The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1912, Page 8

fer, sir? AT THE THEATRES THIS WEEK. Mcore—“The Bine Bird.” Metropolitan—Dark Seattie—Seattle Stock Co. “Arizona.” ORPHEUM—Cressy and Dayne and vaudeville. EMPRESS—"Fun at Sea” vaudeville. PANTAGES—-"The Surf Bath- ers” and vaudeville. GRAND—Vaudeville and motion pictures. CLEMMER — Photoplays and vaudeville. MELBOURNE—Photoplays and vaudeville. ALHAMBRA — Photoplays and vaudeville. and REAR RRRKKEA HER * AT THE MOORE * * Oe ll ll i nn nn ee id That famous beauty and wearer of expensive clothes, Valeska Sur- ee theatre-goers this season. Toad company is the same that, the Casino, set all New York whistling and humming. i RRR KIN * * % AT THE METROPOLITAN * * * PARK KK Kh tk In “The Quaker Girl,” which fomes to the Metropolitan theatre t [EERMENVREREERENY DS \* \* Scene, street car; weather, stormy, + SITE FOR THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITIC 1, Valeska Suratt, Moore 2. Alice Mazee, Empress 3. Lester Pauli, Seattie 4. Hayee Raymond, Pantages 5. Natalie Alt, Metropolitan 6. Raiph C. Herz, Orpheum tomorrow, are many Pretty sirls nora ile ee ae eee ee and much music, light, breezy an | "pera Senne Qeeker Oil pan |R#RARAA RRR A AREA RH Lon hat to Paris to see life. She sees it), AT THE PANTAGES +! PHILADELPHIA fight be aplenty, If she sees the brand of |, a itween eight mothers. dad 00 cate Parisian life which is carefull eee ekee htt keke eee aboard the battleship Minnesota P| “Sports and Pastimes of the Des-|¥as ended only when two of the pers,” her adventures are none the less amusing on that account. Na talie Alt plays the part of the Quaker Girl. AT THE SEATTLE * SPEER EERE BEE For the New Year's attraction, Bailey & Mitchell wil present at the Seattle theatre next week “Shore Acres,” an old-timer which will be going strong when many latterday “successes” are on the serap heap. att, (rer oy ay Saag har next we “The Kiss Waltz,” pee eeeeerr ‘New York Casino musical success. |* A ae ee oe ‘This 1s probably the choicest tit-bit | ® AT THE ORPHEUM * of its kind that has been offered |* * ll ln dl dn i in ln ln Ralph Herz, tamous comedian, and Minnie Depree will share head- tre next week, the latter in Alfred Sutro’s “Man in Front.” Herz will be remembered as the comedian in “Madam Sherry,” “Dr. De Luxe” and other productions, and also as the former husband of Lulu Glaser. The Amoras Sisters, French, will present a singing, dancing and Physical culture act. Seeley and |The Four Burns Ststers, #|known here, bring a musical turn. |Josh Dale, who calis himself “the | act. line honors at the Orpheum thea-|comedian who calls himself IN LOOKS West, minstrel men, bring “The Coon and the Octoroon.” Henry Lewis & juventic German come dian. Rose Kinley and Frank Gor don will offer acrobatic singing and dancing she has a wonderful ert” will be duplicated on the stage of Pantages theatre next week by the Six Abdullah Arabs, the head liners, Alice Teddy, claimed to be the world's only rotler-skating bear, will play a return engagement orably Alabama Kid,” also bas a musical The Melnottelanole wire walkers, from the Ringling efrous, and Dogan and Raymond, “The Messenger Boy and Girl,” complete the bill. | edie peaaitae toed teeth ic telad * AT THE EMPRESS * * * RARER HHRERHER Headlining the coming week's bill at the Empress theatre will be “Nick's Roller-Skating Gtri Grant Gardner is a black he merry music box.” Frank Pierce and Alice Mazee are comedy enter. tainers. George Paimer Moore and Florence Elliott will offer “A Matrimonial Substitute.” Jardys known abroad than here. bell and MacDonald bring a singing act entitled “Bits,” NEW PRESIDENT CELEBRATES HIS 56TH BIRTHDAY Preas Leased Wire. TON, Va., Dec. 28,—With nearly the entire population of this ES elty walking the streets, cheering, blowing horns and joining in a noisy demonstration, President-el Woodrow Wilson spent his 56th g birthday bere today. More than ig 25,000 Virginians took part in the celebration. Frank T. Ware, an ancient negro, who carried ison about when the future president was 2 years of age, was among the first to greet im. Wilson is the guest of Dr. M. Fraser, pastor of the church of Which the president-elect’s father, the Rev. Joseph Wilson, once had ebarge. 