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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12

standing. Her son would not mold
as she desired.
Why wouldn't he mold as she de-
sired? What spirit Of the devil
created the queer spirit" Of her
son? She refused to walk one-third
of the way toward the goal of un-
Outstanding. In a burst of temper,
honest temper, Martin "damns" his
mother. Martin after leaving his
home. blames himself. He tried to
make up, but his mother assembled
the throne of self pity.
In this drama you cannot help but
feel the understanding of the au-
thor. To me this is not fiction. 1t
is life. It was a fight unto death
between mother and son. Never
have I encountered such a brilliant
natural background.
The Show Down
You come to one big moment of
the book when Ebenezer Moir breaks
the news to his wife that Mar in
was to marry his model.
Ebenezer speaks to his wife as
follows:
"Oh-your son! Do we know,
Rachel''-he spoke very quietly
that I would hate We if J didn' t
think We were crazy-crazy with
your Eugenists and your Woman s
Emancipation and your Christianity.
You a Eugenist. You a Christian.
heard something about you the other
day-quite accidentally. I may tell
YOU seeing that tittle-tattle is the or
der of the day. had to go to see
about my eyes. I went to Earle
old Earle's son. There was an etch-
ing by Martin hanging in the young
mans consulting room," he paused
Does that please you? Good God
womanl Your son! Do We find moth
ing in that to please you? If you
had walked into strange house
and saw-but that is not the point
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
BY "HICK"
d a date" yesterday.

Had a date" yesterday.
She called it a social engage
ment"
I called upon Baby Peggy Mont
gomery. She is known and loved
all over this land as Baby Peggy.
Felt rather proud of calling on
a national sweetheart, but I am
accustomed to making calls in my
work.
Guess where I found Baby Peggy?
She was in Ace Berry's private prof.
ection room at the Circle looking at
Jackie Coogan's movie, Robinson
Crusoe, Jr."
Curled up in a nice comfy chair
with her sister, Louise, aged eight,
Baby Peggy was looking big eyed
at the Coogan picture.
When I entered Peggy and her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
By WALTER D. HICKMAN

"A
URDER!
I'M Not that an attack was
made in the dark with 2
knife or a pistol, but the sure kill
ing Of the spirit, the artistic soul
which was life, by the mother of
her son.
Nothing could be more dramatic
and powerful than such story OF
real life. You will find such a theme
in Frederick Niven's Justice of the
Peace"
Here is the first sympathetic and
intelligent understanding of the
conflict of artistic temperament
against the stern and uncompromis-
ing discipline of a mother for her
artist son that l have read.
Every time 1 urge you to read a
book It is not done for the purpose
of increasing the sales, but to point
out something worth while and
beautiful in your mental experience.
For more than two weeks have
refused to write review Of Justice
OIL the I GdCG. LSNGn ia lAlC i4l4NQAN
of the day ] have thought of the
murder" of Martin Moir by his
mother cruel refusal to understand
his artistic and queer makeup
Even late at night, when the days
work was over, carried the thought
of this murder" to bed with me.
1t is with deep appreciatin of this
book that 1 attempt to interest you in
powerful background life, peopled
by individuals who breathe not the
air of the fiction world, but men and
women who may be your neighbors
Received my copy for review from
Boni G. Liveright, publishers, New
York, on the suggestion of Percy A
Beach OF Beachs Bookshop of this
city.
This is not a murder story in the
flesh sense. A mother refuses tc
open her heart and her mentality tc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12

There are two men and three women
in the act and they perform various
types of dances before a pretty
drape.
The Capps Family. apparently
rapa, mama and some eight Riddles
Of graded sizes. are seen in an act
shat is a novelty from the stand
point of personnel at least. They
are singers, dancers. Observation-Disclosures
and there is one miniature rub9
comedian that gets the laughs.
There is a Io- of talent in this family
the most promising of whom seems
to be the younger Of the two boy
dancers. He is an easy, natura!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
HOTEL CONTRACT LIE
Addition With us Rooms to Be
Built at French Lick.

