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New Year!
May every single joy
You had this year
Be doubled in the one
That's drawing so near
Store Closed
To-morrow
Dives, Pomeroy Stewart
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MINUTES Wi TH
iATF.ST BOOKS L MAGAziNESia^^Sf^EDI.
The famous clock of the late Jolinj
Muir, the noted naturalist and author,
which not only woke him up in the
morning, but dumped hini out of bed;
which delivered his books to him in
regular seouence when he was study
ing. and which lighted his fire in the
morning, has just been presented to
the Wisconsin State Historical Society's
museum at Madison by the Wisconsin
Alumni Association of Northern Cali
fornia. The clock was used by Mr.
Muir during his school days at Wis
consin University and is described at
length in his autobiography, "The
Story of My Boyhood and Youth."
If "K." the famous surgeon who so
successfully veils his identity from his
neighbors throughout the greater part
of the novel Mary Roberts Rinehart
has named for him, were a real person
and still wished to keep his secret, he
might well despair of doing so, for
"K the book is far past the hundred
thousand mark and stilt going.
SlfOl'l.D WE Alii, READ POETRY?
Somewhere in poetry, and best in
poetry because there most concen
trated and most penetrative, lies crys
tallized experience at hand for all who
need it. It is not difficult to find, al
though no one can find it for you. It
is not necessarily exalted, romantic,
passionate; it may be comfortable,
homely, gentle, or hearty, vigorous
and cheerful; it may be anything but
commonplace, for no true emotion is
ever commonplace. I have known men
of one poet: and yet that poet gave
them the satisfaction they required. I
know others whose occasional dip into
poetry leads to no rapture of beauty,
110 throbbing vision into eternity: and
yet without poetry they would be less
alive, their minds would be less young.
As children, most of us would have
flushed before the beauty of a sunrise
or a tropic ocean, felt dimly if pro
foundly—and forgotten. The poet—
like the painter—has caught, has in
terpreted, has preserved the experi
ence, so that, like music, it may be
renewed. And he can perform that
miracle for greater thinss than sun
rises. This, perhaps, is the best of all
reasons why every one except the emo
tionally senile should sometimes read
poetry.—Professor Henry S. Canby, in
Harper's Magazine for January.
"Treasure Island." according to a
newspaper, is one English
book which the Germans are not boy
cotting, but which instead they are
bringing out as a holiday gift book. Its
German title is "Die Schatzinsel." In
this country Stevenson's great story
lias been brought out also in holiday
dress, with numerous illustrations by
DA\ .HOCKER WASTED
Murray W. Mocker, of Braddock. Pa...
wants his brother, Dan. G. Hooker, to
come to him at once. A telegram to
this effect was received to-day by the
police department. The officers on day
duty made every effort to locate the
brol her.
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 31, 1915
I Louis Rhead, and is appearing as a
play on a New York stage.
| SUCCESS OK THE THREE E'S
j When it comes to a really fashion
able audience in New York, Miss Ethel
1 I Barrymore, who is now acting as
1 I Emma McChcsney, is the most power
' j ful magnet of the day. It would seem
'scarcely credible that anything as ple
| bian as Miss Ferber's traveling saies-
I woman could appeal to this aristo
cracy. Yet the heroine of "Uoast
j Beef Medium," "Personalities Plus,"
I j and now of Edna Ferber's new book,
"Emma McChesney & Co." is making
, 'as big a hit on the stage as she has in
| fiction. Which only proves what most
of us already know that Miss Barry
more is one of the most democratic
and human of actresses. Miss Ferber
! a democratic, essentially human au
. thor, and as for Emma McChesney—
well, we all know Emma. And what
a happy trio Ethel, Edna, Emma!
Individualism or centralization; re
public or monarchy in China? John
Stuart Thomson tells of the fascinating
'contest in his travel books, The Chi
! nese and China Revolutionized. In his
j article in the Xew York American, as
! long ago as August 10, 1913, Mr. j
I Thomson, who knows well the chief
i figures in the drama, in
: many a detail that Yuan Shih-Kai, j
| though "dissenting yet would assent"
;to the crown and lo and behold, it
has come true, and "The Chinese" live
j again ill a "China Revolutionized."
j DR. SHAW'S FIRST SPEECH
I Anna Howard Shaw tells in her re- !
