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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-03
That Baseball
Scandal
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson =

>Never have the men been so con-
cerned with any sort of charges as
they have exhibited since Judge
Lands made his sensational expose
of a baseball scandal which he says
took place away back in 1919.
The Teapot Dome never threw
them into such paroxysms of agita-
ton. For Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker
are American idols, more intensely
worshiped than any great states
man or Hfe-saying scientist.
The average man feels there are
many crooked politicians. He does
not, therefore, become upset when
he finds a county or National officer
has been apprehended stealing huge
sums of money from him and other
taxpayers. Somehow he has become
calloused to such evil deeds. Graft
in politics is such a common thing
But graft in baseball, our beloved
national sport, Is quite another mat
ter.
We cannot believe that in our
clean, exciting battles there could be
player who would throw the game
for personal gain. Least Of all can
we believe that these old diamond
heroes Of two decades could be
guilty of such a sin against decent
sport.
To the most of us, the fact that
a professional baseball player could
stoop to do the things Of which he
is accused, is almost beyond compre-
hension. That a statesman might,
we do not doubt
The secret of this feeling lies in
the fact that we love baseball, and
we do not love politics. We want
sport clean no matter how dirty our
government may be.
But what we do not seem to com.
prehend is this-so long as we Will
tolerate graft and theft in the af-
fairs OF our country, we may sooner
or later expect to find the same
things in every phase Of our Nation
al life, baseball not excepted.
While we may not believe that
these particular men are guilty as
charRed-we may refuse to believe
It, yet we must consider that when
the greatest in our land set examples
of wickedness and nothing is done
about it. some day there is certain
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time and he has repeatedly said that
have done more for him than any one
else would ever do, I love him better
than my own life and thought he loved
me. but week before last, he was granted
. divorce and l have not seen him since.
I have written to him, but have had no
reply, / am simply grievtng myself TO
death. What shall dor
DESPONDENT.
You are In sad predicament, but
Il was almost certain that some such
ultimate as this would appear. The
man has undoubtedly gone away to
enjoy his new sense of freedom. He
may return, but in the meantime,
don't you think 1t might be wise to
return to your husband and see If
you can work this matrimonial mat
ter out from a different angle?
You do not indicate your feelings
for your husband. If you do not
hate him, perhaps you can take up
life with him again III he will allow
YOU. Anyway, this other man doesn't
seem to be much of man. He has
shown himself bitterly selfish. Try
and forget him.
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to creep into every Granny of our
national existence the same sort of
rottenness.
And while we may now stand
aghast at the idea of man like
Ty Cobb throwing a baseball game,
some day, if things go on in politics
as they have been going for some
time, we will sink to the place where
we will not consider such things so
very terrible.
Any people who will exhibit such
vast unconcern at the vicious mis-
management of the business of their
own government will eventually be-
come so slack in their moral fiber
that throwing a baseball game will
not be unusual.
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circumstances compelled me to
refer to some Chinese rugs I was
pnving imported when I was with
Roosevelt one day." comments Ed.
ward Box in his book, Twice
Thirty" ITO what dynasty do they
belong?" T. r. asked quickly, then
launched forth into a vivid and In
teresting talk on Chinese rugs that
left me breathless. Think he knew
every dynasty and what rugs be-
longed to them. 1t was marvellous, -
Yet Roosevelt was only touching
upon one of his many, many hob
bies.
Every year get a new hobby
and ride it hard" a famous actress
said recently. Its the only way I
keep myself from being bored and
that l keep from boring other peo-
pie. Perhaps it's golfing or SWIM
ming, china painting or collecting
antiques. 1 have interesting things
in mind to do for the next hundred
years. Hope I live that long, so I
can do EN-"
~" ASSA Ih1I way Wuou you nave
hobbies. Fortunately there are hob
bies to fit every purse and practi-
cally every condition Of life. Per-
haps you wouldn't care to make a
collection Of labels from tomato
cans, as did the poor little girl In
one of Myra Kelly's slum stories, but
youth find something If you just look
around. 1t pays, and will positively
keep at bay that most dreaded of
all visttors-old age.
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Add cream OF tartar and cont
beating until stiff and dry. Melt
with hot water and gradually
into eggs. Turn into a well-butt'
mold and steam 25 minutes.
mold must be large enough to pei
the egg mixture to puff as \ sol
does. Let stand until cold. Unr
and surround with boiled custar
Boiled Custard
Four eggs (yolks), tablespS
granulated sugar. 4 teaspoon !
2 cups milk, Il teaspoon vanilla
Beat yoll1s of eggs with sal 81
sugar. Scald milk in double bt
and beat a few tablespoonfuls
egg mixture. Add this to hot
and cook over hot water until
tard coats the spoon. When Z
flavor with vanilla and serve. II
custard is carefully made, 1t will
need straining.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service,
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strength and kill Mr.. Cluny on
the impulse of the moment, to Sc
cure the money for Cherry, and con-
sequently for himself"
Bob shook his head. IT don't be-
lieve Cherry would have been foolish
enough to tell him or that Chris
would have stuck his head into the
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KNITTED DRESSES

