Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1927 — Page 4

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

CENSORSHIP BY JUDGES Perhaps sometime and some day, the editors ol fcidiana will find it advisable to take a trip to Muneie and study the case of George Dale and what it means to them, as editors. Dale is under several sentences for contempt ol court, all given by the same judge. For more tbau three years he has published caustic things about this judge. The Supreme Court of the Unitea States is now on a very unusual proceeding, reopening his appeal to permit him to enter a defense that the Constitution of the United States was violated and that the violation was upheld by the Supreme Court. The point that may interest editore and others who may be so antiquated in their ideals as to believe that there should be a free press, is that Dale offered to prove his charges and that Indiana courts have held that the truth is not a defense, at least not always a defense. That would seem to make judges the real autocrats in this State. When truth can not be-of-fered as a defense in any action, even against judges, the people ought to be warned in advance that they must accept fiction or silence. Now, according to new3 reports. Dale >s to be welcomed home from his successful appeal to the Supreme Court at Washington with charges oc something worse than libel. But the more significant part of the episode is the alleged treatment of newsboys who were selling paper which contained an article which the judge feund especially offensive. Their papers, it is asserted, were connscat-d and the boys held under some sort of juvenile probation for selling them. That raises something new in Indiana, if a judge may arbitarily declare an article unfit for distribution when it says something he does not like concerning himself, the fiction of a free press is not passing—it lias passed. It would seem that here is a problem whlca nseds concerted action by all the press of Indiana, without regard to politics or policies. if it is possible for a judge to confiscate papers because of articles which offend him, then every judge can censor the press by the simple expedient of throwing newsboys into jail whenever he please. Perhaps there may be those who are old-fash-ioned enough to believe that there ought at leaist to be some court action in which the editor of a. paper would have the chance to defentj himself before his entire issue is confiscated and liis newsboys held to be criminals of a minor sort. , The matter is of more importance than Dale. He seems to be taking good care of himself thus far. At least he is not in jail, and Supreme Court of the United States has found it expedient to look into the efforts to put him there. But suppression of any newspaper without a hearing arid without notice seems to be going rather far, even for Indiana. Why nol at least an inquiry by all the editorial associations as to what this Dale case means to them ? Dale may be all wrong. Or he may be right. But it will be a sadxiay if some unfortunate precedents be established in his fight and the fight of a judge against him.

“WHAT’LL HE DO” Some say President Coolidge will veto the Me-Nary-Haugen bill. Some say he won't. Our guess is that no one knows, not even the President himself. But while he is considering it might be he’pful again to point out the remarkable parallel between this form of farm relief and the Republican high tariff law which is so dear to the President and his advisers. The tariff is a successful attempt, by artificial means to hold up the prices of manufactured products to benefit manufacturers. The McNary-Haugen bill is an attempt by artificial means to hold up the prices of farm products for United States farmers. Os course the two vary in detail. The tariff keeps out cheap, foreign goods. The McNary-Haugen bill would keep low price exports of farm products from depressing our domestic farm prices. The privileged class which the tariff most benefits is small, but each member gets rich returns. Tbe class which the McNary-Ilaugen measure would benefit, if it works, is large, but each member would get a small return. Both are at the expense of the rest of the United States, of course —that tariff in billions of dollars a year added to the cost of living, and the McNary-Haugen bill in a large, if undetermined sum.

WASHINGTON AND SACASA • The anniversary of the birth of George Washington will be reverently observed in millions of American homes tomorrow. The dominant, characteristic of Washington remembered will be that he firmly led an oppressed people to liberty, giving them the right to govern themselves. In other words, Washington will be revered as a successful revolutionist, a man who made the American people the masters of their own' destiny. He took an ill assorted collection of farmers and mechanics, molded them into a skillful fighting force. Today, in Nicaragua, just a misfit army is following the banner of a Latin American patriot—JUan B. Sacasa of Nicaragua. His troops have common bond with the American revolutionary army. They are fighting to be -ree from foreign domination, to dictate the terms by which they will be governed. To be sure the revolution is directed toward the puppet president of the country, Adolfo Diaz, but he holds his post, just as the colonial governors in this country held theirs, by appeal to external force. Diaz probably has fewer supporters comparatively among the common people of Nicaragua than the British crown had among their citizenry of the United States. Sacasa would normally have ousted the puppet president long ago. The will of the vast majority of people would have been carried out. The country would have a chance to return, at least temporarily, to peace and stability. But, every time it lias appeared that Sacasa lias Mined a decisive victory, American marines, de-

