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boy delivers the goods, am ready
to record 1t, and, if the case be diff
ferent, I do not hesitate to say the
actor is bad. But it Is the truth
that Edward Nell, Jr., comes into the
role of Villon finely equipped as to
voice and he has a better under
standing of the dramatics in a mu-
steal drama than most men who
have been on the stage for years.
In curtain talk that was sincerely
demanded last night, Nell told the
audience that he has been only a
short time in this business and that
if he could hold out a year in this
heavy part he hoped to be able to
come home again and attempt to
please. Nell is gifted with a sin
cerity as to acting that few have in
this class of a show. He does char
acterization, probably better in the
louder dramatic moments when he
is leading the gang of the Paris un-
derworld than he is in a lighter
mood. And it is the dramatic mood
and the quality of the voice which
gives Nell the right to be Seriously
considered as leader in this type
of work in the future. The time
will come when he will be called
upon to create an outstanding role.
He has the dramatic talent and a
voice backed by the proper training.
Personally, I do not care to see
flowers go over the footlights to a
man. Cigars or cigarets probably
would be more appropriate. But
the flower situation was cleverly
handled by the conductor of the or
chestra when the parade Of flowers
started for Mr.. Nell and. the actor
got by with it nicely.
Nell is so far ahead of the man
who played the Villon role here last
season that there is no comparison.
The comedy roles are as well ham
died in this company as they were
when I saw the show in New York.
H. Cooper Cliffe is King Louis XII.
My conception of the role differs
greatly from the way he is doing it.
That is no proof that Cliffe is wrong
because he gives a performance that
commands attention and respect.
Carolyn Thomson is the Katherine
and she makes a pretty picture
Many others in the cast.
The chorus is a wonderful I'M
provement over the one we had last
year. They make classic of "The
Song of the Vagabonds." The Or
chestra is splendidly conducted by
August Kleinecke. Here is one con-
ductor who does not object to give
encores when the audience de-
mands 1t.
1.-THE Vagabound King" is still one
of the most delicious buys on tour
At English's all week.
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Der as well as with his two musical
soup spoons.
He is wise enough Snowman to
know that there must be real mel
ody and he gives his men a chance
to do that. I noticed yesterday af-
ternoon, when I caught this act,
that Freed stopped the show cold"
and was sincerely called back many
times.
Carl Mccullough opens with a
couple of songs but it is his con-
ception of wild woman talking
over wilder telephone in pay sta
ton booth that gives his act its
knockout blow for favor.
Jimmy Conlin always has had wild
ideas and he is just as wild this
year with Myrtle Glass in Morning,
Noon and Night" AS usual, Con-
lin does his piano stunt at the close
of his act which is a good wild no.
KUN finish.
Towards Spectacle introduces
some clever ponys and dogs. Eliza
DCOll 100 oOiAlC AAlA6AANy
good individual dancers in "Elida
Dancers" If the opening number
was better handled along scenic
lines, this "Jazzing the Nursery
Rhymes" number would be posi-
tive sensation. 1t is good as it
stands, but better handling of lights
and the like would do wonders for
this number. The girls have the
looks and the way that makes a sue
cessfui dance act. If the opening and
closing numbers were handled in a
better showmanship way this act
would not be spotted in opening
position.
The movie feature William Boyd
in Dress Parade" with Bessie Love.
At Keiths all week.
MORE BURLESQUE
AT THE MUTUAL
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CARL FREED HAS
THE RIGHT IDEA

Since the band presentation idea
on the stage has become the latest
in movie theaters, the question is
now how to present band differ
emily as applied to the vaudeville
stage.
Carl Freed has worked out his
idea in manner which is stopping
the Keith show this week. Freed
has a good orchestra but he has
made it different by doing ninety
five per cent of the Glowing him
self.
Freed is essentially an eccentric
musical comedian who has real
musical ability along certain lines.
He makes dramatic entrance and
then Immediately starts his har-
monica to do the blues.
1t is then easy for him to get his
musicians into the "blues" mind
and he cleans up with "jug" num-
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ISLAND DANCERS ON
VIEW AT THE LYRIC

