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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
Wolfsohn.Albion Concerts.

Through the influence of well
known Westinghouse who are
nusically inclined. a popular series
Of concerts that is to be tried out
IN New York, Boston. Philadelphia.
Chicago and San Francisco, will
also be given in Washington. under
the national management of an or
Ranization which has handled the
great artists Of the world in the
last forty years.
The thing that makes this series
possible is the building Of Washing.
tons new Auditorium,
From October 10 until March Is,
these artists may be heard for from
80 cents to $3.50 a concert on a
subscription basis. The same art
lists appearing in this city before
have always commanded from 81 so
20 50 q seat.
Prominent on the list stands the
Cleveland Orchestra, under the dt.
rection Of Nikolai Sokoloff: Lucrezia
Eori, leading soprano Of the Metro
politan Opera Company, and Louise
Homer. American contralto, are two
OF the world-famous singers who
will be heard. Josef Hofmann. one
OF the greatest pianists of the world,
Is another great artist on the list;
Reinald Werrenrath, popular bari,
tone. and Edward johnson, tenor
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company.
are two other important attractions,
while Albert SpaIding, great violin
list, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Russian
pianist; the London String Quartet,
chamber music organization, ara
among the others on the course.
One OF the big features will be the
Thamar karsavina, famous Russian
dancer, who has joined forces. to.
Eether with her partner, Pierre
Vladimiroff. with AdoIph Bolm and
his Ballet Intime, thus making one
or the greatest dancing companies
ever assembled.
Subscriptions for season tickets
are alreadV being received by the
Peggy Albion bureau. An initial pay
ment OF 81 ENSURES the reservation
Of choice seats, the remainder to be
paid prior to October l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
.NORD|CA CLUBS
IN CONCERT
FRIDAY
Walter T. Hollis Orchestra,
Other Ensembles, and
Ruth Peter, Soprano

Next Friday evening the concert
be one Of the many delightful at
fairs this group of ''fretted instru.
ment" clubs has given, under the
gifted direction Of Walter T. Holt.
The concert will take place in the
Raleigh Hotel ball room Friday at
8, and will be followed by informal
dancing.
The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar
Orchestra, one OF the most unusual
organizations in the country. with
it's 148 members, will play the inter
mezzo and selections from the
opera, "CavalIeria Rusticana," OF
Mascagni, and Suppe's overture,
1.-THE Beautiful Galatea." The Nor
dica Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele
Club will give Mendelssohn's
Spring Song" and two Honolulu
selections by Kaai The Nordica
Banjo Club will play 1.-THE NC-4,''
by Bigelow, and a Southern Med
ley" arranged by Foden.
Miss Ruth Peter, soprano, Is the
guest artist, and she will do the
unusual thing of singing to the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra, which are instruments
particularly fitted to the voice.
Her music includes the Samson and
Dellah aria, my Heart at Thy
Sweet Voice." OF Saint-Saens, and
LA Serenata," of Tosti. George
&c. Krick, of Philadelphia, will give
guitar solos; B. w. DeLoss and
Charles A. Conard will give man
dolin and guitar duets, and the
Reverend Earle Whitley will give
readings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
'TRAV|ATA' WITH
AN ALL-STAR
CAST
Metropolitan Opera Singers
With Washington Opera
Chorus May 13

