Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1922 — Page 5

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PROVING FEET IS (OR ARE) ART Gertrude Hoffman Reaches Peak of Perfection

By WALTER D. HICKMAN. Feet Is art. Or, Feet are art. Take your choice. Whether the feet of Gertrude Hoffman are "socked” or "unsocked” they belong to art. No bad taste is to be found in the barefoot dancing of Gertrude Hoff man. In the old days when she pranced in majestic swing to the tune of “The Spring Song" Miss Hoffman started paving the way for a class of entertainment which has resulted in classical and ballet dancing being presented on the musical comedy-revue and the vaudeville stage with that nicety of perfection which is found on the grand opera stage. Gertrude Hoffman is more than an entertainer, she is an artistic institution. She taiks with her eyes and she talks with her feet. Her entire body is in tune with the message of the melody. Gertrude Hoffman is now at the height of her accomplishments. That Is m y conviction after seeing her and the entire “gang” in “Hello Everybody,” at the Shubert-Park this week.

Sousa Strikes Homes In this really wonderful “unit” ehow Miss Hoffman uses the stirring tune of Sousa’s "Stars and Stripes” as the medium of showing what prancing feet and a swaying body may accomplish. , ■ The haunting sweep of the WEt* march gets into x ihe very soul of Si the dancer and jjy dience is in a H| patriotic mood Site melody is again * expressed in her •'.jjcgii idea of a Chopin waltz. ✓ Sp The “shredded 1 wheat” dance gi. craze is wiggled violently by „ Miss Hoffman GERTRL DK an d h er s em iHOFFMAX. nine assistants in an episode called “In Hawaii.” Never has the “shredded wheat” been jerked so violently. She is artistically magnificent in a glorious Russian number. It is a pretty picture. Her artistry is best displayed while giving a "Hoffmanesque” of Harry Lauder singing "She Is My Daisy.” Here is real art. Tn an Apache number she treads upon the toes of Fanny Brice in last year's Follies. The number fits well in this show, but Miss Hoffman hasn’t the voice to put the number over as Fanny did.

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Miss Hoffman flits in and out of the lengthy proceedings which move at the pace of an express train. She is a really great “showman.” No other woman understands an audience as she does. One of the biggest hits of the revue proper is contributed by the Lander Brothers. They are at their best as the Corsican Twins. This scene is a grand comedy howl. Their fishing scene is nearly as good. They have much to do and they do it well. The first three acts of the vaudeville portion consists of Tom and Betty Walters, tight wire walkers; Carey, Bannon and Marr and Jean McCoy and Ralph Walton In an act with a ’wallop.” Motion pictures comes in for an inning during which the leading stars are impersonated. This is unique. Harriet Fowler and Carlos Conte offer a Dutch dance. Leon Barte is excellent in Ballet Sylphide. This dance s a compliment to any form of entertainment. Harriet Fowler and Emma Kligge give their ideas of popular dancing. There is so much to the revue proper that I can't go into detail. Leon Barte dances well in "A Greek Restaurant” and the Lander Brothers arrive in the same scene to stop proceedings. Many other scenes in the rpvue. “Hello Everybody” is a gold mine of entertainment. Don't miss it at the Shubert-Park all week. -I- -I- -INo Barber Shop Blues Members of the House of David

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sounding title of “The Paderewski of Syncopation.” That boy can pound the piano. He belongs to the hit class. Frldkin and Rhoda open the bill In a dance offering. At B. F. Keith’s all week. -I- -I- -IThe Palace Opens The powers that be proclaimed that Loew’s State should be transformed from a movie theater into a combination vaudeville and movie theater between 11 p. m. Saturday and noon Monday. And the magic worked. The Palace opened at noon yesterday as planned The combination policy under the management of the Keith interests increases the uptown vaudeville houses from three in number to four. The new policy calls for six vaudeville acts and a feature picture. The opening bill indicates that the vaude ville bookings are going to be wisely done. The management is offering more than a fair return on the box office deposit. Hope Eden, known as “The Miracle Girl,” is commanding the most atten tlon. She Is answering questions, telling correct names, giving the number on bills and proclaiming the thoughts of patrons in the theater. Miss Eden has been doing this for years and she knows her public. She works fast, never allowing the act to drag. She also knows the value of comedy situations. Bob La Salle and his “Queens of Syncopation” is another chief offering. He sings “blues” songs and his “queens” play as an orchestra. Senator Murphy talks on every sub ject under the sun and finds a laugh in every line. The Senator loves Congress. Let him tell you about It. Effle Burton appears in a song recital. She has a refined musical offer lng. .Tannier Brothers are society gymnasts who open the show. The bill includes Bail and Moore In “Since the Days of ’61,” and Mellon and Lehman in an ordinary "nut” offering. The fact that the management as its first movie contribution is presenting Claude Glllingwater in “Remem brance” indicates the film end of the hill will be given as much attention as the vaudeville. In “Remembrance," poor old Dad is the hero. “Pop” is the man who foots all the bills for "Mom” nnd the children. “Pop" takes to his bed and the family become human beings when “Pop” nearly goes “over the river.” Claude Glllingwater gets right into the heart. Bless this man and may

In Forty-Third Convention

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The forty-third annual convention of the Maroin County Sunday School Association has opened a two day session at the Central Christian Church. It will close Tuesday night. Among the speakers will be Miss Nellie C. Young (left), State superintendent of the children’s division, and E. T. Albertson, general secretary of Indiana.

