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A New Administration %"T~IOHN L. DUVALL becomes mayor of In--1 J | dianapolis today. Lew Shank retires to ' the storage business, or to the vaudeville sthge. ' Mayor Duvall takes office amid political -storms and differences. There is nothing un- , "Usual about this situation. Harmony always r has been conspicuously absent when anew 'mayor has taken office. This is natural. Dis- ■ appointed individuals always have outnum--jjered those who are pleased with the situation. The reason is simply that i: is impossible for the new mayor to favor more than a few of those who believe they deserve consideration. : But when the wheels start turning this | feeling will die down and it will be succeeded ‘ with more of a spirit of cooperation. A majority of the voters who went to the polls selected Duvall to head the city government. ; Under our political system, therefore, he is looked upon as the choice of the citizens of Indianapolis to guide their public business affairs for the next four years. As such Duvall the hearty support of every citizen. -He starts with a clean page. He should be - judged only by what is written on that page during the next four years. He should not be ilpre-judged and no obstacles should be put in the way of a successful administration. His task is a hard one and he should have the of the people whom he represents. 5, ;; The Times did not favor the election of but we are willing to abide by the decision of the majority. Os some of his appointments we approved. To others we obI'jected. But the appointees, like the mayor, should be given every opportunity to give the pity a good administration. Only by their activities in office should they be judged. 5; Duvall will be met with immediate diffiHculties as he assumes his new duties. The "Shank administration went out of its way to ■make things hard for him. The politicians of pvarious factions insist thejt have claims that tnust J>e fulfilled and to a certain extent the pew mayor is duty bound to fulfill them. Shank 3Sas appointed numerous policemen in an obvi'pus effort to “stack” the department with men .of his own choosing. By all rules of fairness, .. Duvall should have been permitted to make £these appointments. In addition, there is not money to pay these policemen hnd finder the law it is,extremely difficult to rcCaove them. This means that in the very first -month of his administration the new mayor will r be required to meet a very embarrassing situation through no fault of his own. £ In the park department and in the health the new mayor also will be faced “with difficulties. Board members are insisting on keeping their jobs. There is considerable advantage of continuing administration in -city departments. Considerable harm can be sdone by, constant changes. On the other hand, f; there is some argument in favor of the mayor -•who insists that he must have men of his cwn Adioosing around him. After all, the mayor is gtpe responsible head of the city and the accomplishments or shortcomings of his administration are laid at his door.' §" Os course, most of the difficulties of the situation are not due to individuals, but tx> our present system of government, which -seems to be deliberately designed* to prevent 'efficiency and service to the public. Any other pnsiness than a public business conducted unper the same difficulties would rapidly go on the rocks. As things-stand, anyone taking over 'the direction of the city government is tremendously handicapped. This is no mofe nor true of Duvall than of other mayors. -f In conclusion, we wish again to express |pur sincere hope for the success of the Duvall :udministration and to add our equally Jrope that before the end of his term of office * the people of Indianapolis will have so changed ■their form of government that in the future it ©fill be possible for public officials to give more .consideration to the welfare of the city and Jess to their obligations to politicians.

Department of Education

lau can (ret an answer to any questionof fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave. Washington. p. C. inclosing a cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and .■martial advice cannot be oiven nor ;;an extended research be undertaken. , All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot i lie answered. All letters are confldenJtial. —Eklitor. What are the" principal provisions of the proposed bill to create a Department of Education of the L’nited States Government? : iThe main provisions of the bill N*e: (a) The creation to a Department of Education, with a secretary 0 the President’s Cabinet; (b) to coniolidate in the new. department all federal agencies dealing with edueadftn; (c) provision for adequate support of the department and {o conJtict research in educational meth><|s; (and) establishment of an interdepartmental council on education consisting of representatives from each it the executive departments. it ;! Waa Francisco Villa ever presl*e}ent of Mexico? j wuring Jpie Wilson administration

