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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27

1bsen Satirizes the clergy in the
character of Manders, who is
duped by pious panhandler and
forced to realize too late that all
the things he had stood for, rock
bound morality and duty, are no
answer to the call for happiness.
Manders is sincere but naive. His
fault is innocence of nfe's prob
lens.
'Unsparingly. Ibsen tore down
the painted veil which society had
built to hide its faults. He was
a crusader for social understand
ing and today the ideas expressed
in Ghosts" have become the act
i've creed of health societies.
Ibsen shot a brilliant ray of
truth upon domestic and personal
problems. Moral extremes were
corruptions he wished to be rene
died. AS a pioneer for enlight-
ened interest in social problems
he was attacked. Today the ideas
he represented have become al
most universal and the tragedies
of Oswald and Mrs. Alving have
been spared.
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They Kept Tanning

RUT the final telling of the story of the big bank
- ing investigation will have to show that few
persistent reporters the senate side kept naggng
and burning and poking up the statesmen and kept
that investigation alive during period of Mr. Hoo
vers administration when otherwise it would have
been allowed to dwindle off to nothing
Because they did, the journalists knew this was a
hot one and though it grew cold from time to time
they were always there to fan it with their hats and
bring up little blaze until Pecora came down and
the banking investigation suddenly became a ball of
fire.
1 wonder if any one would object seriously to nv
saying that this is example of exceedingly punk
reporting inaSmuch it just hints around without
saying anything but, for fact, was on the point
OF telling who those journalists are who will be saw
ing the government all that money, and precisely
how, when man called up and said not to do that
because it might raise hell with the political cnances
of statesman friend of theirs who is cour,ilg the
peoples choice again next fall The way they tie
you up with confidence here in Washington!
But never have been candidate for Pulitzer
prize and figure that am no farther from it now
than was before sat down to add this much to the
prevailing confusion about things.
Copyright 1884, by Unite Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Today's Science
BY DAVID DIETZ

THE common notion that the strain of the life in
Il the twentieth century. the demands put upon
big executives, lawyers and the like is responsible
for the increase in heart disease is denied by Dr.
Robert l. Levy associate professor of clinical med
cine at Columbia university
After a survey of at the Columbia Presby-
terrain Medical Center in New York, DR.. Levy found
that the largest percentage of heart ailments result
ing from disease of the coronary arteries was not
found among business executives, but among fore
men and skilled workers
His findings are supported by a recent survey.
in Germany in which the greatest percentage of
heart disease was found among laborers. In his
study, laborers ranked third and clerical workers
fourth
DR.. Levy believes that occupation plays a negligi-
bic part in the occurrence of hardening of the
arteries of the heart "coronary disease as it is
frequently called.
His explanation for the increase in heart disease
is simple. Medical men have learned to control
such infectious diseases tuberculosis typhoid fever
and diphtheria. Since fewer persons die from them
at young age, more people live to an old age when
they succumb TO the diseases of old age among them
heart disease.
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They're Not knights

MEL L don't insist that my colleagues in this
W case be knighted bsronized and I didn't
ann TO prattle on this way about something that peo-
pie VIII not really care about one way or another
MY OBJECT is just to report that sometimes the news
paper boys perform important public services which
go not only unapprecated but entirely unrecognized
think it would be nice for our business if some
good playwright now should do a piece for himself
depicting this sort of newspaper work as an offset to
the low antics of the comedy DRINKS and porch
climbing picture -chasers who have been presented to
the citizens as typical reporters. And grant of 10
per cent of the saving to these reporters would not
be hard to take.
Another work, similar, in way, to the economy
to which have alluded that yet may be credited to
members OF the corps of correspondents is the big
expose which Ferd Pecora has been conducting all
this time. Ferd Pecora got lot of big bankers and
brought out the material upon which Mr.. Roosevelt
based his memorable joint reference to larcenous
hnanclerS and kidnapers.
And, though Al Wggin beat him to it and re-
signed before Ferd could get around to him. it I'M
doubtedly was Ferd who took his pension of non
a year away from him.
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terror-stricken at the sight of her
husbands ghost returning in the
now apathetic son, she conquers
her feeling of revulsion and
reaches over to stroke her sons
head comfortingly.
Shorn of any possible love in
her life, Mrs. Alving is the eternal
voice of suffering womanhood,
both wife and mother. Some
critics have whimSically pointed
out that Mrs. Alving may have
driven her husband to outrageous
conduct by her firm mindedness.
However, it is generally believed
that Ibsen meant to show the
havoc resulting from the hus-
bands sin and the wife's refusal
to face the truth. The Greek
theme of the initial sin recurs,
and in the same mighty fashion
Mrs. Alving is the human being
struggling against inevitability.
Ibsen is fighting against a civil
cation that will allow such things
to happen. Unlike the Greeks,
he expresses the hope that the
condition may be remedied by the
very strength of his attack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
BY TRISTRAM COFFIN
Times Stat Writer

