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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
WHILE THE IRON IS HOT

President Roosevelt will continue to strike while
the iron is hot. There will be no recess of the
special session of congress. He has decided after
consulting congressional leaders to proceed at once
with the rest of his reconstruction program 1t is
q wise decision.
The country is in the mood for action Why
shouldn't be, after the long delays and false starts
with which we have faced the depression? The new
Presidents determined and quick handling of the
banking crisis his economy measure, beer revenue.
and farm relief bills have put spirit into the
government.
Now he turns to the first move in his unemploy-
ment relief fight a haf-biIon-dollar forestation
and work camp plan. That is to be Joined soon with
a more comprehensive relief plan, which is so much
needed.
To these he will add railroad legislation, a law
controlling bank speculation other revision of the
banking laws and general legislation.
BY keeping the new congress in session now until
its work is done. he is acting in the spirit of the
lame duck abolition by which congress will carry
out the peoples mandate as soon after election as
possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
PROSITl

Today thanks to congress and the President.
we chronicle small beer
The homing prodigal is not so robust as when #
LETT us thirteen years ago. It is also only slightly
over per cent strong by weight Missing. too are
the sights and sounds and smells of it's hevdav No
more the COOL sanded room behind swinging doors
where free lunch and clankng mugs mingled with the
least of the reason and the flow of soul-at least
IN many states. No more the aroma that ushered
IN the season of violets and book.
But almost here it is and welcome. The brew
masters tell us the new brew will be better and
tastier than the old. From Chicago comes the word
that LAG contented breweries will be able to no,,r
fourth 100000 kegs-full With ntwenty-four hours
after legalzation.
FROM New York comes word that plans are afoot
Tor beer gardens with meals and music and rgemut
AchKe1t" Milwaukee sends words that the beer
that used to make her famous now will make her
immortal.
Chaln stores prepare to sell it instead of the stuff
satlrlcaly called near-bear. In twenty-five states
0OoOOo people may Stake their thirst in legal lager
without delay The hearts of many more million
taxpayers beat happily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18

vention, wild life refugees and recreation retreats
Lacking wise reforestaton policy this country may
become a treeless waste and. like China, prey to
recurring drought, food and famine
The Presidents plan opens inspiring vista.
While immediate work will be confined to the 2OOO.-
600 treeless acres Of the national forests and the
other federal areas covered by volunteer growth it
can be expanded through cooperation with states
and private holders.
Chief Forester Stuart estimates that there are
496'oOOOOO acres capable of producing commercially
valuable timber crops Only tlree-ejghths of this
vast area actually is producing
Here are millions of idle acres. Here are millions
Of idle men. Early action on President Roosevelt's
program will start both Of them working for the
public.
This is more than temporary relief 1t is
permanent investment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON .

TWO significant things have happened in the
feminine world. An American woman goes into
the cabinet and American woman-not just a
Presidents wife-goes into the White House.
A very great deal depends upon how these two
conduct themselves, but we have no fear that they
will not fill their positions with merit and dignity.
Yet, however pleasing these facts may be for
women they should be still more arresting to Amer
lean men. Because in the White House family to-
day, it is Mr., rather than Mrs. Roosevelt, who is
the strong domestic figure.
For here is a leader of men, a supremacy mascu-
line type, who breaks two cherished precedents of
his sex and thus proves himself an intelligent per-
son. capable of leadership.
In naming Frances Perkins to his cabinet Pres
ident Roosevelt has done something that no man of
this nation ever has tried before. And in having at
his side woman like his wife he marks himself as
one who always has believed in human rights.
EOR mark you this. Mrs. Roosevelt after so
L many years of marriage, would not be the
woman she $50 interested in people, so busy with
living, so burning with the flame of endeavor if
she had not lived her life with husband who had
understood and encouraged her.
1t is true that men make or mar their wives.
BY their respo-.se to her beliefs and ambitions they
can develop her natural gifts. or they can by lack
of interest and cold disdain, kill everything eager
and vivid and alive in woman's soul
Mrs. Roosevelt has reared a family She has
done all the jobs that good wives are supposed to
do and she has done them well. But she has not
stopped there. She has kept on working and learn
ing and living.
Her husband has helped her to do this Con-
sequently at his side now, lie has something more
than mere patient, loving wife. He has a helper,
a prop for his will spur for ais ambition and a
. friend for his every need.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Every Day Religion
: BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