ivan Ivantzoff, artist of the
Metropolitan Opera Company and
formerly of Paris and Petrograd
opera, has been engaged by the
Washington Opera Company as its
leading baritone, and when he APP
pears in the role of Germont in the
production OF la Travlata" May
13 at the Washington Auditorium
1t will be as regular member OF
the Washington company. Edouard
Albion, general director announced
Tvantzoff won great applause
here when he sang the difficult
role Of Figaro in 1.-THE Barber Of Sc
VILE" the last production Of the
opera company.
Mr.. Albion also announces today
that Miss Enrica Clay Dillon, New
York opera and drama coach, had
again been engaged to put the fin
ishing touches on the la Traviata'
cast. Miss Dillon, a former pupil
of Motino, the famous Italian opera
master, has trained many Of the
present stars Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company in dramatic tech
rique.
To determine what are the IA.
yorite operas Of the Washington
rublic, Mr.. Albion is taking a poll
of all the patrons OF La Travfata, !"
asking them what opera. they want
produced either during this spring
season or next fall.
La Traviata" will be sung by
six popular artists Of the Metro
rolitan Opera Company, chorus
OF sixty Of the Albion company.
and will be supported by an orches-
ira of over fifty pieces. The pro.
duction will be under the baton of
Jacques Samossoud. formerly direc.
tor of the Imperial Russian 0rches-
ira.
The Metropolitan stars. In adj
dition to Ivantzoff. are: Thalia
Sabanieva. prima donna. who will
sing Violetta: Ralph Errolle. young
Metropolitan tenor. who takes the
role or Alfred: Paolo Ananian. st.
CASTOR: Paltrinieri and D'Angelo.
Albert Shefferman. Washington bari.
tone, also will sing q part.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
Rubinstein Club Prize
Goes To Chicago
Composer

Louis Victor Saar, one of the
faculty on the Chicago Musical
College has been announced as
winner of the cnotest held by
the Rubinstein Club, Mr.. Saar
will receive 500, the prize Of
fered and the prize composition
will be rendered by the Rubin
stein Club at the third and last
concert of the season, on May
IL, at $3.50 p. m. in the ball
room of the Willard Hotel.
This contest will be an annual
affair opening each season on
September 25 and will close on
January 2 of each year. All
entrants must be in before the
closing date. The judges for
this contest were John N. Boyd,
of the Pittsburg Institute of
Music Inc, John Powell, COM
poser-pianist, of Richmond, Va,
and Reverend Doctor Abel L.
Gabert of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America, D. C. "Sing
Ho to Spring" is the winning
composition composed by Mr..
Saar, the words written by
Clayton C. Quasi.
Manuscripts submitted repre-
sented every State with the ex-
ception of Maine and Louisiana.
At the Concert Of the Rubin
stein Club on May IL there will
be no talent other than men,
bers of the club. Mrs. Ger
trude Russell, Miss Frances
Cole and Miss Cecile Sale will
be the soloists of the evening
with the Madrigal Quartet also
assisting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
LOADS or MUSIC
To MAKE HOME
HAPPY
Heoht conpany's Carloads ct
PooIey Photographs IN
Big Bargain Sale

To put Music in Your Home" -
almost next to putting kindness in
your heart"--so much do these two
touches Of beauty in the soul add
to the fulfillment Of life itself.
The Hecht Company 10 offering
this opportunity to Washington
homes in eight carloads Of rare
photograph bargains, the public
sale opening today at their Music
Annex, No. 61S E street northwest,
and at the main Music Store. Ne.
B12 r street northwest.
Eight carloads! That means over
500 machines.
1t is the entire stock OF the
Pooley monographs, made by those
standard makers OF fine furniture,
the Pooley Furniture Company. Inc,
Philadelphia, Pa The following let
ter from the Pooley Company ex-
plains what the Hecht Company
has obtained. They will sell the
anhines-beautiful console models
for just half price.
This is the letter:
The Hecht Company, seventh ana
r streets northwest, Washing
ton, ID. G..
Gentlemen: Your offer fer our
entire factory stock Of Pooley
Console Photographs il hereby
The monographs are OF our
latest production and have been
selling throughout the United
states for 500 to SITS. They
represent the Pooley standard Of
quality throughout.
1t may interest you, az well
as the customers Of your store,
to know that you have ptr-
chased these Console Photographs
at an average OF SO cents on the
dollar. We feel sure that altar
you get the people Of your city
to see and hear these new
PooIey Photographs the eight
carloads you bought viii not last
very long.
Very truly yours.
(Sfgne0 B. r.. STAUFFER,
Pooley PhonograpI1 Co., Inc.
1t is interesting also to know
that the Pooley Furniture Com
pany has furnished many Of the
largest hotels of the country. in
Guiding the Plaza, Ritz-Carlton, 81.
Regis. the Vanderbilt and Claridxe
in New York; the Copley-Plaza IN
Boston, the Bellevue Stratford IN
Philadelphia, etc. So the design
Of its cabinets is authoritative.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
CHEVY CHASE CONCERT
UNDER HERNDON MORSELI

