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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-27
DANCING AND COMEDY
HOLD FORTH AT KEITH'S

William and Joe Mandel are co
centric comedians who operate along
individual lines. They go in for &C.
centric makeup. They do a high
class burlesque upon a gymnastic
act and then taper off with a trav-
esty upon a classical dance.
These men are naturally funny,
and they do not overdo the eccentric
part of the act. They also lend their
assistance to William Demarest and
Estelle Collette as the closing act.
Demarest and Collette are musi-
clans. The man playing the cello
and the woman the violin. The man
clowns a good deal, and this gives
them a chance to do little after
piece as a part of their act.
Bert Enrol is an English imper-
senator from the London music
halls. He appears both as a man
and as a woI..dn. His female" voice
Is Of a high register. He doesn't
burlesque the idea too much. His
wife dances in his act. A rather le-
climate piece Of work. r. Fowler
is at the piano.
Billy Hallen has his own way of
telling stories and putting over his
comedy. He is a hit because he has
a natural way In developing his COM
edy. He pleases with ease.
The sketch on the bill Is THE
Mahatma," comedy in two scenes,
dealing with a fortune teller who
didn't get to tell fortune. Herbert
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A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

offense. Abraham Lincoln said on
one occasion, Gentlemen. so long as
1 have been in the White House
never willingly planted a thorn in
any mans BOSOM" Let every bust
ness man follow this rule, and how
much ill-feeling and heart aching
will be spared.
Never willingly give offense. Don't
be a knocker. I despise to hear
fellow knocking his competitors.
If your competitor knocks you, and
you want to heap Goals Of fire on his
head, the best way to do 1t is to for
give him and show him some kind
ness. Don't be like one old man,
who became offended with a bust
ness competitor. This old man was
taken sick and the doctor said he
was going to die. His competitor
called to see him and said, MY
neighbor, 1 don't want you to die
feeling hard toward me and I have
come to ask you to forgive me"
The old man replied, "Well, if I die,
forgive you. but if live, 1 don't"
If you want to get along and be
happy in your business life, cultivate
the forgiving spirit, be kind and
tenderhearted toward your COM
petitors, deal justly and charitably
with them. and give them the same
consideration that you would have
them give you.
Copyright, 1925, by John r. Gunn)
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Two Senators

T7HE Department of Justice of the United
l States of America decided to prosecute
certain citizens on charges of conspiring to de-
fraud the Government of public lands.
Some Of these citizens had been trying to
get oil lands in Montana.
The Department of Justice found that a
certain United States Senator had once been
attorney for one of the men who wanted to get
the oil lands.
So it indicted the Senator on charge of
conspiracy.
Some of our other citizens wanted to get
hydroelectric power sites in Arizona.
The Department Of Justice found that the
wife and the son and the secretary of a certain
United States Senator were among the persons
who had laid claim to the government s power
sites.
But it didn't indict that Senator for con-
spiracy 1t didn't say anything about him.
WhyY
The first Senator was Burton K. Wheeler.
the man who exposed conditions in the Depart
ment Of Justice.
The second Senator was Ralph H. Cameron
who hasn't yet exposed anything
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IA PRISON
EPIDEMIC

%HREE inmates of the In
diana State Reformatory
~ at Pendleton have typhoid
fever. Authorities at the inst-
tuition do not fear an epidemic OF
the disease will occur, but are
taking all precautions to control
the situation.
A disease epidemic at this
State penal institution would
doubtless run a spectacular course,
with consequences unpleasant to
contemplate.
The Reformatory is overcrowd-
ed. 1t has GAS cells and now
houses 1879 men. Each cell holds
two inmates, and the remainder
Of the prisoners who can not be
accommodated thus are hung up
in the corridors or in temporary
quarters. Conditions complicate
the institutions sanitary problems
and favor the spread of disease.
A few energetic typhoid or other
virulent germs turned loose in
such congestion would have a gay
time and cause havoc. They
would surely but unsatisfactory
reduce the overwcrowding.
Typhoid flourishes best where
people are crowded together with
inadequate sanitary provisions. 1t
has always been most conspicuous
in Army camps, boom towns and
overloaded prisons. But now its
ravages can be surely prevented
by incubation.
Yet, despite the proved efficacy
of this preventive method, prison
ers are admitted to Pendleton IN
their raw state, even though they
may be typhoid carriers, and are
not compelled to undergo inocula-
ton against typhoid. That's en-
couraging an epidemic.
If a man can't break into the
Army to serve his country with
out first being inoculated against
typhoid. 1t seems equally sensible
to compel incubation Of Reform
atory recruits before they serve
their sentences. 1t ought to be
made as difficult for an epidemic
to get into prison as for a bandit.
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MUSIC Is PLAYED
ON REAL BOTTLES

