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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

The American people have suffered more evils
from repeal than from all the wars in which this
country ever engaged. Prohibition was tremendous
and overwhelming SUCCESSFUL Ira It Landrith in
speech before W. c. T. U.
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ions to each and all nations that join in the war.
Scrupulously he might forbid the shipment of
single bomb tank, rifle, cartridge, vessel, shell,
airplane, poison gas container, machine gun what
not. But there are scores of other things quite
important to war as any Of these
DANTS, for example.
L. Some of the boodest wars of all time have
been waged without guns planes or any of the
modern accoutrements And they still could be.
But if you deprived all soldiers of their pants, they
would almost certainly refuse to fight
Are we prepared-if the war spreads to Europe
to stop the shipment of pants, the makings
thereof? Or to stop steel, wheat, flour, grains of
all kinds chemicals of almost all varieties automo-
bes and spare parts, tires oils fats pork and other
meat products, snoes-in fact pretty nearly every
thing?
If we are to stay out of the next war; says Ber-
nard NJ Baruch hard-boiled business man. we will
have to stop trading almost altogether Can
do it? Will we do it?
Ii we did cotton would pile up in warehouses and
even the streets of Southern towns. Wheat would
choke the elevators Pigs and steers would clutter
up the pens. Prices would slump the domestic
market The entire agricultural would be
stricken more, perhaps than it ever yet has been.
The industrial sections of the country would like
wise feel the pinch. Their foreign market gone, and
the domestic demand crippled by lack of the where
withal to buy factories and mines would have to
slow down. Unemployment would increase and the
vicious circle of depression start to get in its all too
familiar work.
Would the people hold firm under such economic
punishment? Few men in Congress believe they
would. Washington would be besieged by angry and
hard-hit citizens, from every section of the land,
hot no or mar Lpt in thp
countries be supplied Then what?
Nations at war will not accept definition of
war materials They compose their own lists Of con-
traband. They may include pants as well pistols,
cotton as well as cannon. Are we, then going to
insist on freedom of the seas? Are We going to
ask bitterly what our Navy for if it is not to pro-
tect our merchant shipping?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

If most persons were half as nice as snakes this
world would be better place.-Mrs Grace Wiley, ex-
curator of reptiles at Chicago ZOO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

must express surprise that so great man and
so wise ruler as Mussolini should be willing. even
eager to put his gallant nation into such an uncon
Portable military and financial position.-Winston
Churchill, British statesman
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

What am going to do for the President is to
pray for him, because he needs it. I am not going
to answer his letter 1t is the Presidents business
to know how to run the nation and not the clergys
DIR. John T. Stone Chicago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

Nothing could threaten the race as seriously as
social legislation 1t is begging the unfit to be more
unfit and inviting the fit to join the ranks of the
unfit-President Cutten, Colgate University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

We have thought that we could be detached from
the rest OF the world, but events right down to the
effect OF the European situation on our stock market
proves this is foolish idea.-Dr R. A. Mlnkan
scientist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05
CHILDREN AND MATCHES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1895
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-05

THAT, in our opinion is pretty much what we
would do After all, we are only human beings
We are about as emotional as any other race.
But, if we intend to stop trading in order to
keep cut of the next big war, it is imperative that
we start now trying to evolve plan. We can not
simply forbid expectations wholesale and let it go
at that. We Will have to find way to cushion the
shock to our citizens.
We do not pretend to know how it can be done
We do know it would be extremely complex and ex-
p.nsiye. The government might have to buy the
axportable surplus of cotton, wheat meat, lard and
the rest, and burn it-as Brazil burned her surplus
cofee-or give 1t away to the unemployed.
Stoppage of trade would cost this country pretty
idge said the World War had cost America, up to
tie time he made his estimate no less than SO bill
hon dollars. And before finished paying for it,
he declared it would cost US so billion more.
few billion dollars spent to keep US out of the
next war, therefore would make the price Of peace
dirt cheap-if it worked.
The government at Washington, it seems to US
should start the best brains We have in this country
thinking on this problem, and invite recommended
tons.
To say I'VE must and shall" remain out of the
next war" is not enough. Levying an embargo on
narrow list Of death devices is not enough Staying
out Of major war of long duration will be far
harder than that.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Sepia Slang Expressions Creeping
Into Stage, Radio And Movies

