Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1926 — Page 6

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or re stricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution oJ Indiana.

You Cant Escape Last week a police officer was handed a watch, while passing through a crowd, by a man who hurried away as soon as he had delivered it. Five years before this policeman had lost the bit of jewelry which had been given to him as a keepsake. There was no explanation when it was returned, and none was needed. Over in another Indiana town a five-dollar bill was sent through the mail to a woman who had dropped that amount of money as she had walked down the street ten years before. No explanation came with the return, and none was needed here. Out in Denver an old man, told that he was about to die. called to an officer of the law and revealed the secret that he had carried for half a century. Years ago, in an Ohio village, under the flaming passion of a drunken night, he had brutally at tacked a girl. That act had sobered him, and then he proceeded to an even more heinous crime when he influenced a mob and directed it against two men whom he had accused of his own fiendish act. The mob, blood aroused by the infamy of the murder, hanged these two men in expression of its hate. Then he crept aw'ay to forget, free of suspicion, free to go where he would, free of everything but himself. And he always kept going. He became a tramp and an outcast. He could face other men but he could not face himself. So for fifty long years ho kept going to hi3 bed at night with the vision of that terrible scene in his memory and with the protesting cries of innocence of those tw'O men ringing in his ears. He was awakened each morning to remember the instance of that night and memory always carried vision of th 9 mangled body of the girl. He saw many new sights, found many new scenes, but there was one that he could not forget. Let those who wish scoff at the thing called conscience and say it is based upon fear of punishment; let others explain it as the reasoning judgment and experience of a cultivated viewpoint raised by each man as a standard for his own conduct Explain it away if you will, or try to laugh it off as meaningless, and ■when you have laughed at it and doubted it and scoffed it, it will still be there to challenge, if you happen to violate what you know to be right If you outrage your own sense of decency you can be very sure that the still small voice ’will be there to tell you about it and keep on telling you. You may escape other men, you may outwit the law, you may dodge the punishment for crime, but you cannot dodge yourself.

France Gets a Respite Dancing a Charleston on top of the Woohworth Building flagpole is a safe and sane business compared with the activities of the French treasury during the past few weeks. Some inkling of the situation having leaked out, the gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies turned pale, shuddered and then meekly voted for the Briand-Peret financial measures, thus obtaining a balanced budget for the first time in years. The treasury deficit amounted to no less than 2,460,000,000 francs ($85,750,000). It is to be made up by a 1,200,000,000 franc tax on the business turnover —a species of sales tax, apparently; an additional tax on alcohol amounting to $225,000,000 francs; an individual poll tax of 570,000,000 francs; taxes on real estate transfers and so on. It was perfectly apparent that the new taxes failed to satisfy a large number of the deputies, particularly the Socialists. But when it was whispered the treasury had just been forced to borrow another 1,250,000,000 francs from the Bauque de France, and that catastrophe was Inevitable if the government failed once more to strike a'*‘alance, they blanched and caved in. Details of the new taxes are lacking, but from what is known of them it would appear that the masses—the poorer classes —will have to bear the brunt of the burden. Any business turnover tax will, of course, be added to the price of commodities and the ultimate consumer will have it to pay. The rank and file consume most of the alcohol, so will pay most of the taxes levied on that. The individual poll tax again hits the rabble rather than the rich, and so on down the line. This is a far cry from the capital levy which the Socialists demanded a short time ago. They seem to have lost for the present, but apparently only because they did not dare assume the weighty responsibility for wrecking the Nation by continuing to oppose the measures. France, therefore, appears to have agreed to a political truce and thus obtained a respite, rather than a lasting peace and a permanent settlement of her difficulties. Many Candidates The large number of candidates in the primaries once more brings the demand for a repeal of the primary law. It comes, of course and as always, from the men and influences which thrive on manipulation and the control of very small groups of politicians. It comes from those who do not welcome the idea of being compelled to defend their selections and their favorites before the bar of public opinion. Particularly, it comes from the present supporters of Senator James Watson, a bear in a convention and something else than a bear whenever he has to face the verdict of the voter. The present primary law leaves much to be desired, but bad as it may be, it cannot be worse than the old system where a few men met in back rooms, picked their candidates who could be trusted to do what was wanted of them, and then handed these slates to the conventions. Asa matter of history, the same men wrote both party tickets oftener than not The same little group put two horses in the race and then let the voters get as wildly excited as they wished over the outoome. No matter which won, the people lost. The large number of candidates for offices may put upon the voter who wants decency, economy and efficiency a burden of studying records and of obtaining information. But nothing worth while has ever been obtained

