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Manners and Morals
by JANE JORDAN.

plan, however brilliant, which
comes from the outside. Even if
the adviser divines the right So
luton and proposes it, 1t does
not have the same value as if it
had arisen spontaneously in the
persons own mind.
When the advice is taken be-
cause it embodies the deepest
wishes Of the person who asked
for it, the solution is still far from
ideal, because Of the tendency Of
the asker to become dependent
upon the adviser. This involves
a certain shifting of personal re-
sponsibility in making a decision
which is comforting at the time,
but which does not make for the
fullest possible measure of indie
pendence. A leaning post in life
is not in harmony with reality.
Moreover, the moralist, teacher
or guide who gives advice is in a
dangerous position himself. The
attitude of authority fatters his
self-esteem by putting him on a
pedestal of paternal power. The
giving of direct advice absolves
the lazy helper from the toll
some investigation of the facts
which alone would lay bare the
inner resistances preventing the
solution of the problem.
What, then, is the purpose of
the column? Sometimes a CORE
spondent knows what he has to
do, but not why he can not do it.
Sometimes he has no idea of how
to attack the problem at all.
First, there is the relief which
comes from the statement of the
case to an objective observer.
Next comes the observers consci-
entious search for the causes of
the conflict. If this is successful,
the most satisfactory solution will
present itself spontaneously.
The influence Of the adviser
should be used only to help the
applicant to a more complete
knowledge Of self, and to en-
tighten him about the reasons for
his own inadequacy The ideal is
to increase his self-control and
capacity for adaptation. Nat
urally, this is an ideal hard to at
tain, particularly in a column.
What can be learned about a per-
son from one letter is extremely
limited, which in turn limits the
enlightenment.
There are times when the adj
wiser is almost compelled to ex-
press an opinion, but it is mis-
take to offer any far-reaching So
luton to |. problem. The only
thing that can be done with
safety is to point out neuratic rea-
sons and leave the matter TO the
Individual to work out for HIM
self. Browning writes:
Its an awkward thing to play
with souls,
And matter enough to save
ones OWL"
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smart enough to study to be a
tenor, after he had started as
baritone"
There are so few Wagnerian
tenors in The world, and almost as
soon as Lauritz sung his first
tenor roles at the great opera
houses he was declared an inter-
national find" she said proudly.
He is like Siegfried, really. He
likes to go to the woods alone. He
likes birds and breeding dogs"
I have the best husband. What
would I wish more?" To her the
answer was obvious.
The movies? Not even an
American offer could tempt me.
I want to be with Lauritz at the
Metropolitan in New York and
Covent Garden in England, or at
the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires
wherever his work takes him.
That would be impossible if L
were fulfilling a film contract"
she said.
40 SOOAA do VIC OelAA 4lio1hC NelSo-
ton we go to our hunting place
in Chossiwitz, 55 miles north of
Berlin" That is one % four Of
the Melchior homes that Maria
oversees so that they may always
have a family life
q
MRS. MELCHIOR is too tact
WI full to compare their recep-
tons in different countries be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
Y. W. c.. A. OFFERS
TWO NEW CLASSES

Swimming and tumbling classes
will open at the Young Women's
Chrktian Association on Saturday
with a supper to be held by the
Garden Baptist Church Girl Re
serve Club at 6.
Supper committee includes Vir-
GINA Marshall, chairman, and
Myrtle Hood, Lometa Buck, Dorothy
Steele, Eileen Simmons, Margaret
Hash, Elaine Simmons and Virginia
Root.
Officers with Maryevelyn Hooper,
president, are Mildred Mcclellan,
vice president; Dorothy Skaggs, sec
rotary, and Helen Higgs, sergeant
alarms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
BY ELLEN WORTH :

Jean Mitchell and Dana Viking
will be in charge.
Bridge parties are scheduled by
the active chapter for Saturday
afternoon and night, March 9, at
the chapter house, 821 w. Hamp-
ton-dr. Miss Sue Scotland is chair
man.
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Chief High Executioner himself
wouldn't carry his fun from the
stage to the court. 1t is Just as
absurd TO carry the Lindbergh
tragedy from the court to the stage.
The four women who helped con-
vict Hauptmann could easily stop
their male collaborators from I'M
dignified and unnecessary eXhl-
hilton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26

Jury Stage
Act Raped
Vanderbilt Act Declared
Unnecessary and
Undignifed.
BY HELEN WELSHIAIER
MA Service staH Writer

