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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
FAVORITE HEADS
ACADEMYS BILL

Walter Soldbeimer. vino has proved
to be @ favoritc with audiences ut the
academy concerts, viii lead the pro-
gram tonight
Air. S0udHeiucr has scored a pro-
uouuccd Success iu his various appear
auces before crowded houses. Moran
and Mason. popular team. will appear
iu a. coined. sketch that is FUN of ginger
and provided with a. plenty Of laughs.
Jack Hunter viii also Zoe presented iu
"a m1noIo-ue of strong interest and
crowded with hits
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
COLUMBIA-oPaid in Fun

Little imagination IS required Of those
who see Paid in Fun when me
Wagenhals' & Kemper Company send
the play TO the Columbia Theater for
New Year week, to fit the characters
and the episodes in the drama TO this
city, even 60 their immediate homes and
neishborhOod. There is an intimacy
about this play that brings it close
to every person.
The story OF paid IN Full" might he
alive today in a home near our own. or
I'm any city in this country, as much as
I'm New York, where the author, Eu-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
COLUMBIA Lyman Howe Travel

The discovery OF the North Pole will
be shown when Lyman Fl. Howe re-
turns to the Columbia Thsater Sunday
evening. The scenes form a pictorial
story OF human achievement that has
seldom ben equalled The unparalleled
difficulties met with IN covering the
most desoIate land on earth will be
shown In detail What it meant to
plant the Stars and Stripes on the top
OF the world, and how IL WAS done
cannot be realized until one sees 1T
through such an actual reproduction
For the scenes are not posed. A
glance viii convince anyone that there
is no denying their authenticity.
That flying through the air is no
longer an experiment, but a reality is
demonstrated in another feature, show
ing the aeroplane races In France.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
TO BE ORGANIZED

Capt Fred Beau is chairman OF a
committee appointed by the Mississippi
Society to organize a central Southern
society among the Government emf
plOyes in Washington. It is believed
that ma aCquaintances to be formed I'm
such q society will be Of great value.
TIE Mississippi Society held its
monthly meeting lad night i'm Pythian
Hail. and its members listened TO an
illustrated lecture on THE YaZpO
Basin" by Van II. Manning. Of the
United states Geological Survey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
IN GOTHAM
TO PRESENT DRAMA

william Dwight Mead, who has just
completed his new play, THE Rising
Generation, left today for New York,
where he VIII arrange for It's produc-
ton.
MIR. Mead was the guest Of honor az a
dinner given him by n number OF HIS
friends last evening. when several vocal
selections were given by members Of
the Motel Choir.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
BELASCO-R. G. Craerin Travel Talks.

At the Belasco Theater, next Sunday
night, Will begin a three-sunday course
Of the r. G. Craerin Travel Talks
This series embraces the great tourist
cities OF the American continent, and
the first lecture will be on Montreal and
Quebec, two of the most picturesque
and historical cities in Canada. about
which little is known to the general
public. Montreal, the French-English
city, was the homo Of the old French
.voyasers and discoveries. and might be
termed tho New Orleans OF Canada
The picturesque old city Of Quebec, the
medieval beauty spot OF North Ameri-
ca, rivals the cities OF the Old World
for historic battledelds. ancient
churches, its city wan, and great eta
del.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
ACTS AS SANTA CLAUS.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec 19--ATre. Mabel
HUNT slater. one Of -Boston's richest So
ciety leaders, VIII undoubtedly he Santa
Claus to more children than any other
individual in the city. She viii dis
tribute gifts TO more than 200 boys
and girls. the children OF the opera
uves OF the Slater mills at Webster.
More than 5000 gifts have been pre-
pared, and several carloads are already
en- rOutc 10 Webster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
BELASCO-''Herod."

