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ST O 1 % 3 ¥ls " ] 3 [ I'RE . CHRISTIANSTED THEA . . 815 MOND/.Y EVENING 8.15. Bethlehem Theatre Sunday 7.30 p. m. A French Film similar to “The Prisoner of Zenda’'. ““Hi= Hig hness’’ is offiviallyengaged to a Princess but is earn=stly in love with a girl of ' «omrion’’ birth, aad he lias, like the Princess in *‘[h” Prisoner of Z2nda’’ to do his du y to his couniry. : The play ‘akes place partly in the famous old university town Alt Heidelberg by the Rhein, aad in the capital. I'he performance will conciude with A Side-splitting Comedy. In celebratjon cf the sth aaniver~sary of the opering of the Christinsted Theatre Ice-erear and Candy wili b 2 scrved ‘ree of charge. THURSDAY : ¢ #® “CRALY OF LOVE” 4‘l l) A‘l I S AS ] () ‘\." 3 Reserved Seats.... ... .25c. General Entrance......... . 15c. LR Childmn ... ... . oo e The s. 8. ‘‘Romania’’ is due on sche- dule time, having 0 tons of zarzo for Caristiarsted, and 23 tons for Frederik- sted. e A The slop ‘'Mizpah’’ saile. for St. Thnomas =t 6.30 this morning o1 charter, with the follewing passenger:s* Hon. R. H. Amphlett Leader, Mrs. D. Padilla and t wochildren. It is understond ihat the s. s. Gui- ana frem New York is due in frederik- sted tomorrow. prelude to them, a kind of preliminary canter before the races ‘‘can have n) ‘laim on public time, space and patience. As for the millentem mo-t of us thonent that word was erased from St. (Croix vn- cabulary and replacel with *‘Joonsday’’. Very truly vours for COMMON SENSL. Fo_tball. There will b= a football game bat veen the Dreadnought and Native Stars elubs tomorrow on the Holger Danske Ground at 4.30 p. m. Alliavitad. —Com. Correspondence August 24, 1923. Editor ‘‘St. Croix Avis’’ Sir: Kindly fa.or me with space fora few rem:vrks on the subject of which1 wrote in vour esteemed issue of yester day. The Herald, v’hile iniplying that the praye - arc probably unaecsssary or at all ev2:ts bnoxious to nai.y (1 sea- . ture of the mat-er with whirn I kave not begun to rical), states that: '‘as regards the public~tion of the prayers, as a mat. ter of the Council’s records, it is quite in order, and Common Sense must bear with the present order of things, until tl¢ millenium’’. 1 irsist that according to the rezding of paragraph 24 of the Coupcil’s rules of business only the es- e~ ial p:rt of the proceedings of the _~ council shail be published in print, and, therefore. these prayers being no part of { the proceedings, but merely a sort of BAND TALK. “Banddidntstrike”” and ‘A Hunting Scene’ played by Bandmas er Jackson and his Band cn Wednesday night have taken the music public by storm. When- ever these members are played they al- ways receive deafening applause and eacores. '"A Hunting Scene was played recently by one of the leading Bands in the United States, Coatributed by A LOVER of MUSIC, TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Montreal, Aug 21st.—At the age of 83 years and after only a week illness, Sir William Ralph Meredith, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario died at the Royal Victoria Hospital here tonight. London, Aug. 21s .—M. Poitcare’s re- ply tothe British reparation nete was delivered to the Foreign Office late to- night and copies were distributed to Mr. waldwin and the other ministers who are on their vacations in the country. A ¢opy was sent direct to Marqguis Curzon at Bagnolles, France, where he is on va- eation, by the British Embassy in Paris, London, Aug. 21st.--A despatceh to the Central News from Berlin says Herr Rudolf Havenstein, president of the Reich Bank, has resigned. Lordon, Aug. 22nd.—The unemploy- ment figures have been steudy creeping up again in the past few weeks. The numbers of unemploved bave increased by 22,000 in the last week, the total now being 1,212,000, London, August 22nd.—Hundreds of would be rassengers on the damaged Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Scotland have been stranded lin London and and Southamption through yester- day’'s accident to the liner, which was so badly damagcd that her sailing for Quebee was cancelled, ‘The prospective passengers face an indetinite prolongs tion of their stay in this country, as there are ro passages avajlable cn Ihe other ships due to sail in the near future, thece being booked to capacity until the middte of September. London, Aug. 2lst.—\oving at 14 knots an hour, th2 old ba:ileship Agam- emrnon, steered by wireless, was put out of action recently by a bomb dropped from an airplane at an aititude of 8,000 feet Bombing trials were carried out by six big bcmbe s ang the missile that struck th> Agamemnon was one of the two direet hits made, out of about 100 bombs dropped aithoueh ten fell within 20 feet of the vessel. It was a better exhibiticn of wireless steering than of bombing, f r the old battleship dodged about, responding to every order sent by wiceiess from a destroyer more than a mile away. Considering the stormy weather prevailing and the altitude of the pianes, the naval expert!s consider the trials to have been successful. London, Auyg. 24dth.—The West Indian touring X1 concluded their first innings against Norfolk at Norv.ich yesterday scoring 204 runs. Following are the individual scores. Nunes 10, Challenor 7, Austin 17, Smail 17, Ince 72, Holt 4, Browne 9, Constantine 7, Pascall ncy out 10, Dewhuvrst 19, John 7, extras 5, total 204. The Norfolk XI then went o bat, but could only compile the meagre score of 94 runs. Faleon 5, Tuffnell 9, Coleman 2, Nicholls 19, Stevens 14, Gar- nier 9, Log 13, Wormall 3, F:yer 0 Beadsmore not out 11, Watton (, extras 9, totai 94. Bowling tor the West Indi- ans John took four wickets for 37 runs, Constantine two for eight Pascall4 (v 27. The West Indians going in for ther second innings made 143 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Nunes 4, Crallenor not out 79, Auastin 0, Ince not out 57 extras 3, total for two wicke:s )43, ‘The mateh will be concluded today.