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Collitv of the Full Gospel Mission, who is chairm of the local commitiee on arrans ments, a reluctant admission Wis ldrawn today that “some protests have been received against Mrs. Me Pherson’s somewhat sensational vival in the intereste of “old-tir | religion.” More than that the local chairman refused to say Remains at Headquarters. At the campaign headquarters in the Hamilton Hotel, where the indefati gable revivalist was storing up more energy for her third sermon this after noon to thousands of waiting \Wash ingtonians, no cenfirmation of this situation was obtainable. At ieast no Washington pastor had come out in the open to question the right of Mrs. McPherson to spread her square” gospel here. Despite pers ent rumors that all is not as well reported, there was nothing in evangelist's demeanor to indicate rying on that score 10,000 Hear Sermons. Fully 10,000 persons in all wal life, some drawn by curiosity, others by the appeal of her “Foursquare (s pel.” rallled abou: the picturesque Los Angeles evangelist at her first two meetings yesterday afternoon and last night. “Who said Washington staid and conservative?” Sister Aimee exclaimed. with cheeks aglow. after a more than usual hearty response from the “amen corner” in the Audi torfum. “Why, you're all afire with the spirit of the old-time revival:” And, sure enough, they were, To judge by the fervent cries “Hallelujah” that greeted this s and others like it. these 10,000 Wash ingtonians seemed, indeed, to welcome a return of this form of worship. For Mrs. McPherson, in action, is the spirit incarnate of the old type of re vivalist, who takes her Bible seriously and calls on the “sinners” and the “‘back-sliders”—there were many-——to stand up and bare their souls. {Me | sur the she ns are Has Message for Pastors. This magnetic young woman, car- rying the message of an old-time re. ligion into the homes of Washington, who hemoaned the fact that she “has stood in churches for an hour without hearing a single amen.” has some- thing, too, to tell the pastors of the land. “The more the world enters into the church the more God gets out,” she warned. “Throw out the movies from the church, take out the dance hall emple | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. 'CLIPPINGS TELL GRAPHIC STORY TEXT OF RESPONSE BY FRANCE | A remarkable collection ingtonin, which preserves and intimate deails {dead. has been assembled into bound | volumes at the Public Library | promises be an invaluable refer | ence mine for historians of the future | it consists largely of clippings from newspapers and magazines arranged in topical volumes These clippings have been accumulating for the past vears. The majority of them are from The Evening Star They have heen arranged by Miss Katharine Pat ten of the Library staff The collection is increasing so rap idly, according to Dr. George F. Bow | erman. the librarian, that it is plan [ ned to set aside a special room next | vear where it will be kept for the con { venience of writers and students of Washington history Formerly the clippings were kept loose in boxes, but there were so many calls for them, and they became so disordered after they were consulted, that it was necessar to bind them in order to assure their preservation the Deals With Disappearing City. The old Washington dealt with in this mate the romantic city of fine old mansions _which persisted from the davs of Thomas Jefferson well into the present century—is dis appearing very rapidly. One by one ancient houses with rich historical associations disappear. It is to pre serve the memory of these that Dr. Bowerman has directed his lubors. The legends of the past have been pre. served largely in perishable newspaper accounts. diflicult to reach and to study. \ casual survey of the volumes al ready prepared reveals a wealth of obscure material not only for the his torian. but for the romanticlst. T torians have touched only the high lights of the days when Robert Fulton led his first tiny models of the steamboat on Rock Creek, when Jeffer. son tramped about the outlying pas turés collecting botanical material; of the duels, the love matches and the weddings. Take, for instance, Philip Spencer. He was the son of Canfield Spencer and grandson of Dewitt Clinton. His father came to Washington as a member of Jeffer- son’s cabinet. Philip was a ne'erdo- well, who had left behind him a long trail of escapades. Through his father's influence he secured a_com- mission s midshipman in the Navy When the ship lay off the coast of Brazil, he formed. with two saflors, a plot to seiz it, kill the officers and about half the crew and turn to tho life of a pirate. The plot was discov- ered, and the midshipman hanged the story of {from the yardarm—an incident which forced his father’s resignation from the cabinet and was the sensation of Washington at the time. and stop the friendly ‘smokers.’ A church without the spirit of the Holy Ghost is like an automobile without gas. What you need is fire in your churches, fire in the pews, not in the cook stove in the basement room, but fire in vour pulpits. What the churches need today is the old-time re- Hgion.” For, as Mrs. McPherson reminded her swaving. sympathetic audience, “the twentieth century is moving in seven-league boots and the church trudging in leaden shoes,” Enjoys Opening Here. Mrs. McPherson enjoyed opening her Washington campaign—her first here since an appearance several years ago in the McKendree Methodist Epls- copal Church—and made no bones about it. Yesterday afternoon she preached on “Ruth the Gleaner,” while last night for 45 minutes she pleaded the cause of the “Foursquare Gospel,” described as dealing with the four great phases of Jesus Christ—namely Christ, the only Saviour; Christ. th baptizer with the Holy Split; Christ, the Great Physician, and the coming kingdom. “Oh, it Is a workable gospel." Mrs. McPherson exclaimed. “That is what the world is asking for today. Beauti- ful oratory s splendid, but it doesn't satisfy a longing heart. Education is wonderful, but it will not heal a broken znd suffering body. When sickness comes or bereavement pierces the heart, when the night is dark and there is no way to turn, then a gospel of words will not answer the need.” Where many seats were empty v terday afternoon in the large Audi- torium, every seat and box was filled last night, and persons stood up in the rear, though the spontaneity of the earlier audience, comprising most- ly women, was far more noticeable, For all that, the “sinners,” the “back- sliders” and “those who just go to church to be prayed for” were more numerous last night. Refers to Recent Case. It is thus that Mrs. McPherson always concludes her revivals. Kneel- ing in front of the vast audience, as the penitents stand silent, she leads in prayer. Then with arms outstretched, she sings In a soft mezzo-soprano: “Come into by heart, Lord Jesus. Mrs. McPherson, doesn’t parade her recent “persecution,” as she claims, but she never fails to drag it in by the heels. Yesterday, she referred to the “Tower of Babel” erected by the devil to undo her work in Los Angeles Temple, and last night she again made a pointed reference, by song and speech, to the dificulties that have beset her path in recent months. Referring 1o this “fire” last night, during the course of her sermon, she declared the devil found he had to put it out. “What he threw on it, he thought was water, and it turned out to be gasoline—-then whoop it went. Mrs, McPherson ix popularizing in Washington an old-time negro spiritual, with Cpalifornia words that have an unguestioned meaning. lLead- ing the large white garbed choir of women’s voices from the stage, the audience finds itself singing with her: You can talk about me as much as you down on my kiees to grieve the Lord any And then another verse On one_of these dayx the judgment wil! (ome. And the Lord will stop these falsifying ' to grieve the Lord any Holds Center of Stage. Away from her audiences, Mrs. Mc- Senator's Daughter’s Romance. Then there is the romance of John C. Fremont and Jessie Benton. She was the daughter of a distinguished Senator. He was a poor Army lleu- tenant. They set out to get married. The irate Senator saw them slip from the house and followed them. Sena- tor Benton was a. power in Washing- ton, and he was confident that no clergyman would marry them. They went from one parsonage to another about the city, the father following close behind. But Senator Benton was an old man. - He grew tired with the long. chase. When the couple went to the home of a Catholic priest on Capitol Hill he slipped into the church next door to rest—confident that the priest would not consent to perform the ceremony without first consulting him. He planned to follow them again as soon as they came out of the rectory. But he feel asleep in the pew.' The priest brought the couple to the church and married them while the old Senator snored. Those . were the days when C street between John Marshall place and Third street was the elite sec- — persons living outside Washington who have come to hear her preach to stand up and tell where they are from. A grisled man riges in the third row. “And what is your town?" asks the radiant Aimee. “Frostburg, Md.,”” he says. “We don’t have that in Californfa,” chimes in Mrs. Me- Pherson. Then at a gesture of her square-tipped, capable fingers, the thousands present bow in prayer or hum the refrain of a hymn while she prays. “Hallelujah, Thine the glor: McPherson exclaims shrilly glad I'm saved. To the person who believes in the Bible of the fundamentalist, Mrs. Mc- Pherson last night had a word of