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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-17
The Compass Is E1ratic
No. 81

81 --------------------------
ME non-magnetc ship Carnegie will be perform
a ing a service for the whole world when it makes
its three-year cruise of the to map variations
Of the compass needle and make other scientific
studies.
For ever since mariners began to use compasses,
they have been troubled by the fact that the COM
pass needle is not constant but varies as the ship
passes from one part Of the ocean to another.
The odd behavior Of the compass needle was first
noticed by Columbus his trip across the Atlantic.
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/. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a given number of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN in three strokes, COW, HOW,
HEW HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
8. You must have a compete word
of common usage for each Jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not
be changed.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1928. By The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
than 100
/. Against a trump play, oppo-
nents not having bid, what does all
opening lead Of an 3 or indicate?
2. Opponent bids initially one no
trump. Second hand holds: Dia-
monds-A K @ ] 16; Hearts x x;
Clubs-X x x; Spades-X x x.
What should he bid?
8. Opponent bids no-trump; sec
ond hand holds; Diamonds-A K q
j 10 x x x x; Spades-X K;
Hearts-X; ClubS-X. What should
he bid?
The Answers
1. Singleton or doubleton.
2. Pass.
3. -Four diamonds.
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Lest We FORGET

In the rush of other events, it should not be
overlooked that a week has passed since John
D. Rockefeller Jr. called for the resignation of
Col Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board
of the Standard Oil of Indiana. And that
Stewart is still chairman of the board.
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HIS sailors, -
history book S
tell us, were very
greatly alarmed
by the behavior
of the needle
and Columbus
had to invent a
story to allay
their fears.
The variation
Of the needle
from an exact
north and south
position is due
to the fact that
the com pas S
needle points to
the north mag
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

May IL
1672-Joliet and party started to ex-
plore the Mississippi River.
1774-Rhode Island proposed a gen.
eral congress of the colonies.
1776-Washington learned that the
English were landing $1,000
hired Hessian soldiers in Can
ada.
1838-Pro-slavery mobs destroyed
Pennsylvania hall in Phila-
delphia.
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Daily Thought

1t is good for us to be here
Matt. 17:4.
TINE wise man becomes full Of
4 good, even ii he gather it little
by ittle.-Buddha.
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able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question
h ngt0n B Bhfeda d19 ssgP New Re ar Wash
Washington. D. c.. enclosing two cents
in stamps for reply. Medical and le-
tended research be made. All other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
cordially invited. to make use of this
lree service as often as you please:
How many eggs does an individual
fly deposit at one time?
The number laid at one time is
from 100 to 159 and a single female
will usually deposit two and some
times four patches Of eggs. The eggs
are deposited below the surface in
the cracks and interstices of the ma
nure, several females usually de-
posting in one spot so that the
eggs commonly are found in large
clusters in selected places near the
top OF the pile where a high degree
of heat is maintained blythe fermen-
tation below. The second batch of
eggs is laid from eight to ten days
after the first. The eggs usually
hatch in less than twenty-four
hours.
What percentage of those drafted
for service in the World War were
rejected for physical deficiencies?
Nearly one-third of those who
were examined for the selective
draft between the ages of 10 and
40, were rejected on account of some
defect and about 10000 were refused
admission to the army or navy on
account of some developmental de-
feet to malnutrition in childhood.
They were deficient either in height,
weight, chest measurement or mus
cular development.
How does a dinner jacket differ
from a dress coat?
1t differs from the formal evening
coat by having no tails and is. held
in front by one button at the waist
line. The lapels are faced and the
collar left in cloth, or if it is the
shawl type, the whole collar is of
satin.
How did the custom Of greeting
with a handshake arise?
1t is a primitive custom founded
upon the principle of self defense.
If one savage wished to prove his
friendship for another, he advanced
with his right hand extended in
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Questions and AnSzUe1cS
Ito Be COntinued)

