Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1925 — Page 6

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Military Training jr-p I HERE is a lot of smoke about a recent I I pamphlet by Winthrop D. Lane opposing military training in the schools. The pamphlet is indorsed by men like Senators Borah and Norris, former Governor Sweet of Colorado, Bishop McConnell of Pittsburgh, Rabbi Silver and other religious leaders and famous women like Carrie Chapman Catt and Jane Addams. It gives useful facts about schools and colleges where military training is taught. It also contains this statement: “The purpose is to make sqldiers. It is not training iikcitizenship. ’ ’ ' With the implication of this statement, that learning to be a soldier is no business of an American citizen, this newspaper entirely disagrees. The phrase “American citizen” itself would be meaningless not a very considerable proportion of able bodied white men living here in 1776 taken to soldiering mighty earnestly and quite effectively in the War of Independence. It would mean something very different from what it means today* had not the same thing happened in the war to preserve the Union. They were good citizens who avenged the sinking of the “Maine” in the war with Spain, and who fought, or stood ready to fight, against the German Kaiser and what he stood for in 191718 —the better for every bit they knew about how to shoot and do the other jobs a soldier has to do. The plain fact whole-theory of first class American citizenship is based on the willingness of the able bodied male who bears that title to be the best sort of soldier he can be, in time of need, in defense of his country’s territory, its good name and its ideals—which are all his own because of his citizenship. Ybu might as well tell a man it is no business of his whether he catches pneumonia, and that therefor he should not keep fit and study how not to, as to say what this pamphlet says, which is in effect this: That it is no business of an American citizen whether or not this country gets licked, and himself unnecessarily killed or maimed, in some future quite possible WRr for want of new recruits who know in advance such simple things, for instance, as how to keep grit and rust out of the breech mechanism of a Springfield rifle, how to march in company without treading on each others’ heels, or how to keep their digestion working on a field-kitchen diet. The words “quite possible future war” are used advisedly. It is time enough that the American people as a whole understood that the war which ended —perhaps “recessed” would be a better up all points of difference between ambitious war-trained and, where their own interests are concerned, more or less conscienceless world powers, in Europe and elsewhere; that the part that this country played in it did not result in any general feeling of good will toward us; and that our prosperity subsequent to 1918, as well as the political mistake of our aloofness from the League of Nations, has greatly aggravated the general feeling of ill-will against us. For these reasons this newspaper feels that military training in the schools, provided it is of any real military value, is a good thing and should be encouraged. The main question is as to whether such training as is now being given is of any real military value. The War Department, and the military experts, should bo heard on this. • • * mN saying that military training in the the schools is a good thing and should be encouraged, we make no reference to anything that might be construed as “compulsory military training’ in any school or college in part or in whole supported by public taxes. The-

Big Profit Made By Booze Stores

Mtor s Note: This is the tenth of a gwies ol articles by Mr. Gardner reporting: the operation of liquor laws in the various provinces of Canada. By Gilson Gardner .yr INNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada •yy (By Mail) —A million and a —J half dollars profit was announced by the Manitoba liquor commission for the first eight months of its operation. This profit was distributed pro rata to the cities of the province in proportion to the amouht of their taxes. This has proved a popular feature of the law In the cities. The second fiscal year of the act la expected to show a greater profit and a proportionate rebate to taxation. In several of the other provinces the profits go into the general treasury of the province without any special provision bringing them back to the cities. The license plan of Manitoba enables the authorities to check up on individual consumption. Every license has a serial number and the purchases are all credited to the serial number, so If anything happens to call attention to the matter, the commission can readily find Just how much John Smith has pur-, chased in a week, a month or a year. If it looks like more than he can personally consume and preserve his

