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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-06
Mnny Candidates

The large number Of candidates in the primaries
once more brings the demand for repeal Of the pri
mary law.
It comes, of course and as always, from the men
and influences which thrive on manipulation and the
control of very small groups of politicians.
1t comes from those who do not welcome the
idea of being compelled to defend their selections
and their favortes before the bar of public opinion
Particularly, 1t comes from the present support.
ers of Senator James Watson, bear in conven-
ton and something else than bear whenever he
has to face the verdict Of the voter.
The present primary law leaves much to be de-
sired but bad as It may be, It cannot be than
the old system where few met In back
rooms picked their candidates who could be trusted
to do what was wanted of them, and then handed
these states to the conventions.
AS matter of history, the wrote both
party tickets oftener than not
The same little group put two horses in the race
and then let the voters get wildly excited they
wished over the outcome. No matter which won,
the people lost.
The large number of candidates for Offices may
put upon the voter who wants decency economy
and efficiency a burden of studying records and of
obtaining information.
But nothing worth while has ever been obtained
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without its price. The COST Of good government is
an intelligent interest by the voter.
Whenever the appeal is made for repeal of a
primary it simply that some very shrewd
gentlemen believe themselves to be much better able
to select candidates for Office than the people
who Will be ruled by those officials.
1t is plain invitation to turn back the ma,
chinery Of the government to few bosses without a
chance for protest against their decisions.
1t may be true that the bosses dictate nom
nations but at least they compelled to be little
more cautious about their selections.
They know that the weapon is there to be used
if the people desire to It, They understand that
1t is not quite the old easy game Of party tyranny
II you look over the list of Offices and find it too
long, ask the next Legislature to provide for a
shorter ballot rather than to throw away the one
safeguard which you have.
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LOOKING OVER NEW
EVENTS AT THE LYRIC

There are several men on the
vaudeville stage today, who play the
part of an old man from the rural
districts, who has come to town
looking for some excitement.
Some are good and some just fair
but in Barrett and Cunneen, at the
Lyric this week. Pat Barrett in
PRODUCES us to a very pleasant old
fellow who has Just passed eighty
and is on the lookout for some
fun"
1t might be mentioned that the
idea of fun he has consists of going
out at night and ringing peoples
door bells. He also says that al
though he hasn't much to look for
ward to he certainly has lots to look
back upon. This act provides a good
twenty minutes Of fun. There is not
present here as Is rather common in
similar acts a touch OF rather rough
stuff at times. Liked him very
much.
Broadway Flashes is a group Of
women and two men, who rely on
the comedy furnished by one of the
men and several speciality dances by
the women for it's entertainment
value. The opening Of the act is
probably the best. We are given a
burlesque impression of a night
club raid and the courtroom scene
afterward. This number has plenty
Of laughs.
The Melroy Sisters have good
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Of Georgia, related an experience in
which he gives his conception of the
hame in relation to the Nation. The
first time he visited Washington and
looked upon the Capitol, his heart
thrilled with patriotic passion, and
he said: Here is the home of my
country; that building Is the home
Of the greatest Nation on earth. 1"
Some weeks later, however, after he
had spent the night in an old-fash-
Toned country home where an old
fashioned father read from the Bible
and knelt with his wife and children
around the family altar, he said: II
was mistaken in Washington; that
pile Of marble, magnificent as it is,
is not the home of my country. but
the home Of my country is here in
households like this, where are
reared the men and women Of my
country"
Grady was right. The home gives
us our men and women, and the men
and women make a country-not
brick and marble.
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ABOLISHMENT OF
AUTO LICENSING

