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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

Sadie Thompson for the past sew
eraI seasons has been muchly dis
cussed girl.
And so has the play. Rain" in
which Miss Thompson, her soul and
her trade" are so much concerned.
After seeing the Stuart Walker
presentation of Rain" last night, 1
am chiefly concerned in the way
that Ann Davis plays the role OF
Sadie.
1t seems that the only way one
can Judge Miss Thompson on the
stage is to compare her with the
way others have done the charac-
ter.
Miss Davis makes Sadie mighty
nervous girl with as nervous laugh
when she is just woman with a
body. When Sadie "repents" we see
a woman walking about nerVously
in mental fog.
AS Miss Davis plays her, Sadies
natural nervousness becomes hys-
terical. She is just a poor kid
nucking a power that gives her no
rest and mighty bad mental and
soul headache, if there be such a
thing.
When the Rev. Davidson tells
Sadie that she is beautiful and Is
white robed something with wings,
Sadie remarks that she is dead tired
and thinks she can sleep. She goes
to her room and then the Rev.
Davidson goes into her room, but
not to pray.
Hours afterwards, Davidson is
dead, a suicide, and the Sadie
Thompson, who specializes in traffic
in men, has returned.
Miss Davis gives Sadie the gaudy
attire. 1 have always considered
Sadie pretty hardboiled creature.
A woman, as they say in the
language of the street, "a gal who
knows her onions"
To my way of thinking, Miss Davis
was most effective when Sadie
started to repent. During that
stage of the Characterization. MISS
Davis was convincing. But 1t is my
opinion that Miss Davis makes the
natural Sadie too nervous as 10
manner and to laugh.
Sadie says some mighty nasty
things to the Rev. Davidson, and
she spits it out, not so much in lear,
but as a matter of fact. She thinks
the Rev. Davidson is psalm-sing-
ing -" and she means that he Is
Just that breed because that is Sa-
dies natural and honest conception
of such gentlemen.
There is mighty good psychology
in this play and a whole lot OF
strong talk. Miss Davis at times
does not seem to possess that super
strength which 1 have always
thought Sadie to possess. Sadie
used strong words often, and she
had voice and a command even
of her anger because such women
are hot-headed.
Miss Davis is giving an interest
ing, If not a commanding, perform
ance of one of the most difficult
roles that the stage of today has.
One of the outstanding perform
ances of this production is given
by Margaret Douglass as Mrs. Da-
wilson, the wife of the missionary.
She is the woman who follows in
the footpath of her husband as he
goes on "the business of the Lord"
She is the sex-starved woman who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Censorship Run Mad
By N. d. Cochran

The itching burning urge on some of us to regu-
late and control the daily life and conduct of all of
us appears to be spreading 1t is like an infection
in the blood that breaks out in irritating RASH
first in one spot and then in another, until it
threatens to spread all the body polite
In Boston it is mania of a few to determine what
all may or may not read. Elsewhere it is censorship
OF bathing costumes. In some States it's prohibits
cigaret smoking In others it insists that we must
take our astronomy, geology and general science
from Genesis
There spots where none of us may see plays
that a few of us don't think are proper
Everywhere all OF us are told by law what we may
not drink. Nowhere may any of us crticise the acts
OF our President and we are branded traitors to
our country if we even criticize the laundering d.
plomacy of nervous and cratic secretary of State
If some of us seek as best we may to abolish war
and bring about peace on EARTH then others of us
get hot under the collar and red in the face and call
us nameS-and some of us are branded as Bolshevsts
Communists and enemies of the Army the Navy, the
Constitution and the Flag
In some States some of us band together in muir
derous Righteousness and, clothed in fiery fanatcism
and masked hoods and robes, set forth with tar
bucket and feathers and blacksnake whips to punish
others of whose personal conduct isn't satisfactory
to self-appointed censors
And must not tell unpleasant truths about our
national heroes If the facts of history don't con-
form to established passions and preudices then
history must lie.
In some spots mustn't do what we want to
DO on Sunday unless we want to do what others think
we ought to do-and golf, motoring, baseball and
other forms of harmless and heathfu recreation are
sinful and unlawful
Snoops, spies, sreakS, informers, agents. provoca-
teurs-these and others of their ik-dog footsteps
and hound peaceable citizens day and night.
Our national Congress and State Legislatures are
pestered everlastingly by of us who are moved
by mad desire to make all of us good by law and
the polcemans club. We to be driving furiousy
toward tyrannical state that would make spiritual
well as bodily slaves of all of it's citizens
The government of the people, by the people and
mic o.icI,
from the earth is becoming government of bigots
by censors for fanatics.
On top of all this comes the head of theatrical
circuit who will the power of ownership to censor
the wit of stage comedians to the extent of forbiddng
Jokes which are critical of street railway companies
other industres-as well national State and
municipal officials.
When it becomes lese majestic to crack jokes about
a captain of industry, Congressman, an alderman
or village constable we can well wonder
What next?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Why the E R & Ss:5'''
Weather? MsssSE.iss on
THE PAMPERO

