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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

and chest, color added with a green
chair and yellow one. Matching
this green chair are the Grapes Of
heavy lined silk, with a deep Re
gency red drapery across the tor
and bed spread of the same shade
The other bedroom shows bright
striped wall paper. and twin beds
with low head and foot boards. il
graceful up-sweeping curves. A low.
dressing table and chest match tho
beds, in cafe au lait finish.
The small refreShment room Is
papered with gray and red plato
paper, and has a modern bar an
stools and modern chairs in whit
and chrome. Amusing prints de
corate the walls.
Floor Lamps Light Nook
The breakfast nook is lighted
each end with floor lamps, and UP
turned bowls of which send a sof'
glow of light over the room. Tn
window has two glass lodges. O.
which is collection of small flowe
pots with trailing vines in them.
Walnut furnishings have been use
for the dining room, in a gracef
Duncan Pyle pattern, and the livi
room is a collection of modei
pieces in white, black and gree;
with a cosy corner fixed for card
with white table and chairs.
On another section of the foo
furnishings for the small home ar
shown in the early American mapli
which has been popular recent
The drawer pulls on the chests a
dressing table are square wood
knobs, which look as if they mig
have been carved by hand. and t.
entire furnishings of the livii
room, dining room and bedroo
show peg construction which ad
stability to the charm of eal
American furniture.
Furniture of Maple
The settee and chairs in the /
ing room, which are of maple, he
upholstered loose cushions of pla
home-spun looking fabrics, in RI
and dull green's, and the rugs in {
three rooms look like those viii;
covered the wide boarded floors
the home of our ancestors.
Last night these young persc
who have become interested In HON
recently, viewed the personal
house" at the home show. This y
the house was built to especially
tract persons interested in snl
homes.
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Store Gives
Aid in Home
Furnishing
Banner-Whitehill Offers
Two Arrangements
in Displays.
BY HELEN LINDSAY

PROSPECTIVE brides who are
l. thinking Of the new homes they
soon will establish have had the ad-
vantage Of the open house at tn
Banner-Whitehill store this weeS
to help them with their plans. Il.
the displays on the fourth floor they
have seen two entirely different, but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

equally attractive,
manners Of fur
niShing a small
home.
The six-room
house has gone
modern" with
brown wall paper
in the entrance
hall. which shows
white doves as
the decorative de-
sign. One bed
room is furnished
with a white and
gold bed, dresser
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

THE smarter they are, the easier
l. they can be tricked. If you
have tricky play to execute, don't
try it against an inferior opponent;
he would not know what it was. 1t
would only be a matter Of luck if
you got away with it.
A good player can always be de-
pended upon to put up the defense
that will win for him in the major
ity of cases. With the inferior
player, it is only matter of guess
work.
Here's an old play that came up
recently in duplicate match.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

Mrs. James F. Hall, 5325 dinner
av, will be hostess for meeting OF
Chapter P, P. E. o. Sisterhood, Mon
day. Mrs. Albert c. HirSchman will
present a program.
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Air SteWardeSS g. z =! 80 zg5 :!:!
BEGIN HERE TODAY.

When Dr.. Bartlett Ralston breaks their
engagement, Irere Gardner hasn't the
courage TO 20 on nursing a. the hos
pitsl where he is an inferno. She Ebcut
faces and Is successful in obtaining a
Job as air stevardess with San Fran
cisco air line.
When Tom Merritt. pilot. asks her
for a date, Irene decides 70 play SsS
game men seem 70 Ikea filtration a
gsme Of hide and seek. but always
lodging love. Throughout their dining
and dancing. she indulgently listens to
furious when he stops tho car and sud
denly kisses her.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

Pledges of Kappa Sigma Chi So
rority entertained the active chap
ter at dinner at the home Of Mrs
Ross Winder last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06

Miss Nell Scheidegger, 942 N.
Parker-av, will entertain members
of Chi-Ara-Tr Bridge Club tomor-
row afternoon at her home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
by ELLEN WORTH.

