Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1926 — Page 4

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“CJVIL SERVICE” The citizens who were named by Mayor Duvall " to put “civil service” into city government, and especially into the police and fire departments, showed admirable restraint when they declined to pass h resolution declaring that the movement is not “bunk.” It is quite probable that very soon these gentlemen, most ot whom accepted places with an idea that they could remedy some very deplorable conditions, will begin to inquire just how they can function. i At the first meeting they were frankly told by one of the mayor's cabinet that their work will be “advisory” and that the boards will take care of all promotions in the police and fire departments. " The one purpose of civil service is to protect the employe who gives real service but refuses to be come a politician. It is presumed to give him a chance to win promotion by enthusiasm for his work and by efficiency. A board which merely fixes a minimum standard of mental and physical equipment for an applicant is about as far from putting real civil service principles into effect as can be imagined. The real viewpoint of the administration toward the public service is seen in the demand, which the Times prints today, that public employes contribute of their salaries to the campaign funds of the Coffin machine. The machine believes that it owns these jobs, demands payment to keep the machine in power. What chance will any one of these so-called civil service boards have to keep a man in his place who refuses to dig into his pay envelope for funds for a machine with whose morals, viewpoint and purposes he has no sympathy? Can it protect any employe who refuses to contribute? Can it prevent a man from being penalized for his refusal to be blackmailed by the bosses? The gesture of the mayor was, most apparently, an effort to fool the insurance investigators who demanded that the fire department be taken out of politics. Property owners will pay later for this condition. But it is only a gesture as long as these old machine practices of forcing city employes to pay tribute to the machine are followed. Real civil service will come only when an indignant and determined citizenship puts the party bosses out of the city hall by the adoption of a city manager form of government on a nonpartisan and nonpolitical basis.

IF DAVE WERE DICTATOR David A. Reed of Pittsburgh, who since his appointment to the United Statos Senate by Secretary Mellon, has done many things to amuse the country, has now written a piece for the magazine, “Nation's Business.” The title Is “If I Were Dictator.” The theme is one that always appeals to this magazine, which Is the organ of the United States of Commerce. Senator Reed is very impatient about Government or public control of .anything. That much is discovered in the early paragraphs of his piece. Listen to his heartrending picture: “The average citizen rises in the morning and washes in water furnished by a company regulated by the public service commission. His breakfast is cooked by gas,, similarly owned or regulated by the Government. His breakfast bacon 1 has been inspected by agents of the Department of Agriculture to see that it conforms to the pure food law. He rides to work in a trolley or on a railroad whose every action is controlled by various public service commissions. “The first lien on his day’s earnings belongs to the income tax collector, so he must keep his books as directed by the Secretary'of the Treasury. The bank to which he goes to make a deposit or get a loan is inspected by the Government and lives in daily terror of the controller of the i currency. During the day he is visited by a field agent of the treasury department, who pries into and criticises his most Intimate business affairs and perhaps by a representative of the Attorney General in Washington, who subpoenas him to testify before a distant grand jury in another State in a proceedings in which , he may have little or no Interest “Toward the end of the day, his wife calls for him in the family automobile, duly licensed by the State government, and they drive slowly home, watching carefully for the signals of the traffic police and stopping on the tray to buy a fresh supply of gasoline. on which they pay a tax of 3 cents a gallon." That, may be the average citizen and it may not be. How many readers of this newspaper have to keep books “as directed by the Secretary of thft Treasury?” How many go to the bank each day to make a deposit or get a loan? How many ever in their lives have been visited by field agents of the treasury department or subpoenaed to testify in a distant State? No, Senator Dave, that doesn't sound quite average. But let’s suppose it is and abolish all these annoyances that the Senator's vivid imagination conjures up. Let’s give Dave’s citizen a fine, free day, such as he would provide if he were dictator. Here goes: , He rises in the morning and doesn’t wash, because the unregulated water company lias allowed such a wastage of water that the reservoir is dry. His breakfast isn’t cooked, because’ the unregulated gas company has used all its profits for the private pleasure of its owners and the plant is temporarily out of commission. He doesn’t dare eat the uninspected bacon anyhow, because his wife’s nose discovers that it is tainted. He walks to work because the trolley is so overcrowded that he can t get aboard and the railroad line is tied up with an accident, due to the lack of brakes or safety signals or one of the other safeguards that the Interstate commerce commission prescribes. The bank to which he goes to make a deposit or get |i loan is closed, because, uninspected by the Government, its methods have resulted in a smash. He stands around a while with the others clamoring for his funds and then returns to his office to wait for his wife to come with the automobile. His wife never arrives. The rough roads—there being no tax on gasoline to them up—have busted all the tires. Also she's had a head-on collision with another car due to the absence of traffic regulation. Terrible, isn’t it. For his own sake, ne hereby protest against Senator Dave Reed being made dictator.

