Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1925 — Page 4
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1 The Indianapolis Times B ROY W. HOWARD. President. ■ FELIX D\ BRUNER. Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN. Bus. Mgr. aF Member of the Scrlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • * Client of the United Press and the NBA Service ■■ ' * * Member of tne Audit Bureau of Circulations. ■■Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis MB* * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • • ♦ ■phone— MA in 3500. . ■ S I.U, ■' ■ 1 ■ No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or reacting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.
Wilson’s Birthday EODAY there is for the first time general • observance of the birthday of Woodrow Wilson. In Indianapolis, former Senator lames Hamilton Lewis of Illinois will speak it a banquet at the Claypool. Observance of the day inevitably leads igain to the interesting question of Wilson’s jlace in history. It is too soon for anybody to be sure. Rather, it is not too soon to he lure of his place in history, but it is too soon to be sure of his place in the hearts of Americans. His place in history is assured, but we have still to discover whether he will occupy his niche in the hall of fame as a hero or, merely a man who happened to be in a high place during a stirring episode in human events. are indications, however, that the world is coming more and more to accept the Wilsonian theory of things. The League of Nations has shown itself, at least to some extent, to be practical. Sentiment in America is overwhelmingly in favor of entrance into the world court and America’s actual participation in world affairs' in a role other than that of a money lender is merely a matter of time. At least, political differences that painted Woodrow Wilson on one hand as a superman and on the other as little more than a crank, are dying out. Senator Lodge, the leader of the “little group of willful men,” is gone. Tho senatorial aspect has changed. War hysteria is dying out. We are becoming calmer in our judgment. We are better able to see things in their true light. Some there are who place Wilson beside Lincoln in the roll of the immortals. While their judgment may be wrong, this leads to some interesting speculation. Lincoln was assassinated a few days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox. The North was in the midst of its celebration of the end of the war. The death of Lincoln brought about such a wave of national indignation as the country had never known. Lincoln was shot;- he was a martyr. The war had been won; Lincoln was a hero. Would Lincoln have been a hero if he had been called upon to solve the problems of reconstruction? Would he have been a national hero if he had been faced with the difficulties that eaused Grant to leave the Whitehouse discredited? Nobody knows. f Woodrow Wilson was at the height of his power when he went to Washington carrying with him his plans for bringing about universal peace. Supposing he had been assassinated as he rode through the street of Paris. Would his place as an immortal have been assured? Very likely. It is probable that Wilson lived too long. He lived to be vilified by political opponents. He lived to see his peace program crushed by his enemies in his own country while it was being accepted by the rest of the world. He did not live to see the reaction in favor of his plan, which is now so evident. It remains to be seen whether this reaction 'will elevate him to a place among those whom the people call great.
Indiana’s Boom mNDIANA isn’t exactly going to the bowwows. Florida press agents to the con;rary notwithstanding. We admit that during iiis kind of weather Florida has its attractions, but it hasn’t any corner on booms. It simply makes more noise about them. For instance, the Indiana Real Estate Board reports a 20 percent increase in building activities in the State as compared with last year. That is a healthy increase. It is healthier than would be a 100 per cent increase followed by a corresponding slump. The report said the increase in the northern part of the State was 20 per cent, in the central part, excluding Indianapolis, 15 per cent and in the southern part, excluding Evans-
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You Cod get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1332 New York Ave.. Wash Ington. D. C.. inclosing 2 centß in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and ■ martial advice cannot be given nor ■ can extended re search be undertaken. ■AU other questions will received a per- ■ tonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot rbe answered. AU letters are conflden--1 tial. —Editor. What is the “mint mark” on ’ coins? A single letter placed at the base of a coin on either side indicates the particular mint whre it was made. The mark “D” for example, on a coin Indicates that it was minted at the Denver mint; ”S” indicates the, San Francisco mint; coin minted at Philadelphia has no mint mark. AVhat kind of an animal is a ferret? Is any special 'training .required to make them good rabbit and rat catchers? The ferret is a domesticated, albinistic variety of the polecat. It is smaller and more slender than the polecat and Is almost always- a Inwish-white color, with pink eyes.