en- couragement, and one of disparage- ment for those who read the works of the evolutionist. *'T pity you then,’ she sad, “for the more you read them, the more false courage you get. It's like the whisky that gave the little mouse so much courage. I know there is a God. He's mine!” s The evangelistic services will con- tinue until the closing session tomor- row evening. RADIO TALKS BARRED. Mrs. “I'm WRNY Refuses to Allow Mrs. Pherson to Use Facilities. NEW YORK, February 16 (#). Because the directora of radio sta- tion WRNY at the Hotel Roosevelt decided it would be “bad policy” to allow Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, to speak over their station, her scheduled ad- dresses on I'riday, Saturday and Sunduy of this week have been can- celed, it was announced yesterday. The directors of the statlon said Mrg. McPherson had been asked 10 seek elsewhere for a place to de- liver her radio talks. Mec- Pherson dresses in the latest, becom- ing modes, but once she assumes the role of evangelist she appears in a ximple white nurse’s costume, with a flowing black cape. She has the cen- ter of the stage always, and holds it throughout the prograni. The stage is well set before Mrs McPherson's arrival. For half an hour a hymn leader works hard tr ing to stir the audience to a proper religious fervor. Soon they are join ing in the singing of such old familiar camp meeting hymns as “Revive | Again,” “Brighten the Corner, “Bring ing in the Sheaves.” Then Mrs. McPherson’s arrival is announced by Rev. Harry L. Collier, pastor of the Full Gospel Mission, who presides at each meeting, and, quietly, the bronze-haired evangelist, flashing a radient smile and with arms out stretched, walks to the center of the stage. Mrs. McPherson understands the psychology of a revival audience. en the evangelist calls upon all of Wash-| color | of days long | mont and his bride lived for a time. and | | the 70% of Your Child’s School-work is in the Morning! Give QUAKER - OATS The Breakfast that “Stands By” You |OF "DISAPPEARING™ WASHINGTON| R Public Library Makes Volumes of Mate- | rial From The Star for Students of City's Earlier Aspect and Doings. tion of the city ton had his h There Seuator me and there Ben- Fre- Among the most inters endry of Washington Hbrary files is F'ather Waller, o St Patrick’'s Aft cold night his door when he answered ragged little hoys standing on the doorstep. They told him that their father was dying in a remote section of the clty and needed a priest. While he was preparing to answer the call the boys disappeared. Found Man as Described. He found the dying man at the ad- dress given by the two walfs—very close to death, alone and amid- sur- roundings of the utmost poverty. dently he has been without any at- tendance for days. He told the priest that he had lived alone for years “But_how about yvour little boys?" asked Father Walter. I have no little answered. “Rut the two who came to my house tonight?"" “I don’t know.” said the dying man. “I had two little boys once, but they died 40 years ago. Which to some may pearance of a miracle These are only a little of the Wash ingtonia gleaned from a survey of a single volume prepared under the divection of Dr. Bowerman and now available for students. Eight Volumes Ready. Eight volumes have been prej to date and others are in preparation. Those already on the shelves are: Historie Houses (two volumes)—Clip- pings and Tllustrations, Mounted and Bound. Many of the older houses de- scribed in these volumes date from before the foundation of the District and all bave disappeared. The mos modern houses. too, are illustrated, which makes these books a most in. teresting study of the architecture and development of the different sections of the city for the past century. The arrangement is alphabetical, by the name of the original owner or best known occupant. Hotels and Restaurants—Beginning with Suter's Tavern and Blodgett's Hotel. This volume contains desc tions of the accommodations for visi- tors and accounts of the life in the small hotel and boarding house in the early days of Washington. Descrip- tions and illustrations of the famous rastaurants which played such an im- portant part in the social life of the period are included and also some of the more recent and elaborate hotels which place Washington in the front rank as a hotel city. Account of Monuments. Memorials and Monuments (two vol umes)on Complete History of the Man Public Memorials and Monuments in Washington. This history includes the inception of the Washington Monument, the authority of Congress for its erection, by bill or resolution, d reports from both houses, the con- struction and the ceremonies attend- ing the unvelling. In many cases a briet sketch of the designer is given and numerous petitions for memorials and monuments on which no action has been