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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-16
Methodist Church Sale

Lancy Milliken of Pittsfeld was a
business caller in town Tuesday at
ternoon.
Miss Hazel Shaw was a business
caller in Bangor Tuesday.
Sheldon Bracket of Newport was
among those in town on business,
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
GIRLS ARE GIRLS TO-DAY
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

Not long since was privileged to attend a large
convention composed mostly of college girls. wish
that all the weepers might have been there Such
poise. such sureness such capabiity compre
henson, such fearlessness
The modern girl the greatest marvel of the twen-
tieth century.
Let the Mother Grundys rave as they will, let the
reformers howl but that does the that
before in the history of the has the un-
married girl been splendid she is today.
She has clear outlook upon life man, and
she Is not bothered by those false pruderes which so
hampered the young woman of a former generation.
She is not deceved,san her fearless eyes look ever
for the truth.
1t is true that there are a lot of wild and silly
girls in midst, but than there have ever
BEEN And the most foolish today far wiser
and more capable of looking after themselves than
those sly misses of the Victorian era.
We take delight in deploring the frankness of the
present generation. When can't think of anything
else to talk about always fall back upon the sins
of the children and wonder what earth is going to
become OF them
Well, it is very easy to what is going to be-
Of girls. They going get the very best
that is possible out of life. They going to be
frightened by foolish conventions, nor waste their
precious existence in fear of chimera. They are
going to have love and work and friends. They
going taste deeply of life merely sip the
foam from the cup. They afraid to chaleng e
fate nor do they faint when they dealt hard blow
from that unseen hard.
And doubt very much whether any of us would
like girls to be any different. We would despise
those overly modest, bushng dansels the long ago
If they came back again.
1t is too bad, however. that they can not return
for might the better appreciate the high
headed fearless, capable maidens Of today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

not released man from his chains. He works ne
worked under the agricultural regime
The world has doubled it's population in the
hundred years that man has extended his own efforts
through machinery.
AS machinery is developed still further and more
and more the power, released In electric current
is applied to production the population will continue
to increase.
For machinery has made food plentiful and cas-
lily accessible.
No longer is 1t possible for whole nations to dis
appear because of lack of food. The wheat of Amer
lea next week feeds Liverpool The meat from the
Argentine finds its way to American tables. Coffee
of Brazil greets each morning worker.
Perhaps the most that be said of the indus
trial and the coming of production is that
it has made food and comfort greater famine mpos-
sible, and increased the desires men have for ma
terial things.
Is So, however happy may be in the triumph of
labor in obtaining of justice, it may be just as
we'll to remember that we have not conquered that
curse
Under the industrial period will not be hun
cry But we will work harder and harder and more
monotonously.
Saesmanship will sell us the idea of new desires
and new needs The peddler will carry the doctrine
of new comforts. The worker ar d the machine will
create them in prodigous quantities The circle keeps
on revolvng-more production, more labor more de.
sire through craftsmanship, more labor
Those who dream of the day when no one must
toll drudge have read the signs of industrial
ism Alright.
We will never starve again. The population of
the world will increase rapidly as invention multi
plies the ability Of the world to produce material
things But man will, apparently, never accomplish
his ceaseless quest since driven from Eden. He still
eats his bread by the sweat OF his brow.
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DO YOU VOTE?

me League OF Women find out why 40 per
cent Oh the qualified voters stayed from the
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II Succeeds

r. w. Scripps, who founded the
ScrIpps-Howard newspapers. was
one OF the first to see the wisdom OF
wider distribution Of wealth
through higher wages. He began to
preach the idea when II was regard
ed by most people as revolutionary,
as subversive of civil liberty and
sound economics.
But business men who denounced
him lived to make millions because
of the success of the doctrine for
which he stood,
If America owes much to the la
Dor movement, the labor movement
owes something to e. w. Scripps.
Wages can go too high. OF course,
but only to the extent that they
prevent one trade from availing it.
self of the services Of another trade.
If the plumbers were to get so
much that other workmen could not
afford plumbing. or the carpenters
so much that other workmen could
not afford to build houses, then they
would be standing on their own
light.
More often than not, however, the
question of what people can afford
is determined by consumeA paid too
little. instead of producers paid too
much,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