without its price. The cost of good government is an intelligent interest by the voter. Whenever the appeal is made for a repeal of a primary it simply means that some very shrewd gentlemen believe themselves to be much better able to select candidates for office than are the people who will be ruled by those officials. It is a plain invitation to turn back the machinery of the government to a few bosses without a chance for protest against their decisions. It may be true that the bosses now dictate nominations but at least they are compelled to be a little more cautious about their selections. They know that the weapon is there to be used if the people desire to use it They understand that it is not quite the old easy game of party tyranny. It you look over the list of offices and find It too long, ask the next Legislature to provide for a shorter ballot, rather than to throw away,the one safeguard which you now have. Philippines Discovered Again “The Philippines problem —carefully shrouded in mystery for the last eighteen months—suddenly and without warning has been catapulted into the maelstrom of active politics.” So says the Washington Post, administration organ, and what’s more it’s every word of it true, picturesque phrasing and all. Surprise No. 1 came from the White House itself. There announcement was made that Col. Cairni Thompson, former candidate for Governor and well-known political leader of Ohio, “had been named by the President," as the Post puts it, “to make ‘an

investigation and survey’ of conditions in the islands now seething with movements to compel recognition of their right to independence.” Surprise No. 2 was a statement that Secretary of War Dwight Davis plans to carry out an investigation of his own in the Philippines, despite a White House opinion he would not have time to do so. Meantime, Congress—which ordinarily doesn’t know a Filipino from a Galapagan—is all keyed up over the fortunes of the archipelago. The reasons for this are three. First, Congress has just been told how the British East Indies, having a monopoly on rubber for automobile tires, gouges us by boosting the price of crude. Second, it has learned that the Philippines might grow enough rubber to supply the United States —if we manage it right. Third, it has been slowly dawning on the congressional mind for months that something is radically wrong in the islands; that the two-horse government out there — General Leonard Wood on one side and the Filipino officials on the other —has come to an absolute standstill because the horses are pulling in diametrically opposite directions. That the time is considerably more than ripe for a thorough clarification of the situation, is obvious. But —to quote the administration paper again—“it is a sad commentary on the American colonial experiment that after a quarter of a cen tury of occupation the President finds it necessary to serd an Ohio politician to the Philippines to discover what it is all about.” Doubtlessly Colonel Thompson is a most estimable gentleman. Likely enough, too, he is a perfectly good president of an Ohio iron works. But what has he ever done that fits him for a job of this kind—a job that requires the quintessence of tact, real diplomacy, freedom from political bias or leanings, a thorough grasp of international affairs, a special knowledge of Oriental matters and a mind so schooled in colonial administrative problems that upon his report the United States may base its future policy in the Philippines? Why repeat the blunder of 1921? President Harding, In that year, sent out two politicians, of well-known views on the subject, to “investigate” the Philippines. The report of these men—General Wood and Colonel Forbes —added nothing to the sum total of our knowledge of fundamentals in the islands, but it did make for extremely bad feeling between the natives and America. What is needed now—and how badly!—ls to bring the whole Philippines problem out in the open, give it a thorough and an honest airing, then decide, once and for all, what we are going to do with them. Uncertainty of the future is killing the islands economically and embittering the population to the point where our rule is being compared with that of Spain and there is open talk of revolt For twenty-eight years we have made a political football of the Philippines. In God's name, have done with it! Date of First Wheat Crop Unknown Tou can get an answer to any question of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Are.. Washington, D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. AU other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.— Editor. Where was wheat first grown ? There Is no definite Information as to the origin of wheat, but evidence seems to indicate that it is probably a native of Western Asia. What is the best and simplest way to clean gold jewelry? Wash with soap and warm water, rinsing in cold water. Dip in spirits of any kind and dry in warm boxwood sawdust. Good Jewelry needs only washing with soap and water and polishing with rouge and a chamois leather. Which winter has been the coldest In the United States? The winter of 1899 had colder temperatures over a larger area in the United States than any other winter on record. W T as the march, "Under the Double Eagle,” composed by Richard Wagner, the composer of "Lohengrin?” No. It was composed by a German named J. F. Wagner, not Richard. When were United States trade dollars coined and where? The coinage of trade dollars commenced In 1873. They were repudiated in 1884 and redeemed in 1887. They were coined at Philadelphia, San Francisco and Carson City mints.

