'i^AMUSEj^MENTSg ORPHEUM To-morrow night and Wednesday, matinee and night - Mother Carey's Chickens." Friday night and Saturday, matinee nnd niftht, November 30 and Decem ber I—"Mary's Ankle." MAJESTIC "Dream Fantasies," a spe slj CUl uv .lancing novelty, surrounded b> four comedy acts. Lust half of week The broken Mirror, comedy sketch. tour other comedy attractions. COLONIAL. To-night. to-morrow and Wednesday Clarn Kimball Young in Magda. Thursday and Friday Emily fate\ - .ents in "Outwitted." , Saturday Return of Norma Talmadge in "The Moth. REGENT To-day. to-morrow and Wednesday Elsie Ferguson in "The Rise of Jen nie Cushlng." Thursday, Friday and Saturday—Pau line Frederick in "The Hungry Heart." VICTORIA To-day, to-morrow and Wednesday "The Spy," Dustln Far num." *. _ „ . Thursday "Sirens of the also "Stars and Stripes in France. Friday and Satlurtlay Kerensky and the Prussian Rovolutlon. "Mother Carey's Chickens." a com edy In three acts by Kate Douglas Wiggin and P.achol ' roth ♦•Mothor ers, from tho charming C'nrey'n and highly popular book liicken*" of the same name bv .Miss Wiggin, will be the at traction at the Orpheum for an en- i KHgement of two days beginning to morrow with a Wednesday matinee, under the management of John Cort. I Probably none of the many stories from the pen of Kate Douglas ig gin has more of the spirit of real ( humanity than "Mother 1 , 8 . r . e \? I t'hickens." One can anticipate delight , in tiie plav vhen assured that none of the beautiful atmosphere has been displaced in th<- stage version, but that the appeal is emphasized, and in its dramatic form, It is as worthy and HS splendid as the original in book form. Staged with exceeding the historic "Yellow House at Heulali. New Hampshire, is idealized and exalted as a home of love and sacrifice. To the long unused house. Mother Oarrv comes with her brood or children Nancy. Gilbert, Kathleen and Peter, and there Is enacted a drama that, reveals some of the noblest of human trials and emotions. It is made a domestic paradise, with only an occasional clouo, which, as soon aw it ventures to show itself, is chased away, leaving the sun shining brighter than ever, Having put their all in*o the house, the Careys learn with dis may that they may not be tho owners of it after all, as a queer will Is f''""' l in the old brick oven bequeathing It .to the son of the former owner. This son. Tom Hamilton, returns from abroad, but tho holr-at-law finds Cupid better than ft bequest, nnd tne Carevs are not divorced from tho "Yellow' House" annex to heaven. The thousands of theatergoers who are familiar with A. 11. Woods suc cess as a producer of fat ce '•Mnrv's comedies, will be Interested Vnkle" in the announcement that his latest farce hit. "Mary s Ankle." will be presented at the Or pheum Friday night and Satur dav. .atlnee and night. Mary s i Ankle" is in three acts and is the! work of May Tully. It scored a well merited success and universal ap proval during its three months' run in I New York, because of its novel treat ment, amusing plot and brisk dialog". The New York Globe said it was as good farce as "The Boomerang or "Turn to the Right" was comedy. It would be unfair to divulge the plot-of the piece, but it may be best described as a complicated honeymoon. Not the least of the play's merits are the superb production and brilliant com pany. Cleveland Bronner and Company's remarkable dance production called "Dream Fontas **Drenm Fantasies" ies," headlines nt the Majestic the hill at the Majestic the be ginning of the week, "yhe stuff that dreams are made of" is the way the act has been described, because it is .said to be one of the moSt weird, changeful and beautiful acts that vaudeville has offered to the public. Mr. Bronner and Company (the com pany being two exceptionally lo\'ely and talented girls) present this offer ing. which owes much to the Russian ballet for its inspiration, but which has a quality entirely original. The whole act is weird and unique and contains no dull moments. Grouped around this unusual headliner are the Greater City Four, an excellent com edy male quartet; William Dick, pre senting a lively comedy and instru mental musical offering; Arthur Sul livan and company, in the comedy playlet, "A Drawing From Life," and one other comedy act. Clara Kimball Young, popular fa vorite of the screen, will be the big attraction at the Co f'lnra Kimball lonial Theater the Young at iirst three days of the the Colonial present week. Miss Young io seen as the star in "Magda," supported by her own company, in a screen version of the famous drama by Herman Suder raann. It tells the story of a young girl unkindly thrust out into the world by an overbearing and dicta torial father, how she works out her own salvation and in the end wins peace and happiness. As an emotional role "Magda" is said to provide the beautiful star