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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
Play Fair!

yT1HE Times is not for John L. Duvall for
mayor, but this newspaper does believe
in fair play even in politics. Criticism of Du-
vail because he, as county treasurer, retained
the interest on Barrett law funds is unfair.
This interest has been looked upon as part Of
the remuneration of the county treasurer and
until the Legislature amends the law it prob
ably will continue to be so considered
Several years ago the Legislature enacted
law eliminating the fee system then in oper-
alton in most of the county offices and placing
the officials on salary basis. The Times ad-
vocated this law long before it was enacted.
But for some reason, the Legislature while
fixing the salary Of the county treasurer at
$4,000 year and doing away with most of
his other compensation, permitted him to re-
tain the interest on Barrett law funds. 1t is
said this interest runs as high as $4,000 a
year. That is too much compensation for the
county treasurer. Being treasurer is not that
big job.
Nevertheless every preceding treasurer
has pocketed this money, andsmost Of them
have pocketed considerable more. Why jump
on Duvall because he is doing it? The Legis-
lature, not the treasurer, is to blame.
Opponents of Duvall have enough ma
terial to defeat him in his association with
George V. Coffin, Bill Armitage and others Of
our prominent political gentry who wish to
obtain or retain part OF the spoils of the city
administration Why manufacture an issue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
Radio Releases Are Taking on Regular
Winter and Christmas Time Appearance

of women, now at Keith's, has his
idea about his profession.
Here is Errols idea on the ques-
ton:
There is no art so misunderstood
among the public as that of the fe-
male impersonator. No road to the
atrical success Is more difficult.
Il hate the mincing. unhealthy
imperscnator who uses the cheap
mannerisms Of cheap women, dress
ing himself in geegaws and tinsel.
But / believe It is possible for a man
to impersonate with sane considera-
ton of the female character. in the
same way as he might play the mel
ancholy Dane. The man who plays
Hamlet is not melancholy away from
the stage.
"Othello does not rant and rave
when the curtain goes down. In
the same way, the same female i'm,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

there was truth. nevertheless. In
bis remarks.
traction line possesses inesti-
mable advantages over its motor
bus competitors. It's operation is
independent of weather conditions
and it has it's own private right of
way.
Using public highways. motor
buses are limited by State laws to
a speed of thirty miles an hour.
With the growing congestion Of
the highways there is little Hkeli.
hood of that limit being raised.
And the exigencies Of other traffic
limit the size of motor buses.
Traction lines, with their private
right of ways, are not so restrict.
ed. Roadbeds and safety are the
only limits to the size. luxurious
ness and speed of their cars.
Fast schedules and comfort are
what travellers want whether they
travel by train, boat. bus or
hearse. A traction line that offers
prospective patrons clean trans
portation service of high speed and
all creature comforts embodied in
the most modern equipment won't
have TO wall to high Heaven about
bus competition. 1t can meet com.
petition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
One State or
Forty-Eight

c 1OME of the Governors who are endeavor-
- ing to stampede Congress into abolish
ing the Federal inheritance tax have failed
perhaps to consider every phase of the subject.
The idea that the States should collect the in
heritance tax naturally appeals 10 them. Some
may have hidden away in their minds the no.
ton that, once the Federal tax is removed they
can remove the State tax also and so attract
millionaire tax dodgers as Florida is so proud
Of having done. OF course all the States can
do that if there is any advantage in it.
But there are certain States, at least, that
should do bit Of thinking before they follow
the lead of their Governors These are the
numerous States of large natural resources
which are now being developed or exploited by
outside capitak When the big Eastern CAPT
talist dies what State will collect the inherit
ance tax on his estate? Not the Western, mid
die Western or Southern State out of which his
wealth came, but the State in which he main
tains his residence. A few States could col
lect the bulk of all such inheritance taxes
One essential element in the theory behind
the inheritance tax is this: That some men by
foresight, energy and fortunate circumstances
turn the natural resources of the country to
their own financial gain. They amass huge
fortunes. This is considered fair enough They
have the vision, the courage, the intelligence
and are entitled to the reward. But they die,
in due time. Then the right Of their relatives
to all that these pioneers have garnered is
questioned. The pioneers claim, according to
this theory, passes to some extent with his
passing. His wealth has come from the soil
and the people. Draining huge fortunes from
the rest of the country for the perpetual use
of idle families in New York or Palm Beach is
not sound national economies
1t seems the fairest of all taxes to assess
some of this unearned wealth for the needs of
the Nation. The people have come to believe
so, despite silly labels, such as tombstone
tax that opponents Have applied.
1t is sound tax and fair tax. The only
question is whether it should be collected bv
the Government or by the States There is
talk of States rights, but some States will
never get their right to part of their wealth
through State tax. New York will collect on
fortunes made in forty-seven other States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

