Evening star., 1914-11-28
NEARLY 5000 PERSONS
SEE FIRST TRAvEL0GUE
Every Seat in Convention Hall
Taken and Many Stand as Pic
lures of Germany Are Shown.
England to Be Subject Tonight,
With America and France To-
morrow Afternoon and Night.

Nearly three thousand peISoiiS do-
sembled in Convention Hall. 5th and l.
streets, last evening, and were Thlrled on
an intensely interesting screen journey
across the fatherland 1t was the hrst
of the series of travelogues THE Nations
at War;" given by Frank r. Roberson,
under the auspices of The Star. Every
seat was taken, and standing room in the
rear Of the house was used to the limit
imposed by fire regulations. 1t was the
largest outturning ever attending an at
traction of the sort in Washington.
The travelogue met all expectations
The pictures of the great German army
we're there; thousands of men marching
in review before the kaiser, their white
clad legs rising and falling in such perfect
unison that it seemed the movement OF
one great centipede Germany, the MILL
tant predominated Mighty ships Of the
navy. different branches of the army and
cisar-shaped graceful Zeppeiins were all
there in the excursion which Traveloguer
Roberson had mapped out for his Star
tourists
Rut Germany the peace-loving was
there also. One realized that the traV-
elogue was not entirely military when
Nr. Robertson showed delightful
glimpses of home life, of the noun
tains, of the great cities with tneir
ma gnificent cathedrals and massive
buildings, of the many things both pig
and little that makes the fatherland
one of the most charming for the
tourist.
Comprehensive and Complete Tour.
1t was a comprehensive and complete
tour. and no one in the great audience
was permitted for minute to nave
any doubts as to the character of Ger
many and its people; the Germany OF
the lovely Rhine country and the Ger
many which could throw millions of
men on the battlefield at the word of
one man.
The audience enjoyed it to the ut
most Many in the vast crowd were
Germans or OF German descent. ana win
them many little thrills OF pride were
felt when the pictures of the kaiser.
|resplendent in gorgeous uniform, and
his thousands of soldiers passed IN re-
view on the screen: 1t was German
night. and the crowd, largely German.
WAS not backward in showing it was
aware of the fact.
England Subject This Evening.
The second of the great war series of
travelogues - England - will be given
this evening. A motion film of Eng
lands army will he shown. just as was
the motion film of Germanys army last
evening. Most interesting of all. per-
haps, will be pictures of the famous
Black Watch" Highlanders, the Scotch
regiment which has been adding to its
records for bravery ana courage III the
present campaign in northern france.
Another reel OF more than casual in
terest will be that OF the making of
Britains greatest gun in the W oolwlch
arsenal, second only to the krupps'
factory for the manufacture of arma-
ment.
King George and Queen Mary will
be shown in royal pageant. the great
ships of the British navy will pass in
review and detachments of soldiers
will be shown on their way to the
front.
Subjects of Other Series.
Two travalogues make up the sched-
ule for The Stars tourists tomorrow.
Beautiful America in the afternoon at
3 o'clock and France at S:15 o'clock in
the evening. The program for hrst
half of next week is as follows: Mon
day night. Belgium and Holland"
Tuesday night, Russia and Wednes-
day night, Austria
Admission to all travaloSues is 10
cents. with the coupon clipped from
the first page, right hand lower corner
of The Star Seats in the reserved sec
ton are 25 cents, these being sold in
advance at the +. G. Smith Piano Com
pany, 1917 + street, from l o clock to
$50 o'clock daily. Doors at Conven-
tion Hall open at 1880 o'clock and the
travelogues start at SIS o'clock.