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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

only needed to create beauty. Such
dancing may not appeal to all people
but these young women are beauti-
full in the process of creating the
beauty of the dance. The toe work
is excellent and although there is no
attempt at a gigantic ballet, yet the
individual talent is there. Here is a
beautiful and successful attempt
to create dance beauty on the va
riety stage.
There is another act on this bill
which is way out of the ordinary.
1t is called THE Lucky Stiff and
shows a rich man sitting on a park
bench in New York waiting for his
driver to repair an automobile tire.
He is joined by man pushing a
baby carriage. The two each think
that the other fellow is the luckier
guy.
Here is a big idea put over in a
few minutes by cast Of four. Here
is big time atmosphere, done mostly
in a comedy vein. but with enough
dramatic feeling to give it a ring
of sincerity.
1.-The Lucky Stiff has a big set,
as big as one would expect in the
big legitimate revues. 1t is splend-
idly acted. 1t will make you both
think and laugh. And that is some.
thing these days.
1.-THE Blue Streaks of Jazzmania. &"
is jazz band or novelty organiZa-
ton which features n harp. The
harpist certainly can get the mean
est blues out Of the harp. He is a
wonder. 1 didn't care for the per.
sonality" number because that sort
Of musical burlesque has never APP
pealed to me. With the exception Of
that one number, and 1t is needed,
this band has a winning routine.
Burns and Kane have some point.
ed and rapid fun in an act called
"Broadcasting. One Of the men is
an extreme eccentric comedian.
Morton Cahill does some thrilling
falls and throws on a swinging rope.
Shee- Moon is an Indian who has a
good song cycle. He attempts no
comedy but keeps we'll within his
one, that of singing sweet songs in
a good way.
The material of Lapan and Bas-
tedo did not appeal to me. Judging
by the results they obtained, 1 am
in the minority.
Some splendid dancing is offered
by La Sale, Hasson and Moran
Their final stunts about stop the
show. Mighty good act done in a
personality way.
At the Lyric all week.
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i r aCY
Comparing Tactics in
Nicaragua With VIII
sons announcement.
BY NJ. T.. Tracy

Woodrow Wilson'S birthday is an
excellent occasion on which to think
OF foreign affairs. 1t was in this
realm that he made his greatest bid
for fame. Future generations will
rate him largely on the extent to
which his ideas of a new interna-
tional order are accepted. e
At present the United States Gov
eminent appears to be doing about
all it possibly can to discredit his
work. The dollar diplomacy, which
he despised and rejected. has come
into vogue once more; the League
of Nations, which he founded, raises
no moro than a cynical smile at
Washington, and the doctrines of
Liberalism, which he exempliiied,
have given place to a reign of the
most brazen materialism this coun-
try ever knew.
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my opinion giving vaudeville one of
it's greatest dramatic treats. Here
you have a powerful and n human
situation worked up by Miss Mac
Kellar and a worth while cast into
an electric thunderbolt. Yesterday
actually rise to the great dramatic
moments of both great acting and a
powerful dramatic sketch. Good
vaudeville sketches are not being
made. Once in a great while we
have a big one. and THE Mud
Turtle" Miss MacKellar's present We
hicle, belongs to that class. In her
support you have Peggy Warner,
Viola Fortesque, George MacQuarrie
magnificent as Pa Justine who is
crowned" by Kate, the waitress as
played by Miss MacKellar and Bur
ford Armitage as Lem who marrles
Kate. And in Mr.. Armitage you have
a man who knows his theater and
senses big dramatic moments.
The Mud Turtle" is grand, strong,
powerful and at times cruel theater,
but it will make you live the days
when great acting was just around
the corner The real treat of the
Keith season so far along dramatic
lines.
have told you about Edith Cliff
ford many times before. On one
occasion l did not speak kindly, on
others l did. Today, Miss Clifford
is the best examples of the in
telligent comedienne in song that
we have and l am not forgetting
Fanny Brice. Never in the history
of Miss Clifford's visits to Indian
apolis has she received such an
ovation as she is getting now. She
stops the show. She has the ma
terial and the method. She has the
personality and the brains. She is
wise and nifty in her material. She
knows how far to go. She is at her
best today.
Jack and Billy are two wonder
full words under the direction of
their teacher. A real novelty. 1t
is wonderful what this woman has
accomplished with these two birds.
Jue Fong is a Chinese tenor Of real
ability and some clever Snowman
ship.
Eddie Clayton and Frank Lennie
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GUY RADICK TOPS
NEW PALACE SHOW