The fabric manufacturers have
actually produced a fine, soft. knit.
ted wpolen that will not stretch
more than woven cloth. 1t is best
used in tailored two-piece frocks
for street or sport.
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He Went Away

Dear Martha Lee: Won't you please tell
me what to dor I've been going with
an old sweetheart OF mine for the past
year We had both been married before.
Previous to our meeting each other year
ago, we had known and thought Of each
other for years but IL was not until he left
his wife, that he came to me. he had
IA hold on my heart and after awhile, l
left my husband for him.
We'Va been very hannY toRnther In thlA
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SIX HURT IN WRECK

BIZ United Press
SWEETWATER, Texas, Jan.
Six persons, two of them wol
were in a hospital here today RI
ering from injuries received
head-on collision yesterday of
Santa Fe trains, one mile cas-
Pwron. The boilers of both loo
tives exploded at the impact
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That's Advice Martha Lee Gives Married Woman Who
Finds Time Hanging Heavy on Her Handsome
Certain Way to Avoid MonotonOuS Existence.

What new hobby will you take up this year,
Don't say ''None,' because finding a hobby each
and riding it hard will keep young active and inter
esting That's what made Theodore Roosevelt such vivid
fgure-having hobbies.
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NEXT: Chris Wiley under fire on
the witness stand.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Inc.)
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moose, with no more motive than
that. No, Faith. 1 believe it's big
ger mystery than that. I don't be-
neve Chris Wiley killed him"
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Bordonii and Pins

IRENE BORDONI, she Of the charm
ing French accent, the gorgeous
eyes, the mellow, musical voice and
the inimitable coquetry. which has
made her one of the most popular
condolences on the American stage.
has ever been her best press agent.
Let her have but one try at the
most obdurate, the most blase of
audiences and every mothers son of
them will never forget her when she
comes again. There is a charm in
herent which never fails 10 do its
work, and when once that work is
done 1t never has TO be done over.
Irene was born in Corsica and,
strange to say. has always interviewer
pins into her successes in life. as a
sort of harmless but irresistible su-
perstition. Nothing which she has
ever gained but that has its lucky
pin as a mascot either foretelling or
bringing it about.
And they are not always the ordi-
nary, sharp-pointed little creations so
intimately connected with everyday
life, nor yet even those golden crea-
tions that are so alluring when set
with diamonds or other precious
gems. Even crude. iron spike has
been known 10 get in it's work for the
brilliant French star at the most un-
expected time.
1t was huge iron SINE which she
found, most opportuneiy, she says,
when the leading woman Of the com
pany to which she owed allegiance
was taken suddenly i'll. for it resulted
in their drafting Irene for the part,
and this led. so she says, to a hand.
some contract with an American pro
ducer. since which life has been one
min and one success after another.
OF course. the brilliant Bordoni
doesn't wish any one 10 believe that
her performances, beginning with LAS
You Were and including The
French Doll Little Miss Biu >i}a2rd
and even as Mozart" in the Music
BOX Revue" counted for nothing in her
popularity. But if each hadn't had its
S,receding lucky pin, always found at
s4as psychological moment, ''What
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Photoplays This Week
Continued from First page)

by the orchestra. with Themy Georgi
as guest conductor. A comedy.
"Snookums Sleeps" and Interna-
tional News reel round out the bill.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Mary Ann Poses.

