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na 10,000 CHILDREN WILL ENJOY ~ JACKIE COOGAN IN “MY BOY” AT _ EVENING WORLD XMAS PARTIES } presentation of “An Indian Tdyt!," in| which “The Waters of Minnetonka” | will be sung by Walter Smith, and “In the Land of the Sky-Blue Wa- | tera,” by Edna Burhans, soprano, and ensemble, An organ solo Will, be the concluding number, “We are going to make this a real | show,” Mr. Hyman said to-day, “Sc jof the numbers on the regular vro- gramme will be seen by the little kiddies as well as the special pro- gramme. We are going to do every- thing possible for them and they will see a show that I hope they will re- member for a long time.” bd Ten thousand children will be taken care of this season at the two thea- tres, and a box of chocolates will be given each child, through the kind- ness of Mrs. Jullan Goldman, Of course buses will be provided for the crippled children, who will be .taken to and from the Strand ‘Thea- tres. Mrs, Goldman will have a group of representative women who will look after the comfort of all the children in the theatre, An “Evening World Cheer Song” has been composed for the occasion. ‘The college boys will lead the kiddies in this rah rah song that will shake | the foundations of the theatres, Harry H. Schlacht is the managing director of both theatre parties. pasate ES Soabehiatil CURIOUS BOY SET FIRE; $485 AND GIFTS GONE) Not a Merry Christmas Little | Charlie and Hin Family, | Charles Craporattor, nine yoars old, disobeyed the instructions of par- enta yesterday and “peaked” into a closet in their home at Jamesburg, N. 4., where the Christmas presenta were kept. He lighted a match in order to neo better and returned to the family downstairs, ‘A few minutes later the closet was In flames and the fire damaged the tire upper part of the house before it wes extinguished. Everything in the ~ Two Mark Strand Theatres to Furnish Entertainment in Manhattan and Brooklyn - Dec. 29 and 30. By Sophie Irene Loeb. 4. What promises to be the most pre- ) > tentious Christmas programmes ever ) Presented in motion picture houses _ @re those of the Mark Strand Tnea- res, to be given in Manhattan on Thursday morning, Dec, 29, and in - Brooklyn on Friday morning, Dec, 80 —«@ programme that they present to ‘The Evening Work! kiddies, many of F annually at the Strand Theatre for the past six years. Both theatres are to have the sume feature attraction—Jackie Coogan in Boy," which in itself 1s enough attract every kid in the world. im passing, 1 would mention that picture is bound to,make history child acting. I have seen it, and the work ac- shed by this most remarkable @hild of six, Jackie, might wel! be @esignated as the last word in the matter of his understatnding and ap- 1 preciation of the part he pla: Bo unconscious of self Is his work jf that you cannot believe it is a child who is acting, In a word, you forgec © ¢hat he is Jackie Coogan the actor, closet was destroyed, Christmas pre and think he 4s a real child in -eal ents, clothes and $485 belonging to “life, ° | father. f Besides this play, Mr. Edward hal +) Hyman of the Brooklyn Strand haa ©) prepared quite an) elaborate pro- : » etamme. (The Manhattan Strand emma has already been set forth | © fm these columns.) © rhe opening number will be “Ths © > wwea by tho “Symphony of Christ- 3 14 mas.” This will include “Hallelujan ateth,” sung by Walter Smith, basso, ) and several selections by the Mark ‘The third number will be the holi- day edition of the Strand Topical Rx. | mA COLOMBIA RATIFIES TREATY WITH U. S. reas ef Central American Re- blic Decides to Accept $25,000,000 The treaty between Colombia and the United States has been ratified by the Colombian Congress, accord- ing to a cablegram received to-day by the American International Cor- poration, Under the terms of this treaty Colombia accepts $25,000,000 from this country in settlement of the Panama dispute, Prelude of Christmas,” to be foi- Chorus” from “The Messiah,” ‘Nas- Strand Ensemb! Special settings have been arranged for the fourth number when tho ) Strand Ballet Corps, with Sonia Se- premier danseuse, will present Shop," something