Guy Radick and Company with
two men and four girls at the Palace
the first half, have about the best
comedy feature of the bill with a
short revue of dances by several
women and comedy as offered by
the men.
The act features mostly the
comedy of Mr. Radick and his part
ner with the girls coming in &C.
casionally and taking part in the hui
morous and dance numbers offered.
Radick is the act and upon him de-
ponds most of the! work.
Lafantasie with Charles Prevette
and Company present a mystery act
combined with a dance Offering by
a man and woman team.
Act opens with two girls in a sort
of Introductory number and follow
ing that is a Spanish dance by the
team. The dance numbers are all
well done by the man and woman
and they have a good idea of what
it takes to make a good pose in an
acrobatic dance. Liked their first
number best.
The magic part of the act con-
sists OF two well staged numbers in
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Costly Useless Ships

Chairman Butler says that it will
take s400,000,OO0 to bring our Navy
UP to that Of England.
What he does not say is that after
it has been brought up to such a
standard. we can take it out and
use it for target practice.
-Four hundred million dollars is a
lot of money to bet on lot Of ships
that are becoming more and more
obsolete every day.
-Four hundred million dollars, If
properly used, would go far toward
rehabilitating American agriculture.
Also, it would go far toward digging
a second isthmian canal through
Nicaragua.
Who will say that either of these
projects would do less toward MAX
ing America strong and self.sufficient
than a bunch Of cruisers.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

Since seeing Desire Under the
Elms," have had the feeling that
the New England states with its
snow has about as much tragedy
as Denmark with its Hamlet.
To put this tragedy in verse is a
gigantic task because the characters
must be created with that amount
of realism which reflects the tragedy
of the atmosphere.
L have before me a book of verse
recently published by Houghton
Mifflin Company. East Wind" is
the title and it is a collection of
verse rejecting New England life
by the late Amy Lowell.
Am informed that at \the time of
the authors death she left three vol
umes of her poems for publication.
The first was What O'Clock" and
the second, East Wind" a collec-
ton of thirteen poems of New Eng.
land life, has recently been put on
the market by the publishers.
One of the outstanding poems of
characteristic tragedy of a country
that is cold in winter is "One Winter
Night"
1t tells of Emily who came down
sick all of a sudden" and how her
strange sickness, following her sec
ond marriage after the tragic death
and disappearance of her first hus-
band in an ice covered pond and her
marriage to the man who was cut
in ice at the time of the tragedy,
upset the entire neighborhood.
Emily suddenly developed the
strange habit of seem her dead hus-
and and on these occasions Emily
lad an4attack which put her in bed
for hours.
You seem to feel the cold, ice.coat.
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Stage Verdict

LYRIC-The Maryon Nadie
Dancers, one of the finest dane
ing acts in the business and
1.-THE Lucky Stiff" big
dramatic and comedy Offering,
on this bill.
KEITH S-Two of the best
present this week-Helen Mac
Kellar in 1.-The Mud Turtle"
and Edith Clifford, the best of
her kind.
ENGLISH'S - "Laff That
Off," the best comedy buy that
we have had for at least three
years. A treat.
PALACE-Guy Radick and
company with a short revue of
dances and comedy feature the
bill here this week.
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Seeing Tragedy in Poetry of New England Life