4 POUND of powder was used BY
Baby Mary Ann Jackson in her
latest Mack Sennett Pathe comedy.
Smiths Cousin" Not gun powder.
not ant powder, but face powder.
The story calls for Il series of tab
leaux by the little comedienne, I'm
which she represents "Rebecca at the
Well" The Thinker" and other IA
miliar subjects, not calling for much
costuming.
In lieu of clothing. Mary AIMS body
was almost totally covered with pow
der for each scene. And one coat OF
powder for frisky little girl like
Mary Ann meant nothing. 1t kept
the property boy on the jump sup
plying face powder for Mrs. Jackson
to renew Mary AIMS makeup for
each scene.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

FRANKIE DARRO will now twin
kle as new star for f. B. o..
due to exceptional work in
Judgment of the Hills" and
his first picture as such VIII
be Little Mickey Grogan.
"Stabilization of the more or less
precarious position of the picture pro-
ducer' is the rea son given by the
WaII street Journal for the country.
wide reaching out Of producers Tor
real estate and new theaters.
Herbert Brenon has been appealing
for advanced public judgment as TO
the proper persons to play the leading
roles in "Sorrell and Son." and thus
far. 1t is said. Percy Marmont leads
for the part of Sorrel and Richard
Dix for the part of Kit, the son. A
definite decision has not yet been an
nounced.
Nellie Revell. famous woman among
the theatrical press writer's OF Amer.
lea, has been engaged by Samuel
Goldwyn to write the titles for THE
Magic Flame" which Henry King Is
making. with Ronald Colman and
Wilma Banky as its stars.
Antonio Moreno is back from Eng.
land. where he went to play opposite
Dorothy Gish in Mime. Pompadour"
for British National.
Farewell. old masters in your pris-
tine purity. Paul Whiteman is to be
paid $9,500 a week for himself and
his band as presentation" on the
stage OF the Paramount Theater, New
York, the bill each week being con-
structed around his attraction. Film
Daily says SO.
ATovietown, new synchronization
device. is to be installed in neighbor.
hood theaters at a cost of but. $1,000,
with more sounds for the silent drama.
Again Film Daily is authority for the
news.
First National reports that its con
tract with Anna Q. Nilsson has been
dissolved by mutual consent.
Eric Won Stroheim is planning a
new picture, III. !. H." and Archduke
Leopold of Austria. a grandnephew OF
the late Emperor Franz Josef, Is to
play the principal role.
Promoted to the "super.star" ranks,
Reginald Denny has started a new
picture, "Out All Night" for Uni
versal.
Harry Hervey is to write an orig
inal, 1.-THE Devil Dancer" as Gilda
Gray's first Samuel Goldwyn picture
for United Artists release.
Renee Adoree is reported critically
i'll, suffering from a relapse Of the
influenza.
Brooks Johns, it is announced, will
soon inaugurate new band policy
for the Ambassador Theater. st. Louis.
DR.. Carl F. Shepard. before the
Missouri Optometry Association, an.
nounced that watching the motion
pictures" would do the eyes good. as
the most approved method Of eye
treatment is exercise for the eyes and
the movies meet that demand.
A striking resemblance to the late
Evening star., 1927-05-22
FILMOGRAMS =.

