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"-v.L' ' TKUi. TWELVE THE DALLAS EXPRESS, DALLAS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919. CREW FROM ROMAN COLONY 4.t4-44y4t t?ff?ttttttt?t M I IMM Hill m m r m n r Mnf mm City and Fortress cf Cologne . ' Figured f. eminently In ths. Psges cf History. Has mm (ER-AH r"4 S. ! 1 Cf SCHOOL THEATRE i 3211 Cochran Street ft S'jy, Ja. 12, 1919, Tfao Lyre cf fts Circus. anil the Closing Chapter of the Hands Up. Gcuft Seen, Th3 Listen Raiders, Featuring Pear! While Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13th and 14th, VICTOR ItUOO'S LES MISERABLES Fourteen thousand pairs of eyes saw this master-piece every day for frwenty-ono days when It wa presented In Chicago. They were wild with excitement, wet with tears, niorrr with laughter as the thrilling, pathetic and hum orous adventures of the moHt famous hero of literature unfolded be fore there. The name of VICTOR HUGO PATHE and CAPIL.LAIN guarantee the clans of IJIS MISIORABl.ES in 8 reels, also Tuesday WOLVttS OP KULTURK. Admission Monday and Tuesday 15c and Sic Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1919, Frank Keenan Famous Belasco Star at his best in RULER OF THE ROAD a strong and impressive drama showing how a child can change the life of a strong willed man. , Thursday, Jan. 16, 1919, Brass Bullet Friday, Jan. 17, 1910 BESSIE LOVE In the Pathe play, GREAT AO VENTURE., in 5 parts. ... . THE Special, Saturday January 11, Matinee at 2;15 Prizes will be given away to the little ones admission will be llo and 17c. Bring the little one and got a prize. THE IRON TEST will be shown. THE HAND OF VENGEANCE and WHO'S GUILTY, also a comedy. Herman Batts, - Prop! 41 ASJiOl.'&lKJIKJiT. The . most sensational story of Chinese underworld life ever shown on the screen will be seen at the Grand Central Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 15 when "The Midnight Patrol," Select Pict ures' great special attraction pro duced by Thomas H. Ince Is ehown. At the time the story begins, Mr. Fang, a notorious loader of the Chi nese, din! rid of a big weslorn city is plotting iwtln Jim Murdock:, a corrupt politician, to receive a ship ment of opium. The one man whom they far is Terrace Shannon, who fcus been made Sergeant of the .China town police squad as the result of which nuiny successful raids he has undertaken, Shannon Is in love with Patwy O'Connell a young lady who has charge of the Chinese mission .house. In order to beep Shannon out of the 'way on night the ship ment of opium Is expected, Murdock tells him that they nave captured l'utsy and will harm her unless .Shannon keeps out of the way. Ter renco, however, bolleves that dirty . comos Tlirst. He culls his asHHtants toKothor nud plans to raid Mr. Fang don on tlie night the shipment arrive.!, and at the sam time to rescue I'atsy. In order to gain entrance to Wm. Fang's den it is necessary for Shan non to employ "chink" Ross, a while man whom Wm. Fung has turned dOA-n. Leaving word with an hbhIhi aut to bring help if he Is not back within a certain time, S'annon and Ross dooend tfi.wgn a secret en trance and surv-.ise Wm. Fung and his gang. A nut follows and Shan no . is overpowered. Murdock is ru.lous to think that Shannon should hive undertaken tho task and orders Win. Fang to thivw him Into a pit ft Med with Jive rats. Justin the nick of time the reservos arrive. Wm. Fang is killed and Murdock is taken prisoner, leaving Itay and Shannon fr"e to complete a very pretty love affair. See it At the Grand Central Theater 2 days, Tuesday and Wednes't y, Jiamary 14-16. Admission for adults '" Ten year old children 11 CCiiv. . MISS. MARY WILLIAMS DIES. Miss Mary Williams, age 23 years, died Sunday evening at 4:30 o'clock of pneumonia following an attack of influenza.' Miss Williams was a twin sister to Mrs. Ella Hicks and had lived In Dallas, for some time. She leaves a mother, Mrs. B. N. Richards