LISTS Second Hungarian Rhapso-
dy played on, just think of it, played
on bottles.
And a very beautiful and impress
sive rendition of this wonderful piece
of music it was. Petty and Lester
Reat at the Lyric this week have an
innovation that stands apart from
most so-called innovations" In the
fact that 1t has real entertainment
value. A piano accordian as an ac-
compartment. in itself a very hard
thing to do. They are to be COM
plimented on their act.
1t sounds like an Indian story. but
Brooks of Brooks G. Mace, says that
Miss Mace is a full blooded Cherokee
Indian, minus two quarts. The
minus quantity being due to n fall
in her youth and the loss of the said
life fluid at that time. Anyway Miss
Mace can do a splendid Indian war
dance as attested by her per-
Torrance at the time Of review. The
act is full Of good fun.
Arthur and Darling have a rather
odd act. The setting is laid in a
forest and the man, in the costume
Of a great frog. does some very
difficult feats in the line of con-
tortions. He is one of the best in
that line here for many moons.
Joe Freed & Co., are riot in one
of the scenes of their act. The
several different scenes are supposed
to represent things seen on visit
to New York.
The Four English Mad Caps"
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Text: "Be We kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one an
other. "-Eph. 4:32.
~ INDNESS, Observation-Disclosures,
TX forgiveness. To some it may
seem almost absurd to talk
about these exalted graces having
any place in business relations. Bust
ness is regarded as heartless and
cold-blooded In the fierce competi-
ton of business men stand over
against each other like gunboats,
carrying deadly missiles. This is all
wrong, as we can easily see from
the whitening and blighting influ-
ence it has upon the lives of men
engaged in business. OF course,
fair, honest and open competition is
legitimate Rivalry in business is
a wholesome stimulus, provided it
is controlled by a spirit Of mutual
consideration.
Henry Ward Beecher said, 1.-THE
supreme art of life above all other
arts is the art OF living together
justly and charitably." This is an
art every man in business should
learn. The model business man is
he, who in the din and battle Of mar
ket and street, knows how to bear
himself toward his fellows with
justice, charity and kindness. II
you want to maintain that kind of
relation with your fellows, learn how
to carry on your business without
creating discord and without giving
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The Leagues Chance

rT7HE commencement Of hostilities between
| Greece and Bulgaria presents the League
of Nations with the cleanest cut opportunity it
has yet had to prevent war.
Both nations belong to the League The
League not only has jurisdiction but is in ideal
position to enforce its laws. Considerable pres
tige therefore, is to be won or lost by the way
the conflict is handled.
The League however, will not find its task
easy General Pangolos reputation is already
known to readers of this newspaper. A verlt-
able fre-eater, he would just little bit rather
go to war than not In fact, he recently seized
the power because he considered his prede-
cessors in Office, the Colonels Gonatas and
Plastiras, had whalebone for spinal columns
instead of ramrods
General Pangalos has pinned for war ever
since Turkey seized, sacked and burned
Smyrna following the Greek debacle in Asia
Minor. He has insisted that the Greek army
was not beaten in the field, but that 1t was
stabbed in the back by corrupt swivel-chalr
bureaucrats back home in Athens. The prestige
of the Greek arms was trailed in the dust and
the general has constantly pined for chance
to redeem it.
When the Greek church patriarch was ex-
PEELED from Constantinople about year ago,
General Pangalos was generallsslmo OF the
army He strobe up and down the banks OF the
Martha separating the Greeks from the Turks,
like man-eating leopard on leash. He was
rearn to go. Because Gonatas and Plastlras
held him back he awaited his chance and over
threw their government, placing himself at its
head.
So Dictator Pangalos will not now yield to
the League first suggestion of peace. 1t may
have to use strong medicine. 1t can, and should.
Greece is broke. She cannot fight without
arms and money. If necessary blockade
could prevent either reaching her. Bulgaria is
both broke and unarmed. She cannot make
war without defying the League and that is out
Of the question. Russia might sell her arms but
the Black Sea is the only open road between
the two countries and half dozen destroyers
could easily close that.
The paddle of discipline decidedly is in the
Leagues hands. 1t is high time these pestifer-
Gus Balkan countries were administered les
son and for once in their history sent supper
less to bed
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The Wages of Death