The Slaughter of the Sheep ECENTLY there was heard in Washington the triumphant bleating of congressional sheep who had voted to give complete control of legislation into the hands of the speaker and his small pack of Administratibn sheep dogs. Now, if you are listening, you soon will hear the plaintive beating of those same sheep. (AGRICULTURAL. NOTE: Sheep bleat in moments of pride, after-a victory won; they bleat In distress, when they need to be helped out of a hole.) They are beginning to discover that their great victory was a false and foolish one. It made them feel happy and important that day to find themselves on the winning side. Sheep are like that. They like to be lined up with the winners, no matter what is won. So they voted to give the speaker his new rule whereby 150 members could no longer compel discussion of a bill by the House. It was this rule that enabled the Hous eto consider a certain amount of popular legislation in the previous session and the speaker wanted it out. He had his way and the sheep were glad to be able to help. They now know they have voted themselves into a horse-high, hog-tight corral —and there they are! Meantime the uprising of the farmers. They are demanding action by their Congressmen. What’ll the Congressmen da? They can’t get out of their corral. 'They’ve got to take just about what Speaker Longworth will let them have. Speaker Longworth—unless something happens to upset his present arrangement —will just about be the whole House of Representatives this session. The farmers’ Congressmen can’t do much for the farmers if Longworth \s unwilling. * This is perfectly plain in Washington, but the folks on the farm don’t realize it. When they want action they look to their Congressmen, i And when they don’t get it, it won't be the sheep-herder they slaughter at the polls, but the sheep.

Charles E. Coffin Retires 'pTjHARLES E. COFFIN, servant of the InL dianapolis public for twenty-seven years, became Private Citizen Charles E. Coffin today. What Coffin gains in the way of increased leisure to enjoy the later years of life, free from the vexations that go with public office, Indianapolis loses. For Coffin is a business man who sacrificed his immediate personal interests in the belief that he would prosper with everyone else if Indianapolis were made a better place in which to live. No one will deny that Coffin did that. * The best index to Coffin’s ability as a public servant is the fact that six mayors, three of them Republicans and three Democrats, saw the necessity of keeping him in the official family. Coffin is a Republican. For twenty-three years Coffin served on the park board. These years he served without salary. The last four years he has been . president of the board of public works, bringing to this work the same courage in the face of narrow-visioned opposition that characterized his no small part in the development of such magnificent civic assets as: Riverside, Willard, Brookside and Garfield parks. ! J The earlier and later Kesoler boulevard systems. The establishment of municipal golf courses. The establishment and development of the municipal playgrounds and re'ereation program. The city nursery, the world’s largest of its kind. The beautiful Garfield Gardens.

Francisco Villa proclaimed himself Dictator of Mexico” in opposition to Huerta and others who claimed authority ._s head of government. With a large army, Villa was able to hold a considerable part of northern Mexico for about two years. He was, however, never the recognized president of Mexico. was General Henry Lee nicknamed “Lighthorse Harry?” The word ‘‘light" used in military parlance refers to that which moves readily, as light infantry or light artillery as contrasted with that which moves slowly as "heavy artillery.” The term was given to General Lee because of his rapid cavalry movements during the Revolutionary War. It was a nickname given by the army to a popular and dashing officer. Can you name any States in which the location of the State capitals has been changed? California has changed from Pueblo dejSan Jose to Sacramento;

Connecticut, from New Haven to Hartford; Ohio, Chillicothe to Columbus; Georgia, Milledgeviile to Atlanta; lowa, lowa City to Des Moines; Kentucky, Lexington to Frankfort; Louisiana, New Orleans to Baton Rouge; Nebraska, Omahk to Lincoln; New York, New York City to Albany; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia to Harrisburg: West Virginia, Wheeling to Charleston; Rhode Island has had several capitals, among them Newport, Warwick and Providence. , What does a gallon of gasoline weigh? Is it more in cold weather than in hot weather? > °ne gallon of gasoline at 60 degrees F. weighs 6.216 pounds. Ordinary commercial gasoline undergoes & volume change of slightly more than 3 per cent when Its temperature Is changed by 60 degrees F. Since gasoline Is ordinarily sold by the .gallon, It appears that for the saijie grade of gasoline a slightly Skater weight per measured gallon 11 be delivered at low temperature khan at high temperatures-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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

