Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1925 — Page 6
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More About Appointments AYOR-ELECT Duvall has made some wise selections of members of his political family. Some of the other selections can be explained only on political grounds, a matter of the successful candidate rewarding his friends. In addition to the appointments reviewed in this column yesterday, Duvall has named these men: Fire Chief—Jesse C. Hutsell, a fireman of experience. In this appointment Duvall carried out his promise to name experienced and well qualified men. First and Second Assistant Fire Chiefs Kenneth Burns and Roy Phillips, both firemen and both active in Klan affairs. There are many others in the department as well qualified. Head of Detective Department—Jerry Kinney. Certainly this appointment was influenced neither by politics nor by the Klan. Kinney is well qualified, having had many years of experience in all branches of police work. Corporation Counsel—Charles J. Orbison. “Judgie” Orbison was until a short time ago a Democrat. He is attorney for the Ku-Klux Klan and former Federal prohibition director. His record as prohibition director is too well known to make comment necessary. City Controller —William C. Buser, a brother-in-law of Duvall and active in Klan affairs. Buser has been employed in the county treasurer's office and is acquainted with the financial affairs of the city. City Attorney—John K. Ruckelshaus, son of Duvall’s campaign manager. Street Commissioner—George Woodward, Sixth ward Republican chairman and political associate of George V. Coffin. Woodward was a Shank administration employe. Director of Recreation—Jesse McClure, sales manager of the Superior Baking Company. Bill Armitage, director general of the Shank administration, who insists he carried Indiana Ave. for Duvall, appears not to have had a hand in the appointments up to date. That certainly speaks well for Duvall. STRANGE things happen. We know a man who has everything in the world he wants and still he is happy. • * IT'S STRANGE how the testimony of an expert, witness always seems to favor the side that pays him.
Weekly Book ReviewTom Marshall’s Fine Spirit Shines in His Memoirs
By Walter D. Hickman G' r ~~ "1 REAT philosophy can come only from a great and big i__J character. It is not surprising that the late Thomas R. Marshall, Vico President under President Wilson, could write a big and beautiful story of his experiences In life. In Indiana he was and always will be spoken of as Tom Marshall, a man who lived a beautiful life because ho believed that right living was the only plan of life. Out of that conviction and dally habit, Thomas R. Marshall gave to the world and to his fellow men a character that will never vanish from history or now will be erased from the memory of men. In “Recollections of Thomas R. Marshall,” also spoken of as “A Hoosler Salad,” Just published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company of this city, the late distinguished Hoosier has ■written a great book because It is about a great man. These recollections will be relished by all citizens of this State, regardless of political faith as well as In Washington, D. C., and any other place, because the world seems to be spoken to by Marshall in this book. Influences of his own life were not bounded by the confines of the State of Indiana, the boundary seemed to be not along national lines but by the entire world. World Contact By his position vice president during the Illness of the late President Wilson, Mr. Marshall was the representative of all American people to the foreign delegations to this country. In his foreword to his book, Marshall claims that he did not intend this book ”to turn the tides of history nor to change the opinion of men as to the great things which took place when I was in public life. It has been written in the hope that the tired business man, the unsuccessful golfer and the lonely husband whose wife is out reforming the world may find therein a half hour’s surcease from sorrow.” The purpose of the book is In keeping with the philosophy and character of the man w r ho wrote It. Marshall tells his own story from the early days until he retired from national life. Men who have been great in the history of Indiana were friends of Tom Marshall and they all appear in the,se memoirs. Many have passed on and others are still in the “harness.” Mr. Marshall although he was noted for his keen wit does not appear as a comedian and never has. He . did not laugh at life but his
The Picture Changes Jhp | IIE picture yon have of bootlegging may 1 1 I include a lean-jawed, hard-faced young man speeding through the night in a highpowered car along one of the roads leading from the border, with bullets speeding after him. Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania has a different picture. To encourage the AntiSaloon League in its belief that prohibition may yet be made a fact, he described in his Chicago speech some phases of bootlegging that make the hard young man seem unimportant. One story, typical of several told by the Governor, was this: Last winter he related in a special message to his Legislature that Federal permits for denatured alcohol were granted to Philadelphia cigar makers in quantity sufficient to meet the needs of all the cigar factories in America. (It seems cigar makers spray their tobacco with the stuff.) Only a few weeks after he had pointed this out, he said, Commissioner Haynes, at Washington, authorized Bobrow Bros., Inc., cigar manufacturers in Philadelphia, to withdraw 35,000 gallons of denatured alcohol per month. That would be 420,000 gallons a year, more than enough to treat the entire tobacco crop of the world. For eighteen years, up to the issuance of this astounding permit by Commissioner Haynes, Bobrow Bros., according to Pinchot, had used a total of just S4BO worth of denatured alcohol. The Governor explained then how denatured alcohol finds its way into the bootleg booze channels. The country was edified for several weeks by the spectacle of the United States Coast Guard maintaining an armed blockade off the New York and New Jersey coasts to keep the Scotch out of the United States. A great, though expensive, victory was announced, notwithstanding it still appears possible to buy Scotch in New York at about the same prices that prevailed before the coast guard was diverted to the prohibition war. The alleged success of the coast guard caused a lot, of loose talking on the possibility of using two other branches of the Government—the Army and Navy. And all the time, if Pinchot's facts are correct, it seems that the proper place to have trained the guns was not a scudding targets along the twelve-mile limit, but on the desk in Secretary Mellon’s department, where the prohibition commissioner sat blandly issuing permits to cigar makers, perfume makers and the like, who were daily passing along enough alcohol to saturate the whole country.
