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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
1T is MUSIC WEEK
AT LYRIC THIS WEEK

Instrumental music Of various
kinds occupies a large and important
place on the bill at the Lyric this
week. LAMBERT styles his act
"Lambasting the xylophone. He
surely does a wicked piece of
lambasting. I do not believe l ever
saw anyone else lambast the keys
so fast and sure as this man.
Standard and popular numbers make
up his routine. He is the individual
applause winner this week.
The Filipino Banjo Sextet offers
an interesting program Of selections
on banjos of various sizes and
shapes. The man in the team of
Josselyn and Turner also does his
bit for the musicale with numbers
on the cello and clarinet. The rest
of their act is ordinary song, dance
and comedy routine.
One of the fastest and prettiest
Juggling turns one will find in
many a day is offered by the Four
Juggling Nelson's. Hoop manipula-
ton is their business and they GER
t9inly put the hoops through a diff
cult line Of tricks. One of the boys
keeps seven hoops in the air at one
time, which they claim Is a record.
1t looks like it. These four people
are regular showmen and best of
all. the comedian knows his bust
hess and is really funny.
THE Wedding Ring" a sketch seen
here in the Music Box Revue" has
been made a vaudeville act. The
idea is funny and the act gets a
lot OF laughs, although it loses a
great deal by being allowed to drag.
Sherman. Van and Hyman are
back with their line of noisy comedy
songs. "Vogues OF Songs and
Steps" is another revue act. This
one has the services Of two good
dancing teams and a singing come
dienne.
A Ben Turpin comedy, a Grant
land Rice Spotlight and other short
subjects makeup the movie program.
At the Lyric all week. (By Observer)
j. + T.
Other theaters today offer: 1.-THE
Goose Hangs High" at the Ohio;
"One Way Street" at the Circle;
Cheaper to Marry" at the Apollo
and 1.-THE Saddle Hawk" at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Education Essentials

I'D ACK othe essentials is the newest
III school slogan, in reaction against the
fads." But what are the essentials "Read,
ing, writing and arithmetic" of course Any
one who thinks with his memory knows that,
without thinking,
Suppose we try thinking with something
else than memory We remember thar reading
was once the key to knowledge, writing to ex-
preston and arithmetic to business
Still earlier we remember that Latin was
once the key to enlightenment So the tradi-
tion-minded still make it the center of all high
err education, five generations after it had
ceased to unlock any door and already open.
Are the "three IS much different? Read
ingG Once it was the only means of receiving
information beyond the small circle of personal
contact. Now the radio threatens to make
words as important as seeing them.
WritingG You talk to dictaphone, and
your stenographer types it.
Arithmetic A cheap machine does it bet
ter. Reading, writing and arithmetic were
never of value il, themselves. They were mere
ly means to other ends. Now there are other
means othose ends, and there are more ends.
The educated man of the future will doubt
less still need to know, among other things.
how to read Writing ard arithmetic are al
ready in the doubtful class.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

OF what race are the "creoles?"
They are persons born and natur-
allied in the West Indies or the
tropical countries of America, but
of Spanish or French origin, as dis
tinguished from the offspring Of
mixed blood, such as mulattoes and
quadroons, from negroes and abor-
ignes. The name Creole bears no
connotation Of color and latterly has
been more loosely used FOR people
born in the West Indies whose de-
scent is not entirely European.
What is meant by the
"Solstice?"
1t is the time at which the sun is
at It's greatest distance from the
equator and when it's diurnal mo-
ton in decllnation ceases, which
happens about June 81 when 1t en-
ters Cancer the summer solstice)
and about Dec. %. when it enters
Capricorn (the winter solstice).
What was the most recent ap-
pearance Of Halley's comet?
In April, 1910. Halley's comet
made the perihelion passage for the
twenty-ninth time. It's periodic time
is 1858 years. 1t has a record dat
ing back to B. G. 240.
How many cigarets are used
annually In the United States?
The estimated 1.sure for 1923 gives
so 900 100000 cigarets smoked in the
United States, or an average of
555 cigarets a year for every man.
woman and child in the country.
Who founded the city of Da-
mascus, said to be the oldest city
in the world?
This is attributed by Joseph to
Uz. son of Aram. The city was the
seat of the kingdom at the time
Of the Hebrew monarchy. : n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
A PRACTICAL
JOKER'S AIM

