Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1926 — Page 6

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WHY BEIT AIN’S JOBLESS DON’T LEAVE HOME Says our San Francisco correspondent: ■ “The Right Reverend Arthur Foley-Winniagton-Ingram, bishop of London, who has been touring the United States and talking pan-Anglican amity, is now on his way to Australia. “His mission is primarily not religious, but one pressingly economic. He is going to arrange for the migration of upward of a million unemployed British subjects from the motherland to the great open spaces of her sparsely settled dominions bordering the Pacific.” Britain has a reputation of being one of the greatest colonizers in the world. And she has beem. But her comparatively recent efforts in that line are hardly of a nature to enhance that reputation. Canada, approximately the size of the United States and flowing with milk and honey, today has only 9,000,000 inhabitants. Australia, this year marking the 138th anniversary of her first settlement, likewise is celebrating the acquisition of only her sixth million of population. And yet the mother country—the United Kingdotn —has a population of 45,000,000, of whom 36,000,000 are in England, or 701 inhabitants per square mile, as against Canada’s mere 2.3 and Australia’s 1.8. Which would be all right if everybody was well fixed and happy in the mother country. But they are not. Over 2,000,000 people there are out of work today, most of them herded together in England. Then why not emigrate, you ask. If Jones is out of a job and overcrowded England can’t give him one, what’s the matter with his crossing over to Canada, where they are crying for immigrants—particularly immigrants from the old country. Or why doesn’t he go to Australia or to New Zealand, or to one of the other British dominions overseas? Recently Sir James Mitchell of Australia went all the way to England to plead for a steady stream of Britishers to fill up the 624,000,000 acres of his country where now there are only 340,000. The mother country is paying unemployment doles of $4.50 a week each to a couple of million jobless, while her dominions are literally begging the people to come to them —even offering to help finance them if they will. * the problem is not so simple as it looks. The dominions want to dot their territory with farms. And most of Britain’s unemployed are city dwellers. Generally, they are industrial workers, clerks, etc., whose only farm experience has been gained cultivating a scraggly geranium in a condensed milk can. And while dominion labor, on the one hand, rightly refuses to allow an army of .industrial workers to descend upon their shores, the would-be emigrant in the British isles Is afraid to tackle farming, which he knows nothing about, and that in a far-away country. Many who do manage to screw up the necessary courage to emigrant to farms in Canada, Australia or one of the other dominions, get homesick for the life In the teeming cities they left behind them and abandon “the great open spaces,” which, trutt to tell, are more cushy in fiction than in fact. s the bishop of London, now outward bound for Aiwu'alia with 4,000 names in his pocket as candidates for Australian citizenship, has quite a job on his hands. Difficult, yes, but one which Britain must solve before she is many years older, or face Increasing troubles at home. WHAT KIND OF FINANCE IS THIS? “In general,” said Agriculture Secretary Jardine at Portland, Me., last week, “the agricultural situation is better than in any year since 1920." With pride he pointed to the fact that the return on invested capital was 4.6 per cent, in the crop year 1925-26, while only .6 per cent In 1920-21.. “The results,” he explained, “are due largely to the intelligence, energy and determination of the farmers.” He neglected-to explain that the total agricultural investment, due largely to slump in land values, shrank during the period from $73,139,000 to $59,778,000. Land values actually fe $16,769,479. j On a shrinking investment returns, naturally loom large. Asa matter of fact, cash income from agricultural sales was $10,023,000 in 1920-21 and only $9,801,000 In 1925-26, a 2 per cent decrease, rather than a 4 per cent increase. The secretary also failed to mention that 1 if this shrinkage in values were charged off against agricultural operations as a loss, as any business corporation would charge it before declaring a dividend, the net return in 1925-26 would be considerably less than nothing. THE RIGHT GOAL The application of the financiers who propose to hitch the two electric companies together, for a fifty-five-million-dollar capitalization has produced the fine result of compelling public attention toward the relationship of public utilities and city growthBig manufacturers are taking an active interest in preventing the utilities from taking too much profit out of their product. In other days the utility companies could generally rely upon the influence of large business concerns to help them get anything they asked. But the better and newer vision Is that cities must have well operated and cheap prices on all utilities if they are to compete with other communities and if business is to operate at all. Evet;y factory today is in competition with every other factory making similar articles. The factory which has the best conditions under which to run is the one to be feared, and not the least important factor in manufacturing is the cost of power. The owners of large institutions have reason to fear that this proposed merger means an increase of rates, where it should mean a drop. ' If there is any reason for merging the companies, it lies in cutting out waste and duplicate effort and cost, and this should mean lower prices. But the appeal for a capitalization of many more millions than the two plants hre at present rated for any purpose gives every reason to believe that the exact opposite is intended, or at least that the public will get no benefit from the merging of the plants.y No one should oppose a merger on proper lines and with the right safeguards. This city needs but one electric plant It is a

