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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-12

Vaudeville has done 2 great serv-
ice in giving definite form of en-
tertainment to the stage. Its great
advantage rests in the fact that a
new bill brings on many new artists.
Geraldine Valliere of the Keith
publicity department, has prepared
some interesting thoughts on the
contribution of women to vaudeville.
Miss Valliere writes as follows:
Feminine stars have always held
their places in vaudeville's solar sys-
tenn. In looking over the hundred
year history of vaudeville. being cele-
brated at B. F. Keith's theater this
week, one finds women sharing the
headline positions with men, even in
the first all-variety show in the old
Lafayette theater in New York in
1926, when seven-year-old Mile. Es-
pagnolle, tiny tight rope walker, was
listed as one of the star attractions
with Madame Villalave, who
"waltzed'' on the tight rope without
balance-pole."
AS far back as the time Of Tony
Pastor, prince of variety. 1 find on
one of the first bills of his theater
the names of Maggie Cline, Lillian
Russell, Helene Mora. and Flo and
May Irwin. Since then the lustrous
names of Francesca Redding, Clara
Morris, Sarah Bernhard, Rose Cigh.
Ian, Kate Claxton, Charlotte Perry,
Amelia Binbham, and Jessie Bartlett
Davis have delighted the theater
world. Today many of the foremost
actresses, print donni, violinistes.
and pianistes are adding their
names and talents to the roster of
vaudeville.
Charlotte Perry was the first
woman protean artist in variety;
Amelia Bingham devised and pre-
bsented the first fire dance" while
Madame Girandelli and Ttialto
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HARESFOOT CLUB
WILL USE TWO
ORCHESTRASH HERE
Meet the Prince to Be
Given at Murat in
April.

The University OF Wisconsin
Haresfoot stage and pit orchestras
have been selected by Herbert Al
len '27, the clubs orchestra leader.
These orchestras will accompany
Meet The Prince" on their spring
tour, starting April /. through thir'
teen large middle-western cities.
The personnel Of the orchestra IS
as follows: Piano, John Stuart '27;
drums, Fred Stemm '27; bass, Gene
Hoist '2S; first trumpet, Carl Pear
son 20; second trumpet, Lawrence
Barney '27; baritone, Byron Han
sen '27; accordian, Jack Mason 80.
Violins: Ralph Wagner 90; How
ard Suby 80; Foy Matter 30; Ted
Anderson, '2s; saxopohnes, Richard
Sorenson '2S; Herbert Allen '27;
Kenneth Simmons 30: Joe Beatecky:
banjo, Paul Stuart '27; cello. Leon
Pension '27.
Special arrangements are being
made. in Chicago for the HarcGoot
orchestra. Meet The Prince" will
show at the Murat on the evening
OF April 4.
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and Bellies Octette," starring Pearl
Keller. Goldie Moore and Beulah
Dodge.
The first hundred years has made
a glorious background for vaudeville.
There has been a marvellous trans
figuration in the type of presenta-
ton, carrying out the original Keith
idea Of Better theaters, better
shows, better audiences and better
artists" Beatrice Morgan, daughter
of Matt Morgan. the cartoonist of
the past, wrote the following letter,
describing the hardsbips of the old
time vaudeville: 'In a back stage
closet my mother sat, lovely lady,
holding an umbrella over herself to
keep the rain from dripping down
her back, my father painting her
face for the show. This dressing
room smelled of stale tobscco-there
was a hot brick to warm my
mothers feet, a cheap mirror, rush
ing draught thru the split boards of
the damp floor. Then the manager.
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a cross between q bartender and an
ex-convict. opened our door without
knocking. Curtain has rose,' he said,
chewing his cigar. On the stage
rain dripping thru the roof. smell of
cellar and rats, and a fiendish audi
ence. Act over-out thru a dark
hall to a dingy alley-no welcome
no goodnight. That was over thirty
years ago, when my father was a
great man, and was a little girl"
When one compares this barbaric
scene with that of the modern thea
ter, with its conveniences and COM
forts, its cultured audience and cour-
teous management, one marvels at
the rise of vaudeville from its be-
ginning of yesterday to its really
glorious stand of today.
One of the most amazing and ad-
mirable reasons for the present cele-
bration Of vaudeville's hundredth
birthday is the numerous findings"
of great or unusual talent, and the
development of those finds" Eva
Clark was discovered when she, a
chorus girl, was asked to take the
place of the star, who failed to APP
peal. Billy Emerson, foremost
burnt cork minstrel of the early days
was given his first chance in a va
riety show, as were Lillian Russell
and Rose Ponselle. Barnum, who
seems to have unconsciously headed
the direction of vaudeville, found
and introduced Jenny Lind, greatest
soprano of her time.
Pioneer that it is, vaudeville has
stopped at none Of the so-called stage
frontiers. 1t has adventured across
them all and brought back to the
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startled New York as the first of
the flame swallowers and fire eat
ers." The first trained animal act
was that of Madame Emmy, with her
educated dogs. Even the coon
shouting vogue seems to have been
made popular, if not introduced by
women. Carus, Sophie Tucker and
Clarice Vance swing the scales to
women's side in this rather modern
vocalization. Until the Compare
lively recent Russian ballet, toe
dancing and the classic ballet, solo
or ensemble were entirely in the field
of the women artists. La Petite
Adelaide of Barnum's was one of the
first, quickly followed by La Petite
Mignon and Betty Rigle. Much later
the modern innovation of girl ensem-
bles came into vaudeville, under the
dictatorship of Lee Shubert and
Mark A. Luescher in their "Beaux
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Long Runs