Text: “If he be constant.”—l. Chronicles, 28:7. " OLOMON had been chosen to succeed David as king over Israel. And God said, “I will establish his kingdom fc.ever. If he he constant to do my commandments and iny Judgments.” Everything depended upon his constancy. The word constant, as defined in the dictionary, means “regular, steadfast, not liable to cljgnge, not fickle.” I can promise you a great deal for any man, “If he be constant.' 1 I cannot promise much for the man who Is not constant, for he is “unstable in all his ways.” Constancy in a virtue much to be prized and much to be praised. It Is an essential element of success in anything you attempt to do. If you would succeed in any undertaking, you must be constant, In season and out of season. The constant man is a dependable man. He Is not one thing today and something else tomorrow. You

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

AN EMPTY TREASURY IAYOR DUVALL and the new official family moving Into tre city hall today find the city treasury bare, like Mother Hubbard’s cupboard, as is customary. The first official business will be to bqrrow $650,000 to meet the municipal pay roll and pay current expenses. Yet only a month ago half of the annual city tax poured Into the treasury. And Mayor Shank, who has just officially expired, frequently before fading out of the picture pointed with pride to his administrations financial operations, Then how can the city be “broke” within a month after tax settlement? The money wasn't squandered In a fiscal debauch. The December tax receipts wore used to pay loans contracted last summer. Next June's tax receipts will be used to pay what Is borrowed In January. Indianapolis financial operations are n succession of temporary loans—expenditures gallop along six months ahead of receipts. Cunrent tax receipts are used to pay past instead of current expenses. And the taxpayers pay thousands of dollars' in interest charges In the endless process of paylnf for dead horses. A private individual who thus continually lives six months ahead of his Income would be considered a wastrel. Yet that Is precisely what our city administrations are accustomed to do—spend money before it is received. And then boast of thetr businesslike management of affairs.

STRAWBERRIES IN JANUARY

S’ -1 TRAWBERRIES have made their appearance at the InJ dlanapollc city market though it Is midwinter. Two crates of the delectable fruit were sold' by standholders the day before New Years' —at $2.50 a quart. Strawberries in January. Not - so many years ago a fresh strawberry at this season would have been exhibited In a glass case and an admission fee charged. Now It is just an ordinary winter luxury. If you want a shortcake like mother used to make, even if it is midwinter, all you have to do Is to mortgage the homestead and betake yourself to city market. When John L. Lucullus, the old Roman epicure, wanted to astound his banquet guests, he served drinks cooled with snow brought down from the distant mountains at gi-eat expense by relays of fleet slaves. He created a sensation. Now the most fly-specked Hoosler barbecue stand has cold drinks no matter how torrid the day. i When old Sam Pe.pys, who moved in English court circles 250 years ago, was. served with Portugese grapes at a dinner in London he wa* astounded. He wrote In his diary: "the first that ever I saw; but the grapes are rare things.” The rare fruits of other ages are now commonplace articles of commerce—to be procured at any season at theVcity market. Thanks to modern methods of transportation and distribution any one today can indulge in table luxuries that would have stumped an old time king. i

SAMEOLD WEATHER mH. ARMINGTON, the man who makes Indianapolis weather, says that in a weather way 1925 was a normal year—average temperature, rainfall, etc., closely agreed with the averages of preceding years. That sounds like propaganda of the heather bureau to conceal its shortcomings and delude the public. Who doesn't remember the unprecedented heat- wave last April that sprained the memory of the Sldest Inhabitant, the summer routh, squishy and semi-liquid . October and November, and the unusually frigid Yuletide? And yet the weather bureau has the nerve to pronounce it a normal year. The weather bureau, with its cold, dry figures, is taking a lot of joy out of weather conversation. “We don’t have such winters now as we <had when I was a boy,” says every middle-aged man, and he actually believes there has been a marked change in climatic conditions. But the weather bureau says nay. In the half century or more it has been keeping iaccurate weather statistics, temperature and rainfall, heat aneji cold, have shown no appreciable variutlon from year to year. Far a hundred miUldti years, say

