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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-21
Knock Knees Taboo

During the making Of The Doc.
tors Secret" q 100 per cent all.
talking picture now playing the
second week at Loew's Columbia,
It was discovered that knock.
kneed actors cannot be used on
sound stages. The director of the
picture heard a peculiar knocking
sound and traced 1t to the girl
who played the maid in the pro-
duction. She was knock-kneed.
Now she joins the ranks OF those
suffering with chronic asthma,
hayfever, hiccoughs, and other
ailments of noisy character. Be-
lieve Il or not!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-21
A Sound Test

To test the effectiveness Of the
sound.proof stage where interior
talking scenes were made for
"The Cohens and Kellys in At
lantic City," Universal officials
placed three riveting machines
working at the same time outside
the doors. Not a sound could be
heard inside. The riotous farce
is now playing at the Earle Thea.
ter. In the cast are George Sid
ney. Vera Gordon, Mack Swain,
Kate Price, Cornelius Keefe,
Nora Lane, virginia Sale, and
Tom Kennedy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-21
When the Feature Is
II Is Shown

FOX-Nancy Carroll in The
Sin Sister, At 1897. 2:36. 4:S0,
7:51 and 1851 p. m.
i PALACE-Lupe Yelez in Lady
Of the Pavements." At 1870 a..
M, 2:O5, 4:2O, 1880 and 9:45 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - r ic h a r i
.Barthelmess in Weary River"
At 11:31. 1880. $40, $50, 1880
and $3.50 p. m.
= NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bells THE
Bethany Trial" At l1:16, 1875.
$40. 5:25. 7:25 and 3:31 p. m. -
ElARLE-"The Cohans and the
Kellys at Atlantic City," At
11:30. 1880, $50. sac 1880 and
e:35 p. m.
LITTLE-"Loves OF Casanova"
At 1870. $3.50, $40, 1880 and
$50 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-21
Listen, Washington!
IA Personal MessaGe to Every Theatre. sOsr)

IA Personal MsssaGs Every Theatre.sOer)
am bringing my all.colored musical comedy
1.-THE Jazz Regiment" to Washington for limited
faSement of one week only the GAYETY
THEATRE beginning next Sunday evening, March
24th.
Before say a word about this unusual production
want to make very clear everyone in the city that
could obtain only the GAYETY THEATRE to house
1.-THE Jazz Regiment"
had planned to take "The Jazz Regiment" to New
York to play at my own theatre this coming week. but
alterations to the auditorium have yet been
peted-so Washington is being served this highly per-
fected show popular prices just before it goes to
Broadway. ...---.,.
PRODUCTION NOT A BURLESQUE SHOW.
1t has corink cast of SIS noted coored stars, whir
wind dancing delightful music and ABSOLUTELY
UPROARIOUS COMEDY.
| unhesitatngy recommend it to the most discrim.
mating theaer-soer. am happy to have produced it.
LSisnedJ SAM H. GRISMAN
held Frddy NIGH 90. Metropolitan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
They Cheered

Professor A. r. Hatton of Northwestern
university is recognized as one of the out
standing authorities on government. He has
taught its science. He has taken a very active
part in writing constitutions and city char
tiers. He has been part of government.
Last night he spoke before the League of
Women Voters at the Columbia Club. In the
audience were lawyers as well as women.
There were many members of the legislature.
Here is what he sale, openly and as part
of his address, concerning the decision of the
supreme court n multiplying the city manager
law:
ct is the acme Of unreason. 1t has no
parallel in the history Of any supreme court
of any state. 1t was not a constitutional de-
cision.
at was an astounding decision though
tragic, for it nullified the highest aspirations
of your citizens for self government. 1t will
be, | believe, more tragic for the court than
for the movement it checked in that it will
inevitably invite distrust Of all courts. 1t
was not respectable decision.
"You not only need new constitution in
this state You need a new supreme court
eff that be contempt, make the most
Of it."
What did that audience of men and
women do when Professor Hatton thus de-
nounced the decision of the court?
Was there one word of protest and re-
monstrance? Did one member of the legis
lature rise to defend that decision? Did one
lawyer, and all are officers of that court, rise
to protest against such description of the
decision?
You might expect in an audience of such
size and variety of political opinion that one
would have had the courage to denOunce the
speaker for his denunciation Of decision
which affected the people of this city.
You might expect some one to be CRATE
full for being protected in his constitutional
rights.
Instead, the audience cheered and cheered
again. That was the response when this lead
err of national reputation shouted, eff that be
contempt, make the most of it"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
An Honest Election