Queen High recently passed
it's 200th performance at the
Ambassador Theater, New York,
or it's 3S0th, since it opened in
Philadelphia almost year ago.
Laurence Schwab intends to
keep this show running through
out the summer in New York.
The Boston Queen High"
now at the Shubert Theater,
has passed it's twelfth week,
is the longest run on shows in
Boston, and is still going strong.
1.-THE Desert Song" passed its
Tooth performance at the Ca
sine Theater, New York. and is
the musical sensation of New
York, playing to standing room
at every performance.
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Otis Skinner is one of the few
actors now on the stage who are
able by the surety of their artistry
to give a fictitious character a re-
atty and humanness that charm and
also convince. And the reason for
this is that Mr.. Skinner in his ap-
prentice years in the theater thor
oughly learned his business, and
upon this foundation has added an
individual and totally personal quail
ity Of acting that has made some
roles inevitably his alone.
One Of these roles is that of
Colonel Bridau. 1t is quite impos-
sible to conceive any other actor in
the English speaking theater giving
to this part the same skilful and
sweeping breadth of portraiture with
which Otis Skinner has investedit.
1t Is thing of art and a thing of
life.
1.-THE Honor of the Family origin
ated in story by Balzac and so
ebears upon it the magic of master
of fiction. From the Balzac story
I'm Menage de Garcon," Emile
Fabre made a play which he called
La Rabouilleuse." This latter Paul
Potter translated into English and
renamed "The Honor of the Family"
The story of the play concerns an
old nliser who has become the vic
tim of the Vaccinations of schemers
who are greedy for his wealth. When
all seems propitious for the realiza-
ton of their plans, the old mans
nephew, Colonel Philippe Bridau,
Napoleonic veteran, daredevil, and
bit of a ruffian, intervenes and
there ensues a battle of wits in
which the Colonel proves the win
ner. The plotters are routed and
Bridau saves '"The Honor of the
Family"
Cast includes Jesse Royce Lands,
Eugene Woodward, Julia Shaw,
Robert Harrison, Courtney White,
Harry Burkhardt, D. V. Deering, Ed
ward Butler, William Clark, Albert
Berg, William Granger and Wilson
Reynolds.
The engagement is limited to three
nights and Wednesday matinee.
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AWOMAN SHORTAGE

For the first time in fifteen years,
Hollywood reports a shortage OF
beautiful women. Dorothy Arzner,
new woman director for Paramount,
reports that she is having a difficult
time filling the quota of fifteen beau
tiful mannequins required for style
show in her first picture, Fashions
for Women" starring Ester Ralston
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No. 1-Otis Skinner as he ap-
pears in Honor of the Family"
at EngIish's for three days, start
ing Monday.
No. 2-Veva Gale will be seen in
"The Student Prince" at English's
starting next Thursday night.
No. 3-Cain Sisters will be on
the new bill opening at the Lyric
Sunday.
No. 4.-AIlen Calm i'm "a Rhine
stone Revue at the Palace, start
ing Sunday matinee.
No. Creme Robert will head
line Keith's next week.
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ADJUSTMENTS
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HALL TAKES TO FENCING

