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The Indianapolis Times BOX W. HOWARD. Presided „ . FELIX P. BRUNER, Editor. WM - MAYBOBN, Bub. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • * Ciif-nt of the United Press and the NEA Service • * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Meek. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week PHONE—ALA In 3500.

No law shall be passed restraining the fre e interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.

Fundamental Facts are in grave danger of losing our perW spective in this controversy over evolution. There is too much loose talk and loose thinking. There is too much jumping to conclusions. This applies not only to the evolution ■controversy, but to many other subjects in the minds of all of us. The questions whether man evolved from a lower form or whether the theory of evolution is in conflict with the Bible are not involved. All the arguments of Bryan and Darrow, of the fundamentalists and the evolutionists, all the legislation of law-making bodies, all the street comer arguments can not change a single FACT. Jesus'Christ said in His Sermon on the Mount: “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his measure?” Today he might ask: Which of you by passing laws can change one particle the laws of nature ? Scientists may reveal that certain things are facts but they can not <. hange facts. Bryan may argue until he is blue in the face that all men should believe as he believes, but he will not change FACTS and he will not change CHRISTIANITY. Christianity will survive in spite of Bryan. ; It will survive because it is basic, because the things that Jesus taught are based upon human FACTS. Science will survive all such controversy because it is based on FACT. * * HEN we learn that it is logically and W impossible to have two conflicting TRUTHS we shall stop arguing. The present argument is simply the old hypothesis of an irresistible force meeting an immovable body. There can be no such thing. What we need to do in this country is to get back to fundamentals —not the frtifieial fundamentals of the self-styled fundamentalists, but to the fundamentals of FACT. There is one fundamental of religion as taught by Jesus of Nazareth. He said: “A new commandment I give unto you: that ye love one another.” There is one fundamental of human freedom and it is this: So long as a man shall not interfere with the rights of his neighbor he shall be a free agent. Every man shall have the right to his own thoughts and every man is entitled to ACCESS TO ALL KNOWLEDGE. There is no conflict between these two fundamentals. There can be none, because both of them are sound. One must of necessity be the complement of the other. On one is based all our religion. On the other is based our right to live and think and act. Men have died for both. Jesus himself died on the cross for the sake of not only one but; BOTH of these fundamental principles. If Jesus had believed in coercion and had

WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW Lawren Does Something Very Fine for Legitimate Stage

By Walter D. Hickman ,“1 HERE have been year books l I I of everything tinder the sun ■ | but the legitimate stage. Asa drama critic I have relied upon the Billboard annual for casts of plays during the year. I for one have howled my head off for a drama year book. Joseph Lawren mas ,just edited “The Drama Tear Bood 1924,” and it is a regular “bible” to us who must know who was who in casts. I am leading out with this book in this department for the reason that my mail for years has often included | letters asking me for original casts : and other data. There is a big field for this book and I am glad that Lawren intends to make it a yearly feature. You first find a complete list of New York productions in 1923; then you get the complete original casts of the shows listed; then the actors and their part3 (rjost valuable); then published plays of 1923 and contents' drama in periodical literature; then ) drama critics and their papers; then

Library Books New books at the Business Branch Library, include: “Specimen Book and Catalogue,” by American Type Founders Company; "Competitive Trade Practices” by Aspley; “Science of Marketing by Mai}” by Buckley. New books of art and architecture at Central Library include: "Sir Charles Holmes” by Baker; "Augustus John” by Bertram; “Paul Nash” by Bertram; “Charles Shannon”; "Bungalows, Camps and Mountain Houses” by Comstock; "Draughtsmen: Edna Clarke Hall, Henry Rushbury, Randolph Schwabe; Leon Underwood"; "Ambrose McEvoy” by Gleadowe; "Henry Lamb”; “Sir William Orpen”; "Science and Practice of Oil Painting” by Harold Speed; “Homes of Character” by R. L. Stevenßon; "Photographic ' Facts and Formulas’ by Wall; “Jacob Epstein” by Wellington; "Stanley Spencer" by Wilenski; “William Nicholson."