TIFF all the aviators in the United States
l Army, Navy, Marine and commercial
were to go on strike, demanding 10 per CEN
wage increase, the sympathy of the whole coun
try would be with them.
They are entitled to any pay they may
ask, we would say, because of the dangerous
nature of their work.
There is another class of workers who
daily risk their lives. Great numbers of them
are killed at their work and much greater mum
bers are MANNED for life. The last official
monthly report' concerning them told that 1875
were killed during August this year, smaller
number than the average for August in the
past ten years.
The workers referred to are coal miners
Forty-six of those killed in August worked in
the anthracite field of Pennsylvania. That was
an average of about two miners a day killed
there, considering the number Of days worked.
The average, in fact, has been about two day
over period of years.
But there is nothing spectacular or thrill
ing about an anthracite miner He doesn' 4 90
up into the air to get killed he goes down into
the ground. He doesn t meet his Maker filed
with zest of high adventure and the swift ro-
nance of modern existence. He meets death in
murky pit out of the sight of those he serves.
Unless dozen or more of his kind are obliter-
ated at the same time, his death is not a mat
ter even for newspaper notice.
The anthracite miners are asking for a 10
per cent pay increase
Bureau Of Mines, U. s. Department of Commerce
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A PRIVATE
ELECTION

"EORGE V. COFFIN, Repub-
hcan city chairman, Mon
day submitted to the Indi-
annapolis city council a list Of pre-
cinct voting place for the munic-
ipal election Nov 3. Previously he
had furnished the same body with
his approved list Of election in
spectors.
Isn't it nice of the chairman to
attend to all the details of arrang-
ing the election machinery? Other
wise the councilmen, burdened
with large official duties, might
have been caught unawares by the
election, and without having made
adequate preparations for the
event.
A gentleman from Mars sojourn-
ing in our midst would easily get
the impression that the municipal
election is a private party pro-
NOTED, staged and controlled by
the Republican city chairman.
The simple voter, of course, does
not care who selects the polling
places. His only concern is that
they be conveniently and CEN
trally located. His only concern
about election inspectors is that
they be fair, competent and i'm
partial.
The self-crowned bosses have
other fish to fry. They are inter-
ested in the election machinery
not to assure an impartial verdict
of the ballots but to serve them
selves.
Both candidates for mayor talk,
long, loud and convincingly to con-
Quoting municipal affairs on a
business basis for the benefit Of
every citizen and taxpayer. Each
promises a thorough business ad-
ministration.
The Republican city Chairman
isn't making any public addresses
but he, too, is endeavoring to
couple business and the city ad-
ministration. Only he, like other
partisan bosses, works to make the
administration his business. How
is the public likely to benefit from
such a wedding Of city affairs and
business?
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Dead at the Wheel

IA LOCOMOTIVE engineer dropped dead
"a the other day and the train ran on dis
lance afterwards ascertained to have been fif-
teen miles, before the fireman discovered what
had happened and took his place at the throt-
tie.
Nothing happened and no harm was done,
except to the dead engineer. If the same thing
had happened to an automobile driver, disaster
would have followed in less than a second.
This illustrates a difference between the
risks of automobile and locomotive driving.
And yet we will not let a man drive locomo-
tive unless he is demonstrated to be much more
than an ordinary man. He must be experienced,
skilled, tested, intelligent, responsible and
sober
Anybody can get an automobile license
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HUNTERS AND
QUARRY

