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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
WE TALK TOO MUCH
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Some bright person has hit upon the idea of start.
cup factories speeding up.
Nobody would put stumbling block in the path
of ambitious youth or discourage students in any
worthy effort but might it be place to suggest
that too much speech is what is NOW the matter with
America?
Our political life is just one long flowing debate
The chief reason why seem to get much
done is because the champions of the peoples rights
want to take everything out in talking instead of work
Time was when orators few and far between
That was before everybody acquired superiority COM
pick and labored under delusion that they had a
message
Now the country is flooded with orators until we
are likely to have to put closed season on speeches
1t estimated that America loses something like nine
million dollars every year on talk: the stuff that
women enjoy over thesback yard fence but the kind
that gets into the Congressional Record Now if we
start TO figure out the expense of excessive talking in
State legislatures and county houses we should
have staggering total.
1t is terrible thing to turn loose each year upon
can get anywhere with a good line of gab They talk
themselves into the debating club then the county
commissioners office then into the Legislature and on
to Congress- They are impervous criticism callous
to insults, oblivous to their inability, and ignorant
of the needs of government.
The only thing they want do is talk, and in
most instances the only thing they do is talk
1t would be fine thing if these debating clubs
would manufacture real statesman for u.s. but
heaven help us if they turn loose many orators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24


which are individual. lie develops
his own brand Of fun in his own
way. He is vastly different both in
method and in makeup from any
other comedian on the screen. He
made people sit up and take notice
in "Sally of the Sawdust" and he
caused EN- to demand more when
they saw him in THAT Royle Girl. ;"
Now in his third movie, ITS the Old
Army Game" he is a movie star, not
supporting artist.
The antics Of Fields as q small
town druggist trying to get a few
hours sleep on his back porch is. to
my way Of thinking. the funniest
episode In this movie. The milkman,
an engine. the newsboy, the ice man
and a crying baby all prevent this
honest and hard working druggist
from getting any sleep.
The trick automobile and the
family picnic with the crying and
yelling youngster are we'll known to
those who have seen Fields on the
stage. Both are to be found in ITS
the Old Army Game"
The remainder of the cast hasn't
much to do as Fields is the whole
works. l probably should mention
Louise Brooks. because Of her strik-
ing looks and Blanche Ring.
There is enough "drammer" mixed
up in this comedy to give the comedy
stunts a chance to stand out. Eddie
Sutherland. who directed the famous
Behind the Front" put Fields
through his PAGES in IT'S the Old
Army Game"
Regardless Of what Charlie Chap.
lain turns out this season in
comedies it is my firm belief that
W. c. Fields and Harold Lloyd will
be the leaders of the comedy field
when this years history Of the
screen is written. Fields has come
TO stay as he is the most original
comedian just now before the pub.
lie.
To NY way Of thinking. IT'S the
Old Army Game is so original in
comedy scenes with the services Of
Fields that it has the right 10 be
called that $50 different comedy"
For a good laugh caused by a
splendid reason then see Fields in
IT'S the Old Army Game"
Bill includes the Patricia Trio,
organ music and Charley Chase in
Nuns the Word" at the Ohio all
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
A MISUNDERSTANDING