submitted to it, we would not have hud the Christian religion. He did not FORCE any one to believe as He believed and He refused to be forced to accept what He did not believe- • * # VERY person should know the theorv/ of evolution. Every person should know his Bible from Genesis to Revelations. Every' person should have access to all knowledge, ho all opinion, to theory. We have no RIGHT to say that higfli school students of Indiana or Tennessee shall not be permitted to know of the theory’ of evolution. No more have we a right to say that they shall BELIEVE the theory of evolution. No man has a right to tell another mean what he shall BELIEVE or what he shall THINK. That is the question involved. It has fno connection with the truth or falsity of the tfheory that man has evolved through the ages. Adding Machine, Not Politics, Needed "JEWSPAPER correspondents writing from Washington have discussed the “poli tics” that may determine the outcome of the Brookhart-Steck senatorial election contest. There are various good political reasons why the regular Republicans have cooled in their ardor to eject Senator Brookhart. We are told he is wanteß in the regular fold. Then reasons are given why some Democrats will go to any length to seat Steck, Bnookhart’s Democratic opponent. And why mther Democrats won’t lift a finger in his behalf. All of which seems to us to be widfe of the real issue. The voters of lowa and not a group of Senators are empowered to choose their own Senator. The present duty of the Senate is merely to supervise an accurate recount of the vote which has been questioned by Steek. Whether Brookhart retains his seat, or ivhether Steck replaces him, should be determined by adding machines now busily engaged in the vote tabulation—and not by polities. IT appears the new paper, The National Democrat, is not a huge success. # • # BANDITS held up a hotel. Traveling men will contend that the law of compensation still works. * * • MORTON HAWKINS says he is legally a pauper. Now he knows how those who Apend all their savings for worthless securitiesifeel. • # # THE policy of the school board in permitting everybody to look over the school budget and to make suggestions is a good one. But> it should always be borne in mind that we need more school buildings.

producers of drama, scenic artists and their productions; artists and their drama posters; then New York dramatic productions and the number of their performance; then producers and their plays; play agents and their needs; • playwrights and their play and little theater organizations all over the pountry and their productions. I know how valuable and authentic this book is and I recommend it as the best book on dramatic information, considering the data covered, that I have ever seen. We have needed this book and Lawren has done most satisfactory job. Popcorn Man By Hal Cochran | p LUFFY bits of popcorn from Ir* the little kernels grow. That’s L what makes the popcorn man a man we like to know. Little kiddies holler when he’s cornin’ down the street. Grown-ups get their money out to purchase of his treat. Ever stand and watch him, as he’s gettin' set to pop? Starts to shake the popper and of course he dassen’t stop. Little flake-like kernels take a hop and twist and turn. Now It’s off the fire before it has a chance to burn. Butter comes a drippin’, and th 9 salt begins to fly. Now the popcorn’s ready to attract the passerby. Bags are overflowing to present a tasty sight. What is more appealing to a person’s appetite? Hi, there, Mister Popcorn Man, we’re glad that you were bom. Hope you’ll ne'er be stoppin’ at your task of poppin’ corn. Shaking shakin’, shakin is the daily thing you do. Wish that we could have the chance to just shake hands with you. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Leading a double life keeps you feeling funny In the middle. The way to a man’s heart Is through hie* eyes and ears. Better stay awake around a girl with dreamy eyes. You can ,do almost anything with money except grow hair. ! s

SPEAKING ON DIFFICULT SjUBJECT IN THIS SPACE Charlea Scribner’s Sons have published, "Pontifex Maximus” by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. When you come in contact with this written story about a man who became a pope, I asked you to approach it with broad tolerance. To me this story is beautifully sympathetic and in no way reflects upon the Catholic Church. At this writing I do not know what attitude the Catholic clergy will take regarding it. To me it is a sweet and unoffensive story which in no way destroys respect for the church concerned nor its heacf which is, of course, a fictional character in {he story. There is a gorgeous, sympathetic understanding of tho great task which confronts Maximus. You see the man’s position in a human closeup. That is my personal opinion of the story based upon my literary standards. I am going to cherish this little story of how a great fictional church leader solved a human problem. In this department I read and tell you about many books. I am not afraid to state my opinion. I am willing to meet any storm that I cause. If you read “Maximus” do it as you do any book —with the desire to find great human beauty.

Stage Verdict Lyric—A wonderful artist plays real music on a bass violin. An appreciated treat. Palace —Harry Downing does a clever burlesque female impersonation. Bill stacks up as an interesting one. English’s—Larry Sullivan does a splendid piece of realistic character work in “Dear Me.” Walks away with the honors of the show with Mary Hill coming in for splendid honors.

