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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-19
ARTIST rs
STARTING
OVER AT II
Russian Comes to United
States With Some of
~ His Paintings.
Times Washington Bureau,
1929 NetD York Are.

TT7 ASHINGTON, July 19.-Start-
Wl ing life anew at the age Of
IL II may appall some folks, but
not Mark Jaffe, a noted Russian
painter. just arrived here from
Leringrad, as the Bolsheviks now
call Petrograd.
Jaffe, in the days before the revo-
luton, fwas an artist whose paintings
found favor with the Gar Several
of his works were in the royal gal
leries.
The Russian artist comes to the
United States under novel circum-
stances. He was allowed to leave
Russia only on condition that he
pay to the Soviet republic 10 per
cent Of his earnings from the sale
of paintings to Americans.
He brought with him a score or
more of canvasses. His best ones
were appropriated by the Soviet re-
public as state treasures.
Life Not Happy
Life of artists and intellectuals in
Russia today is anything but happy.
judging by Jaffe's experiences. His
wife and son are refused permission
to leave Russia His daughter died
Of malnutrition. His house was com.
Wandered by the Soviets. Literally
dragging their possessions through
the streets because they could not
employ help, Jaffe and his family
nh1icraH fn gs,&
that was left after all the workers
families had taken their pick of the
homes in Leningrad. Jaffe's son was
denied graduation as an architect
from the university because he was
not the son Of worker; he had fin
ished his courses successfully and
could have graduated had his father
painted barns instead of pictures.
There was no demand for art in
Russia, Jaffe said. and his wife
urged him TO come to America. when
the Soviets offered TO let him go il
he would give the Russian govern
ment 10 per cent of his earnings.
For the sake of his art, Jaffe said
the family was divided
Paints Historical Pictures
Jaffe's speciality is painting por-
! traits showing dramatic historical
moments. Historical snapshots, his
works are sometimes called. He
hopes to paint some of the most
dramatic moments in American his
tory and will paint studies Of what
he calls "the American face"
| In spite Of his age. Jafe is en-
thusiastic and energetic. He looks
like man of so. He is under the
additional handicap OF not knowing
English. He Is busily studying the
language. He gets all the joy of a
small boy out Of each new American
discovery, such as grape juice. ice
cream and all that.
Jaffe is not bitter over his hard
luck since the revolution. With
typical Russian fatalism, he shrugs
! his shoulders and says, 1T had to
come"
Does he like America? Il never
want to leave it., he says.
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HEALTHIER

MERICANS healthier the first three months of 1924
S than ever before in January, February March So
reports big insurance company the Metropolitan Life whose
polcyhOlders number into millions
Deaths from dlphtheria dropped decidedly fever
also Flu death toll small tuberculosis
gratifying decline Deaths from diabetes were % ne cent
fewer than year ago.
Science is curbng the ancient diseases Nature will send
new maades to take their places Already instance nervous
ailments increasing aarmingly
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EARTH rs
WABBLING
ON 4 x is
As Result, PoIaris viii Be
North Star Only 5000
Years.
By DAVID DIETZ

90 INCE the early days of
III y civilization. Polaris, the north
- or polar star, has attracted
almost as much attention as the con-
stellation Of the Great Bear.
Consequently, now that you have
grown familiar with the Great Bear,
you will want to get acquainted next
with Polal,is, and the Little Bear,
the constellation of which the north
star is a part.
The north star is easily found
Dubhe and Merak, the pointers or
the Great Dipper. show us the way.
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Trmthfnl Genrrie