The Chicago Tribune approves OF the Great
Smoky Mountain National Park project. ut pro-
vides rugged beauty and those wilderness values so
important to recently urbanized people who need
the occasional touch Of the primitive much as
they need vitamines in their food"
So far so good. But then the Tribune shows
that does not entirely understand the park idea
for it goes to say
IF the national Government takes over the
100000 acres offered in the Great Smokes as we
hope it will, the park in time be made source
of revenue by scientific forestry and grazing"
national park is not designed as a source of
revenue 1t is a national museum, where nature is
preserved it before the days of civilization
1t is for people look at, and get those wilderness
values" 1t is place where the giants of the forest
allowed to stand until old age takes them. 1t is
a place where wldfowers and games are allowed to
propagate undisturbed so that they repenish
the rest of the country, despoiled by man.
Grazing privileges fatal to such plan. To
turn cattle sheep into a national park would
quickly destroy its precious fora.
This is country of tremendous size. There
enough cutover lands to provide forests, and enough
abandoned farms to provide grazing lands without
encroaching on the national park areas.
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the bat you are
introduced to a train wreck, another
one and then the burning of wreck.
Then the villains begin to assemble
and the big fight as we'll as the man
hunt is on. To put over melodrama
in the modern taste a definite dra-
matte cast Is needed. Such a cast
is present in "Whispering Smith"
as you will meet II. b. Warner, one
OF the most polished of stage stars;
Lillian Rich, John Bowers and Rob-
ert Edeson, a splendid actor. This
cast is capable of taking melodrama
with It's thrills and putting 1t over
with a bang. And that is just what
they do at the Colonial this week.
Melodrama to be effective upon the
screen must be logical. I mean by
that that the situations must fit into
the story. There must be a reason
for every train wreck. every shooting
and every fight. There is a reason
for all the thrills and the melodrama
in Whispering Smith"
And it has another advantage in
the way that Warner develops the
character of Smith. Warner is an
EYE" actor. You must see his eyes
and the director has been wise in
allowing Warmers eyes do the act
ing. The stage lost a real person
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
RECORDS

at never rains but. it pours" is a saying that
may be applied to the current crop of new track
records.
Roland Locke famous Nebraska flash, was
clicked in the hundredyard dash in the amazing
time of nine and half seconds. People questioned
it; it was unbelievable; anyway, there was a wind
at his back, And about the time he set
new mark for the 22O-aso unofficial"
And then Charlie Paddock, the worlds fastest
human" proved that nine and half seconds in the
100yard dash is possible.
These records have withstood the assaults of
time and thousands of athletes. And Charlie Hoff,
the Scandinavian wonder, continues to set new pole
vault records with almost every appearance IT'S
dizzy age They seem to breed men these days. as
well as sheiks and drug store cowboys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
GUARDIANS FOR VETERANS

1t should not be necessary for a veteran Of the
world to be declared insane to have the Gov
eminent look after his financial support II is a
wrong practice and a wrong theory of law.
Unless Congress changes the present guardian
ship law the unfortunate business of creating luna
tics" and then farming their estates will go The
house has passed the necessary corrective legisa-
tion but the Senate has not given the matter its
serious attention. AS the law stands the
soldier is either insane If he is he
not get certain financial aid which would be ex-
tended to him if he insane-in the eye of the
law. He may need the financial aid and he may be
in condition, physically mentally, to look after
his own business but he can have neither the aid
nor the guardianship unless and until a court pro-
nounces him insane.
This is medieval. 1t is going back to long out
growth notions about insanity.
In the first place there is sharp line between
perfect sanity and complete insanity There is Dor
der line where thousands hover 1t is said that no
one is completely sane and no completely insane.
The test should be not insanity, but physical or
other inability to look after ones self.
There is natural prejudice against being ad-
Indicated insane. 1t is incident of personal lib
erty for which safeguard should be provided against
insanity properly.s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
SHOULD SERVE LIVING
American Legion Auxiliary Head
Issues Memorial Day Message.

Let us remember the dead by
serving the living; then let us place
our wreaths," is the memorial senti-
ment expressed today by Mrs. Eliza
London Shepard, national president
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
Is the presidents annual Memorial
Day message to the quarter of
million women in the organization.
The message read in part, as fol
lows:
with the coming Of new leaves,
Memorial day comes once more.
That sacred day when we pause to
give reverent thought to lives that
are gone. Auxiliary women, mothers
of men who died, wives, sisters,
daughters. do we need be reminded
to remember? I think not. Every
day is memorial day to us. We must
keep it so by serving the beloved liv
ing of those no longer here
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Comedians Do Their Stuff on Screen
While the Villains Shoot EN- Dead

atty when Warner went into the
movies, but the screen won an actor.
who may be depended upon to give
real DEMONSTRATIONS.
There are some magnificent out
door shots in this movie, not the
studio bluff sort, but the real article.
The lighting used in the night train
wreck has been handled with great
effect.
If you are longing for rugged
thrills, real herman fightin' and some
b. meiodramatic scenes. then you
are headed in the right direction
when you start to see Whispering
Smith" 1t is effective entertain
meht. just that and nothing more
and that is something these days.
Bill includes the American Harmon
.sts; Arthur Lake in Separated
Sweethearts; a news reel and Aesop
Fables.
At the Colonial all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
AUTOS AND SILK STOCKINGS

