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Evening star., 1925-11-29
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feelings a quite unmisakable But stories are still
butched high appears Last week there came 10 WASH
be the mzation of OF the quaint and
beautiful literary creations OF Selma Laeerof the poeautho OF
Sweden who has been signay honod her own country
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directed by the Svenska Film
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cultured and refined family
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hom that she once teacher the Landskrona Urls en o
Nobel literature Stockholm 1907 and
matter intrusted by the Common
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believe that her mind could possibly have conceived
story which has been linked with her honored name
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Evening star., 1925-11-29
RIALTO-"The Wheel"

The Wheel" made from Winchell
Smiths play, which was produced on
the stage by John Golden. is the
screen attraction at the Rialto this
week.
1t relates a heart-stirring story of
the evils of gambling and concerns
chiefly Ted Morton, whose inherent in
clination to play games of chance
nearly causes the loss of everything
he holds dear
Kate O'Hara, his fiancee and later
his wife, is caught in the web of a
crafty gambler who tries to ruin Nor
ton and win the girl for himself
Through many fntrigues these two
figures combat the whirlpool of the
gamblers Vaccinations.
In the cast are Harrison Ford, the
male lead; Claire Adams, opposite
him; Mahlon Hamilton, the gam.
bier; Margaret Livingston, the gay
charmer; David Terrence, George
Harris and Clara Horton.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
TIVOLI-'The Phantom of the Opera.

1.-THE Phantom of the OPERA" the
mammoth Universal production fea-
turing Lon CLANCY, Mary Philbin and
Norma Kerry. will be shown the first
two days of this week at Crandall's
Tivon Theater, beginning today. The
duction of such a ma jestic nature that
it's startling quality Is lent added i'm
pressiveness. The comedy stars Jo-
byna Ralston, Harold Lloyd's leading
woman, in "Whistling Lions"
Tuesday and Wednesday Bessie
Love, Warner Baxter, Raymond Hat
ton and Walter McGrail in "a Son of
His Father" adopted from the novel
bY Harold Bell Wright and directed BIZ
Evening star., 1925-11-29
COLUMBIA-"The Merry Widow"

"The Merry Widow" Erich Won
Stroheim's photoplay version Of the
famous Viennese operetta by Franz
Lehar, with Mae Murray and John
Gilbert heading the cast, has again
forced itself into overtures by sheer
popularity, and will continue at Loew's
Columbia for third week beginning
this afternoon. Embellished with a
musical score composed of melodies
from the original Merry Widow"
operetta, personally directed by the
man who gave the screeIl Greed" :"
The Merry-Go-Round" and other big
hits. The Merry Widow alluringly
unfolds the stage story that took
America by storm MORE than a dozen
years ago.
Mae Murray portrays the role Of the
little "Follies" actress stranded abroad,
who attracts the attention Of a prince
and Is later forced to marry a wealthy
roue when the prince gives up his
suit for court reasons. Widowed with
in few weeks and left with fabulous
wealth, the actress becomes the catch
of the court, and this time is success
fully wooed by her royal sweetheart
Roy Darcy, Won Stroheims new
find" plays the william Of the story,
while other roles are assumed by
Tully Marshall, George Fawcett and
JOSEF phine CrOWell
Evening star., 1925-11-29
LINCOLN-"The Lost World"

THE Lost World" will be the attrac.
ton at the Lincoln Theater this week,
beginning this afternoon at 8. 1t re.
produces with astonishing realism the
animal and reptilian life of 10000 900
years ago, and in a pleasing romance
enlists the services of Lewis S. Stone.
Bessie Love, Wallace Beery and Lloyd
Hughes in leading roles.
The story concerns the adventures
of band of explorers who rediscover
a "lost world" in the heart Of the un-
explored Amazon country in South
America. Here roam mammoth dine
tCoutinusd on Fourth PaSel
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AMBASSADOR-"The Man on the
Box"