More important than the outcome is the demand
that the coming election be honest and fair.
There is every reason to believe that it will be
neither, unless one man, Candidate Glossbrenner
takes proper steps to prevent frauds He alone, ap-
parently has the power.
That frauds may be expected is easily suspected
from the happenings of the last day of the last egs-
lature.
On that day there was passed by the senate a
measure which places the power to appoint all in
spectors of election in the hands of the city chairman
of the Republican party. 1t is astounding law. 1t
was presented to the legislature by henchman OF
Coffin. Its real purpose was disguised
1t reached the senate on the final day. Three
local senators saw the danger and Senators Miller,
Moorhead and Niblack voted against it. When the
roll was completed, the measure lacked three votes
Out into the corridors or by-ways rushed the agents
of Coflnism They rounded up three tardy machine
senators. 1t got through by that narrow margin
It NAV be presumed that the boss who planned
this law that gives him unlimited power intends to
use it. He would be the last to admit that he has
ever been robbed of an election since he became chair
man and boss &c. as the bill removes safeguards
against frauds he must intend to it to his own
advantage.
The naming of the inspectors is but one part OF
the vicious measure. 1t gives the inspectors power
to remove judges and clerks.
There is one fine and great service which Mr..
Glossbrenner can now render. There is one body OF
citizens which trusted by ALL That is the committee
in charge of the Citizens school ticket No one has
raised any question of the sincerity, integrity or I'M
selhhnesS Of this movement to the schools from
politics.
In the interests of decency and honesty, will not
Mr. Gossbrenner demand of his city chairman that
the names of inspectors submitted be prepared by this
outstanding group?
That would give confidence in the election. 1t
would do much to reassure the many friends Of Mr..
lossbrenner who assert that if elected, he will be
his own mayor and under obligations to Coffinism.
1t is good citizenship and good politics. The people
want the answer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE.

himself or squeezed a pimple and
who has died promptly OF septic
poisoning.
The virulent organism known as
streptococcus finds its way into the
blood through the bruise or open
ing into the skin made by someone
who has no understanding Of the
meaning of the word Sterile" as
applied to bacterial infection.
A pinple never should be opened
except with sterile precautions. By
this is meant the use of alcohol or
some other antiseptic substance
which will kill the germs on the
skin surrounding the pimple and
prevent them from getting into the
blood when the pimple is opened.
The germs, once in the blood,
multiply and develop poisons which
attack the human body.
Very probably the individual who
has been infected will have a chill
as sign of the infection. The
white blood cells in the blood begin
to multiply rapidly in order to over
come the infection and the physi-
clan who makes the examination
will say that the leukocyte count
it high.
Examination of the number of
white blood cells is one Of the most
important tests that physicians
make to determine the presence of
infection.
The blister that forms. as a result
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
REASON By Pf aASB1s

