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The purpose OF the society is TO produce
and distribute Biblcs-the text OF Holy Writ
without change or comment. 1t has in its
Gay printed the Bible I'm 7i3 languages, dia-
lects. &c Some OF these are now obsolete
but az the present time II prints the Bible
In $50 languages. inclusive Of dialects.
There T. an extension OF this vast publica-
ton by the various denominations, nearly all
% which have protegcs 81 their own who
may not be- numerous but who need the
book Just the same Such needs are taken
care % by the denominations themselves
The Presbyterian church provides Bibles for
sixty races. tho Methodist for from sixty to
seventy different languages. Some of the
latter comprise American Indians, who are
no lonror numerous The Choctaw tribe, for
inttance. BE- reduced 90 about 500. and 20 pro-
duce hook for ~ few Is more In the work
% denomination than Of a great. worldwide
society
Moreover. several denominations insist OF
different TRANSACTIONS in order to strengthen
docirinal points bibles taking cognizance OF
even such slight differences could not be
produced rs "a Bible society without con-
fusion
A. the oldest international publishing
house actively anEaged In producing the
Bible the American Bible Society has been
recognized az officially connected with many
denominations which put u on their yearly
budget These include the Methodist. Pres
byterlan. Congregational and Methodist
Protestant churches Also the Reformed
Church In America and the Colorcd Meth
odist Church
The bulk Of the work Of supply ing "a"
world with Bibles is done by the following
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old aunt Of his, a revenue agentrees sud
denly died, leaving him legacy Of SILL
100000. How fortunate!" cried Horace
happily. Now can buy seat!" Horace
placed the $11,000,000 in his pocket and
hurried, after his chores were done, to the
theatre. But, alas! The man at the win
dow merely looked at this sum and laughed.
Horace was indeed disappointed. but he
bravely kept back his tears. He was soon
to learn that this first glimpse of the cruel
side of the great city was not his last. Toll
ing steadily and denying himself the sim
plest pleasures, Horace grew to manhood,
and later to the age of 20. By this time ne
had accumulated nearly $313S56, 40S.76. One
day last week an old and feeble gentleman
might have been seen painfully hobbling
along Broadway on his way to the theatrical
district. When he reached the theatre
Horace (for 1t was indeed he) placed the
$313. $50, 40s.76 upon the box Office window
ledge and In a quavering voice
(Not to be continued)
" IS for the Vanderbilt, home of
Irene"
Who will stay till the grass once more
becomes green.
w STANDS for the W. k Winter
With Bert Williams still giving each
laugh life pardon.
V rs letter hard to use, but stW
"A that ancient dame
Knotcn tcideIy as Xantippc tCould lend
foUeiy name!
" AS IN York should surely be
letter crdred by all,
But not one theatre begins ,oith Y.
They simply don't, that's all
" STANDS for old Doc Ziegfelds roof
wherein his Midnight Frolics
Lights, Laughs and Legs, his three great
pills, to cure all melancholics!
O. IS for "And others"-dH the rest
~ achich here ICE cannot mention:
No room too late /. tcclI
dnutCdJ intention.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12
Clearing Tracks With Water

w THERE the Great Northern Railway
M skirts the shore of Puget Sound
in the state of Washington. traffic
is sometimes interrupted by slides from steep
sand and gravel banks which cover the
tracks. Formerly these accidents caused
vexatious delays while gangs Of men slowly
shovelled of the obstruction; but the prin-
cipe OF hydraulic mining, so well known IN
the West, suggested a more expeditions
method Of opening up the road.
A steam pump attached to heavy hose
now takes the place Of the shovelers when
a slide Is to be removed. and the skilfully
directed stream Of water rapidly washes off
the sand and earth and leaves the track free.
or course. care must be taken not to un-
dermine the roadbed, but this difficulty seems
to have been avoided
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12
y Output of 100000 Bibles Far Short of Worlds Demand

