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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

Q. VIVA, IL meant by tidewater
country?-L. A.
A The term is applied TO country
near the coast as far inland as the
rivers are affected by the tides
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
SenseIesS Values

Two Wall Street crowds have been
fighting for control of Wheeling &
Lake Erie stock. That is why it has
gone up and down with such sense.
less fluctuations.
1t started in at 81, went up to 1876,
then down to 66 and then UP to So.
Nobody knows where it will land
next or whether the ruckus Is over.
Meanwhile, the value of the rail-
road itself remains unaffected. There
Is neither more or less rolling stock,
trackage or other assets than there
was a week ago. Such CANDLES have
little to do with real business. They
may help 1t, and then again they
may not. A sa general proposition,
they merely inject water into the
capital investment for which some
body has to suffer in the end.
There is a deal of difference be-
tween the promotion of honest en-
terprise and the speculation by
which greedy capitalists try to gain
control OF it.
Gambling in stocks for no better
reason than to gamble Is the curse
Of our economic structure.
You can't get rid of It any more
than you can get rid Of the social
evil, but you can keep out of it.
Small people looking for real In.
vestments should keep their money
In their pockets when stocks begin
to fiuctuate without apparent cause.
They are bound to get burned II
they don't. AS for inside tips, there
amt no such animal" as any Wall
Street banker will tell you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
WE'LL. WHY NOT?

Now it is proposed to sell the courthouse. The
project has Its supporters and they have arguments
which sound reasonable 81
They want to get rid of the present structure and
move the county governmental more modern build
ing. an Office type which might suggest efficiency
and service instead of pomp and power OF second
class palace.
Perhaps the building is the cause Of much COM
plant that has centered around the county govern
ment.
II may be true that those who enter 1t take on
the atmosphere of their surroundings and forget, as
soon as elected, their pledges to the citizens
They may be led astray by the fact that they do
business in an antiquated building and revert to the
ethics of the day in which such buildings we're
erected.
If selling the courthouse and putting ofrciais
into office buildings will make those officials more
business-like in dealings, give them new view or
their duties and new of responsibility 1t may
be worth while.
To most citizens selling the courthouse may be
more than logical. The majority might even cut out
the office building part of the program and try 10
worry along without any. home for the county gov
eminent. 1t might not even be missed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
JUDGE COOPER AND THE
CHURCH

Scene: The Pearly Gates. st. Peter guard.
little girl arrives. She is SNUG little per-
son, obviously very, very good.
st. Peter: And why should you be admitted,
my dear?"
Little girl: well, got Of the other little
girls to write me a note when the teacher wasn't
looking and then showed the note to the teacher
and the teacher whipped her, because she was bad"
Federal Judge Cooper, whom Congress may i'm
peach, is charged with doing this:
Stepping down from the bench and helping ar.
range scheme to run liquor across the Canadian
border and then to persuade certain men to sell the
bootleg goods. The scheme being successful
Stepping up to the bench again, trying the men
who sold the liquor and sentencing them to prison.
Let's leave 1t to Congress for the time being to
determine Judge Coopers guilt or innocence Of this
charge.
Meanwhile we can consider the case Of the board
Of temperance. prohibition and public morals Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The board Of temper
ance etc. has issued from its Offices in its own hand
once building the street from the Capt.
toll IN Washington, statement concerning Judge
Cooper.
The statement is long, but it is summed up in
one Of it's sentences:
I'VE need more judges like Judge Cooper"
IL would be interesting to know what the millions
OF decent, self.respectng Methodists in the United
States think of this attitude the part o. the B.
Of 7. P. and p. M. OF the NJ e. church.
II more judges of this kind really needed
there is a way to get them. The NJ e. church could
teach Switching In Sunday school, starting the little
folks early the path of reckless righteousness.
We don't think the Methodist church is likely
to do this None of the Methodsts among our
friends have the perverted view revealed by the
board Of temperance, prohibition and public morals.
But this board, supported by church funds, is the
official mouthpiece Of the Methodist church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
No thought and opinion
whasr-Osuuon OF

