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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-18

that he consented to stay through
Saturday-so that you and you and
you may visit him. From 60 ne
gives private consultations and
luxurious facials evenings he
conducts a beauty clinic 49,. all with
the compliments of LYLIAN LEE
at her smart Beauty Salon, 1901 N.
Meridian street. Herr Eros is a
psychologist as well as skin expert.
And he'll tell you that beautiful sur
~roundings and the air Of repose so
inherent in this temple of beauty"
play important roles in the art of
making you look your loveliest.
Phone Ia. 1852 right now for your
appointment with one of LYLIAN
LEES skilled hair stylists. I just
know you'll be elated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-18

J--1IU1- Is-DIIE W---IC gNN NUII -
served any time from II noon IL
til 2 midnight. Mrs. Jensen has
employed her exquisite taste In car
rying out a most unusual scheme
of decoration. Already I can hear
the buzz of conversation this new
room is bound to create. Gid
World white is the theme color WITH
here and there an inviting love-seat.
Watch next week for the opening
-. but don't wait d. enjoy lunch
con (50c. 75c, SD or dinner case. 81,
SIPS, $3.50 any day at the CHARM
HOUSE, n. Delaware ST. at 18th St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-18

In case you rad
not heard
Herr Ludwig Eros
is to be here 2
days longer. So
besieged with ap-
TO
beauty ~cOnsulta-
q c I Wppk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-18

And so go long now with your
convention
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
OLD AGE PENSIONS
(From Morning News)

The report of the State Old Age
Welfare Commission for May shows
that a total OF 1919 persons receiv-
ed pensions for the month. The to-
tai expenditure for May was s16.335
and the average allowance was
slightly less than $40 a person.
OF those 1919 receiving pensions
SSS live in Wilmington and 1851
are outside the city. The cost of dis
tributing the pension fund in Della
ware is stated to be the lowest of
any other State operating all old
age pension law. which speaks well
for the State Welfare Commission
liz charge of its operation.
II is unfortunate that applications
for pensions now ON file reach a
total of over 1909. Since the appro-
p,iation for old age pensions is only
100000 annually, naturally appli-
cations cannot be approved which
will bring the annual expenditure
above that amount.
Out of this large number of APP
plications on hand doubtless several
hundred would be disapproved upon
investigation or voluntarily with
drawn. Last month alone thirty-two
were rejected and nine
teen pensioners died. AS deaths oc-
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
THE CALL OF THE FLAG

The celebration of June 14th of
the 18TH anniversary of the adop-
ton of the stars and stripes as the
national flag. raises the question as
TO why every nation has its flag, and
what part such a symbol plays.
In the big dictionaries. annexed to
the word Flag" you can find scores
of national flags illustrated, every
one of them conveying some idea to
the people of these various nation
slities. Something in those national
colors stirs the heart to courage
and the body to action. On the bat
tlefield, men who were wounded and
fainting. have been revived at the
sight of those national colors. They
would rise up, seize their weapons,
and perform prodigies OF valor UNI
der the strength of that inspiration.
Flags have played great part in
all wars. The leaders of armies not
merely had to find weapons for the
soldiers. but they had to call on
ideas of patriotism to make them
want to fight. The sight of that
flag reminded them of their love for
their country. and made them forget
their own fear and caution.
But flag today should mean
more than an inspiration to do noble
things in battle. If reason and en-
could but have their
way, there would be no more wars
and no more battles.
The flag today should stir our
hearts to other kinds of conflict.
There is war on against dishonesty.
against selfish claims of sections and !
elements. against poverty and dis
ress. The soul of America calls on |
is TO act as soldiers in that war.
The flag is the symbol which the |
founders of the republic chose to
the soul of America. Let
is pledge allegiance to it again, and
AXE part nobly in the war against
everything that degrades and low
RS the nation.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
SUMNER HEAT

