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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-12
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for trying and a reward for idle
ness. Why?
1 have not earned S. week for
a year. 1 am out of coal and Win
ter clothes, as are thousands more
triers. Why is the loafer fed, clothed
and warmed and then employed?
Why? We, too, made applications.
Why? Why? Why?
BY Mrs. Helen Smith.
An article by Times Reader on
Dec. l, intimated that Hoosier wives
are lazy That statement is false
for am a Hoosier wife and I have
had experience by living with a
Kentucky husband for five years
1 have three children by him and
when the third one arrived, 1 asked
him who was going to take care OF
these children and he said, why
let the taxpayers take care Of them
When I married him, there was
more work here than there is now
and there was no need of living of
the taxpayers or county. But when
he did work all he would do would
be to tinker with an old used car
I would like to ask that Kentucky
woman how she should like to have
worked and supported that husband
and three children for five years?
1 don't think that there is any Hoo
sier housewife who needs to be jeal-
GUS of any Kentucky wife, as they
can not be as lazy as KentuckianS.
By C. Overly.
I hered of a teller called Al Smith,
A right intelligent cub he be,
He seq Roosevelt's a lot of baloney
But he's pork and beans to me.
I hered this same teller Smith
Oncet run fer the President S
chair,
But in the hustle and hustle of
politics
He forgot the folks who'd git him
there.
Seems kinda like he's nursin' a
grudge,
A little disappointed so to speak,
And seeks consolation in bawling
"baloney,"
Which to me sounds sorta weak.
I'd ruther not perch in the scorner's
seat
Nor sling ere a cynic's ban,
But using jest common horse sense,
I'd say F. DIS dern good man.
My advice to this teller Smith,
If he's of a mind to run again,
Is to close up his "Baloney Shop"
And folk might axidently put
him in.
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A Taste for Literature

THE books revived in me a taste
Il for literature which at that
time was rather dormant. I read
them all and one volume of Emer-
son. De Maupassant was Just as
great master of the short story as
the agent had informed me.
The next year I bought Thomas
Hardy complete, with BaIzac's
"Drou Tales" as a bonus. I think
that book agent did just about as
much to encourage literature at
Harvard university as anybody in
the faculty. In spirit I owe him
much.
1 have heard a great deaI-far too
much, in fact-about books which
are calculated to inspire love Of
country or clean living or a passion
for gardening. All these things are
excellent in moderation, but it is a
great pity there is not more being
done for books the only purpose Of
which is to encourage reading.
Copyright. 1888. by The Tines
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out whether there are other cases
which may perhaps be responsible
for the case that occurs in the
child.
Once the disease has been dis
covered, the child should be given
every possible opportunity to re-
cover. This lessons the possibility
Of the adult, or fatal, type of tu-
berculosis later in life.
The educational campaign in the
field Of public health has come to
be one of the most important as
poets of all public health work to-
day. The Christmas seal, to pro-
vide money for the attack on tu-
berculosis, is in itself one Of the
most important educational ideas
ever occurring in the public health
field.
1t focuses attention on the dis
ease, and on the fact that vast
numbers of people are interested
in controlling the disease. 1t pro-
vides funds for lectures, circulars,
posters, newspaper publicity, and
every oother means of reaching the
public with a problem of this char
acter.
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LONG DISTANCE LOVE

NOU must hand it to love. It always finds
a way. Romeo scaled Juliet's balcony.
Leander swan the Henespont to give Hero
a watery kiss. And BERTH Clason was mar
ried to the girl he wanted on a trans oceanic
telephone hookup from Detroit to Stockholm,
Sweden, the other day.
Love isn't letting science get ahead of it.
1t gets by the law without any trouble. There
are some who contend that it wasn't ethical
for Clason to marry his bride by long dis
lance in order to bring her into America. since
entrance was barred unless she came as his
wife. Stockholm being where it is, the trip to
Scandinavia and back was rather long way
round for the bridegroom.
So he telephoned. The girl, who became
his wife by answering in monosyllables. is now
permitted to join him.
After all, We are featuring internationalism
in Our present economic and social setup We
are shouting bravely that no country can live
TO itself alone and are sending ambassadors
TO assist in the getting acquainted process.
Therefore. if a girl from Lapland or Siam
wants an American citizen as a husband
well, the wedding ring is on her finger. The
economy of man and woman receiving their
thrills over an enchanted distance isn't deSir-
able. But they are the ones who arrange the
ceremony. No one insists that they take vows
while separated.
We want lasting marriages, those that are
a solid rock-marriages that will not fall
though the oatmeal have humps and the waf-
fes stick and ashes be spattered across the
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BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.