IN some newly discovered let
u ters by Charles Dickens, we
learn that at one time he planned
a tour of Australia, but gave up
the idea. The reason he gave it
up he states frankly: There are
not six men in the world I would
go with"
Can any of us name six men out
of whom we would choose one as
a sole travelling companion for
so long journey?
Not many of us would choose
Dickens himself for such an adj
venture; he was too exacting, too
dependent upon others for joy.
He lived with all the blinds up,
expecting applause.
One of his friends said: "He
had no city of the mind, built
against outward distraction for
inward consolation and shelter"
A man who can not be alone, can
not be a good companion.
1t all would depend, of course,
on what our companion expected
of us on the journey. If he re-
quired wit, wisdom. sparkling
brilliancy, and all sorts of social
graces, few of us could qualify.
But if he wanted loyalty. sympa-
thy, courage, cheerfulness-a man
who carries these qualities in his
travelling bag will not long wait
for friends.
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or bluff old DR.. johnson it was
~ said: HE had large gracious
ness, but few graces." Such a
companion might be trying at
times, lacking the little graces
which are lovely and desirable
and charming; but in the long
run a large graciousness might be
better, stronger, more depend
able.
Also, much would depend on
whether our companion was going
for the journey, or was smitten
with the mania of arriving.
Life is a long journey, too-for
many a. lonely and sometimes a
terrifying journey-and there are
few worthier ambitions than to be
known as a good travelling COM
panion; reliable when the going is
rough, cheerful when shadows fall
across the road. 1t is rather fine
thing to know that one is on the
list of men whom lonely travellers
always would be glad ito go with"
on our strange journey through
the years.
If we have found a travelling
companion in friendship, in mar
riage, who is trustworthy and
lovable, our fortune is fine. If our
companion unites the little graces
with a large graciousness, we are
rich.
Copyright. 1893. BY United Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
MIR. ROOSEVELT'S HOBBY

This country can congratulate itself that one
of the Presidents hobbies is forestation
Mr. Roosevelt proposes TO begin his work relief
program by establishing federal camps Tor jobless
men and setting them TO work planting and pro-
tecting trees on public lands. That is sound states
manshp.
This plan alone will not, of course, solve the I'M
employment problem. But it will be a beginning in
the right direction. 1t Will employ quarter million
men at wholesale Jobs.
Work can be started within few weeks. And
for every 81 spent on wages, several more dollars
Will go toward permanent enrichment of the nation
1t is high time the government looked to the
tons forests. Endowed originally with $4,000 900
acres OF forest it now has little than 100000
900 acres. AT the present tempo of cutting and
burning this supply will be gone in twenty years.
We may begin to import lumber before that.
To plant trees IS not only to SOW a crop that
will return immense profits 1t is to save much
yaster values in water conservation, erosion pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
They Are Still Here

4 GAIN, there is danger from
IN any propagandist's point of
view in demolishing your adyer-
sary too utterly. The audience
goes out into the night with the
complacent feeling that the Job
already has been done. They for
get that it is only a play
Both Your Houses" leaves a
challenge from the undefeated
still ringing in your ears. The
hero goes out having denounced
the grafters in a swinging speech
which leaves the house huttering
with applause.
But the play is not over. Wal
ter Kelly as F'itzmaUrice looks up
and says: It'll blow over. AS d
matter of fact, the natural re-
sources of this country in politi-
cal apathy and indifference hard
~ have been touched" And sec
ond later he adds I'm too old,
Wingie. They won't get me.
No I don't hardly expect it in
my time"
Maybe" says a girl and the
curtain comes down.
In other words, Maxwell Ander-
son has turned his propaganda
theme back to the audience, where
it belongs. He has said: Nov,
there it is. What are you going
to do about it?"
Copyright. 1893. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Must Preserve Air

