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STEEL!ON AND
BETOEL TELLS OF
HIS EXPERIENCE
.Has Had Several Narrow Es
capes While Driving an
Ambulance in France
In a letter to his parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. Charles H. Beidel, Front street,
iDouglas Beidel tells of some narrow
escaes from injury while doing his
;bit for his country in France. The
letter wan written on December 21,
.in which he tells of some of the
•Christmas preparations.
Tbe letter follows:
"Here we are, only a few more
("ays until Xinas, and up close to
Fritz. It has been a long, tiresome
grind for our boys and several weeks
ago we haed hopes of spending the
holidays back in the interior, but it
looks very much as though we are
doomed to spend them at the front.
Did I say doomed?. I don't mean
that, for we will consider it a pleas
ure to spend these days at the front
with our ' brave comrades, some of
whom have spent three years thus.
"We are planning a big time for
Xmas. Our mess sergeant has
promised us a real Xmas dinner —
turkey, craaberry sauce, pumpkin
pie and all the 'fixing' of a real din
ner. To do our bit we have all
promised to act as civilized as pos
sible. We have agreed to use knives
and forks and napkins, even if it
must be a clean handkerchief. Of
course, to add a little of the French
custom, champagne will not be found
wanting.
"Now, • wouldn't it be just like
'Fritz' to break through and break
up our big time? But we think that
Fritz will have enough to occupy his
rnlnd. I have made arrangements to
send the Boche a few Xmas gifts.
It may sound strange, but it's the
truth. I am going to try to send
them a few of the French 75's. I
think that this would top off the day
and I could truthfully say I spent
a Merry Xmas.
"Yesterday we received our Xmas
gifts from Uncle Sam. We got gum
boots and, believe me, we needed
them. Has it been cold in the
States? Cold as blazes here and lots
of snow, eight inches on the ground
"I must tell you of an experience
I had the other day. It had been
snowing for a day and a night. I
was sent out from my base to a post
about twenty miles away. I had
gone but several miles until I was
caught in a snowdrift and it sure
was some drift. When an ambulance
Is on duty the driver can comman
deer anything but a staff car or mu
nition train to lend assitance. I got
several artillery horses and several
shovels and fought my way through
the drift I was tied up only five
times on the trip and after about
eighteen hours managed to get back
to my base. It was some trip and
1 was almost frozen when I re-
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THURSDAY EVENING,
turned, having had nothing but a
small piece of chocolate to eat. So
far everything was lovely—only a
little hard work, but no excitement.
When I was returning to my base
after having deposited my wounded
in the hospital I had a brush with a
Hun aviator. The sky was very gray
and he had floated in with the dusk.
Suddenly I heard him swooping
down. I was right opposite a large
atnmuniton depot and knew what he
was after. Machine guns started to
pater like riveting machines in . the
B & C. He kept coming lower and
lower, opening his machine gun as
he descended, then suddenly shot off
parallel to the ground, dropping two
bcmbs. The explosions were terrific
and my "Henry" was raised oft the
road. Luckily, the depot was not
hit or possibly you would never have
received this letter. Yes, it's a great
life if you don't weaken.
"Dec. 22, 1917.
"I was interrupted here and sent
out on a rush order. It was of no
use, the poor fellow died on the way
to the hospita. Did I say 'died'? —no,
no one dies out here; they "go
West.' ,
"I am well and happy as a lark.
Remember me to all my friends.
Good-bye,
"Your loving son,
"Douglas."
Work on Sewer Held Up
on Account of Materials
Work on Steelton's intercepting
ing sewer has been suspended for a
month on account of the exhaustion
of materials and partly due to the
intense cold weather. According to
G. W. Ensign of the firm doing the
work, said to-day that not a bit of
tile was on stock and four cars which
have been enroute for several months
are tied up iti a freight congestion
in Cleveland, Ohio. The northern
end of the sewer Is completed and
as soon as a shoipment f tile arrives
work will be continued on the con
necting link to the main sewer lead
ing to the river.
