SEA LIONS WOULD MAKE
PRIZE HOUSEHOLD PETS
LONDON, Feb. 28.—The sea lion is
the ideal pet and the perfect friend
of man, according to recommendation
made by members of the Amateur
Menagerie Club, who published re
cently a book on the various experi
ences with animals. Owing to the
expense of the upkeep of a sea lion,
however, it is not probable that they
will ever replace cats and dogs as
pets. A sea lion has all the intelli
gence of a dog, adaptability and af
fection and requires no license, but or
dinarily it costs from $500 to $700 a
year to keep a pet of this kind.
One of the club members, L. R.
Brightwell, has had much experience
with sea lions as pets and highly re
commends them. In his opinion it
is only the high rate for the use of
water and the cost of fish as food
which prevents the sea lion becom
ming a universal pet.
“Greed is undoubtedly the sea lion’s
one fault,” writes Mr. Brightwell, “but
given enough fish, a sea lion may be
taught anything. His amazing gift
of balancing, diving and forming pic
turesque groups are implanted in him
by nature.”
VIENNA ACTORS DEMAND
PROTECTION AGAINST RADIO
VIENNA, Mar. 2.—A novel radio law
suit is pending in the local court. A
number of singers of the Vienna opera
whose voices are broadcast from the
stage, have sued the management on
the grounds that their commercial
value is depreciated by the radio.
An opera star’s assets, they claim,,
depend not only upon his ability as
a singer but also upon his acting. The
fact that the radio can transmit the
voices only but. not the gestures, they
contend, gives an erroneous impres
sion of the artist and thus interferes
with his popularity to such an extent
that fiis commercial value is lessened.
VISE, FIRST VICTIM GERMAN
DRIVE COMPLETES RESTORATION
LIEGE, Belgium, Mar. 2.—The little
town of Vise, near the border line be
tween Belgium and Germany, the
first scene of German operations in
August 1914, has just completed its
restoration program.
Vise was very badly scarred by fire,
but all its historic edifices have been
rebuilt in the old style. Principal
among these are a 16th century church
and town hall and a famous ancient
convent school.
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The Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany with canneries to the westward,
have purchased the steamship Eastern
Gale, built in Japan, and will condemn
and sell all their ships and vessels,
using the Eastren Gale to carry on
their transportation business.
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AMSTERDAM, Mar. 2.—Isolated
outbreaks of anti-militarism in Holland
are occasionally taking a militant at
titude.
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ly, army store sheds were set afire,
and a number of people anti-militar
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which the authorities were severely
scored for alleged brutal treatment of
the persons arrested.
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report from Villefranche, France,
where the Dutch battleship Tromp
was making an extended visit, that ex
tensive damage was done to delicate
parts of the machinery in the ship’s
engine room, parts of guns were miss
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CHICAGO, Mar. 2.—Fueling that no
efforts at an adequate eharacteriza
lion could escape some unavoidable
sacrilege, the Big Brothers, an or
ganization of Chicago business men
in their production ol the Passion
Play the revenue from which will be
diverted to their work among delin
quent boys of the juvenile court, de
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ing without pay and selected to play
his part yearly through the next de
cade.
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likeness that would better express
the reverential spirit of actors and
producers. Through the use of the
German prism glass, which, when
used as a lens, imparts a seeming
movement to the statue, and through
the use of moveable limbs, it has
been possible to make the statue, un
der the lighting arrangements of the
production, indistinguishable from
real life.
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speaking the words of Christ, and
the words will seem to come direct
ly from the statue of Christ itsell.
But no one outside the cast wdll know
what actor is speaking the words.
The cast has been rehearsing for
more than a year. No member will
be permitted to capitalize on any
reputation made in the play and all
are pledged to refrain from profes
sional work during the decade.
The Big Brothers, casting about for
new ways and means to meet the
suddenly rising criminal activities of
boys in Chicago, hit upon the plan of
! dramatizing some religious work,
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reverence to obtain money for boys'
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j of the actual structure has been plan
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ted data, lending gigantic candle
sticks, altars, curtains and fittings
that have been preserved as exact
copies of the Jewish art and religious
worship of that time. The rending
of , the Veil is to be accomplished by
an ingenious electrical arrangement
whereby a bolt of lightning will be
seen to.strike while Judas prostrates
himself on the floor.
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Croces ,in .silhpuette against a blind
ing light, and the kneeling woman,
has been rehearsed to obtain com
plete perfection.
, A choir of 150 .male voices, who will
t [take5 the, pla$e. of an orchestra, will
sing and chant throughout the play.
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CARDINALS WIN OVER SACRA.
STOCKTON, March 2.—The Car
dinals won yesterday’s game by de
feating Sacramento seven to six.
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