II you want 20 go on the stage,
4 girls, Join a good jury You may
have your name in lights very, very
sooni
And 20 think that I have sat in
courtroom after courtroom, viewed
the women CT one jury after an
other. and never gave a thought 70
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Solution to Previous
Contract Problem
BY w. E, MKENNEY

w
Secretary American Bridge League
THIS is the fourth of a series of
l. hands from the Terrace Bridge
Club, New York. Today's hand
was played by Harry HOLMAN.
Mr.. HOLMAN is an old-time auc-
ton player and an enthusiastic con-
tract fan. He likes to play in local
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
PLEDGES ARRANGE
STUNT PROGRAM

Pledges of Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sorority of Butler University will
entertain the active chapter with a
stunt at 7:30 tomorrow night in the
university Thespis workshop. Misses
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Chdpter Luncheon Set

Mrs. w. R. Harrison will be
hostess at the noon luncheon of
Lincolnian Chapter, international
Travel Study Club, Inc, Friday, and
will be assisted by Mrs. Flora HUI
bert and Mrs. G. E. Dienhart. Mrs.
S. R. Artman will lecture on Scot
land and members will give quota
tons from Burns.
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DON'T GET UP NIGHTS
MAKE THIS Csc TEST

Use Juniper oil. Buchu leaves, etc, 10
flush out excess acids and waste matter.
Get rid of bladder irritation that causes
waking up, irregulsrity. painful elm
nation and backache. Get Juniper oil,
Buchu leaves, etc, in little green tab
let's called Bukets, the bladder Taxa
tive. In four days If not pleased go
back and get your 25c. Get your reg
ular sleep and feel full Of pep" Hooks
Dependable Drug Stores.-Adv.
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you gave her the
go on. For which
she will be sorry
the rest Of her
days.
I think you
have a bum job.
However you are
sincere. I am the
type which thinks
such columns as
yours are a bunch
Of hooey, even
though you are
81 n C ere. Y o u
n,iCh+ nc u-o1I hut
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their possibilities
as FOlles mate
rail I always as
ISOLATED them with
the dLspensauon
Of justice. Maybe
I was careless. but
I never classified
them with the
FlOradOra SeXtet,
the FClies Bergere,
or even the high
school glee club.
ANY man or
" o n an seeking
stage fame needs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
Blow to Courts

People have small enough respect
for the courts today. TranSgreSsion
fof the law is a growing menace. In
too many quarters there Is only
gesture at law enforcement.
If any members of the Haupt-
mann jury should appear on the
stage as a result of their service as
jurors. il would degrade the jury
system There is already strong
agitation that trial by jury is
failure. Most people would rather
leave their destiny in the hands of
one, two or three judges than in
the hands Of the average jury. If
a jury IS looking toward vaudeville,
Il may lose sight of justice.
II any members Of the celebrated
Hauptmann jury should make a
stage debut il will be a bid for other
jurieS to make easy money the same
way. Instead of looking for honest
men and women who are capable
Of weighing evidence and giving Just
decisions. jurors Of the future might
be selected because Of their person.
alitieS. stage appearance and ability
TO win popular applause.
No. If the rights Of the people
are taken away. there should be no
complaint. Play-mip6S can't per-
form adult tasks. But praise goes
10 those Hauptmann jurors who
never for a second considered their
stage possibilities. Maybe the others.
on second thought. will think differ
emily. too.
Gilbert and Sullivan have a mo-
nopoly on courtroom humor. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26

What is your reaction to this column?
Put your opinion in a letter whenever
YOU feel so inclined and read your an
swer in a few days.
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Dear Jane Jordan-Such startling
advice you give to 20-year-old girl
who wrote about her 45-year-old
sutton! You told her that nine
times out of ten such a marriage
didn't work, but in so many words
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-26
BY GERTRUDE BAILEY
Times Special Writer