Native dances form the major
portion of the entertainment of
Prince Lei Lani's Somoans who head
the bill at the Lyric this week.
Strangest of all of these dances is
the one that is performed but once
a year when one of the chiefs are
elected. The men all sit on the
ground and sway their bodies to and
fro accompanied by a tapping on a
wood block and clapping OF hands.
A sword dance done with weapons
that were used years ago and a mill
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twenty and thirty-cent produc-
ton. Berkell works on the idea that
this class of fun makes a good end
ing because it leaves his players as
well as his audience free and easy.
This show gives the players many
wilo chance to clown and do about
what they desire, regardless of the
author. I refuse to take "Some
Baby seriously as I consider it a
mighty poor play.
There Is no chance for serious
characterization in this play. Those
who have parts this week are: Ida
belle Arnold, Adelaide Melnotte, Ro-
bert ST. Clair, Kathleen Sanders,
Herbert Dobbins, Larry Sullivan,
Bernice Marsolais, Milton Byron, J.
F. NARROW and William v. Hull.
Some Baby closes the Berkell
season at the Colonial on Saturday
night. On view all week.
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AIR PASSENGER RATES
QUOTED AT ANDERSON
WEIGH Company Will Make Indian
apOliS Trip for $40

: BV Tunes Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Nov. 15.-Avia-
ton has progressed so far here that
newspapers carry advertising of the
Grin WEIGH Aircraft Company CIV
ing passenger rates for various cities.
Flights from Anderson to various
! cities with fares follow: Indian
apolis, $40; Cincinnati, Ohio, $35;
Detroit, Mich, SAG; Dayton, Ohio,
$40; Chicago, $35; Louisville, KY,
$28; Evansville, 500; Newcastle, ST;
d Mobiles, $3.50; Lebanon, $3.50, and
Frankfort, SIS.
And just to show how much con-
fldence can be placed in a flying
journey, round trip fares are quoted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15
PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT IDEAS

Have always thought that the
farewell week of a stock company
should be grand affair. That the
last production should have those
lingering qualities of bSth sweetness
and greatness which causes one to
be friendly and still remembering
while waiting for a new season.
That does not seem to be the idea
Of Charles Berkell who does the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15
JARDINE Gets
COTTON PRICE
SLUMP BLAME
U. S. Reports Add to
Troubles of Mississippi
Delta Plantations.
BY HILTON BUTLER
Written for The Times

CLEVELAND, Miss, Nov. 15.-
About year ago and from this
place-"the heart of the Delta"-I
wrote a dismal story about cotton
and money conditions.
The story still holds. Lightning
has struck twice in the same place.
Last year the trouble was over-pro-
duction. This year it is the flood.
This is Bolivar County, the Sec
ton that has produced more fine
long staple cotton than any other
county in the world. Even this year
the production will not be much be-
low the peak of last year, for the
flood waters of the Mississippi didn't
creep far into this county.
County in Debt
But the trouble is this: What
would have been profit must go to-
ward putting up new gins, new
warehouses, replacing machinery
that was washed down toward
Vicksburg and New Orleans, paying
off notes, helping a more heavily
stricken friend, going to Washing
ton to talk about flood control and
doing the other things made neceS-
sary by the flood.
Cotton prices jumped as a result
of the flood that left nothing but
weeds and cracked earth in most of
the delta land. Bolivar County
growers expected to get peak prices.
Then out came the Department of
Agriculture with it's production
forecasts that turnbled the market
the wrong way so far as the cotton
grower is concerned.
Jardine Gets Blame
- So the wrath, the pent-up wrath
that began April 81 when the levee
broke, has been exploded on one
man-William A. Jardine, the Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
Down here they call him "Jar-it-
down." That's what has happened
every time a forecast has come out
from his department. Nothing
would please the people down here
more than to see his scalp hanging
/, on cotton boil.
Until the flood, the Delta was an
eaSy-come, eaSy-go country, spend
ing money right and left, buying
new cars, sending daughter to st.
Louis for plenty of clothes and TAX
ing care of sons expenses to Old
/ Miss for the football games, to New
Orleans for Mardi Gras, to Memphis
for the three-day grand opera sea-
son, and to Europe, by golly, if he
wanted to go.
Ask Aid in Congress
Whatever thinking was done in
the Delta was done about dances,
automobiles, fine homes and good
times. Until April 81. A soberness
settled over the Delta that night
as surely as did the waters of the
food. And it still exists.
Eyes and ears, and the feet of
the more prominent, are turned to-
ward Washington. stop that river
S. o. s.! Stop Jardine! This is the
. Delta broadcasting from station
: COTTON, getting weak and al
most out of commission. Signing of
until relief comes from Washing
ton"
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FEAR HANK0W TROUBLE

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Nov. 15.-The Hankow
correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph reports that the German
and Russian concessions are in a
state of defense, owing to the posi-
bility of an attack from troops
moving down the Yangtze River
from Shasi to Chenglin.
He reports the flag Of the Man.
king nationalists flying from many
public and other buildings in Han
kow.
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very opposite. since
this man is highly
successful in man.
3ging his stock
"ompany, his idea
hallenges an ar
ument. This week
he Berkell organ
zation in it's final
eek at the Colon
Il is presenting a
7rce by the name
{ Some Baby" To
~ way Of thinking
is a noisy, silly,
hin piece of stage
bunk which one ex-
poets to see in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15
Corn Borer Fight Into Court

