16 fMXfoiderful StonGB^QZ2#i - q y f^ 3 Baum Q> The Scarecrow Takes Time to Think "It seems to me," began the Scarecrow, when all were again as sembled in the throne room, "that the girl Jinjur is quite right in claiming to be Queen. And if she is ripht, then I atn wrong, and we have no business to be occupying her palace." "But you were the King until she came," said the Woggle Bug. strutting up and down with his hands in his pockets; "so it appears to me that she is the interloper in stead of you." "Especially as we have just con quered her and put her to tlight," added the Pumpkinhead, as he raised his hands to turn his face to ward the Scarcecrow. "Have we really conquered her?" asked the Scarecrow, quietly. "Book out of the window, and tell me what jou see." Tip ran to the window and looked out. "The palace is surrounded by a double row of girl soldiers," he an nounced. "I thought so." returned the Scarecrow. "We are as truly their prisoners as we were before the mice frightened them from the pal ace." "My friend is right." said Xick <'hopper, who had been polishing his breast with a bit of chamois leather. "Jinjur is still the Queen, and we are her prisoners." "But I hope she . cjinnot get at us," exclaimed the Pumpkinhead, with a shiver of fear. "She threat ened to make tarts of me, you know." "Don't worry." said the Tin Wood man. "It cannot matter greatly. If j ou stay shut up here you will spoil in time, anyway. A good tart is far more admirable than a decayed in tellect." "Very true." agreed the Scare crow. "Oh. dear!" moaned Jack; "what an unhappy lot is mine! Why, dear father, did you not make me out of tin—or even out of straw —so that I would keep indefinitely. "Shucks!" returned Tip. indig nantly. "You ought to be glad that 1 made you at all." Then he added, reflectively, "everything has to come to an end. some time." "But 1 beg to remind you," broke in the Woggte-Bug, who had a dis tressed look in his bulging, round eyes, "that th's terrible Queen Jin jur suggested making a goulash of me—Me! the only Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated Woggle- Bug in the wide, wide world! "I think it was a brilliant idea." remarked the Scarecrow, approv ingly. "Don't you imagine he would make a better soup?" asked the Tin Woodman, turning toward his friend. "Well, perhaps," acknowledged the Scarecrow. The Woggle-Bug groaned. "I can see. in my mind's eye." said he, mournfully, "the goats eat ing small pieces of my dear com rade. the Tin Woodman, while my soup is being cooked on a bonfire built of the Saw-Horse and Jack Pumpkinhead's body, and Queen Jinjur watches me boil while she feeds the flames with my friend the Scarecrow!" This morbid picture cast a gloom over the entire party, making them restless and anxious. "It can't happen for some time," said the Tin Woodman, trying to speak cheerfully; "for we shall be able to keep Jinjur out of the pal ace until she manages to break down the doors." "And in the meantime I am liable to starve to death, and so is the Woggle-Bug," announced Tip. "As for me." said the Woggle- Bug, "I think that 1 could, live for some time on Jack Pumpkinhead. Not that I prefer pumpkins for food; but I believe they are some what nutritious, and Jack's head is large and plump." "How heartless!" exclaimed the Tin Woodman, greatly shocked. "Are we cannibals, let me ask? Or are we faithful friends?" "I see very clearly that we cannot stay shut up in this palace," said the Scarecrow, with decision. "So let us end this mournful talk and try to discover a means to escape." At this suggestion they all gath-. ered eagerly around the throne, ' wherein was seated the Scarecrow, and as Tip sat down upon a stool there fell from his pocket a pepper box. which rolled upon the floor. "What is this?" a3ked Xick Chop per. picking up the box. "Be careful!" cried the boy. "That's my Powder of Life. Don't spill it. for it is nearly gone." "And what is the Powder of Life?" inquired the Scarecrow, as Tip replaced the box carefully in his pocket. "It's some magical stuff old Mornbi got from a crooked sor cerer," explained the boy. "She brought Jack tcr life with it. and aft erward 1 used it to bring the Saw- Horse to life. I guess it will make anything live that is sprinkled with it: but there's only about one dose left." "Then it is verj- precious," 6aid the Tin Woodman. "Indeed it is." agreed the Scare crow. "It may prove our best means of escape front our difficul ties. I believe I will think for a few minutes: so I will thank you, friend Tip. to get out your knife and rip this heavy crown from my fore head." Tip soon cut the stitches that had fastened the crown to the Scare crow's head, and the former mon arch of the Emerald City removed it with a sigh of relief and