A WORTHWHILE DREAM Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, is now in the northwest on speaking tour largely devoted to the development of water resources. In a speech before the River Basin League at Seattle Saturday evening he declared that we must today make plans for the development of a great waterways system which can be put into operation within the next twenty-five years. Development of our streams and rivers, Hoover says, can add to our resources 30,000,000 acres of productive land, which despite our present overproduction, will be badly needed for growing food crops in twenty or thirty years. Streams and rivers within our country can offer us 55,000,000 horse power, of which we have to date harnessed only 11,000,000. A big inland waterways system will develop the middle west industrially, and will make it possible to ship both manufactured goods and agricultural products at a reasonable transportation figure. There is, Hoover declares, a possibility of 25,000 continuous miles of inland waterways, of which today only 7,000 miles have been modernized, and these in such condition that they are not very usable. Eighteen Statesi would immediately benefit if canals on the Great Lakes system were deepened to twenty-five or thirty-foot shipways. Great bake ports would immediately become ocean ports. For only about $125,000,000 a modern transportation system of nine thousand miles of connected waterways, serving twenty States, can be made of the Mississippi system It would furnish a complete north and south trunk'line across the Nation through the lakes from Duluth through (Jhicago to the Gulf of Mexico, and an east and west system from Pittsburgh to Kansas City. Hoover’s vision is spendid In its possibilities and it is to be hoped that carefully planned rivers and harbors bills, free from pork, will be passed by coming sessions of Congress to make the dream come true.

DEMARCHES C. BROWN In the passing of Demarchus C. Brown the State loses a citizen whose influence has been as beneficent as it has been great. His contribution to the thought and the ideals of this city and of the State will leave a permanent and lasting impression, always for better things. His early service to the State board of charities evidenced his deep interest in the welfare of his fellows, later to be translated into an effort to lift to a higher plane all life. His impress upon the thought and character of the city is not be measured. His place and his vision will be much more permanent than that of others who have held more conspicuous places In the history of the State. His life exemplified to a marked degree the highest type of good citizenship. His reward is that universal expression of respect which the most ambitious might seek as the highest goal. WOMEN MUST TELL A woman’s coveted privilege—that of concealing her age—is no longer valid in the opinion of Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the National League of Women Voters. Miss Sherwin declares that she knows many women are refusing to vote because they have to tell how old they are in order to do it, and this reluctance, Miss Sherwin believes, is handicaping women’s political progress. “A woman's age. no matter what it may be. is not a thing to conceal or to be ashamed of,” says Miss Sherwin, “unless indeed it proves that with the years she has not gained understanding. There is neither rhyme nor reason for perpetuating the silly tradition of refusing to tell one’s age. The Voting power is a serious one. It should not be impaired by trifling.” Thus, with the gaining of rights, the exercise of privileges passes, and responsibilities begin. Statistics show very few died from spring fever but many victims had their incomes cut off. When the golf bug bites a man it makes him break out with knickers and loud stockings. Hens are fairly sensible/ But they lack efficiency. They should watch ducks. Ducks eat with shovels. Many a woman’s home would be happier if her husband hadn't married such a fussy old cat. Cabbage Isn’t fattening. But if people eat too much cabbage will Increase the Price of cigars. The time may come when four hours will be a working day, but we are optimists and maybe it won’t. Civilization advances steadily. Bedtime Is 12 o’clock now Instead of 9 o'clock. A Texas woman of 95 married a rich old fellow of 94 for love.

