14 Dives, Pomero^& i —n This Attractive Bedroom Suite a Special February Sale Offering at $95.00 In designing this William and Mary suite the makers have reproduced an old and beautiful style. There are four pieces as the etching shows —made of the finest stock of mahogany. Dustproof partitions are just one example of the high-grade cabinet work that distinguishes this class of period furniture. Mahogany Bedroom Suite of I>cd, bureau and chiffonier, three pieces. February Furniture Sale Price #.">9.00 Solid Mahogany Bureaus, $35.00 value. February Furniture Sale Price Bird's-eve Maple Bureaus, Chiffoniers and Princess Dressers. February Furniture Sale Price .' * $13.95 Dives. Pomefoy & Stewart. Third Floor. JSZSJ 1 Rengo Belt Corset ~ Demonstration This Week Double watchspring steels in Rengo Belt Reducing cor- J / I sets are but one indication of the great wearing quality / / 1 which medium and stout women positively must have /M in their corsets. Without strength, support and the j$E | Rengo Belt reducing features, these garments would f Jn \ have no claim for the special consideration of stout wo- i ■ \ W.I /J\ men—they would fail to hold their shape they would UhL sTrra/ \ break down and prove most unsatisfactory. The fact r) that for seven years they have grown in popularity and .f 9 A J made a crowning success is proof that stout and medium r&~~' / women find lasting and satisfying support and positive I I RENGO reductions in the exclusive features of Rengo Belt cor vjß \ / 'EATURE VH i ; \/ There are models with and without "Steelastic" web- A bing. When extra flexibility and added support is desir ' our exclusive "Steelastic" will be found to possess * v superior strength and wearing quality. 1 I The double watchspring steels arc guaranteed not to M break or rust. Demonstration now in progress. ™ Dives, Pomeroy ft Stewart, Second Floor. interesting Details of How Griffith Planned 5,000 Scenes For "Birth of a Nation" Scene from The Birth of a Nation," to be seen at the Orphenm all of next week. t>. W. Griffith is the most talked about, and probably the most sought after man. in America. He learned how to plan things, in the making of the 5,000 scenes of "The Birth of a Nation" or he would be lost. He gal lops through the myriud-and-onc busi ness details of a theatrical success without turning a hair or developing ihe slightest rtise of "nerve." When ihe turmoil and the tumult dies, and the hours wax small, his refreshment is the dance or a friendly chat with a round table of chums. It was said on the first night in New York that only the son of a sol dier could have conceived and executed "The Birth of a Nation." As a lad, the son of Brigadier-General J. W. Griffith, he drank'in the Civil War nar ratives greedily. As he grew up caine the poet's vision of the entire strug gle and of Reconstruction days. In the prime of manhood awoke the gen ius to make it realltv. While planning the Battle of Peters burg, Griffith drilled the regiments as faithfully as Kitchener In England or McClellan on the Potomac. Like them, be had national guardsmen to work with. They knew tho manual of arms, but had to acquire the grand tactics or nlcture evolution*. After the drill was completed, the director took his thousands of militiamen on a month's lountrysidu campaign. Each squad ron was commanded by a subdlrector. Pioneers preceded the soldiers to dig the long miles of trenches, to tiirow up embankments, and repro duce th" physical landmarks of the battle. \nionc the noted Petersburg landmarks was a high tower. Grif , lull made it serve a double purpose by MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG SSSftfc TELEGRAPH FERRUARY 7, 1016 using it as field headquarters. Prom its lofty eminence, he commanded the whole range of mountain and valley. Right at hand was a modern telephone switchboard. From it field wires ran to his various subgenerals. Mostly these wires were in conduits under ground; they had to be, or the camera would have produced the anachronism of field telephones in Civil War time. Thus completely equipped as a mod ern Joffre or Von Hindenburg, Griffith saw everything and telephoned all his instructions. In the artillery actions, real cannon were used which discharg ed real shells. All were of the 18G4 pattern. When the infantry got busy, they used the antique Springfield mus kets with the old-fashioned bayonets. As the men charge, it is to be seen that their uniforms are far from spick and span. Many of them are coat.less and hatless; tho clothing of others is tat tered; even the flags have the look of battle-scarred ribbons. For the first time the