know where to place him, and you can count on him. You need never fear that he will come short In his devotion to duty. You need not be afraid of his courage falling in any crisis when It is needed. You need not hesitate to trust his loyalty. You need not be uneasy about his en-, thusiaam playing out. He never plays out anywhere along thejjne. Constancy is a big asset in allhuman relationships.' It wins and holds the respect and confidence of the people with whom you associate It makes you a desirable man, in the community, in business, in the church, and in all othqr circle. If you become known for your constancy, you will come to be desired and sought after. Your compan-9 ionshlp will be wanted In society, and your services will be wanted in business. You -will have a kingdom of friends in which you will be forever established. (Copyright, 1925, by John R. Gunn)

scientists, the annual uotput of Heat by the sun has been constant. The weather of the earth as a whole Is the same l as in the age ot the dinosaurs. And there will be no appreciable change in solar energy for another hundred million years. Despite which we talk about weather as if It was always performing some new, unheard of stunts. But it's the same old weather. WHAT DOES A SENATOR DO? Sr— SENATOR ARTHUR ROBINSON, candidate to suc- . ceed himself as Junior Senator from India.fia, announced during a visit to Indianapolis Saturday that he will select a manager and open lrcadquarters In a few days for hla campaign for the nomination. “7 already have an organization of friends In every county In the State,” quoth the Senator. ’ “I have been working on those details ever since I was first appointed to the Senate.” * He has been an elder statesman only a couple of months. Congress is In session. Thousands of measures of more or less importance are awaiting action. Great questions of national policy must be solved—World Court, tax reduction, air defense, War debt settlements, as well as the ordinary matters of Federal government cry for attention. One would thlfik that anew Senator would find his time fully occupied with the duties of his office, and study of the large prob lems of national policy that he mugt help solve. Theoretically a Senator's first concern should be his service to the public. But the new Senator from Indiana has so far busied himself with building up a personal political organization, and Is commuting hack and forth between Washington and Hooelerland In his campaign for election. The case is typical. What does a Senator do? His principal occupation is building political fences to Insure hi ß re-election. If he has any time left over from that absorbing business he will devote the leisure moments to national affairs.

A Woman’s Viewpoint

I.AX DIVORCE LAWS By Mrs. Wajter Ferguson . y h E read that an eastern judge W has granted a woman a dlvorce on the grounds that her husband lavished top much affection upon their pet dog. §he was given the divorce, alimony and the dog. Does it not sometimes appear, in the cannals of the divorce court, that something is a little bit wrong with the judges? ” Are they not occasionally too free-handed In their interpretation of laws which authorize the legal severance of the marriage tic? These men, we all know, have a grave responsibility resting upon them, and few perhaps fall to realize this. But sometimes it looks as If some of them do not look with much Judicial dignity upon their honorable positions. Such a charge as the one quoted above cannot be fit reason for divorce in any State in the Union. And even though the judge who grants a seperatlon in such a case knows that gn understanding has been reached between husband and wife prior to the charges, still does It not make our lavfs as well as our marriages paltry things when such accusations are considered and published as evidence? We all know that divorces are easy to obtain, for the laws In reality have little to d(J with them. Sometimes, nay often, there is no real evidence presented to the presiding Judge by the lawyer in the case. There are merely accusations of mental cruelty—which may mean anything from psyslcal brutality to eating with a knife—and the decree is forthcoming. In most cases the parties affected have agreed to) a divorce beforehand —perhaps the defendant wishes it even more than the plaintiff—but is this not stretching the law a bit too hard to fit our personal inclinations? And this very method of granting divorces, granting them for any silly and ridiculous cause under the sun, granting them without *the slightest proof of any sort, is one of the reasons why Americans