Sydney Chaplin, supported by David
Butler, Alice Calhoun, Helene Costello.
+. j. Ratcliffe, Charles F. Reisner and
Charles Gerard, will be seen in
Warner Brothers production, The
Man on the Box" at Crandall's Am
bassador Theater the first three days
of this week, beginning today. 1t is
Il companion comedy 10 "Charley's s
Aunt" Syds last vehicle. and was
adapted from the novel and stage play
by Harold McGrath. An Aesop Fable,
other short reels and pipe organ music
will be added.
Wednesday and Thursday, "The Tn
written Law" described as a tense
drama of the present day, featuring
Elaine Hammerstein, supported by
Forrest Stanley, William F. Mong,
Charles Clary and Mary Alden, also
Al St. John in Fair Warming" and a
scenic study of Hamburg; Friday,
Bessie Love and Warner Baxter in
"A Son Of His Father" supplemented
by comedy, BE Careful" featuring
Jimmie Adams: Saturday. Lillian Rich
and Creighton Hale in Seven Days"
camera version of the stage play by
Mary Roberts Rinehart, also Mack
Sennett's satire, THE Iron Nag" and
the fifth installment Of THE Ace of
Spades" starring William Desmond.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
CENTRAL-"The Limited Mail" !"

Monte Blue and Vera Reynolds will
be seen in Warner Brothers produc-
ton, THE Limited Mail" at Crandall's s
Central Theater the first two days of
this week, beginning today. The ac-
ton Of this thrilling drama of love
and railroading takes place in pic
turesque mountain country in Colo
RADIO. Supporting roles are played by
Willard Louis, Tom Gallery, Eddie
Gribbon, Otis Harlan and Lydia Yea
mans Titus. Harry Langdon in "Hor-
ace Greedy, Jr., will also be shown.
Tuesday and Wednesday Pola Negri
will be the star in Flower of Night"
an adaptation of the novel by Joseph
Hergesneimer dealing with the Cali
fornia of 1856, with Joseph j. Dow.
ling. Warner GLAND, Eulalie Jensen,
Cesare Gravtna and Gustav Won Seyf.
fertitz appearing in the stars support.
also Jimmie Adams in BE Careful;
Thursday and Friday, Warner Baxter,
supported by Bessie Love, in "a Son
of His Father" adapted from Harold
Bell Wright's 8 story, together with Car
ter De Haven in Hot Sheiks"; Satur-
day Mary Roberts Rinehart's Seven
Days" with Lillian Rich and Creigh.
ton Hale, supplemented by a juvenile
comedy, entitled Baby Blues'
Evening star., 1925-11-29

The Alberta Vaughn troupe MAX
ing the ''MaZie" series by Nell Martin
will produce IL two-reelers, in which
Alberta Vaughn is pictured as a
stenographer with a penchant for get
ting her young employer in wrong.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Social events for little folks have
become quite a feature of the Satu'-
day morning selected programs for
children at Crandalls Tivon Theater.
Each week has its showing of birth
day parties. Last Saturday Mrs.
". G.. Brantley entertained for her
little daughter Mary group of %
children.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

| The Hays office has issued a pam
| phlet for scenario writer's which gives
"a great deal of practical advice and
| instruction based on intelligent eX-
perienCe.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Poker Faces" the magazine story
by Edgar Franklin, is to be filmed
with Edward Everett Horton in the
leading role. under the direction OF
Harry Pollard. George Siegman also
will be in the cast.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Roxy in his new theater is to give
bi-monthly symphony concerts with
an orchestra of 10 instrumentalists
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Mitchell Lewis has been signed by
Marshall Neilan for a role in wild
Oats Lane" now in production. Lewis
is now playing one Of the leading
roles in What Price Glory with the
Los Angeles Company.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Milton Sills' new picture win b.
Continued on Fourth PaSeS
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Nal. Maurice Campbell has selected
as the story for his next Golden Arrow
picture SELF Defense" by Elizabeth
York Miller. The author is an Amer
lean woman, now residing in Eng
land. She was born in Washington,
d. c. and her first literary effort won
a prize in national story-writing
contest.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Claude Gillingwater. who was
brought East to play the part of a
millionaire steel mill owner in First
Natinoal's Men of Steel" has been
forced by illness to drop out of the
cast.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Eddie Cantor will appear in a
screen version of kid Boots" to be
made by Famous Players Lasky un-
der contract with Flo Ziegfeld.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

