The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 324, Ed. 1 Monday, December 11, 1916 Page: 12 of 12
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PUINTIIiGS ID
UK IN FRAME
SET ON STAGE
Society Women to Pose in
Red Cross Tableaux Vivant
and Vaudeville.
HOLD DRESS REHEARSAL
Vaudeville Numbers Will Be
Feature of Big Benefit
Performance.
Famoui paintings by world ma»-
ter B will live in tableaux Tuesday
evening. December 12 at the Majes-
tic Theater. After weeks of prepa-
ration and planning under the joint
chairmanship of Mrs. Frederick
Funston and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee for
the benefit of the American Red
Cross is ready to be staged. The
dress rehearsal was held Monday
morning and the program of ta-
bleaux and vaudeville was carried
through with close attention to de-
tail and effect. When the program
is presented Tuesday evening it will
represent the talent of San Anto-
nio society not only as musicians
and dancers but as aestheticians in
presenting world famous paintings
in living figures.
The plan of presenting the ta-
bleaux Is Interesting. On the wall
of a drawing room will hang a
large gilt frame with a curtain be-
fore it. When this i* drawn the liv-
ing picture will be displayed.
“TY>e Innocent Victim.
Th© first tableau is the represen-
tation of the Seymour Thomas paint-
ing “An Innocent Victim’' with
Mrs. A. W. Seeligson. Mrs. Carlos
Bee. Colonel Merritt Ireland. Col-
onel Jere Clayton and Chaplain Wil-
lis taking the part of the figures in
the painting the nun dying on the
battle field and the attendants nuns
and soldiers.
Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee and little Bar-
bara Funston will reproduce ‘ Mme.
C. Brun and Daughter'' (Mme. C.
Brun) and Miss Jean Aubrey will
appear as Sinabaldi s The Daugh-
ter of the Rajah.” Th<» third tableau
in this group will be “Queen Cather-
ine.” by Mias Catherine McGown.
Mrs. Funston As Queen Louise.
The second group of tableaux will
show the famous Richter painting of
Queen Louise. Mrs. Frederick Fun-
ston will appear as the beautiful
Prussian queen. The Millais paint-
ing. “Cherry Ripe.” will be posed by
Mrs. Walter Grant and Mrs. Harry
Landa will be the central figure in
Sargent's “Carmenclta.”
Miss Josephine Woodhull will
represent the “Empress Josephine.”
the famous painting by Giraud; Mrs.
Roy Beitel. Whistler’s “A Portrait
of Lady Colin Campbell" and Miss
Octavia Bullis. “Recamier" David.
Miss Fairfax Janin will reproduce
a paintings of “A Southern Belle.”
suggested by a favorite print.
The Abbey paintings of "Sir Gala-
had at the Castle of the Maidens”
will be shown by Miss Catherine
Franklin Miss Gertrude Negley and
Lieutenant Adler; “The Broken
Pitcher” (Greuze) by Miss Cather-
ine Winn: “Boy With Rabbit” (Rae-
CORRECTION
$12.75
for the best bracelet watch
ever shown in San Antonio
for the price. Guaranteed 20
years.
J. R. SPRAGUE CO.
Jewellers Silversmiths Stationers.
Corner Alamo Plaza and
Crockett Street.
The above is one of the items adver-
tised in the J. R. Sprague Co.’s space
yesterday. The article was advertised
at $2.75 and should have been $12.75.
The San Antonio Light acknowledges
this as an error on their part.
rINISnINu plaza I U A V
MAaDAg
I burn) Miss Mary Pauline Fordtran. T
1 The Raphael Madonna’’ will be
I posed by Miss Marjorie Metcalfe; the
I Nikolai Joan of Arc” by Mrs. Guy
i Cushman and the Burne-Jonea
Hope” by Mrs. Gilbert Alleq.
The Vaudeville Feature*.
The vaudeville feature of the pro-
-1 gram offers especial attractions.
• Little Miss Katherine Huntress will
dance "Ye Olden Tyme;” Miss Mary
Aubrey and Oran Kirkpatrick will
Jsing "Home to our Mountains" from
I' ll Trovatore” and will appear in
costumes. Miss Marjorie Glaze will
'give the Carmenclta dance her
dance following the tableau of the
Sargent “Carmenclta.”
i Messrs. Fogarty Esther Cole and
i Lusky of the Third infantry. District
|of Columbia will present a mili-
tary’ quartet. A second quartet will
। be given by Messrs. Goodwin Carter.
John Turner George Feeler and
' Earl Gafford.