The "pampero" is the most IA
nous weather phenomenon of the
south American region adjacent to
the Rio de la Plata-the River
Plate" of colloquial English. 1t is
a violent squall from the southwest,
blowing chiefly during the months
from July to September.
The storm is ushered in by clouds
to the southwest, which have a
rolled and tufted appearance, like
huge bales of black cotton Their
forms are continually changing.
They are accompanied by gusts Of
hot wind, blowing at intervals Of
about a minute. Following these
gusts, the storm comes with hurri-
cane force, blowing up enormous
clouds of dust, which sometimes
spread such a pail Of darkness over
the land that 1t is hard to find
ones way about. Often heavy rain
falls, and, mingling with the dust,
becomes a shower of mud. Thunder
and lightning frequently accompany
the pampero. With the passing Of
the storm there is marked fall in
temperature. Shipping in the River
Plate suffers severely in these
storms.
A pampero generally lasts only a
quarter Of an hour or so, but in the
year 1893. it is said, one blew with
out interlnission for three days. The
bed of the river was laid dry for q
distance of ten miles from the shore
revealing the wrecks of many YES
sells that had been lost years before.
The pampero belongs to the type
Of wind known to meteorologists aaa
the Zine squall"
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Financial Genius Needed

Back of the network of boilers,
steam pipes, dynamos and wires is
just as imposing financial hookup.
1t takes money TO create such
structures, and men will not put
up the money unless they see an
opportunity for profits.
Assured of 6, z or per cent, it is
human nature to want 10 or IL per
cent.
Having produced engineers to de-
velop and control the physical ma
chine, we must now produce engi-
neers to develop and control the
financial machine.
1t took study to produce the for
mer, and it will take just as much
study, if not more, to produce the
latter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Light on Wabash

1t has become popular to name
things after Dresser in this section.
When Sam insult built the great
electric plant nine miles down river
from Terre Haute, he fell in with
the custom. 1t is such monu-
ment as any poet might well be
proud of, and peculiarly appropriate,
since it sheds light on the Wabash
which, if not SO romantic as that of
the moon. speaks more distinctly of
human progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Carrying Power

The Dresser plant is a vivid ex-
ample of the revolution in power
production which is taking place.
1t stands at the head of a mine.
Coal is drawn up from the bowels
of the earth, pulverized and carried
to the flreboxes of the great boilers
in practically one continuous opera
ton.
High tension cables have taken
the place of railroads in conveying
energy from the mine to the mill.
1t is easier to carry 10000 horse
power in the form of an invisible
fluid over copper wire than to
carry it in freight cars in the form
of coal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Brain TeaSerS

Here's another new hot weather
intelligence test. In the first ten
of the questions below are three pos
sible answers. One of the answers
given is right, and two are wrong.
Cross out the two incorrect answers
and check up with the correct an
swers on page II:
l. Is "the veldt" the name given
to the plains of Russia, Australia or
South Africa?
2. Is asbestos a rock, a vegetable
fiber or a fabricated sea weed2
3. Are sponges fish, plants or sea
animals?
4. Was David Starr Jordan for
mer automobile manufacturer. a COLI
lege president or a distiller2
5. Is Thomas A. Edison called the
Wizard of Menlo Park" Wizard Of
Asbury Park or the Wizard OF
Grant Park?"
6. Was the novel 'Romola" writ
ten by w. L. George, George Eliot
or Addison Simms2
7. Did Nicholas Longworth marry
a daughter of President Wilson,
President Taft or President Roose-
welt?
8. Is Reinald Werrenrath a BARI
tone, basso or tenor singer?
8. Was James j. Hill builder OF
American railroads, a maker OF
clocks or the inventor Of the steam
boat?
10. Was wampum used by the In
dams as food, money or ammuni-
ton?
II. Who are the two special prose-
cutors appointed to assist in the
current Indiana political probe2
IL. What Indianapolis police Of
ficer has been on the force for the
longest period?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Stage Verdict

LYRIC-Mighty good nov
city here with Young Abraham,
Rigoletto Brothers and Carr
Lynn heading the procession.
ENGLISH'S-"Pigs" is the
cutest, best acted and best
mounted comedy that the Ber-
kell Players have given us this
season. A positive triumph
for Idabelle Arnold and Robert
st. Clair.
KEITH'S-Ann Davis is Civ
ing us her own conception of
Sadie Thompson in Rain"
Her conception of Sadie will
cause much discussion. From
a production standpoint Rain"
is the best thing that George
Somnes, as director, has given
the local stage this season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Coal Abundant

