The Washington times., 1916-02-12
4Busy Berthas" and Real Faith
erland Warriors win Be at
War Sufferers Benefit.
STARTS NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Week Of Pleasing Entertain
ment Provided by Managers
X for All at odd Fellows Hall.

Trenches manned By German soldiers.
and topped by an exact rep- duction
OF the t1-oentimeter gun that has be-
como 20 famous. win feature the
Charity Bazaar for the beneht OF the
orphans and widows OF the warriors on
the central European powers. NJ ood
Fellows Hall. Anbaasador Won Bern
stor6 win officially decuare the bazaar
open on Monday night.
The German soldiers will ne real
even 10 the trenches are only reproduc-
tions. for the men who man these
trenches will be members OF the
Deutsche Kriegsr Bund Of the District
every man q veteran Of tho German
army, though q petriotic American
citizen at the present time. And they
win be clad IN the uniforms OK some
Of the most famous corps OF the Ger
man army, tAe uniforms they wore
during their military service IN tho
,Fatheriand. Some Of the men are vet
Grams OF tho Franco-Prussia war; ana
some OF them are much younger men.
though none Of them are veterans OF
the present struggle.
Work Begun On Trenches.
Construction Of the trenches started
today on the big stage at the END OF
the main hall. The basaar u 70 oc-
I, cupy every bit Of the available space at
Odd Fellows Hall and from the enthusi-
asm shown at the final meeting OF the
executive committee last hght the az.
aip IsG%iis' is tSs IS history % o. the
man societies Of the District. Fifteen
rs ssS .ofs:ti's Sss Bee. sas an Import
ant part 10 play IN the affair.
day Mint with formal exercises. De-
tails of the program have not been an, an,
nounced. but It 10 stated that there VIII
\ be two speeches. and musical numbers
By the members Of tho washington
The Identity Of the speakers is with
held. the members Of the committee In
charge state. until their introducuons.
| II ls not improbable. however. that An
Won ~ nv w tan, one ~ the
| German, the Austrian. and the Turkish
! embassies and the BULGARIAN .sgator
u, are 10 be present. and will have import
ant parts In the exercises.
Two Unusual Booths.
Two OF the twenty or more booths arV
to be OF unusual character. Ono OF
these. near the main entrance 70 the ba'
/ saar, will display articles OF all sort
that have been made By the German
military prisoners confined In the pris
onesa' camps In Russia BY specia
arranGement q large eonsiRnment o.
these articles has been received In thii
country and has been distributed amonl
the varioua large cities. where fairs anC
basaars for the widows and orphans
The German and Austrian embassies
have been interested IN giving the wild
est distribution 70 these articles. and
while the nature Of them 10 not de
eiSasa' ciSSs many y s u.sfi thin tSiass , ana % man,
talRRs' tsss sssSsa ss fsa
ture VIII be . Bulsarian coffee room
ssSss sspS.n 'Af f.n.assoaE. ssssE Wit. daR y n
Bulgarian minister to the unite'
cigarette stand win be ests sbiished unde
the direction Of Madame Abdul Hal
.rs: roS Ssy rSsssy Sis o. ss Both shaF' Sss
. ladies have taken an active interest Il
the preparations for the bazaar. an,
; both will personally take charge o
their sections. Mime. Panareton is o
announced last evening her intention o
making the coffee herself.
Open For Whole Week.
, The baxAaF will be open for the en-
. tire week. starting after Monday at
o'clock each afternoon. Each nigh
there will be a different program. Tn
: formal opening will supply the program
for Monday night.
Tuesday there will be q drill by
company OF twenty-four young girls un
; der the leadership Of Miss Pauline Holei
Wednesday Q series OF German. Aul
, trian. Bulgarian. and Turkish fol
. dances win be given. Friday Mis-
Holsr'S drill team again win be seen
: q different program, and the big fee
1 ture Saturday night will be the gran
auction, when everything In the hous
l will be sold.
Martin Wiesand. chairman Of the es
ecutive committee In charge of III
Y bazaar, presided at the meeting hel
last night, which he announced was III
last that would be held until the bazas
10 opened. The various details OF th
\ or more members OF the various sui
' committees present.
; Secretary Albert Lindheimer OF II
Deutsehe Krieger Bund, explained n
TO the reproduction OF the trenches. tn
Organization will be under the comman
OF Capt. Carl Heurich and Lieut.. job
a announcement was made by chai
man Wiegand that the HolHbeirelei
a bakery had offered to present to Il
committee all the cake, that would
used In the booths during the baSaa
The offer was accepted, and q unan
r moug vote OF thanks was rendered M
= HolSbeierlein.
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WILL DINE MARCH