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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
lust Like Radio

DUT radio, illogically enough,
ID must have had a great effect
upon the philosophy of many of us
ordinary men. Whenever there is
mention of telepathy, or immortal
ity, or inspiration, somebody is sure
to pipe up, why, it's just like
RADIO
The fact that there is no real re-
semblance makes little difference
To many of us, radio, even at this
late date, is more or less miraculous.
And if one miracle may be brought
into being, why not others2
After all, man, is no longer set on
earth's surface like tiny pebble He
has become a rolling stone and can
shout into the ether and fetch some
listener across the waters.
1t is easier by now to think of i'm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14

mortality, for we who live in wave
land inevitably must play around
with the thought that after the final
splash there follow ripples. And
that these may touch even a dis
tant shore.
copyright. 1880. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
Why Pick on Autos?

NTALTER DAMROSCH says
w that radio will save family life
from the disruption threatened by
automobiles.
That is another variety of OPP
timism we might just as well accept.
But why pick on automobiles?
Whatever automobiles may have
done to family life, they certainly
helped us break the stranglehold
which railroads had acquired on
passenger travel.
Besides, if radio enables us to
hear more, the automobile enables
us to see more, and if the latter has
taken folks out of their homes, the
former has sometimes driven them
out.
No innovation leaves us quite
where we were; none is an unmixed
blessing or an unmixed evil. Not
only family life, but the family it.
self is changing.
Whether for good or ill, we are
moving into an era of smaller
dwellings and fewer children.
In 1915 five children we're born
for each 200 people. In 1928 the
proportion had been reduced to four.
Despite Chicago's great increase
in population, the number Of chill
dren registered in the first six
grades of the regular day schools
decreased from $780, 72 in 1924 to
254,666 in 1929.
Without a check, the birth rate in
this country has fallen from Is per
1000 of population to less than 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
Wholly Personal Skill

DY and by you begin to believe
ID that there is some special Sensi-
tivity in your own finger tips. You
have the same sense of high and
delicate achievement as must have
swept over Jimmy Valetine once he
had used the sandpaper and started
to open the safe by the ouch sys-
tenn.
And now I hear that Professor
Einstein says, as nearly as I can
gather, that space is solid. So much
the better. The dials you turn are
a sort of drill by which you bore
right through out.
incidentally, wish some radio
engineer would tell me why it is that
all the radio sets with which I am
acquainted have one knob appen-
dixical in quality. At least it never
seem to do anything in particular
no matter which way you turn it
and even if you don't turn it at all.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygcia, the
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
TN the child what is known as the
l. Systolic blood pressure varies be-
tween 80 and los and the diastolic
between IS and 10.
The Systolic pressure gradually in
creases until it reaches a level Of
100 at the age CT 20. The diastolic
pressure does not rise proportion
ately, but reaches about 80 at the
age of 20.
The systolic pressure is the high
est pressure reached in the arteries
and the diastolic pressure the low
est pressure reached, these repre-
senting various phases Of the con-
fractions of the heart.
Naturally the pressure is going to
be higher just after the heart has
contracted than when it is in the
relaxed stage.
AS person grows older the ar
terieS tend to harden and the Sys-
tolic pressure becomes higher.
From 20 years of age to 40 years of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14

What proportion of the taxes
levied by the federal government is
used to defray the cost of war?
Senator La Toilette recently stated
that 66ls cents Of every dollar paid
into the treasury of the United
States from taxes goes to defray
the cost Of past wars or to prerarei
for future wars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
Of ascertaining guilt in sensational murder

purposes of ascertainng guilt in sensational murder
trial.
We ultimately may have to abandon the jury in
the interests Of scientific progress. 1t may be
placed by group of paid specialists Let not start
however by shelving the jury at the very point where
its services are the most indispensable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14

ideals and opinions EXPRESSED
in this column are those of
1ne OF Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
How WeNDO6u
|HnOwGM:RIhR?
FIVE QUESTIONS a DAN
ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES

l. What comment on taxation did
Jesus make as he looked at a Ro-
man penny?
2. Why did Plate send for water
and a basin2
8. What Old Testament charac-
ter was noted for his dreams and
his power to interpret dreams?
4. Whose cruise OF oil was kept full
in time of drought, and for whose
sake?
5. Who was the brother of Mary
and Martha?
Answers to Yesterdays Queries
/. at is more blessed to give than
to receive" quoted by Paul (Acts
20: IS.
2. The Pharisee and the publican;
Luke ID: 9-14
3. The building Of a great temple
in Jerusalem, which Nathan for
babe, II Samuel Z: lag.
4. They that tarry long at the
wine" Proverbs %: %, 80.
5. He provided new tomb for
the body of Jesus; Luke %: 50-53.
DAILY THOUGHT
The Lord is mercifuI and gra-
cious, slow to anger, and plenteOus
in mercy.-Psaim 1883.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true
badger Shakespeare.
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Foe of Good VIII