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To the Editor of The Tifnes: ' The matter of annexing Beech Grove to Indianapolis, taking considerable space in local papers at present, causes me to offer a few suggestions which might reach the ear of the majority of the Indianapolis council. While the writer has no intention of causing that body to take any further vacation or of the mayor "slipping” out the back door, we will adhere to the saying that it is a poor argument that does not have two sides to it. Under the law, there is absoluely no possibiliy of annexing Beech Grove, for the laty says that a benefit must be shown, and Indianapolis could never show how she could benefit Beech Grove. The assessed valuation of Beech Grove is 30 per cent lower than that of Indianppolis, the Big Four pays,7s per cent of this, while the citizens pay 25 per cent. Beech Grove has eight miles of pavement paid for under the county road law, and no Barrett law interest to hold in trust. Beech Grove has operation expenses, include police, fire and administration, amounts to less than $3 per citizen, per annum, against 130 per citizen in Indianapolis. There is not a vacant house or an idle man in Beech Grove. Politically Beech Grove would be of little value to Indianapolis. We have no Jail or underworld characters to organize to keep any particular bunch in office. I suggest this policy. Why not annex Indianapolis to Beech Grove? Beech Grove does not need Indianapolis, but in a spirit of pity for the poor, boss-ridden, tax-burdened citizens of Indianapolis that are unable to shake oft the “gang” that they have unthinkingly saddled upon themselves, we should hold out a helping hand. , BERT WILHFXM,

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Tracy Republicans Already Have Tried to Buy This Fall’s Election,

Chairman Oldfield, of the Democratic congressional committee, says that the Republicans are out to buy this fail's election and points to what occurred in the Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries as proof. He may be right, but there is equally good ground for suspecting that the Republicans have done all the buying they can for one year. They have certainly done enough to furnish Oldfield with plenty of arguments. They have done enough even to disgust some of their own best men, such as Julius Rosenwald, the Chicago philanthropist, Governor Plnehot and Theodore’Roosevelt. Whatever the Reed Investigation may have accomplished to stimulate Democratic hopes, it has made a lot of Republican leaders sick of their work. / Loss of the Senate looms as a penalty for the slush funds. If Smith Is elected In Illinois, the chances are that he will be unseated and the same is true of Vare in Pennsylvania. What is more alarfnlng. Smith may not be elected, especially if an Independent runs against him. Vare's prospects, though a little better, are none too good If Governor Plnehot Indorses William B. Wilson, his Democratic opponent. Apart from its immediate effect in Pennsylvania and Illinois, the slush fund scandal has permeated the whole country and is exerting an influence wherever people are progressive enough and independent enough to visualize clean politics as an independent issue. •I* -I- -IMexican Paradox Settlement of the Mexican religious controversy by legal processes would be both unique and reassuring. That is what church authorities have In mind, however, and what the attitude of President Calles makes possibls. The latter has said that while he ! feels hound to uphold his present policy, he will not Interfere ts the church seeks relief through congress. This puts the church In a paradoxical position. The law which President Calles feels bound to uphold, forbids the church to engage In politics, yet he tells the church it must look to politics if It wants them changed. .-I- .|. -|. Halls-Mills Secrecy The conspiracy of silence that has deepened and darkened the Hall-Mills murder mystery was not altogether deliberate or Intentional. Stricken consciences that had nothing to do with this crime have helped to cover it up. It was committed near a “lovers’ lane.” Hundreds of people were accustomed to visit the place, some of them young, happy and innocent, some of them clandestinely and keeping company they did not want known. There is every reaton to suppose that the “lane” harbored Its usual coterie on the night of Sept. 14. 1922, when the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were murdered. In fact, one witness has testified that the reason he got no nearer the fatal scene was because of the great number of parked cars. Enough has been brought out in one way or another to show that several mouths were sealed by compromising circumstances. Persons who could tell more than they have, and possibly throw a real light on the tragedy, refuse to do so because it would involve the admission that they out with the “wrong" woman, or “wrong” man. -I- -I- -IDarning Socks Why does “darning socks" play such an important part In the marriage relation? Why do we hear so much about it and so little about other wifely duties that seem just as essential? . Is the sock a symbol of the conqueror’s foot on his victim's neck? Is that why the husband likes to have his wife “darn socks” or wiy she resents doing it? t Figure it any way you like, but the minor, if not ignominious, function has probably caused more trouble between husband and wife than any other domestic duty. And now we find it leading to murder. Young Claytonu Van Doran, of Council Bluffs. lowa, killed his wife, because her .“refusal to darn my socks angered mo more than anything that ever occurred In my life.” He struck her first, knocking her down stairs, and then choked her to death, holding hls fingers about her throat for five minutes. -!- -I- -IStrike Still On Appeals for assistance In behalf of the British coal miners, while Premier Baldwin warns us not to be taken In by such propaganda, serve to recall that the greatest labor deadlock of modern history Is still in progress. \The miners have been out four m<|nths and one wonders how they can stand it. One wonders, too, how England can do without her normal coal supply so long. Certainly there must be suffering somewhere, and just as certainly the bulk of it Is falling to the lot of women and children. In what part of the Bible Is the Mlzpah benediction found? In Genesis 31:49. The name means “watch-tower” and Is a landmark set up by Laban and Jacob, each one agreeing after all the stormy years between them not to pass this tower to do each other harm.