ville, 5 per cent. In Indianapolis the increase was 30 per cent and in Evansville 15 per cent. Perhaps Indiana could use a little more press agenting. Mellon and His Tax Bill SHE Indianapolis Times is presenting a series of articles analyzing the tax bill which has passed the House and is now before the United States Senate. Iq these articles the cage of Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, • principal author of the tax bill, figures frequently. How he, personally, benefits by the bill is explained. A contrast is made with his case and that of comparatively small business men, as well as persons of the smallest incomes. * Andrew W. Mellon may save millions of dollars of his own money through this new tax bill, if it becomes law, but— The Times does not believe that personal profit is the motive that myves him in this case. We’d like to make that clear. Mr. Mellon has been abused by some because prohibition enforcement, which comgs under his department, has not been satisfactory. |nvidious references have been made to his previous large financial interest in whisky distilleries. We do not believe that the money he made in this manner has influenced his efforts to enforce the Volstead act. We believe he is aa.honest public servant. From all we’ve ever heard concerning Mr. Mellon, we’d trust him to handle honestly any business matter we might put in his hands. There has been criticism of his conduct of the debt settlements with foreign countries. We believe he gave the best of his ability to those settlements, as the agent of the United States. Wc may think there is something wrong in an arrangement whereby the mass of Americans who paid and are still paying the taxes that made up the money loaned abroad, must pay in full to the end, while getting back only a fraction of their money. We may see a peculiarity in the fact that, the debt thus “discharged” to the American people, these foreign countries are now encouraged- to borrow from American bankers, with the certainty that the bankers—unlike the common taxpayers—will get their money back with excellent interest. But, in our opinion, Mellon made the best Settlement he was capable of making, and he was honest in the matter. So as to the present tax bill, with its glaring inequalities. We think Mellon has endeavored to do an honest job. But we believe just as thoroughly that Mr. Mellon, by the very nature of things, is incapable of seeing the tax problem from the standpoint of the man who makes $5 a d&y. It is inevitable that he must see it from the standpoint of $500,000,000, or whatever his personal fortune is. The problems of the man of great wealth are the problems he has been considering all his life; they are his daily worries ; they are part of his very being. Men there are who have been big enough to overcome this handicap of viewpoint. They are rare and Mr. Mellon, nnfort.nnflt.pily, does not happen to be one of them. At least, nothing in his public record has indicated that he is.
Auto Taxes SHIS winter might be a fine time to simplify the taxes that are assessed on automobiles. For instance, the auto owner pays a Federal tax when the car, pays a State tax for his license, another on gasoline and another as a personal property tax. The auto owner just about pays his share of governmental esenses. The least that can be done is to find some way whereby the whole tax could he paid at once, to the elimination of red tape.
Ferrets are bred for rabbit and rat catching, .and,are ’ ferocious and bloodthirsty creatures, attacking their prey behind the ears and sucking the blood. Training for rabbit and rat catching should be begun at the age of three months. Handling ferrets requires care; and to lift them onb seize them immediately behind the forelegs and not by the rjbs. Young ferrets, should be handled daily to accustom them to their master and should be taught to answer at feeding time to a particular whistle, which later may be used effectively in field work. 'When a ferret leaves a hole It should be allowed to come out a little way before being taken up. ■ The great drawback to ferrets as hunters Is their tendency to “lay up” and remain in the burrow. Many people advocate muzzling or coping ferrets before sending them into a burrow, while others are opposed to it. Whether to send the ferret in fed or fasting debatable quee-
Can you tell me something about Carol Dempster, the movie actress? / She was born In Santa Maria, California on Jan. 16, 1902; and studied under Ruth St. Dennis and later toured as one of ..the Denishawn dancers. Then she joined D. W. Griffith and has appeared almost exclusively In his productions. She Is five feet, five inches tall, weighs 114 pounds, has chestnift brown hair and brown eyes. She Is unmarried. How can lead be removed from the barrel of rifles? One method is to remove powder -fouling first, by means of a solution of sal soda and then, having closed one end of the barrel, Introduce a small amount of mercury. Close the other end of the barrel and let the mercury come in contact wtth all parts of the inner surface of the barrel. Remove the mercury and mercury-lead alloy, and clean with a swab.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
A Sermon for Today 1 By Rev. John R. Gunn -
