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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18

terms Of the theatcr. 1t is as
rashly and shameics3ly senti-
mental as life itself
Outwardly the play is as
conventional as "Abie's Irish Rose"
The hero is son of cantor, who
runs away from home-becomeS a
singer of jazz, then returns to find
himself struggling between an ac-
CURED love OF the stage and
deeper affection for his family and
respect for the precepts Of the re-
= ligion to which he was born
You see the runaway return, see
him turned out by a pious father,
see him rehearsing for his great
night in the theater, see the mother
pleading that he throw away his
career by taking the place of his
sick father on the Day of Atone
ment to lead the choir in the syna-
gogue; see him finally, against the
objurgationS of the manager and
the pleas of his sweetheart, don the
robes of the cantor and stalks away
slowly to the church whence a few
moments later comes the mournful,
deep music of the Hebraic liturgy.
Z There is some sound and pene-
trating writing in "The jazz Singer"
Much of that feeling may be due
to the excellent performances Of
George Jessel in the role of the
"Jazz Singer" This clown of re-
vues has somewhere miraculously
learned to act. He is admirable not
only when he is playing himself
that is, when he is playing the mag
vnetic, breezy vaudeville pantaloon,
but when he is suggesting romantic
love or sitting hurt or letting go
in full flood of sentimental tears.
Albert Lewis, Who staged 1.-THE
Jazz Singer" has held intact the
cast that has made this comedy
drama famous.
They include Sam Jaffe, Joseph
Schoengold, Nine. Ann Lowenwirth,
Lillian Taiz, Edward Arnold, George
Schaeffer, Ted Athey, Nat Fryer,
Tony Kennedy, Posner's Temple
Choir and 1.-THE Jazz Singer"
chorus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
GEORGE JESSEL TO BE SEEN IN JAZZ SINGER MONDA
Ethel Waters, Coored STAR Will Open Three-Day Visit
at EngIi8h'S Thursday Night in Negro Revue,
Authenticated Stone Booked

SEF HE Jazz Singer with George Jcse in the role
coming to English for hree-day engagement start
ing Monday, Feb 20, with matinee Wednesday,
The Jazz Singer differs from the plays of Bernard
I'm that among other things does not make any effort to hide
It's Sentimenaty it deals in the simplest way with the
pest emotions 1t states ordinary human facts the feverish
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
NezO Vehicle

Alfred Savoir's famous stage
play, Super of the Gaiety," has
been purchased and will be
Adolphe Menjou's next starring
vehicle, following his current
picture tentatively called THE
Code of Honor"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18

Miss Elizabeth Feltman will have
an important role in Putting 1t
Over" a comedy, which will be pre-
sented Sunday evening by the St.
Cecilia Players of Sacred Heart
church. in the parish hall, Union
and Palmer SITS.
Besides Miss Feltman the cast in
ciudeS Misses Hilda Rathz and
Josephine Lawrie; also Albert Hoe
reth, George Crumbo, Joseph
Foltzenlogel, Anthony Lauck, Jr.,
and Charles Schludecker, who is di-
recting the play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18

with the Madison Square Theater, whose
sons have become famous in the same
profession?
g. What star Of the American stage
dedicated his recent autobiography to the
girl with the nice armS?'
4. What play by an American author,
after being rejected by managers in this
country. won the Stratford Memorial prize
in 1910?
5. The name of the leading spirit Of the
Moscow Art Theater?
6. what actor holds the worlds record
for reciting Casey at the BATE"
Z. What Italian playwright always de-
lineates characters ObseSsed with the riddle
Of personality and the enigma Of existence?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
NEGRO REVUE
OPENS THURSDAY NIGHT.