natural monopoly. It Is a general necessity. It is basic to all other business. It is rather stupid to have two plants running where one could do the work or two sets of lines into the many streets where only one is needed. But it would be still more stupid to stand for any hold-up in prices for the purpose of getting rid of one of these plants. The public utility laws have been rather favorable to the owners of plants and not very solicitous for the public, tjut lax as they are, they do have a provision that 'When plants merge, the combined capitalization shall not exceed the total of the capitalization of the plants merged. It is now proposed to use some sort of subterfuge to escape this provision and sell the plants to a third company or some other sort of legal by-way to escape this stop and go sign. The ultimate goal should be the merger, of the plants, the elimination of waste, the production of plenty of power at only a reasonable profit on the investment, and with no profits on fictitious valuations. The proposal of the city council to build a third plant by the public and discard the two that now exist is in keeping with the general record of that body, which has always been foolish and under suspicion. A third plant would only add to the total cost and the general tax for power. The right goal is the use of the plants, or as much of them as is not duplicate effort, the shutting down of any unnecessary parts, the operation on the most economical basis and the results of these economies given to the public. Cheap power would be a mighty fine advertisement for new industries. It Is a necessity for those that are now here. Mussolini has ruled no anti-fascist names may be given babies. We recommend the fine Irish name of Benito. Add to the Fall-Doheny black satchel that newly famous receptacle, the Klan’s black box in Indiana. Narrow minds make excellent bores. All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely dial twisters. Speaking of Marie’s train, one might appropriately shout “They’re off!” Famous last lines: “Let’s drop in here for a bite. They say it’s cheap.” The French cry at Verdun, “Thou Shalt Not Pass,” has become one of Mr. Kellogg’s very favored quotations. i A man may gaze on feminine apparel, talk about women and often have them on his mind without being insane, a Boston judge has ruled. A Solomon come to judgment! THE CASE OF AIMEE McPherson By N. D. Cochran ——— - ... Whether Aimee McPherson did or didn’t commit the crime she is ’charged with, whether she is a devout and angelic evangelist or a designing vamp, she certainly stands out as a very dramatic personality. Any woman who can shake off two husbands, drive into Los Angeles equipped with a dilapidated flivver and a ten-dollar bill and wind up with a two-million-dollar marble temple, owned In her own name, is no slouch of a woman'. By the way, what Is the charge against Aimee? She must have committed some crime—provided, of course, that she Is guilty of whatever she Is charged with. But what was It? She disappeared; but that Isn’t a crime. She hid out for several weeks, but that Isn’t a crime, either. Even If she ran off with that radio operator she didn’t violate the Mann act unless she transported him from one State to another for Immoral purposes; for the Mann act doesn’t bar Immoral commerce between a man and a woman unless It Is Interstate commerce. The essence of the offense Is not the act Itself, but the passing from one State Into another to commit the act. And even then If Aimee did actually take Ormiston from one State to another she couldn’t be Indicted for crime under the Mann act unless she paid his railroad faro or possibly bought the car if she to,ok him by motor. Aimee wasn’t indicted for being kidnaped, for the State of California is trying to prove that she wasn’t kidnaped. But being kidnaped or not being kidnaped Is not a crime. Evidently the law is trying to prove that Aimee went to a cottage at Carmel-by-the-Sea with her male radio operators, occupied a cottage there, bought groceries and had laundry done. But there appears to be no effort to prove that she committed any crime while she was living at the cottage, even if Ormiston •was living there at the same time. She is not accused of violating any of the Ten Commandments while living at the cottage, even if they proved she lived there. It may he that some of the feminine lingerie found in the Ormiston trunk that was grabbed In New York belonged to Aimee. It Is fair to assume that Ormiston himself didn’t wear It. But even if it did belong to Aimee, what of it? Putting her lingerie in a man’s trunk may be improper, but it isn’t a crime. Anyhow she wasn't indicted for putting her underwear in a man’s trunk. Os course, there is a technical charge against her for violating some law, but not much has been said about it in the hundreds of columns of newspaper space devoted to this dramatic female evangelist. We lon’t remember just what the technical charge was. it seemed to have something to do with fooling the public or the law or somebody or something—some kind of a conspiracy to put something over on somebody. But politicians do that right along. The point to all this Is that this eminent actress or evangelist of the female persuasion appears to have got into some sort of a jam that wasn’t either angelic or evangelistic, however human it may have been; and the minions of the law are tearing their shirts to prove that as an evangelist Aimee isn’t all that an evangelist Is supposed to be, but on the contrary Is a red-headed human being who had no husband of her own and went out and grabbed one belonging to some other woman. We don’t know whether Aimee McPherson is guilty or not guilty, or what she’s guilty of If she’s guilty, hut the reading public Is certainly guilty of Intense and throbbing curiosity about Almee’s movements, and not one In a thousand could tell you offhanded what offense she Is charged with; and the offense they either hope or fear she Is guilty of has nothing to do with the case. That is, it Isn’t the crime she was Indicted for. Anyhow, she’s a wonder, guilty or not guilty; and her tremendous congregation sticks to her like glue and packs the temple to capacity at every performance, which proves that Aimee Is some e|angelist.