Ellen Worth offers pattern coatke its
attery designed
requires yards yard
of contrasting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
Contract
Bridge
Today's Contract Problem

The bidding was: South.
one spade: West. double,
East. two clubs; South. two
spades; West. three clubs:
South. three spades; North.
four spades. West opened the
king a. diamonds. East played
the three. and Sonth the four.
The king of clubs followed
and East played the seven.
Which ace should now be led.
and why?
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Ito Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26

has broadened so tremendously. In the old
days war was carried on chiefly by professional
armies, augmented by volunteers. Except for
raising prices and shortage of manpower, a
nations daily life was not very greatly affected
by the war.
The British tried to follow that custom in
1914, with their slogan of business as usual"
They soon found that such slogan is as out
of date in modern war as a Greek bireme.
Business can't be conducted as usual every
citizen and every institution must be cog in
the war-naking machine.
1t is for that reason that the old, individ-
ualistic method of creating and marketing war
supplies is obsolete in war time. Individual
rights must be over-ridden. Freedom in the
ordinary sense, is suspended for duration of
the conflict.
That is why some form of government con-
troll over the munitions trade is wartime
essential. 1t is also, when you stop to think
about it, the greatest of all arguments against
war itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
INTELLIGENCE IN TESTS

THE intelligence test is one of the great
= features of modern life. Sometimes,
though, one wishes that those who use it could
use a little more intelligence in propounding
their questions.
A psychiatrist tested" Buffalo boy re-
Gently. He asked him to tell the similarity
between a snake, COW and a sparrow; the
boy replied that none of them could talk.
Then he asked the boy what he should do
when he found he was going to be late for
school; the boy said, Think up an excuse"
Now the funny part about it is that from
the psychiatristS viewpoint both Of these
answers were wrong-although any ordinary
mortal would find them pretty sensible
answers to rather peculiar questions.
Tests which give the subject zeros for an
swers as intelligent as these can not, proper
ly, be called intelligence tests at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
NEW DEFINITION NEEDED

THE insanity defense" in murder cases
J. generally arouses cynical smile, these
DAYS. Aside from the fact that INSCRIPTIONS
lawyers have too often perverted it to i'm
proper ends, one big trouble with it is that
our legal definition of insanity is faulty.
In most states a man is legally sane, and
responsible for his acts, if he can distinguish
right from wrong. What we need to realize
is that emotional instability can be worse
than intellectual instability.
A man perfectly able to tell right from
wrong can nevertheless be swept of his feet
by an emotional storm he can not control.
A Los Angeles youth awaits trial for beat
ing his half-sister almost to death-for the
amazing reason that if she were out OF the
way he would be allowed to buy dog he
wanted.
He seems mentally normal; and his tfou-
bic. one would guess, IS an emotional qulrk
which takes him entirely out Of the class OF
normal folk, but which, nevertheless, may
leave him perfectly sane" by the rigid legal
definition
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
A MEMORY ENDANGERED

NUT in Lake Erie near SanduSky, O.. is a
~ pleasant little island with a remarkable
historic traditional tradition which the neces-
sites of modern times may presently smash.
The island is Johnsons Island, and from
1861 to 1865 it was famous prison for Con-
federate war prisoners. Several hundred Con-
federate soldiers are buried there; local
chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy
keeps their graves green and well-tended.
Now it happens that Ohio needs a new
state prison. Its existing prison at Columbus,
is out-of-date and overcrowded And it is
proposed to build the new one on johnson s
Island.
The Daughters of the Confederacy are pro-
testing-and one can hardly blame them. This
picturesque and lovely little island is at present
an ideal memorial to the Southern lads who
died far from their homes
Putting a penitentiary there would certain
1y provide an unpleasant break in the islands
tradition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
THE JUST WAY TO PAY