2 Tr now occupies the old manse. He was a sckool- e of President-elect Wilson at widson college, North Carolina. EDDIE TRIAL CONTINUED 108 ANGELES, Dec. 28.—The trial of former City Prosecutor and Vice Censor Guy Eddie, charged with contributing to the delinquen- cy of Mrs. Alice Phelps, a minor, will be continued Monday. The Seturday recess was taken to- day. 2 —By Derton Braley I don’t know nuthin’ about yer books, An’ I don’t much care to know ‘em; I'm searcely wise to a novel's look An’ I never has read a poem. Them written things is Greek to I'm mightily shy on learnin’, But 1 know the woods, an’ the wind that’s free An’ the smell of the wood fires burnin’, I know the call of the matin’ bird An’ the trail of the stag to water, An’ the ways of the wild things, winged an’ furred, That all of you “wise” folks slaughter. I know the song of the wind at night In the pine trees softly stirrin’, An’ I know the cry of the ducks in flight An’ the sound of the wings a-whirrin’, Do you know the way to pack an’ camp When there ain't no friend beside you? Kin you keep yer route on an all-day's tramp With never a trail to guide you? You can't? Well, mebbe, I'm quite a chump To you an’ yer learned brothers, But let me tell you, air, plain an’ ‘There certainly are some others! plump, ! BS” LEFT OUT--JUST Lucille is = juggler, and | parrot, | among them photographers—if you don’t object to photogra- phers being called human, Of all the camera men who have been up, | haven't yet seen one attempting to describe the sen- sations and difficulties that at- tend picturetaking from a fly: Ing machin Tam said to be a photogra- pher, though there are some who—on, well, never mind, 1 was up in the alr and here's my stab at telling what it wae A nasty, biting wind blew In from San Francisco bay. The day was murky, Silas Chris tofferson’s hydroplane was érawn up on the beach just far enough for the cute little waves to lick the forward tips of the sage A couple of mechan- ce ieting around, tight- ening wires, testing gears, and looking wise. They were discussing Mmatteroffact way, the bie “flop” (that's aeroplane taik) that Silas had taken on the mud flats the day before. His BArroW excape wasn't the point it was the disagreeable emell in a of the mud that still clung to the planes, that interested them “1 hope,” sald one, as he strained a gallon of gasoline pe a Subscribers to The Beattie Star ra favor by notityln | ry of any : rp ry or ft srrive any sigh: @'elock. kingly phone thie office 7) St once Main 9400. Ask for the Ciroulation Department “THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT” was the subject for discusslon. at the annual meeting and luncheon lof the Progressive Thought @ub, held in the Women's Federated club building Friday CHICAGO.—AFTER 19 years of tal blindness, Olson Canarro, 21, thrown overboard » pets of officers. felines were The animals ALEC ROSE, in his Vester way ahop. Thinks the old quarter halrout should stop; In ite place he would charge For amount, emai! or large; And the price for old men would then drop. NEW YORK.—Declaring no one else would listen to him, Harold Binney, eccentric lawyer, locked & reporter in his home until he could tell him how he was treated after arrest for speeding. SAVANNAH, GA-—In_a npeech here General Leonard Wood said the people of the United States spent more for automobile tires » {than is appropriated for the navy. BELLEVILLE, bewsboys “chipped tn nies to pay the tax on Rex, a waif dog, and saved him from the city's canine executioner. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.