'KIDS'ENTERTAIN IN CLEVER PLAY "Hans and Fritz" Up to Usual Tricks on Mamma and "Der Captain" The "Katzenjammer Kids" frolic ing at the Orpheum theater last evening, amused a fairly large at tendance. The play founded on the "Katzenjammer Kids" cartoon proved to bo full of hilarity, catchy liusic, excellent dancing and good comedy, although at times it had a tendency to be serious. During the three acts presented the "Kids" were the center of attraction, performing those little tricks on "der Captain" and on "Ma Katzenjammer" that kept the crowd in good humor. The "Inspector" also came in for his share of the pranks of the "boys." The small chorus of girls was fas cinating, pretty and did some good dancing. "Ma Katzenjammer" and "der Captain" were exceptionally "well taken, and Henry and Jake Washer as the "Kids" lived up to the reputation of the original "Kids" in the cartoon. MAX ROBERTSON. GOOD SHOWS Special attention deserves to be railed to theatergoers of the excep tionally fine attractions that are scheduled to appear at the Orpheum within the next week or two. They embrace "Oh, Boy," the New York musical comedy success, that bids fair of being one of the big musical events of the season, and Al. Jolson, in the big Winter Garden show. "Robinson I Crusoe, Jr." AMUSEMENTS flB PHFITM TO-MORROW uivrnCiUm matinee & night THE SHOW OF SURPRISES Simond's and Lakes' AUTO GIRLS —With— CAROL SCHRODER SPECIAL ADDED FEATURE Capt. Barnett The Boys You Will Remember T A Matinee Seats 10u Anywhere ° Ni K ht I'l-iccs—lse. 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c ' cirrs* [c][oi[Li[oiiNim[Ai[Li TO-I)AY LAST TIME DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS -■>- "TIIE LAMB" A HE-ISSUE OF FAIRBANKS' GREATEST PRODUCTION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAROLD LOCK WOOD "PARADISE GARDEN" POPULAR NOVEL SCREENED ORPHEUM Tonight at 8.15 The Most Brilliant Musical Event of the Season THE COM STOCK - ELLIOTT CO. Presents THE SMARTEST AND BRIGHTEST OF ALL MUSICAL COMEDIES THEATRE (NEWYORIVY FTFLMWW MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESS F fff| GIRLS P r J. ac , 25c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO, rrices. $1.50, $2.00 SATURDAY NOV. 3 ROBERT SHERMAN Presents The Dramatic Sensation of the Season THE GIRL WITHOUT A CHANCE !**&£"■ A Model and Fearless Plea for the Betterment of Young Girls Who Are Without Parents and Homes A SOUL-STIRRING EPISODE nniAre. All Matinee Seats 25c. rlllVkVi Night, 15c, 25c, 50c, 75c. WEDNESDAY EVENING pURGVt RITE: CLARKMJ U| fobA&S Bv£6LAR. ,> plj iioi^Cpaimouri(J)iUure MARGUERITE CLARK In "Bab's Burglar," at the Regent To morrow, Friday and Saturday It is amusing to think of Margue rite Clark, the petite, trying to catch a great, big burglar. As Bab, the "Sub-Deb" in Mary Roberts Rlne hart's story, "Bab's Burglar," she tries to trap the man she suspects of being a burglar, and linds that she has, insteady, caught a pair of elop ers, one of whom is her own sister. FIXK PICTURES Keep an eye on the Goldwyn pic tures that are being shown at the Colonial Theater. Big stars in big plays will appear there from time to time. Future productions will intro duce such world-famous stars as Mary Garden, Maxine Elliott, Jane Cowl, Madge Kennedy, Mae Marsh and Mabel Normand. AMUSEMENTS AT HARRISBURG PLAYHOUSES ORPHEUM To-nltjht Comstock and Elliot offer "Oh. Boy." Fr 'day, night only, November 2 Thft Messrs. Shubert offer "Robinson Crusoe. Jr.." with Al. Jolson. Saturday, matinee and night, Novem ber 3 "The Girl Without a Chance." Monday, night only, November 5 "Nothing but the Truth." Tuesday, matinee and night, Novem ber 6 "The Newlywcds Grown-Up Baby." MAJESTIC To-day Doree's Oriental Singers, Little Hip and Napoleon, animal i act; vaudeville, comedy. Thursday. Friday and Saturday Eva Laßue In the "Art Studio." Othmer acts Including vaudev.lle and comedy. COLONIAL To-night Douglas Fairbanks in T he Lamb," a reissue. To-morrow and Friday Hardld Lockwood In "Paradise Garden." Saturday Earle Williams, with Cor line Griffith, in "The Love Doctor." REGENT To-day William S. Hart In "The Narrow Trail." To-morrow, Friday and Saturday Marguerite Clark in "Bab's Burg lar. M""day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Geraldine Farrar In 'The Womart God Forgot." F. Ray Comstock and William El liot announce what is claimed the smartest