CONGRESSIONAL leaders appear to have
~ made up their minds that new taxes can
not be avoided much longer. Washington
dispatches say that Congress is beginning to
agree that all expenditures above budget
estimates will have to be matched with new
revenues, and re-enactment of a number OF
nuisance taxes" is expected before the
winter ends.
nation which is already groaning under
a heavy tax load can hardly be expected to
throw its hat in the air over this news.
Nevertheless, it is the only sensible attitude
to take.
We are piling up our national debt at
prodigious rate these days. 1t can not be
helped, and there is nothing to do but make
the best of it. But we are under the obliga-
ton to pay as we go, as far as we possibly
can.
Debt increases can not be avoided, but
they should not be resorted to as long as
existing sources Of revenue remain untapped
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
PINK SLIP PUBLICITY

THE growth of sentiment against income
tax publicity is not surprising. Even some
OF the proponents of publicity. who sought to
accomplish a definite reform through the La
Toilette amendment last year. have little good
TO say for the compromise pink slip procedure.
Under the original Ia Toilette plan. Fed
eral income tax returns were to be treated as
public records as state income tax returns are
treated in Wisconsin. and left open for inspec-
ton Just as property tax records are in local
assessors and collectors offices throughout the
country Adopted in a wave of indignation
which followed disclosure that ]. P. Morgan
and other wealthy men had not been paying
income taxes. the purpose Of tbs amendment
was to provide an automatic check against tax
evasions and avoidances.
But the publicity clause which finally be-
came law will not accomplish this. The tax
payers return is not made public record. In
stead. the only thing made public is a little
pink slip Of paper. on which the taxpayer lists
five things: Gross income total deductions.
net income. total credits against net income
and tax payable.
There is nothing on the pink slip to ex-
plain the sources Of income or the nature Of
deductions and credits claimed. Obviously any
conclusions which the public might form from
such incomplete information are apt to prove
erroneous. and may unjustly damage the repu-
tation Of many conscientious taxpayers. Ger
tainIy the items listed will not reveal a tax
evasion. # there is one. out will only provide
indispensable hints.
II Is hard to see how this pink slip publicity
viii serve any purpose except TO encourage
idle or unhealthy shopping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
SALES TAX, PRIMARY MOVES
ARE AGAINST THE PEOPLE

BY George Gould Hine.
The independent Republican
voters of Indiana, who have no
private ak to grind and who have
gone along with the Democrats be-
cause they believed the Democrats
were more progressive than the Re
publicans, will be disappointed If
Indiana adopts sales tax, or if it
abolishes the direct primary.
The progressive element in both
parties has the same general pur-
pose-to preserve the middle class
in this country. Three-fourths of
the country's newspapers are re-
dictionary. Indiana Democrats
should ask themselves if it would
tend very much to keep them in
power to trade their progressive
principles for the support of these
newspapers. They should ask them
selves if this would be wise po-
litical trade.
Election returns generally show
that ever since the Republican
leadership demonstrated that it was
going to let the country sink deeper
and deeper toward total ruin and
bankruptcy, it has become increaS-
ingly evident that whenever these
newspapers head in one direction,
the people Immediately head in the
opposite direction; that when they
support a candidate, there is land
slide for his opponent and that
when they declare something is
black, the people say to themselves:
Glad to know it is white
The people have thoroughly
identified these newspapers. They
know that when these newspapers
advocate something, there are strong
chances that it must be directly
against the best interests Of the
middle class.
It is in direct opposition to the
interests of the middle class to fur
ther cripple the general purchasing
power with a sales tax. A graduated
net income tax would help to put
purchasing power into circulation
that would otherwise be withdrawn
from spending and stored away.
What change has there been in
the essential truth of a statement
by an indianapolis newspaper in
1913 regarding the direct primary?
That newspaper, once progressive,
used these words: Every agent OF
predatory wealth and corrupt poll
tics hates the direct primary as a
sitting hen hates a hound pup"
What has changed about this, ex-
cept the newspaper itself, thereby
including itself within the terms OF
its own definition.
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Suggests Debt Share Plan

