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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
ONE OF THE BOYS"
IRKED BY LEGION

By W. Williams. Columbus
From conversations with members
of the American Expeditionary
Force, I, being one of the boys, have
the impression that cognac has a
mighty wallop; that French girls
are pretty swell; German girls too
plump, and that English girls have
buck teeth and pimpleS: that if the
war had lasted another week they
might have got a chance to plug
the Old captain when nobody was
looking; that the American bedbug
chow it hurts our pride to admit it,
is only a bush Lacquer compared to
the cootie; and that if war comes
again the first casualties will be
the two guys sent to recruit" them.
In such conversations with my
buddieS I have never heard a word
breathed about a big Army and
Navy for national defense" de
tense me EYED. "Anericanism' or
the Communist menace" Where
fore 1 am prompted to ask who,
what and why is the American Lee
gion and for whom does it speak?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Questions and Answers
Q-What are the left wing

Q-What are the left wing
and right wing in politics?
A-Left wing refers to those
radicals who advocate swift and
violent changes in the politlco-
economic order, and right wing
refers to the conservatives who op-
pose any change from the exist
ing order.
Q-What is the smallest known
animal?
A-The pigmy shrew (Microso-
rex hoyi winnemanD, which
weighs 20 grams, and is native in
Europe and Asia, living in the
neighborhood Of woods and feed
ing at night on insects, worms and
slugS. 1t is pugnacious and very
voracious. and produces five TO
seven naked, blind and toothlesS
young in a litter.
Q-What form of government
has the United States?
At is a constitutional democ-
racy with a republican govern
ment.
Q-What are the legal qualifi-
cations for President of the United
States?
A-The Constitution defines
them as a natural born citizen of
the United States who has at
tanned the age Of IS years, and
has been for IA years a resident
within the United States.
Q-What is the value of ;
United States half dime dated
1858?
Alive to 10 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

which brought us back on Road So.
We were following four or five cars
which were travelling about 40 miles
an hour. Some young man in a
sedan with a license number 1 can
provide came from behind and tried
to go around in the face of other
traffic. Seeing he could not make
it, he started edging toward us. 1
had to pull to one side and slam on
the brakes to avoid a smashup.
If a motorist wants to go faster
than I am going 1 do not mind his
going around, but when a man in
the line of traffic wedges another
motorist off the road, he should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson =

HAPPINESS books hold perennial interest for
= the reading public. There have been one or two
very good ones which I remember-"The Conquest
of Happiness" by Bertrand Russell, and THE Art
of Happiness" by John Cowper Powys-and now
comes The Achievement of Happiness" by Dr. Boris
Sokooff
The last author inserts biological note into the
discussion, contending that happiness is so closely
linked with bodily health that it is as much the
business of the physician as of the psychologist
If you're ever had stomach ache you'll not deny
that the glands the liver and the digestive tract do
have the power to turn the world rosy or gray Any
way 1t seems rather dull of u.s. who long so much
for happiness TO do so little about getting it,
Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf"
says DR.. Sokooff, Happiness can be learned" Also
he thinks women possess greater capacity for it
than men and proves it by citing well-known fact:
THE woman who has failed to be happy. who has
missed the experience of happiness feels that she
has not lived at ALL that her life is futile no matter
how brilliantly successful she may have been in
other fiedS She may deny it, but only to deceive
herself"
After we have mastered all the rules however we
always come face to face with obstacle: How shall
we KNOW when We are happy? Dr. Sokoloff knows:
he is student thinker and scientist. But the
ordinary man and woman do not know and seem to
have no way of finding out
Haven't you often said to yourself oh how I'M
happy ami" Yet if you were forced to sit down
and analyze why, you couldn't do it to save your life
There was nothing definite to make you miserable:
II was only that you were filed with forebodings; all
sorts of intangible premonitions filed your mind In
short you had surrendered yourself deliberately 70
sadness
Most OF US have long periods when We are per-
fectly happy but at the time we are not conscious of
our good fortune. 1t is only after happiness has left
us that We recognize it and cry for its return Per-
hapS Dr. Sokoloffs book will help Won to hold on r.
yours While you have it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
Daily Thought

