12 AIDS SOCIETIES PLAN CHRISTMAS FOR YOUNGSTERS Orphans to Celebrate Christ mas Together and Not Be Lent For a Day A number of parents have asked, this Christmas season, for the loan of a baby from the Associated Aids Societies, but were doomed to disap pointment, as the organization de '. cided not to follow precedent this year. Instead of taking a baby away ' for a day or two and giving the in fant to some family for a couple days, oftentimes to parents who have recently lost a child, the Aids So ciety now aims more to furnish home life. This means more expense, but it is found to be better in many ways. Destitute children, who have both father and mother incapacitated, are cent to the Industrial Home where nothing is loft undone to make the youngsters healthy and happy. This missionary work has been handled in wholesale manner, church societies, Y. W. C. A., Girl's High School clubs and other agencies giv ing their aid, providing dolls, gifts, and food. Orders- for the Christmas baskets will be placed with tho gro- | cers to-day. There will be several hundred to be filled and each will cost approximately $4.50. In each will be a chicken and all the "trim mings" for a genuine Christmas din ner, with nuts, candy and toys. Clothing will also be distributed where needed. Several hundred chil dren, whose names have been sup plied through the Associated Aid will be given the Big Brother Dinner this week by the Rotary Club. The program at the Industrial Home promises to be the real home thing, with a big tree filled with gifts and toys which will make the young sters happier than any other kind of entertainment even though provided by the kind folks, who on other Christmas days were wont to "loan a baby." RSSSaSHSESMHSHSES?SSSIiSZS2SZE^J a Try Making Your Own g Cough Remedy x] Too. run §ave about $2, end have Lrj Ln a "bettor remedy than tho ready- fjj [jj uiude kind. .Lustily done. 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Pinex is a most valuable concen trated compound of genuine Korway pine extract, and lias been used for generations to break up severe coughs. To avoid disappointment, ask your flruggist for "2 1 -j ounces of Fihex" with full directions, and don't accept anything else. Guaranteed to give ab solute satisfaction or money promptly refunded, The Pjncx Co,, Ft. Wayne, led. Remember Tonsiline TONSILINE is tlie National Sore Throat Remedy—it is sold in every State in the Union. Most people buy a bottle occasionally because most people occasionally Lave Sore Throat. They buy it for the prompt, welcome relief it brings to sufferers from this malady. You'can forget Sore Throat if you will only remember TONSILINE and got tho bottle NOW tffat waits for you at your druggists. tJ!,Y Look for the long necked j? fellow on the bottle when you M get it. . „ .J' 36 cents and 60 cents. Eos- !>{ pital Size, $l.OO. v'k Don't Catch Cold or the Influenza may get you yet. At the first sniflle, sneeze, sore throat or headache, tako some "Solof-Quinine' tablets to break up your cold right ! at the start. Don't let it get the best of you. No bad lieud effects us when uulnino is taken alone, j Geo. A. Oorgas Drug Storcu. liar i ISburK. I'a. V- A plnte without n root which lines not interfere with taste or speech. 5 | riflfm Hcpnlred While You Walt DENTAL i mnwit d OFFICES 310 MARKET STREET v. * 4 -: >r.M vf ?j*: § To You / 2 W and Everybody / \ Ji •{/ ' ! 4? : A Merry Christmas j % | g. and a v_ Happy and Prosperous J & New Year \ ..& 4 1 •Jgf And—with the season's Krect- \ ' J,., Z&Uy*, / rt jC; ings, a hearty welcome to the \ 1 •' ff&vM/ ;]w sailor r i and soldiers who aro ' Ji/% *3* ,; ! returning to their homes and g\ ' friends. Very Truly *r 808 BOYER, The Barber $ 24 S. Dewberry St. 1 . ■'■¥ • •, y ' - -" ~4 TUESDAY EVENING TROLLEY FARE APPEAL NEAR FINAL STAGE Public Service' Commission May Decide Quinn's Case Within a Week I The Public Service .will probably decide at the execu tive session next week what shall be done about tho petition of C. P. Qiilnn, secretary of the Stato Fed eration of Labor, for an accountant to be named to go over tho books of tho Harrisburg Railways Com pany, and subpena for all books and papers. Tho