1LLEN SHAFT, night police
la man at CovIngton, Ind.
LII played a practical joke the
other night on a man doing In
the waiting.room of the railroad
station. He fired two revolver
shots into the room to startle the
sleeper.
Undoubtedly the merry Jest cut
short the mans nap-the post
norton conclusively proved that.
One bullet went through the slum-
berer's head and killed him in
stantly.
AS a result Of the thoughtless
prank. a man Is dead and the per-
petrator of the Jest is held under
$4,000 bond on a charge Of man
slaughter.
Perhaps the price is cheap for q
hearty laugh-but in this particu-
lar case the cost seems excessive.
1t wasn't a really successful
practical joke. The victim was
merely killed outright, instead Of
being subjected to physical and
mental anguish, ridicule and en-
barrassnent--which are the jok-
er's usual aims.
Laughter is one Of the greatest
gifts to man. Except for It, ex-
istence would be too grim and for
bidding to be attractive. A sense
of humor and a funnybone are
needed by every person to main
tain mental balance and friends
However. the PRACTICAL joker
adds to the worlds troubles. not to
it's stock of true laughter. Other
persons could get along well with
out him, for his funnybone is too
often other peoples skulls. Even
when harmless. hts aim Is bad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Stage Verdict

h's-Frank De Voc Is to
the world of song as baked
beans are to Boston. Boston
can't get along without It's
beans and the variety stage
needs De Voc. He is one of
the very few men on the stage
today who know how to get
everything possible out of a
song. The remainder of the bill
is more than satisfactory with
one exception.
English 's-The ability Of the
Berkell players remove many
Of the calamities which might
happen to 1.-THE Masquerader"
in stock. Prpbably will be the
dramatic event of the Berkell
season.
Palace-An interesting bill
headed by the Chicago Cadet
Band. a fine musical act.
Lyric-Lamberti, xylophon-
list. and the Four Juggling
Nelson's are the winners on a
rather ordinary bin at the
Lyric.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
PAST DUE
WATER BILL

|" He board of works has been
warned in letter from the
IL Indianapolis Water Com
pany that II the $4,000 water bill
owed by the city for the increase
in rates last year isn't paid at
once suit will be filed.
For three months this water bin
has kicked around City Hall. Most
every city official has advocated
paying 1t. But It Just isn't paid
Months ago. an ordinance was
introduced at a council meeting
providing for payment. The
ordinance slumbers in committee.
Councilmen repeatedly announce
intentions OF calling 1t out for
passage. But 1t just isn't done.
Good intentions may be suit
able paving material but cash
more satisfactorily settles ac-
counts.
II private business men handled
bills in the careless, procrastinat-
ing manner of the city, they would
soon cease to be business men.
They would be defendants or
bankrupts. A private business
man attends to his bills promptly
for the sake OF economy and
credit.
Economy and credit don't vote
so do not interest a politically
minded city administrator. Any
way $4,000 Is a tritling sum.
Massive intellects of city officials
vexed with abstrusA nolitical ques-
tons can't bother with such
petty detail Of city business.
Under the present system the
city administration spend its
energy playing politics. When
called upon to handle simple bust.
ness matters in a businlesslike way
1t is all thumbs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Revieuu-
All of Walpole's Old Ladies Are Not Sweet Ones

discovered beauty. Where Nav came
across weakness, Lucy embraced
strength and substantial tenderness.
Lucy had hope-the hore being
an only son who disappeared years
before The story opened. She wrote
imaginary letters to him on Christ
mas. That made that day one of
real joy to her. She kept an ideal
before her-that OF being reunited
with her son.
She suffers in optimism until
well; 1t is all too real, sweet and
cruel to tell you about it. VIII let
Walpole do that. In THE Old
Ladies" the author has given us an
etching Of life in old age.
At times, / felt that Dickens must
have had a hand in the drawing
of the characters. Here is real life.
lovely and sour.
During Holy Week, 1 recommend
THE Old Ladies" as a suitable book.
Have made up my mind to read this
book during the Christmas season
each year. Here is optimism and
realistic gloom. The three old ladies.
all so different in character and
thought, are good mental compan-
ions at this time Of the year and 81
Christmas.
The George II. Doran Company.
New York, published 1.-THE Old
Ladies'" Here is wit, keen thought
and, above all, masterful character
ization placed in a story with real
colo. You will love Lucy, hate
Agatha anad have sympathy for
May Beringer.
Here Is a story that will get into
your hearts. 1t is wonderful read
ing. Put 1t on your must reading
list.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