Between scenes as leading man for
Betty Bronson in "Ritzy," James
Hall is feinting and thrusting and
generally limbering up his sword
with his fencing instructor in prep
aration for his role opposite Bebe
Daniels in her next Paramount pro-
duction, "Senorita."
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ROUNDING ROUND
THEATERS W y h1 WA ALI 7 r

AS vaudeville holds most important place IN the enter
ainmen world proper that the entire country acknow
edge the Importance of the hundredh birthday of this nstu
ton next week.
The B. F. Keith heaters all the United States will
celebrate the event week with special bills:
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Of twenty weeks in Australia and
stayed there three years.
An interesting career, all told, and
the present day finds Formes' voice
developed to that point Of tone and
beauty that a visit to hear his DIR.
Engle" in "The Student Prince"
eventuates in a musical treat.
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Carl Formes, Veteran Baritone, Will Be in Cast of The
Student Prince on Its Return-'The Poor Nut
Booked Here for Three Days.

At Englishs Monday night, Charles Frohman will
present Otis Skinner in the romantic comedy The Honor of
the Family
Mr.. SINNERS role of the swashbucking Colonel Philippe
Brdau the most picturesque creation among the many
memorable characerzaons that he has contributed to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-10

cleaning red curls. You're not a
murderess, and you're not TO get bit
ter. I've just been to see Churchill,
and he wants me to get you some
new clothes-before the trial starts
"And how" Cherry's voice was
scornful, but her lips trembled.
Dad isn't working yet, suppose. /
don't know where you're going to
get money for food much less to buy
clothes for me with"
Faiths eyes filled with quick tears
but behind them glowed a light of
pure thankfulness. Cherry was at
last thinking of someone besides her.
self.
Hush. darling! You mustn't cry
like that" Faith begged, her own
voice struggling through tears.
''They won't let me stay long. Look
UP now. Smile! That's better! Wen
now consider ways and means, and
plan for some clothes
IF have to go to trial in Church
ills ideas" Cherry laughed shakily.
HE knows how to dress you to get
the sympathies of the jury" Faith
retorted. Now, first, what about
Chris? After all, he's your husband.
What can he do for you?"
Color famed in Cherry's pale
cheeks and lightning flashed omi,
nously in her golden eyes.
Copyright. 1927, NEA Service, Incl
Next-Cherry makes a confession
to Faith about her wedding night.
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MODE WILL
BE TRICKY
Latest in Sport FroCkS De-
pend on GeometriC
Designs. &

BIZ EEA Serrice
PALM BEACH, Feb. 10.-The lat
est in sport frocks for the season of
1927 depend upon an arrangement
Of geometric designs for decoration.
One particular model has a beige
angora blouse and dark blue crepe
skirt. Applied to the blouse are mar
row strips of the crepe.
The combination Of beige and blue
is good.
Another frock is of dull wine-vio-
let crepe cut with an ingenuity that
distinguishes all of the chic daytime
frocks. The interest of the frock is
concentrated on the skirt which is
stitched to fit over the hips and then
falls in panel-like plaits in the front
and in the back. There is an in
creasing favor for this type Of crepe
sports frock.
Cutting and fitting the simplest of
sports frocks has become a test of
cleverness for many of the Paris de-
signers.
Section is fitted into section with
the new sense of line that has devel-
oped during the past two seasons. A
white crepe tennis frock has fullness
worked into a brief skirt, fitted over
the hips by means of the panel on
the blouse.
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Saint and
By Anne >Tnn0%
Austin OkHGfkO