musical com •Oh, Hoy" edy of the season, in at Orpheunt "Oh, Boy," which will To-night be the offering at the Orpheum to-day, mati nee and night. "Oh, Boy" is the joint contribution of Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, who wrote the book and lyrics, and Jerome Kern, who composed the music. From a musical standpoint "Oh, Boy," stands as a peer among musical comedies. In the score there are eighteen distinct musical hits, any one of which would make a musi cal comedy book a huge success. "An Old-fashioned Wife," "'Till the Clouds Roll By," "A Pal Like You," "Rolled Into One," "Oh, Daddy, Please!" and "You Never Knew About Me," are but a few of the tuneful numbers. "Oh, Boy" ran an entire season in New York at the Princess Theater. The seat sale is now open for the Winter Garden musical extravaganza, "Itohlnson "Robinson Crusoe, CriiMoc, Jr.," Jr.," with the ever- Wlth popular Al. Jolson. the Al. Jolson complete New York cast and the famous prize beauty chorus £ personnel of nearly 200. The attrac tion appears at the Orpheum Thea ter Friday evening. A big advance sale, consisting of mail orders, which have poured In from every side, gives promise that the engagement will' be a brilliant affair with local leaders in full force. The attraction enjoys the unusual advantage of being the big gest musical show to visit this city. The massive organization will reach here on the Winter Garden special of iifteen cars, Including the private car "Columbia," which was built by the Pullman Company for Roosevelt, | when President, and used by him on all his speaking tours. Mr. Jolson will be seen in a consistent part justi fying the appearance of a star behind burnt cork, for he plays Friday, the trusty aid-de-camp to the adventur ous Robinson Crusoe. As such he en joys the rare opportunity for fun making and ha® more than his usual quota of songs. "The Girl Without a Chance," at the Orpheum, Saturday, matinee and night, emphasizes a prob "The Girl Icm that will cause each \Ylthout a and every one to stop, Chance" ponder and wonder who will be the next victim of the gruesome White Slave traffic. The scenes and situations interwoven and which from a scenic standpoint, as the ourtain rises on the first act. cause one to feel as though trans planted into some foreign clime. The strong situations at the climax of the acts are said to be built so that the action makes you long to get a hold on the people in high authority that allow the persecution of "The Gjrl Without a Chance," as written by Whitney Collins and proluced by Rob ert Sherman. "Nothing but the Truth" Is the title of the farcical play that comes to the Orpheum next "Nothing hut Monday evening. It the Truth" was written and is acted by a very cap able company in the interests of mirth.. So successful has it been in its funny career that Anderson and AMUSEMENTS ORPHEUM FRIDAY Night The Messrs. Shubert offer The Winter Garden'* Diggent Hit, "Robinson Crusoe, Jr." With Ali. .11)1,SON nnd All the yrlglnnl Cant. SEATS, $2.50, *1.50, 1, 75c, 50c. REGENT THEATER FINAI. SHOWING OF WILLIAM S. HART "THE NARROW TRAIL" A new picture—No reissue. To-morrow, Friday and Saturday MARGUERITE CLARK "BAB'S "BURGLAR" Marguerite Clark linn never scemcil NO adorably lovely ax when xhe play* the matchmaker In Mary ltohcrtM Hlnclinrt's "Sub. Deli." Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday GERALDINE FARRAR —in— "THE WOMAN GOD FORGOT" Ilenellt of IVnnsj Ivaula Itoyn* "Christmas Fuud," ADMISSION t \ilulls, 15. Children, 10c. Majestic Theater Wllmer and Vincent -VAUDKVILLE TO-IIAY ONLY Doree's Oriental Singers A lIlKh-CInHH Singing Offering. Little Hip and Napoleon The Baby Flepliant nnd the Monk. 3 Other Splendid Attraction* 3 HKIIK TO-MOItIiOW llarrlsburgn Favorite Comiyllcnac EVA LARUE in "The Art Studio" HARRBSBURG USsffcSbJ. TELEGRAPH >4l Jolson as Friday, in "Robinson Crusoe, Jr." The many admirers of Al. Jolson, who remark that he docs not employ a accent on the stage, al though working in blackface, would delight to meet him face to face at a moment when he is excited. Jolson does not that a broad .. . dialect would be helpful to his work, not that he cannot master it, but be cause a big factor in his success Is the clearness of his enunciation, which drives, every point to his hear ers. He believes that to give a smoky tinge to his dialect might cloud his