Miss Barrett to Give Second
Talk on "Meatless Meals"
Miss Barrett, instructress of J
household arts in the borough;
schools, will give the second of a ser-1
ies on food conservation in the Red)
Cross headquarters to-morrow eve
ning at 7.30 o'clock. Miss Barrett's
talk will be on "Meatless Meals."
At the lirst talk last week more than
100 women heard the instructions.
During the demonstration the wom
en sew while Miss Barrett talks.
REMOVE ICECICLES AM)
SHOVEL OUT GUTTERS
j The importance ot removing
icicles from buildings overhanging
sidewalks was emphasized by Chief
of Police Grove this morning. The
police official said that this thaw
will loosen up the large quantities
of ice'on some of the Front street
buildings and pedestrians using this
street will be in danger of injury or!
loss of life. Property owners arej
requested to clean the snow and icei
from the gutters along the curb to|
prohibit flooding of pavements and;
cellars.
TWO GERMAN'S REGISTER
Chief of Police Grove said this j
j morning that two unnaturalized Ger-I
mans have registered since Monday. |
The police official said several ap- j
peared to-day but were unable to>
i register because they did not have a
| photograph. In the opinion of Chief;
Grove there are about twenty-five
Germans to register, the majority ofj
I whom he thinks are waiting until
they are able to get photographs.
TO EXAMINE REGISTRANTS
Orders to examine registrants in
Class I were received by the local
exemption board this morning. The
examination program will begin next
Tuesday.
I WICKERSIIAM IN NEW YORK
I F. B. Wickersham left this after
j noon for New York where he will
attend a convention of the Royal
I Arcanum.
STILL CLEANING SNOW
] The borough highway department
i is still busy removing the mountains
|of snow from Front street. The
J truck and a largo force of men in |
charge of Street Commissioner Jacob
Meshey are working between Cones
toga and Lincoln streets. The street
is now cleaned from Chestnut street
to Trewick street.
CLASS MEETINGS
A meeting of Class No. 7, of the
Grace United Evangelical Sunday
! school taught by Mrs. J. J. Noll, will
i hold a business meeting this evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles;
|F. Erney, 173 Lincoln street. The
j church choir will meet for practice
! Friday evening at the home of Mr.
j and Mrs. J. M. Cooper, 18 Adams
| street.
ORERLIN FUNERAL
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry
| Dengier, of Oberlin, who died Mon
day will be held Saturday after-
I noon at 2 o'clock in the Neidlg
I Memorial United Brethren Church at
I Oberlin. The Rev. H. S. Keiffer will
| officiate. Burial will be made in the
| Oberlin Cemetery.
CHOIR PRACTICE
The weekly rehearsal of the St.
John's Lutheran Church choir will
i be hold at the home of Mrs. H. F.
Lupfer, South Second street, this
j evening.
IMPERIAL BAND DANCE
A prelenten dance will be held by
i the Imperial Band in Croatian Hall,
Second and Washington streets, this
i this evening.
MIDDLETOWN ]
V I
COAL SHIPMENTS
EASE SITUATION
Two Carloads of Fuel Arrive;
Other Middletown
News
The coal situation in Middletown
was somewhat relieved yesterday,
when the'Middletown Iron and Metal
Company received two carloads,
which was sold out in small lots to
help many families, who have been
without coal for the past several
days. Peter's and Wilier received
one car load for which they had
orders for before it arrived. The
local car plant was compelled to
close down several departments,
on account of the exhaustion of the
coal. One car was received yester
day, all four cars were tied up on
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road, near Stoverdale, since last
Saturday in a snow drift and the
first train over the branch arrived in
town yesterday.
The Red Cross Chapter of town
sent two large boxes of surgical
dressings consisting of 24 pneu
monia jackets, 200 gauze wipes and
120 absorbent pads, 150 gauze
wipes, 137 absorbent pads, 100 com
presses, 200 straps and buckles, 25
paper back pads. They were sent
to the Red Cross headquarters at
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Sarah Shireman entertained
a number of friends at her home on
South Union street, yesterday after
noon at a chicken dinner.
