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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-14
A Boomerang EpiStIe

Senator Wadsworth (Rep). New
York, you will remember, came out
as a super-wet some days ago. This
was discouraging to the Democrats,
who thought they had a mortgage on
ali the wetness of the Empire State
/ So some of them got together at
Washington and drafted letter to
Senator Wadsworth. which was sup
posed to be very clever, but which
was simply coarse. They said in eff
feet. you think you are wet, but
you aren't and you have no right to
be. You voted for the Volstead act
and you can't change your mind at
this late hour. We Democrats can
| be depended on to take care of all
the wetness that is necessary Tor
New York. We're so much better
than you are that there is no COM
| parison."
The letter has been made a part
Of the Congressional Record, which
means that Senators and Representa-
tiyes can frank it over the country
as they please.
That is what those opposed to the
presidential aspirations of Governor
Smith are said to be doing and the
New York Democrats are more dis
couraged than ever.
The smart letter some of them
wrote with the hope of defeating
Wadsworth for Senator in New York
is now being used to defeat their own
pet candidate for President in the
South and West. 1t. doesn't always
pay to write smart letters.
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TRAINED FOR THE CRISIS

The cadets of West Point marched recently for
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus, our distinguished
visitor from Sweden. AS they ripped past the re-
viewing stand, every line man, and every gun
in every line gun, every stripe every trou-
ser stripe they seemed a mechanical thing a
machine.
But every man was thinking These men bad
been trained, drilled coached in the little things
that lead to the crisis. And, in this instance, the
crisis
The colors we're passing the stand One of the
color guard, who had held the flag to prevent it's
Tapping in the wind, released it to float in the
breeze just as the guard passed the stand, in ac-
cordance with regulations. Just the guard came
opposite the crown prince the wind whipped the
flag vicously, and the banner tipped off the cadets
hat.
That cadet-we don't know his name-was ready
for the crisis Stiff a ramrod he marched on with
never move out of perfect military form. Rank
after rank followed him. Some Of the marchers
stepped the hat. kicked it without sign, but
there was never waver, never a change in face,
never a sign.
"The marching war fine" said the prince after
ward 81 have seen better"
The prince more than better marching. He
body OF soldiers meet crisis as great as war
offers and never finch
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HAVE YOU GOT LEFT
AFTER BEAUTY GOES?
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

In all of this agitation about the acquiring Of
beauty, did you consider how many plain women
have good husbands nice homes and lovely children
According best fiction the thing is of course
improbable but in real life it is often the honely girl
the matrimonial luck. The raving beauties
are much concerned with their loneliness and
therefore hard to please when it to choosing
husband.
TheSplain girl expects to wed Croesus
Adonis She is thankful if she can get reasonably
because of her lack of physical charm she makes a
earnest effort to please by her personality her
disposition and her industry. She knows her nlita
tons and profits by them
The ravishingly lovely danse the contrary, be-
ing seldom beautiful she thinks herself.
estimates her power. She feels that the world owes
her rich husband and that because she possesses
white skin and rounded form she should moth
ing but enjoy herself She is always content with
the simple things of life ordinary husband, the
glow of her hearth fire, and babies rock in her
She must be Helen of Troy Cleopatra, up
setting the world.
And once she does marry, she thinks she has be-
slowed unusual favors upon her husband and makes
the price Of her upkeep very high. She sets up
altar to her beauty and sometimes finds time do
anything tend the flame that burns before it.
She becomes worshper of self and thus, in large
number of this beauty which she prizes highly
becomes her own worst enemy and leaves her in the
afternoon of life with empty hands
Surely God knew what He was about when He
made many homely women. He felt sorry for the
men. He realized that they could never live happily
with the beauties.
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tablishes himself as among the bet
ter light comedy actors on the
screen. And there are mighty few
of this class of polite comedy actors
of real ability. 1.-The Auction Block D
is a, light and cute little story about
a girl of small town who becomes
queen Of the beauties in Atlantic
City. Ray, as the rich mans son,
falls in love with the queen and IN
few days courtship marries the
girl.
OF course the poor dear didn't ask
where he got his money. because
her daddy had plenty although in
fact the money came from her hus-
bands father. 1t Is so much easier
to get the cash that way.
When taken to her husbands
apartment she discovers that he has
had many girl friends, judging by
the pictures around the room. Little
wife then throws her marriage
license away and rushes to her home
town. Her folks think that she is
ready to marry a nice boy in the
small town.
Friend husband arrives and
agrees to keep the secret for a while.
He becomes a shoe salesman. and all
the girls fall in love with him. One
of the f1appers decides to com
promise our hero and she does. Then
there is a merry scandal with the
proceedings resulting in the little
wife being ready to tell the world
that she has the best and dearest
hubby in the world.
Charles Ray fits from one comedy
scene to another with real ease and
ability. He gets his laughs easily.
Eleanor Boardman makes a very
human and fussy little bride. Sally
O'Neil is immense as the small
town lapper, who compromises our
hero. Here is an outstanding per.
Torrance
Am sure you will agree with me
that Charlie Ray stages a great
comeback in THE Auction Block.
Be sure and see it.
Bill includes a comedy, music by
Emil Seidel and his orchestra and
Lester HUFF at the organ.
At the Apollo all week.
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GERMAN MOTORLST
MUST BE LICENSED
Letter From Former Indianapolis Woman Tells of Time
and Money Required to Get Certificate.

