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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."
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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.
If you combined tho curative proper
ties of every known "ready-made"
couch remedy, von probably could not i
get as much real curative power as
there is in this simple homc-mado
cough syrup, which is easily prepared
in a few minutes.
Get from any druggist 2\ ounces
cf I'inox, pour it into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with syrup, using
either plain granulated sugar syrup,
clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, as desired. The "result is a
fiill pint of really better cough syrup
than you could buy ready-made for
three times the money. Tastes pleas
ant and never spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation
gets right at the cause of a cough and
gives almost immediate relief, ft loos- J
ens the phlegm, stops the nasty throat
tickle and heals the sore, irritated
membranes so gently and easily that
it is really astonishing.
A day's* use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
croup, whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better.
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
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A plnte without n root which lines
not interfere with taste or speech.
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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.
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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
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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
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j Far head or throat
Catarrh try the bki|Ji\
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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