Giving Place of Honor to ‘The ShowOff’ and to ‘Fine Manners’ This Week

By Walter D. Hickman < As good as the play and In some respects even better—that's my verdict of “The Show-Off.” There are really two good corking pictures on view In the city this week —“The Show-P's” and "Fine Manners.” Going to tell you first about “The Show-Off” because it lias the services of Gregory Kelly, well known here;

Ford Sterling and Lois Wilson. Kelley Is the always the same Kelly, whether on the stage or on the screen. He Is again the TarkIngton edition of the young man in a play that Tark ington did not write. Although he has a minor role, yet he does everything with that honest and nervous manner which has always characterized his w'ork.

Gregory Kelly

"The Show-Off" as a Paramount feature is one of those delightful affairs which makes a fellow willing to part with real money to see It. Acting honors go to Ford Sterling as the wise boy who talked so much about himself that he thought he was a railroad president. As “The Show-Off,” Sterling Is easily giving his best comedy characterization. It is a bully part and gives the comedian a chance to dominate ' every scene. Next to William C. E’ields. Sterling Is or.e of our best natural funmakers. Both men have |he trick, or rather artistry In Improving good material when It Is given them. As the '■show-off," Sterling is the strutting, talking windbag that he la supposed to do. I think that Sterling handed me as many laughs as l have ever had in any one picture. Was rather disappointed In Lois Wilson as she isn’t the type for the part she is playing. I may be wrong In the conception of the role, but I have the feeling that someone else could have registered with more ease and naturalness. Might say that “The Show-Off” is really a Christmas present given by the producers to the public In August instead of December. Know that I will be asked If the movie follows the stage play. Very few liberties have been taken with the original text. Os course there are many scenes In the movie which were not in the play, but they were discussed In the play. For example, the automobile accident that the Show Off has. It was discussed and Implied In the Btage play, but the movies make it one of the big comedyscenes of the film. Ford Sterling has established himself as a leader in comedy roles by hls work In “The Show-off.” Bill Includes a Buster Brown comedy, a news real, music by Emil Seidel and hls orchestra and organ music by Lester Huff. At the Apollo all week.

