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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-04
CHAPTER XXXV

CHAPTER AAAN
81 URILLO said to the clerk
gM Yes, that's all right. The
bath between"
The clerk wrote in the register
Rooms Al and AZ"
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She turned her back and began talk
ing to Alice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-04

she was a-flash with apprehension.
She locked the door quickly behind
him. turned off the light.
She began to laugh softly, hys-
terically.
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81. The black skinner (bird).
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hands.
20. Pointed at.
81. Edible fungus.
80. Lined.
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35. Playing card.
81. Strong point.
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80. Stigma.
40. To rub out.
al. Noted the time Of writing.
43. Melody.
A.. To carry.
y45. To ponder.
AT. Dandy.
4S. Wooden club.
so. To exist.
81. Hall an EN-.
Answer to Wednesdays cross word
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
Merry Christmas

wishing peopkle
city morning
delivered doortha
they what left them
sing lighter
year.
gifts
the children
For the nice
the Douglas
grade placed business
the residents might be
weather
much colder actually
thermometer be
Borderland gift
first this
will
For those in hospitals ill in their qucik
health confined
day indeed thing friends will
happier. hospital Kiwanans
o
citizen
spendidly Let's
beautiful city state.
the the children and with It is
friendliness the
ready
greet you
spirit of the Christmas to all
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
HELPING HIM nuT

A certain young film star got
married the other day. Perhaps that
was why hubby, as he drove down
Hollywood boulevard. was thinking
of everything but the traffic. Any
way, he ran right by the signal at
Cahuenga and nearly ran down a
police officer.
Lets see your drivers license,
demanded the officer, but it turned
out that hubby had none. Then
it was discovered that the car had
useless brakes.
Worse and worse exclaimed the
exasperated officer, what do you
mean, driving car. without license
running by traffic signals and not
even having any brakes? You'll get
lifev'
All this time. wifey had been
Ehuddled in the back seat, but now
that she realized her husbands des-
perate plight she knew that some
| thing must be done to save him
| She had an inspiration.
| "Officef,t she whispered, beckon.
ing the policeman to her, don't min(
| thing my husband says or does
You've got to make allowances fol
| the poor man. He's drunk.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

in the end, although / haven't figured
out how to do it, that the feller
had found the whale stranded on
rock years back when !. was
baby given it something to eat and
put it back in the water. The whale
had kept tab on him after that every
time he went to sea, and when it
saw him captured. it tagged along
after the ship to look for chance
20 save him.. People can put the bad
weather down to chance, or believe
the whale brought it along, just as
they please How do you like tho
story?"
Great" said the assistant. II hope,
you can do it,"
81 hope can. 1t would be shame
to waste a bright new original idea
like that. l wonder how the feller
came to think it up"
Copyright, 1926, Bell Syndicate, Inc1
dicate Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

II have been wondering" said the
general manager, "if them whales
really eats people up. Furthermore,
! been wondering whether you could
make people believe they do if you
built scenario around one of 'em."
"Well" said his assistant, medit-
atively, they stand for a good deal
Maybe you could. What's the idea,
chief"
"A Teller has been in here with
script that is brand new, with a
thrill in it that would knock 'em
off their seats If they didn't think
it was funny. That's the only trouble
with it. It's got to be convincing
or it's no good. A laugh would kill
it,"
you're right there It's got to
be horrible or it's bust, that sort
of stuff has. Would it cost much
to film?"
mot so much as most of em;
only you'd have to have a property
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
OLD LoAFER


Mrs Henry Stevens, worker among
women's clubs, was speaking on the
right Of women the world over, to
vote and to nold office. Most
women are so quietly efficient that
their value passes unnoticed,' she
argued, "and in proof of my point |
often think of the boy who boasted
of the amount of work he did.
Il get UP at half-past five and
have my breakfast said the boy.
!" Anyone else get up too?'
"'Oh, yes. Mother gets my break
fast and then she gets dads at six
And your dinner"
"'Oh, mother gets that. too, and
then gets dads when he comes home
Has she the afternoon to herself?'
'Oh, no, she cleans up the house
looks after the children and fixes up
the supper Then we read the news
papers and go to bed
Your mother too?
"'Well, not right away. There's
always some dishes to do and gen
orally some sewing.
What wages do you get2
- get $40 and dad gets $45'
And your mother?'
Mother? She doesn't get wages
She doesn't do any work.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
GIVING EN- SOMETHING NEW
by JAMES J. MONTAGUE