Terre Haute is surrounded by coal
mines.
Many of them have been shut
down during the last few years,
chiefly, it would seem, because oil
has reduced the coal market.
They represent a vast, and COM
paratively inexhaustible supply of
power.
When we come to a point where it
is necessary to conserve oil for
automobiles, airplanes and national
defense, which is not far off, these
coal mines will once more come into
their own.
The valley of the Wabash will one
day be the home of many Dresser
plants, sending out energy in all
directions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Crossroads of World

The main highway from Chicago
to the south and one of the main
highways from coast to coast. pass
through Terre Haute.
They cross each other at the
corner of Seventh st. and Wabash
Ave-, which is locally known as
"the crossroads of the world"
1t is not uncommon for 10000
automobiles to pass this corner in a
day. More than 5000 were recent
ly counted in the space of eight
hours and they bore licenses from
no less than forty-one States.
Terre Haute is about thirty miles
distant from the center of popula-
ton of the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Good housekeeping

The Dresser plant is one Of those
institutions which cause you to mar
vel at the perfection and capacity
of modern science
Though operated by only 100 men,
it represents the strength of 100000.
Though consuming coal at the
rate of thirty-flve tons an hour, it
is Immediately clean.
The machinery is painted and
polished, the floors are spotless and
there is evidence of good housekeep-
ing on every hand.
Big business has learned to take
an interest not only in the human,
but in the artistic side of it's work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Paul DresSen'S Song

Another man who did much to
advertise the town was Paul Dresser.
He wrote a song.
Songs strike a more common
chord than political theories, and
leave less to argue about.
Every man or woman who has
seepethe moon shine on the Wabash
in childhood, thinks of Paul Dresser
as a great man, because he breathed
a sentiment that grew dear to them,
especially in later years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
N. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
Songs Strike q More Com
mon Chord Than PoIiti-
cal Theories, and Leave
Less to Argue About.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. g.
Eugene v. Debs did as much as any
man to advertise this town.
Certain business men have Schooled
themselves to believe that it was adj
vertising of the wrong sort.
A short-sighted, narrow view.
One does not have to sympathize
with Debs' doctrines to admit that
he was an outstanding figure.
He had courage and loved chill
dren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
Security of system

Electric plants are now being
spotted all over the country where
power can be generated with coal,
oil, gas or water.
Gables are being strung for
hundreds. not to say thousands of
miles, and power is fed into them
from these plants.
The combination means not only
greater economy, but greater secur-
ity.
Communities, manufacturers and
householders are freed from the
likelihood of being deprived of light
and power through the breaking
down of a single plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

not 10 applaud.
He tells you frank
ly that he loves to
work, that he is
being paid for it
and that it is all
nonsense to think
that he would go
to your place of
work and applaud
you for doing the
work that you are
paid for. He claims
that he can tell
by the expression
on peoples faces
whether he is
- = -
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audience for not showing apprecia-
ton by applause, but it is rare to
find an actor who admits that he
doesn't want it.
Carr Lynn, who says he halls from
Australia and admits that he is
getting good money for his act,
furnishes the other side to the
problem of applause.
Time and time again at the Lyric
this week, Lynn tells his audiences
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

that pigs is pigs. Idabelle Arnold
The burden of the
play is carried by st. Clair and Miss
Arnold. To Miss Arnold falls some
of the brightest and smartest lines
of the show. She is cast Mildred
Gushing, flapper Of a small town,
who knows III what direction she
wants to flap. And she flaps and
flaps until she gets what she wants.
She too has faith in the ability of
$50 pigs paying off the family debt
You will remember pigs" as one of
the delightful, simple little affairs OF
love life of which the stock season
is not often blessed.
The next two outstanding char
acterizations are contributed by
Bernice Marsolais as Ellen Atkins,
a mother role, and Mildred Hast
ings as Grandma spencer, an old
dame with a sharp tongue. false
value on her own sons worth. Miss
Marsolais ages sufficiently to con-
vice one that she could be the
mother or Thomas, Jr.
One of the funniest moments Of
the play is when Grandma Spencer,
desiring to broadcast scandal, picks
up the telephone receiver and COM
mands, Give me any house"
The cast includes Herbert Dob
bins, Larry Sullivan, Milton Byron,
Jean Oliver, j. F. NARROW and Will
liam v. Hull. And there is real
hog and some pigs present in the
farmyard scene.
"Pigs" is the most pleasant COM
edy, the best acted and best mount
ed play that Berkell has given us
this summer.
At English's all week.
APPLESAUCE? NO, SAYS
CARR LYNN AT THE LYRIC
We have heard 50 much about
actots finding fault with an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
pigs" is A MOST
ENJOYABLE SUCCESS