The operation of this plan
should be as follows: The United
States government should require
every man to file a return before
March Is # each year, disclosing
his total wealth of stocks, bonds,
real estate, personal property and
all tangiblcS and intangibleS, at
their marketable value. On this
return he should be allowed an
exemption of $4,000.
The aggregate amount of the
wealth disclosed on these returns
would constitute the national
wealth of the United States. This
total amount of wealth and the
amount Of national debt payable
in that year would be the basis of
determining the rate Of taxation.
The United States government
should require every person who
files a return disclosing wealth in
excess of $4,000 to make a pre-
liminary payment of 2 per cent of
this wealth at the time of filing
his return. In the time inter
vening from March Is to June Is,
the United States government will
be able to determine the correct
per centum of taxation for the
entire year. This per centum less
the 2 per cent preliminary pay
ment made at the time of fling
the return, would be the amount
of tax payable in three INSTALL
ments, namely, June Is, Sept. Is
and Dec. Is. This procedure will
enable our government to balance
the budget.
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By Frank Ballman.

BY Frank Ballman.
Whether we like it or not we
must raise billions of dollars in
taxes to finance the various eco
nonic problems to carry this
United States through this de-
preston. How can we do this
and be fair to all?
In answer to this question, al
low me to submit this simple
problem in mathematics.
Recently published researches
of a statistician of conservative
views, have shown that as nearly
as can be estimated the wealth
of the United States was S268, 800,-
100000 in the year 1884.
The gross debt of the United
States government is at this date
$28,000,000 900.
The pro rata share of the % bill
lions of the national debt owed
by the wealth of this nation, is
approximately 1925 per cent, or
in other words, for every dollar of
wealth there is debt Of 10 2-5
cents.
The question is, what is wealth?
Wealth is defined as a great
abundance of anything desirable
"a large aggregate of property.
When man owns home, furni-
ture and olher belongings with a
total valuation of $4,000, we can
not call This wealth, because this
is not an abundance of anything.
This amount will barely cover the
necessities Of life. Therefore, it
would be proper to exempt every
man-rich and poor alike-in the
amount of 100000
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L Unless the Administration is careful it
- viii be tripped up oy its own strategy in
handling the all-important works-relief bill
Last week. after a one-yote defeat in the
Senate on the prevailing wage clause, the Ad-
ministration had the bill recommitted to COM
mittee. Senator Byrnes explained that as be-
tween payment Of the prevailing wage and no
works-relief measure the President Was taking
the latter alternative. Asked why the Admin
istration did not eliminate the prevailing wage
clause By having the House-Senate conferees
report back the House bill. Byrnes replied
that there would be no conference because the
issue was dead and dropped.
If this is an accurate statement Of Ad-
n.inistradon strategy. We believe 1t is likely to
prove self-defeating. You don't start a fight
and then run before the battle is well under
way. You don't give up merely because in the
first skirmish you lose Oy one vote in 90.
Even If the works-relief program in itself
we're not important, The Administration can
not afford to accept defeat now. The entire
legislative program IS at stake, including the
social security bill. Since the Administration
appeared 10 give up the fight on the works
relief bill. the opposition to other measures has
grown and the Administration forces have been
demoralized. Retreat IS contagious. If the
President expects to win on any other Of the
large number Of controversial issues at this
session of Congress. he and his leaders on the
Hill must first win this fight.
Moreover. apart from its effect on other
legislative battles ahead, this works-relef bill
is vital IN itself-indsed it is the most i'm
portant emergency legislation 90 far presented
by the President.
ANY one doubling its importance has only
to turn back and read ire Presidents vigorous
message to Congress on the subject to under
stand that it is the key to other recovery
efforts.
We believe public opinion should and will
support the President-if he will give it a
chance to do so. But public support can not
be rallied on the basis Of Senator Byrnes'
statement that the Administration has dropped
the measure.
Before the opposition grows stronger, there
should be a clear statement from the White
House that the President has not dropped his
s4s80O0OOOO works-rclief program and has
not cut it down TO a small dole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
EVERY ONE ALIKE

