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8 THE IXDIAXAPOLIS STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1938. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY. BY O. O. MclNTYRE.

JUST FOLKS. By EDGAR A. GUEST. ENTERPRISE AND HUMAN NATURE. An enterprising fellow saw an idle patch of land Which he thought a good location for a peanut-selling stand.

So he dickered with the owner and agreed upon the rent, And fulfilling his ambition Into business there he went. He made that ugly corner more attractive to the eye And started selling peanuts to the people passing by. When he began to prosper, needing help to share the work, A lad who lacked employment was engaged to be a clerk. Thus the two of them were happy, but before 1 he year was spent The landlord saw them thriving so he promptly raised the rent. The assessor called upon him and his stand and stock appraised, Then he served him with a notice that his taxes had been raised.

The cost of peanuts mounted and he saw his profits fade. The clerk began to grumble he was being underpaid. At last debt bowled him over! Now the clerk is wondering when Another little businessman will give him work again, And the landlord tells his neighbors that he cannot understand Why some enterprising fellow doesn't come to rent his land. (Copyright, 1938, Edgar A. Guest.) New York.

FIRST NIGHTS in the theater inspire columns of space, click the cameras and bring out the curious. But not much is ever said about the last nights. Yet Broadway has a closing or so every week. They are the down-side of the emotional see-saw. It is a custom for mus'cal comedies to clown the final performance.

Pagliaccis carrying on! In more opulent trouping days the last night meant hurrying to catch a train for the beginning of a ttmr that might end in San Francisco. The first stop was usually a sleeper jump to Boston. But a last night these days is the end of the run and the breaking up of many solid friendships. Mrs. Fiske always rushed away from a closing on the verge of hysteria and there are usually misty eyes, firm handclasps and solemn pledges of eternal friendships.

Now and then the star or producer tosses a party back stage at which everyone, stage hands, doormen, ushers and cast participate. The one big, happy family stuff with a sprinkle of sobby speeches and perhaps gifts for those who have given of loyalty and service. -r New York has a brand of ladies who may be definitely typed as office women. They have their own outlooks, views and attitudes. To many they are a bit glacial.

More than most women they know how to put man in place. Over the phone in casual matters they are cordial enough but when business bobs up they seem of a sudden flint. I think it was the industrialist Thomas Watson who said 80 per cent of the nation's important business is now carried on by efficient women secretaries. Margaret De Hand at the White House is an illustration. Incidentally, the first to seize upon the office girl as a subject for the comic strip was A.

E. Hay-ward, who from Santa Fe, N. still limns his "Somebody's Stenog." He has drawn it for more than 15 years and it antedates such other excellencies expressing a similar vocational metier as Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner and Tillie the Toiler. -f- In a dining place the other eve ning I had a grand time peek'ng sidewise at an Italian count toying with his vast plate of spaghetti. His meal consisted of spaghetti, baked clams and a raw pear nothing more save of course the pint ot basketed Chianti.

There is a definite art in forking a spear of spaghetti, twirling it into the generous mouthful and sucking down the frazzled ends at almost a single stroke. Two heaping platefuls thus vanished in gastronomic rhythm. Another notable trencherman I enjoy watching in action is Gilbert Miller. Ordering a meal is to him, as should be all a sort of high-light of the day He is interested in every phase of the serving and there is a gustatory relish in each bite. Such gourmets are the delight of high-class restaurant men.

They fairly beam when they pop in for a meal. The Great White Way that Ren-nold Wolfe named is, of course, no longer white. Mostly pink and red with overtones of green and yellow. Mazda Lane thus becomes Neon Place. Ninety per cent of the lighting from Square to Circle is in the newer manner.

Broadway, as a result, does not have the squad of spotters whose duties were to roam the boulevard from 8 p. m. until 3 a. m. for dead bulbs.

Although the general effect is brighter the cost is considerably less. -i- It has the taint of ballyhoo but if it takes place will be interesting to watch the rumored professional split-up of Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. Their success has been accredited largely to their team-up, and, being temperamental, this has irked. They are reported anxious to. go it alone and see what happens.