hung it on a peg beside the throne. "That is my last memento of roy alty," said he: "and I'm glad to get rid of it. The former King of this City, who was named Pastoria, lost LANES COLD &GRIP TABLETS GUARANTEED A Threo I 'f- <o ■■ ■ I retiuco weight ® Particular* mailed Iree to any addresa. Hall Cheat. Co. Dent. B-iQ St. Lnait. Mo. SATURDAY EVENING, Harrisbttrg TELEG&APH APRTL 19, 1919 5 | the crown to the Wonderful Wizard, - who passed it on to me. Now the , girl Jinjur claims it. and I sincerely hope it will not give her a head -1 j ache." Sj "A kindly thought, which I greatlv , I admire," said the Tin Woodman. r i nodding approvingly. i "And now 1 will indulge in a quiet 1 , think." continued the Scarecrow, Iv > ! ing back in the throne. , j The others remained as silent and s ; still as possible, so as not to disturb . j him: for all had great confidence in the extraordinary brains of the Scarecrow. And. after what seemed a very : i long time indeed to the anxious . watchers, the thinker sat up. looked This cast a gloom over the entire party. upon his friends with his most I whimsical expression, and said: "My brains work beautifully to day. I'm quite proud of them. Xow, listen! If we attempt to escape ! through the doors of the palace we ' i shall surely be captured. And. as we can t escape through the ground, j there is only one other thing to be done. We must escape through the , air!" He paused to note the effecL of theije words: but all his hearers | seemed puzzled and unconvinced. 1 "The Wonderful Wizard escaped lin a balloon," he continued. "We j don't know how to make a balloon, of course; but any sort of thing that can fly through the air can carry us j easily. 'So I suggest that my friend : the Tin Woodman, who is a skillful ' mechanic, shall build some sort of ' a machine, with good strong wings. to carry us: and our friend Tip can ; then bring the Thing to life with his ; magical powder." "Bravo!" cried Xick Chopper. "What splendid brains!" mur- I | mured Jack. "Really quite clever!" said the Educated Woggle-Bug. "I believe it can be done." de clared Tip: "that is. if the Tin Wood man is equal to making the Thing." i i "I'll do my /best." said Xick. ' cheerily: "and. as a matter of fact. I i I do not often fail in what I attempt. | j But the Thing will have to be built I | on the roof of the palace, so it can j rise comfortably into the air." "To be sure," said the Scarecrow, i "Then let us search through the i palace." continued the Tin Wood- ! man, "and carry all the material we can find to the roof, where 1 will begin my work." "First, however," said the Pump kinhead. "I beg you will release,me from this horse, and make me an , other leg to walk with. For in my ' present condition I am of no use to myself or to anyone else." j So the Tin Woodman knocked a mahogany center-table to pieces 1 , with his ax and fitted one of the 1 legs, which was beautifully carved, i on to the body of Jack Pumpkin head. who was very proud of the | acquisition. i "It seems strange." said he, as he watched the Tin Woodman work, I "that my left leg should be the most i elegant and substantial part of me." "That proves you are unusual." returned the Scarecrow: "and I am convinced that the only people ; worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For 'the common folks are like the 1 FAMOUS BEAUTIES RETURNING TO THE ORPHEUM IN "EXPERIENCE" THE MOST UNUSUAL OF MODERN PLAYS WHICH ATTRACTS ALL CLASSES hv. T „ h |tu fw f a® 1 uT f conc . e , rnlnß /'£f p „ e „ rien S e -.". 'lie modern morality drama which is booked for the Orpheum Theater, Tuesday and Wednes - i ."?• „ Wednesday matinee, April and .3 is the fact that it has an appeal for everyone. Plays about lawyers might interest lawvers surcfral li" P ahout * saloonkeeper might interest anti-temperance forces but not church people; a play dealing with a m.n IJS f m, ? h . t - attract surgeons, but here In one play. "Kxperience." is found a play that seems to have a universal appeal During mav wbTeh ,e.ei,t- „ C , f th .. 6 thter - and afte , r studying the drama of many, many generations. It is difficult for one to think of any one meets in daily" life *° Bonerally and draws into the sphere of its attraction and influence, young, old. rich, poor, society people and those Why is this? ' nn.lhone-"rht e e r r 2 Uth ? r of "'P ppri .' e " ce " wi > ll l? inspiration of genius, hit upon a theme which instinctively arouses memories oPjLaThei!• rL.i.t aßisal The a.l Venturis of Youth upon the Primrose Path are both a warning and a reminiscence. To those who have The Sight We. in, t JVI BC °m * v,vld a d sometimes painful reminder of the time they themselves wasted in the pursuit of pleasure. 