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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-06
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Bid the Highest Valued of
Two Suits of Even
Strength,
BY Milton c. Work.
The pointer for today is;


With two suits of equal length and
equal or nearly equal strength, bid
the higher-valued first.
Between two suits Of the same
length and nearly the same strength
for example: Spades, King-Queen.10.
Xxx and Hearts, Ace-Queen-10-x-x)
the holder has little choice and tn
important thing is to force the part
ner to select the suit in which he
is longer. Even when the difference
in the partners holding is slight, it
is most important that he should
make a choice. To play with a trump
of which the partner has three cards
rather than one Of which he has two
is apt to make the difference be
tween success and failure. The
choice is given to the partner when
1t is possible for the original bidder
to bid two suits; but If the lower-val
ued be named first, there may be EN-.
barrassment when the time comes 10
make the selection. Suppose, for eX.
ample, that the partner NORTH holds
three small Hearts, two small Spade
and four worthless cards In each
Minor; that the Dealer South hold
ing Sp.: Ace-Queen-10-x-X. 1T: Ace
King-Jack-x.x. Di.: AceKing. Cli
x bid first one Heart and then owe"
an adverse two Clubs, two Spades
1t would be important for North
West having passed. to show his
preference for Hearts, the suit ia
which he is the longer: but in order
to do so he would have to Increase
the size Of his partners bid (Which
with a trickless hand. he would hate
to do). as it takes three Hearts to
overcall two Spades. II, however.
the first bid had been one Spade and
after the adverse Minor. South had
called two Hearts, North could have
passed to show preference for
Hearts; or had Spades been his pref.
erence, he could have shown 1t by y
bid of two Spades, and I'm either
event could choose without increae
ing the size Of the contract.
HdNS do you think a Dealer should
bid the following hands? They will
be discussed tomorrow.
l. Sp.: King-Queen-x-x-x. TIT: Ace.
Nng-Jack'x-x. Di: XXX. CT: Ace.
2. Sp.: King-Jack-x-x-x. lit: Acc.
King-Queen-x-x. Di.: XXX. Cl.: Ace
3. Sp.: Queen-10-x-x.x-x 1T: Ace
King-Jack-x-x. d.: x. C1,: Ace.
Copyright, John F.. Ollie Co.
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DESSA BYRD TURNS
ORGAN INTO ORCHESTRA

Let the women do it, appears to
be the idea ut the Circle this week.
And how the women do do It!
They are so important this week
that Sto!arevsky, Circle orchestra
director. bows himself gracefully
away from the overture, turning
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BELL HOPS ADvANCE

HONOLULU. Dec. 6.-Bell-hop-
ping has its advantages in an educa-
tional way. Eighty japanese boys
who have been successful applicants
for positions as bell bows in a new
Kail1il1i hotel which viii open soon.
have been enrolled by the company
in a local school TO perfect the use
Of, their English language.
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"INSPIRED NEWS"

