Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1925 — Page 6
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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWAKD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bna Mgr. Member of the Scrlpps-Hownrd Newspaper Alliance • • • Client of the United Press and the NBA Serrlce • * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indlanapollii • * * Subscription Itates: Indianapolis Ten Cent a a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • • • PHONE—MA in 3000.
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The Klan Takes Charge @HE city hall will be turned over to the Ku-Klux Klan Jan. 1. Mayor-elect John L. Duvall has rewarded his friends. The city will be governed by a minority group, secretly meeting in a Klavern. It remains to be seen what kind of government they will give us. Here is the first list of Duvall’s appointees : Chief of Police—Claude F. Johnson, a policeman of long experience who has a good record. We believe this is an excellent choice. Inspector of Police—Arthur McGee, former sergeant of police. MpGee was removed from the police force for making an arrest outside the local police jurisdiction. He has been active in Klan affairs and was an active campaigner for Duvall. Supervisor of Traffic—Claude M. Worley, special investigator for Criminal Court, onetime friend and associate of D. C. Stephenson, and a cog in the George V. Coffin political machine. Board of Safety—o. D. Haskett, president of the 0. D. Haskett Lumber Company, active in civic affairs, chairman. Orin E. Davis, said to be a high official of the IlorscIthief Detective Associations, the “military” arm of the Klan. Ileydon W. Buchanan, Democratic member of the present city council, undertaker by profession. Superintendent of Parks —George S. Elliott, exalted cyclops of the Ku-Klux Klan, and and an active opponent of George V. Coffin. Assistant Superintendent of Parks — Harvey Bedford, former city policeman, removed from the force for making an arrest outside the Indianapolis police jurisdiction. Very active in Klan affairs. Market Master —Earl Garrett, Tenth ward Republican chairman, and a cog in the Coffin political machine. The appointments speak for themselves. Further comment seems unnecessary.
State Economy SHERE is not a State official in Indiana who would not ’tell the taxpayers that he is for Economy in the operation of the State government. At the same time, there is hardly a State official who would not protest if economies were proposed for his department. The State budget committee, which recently ordered a number of salaries cut, has been receiving delegations of officials and employes protesting against the cut. The delegations go on the theory that the other fellow should practice economy—that economy should not begin at home. We are thoroughly in accord with Governor Jackson when he insists that State expenditures must be cut. Os course, they should be cut wisely. There are some over-paid officials in the Statehouse and there are some employes who are underpaid. On the theory, presumably, that “from him who has not shall be taken away even that which he has,” It appears that some of the underpaid employes, such, for instance, as those in the office of the State fire marshal, stand more of a chance of having their salaries reduced than do so overpaid officials as the State purchasing agent. Cutting salaries is one way of making a small reduction in State expenditures. Bigger reductions could be made by combining some of the departments and eliminating some that are not absolutely essential. In addition, somebody should find something for the treasurer of State, who receives a statutory salary of $7,500 a year, to do.
Speaking From the Heart I D ] INHIBITION workers from all parts of I * | the country gathered in New York the other day for a conference on the state of the union. Oliver W. Stewart, president of the Indiana Flying Squadron, presided. He said: “Speak from your hearts, brothers and sisters.” Mr. Dinwiddie spoke. He is superintendent of the National Temperance Bureau, with his headquarters in Washington. He said: “Without meaning to reflect upon either the late President of the United States or upon President Coolidge, I want to say that at any time the President of the United States demands enforcement of prohibition enforcement he can get it. I mean that if the President would say, in effect, that the prohibition law must be enforced, that it is a constitutional matter and that 110 intended to use the resources of the Government to see that it was enforced, it would be enforced. It can be done. If there is in the Cabinet a member who does not believe in prohibition enforcement it would be the duty of such a member to resign and get out. “The situation is serious. Cabinet •ers, Senators and other legislators and k
leaders find it easy to disobey the law themselves and they have been known to use their influence to free their henchmen after the latter had been caught in the toils of the law.” The Rev. Dr. Clarence True Wilson spoke. He is general secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals. He said: “The first important thing for us to do is to recognize that a liquor dealer is at the head of prohibition enforcement. No man is fit to head prohibition enforcement unless he is grounded in the A B Cs of prohibition and unless he believes that alcohol is a poison. “Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews (assistant secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement) is a strong man, but over him are three or four men opposed to prohibition. They have forced him to alter his policy and to change appointments he had made. A fine organization was built up by Roper, but Secretary Mellon tore that down. There is a deep plan to annihilate prohibition before the next general election. We must have an aggressive program. We reformers have allowed ourselves to be placed on the defensive. The crisis is now approaching. Thercais a scheme afoot to open hundreds of breweries. “Let ns not forget that Secretary Mellon owned the Overholt Distillery and was director in four breweries and three distilleries as well as banker for the liquor interests. I expect Mellon to say in the near future —before the next general election—that prohibition cannot be enforced. I have talked with Secretary Mellon myself. He is a frank, open-minded man and a good churchman, but his ideas on the liquor question are all wrong. He thinks a man is a fool if he believes alcohol is a poison. We cannot have a man like that at the head of prohibition enforcement.” And there you have it, right from the heart, brothers and sisters.
