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pearance Of Chateau Thierry and
the wanderings of a former Ameri-
can soldier, who has returned TO
find the girl he left behind after the
war was over. We are given flash
backs showing the occurrences on a
memorable night when the said
young soldier was in bad with the
NJ. P's.
The girl turns out to be a
prominent star in the "Follies
Bergere," and for some time does
not recognize the boy who was so
sure she would go wild" There
is some rather likable comedy TO the
act. but Mademoiselle Janet is the
one big feature.
Dance Mad is entirely dances, and
they are of an excellent type. We
have two women and two men who
feature specialties and several num-
bers in ensemble. OF all the dances
given by this act the two best are
probably the Cinderella number by
one Of the girls I'm which she gives
us an excellent Charleston and a
speciality dance by one of the men.
Kenny and Hollis are two hard
working men whose offering is
comedy of all kinds. They start the
act with many wise cracks" with
lot Of humor in them and then to
finish off things call in just about
the whole OF the bill in a series Of
comic and burlesque incidents.
Olga Kane, with a man at the
piano goes over very we'll with a
selection Of popular songs and is a
first rate entertainer. She would
have a slightly better act if the
comedy were to be eliminated
Sankus and Silvers open the bill
with some acrobatic features that
are interesting on account Of the
difficulty attached to them
Bill includes a photoplay Silence"
and a News Reel.
At the Palace today and tomorrow
By the Observer
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Gaul Is Given Greatest Ovation in
History of Stuart Walker Season

good act, we'll balanced in every
way.
The Paul Brothers open the bill
with some rather daring acrobatic
features in which one Of the men
balances the other at the top Of d
long pole.
The Kellers close with an act that
for a while is an excellent burlesque
imitation Of the old-time circus and
the character who stood out front
and told of all the mysteries in the
side show. They finish the act with
some gymnastic features.
At the Lyric all week. By the
Observer
Other theaters today offer: Mile.
Modesto at the Circle; "A Social
Celebrity" at the Ohio; "The Dew
lis Circus" at the Apollo; "Wild
Oats Lane" at the Colonial, and
stop, Look and Listen" at the Isis.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

This city is contributing more
and more to the literary as well as
the dramatic field of literature.
The new spring publication Of
Samuel French, New York, includes
a farce comedy in three acts by Test
Dalton of Indianapolis, called "Ad-
ans Apple"
In discussing the Tiay and its his
tory in the French edition. Dalton
states that lin the course of twelve
years this play was entirely rewrit-
ten twenty seven times"
According to Dalton. the play then
known as Uncle john was first
accepted by the late John Bunny. 1t
was the stars intention TO produce
the play in san Francisco and then
take it on his world tour. which was
cut short by h!s death.
Mr.. T. r. Edwards Of Samuel
French always believed in the play
and secured the amateur rights
when no one else would even look
at the play" Dalton states. "A
few years later it was presented in
stock by the Temple Players at FIT.
Wayne, Ind, under the title Of
Uncle John
In 1919 it was again presented by
the stock company at the Travis
Theater in Houston. Texas. and in
August 1898, by the Municipal Stock
Company in Indianapolis under the
direction of Carlton Guy.
The play was recently presented at
Sacramento. Cal, under it's last title.
Adams Apple" and Snub Pollard
played a lengthy vaudeville season
Of it in tabloid form under the title
Of Uncle John" according to Dali
ton. Pollard was seen on two diff.
ferent engagements in this version
at the Palace in this city.
The play is dedicated by Dalton
to his friend, Walter Poulter, who
created the role Of Uncle John in
the original production.
The other night. way after mid.
night, I had reached the point Of
mental and nervous exhaustion. and
on taking up the new copy of the
French edition of Adams Apple"
] became so interested and so happy
in Dalton's farce comedy that | fin
ished it before it was bath time in
the morning. Dalton has real stu
atoms and mighty funny character.
izations. They ring true, although
the characters are placed in both
comedy and farce situations.
If ever a play was written to make
people laugh, then Adams Apple"
is such a play. It is seldom that
I get a bunch OF real laughs by
merely reading a play, but Adams
Apple" started one day for me in
good frame Of mind. And it is
good TO be happy with the world.
Dick, or I should rather say, Rich
ard Halliburton, author of 1.-THE
Royal Road to Romance," now in
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GIERSDORFF SISTERS
HAVE GOOD DANCE ACT