taken are included. The arrangement is alphabetical. Roadside Sketches—A series of Arti- cles Contributed to The Evening Star Through the Summer of 1891 by George Simmons. Mr. Simmons strolls through the country surrounding Washington, making delightful small sketches to illustrate his journeys. He also visits what were then the Immediate suburbs and gives a pic- ture of the important buildings and homes in those localities. As these small places have been swallowed up in the growth of the city, this is a valuable book of reference. Arrange- ment is chronological by the date of Journey. Descriptive of Capital, ‘Washingtno — Descriptive Articles Written for the Newspapers of Wash- ington from 1890-1902 by John F. Coyle. These letters cover all Pphase: of Washington life at that time. Any happening (political or social), the birthday of a famous man, the visit of an actor in a new play, dinner- glving and paying calls furnished ma. terlal for an interesting account of how it was done. Mr. Coyle’s record as a leading journalist of his time "‘)al:e, this collection exceedingly valu- able, The White House. Out of the Wwealth of material on the White House in the W hingtoniana collec- tion at the Library an attempt has been made in this volume to bring together some of the more interesting clippings about the social and family life of its occupants. Clippings con. taining facts and incidents unusual and difficult to find have been pre- served and a speclal effort has been made to collect everything possible about the different women who have been the presiding ladies. This vol- ume is indexed and is the second of this character on the ‘White House to be added to the reference collection. Oldest Inhabitants to Meet. The Association of Oldest 1 i- tants of the District of Cnlumblg.h:'l;;l hold its annual business meeting and celebration of George Washington’s birthday in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Third and A streets south- east, next Tuesday morning at 11 o’'clock. Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio will deliver an address at the patriotic exercises, sting preserved the story mer pastor midnight bell rang he found lex in of of one and two boy the man have %he ap Society of Natives to Meet. The Society of Natives of the Dis- trict of Columbia will meet in the ‘Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets, Friday night at 8 o'clock. A program of entertainment is to be vresented and refreshments serv [ atory 'y WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY The text of France's reply to the American invitation for a naval con- ce, as made public by the State rtment, follows: The American Government been good enough to addre signatories of tne of Washington of of them (o the has to the navai convention 1922 and as one French government a memorandum proposing to nego- tiate at Geneva between the five powers, distinteresting themselves from the general work of the reduc tion of armaments carried on for the last 10 months by the Prepar- Commission of Disarmament an agreement with view to limit- fng from now on naval armament for the categories vessels which are nol included the treaty of Washington. “The French first of all to appreciates the of in government wishes how much it lofty aim of the American note. The generous Ideal- ism which inspires it is in accord- ance with its own views. No power could he more appreciative of the noble fnitiative of President Cool- idge than France, which never cease: to fil\n proofs of her resolutely pacific will, “Itdesires equally to show how much it has appreciated the friendly attention of the Federal Government in leaving its proposals flexible in an endeavor to take into account the special conditions and requirements of the continental powers. The American Government has thus shown that it is quite aware of the very clear position taken by the French government in the question of naval disarmament. It will, there- fore. not be astonished to see French opinion preoccupied with its dutles as a member of the League of Na- tions and with its moral obligations toward all the powers which form part of it Danger to Geneva Seen. 