Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1936 — Page 11
Survivor of Famed Tribe ‘Discovered’
‘Connecticut Indian Traces
“Descent From Uncas, Hero of Novel.
“One of the first things Edward Small’'s research men discovered when they went to Connecticut in connection with the filming of “The Last of the Mohicans,” which is booked for Loew's Aug. 28, was that James Fenimore Cooper, the author, was wrong. When Mr. Cooper said that his book dealt with the last of the famous tribe, he was anticipating the end by almost a century and a half. Por Harold Tantaquidgeon, who lives in Norwich, Conn., can lay claim to being the last member of the famous tribe. But he doesn’t want the title. He's a quiet little fellow with a yearning for a squaw—one that carries as genuine Mohican (or Mohegan) blood in her veins as that which flows in his. It is a sort of secret ambition of Mr. Tantaquidgeon's to not he the last of the Mohicans.
Served on Coast Guard
According to the movie scouts, this representative of the famous tribe made the heroes of the Cooper classic, is still short of middle age, keen-eyed and bronzed. At one time he was a petty off- | cer in the U. S. Coast Guard. Now | he lives in a little cottage he built himself, and there are times when he sleeps in the little teepee he constructed near the home. His descent can be traced, not only from the line of Uncas, the famous Mohican chieftain, but also from Samson Occum, another Mohican chief, well known as a Christian missionary, and founder of Dartmouth College (hence the sign of the Indian as the symbol of the school.)
Indians Sue States
‘A suit is pending in the United States Supreme Court—the Indians versus the State of Connecticut, in . connection with the trespass of the palefaces on the ancient burying ground of the Indians. It is said to be located on Sachem-st in Norwich, formerly covering 60 acres. According to Mr. Tantaquidgeon, it has now been whittled down to a mere 16-foot square. Until this score is settled with the whites, Tantaquidgeon will continue to lead his life aloof from his neighbors. He hopes the government, which he says has encroached upon the sacred grounds of his ancestors, will restore the property to the rightful owners. And he also hopes to find a bride—a wife who is also one of the last ‘of the Mohicans. Starred in “The Last of the Mo-~ hicans” are Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxen, Bruce Cabot, Heather Ange], Philip Reed and Robert Barrat
Phemister Is Named Instructor in Voice
Virgil Phemister, basso, one of Indianapolis’ best known young singers, has been appointed instructor in voice at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music for the approaching school year. A former student of Fred Jefry and Glenn Friermood at the conservatory, Mr. Phemister is soloist at the Hebrew Temple and the Second Presbyterian Church. He has maintained a private voice studio here for the last four years. Miss Ada Bicking, conservatory director, has announced that there aré to be eight members in the eet TACIlS this fall.
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HE well-dressed young man sat down on the park bench with a sigh of relief. The dinner party had been tiresome. The same people, the same old chatter. Escape had been difficult. Through a haze of cigaret smoke, he watched an old man hobble up to the bench and sit down beside him. The old man cleared his throat. “Nice night,” he said timidly. The young man was annoyed. He had just run away from people who talked too much. And now, this gabby old fellow! The old man moved closer, spoke confidentially. “I escaped this morning.” * The young man started to edge away. Then a thin smile crept over his face.
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“ JUST escaped, too,” he said. The old man was startled. “Eh?”
“From a party. From people who are nice to me because they hope to gain by it. People who talk too much.” “Oh.” The old fellow chuckled. “I raniaway from a grandson who thinks I'm foo old and feeble to
over, touched the young man on the knee. “I'm a millionaire,” he whispered. For the first time, the young man was really interested. He noted his companion’s respectable but, rather shabby clothes, his shrewd eyes, and gray beard gave him a distinguished appearance.
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HE old man chuckled again. “I see you doubt me. But wait He leaned closer and whispered, “I am Thaddeus Potter of the Potter Trust Company!” The young man’s eyes widened. Thaddeus Potter was the wealthiest man in the city-—a multimillionaire. He had been in retirement for many years. This old man did look like newspaper pictures of him. “Yes, sir, that’s who I am. But’— the old voice became bitter— “What good do my millions do me? None, sir, none! My grandson, Theodore, runs things now. He thinks I'm old, unfit to go around alone. Won't let
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HE grey-bearded face suddenly brightened. “But I put one over on ‘em today. Yes, sir. I escaped, and I've been having fun. I went to a movie, a regular thriller. I had a thick steak, with French fried potatoes. Then I had two glasses of beer. My doctor would tear out his whiskers if he knew it. And I bought this to enjoy here in the park.” The old man drew a cigar from his coat pocket and bit off the end. Smiling, the young man held a match for him. “Seems to me you've done pretty well for yourself today, Mr. Potter,” he said. . The old fellow chuckled. “I bet Theodore is taking the city apart, looking for me.” “He'll probably notify the police, won’t he?” The old man looked frightened, then: slowly shook his head.
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O, I don’t think so. The story would get in the papers, and he wouldn’t like that. Theodore has a horror of newspaper publicity.”
