Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1924 — Page 3

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POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE 10 EIGHT JACKSON, CRAVENS Gubernatorial Aspirants Fail to Satisfy Requirements of Organization. The Indiana Progressive Political Action League will oppose the candidacy of Ed Jackson, Republican, and State Senator Joseph Cravens, Democrat, gubernatorial aspirants, according to Emil Salsbury, vice president of the Marion County organization. The league is non-partisan and is sponsored by organized labor of the State. < No active campaign for any candidate will be made in the immediate future, Salsbury said. The six other aspirants to the office of Governor have satisfactorily answered questionnaires relating to problems affecting labor. Answers submitted by Jackson and Cravens were not satisfactory, Salsbury said. Louis A. Schwartz, candidate for re-election as State Representative, was condemned at a meeting Monday night of the Central Labor Union, when it was charged that he was seeking election through appeal to “unorganized labor” at a local manufacturing plant. Schwartz was supported during the last campaign by the league. The C. L. U. favors the adoption of a bill now pending in Congress calling for an investigation of private detective agencies and the “industrial spy system.” The bill, introduced by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana, is said to be aimed at conditions nnder which members of the Machinists' Union work. Senators Watson and Rajstdn will be asked to support the bill. MANY SEE WAR EXHIBIT Veterans Show Pictures at 36 E. Washington StOver 3,000 persons have seen the World War exhibit sponsored by the Robert E. Kenningon Post. American Legion, at 36 E. Washington St. The exhibit will continue the rest of the week. It is said to be the largest ed ucational exhibit of the World War being shown. Donations received are used to defray expenses. Pictures of the fighting front, trophies, helmets, guns and mape are shown. Sergt. G. Norman Shields, formerly of the 38th Infantry, and now of Toronto, Canada, with six other ex-service men, have charge of the show*. INDIANA CUSTOMS JUMP Net Gain of 5315.766.65 Reported for 1923 Collections. John A. Royse. collector of customs, today announced a net gain of $315,766.65 in customs collected in Indiana j in 1923. In 1922 the revenue amounted to $731,713.02 and $415,946.37 in I 1923. The figures do not include j northern Indiana, which is under the ; jurisdiction of the Chicago office.

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BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER Os course you remember the famous “Old Bill”’ cartoons made by Bairnsfather during the war He is appearing at B. F. Keith’s this week and tells you how he happened to create the character which made him famous as a cartoonist with a smile in his drawings. Sure Signs of Spring OUSTON TALL, - assistant superintendent of parks, ani_J nounced that red will predominate in the color scheme at Garfield Gardens this year. The gardens are considered the most beautiful spot in the city. Among other things that will feature Garfield Park this year will be completion of three bridges and walks connecting with the park. Tall said that planting will be started in the gardens as soon as weather permits. * • • Ten-cent stores are prominently displaying rtv swatters. o*o William Johnson of Butler University reported tulips blooming along Ponna Ave. • • • Barbers and cleaning establishments report increasing business. Folks are “slicking up.” • • • E. R said he saw a robin tugging with all his might to pull something that looked very much like a fishworrn out of the half-frozen sod of University Square. • • • It was so warm Monday that many men went to lunch without overcoats. • • • Time for “thinning your blood” Is officially heralded in several drug store window displays of old-fash-ioned and new-fangled spring tonics. • • * Street mendicants have come out of hibernation. A grizzled old man has taken up his post on the south walk at the Statehouse. seeking alms by song.