Text: “Thou Bhalt remember." —Deut. 8:2. rr~] EUTEHONOMY might well I'l I be called a book of rememL~_J brance. It contains Moses’ fareweU addresses to the people of Israel. Over and over he calls on the people to remfember certain things. "Remember the day when thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt.” “Remember all the way which the Lord, thy God, hath led these forty years In the wilderness.” , "Remember the Lord,' thy God, for It is He that giveth thee 'power to get wealth.” The object was to show them what great things the Lord had done for them In the days gone by, anad In this way to arouse In them a feeling of gratitude and to stir them with a high confidence for the days ahead. The call to remember God’s past blessings is heard in many other books of the Bible. God is constantly calling us all to recollection —to think of the past, to realize what has been done, and out of the past to gather lessons of Inspiration and hope for the future. The remembrance of God’s dealings with us In the past ought to produce In us a feeling of gratitude. The saddest thing in the history of Israel was their continued and persistent forgetfulness and ingratitude toward the merciful and gracious God who did so much for them. But I don’t know that they were any worse in this respect than many of us. God has been good to us. Yet, how thankless some of us are. It ought not to be so. We ought to
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IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON
MORE NEW COPS FALL mWO Indianapolis policemen —among the ’ bunch of forty-eight new cops recently added to the force —were suspended the other day. They got too full of yuletide spirits, and 1 now await trial before the board of safety on charges of drunkenness. • Already several others who were appointed in that same class of forty-eight have been dismissed for Intoxication and misconduct. And Mayor Lew is indignant. “I’ve ordered the records of all the new men we’re examining for the force to be placed under the microscope,” says he. “We’re taking no more chances." That’s the proper attitude. The Indianapolis police department is no place for the personal friends of John Barleycorn or for those whose records and character won,’t bear close Inspection. We don’t expect, of course, that policemen will wear wings and a neavy mantle of piety. However, we expect them to do their reforming before they get on the force, not afterward. But why wait until now to put the applicants’ records under the microscope? Why wasn’t the mi- • croscope employed before the bunch of forty-eight were appointed? Apparently in the recent extensive additions the city administration was more Interested in playing politics than in the police force. The system x>t appointing in. haste and firing in haste, when the newly appointed cops clabber on the Job, doesn’t help the police department to gain popular respect.
CITY PARKS IN WINTER WALTER JARVIS, Indiapolls park superintendent. > ■ says: “Don’t forget the city I>arks in winter time.” Thousands of grownups as well as youngsters, he declares, ore finding the parks delightful under their mantles of snow and Ice. Coasting, skating and the beauties of the winter landscapes make the parks as attractive In winter as In summer, and more exhillrating. He urges more people to visit them. Probably all the time Walter was uttering these fine sentiments he was festooned around a steam radiator watching with horrified eye the mercury, congealing In a thermometer. It is easy to talk about the Joys •of the winter season—tlnking sleighbells on clear, frostj* nights, pure white snow blanketing the ugly face of nature, red flannel underwear, frost-bitten ears, chilblains and other things that contribute so much to the happiness of the season. But except for youngsters with skates and sleds moat <-f us would rather read about winter than experience it. All we want of winter is for it to pass. It means a time of high coal bills, frigid mornings, frozen radiators and discomfort. We would like to spend a winter afternoon cornthuning with Tom and Jerry but to spend it communing with nature In a city park. Br-rr-r! DAWES AND * HIS TRICK PIPE No-Tobacco League of America, through its secretary, Charles M. Fillmore of Indianapolis, Saturday sent a telegram, to Vice President Dawes asking him to make a New Year's resolution to refrain from smoking. Ask Charles Dawes to discard his trick pipe! That’s a dirty dig, like suggesting to Samson that he get a haircut. Dawes is making a heroic fight to keep from being submerged in the obscurity of the Vice Preslf dency. His chief ally is his unden slung pipe that makes the headlines and the rotogravure section with pleasing regularity. Without this bit of scenery he would loojt like an ordinary Chicago banker. A few weeks ago the Vice President and his pipe visited Indianapolis. Together they attended a
be grateful and tb&nkful to Him for everything, even for every crust of bread we eat. Gratitude makes life sweeter and increases our enjoyment of what we have. These remembrances ought also to strengthen our faith. For what is romembrance, but an appeal to experience. And surely every one of us have much In our experience to confirm and strengthen our confidence in God’s goodness and sufficiency. Another thing, In the past we have relied upon God’s leading and help, and He has never failed us. The remembrance of this fact ought to give us courage to go on. We know what His presence has meant to us in the past. It will mean no less to us In the future. It was said that the presenoe of on the field of battle was equal to forty thousand soldiers, because his presence gave his soldiers such unbounded courage. But what is the presence of a Napoleon compared with the presenoe of our Mighty God! When we know that God W with us, that He Is our Leader and Deliverer, that ought to inspire us with boldness and courage to go forward In the great battle of life. “Thou shalt remember.” How appropriate that we should remember God’s past blessings and deliverances as we turn from the old year to the new. Remembering how God has taken care of us through the year Just gone, surely we can trust Him to take care of us through the year ahead. (Copyright, 1925, by John R. Gunn.)
