Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 310, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1927 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROY \V. HOWARD, President. BOYD GURLEY, Editor. \VM. A. MAYBOKN, Bus. Mgr. Member ,of the Seripps-lloward Newspaper Alliance * * C’iient of (lie United Press and the NEA Service * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214 220 W. Maryland St.. Indianapolis * * * Subscription Kates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • * • PHONE—MA in 3500.

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Sign Those Petitions Every citizen who gets the opportunity should sign the petitions for an election on the city manager form of government. The present system has produced politics, extravagance, government by favor, a rule in behalf of the few. It is no accident that changes in the head of the government has not changed, greatly, the character of the government. Every mayor, under the present system, goes into office with political debts to be paid, with demands upon him by the politicians of his own party, with the necessity if he wishes to remain in politics of thinking more about the success of his • n party than he docs of the pocketbooks and con•tience of the citizen. it is true that some mayors have been better than others. But there is no mayor who could not ;.nd would not have given better government had he ot been the creature of a purely political system. The city is paying rather heavily for its politial past. It is paying also for its political present. The condition of streets, the handling of improvements, the management of every public enterprise bring home to the citizen who wants nothing from his government but a dollar’s worth of service for a dollar paid in taxes the high cost ot politics. The fact that rumors gain circulation that political “bosses” are being changed is its own commentary. A boss lives by politics. The people pay. The city manager government is designed to 1 i!;e politics out of city affairs and make the management of a city's business purely a matter of business. There is not a private enterprise of any kind that could stand the sort of management which, the biggest of all business enterprises, the city ifSelf, receives. A large share of the evils can be traced directly to the effect of national political politics in purely local affairs. No one contends that a man is better equipped to direct the improvement of city streets because he gives allegiance to a party that believes in a high tariff than one who sees in the tariff a menace to prosperity of the consumer. No one would say that the head of a city government ought to be selected because he believes in a world court or the league of nations. It would be as absurd to select them because he had red hair or was bald or had ohe cork leg. The entire system is based upon the theory that the city government is owned by the political pbrty which gains power and that it is perfectly legitimate to divert its activities and plan its organization for the benefit of that party. The city manager movernment is now under way. The petitions for an election are in circulation. True, the present mayor found it necessary to secure a legislative license for another two years arfc! bellied to secure the law which prevents the actual change until his term of office expires. The fact that such a law was pushed through the politically controlled legislature is evidence that the mayor believes that the people want a change at once. In that he probably has an accurate view of the peoples wishes and desires. He undoubtedly knows that a majority would change the system tomorrow if .they had the power. His attitude in aiding in the enactment of the law is the final evidence of the viewpoint of the products of the present system. The city manager form of government is designed to banish partisan politics from city affairs. It is designed to operate city business on a business basis. It is the way for the citizen who does not need a boss to become free.

Chicago, Nanking and Mexico City What lawless peoples these Latin-Americans, Chinese et al„ are! “Troops orders in preparation for tomorrow's mayoralty election are expected to go out today,” says a dispatch from Mexicana Nicaduras. ‘’Following a conference between Generals Carlos Blacas and Del Cuatras, commanding the ThirtyThird division, and Sheriff Carlos Grada, it was announced that ‘proper steps will be taken to meet any emergency.’ ” Deputy Larce Obreeon, Democrata and ward leader for Mayor Guillaum de Ver, candidate of the Democratas, reported that Guillaum Damma, worker for the Republicanistas, had threatened his life with a revolver. “Later in the day obreecn reported he had received a telephone threat against his life and had also been advised that his headquarters would be bombed. “A special platoon of police was sent to protect Obreeon and guard his headquarters. “A squad of machine gunners drilled on the lake front yesterday and for almost, thirty minutes the sound of firing broke the Sunday calm. There will be thirty-five machine gun squads in action tomorrow, in addition to 200 district squads and an officer, armed with a rifle, on duty at each of the troublesome polling places.” That looks very much like a case for American civilization. We ought to teach those Latin-Ameri-caus how to hold fair and honest elections, like ours. But wait a minute! Our typewriter slipped. We ve made a terrible mistake. 1 lie above story is an exact paraphrase of a United Press dispatch from Chicago and deals with Tuesday’s cl actions in our eecond largest city. . It's not from Latin-America at all. Simultaneously with the publication of the above item Monday, interventionist newspapers were at it aain, egging Uncle Sam into taking a “firm stand ’ against Mexico for the death of an American at the hands of bandits the other day. Hiey insist the prevalence of banditry proves “the demoralization of Mexico,” and applaud Ambassador Sheffield for his “strong representations,” demanding the “urgent” pursuit of the outlaws. They complain that Mexican troops are “very leisurely” in their manner of going after highwaymen. Speaking of “leisurely manners,” how many bandits has Chicago caught and hanged in the past ' wo years? What a difference just a point of view makes! How superior we would feel if machine gunners were

