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as only yestarday head-win®® having « been encountered ali the time. | Monday Night at the Weest End Movies | a orand Boxing Competition will be stag- ed. Kid Garcia and Young Polo being the St. Thomas Stars. The former ar- | rived this moining with the promoter Mr. Morenga Bonaparte from St. Thom- as. PRESENTATION OF PORTRAIT OF | PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING TO HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR | KITTEL LE. CHRISTIANSTED JUNIOR | HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTMAS PLAY. DECEMRBER 21, 1921, Asst. Dirastore Lindborz irtroducad Mel- | ville Stevens as follows : Q Your Excellencey, i.adies, and Gentle - men: 1 have the honor to introduce to you Melville Stevens, a pupi! of the Jun- | jor High School, who will present to His Excellency Governor Suna2r R, W. Kit- telle the : ortrait of the Piesidzat of tha United States, Wairen ;. Harding. The portrait was drawn and the frame was made by DMelviile Stevens, under the supervision of his principal and teacher vir. Juan E. Rivera. 1 take pleasure in presenting tu you leiville Stevens. Melville’s addrass to Governor XKif- telle. As a token of our appreciation and | high esteeam, and on behalf of the Chuis tiansted Junior High Sehool, I present to | His Excellency Governor Kitteile this | portrait of President Harding. His Excellency’s acceptance and ad- | dress. - | “*Captain Lindborg, teachers and pu | pils of the Christianst~d Junior High | School: It gives me much pleasure to | ® be here with you tonight. I have at- | tended Cl ristmas performances ‘n the other islands and [ must say that this | is equal to, or the best, I have attended. | I want you to understand that lam your | Governor just as much as I am the Gov- ermor nf St. John and St Thomas, and | I am deeply interested in this island just as much as the others. Do not think | because I am not here that I do not know what is happening; that is not so Every- thing is submitted to me as it happens, and when [ send my report to President Harding he will be very muech pleased, .as fre is deeply interested in education to know the progress you are making. 1 happen to be personally acquainted witn President Harding, who is onz of the voreatest men of his day. Besides his other great qualities he possesses that quality which the Giver of All Good gave o nmankind, and that is HUMILITY. 1 myself am very much interested in edu- cation, and will do everything possible for the support of ail eduecational institu- tions, and particularly the publie schools. Now you have a beautiful little’ island, very fertile, and can produce two jor three times as much as it now produces. o oby gy LY lé_ DN D ~ The Goygrnment Ras ¢ down Profes- s Thompson, a man of wide experience along agricultural lines, ‘ho will advise us what is best to be done to make this island still movre productive., We have already started school gardens on a small scale.”’ His Excelleney impressed strongly up- on -the children that they should take sufficient intecest along the line of agri- culture, it being the most beneficial of all o~cupations. ‘'lt stands first’”’, said His Excellency, ‘‘because we cannot ex- ist wirnout food, and we d: pend upon our 30il for food. Therefore, go ahead and cultivate as mueh as is possible.”’ The Governor then frankly told the girls that “‘women has never occupied her proper place in the world, that in his opinion, womnen are equal and in some casa2s even superior to men.’’ They shouid work side by side with men and never remain one rung of the ladder be- low. Goveraor Kittelle then explained to the girls the thr2e essentials o wo- manhood, namely, to learn to cook well, iearn to sew and sew well, and leain to take the oroper care of children. H:s Kxceollency now turned to Melville Stevens and addressed him in the follow ing language: Melville Stevens,I take pleasure in telitng you that you possess a oreat talent, and I want you, when you <o home,to take your testament ana there read the story of the talent Christ gave to men, some of whom weant and buried them. Do not bury yours, but so use it, climbing higher and highzr untll the time comes when he shall say to you, ""Wnat have you done with the talent I gave you?’ You will then be able to say, ‘‘hereis the talent vou gave me, 1 have made the most of it.”” And then . he will say to you ‘' WNell done, Good and Faithtul servant.’’ Lo the Editor of *St. Croix Avis.’”’ Dear Mr. Editor, . In your editorial eomment in your estee ned paper of yesterday o1 the movie show in the Theatre of Thursday evening, we note you said ‘‘everybody went away satisfied”” We are satisfied with the ‘‘Vanishing Dagger’’, and also appreciate Mr. Svendsen’s efforts to en- tertain his patrons with such first class pictures, but we are of the opinion that the entertainment is brought to a close too early. We admit that six reels are shown, and that there is some improve- ment the passing of one reel to the next, which save time, but inel ding fEfteen or twenty minutes intermission, we would be glad for at least two full hours entertainment. On Thursday night we were on our way home at two minutes past ten. There was room for another reel of some other picture,as was done here some time ago, and also at St. Thomas at cer- tain tines. We are not advocates of midnight shows, but 10,5 and 10.30, o’clock are quite reasonable, judging from the time the entertainment com- nences. Thanking you Mr. Editor for space al lowed, and with our best wishes for a successful 1922 for the Christiansted Theatre, we beg to sabsecribe ourselves, THEATRE PATRONS. Deec. 81, 1921. . TELEGR 1+ MS. ST. CROIX STATION. New York, Dee. 27th. —THe raw sugar market was unsettled early today, there were sales of 5,000 bags of old erop Cu- ba’s reported, for early January shipment toa local refiner at 1§ cents cost and freight, equal to 3.48 for centrifugals. The committees price was unchanged at 24 cents cost and freight, equal to 3.86 for centrifugals. Raw figures were irre- gular, with selling at new low records and showing declines of 4 to 6 points at miaday, while later deliveries were steadier on covering, and by commission houses at Ito 6 points advance. There were no changes in refined sugar, with all refiners listing at 5.00 cents for fine granulatad with light trade. Refined futures were without transactions. Paris, Dec. 27th.—The Reparations Commission has decided to hold a special session on Thursday afternoon of this week to hear Dr. Fischer, Chairman of the German War debt Commission, and other German officials who have come from Berlin for formal discussions with the Commission concerning Germany’s reparations obligation. At the meeting, it was said in French cfficial quarters to- day, the German representatives may offer to pay the January and Febru- ary instalments under certain conditions, which the officials are expected to name. Washington, Dec. 27th— United States exports to Canada declined by $3,606,000 in November, as compared with the previous month, according to an official summary of the months trade issued to- day by the L?)arnr‘)t of Commerce. (Goods wege sold to the Dominion to the v;xlue?f 581,194,000 against $44, 800,000 in the py?&s month. On the other hand, it isfnr’un ced sales to the United States showed an inc ease of nearly a 'llioanf dollars. The imports .Ede wooods valued $lO, 375,000- were receive% from Canada against $9,469,000 ‘M October. United States exports to Great Britain fell off considerably. The figures are $60,900,000 a ainst $84,953,000 in October. Imports from Great Britain were $31,218,000 as compared with $19,215,000 Paris, Dec. £€7th—France’s determina- tion to have a powerful fleet and objec- tions .of the Jimitation efforts on the Washington conference were vigorously Gvviced in the Senate during a discussion of the Governments budget, Senator Henry Berenger, who reported the mar- ine budget, said France was at a decisivs turning-point,