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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
IL Lost World Monsters Walk Off the
Screen Yell Out Loud For An Airplane

the murderer. Then comes the
terrible realization Of the lie. OF
course. the real murderer turns up
and happiness seems just around the
corner for the goose woman. her son
and the sweetheart Of the son.
To my way of thinking, 1.-THE
Goose Woman" Is one of the ten
best pictures Of the year and I will
include it in my list. The realistic
work of Louise Dresser as the Goose
Woman will standput as one Of the
finest accomplishments Of the year
AS the ditry old bag who Is sink
ing deeper and deeper into the dirt,
Miss Dresser is gigantic, powerful,
cruel. weak and cunning. She makes
herself the most hated individual in
the world. And when she blossoms
out as her better self, you again see
genius displayed. Here is acting
that makes you want to sink down
on your knees and be thankful for
real artistry on the screen.
Jack Picllford is just right as the
son Of the Goose Woman and
Constance Bennett is glorious as hisI
sweetheart.
Here is a masterpiece that should
not be missed.
At the Colonial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
How to Keep Cool
Repairing a Puncture

T you own a car, or ever ride in car, this
l will interest you.
Between now and next spring 100000
trees will be planted in Great Britain as part
of the government program for restoring the
rapidly disappearing forests of England,
Scotland and Wales.
Good for Britain!'' you say. "But what's
that to do with me2'
This: There are some PSI, 610 miles of
highways in the State systems of this country
Last year total of $4,000 miles of new roads,
graded or surfaced, were added. For some
years to come we will probably add new roads
at about that rate.
Recently we made rather long journey
over some of these roads. For the most part
they ran through treeless country. At any
rate the roads themselves were seldom shaded
and when we stopped to fix a puncture, as we
sometimes had to do, the summer sun fell on
the back of our neck like house afre.
Even in motion the sun was bliste1ing
peeling the paint off our car.
Now we need trees in our country as badly
as they do in Britain. Our Government, al
most without policy with regard to forest con-
servation, or too niggardly to spend enough
money to protect what we have, has allowed
lumbermen to cut down any and every tree
they wanted and hundreds Of thousands of
other acres have been burned or otherwise
wasted.
Suppose, therefore, we planted trees along
our highways? Suppose we planted a tree
every ffty-odd feet on both sides our roads
This would give us about 200 trees per mile,
or more than 100000 shade producers along
our State system, not counting the lesser roads
The new roads would add some 100000
more trees every year.
Not only would this be the equivalent of
whole new forests but you'd bless 'em every
time you went tcuring-with double blessing
at each stop for repairs.
Think this over. Get behind the idea The
Federal Government pays part of the expenses
of roadbuilding. Suggest to your congressman
that one of the conditions of this help should
be tree every fifty feet along both sides Of
the road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
Registration

m HE weakness of the present system of
registering voters as compared with the
old system is becoming more and more appar-
ent as the date for the city election approaches.
This year voters were registered WHEN
they voted in the primary. If they did not
vote in the primary they were not registered
In order to vote this fall they must register
before Oct. 5, This is not generally under
stood, as nc registration days are provided and
no places for registration are specified
Of course, party workers are doing their
best to register the unregistered voters before
the time expires, but it is entirely probable
that because of the new system many men and
women will lose the franchise this year. AS
an example of what is happening the fact is
cited that only 101, 900 Indianapolis voters are
registered as compared with 160, 000in the last
election.
Of course, the present registration system
is supposed to result in more or less permanent
registration of voters. However, there is a
constant moving from place to place in the
city, necessitating egistration and resulting
in confusion.
The old system of having two registration
days before each election was more satisfac-
tory to the voters, although more expensive to-
the community.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
Our Own Back Yard