Wise and Foolish
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson mN spite of vaudeville jokes, much good comes out of Arkansas. One county of that State now has a sheriff who is both wise and original. In an honest endeavor to save the youth of the land, this man has made it a practice to send out written notices to the mothers of all girls whom he finds spooning in parked automobiles or otherwise misbehaving themselves. And while we cannot say that he is a very good politician, for he probably will never dare run for office in that county again, still this official is proving himself a form, for good in his community. Many foolish mothers who had fondly confided in their daughters’ veracity have resorted to discipline and are working elective reforms. It looks as if about the scarcest thing in the world right now is a really sensible parent. We are always rushing to extremes. Either we do not believe a word our children tell us and take care to let them know this, or we trust them blindly and swallow every excuse they give. We are cold and stern and stubborn, or we are indulgent and careless and negligent. A mother makes a terrible mistake if she allows her daughter to grow up in the belief’ that she thinks her a liar. Suspicion breeds deceit. But she makes an equally fatal error if she does not take some precaution and make some endeavor to verify the statements of’her children. We grown-ups know how prone is the tongue to lies and the human heart to dark secrets and the feet of youth to crooked ways. We can remember how easy it was for us to make excuses to our parents, dearly as we may have loved them, how lightly our mischievous pranks sat upon our consciences, and how simple a thing a small prevarication seemed. And what we have done our children will do. To be a sensible parent one must be wise as a serpent and tender as a dove. And oh, if we fathers and mothers would but give half as much care and attention to our children as we do to our business and our pleasures, what successful parents we might be, and how wonderfully would our efforts be repaid in the excellent men and women we could give to a world which stands in such dire need of them. Did you ever notice how the so-called best element of a community flocks to a courtroom where a dirty story is being told? • * • With the grand scramble for city jobs already on, the unsuccessful candidates can congratulate themselves. * * # Lew Shank is now talking about becoming a detective. He would have an awful time disguising himself.
