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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
THEATRE GUILD VI
TO OFFER COMEDY
BY TEST DALTON
For Brides Only to Be Given
at the Masonic SgAJ
Temple.

Thursday night of next week will
see the premiere performance Of
Test Dalton's three-act comedy, For
Brides Only.
The production of this play will be
continuance of the Theatre Guilds
policy of producing native drama.
Mr.. Dalton is a native of Indiana
and has for many years been writing
for the theater and allied arts.
In For Brides Only" he has writ
ten a farce comedy that is said to
be one of his best efforts.
The play concerns the trials of
Ma Gimple, owner of an least side"
boarding house in New York, whose
boarders fall in love all at once, and
after their marriages Ma is faced
with the problem Of keeping her
newly wed dodgers in the straight
and narrow path of matrimony.
The play will be produced Thurs
day evening, Feb. TO- at the Masonic
Temple, Illinois and North SITS. Adj
vance reservations may be made
through Mrs. D. o. Bates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05

that has not been cracked and, hence
in need of mending wax. From
ceramics to the imagination is but
a step in a little world that must
play its whole symphony in six or
eight stops.
"a sincere imagination, like a sin
cere pot, in one that is whole, the
image uncracked. 1 do not suffer
with Iris March, but 1 can imagine
her suffering. 1 have not wanted
her lovers, but 1 have sincerely
imagined her wanting them,
IF had broken my heart on the
opening night of The Green Hat
because she could not get the man
she wanted, I could not have played
a second performance. But 1 have
always imagined sincerely that her
own was broken. And now that's
all there is to it,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
Katherine Cornell Booked Here for a Week as Iris
! March in The Green Hat - George ArIss to Be
Seen A. ain in 'OId E ngISh' in This City,

For a simple little domestic type of comedy success La
That Off, which opens special return engagement at Eng
shs days. beginning Thursday Feb TO- keeps the
property department busy though it another
FNIrcale or Mecca"
Although the entire action takes place in combination v-
ing and Kitchen such found only cramped New
York. the property busy from the first rise of the
tain to the finale of the laugh fest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
MISS CORNELL MAKES
A GOOD STATEMENT

Learning a part" says Kathe-
rine Cornell, star of 1.-THE Green
Hat" coming to English's week of
Feb. IA, 'is merely putting on cloth
ing. That is mechanical. You slip
on lines, business, relation of parts
and button them up. But once the
clothes are on you must begin to
live. Now and then your petticoat
Will show, your skirt will need dust
ing, there will be a run in the stock
ing of the part.
But no living thing has died of
Ahese deficiencies or been one whit
Hess memorable or one whit less her.
self. Iris March does not always
wear the same clothes, nor do her
clothes always look the same, but
Iris March is always the same-if
there is an Iris March. How can
you put an Iris March in the cloth
ing of her rehearsals I do not know.
II can measure blank verse and
write ten syllables to the line, but 1
cannot tell YOU by what magic
poetry creeps into it, or by what mis-
fortune stays out. 1 do believe the
Almighty Himself. could tell you
why he succeeded in Plato and
missed in a plown1an.
"All but one thing more. And
that's this matter of sincerity. I
do not know what most people mean
when they talk about sincerity. If
they mean emotional sincerity, /
think they follow a snare and a
folly. For my own part, there is
but one sincerity in the theater or
in art, and that is the sincerity of
imagination.
THE very word means, literally,
without wax-that is, something
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05

