actual outbreak of fire.
In its initial stages, the spon-
taneous heating OF hay, which al
ways precedes spontaneous igni-
ton, is the result OF oxidation pro-
cesses produced by engines or fer
ments which occur naturally in all
plant materials"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
A Most Imposing List

y NlOSl llIlpOSlll8 IlSt
z DO not mean 10 suggest that
Il everything which has survived
beyond a week is necessarily a prod
uct of pure genius. but surely no
season can be called barren which
has offered Reunion in Vienna"
Mourning Becomes Electra" df
you like that sort Of melodrama) 4,
There's Always Juliet" Counsel
lor-at-Law," "Springtime for Hen
ry." ''The Animal Kingdom" "Of
Thee Sing" Face the Music, 3"
"The Laugh Parade" 1.-The War
rior's Husband. Blessed Event"
The Cat and the Fiddle, Another
Language" and Riddle Me This"
That is distinguished list for
any season, even in piping times of
prosperity. Indeed, there are not
more than two blanks in the entire
list of current attractions. Never
have I known a season when the
average was so uniformly nigh.
Not only have we had skillful
playwriting, but the list of out
standing performances is more inn
preSsive than usual. The best ira
ditions Of the theater are very much
alive when it possible to see
Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in
Reunion in Vienna" and Herbert
Marshall and Edna Best in There's
Always Juliet"
1t may even De that in the years
to come the period Of the panic will
also be remembered as the golden
age Of the theater. I think It's
swell just as it is.
downright 1892. bv The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
TT SEEMS TO ME BY H BFoTS

and shouted, Come and pluck mel
patrons dropped in upon a play
much as they might board a subway.
And if the comedy into which they
sauntered turned out to be Bronx
local rather than a Broadway ex-
press there was no hard feeling.
The disappointed spectator as
likely as not would smile at the
end of terrible performance and
say, The jokes on me-"
But today going to the theater
takes on all the glamor of high
adventure. In a day Of balanced
budgets no hoarder is going to seek
coveted pasteboards unless he is
reasonably sure of an adequate re-
turn. Broadway has begun to func-
ton under the Darwinian hypothe-
sis, and only the At survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Questions and Answers

How many chapters and members
has the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity?
How are the members chosen7
Students are elected to member
ship, on the basis Of scholarly at
tainment, without regard TO race,
color, creed or sex. There are one
hundred and fourteen chapters,
with total membership Of about
$4,000.
What was the maiden name OF
Sinclair Lewis present wife? Has
he any children?
He married Dorothy Thompson in
1923, and he has one son by his
divorced wife, Grace Hegger Lewis.
What is the oldest city in the
world?
Damascus, Syria.
Do sunken ships always rest on
the bottom?
Yes.
Does Angora wool grow after 1t
has been cut?
No.
What proportion Of the popuIa-
ton Of Germany Is Roman Catho-
lies?
In June, 1925, there were 40,0i4.-
SIT (64.1 per cent? Protestants and
20.l93, 1874 Roman Catholics. 1880
other Christians. 564,37o Jews and
i.550.64o adherents Of other reli-
gions. The population Of Germany
is 62.34s, 7S2.
How does Earl Sande pronOuncs
his last name?
Sandy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Robert Dollar, multimillonsre master of many
ships, has put out TO on his last and most mys-
ferrous voyage Hard-btten unlettered and practical
as was this God-fearing old Scotchman, his going
leaves his adopted country with vision Of courage
it seems peculiarly to need right now.
Don't wait for your ships to come in," he used
to say They'll come in all right, so long as you
keep sending EN- out" Cap" Dollar kept sending
EN- out" to the very last.
At II he was cooks helper in a Canadian loggers'
camp. learning to 'hgger" by candelight on piece
Of bark. Twice he went broke as farmer and lumber
man. At 81 he sent to Shanghai tiny schooner of
lumber, bringing her back laden with tea spice and
silk.
He had discovered the Pacific commercially, and at
his death, at the age of 49, he was operating fleet
Of more than fifty vessels including fleet of round
the-word liners
Always he believed the Pacific was the ocean Of
destiny that the Mediterranean and Atlantic civza-
tons had seen their day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
It's No Crime
THE question of taxing beer has