William Faversham viii be the attrac-
ton at the Belasco Theater next Sat
urday evening, and the week following
He will present stephen Phillips mas
terpiece, "Herod." I'm one Of the biggest
productions that has found its way "a
the stage i'm modern times.
This is the third play Mr.. Faversham
has staged since becoming an actor
manager. Last season his e.sJrt as a
producer was rec ognized as being of "A
high order Of excellence. When it is
considered that more than 300 people
are employed i'm the production. lt viii
be understood that he had big task
before him.
As play, and outside OF its maCuid-
cent spectacular effects, "Herod' is said
to be a splendid work of dramatic art
! The story tells of the love Of Herod the
Great for lis lovely queen. Marianne
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
GAYETY-"The Fantastic World"
LYCEUM-- Morning, Noon, and
Night."

jun twice day is promised in
Morning. Noon and Night" 40 the
Ivceum this week. This production
VIII Joe one Of several presented at the
Avenue theater this season recruited
from hieh-Dueed houses. The same
scenery used when the show was given
us 70 musical comedy is promised for
The engagement here
A. waII-Huanced company of singers,
comedians. and pretty gi-Is are claim
cd for the organization Among the
company arc Teddy Burns Virginia
Ware, Sid Buham, and Walter John
SON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
The Love Cure" Another
Successor to The Merry
Widow"
TRAVESTY COMES
TO THE COLUMBIA
Chase 5, Academy, and Burlesque
Houses Promise 10 Be Of
High CALDER.
By ]. R. HILDEBRAND.

After Maudc. Adams Mt tine National
''The-Love CUTe,' after "Such Little
Queer 90 the Columbia, "Thc Ncuy
WidoEv and The ucviif" after Dock
stadcr's AIiustrels al the Belasc0
'Her0d'' on She last night of the week
a Show. That promises TO Doe worth
more@1han popular prices win Doe seen
81 tho Acadcmy i'm Buster Brown, and
Chases patrons have iD store bu
that Includes several hcaGHners.
Though TIE BclascO does not open its
doors5~for William FJverSham's produe-
ton Of "EIerod' until Saturday, it viii
not be dark an this week Mrs Bar
uey's "The Man I'm the Noon win POD
preseAted by society amateurs t9uOr
row aight and on wednesday Jacob
Adler .wilhplay in "The Stranger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
JAMES FORBES PLAY
COMES TO NATIONAL
The Travelling Salesman" by Author Of The Choru,
Lady'-William Faversham Plans Lavish
Production of "I1erod

gene Walter. has placed it. 1t was rare
skin that enabled Mr. Walter to create
a drama so accurate OF average Ameri-
can life that II seems actually to exist
within view Of our very windows In
this respect II is a notable exception TO
many plays
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
PRICE OF EGGS SOAR.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The price Of eggs
in the Middle West is higher today than
1t has heen i'm years. Owing 80 extreme
Iy cold weather and the impossible con
ditiOn of the Y1lrual roads, prices have
advanced cents a dozen. making the
cost I'm the neighborhOOd Of "A cents a
dozen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
NATIONAL-"The Love Cure"

Ever since ''The Merry Widow of
musical and millinery fame, Henry Saw
age has sent his trustcst scouts across
the nigh, seas for a worthy successor.
The critics Thought "The Cay Husears'
pretty nearly filled that bill, butt the
public didn't. and now comes THE Love
Cure with a Nienuese score 10y Edmund
Fysleraud. and a liberettc that is free
adapta1iOn Of Leo STEMS and kari
l6ndalr's German book. Oliver Hcrforu
is the trapslator and De has taken
enough liberties with Tie original TO
inject some OF the Hcrfcro spirit into
the lines.
The newt 6Heretts. hit the ri=ht spot in
New YoIil-in a run at the New Amstcr-
dan, Erheaaer. The production IS said 90
be staged in the usually lavish Savage
manner.
The cast is fun of Washington la-
voritcs. Erred Frear, seen here last ln
the s.aIerrya Widow" and Harry Hyde.
of the safe production, viii he well
camel foraold tines sake The memory
Of Miss Florence Reid in Cay Hussars
IS stfl fresh, and MIR. Savage has "a
s,and.n he predicts, in Craig Campbell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
coLuMBIA-'The Merry Widow and
fhe Devil"


..Tl,e NEerry widow" "The Devil
and tbe gYssvesty on these productions
&c rot new i'm washington, but that
uIli scarceiy dampen the arjor OF their
welcome.
Change i'm the travesty have brought
q thorourhiy up-to-date, 10 is said, and
tho music which remains the same IS
one az the features that theatereoe-s
viii l,e willing TO hear again
C;eorre V Hobart it win be remeru-
bercd- wrote the book ano his peculiar
fuu should find an able interpreter DID
San, Collins who plays tine comedy role
m Ffefn-ich Disch. Nina. Collins is
who wants 10 he a. merry widow.
THE scenic equipment and lhc HANDSOME
chorus that marked the initial pTouuc-
fiou have been retained
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19

island, with a description Of Measina, as
1t was before the earthquake and as
Ii Is today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19
cHAsE,s-PoIite VaudevilIo.