French Lick Springs Hotel, French
Lick, Ind, owned by Thomas Tag
CART, is to have a six-story addition,
containing two convention halls, 10
additional bedrooms and roof gar
den. The contract was let to D. A.
Bohlen & Son, Indianapolis archi-
tects.
The ground floor will be given over
to speciality shops. The two conven-
ton halls, one large one, with sew
eral committee rooms for both, will
occupy the second floor. Buff brick
and white stone, matching the pres
ent structure, will be used. The
hotel now contains approximately
700 rooms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
LENA DALEY INTRODUCES
Us TO miss TABASCO"

Lena Daley's 1924-25 Columbia
Wheel burlesque show is called
Miss Tabasco."
The program states that it is in
two acts and twenty some scenes
and believe the program.
Modern burlesque has really be-
come musical revue with a dash of
vaudeville. Columbia burlesque no
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12

a sense OF humor.
And he gets the
audience to whistle
the songs as he
plays them. I
would rather hear
the harp without
the whistling, but
the a u d / g n C e
seemed to enjoy
entertaining itself.
LaRocco is a good
Snowman as well
as a good musician.
An act that would
held it's own on
a n y vaudeville
bill.
The Five Versa
tile Steppers are
Just what their
billing indicates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
Ten Planes in Race

By United Press
LONDON, Aug. 12.-FTying an
Armstrong Whiteworth airplane
from scratch, Lieut.. H. w. G. Jones
arrived at Lee-On-Solent at 1:06 p.
M. today, apparently winner of a
950-mile speed race in which ten
planes participated. Jones unoffi.
cial time was hours SO minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
How Bleachodent
Whitens Dark Teeth
In Three Minutes

Bleachodent Combination contains a mild
lQuid to soften stains-and a special paste
ghich gently removes them. Dull. yellow
tobacco-stained teeth are made flashing
fhite, sparkling clear-almost as you wait |
lerfected by two prominent dentists. Just
Use LIQUID once a weelx-paste every day.
Keeps teeth wonderfully white and lustrous
Don't go around with bad looking teeth.
They spoil appearance. and besides cause
tooth decay. and bad breath. : Get BleachO-
dent Combination containing both liquid
and pastel for small cost at all good drug
gists such as Hook Drug Co.. Haag Drug
Co. Goldsmith Bros. Henry J. Huber
Advertisement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
A HARPIST WINS
ON LYRIC BILL

Wouldn't you like to hear the
more melodious of the popular tunes
played on q harp?
Roxy LaRocco is doing it this
week at the Lyric. Besides his skill
on the harp LaRocco displays quite
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12

! n g er appeals
to men only.
Burlesque must
not be the head
quarters for dirt.
Its doors must
be open TO men
and women If it
wants to exist.
L e n a D a e Y
knows this and
she has built an
elaborate revue.
Her girls ar e
dressed at times
in scant attire,
but the clothing
used is smart.
Lena herself in
one scene does
an impression Of
ell Ho Ora "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
Shooting Matches Arranged

Pistol and rifle shooting are on the
program of the annual picnic Of the
464th Pursuit Squadron Club, Sept.
1 at Hangar No. 1, FIT. Benjamin
Harrison. Lieut.. w. L. Betz is
chairman. The club will cooperate
with local chairmen in observation
of Defense Day.
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Just A Real Child Is Baby Peggy