and father J. B. Williams and sister. Miss Cassle Richards to mourn her lost. Her ' remains . wore shipped by the Peoples Undertaking Company to Bryan for burial. A fortress of the first rank, and a place of trade and manufacture, Co logne Is one of the most Important cities In Germany. It Ilea In a vast semicircle on tlie left bank of the Rhine, some 43 miles north-northwest of Cblenz, end, as the center of a net work of railways, It has direct com munication with all the chief elites of Europe; whilst along the broad wa ters of the Rhine Ita ships ma; go down to the sea. At the time wheo Julius Caesar was leading bis legions over Gaul. In the first century before the Christian era, Cologne was the chief town of the Ubll. end was known to the Romans the Oppldum CbV orum. Here, In A. D. 50, a Roman colony was planted by the Emperor Claudius, In honor of bis wife, A grip- pins, and given the nana of Colonla Agrlpplna. It rapidly rose to -be a place of Importance, and, under the emperors, bad the privilege of the Jut Itallcum. Then came the decline of the empire, and with It the outlying Roman city began to feel more and more the pressure of the Frankish hosts, as they moved steadily west ward. The city was taken ' by , the Franks In 830, but they did not per manently occupy It until the fifth cen tury, when, In 473, It became the rest deuce of the Prankish king, Cbllderlc NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT George Really Couldn't Get Interested Over Probable Lose of Another Person's Boat They were tossing abont on the wild and restless firth In a small open boat. at least a hundred feet from the beach. He was struggling manfully to battle with the surging waves and to pull for the shore; she wns sitting In a heap In the stern of the frail bark, holding on like grim death and mentally vowing that she would never again be tempted by her sweetheart's daring spirit to venture so far from land. I know we shall , go over," she shrieked, as the boat gave another lurch. "Oh, George,' try and manage itl" ' , "I will," replied he firmly. "1 could get along splendidly ; if the waves didn't make It go all ways at once. Don't be afraid, Sarah. We're getting nearer, aren't wef , MA little. Oh, George, what shall we do If the boat Is lost?" "Don't worry yourself about . that, my dear," said George soothingly. "Xou mustn't upset . yourself about other people's business. It Isn't our boat" i And he continued to fight with the cruel, remorseless waves Rehoboth Sunday Herald. MRS. ALICE SMITH DIES. STARKS At the family homo, 2503 San Ja cinto street, Saturday night at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Alice Smith-Starks, aged 60 years breathed her last. . Cause of death paralysis. She was strlckened with first stroke New Year's night, between the hours of eight and nine and another at twelve after which she became unconscious and remained so until death. She leaves a husband, F. S. Starks, two daughters, M,r. Ethel Carter ad Beatrice Smith. Tho funeral was held at St. Paul M. K. church, the Rev. J. W. Weak ly, officiating. She was a member of the .Elizabeth Court of Heroine of Jericho and Queen Thelma Court No. l, Court of Calanthe. The re mains were laid to rest Tuesday evening. Is M. F. k. IL M1ARLF.S F. REED'S, F. A. M. II A fcjtcurehm Trip. Arro.i fall of Turkey overflow of Greece Blocking up of China anil the Craatei nation of Africa ar happened to O, Rand when .1. Moore was Dnoint'd head- wai'er t the Big N;-' January 1st Rev. jS. L. Green '.a still acting uloses for tho Colored' waiters In the Ado'phus. WM. lirockman Is trying hard to como bai:k. Waiters quit ilisciBiiiQB hoteling om the streets or any where. Benulo Tennlflon is making good at th Big "O' as legj advisor for the "waiters. Mr. Herold. manngjr of the Orl enfal hotel In bis annual lecture to the waiters on Gastronomy, he Bald to naake this dining room a financial success