with a powerful vehicle. "Magda" was enacted by Bernhardt and Duse on the legitimate boards, and the play is one of the classic j of modern tiirres. The cast chosen for this production is a notable one, and 1 includes Thomas Holding, prominent in film circles, and Miss Young's father. Edward Kimball. One of the motion picture sensations of the day is unquestionably "The Spy," which will be "The Spy," nt presented at the Vlc the Victoria toria Theater to-dat to-morrow and W"W esday, featuring: the famous star, Dus tln Farnum; supported b. yan all-star cast. "The Spy is based upon the FOR CONSTIPATION have stood the test of time. H Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliousness, headache, Indigestion and to clear up a bad complexion. Genuine bear* signature PALE FACES Generally Indicate • lack of Iron In the Blood Carter's Iron Pills I Will help this condition MONDAY EVENING, ADELAIDE KEIM AND ANTOI TWO STARS IS "MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS" ' ; j Jt Mgmm i r I "Mother Carey's Chickens," by Kate Douglas Wiggin, in book form, was one of the greatest sellers that America has ever known, and now that the book has become dramatized in the form of a three-act comedy by the author, in collaboration with llac hel Crothers, a skillful dramatist, it lias met witj similar success at the hands of playgoers, which is amply at tested by its tremendous vogue at the Cort Theater, New York City, where the carefully selected metropolitan cast, headed by Antoinette Walker,' the original Of the role of Nancy Carey, held attention for a period of three months to capacity business during the current season. This play has the sweet charm of motherhood, coupled with the optimistic view that dispels gloom at one stroke. The character of Mother Carey is an actual advance upon anything that Miss Wiggin has hitherto done in play or book form. The almost immortal "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." was never more cap tivating than the winsome and bewitching Nancy Carey, the oldest of the Carey children. It will be seen locally at the Orpheum for two days, com pienci'ng Tuesday. German spy system so that the Amerl- ; tan people may be made to realize to j what ends Germany will —go to ac- '• complish her aims. It Is no longer a : secret that there were at one time up- [ wards of 10,000 trained agents of the Kaiser in America. It is also a mat- , ter of public information that the de- j signs tor the mighty guns used by • the Germans to batter down the sup- | posed impregnable forts at Namur and Liege in Belgium were stolen from I the Patent Office at the Capitol. Just j recently the German Foreign Office frankly admitted that it instigated | the Mexican-Japanese plot against , the United States. That the Germans I sought to secure control of the Wright j airplane factory, to cornet the sup- j pjy of liquid chlorine, to buy up news- , papers and had planned to destroy are j well-known facts. The German spy is everywhere and with this thought in mind William Fox presents "The Spy" as an expose of their plots—] plots that for wanton wickedness are ' without parallel in the world's his- | tory. By all means see this re markable indictment, this revelation : to-day, to-morrow and Wednesday j only. V ' '•••' . 1 I ml II i , • 81 ft ' >. fj j p \ n | FiV-' 'xVyw—mh—. pug •' I | ELSIErCECA/50Nj J /// j 1 The Kse ofJenrtfe Cushlns | f ' r'J/**"* I AN AETCZAHPICtuet | ELSIE FERGUSON IN THE "RISE 01<- JENNINE CUSHING" "The Rise of Jennie Cushing" is said to be one of the most impressive and entertaining romances yet screened and is shown at the Regent Theater to-day, to-morrow and Wed nesday. A brief outline of its story would reveal a plot which has been filmed and novelized since the begin ning of time perhaps, but this ver sion of an old idea is unusual, and a unique character study. It is said to be human, logical and true. It gets under the emotions where other ver sions fail to even scratch them. And this is true of the story prin cipally because of Elsie Ferguson's art. set in an Artcraft production. Few actresses have been so successful in transferring to the screen that beauty and talent which elevated her to the front ranks of stage stars. This, her second vehicle, gives her a better acting opportunity than did "Barbary Sheep." Some of her ad mirers will be inclined to think she is miscast in the role of Jennie. "As a 15-year-old girl of the reformatory, then a lady's maid, she is unlike the exquisite Elsie Ferguson of drawing room roles, but. on the other hund, Jennie is an unusually versatile role, and Miss Ferguson makes her a real personality. Recruiting Sergeants Plan For a Busy Week Sergeant John K. Blake, in charge of publicity in the Harrisburg dis trict, this morning announced the plans for one of the busiest weeks since the district was established. To night Sergeants