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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-11
OUR UNSUNG MARTYRS
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson -

The martyrs Of progress are slain with peri.
odic regularity. Practically every city skyscraper
every great engineering enterprise which adds its
quota of beauty usefulness to the land has seen the
death Of a workman and stands a monument to the
dead hopes Of some bereaved person.
Everything we accomplish, every move onward, is
marked by the of those who have fallen by the
way but think too little Of the victims Of our adj
vancement.
1t is true that is responsible for the death
of who climbs dizzy heights in putting up
architectural masterpieces, or who experiments
with airplanes that children may ride in safety
There is always the hazard of existence, and these
accidental deaths happen often that grow un!
concerned about them
But let sing day a. song of the humble
worker who dies in obscurity whose passing is
ly noted by the community in which he lives, who
meets his doom while the job like the soldier who
falls in battle.
His heroism is seldom noted and his going brings
slackening Of the ruthless wheels of progress.
Down in the depths of the earth with pick and
shovel he stands In the great factories, in the pack
ing houses in machine shops, moving freight
trains which undulate the land beneath tho
derrick of the richly pumping oil WELL the railroad
right Of way, in every place where industry goes on
there is the grubby working-and dying-for us.
And every time is mangled or crushed or
stihed or burned, soul is made desolate and
home ruined some hope killed; some heart wrung
Unnumbered, unheralded, unsung these workers
go from fitful today into Gods great tomorrow
with the tools of their labor dropped nertly behind
them And who remain enjoy the fruits of their
toll and revel in the beauties their hands made
Let give to them at least the tribute of passing
sigh.
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but her voice, as Is to be expected.
detracts from the illusions she ere.
ates. She gives us Impressions of
a rural business man, a northwest.
ern type and an aged resident OF
almost any town. Her characterize
ton Of the man whom Service writes
so much about was remarkable, ex-
cepting the voice. but I suppose she
must speak. Miss Dillon is a fine
woman and it is a pleasure to wit
ness an act such as hers.
Jimmy Lyons has much to say
about all the current things that is
funny. He can find a comic spot in
about everything one talks Of these
days. Especially good were his
stories about the war.
Tulip Time is an act whose scene
Of action is laid in Holland and
relies for most OF the comedy
present on the Dutch dialact used
by the members. The outstanding
bit was a Song in dialact by one Of
the women.
Noel Lester and Company open
the bill with some feats by Lester
and a difficult trick on the tight
wire. While on the wire Lester
hoists table up with him and pro.
ceeds to entertain while perched in
this manner.
Bill includes a Photoplay 1.-The
Lucky Lady" with Greta Nissen and
a News Reel.
AT the Palace today and to-
morrow. By the Observcr)
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LAST CONCERT
OF THE SEASON

The last concert Of the Indianap.
oils Maennerchor at the Acamedy
Of Music last night was a genuine
Maennerchor evening, haying the
Maennerchor chorus, with Karl
Reckzeh as director, and Ethyl Hay
den, soprano, accompanied at the
plano by Mathilde Harding.
The program opened with two
chorus songs, one by Goethe and
the other by Kaempf, which were
well rendered and received with
enthusiasm by the audience Ethyl
Hayden then made her appearance
and was given an ovation that
would have warmed the heart of 4
leading lady in a stock company.
She sang a song by Bluck and an
other by Paradies. and was vigor-
ously applauded. The Maennerchor
chorus then rendered "Wie Dist Du
Schoen," by Podbertsky. Miss Hay
den followed with four German
songs by Schubert, Schumann,
Strauss and Brahms. and was
forced to respond with an encore,
a beautiful and colorful song, "Pi-
rate Dreams" by Huerter. This
was the high spot Of the whole pro
gram and the applause was long and
sustained.
The chorus next sang a song by
Hegar and followed with an encore.
The last number by the soloist OF
the evening was Russian Folk
Song" by Zimbalist, Candle Light
in Time, by Coleridge-Taylor,
"Blackbirds Song" by Cyril Scott.
and MY Love Comes on a Skee,"
by Clough These songs
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