I cently-published autobiography. "The
I I Story of a Pioneer." the interesting
; story of her first public speaking. It
| was while she was at the Big Rapids
I High school that she was to recite a
! poem, "No Sects in Heaven." When
she faced her audience, she says: "I
1 was so appalled by its size and by the
'sudden realization of my own tem
jerity that I fainted during the deliv
ery of the first verse. Sympathetic
I classmates carried me into an ante-
I room and revived me, after which they
| naturally assumed that the entertain
| ment I furnished was over for the
! evening. I, however, felt that if I
I let that failure stand against me I
i could never afterward speak in pub-
J lie; and within ten minutes, notwith-
I standing the protests of my friends, 1
, j was back in the hall and beginning
,I mv recitation a second time. The
I audience gave me its eager attention.
: ; Possibly it hoped to see mo topple off
■I the platform again, but nothing of the
■'sort occurred."
City Rescue Mission Folk
to Watch in the New Year
At the City Rescue Mission to-night
Xew Year's eve will be celebrated with
special ceremonies. From 8:30 to 9:30
! Griffith Jones, superintendent, will con
] duct the regular evening service. From
9:30 to 10:30 Ira P. Dean will give an
illustrated lecture on "The Life of
Christ," the pictures being supplied by
I Miss Donnelly, connected with the State
! Museum. Piano and violin solos will
be a feature of this part of the ser
vice. Following the lecture and musi
cal program there will be a social hour
lasting until 11:30. From 11:30 to 12
a devotional program will oe present
ed. The meeting will he attended l»y
all the officers and directors of the
Mission.
In the Amusement World
The greatest advertisement ever car
ried in tile Chicago Sunday Tribune,
and at a time when metropolitan news
paper space commands a decided pre
mium. appeared on Sunday. December
It!. The Chicago Tribune printed and
issued a four-page supplement in all its
Sunday editions presenting to its half
million or more readers in all sections
of the United States the policies and
alms of the Selif-Trlbune.
The Selig-Trlbune, to be known as
"The World's Greatest News Film " will
be released twice every week beginning
Monday, January 3. The news film will
he manufactured and released by the
Selig Polyscope Company and will sup
plement the Hearst-Seiig News Pic
torial.
News item—"Sis Hopkins," known in
real life as Rose Melville. Is going into
the movies. Who does not remember
"Sis?"
What do we care for expenses, says
the Selig management. In "No Greater
Luve." the Sells Red Seal play, to be re
leased through V. 1,. S. E.. Inc., on
Janu*cy 10. Miss Kegina Badet. the
emotional actress who assumes the role
of "Sadunah. the Dancer," wears a
largo number of beautiful gowns of
Parisian manufacture. In the climax
of the woudwful production. Miss Badet
saerifloae a gown worth hundreds of
dollars when she plunges over a preci
pice into the water hundreds of feet
below.
IIRPHEIM
To-night and to-morrow, matinee and
night—"Her Price," with Emma
Dunn.
Wednesday, night only, January 5
Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile Susan."
Thursday, matinee and night. January
6—"The Charming Widows."
'•RING IX THK NEW" AT THE MA
JESTIC
At the Majestic to-night they will
"ring out the old year and ring in the
new" in what the management says
will be a hip-hooray fashion. This mid
night carnival begins at 10:30, and
scores of surprises are in store. Many
contests will be in order and not a few
funny stunts are to occur at intervals
throughout the performance. At the
mystic stroke of 12. a big stage tab
leau comes oft. In order to insure
everybody's solid enjoyment of the af
fair. without the least disturbance, the
management has reserved seats all over
the house for this one show alone. The
audience of the second show will be en
tirely out of the house before the New
Year revelers take their numbered
seats.
Lillian Jewell's manikin production
called "The Miniature Review," pleased
in its accustomed tine style at the Ma
jestic yesterday. Not only are the dolls
operated in wonderful fashion, but the
glittering stage effects aftord pictures
that will linger in the memories of
those who witness them. The whole
bill is replete with clever novelty and
includes some good comedians and good
singers.
The Orpheum goers of former years
will likely be pleased to hear that
Pletro, the piano accordeonist, is book
ed for an early showing at the Majestic
Theater. Pletro appeared at the Or
pheum twice and each time made a de
cided hit.
AT THE REGENT
"The Beloved Vagabond," a Pathe
Colored Gold Rooster Play, at the Re
gent to-day, features Edwin Arden.