1 iH • t * ' l * tossing his gold away on a drunken spree, recalls the wild and adventurous days of spendthrift folly. Not only does | ( this act as a deterrment to erring youth, but also as a reminder to old age that such foolishness should cease. leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed." "Spoken like a philosopher!" cried the Woggle-Bug. as he assisted the Tin Woodman to set Jack upon his feet. "How do you feel now?" asked Tip, watching the Pumpkinhead ] stump around to try his new leg. "As good as new," answered Jack. > joyfully, "and quite ready to assist j you all to escape." "Then let us get to work," said j the Scarecrow, in a business-like ! tone. So, glad to be doing anything that ; might lead to the end of their cap- j I tivity, the friends separated to wan- j I der over the palace in search of tit- ting material to use in the construc j tion of their aerial machine. I When the adventurers reassem- It d upon the roof it was found that a remarkably queer assortment of i articles had been selected by the j various members of the party. No | | one seemed to have a very clear idea j of what was required, but all had brought something. The Woggle-Bug had taken from its position over the mantle-piece j in the great hallway, the head of aj i Gump, which was adorned with | i wide-spreading antlers; and this, i with great care and greater diffl- ; cutty, the insect had carried up the ' stairs to the roof. This Gump re- j j sembled an Elk's head, only the nose ! turned upward in a saucy manner I i and there were whiskers upon its > ' j chin, like those of a billy-goat. Why i the Woggle-Bug selected this ar- i , tide he could not have explained. ! ; except that it had aroused his curi- i osity. j Tip, with the aid of the Saw- ' Horse, had brought a large, uphol stered sofa to the roof. It was an I ■ old-fashioned piece of furniture, j ! with high back and ends, and it was i so heavy that even by resting the ! j greatest weight upon the back of the ! | Saw-Horse. the hoy found himself j out of breath when at last the | clumsy sofa was dumped upon the i roof. The Pumpkinhead had brought | I a broom, which was the first thing i !he saw. The Scarecrow arrived j • with a coil of clothes-lines and ! ] ropes which he had taken from the i ! courtyard, and in his trip up the ! stairs lie had become so entangled i ; in the loose ends of the ropes that j I both he and his burden tumbled in i ! a heap upon the roof and might 1 j have rolled off if Tip had not res- | : cued him. The Tin Woodman appeared last, i j He also had been to the courtyard, j : where he had cut four great, spread- ' ' ing leaves from a huge palm-tree i j that was the pride of all the inhab- j • itants of the Emerald City. I "My dear Xick!" exclaimed the i ! Scarecrow, seeing what his friend | j had done; "you have been guilty of ' the greatest crime any person can i commit in the Emerald City. If I ! ' remember rightly, the penalty for I chopping leaves from the "roval : palmtree is to be killed seven times 1 I and afterward imprisoned for life." "It cannot be helped now," ans- ' ■ ; wered the Tin Woodman, throwing! i | down the big leaves upon the roof. • J "But it may be one more reason ■ why it is necessary for us to escape. I And now let us see what you have found for me to work with." Editor's Note—"The Astonishing Flight of the Gump." in which Tip tries the Powder of Life on their ! aerial invention and brings it to life, i j But can it carry them all—or must I j some of the party be left behind ? ! Read and see. The next story tells, j v- I f^AMUSEj^MENTS^ ~, . MAJESTIC High class Vaudeville The Jazz land Naval Octette; Cameron ( lemens and Company in a comedy playlet entitled: "Don't Lose Your ~, e, l ve • three other Keith acts. All of next week Pietro, the cele brated accordionist. . ORPHEUM M " n day evening. April 21. State College. Tuesday and Wednesday. April 22 1 S-Vfi matinee Wednesday ' Elliott. Comstock and Gest offer i •Experience." COLONIAL 1 To-day Grace Darmond in "What i _ Every Woman Wants." I Next Week "Tempest and Sun- i shine." REGENT I To-day Enid Bennett in "Happy i Though Married." , „ , VICTORIA To-day "The Christian." I • Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday —i , Girfflth's Feature, "The Girl Who Stayed at Home." Thursday. Friday. Saturdav Pau line Frederick in "Paid in Full." The Thespians, the dramatic organ- . ization of Penn State, are about to begin their | College Players In twenty - second "The Magistrate" annual tour in P e nn s y ivania. i The trip will commence on Monday, . April 21st. and continue until Sat urday of the same week. One night performances will be given in Ilar risburg. York, Wilkes-Barre and , Sunbury in the order mentioned. The trip will wind up in the School Au ditorium at State