Must Preserve Air
THIS is necessary, for once we
Il are out in empty space we
must guard against the air in the
ship leaking out. Of course we
carry tanks Of oxygen as we'll as
chemical filters to absorb the car
bon diOXide which otherwise would
accumulate in the ship on long
journeys.
Our rocket ship is equipped with
powerful electrical searchlights
on all sides, for in space we must
keep a sharp lookout that we do
not run into meteor or permit a
meteor to run into us.
We enter the ship, close the door
tightly, and make our way to the
bridge" the glass-inclosed room
at the very nose of the ship where
the steering controls are situated.
If you don't mind, 1 will take
charge Of the controls.
So let us start the motors of our
ship. Swiftly we rise into the sky.
Looking ahead, we Sc the moon
and stars. We notice that the stars
are brighter than we ever see
them in the city, brighter even
than we see them from the Ari-
iona desert where the air is clear
and dry.
They are brighter, because there
is now no air at all to interfere
with our view We also note that
the stars no longer twinkle.
They can not, for the appear
alIce of twinkling ordinarily is
due to the movements and ire
mors Of the earth's atmosphere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18

This is the sixth of series Of articles
on diseases of the eve by DR.. Fishbein.
THE most dangerous infection
i of the eye is the ulcer on the
eyeball. This may be due to any
kind of infection, but the worst
forms are those due to the germ
that causes pneumonia. the pneu-
mococcus, and the one that causes
gonorrhea, the gonococcus.
In both of these types there is
rapid destruction of the tissue of
the eyeball.
If there is penetration or per-
foration due to such destruction,
the interior Of the eyeball also is
infected. and then there is COM
plete loss of vision.
There is another type Of infec-
tion Of the cornea or covering Of
the eyeball which occurs most fire.
quently in young children who are
undernourished and have frequent
colds, and particularly in those
who have tuberculosis.
In such cases there is an excess
sive flow of tears and a great
aversion to light. This symptom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18

entire canvas of what is wrong
with our system of government,
education and economies. That
is very large order.
can't say that it would be i'm
possible to do all that in the
course Of a two-hour- and half
drama. But, at any rate, it is
difficult.
The man who calls his shots is
more likely to succeed in holding
the attention. Although the new
Guild offering received highly
favorable criticism, there was a
disposition on the part of some of
the reviewers to contend that the
theme of federal expenditures and
log-rolling congressman was a bit
dated. They felt that time and
events had gone on past the play.
[ see little substance in this
criticism. With the economy bill
up before congress and the vet
Grams lobby working night and
day to defeat it or prod it full of
holes, it seemed to me that Both
Your Houses" has an extremely
timely aspect. I wish it were
playing in Washington right now.
I rather think that it would cause
many face in the audience to
turn bright red.
If it is said that the matter of
honest government is less than a
complete solution for all our woes
1 readily will agree, but I fail to
see why any dramatist who I'M
dertakes to write a play dealing
IN a polemIc way with some prob
lem OF our time is under obliga-
ton to make it the receptacle of
all propaganda purposes.
For instance, a man who under
takes to do a comedy on the evils
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

is called photophobia. Because of
the aversion to light, which pro-
duces blinking and pain, the per-
son is likely to keep the eyelids
shut on the inf1aned eye.
If the eye is studied, it will be
found full of little hecks or ma
terial deposited by the inflamma-
ton.
Another type of Inflammation
of the cornea is due to the sec
ond great venereal disease, sypl-
Ills.
This is a most serious condi-
ton when it affects the eye. as
well as when it affects any other
part of the body.
For this reason, the physician
who treats the disease treats not
only the eye, but also the infection
as it concerns the rest Of the
body.
1t must be remembered that
there are various ways in which
germs can attack the eye They
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
SCIENCE
We Hop for the Moon
BY DAVID DIETz