the horrible night waiting bathing the
N the distance with its bright light Oswald
sank into the hopeless insanity Duly
speeches. with 1.-THE
London Mortified critics threw their
truth
furiouy acknowledgement the implications
revealed
dominated Stted
poor noble res temptation refuses
of
hoyden the third floor back No author until Ibse
the problems of life with brutal realism
than
he discussed.
wholly Heaturethe social problem
generations playwrighs had written to to
rarely with the of discussion wrecked
discarded poetic
All ShakpeareS
appear inspired poetic characters
confused language of everyday life.
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will slowly creep up and destroy
him.
His mother is an enlightened
Victorian. Nineteen years of mar
ried misery have liberalized her
somewhat. She builds myth that
her deceased husband was
man of high character and a
benefactor of society in order to
protect her son from the truth.
Her whole outward life is built
upon the. lie. She also knows,
that Regina, her sensual maid, is
her husbands illegitimate daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Alving is making plans for
the dedication of an orphanage
built with the money she has in
herited from her husband. She
feels that by giving the orphanage
the name of her husband, rumor
and shame will be wiped out. AL
ways in her mind is the fear that
the sins of the father may be re-
f1ected in the son.
n n
A S she tells the puritanical
IN Manders, her minister, the
whole story she has kept secret
for so long, she hears the noise of
a falling chair from the next
room. Regina whispers to Os-
valid, who has recently returned
home with his own secret.
"Regina! Oswald! Are you
mad? Let me go!"
Mrs. Alving (starting in hor-
ror). Oh! (She stareS wildly at
the half-open door. Oswald is
heard coughing and humming,
then the sound of a bottle being
uncorked.
Manders Tin an agitated man
ner. What's the matter? What
is it, Mrs. Alving?
Mrs. Alving (hoarse1y): Ghosts.
The couple in the conservatory
over again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Collective Bargaining

PERSONALLY would like to see much faster
l. trend to the left, but feel that the readjust-
ment program has at the moment slowed down con-
siderably 1 have in mind particularly that famous
Section IA of the national industrial recovery act.
This designed to promote the possibility of COL
lective bargaining and sanction labor's right to
organize and speak for itself. Unfortunately, the
section is by many shades too ambiguous and en-
poyers have been quick to take advantage of the
fog and mist.
I can speak out of close knowledge of one work.
ing group. In Washington heard the counsel of
the Newspaper Publishers Association declare no
less than three times that the newspaper owners
would be delighted to sit down and talk with the
representatives of the guild which speaks for organ
lied reporters. 1 heard the president of the Pub
fishers Association say precisely the thing on
two occasions, and yet when the guild in New York
asked the publishers to grant such conference the
reply read:
Answering your letter of March 7th.
The newspaper code provides that employees shall
have the right to bargain collectively through rep
resentatves of their own choosing.
Your letter does not state that you have been
authorized by the employees of all the newspaper
members of this association, or in fact of any of
the individual newspapers to represent them in such
negotiation. Without such credentials the associa-
ton has authority to meet your representatives
Yours very truly,
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF N Y. c.
Martin Kelly,
Executive Committee
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menu curing a press conference.
Greatly agitated was erudite,
pro-Chinese DR.. Hornbeck.
why are you newspaper men
always writing stories?" he
Stormed at the offending CORE
Spondent. you don't know any,
thing. Why don't you get your
self educated? Here-read this!"
He tossed the writer a book on
the Monroe doctrine.
With interest, the news man
perused the volume, learned that
"the United States recognized
the newly formed Spanish Ameri-
can republics as soon as they
achieved their independence.
The news man returned to DR..
Hornbeck.
why, this bears out my story!'
he said.
DR.. Hornbeck glanced at the
passage.
ooh, hell" he exclaimed furi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Theatrical World---
Will Hays Cites Artistic
Progress of Film World
by WALTER d. HICKMAN