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Tracy Pardon of Rich Criminal Adds to Suspicion of ‘Dollar Justice,’

By M. E. Tracy Albert Rowan has been pardoned by Gov. Miriam Ferguson of Texas. He was master mind of the second largest postal robbery that ever occurred In the United States, and indirectly responsible for a cold-blooded murder. The Federal Government sentenced him to twenty-five years for the former and the State of Texas to fifty years for the latter. His pardon obliterates the State sentence, while Federal law will permit his parole after serving only onefourth of the term, or six and onequarter years. Whether it had any influence on the Governor, the fact remains that Rowan Is rich, well educated and enjoyed a high social position before his conviction. Such circumstances should have made his offense all the more reprehensible, but instead they ,seem to have operated In an opposite direction. His case Is but one of hundreds that help to create the suspicion that this country has one law for the rich and another for the poor. Whether rightly or wrongly, young men with more cash than Is good for them get the Idea that they can buy their way out of the most serious difficulties, while their less fortunate fellows grow crabbed and sometimes criminal on the ground that It is only too true. -I- I- -INatural Outcome It is perfectly natural that money should exercise more or less Influence over the moral viewpoint In a commercial age. For this very reason those in charge of the administration of public business need to be cautious. The thought that cash means immunity, while lack of it means injustice, has come to occupy too big a place in the back of men’s minds. Crimes against property are receiving more attention than those against the person, and a money value is being placed upon things that should be above It. -I- -I- -IWide in Effects Commercial justice has not only come to play too much of a part in the administration of domestic law, but In the development of governmental and foreign policies. If the Countess Karolyi or Mile. Kollantay had come with bags of gold to buy something they would not have been barred as undesirables. Officials and party leaders have worked themselves into a state of mind where they can overlook most anything that offers a profit for big business. If the League of Nations promised to increase the output of steel, the sale of beef or the dividends of superpower companies we would be in It. -I- I -IOther Obligations The exacting attitude of this Government toward the collection of war debts would be more impressive were It not accompanied by a complacent disregard of other and no less binding obligations. The fact that we can see every reason In the world why European nations should keep their promise to pay makes it difficult for them to understand that we can see no reason for keeping our promise to cooperate In the interest of anew order. They are perfectly logical in assuming that our pledges to support a different kind of internationalism represented just as definite a commitment as their pledge to return borrowed cash. I- I IRepublicans Bound Whether this Government was bound to join the League of Nations or even enter the World Court, It Is certainly under obligations to do something more constructive than stand off In a corner by Itself and sneer at every effort designed to promote what It once proclaimed to be the only Issue In the war. More than that, the Republican party Is definitely committed to such a policy, not only by several platforms, but by the ledaership of such men as Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, William H. Taft and Philander C. Knox. It was Taft who first voiced the idea of a league to enforce peace. It was Roosevelt who put the •United States squarely behind The Hague tribunal. It was Root who virtually drafted the plan for the World Court. Ts President Coolidge has killed the World Court by his Armistice Day speech, as many of Its enemies are quick to shout, he has not only swerved this government away from one more definite commitment, but he has stultified a policy which his own party has been developing for the last twenty-five years. -I- -j- -IDanger in Position People who think Coolidge is right and who are willing to disregard the leadership of such men as Root, Taft, Roosevelt and Knox, not to mention Woodrow Wilson, are putting this country in the most dangerous position it has yet occupied. Their argument rests on the Idea that we must not join a League of Nations, enter a World Court or become Involved In any other International movement because we would be In the minority and other nations could tell us what to do. Their alarm is based on a vision of a world united against America. We must not go Into the World Court, they say, because there would be ten judges against us. while we would onljr have one, and we must not go Into the League of Nations because we would be facing fifty-five antagonists. The thought of America Is being swung to the notion that the human race is divided into two parts, one of which occupies the United States. And the worst of It is this can be kept up until we make this very condition come true.