f. A. Murnau of Ufa, the German
corporation, is making a screen pic
ture of Faust" with Emil Jannings
as Mephisto and Costa Ekman as DR..
Faustus, and Mary Philbin, probably,
will be asked to play Marguerite.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Reginald psuny's Anal picture in
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Last Wednesday morning The Eve
ming Star. the anley-Crandall Com
pany of Washington and the Warner
Brothers. gave Thanksgiving pre-
view of sydney Chaplin's new comedy
feature. The Man on the Box" t.
the orphans in the District of Column
hia. who seemed to get great kick
from its humor.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Lawrence Wheat who plays an i'm
portant role with Colleen Moore in
Irene" was at one time an actor
of prominence on the stage.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Attention is being called to the fact
that Erich Won Stroheim. with his
production of 1.-The Merry Widow"
is duplicating Charlie Chaplin's record
with a three weeks engagement of
his picture here. Charlie held them
that long with THE Gold Rush" and
it is going some to equal Charities
records
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Rudolph Valentines newest star
ring picture, ''The Eagle" has been
having quite a time of it in securing
a chance to show its face in Wash
ington because Of the irresistible
charm of THE Merry Widow
Evening star., 1925-11-29

A. H. Sebastian is announcing a
screen version Of The Chimes of
Normandy with Anita Stewart and
Alan Forest in leading roles.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Shades Of Cairo and scenes of the
River Nile are to furnish the back
ground for screen comedy, Mummy
Love-" in which Neely Edwards and
Alice Ardell will have the leading
roles.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

The Merry Widow" on the stage
has had many impersonators in this
country. starting with Ethel Jackson
and including Rosemary Close, Lena
Abarbanen, Georgia Caine. Lydia
Litowski. Dorothy Francis. Nivienne
Segal. Marie Wells, Mabel Wilbur
and Frances Cameron. Lily Elsie was
the star Merry Widow in England.
Yet Mae Murray is all there on the
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Laura La Plantes next star pic
ture will be Doubling for Lora," by
Peggy Gaddis.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Film Daily reports a rumor to the
effect that William Fox is endeavoring
20 secure control of the Stanley Com
pany of America, which conducts the
Earle vaudeville house here and the
Crandall photoplay houses under the
recent deal made for them.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

Virginia Nali has returned to
Universal after a season Of hiring out
10 other companies, and Will PLAY
under the direction of Svend Gade
in a picture with the studio title.
Wives for Rent which is open to
suggestions for a change of title.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