practicing shooting preparatory to an election In Mexico City? We can shoot down or string up a few Chinese in our country and charge it up to a quite natural anti-Asiatic feeling. But let an American be killed by a wartime mob in China and at once we clamor for war. Curious, isn’t it? Men Will Wear Collars America has been asked to cooperate with France in abolishing the starched collar. The Anti-Hard Collar League for Hygiene and Aestheticism, through its secretary, Robert La Peyrade, lias appealed for help in his campaign for soft shirts open at the neck, The matter is directed particularly to the attention of the visiting legionnaire when they come visiting in the fall. The American woman, it is urged, i3 an insurgent in dress. She was first to take off corsets, and first to put them on again. She is alleged to wear the shortest skirts of any civilized woman. She has the courage of her whole figure. Why should men not have the courage to show their Adam’s apple, if any? Which sounds well but should not lead to too great optimism. Empires may fall, dictators rise, laws be repealed, and whole nations be made over in the fires of revolt, but not man’s collars and coats. Man may emulate the birds overcoming gravity. He may travel at 200 miles an hour on the ground. He may whisper between Denver and London. But he will not abandon the crease in his trousers. Knee pants were lost in ths French revolution. The sansculottes ot the Paris slums—sans, meaning without; culotte, meaning pants—set the fashion, and even the World War has not been able to upset it. England's greatest dramatist and philosopher, G. B. Shaw, has set his face against the starched collar all his working years, but has not achieved one follower. Oscar Wilde got only about six. And the starched collar is only a symbol of the anochronisms and futilities in man’s dress. Think of the two buttons on the underside of his coat sleeve! Why? Because some British ancestor had to button back his cuffs to keep them out of his soup. And the buttons at the rear of his cut-away coat tails. Why? Because they anchored the slack of the blouse when he jnounted his horse. And why starch? Read the census on the collar and cuff industry. It was to make the garment wear longer without washing and ironing. It looked clean longer. Why the waistcoat and coat? Why not a comfortuble blouse? Why not a soft easy shirt and wide belt? Ask the deities who preside over habit and customs. Their decrees are more tyrannous than the laws of the Medes. History may be rewritten, wars may be abolished, the economic system may be reformed, the single tax may be put into force. But. the saw-edged collar? Thai will be the list to go.

No Harm in Asking With optimism apparently unwarranted by past events, the Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court quickly to affirm the right of the Federal Trade Commission to go into the books and correspondence of United States flour millers, in the commission’s probe of flour and bread prices. The commission’s investigation of the coal and steel industries, ordered by the Senate in 1919, has toen held up for approximately seven years by court delays. The Claire Furnace case, in which the Supreme Court's decision will settle the commission’s power, lias been before that court for four and one-half years. The bread and flour price investigation ordered by the Senate in 1924, has been delayed only about a year. The millers first promised co-operation, hut later asked an injunction when the commission found fact swhich, as it has reported to the Senate, tended to establish conscious violation of the anti-trust laws by the millers. A letter quoted by the commission, written to one secretary of a millers’ federation by another, gave the latter advice as bow to spread price-fixing information among the members. The advice was to use plain paper and not to sign the bulletins, and the writer added: “I think you would ha*e difficulty in convincing tlie Department of Justice of your innocence.” A Word of Advice You've been reading a lot about the new Nevada gold rush. In a short time you probably will begin to see prospectuses of mining properties out there, and will be importuned to make yourself rich by buying stock. Our suggestion is that you go slow. No one knows yet just how good that field is going to be. In addition, every new development like this causes unscrupulous wildcat promoters to get busy. And it’s awfully hard for a 'man who knows nothing about mining to tell from a prospectus whether he’s getting on a good thing or not. If the field pans out well a lot of people are going to get rich. But few, If any of them, will be people who did their investing by long distance. Gas Masks in Congress The other day, in the‘British House of Commons, Commander Kenworthy, World War veteran, asked the government to supply gas masks to the whole British population south of the River Tweed, arguing that in the next war the civilians will need them more than the soldiers. He added: ”1 have mine. I have the one I used during the war—” • "Put it on;” yelled several members. “Not here.” said Kenworthy, suavely. “It would be quite useless for the kind of gas we get here.” hat Kenworthy said about the House of Commons applies with equal force to the kind of gas that is prevalent in our own Congress. It’s an asphyxiating gas that dees not kill tlie members. It puts them to sleep. And worse, stilli —it often kills measures that are much needed for the progress and well being of the country.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Seven Persons Each Have Income Equal to 6,000 Laborers' Pay,

