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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
"CTVTT SERVICE"

The citizens who were named by Mayor Duvall
to put "civil service into city government and es
peciay into the police and fire departments showed
admirable restraint when they declined to pass
resolution declaring that the movement IS not
bunk"
It is quite probable that very soon these gentle'
men, most of whom accepted places with an idea that
they could remedy some very deplorable conditions,
win begin to INQUIRE Just how they can function.
At the first meeting they were frankly told by
one of the mayors cabinet that their work Will be
advisory" and that the boards will take care of all
promotions in the police and fire departments
The one purpose of civil service is to protect the
employe who gives real service but refuses to be
come politician. 1t is presumed to give him
chance to win promotion by enthusiasm for his work
and by efficiency.
board which merely fixes minimum standard
of mental and physical equipment for an applicant
is about far from putting real civil service prlncf
pies into effect as be imagined.
The real viewpoint of the administration toward
the public service is in the demand, which the
Times prints today, that public employees contribute
of their salaries to the campaign funds of the Coffin
machine,
The machine believes that it these jobs.
demands payment to keep the machine in power.
What chance will any one of these socalled civil
service boards have to keep man in his place who
refuses to dig into his pay envelope Tor FUNDS Tor
machine with whose morals, viewpoint and purposes
he has no sympathy?
Can it protect any employe who refuses to con-
tribute? Can 1t prevent man from being penalized
for his refusal to be blackmaied by the bosses?
The gesture of the mayor was. most apparently,
an effort to fool the insurance Investigators who de-
manded that the fire department be taken out OF
politics Property owners will pay later for this
dtion.
But it is only gesture as long as these old ma
chine practices of forcing city employees to trib
ute to the machine are followed
Real civil service will only when in
dignant and determined citizenship puts the party
bosses out of the city hall by the adoption of city
manager form of government a nonpartisan and
nonpolitical basis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

TINS woman KNOWS
how to strut the fine looking clothes.
In Fine Manners" she has a
chance to be the grand and naughty
person: she has a chance to be the
delightful roughneck. and, above all,
she has a chance to have a pretty
love affair with Eugene O'Brien.
There are so many sides to our hero
inc in Fine Manners" and so much
good hokum land l love hokum when
it is real and well done) is in the
story that one wishes that she would
do more Of this sort of thing.
Gloria Swanson is not an accident
upon the screen. She is just about
the most important woman we have
on the screen today. And she really
can act and she even stoops to turn
ing cart-wheels if the character de-
mands it.
Don't get me wrong, do not con-
sidef Swanson another Bernhard or
a Duse. Miles away from these two
past leaders, but I have the bunch
that Gloria Swanson has brought
happy and interesting hours to
many thousands more than Duse or
Bernhard.
Fine Manners" is an audience
picture, 1 know that. I am not
against an audience picture" those
made with an eye to the box office,
but the story OF Fine Manners"
has that heart interest which any
good yarn should have.
And Gloria Swanson is just the
individual, who can play up many
sides of such a character as she plays
in Fine Manners" This woman is
endowed with a lot Of energy and
a bunch of good judgment. She
knows how to put over her scenes,
whether she Is the slangy but good
girl in a burlesque chorus or that
same party trying to act like a
lady.
Eugene O'Brien has a dress suit
hero role. He knows how to do this
sort of stuff Lately this man has
staged a fine comeback and his work
III me MdllhSiS 10 SOiHS " ACAP
him live up to that victory.
The photogra ply in this movie is
the real article and the director
certainly knows his "oats" as they
say now days. Some Of the scenes
are filed with rare beauty and every
scene has its laughs or that good
crying feeling. not much Of that.
You are going to enjoy Fine Man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

Now the movies bring the title back
again to the attention of the public.
The story, as you probably know,
concerns a rich chap who just loves
to be sick He loves all kinds Of
pills as well as every kind of doc
tor. So his doctors wanting to get
rid of him, ship him to Los Angeles.
They tell him that when he feels
excited he must stand upon his
head. Generally his excitement Is
caused by seeing a pretty girl. OF
course you know that he Is on his
head most of the time.
OF course there is nothing wrong
with the poor fool, andwhen he falls
in love with the right girl. we'll he Is
cured for life.
Earle Fox Is the good looking in
valid and he knows how to stand
upon his head. His scenes on the
sleeper when he gets mixed UP in
many a wrong berth are really
funny. Old situations, but done with
so much pep and energy that you
will laugh. And that is the test Of
success, little or big, of such enter
tainment.
Must tell you that never could
become excited over Margaret
Livingston. They say she is one Of
the beauties of the screen, but I can
not agree. I know I never have
accused her of being a gooS
actress.
This picture IS hokum Yes, but
It did hand me a lot of hokum
laughs. In other words it enter
tained me.
The stage presentation is Poppy
Land Revue" Did not have time
to see it Sunday, but will tell you
about it another day. Bill includes
orchestral music and other events.
At the Colonial all week.
: !
Other theaters today offer: 1.-THE
Love Test" at English's; Earl and
Rial Revue at the Palace; Nathal at
the Lyric; Miss Nobody" at the
Uptown and Hard Boiled" at the
Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
TIMES READERS VOICE VIEWS
} the Editor of The Times