MFRS. LAURITZ MELCHIOR,
WI tiny blond wife of Metropoli-
tan'S heroic tenor" wrapped a
silk comforter around her pretty
legs, slipped her cognac and tea
and smiiingly announced she was
glad she had the cold instead Of
her husband.
Downstairs at the AnSonia
Hotel, her Great Dane" husband
was plunging into an icy pool
after a Turkish bath, to prepare
himself for the weather and two
and a half hours singing in "Sieg-
fried"
They used to call Maria Hacker
the German Mary Pickford" be-
fore she married "the baritone
who was studying in Munich to be
a tenor" That was 10 years ago,
when she was 81. That year Mel
chior made his debut in Tam
hauser" at the Metropolitan Opera
House and Maria gave up her
career.
y
NOW it IS enough that Mr..
~ Melchior calls her Klein
chen" dittle one) and allows her
to manage his career. And her 3
feet 3 inches of Danish beauty
look up to his feet 4 inches of
virtuoso as the greater career to
follow.
Her part, she explained, consists
in making all his contracts and
supervising his correspondence.
She talks quickly, with a Ger
man accent that becomes outright
va when she wishes to stress the
affirmative, as in va, va, I have
everything 1 wish
"Lauritz was a little cross with
me the other night at the opera
when members of the Danish
council walked off with everything
on his makeup table. 'Kleinchen,
he said. I can not sign autographs
and keep one eye on the makeup
table, But I couldn't believe it
when he told me the Shoehorn was
gone, too. What do you suppose
they wanted of that? Maybe to
show the children, You see with
this they make opera "
WHILE this pretty helpmate
w believes that in every mar
rage the Tife's influence is i'm
portant. sire gives most of the
credit TO her husband, who was
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Keeps Wound Open

: The country is fed up with the
sHauptmann trial There are none
more DESTROYS Of pulling the curtain
on the whole affair than Colonel
and Mrs. Lindbergh. To say the
least. vaudeville presentation is a
mercenary crudity that would keep
their wound open. The trial wasn't
funny. Why project It 10 a house Of
amuSemeut2
The Hauptmann jurors can not
pose as heroes and heroines, mar
tyrs or benefactOrS. either. They
simply constitute a group OF plain
town and country persons on whom
the lot fell 10 listen 10 the evidence
and give a decision in the most
talked Of. most widely read case tried
IN the courts in the present century.
For a jury TO exhibit itself TO keep
the facts alive in the minds of the
public can accomplish nothing be-
yOnd adding some paltry dollars TO
their own purse and catering TO the
mOrbidly curious.
What rating would the attorney
general have who would hire out as
a lecturer telling the story Of the
trial? How long would 1t take TO
strip the judge of his gown if he
should sell out to the movies with
his version Of the trial?
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u4l4f - EtL Oh 4llt
right jury. II the recent announce
ment that the Hauptmann jurors
are being offered a huge salary 70
take a vaudeville bow can be &C
cepted as a criterion.
But I stil contend that it's rude
and crude and bad taste TO confuse
legal robes with spangled tightsl
Certainly there are jury women
attractive enough f-r the stage. But
the jury isn't q theatrical step
ladder.
Il Is a serious thing 70 be a Juror.
a mans life and berty depend on
the jury's verdict. Because of the
responsibility involved the very high
est type Of persons should serve in
these positions. When a jury will
90 into the movies or on a vaude-
vile platform 10 is degrading TO the
jury system and simply satisfies a
morbid curiosity. There are some
things too sacred 10 be played with
or surrendered TO the crowds gaze.
The Hauptmann jury has been
Compelled 10 pass judgment in a
case where the defendant has been
proven to be the actor in the chief
tragedy OF the present century. The
decision has been given. The court
room Is dark. The mere idea of
staging Act II in a theater is slight
az cOck-eyed at the best.
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Not on Charts

After the recess, Mr.. Reilly
asked Mr.. Trendley if the words
1--WE" and warn" as they appear
in the nursery note were used by
Mr.. Osborn in his chart. Mr..
Trendley said:
"They are not on the charts"
The defense was taking plenty
of time in it's examination of Mr..
Trendley. BY 11:45 a. m. Mr.. Reilly
had come only to paragraph num-
ber two of the first ransom note.
Q-The example of "we" which
was used by Osborn could be read
as 1--WE" or "one," couldn't it?
Ayes.
Q.-There are a lot of unneces-
sary strokes, aren't there? A
Yes.
Q.-Now, take the set of pen
strokes making up the line 1--WE
warn you for" in the ransom note.
Does it strike you as unusual? A.
Yes-very.
Q.-Do you find it in Mr.. Os.
born's chart? A.-No. I do not.
Mr.. Reilly asked if, from his ex.
animation of the original ransom
note, Mr.. Trendley thought it was
a "free hand" or a disguise" Mr..
Trendley said:
ga AiSR7HiSe "
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of the hand, Mr.. TrendIey, in
your prOfessiOn?"
"The method Of the forms Of
the letters"
Writing Distorted