Hast thou found honey? Eat so
much as is sufficient Tor thee, lest
thou be filed Herewith, and vomit
it.-Proverbs XIV, 10.
Pleasure must first have the war
rant that it is without sin; then the
measure that it is without excess
H. G. J. Adam.
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Release

BY KATHRYN EUGENE ALLEN
Love if another
Could take your hand
And guide you for a little way;
If another could make you happier
Than I've made you today.
If another could show you visions
And l such visions lack,
Then never fear
Oh! my dear
That I would hold you back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

consumers but also to the various commodities and
services, substituting some by penalizng others
statue in bronze should be erected of any per-
son who will devise a tax system which is simple
and equitable, which will provide for the needs Of
government by taking from each citizen in proper
ton to his ability to pay and which will ri us of
the trade parslyzing taxes that now sap our eco
nomc life and afdct our people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
WANTS TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
PUBLICLY BRANDED

BY Charles Anderson
I would like to make suggestion.
Wouldn't it be a good thing for
your paper to have a space that
could be used for motorists observ-
ing traffic violations on highways?
They could observe the violations,
take the license numbers and act.
This afternoon we took a ride
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03
FLAWS 'SELFISHNESS
OF EMPLOYERS

OF EMPLOYERS
BY r. w.
1 wonder if people are human. I
know a young man who had his
back hurt four years ago in an auto
accident.
Infection Of the spine set in and
he went to the hospital for spinal
fusion. He was confined two years
in the hospital, one year of that
time lying on a steel frame.
Now he is out and we'll, but can't
find a job. The doctor says unless
he is given a job or finds some
means to buy nutritious food the in
lection may start again III his back.
It seems like a matter of life and
death and yet people who are sup
posed to be civilized are Indifferent
or refuse to give him job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

There are those who, like the 8-year bow
never ougrew living in small cliqueS These are the
social Snoos the religious bgotS the political chau
vinists-Rabbi Milton Steinberg New York, formerly
of Indianapolis.
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unholy hands from which struggling
American genius must still beg for
bare existence.
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Forum Of The Times
wAouy diopOUe Of Uha and m defend the death right

made known. I believe if people
would cooperate in this respect the
highways could be made safer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

Corporations are frequently regarded as inhuman
legalistie creations In all their affairs however
they constantly deal with human beings and respond
to the sum total of human needs.-Donald Brown
motor executive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

It's mighty good thing for the whole world tc
keep your word.-President Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

Icant be crusader and good government off,
cal at the same time.M. L. Cooke rural electrifca-
ton director asked whether New York consumer
was not being cheated" by high rates
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

Times readers arc inUited to empress
their Dielcs it these columns, religious
contro rersies eTcIuded. Make UOWr letters
short so oil can hare a chance. Limit
them to ESQ lcOrds or less. Your letter
must be SiGned. but names i0iH be
lcithheId on request
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

Q-What is the Jewish tradition
about making the first sale Of the
week?
A-There is an old tradition in
Judaism that, if a merchant is
successful in selling to his first
customer of the week, it is q good
omen for the rest Of the week.
Some hold so closely to this ira
dition that they will offer a piece
Of goods for almost nothing in or
der to make that sale.
Q-What is the gauge of the
Russian Trans-S Siberian Railway?
Alive feet.
Q-How many statesmen and
saleswomen are there in the
United States?
A-The 1880 United States Gen.
sus of Occupations enumerates
1903 .283 statesmen and $50. 720
saleswomen, total of 2,O69,OO3.
Q-Who brought the first Negro
slaves to the United States?
A-Probably they landed at
jamestown. Va, in 1919, from
The Treasurer, commanded by
Capt. Daniel Elfrith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-03