sister rose and gave me the cutest
little bow.
"Oooh." she gasped, they got
part of the reel upside down
and now they are goin' to show It
right
She snuggled back into her chair
and waited for the operator TO rem
edy conditions. Baby Peggy is
| learning her alphabet and she
turned to me as the subtitles We're
flashed on the screen and said, Tell
me. please, what they are going to
| do to Jackie now"
When the cannibals on a "far
away island" attacked Jackie. she
leaned over to me and said in
alarm Those ugly men (cannibals
with white marked faces are not 60
ing to hurt Jackie, are they?"
I asked her. they never hurt you
in the movies do they, Peggy?"
"Of. course they are just acting"
she replied.
The Expose
Suddenly Baby Peggy became
more interested She screwed up
her little mouth when Jackie be.
came lost on a storm tossed ocean
far away from civilization"
Mamma, mamma" she cried,
that's the little pond at the studio
Tepst e. ,,,aVoroa 90
Eyes. dear" said her mother"
that's the little pond on the Metro
lot"
And so sweet little Baby Peggy
gave me the low down on a movie
secret-where the movie directors
get their wild oceans in far away
lands.
'She saw Jackie make some of
this picture" her father explained TO
me. She is very fond of Jackie
By seeing his picture it gives her
her only chance at comparisons"
can give you Baby Peggy's exact
age-she is 8 years old. Her father
told me that.
The thing that I like about the
Montgomerys is that they are allow.
ing Peggy to be just a little girl.
| To the m she is more than a star
| she is their daughter, who has the
same rights Of thousands Of other
little girls who play with dolls in
stead Of acting in the movies.
Loves Her Dolls
Her father told me that Peggy
loves her dolls and dogs.
Travel, of course, Is hard on
them peggy and Louise)," he said,
because they cannot play with
their dolls and dogs. I am going to
see that she has a child's rights.
She is not going to grow up until
she is of the right age. She is 60
ing to make pictures in which nor
NAL child is seen. That is her
right, you know-to lie really
young"
The more Montgomery talked to
me the better I liked him. Peggy
has real father and mother. They
are not forcing heFinto personal ap-
pearances. She appears in a box at
the theater and throws kisses to her
friends
The only way that Baby Peggy
7 can be entertained is to give her a
real child's party. Then Peggy can
come with her dolls and her desire
to make mud pies.
Oh, I tell you that Baby Peggy is
a real American youngster. Bless
| her
Baby Peggy is here today and
Wednesday to just meet her friends
at the Circle. where her latest fea-
ture. Captain January" Is on view.
| And she looks just like her pic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
Movie in Spades Park

Music for an entertainment in
Spades Park at s tonight will be fur
nished by the Heath Memorial
Church orchestra. A movie, Hats
Off" will be shown. If it rains the
entertainment will be held in the
church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
AssaiIant Sought

By United Press
GOSHEN, Ind, Aug. 12.-Police
today are searching for the I'M
identified man who attacked Helen
Hertel, II, of South Bend. here Mon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12
MH ego0d ones
come hfoHgh

The popularity of Chesterfelds
is an outstanding example. For
months now they have been
drawing over 1000 smokers a day
away from other cigarettes.
Surely this is proof of their
quality and good taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-12

WHETHER it's golf or Gig.
w arettes or anything else,
popularity is no stroke of luck.
No champion ever held his
Iaurels except by making good.
No cigarette ever held popular
favor except by deserving it.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
1924 SHOWS BIC
0LDSNOB|LE
GAINS
Made in Face of Decrease In
Automobile Production Of
Whole Industry

Oldsmobile for the ten months
of 1924 shows a gain of $4,000 cars,
or 81 per cent, over the same period
last year. This gain is made in the
face of decreasing production for
the automobile industry as a whole,
which, according to National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce fig
ures. has been per cent below 1923.
Officials at the Oldsmobile plant
at LanGing, Mich. expect the in.
creases will prevail through the re
naming months of the year. 1t II
attributed. in part at least, to the
introduction of the Oldsmobile coach
this fall, which set new low price
for six cylinder five-passenger
closed car with steel body by Fisher
Production schedules call for 5000
of this one closed type alone for No
vember and December.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
S88\NASHINGTON TIMES MID ~WEEK 24A
@&H- AUTOMOTIVE SECTION A%&8
Couple DweDs In Car
While House Is
Going Up

Although the Overland coupe
sedan has been used in diyersi-
fled manner by motorists be-
cause Of the remarkable adapta-
bility for tourists, campers,
statesmen. rural mail carriers,
farmers-in short, for almost
any vocation-it remained for
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Gould, If
North ChinchiIla, Pa, to dis
cover a most unusual purpose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould decided to
build a new home. But their
housing problem until the COM
pletion of their new residence
was most acute one, until
Mr.. Gould learned of the pecu-
liar qualifications of the Over
land coupe-sedan. A demonstra-
ton quickly convinced both him
and Mrs. Gould that the Over
land coupe-sedan, which can be
converted from a natty closed
car into a comfortable sleeping
compartment. would quickly re-
heve his predicament.
AS a result, they purchased
the car and enjoyed life in the
open while watching their new
home go up, cooking and eat
ing outdoors and sleeping in
their coupe-sedan at night.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

