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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
THINKING IN TERMS
OF FINE CHOIR MUSIC

e. r. Albee IS a real lover of the
beauty as found in music and IN the
arts.
Over the Keith-Albee circuit, Mr..
AIbee from time to time brings to
this country groups OF artists. who
have distinct class appeal on the
concert stage.
When these same artists are pre-
scented in vaudeville, it is often found
that their appeal is general instead
Of being limited to certain classes of
theater patrons.
That is true this week at the local
Keith house, where the Royal Noun
tain as Chorus or choir from Eng
land is headlining the bill. You will
find great music in the way these
men sing March Of the Men of
Harlech." "Old Black Joe," For
You Alone" "MotheA McCree,' and
the tantalizing BLUE Danube
Waltz"
Here are real voices. They use no
showmanship. They just sing as
men would sing There is so much
natural charm about these men that
they do not have to resort to the
atrical tricks or effects. They just
sing, but goodness how they sing.
Such attractions elevate the vaude-
Vile stage. Here is a real treat.
Joe Weston and Grace Eline have
some very poor eccentric material.
They should study themselves and
get material which fits them.
Bert Fitzgibbon and Brother Lew
are back with their daffy dill stuff.
Bert is as daffy dill as ever. This
man. I think. created this brand of
entertainment. When you study this
man you will find definite eccentric
artistry.
The Wilton Sisters still are sisters
in their appearance on the stage. all
lovely. smiling and nice. They have
developed a certain routine which
gets over. They have some good
novelty numbers. Probably the best
all-round program they have ever
given vaudeville. They have worked
for their success and they deserve It,
George Yeoman and Lizzie have a
radio novelty in Information" or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17

F. J. KUESTER, 2714 Barth Ave.
Lights are out of the question,
because the board of works spent
all its money for downtown lights.
However, w. p. Hargon,> clerk
OF the street commissioners office
VIII investigate the street repairs.
DEAR MIR. FTXIT: We wrote
you concerning street lights on Ber-
wyn st. some time ago and you an
swered IL was impossible to get any.
But 1t wasn't impossible TO get one
at Mckinley and Marker SITS. Why
do you play favorites?
MRS. II. LENNIN,
822 Berwyn st.
Every application is presented
by Mr.. Fixit with equal fervor.
Sometimes it's a question of luck,
but the board says therell be no
more.
Although Mr.. Fixit has only an
academic interest in girls, a cor
respondent, evidently opposed to
modern ways Of women, contribut-
ed the following:
DEAR MR.. FIXfT: Here is a lit
tie advice to girls. Oh. girls, you
may put on your diamonds and Iaces.
f1ounce up your dresses with trim
mings so gay. You may rub on the
paint, powder your faces. But you'll
never catch a true man that sort
Of a way.
TIMES SUBSCRIBER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
BIG BUSINESS
A GOOD CITIZEN

-" he United States Steel Cor
poration has given the sum
~ Of $4,000 for new buildings
for Gary Qnd) church and the,
Salvation Army headquarters in
that city. according to an an
nouncement.
Two weeks ago the same
horrible example OF big business
made a gift Of $4,000 toward
a municipal gymnasium and
auditorium for the city Of Gary.
Besides these frequent donations
for religious, social welfare and
public enterprises the State Cor
poration pays so per cent of the
taxes collected in Gary. Not only
is 1t the father of that Hoosier
city but it is a glorified municipal
Santa Claus.
Big business may be soulless
and predatory. 1t may deserve all
the denunciatory epithets hurled
at 1t by parlor pinks. Certainly
- liz ScCo OiAi . WAlNu klSdHllC
industrial combines were i'm proc
ess of 20 formation, and the very
word trust" scared innocent
citizens into commissions. big bust
ness deserved its evil reputation.
1t was selfish. arrogant and op-
pressive.
But in recent year the so-called
trusts have become more or less
human. They have learned more
than their rabid, chronic de-
tractors. They may still be a.
menace to the country at large and
observe the teachings of the
Sermon on the Mount very
sketchily.
Nevertheless to the community
In which it is located big bust
ness is a good neighbor, a mighty
pleasant, generous fellow citizen.
What ambitious city in the coun-
try wouldn't like to domicile Gary's
Santa Claus?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
HOUSES
TOO WARM

