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Evening star., 1927-04-17

the auditorium is seated with elegant
rosewood orchestra chairs. The cele-
brated violinist, Mr. Goodall, con-
ducts the orchestra. The first appear
ance of the renowned James Ward,
Billy Pierce. Miss Marion Pierce, the
versatile actress, in addition to the
established favorites. Tonight the
beautiful ballet La Mondolna--Tum-
bIety Outdone. Dick Parker Funny
Dick) Harry Fox. w. B. Harrison.
Mile. Frank La Folle. Miss Julia Hud-
son, the beautiful songstress; Misses
Emma Miles, Willis, Vernon. Parker,
Clifton and a host of others at the
Canterbury. Matinee-Families La
dies and Children, Saturday afternoon
at ? o'clock. Admission. children 10
cents. Prices of admission--Parquet
% cents. parterre, Is cents"
Christmas week, 1861, the Canter-
bury emphasized in it's advertisements
a new star, Miss Carrie La Mont and
| take the following from one of the
theater's advertisements: christmas
Week-EVery afternoon 1000 costly
presents will be presented to the ladies',
children and the audience during the
week These elegant Christmas SOU
venirs will consist of magnificent an
nuals (?) and expensive sets of sable
jewelry, silver forks and spoons, ladies'
chains, watch guards, children's neck
chains, gentlemen's rings, toys and
confectionery"
IN searching for the beginning of
Canterbury Hall the Rambler took
from old Stars bits of news. In the
issue of September II, 1861. was a
long story, of which a part follows:
"An affray occurred in Georgetown
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
in which Maj. George Hill, jr. ID. c..
Mlitia) was seriously. perhaps fatally,
wounded by Mr.. Gilbert Wander
werken. The affair created intense
excitement, the parties being well
known in this city and Georgetown,
Mr.. Hill as wholesale paper dealer
and Mr. Vanderwerken as one OF the
proprietors OF the Union line OF omni.
buses. The affray occurred in the
wareroom under the residence of Mr..
Vanderwerken, on Bridge street, north
side, a few doors west of the corner
of Washington street, adjoining the
residence Of Mayor Addison. 1t is
we'll known that there had been feud
of several years standing between
them which originated in a question
of proprietorship of the very premises
where the shooting occurred
The story says that Mr.. Hill re-
ceived three pistol balls in his body.
Vanderwerken claimed that Hill fired
first The witnesses at the hearing
before Justice Reaver were DR.. Ma.
gruder, DR.. Snyder, Sarah Oaks,
Charles G. Vanderwerken, son Of Gill
bert Vanderwerken, and John H. New
man. sergeant of police. j. NJ. Car.
Isle of Washington appeared as coun-
sci for Vanderwerken, who was held
in $4,000 to answer in the Criminal
Court. ". Fl, Tenney of Georgetown
and Stephen M, Golden of Washing
ton being his sllreties. The Rambler
did not follow this stofy to its end.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

day afternoon. November 25, 1861, at
2 o'clock. The admission for the occa
sion will be 25 cents, children 10 cents.
The Entertainment will include sew
eral Of the finest efforts of all the
members of the immense company
the largest and embracing the finest
artistes of America.
During period of eight months
the Family Afternoon Entertainments
given by the Conductor of this estab
lishment at the Baltimore Museum
were attended by more than $4,000
ladies', exclusive of the very numerous
attendance of children. Upon many
occasions more than 500 ladies were
seated and standing in the auditorium,
forming a galaxy of beauty seldom ex-
celled.
X 4 X
Especially will the ladies and
children welcome the fairy favorites,
Little Susie Parker, Little Ella,
Little Kitty Bertrand. Little Maggie
Vernon: also the established favorites,
Miss Frank La Folle, Miss Julia Hud
ron. Miss Emma Miles Miss Helen
Vernon. The entertainment will also
include feats Of prestidigitation by
Wray the Great, the celebrated
Ethiopian impersonators. Fr a n k
Prower Dick Parker, Harry Fox,
Master Emerson and the amusing,
pleasing, and wonderful extemporane-
Gus Vocalism Of Mr.. William Harrison
who will make up song while on
the stage, about the little misses. mas
ters and ladies and others who con-
stitute the audience, and sing 1t to
them. During the intervals in the
entertainment baskets Of candies and
confectionery will be distributed
gratuitously TO the entire audience.
A very superior orchestra and concert
band win assist the entertainment"
In November. 1861, the month and
year of the opening Of the Canter-
bury. the Tenth Street Baptist
church building was used as public
hall and in Decemb"", 1861, was
named George Christys New Opera
House. You remember Christys Min
strels? They were as famous in the
40s, Dos and Cos as HaVerly's Masto-
Con Minstrels and Thatcher, Primrose
and West in the 70s and sos. Christys
M.nstrels played at Odd Fellows Hall,
Navy Yard, before opening the Tenth
street church building, which, in
lS6Z-l think September-was re-
named Ford's Tenth Street Theater
and later Ford's New Thaator.
n November, 1861, Carlotta Patti
spelled in some advert sements
"Charlotta," and who was the sister
of Adelina Patti-sang in the church
building. I hand you this advertise.
ment from The Star:
Tenth Street Baptist Church. be-
tween + and + streets. within one
square of Pennsylvania avenue-Miss
Carlotta Patti. The public respect.
fully Informed that Miss Carlotta Patti.
the celebrated cantatrlce, whose great
success in the Academies of Muse in
New York, Philadelphia and . Boston
has placed her in the front Mnk Of
Evening star., 1927-04-17

