Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-31

! Special TO Indiana Daily Times
and Philsd slphia Public Ledger.
! NEW YORK, Aug. S1--Ihere is a won
derful oil painting Of tho late Theodore
Roosevelt hanging on one Of the walls
OF the Harvard Club. Not so long ago
the writer had occasion to meet Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, late OF the First Di-
vision, with a splendid war record In
France and now Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy. within the club. With him at
| the time were his two surviving brothers
/ Kermit end Archie. The spectacle OF the
| three stalwart young men standing under
! the portrait of their ulustrious father was
an incident of note and never to be forgot.
/ ten. 1 was speaking OF 1t with a man
who recently visited the Roosevelt grave
near Oyster Bay, and he said he counted
hfty-three motor cars parked near the
last resting place Of the former Presi.
dent.
An architect only few hours from an
airplane trip over New York said
| In decade Manhattan Will be known
as the city OF the Pyramids" He referred
to the new style Of building tops created
| by the city ordinance that compels the
| higher portions Of the structure to be
set back from the building line The
effect from above is that OF looking
| downward upon the apexes of field OF
pyramids.
Akross the continent and back again
! for $29.s3 is the record made by Herbert
! A Davis, Jr., 10, an Eagle Grade boy
scout Of America, with forty-two merit
badges. He made the trip In thirty seven
days and liked st only for go miles. The
rest Of the Journey wss by freight trains
wagons and automobiles. In the course
OF IL be passed within eight miles OF the
Canadian border and one hundred miles
OF the Mexican border. He says only
once was it necessary for him 20 use q
passenger train, from la Junta, Colo. to
Ration, y. NJ. For an amateur hobo"
or lightning shifter" young Davis quali-
hes IN classics for be found time to tarry
In Southern California to visit the motion
picture plants and the great irrigation
projects.
Longacre Square-excuse me-. should
/ have written It Times Square fairly has
| seethed for foTty-eight hours with the
| movie stars. Never has there been such
a representation from film land in Broad
way at one and the same time. The oc-
casion for the gathering was a number
! OF noteworthy happenings premiers
Of The Three Musketeers." which
brought its hero. Douglas Fairbanks. and
his wife. Mary Pickford, to the cast; the
arrival Of Charlie Chaplin, who is to soil
for EDglan9 on Saturday and the opeu-
ing Of Maj S Loew's New State Theater,
which is last word in the form Of a
| picture house. Those events turned the
bright light belt" into a mecca for
everyL ody OF note on the screen. Think
Of standing in the shadow Of the Clar-
,dge Hotel and being able TO have
pointed out TO you every personality you
have ever seen on the screen walking
along In the Gesh.
! To plant tree on the streets Of Mar
haitian 1t is necessary first 10 obtain a
| permit from the department Of parks and
then agree to certain specifications as
to the planting and care Of the tree, in
Guiding making a deposit of $40 as an
evidence OF good faith. Every tree that
goes into the ground must rest in a tree
| pit just as II it were a plant in a pot
/ That pit must be filed with three to
| five cubic yards OF top soil and there
must be arrangements for artificial
watering drainage and cultivation. The
tree must be protected from traffic by
a guard.