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SCIENCE OFFERS EVIDENCE THAT PLANET IS INHABITED

By David Dietz SEA Service Writer Ml ARS is inhabited, says Professor A. E. Douglass, asl__ tronomer at the University of Arizona. Mars presents one of "the most baffling problems confronting the workers upon the frontier of science. Many astronomers think Mars may bo inhabited. Other think it Is uninhabited. Douglass bases his opinion on two pieces of recent research work. One is the measurement of the heat radiated by Mars. Those measurements were made with the thermocouple invented by Dr. W. W. Coblentz of the United States bureau of standards. It consists of two tiny wires of different metals joined together and sealed into a glass tube. If

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The World Over By Chester H. Rowell

mHE' sea used to be a place 'away from the world. Voyages were long and isolated. The ship v. as a part of the sea, the play of its winds, tho produce of its forces. The spirit of the voyager merged in that of the sea. Thrones might fall or rise; science might reveal new miracles; gossips, scandals and politics might fill the press and excite the people of the land—what cared the seaman? Today's barometer find tomorrow’s weather were far more interesting. The winds, the white sails, and the courage and skill of men determined our voyage. We were citizens of a tiny world, afloat on the limitless deep, indifferent to the brawling of men and nations, and happy in the peace of the great spaces. The sea i3 no longer lonely. Tou go to sea in a floating hotel, driven by machinery and manned by mechanics; not a native, but an Intruder in the deep. The Wireless News, morning and evening, brings you the base-

Tom Sims Says Sometimes we wonder if an evolution trial doesn’t come near showing evolution is true. Lose your temper and someone will help you find it. Blood is thicker than water, but heads are thicker than either. Being desperate may be the best luck you ever had. There are two sides to every question, both of which very often are entirely wrong.

The most conservative man in our .town is thinking about taking off

his heavies next week. One thing you can see by the moon is there arc no germs in kisses. A wise man is merely one who keeps his friends from discovering how foolish he is. This weather makes us so lazy we take short cuts when we go walking.

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Try to stop something and you are liable to start something worse. Nothing tickles a flivver so much as seeing a big car stuck in the mud. A street car is what there are always seats In when it is coming back from where you are going. First thing yofi know it will be time to start looking for the first signs of fall. Even if women do have more sense than men you never see a man with powder on his nose. A philosopher is one who realizes it doesn’t matter so much if he does get the wrong answer. With skirts so short, a mouse muivt think every women sees him. Sometimes it is best to be sure you are right and then hesitate. Going broke is a short trip from any summer resort. The world changes in spite of those who refuse to believe it. Loafing around in the shade to keep cool makes you fat and hot. i—(Copyright, 1925, NEA. Bervu.ce, Inc.)

the joint Is heated, a slight electric current is generated which ctn be measured with delicate apparatus. The instrument responds to an amount of heat equivalent to that given by a candle flame several miles away. A temperature between 5b and 60 degrees Fahrenheit is indicated for the surface of Mars by the measurements. Douglass also bases his opinion on photographs he made, using camera plates which were highly sensitive to red light. These plates, he announces, show the markings on Mars much more clearly than do photographs taken with ordinary plates. Douglass says this is because ordinary plates are most sensitive to blue light. The surface of Mars tends to scatter or spread the blue light and thus make the picture hazy and indistinct. • • • | ’Vi,* 1 ! IGNALING can be done by I V day with invisible rays. | Such a system has been pointed out by Dr. Robert W. Wood, professor of experimental physics at Johns Hopkins University. The sending set sends out flashes” of infra-red rays. These rays are invisible. However, they have a chemical effect, causing certain substances to become luminous. The person receiving the message uses binoculars with lenses coated with the proper chemical. Asa result, he is able 'to see the flashes. • The system cauld be used in time of war to send messages over a distance of eight or ten miles, Dr. Wood says. • • • SHE day may came w’hen buildings will be a half mile high. Tills is the opinion of Harvey W. Corbett, noted architect and president of the Architectural Leagne of New York. Streets will consist of four levels or decks, he thinks. Pedestrians will use one, slow motor traffic a second, fast motor traffic the third and electric trains the fourth.