QUITTING all material interests
L aside, the Smoot- Hawley bill is
out Of place in an age of peace
pactS, disarmament conferences,
world courts, and other institutions
designed to promote good will
among nations.
What would all the idealism profit
if some people we're compelled to go
hungrier so others might grow
richer?
Wherein would Cuba be blessed
by all the preaching and palavering
if her sugar market we're destroyed,
or Argentina, if her export trade
were to continue falling as it has
during the last few months?
n
A Boston social worker says THAI
we ought to be reading unexpur-
gated editions of RabelaiS, Cervantes,
and Voltaire; an Atlanta Negro is
sentenced to twenty years on a
chain gang for stealing a ham; a
Brooklyn lawyer leaves 500 to his
widow and $4,000 to another woman.
AS long as the great American
public is willing to pay 100000 for
such a jackass performance as
Sharkey and Schmeling staged, or
contend that baseball, football, track
meets, and million-dollar stadia
form an indispensable part Of higher
education, what can you expect?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-14
DAILY THOUGHT

The Lord is merciful and gra-
cious, slow to anger, and plenteous
In mercy.-Psaim 1888.
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Sweet mercy Is noblllty's true
badge. Shakespeare.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
TITLES FIJI NJ
HELD OVER

Owing to the tremendous de
mand the management of the
Little Theater has decided to
hold over Damaged Souls" for
another week, showing exclusively
to men only.
On account of the limited ca.
pacity of the theater it has been
necessary to run continuously
daily from II a. m. to ii p. m. and
hundreds of men have been
turned away each day.
The reason for the considerable
attention attracted by this pic.
ture is due to the frank manner
this picture deals with the mat,
tel of personal hygiene. The
feature is a bold presentation Of
the traffic in souls.
There are four reels exhibited
to male audiences which in them
selves contain much Of educa.
tional value.
CorliSs Palmer, who achieved
worldwide fame overnight as the
winner of the Brewster PubliCa-
tom international beauty con.
test and who has since made an
enviable mark for herself in the
film world, Is the star of Dam
aged Souls"
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
FL MS PROFIT
BY STOCK

Believe it or not your summer
stock companies taught the
movies a lesson which reacts to
the benefit of both movie and
stock patrons. It will be remem-
bered that UP to about two years
ago the So-called summer slump
was actually encouraged by film
exhibitors and producers who held
their best products off until cool
weather. peddling the weaker films
during the dog days on the theory
that not many people were inter
ested in indoor amuSements in
the summer.
With no small degree of can
nineSs exhibitors noticed that
summer repertoire companies were
flourishing over the land. In the
last five years the average num-
Der of stock companies extant was
around 100 If" unused pro-
ducers and exhibitors, that many
stage troupes can do business the
year round. perhaps we are
wrong to figure that entertain.
ment is a seasonal proposition"
They unused rightly and forth
with lured the summer trade with
refrigeration signs and as good a
schedule of pictures as were COM
monty judged to be fit only for
the winter trade.
A yearning for variety in amuse-
ment supplies the answer as to
why stock companies can flourish
the year through, even in the
hotter chimes Of the extreme
South. After all, people do get
fed up on a diet of baseball or
canoeing just as they do get sur
feited on too steady a menu Of
the stage and films.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Seaside Pa rk' S.
Season on May d