r. HERMAN C. MORGAN,
for the moment secretary.
u Of the city board Of health,
says that the usual winter heat
ing of Indianapolis dwellings and
offices-houses too hot and the air
too dry-is injurious to health.
Our ancestors, he points out,
kept warm around open fireplaces
with room temperatures from so
to so degrees. He believes we
might emulate them with profit.
That Americans overhead their
homes and offices in winter is fire.
quently charged by medical gen.
tlemen and visiting foreigners,
particularly Englishmen. But such
complaints seem academic to us
Indianapolis apartment dweiers
and householders who are trying
to extract a few genial calories
out of some of the stuff that mas
querades in our midst as coal.
If we can stoke up our furnaces
to give us something-even pneu-
monia-we are grateful. We are
as unlikely to get our homes too
warm with the stuff as we are
to have sunstroke this Hoosier au-
tumn.
1t is true that our ancestors
knew nothing of steam radiators
and other devices for amelIorating
winter interiors. And they sur
vived in drafty, barn-like houses,
at temperature that would con-
geal a thin blooded modern. They
survived not because of open fire.
places and low temperatures, but
in spite of them.
In those days people sewed
themselves up in winter garments
of wool and fur, which were not
removed, even momentarily. until
late spring. A bath in winter was
high treason.
Perhaps they enjoyed robust
health as a result. BY the time
Of the first spring tnaw they must
also have radiated a robust aroma.
No wonder we speak of the hard
winters of the past. A crowd of
our ancestors packed into single
room, where the temperature rose
above the Precipitation point would
make any winter hard-hard on
the olfactory nerves.
We moderns prefer our super
heated. Kindred chambers to
such coalitions. We don't mind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
ALIENS CAN'T
BE HELD

@EPORTATION of alien GRIM
III inals, barring out of unde-
sirable foreigners and
sweeping up immigrants who have
entered the United States illegally.
engage the attention of Federal
officials, Congressman, thinking
citizens and passionate patriots.
Representative Albert II. Hall,
Eleventh Indiana District, has add
ed hi svoice to the hue and cry.
In recent public address he ad-
vocated deportation Of aliens who
fail to obey the prohibition enforce
ment act.
The bars put up by the new i'm
migration law. vigorously restrict
ing the number admitted, meets
general approval.
Now Federal Judge Cant of Min
nesota, rules that aliens entering
the country Illegally can't be held
or imprisoned for such acts. By
the decision eighty-three prison
ers serving terms in Leavenworth
for Illegal entry must be released.
What's the use Of deporting
aliens if they can't be kept out?
What's the use of a restrictive I'm
migration law if those who violate
It's provisions can't be held under
lock and key in punishment?
The Federal Government In
handling the alien question, just
fumbles futilely. It's right hand
makes one gesture and it's left
hand another. immigration au-
thorities kick undesirable aliens of
the front steps only to have them
crawl over the back fence from
Mexico or Canada The maiden
aupts OF the State Department
won't let member Of the British
Parliament visit this home of the
brave because he is a professed
radical. And as a Federal judge
says an alien who enters Illegally
can't be imprisoned for it. Perhaps
he can be slapped on the wrist
If the slapping is done in a hui
name manner devoid of passion.
Our immigration law looks well
on the book-but most Of its teeth
are just scenery. Those that do
function bite in the wrong spots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17

