The Washington times., 1902-09-28
THE ALMAs HURRICANE.

The current circular of Almas Temple,
A. A. o. n. NJ. S, announces a session
of the nobility for next Monday night.
In honor OF the approaching grand en-
campment, it is called the Grand Almas
Rally &c. A. RI. and Old Glory flies
prominently upon its front page. The
circular is in the form of very funny
newspaper. entitled THE Almas Temple
Hurricane" The sheet is given over to
many pictoria! and photographic roasts
on prominent Shriners, of here and else
where. The paper bears many evidences
of the cartoonic ability of Mobiles Charles
K. Bergman and J. Harry Cunningham.
1t is mainly edited by Mr.. Raymond,
with plenty of contributions from others.
top of the first editorial column, is COM
posed of the following persons, with
comments:
ONCE boy, Billy Knox. Messenger,
Ralph Lee. Office typewriter, Jacobus
S. Jones. Advertising solicitor, Fred. c.
Gieseking (Hasn't done much this
week-Ed. Exchange editor-James
Lansburgh. Fighting editor, J. Barton
Miller. Referee. R. p. Andrews. Medical
editor, DR.. F. V. Brooks eve may need
one.) Poet, George Gibson. Reporters
10 secure railroad passes and show tick
cts, w. F. GUIDE, f. w. Behrens and
Edwin B. Hay. Reporters to secure ev-
erything else that may be free, E. G.
Schafer, C. E. Wood and Charles Jacob
sen. City editor, Eugene s. Cochran.
Associate editor, John A. Ellinger.
Editor-in-chief, George H. Walker. Busi-
ness manager. Frank K. Raymond.
Advertising rates of the Hurricane"
are stated to be: One line, one time.
S17.5G; one inch, one time, $3.50; one
column. one time. s1.9S: one page, for
year. 80 cents. AS most of the personal
notices are one line long. the paper can
be regarded in advance as a great sue
cess. The paper will probably never
appear again, but if it does will be of
the Yellowish variety, as may be seen
by the Only EDITORIAL. which reads:
I'm our subsequent issue we propose to
have paint boxes on the extremities and
they will also be arranged that building
blocks for the children can be cut out
of them, and whole flocks of paper dolls
for the girls and soldiers for the boys.
We also propose to arrange the sheets,
which Will be composed of material
that can be cut into shirt waist, with a
spool of thread attached to the heading.
A half dozen ginger snaps will appear on
the editorial page, which will only have
to be moistened to come loose. and there
will also be Noah's Ark attachment
We claim that the development of prize
package journalism is in its infancy.
And as our presses are improved we pro-
pose to supply our subscribers with
leaf fans. pillow slips, and porous
plasters, fastened right in the body of
The paper. only needing to be cut loose.
Or il you would prefer tidy for a rock
er, or a splash-mat for the washstand
rather than editorial on the Nicaragua
Canal. We will supply it. We also pro-
pose TO arrange the supplement, which,
when rolled in wad. can be used as an
excellent toilet soap. These are siren
uous times and We propose to prove that
this paper means business; therefore, as
we said before, get III the game and reap
the benefit and get the worm. for an
early bird is migrating and is up and
doing"
The paper has caused a great deal of
amusement among the members of the
Washington nobility. Many of them are
mentioned in very hot tamale manner.
and some are warmly illustrated. Per-
haps the best pictures are on Noble VIM
field Scott Schley looping the loop at
Atlantic City. and DR.. d. Percy Hick-
ling sitting at an open window upstairs
in residence. A small boy stands crying
below. A venerable party speaks to the
boy: My boy, is your father in imme-
diate danger?" Yes, sir" replies the
weeping boy, ''the doctor is up there,"
All this and much more, all for a single
price of admission. The session of Mon
day is expected TO be very lively and
spirited one.