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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-28
Shriners Knock EN- Dead With Omar;
Variety Stage Crashes in With Hits

funny situation in Little Miss Blue
beard" the new offering of the
Berkell Players. Little Miss Blue
beard" is another typical Avery Hop
wood play. 1t runs the scale from
smart comedy TO hokum farce, con-
tains a lot of laughs and is a salts
factory bill for a stock company to
present the week between THE Bat
and The Fool"
Edythe Elliot. in the part written
for Irene Bordoni, has her biggest
chance of the season as the French
lady with too many husbands, none
Of them real. These French dialect
things seem to be candy for stock
actresses and Miss Elliot is no ex-
ception. Think she will gain a great
many friends this week. She is also
the first member Of the company to
MARBLE this season and doesn't do
badly with the songs either.
Milton Byron and Tommy Evans
are Larry Charters and Bob Tai
madge. Collette's two husbands 1t
seems that Bob married her. after
ten drinks. but since he already had
a wife and child he used his friend s
name Then he brings her to Larry
90 keep until the divorce is ar
ranged OF course the lady learned
the truth before it was too late.
Gives Byron a chance TO suffer a
great deal. especially as he falls in
love with the girl. You guess the
rest.
Larry Sullivan. as the Honorable
BERTHE Bert. Charters oldest and
most annoying friend" is a comedy
hit aG SILLY ass" type Of stage
Englishman. Small parts are filled
acceptably by Tdabelle ArnOd. Mary
Hi. Martha Morton, Robert st.
Clair. Al G. Wilson and William V.
Hun who directed the production.
There are two good looking scenes.
At English's all week. CBy OBJ
servcrD
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SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS

TTATE highway police re-
port that safety laws are
being flagrantly violated by
many drivers of township school
buses. Dangerous overcrowding
of the vehicles and failure to stop,
look and listen at railroad cross
ings are charged.
Several months ago near New
Albany Ond) a school bus was
struck by a train. Three children
and the driver We're killed. A few
weeks later another school hack
was demolished by a train in the
same locality. Only four of the
occupants were injured in that
smash.
Following that accident. State
authorities strictly enjoined driv-
ers of school vehicles to obey the
law requiring a full stop at all
railroad crossings.
Apparently the injunction made
little impression Many drivers
learn nothing about safety rules.
They trust to luck that their car
goes will be delivered to the
schools instead of the undertakers,
Consolidated schools with free
transportation mark a great ad-
vance in rural education. They
give country children school IA
cilities equal to those of boys and
girls in towns and cities.
But what advantage is it to a
chilli crushed to a pulp in an acct
dent due to the carelessness of a
school bus driver?
If drivers persistently ignore
safety laws. pupils might better
plod afoo, to old-fashioned, one
room schools. There they won't
learn so much possibly. Neither
viii the learning they do acquire
be spilled over highways nor
along railroad tracks.
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LENA DALEY STARTS
ANOTHER WEEK HERE

