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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
IN WHICH A SINGER
WINS WITH EASE

would suggest to those who
think that a real voice and artistry
on the vaudeville stage are all apple
sauce, go to Keith's this week and
hear Miss Eva Clark a singer, with
Dan Caslar at the piano.
Miss Clark is such a good show
man that she knows what to do and
how to do It in order to register with
her audiences.
We often suffer when these So
called songbirds burst in upon the
vaudeville stage for money reasons
alone
But it is entirely different with
Miss Clark. She has a voice of real
charm. She knows how to feed"
her songs and how to create sus.
pense. She, knows what Rose
Marie" will do to any audience. and
she does just that
There is a splendid and gracious
personality. Last Saturday night
Miss Clark. with Mr.. Caslar. was on
the observation car of the Has
p. m. leaving Cincinnati. Ohio. for
indianapolis.
Unknown to Miss Clark. had an
opportunity to study her. and I rath-
err longed for the wide world to see
this splendid personality as she
really IS, gracious and wonderful. as
she read her book before retiring.
The world would have an entirely
different picture of show people If
they could run into Miss Clark while
travelling. And I am sure that many
people would respect artists more
than ever. These remarks probably
have no place in e. review. but
Just had to tell you about Miss Clark
as an artist and as a gracious living
personality.
Harry J. Conley has been devel-
oping his own style of eccentric
comedy for years. He Isl now using
his regular line in a new setting
called "Slick as Ever" by Willard
Mack. At first it is little difficult
to know what it is all about. but be.
fore the sketch with musical in
terruptions is over. am sure that
Conley with his numerous helpers
will have his audience. 1t is hokum.
but Of definite brand. Act is won
derfully mounted. Conley is re-
ceiving splendid ovation here and
deserves It.
Whatever say about Lew Shank
as vaudeville entertainer is going
to be wrong" But as far as l am
concerned feel that am justified
In my opinion. In the first place
Shank is all wrong in getting someS
body to write his material. Shank is
interesting only when he is Lew
Shank. Other peoples material and
ideas are not Lew Shank. People
expect to laugh at Lew. The mate
rial he used Monday afternoon was
very short of laughs. Shank must
not take himself seriously upon the
vaudeville stage. Remember I am
holding this man, up to the same
vaudeville standard as every visit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

Wnlcn permits ner
to lift the big dramatic moments to
fine heights and she also has a. voice
which permits her to render the
score as intended. Miura is a most
satisfactory artist. have never
seen a better Madam Butterfly. Ada.
Paggi as Suzuki, a servant to Cho-
Cho-san. fitted into the picture with
rare ease. Julian oliver had no ex-
treme difficulty with the role Of
Plnkerton and Graham MARI was
dramatically fine as Sharpless.
Madam Butterfly" is an opera
which depends upon the principals
and the orchestra. Aldo Franchetti
did wonders with his orchestra.
I feel that am safe in stating
that you win be awarded by attend
ing any of the four performances
to be given by the Manhattan Opera
Company during its brief visit to
this city. I realize fully the diff
Guilty in presenting opera any place
and any time. 1t is expensive and
dangerous. Basing my opinion en-.
tirely upon Madam Butterfly" I
do not hesitate to recommend this
company for an honest and in
telligent handling OF opera on tour
at the prices charged.
Tonight the bill at English's will
be Ia Traviata" with Marina
Polazi. Franchetti again win con.
duct. The matinee Wednesday will
be THE Barber of Seville" with
Leta May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
WEDDING OUT
THE DRONES

