Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1928 — Page 44

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BARE NOT FAIR TO BROADWAY’S EYE THIS YEAR Clothes Make Show Girl as J Fashions Alter in i, ■ Revues. ti! Times Special NEW YORK* Oct. 26.—This seems to “Wear More Clothes Year” with the Broadway choruses. Producers of the girl-gag-and-glitter shows, who vied among themselves in the early post-war years to create the most startling effects IWith undressed beauties, have finally conceded that even feminine figure, too freely displayed, loses its power of attraction on the stage. \ Ziegfeld “Wise” First Florenz Ziegfeld was first to see the handwriting and revise his girlglorifying technique. His most recent success, “Show Boat,” “The Three Musketeers,” and "Rosalie” have teemed wih beautiful girls, as usual. But more noticeable than the girls has been the emphasis put on gorgeous costuming of them. Other producers have followed suit and have found, probably to their surprise, that the public really wasn’t so avid for nudity or seminudity as they *ad been guessing. At least the public wanted a change. Only one revue so far this season has placed its main reliance on undressed beauties. This was Earl Carroll’s “Vanities,” which, although its comics and scenic effects drew applause enough, got something resembling a very bored yawn from the Bated critics. Critics Bored * Here, for instance, is Ernest Boyd, commenting in The Bookman on jthe opening night:. “Connoiseurs of the ‘Art* maga2ines knew what to expect, and they were not presumably disappointed. Nudity in varying degrees soothed the eye, with the Misses Dorothy Knapp and Beryl Halley easily winning both in the quantity and quality of their self-exposure. “The patrons of the magazines aforesaid and certain bald-headed men are credited with having a constant appetite for this sort of thing, but it has never been my privilege to be present at a theater or a night club when the audience gave tangible evidence of this all-consum-ing interest in undressed females. Revues should be made of sterner stuff. A “The ‘Vanitie’ attempt to beguile the tedium of nudity with such fellows as Joe Frisco and W. C. Fields, who do offer the few bright spots, but these are few and far between.” ‘ALWA YSToVETF ATH ER’ Judge Rules Divorced Wife Can’t Monopolize Children. Jty Vnited Press SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. Charles Willert, 10, and his sister, Elaine, 12, assisted Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham decide an intricate domestic matter in court here. Charles Willert, father of the children, complained to the court that his divorced wife, Mrs. Eva Trulson, San Mateo, refused to allow him to see the children. Judge Graham asked the children if they loved their father. Solemnly they said they did. Then he exacted a promise they always would feel that way and told the mother she might keep the children with the understanding the father be allowed to see them. MAN OF MANY LOVES Lodged in Jail at Buffalo on Bigamy Charge. BUFFALO, Oct. 26.—A man of -many loves was George McEvans, 48, lodged in jail here on a charge lof bigamy. Mrs. Lillian Foxlea •McEvans, who caused the arrest, •Bays there are at least six other women who are or have been known as Mrs. George McEvans. Another warrant, is waiting on George in Detroit, issued at the Instance of Mrs. Rose Thibodeau McEvans. Seek “Teetotalism” Vv Vnited Press JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 26. Policemen or firemen found guilty *W being intoxicated while on duty ftr absent because of Intoxication, must sign the pledge of “teetotaltom," John J. Beggans, director of public safety announced.

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E. M. Ragland, president of the East Washington Street Merchants Association sponsoring the Harvest festival.

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Frank Hare, in charge of the decorations work for the East Washington Street Merchants Association Harvest festival.

TRACE FOUND OF RACE OLDER THAN INDIANS Pottery and Bones Unearthed in Minnesota Pit. By Vnited Press WINNEBAGO, Minn., Oct. 26. Evidences of bison, deer, elk and Indians were discovered by Engineer C. N. Krosch, Fairmont, Martin county highway engineer, when he unearthed several Indian graves in a gravel-pit two miles northwest of here. A clay vase, with design worked around the rim, was found. A human vertebrae, deer and elk horns, shoulder-blades of bison, jaws of wolves and shells of an extinct specie of clam were among relics found. A representative of the Smithsonian Institute stated that the relics and inscriptions on stones in that territory were from a race older than the Indians found in America when Columbus landed. FORCED TO THINK IT Sarcastic Politeness Banned In French Army. By Vnited Press PARIS, Oct. 26.—Sarcastic politeness on the part of noncoms and officers in speaking to men of the ranks is forbidden by a French army order. Some time ago another order made it an offense to use profanity toward one of lower military rank, so the hardened noncoms feigned politness, using the familiar form of “thou” in addressing men In their charge. The minister of war has ordered all sergeants and corporals and commissioned officers to stop using the word “thou.” AMPUTATES OWN ~TOES PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia, Oct. 26.—J. Omera, trapper in the Upper Finlay river district, was forced to amputate his toes when they became infected following frost bite. Recently he came to a local surgeon for further treatment, but was told the original operation was so skilfully done that no further attention was necessary.

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PLAN WIRELESS LINK England May Join Phone System to That of Australia. By Vnited Press SYDNEY, Oct. 26.—Within a year it Is expected that the telephone system of England will be linked up with the Australian service by means of wireless. Inquiries are being made to determine the possibility of introducing wireless telephony services to replace trunk line services over long distances in Australia to

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avoid the heavy cost of erecting thousands of miles of wire. It is proposed also to establish a wireless telephone service between Tasmania and the mainland. INJURED OVER CURIOSITY COLLINGWOOD, N. J., Oct. 26 —Curiosity brought serious injuries to Irene Koehl, 3, when she overturned a bottle of creosote and the liquid spilled on her face. Physicians at West Jersey Homeopathic hospital believe the child will recover.

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HAZERS REPAIR STREETS Borough Benefits by Work of Freshmen. By Vnited Press MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., Oct. 26. This borough has saved some money and freshmen in the local high schools have learned the meaning of “labor.” The seniors got the happy thought, corralled the lower classmen and put them to work repairing holes in the streets. But it didn’t last long because the freshies had hands too tender for that sort of work.

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OCT. 26, 1928