Chase promises 90 play santa Claus
This yvcpll with a bin thar comprises
The swat Mulusau Company.
Siguor Trovato-
j. X Murray
Clara lame.
Frank Gardner and Louic Vincent.
Julius Tcnnen-
Henry and Lizei.
Making Bamboo Hats Toy tho Amer
lean Vitagraph-
swat Nulliran. the peerless pitch
or OF Poison oaks and otherwise
known as "the man who Tits The ban
q nile Will score home rru with
the other numbers on bases If the pre-
elections or the Chase press agent come
true. Frank stone plays swat and
the supporting company is led 10y the
dirniuuiiye Johnnie German uHo is re-
ed as the comedian uI.H "Tne
y Winner.
Trovato, Creator of the r.f0-
Hn indUCeUeut On music lovers
Frank Gardiner and Tu.Ee Wine
80 be- Tho principal iuu makers
ming Queen
tMY-"Buster Brown
cr Brown the 'Tad who g. t.r-
D. spanked win Gamer AGAIN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-19

with "Tige" and MARY Jane" at the
Academy this week
Tho same old Buster returns with
au new play, new musical numbers and
vaudeville spccialtcs. Seth Sowders
aud Miranda stebbius are new charac-
tlrz-
one Of the up-to-the-minute features
of the show is the "BiHken Man" Choir
us. sayssJh Buster There is some
argument as to who discovered the
North Pole, but there is no argument
about the show and If had the Pole
L would tie TiEe 10 IT.
GAYETY-"The Fantastic World"
The shows at the Gayety for the past
rev weeks have been revelations in
buriesque and the management prom
Uses tHat "Tbe Fantastic World" viii
continue 20 set a record
Fifty persons viii cavOrt through two
acts and seven scenes. Hurlesque fol-
lowers VIII recognize I'm the cast a
number o. popular price stars. In the
company are Rice and Cadv, Murray
Livingston and Company, the Three
Rouards, Robert Ellis, and Nile. Re
maud.
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SMY-"Buster Brown
ct Brown the '7ad who g. ter-
D. spanked win caner again
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be Little House With the Big Show.
The Maryland TheateT

VIRGINIA THEATER WEEK DEC. %
Chanut and his wonderful dogs Fields
the funny jugsler, and the best moving pic
lures money ran buy open daily from 10
a. m. 20 1910 p. m. Vaudeville from u
1880 admis sion Toe 10 a. m. 90 s u. ru.
admission s.. FIctures. dcIS-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
"HoNk" CALLS CHICKENS.
Crafty Farmer Teaches Ills Poultry to
 Commit Auto Suicide.

From the New York World.
 Not "chick. chick, chick" but ''toot, toot, toot." is the supper call that the hens on John V. Underwood's farm, near Elizabeth. N. J., are taught to love and run to. according to a lot of automobile people who have had the farmer arrested on the charge of trying to be million aire poultry king at their expense, re- gardless of what eggs were fetching.
 For, it Is alleged, when the hens were trained so well that toot meant cracked corn to them, a honk suggested ground bone and siren screech recalled table scraps, the fowls were turned loose to run into the road-to meet, not grain, but death under the wheels of passing devil wagons.
 Then, according to the complaint. the farmer would hold up the auto while he counted the dead and claimed his damages at a dollar a head.
 The only defect in such a system as is alleged would be due, of course. to the fact that there are so many different kinds of auto horns; that the fashions in noise change 50 rapidly, and that the hens musical instinct is so rudimentary that she must have separate lessons on all the auto instruments.
 A successful poultryman of this sort must keep in constant touch with the news of the auto world, and must ar- rango . series of chamber concerts. so to speak. for each brood that he raises. For the morning feeding the call of the common auto horn is advised At noon few blasts of the siren will soon put a hennery on better paying basis than 300 eggs per year per hen. Leading ex- perts. not attached to the United States Farmers Uplift Commission, strongly ad- vocate a rapid honking, with two quarts of corn, for every 50 hens at the evening feed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
MASONS UNDERTAKE
 STUPENDOUS JOB Suggestion to Rebuild Solo,
 mons Temple SOMETHING OF THE COST Many Thousand Men Were Employed in the Building of the Original
 Structure, Which Was Mas
 sive and Expensive.
S0MET THING OF THE COST