TESTING with death is a dangerous
sport unless the author turns out a
great artist.
And as Anne Douglas Sedgwick
is a sure enough artist, one need
not get excited when it is announced
that "The Suicide" a comedy, is one
of the short stories in a collection
of yarns put together under the title
of THE Nest" published by Housh-
ton, Mi1lin Company.
In THE Suicide" you meet Aida.
girl whose mother runs a "typi-
cally smart. flimsy London rooming
house. Allida loved a man and she
loved him so dearly that she wrote
many love letters to him but never
mailed 'em.
Day after day she poured out her
heart and soul In these letters which
were never posted. Then the papers
announced that this same guy was
going to marry another girl.
Poor Allida knew that her life was
all over. She was really dead. but
she was going to mako sure. She
purchases a bottle &C sure poison
and then writes her farewell letter
to my Dearest"
She then takes all of the letters
and the farewell note telling of her
suicide. walks out Of her mothers
house and posts the letters.
The Suicide Look
Just as the dramatically posted
the letters, another chap who was
acquainted with Allida, noticed the
suicide look In her eye.
OF course, our little heroine Of
death intended to return home, take
the poison. Then she knew. that she
would be dead.
Allida just had to pass out Of the
picture now, because she had served
notice on her dearest" that she
would be dead by the time he read
the letters.
But the fellow who noticed the
suicide complexion of Allida took
her gently into a park and there
upon the bench, the girl tells him OF
her detailed plans Of death.
Yet you are so young, he SAID
at last, with everything before
you-real joys as well as, forgive me,
realer sorrows; they would balance
better if you would live a little
longer"
Allida then remembered that her
death note had beer posted. Yet she
could live little longer. Her sweet
est" was not the only possible
sweetest" in the world.
Her advisor told her that she
should live just another day. Life
wasn't so bad Just then talking to
this very reasonable man on the
park bench.
So the two return to Allidas home
and in a few minutes her sweetest"
rushed madly in. He had not even
suspected that he was her Sweet
est" but he would be. Some guys
Just naturally like to have women
die for EN- and Sweetest" was one
Of that kind.
Then something snapped in Allida.
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LOOKING OVER NEW
EVENTS AT THE LYRIC

Jack De Sylvia proves to every
one who sees the Lyric bill this
week that, along with his fine dane
ing talent he possesses a very keen
appreciation of harmony in colors
and scenic effects. This act mounted
in an extraordinarily fine manner.
The costumes all have a freshness
and appealing note to them that re
moves them from the position Of
being just Costumes" The drops
and effects produced by means Of
them are Of the same high quality
The features of the act are the
dancing of Mr.. DE Sylvia, the songs
by tenor with an excellent voice
and the dancing Of the girls present
in the act. Would consider this act
as being one of the high lights in
run of similar acts.
In the act of Dan Sherman we go
to a circus. on the stage are all the
paraphernalia OF a small section of
a circus tent. The ringmaster is
there. she is a woman, and the long
whip she carries is much in evidence.
The fun Of the act is centered on
Mr.. Sherman and another man, who
appear as a couple Of old men from
the village who have come to see
the show. Their antics and speech
contain some good comedy.
Mack and Stanton are a comedy
team who take the parts of a very
disreputable tramp and the keeper
of jail. II seems that the tramp
has enjoyed his last stay in the Jail
so well that he wishes TO get back
Both characters are all right. espe-
cially the tramp part. 1t is all slap
stick and is good fun.
Sherman and Nelson, man and
woman, in an entertaining way
feature many blues songs by the
woman and banjo playing by the
man. The woman is probably the
feature Of the act.
Benway and Tourney are two
men who put on the burnt cork and
give lis some humorous songs and
dances in blackface. They work
along the usual line of this kind of
act and are good for some laughs.
Dashington's Dogs is~the best dog
act we have seen for many months.
There is no noise and coaxing neces-
sary when these dogs are to do a
thing. They work with all the
earnestness of a human performer
and as is to be expected are we'll
liked by those who see them.
Heras and Wallace close the bill
with some harmony on two u!suleles
and some burlesquing of the efforts
Of a couple of acrobats.
At the Lyric all week. (By the
Observer
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
candida, and Dancing Mothers,
Introduce Different Kinds of Wives
BY Walter ID. Hickman

