Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1930 — Page 8

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Cat Fry The ‘Rabbit’ Tasted Great Until the Diner Saw Its Skin.

IT wasn’t the cat’s whiskers —it was the whole bloomin’ cat that a pair of doughboys put away for Thanksgiving dinner, and liked it. Until <>ne of them saw he cat’s kin. • Thu; is only one of the many t musing yarns that Indianapolis ,-eteians of the World war are pinring for Times readers in The Times World War Story Contest. First prize is $lO for the best one of the week. Seconu prize is $5. Get vours in now. Make it short, o all the boys can get their experiences in print. BUB Leslie Wakefield, 1009 East New York street, Eighteenth infantry, First division, was the “lucky” feaster when the cat was served up. IT was Thanksgiving day, and after an all-night hike we set up our pup tents on the outskirts of a French village for a day of rest. My buddy, who was Polish, spoke and understood little English. He did know that it was Thanksgiving day, and said, “Me get meat, you cook.” My answer was “Go get it.” With his raincoat under his arm he walked toward the village. About an hour later he returned, handed me his raincoat, which I unrolled with my mouth watering. I said, Oh, boy, a real rabbit.” I got busy, built a fire in front of our tent, got our mess kits ready and fried it. When we had gnawed the last bone, I said, “Buddy, that sure was a fine dinner.” Pulling the skin of an Angora cat from his blouse he remarked, “See, damn fine skin, too.” ana Ralph Lynch, 325 Kealing avenue, shoots one across with a good dash of humor: 'rxURING the dark days of July, sJ J9lB, when Allied victory was hanging in the balance, we of the econd division were being relieved by the Ninety-second colored divison ana a French Moroccan division at Soissons. Uncle Sam's colored warriors seemed eager to engage “Fritz” in battle up until they came within range of “Fritz’ ” heavy artillery. A gun boomed in the distance, its projectile whined, and burst within 100 yards of the marching troops. Then a voice full of excitement exclaimed, “Boy! Did yo’ all heah what dat shell done said to us?” “No suh Rastus,” replied his buddy, “Wlia’ dat shell done say to us, huh?” “Boy, dat shell done said,” stammered Rastus, “Yo ’ail ain’t nevah goin’ back to Al-a-bam!”

Edward E. Murphy, 430 North Jefferson avenue, gets this one off his chest: F served with the 305th Engineers of the Eightieth division which returned to the states on the U. S. S. Troy. When we were about three days out from this side, some Y. M. C. A. workers were transferred to our boat at night, and the next evening they were out on the upper dec'* throwing gum and chocolate bars to the troops below, and asking a lot of questions. Finally an older man asked: "Boys' what sign did you see the most of while you were overseas?” expecting to the the answer “Y. M. C. A.” Instead, some soldier with a voice like thunder roared out: ‘‘Officers only,” which automatically broke up the party. a 8 a The English take one on the kisser in this story by John F. Jeffers, 1206 Central avenue: LEFT Camp Winnal down at Winchester at 5 a. m.. July 17 1918, and marched all day to Southampton in a cold, dreary rain, with nothing to eat. We pulled into Southampton at 5 p. m. and parsced. on the docks, waiting to cross the channel. The English soldiers in nice, warm bunks in the warehouses on the docks, with fires burning in stoves eating and drinking, were jeering us. We had our packs on our backs We would smoke but could not break ranks. Finally an English soldier yelled out: “Hey, Sammies, what have you got on your backs?” And a witty Irishman named John Bums replied: "Bunker Hill, you

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5 EXPEDITIONS PROBE SECRETS OF ANTARCTIC Three Parties Still Are in Vastness of South Polar Circle. Hu Srrippt-Howurd Netespaper Alliance NEW YORK April I.—While most Americans have believed the Byrd expedition alone has been probing the secrets of the Antarctic vastness during the past year, the fact Is that no fewer than five parties, representing as many different nations, have been in the polar regions In that period, and three of them are still there. Robert E. Garst, explaining the significance of Antarctic exploration in the current issue of The Review of Reviews, brings out this scarcely recognized fact that other nations than the United States have an active interest in Antarctica, the last unexplored continent. Three Parties Unnoticed Besides the Byrd expedition, that of Sir George H. Wilkins, the Englishman. who flew over 80,000 square miles of polar whiteness, has received some attention in America. But three other expeditions which are still within the Arctic circle have passed unnoticed. Douglas Mawson. veteran of the Shackleton explorations, heading an Australian party, is exploring the coast of Antarctica to the south of Australia, A Norwegian party headed by Riiser-Larson is surveying by plane the region lying directly of the tip of South America. A fifth party, sent out by Argentina, is now at South Georgia island. In spite of this activity of the past year and that of a score of expeditions that have invaded the far south in the past century, only a small fraction, possibly onetwentieth, of Antarctica has been seen by modern man. But, unlike the wastes of frozen sea that surround the North Pole, it has been proven that the region is a great continent at least half again as large as the United States. Romance Added to Mystery The urge that drives men on into this vastness of ice covered mountains and plains is similar to that that engages a detective-story reader, the Review of Reviews article explains. For besides studying the conditions that create much of our weather, they expect in time to solve the world’s' neatest mystery —the existence of extensive vegetation on the vast uplands near the southp ole I. ousands of years ago. Shackleton broudght back sufficient geological evidence to prove that at one time Antarctica was warm enough at least to support a rich vegetable life. What secrets of the early life of the world the continent will reveal when thoroughly explored remains for speculation. Curiously enough, even before America was discovered there existed in Europe the myth that a great lost continent lay in far southern seas, Garst points out, and this adds romance to the mystery. It was only 110 years ago, however, that Nathaniel Palmer, a 20-year-old master of an American sealing vessel, ventured far enough into the Antarctic Circle to discover the outlying point of Antarctica which now bears his name.

