Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1932 — Page 7

JAN. 13, 1932.

CHICAGO'S FIRE IS DWARFED DY MONEY CRISIS Catastrophe of 1871 Less Serious Than Present Pkght, Is View. ' f htrajro * hiMnry I* nn i*f ffrnrrml f *intronh' nl brillia-nt rretnrlei. Tarty srltlrr* built thf rlly on r. >wamp. Thflr nm *nrt dmirhter* rrhuilt It •hm fire neirly wiped it out. Now, with the rlty faring bankruptcy, rlrh and poor work together to arert ruin. Thl* Inetallment of m eerie* tell* what ther ere doing. Thursday'a atorT will eetimate the price of failure. BV RAY BLACK United Press Staff Correapondent 'Coovrieht. 1932. bv United Pres*i CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—Chicago is a city besieged by financial adversity and with no ammunition that will fit its guns. With coffers almost empty, debts skyrocketing, employes unpaid. t,h# nations second city seems to be waging a losing battle. But the fighting spirit is here. Militant Mayor Anton J. Cermak, a thoroughly desperate city council, an army of loyal city workers, and an aroused citizenry of 3,500,000 persons are withstanding what amounts to siege. The state legislature, in special session at Springfield, may prove an ally if political obstacles do not prevent. "The Chicago fire of October. 1871, seemed a terrible catastrophe," said D. F. Kelly, State street merchant and civic leader. "The importance of the present crisis is so much greater as to make the two incomparable. City "Under Siege" "Werr a foreign army encamped about our city with pvery prospect of being able to destroy It unless a huge indemnity were paid, immediate steps would be taken to secure from those able to pay a guarantee of the amount demanded. 'Metaphorically speaking, a, like condition nou exists in that the integrity of our financial structure is in peril." Perhaps the weakness In the ranks comes from divided leadership and conflicting strategy. Some leaders advise issuing $600,000,000 in bonds. Others counsel revamping the tax machinery so bankers will lend the city money on tax anticipation warrants. State Senator Harold Kissenger of Aurora, in the legislature went as far as to threaten introduction of a bill putting the city into the. hands of a receiver, with powers of a dictator. Cicic Leaders Aroused Meanwhile many Chicagoans have dropped their persona] business and rallied to help the city. Kelly, chairman of a committee for the sale of tax anticipation warrants, has worked virtually day and night trying to persuade moneyed men to buy warrants. Mayor Cermak led Cook county legislators to Springfield, with the warning, "we must have aid now or we are lost." Lewis E. Myers, president of the board of education, gave his per- \ sonal note for $4,000,000 to meet the . December pay roll of 14.000 teachers. Their total pay in seven months has been for six weeks of teaching. "Shylocks" Reappear Bankers have spent many hours analyzing the financial problem, suggesting what must be done before the city’s credit can be established and its tax warrants will sell. Fathers in a half dozen suburban areas have gone from house to house trying to sell tax warrants. No group has shown more civic loyalty than the teachers. Not a one was missing when schools reopened Jan. 5. Some have accepted scrip. To cash it, they must take a heavy discount. These teachers have "carried on" by borrowing at high interest. One Chicago "financing company" recently turned over an entire floor to its loan business with teachers. "Salary purchasing companies," driven out several years ago by legal action, arr functioning again. One teacher, a man. already has paid 600 per cent on the amount borrowed.

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"‘SIS’ HOPKINS JUST GREW UP ON STAGE Sam Young of Terre Haute Tells How Rose Melville Made a Hit in a Rural Comedy Drama Years Ago. rNCTDENTAL to the revival of "Sis Hopkins." perhaps the most famous 1 of all rural comedy dramas, by the Berkeli players at Keith's this week, comes the story from Sam M. Young of Terre Haute revealing the facts concerning the origination of the character of Sis Hopkins, portrayed for many years by Rose Melville, a sister-in-law of Young’s, and who, during her career as a star of the American stage, was conceded to be one of the greatest comediennes before the public. In a letter to Henry K. Burton of Keith's, Young, formerly a theatrical manager and producer, but who long since retired from theatrical activities and now owns and manages a hotel in Terre Haute, states that he, himself, first conceived the character of Sis Hopkins, and with Miss Melville in the role introduced it in a melodrama which he wrote | and staged nearly forty years ago.

The play in which "Sis” made her, debut was called “Zeb, the Clodi hopper." It was a melodrama of ! the Indiana "Gas Belt," and Zeb. | the hero, was a country youth who i hailed from “near” Muncie. At that time Young managed a I repertoire company which included I the Melville sisters. Rose and Ida. Charlie Murray, who later joined hands with Ollie Mack, the team of Murray and Mack becoming famous as stars in Irish farce comedies, and others who have since scaled the heights in the realm of the theater. More recently Murray be- ! came one of the most popular of ! Mack Sennett’s movie comics, "Zeb, the Clodhopper" was retained in the repertoire of Young’s company for two years, and according to Young the character of Sis Hopkins "stole the show,” How It Started Then "Zeb” was produced as a road show, with Ida Melville, in private lite Mrs. Young, in the role of Sis Hopkins. Young sa*, that Ida Melville considerably elaborated the character, originating the braided hair, striped socks, high romb and other distinguishing features destined to become inseparably associated with the quaint and whimsical country girl. The success of both Rase and Ida Melville in the character of Sis inspired Young to write a sketch entitled "Two Little Jays.” in which the sisters appeared as Sis Hopkins. It was a feature in E. E. Rice’s celebrated extravaganza, "1492,” a forerunner of the modern big revue. Soon afterward Rose Melville was engaged to play "Sis” in a musical comedy starring Mathews and Bulger, called "Bv the Sad Sea Waves.” The part, of "Sis Hopkins” was especially written into the show for Miss Melville’s benefit. It was while thus engaged that she decided to incorporate the character which has so easily and com- j pletely captivated public fancy, ! into a play of the same name as ! a starring vehicle for herself. Revival Is Lavish Young is not certain as to who | wrote the original script. He says, i however, that it was later "doctored" by Edward Kidder, one of the most prominent playwrights of the era, and several other playsmiths. The result was, with Young’s original lines and Rose Melville's truly great talent, “Sis Hopkins” scored a tremendous hit, placing Miss Melville in a niche entirely her own in the affections j of the theatergoers of America. | Charles Berkell’s revival, at 1 Keith’s, is even on a more lavish scale than was Rose Melville’s orig- J inal production of "Sis Hopkins,”: for Berkeli has augmented his cast with Ezra Buzzington’s Rube band, eight musical fun makers who fit the show like the proverbial glove, making an emphatic hit. There, are twenty-six people on the stage at Keith's this week. nun Indianapolis theaters today offer: Earl Carroll’s "Vanities” at Eng- ! lish’s; Irene Rich at the Lyric: "Sis : Hopkins" at Keith's: "Stepping" Sisters" at, the Apollo: "Ladies of the Big House” and "Around The j World in Eighty Minutes" at. the 1

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