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for burglary or robbery or other forms Of recognized
crime would not deter any desperate man.
Nor would the abolition of a pardon board to
investigate the moral status of convicts and recon-
mend mercy when the lesson Of law has been taught
through imprisonment tend In any degree to lessen
crime.
What is needed is a certainty OF punishment for
crime, not a severity OF sentence for specific acts.
will take steps within their own association to
he knows to be guilty.
Lawyers are theoretically officers of the court
For an elected official to take a bride to free an
accused person is bribery. 1t should be made so
for those unofficial aids to the court, the lawyers.
who are hired to plead cases
&. AS a matter of fact the lawyers would disbar
a lawyer for helping to convict a client he had dis
covered to be guilty Of the crime. If he succeeds
in setting free a man VIGOROUSLY and obviously
guilty, his reputation grows with his own profession.
1t is considered a commendable thing for a lawyer
to trick the law on behalf of a guilty man
1t is easily understood why crime increases
when this code of ethics prevails among the legal
profession
AS for the pardon board, there is every reason
for its existence, even If at times its actions seem
to be dictated by unwisdom and perhaps political
pressure.
The only justification for sending any man to
prison is that he may furnish al example to other
evil doors and may be so changed in his moral out
look as to be safe to be at large
The power of example in these days falls and
will fail as long as law becomes a matter of wits.
When men reform, why keep them behind bars?
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Miss Louise Lowell. A youngster
cts as an announcer. He is clever,
a natural born entertainer it seems
to me. Then there is a little girl,
who does an eccentric old-time
steppin' dance which stops this
revue. Here are children at play
and they enjoy it.
Just Another Blond" with Dor
othy Mackail. Louise Brooks. Jack
Mulhall and William Collier, Jr., is
what l call comfortable entertain
ment.
The story has enough kick. punch
and interest to It to put it over sue
cessfully, even II the east wasn't SO
good; but this movie sure has four
winners playing the leads.
Jack Mulhall has come to stay on
the screen. He has a natural, sure
enough mans way to make him liked
by all people. Louise Brooks is the
best player Of extreme flapper roles
the r today. And she Is the
busiest. Bill Collier, Jr., is a chap
who has a soulful way about him. He
has come to stay also. And Miss
Mackail more than knows her way
about in good acting society.
Not going to give you an outline
of the story. but you will find Just
Another Blond" to me more than
comfortable entertainment.
Bill includes a news reel, a car
toon comedy, a Bobby Vernon com
edy and other events.
At the Circle all week.
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50 CENTS YOU WON'T GET

The tax relief comedy has about played itself
out. The business sense Of Congress seems to
have got the best Of its political sense; the best
likewise, OF President C~oolidge's political sense.
You won't get that 5O-cent reduction on your
years income tax. Secretary Mellon won't get that
$780, 900 reduction, which he'd have got If you'd got
the 50-cent reduction. E" you, is meant persons Of
average incomes By Secretary Mellon is meant
we'll, Secretary Mellon himself.
In Secretary Melons behalf it is only fair to
say that he never seemed very keen about the pro-
posed refund, rebate or reduction-as the Coolidge
scheme was called at various times. He went along
with the President when he discovered that the
White House had already announced the latter's
politicorevenue program. He made what, accord
ing to Philip Simms, the Chinese call a good face"
in the matter, but he declined to show any enthu-
siasm.
Now that the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, where tax bills must originate, has stuck the
White House program In a pigeon-hole and de-
clared it's purpose 10 forget all so-called tax reduc-
ton schemes, Mellon is probably just as happy.
Into that pigeon-hole, of course, went various
tax reduction proposals OF Democrat politicians.
These greatly resembled the Coolidge proposal,
though there is some ground for the Democratic
contention that they had the dubious idea first
And the Democrats, like Mellon, probably are
not terribly disappointed. They had begun to dis
cover that the country didn't thrill to this par
ticular tax reduction campaign 1t had turned out
to be not even good politics
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A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT

The churches in the city of Edinburg add to the
Christmas season a real thought.
They want the government of their city operated
on the principles and ideals of Christ.
That the practical men of this cit ythink it i'm
possible is not surprising. They have seen the
operation Of governments and administrations that
had SO little Of the ideal of Christ in them that
it is small wonder that they distrust its workings.
Yet it might seem to be a very simple thing to
transform the Christmas thought from the beautiful
city of Scotland to a reality.
Would it not be accomplished if the city could
only follow His example in one of the outstanding
incidents of His life?
What would happen if the money changers
we're driven from the city government as Christ
drove them from His temple?
Is not that, after all, the only thing that keeps
any city government from following in every par
ticular the ideals and the principles Of Christ?
For it is the money changers, big and little,
who infest the city halls of America that have
made city governments a burden instead of a relief
and a machine Of service.
The mayor who makes his appointments of
inefficient men, his relatives, for example, becomes
to some extent a money changer who robs the
p0ople by a sort of usury.
The contractor who buys or brides or smiles
hts way into excessive profits becomes a money
changer.
t NJ CITY. DOSS WHO SLduuS DdCh anu mdhSS HIS
profit from varied transactions with the city gov
eminent is one of the big money changers.
And, Of course, the biggest Of the money
changers are those utility corporations which juggle
with rates and mergers and regulations and city
contracts and rob the citizens by wholesale
through their manipulations and political lawyers.
Not so difficult a matter to run a city on the
ideals of Christ
For he only demanded honesty; he only de-
A- II .l -L-II
prevent pillage and privilege. He only demanded
that the money changers be driven from power land
place.
1t could be done easily in indianapolis For the
money changers are much better marked and much
more obvious and easy of identification here than
they are in places where they work less brazenly.
and openly.
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THE PARDON BOARD

The lawyers of the State want the pardon
board abolished and the indeterminate sentence law
repealed
From the layman's point Of view there is some
thing rather humorous about lawyers attempting to
curb the great increase Of crimes through harsh
sentences and greater difficulty in securing leniency
after an offender has shown signs of repentance.
For the man who has become disguised, if not
appalled, because of the growing number of crimes
and criminals, can trace his state Of mind to law
yers and not to laws
The growth Of crime is not due to laxity of
sentence or to the granting Of mercy.
( 1t is because crime, through the technicalities
and the precedents copcocted by skillful lawyers,
has been removed from the list of hazardous oc-
equations and is today about as safe as any form of
business which is considered legitimate.
Even in courts which are not swayed by some
sort Of sentiment for the lawyer with a pull and
which try to dispense justice with some regard for
the safety and security of life and property, the
chances of a guilty man, when caught, are three
to one for acQuittaL
The chance Of being caught at all is even more
remote, as witness the battles on the public streets
between bootleggers, the temerity with which filling
are committed
Length of sentence as written into the law will
not frighten the man about to commit a crime.
The criminal never expects to pay any penalty
at all. He expects to go free. And in the majority,
the very large majority Of cases, he does go free
either through escape from detection or the failure
o. the courts to convict
Merely adding a few years to the punishment
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MuSSoIini'S Moods

Caesar putting aside the crown,
hat Is Mussollni's latest role and
men may die for imagining that he
would like 1t
He says that what he wants to
do most right now is visit America.
AS for people in this country. they
would be very glad to entertain
him, while those in Italy, at least
those outside the Fascist party,
would probably be glad Of al as
surance that he is more interested in
seeing other lands than in acquiring
greater power at home.
At that the Duce is probably not
so much to blame for this latest
extravaganza as are some of his self
baked supporters
Let a man do anything big. or
original and there are always people
ready to lick his boots, even though
the operation might upset a govern
ment.
There were Americans who wanted
Washington to found a dynasty.
though they had given their services
to establish a republic.
Speaking OF Washington, Albert
Bushnell Hart. the historian. doesn't
think so much OF Rupert Hughes
biography of The Father of His
Country.
1T is a book" he says, and there
is a lot Of 1t, but II is very plain
that the author doesn't know what
he is talking about"
IT found 297 statements in the
book" he says. (which are absolute
ly false, III which are extremely
doubtful. and 165 paragraphs in
which Hughes discusses a character
which has never before been dis
covered az the evil genius behind
Washington. That is Sally Fairfax.
In fact. the book is written only to
give us a good dose Of Sally Fair
fax"
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6N
i Tracy
Coolidge Changes Front
Completely in Building
Ten Cruisers.
BY Nj. T.. Tracy