Have always considered CANDIDA"
one Of the glorious real dreams of
the theater.
This dream Of reality and domestic
wisdom and sharp bitter wit and
mental fancy as well has come to
iife again.
This time it yields to the in
fluences of the Stuart Walker Com
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were so much appreciated that
Ethyl Hayden gave three encores,
The piano scores of these songs
were exceedingly difficult to render
and required n thorough musician
as accompanist, and Mathilde Hard.
ing proved her skill in no slight de-
gree. Her touch. technique and in
depreciation was marvellous, and
drew forth as much applause as the
rendering Of the songs by the solo
list. The program closed with the
chorus rendering song by Ullrich.
and another successful season Of the
Indianapolis Maennerchor was
brought to a happy ending. Ire
viewed by T. d.
-
Other theaters today offer: That's
My Baby" at the Ohio; "Moana,'
at the Apollo; "Shufflin' Sam From
Alabam." at the Broadway; 1.-THE
Bat" at the Circle; Havoc" at the
Colonial, and "a Man -Four Square,
at the Isis.
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Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S Dancing
Mothers" has the right to be
seriously considered because it
is a modern play with a logical
and honest ending, although it
is unpleasant.
KEITH'S-"Candida" as pre-
scented by Stuart Walker is a
delightful gem Of a master
piece.
LYRIC-Jaclt De Sylvia has
a beautiful dancing act on this
bill.
PALACE - Pleasant enter.
tainment Is being offered by
Bobby Jackson in his revue.
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STUDYING A DANCING
MOTHER AT ENGLISH'S

When Dancing Mothers" was
produced In New York it demanded
much attention. SO much so that
Burns Mantell includes it in his
list Of the best plays for that season.
II has two very big roles. that Of
mother, Ethel Westcourt. played by
Miss Edythe Elliott, and that of the
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COINCIDENCE