that will amusing to the kiddies, since include dancers dressed as Ted@y bears, tin soldiers, &e. For the accommodation of the delayed shopper we will be open all day Sunday until 6.30 P. M. WALTHAM AMD ELGIN WATCHES FOR MEN AND SwoWen A MALE PRioe, Ne Dealers Supplied, No Mall Orders Filled, Larry Semon comedy, “The Fei give much glee; ala> cartoon, “Invisible Ink. * programme will fur- Nude Strauss's “Spring rendered by Charlotte eoloratura soprano, A Dbeauti- ENRIGHT GIVES a —— | ‘CHRISTMAS GIFTS Are Promotions They in the De- RICH U. S. WOMAN FLEES FROM LONDON aa Ale BG A sre ORI “ SATURDAY an Bag anus nein NO WAR DANGER NOW ON PACIFIC, SAYS TAKAHASHI Declares His Country Has Not Lagged z | Millionaire's Daughter-in-Law, in partment—Gegan of Bomb Marital Tangle, Takes Premier of Japan Squad a Lieutenant. Children’ Away. Police Comminsioner Enright to-| poxpon, pec. 24.—The Dail fi npn day distributed some Christmas ‘ “ ts in Sacrifices. presents. Two Heutenants were made captains, seven sergeants were | rromoted to Meutenants and nine- teen patrolmen were made sergeants. Américan |from a London hotel with her ehil- | dren and is understood to be on the Chronicle publishes a report that an American woman, unnamed but de- scribed as the daughter-in-law of an millionatre, Lieuts. Lawrence 1. Patterson, of the Fifth Avenue Station, Brooklyn, | continent, and Peter J. Tighe of the Morrisania| ann. report Station, Bronx, were made captains, The following sergeants were made} nay j¢ well known In New York and Battal | Chicago. They separated last Feb: r “a John W. Lagarenne of Browns-| a5. the Chronicle ‘says, and since | % the Pacific, ville; Oscar C. Reimer of Glendale, |/)°. there haw been a series of ad. J. J. Gegan detective In charge of) ventures for th children. Se eaReer perver, dosent N Hennessy | Last Saturdey the children disap- Of Ralph Avenue, Brooks Gulager of | Peared, but the mother found them Highbridge, John J. Leary of the|in @ farm house and regained posses- Health Department sion of them. She brought them to The following patroimen were bride: the Fas “T gee no outstanding objection Miobert Tatweil, William ‘. Doyl lie ecaanit ie ie ‘alled aerows) at this time to future confer- Robert Tatwei illiam oyle, | the ¢ el : Jonn J. Hadden, Thomas M, Griffin, paiaiobh ei indond ae oe where i common nffalrs John A. Hoar, Frederick J, Me Ken- of the world can be disc na, George A, Maud, Thoma Connors, |CALCUTTA IS ORDERED eeaillay, Harry Kent, Thomas Egan, Burton 1, | TO BOYCOTT WALES dearlishy ek othe cabanting Kerrigan, Charles Donelan, John J. Ryan, Jereminh ney and Max Royc . Thomas J, , Joseph A, Ly Thomas J. O'Connor, Michael Ti Lowe. —————— $10,000,000 TO BUY FOOD IN THE U. S. | Soviet Will Turn Ov American Relief Will Direct the Supplies: LONDON, Dec, 24 (Associated ).—The Soviet Government has agreed to turn over to tie American Relief Organization $10,000,000 in gold to be used for the purchase of foodstuffs and seed in America fot relief in the Volga famine area. According to the agreement, the Soviet Government will distribute the food purchased with the gold thus Gandhi's prestige will rise accord- | ¢, turer o} 2, es, tempted evasion of the draft ko as provided, but the Relief Administra: | inaiy, perp ela eet bok es ey peers deprive the service man of a bonus tion is to retain sufficient control to = e was forced to drive to the outskirts ant) (itm under the Minnesota stata ensure that these supplies actually a zs | Was beaten over the head with butts of} the State Supreme Court ruled to! xo to famine relief in the Volga dis-|CUIMB 22 STORIES FOR A FIRE | revolvers, robbed and left chained to his} day, The State Bonus Board Hatin trict THAT ISN'T. car on the blizzard swept prairie | henceforth 0. into each case individ- = | Second. Deputy Wee Battalion ‘Chier| a Detrolt manufac-| ually to determine whether there | ond Deputy Hire Battalion: Chi h, and John an attempted evasion. INSIST SYNTHETIC GOLD n Kavanaugh and the firemen of En-| jen, Meliae's representative in Chica ne Company No. 10 and Hook and! e held up by five bandits who sei: DOES EXIST IN GERMANY. whether synthetic gold exists In Ger- many and whether a German chemist has discovered the secret of producing |S! under Government patronage. However, Prof, Heaber of Kaiser Wil- helm Inatitute says no such gold exists, “It iw true,” he said to-day, “that ex-| periments in making synthetlc gold in Combination with other experiments were Subposted by the Government, but no positive results were obtained." 