INDIANA UNIVERSITY dis
missed 154 students last
week for scholastic failures
as a result Of the first semester
examinations. Three hundred and
fourteen other students were
placed on probation. Only marked
Improvement in their grades will
save them from dismissal.
Indiana University, like nearly
all the other colleges and high
err educational institutions in this
section has adopted the policy Of
ruthlessly wedding out the drones.
Study or quit" is the attitude Of
university authorities.
Quite a change from the situa-
ton ten or fifteen years ago. Then
a youth could enter college, loaf
pleasantly, neglect scholastic work
and fail regularly without much
Interference on the part OF the
college authorities.
Now Indiana University, and
other State universities are over
crowded and turning away stu
dents who desire . enter. There
are not sufficient facilities to ac-
commodate those who ACTUALLY
thirst for Quotations without con-
sidering those who would attend
merely for amusement and social
diversions.
AS a result scholastic require
ments are higher. A dumb stu
dent but a brilliant athlete can't
lead the pampered existence OF
yore. At the end of the semester
he is tossed out on his ear even
If he did throw dozen baskets in
ten minutes against Stwash.
Overcrowding and a waiting list
are doing more to put college ed
ucation on a high plane than new
buildings, legislative appropria-
lions or private philanthropy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
EAST
is EAST

r7NDIANAPOLIS police raid
ed a Chinese laundry on Il.
Ohio st. Sunday night and
arrested twenty-four slant-eyed
gentlemen gathered in a back
room. They were gambling, de-
clared the policemen. Dominoes,
beans. matches and small change
on the tables pointed to that con-
clusion.
Books, scattered around the
room, containing writing in Chi
nese characters, were confiscated
by the cops as evidence. Also sew
eral mysterious bottles OF alco-
holic aspect, labeled in Chinese.
Chinese cognac," said officers.
But the Oriental gentlemen de-
clared they were only innocently
celebrating the Chinese New
Year. They were not gambling,
just playing dominoes for diver
sion. The confiscated books, they
said. were Chinese song books
and the suspicious bottles con-
tain liniment, not liquor.
And the police can't refute their
statements Who in Indianapolis
can describe their games, read
their books or the labels-and
prove whether they are lying or
telling the truth?
Former raids on alleged Chinese
gambling games have likewise al
ways baffled the police.
No matter how long he has lived
here. the average Chinaman is
mysterious, enigmatic and I'M
fashionable. His language, mental
processes and customs are so diff
ferent there is no more mental con-
tact between him and ordinary
Americans than between an Ameri-
can and an oyster. East is East,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Famous Composers
Luigi Boccherini.

n 10CCHERINI was Italian composer and volon-
y cello vrtuoso He was born at Lucca Feb 49, 1743
He was the son of contrabassst who instructed him
the vioonceo Aferward he studied in Rome and trav
eed through Italy and Germany playing in concerts with
He went to Madrid in 1869 and became composer and
vooncest in the chapel of the Infante Don Luiz which
post he held until 1885. Owing to impaired health he
fell into poverty and aided by friends.
Boccherni occupies place in Italian music somewhat
similar to that Of Haydn and Mozart in German. His
adagos and nuets known for their quaint beauty
and his quinets are famous The latter written for
vions viola and viooncellos-an arrangement that
has seldom been initiated.
He died in Madrid May 2S, 1903
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
PUTTING TEETH
IN EDUCATION

~HE Marion County Council
has provided for travelling
~ dental clinic. under the
county board OF health. to operate
in the schools of the county out
side of Indianapolis. Work on the
children's teeth will be done free
where parents are unable to pay
= a small charge.
The need for such clinic was re-
vealed by a recent survey made
of the teeth Of 5000 Marion County
school children.
We are certainly putting teeth
in education. Perhaps 1t is neces-
sary, but free dental work for pu-
pills in public schools has some
drawbacks.
The other day the principal of
a Chicago school was beaten up
and both arms broken by an en-
ragged mother because the latter's
10-year-old son had the toothache
and the assaulted principal didn't
get the school dentist on the job
instantly. What effect the indig
nant mammals outburst had on
her sons toothache is not revealed,
Probably care of the teeth, like
many other health measures, is a
legitimate function OF public
school systems. 1t is obvious that
a pupil with a defective molar in
which the nerve is writing and
twisting convulsively cannot de-
vote his undivided attention to
such educational matters as the
multiplication table.
But where can the line of le
Ultimate school clinical activities
be logically drawn? The care OF
the child's physical being cannot
be entirely assumed by the schools
to the relief Of parents. If school
children are to receive free den
tai treatment, services of eye spe-
cialists, nutrition experts and 50
on at public expense. why not fur
nish them without cost the serv-
ices of chiropodists and BARRIERS?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Our Vanishing Gasoline