Proponents Of a drivers license
law for Indiana motorists should
know Of it's various phases as ap-
piled in foreign countries, according
to Robert 3. Rh9ads, Hoosier Motor
Club president.
A letter from Germany has Just
been received telling Of the cost
and time spent trying to get driv-
er's license there. The letter was
received from Mrs. Kurt Lindener
Of Hamburg, Germany. Mrs. Lind
ener formerly was Miss Irma Won
negut. a resident of indianapolis. An
excerpt from the letter follows:
Have I told you that l am at
last learning TO drive and hope to
pass my examination next week or
the week after? Such a to do as
that is over here. One has to take
lessons Of a licensed teacher until
he thinks one ready for the official
examination. The lessons include
so-called theory, too. One is sup
posed to understand all about the
engine and be able to make all nee
essary adjus&nents in case Of trou.
BILE on the road.
Physical Examination
"Then. armed with two photo
graphs of a given size. one must go
to the board of health and ask to be
examined by the doctor. He as
sures himself that one Is neither
deaf or blind nor addicted to fits
and for this five minute examina-
ton one has to pay him twenty
marks. He then stamps the pic
lures and signs a long document.
These, together with a birth GER
tifcate and marriage license. are
sent to Berlin. and after two or
three weeks. If one is lucky. one Is
informed that one can now be &C.
cepted as a. candidate. The examina.
ton costs fifteen marks. But the
lessons cost the most. The regular
course costs ESQ marks. Isn't that
a hold-upi
But driving here is quite different
from driving over there. The BIZ
cycles, motorcycles and push carts
increase in numbers ever more rapid.
" than automobiles. And the pedes-
TRANS are so antagonistic that they
constantly dare one to run over
them. The police are struggling
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bravely to solve the awful traffic
mess. but sometimes it seems hope
less.
Money Required
From the letter. It may be clearly
seen" says Rhoads, that a desire
to drive is not the only requisite for
driving in Germany. One must have
a physical examination, an examina.
ton on driving skill, a course of
lessons from an expert driver, a
photograph, a birth certificate and
a marriage certificate, If married.
Money is also needed, for the two
examinations cost 80 marks and a
course Of driving lessons costs ESQ
marks, bringing the total cost to
obtain a drivers license to the sum
of 315 marks. The new mark is
now quoted at about "a cents. so
the actual cost to obtain a drivers
license in Germany. IN American
money would approximate SIS.
"The Hoosier Motor Club has been
against drivers livense law since
It was first proposed"
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the mud" horses may win. inns
makes him a pot of money One
day this jockey is thrown from MS
horse. and while in the hospital he
is nursed back to health and nope
nv a nurse who was formerly a
dancer in low halls in the West. She
is too attentive TO her patient at
hours she is not supposed to be IN
his room and she is fired from the
hospital She leaves without telling
the rainmaker where she is heaoed.
The rainmaker then predicts a rain
and get a dry thousand, so he ana
his pal strikes ont for the West IN
search for the nurse.
They find her in a cheap dance
hall This gal wants to be good
and thinks she is too bad to be the
wife Of the jockey. Then a
dreaded disease breaks out in the
village and the dance hall girl again
becomes a nurse. She, too, is struck
down and the rainmaker is told that
only a rain would stamp out the as
ease. Finally. he starts to pray IN
earnest and rain comes. Then
happy wedding for the rainmaker
and the dance hall girl.
The story at times is awfully SEN
timental, but it has that sense OF
the theater which keeps it most OF
the time within the field Of interest
ing entertainment. Ernest Terrence
is cast as the rough keeper Of the
dance hall, who has a heart as pure
as snow, although his business is
rotten. You will find that sort of
persons in books and on the screen.
Georgia Hale is the dance hall girl
who becomes a nurse and she does
pretty good job. 1 liked best the
work of William Collier. Jr., as the
Jockey rainmaker. He catches the
various moods of the character. A
mighty interesting characterization.
Bill includes LAMBERT. xylophon'
list: Walter Hers in q. comedy, and
Frish. Rector and Tooolin in songs.
At the Ohio all week.
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a fortune hunter in a big hotel The
ex.husband discovers that he can
rent a wife" at an exchange. That
is, a weary husband may have the
services of one Of these for rent
wives from 10 in the morning until
8 at night. or course overtime is
extra. so says the subtitle. In this
case the for rent wife is n cute
little dear and she attempts to make
hay while the sun shines. And she
nearly lands him, but the ex.wife
arrives on the scene to learn just
how loyal her divorced husband is
to her. Then after some more ex-
element, the two decide to marry
again.
Watch Your Wife" Is nothing but
light summer entertainment. It is
nothing to get excited about nor will
it make you weary. You will be in
terested chiefly in the work OF Vir-
ginia Naln as the wife and Pat
O'AIaliey as the husband.
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The SenateIs Course