Net Thursday night will bring
"Africana," the Negro revue, which
has had such a highly successful
run of six months on Broadway and
four weeks in Philadelphia, to Eng
lish.
The star of the revue is Ethel
Waters, who is one of the great
musical comedy stars of her time.
Richard Watts, Jr, in the New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
Starts Work

Filming has commenced on
THE House of Scandal" under
the direction Of King Baggott,
with Dorothy Sebastian, Pat
OMalley, Harry Murray, Cino
Corrado and Jack Singleton
playing the leading roles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
Vaudeville Life Film

Lady Be Good" is nearing COM
pletion under the direction of Rich
ard Wallace, with Dorothy Mackaill
and Jack Mulhall co-featured. This
is a story of vaudeville life from
the stage play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
Comedian Gets Role

William Austin, the eccentric
comic who had important parts in
Bebe Daniels Swim. Girl, Swim"
and in Florence Vidor's Honey
moon Hate" has signed a new con-
tract. He will be seen next in
Clara Bows Red Hair"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
Stills Back TO Work

Milton Stills is having a brief
breathing spell between pictures,
but will soon start an underworld
drama that promises to bring plenty
of action to the settings now being
constructed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
ROUND
Wt4 3, WALT ! =
rama Week, many publishers have

Week many publishers have
about the
in issuing several
possess those who enjoy the theater
have the following Knopf Inc.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

that were crouching on branches; but
never again, even when the danger was
far greater, did I feel anything like
my present sense Of horror and help
leSsneSs.
An inadequate protection will often,
make us far more anxious than the
certainty Of having to face danger
without any protection at all-and this
not only where panthers are concerned!
IN the twilight of morning we found
the slaughtered panther among the
aloes. The ground had been trampled
and torn in his death agony. But the
most peaceful, and with no obvious sign
of injury.
On close examination, I found that
he had been hit by only one of the
bullets, which had entered behind the
ear, traversing the neck and breaking
the spine The eyes were closed, which
is rare in slaughtered beast. The
muzzle beautifully moulded, had a
panied and almost tender expression,
the Jaws being slightly parted, as if in
last sigh The thorny bluish-green
leaves Of the aloeS contrasted with the
yellow tint of the panther's fur, the
Acolor-scheme being strangely harmon
ious, and seemingly peculiarly appro-
pirate to these Indian surroundings.
shall never forget the picture, which
is SO strongly impressed upon my mind
because now for the first time I felt
that L had fully grasped the indescrib-
able charm of India, which In all its
significance and popularity can be con-
veyed neither by the brush of the
painter nor by the words of the poet.
Panya was silent all the morning. A
great lord of the hills was dead.
fCopyright 1920
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THE STORY OF SALT.

You are acquainted with the taste
and appearance of salt which ap-
pears on your table at home. but
do you know what it really is? Do
you know of what it is made? For
salt is not merely "just SALT but COM
posed of several things which when
brought together by nature or by man
produce the white material so useful
in the preparation and the seasoning
of our foods, a substance essential to
men and to animals and plants
Table salt, queer as it may seem to
you, Is composed of a metal called
sodium and a gas known as chlorine.
Sodium is a silvery metal but as soft
as putty; chlorine is greenish-yellow
gas, extremely poisonous and irritating
to the mucous membranes. It may
seem strange that such substance as
salt should be composed of q metal
and poisonous gas, but 1t is even SO.
For II very small piece of sodium be
dropped into a flask containing chlorine
violent explosion will take place and
an examination of the bottle will dis
close small quantities of salt or sodium
chloride, as 1t is known. And 1t will
be the same sort Of salt your mother
has on her kitchen shelves.
To. make salt in this way is rather
expensive and so we are fortunate In
having large deposits of this valuable
Evening star., 1928-12-16

if the danger is very near. A differ
ent accent Is used If the danger is at
a distance. When the call of close
danger comes, the whole flock or herd
gets away at once, without stopping to
look around or investigate the nature
or location of the peril
Still another call means Here Is
water" while another stands for Time
to go,-follow your leader" When a
storm is brewing, all birds and ami
mails are very restless and active, and
make many calls. One means Where
are you?" while second answers
Here I am" Others say Time to
rest" Time to hunt food" and SO on
through the short list of calls given by
individuals of each species to cover
their need of communicating ideas to
their fellows.
Moreover, the danger calls of each
species are known and understood by
all other species. A bluejay, snooping
about like little blue ghost among
the trees, will see man, perhaps a
hunter, moving about in the timber,
and he will give the bluejay's danger
CALL Instantly all the wilderness crea-
lures will run or fly away, and they
will keep going because they under
stand the bluejay's signal.
StHdy the noises and calls of the
wild things at your every opportunity.
and see how much you can learn about
them
Evening star., 1928-12-16
EL COMANCHO'S STORIES.