There was day When people bought a, cotton
stocking two. Those days have vanished into the
past along with Dobbin Dobbins buggy has gone,
too the way of all flesh and one-hoss shays.
There 1924 automobiles in the sweet old
days of 1900 and 5OS64 pairs of silk stockings were
sold in 1ouncy 1899.
Last year there were 100000 autos and there
must have been 3OOOOOO00 pairs of silk stockings
The last figures silk stockings at our command
are those for 1921, and there were more than 217.
100000 then.
The automobiles get us there, and silk feels
nicer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
ZANE GREY AGAIN PAINTS
HIS OWN WILD WEST

There are probably only three
authors whose movies are sold to
the general public on the name of
the author alone.
Zane Grey is one Of the three. The
mere mention that it is a Zane Grey
story is enough to arouse interest.
Such is tho fact at the Apollo this
week. where Desert Cold is being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
KNOW YOUR OWN STATE

Tndianas farm wealth is 66 per cent larger
than the national farm wealth in proportion to the
national total the latter being oil as compared
with 277 per cent in Indiana. The farmers in
come in Indiana is % per cent of the states total
income, against national figure of 1863. Farm
population in Indiana is 800, Of the total COM
pared with 1913 of the national population. The
relative advantages of the Indiana farmers posi-
tion apparent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

Each director will be assigned to
some branch Of work and will
supervise the chairman named
from the general membership. he
said.
Six men will represent Indian
apolis at the national convention
at Jacksonville, Fla, June % to
%. Harrison has been named
delegate and Gus Schrader. ma
tional councillor. Oscar Vogt,
editor of the Jacian, will attend
the convention to get data on en-
largening the local publication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

Harrison said early plans will
be made for assisting in the Com
munity Fund drive next fall. The
organization will take an active
part in the promotion Of the
United States naval reserve camp
at Riverside Park. The camp
opens June 20.
Other new officers are: Martin
L. McManuS, Albert L. Rust and
Oscar Nogc, vice presidents; Paul
Merchant, DR.. Paul V. Allen and
Webster Smith, directors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
RETURN TO THE SCREEN

When a fellow sees about three
hundred movies a year as 1 do and
probably then some. he gets the de
sire 10 see those good old days Of
mystery and melodrama return.
The days when the villain as well
as the hero shot en- dead.
That was a good old formula years
back, and it is still good today If
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
ABSENT VOTING SLAMME Ed
Ryan Plans to Ask G. O. p. to
Pledge Repeal of Law.
BIZ Tnftcd preR9

BU UUITtU ITcSS
ANDERSON, Ind, May 24.-Os.
valid Ryan, defeated candidate for
the Republican short-tern senatorial
nomination, today prepared to go be-
fore the State convention Thursday
to war on the absent voters ballot.
Ryan will ask the convention to
pledge the party to rep~si Of the
absent voters law to maintain the
purity Of the ballot"
Abuse of the privileges Of casting
an absent voters ballot is a menace
to representative. government in
Indiana, Ryan declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

presented. II Is a
typical Zane Grey
yarn about the
West. Zane Grey
does a mighty job
Of always weaving
a love romance
a r o Il n d a big
tragedy and then
shades it off with
a m G ! o d r anlatic
Fl n / s h. Desert
Cold Is no ex-
ception to the rule.
You TO meet 4 rich
man 5 son, who is
a rotter in New
York. He goes to
see if he is a man
to be tr u s t e d.
When he faces rife
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
DANCE TO BE TUESDAY
Affair at Broad Ripple viii BE Given
by Lucky Won Club.

