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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

Gay what you will about the victorians, they had
- too much sense to spend good money to hear
barber shop jokes. If they wished to indulge their
sense of indecency to satisfy an inner urge for
smut, they went to the poohan and RECALLED them
selves with ribald conversation, while the women
whispered behind their hands at home
Nowadays pay three sometimes four. dollars
to hear the same kind of thing from the stage and
think ourselves smart while we do So We are GER
tain that this proves that understand life and
its profounder Implications
One of the oldest New York productions now is
touring the country. 1t advertises "the most beau
tiful girls in the world" A great deal of money
has been spent the girls really are young and lovely
and the scenery gorgeous, that it might have been
a glamorous and entertaining spectacle Rut iokes
are just plain nasty.
WITHOUT being blessed with too delicate
esthetic sense or even slight degree of
prudShness most of us enjoy now and then an off,
color wisecrack if it is clever But most of the
stuff hears the stage these DAYS is not clever
1t is only vulgar.
1t is the sort Of thing that dirty-minded little
boys used to ggge over behind the barn. Because it
bears the New York trademark it is accepted in
most places as the thing" even though it is obvious
trash, without the slightest appeal to our sense of
humor or fun.
Personally, don't believe that the majority of
any audience, anywhere, really likes three hours of
vulgar bedroom scenes, hoary jokes based upon the
natural functions of the human body and moron
antics
Most of us, although we may pretend, to impress
others, really feel faint shrinking ghosty sense
of shame. spiritual humiliation. This is the only
reasonable way to excuse our taste
AS people, we can't have degenerated into such
a company of driveling perverts as good deal of
our stage entertainment proves us to be.
If this is where sophstication has led us then we
have been travelling in great circle and are right
back where we started from-the old livery stable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
SATURDAY. JAN. %. 1898.
CUTTING COSTS

The plan to give the Governor approximately abb
solue authority to employ and discharge state en-
poyes 70 fix wages TO limit expenditures has much
to commend it,
The Governor of the state is held responsible
for results. He can not function without the proper
authority
State administration, in most of its aspects, Is
a purely business proposition. Business men have
long held to the theory that if the same principles
that are used in business we're applied to govern
ment, the cost could be reduced materially Now 1t
is proposed to give the Governor chance to do
exactly that thing.
tmid than Governor McNutt might
shrink from the responsibility that such reorgan-
cation of state government will bring.
While the power of patronage is looked upon as
mighty weapon in politics. it works both ways.
If the cost of government is not reduced, if the
service is impaired the protest is certain to be much
greater than political results inspired by those who
have received jobs
Under the present system the public can not
locate responsibility for any shortcoming. Numerous
boards commissions and minor officials have author
ity The Governor who gets most Of the blame, is
helpless unless he wishes to be in a continual quar-
rel with his board members.
Complete authority and unacceptable responsibility
should get the necessary results. The cost of gov
eminent must be reduced The Governor should be
given free hand to cut out the eXtravagances. 1t
is not an enviable job
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

4 STORY of old Japan, as
"A told by Lafcadio Hearn, gives
us a hint each Of us can follow.
When the people of a tiny village
by the sea were out working in
their low-lying rice fields, the
tremor of an earthquake was felt.
One man, whose farm was on
the hill behind the village, saw
from his higher level what the
others did not see. He saw the
sea draw swiftly back beyond its
usual limits of retreat, and he
knew that it meant the coming
of a tidal wave.
Not an instant was to be lost;
the people must be gathered to
the hills or perish. Hastily he
set fire to his rice ricks- all that
he had-and furiously rang the
temple bell. His neighborS in the
fields below heard the sound, and
looked up and saw the burning
ricks.
They rushed to the hill to help
their neighbor, as they thought,
in his dire plight. Then, looking
back seward they saw the wild
waters rushing in over the place
where they had been working, and
understood how they had been
saved.
y
TINE story tells how after the
Il disaster was over and the
ruin had been repaired-the man
Who had done this heroic self
sacrificing act being still alive and
their neighbor-the folk of the
village used to go to the temple
and worship his spirit.
1t was as if through the saving
act of a neighbor and friend there
had been revealed to them a
swift touch and vivid glimpse of
"A Living Cod" which is the
title of the story.
1t takes one back to the hills
of Galilee, where, long ago, a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
SCIENCE
Dentistry Old Science
BY DAVID DIETz