! Theodore Roosevelt won Il. ]. Rat
cliffe away from the stage and started
him on a film career. A movie pro-
ducer needed a man to impersonate
the late president, and seeing Rat
cliffe, induced him to take the role.
| Since then he has worked in pictures
continuously his latest role being
Held by the Law
| Sir Harry Lauder also is to collect
for motion picture work. 1t is re-
ported that he is 10 receive $j0.000
for Huntington Tower" a picture
to be made in England from John
Buchan's novel.
During the filming of Evening
Clothes" Adolphe Menjou's newest
picture. it is claimed. number OF
unusual features were introduced. For
instance, the custom of playing or
chestra music during the taking of
scenes, was discarded OH the ground
that music exerted hypnotic inffu-
ence on the players and everybody
else on the set, causing them to feel
that they were giving a good per-
fornlance when they were not. Music
between the scenes, was approved,
however.
"Ukulele Ike" otherwise known as
Cliff Edwards, master of American
popular songs and the Hawaiian ma.
tional instrument, better than any
other singing comedian before the
public, is said to be completely
equipped to stampede an audience.
This has been demonstrated on previ-
Gus occasions at the Earle and also
during a notable engagement at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater. Mr.. Ed
wards returns to the Earle this week
with an entirely new act.
4 quick eye saved itself, when
Ramon Novarro fought his famous
duel in Lovers" the Metro. .Goldwyn-
Mayer picture opening at Loew's
Columbia today. For. 1t is said, if
Ramon's eye hadn't been quick he
would have had a sword point through
it. His antagonist, John MILAN slipped
during the duel and his sword flew
for the actors eye. Novarro parried
the flying blade within three inches
of the threatened optic.
Otto r. Beck's return to the console
of the Wurlitzer grand organ at
| Crandall's Tivoli Theater has been
greeted by an ovation at every per.
! fornance. In addition to his concert
| interval at the organ, Mr.. Beck, by
reason Of the interest in his work
which was manifested by the public
since the announcement of his return,
has determined to devote particular
attention to the development of the
matte numbers for the accompaniment
to the picture shown on the screen.
Mr.. Beck has a national reputation as
an organ soloist and as broadcasting
artist.
Mcintyre and Heath. current head
liners at the Palace, in their new
offering, "F'lying to Jail" have been
together for 40 years. During that
period they have presented sketches
and comedies and extravaganzas and
| have not even had to change their
| material radically. For years they
played in one sketch. THE Georgia
Minstrels," varying it occasionally
! with two others.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Next Weeks Photoplays
COLUMBIA-Clara Bow in
Children of Divorce"
R1ALTO-Harry Langdon in
Long Pants"
METROPOLITAN-Jack Null
hall and Alice Day in "See
You in Jail"
PALACE-Mae Murray in
"Altars Of Desire"
LITTLE THEATER - z mil
Jannings in "All for n
Woman"
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Creates Novel Dance.

4 FTER testing more than 1000 diff
ferent steps. it is said. Douglas
Fairbanks has perfected a dance cre'
alton TO serve as a speciality in "The
Gaucho."
The dance will symbolic the wild
life OF the South American frontiers
during the last century. Innumerable
folk dances of the Latin peoples were
reviewed by Fairbanks. as demon
strated by his instructor, Henry
Barsha, who is known as one OF the,
most versatile Of dance masters.
knowing that his dance would reg
lister only upon the eye, Doug
watched the demonstrations with his
fingers in his ears, so that he would
not be influenced by the sound OF the
steps.
1T is not always easy 10 distinguish
between those steps that look we'll and
those which merely sound WELL" says
the star.
The dominant mood Of the created
dance is Spanish and in three-fourths
time 1t includes a modified version
of one of the lesser known tangos
and various hesitation glides. One Of
the more difficult turns is back
whirl" done by the Arabs hundreds Of
years ago.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Mary Astor Turns Vampire.

MARY AsToR. the cameo,like
screen innocent. has turned YAM
pire.
In 1.-TWO Arabian knights" a mil
lion-dollar postwar comedy, directed
by Lewis Milestone. and United
Artists release. for next Fall, Miss
Astor emerges from her shell of un-
sophistication for the first time, and
portrays the role of an Oriental
charmer.
Fate plays queer tricks with the
feminine movie stars. and this Is one
of them. Those who have seen Miss
As1or in her previous characterize
tions would never dream she could
be a vampire. And offscreen Mary
is noted for her naive charm and
sweet innocence.
But producers are bewailing the
shortage of vampire talent. Not since
the days OF Theda Bara and Barbara
La Mari has the screen produced
dyed-in-the vampire. When a
vampish leading lady is required in
the cast of a picture, it is necessary
to comb the ranks of the prominent
players and select star who can
step out of character and by sheer
acting create the desired characterize
ton.
In 1.-TWO Arabian knights" Miss
Astor has been cast as a yelled
Arabian beauty. 1t marks her def
mite ascent into the ranks of the sex
sorority and her initial departure
from the unsophisticated roles which
made her famous in the movie world.
Miss Astor proves her versatility
and the right to rank among the best
Of the feminine stars" says John w.
Considine. jr., who is supervising
Two Arabian knights" l believe
she has given one of the best per.
formances Of her career.
William Boyd is featured in the
production. Louis Wolheim, famed as
the Capt. Flagg Of What Price
Glory" also has big role.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Six youthful players. said to be the
most talented and best known juvenile
"starlets" of Hollywood. appear in
1.-The Way of All Flesh" the Emil
picture. The seXtet EN-.
braces Philippe de Lacey. Mickey Me-
Bann, Betsy Ann Hisle, Gordon
Thorpe, Carmencita Johnson and
Jackie Combs. The first three did fine
work in the prologue of Beau Gests. :"
The others have played important
parts in many pictures.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
Meet the Smith Brothers!