A VACANT lot on the south side
" Of Louisiana avenue between
II Four and a Half and Sixth
4 l. streets was shown the Rambler
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Incites war" to Kill
Pests Among Insects

Seattle. Wash.--Important to hui
mans, although almost unnoticed by
the general public, a war Of extinction
between mortal enemies in the insect
world has been going on in the Pa
cific Northwest for four years and the
end is not yet In sight.
The warfare was instigated by Prof
Trevor Kincaid, professor Of biology
at the University Of Washington. In an
attempt to control q serious infesta-
tion known as the earwig, n species
Of harmful insect, by importing para
sitical tachinade flies from Europe.
The tachinade flies are natural enc
niles of the earwlg Both came from
Europe originally.
When poison bait and other weapons
failed to check the encroachments Of
the earwig, the flies were pitted
against them. first in a laboratory
arena, where the earwig was victori-
Gus, and then In the fields at large.
An omnivorous eater of all growing
things, the earwig also ensconces it,
self snugly in clothing or shipments Of
goods and does considerable damage
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Offer Students Prizes
for Best Safety ESSAYS

New York.--In 1926, there were s.
921 highway embarrassing accidents
in which 2,492 persons were killed and
1901 injured In 1925, there were 81
479 accidents In which 2,206 persons
were killed and 1855 injured.
In an effort to interest the public
and especially the younger generation,
in preventing Embarrassing accidents,
the railroads, through the American
Railway association, have announced
an offer Of three prizes In a nation
wide contest to be awarded to school
and college students The prizes are
to be $3.50 each, one for the best essay
prepared by grammar school stu
dent, one for the best, by high school
student, and one for the best, by col
lege student. The subject in all cases
is to be Gross Crossings Cautiously"
and each essay must be not more than
$50 words in length. Detailed plans
for the contest have been arranged by
]. c. Caviston, secretary of the safety
section of the association, with head
quarters at 30 Vesey street, New
York. The contest closes on June j.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Soviet to Preserve
Chapel of Virgin

Moscow. Cathedrals, churches,
mosques and synagogues Of definite
historical or Architectural interest are
to be pre- erved intact by the Soviet
government.
This was indicated by the commits
sariat of education In refusing the pc
tition of Moscow borough govern
ment seeking the demolition of the
famous chapel Of the Iberian Virgin,
which the devout consider the most
sacred spot In Russia. The borough
claimed it impeded traffic.
"This precious Sixteenth century
structure" said the commissariat,
has every claim to be preserved with
the rest of Russia's monuments, be-
cause it represents definite his
torical, artistic period In the life of
the country"
Standing at the entrance to Red
Square, the diminutive edifice was
made famous by Its ikon Of the lberian
Virgin, reputed TO have miraculous
powers, and by the fact that all czars
during the last 300 years invariably
went there for respiration and bless
ing before ascending the throne.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Get Thee Cone Divorce
Decree in Turkestan

Tashkent, U. S. s. R.-Turkestan is
one of the few remaining MosleIn
countries where the system of tenn
porary marriages prevails
AS In the new Turkey, man may
divorce his wife by saying in sub
stance SECT thee gone!' He is then
free to try matrimony with another.
But the woman, under Islamic law,
cannot remarry until 100 days have
elapsed after her divorce. If she
does so, she is cast out from Moham-
medan society as sinner.
Among the natives of Turkestan the
penalty for infidelity In a wife is both
severe and humiliating. To show her
guilt, her face is blackened and she is
placed on donkey, with her face to-
ward it's tail, and led through the
bazars Of the town.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
First "Miss America"
Unearthed i'm Georgia