Seaside Park, the splendid
modern amusement resort at
Chesapeake Beach, which opens
May "a, is built a little distance
back from the water, on high
ground Immediately facing Chesa.
peake Bay. It is a delightful To-
cation; readily accessible to the
Chesapeake Beach railway sta
ton and to the motor road from
washington.
All the ole. buildings con.
gtructed over the water have been
removed. except the crab house,
which remains. The new dance
pavilion, swimming pool and
other amuSementS are being pre-
pared by 100 workmen, and ex.
cellent progress Is being made. 1t
is planned to have most of the
concessions ready somewhat in
advance Of the opening date.
Parking for 1900 cars will be
provided at the park, and there
viii be more amuSements than
ever. The swimming pool will be
80 by 100 feet, with flooded lights.
A large building program con-
templated by the Chesapeake
Beach Railway Company will con.
tinue through the present year,
and eventually q boardwalk all
the way 10 North Beach will be
completed -----=-,
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
BrusiLOff Overture
Features q Classic

Leon Brusiloff has turned to
one Of the most successful over
lures in the history of the Fox
Theater for his current offering.
It is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "Fes.
tival at Bagdad," not played since
June, 1928, when it was given an
ovation practically every perform
ance.
1t taxes the musicianship Of
any musical organization and In
selecting it for the current week
Mr.. Brusiloff did so confident
that Washington music lovers
would be given evidence anew Of
the capabilities of the 40 musicians
under his baton.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Great Line-Upf for
Fox Screen

With the open road, the amuSe.
ment parks, and the general ap.
peal Of the outdoors in the offing
the Fox Theater management re-
fuses to recognize the old bugaboo
that the summertime is the lean
period for indoor amusement
places.
That theater Is getting its cool
ing plant all checked over and
ready for functioning, and the
screen feature lineup is alluring
for the movie-goer.
Currently, Temple Tower"
with Kenneth MacKenna as the
new Bulldog Drummond." Mar.
celine Day and Henry B. Walthall
featured.
week of May 10 Ell Brendel. the
comedian who scored so Sensa-
tionally as the Swede in Cock.
Eyed World" Sunny Side Up"
and Hot for Paris" in THE
Golden Calf"
Janet Gaynor and Charles Far.
rell in High Society Blues" is
booked fol the week Of May II.
Throughout the two weeks at the
Roxy Theater and like span at
the Fox Theater in Philadelphia,
everyone was unanimous in de-
claring this another Sunny Side
Up" =.
Following the engagement OF
High Society Blues" a dramatic
production, IS Sisters" will be
shown. and then will come the
second edition of Fox Movietone
Follies."
Then the second Will Rogers
production, 80 This Is London"
Stage attractions during this pc
Rod will be new and novel Fran
chon and Marco ideas. A new
contract has been signed with
Alexander Callam, assuring this
popular master of ceremonies Will
remain here.
Leon Brusiloff and the 40-piece
grand orchestra of the theater are
working out novel and new over
lures.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
FACTS ABOUT
GLEN ECHO
BOSS

The opening Of Glen Echo
Park marks the twentieth an.
niversary Of its management by
Leonard BENJAMIN Echloss, who
has had an interesting and color
full career in the amusement
field, prior to taking over thu
reins at Glen Echo.
Born In Detroit Mich, In 1872
Of California pioneers,s he at
tended public and private schools
in San Francisco, and the Cal
ifornia Military Academy, Oak
land. Mr.. Schloss' first job in
the amusement business was as
usher at the Bush Street Theaterr
San Francisco.
Successive promotions led to a
chance on the road in the
capacity of press representative
and business agent, at one time
being with an Uncle Tom show
starring Peter Jackson, the pugil'
list.
The amusement park. man
ager started in the outdoor field
with the American Globe Trot'
tiers, the opening stand being
Cape Town, South Africa.
Returning to America in 1908,
Mr.. Schloss assisted in the build.
ing Of Dreamland, Coney Island,
and after other extensive exper'
fences arrived in Washington in
March 1911, to take charge OF
Glen Echo, making the resort a
successful and popular amuSa'
ment park.
Mr.. Schloss is married, and
has two children a boy, and a
girl, the former a student at
Syracuse University. and the lat
ter at Central High.
He is a thirty-Second degree
Mason, Shriner. Elk, member OF
the Grotto, Chamber of Com
merce, City Club, Traffic Club
Washington Safety Council and
other civic organizations Of the
National Capital, and a member
of Woodmont Country Club.
Mr.. Schloss is recognized as
one of the leading amusement
park operators Of the country
and is second vice president OF
the National Association OF
Amusement Parks.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
MRS. MALAPROP
FAVORED BY
MRS. FISKE