College for a home | audience. At a later date, possibly | May 3rd. the Thespians will travel | to Bellefonte for one performance in that place. During the Commence- , ment Week at the College there will 1 be another showing, making a total 1 of seven for the season. j i The play selected this year is "The ; ! Magistrate." a three-act comedy, by i j Pinero, and is one of his most sue- . ; | cessful writings. Special attention I | has been laid upon a true interpre- 1 Home Folks Victory Association I Concert and Dance Postponed The Victory Liberty Loan Committee asked us for the Chestnut Street Auditorium, for their big meeting, Monday evening, April 28th, for which date we had en gaged it for our concert and dance. We replied: "We are attempting to make it pleasant for the boys when they return. The Liberty Loan Committee is working to make the soldiers' return possible. We are willing to help you, because you are helping us. The hall will be yours." Consequently the Concert and Dance will be post poned until a date to be announced later. All tickets sold will be good for the postponed date. Full par ticulars regarding the new date will be announced in due time. JOHN W. TROUP, Chairman. ■j ' ) \ tatlon of the authors purpose. s< that there Is considerable thought be- I hind the light superstructure of the i dialogue. The Thespian orchestra of eight pieces will give selections before show and during intermissions, it is composed of picked musicians from the student orchestra at the College. C. Haddon Chambers, the author of "The Saving Grace," in which Mr. Cyril Maude will appear Cyril Maude at the Orplietim on Coming Monday. April -Bth, re turned to England re cently after a visit of some time in this country during which he super vised tlie rehearsals of "The Saving •• Mr Chniuhers. though still Grace." Mr. cnantoers, uiougu sum in appearance and in thought u young man. has nevertheless been a contri butor to the English-speaking stage for a period of quite thirty years. Hts first success was "Captain Swift," which is still treasured in the inetn- I ories of playgoers. Among his later i compositions have been "The Idler. I "Tlie Tyranny of Tears" and "Pas ; sers-By." [ "Turn to the Right!" rated as tlie I greatest comedy success of the gen eration, will be intro "Turn to duced in this city at the the Itlght" Orpheum starting Thurs day. May Ist for a three- I day engagement. ! The widely praised laughmaker. long delayed by its record -smashing engagements in New York. Chicago, Boston. Philadelphia and other large cities, will be presented with the or iginal cast and production. direct from the Garriek tlieuter. Philadel phia, and exactly as hundreds of lo cal people saw it on Broadway. Producers Winchell Smith and John L. Golden lmve steadfastly refused to organize any "No. 2" companies to reap the harvest which unques tionably awaits the play in all parts of the country. As "Ma" Bascom. the angel-mother who is famed alike for her piety and her peach jam. Ruth Chester, heads the original Gaiety theater cast. Other well-remembered favorites of the Broadway run to be s nt here are .lames H. liuntley as Deacon Tilltnger: Edgar Nelson as Sain Mar tin: DcWitt Newing as "Dynamite Giliy"; and Al. Sincoff as the pawn shop proprietor, together with Miko Donltn. the former major league baseball star as "Slippery Muggs. The remainder of the cast includes Chester Morris. Rexford Burnett. C. \V. Goodrich. George Spelvin. Cecil Dwight. Alice Carroll. Maude Fox and Rita Ross. With plenty to amuse, and much to admire tlie Majestic bill the latter half of this week is Pietro Here proving a popular one. Next Week Some of the attractions listed are Cameron Clemens and Company presenting an amusing sketch entitled, "Don't Lose Your Nerve"; Ford and Goodrich, in songs, dances and comedy; the Jazz land Naval Octette, an aggregation of clever entertainers in vocal and instrumental musical numbers; Pisano und Bingham in a lovely comedy offering, and Sergeant Jack Handley comedy juggler. Pietro. the celebrated accordion player, will be the big attraction all of next week. Veru Sabine, the well known dancer, is also included on the bill. George Drury Hart end Company in a comedy playlet en titled. "I Beg Your Pardon": Madison and Winchester, variety entertainers, and one other act. completes the bill. Grace Darmond who stars in "What kvery Woman Want**." showing at I the Colonial to-day j \t the Colonial only in the type of j .. , woman known as . the blonde beauty. Miss Darmond is a willowy beauty who know a how to! wear clothes as well us to act and her raiment in this provlucMon is the ultimate thing: .in the modhdos art. ] A wonderful creation of filmy and liicy lingerie which she wears in the bedroom scene where