idea js to force a phy sical valuation, such as is being sought in the Scranton railways case. The Harisburg railways objty ts to an accountant until it is Informed whether ho is to he a certified ac countant or not. There will also bo exceptions to the historical and busi ness summary tiled by the company, counsel for Mr. Quinn holding that the figures are too high. The service end of the complaint was closed yesterday and the testi mony given was confined almost ex clusively to the crowded special cars run to and from the Bethlehem steel works in the "rush" hours. Little testimony about conditions on any other lino to speak of was submit ted. This phase rests on tho Steelton specials. Considerable comment was caused by tho remark of Commissioner James Alcorn that Charles Sherlock, who testified to the company losing fares and to- poor service, should have brought such matters to the attention of tho company's officials. Sherlock was asked if he had ever coniplaio d and said he had not. "We would have been glad to have received these complaints," said Charles L. Bailey. Jr., counsel for the company. 'Whereupon Mr. Al- Alcorn remarked: "There is force in what Mr. Bailey says. You (meaning Sherlock) could have aided tho com pany by bringing such matters ns men not turning in fares to the at tention of officials." Sherlock and other witnesses tcsti- I lied that they knew of instances when the number of passengers and faro register did not tally. Mr. <4uinn took the stand after j Sherlock and others had testitied I that the company did not get the j fares to which it was entitled be ; cause they were not rung up by its ] operatives and stated that he had ! brought the complaint as a labor of. i llcial,. believing that it was some j thing which should be done In the interest of better trolley service, lie ; said the trouble as he saw it was ' bad management. President Frank 6. Musser and ! Superintendent Felix M. Davis were the final witnesses and Mr. Davis 1 had a series of clashes with Mr. Qulnn's counsel who asked one ques tion five tinics. Plotters to Help Hun Heavily Fined; Aimed to Help Feed the Foe By Associated Press ' San Francisco, Dec. 24.—C. D. Hunker and K. It. Swayne, .shipping men, were lined $lO,OOO each by Federal Judge A'an Fleet ysterduy tor connection with a conspiracy whereby the steamer Sacramento,, provisioned German warships at sea in violation of American neutrality. Georgo and James Flood, shipping men, were lined su,ooo each: liein rich Kauffman, • chancellor of the former German, consulate, IS.OOO', and T. \V. Anderson, captain of tly: Sacramento, $l,OOO for their con nection with the conspiracy. Rumely Denies Taint oi Hun Money in His Purchase oi the Mail Pv Associated Press New York, Dec. 24.—Dr. Edward A. Rumely, former publisher of the Evening Mail, testified in his own behalf to-day at a hearing before a United States commissioner in a pro ceeding brought by the government to have him removed to Washington for trial on a charge of perjury for failure to report the alleged German ownership of the paper to the alien property custodian. * Dr. Rumely denied there had been German ownership connected with his purchase of the paper and declared that at *his trial he would be compelled to call witnesses from Germany and Switzerland t,o support his testimony. Mai! Flyer Loses Way After Leaving Penna. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 24. —Aviator C. C. Fry, who left New York Thurs day morning in an airplane carrying mail, arrived here . yesterday from Elyria, Ohio, after an eventful trip. \fter delivering the mail at Bnlle l'onte, Pn., Fry started for Cleveland to act as a relay aviator. He lost his way and landed at Elyria, 30 miles west of here late Friday. Officials at Woodl. rul Hills Park tb-night were awaiting" the arrival of other mail planes which had landed at Ravenna and Painesvillc, Ohio, while seeking this city. SOLDIERS GET VICTROI.A A victrola nnd a half dozer, record* have been presented t" the War Camp Community Service rooms by C. M. Sigler, Inc. More records are needed, and tin papcal was Issued yesterday to people of Hurrlsburg. Records may be left at Headquarters, So" Market street. Scene From "Odds and End s," at The Orpheum, Friday end Saturday • v * i ' y T#l ■ ii*v i • wt*i' . IP' *** : .