A diversity of offerings is the
feature of the Giersdorff Sisters act
at the Lyric for the week The
three sisters seem able to do about
anything needed to entertain. They
dance. each in a different way and
then to top it off play a couple of
musical instruments apiece. The
jazz band with them furnishes the
music for the dancers and several
numbers of it's own.
There is one number in the act
that is Of the very highest type OF
musical offering. 1t is a trio with
violin. flute and piano. The number
played was the Indian Love Can
from Rose Marie.
The dancing features were all
good but one. One of the girls is
clever when it comes to the Charles
ton or any Of the popular dances of
the day and it is a pleasure to watch
her in dance Of this type, but there
is one thing she ought to learn, an
Oriental dance consists of much
more than a series Of back bends
and a prominent clarinet in a Jazz
orchestra. Some things have to be
done right or it is better not to do
them at all.
Holmes and Dane are two women,
whose entire offering is melody of
an entertaining nature. One of the
women plays the piano and saxo.
phone and the other sings. Their
best features are the jazzy songs
that are so popular today.
Fabiano, is another of those art
lists. who can come out on the stage
and impress. through the instrument
he plays, his personality upon the
audience. lie plays the mandolin
and can't say that I have ever heard
a better player on this instrument.
lie Is another who is catering to
the public and playing what they
want instead Of what someone
thinks they should want. As an
encore he played a piece that I i'm
agine very difficult, the Sextett
from Lucia with full harmony.
Marie and Corbett are a man and
woman who enliven the bill with
comedy and songs. The comedy
comes from the peculiar situation a
night Waterman at a girls camp
finds himself, being played by the
man.
The Exposition Four is a colored
quartet which can certainly deliver
the goods when it comes to singing
in harmony. And from the way a
couple of them dance the Charles
ton it would seem that these boys
originated the dance. They have a
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Dostoievskys second wife, Anna
Gregorevna Snifkin. It has been
enthusiastically received in London,
where it has already been published.
The London Observer says Of it:
THE diary is almost exclusively a
record Of Dostoievsky's passion for
roulette and of the straits to which
he and his wife were reduced by
poverty, but it's real value lies in
the evidence it gives that, even
which his passion was his master
and was compelling him to bring
disaster into his home, he remained
an unselfsh and lovable man, i'm
whose company Nine. DostoieYslly.
in spite of her material distress, WAS
supremacy happy"
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Indianapolis Playwright on Spring
List of Samuel French With Farce
= WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW

its fourth printing by Bobbs-Merrill,
found time tc pay me a brief visit
yesterday while Ell route to New
York.
Halliburton speaks this afternoon
in New York, and that winds up
his lecture tour. which started last
November. lie then will resume his
writing for the next four months in
New York.
Have the following item Of interest
from Dutton &, Co.:
An early June publication Of f.
+. Dutton e. Co. will be "Dosttoiev-
sky, Portrayed by His Wife trans
lated from the Russian by S. S.
koteliansky. 1t consists chiefly Of
chapters from the "reminiscences Of
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and melodies thar
BRING back the days
II seven or eight
Years ago when
stirring s C @ II e $
we're being enacted
On the fronts i'm
France, Janet of
France at the
Palace today and to-
morrow is about as
entertaining a little
person as one could
wish TO see these
" a r m and lazy
days.
The act depicts
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MORE JUDGES PROPOSED
Bar Association to Discuss Increas-
ing Supreme Court.