II LITERATURE is coming into
IL its own on the talking screen
and masterpieces which have
lived for years are coming to life
in the hands of competent actors.
and directors in the studios.
1 do not ask you to take my
word for this statement, because
the thing I have contended for
months is borne out in the annual
report of Will H. Hays, which is
released today.
This department has pointed
out the value of having such pic
lures as "Oliyer Twist" Gf intel
ligently prese ed, Little
Women" Alice in Wonderland"
and many others brought from
the printed page to the talking
screen.
My prediction now is that
Shakespeare and Ibsen will be
brought to the talking screen in
such an intelligent and human
way that both writer's will take
on new box Office importance.
1T is a significant phase of the
screens upward progress" Mr..
Hays states in his report, that
rival producers should contend, as
they have done this year, for
priority claims to production of
the classic works of Charles
Dickens"
Among the film presentations
planned or projected for the COM
ing season." reports Mr.. Hays,
ARE Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice Charles Dickens
David Copperfield,' Oliver Gold
smiths She Stops to Conquer,
Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Sheri-
dams School for Scandal and
The Rivals Victor Hugo's Les
Miserables,' Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre Swift's 'Gullivers
Travels Washington Irvings
Rip Van Wrinkle Kipling's Kim
Bulwer Lytton's The Last Days of
Pompeii.'
Similarly. plans are announced
for the production of historical
romances based on the lives of
Marie Antoinette, PaSteur, Joan
of Arc, Napoleon, Benvenuto
Cellini. and others, as we'll as film
productions of 'Cyrano de
Bergerac' and The Count of
Monte Cristo."
Musicals. too. will have a new
inning; there will be no lack Of
variety in screen entertainment.
The coming season." according
to Mr.. Hays report. promises to
revive the popularity of simple
human pictures dealing with
everyday life, of pictures that will
reflect the great social trends of
the day, pictures of vigorous satire
and truly impressive drama"
Mr.. Hays. in his report, states
that the following pictures showed
1.-The artistic progress made by the
industry as based upon the appeal
to the better taste of the Ameri-
can public: Little Women"
Berkey Square. Lady for a
Day The World Changes, -
Christopher Bean" Gallant
Lady" The Masquerader." Pad
dy, the Next Best Thing" Tug
boat Annie" The Kings Vaca-
ton" Cradle Song" "Ony Yes
terday." The Invisible Man"
Morning Glory When Ladies
Meet" Looking Forward Vol
taire. The Great Jasper" Caro-
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A contemporary example OF the
problem drama is John WeXley's
They Shall Not Die" now run
ming in New York. 1t is fiery
protest against prejudice sur
rounding the notorious Scots
boro trial. Elmer Rice, author of
Street Scene" also writes prob
lem plays.
Problem drama selects social
evil and launches a dramatic at
tack which may include stark
tragedy and Scathing satire. In
order to build a stirring climax
and shock the audience into So
cial consciousness, problem drama
is selective and not comprehen-
sive. Tenseness grows like spread
ing heat with every scene. When
emotions are aroused to the de-
sired pitch the dramatist makes
a profound and beautiful plea
which leaves the audience in a
thoughtful hush.
COC1AL problem plays merely
~ present the problem, offer
no hope of salvation and suggest
no answer to the problem. They
call the attention of society to the
evil in hope that some remedy may
be found. Problem plays have been
criticised on the grounds that
audiences do not want to be faced
with the responsibility of solving
difficulties. Ghosts" is entertain
ing because of its perfect dra-
tic structure and inspiring because
of its message.
The ghosts in this play are the
sins of the prohigate father which
destroy the son and wreck the
mothers happiness and security.
The ghost of the father becomes
a fearful degenerating specter
that haunts the minds of all the
characters.
The son, Oswald Alving, is a
talented painter rising to fame
when he is suddenly struck by the
ravages of a social disease which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Maube With Pictures

