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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
KEEP 'EM OFF
THE STREETS

TUDGE LAIR OF juvenile
court has instructed officers
N attached to the police acct
dent prevention bureau TO arrest
parents who refuse to cooperate
in keeping their children from
playing in the city streets. par
ents who let their children play
in the streets are guilty OF child
neglect" he said.
You said It, Judge.
II has been demonstrated often
in Indianapolis, as elsewhere. that
modern motorized city traffic and
children in the streets don't mix
mot with any comfort to the lat
ter. A youngster under the wheels
of a flve.ton truck or wrapped
around the axle Of a fliVver Is not,
at the moment. an asset to the
community.
Children. Of course. have an in
alienable right to play. But the
street ia a poor place TO assert
that right. The attempt may re-
suit in a moral victory and a bro
ken back. Which Is small salts
faction. And parents, who believe
their children have a right to the
streets and won't keep them Off.
may be we'll within their moral
rights, but If they have large fami-
lies they had better hire mortici.
ans by the year.
Generally fatal traffic accidents
are blamed on the motorists in
volved. The careless drivers are
plenty guilty, but not altogether.
Jay-walkers who saunter heed.
lessly into the path Of fast moving
traffic and parents who won't keep
their children off the streets swell
the casualty list. If they will ex.
ercise the same care and prudence
they expect drivers to display
there will be a notable reduction
in street accidents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08

And this heart element, the story
Of the struggle Of men and women
TO get by and across on the stage
is found in the movie version of the
play. Tom Moore is cast as a han"
actor, who never gets to the top.
Fate always landed him a knockout
just when he had a real chance. The
way the director has handled the
fashbacks while the song and dance
man relates how he happened to
turn "hold-up man" reflects much
credit.
The sub-titles are not full of
WOW" lines except when the keeper
Of a star" theatrical boarding house
~ introduced. Most of the human
comedy is furnished by Moore. lie
really is quite a comedy person in
this wholesome little story Of the
stage.
But 1t IS when Bessie Love gets
her pins" moving to do a Charles
ton that the picture becomes Bes-
sizes own little playhouse. She
dances the best Charleston I have
ever seen.
George Cohan knows life back
stage as few men do. and his spirit
is reflected in the movie version. Am
sure you will find 1.-THE Song and
Dance Man" mighty good human
entertainment. 1t gets right into
your heart.
Bill includes an O'Henry comedy,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
THE PEOPLE AND
THE SCHOOL BOARD

THE new Shortridge High
School project is headed TO
court. This was assured
Saturday, when a delegation of
north side residents-appearing be
fore the school board to protest
against the location Of the new
school at Forty-Sixth St.. instead
Of on the previously designated
Thirty-Fourth st. site-received
neither satisfaction nor explana-
ton.
Members OF the present major
ity faction of the school board de
clared before. during and after
election they would do all possible
to expedite the school building pro-
gram, and would truly carry out
the will Of the people in school
matters.
How are they representing the
people of indianapolis?
The majority of the people want
new school buildings so that chill
dren won't have to attend school
in fiimsy. combustible portables
and dangerously overcrowded
buildings. They want a now Short
ridge High School
The new board has been in Of
fee two months. 1t has cancelled
the architects contracts for four
of the six proposed new grade
schools, and hasn't yet chosen new
architects. Did the people ask
that? Is that expedlting the build
ing program?
1t has attempted to abandon the
Thirty-Fourth st. site for the new
Shorfridge and move the project to
Forty.Sixth st. Did the people
ask that change? For years, APP
parently. the Thirty-Fourth ST.
site was generally approved
And now the only audible express
sion Of public opinion on the mat
ter Is the protest Of north side resi-
dents against the change.
The acts of the school board so
far have merely picked the build
ing program to pieces, instead Of
pushing 1t. New grade schools de.
layed; ShortridEe project hopeless-
~ tangled in controversy and It'll
cation. II that's what the majority
OF the people wanted and expected,
the school board is certainly deliv-
ering the goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08

r-7ENRY WEIGMAN entered the Chicago Art
III Institute last week to gain little knowl-
- edge of the art of drawing that he may keep
on earning his living by designing Christmas cards.
Nothing unusual for a 17-year-old boy, Of course,
until you have the big fact that he was born with
out arms and all his life he has been unable to do
the things which normal boys and girls accomplish
automatically.
His restoration to fully capacity for manual
tasks is only one of the modern miracles of science
and surgery.
AS baby his missing. When he was
a child he taught himself to grasp things between
his cheek and his shoulder He learned to open doors
and finally to hold with which he could carve
out wooden Santas and animals.
There was handicap which might have easily
made hopeless any boy any But Henry
had courage and ambition
He never lost the hope of doing things and
triumphing in life.
Two easy paths of getting food were open to
him, but he scorned them both.
He could let his misfortune plead for charity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
MARY PHILBIN BECOMES
A FEMALE LON CLANCY