There is a great divergence as to which is the superior playermy vote would go to Miss Fontanne but the Lunt fans are plentiful. The sensible thing would be for both to retire at the peak of their popularity and not fool around with experiments that might be heart-breaking. But actors are not made of that stuff. Some sly humor tucked away behind those awesome uniforms of the grandiose doormen. I greeted one in front of a French cafe with a "bon jour." When I departed he slammed the taxi door and called: "Good night, Frenchy." LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK By LEE PAPE.

This afternoon I saw pop getting off the trolley and we started to walk home together, me saying, pop, look at that man in front of us, he hasn't got a hair on his head. Meaning a kind of a round man with a little brown hat on and no hairs showing, and pop said, Never judge by appearances, all is not bald that glitters. Underneath that hat may lurk many a stalwart hair, he said. No sir, pop, I bet he's so bald he couldn't be any balder, I said, and pop said, in that case he'd be as bald as an egg. Yes sir, at least, I said, and pop said, As one semmy bald man in defense of another, I'd be willing to wager a pretty penny you're wrong.

All rite, pop, I'll bet you, I'll bet you a cent to a ice cream cone, I said, and pop said, Good, it's a bet. Well how are we going to prove it? I said, and pop said, You're the accuser, so the burden of proof rests on you. Well pop, I dont like to ask him to take his hat off, I said, and pop said, Further than that, he might not do it even if you asked him. Well I know, pop, I said. We'll follow him and follow him till he meets some lady he knows ana tips his hat to her, then we'll find out, I said, and pop said, But yee gods I'm tired, I want to go home, I cant go following any bald-headed will of the whisk just to settle a silly bet.

But wizz, pop, holey smokes, I want that ice cream cone, I said, and pop said, All rite, I'll concede you the victory, we'll stop in at the drugstore, and we'll proberly go to the end of our days without finding out if the gentleman has any hair or not, and we'll proberly be just as happy. Me proberly being even happier, on account of the ice cream cone. POT IS HONESTLY DISTRESSED WHEN IT SEES HOW BLACK THE KETTLE REALLY IS By ROBERT QUILLEN. A CERTAIN RICH MAN, having won't. He's no good.

Anyway, need of a new manager for one that's what I've heard. I don't of his interests, began to consider know a thing about him, myself, the qualifications of Bill Jones. Be- but they say he beats his wife and ing a prudent man, he said nothing stays drunk most of the time and to Bill, but sent an agent to ques- gambles away every cent he tion the people who knew him. makes." When the agent came to Bill's "That," said the agent to himself, town, he said to a prominent citi- "about finishes Jones. But, in com- zen: "I am trying to get a line on mon fairness, I should call on him Bill Jones.

What kind of fellow and see if he looks as black as he's is he?" painted. I'm a pretty good judge "I don't like to say anvthing of people, myself." about my neighbors," said the BlU was leaning on his front prominent citizen, "but Jones is a ate' head bwed, apparently deep bad egg. I suppose he is honest in in meditation. He proved to be a business matters, but I understand rnild-mannered, inoffensive looking his private life is rotten." person, nearly bald, with the kind The second man questioned by 01 wrinkles in his face that only the agent was equally unflattering. can wasn'1 smil "I have nothing against him, per- inS- however.

His brow was fur- sonally," said he, "but I'm afraid rowed wlth anx'ety, and his whole he isn't dependable. He is all right countenance was eloquent of worry morally, so far as I know, but they and woe. say you can't trust him in a busi- to find you so distressed," ness deal sald the agent. "I hope you have This was discouraging, but the offered no misfortune." agent wasn't yet convinced. wasn thinking of myself," "Women," said he, "may have a Blll 1 am distressed about different opinion.

I'll ask one of the moral condition of this commu- them. Excuse me lady; could n'ty If P.eoPle keeP on livinS 3 you tell me something about Bill 1 don't know what's Jones?" lnS to become of us." THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR assailed by Ontario's premier, who declared his prov- ON THE RECORD. PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK STREETS ince intended to "cast oft its role of milch cow to rB-ruv the rest of Canada," particularly the Western prov- By DOROTHY THOMPSON. nT inces. Quebec is opposed to a constitutional change TELEPHONE RI ley even permitting collection of unemployment insur- hrisitanity Crisis.