scendants in arms of Washington’s army, have stepped in, and blocked the way. They’ve neutralized the territory. In other words they have become its defenders. The marines, soldiers of a Nation conceived in the sacred idea that free peoples have right to control their lives, have prevented the people of a relatively helpless little Latin Amjerican republic from realizing the same ideal. The excuse has been the protection of American lives and property. The reason has been to protect a small group of exploiters of a helpless people. In revering Washington's name think of the principle for which he fought. Alsw think what would have happened to the American revolution if every time Washington’s army made progress an overpow-ering force had stepped in and said, etc. “You can’t pass. “A small group of foreign investors are interested in the site you have chosen for a battle. We’ve neutralized it.” Under such circumstances the American revolution would now be- remembered as an unsuccessful rising of a ragged k)t of upstarts and Washington would be remembered as the man who didn’t respect foreign property rights. TO BE EXPECTED .Vo one should be surprised at the disclosure that the “hundreds of telegrams” sent to members of *he Legislature urging the passage of a bill to protect bad mayors in office were forgeries. That measure, known as Senate Bill ]37, provides that no city may put into operation the city manager form during the term for which a mayor is elected. Just two cities are at present affected —Evansville and Indianapolis. In Evansville the citizens are so arouse! by the administration of Mayor Males that a movement to adopt city manager form of government is at fever heat In Indianapolis, a committee lias been working on the matter for months, its members assert that there is universal support for it. With the exception, i of course, of that machine operated by Boss Coffin. It may be remembered that the two mayors of Evansville and Indianapolis admitted to Senator James A. Reed that they went to Washington under , sealed orders of the wizard of she Klan to discujfs j their appointments with the national head of the ! hooded order. They admitted the influence of that personage in their administration. Now- they ask the Legislature to protect them in | their jobs as against the w ill of the people of the i cities which elected them. It was to be expected that bad government would | be supported by bad petitions and the misgovern- j meat and forgeries "would be linked. But mayors who need forged signatures to legis- i lative petitions must be in a bad way for reasons j for holding their jobs. The Legislature has its chance to show what \ \ it thinks about such methods—and such mayors. It isn't the brevity of skirts that worries fathers; it’s the short length of time they're worn. Working is almost as much fun as not working. Better to be loved and bossed than never to be loved at ail. Telephone operator won a small fortune at casino. She got the right numbers.

WHAT N. M. BUTLER OVERLOOKED

-By N. D. Cochran-

It isn t often that Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University and one of the best minds in the G. O. P., lets his political trolley slip off the wire, but he sure did it when he shooed President Coolidge away from a third term and incidentally wished a fight over prohibition on the Republican party. The trouble seems to be that Nicholas thought there was only one spokesman in Washington—the one that hangs out around the White House and gets his name in the papers—when as a matter of fact there are at least two. While Calvin Coolidge is suspected of being the White House spokesman, everybody knows that Wayne B. Wheeler bf the Anti-Saloon League is the spokesman for the Official Righteousness and One Hundred Per Cent Americanism of this well-advertised Land of the Free and. Home of the Brave. Nicholas might have got away with ids stuff if he had had only Calvin to <[eal with, because Calvin is notoriously shy, diffident and otherwise non-gabby. In this instance he could be depended upon to indulge in deep thought and deeper silence. But Wayne is different. In things governmental he vociferates in audible tones. When any strange bird begins scratching in his garden he not only crows but he cackles —and the ever-interesting Eighteenth Amendment to our noble Constitution is one of the corner stones of Wayne's garden. So when Nicholas Murray Butler got over on Wayne B. Wheeler's side of the fence he started something. Among other things he agitated Wayne’s vocabulary, than which trere is none other quite so much. With utter lack of the respect due one of the great minds in the G. O. P., Brother Wheeler cuts loose with the assertion that Dr. Butler’s liquor program “is soaked in avarice, lust and rum.” But that isn’t all. He says Dr. Butler and his allies “now whine and show their yellow streak,” and adds Jhat the eminently respectable Dr. Butler “lines up with the bootleggers, rum runners, owners of speak-ea’sy .property, wet newspapers, underworld denizens, alcoholic slaves and personal liberty fanatics to bring back booze.” This isn't all of Brother Wheeler’s blast of brotherly love at his fellow Republican, but it is a fair sample; and enough to indicate that Republican as well as Democratic brethren find it difficult to dwell together in peace and harmony when they get to gnawing on the prohibition bone or chewing on the Volstead rag. This appears to put both parties out of the running in the 1928 handicap—anyhow, so far as the Empire State is concerned. As dictator of the Democratic party the all-powerful Mr. Wheeler says Governor A1 Smith shan't have the nomination; and now as dictator of the Republican party he announces officially that “neither Nicholas Murray Butler nor any other apologist for the liquor crowd will ever occupy the White House.” y This situation wouldn’t be half so interesting If Brother Wheeler were not in position to prove that he has the political power of his prohibition convictions. Being boss of the Anti-Saloon League, which functions as a holding company for both old parties, Brother Wheeler’s fiat comes pretty near being law. and that puts Governor Smith aud Dr. Butler in the same leaky boat. If they don’t watch out Wayne may call out the marines and pull a Nicaragua on the wicked and insubordinate State of New York.