Francis Makes Spirit of Peter Grimm Both a Lovable and a Fighting Spirit

By Walter D. Hickman In the memory book of every the-ater-goer Is the charming Impression of David Warfield as “Peter Grimm” and “The Music Master.” I believe that these two characterizations of Warfield are among the most choice memories of the stage. Warfield refused to play the role of Peter 'SfIMBHHi Grimm the movie version of Peter Grimm” and the honor and the ? taßk f<sll 3 sure after seeing pi the photoplay that ■' Mr. Francis has iW given the screen study which will meet nearly every critical test. The story of Peter Janet Uaynor Grimm is divided Into two parts—when he was alive and practically forcing his ward to marry his nephew, Frederick, against her wishes, and the second part, when, after his death, he returns in spirit form to straighten out the harm done by his ward's promise to marry the worthless Frederick. So you will agree with me that Francis has the difficult task of playing a real character as well as a ghost. And the photographer had a lot to do in creating the ghost atmosphere and appearance. I do not consider and never have considered “The Return of Peter Grimm” as argument in favor of spiritualism. It is to me and always has been a dramatic experience of the theater. Asa vehicle It is sure fire as It is crowded with that element of the theater called sob and sentimental stuff which goes a long way In creating good and compelling theater. It must" be stated that the director lost some time in getting into his theme in the first part of the story i and I believe that the introduction of Grimm in communion with the flowers that he loved would have helped matters at the very beginning but after this the director has caught the dramatic intent as well as the sympathetic and mystery qualities of the play. “The Return of Peter Grimm,” %s a photoplay is strong dramatic theater and belongs to thaJ very limited group of really fine dramatic attractions upon the screen. It It really Mr. Francis. Elizabeth Pattei - son and Mickey Mcßan as William and Hank, a dog who aid in getting over the great human touches of the story. And you know this is the first time that we have had Elizabeth Patterson, one of the best and most liked players that Stuart Walker has brought to Indianapolis, on the screen. Miss Patterson Is cast as Mrs. Bartholomey, a talkative and nosey person of the village. And how this actress plays the port. She Is just Lizzie Patterson and Mrs. Mendelharper all over again. No wonder, movie directors were wild to sign her up on the dotted line after seeing her in this picture. This woman is really there either on the stage or the screen. You are going to find “Peter Grimm” mighty human entertainment. It is really a big picture. The cast is as follows: Peter Grimm Alec B. Francis Frederik Grimm John Roche Catherine Janet Gaynor James Hartman Riehard Walling Andrew MaePherson John St. Poliß Rev. Henry Bartholomev . .Lionel Bclmorfe Mrs. BarthaJomey . . . Elizabeth Patterson Marta Bodtl Rosing William Mickey Meßan Annamarie Florence Gilbert The Clown Sammy Cohen Tob, the dog Hank On the stage Is Juanita Consino, an accomplished toe dancer and several assisting dancers of real merit. The act Is well dressed. The bill Includes music and other events. At the Colonial all week. +’+ + YES. YES, YES AND A MILLION MORE OF SAME THING There seems to be every reason to be Interested In Ben Lyon as an actor and as a personality. Os course you never can tell, but you can put the test yourself. You have Lyon on the screen this week In “The Prince of Tempters,” and you have him in person. Meaning that the said Ben Lyon was scheduled to arrive here this morning on the American, to make HaHHMj several personal appearances nt the many days I know flgj ; not. His appear- ISrMBk - ances should In- o >^3s? crease that public £ which has a longIng for their movie HI- exactors jn person. And this Ben lad, I should say actor l * public. Good looks, that natural stuff, plus talent goes a Ben Lyon long way on