demonstrative form of telling her
that he loves her. OF course, this
wife ought to have enough common
sense to know that her husband
does love her although he does not
pull the sheik stuff every time they
are together.
The fact is that this wife is a
fiirt and being in Europe with her
husband on important business.
makes it easy for her to use her
eyes in public places. One night
her optics fall upon the leader of
an orchestra in a cafe. She makes
it possible for them to meet.
And so her program of pulling
the wool over the eyes Of her hus-
band begins. Bat he is wise and he
secretly arranges to pay the fiddler
bunch of money to make love to
his wife because the husband wants
to cure" his wife of the romance
fever.
The fiddler makes matter more ro-
mantle when he tells her that he is
really a nobleman and of a noble
family made poor by the war. She
falls for this line of talk.
When the case arrives at danger
Gus point, the husband decides to
show mis- wife that her Romeo is
Just n paid servant. Now the fiddler
refuses to take the money and de-
clares that he loves the other mans
wife. The wife decides to run away
with the fiddler. thus leaving hus-
band in a terrible mess.
So husband decides to get wise to
the family tree of the fiddler And
the fiddler sure did have some family
tree. No nobility in his family. His
father was a garlic expert who had
only one suit to his name and that
not so good.
So husband brings in the family"
of the fiddler during q grand din
ner party attended by all the real
people of Europe. That kills the
goose" Of the fiddler and the wife
is ready to go back to her own
family.
Irene Rich gives splendid per-
Torrance OF the wife who wanted
to flirt and be loved. This woman
has great charm and she makes
this character mighty convincing and
life like. Here is an artist who is
doing some big things on the screen.
And she knows how to wear gowns.
Gordon of course is the good look
ing husband who is Just wise enough
to cure his wife with her own medi-
cine. Varconi gives an "evil' char
acterization of the man with the
naughty eyes. He makes the char
acter dangerous but thrilling COM
panion for women who want to be
loved according to sheik methods.
Am sure you will enjoy "Silken
Shackles~' Bill includes Eddie Davis
and Company in a dance revue;
music by American Harmonists and
other movie events.
At the Colonial all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

More People Moving
Money Means More
Wealth,
By NJ. e. Tracy

/ was riding with a banker the
other day and we passed a house
under construction with twenty or
thirty cars parked in front of it.
THAT is what ails labor" he said.
WHAT" l asked.
"All these automobiles" he replied.
Every carpenter, plasterer and
plumber coming to work in a fiiv-
ver."
do you think you would have
any more money in your bank if
they didn't" I asked.
Sure" he said, and I actually
think he believed 1t.
Some people still have the idea
that money in the toe of a sock
means wealth. but it doesn't. 1t
just rots the sock.
The only way you can get wealth
out of money is keep it moving, and
the more people there are to move
it the more wealth it makes.
Some people have the idea, too
that production is the all-important
factor of trade, but they are wrong
1t is consumption.
It is not what a few sell that tells
the story. but what the majority
can afford to buy.
More rapidly moving money and
increased consumption are back of
our present prosperity, and back of
them are high wages.
Mr.. Wrigley wouldn't be selling so
much chewing gum or Mr.. Ford so
many automobiles were 1t not for
the fact that millions of workers are
better paid than ever before.
The buying power of the American
public is the backbone of American
business.
The world has always labored be-
cause It always had to, but not until
very recently has the world realized
the good sense OF paying labor well
and giving it a respectable position
in society.
One hundred years ago, such pa
rades and festivities as are taking
place all over the country today
would have been impossible. They
would either have been laughed TO
scorn. or accepted as the. signal for
harsh and ruthless prosecution. II
you don't believe II. go to the record.
If labor wanted to march in we
good olde times" it had to do so I'M
der some other banner and in the
name Of some other cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
Looks or DreSSeS2

Two men were discussing women
last week.
Il think" said one, they are bet
ter looking than they used TO be-"
You're wrong" said the other.
they are simply better dressed.
when you and I We're boys" he
said. only a few had decent clothes,
and you could generally tell what
their husbands did by what they
Wore"
A lot in that when you come to
think OF It, II women are better
dressed, It must help the clothing
business, and IL 1t helps the clothing
business. It must help textiles and
the cotton growers.
High wages making for beauty on
the one hand and for trade on the
other-there's your philosophy Of the
American labor movement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

uOlnB very OlS
piece Of realistic character work.
And for that I am glad. like to
see an actor have a role which gives
him a chance to draw upon his re-
serve dramatic power. Lately, Sills
hasn't had such an opportunity But
he has it in Men of Steel"
Milton Stills is capable of doing
heavy dramatic work upon the
screen. What he needs is vehicle
which is big enough for him.
VIII admit that I became greatly
excited when the big scene in the
steel mills arrived. Hot, flowing
steel is moving under the control Of
mailman in the direction Of Stills.
Stills and another man are fighting
in high pot which is used to mold
the hot steel.
On comes this great bucket of hot
steel. Always moving closer, closer
and closer. 1t is death-approaching.
Nearer and nearer and it is about
ready to pour its death sting upon
the two fighting men.
If you do not get thrill out of
this splendidly handled scene then
you will have to walk out Of town
this week for your thrills.
OF course, Sills isn't burned to
death, nut the mailman has to be
handled. So he comes in contact
with live wire ana is hurled into
the big pot containing the hot fluid.
This is thrill.
Then there is a corking and even
unusual love story worked In and
against this realistic background.
And talk about comedy, there is
some which will make you howl. It
might be called Splitting" comedy.
This funny line Of business is put
FaWcstt. And this man FaWcett,
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
THE CEASELESS QUEST