meaning, and—he actually struggles against the use of dialect in his public appearances. Jolson's natural speech is the soft patois of the Sunny South. A stranger, standing outside of his dressingroom door, and hearing him in earnest con versation within, might easily jump to the conolusion that the colored porter was putting up an argument with some one. On the stage ho is struggling against his natural speech, Weber, who direct its tour, have con templated offering " reward to anyone in an audience allowing a serious mien as the tinal curtain (alls. It is said to be a clevery conceived play with a plot elaborated upon the re sulting possibilities of telling nothing but the absolute truth to one's fel lows. It seems a simple thing to do, but see this farce and you will realize what complications and involved situations may result from such an action. No need to go hito long de tails ot the story; it need only be said that it is 01 the excruciatingly funny class of plays, that keeps an audience in the throes of hearty, wholesome laughter for 150 minutes. What bet ter order of stage entertainment could be asked? A stern believer in the sentiment that "be it ever so humble, there's no place like home," Na- Sio I.oniccr poleon, the wonderful u Mingle- offspring of cartoon Tootlied aristocracy, the Newly- Clierul) weds, proceeds in his latest edition of liveli ness, "The Newlyweds Grown-Up Baby," to do everything in his youth ful power to make it come true. Napoleon is no longer the single tootlied cherub of the days of "The Newlyweds and Their Baby," he's grown up now. In school he has man aged to form an interesting clan,, whose membership do much to aid him in making life eventful for the poor, long-suffering Newlyweds. Folks who know say if you liked little Napoleon and fond Papa Newly wed and equally fond Mamma Newly wed, you can rest assured you're go ing to adore the present offspring, Napoleon grown up. Maybe he hasn't grown up gracefully, but he hasn't tainly added a number of interesting possibilities to his makeup in the process. And there is another thing that you will probably recall about the earlier Newlyweds, the music was real tune ful music, the sort you liked to hear and liked to whistle afterward. Well, it is said, in "The Newlyweds Grown- Up Baby," which comes to the Or pheum Theater, Tuesday, matinee and night, the.re is a lot more tuneful musical numbers, a clever company and one of the sweetest and best dressed choruses on the road, a verit able garden of peaches. A popular comedy number on the Majestic bill, the first halt of this week, is Barnes and Kobin- The son, clever duo, who are of >litjeMtic fering a breezy song and Uill patter skit. Their songs are new and livoly, and their line of rapid-lire comedy fur nishes plenty of laughs. Other splen did attractions on the 1)111 are Doree's Oriental Singers, an aggregation of vocalists, in an excellent operatic of fering; O'Neil and Walmsley, the popular ecentrlc coirtcdians; Little Hip and Napoleon, the famous baby elaphant, and his pal, Chimpanzee, and Alva and Partner, novelty aerial ists. Dainty Eva Lallue, Harrisburg's fa vorite comedienne, will be one of the blight gleamers on the bill the last half of the week. Miss Lallue and'a company of ten clever entertainers are presenting a miniature musical comedy entitled "The Art Studio." The production is beautifully staged and costumed and is said to he diverting and entertaining throughout. Other acts on the bill are the Lightning Weston, comedy cartoonist; Mosher, Hayes and Mosher, a trio of comedy bicyclists; Rogers and Wood, two girls in a refined song and dance offering, and Newhoft and Phelps, the harmon izing duo, in a lively song and patter Bkit. This is the last opportunity the many admirers of Douglas Fairbanks will have of seeing him Douglas in what is claimed to be Fairbanks his greatest production— in "The "The Lamb. It is a Lamb" typical Fairbanks picture and shows the popular comedian at his best. Yesterday's audiences were highly pleased with AMUSEMENTS f2fSISMSIS®SJ3I3M3I3JSIS]SJ3)3M3J3®3(SJS | The Sweet Shop 1 i HARRIS BURG HOME OF |j I Martha Washington 1 Candies AND ROOD DRINKS | 4th and Walnut Sts. | H A FEW RTEPS FROM |j raj THE MAJESTIC THEATER 3 not seeking to emphasize it, which is a condition probably without a prece dent among blackface entertainers. Jolson was born