Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1915 — Members of President’s Cabinet Delighted With “Our Navy.” [ARTICLE]

Members of President’s Cabinet Delighted With “Our Navy.”

Official Washington observed Washington’s birthday in a way that was unique. It was also patriotic and appropriate. Still more than that it was very instructive. Remembering that the Father of his country had adjured his successors “In Time of Peace, Prepare for War,” they took advantage of a remarkable opportunity to ascertain just how the government was fulfilling the unwritten law of preparedness. It was the first apportunity of the kind that ever presented itself, and, by a strange coincidence, it came at just the time when the question “Are We Prepared?” is more momentous than at any time in the nation’s history. The opportunity consisted of a special exhibition starting at 11 a. m. at the Columbia theatre in Washington, when Lyman H. Howe presented the remarkable films depicting every phase of the U. S. navy of 1915 from submarine to super-dreadnaught including arms and armament which he will exhibit at the Ellis theatre on Tuesday, August 3. Just how enthusiastically Howe’s absorbing film was viewed by members of President Wilson's Cabinet and other officials of state, is best expressed in the following telegram sent to Mr. Howe immediately after the exhibition by Mr. Fred G. Berger, manager of Washington’s leading theatre: “Your special exhibition for official Washington this morning was a splendid success. Cabinet officers including Secretary Daniels and their families were in the very representative audience that crowded the theatre. Everyone was greatly delighted with the navy and other subjects in your new program. This afternoon we have th elargest audience your Travel Festival has ever attracted at a matinee in Washington. Congratulations.—Fred G. Berger.”