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By WALTER D. HICKMAN f . '.N iron chain is just mere breakI ! fast food for Sicgmnd Breithart L 1 Don’t mean that lie “eats” an iron chain, but I do announce loudly that this modern Samson bites several links of an iron chain into pieces. This isn’t a myth. I was on the first row at Keith's yesterday and 1 saw him do this stunt. It is some job, but he wins. He also supports a merry-go-round on which are six men riding the wooden horses. Not tired out yet, he throws himself down on a bed of sharp nails, supports a runway and permits a big live horse to walk over the gangway. And that is strength. His most marvelous stunt to me is when he uses his right hand as a hammer and drives big nails through three pieces of wood. Breithart is rather youthful in appearance. He seems to be in perfect health and takes a school boy’s joy and pride in his work. He is a positive sensation. Easily the greatest “strong man” act I have ever seen. Don't miss this man. Am told that ho isn’t afraid cf the barber’s scissors. (Rather poor joke, but just had to pull it). Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. creator of “Old Bill," is another real event. He has a marvelous personality. A sure compliment to American vaudeville. The first act is a real classic. Torcat and Flor D'Aliza ha vie trained sev eral dozen roosters, barnyard variety, to do some marvelous stunts. The comedy triumph of the act Is when two trained roosters put on boxing gloves It may not be classical to admit it. but here is a real knockout in comedy. Don’t miss this act and take the children with you. Susan Tompkins, formerly violin soloist with Sousa’s band, is present. Mens. Edmond, a gifted player, is her pianist. Act built on concert fines. Ray Fern and Maree present ' ’A Vaudeville Diversion." Personally, I can see no fun in the offering of Bert Gordon and Florence Schubert. The same applies to Joe Darcey's material. Be your own Judge of these three people. At Keith's all week.

SPRING IS HERE AM) THE PLACE IS THE LYRIC THEATER The Lyric this week Is offering its annual spring festival bill. And it is a corking good all round bill. My pick of the real merit winners stack up as follows: The Ross Wyse Trio with Tony Wiser; Marshall Montgomery, ventriloquist, and Burt Earle and his Eight California Girls, a jazz orchestra. You will recall the headline act under the title of Ross, Wyse and Tony Wiser. This trio has grown from "among those present” on a Pantages’ bill to the headline attraction. Os course, the real secret of the success of this act rests upon the wee hit of ft fellow, although his companions. a man and a woman, aid in getting over the general effect. They know how to mix comedy, song, dance, headsplns and acrobatic into a knockout offering. This act belongs to the better sort of the popular things on the variety stage. Marshall Montgomery, with the assistance of a woman and "dummy,” put over a ventriloquist act done as a sketch, called "An Evening at Home." Montgomery, while eating his dinner, causes the dummy to sing and make many wise remarks. An act of merit and away from the regular run in this sort of an act. Burt Earle conducts a ladies' orchestra in a program of modern jazz music and novelties. Don Valerio and company open the bill with a wire act, in which ddneing is featured. Farrell and Hatch are colored en tertainers who seem to know the mod ern combination of jazz acrobatic, both vocal and physical. They can win on the way they put over their numbers and do not have to rely upon

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showmanship methods to plug applause at the close of the act. Barr and La Marr contribute some melody and nonsense to the bill. The closing number is the Four Phillipps, forehead balancers. Must mention the movie comedy this week, as it is a Mack Bennett comedy and good for real laughs. It is called "One Spooky Night.” At the Lyric all week. * * • BANJO PLAYERS BRING BACK THOSE GOOD OLI) SONGS The good old songs of yesterday have been brought back to us by Claudius and Scarlet, now on view at the Palace. This act consists of a man and a woman who appear in the costumes of the day when grandma and grandpa were youngsters. They are banjo players who have been wise enough to play the tunes one expects on a banjo. We all like to hear such tunes as “Aunt Dinah’s Quilting Party,” “Little Brown Jug,” “Rally 'Round the Flag” and many others. Here is a pleasing act. Pretty to the eye and mighty tuneful to the ear. I am mighty fond of this act and I admit It. Never met them personally, so you see it Is all professional. The O'Brien Sextette turns out to he a novelty jazz playing bunch of men. They have several sure-fire numbers, but I fait to see the novelty or even charm in the way they lmt dle the ’Maggie” number. Their closing number is a radium number, and I have never seen it used in connection with a male orchestra. This stunt closes the act to good applause. Bryant and Stewart recite poetry, sing and indulge in conversation. One of the men remarks that Santa Claus is married, because his wife's name is “Mary Christmas.” Hire, Sumi and Keyo, who close the bill, are Japanese entertainers. One of the men walks up a flight of stairs on his head. I arrived too late for the opening act. Walter Ttier? is the feature player in "Fair Week.” Since one fat comedian has been discarded by the public and those who claim to mold public opinion, an effort is being made to promote the personal value of lifers