Herndon Morsell. director, is
presenting the music section Of the
Chevy Chase Womans Club in a
choral concert on Wednesday even
ing, at $50, in the Presbyterian
Church, Chevy Chase circle. They
will sing June Rhapsody" by
Mabel w. Daniels. who was here
with the composers group of the
League of American Pen Women
last week. 20 Lovely Night" of
Offenbach, from "Tales of Hoff-
MANN" and music of Brahms, MOI
10y, Fisher, Dessauer, Edith Lang,
Arthur Foote and A. Emmett
Adams. They will also give two
choruses by Tanning with an auXil-
larry chorus Of men.
Miss Alice Deleslyne Taylor,
pianist, will play and Durward
Bowersox, violinist, will also give
solos with George H. Wilson at
the piano. The chorus accompanist
is Mrs. F. A. Hunnewell, the sec.
ton leader Miss Alice E. Broas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
JOYOUS TOY SYMPHONY
BY GUTELIUS PUPILS

Haydn's "Toy Symphony" was
given by one Of Washington very
gifted and studious groups of young
folks recently, in the piano recital
by the students of the Frances
GuteIius Studio, at Joppa Lodge
Temple. 1t was presented by the
Vipivoce Club and closed a truly
musical recital.
The sololsts of the evening were
Virginia and Betty Kennedy, VIII
liam Carter. Charlotte Topper,
Mary Kathryn West, Nancy Brun-
ner, WiIhelmina Guide. Ruth Hay
craft, Ernesttne Loffler. Jane
Topper, Morton Thomas, Kath-
ryn Latimer, Edward Crum, Clara
Bogorad. Thelma Callahan and
Gerald Cook.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
IN D|ANS'
NATIVE
MUSIC
Also Noted Hampton Singers
Under Nathaniel Dett To-
morrow in Festival
Events of next fortnight:

Events of next fortnight:
Tonight, S:15-"Evolution of tie
Piano." McHugh & Lawson's, 1922
q street northwest. Public invited.
Tuesday, S:30-American Spring
Festival, Washington Auditorium.
Friday, 8-Walter T. Holt pre-
sents the Nordica Clubs of frettCd
instruments in their annual con-
cert, Raleigh ballroom.
Saturday, S:15-Opera pageant.
Washington Auditorium.
Tuesday, May II, S:30-Rubill-
stein Club concert, Willard Hotel.
wednesday. May Is. s:30-Verdi' s
opera, La Traviata, Washington
Opera Company, at Washington
Auditorium.
American Music Evening" to-
morrow at o'clock, at the Wash
ington Auditorium, will present the
following program, which is in four
parts: Part I. Native Indians, in
ceremonial songs and dances, staged
by Victor J. Evans. Orchestra tone
poem, Indians of America" lSchar-
haul, PLAYED by the United States
Marine Band Orchestra. Solos, by
Cherokee prima donna. Part II.
Plantation scene.
The announcement that Nathaniel
Dett, the famous negro composer
and director Of music at Hampton
Institute, is coming to Washington
with his choir from Hampton to
take part In the program OF Amer
lean Music Evening, May 5, at the
Washington Auditorium, is OF great
Interest to music lovers in Wash
ington.
This choir is noted for the beauty
Of its singing, and Mr.. Dett Yields
q magic baton as q director.
Other notable features OF this
part of the program In which the
negro spirituals viii be sung viii
be selections by the Amphion Glee
Club (men's voicesl led by Professor
Henry Lewis, director.
Other organizations of colored
singers taking part in Part II, OF
the program which presents those
classics of American music, the
negro spirituals, viii be . the ATn'
phion Glee Club, mems voices, under
the direction Of Professor Henry
Lewis; the Richmond Treble Claf, a
double octet from Richmond. Va,
led by Mrs. Sevilla E. Briggs; the
University Glee Club, of Howard
University, led by Roy w. Tibbs,
and the Choral Society, led by Miss
Lulu We're Childers. This program
has been arranged by. Halle s.
Brown. noted leader among the
women of her race.
Part III. Pictorial dance fantasy,
Southern Rhapsody qIosmert; in
terpretative dance, Nine. Desiree Luz
boVska; Battle Hymn OF the Re-
public" (audicnce $ingingl.
Part w. Orchestral selections by
the United States Marine Band Or
ohestra, "Oh, That We Two Were
Maying" GIevin); "A Chinese Epi-
sOde'' Edgar Stillrnan Kelley;
Scotch Poem" (BfacDowelD; I'm b.
hernia" Henry Hadley); 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner"
This unique program is part of
the celebration attending the con-
ference here of the Intercouncil of
Women that meets from May 1 to
II, and is under the direction of
Mrs. David Allen Campbell, chair
man of music, as the final event
that was preceded by four concerts
1t the Mayflower.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
TIMES MONDAY MUSIC PAGE: A REFLEX OF THE SEASON
Women Composers of
America LeaUe Us
Rich Memory
BY JESSIE MCBRIDE.