"The Beloved Vagabond" Is an adapta
tion ol' the book bv the same name from
the pen of William J. Locke.
Paragot, a rising young architect, is
betrothed to Joanna. Her father needs
a large sum of money to pull him
througn a business difficulty. Paragot
signs a contract with a rival to give
Joanna up for two years, and gives her
the money to save her father.
Then, in despair, h.i takes up the life
of an itinerant musician, ragged of
clothes and down at the heel. His com
panions are Blanquette, a singer, and
little Asticot, a ragamuffin, recruited en
route.
Finally Joan meets Paragot as lie and
his band are playing with great enthu
siasm at a peasant's wedding. Her hus
band, jealous, tells all that happened
between him and Paragot. Joanna
brings Paragot back to polite society,
but he finds that the carefree life of
the road had unfitted him to wear the
yoke of conventions, so he returns to
marry Blanquette, who loves him.
To-morrow, a New Year's treat is
"The Forbidden Adventure," a drama
of love and daring deeds, featuring the
Broadway stars, Louise Glaum and
I Charles E. Ray.
Cecil Weatherby, traveling in the
Orient with a small caravan, meets and
falls in love with Aineera. a beautiful
Arabian Princess. He is ordered to
leave the country, but disobeys and a
council of high priests sentences the
lovers to he imprisoned in "The City of
the Dead." a cavernous pit in the moun
tains. The thrilling adventures which
attend their escape form the plot of this
exciting play.
1915 Has Been Notable Year
in Church Life of America
Both Membership and Gifts Have Largely Increased
Some Reflexes of the World War
(By the Religious Rambler)
A religious retrospect of the year
1915, while revealing the effect of the
war, shows rather surprising ad
vances in several respects, as well as
a few outstanding events.
In the first place, it seems to have
been a year of recruiting for nearly
all churches, for the figures of the
denominations show substantial in
creases in membership. This notice
able growth began two or three years
ago. Active evangelistic effort has
been general and has assured the
continuance of the increase. The re
cent period of business depression re
acted favorably upon church mem
bership, as Is usually the case; and
the serious mood induced by the world
war has had a like effect.
Instead of a great slump in gifts
to and through the church, such as
many leaders feared, there has been
a really remarkable Increase, all along
the line. Especially in foreign mis
sion receipts has the record been
notable. Several of the big boards
have passed *heir highest marks. At
least one reached a total of a million
dollars, for the first time in Its his
tory.
How War Kffprt* Missions
World-wide missions have been
sadly upset by the war; and many
missionaries of warring nationalities
have been expelled. Thus, all the
German missionaries in Japan and
India and many parts of Africa have
been obliged to leave their posts.
On the other hand, British,
French, Italian and Russian religious
workers in the Ottoman Empire have
been exiled, and again the Americans
have had to assume large responsi-
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
isricwass!
TONIGHT AT THE OKPHEIM
GERTRVDE DALLAS
Amelia Gardner, one of the three
recognized leading women who go to
make up the cast In Oliver D. Bailey's
presentation of Lottie M. Meaney's mod
ern drama, "Her Price," which is at the
Orpheum to-night and to-morrow, mati
nee and night, has created numerous
parts in metropolitan productions. Miss
Gardner was the original "Louise Ix>w
ell" in "Keeping Up Appearances." at
the Comedy Theater; she created the
part of "Mrs. Constance Sommers" in
"Our World," at the Garrick Theater
in 1911; she was in the cast of a re
vival of "Hamlet" at the Garden Thea
ter in J 912, and played "Portia" in "The
Mercnant of Venice. at the Harris
Theater in 1913. Last season she cre
ated the leading female part, with John
Mason as the star, in "Jim Bludsoe," at
the New York Theater. A New York
newspaper speaks of the play in the
following terms:
l,ike "Seven Keys to Baldpate" and
"The Big Idea," it is a piece of fiction
acted out before tile audience. It is
played, moreover, on a small revolving
stage and the scenes change frequent
ly 111 the three acts. Concerning the
fiction of this singular piece one report
says:
A girl sent up to prison by her false
lover, who induces her to steal for him
and then marries another, comes for
aid when she is released. He is hav
ing a drunken tiff with his rich wife,
murders her to keep her from altering
her will "in the morning," and throws
the crime on the girl.