The suggestion coming not long ago from Boston that the Freemasons of the world should unite in rebuilding the Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem moves the Illustrated London News to wonder whether the originators of the scheme have counted the cost.
 Of course the interest of the Masons Is due to the belief that their order was founded by King Solomon and that he was its first grand master. But that claim would not perhaps seem very weighty to the Mosems, to whom the site of the great temple now belongs.
 It is now occupied by the Harem Esh- Shereef, 'the noble sanctuary" To the Moslem this place Is only less sacred than Mecca and Medina, for 1t is believed to cover the rock which Is regarded by them as the center of the earth the spot from which Mahomet started when he visited heaven.
 Aside from the difficulty of persuading the Moslem world to yield one of its most sacred spots to the Boston Free masons, there would seem to be some thing too stupendous even for bean-fed audacity in the idea of building another Solomon's temple. Just by the way of showing what the suggestion involves, it may be remarked that Solomon had SC, 900 men out cutting timber for his new church.
 They were divided into three shifts. Ten thousand went to Mount Lebanon for one month and were two months at home. There were 70,000 men who carried the stones, and there were 5000 stone cutters in the mountains. These men had 3300 foremen. Stoncutters quarried enormous blocks, several cubits each way, for the foundations, and fitted them to- gether before they were taken to Jeru- salem. In this work they were aided by workrnen sent by Hiram, King of Tyre.
 The temple was divided into two DOT tions-the main building, ''the House of God" and the subsidiary buildings by which 1t was surrounded. The main building was rectangular in shape-60 cubits long, 20 cubits broad. and 30 cubits high; taking the cubit at IS inches, 90 feet, 30 feet, and 45 feet, respectively. The walls of the first story were between and 10 feet thick, those of the second story 7a feet, of the third story 71s feet, and of the fourth story 6 feet.
 On three sides, north, west, and south, the temple was surrounded by a side building in three stories, containing side chambers. The height of each story from floor to ceiling was 71a feet. The number of side chambers is given by Ezekiel as 30 or 33 for each story. They were small, used for the storage of temple furniture, etc. The temple was surrounded by court-the inner court. This was surrounded by wall of three courses of hewn stone, surmounted by a course of cedar beams. The entire A citadel was inclosed by the great court. In front of the temple stood the two pill lars made by Hiram of Tyre and called Jachin (meanng ito establish" and Boaz Gin strength'). They were about 35 feet high, hollow and of brass four fingers thick.
 Round about them was network inter-
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deal to suppress. She had been away at White Sulphur Springs and being espe- cially popular, had become the recipient of such a variety of souvenirs that be- fore coming home she sent one trunk ahead in which she put many of the var- ous trinkets for her smaller brothers and sisters, and some summer frocks which had become too faded for wear. Her mother industriously unpacked the trunk and finally when reaching the bottom. was transf1xed to find several hundred poker chips and about half dozen decks of cards. When her mortified father later demanded an explanation, the daughter quite innocently and uncon- sciously said:
 Why, father, they were left in the room I was occupying by some former occupants and I just took them because I thought they might come In handy"
 And even the minister smiled at her explanation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
ROBERT SCOTT LOVETT


