Indiana daily times. [volume], September 01, 1920, Home Edition, Page 5, Image 5

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SIXTY-THREE YEARS A MINSTREL MAN ON STAGE
Has Not Made Sam Gilder an Old Man, but Has Made Him Young
years on the stage as a
minstrel man, and still going strong, is
the record of Sam Gilder, a veteran fun
maker, who is at the Lyric this week
playing the part of Uncle Joe in the
skit, “Old Black Joeland.”
Mr. Gilder is 74 years old, but is as
active as a man of 50.
Fie began his stage career in 1855 and
was a minstrel favorite before the Civil
war.
Mr. Gilder traveled with “The Buck
ley Serenaders" when the late Dan Em
mettt. who wrote “Dixie,” was a mem
ber of that organization.
Mr. Gilder claims to have been the
first man to sing the song In public.
He was also one of the first to play
the role of Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher
Stowe s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” giving his
initial performance in this famous old
drama in 1865.
During the performance of ‘ Old BlacK
Joeland.” Ms. Gilder demonstrates thht
he has not forgotten how to “shake the
bones” and play the tambourine, and the
applause he gets is ample proof that
present-day theater-goers are still appre
ciative of real minstrelsy.
Mr. Gilder's home is in Chicago, but
he srends from seven to eight months
out of the vear on the road, and antici
pates putting in many more seasons be
hind the footlights.
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“Listen Lester.” which took first place
among the attractions last season at Eng
lish’s. will have the honor of opening
the big time season next Monday night.
“Tattle-Tales,” anew revue which ob
tained some good notices in the east re
cently, will open the season at the Murat
Monday afternoon.
Keith's will not open its season on
Labor day. but will probably open about
(!cpt. 13. as extensive improvements are
being made in the house.
•‘The Tempters” is the current offer
ing at the Park.
Vaudeville may be seen at the Lyric,
the Rialto and the Broadway.
The movies on view today include “The
Perfect ’Woman” at Mister Smiths;
“Sweet Lavender” at the Alhambra;
“Dangerous Days” at the Ohio: “The
Lone Hand” at the Regent; “Forty-five
Minutes from Broadway” at the Circle
and “The Point of View” at the Colonial.
The Stuart Walker Players are pre
senting as the closing offering of the
present summer stock season, the com
edy, “30 East.” at the Murat.
Good Marksman, Eh?
COLUMB?¥ U, lnd.r , Se T pt me i.-Becnse
Ira Embrey’s coat sleeve was the same
color as that of a squirrel, he is in the
county hospital here suffering from gun
shot wounds on bis head and arms, aeel
dentally Inflicted by his brother-in-law,
John Hogan.
Tb two were hunting squirrels Tups
day when Embrey climbed a tree to dis
lodge one.
Mistaking one of Embrey s sleeves for
n squirrel Hogan fired at It |
~~ AMUSEMENTS. _
LISTEN LESTER-ISMS
Listen, F oiks! ‘ ‘ Listen
Lester’’ is the big musical
comedy that was the talk
of Indianapolis for months
after it was presented
here last season. It was
acclaimed the best musical
comedy seen in Indianapo
lis in 20 years—John Cort
will present this feast of
fun and frivolity at ENG
LISH’S for the opening
attraction and the special
State Fair week offering
beginning next Monday
(Labor day) with matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.
The seat sale opens TO
MORROW, THURSDAY,
AT 9 A. M.. and from the
many plione calls and in
quiries Manager Miller
says there will be a whale
<*f an advance sale.
LISTEN LESTER-ISMS
Listen, Indianapolis! “LIS
TEN LESTER” is the
greatest of all musical
comedies. It ran for a
solid year at the Knicker
bocker theater, New York.
Chicago, too, endorsed it.
Indianapolis has put the
O. K. stamp on it. OF
COURSE IT WILL PLAY
AT THE ENGLISH’S.
John Cort is sending the
original company of fun
makers, singers, comedians
headed bv the clever come
dian FRED HEIDER, who
had much to do with the
success of the play during
its long run in New York,
and the DAINTIEST,
DANCIEST CHORUS
EVER SEEN ANY
WHERE. The advance seat
sale opens tomorrow,
THURSDAY MORNING
at 9 o’clock.
& ENGLISH’S
2ND TRIUMPHANT WEEK.
Boyle Woolfolk Presents
“ABE MARTIN”
A Comedy With Music and Girls
It’s a Hit! Ask Anybody!
MATINEE TODAY, 2:15.
tt EVENING, 8:15.