NJ NEVERTHELESS, at the age of 80, this young
man became the head of the $1O,OOOOOO Rem
ington Rand, Inc. Tt long has been my contention
that every industrial leader and every senator should
have book The statement which set the senate
committee all agape and made the ticker and the
first page was franklin D. Roosevelt Is Merely the
American Kerensky."
This is hardly novel thought to any with
the slightest familiarity with radical discussions.
The point is merely this: According to the left wing
economists, President Roosevelt is an executive who
is seeking to prolong the life of our present economic
system by compromise and certain minor alterations.
There is nothing startling in this contention.
kerensky lasted only few months in the Russian
scheme of things, but even the most ardent Ameri-
radical is chary of predicting whether not a
transitional period in America might last for one
year or for fifty.
Mr.. RandS testimony, which was avowedly based
upon letter from William A. Writ seems to me
matter of singuary small consequence. No direct
quotation from any administrative official Of
fered. The whole thing sounded to me very much
like Mark Sullivan nightmare
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OIl6 HuIlOTSQ IlllllO0 ana TOUR
hundred million dollars. OF
course, anything less than a
whole billion of those dollars is
regarded as mere breakage now
adays and 1 would not wish to
exaggerate the Importance of
this little saving just to fatten
my piece. But I remember the
time when every billion counted
with me and I still have an in
Stinct to save odd fractions of
billions like pieces of string and
bottle caps.
I hope some one will remind
me to go into the particulars of
this matter about six months
hence because people who &C
complish such works for the
government ought to receive
some sort of civil honor such as
The nearest thing tn an award
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Oswald, burdened with despair
and anguish, tells his mother of
his suffering, and demands that
he have Regina. He C. les out,
Il can't bear to stand all this
misery alone" Oswald is strug-
Cling vainly, but slowly the. disease
is stripping him of the habits of
civilization and turning him into
a reincarnation of his father.
Mrs. Alving stubbornly keeps the
fathers secret buried from her
son, and he is embittered by her
apparent indifference to his prob
lem.
Manders set fire to the orphan
age, feeling that it would be sin
to allow it's dedication in face of
the misery and degeneracy that
lies in it's making. Regina deserts
the Alving household when she
learns the truth of her birth. OS-
valid and Mrs. Alving are left
alone to face their dismal prob
lens.
THE mother, although tragic
Il and forlorn, rises to nobility
in the last scene. Shuddering and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
lOISOn Movie to 0nen

BECAUSE of the success OF
ID Wonder Bar" in it's pre-re-
lease engagement in New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark
and Washington, I. M. Halperin,
general manager of the Circle
and Indiana theaters, has decided
to open the Indianapolis engage
ment of the picture two days
earlier than was originally sched-
uled.
Wonder Bar" will open an ex-
tended engagement of nine days
at the Circle tomorrow, instead of
Friday.
journal of a Crime" the cur
rent Circle attraction, will close
tonight.
Kay Francis in Wonder Bar"
plays the leading feminine role,
opposite Al Jolson, who portrays
the proprietor of the wonder
Bar" Ricardo Cortez and Dolores
Del Rio have the parts of the two
dancers, while Dick Powell and
Henry Kolker have the roles of
the American composer-orchestra
leader and the husband of Kay
Francis, respectively.
Hal LIE Roy, dance star, plays
the role of himself in thrilling
dance sequence.
Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert
play the two American tourists
with Ruth Donnelly and Louise
Fazenda as their wives, in i'm
portant comedy and character
roles.
Robert Barrat has the part of
the army officer who drives his
car over cliff and unconsciously
covers up murder.
Fiji D'Orsay and Merna Ken
nedy will be seen as the two fiirta-
tious hostesSes in the fashionable
Partisan night club.
Busby Berkeley, creator of the
musical numbers that featured
Gold Diggers of 1885," "42nd
Street" and "Footlight Parade"
created and staged the special
musical spectacles on a scale never
before attempted on the screen.
u
On View on Screen Today
nTHER theaters today offer:
~ Sweet and Low Down" on
the stage and Lets Be Ritzy' on
the screen at the Lyric: This Side
of Heaven, at Loew's Palace:
David Harum." at the Apollo:
Success at Any Price" and Two
Alone" at the Indiana, and bur-
lesque at the Mutual.
Tonight the Civic Music Asso-
citation at Caleb Mills Hall will
present Ignace Strasfogel, pianist,
in recital.
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Fair Enough
By III
Westbrook PeqIer