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Artistry of Venita Gould Brings Ted Lewis, Norman and Cohan to Keith’s

By Walter D, Hickman The genuine artistry of Miss Venita Gould brings to Keith’s stage this week such well known entertainers as Ted Lewis, Karyl Norman, George M. Cohan, Blossom Seeley and Grace La Rue. Miss Gould today stands in that commanding position of being one of the best mimics in

the business. I have always thought that Miss Elsie Janis heads the procession and now I am begining to think that there are two leaders now. Miss Gould actually recreates the artists of whom she gives Impressions—voice, walk, little mannerisms, they are all there. It takes a great artist to do this and Miss Gould is just that. She

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tops off her act this season by giving- in full stage and with scenery one of the big scenes from “White Cargo.” Here is complete characterization as w T ell as impressions. I hope the day will come the American public will realize that when the name of Miss Gould is flashed that they are sure to see one of the best artists on the stage. She is that today, but I want to see it recognized in the box office much more than it Is today. She should stand on the vaudeville stage in the same relation to Ethel Barrymore upon the legitimate stage. The bill brings this week an interesting orchestra and dance act under the name of Patti Moore, Arthur Bard, Bud and Buddy and the Domino Entertainers. A grand routine has teen worked out with so much vigor and good taste that the entire act becomes a little gem. Very, very good. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, two real vaudeville institutions, are back with us with their “Scandals of Hensfoot Corners. ” Here Is a wise crackin’ rube characterization which has earned the right to live upon the stage. Wheeler and Wheeler roller skate and present a flash ending with radium costumes. Fair. Grade Deagon is back again with her baby talk stuff. She h;is the aid of Jack Mack. Brooks and Rosa sing quiet songs in a more or less quiet way. They would be more effective If the singer would stop commenting upon the size of the audience and other matters to the pianist. This should stop. The Cycling Brunettes open the show with a bicycle act along regulation lines. The movie feature is “Ukelele Sheiks.” At Keith’s all week. -!- -!- -IIT IS A WEE LITTLE THING, BI T MIGHTY BIG An act may bo wee in character, employing only two people, and at the same time it can be very big. Such is the offering of Jim and Irene Marlyn, offering “A Miniature

Revue.” They come on the stage singing about w'hat they are going to do. Jim is naturally proud of his little revuo, and he says it in song. Irene tolls in melody that she designed the costumes and she lias a right to lie protid. Attractive curtains part and Miss Irene plays a serenade on tlie violin. Then the couple goes Into the hat. box nov-

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elty number, which is a delicate little gem. The stage Idea used is new and the method is tuneful and pleasing. Then a quick change and wo have them doing a Jazz wedding number.' The act has class, talent and -7sonallty. It Is dainty and clever. In “Alabama Land,” with Elsie McGarry, we have a mixture of song and dancing. Jack Pillard and A1 Hillier go in for eccentric burlesque comedy One of’the t6am finds time to dash madly In and out of the act of Harry Waiman and hls Debutantes. The Waiman act is another orchestral offering, closing with a nifty Charleston done by a good-looking girl. Waiman, Stanley and ITlllier find time during t.he act to pull several burlesque stunts which are essentially burlesque. Stanley and Walters do a modem sleep walking scene with a bell. They lndulgo in conversation and some Jokes. The movie is “Wild Justice,” with Peter the Great, a dog. At the Palace today and Wednesday. -I- -I- -!- LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE LYRIC