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Tracy Oklahoma of Yellow Back Novel Does Not Exist.

By M. E. Tracy OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Feb. 21. —Your average tourist looks for something queer on entering Oklahoma. He has learned too much from the movies, stunt advertising and yellowback noyels. He revels in the thought of blanket Indians, antievolution laws, “busted” booms, twogun sheriffs and fake oil stock. Let us look at the other side of the picture, not for Babbitt’s sake, but just as a matter of information. Stand the people of Oklahoma in Tine and only one out of thirty would be an Indian, while not one out of fifteen w-ouid be colored. The other twenty-seven would be ordinaryfolks, with a good sprinkling of college graduates, flappers, “jellybeans” and millionaires, especially the hitler. Oil pays Oklahoma an enormous amount that equals $5 a week for every man, woman and child in the State. The corn crop equals some seventy bushels for every voter, the wheat crop forty-five bushels and tho oat crop eight. Besides this, there is quite a bit of coal, more natural gas, some fruit, truqk and timber and a dairy cow for every family. As everybody knows, the Oklahoma cotton crop is second only to that of Texas. Oklahoma City Today Thirty-seven years ago they staked out Oklahoma City-. Now it is a tow-n of 140,C00 persons as the Chamber of Commerce claims, where men take off their hats in elevators, pead Mencken, belong to clubs and vote for prohibition, while the women playbridge, support churches and demand the latest style. The slump in cotton hurt, especially -where it was coupled with a crop failure in half a dozen counties in the southeastern part of the State. Still, you can hardly find a farm without its flivver. Oklahoma is a sort of common meeting ground for those sectional and climatic pecullaritles t which distinguish this country. Its northern half is peopled largely by northerners because they know the land and what will grow best on it, while its southern half is peopled by- southerners for a similar reason. Its eastern half has a good rainfall. while its western half is semiarid. Few other States raise’such a large cotton crop and grain crop at the same time. Sectional Politics As one might expect, this condition affects politics. Oklahoma not only has Republicans and Democrats, but of the old hard-headed, traditional type. There is usually a split delegation in Congress, though, with Democrats more often holding a majority of the seats than Republicans. Like many other States, Oklahoma is wrestl'ng with an anti-ewintlon bill, which the Baptists are r/.pporting. but toward which other denominations seem rather lukewarm. Those who ought to know say it has little chance of being passed, especially since the Arkansas House killed a. similar measure the other day. They say that, no matter what happens, Oklahoma will never go on record as narrower than Arkansas. Another bill before the Oklahoma Legislature is one that would bar the peyote bean. The peyote bean is a Mexican product, which the Indians like to chew, especially in connection with certain ceremonies. It is aaid to induce an agreeable feeling of drowsiness intermingled wKli roseate dreams. Pleasure Killers Those who are out to save "poor Lo” at any price could not be expected to overlook such an opportunity. His peyote bean must go the way of all his other pastimes and traditions. Reform is a wonderful Institution when it comes to destroying other people’s pleasures. As one essayist describes it, our ancestors first fell on their kn’es and then on the aborigines. The difference between them and us is that we omit the praying. Not only in Oklahoma, but quite a lot more land was originally set aside as an “Indian territory,” and as various tribes were driven from the South and Southeast they were allowed to homestead there. First, all the land outside Oklahoma was taken away from them, then about half the State, and then a whole ldt more. Rich Rock Pile The Osages, for instance, were shoved back until they occupied what was commonly regarded as no more than a' rock pile. That rock pile covered some oil pools, and quite unintentionally on Uncle Sam’s part, the Osages became the wealthiest group of people on earth. Two rather prominent citizens of Oklahoma are now in jail, having been convicted of murder, because they could not resist the idea of killing an Osage to get his money. The march of civilization is pitiless if not intelligent. It leaves no time to weep over those who have not the strength to survive. Four hundred years ago there were several million Indians in what is now the United States. They have dwindled to little more than 200,000. Latin Americans, w-hom we pretend to regard as inferior, have permitted a vastly greater percentage of the native population. When did the “Mad Rush” into Oklahoma occur? April 22, 1889, when vacant lands were opened for settlement. Troops had been keeping expectant settlers in order along the border until noon of that day. Then they were allowed to enter. What is the shape of a square inch? A square inch may be of any shape provided its area is equal to the square of an inch. An inch square, however, -means a square each side of* which is equal to one inch.

