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The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
AUTHOR TELLS
OF CHAPLIN'S
MOVIE DEBUT
Can't Last Charlie Said;
Other Stars Began on
Sennett Lot.
BIZ Tim es SDecial

BU IfmeS SDecidt
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Charles
Spencer Chaplin, comedy king of
the movie screen and several times
q millionaire today, was delighted
to get job at $50 a week just fif-
teen years ago, and he wasn't quite
sure he was worth it.
This is the story of Chaplin's
humble beginning told by Harry
Carr, the author, who was an aid to
Mack Sennett, pioneer comedy pro-
ducer, in 1914, when Sennett gave
Charlie his first movie job.
Il would like to say that all of us
on the old Sennett lot recognized the
genius of Charlie from the first"
says Carr, telling the story in the
current issue Of Smart Set Magazine
But we didn't. He didn't even
recognize it himself. Sennett had
offered him $50 week. Charlie told
me that he knew no such salary
could last, but he thought he might
as well take it as long as he could"
Chaplin had drifted to America
with a vaudeville troupe when Sen
nett spotted him in an obscure thea
ter and made his offer. The come
dian had nothing, not even the over
sized shoes, antique derby, or tWitch-
ing cane that have since made him
famous. Those he picked up in
Hollywood.
For weeks Chaplin wandered
around the studio like a lost soul,"
says Carr, "for Sennett had a pecu-
liar way of hiring an actor, then
ignoring him until that actors ego
was so reduced that it could pass
through a needles eye.
when they didn't ignore him,
they insulted him. 1t was during
this period of sulking around in the
shadows that he wandered into the
studio prop room, and found the
little hat, the big shoes, and the
cane that were to become world
famous"
Finally Chaplin got his chance,
but the sublety of his pathetic smile,
his expressive feet, and his nervous
cane failed to register with direc-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
EXPERT BLAMES
PRUDE PARENTS
FOR SEX FAULTS
Hiding Facts From Young Is
Cause of Scandal and
Broken Marriages.
Bg Tim rs Special

Bg Tim rs Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 25-Parents
who withhold the essential facts
about sex life from adolescent boys
and girls are responsible for a great
proportion of the bachelors, spin
sters and unhappy marriages that
are present in modern society, as
we'll as for many of the adolescent
love affairs that lead to scandal, in
the opinion Of DR.. A. A. Brill, emf
nent psychologist.
every human being today is a
conflict between nature and civili-
zation," says DR.. Brill in an inter-
view with Adela Rogers st. Johns,
published in the current issue Of
Smart Set Magazine. THE two great
primitive instincts, sex and the
struggle for existence, still remain
with U.S. But civilization has en-
tirely changed the manner in which
they are allowed to operate.
Explain Situation
EOL AlotdllCFt d IVY dlAQ 5I1A VA
Is are by nature ready for mating.
This instinct comes normally into
being at this time. Yet society can
not allow its untrammeled action,
as nature decreed and intended.
Now if the boy and girl under
stand all this, they will understand
what it is that they have to con-
troll and how to control it. They
will not be troubled by dark and
confused struggles between their
natural instincts and the laws of
society which have been taught
them. II a girl Is told that the
mating instinct is a perfectly natu-
raj thing, nothing to be ashamed Of
or worried about, and that marriage
is civiliZat TONS way of handling this
biological urge, she will be content
to await the arrival of marriage and
prepare to control nature in the
proper manner"
Cites Two Cases
Or. Brill cites, in the Smart Set
interview, the contrasting examples
of two girls nearing maturity, both
taken from his own experience. Tie
first, whose parents had eyaded any
explanation Of sex problems even to
the point Of refusing to answer her
childish questions, had followed
natural promptingS, looking Up the
answers in a dictionary or cleaning
haphazard information from other
sources. The result was that she
grew up with an adherence for
these perfectly natural phases Of life
about which her parents refused to
talk.
The second girl, relates DR.. Brill,
"caIne home one evening after be-
Ing out with a young r an and said
to her mother, I don't think I'll
go out with him any more The
mothar asked why. oh. he insists
on too much neckling. I don't mind
few kisses, but it's no use fool
ing with dynamite
"Can you not see how wonderful
it is for young girl to have such
an outlook and to be able to talk
everything over frankly with her
mother?"
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25