In a tentative resolution drafted
by officers Of the state Bar Associa-
ton proposal is made that the Leg
islature amend the State constitu-
ton so the number Of Supreme Court
judges may be increased from five to
nine or fifteen. The committee draft
ing the resolution was composed Of
Joseph II. shea, Samuel Ashby and
the late. Robert w. Mcbride.
Passage by two legislative ses-
sions and ratification at a popular
election would be necessary before
the change could be made effective.
The matter VIII be discussed at the
Bar Association meeting in Michigan
City In June. Due to the large num-
Der Of appeals arising. the court is
unable to keep up with the docket,
it is pointed out.
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night in a role that he has made
perfect. Here, last night, we wit
messed Indianapolis applauding and
cheering not only a favorite, but real
artistry, great big human character
creation. 1t Is seldom that curtain
calls are granted after the first act,
but Gaul was brought forward time
and time again at the close of the
first act. His great dramatic
triumph at the close of the second
act resulted in a curtain talk. The
third curtain resulted in many of
the audience lingering in their seats
to applaud Gaul and Miss Mona
Kingsley, who rose to wonderfully
real dramatic heights in the second
and third acts.
The great big outstanding things
in tho THE Seventh Heaven" are
as follows:
FiRt-Perfect acting on the part
Of Gaul. Here is more than good
theater, 1t is the best of entertain
ment. It moves from slum melo-
drama to mellow comedy in Paris:
from the sewer to heaven" and
from heaven to terrible human suf-
fering. Love wins all. Selp praise
and individual faith in oneself does
the rest for Chico. Gaul catches
every phase of the many moods Of
Chico. This sewer cleaner who
dreams OF a heaven on earth with.
out God is every inch a real man.
Gaul re-creates the character. Here
is as wonderfully realistic human
acting as 7 have ever seen. Marvellous
theater. l am raving about one of
the perfect pieces Of real acting on
the American stage.
Second-The human soul and
heart work Of Mona Kingsley as
Diane, a jewel in a Paris slum, a
slave Of the drug-crazed sister by
the name Of Mana, played with
savage intensity by Margaret Doug
las. 1t is in the second act when
Diane gets into the seventh heaven
that Miss Kingsley starts TO come
Into her own. Before the second
act is completed she has earned the
right Of being seriously considered
as one Of the dramatic futures Of
the stage. And when the third act
is over. the future for Miss Kings.
ley is here, she is a great dramatic
artist.
Third-The splendid introduction
that Ernest Cossart gave us in the
character oS Boul, the taxi driver
who thought his cab was a lady.
Fine work.
Fourth-The studied performance
Of Alan F1oud as Pere Chevillon.
Others in the cast include
George Meeker, Kaye Francis, Jack
Storey, Victor Hammond, Larry
Fletcher Especially good in the
third aco, Harry Piehl. John Thorn.
Edgar Henning. Judith Lowry and
]. =. Wheatley.
From a scenic standpoint "Sev-
enth Heaven" had all the attributes
needed. A most satisfactory pro.
ductlon. The lights were well
handled.
THE Seventh Heaven" is mighty
fine theater. 1t gets into the heart.
A dramatic trick, yes, but completely
justified.
My final summary Is thls-stuart
Walker has never given indiana po-
lis more enjoyable production and
better theater than he has given in
1.-THE Seventh Heaven"
At Keith's all week.
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THE
VERY IDEA!
BY Hal Cochran
WELL ENOUGH

That blamed expression well
enough" has caused a heap Of trou-
BILE. Because Of it our finest stuff
has oft been just a bubble. We
have a task that must be done. but
do it in the rough because we feel
when it's begun, when done, it's well
enough.
I wonder who the man can be who
let that boner slip. Let well
enough alone" said he. We all have
grabbed the tip. In daily things that
we must meet, we slide them by and
stuff. At heart we know it's indis-
Greet to do just well enough.
OF course that gets you by, but
then, there's not much satisfaction
in doing things haphazard when
you've SWITCHED by just a fraction.
The finest job a man can do is wor-
thy of the trouble. 1t brings the pep
that sees you through and makes
the pleasure double.
The world will keep on going
though you pick the softest way to
make your daily showing, but, you'll
find it doesn't pay. Try cutting out
the we'll enough, and be the sort Of
man who doesn't slide along on bluff,
but does the best he can.
If fish really is good brain food,
it's a shame, for some people, that
they don't sell whale meat.
You never know just what to do
with a pen that won't write. Why
not leave it in some postofice?
He bought hunters license, but
It didn't work so nice.
In spite of it, they pinched the guy
For shooting loaded dice.
Now we know what has become Of
the old-fashioned kid who used to
get spanked in the woodshed. He's
out in the garage spanking his own
kid.
It's a great idea to keep your
spirits up--and yet most people keep
EN- down IN the basement.
Just think Of the pretty bathing
girls the life guards are gonna pass
up saving this summer. cause they
Will think they're boys.
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FABLES IN FACT