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A Sermon for Today
Text: “The Lord hath made known liis salvation."—Ps. 98:2. mHE message of the Bible may be summed up in one word —SALVATION. It Is the good nows of salvation to a world lost In sin. There has been a good deal of speculation about the origin of sin. I have never been much interested In such speculation. However sin came to be In the world, it is here. It is here In all Its awful fury and force, blighting and blasting and damning its victims by the millions. It Is here with its perpetual harvest of wickedness and covetousness and maliciousness and envy and hate and murder and strlge and deceit and malignity and all manner of vile passions. It is here and fills the world with suffering and sighing and sorrow and leads the countless multitudes of earth on In hopeless despair to the great city of the dead. so the world groping In sin and darkness, "the Lord hath made known his salvation” through his Holy Word. That Word Is first a word of warning, and then it becomes an evangel of hope. It Is first, a revelation of man to himself, discerning the Intents of the heart and quickening the conscience; then it becomes a revelation of God to man, lighting up his path and pointing out the way of life. It first convicts and condemns, and then binds up and heals. To the wounded spirit of man
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
MO COMPETITIONHIGHER RATES mHE Interstate Public Service Company has filed application with the public service commission asking for increased fares on Its motor busses operating parallel to Its electric lnterurban line from Indianapolis south. The plea for higher rates runs true to form. That's what usually happens when competition ceases. Until a few months ago a dozen Independent bus lines competed with the traction line of the Interstate Company and with each other for passenger traffic. The lnterurban put on bus lines. Rates were trimmed —perhaps to the quick. Then one by one competing bus lines were bought by the traction company until all passed under its control. As soon as It has established a monopoly it asks higher rates. Perhaps there is Justification for higher fares In this Instance, present rates may not be profitable, but what of the traveling public? In consequence of the establishment of bus lines competing with traction lines and older transportation systems the public has obtained better transportation service at lower rates than ever before. Even in the field of Indianapolis city transportation bus competition has spurred the street railway company to unusual activity and unusual expansion. From such competition the public benefits whatever the effect on the competitors. Strict regulation of bus lines by public' service commissions and official bodies is propey. But such regulation should be designed to encourage, not stifle, competition. In some of the recent bus-traction battles before them some irrmbers of the Indiana public service commission seemed more sympathetic toward the bondholders of the electric lines than the fare-paying public. Let the busses, tractions, trolleys, steam railroads and airplanes compete and the devil tako the hindmost. From such competition, rather than monopoly, is the public more likely to get adequate transportation service at reasonable cost.
HEALTH CHAMPION IN TRAINING Mi—— IISS CLARA BAUER. 17, of Columbia City adjudged the healthiest girl In Indiana in the he-alth contest at Purdue last spring—is In training for the national championship competition to be held in connection with the International livestock exposition in Chicago, Nov. 28. What is her diet? She eats meat, bread, potatoes and vegetables—except corn and turnips, which she dislikes. She nibbles candy when it is available. Contrary to the rules of health specialists and diet faddists she does not drink milk, but takes coffee twice a day and has no aversion to a bite between meals. She doesn’t eat yeast. Other persons following a similar diet end up at French Lick or other health resort with waistbands aqulver at the sight of food more substantial than a soft-boiled egg and with their internal economy striking like hard coal miners. The Hoosler maid eats what she wants when she wants it. And enjoys abounding health. Which rather counds food faddists whose opinion of a food is in inverse proportion to its palatability. We should eat celery for our nerves, seafoods for our thyroid glands, carrots for our complexions, they say. No doubt diet is important. Th© human system can’t comfortably assimilate tin cans like a goat or a keg of nails like nn ostrich. But dietary rules applicable to one person fall with a sickening thud when applied to another. Most people will be just as happy. probably, and live Just as long, if. In eating, they follow the promptings of their personal department of the Interior rather than the rules In a book. DISEASE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY f ’ "IF the 473 cases of com- ( J | municable disease that developed in Indiana during the last \feek in October, 362 were reported .from the rural districts of the Stiite and only 115 from the
