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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-16
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ.

A RTIFICIAI. suns hung in the airshafts of New
N York apartment houses. is the latest contrbu-
ton Of the General Electric Co. TO the art OF living
IN Manhattan The scheme has been worked out
upon the suggestion Of Clifton E. Smith. New York,
consulting engineer. It Is being tried out in build
ing on Central Park South.
The building. a History one. has number of
windows facing into ventiating shafts. as do count
less buildings in New York and elsewhere. Sunlight,
OF COURSE does not penetrate to the lower levels Of
these wells with any great success. There is some
light. of course. but hardy streams OF golden sun
light.
AT Mr. Smiths suggestion the General Electric
engineers mounted Is standard ilOodlights at the
ninth floor level IN two OF the ventilating shafts.
These send flood OF light into the lower level of
the shafts that is particularly welcome on dark,
gloomy days.
when the window shades are halfway down, there
is a startling similarity TO natural sunlight.
Realizing that the sudden flashing of these
flOOdlghtS might come as a shock 70 some Manhat-
morning hours possibly resulting in a serious cut,
the engineers have arranged automatic time
switch so that takes the lights Is minutes to at
tain their full bTillance
THUS the artificial sun rises and sets in fashion
Il that 70 some extent dupicate the lighting condi-
tiOns created by the real sun.
This artificial sun. rising over its nlnth-floor hor-
lion in the well OF New York apartment. is some
what Of a comment upon preSent-day civilization.
Undoubtedly the persons who much live in such an
apartment better of for its presence. Light is
useful and pleasant and the next best thing 70 the
real sun may be something which looks like it.
There is one school Of modern architecture which
sees the future in terms OF mechanics. The propro-
nentS o. this school would prefer 70 build houses and
apartments without windows al all. They would de-
pend upon air conditioning 10 stimulate the breezes
Of spring or the tang Of autumn They would. of
course abolish both the cold OF winter and the heat
OF summer.
Ultraviolet lamps, added 10 the usual lighting
fixtures. would give a healthy indoor tan.
THERE IS. however. an important question for
Il city planners 10 ask themselves Do We want TO
wall ourselves up into houses without vindows2
Wouldn't IS be better II built cities so that
We might take greater advantage Of sun and wind
and the great outdoorS2
There have been suggestions which would permit
the development OF modern city 70 take advantage
OF nature One IS that skyScraperS be built at reas-
enable intervals with large open fields around them
One architect has vsioned such city OF tall spires
set amid great lawns and beautiful flower gardens.
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Russian Emperor's Aides-de-. .
camp was to join you for the
purpose of escOrting you to this
place; but I sent word to you to
stay at Orleans, as I myself was
on the point of setting out pend
ing such time as COlincOurt shall
have settled affairs with the
Allies. 1t was Russia's wish that
l should be given the sovereignty
over the Island of Elba and that
I should remain there, and that
you should have Tuscany for your
son after you, which would have
enabled you to be with me as
long as it suited you and to live
in a pleasant country, favorable.
to your health. But SchwarZen-
berg objects 10 this in the name
of your father. 1t appears that
your father is our deadlieSt en-
envy. So do not know what has
been settled. 1 am sorry to have
nothing left but to have you share
in my evil fortunes. / would have
put an end to my life if / had not
thought that would be but dOu-
BILE your misfOrtunes and make
them heavier to bear. If Madame
MonteSquiou wishes to finish the
Kings education, she is free to do
so, but she must not lay too great
sacrifice upon herself. l suppose
Madame MeSgrigny (?) is return
ing to Paris. / do not know what
the Duchess will wish to do,
fancy, however, that she will first
wish to accompany you. You
must have 100000 given to King
Joseph, and the same amount to
King Louis, to king Jerome,
to Madame, and to the PrinceSses
Pauline and Elisa, which accounts
for the 100000. Issue decree to
that effect, and let the PrincesseS
proceed to Marseilies and Nice,
via LimOurs, which upsetS your
arrangements (?). Your State
Councillors and Ministers may re-
turn to Paris. Take 100000 in
gold with you in your coach. Have
the same amount conveyed in the
Kings. Submit a scheme to me
for reducing your Household to
such of them are are willing and
necessary to you. Two ladies are
sufficient to have with you. 1t
will make travelling easier. Beau
harnais and Aid (ObrandinD will
follow later. Have their wages
paid to all, down to July LIST, in
Guiding those who are to follow
you. We shall travel with the
Court teams and the saddle
horses.