~ENTISTRY is at least $500
- years old and the notion that
had teeth can affect the general
health of an individual goes back
about $500 years. So says Dean
LEROY M. S. Miner of Harvard
university dental school.
Egyptian documents, $500 years
old. contain remedies for tooth
ache and for tightening loose
Egyptian documents, $500 years
old. dug up in the ruins OF
Nineveh, contains a diagnosis by
the court physician of a royal
toothache.
81 have spoken with the king,
my lord" wrote the ancient
doctor. 1.-The fever of his head.
his hands, his feet whereWith he
burns, is because of his teeth. His
teeth should be drawn. He has
been brought low. Now he will be
well exceeding.
One hopes that the physician
was right and that when the king
lost his teeth, he regained his
health. Modern medical research
has shown that there are many
instances in which infected teeth
are to blame for ailments.
Artificial teeth likewise are very
old, according to Dean Miner.
1.-The testimony of the tomb he
says, shows that artificial teeth
are almost as old as dentistry it
self. A number Of examples have
been found among the Inca relics
and other ancient civilizations"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

T TRIED to say in this column
Il the other day, ct must be re-
membered that we are confronted
by theory rather than condi-
ton.
Somebody got the notion that I
was added and changed it around
into the more usual formula. But
I meant to twist the familiar
phrase in just the way I set it
down.
1t is my conviction that the
world has wasted too much time
in trying to solve deep-seated diff
f1culties with skin lotions.
We have used means which
everybody recognized as funda-
mentally unsound, under the plea
that if we only could alleviate in
any way the immediate pangs
the morrow would take care of
itself. It is not religion, but OPP
portunism which has been the
odium of the people.
There was and probably still is
an old vaudeville yarn about a
man in hotel who called a bell
boy and ordered a glass of ice
water. Two minutes later he
asked for another, and after a
brief interval, he asked again and
again.
And so the bellboy finally said,
''I beg your pardon, but would you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

years ago-under the slogan of
Give a job till June"
Even if the entire city had
needed this exhortation no great
amount of good would have come
from it, since there have been two
Junes since and there are more to
come.
But even in those days I must
say in justice to myself that I did
not regard the campaign as hav-
ing any particular utility except
in so far as it called attention to
the fact of unemployment at a
time when it was still being
played down by those in power.
There are few, if any, today who
dare deny the fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Times Readers
Voice Views

Editor Times-It is common
talk that what the country needs
is more money and more revenue
from untaXable property, and at
the present an emergency exists.
L will suggest that Uncle Sam
announce that there is an emer-
gency existing i'll business con-
ditionS in the United States about
the same as when the boys of the
United States went to war and
ask each municipal bOndhOlder
in the United States to volunteer
and send a small per cent, or more
If needed, OF their bonds to Uncle
Sam at Washington. Uncle Sam.
in turn, would agree to print real
United States money and send it
back to the bondholders, giving
them 100 per cent on the dollar
for their bonds.
Uncle Sam could hold the bonds
until they became due, when the
municipal bond debtors could send
the money to Washington and
pay off the bonds, and at that
time the money could be de-
sCroyed by the government.
ny this system the money will
be paid to all parts Of the United
States and the people would have
money to do business with, the
money would become taxable and
the bonds would draw interest for
Uncle Sam. which would be a
very inexpensive and just way for
him to balance the budget.
This system, which we need.
could be Pot in force quickly.
and there would be no limit to
the amount of money which
could be placed in the public's
hands, and in turn the govern
ment's worry about the need of
more gold or silver during this
emergency would end.
This system would solve five
very important questions -
money, taxes, business, interest
income for Uncle Sam to help
balance the budget, the need of
gold or silver.
If these bonds are safe for the
public to hold, they undoubtedly
would be safe for Uncle Sam to
hold during an emergency.
would ike to hear from read
ers Of this paper and the Taxpay-
ers League on this suggestion
through This paper.
GLEN BROWN.
126 North Belmont avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Modern Problem

DEAN MINER points out that
- dental ailments gradually
have become the most nearly uni
versal maladies of our civilization.
How they can be met and con-
querred is the vital problem Of the
new dentistry" he says.
Some authorities think that
common colds and dental decay
are the costliest diseases in exist
ence today.
In addition to what they cost
in time, money, and suffering,
they probably pave the way for
many more serious ailments.
DR.. A. H. Hooton, professor Of
anthropology at Harvard uni
versity, says that the trend Of
evolution in man has been to-
ward bigger brains and weaker
Jaws.
.'y1o 75ys that there is some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
So They Say

I amt afraid of anything except
the people.-Senator Huey Long,
Louisiana "Kingfsh."
The trouble with you men from
the other side of the aisle is you
drink dry and vote wet.-As-
semblyman John j. Cooney, Of
Brooklyn, in New York legisla-
ture.
Four words tell the story Of the
worlds great worries today: Ar
mament, war destruction, debt
Senator James E. Watson (Rep.,
Ind. majority floor leader.
If any one asks for me, tell him
I've gone on q long fishing trip
and won't be back.-James w.
Kellar. murderer. just before 60
ing to the 'gallows in Missouri
prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

question as to whether the weak
ening of mans jaws and teeth
may eventually not lead to down
fall of the race.
Many authorities think that
modern food habits have much to
do with the great prevalence of
tooth decay. They blame it on
lack of phosphorus, calcium, and
vitamins in the diet.
There is, as yet, no generally
accepted theory about the cause
of tooth decay. 1t has been sug-
gested that it is caused by de-
ficiencies in the functioning of
the human system and also that
1t is caused by bacterial action.
Some authorities think that
both causes are at work, systemic
deficiencies opening the way for
the raVages of bacteria.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
In Ancient Rome