grime, dirt, sordidness, as well as the glory of war, is accurately presented. Plainly war, as Griffith makes it, is not a day's outing for a small and straggling crew cf picture takers. It Is hard, gruelling continuous work. Regiments, brigades, not companies, are employed. There's everything from the far-Miniff panorama of the general battle to the handgrips of per sonal combat. i\lanv hundreds of sep arate and distinct scenes are taken. The amount of labor and detail In the Battle of Petersburg along would more than equal the combined labors of ac tors and stage directors in a dozen indoor" productions. They say that girls from snv town j have a special interest all their own. and that the "Girl '•Bol>T" Helen Will From Kokonio" is Hold Center of no exception to the i Mnjeatlc st«gf rule. This is the title of the one-act | musical comedy that moves into the j Majestic for the first half of the week. I Unusually clever comedians are en- i trusted with the principal roles and they are said to have a wealth of rich 1 comedy that they know how to make i the most of. The girls are prettv and i wear interesting changes of wardrobe and the stage setting of the act is very attractive. Of interest also on the same array of talent will be the return ot Baby Helen, vaudeville's most cele brated little girl comedienne. Whit ney's Operatic Dolls, a vocal noveltv: Browning and Morris, singing comedi ans. and Herbert's Dogs, a fast and clever animal circus, will complete the roster for the first half of the week. A father, unknowingly persecuting his own son, is taken as the theme of ; the Jesse L. Uaskv pro l.on-I'ellegen duction, "The t'n- In "The known," which will be I nknown" the attraction at the Re- I gent to-day and to-nior- I row, with Bou-Tellegen In the stellar I role. The story of "The Unknown" has to I do with members of the famous foreign legion, that great military sanctuary of: Algeria. A young Englishman, whose 1 father had disappeared years before, I Joins its ranks ai.d is assigned to the i company commanded by "Devil" Des tinn. The handsome private rescues an American girl from an Arabian dance! hall and later saves her from the un- i welcome attention of his captain For this. Destinn persecutes him, until final ly he is ordered to be shot as a mutt- I neer. even though lie saved the cap- I tain's life in a fight with some Arabs ! on the desert. How he is rescued by I tne American girl. disg\iised as an Arab, I and is found by the captain, who recog- | nizes in him his own son, and is per mitted to seek happiness with the girl, are but a few of the unusual instances : in this gripping drama. I CAMPAIGN AT \V ICO XI SCO , Special to Hit Ttlegraph Wiconisco, Pa., Feb. 7.—A campaign j of world evangelism, under the aus pices of the department of foreign mis- ! sion evangelism and the Board of 1 Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1 will be held at (he Methodist Epis copal Church here on Wednesday aft- ! ernoon and evening. Q BBHEKIODB BBBBHDEia Hfillimmnnra NORMA TALMADGE , . ROBERT HARROW Featured C A H/I DCDMIDH H Popular Picture Actress in "Birth of a Nation" BAM UEIKNAKD = IN ===== —ix— □ "Tl, "K/T* " ,T ' 1 Because He n Ihe jyilSSingL/ink Loved Her H\ n underfill flte-reel «l«ry of lute iinil myatrrr. Two-red coineily that IK a arrraiii from xlart «<> Hnlah. HHBHiannia nratiHiaiiEin nnmnimiuM AMousemms] THEATRICAL lIIHKCTORY ORPllEUM— Wednesday night, Febru- i ary 9, Marry Lauder; Thursday. Feb- 1 ruary 10, "The Military Maids" (bur- I lesque); Eriday and Saturday, with daily matinees. February 11 ami 12, Lman H. Howe's Travel Festival; all next week, with dally matinees. "The Birth of a Nation." MAJESTlC—Vaudeville and Moving j Pictures. Moving; Picture House* 'COLONIAL—"TiIe Missing Link." GRAND—"The Family Stain." j KIiGENT—"The Unknown." I VICTORIA—"The House of Tears." TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL To-mor row evening, "A Trip Through South America," by Dr. Benjamin Miller. PLAYS AND PLAYERS | "Thou Shalt Not Covet," written by i James Oliver Curwood, and released to- I day by the Selig Company through V. L S. E., features Tyrone Power anil lvathlyn Williams. The production Is said to be full of thrills. The marvelous elTects which can be obtained by the artful application of grease-paint is strikingly shown by Pauline Frederick In the Paramount pirturo of "The Spider." In which she pluys both a notorious Parisian beauty and the young and unsophisticated daughter of this very worldly woman. Without the marvelous skill of the Famous Players star to bear out the illusion, the grease-paint would he use less, but in