TOLY writ comes high these days. Be
" fore the war and until 1915 the
American Bible Society could pro-
street, a New Testament to retail at 5 cents
the same book to-day retails at Is cents and
at this price the society publishes at a loss
Other volumes of their output, including the
Old Testament, n book containing both Old
and New Testaments and separate Gospels,
are subject to the same conditions
The increase in the cost OF publication Of
these books is mainly due to the scarcity Of
paper, which has risen i'm cost from cents
to 20 cents a pound. roundly 500 per cent.
The exact figures for materials, in which
paper bulks the largest Item given by
the treasurer Of the society, are: 1915, S55,
500: 1920. $4,000
a good looking leather bound book con.
tanning both Testaments cost TO produce in
1915 ttihe less than 60 cents. II costs
to-day nearly s1.3S And there is a deficit
in this item also.
Bible Society Plans to Publish
Volume to Sell at 10 Cents a Copy
Under present conditions the American
Bible Society Is endeavorlng TO publish the
New Testament i'm a wired edition, Of good
paper and bound in heavy quality OF paper
that may be sold for 10 cents a copy. II is
an experiment that may or may not succeed,
for the society aims not merely to bring OUT
a cheap book but one that will wear well
and win the respect as a book Of those who
use &C. This low priced Testament has not
yet been distributed.
The increased cost Of production has not
been permitted to curtail the output Of Bibles
for which tho officers OF the society say there
is a greater demand than ever before The
statement was put thus.
The demand for Bibles is greater than we
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can meet IN any country OF the world. II has
been steadily growing since the war. In
China alone we were asked for a million
more Bibles last year than we were able o.
furnish. In Mexico the demand has been
stimulated far beyond our power to supply
and the same thing may be said of the whole
of Latin America.
The request for Bibles in this country also
grows proportionally: II Is not coming ~
from any particular section but II general
The figures do not vary much when you com
pare the demand Of 1919, 1914. 1915 with
those Of 1919.
1T would take us fifty years 10 supply
the world with Bibles II the present output
is kept up. That output Is 30.OOO,OO0 Bibles
year. Three great societies are concerned
in this output
What we supply is really no more Than
the demand OF the new generation.
About exports OF the Bible this IL not
the place to come for figures. We supply
America and Latin America and take care
of the hordes Of immigrants. To foreign
countries other depots perform this work
There IS a distributing agency for the near
East and another for the Far East &C
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Trying to Reduce Bible Prices
Despite Greatly Increased Costs


The actual cost OF manufacture. including
material and labor and all other items. In pro-
vided here. This cost has been exceedingly
severe and has added very seriously to our
burden. making II necessary for us TO raise
the price Of books. Formerly we were able
to sell the single Gospels for a cent apiece
and the whole New Testament for cents
The latter we cannot produce to sell for less
than 10 cents and Gospel for cents. But
we are doing what can be done, II there f.
anything. to bring IL down.
do not forget to note that there is no
cost OF distribution of the output OF the
American Bible Society. That In done free
1t is true missionary work"
The 1919 issues OF the American Bible So
ciety were 3,752, 300 volumes. The sun never
sets on the representatives OF this society,
which asserts that some one Is busy every
hour of the day and every day of the year
circulating the Scriptures. This total means
that seven volumes were issued every min
ute of every hour Of every day Of the year
The issues for 1919 were the smallest
since 1911: chiefly because of after war con-
ditions. The average Of annual issues for
the last ten years has been over 100000
volumes For the period Of the war. 1914
1919. IL was over. $50. 900. which means that
OH an average eleven volumes OF Scriptures
were issued every minute of the years OF the
war by the American Bible Society.
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s.THE arithmetical difference between
those three chief clubs" says
George, seems to be this: At the
Players one member out of every ten used
to be an actor; at the FrIars one member
out of every two used to be George NJ
Conan; at the Lambs one member out OF
every five hundred used to be a bad actor
ID is for Park. where the wee Helen
Hayes
Who is starring in Bah" is the de-
butantes' craze.
P's for the Playhouse, at which Mary
Nash
Takes old Mrs. Grundy and serves her
as hash.
p stands for the Plymouth where folks
laugh themselves sick
AT little old village beside Hudson's
Crick.
p stands for the Provincetown Players,
bunch
Which. down in the Village, is there with
the Punch.
P's for the Punch (of course, Judy comes
after).
Where "Rollo's Wild Oat' sows a tall
crop of laughter.
QUEER that there Is no theatre begin
ming toith a Q,
Since a Queue at the bor office sho,cs
IT'S coming revenue.
II IS for the Republic. While the Army
u and Navy
Exist TO defend II II shall stand, by
gravy
g STANDS for the Selwyn, where
Misto Frank Tinney
Would make a horse laugh-or at least
make him whinny.
5 is the Shubert; there the Greenwich
Village Fo,lies.
Staged by John Murray Anderson, give
you the jazzy jollies
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90,O00Say Nightly: Come On, Let's Goto Show

