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Evening star., 1927-04-24
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Evening star., 1927-04-24
MINISTER IS STRICKEN.
Rev. W. r. Doggett of Danvill
Suffers Paralytic Attack.
special Dispatch 10 The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
DANVILLE. Va. April 2S.--Rev. w
r, Doggett. Presbyterian minister Cj
this city, was stricken with paralysis
in Halifax County today while 81 a
railway station.
He was removed 10 a drug store il
south Boston. where he was give
treatment. and later to private resi-
dence. Both of his legs were affected
by the stroke
Evening star., 1927-04-24

The first American division TO set
foot on German soil in the World
War was the 32d Division. 1t crossed
into Alsace in May, 1918.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
HIGHER PRICED LEGISLATORS

The members of the Legislature believe SO
firmly that they are worth more money that they
voted to raise their pay in spite Of warning that
to do so does violence to the Constitution
Quite in spirit with the age of course, is this
method Of getting more money. In other spheres,
it is called by different name. But it is always
the proper thing to get the money, apparently.
That the lawmaker is underpaid is admitted
That past bodies have justified any increase on the
basis of giving back anything to the public may be
debated.
But the cost of living in the capital is such as to
make the six-doara-day salary most attractive in
1881, when the sum was fixed, not attractive.
What would have happened to any one of these
members, however, had he gone around before cleo
ton and declared that whatever the law may be, he
intended to jimmy extra four dollars day out
of the treasury?
Probably most of the members would have
been elected, had they had this courage. For the
truth is that the people do not discriminate much on
these jobs but take whatever the party whose ticket
they happen to be voting, gives them.
OF course, none of them would have this cour-
age to openly advocate such a method OF getting
money but few would have been hurt politically
Which is probably the reason that the members
now understand that they need pay little attention to
the opinions of the Attorney General but can afford
to take any route to financial safety
1t is unfortunate that all the people can not so
easily get what they want in the way of wages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Joe Penner Brings the Grandest Wheeze
Ever to The Greenwich Village Follies'

to the revue stage, but are probably
to inject jazzy and rapid tunes be-
tween sketches, the result being that
Seymour and Howard, with their as
sistants, have a smart and rapid va
riety offering. For vaudeville, it
strikes a new note, although it Is
revue in nature. Some of the dance
numbers are well done.
Al Shaw and Sam Lee, recently
with Ed Wynn in 1.-THE Grab Bag"
are doing their eccentric talking and
dance routine. James Kelso and
Belle De Monde have an eccentric
comedy offering which they call "a
vesty on a pair of fiat hunters is
their funniest attempt at burlesque.
Marguerite Padula and Monroe
Purcell use two grand pianos in
their offering, Ivory Novelties"
Miss Padula some seasons ago left
a lingering impression with me, and
this season she more than impressed
her advancement upon my memory.
This woman knows how to present
a piano and vocal offering which is
different and at the same time has
class and merit.
Frank Jerome and Evelyn open
the bill with IA Breeze From Broad
way" Art poses are offered by Beu-
lah Stewart and May Day in pa
risian Art"
At Keith's all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Times Readers
Voice Viez0S

