Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 160, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1924 — Page 8

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EVEN SCHOOL KIDS HA VE HARD KNOCKS Officials Report Many Children Are Faced With Hardships Which They Try to Overcome,

The tragedies of life that go on around us. unseen by most persons, are strikingly revealed in records of the attendance department of Indianapolis public schools. In technical terms, these are the "case histories" of children kept out of school through poverty or ignorance. There was Ethel. One of six children, whose father deserted the family. Ethel’s oldest brother worked in a furniture factory for sl2 a week. He was an A-plus student, but he had to leave high school to help support his brothers and sisters and mother. Ethel was planning to leave school when the case was referred to the attendance department last January. The younger children needed clothing and food. Ethel's mother felt It would be necessary for her to quit school. The son refused to permit the mother to go to work and objected to accepting financial assistance other than the payment of one month’s rent by the mission. The father had been a minister for the mission. Father Remains Away The mission tried to get the father to return to the family, but no legal action was taken, as the moth er object, <1 to prosecution. Still Ethel and her mother felt the father should provide, rath-r than accept charity. The grade school visitor made sure that shoes and clothing were furnished the younger children. Ethel would not accept new cloth-

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ing for herself, except a winter coat. Site later was prevailed upon to accept clothing for the younger children. Ethel refused to re-enter school last semester 1 1S"4. February). She influenced iter mother to apply for a work certificate. The brother had been sick four weeks, due to overwork. He had been working at the factory in the daytime and in a bakery at night to supplement his earnings. Ethel demanded to be al lowed to go to work or that her lather be forced to contribute to their support. The work certificate va~ refused. Finally the mother consented to accepting assistance in locating th father ami Ethel returned to high school. The legal aid department of she Family Welfare Society prov-ded temporary relief until the brother recovered and returned to work. Then Came Sickness The father was located, but the mother again refused to take leg.,; action against him. The mother secured domestic employment and Ethel did a weekly ironing for a family in the neighborhood. Then came the smallpox. For two months the family was quarantined. Eih-.-l was behind in her school work, but worked hard to catch tip. Her mother fit ally consent'd ti legal action against her huso-nd. : Ihe case was heard in juvenile court and the father was ordered to pay half of his salary toward support of his family. Ethel was able to stay in school. She i.s making a high average in her studies. Then there was Dick. Dick's father had tuberculosis. Dick was ' presented with anew baby brother. There was Tom and Freid i besides D:ck and the baby. Dick didn’t do well in school. He seemed lazy. An examination showed he had chronic tuberculosis. I tick's mother wouidr. : consent to the boy’s transfer ’■> rim Fresh Air School. So officers told | Dick to stay out of school two res: j periods each day. Under that ! treatment he improved. The mother was pleased and the school \isp rs I hoped to put Dick In the Fresh Ait , School next semester. There was Harry, who couldn’t get along .n school because he h id I no encouragement at home. His siren's wore Slovenian an 1 didn ? j help him to study. Finally, after \ the court threatened to put h.~mother in jail for disobeying court orders, Harry turned over anew leaf. He studied hard and began n ! show promise as a good pupil. Anil j his mother has become inter-,s. - in \ u rested In her boy's progress. Mary Mistreated There was Mary who v. s t ikon by foster parents to r< ar. Investigation showed they w- re making her work very hard to support them. She was taken away and giv* n to a family whb h was really since:- in wanting a little girl. M try is now getting along well in s-h- 1. Hundreds of cases like Ethel’s, j Dick’s and Mary's are taken care of every year by the attendant depart- 1 merit. A corps of "school visitors" under \V. A. Ibieker, department director of attendance and census, j visits the homes of children out of school. Sometimes school officials furnish clothing and food or the v. :: irs r> f< :• tic- case to the Kamil.-. Welfare Society or other charitable organizations. Here’s where the Community Fund helps. During last school year the at tendani-e department workers mad2S,St.> visits, and investigated 3C.2"1 cases. Most of the cases showed .absence due to sickness or death: j many have moved: many were wor':i ing illegally: a good many w- re kept I out of school by parents on a, count ; of insufficient clothing.