TN7UCH is the perversity OF the human
ID mind that N'the grass is always greener IN
The other fellows yard This feeling is the
cause of Florida s |Fgold rushes" and similar
moving about Of those who would better
themselves.
Sooner or later, after looking over lot
of other fellows yards, we come back to our
own and realize that ours IS just as green as
the other fellows and greener than some.
ALI Of this merely leads up to the fact that
the Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring an ex-
pedition tomorrow for the express purpose OF
looking over our own back yard. We refer to
the trip around the Belt Railroad to be made
bv some 800 business men
The guests on this trip won't see much
green grass, but they will see lot of flourish
ing industries. They will see smokestacks
putting smoke-to the disgust of smoke abate-
ment enthusiasts, but nevertheless spelling
prosperity The backyard of Indianapolis may
not be as we'll moved as that of Miami, for
instance, but it will be considerably more
active in producing wealth Industry and not
speculation is the basis of prosperity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
PASSING
FREIGHT TRAINS

IT OCAL freight trains on the
IL Madison division Of the
- Pennsylvania Lines, In
diana's first railroad and the oldest
line west Of the Alleyhenies. have
been discontinued. A box car at
tached to passenger trains will
hereafter serve the dozen towns
along the road.
Residents in the communities
affected regret the change-they
dislike curtailment Of their ship
ping facilities. But what alterna-
tive has the railroad?
On this line, freight business
has almost vanished and passenger
traffic has declined so per cent in
the past year. Competition Of
buses and motor trucks is given
as the reason.
What has happened on the old
Panhandle road is happening
on every branch rail line in the
country. They are rusting away
into nothingness to the d!smay Of
the towns dependent on them for
access to the outside world.
Perhaps eventually all except
the big through rail lines will be
superseded by buses and trucks
for the transportation CT passengers
and all freight. But at present the
ambling freight trains on steam
roads can not be dispensed with
conveniently. Certain bulky and
heavy commodities. wheat. coal
and basic raw materials of in.
dustry are moved more cheaply on
rails than in motor trucks. To
every aspiring town a railroad is
still necessary.
Abandonment Of service by
steam roads may work hardship
on the residents Of communities
along branch lines. But such resi-.
dents really have no very valid
grounds for complaint. They are
responsible for the condition. II
they give the cream of their
transportation business to buses
and trucks they shouldn't be
surprised If their rail lines starve
to death on the SKINNED milk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

ton and rhythmic movements.
That's dancing. 1t is no more in.
herently wicked than sneezine or
twitching the ears.
In fact dancing formed an i'm.
portant part of the religious ritual
OF ancient peoples. Egyptians.
Babylonians, Greeks. Romans.
Nordics and Hebrews worshipped
their gods with dances. David
'leaped and danced before the
Lord as an act of devotion, not
OF sinful indulgence.
The modern dance has lost its
religious significance. In truth it
has lost most everything but a
wiggle. II is paralyzed from the
waist down, and is more reminis-
cent Of Salome before she got a
silver in her foot than of King
David.
Still even modern forms of the
terpsichore art suffer more
from the saxophone than from
moral degradation. Probably stu
dent dances under proper regula.
lions and oversight are no more
harmful than other social gather.
inss where young people Of both
sexes mingle together.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
The Old Straw

rs just about time to be
sayin' good-by to the lid I've
. been wearin all summer. It's
been a good friend, without battin'
an eye, but now it has gone on the
hummer.
The straw that I purchased when
hot days began. was brilliant and
shiny when new. But now it has
picked up a nice coat of tan, and
quite frankly, I feel that it's
through.
The brim is rough edged and the
lining is torn; there are plenty Of
hicks on the top. No wonder feel
that it's lookln' forlorn. Why, the
bands about ready to drop.
To toss it away and forget it for
aye. have many a sensible reason.
But shucks, I'll just bet. it's the
hat that I'll get to start out with
the next summer season.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Incl
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ish to the square foot in this coun-
try than anywhere else in the
world. Organizing is a national
hobby. Lets organize a society"
is almost a national refrain.
If two persons ride the same
hobby. chew the same brand Of
gum, patronize the same barber,
or use the same multiplication
table they Immediately form an
organization, elect officers and hold
annual conventions and sundry
meetings. One not a member of
various associations is regarded
with suspicion by his neighbor and
Of questionable credit at the bank.
All these organizations no doubt
serve useful or ornamental pur-
poses. Nevertheless, contemporary
society is being organized within
an inch of its life. II America
ever expires it may not be from
senile decay or causes that have
worked the downfall of other ma
tons but from being dubbed to
death
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14

