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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01

A group of girls from the industrial
department are spending the week end
and Labor Day at Camp lockwood.
Members: Lena Fortney, Beulah May
Healing, Louise Ehrgott, Fern Bowers,
Clara Snyder, Dorothy Nordholt, Car
RE Masterson, Floy Badgley, Laura
Nard. Miss Frances Hancock. girls
work secretary, is acting as hostess.
After Labor day the Y. w. G. A
camp will be open only for week-ends
Miss Florence f. I.anham. member
/ ship secretary. has returned to her
work at the association after a vaca-
ton at Lake Winona.
The federation council held called
meeting Thursday night to arrange
/ final details for the Forest Beach con
( ference.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
federation council will be held Tues
day night. At that time reports will
be made by the program and educa-
tionaI committees as to plans for this
years work.
The Tadpoles and the Carry-On Club
held their regular club meetings Fri
day night Officers for the year were
elected.
The program and educational com
mittees OF the federation met Fri
day night. The program committee
made plans for the programs for
Wednesday night supper meetings.
The educational committee planned
for the class work to he offered. The
Wednesday night federation meetings
will start the first week in October.
The millinery and show card letter
ing classes will be the only ones In
the general education department in
September. These will begin during
the week OF Sept. IT, all others will
start Oct. /.
Mrs. May King Stevenson. instruc-
tor In sewing at the Y. W. G. A. will
offer this fall course in dress design,
the first week in October. The purpose
of 1t will be TO assist girls and women
TO plan their apparel more artistically.
The class will meet for twelve weeks
on Wednesdays7fro 7 to Q p. m.
Mrs. Esther MARS, director Of the
Y. w. c. A. cafeteria, returned to her
duties on Sept. /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Bond Sale Authorized

The Bloomington Water Company
has been authorized by the public
service commission to sell $500, 500 in
securities for the construction of
water plant near the city. Through
bond issue the city OF Bloomington
eventually will come into possession
of the Improvement. according to a
contract between the city and the
company, which the commission also
approved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Husband Is Drinker

Dear Miss Lee: I am woman 81 years
old and married man AZ three years ago.
My husband Is a steady worker and provides
but he takes spells Of drinking in he eve
ming three and four times. a week. Can you
advise me on this?
BEAUTY BLUE EYES.
Give your husband fair warning
that he must give up either drink or
you. II he does not stop, go away,
with the understanding that you Will
return when he changes his habits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Principal Improves

n. 3. Bonham, 30, Of Plainfeld, prin-
cipal Of the Valley Mills high school.
was reported improved today, follow.
ing a heart attack Friday Just after
the Marion county teachers institute
closed at the courthouse Bonham
was unconscious for half an hour
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Stahher Commits Suicide

BIZ Times Special
MARION. Ind. Sept. benjamin
F.. Butler, 20. who recently seriously
wounded his sonin-law. Albert Kelly,
prominent Fairmount business man,
by stabbing him, hanged himself late
Friday. Brooding over the fight with
Kelly is said to have been the cause
Of the act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
BASKET STAR AT REST
Funeral of Former Em-ROe Player
Held at RushvilIe Home.

Justin Stewart, who played with the
Em-Roe basketball team last season
died in Youngstown. Ohio, after an
operation for appendicitis. and the
funeral was to be held today at Rush
VILE Stewart s home.
With the Em-Roes last season, Stew.
art was a flash at forward. He was a
small player, but very fast and clever.
In the season of 1922 he was an
all-State high school player with Rush
Vile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01

Loving you ardently, your husband
did not realize that he would miss the
companionship of his men friends, II
he gave 1t up entirely. He is only hui
man TO want to get back among the
fellows" once in a while. Let him go
to his lodge meeting. and don't worry
about him. He loves you none the less
because he wishes to 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
FILM INDORSERS' EXHIBIT
PhotOplay Reviewers to Have Display
at State Fair.