shining brightly. want to
have that exhilarating feeling
of ecstacy offered by the drug
| am not going to drink any
more whiskey. | smoked a
mariiuana cigarette butt this
morning and ! am still feeling
its effect. Ny sweetheart is
very beautiful and wise, she
has been going around with a
fellow for his money. He is
not wise to her, because she
is a very clever actress.
We find q great deal Of this
slang, which is typically Sc
plan, creeping into the motion
pictures and stage. Many of
the phrases semi-technical ex-
pressions are only used by Ger
,ain branches of the theatri-
cal profession. For example
4 musician will say when he
hears an excellent orchestra
playing, "Man can those cats
swing? Are they beating out
rhythm. Listen to them riff
Whenever those who use
the slang expressions are elat-
er or excited over something
they say, 1T sends mel It is
a solid senderl p" The term is
used to express good. Synony-
nous are killer, murder and
mutiny. Viz. THAT band is
murder. Murder in the first
degree. The phrase ''Mugg-
ings' can be. made TO mean,
courting a girl, or making
primaces before a microphone.
Jiving means, Are you tell
ing the truth 2 You are flat
tering me" yeah man." a
true sepia slang expression
has gained favor through
out the nation.
A tap dancer may say to an
other one, whose dancing
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

Duke Ellington, who writes ex-
elusive feature articles for the
METROPOLITAN NEWS was
born April ~, 1899 in Washington,
D. c. He lives with his parents
and younger sister Ruth, who has
been visiting in Detroit, in an ap-
artment at Edgecombe avenue, in
the fashionable "Sugar Hill' dis
triet Of Harlem. He only lives there
two or three weeks out of the year.
1t was while he was high school
student in Washington, d. c. chat
he won the nickname of Duke"
His classmates changed Edward
Kennedy Ellington to Duke because
he was so fastidious about his
clothes and he still is a style
setter He wanted to be an ar
tist. He received an honorary
mention in art. He decided upon
a career of commercial art.
But his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. Ellington loved music and in
sisted that he master the piano.
SO he practiced daily upon that in
strument. He believed he would
make better artist than q musi-
cain.
"Dule" buys ten or fifteen suits
at time, wearing a favorite for
six weeks at a stretch. He would
sit up all night for seven nights a
week, if he could find some one to
do SO with him. And like all the
rest of US, hates to get out of bed
in the morning.
Always calls a rehearsal fer 9 a.
m. and never arrives until ten. His
men know this and always came
an hour later than the time he sets.
He never uses a baton, directs his
orchestra by a movement of his
head, shoulders, elbows and even
eyebrows.
lie started with a five piece ag-
gregation. Sonny Greer, the
drummer, Arthur Whetsel, trump
eter and Otto Hardwick saxaphon-
ist are all that are left of those
first five. 1t was not easy for
them in those days; they lived for
weeks with a menu Of hot dogs,
for breakfast, dinner and supper.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
BY JACKIE MACK

The makeup editor on the
paper gave Miss Simmons a hard
way to 60 last week, treating her
just ike the technician on radio
hookup who turns guy off the
air right in the middle of a speech.
! hat doesn't stop her, thougA.
She is still as angry and disgusted
with the married women as she
ever was. Continued from Tues
days edition, Miss S mmons Gays
This woman that | thought
was my friend don't need to
work. She got married two
years ago, and her husband
has a good job running on the
road. They live in the high
est priced building in town,
and she always wears good
clothes. They don't have
bills. and they don't have any
children, SO what would she
want with money? l am not
like the person that wouldn't
ask her, SO I went over to find
out why she took the job right
out of my hands.
And Miss Mack, you can i'm
agine what that cock-eyed wo-
man told me: MY DEAR" she
says, q find l. lonesome sitt-
ing around the house all day
with Cher husband)
on the road all the time. He
doesn't know I'm working, you
know. She could be that
airy about it. He doesn't
know I'm working. That
shows that she doesn't need
the money.
And all my folks sit at home
woman standing down there in
line the next morning when |
went to apply for the job? She
had gotten up earlier than /
to roll me for the job.
What makes me boil is that
this woman had worked with
me in another shop before
she got married, and had done
that kind of work longer than
| had, so she got the job. |
cried and cried all night. Of
I am staying at home,
and don't have to spend my
money for room and board,
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

