The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-09
Squaring
theCircle
With
THE HoOsIER EDITOR

A MAN we know Is writing one
4 = act play entitled Peace" It
probably will turn out to be some
thing about war. Here's what we
know.
He has been calling doctors. ask
ing them If it is possible for man
to be shell-shocked to the extent
that, long after the war, he sud-
denly would go insane and kill his
family.
Every time he calls, there is, of
course, a detailed explanation, be-
cause Of the very nature of the sub
ject. It takes about 10 minutes-it's
quite involved.
In such a telephone discourse he
was the other day with an unknown
man listed in the telephone di-
rectory as doctor.
Verbally sketching the picture at
some length, he asked the doctor il
such thing could happen.
The reply:
Il don't know. I'm dentist"
ZANE Of the women's clubs had a
- paper scheduled on modern
trends in education, suggesting
changes in the system. That was the
way it was entitled. A lady I know
called her and asked for more de-
tail.
Can you outline the talk?" the
lady asked, land what changes are
you going to suggest in education?"
The woman who was to deliver
the paper thought few moments
or so it seemed because there was a.
silence-and then she countered
with this:
"We!l, have they ever tried De-
mocracy?"
The lady who called replied she
wouldn't know.
A N elderly, dignified and proper
= n man was in the Toddle House
on N. Meridian-st the other AFTER
noon, asking the waiter about the
ingenious arrangement of mirrors,
fool-proof against any one drop
ping not enough money in the slot
in payment of his check.
The clerk went into great detail,
finally convinced the man that the
house could not be beaten. The
man seemed satisfied and, having
finished his repast, prepared to
leave.
He dropped some coins into the
slot to pay his check and started
out.
The clerk called to him.
Tim sorry, SIR" the clerk said,
but you put a streetcar token in
the SLOT"
The man was in an awful tail
spin. He had meant to put in a
dime. He did and hurriedly de-
parted, one token to the bad.
A MOTHER we know was upset
4 n the other day when her son
came from progressive kindergarten
with a grade of failure in citizen
ship. The child is five.
She called the teacher and said
she could not understand the grad
ing and asked for an explanation.
"He gives no cooperation" the
teacher replied.
What do you mean," the moth
er countered, mo cooperation in
citizenship"
NO." said the teacher, she gives
absolutely no cooperation in the
matter of blowing his nose"
A MOTHE r once called the
L a teacher, saying her child was
to be five years old, day after to-
morrow, and could she send a nice
cake with candles on it for the
whole school?
The teacher said she didn't know,
but would call back. Hours passed.
The principal called back. She said.
Its awfully nice of you to sug-
gest such a thing, but we've been
talking it over and we are afraid
it would upset the nutritional
rhythm of the children.
However" she said, "you may,
if you care to, send over graham
cracker with a candle on it."
A ND still another kindergarten
n mother almost was in tears
when her 4-year-old came home
with grade of failure in response.
Because, on the margin of the card,
was the penciled notation:
He seems to have no purpose in
life"
Il A WygrN