It's Thirty-ninth Street, from which
comes the name
OF the show house to which "The
Young Visitors" came.
rs for the Times Square; 1.-THE Mirage
so we think,
Can't fade in this desert where there's
nothing to drink.
Is useful letter; still. 40 play
~ house starts lcith u.
You'd think the name Omitted States
might pun a playhouse through!
TN the village of Manhattan IN. " there
once lived a boy named Horace Horace
was a good boy. He neither threw
stones at old gentlemen nor did he ever GO
birds nesting with the bad boys of the viii
lage He was always Industrious and sober
even after prohibition set in and indeed was
manly little fellow. AS a child Horace
once heard his papa say, IF at first you
don't succeed, try, try again!" Horace
never forgot this saying. He soon managed
to acquire an ambition of his own. Woud
you not like to know what it was? Horacr
had never seen the inside of theatre, and
he set his heart upon achieving this goa
1t so happened that when Horace was ali
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G is tor Garrick. where people hawhaw
At a comedy written by G. Bernard
CPS for the Globe. There Fred Stone
with a hop
And skip and a jump climbs to the
"Tip-rop'
G is for Greenwich, it's village the-ay-
ter
Where Delilah lures Samson. till IL
and later.
III STANDS for the Hippodrome, big
gest on earth:
1t shows you Good Times" on a scale
like it's girth.
II stands for the Hudson, the theatre
where
George Cohan (himsclf) makes believe
he's bear.
CANNOT find theatre beginning
oith an I,
But I suppose thercH be one IN the tceR
knoton By and bye!
USED TO stand for Jefferson, 4cho
- 1core the actors crotcn.
Bat there's no theatre beginning iCith
IN all this totoni
Post No. 213. Veterans Who once Got a
Seat, held a largely attended meeting In a
telephone booth the other day.
"A place where you have no show" says
George, they naturally call a showhouse."
X STANDS for the theatre named
Knickerbocker:
There a musical troupe takes it's key"
from a locker.
S for the Liberty, where little Mitzi.
- AS the Russians would say makes a
musical hitzky.
l. stands for the Little; it's small, but
oh, my
The First Year is there, and it's big as
the sky!
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c is for Century. Chesterfield. it's fac,
That there camels and moguls in
Mecca are packed!
c is for Cohans. where The Tavern is
new;
Although filled up by night. it is Daily
filled, too.
is for Cohan and Harriss nightly
1t hangs out sign. Welcome,
Stranger" politely
C's for the Comedy to be a real glad
man,
See Holbrook Blinn there, in the farce
called THE Bad Man"
c. to be curt, stands for Cort: where a
jester
Has musical show quantity named
Hello Lesterl"
nOGGONE IL, there's no theatre be-
u. - ginning tCith a ID!
And. o, as Mr.. Wordsworth said, the
difference to met
T INCIDENTALLY, George has scheme
to make a million. my idea" he says
- lis to write a play tt The name
alone will make it hit! People will say.
Let's so and see tt See whatY Why
IT. The whole town will be talking about
1t. It's sure fire. I've got 1t copyrighted"
Yes, but who's going to write IT." we
asked him.
George hadn't thought of that. He seldom
does.
Why worry? After all, seat in theatre
comes almost cheap as a ton of coal
Il is for Maxine Elliotts; there
Spanish Love" thrills to the roots
of your hair
Il stands for the Eltinge, where sane
people fight
To witness farce which is called
Ladies' Night"
E's for the Empire, at which to feel
squiffy,
You just Call the Doctor'-get a laugh
in a jinyi
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x /OU would doubtless think 1t an aston
fishing sight If you were to stand OF
your own front steps either in
Rochester, Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Ore,
st. Paul, Mimi, or Denver Col.-famous and
stable cities all of them. each with a popu-
lation around the 100000 MARYLAND saw the
whole population of your city man, woman
and child, down to the very last individual,
go trooping past you every night on their
way to the theatre. You'd think it pretty
strange, wouldn't you? And yet that is ex-
actly what happens, so far as some 100000
people are concerned. in New York on nearly
every night out of the 365.
Into those twenty blocks between Thirty
ninth street and Columbus Circle. that short
mile along which are hudded no less than
fifty Legitimate" theatres alone, not to count
cabarets. movies, music halls and the Metro
politan there descends every night a flood
of one hundred thousand people A whole
city by themselves.
And the movies and the other halls scat
tered about the city draw another 10000
nightly.
a fluid city created to last three hours,
then to dissolve-until the next night.
Thousands upon thousands of its popula-
many amusement seekers pour into New
York that New York can't find room for
itself in its own amusement
There was a man who moved into New
York from small town year or so ago be-
,.ause he said he wanted TO go to the theatres
oftener. He hasn't been able TO get seat
at one since. The people from out of town
get. EN- all first.
It's enough to make anybody cry.
And this in spite of the fact that there
IRE now playing along Broadway five differ
mt "revues," ten musical comedies and
,hirty-five comedies, farces, dramas and
meodramas.
The ticket swappers are doing their Christ
mas swapping early.
~ GORGE. who has a little nephew
| T named shaemus, because he fire.
- quently does, yesterday brought us
some verses written by the darling boy.
George explained that Shaemus has not been
feeling well lately. Shaemus, who is years
old has been studying to enter Columbia
next fall, but he recently failed to pass the
entrance examinations. and this fact has
proved on his mind. I'VE call him Little
stupid for short" George explained, al
though we don't like to hatter him. Any
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12