history largely and WELL last week.
of the american
during League American Pen Womens
Within the list of those represented three
expanded
Five" Of year ago very representative nineteen.
Frank Kellogg and the Secretary
Navy Wilbur presided at the two concerts given
Continental Mccall Lanham of New York. presided
at the first of the three at the Mems City Club
the
planned Mrs Dorothy DeMqth Watson director Mrs
and Mrs H. S. Muiken arrangements all
thing for that inclusive armusc For within
the range the lyric
poem of Literature
nr+s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
McCAULEY MlNSTRELS
APPEAR AGAIN TUESDAY

The Minstrel performance, that
was given SO successfully at Sacred
Heart Church under the musical
direction of George McCauley and
the minstrel direction of Thomas
Trodden, will be repeated by re-
quest tomorrow. Tuesday evening,
at S:15 at the same church.
Captain j. Merritt Walsh, violin
list, has been a big feature IF the
show" as have Ern1a Calvert In
songs and at the piano, and George
McCauley, tenor banjoist This
minstrel group is in much demand
and will appear at several other
church centers during the coming
month
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
cAR8AUH IN CONCERT
At WARDMAN PARK INN

Earl Carbauh, baritone. gave a
concert last Thursday evening at
Wardman Park Hotel for the bene-
lit Of the School Of Nursing of the
National Homeopathic Hospital. A
Vory delightful program was pre-
scented under the auspices Of the
AlumRaa Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
YOUNG TENOR WINNING
HIS SPURS IN RECITAL

James A Barr. one Of our young
tenors who il just coming to the
fore. sang several solos as an In
terlude feature Of the ball, given
by a dozen patriotic societies at
the Willard recently. Mr.. Barr
has also sung for the New York
State Society and for the g. A. r.
He was accompanied by Valera
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04
McHugh And awson's
Music Rooms
Tonight

"The Evolution of the Piano"
with music of the period Of the
clavichord and harpsichord, of
the square, the upright, and the
grand piano, will be repeated
this evening as a concert pro-
gram at McHugh and Lawson's
piano display rooms. 1922 G
street northwest, through the
courtesy of the Washington Mu-
sic Bureau, Mrs. Henry Hunt
Mckee, manager.
Mrs. Anne w. Harvey will
give an Introductory sketch. The
artists are Onabelle Ellet, So
prano; w. Harrington Clark,
bass-baritone; Edith Miller Ha-
ring, soprano; Minnie Notz,
pianist; Elizabeth Dayton, So
prano; Laura Roege, pianist;
Jerome Williams, pianist, in a
group of works for the concert
grand piano; Wynema Mckinley,
contralto, in a group Of modern
songs of Rachmaninoff; Critics
and LaForge, and Elsie Jorss,
soprano, in American songs Of
Cadman and Spross. The re-
producing piano will be used
with one selection played by
Gabrilowitsch.
The evolution" takes in con-
sequence the compositions of
Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Beethoven,
Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn,
Schubert, Schumann, Chopin,
Mcdowell, Willimas, Rachmani-
noff, Critics, LaForge, Gabrilo-
witsch, Spross and Cadman. The
accompanies are Mrs. Roege,
Miss HELEN, Mrs. Stephens, Mr..
Monroe and Mr.. Bartholomew.
The nuhlic il invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-04

the series, that included Music
Fair afternoons, under Odell
WhippIe at Drops, may be
imagined.
Evening star., 1925-05-10