T VERETT HESTER, %, was
Killed while hunting the
- other day; a widow and
four children survive him. AS he
entered his automobile at the con-
clusion of his sport the lock of his
shotgun caught on the door and
was discharged.
That was the second fatal hunt
ing accident in Marion County in
less than a week. A few days be-
fore, Raymond Shield was shot by
a companion, who was attempting
in haste to STAY a rabbit. Through
out the State a half dozen hunters
have been seriously wounded or
killed in the past week.
AS usual, in a brisk hunting
season, hunters with distressing
frequency are proving their own
best quarry.
There is nothing new about
hunting accidents-except in the
persons called upon to bear the
resultant grief. The accident
themselves are all of two types
both preventible. Either the hunt
er is shot by an excited companion
being mistaken for squirrel,
rabbit or whatnot-or careless
handling Of his own weapon tears
him asunder.
AS a sport hunting is popular.
healthful and profitable. The game
is not necessary as a solution Of
the problem Of the high cost of
living. Food may be purchased
more cheaply at a corner grocery
or one-arm restaurant. But shoot
ing rabbits is likely to be more
beneficial to a sportsman than
shooting Kelly pool.
However a shotgun is a brain
less creature easily irritated. 1t
would just as soon blow a hole
through it's owner or an innocent
bystander as to puncture
squirrel or the atmosphere. I'm
less treated with profound respect
and handled carefully it may bag a
hunter-game not usually con-
sidered edible.
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ShiVerS
by Hal Cochran

Early in the mornin' when IT'S
nearin' time to rise; shortly after
day break, when va open up your
eyes, old Jack Frost in lurkin' and
he sets his cold waves loose. Win
dows all are open, and va SILVER
like the deuce.
How you'd like to snuggle with
the covers DER yer head! How you
hate the thought Of ever gettin' out
Of bed! Course the fresh airs bully
and it's mighty good for you. Still
you kinda hate It when It chills va
through and through.
Would that someone else would
come and shut the windows tight.
Wow! The thought of rising-well,
It doesn't seem Just right. Still, ya
gotta do it, SO va hop with all yer
might, and rush into the front room
where the CRATE Is burnin bright.
Oh. the warmth that greets you!
It's the thrill of every day. There
va find the blaze to chase the
chilliness away. After all, the cold
ness and the fresh air of the night.
really's worth the while because II
keeps va feelin' right.
(CopyriRht. 1925. NEA Seryice Tnc.l
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Can you tell me something of the
famous wreck on the Erie Rail-
road about the year 1864?
The wreck to which you refer &C.
CURED on July Is. 1864, at King and
F'uller's cut, four miles east of
Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. A
train carrying about 500 Confederate
prisoners Of war ran into a coal
train, due to the carelessness of the
telegraph operator, who was intoxi-
Gated at the time. 1t was a head-on
collision where the track could be
seen for only a short distance ahead,
and both trains were under speed.
F1fty-one Confederate soldiers and
nineteen Union soldiers were killed,
one hundred twenty-three were in
jured, some Of whom died of their
wounds. The wreck created a great
deal of comment at the time. The
telegraph operator was released, but
public opinion was so much aroused
that he disappeared from the
locality.
What is the value of United
Statcs three cent piece tproof coin)
dated 1853?
From five to twenty-five cents
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Mr. Clarity and MIR. Mulligan Drive the
Gorilla Out Into Audience at English's

center their attention on tap dancing
Of a very excellent brand.
A country railroad station Is the
scene Of action for the fun Of
Lewis and Lavarre." The man
gives a good impersonation of the
old man Of the back woods, who still
thinks his youth is with him.
The radio ship is an act that will
not appeal to those Of you who are
not radio inclined, but to those who
are interested in this newest won
der, the radio, it win be a very In
terestlng presentation.
Bill includes a Mack Sennett com
edy.
At the Lyric all week. By the
Observer)
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Tom Sims Says