If the candidate who spent most
was defeated and the candidate who
spent less won. how can it honestly
be said that the Republican sena-
torial nomination was bought in
Pennsylvania. The Senate will have
to do something, of course, for this is
quite the most scandalous outpour-
ing Of cash in connection with a pri-
mary that has occurred yet and since
it can't do much of anything but I'M
seat Ware, that is probably what it
will do.
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TRUE TO FORM

The head of the Anti-Saloon League blames the
liquor interests of Pennsylvania for the scandalous
food of money. used to name candidate for the
Senate for the Republican party of that State.
It is true that most Of the as spent in
behalf Of the dry candidate
But, argues the professional dry leader, the liquor
people spent lot Of money six years ago to
elect wet candidate and fasd and of course, the
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What Is the Answer

According to the United Press. dry
authorities estimate that 10000 900
persons drink forbidden beverages.
1t is unthinkable that children
form any considerable part Of this
multitude, which leaves the adult
population of about 70,00O.OO0 to
reckon with and forces the conclu1
sion that four out Of every seven
violate the law.
At the same time, dry authorities
contend that a clear majority ia
vors prohibition as expressed by the
Volstead act and a clear majority
violates the act, what's the answer?
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AND HERE is MIGHTY GOOD
NEWS FOR MOVIE FANS

Told you some months ago that l
would shout It from the housetops
when Charlie Ray staged a real
comeback.
And now I am ready to shout the
good news from every housetop be-
cause this man has staged a real
comeback, this time in THE Auction
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AND THEY SAY THAT THEY
MUST BE WATCHED