Dr. c. A. Sherman of Kansas City summoned
to administer to the victim of traffic accident hur
red to the scene and found his 6.year.old daughter
had been killed by truck.
Just an incident in the days news But to the
Doctor
Steeled though The was, by practice and neces
sity to look upon death with professional calm what
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80 v lfIA 80 - > - ~
Kittens, played
by Bernice Marso-
lais. The play is
remarkable in that
L doesn't have the
foolish and i'm
probable happy
ending. Dancing
Mothers" has a
logical ending, and
by so having an
honest conclusion,
IL becomes daring.
Many playwrights
think that the
happy @ n d l n e
must be there be-
cause the public
demands It. This
is ,,,nro top,,,,,rot
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pany at Keith -
Four members of
the cast played it
on Broadway at the
c o m e dy Theater.
New York. They
are Elizabeth Pat
terson as NJ / $ $
Prosperine Garnett;
Peggy Wood as.
Candida; Morgan
Farley as Eugene
Marchbanks a n d
Richie Ling as
Burgess. J n c k
Storey is playing
the part OF the
Rev. Ale a n d o r
Mil and Elliot
Cabot Is the Rev.
j a m o S Mavor
Morell. Last fall,
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must have been his emotions when he found that a
routine case was his flesh and blood, mangled
and lifeess.
No lesson here. Nor moral. Just of the lit
tie condolences that make news. Yet there is day
coming perhaps when shall look back this
slaughter of the streets as something almost bar
bously cruel, for by then, maybe, shall have
learned how to prevent it.
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First to fly across the Atlantic.
First to fly around the world.
First to fly the North Pole.
When better stunts are done in the air, Ameri.
cans will do them!
1t has been the fashion of late to jeer and
sheer at American aviation. 1t is the way to the
demnition bow-wows, critics bent a separate and
independent air force charge, which is sheer non
sense.
The week end journey of a navy trained fier,
Lieutenant Commander Byrd from Kings Bay,
Spzbergen, to the North Pole and back again. is just
another refutation of the charge.
The mere fact that France and Great Britain
have a greater number of arpanes than we have
means nothing Airplanes have way Of being up
to the minute this year and obsolete the next The
essential thing is plenty of trained armen always
on hand and enough of the latest model aircraft to
serve patterns for quantity production the instant
such production is deemed advisable.
American fers the best, the most spirited
and the Quickest in the world. With bunch like
Byrd Rodgers andatheir buddes, there is little room
for legitimate fear that America will be left behind
the international procession.
In fact Americans already asking what
next?"
Most everything that can be done has been done.
Only a few exploits remain-among them being a
nonstop HlsnC around the world. AND Spain is now
planning that very thing
The Spanish plan is to girdle the globe by dirigi-
BILE without stop. This is by far and away the most
ambitious project undertaken since man began his
conquest of the air
During the war the German L59 few from Bull
garia to East Africa and back again without hating
approximately 1000 miles.
The British R34 twice crossed the Atlantic but
refueled in this country. The ZR3 later re-chrs-
tened the Los Angeles, flew from Germany to the
United States and the late Shenandoah crossed the
United States twice a single Journey though not
without hating Thus the nonstop hop around the
world would be more than three times the greatest
distance yet accomplished by aircraft
The British airship Guarantee Company how
ever, is now building dirigibe which will be able
to make 36O0mile journey carrying 140 passengers
Here in the United States plans are under way for
a dirigible capable Of 8,000mile nonstop fight
carrying 100 passengers The Spanish idea is to
carry additional fuel instead of passengers so their
dream will not be so fantastic after all.
"Will Spain get away with It, or will some ad.
venture loving American do 1t first?
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KNOW YOUR OWN STATE