There are several men on the vaudeville stage today, who play the part of an old man from the rural districts, who has come to town looking for some excitement. Some are good and some Just fairt hut In Barrett and Cunneen, at the Lyric this week, Pat Barrett Introduces us to a very pleasant old fellow who has Just passed eighty and Is on the lookout for some “fun.” It might be mentioned that the Idea of fun he has consists of going out at night and ringing peoples door bells. He also says that although he hasn't much to look forward to he certainly has lots to look back upon. This act provides a good twenty minutes of fun. There is not present here as Is rather common In similar acts a touch of rather rough stuff at times. Liked him very much. Broadway Flashes Is a group of women and two men, who rely on the comedy furnished by one of the men and several specialty dances by the women fo-’ It’s entertainment value. The opening of the act Is probably the best. We are given a burlesque Impression of a night club raid und the courtroom scene afterward. This number has plenty laughs. The Melroy Sisters have & good Jt

Stage Verdict KEITHS —Venita Gould and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry and Patti Moore with her assisting artists are the hits of the bill. LYRIC —Barrett and Cunneen are real bits here. PALACE—TIie big bright spot of this show is the clever work of Jirii and Irene Marlyn in “A Miniature Revue.”

idea in their feature of a couple of girls, who have come down from the country and are going to try their songs and dances on the stage. The burlesque their first number as two rather “green” young ladies and then slip into their regular dances and specialties. Each of the sisters does a tap dance that is fine. Oliver and Hayden center their act on the blues singing ability of the woman and the impersonation by the man of the small town dandy, who thinks he would be a riot on the stage. Both of them

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

Text: "She looketh well to the ways of her household.”—Prov, 21:27. Wise are they who look to the ways of their household. To make and keep a home is the biggest and best thing you can ever do. I do not care what else you may do, you may create and conduct a great business or industry, but the noblest thing you can ever do in this world is to create and maintain a home. The home stands for the best there is in our social and pleasurable life. It is the source of the purest and best there Is In every department of life —religious, social, civil, political and commercial. The very heart of our American civilization is the old-fashioned American home. It has been the most important factor In our national life, more important than all our banking and industrial institutions. Henry Grady, the renowned orator

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STUDY AND WORK Evansville college announces adoption of the part-time plan of education of liberal arts. By this plan students will be able to arrange to go to school one-half day and work one-half day. Students will be placed on jobs In pairs, one working while the other attends school. For five years the system has been followed in the engineering department with marked success. No doubt Its extension to other courses will prove equally advantageous. The part-time system of education, originated at the University of Cincinnati and developed on an extensive scale at Antioch College in Ohio, will probably prove an important factor in broadening the scope of colleges. It will bring a college education within reach of ambitious youth who otherwise could not attend an Institution of higher learning. The real purpose of college Is to serve those who want education not to offer a pleasant four year’s loaf to those financially able to afford it. Too often that is the class in attendance. Os course some work their way through now, but frequently that Involves excessive hardships and drudgery. The part-time plan, which by combining study and work in a definite system and making a student self supporting, is better than the old method of working one’s way through And much better than letting dad foot the bill. It provides Just enough callouses to make education stick. A BAG OF “ PEANUTS The number of Indiana farms has decreased approximately 10,000 In the last five years. Their average value has shrunk from $125.98 an acre to $85.20 an acre in the same period. In the whole country there has been a decrease of 1,2 per cent in the number of farms, while In Indiana there has been a 4.6 per cent decrease. These figures, just released by the United States Department of Agriculture and Purdue University, are convincing proof that all is nto well with lioosier agriculture.

Last fall Indiana had a bumper corn crop—one of the largest In the history jc,t the State. Os which It is estimated there remained in the hands of the farmers on March 1 three times as much as the farmers held on the first of March last year. But the huge com crop didn’t lighten the farm blues. The market price of corn Is below the cost of production. The more corn a Hoosier agriculturist grew last year the more money he lost. If the farming Industry in Indiana, a fertile, productive State in easy reach of the markets, Is In such a slump and so obviously unprofitable, what must be the situation In sections of the country more remote from markets where high freight rates add to other agricultural woes? Truly the predicament of agriculture Is the most serious problem confronting this country. Up to date about all that has been done to solve this problem has been conversation. In Congress, Senators and Representatives have declared with fervor and eloquence that they are the farmer’s friend. The Junior Senator from Indiana made such a speech the other day. But all the Congressional oratory hasn’t raised the price of com a single point. It may be that the economic Ills of agriculture cannot be cured by legislation. Geriairly, however. It will take more thtn a bag of peanuts to put the farmer on his feet.