Q.-Now, Mr.. Trendley, is it
possible to distort handwriting
with the use of photography. max
ing lines appear longer or shorter
than they really are? A.-Oh,
yes; there's a lot of that stuff in
photography.
Q.-And can the shading of let
ters be changed through pho
tography? Ayes.
Q.-Now observe the word 1--WE"
in the nursery note and the "we"
as it appears on Osborn's charts.
Do they look the same? A.-No.
AS the witness testified, Mr..
Reilly repeatedly passed the cello
phane-Wrapped notes aroun d
among the jurors. He also was
very careful to see that the jury
had ample time to study each
example on the charts. The
testimony moved slowly. One of
the jurors passed a box of cough
drops around to his companions.
Mr.. Trendley said it was not
possible to change the pattern
by retouching with pencil etch-
ing, but that lines may be made
longer or shorter by use of the
camera
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Attacks State

Mr.. Reilly glanced significantly
at the jury.
Q.-Does that exclamation mark
appear any place in the exhibits
of Mr.. Osborn. A.-No; it does
Mr.. Reilly passed the ransom
note to the jurors and asked them
to observe the unusual punctua-
ton Dear Sir!"
Q.-Is it a fact that the Dear"
in the ransom notes does not ap-
pear on Mr.. Osborn's charts? A
It does not.
Q.-Does the letter "S'' in the
next word "Sir." appear on Mr..
Osborn's charts. Al didn't
see it.
Mr.. Trendley began to point out
differences in the handwriting of
Hauptmann and the penmanship
of the ransom notes.
Q.-I ask you, Mr.. Trendley, to
take the word "have," the first
word of the ransom note. Is it
not true that the "a is different
than that in dear? Ayes, it
has a Is per cent more slant to
the left.
Mr.. Reilly passed the ransom
note to the jury and told them to
observe the difference. It was the
first time in the trial the jurors
had been allowed to handle one of
the II kidnap notes. They are
kept in cellophane when not in
Use
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Is That Fair?

Q.-The salutation, "Dear Sir"
does it not in the note have an
exclamation point after it. A
Yes.
Q.-Ts it on the charts. A. No.
Q.-Is it fair to assume that Mr..
Osborn has failed to put on the
charts the salutation Dear Sir"
Ats not there.
Q-1s it true the sir" of "sir" is
a continuity of pen strokes. A.
It is.
Dwell now, you point out the
sir" of "sir" if it's on those charts.
Ats not there.
Referring to the ransom amount,
$50.000, Mr.. Trendley said:
II am positive there are no
such figures on Mr.. OsbOrn'S
charts"
Q.-The next symbol on the
ransom note here is an rs" with
some lines through it to denote
the dollar sign. Is that on the
Osborn charts. Alt Is not.
Neither did the charts indicate
ally ISUCclS CO11GdALAcQ Ill GQS WOrQ
"ready," the witness said.
Q.-See if there are any "y's"
on the charts. Ayes. Several.
Some are from the ransom writ.
ing and some from the Haupt.
mann request" writing.
Q.-Do you find any "y" in the
ransome notes that corresponds
with the "y'' in the request writ
ings? Al do not.
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line between the letters always
was broken.
Mr.. Trendley said, in giving
his opinion, Hauptmann did not
write the ransom notes, that he
took into consideration various
things which did not appear on
the charts-such as "have," /"
"50,O00$," "redy" and the particu.
lar formation Of the "y" in the
word "redy."
The witness said the word
Gin" also was absent from the
Osborn charts. So far, he said,
the following has not appeared
on the charts:
Dear Sir. Have 5O,OOO$,
redy in.
Mr.. Trendley also mentioned
some of the peculiar "y's", the
word ''in" and 5O,O00$, and other
numerals, which he said were not
used in Mr.. OSborn's chart,
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Witnesses Attacked

Hauptmann, looking more
clipper than usual, was brought
in by his guards clinging to his
wrists at $50 a. m. Hauptmann
took out his handkerchief and
carefully brushed the dust from
his customary chair.
The spectators smiled.
The jury filed in shortly be.
fore 10 a. m, and court was
called to order.
The state did a great job yester-
day in attacking the standing of
three defense witnesses who sup
ported Hauptmann's alibi that he
was In New York-and not in New
Jersey-the night Of March l,
1882, when the Lindbergh baby
was kidnapped.
One of these witnesses was a
bootlegger, Attorney General David
T. Wilentz brought out under
croSS-examination. Another. once
conducted restaurant which was
raided several times. The third,
admitted he had been arrested a
number Of times for such crimes
as assault and battery and rape,
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Words DissinaiIar