It'd you ever hear the story
III Of Philemon and Baucis" as
LII related in the opera Of the
same name by Gounod?
Charles Francois Gounod in 1850
wrote an opera about conrented
old couple in the long ago who
loved each other so devotetily, that
is in the old mythical days, that
even Jupiter and Vulcan on visit
to earth were surprised that mortals
could be so happy and kind.
The Gods restored Philemon and
Baucis to their youth and put them
in palace instead of humble hut.
But even youth, when it returns in
the winter time, demands recogni-
ton and the old couple, now youth
full, realized that natural old age
was better than beauty, youth and
wealth.
Such stories have often been told
in many forms Of entertainment, but
such stories yield easily to the
operate stage.
To meet the demand of a large
l'eading public for stories of the
operas, j. B. Lippincott Company,
has published "Stories From The
Operas" in one volume by Gladys
Davidson.
Here is the key to the stories of
tia best known operas.
A Fine Thing
The stories are so unfolded that
~ can really visualize the opera
~eing unfolded. The technical side
of the score is not discussed, just
Jhe story.
Philemon and Baucis'' is just one
NJ the many operas related as stories
lin this fine collection of operate
stories.
Since operate music is found in
nearly every home that has a phono-
raph and the radio reflects the
Beauty of opera as produced in New
York and Chicago. this book is most
welcome.
Among the authors whose works
appear in Stories From TIE
Operas" are Auher, Balfe. Beethoven,
lni Benedict. Bizet, DonizfNu I'll.
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on the section of the law and grounds on
which she, the wife of the former president of
Hungary, was banned, the department would
not even say
Which for sheer arrogance puts our coun-
try on level with Darkest Russia under the
Cars. There is not an important country in
Europe today but would welcome the lady
but what in fact, does welcome her
A closed incident?" Wait and see.
Says the Chicago Tribune, a pro-adminis-
tration paper:
Mr.. Kellogg has stirred up ruction that
is destined to disturb the peace and quiet of
the Coolidge administration. ;"
And the Tribune, insofar as this statement
is concerned. is, in our humble opinion, ever
lastingly right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17

since the days of Washington Irving
who was ostracised for his intimate
revelations and sarcasm at the ex-
pense Of the social elect. But very
lew OF the many writer's who have
dramatized the life Of the blue-book-
ers have been born to the purple
themselves.
Emily Post, member of New York
and Tuxedo society, has successfully
effected this dual role having at
tanned the coveted honor also of be-
ing the author OF best-seller. Her
celebrated book on etiquette has en-
joyed the distinction Of a place
among the six leaders Of non-fiction
for nearly three years.
Mrs. Posts latest volume,
Parade which has just been pub
lished by Funk & Wagnalls, is an
intimate portrayal of life in the
world and relates the
rise Of little southern girl from a
nobody to reigning society
beauty. Several critics have charged
that the heroine of the story is an
improbable character, but Mrs. Post
states that already her friends have
suggested eighteen different men,
bers of the metropolitan elite as the
inspiration for her portrayal. But
she refuses to divulge the model for
her study.
Mrs. Post was one of the famous
Baltimore Beauties. which included
the Langhorne sisters. who com
pletely captured New York with
their charms In the days when 1.-The
Four Hundred" was only 400, and
she knows as few do the intimate
life of society beauty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17

magician's act and real feast OF
surprises.
Before the searching gaze Of those
out front a canary, imprisoned In a
cage, is held in front Of the magician,
he says watch" and you watch, hut
see nothing. The canary, cage and
ALL disappears instantly.
One of the members of the act
takes a duck and places 4 In a long
pipe, apparently jerking it's head on
before doing so. then taking a rooster
he does the same thing using an
other large pipe.
A moment and Ne removes tho
pipes. In the one in which he placed
the duck he pulls out a rooster with
a ducks head, from the other a duck
with the comb and feathers Of a
rooster. Just try and figure all the
things that they do.
Arturo Bernardo is a whole COM
pany alone. BY means OF rapid
changes Of costume and makeup he
stages two complete little comedy,
playing each character himself. Then
by means Of transparent Grapes he
shows the audience how It Is done.
with the aid Of two assistants, who
are behind the drapes his costumes
are changed completely in time so
short it is incredible.
Stepping down into the pit Bar.
nardi takes his makeup with him
and proceeds to direct the orchestra
as the old masters would have done
while playing their own pieces.
The Cain Sisters with the aid OF
a plano and a banjo luke" put out
some feet tickling jazz. One OF the
girls also does the Charleston in a
way that makes hit.
Marion and Jerry Ross have a
little sketch OF a young fellow, who
has taken a strange girl home from
a dance and who tries to beg a kiss
from her. Humorous.
Howard and Ross in their act have
featured the banjo and the man
makes it do some very interesting
things.
The Steele Trio show some feats
Of strength that those OF US who are
ambitious to live long had better not
try. Placing an anvil on his head
one OF the men let's the others hit
It with sledge hammers. Another
catches great iron balls In tho hol-
low of his neck.
The Hollywood Comedy -Four arc
four men with fine harmony voices
and who use them I'm fun in their
act. BY means Of song impressions
of different people comedy is in
jected into the act.
At the Lyric all week. By OBJ
server)
T. + +
other theaters today offer: "Co-
bra" at the Ohio; Nick Lucas and
1--WE Moderns," at the Circle; THE
Night Hawks" at the Broadway
1.-THE Merry Widow" at the Apollo;
"Peck's Bad Boy" at the Capitol;
United States Marine Band at Cadle
1.-The Phantom of the
OPERA" at the Colonial; "The Whole
Towns. Talking" at the Masonic
Temple and THE Fighting Cub" at
the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
A Thought