engine is running the right foot
Is transferred to the brake pedal
leaving the left foot free to operate
the clutch. The gas is handled
from the steering post control with
the left hand, while the right hand
attends to the gear shifting. Neither
emergency brake nor helper is
needed.
The automobile may be getting
foolproof, but better results would
be had by all drivers If they would
act on the assumption that the per.
sonal element in operating the cars
controls is still as essential as ever.
1t may not be necessary to know
as many of the fundamental tricks
so often, but because one so easily
gets out of practice it is occasion.
ally a matter of utter importance
to know some Of the, first principles
In an emergency.
Keep in practice, and occasionally
speculate as to how you would
handle the car if something went
wrong. Try driving without using
the brakes, slowing down by means
of shifting down" Try driving
without using either gears or
brakes, guiding the car by means
Of the accelerator, Judging distances
so cleverly as to be able to run
along without requiring brakes to
slow you down and Second" to
speed you up. ........,.,..
You may have to use your wits
some day, Don't be caught nap
ping.
Copyright, ls2A)
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
NEW MARM0N
SEDAN WINS
PRAISE
Countrywide interest Is
Aroused in. Popular
Priced Models

Countrywide interest has been
aroused in the new Marmon standard
sedan and the four-door brougham-
coupe, both Of which are featured
by the NOrdyke & Marmon Company,
at only $50 more than the price of
the open-type models, according to
reports which have been received at
the factory from Marmon dealers.
The Marmon Company is the first
manufactures of high-grada auto.
mobiles to make a large reduction
in the differential between the price
Of open and enclosSd-type cars.
The sedan is luxuriodsly appointed
quantity production that the factory
liz enabled to sell the car for only
$3.50 more than the price OF the open
type models. According to Royce
Hough, local distributor, the sedan
has four doors and seats five passen-
gers comfortably, 1t is Marmon's
answer to the new demand for un-
challenged quality at moderate cost.
The sedan is finished attractively
in two-tone Duco Gray. 1t has dou-
BILE moulding at the belt line: one
piece straight.front windshield, dis
tinctive type head and cowl lamps
and numerous other appointments
for the comfort and convenience Of
passengers and owners. Balloon
tires are standard. On this model
as on all Of the new Marmon
models, there is a three-way rear
lamp, including stop light, backing
light and tail light; double tire car
rier on the rear, with adjustable
clamp and. Yale lock; DINNER
switch on the board. atwood steer.
ing wheel, latest type carbureter
adjustment on instrument board,
combined cigar and handy lamp on
instrument board and numerous
mechanical refinements.
The four-door brougham coupe is
the same as the sedan in general
design, but is more close-coupled
and allows for a deck on the rear
The rear quarters and rear end
are finished in leather with deco
rative breakdown arms which give
a landeau effect. 1t has carrying
space for luggage in the rear and
seats five passengers comfortably.
The sedan and the four door
brougham coupe are priced at $3,2s5.
The price Of the Open-type model is
$3,165.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
WHITE TRUCKS
CO 100000
MILES
4,1o5 Vehicles Attain Record
Runs-Some Exceed the
100000 Mark