ton of the Importance of this dis
ease and by cooperation between
the public and the medical profess
sion in an attempt to study it and
control it.
It is first necessary to find out
where cases may be. This is &C
complished by use of the tuberculin
test, which, if possible, should be
applied to every child in the COM
munity.
Second, every child who has a
positive reaction following the tu-
bercuin test should have an X-ray
examination to find out whether
there is any evidence of the dis
ease. Then the physician should
study carefully the entire physical
condition of the child by all meth
DDS known to modern clinical medi-
cine.
The last step is to find out where
the child caught the disease. When
ever a case of tuberculosis is found
in family, every member of that
family should be examined to find
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:: A WOman's Viewpoint ::

4 WOMAN of So" Martha
IA Bensley Bruere speaks in cur
rent Scribners. What she has to
say is important to the voluble
younger generation as it is to their
less articulate elders.
Il can count on myself" explains
Mrs. Bruere, and forthwith emu
merates the virtues OF today's ma
ture woman. 1t seems to me, how
ever, that she fails to give enough
credit to circumstance, which is the
principal good fairy of her era.
These women who are so belong to
a fortunate generation. Most Of
them married at the proper time
for mating.
Many Of them had children and
lived a normal, secure domestic
life for a time. They developed,
moreover, in an age when the idea
Of fuller Aifs for woman was llp-
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Purchase of Christmas Seals Urged

This is the last of three articles by
DR.. Morris Fishbein on tuberculosis and
measures taken to combat this disease.
THE great campaign against su-
l. berculosis has been going on
since 1904. At that time there were
only forty sanatoriums in the
United States for the care of this
disease and only 500 beds available
in institutions for the care of the
tuberculouS.
Today, according to the latest
figures of the American Medical
Association, more than $1,000 beds
are available.
In 1900, it was estimated, there
were 10000 cases Of tuberculosis in
the United States, out Of which
there were $4,000 deaths annually.
Today, the number of cases is more
than 100000, and yet there are
only 100000 deaths
If the death rate for tuberculosis
that prevailed in 1900 had contin-
ued, about 100000 more people
would have died of that disease
since that time than actually did die.
All this improvement has been
brought about by public recogni-
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Resolution

BY FRANCESCA
I'm weary and tired Of the fight,
And the strife, the clamor and din
have lost the battle for right,
I'm beaten, but III not give in.
I'm battered and SCARED, and I'm
weak,
My hope Of winning has fed,
But it's only the craven or meek
Who yield before they are dead.
I'm down. But. God. I'm no quitteS
It's back to the clamor and din
Defeat, for me. is too bitterl
I've got to 90 back. and III Wa
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for the basis Of all success and most
happiness lies in the. courage with
which one meets this particular
issue.
Let us use a simple illustration,
which could be multiplied in count
less ways.
The girl who, while young, IN
derstands that she will never take
prizes at a beauty pageant, is by
the way of learning such a lesson.
Having mastered the first hard fact,
she can proceed to cultivate other
talents. Sc may set herself to be
sweet, or charming. or skillful or
learned.
But she will know that what she
gets from life must be secured by
something other than the appeal Of
physical beauty. At such a point
she, too, will have learned te5 count
-on -herseks
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So They Say

Dogs are the most affectionate Of
animals-the only animals that pre-
fer the company of man to their
own kind. Cats can't be trusted a
second.-Dr. Glenn Adams. Cincin-
natl dog fancier.
We have entirely too many gov
ernments in the United States. No
body knows exactly how many there
are, but counting federal, state,
county, and city governments, the
school districts, the moth and mos
quito districts, and whatnot. we
have total Of between 100000 and
100000 governments. = Prof. S. E.
Leland, University Of Chicago.
Okra is never good unless it
breaks like cracker Bernard M.
Baruch, financier.
Churches that live in the past. die.
DIR. Paul Lindeman Of st. Paul.
Racketeers and gangsters are or
gained for a guerilla warfare
against society.-Judge Harry S.
McDevitee Of Philadelphia County
Common Pleas Court.
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By. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

permost in the public mind. Thus,
most Of the gifted ones were able
to have their cake and eat it, too.
They did not feel the effects Of
the World war as so many older ana
so many more Of the younger wom-
en- did. Their husbands were too
mature and their sons too juvenile
to go. IN short, these women
marched forward in the flood side
Of American advance and prosper
ity and were well enough estab-
lished in their various professions to
feel only lightly the cold blasts Of
the economic depression.
Il
TNHEY did, however, as the au-
4 thor points out. master one Vi
tally important lesson. They deter
mined quite definitely and finally
the things they could not have-a
Tremendous personal achievement
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Noble in Purpose