MARRIAGE DOES MAKE A DIFF
FERENCE PERIOD FOR IN
STANCE COMMA CONSIDER THE
GIRL WHO WENT AROUND
WITH A FELLA FOR YEARS
COMMA AND ALL DURING THAT
TIME SHE TOOK SUCH AN IN
TEREST IN HIM THAT SHE
EVEN PICKED OUT HIS SUITS
PERIOD HELPFUL GIRL COMMA
ONE MIGHT SAY PERIOD THEN
THEY GOT MARRIED COMMA
AND DOES SHE DO IT ANY
MORE QUESTION MARK HUH
UH DASH DASH SHE'S Salts
FLED 70 PICK HIS POCKETS
NOW PERIOD.
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Inc)
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several Of the players had trouble in
remembering their lines. 1t is safe
to say by this time that this has
been corrected.
The fun of the prologue is carried
by Milton Byron and J. +. NARROW.
NARROW has his first real comedy
chance Of the season, and he does
it well. Byron was at his best in
the prologue and the first act. Dur
ing one OF the acts Jyes La Rue
and Robert St. Clair become success
fully melodious.
The settings are really beautiful
this week. more pleasing than some
of the dialogue, especially in the last
act. Dick Elliott has a comedy
chance in the first act. and as usual
he stops the proceedings not so
much with what he says but how
The cast is as follows:
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of Chico in one of
the greatest long.
distant New York
successes. lie play
ed the role about
ZOO { 1 m @ S on
E 70 a d W Y and
came from London
TO re-create the
part in Indianapo-
lis. Gaul is a
favorite here, and
he would have
been well received
Q V e n in Uncle
Toms Cabin" but
he returned last
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Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S - A comedy
about the golf disease. Spring
Fever" is the Berkcli offer
ing this week. The play is
spotty, but it has been beauti-
fully mounted.
KEITH'S -Never has Stuart
Walker given this city better
theater than George Gaul and
Mona Kingsley in 1.-THE Sew
enth Heaven" Mighty fine the
alter and great acting.
PALACE-Japet of France
triumphs with ease on this
bill.
LYRIC-The Giersdorff Sis
ters have "a splendid dance and
musical offering.
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KNOW YOUR OWN STATE

Indiana musical instruments give the State
high place in this field. With pianos and organs
excepted and these too produced here in large
quantities. Indiana manufactures 40 per cent OF
the entire musical instrument output in the
country.
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DILL, BLEASE AND MUSSOLINI

Said United Press dispatch from Rome last
night:
Premier Mussolini will propose to the King of
Italy that Colonel Mobile be awarded a gold medal
for bravery and be promoted to the rank of general
with command the dirigible forces of Italy He
will eso suggest that Mobile he given a 100000 lire
bonus"
Which reminds Us of the various ways various
people have of looking at the same thing.
Three days before Colonel Mobiles dirigible
Norge sailed across the top of the world the Amer.
lean naval officer Commander Richard Byrd and
Chief Petty Officer Bennett, it will be remembered
had circled the pole in their monoplane the Jose
phine Ford
When the news of Commander Byrds historic
fight reached Washington and made its way to
Capitol HILL Senator Cole Bease of South Carolina
we are told rose from his seat and inquired, "if
Commander Byrd is any relation to DR. Cook"
Comment is superfuous.
Then there is the Dill point of view. Senator
Dill Of the State of Washington wondered how
many more young of our navy are to risk
their lives flying an unknown waste"
Dill the trusty congressional directory tells US
was born in Ohio. He did not go to the Pacific
coast it seems until he man and railroads and
Pullman sleepers and dining cars made the Journey
swift and comfortable and safe
If the State of Senator Drs adoption is the
flower garden 1t is today and wonderful place to
live in, it is thanks to hardy pioneers who risked
their lives in covered wagons crossing over the
unknown wastes which lay between the AIleghenies
and the Rockies
What's more, if there is an America today It is
because brave men gladly rsked their lives sailing
across the unknown waste of the sea-
Every new land, every new thought every new
thing we have in the world has been won bv men
and women strong of heart and broad of mind will
ing to risk their lives exploring the unknown
How trite these lines are and how foolish we
feel putting them on paper But strange as 1t NAV
SEEM there are those in that greatest deiber
atiye body in the world" to whom they will appeal
novel;
, We don't need army Let our bootleggers sell
the enemy
Our big corn crop hurts most when the weather
changes
The heighth Of politeness is to get off the street
car ana let lady have your standing room
sbrs
Meeting expenses isn't half so difficult as lodging
them.
President Won Hndenburg must have new line
now He is making speaking tour of Germany
One thing wrong here is pedestrians arc NOT
made out of rubber.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