IL isn't practicable TO tell how many
Bibles were published last year, because the
commercial publishers OF the Bible do not
announce their annual issues, though they
may run into many thousands of volumes a
year.
There are however, the statistics of the
three Bible societies to refer TO, because these
organizations do publish figures. The record
for 1919 follows:
Tcsta- Total
Bibles ments. Portions. Issues
81 itish ..6s2,594 1,311163 6.743.2O6 S.746,96S
Scottish -. 34.515 1892 2.001.415 2,154.192
American .S54.3s7 6s9s67 2.707.955 3,752, 3o9
This was lean year. 1t is estimated that
the issues from all Bible societies would be
100000 volumes of Scriptures year. and
IL is further estimated that 600 900 vol
umes OF the Bible in whole or in part have
been printed and circulated since the art
OF printing became general
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East are printed in Cairo and Beirut. for
the Far East in China and Japan. These
facts show that we possess no figures TO
show the export number
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way, here are his verses Don't take them
too seriously. He calls them "A Primer Of
Theatres / suppose living in New York
has disagreed with him, too. Don't read
them all at once Take one every two hours
or before meals
A s for the Apollo, where cute Frances
"A White
Plays "Jimmie'-the role, like her
trousers. fits tight.
AS for the Astor, where "Cornered" is
seen
With Madge Kennedy back chip,
- hooray) from the screen.
u S for the Nora Bayes where you
- will see
Three Live Ghosts" behaving most
humorouslee.
b stands, moreover, for the Belasco;
Two for 'One'?" at the box Office you
may well ask, o.
b also stands for the Belmont The-ay
ter
Where the coburns in French Leave
make your happiness greater.
b stands as well for the Bijou-the place
Where THE Skin Came" by Galsworthy,
sets a new pace.
b likewise stands for another-the
Booth
Where Faversham tickles both old folks
and youth.
b, lastly initials the Broadhurst where
three
Sim ult-an-e-ous stars make a new
galaxy.
- GORGE tells us that the most ex-
r elusive theatres now admit only
- those who are members, associate
members nonresident members, representa-
tives Of the army or navy of the United
States, foreign diplomatic representatives
and members of the Internal Revenue Ser
vice.
Members shall be those persons who at
tended the opening performance in the the
atre II is customary upon the birth OF
a son or daughter to a member TO register
the name of the infant at the box office.
Tho name is officially recorded upon the
waiting list and. upon reaching maturity,
may be renewed. at the discretion OF the
management Associate members shall be
those persons who can present proper cre-
dentials from any recognized financial rating
agency.
Note; Persons residing in Yonkers, SIAM
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-12
Distributes Bible Printed
In 7rs Languages and Dialects