"T o+,s +,,,l1r IN down to tho
number and knock a counIa
mills of weed before trillinq TO
the mad Man. 7 feel varv
flv on this mellow dav. I
want To oet bioh as a kite On
drv oaoe 40 more lnsh for
me- i wa, knocked ont This
morning Oh a roach. Ny frail,
Jack, is a solid sender. She's
a killer. IF she amt glory.
That chicl - ready. | chalk
ed off sone mugging that she
was doing with a guy. But
The John pipped. She laid
her racket gate and now she's
going to tPwn. She finally
fell in thele. And the Oscar
is eating up her line Of jiVe
satchn1o. She amt no Peola.
Did | read, gate?
The above is the style of
slanguage'that is in vogue to-
day. You can hear this type
OF lingo post any place now.
There are those who say it is
Harlemese, some say it is
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
''ShouId Married Women Work." Controversy
Wakes Warm! Eyes, They Should" Says
Marguerite; mo They Shouldn't" Replies Mabel
What Do YOU Think?

her column "Listen World to
the fray. And while | seethe
and froth at the mouth, l
have to admit that the dear
sister who wrote this letter
knows what she is talking a.
bout. And since this is the
issue for the rebuttal of that
scathing attack on married
women led last Friday by
Miss Marguerite Simmons, |
shall cite Miss Robinson's en-
tire article.
Some Of the arguments
have been offered before in
this tournament of ours, but
they still make good controv-
ersy, so here goes and Sc
cretly | am flattered that
someone else thinks my stiff
good enough to use too:
'Listen, World,-'Do Bosses
Prefer EN- Married.
by Elsie Robinson
81 like to start something
in this column. Something
that will cause the family to
think quickly and talk noisily
far, far into the night. That
sort of commotion is good for
both families and newspapers
usually | can promote my
rumpuses without outside
aid. But now and then a
document crashes into this
department which makes my
best efforts look like a mere
whisper. Such is the fol
lowing.
Il tried it on my own do
mestic outfit. We ended in
the pansy bed after demolish-
ing all the best china, bust
ing the bridge lamp, biting
three taffeta pillows to shreds
and wallowing in the goldfish
bowl. Which | call a good
test Of any newspaper article.
| accordingly pass it on to
you-hoping for the worst.
Dear Elsie Robinson:
I have noticed discussions
in your column about the
efficiency of
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

such terms as Killer, Mutiny
and murder.
The expressions "beat to
my socks" meaning broke;
"beat your gums meaning to
listen and have something to
talk, are of unknown origin.
Here are a few Of the common
expressions with their def
nitians:
Wampas, street Broom
trilling, trucking mean to
walk. Trucking in theater
circles has been changed to
mean a semi-dance and walk.
which was made popular by
Horace Stewart, known on the
Stage as "Nicodemus." H. Is
a sort of a lazy rhythmic hop.
Weed, Pill dry gage, reefe.
Maraijuana cigarette. Hip
wise, chick, fraiI, broaI
girl or woman. Chalk, to see.
Peola. passing for white OF
being snooty. "A complete
bringdown, means meet with
disfaVor. sarcasm, etc. Read
means to physcoanalyze.
The writer has often seen
two persons, well versed in
slanguage hold q lengthy con-
verbal menage, which wolld
versation in the above type or
be unintelligible to a. casual
listener. The gangster, the
thieves and crooks have their
own peculiar slang express
sions. But that used by Sc
plans is more universally
known. This is due to the
fact, that the phrases become
a part of their daily language
and they use it on the stage
and radio. Newspapers pick
up the various expressions,
likewise the movies and we
find ourselves saying, at is
mellow, a solid sender"
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

single and married women
workers. 1t seems to me
that it is one of the biggest
subjects before the public to-
day and I'd like to have my
say about it. Pm all for the
married worker and here are
my reasons.
The married girl-she is
superior as a worker to the
single girl because she is
working for a purpose. In
almost every case she is help
ing to pay for her own home,
or contributing to the support
of a mother, sister, or broth
er. She is more attentive to
her work, because she has so
much at stake that she cannot
afford to be fired. She does
not primp for the office
sheiks, because she has a man
Of her own whom she is tickl-
ed to rush home to, to feed
and pamper.
After finishing her work
at home, the married woman
worker is content to get to
bed so she can be fresh and
lively in the morning. Not
once do you hear a peep out
of her, though she may be
terribly tired. She is happy
working toward her ideal and
when her dream comes true
she is willing to step out of
the office into her home to
make room for someone who
needs the job more than she
does.
The single girl-almost al
ways the single girl gets to
the office many minutes late,
takes more minutes to put
her first layer Of war paint,
over her unwashcd face,
smears on the cupid's bow,
then saunters out into the
main office to make a killing.
If she is a steno she will sit
and yawn between the letters.
uttering occasional what
was that or Il beg your par
dons" Sits half awake all
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