INSPIRED NEWS
TO the st. Louis Post-Dispatch we in
debted for the light upon the manner In which the
state department iegged the Associated Press into
an anonymous attack on Mexico, in preparation for
the publication of Mr.. Kellogs notes"
(The Post-Dispatch article, we understand, was
published Sunday, Nov 2S This newspaper first
gave the origin of the Associated Press story of
1.-THE Specter of Mexcan-Fostered Bolshevist Hege-
mony Intervening Between the United States and
Panama Canal" on Nov 20)
ITO the Baltimore Sum-" the World continues
I'VE are indebted for apt description of the
dangers which tactics of this sort invite. Says the
Sum-
eff the State Department proposes to attack
Mexico, it should do openly and hold itself &C
countable; if an individual press association or an
individual newspaper proposes to attack Mexico, 1t
should act individually it's information and hold
itself accountable. To have the State Department
and the heads of press services conniving to put
out weasel.worded attacks on Mexico based upon
moral certainties" is to invite distortion of public
opinion, and to destroy that direct precise respon
sbility which must be the ultimate safeguard of
accuracy in information given the people,"
Then the World goes on:
There is challenging the truth of these
statements There is no way of characterizng the
efforts of State Department official to inspire an
anonymous attack upon friendly nation for an
Interior purpose in which the State Department dis
avows responsibility, except dishonorable.
"Ths is what happened on Tuesday, Nov is;
when Assistant Secretary Odds prevailed upon the
Associated Press to food the newspapers of this
country with a mischevous, sensational and alto
gether irresponsible story (for which Mr. Odds him.
self admitted privately that he had no PROOF to the
effect that Mexican bolshevism was reaching down
through Nicaragua to threaten American defenses of
the Panama canal. In this case the State Depart
ment STOPPING to deception and intrigue; the
Associated Press was permitting itself to be used
semioflcial news agency. with all of the loss
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and sitting, applauded both the or
ganist and the composition. Don't
dare to tell me that the world Is not
getting to be a better musical place
to live in. The women have an
other chance to show what they can
do along entertainment lines when
the Parasian Red Heads stage re-
view called "What Girls Can Do"
These girls turn out to be a mighty
warm jazz playing orchestra. They
do mighty well with a selected group
Of pretty tunes from 1.-The Student
Prince Mary Jayne, a woman,
acts as mistress Of ceremony. She
lacks comedy but makes up for ev-
erything when she sings new tune
of Irving Berlin.
The movie has the featured serv-
ices of Corinne Griffith in "Syncopat-
ing Sue" Here is a successful at
tempt to get comedy out Of the girl
who sells sheet music as well as the
guy who plays it in an orchestra.
"Syncopating Sue" is a human
little story of a girl who played the
popular stuff on the piano in sheet
music story. She wanted to be the
grand dame on the stage. She got
headed that way but she didn't like
certain matinee engagement. So
she and the movie gets nightly melo-
dramatic for a while, but even the
suspicioned bad man IA stage pro-
ducer), turns out to have wings.
The real making" Of this movie
are supplied by Miss Griffith and
Tom Moore. Here is human love
comedy work. Mighty pleasin'.
The cast is as follows:
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BEATRICE LILLE BRINGS
FINE METHOD TO SCREEN

Beatrice Lille is a hit on the Lon
don revue stage and she repeated
her success when she came to
America to do revue work.
In Exit Smiling" Miss Lille does
an individual comedy characterize
ton which pro es that she is an
artist. 1t may take quite a little
e.
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Associated Fathers Is a New Method
to Make an Ugly Duckling Beautiful
By Walter ID. Hickman

Cinderella no longer needs a fairy
godmother to make her beautiful and
rich.
Said Cinderella does not need
a dainty foot and a glass slipper to
get her Prince Charming.
All she needs is The Associated
Fathers group of men who know
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LA PLANTE HAS A
HIT AT THE COLONIAL

Laura La Plant. in our opinion,
will make a success OF any picture
in which she carries the leading role.
In Her Big Night" at the Colonial
this week Miss La Plante offers a
farce that is entertainment from the
first foot of film to the final "clinch."
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how to act. Am
trying TO tell you
about one of the
smartest a n d
brainiest little
comedies that the
screen has turned
out in many a day.
1t is called "Ev-
erybody's Acting"
1t is so important
and so worth
while that I tell
you that 1t Is a
Famous Players
Lasky production
and that Marshall
Neilan directed 1t.
Wow! What q
cast. 1t is peopled
by such reason
a b1e actors rs
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over this impor-
tant item to Dessa
Byrd and the pipe
organ. By select
ing Poet and
Peasant" as the
organ overture,
Miss Byrd DEM
onktrates what a
power she Is at
the organ. She
really turns the
instrument into a
great and power
full grand opera
orchestra. And
the beauty Of it is
that a capacity
audience, taking
every inch of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-06