point is simply that young men in schools and colleges should be encouraged to learn what they can about the grim business of soldiering, and that their parents should not oppose them in this; and that competent military teachers should be available in the publicly supported institutions. This newspaper believes that pacifists and other dissenters from the established order, whether for political or religious reasons, have every right to live in this country, to send their sons to school, and to have them graduated from any publicly supported school or college without taking any military course that they object to. This nation is a big one, with plenty of room and plenty of useful work to do, for all sorts. The watchword of this nation, in its schools, its courts, and all public institutions, must ever be “tolerance.” This is in fact the principal American ideal which it is important we be reasonably prepared to defend. Farmers Reject Coolidge Plan SHE American Farm Bureau Federation listened attentively to President Coolidge’s speech in Chicago, applauded his promise to assist cooperative marketing, sat silent while he praised the tariff and then, when he had left, got down to business. One item of business was adoption of a resolution that pledged support to a bill for a government export corporation to handle surplus American grain. This action was in direct disregard of the President’s advice. He had just declared the proposal to be unsound economically, and had insisted that cooperative marketing is the way out for the farmer. The trouble with the President’s substitute remedy, as the farmer sees it, is that it looks to the future instead of the present. Development of cooperative marketing is a slow, difficult process. But meantime there are mortgages to be met and fifty cent corn won’t meet them. The farmer wants help and he wants it now. Congressional politicians, with their ears to the ground, felt the frost taking hold of tfye grass roots following Coolidge’s Chicago speech. They recognized instantly that his negative program had foufad no favor. Congress is likely to act in sympathy with the resolution adopted by the Farm Bureau Federation. The Senate Rules SHE House of Representatives having gone back to the tyranny of Speaker Cannon, with members of the majority party mere yesmen under the iron rule of the committee on rales, it is all the more important that the Senate retain its independence. If Vice President Dawes were to have his way about amending the rules, the tendency would be toward control by a mere handful of Senators. As it is the Senate is more representative of popular will than the House. Since the test of Republicanism in the House is to blind obedience to the President, the effect of control of both houses by the Republican National Committee would be*, to surrender the legislative function of government into the hands of the executive. Speaker Longworth and his Committee on Rules may throttle independent thought in the House for the time being, and pigeon-hole all bilks that little oligarchy doesn’t like, but in time enough Republican Congressmen will grow tired of ring rule to do to Longworth what they did to Cannon. In the meantime it is up to the Senate to save the rights of the legislative branch of government from executive usurpation.

sobriety, the commission may act Accordingly. usual question asked Is: does Ask The Times You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D 3., inclosing 2 cents In stamp* for reply. Medical legal and martial advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other question* will received a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered All letters are confidential —Editor Os what derivation is the name Kuen and how is it pronounced In English? The name Kuen is of German origin. The old form may have been Kuhn, which means bold, daring, fearless. The umlaut—two dots — over a German vowel Is used to Indicate a short sound, which in English is designated by conjunction with “e”. The word Kun (two dots over “U”) in German would be spelled Kuen In England and pronounced almost like “Keen.” Who decides what the bridesmaids at a wedding shall wear? The bridesmaid’s costume is dictated by the bride. Whatever the 'bride wishes her maids to ; wear they must conform to as nearly as possible. v,

the plan result in more or less drunkenness? The news editor of the principal local the Free Press, replied to such a question: “So far as I can see there is no increase certainly in public drunkenness. I have heqrd talk of young people, girls and boys, drinking; but have seen nothing of it and am inclined to think such stories exaggerated. I doubt in any case if it has anything to do with our plan of dealing with the liquor problem. "There is only way in which one might find an indication of increased drinking in the home. It might be found that arrests for driving an automobile while under the Influence of liquor had Increased. I am inclined to think they have. But wo have nothing official on the subject. The police are very strict with such cases. The driving license is suspended for six months and it is not unusual to give the man seven days in Jail, in addition to fine. “On the whole the law setsns to be working to the general isatlsf action of the community/' |

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A Sermon for Today —By Rev. John R. Gunn

Text: “Learn first to show piety at home.” —I Tim. 5:4. Ar— I WHOLESOME atmosphere in the home is require! for _____ the development of good character. Look yito your own home. What kind of atmosphere prevails there? What kind of chance have your children growing up In such atmosphere? In your home life are you giving your children a fair chance to develop as they ought to develop? The greatest peril to the childhood of today Is the lack of piety in the modern home. Evidence of this lack Is seen among all classes, high and lofr. The elements of the true home are lacking, not only in the tenement house, but in the so-called home on the fashionable street. The truest home may exist in the most commonplace and unpretentious hut. while In the palatial mansion there may be the poorest sort of home. In many households the father is worldly, the mother is a society buttterfly, and the little ones are left to the care of some *

