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diet of morality and then finding
the chief woman snowbound with
a man, who probably will not follow
her formula. Am telling you that
you must come over and get intoxi-
Gated with this smart fun in ON
Approval" They do not throw mud
pies in this show. All tfay throw
are mental bombs and they explode
about every minute. In speaking OF
George Smones-he, with the aid OF
the men back stage, who go out and
get the properties, and the art
director have made ION Approval"
the best dressed show of the season.
I have never seen this smart affair
before. but I am sure that 1t was
never better mounted nor acted on
Broadway.
In this play you will find France
Bendtsen having the time Of his life
in one of those Willie" roles in
which he excells. In all my expert
ence with the theater. this man is
better than anyone in such role.
Here you see that most delicate
touch of comedy as we'll as farce
which elevates the stage to that de-
gree of excellent comedy which one
dreams only exists on the foreign
stage.
Also, you have Margaret Doug
lass sailing out in the finest char
acterizations which stamp her as a
woman of great ability.
Miss Douglass is cast as Mrs.
Maria Wislack, whose first husband
died leaving her much money, and
who on second thought takes chap
by the name of Richard Halton, to
her estate in Scotland, to see if he
would make good second husband.
And I am telling you in the last
act Mrs. Wislack, who is perfect
old female bear in temper, discovers
that her trial mate tells her to go to
well, see the comedy.
Mckay Morris is Richard, who
goes on trial and in the. last act
turns the tables on his trainer. Nor
ris rises to that peak of high COM
edy fun that he is capable of dis
playing in such a smart comedy.
We also have in this quartet of
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tELKHART TRUTHl

(ELKHART TRUTH)
comparatively young man from an adjoining
state recently came into the Office to request sup
preston of a certain item which he knew would
become available for publication We
Talking turned him down
null. A few days later he returned made
H"t9o the same plea, and received the same
Over answer.
But this time he was prepared. He
informed us that if would accede to his wishes he
would present with envelope containing money
he held it in his hand while he lakeland we
could take it home, pocket the contents and no
body would be the wiser
Just how much money the envelope contained we
have no means of knowing. We didn't accept it. The
item was published.
Some time ago a bootlegger came to the Office with
similar offer for suppression of of his arrest.
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Poison Blow Guns

The blow gun seems weak in
strument with which to kill fero-
cious beasts. Beyond that, its use in
widely separated parts of the world
suggests an interesting line OF
thought.
1t has been found in Borneo as
well as South America, which war
rants the belief that tribes did not
borrow it from each other, or in
herit it from a common origin.
More than that, it is found where
venomous reptiles are common,
which justifies the idea that they in
spired primitive men to make it.
Generally speaking, it consists OF
a slender tube of bamboo, or some
similar reed, through which a poi
soned arrow is blown with the
breath. Some tribes use tube nine
or ten feet long, while others make
it as short as two or three feet.
The arrows can be blown MS much
as fifty or sixty feet. The poison
with which the arrows are tipped
differs, according to the locality,
though that made from the Yupas
tree is said to be most common.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05
PLEASING BILL
ON VIEW AT LYRIC

The bill at the Lyric this week is
one that will appeal to every taste.
No matter what your diet, you will
find a bit that the doctors will say
will agree with you.
An exceptionally good singer is
the headliner. Gaby Duvalle. a
French prima donna, has a selection
Of songs in English, French and
Spanish that seems to catch the
audience. Miss Duvalle, a Bruins
wick recording artist, is from the
Opera Comique, Paris. She is as
sisted by Camille v. Loaize at the
piano. who incidentally composed
one of the songs of the French opera
star.
THE Honeymoon Limited" mu-
steal playlet with William Singer,
Alice Hegeman, Louise Kelly and
earle and Lynne, is one of the clev-
crest bits that has yet been seen on
the Lyric stage. 1t is fast and funny
and is built around an old uncle's
will.
A song and dance revue that has
that certain appeal is found in Hits
and Bits of 1927" The settings are
beautiful and the songs have a real
lit. A comedian that is a ventrilo-
quist. That certainly is different.
General" Ed La Vine certainly
surprises everybody. AS a juggler
he is hard to beat. AS a general
he can marshal lot of laughs in
a few minutes.
Oliver and Hayden are playing a
return engagement again. This is
a comedy team that always is well
come to the city.
Hickman brothers and company
also are old friends to the patrons
of the Lyric. Their act, "Advertis-
ing in 1914" is certainly unusual.
Carey, Ellsworth and Mari pre-
sent program of music that is
very good. The trio can get some
real harmony and give the audi
ence quite few laughs.
The Three Orantos present one of
the best acrobatic acts that it has
been my pleasure to see for some
time.
The bill includes Greenwich Viii
lage Romance" a color classic,
comedies and news reel and Lester
Huff's organ recital. At the Lyric
all week. (By the Observer
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With Other Indiana Editors