Frothingham-the volumes of his
essays and Edward Everett; Ora
tor and Statesman"-are published
by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The demand for the Letters of
William Roscoe Thayer" has made it
necessary for Houghton Miff1in to
print a second edition within a
month Of publication. The many as
sociations of Mr.. Thayer as editor,
author and university official, and
his contacts in this country and
abroad, gave to his correspondence
an unusual range and quality and
from a large body of material Pro
fessor Charles d. HaZen has made
an Illuminating selection. The fair
minded scholarship that Mr.. Thay-
err brought to all his historical writ
ing is notably embodied in his Life
and Times of Cavour," also published
as are all of Mr.. Thayers works, by
the Boston house.
1t is interesting to note the his
torical side lights on the monetary
standards of the United States and
Cuba contained in the Guide to
Cuba" by T. Phillip Terry, recently
published by Houghton Miffiin Com
pany. Mr.. Terry writes that in the
latter part of the eighteenth century
and In the first decade OF the nine
teenth, Spanish milled pesos from
Cuba circulated widely in this
country, and wher in 1894 we
mlnted our own silver dollars, Con.
gress stipulated that they be of the
same fitness as the Spanish 'milled
dollar or Piece of Eight. 1t is from
this Piece of Eight. or eight reales,
that our dollar symbol is believed to
have been derived. At present all
the bank bills and much of the silver
circulating In Cuba are American.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Gesture Making

The United States is acquiring a
reputation for making gestures.
The French have already inter
preted our cruiser program as a
maneuver TO force another disarma-
ment conference, and seems pecu.
liarly delighted at the idea because
it promises to embarrass England.
There is room for suspecting that
such an object may have had influ.
ence with the Naval Affairs Commit
tee, though the campaigning which
this committee has done sounds
more like jingoism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
WILSON'S BIRTHDAY
This is Woodrow Wilson's birthday.

This is Woodrow Wilson's birthday
Let his country remember his philosophy as well
his fame.
With American marines patrolling Nicaragua,
with American diplomats threatening Mexico one
declaration of the vanished leadey stands out in in
creased significance
"The treaty of peace is based upon the protec-
ton Of the weak against the strong and there is only
one force that protect the weak against the
strong and that is the universal concert of the
strength of mankind"
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A Bachelor

Nathan Gallizier, "the great
est writer Of historical novels
in America today" makes his
home in Cincinnati. High hon
ors have been conferred upon
him by French Societies of Arts
and Letters as result of his
literary work. The ninth
novel from his pen-"The Red
Confessor," a tale of the times
of Benvenuto Cellini-was is
sued this season by Mr.. Gal
lizier's regular publisher, Page
(Boston). This writer Of reals
tic romance is, by way a bach
elor.
An English edition Of 1.-THE
Red Confessor" will be brought
out at once by Messrs. Hamii-
ton g. Company OF London,
additional proof-lf such Is
needed-that American and
English reading tastes are much
the same.
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have a wise cracking English accent
act. Some real fun here. And
might remark one of the men make.
a marvellous display Of his bridge.
work. But the fact is that there is
lot Of real laughs in this act.
Splendidly put over.
Art poses. good gym, pastics and
some dancing is found in the act
called Dex-Beaus Art.
At Keith's all week
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By Walter ID HicI,man

There is lot of laughing to be
done today and tomorrow.
And the sign of laughter is "Laff
That off" and the place is English's.
l can say with all sincerity that
"Laff That off" is the most whole
some and funniest thing that Earl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
IMPORTANT EVENTS
AWAIT YOU AT KEITH'S

