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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
NO COMPETITION
HIGHER RATES

@7HE Interstate Public Service
Company has filed applica-
ton with the public service
commission asking for increased
fares on it's motor BUSES operating
parallel to It's electric interurban
line from Indianapolis south.
The plea for higher rates runs
true to form. That's what usually
happens when competition ceases.
Until few months ago a dozen
Independent bus lines competed
with the traction line Of the In
terstate Company and with each
other for passenger traffic. The
interurban put on bus lines. Rates
were trimmed-perhaps to the
quick.
Then one by one competing bus
lines were bought by the traction
company until all passed under It's
control. AS soon as 1t has estab-
lished a monopoly 1t asks higher
rates. Perhaps there is justifica-
ton for higher fares in this in
stance, present rates may not be
profitable, but what of the travel
ing public?
In consequence of the establish
ment of bus lines competing with
traction lines and older transporta-
ton systems the public has OBJ
tanned better transportation service
at lower rates than ever before.
Even in the field OF Indianapolis
city transportation bus competition
has spurred the street railway
company to unusual activity and
unusual expansion.
From such competition the pub
lie benefits whatever the effect on
the competitors.
Strict regulation of bus lines by
public service commissions and
official bodies is proper. But such
regulation should be designed to
encourage, not stifle, competition.
In some Of the recent bus-traction
battles before them some members
of the Indiana public service COM
mission seemed more sympathetic
toward the bondholders of the
electric lines than the fare-paying
public.
Let the buses, fractions. troll
leys, steam railroads and airplanes
compete and the devil take the
hindmost. From such competition,
rather than monopoly. is the pub
lie more likely to get adequate
transportation service at reason
able cost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
HEALTH CHAMPION
i'm TRAINING

E7ISS CLARA BAUER, II, Of
IMl Columbia City - adjudged
W. the healthiest girl in Indi-
ana in the health contest at Pur-
due last springs in training for
the national championship compe-
tition to be held in connection with
the International livestock exposi-
ton in Chicago, Nov. 2S.
What is her diet?
She eats meat, bread, potatoes
and vegetables-except corn and
turnips, which she dislikes. She
nibbles candy when it is available.
Contrary to the rules of health
specialists and diet faddists she
does not drink milk, but takes
coffee twice day and has no aver
sion to bite between meals. She
doesn't eat yeast.
Other persons following a SINH
lar diet end up at French Lick or
other health resort with waist
bands aquiver at the sight Of food
more substantial than a soft-boiled
egg and with their internal econ
omy striking like hard coal miners.
The Hoosier maid eats what
she wants when she wants 1t.
And enjoys Astounding health.
Which rather counds food fad
dists whose opinion of a food is
in inverse proportion to its pala-
liability. We should eat celery for
our nerves, seafoods for our thy
roid glands. carrots for our COM
plexions. they say.
No doubt diet is important. The
human system can't comfortably
assimilate tin cans like goat or
a key of nails like an ostrich.
But dietary rules applicable to one
person fall with a sickening thud
when applied to another.
Most people will be just as hap
py, probably, and live just as long,
If, in eating, they follow the
promptings of their personal de-
partment of the interior rather
than the rules in book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
State Economy

lT71 HERE is not State official in Indiana
! who would not tell the taxpayers that
he is for economy in the operation of the
State government At the same time, there is
hardly State official who would not protest
if economies were proposed for his depart
ment.
The State budget committee, which re-
Gently ordered a number of salaries cut, has
been receiving delegations of officials and en-
ployes protesting against the cut. The dele
cations go on the theory that the other fell
low should practice economy-that economy
should not begin at home.
We are thoroughly in accord with Gov
ernor Jackson when he insists that State ex-
penditures must be cut. Of course they should
be cut wisely. There are some over-paid off
Gals in the Statehouse and there are some en-
ployes who are underpaid. On the theory,
presumably, that "from him who has not shall
be taken away even that which he has," 1t
appears that some Of the underpaid employees,
such, for instance, as those in the Office Of the
State fire marshal, stand more of chance of
having their salaries reduced than do so over
paid officials as the State purchasing agent.
Cutting salaries is one way of making a
small reduction in State expenditures Bigger
reductions could be made by combining some
of the departments and eliminating some that
are not absolutely essential In addition,
somebody should find something for the treas
urer of State, who receives statutory salary
Of 81 500 year, to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
Do You Know?
"Wn I hold my job?" is the
absorbing topic at city hall.
The Name American