her lover h* | trapped after her huslmnt's murder is the envy of the feminine contin- \ Kent. Monday, Tuesday and Wodncs- J i \ Mar >' Holtnea, famous novel is last picturlzed, ' Tempest unil ! Sunshine." and will be sh >\\ n with out any increase in prices. "The Girl Who Stayed at Home," i Griffith's latest masterpiece will be | • shown at the JJ.ere VOt a Girl He Rent The ho Stnyrd nt Home? ater, Mon day. Tuesday , anil Wednesday of next week with an all-star east. This latest production of the Griffith mind is an Arte raft j picture, dealing: with American young 1 j men and women wnose lives are changed and ennobled through the I world war. Into the flint Is poured only such emotional situations as can grow out! of so great a catyclasm as that which the American army brought to an i end on November 11, of last year.; It is tilled with strange and dramatic climaxes, .uvnes that are sensational and daring with all the finesse of the j Griffith art The story is linked about the life of a little French girl who is ' the daughter of an old confederate soldier who moved from the states after the Civil War. Mademoiselle j Blossom, in which Carol Dempster | has been cast, is us petite and charm- : ing a miss as ever won the heart ! of a virile, red-blooded man. But \ she wins the hearts of two men, one ! French and one American, and around i that situation the saddest and at the ! same time the happiest of love stories i is developed. Halph and Jim (trey, brothers, the ■ sons of a New York pacifist, are i thrown into the very mouth of the ; Hell created by the ravaging buns. And in these scenes, us in "Hearts 1 of the World." the actual conditions of the western front ure portrayed | in that realistic fashion possible only to Griffith. One of the tensest of the scenes ' grows out of an attack by a brutal I German officer upon Mile. Blossom, who is serving at the front as a j COLONIAL iiHv Grace Darmond li Hie Thrilling Photoplay That Han the Movie Fans of llnrrlMhurg Talking More Than Any CMlier Feature of the Season WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS You are a Woman anil you unnt something Come nnd see whnt this uomun wanted and how Mhc got It. A Smashing Big Easter Week Special TEMPEST SUNSHINE From the Novel by Mary J. Holmes That Everyone in llarrlsburg Has Rend What Kind of a Sister Are You? Are you a sunshine, full of love and laughter —or are you a tempest, full of hate nnd mnllee. When two sisters in the name family have these opposing forces In their nature u hut kind of a home does It make? You Will See in This Picture Why Mary J. Holmes' Novel Had Millions of Readers No Increase in Prices lOC & 20c as Usual I pwGßirriTgs REGENT 4^ y a^e^ nurse. The impetuous onrush of the Yankees saves the girl and old Cha teau which is her home. The French- | man to whom she is betrothed died i in her arms as a result of wounds | and when Ralph Grey repeats his ! declarations of love, his faithful de- , votlon wins. Running alongside of tlte love i story of Ralph Grey and Mile. Rlos- I soni is that of his brother for a little cabaret singer, Cutle Blossom, which | adds fun and delightful situations | to the big production. Margarine Makers Doing Big Business 'Jiomlun, April 19. Margarine; manufacturers using vegetable oil j und operating under the government ! war formula, are still making about .>,OOO tons of margarine every week, i I At one of the most important ; tuotorlos the buildings cover 50 | acres.. At present market prices, rnnrgar ■ ine is retailed at eighteen cents a | pound; butter at CO cents, both , prices being set l>y the government. WINTERDALE DANCE? Tiles., Thurs. anil Sat, liveiiliigs II \A JO S \AO nit; Ollt'HliSTlt A Saturday livening, April 19th, Admission go and ISO els, Private lessons by appointment ORPHEUM WEDNESDAY APR. 22-23 Evenings. 25$ to 51.50. Seats Now on Sale mm HI ' ■ l -ift .r iiiiiiinun)nniUi3MMwuinnininnmja— amWiLL,AM euiott M% F.FIWR COMSTOCK , A ndMOW,SC6ST ' i! 5* k * I r " R IMsI, , I Preservt NBSt I numeric a j j yty G ! ; j faSSion. MO MASSIVE Scenes 1 XDISTIMCUISHEO COMPANY^ L. PLAYERS>I 3JOYOUSDAYS Saturday Mat. MAYI Mnchell Sntlfh and John L.Golden Present TP UR N TttefSiufife —TO THE To *,m> (spgae to $1.50 IHLJJWI /flHy"** B Scats Tucs.. April 20 Mg&SBP !M( ffHUM BHB SI Mail Orders Now Ml Ml W fflfl RM ■ jab VlAvf MAJESTIC If not you "ill lip uhrn you boar the JAZZ NAVAL OCTETTE XIIMI totliiy in your Inst ehanec =„ PIETRO \ on Know Hint The Man With the Piano A coord eon If You I.lke 111 in We'll Keep Him All the Week— If* up to You. REGENT Special SATURDAY SHOW Enid Bennent IN "Happy Though Married" ALSO "Beresford of the Baboons" Flagg Comedy Admission lOr A 2llr A War Tax
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