HOME COMPLEIE SHOW ANNOUNCED 1925 Exposition to Be Held April 6-11, 1 ndianapolls is to have another Home Complete Exposition, which will surpass the one held last April under auspices of the Indianapolis Real Estate Roard. Fourth annual show will he held April 6 to 11 at the State fairground. “Next exposition will he more pre tentious. more elaborate and more Instructive than any of the previous shows,” said J. Frank Cantwell, director, at a meeting of the exposition committee Wednesday night at the Claypool. “The high level upon which this show is annually held will still bo maintained, but we will endeavor next year to bring out a new feature,” he said. "The 1925 show will be alone educational lines, a move to give the citizens of Indianapolis and Indiana a greater realization and desire for better and more beautiful homes.” Exposition committee Is going to visit every large home complete show in other cities in order to get ideas for the local event, Cantwell said. Committee recently visited the show held at Evansville. Commiette members, beside Cantwell, are Frank E. Gates, chairman; Everett J. Holloway. treasurer; Frank E. Brown, Joseph J. Argus and Henley T. Hottel, secretary. Road Ronds Opposed A remonstrance by Washington Township residents against a bond issue of $27,000 to improve three roads will be presented the State tax board by County Auditor Harry Dunn. The roads are the Steinmeier, from Fiftieth St. to the Allison vllle road; Graham road from 1 Thirty-Eeighth St. to Millersville road, and a short stretch of Michi- j gan road near Cooper Ave.

Farrar Coming in Great Opera

■ ; —r*- . - : : . ' w:.:- ■ C v . " J (111BALDIN'E FARRAR I’JIIS WILL (II YE YOU A HOOD IDEA OF THE WAY GERALDINE fab;-: \r arrears as -carmen" at the murat on si nday AFTERNOON, DEC. 7. AN ON A 15. TALBOT PRESENTATION.

NEW STATE ROAD Government Pays Part of Mileage, W.’h the addition of 911 miles to he State road system the Indiana S'ato highway system has reached *.s limit in pr--poets which the Fed ■rtl i--■v •: i: . nt will h r ‘lp to finance, Th ■ government allows aid on 7 per cent of the total State mileage, r 5, (>77, miles. The system, with new additions, totals 5,0,79 mdes. Cijwrnmon; has approved the addl--t:s and will furnish half the funds •f (-..ustruetion on surfacing and bridges i;j to $16,000 a mile. A thirty sever, mile road from Indian poll-: t., Crawfordsville is ons the most Important additions, .-.cio ( ,f tie- larger units include ■ -y nob-: from Munster to Nap- -■ and eastward eighty-tlvo nule.s fro: i Me hi ,n City to LafiWette, •ix-y - o-iu mil-s from Tipton to Attica an 1 westward, and sixty-six fr m Rochester and westward. PLOTTED TO FIRE HOTEL Mt. Vernon Proprietors Plead Guilty and Are Sentenced. .MT. VERNnN. Ind., Nov. IT— 1 .r -n.e- W. Mo -re. 44. of Gallatin, id. and B; oM.il Spence. 46. Mt. Verr.-i. t,.: faced sentences of :wo to f en years in the State ; ri-on for conspiracy to commit arson. The two rt.en confessed to setting ;r.> to the Hotel Posey here a week . ,to ■:>■.-r insurance money. The lis* ,v , extinguished with small I', -i-.' -v of oil soaked rags and ■ f>t?on in the building led to invest! • \,.n by the State fire marshal's • -ff.ee and arrest of Moore and Spence.

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LONG SENTENCE GIVEN liOuks Halts Trial to Plead Guilty t<> Highway RobberyI", >/ Timm Special NOBLESVILLK, Tnd., Nov. 13 James Louks, 24. pleaded guilty to a charge of highway rubbery and wsentenced to from t<-n to twenty years in the Indiana Reformato: y Louks entejed his plea tiftor his trial was about half finished. Ho struck L. S. Pierson of Indianapolis over the head with a revolv, r and robbed him of jGa'.t and a cold ’ watch on Pierson's farm near thus TAKE SILTS FOR I KIDNEY BACKACHE Too much rich food forms acids j which excite and overwork the k: !■ j neys In their eff--rts to :■ - -r it f: I the system. Flash tin- kidneys ■ ’ casionally to relieve them ilk- you j relieve the bowels, removing a*-!d-. waste and poison, else you m ,y feel Ia dull misery in the ksdia-j region, sharp pains in the hick or h.- it - headache, dizziness, the stum.- o sours, tongue is coated, and wt;, n 'the weather is bad you have rh-u----'mafic twinges. j To help neutralize these irrifa’ing | acids and flush off the body’s ttr I nous waste, begin drinking wr< " Also get about four ounces of .la 1 Salts from any pharmacy, ’->k, , tahlespoonful in a glass of wafer !■< fore breaks ,st for a few -!a> ; aMb your kidneys may then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous cults is made from the acid of grapes and lemon jui,-, i combined with lithia. and has b> • n use-1 for years to help clean and j stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop i bladder irritation. Jad Falts is In expensive and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink wi.a-h ■millions of men and women take i now and then to In-ip preveti: *. j rions kidney and bladder di-or-i- f By all means, drink lots of p water every day. Have your pity jKirinn examine your kidneys .it least twice a .year.—Advert inrun id