By M. E. Tracy There are seven high priests of mammon in this country—men who pay taxes on incomes of more than $5,000,000 each. Some, if not all, of them must receive vastly more than that, since they pay on an aggregate of $61,382,863, which divided by seven gives an average of $8,768,980. Such an income equals practically $24,000 a day, SI,OOO an hour or $16.67 a minute. It represents the earning caps city of at least 6,000 laborers, and if paid in silver dollars would weigh upwards of 250 tons. Useful to Cynic Hero is a background against which a cynic might paint lurid pictures of injustice, autocracy and class distinction. Seven men enjoying the revenue of a good sized city, if not a State —what more could a clever doctrinaire ask for? The setting is* ready made for any sort of political theory that offers relief through a division of the pile. Passing Power Asa matter of fact, these seven high priests of mammon exercise no such authority over the lives of their fellow beings as do the seven high priests of Bolshevism, or even Benito Mussolini. Money means power, of course, though less power than men have been able to acquire through religion, militarism, the feudal system or even ordinary politics. The grandfathers of these men were comparatively poor, and the chances are that their grandchildren will be the same. Os all sources of power, money Is the most transient and the least to be feared. Three of these seven men are easily Identified—the two Fords and the younger Rockefeller. Who the other four may be is a matter of hopeless guesswork, and the very fact that this doesn't seem to worry the public is enough to prove how unimportant their identity is. You cannot think of another line in which seven men could take foremost rank without being known, or, if they weren't known, creating a public l'ui \ e as to their identity. Wealth's Sources Tlie two Fords and the younger Rockefeller stand out clear and dis tinct against our financial horizon. To a measureable degree, success and their fortunes are related. The auto is a direct reslilt of it. One hundred years ago the magnates of this country were its ship owners, its lumbermen, its traders with far away ports, its whalers. Fifty years ago they were its railroad builders, its prospectors, its promoters or western real estate. Where is the fortune of Ben Halllday, who made himself\ famous as the stage coach king of this country three generations back.

Other Factors Money, as we understand it, is not only dynamic, but depends in large measure on invention, discovery, and the exploitation of natural resources. Its very nature forces it to move from field to field, and consequently, from family to family. That explains its temporary power, it* passing from group to group, and the tricks it plays with children who ought to be rich, or children who ought to be poor, because of the amount of it their fathers possessed. If you examine the sources from which men have drawn power, you will find that money Is the least enduring and the least dangerous. Kinds of Tyrant Rich men have caused a deal of trouble because of their foolishness and arrogance, but not so much as have the tyrants in other fields. What could a Ford do by way of manhandling his fellow men, even if he were so inclined, compared to Napoleon? What could a Rockefeller start, compared to Peter the Hermit or Margin Luther? Deeper Music Human nature is so constituted that it demands deeper music than the clink of gold. Money is, perhaps. the least important thing with which to start a movement or support tyranny. Asa matter of record and outside the industrial field it has killed about every movement and about every regime in which it was conspicuous. The Anti-Saioon League has suffered almost complete collapse due to the contributions of rich men. There is no party or reform in this country than can survive the public suspicion that it is controlled by money. The great danger of money lies in the development of a system whereby estates and fortunes could be preserved in spite of the weak spots in families, or the influence of inventions. If the trust company ever gets to the point where it can preserve the family chest, regardless of family character or efficiency, the government will have to take a hand.

Stage Verdict LYRIC—Dave Vine with his own fine brand of intimate comedy and the wonderful dancing of Bob Carter in “Broadway Revue” makes this a show what it should be. KEITH'S—Rae Samuels as usual stops the show. Here is a splendid artist. The whole show is real vaudeville. ENGLISH'S—MiIton Byron makes “Lilac Time.” No doubt as to the merit of this man. The mer. in the cast do wonderful work. MURAT The Haresfoot Club show this year reveals the best of the campus dancing. Real dancing. Real orchestra.