Atlanta, Ga.--With hair cropped to
the vanishing point, ear lobes pierced
for whimsical gee-gaws and dress alb
breviated, Miss America the first or
Whereabouts, retains her figure while
secretly numbering her years by cen.
turtles and defying any modern man
to reveal her past.
Blonde or brunette, gentlemen's
preferences matter not whit with
thrills psychologists and ethnologists
who gaze on her wild grace and pom
der over the mystery of her place and
age in race long gone in Georgia.
Imprisoned for countless moons be-
meath the henna clay OF Etowah In
dian mounds in northwest Georgia, she
was found by plowmnn, who straight
way sent her TO the state museum In
Atlanta to resume her reign.
So famous has she now become, she
already has made two trips north
ward, one to New York and the other
to Washington, where she was studied
and replicas made OF her for use by
scientists. These now are on display
In New York, Phillips academy, And
over, Mass. the Smithsonian institu-
ton, Washington, and Oglethorpe uni
versity Atlanta
Despite the fact psychologists and
others of their kind are simply
crazy" about her, the idol has large,
lusteriess eyes. a defiant mouth, with
leering tongue slightly protruding
and squatty forehead she IS In a
state of good preservation, although
her left arm Is missing. Fifteen and
three-fourths inches In height, she
weighs 1914 pounds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Wild Animals SlOayed
bv Musical Sounds

1t Is a well-knCwn fact that some
animals are fond of music, while
others are exceedingly particular as
to the instruments played In their
presence, says Ruby Denton in Our
Dumb Animals. Lions have been
found to listen with marked attention
to the piano. They appreciate the top
and middle notes, but begin to roar
terribly when the bass notes are
the shrill notes of the fife. Scientific
experiments have been made to show
that the ears Of the tiger are much
more sensitive than those of human
beings, and that sharp-toned instru-
ments irritate the sensitive organs Of
hearing.
That is why some people in the
jungles of India and China have some
times been able to save their lives by
playing fife or some similar instru-
ment that they have happened to have
along with them when attacked by O
wild beast. The ferocious animal has
appeared to forget all else but the fri
tation caused by the sensitive mem
brane of its ears and has been more
than willing to fee with all possible
haste. In ZOOS experiments have been
made with horns, flies and violins, and
their effect upon the animals noted,
the result being that all take rather
kindly to the softer notes of the vio-
lin, but are much disturbed by the
shrill tones of the harsher instruments.
In those countries where oxen are
used for labor they take great pleas
ure In the singing of their driver
They work better at the pillow when
stirred by cheerful song. 1t is also
customary for the Arabs to sing TO
their camels during long journeys
across the desert.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
LIONESS FIGHTS
TO SAVE tanner
Rescues Man Who Was Kind
to Her Cubs.

London.-AHow lioness successfully
defended the life of man who had
administered medical attention 10 her
sick cubs when he was attacked by
a huge African lion was recounted
in dispatches received here from
Leicester
Capt Fred Wombweli. lion tanner,
with a circus showing at Leicester.
entered the cage OF the lioness and
her cubs after performance. and
was attending TO the Sick cubs when
the lion broke through partition
from an adjoining section of the cage,
and sprang on the tanner.
The dsfenseless man was pinned In
a corner of the cage. struggling with
the enraged beast, when the mother
lioness savagely sprang upon the back
of the lien. biting and tearing the
beast with her claws. Her efforts
were successful, and after fierce
and savage struggle she dragged the
lion off Captain Wombwel His back
and shoulders bleeding profusely from
innumerable wounds. Womhwell sue
ceeded In dragging himself from the
cage. His strength was practically
gone, but he iatched the door before
falling unconscious.
In the meantime. the lion turned to
defend himself from the mother Of
the Cubs, ana the two beasts engaged
In fierce fight.
Wombwell was found near the cage
by an attendant who was attracted
to the scene by the noise of the con
flict.
In connection with the rescue by
the lioness, II is pointed out that Cap
tain Wombwell was saved from al
most certain death under practically
identical circumstances three years
ago.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21