We Hate to Think What May Happen After School

— ""TFT ”

Tom Bjrown Is the Blushing Saxophone Comic Bride This Season on the Stage

By Walter D. Hickman Many a bride has worn the wedding veil, but it remained for Tom Brown to introduce the world to the ''blushing” saxophone bride. By the use of a stuttering wild and funny saxophone and with a

wedding veil of modern flapper type dangling from his head over his funny costume. which is now a •tnge institution, Tom Brown prove . yesterday again at the Circle that he Is the best saxophone comic In the business. Tom Brown has been at the Circle many times and he always has done big business. But yesterday was tho first time in my life that I had to retreat to the

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stage, because of. the big crowd which jammed every Inch of space, to "catch” his act. This fun business is a mighty serious business. That was my impression as T watched Tom Brown work hard at the job to make people happy out In front. Brown and his brothers have for years been the leaders as well as the pioneers in the saxophone bard business. The name of Brown is as Important to the stage as the name of Smith is to a certain coughdrop. Y'ears have passed, many of them since Tom started in the business of making a comedian out of a saxophone. The years have only increased his artistry along this line. The brothers first come out with him and then the act goes to full stage with Tom directing a saxophone band. Os course. Tom is the main idea and he deserves to be, but as usuat there are others in solo numbers who win favor. As is to be expected, this Tom Brown scores as usual. Tom Brown and his organization is a stage institution because his act has always been clean, always been funny and has always included pleasing melody. What more could any one man give the stage? The film feature at the Circle this week is Ben Lyon in “The Perfect Sap.” It might as well have been named" “The Making of a Detective.,’ As this story depends upon a certain disclosure of a crook near the end of the story, I have decided not to tell you the yarn, but will permit the screen to unfold it. The director has used unique shots and stunts to give novelty to the theme. Some of the scenes are very pretty, full of class as well as novelty. But see the picture for yourself and I think you will have a merry time seeing Ben Lyon, Pauline Stark, Virginia Lee Corbin, Sa, Hardy and many others go through their funny and mysterious stunts. The bill includes an overture, Dessa Byrd at the organ, a News reel and other events. At the Circle all week.

Roland Hayes Turns Concert Stage Into a Pulpit

By Walter D. lfickinon The stage of tho Murat became a universal pulpit for all peop’s yesterday when Roland Hayes sang “The Crulciflxion.” Without the aid of a piano, this Negro tenor became bo identified with the theme and the spirit of “The Crucifixion” that the stage actually became a holy place. Hundreds of people bowed their heads while Hayes poured his own artistry and his own message into the spirit of this number, “He Never Said a Murmuring Word.” And so with this number Roland Hayes obtained the greatest appreciation for his sincere art, that of placing the spirit of faith into melody, even if it be a spiritual. There is no one in my experience with the concert stage who can so sincerely and beautifully give out the real dignified spirit of the spiritual as Hayes.

JOAN NOW DRIVER A REAL TAXI CAB “The Taxi Dancer.” with Joan Crawford. Owen Moore. Marc MacDermott and Douglas Gilmore turns out to be excellent entertainment done in a New York atmosphere of theaters, dance palaces and millionaires. Now if there is anything we would not like to be if we were of the

other sex, it is a taxi dancer as portrayed by Miss Crawford In tills picture. This job according to the story consists of going to a dance hall and for a small commission dancing with anyone who comes into the place. With nothing but a lot of ambition and rosy dreams Jocelyn, played by Miss Crawford, conics to New York from the south and en-