But If Mickey was the center
piece of the Yuletide cheer, it
was only because he's the young
est Crouper of the lot. Mickey
has only seen three Chr,stmases
go by, while Scobey, the Lyrics
cat, has questionable Christmas
lineage.
AT 4::30 this afternoon the
IA Lyric theater management
gave a dinner for the actors.
Presents were exchanged and
while Mickey dined on fish, Sco-
hey got a saucer-full of dairy
products.
1--WE wouldn't be satisfied if we
were at home Christmas-we've
been on the road 50 many of those
Santa Claus days." declared
Don Santo and Exie Butler and
Their Gang, the theater's feature
act this week.
Don and Exile gave "Their
Gang" seven male dancers, a har-
monica player and a girl dancer,
robes for Christmas.
Dressing robes, not Santa
Claus night'es," chuckled the hu-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
WALKS INTO TROUBLE
Gives Up On Check Incident, Ar
rested on Watch Theft.

The conscience of Harlan Wells,
%, of Columbus, got him into peck
of trouble Christmas eve.
Walking into police headquarters,
Wells told Edward Moore, police
clerk, he had passed forged check
at Columbus and asked Moore to
call the sheriff at Columbus by tele-
phone.
Moore was writing q report of
theft of q wrist watch from Miss
Margaret Talley, 345 North East
street, accusing a Harlan Wells,
when the conscience-stricken mar
walked in. Noticing Wells wore d
woman's wrist watch, More had him
locked I'D in city prison.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
BUSSES GAIN IN EUROPE
German City Entirely Rid of Street
Cars in Favor of Motor Vehicles.

WIESBADEN, Germany, Dec. 25.
Motor bus transportation is pro-
crossing nearly as rapidly in Euro
pean countries as 1t is in the United
States. Street cars here have given
way entirely to motor busses and
the experiment is very satisfactory.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25

morous Don, by the way of ex-
planation.
And as for Mickey the seal, well,
he just nuzzles his beak in the
pocket of his trainer, William T.
Pickard, and growls in 'Sealenese,"
Club bomog- -oogog," which
means:
This may be only Wednesday
to you, and Christmas, but it's
fish day to me-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
IT'S SEAL HOLIDAY
Mickey Is i'm on 1t Today Too
BY ARCH STEINEL.

Z VERYBODY stockings filled ChrismaS-even
Il citizens Indianapolis beating
avh the ktchenete small
Christmas the basement of the
Mickey, 3year-od Alaskan SEAL the holiday
the background Christmas the entire
o playing this week at the
Bomooohog chortled Mickey his Christmas stocking
And what Christmas Mickey
nothing hm He had every fish that fortyahom
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25

NEARBY o0Ject, the cat can turn
the door handle with both paws.
If 1t can't turn the handle, 1t
jumps up and lifts the door knocker
with its fore paws. letting it down
with a loud knock. If the door is
NOT opened then, the cat repeats the
performance.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
rs CHILDREN GUESTS
Mission Gives Fete; Fruit Dis
tributed From Christmas Tree.

Seventy-five children were made
happy Tuesday night by the Gods
Army Mission, 523 North Noble
street. Candy, apples, oranges,
bananas and glasses of jelly were
distributed from the Christmas
trees.
Isaac Ramsey was in charge of
the program, which featured Christ
mas carols and readings.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
DENTAL SPECIALIST
CHANGES LOCATION

Indianapolis-Dr Albert Stanley. the
denture specialist and author of the
Stanley School of Denture Prosthetics
Ga technic for the making of artificial
teeth. is now located at 1107 Odd Eel
low Building. Ii. 01.-Advertisement
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-25
CLEVER, THESE FELINES
London Cat Either Turns Knob or
Uses Knocker to Enter.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Dec. 25.-A Catford cat
doesn't need any one to open the
door to let it in. BY climbing on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04