these prehistoric brutes with the
modern man. And he did that very
little thing when he turned out THE
Lost World" Am not going to try
to name the monsters in this lost
world affair because I wouldn't be
sure Of the spellin; but 1 sure am
telling you that these hugh babies
of other days move about with tails
to strong and so big that one little
swipe of its tail would make the
biggest building in this city look
like a sandpile.
And one of these prehistoric brutes
gets loose in London and what it
well, not much was left of London
town. And all this happens right
before your very eyes when this
monster gets busy in London.
want to see this picture a second
and maybe q third time so I can
study the mechanics Of the animals.
do know that these wild babies
move right before your eyes.
From the standpoint Of novelty
there is nothing in the history of the
movie world that has approached
1.-THE Lost World" 1t took years
and years of study to assemble and
bring back to life" these monsters.
Some way or another they got out
of the brain box Of Doyle and then
the movie man got busy. captures"
/ a ~, % 1av,a nd ~ a or
From a mechanical standpoint, the
guy who made these brutes walk
about, eat and fight was some little
guy himself. 1t will keep you
guessing just how this marvellous
effect was obtained.
They have a right TO yell their
heads off about this picture being the
wonder movie. To my mind it is the
most wonderful bit of technical
movie artistry that 1 have ever
seen.
AS Mister or rather Sir Doyle
tells the yarn, a scientist in London
got the raspberries or the old
tomatoe can when he told his fell
low scientists about prehistoric ami
mails that used whole trees as
toothpicks.
To prove it and to make possible
a 1925 romance between boy and
girl, an expedition starts out to
find this strange land. And oh, boy,
they sure do find the querest
animals.
After a volcano turns itself loose,
one of these Brontosaurus (hope
that thing is spelled right falls
into the hands that sounds funny
of the scientists who ship him to
London. But the old boy breaks
and makes a wild dash through
London. And not much was left of
the old town when "Bront" stopped
wagging his tail
The principal human parts are
played by Lloyd Hughes. Bessie
Love, Lewis Stone. Wallace Berry
new sort Of a role for hin1) and
Arthur Hoyt. These humans are
splendid, but the animals, they sure
are the thing.
Here is a picture that will make
you talk out right loud in your
sleep. This sure is some picture.
AT the Circle all week
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
By David DietL

TRTESIAN wells recently dug
"A in the northern part of the
LII Sahara Desert have been
found to contain fish, small crabs
and a number Of varities Of she'll
fish
The most surprising thing about
the find was that the fish possessed
normal .coloring and normal eyes.
AS a result scientists have a puz-
zle on their hands. For the bright
colorings and the possession Of eyes
mean that the fish were not the type
which had always lived in subter-
ranean streams or pools.
The pools in caves yield fish which
are sightless and some which do not
even possess eyes.
French scientists who have been
investigating the subject think that
the desert was not always as dry as
it is today.
Comparatively recently, as time is
measured in geology, they think that
a number of rivers flow through the
Sahara.
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lean way out over his seat and
whisper to himself, Hope that
white horse don't get hurt" And
then I would notice that he would
shake his head in approval. Then
he whispered. Il sure do love
horses" Give us more pictures like
that, Mr. Producer, that will make
the boys of the land think and love.
Take your boy with you to see this
glorious horse and man domance
at the Apollo.
The human cast IS headed by
Jack Holt, Noah Berry, Billie Dove
and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. The
boys of the land will love this
picture. It is nature at its grandest.
You will be a criminal" at heart
if you don't take some boy to see
this picture. And remember that
the grownups will love 1t just as
much as the boys
The bill also has an "Our Gang"
comedy. Called MARY, Queen Of
Tots" This picture does not have
so much hokum as others that the
gang has turned out. 1t is mighty
clever and is full Of fun.
At the Apollo.
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Working too hard has one advan-
tage. You don't have time to realize
you don't want to work too hard
Some young people may not go to
church very often. but just the same
they love one another.
When you see two men in, the
front seat and two women In the
back they are married
Arrested a man while he was play
ing golf in Nashville, Tenn More
of this should be done.
Bear attacked a prohibition agent
In Arkansas. He should have known
there was something bruin.
In st. Louis, a woman kicked out
a shop window. The prices on some
hats really are terrible.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service, Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
A BOY
BURGLAR