The greatest personal ovation that
l have ever witnessed in my years
Of telling you about Indianapolis
theatricals was extended George
Gaul at Keith's last night when he
opened a weeks engagement with
the Stuart Walker Company in
Seventh Heaven"
George Gaul could have come in
a rotten play and new role, but
he chose the part
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By whom is the telephone system
i'm the Panama Canal Zone Oper-
ated?
BY the United States Govern
ment.
What is the daily output of auto
mobiles by the Ford Motor Company
and how does it compare with the
output of other companies?
The Ford output is approximately
Q 900 cars a day, a far greater out
put than that Of any other potor
company.
Are there any polar bears near
the south pole?
The explorer Stefansson says that
there are no polar bears or other
land animals in the south polar re-
gions.
What coused the death of Brett
bart and Sandow, the strong men?
An account published Oct. 81, 1925,
gives the following information con-
corning the deaths Of these two
men: Breitbart succumbed to blood
poisoning as the result Of an ap-
parently trihing scratch. Sandow
was the victim of his own prowess,
| if his death is correctly attributed to
the strain Of lifting an automobile
single-handed from a ditch. After
! that feat he was under melical care
and it was thought that he would
recover rom the strain, but death
occurred some time later.
Did the United States or Great
Britain use postage stamps first?
They were introduced in England
in 1910 and in the United States in
1S47.
What rank in the regular L. S.
Army does the highest ranking chap
lain hold?
The "Chlef of Chaplains" in the
Army has the same rank and pay as
colonel.
Is there a town in Chile where
! it never rains?
Solar is a town in the coastal re-
] ElOll u 0lllIb NIltAC ZIG wings AAtlll
! the Pacific are warmed by the in
| tense heat Of the interior, thus hold
| ing the moisture rather than giving
| it off in rain. Hot air holds the
moisture. It is not true that 1t never
rains, but years pass without a drop
Of rainfall
How old is Charlie Chaplin?
Thirty-seven years.
On what date did Easter Sunday
come i'm the year 1893?
J April 2.
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Busy Again

Robert Forrest Wilson, au-
thor of Paris on Parade" Is
hard at work on a novel. Mr..
Wilson'S story tells Of dress
making life, for which he is
eminently suited. he having
been for some time a designer
for Lucien lie Long OF the
House Of Kinetic Design, in
Paris.
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JANET TOPS NEW
BILL AT THE PALACE

With a personality as charming
as has been our good fortune to
see for MANY a day
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Are any metals ordinarily liquid?
Quicksilver is the only metal
liquid at ordinary temperatures.
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BY whom. is the telephone system
i'm the Panama Canal Zone Oper-
ated?
BY the United States Govern
ment.
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diet but il does have a real DO
Office appeal.
At Englishs all week.
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Are there any polar bears near
the south pole?
The explorer Stefansson says that
there are no polar bears or other
land animals In the south polar re-
gions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-18

What is the daily output of auto
mobiles by the Ford Motor Company
and how does it compare with the
output of other companies?
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The Ford output Is approximately
Q, 900 cars a day, far greater out
put than that Of any other motor
company.
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How old is Charlie Chaplin?
Thirty seven years.
On what date did Easter Sunday
come i'm the year 1893?
roY>iI
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Did the United States or Great
Britain use postage stamps first?
They were introduced in England
in 1910 and in the United States in