Miss Lieschen Guenther and Earl
Doyle "in give a "Dance Classique.**
A skit dubbed as “nervousness. ret k-
lessness. sickness and sin with a lit-
tle music" will be presented by Or-
ville Whitledge and Lindsay Shrop-
shire.”
Hawaiian Song and Soldier’s (Tiom».
The program will close with a
Hawaiian song and a group of songs
by a soldiers' chorus ending with
"The .Star Spangled Banner." Mrs.
Paul Raborg and Ferdinand Grooe
take the lead in the Hawaiian group
of songs with Mrs. H. S. Clarkson.
Mia* Juanita Hopkins Miss Peggy
Bliss. Miss Dorothy Forsythe. Miss '
Mary Aubrey Mias Laura Girard. }
Lieutenant Ord. Lieutenant Zurbee.
Lieutenant Jones. Raymond Gold- j
stein and Duval West as singing
boys and girls.
“America I Love You" will be
sung by Major Bourland and a cho- (
ru B of soldiers. Mr Heel Mr. Buck- •
lex. Mr. Esher. Mr. Clark. Mr. Fo- .
garty Mr. Lusky. Mr. Loessler. Mr. '
(’ole. Lieutenant Brown and Lieu-
tenant Lindsay.
Mrs. Wallace Newton will be
"Columbia" with Mrs. Paul Raborg
and Miss Mary Aubrey. Ferdinand }
Groos and Major Bourland and quar-
tet singing "The Star Spangled j
Banner.”
The ushers will be "Red Cross
nurses.” Fldele Chamberlain is
stage manager. The dances were ar-
ranged oy Miss Mollie Moore. Fol-
lowing the program a supper dance
will be held at the St. Anthony.
"RECRUITS'’ ARE SOUGHT
Ministers Plan Ounpeign to Get Men
to Attend Sunday School.
A campaign to “tie up” men of
San Antonio for a period of ten
weeks to attend some Sunday school
was decided on at a meeting of the
Ministerial Union at the Young
Men’s Christian Association Monday
noon when the members of the or-
ganization assembled for luncheon.
E. E. Dilley secretary of the Young
Men's Christian Association present-
ed the project to the ministers.
“It is my plan ' he explained “to
have committees of church workers
to visit men who do not attend Sun-
day school or at least do not attend ।
regularly and get these men to agree
to be present at some Sabbath school
ten Sundays in succession.”
It was tentatively arranged that
the campaign will be started about
January* 7 or 8. to continue eight
t days. Plans were made for the ap-
! pointment of an executive committee
of churchmen to arrange for work-
ing committees. Other meetings will
be held to further the preliminaries
of the campaign.
Other business handled by the ■
Ministerial Union was routine.
A North Dakota jeweler has built a
r.-inute electric motor just surh as a flea •
circus would find useful for operating its!
trolley ^ri. It total length is about fix-- •
•ixteenths of an Inch and its total weight I
is less than a grain.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
HEADQUARTERS OPEN
Association Has Office at 121
Avenue D —Contributions
Being Received.
The Christmas Cheer Association
opened headquarters at 121 Avenue
I) Monday morning. By noon the
room which was furnished the asso-
ciation by J. H. Savage manager of
the G. Bedell Moore estate had been
made ready for occupancy and the
furniture loaned by the King Fur-
niture Company was being moved
in. V. S. Stires had promised signs
so that everyone would be able to
find Christmas Cheer headquarter*
without any trouble. The telephone
was being installed.
Mrs. Leo Cotton treasurer had al- ;
ready begun to receive subscriptions. ■
< >ne of the first cash subscriptions. |
$2.50 was given by a woman who |
refused to give her name. She was |
waiting at the door of headquarters
when Mrs. Cotton came down Mon- i
day morning. The second donation I
$5. came from C W. Titus. A stove
was aso sent in.
“We expect to begin work this aft-
ernoon.” said Mrs. Benno Kay ton.
president of the association "and
will continue our work until Christ-
mas. Mrs. S. M. Agnew will be our
house secretary and will have charge
of details at the office. Mrs. Cotton
our treasurer will receive donations.
i <)f course it is needless to say we
are ready to receive donations.”
TAKE OUT 'FIRST PAPERS’
lY>ur Militiamen nt Comp Wilson
Deride to Become Citizens.
I
A large number of soldiers coming
here from the North and East have
called on A. J. Campbell deputy
clerk of the I’nited States District
Court and declared their intention
of becoming naturalized citizens.