The American people have a fair
ly warm summer climate, and they
groan as they see the thermometer
mounting. They take costly vaca-
tions in cool places, they pour cool
ing drinks down their parched
threats. The more they fret about
the heat. the more they suffer from
il.
But our national prosperity is
built on heat. Without it we could
not ripen our cotton and our corn
and many other products. 1t is
often claimed that hot weather I'M
fits people for energetic labor. But
some of the worlds greatest nations
have accomplished their deeds in
hot climats. Egypt. for instance,
lies in hot latitude, yet it built the
mighty pyramids, and was for many
centuries the leader of the ancient
world The farmer under his broad
brim hat. hoeing under the hot sun,
flets little about the heat. 1t is the
townsman, creature of artificial in
door life, who frets over the occa-
sional excess of temperature.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
THE WORLD NOT FINISHED

Some people think that invention
has discovered so much, that there
are not many new things left to be
created. and about all there is left
is to finish the mechanisms we now
have. No such view was taken at
the conference of specialists as
sembled at the Chicago Fair by AL
fred P. Sloan, Jr., a leading figure of
the automobile world.
These scientists predicted the
lengthening of human life, elimina-
ton of infectious disease, and mar
velous technical triumphs. We have
no conception of the marvels await
ing discovery. Twenty years ago,
no ordinary person dreamed of the
modern radio. now it is the ordinary
household toy. Equally remarkable
things ,are just within humanity's
grasp.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
FALSE IDEAS OF LIFE

81 want what l want, when | want
it," is a popular motto. The supple
ment to it logically follows, Il can
have what want, and have it
now" But as the result of too great
haste to get it, many today lie in
Jail, and others are headed there.
Sunday schools and homes used TO
instruct the children fairly well, to
the effect that they couldn't have all
they wanted right off. But the ma
jority of children don't attend Sun
day school now. and many of those
who 20 there say they don't want to
be preached at. Also many homes
are negligent about instructing the
children.
Children should be instructed as
to what will happen if they indulge
themselves in vice. immortality, and
dishonesty. Religious sects can't
agree OH what religious doctrines
shall be taught in schools. but they
should all agree on instruction in
good conduct.
The most effective form to convey
such instruction is probably through
motion pictures. Many screen
stories could be filmed for use in
schools. aimed TO illustrate the idea
that dishonesty. immortality. and
vice cause people endless trouble
and sorrow. Such pictures should
be accompanied by discussion. in
which the children should consider
" hat the characters of these film
stories should have done in various
situations to avoid these troubles.
Many cities and towns would feel
they could not afford to buy and dis
play such films to their children. If
they couldn't do so, il would pay
the State or Federal government to
10 it for them. If that kind of work
was intelligently done, ii should
turn many children away from
crooked and vicious lives, and en-
courage good citizenship. 1t would
cost some money. but probably still
more money would be saved on the
cost of police, jails. and courts,
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
FRONT AND BACK

There was once saying that
many houses had a Queen Anne
front but a Mary Ann back. II orig
mated in the day when the socalled
Queen Anne style of architecture was
considered very grand There was
many home which VS. highly artis-
tic and dignifed in front. but the
rear was a mess of rubbish and
tumbled down structures.
These homes are like the people
that put up a front of extreme po-
likeness and courtesy when they go
into society. but at home they are
rough Doors. Such folks get found
out in due time, and are not popu-
lar. And the people who live in
houses that look fine in front. but
are very disorderly in the rear, do
not conceal this ugly background
as well as they think.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
THE BLOONER ANNIVERSARY

The birth of Amelia Bloomer was
observed few days ago. the lady
who in the year 1851 advocated dress
reform for women. She stirred a
great commotion by advocating a
very mild innovation, consisting of a
short skirt and loose trousers gath
cred at the ankle. 1t would seem ex-
tremely modest today, but at that
time it was called gross impropri-
ETY..
The female sex has moved long
distance since good old Mrs. Bloom
er's day, as anyone can see al the
dancing parties and bathing resorts.
But Mrs. Bloomer had the right idea
of it. The female costumes of her
times placed severe handicap on
Che activity of women. and con-
demned them to physical inferiority.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
Milford. Friday, June Is. 1894
DROUGHT AND RAINFALL