The Indianapolis Indorsers of Pho
toplays will occupy booth at the
State Fair with the ParentTeacher
Association.
Hostesses are: Monday, Mrs. B. FL.
Moore. Mrs. Wolf Sussman. Mrs. Da-
vid Ross; Tuesday. Mrs. David Ross,
Mrs. Theodore Wagner, Mrs. e. L..
Burnett; Wednesday, Mrs. c. L. Da-
wilson, Mrs. d. Y. Byrkitt, Mrs. O. c..
Lukinbill; Thursday, Mrs. T. w. Dem
merly Mrs. Nj. E. Robbins, Mrs. w.
II. Geisel; Friday, Mrs. F. L. Petit
john, Mrs. Harry Mcdonald, Mrs.
Charles II. Smith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
FLAT ROCK BAPTSTS SPLIT
COnnersVille Pastor Is Moderator of
New Organization.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind. Sept 1.-The
Flat Rock Baptist Association Of In
diana has been divided and new
body. the East Central Association,
formed The new organization In
cludes churches of Richmond, Rush
VILE. Homer. Elkhorn, Connersville
and Cambridge City. The Rev. ". n.
Melton. Connersville. was elected
moderator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Check Found Worthless

b F. Simmons. 904 Indiana Ave,
reports to detectives a co1ored man
came to his store and made purchases.
A check given in payment Of $14.9o
proved worthless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Know Thyself

intemperance in eating or working.
Seek your physician before you have
to live the hyg1enic life you should
have developed in youth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01

Two people, living entirely to them
selves. no matter how devoted, are
sure to irritate each other many
times.
Even honeymooners may weary of
each other II they never are sepa-
rated.
The absence that makes the heart
grow fonder" may be just IN absence
Of a few hours But II helps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Lee
Monotony May Have
Made Eve Eat Apple
MISS CONSTANCE STANTON

Adam and Eve had to relieve the monoony of each
others company Perhaps that why Eve fell for the serpent
Cline"
Today the days of the Garden of Eden the emper finds
his easiest victims in places whore monotony has full
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
Two Face Speeding Charge

Two men were under arrest today
on speeding charges. They were Cecil
3. Shock, 81, of 1888 s. Delaware St,
and Harry Hoover, %, Atlas Hotel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01

NEXT-John Prescott to his mother
"A harsh rejoinder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01
WOMEN VOTERS IN
ACTIVE SEASON To
SOLICIT MEMBERS
League Concludes Statewide
Summer Campaign to
Further Cause.

With the aim of enrolling two
thousand new members this fall
neighborhood organization meetings
of the League of Women Voters, have
been held in different sections of the
city, to acquaint woman voters with
the principles Of the league and to
educate them for the coming party
conventions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-01

Mrs. William Winery was elected
president: Mrs William Myers. vice
president; Mrs. Cora Douglas. secre-
tary: Mrs. A. c. Ehret. assistant sec.
rotary. and Mrs. Maude Robinson,
treasurer. of the Hammond League
of Women Voters at the August meet
ing. The ward chairmen will be ap-
pointed by the official hoard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

9th day Of April, 1898, it's doors were
thrown open and never yet have they been
closed to those seeking admission. That
was a large dwelling house and selected
because Of its size, but even in its first
year became overcrowded by the 122 cases
treated during its first summer and fall.
The experiment proved necessity and the
closing Of. st. GATHERINGS Hall made pos
sible the fortunate change, in 1900, into
the larger and old Colonial edifce which
has been its home until now. To the origi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
Note Its History

Note Its History
From the legislature of 1891 a charter
was secured incorporating the Augusta
City Hospital, and its corporators group
of public-spirited men, perfected an organ.
ization and set out upon their task of
soliciting funds for the new enterprise.
Funds were secured, but slowly-and not
until the winter of 1898 was a building
established as hospital A building on
Crosby Street was purchased and on the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

nal building, in 1907, was added the Nurses
Home, the generous gift Of Mrs. j. Man.
chester Haynes. and to these again, in 1913,
was added the much needed new wing the
generous gift Of all Of our people. Thus
has the good work been allowed to go on.
Its Purposes are the treatment care and
attention of all who can be benefited or
cured by surgical or medical aid, whose
benefcent work is not excelled by any
hospital in Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

It Is Governed by men and women Of Au-
gusta who give their time, thought and
energy for the great work which is being
accomplished-who neither seek, desire
or would accept remuneration. They
only ask that you contribute your Bit
toward the Common Cause
Its Resources are derived from public sub
scription, requests and gifts and money
from patients who are fortunate enough
to have funds from which they can pay.
The State pays it nothing toward main
tenance or improvements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12
Do you realize 7?