The matter of annexing Beech Grove to Indian
apos, taking considerable space in local papers at
present, causes to offer few suggestions which
might reach the of the majority Indiana
council While the writer has intention of causing
that body to take any further or of the mayor
slipping out the back door, will adhere the say
ing that it is poor argument that does not have two
sides to it. Under the law there absolutely no pos
siby Of annexng Beech Grove, for the law says that
benefit must be shown and Indianapolis could never
show how she could benefit Beech Grove The assessed
valuation of Beech Grove is 80 per cent lower than
that of Indianapolis the Big Four pays rs per of
this while the citizens pay 25 per cent Beech Grove
has eight miles of paid the county
road law and Barrett law interest hold in trust
Beech Grove has operation expenses which include
police fire and administration amounts to less than
SO per citizen, against $50 per citizen in
Indianapolis There is not vacant house or an idle
man in Beech Grove.
Politically Beech Grove would be of little value to
Indianapolis We have no Jail underworld charac.
tiers organize to keep any particular bunch in office
suggest this policy. Why not Indianapolis
to Beech Grove?
Beech Grove does not need Indianapolis but in a
spirit of pity for the poor boss-ridden burdened
citizens of Indianapolis that unable to shake off
the gang" that they have unthinkingly upon
themselves, should hold a helping hand.
BERT WILHELM.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Mexican Paradox

Settlement Of the Mexican re
ligious controversy by legal proc
esses would be both unique and re-
assuring.
That Is what church authorities
have in mind. however. and what
the attitude Of President Gales
makes possible.
The latter has said that while ne
feels bound to uphold his present
policy. he will not interfere II the
church seeks relief through con-
gress.
This puts the church in a para
doxical position.
The law which President Gales
feels bound to uphold. forbids the
church to engage in politics. yet he
tells the church It must look TO poll
tics II It wants them changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
T1
i r aCY:
Republicans AIreadyHave
Tried to Buy This
Falls Election.

Chairman Oldfeld, of the Demo
cratic congressional committee, says
that the Republicans are out to buy
this falls election and points to
what occurred in the Pennsylvania
and Illinois primaries as proof.
He may be right, but there is
equally good ground for suspecting
that the Republicans have done ali
the buying they can for one year.
They have certainly done enough
to furnish Oldfeld with plenty of
arguments.
They have done enough even to
disgust some of their own best
men, such as julius Rosenwald. the
Chicago philanthropist. Governor
Pinchot and Theodore Roosevelt.
Whatever the Reed investigation
may have accomplished to stimulate
Democratic hopes, it has made a lot
of Republican leaders sick of their
work.
Loss of the Senate looms as a
penalty for the slush funds.
II Smith is elected In Illinois, the
chances are that he will be unseated
and the same is true of Ware in
Pennsylvania.
What Is more alarming, Smith
may not be elected, especially If an
Independent runs against him.
Wares prospects. though a little
better. are none too good II Gov
ernor Pinchot indorses William b.
Wilson. his Democratic opponent.
Apart from it's immediate effect
in Pennsylvania and Illinois, the
slush fund scandal has permeated
the whole country and is exerting an
influence wherever people are pro-
gressive enough and Independent
enough to Visualize clean politics as
an independent issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
!. Strike Still On

Appeals for assistance In behalf Of
the British coal miners, while Pre-.
mier BALDWIN warns us not to be
taken in by such propaganda. serve
to recall that the greatest labor
deadlock Of modern history is still
in progress.
\The miners have been out four
months and one wonders how they
can stand it.
One wonders. too, how England
can do without her normal coal sup
ply so long.
Certainly there must be suffering
somewhere, and just as certainly the
bulk Of it is falling to the lot of
women and children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

