Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1924 — Page 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1924

CITY FACI LIST FOR JUNE GIVEN Figures Upon Churches, Theaters, Schools and Industries Included, Facts about Indianapolis listed by the Chamber of Commerce for use by business houses upon June correspondence are: International Convention of Veiled Prophets, June 22-23-24. Has 233 churches of all denominations. A city of ideal labor conditions. The home of Butler College. Logical convention city of the nat ion. Has seven theatres and fifty-five cinema houses. Has largest exclusive factory producing men's and women's silk hose. Home of the world's largest shock absorbdi factory. Home of one of the largest battery plants in the world. Has over $225,000,000 invested in industry. >■ Has thirty-five banks and trust companies. * National headquarters of the American Legion. Noted for its beautiful park system. Has nineteen hospitals and dispensaries. 50,000 Veiled Prophets expected for International Convention. Largest inland city in America, “Music Week” throughout Indiana. Ibis best planned downtown district of any city in America. Home of the world’s largest Motor Speedway. A city of contented home-owning people. The economic industrial center of the nation. Expects population of 500,000 by 1935. Thirteenth American city in retail business. Building $10,000,000 War Memorial. A city Accessible. ACTORS VISIT GYROS District Convention to Be Held Here Sept, 26-27. Several members of the Murat Players were guests of the Gyro club at luncheon at the Lincoln today. Walter Vonnegut, manager of the players attended. Method of preparing for stock performances was discussed. District Gyro convention will be held in Indianapolis Sept. 26 and 27. C. Fred Davis is making arrangements. EXPO SUCCESS ASSURED Indianapolis Manufacturers Take Fifth of Space at Meeting. Twenty per cent of the floor space for the Industrial Exposition at the State fairground Oct.. 4 to 11 has been subscribed. More than 100 Indianapolis manufacturers took the space at a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night. The show will have twice as much space as at the first show in 1921, as the two new cattle barns will be used YOU SAVE $3,000,000 That’s Amount Incomes Taxes Have Been Reduced in Indiana. Hoosiers will pay from $3,000,000 to $3,500,000 less in Federal income taxes under the new tax bill, which was signed and made a law by President Coolidge Monday, figures from the office of M. Burt Thurman, internal revenue collector, show. Reduction of the excise tax on theater tickets will total about $25,000. Purchasers of new automobiles will save about $300,000. The slash of 3% per cent on tires, parts and other automobile accessories will amount to about $500,000, while the repeal of the telephone and telegraph tax will effect a reduction of about s4Bo,oot>. Fidelity Trust Re-Electes James McNulty was re-elected president of the Fidelity Trust Company. All other officers and directors also were re-elected. George F. Kirkoff is vice president. ,

I i'ITCHEN IYLENZER Cleans but Does Not Scratch

A Play h a Play but the Actors Count; Aborn Gives City a Musical Chance

By WALTER D. HICKMAN EAL comparisons. I have had an idea, now I have a conviction. Something is happening at the Murat. Walter Vonnegut has assembled a company of players of “alarming” ability. The word “alarming” is used in the sense that a play is a play, but the actors can make or ruin a play. Fact is: The actors are making the plays at the Murat this summer. We who sit week after week at the theater may at times draw compari sons. Here is the resulL of my sitting through an the Murat seeing “So This Is London”: Enjoyed this play better in the hands of the Murat Players than I did when the Cobuns “opened" in the city more than a year ago. Reason for it: The audiences responded better to the laughs, both American and English, than they did when the “Chicago” company was seen by me. I was “wild" over the Chicago company, and I am just as wild over the Murat Players. Here is a stock company which changes its bill every Monday night. That is a big job, nearly impossible for many actors. No two roles are the same. If so, the actor is at fault. I am telling you what I think. And here is my conviction today: Watch the work of this man known as Harold Vermilye. He is a real “find” in this company. Watch the accurate character work of Claude Kimball as Sir Percy Beauchamp in both the burlesque scene and the real article. Notice the even understanding of Jessamine Newcombe at all times. Be prepared to see even butler and servant roles played with real artistry. Laugh but appreciate the artistry behind the character work of Duncan Penwarden. as Hiram Draper Sr. See a stock performance operating at nearly legitimate perfection. Among the numerous others present are Julia Cobb, Marjorie Vonnogut, Dana Desboro, Elliot Cabot, Richard Thornton, W. E. Watts and Thomas Williams. “So This Is London” is mighty good theater. It is different. It is not a great play, never was and flever will be, but it is bully good hokum. It will make you laugh honestly. As being presented at the Murat, the acting is better than the play. A play is a play, but the actors make the play this week. Here is a real experience in the theater. Don’t miss “So This Is London,” as being presented at the Murat this week. I am not boosting box office. I don’t give a hang about that. I am thinking of your pleasure. At the Murat all week. -i- -I- -IYOU HAVE WANTED COMETHIXG; SUPPORT IT WHEN IT IS OFFERED Am getting sick and tired of people writing to me and saying that they wished we had municipal opera like they do in St. Louis during the summer. At Keith's this summer, Milton Aborn is presenting musical comedy and light operas of merit, both in theme and melody as well as production. If we do not get busy and see these productions mighty soon (this week) we are going to lose the Aborn influence. If we don’t want this kind of entertainment, it is up to you. You are or the jury. The only interest I have is discovering whether you want this kind of entertainment and telling you about it. This week at Keith’s is the offering. It is being presented better than I had a right to expect at the prices charged. No you are not gettting a Julia Sanderson production. Not by a long shot, but you are getting a great bargain at the prices being charger! at Keith’s. I hate the idea of plflggipg anything. I do not want to be guilty of such a crime. We must wake up in Indianapolis to some facts. We have worthy popular vaudeville at the Lyric and the Palace, bills of course changing in merit week after week. You have the Grand Players, popular and justly profitable at English's. You have anew company at the Murat working hard to be recognized on its merits. At Keith’s you have a marvelous musical comedy company which we are going to lose if we do not get busy. I feel there is a chance for every existing form of entertainment now being offered. Give them all a chance. Speaking directly of "Tangerine,” the shredded wheat shakers are a