Bad news from Texas. The State
isn't what it once was. Took five
men to shoot one bandit.
Baseball season is over. Next year
we suggest they hire women UNI
pires so players can't talk back.
a celebration held because football
season ends there.
Nine Esl1imos have arrived in New
York. Cops should watch them.
They may get jobs firing apartment
furnaces.
Caught n bootlegger in Nashville,
Tenn. He was 80 years old. But
his goods were not.
A turtle may sit around a couple
of hundred years WITHOUT thinking
up any excuse for doing so.
There Is a cat in Paris 2S years
old so six or seven Of its lives must
be gone.
The sad thing about having a wife
is she sometimes wishes you didn't
have n wife.
Christmas Is coming. 1t will be
here just few weeks before you
finish paying for your last summers
vacation.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Incl
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way. In this manner he introduces
several amusing songs, put over with
a good personality.
The Rubenville Comedy Four have,
as the name implies, an act dealing
with much rural comedy. What re.
ally gets them over. however. is some
fine harmony that they have TO offer.
As n quartet they are fine.
The three Armstrong; open the
bill with a woman who sings sever
al songs, each song being accompan-
led by it's appropriate costume. The
rest of the act is some trick bicycle
riding by two men.
Bill includes Pricilla Dean in n
photoplay, "The Crimson Runner,
a melodrama of Paris.
At the Palace today and tomorrow.
By the Observer)
+ 4
Other theaters offer today: "The
Pony Express" at the Apollo; 1.-THE
Beautiful City" at the Circle; Eve
lyn Cunningham at the Broadway;
comedy stock and pictures at the
Capitol. THE Midshipman" at the
Ohio, and Dustin Through" at the
Isis
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

ODERN word paintinS-a
lIN sling here, dab there, and
@ then a mountain of thought
lis what Sherwood Anderson in
dulges in in Ozark Laughter"
This new Anderson novel is what
might be called modern thought"
where a spade is CALLED a spade.
Anderson to many in this book
may prove to be genius at word
painting. He is daring, but his de-
auctions are accurate.
There seems to be sort Of an
Emperor Jones" atmosphere in this
book. The continual beating of the
drum of despair as we'll as the one
of longing is felt here. What is
sex? Is it mental or physical? Is
sex experience just drama of ideas.
In peculiar modern fashion, An
derson gets hold of many emotions
of men and women, weaves them
into a fabric for creating thought.
You get more Of the mental make
physical beings. Their desires do
not seem to rest In any one body,
but rather seem to be universal to
certain types.
Concerning Bruce
In Bruce Dudley, the author draws
a character who seems to symbolic
a situation. His wife is an author,
not wife and mother to him He
INDUCES in the mental pastime of
trying to decide in just what she is
interested. He is not worried as he
sAwalks out of the house and goes on
+ = personal excursion In search of
tal adventure.
81 = Us Rrriveps town where things
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who has the price of secondhand car Many
drivers could not qualify for position as
street car motorman to say nothing of locomo-
tive engineer.
Few of them drop dead at the wheel
though even that sometimes happens. But
many of them are dead, congenitally, in most
of the qualifications of responsibility and eau
ton.
The wonder is that our streets are as safe
as they are
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ANYTHING
WITH A KICK

~7APT. WILLIAM PAUL
IL SELL of the police prohibi-
ton squad. complains that
the earnest drinkers of Indian.
apolis are foiling prohibition
sleuths by getting drunk on a non
alcoholic beverage--with a rever-
berating kick-compounded of a
soft drink and a certain headache
tablet.
The concoction is said to produce
all the effects of liquor without
the inflammable breath, that is
the necessary exhibit A in the sue
cessful- prosec isp Of an intoxica-
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A Thought

Woe unto them that join house to
house, that lay field to field, till there
be no place, that they may be placed
alone in the midst of the GARTH
lisa. 5:8.
The selfish man suffers more
from his selfishness than he from
whom that selfishness withholds
some important benef1t.-Emerson