M Comparison with conditions of workers in other
countries will make the American glad that he lives
In the United States.
Spain today goes under military dictatorship.
That means more labor for the worker. For in the
end he pays for the burdens of government whether
1t be the tyrannies of king the graft of city
boss.
The Italian worker has found out what dictator
ship means He is under orders to work nine
hours day a means Of bringing value back to the
Tire.
The fascist Mussoni remembers an adage from
his days OF socialism and knows that wealth is the
creation of labor. Therefore he proposes to create
wealth by making labor work harder
If you look at England you find two millions of
men who would like to work, but for whom there is
40 work s &
France is no better. In Europe, the one country
which is busy is the one defeated in war and the
Germans paying their profits as penalties for the
sins Of the Kaiser.
But even II the conditions are better in the
United States, the thoughtful worker will ask himself
how far the age Of machinery has brought him in
the ceaseess and endless quest of man to escape the
curse of Eden.
For the whole struggle OF mankind has been to
get away from that curse put upon Adam that thou
shalt eat thy bread in the sweat of thy brow"
Much we may tell ourselves that labor is dig
nifed and in itself an aim, all know that individ
nay and collectively try to escape labor and toll
A The individual does it by such makeshfts as
thrift and savings, by specuatons by shrewdness or
by taking advantage of his more guileless neghbor
Mankind has tried it by creating various forms
of civilization and industry, and they have all failed
Political changes have brought no relief Men
worked just hard under feudalism as thew do
under democracy and neither the socialism of Russia
or the fascism Of Italy changes the necessity of men
to work and toll
Nor does the form Of production give relief The
new era of industrial machinery has given men more
comforts and more Injuries, it has banished famine
and made wholesale poverty impossible, but it has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
All Husbands of Today Should Never
Forget to Make Love to Their Wives

to his wife. That is as it should
be because the wife was a terrible
cat
Meighan plays his part with fine
understanding. Renee Adore is the
dance hall girl, and what a marvel
Gus piece Of work she does in de-
veloping the soul character Of this
really big character. Aileen Prin-
gle fits splendidly into the role of
the wife who was so selfish that
even poison ivy couldn't grow near
her.
Here is Meighan picture that
VIII entertain you. 1t is a Para
mount.
Bill includes a comedy, organ and
orchestral music and other events.
At the Apollo all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

engineer q
builder Of bridges. For three years
he is Just the man about the great
house of his wealthy wife. He does
not even build bridges, but just
with the plans and ambitions of his
modern wife. Then the crash comes
the son plunges to his death
from the window Of the great house
while the mother is broadcasting a
bunch Of applesauce about wanting
to be a State senator. She is
making a plea that the Senate needs
mothers, who know how to protect
their children and make their hus-
bands happy. Applesauce. Yes.
And while she is spreading it, her
own son falls to his death.
This drives the husband, played
by Meighan, into South Ameri-
ca to build a big bridge. He
starts BOOKING In order ito forget"
That is silly, but he does a fine job
of ii. So much so he doesn't have
time to work on the bridge. So he
is relieved from active work while
he sobers up. He nearly kills him
self. He gets the fever and is
nursed back to health by a good
bad dancing girl in a dive. She is
the real article and they learn to
love each other honorably.
Then the wife arrives from New
York because she was defeated for
election to the Senate because the
voters would not elect a woman who
was not living with her husband.
She wants her. hubby back so she
can campaign more successfully. So
she poisons the mind of the little
dance girl and the dance girl hurls
herself to death.
And the husband does not go back
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
Murray Signed

John T. Murray, comedian.
has signed long-term contract
with Warner Brothers, to be
featured in series Of comedies
with Louise Fazenda.
Murray has had an unusual.
ly interesting career. He was
a headliner in Orpheum vaude-
vile for several seasons; he
starred at the Winter Garden
for eight years, and played one
Of the leading roles in May
time for two years. He has
appeared in dozens Of pictures.
among them Sally" "Madon-
ma Of the Streets winds of
Chance" and "Bardelys The
Magnificent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
Movie Verdict

CIRCLE-Milton Stills has
one Of the best movies Of his
career in Men of Steel" A
gigantic movie event.
OIIO-Rudolph Valentino in
Son of the Sheik," continues
to break box office records.
COLONIAL-Irene Rich does
some fine dramatic and COM
edy work in "Silken Shackles."
APOLLO-"Tin Gods" is a
Thomas Meighan picture which
will please and interest movie
fans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
GOOD THEATER is TOM
MEIGHAN'S LATEST MOVIE