A Regular Little Roughneck Mary Turns Out to Be in ‘Little Annie Rooney*

By Waiter D. Hickman ACK to the old days when ILJ I slle wore l* er curls, kicked, tmZZ. J fought and was a tom boy. That was what Mary Pickford had to do to keep her film leadership secure. She wandered Into the “artistic fields'” where the sob and char-

acter drama was supposed to reside. But Mary’s public didn’t approve of the artistic adventure. Ttyey seemed to feel that just Mary Pickford of the funny pigtails and the queer little legs was big enough of an artist. Mary Pickford has enough plain common sense to listen to what the public says. So she made

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“Little Annie Rooney," which starts with a roughneck fight in an* east side alley in New York and ends up in a fight, or nearly so. We do not want Mary Pickford In the problem drama, and we don’t want her all dressed up In her Sunday best. We want her with her dirty faee and her fighting ways. And she Is just that sort of a gal in "Little Annie Rooney." There have been many battles filmed in the past, but the kid gang fight photographed in Mary’s latest comedy takes first prize. The bullets were brickbats and tin cans. And some fight Is staged, with Mary “firing” tin cans and brickbats at the enemy and also receivirtg lot of said "bullets” upon her own head. “Little Annie Rooney” Is both comedy and drama with Mary and her gang supplying the comedy. She also hits her emotional chance when her father, who Is a policeman, was killed in a dance hall riot. Then Mary is permitted to be an emotional artist. This doesn’t happen until near the end of the picture. “Little Annie Roouey” Is the right kind of a story for Mary. It makes a lovable roughneck of her and that is the very best thing she has created on the screen. It seems to be true that the type of a role which makes an artist famous and wealthy Is the only type of a part that the public will support them in. Since Mary Pickford has become famous, there have been many other movie queens of as many seasons. The public has remembered Mary Pickford for the little cutup she was In her early days on the screen. She is back to the early days in “Little Annie Rooney” now at the Ohio. Charlie La vis and his orchestra are creating an East Side musical atmosphere for this picture. The Bowery burlesque. or travesty on East Side characters is well done. At the Ohio all week. -I* -I* *(• BEN LYON “KIDS” THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AT CIRCLE Poking fun at the movies is what Ben Lyon is doing In “Bluebeard's Seven Wlvea” Probably many a little American boy has asked his mother to spin a

yarn, not about tho knights of old, but about the modern movie sheik—where he comes from, and why. rien Lyon tell* the whole world where at least one movie sheik came from, and why. lYhen movie history is written for 1926, it seems probable that “Bluebeard’s Seven Wives” Will be listed as one of the

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Ben Lyon warmest and funniest things that has hit the screen. Ben Lyon is cast as a stuttering bank cashier, who was- a shark on figures and much in love with the lady who turned the "hot cakes” In Thompson’s window. But the lady of pancake fame refused to marry Bennie until he grew a mustache, but the idea so tickled our hero that he Just couldn’t stand to raise said growth on his upper lip. And he didn’t raise ’em until he lost his girl and his Jpb, and didn’t have a thin dime with which to get a shave. So he applies for a movie job and quite by accident turns out to be a certain type wanted a director who boasted that he could take even a “hotdog” and make him a hound of Sn actor. So doll Ben all us) like Rudy Valentino, Argentine panties, whip, spurs, hat and whatnot; give him a Jake name from Spain, give him seven wives and then permit the public to see the latest hot sheik of the screen. And when complications really become all mixed up, I was arure that I was seeing one of the funniest screen farces for many days. And that is where the movie sheik comes from —the brain of a press agent and from "better movie makers of pictures.” Yes, my children, that is the truth. Ben Lyon is quite the whole works in this picture, but he has wonderful support by Lola Wilson, Blanche Sweet, Dick Bernard and Andrew Mack. Here Is a pleure hat Is a "wow.” The energetic Charleston Is even made more energetic by Miss Mildre: Melrose. I still maintain that the Charleston is an ugly dance even when It 1b danced by experts. -The public has decided the other way, While Miss Melrose dances, Galvan’s Circle Syncopators turn out tb<> fast steppln’ melody. The banjo player with this organization is a marvel. The Circle orchestra this week is playing "Home, Sweet Home, the World Over." It Is Interesting as a novelty presentation. At the Circle all week. HA! HA! MADAM TURNS OUT TO BK A REAL MAN You can’t judge a charming woman by her clothes these days, especiaUy when Julian Eltinge is around. I rating*, to my way of thinking, j