Another sentence, but this time an
escape and a very original sort of re
venge. She inoculates herself with
leprosy, visits his room at the point of
a gun—he is married again, this time
for lovt—compromises him, bites his
wrist, and sits the night out until, she
asserts, they are both infected. Then
bliss together as members of some
South Sea leper colony. After that a
little epilogue to see the hero of the
first scene finish reading the play.
Emma Dunn, who has grown so fam
ous for her performances of mothers,
varied her usual occupation by playing
the part of a young girl.
AT THE VICTORIA
Advance press notices claim that the
matrimonial sea will be easier to navi
gate by husbands and wives who view
"The Bondwoman " a five-act photo
drama shown for the first time in this
city to-day. at the Victoria. It presents
the story of a problem faced by the
great majority of American families and
upon Its satisfactory solution depends
in a great measure domestic harmony,
perhaps happiness.
The theme in "Bondwoman" is
whether a husband ought to asume
a major portion of the domestic re
sponsibilities so far as they extend
to the family purse strings. Should
he insist on scanning bills for grocer
ies. meats, clothing. tc„ or ought he
delegate that entirely to his wife, trust
ing in her ability to properly manage
these affairs?
Every wife in the United States ought
to be interested in "Bondwoman" and
husbands will find much in this Kleine
photoplay to cause tliem some thought.
To-morrow we present Frank Dan
iels. the inimitable comedian, in a five
act comedy drama, "What Happened to
Father."
\T THE t OI.OMAI,
The current Triangle program at the
Colonial reems to be pleasing patrons
of that theater. Admirers of well-stag
fd dramatic plays are taking keenly to
pretty Bessie Barriscale, who is seen
in a fascinating society role in "The
Golden Claw." while the same bill has
a comedv side of almost equal import
ance entitled "The Best of Enemies,"
starring Joe Weber and Lew Fields.
Some of the good Triangle plays an
i nounced for an earlv showing at the
I Colonial include "The Lily and the
' Rose." featuring Lillian Gish. of "The
| Birth of a Nation" fame, and Roszika
I Dolly, the thousand-dollar-a-week vau
deviile dancer.
Coming soon is another play of inter
est. "Peggy," featuring Billie Burke.
bllities and cares. What this all means
in the way of protecting property and
treasure, as well as in doing strictly
religious work, can scarcely be
imagined by one unacquainted with
conditions on the mission field.
In most cases, their work has been
taken over and is being carried
on by the various American missions,
greatly Increasing the expense of the
latter. Conscious of this, the Am
erican Christians have risen hand
somely to the emergency by increas
ing their gifts.
Y. M. C. A. Men In the Trenches
Out of respect for the wishes of
John K. Mott nothing definite has
been published in the papers con
cerning the notable work now being
done in the trenches of the various
battlefronts, and in the reserve
camps, by the International Y. M. C.
A. There are American secretaries,
able to speak in the language of the
troops, at work In every one of the
nations at w.*r. The fine service rend
ered in Man huria by the Association
during the Russo-Japanese war is be
ing duplicated to-day on a vastly
larger scale.
The World's Sunday School Union,
which has this year established its
headquarters in the Metropolitan
Tower, New York, has sent hundreds
of thousands of New Testaments to
the men in trenches. The plan Is to
send a million copies by the gifts of
American Sunday school children.
A Good Year for United Work
Other interdenominational organ
izations, like the Laymen's Movement
and the Christian Endeavor Society,
have reported 1915 as an exceptional
year. The laymen are at present
conducting a nation-wide campaign
| across the continent, and the meet
ings have surpassed all expectations.
Christian Kndeavor held Its greatest
convention for years In Chicago last
summer, and it has ac'opted an ad
vance program of millions. A new
secretary, the Kev. Dr. Ira Landrlth,
of Nashville, lias been added to the
general force.
An entirely new agency to pro
mote co-operative church work was
established during 1910 the Com
mission on Federated Agencies of the
CHRISTMAS
1916
Our Christmas Savings Club for 1916
Now Open for Enrollment
You Are Invited to Become a Member
of One or More Classes
UNION TRUST COMPANY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Federal Council, with Fred B. Smith]
at its head. This body will promote'
team work by denominations and
other religious bodies, especially in |
cities, and will prevent the helter- |
skelter competitive fashion that has
too often prevailed. A federation of,
churches will be formed in every city j
in the land.