It depends on the eCciency of each end every oue of your mental pow" end not feet; and further more, I shell from 0i5 day en beyond a reasonable doubt issue a certifi cate to each and every one of you for ilie nocesaary' appropriated Pro ceeding te eat:nfy even the writer V-U there was lit-'ht" George Ten . on and Reed C. F. Atly's are mak ing good, hi. linrrla is on the job at the Southland as tieadwalter. Where ia ftddio Fole Williams and 3,".m Paget SMTLa 01' D.UAS 1A PIL3 AT MA KLIN. tf: Henry EINtrt of ;.M6 Cochran nt.'eet reeo' 'cd tho sai lnlelligeivfc of tbe of Lis winter, Mra. J's- l'vKu Glflss, wlo died at Marlv. Texan, TucKiJay. Ho left Wednes fl.7 iUOITiiilg. ; Sergeant O. S. Steward arrived in the city Wednesday, having been honorably dlaoharged at New Port News. He will interest himself in rcvMng the Y. M. C. A. work in Dalies. Miss Corene Watrous of Austin, Texas, passed through the. city en route to Texarkana, Texas, to accept a clerical position. While here she we a visitor of Misses Vivian and Of. ssa Jordan. Mr. Jas. H. Johnson of Baton Rouge, La., accompanied by his aaug. ter were visitors to the r.Jlax Express Saturday. Miss Ida Funchess of Jackson, Miss., ;i in the city the guest of hei' bi,J)er, D. L. Funchess, 1817 Alles street Mm. Esslo lcrry of . Chicago is at 2512 Wnde street, guest of her father and mother. Mr; and Mrs. Dan Zeph' and other relatives in the city. Mrs. Beatrice Johnson returns to her home after spending the holi days with Mrs. J. . Lay, 3401 News street j Re'. A. Gordon came in 7' flday morntnd from San Aatoblo to attend the sick 'led sl'e of Dr. O. B. Youn-?. who has beou critically 111 at 2510 Monteiunna. Mrs, Brlgham, after many pleasant rouis of pleasure In her old home towa at Marshall during the holi days is at home again at 8409 News street. Mrs. Mattle Anderson, 2111 Clark slreet was called by a special de livery letter to South Texas on im portant business. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Greer were tiie hosts at a six course luncheon In honor f their friend, Mrs. Lula Perrin Steen of Chlcac,o, who ? ; at present the guest ot Rev. and Mrs. R. W. bhaw at 903 Allen Btreet Sergeant Nea Mitchell of Camp Zackery Taylor, Kentucky Is In the city on a ten days furlough, Ue guest of his sister, Mrs. J. A. ' 3101 News Btreet. MIks Geneva Thomas. 2120 Routh street, retumeJ Tuosdnv from a pleasnt Christmas trip at Atlanta, Ga. (Texas I mean . Mrs. Eugenia A. VcMern, 211 CI, rk Ucct. chief seoretpry to Chief Orwid Mentor, C. E. W. Day of the Knf,;bt9 wnd iMiiRhters of Tabor riumei! WpJnvrtay morr ng from Marshall, where the Granfi Board of Curator was held. ; - I f Prince of Writer Of War. ' In Valenciennes there' Is e statue of Jean Frolssart, prince of war cor respondents, who wns a native of the town. Frolssart came Into all the splendor of the medieval life of-Val eneleiines, the streets crowded with knights and soldiers, priests, artisans und merchants, and the churches and houses rich with stained gluss and precious carvings. There were alw festivals, masques, mummeries and moralities every year. Instigated by his seigneur, Ant set himself to write contemporary history. He could describe a battle more vividly than any of hlg contemporaries. He wanted to know everything; liked to get the story of a battle from both sides and many points of view, and wanted the detall.i of every little cnv-J airy skirmish, every capture of a cas tle, every gnllant action and brave doed. A good , Journalist he forgot nothing. "I had," be soya, "thanks to God, sense, memory, good remem brance of everything, and an Intellect clear and keen to seize upon the facts which I could learn." , Truth About the Desert. . The French, who have been the greatest explorers of the desert, have corrected many false Ideas about the desert. The most conspicuous . and jersl.stent of these errors has been the notion that the desert Is a vast