The Indiana state Transfer and
Warehousemen's Association plans
a Statewide campaign seeking
adjustment OF all motor vehicle
licensing in the State and sub
stitution Of a higher gasoline tax
as a revenue measure, according
to announcement Of the officers of
the association.
Among the reasons given by
the truckmen for their opposition
to the present auto license law are:
1.-THE license law is an expen-
sive method OF collecting money
for road construction: It costs
about 1914 per cent Of the total IN
come to make the collection; It is
an arbitrary tax not based on road
use; 1t all goes to construction of
State roads. though many vehicles
paying licens fees do not use State
roads at all
All OF which is Internationally
true. But the chief aim in life of
the motor vehicle licensing act is
not the raising of revenue. It's
most important service is to COM
pei every auto and truck owned in
the State to wear n set OF identi-
f1cation plates at all times.
II the law was repealed, en-
forcement of any traffic regula-
lions would be difficult. For It is
The license plate It wears, together
with its record of registration,
that makes every motor vehicle
a more or less responsible mem
her of society. If It wasn't for the
license tag a t~a0f1c casualty
would never know what Ford
struck him.
And. except for the license law.
automobile thievery would be no
more hazardous or intricate than
the childish game of blind mans
buff.
No doubt the gasoline tax Is
the most equitable levy for rails
ing funds for road construction
and maintenance. Indiana recog-
nizes this by imposing a high gas
tax and low license tax. But no
matter how efficient the gas tax
is, it can't successfully assume
all the essential functions of the
auto license law.
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COOPERATION

You'll find, after all, that coopera-
ton gives business the punch Of
success. Whatever your line or what
ever your station, that element
stands up. L guess.
OF course you may plug on. and
labor alone and do your own task,
day by day. And, maybe. right now,
that's the reason you've grown. But,
say. cen at that, does it pay?
Your real peace of mind is where
happiness lies. If you help some
one else beside you, you'll rise to
the point where you're one of those
guys whose spirit can always come
through.
To have and to hold all the wealth
that there is doesn't mean half as
much as it seems. We all have that
thought. Do you know what It is?
The stuff out of which they make
dreams.
The real satisfaction that comes
to a man, who's plugging to earn
his fair ration, is born through the
doing the best that he can for others
through cooperation.
Shanghai imported s5,916, 900
worth of machinery last year. What
a great temptation to a monkey
wrench.
An astronomer says the sun viii
be cold in Is million years. "HOw'd
you like to be the ice man." about
that time?
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A BAG OF
PEANUTS

The number of Indiana farms
has decreased approximately TO-
600 in the last five years. Their
average value has shrunk from
S125.98 an acre to $500 an acre
in the same period. In the whole
country there has been a decrease
Of IL per cent in the number Of
farms, while in Indiana there has
been a 4.6 per cent decrease.
These figures, just released by
the United States Department of
Agriculture and Purdue Univer-
sity. are convincing proof that all
is nto we'll with Hoosier agricul-
ture.
Last fall Indiana had a bumper
corn crop-one of the largest in
the history Of the State. OF which
1t is estimated there remained in
the hands of the farmers on
March l three times as much as
the farmers held on the first of
March last year. But the huge
corn crop didn't tighten the farm
blues.
The market price of corn is be-
low the cost Of production. The
more corn a Hoosier agriculturist
grew last year the more money
he lost.
If the farming industry in In
diana, a fertile, productive State
in easy reach of the markets, Is
in such q slump and so obviously
improbable, what must be the
situation in sections of the coun-
try more remote from markets
where high freight rates add to
other agricultural woes?
Truly the predicament of agri-
culture Is the most serious prob
lem confronting this country. Up
to date about all that has been
done to solve this problem has
been conversation. In Congress,
Senators and Representatives have
declared with fervor and eloquence
that they are the farmers friend.
The junior Senator from Indiana
made such a speech the other day.
But all the Congressional ora
tory hasn't raised the price Of corn
a single point.
1t may be that the economic Ills
of agriculture cannot be cured by
legislation. Ce1..c:!!aly, however,
1t will take more than bag of
peanuts to put the farmer on his
feet. AZ
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Annual Actors Frolic VIII Be
Given Tonight at the Palace