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

■By GAYLORD NELSON

INDIANA’S TIP TO UNCLE SAM mNDIANA paid $38,446,429 in Federal taxes during the year ending June 30, 1925, according to the report of the Commission of Internal Revenue just made public. The total vtas $7,000,000 less than the pervious year’s payments. Nevertheless It la a fairly sizable tip that Indiana shelled out to Uncle Sam last year—about sl3 per Hoosler. Among the States of the Union, Indiana ranks eleventh in population, and thirty-seventh in area. In Federal tax payments It ranks twelfth, so it Is above the average and the Hoosler Is not" to be sneezed at as a payer. But compared with New York even Indiana is a microscopic source of Federal revenue. Last year the Empire State —as It styles itself—poured Into Uncle Sam’s coffers $568,585,982. Almost a fourth of the total Internal revenue collections came from that on© State and amounted to S6O for each resident of the State. It is quite the custom of trans-Mississippian agrarians and similar agitators to denounce New York as a sinkhole of sin and Iniquity. It is charged with manipulating the weather and economic laws to the detriment of the plain people. The city on the Hudson Is pictured as a combination of Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon. They would wipe It off the map. New York is as bad as painted perhaps. Certainly a lot of New Yorkers give us a pain. But to the metropolis inexorably gravitates a large portion of the country’s wealth. . And the nation couldn't get along without the city. In the matter of taxes the New Yorker pays and pays and pays. JUSTICE AT S3B A CASE CjlVILi and criminal trials in all Indiana courts in 1924 numbered 58,745, according < to Charles Kettleborough, director ‘ of the legislative reference bureau. And the average cost per case to the Hoosler taxpayer was S3B. Justice at S3B a case. Every domestic dispute, contest between citizens, or bootlegger that Is brought before an Indiana court represents an actual investment of hard cash by the taxpayers. He pays about as much for a case in court as for a case of denaturalized Scotch. And some of our court trials look like a 30-cent instead of a S3B investme'nt. Among some members of the legal fraternity there is a notion that courts and the machinery of justice are maintained simply to afford them a means of livelihood and for the convenience of their clients. They resent any criticism of judicial forms and procedure by the man In the street. Any suggestion to speed and simplify the administration of Justice by unhallowed laymen is condemned by them as socialistic, anarchistic or silly. But as a matter of fact the stolid, unlearned-ln-the-law taxpayer has a deeper interest In the functioning of courts than the glib lawyerg. He foots the bill for the operation of the judicial machinery. If a lot of pettifogging at-* torneys, hair-splitting judges, and dignity-encrusted bar association would get that fact thoroughly in mind —that the public maintains the courts and the public’s interest is paramount in their operation—the administration of Justice would be saner and speedier. Trials wouldn’t cost S3B a case and would come nearer being worth the money. HIT ’EM AND RUN Cr— CHARLES E. HEARN, a private at Ft. Harrison, while walking In Pendleton pike Sunday night was struck and killed by an automobile. His companion was seriously injured. Leaving the crumpled bodies In the road to be discovered by a latter passerby the killer sped away. Just another specimen of the lovely handiwork of a hlt-’em-and-run coward with which Indianapolis Is all too familiar. To kill accidentally le tragic. To speed away following an accident, leaving the victim alive or dead to the mercy of chance passersby, is worse than tragic. It is a particularly revolting act of brutality. Yet that is what most drivers of death cars do in this enlightened State. Ten dajK* ago an Indianapolis pedistrlan was struck by an auto

irresponsible and Incapable person. In many homes the training of the children consists of manners, refinement and propriety, rather than morals, religion and piety. The ruling passion in some househols is the love of money, and the only attention the little folks get Is to be rushed off to school In the night. Growing up in such homes, breathing 'sue/ an atmosphere, children become wayward and wasteful, or mean and selfish. Most t>f our great men have come from very humble homes, but they were homes that breathed a pure, wholesome atmosphere. I am not preaching a gospel of environment. I know good men often come out of the worst of environment, redeemed and transformed by the grace of God. But everybody knows that the home atmosphere usually determines a child’s character and destiny. In view of this fact, parents who are concerned for the future well-being of their children, should “learn first to show piety at home.” (Copyright, 1925, by John R. Gunn)