cause they no longer treat the Chinese as
slaves, but cooperate with them. They take
the Chinese in as business partners and are
profitlng accordingly. Good will is as neces-
sary in the Orient as anywhere else
Ask the Japanese what they think of it.
They have played the bully. In 1915 they vir-
tually tried to annex China at the point of a
gun-the old stuff. They failed. They are boy
cotted there today in a business way. They
have hard time selling goods labeled, "Made
in Japan" Today, in sort of panic, they are
changing tack They are moving heaven and
earth to make friends.
Britain, too, for nearly a century has bull
lied China Whether she has yet seen the light
we do not know But she will, some day, or
her blindness will cost her dearly Russia has
seen it and is attempting the German plan.
AS for America, China regards her as a
real friend. We must continue to Justify her
faith In the first place, it is the right thing
to do. It is the just, the moral, the honest
thing. In the second place--if you want to put
it on a dollars and cents bass-it will paw us
well. China is not only land Of yesterday
but, above any spot we know of on earth, she
is the land of tomorrow
To throw away our present advantage as
China S friend now would be worse than a
blunder. 1t would be crime against morals
and against business
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

True greatness is not determined
by the circumstances surrounding
oney birth.
Solomon was born in a palace.
Jesus was born in a stable. Yet,
when Jesus began his public minis
try he stood on the site Of Solo
mons palatial birthplace, and said:
Behold, greater than Solomon is
here" Doubtless this declaration,
coming from the son Of a carpen-
ter, sounded ridiculous to the people
who first heard 1t. But considering
it today in the light of nineteen
centuries of history, we know it was
true. Jesus was incomparably
greater than Solomon-greater in
character. in wisdom. in his ideals Of
life, and in his achievements.
You may count it a fortunate
thing if you were born amid pleas
ant and happy circumstances; but
that fact is no promise that you
will achieve worthwhile destiny.
The capacity to become great may
be passed down from sire to son,
but greatness is not hereditary.
There are many people who were
born well, but who have never
amounted to much in the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
Gray Hairs
BY Hal Cochran

It's always the little old mirror
that bares the fact that a person is
getting gray hairs. AS age comes
upon you, you look in the glass and
see that the change slowly's coming
to pass.
A wee little touch Of the gray, by
your ears, will set you to thinking
back over the years. You wonder
what causes the gray to creep
through. Is age really telling it's
story on you?
You worry bout whether you've
worried or not. And, is that to
blame for the grayness you've got?
The real thought, perhaps, that your
mind will unfold. is just the idea
that you're getting old.
And yet, after all, II you'll laugh
at the gray, and know there's no
harm in your turning that way, you
still can go on in a youthful-like
fling, for grayness of hair doesn't
mean a blamed thing.
You're only as old as you act,
after all. When spirit comes knock
ing, just answer the call. Arouse all
the pep that you're leaving unsung,
and then, through your grayness,
you still can feel young.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