1t looked a few days ago as if the
middle west and other sections were
about to suffer another major calam-
ity in the form of devastating
drought. Coming so soon after the
great drought of 1880, it has seemed
a very hard blow that would give a
setback to the return of prosperity.
Since then some rains have occur
red, and it is not yet clear how great
the damage will prove to be.
While the government has been
painfully trying to persuade the
farmers to reduce certain crops. Ma
ture in her drastic and masterful
way has stepped into the situation
with a far more severe crop reduc-
ton program. We do not yet know
where we are at"
Our agricultural experts may write
volumes of learned information on
improvement of agriculture, and may
fill a statute book with laws aimed
to help the farmers. But the most
serious problem of all. the irregu-
larity of rainfall, remains unsolved.
If when we produce too much, and
attempt to restrict production, Ma
ture steps into the situation with
great drought: and if when we pro-
duce too little and try to increase
production, Nature again takes
hand with ideal weather. the crops
shift from one extreme to the other.
The farmer is caught between two
fires. Either he is ruined by the
failure of his crops. or he is ruined
by production and low prices.
If long range weather prediction
could be so developed as to deter
mine with fair accuracy in advance
what the rainfall would be for
summer, the crops could come some
where near being regulated to de-
mand. If science could discover
some method by which such predic-
tons could be successfully made, it
would mean a great advance step for
agriculture.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
NEW JOB SEEKERS ARMY

A conference is to be held al New
ark, n. j.. June 26-2S, on Choosing
a Career" and it will be Of deep in
terest to $4,000 young men and wo-
men who are just graduating from
colleges. A far larger number who
are graduating from high and other
schools are also closely concerned.
This great army of young folks
was given some advice the other day,
by leading men of the business world.
on how such young people should
look for jobs August Hecksher.
noted philanthropist. said that any
one graduating into a business or
professional career should spend
year on farm. Others advise such
job seekers to go out and try to sell
something. Get "A job any way you
can" says Secretary Chandler of
the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
While jobs are not too plenty.
changes are occurring all the time.
people are vacating their positions.
and some lose their jobs because of
incompetence. Not all the new
seekers will find work at once. but
a great many of them will do so he
fore the summer is over.
The seeker for work should put
himself in the place of the employer,
and try to think of the qualities that
the employer is looking for, and
make sure he or she has these quail
tiles. Here are some of the quail
ties that an employer values most:
Willingness to work and work fair
ly hard; Willingness to do any kind
of work that is needed; a feeling of
interest in a new line of work, and
desire to perform it in the most per-
feet manner.
The seeker for work needs to tell |
his story in a very few words. Abil- |
ity to talk volubly does not impress
an employer much. What he wants |
is facts about an applicants pre-
vious work, preparation, experience,
and what he thinks he can do. The
work seeker would better have his
story well rehearsed, and be able
to state it very concisely.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
THE NEATLY TRIMMED LAWN

The old-timers who wore bushy
and untrimmed whiskers, or who
had their hair cut only at very rare
intervals. used to be caricatured in
the newspapers. They looked funny
enough. as kind of type of modern
forbearers. But they were no more
absurd than the modern home which
let's its grass grow long and rough.
A home is not doing its share to
promote the beauty of Milford, or
any city or town, unless it keeps its
grass neatly trimmed down, and
weeds pulled up so far as possible.
The green and grassy lawn is the
foundation of beauty. If you have
bare spots in the grass, they are as
unpleasant as a spot of dirt on
mans face. Every home that has
any grass at all. needs regular comb
ing with the lawn mower. after
which it looks as much better as
the old-timer who has just visited
the barber.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
DISARMAMENT