That since it's opening 1920 persons have
been treated here.
That during 1922 to this hospital 1917 per-
sons have been admitte
That within one year so accident cases have
been rushed to the no spital a nd given i'm
mediate attention.
That during 1922, 1902 children were given
treatment many of these without parents
or money.
That wi hin one year SO babies have here
been born.
That this hospital sen DIS out District Nurse
daily, who has made 20,898 calls upon the
sick and needy of Augusta since 1903.
That during 1922 the District Nurse made
1892 calls upon 248 families in Augusta, of
these 223 calls were without charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

A child of five years of
age was admitted to
the h Ospital in the
spring of 1922 who
could neither talk nor
walk. It remained DUR
ing the summer under
the watchful care and
skilled treatment Of
physicians and nurses
and was finally sent
home cured, and is .
well child today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

Within a few months a
boy of 10, without fam
lily or friend, came to
the hospital Office and
said he was sick. Ex-
animation disclosed the
necessity of immediate
surgical treatment
which was given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-12

Within the year three
serious skull fracture
ses have been re-
ceived, in each instance
the patient being un-
conscious for days all
victims of automobile
accidents-and each
discharged Recovered.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Outdoor Amusements.

YESTERDAY was a gala day at
Glen Echo Park. It was the first
day Of tho season for 1929. Wash
fngton's funseekers turned out with
enthusiasm, and all seemed to find.
the utmost pleasure in the many
amusement features provided by the
management.
The star feature this year is the
shooter. new amusement device,
installed during the winter 1t is a
un-provoker and there are twenty
five Shooters" electrically driven.
which skoot in every direction over a
steel floor so feet wide by 120 feet
deep. The cars seat two passengers
and are easily operated. 1t is made
of heavy material. Is non-collapsible
and Is said to be perfectly safe.
Its 1000 feet Of thrills and It's s5-foot
drop. The big derby racer. which
has been put on q par with the
coaster dip by the addition of two
drops. equal to those Of its COM
petttor; the carrousel, where the
latest music is played on the $4,000
organ; additional lights and a rain
bow Of colors: the midway, with its
added amusements, "crossing the ice"
"whirl-i-gig" and live lobster; the
rebuilt roulette wheel. which has
been raised to the floor surface: a
speedier kiddie kar ride; the old mill.
with a military band organ in one
of the scene sheds. and the famous
Glen Echo Orchestra of twelve musi
clans for the dancing pavilion. with
it's resurfaced fioor,J adds to the
beauty of the grounds.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
COSM0S-Leah Baird and Her
Offer,

The pre-eminent attraction at the
Cosmos Theater this week will be
Leah Baird. the famous screen star, in
person, and with her latest Thomas
Fl. Ince picture. rs Divorce q Fail
ure?" Each day at the matinee and
twice in the evening Miss Baird will
appear and talk to her audience of
Hollywood and the bearing Of divorce
upon the screen star. But the girls
Miss Baird's special mission, which Is
with "the best picture face" prefer
ably one who resembles some famous
screen star. At the close Of the week
from those thus selected will be
chosen three who are to go to Holly
wood, way out in beautiful Califor-
mia, and appear with her In her next
picture, and each Of these, In addition,
is to receive q handsome present
awarded from prizes donated by local
merchants who are interested in the
novelty. Who knows II Washington
may not furnish a long-looked-for
Mary Pickford, or a Constance Tai
madge, or some other great Aim ce-
lebrity in replica? But apart from all
famous productions, is said to fur
and helpful, woven around a butter
fly wife who tasted sorrow and-but
the picture will tell the remainder.
A standard Cosmos bill will sup
port these sensational attractions. It
is headed with big novelty. tho lat
eSt Of tho year, and Is presented by
Clifford Wayne and company. who
feature a miniature Fred Stone and
band of Indians in full regalia, to-
Evening star., 1923-05-13
BELASCO-"The Bad Man" /"

