Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1923 — Page 7
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1923
VULE SALES ARE BIEAKINGRECORD Santa Finds Shirts Most Popular for Men, You may shop early, but you can't avoid the rush. Indicating Indianapolis folks at least are prosperous, merchants report the biggest Christmas business ever. It may be 30 per cent mere than last year's total, some predict. Men. it’s settled. Shirts are the most popular gifts, while neckties are selling by the thousands. Women? No one knows. It’s hinted many are buying their own gifts. Mechanical toys are most popular for boys’ gifts; tiny sets of disht-s for Anna Belle. FARMERS OF RUSH MEET Business Men of Manilla Sponsor Community Affaire. By Time* Special MANILLA, Ind.. Dec. 13.—A twoday meeting of farmers of the western part of Rush County opened here today under the direction of business men of Manilla. Elmer Hutchinson, representative of the National Grain Dealers’ Association, will be one of the sneakers. United States Rail Ownership Scored “Government ownership of railroads will mean an increase in Federal taxes,’’ declared E. S. Jouett, Louis--1 vii'.e, Ky., vice president and general counsel for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, before the real estate hoard weekly luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce.
LADY EXPERT COMING TO HELP RUPTURED WOMEN Demonstrates Rice Method Free to All Mrs. B. F. Finnegan, representing William S. Rice. Adams. N. Y., inventor of the famous Rice (Non-i-urgi-ial* Method for Rupture, will be at tne New Colonial Hotel, Indianap '.is. Ind.. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 17 and 18. to demonstrate anew special corset attachment that holds any rupture, no matter how large. Even if the aMomen is very fleshy, it holds any rupture with ease, comfort and security. Every woman who has beet! eomY' Z polled to wear an ordinary truss or abdominal support fr- \ 7 knows ihe gougT* lng, cutting and VA V chafing caused by \ narrow bands. The / { * ii weight of the abjCM domen or pressure necessary in holdJ lng the rupture / 'v? -fs must be carried al by the band around C- " ! the back, and the 'A pressure Is some Irr^Stimes very great, causing untold sufVy \\ sering. The spettf- —AI da], broad supImM ■ (I 1 P or Ong corset back • ■ * IJldis tributes the pressure so as to Special Combined do away with all Rupture and Corset cutting and chafBacW Support, ing. There are thousands of women who are in perfect misery because they cannot find anything that will hold their rupture and the abdomen at the same time. The appliances usually worn are hot. bulky, chafing and irritating. But this wonderful Combined Corset Back Support is light, flexible, durable and cool and fits the figure like a glove. It gives you a sense of absolute comfort and protection, while at the same time greatly improving abdominal outlines. Trusses In common use are not adapted to women and often do great harm. Women, therefore, suffer more and are in greater danger from rupture than men, and all women who have ruptures or who wear an abdominal support of any kind should not fail to call and see this wonderful Combined Corset Back Support. No description or illustration can fully convey the remarkable utility of this splendid Support. It must be seen; it must be put on to convince any worn an that it was designed for her. Mrs. Finnegan, takes a large woman just as she is. all out of shape and unsightly and by this remarkable Corset Support gives her a natural, neat, trim figure. She will also give full Instructions on how to handle and care for any rupture, large or small. She will show how to hold any kind of rupture from the simple gToln and femoral to the large and difficult Navel and after Operation Ruptures, without chafing or squeezing, also how to wear the corset correctly. Don’t let this great opportunity get away from you. Don’t continue to suffer the burden of rupture and truss wearing when It Is so entirely unnecessary. Your call on this Lady Expert is sure to prove one of the best things you ever did. She will be there only TWO days, then your opportunity will be gone. The fitting and demonstration are free. It don’t cost you a penny to learn all about the Rice Method and the wonderful opportunity for help and cure it offers in your case. After demonstration you can purchase the Outfit required if you wish. Call any time from 9 to 12 a. Yn., 1 to 5 p. m., or 7 to 9 evenings. Just ask at the hotel desk for Mrs. Finnegan, and she will do the rest. W. S. RICE, Inc. Adams, N. Y. —Advertisement.
Minstrels Open Tonight; Wanka Tops Palace Bill
A1 G. Field Minstrels will open a three-day engagement tonight at English’s. * Modern minstrel shows depend a great deal upon the ability of the director of the orchestra as well as the orchestra. Maurice Sharr. a violinist of ability, is director of the Field minstrel orchestra this season. Following the regulation minstrel first part, the orchestra plays a number of well-known overtures. A feature of the musical program is a violin solo by Sharr. Among the dancers with the minstrels are Doran. Garner Newton, Eddie I’hrig, Frank Miller, Sherman Dern, Warren Dungan and James McSherry. -!• -I- T N>w \ ariety Show Opens Today at the Palace Wanka is the author and the chief
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character in “The Vagabond,’’ which will head the new show at the Palace the last half of this week. It Is something like Gilbert’s “Wandering Minstrel,” put together in ten numbers. Wanka is assisted by Mme. Nowitski and eight associate players. Other acts on the bill are Walter Ward and Ethel Dooley in an offering of cycling, lariat throwing, imitations, acrobatics and song and dance: Lloyd and Christie, two men in a conversational satire titled “Two Southern Gentlemen,” In which both men work as story tellers; “Seven-O-Clubs,” a musical comedy, minstrel combination that features “Happy Benway and “Sonny” Dinkins, and Leon and Dawn, two girls in rompers that title their offering “Kids Is Kids.” “The Spider and the Rose” is the film offering being a tale of California, under the Mexican regime in the days
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of 1837, starring Alice Lake, Louise Fazanda, Noah Berry and Alec Francis. Other reels are an educational comedy “Cold Chills,” starring Louise Fazenda, “Bottom of the Sea,” an Aesop Fable, Screen Topics and Pathe news. -I- -I- -IOther attractions on view today include Brennan and Rogers and a. splendid bill at Keith’s; Tommy Gibbons at the Lyric; “Giggles” at the Capitol; movies and variety acts at the Lincoln Square, stock burlesque at the Broadway; “Tiger Rose” at the Apollo; “Fonjola” at Mister Smith’s; “Rosita” at the Oiiio; “Six Days” at the Circle and Gladys Walton In “The Wild Party” at the Isis. Young Bride At,temps Suicide By United News CHICAGO, Deo. 18,—Tired of . the worries and cares of married life, Mrs. Sylvia Vorac, 18-year-old bride of four months, attempted to kill her two step-daughters and then drank poison Wednesday. All three are believed dying.
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