THE question Of taxing beer has
Il little to do with morals.
The vast majority OF people al
ready has decided that drinking
beer is no crime. in spite OF the
eighteenth amendment.
The question Of taxing beer has
become a mere matter Of book
keeping.
AS Things now stand, corrupt
politicians collect the tribute, while
bootleggers pay no income tax.
That is the one great resson we
are confronted with the possibility
Of buying a stamp ever zine We
write a check, of Scent letter post
age, of levy on automobiles, thea
ter tickets, stock transfers, tele-
phone messages and electric light
bills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Give the area and greatest alti-
tude Of the islands of Luzon and
Leyte, in the Philippine group.
Luzon contains 49, 9S8 square miles
and Leyte contains 2,799 square
miles. Mayor, a volcanic peak with
an elevation of $500 feet, is the
highest point on Luzon, and Mt.
Sacripante, 1890 feet, Is the high
est on Leyte.
Is Il possible for a man TO be-
come a general in the United States
army who has never graduated from
the military academy at West
Point?
Yes. Not all commissioned ON
GERS are graduates Of West Point,
and once commissioned, an officer,
whether a West Pointer or not, may
reach the highest rank.
What Is the subject Of the sem
tence. "Stop. look and listen?"
It is an explanatory phrase, and
has no subject.
Is there anything in the Amer-
can Constitution to inhibit the
President from leaving the United
States during. his term In office?
No.
What Is the capital Of Oklahoma?
Oklahoma City.
What Is the area Of Paramount
park, Philadelphia?
It contains 1897 acres.
What three cities In the world
have the largest area?
Greater London, 693 square miles;
Los Angeles, ALI square miles. and
Berlin "a square naile&
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
M: E.. Tracy
Says:

The Question of Taxing Beer
Has Little to Do With Nor
ais; 1t Has Become a Nat
ter Of Bookkeeping.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Depres-
sion has made a beer tax in
evitable. II We we're not drinking
the beer. it might be different. but
We are. Also. we are wise to where
the money goes.
This futile squirming at Washing
ton is just a smoke screen for pro-
hibition.
Politicians still are scared of
Wayne B. wheeler's ghost. They
can't believe that the Anti-Saloon
League has lost its power, or that
the American public has changed its
mind.
Politicians invariably dwell in the
past. They are the most unoriginal
people on earth. They can't imagine
reform, or tell when reform has
fizzled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Farce and Robbery
THE great American republic not

THE great American republic not
Il only is staging a farce, but
robbing taxpayers to support it.
The expectation of collecting
nearly s10O,OO0,00O from syrups and
extracts used chiefly in the manu-
facture of beer reveals the hypocrisy
Of our attitude.
The tax bill recognizes that beer
is being manufactured and con-
sumed in enormous quantities, yet
is presented as a good prohibition
measure because it tails to name
the finished product.
The income tax department hunts
down rum runners and beer barons,
not because they have violated the
Volstead act, but because they have
failed to make proper returns re-
garding the profit they have de-
rived from an illegal business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Temperature Rises

"COMEWHERE later he con-
- tinues. "as a result Of fermen-
tations produced in the damp hay
by bacteria and fungi. the tempera-
ture of the fermenting haystack is
increased still further to tempera-
ture of $50 to $50 degrees Fahren-
heit when all further growth of
micro-organisms ceases.
In the great majority OF cases,
the mass of hay which thus has
heated begins slowly to cool down
and when it is opened there usual.
~ is disclosed no evidences o
fire, but only occasional zone
where the hay has darkened as {.
result Of apparent carbonization.
In some instances, however, thes
carbonized zones inclose a burned .
out cavity or fire pocket, where a.
incipient combustion occurred, bus
which, from lack Of air. was
smothered out and extinglished.
I'm some rare cases, however.
when conditions are exactly favor
able and an accidental thrush Of air
has gained access to hot pocket,
the temperature of the hay may be
raised quickly to the point of igni-
ton, when the whole stack or NOV
o. hay will burst into flames.
Explanation OF the great in
crease in temperature between the
death point, 200 degrees, Of the
micro organisms which produce fer
mentation and the ignition point,
500 degrees, Of the hay has given
rise to great differences Of opinion
among scientists.
Pyrophoric carbon, pyrophoric
iron, spontaneously inflammable
gases (such as phosphine), heat re-
sistant onzymes, AUTHORIZATION, and
many other cases have been sug-
gested as explanations Of the phe-
nomena.
LAS a result Of experiments con-
Quoted by the bureau of chemistry
and soils during the past few years.
the conclusion is reached that none
of these explanations is correct"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
SCIENCE
BY DAVID D1ETZ'