There is going to be a heap" Of
talk this week about Mary Philbin
in "Stella Marls"
In this strange dramatic fantasy
Of fact and fancy, Mary Philbin be-
comes a sort of a female edition Of
Lon CLANCY. In other words I am
trying to say that her makeup as
Unity Blake. the London scrub
slavey Zone of the two widely diff
ferent characters she enacts in this
movie), is as wonderfully weird as
anything that Lon CLANCY has
created.
The sight Of Mary Philbin> as
Unity. slave child, suffering from
the effects of scaIding water being
thrown upon her by Louisa Risca,
another mad character, Is about as
realistic as one would dare to see on
the screen.
Personally, I do not know the trick
employed by Mary Philbin to trans
form herself into the ugly physical
wreck of Unity Blake. Although
Unity was ugly in physical form, yet
her spirit was one of great beauty.
SO great was Unity's love and I'M
derstanding for the man she idollzed
that she made the one great sacrifice
which she thought would give him
happiness and the girl he loved. And
of course Unity was wrong again.
Miss Philbin plays two different
type roles in "Stella Maris" AS
Stella she is beautiful cripple of
wealthy parents in London. In
time she is cured" and learns to
walk. after living in a world Of fancy
for many years. While q cripple
she has the mental aid and love of
two men. One single and honest.
the other married, although Stella
does not know 1t. OF course. her
love is first awakened by the mar
ried man and then the aircastle falls.
stella Maris' is a dramatic de-
light and it has enough beautiful
fantasy in 1t to relieve the dramatic
cloudbursts while Unity is the CEN
ter of the dramatic action.
Since 1.-THE Merry Go Round crit
les and the public as well has been
watching Mary Philbin. She has
not disappointed any one. She is an
exact. careful and capable character
actress who can do the real big dra-
matte creations as well as the Polly
anna things. She is a dramatic
sensation in Stella Maris." She has
made herself dramatic star in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
Famous Composers
Wilhelm Richard Wagner

EV7AGNER, a German musical composer and poet,
lWJ born in Leipzig in 1918. 1t not until he
nearing manhood that Wagner began the serious study Of
music. Upon hearing Beethoven symphony he in
spred unite glorious music with suitable languages feel
ing that musical drama could be made of the greatest
intellectual forces in existence.
He his lbrettist and stage manager and he
produced important work. "Rienzi His writings
strikngy original and his productions have in
fuenced nearly all subsequent compositions every branch
of music.
strkingly successful early work the "F1ying
Dutchman and followed by Tannhauser and Lohen-
grin. Owing to his participation in revolutionary move
ment he in exile in Zurich for time but there com
posed portions of his highly successful "Des Rhengod"
"Segfried," and Christian and Isolde" "Parsfal" his
last and perhaps his greatest work. produced Bay
reuth in 1882. He died year later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