Excuse me while I laugh lettle,"
said Lorenzo, and he chuckled softly,
merrily, without, however. relaxing
the pressure OF the revolver.
You've LOST your diamond, any
way" muttered the chauffeur But
you can't murder in this country for
| that" he added, shivering.
"Pah~ exclaimed the prince. 81 do
not kill dirt like you. Get out
quick
The chauffeur got out. The prince
followed.
Now" said the prince. Il will tell
YOU something. No-do not move!
To be shot unfatElly is painful. Lis
ten. I am not lonely in having a dou-
bic. The SteinwHy diamond has a
double also. And TO my double the
Steinway's double was given this aft
ernoon. Like my double also, ii is
false. Sir Benjamin Garnet is a most
careful man, and he cannot trust all
who go to his big parties. So he sent
me, privately, this morning. the real
Steinway diamond, and you helped me
TO take it to Boare'S Bank, in the
Fleet street. That is all l have 10 say
to you, except that you can find your
way home anyhow you like. And now
l give you 4 small souvenir"
With the last word he drove his
small brown fist between the already
half-stupefied creatures eyes, turned
and mounted to the driving seat, and,
without so much as a glance at the
PROSTATE figure, drove off, smiling,
debonair.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1925-05-10

mediately' She unfolded the bum
die and he saw a five-pound note.
There are 40 of them," she went on.
(which do you prefer-20O pounds or
penal servitude?"
He shuddered. "You-you guaran-
tee l get away?" he breathed.
II will ring for your car now
mo, no: not the car" he almost
sobbed. He'd kill me-
IF YOU prefer to depart on foot,
leave this room by the window. turn
to the left. go through the little
woods and you will come to a gate
in the wall. No one shall interfere
AS you will see, the window opens in
except the detectives are on the
lawn in front Of the house. But you
must decide quickly"
Give me the money" he groaned
1.-The diamond" she whispered
sharply.
He took the case from the inner
pocket and let her have it. She
opened 1t, glanced In. snapped it and
handed him the tight little bundle.
Your hat is under the chair" she
said. Now go quickly" She was
whittier than he.
When he had disappeared she
crossed the floor unsteadily and rang
the bell.
Miss Silvestre's car" she said to
the servant.
The car was at the front door almost
as soon as she. Curiously enough, it
was the identical car that had brought
Evening star., 1925-05-10
Mr.. Groten to the party, and its driver
was the man who called himself Ro-
land.

Mr.. Groten to the party, and its driver
was the man who called himself Ro-
land.
a BOUT the same hour a somewhat
\ unusual little scene was being en-
acted on a country road not in Surrey.
A handsome Daimler had been brought
to a standstill. and it's sole passenger
against the nape OF the chauffeur S
neck.
How many miles have we Gomez"
the passenger was inQuiring with q
singularly patient smile.
Eighty-tWo, your highness."
For some time I have been suspi-
SO very keen on the garden party.
Now, tell me how you expected to get
the Steinway diamond?"
Il guess we've got it by now
though it looks as if / shouldn t
share" was the sullen reply.
80? And how did they,
your friends, get it,"
"Your double was at the party
my double? Oh, / comprehend!
So the jewel has been given to him.
Quite so! Tell me more. beg of you"
The muzzle was pressed trifle closer.
And he who is my double, what has
he done, then?"
"Given it up to a girl who fright
ened him, for fiver."
"A flyer! Five pounds only
'He thinks he's getting 200, but
there's only one real note in the
bunch. Rests just paper. What are
YOU going to do with me?'
Evening star., 1925-05-10
Phi Beta Kappa, Honor Fraternity,
To Observe Its Sesquicentennial