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TOKIO, Dec. med conflict on th Pacific has been removed by the Washington Conference on Limita- tion of Armaments, Premier Tak- ahashi of Japan declared to-day, “I see no reason for doubt that Aho Limitation of Armaments Con- ference has removed effectually all ible danger of armed conflict the Premier sald. “L wolcome the unreserved man- ner of dealing which has char- included duel at Chicago's busiest corner, and Madison Streets, and a $26 up, reached a climax early to-day when four wealthy motorists were kidnapped. inventor and manu- head, neck and shoulders. | ly delicate operation had been performed | Jon her head and neck. to the physicians in charge of her case substitute a ‘They immediately followe Dr. Robert T. Morris sa, Faaaes MARK S Christmas will be celebrated on Monday, Dec. 26th, all Our Stores will remain Open Sunday for the convenience of our patrons. Briarcliff Assorted Milk Chocolates The Package Which Should Be In Every Home A sygosiQih ins) guy tl 5 Lb. Boxes, $4.45 Christmas LOFTYPOPS Each dgessed as Santa himself, supplied with Excellent as dinner Joy for the Kiddies. PACKAGE OF SIX 4 acterized the negotiations as well as the spirit of sacrifice which has been shown by all the powers and in which Japan has not lagged.” question will be reached before This nation has no territorial ambitions in Man- - churia and Siberia, and {s gen- uinely anxious to withdraw her troops from Siberia, but cannot entirely until conditions are more settled and proper security for lives and property nationals is assured.” of her aa eee. 4 MOTORISTS KIDNAPPED BY CHICAGO BANDITS Des Moines Man and Detroit Party Held Up and Robbed. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—A night of Christ- a revolver State r car and robbed them of all thelr o'clock till §.0 this morning looking for | "0D Deaplte, Sceptics, It a fire in the twenty-two-story extension ri That lof the Stock Bxchange at No. 13 Wai! | ACTRESS SPEAKS FIRST | Street, and finally found a riveting! WORDS IN 32 DAYS Been Produced, forge in operation near the roof of the SSeS BERLIN, Dec. M4.—The question of |xeleton building. Chief Dan then spent | Mary Moore, Skull and Spine Frac- | tured, Breaks Long Silence, pretty young actress, it has caused a discussion in scientific | @armist asx modest as the blaze in| whose spinal column and skull wei circles here which muat lead to the dis-)te FOP’ fractured in an automobile accident in covery of the truth and the publication : aa ANcE ‘To|November, near Babylon, L. 1, leaving| of the name of the discoverer if the re- |SUSTHOR OFWEMS CHANCE TO! ver vocal cords paralyzed, spoke her| Bore eee ne first words yesterday since she w: Informants of The World correspond-| Supreme Court Justtice McAvoy an- ont inaiat that there ts a gram ofl nounced this afternoon that he would |HroUEht, to, Broad Street Hospital, “s 2 + ie ‘ig thirty-two da! ago. A ee eee cont otha tine | rant the motion to dismiss the out-| | When Dr. Lorenz saw her on Dec. 4 ther experiments are being prosecuted Indictment against hobert p.| she Was Weafing @ harness over her He suggest laster vi 89c 19c ‘An extreme- cast.’ the sugges- “Saeeer TS, a1. GIANNINI SAILS FOR HOME TO-DAY, LAUDING PARLEY Italian Economie Chief Cal Con. ference Great Success. Dr. F. Giannini, chief of the eco- nomic section of the Italian delegation, will sa'l for home to-day to assure his countrymen that the new agrewmen: among the great powers is the great- Dr, Giannint last night deciared he be- lieved the most important achievement of the Arms Conference was thai it fixed for all time the status of the press at diplomatic parleys. “Delegates in the past have repre- sented Ministries,” he sald. “At Wash- ington they reprosented peoples and