this case it is complete. For the character of Judd Tolliver in "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," in which Charlotte Walker 1b to star for the l<asky Company, Theodore Roberts let his heard grow. The beard grew as the picture progressed and the final scenes of the story were taken last. It was then discovered that a retake was necessary in the tlrst part of the pic ture and Mr. Roberts had to shave. The i production was delayed for several days until the stubble grew out to the same length it was when the llrst scenes were taken. Although it is rather late to be talk ing about Christmas, this is too good to I keep to ourselves: 1 Theda Bara, the William Fox star, j received 1,239 presents for Christmas, ! the majority coming by mail, parcel ! post or express, from her admirers in ; every corner of the United States. They : ranged in value lroni a tive-cent postal card mailed by a three-year-old girl in I Dallas. Tex., to a seven-passenger tour | ing car representing an outlay of $B,OOO. "Rolling Stones." Edgar Selwyn's comedy of youth and adventure which went from twenty-two weeks of pros perity at the Harris Theater to an un exampled success In the neighborhood theaters near New York, is already "sold out" for every night at Ford's 1 Theater. Baltimore, where it plays this week. Charles Ruggles is featured in the cast. LOCAL THEATERS Harry Louder Harry Lauder, the great Scottish comedian, who will be seen here on Wednesday evening at the Orpheum, has been a busy man since he returned to England In December last. The thing that has endeared him to "Tommy Atkins" as nothing else could and lias made him the most popular : man in England, was his little visits t to the various hospitals where sick and wounded soldiers and sailors were being : nursed back to health. Mr. l>auder, re fusing many engagements, made a tour of these hospitals Tn every one of which he gave an extended entertainment, singing all his well known songs and improvising numbers that he thought 1 would be of the greatest Interest to the sick men. "It really would have warmed your heart to see how the poor fellows ap preeiated my efforts to lighten their troubles, and it made me feel mighty good to think that 1 was doing my part to make them happy. Here's a field for many a traveling actor. If he knew how good it would make him feel he would use his spare time while playing in these towns where hospitals for the wounded are located, to make the poor fellows a bit happier." Howe's Travel Festival "The Lyman H. Howe Special" is scheduled for the Orpheum. Friday and Saturday, with daily matinees, when the world-excursion will be made over a new itinerary during which "tourists" , will visit Italy, France. Medelra, Switss . orland. Holland and Scotland, and get i j somewhat better acquainted with the I scenic grandeur of America by a jour- I ney to Glacier National Park. "THE BIIITII OF A NATION i There would be more horses than the present 3,000 shown in Griffith's mighty I spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation," if I the European war had not broken out when this part of the big production was being completed. The foreign drain on American horseflesh is something the'average citizen lias no comprehen sion of. Griffith had to beg. borrow and i buy the horses for his big scenes, and | they were corralled from all parts of ! ihe country. He found agents of the English, French, Italian and Russian I Governments competing with him for these horses, and while he only rented them by the day, the foreign demand was so great that many shrewd horse men forced him to buy at war prices in order to complete his picture within a given time. The spectacle will be seen | ; at the Orpheum Theater for one week 1 beginning Monday, February 14, with j a matinee daily. | Emily Stevens, the gifted emotional j I actress", who scored so heavily In "Destiny; or. The Soul | "The House of a Woman," and j of Tears" "Cora," two Rolfe -lat Victoria Metro screen master- I pieces, will be seen here | , to-day in "The House of Tears." another i wonderful five-part photodrama pro- ! ; duced by Rolfe Photo Plays, Inc.. for re- | i lease in the Metro program. Mies Stev ens is supported by an unusually strong [ cast, which includes Henri Bcignian ! the brilliant dramatic actor; Walter Hitchcock, Madge Tyrone, George Bren nan. and other prominent stage and screen artists. At the Colonial Theater to-day Har j risburg will have another opportunity to see Robert Harron in i Colonial a splendid drama called shown a "The Missing Link." An I Griffith Film interesting coincidence concerning this player