T~HIS report of the federal grand jury which has
L been investigating conditions in Lake county, is
great disappointment to the large number of guests
who had been invited to feast of sensations where
leading statesmen were to be served on half she'll
It's crushing disappointment to have grand jury
hand you string of minnows after you've been prom
ised whales.
We should amend the constitution and provide that
each state may have four United States senator's
one pair do the investigating and the other pair
legSlate undiSturbed
If President Hoover is successful in reaching a
naval reduction arrangement with Ramsay MacDon-
aid, he may be emboldened to try to reach disarma
ment agreement with Senator Borah.
TENHE treasury department states that more than a
i billion dollars worth OF new small money is in
circulation, but believe the report to be greatly
exaggerated.
The National Economic League is off on the wrong
foot when it thinks that higher requirements for
admission to the bar would result in a better admin
istration of justice, for the lawyer knows, the
more dangerous he is
LawesShess in this country will be greatly reduced
if we only find way to stop the killing of nus
bands and wives result Of plumbers made while
playing bridge, and suggest law sending one up
for life if he overbids and electrocutng him if he
trumpS his partners ace
When people have many law suits as Aimee
way for the taxpayers to make them come across
with rent for the courthouse.
TINE state of New York has placed radio in each
l. of the 1900 cells of the prison building at
Sing Sing but the boys have to listen to the same
thing, there's great danger of mpairing their indl-
viduality and standardizing them terribly.
All of the sport writers having foretold what will
happen in the world SERIES the teams now will pro-
coed to kick over the dope bucket
Since being in the women's penitentiary on Wei
fare island in New York for six months for shooting
her husband. Mrs. Esther Evans Wilson has cleaned
up more than 100000 in the stock market, which
proves how important it is for Spectator to be on
the inside.
Mr.. Pantages Los Angeles theater owner on tria
for criminal assault sits with his family around hin
in court.
Some families never hold reunions, except wher
one Of the crowd is pnched.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
All Brothers

IF it is true that great multitudes
4 vii die for casual things like flags
and phrases, we ought to revaluate
emotion. The fearlessness of the
average human being under fire
seems extraordinary.
Deeds of valor in the great war
were of a character to stagger the
imagination. And yet this never
was the exception, but the rule. A
thing that millions do can not with
any nicely be called extraordinary.
And so I think we should move
away from the conception that
fierce and even reckless passion for
peace is in some way rooted in
timidity.
There IS a disposition to pretend
that those who favor a radical re-
duction in armament are weaklings,
and that the truly virile are the
men IN arrnor. National psychology
is merely the agglomeration Of in
dividual character, and so want to
know whether you would call man
brave if he never ventured out Of
doors without an escort Of armed
guards?
In IawIess communities it has al
ways seemed to me that the most
courageous figure was not the indi-
vidual who clanked with cartridges,
but the one who said "I'll take my
chances"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Squeezing Pimples May Be Fatal

fof irritation of the skin by rubbing
from a tight shoe or by pulling on
the oars of a boat is an attempt to
protect the tissues against the irri-
tating force.
The blister merely is a place on
the skin which has been raised by
an accumulation of fluid between
the lower and upper layers of the
skin.
The fluid does not contain germs,
but is made up Of fluid material
filtered in from the blood. The
blister will not do any harm as long
as it is not infected.
For this reason the advice is given
to let the blister alone SO that the
blood may reabsorb the fluid.
If the blister is mountaineering
its possessor. it is probably safest
to remove the fluid by the follow
ing method: Cleanse the area thor
oughly with some antiseptic, such
as alcohol, tincture Of iodine or
mercurochrome; then sterilize a
needle by heating it first in flame;
tunnel under the skin into the
blister, and the fluid will come out
through the tunnel and the tissues
of the body will take care of the
rest.
Of course, the safest advice is not
to attempt any surgical procedure,
major or minor, but to leave this to
a physician who has been trained
properly in such matters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
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| ANNIVERSARY.
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NEW NETHERLANDS S"
Oct. IL

