The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
COLONEL TO.ME.E|:7
KING AK -SAR- ben
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| the colonel.-one which Will innnufac-
lsture for him soi1e original emotions
out OF whole cloth.
All OH Equality.
AS in many other secret orders. nil
candidates enter on an equality just
as they entered the world, without
Inoney on their persons or titles
iithundcring along after their names.
The den" is a huge building. cover
ing an entire block. Under 1t are nu-
merous tunnels and mysterious cham
bers. Running through this tunnel
Is a rope constantly In motion, draw
Ing the candidates In.
The colonel will be requested by a.
tawdry court officer to hang on to the
rope. Once ahold OF It ther e is no turn
Ing back. Hundreds III front will be
rulling-scores and scores behind push
Ing. Amid a babblement OF strange
noises the colonel will feel an emo !.
ton akin to Those, he knew In the heat
and the dust of the Great Plains when
IN the midst Of stampeding cattle.
Down. down, down gees the line I'M
der the great den, the candidates
emerging in chamber like the ante
room Of Roman theatre. Here the
Imperial keeper Of the outer gate sepa-
ID ties tho wheat from the tares. Many
sthere8are who arc called, but few are
chosen
Tho x-Presidcnt and African hunter
tia one of those who will be chosen
that September night. And 1t means
something"
Placed. on the top" OF a miniature
world, where his friend Peary has
been, Colonel Roosevelt will feel the
earth begin to revolve on its axis. AS
~ Qnnrnachau tho tnrio c1ft, no
force of gravitation is removed, and
tho colonel shoots off into space to-
wards the milky way, picking himself
up a dozen yards OFF. ready for the
next rido.
A Strenuous Ride.
This time it will be In an automobile.
Taking his place in the machine at
Dusk Colonel Roosevelt will not know
just who his travelling companions are
until he reaches the light. He will
then discover that instead of the dis
tinguishod men who volunteered to ac-.
company him. ne Is riding about the
great hall on spiral speedway with
SIX wax figures OF beautiful women
accompanying him. The crowd cheers
and the accidents begin as though the
"scoot' wagon had been frightened.
One by one the colonels beautiful COM
paniors are tossed mysteriously from
the automobile, the last one leaving
just before the explosion which wrecks
the machine and leaves the strenuous
one sitting on great pile of hay With
thousands cheering him for the bravery
he has shown.
It's MORE funny than doing" the
things at Coney Island. and Colonel
Roosevelt's sea legs will be tested on
Samson's old boat He will be pushed
from the sea craft by a pirate and 4
great shark will grab him.
This Initiation is punctuated with
many other surprises. All candidates
are treated alike. and the initiation
closes with compelling the novices to
sit quietly through performance of
'Halleys Comet" comic opera of
no mean standing, staged by a COM
pany OF 100 actors.
Following tho close Of the initiation,
Colonel Roosevelt will be permitted to
speak to the company; asked to give
his impressions of Nebraska, Of Omaha
and OF the organization into which he
has just been initiated. All these i'm
preSsions" are recorded. and In this
way Nebraska has a book full Of good
things which have been said about the
State and the kings Of Ak-sar-ban. by,
every one from w. j. Bryan to James
j. Jeffries.
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