A bock party will be held at the
Luna skating rink this evening and
several prizes will be given out.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Reitzel was held from her home
on East High street yesterday
morning. The Rev. J. H. Albright,
pastor of the U. B. Church, and the
Rev. T. C. McCarrell, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Burial was made in the Middletown
Cemetery
A. J. Soulliard, who had been
patrolman for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for the past five j
years, has resigned his position with
the company and has been suc
ceeded by Karl Groff of Lancaster.
The Pastor's Aid Society of the
M. E. Church iisld its regular
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Albert Gotschall, Catherine
street, last evening. Plans for a
musical and spelling bee, to be held
Tuesday evening, February 12th
were completed. After a social hour
refreshments were served to the fol
lowing who were present: Mary
Beachler, Clara Beck, Romaine
Kinnard, Fan Gross, Blanche
Churchman, Harriet Swartz, Edna
Kurtz, Ida Beaverson, Lovela Clel
and, Mary Wise, Nettie Cain, Anna
Wagner, Christine Neidig, Mrs. Her
man Baumbach, Mrs. Robert Gross,
Mrs. C. Lloyd Lindemuth, Mrs. J.
E. Keiper. Mrs. Charles Numbers,
Mrs. Albert Gotschall.
The Woman's Club met at the
home of Mrs. H. B. Garver, East
Hater street this afternoon and the
program that was rendered was a
commemorative to Lincoln.
G ?"' er ' the 3-year-olld
son of Mr. and M#s. Peck Garver. of
Emaus street, was taken to the Har
risburg Hospital this morning.
James Russ, of Cameron street,
Kire s Extension, was given a hear
ing before Squire T. C. Smith on
Monday evening, charged by the lo
cal school board and Truant Officer
Charles Houser for neglecting to
sent his four children to school. At
present his home is quarantined on
account of measles, and he wll be
given privilege to send them after
the quarantine is lifted. If not the
case will be turned over to' the
courts.
The Emergency Aid Society met
at the honae of Mrs. Ira Springer.
Main and Spring streets, Monday af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Weller, of
Wilson street, announce the birth
of a son, Monday, February 4.
M. M. Sourbeer, of Pittsburgh, is
visiting in town for several days. He
was formerly agent for the Penn
sylvania freight station.
The Rev. Fuller Bergstresser, pas
tor of the St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, will give a table talk in the
Messiah Lutheran Church, Harris
burg, to-morrow evening.
Work train No. 1 of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, was called
out yesterday to Conewago where
they had to dig out a locomotive
which had upset in a snowdrift
which It had tried to penetrate.
Several of the schools were closed
yesterday owing to the rooms being
too cold.
Jacob Shiley, who had been work
ing at Columbia for the past two
years, has returned to town and se
cured a position In the local shoe
factory.
Jeremiah Stetler left yesterday
for Wilmington, Del., where he has
secured work under the goverli
ment.
WiLUam Schaeffer, of Chester, Pa.,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. John Hou
ser, of Swatara street, for several
days.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Wise, Pike street, was tagged
yesterday by the board of health of
ficer, Charles Houser, for diphtheria
and measles, their daughter Blanche
having the former and their son,
Ralph, the latter.
Charles Mayer has returned home
from a several weeks' visit to rela
tives at Reading.
Ralph Campbell, of Philadelphia,.
Is visiting relatives in town for some
time.
Mrs. Abram Hoffman spent yes
terday at Harrlsburg.
Sore Throat or Mouth
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clean and healthy. Any disease that
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9ARMSBURO TELEGRAPH
BOTH SONS, AGED
ARE SERVING WITH THE ALLIES
JAMES BLOOMENTHAL
James Bloomenthal and Emanuel
Bloomenthal, aged 18 and 15 years,
respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. I.
Bloomenthal, 322 Hamilton street, are
both in the service of the allies. Mr.
Bloomenthal has recently received a
letter from James, who is with the
American Expeditionary force in
France, serving in the Seventeenth
Field Artillery. He declares that
France is a country of strange customs,
and the sights he is seeing are won
derful.