tention Of residing permanently they
have to pay head tax of So, pay
able to the immigration officers at
the border port of entry. The quota
limitation does not apply to them.
They are. however, subject to phys
ical examination, and may be barred
from admission if found to be in
fected with contagious or other dan
gerous disease.
How many Federal penitentiaries
axe there in the United States and
where are they located?
There are only three federal peni-
tentiaries. They are, located at At
lanta. Georgia; Leavenworth, Kan
sas, and Mcneil Island, Washington.
What is the proper pronuncia-
ton Of the word Versailles?
I In English it is pronounced Yer
Sails" the sc" being like that in
fern. In French the pronunciation
is "Versa'-ye." the "a" being as in
art
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
A Sermon for Today
by Rev. John r. Quinn

They boast Of the blue blood that
flows through their veins, but they
never bestir themselves to any heroic
action.
1 despise to hear people prating
about their noble birth while living
a trifiing ami useless life.
A member of the English nobil-
ity once said to an American: Il
don't like your country" "Why?"
asked the American. Because, ;"
said he. you have no gentry in
America" what do you mean by
gentry?" the American asked. oh"
he said, Il mean a class born Of the
nobility who live at ease and with
out work" "Ah." said the Ameri-
can, you are mistaken about my
country; we have a very large class
of gentry in Amedica, only we call
them by another name-we call
them tramps."
People who are forever Dragging
about their ancestral nobility and
who think they are entitled to live
at ease and without work. deserve
nothing better than to be put in the
tramp class.
It is not so much where or how
you were born, but the character
you build and the manhood you de-
velop, that determines your posi-.
ton in the world.
Copyright. 1925, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
BUDGET STILL
BUDGES

~1HE annual paroXysm Of
transfers of money from
S-@I one fund to another-to
keep the city departments that
have exhausted their budget APP
propriations going until the end
of the year-has begun. Eight
such transfer ordinances were pre-
scented TO the Indianapolis city
council Monday night.
A beautiful, businesslile budget
system is presumed to exercise a
restraining influence on our
municipal expenditures. But our
city budget is largely pomp and
vain show. When funds allotted
for a specific purpose are ex-
hausted. money is transferred
from another fund and the spend
ing goes on undated.
All very legal, of course, but
how does that easy transfer
system encourage departmental
economy?
Joseph Hogue. city controller.
announced about a year ago, when
fund transfer ordinances were
springing up on every side. that
in 1925 city departments positive
ly would have to keep their ex-
penditures within the budget. 1t
was a noble resolve. Apparently
it didn't mean anything, for a year
later the council IS harvesting the
usual crop of transfer ordinances,
just as if Joseph had not spoken.
Some transfers of funds may be
required ,as the result of UNI
expected emergencies and I'M
foreseeable expenditures. But or
binary diligence in framing the
city budget should make such
cases rare. In the Indianapolis
budget emergencies have become
settled habits. Funds are con-
tinually transferred with little
excuse.
Consequently about the only re-
straint our municipal budget ex-
ercises over municipal expendi
lures is the moral restraint of an
occasional frown. The budget
budges, the taxpayer squirms, and
economy is only a pious hope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
BUSINESS
Is GOOD

T1NDIANA'S corn crop this
year will be the biggest i'm
t. twenty five years, accord
Ing to NJ. w. Justin, statistician
for the u. s. Department of Agri-
culture. He estimates that it will
total 205,00O,OOO bushels-77 per
cent greater than the 1924 crop.
General business conditions i'm
the State are about 10 per cent bet
ter than year ago. reports DIR.
Edie of Indiana University, to the
State Chamber of Commerce.
Building and engineering con-
tracts awarded in Indiana during
September amountedw to S15.O7S.
600, states the +. I. Dodge Cor
poration. This is an increase of
142 per cent over September, 1924.
Not only in Indiana but through
out the country are there evil
dences of increasing prosperity.
One day last week 2,522. 900
shares changed hands on the New
York Stock Exchange. Million
phenomenal, follow each other in
rapid succession. So, far this year
almost double the number of
shares have been bought and sold
on the floor Of the Exchange than
during the corresponding period
in 1924
Meanwhile the cotton crop in
the southern States will, it is es-
timated, reach Is. 1926, 900 bales this
year-an Increase of 1,5OO. 900
bales over 1924.
Business is good. There is no
feverish boom on. Americans have
merely ceased to worry about who
won the war and who is going to
pay for 1t and are devoting them
selves to development of the
country's resources, industrial,
mineral and agricultural. We are
minding our own business with
considerable profit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