Two years ago Congress autho-
rized three cruisers. but President
Coolidge did not include the esti-
mate for their construction in his
recent budget message to Congress.
He said he did not include the es-
Inmates because Of a belief that If
work were begun on them at this
time it might embarrass pending
negotiations for another disarma-
ment conference.
Not only Congress but the whole
country took it for granted that the
President was speaking deliberately;
that he had studied the situation
carefully and knew what he was
talking about.
1t is something Of a surprise to
find him indorsing the construction,
not of three cruisers, but ten.
What has happened to cause this
change Of altitude? Are negotiations
for another disarmament conference
no longer pending or has Mr.. Cool
idge come to the conclusion that the
world "a be scared more effectively
than persuaded?
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III d NoANAAbAAAC
famous are In this picture. The Co.'S
tunes may not be as loud and bril-
liant, but the romance is there, and
tina is what counts.
Cortez as LATTE, the last of the
daring buccaneers, creates a role
that is full of the splendid color of
the times. The scene is laid in 1920.
Florence Vidor needs no introduction
and her work with Cortez is of the
highest type.
The story tells Of the adventures
Of Laitte who was pardoned for his
piracy and then slips back into the
old way with the result that he is
outlawed again. He falls in love
with Louis Lestron, a beautiful New
Orleans girl. played by Miss Vidor,
and is involved in a scheme to free
the captive Napoleon from his pris-
on on st. Helena. LATTE discovers
a plot in this to bring about a war
between England and the United
States and refuses to have anything
more to do with It. After this the
beautiful Miss Letron is kidnapped
and sent to sea. Laftte com
handlers a ship and sets sail to
free her. With a company of his
former men he captures the kidnap-
ers' ship and a big sea fight results
from 1t.
Another figure moves through this
story with a great bit of acting. 1t
is that Of Andre Beranger as John
Jarvis a former pirate who sailed
with Lafitte in his more active days.
This Characterization by Beranger is
hawless and at times the picture is
wholly his. 1t is an example Of
what excellent acting can do with a
minor role.
Charlie Davis and his gang are in
England this week but their pro-
gram is still a good American assert
ment of tunes and novelties. Dick
Powell and Charlie has a clever num-
Der in their song about the girls they
have had before. At the organ is
Bob Gordon with another smile and
some more melody.
At the Ohio all week. By the OBJ
server.)
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Theory and Fact

John Maynard Keynes, theoretical
economist, as he is called, has per-
suaded the h~ard-headed cotton spin
ner of England that a depressed in
dustry only hurts itself by curtail-
ment, and that the best thing for it
to do is to turn on full steam and
go ahead.
For six years the English textile
industry has been trying to rehabili-
tate itself by running on cut sched-
ules. This, says Keynes, has only
served to increase cost of production.
For some time he has been advocat-
ing n return to full production,
especially since the cotton crop of
this year made a supply of raw ma
terial available at greatly reduced
prices.
At first the cotton men laughed at
him, but after he had been given a
chance to explain his program, they
decided that there might be some
thing in it.
At all events. the English mills
are going to try the Keynes plan,
which, however it may work for
them, is bound to be a blessing for
the American cotton grower.
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CHRISTMAS K
PRESENT AT CIRCLE