Established as The Indianapolis Journal In 1823 ance CHANCELLOR. SCHUSCHNIGG'S but stated early last month. "We The Indianapolis Sunday Sentinel absorbed in 1906 T'ne tnree prairie province are considering the speech was heroic. With it he know but one God. And that is advisability of consolidating as a means of reducing certainly risked his career, and ne Ute' or the natlon' or JOHN C.

SHAFFER, Editor. administrative costs. Some provinces assert they possibly, and eventually, his life. it is for the conception that Aus- The Indianapolis Star. The Muncie Star.

must receive more Federal aid or be confronted with During the whole history of the tria js fighting today. Fighting bankruptcy. Others believe the dominion should as- Nazi revolution in Germany, not without weapons what are the sume control of social services in return for accept- one individual in high office dared arms 0f sjX millions against 60mil- TOWN SUBSCRIPTION RATES the cost an(i uking charge of marketing. to take the stand that the Austrian ions? Fighting without allies. That Daily, by Carrier, Per Week 15 Cents The Canadians are not ready to embark on the chancellor did on Thursday Feb.

24. ls wnat the world sayg. Fighting Sunday, Per Copy 10 Cents a new deal covered in the tr? "7 Hitler, whose MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES United States- They are merely recognizing that tne heads ot the German states, sword jn 192.3 was of very rickety Dailv Onlv 1 Year 4 00 Present conditions may necessitate changes in the tne German bureaucracy, the Ger woodi sajd -if a people but desire th governmental system that has become obsolete at man courts, the German press, freedom, weapons will grow in several points since its adoption 70 years ago. were swept along as though by a their hands." 1 Month .50 mountain torrent. Socialists and Austria's ally today is the con-Sunday, Per Copy 10 Cents CACCTV CIDCT RBIkir DCCIIITCJ Democrats, capital and labor, sci- scjence of the world.

But perhaps No mail subscriptions accepted in towns where bArfcIT nKil DKIINoj KtiULIi. ence and art all, all capitulated. it has gone permanently to sleep. carrier delivery service is maintained. THE IMPROVEMENT in the traffic fatality record Only at the doors of the Christian it has what does her victory or MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES-UNITED STATES Mion county Is encouraging and gratifying, as OUTSIDE INDIANA the record for the nation at large Marion county VonTaTw chrlslian pul.

Curious)yi the slrugge wi de. 1 Yr 6 Mos 3 Mos 1 Wk cut lls trafflc deatns exact'y one-half In January and pUj h'ave come darjng vojceg The termine 0'ne way or another, the Daily and Sunday $14.00 $7.50 $4.00 $.40 February, compared with the same months last year. vojce of hjs eminence, Cardinal immediate fate of several million Daily 9.00 5.00 3.00 .25 A total of 16 people lost their lives automobile acci- Faulhaber of Munich. The voice ot men and women of Jewish blood, Sunday' 600 3 50 2 00 dents compared with 32 in January and February of the Protestant pastor, Otto Nie- in Austria and the surrounding 1937. That was a drop of 50 per cent, while the im- moeller of Berlin, now on trial be- states.

The issue whether Ger- provement for all the country recorded the very en- fore the Nazi courts. many is Christian or pagan will de- MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS couraging showing of 30 per cent. And these voices were backed Cide the fate of the Nuremberg The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the That has meant the saving o'f 550 lives in the UP three months ago by a most laws. Austria has no such laws, use for republication of all news dispatches credited United States, and 16 in Marion county, in two rT." SrXtdV to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also months. Such a marked change did not come about German army, in which the leader them.