screen has along female Impersonation lines. So Julian struts his swell female rags in a little comedy which is more physical

than mental. It Is called “Madam Behave.” And it can bte said with ease—this is the best and funniest thing that Eltlnge, has given the screen. At times it is burlesque—pure and simple, rough and ready, but It Is such darned good fun that I am sure you will yell for joy when you see the "goings. on” while

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Julian Etttnge Julian Is wearing skirts. “Madam Behavft" boasts of more of a plot than the general run of comedy films. When Eltlnge jjid'i on skirts he does it for the pury-ose of impersonating a woman witness in an important case In court. The plaintiff and the defendant are both men, and so they decide to marry the Important witnees, so as to make it impossible for her to testify against her husband. There Is lot of merry and rapid fun in this picture. Eltlnge plays leap frog, has lot of comedy business with his wig and his skirts and the famous chase scene is brought back again to fame in this picture. It Is hokum, that is true, t*it the brand otl hokum which Is good theater. Ann Pennington of musical comedy fame has the chief role opposite Eltlnge. She hasn’t much to do, but she Is beautiful. Eltlnge has been missing from the screen for many months, but he has selected a laugh winner In “Madam Behave.” Since “Charlie's Aunt” made another fortune recently on

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Miss Mildred Melrose demonstrating another Charleston step for Times’ readers. The Indianapolis Times illustrated lessons on “flCow to Dance the Charleston," by Miss Mildred Melrose, the orgllnal Miss Personality find proclaimed .America’s foremost exponent, of the Charleston Is attracting a great deal of attention and It looks like a great week of fun at the Circle, where Mailaging Director Ace Berry is presenting "Struttin’ The’ Charleston,” With all the best local Charleston dancers participating for the ’ grand prizes, which in, addition tc* many worthwhile gold prizes will include, a trip to Chicago to participate in the national Charleston contest to be held the latter part of February at the Trianon ballroom in the Windy City. The Circle contest will take place each day at 3 and 9 o’clock, with one winner selected at each performance to join In the finals on Saturday night of this week. The list of dancers already entered run away past the hundred mark and the entry list Is still open to all Charleston steppers, either single dancers or couple, so if you want to Joip in the contest call on the Charleston Manager at the Circle Theater and secure an entry blank. Today Miss Melrose explains lesson No. 7. This, Js the hip movement. Bring foot forward placing heel in, toe pointing outward, thus throwing hip out of place for a moment. Alternate, placing hands at hips with fingers against body, palms turned upward and arms well back.

Movie Verdict Apollo—The first part of "The Vanishing American” compares in artistic splendor to the first part of "The Ten Commandments.” Ohio —Mary' Pick ford in a beloved roughneck role in "Little Annie Rooney,” again places on her head tjie crown of movie queen. Colonial “Madam Behave” Is such a jolly farce comedy with Julian Eltinge wearing skirts and a beard at the same time tbiat it deserves to be rated as a fun winner. Circle — Toms of deliftioua satire and comedy 1r ‘found In “Bluebeard's Seven Wives.” far. 'i m t