TO begin with there is a tricky
radiator that has to emit cracks at
certain cues, and has to send hiss
ing steam from a leaky valve at an
other critical juncture.
Then there is a Christmas tree to
he toted around, holiday wreaths,
bundles of yuletide gifts, pieces of
jewelry. that are constantly getting
mislaid in the big spaces back stage
The property man must also act
as a sort of emergency plumber
There is real running water in the
sink, and the ice box must run over
at just the right instant and spill
upon the stage Internationally from
melting ice. If the property man is
not watchful his associates will ap.
propriate the vegetables that are
used in one mirthful scene of three
bachelors preparing their own meals.
Although the play never moves
Aout of the single room in which it
Gs depicted, it covers a period of
considerably more than a year. Each
little item is important and the mum.
Der Of items may be imagined from
the fact that it requires three large
dining room tables, grouped back
stage, to contain all the materials.
They must be arranged in certain
order, just as they are picked up in
a hurry and used by various mem.
bers Of the cast.
The preparations of the property
department just prior to curtain
time are quite similar to those in
home where important company
is anticipated just before the arrival
of the guests is expected.
If you have ever seen a good
housewife taking seventy-five final
looks at the dining table, under such
circumstances, you have a good con-
ception Of the expression upon the
face of the property man for "Laff
That Off" around s p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05

No. 1.-Pauline Drake as she
appears in "Laff That Of" at Eng
lish's, starting Thursday night for
three days.
No. 9 - AdeIa Verne, noted
pianist, TO be at b. F. Keith's next
week.
No. 3-Marie st. George will be
seen "In China" at the Palace the
first half of next week.
No. 4-James Kelly of Kelly and
Forstyhe at the Lyric all next
week.
No. 5-katherine Cornell and
Alan Hollis in "The Green Hat" at
English's the week of Feb. Ia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
ANOTHER PARTY CELEBRATION

The next big celebration of vaude-
ville's centennial year is scheduled
for the week of March IA. when cen
tennial week will be inaugurated.
Keith-Albee officials are planning n
more brilliant week for the second
celebration week of the big year
than was the first celebrative week
which found it's inception under the
title of 'All-Nationality Week"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
Fashion

Believing that 1927 will find more
masculine pulchritude in motion pic.
ture comedies than ever before,
Johnny Hines has started the year
off right by signing his quota of male
sex appeal for his forthcoming First
National picture, "All Aboard" The
latest representative of masculine
beauty to join the cast is Bull Mon
tana, who is a good running mate
for Sojin, the Chinese actor. Among
other candidates for Apollos crown
are Frank Hagney, James Leonard.
Charles Reed, Henry Barrows and
Fred Kelsey, while the feminine por-
ton of loneliness is headed by Edna
Murphy and includes Anna May
Wong, Babe London, Dot Farley and
Nola LuXford.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
Her First

The first leading woman Cecil
B. De Mile ever used appears
in his latest picture, THE King
of Kings" Mabel Van Buren,,
a star in her own right, is a
veteran of the days in 1912
when DE Mile and Jesse L.
Lasky set up their film shop in
one:half of a small barn in
Hollywood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05

Navy boosters asked him to do
something for the Navy. Collecting
the remnants of the two previous
shows, he gave a third at the Hip
podrome. This is reciprocity, -
said Mr.. Frohman, when he learned
Of the Endorsements given by Gene
eral Pershirg and Mrs. Fieser to ,ne
Actors Fund drive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
ROUNDING ROUND
THEATERS Wit n1 WHLT : r

With Stuart Walker recovering from operation IN Gin
cnnat reminded that will not be long before the stock
opens in this city.
received from Charles Berke that he is now
making plans for his coming stock Englishs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
ANNA FOR VAUDEVILLE

Anna Case, whose first appearance
was made in vaudeville at the Hip
podrome last season, will play the
week of Feb at the Palace The
alter, Chicago, with other dates prob
ably to follow over the Keith-Albee
circuit both in the East and the
West.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
tribute it independently. Today zukor
is the head of one of the largest film
companies in the world.