Little George Washington proudly
displayed a large butterfly which he
had caught.
How in the world did you get
it?" his father asked.
Father" replied George, II can
not tell a lie, did it with my little
hat yet.'-Youngstown Telegram.
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What was the story Of Isabella
and the Pot of Basil-the title of
a painting by John W. Alex
ander?
Isabella, a high born maid Of Mes
sina, loved the manager of her broth
ers' estates Lorenzo. When the
brothers found this out they killed
Lorenzo. His ghost appeared to Isa-
bella in her sleep and told her he had
been slain by her brothers. She
found the corpse, but since she could
not remove it to holy ground, she
cut off the head. wrapped it in linen,
put it in a pot, covered it with
earth and planted basil in it. She
tended this plant with great care,
watering it with essences. orange
water and tears. Her brothers,
thinking to cure her of some mental
disorder, took away the pot; she
cried increasingly for its return.
whereupon they split it and found
the head, which they recognized by
its fair curls. They then realized
the murder was discovered, buried
the relic and fed to Naples. Isa-
bella died of heart-emptiness still
lamenting her pot of basil.
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The Hiwires, circus performers,
were at the top of their trapeze.
and the Mrs. was holding her hus-
band in midair.
Now dear" she said softly
down to him. cant have that new
gown?"
Teri am not in position to
say, darling" he replied.-Ameri-
can Legion Weekly.
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when did man first pass a win

ter within the antarctic circle?
In 1898, when the Belgian expe-
dition IN the Discovery, under the
command of Captain De Garlache,
was beset by ice in latitude II do
grees 81 minutes south and longitude
SIS degrees 16 minutes west
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Family Fun
Be Prenared

Here's a letter, pap. from lady
what wants to spend the summer
here. and she wants to know If we
have a bathroom"
Write and tell her the truth,
Hiram Tell her she'd better take
her bath the day before she comes
here. "-Whiz Bang.
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4 Thought

A false balance is abomination TO
the Lord: but a just weight is His
deHght.-Prov. i'll.
sss
; Honest minds are pleased with
honest things. Beaumont and
Fletcher.
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Daughters Y. NJ. Willing

$50 you propose to take my
daughter from me without any
warning?"
Not at all. II there is anything
concerning her you want to warn
be about I'm willing to listen. -
London Answer.
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What is contraband Of war?

The term embraces arms, am
munition, materials, for manufacture
ing explosives and munitions of war,
armed vessels, clothing of a military
character, saddle and draft horses,
provisions intended for military
use-in short articles which belhger-
ents forbid neutrals carrying to
their enemies. According to inter
national law these are liable to
seizure and conflscation by order of
a prize court. and the vessel carry.
ing contraband is liable to con-
fiscation if the contraband forms,
either in value or weight, more than
ralf the cargo. During the Civil
War, negroes who came within the
Union lines were considered con-
traband Of war.
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Her HeInfrrI Dad

Would your father be willing to
help me in the future?"
'Well. he said he wanted to kick
you into the middle Of next week
Film Fun.
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Wife Sure Knows

Does your wife know how to
wash dishes?'
II should say she does. l can't
do them to suit her at all.
can Legion Weekly.
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Who was Diagoras?

N A Greek philosopher and poet, sur
named the Athenian of Melos. He
was driven from Athens on account
of his atheism ali B. c. and died in
Corinth.
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The Way Out

our rooms look perfectly dis
graceful and here are visitors com
ing"
Lets throw things around little
more and we can tell them we are
house cleaning Boston Transcript.
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Air in motion, resulting from at
mospheric pressure by which air is
forced to move from a place of high
barometric pressure to a place cf
lower pressure.
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what is a doctrinaire?

What is a doctrinaire?
An impractical theorist who argues
on a "theoric scheme of policy that
admits of no pliability for contin-
gencies" LowelD. The term is u.s.
ually applied to socia. or political
idealogists.
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What is the lowest grade of
commissioned officer in the
United States Navy?
Ensign.
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THE CONCENSUS of opinion among the experts social
workers and policemen be that present younger
Grafton has plainly shown its ncapacty and lack of dis
ermnatlon by selecting quality Of parents
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Ask The Times