IN her Big
Night" most of
the pictuer goes
to Miss La plante
and Lee Moran,
who enacts the
part OF the hard
W ork ing press
agent of a IA
nous film star.
If a press agents
job is as hard as
his, we will for
ever stay away
from that voca-
ton.
The story tells
Of a famous and
[ e m D Ornamental
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NAAAA0 ~ o. ~
quainted with her
method on the
screen. 1t Is a
combination o +
high comedy with
telling dramatic
work. At times
she nearly does a
comedy monolog,
especially in the
scene when she is
a love sick girl
trying to get out
the daily ironing.
She Is magnifi-
Gently funny in
this scene. Here
is real high com.
ndu rrrnrlr Cha ir
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10 The Indianapolis Times Washiugton
Tor reply. Medical. LEGAL and MARTA!
ds eanqEot be ysn 99r can eN'e aiSsT
questions viii receive a personal reply.
UNSIGNED requests cannot be answered.
How is Ivy propa gated and what
varieties are best for covering a wall?
Ivy is usually propagated from
cuttings. The varieties most used
for ornamental purposes are Eng
lish. Boston or Japanese and Vir-
ginia creeper. The Boston iyv
clings close to the wall and grows
rapidly. 1t is one of the best hardy
vines for the city. English ivy
grows more slowly but stays green
in winter.
What Is the value of a United
States rs cent fractional currency,
issue of 1874 with bust of Walker?
30 cents.
What significance does the word
Limited" after the name of Brit
ish or Canadian company signify?
That it is a public company whose
stockholders are individually liable
for the company's debts only to a
specified amount.
What are the names of the in
sects catching plants?
The sundews, the butterworts and
the bladderworts.
What was the treaty of Guadalupe
HidalgO? What did it settle?
A treaty signed Feb. 2, 184S, be-
tween Nicholas Trist, representing
the United States and representa-
tives of the Mexican government.
Trist had been given power to make
such treaty, but had been recalled.
The President of the United States
was extremely angry with him for
his disobedience, but nevertheless ac-
copied the treaty because it was
practically in accord with his earlier
instructions. In addition to fixing
the boundaries and disposing of
American claims against Mexico, 1t
provided for the payment Of SIS, O00,-
600 by the United States.
Where is the Island of Guam, who
owns it and by whom is It governed?
It is the largest Of the Ladrone
group lying in the Pacific Ocean
about / ,450 miles east of Manila. 1t
was acquired by the United States
from Spain at the close Of the Span
ish-American War. It's chief value
is that it affords a naval base and
coaling station. 1t is governed by
a Naval officer designated by the
President.
who in American history was
popularity known as ''The Pathfind-
err?
That Is a popular nickname for
General John c. Fremont, bestowed
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At the Ohio all week.
Questions and Answers

on account Of his success In discov-
ering passes leading from the Miss
issippi valley to the Pacific coast.
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Chaliapin has arrived in indian
apolis with his company to appear
at the Murat tonight in THE Ear
Der of Seville" Ona B. Talbot who
risled everything to give Indian
apolis this treat. thinks that the
largest audience ever assembled for
opera in this city will be present to-
night.
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NEWS rs ONLY AS RELIABLE
AS IT'S SOURCE