-.i' 11*1 / m J'• Jf i3fc . s / ■ i//> v t -At *■■ ' ■* k •' v -''- v ' & '■•■ / ', if i .. , fist.*"*, ' % ' *• - ' S . v ■"' :.k ".'s# ■ ' r ' f ;!®P !; . ( ' '! • ■ /< <2^ One of the striking scenes In the new musical revue, "Odds and Ends of IUIS," which plays at the Orpheum December I*7 and 28, is called "Some times, Somewhere With Pershing," disclosing a trench which shows evi dence of having been planned by someone wiia has seen tho real thing?. As | a matti- of fact. "Jack" Norworth himself designed the seen . having vis ited the™trenches a couple of times during his two years' visit in Europe. | In this number a song is introduced called, "The Eurther It Is From Tip- ] perary," which will be hummed and whistled for a long time after "Odds I and Ends" leaves town. AMERICAN SANTA CLAUS BUSY FOR PERSHING' BOYS Arms of Kris Kringle Reach Across Ocean to Soldiers of Army of Occupation; German Weather Fore cast Predicts Probable White Christmas With the American Army of Occu- I pat ion, Dec. 24.—The German weather weather forecast for Christ mas is: I Cloudy, probably snow. Reaching across the Atlantic and , France to beyond tho Rhino, the ! arms of the American Santa Clous I have -brought largo quantities of 1 sweets and various luxuries and | holiday gifts for the first Christmas in Germany of the American army I of occupation. While the Americans have done , considerable Christmas shopping in Coblenz among the Coblenz bankers i business is considered dull and I money easy. Dealers in most lines i have sold virtually all their stocks and the money now is idle. Christmas packages for the sol- I dters begin to arrive several days | ago in carload lots and are being ' distributed rapidly from tho ratl ! heads to the eight divisions within i the areas of occupation: Tho qitar i taf master's departmeir. and the j American Red Cross has provided thirty carloads stocks of ciiocolato : and stick candy. The quartermaster | also is providing four cars of pastry and material for pies and cakes. Every officers' mess and every company of soldiers Is to have a : Christmas tree. Many of tho trees 'were cut by tho solders themselves. I Tho Y. M. C. A. is supplying deco rations for tlio trees. Branches of I the Knights of Columbus with all 1 tho divisions will present tho soldiers ! with extra smokes. In addition to I Individual gifts and plenty of candy and chewing gum. Tho Germans throughout tho oe ! cupied area are preparing for an <x j tc-nslvo celebration among them ' selves. They seem determined to ! have a good tlmo and are buying {extra supplies for their Christmas i dinners. Sleeps 111 Castle !* General Pershing slept in a castle I on the cast bank of the Rhino Sat urday night as the guest of Major 'General Htnes, corps commander, i with headquarters at Neuwicd. j In an automobile General Persh ing crossed the Rhino at 10.35 i o'clock Saturday night on a pontoon ! bridge at Coolenz, after having en tertained the newspaper correspond, ents at dinner in his private train. On Sunday morning General Per shing was joined fit Neuwied by .Ma jor General Diekinan and v.'itli .Ma jor Generals Diekinan and I lines visited tlie three division hcudqu&r -| tors within the bridgehead and ! other points of interest on the eaat | ern side of the Rhine. Returning to Coblenz, General Pershing left by special train Sun day night for Chaumont, going by w&y of Treves, Luxembourg and Verdun. Takes Lunch With Muir <*n his way to Coblenz Saturday •General Pershln'g was a luncht on ' guest of Major General Muir, eom j miinder of the Fohrth corps, in a ' castle on tlie Moselle overlooking | tho town of Coehem. Tlie castle is I owned by a m; jor who still Is in the I German army, ft was commundcer ' ed by the Fourth corps as headquar ters. Iti stands on tlio summit of a great bluff Using above tho Moselle nnd Coehem and commands a view for miles around. General Pershing traveled by mo l tor. visiting Wittllch, the headquar ; tors of Major General 'Haan. of the I Seventh corps at Mayen. and other I points of tlio occupied area. A spo ; piARRH ' m j Far head or throat Catarrh try the bki|Ji\ vapor treatment /• j™ *UT V Your Hoclycin'.i ft!' V-~ - j MEW PRICES—jiCc, 60c, $1.23 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Within five, minutes after the special train arrived at Coblenz tho telephone and telegraph wires of the train were connected with tho sig nal corps wires. During the after- I noon aids and other officers, of tho i commander's personnel talked with ! Chaumont and Paris over tho sig j nal corps wires regarding army af j fairs. From Treves to Coblenz and on the return trip tho train consisted iof French built cars which were I drawn by a German locomotive. Tho i train was in charge of a German ' crew. Harrisburg Man Writes Series of Articles ori Training of Salesmen 1 "Advertising and Selling," one of the leading magazines of its kind in J tho country, lias just pub'ished tho : first of a series of articles on "A Salesman's Training Camp," written by H. E, Prevos.. division publicity I manager for the Bell Telephone Com pany, with offices in Harrisburg. Five i i titers arc to follow on succeeding weeks. Tho first is bright, breozy I and treats the subj et from an en lirely new angle. Mr. Prevost went through all the ranks of salesman | ship before being prompted to his j present position and knows tho.busi : ness in a practical way. Other ra ' tides from his pen have appeared In ' this magazine in the past few months. I eial train made up of nine cars pre -1 ceded General Pershing from Treves. MARY PICKFORD IN "JOHANNA," * ENLISTS AT THE RECENT CHRISTMAS i \ 4 - : r' • i * ■ I MOV , \ \ * i *' \ < ' X ' ' ' ,-J 7Z4- • Salting" ib away MAay PICICFOR.D *'Johanna Enlists' AnAIJrCRAFT Picture. Christmas l>uy anil two lowing Alary I'lckford will appear at the llugcnt in her n w at i Uccess, "Jo hanna Knliats." 'l'lilr dftUglitful play conies from the pen of Mupert Hughes, whose excellent work as a luaelist la known ovor the entire countrj. inci dentally lie 1m remembered o,s the au thor of "Wo Cun't Have Kvervthing " which was recently produced for Art craft by Cecil H. DoMillo. Winsome and very lovable Mary Pickford In her coming picture takes the part of "Johanna" Kenaallcr. Her childhood has been un unmerciful Ki'lnd —Just work from the early morning until after sunset, including care of her brothers and sisters and the ordinary farm animal-. Her father docs not believe in education, despite the fact that he is descended from an j PP*" or THfvl \ J. H, DOWNES r IS HONORED Assistant Road Foreman of Engines Observes 70th Birth day Anniversary Today Seventy years oUI to-day during which time lie has served the Penn sylvania Railroad 49 years, J, H. 1 >ownes, of Columbia, assistant road foreman of engines of the Philadel phia division, was to-day presented with a handsome, highly-Jeweled Knight Templar watch charm and chain. Set with eight diamonds, and nine rubies, the sliarm stands as a high t'iken of tlie esteem in which he Is held "by follow employes. The presentation of the charm took place in the offices of O. W. Humble, road foreman of engines, who, In a few short words expressed "an appre ciation of the services of Mr. Downes. l/pring his long period of service, ; Mr. Humble told how his work had | l.ebn free of criticism of his faith fulness to his employes, and of the , high regard his fellow workers have • for him. When lie was needed, he was always ready for duty, Mr. Hubble told. At the presentation were a number of assistant foremen of engines, special) duty men, lire men instructors* nipd a number of other friends. Mr. Downes, borri in York county, cn December 2 1. 