—-Seven- ty-five-year-old Stephen Scott, the “Vinegar King.” married bis 17- year-old grand niece, gave her a wedding prosent of $25,000 and to day is searching for her. The farmers in White valley Today at onethirty did rally; At the “Big Six” they're sore, So they've started a roar; To fight the combine they won't dally. river J. H. CUNNINGHAM, electrical engineer, commissioned by the mayor of Portland to inapect Seat- tle's municipal lighting plant, left for Tacoma Friday. He spent three days In the city MAYOR W. M. ALLEN, _ of Brewster, president of the board of directors of the Brewster trrigation district, spent Friday in Seattle, in conference with Judge C. B. Graves, attorney for the Irrigation district. MODERN BROTHERHOOD will hold a masquerade ball at 9 o'clock Monday at I. O. G, T. hall, back of Green Lake bank. The new auto truck added Friday to the equipment of the Seattle postoffice, made its first run to and from King St. station in the fast time of 15 minutes, W. Parry Smith, 76, a resident of Washington for 48 years, diea at his home, 1938 Howard ay. N., Fri- day night. Word of the death of George Wright, 77, preaident of the Yakim Sheep Co, and one of the oldest WRITES, THAT’S ALL THE SEATTLE STAR TAKING PICTURES IN THE SKY! PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TRIED HIS STORY WITH “HEART THRO IT WRITES through a dirty handkerchief into a funnel thrust in a hole back of the radiator, “I hope that forward cylinder head ts fixed #o it won't blow out this trip. If it does, it's the big flop for sure, Say, I see that Kearney makes 192 deaths up to now.” Neither of the mechantes knew I was going up.” About here an automobile buezed up and a little short fellow hopped out, Je oft an overcoat, pulled op a sweat er, wiggled Into a rubber turned bis cap around bac ward and came over to where I was standing, Thie was Silas Christofferson, You know the joyous feeling when the dentist sticks his head into the outer office and says, “All ready! “I'm awfully sorry, old top, that I'm late,” said Christoffer son, as be grabbed the steering wheel, gave the planes a quirk and hopped into his neat “le there enough gas for @ couple of he Billy?” he asked one of the mechanics “Couple of days, if you like,” said Billy; and he grinned as he anced at me out of the corners of hie eyes. Weill,” said Silas, “I guess we're ready-—why, old chap, you're white as a sheet!” “Beastly weather,” 1 replied. ‘Start the dinged thing g0- ing A small plece of canvas was YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Condensed for Busy People Jand best koown sheepmen of the Pacific Northwest, wae received from North Yakima Friday EV at the last election has a) ready bad the effect of making the wages commissioners increase the of @ number of city employes. Macteriinck’s play, “The Biue Bird,” will be the subject of an ad dress by Rey, BE. T. Dunstan before the ¥. M. C. A, Sunday Club Sun- day afternoon. Mme. Bernice de Pasquali, the San Francisco prima donna, been invited by the Seattle Arion to keep Monday evening, January 6, open for @ reception to} be given in ber honor, Pasqual! is an honorary member of the Verela Arion. VALLEJO, CAL.—Coxewain Wm iat of the gunboat Vicksburg was drowned when his launch was run down in Mare Island channel 4 the Southern Pacific steamer Capitan BLACK ROCK, Or.—General merchandise store of the Wyatt Company was burned to the ground with a $5,000 loss. The store was one of the largest in Polk county CAUSE OF WAR “The king of Sweden raises prize dogs on his farm,” “1 suppose he uses them to drive his Stockholm.” BREMERTON Washington Veterans’ Home has been placed under quarantine by Col. Wiscombe. the manager, D. C. Caines, an tn mate, was stricken with smallpox Friday. ABERDEEN, — AFTER being away from home since December 14, with relatives alarmed for his safety, K. Zelasko, wealthy proper ty owner of this city, was found ill in an Oakland hospital TACOMA—ROBERT LEE, dis trict passenger agent of the Harri man lines, le in a serious condition here because of an attack of pto maine potsoning je is one of the best known railroad men of the Northwest WALLA WALLA.—Judge Brents of the superior court has received letters of thanks from two girls he sent to the Chehalis training school. Both writers said they realized it was for their own good LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.