philosophy softened many a difficult proposition. His philosophy was based upon justice. He stood for that, he lived for that. A Many Introductions As you read these memoirs you nee mar.y of the world’s great characters go past Thomas R. Marshall, both In private and official capacity. Marshall actually loved and respected the Prince of Wales, but he had no tolerance for the women and young girls who attempted “to land” the Prince. One striking impression Marshall wrote: “It was no sooner definitely settled that the Prince was to visit
How to Clean Velvet
You can g-et an answer to any queetlon <>i fact or Information by writing to The India.na.poUs Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C.. Inclosing 3 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and martial advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. ' All other questions will received a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. Can any one clean a velvet dress at home? Velvet may be cleaned by steaming. Place a damp cloth over a hot iron which Is standing on Its heel, and run the velvet over the Iron. The steam will remove the dust and raise the pile. Who was “Charmlan”? What kind of a name is it? She was lady-ln-walting to Celopatra, and killed herself at the time of Cleopatra’s death. This is according to Shakespeare’s play, “Anthony and Cleopatra.” The name is of Egyptian origin. Is there any kind of fur-bearing animal called the kolinsky? The kolinsky is a species of weasel or mink found in Siberia and China. The color is generally tawny yellow and the fur is almost always dyed for commercial purposes to imitate other members of the weasel family. It is ulso known as red sable, Siberian mink and Tartar sable. When does the harvest moon occur? It is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. At that season the moon, when nearly full, rises for several consecutive nights at about the same hour, so that there is an unusual proportion of moonlight evenings. The phenomenon is due to the fact that at the time of the autumnal equinox the full moon (necessarily opposite to the sun) Is
us, than every foolish mother of a fool daughter, who could raise the necessary railroad fare, started for Washington.” “The Prince Is a fine, upstanding, democratic young man. It would take a great deal to convince me that hls motives in life are not all right,” Marshall wrote. Marshall also found Albert, King of Belgium, so thoroughly democratic that he would liked to have kept him in America and run him for President on the Democratic ticket. There is great Joy and fine thought as well as philosophy in this book. It sella for $5 and Is worth the price.
