Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1928 — Page 5

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WERMUTH COULD BE SHOT FOR THIS ONE Manager of Stuart Walker Company Springs a Mighty Hot but an Ancient One on an Unsuspecting Critic About a Theater Cat. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THERE is nothing new under the sun, but sometimes the most ancient of them crop up. This time, the hot weather might have caused it, but Donn Wermuth, manager of the Stuart Walker Company here and the press representa-

tive is responsible. In the last ten years, nobody has dared to try to put over a press story about the “theater alley cat.” And lo and behold, Donn Wermuth in all of his innocence and purity and devotion to his job sends me the alley cat story in all sincerity. I was so stunned that I decided to let you read it. The only thing that Wermuth passed up was that the Stuart Walker Company is playing “The Baby Cyclone” this week at Keith’s and that three dogs are used instead of cats. But anyway here is the champion theater cat story as turned out by Wermuth: This is the story of Maude—an alley cat with fur as black as a pocket at midnight and a meow as delicate as a harp string, who came wandering into Keith's when the Stuart Walker Company was playing. Rehearsal was in progress and the side doors of the theater were flung open. Maude came wandering uncertainly up the alley. Hungry, lonely and with a desire for human contact. Maude was virtually thrown from the theater. She persisted and so went around to the stage door. There she was met with more kindness. She was taken up on someone's lap, petted and there she went to sleep. When she awoke she was given food and sent away. Several hours later Maude returned and met a rebuke. She walked around the alley, stumbled uncertainly in through the lobby, just missed being stepped on, jumped up on one of the benches and cuddled there and went to sleep again. She remained a long, long time before she was discovered. Maude probably dreamed happy, happy dreams. For three days Maude did Sj same thing. She would first go to the side door, then the stage door and wuold finally end up on one of the lobby seats, stretched there in all her languid glory. Finally the manager of the theater decided that Maude must go. But where? Maude was a nice cat, the actors liked her, everyone liked her. And Maude liked to be around the theater. Yes, Maude was a theater cat and around some theater she must be. Finally one of the players, wnose name the writer will not divulge, took Maude in his arms, stroked her fine silky fur and Maude purred to him. And as the story goes, this nice young gentleman had a car and so he took Maude for a ride, ~s they call it in Chicago. And as the nice young man drove on into the country Maude lay nestled beside him. And if you happen to pass through a certain little town near Indianapolis and pass a certain theater you will see Maude, the Theater cat, perched there as elegantly as any king ever throned on his throne. Thus ends the story of Maude. (Editor’s Note—And just as soon ass can get a picture of Donn Wermuth I will publish it because I know that this new author will be in great demand. Also, I am starting touring all small towns looking for this cat.) Other theaters today offer: Raymond Hitchcock at the Lyric; ’The Seventh Guest” at English’s; “The Baby Cyclone” at Keith’s; Charlie Davis at the Indiana; Dick Powell at the Circle; “The Lion and the Mouse” at the Apollo, and Harry Fox at Loew’s Palace. Anderson Man Drowns ANDERSON, Ind., July 18.—Clarence Ford, 21, drowned in White River four miles east of here while swimming, after being seized with cramps.

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DRY DEMOCRATS PLAN CAMPAIGN Southern Group Prepares to Block Smith. Bji United Press ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 18Southern Democratic dry and church leaders, assembling here today prepared to start a campaign against Governor Smith of New York. Prohibitionists of the “ultra” wing from the Anti-Saloon League, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Baptist, Methodist and other Protestant churches, will meet late this afternoon in executive session to consider the situation created by Governor Smith’s avowed desire for modification of the prohibition laws. A mass meeting, open to the public here tonight, may disclose some of the dry’s battle plans. Thursday the conferences will continue, and a restatement of anti-Smith sentiment, in the form of a plea to oppose Smith probably will be formulated. The meeting of prohibition master minds is 'sponsored by two national Anti-Saloon League leaders, Bishop James J. Cannon Jr., Richmond, Va., of the Southern Methodist Church and A. J. Barton, Atlanta, a prominent southern Baptist official. OPENS SOLDIERS’ FETE Senator Robinson Upholds Dry Law in Reunion Address. Bu Times Soecial BROWSTOWN, Ind., July 18.— “The Eighteenth Amendment, outlawing alcoholic beverages, is as much a part of the organic law as the preamble itself,” declared United States Senator Arthur R. Robinson addressing the annual Brownstown soldiers’ reunion here Wednesday. “Let us stand firmly against those who would dstroy the rock on which rests securely our happiness and prosperity as a nation,” he said. Albert Stump, Democratic senatorial nominee, and other State candidates were to be heard today.

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STATE LAGS IN PENSION RULES FOR TEACHERS Long Service and Low Pay in Poor Contrast to Other States. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, July 18.—The Indiana teachers retirement system comes out rather badly in comparison with those of many other States, according to figures contained in a national survey released by the Department of Labor today. The Indiana requirement that teachers must serve forty years for full retirement is much more rigid than the average, Pennsylvania permitting retirement after ten years, and most other States after twenty or thirty. Indiana permits partial retirement after twenty-five years, however. Minimum Is Lowest The Indiana minimum pension of sl3l a year is lower than anywnere else In the country, the minimum for most other States being S3OO or more. The Indiana maximum of S7OO is well up with the average, however. Only one-fourth of an Indiana teacher’s period of service may be spent outside the State, as against much more lenient requirement elsewhere. Some States allow teachers’ retirement credit if half their teaching career is outside (he State. All these conditions are reflecied in the comparatively small number of Indiana teachers belonging to the retirement system. 12,341. Minnesota, with a million less population, has 16,866 teachers under her retirement act; Illinois has 38,888, and Pennsylvania, 58.509. Figures for

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‘GOLD COAST’ PLANNED Chicagoans Take Option on Valuable Idiana Lake Front. Tract By Times Special - GARY, Ind., July 18.—A Hoosier “Gold Coast” along Lake Michigan's shore near here is in prospect. A Chicago group has taken an option on a 600-acre tract valued at $2.500,000 and proposes to subdivide and sell the property as sites for homes of wealthy persons. Million dollar estates and a yacht club building are included in plans of the prospective buyers of the realty who are expected to close the deal within the next few days. FAIR DATES ANNOUNCED Ripley County Event at Osgood Among Earliest in Indiana. Dates of various fairs in Indiana have been, announced as follows: Ripley County at Osgood, .July 24 to 27. Henry and Madison Counties at Middletown. July 31 to Aug. 3. Delaware Coutnv at Muncie, Aug. 7 to 11. Posey County at New Harmony and Washington Countv at Salem, both Aug. 7 to 14. Rush County at Rushville, Aug. 13 to 17 Crawlord County at Marengo, Aug. 20 to 24. ' La Porte County at La Porte, Aug. 20 to 24

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