personater does not extend what is
merely an amusing trick Of acting
to unnecessary and unhealthy ex-
tremes when he takes off the wig,
when he becomes himself again.
Thus I want the public to take
my work as I present it an amusing,
unserious play about an amusing
and unserious idea.
First of all, want folks to uu.
derstand that I do not take i'm
personating in the least seriously.
To me it is an arch entertainment
and I like to impress upon my pub
lie the tremendous difference be-
tween a female impersonator and a
feminine impersonator.
THE first is a legitimate art which
started in England when Shake
speare's women characters were
played by men. In Japan, China and
the theaters of earlier Elizabethan,
England, the female impersonator
was a recognized part Of the
theatrical profession.
but I don't want you to think
in the same way of the feminine
impersonator, who ogles his eyes and
does what the Americans might call
Put Across the Theda Bara Stuff
that Is silly.
please remember the vast differ
ence between being a feminine Inn
personator and intelligently trying
to portray, with the legitimate art
Of the theater, Characterization Of
women.
There is an immense difference.
have established It on the stage
and can rely on the intelligence Of
the audience to see the difference
and acknowledge it."
l. j. +
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
"The Gorilla" at English's; Bert
Enrol at Keith's. Paramount All
Star Revue at the Palace; Wester-
holds radio ship at the Lyric; 1.-THE
Pony Express" at the Apollo; 1.-THE
,Midshipman" at the Ohio; ken
lucky Pride" at the Colonial; 1.-THE
Beautiful City" at the Circle and
Dustin Through" at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
JUST ORDINARY
PEOPLE

FREDERICK HUSEMANN,
president Of the German
l7 Miners Union, a visitor to
Indianapolis Monday in his tour
OF. America to study the coal min
ing industry, emphatically de-
clared the German workers want
peace.
IF Germany goes to war again
she will do so against the will Of
more than 10000 members of the
working class" he said. "Only a
few young boys and Old fools en-
terrain the spirit Of war;
That may be subtle Teutonic
propaganda. But It sounds fair
enough and quite likely is not far
from the facts.
Representation of any German
as a prosaic individuals may shock
some Of us HOLSTERS. We have
been encouraged in the belief that
all Germans wore horns, helmets
and ornaments and breathed fire
and birthstone. We picture them
as housekeeping daytimes and
plotting nights, over their beer, to
blow the earth to cosmic dust.
Perhaps that picture served in
wartime. Quite certainly it no
longer fits any except a few con-
spicuous, irreconcilable junkers. It
is not surprising that most Ger
mans are more interested in
prosaic jobs, Saturday night, the
girl next door and such things
than in war, glory and slaughter.
They are human beings just like
the mine-run Americans, who are
so immersed in inconsequential,
everyday private affairs they don't
know whether Locarno and Chang
Tso-Lin are perfumes or drinks.
The outstanding fact that the
world is slowly learning is that
most people, regardless of language
and nationality, are just ordinary
people-breath the surface remark
ably like you and me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
A NEW PIASTRO