In that part of Its orbit which makes the least possible angle with the eastern horizon at the point where the moon riess. In what chapter of the Bible does it say that certain events and plans must be carried out before the world comes to an end? The eschatological chapters (dealing with “the last things”) in the Gospels are Matthew 24 and Mark 13 and Luke 21. There are many such passages in the Scriptures. Daniel _l2 is one of the Old Testament classics on the subject. Uncle Jim’s By Hal Cochran On Saturday morning we rise with the chickens, an’ dress Jes’ as fast as we can. Through pancakes and sirup we rush like the dickens. A real thrill Is cornin’, oh, man! We hitch up sled to our pony, and then, we urge him to limber hls limbs. We’re off on our long winding Journey again, to the country, to ol‘ Uncle Jim's. We clip a fast wait, an' we know he’ll be waitin’ to welcome us when we arrive. We'll help with hls chores, and we’ll play out-of-doors with the right sort of spirit alive. We skim into sight and he shouts, in delight, a greeting that really is meant. We join him and then he turns youngster again, till the best of our energy’s spent. The day soon is done, and we've had heaps of fun, and we homeward start, feelin’ in*trim. I wish I could show all the kids that I know, just a day’s fun with ol’ Uncle Jim. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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A Sermon for Today -"By Rev. John R. Gunn
Text: ‘‘They twain shall be one flesh.”—Matthew 19:5. S" INCE the early dawn of creation, when the first man and U—J the first woman, fresh from the hand of God, walked forth In the world’s primeval garden of paradise, and their Maker united them In the bonds of wedlock and said, ‘‘They twain shall be one flesh,” the marriage altar has been regarded as a sacred and holy shrine, to be approached only by those who can bring to it a mutual love, a mutual purity, a mutual fitness and a mutual consecration to the fulfillment of its solemn obligations. It should be well understood by both parties approaching this altar that It demands as much of one as it does the other. In some of our wedding ceremonies there Is a part where the minister asks the question, “Who glveth this woman to this man?” Whereupon the father steps forward and presents the bride to the groom. As a rule I do not use this In my ceremonies. On one occasion, however, I was especially requested to do so. Not being accustomed to It, I got mixed up. When I came to that question, Instead of saying, "Who glveth this woman to this man?” I said, "Who glveth this man to this woman?” But after all, my form of the question was no less appropriate
RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON
EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICER T“jl AYOR-ELECT DUVALL has v/J announced his choice for I,< T chief of police, Inspector of police, and supervisor of traffic—three of the high posts in the Indianapolis police department—under his administration. The appointments, no doubt, satisfy the political requirements of tMe hour and redeem after a fashion the campaign promise to appoint an experienced policeman to head the department. But where does It leave the merit system? No place to go but out. The new chief has been on the force for fifteen years and now holds the rank of lieutenant. The appointee to the post of inspector Is a former police sergeant once dropped from the force in consequence of charges before the board of safety. The newly chosen supervisor of traffic is a special investigator in Criminal Court, not a policeman. Last spring he attracted passing notice by a purchase of Oriental rugs. Perhaps all three of these appointees are competent, capable men, who will discharge their new duties with great credit to themselves and will run the local banditry ragged. But what would be the morale and effectiveness of our national defense forces If an Incoming President should put a second lieutenant at the head of the United States Army? If he should make a court-martialed noncom chief of staff, and elevate a court officer to head of the aviation branch ? That's exactly the sort of thing that la done with the Indianapolis police department at every change of mayors. Mayor-elect Duvall, in his appointments. Is merely following the custom of hls predecessors, politicians all. That Is the basic reason the Indianapolis police department functions only In spots. The spoils system won’t permit It to do otherwise. ELEVATINGTHE LAWYERS IEORGE O. DIX, of Terr® Haute, president of the In(liana State Bar Association, addressing recently a gathering of lawyers, urged higher standards in the legal profession and efforts of attorneys to clean up the bar. Unquestionably the legal profession Is in disrepute. There are too many obvious miscarriages of justice, too muoh aid, comfort and encouragement given professional criminals and gunmen of astute, unprincipled lawyers. Too many lawyers are known for their ability to delay and defe t Justice. “The time is ripe, ’ says District Attorney Olson of Chicago, “for somebody to Inquire just where a lawyer’s duty ends, and hls criminal responsibility to the community begins." Nobody apparently loves the tricky, unethical attorney who willingly prostitutes law and justice for fat fees—except hls clients. But the profession has always contained Buch lawyers. The late Cicero of Rome never worried about the Justice of the cases in which he was retained. He was out to save his clients no matter how guilty. It Is doubtful If bar associations can purge themselves of their tricky, disreputable members. As long as such lawyers are in demand there will be a supply. It Is to the courts rather than the bar associatlohs that society must look to elevate the standards of the legal profession. Few notorious criminal lawyers get their reputations from practice In Federal Courts. Federal Judges cramp their style by impatience over technicalities, delays and smoke-screen tactics. It Is State courts, where trial judges instead of exercising reel authority In the cases before them merely enact the role of referee to see that opposing counsel observe the rules, that permit unethical lawyers to flourish. A little lime In the spinal columns of State judicial systems would abate the evil. ROAD BUILDING JUST STARTED SWO hundred and sixty-five miles of Hoosler roads were paved by the Indiana highway commission during the construction season just closed. It is expected that approximately the