Adieu, ma bonnie Louise, /
pity you. Write to your father
and ask to be given Tuscany for
yourself. AS for me 1 want moth
ing but the Island of Elba.
Ado, AmiO (?), give a kiss to
your son.
(Unsigned)
(Undated)
Mon annie, I have just received
your letter of the 9Th, delivered
by a courier who had set out on
the Sth, at 2 o'clock in the after
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First Nighters' Melted

A any rate they could count on Richard B. Har-
n rison and he did not fail them. The record was
1857 times. He missed not a single performance I'M
III he was seized with his mortal illness
I saw the first performance and no actor ever
carried upon his shoulders greater responsibility
than did this elderly eocuonis to whom the theater
was an unfamiliar place No player to be sure,
had written for him a finer entrance than that
shout OF Gabriels, "Gangway for the Lord God Je-
hovah.' But the actor who has TO walk out after
that line Is certainly. YOU might say, on the spot
II Mr.. Harrison had bungled in any way that
first night The Green Pastures" might very well
have closed in a week instead of running for five
years. His entrance had to mark very sudden and
violent change Of mood. II was all right to laugh
az the angels in the fish fry but it wasn't funny
any more. II the audience chose to identify Mr.
Harrison comic figure the whole enterprise sank
on that instant from the misunderstanding.
The house was filed with what is called "a typi
cal first night audience" 1t is not the most tender
sensitive sort Of gathering. Broadway is senti-
mental Of but 1t is given TO laughing at the
wrong things and in the wrong places. And it laughs
too loud And it thinks of the Negro funny
man.
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Nearly Out of the Red

THE harassment of the Deauvlle Club has been
u particularly harsh. This plant, which Tex
Richard intended to develop into an American Monte
Carlo, opened this year under the social aus
pieces of Mrs. Lucy Cotton Thomas Magraw of New
York, lady of considerable wealth who sometimes
wears evening clothes in the daytime Mrs. Magraw
was recently indicted along with a lot of bOndsmen,
gamblers and politicians, on charge of operating
a gambling house.
Mr.. Hawthorne names one Frank Caccarno, alias
Frank Zaggarino, of Belmore, l.. L. as the bankroll
OF the Deauville Club and adds that the club has
been able to recoup $4,000 of a $4,000 nut or
deficit in the last Is days.
Owing to a popularity of the state laws Mr..
Hawthorne is not authorized to prosecute indict-
ments Therefore appreciate change in condi-
tons is expected and this essay is not intended as
a clarion call or indignant protest but merely a
sketch of conditions in famous American COM
munity.
Copyright 1895 by United Feature Syndicate 1ncJ
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Second Trumpet Call

ID ICHARD B. HARRISON walked out upon that
IN stage and into a hush as deep as the morning
of creation day. Before he uttered a single line he
had already given a great performance He did it
with the carriage of his head, the set of his back
end shoulders and the glow of the spirit which
within him.
The play went on to win its triumph and acclaim.
It not a particularly smooth first night per-
Torrance. A few cues we're muffed. Gabriel went
dry in the middle of a long speech and Mr.. Har
rsOn. himself made a few minor slips. But this
was all tolerably unimportant When Gabriel
called there was a man in the wings who had IN
his own person some of the aspects of deity
His faith was profound and in the days before he
died imagine that Richard B. Harrison must have
specialized as to what the second trumpet call might
be like In him. of all mortals. there could flash
vague feeling. Some how, some time, this place
have seen before
And I hope that this fine man and actor died
with assurance in his heart that to another old
trouper there had the call to Join the original
company.
Copyright. 1881
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Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN-

DARENTS are coming more and more to realize
4 that they just responsible is the school
for proper development Of their children, and even
more SO when it comes to the health of the young
ones
The child may be told in school about the i'm
portance of regular of the toothbrush about the
desirabity of washing the hands and of bathing at
fairly regular intervals. 1t remains, however for
the parents make certain that the child does wash
its teeth, that it does battle regularly, and that it
does wash its hands frequently
The child may be told n school about the i'm
portance of a Well-balancec diet, including plenty
of fresh vegetables fruits cereals and other essen
tals but unless the parents cooperate by providing
such diet, the child not observe the type Of
eating that he knows is right
In the school the child may be provided with
proper light for study, proper seating for posture,
and adequate amounts Of fresh air. only to return
to home in which the lighting is wrong posture
never given thought, and ventilation mpossibly
bad.
VOU should realize that inculcation Of health
l. habits in the child must be a cooperative effort
between school and home.
1t is obviously desirable that teachers be informed
to the hcme conditions and perhaps through par
ent-teacher associations obtain the kind of cooper
alton necessary for best results
In many communities are school physicians who
undertake the preliminary examinations indicating
the presence of remediable defects IN the child.
Frequently the teacher is the first to notice existence
of such defects and to call them to attention of the
school physician.
TN other places there no school physicians Under
l. such circumstances the school may well call TO
attention of the parents the necessity Of giving the
child a physical examination for detection OF such
defects
Moreover, once the defects discovered you
should follow up the matter by making certain that
the child gets the kind Of treatment necessary 70
cure the disturbance or stop its progress.
few generations back there were no school
nurses no school physicians, Fairgrounds, and no
systematzed physical education. Today the i'm
portance of these accessories TO the school system Is
recognized. The costs of proper health supervision
in schools are considerable but they than repay
themselves in the production Of healthful children
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Nobody Bothered CdpOne

THE local political situation is decidedly smelly
world made welcome in a growing and ferment-
ing community in which most people were strangers
and the majority had pleasure money to spend
gamble away. This made it very hard to check up
graft among the public officials and before the city
realized what had happened the MamiS under
the thumb of Al Capone.
Mr.. Capone enjoyed even the respect and support
of local business men because he would walk into
tailor shop and order II suits of clothes and tip the
clerk $50 for his trouble or pay his laundry bill
promptly and tip the driver $50. The business men
and there was sincere woe among his tradesmen
when he was withdrawn from circulation and sent
first to Atlanta and then to AlcatraZ
incidentally, it only when Capone seemed to
have gained entire command in Miami that the
bright idea of checking his income tax occurred to
one of the local citizens who passed the idea along
to Herbert Hoover in Washington. There is no tell
ing what Capone would have done to Miami if the
government had not stepped in to eliminate him.
Nobody here dared bother him.
The removal of Capone however did not abolish
the hoodlums' Palm Beach. The racketeers had
learned to like the and the unrestricted night
life and the public officials had learned to count
among their income their graft from the gamblers
Thus the rackeeers have continued to patronize the
Mamis in winter and they would be prospecting well
this year again but for the obstructive tactics of an
official called the states attorney Mr. Vernon Haw-
thorne.
This Mr. Hawthorne is a LIBERAL but he is op-
posed to thieving in public Office and does not be-
anything desirable to the life of the community 1t
has been due to Mr. Hawthorne's peStiferous zeal
this winter that the gambling houses have been un-
able to show profit
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he said: You young Irish and
Jewish boys are too smart for me.
I can't keep up with you. I want
you to promise me you won't pull
any fast stuff. Just routine-just
routine" Hugh Gibson, Amer
lean ambassador to Brazil, al
ways labels his baggage Gin his
own handwriting His Excellen-
cy."
Latest slogan whispered inside
the Administration Now is the
time for the President to ap-
point a few ambassadors. In
other words, several weak spots
in the Cabinet might be plugged
if the incumbentS received harm
less diplomatic berths abroad.
William R. Castle Jr., Hoo
ver's Undersecretary Of State, is
nursing a grudge against his old
chief. He tells friends that Mr..
Hoover induced him to mix poll
tics with diplomacy, thereby caus-
ing Mr. Castle the loss of his Job
when the State Department be-
came Democratic.
There is no connection between
his two posts, but it is a fact that
DR.. j. Gaylord Neff. assistant
House physician. is also staff doc
tor of Washington's Home for In
curableS. High position, appar-
emily. is agreeing with Donald
R. Richberg. In the five months
he has been Assistant President"
the former Chicagoan has put on
considerable weight. Ohio's two
Democratic Senators, Honest Vic"
Donahey and Robert J. Buckley.
are carefully keeping hands of
the bitter fight raging between
Democratic Governor Martin Da-
vey and Democratic Harry Hop
kinS over relief finances. The
Kingfish may be Illuminating
against the President, but the
title picture in his autobiography,
Every Man a King" shows Huey
vigorously haranguing a crowd
at the Chicago convention with
the caption: Leads Off Fight for
Roosevelt"
Members Of the Senate and
House banking committees-now
considering the Administrations
banking reform bill-have been
surprised at the unexpected sup
port being given the measure by
Federal Reserve bankers. This
backing is distressing to Senator
Carter Glass, who believed he
could count on a united banker
front against the bill
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with the customers at Mr.. Joe Wideners horSe-park
and gambling concession.
1t seems strange THAI many undesirable char
acters should be permitted to camp in Miami, con-
sdering that the local police force is augmented for
the winter season by leave-of- absence men from the
detective department of New York. Chicago, Boston
and other cities in a group known the Foreign
Legion. 1t almost thong - he local officials
do not wish to drive them away.
While they remain and well-knOwn underworld
characters continue their efforts to spin their wheels
to recoup their investments, there is some alarm
among the prominent residents especially
those who live on Miami Beach Feeling that the
local authorities not diligent as they ought
to be. many of these citizens have hired special
policemen to patrol at night the little arches Of
grass and shrubbery which surround their candy
colored homes lest kidnapers take their children
or even themselves.
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advance guard.
Halt" he commanded.
How comes it you are
here. Where is the enemy?
Where is the Army? Who
is guarding Paris? Where
is the Empress? Joseph?
Clarke? How about Mont
martre? What about my
soldiers ?"
The army2" replied Gen. Bel
lard. 1T is made up of workmen,
Polytechnicians, the National
Guard. $4,000 foot, who held out
for some little time against l20,-
600 men Montmartre? Devoid of
artillery. Joseph? In flight. The
troops? They have left the cap
ital."
They have all lost their heads,
them" roared Napoleon. Very
we'll. we must go to Paris"
Too latel" declared Caulain-
court dejectedly.
And the Emperor, overwhelmed,
sat down. at 3 in the morning, at
a table in the Cour de France
post house to write:
Mon annie, came here to de-
fend Paris; but il was too late.
Tie city had been surrendered in
the evening. 1 am assembling my
army i'm the direction of FOntaine-
bleau. My health is good. Suf-
fer at the thought of what you
must suffer. Nap.
The Court of France. March 31st,
3 a. m 1914.
Then he proceeded to Fontaine-
bleau.
Mon annie, the auditor Paravi-
cini has just arrived and given me
news of you. You may: l remain
at ElOis; 2 send me whom you
please and take thinks upon your
self; 3 issue prOclamatiOnS and
call meetings, as the provisional
Government of Paris does; A write
a very strong letter to your father,
commencing yourself and your son
to his care; send the Duke de Ca
dore to Vienna. Make il clear to
your father that the time has
come for him to help us. Adieu,
mon annie, keep in good health.
Tout a tot. Nap.
Font (ainebIeau). April Bird, p. m.
(1814)
THE emperor was dismayed.
- To an offer of abdication, the
reply of the Car Alexander,
which Caulaincourt bore, was as
follows: But what is to be done
with the emperor? The father is
an insuperable obstacle to the
recognition of the SON."