'On its part the government of the republic would have heen happy te he able to adhere to these proposals with out reserve and the entire French na tion would have congratulated itself on seeing the two countries again as. soclated in an enterprise so con sistent with th common traditio; But an attentive study of the Ameri can proposals has convinced the gov ernment of the republic that in their present form they risk compromising the success of the task already com- menced at Geneva with the active help of the representatives of the American Government. “Article eight of the covenant of tho League of Nations has made the gereral limitation of armaments one of the essentlal duties of the League. Without doubt in 1921 the powers to whom the United States are today appealing already united their efforts to realize by themselves a limitation of naval armaments, At the time it tovk place the calling of the Wash- ington conference was fully justifiea, but clrcumstances today are different. The League of Nations has begun its task: The conclusion of an arms traf- flo convention, the elaboration of a convention on the private manufac- ture of war materials, the convoca- tion finally of a preparatory commis- sion with a view to the meeting of a conference for the general limitation of armaments, a commission to which all the countries of the world have been invited and in which the greater part of them participate, mark so many decisive stages toward the aim fixed by the covenant. “Without doubt the American Gov- ernment is not thinking of withdraw- ing from the task undertaken the ef- ficient collaboration which for nearly a year its delegates have contributed It promises, on the contrary, to con- tinue it. But its proposal has never- theless for practical result to divest the preparatory commission of an es- sential question which figures on its program; to constitute on the side a special conference in which only a few powers should participate, and Whose decislons under penalty of be- ing vain must, at least in their prin- ciples, be later recognized as valid by powers which would not have been admitted to discuss them. Wants All Nations to.Act. “To decide today without consulting the League of Nations and determine method and to seek a partial solution of the problem in preoccupying one- self with maintaining the actual ex- isting situation, than in determining the conditions proper to ensure the security of each one; to limit beside this effort to a few powers would be both to weaken the authority of the League of Nations so essentlal to the peace of the world and to injure the princpile of the equality of states which is at the very base of the covenant of Geneva and to which on its part the French government re- mains firmly attached. “The principle of the equality of the powers, great or small, is one of the recognized rules of the League of Nations. Technical committees have met, all the maritime powers have participated in their labors, they have pointed out the necessities for their defense. How could one admit that at the moment when the preparatory commission 18 called upon to formulate the conclusion of its discussions the five most important maritime powers should take cognizance of the ques- tion and as far as it concerns them give it a definitive solution of a nature to prejudice the final decisions for the entire naval problem? “In fact, besides the categories to which the new limitation should apply are those which for the majority of powers present the greatest interest. An agreement limited to a few navies could be explained for battleships; practically they are the only ones to possess any. It is otherwise when the question of light vessels is considered. All the navies of the world have an interest in being associated with the deliberations on this important prob- lem. 16, 1927. EJECTING NAVAL PARLEY PLAN| “As for the French government, which, in the question of limitation of armaments, 1s only interested from the defensive point of view, as Mr. Briand deciared to Mr. Hughes on December 1%, 1921, and which in this respect must interest itself both in the protection of its coasts and in the safety of s maritime communica- tions. Ity delegates at Geneva have defended ana caused to prevail in the technical conimissions two general principles: On the one hand that one cannot undertake to limit naval arma- ments without taking into considera- tion the molutions proposed for land and air armaments; on the other hand, especinlly trom the naval point of view, that the limitatlon of arma ments can oniy result from the attri bution to any one power of a global tonnage that it remains free to divide according the sense of its nec- essities. “The American proposal sets aside immediately those two principles, which would have for consequence that the French government, which has taken its stand before all the na- tions represented at Geneva, could only adopt it by abandonment of its point of view. It would thus contra dict itself while publicly recanting. “The method proposed, would it be at least of a kind to obtain the looked for result? The precedent of the Rome conference in 1924 does not permit of hoping so. This conference, in fact, did not succeed in having adopted by the powers not represent- ed at Washington the principles which there had been established for battleships, still less in having them extended (o the other categories of vessels. These powers would not be less mindful of their own interests if they were asked again to accept