Mary Boland Opens Tonight at English’s — ‘Fool’at Murat

I Just how it 'eels to have one’s name appear in electric lights over a theater after many years of daydreaming to -see this miracle performed is a sensation only few actresses of the stage experience. This experience has fallen to the lot of Mary Boland, who is the fea- | lured player in "Meet the Wife,” a comedy opening at English’s tonight. ’ "All my life,” said Miss Boland. “I have day-dreamed of the tirrie when my name would blaze forth tin electric bulbs before a theatergoing public, and now that the wonderful day has arrived, it lias left me bereft of words to describe my real feelings. I know l am exceedingly happy over this wonderful: tribute: I know my heart beats just o trifle the faster when I think of ii I know 1 have realized a lifelong unbition and yet, now that my name .-parities nightly over the theater, I fed just like an American who has, been away on a tour of tlie world : for fifteen years and at last sees the Statue of Liberty again. “It is more than happiness, it is more than joy. It. is like going to, si- ep worrying about the next day’s j i. i r to find in the morning your fa- j write aunt in far off Australia has I left you a million dollars. "While having one’s name up in | electric lights does not necessarily I ii. an that the artist tlum featured i a better actor or actress than : the - who are not so fortunate, vet j it brings an enthusiasm in one’s: work certain to reflect in the p- r- , fiirmance of that particular person, i A- for myself, I can’t say that having my name, up in electric lights ! ins changed my views any. 1 still i ! v, I am the same Mary Boland : that played with John Drew in the not .'a, long ago, and I also want to say that I am extremely fortunate in having Stewart & French, prodm ‘ rs of ’Meet the Wife.’ bestow this signal honor upon rue.”

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NEW SHOW OPENS AT PALACE THEATER TODAY When Frankie Keleey calls “All Aboard” at the Palace Theater today and the rest of the week, she will take all audiences on a trip through Laughlaffd, where wit, humorous stories and comedy songs grow on every bush. On the way home Miss Keleey will deliver her passengers to the tender mercies of Arthur Brown's syncopating orchestra, where they will be serenaded I and entertained by Arlyne and Isabelle Crandall and Esther Joy, singers and dancers. Batton and Young are next in the receiving line and in their “It's All in Fun,” parodies on popular songs will be the chief ingredient of the act. Trovato as “the eminent musical genius and wizard” asserts that he can create any possible tone on j his violin. Feats of single wheel | riding are performed by Jack and | •Ti-ssie Gibson in their “Cycle of Smiles and Thrills." A photoplay, “Not One to Spare,” starring Willis Marks and Ethe! Wales, is given, telling the story of family love. The laugh land trip is wound up with tho showing of a comedy, Pathe News, and a scenic. 'l' I T CONCERNING A CHANGE IN PI BLIP TASTE I saw part of Neil O'Brien's min- j strels at English’s yesterday after- j noon. The poorest attended matinee | I have seen in months was the sight ! that greeted me. It seems to me ! that the day of the big city minstrel j has nearly passed awayNot that O’Brien has a bad show, j but one has trouble in adjusting j himself to inadequate stage sets, j jiborly conceived sketches and only ! fair specialties. The first part holds ! up well, that Is the rnlnstrr-1 part, : but many of the old faces in min- j strel land are missing and new ones j taking tlu ir places. O'Brien's appearance is in a sketch which was

not funny to me at any time. This show needs dancing and speed. I believe that I expect too much of a road minstrel and I do not blame this show too much. For small towns it might get by, but not in Indianapolis.—(By W. D. H.). -1- -!- -!- “THE FOOT.” OPENS AT THE Ml RAT At the Murat tonight, “The Fool” opens a return engagement for three days. The story is well known. Other theaters today offer: Nonette at Keith's; Madame Tenkatsu and Geisha Giris at the Lyric: “Yolanda” at tho Circle; William Desmond in “The Sunset Trail,” at the Isis; “Merton of the Movies,” at the Apollo; “The Female,” at the Ohio and “It Is the Law,” at Mister Smith’s. The Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays this week recommend as adult picture, “Yolanda,” at the Circle, and “K—Tiie Unknown,” at the Colonial; family, “Merton of the Movies,” at the Apollo.

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THURSDAY, NOV. L, oitti

SUTLER BAND TO BOOM J. B. Vanderworker Has Been Named New Director. J. B. Vanderworker, local band director, has been named director of the Butler University Band. Vandeworker organized the band five years ago. New uniforms and instruments are anticipated by members. Heretofore a freshman has been acting in the capacity of director. Pound Decision Monday Decision in the dog pound abatement suit will bo announced next Monday by Superior Judge Sidney S. Miller. The hearing was concluded Wednesday evening. Neighbors to the pound, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., claim it is a public nuisance.

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