The Christian philosophy, to the local news published herein. because of a slump In the volume of trafflc. Probably of tne reicn was warned that his Catholic or Protestant, does not just as many cars were on the streets and highways fight against Christianity was de- admit that the state can condemn i ct lie iL 'i the first two months of this year as were in use in moralizing the army, and dividing a race irremediably to hell. LfcT Ui then stand by the Constitution as it is, January and February, 1937. The change undoubted- the German people from one end and by our country as.

it is, one united and entire; ly can be attributed to an aroused interest in the im- of the country to the other. The Nazi program for Austria is I wu nn hMr portance of safety, and also to the zeal of trafflc ofli- That document never appeared, clrar. First, one disarms the coun- let it be truth engraven on our hearts, let it be iJUIln fho iWB of course, in Germany. But it try in its struggle for public opin- Urna on tU flan under which wo rallv in evorw enrrcing ine Jaws- was made available to the world i0n. (How much the Germans have borne on the flag under which we ral in every The outlook is speCially encouraging because In- by fhe Gprman armV( and the full ef)rned from the aies the exigency, that we nave ONE COUNTRY, ONE diana was one of the 29 states that showed an in- text of jt appoared in the New war!) Pivotal places in the govern- rONSTlTUTION ONE DESTINY DANIEL WEB crease in traffic fatalities last over the total for York Times.

Curiously, little at- ment are already in the hands of wixjimuiiwii, win uunni. uu 1936. We seemed to be going from bad to worse year tention was paid to it. But it was Nazis. The press of Austria must STER, March 15, 1837, after year as the trafflc became more dense.

An evi- remarkable. not be allowed to attack Nazism. dence of a reversal of form was seen last December The German press is under no such nnntinnoH im tn the nrpsent Now a dramatic struggle is handicap vls-a-vis Austria. Already Ah, March we know thou art oMS Madon countv ives saved in two on in the Germanic world, the Austrian chancellor is under at- Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats, The result of 16 Marion county lives saved in two The struggle lg no longer as be tack on the Nazi side of tne border And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets. months should Impress all motorists.

Nobody suffered tween dem0cracy and dictator- One gets a foothold, and then Helen Hunt Jackson. any inconvenience because of the little loss of time snlp. as between the one-party bores from within. (A communist that may have been involved in safer driving. As a and the many-party state; no tactic.

How much the Nazis have a di ctnwirr result of that caution 16 people are alive and well longer is it an issue whether or lrarned from the communists!) DR. BAHRS ABLE SERVICE. who would be dead under the condition that prevailed not Germany will have equality That is the way the Nazis con- DR. MAX A. BAHR, superintendent of the Central a year ago.

The aim now should be not only to hold in Europe the rest of Europe quered Germany itself. Two seats An nf coin aironriv rnrpH hut in rut must ask whether Germany is to in the Cabinet were enough to State Hosp.tal, today completes 40 years of service to the percentage of gain already scored, but to tut domnance and mnX mt with the mentally diseased of that institution. Con- that In two equality. One begins an anti-Semitic cam- gratulations are in order, both to him and to a public The issue in the Germanic world, paign. The Jews are the enemies! policy which has retained his technical and practical M.

T. C. ENROLLMENT. precipitated by the events in Aus- Thus one diverts attention. Already judgment over such a long period.

Ability may be tria, is not even, in the first line, in Vienna, a new anti-Semitic news- recognized, but not respected, under a system that A HARBINGER of summer activities is provided by the igsue of Austrjan independ. paper is on tne street t0 scare tne still distributes political spoils. The taxpayers and tne 18th annual enrollment campaign for the c.ti- ence. It is whether the Germanic children with pictures of the bogey- the state's wards benefit when persons like Dr. Bahr, 2ens" tra'ninK camPs to neld at For' Bcn- wr'dh is be Christian or pagan, man.

ro.t.c.. i cu mi jn no jamin Harr son during the vacation season. Begin- whether the church of Christ in A communist menace suddenly possessing highly specialized skill in dealing with pe- today applications will be received for the cus- Germany is to be a universal rears its head. It is reported that culiar problems, are kept in posts of useful service. 8 nllv trnininE Deriods under supervision of church, open to all men, and rep- revolutionary socialist pamphlets The hospital superintendent was a pioneer in the resenting universal principles, or are being circulated in Austria.

I field of psychiatry, which only in recent years has "8ular fy40, "j1? tP whether It is to be a mere instru- would like to investigate the source developed into a more 'exact science. When he be- from July t0 A1 ana lne secona lrom AUe- lo ment of German radicalism. of those pamphlets. Who burned came associated with what was known as the "insane SePt 1 It is not a small issue, but a the German Reichstag? Are we asylum the state merely assumed custody of those These camps have been so popular that Indiana fundamental one. For allied with not familiar with the tactics of the unfortunates afflicted with mental disease Housing 1uota probably will be filled within a short time, it are all the fundamental ques- agent provocateur? Why has there food and kind treatment were the known care.