Wealthy RALPH CLUNY. 6S. was
murdered just before he was to have
married frivolous CHERRY LANE. IS.
Immediately Cherry disappears leaving
note for her sister FAITH. saying she
could not go on with the wedding
Cherry's elopement With CHRIS WILEY
becomes known.
Cherry has been engaged several times
Once she tried to run away. with AL
BERT ETTELSON married travelling
salesman, and was rescued by her sister
and BOB HATHAWAY. Faiths fance
and nephew OF Cluphy, c7,n, .,..n,n,.A
TO force the marriage but protests her
innocence.
Faith suspects, Chris Wiley, thinking
he knew that Cluny had willed much
who drew up the will, testifies that
Cluny made Cherry his chief beneficiary
whether or not she married him.
The coroners Jury releases Cherry,
but Immediately she and her husband
are arrested BY DEVLIN deputy district
Faith is furious when Rob tells her AT
ToRNEY STEPHEN CHURCHILL. whom
he employed. thinks circumstances are
against Cherry and suggests a plea Of
self-defense as the best chance of her
Peculiar footprints and a bit OF torn
strap suggest that the murderer might
presented.
Cherry is Indicted for first degree MUIR
der
Bob plays burglar in Ralph Cluny's
office and frds the threatening letter
written him, which Cherry had described.
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ORIGINAL
AS ADAM
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

My goodness! l knew that we
women were sometimes naughty but
l had no idea we were so bad. Lis.
ten to this from the pen of Mr.. Full
ton Ousler, novelist and familiar
figure on Broadway.
| Women have wrecked the rome,
| deserted the church, ruined politics.
Woman's suffrage has set us back
500 years." says this youthful sage.
He accuses us of dragging the
men out at night. He says we are
responsible for the hip flask, the
naked revues and prize fights and
have brought blackmail into politics.
This picture that Mr.. Ousler draws
of the American male being ruined
by his women is one of the saddest
since that famous feast of reason
between the Walrus and the Car
penter.
OF course, we knew that we had
voted a few times, but had never be.
fore realized just what havoc this
had made in politics. That spotless
and pure product of mans ability is
now a total wreck. We have flung
into the mud that high and noble
thing which the men have so long
loved and honored.
Perhaps poor Mr.. Ware of Penn
sylvania should not be blamed after
all. There must have been some
! women instigators of that scandal.
1t may be when we have thoroughly
investigated the Teapot Dome affair
we shall find a female figure at the
| bottom of it.
According to this Broadway writer,
the men are just straining at the
| leash to get to church, but our bale
! full, atheistical influence makes them
go to the golf links instead. The
wicked shows where the chorus girls
appear in nothing much but jewels
and rouge would not be patronized
If the women didn't insist on taking
the men there.
All husbands and fathers long TO
stay at home in the evening and
read their Testament or their Shake
spcare, according to Mr.. Ousler, but
we women will go off to prize fights
and such places.
lie says that his sex does not respect
\ women any more. Since we have
lost our manners and our morals the
men don't think a thing of us. The
marvel is that they can respect them
selves while they stand idly by and
watch us take the country to the
devil.
| OF course, the thing that ails this
young man is that he is suffering
from Broadway complex. What
he needs is to take little trip or
even a short stycN and see the
American woman in her native
haunts.
He may be brilliant novelist, but
he is no more original than his fore
father, Adam.
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For the first time since Cherry's
arrest Faith was not besieged by
reporters when she arrived on Fri
day afternoon for a visit with her
sister in the women's ward ''parlor"
of the Jail. Now that Cherry had
been indicted, arraigned and her case
set for trial for a month hence, she
was not considered "hot copy" any
longer; newspapers would give her
and her family a measure of peace
and privacy until the case should
come up for trial. Then, as Faith
had been warned by Bob Hathaway,
the. city would be a mecca for fea-
ture reporters from all over the
country.
Mrs. Webb. the matron of the
womens ward of the county Jail, re-
ceived Faith as if she had been an
old friend.
Hello, dearie. You're looking
right peaked. What a terrible thing
for you that your mother had to go
and die on you like that! To think
she'll never know whether her baby
girl was innocent or not" And Mrs.
Webb shook her gray-haired head
with tongue-clicking sympathy.
Mother would not have believed
Cherry guilty il every jury in the
land had convicted her" Faith an.
swered quietly. May I see Cherry
now, Mrs. Webb"
Sure you can, dearie. She's sure
the little lady, and the way she's be-
having herself is setting a wonder
full example TO the other girls-poor
dears. You set right here and make
yourself at home she soothed.
Faith, with unconscious irony. 'I'll
go fetch her"
When Faith again was holding
her adored little sister in her arms,
Mrs. Webb wiped an easy tear from
her plump cheek and considerably
withdrew.
Bring her present next time
you come, darling" Cherry whis-
pered, as the two girls seated them
selves. "She adores homemade
fudge and taffy. She really is an old
darling, even if she does talk my arm
off, telling he hair-raising stories of
other murderesses that she counts
among her best friends-as she
says" There was a bitter twist to
the childish, unrouged mouth.
Hush. darling" Faith begged,
passing loving hand over the short,
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"He says that all girls want is a
fur coat and net silk stockings. He
is a badly mistaken-not all girls
want fur coats and don't have them,
and If the girls wore anything other
than silk hose, he probably would
have something to say too. All girls
are not golddiggers. But the fellows
think we are. Some of the fellows
make us girls tired, too. I know Just
lots of girls who would like to have
a real nice fellow to go out with and
who would show them good time
without wanting to neck all the
time. These girls come from nice
homes and in my idea are real girls
They can cook, sew, and would just
love to have homes of their own and
everything that goes with it, but so
far they haven't succeeded in meet
ing some fellow who thinks that
same way.
Disguised mustn't get the idea
into his head that all girls are alike.
It is true, a lot of girls so with fell
lows Just for what they can get. But
NOT ALL OF THEM. And When he
meets some girl that isn't gold
digger he probably will change his
. mind too.
"TWENTY-THREE."
There, young men, what do you
think of Miss "Twenty-Three's"
views? Many letters come to- this
column from girls who feel as does
this young woman. A frequent COM
plant from them is that men in
theory want sensible girls who
don't dress to extreme, and who act
like perfect ladies'" but the girls
insist that If they dressed and acted
as the men claim they want them to,
the men would pass them by for
girls of more modern" type. What
about this, men?
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MISS TWENTY-TFREE DEFENDS GIRLS AS THEY ARE TO-DAY
SPRING SILHOUETTE