By Rev. John R. Gunn
the Bible brings the balm of Gilead. To the guilty and consciencestricken, to the weak and despairing, to the tempted and fallen, to the troubled and careworn, to the sorrowful and bereaved, to the sick and dying the Bible comes and whispers words of peace and hope and life. The Bible comes to the man whose life has been broken and spoiled by sin, and tells him that his Use may be made over and transformed Into a perfect ideal of manhood, pure and spotless, and radiant with heavenly glory. The Bible comes to the poor girl, who has lost her way In this great big heartless world, and tells her, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” The Bible comes to the dying man to be his guide book as he journeys forth Into the great unknown region, and tells him to be of good cheer—beyond there is life and paradise. The Bible comes to this world of strife and disorder and says. Let there be peace and good-will among men. The Bible brings to us a Saviour and tells us that through Him we may realize a perfect ideal In character and a perfect Ideal in society. Oh, what a message! How sweet the sound. How It thrills our hearts and sets us to singing the glad songs of the redeemed, (Copyright, 1925, by John R. Gunn)
!y GAYLORD NELSO
cities and towns, according to the State board of health. Tuberculosis, smallpox, scarlet fever, typhoid, whooping cough and influenza were all more active In the great open spaces than In the cramped urban centers. Os the thirteen diseases listed only poliomyelitis and measles scored heavier In the cities. The re -ords week after week with surprising frequency tell the same tale—more new contagious disease cases in country than in towns. Cold statistics slap another hoary old myth in the eye. The simplicity and healthfulness of country life have been extolled by pastoral ballads from Homer to Eddie Guest. But the truth is Maud Muller Is more likely to contract whooping cough or halitosis than her bare-kneed city sister, who gets her exercises by way of the Charleston. The answer to this apparent anomaly Is the more rigorous and comprehensive sanitary measures in force in cities. Urban centers, from distressing experiences, fear the spread of communicable diseases and take precautions to prevent them. City health authorities are on the watch for contagious disease germs that would settle in the municipality. In the rural districts on the other hand health is taken as a matter of course. Adequate public sanitary measures are not so rigorously enforced. Too frequently water from rural wells gets Its sparkle from barnyard drainage. The figures prove that modern sanitation will do more to stamp out contagions than pastoral ballads. duplicity!)? - OPEN-FACE PIES F r “™™ ACTORY built lemon pies, made in Indian bakeries, frequently contain no lemon, says I L. Miller, State food and drug commissioner who has recently conducted r survey of bakeries. The pies, he avers, are often assembled from starch, sugar and water with a dash of oitrlo acid and lemon flavoring. The term "cream pie," according to him, is often equally a courtesy title not a descriptive name for it may contain no dairy products. Such duplicity of our open-face pies is shocking. They have been instinctively trusted because of their frank countenances, and have gone arm in arm with generations of Hooslers down the pleasant path from lunch to dyspepsia. Charlie Chaplin, of course, by nally, made it a 2huge dramatic sucnally made it a huge dramatic success. But even before his time pies—both open-face and the more secretive lidded types—were the bulwarks of American civilization. The nation can’t survive without ’em. It Is disturbing, therefore, to learn that Hoosler factory made pies are not always what they seem. But the revelation is not sufficient cause for a popular uprising. If the ingredients employed by commercial pie foundries are pure and harmless and the product gratifies the palate and digestive apparatus of the customer It serves its ultimate purpose under whatever name It masquerades. People aren’t compelled to eat lemonless lemon pies. If they don’t like the commercial product they can revive pie making as a household art.
Or Reliable By Has Cochran H r ~~ “"I I. there, ol’ furance, my winter-time friend. To you, i___J for real comfort. I’m turning. When once you are started I always depend on the heat from the coal you are burning. You run my bill high’ cause you eat quite a bit, but you’re worth every penny you cost. You always are aiding In keeping me fit, and without you, in winter, I’m lost. Your mouth stands wide open, and. bless your old soul, I am ready and willing to fill it. I know, as I constantly shovel you coal, that when chill comes, you know how to kill it. Burn on, Ol’ Reliable! Heat up my home with a fire that Is always a hummer. And then, in return lor the hunch for this pome, I will give you a good rest—next summer. (Copyright, 1926. NEA Service. Inc.)