Spontaneous Combustion IN
Hau and Strdw Is Blamed
on Microbes.
MICROBES are responsible Tor
WI the so-called spontaneous COM
bustion which sometimes sets rre
to hay, straw. and other agric1-
tural products. causing al ann1a
loss o. $4,000. 900, according to DIR.
c. A. Browne. chief OF chemical
research Of the United States oe-
partment OF agriculture.
The microbes are Of the sort
known as anaerobic bacteria; that.
is, bacteria capable OF growing
without the presence OF oxygen.
These bacteria, he says, generate
chemical compounds which have a
great affinity for oxygen. When
something happens to expose these
compounds to the air. they unite
so quickly and violently with the
oxygen Of the air that the tempera-
ture o. the hay or straw Is raised
to the ignition point.
The reaction is very similar to
the spontaneous ignition OF vad
of cotton that has previously been
coated with a thin film Of a highly
unsaturated oil, such as that OF lin
seed" he says.
when hay is properly cured, with
free exposure OF all its parts to the
air. the anaeronic conditions neces-
sary for the formation and accumu-
lation Of these unstable interme-
diary compounds do not exist and
the hay can. therefore, be stored
away without risk"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Argument FaIIaCiOuS-

A BEER tax would provide four
L or five hundred million dollars
in revenue for the federal govern
ment, would put several hundred
thousand people to work, and would
relieve countless cops, constables,
and deputy sherifTs from the exact
ing task of steering customers to
speakeasies and protecting hooch
trucks.
Under such circumstances, the
plain people refuse to take all this
balderdash about the necessity of
having to impose so many nuisance
taxes as either sensible, or sincere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

in city hail. county courthouse state capitol, and ma
tlonal capitol.
Well paid knowing what they wanted, these repre-
sentatives Of special groups came to dominate the
law-making and the tax spending Of the land. Wit
ness their effectiveness in Washington today
And so the great body Of citizens, unrepresented
in any group or by any lobby. but paying the large
part of the bill, yawned and pad-as long as the sun
was shining The United States Of America. born Of
the idea Of a government by all the people, came to
be governed BY the few.
But we're headed back That's Why citizens are
attending tax meetings in behalf Of a town where
once polo and golf and swimming pools and cover
charges reigned supreme.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

TN year during which industry
l. Jagged and almost everybody was
gloomy, it is worth pointing out that
one official season is drawing to a
highly successful conclusion. The
theater has done itself proud.
I do not mean that every actor
had a job or that many producers
made money. But the good plays
really were good this year. The pub
lie sought out the best, with few
exceptions, and there was small dis
position in any quarter to get down
to the wringing Of hands and the
wailing cry of Everything Is all
over!"
I do not hold at all with those
who contend that the depression has
been salutary. Stern moralists who
look upon sackcloth and ashes as
incentives to the good life are sir
gularly unobservant. 1t seems to
me that we have no occasion to pat
one another on the back for either
generosity or courage. Tight times
nave DIOuBl1 dDOuO 4OOSS sAA-o
rather than otherwise.
SaCkCIoth Becomes Electra
DUT I will grant that, on the
ID whole, the theater has bene-
flied from the end Of good time
Charlie" days. Lack of funds I'M
doubtedly has prevented the pro-
duction of certain worthy works,
but just look at what it has done
to keep trash in the upper desk
drawer, where it belongs.
Moreover, judgment has been, in
most cases, swift and decisive. 1
do not mean to become belated
convert to the cause of Sirovich
and agree that dramatic critics have
been too eager to step upon the
PROSTATE bodies. 1t is the audi
ences which have been unusually
quick in deciding what they liked
and what they hated.
Never in my long experience mere
abouts have people stayed away
from the shoddy and the meretri-
cious in such numbers.
The reason is obvious enough.
When money grew on every bush
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
* TO-DAY So
<I IS THE W
{ WORLD WAR y.
ANNIVERSARY
&N&IOfA&E
U. S. TROOPS ON FRONT
Nav IL

ON May IT. 1918, it was announced
~ that American troops had taken
over British positions in Picardy,
where German activity had been
greatest since the beginning Of the
great offensive on March 81.
German gunfire was increased in
the Lys salient, but military experts
predicted that the next German Of
fensive would come in the Chemin
des Danes sector, held by the
French, where they would try to
drive a wedge between the British
and French armies.
French and American troops in
large numbers we're being held in
reserve behind this sector.
Soviet troops recaptured Baku
from. the Turks after q fierce Skin
mish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association. and Of HyEeia. the
Health Magazine.