on the screen. It is a hard job to get a really funny vehicle for a fat man. Such stories have to be made to order. There is more sentiment than comedy in "Fair Week.” The pictures gets off to a slow start because th r director has gone out of ills way to get small-town atmosphere and types. The climax of the picture comes when Hlers unexpectedly becomes a balloon performer. This scene is well handled and puts a punch into the story. At. the Palace today am; Wednesday. -I- •!• -IHERE IS A BURLESQUE SHOW THAT H\S A REAL MESSAGE In i burlesque show these days we do not expect to find a message, but Moll e Williams has a message in her own show now at the Capitol. TANARUS) a message is this: Help the mail man and other postal workers of the Government mail service to get higher wages. This is expressed in the form of entertainment in :t Mollie Williams' number in the second act when the chorus girls are introduced as I*ve

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Letters, Special Delivery, Air Mail, Parcel Post and the like. Miss Williams makes a plea for high wages and asks all to sign a coupon in the program asking our representatives at Washington to vote for the Kelly bill which will put more money in the pay checks of the postal employes. A good idea and pretty well handled on the whole. Miss ‘Williams first appears in a regular western melodrama called, “Fate’s Fire.” Not so weil acted, but has a punch at the finish when the saloon burns up. From a scenic standpoint, it is a realistic winner. Jack Walsh and Phil Adams furnish the comedy and they have real material and know the trick of putting it over. The monkey number is good burlesque. The best song number Is “On the Magazirfe Covers.” The chorus is young in appearance and is well drilled. I don’t know the name of the man who does an eccentric dance in blackface near the end of the show, hut it is the real article. This Mollie Williams show comes under the head of a good show, but Miss Williams should not try to be a comedienne as it is not in her line. On the whole this show is a credit to burlesque. At the Capitol all week. -j. .1. .!. * ( LEVER DANCING ON MEW AT BROADWAY Rather good hoofing enlivens “Heads Up," burlesque at the Broadway this week. The chorus, apparently, has been drilled with more care than is usually taken with Mutual Wheel shows. Julius Howard, whose athletic eyebrows and rabbit-like wriggling of his nose are good for a laugh, rings in some new angles of old burlesque gags with his partner, Max Coleman. Ida Bernard received several encores for her singing of “Kentucky” when we were present. Mina Bernard sings “My Sweetie Went Away” and “Struttin' Jim” among other songs. (By Observer.) -I- -|. ( ROOK DRAM V OFFERED BY LINCOLN PLAYERS Important documents and proxies for directors meetings become hopelessly mixed up when crook foils crook in “The Girl and the Thief,” a comedy with come tense moments, at the Lincoln Square Theater this week. Tom Foyle plays the role of a butler with a sort of Jimmy Valentine past, saw Frances Haynes, as Jane Morrison, falls in love with him and out of love with her fiance. The cast: Clare M.*§ Gr.v* Foreman No :tn. i Bob Stephennon . . Tom Coyle Jane Morrison. . . Moo* Sara Frances Haynes Mrs Morrison Miss Kathryn Van Henry Morrison (Hank) Hobby I,a Rue Sir Archibald Runyon H K. Kllburne Jtidre Milford Oeor-e Myers Officer Saunders Charles W Mercer (By Observer) -!- '- -|- Other attractions on view today in ! elude: Tom Mix In "Eyes of the | Forest" at the Apollo. "Flowing Gold” j at the Circle, “The Fighting Coward” j at the Ohio, “The Gun Fighter” at. the j Isis, "Fashion Row” at Mister .Smith's, and the Dramatic Club in “Seven Keys to Bnldpate” at English’s. On Thursday night "Little Nellie Kelly,” a Cohan musical comedy, will opened a three day’s engagement at English’s.

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