Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1928 — Page 7

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* FINDING A FIRST NIGHT FOR ‘ABIE’ Charlie McGrady Has Seen Many a Show, but He Had His First Look at Anne Nichols’ Bank Last Night at the Murat When It Cashed in Again. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN I wanted to give “Abie” a first nighter last night and I found at least one man in the world who never saw “Abie’s Irish Rose.” I have been in New York with Charlie McGrady while w Abie” was at Republic Theater during its long run.

We saw other things than “Abie.” It was taken for granted that we had seen it although some New Yorkers boasted that they would never see it until after its twelfth year. So when “Abie” came to Indianapolis again and the second time

this season, I remembered Charlie’s boast that he might go to his grave without seeing “Abie.” So I called him by phone at Jud’s on Pennsylvania St. Saturday and said: “I will never give you a lily until you see ‘Abie’.” * And as he speaks good English, Charlie said: “I have seen 'The Vagabound King’ on a

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pass on Broadway, but never have I seen ‘Abie’.” And I said: “Will you work for the bight of ‘Abie’?” * And Charlie said: “I have sold a million ties and I guess I can do that." And so I said: “You have the reputation of being one man in America who has never seen ‘Abie’.” Charlie said: “I am willing to fewear that before any court.” I said: “Don’t swear at me because X believe that I can not see ‘Abie’ for the eleventh time and tell the world about it.” Charlie said: “I will either pay my street car fare to the theater or | walk. That will show that I am a million cent American.” So I walked over to his place of business Monday and gave him a pifcce of paper that would get him past young Add Miller at the Murat. And Charlie McGrady gave “Abie” a first night. Here is Charlie’s report: “Those in New York who never saw ‘Abie’ were right. They said, ‘The crowds are too big to get injured without insurance.’ They were right. ‘Abie’ still brings them in. That I am sure. “I laughed at times when other nationalities never laughed and I laughed with them at other times. Here is a show that makes the world buy and wear better neckties. “Here is a laugh show. It has millions of happy moments to its credit. I swear under oath that I am glad that I saw ‘Abie.’ It is good entertainment. I should have seen it even while it was younger, but it is still fine at its age. The cast is good and the play is a magnificent bank roll for the woman who wrote it. Let all America see it.” And Charlie hands me the cast as follows: Isaac Cohen Eddie Pascal (Boston and Philadelphia Cos.) Mra. Isaac Cohen Bertha Walden (Australian Cos.) Rabbi Jacob Samuels Alfred Clarke (Chicago and Detroit Cos.) Solomon Levy Phil White (Boston and Philadelphia Cos.) Abraham Levy (His Son) ...Ted W. Gibson (Boston and Philadelphia Cos.) Rosemary Murphy Patricia Quinn . , (New York Cos.) Patrick Murphy John McCabe _ ' (Australian Cos.) Father Whalen Thomas McGrath (Boston, Philadelphia and London, _ .. Eng., Cos.) Bridesmaids. .Grace Cullen, Emma Allen . Ethel Cunline, Gloria Gray The Tram Bearer Annette Cunliffe “Abie’s Irish Rose” will be at the Murat all week. And so “Abie” had a first nighter last night after all. # # * FINDING GOOD LAUGHS AT KEITH’S A good laugh is the best thing in the world to drive away the blues, so ’tis said. Billy House and company have been able to hand me quite a few with their comedy skit “Resolutions.” This is the old “My wife has gone to the country, hurrah” theme handled by gji expert. The whole thing is, Billy’s wife goes to visit her mother on New Year’s eve and Billy throws a party. And for some reason she comes home to the party, which has suddenly broken up. House handles the situations with a master touch. This is good for many laughs. Acrobats and acrobatic dancing have always been handled in more or les3 a staid sort of way. But here is something novel. The Marcus Sisters and the Carlton Brothers make a revue out of the act with a bit of singing intermingled here and there. One of the brothers introduces the rest by throwing small dolls behind the scene and when the curtain parts there are the actors dressed the same as the dolls. Clever. Oliva Olson has a number of cute little songs about girls who have a secret sorrow. Her mode of presentation is catching to say the least. I have often wondered when I would see someone who would pl&y the xylophone using more than two hammers in each hand. Ashley Paige has realized my ambitions. He plays “Gypsy Sweetheart” using three hammers in each hand, and !. hey work - There is no catch to it This young man surely can play. it is not often that you see women acrobats in an act of their own. The Rubio Sisters do some clever wo . rk J” ld good balancing in their act. These two women are said to ■Jc from Europe. Vera Reynolds is starred in “Al*ost Human.” Comedies and news complete the program. At Keith’s this week. (By the ObWrver.) * an* JS-V ORCHESTRA v ■ **VES THIS SHOW A plain hokum vaudeville show hiay be all right at times, but when it becomes a habit, then I howl. Just plain hokum without genuine aomty is becoming a menace on the ! vaudeville stage. I am not talking ! about any one theater. But It seems : that some entertainers are believing : that people will stand for about any- ‘ thing. The bill at the Lyric this week is I