world. 1t is in many places rooted over
and at others the oyerhanging buildings
nearly meet.
This street owes much of its sacred
and historic interest TO the fact that IT
was here that st. Paul was concealed
while his conversion to Christianity was
being accomplished. In the Acts of the
Apostles we read that Paul, then called
Saul. was Fastening to Damascus to
prosecute the Christians. Near the city
a great light from heaven 'shone forth.
Saul fell 10 the earth and heard voice
saying, saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me2"
Saul was picked up blind and carried
in TO Damascus A Christian disciple in
Damascus named Ananias, not the dis.
graceful liar but faithful convert, had
a vision in which the Lord said:
Arise; go into the street which IS
called Straight, and enquire in the house
81 Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus:
for, behold, he prayeth."
Today the house Of Judas, on the street
called Straight, is still shown to the
tourist. It Is an ancient house, apparently
of Roman construction. The city was
under Roman rule in St. Paups time.
The house of Ananias, the good disci-
ole, is also preserved. II is connected
with the house Of Judas by tunnel.
Ananias went, as he was divinely d.
yected. to the house of Judas, and there
laid hands on Saul and told him that ne
was 10 receive his sight again:
HAnd Immediately there fell from bis
eyes as it had been scales: and he re-
ceived sight forthwith, and arose, and
was baptized"
81. Paul Immediately began earnest
preaching. His enemies then planned to
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from the Castle of Damascus, still exists
in nearly its entire extent as it was in
Biblical times. 1t runs eastward along
the south bank of the Barada River, then
sweeps around on the eastern side of the
Bab-es-Shurky, afterwards turns south
west and west and runs into the modern
city.
In its lower portion and towers there
are many large stones which were prob
ably there from prehistoric times, long
before Roman days. South of the eastern
gate there is a stretch of large and
heavy work and some of the stones have
a partial, rough bevel.
The traditional spot of st. Paul's de-
scent is just under white house which
overtops this stretch of wall. The house
itself is later than st. Paul's time, al
though the wall is extremely ancient. 1t
is highly probable that an older house
occupied the same site. 1t would have
been suitable place from which to make
an escape in the manner described.
A large part of the street called
Straight is covered over with a CORFU
gated roof. Early in the recent lombard
ment this was blown in for a distance of
a hundred yards and lay in fragments in
the street.
Along this street are situated the prin-
cipal bazaars in which the Arabs have
done their shopping, bargaining, gossip
ing and coffee-drinking from time imme-
mortal. II is in baZaars that public af-
fairs are discussed, conspiracies formed
and revolutions planned. Sultans have
been condemned to sudden death and
empires overthrow in the dark corners
of the bazaars. At the present moment
the whispered conversations of the ba-
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temple Of new religion over that of an
old and fallen one. Today beneath the
great mosque there are ancient vaults
and arches which probably witnessed the
dreadful rites Of the worship Of Rimmon.
The mosque itself il substantially the
old church Of St. John the Baptist. The
decorations have been changed to the
Arabic style, but the walls are those Of
the Christian church. Above one of the
doorway can still be read the inscrip-
ton in Greek: Thy Kingdom, o Christ!
is kingdom Of al the ages, and thy
dominion endurtth throughout all gener-
atiOns"
It Is quite probable that this ancient
mosque which has been concerned IN one
way or another with the Iiyes Of the Bib
lical prophets, King David, Emperor
Constantine, the Sultan SalaGin and other
celebrities Of ancient times, may be blown
down by French guns At last accounts
the Great Mosque had not suffered. but
The next largest, the Senaniyeh Mosque,
has been ruined by the shells.
Modern artillery can do as much dam
age in an hour AZ the warfare Of four
thousand years.
The most interesting sight in Damas-
Gus IL the "Street called Straight" 20
often mentioned in the Bible, the oldest
street in the Oldest city in the world.
Il il far from being straight, and IL, in
fact, one VI the crOokedezt streets in the
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zaars are full of hatred and menace for
France.
The Amidiyeh Bazaar, the largest OF
them all, has been laid in ruins. The ia
nous sweetmeat bazaar, Ell Brouzieh, has
BEEN seriously damaged, and the Dalale
Bazaar has been completely destroyed.
Damascus is an exceedingly beautiful
and pleasant city. The charm described
by the Bible and by ancient Arabian
poets is still experienced by modern visi-
tors. The successive races that have
controlled it in the course of thousands
of years have all added something to its
beauties. The Arabs and other Moham-