Four have just taken out their "first
papers.” They are members of the
Seventh Illinois infantry at (’amp
Wilson. They gave their names
birth places and occupations as fol-
lows:
John Nawrocki butcher and sol-
dier born in Warsaw Poland; John
Mason printer and soldier born In
England; John Fus. born in Zolynia.
Austria; Mike Mlynek. laborer and
soldier born in Zolynia. Austria.
Manuel Alvarado a Mexican borr
in Durango and living at 113 Camp
street. San Antonio a musician alsc
has taken out his “declaration of in
tention’’ papers.
He Wha Absentminded.
J "Reckon all (hinge considered. that Du<
Rucker Is the rnopt absentminded gent li
i thia immunity." said the landlord of th
i Petunia tavern
"Although the railroad company move
Ite depot three years ago end put 1
| about twenty rods up the track end Du
has been leaning ag-lnst It at
Intervals ever ■lnce the name as he db
for years before. blamed if lie didn’t g
. out the other day with something o
I bis mind and calmly lean bark againi
I the place where the depot used to t
I and rail down and implicate himself quil
a good deal on a sharp rock!”
A AAJ2 xkxX XOA AO AjACtIA. A
Come to Joske's Tomorrow for the Season s Greatest Coat Values
Hundreds of Warm Winter Coats
The coats in these great collections are new and in winter’s very smartest styles—no previous event has
brought such values. In all probably 200 different models in long coats belted coats flare coats coats in
three-quarter length and sports models are included in the 8 groups mentioned below. Some of the coats are
lined throughout many are in the heavy unlined styles now so much in favor. Not a few are trimmed with fur.
All the newest colorings and all the latest effects.
— Values to $15.00
Good Winter Coats of Thibets
in plain colors and in novelty mix-
tures—all cut along the new lines
and showing the popular full
flaring skirt—some of them trim-
med with fur
Are Offered at
SJQOO
—Values to $35.00
Coats in every style you can
bring to mind—Coats for every
occasion—Coats of all the favor-
ed materials for Winter wear—of
wool plush wool velour broad-
cloths and of novelty weaves
Are Offered at
5 24=
Why not a New Coat
for Christmas—it will
make a sensible prac-
tical gift.
mil
Harlan dale Hot Sulphur Mud
Baths Swedish and electric mas-
sage 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. T. 3744. —
(Adv )
King Gets Big Buck—What he ]
claimed is the biggest buck shot in (
Texas this season was brought to <
San Antonio Monday morning by J. ■ i
Wylie King division freight and pas-
senger agent of the I. & G. N. rail-
road. It weighed 180 pounds dress-
ed and had ten points. Mr. King
accompanied by C. F. Dubose and '
William Edgar has been hunting in
the vicinity of Encinal for the last •
week. Besides the big deer Mr. 1
King got two small deer two coyotes 1
and a lobo wolf. The other men in ' 1
the party got no deer but killed con- 1 ■
slderable small game. ; ]
Moncj to vn diamonds. Jew- ]
elry watches. O'Connell Loan Co^
112 E. Houston St. (Adv.) ‘
— . e i
Horace E. Wilson lawyer 516-17
State Bank Bldg. Cr. 8281 -• Adv)
Money loaned on alt personal artl-'
clea of value aiamonds especially.
Transactions confidential. Echo*
Loan Co.. 503 W. Commerce. ( Adv.? •
— ♦ —
Y. M. C. A. IHwtors tn NoH—
The board of directors of the Young
Men’s Christian Association will
meet at luncheon at 12:15 o’clock
; Thursday to take ux» various matters
pertaining to the work of the asso-
ciation. The regular Bible classes!
: will assemble at the building Mon- <
day night. Secretary E. E. Dilley has
announced.
High-class Jewelry watches- Easy
payments. C. W. Davis (L 39 78. —
; (Adv.)
—♦——
Cars for hire. Cr. 993.— (Adv.)
J. F. <’arl. attorney-at-law. 621
I Bedell building. Phone Crockett
I 1250.— (Adv.)
We buy or take Tn trade your old
gold silver diamonds and old coins.
Alamo Jewelry Co. 315 Alamo Plaza.
I (Adv.)
Hunters Fail to Ba« Deer— “ Too
i much moonlight" waa the reason giv-
en by W W. Holden superintendent
' of service of the Traction Company.
for failure to bag a deer on a hunt-
■ Ing trip to Encinal. John Brown.
; Wallace Smith and C. It. Cromeans
• ' all of the company returned Satur-
> day night from the outing. They
thot two javelins.”
Jeffery Cars 1.5 U per nour. Cr. 101.
j —(Adv.)
i •
e firend l^ran Year Dantr at Mac-
t dona Shooting Club hall. Macdona.