The New York (morning) World, side by side
with it's editorial page masthead declaring itself a
member of the Associated Press" had this to say
Friday:
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natural born mimic and this trait
Of character helps her to find her
place easily before the screen.
In Exit Smiling" she Is the
troupe slavey to one night stand
dramatic company. She was the
worlds worst actress on the stage
but in real life-well the little
slavey was a regular star. And she
did all for love, only TO take her
final curtain by herself. This movie
gives Miss Lille a chance at an in
dividual comedy and dramatic char
acterization Of real strength and
purpose.
She has the services Of Jack Pick
ford as a small town lad who is
misunderstood until the last few
feet Of film. Pickford still uses that
natural, half bashful way to put
over his comedy, and that character.
istic comes in handy in this movie.
Exit Smiling" is a little story
about life in the days when actors
'Ioved"to play one-night stands. It
sounds like comedy, but it is a mix
ture Of comedy and drama.
Venice is the city where Charlie
Davis and his gang is located this
week. Davis is doing better each
week. which shows that he is study
Ing his business. He has about
eliminated nearly all of some mighty
poor comedy which was present in
his earlier presentations. He Is now
realizing that people want melody
and a lot of it. They want him to
hand out melody instead OF aged
comedy.
The big hit this week Is when
Charlie Davis waves his hand and
a piano on an automatic stage comes
into view. Davis is a real pianist
And when he calls upon Dick Powell
to sing while he plays-well. the
riot starts.
Davis this week introduces a male
singing team and an eccentric
dancer. Davis and his gang are Civ.
ing the very best Offering Of their
season this week. Fine. mighty
fine.
At the Ohio all week.
Other theaters today offer: Sophie
Tucker and Ted Lewis in lie
Mares Affairs" at English's;
Francis Renault at the Lyric; Ma
tionality Week at Keith's; Fred Ar
oath at the Palace; "Stella Dallas"
at the Uptown; prisoners of the
Storm" at the Isis; SOS Your Old
Man" at the Sanders; Heroes of
the Big Shows" at the South Side,
and burlesque at the Mutual.
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Let Mr.. Fixit present your case to
e Guy o Pm. lie Is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hall. Write him
al Tho Times.
Water in a Brightwood alley is
deep enough to drown a child. is tho
startling information Mr.. FiMt re
ceived today.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: The alley be
tween Olney and Gale SITS. at L.
Eleventh st. is getting worse all the
time. At present the water has
backed up until it is half u lot wide
and deep enough to drown q child.
Children throw bricks in it, also
tin cans, nails and lately there wa4
a barrel floating. Boards with nails
sticking up foster punctures.
WILLIS NJ. COHEN,
1903 n, Olney St
The street superintendent dc
partment promised fast action in
this terrible situation.
DEAR MR.. FIXITi You have
helped others, so try to help us. On
the corner OF the alley and the boule.
ward between keystone Ave. and st.
Peters is a vacant lot belonging to
the city. All kinds Of rubbish and
garbage are dumped on It. See II
It can be cleaned and a sign put up.
Also see If the boulevard on the east
side Of st. Peters can be filed.
A READER.
A good suggestion. The streets
department will investigate. That
division also Is probing the com
plant.
DEAR MIR. F1XIT: The first al
ley east Of Illinois st. and north Of
REIMBURSEMENT st. was torn up by
a workman making a sewer connec-
ton with the Marott Hotel garage
on Twenty-Seventh st. It was never
properly levelled and now it is prac
tically impossible to get ones car
out of the garage.
CIVIC MINDED.
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Eddie Murphy ......... Tom Moore
Arthur Bennett $500. Rockliffe Fellowes
JOG norm .....ss Lee moran
Marge Adams .......... Joyce, compton
Marjorie Rambeau -. Marjorie Rambeau
A comedy, a news reel and a car
toon comedy make up the bill.
At the Circle AL rNAk.
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You can get an answer to anv ques-
ION 10 THE i ada3 M iSf Times wssSnston n
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Washing
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Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
An lettcrs are CONFIDENTIAL Editor.
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Work, the International authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques.
tions on the group for Times reaI
ers who write to him through the
Times, inclosing a self-addresscd,
stamped envelope.
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MR.. FIXIT
Protests High Water in
BrightWood Alley.

city officials. He Is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hall. Write him
at The Times.
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Who in American history was
popularity known as ''The Pathflnd-
err?
That Is a popular nickname for
General John c. Fremont, bestowed
The Washington times., 1926-07-01
SLIM HOPE FOR
UTILITIES BILL

The prospect Of Congress passing
the measure creating an independ-
ent Public Utilities Commission for
the District is now consider ed
doubtful.
With adjournment Saturday the
Senate has an extremely heavy
calendar, and two evening sessions
are to be held, tonight and to-
morrow night. in an attempt to pass
the more important measures.
The public utilities bill may be
among the measures enacted, but
there are various amendments to
be threshed out in conference with
the House, and 1t is doubtful that
these differences can be reccnciled
in time.
On the assumption that the meas.
ure is to be passed, however, vari-
Gus candidates for the two rev
memberships-the District Engineer
Commissioner being the first mem
Der under the terms Of the Senate
biIl-have appeared In the field. Re-
ports are current that the local
Republican machine will make a de-
termined effort to control Presi-
dent Coolidge's appointments to the
commission. So far, however, 1t
has not been revealed what names
the local machine will put forward
for the two prospective posts.
The Federation of Citizens As
sociations has Endorsed w. Mack.
Clayton for one Commissionership
in recognition OF his long and. in.
tensive service in behalf of public
utilities legislation here. There
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CHILDREN SROW
!. BR|NC5F|GHT