To the Editor of The Times:
On the night. of Jan. i number
of veterans of the World War met
at Tomlinson Hall to devise some
method whereby they could receive
their loans from the banks on their
adjusted compensation certificates.
There were several suggestions
made by the speaker and also by
the veterans. One of the speakers
suggestions was the appointment of
a committee to go to Washington.
Then the writer of this letter
suggested that we should give to the
public a letter stating our views.
This suggestion received the APP
prevail of about so per cent of the
veterans present. They believe that
the banks should give this loan.
Bank Ask Accounts
AS it now stands veteran must
have an account with the bank to
which he applies for his loan, or
must show that he has had one.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
gave out the statement through the
newspapers a few days ago that the
banks were willing to pay the loans,
but he refused to say in what way
they were making them.
When asked why they will not
make the loan to all veterans, the
bankers say there is nothing in the
certificates assuring them that the
Government will repay them in case
the veterans does not. They refer
to Section 502, Subdivision c, where
it states that the director may, in
his discretion, accept the certificate
and note, cancel the note (but not
the certificate), and pay the bank,
in full satisfaction of it's claim, the
amount of the unpaid principal due
it and the unpaid interest accrued
at the rate fixed in the note, up to
the date of the check issued to the
bank.
Capital rules the Nation and the
banking interests are that force, so
why, then, do they refuse to pay
back to their own interests?
Another reason the bankers give
for not loaning on the certificates is
that the rate of interest set forth is
not sufficient and they would handle
the paper at a loss or would no more
than break even at the best. 1 wish
to State that if they broke even,
they have done far better than we
veterans have been able to do.
Why Not Help?
If this great and good country of
ours thought enough of the boys to
have given us this relief, why can't
the bankers help?
If we are the boys who fought, and
were willing to fight, protecting the
bankers interests and sacrificing
our own lives. why can't the bankers
sacrifice a little time to these same
boys in their time of need? Many of
our families are without food and the
other necessities of life. The hui
name side of the situation alone
should be sufficient to prompt them
to do their duty.
The veterans believe that the pub
lie should have the facts concerning
the bonus, and we have taken this
way, of telling them.
A VETERAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Changing Policy

There has been no change what
soever in the Governments policy to-
ward Nicaragua offered in the Presi-
dents message" says Secretary
Kellogg.
From the beginning of the trouble,
over year ago." he says, 1.-The
United States has offered its good Of
fees and eXerted it's influence to
compose the difficulty. The same at
titude has existed ever since Disz
was elected president, nor is any
change contemplated"
You get the impression that we
have treated other presidents and
other revolutions in exactly the
same way we are treating those I'M
der discussion, but where were our
marines when Chamorro overthrow
Solorzano?
Colorzano was duly and constitu-
tionally elected, but the United
States made no effort in his behalf
when his defeated opponent drove
him from Office by force of arms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE

The pasture over the fence always looks greener
That queer quirk in human nature explains why
comedians want to do tragedy and why tradegians
desire the lighter parts
Chaplin has long had that desire for the tragic
role There has even been talk of his doing Hamlet
But it remains for real life rather than the stage
to provide him with the chance.
Take look at the photographs of Chaplin, posed
as he arrived in New York after the crosscontnenta
trip that followed the divorce suit announcement.
Read the statement from him that constitutes
the lines in this his latest drama
Put the two, the picture and the lines together.
and you are witnessing the consummate actor in the
greatest performance of his long career.
AS for the financial stake-it is in keeping with
the Importance of the part.
Charles Chaplin is playing for millions In q
piece entitled THE Saddest Man in the World"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
A USEFUL DECISION

Two years too late to make much difference so
far as Nal Daugherty is concerned the United States
Supreme Court has ruled that the United States
Senate has authority to compel him to testify before
Senate committee
Daugherty, banker, brother Of Harry NJ. Daugh
erty then Attorney General refuse to give needed
information when the Senate was investigating the
Justice Department. The Senate', authority-ob-
vious enough of course-had never been tested in
the courts.
Nal Daugherty's attorneys took advantage of
this fact and succeeded in keeping the Attorney
Generals brother out of the committees hands
The courts decision, however is of great value
1t means that Congress in the future will be able
to obtain Information it needs It means for in
stance, that the leading character in the Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois election scandals be compelled
to tell what they know
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Urn
Ma Ferguson Nothing in
HerSeIf-Being Jim'S
Wife Counted.
By Nj. e. Tracy