GOMEBODY may object that the
~ words I am thinking about are
evil in intent and ugly in sound. I
hold no brief for-Well any of the
Anglo-SaXOn brevitieS. I didn't in
vent any Of these words. and I use
very few Of them since I swore eff
playing poker.
But, as far as intention goes. 7
never have been able to understand
why a long, fancy word should be
accepted as in some WAYS cleaner
than a short and simple one. AS for
sound, one mans mate may be an
oCher mans dash-dash-dash-
bllnkety- blinety-b It all depends
upon what sounds you happen tos
like.
The question of mere verbal Iimi-
tatlons has practically nothing to
do with moral intent or lack Of if
Evil conduct might be ENCOURAGED
IN words all Of which were of the
utmost propriety. But I have no
intention of quibbling. I would
rather boldly take the stand that
anybody who restricts his reading
to moral books will miss much de-
lightful literature.
When 1 was in college a book
agent came around with a combina.
ton offer. You could get the works
Of Ralph Waldo Emerson and also
Guy de Maupassant illustrated.
The price was IS down and ST
month for quite long time.
Emerson was without pictures. but
the agent showed me a prospectus
OF the de MaupaSsant illustrations.
which We're in five colors-chieflv
pink. He assured me that Emerson
actually had made an enduring
contribution to the philosophic
thought of America. When the
books arrived I found that some of
the illustrations were missing. I
have a suspicion that the works Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson were less
than complete, but on this point I
never did make a wholly complete
checkup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-12

Only Britains threat of armed force. saws
De Valera keeps the Irish Free State from de-
claring its independence. But what Irishman
ever turned aside just for little thing like
armed forcea
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Preferred

By Earl NJ Ross.
Regarding the article by P. S.
Thomas, I would like to comment
that I have lived in a district
which is populated by Kentucki-
ans and Tennesseeans for the last
ten years. I have accompanied
many of them in search for
work and have seen plenty of
preference shown to them.
I know a Hoosier and a Ten
nesseean who applied for one of
the Governors new jobs The
Tennesseean went home to Ten
nessee and was recalled to go to
work, while the Hoosier is wait
ing like he has been for the last
few weeks.
I am rot your Mr.. Hoosier Loaf,
but I sign my name and address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-12

Maxim Litvinoff, Russia's ace diplomat,
stopped whole day in Berlin without seeing
Hitler or any of his yes-men Such ingratitude,
after all Hitler has done to arouse world SYM
pathy for the Communists!
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Philippine women have Just gained the
Vote' while German women may lose theirs.
The women still have the men guessing.
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Principle of the Thing

1T is merely the principle of the
4 matter which interests me. I
can't read Ulysses I can't even
get through page-whatever the
number is. I mean the one to which
you are referred by Joyce en-
thusiaSts about the time you COM
plain, But when does the blame
thing begin to get dirty?"
Wiser men and women have as
sured me that the novel belongs to
the ages, and no doubt they are
right. I will grant, of course, that
1t is a serious work Of art. even
though it bOres me. Possibly I
should have written and therefore"
in place of even though"
I am pleased by the decision
chiefly because it is a step toward
the liberation of certain words
which are highly essential if the
gusto of speech is ever to be ac-
curately represented on the printed
page. At the present time it is
quite impossible to give anything
like faithful color to stories about
stevedores, Stokers, prizefghters
newspaper columnistS or children's
hour broadcaSters
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Washington scientist says babies are born
practically brainless. And so many stay that
way through life
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man in Oregon went crazy arguing with
his wife. So is any other husband
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1t Seems
to Me
by HEYWOOD BRoUN=

MTEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Morris L.
IN Ernst. the young lawyer who
beat a pathway for Ulysses" TO
come back to this country, says that
the decision of Judge Woolsev con-
StituteS a repeal Of squamishinesS.
In the eyes of Mr. Ernst this is
rather more important than the re-
peal Of prohibition.
Perhaps there is something too
impetuouS in this attitude Of Mr..
Ernst. Ny guess would be that fifty
years from now he still will find
himself engaged in the practice of
defending some printed words from
the fear of those inclined to ban
them. But naturally. I have not
the slightest hesitation in agreeing
that the present court victory marks
new high in judicial liberalism.
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BY Reader.
Nineteen seventeen revealed pa
triotism again by proven love for
land and flag. Consideration of the
other fellow never existed many
times. Stations and ships were
overcrowded; hatred and skepticism
are two of the worst leftover eX-
istences from war. Some can't for
get and forgive. Many think a pen
| sion an easy possession, and these do
not understand and know the vet
eranS' physical handicapS
We can thank God for the pa
triots of the country. We can thank
the Almighty again for officers and
doctors who we're human, SYM
| pathetic and understandable friends
along with good fellows and mothers
| prayers for those who were in war.
War was a trap for young American
manhood beginning the career on
the outside. War has ruined many
veterans health forever. Their OPP
portunitieS are gone. In the spring
Of 1882 while hospitalized in a vet
GRAMS hospital in Indianapolis,
met wonderful chaps. Righteous
! consideration OF felloW-men existed
and good friendships and comrade-
| ships were made. Good wishes here
| extended for all. Service has formed
a veteran comradeship, that never
will be known by any other class of
people. May God and his thinking
people continue to bless my fellow
veteran comrades, whatever may
! prevail.
By E. B.
A friend Of mine owns a large,
magnificent st. Bernard dog. He is
the friend, guardian, protector and
pride of the family. He accompanies
the children of the family on their
walks and excursions in the neigh
borhood, and watches them with
jealous care. Recently the children
and their dog were passing down
the street.
Across the street on a vacant lot
was q pack of mongrel dogs, some
brown, some black, some spotted
and some yellow mostly yellow.
They were snarling and swapping
at each other. On seeing the St.
Bernard on the other side Of the
street, they stopped fighting among
themselves for the moment and
with yips and growls, they rushed
at the st. Bernard. AS the pack
neared him he turned and faced
them as much as to say, Come on,
I'm ready" Instead of coming on,
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the pack turned and went yelping
down an alley in the opposite direc-
ton. The st. Bernard, with his
charge of children, moved leisurely
down the street as if nothing had
happened.
We have magnificent President,
friend and guardian of the people,
giving-We may say-his very life's
blood in an effort to lift the pail of
the depression from the shoulders
of the people At his heels is a
yelping, swapping pack of calamity
hoWlers" (the wandering Twins,
the wobbly WatsonS, the snarling
Smells, the Fostering FesSes) who,
for partisan purposes, would tear
down the great work the President
and his advisers have done since
March 4. The purpose of the pack
is plain to the people who are
standing so magnif1cently by the
President. He will turn and look at
the pack presently and it will dis
solve.
BY Ed Oswald.
Do you dare publish this I'M
edited?
Why is it men trying to be self
supporting are permitted to pound
the street all day in an attempt to
sell potato chips, kitchen utensils,
newspapers, etc. with average earn
ings below ST a day, which is far
below family needs for coal, gro
ceries and clothes) are not called
on this SIS week, while the in
dependent carefree who sat home. in
welfare-paid rental houses, trustee
groceries and coal supplied, govern
ment flour and pork supplied are
called to work at SIS a week?
In Indianapolis, there is a penalty
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Okra is never good unless it
breaks like a cracker.-Bernard M.
Baruch, financier.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-02-04

Ladies" in his characteristic humorous manner and was re- piled to by Mrs. H. P. Gibson in one of the best speeches ev- CT heard from a member of the fair sex in Stewart.
 T. w. Hall, B. c. School In- spector, then held the company spellbound with an address in which he first had the Legion naires fiddling with Nero while Rome burned and then brought them back through the cent uries to the present.
 Musical and vocal numbers were also contributed by Mrs. F. Bowler, Frank Bowler, w. D. Smith and Jack Rennie and received well merited ap- plause.
 The proceedings were closed by the rendition of the doleful strains of "If You Want the Sergeant Major" by H. Hooton and Jack Scott.
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-02-04
len and Victoria Cross.

The Stewart branch of the Canadian Legion held it's fifth annual banquet last Saturday evening and enjoyed a merry time with 106 members and in vited guests in attendance.
 The banquet was preceded by a tribute to the memory of fall en comrades, in which the en- tire gathering shood in silent at tention. Chaplain Father Le- Ray then invoked blessing, "The Cookhouse Door" was sounded by bugle, and the at tack on the sumptuous board was launched with spirit and vigor.
 Following a tremendous vict- ory by the Legionnaires and their guests, Comrade Heine- key proposed the toast, Our Guests" which was responded to by D. L. Pitt in a very ap- propriate vein. w. D. Smith then offered a toast to "The
Hyder weekly herald., 1933-02-04
Effects Of The "Lame
 D uc k" Amendment

The following information re- garding the effects of the so- called Lame Duck amendment to the Constitution of the Unit ed States is presented in re- sponse to a number of inquir- ies:
 The amendment is scheduled to become effective October 15 but proclamation of the ratifi- cation will not take place un- til all the ratifying 36 states have formally announced their approval to the State Depart ment.
 It provides that the Congress elected in November shall meet on January 3 of the next year.
 The president and vice. pres ident elected in November will take office on January 20.
 Under it's provision Roosevelt will serve 43 days less than the full four-year term, even though reelected, as he will take office on March 4 and retire on January 20 in the fourth year of his administrat- ion. The newly elected Cong ressmen and Senators will lose two months as their terms will begin March 4 and end Janu- ary 8.
 The most important effect of the amendment will be that it will do away entirely with the short session of Congress prior to a change of administration, thereby preventing legislation by representatives and senators who have been repudiated by the voters in the November elections. It will also curtail filibustering and such blocking of legislation as was recently displayed by Huey Long and others in the Senate.
 Virginia was the first state to ratify the amendment and Missouri supplied the 36th vote necessary to the required two-thirds majority of the states. The amendment will be officially known as the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution.