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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

"WHY do women think with their emoti0ns9"
VNThe inference our gentleman puts upon this
question is that have nothing else to think with
And yet we would remind him. emotional thinking
is the only force that has moved the forward.
Pure reason and plain logic are excellent so far
they go; only they never go far enough.
The greatest scientific and mechanical geniuses
actuated by emotion, for most of their splendid
work is done under the urge to better conditions
or proong the life of their fellows All their dreams
are colored with visions Of the future age when
men will be benefited because of their efforts
Also the humanitarians, men and women who
have lifted themselves and their kind notch or
two above the dead level of existence have been
dividuals whose thinking was tinctured by the emo
tions of understanding and pity and love. A list
of their names is long and impressive; Norman
Thomas. Will Rogers Jane Adams, H. G.. Wells,
Emerson, Lincoln, Washington, Shakespeare, Heine,
Erasmus, Luther, Confucius. Buddha and Jesus of
Nazareth We could go on all day and still the list
would be incomplete
For that reason take it as fine compliment to
our sex that women are accused Of thinking too
much with their emotions 1t would be we'll for the
world If more men would do the same For emotion
proves also the possession of imagination, with
out which no real progress is possible
Until the people who are capable of constructive
thought, that to say the real leadership of nations,
are ready to use both imagination and emotion as
they view harassed and betrayed humanity there
is no logic can save us. The impulse which causes
to suffer when others in anguish is the divine
glow within us.
In the last analysis feminine thought-or lack of
thought, if the gentleman so Wills is our saving
grace. Love thy neighbor as myself" So said the
greatest of emotional thinkers. Now two thousand
years later, though many still regard the idea as
impossibly fantastic, We are beginning to that
there is more reason and logic than sentimentality
behind the words.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22

the chief causes for scarcity Of purchasing power in
this country is the lag which has characterized the
so-caed heavy industries during the whole depres-
sion. Other industries have picked up. But the
"heaves,' generally speaking, are still in the dol
drums. And to more than any other single cause
this lag is due to lack of building. Nothing would
more sharply stimulate employment and its conse-
quent purchasing power in the heavy industries than
just such a program as that contemplated in the
slum abatement bill. We learn from the expert
ence Of Others England's vast public housing pro-
gram resulted in private home building boom as
well as in greatly increased factory production.
Next, it has been commended that publicly financed
housing kills thrift and dscourages initiative Again
we may look at the record Of England. There the
result the opposite Between 1919 and 1888 total
assets of British building societies institutions like
our private building and loan assocations) increased
from IT million to SOL million pounds 500 per
cent improvement.
NEXT, that the government should not compete
~ with private industry. 1t won't as this measure
is planned All authorities agree that really ow-rent
housing does not and will attract private capital
1t is asserted that such financing as called for
in the bill is not proper governmental function
why nOIF we spend tax money TO put down fires
crime, disease and disorder. Those things are bred
in the slums. Tax money spent to do away with
the breeding is even better spent-and is more than
returned in decreased health department, fire and
police expenses. tuberculosis for example is 80
times prevalent in slum areas than elsewhere,
baby deaths 300 per cent higher juvenile delinquency
300 times more frequent. In terms of broad
economics we'll social Improvement this strikes
us as the most powerful Of all the arguments for
slum abatement. Prevention is cheaper than cure.
Finally, that here is just another encroachment
OF Federal bureaucracy. Granting the tendency Of
bureaucracy to spread and to increase it's power that
charge is unfair to this measure The very essence
Of the plan is to emphasize not the Federal but the
local aspect through limited loans and grants to
local housing authorities over four-year period.
Except for certain demonstration projects the new
housing bill takes the government out of the bust
of rent collecting and turns that function back
to the localities
The new Wagner Ellenbogen bill program is not
perfect. But in its moderate aims, its long term
viewpoint and its decentralization features it marks
a decided advance all Of our previous rehous-
ing plans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
THEY PREFER FREEDOM

A CONTEMPORARY points out that multiple
L babies, such as quintuplets and bankruptcies,
stunning the lands of the dictators and choosing
to be born the free soil of the democracies The
incompatible Dionnes chose Canada The coming Of
bankruptcies recently has been announced from Lon
don Newfoundland and New Jersey. Not one of these
precious infant clusters has brought JOY to Germany
Italy, Russia or Japan.
On the contrary the dictators getting
where with babies. Hitler may below commands
to German mothers, but the birth rate only falls.
Mussolini storms Ialys baby shortage, but each
year counts deficit of 100000 future soldiers and
war widows. The little Bolsheviks continue to come
in ones, twos and threes. We have heard no ban
zais to any over-aden Japanese stork
Of course we don't blame these highly selective
infants in picking fatherland. Who wouldn't choose
liberty, along with equality and fraternity2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
THE HOUSING BILL

TINE surprisingly little opposition developed at
Il hearings on the Wagner Ellenbogen Stun abate-
ment bill is due, we believe. to general approval of
its social aims and economic needs.
What opposition did appear. however, was sim
cere and should be answered. What were the argu-
ments against undertaking this program now?
First, that there is no need for this measure be-
cause there is na housing shortage, This point is
disputed by preponderance of authority. To cite
one OF standng-the Public Administration Clearing
House OF Chicago estimates on basis of census
figures need for 100000 additional dwelling units
during the next 10 years This does not include re-
placement of unfit. dilapdated buildings now occu-
pied.
Next. that scarcity Of purchasing power and not
9 housing shortage causes these conditions. One Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
FLANNER HOUSE

open house today at Flanner House, the cty's
~ oldest social service institution for Negroes, will
give many persons opportunity to get acquainted
with the splendid work of this specialized training
center, employment bureau and nursery.
F1anner House, one Of the charitable organiza-
tions aided by the Community Fund, performs a
valuable service in the community. Visitors will see
how the children of working mothers are cared for
in the nursery and free kindergarten.
They will see how women are trained in cooking,
sewing and laundry work, and helped in getting
jobs. The health clinics and the boys shop are
other important activities.
Much of the credit for the present high standards
at Flanner House properly goes to the new super
tntendent, Cleo w. Blackburn, and his capable as
sistants. Young Mr. Blackburn is a graduate of
Butler and Fisk universities and man of wide train
ing in his chosen field
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
Watch Your Health

reacts to it with skin eruptions or
digestive disturbances. she ought
to avoid that food.
EOR ordinary work, the average
Il woman requires from 1909 to
1000 calories Gay. In addition, she
must supply 600 calories to the baby.
She shoulds therefore, estimate
the amount of calories she takes in
and be sure to get a minimum of
$500 Galleries daily. On that type of
diet, she could be able to nurse her
baby satisfactorily, yet not gain
weight unnecessarily.
One of the most important things
for mother to remember is the
Well-eStablished fact that the best
flow of milk results from regular
nursing of the baby, and that milk
flow will be regular and undis-
turbed If she remains calm and quiet.
The diet of the nursing mother
should contain milk, butter, eggs,
two green vegetables and fresh fruit.
including particularly tomatoes and
oranges, which provide vitamin c.
Butter helps to provide vitamins
A and D; so at least one ounce of
good butter should be taken daily.
To provide a full supply of vi
tamins A and D, she may also take
cod liver oil, or halibut liver oil, as
her physician directs.
The milk which she takes daily
need not be in the form of liquid,
if she does not like to drink milk,
but may be used as cocoa, ice cream,
or custard. A pound of evaporated
milk equals quart of bottled milk.
In general, a mother may eat the
food that she usually eats, including
meat, potatoes, bread, cereals, or
any other foods that she knows will
not upset her digestion.
Mothers sometimes worry about
taking medicine, for fear that it will
appear in the breast milk. Few
drugs taken by mouth appear in the
milk in amounts sufficient to affect
the baby.
She will always do well, however.
to ask her doctor before taking
drugs of any kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
TAKING TRAFFIC IN HAND

IN Indiana, where 57O7 persons have been killed in
n auto accidents during the last five years, the
new safety division of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police is installing its first accident pre-
vention bureau The new division established
by $4,000 grant by the automotive industry.
The bureau will be at South Bend, in st. Joseph
County, which, like Marion County has relatively
high traffic fatality record. Deaths in ST. Joseph
County the last five years totaled 266, in Marion
County 1893.
Thirty selected from the South Bend police
force in adaptablity tests being given 10 days
intensive training in accident investigation, the Po
lice Chiefs News Letter explains These will
man the bureau. A record system is being set up.
The citys traffic system and equipment are to be
modernzed completely. Civic Safety Council has
been formed.
Intelligent efforts of this kind may be expected to
point the way to reduction in traffic hazards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
TODAY'S SCIENCE
p- DAVID DIETZ

A ANNOUNCEMENT of the discov-
4 n cry of the first new comet OF
1886 serves to call attention that
there has been shortage Of comets
this year and an even more notice
able shortage of big comets this
decade.
According to the Harvard College
Observatory, an average of six new
comets come within the range OF
earthly telescopes each year. The
present year is almost half gone and
to date only one new comet has been
sighted.
Leslie G. Peltier, who earns his
living as garage employee in Del
phoS, o., and spends his spare time
winning a reputation as one of the
worlds most famous amateur as
tronomers, made the discovery. Pei
tier, who is 80 years old, has five
comets and one nova or new star.
on his list of discoveries. He also
has spent much time studying vari..
able stars in 1884 was awarded the
merit prize of the American Asso-
citation of Variable Star Observers.
The new comet is about as bright
as a ninth magnitude star. This
means that it can be seen only with
telescope at present. DR.. j. j..
Nassau, director of the Warner 6s
Swasey Observatory of Case School
of Applied Science, thinks there is
some chance of the comet growing
sufficiently bright to be visible to the
naked eye.
1t is now in the constellation OF
Cepheus and is moving to the south
east. The telescope reveals that it
has Slight tail. AS the comet ap-
proaches closer to the sun, this tail
should grow longer.
On the basis of the law of aver
ages, a really magnificent comet
ought to sail into sight one of these
days. Astronomers have been or
| the lookout for it since 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22

Federal Communications Commits
sion.
A-Anning S. Prall.
Q-How many CCC camps are in
the United States and what Is the
total enrolment?
A-There are 2178 camps with an
enrolment of approximately $4,000.
Q-Why does the government pro-
hibit the reproduction of facsimiles
of United States postage stamps in
stamp catalogs?
A-To prevent counterfeiting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
ADOLESCENCE
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

She stands within her airy room
in scant attire,
Possessions flung around heap ev-
cry chair,
Her bed, unmade, drips lengths OF
pastel shades
And morning snaggles tangIe her
light hair.
She stands before her mirror in
deep concern,
Around her feet discarded life
masks tleer,
While she tries on the one she'll
wear today
Which shall it be, indifference,
laugh, or sheer?
She rather likes sophistications
face,
Discards the beauty wisdom and
time bequeath;
How quaint, and, oh, how very
young she is \
To hide with masks the innocence
beneath!
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mine and create personal and social

mine and create personal and social
security.
With all the insurance now in
force amounting to over 100 billions,
we have no assurance of an abun-
dant production program for indus
try that will insure a higher stand
ard of living, such as might easily
be obtained if we would permit our
industries to produce at full ca
pacity.
What we need is an assurance of
consumption power for capacity pro-
duction. We must have a. wider
distribution of che products of in
dustry. We are suffering from a
failure to produce wealth, which is
not money but goods. Insurance
deals with the tokens of wealth only.
Our real wealth is the commodity
produced by labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

THERE is common belief that
- a nursing mother should stuff
herself with milk, cocoa, or even
beer, because it is felt that these
substances will aid her in producing
great quantities of good milk.
The mother who follows this
practice is likely to become unpleas-
antly fat, disguised with the whole
business of eating and nursing, and
inclined to give up sucking the baby
before she should.
If her diet contains three or four
glasses of good milk every day, and
if she drinks her usual supply of
water, she will get just about as
much milk for the baby as she will
get by drinking great amounts of
milk, cocoa or beer.
At the same time, the nursing
mother should not encourage the
loss of water from her body by TAX
ing substances which will stimulate
the flow of fluid, such SIS doses of
1dAdGtN6 Od1bo, VI Subo trl1ASSo "A1ANAA
stimulate kidney action. These
should not be taken in any event,
unless the doctor directs.
Actually the opportunity of in
fluencing the quality or quantity of
the mothers milk by manipulating
her diet is very small. Illustrating
this is a fact I have mentioned be-
fore. During the siege of Paris and
during the blockade of Germany and
Austria in the World War, babies of
those regions who were nursing got
Just as much from their mothers
milk as babies elsewhere in the
world were getting from mothers
who were better fed.
There is the superstition that a
nursing mother should avoid foods
that are sour, and likewise salads,
cabbage and raw fruit. This also is
without foundation.
The substances mentioned are
rich in vitamins and minerals, and
there is no evidence to indicate
that in any way they can harm the
milk supply Of the mother.
If, however, the mother is SEN
sitive to any particular food, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22

get into the swing of the way the
details are carried out. Certainly
the reputable schools in this city
instruct in efficient business meth
DDS.
However, these facts are not rec
ognized, so these youngsters grasp
any opportunity for gaining the
necessary experience.
There are certain unethical schools
operated by individuals who adver-
tise for clerical help to exchange
light office work or other employ
ment for business training. This
training, in most cases, is quite
inadequate for a beginning student
and repetition for one who has al
ready been trained. 1t would be
just as simple to rent a typewriter
and practice at home, since that is
the way the course is conducted.
Nevertheless, the person operating
the school receives 81 to SIS per week
from the students employer. The
student receives no salary-excepting
IN some instances when carfare and
lunch money are paid.
Evidently these employers have a
fairly profitable business, else they
would not need assistance. But
what sort of citizens are they when
they will exploit youth in such a
way and at the same time enrich
individuals who have perfected a
racket?
What sort of attitudes are these
youngsters going to develop after
spending at least II years in school
preparing for life" only to learn
that not only are the gates of OPP
portunity closed against them, but
that certain members of the adult
population who have made good
are feeding them applesauce instead
of the well-balanced meal promised?
And, remember, this youth is part of
our future generation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
CITES OVERHEAD CHARGES
IN INSURANCE

IN INS U6ANCE
BY HI. L. Seeger
Your editorial on May IL headed
Personal Security" gave vivid pic
ture of the striving of individuals
to avoid personal insecurity through
the insurance medium.
The figures were Illuminating as
to the amount spent in the state and
nation to provide protection from
hazards.
We boast Of our great insurance
organizations and their service in
handling the savings of patrons.
While we brag about it, we lose
sight Of a. very important matter
which deals with the overhead in
the operation of the insurance bust
ness. The protection" from which
the buyer receives the benefits is
only slightly more than SO per cent
OF the gross income.
The overlapping due to COMPETE
ton in this business, as we'll as in
most others, provides an enormous
overhead, which is responsible for
the excessive overhead charges to
the customer.
But after all, this type of secur-
1ty is very insignificant, because it
deals with credits, and not with
items and factors that really deter
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IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER, ASK THE TIMES

Inciose q Scent stamp for reply when
addressing any question Of fact or In
formation to The indianapolis Times
Washington Service Bureau. 1913 18th
st. n. W.. Washington. d. C. Legal and
medical advice can not be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
Q-Where in the United States
can complete arrangements be made
for a tourist trip through the Soviet
Union?
Although Intourist, Inc, 545
Sifth-av, New York City, the travel
agency of the Soviet Union.
Q-Name the chairman Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
WARNS AGAINST BUSINESS
TRAINING RACKET"
By NJ. J. Kellam

BY NJ. J. Kellam
There is frequent mention made
of the forgotten man." the man
past 40 unable to obtain employ
ment, and every one is aware of his
existence as well his numbers. But
what about the forgotten youth"
the youth just out of high school
and business college, who learn,
after making rounds of employment
bureaus and applying in industry
that a business training is not
enough? An important prerequisite
for a job is experience.
Certainly any one who has worked
in an office knows that every office
routine is different. No matter how
much experience one has had, it
takes a certain length Of time to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
DAILY THOUGHT

How fair and how pleasant art
thou, 0 love, for delights Solo
mons Song 7:6.
I Owe lessons woman's delicacy,
II and increases man's.-Richter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-22
The H0Osier Forum
disapprove of a0hat you say-and aUiU defend
to the death your right to sag it-Voltaire.

(Times readers are Asvited to cypress
their Viet0S in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make Hour letters
short. so all can have chance. Limit
them to ESQ Soords or less. Your letter
must be stoned, but names 40iH be
toithheld on reQueStJ
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Our
Town
This Is the second Of two articles
on Bruce Rogers and Joe Bowles.)
By
ANTON SCHERRER

COMETIME during the first year
~ of Modern Art" 1899, Joe
Bowles sent letter with a money
order for SITS to William Morris
in Hammersmith, England. In re-
turn he got a volume printed on
the Kelmscott Press. He sent a
lot of money orders after that with
the result that he had the earliest
and best shelf of Morris books in
this part of the country. None of
thera cost more than SITS.
These books were passed around
Indianapolis at the time among art
lists and 1.-THE Gentlemen's Liter
airy Club" (now the Indianapolis
Literary Club, a group made Up
mostly Of lawyers, doctors and
preachers who went in for the feel
of fine books.
Bruce Rogers bit his finger nails
when he saw the first Morris book,
and knew exactly what he was going
to do next, granted that he ever
got the chance.
THE chance came by way of Bal
- timore. Sometime during 1894,
BoWles got an order to print a book
in the style of Modern Art" de-
scr1ptive Of the paintings in the
famous collection of William It.
Walters of Baltimore and based on
some articles written by our own
Richard B. Gruelle which had ap-
peared in the quarterly.
Gruelle had been East and while
there had taken in the Walters COL
lection. He wrote an enthusiastic
letter to a friend back home and
Bowles, somehow, got wind of it.
The result was a piece by Gruelle in
the first number of Modern Art"
BoWles was smart enough to send
Mr.. Walters copy and it tickIed
him pink.
Not long after, Gruelle received
an invitation to visit Mr.. Walters
in his home in Mount Vernon Place
in Baltimore.
"Mr. Gruelle," said Mr.. Walters,
II have been looking for you for Is
years; you are the first man L have
found who could create word-paint-
ing for these pictures; that is what
I desire"
Mr.. Gruelle came home with a
handsome contract in his pocket.
DOWLES and Rogers decided to
- print the book in the style of
the Kelmscott Press and got Mr..
Walters permission to do so. Rog-
ers did the title page and all the
decorations and initials. Hollenbeck
did the printing.
The edition consisted of CTS copies
in red and black on Michallet paper
and six copies on Whatman rubri-
Gated by hand. Heaven only knows
where these copies are now. Brandt
Steele and the State Library, to our
knowledge, have copies, but they are
extremely rare.
Before the book was ready for
distribution, Bowles sent some trial
printings TO William Morris for
criticism. They were returned with
notations on the margins in Morris
hand. 1.-THE ink is too pink" was
one of them. Bowles followed the
suggestions and then threw away
the autographed books!
Il II Il
EARLY in 1895, Louis Prang of
~ "Prang Chrome" fame came to
indianapolis and carried Bowles and
Modern Art" off to Boston. Be-
ginning with the winter number of
that year the magazine was pub
lished by the Prang Press. In the
spring of that year Prang opined
that they needed designer and
asked Bowles if he knew of one at
SO cents an hour. Bowles thought
of Bruce Rogers.
Which is why and how Joe Bowles
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Vagabond
from
Indiana
ERNIE PYLE

EDITORS NoTE-This rowing reporter
for The Times goes where he pleaEes.
when he pIeaSes. in search Of odd stories
about this and that.