than the other. For here Is a contract that calls for a mutual giving, a giving of the woman to the man and the man to the woman. Here you agree to be one. “They twain shall be one flesh.” You agree to be one in aim and purpose and one In all the ups and downs of life. You assume a mutual pldege of fidelity, a pledge which can not be broken by either party without leaving upon the soul an indelible scar of moral degradation. With these understandings faithfully observed. marriage becomes the divine order for our being and life together here in this world. It was instituted by God himself for the perpetuity and happiness of the human family. It has ever been the goal of all young hearts, the gateway to the sweetest pleasures and joys of life, and Is universally recognized as the cornerstone of the home upon which is founded the best of all there Is In the great life of the world. Experience has taught us that It Is the making of most of us. I have known it to be the unmaking of some, but it has to its credit far more successes than /allures. It would have still fewer failures. If all who take upon themselves the vows of wedlock understood and observed the divine pronouncement, “They twain shall be one flesh.” (Copyright, 1925, By John R. Gunn)
same mileage will be paved next year. That’s quite an addition of pavement to the State road system. But no more activity In road building than other States are manifesting. Fourteen States of the Middle West have constructed 9,000 miles of hard-surface highways this year at a cost of $94,000,000. Road projects completed In a single year would make two hard-surfaced highways extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with a lot of mileage left over- J Yet In these fourteen States there are over 1,000.000 miles of roads remaining in their naturally sinful, unimproved state. And of the 3,000,000 miles of roads in the United States, less than 600,000 miles have been paved or surfaced. Even in Indiana, which has a greater percentage of Improved highways than any other State in the Union, there are 40,000 miles of roads yet to improve. Os the State’s highways classified as hard-surfaced, only a minor fraction is concrete or other permanent pavement. Most of the mileage Improved is gravel or crushed stone. And it Is being proved every day that gravel and crushed stone roads are as ephemeral as a maiden s kiss—here today and gone tomorrow. Road building has Just started in the United States. It will he the chief function of Indiana’s State government ft>r the next century—unless the population takes to the air. TRAINING ~ YOUTH AT HOME SOUTHS are not receiving proper training in the home these days, three Marion County officials—Judge Lahr, Judge Collins and Prosecutor Remy—told an Irvington audience Sunday night. At another meeting In the city the same day Senator Ferris of Michigan said the same thing. He pleaded for a return to the oldfashioned principles of home life such as characterized the simple, pioneer epoch. It’s a dull day when some public speaker doesn’t peel the varnish off the modern home. It is blamed for the juvenile crime and all the ills that afflict society. Perhaps the blame is deserved. Certainly home life Is not the same as it was In the days when the family gathered around a coal oil lamp and read "Pilgrim’s Progress” of an evening. It has become more complex and distracting. Now the family circle Is generally a balloon tire. But probably homes today are turning out as many youths with sound character and solid virtues as did the old-fashioned homes that are, now so much lauded. The parents of today were the children trained in those old-fashioned homes. If they are allowing their sons and daughters to go spectacularly to the dogs there must have been something faulty with their own youthful home training. Herbert Hoover says the highest standard of living conditions “in all history” now prevails in this country. We can’t go back to the old-fashioned homes and social conditions of a previous generation if we would. The training of youth is a home task—a hand industry. Success or failure depends, as always, on individual parents. The job Is being performed aa well in some modern flats with radios, incinerators, and all modern conveniences as n ever was in some pioneer log cabins. A Thought God i.< our refuge and strengtli, a very present help In trouble.— Psalm 46:1. • • • MIGHTY fortress is our God. —Martin Luther. What Is the origin of the three balls used on pawnbrokers signs? Originally they were the coat of arms of the Medici family, the earliest and most important money lenders of Lombardy. Three balls were uded in England by the agent of that 'family, and afterwards were copied by others. They represent three gilded pills and were used by the Medici family in allusion to the profession of medicine, in which the family was eminent, and from which they derived their name.