ON Oct. II, 1914, the states gen.
" eral of Holland named the
country around Manhattan Island
New NetherlandS" and granted a
charter for its settlement to Am
sterdam merchants.
In the spring of 1914, the states
general had passed law comforting
on those who should discover new
lands the exclusive privilege of max
ing four voyages thither before
others could have admission to the
traffic
This ordinance excited consider
able activity among adventures. A
number of merchants of Amster-
dam and Hoorn fitted out five ships.
This feet proceeded Immediately
on an exploring expedition to the
mouth of the Great River and the
Manhattans, Long Island, Cape Cod
and Delaware Bay and other points
on the east coast of America.
The united company by which the
explorers were employed lost no time
in obtaining the exclusive trade Of
the countries thus explored.
They sent deputies to The Hague
and laid before the states general
a report Of their discoveries and a
fgurative map of the newly ex-
plored countries. A special grant in
their favor was forthwith accorded,
and settlement was established in
the new country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11


THE colleges just have received
L. an influx Of young men and
young women, many of whom have
departed from the shelter of home
for the first time. The responsibility
for the health of these young people
falls promptly upon the institutions
to which they go.
The freshman is a freshman in
every sense of the word and his
greenness constitutes a considerable
trial to the medical authorities.
DR.. o. P. Terry. medical adviser
in the student health service at Pur-
due university, has prepared a few
first-aid hints which have much
wider application than the group to
which the pamphlet is distributed.
The first hint is: Never squeeze
or bruise in any way boil or a
pimple. You may squeeze the pus
into the blood. Do not open any
kind of blister except under sterile
conditions. If it is not likely to be
accidentally broken. it is best not
to do anything except protect it
against mechanical injury"
Not infrequently the newspapers
carry accounts Of death after two
or three days illness of some person
who has inadvertently scratched
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11

TINE last time the Carnegie was
l. at the Seventh street wharVes
of Washington, D. c., Captain Ault
took me through it on tour of in
spection.
Since the vessel was designed to
study the magnetic needle, it was
built without the use Of iron or
steel.
The rigging is of hemp instead
of steel wire. The anchors are Of
brorze and the usual anchor chain
is replaced with special eleven-inch
manila cables.
Locust tree nails, copper and
bronze bolts and composition spikes
take the place Of the usual steel
fastenings. The metal deck fittings
and the metal work on the spars
and rigging are Of bronze, copper
and gun-metal. Even the galley
stove is made of bronze.
The only steel is a slight amount
in the auxiliary engine which is a
special one built chiefly Of bronze.
No member of the staff carries
any iron or steel about his person.
Even the buttons on the uniforms
of the crew are Of bone and brass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Peace Needed

A ND it is altogether fitting that
IN we should run some risks in
securing peace for our souls sake.
We all have seen the familiar
stuff in the Sunday papers in which
New York is pictured under bonn
bardment from the skies.
I haven't the slightest doubt that
hostile airplanes could rain upon us
a vast destruction. I will not even
contend that such contingency is
impossible.
Rather, am arguing that we
ought to be gallant enough to chance
it. How can you call anybody brave
instead of timorous if he goes about
shouting that America should have
cruisers enough to lick the combined
navies Of the world?
Even annihilation is better than a
life all shivery with fear Of ghosts
which may Turk behind each hedge.
A truly courageous people, like
a courageous person. dies just
once. And II we haven't nerve
enough to let down our guard, We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11

NNE particular point in Ramsay
" MacDonald's eloquent address
to the Washington correspondents
should remain with us.
"We have all taken risks in the
making of war and, the going into
war" said the premier of Great Bri-
tain. isn't it time, my friends,
that we should take some risks to
secure peace?"
1t is high time, but it is still diff
flcult, because the making of peace
requires far more courage and de-
termination than the making of
war.
Even the most primitive and
backward peoples have the capacity
for conflict, and civilized man, if you
infect him with the contagion Of the
crowd, will leap to arms because a
brass band plays, or give his life for
some catchword which he calls a
cause.
America always went to war to
the tune of "54-40 or Fight" And
if that struggle had come to pass,
the unknown soldier of the day
might we'll have rested beneath a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
OpiniOn and Statistics

