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V.II. U.S.
A.,
MONDAY
15TH
NOVEMBER
1920.
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Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when the same deals with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
nied with the
author’s
mame,
as a quar-
antee
of good faith.
The editor cannot
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8.
S.
‘FORT
VICTORIA’
%
200
PASSNGERS
ABOARD
DELIGHTED
!
WITH
ISLAND’S
SCENERY.
The
S/S
‘‘Fort Viectoria’’ entered
our
port early this
merning
:
This ship is 14,000
tons registered.
has
a
speed
of
16
knots and
carries
a
crew
of one hundred
and
seventy.
She
isan
oilburner
:
She
is the picture of grandeur
and
sur-
passes
anything
seen
in this port
before
Wandering
down
the
corridors
one’s
eyes
are presented
with
150 comfortable
-
and
wel!
furnished
cabins.
There
are
also fifteen Cabins
de Luxe,
&20 baths.
There
is
a
spacious
and
exquisite-
ly furnished
Music
room, a
Library,
Lounge,
Palm
Court,
Smoking
room.
a
,Barber
Saloon
a:
d
a -small printing
Press,
for menu and
card
printing.
" " The
dining
room
is
a
spacious
hall
covering the whole of the 3vd deck,
and
is so clean,
and attracti
e looking, there
seem to be nothing
to prevent
the
jolly
company
enjoying the tasty
dishes.
Music is- pretty
weall
supplied:
there
is a Vietrola. piano.
and
a small
Orches-
tra.
:
A very courteous
staff of officers crowd
this ship.
Those
of note
are:
Capt
Mec
Kenzie
a
noble
looking
personage,
and
evidently
very
pleasant;
Chief
officer
Mr.
Francs,
Chief E-gineer
Mr. Wap-
_pett,-Purser
Mr. Cooper.
Chief
Steward
.
~
Mr. Campbell,
2nd.
Steward
Mr. Brenop-
“an.
yd()n
viéwing
this
beautiful
ship, with
all its
picturesque
scenery,
and palatlgl
grandeur—'ts
comfortable
appearance
in
No.
265.
800.
THIS
EVENING
8.00.
“The Pointing Finger”
Universal Picture.
'
AN ENTERTAINING RELEASE.
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Mary Mc Larren
in the Leading
Role.
Mary
Mac l.arrén
vortrays
a young
girl who escaped
from
an orphan asylum
and
goes
to a.nearby
city.
She issuspected
of having stolen
money
fror the
institution
and
to cover
up
her
identity transforms
her appearance
as
much
as possible
and takes
work
as assistant
toa
biologist.
Later
she
falls in
love
with the
latter’s
son.
The
theft
is traced
to her,
but she
is cleared
at the
end.
The story
is
a good one of a
light
amusing
sort ana gives Mary
Mac Larren
a chance
to
display
considerable
diversified
skill as
an actress.
'
Aninteresting
¢haracter
part
as the biologist is done by Johnnie
Cook
and
the role
of
the villain is successfully
handled
by Carl
Stockdale
The
scenes
are
entertaining
and contain
some
good outdoor effects.
A feature
film for all
the patrons
who has
beer
ask ng for
features
the last
two
months.
|
Beginning Monday
the 22nd
THE AMAZING UNIVERSAL SERIAL
~
“The Great Radium Mystery”
;
Featuring
CLEO MADISON, EILEEN SEDGWI:
K and 808
REEVISS
.
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directed by -ROBER« HILL.
.
ADMISSION:
~
N
e b
.
v
el
R
s
030
and
40¢,
CR RN,
s
L
e e
i
Children
20
and
10c.
generdl
we
are
struck
with
a thought
which
takes
us
back to the lamentable
“Titanie’”
which - with
1,500
precious
lives
was buried
beneath
the
waves,
de-
posit into the bosom
of
the
ocean
never
to
return.
’
The ‘‘Fort Vietotia
'’ has
a
carrying
capacity
for 580 passengers,
but
at pre
sent
there
are
only
about
200,
enjoying
the light,
cool breege
from
onr small but
beautiful
little
St.
Croix
with
which
they all seem
so
delighted.
Many
of
the
' passengers
motored
through
the country
district-and
over te
Christiansted,
and expressed
their appre
ciation
of
the
beautiful
scenery
along
their route.
g
The
ship
sails
at b this
afternoon
for
St.
Kitts
and
other
ports
on
her intin-
erary.— West
End News,
Nov.
12th.
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