(To Be Continued.)
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them. his face unusually softened by a
look of deep sorrow. He turned away.
"she was very lovely woman" he
said abruptly. "She could not nave
harmed any one Poor, gentle Celia"
At this moment / noticed peculiar
ly seraphic expression on the features
OF Morse. Doubtless he was moved at
the presence Of tragedy; but. OF a sud-
den. I grew conscious that his look
conferred on the figure OF Hasta, who
stood uncertain at the threshold. Ana,
If I have ever seen a distressful coun-
tenance, 1t was there. His eyes were
on Eleanor and Ballion as they stood
above the body. He had the appear
ance of one who would have liked TO
compose his features and cannot, whose
mask Is OF. His face was putty-col
ored, his hands twitched. In another
instant, he had stepped back again into
the hall Then I saw the softened look
in Norse's eyes change to one OF cold
steel.
He gave no other indication OF his
thought, however: but began a thorough
examination of the room. noticed that
he gave particular attention to the
bedposts and woodwork but, from the
darkness of his face, judged that ne
had found nothing.
wen have to watt" he muttered,
"for what Tom Roose may flnd out
Side-and also for daylight. There
seems to be nothing here. Quite So,
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=
without knob and provided only with
q keyhole. But when, upon finding q
key, Morse went outside and around, he
discovered that the door or that side
was blank
Now what" he unused on returning,
''can be the use of It'll"
He took out his pocket torch for a
closer examination and threw a circle
of light upon the threshold, bringing
into prominence a slab of stone about
3 feet square, set even with the floor.
On 1t was carved what appeared to be
woman's face. But what this
SymboliSed remained as enigmatic as
the rest ~.
THE doors always like that, sir"
volunteered Hasta. Its never been
opened that know Of"
1T hasn't?" returned Morse placidly,
and bent down to look closer. "It
hasn't? Well, perhaps not"
But evidently something puzzled him,
for he turned to look again as we left
the room.
There followed. an inspection of the
upper floors and particularly of the
hall upon which my bedchamber
opened, and which ended, as I had as
sumed, at a fight of service stairs.
Then only, when this was finished,
did he enter Celia's room, still bril-
liantly lighted, as Eleanor and / had
found it. She and Carl Balloon were
standing by the bed when we rejoined
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he nodded in reply to a question from
Eleanor, you may cover the body"
Now, whether 1t was that our search
had neglected the drapings of the bed,
or that it had been concealed beneath
a fold, I do not know; but, wher
Eleanor drew taut the covering, a dark
object slipped to the floor. Eleanor.
bravely absorbed In her ministraticns
was unconscious Of it: but Morse
snatched 1t up. For moment did
not recognize what he spread out on his
hand beneath the light. Then saw it
was a glove, mans glove of thick
brownish leather. Mechanically he
undid the clasp. for it was fastened, and
spread open the cuff. I heard q quick
intake of breath. BY this time, Carl
Balloon and were at his side, and,
cranning over, We saw two initials
stenciied within. They we're: F. B.
(To Be ContinuedO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Black Maria Takes to Air.

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, Septem-
Der 4 CP).--Now the sky Black Maria I
Two detectives few to Troy N. Y, and
came back 8 hours and 10 minutes later
with Alexander Nelson, colored, para
chute jumper, handcuffed. The trip
was 800 miles Nelson Is accused Of
stealing q parachute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Almost a Private Lineri

NEW YORK, September CP-A
seven-room suite on the Mauritania will
accommodate Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Fairbanks on trip abroad. In the
party are Mary Pickforti's adopted
and governess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
SYNOPSIS.

Eleanor Graham. whose sister. Mrs Frsn-
tanrement sends for Or. Ames His theory
Is that Mrs. Ballion is in mortal fear of her
husband and loathes their stately medieval
home. That night she is found dead Ames
says she was strangled
(COntlnued From Yesterdays starry
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11

any room in the house. And bath
ing threatens to encroach upon al
other diversions.
Running salt swater and fresh.
Dissolving bath crystals in splen-
did rotation of jasmine, lavendari
pine needles and rose-geranium.
Leaping backward and forward on
non-slip mats. Adjusting back
cushions that fasten on with sue
ton cups. Reading Water Babies in
non splashable cover, propped upon
a rack that also is held to the tub
by suction cups. Submerpinp
sponge elephants and sailing cell
uloid boats. I can, seriously, imag-
inc being so enthralled by the en-
tertainments of the modern bath.
room as to forget all social obi.
cations and simply battle away my
days.
"T'd hate to think there still ex
lists anybody who can be stony
hearted about the soaps and salts
oils and powders that lend sucl
sweet temporal pleasure to tn.
bath"
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Breakfast Briefs