greeting. Thus with his weapon
hand empty he could not be danger
GUS. The other man who wished to
respond to his greeting in turn
stretched out his right hand. The
clasp betokened understanding and
mutual trust. That was the begin
ming of the social handshake.
Should "nOr" or "or'' be used with
the word neither?
Neither" is used with NOR;
"either" with cor" These are CO.
ordinate conjunctions and must
connect coordinate clauses. Each
is accompanied by a singular nomi-
native and must be followed by a
singular verb. The following is cor
rect: Neither he nor I was there"
Who was the wife of Cain?
All that is known of her is con-
tanned in the 4th chapter, 18th and
18th verses of Genesis. Since the
Bible does not state and there is no
other source of information no one
knows who she was or from whence
she came.
Are freckles hereditary?
They are not hereditary. They
result from an increase of coloring
matter in the epidermis and may
either be Unborn or caused by dis
coloring from an external source
such as strong sunlight.
Is cole slaw or cold slaw correct?
Cole slaw is correct.
What does "Kismet mean?
The word is Persian and is used
by Mohammedans for fate" or
destiny"
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KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELL DENNY

NLD George w. Norris straight
~ ened up and smiled, a little
YEARLY. Eyes, I think we will win
now," he said.
All the hope and encouragement
and reborn hope of seven years
fight against the power trust" was
in the voice of the Senator from
Nebraska. He had saved Muscle
Shoals "for the Government and the
people"
The House unexpectedly had
passed a bill for Government oper-
alton, similar to the measure he
dragged from an unwilling Senate.
You might have seen him in al
most any session during these years,
standing there alone on the SEN
ate floor, pleading for the right OF
the people to retain this giant
power project in Alabama, explain
ing that the future Of the country
depends largely on control of cheap
electricity.
You wondered about this quiet
man with kindly eyes and firm
mouth, whom everyone trusted, but
with whom so few agreed. What a
splendid fight he is making, but how
futile, you thought.
AS great corporations reached out
for Muscle Shoals-an Alabama
Power Company, a Ford, an Amer
lean Cyanamid Company-he too,
came to feel his struggle was hope
less. He couldn't stop, though. He
was without personal ambition. He
went on, asking no reward.
But finally he decided the people
Tor whom he was fighting did not
care. Then he was ready to quit.
to get out Of public life.
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What does 'Kismet mean?
The word is Persian and is used
by Mohammedans for fate" or
destiny"
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Is cole slaw or cold slaw correct?
Cole slaw is correct.
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lc2n Cyanamld Company-he too,
came to feel his struggle was hope
less. He couldn't stop, though. He
was without personal ambition. He
went on, asking no reward.
But finally he decided the people
Tor whom he was fighting did not
care. Then he was ready to quit
to get out Of public life.
n
MTHEN election time came
W around again, he did not
want to run. His friends insisted.
He reluctantly permitted them to
use his name. But he would not
campaign. The voters rallied any,
way, sending him back to the
Senate.
Encouraged, he took up the strug-
gle against the power lobby again.
By this time, his mastery of the
subject, his disinterestedness. his
tenacity, had won converts. More
senators came over to his side.
The power lobby got excited. It's
wlre-pulling and propaganda be-
came too apparent even to Wash
lngton, which is used to that sort
OF thing. A Senate Investigation
was demanded. The lobby had
spent money improperly in the
primaries, it had tried to influence
members of Congress, it had
propaganda colleges, women's clubs,
the press, it had brought pressure
IN high places, senators charged.
After strenuous efforts, the lobby
blocked the Senate Investigation
shunting the inquiry to the less
hostile Federal trade commission.
But public sentiment at last was
aroused. The commission invest
igation went on, substantiating
most Of the Senate charges against
the trust"
TN this atmosphere yesterday, the
Il House passed the amended Nor
ris bill for Federal manufacture of
powder at Muscle Shoals, giving
States and municipalities first call
upon the product.
The House bill eliminates a sec
ond Senate provision for Govern
ment manufacture of fertilizer for
farmers, and substitutes manufac-
ture Of fixed nitrofien, a raw mate
rial for fertilizer and explosives.
Cove Greek, said to be the best
dam site in the Tennessee basin,
also may be developed by the Gov
eminent under the bill.
Norris expects a satisfactory
measure to be worked out by the
Senate and House conferees, who
must now reconcile the two forms
Of the bill.
Even though the President vetoes
the bill-which is not believed like
ly, despite his past opposition
Norris thinks ultimate victory is
now assured.
THIS questionable work. this
- making fools of professors and
superintendent, and this crime
committed against youth has been
done by publicity committees, and
the real business men have been in
ignorance Of what was going on,
just as you and I have been in
ignorance of it ALL"
This is from a letter by j. w.
Crabtree, secretary, National Edu-
cational Association, to Iowa
educators, regarding Federal trade
commission revelations of power
trust textbooks" slipped into public
schools and colleges.
n
MYTH early adjournment as the
w incentive, the House yester-
day, in addition to adopting the
Muscle Shoals measure, passed a
host Of minor bills, while the Senate
passed the Federal pay increase bill,
authorized investigation of the New
Jersey primary, and adopted final
reports on shipping and farm relief
bills.
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MYTH early adjournment as the
w incentive, the House yester-
day, in addition to adopting the
Muscle Shoals measure, passed a
host Of minor bills, while the Senate
passed the Federal pay increase bill,
authorized investigation of the New
Jersey primary, and adopted final
reports on shipping and farm relief
bills.
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Dietz on scienc
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Guessing Public Taste.