After hectic administration
and crushing defeat for reelection,
Miriam A. Ferguson, first woman
Governor of Texas, retires from
office at noon today.
At the beginning of her term
those unfamiliar with the facts
tried to drape it with a significance
it never deserved.
She was an accident pure and
simple, running as a substitute for
her husband, who was barred at
the last moment.
The fact that she was a woman
had nothing to do with her success.
The fact that she was Jim Fergu-
sons wife was everything.
At that, her chances would have
been hopeless but for the Khan
issue.
Through a combination Of circum-
stances too involved for explana-
tons, Texas found itself compelled
to accept Mrs. Ferguson or a klans-
man.
The State shut both eyes and
voted, but with never a doubt that
it was electing Jim Ferguson,
though his wife's name appeared on
the ballot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18

much present in the new edition of
the Greenwich Village Follies.
Among the other fun makers you
will find Tom Howard, Joe Lyons
and Walter Fairmont in THE Spy"
one of the cleverest sketches in this
revue; Penner and Sam Hearn in
THE Window Cleaners" burlesque
affair which is not new in it's nature;
Grace Rivers and eight other girls
in a burlesque song number, Faded
Flowers Hearn, Joe Lyons and
Tom Howard in two funny affairs,
Go Ahead Sing" and go Ahead
Eat" Irene Delroy in a very plain
affair with a bed called, Moving
In" Howard, Penner and Lyons in
THE Trickster," an old idea, but put
over in great style by these three
tunmakers; Suicide" with about five
attempts at it. funny; and others.
Then you have Bailey and Bar
mum, one with the banjo and the
other with the voice, solid hits.
Those who do IL good deal Of the
singing are Irene Delroy, Arnold
Gluck, Evelyn Hoey, Ruth Conley,
especially in a burlesque takeoff on
Wouldn't YOU" with Sam Hearn
and others.
Chief in the dancing, of course, are
the Sixteen American Ricketts,, girls
who know how to dance and girls
who look like a million dollars and
then some, and girls who do new
dance formations. many of them as
pretty as they are new. One of the
finest dancing organizations that we
have had here for slany months.
Must not forget to mention Ken
dali Cappa, a man who does marvel
Gus things with his feet. Then the
two ballet dancers, Mile. Vlasta Mas
Iowa and Bayard Rauth, in several
finely done numbers. Both are art
lists.
The best song number in the re-
view is whistle Away Your Blues"
Here is a real number, and this COM
pany knows how to put it over with
telling effect. The prettiest number
in the show is cinderella" and with
THE FREELY Ballet" running it a
close second.
Some of the sketches are over
spiced. Some suggest a mighty
rapid pace, but this is to be found
in nearly all of the new revues.
And yet you will find Joe Penner
handing out some of the most indi-
vidual comedy that a revue may
boast of. Joe Penner is the Joe Cook
Of this organization.
You know what to expect in the
Greenwich Village F'ollies," and this
edition continues successfully the
trademark.
At English's all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
TALKING TO EUROPE

1T COSTS $25 minute to talk from New York to
london over the new transatlantic radio telephone
ystem, but the Zine is busy" had to be given
almost at the start.
Dozens who fought for the chance to spend their
$40 minute were told that their names would be
put on file and it might be possible for them to
chew the rag" with London friend in a day or two
Novelty, Of course, explains much of the de-
mand. The human ego gets much relish out of be-
ing first in anything epochal.
Business demands explains some more
But granting both reasons here's wagering that
sentimentality explained the bulk of the business.
The big business man wanted to say "Helio
mama" to mama in London
Wife, daughter, sweetheart, son, sister brother
father received, we wager more calls than Union
Hosiery, Inc, or Ltd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Useful Pork

The treasury and postofFice joint
commission has recommended 225
projects to Congress, the cost of
which would be more than
$3.50 ,000, 900.
This represents a startling expan-
sion in the public buildings program
and the cry of pork" rises automat-
ically from those who haven't re-
ceived what they feel is fair cut.
We talk great deal about public
buildings which the Government
erects, scoffingly when they are for
other communities, but pridefully
and insistently when they are for
our own.
AS a matter Of common sense, its
public buildings represent one of the
soundest and most. worthwhile in
vestments the Government makes.
In a few cases they may have
been overdone, but in a majority,
and in spite Of the large sums ex-
pended. thew are still Inadequate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18