Let s Stick to Our Own Little Game

Rae Serves Notice in a Song That No Fast Papa Can Pass Her on a Hill By Walter D. Hickman'

. Any papa to pass this mama on a Hill must to fast and this papa must come with a diploma. He must not start out like a Freshman. So declares Ran Samuels in her last song given as an encore. In

othed words Miss Samuels is at Keith’s tills week. Yesterday afternoon after exhausting her program following encore after encore, she cried from the stage, “Y’ou want some more of .Madam? Well then hold on to your seats because I am going to mow you down.” And she did just that with her song about a dame who could

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not be passed on any hill by any fast papa. Here is the whirlwind of song. Here is vaudeville as it should be. Here is a brain, a personality a commanding thought of the theater all rolled up in one person. She is vaudeville. She is theater. She always carries on. I approach her with the knowledge that she is just as secure on the vaudeville stage as the memory of Sarah Bernhardt. Mildred Land is at the piano. The combination is i complete. I am not alone in this i verdict. The audience tells the story. And (he audience tells the story with Steve Freda and Johnny Palace. To me their comedy is bad. Their mental approach to any comedy situation Is false to me. J When Freda starts playing his guitar, the act becomes a panic to the audience. Their encore should be melody and not an attempt at comedy. The audience votes yes. I vote no. “Shadowgraph” is a novelty which tickles one into anew experience. It was a hit some years ago in a revue. And still is a hit. Jack Broderick has never appeared in a more satisfying way than he does in “Ballet Caprice.” The violin is still there. And so is his grace and beauty of dance as well as melody. W. Wania is a featured member of this musical presentation. There is a real joy in his work. A perfect tone, whether it be the nifty “A Flirt” or the tantalizing “Humoresque Accordion.” Miss Felscn i. dainty on her toe3. A really pretty picture. The entire act is beaut'/jl. It is vaudeville as It should b Paul Decker is up to all of his old tricks, including his nervous laugh. He has always impressed me as being one individual who is completely theatrical. No realism to this man on the stage. He takes the most impossible comedy situation and makes it an enjoyable masterpiece. He is appearing in “Liars All.” Deiro plays the accordion well. The Kitayamas open the bill. The man is the entire act. He is splendid. At Keith's all week. SPEAKING OF A MAN WHO IS A COMEDIAN Many a vaudeville program has read—Vine and Temple. It now reads—Dave Vine. Miss Temple, in private life the wife of Dave Vine, is ill. Dave is carrying on alone. I have always loved the barrel, Dave with his eigar and Miss Temple. But Dave is such a good comedian that he stampedes the Lyric bill. He gets wonderfully chummy. Swears by all the laundries in the world that his shirt is both clean and silk. And he proves it in his own way. He tests his voice as to song. This is done after he has taken off his overshoes and his overcoat. Also after he lies ditched his cigar. This man. Vine, does so many individual things that he sells himself every second he is on the stage. Here is a “nut” comedian who can teach all the others of his class the great art of being eccentric upon the stage,

yet always the artist as well as the gentleman. Must call your attention to Bob Carter, the male dancer in "Broadway Revue.” I hope I have the name right for this man, because lie is a wonder. This man belongs in a big time revue, because he has personality in his feet. What this man can do to a syncopating dance number is really wonderful. He can stop the show any time he gets ready to do it. Hard work to be sure, but he wins with real merit. Again, he is a wonder. The act is

of Daily Lenten Dpiiofiorr^ Prepared by Rev. Charles Emerson Burton, D.D., for I Commission on Evangelism jj of Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in I America. Copyright ion