The time is II o'clock tonight, the
place is the Palace Theater. the af-
fair is the Annual Actors Frolic for
the sick and benefit fund OF the Ma
ttonal Vaudeville Artists.
This IS the tenth annual celebra-
ton Of the N. V. A., which is being
observed throughout the United
States and Canada.
The local frolic tonight will be at
tended by many civic and other
bodies.
Among the twenty acts that will
take part In the frolic are included,
from B. r. Keith's, Venita Gould, the
mimic; Patti Morre and her band;
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry in their
sketch, Scandals at Hensfoot Cor
ners;" Oracle DEACON and Jack Mack
in their comedy Offering; Brooks and
Ross, singers and pianists; the
Cycling Brunettes, and Wheeler and
Wheeler, skaters.
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city number, which IS a delicate lit
tie gem. The stage idea used is new
and the method is tuneful and pleas
ing.
Then quick change and we have
them doing Jazz wedding numberI
The act has class. talent and 49,
sonality. 1t is dainty and clever.
In Alabama Land" with Elsie
McGarry, we have mixture of song
and dancing. Jack PIllord and Al
Hitler go in for eccentric burlesque
comedy One of.the team finds time
to dash madly in and out of the act
of Harry Waiman and his Debu-
tantes.
The Waiman act is another orches-
trail Offering, closing with a nifty
Charleston done by good-looking
girl Walman, Stanley and Hitler
find time during the act to pull sew
eral burlesque stunts which are es-
sentially burlesque.
Stanley and Walters do a modern
sleep walking scene with a bell.
They indulge in conversation and
some jokes.
The movie is wild Justice" with
Peter the Great. a dog.
At the Palace today and Wednes-
day.
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France Gets a Respite

Dancing a Charleston on top of the Woolworth
Building fagpole is safe and sane business corr
. pared with the activities of the French treasury
during the past few weeks.
Some inkling of the situation having leaked out
the gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies turned
pale, shuddered and then meekly voted for the
Peret financial measures thus obtaining bal
anced budget for the first time in years
The treasury deficit amounted to less than
24500000O0 francs ($85,750,0O0). 1t is to be made
ND by 1900 100000 franc tax the business turn
over-a species Of sales tax, apparently; add-
tional tax on alcohol amounting to $225,O0O,0OO
francs; an individual poll tax of 57000O000 francs;
taxes on real estate transfers and so on.
It was perfectly apparent that the taxes
failed to satisfy large number of the deputies, par
ticuIarly the Socialists. But when it whispered
the treasury just been forced to borrow another
10000 900 francs from the Banque de France. and
that catastrophe was inevitable if the government
failed once more to strike alance, they bianched
and caved in.
Details of the new taxes are lacking but from
what is known of them it would appear that the
masses-the poorer classes-will have to bear the
brunt Of the burden Any business turnover tax WILL
of course be added to the price Of commodities and
the ultimate consumer will have it to pay The rank
and file consume most of the alcohol, will pay
most Of the taxes levied that The individual poll
tax again hits the rabble rather than the rch and
on down the line.
This is a far cry from the capital levy which
the Socialists demanded a short time ago. They
seem to have lost for the present, but apparently
only because they did not dare assume the weighty
responsibility for wreckng the Nation by contin-
uing to oppose the measures.
France, therefore, appears to have agreed to
political truce and thus obtained a respite, rather
than lasting peace and a permanent settlement of
her difficulties.
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You Can t Escape

Last week police officer was handed WATCH
while passing through crowd, by man who hur
ried away as soon as he had delivered It,
Five years before this policeman had lost the
bit of jewelry which had been given to MIN as
keepsake. There no explanation Wnen II was
returned, and was needed
over in another Indiana town fivedollar DILL
was sent through the mail to a woman who had
dropped that amount of money as she had walked
down the street ten years before. No explanation
came with the return and none was needed here.
Out in Denver an old man, told that ne was
about to die called to an officer OF the law and re-
veaed the secret that he had carried for half cen
tnrv Years ago. in an Ohio village, under the fam
ing passion of drunken night, he had orutally at
tackled a girl That act had sobered him. and tnen
he nroceeded to an even more heinous crime when he
influenced mob and directed it against two men
whom he had accused of his own fendish act The
mob. blood aroused by the infamy of the murder
hanged these two men in expression OF It's nate. Is
Then he crept away to forget, free of suspicion,
free to 90 where he would, free of everything but
himself And he always kept going. He became
tramp and an outcast He could face other men out
he could not face himself
So for fifty long years he kept going to his bed
at night with the vision Of that terrible scene IN MS
memory and with the protesting cries of innocence
of those two ringing in his ears. He was aWak'
ened each morning to remember the instance OF thae
night and memory always carried vision OF the
mangled body Of the girl. He saw many new sights,
found many new scenes, but there was one that he
could not forget
Let those who wish scott at the thing called con-
science and say it is based upon fear OF punish
ment let others explain it as the reasoning Judg-
rnent and experience of cultivated viewpoint raised
by each man as a standard for his own conduct EX'
plain it away if you will, or try to laugh it OF as
meaningless and when you have laughed at 1t and
doubted it and scoed it, it will still be there to chal
lenge if you happen to violate what you know to be
right If you outrage your own sense of decency you
can be very sure that the still small voice will be
there to tell you about it and keep telling
You may escape other men, you may outwit the
law, you may dodge the punishment for crime but
you cannot dodge yourself
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A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