1t may cost me crown, maybe 100000 Italian
lives-perhaps my head. But Italy will proceed with
her plans regarding Ethiopia.-Mussolin
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InoIose a 3-cent stamp for reply
when addressing any question of
fact or information to The Indian
spolis Times Washington lnfOrma-
ton Bureau. Legal and medical
advice can not be given, nor can
extended research be undertaken. Be
sure all mail is addressed to The
Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. Frederick NJ. Kerby, Direc-
tor. 1913 Thirteenth-st, n. W., wash
ington. d. C. THE EDITOR
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ONE of the curious phases of curious case is the
" type of lawyers who have gone to bat for the
disrenr,tabIe Tom Mooney.
Evening star., 1935-02-22

Stimulating the very popular redinsote,
this plain crepe frock with contrast
ing print-and hieh-side-fastenins
neckline, is an extremely smart frock
for now as we'll as later. In navy
with brighter blue-or black with pink.
Sizes 16H to 241z.
SHORTER WoMEN's DRESSES,
THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1935-02-22

Definitely calculated TO fatter any
woman-this small.patterned print,
mulitcolored on background Of navy,
brown or black-using the border.de.
sign to very smart advantage. From
a collection of smart Spring frocks-
plain -colored sheers-and prints-some
with iackets-women's sizes.
woMEN's DRESSES, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1935-02-22

One Of those little frocks you can
just about live in this Spring-and
without the jacket it makes a delight.
full frock for bridge or mstinees.
Black with turquoise (sketched) from
a collection of the youngest, smartest
jacket-frocks imaginable at this low
price-sizes IA to 20.
MISSES DRESSES, THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1935-12-20
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

their Importance became apparent q
moment later.
Are you sure you put the dimes
back In my bank, daddy?" Il
y II \
EXCEPTIONS.
A sign In front OF a Thirteenth
street cafeteria in1parts this in
formation:
"Dine NTH US. Your choice OF
fine foods for. only fve cents per
item. except to(uJr 10-cent iteRs.
Open daily except Sunday"
r X y X
HOLD-OUT.
I AWYERS at the District Court
House are telling q story about q
juror who refused to leave his seat
when the jury was discharged and the
others filed out.
The judge thanked the IL jurymen
Evening star., 1935-12-20
REVENGE.

REVENGE.
"HE chorus girl may b. gone, but
comes now another show girl
with tale of sweet retribution.
II Seems she was trying to finish
of her eight hours the other morning
when the hotel maid tried the door.
The young woman sent the cleaner
upper away with groans Of ''let me
sleep" This, however, aroused the ire
Of the maid, who wanted to be done
with her days work and off to her
home, so every half hour from in the
morning until noon the maid showed
up to twist the door knob and arouse
the poor, slumbering show girl.
st fixed her, though" said the girl.
"I fixed her. Before I went out I
scattered paper all over the ROOM"
X
CRITICS.
Cab drivers, it seems, like their
news Uiolent. One OF them the
other night, after listening to a
neUs commentator on his radio,
SWITCHED it of Uith TIE obserpd-
tion:
Them tellers don't talk about
nothing but that nauy convention
IN London and Ethiopy iDdr. IT
you listen to these guys all you ever
know about is nary pnrlays."
There'd been no good netDs, he
said, since the Loring murder case
and the Killeen shooting.
X X X
RETREAT.
"A N ABLE-BODIED citizen weighing
at least 200 pounds lugged two
huge suit cases across the Union Sta
ton concourse the other night and
stood before the information booth
maintained by the Greater National
Capital Committee.
Can you direct me to good hos
pital?" he asked.
This was new one on the informa-
Evening star., 1935-12-20

for their able service, excused them
and prepared to take up the next case
with another jury.
Shortly thereafter the court noted
that one man was still sitting In the
jury box. The judge again told him
he was excused from further service.
The juryman, however, still refused to
move even in the face of threats that
he would be held in contempt Of court.
Finally, addressing the Judge. be
pointed TO the attorney for the defense
in the case just ended and said: ''I
was hired by that lawyer across the
room and will vacate this seat only
on instructions from him."
Evening star., 1935-12-20
COUNCIL MEETS TODAY