And they do say that wives
should be watched and the same ap.
plies TO the husbands.
You probably will get that i'm.
preston after you see Virginia Vanl
and Pat O'Malley in Watch Your
Wife"
Tie first part Of this film IS de
voted to the old stuff-the continual
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comes with his
bride Mary OMeara, played by Bar.
bara Bedford. The story tangles up
a bit here and it happens that Carew
by chance saves the beautiful Lady
Geraldine from q marauding set of
Arabs and falls in love with her.
The picture has much melodrama
Of the thrilling kind in the Algerian
scenes and Stone has been able to
give his mode of Characterization a
somewhat different touch with the
wide variety of action present.
As Ell Hskim." the healer Of the
Arabs, he is a very impressing and
forceful character. Tully Marshal,
as the silent and faithful follower
Of "El Hakim." is the very ideal of
the grim and loyal Arab which he is
supposed to be.
Barbara Bedford, as the wife of
the no-good Lord Geraldine, is the
sweetest and most beautiful touch
Of the film. AS a supporting artist
for Stone she would be hard to ex-
cell.
The bill includes the overture and
numbers by the Circle orchestra,
conducted by Edward Resener; or
gan features by Dessa Byrd; aSNews
Reel and comedy.
At the Circle all week. (By the
Observer
= j. Il
Other theaters today offer:
within the Law" at Englishs.
Polly Preferred" at Ileith's; Pat
DAILY and cor. pany, Cosmopolitan
Revue. at the Lyric; movies at the
Band Box; THE Bat at the Up.
town, and Hoot Gibson in The
Phantom Bullet" at the Isis.
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Screen Verdict

APOLLO - Charles Ray
stages a rich comedy come
back in "The Auction Block"
Corking good fun, splendidly
presented.
CIRCLE-Lewis Stone has a
good melodramatic time in "Old
Loves and New" Interesting
and well done.
OHIO-You will find. THE
Rainmaker" mighty good dra-
matte entertainment with some
good comedy relief.
COLONIAL - Watch Your
Wife" is just summer enter,
tainment with Pat O'Malley
giving an interesting perform
ance.
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By Walter d. Hickman

If it isn't going to rain any more,
the rainmaIer would know all about
it.
And such a character is played by
William Collier, Jr,, in The Rain
maker" a movie made from Gerald
Beaumont's story, "Heavenbent.
Here is a strange mixture of the
improbable and the possible. At
times it gets on dangerous ground,
but when it gets headed in that di-
rection the author comes along and
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quarreling of "a
rich man and his
wife. Those are
the ones who can
afford to fight. the
rich ones. This
married couple
stages so many
fights that a d.
vorce is granted
and the second
that each one is
free there is a
longing on the
part of both to be
married 10 each
other again. In
the meantime, the
divorced wife has
q mnrrV time with
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THE
VERY IDEA!
BY Hal Cochran
"HERE COMES DADn

Who's that comm down tho
street? I'm the one she's gonna
meet. Gosh, Almighty, Is she sweet?
Sure she is-my daily treat
Surely. things would seem quite
wrong, IL I didn't hear her song.
Sing a song Of, Here comes dad d"
That's the song she's always had
Always up TO same old tricks,
when the hour IS nearin six
Wonder why she thinks it's fun just
TO meet me on the rum
Every day. when work is through
I do what oil fathers do. HE for
home. The story's told-so's to meet
my 3year-old.
Nothin' like a tiny mite. Cheerful
maxim things look bright, Gee
you don't know what you miss, If
you've never lived like this
Work may make you all tired out.
Still that feelin swings about. when
child struts down the street--an'
you're the one she's gonna meet,
When n motorlst Is pinched for
speeding he's usually in n fine fix.
49,
About the only place you can see
a mermaid these days Is outside the
three-mile limit.
The fellow who waits long enourh
before putting up his screens, can
use them to keep the flies in--not
out.
He worried bout his rented suit
And thought IL much too tight.
And then, when he leaned over he
Found ont that he was right.
You can't blame Kids for wonder.
ing why they have to go to bed when
they're not sleepy. and get up when
they are.
People who never know what 10
do with their week end can at least
put a hat on IL.
Southern exposure" must mean
the way the girls dress % Palm
Beach and points In that vicinity.
aaA
FABLES IN FACT
FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER
THIS PARTICULAR GENT GOT a
CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE con.
VENT1ON OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BOY $
CLOTHING MAKERS PERIOD
MUCH TO EVERYBODY S SUR
PRISE HE GAVE a LONG TALK
on THE ADVANTAGE or LOW
NECKED BLOUSES FOR LITTLE
FELLOWS PERIOD EVERYBODY
WONDERED WHY HE PICKED
THIS TOTGC DASH DASH CAUSE
THEY DIDN'T KNOW He WAS
\ SOAP DEALER PERIOD
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THE OBSERVER LIKES
"OLD LOVES FOR NEW"