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ton Of fact or information by writing
to the Indian apolis Times Washington
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All other questions will receive per-
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What do biologists mean by
differentiation?
The evolutionary process in the
course of which an organism be-
comes increasingly complex and In
creasingly fitted for it's special con-
ditions of life.
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How is crepe paper treated in
order to give it the power to
change colors, blue or pink, ac-
cording to the weather?
BY soaking it in chloride of CO.
bait to which little common table
salt has been added and a small
of gum arabic. The latter is
used for giving body to the paper.
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THE AXIS OF THE EARTH,
PROJECTED INTO THE SKY, DE-
.TERMINES THE NORTH STAR.
But as a result of this shift, Po-
laris will only be the pole star for
another 5000 years. The honor will
then fall in succession to a series of
stars, one after another, in the CON
stellations of Cepheus and Cygnus.
In about 500 years from now the
Vega will be the pole star.
And in $4,000, Polaris Will again
perform the duty it does at the pres
ent time.
Copyright. 1924, by David Dietz.)
NEXT ARTICLE: More about Po-
laris.
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REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON saws this country will how
population of 2000O0OO0 1874 we are guessing he
tight One family in Centerve Nd already has reported it,
fourth pair of twins
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May dinner and afternoon
calls be returned on Sunday aft
ernoons?
Generally it is not considered the
best form. The correct hours for
calling are between 8 and o'clock
in the afternoon on week days.
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VERY PROPERLY and consistently it is stable govern
nen that gives the dark horses cavort and snort
green pastures
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OF WORK
CONTINUES
Labor Figures Show Middle
West Fares Better Than
Other Sections, =
Times Washington Bureaa.

E-3 ASHINGTON, July 10. - In
I\MI spite of the fact that the
agricultural and building sea
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Extra! Culbrjt EludeS
the ROYAL Mounted

a long time that all the other
characters in the play are forever
commenting that he has been
gone a long time Over four
years, precisely. You see, he's
after his man.
Well. he doesn't get him. In.
stead 1.-THE man" comes back in
the clothes and habiliments Of
the man who's been gone for a
long, long time. And at this point
disillusion sets in. Mr.. Curwood,
who wrote the book from which
the play is adapted. is guilty of
heresy and every small boy who
thought an r. N. M. p. without
his man was like ship without
a sail, will shed tears at this
malicious puncturing of a beauti.
full pink balloon.
Our attitude toward the Cana
dian constabulary from now on
will be that of the ordinary metro.
politan flat.foot; disdainfuI and
verging on the suspicion that the
same man who press agents the
marine corps performed a similar
duty, under a non de Huerre,
for the royal mounted. In ether
words, they are less the paragons
in pants than they are in print.
The films can do the outdoor
dramas with such completer
fidelity than the stage, that we
must condone the courage of the
producer but not his wisdom.
The very flatness of the settings
discourages illusion. The one
time sanctity of the Mounted
Police slogan has been corrupted
by repeated burlesque. The satires
of the Kaufmanns' and Connollys'
and Joe Cooks and countless
others have made cromos Of
originals. THE Rivers End"
can't have even an honest appeal
for the cinema fan, though fair
ness compels us to say that
Producer Russell has provided
an adequate cast. decent sets and
has eschewed much of the blood
and thunder we were misled
into expecting.
There's a murder in the dark
the pursuit over wrong trails. a
prodigal from the wilderness
wearing another mans shoes, the
love theme and some lethal fire
works in the Malamute chop
suey palace. all dove-tailing to
an IL o'clock denouement that
is just as lovely as it can be.
George Probert. in Chinese
role, gives a fine and subtle
Characterization. William Boyd
as John Keith, pursued and pur.
suer, is as natural as the role
permits. Our enthusiasm hes.
itates at this point.
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Something Rare, Here.

There has never been a picture
on the local screen that can DO
said to be in any respect a coun-
terpart Of "Galloping Fish"
Thomas H. Ince's six reels pf
button-popping Mysteries which
is at Crandalrs Metropolitan this
week with Sydney Chaplin, Louise
Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Lucille
Rickson and Chester Conklin c!nwn-
ing in their best manner. The title
of the rib ticker is derived from
the source never before utilized for
camera purposes and will not be
disclosed in advance. When Ince.
hit upon the idea visualized in
this screamer. he paved the way
for more laughter than any
theater has previously held. The
sequence of scenes that marks
the pictures climax is as thrilling
as it is funny.
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IS WORTH EVERY
CENT OF YOUR
MONEY