and reared in Washington. D. C. Most of his edu cation was acquired through loaling around the wharfs and railroad yards where the careless, happy-go-lucky negroes sing and Joke as they toil. Running away from school was his favorite diversion as a youth, and en vironment and unconscious assimila tion fastened the accent of the plan tation upon him. It has stuck witn him through life, and it is only when upon the stage that he gets away from it. All of which is pretty hard for the average person in the uudience to un derstand until he stops to weigh the fact that Jolson'3 every word "gets over." This famous comedian, in his latest and greatest New York Winter Garden scenic spectacle, "Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," will be seen at the Or pheum Theater, Friday, November 2. this feature. "The Lamb" served to introduce the popular comedian to the motion picture public for the first time, and firmly intrenched him in the hearts of movie fans. A six-reel Metro production, en titled "Paradise Garden," based on George Gibb's novel of the same title, is the feature announced for to-mor row and Friday. Harold Lockwood, the well-known and popular screen star, Is said to give a sincere por trayal of the character or Jerry Ben ham, a young boy who, according to the provisions of his father's will, is raised in the seclusion of his father's estate and not even allowed to .see anyone of the opposite sex. William 8. Hart's latest picture, "The Narrow Trail," will be present ed for the last time F'innl Showing, to-day at the Re- William S. Hart, gent. Contrary, at the Regent perhaps, to accept- Ed belief, the ter rific fights seen from time to time on the screen are the real thing. There is no possibility of faking them. In this production a spectacular hand to-hand encounter between Hart and several Barbary Coast toughs is fea tured. Hart gives a wonderful im personation of an outlaw chief. His last hold-up, however, introduces him to the girl in the case, and from that time on he is a changed man. But circumstances point to "Betty" as a crook, and only after many thrilling incidents are matters straightened out for the outlaw and his sweetheart. Commencing to-morrow. for a three-day engagement. Marguerite Clark will be presented In one of the most talked-of stories of the year "Bab's Burglar," which originally ap peared In the Saturday Evening Post, and which was written by Mary Rob erts Rinehart. "THREE BEARS" Ann Murdock's next starring vehicle will be the "Three Bears," of the Vrohman offices. PICTURES FROM FRANCE I). W. Griffith, producer of "The Birth <if a Nation" and other big film spectacles, has arrived safely in America after a visit to the front* in France, where, it is said, he took some wonderful scenes of the conflict now raging there. PEARL WHITE IN FEATURES The serial queen, Pearl White, is to desert the flelu in which she has an unrivaled reputation for a time at least and is to appear In a number or super de luxe features, to be produced by Pathe. FOX'S NEW STAR William Fox announces a new star, Madame Sonia Markova, a young Rus sian woman who hat. been in America a short time. The announcement says she Is 21 years old, and very beautiful. Pick Tioga Route For Susquehanna Trail Williamsport, Pa., Oct. 31. The board of governors of the Susquehan na Trail Association has 'decided on the old Williamson trail through Tioga county for the northern sec tion of the highway connecting Har risburg with the New Vork Sta';e line. The action ended a warm contest between Tioga and Bradford counties Bradford suggested the Canton-Troy route as the shortest, while Tiogans were Insistent on the old Williamson trail, built 100 years ago to connect Northern Pennsylvania and Southern New York. The decision was by a secret ballot, 6 to 5. I The entire route from Harrisburg . to Corning. N. Y., was settled. From Harrisburg It will run through Dau phin to Clarks Ferry, thence to Sha mokln Dam. It will cross the toll bridge near Shamokin Dam and pass 1 through Sunbury. providing the Sun bury council paves B'ront street Northumberland will be the next j town. Frow there It will run throutrh Fast Lewlsburg to Watsontown De- I wart and Montgomery, providing I,v comlng county constructs n bridge over the West Branch at Montgom ery. I Fi'om Montgomery the route is Muncy, Montoursville, Williamsport ! Trout