After ''The Cohens and the Kellys"
and Kosher Kitty Kelly" we are to
have an all-Irish picture, "The Gala
hans and the Murphys," based on
Kathleen Norris novel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05
The Stage
and Screen
BY Shelly Pierce
Tnftcd Press Stnff Corrcsnondcnt

United Press staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Fifty years
is a long time to make people laugh,
but Sam Bernard has succeeded in
doing it. The comedian, who is OBJ
serving his golden anniversary on
the stage, has successfully bridged
the gap between the era of long
skirts and that of rolled socks and
his humor has kept fresh.
Bernard is a graduate of the Bow
cry school of comedy. The only 9TH
err active alumni of the old music
halls are Weber and Fields. All 9TH
ers have long since faded from the
scene.
The comedian recently opened the
new Chanin Royle Theater in
Piggy" Doings of THE Rich Mr..
Hoggenheimer," a part created by
Bernard many years ago. figure in
the piece. His 17-year-old daughter
Rosalind plays with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-05

Twelve years ago Adolph zukor
went to the offices of a large moving
picture company with a film under
his arm, seeking an avenue of dis.
tribution for his product. Zukor had
just started experiments with pic.
lures and was looked upon as a Wis
ionaryr with a lot of impractical ideas,
according to Allan Harding, who tells
the story in the current issue of the
American Magazine. After keeping
him waiting for three hours the film
magnates condescended to see Zukor.
The wait only made him more de.
termined. He informed the eXecu-
tives that they couldn't have his film
if they wanted it. He would dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Times Are Hard with
 Easy Money in France

PARIS, DEG 25 -Usurpers once more are being tracked down by newspaper campaigns and public spirited citizens in France. After war legislation has let down the bars so that 10 per cent q month loan sharks flourish Their prey is furnished by the government whose vast army of more than a million employees are among the more poorly paid workers. Their need of money drives them to the usurer largely because govern ment functionaries still retain much of the pre-war dignity that makes it difficult for them to bor- row from friends.
 Unable to prosecute money lenders in most cases. one news paper has sent it's reporters sys- tematically to the loan sharks and reprinted the conversation regarding rates with pointed com ments intended to warn people against excessive chargers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Famous Convent Garden
 Escapes Modernization

LONDON, Dec. 24.-The quaint old Coyent Garden theatre. where David Copperfield saw his first pantomime. is not to be disturbed by plans which call for modern izatIon of the famous flower and vegetable market. which dates back nearly 300 years and from which the playhouse takes is name
 The original scheme was to de- molsh all the antiduated market buildings. including the theater, because of the increased value Of the land occupied just off the Strand in the heart of London. But the proposal to moye the market fell through. and diree- tors of the Beecham Estate and Pills, Ltd. have decided 10 extend the premises and bring the build ings up-to-date
 Covent Garden market is one Of the tourists sights of London, where flower women and vege- table sellers begin operations at 2 a. m
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
By REV. A. p. kAsHsvARoFF

During the Russian occupation of Alaska, Christmas was ceie- brated according to the customs prevailing in the Mother country.
 With the Russian people, Christ mas day is primarily a religious festival and is held sacred.
 During the first three days th;s religious feeling prevails undis- turbed. Church services are held mornings and evenings. Every evening in the course of the three days, children go from house to house singing religious songs, the same songs that are used in the services.
 The Russian term for this class of singing is "Slayit" which liter ally means "The Glorification I the Birth of the Savior"
 The children go out in groups of five or six, each group carry ing a star specially made for the occasion. One of the singers holds the star in front of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
LAW DEMANDS PURE W A TER
 FOR DRINKING

BERLIN, Dec 24-Germans drink less water than Americans, but control over it's quality is much more strictly enforced hera than elsewhere. This is good news to American tourists, whose consumption of ice water is a source of unfailing amazement 10 Germans.
 A new pure food law, which came into effect October l ex- pressly includes drinking water among articles of consumption the adnlteration or pollution ei which is made punishable by law
 Measures adopted to guarantee pure water vary according to the source Of supply. Stations ussne surface water, particularly riyei water resort mainly to slow fil. tratiol through sand, combined with some clarifying agents. n recent years there has been more general treatment of water with chlorine Hamburg. which takes it's water from the Elbe, employs sand filtration and the chloFin process both before and after fil- tering
 Germany resorts to water froia rivers or lakes only when q sup ply of sub-surface wafer, either from wells or springs, is not cas- fly available Sometimes, how eyer, cities dam mountain stream in valleys where water is loss likely 10 be infected. Greater BerIin's water supply comes chief ly from deep wells. The water is free from all infection and re- quires only to be freed from its mineral content before being used Munichs water supply comes from mountain springs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
OH, DocToRl