INllD you know
- That one gallon of gasoline contains
as much energy as rs pounds of TNTf
That petroleum is our most important mu-
milton of warY
That our most productive oil fields are be-
ing pumped dry so fast that their average life
is less than three yearsl
That if no new wells are brought in for the
next thirty-five months there will be no more
oil left in the marketY
That if the United States were to become
involved in war three years from now it
might find itself without sufficient petroleum to
fghtf
That if we had to depend upon shale for
oil-that's where our domestic supply will
come from when our pools gone-that
1000 tons would have to be mined to drive a
single battleship one hourG
That at the present rate of consumption
the United States will have gone through with
its entire supply before Great Britain, Japan
and the other great powers have more than
skinned the surface of theirsf
These and many other things are told in
the series of articles by Henry l.. Doherty be-
ginning in The Times today.
Mr. Doherty is a multi-mllionaire oil man,
banker, public utilities director, engineer and
internationally known scientist.
President Coolidge's Federal oil conserva-
ton board, realizing a shortage menaces the
country, asked Mr. Doherty and other experts
to help it find an answer to the problem.
Whether you agree with Mr.. Doherty s
proposed solution or not, you will be nightly
interested in what he has to say. Start read
ing his articles in ,today's paper. They re of
national Importance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

Madam Butterfly"
at English's last
night is: The most
satisfactory pro-
duction on tour Of
this noted opera
that l have ever
seen. With Tamaki
Miura in the title
role, it is unneces-
sary to state that
[ h | s role was
handled with both
charm and intel
Hgence, both as to
voice and under
standing OF the
role. She has a
fine dramatic sense
and appreciation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
By Walter ID. Hickman

T this stage Of ones ex-
Al perience with opera On tour,
2 it is necessary only to con-
slider certain facts.
My verdict of the Manhattan
Opera Company's presentation Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

How may tennis racket be
kept in good condition during the
winter when not used?
The best way is to use a racket
press" fastening the racket in 1t
with the case on. That keeps 1t
from Wrapping. Keep 1t in a dry
place as dampness causes the
strings to break.
Should dogs Of the same parent
stock be mated?
Breeders do not consider it adj
visable to mate dogs of the same
parent stock. 1t may be done when
the parents OF both dogs are healthy,
but it is better to introduce new
blood. If they have different sires
and the same dam the danger OF
in-breeding Is not 50 great.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16


has always been predicting
an early shortage, but 1t has never
come true. This, however, is not
proof that 1t cannot come true, and
yet the failure Of these predictions
of shortage has caused thousands
of men In the petroleum business to
believe that ell predictions Of a
shortage will prove untrue.
* There is no evidence that anybody
can offer that we have an adequate
supply. And If you will put the acid
test on the reasons given to support
the theory of an ample supply, you
will find nothing worthy of serious
consideration other than the argu-
men: that all previous predictions of
q shortage have been proven to be
untrue. On the other hand, you
will find an abundance of evidence
10 indicate an early shortage of pc
troleum.
All of our most probable territory
has been explored and much of 1t
perhaps almost completely explored,
and II mas eltner Deen dDdHuoHeu OF
exhausted. or is in the process Of
exhaustion.
Our consumption has grown so
enormously that all Of the petroleum
ever produced in some of the older
producing States would be an un-
important contribution to what we
now need.
For example, petroleum was first
discovered in the State of New York
in 1864 and yet all OF the petroleum
produced in this State up to the
present time would only last, at our
present rate of consumption, less
than single month.
Similarly this should be "A
warming to Everybody Of the rapidity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Just Plain He-Cow