The delegates of the nations have
once more gathered at Geneva TO
discuss the question of limitation Of
war armament. The various coun-
tries are almost bankrupting them
selves by the lavish amounts they
spend for fighting material. They
would all be just as safe if each one
of them would reduce its armament
expense by rs per cent.
But every one of them is afraid of
its neighbors, fearful that if such an
agreement is made. some other coun-
try won't abide by it. So there is
practically no chance that anything
will be done about disarmament
now. In the effort to make them
selves safer. the nations make war
more likely. When you get too many
guns around a place. they have a
way of going off when no one is
touching them.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
HIGH STANDARDS

You can go into some factories and
workshops. and find a general spirit
OF letting everything slip through.
The idea seems to be to cut costs to
the limit. without much thought
about the quality of the goods. Either
the owners and managers are in too
much of hurry to get rich quick, or
else they are depending on produc-
ing goods at too low price.
And in other shops and factories,
the idea seems to be that nothing
shall be allowed to go out unless il
is up to certain standards. II must
make good. or the reputation of the
place will suffer. The same differ
ence is found in farms. While some
farmers are content to market any
kind of stuff. others try to obtain a
reputation for the best products.
When a community gets a reputation
for turning out products of high
standard. the future of that place
is secure. for people will keep com
ing to il.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
CONFIDENCE SELLS GOOnS

The seller must show confidence
in his goods. If you are looking for
I job, and appear doubtful whether
you can do the work of some po-
sition. the employer will not prob
ably hire you. But if you act as il
you were confident that you can do
it. your chances are greatly in
creased.
1t is so in selling goods. The
seller must appear to believe in his
goods. One reason why advertised
goods sell better. is that the adver-
Using gives the impression that the
seller has faith in them. Common
sense tells people that the seller
would not dare spend money on ad-
vertising, unless it had been thor
oughly demonstrated that the goods
are what they are claimed to be.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
MILFORD CHRONICLE, MILFORD

cur new pensions are Immediately
granted In, order in which applica-
tions are passed, so that the largest
number possible are taken care of
out of the appropriation.
The Old Age Pension plan APP
pears to be working out very salts
factorily in Delaware. II provides
food and comfort for more than 1900
persons, in their own homes, or
with relatives. without which many
of these folks would be in real dis
tress. They naturally wish to con
tinue to live with friends or Iela-
tives, and the expense for this to the
State is much less than for institu-
tional care. There can bs no real
argument against this fact.
II is probably true that old age
pensions are proving rather costly
a. operated in some States, where
it would appear that the average
pension is entirely too high. The
average in Delaware may seem low
but even $40 a month in old age VIII
go a long way under certain condi-
lions. The maximum amount in Del
aware is $25 month, hut since the
average is as stated the number re-
ceiying the maximum allowance
must be comDai atively small.
Another serious drawback to the
administering of old aye pensions
in some States is politics.
Here in Delaware it can be said
with truth that politics has played
no part in the operation uf the
fund, nor is it likely to under the
present commission.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
TO MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch re-
marks, that the way to make war
impossible is to fight it on a cash
basis" Just so. brother Wars are
made possible by the ability of gov
eInments to borrow money for them.
Ii a government can't borrow money
for any such foolish. purpose, the
guns are not likely to speak.
Up to now any government that
wanted to fight, has found the peo-
pie pouring out their savings. and
grabbing for war bonds. Consider
ing how war securities of many lands
have come out, this enthusiasm will
not be so great from now on. A gov
eminent which can't borrow money
removes several chips from its
shoulder when it meets its neigh
bors.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
WHERE ARE THEY GOINGl