After you see Tom Meighan in
Tin Gods" you will have the feel
in that you have been mighty well
entertained.
I had that feeling after sc cling
Meighan in a movie that boasts of
a. good story and one which gives
him chance at dramatic work.
Tin Gods" is the story Of a wife,
very wealthy In her own name, who
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6tAo pCAANANo cAAAA
forgets her home,
her husband and
her little boy.
She is about the
most selfish and
s e ! ( centered
woman, who has
paraded b e f or e
the movie screen
for many months.
How even her
husband C o u l d
t o l e r a t @ her
selhshness f o r
three years is be-
yond me. The
husband is a real
he man as we'll as
being a great
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movie is played
by Irene Rich.
The husband who
f org e t s how to
make love to his
wife af t er the
h o n e y m o o n, is
played by Huntly
Gordon and the
unmarried m a n
who is willing to
make love to any
woman is played
by Victor Varconi.
The wife you will
meet in this story
wants to be loved.
More so when her
husband gives up
chic 0nnfln hllf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

When did the English writer
Chaucer live, and what is his most
famous work?
He lived A. D. 1910 to 14oO. His
most famous work is the Canter-
bury Tales.
Has "Gentleman Prefer Blondes"
been produced in the movies? Who
is the author of the story?
The movie production is not fin
ished but soon will be by the Famous
Players Lasky Corporation. The
book was written by Anita Loos and
the dramatized version has been
quite successful.
How is artificial marble made?
BY hardening gypsum and also
from magnesium oxide and magne-
SUM chloride which may have mar
BILE dust mixed with 1t. 1t is used
for ornaental purposes.
Which of the Justices of the
United States Supreme Court wrote
the decision in the Danbury Hatters
case? Who was Chief Justice at the
time?
Associate Justice Charles Evans
Hughes wrote the decision Edward
D. White was Chief Justice at the
time. 1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

The love-making business should
not stop after the wedding cere-
mony.
That's the lesson tucked away in
the theme of "Silken Shackles."
And the problem is still more in
teresting when the wife role of this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

NOIlu w dS lOlu
from New York
that Stills had an
other Sea Hawk"
in Men Of Steel"
Am told that Stills
wrote this story,
and to get the
right atmosphere
the picture was ac-
tually made in the
steel mills. In
THE Sea Hawk"
Stills had a roman
tic role full of
color. The nature
of his work in
Men of Steel" is
entirely different.
Here we have Stills
doinn q vary tnir
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
The Weak Link

Just now there is considerable dis
cussion of how to maintain the pros
perity we are enjoying.
One way. believe. is to increase
the buying power Of the farmers.
Here is a great class of people who
have not been let into the market
10,000,000 Of them and more, who
are obviously underpaid and are
weakening the whole structure of
American business in consequence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
"NTEN OF STEEL" HAS
RIGHT TO CLAIM HONORS

There has been a whole lot said in
praise of Men Of Steel" with Milton
Sills, being a corking good movie.
Long before Stills revealed himself
in this one at the Circle, the movie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

is a big one and First National has
in it one of the very best vehicles
that Milton Stills has had. Stills has
given the screen two big ones
Men Of Steel and THE Sea
Hawk"
Bill includes an overture, a News
reel and other events.
At the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
KNOW YOUR STATE /.

INDIANA has an official State banner and
an official flower. The banner is blue held
with torch and nineteen stars; the flower, the
blossom Of the tulip tree, white flower with
heavy yellow petals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
! At the Ohio all week.
INDIANAPOLIS thea+er

Indianapolis theaters today offer:
what's Your Husband Doing" at
English's; Markwith brothers and
Eddy, at the Palace; the Volga Sing
ers, at the Lyric; Latin Through"
at the Broadway; Flaming Waters. "
at the Isis, and 1.-THE Wise Guy" at
the Uptown.
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T 7
VALENTINO PICTURE
REMAINS AT THE OHIO

The Ohio was telling the truth
when the management announced
that it was necessary to hold 1.-THE
Son of the Sheik," Valentines last
picture over for this week, making
its second.
Never before, am told, has so
many people attempted to get into
this theater. Capacity business is
the rule. So it was absolutely neces.
sary to hold this picture over this
week. I reviewed it at length last
week in this department.
At the Ohio all week.
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Que StiOns and
Answers

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton Of fact or INFORMATION by writing
bureau, 1922 New York Ave. washing
ton. d. c.. inclosing 2 oeuts in stamps
for reply. Medical. legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All other
Tnsisned REQUESTS cannot be answered.
All letters are conf icntial.-Editor.
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Some read the cook book to see what to have for
dinner when they should read the bank book