The Row Among Episcopalians
One of the most serious and dis-1
turbing events in a religious retro- j
spect of 1915 is the open cleavage!
between the high church and the low j
church parties in the Protestant j
Episcopal denomination over the Pan-,
American missionary conference to,
be held in February in Panama. Five |
representatives of the high church j
party including three bishops, resign- j
ed from the Board of Missions be-!
cause the latter persists in sending
delegates to the conference, the,
Panama meeting being deemed by (
them as an affront to the Roman \
Catholic church.
Some conservative commentators i
have declared this split to be the be- i
ginning of an irreconcilable division!
in the Protestant Episcopal church.
Certainly its effects upon the meeting j
of the interdenominational commis
sion upon Faith and Order, to be held
in Garden City this month, will Dei
pronounced. |
The year also saw the cveation of j
The Fellowship of Reconciliation, a |
movement with revolutionary poten-;
tialities, which would settle not only j
the pending war, but also all kinds of
strife, by the law of love.
Billy Sunday and Martyrdoms
It was the year 1913 that put Billy i
Sunday on the world map. His meet
ings in Philadelphia last January and
February made of him a national
character, giving him front page pos!- I
tion on the newspapers of the land. ]
A tremendous impetus was thereby j
imparted to all forms of church work,
evangelism especially.
Most important of all the year's
events of a religious nature has been I
the Armenian martyrdoms. More i
Christians have been slain for their |
faith in 1915 than in all the preced-1
ing Christian centuries. The horror
of these atrocities has been slow in
taking hold of the consciousness of I
the church, so stupendous Is it, but ,
the result may be a new world-wide j
Christian solidarity such as previous,
centuries have not achieved. Just
what will grow from tnls latest and |
greatest outpouring of "the blood of |
the martyrs" no man can yet tell.
Clearly, 1915 has been an extra
ordinary year in modern religious
history.
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AMUSEMENTS
RSffiT
A HAPPY NKW YEAR TO A 1,1.
To-day on Iy, "THE BELOVED
VACAHUMU," fenturluK EDWIN
A IIDEN. A I'attae colored Gold
! ItcMiater Play.
I FHIDA V AND SATUHIIAY
PATHS NEWS
; To-morrow only, "THE FORHID
i DEN ADVENTURE," featuring;
LOt ISF, MLAUM und CHAHI.EN
HAl'. A drama of love and daring
drtda.
AdnilnHloai Adults, 10c| Children, Re.
VICTORIA
'J'ilW Comfortable Srata
TO-DAY ONLY
MAUDE FEALY
"The Bond Woman"
A 5-nrl phntodrnnm thai every
buaband and wlfr nli»uld not fall
lo are. It tell* a ntrunic le»«n
plainly.
To-morrow—. rnnk Daniels.
AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS
Tyyy?y vyTvyyrtf * * * * TTT t"+
ORPHEUM
** • Two Days
Matinee To-morrow Commencing To-night
End the Old Year RIGHT Start the New Year
After a icrcnt atieceaa in Philadelphia by apeclftl HrrniKeiofnt with
Klaw antl Krlnnner,
Oliver D Bailey present*
>
"Her Price" with Emma Dunn
Earl llrounr, Amelia (inrdner, Gertrude Dallaa, John Stoken, I'auli.ic
I>ll (Yield, Hurry Harmon and other favorite player*.
nnipco MATINEE—SJS<% 50<\ 75<f, 91.00.
rnlllLO .EVENING—2SS, 50c, 75?, fKI.tX> v sl .50
niVnnnum »%%.m
MAJESTIC THEATER
IteKiilar Vaudeville To-day at 7.30 aiul I.
Vaudeville Carnival i
To-night at 1030
To Welcome the \ew/ear
f'rlxem for l»ewt dancer, mo*t artlntie ci*ume# l»e*t Cliirlle C'liapl' H
in on t comical continue, tallcnt man In ami tf*ee, heaviest VMiina In a I
dlencc, and many npecliil prlxen. /
Ifenerved Sent* For the CarnlJ on Sale To-da.
i*d)»» %4 *4 VI/*" ** W w" 'M'J
Victorialheater I
219 Marlet Stree. j
H j rris>urg. Pa. ']
Obtains Early Showirg of I
the Fine t Productions 1
Tlrough the
Stanley Fooking Company I
o Philadelphia |
Known TK> u ghout These United States 4
In Assciation With Modern Pictures '
—
Renember the Name '■
VICTORIA THEATER |
Witten Criticisms Invited
Stanle Booking Company, Philadelphia j