In the first place Pigs" is cork
ing good Pollyanna theater.
In the second place it gives four
members Of the Berkell Company
a chance to have human roles which
enables them to give performances
that people will remember with
pleasure.
The two outstanding performances
in Pigs" are contributed by
Idahelln Arnold
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happier. The truth is that Lynn is
a mimic, who is so well stocked
with good material that he can not
fail to hold the interest and gain
the admiration of his audience.
Here is a Snowman that is different.
He knows deep down in his heart
that there are many high class acts
that never get applause. He
doesn't admit it, but he B-ows that
the real goods will sell and he is
selling his goods. He a splendid
mimic and a really a fine intelligent
Snowman. He is indeed original in
his method of selling his act to an
audience.
The Rigoletto Brothers, the Swan
son Sisters and Young Abraham, a
strong youth, extend their work over
time that is generally allotted to
three separate acts. The Rigoletto
Brothers open with magic, special
izing in Knots" Then comes the
vanishing watch trick. OF course
they do their instrumental number
which is a trademark for them. The
swanson Sisters sing and dance in
their we'll known quiet manner.
One of the brothers introduces
Abraham. This young strong man
has an effective routine, doing three
things-bending a long and heavy
piece Of steel into pattern with
his hands and teeth; then breaking
link out of a heavy chain and then
carrying on his back a sack of
grain weighing nearly $50 pounds
while he carries two eggs in his
hands.
Alfred Latell probably is the best
known impersonator of a dog on
the stage. He is assisted by Miss
Dell. Latell's act is a well-known
stage institution. AS usual, he gets
the attention of his audience with
the greatest of ease.
McWinders and Fox play the
banjo. They just play. relying upon
their melody to get them across.
The Grey Family dance much bet
ter than they sing. The Amber
Brothers are athletes who specialize
in human balancing.
The bill includes movies and
other events.
At the Lyric all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

and Robert st.
Clair. These two
roles are juvenile
IN character and
the ease with
which these two
players come down
within the "teens"
again proves their
ability. The fact
IS I never have
seen st. Clair as
nicely cast as he
is this week as
Thomas A Akin S
Jr. In this play
st. Clair is the
lad with a vision
and a cream
4I.-k 49, &. x.tcrr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

Is Louise Huff, the motion picture
actress, still playing for the screen?
She is not playing for the movies,
but has appeared frequently on the
stage. She married E. A. Stillman,
an engineer, and has three chill
dren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

What are the names Of some dog
magazines published in the United
States?
American Kennel Gazette 221
Fourth Ave-, New York City; Dog
World 1922 West Lake ST., Chi
cago, Ill.
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Times Readers
Voice ViezgS
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
If his royal majesty, King Michael
the first Of Rumania, uttered the
sentence-as quoted in The Times
acknowledgements, I'm hungry.
wanna go home" he needs more
than food. He needs some instruc-
ton in the use of the English Lam
guage, provided, Of course, he speaks
English, which he probably does
not.
In any event, no six or seven.
year-old child, reared within a regal
atmosphere, with the expectation
that some day, perhaps, he would
rule his people, would be permitted
to use guttersnipe English, as quoted
by The Times editorial. So object
to The Times making the Ru-
manian king ridiculous by putting
words in his mouth that he did not
say.
My own youngster Of about the
same age knows better than to use
such jargon. AS a matter of fact.
The Times merely wanted to make
its editorial "sobby" and thus man.
handled the language at the ex-
pense of Michael the first.
p II I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02
DO You KmoW

That no down-and-outer
need sleep on a park bench
in Indianapolis. There is al
ways a worker in the Wheeler
City Mission, a Community
Fund agency. who can direct
him to shelter?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

What species OF whale Is tho
largest?
The largest whales are the blue
whales (baloenoptera musculusJ
which attain length of 100 feet or
more, and weigh approximately 70
tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

To the Editor:
I do not like the tone of your
paper at all on the whisky" aues-.
tion' so pardon me for sending you|
some responsible information
Your grandchildren will be
ashamed of your paper in future
years If you should perserve some
OF those wet copies. You have too
much sense to put out such dope il
you would stop and think.
One hundred thousand persons
yearly was the death toll before pro-
hibition and don't fool yourself any
longer.
Respectfully,
CLARA B. DUNK1N.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

What did II cost to build Brooklyn
Bridge?
$l7,909,412.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

Are any women employed as radio
or wireless operators on navy vessels
or on coast guard cutters?
No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

other theaters today offer: Lone
some Ladies'" at the Circle; thine
to Love-" at the Indiana: Monte
Cristo," at the Ohio; "On Re Boule-
ward" at the Apollo and THE Fight
ing Three" at the Isis.
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Questions and
AnSWerS

What does the name Palmyra
mean?
1t is a Greek name meaning "city
Of palm trees"
Has any President except George
Washington been elected unanim.
ously?
No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-02

APPLESAUCE? NO, SAYS
CARR LYNN AT THE LYRIC
We have heard 50 much about |
actots finding fault with an