--Meeting to devise a method of settling the textile strike here was held by the state board of mediation, Cumula- tive evidence was produced show- ing a reduction in the already low wages of the mill workers, HAVANA.—A_ naval twee! whereby the latter obtains addi tional lands for the naval base a Guantanamo concluded today be treaty be RETT.-The victory of the Cuba and the United States | tacked between a couple of mata that were nailed acrons the lower plane to the left of the driver's seat and alongside the engine. This was my seat It had no back and sagged down like an old camp stool, To get into It I had to give an imitation of an eel squirming through a gimilet hole. I re marked to myself that while working my camera it would be up to me to hang on with | my toes and 4 nh or two. “We won't go very high,” said Christofferson, adjusting the straps acrose his shoulders that controlied the warping planes; “a couple of thousand feet or so will do us nicely, There is a nasty blowing up ab want to tip over “it's pretty foggy, |, with great gusto go too high | we get any pictures. want get my pictures east.” About that time | wae wish: Ing that somebody would tell he mail closed in 16 min- rod Is where ev erybody holds on,” said Silas, careless like, It was a three eighthe inch nickel brace, but he only told’ me once that it was the place to hold on Silas started the engine. First it was a sputter, then a clatter, then a steady, roaring bum, The propelier sent a rain tide wind t be able to Besides | to get back in time to in the mail ‘hat ltt of papers, sticks and pebbles back on the spectators, who made a hasty getaway, Chris tofferson ral his band; somebody turned un loose and we skimmed out onto the bay We slid along over the sur face like the bottom of the pon toon was greased. Th was 8 slight jotting motion as we hit the high spots. I kept my eyes glued to the front end of the pon Buddenly it be gan to © The water fell away like the bottom had drop- ped out The pressure of the alr be came heavy and oppressive. 1 felt ike a big husky bolt heaver was trying to shove my shoulders into my shoes. My feet dangled over the edge of the lowe plane, and the sur face of the bay wobbled about far below me, with a sickly greenish tinge, for all the world like # dish of jelly. You know you don't see the up and down motion of the water when you're up in the alr. I begen fo wonder how mu & splant would & took the “big Mop. 1 hung onto my camera with a death tke rip and pulled the slide from my holder. I had scarcely got it free when the wind tore Kt out of | | my hand with a jerk and it went wailing away. Next, J lont my hat. I hooked heel the brace below plac over and let go with both hands was bound to get The w that plotur 4 blew the hood ow era and I lost two plate I had to guess at my | m bec it was impos sible to focu | We kept going higher s | higher. 1 leaned out | touched Christofferson on the | shoulder. He looked around | and could tell by the movement of my mouth that 1 was talk ing, bat he couldn't bear a | word, Then funny thing happened HE SHUT GINE' Let's land,” I said, with a jerk. 1 wanted to hear the whirr of that engine again giiding at that height didn’t ap- peal to me Christofferson er-with- the whee 4 the machine eoned over a dizay angle and pitched downward with a sickly twist- ing motion in a series of spiral a OFF THE EN- gave the lev- t a yank curves, We were doing the spiral ip! Christofferson is a Swede wonder if he with ike a and I began to was doing the spiral di me because I looked Swede, too. He wound up the spiral dip with a series of abrupt plunges known as the dip of death, then he headed the machine straight for shore and we shot onto that shiny, slippery-look- ing green surface of water with a splash. The spray flew over both of us, People on shore said that our landing was graceful and well judged, like the landing of a wild goose, I know I felt particularly lke one myself. uapmmencenacahe Beaupre and} tween Ambassagor Secretary of State Sanguilly of Cuba. STEAMER HUMBOLDT of the} Hamboldt line, sailed at 10 this morning for the North, with a ca- pacity cargo of general merchan- dlse. TACOMA.