The famous New York success, "T'he
Bad Man." comes to the Belasco The
ater tonight as the attraction for the
week.
Frank Conroy, who will be seen in
the title role, has previously ap-
peared In many notable productions
and is credited by New York's critics
as being at his Joyful best as the
rascally bandit who cares nothing for
laws except those he makes himself,
who steals women and cattle and
the most 1ovable of stage figures.
Conroy's Pancho Lopez Is known to
be drawn after Francisco Villa, the
former Mexican free lance, OF whom
many funny stories passed back and
forth across the Mexican border.
It is q play Of thrills and surprises.
It can be told as an example OF It's
unoommonness that it's bold, bad ban
dit shoots a man down coolly before
the very eyes Of the audience, and
yet, 1t Is said, his grip on the sympa>
thies is such that they applaud him
iavishly. 1t Is theatrical signpost
to mark changes in the dramatic way
of doing things in Mr.. Conroy's i'm
personation.
Porter Emerson Browne, author OF
"A Fool There Was and "The
Spendthrift." is the author of "The
Bad Man." which may be called either
melodrama or satirical comedy. for.
while at the final curtain the hero
triumphs and all IL we'll, the author
has broken every dramatic rule the
playgoer knows In accomplishing the
fact
A cast of unusual excellence Is
promised, including Juliette Crosby.
former Washington society girl; Fred
Raymond, jr.: Wallis Clark. John
Daily Murphy, H. Dudley Hawley.
John Wray, Joseph Crehan, Helen
Flint, George Kennedy and Gordon
Blyth,
Evening star., 1923-05-13
ages of the giant liner melodically

ages of the giant liner melodically
diverting when the Shipping Board
starts 1t on its regular trips In July.
The Leviathan Band opened to
smashing success some weeks ago at
the Palace Theater in New York, and
Its Washington appearance is one of
a select few it will make, under the
direction Of the Shipping Board. dur
ing a vaudeville engagement limited
to the larger Of the eastern cities.
Williams and Wolfus. the come
dams, who are In a class of their
own. come as the added feature in
From Soup to Nuts" a potpourri
OF "ruf-fine" comedy. done as only
these two artists can do it.
Valerie Bergere. the emotional
latest Of her charming. playlets. 20
Joy San,' q tale OF cherry -blossomed
Japan, with a typical Madame But
terf1y" atmosphere. Her supporting
cast will include Herbert Warren
Pearl Kincaid. Violet Karney, Fife
Bordine and Harry M. Smith. The
playlet was written by Katherine
Kavanaugh.
Completing the bill will be Flo
Lewis. in silks and Laces"; the 1nnis
brothers, in THE Man About Town;
Kellam and O'Dare. in Chasing the
Blues; MacCarton and Morrone. with
ations. and the Luster brothers, In
gymnastic capers. together with the
Keith house features, Aesop's Fables
Topics Of the Day and the Pathe
News.
Last times today at and s:15 pm.
the Marion Morgan dancers and oil
the other acts Of last weeks bill.
Evening star., 1923-05-13

booths that line it are being reno
waited and repainted. The great
derby coaster, the merry go-rouud.
the shooting galleries, the bowling
alleys. the billiard rooms, the
Japanese fish ponds. the paddle
stands. the swings and the refresh
ment booths also are being put in
readiness.
Free dancing will be one &C fle
outstanding features at the beach,
with music afternoons and evenings
by Ralph Garren's orchestra.
The picnic grounds, with grassv
slopes. overspreading trees, gravel
walks and rustic benches and tables.
are being put In order by landscape
gardeners. The bathing beach is be-
ing improved and the fleet OF
pleasure boats has been augment
ed. The fishing season already has
opened.
A number of restaurants, lunch
rooms and refreshment booths Will
furnish refreshments.
Four miles of track have been re-
laid between Owings and Chesapeake
Beach. the heavy steel draw bridge
over the Patuxent river at Mt. Cal
vert, Md. has been reconstructed. ard
the wooden overhead bridge at Cen
trail avenue. where the Baltimore pike
crosses near the District line. has
been replaced by one of steel and
masonry construction.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Automobiles
Uncle Sam Breaks In