‘Phantom of the Opera’ Is Great Film; You Must See ‘Merry Widow’ Be Merry
By Walter I). Hickman !'- INE of the ten best of the new Ifjl season—that's "The Phantom I lof the Oi>era.” It la a big picture and a great picture in many ways. Gaston Leroux is the author of XT’ this strange story of how a M&mm "mad ghost" sWwHI controlled the §3 ttHsMNfl destiny of a ? v young opera v jjpNHMSki singer In l'arls. a jig. ■rejpjsffl as the phantom ; jmmm or ghost fjwT* Jggjj*Sil who lives in an • apartment tl v o cellars under the Paris opera house, one may : e- • BHH&t easily get the idea that there are both thrills Norman Kerry and dramatic horrors present. Asa mystery story it takes Its place among the real thrillers. Thousands of people have been used to give atmosphere as well as action to many scenes. Chaney as the phantom wears the most hideous makeup that he ever has used. He is a moqster, a cruel genius who plans death as easily as he plans beautiful music. By a strange power, he elevates a member of the opera to first position. The phantom Is a man, a weird genius who Is ugly not only in face but in body. As long as he wears a mask and the object of his artistic love does not see his natural face, then the phantom Is not dangerous. Mary Phllbln Is cast as the girl who iccelves the artistic Influences of the mad phantom. She even yields to his demand that she go to his hiding place. There she unmasks the phantom and sees his terrible ugliness. This makes a wild man of the phantom (played by Chaney) and be plans horrible punishment for the lover of the girl Norman Kerry is cast as the hero and lover of the story. "The Phantom of the Opera” has been built upon spectacular lines. It Is a big picture. The scenes at the Paris opera are marvelous in their nechanical qualities. It Is well to remember that this entire picture was made In America. In spirit, the story Is melodramatic. What realism that is present is found in the scenes at the opera. The rest of the picture Is melodramatic. Murder is committed along weird lines during the unfolding of the story. Chaney In the first part of the picture appears more as a shadow than as a character. This Increases the mystery' element regarding the phantom and this factor is masterfully developed. , Chaney is a master at makeup, it is difficult to determine Just how he makes himself look so terrible. Mary Phllbln Is increasing her dramatic ability and in this picture she looks more valuable as an artist than she has In other movies. Her role, of course, demands upon Chaney’s ability’ to inject melodramatic horror into the story. The cast is a very large one. especially when hundreds of people are used In the scenes at the opera. These scenes prove that the screen
Complains of Speeding
Mr. Flxlt lat for you in the improvement* league. He is The Time* represent ative at the city hail. Write him at The Time*. Contagious influence of the Speedway causes motor car drivers to step on It on Harding St., a rhymed missive to Mr. Fixlt asserts. DEAR MR. FIXIT— I'm a taxpayer of Indianapolis, Anti live on N. Harding St.. They have just finished paylnv tt And it mine is wide and complete. I know we are near the Speedway, Where very fast records are made. But the rate they travel on our new street Lays Speedway record* in the shade. Now where there are lot* of little children. Who must attend the public school. But It 1* really dangerous To try to cross this whirlpool. If these condition* are not remedied. And speeders still continue on their way. The death rate on N. Harding 81. Will be averaging one a day. _ AP3XX. After Investigating, Mr. Flxlt replies: We’ve read your tale of Harding- Bt. And of the cars extremely fleet. The yarn was told to Serveant Moore, And cope will start a speeder* 1 war. Traffic Officer Anthony Sweeney will investigate the following complaints: DEAR MR. FIXIT: I wish you would please seo what you can do to better condition in the first alley north of Pratt St. and east off Highland Ave. It is used to park cars so much that owners of automobiles can’t get to their garages. PROPERTY OWNERS. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Some time agodhe city started to put cinders In tho alley in the rear of my property, but when they got aa far as the edge of my garage they got tired or went
The Name ‘American’
You con ret nn answer to any question of fact or information hj writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Aye.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents In ■tamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor ran extended research be undertaken. All other auest-ons will receive a personal reply Unenned reuuests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Are the citizens of the United States the only persons to whom the term “Americans” can rightfully bo applied? In popular usage the word “American” applies only to residents of the United States. It does not apply to the citizens of tho Republic of Mexico nor to those of th© Dominion of Canada nor to the people of South America. Technically speaking they are, of course, Americans. The people of the United States did not originally appropriate this name exclusively for themselves, but it was applied to them by the various countries of the world. It began when the early settlers of this country were called “Americans" by the people of England. This became current in the British Isles and gained special prominence in continental Europe when the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies revolted in 1775. In Central and South
Movie Verdict Colonial —“The Phantom of the Opera” with Lon Chaney deserves to be listed as one of the ten best movies of this season. Circle —"The New Commandment" Is a gentle attempt to mix war and a love romance. Ohio—" Flower of Night" is not a suitable vehicle for Pola Negri. Apollo—" The Merry Widow" Is as gay, charming and “sassy” as the title Indicates.