large dinner where gathered the chivalry and wit of the Hoosler metropolis from Ed Jackson down to Lew Shank. Throughout the function the Vice President sat in state with the slumbering pipe clenched in his teeih. At a formal dinner! How the No-Tobacco League must have shuddered at that exhibition. But the* incident doesn’t prove the evils of nicotine, only the evijs of publicity. Perhaps the No-Tobacco League is engaged in a holy crusade. Smoking is harmful to some people —and it is not inspiring to see a half-pint lad puffing a cigaret. But even at its worst the tobacco habit doesn’t incite to’ riot, murder and crime. A smoker isn’t more likely to amuck ‘than a waffle fiend. i As far as the Vice President is concerned most people don’t care whether he merely smokes or bursts out In flames. DISTRIBUTING CHRISTMAS CHEER | li" ""IWRBERT 8. KING, chair--111 I man of the Chrlstmas clearL -- J ing house, reports that 3,282 needy Indianapolis families received Christmas baskets and other gifts this year through the efforts of the clearing house. Seventyseven organizations used the clearing house. The clearing house, by ch/cking the' lists turned in by the different organizations, prevented duplication of relief in 1,478 cases. By thus systematizing the distributlpn of Christmas cheer more needy families were and the Christmas spirit spread farther. More than . 3,000 families, to whom Christmas would have been otherwise merely a dreary, cheerless Friday, had the day brightened with gifts of food, clothing and toys. All through the efforts of charitable and civic organize tions and sympathetic individuals. Who says there isn’t a Santa Claus In Indianapolis? Nothing Is finer than the spirit manifested at Christmas by the more fortunate citlens that finds expression in relieving the distress of their unfortunate neighbors—that brings joy to pinched little children. It proves that there Is a spark of something divine beneath the hard external shell of people—a spark that causes a warm glow when one does a charitable deed for those in need. In making Christmas real to 3,282 needy families the people of Indianapolis did themselves proud. It was a magnificent effort. But Christmas comes only once a year. What Will many of those thousands of recipients of Christmas baskets do the other 364 days of the year? Their need is not confined to'the short holiday season.
MR. FIXIT Manhole Cover, Dangerous to Pedestrians, to Be Fixed.
Let Mr. Fix it present your case to city officials. He is The Times' representative at the city h*J. Write himat The Times. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Would you kindly get in touch with the proper police officials and see If we can get street cars to stop at the Capitol Ave. crossing of W. Twenty-Ftrst St.? I think there will be another accident here worse than the one on Illinois a few days ago. RESIDENT OF TWENTY-FIRST AND CAPITOL. Lieutenant Jones will oijder an immediate investigation. DEAR MR. FIXIT: The sewer manhole cover on the southeast corner of Thirty-Second and Illinois Sts. tilts when you step on it. This should be fixed before someone breaks a leg. H. G. J. It will be repaired at once, W. P. Hargon, clerk of the street commissioner's department, promised.