The Lucky Won Club will give a
dance Tuesday at the Broad Ripple
dance hall. The committee in
charge is: Misses Marie Flynn,
Martha Schwankaus, Bernadette
Murphy, Mary Lowe, Margaret Sui
livan, Thelma Cox. Marguerite Nee.
han and Mary Barrett.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

New officers of the Indianapolis
Junior Chamber Of Commerce will
be installed July u, 1t was an
nounced today by Harmon Smoke.
executive secretary. The installa-
ton win be at a dinner-dance at
Pages chicken dinner resort, east
Of the city.
William Henry Harrison, new
president, said plans are under
consideration to make the ac-
tivities Of the organization even
more attractive than in the past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
SLABS FRIEND TO DEATH

BIZ Tnted Press
SOUTH BEND. Ind. May ga
murder charge was pending today
against Mike Pep. who buried a
stiletto in the neck Of his friend.
Paul Szuch, So, in a drunken brawl.
Szuch bled to death in three min
utes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
Movie Verdict

CIRCLE-Johnny Hines in
Rainbow Riley" has has fun
NEST and best vehicle, of his
career.
APOLLO-Lot of Zane Grey
thrills are found in Desert
Gold"
COLONIAL-The good old
melodrama days Of real thrills
are found in Whispering
Smith" Good theater.
OHIO-Enough to say that
w. c. Fields is appearing in
TITS the Old Army Game" A
complete comedy Knockout
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
G. A. R. POST AT SERVICES

Members Of the George II. Thorn.
as Post of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, accompanied by the WON
ans Relief Corps, attended memorial
services Sunday morning at the
Broadway NJ f. Church. Services
were conducted by DIR. John w. Nc
FALL .As.musical program was gtyen-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

the right cast is
selected to put
over the thrills.
I believe that we
are swinging back
to dramatic nelo-
drama on the
screen. l may
be wrong, but we
have two exam
pies of this ten
dency in town
this week. At the
Colonial you will
see an excellent
example Of this good
old days tendency
under the title Of
"W n i s p g r ing
Cs-:41- - Ds-N.A cr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
MEETING JOHNNY HINES
FACE TO FACE THIS WEEK

Don't know whether you have the
same idea or not. but generally I
fear these personal appearances of
movie actors.
I have suffered like hundreds of
others and when I suffer I have the
habit Of tellin' the world.
And I didn't suffer yesterday, and
I allow that all the others present
didn't either when Johnny Hines
walked out on the stage of the Cir
Gle. He didn't come out with the
sound OF trumpets. He just walked
out, spiked enough Of that Pollyanns
stuff to get acquainted. told a few
stories with real laughs to 'em; then
did a Charleston which so got the
fancy Of all present that he decided
to do a tap dance. The orchestra
didn't expect this. but all came
through in fine shape.
And here is the secret of the sue
cess of Hines on the stage in a per.
sonal appearance. He doesn't at
tempt to act funny. He is just his
natural self with a good lot Of sto-
ries which he tells well. Nobody
has written him a personal appear
ance act. He is too good a show
man for that. He does his acting
on the screen, not when he is MAX
ing personal appearance. Maybe
will shock you when l tell you that
If the others would follow Hines
method Of personal appearances the
experiment would be much happier
Now for his picture. Rainbow
Riley" The material, as we'll as
Hines method of developing his
comedy scenes, is vastly superior in
Rainbow Riley" than in THE Speed
Spook" and THE Live Wire"
1t seems to me- that the success
of Hines on the screen will rely
upon his ability to do a lot Of things
we'll. believe after seeing two of
his other attempts at comedy that
he realizes that in Rainbow Riley"
he has enough individual things to
do which call for real talents as
we'll as practice. His pool shootin
scene will make all the sharks sit
up and take notice.
The action starts in newspaper
office; moves to city jail and then
takes to the feud district of Ken
lucky where Hines has a corkIng
chance to register with his stunt
stuff.
The Kentucky feud types have
been selected with wisdom. The end
ing is a comedy crash and gives the
story individuality.
Comedians do not grow on trees.
Their talents must grow It has al
ways seemed to me to be a bigger
and a more artistic job to make
people honestly laugh than to cry.
Hines is growing in a comedy line.
No doubt about that.
The bill includes an overture with
Bakaleinikoff directing the orchestra
Failing Water Valley" Going
Crazy, and Dessa Byrd at the or
gan and other events.
At the Circle all week.
=
Other theaters today offer; Part
ners Again" at English's; "They
Knew What They Wanted" at
Keith's: Mercedes, at the Lyric tho
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
THE
VERY IDEA!
BY Hal Cochran
GROWED UP