Beneath the spreading chestnut
tree
The viIlGge smithy stands.
-BGudeLGire.
In Editor Phillips forthcoming
book, What a Young Vaudeville
Critic Should Know" this canon
appears: IF in doubt as to the
opening paragraph of a review,
use a classical quotation. regard.
less OF the appropriateness. 1t
immediately creates, in the mind
OF the reader. an emotion of re-
spectful ave-"
This lead" as you doubtless
have deduced, is mere log-rolling
for Editor Phillips book. A re.
view Of the current bill at B: F.
keith's theater might have be-
gun in almost any other way.
We might have begun at the
logical place, with a bouquet for
good ole Frank Crumit and a few
kind words about his delivery.
Frank doesn't have to sing loud
to put his songs across. He
croons, smilingly, and strums his
super-ukulele. One very compe.
tent critic has said that he seems
to be in room by himself, sing
ing just for fun. Frank makes
the grade.
Nance O:Neil, Alfred Hickman
and Walter bennett comprise an
adroit triangle in Alfred Sutro's
tabloid comedy, IAN the Worlds
Stage" Mr.. bennett is weighty,
and his falls upon the furniture
graciously loaned by Amos W. Nc
Dewitt is splendid recommends
ton for the sturdiness Of said fur
niture.
Harry Holbrook, one Of Gen
eral Lejeune's best bets, sings in
ferocious baritone, accompanied
by Bruce King, another marine.
Holbrook has very good voice,
and he tries very hard-perhaps
too hard. But he gets the hand.
Kathleen OHanlon, Theodore
Zambuni. Senorita Grassi and
their Argentine orchestra present
"A Cabaret in Cuba" colorful,
exotic, almost savage-and featur-
ing Spanish songs and dances.
The Runaway -Four are an ex-
traordinary team of tumblers.
Jessie Maker and William T. Red.
ford present Rolling Stones" a
sketch saved from oversweetness
by plenty Of comedy and singing.
This reviewer will always con-
tend that the Royal Gascoignes
have the best opening act in
vaudeville. The same old lines,
the same old stuff-but it always
goes over. because It's basically
good. Schichtl's marionettes close
the bill, and OF course we mustn't
forget the mOvies.7J. r.
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Popular Band.

Jan CARRIERS CARRIER. Davis
Orchestra which recently scored
a tremendous hit as a special
added attraction at Crandall's
Metropolitan Theater and which
is being brought back for a spe.
cial return engagement this week,
went into B. F. Keith's Hippo
drome Theater in New York on
March 10 and was reviewed in
the press Of the metropolis as
the greatest applause act that
ever played the house. They
were Immediately offered extern
sive Keith bookings but declined
to accept. The CARRIER Orchestra
will be heard today at 3:25. 5:25.
1880 and 9:35 p. m. daily EXCEPT
Saturday at 1926. 1880 and 9.35
and next Saturday at 1876, $3.50,
1880 and 9:35.
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A Born Musician.

Harold Levey, who composed
the musical score for 1.-THE Magic
Ring" now at the National Theater
was born with golden spoon in his
mouth, unsteady speaking. That is
to say, he comes Of race Of must
clans, and could hardly have been
anything else but a musician. His
father was for twenty years a
violinist in the New York Sym.
phony Orchestra, and was play
ing in a concert there at the very
moment that young Harold came
into the world. On that same
momentous night an elder brother
was off scraping a cello under
the baton of Walter Damrosch.
Another brother, the late Herbert
Levey, the only member. Of the
family at home to welcome the
little stranger, was later to be
rated as perhaps the finest Amer
lean clarinetist of this generation.
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3. H. SOTHERN AND
MISS MARLOWE
APRIL IA

Edward II. Sothern ana Julia
Marlowe. Shakespearean Co.stars.
will appear at Polls Theater for
the first time in two years the
week of Monday. April IA. This
is their last visit to washington
for at least two years.
Twelfth Night" will be acted
on Monday night and at the Sat.
urday matinee, Hamlet" on Tues
day night, Romeo and Juliet" on
Wednesday night, THE Tanning Of
the Shrew' on Thursday and Sat
urday nights. The Merchant Of
Venice" on Friday night.
In the Sothern and Marlowe
company are such able Shake.
speareans as as Frederic Lewis,
Lenore Chippendale. Florence
Fair. Albert Howsor, France
Bendtsen. V. l.. Granville, Frank
Peters. T. G.. Bailey. Milano Til
den, Thomas Holding, H. Fisher
White and Vincent Sternroyd.
Nail orders will now be received.
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Phyllis Progresses.