“Well, I suppose youll go back home tonight, anyway?” said the young man. The old man puffed at the forbidden cigar a moment before replying. “Yes, of course,” he said. “But not yet. I'm going to make a night of it first. I want some more beer. Then—" His voice suddenly trailed off, and his eyes froze on a young man who was striding into the park. “Look, there’s Theodore! He's coming this way.” The old fellow glanced about frantically, “If he 1332 E. Wash, St,
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HEN the young man spoke again, his voice was flinty. “Let's see what you've taken, you old fraud. Umm ... just as I expected. My watch is ‘gone.” The old man was thoroughly excited. “Why, young fellow.” he sputtered angrily, “you’re crazy! I'm Thaddeus Potter, the richest man in the city. I—" “You're a cheap crook, and you can hand back my watch right now! Come on—quit stalling!” The “millionaire” suddenly wilted. Slowly, he drew a god watch from his coat pocket. “Here,” he growled." “Bt how did Jou know I wasn’t Thaeddeus Poter ” “Oh, that was easy!” The young man grinned. “You see, I'm Theodore - Potter — Thaddeus Potter’s grandson.” THE END.
(Copyright, 1936, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
(The characters in this story are fictious.)
DANCER’S FEET ARE TINY
Eleanor Whitney, who recently succeeded in defending her title of world’s fastest tap dancer, has the smallest foot of any tap dancer in films. The petite tap-star, busy in “The Big Broadcast of 1937,” wears a 2% -B shoe.
It's a Hard
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Orchestral Leader Declares ~ Job Has Headaches, Difficulties.
‘BY ABE LYMAN NEw YORK, Aug, 20 — (NEA) — When Irving Berlin recently wrote a tune called “I'd Rather Lead a Band,” he really was writing of a
suppressed desire that consumes
millions of people. : You and you and 2 and almost everybody else in your fam-
|ily has, at one ill or another,
pictured yourself at the head of an orchestra. You bave visualized your name put in lights on the marquee of a Broadway night club. Yours have imagined many people stepping up to the bandstand and asking for your autograph. As you walked down the street, people would turn around and say to their companions, “Don’t look now, but there goes ————————, the famous orchestra leader.” Don’t think for a minute, Mr, and Mrs. America, that important people in other walks of life haven't felt the “musical urge” at one time or another. There was that night in London, only a few years ago, when a young man very hesitantly approached my bandstand and asked if he could take the baton for a while. He was the Prince of Wales—now King Edward of England. ‘On other occasions, the same young man would “sit in” with the orchestra to play the drums.
One Out of 3250
It might amaze you if you knew how many people have come to me in the course of 15 years and said:” “Are you orchestra leaders lucky? All you have to do is stand there and wave a stick in front of a group of trained musicians. “And for that you receive large, handsome salaries!” Lucky, eh? Well, let's just juggle with figures for a moment. The books of the American Federation of Musicians reveal that there are no less than 3250 orchestras in the country. We're not even counting non-union bands of which there must be an additional thousand. How many of the 3250 orchestra leaders are in the “top” brackets? You can count. them on your hands and toes. Competition is hot and heavy in the. band business, just
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your own band. That is a gamble from the start. You have to have money for orchestrations, band stands, rehearsal halls, to “give out advances” to your musicians, and for a hundred and one sundry expenses that you didn’t realize existed. Now that you've got a band, all you have to do is to get work for it. © That is about as-simple as finding a needle in a large sized haystack. There enters here, probably, an element of Juck. You may get a break. If you don’t, then your band becomes one of thousands of little - known - organizations - that
play “club dates”—weddings, lodge meetings, dances, etc. The next time any of you might feel inclined to envy an orchestra leader, or to think how simple his work is, consider the hours of rehearsal, of hard work and of trouble,
CLOTHES GIVEN SHOWER BATH . When most people take a shower bath with -their clothes on it’s an accident, but Gail Patrick did it intentionally for a scene in her new mystery film, “Murder With Pictures.” The dress, naturally, was ruined.
125 Players in ‘Macbeth’ Negro Cast
Seats for New York WPA Theater’s Production on Sale Today.
Seats are to go on sale at Keith's today for the New York WPA's Harlem theater project production of “Macbeth,” which will open at the theater for a five days’ engage= ment Tuesday. Coming to Indianapolis directly from the Texas Centennial in Dale
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day afternoon and a large crew of technicians and stage men will work Monday night and Tuesday morning in order to get the huge production sets and lighting equipe ment ready. : The Keith stage has been come
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able inch of space must be used for the play. 125 in Cast
In addition to the 125 persons comprising the all-Negro cast, a symphonic orchestra and a vocal ensemble also travel with the show. “Macbeth,” as presented by the Negro players, is a bizarre production with men’s military costumes of the early nineteenth century mingling together with ladies’ cose tumes of equally blazing color. Ale though the setting has been lifted from Scotland and planted in Haiti, there has been no change in the Shakespearea story. Even the word of Haiti is not mentioned.
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