Little Young Hoosiers will share the training privileges with tions: Is government to be based been no ture cir- progress in psychiatric research during the four dec- cmzen soiniers in inumna. be nnytnjn whjch serve, ner- A Jewish menace and a bolshevist ads has been almost as remarkable as automotive de- The camP is maintained as part of the national do- man tQ tftke account menace are necessary to establish velopment. program and is an outgrowth of the original print.iples whch have bepn wrjt. a Nazi excuse for armed interven- One of the major boons in treatment of the men- Plattsburg camps initiated by Gen Leonard Wood tPn Wpstern aw for hundred8 t'n But the same trick cannot be tally ill has been a more enlightened public attitude, shrt'y before our ln, tne World War. 0f years? Is the state to be tho 0r can y' 8 Ver' which recognizes the possibilities of scientific treat- camPs are dwlRned to impart rudiments of military final moral arbiter or not? Is the ment and the means of rehabilitating a number once methods, that young men may be bettor qualified to human being to be classed and Austria already lost to democ- doomed to a perpetual mental cloud.

Facilities were defend the country In an emergency. They also bring categorized and treated by the racy. Two dictators together, from lacking and unfortunate citizens were carelessly nS men together in a democratic organization state, according to the blood in his two neighboring countries, saw to housed in jails pending ultimate disposition. This de- under the most favorable conditions of healthful out- or ls tll that a long time ago. But it is not plorable practice still prevails to some extent.

Bor- door work and play. mJn a huZn soul or he a n' der-line cases of insanity now respond to treatment About 2,000 cadet, have been trained in each of Xtu taXd XdVWvf and none can foretell the extent of eventual progress the camps during past years. The government pro- by nis chromosomes? Is the Ger- the law of the world for wnturies in dealing with mental disorders. Occupational ther- V1(1ps uniform, shoes, food, lodging, laundry, medical man spirit lo be one of conquest And until lt is ost Germany is not apy has been a valuable aid in this work. attention and transportation without cost to the ben- 0r of reconciliation? wholly lost, either.

Dr. Bahr assumed the superintendency of the Cen- cciarles of this program. Besides the Instruction in Perhaps the German Fuehrer tral Hospital in 1923 after the death of Dr George armv fundamentals, more advanced curses are of- Schuschnigg, a German, speak- knows this. For it is curious how F. Edenharter.

He is a prominent member of the fered to those who have "graduated" trota the rookie in in Vienna, a German city a f'? medical nrofession is nrofessor of Dsvchiatrv in the class. Youths between the ages of 17 and 24 are city which ruled the Germanic the circulation of ideas outside his rneaica! proiession, is pioiessor or psycniatry in tne 6 world for 1,000 years the capital own country. He wants England, Indiana school of medicn.e and conducted the first eliBe- of the first reich of the holv Ro- now to "control" its own journal-clinical courses for lawyers in forensic psychiatry in The camps encourage sports of various kinds, in mfln emplrV saw ists! ForeiKn correspondents sent to America. He is a frequent contributor to medical addition to the competitive interest among the van- b(j christjan' Berlin must be "accredited" by the journals and has spoken before numerous organize- us companies to win honors for military proficiency. Thoso not hjg wordg Qn German government.

If they do tions on various phases of mental disease and its Wholesome entertainment also Is provided. The regu- Thursday, but that is the basic im- not speak Nazi language they will problems. lar hours for work and play and life in the outdoors plication of the fight for Austrian be Put out unless their own gov- contribute to physical well-being! independence. ernments will discipline them DCDMADn DADIiru'C AMnm VirA These camps do not inculcate a spirit of militar- "An ahyss separates Austria from afridKordU rmS BERNARD BARUCH CANDID VIEW. ism the cadets.