Phyllis Haver's impersonation
of Aphrodite arising from the
sea Tor was it Venus0 continues
in full blast. The former Sen
nett bathing girl, who looked for
ward to a lifetime study Of mere.
ly looking pretty, comes nearer
to her heart g desire of a dramatic
career in The Fighting Coward"
the new Tarkington-C ruze produc-
ton at the Palace this week.
Phyllis opened her assault on
art in The Christian" and fol-
lowed this up with another body
blow in wild Bill Hickok." She
plays a flrtatious Southern belle
in The Fighting Coward and
plays it mighty well, they say
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ASPARAGUS is LUXURY
CROP OF CALIFORNIA

BYRON, Cal, March 25.-Aspara-
gus. the luxury crop of the Central
California deltas Of the Sacramento
and San Joanquin rivers, is bring.
ing war prices and better this year
Growers Of the edible grass have
visions Of fortunes.
The farmers are elated over the
opening price just offered by can.
ners OF six cents a pound fob. river
bank. One offer Of six and one.
half cents was made. During the
war the highest price was six cents.
The 1924 crop Is expected to bring
growers more than $5,0OO,0O0.
High prices this year are caused
by increased demand despite in
creased acreage. These rich delta
lands furnish the United States
with with IS per cent Of all the
asparagus marketed. The demand
has become world wide and some.
thing like $4,000 acres are planted
each year. New ground constantly
is being broken to add to the pro.
duction
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By HAROLD PHILLIPS.

When we were a small boy 1t
was the oft-pronounced ambition
Of every cubeb addict in our set
to become either a motorman or
an entrepreneur in fine candies,
cigars and tobaccos, on reaching
manhood. This period, as you may
guess. if you're paying any atten'
ton, antedated the refining in
fluences of the movies. Oeca-
sionally one of the less magma
tive of the gang would vouchsafe
himself a glamorous career at ele-
vator running, but his hypocrisy
would unmask itself as soon as we
began sketching dimensions of
the chocolate creams that would
repose in the showcase over which
we were to have sole and complete
superintendent.
The small boy in those days was
little disturbed by alternatives.
Romance had so few abodes before
the cinema knocked all the worlds
boundaries into a cooked hat that
unless a male youngSter, before
reaching eight, registered prefer
ence for the front end of a street
car or the back end of a showcase,
he was considered positive fail
ure. Today things are different.
The movies have raised the cur
tain on many varieties of interest
ing chores and now the neighbor-
hood gang, round-tabling without
permission in Mrs. Fogarty's vege-
table house. can be heard attach
ing themselves to any one OF
thousand venturesome futures en-
vironed from the trackless wastes
of the great North spaces to the
torrid purlieus of Death Valley
and way stations.
Some will be second lieutenants
in iron hats, moving down enemy
legions with one hand and waving
Old Glory in the other Others
will be sailors, scanning un-
friendly waters from the crows
nest for trespasSing craft. Still
others will be ''ridin' herd" on
ill-tempered mustangs with a
close eye out for rustlers and
other vermin of the range. But
the majority will be. Royal North.
west mounted police, God bless
them, in fiaring red tunics, Sam
Brown belts and prominent gun
ware.
This is, we suppose, because
the mounted policemen are great
travellers. They are always on
the point Of leaving for a trip or
just returning from one. And
such trips they take!
In THE Rivers End" at the
Belasco this week Eyes. this Ia a
review. one of them is gone such
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Chances Fate.

Thomas Meighan showed con.
tempt for superstitions the other
day when he smashed a mirror in
a scene for his latest Paramount
picture, THE Confidence Man."
This scene called for the player
to drive his fist through a large
dressing table mirror, and the
director had some misgivings
about it. knowing that theatrical
people In general are reluctant
about breaking mirrors. But
Meighan just went right into the
scene and sent his fist through
the glass without murmur.