The American Bible Society has no rent
TO pay, the Bible House having been given
to it as a home. and the printing plant 10 on
the premises In every particular item, said
the treasurer strict economy Is practised'
but since 1915 IL has not been possible 10
make ends exactly meet. There has been
production at loss and this has gone on
increasing since that year.
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L stands, pupil dear. for the pretty
Longacre,
Where you hear "Pitter-Patter." If she
asks you. why, take her!
LIS for the Lyceum, where young Ina
Claire
Keeps The Gold Diggers" minting out
nuggets for fair!
l. also, dear reader, stands here for the
Lyric,
Where "Over the Hill'' earns a reel
panegyric.
NJ IS for the Manhattan, tn oil Op'ry
I'A House,
Where Shakespeare is having his annual
souse.
Ms for Henry (M.) Millers. Who knows
What it's middle initial may be? Just
Supposed"
NJ stands for the theatre called the
Morosco:
There, each audience eats up THE Bat"
just like Bosco.
NJ NATURALLY stands for the New
Amsterdam
"HitchyKoo" fills its doors till they're
tight as a clam.
n WOULD there icere theatre-the
Orchestral, let as sag,
To M out this omission in the O's along
Sroddicdyi
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"a fluid city, created
to last three hours,
then to discolve-until
the next night =.
So many amusement
seekers pour into New
York that New York
can't find room for its
own amusement"
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II STANDS for the Frazee, where very
entanglin
Is the drammer adorned by Miss Mar
garet Anglin.
F's for the Forty eighth Street. more
over:
new show is playing there. deep in
the clover.
F's for the Forty fourth Street, revealing
The latest of ID. w. Griffith's Real Reel
ing.
r. for the Fulton. There Gilda Varesi
In Enter Madame" is rich. rare and
racy.
When surprised audience finds itself ac-
tually inside n theatre can you blame II for
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-04-22
VOLUNTEER TRAINING.

ny large majority the Senate
Tuesday finally passed the army re-
Organization bill, which provides for
a standing army OF $4,000 officers
and men = national guard u $4,000
and for plsn OF voluntary training
Tor youths between the ages Of Is
md 81. Tho measure now goes TO
conference.
The News favored universal
system OF training, partly because We
believed that the training would be
CT benefit 10 every young man OF the
nation. both from the physical and
he mental standpoint. and partly
bscause We believed that II would be
r.ghi fer the country 20 have is full
strength available on short notice as
means Of defense and "a fur
Their means Of wardlns of unpleas-
mt aggression on the part Of other
countries Of the world
Since Congress did not see ~ 20
adopt the war departments recon
mendaiions. We believe that the vol
uniary system now being discussed.
II properly handled. viii prove well
worth while The ch.ef drawback
10 Il. 50 far as We can see. Is that
there Is a question as 10 whether
caough young men Of the country
will volunteer each year TO fill the
training camps.
I, Is 70 b. assumed that the mens-
ure. In It's final form. will give the
Secretary OF War much latitude In
The organization Of the proposed
training camps 80 that he may be
able TO in,ercs; the young men Of
ihs nation IN the proposed course Of
instruction and thereby induce them
10 volunteer for the service.
And a standing army OF around
1890 men Is By no means a large
establishment for a country such as
he United States.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-04-22
\ GOOD on TOWN.

Evidently the officers OF Wichita
Falls. in snite ~ the fact that q, is
M oil town. do NOT intend 20 tolsr.
ate the operation OF moyus picture
theatres on sunday when three NJ
the hic houses opened Tor business
there ns' SUNDAY ten 1f ihc em-
ploycs incudins me managers. were
placed under arrest and County 1T
torney Davenport is determined thst
the aw. in future. shall be- ob.
served
This Is M answer 10 those who
have charged that Texas oil towns
are run wide open" Just about as
fast as the Texas oil town begins 10
accumulate @ large population 81 al
classes. real Texas officers begin 20
accept .mpCrian. posts and hos
their determination 70 maintain l.w
and order BY handling tho situations
as they arise with firmness aud de-
.ision
But after 40 one would scarcely
put the operating Of a motion pic
ture house on Sunday IN the same
class as the general run 90 Law so
la,ions with which the oil town mu-'
deal from the outset,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-04-22

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