In an age when dramatic edi'
tors life is a continuous round of
expressing the views OF this or
that actor on this or that thing,
it becomes almost refreshing to
learn that Mrs. Fiske, q figure Of
the theater all Of her life, has very
rarely been interviewed for the
principal reason that she sees no
particular reason for 1t.
The tour Of The Rivals" on
which she is now embarking to
visit some cities in 80 days,
will not give her any spare time.
but advance representatives state
sincerely that it is useless to con-
: template interviewing her for the
reason that she pleads she has
nothing to say. that she has a hor-
ror of self-revelation, of empty gen.
civilizations on the theater and Of
giving her opinions Of anything.
She will play Mrs. Malaprop in
1.-THE Rivals" heading an extra
ordinary cast, at the National The
alter Sunday night. May IL. Then
she will be on her way.
One interviewer, some time
ago. learned from her that THE
) Rivals" is one of her fvaorite
plays and that she was pleased
to know that many think her
Mrs. Malaprop her greatest role.
But her opinion on anything?
She said this:
After all, what is my opin-
ion? One persons and narrow.
And who is interested? Oh, yes,
The Rivals is delightful play.
think that it is its buoyancy,
its life, that has kept it young;
it seems almost modern, even
today.
Acting, like any other profes-
siou, becomes a matter Of rou.
tine. One soon loses his reac-
lions. I suppose that stock COM
panies give young people facil-
ity; they have told me so: But
do not know: I have never
been in one. And have always
acted. The good. the beautiful,
the intelligent, the spiritual plays
will have their audiences. But,
of course, there are many au-
diences. There is no such thing
as the audience
Audiences are a diverse as
individuals. You have one au-
dience for your symphony or.
chestras; there is another, and
equally enthusiastic one, for
something else. Is the theater
disappearing? I do not know
I have not noticed 1t. do not
believe that the theater needs
money, It will stand better with,
out it,"
The Washington times., 1930-05-03

songs. JOE Z. BROWN
There are only five musical
numbers in this De Sylva-Mc-
Gowan musical but they ali hap
pen to be good and at least
two are memory lingering. Win.
ME Lightner has two songs ex-
pertly cut to measure in isn't
This a Cock-eyed World" and
Physically Fit" And how that
girl can put over . ditty she
likes. "Sing A Little Theme
Song" ITO Know You is to
Love You" and when the
Little Red Roses Get the Blues
for You" are the other hit
tunes.
This is a comic story about prize
fighters, as substantial as the aver
age music comedy book, with most
Of the fun found in the knocka.
bout antics Of the cavern-mouthed
Brown and the gay mood Of his
Coincidence assistant. Georges
Carpenter plays O role that would
ordinarily be entrusted to q sing.
ing juvenile and you will be sur.
prised how well he encompasses it.
Sally O'Neill, whose acting is
growing better, also sings pleas
ingly.
The production has been filmed
in color and Utilities the Abe Ly-
man jazz band.
Hold Everything" impressed
me as the best attempt to date ct
merging the footlight musical
comedy with the Hollywood tech.
nique, retaining the best features
of each.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
THRILLS LOOM
IN FEATURE
AT FOX

Something new in talkie en-
tertainment will be presented to
theater-goers at the Fox Theatef
beginning today with the opening
of the all.talking Movietone melo
| drama, Temple Tower" with
Kenneth MacKenna featured as
Bulldog Drummond."
This production. intrinsically q
spine-chilling melodrarna, Is also
something entirely different
something that may best be de.
scribed as sophisticated, but
which is so treated as to enhance
the thrills of the story as well as
to afford higher moments.
The story, close adaptation OF
the novel Of the same name by
n, c. McNeile, which deals with
the further adventures Of that
redoubtable young man, Bull
dog" Drummond, uses the theft
of a priceless collection Of emer-
aids as It's theme.
These jewels, stolen by a gang
Of Apaches under the direction Of
LIE Bossu Masque, 1.-THE Masked
Stranger" are subsequently
taken by Blackton. one Of the
gang, who double-crosses the
others.
The picture begins with an in
vestigation by Captain Drum
mond and his friend Peter Oar
rell Of some queer happenings at
Temple Tower" an ancient Eng"
lish estate.
Kenneth MacKenna, the sensa-
ton Of Men Without Women"
and other Fox Movietone pictures,
enacts, the role Of the sprightly
Drummond with Marcelline Day
as the mysterious heroine. Cyril
Chadwick, Henry B. Walthall,
Peter Gawthorne, Ivan Linow, A.
B. Lane and Yorke Sherwood
play the principal supporting
roles (and ssh! one of these is
the sinister Masked Stranger
himself)! Try and find out
which.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Unique Introduction
For Whiten1Un Film