and carried 150 feet on the bumper before he fell to the pavement. The car sped away, pursued by a couple of witnesses of the accident In another machine, and was eventually captured. * The quickwitted pursuers in that instance deserve congratulations for cramplng the style of one hit-and-run ' driver. Another hit-and-run driver was sentenced the other day In Criminal Court to one year In prison for fleeing front the scene of an accident in which his truck Injured a pedestrian. It is only by co-operation of citizens who witness accidents and inflexible judges that the cowards who don’t stop after accidents can be suppressed. No penalty is too severe on the hit-and-run driver. He is a blot on our so-called civilization —in his hands an automobile is an implement of savagery. ROW OVER WORLD PEACE IARL HOUSTON of Purdue University, has been placed t on the executive committee of the National Student Federation organized at the national collegiate world court conference just held at Princeton, N. J., to work for entrance of the United States into the world court and world peace. You just can’t keep Hoosiers out of office in any business, social, political or uplift organization. Wherther the National Student Federation accomplishes much for world peace remains to be seen. At - the recent conference where the movement was launched by delegates from nearly all American colleges and universities, north, east, south and west, the dove lost some of her tailfestbers in a row. A young colored woman—representative of Howard University, Washington—was named for a place on the organization's executive committee. Right then the dove of peace lost her composure—and the conference was thrown Into an uproar. Anglo-Saxon supremacy was menaced. Several Southern delegates withdrew from the movement In high indignation. They were strong for world peace but stronger for inherited racial prejudices. Work In an organization with a negress on the executive committee for the uplift of humanity? Never! Tlie episode is illuminating. If educated young white Americans can’t stifle their racial pre; Judices sufficiently jto cooperate with educated young American negroes for the attainment of such a high Ideal as world peace what chance of nations, separated by race, language and national lines, forgetting their hoary animosities in the near’ future for the brother hood-of-man idea?

MR. FIXIT Cars Perpetually Parked in Streets Draw Protest.

Let Mr. Fixlt golve your trouble* with city officials. He i The Time* representative at the city hall. Write him at The Times. Laziness of car owners transforms city streets iqto garages as the drivers fail to locate their garages, a letter to Mr. Fixlt today indicates. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Isn’t there a city ordinance against parking machines on the street all day and all night too? J live on N. State Ave., between Ohio and New York Sts. and one of the neighbors parks his two machines on the street in front of our houses night and day. He has a double garage but just seems too lazy to drive around to the alley. He has been asked not to park his truck In front of our homes but does so anyhow and we think it an eyesore, especially on Sunday. M. B. Car owners may park as long as ten hours in residential districts. If the party you mention let his automobile stay In the street longer, just report the matter to Lieut. Ralph Dean, police station, Lincoln 4555. DEAR MR FIXIT: I requested your assistance about three months ago In securing a bridge that would be safe, wide enough and In keeping with the twentieth century progress for Shelby St., over Bean Creek. What has become of It? SUPPORTER OF MR. FIXIT. The board of works told Mr. Fixlt the bridge was halted because a bridge was contemplated In plans for Pleasant Run Blvd. If this fails to mature, write Mr. Ftsifc sg” ln i

(VEKKLY BOOK REVIEW Trying to Select the Ten Best Christmas Books

By Walter D. Hickman Naming the “Ten Best Christman Books” is a mighty big order. But the order has been given and I will try to deliver it. as best I can. In selecting my "ten best Christ mas books” suitable for yuletid' gifts as well as holiday reading, 1 d> it with the understanding that I bast my selection upon what I have reac during the year. My ten best Christmas book list includes the following: "Arrowsmith,” by Sinclair Lewis; Harcourt, Brace & Cos. “Dark Laughter," by Sherwood Anderson: Boni & Liveright. “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” by John Erskine; Bobbs-Mer-rill. "The Mother’s Recompense,” by Edith Wharton; D. Appleton & Cos. “The Man Nobody Knows,” by Bruce Barton; Bobbs-Merrill. “Recollections of Thomas Riley Marshall —A Hoosler Salad,” published by Bobbs-Merrill. "Paris on Parade,” by Robert Forrest Wilson; Bobbs-Merrill. “Women,” by Booth Tarkington; Doubleday, Page. “When We Were Very Young,” by A. A. Milne; Dutton. “The Life of Abraham Lincoln,” In two volumes by William E. Barton; Bobbs-Merrill. I ask nobody to agree with me on this list, but it represents more than a year’s work on my part. In twelve months’ time a book reviewer digests many books. Some cling to his memory; in fact, some of the characters nearly live in his brain box. Other characters walk right out, the second they walk in. The same is true in real li£ among the people one meets. My ’’ten best” list is given you after much thought und mental controversy on my part. Regardless of what the general verdict will be on the list, I am convinced that I have satisfied myself. A Shopping List On any Christmas list I would Include the "ten best” listed above. Here are a few other books suitable for adult Christmas gifts: “No More Parades,” by Ford Madox Ford. This novel is jumping to the front as a best seller.