E-AHEN women arrive at the age
WI of seventy, it is the general
G Polyanna belief that they are
just sweet old ladies'"
In this day we enjoy to use the
expression of that sweet old lady
with the thought that 1t applies to
all of then.
Don't misunderstood me, lot of
them are just that, but Hugh Wal
pole, English novelist, knows that
life reacts differently upon the char
acter and ideals of people.
Two Of the old ladies you me ct in
Walpole's "The Old Ladies" are far
from being sweet" LIES lesson
had made dangerous and cruel old
bag out of Agatha Payne, gypsy
In spirit and a lover of beautiful
but silly things, although she lived
in poverty.
Foor May Beringer on arriving at
the age of seventy, was one of those
weak, imaginative characters who
talked silly like all the time. She
was silly in thought and action. She
feared death and when it arrived,
poor May received it as tragedy.
May Beringer permitted through
her weakness the placing Of a
curse" upon her by the scheming
Agatha Payne. Agatha simply
wanted to possess an exquisite piece
Of amber which belonged to May.
And to obtain it, Agatha put curse
on May and frightened her to death.
But you do find one sweet old dear
In Walpole's collection of old ladies'.
Her name Is Lucy Amorest.
Lucy was never a fiapper when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

1t was an election.
Wonder If a private In the Mex
lean army has to secure his SER
geant's permission to shoot the
captain?
The Governor of New York has
white shirt with red flowers on It;
but Governors are seldom arrested.
Since Coolidge has been named
Bear Ribs by the Sioux Indians
we doubt if they thought of Cat Got
His Tongue"
10, the poor oklahoma Indian, he
pays no income tax.
In Germany an opera will be
broadcast from radio station Koe-
nigswusterhausen Please remember
the name.
Further bad Germany news Is
they can show movies in daylight,
but you can always hold hands in
an auto.
Russia wants to trade with us.
but the whiskers raised in America
more than supply our demand.
The Prince OF Wales has started
out on a 25,000-mile trip, this be-
ing a sure sign Of spring.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Flood at Courthouse

Flood fears flashed through the
minds OF workers in the office of
Albert II. Losche, county clerk, just
before closing time Monday after
noon when a leaky pipe saturated
the place with water. Prompt action
of John A. Weinbrecht. probate rec
ord clerk, prevented damage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

tn nanunnB uyIld-
mite. Stock train
ing reacts the same
way on actors.
This sort of train
ing takes away
certain danger in
such an explosive
as THE Mas
querader." Here
are the things that
might explode in
this play-the au-
dience may get
wise to the me-
chanics of the
piece: the man
playing the dual
role may become
confuser and not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

Bible have been greatly reduced
through various causes and the larg-
est grove nc,7 known contains only
about 400 trt IS. They are noted for
the size Of the trunk rather than
for their extreme height. They
differ from most conifers in that
their branches are widespreading
They were introduced into England
In the seventeenth century and
there are now a number Of speci-
mems in that country. There are
also many varieties in the United
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
HOME COM PLETE
EXPOSITION

@HE fourth annual Home
Complete Exposition
IL opened at the State Fair
grounds last night. In decora-
tons. exhibits. attendance, and
everything the 1925 show sur
passes any of its predecessors.
among the 200 exhibits will be
found practically everything in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
ART is BUSINESS IN
HANDS OF FRA1-Sc::ee DE woe

Singing is business in the hands
of many people, but it remains for
the few to make 1t an art.
Al Jolson has developed what is
known as the nanny" way of
putting over a song. He has been
so successful that Jolson is an in
stitution In song. There are other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

she was young. She loved her Queen
and the kings that followed in Eng
land. Lucy kept love in her heart
and level head. She kept beauty
in her shabby little room in a bleak
building where May and Agatha also
lived.
Where Agatha found dirt, Lucy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Son Made Administrator

Gilbert J. Hurry, son Of the lat
DIR. John N. Hurry, former secretary
State board of health, who dice
March 81, has been named admins
traitor Of his fathers estate by Judge
Mahlon e. Bash Of probate court
DIR. Hurry left no will. Estate, con
sisting of personal property, wa
valued at $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

SISTERVILLE, w. Va, April
Virginia Chassis, IA, the daugh.
ter Of a tobacco wholesaler, has won
a prize essay contest on the subject
of THE EVIL Effects of Tobacco
It was conducted by the ~ omen's
Christian Temperance Unidh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

the way or equip
ment and furnish
ings to make a
house a home ex-
cept a grouchy
husband, a fret
full wife, and whin-
ing grocery bill.
Those artist C
touches can only
add to a dwelling
by the hands Of
time.
The human race
has travelled far
since 1t descended
from the trees or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

methods which
may be used.
Am speaking of
what Is termed
the intimate or
revue way of
putting over a
song. Van and
Schenk are two
excellent exam
pies Of this
method. Frank
De Voc Is an
actor singer Of
songs. He is in
innate in his
method of put.
ting over a song
with Eddie Will
lis at the piano.
De Voc has the
N or m q ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