Moran and Blake, from tho Recruiting Station; Gabriel It. Moyer and 11. E. liufflngton, of the P. O. 8. of A., of Harrisburg, will ad dress a monster mass meeting at Lan caster. The meeting will be presided -over bv Judge Johnson. To-day there are 2,000 Usaacs. from Allentown, giv ing a demonstration of camp life in the streets of Lancaster. Tuesday Sergeant Blake will ad dress a similar meeting at Johnstown, where ♦hey are raising an Aviation unit. Wednesday he will address an other meeting at Lebanon, where there will be a big parade and mass meeting In tho effort to raise an Avia tion service, and will hold a meeting Thursday, where Sergeant Blake will speak. All these various meetings are arranged through the efforts of , the Citlsens' Recruiting Committees, which tho local recruiting officers or ganize in every county in their dis tricts. Great War Relief Fund Planned by Lutherans To manifest their patriotism and ' help the men in the service, both spiritually and temporarily, at home and abroad, the Lutherans of the I entire country have bound them* selves together to raise a war reller] fund great grandfather, Dr. Benedict - Bucher, who emigrated here from i Switzerland in 1780. Two of his brothers were physicians, as are also " two of his sons. He was the last of : hia family of six children and is sur . 1 vived by four children, including Dr j i John C. Bucher, this city; Dr. Hiester %: Bucher, Rending; Paul Bucher, Dal -! las. Tex , anci Miss May Bucher, Lan f i carter. H * -was an organiter and 1 former president of the LehlghsV&l- J lev Medical Society und an original member o/ tho Lebanon County Med i lcnl Eoc.ety, Doctor Bucher was . graduated In 1857 from the Pennsyl vania Medical College, HIHHIHHU Hir "I'Kl ■ Wff3gg: CUMBERLAND CO. FARMERS MODELS FOR ALL PENNA. Have Nearly Doubled Crops, Rought Liberty Ronds and Organized Home Police Cumberland county farmers have responded patriotically to the gov ernment's call for increased crops, according to Alfred Jenkins, secre tary of the Carlisle Chamber of Co.nmerce, who told the Harrisburg Rotary Club, which he addressed a< luncheon in the Y. M. C. A. to-day. that Whereas the crops of 1916 in that county were estimated as worth only $4,500,000, those of this year were valued by experts as worth $6,- 750,000, and in addition the farmer?, bought $750,000 worth of liberty Bonds, and have helped organize a home defense police corps of 477 men that is to be the model over hwicli every county will form sim ilar units. Mr. Jenkins represented Lewis Sadler, one of the pioneers of the public safety movement in Pei.nsyl vanla, who was unable to be pres ent. He was introduced by Adju tant General Beary, wno said that while the calling of the National Guard into the service of the nation left Pennsylvania with the best po lice organization in the country, the state police, of which Captain Lumb, president of the Rotary Club is the head, the force is too small to meet the need:-; of the emergency. Some thing more, also, than the new Re serve Militia, which canno't be called out until an overt act is committed, alro is needed, the general said, and this has been found in the home defense police formed in Cumberland county. Mr. Jenkins complimented Mr. Sodler for the work he has done, along the lines of organizing tne county for all manner of war work. The new home defense '/ollce cover every section of the county and are composed of men of tested loyalty. There are thirty-seven units and 4(7 members and they meet at Car lisle at frequent intervals for in struction. At homo they keep a sharp lookout for suspicious characters, and aj-e under oath as special offi cers ol the state to make such ar rests as may be necessary. In cast of public disturbance they can be gathered from all parts of the county and rushed to any one part by regularly organized motor truck trains, the use of which is volun teered by their owners. The Cumberland county organiza tion has a secretary who has his offices in the Carlisle Chamber ot Commerce and can be reache.d at all times. William Ellis, of Philadel phia, has been authorized to form similar organizations throughout the stat£. Dauphin county included. Mr. Jenkins told the Rotarians of 'the manj lines of work for conser vation and increase of production wcrked out in Cumberland county under the leadership of Mr. Sad ler. FRANCCMSRITISH NEAR ITALIAN FRONT [Continued from First Page.] the point where the lighting was heaviest. i Throughout yesterday and to-day I the battle in the mountains had de i veloped in a steady succession of I heavy attacks and counterattacks with occasional brief intervals for reforming the lines and reorganizing new positions. Twelve different enemy assaults had been made with in five hours preceding the corre spondent's visit to headquarters, but the Italian lines had not yielded a foot of ground and General Dl G