contracts with the holding companies through which
they take out huge sums from the State and from
the people.
Under ordinary circumstances, he might be
commended for his restraint in any temptation to In
fuence legislation.
But this is no ordinary matter and no ordinary
condition.
The party caucus of the organization. which
elected the Governor either kindly or unkndiy pre-
vented him from being publicly vindicated of the
5pen charge that he framed the present commission
to suit the purposes of the utilities. ~
He has had no opportunity to answer-and has
sought none.
But he could do much to re-establish himself and
perhaps remove some of the suspicion from the
commission, IL he would now publicly declare him
self and say whether he will sign or not sign any
measure which would replace the present body with
one that would have more OF public confidence.
Silence at this time may be significant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Reed Calls Bluff

You remember that Sam insult,
Robert Grove and some others re.
fused to answer certain questions
that the Reed investigating COM
mittee put to them last !, summer.
They got away with it at the time.
chiefly because enough dirty work
had bee ndisclosed in connection
with slush funds to satisfy In
vestigators for the time being.
The record remains incomplete.
however. and Senator Reed has de.
cided to give these gentlemen
another chance.
II they are still inclined to stand
on their rights" he proposes to de.
mand that they be punished for con.
tempt.
The question at issue is whether
the Senate has power to make men
testify with regard to matters
which are Of public concern.
IT 1t has not. and II crookedness
In primaries or elections can be
shielded by the self-imposed silence
OF those who know. we need to pass
some new laws.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Geography Test

This quiz puts your knowledge OF
geography to q test. You'll find the
answers on page IL.
lin what country is the mouth
Of the Rhine?
2-What is the longest river in
Europe?
3-What is the large island just
south of the Strait of Magellan?
4-In what part Of the United
States Is the land farthest below
sea level?
5--Name the capital of Nevada.
6-Where is Fujiyama?
What Cut" in the Panama
canal was repeatedly blocked by
landslides?
S-Name five countries that touch
the boundaries of France.
9-Is Australia as large as. or
larger than, the United States Tex.
Guiding Alaska)7
10-What is the largest body Of
fresh water in the world?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
THE SILENT GOVERNOR

While citizens from every part of the State are
demanding changes in the public utility laws that
will give them at least half chance for justice,
one citizen has been significantly silent.
Governor jackson might have been expected to
make some statement at this time that would aid
the legislators in determining upon course OF
action
With the shrewdest and most persistent lobby
in years at work prevent any action the Governor
surely should be interested to the extent Of intiat
ing to the legislative body his attitude and tell
ing them what sort of measure he would sign, II
any.
In view of his silence, the rumor that he would
veto any measure that had teeth at late a date
that the Legislature could not repass 1t IL wished,
is at least troublesome.
Here is one subject in which the Governor should
be especially interested and word from him might
be helpful.
Much of the distrust and dissatisfaction with
the present commission comes from the open charge
that the members selected by the presnet Gov
ernor under the advice and consent of the utility
companies in return for huge campaign contribu-
ton made to help his election.
That charge has caused citizens to remember
decisions in which the utilities apparently treat
ed most generously, not quite generously as they
treated in Federal courts but still with utmost
consideration. *
So widespread is this disrust of the commission
!; that it hardly possible that the Legislature
will listen to the lobby and leave it intact as the
only protection for the citizens against utility
tion5 end extortions.
The Governor must know, every citizen who
cares read knows, that this high priced lobby is
there to prevent the demands of the people for
-sw commission.
He must know that these lobbyists are spending
money freely for entertainment. that they have
limited expense accounts, that they draw huge fees
coaked as lawyers compensation and that later the
people of the State will pay all the bills in the form
OF higher rates gas, electricity and water and
telephones than would otherwise be necessary.
He knows that the people will pay this lobby
and pay in addition for the profit that comes from
their employment to the huge concerns which hire
them.
He knows, too, that they are working to see that
no change is made in that commission, no power
given to 1t to regulate just such expenditures,
authority placed In a State body to regulate those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Suspicious