Pot Governments. No one thing brought thts about sv surely as did the fact that the people themselves sat at the conference table, “If the conference siculd accom- plish nothing else, {t has written it- jeclt down a succesy by the agree- ment of the great powers to’ scrap their capital ships and to declare a naval holiday.” an MISS STILLMAN TO STAY OUT OF PARENTS’ FIGHT Both, win Christmas With Neither, Miss Anne Stillman, who came unexpectedly from France on the Adriatic to spend the holidays, re- fused to discuss the divorce case of Home to Vist Have Stillman, and said she would take no part in tt. Asked if she was go- ing to see them, she sald, “Yes, I am going to surprise them with a Christmas visit. I will so: both of them.” Asked if she Intended to have her Christmas dinner with cither her mother or fathr, she hesitated a sec- ond or two before answering and said: ‘YT am neutral, I shall have Christmas dinner with friends.” | * Asked to name the friends, she de- clined. my| re ‘WAR WEDDINGS” HELD ST. PAUL, Minn, Dec. ™4.—Mar riage after the entrance of America into the war did not constitute an at est diplomatic success of the times, | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A.! |to preserve peace in Centr: NOT EVASION OF DRAFT, ii RUSSIAN RELIEF WORLD'S BIGGEST CHRISTMAS GIFT Dr. Kellog Declares Money Voied by Congress May Save More ‘Phan 1,000,000 Lives. WASHINGTON, Def. 24 br. Vernon Kellog of the Ame’ ican Relief Administration de- dared to-day the United States Government had made possible for to-morrow the world's greatest Christmas gift. “The Russian Kelief Bill, passed by Congres and signed the President,” Dr. Kellog declared, “means we can feed an additional five million Russian children for more than six months. More than @ million lives may be saved.” lie BILLY GIBSON LOSES HIS BOXING DOG, DUKE ‘Tithe, Bele Police Pup, Alno Gone From Fight Manager's Home, Billy Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard, the lightwelent champion lost his two pet dogs to-day. Billy sald he would give a liberal reward to get the animals back. Also, he said what he'd like to do to the per- son who stole them. One of tho dogs is Duke, an elgh- teen-months-old Airedale, a boxing expert with which Billy used to take’ morning snarrine exercise in the yard. ‘Title, the other dog, is a Bel- gian police pup onl six months old Loss of the dogs’ was discovered when Billy went ont in the yard of his home, No, 418 East 140th Street, the Bronx, for a friendiy battle w Dewe y battle with ee ees U. S. PEACE MOVE IN CENTRAL AMERICA WASHIN Dec. 24.—An ef- fort on the part of the United States Ameri- by revolution in G been disclosed at the State De y after the outbreak in City, which resulted in the overthrow of the Herrera Gov- ernment, the United States addressed a note to Salvador and Honduras hoping that peace would be served by them in accordance with the terms of their treaties with re ed ys | | year. Guatemala of the proposed republic nt yal c Send the Best Gift of all Your Voice The best gift of all at Christmas Time is the golden gift of your voice to those who are far away. It's a gift from your heart thatis sure to be appreciated. It's a gift of friendliness and thought- fulness of others, an entirely personal remembrance that you alone can send. It's a gift that will bring smiles of pleasure to the faces of those who can- not be with you and of whom you are thinking on the one best day in all the Your ‘Merry Christmas”’ sent over the telephone will make your holiday happier and add to the joy of others. | New York Telephone Company } Be eure you get theccos! jatemata | pre- | During the holidays someone’ always dropping in. Don’t ba without several pa PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese. It takes but a moment to serve with crackers and jelly or in any of a dozen di combinations. There’s nothing more convenient. only one with the brand the package. . % PHENIX Means GOOD Cheese Turkey Flavor Old-fashioned cooks say that sliced Ferris Bacon over the breast of turkey before ing performs a miracle in flavor and tenderness. 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