Are "Cedars Of Lebanon" grown
only in the place by that name?
The 'Cedars Of Lebanon" men,
toned so often in sacred and pro-
fame writings Of early days, are
still grown In Lebanon in Palestine,
but the groves mentioned In the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
Tom Sims Says

We sometimes consider the world
as steps, you going up or down,
the steps not caring.
Crime is increasing so fast in
Chicago they should hang out a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
BY Walter d. Hickman

YNAMITE will explode under
Ih certain conditions and some
stage plays will do the same
thing.
Dynamite is dangerous and so is
THE Masquerader," a highly dra-
matte and melodramatic creation
made by John Hunter Booth from
the novel Of Katherine Cecil Thurs
ton.
Men Of long training with ex-
plosives have no trouble nor fear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

Better is an handful with quietness, than
both the hands full with travail and vexatlon
of spirit.-Eccl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

He is the richest who is content with the
least: for content is the wealth of nature
Socrates
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07
GellotDstip OF
Draper

Daily Lenten Bible reading
and meditation prepared for
Commission on Evangelism or
Federal Council of Churches
of Christ In America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

3 @ r vice HhR
when so m o
member of the
family has gone
to town.
Things are
upside down."
says a London
scientist. Then
we won't sit on
any movie seats
In our spring
suit.
Three men
shot a general
in Mexico City.
And then we'll
bet the peas
ants tried to
vote. thinking
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

AHEN women arrive at the age
WI of seventy, it is the general
G Polyanna belief that they are
just sweet old ladies'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-07

Other theaters today offer: 1.-THE
Goose Hangs High" at the Ohio;
"One Way Street" at the Circle;
Cheaper to Marry" at the Apollo
and 1.-THE Saddle Hawk" at the Isis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

session. the third OF the morning
Graves said he wanted to answer
Reds charge Of parfiality to keep
the record clear.
This time the executive session
was brief, the court announcing
that General Graves could not
make the statement.
Reid then took up his examina
lion of Captain Yarnell, where he
left off.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
TRAFFIC SQUAD
WILL TEACH
WALKERS
Pedestrians to Get instruction
From Special Police Detail
Starting Dec. 8

A special detail of four policemen
will be on hand on + street at
Twelfth or Thirteenth Thursday
morning to instruct pedestrians how
to abide by the signals of the cross
ing officer, it was announced today
by Major Edwin B. Hesse. superin-
tendent of the Police Department.
These police will be a part OF the
Christmas detail which has been as
signed to the First precinct to as
sist in the movements of the Holt
day traffic rush. Should they be
needed elsewhere they will be called
away.
Following a conference yesterday
between Major Hesse and Traffic
Director NJ. o. EIdridge it was de-
cided that four policemen, moving
to a different intersection each day
would be sufficient to educate Pc
destrians In the way they should
cross the streets. This policy will
be followed until each crossing IN
the congested area is covered.
Director Eldridge said he did not
foresee any difficulty in the regula-
ton Of pedestrian traffic. He said
that the police would instruct and
warn walkers for the first few
days. Arrests will not be neces.
sary, 1t is pointed out, unless PEG.
pie become particularly obstreperous
and dash across the street against
the flow OF traffic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01
"GAS' STATION
ROBBED
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Continued from First Page
station, reported the robbery. He
told police that the yeggs had
broken open the door of the safe
and escaped without leaving any
clues behind them.
Along with the report of the
fresh outbreak in safe. cracking,
w. F.. Spittle, of 1924 w street
southeast, reported today that he
was held up on, the Anacostia
bridge early today.
81 was walking across the
bridge coming from work." Spit
tie said" when a man approached
me with gun in his hand"
stick EN- Up
stick 'em up and come across
with your money" the man ordered
Spittle.
II told him I only had 20 cents. ?
Spittle declared, land then he told
me that it was the rule when a
person said he had only a small
amount of money to search him. |
N~rt~NAt t0AA AAAAA that OIlIy Ildu ~
cents, but he came over to me and
began to search.
Took Hidden Money
He tore all the buttons off my
coat and took between $40 and $2o
that / had hidden in my inside
pocket. had some United Cigar
Store coupons along with the
money and he took those too"
Spittle is employed at a drug
store at 604 Ninth street northwest.
and reported the hold.up after he
came to work today.
Police today declined to put any
credence in Spittle's declaration
that he was held up and robbed,
According to complaint made to the
police, the robbery OF Spittle was
made, it was claimed, just fifty feet
from where a traffic policeman was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

SHOP EASILY and breexiIy
Christmas problems disappear when
yOu take them to the Shop O-sCOpe.
See TOday's Classified Section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-01

THERE'S NO RULE compelling
anybody to read the ShOp-o-scope.s
except the well known rule OF Com
mon Sense! See Today's Classified