prin- ciples resulting from decisions which would have been decided upon with- out them. Opposes View of U. “This last objection has, without doubt. been considered by the Amer- ican Government, and if it has thought necessary to set it aside it is by rea- son of its opinion that if the prob- lems of disarmament are not dis- soclated there is no hope for a prac- tical result in the near future. The French government thinks on the con. trary that in the present state of the surveys with which the prepara- tory commission is charged the lat- ter can, at its next session, and on condition that the nations represented bring like itself a firm resolve to suc- ceed, make the decisions which would permit the meeting with serlous chances of success of the general con- ference on disarmament. “The French government having envisaged the different aspects of the American proposal, consclous of the duties imposed on it as a member of the League of Nations, fearing any undermining of the authority of the latter and convinced that no durable work of peace can be bulit without the common consent of all the powers called on the same grounds to defend their rights and interests, thinks that it is at Geneva and by the pre- paratory commission itself in which we have been so happy to see the delegates of the United States partici- pate, that the American proposal can be effectually examined.” e S SEVERE JOLT GIVEN U. S. PARLEY HOPES BY PARIS AND ROME (Continued from First Page.) to diplomatic language, commenced with an appreciation of the “lofty aim of the American note” and affirmed its own government's accord with the “'generous idealism” of the United States. But the Briand text after two brief introductory paragraphs launched into its principal objection to the American proposal—that it would conflict with the League’s com- mission. “To_decide today without consulting the League of Nations * ¢ + and to seek a partial solution,” the reply declared, “of the problem (arma- ment limitation) in preoccupying one’s self with maintaining the actual exist- ing situation, than in determining the condition proper to insure the security of each one; to limit beside this effort to a few powers, would be both to weaken the authority of the League of Nations, so essential to the peace of the world, and to injure the principal of equality of States, which is at the very base of the covenant of Geneva and to which, on its part, the French government re- mains firmly attached. ITALY SIDES WITH FRANCE. Rejection of U. 8. Invitation May Be Delivered Today. ROME, February 16. follow France's lead in rejecting President Coolidge's naval disarma- ment proposal, it was announced in a semi-official communique this morn- ing. The Italian reply is ready and Will probably be delivered some time today. The reasons for Italy’s rejection of the proposal were not announced, but Italy will bt RECEIE it is understood they are based upon the insistence that a reduction in sub- marines, destroyers and other light types of naval vessels would Jeopardize the defense of the long coast lines of Italy proper and her African colonies. JAPAN FOR CONFERENCE. Newspaper Critical of France's Atti. tude Toward It. TOKIO, February 16 (#).—The newspaper Hochi, commenting edi- torially on President Coolidge’s naval arms proposal, asserts that it is ad- - vemaegs D HERE Parker’s Pharmacy—No. Cap. & R. I. Ave. Is a Star Branch Office There is one of these Star Branch Offices in prac- tically every neighborhood, in and around Washing- ton, for the convenience of patrons of The Star Classified Section. You can locate it by the above sign—and please feel perfectly free to make use of its facilities. It will handle your Classified Ads promptly and without extra fee; only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here com- bined. That is b BETTER RESULTS. because Star Ads bring “Around the Corner” Is a Star Branch: 0'*. visable for Japan t efforts to aild the c 50 far as to advise to_participate, It states that ment race was dreadtsl and therefore Japan should lead powers In the realization of disarma ment. France’s present an absence of asser! BRITAIN MARKIN(G cert positive nference, going vance and the pre-war arma- that attitude sincerity, the indicates Hochi k. rete Disarm Not Yet Formulated. DON, February 16 (@) —Ioi ‘etary Sir Austen Chamber ., answering a question in the House of Commons today President Coolidge's proposal for further naval reductions, replied that he was unable to make any state ment at the present time The forelgn secretary, another question, said that the had not yet come for i final decision concerning what concrete proposals for dsiarmament Great Britain would lay before the forthcoming disarma ment conference at Geneva LEAGUE PRESTIGE ISSUE UP. Geneva So Interprets France's Re- Jection of Parley. GENEVA, Switzerland, February 16 (P).