group of intonations would appear In
evitably destined to strike an arresting
note in public interest.
Hence the newer type of picture. IN
the immediate future at least, Is likely
to be a melting pot of tongues that just
stops short of being an entertaining
tower of Babel.
This tendency" the writer concludes,
"haS been capitalized by Fox Film Cor
poration in In Old Arizona a tale OF
the romantic Southwest just prior to
the days when the sheriff's flivvers made
brigandage a trifie less romantic and
a good deal more tiresome. This pro-
duction, which Raoul Walsh and Irv-
ing Cummings have directed, is a d1f-
ferent type of frontier story. since the
cowboys in it are mostly background
stuff, and its hair-trigger possibilities
reside in a bandit. played by Warner
Baxter and an Army sergeant, por-
trayed by Edmund Lowe.
1T exemplifieS the new trend in pre-
senting a choice cluster of accents, for
it has the hybrid jabber of Mexican
English, the rough lingo of an Army
post the soothing brogue of an amiable
Irishman, the cultural gibberish of a
Russian immigrant and the languid but
racy drawl of the true plainsman of
the Southwest"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
BelaScO Reninisces.

Virginia City Once I was mistaken
for slayer wanted by the Vigilautes,
and when I was identified as a Piper
player I was compelled to accompany
the masked forces of law until they
had captured and hung the leader of
the outlaws. This action was forced
by the utter lawlessness of the city.
"I saw thousands won or lost on
the turn of cord. I myself ran a
quarter into $4,096 at the dice table,
and a few days later saw John
Mackay, soon to be one of the coun-
try's multi-millionaires, overpower and
iisarIn a bowie welding bully with the
same coolness and unconcern with
which he would drink a cup of coffee.
Miss Merrill, with her vivid, Nordic
type of beauty, Is in appearance a
startling double for a beautiful girl I
knew there during those days. In fact,
so remarkable is the resemblance that
was startled when first met Beth Mer-
rill. 1t was then realized that one
day would build a play around her
with Virginia City as the locale. Her
new play is the result, and hope the
Virginia City I reproduce will be as
nearly the stirring place of those other
days as it is humanity possible to make
If -
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Pathe Signs Ina Claire.