r * ELEANOR EDSON You have heard of Miss Edson. Os course you have, if you have been at Keith’s or heard any one speak of the Aborn Company. She always has been quite a person with this company and she is winning new honors in "Tangerine” at Keith’s this week.

good bunch. So are the principals The services of the following are present: Hebson Young, Eric Titus, Lee Daley, George Shields, Charles Massinger, Loretta Sheridan, Joseph Monohan (splendid), Eleanor Edson Edna Granville, Celia Turriff, Denice Brosseau and Sol Solomon. A chorus is present, but the tnen of the chorus should be better shWmen than they are and not paint their faces with so much color. This is bad taste. The women of the chorus are splendidly trained, and they know how to make up, dance and wear costumes. “Tangerine” is the worth while offering at Keith’s all week. This production deserves the right to be seen and appreciated. -I- -I- -IWALLER HAS BEST OF IT AT ENGLISH’S THIS WEEK If a farce comedy has any reason for being, it is to make people laugh. “Here Comes the Bride,” the Berkell Players’ offering for this week at EngliSt's, does just that and nothing more. The plot is very, very impossible, as is expected in this type of “drama.” It serves but one purpose, to put one Frederick Tile, played by Eddy Waller, in positions which are, to say the least, embarrassing. These situations (and some of the lines) were highly amusing and appreciated by the audience, which even went so far as to applaud one or two particularly “wise cracks.” Waller leads in the fun, ably assisted by Jean Oliver and the rest of the company. Two character comedy bits that stand out are done by Larry Sullivan, as a stuttering Judge performing a marriage ceremony, and Mary Hill, who gives a good Impersonation of the ugliest woman on earth. The cast is as follows: Thomas Ashley ....William V. Hull James Carlton ........ .Hamilton Christy Nora Sinclair Idabelle Arnold Robert Sinclair Herbert Dobbins Ethel Sinclairs ..Jean Oliver Mooney Ted Bally Frederick Tile Eddy Waller Thurlow Benson ....... Alexander Campbell Roberto Sevier Robert Fay Maria Tile Myrtle Stringer Llcense Clerk Albert Leane Judge Huselton ~ Larry Sullivan The Bride Mary Hill Hawkins - Fred Jenkins De Pt.y Almonte D'Alverez . . Harry Aymes “Here Comes the Bride” is the offering for the week at English’s. (By Observer.) I- -I- IA GREAT CROWD OF MIDGETS AT THE LYRIC To me there is a thrill in seeing twenty little people, apparently about knee high, go faultlessly and precisely through the "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.” So I got a “kick” out of the act of Irving’s Imperial Midgets, at the Lyric this week. They looked tike the toy soldiers from the “playrooom” come to life. These are not dwarfs or deformities, but well built, good looking little men and women that are real performers.