ho he permitted to make a hundred | movies more, or as many as ho de- ' sires. You are going to like “Remem- | brance” because it rings true to life most of the time. At the Palace all week. As the Reviewer Found It, So often have we found acts which were called revues that we have become skeptical when seeing one billed. However, the Royal Revue, which heads the bill at the Lyric this week, is all that the name implies. The act includes six pretty girls and a male violinist. A sister team of harmony singers and dancers is the making of the act. Two girls playing the Second Hungarian Rhapsody on two pl-

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anos, is another feature. The violinist plays a classical number in the pit Another feature of the bill is "Cheyj enne Days,” a western act featuring a bucking bronco, trained horses, the lariat and a blackface comedian There are five men and two girls in the act. The Four Byron Girls have an act similar to the usual male quartette. There arc some good voices and the girls sing real harmony. A comedy ! note helps to put the act over. Leo Greenwood and company pre- | sent a playjet in which a Jewish ! comedian is featured. The act has j some merit. Ray Conlln is a ventriloquist with a good line of chatter and a pleasing ! personality. Telaak and Dean offer more comedy.

The man in the act plays a violin and does a few difficult dancing steps. Mile. Ramsey's canaries open the bill. An interesting act. Asa whole, this week’s bill has some genuine merit. (Reviewed by J. K.) Just So So The show billed as the “Lid Lifters” at the Broadway this week does not j live up to the standard of former mutual shows. To strengthen the show, a Hawaiian dancer has been added to the program. To the strains of “Kalua” she does a hula dance. Sam Lewis, a Jewish comedian is featured, but fails to hold up the comedy end of the show. Fern Wayne sings well. Bebe Quinn and Irene Halliday try hard to put “pep” In the show. Frank Flynn is a poor Irish comedian and Henri Keller and Tom Perry have little to do. The chorus is only fair. -I- -I- -!- Another Combination Bill Several vaudeville specialties are worked through the musical comedy, “Don’t Tell Your Wife,” at the Rialto this week. Chief among these is the “Bluebird” number by Bessy Deno, in which the chorus forms a bluebird background. Bert Rennick, a character singer, is back with the company after several weeks’ absence. The plot of the show concerns a young man who is to inherit a million on condition that he is married. The comedy is centered on his efforts to get a wife. The program includes a comedy picture and "Ku-Klux Klan,” which is being shown for the first time in this city. -!- -I- -IOn the Screen Today The following movies are on view today: "The Valley of Silent Men,” at the Circle; "Grandma's Boy,” at the Apollo; “Manslaughter,” at the Ohio; “The Crusader,” at Mister Smith’s; "A Woman of No Importance.” at the Isis; “The Top of New York,” at the Colonial, and "Desert’s Crucible,” at the Regent.

RECENTLY there has been some revival of the story that the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) belongs to a trust, and is operated as a part of a larger organization directed by interests other than its Board of Directors. Such stories are absolutely and unqualifiedly false. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is an independent corporation owned by 27,109 individual shareholders, many of them employees. No individual owns as much as 10 per cent of the capital stock. The policies of the Company are formulated, and the practices directed, by a Board consisting of nine men, all actively engaged in this business, and in no other. Robert W. Stewart, Chairman W. M. Burton, President W. E. Warwick, Second Vice-President B. Parks, Third Vice-President E. G. Seubert, Fourth Vice-Pres., Sec. & Treas, Allan Jackson, Fifth Vice-President R. H. McElroy, Traffic Manager E. J. Bullock, Director of Purchases T. J. Thompson, General Manager —Sales These men are striving to manage the business of this Company so as to render the utmost of service to the people of the Middle West; to furnish steady employment to 26,000 men and women; and to render a fair return to the stockholders on the capital they have invested in the enterprise. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) neither owes, nor acknowledges, allegiance to any individual or other organization. It stands squarely on its own feet and says proudly that it is trying to do a big job in a big way. Standard Oil Company (Indiana ) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

CHURCH IEETIIS RTTRACTjNTEREST Reformed and Baptist Delegates Arrive for Annual Sessions Here. Two important church meetings will get underway here tonight when tiie annual synod of the Mid-West Reformed Church opens at the St. John’s Church and the Central Baptist Association, State meeting starts at ''the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Delegates from nearby States were arriving for the Reformed Church meeting today. The delegates will be entertained in local homes. Dr. C. F. Kriete of Louisville, Ky., president of the synod, will open the meeting tonight. The Women’s Missionary Society will meet at the Immanuel Reformed Church. Many prominent speakers are on the programs. The Baptist meeting opens with a Young People’s rally at 7:30 p. m. at the Tabernacle Baptist Church. The Rev. H. R. Waldo of the Broadway Baptist Church will make the chief address. The business sessions will be held Wednesday. Among the speakers tomorrow will be Dr. Frederick E. Taylor of the First Baptist Church: Mrs. Nathan Wood of New York, and Dr. P. H. J. Lerrlgo of New York. The general theme of the session will be “Our Personal Responsibility." MAYOR ON VACATION “Me and Sarah” Leave by Auto for Detroit. Mayor and Mrs. Samuel L. Shank have started on a two-week vacation. They were to motor to Detroit, whore the mayor will speak to a meeting of credit men Tuesday night. The mayor did not know where they were going after that.

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