A Sthe Senate moves closer to passage OF
- law limiting wartime profits in the mu-
nitions trade. Senators who have investigated
that traffic are reported to be preparing new
blast at the way it was handled in the last
war.
Members of the Nye committee, it is said,
will seek to prove that there was something
very ike strike Of capital in the most crucial
moments Of our wsr with Germany Big mu-
nitions makers, they charge, delayed produc-
ton to bubble over profits at time OF ma
tional crisis.
Senator Nye says bluntly that they forgot
patriotism for personal gain"
It is impossible to forecast just what sort
Of law will come out of all this. But whatever
is done, it will simply be a reflection Of the
great change which has come over war-making
in the last generation.
Nowadays, when a nation goes to war, it
must go as a unit. The soldier is only the
spearhead of its effort Behind him all the
wealth and industry of tie nation must be
united.
The amount of wheat farmer may raise,
the amount of money mechanic may demand
for his work, the extent to which maker Of
l0-cent store novelties may buy rubber for
his needs. the proportion Of steel production
which can be allotted to the railroads, the in
terest banker may charge for loans-an these
things. and a myriad more. must be controlled
by the government as strictly as the move
ments Of the army itself are controlled.
This Recause the scope of modern war
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
PROFITEERS OF WAR
MIGHT PAY BONUS
By Norman Glenn

BY Norman Glenn.
Junior seems to have stirred up
quite a commotion. Let us analyze
some of the statements that have
been printed.
First, they spoke of our govern
ment (Which is our people, being
ungrateful to the soldiers. Mr..
Reader, how many needy ex-soldiers
do you personally know to be suffer-
ing from ailments acquired in serv-
ice, that are being mistreated?
Second, that S25 a day was re-
ceived by workers during the war.
Sounds great, but the average wage
was a small fraction Of that figure,
and in addition a dollar had buy
ing power Of about At cents.
War has manv evils and one Of
these was the war profteer. These
men would never pay the bonus
bill; they are too smart for that.
This expense would be just another
load added to the burden Of the
masses through indirect taxes, and
they do not have the ability to carry
it. Remember, that large part Of
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this will be paid by younger men
and women who received no war
profits, who had nothing to do with
the war in anyway, and who now
believe with many older people that
our entry into this war was huge
mistake. They see, too, that if this
bonus drive is successful, that it
will be the beginning of a pension
racket that will make that of Har-
rison and Cleveland's day seem triv-
ial, and further that they will carry
most of this load in the future.
Why not admit it, the bonus seek
ers are prominent marchers in that
great parade Of those trying to get
something for nothing. true Amer
lean habit and nothing new. The
writer apologies to those who really
fought on the western front, our
hats are off to them. How we wish
there was a way to separate them
from the other crowd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
ANOTHER FORGOTTEN MAN
IDEA COMES ALONG
By a Forgotten Man.

BY a Forgotten Man.
Much is running in the press
relative to what to do with, for and
about the forgotten man. Up to
the present time passing the buck
has been the artful effort Of the
legislator and others that we have
sent TO our state and national halls
Of Congress.
After striving to get along with
out asking the alphabet" for a
handout Of few cans of question
able embalmed food and misfit dis
tressing looking rags to cover ones
nakedness to fight off the cold, I
have come to the notion that the
quickest solution will be to have
the various states enact proper laws
to enforce the turning Of these
WORKOUT useless bipeds into soap.
This will accomplish two things
the making some slight use Of these
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
DOUBT
BY HARRIET SCOTT oLINICK

I do not know if this be love,
For I have never loved before.
1 do not know if this be time
To show to love my secret door.
I do not know save that I see
The oceans surge within your eyes;
The beat Of ocean on a shore
That never rests; that never dies
I do not know save that I hear
The strength of tall hills IN your
voice;
The strength of hills that plant
their feet
In deep, rich earth. and bear tneir
choice.
I do not know save that my heart
Pounds with your heart in puISihs
beat.
7 do not know save that to give
To you is triumph and proud oe-
feat.
I do not know if this be love,
But I am yours. as drifting toe
Returns to ocean depths. and hnds
That it is fed and satisfied.