We turned him down, He didn't like it bit. In fact
he became very irate What this town needs" he
exclaimed, sis another newspaper
But, we replied it wouldn't be much of a news
paper it accepted money to suppress stories like this
or any story, for that matter.
where I came from you could fix it with both
the newspapers" he retorted, naming town in the
central part of the state.
We replied that either the publishers of the two
newspapers he mentioned were crooks, or he was a
liar, and we had every good reason to believe the
publishers were not crooks.
Even Henry Mencken, foe of established institu-
lions and cync de luxe, admits that most newspaper
men, though they may not be heavily endowed with
gray matter are honest. And Henry says he has
had ample opportunity to ascertain this fact words
to that effect
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Should Quit Now

That even a legislative act should keep Mayor
DuvaL in Office after his continued assault upon all
sense of public decency seems impossible
If the past acts sufficient to citizens to
vote at the rate of five to to throw out the whole
system of government in order to get rid of him,
his very recent acts ought to arouse enough senti-
ment to demand his resignation force the city
council to impeach.
The appointment of the foreman of the last grand
jury which investigated his administration to a
place on the city pay roll required not only unusual
bravado but peculiar disregard for all the decencies
That grand jury was peculiar body. It was dis
missed after one member said that offer had been
made to bribe him. Judge Collins believed the story
of the attempted bribery. The public believes the
rest of his story which was that the friends of the
mayor in whose behalf the alleged bride offered
had others on the grand jury who would refuse to
indict him no matter what evidence was presented
For the mayor under these circumstances, to take
Che foreman of that jury into the city hall and place
him on the pay roll is to say the least unusual and
grounds for speculation
The sudden dismissal of the city engineer and the
most unusual explanation for it is even worse.
This engineer was named at the time when Duval
is reported to have changed his agnments from one
boss to another.
That the mayor may have changed back is not
the reason assigned
The engineer says he was. dismissed because he
recommended acontract for sewer construction which
saved the people $4,000.
Had an engineer been dismissed for recommend
ing contract that cost $4,000 more than competi-
tive bids, the public might understand and applaud
But being discharged for recommending low bid
Is something new, in Indianapolis.
The fact is that when this bid was made by
concern which has the backing of Rockefeller millions
and therefore presumably financially sound, word
went out that it would not be accepted because it
came from the wrong source.
That recommendation of low bid should be con-
sidered an unfriendly act against the administration
offers broad field for investigation and speculation
A petition signed by all those who voted for the
city manager system might impress the council with
the necessity for action. 1t has power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05
YOUNG MOVIE FAvORITES
ON VIEW AT THE PALACE

Those of us who go to the movies
have taken most kindly TO Our
Gang" comedies, and it is not sur
prising that certain members of the
original gang should take trip into
vaudeville.
And that Is just what Mickey
Daniels, the freckle-faced boy who
generally was the head of all the
trouble, and the sweet sweetheart of
the gang, Peggy Eames, have done.
They are here at the Palace IN
one of those pleasant little affairs
in which they just be themselves,
so to speak. These youngsters are
born mimics, as shown in their i'm
presentations of Mary Pickford in
"Sparrows"; Doug Fairbanks, Bill
Hart and Mae Murray.
These youngsters of the screen
will please every boy and girl in this
city and even the grown-up folks
will love 'en on the stage just as
on the screen.
Max Trout and Jack Heff, two
blackface funmakers, go in for some
smart parody songs. These they
put over in a real classy way. Act
pleases with ease. Simpson and
Dean have neat Introduction to
their Chop Stewy" sketch. Miss
Simpson is an eccentric comedian OF
real appeal.
The Barderlangs are athletes OF
ability and good showmanship. Mile.
Rea and Sanford go in for classical
dancing of much beauty. They are
assisted by pianist. a singer and
two acrobatic dancers" The move
is white Gold"
Mighty good show. AT the Palace
today and Wednesday.
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Other FeatS Forgotten

We have become so excited over
feats in the air as to forget what
people are doing in other lines, but
they are doing the usual amount, II
not more.
Whether in sport, politics, crime,
science or industry, this has been
a remarkable year.
A telephone conversation has Just
been held between Seattle and AUS
tralia, which breaks all previous
records; Helen Wills has won the
Wimbledon cup and Giles G. Healey,
youthful Yale explorer, returns from
Venezuela with six pounds of the
deadly Cuare poison which the ma
tive Indians use in their blow guns,
only to mention three interesting
events.
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LOOSE ANKLES" MEAN
HOT DANCIN' FEET