The newest conception OF the
movie world. an animated cartoon
in full color, is the unique intro,
duction of the Universal super
extravaganza, King Of Jazz,
now playing at the Rialto The
alter.
The cartoon is hilariously funny,
as are also the comedy sketches
and blackouts interspersed be-
tween the eight colossal spectacle
numbers of the production, which
was directed by john Murray
Anderson, the famous New York
producer, starring Paul Whiteman
and his orchestra and featuring
an outstanding array OF stage
vaudeville and screen stars. The
production is all-movietone and
all.technicOlOr,
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Star ReviUaI of The RiUaLs to Play One d. c. Night
THIS MUSICAL
RATES WITH
THE BEST

Winnie Lightner and Joe =.
Brown in. Hold Everything"
offer smooth blend Of music
and comedy in the latest Holly
wood manner.
The feature made from the
Broadway hit, current at the
Metropolitan Theater has Just
about the right proportion of ro-
bust bufooonery and rough
clowning With a delicious sea-
soning Of melody.
The sound experts are progress
ing In the art Of transferring
the frothy girl and tune shows
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Extra Features PrOUe
Popular at GGyety

Manager Jimmy Lakes newest
idea for the Gayety theater, that
of engaging new stars each week
from the various shows on the
road, msures a different show
each week, different faces, and
varied talent.
Other successful innovations
are the regular wrestling matches,
special matinees for ladies when
away, amateur night, and coun-
try store night.
These extras" have contributed
in no small way to the wonderful
season the local playhouse is
still enjoying.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
MORRIS EAGER
TO WIN GIRL
In FILMS

Let me get shot, if you must,
but give me the grill"
Chester Morris was not re,
hearsing dialogue. He was merely
making a plea to any writer's who
may be thinking up movie plots
for him.
In the 10 pictures in which he
has played, Morris died in seven
faded into oblivion in one and
managed in a fashion to get the
girl in two.
Metro oldwyn- Mayer has been
very good to me-" he said. I'm
the part I am now playing with
Norma Shearer in The Divorce.
I don't stop a single bullet and
I win the girl. 1t really feels
pretty good to live through the
entire length of a picture.
Il still regard my role in 'Alibi
as the most gratifying of my
career, but 1t is very nice to play
the whole picture and live happily
ever after even if. as in this
film, l have to get divorced in
order to realize just how much /
rVe my wife!"
Morris, who plays opposite Miss
SEearer In the picturization of
the Ursula Parrot story, now
being shown at Loew's Columbia
Theater, is a recruit from Broad.
way. having established himself
on the stage as a heavy" hero
before coming into talking pic.
lures.
Robert z. Leonard directed the
new Shearer picture with the sup
porting cast including Robert
Montgomery. Conrad Nagel, Zelda
Sears. and Mary Doran.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
DaUe Seed Began His
Film Career as MOnk

Seed and Austin, who appear
this week in "All Aboard" at
Loew's Palace with Teddy Joyce
believe in the Darwinian theory
At least Seed does. Electrically
speaking. His first role as a
thespian was as Sinian IN Tar
zan of the Apes"
Months on end he spent roam
ing the jungles 81 HollywU ID
Austin, his partner, claims a
woman can make q monkey Of a
man much quicker.
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Song of Flame to Be
Next Earle Feature

Song of the Flame" beautiful
and thrilling First National'Vita
phone dramatic love story OF the
Russian revolution, filmed en-.
tirely in technicolor, comes to
Warner Brothers Earle Theater
next Friday.
Bernice Claire and Alexander
Gray, singing love team OF the
screen, appear in the principal
roles, supported by such famous
players as Noah Berry, 1nez
Courtney, Alice Gentle and Bert
Roach,
The Washington times., 1930-05-03
Alex. CGLL1n1 Has
II. s. PiLOtS License

Alexander Callam, master OF
ceremonies at the Fox Theater'
experienced two important hap
penings on Tuesday Of last week.
One was the signing Of new
contract calling for his services
for an indefinite period at the
local theater while the other was
the. granting by the Department
of Commerce of a private pilots
license to the signer. Both rather
important, thinks Callam.