Text: "She IoOketh well to the
ways of her household. PROV,
21:21.
Wise are they who look to the
ways of their household. To make
and keep a home is the biggest and
best thing you can ever do. I do
not care what else you may do. you
may create and conduct a great
business or industry. but the noblest
thing you can ever do in this world
is to create and maintain a home.
The home stands for the best
there is in our social and pleasur-
able life. 1t Is the source Of the
purest and best there is in every
department of llfe-religtous, social,
civil, political and commercial.
The very heart OF our American
civilization is the old-faShioned
American home. 1t has been the
most important factor in our ma
tional life, more important than all
our banking and industrial institu-
tons.
Henry Grady, the renowned orator
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From the Lyric win come Barrett
and Gunner in a comedy sketch; La
dora and Beckman in q novelty act;
Broadway Flashes" musical re-
vue; Belle oliver, Indianapolis girl.
with Jack Hayden IN a comedy Of
fering; Melroy Sisters. songs and
steps; George Mack, singing come
dian, and the Four Bards. II circus
act.
From the Palace the acts viii con.
sist Of Harry Waiman and his DE
butantes;" Pillard and Hitler in ''Hel.
10 Steve" Jim and Irene Marlyn.
singers and dancers. and Alabama
Land"
Tickets for tho frolio can bs 40.
cured from any OF the above named
vaudeville theaters. Tho funds de.
rived from the affair so TO the sick
and benefit fund OF tho National
Vaudeville Artists Association.
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IS just tndL. Sn9 tClAtN O"Au
tops off her act this
season by giving in full stage and
with scenery one of the big scenes
from white Cargo" Here is COM
plete characterization as we'll as i'm
pressions. hope the day win come
when the American public will
realize that when the name of Miss
Gould is flashed that they are sure
to see one of the best artists on the
stage. She is that today, but want
to see it recognized in the box office
much more than 1T is today. She
in the same relation to Ethel Barry
more upon the legitimate stage.
The bill brings this week an in
teresting orchestra and dance act
under the name OF Patti Moore, Ar
thur Bard, Bud and Buddy and the
Domino Entertainers. A grand rou-
tine has teen worked out with so
much vigor and good taste that the
entire act becomes a little gem. Very,
very good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, two
real vaudeville institutions, are back
with US with their Scandals of
Hensfoot Corners. Here is a wise
crackin rube Characterization which
has earned the right to live upon
the stage.
Wheeler and Wheeler roller skate
and present flash ending with ra-
dunn costumes. Fair. Oracle Dea-
gon is back again with her baby
talk stuff. She has the aid of Jack
Mack.
Brooks and Ross sing quiet songs
in a more or less quiet way. They
would be more effective If the singer
would stop commenting upon the
size Of the audience and other mat
ters to the pianist. This should
stop.
The Cycling Brunettes open the
show with a bicycle act along regu-
lation lines. The movie feature Is
"Ukelele Sheiks."
At Keith's all week.
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SPRING FEVER
NOT A DISEASE