GLORIA DOES ACROBATICS IN “FINE MANNERS,” AT OHIO Could you imagine Gloria Swanson, the grand Gloria, doing cartwheels and other acrobatics before the very eye of the camera? Whether your ffnagination Is so active or not, it does not matter, as

she does that very thing in “Fine Manners." It’s my opinion that “Fine Manners" is a whale of a good picture, meaning that it is mighty interesting entertainment. Those who get the vehicles for this womgn are wise In not holding her to one type of a role. It would be easy to make a clothesrack out of Gloria, because this woman knows

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how to strut the fine looking clothes. In "Fine Manners," she has a chance to be the grand and haughty person; she has a chance to be the delightful roughneck, and, above all, she has a chance to have a pretty love affair with Eugene O’Brien. There are so many sides to our heroine in “Fine Manners" and so much good hokum (and I love hokum when it is real and well done) is in the story that one wishes that she would do more of this sort of thing. Gloria Swanson is not an accident upon the screen. She is just about the most important woman we have on the screen today. And she can act and she even stoops to turning cart-wheels if the character demands it. Don’t get me wrong, I do not consider Swanson another Bernhardt or a Duse. Miles away from these two past leaders, but I have the hunch that Gloria Swanson has brought happy and Interesting hours to many thousands more than Duse or Bernhardt. “Fine Manners” is an audience picture, I know that. I am not against an audience picture,” those made with an eye to the box office, but the story of “Fine Manners” that heart interest which any good yarn should have. And Gloria Swanson is just the individual, who can play up many sides of such a character as she plays in “Fine Manners.” This woman is endowed with a lot of Energy and a bunch of good judgment. She knows how to put over her scenes, whether she la the slangy but good girl in a burlesque chorus or that same party trying to act like a lady. J Eugene O'Brien has a dress suit hero role. He knows how to do this sort of stuff. Lately this man has staged a fine comeback and,his work in “Fine Manners” is going to help him live up to that victory. The photography in this movie is the real article and the director certainly knows his “oats” as they say now days. Some of the scenes are filled with rare beauty and every scene has its laughs or that good crying feeling, not much of that. You are going to enjoy “Fine Man-

ners” and you will love Gloria when she ceases to be the grand person and acts like a wild tomboy. Bill Includes a Mack Sennett comedy, music and other events. At the Ohio all week. •I- -I- -I* THE WHOLE WORLD LoVES A LOVER ANT) THERE YOU ARE They say that the world loves a lover and when such goings on are going on, well, most of us w’ant to be in eye shot. The director and the movie writer who gave us “It Must Be Love” was sure wise to that failing of the world. "It Must Be Love” pokes fun at the love game In an Intimate and

unoffensive sort of a way. It tells th| story of a bobbed haired daughter of a German delicatessen merchant who got fed up with the whole business. including home because “home” was too near the limberger cheese counter. All of the little girl’s friends ate too much of said cheese, not forgetting the onions. Listerlne may

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have inspired the author to turn out this little story. You will see I mean when you see It. You probably would not be attracted to this picture unless I told you that Colleen Moore, she of the dangerous bobbed hair. Is the "gal” who wants her gentlemen friends to use either listerlne or at least perfume after they gargle limberger cheese. It must be recorded at this time that Colleen Moore is looking more like Baby Peggy- every day. Might sound like a ,'oke but it is the gospel truth. She has plenty of chances In "It Must Be Love” to pucker up her lips, sigh, frown, smile and do that clever pantomime business which has made her famous. In plain words, Miss Moore is still the clever little trick In her latest movie. And when she Is that—well she is success. Her leading man this time Is Malcolm McGregor, a good looking matinee type who makes the women In the audience sigh with pleasure when he makes love. And that is always a good sign. Jean Hersholt as the cruel hearted father of our heroine does a good piece of natural acting although It is an zinpleasant part for about 97 per cent of the picture. The cast follows: Fertile Schmidt Colleen Moore “Pop - Schmidt Jean Hersholt Jack Duran Malcolm McGregor Peter Halltorsky Arthur Stone "Mom" Schmidt Bodil Rosin* Min Dorothy Seaetrom A1 Cleve Moore Lola Mary O'Brien Joe Ray Haller “It Must Be Love” is light entertainment, but it gives Miss Moore a chance to cut up again. Am convinced now that people want to sing in the theater. It matters not whether a fellow has a voice or not, because he will sing when Dessa Byrd gives out the Invitation to join in the words while she plays a tune on the organ. The tune this week is called “Birds of a Feather,” but it is filled with the melodies of the hour. And did they sing. They surely did. You know I can’t carry a tune in a bushel basket. Well. I caught myself singing away- yesterday afternoon during this number. Probably I should have been "away,” but I warbled with hundreds of others. The orchestral attraction is Bernie Schultz and his Crescent Orchestra. I was unable because of the rush of time to hear their entire program, but these men a?e wise in doing an opening which gives the audience a chance to see who they* are. They have a collegiate open l Ing which is full of pep and it is