a splendid example of what a hokum vaudeville bill should not be. It has lot of quantity, but very little quality. It goes to Ben Barton and his orchestra for taking this show out of the rut. This orchestra is a substitute act, taking the place, I understand, of Helen Lewis and her Melody Weavers. Barton has tried to get the modern idea of an orchestral presentation on the vaudeville stage. And he has succeeded. He keeps his act from becoming common. He does not descend to low comedy at any time. He does not go beyond the ability of his entertainers. He plays snappy melodies in the right way and he introduces them in anew way. This act has novelty as well as class. Easily the winner on this bill. Dotson is a good dancer, but he sells too much egotism before he shows his artistry in steps. This man is not a comedian. Noland Leary and company in “Yes Means No” has an ancient sketch. Only fairly well done. A certain man of this act should learn the lesson of taking curtain calls. Bad. Diana Bonnar either has a bad voice or was in bad voice yesterday afternoon. She is not vaudeville. More like concert recital. Gilroy, Cole and Haines appear in “Swells at Sea.” The Floretty Trio in an aerial balancing act work too slowly for results, I should call special attention to Rogers and Donelly in _a slapstick comedy offering, “The Count.” This act has genuine merit, but they develop the punch way too late. The) man’s burlesque on musical instruments is a wow. Here is strange comedy, but finely put over when this team gets stainted. As usual be your own judge of this show. You have my idea. At the Lyric. # n LOOKING OVER EVENTS AT MUTUAL Norma Noel has returned to the Mutual again, this year with “The Girls of the U. S. A.” George Carrol is backing her up in the heavy comedy stuff. This is a fast show from a standpoint of action, for the comedy and songs are kept going with scarcely a lag. The book is not so much and depends, for the greater part, on the principals. Byran Wolfe plays the piano while Norma, who seems to be the whole show, sings some “blues” that is not so bad. In my estimation the whole worth of the show is in this act. Eddie Aeken, I think the name is, does some solo numbers. This man has a good voice and a personality to go with it. An advantage to the show. Several members of the chorus do some individual things that have a lot of promise. “The Girls of the U. S. A.” is Just fair burlesque. At the Mutual (By the Observer) n tt Other theaters today offer: “King of Kings” at English’s; “London Aft--0o You Know What a Woman of 30 Should Weigh? It all depends on her height of course. If she is five feet seven inches, in height she should weight according to the best authorities 142 pounds. If she is 5 feet 5 inches her normal weight is 134 pounds. If she is 5 feet 3 inches she should weigh 127 pounds. It’s dangerous to be always striving to grow thin—the Adirondack Mountains and health resorts everywhere are filled with health shattered, women who will tell you that it doesn’t pay to be too thin. That is why so many thousands of underweight men and women are putting their faith in McCoy’s Tablets. McCoy takes all the risk—Read this ironclad guaraptee. If after taking 4 sixty cent boxes of McCoy’s Tablets or 2 One Dollar boxes any thin, underweight man or woman doesn't gain at least 5 pounds and feel completely satisfied with the marked improvement in health—your druggist }s authorized to return the purchase price. The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets bas been shortened—just ask for McCoy’s Tablets at Hook's Dependable Drug Stores or any drug store in America.—Advertisement.