ocean so high he can't take in any
water. opens them and fields the
guy as nice as you ever saw done
in baseball game. Then his jaws
snapped together, and off he went.
And in is minutes the sea was as
smooth as a mill pond with the sun
shining over head and the seagulls
all singing like robins"
Sea gulls can't sing" said the
assistant.
What difference does that make 2
We couldn't have gulls singing In p
pitcher anyway, could we? Now,
don't interrupt any more.
You see the whale ploughing his
way toward land for a while, and
then be comes near the shore, and
coughs up the jinx on a, nice dry
rock. That can all be done me-
chanical. When he gets back to
his home town he organizes posse
of sailors, and they go out and
sink the pirate ship. 1t comes out
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
More Truth Than Poetry
By James j. Montague
THE VICTIM

/ learned all the golf that know
The trick of the pastime caught
From the stuff that popular
Wrote down in a book which bought.
It taught to wallop them off of the tee
To pitch to the green with mashie-
And develop, by practice game that would be
A winner, but too flashy.
worked out lesson day,
/ into tatters that book,
| told that should play
Till / mended my slice and my hook
Each day, though the pains in my arms and my back
Would stab like the thrust of sabre,
The little white pill / attempted to whack
With intensive and infinite labor.
When / nearly had mastered the game,
When felt getting ahead
Exceedingly i'll became
And for weeks confined to my bed
And wrthing in pain muffled to the throat
And yearning to try my game on,
/ learned that clod-diggng amateur wrote.
The book that the pro put his name
l know that my game is all wrong,
And it gives a terrible jar
To think | shall belong
In the ranks of the lads under par
that forever I'll be mere dub,
That beyond the coveted art is,
But every day, with my heaviest club
am looking for two certain parties!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
EOOT EASE

The flood of politicians besieging
him for office caused Governor-elect
Young to remark
They all remind me of little Teddy
They are so naive in their requests
and so sincere in their belief in
themselves The little Teddy / refer
to had been to his grandmother's.
1t was very hot day but when
it came time for him to go home
the little fellow ran all the way.
why, Teddy" exclaimed his
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
PLUCKED FROM THE PLAINS

mother. why did you run so fast
on this hot day and get all tired
out?
"Why ma! exclaimed the little
chap. II ruined so fast 50 I'd be
home before I'd get tired
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

The wilds aren't wild enough any
more for making outdoor adventure
thrillers. 1t was necessary to ship a
small sized menagerie. of wild animals
into the Sierras for the filming of Zane
Greys '"The Man of the Forest" A
mountain lion bear, some deer, foxes,
wolves and a coyote were transported
ito the location.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

John Gilbert and Lew Cody have
basement dens in their California
homes. Gilbert has equipped his with
rapiers, masks and other equipment
for fencing while Cody has one room
for billiards and another for his corn
beef and cabbage dinners.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
No Longer q Puzzle

No Longer q
could $35O,0OO
profit laid winter
Sugges
Kiplng Vampire" delete the words
hair"
Are Twoo
The PLAN working we'll
o
willing congressman cut the income
tar they've had themselves -.. ..
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Obtaining animal factors for the
movies usually is an easy matter but
Director Herbert Brenon was hard put
to find camels for use in desert scenes
He wanted 100 animals but after scour-
ing the country, could find only S5
which were bought or rented from
various circuses and dealers. A herd
of $50 elephants was recently assem-
bled without any difficulty for a pic
ture of the life of P. T. Barnum.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Chicago crime expert says it would
be cheaper TO pension thugs From
the reports from some of our best
jails, it seems some sort of plan
has been in effect for several years.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

big Boy" one of the youngest ci-
nema stars, has just celebrated his
third birthday anniversary. His real
name is Malcolm Sabiston, and last
year while learning how to talk, he
became principal player in Juvenile
comedies He is little more than three
feet tall and weighs less than 40
pounds.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
nIn,T GET OVER