Two great personalities, both diff
ferent, await you at Keith's this
week.
The two really great artists are
Helen MacKellar, a dramatic star of
much importance upon the comedy
stage. and Edith Clifford, comedienne
of song and the best example of
ultra fun on the vaudeville stage
today,
First for Miss MacKellar-Here is
the only woman in my experience of
covering Keith vaudeville who has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW

ed breeze of the death pond as the
poem starts. Neighbors and rela-
tives, two of 'em, are discussing this
strange thing that Emily sees.
To my way of thinking here is a
quaint tragedy set to the music of
the cold winds, which is a modern
masterpiece.
Others that you will be interested
in includes such poems as "A ORA
cula of the Hills" and PITY 'Tis,
'Tis True" Rosebud Wall Paper"
1.-The DALI" and others.
Real characters are TO be found in
each poem and it is this ability of
the author to create these charac-
tiers to that extent that they appear
to live, which gives great warmth
and vitality to the poems of Amy
Lowell.
Some New Ones
Have received the following data
from Houghton Mifflin Company,
which is of interest, as follows:
In his life and all through the
years or his ministry in Boston, Paui
Revere rockingham exemplified the
high-minded courage and belief in
the Christian spirit that are every
where reflected in his volumes Of
essay sermons, 1.-THE Temple of Vir-
tue" and THE Confusion OF
Tongues" The quiet, enheartening
sanity of his words made him loved
by every one who came in touch with
him, whether as reader, parishioner
or friend. To DIR. rockingham be-
longs also the credit for the only
life we have of Edward Everett; his
biography of the great orator is at
the same time a picture Of the van
ishing civilization that Everett
graced. The books of Paul Revere
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Carroll has sent
to this city since
his name has
decorated the pro-
grams as a pro-
Queer. "Laff That
OFF, is not a girl
show, but one of
those chummy and
lovely things of
he theater. 1t is
theater, but there
is enough real life
behind every re-
mark and stu
alton TO lift it out
of Il false position.
II seems to me
that any play
which will make
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

When did Johnny Evers start his
baseball career? In how many world
series has he participated?
His major league career began
with the Chicago Cubs in 1902, and
he remained with them until 1914
when he went to the Boston Braves
and from there in 1917 to the Phila-
delphia Phillies. He has participated
in four world series, three of them
consecutive, in 1906 with the Chi
cago Cubs VS.. the Chicago White
Sox; in 1907 with the Chicago Cubs
VS.. the Detroit Americans; in 1908
with the Chicago Cubs VS.. the De-
troit Americans; and in 1914 with the
Boston Braves VS.. the Philadelphia
Americans.
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Tor the purpose OF
2reating beauty.
They are dancing
pure art. They do
not seem to be of
the theater but
they are a vital
part of the thea
ter. This week,
Maryon Vadie has
sent some of her
dancers to the
Lyric. They do
not rely upon 81
gantic sets and not
always upon an or
chestra to project
the beauty of the
dance. At times,
a danCar md q
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brought a really
big and II n o
dramatic sketch to
the variety stage
in all Of its legiti-
mate equipment
with the possible
exception Of Nazi-
nova in War
Brides" AS a
waitress who mar
ries q farm lad OF
{ n e Minnesota
wheat belt and
who whips" a ty-
rant of a father
lthe father of her
husband) 1 n I o
grand submission
anH roa CON Miss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
VADIE DANCERS
TOP LYRIC BILL

The name of Maryon Vadie means
a great deal to those who dance and
to those who enjoy the dance.
For some time her name has been
associated with some girls who dance
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w k
Change a Major Bid Only
When Conditions Are
Unusual.
BY Milton c. Work