Way James M. Barrie Has Been Brought to Screen Makes Brenon a Film Master
By Walter D. Hickman RESS the ancient Cinderella story In any kind of attire -and the story will click. James M. Barrie put the clothes of satire upon Cinderella when he wrote “A Klee for Cinderella." Satire Is something which Is most difficult to bring to the movie screen
because the spoken word Just about, has to be there tq register “the bit*." Barrie’s “kiss” is a gentle but smart slap on the wrist at royal blood and other things not so royal. Barrie's finest work is dons in the scene where Cinders goes to thei king’s ball. As it Is only Cinder’s dream of magnificence, of course Barrie permitted Cinderella
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to do the painting. In other words, this half-starved little slavey had her own Idea of what a king’s hall would be. The king and queen are first shown seated In rocking chairs eating with pleasure and in public the common thing known as a banana. And the height of the refreslffaients at the royal ball is a'sack filled with two sandwiches, an apple and a banana. Cinder's dream even Included Ice cream cones, with the announcement by the king that nobody present could eat his ice cream cone until the king and queen had started eating. In other words, the royal jaws must start the attack upon the cream. Another touch Is the heating system of the palace. Poor Cinders knew heat only as It came from a gas burner, made possible by dropping a coin into a meter. And the meters In the palace were some machines. Cinders’ Idea of an orchestra was a very simple one—about twenty Italians playing handorgans, the kind they use on the streets with a monkey to get the coin. Os course, this Is extravagant satire and burlesque, the sort of stuff that makes a tremendous demand upon the ability of the director. Herbert Brenon directed “A Kiss for Cinderella.’’ He has done so splendidly that I elect Brenon to one of my few places In my very own Hall of Fame. Barrie, Brenon and Betty Bronson, the Cinderella of the story, have combined to make one of the few very great pictures of the sea son. Here Is a photoplay which
Who’ll Pay the Taxes?
Editor’s Note: This is the first of *x articles by one of The Time* Washington correspondents, designed to take the new Federal tax bill apart and show what it contains. The bill has passed the House artd is now before the Senate. rrra ASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The tax-reduction bill which the House recently passed outMellons the Mellon plan, defeated two years ago, in its enormous reductions of the taxes of the wealthy, and Its comparative neglect of the small taxpayer, in the opinion of progressives here. The bill, which provides for au ultimate cut in taxes of about $385,000,000 yearly, passed the House by a combined Republican and Democratic vote and will shortly come before the Senate, where the small taxpayer still has a chance for amendments in his favor. The enormous favoritism of the bill to the wealthy Is shown by the large cuts In income taxes, supertaxes on big incomes, inheritance taxes on big estates, and others. The maximum supertax Is cut in half, from 40 to 20 per cent; the inheritance tax maximum Is slashed the same amount; the “gift tax” on large gifts, designed to prevent evasion of the inheritance tax by the “giving” of estates to heirs, is abolThe total saving to the 256,000 tax-payers paying on Incomes of more than SIO,OOO yearly will be $150,000,000 in income and supertaxes alone. To the seventy-four persons paying taxes on Incomes this year of more than $1,000,000 each, the savings are expected to be more than $20,000,000, or an average of $270,000 a piece. To balance '•this, 2.300,000 persons earning less than $3,500 If married or less than $1,500 if single, are relieved of income taxes. Their total relief is estimated at about $21,000.000, or less than $lO each. In other words, the seventy-four immensely wealthy persons at the top of the scale are given as much total benefit as 2,300,000 at the bottom. Even among the larger taxpeyers the bill does not deal evenly. Men with incomes from SII,OOO to $44.000 —the average successful business men—are given no cut at all In supertaxes, which are slashed in half for the multimillionaires, and are given only a small decrease in normal Income taxes. Even those who get up to SIOO,OOO yearly are given only a small decrease in normal Income taxes. Even those who get up to SIOO,OOO yearly are given very slight benefits compared with those of the immensely wealthy. War Tax Out The cuts in war and sales taxes, such as those on autos —$82,000,000 —theater admissions, works of art and jewelry, tobacco, etc., are more favorable to the small taxpayer, but with the exception of the auto tax these are neg’lgible, and even many of them benefit the very wealthy almost exclusively. The bill’s favoritism to the wealthy does not end with the cuts In taxes, however. • It repeals the tax publicity provisions established two years ago, and so strenously fought by the big taxpayers ever since. No more incomes may be published if the bill passes the Senate unchanged in this respect. Tariff Unchanged It permits tho Administration to leave absolutely unchanged the Fordney tariff act, with its high tariffs under which $547,000,000 was paid in taxes on imports this year. This is passed on to consumers, as well as an - d-1
Movie ‘Verdict Apollo—One of the best examples of what Intelligent writing, sincere acting and capable directing can accomplish is to be found In “A Kiss for Cinderella.” This movie Is one of the greatest joys the screen has given us In the last ten years. Colonial—As melodrama, “Sporting Life" stacks up among the leaders Circle—“ Joanna” spends her million, gives up her sporty friends and then goes bock to the honest and hard working guy she should have married before the story started. Ohio—For somr good fun and anew picture of th* old west,” “Womanhandled” Is a fine picture. One will be surprised at the changes that have come to pass in our once famous western country.