conclusion of his term as Vice PreSt-
dent. The three others-Chester Alan
Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and Cal
win Coolidge-succeeded to Office on
the death Of Presidents Garfield, Nc
Kinley and Harding. -Four others
have been elected:
John Caldwell Calhoun, Yale. 1904,
Vice President from 1925 to 1888.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, Ohio
Wesleyan, 1872, was made an honorary
member of the De Pauw Chapter in
1908. and was Vice President from
1905 to 1909.
Thomas Riley Marshall, Wabash,
ss72, en alumnus member elected at
the institution of the chapter, in 1898.
was Vice President for two terms
1913-1921.
Charles G.. Dawes, Marietta, 1884,
began his services as Vice President
March 4, 1925.
INDICATIVE of how members of
this pioneer Greek letter fraternity
have achieved fame is the fact that
| % Phi Beta Kappa men have been
| honored with tablets in the Hall of
Fame. University Heights, New York
| City-or "A per cent of all those thus
honored. The first selections for the
Hall of Fame were made in 1900,
when of the 80 men honored 13 We're
members of Phi Beta Kappa:
John Marshall, of the original
| society.
James Kent, Yale, 1881.
Eli Whitney, Yale, 1892.
Joseph Story, Harvard, 1898.
Daniel Webster. Dartmouth, 1901.
Samuel +. B. Morse, Yale, 1910.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harvard
alumnus, 1928.
Henry w. Longfellow, Bowdoin,
1925.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bowdoin,
Horace Mann, Brown alumnus,
1880.
Washington Irving. Harvard and
| Yale honorary, 1888.
,, Asa Gray, Harvard honorary, 1912.
Henry Ward Beecher, Amherst
alumnus, 1858.
| OF the others then selected. at least
| five could not have been members OF
the Phi Beta Kappa by reason of their
age-George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, John Adams. Benjamin
Franklin and Jonathan Edwards
| In 1905 there were eight selections.
! of whom four were Phi Beta Kappa
men-John Quincy Adams. Harvard,
l17s7; James Russell Lowell, Harvard
alumnus, 1876; Gen. William T. Sher.
man. Dartmouth honorary, 1866 an6
JOhn GreenledI w nltllei, Aioi 'o1o
honorary. 1888.
In 1910 of the 10 names
selected We're of Phi Beta kappans-
George Bancroft, Hayward, 1877;
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Harvard,
1929; Phillips Brooks. Harvard, 1855;
and William Cullen Bryant, Harvard
honorary, 1917. At the institution OF
the chapter at Williams College in
| 1864, Mr.. Bryant was also among the
graduates elected to alumni member
ship.
In the 1915 list of nine selections
there were six Phi Beta Kappa mem
bers-Rufus Choate, Dartmouth, 1919;
Joseph Henry. Union honorary. 1928;
John Lothrop Motley, Harvard, 1881:
Francis Parkman, Harvard, 1844'
Louis AgassiZ, Harvard honorary,
1849, and Mark Hopkins, Williams
alumnus, 1854.
Among those selected in 1920 only
one held membership in the Key fra
ternity-Samuel l.. Clemens, an
honorary member of the Alpha OF
Missouri. elected at the organization
Of that chapter in 1902.
Evening star., 1925-05-10
The Oldest Cent.

A VERY old copper coin was dug up
by William N. Davis of Marble
head. 1t was a copper cent bearing
on one side in circle Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts," with the date 1887
and an indian holding bow and a
bundle of arrows. On the other side
is an esgis, With the value OF the cniu.
"One Cent.
Evening star., 1925-05-10

Continued from Third Page.)
Evening star., 1925-05-10

IRE long the spacious library OF the
great house was uncomfortably
crowded. Sir Benjamin was deter
mined on making his splash an heroic
one, and desired the sprays thereof to
fly far and wide. : A stranger would
have guessed the ceremony to be of
international moment.
In the midst of the room was placed
a small table covered with a cloth of
purple velvet. bearing In its center q
neatly crumpled heap Of the same ma.
|ker1al In white. On either side of the