Emanuel, the 15-year-old son, un
able to enlist in the United States
Army because of his youth, enlisted
in the Canadian Army, and is now
ready to embark from Halifax for the
theater of war. In his trip across the
country, during which he visited
points of interest in cities like Mon
treal and Quebec, young Bloomenthal
describes the wonders of the country
through which he passed, and declared
that the sights 1m has already seen
have more than paid him for enlisting.
Emanuel described the effusions of
the Canadian girls as his troop train
passed through the cities, declaring
FIRST THAW MAY
REMOVE ALL SNOW
[Continued from First Page.]
o'clock this morning the register was
35 above. There will be a slight fall
to-night, the lowest expected to be
not more than 30 degrees. After that
a rise is promised and moderate
temperature for the rest of the. week.
Mr. Demain is not prone to general
prognostications, but to-day he de
parted from the rule so far as to say
that the great quantity of snow gives
hope that there will be little rain in
thenear future. This might mean
that there will be no sudden, de
moralizing thaw, but a slow one.
At noon the temperature was in
the forties for the first time in many
weeks. Thermometers registered 80
degrees in the sun and water poured
off roofs until many of the larger
buildings resembled minature water
falls. Snow in the streets for the
first time since early in December
turned into slush.
Conditions Improve
Mayor Daniel L. Keister announced
that he will not issue a call for Har
risburgers to turn out next Monday
with their shovels, teams and trucks
to clear away the snow from- the
city streets. After the extreme cold
of last Monday that prevented the
city-wide snow cleanup from being
as complete a success as expected, it
was tentatively decided to repeat the
movement Monday.
With the break in the weather to
day, and the chance of a thaw con
tinuing, the Mayor does not think it
will be necessary to have a snow
removal on the part of the citizens
Monday. Mayor Keister also an
nounced that the city highway de
partment is taking care of the snow
laden streets, and the traffic condi
tions are improving as well as can
be expected.
Inlets Are Closed
With the thaw to-day, comes the
danger of flooded streets through the
inability of frozen sewer inlets to
provide an easy outlet for the water
collecting on street surfaces. Most
of the sewer inlets are covered with
ice, and consequently there is no
place for the water to go. The Mayor
has issued a request that all citizens
scatter salt on the frozen surfaces of
the water sheds to ensure easy out
let for the water.
C. M. Kaltwasser, general man
ager of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, said this morning
that his plant now has enough coal
on hand to last until Saturday morn
ing. It has been impossible, he said,
for him to procure coal in quantities,
and his plant must continue to use
coal on a hand-to-mouth basis. Nine
cars of bituminous were received by
the company yesterday, and three
cars are being received daily from
the Bethlehem Steel Company.
Ross A. Hickok, county fuel ad
ministrator, is trying to get other in
dustrial .plants in the city to con
j tribute towards the coal supply of
the light and power plant for the
common good, and hopes to an
nounce the acquisition of much more
river coal by night fall. He is trying
to get the United States Fuel ad
ministration to insure a sufficient
coal supply to the power company.
Mr. Hickok has been in direct com
munication with Washington, and
hopes to secure the promise of six
cars daily from Dr. Garfield.
More Coal Arrives
More than ten cars of coal arrived
in Harrisburg yesterday over the
Pennsylvania lines and were consign
ed to city dealers. The coal situation
in the city is expected to be much
less acute than it has been in the
past if the warm weather of to-day
continues.
The Ghamber of Commerce offices
received 300 calls for assistance dur
ing the unusual coal of yesterday,
eighty-five of which were urgent, and
supplied with coal. The sudden rise
In temperature over night decreased
the demand for coal so much that
hut two telephone calls were received
by the fuel commission up until 10
o'clock this morning.
A serene sign of spring was an
nounced this morning from Allison
Hill, where Thomas p. Beidleman,
father of Senator E. E. Beidleman,
every morning feeds a flock of spar
rows In his back yard. Keen ob
server, Mr. Beidleman was surprised
to see two genuine blackbirds In the
feathered fathering. In thirty years'
observation, he said, he had never
seen these enterprising birds make
their appearance so early and he
concluded that they herald signs of
the good old summertime.