Smiffkins is one of those men who
like to get something for nothing
and when he called upon friend
and found a nice fat chicken had
just been placed on the table, he
smiled. Then he shifted apprecia-
lively.
81 say, old man." he said, that
smells good Are you going to eat
it alone?"
The other knew Smiffkins,
"Oh, no. he said, quietly. with
spinach and potatoes, and things like
that"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

We are waiting to see a picture
of Mr.. Ford's new product and wond-
eRing if it will be anoaher tin-type
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Today's question:: What has becom
of the old fashioned divorce?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

ImpressionisticI photography is an
example of modernistic influence in
the motion pictures. 1t has been en-
ployed in "Sunya," Gloria Swanson's
forthcoming production, in which an
unusual effect of photographing the
mind has been attempted by Dudley
Murphy, cinematographer, in filming
sequence of enacted Thoughts" with
rhythmic speed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Six extras were recently engaged for
a scene in Paradise For Two" in
which they had to portray the roles of
six extras applying at a theatrical
casting office for work.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller, Roy
del Ruth and Daryl Francis zanuck is
one quar;ette making feature pictures
who have combined their talents twice
lin one year. Their first picture to-
gether was "Hogans Alley! Their
second combination is "Wolfs Cloth
ing"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

What this country needs are day
clubs for night workers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
"No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch.

Didn't have time" is good alibt
for all ehrors of omission yesterday;
1t was the first day of winter and
the shortest of the year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

The Thoughts" are those of Miss
Swanson as she gazes into a crystal
which, in the photoplay, REFLECTS a
rapid succession of visions. They are
projected so fast that they furnish a
zort of sub conscious ackground for
the main action of the story without
themselves deliberately portraying
scenes, and they cover in few min
utes what ordinarily would take hours
to screen. The, images often are dis
torted to signify the troubled mind
of the character.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

DR.. A. w. vanneman was operat-
ed upon for appendicitis. yester-
day morning at the Queen, hospital
in Bisbee.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
mArcHEuL WAITING

Louella is a careless tot ana
usually loses her penny before she
gets a chance to spend it. The other
day her next door neighbor met her
on the street. and Louella, as usual
explained that she was on her way
to the store to spend her daily
penny
Just then eher little brother came
along and piped' up;
"Wun along LouellaJ Use wight
behind you am finders is spenders.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
61|A(liF!(II!N6

One thing about the Nicaraguan
revolutions, they do take life easily
down there.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Featured players, entirely at ease
before batteries of motion picture cam
eras leveled at them, have been known
to freeze up" and become as self-con-
scious as an amateur while posing for
new portraits and still" pictures. The
photographer is Obliged to resort to
subterfuges to put his movie camera
proof subjects at their ease during
these ordeals.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Dolores Costello and Kate Price re
Gently met on set and talked owe,
old times. Miss Costello played in sew
eral pictures with Miss Price as Ions
as twelve years ago, when Mauric'
Costello. father of Dolores and Helene
was Il screen idol.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
ODD BITS OF NEWS
CBy The Associated Press2

(By The ASSOCIdIeu FTtsSJ
NEW YORK-After handling
gold and currency shipments
amounting to the enormous total
of $3O,566, ,382,4S5, James w. Allen
is celebrating the completion of
25 years of service with the
National. City Bank, where he
has been chief messenger in
charge of gold and currency
transportation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

The Elks will keep open house
Monday at their new club rooms
on F avenue.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

NEW YORK-Unusual resemblance
to her noted father, Enrico, was
conceded by ship news reporters who
greeted Gloria Caruso, seven, on her
arrival today from Paris. Mrs.
Caruso (who was Mrs. Ingraham until
her recent divorcel asserted there
was a "tonal resemblance in the
daughters singing voice, but no test
was had at the pier.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

WINNIPEG, n.-Twenty two
Manitoba ducks for the lakes
and ponds of the ancestral estate
of Baron Byng, of Vimy, former
governor general of the dominion,
were passengers on the steamer
which carried Prince George home.
They were captured in nearby
marshes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

PARIS. - Pink velvet puppies with
bright red protruding tongues and an
over-fed air are the fashionable play
things at present in Paris. This ami
NAL, one of the most amusing ever
placed on the holiday market, is the
king of the Christmas counters where
seekers of the smart novelty congre-
ora te-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