ball scores, the stock quotations, the advertisements of the harber’s wares, the gossip of the ship, and the rest of what you have been used to think is important news. Your friends ashore send greetings, and you send greetings in return. There are fresh fiowerb on your table, and you eat fresh cold-storage food —just what you had at home. The voyage is almost too short to get acquainted with your shipmates; before you are fairly settled down to sea you are on land again. It is easy. It is more than comfortable; it Is luxurious. It Is what most of us want. But it is not the sea. WHERE SEA STILL HAS ROMANCE Nevertheless, 1f you can get away, go to sea. And if you would really love the sea —go to the South Pacific, The writer has spent many months on Its azure water, and has found no voyage long enough. There Is no sea so gentle when it is at peace, none so awe-inspiring when hurricane or typhoon rages. Mostly, it is a friendly sea, stirred only by the steady breath of the tepid Trades. The long, slow swells seem the pulses of an infinite rhythm; the blue would pale the Mediterranean, and the sweep of the frigate bird, the flash of the flying fish and the spout of an occasional whale furnish all the variety the scenery needs. In the far South Seas, tiny coral islets may fringe the horizon with their cocoanut-fronds, or an occasional black volcanic peak rise abruptly from the sea. The red ball of the sun plunges at evening into its bath of molten gold, and by night unfamiliar constellations dot the purple sky. Regardless of where you are going—and every Pacific port is ft gateway of romance —just the going, over that sea of seas, is an endless joy. * , And If, once on the voyage, the sleeping waters suddenly seethe and foam, the typhoon zips and cuts, pot a wind, but an explosion, and the great vessel fights and struggles and wins—lt Is an Interlude to remember forever. If you feel the call of the sea, answer it if you can. And count yourself happy if Fate sends you to the South Seas. WAS GREECE READY TO BE A REPUBLIC?. Greece was doubtless right in getting rid of its old dynasty, because it was the wrong dynasty. But was it right in thinking itself ready for a republic? The recent upheavals, the seizure of power by the military, the establishment of dictatorship, scarcely indicate It. “Government by the people” is more than a right. It is an achievement. It has to be earned. The ancestors —if they were the ancestors —of these Greeks earned it. Then they lost it. After centuries of friendly domination by Rome, followed by centuries first of glory and then of senile stagnation under Byzantine rule, came other centuries of Turkish oppression. For scarcely two generations, there has been experience l 8 modern government under a western king. Now comes the sudden plunge Into republican responsibility, and it is evidently a deep one. The world, which reverses the memory of ancient Greece, and Is sympathetic with the aspirations of modern Greece, will hope for the best.

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Larry Sullivan Becomes Great Old Man; In Walked Prof. Winsel With Bass Viol

By Walter D. Hickman CHARACTER actor often I A I goes along doing honest und I** I sincere work, but usually he does not become a star. But it is often the character actor which causes a show to take on new beauty and interest. Such a thing Larry Sullivan as the lovable Joseph Itenard In “Dear Me,” Is doing. Larry has “aged” Into an agreeable and generous old artist, a failure in his trade, but a success as a man. It Is this aging process, done with marvelous knowledge as to make, up as well as voice, that permits Sullivan to become the outstanding success In a well acted stock bill. Sullivan gives the character a real personality. You feel that Sullivan has permitted his own personality to vanish, permitting it to become Joe Renard, the lovable old violinist. He does not over act, but permits the character to actually live. One of the very finest characterizations that a Berkell Player has given us this summer. And there Is plenty of good acting present in “Dear Me." Edythe Elliott, while not so happy In song, is mighty pleasing and effective as the little slavey who becomes a haughty prlma donna only to become natural again near tlje end of the play. Milton Byron is seen na the Pollyanna hero. Nice sugar coated role with which he Is always at ease. Another triumph Is the work of Mary Hill as the haughty Mrs. Carney. Here is a remarkable bit of acting. Notice her make-up. Wonderful Cast is as follows. Wilbur Oripvlo ,- Al C. Wilson Manny Bean Tommy Evan* Joseph Rei-ard Larry Sullivan Audi Blair E(ktbe Elliott Ftlirar Cruiir •• Ailltoix Byron Dudley Quail Retort S', jean • Martha Morton At English’s all week. -I- I -I THE PROFESSOR SHINES AT THE LYRIC THIS WEEK Something wonderful is happening. A man walks out upon the stage of the Lyric. A bass viol is on a chair. He begins playing teal music, V Real music. Get that. lie knows just how much to play. Tho audience when I was present applauded and actually enjoyed the playing of this man. Highbrow music making good in continuous vaudeville. A wonderful tribute to the vaudeville management that books him. Such treats as this gives one new confidence in what is called "popular vaudeville.” \ f The man who does the playing is Prof. Louis Winsel. He does things with this overgrown violin which is wonderful. It certainly Is a treat. Have always maintained that when good muslo Is played correctly it will always win general approval. Willis and Roblna go in for eccentric fun which is much better thun the brand of fun that Mister Gallagher and Mr. Shean ever dished out before they separa|ed, The eccentrio comic in this team Is essentially budlesque. He has a wicked pair of eyes and a funny mannerism which causes one to forget that there is such a thing as an evolution war. Mighty slapstick but put over with artistry and talent. Kindly remember that it takes real ability to serve genuine hokum. The Musical Zylos have the regulation musical act. George Carson’s "The Gypsy Trail" Is a musical revue with some dancing. Rather colorful but needs comedy relief. The Trojan Five Is made up of five college men from the University of Southern California. They wear their college blankets and Set’ as one suspicion that college students act. Pleases. Copeland and Cato have an offering along eccentric lines. Stanley Tripp and Mowatt are hat Jugglers. At the Lyric all week. - -I- -IMEETING A NEW KIND OF IMPRESSION Female impersonation is not a rare thing. When taken seriously I can not standjt. At best it is just a joke, but sAa vein of several