1848, entered the ser vice of tlie Pennsylvania railroad less than 21 years later as a freight fire man, serving his first day on Sep tember 28, 1869. By faithfulness to his duty, he gained a promotion to I the position of engineer on April 8, I 1873. His record for efficiency in those several positions was high and when an additional assistant road foreman of engines was needed in 1895, Mr. Downes was selected for that posi tion and on April 1, 1895, he assumed his new duties. He has served In that position ever since. Mr. Downes has now reached the age of retirement from railroad ser vice and on December 31, 1918, he will serve his last day.as an active worker on the Pennsylvania railroad. He is a faithful member of the Co lumbia Methodist Episcopal Church. Running Special Train Engineer Is Badly Hurt ! When the main rod of the passenger j ! engine of the special train which he j was running broke and tore the side | out of the engine, Isaac N. Matchett, 1807 North Sixth street, a Middle Dl- | \ ision Pennsylvania Railroad engl-, ncer, had a narrow escape from I death yesterday afternoon, suffering . only a compound fracture of the right log. The accident occurred near New port. The injured man was immedi ately taken from the train and , brought to Harrisburg where he was taken to the Harrisburg Hospitla. ; Traffic westward was delayed for j one-half hour by the accident. Mr. Matchett, regularly drives the ' engine of passenger train number 15, which leaves Harrisburg shortly be fore noon. He was at the station ! yesterday ready to go on his regular j run yesterday when he was assigned to drive the engine for tho special | train. RAILROADER GOES TO J ill, Edward Kinch, assistant baggage : master for the Pennsylvania Rail road at Tyrone, was sentenced to not I less than one year or more than flf- j teen months in the western peni- j tentiary after he pleaded guilty Moil- I day morning before Judge Thomas J. Baldrige In eouit at liollidaysburg i to the charge of stealing whisky and other articles from tho American. Railways Express Company and sell ing hquor to minors and disposing of the whisky without a license. Trotsky Says Czernln Obeyed Von Kuehlmann l.ondon, Dec. 24.—"Count Czernln at Brost-Ditovsk carried out Von Kuehl-j igann's orders, and Von Kuehlmann gt t his orders trorn General Hoff mann," Do on Trotsky is quoted as j saying in a Russian official wireless message. "Czernin at Prost-Ditov.sk expressed Hoffmann's cynical contempt for the rigid < f self determination of the poo pies -of Poland. Dithuania and Oour lnnd. This is different from Czcrnln's . present attitude." Trotskv added that' detailed reports of tin Urcst-Ditovsk negotiations will I soon he published. ' , Also, ho has never heard of . uch a th|ng as romance. Uncouth and freckled, Johanna liaa known but ' one love. Once upon a time she fell In love with a "beautiful" biukeiiian • at long distance. Hut upon the same humdrum, mo notonous everyday existence there comes a sudden change. Soldiers count i inarching down the road, and a bugle blares. Here are 2,000 prospective beaux for Johanna. The farm blos soms forth Into a military oainp and 1 ; Johanna finds herself SO much be ' sieged thai she opens an Impromptu encampment. Miss Pickford plays her part with her usual dainty grace anil fidelity to the impersonation, f-urely there is ' no heed to say that she is foremost I of scroen personages, and critics say 'this is the foremost of her pictures. MAJESTIC High-class Vaudeville —Orville Stumm, the strongest boy in the world; Martin and Webb, comedians; Pa dula and Denori, in songs und in strumental music; Qerard's Monkeys; The Copps Family, variety entertainers. ORPHEUM To-night and to-niurruw (Christmas Day), matinee and night—Thurston, _ tiie Magician, j Friday night und Saturday, matinee , una n I gut, December 27 and 28—Uua I illll otters "Odds and Ends of 1918." , .Monday, night only, December 3o | t'roulore Grand opera Co. Tuesda) und Wednesday (New Year's) matinees daily, December 31 und January 1 "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath.' Coming; back for a return engage ment, January 2, 3 und I—"Hearts of the World." COBONIAL To-day Tom Moore in "Thirty a Week." Wednesday und Thursday Con stance Tulmudge in "A Dady's Name," ■ Friday nnd Saturday Alice Brady in "Her Ureat Chance." VICTORIA To-day Elaine llammerstein In "Her Man." To-morrow and Thursday William S. Hart 'in "The Hell-Hound of Alaska," und authentic pictures of "The Surrender of the German High Fleet" in tho North Sea. Friday and Saturday Houdini in "The Master Mystery;" also Friday, Jane X.ee nnd Katherine Dee In "Swat tlio Spy," and Saturday, Mrs. Vernon Castle in "The Girl of Bo hemia." Thurston, the famous magician. ( witli