For the third week Of the musical
comedy stock at the Capitol tho
Daley company is presenting a bill
called "Brevities of 1926" A new
comedian, Jack Smoke" Gray, a
blackface funster, Is among those
featured. Gray is seen in his sing
ing speciality and a scene from the
former production Broadway Brew.
tiles"
Gray Ia an experienced minstrel
man who understands the business
Of burnt cork comedy. Billy "Bozo'
Mack is again a bum. mistaken for
royalty, with the usual comic re.
suits. Quite a favorite. this "Bozo.
Lena Daley is also in evidence, lead
ing numbers with a display Of pep
and personality.
The rest of the cast Is about the
same, including Lew Denny, Doro.
thy Alexander. Tommy Seymour,
Arthur Harrison and Lillian Elmer
son. There seems to be no end TO
the wardrobe of gorgeous costumes
that Daley provides for his chorus.
And the chorus looks good and
works hard At the Capitol all
week. O3y Observer
other theaters today offer; Gloria
Swanson i'm Nine. Sans Gene" at
the Ohio; Nick Lucas in person and
Milton stills in "As Man Desires" at
the Circle; I.aurette Taylor and Tom
Moore in zone Night i'm Rome" at
the Colonial; "The Great Divide" at
the Apollo and THAT Devil Quema.
do" at the Isis.
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may be, and the result is satisfac-
tory.
Haw has a Chinese set built along
modern lines. His opening song is
about "Buddha." He tells that they
are getting civilized in China now
because his sister has been divorced
twice and is working on the third
one.
Here is good fun, done in a pleas
ing and interesting way. And this
man has real showmanship in his
makeup. An easy winner any place.
Rather impressed was with the
way Jack Allyn, Alice Tyrrell & Co.
presented a mixture of dance. saxo-
phone and other instrumental mu-
sic. The set is impressive, although
built along simple lines. They go
about their business with quiet ease.
And they do not spoil their act by
attempting comedy.
The Royal Scottish Clans, includ-
ing the Sutcliffe Family, bagpipes
and all, have the closing position on
the bill. They open before a castle
exterior and then move inside. This
act has a good Scotch flavor.
Ray and Frank Doran appear as
a dancing team. The female" of
the team was nifty on her feet
and graceful. So was the man.
These two danced with so much
spirit and dash that I suspected
that something was different. The
woman" turned out to be a man.
Pleasing act.
I do not care to see on the stage
sketches dealing with old men who
think they can charm any girl. Jack
Trainer has such a sketch. Don't
appeal to me for one minute.
Leonard and Wilson base their lit
tie sketch on the efforts OF a girl
to break into Hollywood. Dunbar
and Turner have a noisy hokum of
fering. Their comedy is noise.
When they get down to eccentric
dancing they register with a bang.
Should do more of that.
At the Lyric all week Reviewed
by Walter d. Hickman)
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Really, one Of the finest health for
mulas in existence.
Now comes Chester Horton Of Chi.
cago, a recognized teacher OF better
golf playing. lie is now present at
the Palace He declares that 1.-The
most important thing in adult life
is to learn to play a good game of
golf"
On the stage, Horton gives prac-
teal as we'll as fancy instructions
on how to play golf. No one can
see Horton at work and at play and
have the idea that golf is just plain
bunk. 1t is a science that carries
health with it. Right now, l am go.
ing TO make a plea for better and
more use of the golf links in this
city.
When a fellow laughs at the sight
Of a man carrying a bunch Of golf
sticks around with him the laugh
is not on the golf player but the
other guy.
Horton has framed his act for
laughs, as he has the assistance of
Eddie Hume. a comedian. For a
finale, Horton and Hume hurl golf
balls right into the hands OF mem.
hers of the audience. One of the
finest health sermons | have ever
heard.
The two Ice skaters with The
Alaskans are experts. Some of the
wor kof the man stamps him as an
expert. Eddie Clark and Phil vii
lani. two wop characters, still have
their funny conversation about the
income tax.
Kurt Kuehn and Marjorie Faye
have musical ability and Snowman
ship. Some of their comedy is poor
and should be eliminated or cut
down. Their flute playing, whis-
Ting and piano work rings the bell.
They are favorites when they sticL
to their featured line of material
ION The Campus" is another one
Of those college things which is
much better than the general run.
There are two real principals. two
men. present. Their human luke
impressions stop the show. The
comedian has an individual way
about him which puts him over with
ease.
Saw about half of the feature pic
ture. Tom Mix in "Teeth." Here is
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white and Indian blood in him. She
had fought and won, but she wanted
to surrender. And she did. She
became then the zeal article that
society shuns.
Complete Surrender
Throwing away her diploma of
having won the degree of being a
good woman, Martha becomes low
life. And she paid her price for
her surrender In the end she be-
comes a squaw with a fatherless
white child at her breast.
That's the story of Martha.
The characters have been we'll de.
veloped. At times the story has
complete power. I had no sympathy
for Martha when she surrendered,
but / was interested.
Here is a story that is sex, but
1t could happen in real life. To
some, Martha" may be cheap sen.
sation, but those of us who rub
against life every day in its many
forms will realize the fact that here
is life
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GIRLS AND HORSES
COMPETE FOR HONORS