American countries. as we'll as In
other countries Of Latin America.
the citizens of the United States are
called North Americans, not simply
Americans. BY usage therefore, the
citizens Of the United States are
called Americans; those OF Canada,
Canadians; of Mexico. Mexicans and
of the various South American coun-
tries, South Americans.
How many persons died by fire
and drowning in the United States
in 1924?
Figures given in the registration
area Of the United States (Which in
cludes about twenty-four States)
were 1904 deaths by fire and $3.50
by drowning. The figures are based
on Life Insurance statistics.
Did Adam and Eve have any
daughters?
The biblical narration does not
record any daughters being born to
Adam and Eve. 1t merely mentions
three sons, Cain, Abel and Seth.
When were the motion pictures
Peter Pan and "Shore Leave" re-
leased?
Peter Pan" was released in De-
cember. 1924. and Shore Leave in
September, 1925.
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your eyes, not to blind you but
to make you sit up and attempt to
see more. John Gilbert is cast as
the Prince who does the hot loving
with Mae Murray. II you care not
for this European hot lovin' stuff
parlor, bedroom and bath stuff you
probably will care not what happens
but II you crave this modern sheik
stuff, you will laugh at the gorgeous
foolishness that this film contains.
It is terribly smart. no doubt about
that.
If Europe and Maxin's, a restau-
rant, are actually as wild" as this
movie reflects, then It is no use try
ing to save that part of the world.
And yet this hot stuff is sophisti-
Gated and tantalizing fun II you I'M
derstand the brand.
Some Of the so-called love scenes
are so blooming hot" as a jury of
flappers would call 'charmingly
nice" that one gets the impression
that pettlng parties in any parlor In
this country are tame affairs.
I have seen 1.-THE Merry Widow"
on the stage and I don't know what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON.

cities and towns. according to the
State board of health.
tuberculosis. smallpox, scarlet
fever, typhoid, whooping cough
and influenza were all more active
In the great open spaces than in
the cramped urban centers. OF the
thirteen diseases listed only po-
homyelitis and measles scored
heavier in the cities.
The re cords week after week
with surprising frequency tell the
same tale-more new CONTAGIOUS
disease cases In country than in
towns.
Cold statistics slap another
hoary old myth in the eye. The
simplicity and healthfulness Of
country life have been extolled by
pastoral ballads from Homer to
Eddie Guest. But the truth is
Maud Muller is more likely to con-
tract whooping cough or halitosis
than her bare-kneed city sister,
who gets her exercises by way of
the Charleston.
The answer to this apparent
anomaly is the more rigorous and
comprehensive sanitary measures
in force in cities. Urban centers.
from distressing experiences, fear
the spread of communicable dis
eases and take precautions to pre-
vent them. City health authorities
are on the watch for contagious
disease germs that would settle in
the municipality.
In the rural districts on the
other hand health is taken as
matter Of course. Adequate public
sanitary measures are not so
vigorously enforced. Too frequent
ly water from rural wells gets its
sparkle from barnyard drainage.
The figures prove that modern
sanitation will do more to stamp
out contagious than pastoral bal
lads.
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leaders find it easy to disobey the law
themselves and they have been known to
use their influence to free their henchmen
after the latter had been caught in the
tolls of the law
The Rev DIR. Clarence True Wilson spoke
He is general secretary of the board of tenn
perance, prohibition and public morals. H
said:
"The first important thing for us
to do is to recognize that liquor dealer
is at the head of prohibition enforcement
No man is fit to head prohibition enforce
ment unless he is grounded in the A B Cs
of prohibition and unless he believes that
alcohol is poison.
BRIG. Gen. Lincoln G.. Andrews (as-
slstant secretary of the Treasury in charge
of prohibition enforcement) is strong
man, but over him are three or four men
opposed to prohibition. They have forced
him to alter his policy and to change APP
pointments he had made. A fine organiza-
ton was built up by Roper, but Secretary
Mellon tore that down. There is deep
plan to annihilate prohibition before the
next general election. We must have an
aggressive program We reformers have
allowed ourselves to be placed on the de-
fenslve. The crisis is now approaching
Theresis scheme afoot to open hundreds
of breweries.
Let us not forget that Secretary
Mellon owned the Overholt Distillery and
was director in four breweries and three
distilleries as well as banker for the liquor
interests. I expect Mellon to say in the
near future-before the next general cleo
tion-that prohibition cannot be enforced
| have talked with Secretary Mellon my
self. He is a frank, open-minded man and a
good churchman, but his ideas on the
liquor question are all wrong. He thinks
a man is fool if he believes alcohol is a
poison. We cannot have man like that
at the head of prohibition enforcement
And there you have it, right from tn
heart, brothers and sisters.
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this movie Is shy upon history. 1t
Is only a fairly interesting mixture
Of melodrama and over drawn
drama Negr1 is cast as the daughter
of a Spanish nobleman in Mexico,
who loses his wealth and then takes
his own life. The daughter then
seeks the bright lights Of San Fran
cisco and gets mixed up with tho
lawless element. She hates" an
American miner who gets her
fathers mine and she tries to make
1t hot" for HIM. She succeeds after
getting him shot In a fight. After
the shooting. she knows that she
loves him. Happy ending for no
good purpose.
At times, Nesr1 is guilty OF over
doing the emotional stuff. The story
is not convincing at any time The
fact remains that Flower Of Night"
isn't the kind Of vehicle that will
keep Pola Negri in the best selling
class.
The bin includes Ruth Noller at
the organ, Charles Davis and his or
chestra and a comedy, 1.-THE Wires
tier"
At the Ohio all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09

