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.7 IJ.S,Bi,hMy)ihsl10 A >1“qu illne>lone formation. risingl , on a! thc Caribbean Sea is the only, ( Emmi iymxessed by the tsited' We; “hick is absolutely withot any i walnut. The nearest ouarroach to! I government fur this island of Nah" vassa is the jurisdiction which the United States Lighthouse Service, . bureau hf the Department of Com- men-e. exercises over 1er on the formation has been emote a light- house for the guidance of Americanf ships and ineidentally the ships of thel world which make their Way from thel United State. to the Panama and. Our First Inland Probably not one American in Io.- ooo is aware that such an island ho) longs to the.United'States and yeti PM] POUR it was the only island this country owned prior to 1898. Navassa is but; a mile and a half in length and a little more than a mile wide. The! island became the property of the United States in 1857 when Peter Duncan took possession as u citizen of the United States. The island. which was uninhabited and was not claimed by any other mtion. was un- nexed in accordance with the Guano Act of 1856, says the Christian Sci- ence Monitor. I Three lighthouse tenders not live on the island and hm its only inhab- iunts. It is their duty to see that every night two hem of 47,000 can- diepower sweep around the horizon with clocklike regularity. The beams of the light any be seen in dear weather 20 mites uuy from the light- hauae. The steel and cam tower of the lighthouse is 150 feet high Ind is set on the highest point of the islnnd. Where Coin-Ii.- lauded Undoubtedly; Nnvusa is the island at which Columbus made his tirst stop as he approached the West In, dies, says George R. Putnam, com- miuioner of lightho‘es. tt his been established. Mr. Putnam says, that as the windward passage route between Cuba and Haiti and obviously the island now known" as Nuns“ would probably have been the first bit of land he sighted Is he approached from the south. Three other lighthouses are maintained in the Caribbean Sea by the United States but they are m automatic lights mounted on small projections of rock. _ The sparkling holiday week will follow a pre Christmu week rich with inviting otrerimrs for those who seek 'theispirimr tranquility. of grand open after the turmoil of I day of Christina: shopping. Thursday. Dec. M, brings a rovivnl of "The Juggler of Notre Dame," with Mart Garden in one of the choicest gems of her In inn-lump rc-prsrtoire. Saturday. Dee. " afternoon's malinre will be one of the mm! popular hilh nf the season. "Madam, Ir'utu'rtly." Wllh Edith Mu, son Ind 2: Liz cast. and on Saturday night “TA; ea" “I“ lu mnz n) yum. The! u~ual Sunriny mat'nm will he I l "dMu'rtre?tttttrrttrfttrfstmitbr,tts W eorrrrritttorc who rumtltuto tho prirwi- .et pal ttatrorourr Fund-y .rnmmm " “" Auumnd lr, har Mn haw N' th., fhlln‘w board to vvmmv to thrs Andltnrium. Wt Tte rush will Mart Hominy. The . w Minn whm "La GiaeomHt' of " the Trrost lavi<hly Cart an” in tho no merettoirr will be 1m with Rema Bairn. Crrems Van Gordon. Anna-Qt Fi his. Charkm Marsh". Cer- "n Mi and M Ram in thr, m vol-n. I'll M Innu-V " ‘9‘...“ "he m g min} " m* h - Eiii'iiiii __ ,tft6qra.iv,At IS CARIBBEAN SEA POINT On the southerly side of the Strait of Gibralter, It the _entranee to the Mediterranean Sea, stands another lighthouse about which there an in- teresting facts to be known. At pres- ent it is the only lighthouse outside of its own territory which the Unit- ed States assists in maintaining. This lighthouse In: provided for in a treaty of 1865 between the Gow emment of the United States and I umber of maritiine nations of Eur- ope. Later 13 countries were assoei- ated at its maintenance. The annual :ppmpriation by the United States is now 8386," under the