in New York was early this year in
"Our Betters," play by w. Somerset
Vaughan. It was recently announced
that she will star in Children of the
Darkness" which Jed Harris opens in
New York the week of January Z.
Miss Claire was born in Washington,
D. c., and educated in the local schools
and at Holy Cross Academy. She made
her first appearance on the stage as a
vaudeville entertainer. AS headliner
she appeared on the Orpheum, the
Keith and the Proctor circuits. Her
success in vaudeville placed her in de-
mand as star in stage attractions,
and she made pronounced hits in one
play after another. Her popularity in
this country was paralleled in several
London appearances.
Notable among her triumphs was
"Polly With a Past" at the Belasco
Theater in New York. under the man
agement of David Belasco. Another
Belasco play in which she materially in
creased her great popularity was THE
Gold Diggers."
Subsequent to these she appeared in
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" 1.-The Aw-
full Truth" Grounds for Divorce" and
more recently in New York in Freder-
lex Lonsdale's play, 'The Last Of Mrs.
Cheyney"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
One Who Succeeded.

DHYLLIS HAvER is cited as an ex-
cellent example of the fallacy Of
the old saying that beauty and brains
don't mix"
The Pathe star is declared not only
one of the most popular of the screen
stars, but she is also one of Holly
woods leading real estate investors.
She owns much property, including
several apartment houses and bun
galow court-the latter being typical OF
Hollywood home development enter
prises. She has shown such excellent
judgment in making her investments IN
realty that all have shown decided
profit.
In another way also she has shown
her level-headedness When she start
ed with Sennett, at the age OF 16. ner
first screen work was purely or1a-
mental. She was one of the celebrated
bathing beauties. But she seized every
opportunity to develop an acting teen
nique and before long was honored by
being made a featured comedier1ne. For
two years she industriously worked to
improve her acting in this, the hardest
of all schools, but was rewarded by be-
ing given a chance at good roles in fea-
lures.
During the past year, while under
contract with Pathe, she has given ex-
cellent performances in The Wise
Wife" THE Fighting Eagle" Chi
cago," Tenth Avenue" and SAL of
Singapore" Her latest is "The Shady
Lady," in which she plays the part OF
a beautiful American girl who Is in
hiding in Havana to escape criminal
proceedings on murder charge OF
which she Is innocent.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

INA CLAIRE, recognized as the out
= standing feminine personality of the
American tl1eater, has been signed by
Pathe to star in motion pictures. The
signing Of hiss Claire is stated to be
the first of series Of moves, now well
under way, which are designed to adj
vance Pathe further toward the very
first rank of motion picture producers.
"The notable talent, great beauty,
and fine speaking voice that have made
her pre-eminent in the theater, and
have won for her such popularity as has
come to but few in the history Of the
American stage. have now put her in
the very top Of stage stars to whom
the advent of talking pictures offers a
glittertng future, and to whom motion
picture producers are looking for some
Of the great pictures of tomorrow" states
Colvin w. Brown, executive vice presi-
dent OF Pathe.
1.-THE fruition of the new art will
come from a judicious blending of the
best of the technique of the silent pic
ture with the talent and the experience
of the stage. Miss Claire'S contribution
to motion pictures promises to be as
signal and as unique as that which she
has made to the stage, where she has
no equal"
Miss Claire's latest stage engagement
Evening star., 1928-12-09