a new program of weird mys teries and a compaqy l Thurston, of twenty-six people, the Magician is the attraction at the Orpheum to-night and to-morrow, Christmas, matinee und night. Humanity loves the mysterious, and seeks that which it cannot under stand. and for this reason Thurston is playing to capacity audiences, his per formance reveals a new magic world which savors or the uncanny und pro duces the thrill which mere mortals love. Ono can return again and again to witness Thurston's mysterious per formance, nnd still leave the theater with the reason why unsolved. The most recent of his achievements are masterpieces of mysticism. Among them are the master effects of spirit mediums, such as the materialization of gliosis and tho manifestations of spirits. Other prominent new mys teries are "The Vampire," "Gravita tion Defied," "Every Woman's Wish," "Birds of the Air" and "The Miracle." ! At a time when the particular fancy of the theatergoers, more especially those who have j "Odds and Ends" predilections for musical ]> I a >" s , seems to turn to the so-called inti j mate form of musical comedy offer ! ings, with rather a preference for re- I vue, it is of more than passing in terest to note the coming of the inusi | eal revue, "Odds and Ends of 11118," to the orpln um Theater, Friday and Sat urday and Saturday matinee. "Odds and Ends" of 1U1S" is by no means • intended to he splspdic, tying on noth ing but New York's theatrical sue ' cesses, hut it is meant to'embrace all j events of national interest, with a wide scope to work upon. The book ' is by Bide Dudley and John Godfrey. 1 Bide Dudley is probably the best known newspaperman in New York Oitv. His column on the back page !of the New Y'dYk Evening World is i widely read. John Godfrey is an Kng ' ltsli writer, having many successes to his credit in London. Tin l/ries and j music are by Dudley. Godfrey and .lames Byrenes, with interpolated ■songs by W- in ami Dee. The chief I comedy role \vl l l bo played by Dillian Goldsmith. [ A good variety bill opened at the Majestic yesterday, just the kind of vaudeville show the holiday At the crowds will enjby. Gerard's Majestic Monkeys will upeal to the "kiddies." The monkeys do a lot of funny tricks and keep every one in laughter. Padula and Denori are a popular number on the bill. Both of these young women dress attrac tively and present a singing and piano | offering that is pleasing. Thp Copps Fnniilv, an aggregation of entertain ers. offer quite a variety. Thpy sing, dance and have some comedy sprinkled throughout their act, alt of which is enjoyable. Martin and Webb scored a big hit at yesterday's per formances with their songs and com edy. The act is brimful of bright, snappy comedy and keeps the audi ence in uproarious laughter. Oreille Stanitn, tliu strongest boy in tin- world, certainly lives up to his reputation. The Colonial played to capacity houses yesterday with the screen s most popular star, Tom At the Moore, in "Thirty a Week." (olouinl a romance of a chauffeur and the richest girl in town, an adaptation from the play "f the same name. Wednesday and Thursday, .'A Datly's Name," by Cyril Hurcourt. the excellent actor of the legitimate stage. It is a clever com edy and Con. lance Talmadge is said to be at her best. ; Country First" is the Inspiring, patriotic drama which was shown in the ttegent Theater last \t the night for the lirst time in It event Hurrisburg, with Vivian Martin in the slur part. 'I lie last appearance of this vi\(p.ciou*. j young actress, will be to-night's show. | A delightful kennett comedy, "The Romance of Brass Ta< ks," abounding with good humor, is included on the ' Mary Piekford, in lier latest release, "Johanna Enlists," a wartime ro mance is scheduled to open to-morrow n* •, special holiday attraction. • rlie Mm will b" shown Thursday and Fri day also in connection with a Sennett comedy,, "His Wife's Friend." Elaine llammerstcin is cast in one of the stroii arest roles of her brill unit career, in the gripping, . \ the virile motion picture drama Victoria °f tho far-famed mountains of Kentucky. "Iler Man," in brief, relates the . story of a beautiful New Y'ork society girl who goes to the mountain lands of Kentucky, falls in love with the leader of one of two opposing fami- | lies in an old-time feud, and losing the veneer of fashionable metropoli tan civilization, the gill answers the "call of the wild." and tnkes her piuce bv the side of the man she loves, feud and all. In dramatic intensity and thrilling scenes, this tale of the moun t-tin feud and its exhibition of love I imeval. 