They are Important, however, in Nazism." I quote again the words aflald of words: WHEN BERNARD BARUCH says that government fitting youth for more effective service if the nation ot Schuschnigg, not on Thursday, (Copyright, ms, New York Trihuna, inc.) policies are more responsible than anything else for should be attacked. unemployment those in authority at Washington hould take notice. They know he would be more February observed one of the fundamental stage IFA fl IP than pleased to say a good word for the New Dealers, rules by making an exceptionally good exit. IL VV Jl vU ltALLr0. He is a personal friend of the President and was one Th9 star welcomes expressions of opinion from its readers on of the confidential advisers of President Wilson back The Japanese admiral who said his country's navy ty.

mnm. i.uu i fopica ol general interest, nacn letter must carry tne name of In the war era. Mr. Baruch is a Democrat of long is superior to the American fleet should get a vote of standing, but he is also a businessman and not a po- thanks from the big navy advocates. th writer tor Publication.

Anonymous communications and those litical dreamer. with assumed names will be rejected. Letters should be brief and "I say it with regret," he told a Senate lnvestlgat- The motorist apparently might as well become written on one side of the paper. Those of more than tOO words fng committee, "but I would be less than candid if I resigned to buying and displaying that windshield 09 subject to condensation. failed to express my opinion that unemployment is nuisance.

traceable more directly to government policy than to BAN DRUNKEN DRIVERS. you can't fool all the people all of anything business could or should do." He said there If those Austrian Nazis don't behave, they'll find To tha IndionapoliiSfar the time." Had the author met Is ample credit to support greater business activity few American tourists booked for Styria. that our own Franklin the smartest than in the 1929 boom days. "The single missing ele- Alu A 1 politician this good old U. S.

A. ment in a great forward movement is a feeling of se- Three princesses arrive in the United persons were killed in trafflc ac- has ever prodUced, would he still curity-a belief that money can be spent or invested State on a reputed quest tor husbanrts- Look out, cidents last year and the share due say the same. W4rB.n without confiscation of reasonable profits by Inordi- boys! to alcohol has become a national fd H0LWAtlER- Hate taxation 111 1 alarm. administration put through is a deterrent to business 1 There a line education for To the Editor of The Indianapolis Star: revival. He looks on it as a powerful Incentive to em- Ridding mdianapolii itreett of dirt marks a fine the W.

C. T. U. In the Indianapolis daily news- ployers to replace workers with machines. Further- 0 ener for tne usual clean.up and paint campaign.

CARRIE M. STYER. the German-American more, he sees little hope of substantial re-employment Indianapolis. and recovery until the present national policies are It it hard to tell whether it is the crices or the accused, maligned abandoned. Mr.

Baruch is a candid friend of the ad- fellows trying to regulate them that are mixed HITLER TOO ASSERTIVE. and condemned without a trial, ministration, not a partisan critic. His testimony, add- To the Editor of The Indlanapolit Star: The papers' idea of fair play is ed to that of many other business leaders, should have The cost of primary and general elections in All I know is what I read and f11 by tne adaKe. veiht where that will do most good. Marion county averages 25 cets a vote and some- see, but I can see we should have Vhif Lrt of "rVl migM iki times the voters seem justified In assuming the re- gone on to Germany and whipped g0 well in Soviet Russia, but here SECTIONALISM IN CANADA.

suits are not worth that much. them to a frazzle when they asked in America we do things differ- "Enemy" state, are attempting to block Indiana's peace The French gov- Vnd'wf evident alt in rn gh Port of with a numb" ot Merrimacs. tmeunttX tt TmPHra not rumors, and is con- Udent also In Canada, where leaders are discussing the United States of America dpmned on, (hg facU hjm A Iamuiar w'tn differ- Isn ngvai b4M at Singapore also will tend to curb And I visited Europe last ences between the Northern states and Dixie, the that wlld man ot Borneo. I could see herfwould be yet' the vehement in- battle of the farm bloc and industrial sections, the i fllht sistence of certain members of LnTiaCts coastal states and other economlc -e-h-bii1 Tth4fahwr sstcinissidsi nu Bui-iui spins. shelved.