Indiana produced 3S6,1oo tons OF tomatoes IN
1925 or more than twice the amount produced by
the second State, Maryland, with $4,000 tons.
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and
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Elliott a great dramatic chance.
have not seen her do this sort Of
role before, but she does mount
beautifully in the last act ard car.
ries the first act TO a convincing CON
clusion. 1t was necessary for me to
be absent a few minutes during the
third act, but / returned in time to
see her handle the big scene at the
close Of this act
The really outstanding work of
quality this week goes to Bernice
Marsolais as Kittens. This girl will
bear watching and careful study.
She has that personality thing in
larger amounts than other women of
the stage who have reached the top
possess.
The cast is as follows:
A AnarfzE ola h Sg giasres WIiam Hg
Catherine CKttensj westcoumrtt!. .ie L''io''
=. -. ..,..... Bernice Marsolais
neniletJm, CopD .......... Robert st. Clair
DSSltle ......-..-..-. Henrietta Floyd
t lCIu1,e ....-.. eco. DICK Elliott
~ iiit ndSIiohu .'..-'.'...- Jyss La Ruo
Mrs. Mrs. Barnes . NaheIIS9 m MS SSigiS
Gerald Naughton ......... Milton Byron
clarence Houston ............. Bob Fay
Davis ..............J f. NARROW
Dancing Mothers" remain on
view all week at Englishs as the
BerkeI Offering.
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The short skirt worries father. But it isn't
the short length it's the short time the skirt is worn
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tOll H. ~. ulclOSlnS cents IN stamps
Tor reply. Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be, undertaken. Al other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
What is the origin and meaning
of the current expression big but
ter and egg MANI"
The origin of the phrase is not
certain. 1t is a colloquial express
sion which has become popular with
the success of a Broadway hit, a
play call THE Butter and Egg Man"
It refers, of course, to the dealers
in these commodities, particularly in
the sense Of the small produce
dealer in the city and his contact
with city life. The slang phrase de-
notes a small town man of the mer-
chant type who spends his money on
a Broadway girl.
What are physical qualifications
of a man who enlists in the Marine
Corps? How long is the enlistment
and what is The pay of a private?
To enlist in the Marine Corps an
applicant must not be less than five
feet four inches, nor more than six
feet two inches in height; weigh not
less than 12S pounds nor more than
240 pounds; not less than eighteen
nor more than forty years Of age.
A limited number of boys between
seventeen and eighteen are accepted
with parents consent, for a four
year enlistment. as privates to learn
the drum and trumpet. If later
found not qualified for drum and
trumpet duty, they are required to
serve the remainder of the enlist
ment as privates. All first enlist
ments are for four years. The base
pay for private on entering Is
S21.00 per month with living.
What is the origin Of the Chris
tian or Conquest Flag?
1t is a symbol of Constantine's
famous vision. When marching to
meet Maxentius, his rival for the
throne of the Roman Empireg he is
said to have had a vision OF a fam
ing cross in the sky and to have
heard a voice saying: "In hoe signo
vinces" On this sign thou shalt con
quer) He won his great victory at the
Milvian Bridge, and became the first
Christian Roman Emperor. The red
cross on the flag represents the fam
ing cross in Constantine's vision; the
blue field typifies the blue sky; and
the white is for peace and purity.
To whom does the country of B1s-
nia-HerZegOvina belong?
Formely It was a province Of tho
Ottoman Empire and was annexed TO
Austro-Hungary in 1908, remaining
under that sovereignty until the dis
Indignation Of the dual monarchy in
November 1918. It is now part of
the Serb. Croat and Slovene State
(Jugo-Slavia.
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II money really talked. and old nickel could do
some Dragging about the cigars 1t has bought
owls are considered wise. Yet, they have in
somnia.
There may be safety in numbers, but not in
the number of bills.
Summers when we quit complaining about the
coal dealers scales and start kicking the ice man.
First of the month must wear rubber heels II
slips up before we know It,
Milk would be fine drink If 1t could be pro-
hibted.
A flower is not as big tree, but then a.
flower never started out to be big as a tree
circumstances do not make the who makes
circumstances.
New Yorks busy place 1t is even more
crowded than village barber shop on Saturday aft.
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view all week at English's as
Berken Offering.
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A flower is not big as tree, but then
flower never started out to be big as a tree
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II money really talked. and old nickel could dt
some Dragging about the cigars 1t has bought
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AROUND THE WORLD?

First to fly at all.
First to fly across the Atlantic.
First to fly around the world.
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Circumstances do not make the man who max,
circumstances.
Evening star., 1926-03-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
CHARLES = RAKER Atto,ney

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
p trict of Columhia.-Frederfc W. Archibald
and Charles A. Baker plaintiffs. VS. S. Cor
nelus Clssel et al defendants.-No. 45O61
are entitled to, distribution of the funds
received from the sale Of the property known
as lots 80 and 81 in subdivision known as
Friendship in St. Philips. Jacob and re-
survey OF Jacob. comprising some l2 acres
and now designated for taxation purposes as
parcels Nos. 15Ll and 5/2. said property
on behalf of the shareholders OF the unin-
corpOrated association known as the Miller
syndicate. On motion of the plaintiffs. it Is
this 10th day of February. AID. 1926. or
dered that the defendants S. Cornelius Cis-
sell Clara N: Archibald, Ross p. Andrews.
Spates., William II. Saunders James 81.
Wheeler, Samuel i. .McMichsel: Albert G.
Dalton, Jesse L. Heiskell and the unknown
heirs. legal representatives. next of kin and
assigns Of the following, deceased: William
cp e2p; Miss Nellie A. Brown Rev; !; N.
s.. Jerome UhI. Marguerite S. Burns and
Oliver D. Wilkerson cause their appearance
70 be entered herein on or before the first
rule day occurring after the expiration OF
default. Provided. copy of this order be
published three times month for one month
in the Washington Law Reporter and The
evening Star before said day. F. L. SID
20 rPnoNS, & Justice; !Seai., Atrne copy. Test;
c. OCONNELL. Asst. Clerk.
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