Rae Sings That Dough to Old-Fashioned Mamma Has Different Meaning Today

By Walter 1). Hickman —| OUGH to the old-fashioned Tj mamma was something which caused the bread to rise. But dough today to the "redheaded mamma” has a silver ring and a thing that m- v OjRM they cry for every * minute of the day. Dough is dough to the baker but to tho head • headed * mamma in the jazz Wi ,-ongs of the day, it ''***-tWr a means that daddy I has come a calling. / M They call ’em main- ' Jm mas but they sure jL u * n ’t old fashioned, ■k Anyway, that is how Rae Samuels ■■ f aß hioned mother Rae Samuels and the red-hot flapper marrvna of today. Am Just telling you that Rae Samuels has landed at Keith’s with a red-hot bunch of new papa-rrlamma-daddy songs which makes her the Queen Bee of jazz melody. Miss Samuels doesn’t give the same old line every season but she sees to It that the melody writers and the lyric makers “hatch” a brand new batch of songs for her each year. Rae has been the “blue streak of vaudeville” for years and she Is stilll "streaking” her stuff to great and wonderful satisfaction. Here is one artist that can apply pepper to a sassy little song and turh It into delightful jazz burlesque. She tells you in song that years ago “the job of being a woman was tough” but today—the mammas are just flappers who cry "daddy." It takes artistry, personality, and, above all. a sort of honesty to put over these songs. She knows the popular pulse. She tells you this season that she would like to do ballads full of that wanta-cry stuff. And she tells you if she did much of that sort of stuff they would be paying her In buttons. And she does one of those "crying” right to the heart things—a song about what it means to go trouping on the stage far from home. They were crying when I was present while this artist exposed her heart to spotlight. * And when the folks out in front started to cry Rae rushed back and said, “Put up your handerchief. Do you think I am going to let you spoil your afternoon? Walk out, child (meaning Kiss Mildred Land, pianist), and we will blue the atmosphere.” And Rae Samuels chased away the heart thought, the sun of jazz melody oozed its way all over Keith’s. Result —Rae Samuels had registered her biggest hit at Keith’s here. Emilie Lea presents herself in songs and dances, with the assistance of Sam Kaufman and Burr Dwaa. The male dancer has that careless something which puts him across. There is artistry in this sort of thing, you know. James J. Corbett, minus Billy B. Van. has the aid of Bobby Barry, one of those pint-sized comediafls. The usual Corbett chatter is used. Johnny Murphy—just wait until you see What this man can do with a song, a telephone and a magazine. Another fine example what the combination of Individuality and common sense can do. William Sully has a mighty wicked pair of dancing feet. He knows how and when to use ’em. He has a sort of a college way about him, but he doesn’t let It get painful. Has fine assistance In Genevieve Houghton and Edwin Forsburg. The offering is called "Arms and the Girl.” The Trado Twins have always had that dancing something to them which makes them stand out in any show. Fine, mighty fine daccing. Bert Melrose originated a fall, not the Adama variety. Many entertainers have used the Melibse fall or something like it. The result be-

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Booth Tarkuigton Where did Booth Tarkington get all of his Inside Information upon women? The world will never know but most of us will probably read with splendid enjoyment his latest. “Women.”