TOO bad it is stormlng," John
said. II had planned to take you
kids for ride up Choconut creek.
1t is lovely there now. with every
branch and bough burgeoning."
Cant we go tomorrow asked
Trivilla eagerly.
John said wen see," and smiled
in Mildred's direction. 1t was the
last thing she remembered for a time.
Family at last into her consCieus-
ness came voices, the sound of some
body crying and the feeling of hands.
Thoughts gathered. What was the mat
ter? Had she tainted She opened her
eyes and saw that the lights had
come back on and that three persona,
John, of course, and the children
were about her as she lay on the
floor. Indeed, she lay in Johns arms
and his face was white as 1t bent
above her
She felt herself being lifted and
borne to the living-room davenport.
She could see now and her head felt
right, but there was queer faintness
at the pit Of her stomach.
Mother" Trivilla sobbed. 1--WE
thought you were dead
"Deadl' she spoke painfully. II
only tainted"
mo, no." Leon said, You were
struck. A bolt came down the Chin
ney. We all felt it, but you were
SITTING With vo,1r hacE-v
Suddenly Mildred realized the whole
unhappy thing. A little more and she
would have been gone beyond recall.
Would it not have been better?
"What pity" she said
THANK God it was no worse John
breathed.
Mildred tried to smile.
II feel as If had gone to sleep all
over" she said.
"You can't go back to work tomor-
row. Trivilla insisted.
"Oh. of course ! shall. / shall be
all right by them
"No" John said sternly. you won't
go back to work tomorrow, or next
day, or next week. This thing has got
to end. I'm going to take care of you
after this, Mildred"
"Oh, mother" begged Trivilla. "If
he wants to, let him."
please, mother" added Leon.
Mildred drew herself up.
but I am quite capable of taking
care of myself" she said, coldly.
Suddenly John laughed and took
her hand.
Il know that, my dear. And you
needn't get huffy at my interference
with your independence. But don't
you think IL you married me we could
make pretty happy family? The
kids are willing, I'm sure, If you
are"
Marry your" Mildred said. And
then she began to cry, she who had
been so brave for eight hard years.
John took her into his arms and at
signal from him the boy and girl
stepped from the room.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
TWO DUKES HAVE
KING AS LANDLORD
Make Annual Gift in Return
for Estates.

Woodstock, England.-In spite OF
housing shortages and rising rents
there are two persons in England who
can live without fear of waking up
some morning to find that their rents
have been doubled. They are the duke
Of Marlborough and duke Of yelling
ton and their landlord is the king OF
England.
Both noblemen hold their great
estates as grants of royal favor from
the crown. But the gift is not out
right. Some return must be made and
SO 1t is that each of these noble lords
must go once each year on a solemn
pilgrimage to the king of England at
Buckingham palace TO make some gift
which will insure his tenure for the
following year.
The selection of the gift is by no
means left to the personal fancy of
the giver 1t is carefully set down In
Blackstone's commentaries" that the
two tenants must render to the king
annually some small implement OF
war as bow, a sword, lance, an
arrow, or the like
The duke of Marlborough's estate,
Blenheim palace. at Woodstock, was
given to the first duke of Marlborough
as a reward for his victory at the
battle of Blenheim In the War of
the Spanish Succession in 1T04 II was
begun In 1904 and completed In iT22.
The total cost of the palace was f300,-
600, of which f250,000 was betrayed
by parliament.
Similarly, Stratford Sage house,
near Reading, was presented to the
first duke of Wellington by the nation,
In 1916, following his victory over Ma
poleon at the battle of Waterloo.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
"Scrve" Dancers to
Women in Berlin

Berlin.--"Waiter, dancer, pleaseW
In this categoric way, women In fash
ionaDle dancing places or hotels may
rorder" gentleman dancer hired by
the management, just as they would
order ice cream or bottle of cham
payne, and they usually tip the dancer
just as they would the waiter
Owing to the daily growing variety
of modern society dances women found
out that it was hard for them to keep
up-to-date So, some Berlin gayety
places created the new profession Of
drill dancer" for whom a stylish din
ner jacket, stainless linen, pair Of
patent leather shoes and a monocle
are the indispensable requisites. OF
course, good manners are required,
too, and lot of patience.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
200 Rattlesnakes Killed
by Charge Of Dynamite

Hot Springs, S. D.--Guy Keyes, for
est ranger whose station is near Key
stone, in Harvey national forest, forty
miles from Hot Springs, saw rattle
snake glide along ahead of him as he
rode over his range, and disappear in
a crevice of boulders short distance
away.
He followed In order to kill the rep
tile. On coming close to the rock he
saw a great mass of slowly writhing
snakes in recess in the boulders.
Realizing that he could not cope
with such numbers, Reyes rode to his
station and secured dynamite. which
he used to blow up both rocks and
snakes AS accurate count as could
he made afterward showed that there
were about 200 snakes killed.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
HISTORY OF TRIBES
CARVED ON BLUFFS
Records Found or Sides of
Guadalupes.

