The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-23
Squaring
The Circle
With
McCREADY HUSTON
McCREADY HUSTON

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pionship for writing letters to the
Hoosier newspapers. In my day
have prepared many of Mr.. Craig's
communications for the printer and
have never failed to find them in
teresting and instructive. The la
Dor involved in Mr. Craig's letters is
tremendous, for he does not write
to one newspaper, but to several,
sending each the same message. For
years he has been doing this, en-
riching the letters deoartments of
many editorial pages.
MY neighboring column, the Hoo
Iva sier Forum, frequently includes
a stirring epistle from Noblesville.
Mr.. Craig always strikes a strong
and independent note. For example,
although not Democrat, he goes
to the support of Gov. Paul V. Nc
Mutt in his stand against the or
ganized township officers. Sirnpli-
fcation of government and lower
costs are two Of Mr.. Craigs favorite
themes, which he backs up with
facts.
IF you don't read the Forum and
- letter departments generally you
don't get your whole newspapers
worth. The letters are the readers
themselves making the newspaper.
They tell what the people are think
ing about every important subject.
And since the writer's names are
withheld on request some rather
plain talk is found in the Forum.
If I were a politician l. would
study the letters to the editor closely
every day. I would get there more
sound opinion than I would get
from professional political advisers.
I would get there a dependable
Warwick for 3 cents a day.
80 ... Il IT
I AM chided for not wearing my
- overcoat except on extremely cold
days. 1t seems to me every man is
entitled to at least one harmless de-
parture from normal. That one is
mine. have an intense dislike for
wearing an overcoat: I have some
of them-not very good or new, to be
sure-but they will pass in a, crowd
if I glide along like Groucho Marx.
But am likely to leave the coat of
the day hanging in the office when
I go home and feel none the worse.
If am actually uncomfortable, far
from my coat, can always stepinto
a cab. The cabs in Indianapolis are
SO cheap it may be more economical
to ride than to own "a coat.
Il
TT is strange about language. A
u lady invited me to her house for
supper the other evening, and in
doing SO, asked me what liked
best, saying she would cook it. TAX
ing a shot in the dark I named
@slop supreme" She knew at once
what it was, without any interpret
ing.
At our house "slop supreme" al
ways has been a great dish of either
or spaghetti, doused with
tomatoes, mixed with bits of ham
burger, loaded with onion, shot with
garlic and finished off with grated
cheese. 1t is one of that sort of
community dishes that the whole
family likes, and when you have it
you don't want anything else.
Well, this lady know how to
make it all right. 1t was so good
that I took a helping too many and
as soon as we. had gone to the liv-
ing room I dropped asleep on the
couch. 1t was one of those houses
which invite that sort of thing
anyhow.
XXTHILE we are. on the subject of
w food, I have been noticing the
trade is pushing the goose Tor the
Christmas meal. Whenever I see
goose mentioned I think of Bishop
Canpbell Gray of the Episcopal
Diocese of Northern Indiana. The
bishop is a Southerner and tells
Southern dialect stories we'll. In
one of his stories a character is de-
scribing a roast goose. He referred
to it as "the, most toothsomest
goose" he had ever eaten.
THE best roast duck I ever had
was cooked by the wife of the
Rev. j. B. Rosemurgy, who used to
be the Methodist pastor in Irving
ton.