 With the election of Robert Scott Low cit as chairman of the executive commit tee of the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany, the continuance of Edward H. Harrimans polices seems assured, so far as any man other than the creator of those policies could continue them. For Judge Lovett, as he is commonly called, has been MT. Harriman's right hand man and personal counselor for the last five years and probably is more conversant with the dead fnancier's p'ans than any other living man. He has also been general counsel officially for tie Hartman lines and vice-president of both the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific, as well as a director of these and a number of other railroads under Hartman control.
 A big man physically, Judge" Lovett has pair of quizzical eyes and a deter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

censers, tongs, snuffers, knives, extin- guishers, trays, vases, and other utensils for trimming and making the lights and fires, in number unknown; also, basins, spoons, censers, entry for the house, in ner doors of the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple.
 There were a great number of tables. One was large and made of gold and on 1t were set the loaves of God. There were 10000 others that resembled this, for the vials and cups. Those of gold were 10000, and those of silver .40,0o0. There were 10000 candlesticks. according to the command of Moses, one of which was dedicated for the temple that 1t might burn in the daytime.
 There were 60000 gold basins, 120,000 silver ones, GOO gold censers. S00eo pour ing vessels-in short, there was enough of an establishment to keep Boston hus- ting for some time to come.
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mined mouth that can break into a smile as he talks. He gives an impression of vigor and masterful self-relianoe, for which qualities, 1t Is said, he was chosen to advise Hartman. In many hotly con tested lawsuits Lovett had demonstrated his ability before he was asked by the man whose place he will try to fill to go to New York at & salary that made him the envy of the most high-priced coun- selors in that city. It was Lovett who, as Harrimans chief counsel, stood be- tween his employer and the interstate commerce commission and blocked the commissions purpose when it was trying to force the head of the Union Pacific system to admit that he had profited from the sale of stocks to it.
 Born in San Jacinto County, Texas. fifty miles north of Houston, June 22, 1860, Judge" Lovett was the son of g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Not Convincinq.

From the Louisville Times.
 charming Louisville girl. the daugh- ter of a minister in Louisville, has al- ways been famed for her habit of saving things because they may come in handy, and this summer the family is telling a story on her which she would give a good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
IntrinsicalIx.

From the Chicago Tribune
 Constituent-What do you suppose Graphter Is worth?
 Senator Lotsmun-I don't know what he's worth now. I bought him once when he was just starting out for $75 and railway pass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
Be Careful in Selecting That Suit and Overcoat

woven with small palms made of brass, to which were hung 300 pomegranates In two rows. They were made hollow that they might be used as receptacles for documents, etc. Such columns were quite common in the temples of Baal.
 Near the columns was the Molten sea- so named on account of its size. It was 15 feet in diameter and just half as high. It was said to be capable of con taining POGO baths" or 16010 gallons. It was made of brass or copper captured by David from Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezar, King of zobah. The brim was wrought Hike the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies"-that Is, curved outward like a lily lotus flower. It stood on i2 oxen over life sized, three turned to each corner of the heavens, and all looking outward. It was hand breadth thick, about four inches. How the ''sea' was filled or emptied is. not stated
 There were 10 lavars, quadrangular in shape, supported on wheeled wagons six feet long, six broad and four and one-half feet high The layers were used for the water with which the entrails of the beasts used for burnt offerings were cleaned, and also their feet. The layers on the wagons came nearly up to the level of the great brazen altar. In the forecourt duo east from the temple entrance, stood tHc great altar or burnt oner1nE. It was made of brass, was 30 feet long, 30 feet broad. and 15 feet high. To the service of the altar belonged a great many utensils of brass.
 It Is stated in Chronicles that the whole temple was overlaid with gold. The quantity of gold for the most holy house the oracle-was eco talents. If the same system was adopted In the outer part 2700 talents must have been required. It is difficult to estimate the value of the gold. for the Babylonian gold talent was worth 96150 if "heavy," and R3705 If light" If 'heavy," the gold used in the oracle was worth s3,690,0 ,00O and that in the other part of the temple a16,8o5.- coo. The value of the whole of the gold used in the temple, the thickness of the gold on the wainscoting and the value of the precious stones used are unknown.
 The golden ornaments included the great candestick with seven lights, sym- bols of the Divine presence; seven being the number of perfection. Ten reduced copies of this candlestick were made and ranged on each side of the altar of incense Besides these there were the ark. to build the tables of the law. the table for the shewbread, candlesticks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
The Happy NeIahbors.

From Puck.
 Farmer Winrow-There's always two sides to every argument, Ezry.
 Farmer Hayboy-Yep; yours and the right side, Pegleg.
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Hon. Sydney J.. Bowie and Hon. James Weatherly will speak at Hippodrome at 2:30 pm. Sunday. Music by Gal mans Orchestra.