has no limit whn It comes to producing vastness, much more so than the stage. It is my opinion that "The Phantom of the Opera’’ is fine mystery and melodramatic entertainment. I saw this picture twice before I wroto a line about it. It is one of the ten best movies of the new season. The bill Includes an Aeson Fable, piano fantasies and music by the American Harmonists. At the Colonial all week. I- I- -I“MERRY WIDOW" 18 FILLED WITH SPICE Every time that Eric Von Stroheim directs a picture you can safely conclude that there will be a lot of sexual ginger in the formula. "The Merry Widow” Is Juicy grapefruit. You will get it in your eyes no matter how careful you will squirt even ow" Is not apple Or m 'jtj sauce, it Is grape fruit. Meaning that it is “naugh ''4 if ty” in a convenjf.lj tlonal way. Most jf * 5- of the continental Q characters in this story are loose. Nc doubt about trat, If'\ but Von Stroheim * • r permits Jiui enough of the Mae Murray Juice of the grapefruit to get into your eyes, not to blind you but to make you sit up and attempt to see more. John Gilbert is cast as the Prince who does the hot loving with Mae Murray. If you care not for this European hot lovin’ stuff (parlor, bedroom and bath stuff) you probably will care not what happens but if you crave this modern sheik stuff, you will laugh at the gorgeous foolishness that this film contains. It is terribly smart, no doubt about that. If Europe and Maxtn’s, & restaurant, are actually as “wild” as this movie reflects, then It Is no use trying to save that part of the world. And yet this “hot stuff” is sophisticated and tantalizing fun if you understand the brand. Some of the so-called love scenes are so blooming "hot,” as a Jury of flappers would call "charmingly nice,” that one gets the Impression that petting parties In any parlor in this country are tame affairs. I have seen "The Merry Widow" on the stage and I don’t know what
broke aaid stopped. The cinders they put in dammed the water and made a beautiful quagmire In back of my garage and in wet weather I can’t get in for tho mud, and in dry weather the big ruts are Just as omposslble to cross. F. P. FOUXJCE, 944 Drexel Ave. Your eeoind guess was right, for money is low. However, Mr. Flxlt thinks W. P. Hargon, clerk of th© street commissioner’s office will save the day with a few cinders. DEAR DfR. FIXIT: Plenee see what you can do to get a light at Oakland Ave. and Meredith St. It is so dark you cannot tell when you come to the corner. J. M. D. Street Lights are tough nuts to crack. Mr. Flxlt will take It up with the board of works. DEAR MR. FIXIT. If you ride out Broadway at Sixty-First St., you will notice that the contractors have left several bad, large holes which the motorists in this territory would be pleased for you to have filled with cinders or gravel at your earliest convenience. At Sixty-Second and Turk Ave. and also at the canal you will find some holes. WILLIAM J. CLARK. 5188 Broadway. Repairs are on the way. The department of improved streets promised Mr. Flxit to got busy.
Do You Know? "Will I hold my Job?" Is the absorbing topic at city hall.
American countries, as well as In other countries of Latin America, the citizens of the United States are called North Americans, not simply Americans. By usage therefore, the citizens of the United States are called Americans; those of Canada, Canadians; of Mexico, Mexicans and of the various South American countries, South Americans. How many persons died by fire and drowning in the United States in 1924? Figures given in the registration area of tho United States (which includes about twenty-four States) were 7,304 deaths by fire and 6.529 by drowning. The figures are based on Life Insurance statistics. Did Adam and Eve have any daughters? The biblical narration does not record any daughters being born to Adam and Eve. It merely mentions three sons, Cain, Abel and Seth. When were the motion pictures "Peter Pan and “Shore Leave" released? "Peter Pan” was released In December, 1924. and "Shore Leave" in September, 1925.