And few should worry over the amount of and Austria should stick together month nrnh into the activities of SnXl iU Tbfm t0 COm dU8t thftt C0llects' "nd tfU H1Uer ILlStJfS Ck- Bund aS mission, which has been conducting an inquiry Into J. D. WHISMAN. a regult of tnig thorough examlna- vanous dominion conditions. The consensus of mem- R.15f Url- 1 Bedford, Ind.

tion( the FBI announced that it bers is the need for greater Federal authority to rvener VVOrK lOO wasieiUl. had found no grounds for prose-effect needed reforms. Some provinces are willing Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: When the time rolls ON FOOLING THE PEOPLE. cution of the Bund under the laws to make concessions, while others object vigorously around for the next annual relief appropriation, Pres- To the Editor of The Indianapolis Star: of the United States, to assuming greater burdens which constitutional Went Roosevelt would do well to address a message In a recent letter to The Star, The German-American Bund ls proposals would entail. The Canadian confederation to Congress stating frankly that "work relief" is Mr.

George Murphy attempts to not se.cret soc'ety. It welcomes was accomplished as late as 1867, so that it ls com- about twice as expensive as direct cash rellef-that class gome of our formcr Presi- whv'lt Conducts paratively new. the best of the work-relief projects have been exe- dents accordlng t0 thclr U8C of meeTmgs at Sen everyone gVenmtfnt deHng. dmandS WOrk iVC Americanized English. He name, is given an Opportunity to ask for social security legislation but it lacks the power in preserving morale and that there is, after all, a questions to apply such relief measures.

The provinces bewail limit to any nation's financial abilities. With the Swelfnd Thelast two werebe' The truth of the matter Is that the lack of revenue to meet emergency demands, work-relief policy definitely driving the United States t'ime but 1 remember weli a certain powerful minority group, This situation has bred a distinct sectionalism, divid- toward the brink of bankruptcy, there should be con- thtl jate Calvin Coolidge with his which seems to have gained almost lng the more prosperous provinces and the outlying, sideration of a fiscally and otherwise superior alter- YES and NO. However Mr. Mur complete control of the press, fears poorer units. Some of the provinces resent tariff native.

It ls doubtful, one regrets to say, whether the phy admits that he does not know the effect of public enllghtment. discrimination favoring Quebec and Ontario, while President can ever bring himself to make such a can- where to place our genial F. D. R. the American people are not these two provinces oppose dole increases to the did statement.

Yet one recalls that at the beginning Neither do I for he has done much to be so easily fooled. They know semibankrupt Western areas. The problem has been of his first term, he did make the out-and-out prom- talking. Its meaning little or that any form of illegal suppres- complicatej by appeals of municipalities for greater ise to abandon whichever of his governmental ex- 'or the individual opin- jton is Uta to ffewnu'flntl unemployment relief. perlments might become clearly questionable.

And am of tne constitutional rlghu of frce The commission has been under fire from several certainly there would be no overstatement Involved man Mld 6that can aI1 speech and PeCable assembly, quarters. Premier Aberhart of Alberta declared lt is in declaring that "work relief" has become quite tn9 pcopie gome 0f the time, some CHARLES W. SOLTAU. undemocratic and tha Conservative, leaders insisted questionable. of thi people all of tha time, but 339 North Surrynit street "I could," said the lady, "but I (Copyright, 1B3S.) THAT BODY OF YOURS.

By JAMES W. BARTON, M. D. A SLOW HEART RATE IS USUALLY A GOOD SIGN. normal rate and their life expec Criticism of Primary.

Attica Ledger-Tribune: With another primary election approaching in less than five months, critics of the direct primary system are once more calling attention to its failure. It is significant that the volume of primary opponents are sincere students of governmental practice and not politically-minded persons seeking the system's defeat to further individual political interests. They say the plan is not serving the purpose for which it was intended. It was pointed out the direct primary method choosing candidates was motivated by the blight of corruption that occasionally appeared in the convention system. It was believed by reformers that the direct primary would eliminate this and put a higher type of man into public office.

In that it has failed. Public officials, as a whole, are no better than they were 50 years ago, and, if we are to believe some observers, the caliber of officials has declined. Corruption has Increased, and the direct primary's worst offspring the long ballot-has made intelligent voting impossible. Voters are confronted with a ballot containing scores and sometimes hundreds of names of candidates, and they must vote in the dark or not vote at all. Tests conducted disclosed that the name heading the list of candidates for an office was most often elected.