You must understand the mean
ing of Loose Ankles" as applied to
a farce comedy written by Sam
Janney.
The meanin' is-hot dancing feet
upon a financial basis.
Loose Ankles" rather reminds one
a little of THE Cradle Snatchers"
although the themes are not too
much alike. In Loose Ankles" thee
mem make their spending money
by renting themselves out to elderly
rich women as dancing partners.
Interest centers upon the efforts
of the three loose ankle" gentlemen
to make the ankles of another young
chap, Gil Barry, bring in enough of
the coin of the realm to pay his part
of the rent as we'll as food.
Gil becomes the agent Of Ann
Harper, a rich girl who decides to
have a private scandal of her own
so she can break a will, thus leaving
many of her relatives without cent
of inheritance.
Loose Ankles" as a play is
strangely constructed and believe
that by breaking the first act in
three scenes, the author loses lot
of time. To make this first act eff
fective, a revolving stage is nearly
necessary, as long waits in changing
scenes slows up the required action.
There are really two groups OF
principals in Loose Ankles" One
set is played by Milton Byron. Lar
ry Sullivan, j. F. NARROW and Rob-
ert st. Claic-the four who rent out
their dancing feet.
The second set is rather divided,
one is composed of two elderly Ia
dies who do the renting of loose
nkles"-played by Mildred Hast
ings and Henrietta Floyd. You
really do not discover that fact I'M
til near the final curtain when the
author makes this discovery one of
the big laughs of the play.
In this group you will find Isa-
belle Arnold in a wise-cracking role
which she handles splendidly; Jean
Oliver as Ann Harper, who embarks
upon a career of being compro-
missed; Bernice Marsolais as Agnes,
the maid, who has a horror of any
man who wears red flannels, and
Herbert Dobbins as Major Filing,
who fears scandal.
Miss Oliver is giving a light,
spirited performance of her role.
Miss Marsolais is excellent as the
maid. william " Hull dashes in
and out of the play as a newspaper
reporter Hull stages funny
"souse" in the last act.
Loose Ankles" isn't so much of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05
Times Readers
Voice ViezgS
To the Editor:

To the Editor
In Fridays issue of The Times APP
pesred a news article stating that a
fruit grower had discovered a
method of retarding the early de-
velopment of fruit buds by burying
ice at the base of trees.
This method was given thorough
tryout more than thirty-flve years
ago, and the results were found TO
be negative. I, myself, banked ice
and snow about the base of peach.
trees and cherry trees and covered.
it deeply with straw and leaves. This
prevented a thawing for consider
able period after frost had left. the
ground elsewhere.
Yet, with the first balmy rays of
spring these banked" trees began to
show swelling right along with those
not so treated. ,r
About twenty years ago man In
New York State, experimenting
along this line. removed a pane of
glass from a window in his living
room and unanswered a limb of
thrifty peach tree standing just out
side through the window into the
room. Then he filled the space
around the limb with cloth and pa
per to keep out the cold.
Pretty soon the limb projecting
into the room began to put out buds,
although the parent tree was, much
of the time, standing where the
temperature was far below freezing.
Natures metabolism seems not to
be affected to any appreciable ex-
tent by chilling just part OF a
growing tree.
Very few trees but what have their
feeding roots below the frost line,
and if the head of the tree is in a
growing atmospheric temperature,
that tree is going to put forth btds
regardless of a chilled belt at its
base.
This we see every spring in the
sugar. maple and pine. A ire
mendous flow of sap is in evidence
before the frost has entirely left
the ground. r. P. McCASLlN,
1901 Dewey Ave.
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Hard Luck Victory

Byrd played in hard luck, but he
saved his crew and showed what
could be done under the worst pos
sible conditions.
Anybody can be fair weather
sailor, but it takes storm, or in
this case, a freezing fog, to bring
out the man.
It almost seems as. though Provi-
dence was bound to test Byrd. He
waited and waited for the skies to
clear, and supposed they had, but
only to find difficulties that he had
not expected.
A technical defeat under such
conditions is a real victory, as the
French have already proclaimed it.
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Mr.. Fixit
Potatoes Urged, bat Pau
ing to Be Put on Street

A request for a permit TO use
a street which has been torn up
for months for raising potatoes"
this summer was received today by
Mr.. Fixit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Inasmuch as
the paving of Holmes Ave. will be
held over until we have a city man
ager form of government. would we
have to have permit to put our
part of the street in late potatoes of
fall vegetables?
We would like to have some berle-
fit from our street this summer.
j. B. A.
Since your letter was written
to Mr.. Fixit the board of works
got busy and awarded the paving
contract. SO 1t loooks like you'll
have to look elsewhere for gar
den spot.
=, Dear Mr.. Fixit: Most Of the
block on N. fremont ST., between
Twelfth and Fourteenth Sts., is va
cant property.
This is used for a dump. Won
der if you could see that no more
trash is dumped here. Last year
the weeds we're not cut on these
lots until fall. Is it possible to pre-
vent a like condition this summer?
The weeds are very bad now.
E. S. B.
Or. Herman G.. Morgan, health
board secretary ordered inspec-
ton of the place and will not
permit further dumping If it can
be avoided. .
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make present use of the complaint against him as
captain of industry to illustrate argument that
the bgness of business doesn't make it either GRIM
nal objectionable, and that success doesn't dis
qualify an American citizen for ofhce-holding.
ThereFare men. in all honest and useful walks of
Wife, in all creeds and in all political parties who are
fit to be President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05
OTHER THEATER OFFERINGS