Tamnany Hall is ready to back
the farmers. One would have more
faith in the change of heart, which
this implies, were 1t not for the sus.
picion that Governor Smiths candi.
daoy for the Democratic presidential
nomination has something to do
with 1t.
Ine consoling part Of the situation
lies In the farmers prospects rather
than in those of Governor Smith.
The farmer will have to be consid.
cred first. After that we shall see
what we shall see.
Meanwhile. 1t evidences a nobler
conception Of human brotherhood
when the politicians OF lower Man.
haitian find themselves moved by the
plight of the grain belt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
LISTEN IN

Tonight through the arrangements made by The
Times the speech of Senator James A Reed Will be
sent over the radio to all those who are fortunate
enough to have receiving sets and who care to listen
Senator Reed has helped to make history. He
WILL in all probability, make more history.
He helped to make history in Indiana when he
came to this State and summoned the mayors OF
two Cities who repealed more startling Tale OF
Two Cities" than written by Dickens
In that role he was throw-back to other days
when crusaders rode forth to conquer.
In these modern days. the keen mind and the
unerring instinct for falsehoods urged Reed to I'M
aver the corruption of modern politics and he found
part of that corruption in this State.
This newspaper has often disagreed with the
,lolicies of Reed. 1t has not followed always bis
trays into legislation. But it has never mstrusted
is honesty, his fearlessness or his courage.
In Reed the people of Indiana will find the last
G the warriors for the doctrine of Jacksonan indi-
dualism.
At time when legislatures and Congress are
trying to make all of US in the same pattern, to
make us vrtuous vapid, thirsty or trustful, he
e.ieves in the individual
He still believes in liberty.
Just because he is the sole outstanding warrior
for doctrines that oft forgotten and may be
discarded, Reed is interesting If nothing else.
He hates fraud. He hates corruption. He hates
putting manhood into nurseries. He refuses to be-
leve that laws must curb the direction OF destiny
and character be forgotten.
He summons from glorious past the memories
# days that are almost forgotten, and asks, once
gain, that the individual be unhampered by laws
i the pursuit of happiness and freedom.
Whether he be the reincarnation OF Jackson IN
I'll that Jackson meant or the prophet OF new
faith in old idols remains for history.
But because America must always be the con-
sidered Judgment of all doctrines, all appeals all
faiths The Times asks that you listen in tonight.
You will not turn your dial to jazz you catch the
voice of Jim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15

Yparemeht she got what she wanted.
But she wasn't right. The child
died. He wasn't right. She thought
that his weakness was strength But
1t took his wife to become very big
in the last act after the wearer of
the green hat had deliberately
turned her car into a big tree. Then
the wife becomes very big and she
tells that skeleton brain husband of
her very own how very little he is in
comparison to the woman who APP
peared in green, when she was sex
ually' busy, mentally and physi-
cally.
The wife tells the man who was
lured by the green hat that they
must not now separate. because they
would hate" each other, and that
nov" she must be with him. And
she was strong enough, that wife
was, not to allow. him to see the
green hat" which might have
turned red after the deliberate
auto crash.
In other words, am trying to tell
you at this time in the history of
THE Green Hat" with Katharine
Cornell.
AS a play, "The Green Hat" is
nothing but sex theater which en-
ploys a very experienced and at
times a wonderful cast to give it's
purple rays to the four walls of the
theater. 1t is high.brow melo-
drama made after a novel of much
disease and fad known as 1.-THE
Green Hat
And it is effective sex theater. 1t
tells lot in words and in actions of
those experienced people who act il,
but 1t never goes beyond that point
of fact. 1t is really sex imagination
Of the theater.
You have heard much of the "vel-
vet voice" of Katharine Cornell.
velvet" it is and, in the second act
in the apartment of an English
gentleman (allegedD Katharine Cor
nell proves her right of being right"
by one very honest experience.
When she kissed" her man before
going into his bedroom, there was
not a giggle, yell or a scream from
the audience. To me that is the test
of effective sex melodrama. She is
more than right in the method of
not cheating her art, And SO is the
only man in this scene-Alan Hollis
as Napier Tarpendon. He does just
the right thing. Nothing more.
Lights are used right. Also the cur
tain. And also, please do not forget,
the imagination of the audience.
There was one time in my expert
ence with the theater that 1 thought
that Katharine Cornell was just a
fad. Now 1 am sure of one wonder
full thing-that she has that wonder
full and true spirit of the theater
which made Duse and Bernhard
really famous. The two that are
dead knew their theater. And the
really big one living, Katharine Cor
nell, knows today her very big the.
alter. That is the great secret-life
as applied to the theater.
From a scenic standpoint, 1t is
most heavy and correct show. From
a cast standpoint-not one minute is
wrong.
THE Green Hat" gives you a
chance to see sex ultra theater
played up to the limit by the artist
great, Katharine Cornell, and her as
sociates.
1.-THE Green Hat" with Katharine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Education Suffers