Wild birds and animals talk to one
another, just as human beings do, but
they do not use words because that is
not necessary. Wild things are inter-
ested in getting the food that they like,
and plenty of it. They are ever alert.
living in constant fear of attack by
many enemies. They are sensitive to
weather changes and hunt shelter
from storms. They have to have wa
ter and know how to find it. For
these things they do not need words
but they do need some sort of Lam
guage.
Many wild things post guards to
keep watch while the flock or the herd
Is feeding. These guards warn their
fellows of any approaching danger in
plenty Of time for escape. Geese,
cranes and nearly all other birds that
travel in focks, do this, as do antelope
and other animals that travel in herds
They all have a limited language of
their own among themselves, and they
talk" by using the same sound to
mean the same thing every time. Every
one OF their sounds. or calls, is diStinc-
tive. and each stands for whole idea
and not for just one word. Thus they
talk a sort of sound shorthand"
One call means Here is food" an
other stands for Look out Danger!"
and conveys the idea of caution. OF. be-
ing ready to fee. BY a particular way
OF accenting the danger cali they warn
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Posers.

Let's explore some of the dusty places
in our think tanks and see If we can
answer few questions. You ought to
know four or five of these, at least.
/. What body of water lies between
England and France?
Q. What city in the United States Is
a center of the steel industry?
8. What famous aviator Is at present
on an expedition to the Antarctic?
4. To what food is the name "the
staff of life" commonly applied?
5. What grain is produced in great
quantities in Western Canada?
6. How many years are there in q
decade?
Z. What was the original name of
New York City?
8. Who was the general who sur
rendered at Appomattox Court House?
Answers.
/. The English Channel. 2. Pitts
burgh, Pa. 3. Comdr. Richard E.
Byrd. L.. Bread. 5. Wheat. 6. Ten.
T. New Amsterdam. g.. Gen. Robert
E. Lee
Evening star., 1928-12-16
The Kitchenette
By AUNT HELEN.

How about an old-fashioned taffy pull
for one of these crisp winter evenings?
They are loads of fun, and you can di-
vide the boys and girls into teams
which compete for the honor of max
ing the best taffy. Candy made from
the recipe below is delicious.
TAFFY.
Two cups molasses, three tablespoons
butter, one teaspoon vinegar, one pinch
baking soda.
Mix ingredients and cook until 1t
forms a hair-line string when allowed
to run from spoon. Pour into buttered
pans until cool enough to pull Butter
your hands and pull taffy until white
and stiff enough to be cut into pieces
with creased scissors.
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EXCITING LEAF RACE

The leaf race is more difficult than
you might suppose. The players are
each provided with two large leaves.
These are placed down and taken up
at each step, and the racers must walk
only upon them. Even though the dis
tance to be covered is only fifty or
sixty feet. it will call for a lot OF
s5illful balancing and manipulation Of
the leaves. One of the secrets of speed
is to put the leaves far enough ahead
each time to insure rapid progress.
Water lily leaves or linden tree leaves
are best. Choose smooth stretch of
ground and make two parallel marks
the required distance apart. The ref
cree oversees this laying out of the
course and also checks each runner
II runner Steps from leaf or any
Evening star., 1928-12-16

substance all over the earth, manu-
factured by nature millions Of years
ago. but of the same substance man
uses when he makes it in chemical
laboratory. I
Salt Is one of the most abundant Of
minerals. There is an unlimited supply
of it deep underground in many places
of the world; in some regions 1t Is even
on the surface and the ocean waters are
just full of its
Most commercial salt Is mine0; chat
Is, it is taken from underground sur
faces much as is coal. and in large
humps, or it is forced up through wells
in the form of brine In regions where
the waters are very salty. these may
be sluiced off into pans and be allowed
to evaporate. In all cases, however,
the salt obtained must be purified. since
many foreign substances are generally
found In its company
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Some rainy afternoon you can have
a lot of fun with some old tin cans and
solder. You can make whole farm
stead or a village. A round baking can
with cone for the roof becomes a
silo. With rectangular can with one
side cut away and the ends shaped as
shown, and with sheet of tin also
shaped for the roof, you have barn to
go with the silo.
A Shallower box with the sides cut
step-down fashion and a sheet of tin
for the roof becomes a small general
store. A part of a smaller can-just
one edge in fact-becomes the porch
for the store.
Buildings such as the poultry house
and hog house are made by cutting
Evening star., 1928-12-16