TARTH is troubled. Discord
T. and strife mar the affairs of
men. There is depression every
where. In the United States, the
people look to the new President
to rehabilitate a banking system
that has failed to meet the needs
of the day.
We must face the problems OF
earth. But now and then we need
temporary respite, Momentarlly
we must escape.
So 1 am going o invite you to
escape for a few minutes each day
into a rocket ship. In it we will
sail away into the sky and leave
our little earth and all its trou-
bles behind for a brief while. We
will explore the wonders Of the
universe.
See! Here is our rocket ship
waiting. Being a purely imagin-
airy ship, it is endowed with all
sorts # magical properties. 1t
travels With the speed of thought,
which is faster even than the
speed of light. It is as comforta-
BILE and as safe as your favorite
arm chair
Our rocket ship is built of dur
alumni, an alloy of aluminium
which combines the lightness of
that metal with the strength of
steel IT, is the same ALLOW that
is used for the framework of the
giant ZeppelinS.
There are plenty of windows on
all sides of the rocket ship. In
addition there are glass plates
set in the floor of the ship. Once
we get out into space we want to
be able to see in all directions.
All windows and doors close with
air-tight Joints.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
We Speed TOWARD Moon
THE sky is blacker than usual

TINE sky is blacker than usual.
l. This, likewise, is due to the
lack of any atmosphere. For there
now are no molecules of air to
catch the light of the moon and
reflect it back and forth.
The moon grows brighter and
brighter, We are speeding to-
ward the moon inside the cone Of
the earth's shadow But the
earth's shadow is not pointed di-
rectly at the moon.
If it were, the moon would be
enveloped in it and we would have
an eclipse of the moon. And so
after time, we emerge from the
earths shadow.
AS we emerge, the moon looks
no different. But now, when we
look back toward our own earth,
a strange sight meets our eye.
We see a crescent earth shining
in the skyl
We see more stars also. and in
addition, the sun as well. The
sun is more brilliant and more
dazzling than we ever have seen it
before, but the sky around it is
black.
Let us examine these won
ders. one at a time, and see the
reason for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Shine By Sunlight
TINE moon and

THE moon and the various
Il planets which we see in the
heavens-Venus, Mars, and so on
all shine by reflected sunlight.
The moon goes through its phases
because of its motions
When we see all the lighted
side, it is full moon. When we
see only a little, it is a crescent
moon. If We watch Venus through
a telescope, we find that it goes
through phases just as does the
moon.
Consequently, while it may sur
prise us at first to see a crescent
earth in the sky, il is perfectly
natural that we should see it.
The most puzzling feature of
the earth's appearance is a very
bright spot upon the ocean. At
first we can not imagine what this
dazzling, scintillating spot is.
But moments thought clears
the mystery. The ocean is serving
as a gigantic mirror in which We
see the reflection Of the sun.
The image scintillates because
our liquid mirror has a moving,
ripping surface.
AS We approach the moon, it
seems to grow larger and larger.
The crescent earth fading away
in the distance grows smaller and
smaller.
Soon it is time to reverse the
engine and slow down the rocket
ship. We are arriving at the
moon.
Next-We visit the moon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Times Readers
Voice Views

Editor Times-During CleVe-
lands administration there was an
old folklore story going the ROUNDS
in our community, and it was
called Danny Depressed.
Times were tough in those days
and many men were working for
so cents the day, and mighty GLAD
to get it. So Danny kept wearing
his shirts out until he had only
one left fit for Sunday wear. And
this lone shirt was a symbol Of
future prosperity to the beaten
man.
Danny's wife washed this pre-
cious shirt one sunny Monday and
hung it up to dry. The wind
tapped it beautifully in the cool
morning breeze and faithful old
Bowser gamboled and leaped glee-
fully to grab off a mouthful of
dashing shirt as it flashed back
and forth past his head.
The result was that Danny's
shirt shortly assumed the title of
"All front and no back" This
worried Danny's wife very much,
but being a resourceful woman,
she tore open sugar sack and
made a temporary back, so Danny
would have his shirt for next Sun
day wear.
The minister was coming for
lunch, and as this was his first
visit, they hoped to impress him
with the true Christian spirit.
And things went lovely until it
came to lunch time.
This Sunday fell on July and
it was the hottest Sabbath in
thirty years. OF course Danny
had to wear his coat to hide his
false shirt back, and the perspira-
ton ran down his face in streams.
The minister removed his coat
and urged the other men to do
likewise.
Danny hesitated, his pride fight
ing losing battle with the heat,
then he jerked it of and spoke
quietly: please excuse my back,
but you all may admire my front"
And the above story seems TO
fit our present depression, because
We all have nothing left but our
fronts looking ahead to better
times.
That which is behind us is all
dark and gloomy and gone forever.
Our backs and reserves are al
down in the depths Of despair,
and if our fronts only will hold
out for another year or so. We
may cross the river without trad,
ing horses in midstream.
RENE LANIER BEAUIER.
Acton, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18