( |Tex. December 17 1916. Homan’s
1 i Orch. Indies 60c. (Adv.)
—>
o Pleasanton Man Wounded.—Juan
n Cardenas of Pleasanton is in the
t Santa Rosa hospital with a bullet
e through the abdomen. A Mexican
is under arrest at Jourdanton
V alues to $17.50
A big collection of Women’s
Coats with large collars with
wide belts and trimmed with fur.
They are made of fancy mixtures
of Thibets and of novelty weaves
in a myriad of smart effects. All
^2=
—V alues to $40.00
And here are Coats with the
full sweep flare effects belteu
and semi-fitted effects; coats with
large convertible collars of plush
or of fur; coats of wool and silk
plush of Bolivia of broadcloths
s 29^
o^^ ^oro^y/ze (Viris/mas^/n^i/
charged with assault tn murder. Car-
denas was brought to San Antonio
for treatment Sunday afternoon sev-
eral hours after having been shot.
Menders of Men —Y’ou owe it to
your family and loved ones to keep
well. Butler’s Electric Bath and
Massage 515 Navarro ilt.— (Adv.)
City Officiate to Dallas.-—Commis-
sioner Uhr Police Chief Lancaster
and City Electrician Convers will
leave at 9 o'clock Monday night for
Dallas where they will inspect the
police signal system in use there.
Commissioner Uhr announced Mon-
day morning he will probably not
return until Thursday.
IVi/x' maak ball given by National
American Moose hall December 12.
Admission 25c. Willett's Orchestra.
(Adv.)
SumiectA Arrested.—^Suspected of
stealing two tatooing machines val-
ued at $lO each an electric switch-
board and some clothing from the
International Pool Hall 507 West
Commerce street two men were ar-
*rested Sunday b\’ Detectives Proud-
foot and Semmelmann. The prison-
ers are said to have arrived here
several days ago.
Furnislted Rooms Boarding
Apartments FoF Rent and othei
signs 8c and 5c each. Dullnig
Printing Co. 131 Losoya St. Crocx-
ett 3338. —(Adv.)
Reports Loew of SIOO.- O. D.
Young of Oklahoma City reported
to the police Sunday that a purse
containing $lOO was stolen from him
S inday. He said he had placed the}
purse and money in a pillow slip ।
for safekeeping. Several hours later
he discovered the nurse and money
were missing. Mr. Young arrived
here Sunday morning en route to
'.the coast.
Fonl Automobile Stolen. —Henry
Cardenas. 580 Vine street reported
to the police that his automobile
xvas stolen early Sunday morning.
The car is described as a five-pas-
senger Ford carrying No. 10820. •
Bottles of Milk Stolen.—Residents 1
in the vicinity of the 600 block on I
West Cypress street told the police
that bottles of milk left at their
I homes have been disappearing with
great regularity. An officer has been
detailed t o patrol the neighborhood
in the early morning hours.
» ———> ♦
Tolwaph Warrant for Arrest.—
t A telegraphic warrant for the ar-
I rest of the young man arrested \
■ here by Detectives Proudfoot and l
■ Harvey in connection with the theft •
of $2OOO worth of American Express!
• (Company money orders at Glen (’ar- I
; bon. 111. reached police headquar- |
! ters Monday morning. The man will I
j be held on the warrant pending the
. j arrival of detectives from Illinois.
Search for MteMng Child.— Bruce
- Williamson four years old whoso
'parents reside at 1138 West Ashby
a Place caused his parent* much anx-
iety and had many neighbor* and
i the entire police department search-
n ' ing for him for nearly an hour
e 1 Sunday afternoon. The child was
t reported missing at 3:45 o'clock
a After a description had been given
i every policeman on duty the boy
Are Offered at
Are Offered at
was reported to have been found
after having wandered several blocks
from home.
Blaze In Dry Grass. — Dry grass
on some vacant property in the 100
block on Groveland Place became
ignited at 12:25 o’clock Monday aft-
ernoon. Firemen checked the fire
before any damage resulted.
Alovsius V. Anlol. 34 yearn old
died at 4:30 o’clock Sunday at his
home 216 Water street. He xvas a
native of San Antonio. His wife Mrs.
Marguerite Anlol his mother Mrs.
Constantine Anlol and a brother
Edward John Anlol all of this city
survive him. He was a member of
Sam Houston camp No. 55 W. O.
W. and the Polish Young Men’s
Union. The funeral will be held at
8:30 o’clock Monday afternoon from
the home followed by services in
St. Michael’s Church. Interment will
be in St. Michael's cemetery.