Local members Of the Executive
Council of the American Federation of
Government Employees were to meet
at headquarters at 4;30 pm. today to
go over the proposed constitution of
the State. county and municipal groups
that are to affiliate with the fedora
ton.
It was said also today that increas-
ing interest is being shown in the
observance Of civil service week ar
ranged by the federation for January
1918.
Evening star., 1935-12-20

ton clerk, but he rose to the occasion
with list of hospitals.
I'll take the nearest hospital" the
healthy looking citizen said. AS he
swung off with $50 pounds or so of
luggage, ne called back over his shoul-
der to the puzzled clerk: I'm going
TO spend a week there"
TOTAL ERROR.
FURTHER evidence that birds are
not such good aviators has been
discovered by the Navy, it's claimed.
Even ducks are liable to errors Of
flying technique which result in
crashes.
One of the instructors of Navy
Training Squadron reports that he
took off in a patrol plane simultane-
ously with Mallard duck, directly
behind it. After both were in full
flight and the bird was being over
taken, the Mallard looked back with
what appeared to be feeling Of ap-
prehension and at the same time at
tempted a right turn close to the
water-a thing against which all hu-
man pilots have been warned.
Disaster resulted, the duck hooking
his right wing tip into the water at
full speed. The instructor says he
distinctly saw the ducks neck snap
as it slapped into the water and it
disappeared beneath the waves and
did not come to the surface again.
r
CHECK-UP
EATHER and son had just climbed
= aboard a Connecticut avenue bus
the other morning. when a score Of
passengers heard the son say in q
Evening star., 1935-12-20

strident voice supposed to have been
q whisper:
Daddy, were those dimes you put
in the fare box the ones you took out
Of my bank?"
"Shhhhhh," said the father. He
spoke other words so softly they were
lost on the amused audience. But
Evening star., 1935-12-20

If you want to give "him" a thoroughly
practical gift :. one that he'll wear every
chance he gets -. give him" suede
Jacket like the one sketchedl It's made
Of fine, supple suede in a roomy swagger
model with full Upper front and knitted
collar and cuffs sateen lined. An ex-
cellent value. too.
Kann's-Street Floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16
BY FRANK KERN LEVIN

Elsie's doctor was q very prac- tical man, and so when she had asked for a mirror when the band- ages were removed from her face he gave 1t to her.
 "Oh, how terrible!" Elsie cried and turned her face away. It was fortunate she and Tony had agreed on that night, just before the acci- dent, never to see each other again. Now she didn't want Tony ever to see her face again. The whole side of her face was scared yellow, and red, and horrible.
 Look again." commanded the doctor. He had iron-gray hair and small gray eyes.
 'I can't!" Elsie said despaiHingly.
 "You must! Look!"
 The tone of the doctors voice frightened Elsie, and she did look.
 Don't turn your eyes away. Keep looking. It isn't half so terri ble as you think. It will heal some"
 But I shall always be like this? Look, the scar from my eye-oh, I'm grotesque!"
 
 'It isn't bad, not nearly so bad as you think. You mustn't give in, you mustn't break down. You still have life, there are hundreds of things you can do that will make you happy!"
 Are there, really?" Elsie asked
 The doctor nodded his head, and Elsie stared, fascinated, at the re- flection of her mutilated face. It was terrible and yet it wasn't so terrible. She was still young, very young, and there were hundreds of things that could make her happy. The doctor had said so. He must know, he knew so much.
 And yet, while she had still been pretty, before her face was scared, when Tony was driving her home that night and was saying good-by to her, she had thought that noth- ing could ever make her happy. How could she be happy without Tony?
 There are some friends of yours outside" said the doctor. T think it would be good thing for you to see them. I'll send them in."
 There was no sense in trying to protest, and @ few minutes later Betty came in. There were two other girls from the office with her, and one of the salesmen. Each one of them carried flowers or a box of candy, and each smiled.
 "They look as though 1t makes them happy to see me ill.," Elsie thought as she looked at the smiles on their faces. She knew that wasn't true; she knew their coming in all dressed up in smiles was their way of attempting to soothe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16
DAILY sHORT STORY ----~-11---I| BLIND TO LOVE The Accident and Her Scared Face Did Not Ap- pail Her as Much as the Loss of Tony's Affection.