'is unsurpassed. It was •ri wn to large crowds of holiday shopners yerterdav at the Victoria Theater end will be repeated to-day for the last times. 12,000,000 Poundr of Candy For U. S. Troops . .Wnshington, Dec. 24.- Twelve mil lion pounds of candy and il.fiB9,')oo packages of chewing gum have boon bought by tho subsistence division of tbo army at one purchase for the use of soldiers in France. The gum is nil ot the best-known brands and tbo candy of 'ho highest grades, consisting of i>ar chocolate, f-wdel cliocolaro, chocolate vanilla bars, almond bars and peanut bars, i DECEMBER 24, 1918. STARTLES WITH BAFFLING FEATS Thurston, With New Illusions, Amazes Audience by His Magic Some one who saw Howard Thurs- , ton present Ills program of magic j last night at the Orpheum said, j "There Is nothing impossible with | Thurston." To see him startle an [ audience with daring illusions again | and again in one evening, and so sue- I cessfully that a crowd of from three i to twenty persons on the stage can j not see how it is done, almost com- t pels a stretch of the imagination to ' believe unless it Is seen, Thurston Is in Harrlsburg for three 1 days with his array of illusions which he presents at matinee and evening! j entertainments to-day and to-mor row at the Orpheum. This year he j has included in his battling mysteries . • some new feats which seem to border t on the supernatural in their surprls- | ing results. After the usual card passes, aerial | Ashing, birds in the air and rooster's i head tricks, all familiar with those j | who have seen Thurston before, the : | magician again presents his great' levitation scene in which ho suspends ! ! a young wbman in midair. Later he j again hypnotizes lier, then covers 1 I her with a sheet, permits about j twenty men to surround her, —but the sheet is empty. The remainder of the first part of I the program is tilled with a number j of good illusions all of which thougli presented before have lost none of their mystcriousness. In tho second part of the program j Thurston introduces another new ef- | feet when he takes two frames, cov- j ercd with canvas, stands them on an ! easel, throws a bright light back of them shining through both pieces of j canvas, then lets a "spirit" paint a i picture on one of them. He closes I his part of the entertainment with a I "spirit phenomena." In concluding Thurston off'crs nine ! more feats, one of them tho inex haustible coeonnut from which flows I several gallons of water while being ! held in the air. by the magician. ! Others which have been presented j here before arc pigeon pie, the Hang- i kok bungalow, the lady and the boy, | and the final, a triple mystery. Thurston's pleasing stage person- | nlity, his clever patter and the as- * surance that he won't deceive thol folks together with some comedy fea- j', tures which must bo seen to be en- | joyed, combine to make an evening j j with liim one that will long be re- i I membered. . • MAX ROBERTSON. j THE MAJESTIC One of the unusual numbers of- | fered at tho Majestic this part of I the week is Orvillc Stamrn in his weight-defying acts of strength. Mr. i Stmnm, who is a former physical in- I structor of aviation of the submar | ir.e unit, U. S. N„ possesses a rare combination of strength and grace. His performance carries with it an air of clean sportsmanship. Holding a piano on your chest whlleisomeone sits on the stool and plays is no everyday occurrence in Harrlsburg. Neither is playing a violin with a sixty-five pound dog dangling from your right arm. Hut both of these "eats of strength aro performed by .Jr. Stamm. The Copps Family, the juvenile j ! stars in their variety of songs, dances , | and instrumental music, exhibits a J I ; troup of five, ranging in age from ' i , below six to somewhere in the neigh- j ' borhood of sixteen. Careful training | j is shown in gestures, stage etiquette and t|e other matters that go to u make up a successful performance be- ; ( fore an. ajudlence. j ■ Martin Webb lets loose some spa ghetti fantasy stuff in his novelty | comedy offerings, and l'aduli and \ Denori give some good songs and I piano music. Tho Gerard monkeys i are very interesting. They are train -1 ed to do the regular circus stunts, and do not negfect the Hying trupeze ! [ act. ' • 1919 U. S. Wheat Crop to Bo 1,250,080,000, ~ Is Opinion of Expert j Plillniielpbln, I>ec. 24.