The spring silhouette, as predicted
in Paris, shows slender lines. with
fullness at the wrist or shoulders,
with moderately high waistline,
elevated in front.
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Gloomy Without Him

Dear Martha Lee: am, brokep; hearted,
There Is one young man that holds FL IN
anu happy; When he il gone: everything
There Is a girl, not at all good-looking
and who has a high temper. but he seems Gems
good looking by all my friends. Why has
he. chosen herr | feel a. i I cam stand
Shall | give her orders 70 leave my dearest
alone, or what shall do? SAD NJ. r.
AS you say he prefers her, what
good would it do for you to approach
the girl? It's very hard to care for
one who does not return the feeling,
but why people love whom they do,
is one of the mysteries that nobody
has solved. If you allowed either of
them to know your feelings, it might
subject you to ridicule and about all
you can do is to try to keep your
mind busy with other things.
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az. d." who is 16, says her father
and mother do not allow her to have
boy company, but she slips out with
a fellow who seems crazy" about
her. She likes him very much and
hates to discourage his attentions,
but is somewhat uneasy. Don't see
him under these conditions, L. d. 1t
is very unwise and your intuition is
telling you the truth.
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ELEPHANT MOTIFS

Elephants. small sailboats and
Japanese pagodas are used as motifs
for the decoration Of heavy silks for
evening wraps.
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VELVET WRAPS

Lame is seen chiefly as lining for
velvet evening wraps this season.
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Does Not Admire Men

Dear Martha Lee; am II years old
Lee, | am disguised with the male sex.
and think viii never never marry. I've
gone with fellows. and ] fine. them all the
is not what it's cracked up TO be.
Also, why. can't fellows talk without
having line? IL gets so stale. but / guess
it's their nature TO be deceiving I really
want TO know what you think about this
and it's not that am Just a man batter.
INA d.
Perhaps when you get little older
you'll not feel so pessimistic, because
contact with many people will teach
you that men and women are not so
greatly unlike. There are rank de-
ceivers and fine, clean folks of both
sexes and they are certainly not "all
the same" don't believe it's
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@Men MAY Want Sensible Young Women, but They
Choose the Moderns, Disguised Is Tod-And All
of Us Don't Have Fur Coats, She Says.
By Martha Lee
Dear Martha Lee /:

Dear Martha Lee:
have just read Disguised letter you and would like
to say few words from 23-yearod girls standpoint.