the screen. This man looks right and he has enough of those natural tricks at love making on the screen, which will make him a very much discussed individual. And that is what makes the actor and the theater managers happy. After seeing Ben Lyon in “The Prince of Tempters," I have the thought that this man Is very safe with both his matinee public and those who go to the theater, because they know what the theater Is offering. And there are very few people on the screen today who are building two publics at one time. And this Is just what this man Is doing. And the natural, wholesome way of acting Is the way that Ben Lyon is conquering two fields at one time. In the first place he has a face that will photograph. Then he has that gentle gift of right showmanship which prevents* him from appealing the same way to any two people. I am arriving at this thought after changing my seat five times during a show and a half at the Circle yesterday. “The Prince of Tempters” has i been given a legitimate setting, and the story has enough of the night

Movie Verdict OHIO —Charlie Davis and his gang at this theater are moye of an attraction than the picture this week. They are pirates and have worked out a well balanced musical program. APOLLO Mabel Normand and Viola Dana have their own vehicles here this week. CIRCLE—Ben Lyon In “The Prince of Tempters.” And we again say as to Ben “Yes, yes, yes.” COLONIAL —“The Return of Peter Grimm”—Has the right to be called a mighty good picture. Just about a great picture.

life charm (meaning a girl that did not love wisely and a girl who did tho same man) to give it an air of the theater. Refuse flatly to tell you the story. Will give you the cast. I did like the work of Lois Moran, so very sweet, and t)ie catty way of Lya De Putti. Htolarevsky has put in some minute music, including “Me, Too,” in an overture which is mighty hot at times. Other events on the bill: Oh, I promised to give you the cast of “The Prince of Tempters." Here it is: Lois Moran Monica Ben Lyon Francis Lya De Futtl Dolores lan Keith Mario—later Baron Humberto Giordano Mary Brian Mary Olive Tell Duchess of Chatsfield Sam Hardy Apollo Beneventa Henry Vibart Duke of Chatsfield Judith Vasselli Signora Wembley Frazier Coulter Lawyer Bert Wales Francis J. Barney Sherry Papal Secretary At the Circle all week. DAVIS IS WH(ll.ls WORKS AT THE OHIO Charlie Davis and his gang, who for the past few weeks have been a big drawing card at the Ohio Theater, have stepped out this week In what is, in our opinion, tiling of their seaginning of the season Davis took his cue from the ex- - Jjj method of bullding programs, each v m week the orchestra m has donned the A costume of some mjS - country or place §BS JjH and have governed fifi SB their musical numbers accordingly. As an expression Antonio Moreno of one person's opinion we have enjoyed Davis’ programs more than any other orchestra we have heard lately that runs to popular melodies in it’s makeup. This week Davis has surrounded the orchestra with the romantic air of two or three centuries ago and has dressed them as pirates of the Captain Kidd order. A clever setting has been arranged for the stage and although there is no recognized pirate music the numbers played are entirely appropriate. Dick Powell, the, new member of Charlie’s gang this year, has seemingly made a public for himself for the minute he steps up to sing a number the house starts applauding. Whether we like his voice or not we do know that a large part of Ohio patrons da Also on the stage are three young men who do some good work along

Community Fund Gifts