DERSONS whose idea of the newspaper business
l. was derived from the rowdy caricature of The
Front Page have something to learn from the corps
of journalists who operate in Washington
Within six months it probably will be possibs
to reveal that two Washington reporters sitting in
the press coop of the house of representatives and
listening in vague way to the orations of the
statesmen down the well, had an idea which was to
be the means of saving the citizens a sum between
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Your Health
by DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN.

MOT long ago. while in Oklahoma City, said
y to a reporter who asked me about the food
value of alcohol that the calorc value of the high
ball had been determined to be approximately the
equivalent of that of three hardboiled eggs.
The statement cut down to say that highban
Is equivalent in food value to three hardboiled eggs
has been spread widely over the country. AS a re-
suit have been deuged with letters during the last
few weeks, particularly from organizations for pro-
hlbltion and from ministers, asking the exact sig
nlhcance of this statement.
1t becomes necessary of course to say again some
of the things that I have said repeatedly in these
columns about food values
Values of foods in nutrition are measured today
not only IN terms OF caories, which represent en-
ergy yielded but also in terms of other constituents
proteins' which are important in building tissues;
mineral salts which are necessary to health and
growth, and particularly vitamnS
EXCEPT for the calorc value there is no evil
IL dence that the food value of highball an
proximates that Of three hard-boiled eggs
In the playing of ordinary games, handbalI and
squash racquets make about as great a demand on
energy as any games person can play. A person
playing fast game of handball or squash racouets
Tor one-hah hour uses up about 300 calories of
energy.
This is equivalent to the amount of ca1or1es that
are available in two slices Of bread and butter or in
two dry Martini cocktails. The same amount of
calor1es is available in pint of beer.
ONE of the chief reasons for overweight is the
" large amout of extra food consumed by many
persons without regard to the caloric values of the
food taken.
The average man who attends banquet already
has had his breakfast and luncheon which usually
gives him enough calores for the energy output for
the day AT the banquet he gets about $500 calores
IN the form Of food and another TOO Galleries in the
form Of drinks
TO overcome the added caloric value, it would be
necessary for him to play handball or squash rae
quets Tor five and one-half hours or to walk sixty
miles, or to run thirty miles
however, 1t should be emphasized again that the
1000 values Of alcohol wholly energy values
Iney DO not provide any Of the vitamns which IL
has been established, are essential to health and
growth. Neither do they provide protein, which Is
necessary for cell repair.
Glow many midshipmen are there In the
United States naval acadamy at Annapolis?
Asia
Q-Give the meaning of the name ARA"
Alt is a Lithuanian feminine name derived
from the Latin and means honorable"
Q-What was Lillian Cannon's record ior SWIM
ming Chesapeake bay in 1925? Did she ever swim
the English channel?
A-She swan from COLCHESTER beach to Bay
Shore park in 10 hours As minutes She failed in
several attempts to swim the English channel.
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Wishes Him Well

Il torial pages make toward the deal and the
national recovery does not extend to the counting
rooms. And so I say that this may be bad time to
take vacation. My only excuse is that am grow
ing q little weary of reading column called 1T
Seems to Me" have the impression that the young
man who writes it has grown somewhat dead on his
feet. 1 think he needs to go somewhere and forget
entirely about the responsibility of putting word
after another. hope l not too critical for many
things which he has done appeal to I wish him
we'll. In fact would hope for him fourteen days of
almost complete coma I do not want to hear his
hddling In fact he will be better of if he does not
move his wrists at all. At the end of a fortnight
have every to believe that he will return to
a world which is still sngularly cockeyed
Copyright. 1884. BY The Tines