Mishel Piastro has just released a
new Brunswick record. On one side
you will hear Irish Lament" and
"Serenade," in G Major by Arensky.
The pianoforte in both cases is by
Maurice Madelle. This violinist, Pi-
astro, is becoming very popular in
the Brunswick catalogue.
Those who enjoy male quartet
singing and the radio and the phono-
graph proves that there are many of
them, will be interested in a Bruins
wick release by the Criterion Male
Quartet.
The record includes 1.-THE I'm.
clouded Day" and 'Life's Railway
to Heaven"
Carl Fenton's new Brunswick
number sare Dreamy Carolina
Moon" and 80 Long, I'll See You
Again"
Brunswick also offers Isham Jones
In two hits, I'm Tired of Every
thing" and you Got EN-" both fox
trots.
Okeh has a winner in two fox
trots by the Melody Sheiks. The
record includes that best seller. I'm
Knee Deep in Daisies" and Brown
Eyes, Why Are You Blue?"
l. + +
BERT Enrol DOES
SOME GOOD TALKING
Bert Enrol, English impersonator
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
THE FUTURE OF
TRACTION LINES

5 G.lAYOR SHANK and other
IMl dignitaries were guests
@ Monday of the Union Trac-
ton Company on the inaugural
run from Indianapolis to Fl
Wayne in one of the new, luxur-
ious steel coaches purchased by
that line for fast through service.
Hizzoner, at a luncheon given
the party in FIT. Wayne, waxed
enthusiasm over the ride and new
equipment. IT want to say right
here" he declared, that the day
Of the interlrban is not over, as
some of the bus operators would
like to have us think. 1t Is just
beginning
Perhaps2he wasn't prophesying,
merely paying f,r his dinner. But
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

MONOGRAPH records follow
= the seasons and now they
have on their winter attire.
Odeon has just announced the re
lease Of eighty-two Christmas selec-
tions i'm foreign languages.
So on Christmas morning you can
go to foreign lands and share in
the music that is played upon such
an occasion.
The artists on these numbers are
prominent in Europe. One Of the
numbers include Silent Night"
sung by Emmy Betterndorf. The
number on the other side is an.
nounced as an organ solo.
This song is also on a Victor as
done by Schuman-Heink. This num-
Der is popular all year round. but
it gets more popular around Christ
mas and Easter time.
Okeh announces four numbers
from the Music Box Revue. They
include Tell Her in the Spring
time" "Tokio Blues" I'm The
Shade of a Sheltering Tree" and
Listening" This company OF the
Music Box is now on tour of this
country
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
A Thought

Speak We every man the truth to
his neighbor.-Zech. SIZE.
T~1 RUTH Is strengthened by OBJ
servation and time; pre-
- lenses by haste and uncer-
tainty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28
Tom Sims Says

A cynic is a man who doesn't
realize just how much obliged he
really should be for living.
Maybe nickel cigars would be even
cheaper if they didn't havel to make
them f1reproof.
When a man leaves his wife she
hasn't lost half so much as she
thinks she has.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

What were the names and ma
ture Of the acts taxing various ar
ticles In the American colonies
that finally led UP to the Revolu-
tionary War?
First an act, passed in 1873, known
as the molasses act. 1t placed
tax of pence gallon on molasses.
It was followed by the sugar act
Of 1894, placing a tax on sugar, and
a year later by the stamp act. that
put q duty on all legal documents
and alnanacs. The stamp act was
repealed IN 1866, but was followed
n 1857 by the Townshend act that
put a tax on tea, glass, paper and
painters materials. That act in par
ticular incensed the colonies. 1t pre-
vided that some of the proceeds
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

Bert Enrol
Here is an artists who dignifies
the stage. Speaking Of Bert Enrol,
impersonator from England. He is
now at Keith's.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-28

Text: ''He begetteth a son, and
there is nothing in hand."-Ecc
5:14.
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You can get en- answer TO any ques-
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Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
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marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other, questions will receive per.
be answered. All letters are confiden-
tial-EditOr.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

RI MONOGRAPH records follow
| = the seasons and now they
have on their winter attire.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

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.
Evening star., 1925-03-09
SALE FARMS

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