Association. and Of HyEeia. the
Health Magazine.
WE are passing through pc
w Rod Of economic depression
in which not only the kind Of food
that is eaten, but the price of the
food, becomes of the greatest sig
nificance.
Fourteen years have passed since
the end of the World war. At a
recent meeting of two German Or
CARNATIONS interested in hygiene,
DR.. George Wolff, head of the de-
partment of statistics in the ma
tional bureau Of hygiene. reported
his research on the influence of the
war famine on school children in
Berlin.
Research on 3,77S school entrants
showed that the classes starting in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
estinr writers and are pre-
scented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
Daily Thought

To the weak / became as weak,
that / might gain the weak: am
made all things TO all men. that
/ might by all means save some
Corinthians s:22.
Friendship is the greatest honesty
and ingenuity in the world.-Jeremy
Taylor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17
What's in a Name?

History geography, occupations re-
laionships, nationality. first middle
name your Snamean something. Our Washington Bureau
its interesting and informative
bulletins this subject which will interest individual human
being. The titles
1GeneaIOgy family surnames and their
2. Given and their ings.
ingL T. Meanings OF Indian names
s. Ncknames and phrases
you packet Of five bulletins I'LL out the
below and mail directed
-CLIP COUPON HERE
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avenue, Washington, D. G.
the packet bulletins Names and ncose herewith
United states postage
cover return postage and handling costs;
NAME
STREET AND NO.
CITY STATE
lam reader Of The indianapolis tcOds NOD
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Who Is head Of the Salvation
Army?
General Edward J. Higgins.
Queen Victoria street, London, EC4,
England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

The naval department has decided to keep Il
battle feet in the Pacific indefinitely again provii
that there's nothing in a name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

That Illinois town which was visited by tornad
and federal prohibition agents the day probabl
wishes they had arrived simultaneously
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Kansas has had speakeases for thirty years a
speaker says. Well it still votes bone dry, anyway
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

France is changing its laws to make divorce
harder. The thing that makes divorce so hard in
the United States is alimony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Science has invented a machine to measure noise,
and in its first test it found that Lily Pons can make
more noise than street How about cham
pionship match between Lily and Tom Tom Hefin?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

General Ma is a smart man, If you ask us He
made the Japs feed him all winterl
British to Stand Pat on Irish Issue, says head
line. But Pat says they can't do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Was Robert Browning . college
graduate2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

German is being restored to the curricula Of many
high schools but from the looks of things in the far
east it might be better to teach Chinese and Japan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

get them from the theater treasurer
in the box office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-17

Spontaneous Combustion IN
Hay and Strav Is Blamed
on Microbes.
Evening star., 1932-05-15
Shoz0 Increase

greatly increased, this type showing II per
cent increase and an increase Of Sc per cent
over the general average Of the preceding five
years.
Fires caused hy railroads and logging opera
taons were down considerably, odsetting to some
extent the deliberate and careless fires Of the
sineeniiary and the visitor. Nature, too. was
mare kindly toward the forests last year. the
number Of iires caused BY lightning also being
sdecneased. SGEs =. Ss@- @@ss
ss5 The development u hetter and more extensiFe
roadways through the national forests. together
with greatly improved equipment and system
for hrenghting, served TO conquer most Of the
baazes In the forests before they STAINED se-
rtous proportions. Because Of this the loss for
the year was held within reasonable figures,
consadering the number of MAn-started flfes Of
the year. ve'sn4odt - q .s-H} S@f
Evening star., 1932-05-15

head with the other. He struggled, but was
stronger than he. and he could not shake me
OF. Finally he relaxed and knew the drug
had done its work I used the drug because
I wanted It to be as clean q job as possible.
couldn't afford to risk q struggle hated
to use a gum but I knew had to. went
to a drawer where knew it was kept and got
the pistol. I put it to his temple, muffled it
in the towel as well as could, and pulled the
trigger. The gun roared and echoed through
the apartment I was tense, expecting all the
neighbors to come running. waited minutes
which seemed an eternity, and then I knew
1t was safe. If any one had heard it they had
probably thought it a backfire
II set about tidying the room Strengthened
the rugs opened the windows to let out the
chloroform fumes and washed my hands,
although I'd worn gloves. The pistol threw