With the aid of the Circle Or
chestra and its conductor, the Circle
has created a fine Christmas Spirit.
In arranging his overture this
week. Stolarevsky has caught the
spirit Of the holidays with such
ease and fine feeling that his own
conceived presentation. 1.-The Toy
Shop" is one of the outstanding
features Of the bill.
Stolarevsky uses slides to express
in visible for the same spirit which
he permits his orchestra to create.
But he puts so much personality in
to the music-it talks to you and
tells you the story Of the pictures on
the screen-that applause of real ap-
probation greeted this conductor and
his orchestra even before the last
strains of the novelty overture had
been played.
Stolarevsky is enjoying a big
popular success this week. 1t is re-
markable the way he can capture
the spirit OF the moment. The over
lure is a novelty treat this week.
OF course It is easy for children
to capture the fancy and the
generosity of an audience. Children
are playing this week with the dance
in "A Riddle Revue" as directed by
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gleworms in a bottle that is allowed
to stand in the sun for ten days,
which produces a foul-smelling
liquid, supposed to be effective bait
for trapping animals.
How did the terms "happer'' and
"vamp" become part of the modern
vocabulary?
"Flapper" was a term applied to
young birds when they were first
trying TO fly, and meon applied
it to young girls who are Just dis.
covering themselves and are making
their first foray into the world. The
term "vamp" implies an experienced
female person, with seductive
powers. 1t is a short form of VAN
pre-" which In folklore was n ghost
ly being that sucked the blood of
the living while they were asleep.
Figuratively, a "vamp" is a woman
who preys on men.
What was the name Of the dance
performed by Valentino In the -Four
HOrsemen of the ApOcalypse?"
The Argentine tango. i-nterspersed
with a few acrobatic steps.
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49,
gives him a diamond ring TO insure
him against hunger when he makes
his escape from the locality.
The boy, however. stays around
the circus, and at the next stop
makes his appearance again The
girl gets him a place as n of the
laborers and he quickly climbs into
a plac in the performers ranks.
1t happens that the owner Of the
show is in love with the girl and
n quarrel results between him and
the young razor back or laborer.
Some time later the wne is found
dead and the young fellow Is blamed.
The result is satisfactory in the
end though, and there r many eX-
citing scenes before the last foot Of
film is shown.
"Spangles" is a first-rate picture
of circus life and above all has a
story that is interesting. Pat O'Mal-
ley and Marion Nixon do well with
their parts and assure you Of good
entertainment.
Included on the bill are orchestra
numbers by Floyd Thompson's sing
ing orchestra and a comedy.
At the Colonial all week. By the
Observer
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LOUIS BrOOkS lowed JAMIE 10
sleep on the best
fancy pillow in the fiat. But Name
had a Teller, a regular he-guy who
worked in a department store with
both Name and jamie. Name worked
her brains to such an extent that
Bill Billingsley. played by Lawrence
Gray. became a pretty clever win
dow decorator. But Name let him
take all the credit. But Name for
got hat while she was using her
brains to make Bill a success. baby
sister was getting ready to put those
vampire eyes on him.
And baby sister about wins her
point and probably would If big
sister had not suddenly returned
from her summer vacation. It was
then Name heard her window decora-
tor sheik pour sweet words of love
over thel bobbed hair Of baby sister.
It is then that Name snapped her
fingers at Bill and told him that she
was going to love EN- where she
finds 'em and that she would leave
'em fiat on the lot.
But poor Name forgot that she
really. loved Bill and that Bill loved
her. So-well, you can guess the
ending. 1t is happy for Bill and
Name.
You will be interested in the work
Of Lawrence Gray as Bill and the
warm vampire work Of Louise
Brooks as jamie. The picture is a
light combination Of comedy and
melodrama.
Bill Includes Mabel Normand In
The Nickel Hopper" a news reel,
Bud Mcintyre in songs. Ray Win
nings at the organ and music by
Emil Seidel and his orchestra.
At the Apollo all week.
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Good, But Risky