To head these remarks as I have
done sounds rather silly. but that
is exactly what happens at Keith's
this week.
The girls in question are the AL
bertha Rasch Girls and the horses
are known as Jack Joyce's Won
derful Horses. Both separate acts.
viii talk of the girls first This
week these girls present dancing
that one expects and demands in
the Music Box Revue and the Fol
lies. The toe dancing OF the prin-
cipal dancers is both beauty and
art The burlesque Of Zozo and
Kiki, two comedians from Europe
is a smart howl.
This dancing act. from ensemble
and individual talent. has not been
excelled this season at Keith's. The
lights are handled with care. No
tice another thing-how Abe Ham
merschlag conducts the regular
house orchestra while the girls
dance. Here Is cooperation for you
An act of real beauty and novelty
When ] go to, a. circus / do not
put up the false excuse that the
children dragged me there. If I am
not wrong Jack Joyce and his horses
were a feature last season with tho
Ringing circus. The horses are
present at Keith's this week AS
far as / know these horses are bet
ter trained than any others In the
I 10 oh
think l am right. Here is perfect
work. Even the dancing is perfect
Splendid!
Want to tell you about Mabel Nc
Kinley. an American soprano. Am
told that she suffered terrible inju
ries to her spine some years ago. 1t
Is necessary for her to use crutches
all the time, even on the stage. Not
because OF her handicap. but this
woman wins in the manner she puts
over her songs. She has chosen her
program wisely. She has a strong
voice and realizes that words are
necessary in putting across the song
story. She deserves the Splendid
ovations she is getting this week.
Some expert barrel jumping OF
real merit Is offered by Rose. Ellis
and Jack. known as 1.-THE Jumping
Jacks" This act will give you a
thrill. Ray Fern and Maree still
give their impression OF a minstrel
show. Should change their material.
Du Gallon (hope l have spelled this
name correctly for once) combines
smart conversation with ladder bal
ancing. 1t takes a little while for
an audience to get Caught on" but
when those present do, this man
walks the ladder Of success. Il admit
1 am clever.)
Fred Ardath does his familiar
drunk" impression. Still gets the
laughs and much applause.
At Keith's all week. (Renewed by
Walter ID. Hickman.)
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

LOVE song of Spain and a
AL sacred song, "Tantum Ergo
were two of the outstanding
program of hits included in the an
nual spring concert Of the Mendel-
ssohn Choir at Caleb Mills hall last
night
The Carmen" love song was done
by Marguerite DAlvarez. mezzo- con
tralto, as an encore to EN- Calesa'
which was sensation because of
the tango spirit of its melody.
"Tantum Ergo" was a sacred mes
sage presented in the form of a
double choir In such numbers. /
believe that Elmer Andrew Steffen.
conductor, excels because he has
had years Of training and work in
this particular field.
In Marguerite D'Alvarez, the choir
had a guest artist who flashed upon
the stage in all Of her haunting
Spanish beauty. In appearance she
was striking. In voice, she was
wonderful. AS a Snowman. she was
an expert. She was gracious, lovely
and generous.
This woman, excepting only CALI
Curci, scored the most pronounced
personal triumph Of any individual
artist l have heard in the last two
years. The next approaching this
triumph was that of Madame Homer
Being Of foreign birth, Mile. DIAL
varez brings that foreign something
that I call poise and training which
is such a needed thing on the con-
cert stage. Technically, she Is a
great artist, being the complete mis-
tress of song at ell times.
She was wonderful In what I per-
sonally call mood color" This was
noticeable in both of the Spanish
love songs. Still another brand of
"color" was present when she was
singing 1.-THE Angelus," arranged for
soloist with mems voices.
Dramatic color, despair and fear
pleasure and mirth were reflected
while she sang Sea Fever" Then
sweet alluring color in do Not Go,
My Love"
Here is a voice rich in color and
exquisite tone under perfect control
Then the singer possessed personal
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Indianapolis voters lethargy, to
say nothing of his windows and
glassware.
Nothing gives people a more APP
palling feeling of helplessness, or
is more demoralizing. than the
rocking of the earth beneath their
feet. The solidity and stability Of
the earth is taken for granted.
If It can't be trusted to stay put,
what can a person trust?
But in reality the solid earth is
merely a figure of speech. Noun
tain ranges are pushed up, creep
across country and subside. There
is constant movement Of the
earth's crust. though slow and
difficult to gauge because in deter
mining them man must hook his
tape measure to a star.
Sudden. extensive movements
are rare. fortunately, for a shake
of only few inches will flatten
city. Active, healthy earthquakes
are more pleasant TO read about
than as civic visitors.
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TRACK ELEVATION
is SLOW WORK