Special gifts “A” division of the Und cam P aJ ffn committee headed by Dick Miller, has reported the following additional contributions: id M™ IT| S°y[T y - Jnduditur Mr. E. WWtearH w. Mr. and Mrs. I. AlF,on"o a^°I pet^' ln , rt a a n '. ,^ n of Delavan Smith SI 1.000 Rot> r ts and Citizen* Gas Company. 53.600 S.3,VI'(H) ana Telephone Company, a t® r Company 5*3 HOO $3 ao: hante Heat and ComZny. *epO lenrtate Publ ‘ U Service Company. M. B?oeh‘ b $i n 2O0 mPany ’ tac,udln * „ Haokieman and Shield, inoludinr Ward H ." d shield*. SSB0 Wa ™ Kahn Tailoring Company fnolmiin? Henry Rah,, Mr luld Mrg > C FurlXoU Leonard a. strana*. Samuel Drucker j’ lomon. Ihubv Roaenthal. H L °™.™r. John Smith. $1,500. w iiif l" * Rawer Cos. Includlnr Wiliam Kothe Charles W. Wells Joh,, Schramm ami Albert H Oilehris? %720 Lphls Maier & Cos., includinr Charlw H ?e I M C i hnial i n tr (ieor f! f B- Buachniann. Theo Souel and Harry Ruaehmann. $025 I rmrreHH Laundry Company including Roy C. Shaneberrer, Harvey F. ShantberKer and J. V. Stout. $1,115. D. Sommers A Cos., including Harry W Israel and N. W. Israel. SSOO tt TA* McKinnon, including Henry HOlt, !?4 (0. Traugott Bros. Inc., including Lout* Traueott and Leo Traugott. SBOO The Udell Works, including Albert A. Phnifps. M Grimth and H — d HE Welch and John A, Welch, $550 . W- R- Woodsman & Cos.. Including HubcrtH. Woodsman and Barrett M. Woodsman. S6OO. Georre Hit* A Cos., including Alfred D. Hifz and Benjamin D. Hltz. $1,200. George J. Marott. $1,600. Indianapolis’Times. $1,320. Indiananolis News. $5,500 Star Publishing Company. $4,200. Selig Dry Goods Company, including Bai ? . Hah ,iV Hanna Selig. J. A. Selig and G. A. Millett. S6OO. * Standard Metal Company. Including Andrew L. Henry and Fred A. Wilkening, 'claries F. Coffin, S7OO. Albert Sahm. Sl6o. Charles H. Beckett. SIOO. Walter L. Howe. SIOO. Stone Stafford A Stone, Including J. Blake Stone. William 11. Stafford and Charles S. Stone. S6OO. „ Swan-Myer* Company, including Roily H. Myers and Fred W. SchieSI.200; A. E. Bradshaw. O. F. Meyer , $200: C. F. Meyer. Jr.. $200: Charles Pigman $200: AdamsRogers Company. $500: American Construction Company. $600: Baldwln-Miller Company. $.160: Baldwin Plano Company. S.iOO: Ballard Ice Cream Company. $500: Bemis Bros. Bag Company, including W. Hathaway Simons, $700: Charles Becker, $400: Bessire A Cos.. Inc., including Paul A. Bessire. Roy Sahm. $820: Aibert J. Beveridge $600: Bohbi-Merrll! Company. SI,OOO Book waiter-Ball-Great louse Printing Company. $600: Brannum-Keene Lumber Company. $520: Capitol Lumber Company, including Horce E Huey. Iceland C. Huey. $550: Carter-Lee Lumber Company. $360: R. H. Sherwood. $500: Mr. and Mrs. Otto F. Haueisen. MOO: Arthur M. Hood. $250: Harry E. Daugherty. $350: Frank Horuff. $250. Indianapolis Belting and Supply Company, including George M Bockstahler. $670: Henry W. Bennett. $750- Indiana veneer and Lumber Company. $400: International Metal Polish Company. $300; Jessup A Antrim Ice Cream Cos.. $400; Leroy J. Reach. S2OO- Ernest Knefler. •240: Lathrop-McFarland Company. $400; few Wn &..W! L. F $300: Morrison’s,

the line of fast stepping and songs, and a young woman who can sing syncopated songs In an entertaining manner. The picture. "Love's Blindness,” seemed to us to be extremely so-so. The plot is of the order of about forty years ago when the housemaid used to like to get hold of a book that had a lot of Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Counts and other members of the nobility numbered among the characters. Every one in the picture looked scared to us, as if they were afraid they would not look the part. Having never seen a real live gathering of English aristocracy we don’t know how they appear, but we do know that the people of this picture do not appear convincing. Elinor Glynn wrote the story, and perhaps that is the reason we do not like it. Antonio Mareno Is in the cast. Also featured on the program Is an organ number by Bob Gordon, a news reel and comedy. At the Ohio all week. (By the Observer.) I- I- -IMABEL AND VIOLA HAVE THEIR OWN WAY Mabel Normand has her very own way. And that way is hokum of the old days. Viola Dana has her own way; In fact, two days, both happy and very unhappy. The reason for this is the Apollo is presenting two movie features this week. One is Viola Dana in “Kosher Kitty Kelly,” a something that was kissed in on the ’ f K stage ■when Abie vt made fortunes, and M' • Mal,e * Normand