"Thunder on the Left,” by Christopher Morley, has been branded by some reviewers as his “finest novel.” “Jefferson and Hamilton,” by Claude G. Bowers (I have not quite finished It, although I am satisfied with Its value) would be a splendid gife to those who enjoy historical reading. “The Strolling Saint,” by Rafael Sabatinl, another romantic tale by a man who knows how to spin ’em. “The Keeper of tho Bees,” by Gene Stratton-Porter. A story as sweet as the honey the bees make. “The Red Lamp,” by Mary Roberts Rinehart. A detective. story which Is fascinating reading. “The Green Hat,” by Michael Arlen. Enough said. “The Fruit of the Family Tree,”

lng that Melrose should get another kind of a fall. The movie Is Clyde Cook In “Starvation Blues.” . Keith’s this week has the kind of show that makes you want to buy tickets. •I- -I- -ICHARLES ALTHOFF REGISTERS AT LYRIC There are many men on the stage who Impersonate the rural character and get over with it. But there is one man at least who does this thing and does It in such a way that the o'd countryman and his fiddle really live before your eyes. That man is Charles Altljoff ut the Lyric this week. Comedy is the keynote of the act and everyone is kept at a continuous ripple of laughter until at the close Althoff consents to play some real music. The first number was “Silver Threads Among the Gold” and then he decided to play some jazz. He asked the sympathy of the audience If It happened that he made any mistakes. And then the syncopation that fiddle did turn out. He put the inflexion of a whole jazz orchestra Into the one instrument. Guy Voyer and company have a comedy sketch concerning a young man wht has to marry before 8 o’clock In the evening or lose a fortune of several million dollars. The female applicants for the job as wife bring the fun into the situation. One of them Is a knockout. She is a girl from the Bowery and her name Is “Charley” and she Is just that hard. An entertaining act. Frish, Rector and Toolin, a trio of men, offer some fine harmony and a humorous little song as a solo by one of the members of the act. Nancy Fair and. company Is an offering of two women of musical monologue and a piano solo. Avery Interesting character study was done by Miss Fair in the role of a little Chinese girl who Is about to be deported from our country, where her mother Is waiting for her. Bellclalr Brothers have a very sensational feature in their act, consisting of a chute by one of the men down a plane that has been set up on the stage and which turns a complete curve In the air. The man goes down this thing, turns a curve in the air and lands in the arms of his partner. Pauli and Argo,a man and woman, have two very good voices for melody and work in some comedy along the line of a proposal. Lieutenant Thetion, a French ace of the last war, closes the bill with some remarkable sharpshooting and an expose of the tricks resorted to by some shooters of the stage. At the Lyric all week. (By Observer). -I- I- -I----“BIjOSSOM TIME” COMES BACK IN MIGHTY FINE SHAPE The now familiar “Blossom Time” with Its beautiful Schubert music Is back at English’s for a week’s engagement. The pathetic story of the great Austrian composer is presented by a capable cast headed by Knight MacGregor in the role of Schubert. The story of the operetta, as most theater-goers know, has to do with f the history of the a composer, who struggled for recoghis love affair with the beautiful* Mitzi, of his composition of the marvelous Unfinished Symphony and his disappointment. Mr. MacGregor appears as a capable Schubert and his baritone U pleasing. E s pe - dally pleasing is . the "Song of Love” Patrick Kelly number, which he sings wltA Charlotte Lansing, who appears as Mitzi. The audience Insisted that they aing

SfcrESDAY, DEO. 15, 1925

by A. E. Wlggam. A book that will make a fellow think, dlecuas and “cuss.” I am relying this season for Christmas book suggestions for children upon a list published by Beach's Bookshop in “Book Notes.” In the post I have found Beach completely correct in his recommendations. Here is Beach’s Juvenile list: “American Twins <>( 1812”. buoy Perkin* "Bart Child'* Book of Ikvwt*” Belloc “Bob Graham at Sea” lUeaaaber* Boy Scout 1 * Year Book. “Cousin*" Bellamy Partridge "Dr. Doltttle’s Zoo” Hugh Loiting "The Flying Cacnot." "Gallery of ClilulWni”. . .A. A. MOne "Playtime A Company.’’ verse.H. V. Luca* "Poor Ceeeo" ll lias, by Rot-kbam “Sontrs of Youth” Kipling "Number Three Joy Street.’ Tony Sarr' Books, “Tho Red Diamond,". .Samuel Scqvine. Jr, “Tho Voyager*," Partralc whim “When we Weere Very Young' .... Milne Books for Boys I am relying upon the book department of L. S. Ayres & Cos., for a list of books lor bo yd. The Ayres’ list for boys Includes! “Tho Red Diamond,” by Samuel Sroville Jr. “Quitiby and Son,” by William HeyUger. "Hold ’Em. Wyndham 1“ by Balph Henry Barbour. "Barry Locke. Half Back.” by Balph Henry Barbour. “Right Half Holltn*," by Balph Henry Barbour. “The Boy Scientist,” by A. Frederick Collin*. “The Boy Scout’* Year Book," by F K. Mathlews, “The Voyagers.” Padratc Odum. "Quenteirs of the Desert, Janies Willard Schultz. “Alt for Andover." by Claude Moore Furs*. "Fought for AnnapolU,” by Fltzhngh Green. “Midshipman All,” by Fitzhugh Green “A Modern Knight.—Hl* Adventure*." "Friend* and Rival*.” by Arthur Stan wood Pier, Ayres & Cos. has a splendid list for the younger readers It is as fol lows: “Llttln Robinson Crusoe." by Chari's Donald Fox, "Jordan Fairy Tale*." ‘ IMnoechlo," by Collodl. "Poor Cccco, by Margery William* Bianco. “Now and Then." by E. B. and A. AKnlne. “Raggedy Ann’* Wishing Pebble," by Johnny Gruelle, one of the volland “Happy Children” Mori as. “Raggedy Ann’* Alphabet Book." by Johnny Gruelle. "Pretty Polly Perkins.” by Ethel Calvert Perkins. "Made to Order Stories," by Dorothy Canfield. “Doctor Doolittle’s Zoo." by Hugh Lotting. "The Gateway to Btoryland." "The Disappointed Squirrel. * by W. H. Hudson.

