Evening star., 1914-12-13
TRAVELOGUES END
WITH THIS WEEK
Star-Roberson Series of Illus
trated Talks on Timely Sub
jects Nearing Close.
POPULAR TOPICS LISTED
FOR REMAINING PROGRAM
Four Matinees for Children and Red
Cross Benefit Among the
Coming Features.

This week will be the last oppor-
tunity for Washingtonians to see and
hear Frank r. Robertson, traveloguer,
in his series of travel-talks, under the
auspices of The Star, at Convention
Hall. The engagement ends the latter
part of the week, terminating the
most popular travel-festival ever pre-
sented in this city.
Mr. Robertson has been in Washing
ton two weeks, offering his pertinent
and timely subjects in the largest
nall in the city So great has been
the interest aroused by the announce
ments in The Star that on several oc-
casions the great auditorium has been
hlled to overfiowing. The low prices
which The Star was able to announce
through it's arrangement with Mr.
Robertson and the high type of the
entertainment combined to make the
travelogues immensely popular.
For his last week Mr. Robertson will
present some of his best subjects.
Washington. The program for the
next four days. commencing with to-
day, is as follows:
Sunday afternoon, o'clock-'The
Holy Land and Trip to Deserted
Petra"
Sunday evening and the
War
Monday evening-"Beautiful Amer
ica-"
Wednesday evening-'India."
Thursday evening-"Japan and China"
Four Matinees for Children.
In addition to this program, Mr.. Rob-
erson will give four matinees especi-
ally for school children. through an
ARRANGEMENT with the board of educa-
ton. These travelogues will cover
subjects relating to the education of
children, and will be given Tuesday,
Wednesday. Thursday and FRIDAY aft.
ernoons after school hours. Adults, if
They wish. may attend these travel
ogues at the usual price.
Monday afternoon special matinee
has been arranged. the proceeds of
which are to go to aid the sick and
travslogue the four reels of motion
rs :es showing actual scenes at the
us- front in Belgium, will be pre-
sented. the same pictures which were
offered by Mr.. Robertson the fore part OF
last week and which were discontinued
Wednesday evening in consideration of
the benefit. Prices for the benefit will
b a dollar. 90 cents and % cents.
City of the Ancients.
ertoire il would be hard to select two
numbers which command interest that
do the subjects on the program for to-
day. The trip to Petra this afternoon,
Mr.. Robertson frankly characterizes as
his best travelogue," inasmuch as the
place to be visited in pictures is SO
little known. Petra is a city of the
ancients in the far east, constructed
several centuries B. C. from the rock
walls of a canyon.
Houses. temples, shrines and build
ings of all kinds have been dug out
Of solid stone; the entire city is in one
single piece of granite. This fact alone
does not make Petra unique, however.
for several hundreds of years ago the
race of people who built il left the
strange city and it stands today dust
covered and deserted.
SIR Robertson was the eleventh white
man permitted py natives to reach
Petra In doing SO. he was forced to
charter private caravan and make
twelve-day trip over the deserts
:he noInad tribes wl,,ch live in this
region, made the jou:aey particularly
hazardous. All the -esults of the
traveloguer's Photographic skill will be
seen in this compelling screen
Journey It will be a trip of wonder
and one iE which every one will be
Interested.
Views Of Germanr- Tonight.
Te~s:AAf tne subject which has been
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