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EMANUEL, BLOOMENTHAL
them to be very enthusiastic over sol
diers. Apropos of the Halifax disaster,
he writes:
"We are now in Halifax, awaiting
orders. It must have been terrible
here. You <n still read in the papers
lists of unidentified dead being taken
out of the ruins, and let me tell you
it is terrible. Buildings for miles
around are wrecked to hits; ships,
freight cars —-everything is nothing
but a complete wreck.
"We were supposed to sail tq-day
on the •Olympia.' But she sailed for
New York to take over American
troops. We will then have to wait
till Sunday night or Monday morn
ing."
PEACE PARLEY
IS IN PROGRESS
[Continued from First Page.]
Russians similarly "damaged" the
direct wire between Petrograd and
Berlin used by the AustrO-German
delegation.
Foreign Minister Trotzky is re
ported to be at Brest-Litovsk.
M. Kasakoff, former chancellor of
the Russian embassy at.Tokio, has
been arrested by the Bolslieviki. He
is charged with attempting to in
fluence the Japanese and British em
bassies and the Chinese legation
against entering into relations with
the Bolsheviki government.
Ensign Issues Decree;
Is Arrested by Poles
By Associated Press
Petrograd, Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki
commander-in-chief, has issued a
decree ordering that all supplies be
cut off from the Polish legion in the
Russian army and declaring its
commander, Dovbor Mousnitsky, an
outlaw. He also appeals to all Bol
sheviki to leave Polish commands.
The decree was prompted by the
refusal of the Polish commands to
reduce their officers to the ranks
and submit to Bolsheviki democrat
ization.
A wireless dispatch received at
Berlin from Kiev and forwarded to
Amsterdam Tuesday, said Ensign
Krylenko and his staff had been ar
rested by the insurgent Poles.
FIRST MIDDLETOWN
UNIT SIX BUILDINGS
[Continued from First Page.]
the same size each, but will be six
stories to height.
As announced last week, no time
will be lost in getting the ground in
shape once the contracts are iet.
To-day work was started on fitting
up the old farmhouse on the .-state
fair tract as a headquarters for the
oflicers in charge. Major William
Gray, the man who built the Enola
yards for Kerbaugh and Company,
will have his office in this buiidWig
and will be, in charge of the work
for the government. He will return
here Monday and will take apart
ments for his family in this city.
Parley Gannett, in all likelihood, will
do the engineering work.
As soon as the first two units are
under construction the first of the
two big machine shop buildings will
be-started and after that the pro
gram will be completed as soon as
possible. Ground is already being
put in read.Tiess for the enlargement
of the aviation plant.
First Series of Men's Mass
Meetings to Be Held
The first of a series of men's mass
meetings to be held in the Boyd Mem
orial building is scheduled for to
morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. L.
S. Mudge, pastor of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church, will talk on "A
Week at Camp Dlx." Prior to this
meeting a Boy Scouts' party will be
held in the Boyd building at 7.15 un
der the leadership of John German,
Scoutmaster.
This evening the monthly meeting
of the Mrs. H. B. McCormick Sunday
School class will be held in the Boyd
building.
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"Birth of a Nation"
Friday and Saturday
Owing to the great demand for seats
at the Colonial Theater during the
present engagement of "The Birth o£
a Nation," Wllmer and Vincent have
extended the run of that picture to
take In the balance of the week.
In spite of the fact that "The Birth
■ f a Nation" was shown twenty-flve
times at the Orpheum during the past
three seasons, the presentation of
this masterpiece at popular prices at
the Colonial has set up a demand for
seats such as that theater has never
seen since It began its present picture
policy. "The Birth of a Nation" was
originally booked for a three-day
showing, but the management has
found it necessary to extend the en
gagement over Friday and Saturday in
order to take care of the demand.
The picture is shown continuously
from 10:15 a. m. until 11:30 p. m„ with
evening performances starting at 7:15
and 9:15,
A special school children's perform
ance will be given on Saturday morn
ing, when, up to 12 b'clock, all chil
dren under 15 years of age will be
admitted for 15 cents.
OBPHEUM
Wednesday, February 13 "Peck's
Bad Boy," matinee and night.
MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
COLONIAL.
Remainder of the week D. W. Grif
fith's "The Birth of a Nation."