control .of the state department. COMING PROGRAMS OF The most brilliant period of Chi. cago’s Civic Opera is at hind. lead- ing through the week to the trahs New Year's eve performm on Saturday Dee. 31, whenJohnnn Strauss' merry and mModious Oberon: "Die Fleder- mm" will be sung in English under its nlme in the vernacular, "The Bat." CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA Bulillianl Period of Season In Year Ends; Features to Be Presented .soet In! a but 'sight “Turn" far, pricstc. " in: will m1rmi awn let. ttam fth Lighthome with 'and Said to Be bundling Hm of Bolumbus: Details .. of History Th n and is Cheistrro rut rt trttei;tuttt, in h fth in) ' There will be no performance Pri- day night. i "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" will tbe sung Saturday afternoon by Mary Garden, Cesare Formichi, Edouard Cotreuil. Jose Mejia. Desire Defrere, Howard Preston and Antiouio Nico- tich, Giorgio Poiaeeo conducting, Touring by train himself, Mr. uw- li., accomplished a thirty day visit, l stopping nt the leading hotels of sev- (enu'en cities. at an expense of Ibout "360. He included Jacksonville, lic [.Augusrine. Ormond. Thymus. De l Land. Orlando. Winter Park, Tamra. l St. Petersburg, CFarwater, Belle-in Miami, Coral Gables, Miami Beach. Hollywood. Boca Rattan and Palm 1 Beach in his itin rary as represents" , tive villas. ' “Going north with the weather," tays the writer, "is not a rrhetrp'di- w'ersion but it is a delighlful one. _ Many people lighten thr return jour- §ney from Florida by staying a few ‘days in Grnrgia. the Carolina; or .,W1:st Virginia. Few also fail to mini! . the nationnl capital. Washington, on either the trip south or the return." He recommended such stops as Sa- vanmth, Gui, which he calls a dolizhi- ful old shuthern city nf the shade in tum: Augusta. which i'livrs for golf nlone"; Chnrloston or Camden m South ("erulmvu Arhvsvlla or T1ir.s, lrurqt in North Carolina. and Hot _storirurr and White Sulphur Spnru's “Loci-e” will bring into mien tit Henna! cut rm Inl- the "viva attic ham Fund: In! drum on brill'unt In an: neatly. Mar, Garden. Ferns-d Ans-nu. Marin Cluster;- and Vatusi-Mareot" will it prominent in the cut of thirtrave, singing under Giorgio Palm's lead- ership. The bullet will - in the brilliant Montmartre scene. vacatiortists who plan to go to Florida during the winter are advised that making the tour by lutonwbile is the best arld cheapest method, tnd that the cheaper the automobile the better, by Frederick lewis, who has just made I preliminary survey of the southern playground for a na- tionally known mzuine. The season', first hearing of "no; hengrin” ts announced for Thursday awning, when the great Wagnerhu masterpttYe will enlist the service: of Lvorr, Kruse, Cyrentt Van Gordon, Bone Madam, Robert Ringling, Alex- nnder kipuis and Howard Preston. Miss Van Gordon is funiliar u Or- trad, but Miss Kruse, Mr. Maison and Mr. Ringling are new, and favorite members of the company this season. Henry (L Weber will conduct the Te- viral. With the New Year's Evr_bitt of "The Bat," Saturday night, ue' com- pany will make one of the must inter- esting departures which has ever marked its history, by presenting an operetta yin. an the lavishngu which bring: the regular grand operas of its repertoire to so magnificent a standard of achievement. The lengthy cut. of the world-famous Johann Strauss masterpiece will include such notables as Ron Raina. Irene PIV- loskn. Elinor Mule. Alice d'Her- manor, Lucille Menscl, Chules Hack- ett, Forrest lament, Jose Mejia. lar- dovico Olivine, Giacom Rimini, Vir- gilio Laxxari. and Chase Women. In nddition, Mme. Toll Monte will be heard in an interpolation lathe sec- ond not. Another item contributing to the brilliance of the perform-nee will be the insertion