sing and besides the comedy present we get some good melody. George Mack is one of those intimate people, who come out and make ftienda of everyone present. His best bet is the many little stories that he tells of just about everything one can think of. His idea of giving the audience music is to select a nice melody and then let the theater orchestra play it for you. Original don’t you think? La Dora and Backman open with several aerial feats on a rope suspended from the loft and the Four Bards close the bill with some good athletic tricks. At the Lyric all week. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “The Big Parade,” at English’s; “Kiki,” at the Circle; "Skinner's Dress Suit,” at the Colonial; “For Heaven’s Sake," at the Apollo; “Morals for Men," at the Ohio; ‘The Fighting Buckaroo,” at the Isis, and burlesque at the Broadway. The Little Theatre tonight at the Playmouse will present “Ariadne,” by A. A. Milne.

of Georgia, related an experience In which he gives his conception of the hame in relation to the Nation. The first time he visited Washington and looked upon the Capitol, his heart thriiled with patriotic passion, and he said: “Here is the home of my country; that building is the home of the’ greatest Nation on earth." Some weeks later, however, after he had spent the night in an old-fash-ioned country home where an oldfashioned father read from the Bible and knelt with his wife and children around the family altar, he said: “I was mistaken in Washington; that pile of marble, magnificent as It is, is not the home of my country, but the home of my country is here in households like this, where are reared the men and women of my country.” Grady was right. The home gives us our men and women, and the men and women make a country—not brick and marble.

SPRING FEVER NOT A DISEASE In a recent bulletin of the Indiana State Medical Association It is stated that no such disease as spring fever is known to science. And that sulphur and molasses and all the nauseating concoctions ladled out to children to ward off supposed attacks of the malady Is love’s labor lost. The scientists may be right. Certainly there Is no such tiling as spring fever so far this year. If it is a disease caused by a voracious bug, that bug got his tootsies fxost-bitten if he took the almanac's word for the official opening of spring. No doubt the words of the bulletin will fall sweetly on the ears of some, nevertheless. Little boys and girls will quote them eagerly when parental conversation turns to spring tonics, home-fabricated or proprietary. And some elders who have smacked their lips in anticipation of the 3.75 malt tonic with which to combat spring fever will be glad to learn that there Is no such disease. now that t seems probable that the 3.75 stuff won't be on sale In Indiana. There is no particular joy in having the disease if the cure is not available. But to some of us the bulletin of the medical gentlemen Is unkind. We revel in our spring fever. To tell us there Is no such thing Is like telling us there Is no Santa Flaus. Come the first warm spring day when the fish are biting avidly’ and the dally Job seems particularly Irksome, and many of us will put on a realistic lmltntlon of spring fever that will knock the medical gentlemen speechless. ABOLISHMENT OF AUTO LICENSING The Indiana State Transfer and Warehousemen’s Association plans a State-wide campaign seeking abolishment of all motor vehicle licensing In the State and substitution of a higher gasoline tax as a. revenue measure, according to announcement of the officers of the association. Among the reasons given by the truckmen for their opposition to the present auto license law are: “The license law is an expensive method of collecting money for road construction: It costs about 12!4 per cent of the total Income to make the collection: It Is an arbitrary tax not based on road use: it all goes to construction of State roads, though many vehicles paying licens fees do not use State roads n't all.” All of which Is unquestionably true. But the chief aim In life of the motor vehicle licensing act is not the raising of revenue. Its most Important service Is to compel every auto and truck owned In the State to wear a set of Identification plates at all times. If the law was repealed, enforcement of any traffic regulations would he difficult. For it Is the license plate It wears, together with Its record of registration, that makes every motor vehicle a more or less responsible menher of society. If It wasn’t for the license tag a t—ifffe casualty would never ki;. .\ what Ford struck him. And. except for the license law, automobile thievery would be no more hazardous or Intricate than the childish game of blind man's huff. No doubt the gasoline tax Is the most equitable levy for raising funds for road construction and maintenance. Indiana recognizes this by Imposing a high gas tax and a low license tax. But no matter how efficient the gas tax Is, it can’t successfully assume all the esenllal functions of the auto license law. •