group cf syncopatinn artists about
three weeks ago. Tut the LcViathan
Is not ready to sail So il came to
pass that the Shipping Board. feel
irg exceptionally proud of the White
man band which is 10 tte OF" "f the
Leviathans steady attractions, made
up it's mind to give the american
public Il tast" of the sort of music TO
which the passengers on the Lcyia-
than will dance by booking the band
for d limited time in vaudeville.
And so it happened. Keith OF
ficiaIs heard of the troupe and i'm
mediately prepared to book 1t for a.
brief time in the larger cities of the
eastern half of the United States.
Roy Burnside. who stages and di-
rects the mammoth spectacleS for tho
New York Hippodromc every year.
has prepared the Offering, Quitting
it with proper settings and investing
the presentation with d maritime col
or and atmosphere.
Washington is said TO he fortunate
in being of the few cities chosen by
the Keith offices for hearing this
unique and nonpareit band. Tie
Whiteman stamp OF appioval is
there. which means that every man
in the group has been personally Sc
lected anG trained by the great
American master of jazz and srnco-
patton.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
lust when were the good old days

lust when were "the good old days
y of the drama SO feelingly re-
ferred to by many in deprecating the
modern stage?
oliver Morosco arises to ask the
question. His own activities in the
theater extend back more than twenty
years and his search for the golden
era" has been pursued to Shake
speare's time. But instead of finding
the particular period, he is convinced
that 1t has been the tendency at all
times to hold cotemporaneous works
lightly.
It might be supposed '-the good old
days" were in the beginning OF the
seventeenth century, when Shake
speare's masterful tragedies were
presented. But hardly so, Judging
from the blue writings Of Ben John
son, who was filled with des 1air over
the "dramatick." In 1907 he wrote.
But here 1t will be hastily answered
that now, especially in dramatick, or
Gas they terme it) stage poetrie.
nothing but ribaldry. proclamation.
blasphemy, all licence Of offence to
God and man. is practic'd."
johnson, however, was filled with
Evening star., 1923-05-13
'sIHE GOOD OLD DAYS. .
4 Dramatic Reuerie.

the zeal of al "uplifter" for he prom
ised. Il shall raise the despis'd head
of poetrie againe. and stripping her
out of those rotten and base rags.
wherewith the times haue adulteratcd
her form. restore to primituc habit.
feature and majestic And Of the
ancient forerunners of modern nlu-
steal comedy, Johnson expressed him
self:
NOW the concupiscence of dances
and of antics that SO reignetil as to
run away from nature, and be afraid
of her, is the only point Of art that
tickles the spectators"
A century later Richard Steele prob
ably thought that the good old days"
were in Jonson's time. for 1t was sad
in his own days. He solemnly la
mented the decadence OF intellectual
interest in the drama and In bitter
verse said that a play:
May be performed without a writer's care
And is the skill of carpepter, not player.
$50 on through the history of drama
IL goes" says Morosco. But there
is this consolation. some generation
/ will look back to today and refer TO
| IL as the good old days"
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Writes Plays and Is Witty.

nURING recent interview In New
Orleans Miss Leah Baird, the
noted screen star. is reported as say
ing she never met q divorcee who
could darn socks or cook ham and
eggs country style
Miss Baird is credited with an ex-
treme sense Of humor and punctuates
her talks with laughable stories OF
her experiences In a motion picture
las. Tex. the other day one OF her
girl admirers asked the star:
'Is divorce good for anything eS-
cept alimony."
"why, yes. dearie'' replied Miss
culation."
Since leaving Los Angeles Miss
Baird has made tour of the south
Her first stop was Austin. Tex, where
she was met by Gov. Neff and COM
mittee from the Texas Federation OF
Women's Clubs, and where a state
then she has attended mayoralty re-
ceptions and been presented with
floral keys to the city in Wallis, Hous-
ton, San Antonio. New Orleans. Mont
gomery, Birmingham and Atlanta.
While in Washington Miss Baird
will select the most beautiful girl OF
woman at each performance by pass
ing through the audience after hei
address. She is conducting prize con.
tests in each city visited, indicating
those who, in her Judgment. mos
nearly resemble some famous screer
star. At the closing performance the
chosen candidates will be awarded
prizes, the audience being allowed te
vote on its favorite.
Three lucky ones, it Is announced
will be given a chance in the movies