TWO bright youngsters who have
lived for years without either
one of them ever having been spank
ed for his own mischief have been
added to the latest Our Gang" Pathe
comedy cast.
Their names. so far as private life
goes are Richard and Robert Smith.
In the comedy roles they are known
as Coolidge and "Tunney." Robert
McGowan. under whose supervision
they played in the last gang" pic.
ture, can't tell them apart.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

Mirabel J. Lindsay, concert organ
ist at Crandall's Ambassador Theater,
has succeeded Irene Juno, resigned, az
executive secretary of the Organists'
Library Club of the Stanley -Crandall
Co. of Washington, which serves as
clearing house for the individual
musical compositions, as we'll as the
interpretative scores, arranged by
Daniel Breeskin, for the accompani
ment of all motion picture features
by the pipe organists in the Crandall
residential theaters.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

would they have amounted to?' she
asks. with one of those overwhelming
Bordoni smiles, and you are willing
to agree with almost anything she
may say.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
COLUMBIA--'Ioyers." /"


"Snookums Sleeps and Interna-
tional News reel round out the bill.
COLUMBIA-'Loyers."
Ramon Novarro is pictured as an
ultra modern Sir Galahad battling
for the honor Of his lady in Lovers"
the feature picture at Loew's Column
bia this week. including today.
It's a story of Spain-but not the
Spain of bullf1ghts and guitar ca
denzas Rather the Spain one would
find today, with Ramon playing a
young Spaniard--very much like a
young American, except for his pic
turesque use Of a sword to avenge
an insult.
The story is a romance illustrating
the perils of scandal in modern So
ciety. with Alice Terry as the heroine.
George K. Arthur. who recently
scored the hit of his career in
Rockies" is seen in the cast. which
also includes Edward Martindel, Ed
ward Connolly, Lillian Leighton. Otto
Hoffman and John MILAN. John NJ.
Stahl directed the picture.
| Supplementary features will include
the Pathe News. magazine. a comedy
and Leon Brusiloff's music.
LITTLE "Salome."
| After weeks of deliberation the
Little Theater announces for this
week "the most original and beauti-
| full American motion picture ever
made" Nazimova's S "Salome." chosen
| by the Motion Picture Guild to rep
resent the finest artistic endeayors in
| the films in this country.
! This is poem in pictures, an eX-
| otic and bizarre series of stunning
sets and dances, taken from the play
by Oscar Wilde. Sets and costumes
were executed by Natacha Rambova
after the designs of Aubrey Boards.
| ley.
The first Washington showing OF
the famous The Lost Tribe" will be
| given also. This is the record Of the
discovery of the biblical lost tribe OF
Ephraim among the cannibals of New
| Guinea, filmed from the air and on
| land. A quaint relic, a two-reel bio
| graph made i'm 1910. starring Mary
| Pickford, which was directed by ID. w
Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall as
leading man, will complete the pro
gram.
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nov YOU
AJk Qp

Are you familiar with English
literature? II, you are today's Now
You Ask One" won't be very hard
for you. If you aren't, you may
need to look at the answers; they're
on page IA:
/. For what optic poem is Edmund
Spenser chiefly remembered?
.. In which of Shakespeare's
plays does the character Banquo APP
pear?
8. What poverty stricken tinker.
in the days of the Puritans, wrote
while in Jail an allegory that has
become one OF the classics of Eng
fish literature?
4. Who wrote "The School for
Scandal?"
What English poet was expelled
from Oxford. while in his teens for
writing a pamphlet in defense of
atheism?
G. Who wrote "Sartor Resartus?"
Z. What famous English novelist.
nearly 100 years ago. toured Amer
lea and then wrote a highly critical
series of American Notes"
s. Who wrote a famous poem cele-
'brating the heroic charge of light
cavalry at the battle of Balaklava?
9. What English essayist and poet
first used the word "Philistines" to
designate people who lack culture?
20. Who wrote 1.-THE Niger Of
the Narcissus?"