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deavors to find a place in a Broadway show as a dancer. As usual she has a hard time of it and but for her friendship with a card shark would have had to go back home. Owen Moore is cast as the light fingered gentleman with the cards and handles it well. Anyway Jocelyn gets a job in the dance palace and runs into anew company of friends. In tho course of things she happens to strike the fancy of a very rich man who sees some pleasing possibilities in her. Lator there is an entanglement with a professional dancer, a man. During a party the host is killed and Jocelyn is dragged into this and several emotional scenes result. But it ends happily and so will ioave you with a pleasant feeling after it is over. Asa comedy feature the Ohio is offering a Mabel Normand picture, “Should Men Walk Home," which we did not see. ’ Charlie Davis and His Gang this week are presenting their Impressions of Greenwich Village. As the opening number, Charlie offers Rlmsky-KorsakoiT’s “Hymn to the Sun” In an arrangement of his. own. Charlie and his bunch do well by it, but I always will like it much better when played as real music. Included on the bill are comedy, news reel and a pair of dancers as another stage attraction. At the Ohio all week.—(By the observer.) AGAIN WELCOMING DICK POWELL IN MELODY HERE Rather think that there are several Items of real interest at the Apollo this week. They are—Dick Powell, in song; Emil Seidel, at the piano, and Lfter Huff, at the pipe organ. Dick Powell, by a sensitive f>ersonallty and a voice which commands interest as well as attention.

Roland Ilayes Is so closely identified with the spiritual, both by Ills own spirit and his ability to arrange the melodies for concert use, that one actually waits with more or less impatience that part of his program which is devoted to the Negro spiritual. His German and French numbers have that finished vocal technique which one expects of a great artist to give to great music. Hayes yesterday brought the sweetest beauty to Beethoven's "Adelaide” and to the two Schubert numbers in the second group. From a technical and voice standpoint, Roland Hayes yesterday reached the highest stage of his development so far. The way he put over “Le Secret” proves that he can stand upon his own merit as a singer of great music, and proves that he need not be identified with one type of song. * "Dawn” and 'Didn’t It Rain” prob-

was swept into popular favor at another theater.

This young man has that nervous, sensitive tempo about hint which comes as a welcomed relief to bearing singers who are too solidly sure of them selves. Dick rowell is not "wooden.” as he createinterest in both himself and the melody, although all of his tongs are modern. In other words, ho

brings that sooth- William roweil Ing quality of a ballad to about everything that he does. He so handles the sentiment of his first number, a song about biue skies always being with us. His second number is a sort of a travesty affair—a fellow telling a girl that she cannot weep over his shoulder and wink at the same time at another guy. He then gives a series of popular melodies, including “Mary Lou.” "Breezin’ Along" and others Powell is bring splendidly assisted by Emil Seidel, a man who does knoy his piano. Seidel s orchestra this week is playing a tune, having as its central thought—l would rather be the girl in your arms than the girl in your dreams. The theme is sensible, at least'. Seidel has worked up a clever way In presenting this number. And in relating the musical hits this week at the Apollo I must not overlook Lester Iluff at the pipe organ. The chief movie feature here this week is “New York,” with Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Powell and Norman Trevor. It is a fad on the stage this season to have plays such as “Broadway,” “Chicago," and others. And so the movies must be in style, and so “New York” lias reached the screen. It is a combination of modern melodrama and modern romance—that of an 'East Side New York song writer who springs Into popular fame through the inspiration of a society girl. As one would expect In such a movie, there are many scenes devoted to night club life, both high and low, and scenes devoted to a West Side gal trying to keep the genius of modern melody In the gutter instead of the limelight. It was necessary for me to leave the Apollo yesterday because of the rush of concerts and other movies before “New York” was completed, and so I can not tell you if the society girl won her hero or whether the East Side night life gal won her Romeo. Will leave that task up to you. At the Apollo all week. HORTON HAS COMEDY SUCCESS AT COLONIAL Have seen Edward Horton in several pictures, but never thought much about hhn until seeing “Taxi-

ably wre the two most popular encores that he gave yesterday at the Murat. And in speaking of encores, I must relate that in most cases ho gave two numbers to his encore groups, selecting numbers that had previously been requested. It takes a big man and a great artist to do this. I must call attention to the work of William Lawrence, accompanist. Here is a fine, sensitive artist, true as to tone and spirit. Mr. Hayes repeatedly insisted that Mr. Lawrence share the ovations. . Roland Hayes was welcomed yesterday at the Murat with the biggest audience which has greeted any Ona B. Talbot attraction this season. Every seat was taken, about 400 seats were on the stage, the orchestra pit was used, every box filled, many standing—that was the way Indianapolis and Indiana greeted this great Negro tenor yesterday.

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Work Fewer Than Font Honors in One Hand Uncounted in Contract.