Take my yoke upon you and learn
Of me; for I am meek and lowly In
heart: and We shall find rest unto
your souIs.-Matt. 1929.
1t is not in understanding set Of
doctrinesj not in outward compre-
hension of the Scheme Of saliva
ton that rest and peace are to be
found, but In taking up. in all low
illness and meelkness, the yoke of the
Lord Jesus Christi. w Robert
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
Weekly Book Review
All May Get Acquainted With Characters in OPERAS

Flotow, Gounod, Halevy. Mascagni,
Mozart. Nicolai. Offenbach, Puccini
Rossini, Strauss, Thomas. Verdi,
Wagner and many others.
This department has received
many requests for such, a book. Here
it is: Stories From The Operas by
Davidson, published by j. B. Lippin-
colt Co., Philadelphia.
Very Interesting
Some novels demand instant at
tention and such seems ito be the
case with Parade" by Emily Post.
Flung & Wagnalls Co., New York,
have issued the following statement:
New York society life has been a
favorite background for novelists
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what is supposed to happen in 1850.
Woman has some clever stories and
he puts 'em over with a bang. Act
is different from the regular run.
Marie Cavanagh and Bud Cooper
have one of those intimate little song
and dance affairs which registers
with ease. Cooper is at the piano
and plays and sings a number Of
his own songs which has kept the
wolf away from the door.
The Three Melvin Brothers are
good gymnasts. The movie feature
is THE Uneasy Three"
At Keith's all week. (Reviewed
by Walter d. Hlckman)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
Student Prince Is Mighty Fine Show;
Royal Welsh Choir Lives Up to Record

THE Student Prince" an operetta
by Dorothy Donelly an Sigmund
Romberg, appearing at English's
this week, deserves to be classed
among the best productions Of its
kind In recent years. It's male
chorus is one that hould be long
remembered.
The theme Of the operetta lends
itself we'll to unusually brilliant song
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
Try This i'm Your
Furnace

NT7OW that the season Of sniffles and chill
in blains has settled down upon the East,
some serious thought is being given to the an
thracite coal strike. Up to now it has been
pretty much disregarded But the miners
have been idle ten weeks and those who seek
to buy anthracite are feeling the effect The
public protest has been long delayed, but it is
becoming earnest. And as the public cups its
hands before it's face and emits it's howl, it
turns toward Washington.
WhatT Washington do?
Government officials, even if they felt
inclined to interfere in the present strike,
feel that their hands are tied by recent de-
cision of Federal Judge McClintic of West
Virginia, declaring the United Mine Workers
Of America to be an unlawful organization,
it was learned yesterday"
This is the opening paragraph Of long
article in the Washington Post, which speaks
the Administration 8 views on many matters.
Further, the Post says:
Government authorities were loath to
comment publicly on the effect of the deci-
sion, inasmuch as they have heretofore main
tanned hands-of policy on the anthracite
strike, but gave it as their private opinion
that they would not want to run counter to
the decision in attempting the settlement of
the dispute"
And further:
Governor Pinckots present activi-
ties to bring the anthracite operators and
the miners together are considered by local
commentaries as precarious in that he might
be adjudged in contempt of court.
And there, it seems you have the Admin
istration's attitude. If anthracite users can
warm their shins on that, there's nothing to
complain about.
Long after the anthracite strike started,
Federal judge over in the bituminous district
Of West Virginia, where Federal judges have
done many funny things in times of coal
strikes, decides that the whole miners organi-
cation is unlawful. His ground is that it is a
trustl He apparently doesn't think so much
Of this idea himself, for it is buried away
among lot of findings of fact" and is not in
the main body of his opinion. But alert sleuths
in the Administration seem to have discovered
it and upon it have based the Coolidge policy
in dealing with the anthracite strike
How long this finding" of this Federal
Judge will last remains to be seen. McClin-
tic Is the same judge who in 1922 enioined
striking miners from erecting tents in which
to live on land they had leased That injunc-
ton lasted oply until the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals could set it aside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
BERNARDO is HIT
AT THE LYRIC TODAY