have inspired the author to turn out
this little story. You will see what
1 mean when you see 1t. You prob
ably would not be attracted to this
picture unless l told you that Col.
leen Moore, she of the dangerous
bobbed hair. Is the gal who wants
her gentlemen friends TO use either
listerine or at least perfume after
they gargle limberger cheese.
1t must be recorded at this time
that Colleen Moore is looking more
like Baby Peggy every day. Might
sound like a .oke but 1t is the gospel
truth.
She has plenty of chances in ut
Must Be Love" to pucker up her
lips, sigh, frown, smile and do that
clever pantomime business which has
made her famous. In plain words,
Miss Moore is still the clever little
trick in her latest movie. And when
she is that-well she is success.
Her leading man this time is NAL
colin McGregor, a good looking
matinee type who makes the women
in the audience sigh with pleasure
when he makes love. And that is
always a good sign.
Jean Hersholt as the cruel hearted
father of our heroine does a good
piece Of natural acting although it
is an unpleasant part for about o.
per cent of the picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
WOMEN MUST TELL,

womans most coveted privilege-that of con.
cealing her AGES longer valid in the opinion Of
Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the National
League Of Women Voters
Miss Sherwin declares that she knows many
women are refusing to vote because they have to
tell how old they in order to do It. and this re-
luctance, Miss Sherwin believes, is handicaping
womens political progress
"A woman's age, matter what 1t NAV be 10
not thing to conceal to be ashamed Of" saws
MISS Sherwin, unless indeed it proves that with the
years she has not gained understanding
There is neither rhyme reason for perpetuating
the silly tradition of refusing to tell ones age
The voting power is serious one 1t should not he
impaired by trifing"
Thus, with the gaining of rights, the exercise Of
privileges passes. and responsibilities begin.
Statistics show very few died from sprnr fevar
OUT many Vlctlrns had their incomes cut off.
When the golf bug bites makes him break
out with Knockers and loud stockings
Hens are fairly sensible But they lack efficiency
lney shoulo watch ducks. Ducks eat with shovels
Many womans home would be happier II her
husband hadn't married such fussy old cat.
Cabbage isn't fattening. But If people eat too
mucn cabbage will increase the price Of cigars
The time may when four hours will he a
working day, but we optimists and maybe it won't
Civilization advances steadily. Bedtime is ~
o'clock now instead of o'clock
Texas woman Of 95 married rich old fellow
of "a for love.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Movie Verdict

APOLLO-You must come
over and see 1.-THE Show-Off,"
rip snorting comedy Of the
ego complex. AS full Of laughs
as a sieve has holes. Ford
Sterling at his best.
OHIO-Gloria Swanson doing
funny acrobatics and about
everything else in Fine Man.
ners." Mighty good entertain
ment, splendidly mounted and
directed.
COLONIAL "a Trip to
Chinatown" Is a hokum farce
and as such is interesting en-
tertainment.
CIRCLE-Colleen Moore has
a chance to be cute, funny,
lovin' and dumb in 1T Must
Be Love-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
GETTING THE RIGHT
SLANT ON THIS MOVIE

If you crave lemon pie you want
lemon pie and not even the First
National Bank will fill the order.
The same is true with the movies.
You can not judge a hokum farce
either by high comedy scales or by
the dramatic ones.
So I ask you to get the right slant
upon "A Trip to Chinatown" which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

IS hOkum farce.
In such a picture
many impossible
things may hap
pen. And they
generally do. The
difference in the
brand is that the
good hokum farce
has impossible
situations which
fit in honestly in
an impossible
story. Charles
Hoyt's "A Trip to
Chinatown" was
choice diet on the
stage many years
ago. Our grand
parents probably
yelled themselves
mink at this one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

she does that very
thing in Fine
Manners"
It's my opinion
that Fine Man
ners' is a whale
OF a good picture,
meaning that 1t is
mighty interest
ing entertainment.
Those who get the
vehicles for this
woman are wise
In not holding her
TO one type of a
role. 1t would be
easy to make a
clothesrack ont of
Gloria haca .9sa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Giving Place of Honor to The Show
Off and to Fine Mann ers' This Week
By Walter ID. Hickman

AS good as the play and in some
respects even better-that's my YER
dict OF 1.-The Show-Off.
There are really two good corklng
pictures on view in the city this
week-"The Show.Of'' and Fine
Manners"
Going to tell you first about THE
Show-Off" because it has the services
Of Gregory Kelly. we'll known here;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
SERVICES TO CLOSE

Closing services of the Headhck-
Harding evangelistic party, featur-
ing Richard Headrick, 9-year-old
evangelist and movie actor, will be
held this evening q the Cadle Tab
ernacle. The youthful evangelist
will tell of his work in the pictures.
A sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. U. e. Harding, head of the
party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

a way. 1t tells tina
story of a bobbed
haired daughter of
a German delica-
lessen merchant
who got fed up
with the whole
business. includ-
ing home because
home" was too
near the limberger
C h e e S e counter.
All of the little
girls friends ate
too much of said
cheese, not for
getting the onions.
List crime may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
The cast folloy