The pointer for today is:
Normal support precludes denial
of partners major, but does not pre-
clude an Overcall of partners minor.
1t is very usual for a partnership
to hold hands which, combined, do
not contain a game at No Trump,
but which will produce exactly ten
tricks with their best suit the trump.
Such hands obviously contain a Ma
jor game only; not a Minor which
requires eleven tricks. Therefore
partners Major bid should not be
changed except under unusual con-.
ditions; but the same doctrine does
not apply to Minor bid, because
1t is not so apt to be a game-goer.
Even with a bid more than normal
support for the Minor, it seldom has
the best chance for game and gen
orally the partner should bid another
suit or No Trump.
To illustrate todays pointer, take
this North hand:
Suit /. Ace.10-X-x.
Suit 2. Ace-x-x.
Suit 3. Ace-x-x.
Suit 4. Xxx.
If Suit l be a Major which South
has bid initially and West has passed,
North should not give the slightest
consideration to a No Trump, re-
CARELESS of his three Aces. Why
risk an unstopped suit? He should
either pass or jump. By Jump
l mean raise the partners bid when
the intervening adversary has
passed.) If, after South's bid of Suit
that suit being a Major, West
should bid Suit or 3 which are
stopped, North should even more
surely assist South's Major, not bid
No Trump. But if Suit be Minor
and South bid it, North should bid
No Trump if West pass or bid Suit
or 3. Only if West bid Suit A
should the partners Minor be as
sisted
Copyright, John F. Ollie Company
Work, the international authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques-
t;one o,, tho gar,a for Times readers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Through what stages was the
name of the Russian city OF st.
Petersburg changed to Leningrad?
Shortly after the outbreak of the
World War in 1914, the name St
Petersburg was dropped because it
was of German origin, and the city
was called by the Russian name,
Petrograd. In March, 1924, the So
Wet government changed the name
officially to Leningrads inshonor Of
Nikolai Lenin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Citizens are urged to extreme thrift in
selecting the members of the recent grand jury to
whom it extends wish for prosperous New Year
Some of them may not need it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Dust we are and to dust shall return but
that doesn't keep from throwing little mud once
in while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Who wrote Neither snow nor
rain, nor heat nor gloom of night
stays these cOuriers from the swift
completion of their appointed
rounds?
Heroditus. ~
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One way OF forsaking art for pelf would be
to go into the undertaking business at Herrin, ILL.,
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Work, the international authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques-
tiOns on the game for Times readers
who write to him through The
Times, inclosing self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

When did Alice and Phoebe Cary
the American poets, die?
Alice died Feb. IL. 1871, and
Phoebe July 81. 1871.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

What does il cost TO clOthe a boy
and girl up to the ages of l6 to IS
years?
A cost-ofliving study published in
1924 by the United States Bureau Of
Labor Statistics, estimates the cost
of clothing for a boy up to the age
of IS at 1912 and for a girl $1,002
To the age of 16, it would be approx
mately $500 for a boy and 1915 for
a girl
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Questions and
Answers

You can get an answer to any ques-
tioi OF fact or Interrogation by writing
Buriau 1922 New York Ave. washing
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a S Tep Cannot be- sven Gor cam ana exend
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questions will receive a personal reply
UNSIGNED requests cannot be answered.
All letters are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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What is the address of the Car
negie Foundation for the Advance
ment of Teaching?
522 Fifth Ave, New York City
What is the name and address of
the American consul general i'm
Brazil?
Alphonse Gaulin, consulate gen
eral of the United States of North
America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil y
Where and when was Milton Sills
born?
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 70, 1882.
What is the approximate value Of
clothing sent abroad by the Near
East Relief last year?
Clothing to the amount of 3.225,115
pounds and 515,616 pounds Of shoes
valued at so cents per pound.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-17

survey. I come without biased opin- ions and anxious to aid"
 Manuel L. Quezon. president of the senate, introducing Mir. Thompson at a joint session of the senate and house, asserted the Filipino people more than ever desire freedom from American sovereignty.
 While we are not aware that Mir. Thompson is authorized to discuss the question of Philippine inde- pendence in behalf of the president, it is yet proper, I hope to say in his presence that the Filipino people now more than ever aspire to their freedom which is to become the par amount consideration in their rela- tions with the United States" de- clared Quezon. .-."
 We are honored by the presence of MT. Thompson, the personal rep resentative of President Coolidge. He has come to the Philippines charged with the difficult task of making a survey of economic condi- tions. and making recommendations for their improvement.
 The appointment. we may well assume, was made by President Coolidge primarily in the interest of Filipinos and to promote their well fare. for we have been repeatedly assured by the United States that America holds sovereignty over our country as trustee of our interests. not to exploit them but to help us manage our affairs and develop our resources for the benefit of our own people until such time as we are able to do it ourselves a free and independent people,