Whether or not the State ent0-
mologist can enforce corn-borer
cleanup regulations will be decided
by the Appellate Court. Entomolo-
gist Frank Wallace has appealed his
case against Charles A. Dohner and
others, lost in De Kalb Circuit
Court, in which this problem is in
YolYed.
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as it has been non
est. To me he is as
interesting a Viii
lon. the man who
told a king that he
would like to have
his job and got it,
as the man who
created the role in
the original New
York production.
When it comes to a
review it makes no
difference to me
whether the chief
actor comes from
New York, Boston,
indianapolis o r
where IF a. local
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15
RAIL OFFICIAL is DEAD
Death Takes Director OF Canadian
Pacific, Montreal Banker.

BIZ United Press
MONTREAL, Nov. 15.-Charles
r. Hosmer, 76, for many years iden-
tilted with the development of the
Canadian Pacific Railway and the
Bank of Montreal, died here Mon
day night after long illness.
Hosmer, born at Coteau Landing,
Quebec, Nov. IL, 1851, rose from a
position of telegraph operator to the
directorate of the Canadian Pacific
and was senior director of the Bank
of Montreal. At one time he was
general manager of the Canadian
Pacific telegraphs.
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Award Speed Barn Contract

Roy G. Brandt, Franklin, Ind,
was awarded the contract for a
new speed barn at State fairgrounds.
The barn will contain twenty-four
stalls and cost $8,174. Brandt's bid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15

mite Hawks" now playing at the
Mutual, keeps the show from being
a flop" by the way he goes through
the performance without making a
verbal sound. He gets his thoughts
across by the use of his eyes and
plain simple motions that could be
understood by anyone.
Starred along with Melino is Dixie
Mason. She has a strong powerful
voice that could stand a little more
cultivation. Her solos are well suit
ed to her vitality. She is a pass
able dancer and her humor takes a
peculiar twist in kidding certain per-
sons in the audience who try to
Illustrate her by their wise crack
ing"
The show starts out very slowly
but near the end it speeds up
trif1e. The majority of the work is
thrown on the chorus which is
weak in talent.
Patricia Kelly is the soubrette of
the show and as such has more
dancing and singing ability than
any of the other principals.
I would say that the Mite Hawks"
is only passable burlesque.
At the Mutual this week. (By the
Observer
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BY WALTER d. HICKMAN
in "The Vagabond King.

This is the first time that can
remember of hearing him in Indian
apolis. His success has been rapid
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15

Other theaters today offer: What
Price Glory" at the Ohio; Jesse
James," at the Apollo; publicity
Madness" at the Indiana; 1.-THE
Fair Cold" at the Circle, and 1.-THE
Valley of HE'LL" at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15

MORE BURLESQUE
AT THE MUTUAL
Joe tSunshine) Melino In the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-15
EDWARD NELL, JR.,
TRIUMPHS AT HOME

THE Vagabond King Lives Up to Its Reputation of Being
as Good as When It Started on Its Journey After
Being a Broadway Hit for Months.
WALTER d HICKMAN
Applause may cheap at times but honest applause
cheap.
Edward Nell Jr home last night Francois Villon
in ''The Vagabond King
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13
King of Spain Mixes
Omelettes SkiIlfulIy

London. Aug. 10 Pl-Cooking is
the faVorite indoor sport of the
King of Spain.
King Alfonso came 10 London for
the championships at Wimbledon
and incidentally 10 take little
flyer now and then in the restau-
rants.
The king is said to be a fairly
good cook. But his favorite trick
is TO order lettuce and tomatoes.
and other salad ingredients. and
make the salad dressing before the
eyes Of his guests-or his hosts.
sometimes. He has a habit of turn
ing out Welsh rarebits and ONE
lettes in casserole at his luncheon
table which make his guests in
quire as to his methods and in
gradients.
With left handed touch which
he learned in Paris, the king
scatters a little finely minced
chicken in his omelettes. He saws
there's no secret about his light.
fluffy ttes-it's Just the knack
OF doing it, acquired by years of
practice.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13

Britain. No outside talent will have
any part in this unique production.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13
Two Excellent Features
On Bill At Palace
Viola Dana as a dancer,