Prices—Afternoon, 25* to SI.OO. Night, 25* to $1.50
SfU' * fciwp i eks
Kxtmama Producrtonn—Brings Joy to ThnimJ.
PORTRAYS CHARACTERS OF MERWIN
1 :
,ili ''
Here Is Ethel Clayton with Clyde Fill
more In “Crooked Streets,” which is
made from a story by Samuel Merwln,
whose “Temperamental Henry" was pre-
Abandoned Gas Well
Gives Water Supply
Special to The Time*.
MARION, Ind., Sept. I—Six hundred
gallons a minute is the estimated capac
ity of anew water well opened as part
of the city's water works system.
Water was struck at a depth of 100
feet in the shaft of an abandoned gas
well.
Other wells In the city’s system pro
duce only 100 gallons a minute.
HOOSIER LAD WEDS IN EAST.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Sept. I.
Frank Boxell, who In April, 1017, en
listed In the army and was sent to Ft.
- AMUSEMENTS.
FAREWELL WEEK
MURAT “li :3 °
Mats.. Wed.. Thurs., Sat., 2:30
THE STUART WALKER CO.
In Rachel Crothers’s Charming
Comedy.
39 EAST
® PRICES ssts.w&r-
Seats Tomorrow 9 A. SVI
Opening Mon. MATINEE, Labor Day
Other Mate.. Wed., Sat.
SCMPTIOIS MUSICAL REVUE
7/usn?y's
With RAE SAMUELS
Prices—Eve., 50c, sl. 51.50, $2. $2.50.
Sat. Mat —soc. 75c. *l, *1.50, $2.
Mon. nnd Wed. Mats. 50c. 75c. sl. $1.50
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE I
LYRIC
\LL THE TIME—I TO II P. M. I
“OLD BLACK
JOE LAND”
BELLE OLIVER
HUNTER & ROSS
6 OTHER BIG /2
FEATURES U
Dancing in th* Lyric Ball-
Room Afternpon and Kvenlnjc.
i'jjCitoadifcu/
CONTINUOUS—I P. 51. TO lIP. M.
KEN - LOW Ss BIIICII Y
LIEUT. BERRY & MISS
PAUL liilODV
MUTT & JEEP
LEWIS—LA VARRK—DAVIS
■ SPECIAL FEATURE COMEDY
GOLDBERG * WAYNE
MAE FOSTER Si CO.
I PHOTO PLAY
REGULAR BROADWAY
ORCHESTRA
Ladies’ Bargain Matinee,
Mon., Wed. and Jt’rl.
WBrlSft *1 ISKj.Sr’HSHC
RIALTC
Let’s Go—lt’s Continuous
BILLY NICHOLS—MIMIC
MUSICAL SHERMANS
I DRESDEN CHINA PAINTERS I
MYERS & SMITH
"NUMBER, PLEASE” \
I Farcical Satire with Music and I
’4 Songs I
HARRY CAREY,
Bullet-Proof
seated for the first time on any stage at
the Murat this summer.
“Crooked Streets” may be seen at the
Isis today.
Constitution, N. H., last Saturday, was
married to Miss Mary Casey, at Dover,
N. H. Their courtship started in the first
days of the war while Boxell remained
at Ft. Constitution. Later he served
overseas.
MOTION PICTURES.
MISTER
SMITH’S
THEATER
THURS.—FRL—SAT.
SYLVIA BREAMER
and ROBT. GORDON
-IN—
The Blood
Barrier
A drama of a jealous husband
and a loving wife.
Crazed with envy he had
made her life a living hell.
She could not divorce him to
marry her childhood chum.
There was one other way
out. But there stood “The
Blood Barrier ”
You’ll like this picture.
A good comedy also shown,
“BETTY STRIKES OUT”
BRYANT
WASHBURf
What Happened I[\ / 1 , 1
to Jones" ;■| /7 L
By GEORGE BROADHURST } /■
One of the funniest farces ever //l/S
written, it, provides the screen with a •
, fast moving story about crooked boot- \yf .Via
leggers and a fake “reformer” who
turns out to lie a confidence man mas- *s',&'s■ '$> 1 *
querading in “sheep’s clothing.” • to
UNIVERSAL COMEDY \ I \ *
FOX NEWS WEEKLY \
DORSEY, PELTIER & SCHWARTZ, iV
“The Singing Three”
/nririf TI Thursday, Friday and
OilhiGiunmiliMMo —^—
TODAY—MABY MILES MINTEB in “SWEET LA VENDEE”
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1920.
Township Sells
Four Schoolhouses
Special to The Times.
MARION, Ind., Sept. I.—Four aban
doned school houses In Center township.