Gee, but sonny's ticklec pink,
Every day he says. Just think,
feel growed-ya know what for?
I'm no baby any more. Only three,
but, heaven sakes. what a change it
always makes when va seem growed
up, somehow. Gotta baby sister
now.
" Course all things aren't as they
were. Gotta keep my eye on her.
Nom and pop don't seem so free.
Sorta overlookin me. Still, I'm
willin' fer a while just to bear It all,
an smile; keepin' quiet as a mouse,
fer the baby in our house.
mot so long ago. dad said. coma
Ia me, va sleepy head. Cuddle close
and don'tcha peep. DadW rock va
off Ia sleep Sure, twas nice, but
| don't mind-shucks, I've never
even whined. since the rockin's
stopped. Aw. gee, that's fer babies
not fer me.
"All the pettin' goes to sis. Now
and then I get a kiss, but the baby's
'daddy's dear Gee, at that, it's
kinda queer. All the growth, and
such, I've got may be nice-and
maybe not Kinda wish that things
could be, SO l was her-and she was
me-"
Mans business shows where he
stands, and his golf shows where he
lies.
The cost of marriage IS whatever
you pay the preacher, plus your
weeks salary ever after.
s*&
When a butcher starts giving
short measure, It's time for him to
mend his weighs.
He sat and fished the live-Iong day.
For perch or bass or trout.
But didn't catch blOomin' thing.
Till wiley found it out.
MOTHER-Why. Tommy You
had five problems in school TODAY
and only got one Of them right. How
did that happen?
TOMMY copied that one from
the kid who sits next ia me.
Any time a housewife kinda feels
that she'd like to have someone dron
in, all she's got to do is put on the
Oldest dress she's got, and let tho
housework so.
It's a shame the chickens next
door cant talk. They could always
tell fella what kind Of seeds be
planted in this, that or the other
garden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
FABLES IN FACT

A FELLA MOVED INTO THE
COUNTRY AND DECIDED TO
KEEP JUST ONE CATTLE Pr.
ROD so HE ASKED ANOTHER
RURAL GENT ABOUT IT AND
THE FRIEND TOLD HIM TO BUY
THE CATTLE FROM SO.AND.sO
PERIOD WELL COMMA THE ADJ
VICE WAS FOLLOWED AND
EVERYTHING WENT WE'LL FOR
ABOUT A WEEK PERIOD THEN
THE LONE CATTLE DIED PIE.
ROD WHICH ONLY GOES TO
PROVE THAT HE GOT A COUPLE
or BUM STEERS.
Copyright 1926. NEA Service, Inc.3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24
BY Walter ID. Hickman

Meet him again-W. c. Fields, a
fun-maker who has his own way
in comedy lane.
The weeks screen offerings are a
mixture of comedy and melodrama
with villains and even the heroes
shooting 'em dead.
Fields had established himself on
the stage as a sure comedian before
he was tempted TO do his stuff be-
fore the eye Of the camera. In the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

F'OllleS he used
some sure fire ma
terial, such as the
scene on the back
porch, the family
automobile and
the picnic. You
will notice when
YOU see Fields at
the Ohio this week
in at Is the Old
Army Game" that
he has used tho
basic ideas of
these stage Its
in this movie.
Fields IS as much
an individual CO.
median as Charlie
Chaplin. lie has
MANI nnannerislng
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

out doubt it has on occasion overlooked authors
best work and then later conferred honor on him
for something inferior. But the committee probably
would have felt the sting little had the
wasp been some one other than Sinclair Lewis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-24

How can aniline dyes DO used in
treating disease?
1t is found that aniline dyes, even
highly diluted, have in many cases
the power to stop growth Of bac-
terra. Chemicals and certain aniline
dyes have been successfully In
jected into the veins to combat In
fections Of the joints, assesses,
boils and erysipelas.
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