the song with its haunting melody repeatedly. Other outstanding members of the cast are Leeta Oorder, who does the part of the prima donna Beliabruna exceptionally well, and Patrick J. Kelly, tenor, in the difficult role of Baron von Schober. Robert Lee Allen also deserves special mention for his acting of the comedy part of Kranz. The settings are attractive, especially that of the second act, and the costumes beautiful. If you have never seen "Blossom Time” you should see It by all mgans. If you have seen It, it should not be necessary to suggest that you see it again. It is one of the few shows that bears repetition. In fact, it can easily be clasred as one of the very best of inoderrP musical produitlons. By F. F. B. •I- + -IMIGHTY NIUE REVUE ON VIEW AT PALACE Although the Mae Swift and Muriel Gibson Revue has no great number of principals in its make-up. this act. at the Palace today and tomorrow, has a real punch when it comes to dancing and setting off a popular song. The dancing is at it* best when the two girls do their stuff In unison, their timing and action is well nigh perfect. Also featured was an especially well done eooentric dance by one of •Vt tho men. You T have all probably heard that famous song, “Maga ■ri r L, m H ffl®.” sung many times, but this iZv fiy time it is made over danced • 25** GjV-" 4* for you by on© V' ifS- of the girls. A chorus of four girls singing harmony produced by then© Muriel Gibson four girls Is Just what on© would wish for. Asa rather different little innovation a sample of the music played In the "Honky Tonks” down El l*aso way was played. The piano player in one of these places must take the place of the whole orchestra, and the effects obtained are fin*. Hall, Ermine and Brice, In their act, “A Night on Broadway," present some worth while songs and music and some humorous tricks by the one male member of the aoL A1 Bernivice, with his violin, provides some fun and also some very good melody, while an assistant in a box sings some popular songs. Dewitt, Burns and Torrence open the bill with an act In which the characters, two men and a woman, are dressed up as toys and carry the spirit through the act. A feature was a stunt In which one of the men climbed a pole that was balanced in the hands of the other. Bill includes a Photoplay, “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Work” with Llonal Barrymore and News Reel. At the Palace today and to morrow. (By the observer.) ORATORIO SOt’l ET^ GIVES THE MESSIAH The Indianapolis Oratorio Society presented Handel's Messiah Monday night Rt Cadle Tabernacle. The, soloists were Florence Klnnalrd, soprano of this city; Barbara Wait, contralto of Chicago; Emil Rousseau, tenor of New York; Harlow© Fenn Dean, bass of this city, and, Mrs. William Duthle, organist of Indianapolis. •I- I- + < The chorus numbered 200 voices and the orchestra was composed of fifty players. Horace Whltehous© was tne conductor. Other theaters today offer: "The Mon on the Box" at the Circle: “The Coming of Amos" at the Colonial: “Go West” ait the Apollo; “That Royle Girl” at the Ohio; “The Evetlasting Whisper” at the Isis and burlesque at the Broadway.