MONDAY, JAN. 4, 1926

the screen, producers have beeiu. searching fob Its successor. Then have found it In thik Eltlnge vb-* hide. There Is a colored scene, the wedding, meaning a scene done in color, which is a beauty. |fhe bill Includes Arthur Lake, in “Love My Dog;” an Aesop Fable, a news reel and music by the American Harmonists. At the Colonial all week. A FEW TIIOudnWoN •VANISHING AMERICANS’ In considering "Vanishing Americans” as written by Zane Grey and turned Into a movie by Paramount, we come face to face with several Interesting problems. Richard Dix has a problem and a big one as he must play the role of an Indian who has 0 as the modern phjother nature —not white man in too he compromises ly l ' l ' having good and , >bad Indians and good and bad white, men. The India:* Richard Dix had to give way t J what Is termed white civilization and I, personally have never been moved to any great depths'of emotions of seeing the Indian yield to this tendency of civilization. To prepare one for this onward march of progress, the producer at the very beginning of the picture shows pre-historlc man and then the others that followed. Then we see the conquest by Spain of the Navajos Indian. Centuries later we see Kit Carson dealing with the Indians both by “klhdness” and force. Then this leads us to Dix and his Indians on an Indian reservation in 1916. The villain of this section of the story is reflected by a crooked government agent. And he is some ; villain. We see the Indian, the young ones, at school and Iror hero, all grown up, becoming friendly with the : schoolmarin on the reservation. This admiration of the Indian man for the white woman develops into one of the%lne friendship, making it < possible for the author to die in the last few feet of the film in the presence of the school teacher. Theh the parting thought—civilization always wins; so become a part of M, > Some marvelous direction has been used In creating the pre-historlo port of this picture. In some respects it Is as important to the development of the Industry as was “The Ten Commandments,” the first part. The modem part of the story of course doesn't measure up to the majesty of the theme of the first part. "The Vanishing American,” is a fine picture, especially the fingg part. The cast Is worthy in every respect. It is as follows; Nophaine .. 1. Richard Dix Morton Warner Lot* Wilson Booker Noah Bevy Ear) Ramsdell... ...... .Malcolm McGregor Noekle . George Marrtll Gekin Vaohi . Shannon Day Amos Halliday. .. ........Charlek Qrcx-keU Bart Witoon Bert Woodruff Do Btin Bernard Siegel Kit Oarsoa Guy Oliver Chari<e Steven* *Bhur . . . *. Bn)aß°Q<>rSn Glendon Ridhard Howard Naylor John Webb DUltou “The Vanishing American” la movie entertainment of lofty purpose—educational and entertaining. At the Apollo all week. Other theaters today offer: “Rose Marie” at English’s; Jack Blgelqiw and his Eight Musical Misses at the Palace; "Stateroom 19” at the Lyric; Long Tack -Sam at Keith’s; Hollywood Scandals at the Broadway aid Hoot Gibson in "The Arizona Sweepstakes” at the Isis. , ,*

The SAFETY VALVES It Blow* When tho Prossers Is Too Groat. By The Stokm 11 ■—

Pennsylvania has 40,000 gasoline stations and the number is Incremdi ing at the rate of 600 a There is now a station to every 200 machines. Isn’t this an economic waste and should there not be regulation of the number and locatloh? And the price charged? In these days of automobile traffic problems It io interesting to note that those who planned the Nation's Capital did not overlook such a small detail as sidewalks. So long after ts founding, as In 1806, It was still noteworthy. And the width of the streets was evidently regarded as quite shocking. Listen to this about the "intended Capital of the American Empire” from a "Modem Geography and General Description of the Most" Remarkable Countries Throughout the Known World,” by Benjamin Davies, published at Philadelphia, 1805: ‘This intended Capital of tjhe American Empire, is situated at the confluence of the River Potomac, and what Is tailed the Eastern Branch, in lat. 38.53 north. In point of salubrity the situation is unexceptionable; the soil Is dry and furnished with several springs of excellent water. The grand avenues, agreeable to the plan, are from 120 to 160 feet wide and the other streets from 90 to 110; in both a sufficient space is allotted for foot passengers, on both side of the streetp. Tlie Capitol, designed for the reception of Congress, and the President'* House, are on considerable enjj. nences, about one mile apart, but i neither ot them Is completed. lijJ short, almost all remains to be donej and as the city ha very little in Itself, or Its vicinity, to Invite the industrious mechanic, or the manes commercial enterprise, as Abe navigation to It Is long and tedious, *hl It has to contend with many rivals more happily situated. Its advance*