Topic for the Week “THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE.” Today, "At Heart the Struggle Is Spiritual.” Scripture: Read Luke 14:25-35. “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against tlie flesh; . . . that ye may not do the things that ye would” (Gal. 5:17). "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Rom. 12:21). “For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace” (Rom. 8:6). “Strive to enter in by the narrow door” (Luke 13:24). See Luke 9:57-62; Rom. 3:10, 23. Meditation: It is not a question of how great the opposition is, but of how strong the spirit within me is. Given vigor of spirit, the greater the struggle, the larger the life. When goodness overcomes evil, grace grows within. The season that brings us to the study of Christ’s temptation and ours reveals to us the reality of spiritual experience. Intelligence, backed by spiritual earnestness, would solve tlie problems of tlie race—industrial problems, war problems, personal problems. “There is nothing but inward rest that can stand the outward fight.” Hymn: Immortal love, forever full. Forever flowing free, Forever shared, forever whole, A never ebbing sea! We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down; In vain we search the lowest deeps, For him no depths can drown. But warm, sweet, tender .even yet A present help is He; And faith has still its Olivet, And love its Galilee. —John G. Whittier, 1866. Prayer: Thanks for battles to fight. Pray for faithfulness, spiritual cowards. Collect: Lord of all truth, whose mind is quick and powerful, we praise Thee for the universe, so vast, so orderly, so dependable. We bless Thee for the persons of men and the powers of friendship in them and us, but yet more for friendship with Thyself, for fellowship with Thy Son, and for Thy pervading presence with us in the Holy Spirit. Precious are the moments of intimate Intercourse with Thee. Reprove us. we entreat Thee, for the pursuit of things to the forgetting of friendships human and divine. Give us the discriminating mind which detects the subtlies of sin and the beauty of holiness. So shall we know vietory in the conflict. Therefore, we covenant with Thee to put first things first by the grace of Christ. Amen.

just right. Bill and Sherrie Mathews go in for loud and alleged eccentric fun. The comedy is rather forced. Deliaven and Nice with their English Music Hall way and just a whisper of the west still remain the very best of their class. That was my verdict when they were with a certain revue. Here is travesty at its best. "rhe Vaudeville Limited” runs to girls, melody and dancing. When I arrived Bennett and Lee were just finishing their act. And 1 missed J. J. Collins. But do not miss Dave Vine and that dancing man in “Broadway Revue.” At the Lyric all week. THESE COLLEGE MEN KNOW HOW TO DANCE From a dancing standpoint, this > ear s edition .1 f the annual Harcsfoot Club show is the best in its history. As you know, the cast is made up completely of men who take the parts of the "girls” both in the chorus and the leading roles. The comedy is campus wisecracking. And that is just what a university show should be. I left before the last act was over, but I am sure of the fact that the majority of this show moved with speed. The orchestra was a complete Knockout. These men know how to play. Their specialty act was one of the real moments of the play. The cast of principals included Wilfred Roberts, Bryant Gale, Kussell Winnie, Francis O’Connor, John E. Moran, James Nelson, Herbert Earle. Nathan Hindin, John Mackin, Kenneth Webster. Paul Fausr, Harold T. Himes and a large dancing chorus. The show opens with a hang Many surprises. These men know how to dance and the dance numbers stopped the show. Presented at the Murat last night. Never have I seen better dancing on the part of university men. IN WHICH MILTON BYRON WINS HIS FINE REWARD The verdict is this—Milton Byron wins his medal. Meaning that in Lilac Time ’ this man gives a legitimate character study 0 f the best type. Splendid. ' r - ,ilac Time” was created as a sob _sfstcr stunt for Jane Cowl. It is be-

ing revived this week as the second offering of the Berkell season at English's. Jean Oliver is the Jeannine, just as she was the first year tiiat the Berkell Players were here. Although Jea nnlne is a sob sister, Miss Oliver falls in the trap of dressing this character all wrong in the second act. The white highheeled slippers and perfectly white

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“party” dress does not speak of war. She uses tricks to get sympathy through the words. She is not in character most of the time. She is Jean Oliver, and not Jeannine of “Lilac Time,” the worried maiden of war time. The rest of the cast, as far as the men are concerned, is wonderful. Especially J. F. Marlow, who reaches great heights as Julien. Here Is character work of a fine quality. Herbert Dobbins contributes a fine picture as Major Halloway. Others in the cast are Sidney Jerome, Bernice Marsolais, Jimmy Woods, Mildred Hastings. William V. Hull, Robert St. Clair, Larry Sullivan, G. E. Robynd (splendid), Idabelle Arnold and Tcm Pawley. The war effects are badly handled from a standpoint of realism. This is a sob drama. It is not an echo of war. Tlie wheelbarrow is too new. Night never comes on as rapidly as the electrician causes night to come on in this play. “Lilac Time” reflects the marvel-

APRIL e, 1927

CVT* C Auction j|^ it/Jriiiliott /***% "CMrli OL Play to Smoke Out Enemy on No-Trump Contract,