He climbs into box on the stage,
right before your eyes, in a second
he calls to You from another box
placed@ up in the air, and then to
bewilder you more, in about half a
second he appears In the orchestra
pit and bows to his audience, Leroy
of Leroy. Talma and Bosco does
these things and many more. 1t is a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
Stage Verdict

English's-"T h @ Student
Prince" arrives to capture this
city.
Keith s. The Royal WEIGH
Choir is a positive delight in
song.
Lyric-Arturo ardt
proves to be a whole show in
himself.
Palace-Leo Beers is ringing
up another individual success,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17

eIIectS. IL mas 10
do with a German
prince of the six
ties, who has been
kept a virtual pris-
oner in the palace
until he is twenty
years old. Then he
is permitted to at
tend the Univer-
sity of Heidelberg,
where he becomes
one of the singing,
bringing FOSTERING
students. on an
equal footing with
all OF them.
At an inn at
H Ell dl e b erg he
meets Kathie, a
waitress. and Inn
mediatelY falls In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
What is the quad" used as 9

What Is the quad" used as
printing term?
Quad means to insert quadrants
so as to space out aline. A quad
rant Is a piece oe type-metal lower
than the face of the letters and is
used In spacing between words and
filing out blank lines. Quad Is the
common abbreviation for quadrant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

possible disputes with a pneu-
monia germ as long as we have
removable garments and occa-
sional glimpses Of bare knees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
Wait and See

TT liz olatc department says the barring of
1zCountess Karolyi from the United States
is closed incident
So when her lawyer asked for information
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Handwriting on Wall

eighteen inches. The fur is brown.
and the throat is grayish yellow.
and small spots Of that color are
scattered on the sides Of the neck
The fur is extremely lustrous, hence
it's high value. The sable Is native
In Siberia and is widely distributed
over that country. being found in the
coolest regions, where there are for
ests. 1t is wary and not easily cap
tured. 1t makes its nest IN hollow
trees, or sometimes I'm burrow that
are lined with leaves, moss and
grass. II feeds upon the small nam.
mails and birds and sometimes upon
fish. In North America the name
sable is given TO the pine marten,
an animal so similar that It's fur is
often sold as that of true sable.
Please give correct arrangement
Of officers rank in United States
Army. from highest down.
General, major general. brigader
general. colonel, lieutenant colonel
major. captain. first lieutenant. see
ond lieutenant.
Who were the Druids7
The religious teachers and leaders
Of the Celtic inhabitants Of ancient
Gaui, Britain and Ireland.
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be answered. All letters are cphnueh-
tial.-Editor.
What is the meaning Of the eX-
preston "the handwriting on the
wall" as used to designate a
threatened disaster?
It alludes to the Feast OF Bel
shazzar when the words, Meme,
Meme. Telkel. Upharsin," which
translated mean, Thou art weighed
in the balance and found wanting"
were written on the wall as the King
and his lords drank and made merry.
The inscription prophecied the fall
of the kingdom and death OF the
king. The story is from the book Of
Daniel In the Bible, Chapter 5.
Where and from what animal is
sable fur obtained?
Sable is a species Of Marten. The
feet are covered with fur, even on
the soles and the tail Is rather more
bushy than the stone n1arten. The
length, exclusive Of the tail. II about
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You can get an answer to any ques~
ton OF fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1892 New York Ave. Wash
ington, D. c., inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply Medical. legal and
martial advice cannot be given nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will received a per
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are connden-
tial-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-17
BY Walter d. Hickman

It'd you ever hear the story
III Of Philemon and Baucis" as
related In the opera Of the