medans who have held it in recent CEN
turies have contributed many houses with
beautiful courtyards adorned with foun-
tains and exquisite trees to its attractions.
The spirit of "The Arabian Nights
still fingers in the streets and courts of
Damascus, giving it charm of its own.
At the same time it has many modern
conveniences, for it is or was a prosper
Gus city in communication with the COM
mercial centres of Europe. II was the
first city in Bible lands to enjoy electric
cars and electric light
1t has 10000 inhabitants. With its
hundreds of white minarets, gided domes
and crowded bazaars, it offers beautiful
sight 1t is situated in the middle of a vast
and fertile plain with many rivers and for
ests of trees.
Before the River ALBANIA reaches Damas-
Gus it is divided into six artificial channels.
the main one about fifty feet wide. run
ming through the heart of the city. Pines
are led from it to all quarters so that
every mosque and house and court has It's
own foundation. Everywhere you 20
amid parks, gardens and public resorts
you hear the trickling of the brooks and
fountains.
When King David reached the height of
his power he conquered Damascus. The
book of Samuel relates that in a great
battle before Damascus David slew % 900
Syrians.
"Then David put garrisons in Syria of
Damascus, and the Syrians became serv-
ants to David, and brought gifts"
!. The great Assyrian conqueror, King
Tiglath-pileser, captured Damascus in the
reign of David's WICKED descendant, King
Ahaz, who worshipped heather gods.
Tiglath-pileser carried away the people of
Damascus captive to Assyria.
Almost every age of history has con-
tributed something Of interest to the
antiquities of Damascus. II was strong
hold filled with armed knights in the DAYS
Of chivalry, for the crusaders took pos
session of it and made it one of the prin-
cipal capitals in their short-lived empire
in the east. They strengthened its
ancient walls and built feudal castle
within. Is it conceivable that the famous
city is going TO be ruined in these days of
progress and reason?
Doubtless some religious people, espe-
cially the Fundamentalists, will be con
WINGED that the present bombardment of
Damascus is a literal fulfilment of the
prophecy of Isaiah; chapter II. verse /;
Behold Damascus is taken away from
being city and il shall be ruinous
heap"
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kill him. They lay in
wait day and night at
all the gates of Da-
mascus.
To save the new
apostles life the Chris
tians took him at night
time and placed him in
a basket and let him
down over the city wall.
Thus he was able to
make his escape to
Jerusalem.
The place where st.
Paul was let down over
the wall has been iden-
titled by m cd e I'm
scholars. 1t is on the
south side of the city,
where the country is
open, facing in the di-
rection of Jerusalem.
The masonry of the
wall is of Roman con-
struction.
Some old houses
near rise slightly be-
yond the wall. This
shows how easily the
escape could have been
effected from a house
as described in the
Bible.
The wall of the
ancient city. starting
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bowed his head. Rimmon, or Ramman,
was one of the evil gods of the Syrians.
Naaman also offered Elisha great re-
wards, but the prophet would take moth
ing. One of the prophets servants,
however, ran after NaaE.an secretly and
begged him for the money. When he re-
turned Elisha guessed what he had done
and said, "The leprosy of Naaman cleaye
unto thee"
The palace Of Naaman, a very strange
gray old building, still stands in Damas-
Gus. Very repulsive associations are con-
nected with the palace. Down 10 the out
break of the war it was used a. a leper
hospital, and had been for many centuries.
Leprosy has afflicted the ancient city
from time immemorial He must be
brave man who will explore this building
70 investigate its antiquity.
The great Mosque Of Damascus, built
by the Sultan Omar, is reputed to stand
on the foundations Of the Temple o.
Rimmon, mentioned in the story Of
Naaman in the Bible. Before the No
hammedan mosque was built, Christian
church, dedicated 70 St. John the Bap-
fist, and built by the great Emperor Con
stantine, occupied this site.
In the Emperor Constantine time il
was recorded that the Temple Of Rimmon
stood here. The new Christian church
was built on the spot in accordance with
q well-established custom Of raising the
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Ananias, the
Christian Disciple
in Damascus,
Who Was
Ordered to Go to
the House of
Judas and Cure
St. Paul of His
Blindness.
Then Naaman's
friends persuaded
him that it would do
him no harm to try
the advice of Elisha,
so he bathed in the
River Jordan and
"his flesh came back
again like unto the
flesh of a child, and
he was clean"
When he was
cured Naaman re-
turned to Elisha and
said, Behold, now
] know that there is
no God in all the
earth but in Israel"
Naaman rather
cleverly a : k g d
Elisha that he might
be excused if when
his king worshiped
in the "House of
pinomonn he also