THE VERY IDEA "■■■By lial Cochran '

COOPERATION You’ll find, after all, that cooperatlon gives business the punch of success. Whatever your line or whatever your station, that element stands up, I guess. Os course you may plqg on, and labor alone and do your own task, day by day. And, maybe, right now, that’s the reason you’ve grown. But, say, e’en at that, does It pay? Your real peaco of mind Is where happiness lies. If you help someone else beside you, you’ll rise to the point whore you’re one of those guys whose spirit can always come through. To have and to hold all the wealth that there is doesn’t mean half as much as it seems. We all have that thought. Do you know what It is? The stuff out of which they make dreams. The real satisfaction that comes to a man, who’s plugging to earn his fair ration, Is born through the doing the best that he can for others —through cooperation. • • • Shanghai imported $5,916,000 worth of machinery last year. What a great temptation to a monkey wrench. • • • An astronomer says the sun will be cold in 15 million years, "flow’d you like to be the ice man,” about that time?

Annual Actors' Frolic Will Be Given Tonight at the Palace

The time Is 11 o’clock tonight, the place Is the Palace Theater, the affair Is the Annual Actors’ FVollc for the sick and benefit fund of the National Vaudeville Artists. This is the tenth annual celebration of the N. V. A., which 1® being observed throughout the United States and Canada. The local frolic tonight will be attended by many civic and other bodies. Among the twenty acts that will take part In the frolic are Included, from B. F. Keith’s, Venita Gould, ♦he mimic; Patti Morre and her band: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry In their sketch, “Scandals at Hensfoot Corners,” Grade Deagon and Jack Mack In their comedy offering; Brooks and Ross, singers and pianists; the Cycling Brunettes, and Wheeler and Wheeler, skaters.

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Directly east of the Indo-Chinese peninsula, and north of the East Indies and Australia are the Philippine Islands, so far away from their guardian, the United States, that when it la 12 o'clock noon In New York City it is 1.03 a, m. tomorrow In Manila. They lie wholly within the tropics, so that If they could be brought straight across the Pacific to the American continents they would extend from the middle of .Mexico to the middle of Colombia, South America, populated almost entirely by people of tho colored races, these distant tropic Islands seem strange wards for America; and indeed the United States Is only waiting for the Filipinos to become capable of selflgovernment before granting them Independence. In the meantime It Is continuing Its work of education and sanitation begun in 1899 at the close of the SpanlshAmerlcan War, when It acquired the islands by conquest and purchase from Spain. Scattered In haphazard fashion between the Chlra Sea and the Pacific. Ocean, the 3,140 islands of the Philippines form an archipelago almost as large as that of Japan proper. Luzon, the farthest north of the large islands. Is equal In area to Ohio, and Mindanao, in the extreme south, is as large as Indiana. Between Luzon and Mindanao are eight other islands of considerable Importajice, while to the southwest Is the long, narrow Island of Palawan. Hundreds, however, are so small that they are mere specks on the ocean, inhabited only by seabirds. All but 367 out of the 8,140 islands occupy areas of less than one square mile apiece.

On all the large Islands the scenery is made beautiful by high mountains ranges and by the diversity and abundance of tropical vegetation. The Philippines have no deserts, nor even barren lava beds. More than half of the entire surface is covered with forests, many of which in the mountainous Interiors, are Inhabited by savages and have never been fully explored. There are about fifty volcanoes scattered about the archl elago, some of which are still active. Os these the most beautiful Is Mayon, In southern Luzon, a perfect cone rising to a height of almost 9,000 feet. Its lofty crater perpetually enveloped in a great cloud of vapor, and the most remarkable is Taal, which has a crater containing several lakes of many-colored boiling liquids. Summer and winter aro much alike in the Philippines: it Is almountaln tops. Manila, the capital, has an average variation of only 5 degrees between winter and summer temperatures. From June to November the southwest monsoon waters only the west side of the mountains, while from November to June 'he monsoon blows In the opposite direction, making the east side rai ly. The olginal inhabitants were pigby blacks, the Negritos or “Itttle Negroes," one of the most diminutive peopdes in the world. The Igorots and allied tribes are a much more savage people, who keep to the mountain as persisently as the Negritos to the forests. The most formidable people with whom the Spaniards and Americans had to deal were the Moros, a Malayan race with a rellgloon of degraded Mohammedanism. They received their first serious defeats In 1902 03, when Capt. John Joseph Pershing led troops against them in Mindanao, and Gen. Leonard Wood quelled an uprising In the Susu Islands. The seven great tribes in the