in “Raggedy Rose.” HL - Mabel plcbT ture Is the coming UHMBI back of this funmaker In a lot of NIK' 1 tTlcks known as jnP;® “hokum,” and I there Is just < enough of thin unI r ' forgiveable stuff in I this comedy to I l-ag*' &JySab make it interestI W M. ing. It seems to mo that Mabel NorViola Dana mand has missed the soul of life as reflected upon the screen. To me she is the Lillian Gish of comedy. I mean by that that she has that wistful something which may be found in a play of Barrie. But Mabel Noxmand has selected the other way—hokum. And the director gives It to her in tons in "Raggedy Rose.” And this picture did hand me some real laughs. "Kosher Kitty Kelly” is a better movio than it was a stage play. As a stage play it was terrible. I know It is difficult to get a good child from a bad source, but the movie director and his cast has done wonders with a bad yarv The cast is good—Viola Dana oozes lots of that awfully sweet and awfully nasty love stuff, hut she does make the character convincing when the author did not; Vera Gordon, a really fine mother character artist; Nat Oarr and others. Russell Itobinßon and his organization had out some mighty hot music while the movies are being presented. At the Apollo all week. -I- -I- -IOther theaters today offer: "BenHur” at English’s; “Rosemont Revelers” at the Lyric; Nicola at Keith’s; Fred Ardath at the Palace; “It Must Be Love,” at the Uptown; "Thirty Below Zero” at the Isis, and burlesque at the Mutual.

Natinr?.Ti ()0 Y* Thom . aa A - M°vnahan. $200; AlexH* Homd n ay et !4oS° m,,a, ‘ y ’ lndudln ' Oval A Roster, $3,10; rearson Piano JolTrf's' s 'Pearson* n %r>J q° r *° C * a^ gfW" cMludVnTtt andfeoST j? a re Robert kar * . WilHam T Cannon. 5550; Elias J. S J O: James E. Pier<e. S4O; Harsfewfr an A 0, Greene. A sl2 rt F ’ Bromle '* *& Weßi and h Max W?fl|. C s 3 3 HarrT Wiiliam Schrolucke Coal Comnanv in. eluding William H Schrolucke vfimZin Vt Abraham and W. K. Sproule. $220. Cassius C. Shirley. $120; Lars Whitcomb. $300; Samuel Sidener-Van Riper A Keeling Inc.. Including Merle Sidener. Hal U. Keeling and Guernsey Van Riper. $484. * Oharle* Remster, SIOO- Henry W Hornhrook. S6OO Paul Y. Davis $ll0: Kur? F. lantzer. S2O- Solomon A Cos.. *200: Mr. M r r ™f kI ey W. Duck. $;io<): Robert i R o U ' x, ? ' 00: „W. K Stewart Company. $150; Henry C. Thomson, $250- A J Treat A Son. SIOO. Whites Walk A Son. including Carl F. Harry J. Wangelin, $200; Harry A Sharp, $100: Thomas N. Wynn. sloo. Yuneker Bottling Works, including J,eo E _.'4 n Pb°r a'l'i James 3. Yuneker. S3OO. Dwight S. Ritter. $120; Van Camp Hardware and Iron Company, $3,218; C. J. Prentiss, $120: C. B frets $i00 : Arthur 11,I 1 , Caldwell. Sl2.>: John T. Martlndale, $125. W. F. Comer. $lO. Vonnegut Hardware Company. Including Franklin Vonnegut. Erwin G. Vonnegut and George Vonnegut. $2,500. Western Oil Refining Company, including James H. Trimble. $t 200. Wilkinson Lumber Company, $100: George E. Hume. SI,OOO. Indianapolis Brush and Broom Company, including Irving W. Leinaux and N C. Lemaux. SI,OOO. Arthur Jordan. $1,000; Arthur R. Baxter, s•..**oo. Kirschbaum Realty Company and R. Klrsehbaum Sons. Including Bernard W. Kirschbaum. S7OO. Hoy AY 11 2! f ‘ th .£2 , ! ,pany - 5100 Pltuford Purity Pie Cos.. $720. Lesh Paper Company including Charles P. Lesh and Perry- H. Clifford. $l,lOO. Marietta Manufacturing Company. Including Arthur Buttler and Martin L. Burgess. $1,200. t, H , r , nr !' Marks Son* including Benjamin H. Marks and Isaac Marks. S4BO George J. and Waller R Mayer. $500: Homer McKee Company, Inc., SSOO. _ Peerless Foundry Company, including WilMam Williams Turley J. CornweH and Cla.v W. Sparks, $620. _ Pjtman-Moore Company. Ineluding James fill **sßoo ‘ Car * N ' An(r * l a " d E ’ A Ca - Polar Ice and Fuel Company. Inc., Including Henry L. Dithmer. ss7u. Rockwood Manufacturing Company, ineluding George O. Rock wood and William M. Rockwood, $1,200. Sander A Recker Furniture Company, Includinr Gustav A, Recker. Carl Sander and Carlo* Recker. SSOO Gustav