day wondering what will be
wondering what will be the
oest date, wether Jack will
call, where Jim is, etc, etc.
Writes a little note to Tom,
Dick and Harry. Phones and
tries to make a date for lunch.
Sees a new guy in the office
and quits everything in her
effort to land him. When five
o'clock comes she still has a
number of letters unfinished,
but does she bother to do
them? She does not, for
she has a date with Phil that
evening, and must rush home,
grab a bite, leap into her best
clothes and dash out again On
a mad carousal until 3 a. m.
And so on, week after week.
And this is why more and
more married women are be-
ing given jobs in preference
to single girls.
10 tae hm ham ham hamhm
(Signed) Mabel
(Which is what | call in
flammatOrV literature Have
you my permission to re-
respond? You have. With
this exception. Sledge ham,
mers, paving blocks, under
done eggs. overdone cats are
all barred as modes of repair
tee. If you can't do enough
damage with plain American
language, commit your muir
ders elsewhere"
And that is what elsie Rob-
inson thinks. You folk ought
to be we'll trained by now to
think up some saucy answers,
and get this thing settled
once and for all. 1t is dragg-
ing too much to suit me. Now
what can you do about it?
Send in your letters to Jackie
Mack, care of Metropolitan
News, 3506 So. Michigan ave.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

pleases him, BEAT it out. He
is whipping the boards. y
Boards meaning stage Oh
floor. A musician may say
He plays a lotta piano. -
Many of the expressions
are provoked by opium smok-
ers. The song Minnie The
Moocher' played by Cab Gallo
way which gave the peculiar
yell, "Ho de ho-de-ho, hi-de-hi
delhi" and the musical story
Of Cookie Joe and Minnie The
Moocher contain choice bits
)f expression peculiar to dope
addicts. Viz;
Listen to the story OF Min
nie the Coocher
She was a loW-dow1 hoochie
coocher,
She was tke toughest and
he toughest frail,
But Minnie ha da heart as
big as a whale
Ho-de-ho-, Hi-de-hi-de-hi,
Yes Minnie had a heart as
big as a whale,
There are many expressions
used which abe meaningless,
such as Cabs Hi-de-hi-de-h
Willie Bryant's chi, chi, chi,
chi, Louis Armstrong "Satch
mo which was changed from
"Satchel' is known through
out America and Europe.
Louis Armstrong; "Satch-
el' used to mean satchcl-head-
ed. Now it means anybody,
just a form Of salute. Arm
strong used to refer to his
men as satchel-headed, gate
mouth and gizzard. The gate
mouth has been shortened to
Gate. " It's meaning is the
same as "Satchmo." Gizzard
has become obsolete. Many
credit Duke Ellington with
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

Instrumentation of his orches-
tras, theatre orchestras and
musical comedy orcbestras. A
mong other modern band lead-
ers, Jack Denny introduced a
refinement to this type of or
chestra by discarding brass,
introducing a piano-accordion
and concentrating on wood
winds-clarinets, oboes and
bassoons.
Guy Lombardo's technique
was probably originated by
Ben Pollack, altho Guy has
done the most to popularize
it, and introduced an impor-
tant refinement. Rudy Valee
introduced another departure,
going to an extreme in anoth-
er direction but concentrating
on the same effect. that of
sweet music. Pollack' and
Lombardo's music is sweet
and has plenty of swing Lom-
bardo dropped Pollack's two
violins and concentrated on
muted brass and his saxo-
phones and clarinets. Rudy
Valee, on the other hand, kept
the violins but discarded brass
altogether.
My music, if you wish a
succinct definit ION, is
"screwy." We have not fol
lowed the fetishes of SYM
phonic musicians, and have
not hesitated to break rules
and even make new rules. We
know that we have offended a
great many peo~ln in the pro-
cess. particularly legitimate
musicians, but ] think that we
have also made n few friends.
To begin with, my men are all
natural musicians; many of
them could play expertly be-
fore they could read a note of
music. Now contrary to a
not one of them who cannot
read and interpret intricate
parts with ease. The fiction
that they are not musically
educated is probably traceable
to the fact that in their dance,
club, concert and theater en-
gagements they usually play
without music or music stands
but this is only because their
natural musical aptitude has
enabled them 10 memorize
long scores quite perfectly.
Perhaps l had better ex-
plain what | mean by 'screwy'
md at the same time illustrate
The principal difference be-
tween my own orchestra and
it's music and Whitemans S
and Lombardo's, aside from
Instrumentation. NJ Land,
of course. is principally brass
three trumpets, three trom-
bones, four men who double
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