fri HE international Harvester Company has
l offered to accept the farmers corn in
payment on farm implements at the rate of 81
a bushel.
One dollar bushel sounds good to the
poverty-stricken farmers of the corn belt, but
there seems to be joker in the offer. The
harvester company offers that price for No. 2
corn delivered at Chicago.
And there is practically no Of that
quality now on the farms of the middle west.
Most of the corn still held by the farmer is
No and No. grade.
The production capacity Of the harvester
plants will not be taxed in making good this
offer.
THE height Of dexterity probably would
be to solve cross word puzzle while doing the
Charleston.
THAT loud chuckle was from grandma.
The new cover-the-throat style conceals those
age wrinkles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Mr.. FlxIT
Park Department to Give
Advice on Lawns
Through Mr.. Fixit.

city officials. He Is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hall Write him
at The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

LOTTO has been chosen as Florida's off,
cial State game, It's said.
WALL Street victims bear lot of bull
from advisers before losing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Ask the Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
tion Of fact or information by writing
to TIE Indianapolis Times Waehington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
starqps for reply. Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor can
extended research be undertaken. All
other questions will receive a personal
reply Unsigned requests cannot be
answered. All letters are confidential.
-EditOr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

What is the address of the head
quarters OF the Army and Navy
Union?
The organization. composed OF re-
tired Army and Navy officers, has
headquarters at 1241 Juanita ST.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
How long does a house fly live?
The life cycle Of a house fly Is
from ten to fifteen days and varies
according to climatic conditions.
Who received the Nobel Prize in
Medicine in 1923?
DR.. Banting and Dr. Mcleod of
the University of Toronto received
the prize for their discovery of in
sulin, the new and effective serum
treatment for diabetes.
What amount Of money is lost
each year in the United States
through investment in fraudulent
\ and worthless stock2
The American Bankers Associa-
tion estimates those losses at 81, 400
000. 900 for 1925.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

Editor'R Note-A gasoline and oil short
age threatens the Nation, 1t can come
we are told almost any time.
There are twenty million automobiles in
this country that could not bulge without
gas and oil.
The national defense-the. Army, the
Navy and the air force-would be power
less without petroleum and its products
Petroleum is more important than powder
II you own an automobile. or hope to
own one or are interested in keeping our
shores defended, then you'll be interested
In this series of articles by Henry L. Do
herty. 49,.
Mr.. Doherty is a millionaire director of
gas. oil and electric concerns and n sclen-
fist as we'll AS such he has made a life
study of the whole subject. So when Pres
idenf Coolidge's Federal oil conserv alton
board Invited the leading experts Of the
country to conference at Washington
Mr. Doherty was at the top of the list.
What he told Secretary of War Davis
Secretary of the Navy wilbur Secretary
of the Interior Work and Secretary of
Commerce Hoover he now tells you-in
vivid style-at the request of The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

DEAR MIR. FIXIT: L am coming
to you for the second time. You
got good results from my first APP
peal. Many thanks.
Where did the automobile license
department get authority to raise
the price of licenses and charge by
weight for 1926? I own a car and
am under the twenty-five horse
power class. for which have always
paid SIS year. This year 1 was
charged Sc. How does 1t Gomez
NORTH SIDE TIMES READER.
The law authorizing charge by
weight was adopted by the 1925
Legislature. Mr.. Fixit has car
of the same make you mentioned,
and was soaked in a similar man.
ner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
RIGHT HERE w
IN INDIANA
D. chvr opD NrT SOM
~ GAYLORD NELSON

and West is West never the twain
shall meet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

Mr.. Fixit today announces a new
service for Times readers, through
courtesy of r.. Walter Jarvis, parks
superintendent.
Through addressing a letter to Mr..
Fidt, you may obtain advice con-
corning improving your lawn and
building flower gardens. If you have
q knotty problem. write Mr.. Fixit
and you will have the prompt advice
Of the park department experts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
BY Henry 1. Doherty

r. YER since the advent of the
r petroleum industry, somebody
- has always been predicting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-08
GREECE: FOR ENGLANDl FOR
FRANcEli FOR ENeLANDll