Thoughtful citizens throughout
the country are quietly. but none
the less firmly, asking themselves,
their neighbOrs, and, to a limited
but growing extent their legislators,
where the New Deal Administrators
are going.
The absolute sincerity and inte-
gritty of the nations Chief Execu-
tives are not involved in the atmos-
phere of doubt that pervades the
country to a much greater extent
than it did a few months ago.
1t is quite evident that the
drought that has forced hundreds of
thousands of farmers and their de-
pendents to plead for immediate re-
lief has withered public confidence
in the smart young doctors of ag-
riculture" who have been, and still
are. directing the Administrations
farm program. Calamity has over
taken millions of persons who
few weeks ago were being told by
the Government-paid professors
and honor graduates that a policy
of rigid restriction and planned"
destruction would solve the farmers
problems. The victims of this cal
amity must and will receive aid.
While wiser heads are working
out relief plans for the drought
stricken farmers, some of the bright
lights of the New Deal are centering
their attention upon ways and
means of placing industry more
completely under the domination OF
federal bureaus. They seek to con-
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15

ministration is waging against
crime is being overlooked quite Of
ten. Six new anti-crime bills have
recently been signed by President
Roosevelt and accelerated warfare
Is likely when the various depart
ments settle down some time after
Congress adjourns.
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Organized labor's quest for ma
tional Labor Board to act as their
muster sergeant has been one of the
most interesting pieces of political
maneuvering recently. Few MEM
bers of Congress except Senator
Wagner in the Senate and union
card holders in the House were en-
thusiastic for the bill as introduced.
When it received an airing in COM
mittee il was less acceptable and
was buried in committee. Immedi-
ately strikes began over the coun-
try, concurrently with a demand
that the board was needed to stop
further disputes. II has been high
class politics.
There is a general feeling in the
Capital that there will be much
house cleaning by the Administra-
ton when Congress gets away.
Much of it will be done while MIR.
Roosevelt is on his ocean trip to
the Pacific Coast and there are ru-
mors that it will carry out a num-
Der of theorists whose ideas have
not stood up under the pressure of
experience. More and more the
President is believed to be leaning
toward sounder advice while keep
ing his belief that many adjust
ments in our economic system are
necessary. Those who think the arm
has to be amputed to ctfre the sore
thumb may be ditched.
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15
THE POWER OF TEACHERS

A wonderful tribute was paid to
the power of teachers by President
Roosevelt on his recent visit to
Groton School in Massachusetts.
where he went to see his son John
receive his diploma. Mr.. Roosevelt
said that as long as he lived, the in
fiuence of DR.. Peabody, headmaster
of the school, and Mrs. Peabody,
would mean more to him than that
of any other people except his par
ents.
All over the country we find teach
ers to whom similar tributes are
paid by brilliant and famous peo-
pie, and we find many of them here
in Delaware. The majority of these
teachers are not known to fame.
Many of them are quiet and obscure
persons. who once presided over
some little district school or city
schoolroom where some noted man
or woman first began to study.
Life is largely shaped when boys
and girls are in school. AS the
writer of a noted novel called it. il
is the plastic age" Youth can be
moulded at that time. 1t comes in
to the school a pliable sort Of thing,
and it can be shaped in almost any
direction.
Some children's habits seem fair
ly well fixed at that time, and of
course it is not an easy proposition
to modify such natures. But it is
constantly being done.
Many young people are given an
entirely new outlook on life through |
the influence of teacher. The child |
entered the school Indifferent, re-
bellious. hostile. Somehow the |
teacher arouses a greater power of |
insight and comprehension, and |
turns it toward the light, and shows
il what it can accomplish by effort.
That contract has turned many a
life from defeat to achievement. We
often fail to give the teachers credit
for the marvels they have thus ac-
Milford chronicle., 1934-06-15

troll all labor relations. and 10 die
tate how many hours employees
shall work. lie
Before following the New Dealers
and New Dealettes into new 'utoph-
ian lanes, the people are making It
known they want the President to
tell them, If he knows, where these
bright young appointees are going.
That is a reasonable question. II
agriculture, business. industry and
every activity are going to be sub
jected to Washington bureaucracy,
the people have a right to know
what is the intended ARRANGEMENT.