Text: '"The Lord hath made known
his salvation. "-Ps. 98:2.
I'm He; message Of the Bible may
IL! be summed up in one word
~ SALVATION. 1t is the
good news of salvation to a world
lost in sin.
There has been a good deal OF
speculation about the origin Of sin. 1
have never been much interested in
such speculation. However sin came
to be in the world, it is here. 1t is
here in all its awful fury and force,
blighting and blasting and damning
it's victims by the millions. 1t is
here with it's perpetual harvest of
wickedness and covetousness and
righteousness and envy and hate and
murder and strige and deceit and
malignity and all manner Of vile pas
sions. 1t is here and fills the world
with suffering and signing and
sorrow and leads the countless
multitudes of earth on in hopeless
despair to the great city of the dead.
To the world cropping in sin and
darkness, ''the Lord hath made
known his salvation" through his
Holy Word. That Word is first a
word OF warning, and then 1t be-
comes an evangel Of hope. 1t is first.
a revelation of man. to himself, dis
corning the intents of the heart and
quickening the conscience; then it
becomes a revelation OF God to man,
lighting up his path and pointing out
the way of life. 1t first convicts and
condemns, and then binds up and
heals. To the wounded spirit of man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
Speaking From the
Heart

mi ROHIBITION workers from all parts of
the country gathered in New York the
other day for a conference on the state Of the
union. Oliver W. Stewart, president of the
Indiana Flying Squadron, presided. He said
Speak from your hearts, brothers and SIS
tiers.
Mr.. Dnwiddie spoke. He is superintend-
ent of the National Temperance Bureau, with
his headquarters in Washington. He said:
without meaning to reflect upon
either the late President of the United
States or upon President Coolidge, | want
to say that at any time the President of
the United States demands enforcement of
prohibition enforcement he can get it. l
mean that if the President would say, in
effect that the prohibition law must be en-
forced, that it is a constitutional matter
and that he intended to use the resources
Of the Government to see that it was en-
forced, it would be enforced. 1t can be
done If there is in the Cabinet member
who does not believe in prohibition en-
forcement it would be the duty of such
member to resign and get out.
"The situation is serious. Cabinet
GERS, Senators and other legislators and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
DUPLIClTY OF
OPEN FACE PIES