of a ballet, to be danced by the entire corps, to Strauss' waltz, “The Beautiful Blue Danube," though the original “Ple- dermaus" wilt: w] naturally be re- tained in the score. "The Bat" till BY AUTO BEST! METHOD or some TO FLORIDA ---4-- opiazgg af Writh in Maggm IS Made une _ Southern ttTy "Lind. di Chmounix" will be sun; for the [at time this xenon on Wed. nesday night and it uso till mark Tito Schipa'u last appearance of the season. In addition the cast will in- dude Ton Dal Monte, bum Doom Jan-boa. Luigi Montesanto, Virgilio Laugh, Vittorio Trevisan and a dis- tinguished cast. Ruberto. Monmni will conduct... Citing the experiences of many tourists. he decllres that the roads in the Carolina: Ind Georgia are bad but not impassable and that the tour- ists' camps inmost of the town: and cities encountered "ord lodging and food at far more reasonable prices than can be found at the hotels. Sma" {mum-nu Witt be made by Finland. Hunxnry, Latvia, Lithuania _.ml E-rfhnnia‘ The trouury hug-turd of? " . ond deht the 8250. /too Ioarcd to: _ n-1 ”WM hand to Ar, “in. Nhe "g-tgan "In cl I... eee. nPMtrt I . ',t"tf'% be sung Henry G l'. S. [MINORS NUT“ MONI- th the United StatreVrnmurjr Frrri?Tr FINN!" on thrirm ‘r (laid: to the ml Fltatrs. " Ihre " paid. tfe ,r Eurup'an mumriml will vii! the trrmury some t1t,C00.000e oo tt in In Firkin}. trunnion. Weber w ll caudnct. 500,000 Poland PA YING iy .H'N‘T NOW " ('mhmhwnkin Boltium will pay wilt ply 81.00% zip rr‘n rid Primo' "The day when a In could may five a woman only hob. can? or tta-rs tor Christ-u: is past, de- ciared Charla Dirt-(ton. prop'tie r (of one of the latte“ trift " I I New York, in I recent interrie "Time was," he continued, "when anything that suggested the slightest intimacy, such I: slippers or how. “or example, was considered indeli- 1cate and the gift of jewelry to a dweetheart was pretty much a dec- laration of amnient. Nowndnys. o-rhe can give . girl in whom he is inhaled almost anything that he would give his sister. This seems to me ail right. It is I part ot the new frankness that exists betwun .men and Women. I'm oid enough to be old-fashioned, but I confess that I like the new way and it int! be, cause I sell gifts, either." GIVE WOMAN ANYTHING NOWADAYS. DAYS“? The New York merchant added a Christmas axiom in warning women not to give men anything too expen- sive. "If the present is m/re wally than he could Mord to give. sem - how or other he feels that something has been put over on him Ind he feels emtmrraared and resentful.” Mr. Ovinglon predicts that handker- chiefs will still rule as favorites among (in: this year and that one hundrytd million will change hands an Christmas mum WANT MORE TELEPHONE IN CALCUrrA. REPORT An eifurt is being made in aleags, ta, India. to foster a widgrue I!" the telephone, because in that city, attending to errands personnlly are the chieiauu of We congestion. It is felt that many of there mud: could be taken an of by telephom. At present there is only one tele- phone for every hunched pm- in Calcutta IS compared with twenty- tive f r every hundred pawn: in New fu", 9 tor every hundred Paris- ians, 2 for every hundred Mummers, 4 for every hundred person: in Kobe, Japan, Ind 1.5 for every hundred of the population of Shanghai. “And are you "tinfiesi with 'ttBt- ried life?" "Yes. I've had enough!" Don't praise 1 man to the akies wt- less you feel that he can stand the inevitable drop back to earttc-rnrm a Fireside. Have Beel Liniulin- oi Gina; Net Any More u ,7- “'1'?- T'te TN Jr"?- '-"!A.. " _ , - ,. MT, ‘ > e , " F, - - aw , w " ._ _. ' _ '. . I ..-f., "h -.., ‘7’ '. 'x r-._ 'i '~."-"‘1. _ .4 F " . 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May your Christ.. mas be a happy one and success attend your new year is the cordial wish of it