NEW YoRK-A special silver lining
was found by patrons of one of the
So night clubs visited in the latest
prohibition drive. The proprietor
since has been trying to Identify
diners who left in excess of $1,000.
in table checks unpaid when the dry
visitors appeared
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

E. A. Won Arnint has returned
from New Mexico, where he has
been taking few weeks outing
on ranch in the Animas valley
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

w. G. Mcdonald has arrived
from his mine at Ell T1gre to
spend the holidays with his fam
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
Sixteen Years Ago

Al son was born this week to Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Young in Aqua
Prieta. Mr. Young is agent for
the Nacozari railway.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

Fletcher NJ Doan, Jr. arrived
last night from Boludo to spend
the holidays with his parents,
Judge and Mrs. Doan.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25


WHITEHALL, N. w. washing
ton county farmers, after an in
vestigatiOn of the decreased pro-
ductiOn of milk from local herds.
blame it ON the automobile. The
sirens cause the cows to scurry
about the field instead of attend- .
ing to business, the report claims.
SCHNECTADY, N. Y.-The General
Electric company has come to occupy
the position of benevolent uncle to the
callow alumnus Four thousand col
lege graduates are on it's payroll, of
whom 1928 are employed in the local
plant six colleges have more than
100 graduates each with the company.
MANCHESTER, England. - Women
hereabouts have taken up jiu jitsu.
Several classes in and around Man
chester have been organized where the
Japanese science is taught to women
and girls as part of a physical culture
course designed to make them betetr
able to loo kafter themselves when
going home late at night from fac
tories and other places of employment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
MOVIE SIDE-LIGHTS
CRv the Associated Press

Grass and flowers did not grow fast
enough for the movies, so a lawn,
flower garden and banana tree are
being grown at Universal City by arti-
ficial light and heat in order to have
big set ready on the required date.
The set represents a plantation home,
and will appear in the picturization of
'Uncle Toms Cabin"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25

There Are Two of EN-
plan, called cloture, isn't working out so W
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-25
Suggested Revision

dig up that Vampire poem and delete the words
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-16
NICOLA TELLS OF
TRIP TO THE ORIENT
A Yankee Magician Gives Account of How He Beat
FakirS of Far East While on a Tour

domes at the neck would Just about
square things.
Prices of admission started the
fireworks The management Of the
theater, after careful deliberation,
decided to charge a higher admission
price for my show than had ever
been charged before. The Coolies
took It for granted that the reason
the admission prices were elevated
was to keep them out Of the magic
show.
They were discontented and there
were threats of an uprising. Several
meetings were held over the thing,
but finally peace loomed up, and the
Coolies decided TO pay the increased
admission prices. BY this time,
however, the house had been sold
out. The Coolies, descending upon
the theater en- masse, were informed
that no seats were adailable and
that there were no tickets for them.
Police Called
They misinterpreted the inforn1a-
ton. They decided that, even though
they were willing to pay the price.
they were not wanted. They got
real mad. In fact, they decided TO
wreck the theater and go home. So
then commenced their vengeful ven
ture.
All the police in Hong-Kong were
called out. Hundreds Of persons
we're more or less injured and
wounded in the melee. The show
was stopped for an hour, but con-
tinued after wholesale arrests had
been made. Nine of the so-called
ring-leaders we're arrested. Before
he retired, the magistrate doomed
them to be beheaded in the early
a. m. 1t certainly was a night of
comedy and tragedy.
I personally called upon the mag
istrate after the show that night
and was given a most courteous and
cordial reception. I pleaded for the
lives Of the fated nine, but the
magistrate was obdurate and they
perished the following morning.
Even though some OF my tricks
had been revealed to these first
nighters, ] replaced them with others
and my stay in Hong-Kong was the
most successful of my twenty-six
years in foreign lands.
TOMORROW; Snake Charming in
India.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-16