IN HE board Of works and
railroad repre- sentatives
~ have approved final plans
for raising the tracks Of the Belt
Line Railroad. Plans cell for
grade separation at twentyone
street intersections. besides
bridge over White River.
Almost two years have elapsed
since plans were asked for this
project Only in recent months,
upon the insistence OF city au-
thorities. has it reached the blue
print stage.
Now all that remains to be done
il to find $14,00O.0O to finance
the project. and the actual con-
struction. Either is a pretty fair
chore by itself Probably the ac-
tual work of raising tracks will
not start before next year.
Despite its recognized benefits to
the community and to the rail
roads, the latter move. deliber-
ately in track elevation. They
move only as they are pushed.
City officials are now endeavoring
to settle a bill against the rail
roads for $500, 900 for track
elevation work as far back as
1918.
No public improvement under
taken in Indianapolis has had
greater influence on the develop
ment of the city than track ele-
walton. Grade-level rails were
steel hopes constructing certain
sections and preventing logical
growth.
Completion of the Belt Line prof.
ect will open up much Of the
south side Until it is a reality
that part of town is at a disad
vantage and the city will grow
more and more lopsided.
But track elevation is slow
work. even when the task is at
tackled with hot enthusiasm. Con.
sequently, unless city authorities
keep everlastingly at it,. Indian
apolis won't get loose from its
steel shacl1les during the life of
the present generation.
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Papa Spank!
BY Hal Cochran

News Item: Moultrie (Ga) Judge rules
that, with sufficient provocation. man
may Justif1ably spank his wife.
A warning, to missus: You won't
know what bliss is-if I must be
perfectly frank-unless you're ex.
acting in ways you are acting. Be
careful. or papa will spank
A judge down in Georgia, has ac-
tually scored va. by saying, If
naughty you be. that daddy may
take you. in effort to break you, and
turn you right over his knee.
IL dinners not ready when father
has said he will be on the job to be
fed Imagine the riot. If papa would
try it,, he'll spank you and send you
20 bed.
Perhaps some occasion brings
quite an invasion or bills for things
purchased anew. Dad pays, to stop
action. but gets satisfaction by TAX
ing 1t out upon you.
II may be real clever--this plan
but IT never will make any women
folks swerve. The Judge is a kidder
who failed to consider that father is
shy of the nerve.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON
BANDITS AND
CHIVAlRY

TWO young bandits held up
College Ave. grocery late
~ Saturday night. They pill
LACED the cash register and three
men in the store but did not mo-
lest a woman who was present.
I'VE won't bother you. lady. we
don't rob. women" they told her.
to allay her evident agitation over
their presence.
Perhaps they were actuated by
a high sense Of chivalry in re-
framing from pundering one of
the weaker sex. More likely they
We're afraid she would scream and
attract undue attention to their
nefarious enterprise
Bandits from Robin Hood to Raj
suli and Gerald Chapman have
often made great pretense OF chiv-
airy.
They have boasted that they
spare the weak and prey on the
strong. AS a result some of them
have been surrounded with the
glamour OF romance. But such
Wanted chivalry is all bunk. No
bandit ancient or modern ever
operated except when he had the
advantage.
II the lady present in the gro
Gerry had unwittingly displayed
fat roll OF bills the youthful hold
ups would have snatched it. Their
chivalry would have shriveled In
the presence OF easily acquired
loot.
In truth. there ls nothing more
chivalrous about any baDdit than
there is about a rattlesnake. The
latter is higher type of creature.
He at least gives warning before
ST rikinn
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Stage Verdict