TRANK JARDINA. e1S
r Stevens St. twice within
~ a week had money
stolen from his trousers pockets
while he slept. Police caught the
villain-a 9-year-old boy. who con-
fessed to these burglaries as well
as two other "jobs" in the neigh
borhood.
The lad-one of a family of
thirteen children-is now in the
detention home awaiting Juvenile
court action.
Perhaps the fact that he came
from a large family had nothing
to do with the criminal activities
of the infantile burglar. Possibly
there is a connection. Proper indi-
vidual training of thirteen chill
dren. under distracting present day
conditions, requires unusual par
ents.
Children are not born with in
stinctive understanding Of the diff
ference between mine and thine.
The impulse of the child is to take
any article that attracts his fancy
without considering the abstract
principle Of ownership. He has
to be taught the difference.
So with other ideas of morals
and conduct. Conceptions Of right
and wrong. honesty and dis
honesty, veracity and lying, have
been established by society as the
outgrowth of custom and expert
ence, varying with different races
and different ages. People have
to be taught them. Adam and
Eve knew neither good nor evil
until the apple educated them.
Tho job of teaching moral
principles to the child must be be-
gun early-it's one Of the heavy
responsibilities of parenthood. It
is not how large n family they
have but how well their children
are reared that measures parents
contribution to society.
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"A young lady tells US she I'M
packed her fur coat and moths were
making the fur dy.
There is no sign Of relief from the
cold weather shortage
Lost sleep is hard to find.
Some Of these pensive girls are
just plain lazy.
Taxes may be reduced next year.
That's only natural. They can't
raise them If we can't
An idle rumor can cause as much
trouble about the house as an idle
roomer.
Why shouldn't the weather be dis
cussed more often than any other
subject? It's the closest to US.
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So few ladies and gentlemen drive
their autos like ladies and gentle
men.
News from Bulgaria. King shined
his own shoes. About the only king
left who really knows how 10 shine.
Stone age man had a hard time
keeping his wife at his feet Modern
man keeps her at his heels.
A snail travels a foot in four
minutes. That's a fact. And be-
lieve it or not, this isn't as fast as
a street car.
Most people are disappointed be-
cause they are disappointing.
You have to step on rounder to
make him be square.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
School Bells

TC7CHOOL BELLS don't ring as they used
- to- Much footing of horns, grinding OF
cars, blowing of whistles and whirring of ma
chinery has made us bitter toward noise, so
we repress the musical sounds.
But the clock ticks just the same, and if
anything more dictatorially.
At such or such minute, the kids must
be in their seats warned by raucous little buz-
zers in place of the old-time, deep-toned bells.
We are efficient, if not artistic
The system is precise, with it's marchings
out and in, it's fire drills, it's scientific CLASH
hcations, its card induces, its automatic
exercisings.
At such or such a minute, thousands of
kids open their books, each book like every
other, and read the same lesson
The lesson may give them a wrong i'm
preston as to the Importance of a city in
Texas, or an erroneous conception of modern
China, but they must take it. 1t is part of the
system.
They all learn to figure interest alike, and
the same rule for factoring.
They learn history, paragraph by para
graph, able to remember it, at times, because
of a picture on the opposite page.
This is education in its modern, efficient
sense, typifed by Western Union clock set
ting hundreds of gongs going at precisely the
same moment, where the cantor, or sometimes
the principal used to ring bell, perhaps a
minute early minute late.
1t s the best we can do under the circum-
stances, with our crowded cities, our drift to-
ward organization, our desire to take every
thing apart not only to see what makes it tick,
but to make it tick In time with everything
else.
But for the mischief and laughter of the
kids, it would be terribly monotonous-
The mischief and laughter of the kids,
however, expressing, as they do, sense of
humor and individuality, will not be downed
We can take the old bell away and string
electric wires through the building.
We can make 100000 kids jump up like
automatic, change rooms or march forth like
grenadiers, by pressing button in some down
town Office. But we can't make the color of
children's eyes uniform, or make them like the
same things
individuality Will rise above any system,
even if it has to break the system.
Our task is to devise system that indi-
viduality will not have to break in order to
express itself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14
| BAN ON
| DANCING