bound in a huge book 10 be exhib.
tied at religious gatherings through.
out the country. The enterprise
elected considerable comment i'm
the religious press.
And Bible reading marathons
have become common affairs.
Perhaps all these stunts with
the Bible bring their performers
nearer Heaven, advance tho cause
of religion. strengthen faith and
improve public morality. II seems
improbable, however. that ethic.
ally they are worth tho effort
They are just stunts. Of no more
spiritual Importance than Charles
ton marathons or six.day bicycle
races.
One who follows a single Bible
precept in daily life accomplishcs
more than one who spends a life.
time committing the book to mem
DRY by rote or who succeeds iu
writing the Book of Genesis on
his cuff.
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prise, but is so natural that you
grin sheeplshly and wonder why
you never thought of IT.
In this picture Menjou is the serv-
ant who has his own household and
servants to manage after his days
work IS done for the beautiful
Grand Duchess with whom he is in
love. AS a servant he proves to be
just about the best horsenan that
could be. His first attempt at pour
ing tea results in splitting a pitcher
Of cream down the neck of the
Duchess. AS a result Of this and
his other so-called impertlnences he
is made the personal attendant Of
the Duchess who has decided by
this means to punish him. In his
words he makes a definition OF his
status that Is a classic A personal
attendant must, he say, "be sexless,
like the angels"
Florence Vidor seems TO get more
beautiful as time grows on. AS the
naughty Grand Duchess, with that
lovable thing. You have read about
the cold and yet suggestive beauty
Of feminine royalty and have prob
ably wondered what 1t all meant.
She has II in this picture. Slim,
graceful, with a restless wandering
appeal in her eyes, she is an ideal OF
beauty to gaze upon.
In the story Menjou as Albert
Durand falls in love with a Grand
Duchess. Florence Vidor. who has
been exiled from Russia All efforts
TO get an introduction failing. he
/ impersonates a servant and finds
employment in her service. While
in this character he makes all the
plumbers that bring out the humor
and also brings to a climax the
/ plot Of the story.
Supporting members OF the cast
who carry their parts excellently
were William COPYRIGHT as the
Andre de Baranger. Dot Farley. Bar.
bara Pierce and Brandon Hurst.
Included on the program are a
comedy. News Reel and special
features by Emil Seidel and his or
chestra-
At the Apollo all week. By che
Observer.)
+ + T.
other theaters today offer: Thurs
ton, magician. at English's; Madeline
Berlo at the Lyric; Alexandria and
Nolsen at the Palace; Ernest r. FALL
at Keiths; THE Eagle" at the
Princess; Hoot Gibson in "Chip of
the Flying u" at the Isis. and
burlesque at the Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
Concerning
Nine. Rethberg

III GOD music got a slap" in
II the eye Sunday afternoon
IL when one of the smallest au-
diences assembled this season or any
season for a recognized artist at the
Murat greeted Mile. Elisabeth Reth.
berg.
Ona b. Talbot has brought many
great artists here. Up to yesterday.
Mrs. Talbot has had in most in
stances large and even capacity au-
diences.
Something tumbled for Mrs. Reth-
berg as far as the audience was con-
cerned. She has never been here
before, although she is a recognized
soprano of great merit and musical
intelligence with the Metropolitan
opera.
Even the lure OF a recognized
yesterday. Only a week ago yester-
day Roland Bayes played to a more
than capacity house. Vacant seats
greeted Nine. Rethberg yesterday.
Mime. Rethberg gave a concert Of
great charm and of magnificent mu-
steal intelligence. She has a voice
of high range, clear and wonderfully
controlled. She seems to be as much
DIT ease in her dramatic passages as
in her songs of sunshine, especially
one of her encore numbers.
She lifted the small audience to
that peak of enthusiasm which is
expected only when a capacity
house is present. She was not handi-
capped by her small audience as she
was most gracious and liberal with
encores. Her final encore, ava
Maria" was one of those great and
beautiful high spots Of her splendid
concert.
Personally, enjoyed Schubert's
"Staendchen," (Serenade), better
than any one item on her program.
In fact the entire Schubert group
showed the artist to best advanta ge
although an aria from Madam But
terfy" was a popular artistic favor
tie.
DIR. Karol Liszniewski was at the
piano instead of Andreas Fugmann.
who is i'll. DIR. Liszniewski appeared
i'll at ease during the first few num-
bers but as he mastered Himself he
became an interesting acSompanist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
THE TIME TO
INSTALL SIGNALS

1O1ORONER PAUL r. ROBIN.
Is son says he will ask the
~ Pennsylvania Railroad 20
install n warning signal at the
Thompson 81. crossing I'm Edge.
wood. where two men were killed
and their automobile demolished
by a passenger train tho other
day.
The crossing Is unusually dan.
gerous In tho otinion Of the
coroner The tracks pass through
a deep cut, obstructing the view
OF motorists approaching from
east or wese.
Efforts to provide additional
safeguards at this intersection
ought to be good news TO the two
victims Of tho recent smash. II
may prevent them from again
driving on the track in front ~
an approaching train ut that par
ticular spot. Only they arc lead.
A warning signal placed there be
fore last Friday night might have
benefited them. II can't now.
The Edgewood crossing. now ad.
mittedly a death trap. isn't a now.
born danger. II has existed for
long time Just as II is at present.
A casual glance would have re.
vealed its Inherent lethal possiblli.
ties, and county authorities could
have taken steps 10 render IL less
hazardous as easily last year as
yesterday. today or tomorrow.
But public authorities mover
seem to get very excited about
the dangers of a crossing until
tragedy Is recorded there. Then
they hustle. The theory seems 10
be that to be worthy Of official no.
tice n crossing must get its man.
That may be a sure system Of
proving a crossing dangerous-but
it's rough on the follow who fur.
nishes the proof.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
Tom Sims Saws