OMAHA. Neb. Dee. 24.-- Money has made H. II. Bailey a sick man.
 Bailey, an Omaha salesman, recently was informed that he was the sole heir to his aunt's $14G,000 fortune. The shock resulted in an Illness that put him in bed for three days.
 Bailey says he had not seen his aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Webb, New York City, in 25 years, and that her death was un- known to him until he was in formed of his inheritance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
Says Subdn cd Clothes Best  For Clerks

HARTFORD, Conn. Dee. 24.- There is reason why depart ment store clerks dress in incon- spicuous colors. explains William Haine, department store exeeu- tive.
 Experience has tended to show that bright colored clothing worn by clerks has a psychological ef- feet in diverting a customers at tention from merchandise.
 Women clerks are urged 10 wear navy blue or black, but young clerks are reluctant to wear such dark colors, lIaine finds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
HOiU Christmas Wds Celebrated During
 Russian Occupation
 Of This NOrthIand

singers and gently whirls it on it's axis. The star is so made that a candle can be inserted into the middle of the circle, and light cd immediately before entering the house. Some of the stars measure about four or five feet across and the points are made of tissue paper and quite often the front is covered with thin sheets of mica so that when the candle is lighted il reflects the light throughout all of the points and, al the same time. Eliminates the front picture of the Virgin and Child or some other ricture eum- memoratiye of the holiday.
 Sing Songs
 On entering ihe house the chil- dren sing two or three songs and one of them reeites a short piece about the birth of Christ and ends with greetings to the hostess and wishes all present happiness, prosperity and long life. After this the children again sing T special song, the refrain of which is For Many Happy Years" Al every house the children receive cookies. cakes. candy and quite often. some money.
 Few Christmas Trees
 At private houses the Christmas tree was not common. Only those who could afford 1t had trees.
 Making q Christmas tree was nes as easy as it is now. The decor ations had to be made by hand which was quite long, hard work
 However, the schools and insti- 1 tutions always had trees and en- tertainments.
 On the evening Of the third day the religious celebration was over and the secular merry max ing and carnival began, lasting.
 as rule. for ten days. This consisted of masked parties go. ing from house 10 house and end ed with a regular masked dance at some house or a hall These | private masquerades carried som sort of musical instrument with | them. Some had accordians, some balalaikas. with a guitar as ae- compartment, or some instrument that could make a merry sound. On entering a house the maskers would go through some dance and if two or three parties happened to enter the same house. regu-
 lar square dance would be exc cuted. The carnival was uni- versal custom and every one look l ed forward to joining the maskers or would keep open house so that the merry making would go on undisturbed
 The masked carnival has lost much of its old style, but the masquerade dance still prevails
 to a great extent. However. in | the small villages III the WeSlerl
 part of Alaska the practice is car
 ried out at present with as much vim as of old.
 Jrst when the custom of mask ing originated at this season is l problematieal. but a great many authorities point to the time when the Russian people were praetic- ing infidel customs and celebrated | the winter solstice with merry
 making and offering of gifts to the sun This custom was re- tained after the people were Christianized. Of course the orig inal significance has lost it's meaning but the spirit of goed ! fellowship and fun has remained.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-24
BEARDED STUDENTS