sure as a great pianist would create
melody. He changes wigs to CORE
spond with the type or color of his
melody. And yet. wish he would
devote more time to straight and big
playing because he is an artist on
the xylophone. BY using Miss Byrne
to open the act and to dance to his
music, Elcota and Byrne have an Of
fering of real merit as well as &C.
centric appeal.
Alexander Sisters so in for violin
harmony, dancing and singing be-
fore elaborate sets. One of the
sisters, dressed mostly in a violin,
opens the act with a little violin
music and some musical conversa-
ton. The act has flash and speed.
1t seems that the fat and heavy
comics are coming back into favor
on the variety stage. Or at least
they seem to me to be more fire.
quent than usual. In Watts and
Howley the man is the sized edition.
He sings songs with rather rapid
Turn to Page y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Two Memorable Things

Mrs. Ferguson's term in office will
be remembered for two things
first. a highway scandal that rocked
the State and made Dan Moodey her
logical opponent. and, second, a
pardoning record that has astounded
everybody.
In spite of reports that she would
issue no clemency proclamations after
last Friday, Governor Ferguson has
kept right on signing them.
According to the latest check. she
had issued 1921, and it is estimated
that the total will reach $500.
What staggers people most is the
fact that murderers top the list,
nearly 400 of them having been
pardoned either fully or con.
ditionally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
OTHER WAGES

While in the spirit of generosity the law
makers might consider the wage paid to the pro.
lessons and educators at the Indiana University
The standard Of salaries in that institution the
most important in the State, was fixed several years
ago.
Comparison with the salaries paid in other State
universities i'll the Middle West shows that Indiana
pays less than the others for the training of its
future leadership
One of the results is that there is a constant
amptation for those who worthwhile and who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Does the planet Mars have vege.
table and animal life?

Observations by astronomers and
physicists of Mars at its nearest APP
proaches to the earth show that it
has clouds which could not be Gre
ated unless both air and water were
present. 1t is assumed, therefore,
that there may be and probably is
vegetation there. Whether animal
life exists on the planet no one real
ly knows. If there is it must be
of such character that it can stand
extreme cold, for the atmosphere of
Mars is so thin and scanty that while(
the temperature may reach IS de-
grees Fahrenheit in the daytime, at
night it doubtless drops much below
zero. An extremely hardy form OF
animal life would be necessary to
endure such conditions of sudden
temperature changes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
MONEY? OH, PSHAW!

Lady Houston Of London recently was wiled six
million pounds about $30O00,000.
The will made the lady very miserable and un
happy. She began to give the money away. Oh
just small sums! Little requests of 100000 here
and hereto the gardener, the housekeeper. TO a
nephew, dear old lady she once knew
Money means absolutely nothing to me-" she
said, YEARLY and pathetically. why do l need
money? l have my yacht and my garden and my
homes and my cars and horses and"
Saying which, the lady took her interviewer
through her palace to show her art treasures.
Probably he didn't dare laugh right out loud
at ALL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Loved Too Well

An old lady is dying in Brussels.
They call her the Mad Empress
Charlotte"
1t was her misfortune to have
loved not wisely but too well.
She worshipped the unhappy Maxi
milan, who took her to Mexico as a
bride. She thought him a great man,
destined to create and rule great
empire. She could not credit his
downfall and seems never to have
realized that he died before firing
squad.
For sixty years she has dwelt in a
realm of dreams, harmless, beautiful,
pathetic.
Human life presents no greater
tragedy than a disordered mind in an
attractive body. no more appalling
problem, no deeper mystery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Ideal Relation

What George Young said after
winning the greatest swimming
match on record and $4,000 prize
was that he would build a home in
Los Angeles and put his mother in
it.
What his mother said was that
she hoped they would put her boy
in a good warm bed and let him rest.
The relationship between the two
must be very ideal. Let us hope
that success on the sons part
doesn't change it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Extreme BegetS Extreme