her, to make her happy. But sht saw the salesman turn his head away quickly as he looked at her face, and then try to recapturc his smile and not look embarrn16e0. The girls. too, were ill at ease. Bet ty began to talk very loudly.
 zone little accident could never finish off tough bird like you, :" laughed Betty. ...But, say, Tony
 must have been going sixty miles and hour when he hit that Viaduct. I saw q picture of the car in the newspapers. It looked like 2 de- Hated balloon. And just thiukl You've had your name in the pa pers. Some people have all the luck!"
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 Tony had been going about sixty miles an hour when the car had crashed. They had quarreled vio- lently, and he was angry, and he wanted to get her home. She had sat with her lips quivering as he sped through the dark, slippery streets. They had quarreled as they had the two or three times before. It was her fault; she realized Tony had tired of her. and she should have let him go without making a fuss and forcing herself on him. But it was so hard to un- derstand. Tony had seemed to pc so terribly in love with her only such a short time before. He couldn't be with her enough or kiss her enough. And then when it had got so a day without Tony was q. day of agony he suddenly, for ap parently no reason whatever, had fallen out of love with her.
 Elsie was smart enough to know that such things happened, anc she was smart enough to know that when they did nothing could be done about 1t. And she knew 1t was nobody's fault. And yet she had kept asking herself over and over again what it was she had done. And she had asked Tony that, too. and the question had made him sullen.
 She knew he didn't want to hurt her; she could see the pain in his eyes. And it was because he A 4 &1 l,,, ,rkh hav <1ot hn hA n driven so madly. |. It was as though he were taking his feelings out on the car or himself.
 "Oh, I guess I'm just a nut, Tony had said. T suppose don't know what I want. But you haven't anything to worry about. You're the prettiest kid in the office"
 "Is there somebody else, Tony? You can tell me-"
 T told you there's nobody else. I just want to be alone, that's all"
 She had begun to say something again, but Tony speeded up, and then there was the accident.
 Elsies visitors were leaving, .call- ing extravagantly cheerful fare wells. Elsie caught Betty's hand,
 How is Tony?" she asked, striv- ing to keep her voice impersonal.
 "Oh, he's all right" Betty an- swered. He keeps asking about you. He says he'll never forgive himself. He says he was an awful fool, that he knows now what he wanted"
 Now? You mean - now it's too late. I'll never, never let him see me-I'm horrible"
 Hell never be able to see you. Elsie. The accident took away Tony's sight completely. He's blind. They haven't told him yet, but he'll never see again."
 Elsie sat up stiffly. She was. star ing far out into the distance.
 Don't let them tell him. Don't let anyone tell him until I see him. Let me be the first to tell him, Elsie said.
 Copyright. 1885. ,,
 The Chicago Daily News, Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16

Answers to Previous Questions JACKSON rewarded S m o n J Cameron of Pennsylvania with a political appointment for assistance duMng the presi. dential campaign. The side- walk, used to convey people from one part of the fair grounds to another. travelled at two speeds, three and six miles an hour. Gilbert's wife wove the mesh of the sieves. which were used for sitting flour and meal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16

Copyright, 1885. ..,,, The Chicago Daily News, Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16

The Irish Free State has decided to continue to give free meat to the poor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16

J. Snyder of Greenford, England. has trained small donkey as caddy. "sF2 H'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-16

Tomorrow: "White Magic" by Olah Maude Abbott, is story or the deep south and a planter who knew the psychology of his sery- ants. -t