The pointer for today is: With Jack-x In Dummy and Ace-x or Ace-x- in Closed Hand, play flack from Dummy on a small card led against a No-Trump contract. As an illustration of the above pointer, a hand given yesterday is repeated:

A J-9-2 V K-J-8-J 0 8-6-S-4 * J-8 ♦ ,o ' 7 -* f'Nor.h lAK-Q-4.J V Q-H S c V 10-2-5 0 J-19 : o A-9-2 A K-Q-I-J-2 South lx 10-7-4 A A-8-5 A-9-6 0 K-Q-7-J A A-9-6

It was explained yesterday that South would secure a No-Trump contract and that West would lead the ; Three of Clubs. The Jack should to played from Dummy because it is Otc only chance to get two tricks in the Club suit; it will pick up an extra trick if the lead be from KJng-Queen, When the T, ick of Clubs wins the first trick, >ie Declarer can see that to make game ho needs eight rMjfc tricks (not necessarily consecuSßß as the adverse Club suit it still stopped); that lie has five sure—two Hearts and one in each of the other suits—with a chance to obtain four more, two in each of the Reds. In order to win the three Diamonds, it will be necessary to find the Ace in the East hand, and also to lead a Diamond twice from the Dummy, but although tlie Heart finesse Is in the Dummy, the first Heart lead can be made from cither hand. It is advisable to start with a Diamond from Dummy. East probably will no'_ play his Ace and, if South win trick 2. a Diamond should riot be led from the Closed Hand; Dummy should to put in to lead another Diamond. Trick 3, Ace of Hearts from Closed Hand; trick 4, small Heart from Closed Hand, Jack finesse taken in Dummy; trick 5, another Diamond from Dummy. It is just as inj-, portant to lead twice toward a KingQueen (i. 0., to lead from the other hand) as it is to lead twice toward an Ace-Queen-Jack. The rest oi the play would be easy; Declarer would make four-odd. Tomorrow we will consider Jack-x in Dummy and Ace-Klng-x in Closed Hand. Copyright, John F. Dllle Cos. ous strength of the men of the Berkell Company. The men certainly win this week. Be your own judge, as usual. “Lilac Time” remains on viewmll week at English's. EAKER WINS WITH EASE AT TIIE PALACE Doc Baker and company at the P. lace the first half is a splendid arA featuring this young man in manj' quick change specialties besides the eye pleasing ensemble of girls used in most of the scenes. Baker is one of the fastest performers we have ever seen in the art of changing his complete costume in a fraction of a minute. He is on the stage in one costume, walks around a screen and comes out. on the other side in a complete new outfit of clothes. The girls used in tlie act contribute much to tlie beauty of several’ numbers. In one in particular, supposedly in India, the three girls used made a most striking appearance. Their dance perhaps was not wholly Indian, but that didn't matter. The scene was for the eyes and in our opinion was more than successful., Fred Lightner and company is an act laid on shipboard and has a few interesting parts. Outstanding in this’ number are two girls who sing harmony and do a snappy black bottom at the close. Morley and Anger have tome comedy in their act and the woman sings several songs. Ends with some harmony by the two that goes over quite well. Tenor and bass have united in the act of McGrath and Deeds and the result is some pleasing melody at times. The comedy is not so muck^ Wills and Holmes open tumbling feature. Another act m which the comedy does not register very well. Jetta Goudal in “Fighting Love” is the photoplay feature for the first half, included are news reel and comedy. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “Children of Divorce,” at the Ohio; “Venus of Venice,” at the Circle; “The Demi-Bride,” at .the Apollo; new show at the Uptown; movies at the Isis and burlesque at the Mutual. How did the “Baltimore oriole” get Its name? V The designation was given by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist whose first specimen came from Maryland. It was a complimentary allusion to the fact that the colors of the male were the same as the livery of Sir George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, who was then proprietor of the colony of Maryland. On account of i's gay plumage it also has been called golden robin, firebird and fire hangbird. Males are about 8 inches long, with a plumage of brilliant fire orange, and the head, neck, back wings and middle tail feathers are black, and there is considerable white on the wings. Thefemale is somewhat smaller and much paler, and the black is more or less obscured by olive. The young of both sexes resemble the and do not get their full until the second year. The Baltimore Orioles is a loud musical whistle. What was .Man e-War’s record for one mile? At Belmont Park, New York, May 29. 1918, he ran a mils la 1 minute, 35 4-5 sewnds.