How to Swim —No. 31

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JUST LIKE FALLING OFF A LOG

First get thoroughly used to going in head first. The first exercise is simple but trill take nerve to try for the first lialf dozen times. j Stand on the edge of the springboard or float and bend down until the palms rest on the knees. Keep an easy position without tenseness and fall over into tlae water. At first the hands will fly wildly

DIFFERENT. And that Is something nowadays. Bill includes a comedy and a news reel. At the Circle all week. I -I’ -I’ GETTING THE RIGHT SLANT ON THIS MOVIE If you crave lemon pie you want lemon pie and not even the First National Bank will fill the order. The same is true with the movies. You can not judge a hokum farce either by high comedy scales or by the dramatic ones. So I ask you to get the right slant upon “A Trip to Chinatown” which

is hokum farce. In such a picture many impossible things may happen. And they generally do. The difference . in the brand is that the good hokum fafee has impossible} situations which fit* in honestly In an Impossible story. Charles Hoyt’s "A Trip to Chinatown” was choice diet on tlje stage many years ago. Our grandparents probably yelled themselves pink at this one.

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Now the movies bring'the title back again to the attention of the public. Tho story, as you probably know, concerns a rich chap who just loves to be sick. He loves all kinds of pills as well as every kind of a doctor. So his doctors wanting to get rid of him, ship him to Los Angeles. They tell him that when he feels excited he must stand upon his head. Generally hls excitement Is caused by seeing a pretty girl. , Os course you know that he Is on his head most of the time. Os course there Is nothing wrong with the poor fool, andwhen he falls in love with the right girl, well he is cured for life. Earle Fox is the good looking invalid and he knows how to stand upon hls head. His scenes on the sleeper when he gets mixed up in many a wrong berth are really funny. Old situations, but done with so much pep and energy that you will laugh. And that is the test of success, little or big, of such entertainment. Must tell you that I never could become excited over Margaret Livingston. They say she Is one of the beauties of the screen, but I can not agree. I know I never have accused her of being a goo£ actress. This picture Is hokum. Yes, but It did hand me a lot of hokum laughs. In other words It entertained me. The stage presentation Is "Poppy Land Revue." Did not have time to see it Sunday, but will tell you about it another day. Bill includes orchestral music and other events. At the Colonial all week. -!• -I- -I* Other theaters today offer: “The Love Test” at English’s; Earl and Rial Revue at the Palace; Nathal at the Lyric:,, “Miss Nobody" at the Uptown and “Hard Boiled” at the Isis. SERVICES TO CLOSE Closing services of the HeadrickHarding evangelistic party, featuring Richard Headrick, 9-year-old evangelist and movie actor, will be held this evening a* the Cadle Tabernacle. The youthful evangelist will tell of his work An the pictures. A sermon will be delivered by the Rev. U. E. Harding, head of the party. How much is lost in the United States by the sale of fraudulent and worthless stock? The American Bankers’ Association estimates the loss to Investors was $1,400,000,000 in 1925.

up, but try to keep them on the knees until the head enters the water. This is going to keep one busy for some time, hut stick to it and it will come. There will be a tendency to draw back after the body begins to fall and the body will straighten out—but stick to It and eventually the position will be maintained. (Coypright, 1926 NEA Sendee, Inc.)