RI ACTORY built lemon piss.
r made in Indian bakeries,
IL frequently contain no
lemon, says L. Miller, State food
and drug commissioner who has
recently conducted a survey Of
bakeries.
The pies. he AYERS. are often as
sembled from starch, sugar and
water with a dash of citr1o acid
and lemon flavoring. The term
cream pie" according to him,
Is often equally a courtesy title
not a descriptive name for It may
contain no dairy products.
Such duplicity Of our open-face
pies Is shocking. They have been
instinctively trusted because of
their frank countenances, and
have gone arm in arm with gen.
erations Of Hoosiers down the
pleasant path from lunch to
dyspepsia
Charlie Chaplin, Of course, by
nally, made 1t a 2huge dramatic sue
nally made 1t huge dramatic sue
cess. But even before his time
pies-both open-face and the more
secretive lidded types-were the
bulwarks OF American civilization.
The nation can't survive without
'em.
1t is disturbing, therefore, to
learn that Hoosier factory made
pies are not always what they
seem. But the revelation is not
sufficient cause for a popular
uprising.
If the ingredients employed by
commercial pie foundries are pure
and harmless and the product
gratifies the palate and digestive
apparatus Of the customer It
serves its ultimate purpose under
whatever name II masquerades.
People aren't compelled to eat
lemonless lemon pies. II they
don't like the commercial product
they can revive pie making as a
household art.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
Wise and Foolish
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

N spite of vaudeville jokes, much good
comes out of Arkansas One county of
that State now has sheriff who is both wise
and original In an honest endeavor to save
the youth of the land, this man has made it
practice to send out written notices to the
mothers Of all girls whom he finds spooning in
parked automobiles or otherwise misbehaving
themselves.
And while we cannot say that he is very
good politician, for he probably will never
dare run for Office in that county again, still
this official is proving himself force for good
in his community. Many foolish mothers who
had fondly confded in their daughters verac-
ity have resorted to discipline and are work
ing effective reforms
1t looks as if about the scarcest thing in
the world right now is a really sensible parent.
We are always rushing to extremes.
Either we do not believe a word our children
tell us and take care to let them know this,
or we trust them blindly and swallow every ex-
cuse they give. We are cold and stern and
stubborn or we are indulgent and careless and
negligent.
A mother makes terrible mistake if she
allows her daughter to grow up in the belief
that she thinks her a liar. Suspicion breeds
deceit. But she makes an equally fatal error
if she does not take some precaution and make
some endeavor to verify the statements of her
children
We grown-ups know how prone is the
tongue to lies and the human heart to dark
secrets and the feet of youth to crooked ways.
We can remember how easy it was for us to
make excuses to our parents, dearly as we may
have loved them, how lightly our mischievous
FRANKS sat upon our consciences, and how sim
pie thing small prevarication seemed
And what we have done our children will
do.
To be sensible parent one must be wise
as a serpent and tender as a dove
And OH if we fathers and mothers would
but give half as much care and attention to our
children as we do to our business and our
pleasures, what successful parents we might
be, and how wonderfully would our efforts be
repaid in the excellent men and women we
could give to a world which stands in such
dire need of them.
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OF Reliable
BY Har Cochran

By Haf Cochran
/, there, oil furance, my
III winter-time friend. To you,
for real comfort, I'm turning.
When once you are started 1 always
depend on the heat from the coal you
are burning.
You run my bill high cause you
eat quite a bit, but you're worth
every penny you cost. You always
are aiding in keeping me fit, and
without you. in winter, I'm lost.
Your mouth stands wide open, and.
bless your old soul, I am ready
and willing to fill it. 1 know, as l
constantly shovel you coal, that
when chill comes. you know how to
kill it.
Burn on, OF Reliable! Heat up
my home with a fire that is always
hummer. And then, in return for
the bunch for this pome, will give
you a good rest-next summer.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service, Incl
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Phantom of the Opera Is Great Film;
You Must See Merry Widow Be Merry