— Insistence upon maintaining intact the power and authority of the League of Nations, with scrupulous regard for the wishes of all the mem ber states, both great and small, is the interpretation in league circles of France's reply to \Washington which she refuses to consider partic pation in a new naval conference limited to the five big naval powers. Officlals here, while favoring a flve power pact. believe that the United States, with its position of independ- ence and isolation between two oceans. negleots to give sufficient im. portance to the relations either of mere friendship or open alliance ex isting between numerous countries in Europe, or to the difficulty one nation finds In adopting action on naval ar maments without taking into consider- ation the desires of smaller countries who are also interested in smaller warcraft such as submarines and destroyers. France's reply is believed to leave the fate of the American proposal to the preparatory disarmament com. mission, where the American dele gates will have an opportunity to argue the practicability of a confer ence of the big powers as the first conorete step toward general reduc- tion of armaments. The French memorandum, ing Europe's refusal to accept the American World Court reservations, is also regarded in league circles as another manifestation of Europe's belief that the United States must work through the league as a whole and not through its individual mem- bers if she desires to co-operate effectively in Europe. PRESS BACKS BRIAND. ent reply to fallow: Reply to U. S. Declared What Nation Is Thinking. PARIS, February 16 (®). French government’s friendly and courteous reply, which at the same time is both firm and dignified, exactly reflects the sentiments of the nation,” said Excelsior tods The paper thus summed up the views of all the newspapers on the French answer to President Cool- idge's proposal for limitation of naval armament > S to borrow. fraction you aj to de- it $1 per week "l' an Acwunt]. the rmum o, which may be used to cancel 't‘hc note when ue. Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthl or monthly as you prefer. 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Tell your friends about the new way to NOZO other | Proposals | regarding | time | now widely used i mended by physician: Whether vou have & slight ‘cold jn, the bead, or if the head and nose are el P, do not hesitate, But lons. results are not ROSA A SNES N OPERA TONEHT Chicago Company to Present “The Masked Ball”—Mati- nee Tomorrow. th te \Verdi presented and Opera arvived from afterne wha « a donna; Cyrena Van Charles Marshal cipals in a en The Masi by the Chic Co.. at Poli's Baltimore Among those @ Raisa, pri Gordon. contralt leading tenor: Richard Bonelli, leading baritone; Clara Shear, Anna Hamlin Virgilio ' L i, Antonio Nicholich, Lodovico Oliviero and Louis Derman This afternoon Mary Garden and the cast for “Resurre 1, which will be given tomorrow afterncon, will ar rive. The company travels in ti | trains; there are more than 250 s in th © tonuring organi and during the tour the C} Opera Co. will viit 17 cities, from Boston to San Antonio, Tex, Raisa Sings Tonight. Raisa, the prin night, w h unassuming of her rola in “The which is one of her She also likes very Aida. which she sang in Baltimors Monday night. and was very that a record-br king audience, v h hundreds of “standees,” greeted her Mnie. Raisa was the first prima donna to sing the title role of Puec| ni's Turandot,” in ti pre Milan, Ttaly, when Arturo conducted “No, T am not_Italian, although m name sounds so,” said Rafca. It was a great Italian that gave me this name, however. Campanari askad me when I was a young girl on my first trip to this country, what mn name was. I told him Raisa Busehkin. 1 s of Polish birth. e sald: “That name will never do at all: we musr that. What does Ralsa mean donna iatted Masked Ball,” favorite roles much the role of Toscanini “I sald it meant ‘Rose.’ h have it." said Signor Cam . ‘we will call you Rosa Raisa twice Rose.’ “And so it is,” ended the prima. don na smilingly, adding, “T was born in Poland, married an Ttalian, we are both now naturalized American citi zens, and have our home here in America.” Bonelli an American Another leading singer who over from Baltimore vesterday was Richard Honelli. who, ‘in epite of his Italian stage name, is an American, and was, at one time during his ca- er, a newspaper man. Mr. Bonelli, 0 sings in “The Masked Ball” to- night, brought out & beautiful statu ette given him by Rudolph Valenti- no’s secretary as a memento of tke motion-picture actor, at whose funeral services Mr. Bonelli was the solofst. The little figure is that of a knight, and is fashioned in an intricately carved and chiseled metal costume. 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