ing to Fred, YOU win be protected
for at least ten days and then the
uncalled for gum will be sent to the
factory to be done over again. In
other words am trying to tell you
Just one blowout handed by Fred
Allen and Bert Yorke to the
customers who visit Keith's this
week This Fred Allen Individual
thinks up his own line of stuff.
He is different from the rest be-
cause he uses his own noodle for
the jokes. He can think standing
up and there are mighty few
comedians who can do that success
fully Yorke is more than a foil
He has personality and enough abil-
tty 10 run or walk or ride by the
side Of the clever Fred And there
you have my verdict ON this team
of comedy. They are there and then
some. Allen takes It upon himself
to announce all the acts on the bin.
He announces Nicola and calls at
tention to the fifty police dogs used
In the act And that remark Is a
laugh.
I have never seen Nicola before
that I remember. He specializes in
magic tricks which requires much
apparatus He has a winning OPEN
ing In stretching the woman" He
does the Hindu basket trick, the
trunk affair, the ,card-you-can't-t tell
stunt and an illusion called "pierc-
ing the woman with steel needles"
Nicola makes no claim TO the
supernatural. He tells you that he
Is in the foolin' and entertainment
businesiness- He Is a big and a
good Snowman They VII be talk
ing about him this week.
The Six Galenos are acrobats and
when the program states that they
are European acrobatic wonders"
believe 1t after seeing their thrill
ing Offering It is about the Wild.
est think I have seen for months.
Great act
AL Coogan and Mary Casey have
q travesty upon the efforts Of
woman doctor to get patients. Coog-
an is a droIl and individual comedi-
an And this man can dance.
Helen Coyne and Henri French
are dancers of real artistic ability.
Their first dance, especially the work
Of the woman on her toes, Is the
high spot Of the act
Boudin1 and Bernard are accordion
players. Bill includes movies.
At Kaifh's I'll week
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-16

average earned income of only $4,000, and total in
come of $6400
The most thatan individual has earned Is $115-
600 year Average assets per man are $46,50O and
maximum assets reported by any individual $1,OOO,-
000
The general prosperity Of the indicated
further by the fact that more than r. per cent of
them own automobiles More than 80 per cent own
their own homes The average amount of insurance
carried is $22,500 per man
Nearly half the men engaged In the work
they had planned to do before leaving college
AS to habits, almost 80 per cent of the men
smoke, mainly cgarets Threequarters of the replies
to the QUESTIONABLE sent out indicated that the
are not averse to liquor. Less than oneQuarter Of
the pen reported they favored the Volstead act
From, the standpoint of recreation, golf received
the largest vote
There is your college man, eight years after
graduation
The Indianapolis times., 1926-11-16
Park Your Chewing Gum With Fred
and Bert in the Efficiency Department

terrible. Not so with Kinzo. He is
an outstanding event upon the bill.
Jeanne Alexandra, known as "The
Rose Girl Of the Radio" is an
nounced as a singer brought to the
city for the main purpose Of singing
before Queen Marie, Wednesday
night. In the meantime she is play
ing a weeks engagement at the
Lyric. 1t takes the announcement
to center Interest upon her as her
ways are not of the variety stage.
She has a clear high voice and her
songs are of the better popular quail
4ty.
The Northwest Mounted Police is
a ten-piece band in Canadian mount
ed attire. They look like the real
article, meaning police. They inject
some comedy and a sob song in their
band routine. They please.
Rosemont Revellers introduces
one to a studio, where the dancing
is supposed to be fast and furious.
There is one dancer, the lad who
does the skating dance and Rus
sian affair, is a wonder. Easily the
best in the act. He can stop the
show anytime he desires. This act
has dancing speed, but I think the
orchestra. was too loud for the best
results.
Rice and Werner in blackface have
a lot of fun on a scaffold. Here is q
good idea which is worked out with
sufficient hokum to get the laughs,
Good for many laughs.
Swartz and Clifford work along
musical comedy lines with Swartz
landing the comedy effect. Miss Cliff
ford has a sob song in which she
asks the world not to say anything
about a girl unless they can say that
said girl is just a good girl.
The Oxford Three play basketball
on bicycles. Bill includes movies.
At the Lyric all week. .
i + +
other theaters today offer; Ben
Lyon in person and on the screen in
1.-THE Prince of Tempters" at the
Circle; "Kosher Kitty Kelly" at the
Apollo; Loves Blindness" at the
Ohio; 1.-THE Return of Peter Grimm"
at the Colonial; "It Must BE Love"
at the Uptown; Speed Girls of 1927"
at the Mutual and Thirty Below
Zero" at the Isis.