Many public-spirited citizens hope the time ls not far off when the direct primary system is abolished as a measure of ordinary common sense. JUST AS INDIVIDUALS may be- come alarmed because of a fast heart rate, 80 to 84 Instead of 72 to 76, so there are others that find the heart rate slower than normal', that is, 60 to 66. In examining well-trained boxers a few hours before their bouts, we find that the heart rate may be as low as 56 to 66. Of course, in some cases, this low heart rate is due to the fact that, in trying to get down to the required weight at 2 o'clock the day of the bout, they may have eaten no food since the midday meal of the previous day, or at least have eaten no breakfast or lunch on the day of the bout. But, aside from this, doing without food, the well-trained boxer has a slower heart rate than the average.

What about a slow heart rate in those who are not boxers? Is a slow heart a good sign or a bad sign? Dr. Philip W. Morgan, Emporia, tells in the Journal of the Kansas Medical Society of communicating with 25 American life insurance companies to determine the number of those with a slow heart rate in proportion to those with the tancyhow long they were likely to live as compared with the normal rate. Dr. Morgan found that these life insurance companies accepted applicants with bradycardia (slow heart rate) and occasionally even with a marked bradycardia.

In 700 young men with medical histories remarkably free from serious illnesses, heart rates with Individual resting of less than 60 wera found In 3 per cent, and rates of 60 to 65 were found In 16 per cent, making a total of 19 per cent with pulse rates of 65 or less. Dr. Morgan's observations show that a fair percentage of apparently normal healthy individuals have a slow heart rate and that they can expect, according to medical statistics, about an 18 to 19 per cent better death rate than the average. Thus those with a slow heart rate who are otherwise healthy may now feel assured that a slow heart rate ls an asset, not a liability, as it means that heart and blood vessels are doing their work in an efficient manner. (Tomorrow: The Shape of tho Body and Its Relation to SENATOR SOAPERSAYS: A COMMENTATOR on world af.

fairs calls Eden "the last knight of Europe." Then came the dawn, and Chamberlain. Two Words a Day. The Way of Politic. Richmond Palladium I President Roosevelt's influence has been brought to bear many times to bring about passage of legislation, but he was strangely silent on the antilynching measure which has just been shelved. Nearly a month of filibustering by Southern senators brought no w-ord from the White House.

Important matters were delayed while the battle was permitted to take its course. Not by word or sign did the President indicate his position. The bill would have permitted Federal prosecution of state officials who willfully failed to stop lynchings. It is inconceivable that the President condones the failure of state officials to stop lynchings, so it must be deducted he was afraid to oppose Southern senators for political reasons. Thus, once more, conviction must give way to political expedience.

Lynchings may continue without fear of Federal prosecution, and the President has saved himself from antagonizing his Southern friends. That it the way of politics. By L. E. CHARLES.

MARCH. Noun. From the Roman Martius or Mars, the god of war, we have the name for this month, the first one of the Roman year and the third of ours. It remained the first month on the English calendar until 1752. March is traditionally wet and stormy.

On the 21st or 22d the sun crosses the celestial equator north-bound, called the equinox, because the sun shines on both sides of the equator day and night for equal length. FERMENT. Noun and verb. In speaking this word one distinguishes between the two uses by the pronunciation. The first syllable is accented as a noun and the second for the verb and the first sounds like "fur," as in "xtn," for the noun.

The Latin fervere ls to boil. The noun first meant leaven or yeast, then agitation or tumult, a state of mental, social or political excitement The verb is to produce or cause the chemical change characterized by effervescence and seething from within, as well at to stir up, to excite er arouse. Always the press accounts and pictures of a Hitler harangue leave questions in our minds: What does the man mean, and who's his barber? Thank heaven for the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It turns out the Panama canal could have been wider, but we can't have everything. "Japan scatters Iter blessings on China and gets no thanks," a puzzled Tokio editor tells a coast Perhaps China doesn't like her manna.

Already the sap stirs in Northern maples, and a 10-ton steam roller disappears from a New York highway job. It must be the gyps in iU (Copyright, K3S.