In a recent bulletin of the In
diana State Medical Association It
is stated that no such disease as
spring fever is known to science.
And that sulphur and molasses
and all the nauseating connections
ladled out TO children to ward off
supposed attacks Of the malady is
loves labor lost.
The scientists may be right. Ger
tainly there Is no such thing as
spring fever so far this year. II
it is a disease caused by a vora.
cious bug, that bug got his tootsies
trost-bitten If he took the alma
macs word for the official opening
Of spring.
No doubt the words of the bull
letin will fall sweetly on the ears
OF some, nevertheless. Little boys
and girls will quote them eagerly
when parental conversation turns
to spring tonics, home-fabricated
or proprietary.
And some elders who have
smacked their lips in anticipation
of the 3.75 malt tonic with which
to combat spring fever will be glad
to learn that there Is no such dis
ease. now that t seems probable
that the 3.75 stuff won't be on sale
in Indiana. There is no particu-
lar Joy in having the disease IL the
~,tro fe NOT o.ya{1abla
But TO some of US the bulletin
of the medical gentlemen Is I'M
kind. We revel In our spring
fever. To tell us there is TO such
thing IS like telling us there is no
Santa Claus.
Come the first warm spring day
when the fish are biting avidly and
the daily Job seems particularly
irksome, and many OF us will put
on a realistic imitation of spriug
fever that will knock the medical
gentlemen speeches..
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P Hip PIN ES-
Archipelago made up of
3,140 scattered islands.
Copyright Compton. Encyclopedia Feature Service

Philippines who have been Christian.
lied are known as the Fillplnos. a
small slender race with brownish.
yellow skin. narrow black eyes, and
heavy straight black hair.
From the intermarriage OF
Filipinos with spaniards has sprung
another type called Mestizos,
numerous and powerful class whose
influence is strongly felt in political
and Industrial affairs.
Even before civil governmen,
was established American volunteer
soldiers went into the schoolrooms
and taught, while the hostile parents
Of the children lurked in the back.
ground Soon a thousand Ameri.
can teachers were brought over and
a school system was begun much
Ike that IN the United States.
The soil OF the Philippines Is very
fertile, producing astonishingly
heavy crops year after year. The
PlHlClPlo crop Tor which the Philip
pines are known is the so-called Ma.
Mia hemp, which is properly speak
Ing. not hemp at all. but the fiber
OF a Wild plantain. called the
"abaca," tree which resembles tho
banana. With the expenditure OF but
n small amount of labor and care
thousands OF tons OF this valuable
fiber are produced annually and OK
ported either raw or IN the form OF
rope and cordaRe.
Tobacco, sugar, rice, cocoanuts.
corn, coffee, cacao beans, indigo are
some Of the products of the Philip.
pines.
About 1000 miles OF railroads have
been built. Mineral resources are
as yet undeveloped, although therql
are some successfully operated goldt
mines, and copper, iron and coal are
said 10 exist In large amounts.
Some of the finest embroideries I'm
the world are produced by the Fill
pinos.
Tho Philippines were discovered
by Ferdinand Magellan in 1921.
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FABLES IN FACT

THE TRAVELLING MAN WAS
STRANDED IN A VERY SMALL
VILLAGE OVER THE SABBATH
PERIOD WITH NOTHING ELSE
TO DO COMMA HE JUST LOTT
Erred AROUND A CERTAIN COR
NER COMMA UNTIL 1T GOT THE
CONSTANTLY GOAT PERIOD
FINALLY THE OFFICER OF THE
LAW WALKED UP AND THREAT
ENED TO PINCH THE MAN Pc
RIOD QUOTATION MARK NOT A
BAD IDEA COMMA QUOTATION
MARK SAID THE TRAVELLER
COMM QUOTATION MARK MAY
BE THAT'LL KEEP ME AWAKE
PERIOD QUOTATION MARK
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, fno)
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THE VERY IDEA
BY Hal Cochran

Everything comes to him who
waits-if It's only q tip.
Nellie was a lady fair.
For short men she would fan.
She thought Il best to love a short,
Than ne'er to love a tall.
The only reason the mule has the
reputation Of being the champion
kicker is because a man doesn't work
as hard.
Poverty IS q blessing in Disguise
and the disguise is perfect.
BUSINESSMAN-There Is plenty
of room at the top in every business.
STEEPLEJACK-Except minsl
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idea in their feature of couple Of
girls, who have come down from
the country and are going to try
their songs and dances on the stage.
The burlesque their first number as
two rather green" young ladies and
then slip into their regular dances
and specialties. Each of the sisters
does a tap dance that is fine.
Oliver and Hayden center their
act on the blues singing ability of
the woman and the impersonation
by the man of, the small town
dandy, who thinks he would be a
riot on the stage. Both of them