THE varying fortunes of Greece
have now brought forward a new
dictator In the form OF General Kon-
dylis, who seems to have successfully
ousted his predecessor, Pangalos.
Since the decisive defeat Of Greece
(backed by Brittany in Asia Minor by
Turkey supported by France) after
which Turkey dictated the peace OF
Lausanne IN 1923, the struggle has
proceeded between Britain and France
for. hegemony in the Balkans and OF
late with an added rival In the shape
of Mussolini.
The swift success OF Mussolini in
establishing virtual control over the
policies of Pangalos who became a
convenient puppet for the Italians in
trlgues in the Balkans and the Near
East threatened not only French but
oven British interests. It is signin-
cant that the overthrow. OF Pangalos
by Kondylis followed directly aftor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-08

The troops are marching thru the
streets and thousands of workers. en-
ployes, coolies and business men are
marching with them. For the first
time We heard shouts of greeting and
applause when troops marched in.
Tremendous masses of workers as
sembled at the railway station and
talked to the troops and the students
Of the military academy.
Different Than Wu's Troops.
1.-THE Canton troops pay for their
purchases with hard cash, whereas
few days ago the Inhabitants suffered
under the plundering of the WI Pei
Flu troops.
There we're no triumphal arches,
no committees of greeting. The peo-
pie itself greeted the victors with
storms of cheering"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-08

the signing of the Greco-Jugosiav
pact. Not only did KondyHs immedi-
ately announce that all treaties con
summated by Pangalo with other gov
eminent were suspended, but he de-
elared that Greece would not yield ia
claims to the Dodecanese islands
which now form a part of the Italian
domain. The Dodecanese Islands are
situated OF the coast OF Turkey In
Asia Minor and are considered a stra-
tegic point in the Mediterranean.
KONDYLIS. who has been descrfb
a ed as one who is 'Francophile
by inclination and will be Anglophne
by necessity quickly demonstrated
the veracity Of this delineation. I'm
doubtedly instigated by the French.
he no sooner was safe in power than
ne turned to England for support and
allegiance. For the first time in
many long months. # is reported.
Kondylis has requested Of England
the return Of the British naval mis-
sion for the Greek feet.
France replied promptly to this base
ingratitude thru the mouths Of the
French puppets Plastiras and Kafan-
dris, who threatened for time 70
march on Athens Very little seems
TO have materialized ~out OF this
threat and Britain seems to be for
the time being in the same safe DO
sition in Greece that it held in 1929
before the Greek defeat in Asia
Minor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-08
Postpone Brussels
Anti Imperialism
Conference to Jan.

In order TO assure large delegations
from every part Of the world and to
arouse broad interest IN its proceed
ings, the Brussels Anti-Imperislis
conference called by the League
Against Colonial Suppression has
been postponed until January, 1927.
There has been no change in the
agenda or other plans Of the Brussels
meet beside the change in date, which
was made to insure the participation
Of wider scope Of oppressed peoples
than had formerly been contemplated.
In the cablegram telling about the
postponement the international organ
izations to intensity their publicity
campaigns for the Brussels confer
ence. The entire AnuImperiaIist
world is expected to be represented
at Brussels in view of the extra time
for preparation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-08

On the 18th Of September a confer
ence called by the workers organize
lions decided upon a one-day strike to
celebrate the victory of the Canton
troops.
Order has been quickly established
in the provinces captured by the Can
ton troops. The local administrative
apparatus has been quickly put in
order.
The American newspaper. Hankow
Herald, which appears in Hankow, de-
scribes the entry of the Canton troops.
Tired But Happy
THE southern troops which have
marched from Kwantung thru Human
and Hupei and have fought all the
way, looked tired. The tanned faces
OF the soldiers are smiling, something
which is unusual for Chinese soldiers.
They laugh and the people laugh with
them.