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‘No Man’s Mama’ Is the Latest Blues Song to Make a Hit for Edith Clifford
By Walter D. Hickman SHERE Is anew kind of ‘‘mama” around these days. She came to town when Edith Clifford, comedian, landed at Keith’s for the week. Not that Miss Clifford is the subject of the expression but rather the “mama” in quests y*2 'ion is the dame JtV jMSMi'SK -hat she sings of jGjP fit v . ii anew red hot ESSIm * qRI omedy song. This mam t iew “mama” is a am divorced” and TANARUS// /a ;llise her flat is careful that Fred, Toni Waters the cat, was even given hls walkin’ papery because. Just because. Here is a burlesque blues song done with quiet but expessive artistry by Miss Clifford. I will be very frank. Once upon a time I found that this comedienne was not doing herself justice. I know that she is a fine artist, but once when here she failed although she had been a success in a previous season. Now she returns in all of her great aryl expressive power. She has songs With pep, dash and a wee bit of applesauce, but it Is all comfortable spice. The secret Is that she has real material and new stuff at that. Miss Clifford Is a mighty fine success this season. A splendid triumph of genuine fun in song. Have the feeling that “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” is not the greatest novelty in the world. It might be called the ‘‘railroad convention of tramps.” It Is a burlesque upon tramp life. There is one hit in this act and this is a man who can really sing. Two of the men are ’air dancers. The act on the whole does not live up to expectations. We are well acquainted with Walter and Emily Walters, ventrlloqulsta I know that It Is difficult for such entertainers to change their material especially since they have been leading for at least two years. Dave Kramer and Jack Boyle go in for some harmony and some comedy. Sun-Fong-Lln Company by the use of some excellent showmanship present the stunts for which the Chinese are noted. Mighty good act. Jack Hewitt and Fred Hall know the difficult art of how to stamp their personalties in song. Gordon’s Comedy Canines entertain with stunts not entirely new for this kind of act, but the act does have entertalmlng merit. The movie is “Should Sailors Marry?” At Keith’s all week. I- -I- -|- IT JVST HAD TO HAPPEN—THIS. If Robert Sherman made up his mind to write the worst mystery play of the last ten years, he did exactly what he started to do when he wrote “Spooks.” That Is my personal opinion of ‘‘Spooks,’’ which was revealed at English’s last night. From a play construction standpoint, according to my way of Judging a play, “Spooks” is one of the poorest pieces of stage workmanship I have ever encountered. I want to be fair with stage plays. I want to be honest with myself, with those who read this department. If you go to "Spooks” or were there last night, and were entertained, that is no reflection upon the individual. If you were there and have the same opinion that I do, then that is that. The play might get by under a tent show In the summer time. It didn’t create much of an Impression, either in Chicago or New York- It doesn’t cost much to operate this hunk of melodramatic nothing. The cast Is not large, and only one set is used. The cast is only fair, and at times not even that. The cast includes Carl Way, Dixie Loftln, Ruby Blackburn. Cliff Clifford, Coates Gwynne (never had a chance to show the real talent that he possesses), Ethel Tole, Arthur Olmi, John J. Schwartz, Robert La Londe, Alfred Atwell and Alma Blonde. At English’s all wsvk.
THE SPTTDZ FAMILY-By TALBURT
LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS FINE ARTIST In a performance that could, but be likened to a symphony in song, Cyrena Van Gordon last. night at the Murat pleased her audience to such a degree that it was a real effort to take onesself away after a delightfull hour and a half, spent in listening to this talented woman sing. Although her program contained numbers that were very difficult and hard, it was with the simpler things that Miss Van Gordon won her greatest applause. In one encore was the personality of the artist expressed to the full, it was a simple melody, a negro folk song of the old South. “Lindy Lou.” No fire,' no soaring notes, just a little air that seemed to breathe of the old magnolias and honeysuckle vines which the melody mentions. Her voice soft and lowered to the crooning melody, you were carried away into the land of which the artist sang. On the program was another song of somewhat similar type, ‘‘The Old Road,” It was so mellow and suggestive of Old England. The Indianapolis Matinee Musicals is to be thanked for bringing such an artist for our enjoyment. (By the observer.) -!