Grant county, replaced \)y the new
Roosevelt consolidated school, have been
sold by Trustee James M. Clifton for
$1,595.
The new Roosevelt school Is a four
story brick building of cottage type, and
is said to be the most modern of its kind
In the state.
INDIANA STATE FAIR
September 6-11
MERCHANTS TICKETS
Now on sale at Huder’s drug store, Washington and Penn
sylvania streets, at 60 cents each. Those unused will be re
deemed at full price after the Fair.
Advance Reservations also ready for State Fair Races, the
Night Hippodrome Show in the Coliseum and for the Night
Spectacle, ‘ ‘ Battle of St. Mihiel, ’ ’ on infield of race track.
W Thursday,
[Slid
MARY MILES MINTER
—lN—
“Sweet Lavender’ ,
A Comedy of Youthful Love and Elderly Meddling
Alice Howell in ‘GOODN.GHT NURSE”
EASTLAND'S JAZZ ENTERTAINERS
Today —Ethel Clayton in ‘Crooked Streets’
AMERICAN HARMONISTS
THE I NUSCAL 511 SIC
THE LIBERTY SEVEN
AKv/sV/orth’While
ColoniaL
ram®
Prypole Slips; Man
Injured Severely
Special to The Times.
GREENBBURG, Ind., Sept. I.—Darrell
Christian, 21, of near this city, was se
verey Injured when he was struck on
the head by a prypole which bad
slipped from its place on a load of hay.
The accident occurred as the load
was being pulled up hill.
The young man was unconscious for
a time, but it is believed he will re
cover.
AMUSEMENTS.
MOTION PICTURES.
ANNIVERSARY WEEK
CHARLES RAY
-IN
-45 MINUTES FROM
BROADWAY
George M. Cohan's Greatest Success
Chester Comedy. "AN OVERALL HERO”
MUSES OF HARRY ALLEN,
SHADOWLAND. Character Song*.
ALL WEEK
EUINE HSPERSTEIN
“THE POINT'BE IIIEIN”
This Week
Mary Roberts Rinehart’s
“Dangerous Days”
L. N. Hines Donates
Site for Public Park
Special to The Times.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. I.—L. N.
Hines, state superintendent of public in
struction, while in the city Tuesday to
address the teachers’ institute, announced
that since the city had decided to buy
ground for a public park, e would donate
A Special Offer to “Times” Readers
Select Any Model of
The NEW EDISON
Fay Nothing
Pnfj Down On It;
Just Buy
A Chippendale f . 1 M ) /
r ew Records
Select any model J 1 NyjJ
A William and Mary drawn In a few A Jacobean
Model days. Model
The EDISON SHOP
122 North Pennsylvania Street. Opposite KeitKs
We Carry a Splendid Stock of Q-R-S Player Rolls
$3.00 DAY
AT KINNEY’S
For Thursday only, we shall offer to the public ANY LADIES’ PUMP,
OXFORD OR TIE IN OUR ENTIRE STOCK at the above price. Original
prices will be left on all styles displayed in our windows. Come and see for
yourself what an opportunity for saving is being offered. Comt as early in
the day as possible. Buy as many pairs as you like.
No Exchanges, Refunds or Layaways Will Be Made on This Sale.
Patent Lace Oxford Vici Lace Oxford Brown Kid Lace Oxford
Leather Louis Heel Leather Louis Heel. Louis Heel.
Brown Kid Theo Tie Brown Kid Oxford
Louis Heel. Medium HeeL
White Kid Theo Tie \\ Dull Kid Theo Tie
Covered Louis Heel. /1 \ \ Leather Louis HeeL
Patent Leather Oxford Patent Leather P 'r,rp un Metal English Oxfoi
Medium Heel. _ „ Low Heel.
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Vici Lace Oxford Brown Calf Lace Oxford White Back Oxford
Medium Heel. Medium Heel. Medium Heel.
Indiana. E.OIHIIO 8 to 9:30!
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Hines’s grovt, a five-acre tract near the
city, In the event that enongh adjacent
ground could be purchased to make the
park of snflTicient size.
Hines’s grove Is valued at SIO,OOO and
has been owned by Mr. Hines for several
years.
The only stipulation made by Mr.
Hines In offering the gift, is that it be
known ns Hines park, in memory of his
father and mother, who were early set
tlers of this county.
2 Killed in Ten-Story
Plunge of Elevator I
NEW YORK, Sept I.—lnvestigation M
Into the cause of accident at the
don building here in which an elevator*
fell ten stories, killing two and injuring
fifteen, was started today.
Several girls were among the In
jured.
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