Other theaters today offer: Ted
Lewis and his orchestra at the
Circle; "a Million Bid" at the In
diana; "Quicksands," at the Apollo;
1.-THE Telephone Girl" at the Ohio;
"Hiawatha," a Theatre Guild pro-
duction, at $3.50 o'clock tonight at
Fairview Park, and "Grinning
Guns" at the Isis.
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Copying Nature

Men seem to have taken their first
steps in civilization by copying ma
ture.
The blow gun is just an example
of this.
Where poisonous snakes and
singing insects abounded, what
was more than for man to kill his
prey the way they did?
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BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

smart fooling, Ann Davis. Again she
does that perfect thing in acting
known as quiet but firm character
ization. She is magnificent in this
sort of a play as she is in very
drab drama.
If you have any faith in my judg-
ment, then take my tip and see this
four peopled cast in magnificent
bit of fun, "On Approval"
At Keith's all week.
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IN. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
Men Seem to Haze Taken
Their First Steps IN .
Civilization By Copying
Nature.
SAYS:

In spite of his tragic experience
and narrow escape, Commander
Byrd no sooner gets his breath than
he begins to arrange for a. fight to
the South Pole.
That is the spirit which makes
this age what it is, the spirit that
refuses to rest on its laurels, that
never knows when it is licked, that
regards one triumph as only paving
the way for another.
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to The Indianapolis Times Washington
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Editor
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lllOldllopOIlo dAlA
it is to his ever
lasting credit, as
much as the four
members OF the
cast, that "On
Approval" is the
smart and beau
tiful gem that it
is. Here is a
smart CONVERSE
ton show which
gives birth to a
lot of mental
nothing. In other
words, here is fine
delicate talk about
getting a hus-
band. tryinC him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05

Only four people. the right people,
are in the cast of ION Approval"
but let us give credit to that artistry
of direction which comes from
George Somnes.
Somnes is the man who directs
the Stuart Walker productions in
r,,.lta~ova11fe oY4d
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Who is Charles Paddock?

Who is Charles Paddock?
He was born in California in 1900
and educated at the University of
California, where he achieved fame
as runner. He holds 81 worlds
records for sprint distances and has
acquired the title of the worlds
fastest human" He is associated
with the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
After his appearance in the movies
in 1.-THE Campus Flirt" with Bebe
Daniels the annormceme.-. q t-cir
engagement followed.
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Questions and AhSzCerS

years and is generally credited with
being the first electric light in regu-
lar service. The Pearl Street Edi-
son Station in New York was opened
in 1882 and was the forerunner of
the great central stations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05

Where was the first electric light
in regular service operated?
In 1862 an arc light was installed
in lighthouse at Dungeness. Eng
land and supplied with current from
a cumbersome magneto-electric
machine. It was in use for many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-05
How many public accountants are
there in the United States?
Approximately 7,400.

When was George b. M. Harvey,
American Ambassador to Great
Britain?
He was appointed by President
Harding in April, 1921, and served
until December, 1923.
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In what works of Shakespeare are
girls referred to as "chickens?"
Tinlon of Athens, Act II, Scene 2;
Macbeth, Act w, Scene 3.
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only -Four People Found in Sn1artest Fun Cast of
the Season in ON Approval a Walker Production

a play, but it does get the laughs,
and that is something these warm
days.
On view at Englishs all week.
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How large is a walrus?

How large is a Walrus?
A full grown male measures IL
feet in length and may exceed 1900
pounds in weight. Females are
smaller
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for a fete day and had imbibed a
little too freely. a dead goose was
hung by its feet from the limb of
tree; the head and the neck was
creased and all the young bloods
would ride their horses under the
tree at a full gallop, and the one
who succeeded in wrenching the
goose from its moose received it as
reward for his skill. The signal
for the start of the horses was 1.-The
Goose hangs high
Who was the first Mikado of
Japan?
According to official chronology,
the first Mikado was Jimrnu Tenno,
who began to reign $50 3. C. De-
scent is claimed from the gods that
created heaven and earth.
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What is the origin of the express
sion 1.-THE Goose Hangs High?"
One authority claims that the ex-
preston originated in England in
the 10th century in this wise: When
the family and relatives gathered