j and the play is the fact that D. W. Grif | flth, who produced "The Birth of a Na- ; tion,' 'also produced this play, and when : he gave the leading role to Mr. Harron I I he also called on a player who figures ! nrominently in "The Birth of a Nation." j Co-starring with Mr. Harron in "The Missing Link" is pretty Norma Tal- | madge, who lias as many followers In j ' the films as she had on the legitimate I stage. Among others of the dlstin- I lOrpheum Theater! | Seats on Sale Tomorrow at 9 A. M. | For the Gigantic Spectacle jj E § S D. W. GRIFFITH'S 5 | EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD | gj One Full Week Beginning Monday, Feb. 14, Matinee Daily ft Cost $500,000 to produce. I Sherman's March to the sea. Consumed eight months in making. I The burning of Atlanta. HE» Employs IS.OOO actors, .1,000 horses. I Lee's surrender at Appomatox. Pf® Has played to over 5,000,000 people. | The assassination of Lincoln. fcfc: j§ Carries Its Own Complete Symphony Orchestra jj| HEs opjppc • Matinee—Lower floor, 75c, II; Balcony, 50c, 75c;Gallery, 25c. pFrl Evening—Lower floor, $l, $1.50, $2; Balcony, 50c, 75c, $1; Gallery. 25c. 50c. E? Peats May lie ordered by telephone, but must be paid for the day before the performance for ET* CEfe which they are purchased. .Mail orders, with remittances, filled promptly. Ssl § ' ' fi |j Read What the Mayors of Other Cities Think About J 1 "The Birth of a Nation" 1 P| As Expressed in Telegrams to Mayor Meals of Harrisburg "Very satisfactory to our "To stop the performance "Will he a treat for the p| Mas ° r VeV,n ' 0t would be an injustice to fel- Ijcople of Harrisburgtosee Eg JL-. Easton. J it,"—Major Spang of Leban- JL__* low citizens. A play of great on. pegs C Inspiration.*'—Muyor rnom R -*-"* 1 - 1 */ Jf.rj'j.rsa; IMfe, Editor Slmmokin Herald. "Most Instructive picture "Our opinion; very eUnca f£ e , p n ' ntl ®." ;! am f, »• tie,ml."—Mayor Newell of "Greatest Exhibition ever fe Fislicy. Supt. Public Safety, ' seen in \\ likes-Barre.'— Lebanon. New Castle. .Mayor Kosck, WiiUcs-Barrc. Jgu" guislied cast are: Thomas Jefferson, Constance Talmadge and Elmer Clifton. A drama of binding interest, with its scenes laid in a small town, is "The Missing Link." It deals with the mur der that occurred In a bank and the blame is laid to one of two brothers, because of the finding of a cuff link near the dead body. One of the broth ers is Robert Harron, who, when the story begins, lias just been wed to the pretty heroine. The comedy feaure for the early week serves to once more ex ploit the well-known talents of Sam AMUSEMENTS Trip Thru S«uth America ILLUSTRATED DR. BENJAMIN L. MILLER —OK— LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Auspices Harrisburg Natural History Society Technical High School TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 H. 13 O'CLOCK. ADMISSION, 2Rc. CHILDREN, lOe. PEHHB PICTURES kRE BOOKED THROUGH 'Jfa:n ft t( MPANVOf PHI LA./PA, ICAR.THE #25000 •JOtIES UNIT PIPE ORCAN OF 50 PIECE ORCHESTRA TO-DAY ONLY House of Tears r» nctn of In((n>fl7 in <lrmun that atlra ■ cart nn«l aoul, foa »K Imily Stevens To-morrow, "Love'n Cromi llonda." 1 Bernard in his most recent laugh ringcr, called "Because He Loved Her." All sorts of daring stunts take place I in this feature. CANDIDATE FOK LEGISLATURE Special to the Telegraph I Dillsburg, Pa., Feb. 7.—Calvin E. Cook, a farmer and a number of yeurs ! a school teacher, has announced him l self as a candidate for the nomination | for State Legislature on the Republi i can ticket. AMUSEMENTS The (ilrly-Glrly Vaudeville Show 7he Girl From Kokomo mid fonr other Keith hit* Mats., -:30, 10c and 15ei eve., 7:30 to 10:30, 10c, I So. 2Kk\ ORPHEUM Seat* to-da.r for the coming en gagement Wed. Scotland'* Pet. I World'* England'* Pride. Greatest America'* Favorite. I Entertainer. A MI'S KM K NTS Monday and Tuesday, Jfwc I*. I.nskv preaeutN l,«l'-TKLI,EGEN ill "TIIR UNKNOWN." A tt-nnc (> li<<- toilruma of adventure and life on llie Kreat Sahara Desert. PARAMOUNT. Wedaenday anil Thurailay, .le»*c 1,. l.iiKky prcucntu FASMB WAHO in "Til 10 CHEAT." PAHAMOUNT AUiiilmmluii: Adulti, 10c; Children. sc. Grand Theater 1426 DERRY ST. TO-NIGHT W llliiini Fox pr«en<n Frederick I'orry In "THE FAMILY STAIN" In nix parti. Founded on Knille Goliorlnn'H celebrated detective ntory, "The Widow lellomu'." TUESDAY Kqultahle l-Tlin Corporation present* "THE WARNING" featiirlnK Henry Kolker, In 5 seta, which tell a terrltle story of y>e evllii of drink la a thounand xrorn *. ICnch with It* own powerful tale to tell. Try Telegraph Want Ads
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