DY the time of the Caesars,
I'D false teeth were common in
Rome, Dean Miner tells us.
1.-The Roman poet Martial notes
with a sarcastic eye the efforts of
the beauties of the day to main
tain their charms" he continues,
and remarks that the belle lays
down her teeth at night just as
she does her silken robes.
I'm another place he unkindly
remarks that she now has remov-
able teeth and would have re-
movable eyes if they were for
sale
These quotations from Martial
will be particularly interesting to
vaudevillegoers, who will note that
at least one group Of vaudeville
gags" had its inception in the
writings Of a Roman poet-that
is, unless he borrowed it from the
Greeks.
In the ancient days, dentistry
was looked upon as a first aid to
beauty more often IMAM 10 nedlIH'
Excavations among the Inca re-
mains in Peru have revealed that
the teeth of the Incas frequently
were ornamented with thin gold
discs, Dean Miner says.
In Ecuador teeth were almost
entirely covered by an overlay OF
GOLD. In ancient Mexico and In
Ola, they commonly were adorned
with turquoises and other precious
stones.
It is only today, however, Dean
Miner thinks, that we are begin
ming to realize the role OF
dentistry in maintaining general
health.
The health idea underlies the
new dentistry" he says. ut is a
change from a mechanical to a
biological basis"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Every Day Religion
BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

Friend and Neighbor lived few
swift and gentle years, His hands
busy doing good. His friends saw
in Him something more god-like
than they had ever dreamed.
In company with Him a change
was wrought in them; new love
came into their hearts; life be-
came deeper and death less final.
They saw Him die, facing all that
fate and His foes could do, trust
ing the might of love alone.
BY a strange power which men
call weakness, He won, turning
defeat into victory. 1t would be
incredible if it were not true. In
spite of all obstacles, even death
itself could not stand against the
power of love. What! Was that
Friend and Neighbor Godl
copyright, 1888. United Features
Syndicate)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Bound Up With European Situation

THERE another angle the situation which should
4 lightly.
What each other and what
bound up with what European countries government
American should
the wisdom of granting without asking
in another.
this connection recall before
from European
their peopeGermany of the printing
Sabng the franc oneh of its normal value
off the gold
Still those can't meet their bills full coming
to for further
Probably they entitled to further concessions but greater
extent than individuals this
The inability a
than for citizen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Should Turn ON Hose

A ND we have met the world
"A conflagration by calling for
turnblers of water instead Of
turning on the hose.
To be specific about it, there Is
the policy of emergency relief as
a curative for the unemployment
of many millions. 1t has failed,
and no man of any vision could
have expected anything else.
Sooner or later, there must be
a dole, although it might be we'll
to call it something else, since the
word has earned a quite unde-
served unpopularity. Of course,
even a dole is no cure, but it does
represent the organization OF a
bucket brigade to take the place
of bellboys bearing ice water.
The whole point is that we are
not dealing merely with what is
euphemistically called IAN emer-
gency." I am in no position to be
severe with people who still cling
to this psychology, because I once
ran a campaign-more than two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

This is the last Of three articles by
DR.. Fishbein on the nature and treat
ment of erysipelas.
NUMEROUS remedies have
~ been developed for treat
ment of erysipelas, including all
sorts of antiseptics and antitox-
ms. The frequent use of hot or
cold cloths helps to diminish any
pain associated with swelling by
taking down the swelling.
If the eyehds are involved. it is
customary to drop some mild anti
septic solution, which any physi-
clan can supply, directly into the
eyes.
Efforts used to be made to con-
troll the disease by painting on
iodine, silver nitrate or similar
preparations, but modern author
tiles feel that these accomplish
little, and besides may so hide the
spread of the disease as to il
terfere with its control.
Furthermore. these solutions
stain the sleeping garments and
bed linen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
DR KONRAD BIRKHAUG,
1913 -,1enio1 S+,1d;or

NH. hO%-Ie6AA A@AA"A~AA~A~ ~
- who has made special studies
of this condition, recommends in
stead the use of congresses soaked
in an ice-cold saturated solution
of magnesium sulphate (or EPSON
salts.
If these cloths are kept cold and
applied repeatedly, they offer
great relief, but will not stop the
spread of the erysipelas.
In 1926, DR.. Birkhaug developed
specific antitoxin to be used in
ervsipelas only by physician.
When this antitoxin is injected,
there usually is a prompt improve
ment in the toxic depression, a
lessening of the fever and slow
ing of the rapid pulse rate within
twelve to eighteen hours.
Moreover, there is a quicker
control of the spread of the
swelling and infection of the skin
By this time thousands of cases
have been treated with this anti
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
EHcuse as Good for One as Another
I'VE are going to hear Iot about it frOm now on