AUG. 23, 1926

Questions and Answers

You can eet an answer to any question_of fact or Information by writinsr to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C„ inclosin* 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other Questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Should coffee he drunk from a spoon or from the cup? Formerly it was considered refined to sip coYfee from the spoon, rather than drink it, from the cup. That custom still clings in some sections of the country but generally it. Is not considered good form. Modern etiquette demands that we perform the little acts of everyday ltfe in the simplest and most unaffected way possible. Do elephants live as long* In captivity as they do in the wild state? Several captive elephants have been known to live a century and In the wild state it is thought they live as long as 150 years. 0 Is Monte Carlo an independent state? Monte Carlo Is the capital of Monaco, an independent principality belonging to Prince Louis 11. The area of) Monaco is eight square miles. A ’ What were the three longest! games by innings ever played In Major League baseball? Twenty-six Innings (Rational League) Brooklyn 1, Boston, 1, (tie) May 1, 1920; twenty-four Innings ' (American League) Philadelphia 4, Boston 1, Sept. 1, 1906; twenty-two innings (National Brooklyn 6, Pittsburg 5,/Aqg. 22, 19C17. What is a ’’Pari-mutueF’ machine? A contrivance used in connection with betting on horse races bettor places hls stake In a receptacle in the machine., appropriated to the horse he At the end of the race the supporters of the successful horse divide up all the money wagered on the different hotses, less 10 per cent which goes to the owner of the machine. Why does the Presidential salute consist of twenty-one guns? There were twenty-one states in the Union at the time the Presidential salute of twenty-one guns was adopted. The salute was changed as other states were added, but finally the original twenty-one shots was made the formal salute. Who were the mother and father of the present king of Belgium? Albert I, the present king of Belgium, is the only son of Philip, Count of Flanders, younger brother rtf Leopold 11, late king of the Bel glans. His mother wag the Princess Marie of Hohenzollern.

MR. FIXIT No Street Sign City Employe Loses Self

Let Mr. Fixit present your case to city officials. He 1b The Tiroes representa tive at the city hall. Write him at The Times. When a city employe gets lost, it’s time for street signs to be placed, Is the thought of a correspondent of Mr. Fixit today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Is there afiy way of getting a street sign at Sixteenth St. and j/nernsan Dr. At this place there is a street --on each side of the Belt Railroad. The west side of the tracks formerly was Bright wood Ave. The east side Is Sherman Dr. After changing the west street to Sherman Dr., no one can find us here at all. Even the street commissioners can’t find It. We called for repair work and they couldn’t even and the street. The old Brightwood Ave. sign Is still In the cement walk on this corner. There are not two drivers of trucks or taxis out of one hundred’ that can find that the west side of Sherman Dr. In the 1500 block. O. E. H. Arthur Hassler, assistant city engineer, ordered the immediate Installation of the right street sign. Recent rains have caused dozens of complaints concerning streets and alleys. A hard-pressed streets department will attend to the following complaints as early as possible: H. R. G.. Highland Ave., between Twenty-Eighth and TwentyNinth Sts.; Mrs. John McFaddin, alley back of the 2800 block on grouse Ave.; Times Reader, alley in rear of 1010 S. Keystone Ave„ and Times Reader, 2800 block on School St. , DEAR MR. FIXIT: Please use your magnetic power to get the sewer opened and the dirt cleaned off the corner of Leland and North Sts. We are paying for a paved street, but you would not know it from the mud in the street. A SUBSCRIBER. If Mr. Fixit had magnetic power, he’d use it to get himself'a highpowered limousine and a trip around the world. They’ll go after the sewer soon.

Movie Verdict APOLLO —You must ome over and see “The Show-Off,” a rip snorting comedy of the ego complex. As full of laughs as a sieve has holes. Ford Sterling at hls best. OHIO —Gloria Swanson doing funny acrobatics and about everything else In “Fine Manners.” Mighty good entertainment, splendidly mounted and directed. . COLONIAL —“A Trip to Chinatown” is a. hokum farce and as such is interesting entertainment. ClßCLE—Colleen Moore has a chance to be cute, funny, lovin' and dumb in “It Must Be Love."