While Callaincourt was wrapped
in silent CONSERVATION, the military
chiefs, assembled in an adjoining
room, lost their tempers and de-
clared that an end must be made
of the matter; further submits
sion would be carrying obedience
to the point of servility; the en-
peror had no right to involve
everybody in his downfall; hav-
ing nodded his destiny himself, it
was for him alone to bear the
evil consequences.
And Marshal Ney, spurred on by
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this vehemence, made for the en-
peror's private study: Sire" he
declared bluntly, 1T is time to
make an end of it! Your situa-
ton is that of a sick man whom
there is no hope Of saving. You
must draw up your will and abdi-
cate in favor of the King Of
Rome"
The thrust went home. The
father must sacrifice himself for
his son. 1t was for the grand
father, for the Emperor of Austria,
to intervene in favor of the grand
son. Long live the emperor"
shouted the Old Guard, at the idea
of marching on Paris. But how
about these others-the excellen-
cies, the dukes, the marshals?
The emperor had learned his les
son. On the 4th he signed the
act of abdication:
THE Allied Powers having pro-
claimed that the Emperor Ma
poleon was the sole obstacle to the
restoration of order in Europe, the
Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his
oath, declares himself prepared to
descend from the throne, to leave
France, nay to give up his very
life for the countrys good, which
is bound up with the rights of
his son, with those of the En-
press's Regency, and the uphold
ing of the laws of the Empire.
Drafted in our Palace at Fon-
tainebleau, April 4, 1914"
And the next day, the Emperor
declared his decision in the army
orders: "a soldier shares the good
and the evil fortunes of his
general, his honor and his religion.
The Emperors honor will never be
in contradiction with the
happiness of France"
He himself was no longer any,
thing. His last hope lay in the
appeal to the Emperor of Austria,
which was made by Champaign,
Due de Galore, the bearer of
petition from the Empress: "Once
more, my beloved Father, I beg to
have pity on me. I entrust to you
the welfare of what is dearest to
me-my son. 1 should be so
glad to be able to say, later on,
that it is to you he owes his
happiness, his peace, as we'll as
those of his father and of her
who kisses your hands very
lovingly"
NEXT day, April 9Th, Napoleon
IN sent to his faithful Meneval,
whom he had appointed as secre-
tary to Marie Louise, letter in
code, instinct with the deepest
detection. Segur, his aide-de-'
camp, was acquainted with its
terms: the Emperor observed that
anything was to be expected, even
his death. And he ordered the
recipient of the letter to burn it
after reading it and to make use
of its contents with due discre-
ton.
The act of one about to die,
thought Meneval; and he awaited
with the utmost anxiety further
news from Fontainebleau. 1t ar
rived on the next day and the
next day but one.
Mon annie, 1 have received your,
letter of the 18th. 1 was glad to
see your health was better than
was to be expected. A truce has
been agreed upon and one of the
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auEnough
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

NHIANfI Fla March l6.-Ths community which
1N1 has become in recent years the hooolums
Palm Beach, offering special attractions to the
aristocrats of the underworld is suffering from
mild attack Of reform at this writing. The gamblers
from New York. Chicago and Detroit who came
down to operate sharethe wealth project of their
own in several ornate casinos havea been seriously
hampered in their business.
A local judge has been driven of the bench,
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Harrison picked up the receiver.
Yes. Mr.. Connolly" he said, III take the role
Yes I'll be on hand for rehearsals at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. I want YOU TO know that you
can count on me. I won't fail you"
The old gentleman replaced the receiver on
its hook and turned 10 his wife with an amazed
look upon his face That wasn't what I meant TO
say" he explained 1t was all decided was going
70 refuse. That couldn't have been me speaking 1t
must have been the Lord"
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Questions and Answers

ON which year was the largest production Of
automobiles in the United States?
A-The peak year was 1929, when 47e489 pas
sengI cars. and s26sl7 trucks were produced.
Q-where did Noahs Ark rest after the hood7
AM. Ararat in Armenia is the traditional rest
ing place.