—A wheat j crop of 1,250,000,00t bushels from i 'American farms for 191!' was pre dicted yesterday by George Crowell, j vice-president of the United States j Food Administration Grain Corpora- j tion, in a discussion of the problems : I the government has been called upon j to face in protecting the guaranteed | price of $2.20 a bus! . for wheat by : the ending of the war. According to Crowell, whose office ! is at 42 Broadway, New York, scare- 1 ity of shipping and the food shortage 1 throughout Europe will make it. poa- j I s'ble for tho grain corporation to'dis A pose of the present Ameri ,i wheat!" crop without diliiculty, despito the / fuct that Australian wheat is quoted at $l.lB and Argentine wheat at $1.35 [ a bushel. The big problem in tho wheat mar- i ket will come, according to this au- I thority when tho 1019 crop is liar vested. Wheat is the only farm grown commodity on which tho price ; to tho farmer Is absolutely guaranteed i and protected by the government, | and for this reason enormous acre age will be planted. ONLY ONE •C.ROllb QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE BUOMO QUININE Tab lets. Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 30c lORPHEUffI Matinee Saturday 27-28 ! GUS HILL OFFERS A CHUMMY MUSICAL REVIEW Odds ° nd Ends i rtmmi £||" J 'j} mrnmr, JW O XEW ACTS—SIXTEEN DRILWANT SCENES Dook by Bide Dudley & J nek Nonvorth Interpolated Songs by Weston and I.eo I • PRlCES—Nights, EP ° Hub, tile ami 73e; (lab, -•>• Matinpc Orchestra.. .75c nnd $l.OO v-3tu.cic.y iviatince, Uhlcou} 25c all(1 5 . Jc SEATS WEDNESDAY Villa's Army Destroys $20,000 Worth of Mine Property in Late Rail ** El Paso, T'cx., Dec. 24. —Villa 1 main command which passa through Cusihuiriachio, Chthuahut Wednesday, destroyed $20,000 wort of property of the Cusi Mining Com puny, an American corporatioi Villa was pursued by General Hei nandez In the direction of ParraL COLONIAL | TOM MOORE "THIRTY A WEEK" Could you marry on $3O perf V Torn diil, and to tho richest girl in town WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY i Constance Talmadge IN "A LADY'S NAME* y REGENT THEATER rirsl Pn'Nfntftdoiin of Pnramount- Artcriift Productions —To-day— I.nst ShovrlDf? of "Her Country First" Featuring VIVIAN MARTIN find BKNNETT COMEDY, "Tlie ltoninnee of llrnss Tucks." SPECIAL HOLIDAY AT- ' TRACTION CHRIST MAS, THURSDAY, FRI DAY Winsome nnil Adornble Mary Pickford In Her Latest Picture, "Johanna Enlists" A Story of Love In Wartime nnd * Sonic Perils of n War of Love, nnd n Jolly SK.YtfETT COM ED Y, "His Wife's Friend." Admission .. .10 and 20 cents V, . - (ORPHEUM: i Tonight—Tomorrow | MATINEE TOMORROW %-sasM' \ GREAT' KASICMjy / vmmmsHw/ V'tHfc UM \\V \ ' IW7 }£///mi ' MOH£NTSM\^W'MASSIVE a QF WEIRD k nYSTERY. IWSCmSTIFYIHG AMAZING ; iHPR£SSIYE sPii?ilS RETURN? IPrinPc' Nights anil Xiuas Matinee, 25e to $l.OO * I VICTORIA THEATER TO-DAY ONLY Positively I. list Showing EI,AINI4 lIAMMEUSTEIX In "111411 MAN" A Ilrnntntie Story of u Kentucky | Feud, with :i gripping love (lieinc. TO-MORAOW fChrlNtmae) and THI'HSDA Y WILLIAM S. lIAHT In "THE 1H'.i.1.-llOtMl OK ALASKA" A Is,ll VI: ruction Extraordinary •■THE SUHHKNDEH OF THE GERMAN HIGH FLEET" Friday, HOUDIXI, in TIIE MISTER M VSTI'.UY" I Admission, UK- and 2l)c Mud war tax "WINTERDALE DANCES 15 North Market Square CHFJSTMAS Dance, Wednesday Eve, Dec.' 25 Sourbier's Orchestra Admission 40c and 60c , Wrighi's Orchestra <>E EOI.UMDUS, O. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, Dec. 26, 27, 28 Admission, 50 and 75 Cents r
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