area of sand. The French : have proved that this Is not so. In fact onlr about a fifth of the Sahara Is covered with sand. The greatest desert !n the world Is about as large as the United States end Alaska together. The sand areas In the desert are somewhat larger than Aiasks; nd the rocky table lands forming n. it of the desert t re uinewhat stuallei than the United States. In other words, the Sahara Is made up of about 700,000 square miles of sand and 2.600,000 square miles cf ro.i surface. I UULni L3 u LnJ 4 ! JOHN HARRIS, MANAGER SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1919. ' H0UDIN1.". THE HAND-CUFF KING. Continued every Sunday "THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS." Featuring Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Polo and Noble 'M. Johnson. it every Sunday. A 1 A i Featuring Pearl White. Continued it it XI T J.4 MONDAYJANUARY 13, 1919 "THE LIGHTNING RAIDER," Big New Pathe Serial. To be ' continued for 15 First Episode to be shown Monday, January 13, 1919. weeks "WOLVES OF KULTURE, Featuring Sheldon Lewis.. Continued every Monday. JOHN HARRISi r. , rf? . i if f ii I W ' Thursday, Jan. 16, I919 "The Iron Test." Vitigraphs' latest hoto-Play Serial, featuring Antonio Moreno and Carol Holloway. Continuing every Thursday. "The Hand of Vengeance" Running with the "Iron Test." Every Thursday. t, ! 7 Lawmaking Bowles. Any Jeglslatlve or lawmaking body may be called a congress or parlia ment but different countries bave dif ferent names. Frncc has a national assembly, with two honses called sen ate and chamber ot uepatles. Bel glurj has senate 'and chamber of rep resentatives; Spain has a cortes, with two houses, renate and congress; Den omrk has a rlgsdng with upper ho'ise ca!led landthlng and lower house folk thine; ita'y a parMament v,j!h senate and camera dl deputatl, or chamber of deputies; Sweden a diet, with first chamber and second chamber. All the South American republics, being mod eled on the government of the Dotted Sta'cs, have a congress composed of two bodies, senate and chamber of deputies. MT. BE BROS TO HAVK ,oox. REVIVAL At Mt. Hebron Baptfpt church, cor ner Main and Walton, big Tevival will be held soon, th date of which will appear oon. Rev. R. W. Shaw, pastor statu that a bloody batt will be pitched soon against satan and his big army. . Mr. Sidney Wk!lte of Mt'skog, Oklahoma, came in Tuesday night. (Vi.ti business rois'lon. He wa'l bjjv;, with friends eT "I ill ill "THE MIDNIGHT PATROL." Which is a story of life ia the colorful Chinese quarters of a Western city, was produced by Thomas H. Ince; It shows the work of the police in the district," the bravery of the blue coats in facing great danger, and the cunning and stealth of the Orientals and white men of the underworld who live by their wits an i misfartuas of others. Although melo-dramatic, the etory is told with fine restraint, and its never mawkished or overdone. Two of the principal characters are Patrolman Terrace Shan non, a good looking young policeman of the better type and Patsy O'Connoll, a brave Irish girl, who k in charge of the Chinese Rescue Home. These two characters are well played by Thurston Hall Bath players are well known for their excellent work in other pictures, and io ' A A it and Ro?3m3ry Theby, t their actinii in tha "MidaiUht Patrol" will be shown. A 8 .. T n is :::: G real Special Att raction ! Two Days, Tuesday and Wednesday, .'an. 14-15 'THE MIDNIGHT PATROL" PROBVCtt BY THOS. H. INCE Two Days, MiDNiGirrv j PATTOL I S PROPUCi.0 BY I TH0S.H. 7 . AT: Grand Central I! Theatre Tuesday . and Wednesday, January 14-15 Show opens every Monday and Thursday evening: at 6:30 p, m i Other days except Special Matinee at 7:00 p. m. Sundays at 12:00 a. m. J Sasn i busily shaking Weduesda;. PRICES 17 Cents for Adults; 10 Years Old Children, 1 1 Cents wwm, KM i ::: l4 km km JOHN HARRIS, HANAGER H4 P 'A a 4Af4r4C 4WVVV:VV-Mh!i .1 j. 3- V C