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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
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□ "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.
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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.
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