Besides the "parade” they do a strut number, an Apache scene in pantomime, a couple of circus acts and singing, dancing and instrumental specialties. They will delight the kiddies and entertain grown-ups as well. It is not often one sees a woman Flipping and sliding over the stage and doing comedy falls. That is usually left to the male of the specie yet the Lyric this week has two acts where girls depend on that sort of comedy. , Both are successful ingathering the laughs. The acts are those of AValzer and Dyer and the Diehl Sisters. The funniest of these numbers is when the Diehl Sisters do "Becky Is Back in the Ballet" as they think Fannie Brice would do it if she were a sister team. Carl and Inez are seen in their funny act wherein a young man does not know the proper time to leave his lady friend’s door step. The Lampinis are illusionists, featuring a baffling escape from a trunk. Harry Garland, in blackface, tells some stories and sings a few songs. Movies complete the bill. At the Lyric all week. (By Observer). PRINCE LEO IS NOT A MAN, BUT A TRAINED HORSE A horse is a horse whether he is on the stage or on the street. But there is a difference in the animals. That, one will realize on visiting the Palace the first half of the week. Personally, I think that Prince Leo (a trained pony) does some impossible t.iings for a “horse.” If this animal tan make addition of numbers, multiply and subtract, work out correct in terms of years after being gi yen dates of birth of individuals, I am about ready to admit that man came from the horse and not the monkey at all. The children will love this act. EvelynfPhillips is a dancer. She is assisted by two men who go in for eccentric steps. The act is nicely mounted. All members of the company have ability. The best num-

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bers of Miss Philips are the “Bowery” and “Strutting” numbers. Josephine Harmon and Georgia Sands remind one of the Watson Sisters. They engage ir. personal conversation while the audience laughs. Neither one has a voice of any real merit, but real showmanship puts over their numtiers Valentinos and Bottomleys offer “Human Basket Balls.” Act has some comedy, but their real merit rests upon theif acrobatic ability. Shriner and Fitzsimmons in “The News Dealer” < are no strangers in these parts. The man in this act who impersonates an old man does not offend. He doesn’t attempt to make* him a sheik. Anil that is something. An easy applause winner. The movie feature is Wallace Beery in “Richard the Lionhearted.” At the Palace today and AVednesday. •I- -I- -I-RED-HEADED WOMEN TO BE GUESTS AT KEITH’S Loretta Sheridan of the Aborn Company at Keith’s has red hair. She is not ashamed. So satisfied is she that she has invited every redheaded woman or girl in Indianapolis to be her guests free at Keith’s AA r ednesday afternoon for the regular matinee performance of “Tangerine.” Other attractions on view today include: “The Perfect Flapper,” at the Circle: "Scaramouche,” at the Ohio; "Gentle Julia,” at the Apollo; “AfteT Fix Days,” at the Cadle Tabernacle; “Ridgeway of Montana ” at the Isis, and "Son of Sahara," at Mister Smith’s. TOO MUCH BEGGING / Police Chief Warns Patrolmen Violations Must Cease. Police Chief Herman Rikjioff says there is too Tnuch begging going on in Indianapolis. Reprimands featured roll calls today and the chief warned that where violations of the begging ordinance occurred, the policeman on the beat would be hailed'before the boarif cf safety to face charges cf neglect of duty. Attend Boys’ Convention AA'ill AVertz, superintendent of the Boys Club, and three members, Abe Simon, Anthony Guiffre and Fox Thompson, are attending the Na tional Boys’ Club convention at Pittsburgh. Pa.

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CHARLES MATHES

Delegates to the State convention of AVorkers for the Blind, who opened a three-day session in the •FAITH' CRISIS AVERTED Presbyterians Defer Vote on Revised Creed to Next Assembly. By Timex .Special RICHMOND, Ind., June 3. —Fearing a disastrous breech between the modernist and fundamentalist factions of the church if the articles were adopted or rejected, the general assembly of United Presbyterian Churches today deferred a vote on the revised statement of faith until the next assembly. Beckett Heads Service Club J. R. Beckett is the new president of the Service Culb following election of officers at the Lincoln Monday. Judge Sidney S. Miller was named vice president.

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city today, will have an opportunity AA r ednesday night to hear Charles Mathes, blind musician, at Hollenbeck Hall at the Y. W. C. A. in recital. Mathes, who was born in Hungary, lost his sight when he was three years old. He began his musical studies' early in life although he was blind. His program AA'ednesday night .will be as follows: Sonata. “The Moonlight.® op. 27. No. 2 Beethoven (a) Adagio Sostenuto (b) Scherzo (c) Finale “Harmonies of the Evening”..,..,.. Liszt “A’aise Impromptu" Liszt "Staccato Etude" Rubinstein "Children s Corner" Debussy (a) Dr. Gradus et Parnass tt>) Little serenade y (0) Snow's Dancing (and) Golliwog s Cake Walk “Ballade in A Flat Major".... Chopin “Scherzo in C Sharp Minor”. .Chopin “The Beautiful Blue Danube”... Straus-Sehulz-Evler

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