on SaXaphOneS ana clarlne1S
and four rhythm-strip
brass, guitar and ban o,
uTunlS anu lflySlIE' GJ nLc pla-I
no.
The principal feature of our
arrangements is our use of
disonant chords, suspensions
and dynamics. Disonant
chords are the opposite of re-
solved chords, which sound
complete and satisfying to the
listener. Disonant chords
require another note, Or COM
bination of notes, TO resolve
them, and some times we do
not resolve them until the end
of a chorus. This effect,
which Guy Lombardo also
employs to an extent, results
in gaining and holding the at
tention of the listener and is
designed to make the music
interesting.
Suspensions are the tricks
of solo virtuosi on any instru-
ment; KreiSler employs them
on the violin. They consist
in playing around a melody,
playing notes of Involved
harmonic relation to iaa notes
of the melody, but Winling up
on the melody at the end OF
the phrase. Any good in
strumental soloist with any
good orchestra employs sus-
pensions with striking effect.
In my band, ! am particularly
fortunate in having a brass
section and a saXaphone sec
ton capable of playing them
in harmonic unison against
the melody as carried by an
other section.
Dynamics, which Paul
Whiteman employs with splen
did effect, are simply the use
of different shadings of sound
ranging from pianissimo to
portissimo and are standard
symphonic practice, but much
neglected by popular orches-
tras.
Above all, of course, 1--WE
got rhythm. We play as
we do because we like to play
for dancers and enjoy play
ing that way. Perhaps we
are expressing ourselves, or
our heritage, but we are not
doing it consciously. It's fun
and we think, in all modesty
that our type of music is the
most truly American, because
it surely originated in these
United States and owes the
least to the classics and moth
ing at all to any contempo-
rary foreign style. We've
only one rule we always fol
low-it don't mean a thing if
it amt got that swing.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

but my fblks feel that I am old
enough t , help them take care
of the bi Is.
Since When did it come
to the plt Ice where married
women dat take time cut to
see every man who comes in
a place, like the letter last
week said ! think that they
are so selfish and stuck on
their own Eood looks that they
like to see bow many men they
can get to TALL for them. Be-
cause theJ have a man of
their own doesn't mean that
they are tfken out of circula-
ton" They still try to see
if there is1't a better fish in
the sea ii Pn the one they
caught.
You eetnoW L feel about
This, and II bet there are doz-
ems of othSr girls who feel
like | do. The women are tax
ing jobs aYay from us, and
from men that we might be
able to marry. 1 almost feel
like joining up with the reds
if that would do any good, and
seeing if thdy can't do some
thing about It.
Why don't the married wo-
men stay home where they
belong and give us single girls
a chance?
Sincerely,
(Miss) Marguerite H. Simmons
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
BY Duke Ellington

Exclusively for The Metro
politan News.)
1t don't mean a thing if it
amt got that swing The
Dixiland Jazz Band came from
way down yonder in New Or
leans, right after the war and
brought to Broadway a new
dance tempo that exactly suit
cd postwar tastes. The orr
Gins Of the name they gave
their music are doubtful :.
No one l;eo sa diary on Ram
part ST Get NOrleans =. but
no ono has questioned its
suitaLil. y and no one has ever
been abb 10 think mp a better
name for it than Jazz.
But jazz now embraces a
number Of completely differ
ent. types of music. Paul
Whitema1 specializes in one
style. Guy Lombardo in an
other. My own and a few
other orchestras have exploit
ed a third style, until the only
thing the three styles have in
common is swing which is
Harlem for rhythm.
Paul Whiteman s orchestra
was the first to rise to inter-
national fame on the crest of
the jazz craze. Paurs instru-
ment was a viola; when ne or
ganized his orchestra he nat
urally included violins and a
full representation of saxa-
phones. wood-winds and rhy-
thin instruments. In short
his orchestra was a smaller,
modified symphony orchestra
and his treatment of jazz was
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