should be shown In every community around the holiday season each year. Don’t become shy and stay away from the Apollo this week because some may have the opinion that Barrie is too highbrow. Here is an every day story electrified and made glorious by the wit and biting satire of Barrie. Brenon has used some marvelous trick photography, especially when the Fairy Godmother turns a pumpkin and a cage of white mice into a golden carriage drawn by white horses. You actually see the white mice grow into horses. Must say a word about the way Tom Moore as the policeman carries on. Moore has done the biggest and finest piece of work of his career, and Betty Bronson is so typically Barrie that she becomes one of the leaders on the screen. “A Kiss for Cinderella” Is a photoplay which brings new glory to the screen. Not to be missed by anyone who is looking for real entertainment. It ts'a Paramount masterpiece. At the Apollo all week. -I- -I- -I“SPORTING LIFE” WILL APPEAL TO THE MEN In "Sporting Life” on view at the Colonial this week, the men, those who enjoy fights and races, will find much to enjoy. This movie has a fine race scene and probably one of the best prize fight scenes reflected on the screen. The fights do not seem to pat each other but rather to mean business with his exchange of the gloves. Here Is a melodrama staged In all
dittonal Indirect burden estimated at $2,000,000,000 or more—a total of $2,500,000,000, or an average burden of more than S2O yearly on each citizen in the country. The bill, spoken of by its proponents as “the foundation of a permanent taxing system,” also reveals the animus of the administration against Income taxes and other taxes graded on ability to pay, and in favor of the sales tax and other taxes which would bear heavily on all alike. The bill creates a commission to study our tax system and recommend permanent schedules. Five members of the Senate are to be named by Vice President Dawes, five of the House by Speaker Longworth, and five by President Ooolldge. Provisions of tho bill will be analyzed more fully In future articles. >
The SAFETY VALVE It Blows When the Pressure Is Too Great. -—-——By The Stoker Paulina (pronounced with a long 1), infant child of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Is living in anew house. She has moved from her residence on M St. to an English basement house on Massachusetts AvA The English basement is more convenient for the baby carriage than the front steps. Her mother says Paulina rather disapproved of her new home. “She is old enough,” mother explains, “to know that there Is something different about the new house, but not old enough to appreciate Us advantages in the way of added room and sunshine. But she is showing signs of growing approval." • • • “Young’Bob la Follette’s committee assignments are as good as his father’s were when the eider la Follette started being a United States Senator. For years Bob Senior had an office on the lowest terrace (which leaked when it rained) and presided over the "Committee on the Potomac Flats.” • • • It takes money to run political campaigns and when the United States Senate Is threatened with the defeat of certain of its stalwart Republicans its first step is to appoint a liaison officer between that body and the “business Interests.” Lawrence Y. Phipps, Colorado; has had that job wished on him. He qualifies by his acquaintance with the Steel Trust crowd cf Pittsburgh, where he formerly lived, and his intimate acquaintance with all "our best people”—meaning bankers and trust promoters—those folks whom John Baer calls “Big Biz.” • • * Can you imagine for what purpose the following committee exists: President Coolidge. Carl Sandburg. John Haynes Holmes. Walter Damrosch. Jane Addama. James Weldon Johnson. G. Bernard Shaw. It is a list of Indorsers to one of the popular books of non-fic-tion, “The Book of American Negro Spirituals.”