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Everything comes to him who waits — if it’s only a lip. • • • Nellie was a lady fair. For short men she would fall. i She thought It best to love a short/ Than ne’er to love a tall. • • • The only reason the mule ha* the reputation of being the champion kicker Is because a man doesn’t work as hard. 000 Poverty Is a blessing In disguise—and tho disguise is perfect. • * * BUSINESSMAN— There la plenty of room at the top In every business, STEEPLEJACK —Except mine! • o • FABLES IN FACT THE TRAVELING) MAN WAS STRANDED IN A VERY SMALL VILLAGE OVER THE SABBATH PERIOD WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO COMMA HE .IIhST LOITERED AROUND A CERTAIN COR NER COMMA UNTIL IT GOT THE CONSTABLE’S GOAT FERIOU FINALLY” THE OFFICER OF THE LAW WALKED UP AND THREATENED TO PINCH THE MAN PERIOD QUOTATION MARK NOT A BAD IDEA COMMA QUOTATION MARK SAID THE TRAVELER COMM QUOTATION MARK MAYBE THAT’LL KEEP ME AWAKE PERIOD QUOTATION MARK (Copylght, 1926, NEA Service. XnoJ

From the Lyric will come Baxret and Cunnen In a comedy sketch; Ladora and Beckman In a novelty act; “Broadway Flashes,” a musical revue; Belie Oliver, Indianapolis girl, with Jack Hayden in a comedy of ferlng; Melroy Sisters, songs and steps; George Mnck, singing come dlan, and the Four Bards, a circus act. From the Palace the acts will consist. of Harry Walman and his "Debutantes;’’ Plllard and Hiller In "Hello Steve;” Jim and Irene Marlyn, singers and dancers, and "Alabama Land.” Tickets for the frolic can he secured from any of the above named vaudeville theaters. The funds de rived from tlie affair go to the sick and benefit fund of the National Vaudeville Artists Association.

PHILIPPINE S Archipelago made up of 3,140 scattered islands.

Philippines who have been Christianized are known as the Filipinos, a small slender race with brownishyellow skin, narrow black eyes, and i From the Intermarriage ofi Filipinos with Spaniards lias sprung another type called Mestizos, a numerous and powerful class whose Influence la strongly felt In political and Industrial affairs. Even before civil government was established American volunteer soldiers went Into the schoolrooms and taught, while the hostile parents of the children lurked in the background. Soon R thousand American teachers were brought over and a school system was begun much like that in the United States. The soil ol the Philippines is very fertile, producing astonishingly heavy crops year after year. The principle crop for which the Philippines axe known is the so-called Manila hemp, which Is properly speak lng. not hemp at all, but the fiber of a wild plantain, called the “abaca,” a tree which resembles the banana. Wlfh tlie expenditure of but a email amount of labor and care, thousands of tone of this valuable fiber are produced annually and ex ported either raw or In the form of rope and cordage. Tobacco, sugar, rice, cocoanuts. com, coffee, cacao beans, Indigo are some of the products of the Philippines. About 1,000 miles of railroads hare been built. Mineral resources are os yet undeveloped, although are some successfully operated gold! mine*, and copper, Iron and coal are I said to exist In lnrge amounts. Some of the finest embroideries In the world are produced by the Fill plnoa. The Philippines were discovered by Ferdinand Magellan In 1521. PLAY TO BE APRIL 15-16 Manual Graduating Claes 1 Present "The Romantlci Age.” Rehearsals are bolng held daffy by a cast drawn from the June gradual lng class from Manual Training High School, which will present “The Romantic Age” April 15 and 1C In the school auditorium. Miss Lola I. Perkins Is directing. Miss Lillian King and Don Menke will have the leading roles.

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