Housewives who have prided
themselves on the bright shine of
their cooking utensils will be dis
appointed to hear that their dishes
do not cook food as quickly as
those that have been dulled by
use. A bright surface reflects the
heat away. Keep tins clean, dry
and protect from rust, but not SO
highly secured that they shine.
Consider the nature of the spot
in cleaning fabrics. If the right
treatment is not used, the stain
may be "set."
Too hot an iron will yellow silk
and make it stiff.
If a lock sticks, try oiling the
key and turning it several times
in the lock.
The best way to get rid of a
house of ants is to use a repellant
mixture. Half a teaspoon of sod
ium arsenite in a blass of heavy
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11

of the department. of home econom-
les, National Live Stock and Meat
Board, has suggested the follow
ing menus as well adapted to plate
service.
Menu No. 1.-Olives, stuffed eel
cry, tomato stuffed with sweet
bread salad, assorted sandwiches,
ice cream, little cakes, iced choco-
late.
Menu No. a. Sailed nuts,
mints, ham Mousse, horseradish
sauce, potato chips, sliced tomato
and cucumber on lettuce, buttered
rolls, raspberry ice, coffee.
Menu No. 3.-Jellied tongue in
molds, stuffed green pepper rings,
clover leaf rolls, peach melba, iced
tea.
| Menp No. 4.-Veal salad, pickles,
olives, spiced peaches, ribbon sand
witches, chilled honey dew melon,
Russian chocolate.
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Easy Plate Luncheon
For Bridge Parties

Bridge parties are not entirely
superseded by more strenuous
summer amusements. Devotees of
the game do not forego it even
though the weather is hot and the
mccessful bridge hostess will plan
luncheon menu featuring dishes
that are cool and crisp and that
viii appeal to the tagging appe-
lite.
The plate luncheon is an ideal
form IN which to serve the re-
freshments for the bridge party.
Crystal plates in white or color
may be used. In fact if the entire
service is in glass the suggestion
Of coolness will be that much
greater.
Miss Inez s. Wilson, director
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In most cases of tantrums the
cause can be traced to somethinp
physical either hunger, uncomfort-
able clothing, or getting overtired
and the latter is most often the
cause. Grown ups do not realize
how tired children get, and the lit
tie ones do not know themselves.
They run about all day at home.
their little legs taking two or even
three steps for one of mothers.
and then they are dressed up and
taken for long walk, or in a
weary round of shopping. 1t would
usually be better if the mother
encouraged the child to lie down
on a rug under the tree while she
read to him.
The woman on the car said that
she whipped her boy for tantrums.
Knowing that they are an outlet,
a safety valve for overweight
nerves, it seems better to me to
put the child in room by himself
until he is quiet again, speaking
very gently and soothingly, but in
sisting firmly that he remain alone
until the tantrums are over. Then
look for the cause. once saw a lit
tie fellow in this distressing con-
dition. He kicked and screamed;
nobody could do anything with him.
At last his mother decided to put
him to bed. When she undressed
him she found three fleas in his
vest eating him up.
IF the cause is WEAKNESS, one
should strive to avoid this condi-
ton in the future. Children should
be encouraged to sit down often
during the day. A five cent scrib-
bier and a box of crayons for each
child and few suggestions about
drawing things, and the children
will be busy and happy for long
time. If the crayons and the books
are put away afterwards, the child
rem will come to look forward to
and to love these partial rest per-
iods. Never mind if the first few
times they break the crayons and
fill the book with apparently sense
less marks. Watch how they devel-
lop from day to day, and when they
have filled three or four books you
will probably find that they are
shaping things quite well. Then oc-
casionally have them lie down and
relax absolutely. A few moments
spent in this way will do much to
prevent nervous strain which often
results in childish tantrums and
brings about more serious ills la
ter on.
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TANTRUMS
Laura B. Gray