English 's-Edythe Elliott has
a chance to sing as well as act
in Little Miss Bluebeard.
Light entertainment but gets
across.
Palace-A good all-rouhd en-
tertainment buy with Chester
Horton. golf authority, leading
the field.
Murat-"Omar, annual
Shrine show, proves that there
is lot of real talent in this city.
Well staged and presented.
Lyric-Harry Gee Haw walks
away with this bill. This man
has talent and knows how to
use II.
Keith 's-With one exception
every act Is a winner Interest
centers upon the Albertina
Rasch Girls, Jack Joyce and
his horses, and, Mabel Mckin-
ley. American soprano.
Capitol-More wonderful cos
tunes are worn by Lena Daley
I'm her summer season here.
New comedian enters company.
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the professional class. but certainly
the class of the amateur shows. The
biggest part of the evenings enter
tainment ia furnished by the Gun
Club. the Chanters, the Symphonic
Band and the Arab Patrol. organiza-
tions OF which the Shrine should he,
and doubtless is, very proud. Murat's
Gun Squad and Drum and Bugle
Corps offered a military production
called Dawn to Sunset"
This drill with rifles and bayonets
was done with a beautiful precision.
The drum corps furnished the mar
tial music and showed that they
could do n wicked "left-right' them
selves. With the rich and colorful
uniforms. the raising and lowering
of colors and the perfection Of the
drill, this outfit created picture not
to be soon forgotten.
Murat's Chanters sang Sweet
and Low" and June Night so well
they were forced to do an encore.
"All Alone" A fine glee club. The
band also delivered couple of mum
hers the way they should he done.
The Arab Patrol went through an
other excellent drill with machine
like precision.
The near plot concerns the hap
penings at an Oriental court. where
Omar Bertrand a. ORR comes to
WOO Zeebeedee don Morrison),
daughter OF the Potentate Charles
J. Orbison). Gives us an opportun-
ity TO view the Potentate's dancing
girls Their refined Oriental
dance Offering is a knockout from 4
comedy standpoint. You will like
these dancers.
The principal comedians arc Pink
Hall as a gentleman OF color and
John Coll as his Jewish companion
in exploration. Hope Coll watches
his makeup a little better the rest
of the week. The crepe hair was
extremely scarce on one side Of his
face on opening night. The boys
pull some good gags. some brand
new and some trifle older.
Second In the comedy department
are Al Hoffmeister and Otto Krauss.
Each of these boys scores with a
song number as we'll. Clifford Rich
ter Is the Potentate's Weezer. Rob
ert Zehlicke prologues each scene.
zehlicke is the Spirit Of Omar-with
Dutch dialect. 1t may be an imi.
tation OF Balieff.
The costumes are magnificent and
the scenes are many, and several OF
them beautifully picturesque. Who
ever directed has done good job.
omar" is at the Murat all week. -
Reviewed by Shaffer B. Berkshire. }
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A Love Song From Carmen and
Sacred Music Are Concert Hits

ity to the degree that she swept the
audience from one feverish stage of
excitement and Rapture to another
stage of the same brand.
operate training furnishes back
ground which some OF our soloists
lack Not so with D'Alvarez, as she
brings the magnetic charm of the
opera right onto the concert stage.
Both the voice and the personality
Of this singerawill linger with me
for a long time. Her accompani-
ment was Morton Howard, an ex-
pert at the piano.
Many concert singers would do
we'll to hear Mile. D'Alvarez and
learn something about Snowman
ship.
As TO the Choir
In the Mendelssohn Choir this city
has an organization which should be
included In every list of good
things that indianapolis has to offer.
This one organization alone is doing
a masterful Job in bringing great
and good music to us.
The large audiences that attend
the concerts of the choir Ia proof
Of the regard that citizens have for
the organization.
Steffen, since the last concert in
the fall. has done even more won.l
ders with the choir as the entire'
tonal picture seemed to be more
rounded out, fuller in volume and
more certain.
We are getting splendid choral
harmony here. The way the choir
handled viking Song" and "Tan-
tum Ergo" is sufficient proof of this.
Berta Miller Rulck was organ &C.
companist and Paul r.. Matthews
was at the plano.
Again I repeat that here we had
a concert that was as near perfect
as one could be.
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CHINESE COMEDIAN TOPS
CURRENT BILL AT LYRIC

Harry Gee Haw. Chinese comedi-
an. is a wise man.
Coming from China. he admits by
his material that he has studied
American variety audiences.
He surprised me by giving i'm
pressions Of Al Jolson. George
White. Frisco and Eddie Cantor. He
has studied their way Of putting
over songs and dances. as the caee
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n l s n l Y strung
nerves. However.
il was sufficient
for advertising
purposes and TO
satisfy the local
demand.
The cause re-
mains obscure.
The disturbance
occurred while
I h @ mayoralty
campaign W a S
SlumDering. Any
way. that cam
paign hasn't been
sufficiently VIC
lent to shake the
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Industrial Helps

The technical department of
the Indianapolis Public Library
announces the following three
good books on the lumber in
dustry
? Lumber. Its Manufacture
and Distribution, by Bryant
Practical book covering the in
dustry from mill location and
equipment to grading, inspec-
ton and marketing of the lum-
Der
"American Lumber Indus
try" by Brown. Comprehen-
sive new book covering re-
sources, production, selling
and distribution, uses and
trade associations.
''Kiln Drying of Lumber"
by Tiemann. Practical as well
as theoretical treatment OF the
whole subject.