A fight over the ownership of
IA rubber ball, between a little girl
and a little boy, last night resulted
In the serious injury of Emmett
Putnam, 3S years old, Ais Third
st. N. W., according to the police.
Putnam's young son and ,Huddle-
ston's little daughter were playing
on the sidwealk and became en-
gagged in a alteration over ball,
1t is said, when Huddleston inter-
fered. E, ~ aF', H.
The boy then went home and
told his father of the affair and
Putnam went to Huddleston's
home. A Heated argument ensued
and Putnam is alleged to4 have
struck Huddleston.
The latter then drew a pocket
knife and cut Putnam on the face
and arm, the police claim. Put
nam. later went to Casualty hos.
pital and Huddleston was arrested
by police OF the Sixth precinct. He
was held on q charge of assault.
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News Briefs
TAKEN FROM TODAY's
CLASSIFIED ADS
owner Leaving; Must selI

Owner Leaving; Must Sell
s ROOMS and bath e rooms
deep). colonial front porch,
rear double porches. hot-water
heat, electric lights; located on
9Th ST., near G N. e. This IL
"a well-built house and is won
! derful condition. Owner leaving
the city. Priced low for quick
sale.
See Classification So.
4
Apt. In New Home
ILL AVE. N. w.-Attractive
apt. in new Petworth home.
large airy rooms, kitchen. bath.
with showers; spacious screened
porch: ideal location; adJoins
/. gas and cleo. included: adults.
I See Classification sc.
pa $500 For 40 Days !,
/. PARTY wants $500 for 40 days
bonus and per cent interest.
Security on real estate property.
See classification 20,
We Don't Doubt It n
w IL paint At1y tIlihBs DGSI quda~
ity of material and workman
ship used exclusively.
See classification s.
Pedlgreed Pup
|. GERMAN POLICE-Male. %,
mos; pedigreed, registered.
Fine watch dog; cheap.
! See Classification 81.
Can You Boss Statesmen?
: SALES manager. office, and 4
: saIesmen. Ready to subdivide
acreage or list exclusively sub
division for sale rs lots In Vir-
( ginia; near Clarendon.
See Classification 5.
The above wants and offers
are only q few Of the hundreds
Of interesting. propositions adVef-
sised in tOday's Classified Adver.
Using section. Turn. there. now. Z.
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PLAN I0L IS
TRADE BOARD

a. thorough investigation into the
reasons behind the proposed In
crease In the Districts tax rate
was launched today by the Wash
ingfon Board OF Trade following
authentic reports that District
Auditor Daniel j.. Donovan plans
to recommend TO the Commissio
tomorrow asrate OF $3.50 or S1.S5
for 1927. The rate now is-$1.70.
Joshua Evans, jr., chairman OF
the municipal finance committee OF
the Board OF Trade, plans to call q
meeting of his committee within
the next week., to begin q probe
into the proposed increases. # -
expected that as a result Of this
meeting the District Commissioners
win be asked to explain in detail
why, with the proposed budget Tor
the next fiscal year, 1t will probably
be found necessary to increase the
levy on real estate by 10 cents or
15. cents on each 500 Of assessed
value.
! Came as Shock
Reports Of the proposed increase
came as a shock to members OF the
Board Of Trade, it was declared to-
day at that organizations head
quarters. Last fall series Of
meetings were held with District
Commissioners and other municipal,
officials at the Board Of Trade
headquarters, at which the Dis
trict's finances were discussed in
detail.
AS a result of these meetings, an
agreement was reached that IL the
total budget appropriations for tho
District were kept within $3s,000,-,
900, the tax rate could easily be
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IN -THE NTCK oF ZINE !!

kept down to s1.70 on each 500 %
assessed value Of real state. and
it was on this basis that the cur
rent rate was fixed.
Consequently when it was learned
that the budget appropriations for
the next fiscal year would sim be
within the $4,000. 900 figure agreed
on at the conferences last fan it
was taken for granted BY Board q
Trade members that the tax rate
would not go above $1.7O.
Want Explanation
The organizations leaders de.
clared today that they didn't
know what it was all about when
they heard OF the proposed increase.
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POPULAR FICTION

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perfect husband.
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bacco.
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Ashes OF Desire,s-OId maids.
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MEN Call It LOve"-Parking,
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20, Genteel Lady-A lost
woman.
''Flapper Anna question u
age.
Happiness IN Marriage"-The
house Of mfrtIi.
'Woman's -Chapped
IAN Actors Confessions"-
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