AS a result of the riot in Cam.
bridge, Mass, which put four Har.
vard students, three civilians and two
policemen in a hospital and led to
the arrest of thirty-seven students.
the college paper charges that the
police were brutal.
No doubt they were. and no doubt
some OF the students were. 1t was
a free-for'all fight, according to i'm
partial reports. in which pop bottles
and stale eggs played quite as an
important part as did night sticks.
NO matter which side hit the hard.
est. 1t was mighty poor advertise,
ment for higher education, and rep
resents one more disgrace for Har.
ward to live down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15

And so he recruited sixteen men,
dressed them up like Heidelberg stu
dents and selected the right kind Of
choral music. The result is that.
this offering at the Lyric this week
Is so different from the regular run
of singing acts that it becomes a
'favori.e with all audiences. The men
as chorus have good voices and
the solo numbers have. been wisely
chosen. Act will please about
everyone who hears them.
The other big hit this week is the
O'Brlen Sextette. O'Brien, a man
with white hair, has surrounded him
self with younger musicians. Splen-
did 'show1nanship has been used in
introducing the men and this same
attribute builds up an act that is &C.
tually stopping the show cold this
week.
O'Brien has selected the right
popular numbers, has worked out n
corking sob song II generally hate
this type of stuff, but this one &C.
tually gets over) and for a finish a
corking vocal and instrumental par
ody is used. This act has the real
goods and the men know how to de.
liver il.
Mabel Harper used the baby
faced sized voice" to put over her
eccentric numbers. I can admit one
thing, she is different from any &C.
centric song yeller I have ever
heard.
Langford and Myra offer melody
and comedy in a modiste shop. Act
pleases. probably should have said
that this bill includes three hits be.
cause Harry Rape and his violin,
hooked up with his own way OF de-
livering his fun and his melody,
came mighty close to being a posi-
tive sensation. VIII admit that he
was a positive sensation. Guess
counted my hits wrong, come to
think about IL.
Babccok and Dolly engage in
noisy and eccentric conversation.
Alexander and Kent open the show.
arrived late and missed this act.
Sorry.
At the Lyric all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
KITTY is GORGEOUS
THIS SEASON AND HOW

1t must be recorded that Miss Kit
~ Doner was gorgeous at least yes
terday afternoon.
She admitted it so many times at
Keith's and proved it so many ways,
that 1t must be fact that Kitty
was gorgeous"
1t seems that this added fire, dash,
independence and speed raised her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
[ Laboratory Needed

The United States will lead in a
big navy race, we are told, if other
nations fail to accept the Coolidge
disarmament program.
One alternative is about as absurd
as the other. A big navy of the kind
contemplated would mean little, and
so would the scrapping of such ships
as President Coolidge proposes.
Whether we do or do not paddle
around in the water will have no
great effect on the next war.
War has gone up in the air and is
looking to chemistry and electric
force for new and more deadly
agencies of death.
What the United States needs is
laboratory. not an arsenal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Times Readers
Voice VieW,S
BY Milton c. Work
To The Editor:


want to. thank you for your
editorial in The Times of Feb. IL, rel
alive 10 the Old Age Pension Bill
passed by the Senate and now pend
ing in the House.
Your statement is true and fair
and quite a contrast to some few in
dividuals and newspapers, who are
either ignorant OF the facts or are
deliberately attempting TO deceive
the public and members Of the LeSis,
lature. l have in mind a statement
that would convey the impression
that all that is necessary TO have
county adopt the pension plan Is 70
secure the signature OF 200 citizens
and legal voters of the county, when
the fact Is that such petition can
only put the question up to the
voters at a general election and the
majority OF votes cast shall decide
the question.
have been taught that under our
form of Government It Is my duty
to submit 10 the will OF the majority,
yet there are some. am sorry to
say. who would set themselves up rs
dictators to decide what the public
shall do and what is best for them.
Now am like The Times-if the
citizens OF any county decide to con-
tinue the poor house system, send
their worthy old citizens there to end
their days, separated from husband
or wife. why that Is their business;
but IL they decide to adopt a more
humane way Of spending the money.
they raise from taxes for poor relief,
why should some pompous nagnnto
or newspaper outside the county seek
to prevent It. II they don't want It
In the county where they reside let
them go to the polls and vote against
It.
Again thanking you and assuring
you that your fairness is fully 6p.
preciated by the United Mine Work
ers. / am. Yours truly,
JOHN HUTCHINSON, secretary old
age pension committee, United Mine
Workers of America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S THE Green
Hat" gives you a chance to see
sex ultra theater played up to
the limit by the artist great,
Katharine Cornell. and her as
sociates.
KEITH'S-Kitty Doner ad.
Inits that she is gorgeous
this season and her act is just
as grand and fine as she is.
LYRIC-This show has three
real hits in the Heidelberg Stu.
dent Chorus; Harry Rape and
the O'Brien Sextette.
PALACE-As a dancing act
? the Palace has very pleasing
number the first half in Gar
den of Roses" Is a well put
together act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
w
Vulnerable Feature of
Contract Bridge De-
Scrlbed,

I'm response to numerous requests,
Work will write on contract for the
next few days. During that time,
his daily Auction Bridge Pointers
will be omitted, but viii be resumed
shortly.)
BY Milton G.. Work
One of the features Of Contract
Auction Bridge, not a part of the
game as originally conceived, is the
provision that side become "vul-
nerable" when 1t has won one game;
on the rubber game both sides are
vulnerable. Most players in this
country use this feature, and 1t also
is used by a considerable proportion
Of foreign players, although there are
many, especially in France. who do
not like 1t and who no longer use Il.
In the new Code of Laws which
the Knickerbocker Whist Club (New
York; has drafted for Contract, Law
Z, entitled Vulnerable or Danger
Zone" provides that when a vulncr-
able side assumes the contract, the
bonuses for making contract and
overtricks, and the penalties for un.
dertricks are doubled; the slam
bonuses being increased by one-half.
Being vulnerable does not alter trick
values. A side having no game OF
the rubber is 'invulnerable," and its
bonuses and penalties are not in
creased. When both sides are vul-
nerable. the increases apply to both
sides. The KnicEerbocker code makes
the use Of vulnerability optional and
says in its preface:
THE Vulnerable" feature of the
game has been made optional and
may be played or not as the particu.
lar group may decide. II undoubted-
ly adds much interest to the game
and makes IT much more exciting
Like all novelties, however, II may
or may not take with the public
These vulnerable increases, piled
on top OF the big counts and the
regulation doubles and redoubles are
somewhat reminiscent of Mah'Jongg.
They greatly increase the bidding
risks Of a side with game In and
make tlmid bidders unduly conserva-
tive.
For a side that has won game
"fiag-fying" obviously is a most
hazardous experiment. The wild bid
der is apt to disregard the warnings
that a position in the Danger Zone
should give and as a result catas-
trophies unheard OF in Auction Bridge
are daily happenings in Contract.
Copyright John II. Ollie Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
REAL DANCING ACT
On VIEW AT PALACE

Assembled with a careful and dis
eliminating eye the dances and songs
in Garden of Roses" at the Palace
the first half make up an extraordi-
narily pleasing act OF this type.
A tenor who has chosen his songs
wisely is featured in the song offer.
ings and gets across nicely.
The dancing OF the act is the main
Offering with the numbers by four
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