REGENT
To-day, to-morrow and Saturday
Mary Pickford in "Stella Maris."
. VICTORIA
To-tlay Miriam Cooper in "Betray
ed," also "Vengeance and the Wo
man."
To-morrpw Kitty Gordon in "Dia
monds and Pearls."
Saturday Tom Mix in "Cupid's
Roundup."
"The Birth of a Nation." D. W. Grif
fith's big screen spectacle, has been
held over by popu
"The Birth lar demand to take
of n Nation** care of the crowds
at the Colonial that daily throng
the Colonial Thea
ter. The scale of prices has been fixed
so as to be in reach of everybody's
pocketbook. Orchestra floor is 35
cents, and the balcony is 25 cents. A
special school children's performance
will be given Saturday morning
when any child under 15 years of age
will be admitted between 10 and 12
o'clock for 15 cents.
The reconstruction of a nation after
ally shown in this great drama of
the abolition of slavery, is graphic
peace And war, and one sees all of the
great events that led up to the re
union of this nation. A cast of world
famous screen favorites are seen, in
cluding Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Mir
iam Cooper, Robert Harron, Henry B.
Walthall, Mary Alden and others too
numerous to mention.
The old comedy favorite, "Peck's
Bad Boy," which the grownups of
to-day liked so
The MUNICHI Oddity, well when they
"Peck' Bnd Boy," were children,
and which the
children of to-day will like even more
for the reason that the comedy is not
antiquated, but has been brought up
to-date by the well-known writer of
many song successes, Irving Berlin,
who has Interpolated the modern
songs of to-day and the latest devices
in the way of laugh-provoking Inci
dents. All that is old about "Peck's
Bad Boy" of the present season is the
ever-popular story of the typical
American boy. whose pranks upon his
father and. mother and upon Shultz,
the old German grocer, are the talk
of the neighborhood in which he lives.
The title of the role is in the effici
ent hands of Jacque Baulm, who has
signed a long-term contract with the
producers, who had to make many
concessions to get her signature to a
contract. The engagement in thin
city, at the Orpheum, is for one day
only, next Wednesday, matinee and
night. v
Playing a dual role, Mary Pickford
will be seen In her latest Artcraft re
lease at the Re-
Mnry J'lekford gent Theater to-
In "Stella Mnrl*" day, to-morrow
ajid Saturday. Miss
Pickford plays the title role of "Stella
Maris" in a film version of Wm. J.
AMUSEMENTS
EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT
Entire Remainder of Week (Today, Tomorrow and Satur
day) With 6 Performances Daily
Playing to More People Than Ever —Held Over by Popu
lar Demand to Take Care of the Crowds
Bargain Prices Balcony, 25c; Orchestra, 35c
Colonial
\
Special School Children's Performance Saturday Morning When
Any Child Under 15 Years of Age Will Be Admitted Between
10 and 12 O'clock For 15c
FEBRUUARY 7, 1918.
George Shillem, Steward
of Moose Home, Dies
M
GEORGE W. SHILLEM
George W. Shillem, 46, died of
bright's disease this morning at his
home, ISOS'/j Logan street. Funeral
services will he held at 9 o'clock Sat
urday morning at St. Mary's Catho
lic Church, Lancaster. The body may
be viewed at the home to-morrow
evening, from 7 to 9. He was
steward at the Moose Home. Third
and Boas streets, sincd 1910. He was
a member of the Loyal Order of
Moose, the Fraternal Order of
Kagles, Warrior Eagle Tribe, Im
proved Order of Red Men. He is
survived by three brothers, J. C.
Shillem, Frank Shillem. Paul C. Shill
em, all of Lancaster; and three sis
ters. Mrs. Arbert Paschke, West Sails
bury; Mrs. W. S. Hallman, Altoona;
Mrs. Catherine Himes, Enola. The
body will be taken to Lancaster by
Hoover & Son for the funeral services
and burial.
