The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-28
"HOUSE OF DAVID'
 COMING HERE SOON
MINISTERS, PREACHERS, BIBLE STUDENTS, RELIGIOUS THINK
 FRS ARE INTERESTED.
New Version of Scriptures Demon strated and Explained by "House
 of Davidp Band.

Vaudeville means variety And while in audeyille are seen several varieties of acts, still they are all be- coming more or less stereotyped. be- cause the supply of novelties has been exhausted.
 President Karl Hoblizelle of the Interstate Circuit is ever on the watch for something new" for the patrons of his theatres, and in his travels throughout the country has hit upon the biggest, most sensa- tional. most wonderful novelty at traction ever staged in the country It is the House of David' Band, a newly organized religious sect, and seemingly out of place in a theatre. But it is the Band which will be fea- tured in the theatre, an excellent musical offering consisting of twenty two followers of this new creed, and the religious work will be explained outside of the theatre building.
 The people themselves, made strik- ing by the simplicity of their dress and their long flowing locks, which in the case of the truly life, in itself go vastly different" is full of sur prises to the visitor to the House of David' which is situated in one of the most beautiful and healthful spots in the fruit belt of Michigan. All property is held in common. No one ever thinks of calling aught his own. Whatever service any members of the household may render is taken as free will offering, for all are en- gagged in one common work The colony never buys anything outside of it's own grounds. EigAt hundred acres of farm lands. vast fruit farms, and pastures produce all good sup plies. Meat never enters the Hitch en, only vegetarian meals being serv5 ed Among the colonists are dress makers, tailors, mechanics, shoemak- CTS, dentists, doctors, in fact, men the wants of the seven-hundred in- habitants. They are, as a whole, a well educated and cultured people, being especially talented in music, this being in evidence at their meet ings and other gatherings. A boys band and a girls band as we'll as the grand orchestra, supplemented by solos, duets and quartettes Of voice and instrument, recitations, dia- logues and lectures help to make their daily life the sweet simplicity which they. in their religious devo- tion, strive to attain. The House of Dayid' never buries it's dead, the deceased being laid upon the door step of the house, from whence the undertaken summoned takes the body and buries it as he may choose.
 This is but one of the many ec- centricities of this new form of re- ligion which has been such source of speculation to the visitor at Eden spread comment Throughout the south ere long.
 Let it be known that never before and never again will the Band ap- pear in public. They have been se- cured as a special feature for the Interstate Circuit, and accepted this engagement, not to make money, (for in their creed they desire money on ly to purchase the necessities of life) but to teach their gospel to the null titudes and to gather to their fold all who wish to enter.
 And let no one suppose that he can join the one hundred and forty four thousand now gathering at Ben ton Harbor under Mary and Benja- mi. and thereafter lead a life of lux urious idleness. Although labor is wholly voluntary, yet it is expected that every one will gladly do all things necessary for the ingathering and restoration of Israel, and that there may be no misunderstanding in this respect applicants are remind