Perhaps this Charleston dance started to boost
the stocking trade
To keep finger prints and dirty marks of your wall
paper have 1t all pasted the ceiling.
Better sit in your old comfortable chair all you can
before spring cleaning and gets it.
Half the people who pistols couldn't hit the
other half
Perhaps you are trying to pull to open the
door to success when you should just push ahead.
Milk is healthy and besides the bottles are handy
things for throwing at burglars.
1t seems to work out that the silverwace you
see on the table the less food they have
There is a movement to make paper money smaller.
The man with any of 1t already thinks it is smaller
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youth Is on the
"atoh" looking for the sight Of a
whale, he dreams Of his sweetheart.
But there Is evil about in the form
of his half brother. Derek Ceeley.
Derek is mad" over Esther. And
Derek finds 1t easy to toss Ahab
overheard when the crew first en-
counters the great white whale,
"Moby Dick" Moby turns on Ahab
splashing in the water and takes off
one OF Ahab's legs.
Crippled and dishgured for life.
Ahab becomes sensitive to his great
pain as well as TO his appearance,
and poisoned with mental fear by
Derek, Ahab is lead to believe false
ly by Derek that Esther does not
want half man" for a husband.
Believing that lie. Ahab bares his
arm before a hot branding iron to
remove the visible pledge on his
right arm TO Esther.
It is when Ahab becomes the cap
tain Of wild and savage whaling
crew that John Barrymore becomes
the very great actor that he IS on
the stage. He makes Ahab. In his
physical and mental crippled stage,
a hideous and terrible man animal
A sort of soul pirate" is this new
and fierce Ahab. He is brute.
So savage. so cruel and so brutal
is this new and strange Ahab that
l fear some people will be shocked
with the character, and yet ] beg OF
you to remember that this side OF
Ahab is just step in his strange de
velopment.
Any picture that has the services
of John Barrymore is assured of a
great cast. And a story of the
dramatic power of The Sea Beast
gives the strange creative genius OF
Barrymore that spark of conception
which causes marvellous realism to
be released.
I am sure that 1.-THE Sea Best"
when the year is over, will be con
sidered one Of the most compelling
dramatic creations made in America.
The sea "shots" or scenes are mar
velous In their dramtic beauty, es-
pectally when two sailing vessels
are tossed, one to pieces, in the most
realistic sea scene ever put upon
| the screen.
From a point of dramatic great
ness, I am ready to rank THE Sea
Beast" in the list Of the ten best pic
lures 7 have ever seen.
Although Barrymore overshadovs
everything, yet the director and the
entire cast as well as the dramatic
spirit of the story tend to make
perfect picture.
The cast is so important that !
give 1t to YOU in full as follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
Movie Verdict

There are four corking good
movies on view at the Circle,
Colonial. Apollo and Ohio this
week. Movie fans have a right
to rejoice this week, because
the real movie article is on
view.
CIRCLE-'"The Sea Beast"
with John Barrymore, deserves
to be ranked among the ten
best movies ever reflected upon
the screen.
COLONIAL-Mary Philbin in
a dual role does some realistic
dramatic work which ranks
along the side OF the best that
Lon CLANCY has given the
screen.
OHIO-"The Song and Dance
Man" is one of those human
movie delights which makes
movie going a pleasure.
APOLLO-Adolphe Menjou
has in THE Grand Duchess and
the Waiter" an example of per-
feet story writing for the
screen. A delightful comedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
MIR. FIXIT
Parks Department Scores
Practice of White
Washing Trees.