The number of miles a good
motor truck will run is still mat
ter of considerable doubt. Thou
sands Of trucks are now in service
that have exceeded 100000 miles,
while some have gone SO far as to
reach and even pass the half-mil-
hon-mile mark.
According to records compiled by
the White Company, 100000 miles
has become common performance
for q White truck. 1t fact, in the
light of abundant evidence 1t may
be said to have become standard
performance. Today the owners of
Abs Whites report their trucks
have each run 100000 miles or more.
Hundreds of others, of which the
company has no accurate records,
have exceeded that mileage. Scores
have passed the SOC, 0O0-mile mark
and are still giving dependable serv-
ice, while some have gone so far
as to exceed 100000 miles.
The high mileage records are
not confined to trucks in any spe-
cial class of service, nor are they
isolated accomplishments, but in
clude trucks in all lines of bust.
ness operating under all sorts of
conditions. The 00,000-mile record
this year shows a gain of 1907
trucks over last years record and
a gain of 1923 owners names.
In some instances owners report
entire fleets of trucks that have
run over 100000 miles each. Such
is the record of the fleet of twenty
six Whites operated by the Pro.
vincial Highway Board of Nova
Scotia. In the service of the Gulf
Refining Company, 116 Whites have
each exceeded 100000 miles. Every
truck in the fleet of IA owned
by Wizards Chocolates, Ltd, of
Canada, has run more than 100000
miles. The entire IA are still in
active service. The Motor Transit
Company, of Los Angeles, operates
70 Whites that have made more
than 100000 miles; the White Tran.
sit Company, of Plymouth, Pa, 80;
the Schulze Baking Company, Chi
cago, rs; Gimbel Brothers Depart
ment Store, New York City, rs;
the Standard Oil Company of In.
diana, "a; and so on down a long
list through many fields of bust
ness and ell sections Of the country.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
This Weeks Motor
SermOnette
No. 46-"COnfidence"
prepared by the Public Informa-
ton Committee Of the washington
AutOmotlve Trade Association

Just as modern business lives
from day to day--And builds for
the future-on confidence, so is
motordom also founded on conf
dence.
Now and again you win meet
a motorist who looks with suspi-
cion upon everything dealer
says and who thinks he is being
stalled every time the service
station manager suggests some
way of remedying a trouble other
than tearing down the chassis.
But, fortunately, he is exceptional.
Few motorists stop to consider
that 1t is confidence that makes
possible the distribution Of auto.
mobiles even before the ultimate
consumer is considered. Every
automobile dealer must place full
confidence in the manufacturing
organization he represents.
He does not actually see what
sort Of workmanship and ma
terials go into every car delivered
to him any more than a banker
follows every exchange of every
dollar he lends. But he has con.
fidence in the ability of the manu-
facturer and his integrity.
Likewise the motorist must
have confidence in the man who
sells to him. He cannot afford to
imagine that his car has been
maltreated before 1t is delivered
to him or that someone is trying
to turn a trick on him. It isn't
modern.
Confidence is the first word in
motordom, and the last.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

It is in the matter Of having
something happen to one of the
controls, however, that the chief in
terest lies, for 1t brings to mind
the many stories Of the many peo-
pie who were out Of practice when
skill was needed. If motorists are
going to forget all they ever knew
about shifting gears just because
the newer cars shift so easily they
are running the risk Of playing the
fliver boob some time, somewhere,
when something goes wrong.
There has been g vast improve.
ment in lighting, but the wise driv-
er still keeps in mind the fact that
he would be in just as bad way
as in the old days If his lights
went out while he was running
along at twenty-five miles an hour
at night. The day when emergency
brakes failed to hold a car sta
tionAry are now more or less his
tory, yet the wise owner still takes
the added precaution of leaving the
car in second.
Depending on Ones Car.
Carrying this thought along to
the actual job of driving one finds
that there is everything to lure the
drive into depending upon the pre-
cision Of the cars pedals and levers.
He finds, for instance, that merely
dabbing the brake pedal brings ex.
cellent results In the way of decel-
Grafton. Shifting gears seems to be
an easy matter regardless of the
position of the clutch pedal. He
just seems to push on it slightly,
move the gear shift lever where
he wants II. and the tricks done.
AS for nursing the engine, that
seems to be a closed book. When
he gets down around five miles an
hour in high, and is afraid he'll
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
CHAMPION COMPANY
PLANS NEW BUILDING

Ground has been broken py the
Champion Spark Plug Co. for the
construction Of a steel plant ad-
jacent to its present main manu-
featuring buildings in Toledo. 1t
will. be one-story building with a
capacity of sixty tons Of cold drawn
steel per day and a 3,OOO.ton stor-
age capacity.
The plant is being built to in
sure the company Of an adequate
and even quality of steel at all
times. At certain periods each year
1t has been difficult to secure
promptly from the mills the high
quality steel required.
The new plant will be 80 equipped
that the company can buy hot bars
and do cold drawing Itself.
Plans call for it's completion be-
fore March /.