XXTE going to hear a lot about it from
w You just can't apply philosophy field and then exclude
from all
The American will relief through revision
cancellation of debts. likely bigger
BILL and whether he not he getting
We rng with the philosophy rather than
tine methods drifting right down the why's and wherefoe of
system.
The American will whether
should be kinder European than him. whether debt
know whether inability
Kansas farmer New York real estate Great Britain
And the paradox of it all is that to maintain the sancy
contracts should have confronted with situation
Sometimes wonder whether human ingenuity asking
whether developed
mechanism which big complicated
something besides debts doesn't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
Que stions and
Answers

Q-How much Of the Neither
lands is below sea level?
A-Nearly one -fourth.
Q-How many nurses and vol
unteer workers served with the
American Red Cross during the
World war?
A-There were $4,000 nurses,
$1,000 nurses aids, and 6,00000O
volunteer workers.
GLOW many railroads, Of all
classes. are there in the United
StateS2
A-1.497.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
NJ. E. Tracy Says:
WAR DEBT FARLEY DOOR OPEN

THE door has been opened for war debt dis
Il cussion, which is a triumph for President
Hoover but the discussion will be carried on
through regular diplomatic channels at Wash
ington. and that's a triumph for Presdent-Elect
Roosevelt.
The compromise was method. rather than
objective leaving revision, if not cancellation, as
the almost certain outcome.
In other words, our government now is COM
pI y--oc RI win
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

possibly the European
countries
Many Americans view the prospect with optimism
sentiment others believe
The idea prevails that trade would boom and
more secure these ntergoernmena obligations
Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

Further proof that silence is golden-"Kinghsh"
Longs one-man 1libuster cost the taxpayers $3.50
a day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
OUT OF THE DARK

The final report of the Hoover national advisory
committee on iliteracy is cheering Iiteracy in the
United States has been reduced by one-thrd in the
last decade The 1890 census shows 648I52 re-
duction in those unable to read and write
Since there an increase of 17044426 in
population in that decade, the actual decrease in
illteracy is substantial
Outstanding in the ten-year crusade against ip
norance were various state projects in adult edu-
cation Louisiana, for instance brought 10000 of
her citizens out of the dark. Georgia gave instruc-
ton in the rudments of learning to 1lsOOO
The national committee organized forty-four
state branches, all of which are at work carving
on where it, because of lack of funds must cease
work Apparently the committee has succeeded in
making the nation "illiteracy conscious
The next decade should see an end to the dis
grace of ilteracy in this republic There still are
4,293,753 Americans unable to read or write In
Bad Manners to Be Shown at Playhouse" says
New York headline. And here we had been think
ing every theater in the country had its late ar
rivals.
democracy, this is 4,2s3,753 too many.
Young married couples seem to get along best
when near relatives are far away.
scientist says could live indefinitely like
the 21-year-old chicken heart if it weren't for our
heads. Bad as they are, who'd want to be without
'em?
Further proof that silence is golden-"Kinghsh"
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

mind telling me why you want all
these glasses Of ice water?"
"Oh," said the hotel guest,
didn't I tell you? Well, you see,
my bedroom is on fire"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

Young married couples seem to get along best
when near relatives are far away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Wet Cloths Ease Erysipelas Pain
nv M MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-28

This is the last of three articles BY
DR.. Fishbein on the nature and treat
ment of erysipelas
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Beulah Eleven Hopes
For Third Big Year

Beulah, N. D.. Sept. 13.-(P)-Un-
defeated the last two years, Beulah's
high school football team hopes to
extend that record to three, and needs
some opponents to fill In several open
dates on the 1888 schedule.
Lighter and faster this year, the
5eulah boys are working hard to be
in shape to defend their laurels on
the gridiron this fall. according to
Coach Thomas A. Plant whose service
at Beulah has paralleled the record
set up by the football team. He is
beginning his third season here.
Three exceptionally fast men are in
the backfleld. Backs are Dalton
Mounts, quarter; Orville Chilson and
Art David, halves, and Dutch Wes-
sells, fullback. Besides Mounts and
Chilson, lettermen back are Irwin
Bates, Lonnie Tyser, and Ralph Sig
man.
Other players include John Bender,
Francis Perkins, Jesse Thompson,
Harvey KEGS, Elton Wagenveldt,
Bryce Tyser. Vernon Foster and Pet
erson.
Only games scheduled thus far is q
home home series with Hazen,
the first game here Oct. 6 and the
return engagement at Hazen Oct. 90.