H. F. Rhode.
Herman Frederick Rhode. 74
year s old died at his home in Con-
verse. Tex.. Sunday. He was a na-
tive of Germany and had resided in
Texas for 23 years. He is survived by
STAR
THE HAM WHAT AM
n the Stockinet Covering
An nrelunv. Armnvr fmtvn.
I'aunt oyptM /or.
One of Armour’s IZuAuT
The famous. Armour cure
mparts to Star Ham all
he high qualities of taste
md flavor smoking in the
Stockinet Covering retains
ill the goodness. The re-
sult is the ham that sat-
—the last bite as good
3 first
ARMOUR COMPANY
E. HOBAN Branch Manager
atonio Texas. Crockett 611
Whole Star Hain from Your Dealer Today
ow CMmil S.gn on jour dealer’s otoru
Values to $25
Great variety in this group—
Coats of Velour of boucle of
cheviot of zibeline and of novel-
ty weaves—coats in all the pre-
vailing lengths and in new Wir •
ter models many edged with fur
Are Offered at
*l6™
Sports Coats
Styles the miss of 14 to 18 will
like—Coats equally becoming to
the woman of petite figure.
They’re in striking plaid effects—-
made with large collars patch
pockets and wide belts. Values to
$7.50
Are Offered at
sh.9B
OBITUARY
A. V. Anlol.
his widow and four sons Gustave
Herman August and William Rhode
and three daughters Mrs. William
Eisenhauer Mrs. Paul Nuetzel and
Miss Augusta Rhode. He is also sur-
vived by twenty-four grandchildren
ull of whom reside in Bexar coun-
ty. The funeral under the direction
of the Rlebe Undertaking Company
will be held at 3 o’clock Monday
afternoon from the home. Services
will be conducted by the Rev. Mr.
Knicker of the Evangelical Church
and Interment will be in the Her-
mann Sons’ cemetery at Converse.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis S 3 years old
died at 2:30 o’clock Sunday morn-
ing at her home 629 Burnet street.
She had been a resident of this city
for 63 years coming here from New
York her native state. A son Wil-
liam Q. Davis of this city survives
her. The funeral was held at 10
o’clock Monday morning from the
residence. Services were held at St.
John’s Episcopal Church at 10:30
o’clock. Rev. R. Y. Barber officiat-
ing. Interment wag in the Anchor
Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Virginia Ely.
Mrs. Virginia Ely 65 years old
died at her home 125 Parsons
street. Sunday afternoon. She was
a native of Missouri. She is survived
by two sons J. G. and B. D. Ely;
DEC. 11 1916.
-Values to $3O
Here you’ll find Handsome
Coats of soft broadcloths of fine
velours of wool plushes of novel-
ty fabrics and of mannish coat-
ings. Coats for afternoon for
street wear for motoring—a
score or more of styles
A re Offered at
’l9^
Values to $2O
A big. collection of Women’s
Plush Coats—and the coat of
plush is not only warm and prac-
t/ al but very stylish. These are
in the full length—with large co'.-
•s. All are cut good and full.
They
Are Offered at
s^.9B
All sizes and all styles
for the miss of 14 to
18 years and for the
matron.
five daughters Miss Mitta Mrs.
George Kirby Mrs. F. G. Ward
Mrs. R. L. Mohavler of this city and
Mrs. Frank Risk of California. Nins
grandchildren and four great grand
children also survive her. The fu«
neral will be held at 4 o’clock Mon«
day afternoon and interment will b*
in cemetery No. 6.
Mrs. Mira Mosher.
Mrs. Mira Mosher died at lie?*
home 520 Hays street Sunday
morning. Her husband and two
daughters. Mrs. J. C. Harris and
Mrs. Emma Norris and a grand-
daughter Mrs. C. E. Stevens sur-
vive her. The funeral waa held at
2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon from
the residence. Interment was in
cemetery No. 1.
J. Y. Roberts Jr.
J. Y. Roberts Jr. 20 years old
died at 4:30 o’clock Sunday after
noon. He was a native of Corsicana
and had been in the city one week.
The body will be sent by the Sloan
& Hagy Undertaking Company to
Corsicana. His father will accom.
pany the body from this city.
6bclley-Ix>rlng Vndertaklng Co.
Automobile equipment
Both Phones 971.—<Artv.)
A erlf-waving flag: which wares reward-
less ot wind or weather has been Invented
tv engineers ot the General Electric Ilium.
Inatlns laboratories.
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