part of the foot touches the ground he
is disqualified. For this reason be sure
to obtain leaves which are large enough
The runners line up back of the
starting line, each standing upon two
leaves. At the starting signal one foot
is raised and the leaf available is pick
ed up and put down one stride ahead
and in line with the opposite goal
The raised foot is then placed upon
the front leaf and the other leaf picked
up and put ahead. Some very amusing
and often ridiculous actions will in
variably take place, much to the amuse-
ment of the onlookers.
To keep check on the runners ac-
curately not more than two or three
shnlld compete at ona time
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away one side Of rectangular box and
then soldering on fiat sheet Of tin.
Openings are cut in the front for win
dows while the door is fashioned by
making one right angle cut In the end
for the door, This should be bent to
stand out as shown
Going still further with this interest
ing fun, you can work out anything
wanted, from a water tank for your
town by using a small tin can. sup
ported by four braced. right-angle, tin
strips, to a pretty realistic boat made
from a Sardine can. For the seats,
solder in tin strips.
These buildings and fixtures should
be put in hot lye water, then rinsed and
dried before paint is applied. Then II
will be sure to stick
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Walcemar Bonsels is a great lit
erary figure in modern Germany.
AS a young man he spent long
period in India, not rowing from
place to place, but settling for
months at time off the beaten
path of travellers in city and country
dwellings. From these he worked
far into the jungles. Disregarding
traditions of race prestige, he made
friends among natives of all castles.
His adventures were fraught with
mystery, danger and beauty.
This is the first of a series OF
articles in which, with fresh view
point and a vivid sense of drama, he
gets close to the heart of India.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

The definitions are:
Horizontal.
l. Recollects.
8. Sun-dried brick.
9. At.
10. Southern state (abr.).
IL. I.
13. Supplied with food.
Is. Boy Scouts (abr).
II. One who makes a purchase.
19. To rip.
20. Simple.
81. BY.
23. indefinite article.
IS. Purses.
Vertical.
/. Railroad tabr).
2. A Spring month.
3. Boys nickname.
A. Legal tender.
5. A kind of small shot.
6. Snake-like fish.
Z. AS.
8. To exist.
II. A college degree.
IL. A slogan.
13. Animals hair.
IA. Democrat (abr).
Is. To voice.
II. Financial institution.
49, City in Nevada.
81. Apostle (abr).
%. A pronoun.
"a. North side (abr.).
=
In a four-word square, the first Is
a Winter vehicle, the second Is girls
fourth Is periods of time. Form the
square.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Each of the following words is a
boys name, Jumbled up. Rearrange
each line, then rearrange the lines so
that the first letters form still another
boys name.
/. VAIN.
2. NILADE.
8. TARLEW.
4. MERLE.
5. ROMANN.
Answers.
/. Cross word puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
When Writing Paid.

"Hurrah Five dollars for my latesA
story"
Congratulations. young man. From
whom did you get the money!"
From the express company. They
lost It,"
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Picture Puzzle Poem
ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE.
Stand up straight, throw out your
chest,
And try to, look your very best,
For you have every right to brag
When you salute your country's-
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Just Dropped Himself.

Little Bobby was playing on the
second-foor porch, and stepping back
ward fell down the stairs. His mother,
hearing the noise, came to the door
and called down to see what the
humping was. Bobby picked himself
up and called back. Nothing happened,
just dropped myself"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Peak of the PROGRAM,

Here. young man. you shouldn't hit
that boy when he's down."
"Gwan! What dyer think got i'm
down fer?"s
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2. The words in the square are slSI,
Lena, envy and days.
3. Wheat, Glover, butter and poli-
trJ tpole tree).
4. The names are Ivan, Daniel, Wal
ter, Elmer and Norman. Rearrangcd,
their first letters form Edwin.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
II MIGHT Be.

susie-"will you join me in cup CT
tea?.
Sammie-"Ah, thank you, but
wouldnkft be bit crowded."
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Poor Taste.