Authors. whether in history or ic-
ton, are straining to be clever these
days, to discover something differ
ent, something that will startle the
Rotarians.
1t is a laudable complex. but It
has its risks.
No doubt the old authors were too
conservative and polite. No doubt
they overlooked some Of the foibles
and weaknesses Of our national he
roes. But II is a late day to begin
to correct the fault. and those who
try it should be very sur OF their
ground.
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STORY OF CIRCUS LIFE

An interesting story of circus life.
All the variety and ever-changing
newness of the life that is lived by
that great group who entertain us
in the summer. the circus perform
ers. is "Spangles." at the Colonial
this week.
No circus would be complete with
out the elephants. and in this one
we make the acquaintance Of Sui
tana- Her size provides every JUS
tiicatlOn for her queenly name.
Pat O'Malley shares the stellar
role with Marion Nixon, and the
two of them make the picture live
for the hour or so that it takes. In
the part Of a young fellow who has
heeD unf11Stlv aC-
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w r k
Do Not Assist Partners
Bid Without Proper
Strength.
By Milton C. Work

The pointer for today Is:
Do not assist your partners bid
unless you have the required
strength.
1 find that many who can pass
perfectly an examination when ask
ed about the strength required for
an original bid, are hazy when ask
ed what strength is necessary to
Justify an assist; /. e.. a raise of
partners original bid after an In
tervening adverse bid Three
classes OF errors are made, viz:
1. Assisting with hands which
lack some essential element Of as
slsting strength.
2. Passing when an assist should
be made.
8. Bidding some other suit or No
Trump with hands which should
assist.
The personal characteristics of
players are very much in evidence
in this situation; the selfish player
always can dig up some reason"
for bidding his own declaration in
stead of assisting his partner; the
combining soul will assist, and the
timid n will pass, when he should
bid his own suit or No Trump.
To raise a partners ~oVercalled
No Trump from one to two requires
(a) AT least one sure stopper in the.
adverse suit; (b) At least one othels
quick trick; (c) Reasonable expect
ancy Of additional tricks.
When there are two quick tricks
in he adverse suit (a) the "other
trick" (b) is not indispensable.
A player who is considering
whether to raise his partners No
Trump or suit-bid from one to two,
should appreciate that 1t requires
Ore strength to advance It from
n to two, than it does from two to
three.
Many players have trouble in
grasping what is meant by reason
able expectancy" That will be our
subject for tomorrow; in the mean
time: Suppose South bids one No
Trump, West two Spades; what
should North do with each Of the
following:
1. Sp.: King-x-x; lit; xxx; Di.:
xxx; Cl.; Ace-x-x.
2. Sp.: King-x-x; HIT: Xxx; Di.:
Queen-Jack-x-x-x; CT: Ace-x.x.
3. Sp.: King-x-x; lit: Ace-Jack-x;
Di.: xxx; CT: Jack-10-x-x.
4. Sp.: King-Jack-x; lit: xxx:
Di.: Queen-Jack-x; Cl.: Jack-10-x-x.
Copyright John f. Dill Coz
Work, the international authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques.
tons on the game for Times readers
who write to him through The
Times enclosing a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
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Movie Verdict

OHIO-Ricardo Cortez has
what looks to be his best pic
ture in The Eagle of the Sea-"
a romantic picture of the days
Of 1920.
COLONIAL-"Spangles" Is
an excellent story of circus life
and is capably taken care Of
by Pat O'Malley and Marion
Nixon.
CIRCLE-Comfortable movie
entertainment is Just Another
Blonde"
APOLLO@"Love EN- and
Leave En-" Is a satire in
theme upon a certain phase of
love-making.
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cused in a muir
der. O'Malley gets
on board a circus
train that has
stopped at a wa
tering point. He
conceals himself
in the berth Of
~"Spangles," t h e
star equestrienne
of the show, and
takes her into his
confidence when
she discovers him.
The girl, sympa-
thizing with the
young man, hides
him ntil t h e
posse is out of the