—In order to fit out an} expedition to make another ascent of Mt. McKinley, Merl La Voy, who accompanted Prof. Herschel Par-| ker and Belmore Brown on their) last trip, is in Tacoma this week,/ He hopes to get to the top this trip. AFTER A stormy trip from Sa- lina Cruz, the American-Hawatian liner Lyra arrived in port last night with 600°tons of New York freight. SERGTS. MEYER M. PRYSER and William B, Kent of the Seattle police force handed in their resig- nations Friday, They are going in to business. | SAN FRANCISCO.—Steel lumber steamer Cricket was launched Fri- day for Fred Linderman, who op- erates the Albion, Hornet, Wasp and Bee EL PASO, Tex.—-Bond Issue of $350,000 was voted for the Camino Real, which follows the old Santa Fe trail from New Mexico, |_ CHICAGO.-THREE reasons are }given for the high price of beef: | Fewer cattle are raised, pastures are being turned into wheat fields and the demand has increased SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Miss Dor- othy Deneen, daughter of Gov, and | Mrs. Charles Deneen, made her de- | but Friday night, | SAN FRANCISCO.—Henrl_ De Lorme will be deported for alleged [ Violation of the white slave law, | "1 thought Jones wae a vegetar “He wae until he trie ok MOOR 8 NIGHTS STARTING TOMORROW SPECIAL PRICED MATINEE NEW Years VALESKA SURATT lear MANAGL W The Famous Beauty The Kiss Waltz SPECIAL ORCHESTRA OF 25 iouses Everywhere : baleony, Té¢ ‘y Matinee, tie Original New York Prices $1.00; $1.50. Kvening gallery, res Tonight, Tomorrow Matinee and Night, Balley & Mitchell Preseme AUGUSTUS THOMAS MILITARY DRAMA ARIZONA — Matjnees Thu Special Bargain Night Monday, Evening prices Saturday and Sunday, 2 -IN- Production, Playing Capacity I Lower floor, $1.00 and $2. erved, 60c, Special W © his own vegetables leet » " | THEATRE SOHN CORT ~ Theatre SEATTLE THEATRE| BAILEY s. MITCHELL MGRS PH Min THREE TIMES MORE except Monday, 50, 20¢, 20¢ SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S OFFERING Matin Prices: 250, 50c, THOSE FRENCH GIRLS In Song, Dance, Mirth and Physical Cultury HENRY LEWIS SEELEY & WEST MLLE. LUCILLE Minnie Dupree & Co} “THE MAN IN FRONT”. Mt ESDAY ANL Night FRIDAY—Afternoo: SATURDAY AND 8 NIGHTS—Boxes and loges, first five rows, $1.00; next eight rows, 75c; Boxes and loges, $1.50; entire lower floor, $1.00; MATINEES DAY AND TUPSDAY——Afternoon and Fy SHORE ACRES * New Year's Day, January 1 ‘ Téc. sees” The “The Juggling Lady with the Human Parmet FRANK GORDON & ROSE KINLEY offer a Comedy Dancing Novelty 1913 Both Phones 5106 Advanced Vaudeville Prices: —— “The Perfect Theatre” Raiph Herz One of Musical Comedy's Favorite Stars” Jolly Juvenile Jermas” “The Coon and the Octorooa™ Presenting NEXT WEEK—Mrs. Langtry Presents “The Test” MME. SARAH BERNHARDT At the Orpheum Week of Jan. 20 Her Repertoire ) THURSDAY 4 Bvening, “Ph .AY—afternoo: PRICES $2.00; entire lower Afternoon and E n UN cony, 600 SEAT SALE wil bi lease jesire aa reservation reservations ner you a if, POSITIVELY No tic t he week of Window Sale Opens Monday Jan.3,} 10 a. m., at the Orpheum “Nick’s Roller Skating Girls” Sextette of seed For Reservations by Mail Order Only Opens Jan. 2 IMPORTANT-—Money orders or checks MU phone or otherwise, to visit the e made b state the tlekets for mped Orpheum Theatre y you wii Make kets will be exch me. Beri The Initial American Tour of tunning and Agile Girls “Frank Pierce and “CAMPBELL AND Alice Mazee and Smiles _ MacDONALD Present Ext GEORGE PALMER In * “BITS” _A Singing Novelty Burop fon OREN bstitute’ Tw Ta Added Att MOORE ANT In “A Matrimonial § J. CORBETT 7 SSeS Six a Evening, “Camille” floor, $1.50; c; balance, $e company orders, In making ged or money refunded rdt’s engagement The Mirthful Muate Box ening, “Lacrece ening,.“One Orpheum INEE or NIGHT pert formance. checl ao payable Unequaied Vaudeville Means Pantages Vaudeville BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE Abdallah Arabs IN NATIVE SPORTS AND PASTIMES A lice Teddy ROLLER SKATING BEAR 100 and 20c ——