Mamma. If you had met Col. Lind
hergh before you met Pop. would you
nave married him instead?"
why, no. dear. of course not"
MY golly. you're dumb, MAJ"
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O. Gff SfkIS R99s PXGz r3f i e 5i: .
WITH THE PUZZLE EDITOR.

This is the Christmas shopping sea-
son, and we have a pocketbook here
that you can carry to the stores. Don't
spend all your money!
The Pocketbook.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
MANY Of the necessities of life were
Iva LACKING tn TIC

The white ants have wrought havoc
among our food supply. Still, there
were not many mouths to feed Besides
myself, Panya and Pasha, there were
only two porters from South Canara.
These latter, with great expenditure of
labor and often at the hazard Of their
lives, would from tims to time procure
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BY wALDEMAR BoNsELs.

TIME perils of India have little to
do with the indigenous popula-
ton, for the inhabitants are
peaceful and kindly, show no
Inst for slaughter and have for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-09
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, April 9.-Opening
approximately $3.50 to 81 a bale
higher, the cotton market here to.
day reflected the generally bullish
Interpretation given the Govern.
ment's boil weevil report, which
was issued late Thursday. General
buying and short covering accom-.
panied the advance, but the move,
ment later encountered profit taking
and increased Southern selling.
Prices subsequently gave up a small
position of their initial gains.
Weather conditions in the cotton
growing States over the Easter
holidays were generally considered
as unfavorable for new crop prepar.
atoms. While the Liverpool market
remained closed owing to the OBJ.
servance of Easter Monday there,
the Chicago market also displayed
considerable strength.
Advices from New Orleans stated
that sales OF fertilizer tags in cot.
ton States for eight months from
August 1927, to March 1928, in
elusive. are officially given by Agri-
cultural bureaus and Soate boards
as 3,776,35S tons, against 2,6S7 ,O70
tons in the corresponding period of
1927.
Noon prices were: July, 1880;
October. 1892: December, 1906; Jan
uar, 19.O4d, March, 1906 and May,
10 60
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-09
TAX power MAN
CO To D. {.

A bill authorizing the District
Commissioners to settle suits
against the District under $4,000
was favorably reported today by the
Judiciary subcommittee OF the
House District Committee.
The law is primarily desired by
the Commissioners to relieve them
Of an intelerable situation growing
out Of the many appeals against
assessments under the Borland
Street assessment law.
Corporation Counsel w. W. Bride
appeared before the committee to
urge this bill. The COMMITTEES
adopted an amendment which he
offered to meet objection to the
bill from the Senate District Com
mittee.
The amendment instead Of author
izing the Commissioners to waive
the statute of limitations extends
the time for filing claims against
the District to, one year after the
test case is settled In court, re-
CARELESS of the statute of limita-
tionS.
The committee also reported to-
day a bill authorizing an appropria-
ton $4,7OO for the relief Of j. w.
Anderson, a former employee OF the
District Workhouse who was in
jured while chasing escaped prison
erS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-09
D. C WILL HEAR
TAXI CASE

Public hearings viii begin to-
|morrOw morning at 10 o'clock be-
fore the District Commissioners
when the subject of haclstands Tor
public taxicabs win b discussed.
The question Of hotel concessions
for taxicab9 Is expected to be one
OF the most important features Of
the hearing.
The Commissioners viii consider
arguments on whether or not hack
stands should be abolished entirely
or should be established TO the NUM-
Der Of at least 200 Iii different.
|convenlently located streets.
The hearings were precipitated ~
demands of members be Congress
and the independent Taxicab
Owners, Association, made up cf
owners ana drivers Of Diamond taxi
cabs.
Members or Congress have con
tended that hotels have NO right 20
lease parking spaces to rgiyate taxi
cab owners. The regulation under
which this - done was enacted
many years aso. when horse-drawu
vehicles were IN use.