I 1t is all about even now. The same
way with the movie version and yet
I like them both.
Mae Murray is an actress OF
charm and sincerity as long as she
is under the direction Of Won Stro-
helm. The way this man has devel-
oped this woman for the widow"
role again proves that q director Is
just as important to a movie as the
star. All Of Miss Murray's gowns
are wonders. John Gilbert as the
Prince Is a wonderful romantic wal
lop. This man within the next three
years, If he keeps on as he is going
now, will be the idol OF the screen.
He looks like Prince who steps
out Of the French novels.
Even royal families have their
quarrels and the quarrels staged by
George Fawcett as the King and
! Josephine Crowell as the Queen. with
the aid Of Gilbert and Roy Darcy as
the Crown Prince, afford some
mighty saucy burlesque. II this
isn't high burlesque. 1 don't know
what Is.
THE Merry Widow is to the
screen what THE Follies'' is to the
revue stage. Both are the last
word In beauty and extravaganca.
THE Merry Widow" cost a pot OF
money and then some.
VIII so on record as saying that
THE Merry Widow" is bully flne en-
tertainment. It squirts mental
grapefruit Juice all over you and the
fun is delicious.
Should prove a sensation at tho
Apollo this week.
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has no limit WIN 1t comes to pro-
ducing vastness, much more so than
the stage.
1t is my opinion that 1.-THE Phan-
tom of the Opera" is fine mystery
and melodramatic entertainment.
saw this picture twice before 1 wrote
a line about it. 1t Is one OF the ten
best movies OF the new season.
The bill includes an Aeson Fable,
piano fantasies and music by the
American Harmonists.
At the Colonial all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-09
Movie Verdict

Colonial-"The Phantom Of
the Opera" with Lon Clancy
deserves to be listed as one Of
the ten best movies of this
season.
Circle-"The New Command
ment" is q gentle attempt to
mix war and love romance.
Ohio-"Flower OF Night" is
not a suitable vehicle for Pola
Negri.
Apollo-"The Merry Widow"
is as gay, charming and
sassy" as the title indicates.
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Complains of Speeding

broke and stopped. The cinders they
put in damned the water and made
a beautiful quagmire in back Of my
garage and in wet weather l can't
get in for the mud, and in dry
weather the big ruts are just as ON.
possible to cross.
F. p. FOULKE,
944 Drexel Ave.
Your second guess was right,
for money is low. However, Mr..
Fixit thinks w. P. Hargon, clerk
of the street commissioners office
will save the day with a few
cinders.
DEAR MR.. FTXIT: Please see
what you can DO to get a light at
Oakland Ave. and Meredith St 1t Is
so dark you cannot tell when you
come to the corner. J. M. d.
Street lights are tough nuts to
crack. Mr.. F1xit will take It up
with the board of works.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT. II you ride
out Broadway at Sixty-First St., you
will notice that the contractors have
left several bad, large holes which
the motorists in this territory would
be pleased for you to have filed with
cinders or gravel at your earliest
convenience.
At Sixty-Second and Park Ave. and
also at the canal you will find some
holes. WILLIAM J. CLARK.
51S8 Broadway.
Repairs are on the way. The
department Of improved streets
promised Mr.. Fixit to get busy.
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Sweet. Rene at that time was
model for a painter. Billy's relatives
arrive and proceed to mess up tho
whole affair. Then the World War
breaks out, Billy goes to war, is
wounded and Of course Is nursed
back to health and happiness by
Rene. The comedy bits are taken
care OF by a taxi driver by the name
Of Red. played by George Cooper
The war scenes, especially those
showing tho bombing Of an Ameri-
can hospital, appear to be more melo-
dramatic than realistic. THE New
Commandment" is just another
movie with a polite cast.
Bal1aleinikof this week Is conduct
ing the orchestra through Tales OF
Hoffman" as an overture In accord
ance with the spirit Of the week
Dessa Byrd is playing Normandy"
as an organ solo.
At the Circle all week.
/. + l.
"Spooks" with Coates Gwynn will
open a weeks engagement at Eng
llsh's tonight.
The Indianapolis Matinee Musicale
will present Cyrena Van Gordon In
recital at the Murat tonight.
The feature at Keiths Is Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp: at the Lyric, The
Revue De Luxe, and, at the Palace,
Authors and Composers"
The Capitol is Offering THE Col
onel's Wife" The Broadway Is pre-.
senting "Kuddllng Kuties." Today
Earrings Egyptian theater is present
ing 1.-THE Freshman" and on Tues
day for three days, Ten Command
ments" opens.
The Isis for the first half Of the
week presents Hoot Gibson in THE
Calgary Stampede.
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NEGRI DOES NOT
COME BACK STRONG

Pola Negri still needs good story.
That is the verdict after seeing her
in THE Flower OF Night"
This woman has not been as
successful in making movies in
America as she was on the con-
tinent.
In this movie, she seems to have
lost much OF her European dramatic