Senator Sheppard of Texas, in introducing a bill
few days ago to make liquor buyers equally liable
with sellers asserted that prohibition had proved
itself"
Attorney General Mitchell Thursday asked the
budget bureau to provide funds for the employment
of thirty additional United States attorneys.
Twenty-Five per cent of all cases pending in fed
eraI courts have not been acted upon for a year,
Mitchell said In some districts the number of in
active cases runs as high as so per cent.
Mitchell said that prohibition cases are largely
responsible for court congestion
Sheppards opinion and Mitchells statistics do not
exactly jbe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11

There is so much friction over the freedom Of the
seas dispute they are afraid to put it the program
lest it break up the naval conference:
The President and the premier probably have done
more for peace in the last week than has been &C
complshed in several years No one expected them to
do as much They could not have done more.
So why jeopardize their actual achievement by
advertising as real imaginary Anglo American
Utopia, which is apt to blow up in popular bitter
ness?
AS Macdonald said to the boy don't press!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Falls by Bayonet

THERE never has been military
L nation which did not in the end
fall upon it's own bayonets. I've
heard the minute and the two-hour
men discourse on Rome and how it
fell, and they are apt to say that
the great empire crumbled because
it grew soft and slack and neglected
to enroll for any summer Platts-
burg. But the orators who say this
have studied history to i'll effect.
Rome overreached itself Fling q
legion far enough and it will bounce
back upon you. And when the
aroused tribesmen from the north
swooped down to sack the Imperial
City it was not the centurions who
gave them pause, but those proud
senators who sat in their places and
raised no hand against the invading
vandals.
(Copyright. 1929. by The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Art Loses MOdeSty

a RI, Ike the sanctity of treaties
IA appears to have been affected
by the late unpleasantnesS.
Art no longer is modest, but, bor-
rowing a page from twentieth GEN.
fury salesmanship, puts her best foot
forward, and if she happens to kick
somebody in so doing, what's the
odds?
It's a strenuous life, if you please,
whether in the exploitation of new
type of suspenders, or a library
portal.
Also, there should be an honest
penny on the side, whether through
contract, or damage suit, and if we
can't get pure art any other way
well. amend the Constitution of the
United States and pass a Volstead
act to back it up.
y
What's a library, or whole educa-
tional system for that matter, or
peace among nations, when it comes
to the question of violating an
artists ideal?
What right have owners to criti-
CHE, or future generations to
modify?
Kings we can depose, and preSi-
dents we can replace after eight
years, but the artists view must be
embaImed for all ages, particularly
with respect to inscriptions.
Sentiment may change, ideas may
expand, and standards be elevated
but when the muse has ordained an
inscription and that inscription has
been sanctioned by a contract, it
must be deathless and inviolate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-11
Not So Conservative

TENHE water boy king of Afghanis-
L tan proves the depth of his con-
servatism.
Having promoted successful
revolution and mounted the throne.
on the ground that the people OF
Afghanistan must keep their whls-
kers, togas, and turbans in Difference
to ancient faith, he chose an air.
plane instead of a donkey when
flight became necessary.
Combustion engines, 1t would
seem, do not represent such a
dangerous degree of radicalism as
safety razorS, especially If a
triumphant foe is knocking at the
door.
If Whitney Warren were called
upon to write an inscription for that
episode, what would art suggest?
american generosity" Let 1t
ring down the ages by all means,
especially in SO far as it can be i'm
posed on other people by a court de-
cree, and if a few American razor
blades can be sold as a result of
battle in Afghanistan, why not
perpetuate that, too, in the living
rock?
Let nothing interfere with our In
alienable right to brag, when art
demands it, or a contract has been
signed.
We can not afford to wait for
others to remark on our good
qualities. They might forget to do
so in the rush of modern business.
We do pot toot our own horn out
of vanity you understand, but only
to be sure that it gets footed.