Locke's celebrated novel, and also in
terprets the part of Unity Blake, an
uncouth character, who is introduced
as an inmate of an orphan asylum. As
Stella Maris, surrounded by every lux
ury wealth can command, and protect
ed from even tlje slightest knowledge
of wordly things, the comparison with
Unity Blake presents a startling con
trast. Through an amazing chain of
circumstances the two girls—the Ugly
Duckling and the delicate and beauti
ful Stella Maris—love the same man,
and then comes a supreme sacrilice,
the giving of Unity Blake's life for the
man she loves and for Stella Maris.
The portrayal of two characters so
vastly different by Mary Pickford will
probably stand as a wonderful
achievement in screen art.
To-day will be double attraction
day at the popular Victoria Theater.
Miriam Cooper, one
"netrayel," nlso of the screen's most
"Vengeance nn<l beautiful stars, will
the Woman" be featured In the
all-powerful siieiu
drama, "Betrayed," and William Dun
can and Carol llolloway will be shown
in another interesting instalment of
that wonderful serial story, "Venge
ance and the Woman." For to-mor
row the peerless Kitty Gordon, con
ceded by many to be the best-dressed
woman in the world, will be shown in
her latest success, "Diamonds and
Pearls." For Saturday, Tom Mix, in
"Cupid's Roundup," will be the attrac
tion.
Another spectacular musical offer
ing will be featured on the Majestic
bill the last half of the cur-
At the rent week. It is entitled
Majestic "The Dream Garden," and is
presented by six charming
girls, who play a variety of instru
ments and offer one of the most artis
tic offerings seen on the Majestic
stage this season. The act is attrac
tively staged and costumed, is well
presented an t d is diverting and enter
taining throughout. A popular com
edy number on the bill is the team of
Gardner and Bartelle, the burnt cork
entertainers. They have a lively act.
and are one of the hits of the show.
Smith-Austin and Company are offer
ing an enjoyable variety skit. All
three are clever.and the applause given
them at the finish of their act proved
that 'their efforts were appreciated.
Marie Russell, in an excellent singing
act, and Arnold and Florenz, sensa
tional equilibrists, complete the bill.
TJse McNeil's Pain Exterminator —Ad.
AMUSEMENTS
Suwanee River Quartet
to Sing For Academy
The Suwanee River quartet, a fa
mous musical organization, will give
a concert in the Technical High
School Auditorium to-morrow night,
under the auspices of the H&rrisburg
Academy. Old negro melodies, south
ern songs and lullabies, and classi
cal and popular compositions will be
given by the quartet, which has been
on the lyceum platform ior man#
years, and which is recognized as one
of the tlnest of singing ensembles.
CHILDREN
Should not be "dosed"
lor colds—apply "ex
ft tern ally *
p Littl* Body-Guard in Your Horn*X II
AMUSEMENTS
Victoria Theater
TO-DAY
MIRIAM COOPER in
"BETRAYED"
TO-MOUHOW
KITTY GORDON In
"Diamonds and Pearls"
SATURDAY
TOM MINX in
"CUPID'S ROUND-UP"
Admission, lßc. Children, 10c.
REGENT
TO-DAY, TO-MORROW AND
SATURDAY
MARY PICKFORD
"STELLA MARIS"
In thin production Utile Mnry
playw to dlNtlnct ehnrnctera. For
tlie tlr.sl time In her career NIIC
plays a dual role. It'* junt like
fieeing TWO MIHMVM for one admin-
Mlon.
ADMISSION
Afternoon 10c and 15c
Evening 10c and 20c
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY
Pauline Frederick
—lN—
"Madam Jealousy"
MAJESTIC THEATER]
Wllnter and Vincent Vaudeville I
Five -fllß Keith Attraction* j
Including; I
'The Melody Garden'
If Munle Hath Charms, This Is a
Charmer.
Pretty Girls Special Scenery.
Smith Austin & Co.
. FUN FOR EVERYBODY
HERE A FULL. WEEK
( BEGINNING MONDAY
'THE FOREST FIRE'
I ■ ■■■• ■■ I ■ 3
ORPHEUM
TO-NIGHT
CHAS. BAKER'S
SPEEDWAY
GIRLS w,th
ARTHUR MAYER
—AND—
DOLLY BUNCH