O
Startling enough in its implica-
lions, but even the most lavish in
ferences to be drawn from this
terse sentence are said to fall short
of doing justice to Miss Dana in
her starring role in The Lure OF
the Night Club"
For in this startling F'BO picture
which opens tomorrow at the Pal
ace theater. Miss Dana scintillates
in the brilliant atmosphere of aft
er-midnight frolic as a dancer
whose rare charm, talent and per
sonality place her on the pinnacle
OF renown and popularity.
The story which serves as the
stars vehicle has an absorbing ro-
mantle flavor which centers about
the alteration of her night club
proprietor for her and of her own
conviction that the apparent arti-
ficiality of her surroundings in the
metropolis pcrmeatcs its habitues
as well. This feeling causes her to
reach a decision to give up her
career and the conflict of The fas-
cination of the spotlight with the
obscurity of sedate home life in the
country environment of her child
hood, yields an absorbing story Of
complex emotional reactions. pa
thos and startling dramatic action.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13
RICHARD MAY HOLD
BOUT IN London
English Capitalists Invite Him to
Hold Title Fight There
Photo by Collomb

New York, Aug 10 4 Tex Rick
ard is considering London AS the site
for contemplated heavyweight
championship fight in 1928. The
promoter said today he has received
Il tentative offer from syndicate of
English capitalists and he added that
the idea of foreign invasion ap-
peals to him.
richards plans for the Gene
Tunncy-Jack Dempsey fight in Chi
cago Well advanced, the promoter
is looking forward to an enterprise
that would bring together the Ameri-
can champion and o logical English
challenger. The Wembley stadium,
with seating capacity of 100000,
would be the ideal ground for the
battle. Richard says. Available rec
ords fail to show that England has
had d worlds heavyweight cham
pionship contest.
II believe that $4,000 Americans
would make The trip abroad for a
title fight" said Richard IF my
lnducement is made attractive
enough l may seriously consider
going to London with the fight |
plan for 1928. Some friends of mine
over there have sounded me out on
the scheme, but l have not COM
mitted myself"
Richard may have something
more definite than an invitation to
take his next fight to London, many
observers believe. The list of large
cities for his heavyweight cxtrava-
ganzas has been depleted and Rick
ard has avoided striking twice in
the same place. Jersey City drew
the Dempsey Carpenter battle of
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13
.uNDY'S MOTHER
FLIES With "WE'
Meets Hero Son at Grand Rapids
And Enjoys Ride

Grand Rapids Mich. Aug. 10 lP,
Dropping down out of the clouds,
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh cap
tnred Grand Rapids yesterday With
him to share in western Michigan's
welcome to its native son was his
mother, Mrs. Evangeine L. Lind
hergh.
Mrs. Lindbergh made the trip to
Grand Rapids in a tri-motored
Ford plane and after Colonel Lind
bergh was welcomed at John Ball
park. hurried back to the airport
with her son and took her first trip
in the Spirit of st. Louis"
Colonel Lindbergh intimated that
it was rather close riding in the
diane with q passenger, but said
that his mother enjoyed her trip.
Eventually the Smithsonian in
stitute will receive the little silver
and black monoplane which carried
Colonel Lindbergh to Paris, he told
Eewspapermen yesterday.
Colonel Lindbergh answered the
questions put to him with a sort of
nervous energy. MIR. Ford seemed
at home in the air." he said. so
did Mr.. Edsel Ford
Colonel Lindbergh expects to take
10 the air about noon today on his
flight to Chicago, the next leg of
his national air tour.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-13

1921; New York the Dempsey Firpo
match of 1925; Philadelphia the
Dempsey-Tunney upset of last year,
and now Chicago is to have the bat
tie of the rSesqui reenacted.
Richard, in company with Leo P.
Flynn. Dempsey's manager, and Gus
Wilson, the trainer, were to leave
here today for Chicago. Before his
departure, Richard intimated that he
would bring Luis Angel F'irpo, the
giant Argentine boxer. back into the
ring this winter. Victor Campolo
may come from the Pampas region
with Firpo.
Phil Scott a promising English
heavyweight. plans TO invade the
United States this winter, matching
his skill with some of the American
boxers.
With these invaders Richard Is
planning another elimination series
but the chief matches now under
consideration are those between
Jack Sharkey and Pauline Tzcudun
and Jack Delaney against Jim
Maloney.
Paulino's status as a heavyweight
is to be determined by the New York
state athletic commission next Tues
day. The commission faces the
problem of sustaining the decision
of Referee Jim Crowley, who dis
qualified Pauline and awarded last
Thursdays fight to Delaney. or cast
ing aside its precedent in such cases,
which is TO bar any boxer guilty Of
a foul for 80 days.