CHAPEL HILL. N. C.. Dec. 24.- Youth holds no monopoly on edn- cation at the University of North Carolina. where j. Milton Jones, T. and J. M. Long, 52, have been students at summer school Each is q country school teacher, Jones with 40 years of service and Long with 27. For Long it was the twenty-second consecutive sum mer at. summer school
Evening star., 1927-10-21

| and its design all conflict with the
scheme that is now in contemplation
and that has been approved. Yester-
day 1t was stated by the chairman of
the Public Buildings Commission that
the program calls for the demolition
of this obtrusive, inharmonious struc-
, ture. But Senator Smoot gives 1t ten
more wears of existence. 1t will be
about a decade, he estimates. before
the general program can be developed
in the triangle to the point at which
the removal of this building becomes
necessary.
Incidentally, it Is important to note
that it Is not at present contemplated
to replace this building with another
but that the plan now In view Is to
leave its site vacant as a plaza. This
will be in keeping with the general
system OF structure emplacements
within the triangle. Naturally 1t fol
lows that new Post Office Depart
ment building will be erected, presuin-
ably on some other site within the
triangle. 1t may be that the estimate
of the lapse of ten years before the
demolition Of the old building Is based
upon a computation of the time re
1uired to reach that item in the de-
velopment Of the general program.
So the present prospect is that for
ten years longer this unfortunate
architectural error must be endured,
but the trial is lessened by the definite
prospect of relief given by Senator
Shoots reassuring words.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
ring Dem Bellsw

Well, Levine Is back! The worlds
most famous passenger returned to
New York this week, If not exactly
with trumpets blowing, at least with
enough dexterity to secure a good
sized story in every major newspaper
In the United States.
This Is as 1t should be. Not every
man can get worldwide fame by being
q passenger in anything, even an air
plane. "Let others do the talking, I'll
do the flying" Mr.. Levine is reported
to have said upon his arrival.
There Is a ring to this that makes
one fondly expect to see transatlantic
planes skimming back and forth be-
tween here and Europe in no time at
all. And yet one stops to wonder.
The automobile and the airplane, as
we know both today, got flying start
together some quarter Of a century
ago. Today the automobile Is domi
nant in the world of transportation
The airplane Is still more or less OF
a novelty.
It is true that the motor car, with
It's "feet" securely upon the ground
had the benefit Of being the successor
to the sled, the wagon and the bicycle
The task of the airplane was infinitely
greater in some respects, since man
in leaving the earth, is out of his ele
ment.
The fact that Levine was the first
passenger to go to Europe over the
Atlantic is encouraging, just as is the
fact that Lindbergh was the first man
to fly there. But recent failures, with
the loss Of many lives, serve but tt
make the heroic colonel stand out ir
bolder relief. and surely ought to con
vince Mr.. Levine that as a "passen
ger" he was supremely fortunate and
got his moneys worth.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
Press COmmends Ruth Elder,
But Doubts Value of Flight

charm of your daughters and grand.
daughters" Furthermore, the st.
Louis Times finds that "the craze Is
over, which is a good thing for gen.
eral serenity"
"Was It really a spirit Of adventure
that caused Ruth Elder to make an
attempt to fly the ocean," asks the
Bluefield Telegraph, with the added
suggestion that possibly the lure of
wealth acted on her bravery" and
the Nashville Banner advises that
there should be some sort Of limita.
ton to these stunt flights, certainly
until there is more complete knowledge
of safety zones in the air and the
hazards are fewer" The Youngs-
town Vindicator, referring to state.
ments by q German airman, says:
Capt. Koehl was right in stating that
all these failures put the achievements
of Lindbergh and Byrd and Chamber
lin still higher in our estimation" '
''It would be a good thing for the
science of aviation" in the judg-
ment Of the Boston Transcript, elf
it could be separated from the human
weakness of exhibitionism. The pres.
ent age, to it's sorrow, is the age of
the exhibitionist complex. All ages
have possessed exhibitionists, but no
age has offered such chance for them
Is the present; and they respond to
the opportunity. The genuine
promoters of the science of air flight
men who are workers, thinkers,
skilled technicians, and who are not
out for personal glory-continue their
modest work.