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people have elevated it to a standard of smart ness, not dirt. ' Harry Downing has the burlesque Idea of female impersonation. He has what Is known ns a double voice, his high or soprano range is interesting. He sings offatago first

You con get an snawrr to any qurattou ot tact or information by writing to Tho Indianapolis Tunc* Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Avc., \Vaahinton, D. 0. InclotliiK 2 cent! In stamps for reply Medical. Icital amt marital advice cannot be riven, nor can extended research bo undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unslg-ned requests cannot be answered. All letters aro confidential.—Editor. What is tho origin of foot binding in China? There has been much speculation as to the origin of bandaging the feet of female infants in China. An old tradition is thnt a Chinese Empress, noted for her vice, had a congenital club foot. Unwilling to have different feet from the other women of the empire, and desiring to conceal her own deformity, she decreed that every female Infant have her feet bound immediately upon birth. Other authorities say that the foot was at one time the focus of sexual attraction, and thnt footbinding ip a relic of foot fetlehism. Are fruits and vegetables sold from pushcarts in large cities like New York and Chicago suitable for human consumption? lias it ever been estimated how many persons buy their supplies from these push carts? , The Department of Agriculture reports thnt fruits and vegetables sold from these push carts are generally wholesome and perfectly suitable for home consumption. The Importance of the pushcarts as food distributors is shown in the fact thut approximately 1,500,000 people in Now York

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us jirinm donna, but when he comes on he is dressed as a man Janitor. Good comedy idea. He then goes Into a burlesque female Impersonation using a femals hat and a man's hat to curry out the duet Idea. Dona with a lino sense of real comedy. Between times, Downing in "A Roquet of Originalities” is assisted j by a pianist und several dancers., Jack Barry knows. liow to handle two mean dancing legs. Annie uses three over grown playing cards and a lady who vanishes right heforo you. Clever net. Manuk Sisters hang by their teeth. Hayden, Hall ami Synder, kn<*wn as "Tho Sonatora” first appear cturylng beer stlncM and a beer keg While dressed as Imrtenders. They return to sing "Memories," The nudJence actually applauded the sight nit the beer mugs. At least w.< do applaud that which is forbidden. Not ull of us but tho app|/Luse was well scattered and was loud. These men wing well but their comedy Is only so so. The movie is Tom Mix In "The Rainbow Trail.” At the l’aiaee today and,' Wednesday, • • • The movies today offer! "The Manicure Girl" at the Apollo; "The White Desert" at tho Olhlo; "Cheap Kisses” at the Colonial; "The Making of O’Malley” nt the Circle; "Taming the West" nt the Jala and "Temptation" at the Crystal.

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purchase all or part of their fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, nuts und cheese from the pushcart peddlers, spending fully $35,000,000 a year for fruits and vegetables alone. This vnst quantity represents 11 per rent of the total amount of fresh products consumed In tho city. Whnt is the meaning of term "protocol?” Tho word Is from the Oreek, preg*s knllon, a sheet glued to the front of a manuscript and bearing an abstract of tlie contents and purport. In dlplomntlo usage it is a document serving its a preliminary to, or oimning of any dip.opiatic transaction; also a diplomatic document or minute of proceedings. It Is usi\aliy employed to denote any formal record of nn agreement between, two powers tuking definite effect upon Its signature, without the further formality of ratification and exchange. What kind of a bird in the hawfinch? A largo European finch, or grosbeak, considerably larger than the chaffinch. The adult mole has the crown and back chestnut brown, the neck and rump gray, the wings partly black, the larger wing coverts white. The hawfinch is a very shy bird, avoiding man, and not much la known of its habits. It frequents orchards and hedgerows, seeking for ferries and fruits, and gets Its name from its supposed partiality for hawthorn berries. It nests In • hedgerows und in forest trees.