MONDAY, NOV. 9,1925
It Is all about even now. The same way with the movie version and yet I like them both. Mae Murray is on actress of charm and sincerity as long as she Is under the direction of Von Stroheim. The way this man has developed this woman for the “widow" role again proves that a director Is Just as Important to a movie as the star. All of Mias Murray’s gowns are wonders. John Gilbert an the Prince In a wonderful romantic wallop. This man within the next three years, if he keeps on as he Is going now, will be the Idol of the screen. He looks like a Prince who steps out of the French novels. Even royal families have their quarrels and the quarrels staged by George Fawcett as the King and Josephine Crowell as the Queen, with the aid of Gilbert and Roy D’Arcy as the Crown Prince, afford some mighty sauey burlesque. If this Isn’t high burlesque, I don’t know what Is, "The Merry Widow" is to the screen what "The Follies" is to the revue stage. Both are the last word in beauty and extravagance. "The Merry Widow” cost a pot of money and then some. Will go on record as saying that "The Merry Widow" is bully fine entertainment. It squirts mental grapefruit Juice all over you and the fun is delicious. Should prove a sensation at the Apollo this week. I- -I- + NEGRI DOES NOT COME RACK STRONG Pola Negri still needs a good slory. That is the verdict after seeing her in "The Flower of Night.” This woman has not been a* successful in making movies in America os she was on the continent. In this movie, she seems to have lost much of her European dramatic charm. She appeals now an a Y | domestic product I Aa instead of being a > foreign dramatic ** 1 U|i power. J soph |I Jzf , Hern eshelmer, w*- 'Hr $ wh o generally Hfil. Y- jj turns out a pretty \ \ Interesting yarn. > Is the author of | "Flower of Night." L !>] It has a Mexi can and a Call- .. I fornla setting in ti>e early gold rufi h days. We J have been having a lot of this l’ola. Negri "period’’ American history stuff, but this movie is shy upon history. It is only a fairly interesting mixture of melodrama and over-drawn drama. Negri Is cast as the daughter of a Spanish nobleman In Mexico, who loses his wealth and then takes his own life. The dtfughter than seeks the bright lights of San Francisco and gets mixed up with the lawless element. She "hates” an American miner who gets her father’s mine and she tries to make it "hot” for him. She succeeds after getting him shot In a fight. After the shooting, she knows that ahe loves him. Happy ending for no good purpose. At times, Negri is guilty of overdoing the emotional stuff. The story is not convincing at any time The fact remains that "Flower of Night" isn't the kind of vehicle that will keep Pola Negri in the best selling class. The bill includes Ruth Noller at the organ, Charles Davis and his orchestra and a comedy, “The Wrestler.” At the Ohio all week. -1- + -ICONCERNING A MOVIE ABOUT WAR AND LOVE Probably because this Is Armistice week Is the reason that the Circle Is presenting "The New Command ment” with Ben Lyon and Blanche Sweet. It was made from a story, "Invisible Wounds," by Col. Frederick Palmer and directed by Howard H‘~gin. The first half of the movie _________ concerns the es forts of the rela11k Nat' 3 tives of the rich Billy Mo row r'-irW (played by Ben Lyon) to marry EL-him off to acer •fW fgi tain lady of mu eh class and some |k I kicks over the Mah. W traces on a yacht !|pHW France. He goes JHjsg® there wrecks a caf6 ,n .JHHI of a beautiful girl by the name Blanche Sweet of Rene Darcourt, played by Blanche Sweet. Rene at that time was a model for a painter. Billy’s relatives | arrive and proceed to mess up the S Whole affair. Then the World War breaks out. Billy goes to war, is wounded and of course is nursed back to health and hnrplness by I Rene. The comedy bits are taken i care of by a taxi driver by the name of Red, played by George Cooper. The war scenes, especially those showing the bombing of an American hospital, appear to be more melodramatic than realistic. “The New Commandment" Is Just another movie with a polite cast. Bokalelnlkoff this week is conducting the orchestra through "Tales of Hoffman” as an overture In accordance with the spirit of the week. Dossa Byrd Is playing "Normandy" as on organ solo. At the Circle all week. I- -I- -I"Spooks” with Coates Owynn will open a week’s engagement at English’s tonight. The Indianapolis Matinee Musieale will present Cyrena Van Gordon in reeital at the Murat tonight. The feature at Keith’s is "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp;’’ at the Lyric, The Revue De Luxe, and, nt the Palace, "Authors and Composers.’’ The *Tapitol is offering "The Col onel’s Wife.” The Broadway Is pro sentlng “Kuddllng Kuties.” Today Zaring’s Egyptian theater is present ing ’’The Freshman” and on Tues day for three days, “Ten Commandments" opens. The Isis for the first half of the week presents Hoot GMe<on In “The Calgary Stampede."