Run. Liberty. Blossburg, Mans field, Lawrencevllle and Corning The route south of Harrisburg: will h. decided later. Columbia wants to be the southern terminal, while Gettvs- I burg wants the highwav to pass 1 through that town to the Maryland MANY HEAR CIVIC CLUB LECTURE John Kendrick Bangs Gives Humorous Recital Before Large Audience John Kendrick Bangs and Thomas Lynch Montgomery were a double at traction for an enthusiastic audience which crowded the assembly room of the Civic Club last night. Mr. Montgomery introduced the distin guished apostle of real humor and did it so cleverly that the famous lec turer and writer declared that he would now be compelled to add a chapter to his narrative of "Chair men Whom I Have Known." t The title of the lacture was "We, Us & Co." and it furnishes Mr. Bangs tAEtna-Essick "It's Insurance" Here Is An Object Lesson Concerning Automobile Insurance Eight Lines—Liability, Collision, Property Damage, Fire, Theft, Loss of Use Owner, Loss of Use—Other Fellow, Personal Injury, Also Lightning and Tornado Gratis All in one policy. Ask For Automobilists' Booklet An Aetna Identification Card, furnished every policy holder, guarantees prompt attention from Aetna agents anywhere in the United States. And remember that this office will protect you instantly for every form of insurance. Life, Accident, Health, Burglary, Fire, Plate Glass, Parcel Post, Personal Baggage, Fidelity Bonds, Court Bonds, Depository Bonds, Contract Bonds, Elevator Liability, Elevator Property Damage, Teams Liability, Teams Property Damage, Physicians Liability, Druggists Liability, Hospital Liability, Dentists Liability, Public Liability. Household Liability, Flywheel, Tornado, Sprinkler Leakage, Water Damage, Loss of Use, Loss of Rent. Workmen's Compensation We Issue a Policy Especially For Householders Combination Residence Protection It covers in one contract —Burglary, Glass Breakage, Water Damage, Lia bility, Compensation, Fire, Tornado, Loss of Use or Rent. It's Worth Knowing About Circular on Request All of which is substantially guaranteed by an unsurpassed record for full 4. and prompt settlements and assets of over r 1 _ <*ttft4Lx&' $140,000,000.00 Order through your regular insurance broker or direct to — WM. S. ESSICK General Agent Also Adjuster Union Trust Building HARRISBURG, PA. • S OCTOBER 31, 1917 a fine peg upon which to hang a choice collection of humor, philoso phy and vlrllo comment touching our day and generation. Optimism was the groundwork of the talk an'd it was interlarded with frequent jabs and shortarm Jolts against the ele ments of our American society which are unimportant save only as they tend to create false impressions of us among visitors from other coun tries. While Haying unmercifully our national shortcomings, Mr. Bangs handled without gloves the writers and lecturers who come here from abroad, accept our hospitality, and then go home to misrepresent and abuse us. These he pilloried to the great delight of all present. Out of the great war, the lec turer suggested, will come a better type of men and women. We shall lose the weaklings who have failed to appreciate our free Institutions and through the stress of a world struggle will emerge a stronger and better race. For almost two hours Mr. Bangs held the attention of an audience that was charmed with his wonderful versatility and power in discussing the splendid qualities of the Amer- lean people—their unselfish generos- j ity, t.helr Rood nature, hospitality and 1 patriotism. It was such a lecture as must make better Americans of all who heard him and these are Indebted 1 to tho Civic Club for bringing him to Harrisburg at this time. Our city's latch string is always out for John Kendrick P-nrgs. , Donations to Nursery Home Are Generous Donations to the Nursery Home are very generous, the donations in cluded being shoes, groceries, clothes, toys, and furniture. Among those do nating were Mrs. Stamm, Mrs. Pat ton. Mrs. Elmer Wagner, Mrs. Silk, Mrs. Heltz, Mrs. Pipper, Mrs. Dicken son, Miss Turner, Mrs. John Pfuston, Uatley and Fitzgerald, Mrs. Elmer Wagner, Mrs. Butterft, Mrs. Gardner, Misa Van Horn. Mrs. K. Davidson, Mrs. P. B. Wilson, Mrs. Studehaker, Mr. Boyer, Motor Club. Mrs. James, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Patton, and Mt. Vernon Hose Company. 13
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