(In response to numerous requests, YY’ork is writing on Contract for several da.' s instead of Auction BrMge. During that time Ids daily Auction Bridge Pointer will he omitted, hut "ill he resinned later.) By Milton C. Work In all Contract counts thus fai proposed, fewer than four honor* in one hand are disregarded. Abroad, four honors in one hand generally count 100 points; four In one and fifth in partners. 150; five honors in one hand or four Aces count 20" points. In tills country the general practice is to count four honors in one hand, with or without fifth in partners, at 100; and five honors it* one hand or four Aces at 150. Contract has a feature, peculiar to itself In the counting of games, which lias not been mentioned previously. In Bridge "hen rubbers are played (but, not In Progressive ot Duplicate, in which (here are no rub bers). a bonus of 250 is allowed to the side first winning t"o games, but no bonus for winning any onJ game. In all forms of Contact ther” is a bonus for tho first game, won by a side nnd a, larger bonus for their second. Following that prne tlce a side winning rubber In two straight games secures a larger rub her bonus than a side "Inning two games out of three. Abroad the gen oral custom is to allow 100 for the first game and -100 additional for tho second game. In this country some players allow as little ns 10n for the first game and 300 for the second: but the majority favor 200 for the first and 600 for tho second —ln other words, 700 for a rubber in two straight games, or 800 net for the best two out of three. Next Monday we shall hear about the “vulnerable” feature and how it affects the srorlng. (Copyright, John F, Pille Company > Taxt” at the Colonial with Horton and Marion Nixon. He is a comedy success when it comes, to playing the role of the small town youth who is trying to get along In the city. The story book (deals of such a character an written all over Horton’s face Hl* remedy method is never tiresome in I Ills picture and lie keeps a smile on your face os long as the picture i* on the screen. “Taxl-Tnxl” Is the story of a young draftsman In a New York o fire who is just sliding along with life until the eventful day the boss niece conies to tow n. , Being the most quiet looking inch . \idual In the office, the boas semiJj him to meet the girl. By a ous trick at the railway station the young fellow gets set right In the good graces of the girl nnd air castles start to grow injiis head. % Tilings happen rapidly the first night the young couple are out together. The girl has pleaded a head- | ache in order to get out of a "qjilct” 1 little party her uncle has planned for I her. Instead, she has gone with the draftsman to a rather brilliant cab a ret. It happens that when they, 'start for home it is mining and there are no taxicabs to be had. Asa bit of gallantry, the young fellow uncon selously buys a taxicab from a pan.": of bandits who have Just concluded a robbery. Os course after this things happen fast. And they nrfunny. Horton nnd Miss Nixon put plenty of pep Into the picture. On the stage at the Colonial Charles W. Benner is presenting n musical show. “Hello. Everybody,' with a. targe company of girls nnd specialty artists. Floyd Thompson and His Orches tra aro featuring several musical novelties and Included on the program are news reel and comedy. At the Colonial all week.—(By the Observer.) At. 8:16 o’clock tonight at the Mu rat. Ona B Talbot will present the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra In concert with Stokowski conducting Other theaters today offer: Frank Fay at Keltli's. “Weeping Willow” at. the Palace, Watson Sisters nt the Lyric.’ ‘Her Pie Night” at the I'pi town. "A,One Man Game” at tlv™ Isis. “Rolllrfg Home” nt the South Side. Do You Know Your European History? llow well do you know European history? Today’s lntellgence test, will help you find out. The answers anon page 12: 1— Who was Germany's “iron eliancelloY? 2 What French king died on the guillotine during the revolution? 2—What man. not of noble birth, ruled England after the execution of King Charles 1? 4 —To what two nations did tinpope nllot all territory in America shortly after Columbus’ discovery? o—Who0 —Who was the Italian patriot whose campaigns helped to bring about a unified Italy? 6 Did England and Russia ever wage war with each other? 7 What Spanish king and queen are noted lor campletlng the expul slon of the Moors from Spain and r< habilitating that nation? 8— Who commanded the English and Prussian forces, respectively, at the buttle of Waterloo? <i—What European navigator first sailed around tho Capo of Good Hope? 10 —Who was Guy FawkesT How was the Civil YYar offleially ended? Andrew Johnson, President of tin United States, issued a final mation Aug. 20. ISOC. declaring tb4 relielllon at an end in Texas.* Till.--brought the Civil War officially to an end, ns a previous proclamation April 2, IS6K, had declared ths rebel lion nt an end in the States of Ala bama. .Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina. South Carolina, TcnnesseLouisiana, Virginia, Mississippi and Florida.