Discussing the word mote" in
the ransom missive and compar.
ing it with the word mot" in
Hauptmann's writing, Mr.. Trend.
ley said they were not similar. The
spacing Of the letters was not in
accordance, he said, and besides
the line was firmer in one than
the other, indicating greater pres
sure. Mr.. Reilly asked:
"And does that help bear out
your opinion that the entire
note was written by a left.
handed man trying to disguise
his handwriting?"
eyes"
The above question by Mr..
Reilly struck observers as rather
strange and. they concluded he
meant q right-handed man trying
to disguise his penmanship by
writing left-handed.
Mr.. Reilly wanted to know il
the word police" was on Mr.. Os.
born's charts. The witness said:
No" Mr.. Reilly had been stress.
ing the extremely unusual quail.
ties of this word in the ransom
note.
The defense lawyer came back
to the word "the" in both speci.
mems Of writings. Mr.. Trendley
said the word "the'' was not sinni.
lar, usually or otherwise, in
Hauptmann's penmanship as com.
pared with the same word in the
ransom note.
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Left Hand Used

He expressed the opinion the
note was written by the left hand.
Q.-Is it not a fact the word
public" is written differently
than other words? Ayes. There
is evidence more care was used in
writing the word public" than
other words. 1t obviously was
written by the left hand.
At one point Justice Trenchard
arose and, leaning over the wit
ness, peered intently at the nur-
sery ransom note.
Mr.. Reilly pointed to the word
cor" in the note and asked Mr..
Trendley if that word was on the
State charts. The witness said 1t
was not.
When Mr.. Reilly and Assistant
Attorney General Lanigan engaged
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Difference ShOlUn

Mr.. Trendley said there were
whole words and lines of the nur-
sery note from which not single
letter had been taken by Mr.. Os-
born for comparison with Haupt-
mann's writing. He seized one of
these omitted lines, Take 10000
5 in S S bills"
Q.-I indicate to you this word
which begins with what appears
to be capital "a" in latter" Z"
Does such an "a" appear on the
cF""ts. At does not.
Mr.. Trendley testified the ex-
pl -sololl "A-4-Io" from the kidnap
missiVe is not represented on the
charts either.
Q.-Am I correct in saying that
no letters or symbols in the first
four lines of the ransom note ap-
pear anywhere on Mr.. Osborn's
charts? A.-You are.
Mr.. Reilly walked close to the
witness chair and said:
what is known as the patter
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"We" Studied

Mr.. Reilly pointed to the word
"we" in the ransom note and in
the defendants request writings
and passed the kidnap note back
to the jury for their scrutiny.
Then he held up before their
eyes a large chart bearing ives"
from Hauptmann's request writing.
Mr.. Trendley was obscured be-
hind the charts and Assistant At
torney General Joseph A. Lanigan
said:
Bring the witness out where
we can see him. We want o
glimpse Of him now and then"
Q.-Do you find any of the let
ters in the word "will' on the OS-
born charts? A.-They do not ap.
pear on the chart.
The witness said the same was
true of the word Inform.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
father of the slain baby, sat about
Is feet from the witness chair
and watched the demonstrations
with keen interest. Next to him
was Col. Henry Breckinridge, his
attorney and close friend, who
seemed rather bored.
Hauptmann appeared as much
interested as Colonel Lindbergh.
He frequently leaned forward to
get a better look. His wife, Anna,
sat near him.
The spectators paid close atten-
tion. There was much more de-
corum in the court room than on
days when more melodramatic
testimony was presented.
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Member
OfJurySeems
Improved

COURT ROOM, FLEMING.
ton, N. j., Feb. l UN.SO.
Juror No. 11-Liscom C, case,
who is suffering from heart
strain-Seemed to be in good
condition as he sat in the Jury
box today listening to hand.
writing testimony at the Bruno
Richard Hauptmann murder
trial.
Every precaution is being
taken, however, to keep Mr..
Case in good shape. He had
to be assisted from the Union
Hotel just across the street
from the courthouse by deputy
sheriffs today. The jury is
quartered at the hotel.
Mr.. Cases doctor advised
him to exert himself as little
as possible during the trial.