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FLETCHER TRUST elec™ eld Directors of Sank and Subsidiary Groups Named. Directors of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and three subsidiary institutions were elected and reviews of the past year’s business were given at the annual meeting of the stockholders, Monday. Besides the trust company, the following affiliated institutions held meetings: Fletcher Savings and Trust Building Company, Fletcher Joint Stock Land Bank and the Vajen Leasehold Realty Company. Important growth has been recorded by all the departments of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, according to a report made by Evans Woollen, president of each of the four companies. Total deposits in the company, as of Dec. 31 and exclusive of deposits in five affiliated State banksf were $21,224,209.31. The company’s surplus at the end of the year was increased to $1,500,000 by the transfer of $500,000 from undivided profits. This brought the capital and surplus of the company to $3,000,000 the largest of any trust company operating in Indiana. Directors re-elected by the stock-

holders of the trust company included: Henry C. Atkins, president E. C. Atkins & Cos.: Frederic M. Ayres, president L. 8. i Ayres & Cos.; Albert Baker, Baker & Dan- j iels: Vinson Carter, company’s vice president: Allen W. Conduitt, John A. Boyd Motor Company: Carl C. Gibbs, manager National Malleable and Steel Castings Company: Albert S. Goldstein, president Goldstein Bros., Inc.; William F. Hayes, Capitalist; Charles W. Jewett, Elliott, Weyl & Jewett; Alfred Kauffmann, president Link Belt Company ; Hugh McK. Landon, chairman executive committee and vice president; Albert E. Metzger, company’s vice president; Samuel D. Miller, Miller, Dailey & Thompson; Nicholas H. Noyes, treasurer Eli Lilly <& Cos.: Almus G. Ruddell, president Central Rubber and Supply Company; Cassius C. Shirley, Shirley, Whitcomb & Dowden; Joseph H. Spellmire; Charles N. Thompson, attorney; George M. Williams, president Marmon Motor Car Company, and Evans Woollen, company's president. Shareholders of the Fletcher Joint Stock Land Bank named these directors: Henry C. Atkins, Frederic M. Ayres, Albert Baker, Vinson Carter, Allen W. Conduitt. Albert S. Goldstein, Charles W. Jewett, Alfred KauSmann, Hugh McK. .Landon. Albert E. Metzger, Samuel D. Miller, Nicholas H. Noyes, Almus G. Ruddell, William B. Schiltgas, Cassius C. Shirley, Joseph H. Spellmire, Charles N. Thompson and Evans Woollen. Bonner Funeral Wednesday Bu Times Soccinl GREENSBURG, Ind., Jan. 10.— Funeral services will be held here Wednesday afternoon for Walter W. Booner, 67, cashier of the Third National Bank, who died suddenly at his desk Monday of heart disease. He was a former president of the Indiana State Bankers Association and of Group Six Bankers Association. Besides the widow, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Homer Meek, Indianapolis.

KIWANIS TO INSTALL Evansville Man President of State Group. Kiwanians representing the sixtyseven Indiana Kiwanis Clubs will install State officers at the opening’ of the eleventh midwinter State conference at the Indianapolis Athletic Club tonight. # Robert W. Chambers, Evansville, will be installed as governor; Eric L. McKew, Evansville, secretary; Linfield Myers, Anderson, treasurer, and the following as lieutenant governors: James K. Gorrell, Bremen; V. V. Swartz, Goshen; Joseph Phipps, Frankfort; M. L. Rosenbush, Kokomo; J. W. Cockrum, Oakland City; Meredith Lienberger, Columbus. The installation will follow a dinner after an executive conference at 4 p. m. Michael A. Gorman of Saginaw, Mich., international trustee, will be principal speaker at Wednesday afternoon’s session. The "Indianapolis Kiwanis Club will be host at a banquet Wednesday night at the Athletic Club. The largest flower grows in the island of Sumatra, a Dutch posses- | sion in the East Indies. Its bontan- i ical name is Amorphophallus. 1

MERCHANT MARINE’S PROBLEMS DISCUSSED Nation’s Ship Operators in Parley With United States Board. By United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—More than thirty of the nation’s major ship operators gathered "here today to discuss with the United States Shipping Board methods of improving the American merchant

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marine, so it may attain a high place in world commerce. Chairman T. V. O’Connor of the board v/as expected to lay before the operators a plan to make the merchant marine adequate to national needs. The results of the conference are expected to be used as a basis for the shipping board to establish more definitely its plan for disposing of remaining lines. Eighty per cent of the deaths from heart disease occur among persons more than 40 years of age.