"Old Loves for New" the feature
picture at the Circle for the week,
is a very pleasant vehicle for Lewis
Stone giving Kim many chances
which he uses to advantage, Of do
ing the things he has been most
liked in.
England during the war is the
scene Of the first part Of the picture.
cs4o.. 10 Hord 70 -.
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Wis Carew. returns
home disabled from
the front and finds
his wife gone and
his infant son dy-
ing. After a hard
fight to regain his
health c a r e W
leaves for Algeria,
where he lives with
the Arabs devoting
his life to them in
their sickness and
trouble.
It is here that
Lord Geraldine. the
man on whose ac-
count Carew's wife
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DOTY AND THE LEOPARD

young man from Memphis Tenn. soldier in
the Foreign Legion. one Bennett ]. Doty tired of
dull moments in the warfare in Syria and called a
little war of his the other day. He was cap
tured by French troops
News dispatches the day told of the cap
ture in India Of leopard that said to have killed
125 men in the last seven years.
Doty was cornered and captured, the leopard was
cornered and killed, each after terrific battle. Doty
is a fighting man. The leopard is jungle beast that
instinctively fights. Neither can change his spots.
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Block. To my
way of thinking.
this man is a real
bet on the screen
as long as he has
the right kind of
vehicle. Although
he is cast as a
sort of a dress
suit figure in this
story, one Of those
sons of the rich
who spends q for
tune on candy for
a pretty girl and
another fortune
on an automobile
in the same day,
Ray puts the
c h a r a C ter over
with such human
and lovable strokes
that he again aa-
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WILL BE0UEATHS. CELLAR
Friend of NeW Jersey Banker Is
AgreeabIy Surprised.
BIZ Times Special

BID IfHe6 NDeCtut
MAYS LANDING, N. j., June IA.
Joseph II. Baker of Pine Valley
was agreeably surprised when he
learned that an unusual bequest has
left him the cellar of Walter Maggie.
friends divided, Nagle's fortune, but
1.-THE contents of my cellar. with the
privilege Of removing It" were
Rakers'A
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saves the STU
alton. The idea
of prayer, that is
the actual pray
ing for a thing, is
an individual act
of the highest i'm
portance. 1t is
faith. But in THE
K a in ma k e r" a
jockey can tell
when it is going
to rain by a funny
sensation in his
right arm. He
then appears be-
fore the owners
of horses and
prays for rain, so
there will be a
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How many Presidents of the
United States took the oath OF office
in New York City?
George Washington was the only
one, and for his first term only. His
second Inauguration was in Philadel-
phia, in the Old Federal Hall u79Sl
From what is latitude and longi.
tude measured?
latitude is tho distance on tho
earth's surface as measured by dc.
grecs, minutes and seconds from
the equator; longitude H. The distance
east and west on the earth's surface
measured from given meridian. In
the United States and Great Britain
| longitude is reckoned from the mo.
ridian passing through Greenwich,
England.
VIII you describe the lead" used
by seamen 10 ascertain the depth Of
water?
! Usually prismatic in shape octas.
onal or heXagonal in section, tapers
slightly from base TO top. It's length
Is six or eight times It's diameter.
At the upper end is an eve for the
line and at the lower end Is a re.
cess for "armine' with tallow
When the lead is cast the depth Of
the water Is ascerained by observ.
ing the mark on the line that IS at.
or near the surface when the lead
reaches bottom, and the character of
the bottom is shown by the particles
Of sand, shells, etc, adhering to the
tallow
What metal has the greatest re.
sistance TO heat?
Tungsten.
| Is II quicksilver or mercury that
is used in a thermometer? What
chemical is added?
Quicksilver IS the popular name
for mercury. No chemical is added
] to it when used I'm a Thermometer.
Which States have the largest
logging operations?
Idaho Washington, Oregon and
California
When did Queen Victoria assume
the title of Empress of India?
In 1876.
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SHE SANG, HE ENDS LIFE
Suicide Note Blames Vocal Exercises
Of Woman Next Door.

BIZ IfWf9 NDecf1T
LONDON, June 14,-william A.
Hammond 20, committed suicide by
taking gas in his apartment, leaving
a note explaining that he was un.
able TO stand the singing of the
woman next door.
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