"HE ban on student dances
at De Paw University
0 will stay for another
semester at least. announced DR..
Murlin, president of the institu-
ton, recently. Ministerial bodies,
of the denomination maintaining
school, oppose lifting the ban. The
student body wants to dance.
AS De Paw is a sectarian insti-
tuition, founded and supported by
private benefactions, determine
ton of its policy and program.
educational, athletic and social. is
a matter for the sect not the
general public.
But isn't the question of student
dancing taken too seriously by its
opponents?
Dancing is as old as the human
race if not older. It is natural
for man to express his emotion
and feelings by gestures, genuf1ec-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14

is the first part that makes THE
Ten Commandment" really great.
I have obtained some facts and
figures on this production, which
quote as follows:
Main outdoor set of Raamcsi 100 feet
high. $50 feet long,
Materials actually used 10 tons mod
cling clay, 800 tons plaster. $4,000 leet
lumber. 10000 pounds nails, 20 miles
Weight OF sphinxes. nearly four tonsl
each. Height Of Pharoah's stone colossi,'
% Equipment Of Camp Cecil B. De Mile
Water pumping and tank system $4,000
gallon daily ,c3paGity electricity daily
neat am aHnipss and tbr5ee and : half tone
sleds, AZ; miles Of sidewalks, $; me-
chanlcs on salary roll, $50; cooks and as
sistants. 1875 police, fremen and soldiers,
SCostumers. harness. ETC.; 10 miles cloth
made up into over 5000 costumes. Three
tEGeyTptian chariot harness. " Two tons OF
tacum powder % whitcn actors faces, 800
gallons OF glycerfn TO grease their bodies,
200 pounds OF safety pins to PIN up the
"Animals: 900 horses. 200 burros 50
camels / 900 cattle. 500 sheep and goats
300 fowl. guinea hens and duckc 80 dogs,
In addition 70 grain ration. 10 tons OF
nay Nat RS9 fH'S q tn? players; Egyp-
Armenian Mesopotamian. TulSsh, eau.
castan. Russian, R0umanian. Bulgarian,
Serbian, Czecho- SlovalSian. Zingarl Greek.
Italian Spanteh, Portuguese, Moorish.
Polish, Swiss. German. Austrian, Hungar.
ion, scandinavian. Dutch. Bclglc, British
and American.
Camp synagogue, presided over by
Rabbi Aaron MarlIadov assisted by an IN
terpreter. Camp school teachers and
so registered children under the age of
IA. Camp orchestra, Miss Ruth Dickey,
conductor and ten musicians
Roster Of prlndnals and extras. 2,50o.
ter. Of technical apd mechanical workers,
french chefs, stenographers, dressmalS-
ers. liremen, electricians, carpenters. ma.
sons plasterers iron workers plumbers.
harness m9kers ten makers blacksmith
wagon makers drivers, chaUifeurs camel
drivers, cowmen poulterers osters. ehep-
herds"
on the bin is Hans Hanke, pianist.
Have gone on record regarding the
genuine worth OF this man.
At the Ohio all week.
Other theaters today offer: Myers
and Hanford at the Lyric; Signop
Friscoe at Keith's; Billy McDermott
at the Palace and Buck Jones in
"The Timber Wolf at the Isis.
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BY Walter D. Hickman

7F those prehistoric brutes
should. I say should, come to
life on the screen at the
Circle this week, just yell for an air
plane and trust to the navy depart
ment that the plane will not run out
of gas.
Am just starting to rave about
The Lost World" which is First
Nationals as well as Watterson
Rothacker's best gift to the amuse-
ment world.
Am telling you that this Lost
World" movie is so bloomin' differ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-14

series OF text
books in their
distant youth
should feel a
common bond
which should
impel them to
formal organi-
cation. The pur-
pose Of such
association is,
of course, laud-
able.
Americans are
first and al
ways joiners.
More lodges,
clubs, societies,
business. social
and cultural as
sociations flour