A. Schnull, $1,000: George G. Griffin, S6O: William J. Griffin. S6O; Circle Theater Company. $1,200: Edwin L. Patriek. $600: Frank A. fiutler. fl 20; E. E Crane S9OO- Crescent Paper Company, $1,000: Mr, and Mr*. J. 9. Q-use. SI,OOO. Empire Life and Accident Insurance Company. S6OO. R. W. Furnas Ice Cream Companyincluding J. M. Antrim. William R. Griffith, C. J. Hill and Frank A. Hamilton. $1,200. Gregg A Son. *3OO. Hamilton. Harris A Cp.. including Lucius 0. Hamilton and Edward W. Harris. $l,lOO. v The following additional gifts of more than SIOO also hare been reported: Mrs. France* G Sayle*. $1,000: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, $400: Samuel D. Miller S3OO- Newburger. Simon A Davis. $240: Home Furniture Company, $180: Bertemiann Bro*,Co., $150: Earl R. Coniter. $150: J. W. Fealer, $150; Foltz, Osier A Thompson. $150; Hayez Bros.. Inc $160: Breed. Elliott A Harrison. $125: Coffield. Sanders A Cos.. $l2O.

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Editor of The Times: Washington St., east, often referred to as Religious Street, because It is so hole—ly, has more holes ini It than Solomon had wives, and' that’s some. Knowing you have the rep of digging into public matters, thought you might be able to get the Insomnia Street Commissioners to redig the street and patch it up. “Make Indianapolis a million population” is a lauffii for the tourist coming In from the East or West. From Irvington to Mt. Jackson ho gets more jolts from dropping into holes than Watson got votes, l’vo had my eye on one hole (and that’s about nil the hole will ever get on It under the Duvall administration) located at Washington St. and Eastern Ave., for over a year. This hole, actually, is big enough to bury a good sized politician In It. Going out of my territory and neighborhood I drove out Delaware the other day, and I never saw so many bricks scattered along the street. I thought It was an Irish holiday until I read my tax assessment Invoice. The amounts paid by the citizens should entitle them to streets made of gold with diamonds thrown here and there. Meredith Nicholson lipped a mean conversation when he spoke of Indianapolis* reputation in other cities. With had streets, bad politics, bad management, the only good thing I can do Is drive and wonder what street In Indianapolis Hosslor got his idea for shock absorbers. Yours for better streets. ANOTHER REPUBLICAN GONE STRAIGHT. . Knlghtstown, Ind., Nov. 12. 1926. i Editor of Indianapolis 'rimes: * Dear Sir: Ktndly grant me a little space in your valuable paper, to give my views on the old age pension. We have only to look nt other nations and compare their condition with our own. Take New Zealand, for example, there is not a pauper to bo found on the whole Island. It Is the same In Australia. They believe it to be their duty to take car® of the aged. England, with her great burden, of debts, saw fit to pass the old ag pension. All the great wealth of this Nation has been made by the toil and sweat of honest"labor, and we believe it’s their duty to recompense them when they are unahla to make a living in their declining) years. We believe it is the highest calling of the human family to ha able to say, “I belong to the brotherhood of man.” If the taxpayers ara afraid of the cost why not put a cent on the gallon of gHSOllne. This woudl leave very little for tho county to pay. Everybody knows that an old man of 70 years cannot do much and no one wants to employ him. Thq Immortal Burns had a fine conception ot the needs of the aged In the following lines: “See yonder poor, o’erlabored wight, Bo abject, mean and vile; Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toll. And sec his lordly fellow-worm His poor petition spurn. Not mindful though a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.” In conclusion let us hope that God, who rules over the destinies of nations, will make our lawmakers see fit to pass the old age (tension and erase the stain from the good Stats of Indiana. WILSON RUTLTDGB. Knlghtstown, Ind. ’