- I- -ILOOKING OVER NEW BILL AT PALACE Beautiful Lake Minnetonka, out in Minnesota, w r as the Inspiration and theme of a very colorful sketch and song in an act at the l’alace today and tomorrow. The act, "Authors and Composers,” is composed of members who are especially gifted in a musical way. Three pianos are used in the act and are featured in a piano duet. Aod Walton's Revue possesses an orchestra that Is the real article in quiet melody. The two dancers are excellent. An Apache dance featured in the act was worth almost a whole afternoon’s time in itself. Also featured was a violin solo by the orchestra leader. Gordon and Gates have an act full of comedy, mostly of the slapstick kind. In the words of the woman, the man is a ‘nut.’’ Bill includes Prof. Klyooso Nakao in an exhibition of jiu jitsu wrestling and Currier and McWilliams in songs, dances and comedy. Also a movie, “Without Mercy,’’ with Vera Renolds. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) I- -I- -IGOOD DANCE REVUE AT LYRIC It is hard bowadays to really say something different when a revue happens along that stands out ns being out of the ordinary, but the “Revue De Luxe" at the Lyric this week Is one of those which stands out for the originality of its dancing and singing. The dancing of the members, who
Parking in Plaza Desired By Mr. Fixit
Mr. Flxlt wtll help you at the city hall. Write him at The Ttmee. Creation of a vast downtown parking place undeb the War Memorial Plaza Is proposed In a letter Mr. Flxlt received today. DEAR MR. FIXIT—Did you ever think about the plans being made for the Memorial Plaza? What’s the matter with dropping all east and west streets under the ground, letting each entrance come out far enough back so as not to block the north and south streets? Then put in parking ground under the Pinza making It ns lnrge as possible. A little common sense along with the many dollars spent would do a lot of good. HOOSIER TRAVELING MAN. Your idea strikes Mr. Fixit as sensible. Car owners working downtown are entitled to uninterrupted parking during business hours. The suggestion will be referred to the city plan commission. Dear Mr. Fixit: Please see what you can do to get us lights on Barth Ave. and Nelson St. and McKinley St. I have made trip after trip to
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have been directed by Boris, is at once original and refreshing, and the best that can be said about the act is that you should see them and enjoy them in your own way. Travers a.nd Douglas® have a little comedy sketch of the before nnd after effects of an unwise purchase from a very talkative real estate agent. Many humorous turns are given the conversation on the beau ties attributed the property to be sold and on the real condition a year later. Bell’s Hawaiian*, an act done in a Hawaiian atmosphere, have the usual amount of steel guitar solos coupled with some stringed instrument music that will delight those who like this type of melody. They also have a very wriggly hulu dancer. Williams and Young, two men In blackface, offer harmony of a very excellent brand. Rome humor also Is Injected Into the act but thAlr attraction Is their voices. Baker and Grey have an act In which the two women do some good slapstick. Outstanding was the caricature of a movie vamp by one of them. fltanelli and Douglas are two men. who offer some very fine violin music coupled with comedy of a refined order. Fulton and Mack open the show with exhibitions of strength and balancing Just a little out of the ordinary. At the Lyric all week. (By the Ob server.) •I- + + Other theaters today offer: “The Phanton of the Opera’’ at the Colonial. “The Merry Widow" at the Apollo: “Flower of Night” at the Ohio; “The New Commandment” at the Circle: “The Colonel's Wife” at the Capitol: “The Calgary Stampede" at the Tsls; "The Ten Commandments” at the Zaring and burlesque at the Broadway.
Stage Verdict Keith's— Ediith Clifford arrives with a bunch of hew comedy songs that makes her the hit oft he show. A fine artist with nifty, smart and clever mnterinl. English’s—“ Spooks” has no right to bo compared with "The Bat” and other plays that are the real mystery article. Lyric—The Revue DeLuxe is something better than the ordinary brand of revue and Travers and Douglass will give you some good laughs. Palace—Authors and Com posers, a group composed of four men and one woman who have made names for themselves in the world of song and music, offer a complete and pleasing program of their most recent hits.
the city hall to see Mr. Llngenfelter, city engineer, and each time am told he is out of town or busy. Would like to have the street filled up at the place where the sewer was put down and the street graded and cinders put on. If a fire should start in this block the department could not get within a block of the place. F. J. KT7KRTFSR, 2714 Barth Ave Tour complaints are Justifiable, and Elmer Williams, board of works secretary, will take them up at the next board meeting. DEAR MR. B'lXIT: Accidents continue to happen at Blake and New York Sts. A Stop-and-Go sign there would be greatly appreciated and w’ould lessen the danger. B. J. Your letter was turned over to Oscar Wise, boprd of safety secretary, who said he will do what he cun. The department has been short of fun is for some time. He said It is unlikely any more new electric signals will be put in by this administration.