Carlsbad, n. M.-pictographs of an
aboriginal race that antedates all
known southwestern tribes are min
gled in the Guadalupe mountains near
here with the more recent sketches
and paintings of the Apache warriors
who hid with the willy Geronimo, and
with the initials of the pursuing sol
diers under Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
The Guadalupe range is perhaps as
little known as any in the United
States, much of 1t never having been
explored by white men. But the little
that has been examined promises a
field of archaeological investigation
for many years.
Carvings on Sides Of Bluffs.
The hieroglyphics OF the ancient
tribe are carved and scratched on the
bluffs and in the caves they inhabited
in the mountains, and no attempt has
been made to decipher their mean
ing. Unlike most Indian carvings and
paintings the photographs bear no
resemblance to animal forms, but are
in almost every case arrangements of
geometric figures in friezes or panels,
reaching In places to height of eight
feet. The friezes stretch to lengths
of 100 feet or more horizontally until
marred or broken up BY the decay Of
rock strata into which they were cut.
In contrast to the maze of mark
ings etched by the stone tools OF the
ancient race are the huge, gaudy draw
ings fashioned by the Indians during
the last $50 years. One particularly
brilliant painting Is above ledge high
in the hills where, tradition has It,
one of Geronimo's warriors fortified
himself for a lone stand against the
white troopers In the early eighties
Many Soldiers Names.
The painting depicts warrior
pointing UP the canyon. The faint
outline of horse is close beside him.
The picture is translated as warn
ing to his tribesmen that mounted
enemies are approaching through the
canyon.
Indications of the passage of white
soldiers through the mountains are
plentiful. In many places initials and
names of soldiers serving under Gen
eral Miles are carved in the rock.
In cave In remote section IS
carved the name Of w. NJ. Bonney,
better known as "Billy the Kid
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Famous Cemetery

Among the first large cemeteries
In America was Greenwood cemetery,
which had Its beginning when a stock
company in Brooklyn purchased the
wooded heights of Gowanus bay. Much
of the land was swampy, rocky waste
and thick underground. The founding
of this cemetery was to provide a
large central burying ground to re-
place the many small. private ones,
where too often the bones of the dead
had been scattered by the growth of
the city, says Maude Stewart In
"Vrouw Knickerbocker."
The first citizen of Brooklyn to be
buried in Greenwood cemetery was
John Hanna, who died in 184O Since
that date 100000 others have been
buried in Greenwood
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Shoshones Bury Beds
of Dead Warriors

Fort Washable, Wyo.-Mod-
ern customs and ancient beliefs
5 have clashed with weird re-
suits in the Wind River burial
} ground near here.
The old idea that the Sho-
} shone Indian should have his
personal effects buried with
; him was workable in the days
when he slept on buffalo robe,
but these modern. beds present
g problem which Is generally
{ solved by leaving the bed above
ground.
The burial place was estab-
lished 43 years ago by Rev. John
Roberts adjoining his log mis-
I sion, which still stands. At that
) time the funeral ceremony con-
sisted of placing the body of
; the deceased on the back of
pony which was led, followed
by cortege. up long trails to
a mountain top. There burial
} was made in the crevices of a
rocky point.
A Shoshone legend says the
tribe is descended from a big
coyote.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Locusts Defed Artillery

Giant locusts have been invading
the countryside in India. three differ
ent swarms having descended upon
territory In the Bombay residency.
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
One "army" was 20 miles long and 80
yards wide. When the insects had set
tied, heavy gunfire was directed upon
them, but did not dislodge them, and
several fertile tracts were devastated.
Another swarm was five miles long
and half a mile wide.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-04-21
Judge Insists

White Plains, N. Would a wife
refuse alimony? Asked by Justice
Morsehauser how much she wanted,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Lechmann said: Il
don't want any" "Oh, yes, you do"
said the justice. II will make your
husband pay 500 a month and you
must take it"