DOTH YOUR HOUSES" by
ID Maxwell Anderson, seems to
me the most effective propaganda
play which has come along in
several seasons.
And I think this is true chiefly
because Mr.. Anderson has kept in
mind the fact that he was writing
for the stage rather than for the
pulpit or the Soapbox.
1 say that in no scorn of the
soapbox. I've stood on lots of
them and hope to stand on many
more. But it hardly should be
necessary to argue that the precise
technique which may be effective
in talking to crowd on the
corner of Broadway and Ninety
sixth street, could be all wrong for
an effective appeal to an audience
in a theater.
AS the final curtain fell on a re-
cent performance of Both Your
Houses" young woman came up
to me with rancor in her eyes and
said acidulously, st see you sat all
through this. and do you really
think this a better play than
Elmer Rice's we the People'?"
I said that I did But why?"
she persisted The only answer
I could think of offhand was, BE
cause it's so much more skilful"
I'm sure that didn't satisfy her,
for she flounced away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-18
Ulcer on Eyeball Is Dangerous

may come in from the outside or
from the inside.
The same germs that cause in
fammation in the joints or in the
nervous system, coming from in
lection in the tonsilS and the
teeth. or the throat, also may be
carried by the blood to the eyes
and bring about serious infection
there.
Under the circumstances, the
mere healing Of the condition in
the eve is not sufficient. It is
necessary to find the systemic
cause responsible and to take care
of that as well.
People with tuberculosis, in
fections of the teeth, the tonsils
or the sinuses, with high blood
pressure. kidney disease, or dia-
betes may have symptoms affect
ing their eyes directly related to
the other diseases that have
been mentioned, and the diseases
of the eye will not be improved
until the other conditions are
brought under control.
NSXT: Cataract of the Eye.
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Being Fair to Enema

TN the discussion which ragged
i around 1--WE the People" enc
admitted quality in the play
brought the author alternate
praise and blame. Everybody
agreed that it was a play about
heroes and villains and that the
dramatist did not give the people
he was after so much as one toe to
stand upon. They possessed nei-
ther shred of virtue nor a scrap
Of humor.
To my way of thinking that left
them dull and unconvincing. 1t
didn't make for drama. But the
argument ran that a propaganda
must be on one side Of the fence
or the other, and that he would
be fool to cede anything to his
adversarieS.
Maxwell Anderson, I feel sure,
has chosen the better way. The
best drawn and the most bril-
liantly acted character in his
place is one of the rasca1s. Solo
mon Fitzmaurice ough to stand
among the most vivid of all the
figures which our stage has ever
taken from life in Washington.
Walter G. Kelly plays it to the
hilt.
But the fact that the man is
likable does not lessen the strength
of the dramatist's argument
against graft After all, the fell
low is a somewhat wistful cynic.
Under cover of a humorous ap-
proach, he indicts the system by
which he lives and has his being
in a more effective way than the
rather too Galahadish hero. After
all, the best kind of testimony al
ways has been a well-authenticated
and believable confession.
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A Strong Hand Is at the Helm

MO any expects develop night
IN a develop frst
1882 the people this country something ahead besides these
remedies which
to
the helm
believed
hopeless that real could
While
country
poverless great
Nothing discouraged much parade
that should be done and
necessity savaging United
lvable