CITES LATIN UNITY NEED Spanish Admiral Suggests Menace From Power ‘Not European.’ Bv United Press MADRID, Spain, April 1. All Latin peoples should stand together against possible menace from a power “which is not European,” Admiral Carvia said in a newspaper interview today. The comment came in connection with Admiral Carvia’s denial the late dictator. General Primo de Rivera, and Premier Benito Mussolini had made an agreement anticipating a war between France and Italy. Slayer's Escape Reported Bti Uniter! Press PARIS, April I.—Reports that the notorious French criminal, Mesterino, who murdered a jeweler and burned his body with gasoline, had escaped from the French, penal colony at Guiana and had been eaten by sharks were neither denied nor confirmed today by the ministries of colonies and interior.

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Gillette Brings Back the Very Good Old Days

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BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

THE good old days when melodrama was done with a flourish and the villain hissed in the ear of our hero have been brought back by William Gillette. If this 74-year-old actor accomplishes nothing more than recapture the theater of years ago on his farewell tour of “Sherlock Holmes,” then he has been highly successful. But Gillette’s age today in no way interfers with Sherlock Holmes as he meets face to face the blood thirsty challenge of Professor Moriarity, nor does it prevent him from rescuing the pretty white-faced heroine of the story from the jaws of death in the Stepney gas chamber.

Age has been swept away by Gillette as he again creates for anew age Sherlock Holmes. In my many years in telling you about the theater the late Divine Sara and now the living William Gillette have been the only ones who could conquer old age on the stage. Even the great Duse could not accomplish this. Last night at English’s when one of the largest audiences of the season greeted Gillette on his entrance into the very dangerous home of the Larrabees, I was convinced that old age had not conquered either William Gillette or Sherlock Holmes. As this old melodrama that helped to make the world a more enter-

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tiontion gives new intn<J to every character. y And the beauty about this performance is that melodrama is done as melodrama in a way that even the most impossible scenes ring true. And only great acting can accomplish that. An so you see that William Gillette today is very much as much of Sherlock Holmes as he was years ago. We again meet the quiet voice used by actors of the school of yesterday. Works With Ease Gillette can snap into action with the utmost ease. He knows how to do that by his voice and by the slightest motion of his head or hands. Study the way Gillette increases the action and suspense in the third act when he is trapped in the Stepney gas chamber. The gang of murderers are about ready to turn on the gas. With a wave of the hand he motions the gang back and tells one of the leaders he W’ill face him on trial in a few days. Holmes then with a little more highly pitched voice tells the ruffians that he is going to walk out of the room with the heroine. He does it by the famous cigar trick and the curtain comes down in total darkness as Holmes again defeats death. W’orth Careful Study Study Gillette again in the first act when his very quiet manner and his calm but commanding voices is placed against the actions of the very nervous Larrabees. Again study the Gillette method when he faces Moriarity in his own apartment as the professor attempts to draw his revolver to kill Holmes. Holmes keeps this demon covered and then suddenly makes it possible for the prolessor to obtain his own revolver. Click, click goes the trigger but no explosion. The great Sherlock quite unnoticed had emptied the revolver. The villains in this edition of the play are very bad and they act it in the exaggerated tempo of the old days w'hen villains looked and acted like their classGreat Thrill of Life It seems to me that we are missing something these days when we can not recreate the theater of yesterday ourselves, and I am thankful that William Gillette is doing the job for us. It seems to me that not to have seen William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes at least once in my lifetime would have been to have missed the greatest thrill of my life. Here is an actor and also a character in fiction, both of whom have made history in this country. And it Is not surprising that capacity audiences are again greeting both William Gillette and Sherlock Holmes. It seems that you can not separate the two. In fact, Gillette admitted that last night in his curtain talk when he said that he and Holmes had just been taking care of some very serious business. Thanks His Audience The great actor said that he wanted to say more than just thank us for our interest, and so he w’ould wish us a merry Christmas, also a happy New Year and a san° Fourth of July. And as to the company it is just as it should be. John Miltern again proves that he is the best of the

Moriariys. There is no doubt |o that statement after you meet tip professor in his underground offlefGee, this is a great scene. Wallis Clark is Doctor Watsoii the pal of Holmes. Just the righl selection. Brinsley Shaw is excellent as John Forman and the same applies to the James Larrabee of Montague Shaw and the Sidney Prince of William Postance. Peg Entwistle is the very white faced Alice Faulkner who at the end of the play makes Holmes think of love. Splendid. Equally excellent is Roberta Neatty as the scheming Madge Larrabee. And it is no for Burford Hampden as Billy to run away with his scenes. Many others are in the cast, all capable. Please do not close your experiences in the tjieater of this life until you have seen William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. The engagement closes tonight at English sand I hope that every inch of standing room possible is used. BUB CONCERNING ANOTHER FAVORITE And just across the alley from the stage door at English’s where William Gillette is bringing Sherlock Holmes back to life, is another stage door that is admitting another personality of the stage. I am speaking of Nancy Gibbs, now at the Lyric, who seasons ago appeared at English’s in Booth Tarkington’s beautiful “Monsieur

Beaucaire.” She is keeping up the traditions of the stage this season by appearing in an operetta concerning the days in the south just as the Civil war started. Here you have this singing personality still in good voice and still beautiful to see in her old - fashioned southern dress. She has the services of a good singing male chorus. Here is a far cry from the loud

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