The Indianapolis times., 1936-03-11
Squaring
the Circle
With
THE HOosIER EDITOR
XX7HEN the Federal WPA play
w org decided to r,rori,,ca "rIar.

erS oeclded TO produce Gar
ence," Booth Tarkington's play, the
director wired Samuel French g.
Co., New York City, for royalty
quotations. They were too high.
The director wrote and explained
the purpose and asked that they
lower the rates. The company
wrote back and said it couldn't do
so without consulting Mr.. Tark-
ington, which it would do.
For more than week the direc-
tor heard nothing. AS the opening
date neared, not even the scripts
were available. Eventually he called
the company and asked why he had
not heard from them.
"We don't know where Mr.. Tark-
ington is," an official explained.
"We get no answer from his home
in Maine"
"Well," said the indianapolis di-
rector, hes within few blocks
of this Office"
In very short time Mr.. Tark-
ington had given his consent to
lowering the royalty rates and pref
ty soon the scripts arrived.
a N Indianapolis first grade
L n teacher was showing her class
how to make a capital letter "B."
She described the motions in the air
over and over and finally trans
ferred the demonstration to the
blackboard. At last she felt the class
was ready for the test. She passed
out paper and put them on their
own. Presently every one in the
class had page full of capital let
ter "B's."
All but one. He got up from his
chair after a long struggle with the
pencil, brought the scarcely marked
sheet to her desk, and said: Miss
Hudson, I can't do this. It's too
hard and I'm too tired"
BOSTON baked beans looked like
- a good bet for supper recently
to North Side bride. Finding the
recipe, however, she was at once
beset by difficulty.
"Parboil," the directions said, and
parboiling Was process unknown to
her. She decided to ask her new and
inexperienced housemaid to prepare
the beans, when perturbing
thought stopped. her.
If the housemaid also did not
know what it meant to parboil, and
asked, thus uncovering the mistress
deficiency, blow to prestige would
result. The young mistress hit upon
the solution Of looking up the
troublesome word in the dictionary.
Mr.. Webster saved supper.
There, on page 1866, she found
"Parboil-to render extremely un-
comfortable by heat"
TVEN old time ,walkathon troop
- ers now admit the fad has
about run it's course. One, back at
driving a cab, told me ruefully he
made only 81 cents his first day, but
that it was better than the last
walkathon he participated in. For
six weeks work in that, he said, ne
got an even Sc.
For five years he has followed
them around the country, he said,
and all in all cts a tough racket"
You get SO you can go to sleep for
Is minutes pretty nearly any time
or any place." he said.
Girls, he said, seem better able to
cope with the grind than the men.
If you can think up some entertain
ment novelty you get the coin
showered by an appreciative audi
ence. But it's about over with, ex-
cept in the big cities, like Chicago,
where they still pay.
EDDIE HALL wants the world to
- know that his word is as good
as his bond. In 1911 he borrowed
a hunting license from H. R. Weiss
and said he would return it.
Mr.. Weiss is hereby notified that
he can have that Identical license by
calling at Mr.. Halls Office. Eddie
found it the other day in some old
papers. It's in good shape.
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pLURB on box of womens face
ID powder:
Make the famous bite test.
Place pinch of powder be-
tween your teeth and grind slowly.
Feel how wonderfully smooth this
powder is. No grating particle like
sand in spinach. More than 8,0O0.-
600 women have made this famous
test"