The six o'clock car was crowded.
every available seat was filled, and
persons standing were so closely
packed that it was necessary to
hold the straps, it being impossible
to fall. Suddenly a childish voice
shrieked, 81 won't, I won't; shut
up, shut up," and then just howled
and screamed. Those near enough
turned their eyes upon small boy
deliberately kicking and pounding
his mother. The noise continued un-
til the exasperated mother carried
the kicking child from the car.
sTantrums," woman nodded to
her companion. "My boy used to
have them; used whipped him for
them. l guess some children get
them naturally"
"Nonsese," answered her COM
panion, mo child has tantrums ma
turally. That little fellow was tired
and hot in this crowded car"
Which of these two women was
right? Let us look back over this
little lads day. After his breakfast
i his mother had taken him shopping
with her. Hour after hour he fol-
lowed, standing about while she
tried on hats and dresses, and then
shoes. He was dragged through a
crowded ten cent store where he
was too low to see any of the
things on the counters that might
have been interesting to him. He
could see nothing but legs mems
legs, women's legs, table legs-and
he was afraid to stir lest he lose
his mother. Do grown ups ever try
to understand what children suffer
thru the fear of getting lost?
Mother had been too busy to
stop for lunch, so she had bought
him a chocolate bar and banana,
and now the little boy was suffer-
ing from gnawing pain within.
Moreover, one of his new shoes had
scraped his heel; the spring day
had grown warm, and his WOODEN
clothes were uncomfortable; his
little body ached with WEAKNESS.
There had to be an outlet tan
trums!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11
Bake Jelly in Glass
When it Fails to Jell

For that "life-is-not-worth-liv-
ing" feeling which attacks you
when you discover that after all
your labor, the jelly has not jelled,
Mrs. A. F. Brown recommends the
following procedure.
On not turn the jelly back into
the kettle to cook again, but take
a large dripping pan and fill 1t
half full Of water. Set your filled
jelly glasses in it, leaving a little
space between the glasses, and put
the pan into hot oven. Bake until
jellied. This usually takes about
three-quarters of an hour.
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syrup is good. This is violent poi
son and must be used with care.
This mixture will not kill ants, as
they will not eat it; but it repels
them and will thus drive them out
of the house.
To remove lint from broadcloth,
use clean sponge wrung out in
water.
Many children become shy, self
conscious and unhappy because
they are not dressed in the fright"
clothes. A little care and attention
to prevailing childish styles will
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11

often prevent mentol disease re-
sulting from 'tbeing different"
The secrets of satisfactory pack
ing of lunch boxes are to keep all
flavors separate and to prevent
the foods being mashed. This can
be done by the use of waved pa
per or jars with lids.
49,
Lie for a few minutes in a tub
half full of cold water, then dry
by evaporation. This will cool you
off sufficiently before going to
bed so that you can get to sleep
promptly these warm nights.
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r,orv time two or more plump
n,s,' get together, the conversa-
r0 : morally certain to edge
u0n on, J, 70 areducing." A woman
aOu !. : perfect good health, but
may - : can't squeeze into a short
.Ii ,ss So and look it, she mus, must
,sn..sdiately begin to live on lamb
.%soD.Dineapple diet, usually to the tn
. s.assment Of her husband, the dc, ,
rast of her women friends, and
w.. d;smay of health specialists.
u lastly, undirected reducing has
.., GOD. an alarming number of ner-
s ''sus breakdowns among women.
v ,s cannot suddenly stop eating
. III seriously menacing your
,s.ltb. It would be very convenient
4 We could substitute our surplus
Doundage for our meals until we
looked slim and trim. But nature
does not work that way. The body
materials which are not contained
\ the fat. When you skimp on
these materials, you lose your
armness, your sparkle and that ex-
Vibrating tone that indicates good
health.
Experiments recently performed
By psychologists make out a good
case for the proposition that weight
4 q habit. A man who weighed 200
pounds, seemingly regardless of
what he ate, was by systematic
and persistent diet reduced to Ito
pounds. After being kept at that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-07-11
America Sets Pace in
Bath Room Fashions


Bathroom fashions are being set
for the entire world by the United
States, according to survey ap-
pearing in Woman's Home Com
panion.
"It is quite possible" says Hazel
Rawson Cades, author of the art
icle, ssthat down the centuries as
we go, we shall be known as the
people who glorified the bathroom.
There have been other periods, not
ABLY the Roman, when bathing was
popular and elaborate, but our inn
mediate ancestors regarded it
mostly as private, necessary and
uncomfortable performance. That
anybody should entertain the sug-
gestion that bathroom be photo
rraphed and shown in a public
print would have been considered
as indecorous as airing the bed
clothes out Of Queen victoria's own
windows.
ssThe plumber, once absorbed by
problems of drainage, now turns
his grave attention to becoming
colors in bathtubs. Mural painters
are recruited to decorate the walls
with ships and fishes and animals.
Architects specialize in bathroom
plans. The bathroom, from the
standpoint of looks and use, rivals