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of its mellowness and upon a most lavish scale. It Is a Maurice Tourneur production and the director has spent several fortunes. Paulette Duvnl and Marian Nixon. The cast is headed by Bert Lytell, Lytell is cast as one of those real he-men who is a sure game sport and sticks his last coin on his horse and his favorite fighter. This picture is a fine example of how a director can keep tbe usspense. I am supposed to be coldblooded by this time of my life and take my stage excitement with ease but I found myself sitting upon the edge of my seat and wishing that the good old gallery days were back when a feller could hiss the villain and jell with joy when the hero rescued her Just in time. And this picture has a sure for goodness escape scene. Never have I reen so much real fighting as Lytell and his gang stage In the last part of this movie. There la enough suspense and action In this picture for about four of the average run. For a melodrama, "Sporting Life" stacks up with the beet melodramas being offered to the public. Bill includea Buster, Mary Jens and Tlge In “Buster’s Nose Dive”; Aeeop Fable an da news reel in addition to all kinds of music. Each afternoon this week, a children's Charleston contest will be held. At the Colonial all week. -I- -I- *l--A w STRUTS HER MILLION AT THE CIRCLE What would a working girl do with a million dollars? The answer would probably be. Spend It In the quickest possible time. That Is exactly what the author of “Joanna” made his heroine do.
While spending It in gay company, she remains Illy white in purity. That seems to happen right along these days on the screen and the stage. ‘‘Joanna’’ created quite a stir when It appeared as a serial in The Times. This class of fiction comes under the head of light entertainment only. It photographs with ease. When a girl suddenly acquires a cool million In
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cash, she probably would make some sort of a fool of herself with so much cash all of a sudden. Joanna goes with a rapid gang, but our little gold spending heroine remains Illy white. Dorothy Mackalll Is Joanna and Jack Mulhall Is the poor lover, who also gets rich before the end of the story. Dolores Del Rio. anew one \o ine, has haunting beauty and some real ability. It will do well to watch this woman In the future. While movie of “A Trip to Hawaii” are being reflected on the screen, Aldrich’s Hawalians play native music with a dash- of Jazz now and then. The movies of Hawaii are splendid. The orchestra this week Is playing a "Request Overture,” made up of numbers requested by patrons. They have been ai. anged by Bakaleinikoff. Beautifully played. The bill Includes a novelty film and anew reel. At the Circle all week. -I- -I- -ITHE WEST AS IT IS AT LAST ON THE SCREEN
Away out In the great open spaces goes Richard this time. But what
open spaces they are! The wild and woolly West la no more. No horses, no oowboya, no Chinese cooks, and —Just imagine—* golf course out on the prairie! Such is the West Dix shows us in his latest picture. "Wpman handled.” In New York. Dix has the role of the Idle young fellow about town who has fallen In love with a girl who has in her heart a great lovo
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Richard Dix
for western men. She thinks that he is from the West, the old West of the story hooks. When she finds out that ha isn’t, the only thin* left for Dix is to seek the wild open spaces and gret a little of the wild blood in him. The trip into the West is where the fun comes in. We see things as they really are today, instead of as j they are In stories. The “punchers’* i nil hall from the Bowery and use “flivvers" Instead of horses to chase the unruly cows around the plains. Then to make things worse Dix invites his sweetheart out to visit him and maeks every one try to look western. He covers up the radiators 'ln the house, makes the boys don chaps and, what Is punishment to them, makes them all ride horses In order to make the place look like the girl would Imagine It. Os course, the girl And* thee* things out and the plot gets gummed up, but It comes out all right In the end as every one would wish. The picture Is good fun all the way through, and Incidentally Is a good education as to the West of today. ' Playing opposite Dix ls..EstWRalston as the young eastern girl who “Just loves those western men." Included on the bill are a Van Bibber comedy and a n**ws reel. Also featured selections by Charley Davis’ orchestra and Cy Mllders, soloist. At the Ohio all week.—(By the Observer). -I- -I- •!• “Tho Music Box Revue" opens a week’s engagement tonight at English's. The headliner at Keith’s is “Spanish Dreams;" at the Lyric, Charleston Dancers, and, at thj Palace, Nathanson's Entertainers. The Isis for the first half of ihe week is offering "With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail." “The Girlie Girl Company” la or* viaw at the Broadway this week,/