VIRGINIA CITY, New, the mining
camp which in the 70's was re-
ferred to as "hell with the blower on,
Is the locale selected by David Belasco
for the new play in which he will star
Beth Merrill this season. The play is
being completed by Mr. Belasco in col
laboration with William Hurlbut.
The choice of Virginia City is not
casual. David Belasco as a youthful
actor was member Of the Piper Stock
Co. in the turbulent mining town and
saw at first hand many Of the Incl
dents on which the play is based. He
head OF the Postal Telegraph Co.;
James q. Fair, James G. Flood, William
S. O'Brien, "Or Pancake" Comstock
sad others whose huge fortunes came
cut Of the ground there.
Meals In those days." Mr.. Belasco
s21s, cost from So to SIS, with miners
pail lunches on a fat rate of 50 each.
But every one had pocketful Of gold
and money flowed like water.
John Piper, whose big wooden opera
house was one Of the cradles Of the
etage in the pioneer West had strong
business sense. He sought the best tai
with such visiting stars as Adelaide
Nelson, Mrs. D. P. Powers, Dion Bouci-
eault, Katherine Rodgers, Joseph Muir
ply, John T. Raymond, Lawrence Bar
rett, Annie Pixley, Robert Fulford, the
inimitable Lotta and many others of
r3te.
mo one could play leading roles for
F per who was not up in the Shake
g. earecn roles as well as the great COM
edies No juvenile was considered un-
lr7s he had played Laertes and had
unders .udied Hamlet, as well as be-
ing prepared for the leading classic
juvenile roles. The same standard
was applied to the comedians, to the
first, second and third walking ladies
ari gentlemen the first and second
C Il men, etc."
We had appreciative audiences.
Gamblers. adventures, ladies of the
es ming from the greatest and gayest
CT pitals Of the world and the hodge
pcdge of humanity which follows every
gr,at strike, all were there. Capital
is rubbed elbows with miners, and
every one called every one else by first
n '1es-sometimes nicknames.
II saw life in its rawest terms in
Evening star., 1928-12-09

THERE is scarcely any one who
l. knows what Christmas is who
hasn't developed some Christmas
habits
One family wouldn't feel 1t to be
Christmas if the day wasn't spent with
grandmother. GroWnups in another
never neglect to hang their Christ
mas stockings. In other homes from
which the children have long since
departed mother still trims the Christ
mas tree just for dad and herself.
Screen stars, too, have their Christ
mas habits.
Lima Basquette, for instance, always
sends herself a Christmas present. 1T
is usually some little luxury I have
been wanting for months and avoiding
as an extravaganza" she explains. so
at Christmas time / buy it, wrap it
up just as gaily as any of the gifts
I give to my friends. and put it on the
Christmas tree. It's ever so much more
fun than buying something nice at any
other time of the year"
There is a particular kind of short
face veil much liked by Carol Lombards
dainty little grandmother. Since wells
are no longer the mode for any one
but such a charming granny as the
young Pathe actress possesses, they
are hard to obtain. So each Christ
mas Carol sends to New York store.
where she once located the veil, for
a dozen new wells.
When jeanette Loft, also Pathe
featured player. was a tiny little girl
she used to like to sit up long past
bedtime. Instead of scolding, her
mother bribed the girl by telling her
she could stay up until after mid
night every Christmas eve to hear the
bells of nearby church announce the
festal day Sitting up with her mother
on Christmas eve until the clock strikes
midnight is habit jeanette loves to
continue. Several years she Travelled
long distances to be with her mother
on the holiday, but this year Mrs. Loft
is visiting her, and the two will carry
out their old custom in the daughters
Hollywood home.
William Boyd, Pathe star, and his
wife. Elinor Fair, each hang a stock
ing on side of the mantel on Christ
mas eve. Gifts from family and
friends are placed around the Christ
mas tree, but gifts from each to the
other are carefully hidden In the
stockings, If not too large.
Perhaps the liveliest celebration Is
held each Christmas in the Quillan
home, where Eddie, his three brothers
and five sisters make the Yuletide a
memorable time for mother and dad.
According to the family custom all
nine of the children give their gifts
to each other and their parents to dad
on Christmas eve. Then after they
have gone to bed the parents trim the
huge Christmas tree and arrange the
gifts In Santa Claus sack, from which
dad distributes them in ROOM Groom
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Angling for a Playwright.

HAVING determined to go into the
l. l. dialogue field of pictures, Harold
Lloyd, the bespectacled comedian, is ne
gotiating with several of the leading
playwrights in New York to do the dia-
logue for his current production, which
finds Lloyd cavorting for a great por-
ton of the picture in San Francisco's
Chinatown.
One of these authors has had four
successful plays produced in New York
in the last two years, but up to this
time he has declined to listen to any
overtures from the picture world He
is said to be seriously interested in the
Lloyd proposition, however, because the
comedian portrays on the screen the
type of material the playwright gives to
the stage.