Let Mr.. ,Fixit present your case to
city officials. He IS The Times repre-
sentative at the city hall. Write him
The Ttmee.
The growing practice Of white
washing trunks of shade trees is
questioned by the forestry branch
Of the city parks department.
1.-THE thick coating of lime usually
applied can be Of no benefit to a
tree, and If done for ornamental
purposes the snowy effect is of too
short duration to Justify the effort, +"
Ebert Moore. chief forester, said.
THE whiteness of the lime re-.
mains only week or ten days, when
1t becomes streaked with yellow and
gradually fades into unsightliness.
IL the embarrassing process is re-
peated undoubtedly the tree will be
harmed. Some Indianapolis filing
stations appear to be utilizing the
withdrawing custom as a sort of a
trade mark. and a few individual
property owners are inadvisably TAX
ing up the practice. A solid coat Of
ordinary house paint, pitch or tar,
applied in the same manner as the
whitewash, would kill the tree out
right within a short time"
TO MRS. w. NEWBOLD, 922 d.
vision St: George E. Morgan. as
sistant parks superintendent, today
offered the following advice concern
ing your lawn:
your main problem is the In
corporation Of plant food In the
soil. The best thing to use Is well
rotted manure. Throw it broad
cast and work in the soil. II ma
nure is not available use some
good standard commercial ferti-
lizer OF about 4-10-4 composition.
The amount to apply will depend
upon the brand of fertilizer used
Seed about the middle of March
to April l, using a mixture of so
per cent blue grass, 40 per cent
red top. using five pounds per
thousand square feet. Give light
separate after seeding of white clo-
yer. Give another light seeding
Of blue grass and red top about
Aug. Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
By Walter ID. Hickman

FL S the soul pirate in 1.-THE Sea
TAI Beast" John Barrymore gives
to the screen one of those
s.l4A4ng realistic things which only
a great artist can create.
Barrymore, becomes q one legged
brute the captain of a whaling
.uo.s.n1 In, aayHhn Con
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08

beast, " a movie
version of Herman
Melville's m o b y
Dick. +" You first
meet Ahab Ceeley
John barrymore,
as the beautiful
and romantic mem
Der of a crew Of a
whaling boat. 1t
is a toug h and
nasty life, but
Ahab loved a good
girl. Esther Wis
casset. To bind his
love. he has a love
emblem tattooed on
his right arm. And
so as Ahab in his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08
BIBLE IN
SHORTHAND

TRACK YOUNG, s2-year-old
1 resident of Charlestown,
A Ind, has begun the task of
transcribing the New Testament
in shorthand. Doubtless 1t is quite
an undertaking for an elderly man
and. when the task Is completed,
he may establish a new record and
deserve applause.
But of what use is such a feat?
1t is just another Bible stunt.
Every little while some enthusi-
asst engraves the Lords prayer on
a pinhead, another writes the SER
mon on the Mount on a post
card. A few months ago, 1853
church people in an Iowa city
each copied one verse in the New
Testament. The verses were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-08

of William J. LOcke's story of the
same name. Charles Brabin, an
English director, was in charge of
the production.
The bill incluQes a Buster Brown
comedy: Nick Teramo, banJoist;
American Harmonists and other
musical novelties.
At the Colonial all week.
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GO TO MOVIES BY TRUCK

COLUM B u S, Ind. - Joseph
Springer. proprietor Of a movie the
alter at Elizabethtown, has estab-
lished motor truck lines to Azalia
and Grammer, nearby towns, by
which he hauls patrons of his the
ater to and from the towns free.
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How is water distilled2

BY placing 1t in closed vessel with only one es-
cape pipe The water is heated to the boiling point
Most Of the impurities such salt and calcium
sulphate volatile and remain in the still. The
water changes into steam which passes through the
escape pipe, which is surrounded with cool water into
condenser Cooling the steam condenses II and pure
water drops from the end of the pipe.
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the little ham"
Charleston dancer.
who becomes a
star will be re-
membered as the
hit Of this photo
play. AS q George
NJ. Conan stage
production. THE
Song and Dance
Man" was quite a
noise on the stage
some years ago.
The s ( o r y is
m / g h ty human.
full of I h o 8 g
n a { u T q / heart
punches W h | C h
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AND HOW OUR BESSIE
CAN DANCE THE CHARLESTON

Probably the most vigorous
Charleston ever filmed is being re-
vealed this week in The Song and
Dance Man" at the Ohio.
Although Tom Moore has the
fat" leading role, yet / feel that
Rassia ove az