Texas wants no repetit on of this
orgy OF forgiveness. A bill has al
ready Keen presented to the Legis-
lature for the submission of a con-
stitutionsl amendment which would
deprive Governors of the exclusive
right to issue pardons and place it
in the hands of a board consisting
Of the Governor, the chief justice
and the attorney general.
Under present conditions the
amendment would pass. Extremes
always lead to extremes. Governor
Ferguson's ill-advised use Of the
pardoning power may result in a
popular decree whereby few con-
victs ever will know the meaning of
mercy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
w ork
Don't Hold Up if You Can
Win and Have Stopper
Left.
BY Milton G.. Work

The pointer for today is:
Declarer should not hold up II he
can win the trick and still have
stopper left.
With three cards and two shoppers
in the suit originally led, such as
Ace-King-X or Ace-QueenX, it is gen
orally better to win the first trick,
pass the second and take. the third;
rather than pass the first and take
the second and third. There is al
ways a chance-if the first be passed
that some other suit will be opened
in which the Declarer may not have
two sure shoppers.
The taking of the first trick IL es-
pecially important when doing 80
makes up another stopper in the suit
and failing to do so would not. For
example, suppose Closed Hand
South has Ace-Jack-x and Dummy
Xxx, that West leads a small card
and that East plays the King; hold
ing up would limit the Declarer to
one trick in the suit because East
would Immediately return the lead
through South's Ace-Jack; but De-
clarer, if he won the first trick,
would have good chance of taking
another because his Jack-x proba-
bly, would be led up to. In this case,
the usual location of the danger
| hand would be reversed and Declarer
should plan his campaign with the
idea of keeping the adverse lead on
his left, rather than on his right.
A similar situation would occur with
holding Of Jack-X in Dummy and
Ace-Ten-x in Closed Hand; or some
such holding as a singleton Queen
in Dummy, Ace-Ten-x in Closed
Hand, and the play Of the adverse
King by Third Hand on Dummy's
Queen.
There are occasional hands in
which Declarer, in order to cinch
the game, should sacrifice the pos
sibility Of winning a second trick in
the suit. Suppose, for example, he
have small cards in Dummy and
KingQueen-X in Closed Hand; that
a small card not the lowesD is led,
and that Third Hand play the Jack.
By winning the trick he still would
have the suit stopped against a lead
from his left, but not if the lead
should come from the right. If the
only long suit to be finessed be in
! Dummy dixie Ace-Ten-x-x-x there,
and Queen-Jack-x in Closed Hand,
and if making four tricks in that
suit would insure game, the stu
alton would be different from the
| general one, and in that case De
clarer should pass the first trick, de-
| liberately giving up the hope Of
second trick in the adverse suit, so
as to exhaust the adversary on his
right before the suit is established
Such cases, however, are rare as a
general rule the first trick should
be won when it leaves a stopper A
even if 1t be stopper only should4
the suit be led by the adversary non
hold-up situation.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Company
Work, the international authority
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
HARRY HAS DIFFERENT
WAY TO SELL HIS COMEDY

Harry Holmes does not attempt
to sell" his comedy like anybody
on the stage today.
He probably knows how to get a
comedy point out of general con-
fusion as well if not better than
most entertainers.
Holmes starts with a dim light
playing upon his strange facial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-18
Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S - Joe Penner,
comedian, is going to be the
talk of the town this week. He
is with the Greenwich Village
Follies. A big show with as fine
a dancing organization as one
would want to see.
LYRIC-Elcota, a Xylophone
player, proves that such a mu-
sician may be both an artist
and an eccentric comedian.
KEITH S-A comedian who
is different from all the others
Harry Holmes.
PALACE-The Welder Sisters
with four young men have a
pleasing dance offering and offer
several good musical numbers
by the two girls.
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that there is a point to it. His at
tempt to make a chicken do the
Charleston in a panic as well as a
scream. L think L am doing him an
unfair trick to even discuss thing
that he does because the less you
know what Holmes is going to stage,
the better you will fall for his fun.
He easily is winner on the current
bill at Keith's. There is artistry to
all of his madness of comedy.
Using sketches which are fire.
quently seen in legitimate revues,
Lew Seymour and Jessie Howard
present "All Over Town Revue"
Some of their sketches are not new