1T Must Be Love" is light enter
tainment, but it gives Miss Moore a
chance to cut up again.
Am convinced now that people
want to sing in the theater. It mat
ters not whether a fellow has a
voice or not, because he will sing
when Dessa Byrd gives out the invi-
tation to join in the words while she
plays a tune on the organ. The
tune this week is called Birds of d
Feather" but it is filled with the
melodies Of the hour. And did they
sing. They surely did. You know
l can't carry tune in bushel oas-
ket. Well, l caught myself singing
away yesterday afternoon during
this number. Probably I should have
been away" but I warbled with
hundreds of others.
The orchestral attraction is Ber-
ME Schultz and his Crescent Orches-
ira. was unable because of the
rush of time to hear their entire
program, but these men are wise
in doing an opening which gives the
audience a chance to see who they
are. They have a collegiate open.
ing which is full Of pep and it is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Questions and
Answers

You. can get an answer to any ques-
ton OF fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Washing.
ton, d. O.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps
for reply. Medical. legal and marital
research be undertaken All other
questions will receive personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are conlidential. -Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
GLORIA DOES ACROBATICS
IN ZINE MANNERS" AT OHIO

Could you imagine Gloria Swan
son, the grand Gloria, doing cart
wheels and other acrobatics before
the very eye Of the camera?
Whether your Imagination is so
active or not. il does not matter, as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

L ora Sterllng ana
Lois Wilson. KEEL
ley Is the always
the same Kelly,
whether on the
stage or on the
screen. He is
again the Tark-
ington edition of
the young man in
a play that Tark-
ington did not
write. Although
he has a minor
role, yet he does
everything with
that honest and
nervous manner
which has al
ways character
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

ners" and you will love Gloria when
she ceases to be the grand person
and acts like a wild tomboy.
Bill includes a Mack Sennett
comedy, music and other events.
At the Ohio all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES A
LOVER AND THERE YOU ARE

They say that the world loves a
lover and when such goings on are
going on, well, most of us want to
be in eye shot.
The director and the movie writer
who gave us 1T Must Be Love" was
sure wise to that failing Of the
world.
ut Must Be Love" pokes fun at
the love game in an intimate and
1nnffensiva SORT of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

DIFFERENT. And that is some
thing nowadays.
Bill includes a comedy and a news
reel.
AT the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
In what part of the Bible is the
M1zpah benediction found?

In Genesis 31:49. The name means
"vatch-tower' and is a landmark
set UP by Laban and Jacob. each one
agreeing after all the stormy years
between them not to pass this tower
to do each other harm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

First get thoroughly used to going
In head first.
The first exercise is simple but
win take nerve to try for the first
half dozen times.
Stand on the edge of the spring
board or float and bend down until
the palms rest on the knees.
Keep an easy position without
tenseness and fall over into the wa
ter.
At first the hands viii fly wildly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

How much is lost in the United
States by the sale of fraudulent and
worthless stock?
The American Bankers Associa-
ton estimates the loss to investors
was $1,4OO, 900, 900 in 1925.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23

up, but try to keep them on the
knees until the head enters the wa.
ter.
This is going to keep one busy for
some time, but stick to il and it will
come.
There will be a tendency to draw
back after the body begins to fall
and the body viii straighten out
but stick to 1t and eventually the
position win be maintained.
Copyright, 1925 NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Should coffee be drunk from a
spoon or from the cup?

Formerly it was considered re
fined to sip coffee from the spoon.
rather than drink it from the cup.
That custom still clings in some sec
tons Of the country but generally it
is not considered good form. Mod
ern etiquette demands that we per
form the little acts Of everyday life
in the simplest and most unaffected
way possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
what is 'Pari.mutuel"' machine?

A contrivance used in connection
with betting on horse races The
bettor places his stake in a re
ceptacle in the machine appropriated
to the horse he favors. At the end
of the race the supporters of the
successful horse divide up ell the
money wagered on the different
horses, less 10 per cent which goes
to the owner of the machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Is Monte Carlo an independent

Is Monte Carlo an independent
state?
Monte Carlo is the capital of
Monaco, an Independent principality
belonging to Prince Louis II. The
area off Monaco is eight square
miles.
What were the three longest
games by innings ever played in Ma.
jor League baseball?
Twenty-six innings ('National
League) Brooklyn /, Bostou. 1, 0ie)
May l, 1920; twenty.four innings
american League) Philadelphia 4.
Boston 1, Sept. /, 1906; twenty-five
innings National Leaguel Brooklyn
g., Pittsburg g. Aug. 90 1917.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-23
Why does the Presidential salute
consist of twenty-One guns?

There were twenty-one states in
the Union at the time the Presi.
Dental salute of twenty-one guns
was adopted. The salute was
changed as other states were added,
but finally the original twenty-one
shots was made the formal salute.