12 NEWSY PARAGRAPHS OF THE THEATER AND MOTION PICTURES BEAUTY CHORUS FROM "THE LITTLE COTTAGE" THE BRIGHT MUSICAL FARCE WHICH OPENS AT THE MAJESTIC THEATER TOMORROW FOR A THREE-DAY STAND The scene reproduced above is from the bright musical comedy, "The Little Cottage," which will be the headline Keith act at the Majestic Theater the last half of this week. This act has won much favorable comment from the press throughout the Keith circuit. There are fifteen talented artists appearing in it. most of them pretty girls, in wonderful costumes. The show throughout is spicy and full of laughs. ' ROBERT DOWNING There are plays—and plays; but the play that a-#eals to tha lover of plays is the one that is full of hu manity, a play that "holds as it were, the mirror up to nature" and such a play has Arthur C. Alston se cured for a production to follow "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," in which the aotor-evangeiiist. Robert Down ing. is now so successfully present ing throughout the country. "A Modern Shyiock" is the title of tha latest play that will be pro duced. in which Mr. Downing has a oharacter study, that is unlike any thing this eminent actor has ever done. And the fact, that it was wrt ten by one of Lngland's most noted authors, and produced with distinct success jn London, England, assures its success in America. The play is a comedy-drama, filled with startling dramatic situations and climaxes, and h story that holds one spell bound from the rise to the fall of the curtain. r ■ r Cecil Fanning American Baritone Praised By All Critics Everywhere Initial Harrisburg Recital Orpheum Theater Tuesday, Oct. 7th Tickets .. $l.OO, $1.50 Sigler's Music House J 1 VICTORIA THEATER —TODAY AND ALL THIS WEEK— The Only Picture That Ever Played to An Audience at $lO a Seat AUCTION OF SOULS Featuring the Sole Survivor of 500,000 Armenian Refugees Who Were Captured by the Turks and Sold Into Harems as Low as 85c Each. AURORA MARDIGANIAN This play is based on facts—not fiction. It was taken from the book "Ravished Armenia," which Miss Mardiganian wrote concerning her two years' experience. All facts have been substantiated by American and English investigators- wiKSMwaNiiiiuwwiSin LAST SHOWINGS TODAY OF STEWART EDWARD WHITE'S GREAT MASTERPIECE "THE WESTERNERS" A Story Built On the West and Produced in Its Original Setting TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY EARLE WILLIAMS proves that there is something to the old adage, "When a wolf howls in winter someone must die," in his latest Vita graph starring vehicle entitled "THE WOLF" Lancaster Fair Sept. 30th., Oct. 1, 2, 3. Every Record Is Going to Smash Greater, Broader, More Entertaining and Instructive Than Elver. Fast Races Daily $6,600 in Purses THRILLING, SENSATIONAL, POLAC;: BROS.' 20 BIG SPECTACULAR FREE SHOWS CARNIVAL SHOWS ON THE EVERY DAY. MIDWAY. VAST AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS WEDNESDAY EVENING, "MAYTIME" "Maytime," the brilliant musical success, Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shu bert are to present here for the first time at the Orpheum Friday night and Saturday matinee and night de rive its title from the fact that the story of its four acts of episodes transpires in the month of May. Not only are all the scenes in that month of blossoms, each act takes place on the twenty-first day of May in more I than three-quarters of a century pass, however, between the day in May in which the play opens and that in which it reaches its climax. "May -1 time" is an original narrative of in- I gerited affections whereby grand ! children realize the happiness that I blighted romance denied their known of femine playwright before. Rida Johnson Young, one of the better ] known of femine playwright, wrote i •Maytime." and she went far oft the I beaten path to fashion a story that is novel and freshly appealing. 1 r.e musical enbellshment for the plav 1 Is by Sigmound Romberg. Edward P. i Temple staged the play under the dt i rection of J. J. Shubert. "Maytime" I will be something that every theater ! goer here will want to see. 1 "AUCTION OF SOULS" HAS NATIVE ATMOSPHERE ' Fascinating scenes showing primi- j I tive farming as it goes on in Ar- I menia are features of "Auction of - , Souls." the picture baring the Ar- | menian atrocities, which were per- . petrated by the Turks, which will I ' be presented at the Victoria Theater t I all this week. How sheep are herded, as In the J i time of Christ, how goats are har- | I nessod to quaint little wagons, how I the corn is ground in ancient mills, and close-up views of old Holy Land architecture are shown. "THE UNMARRIED MOTHER" "The Unmarried Mother," in four i acts, opens its engagement at the , Orpheum for two nights and two mat-! inees. commencing Monday, Septein j ber 29. with matinees daily for la- I dies only. At all matinees a lecture i will be "delivered on "Motherhood.": I This plav dares to treat in a frank ] j and interesting way with the sub- I Ject of children born out of wed- | lock. "THE FALL OF BABYLON" LATEST GRIFFITH WORK [ "The Fall of Babylon," Is the latest addition to the D. W. Griffith cycle of super-spectacles that found Its forerunners in "The Birth of a Na tion," "Intolerance" and "Hearts of the World." Interest in "The Fall of Babylon" is especially keen locally, because of the announcement that it has been secured for a special en gagement here at the Colonial theater beginning: next Monday with "Kyra" appearing in person in a program of classic dances. In this most recent of his big spec tacular productions Mr. Griffith turns from the smoke of battle in "Hearts of the World" to the highly colorful splendor of the days of Babylon—the dancing girls, the baecnanalian feasts, the wails three hundred feet high, the sensational chariot races, ALCOHOL GROWS ON TRERS Alcohol In these days has attention from governments in diverse ways. England has a committee studying the possibilities of increasing t\ie pro duction of alcohol to be used in gen erating power. The opportunities discussed by the committee are interesting. Of course potatoes, artichokes and cereals came in for attention. But it seems there are less known sources of alcohol. For example, there Is the flower of the mahua tree, which flourishes in Hyderabad and the central part of India. This flower when sun-dried, contains fiO per cent, of its weight in fermentable sugar, and approximately It is to be gathered by the ton. Then there (are the fertile gosee of the coke [ovens. They ere eo rich in surprises fiJLBJtfSBTTRG Ishtar's temple, the great halls mere than a mile In length, the gigantic alabaster statues, and the varl-color ed lights that play and glow upon the fountains singing with wine. In accord with his former policy, Mr. Griffith has assembled for "The Fall of Babylon," a distinguished company of players, among the prin cipals Constance Talmadge, George Fawcett. Mildred Harris. Tully Mar shall, Pauline Stark, Seena Owen, Al ma Rubens, Kate Bruce. Alfred Paget, Klmo lancoln and others whose names have become established with the higher grade of motion pictures. In addition to these players will he seen a quarter of a million supernumera ries in the assemblages for the Feast of Bclshazzar. A special musical score adds ma terially to the enjoyment of the spec tacle. to the everyday man that it is not very startling to learn they contain ethylene, which by synthetic proces ses somewhat developed under the stress of war may be converted into ethyl alcohol. With the coal beds about to pro duce alcohol, and the trees of India fairly blossoming with it, the man with a motorcar may quiet the fears aroused by the scientists' figures which show that we are in sight of the end of petroleum and gasoline. There is nothing like being easy in one's mind. —The Nation's Business. IT TAKKS GRIT "Couldn't you put up a bluff?" "No. I haven't the •and."—Cartoons t Magna ina. ORPHEUM and to-morrow with daily mtinees Robert Downing in "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," and "A Modern Shyiock." Friday night and Saturday, matinee and night, Sept. 26 and 27 Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert present "Maytime." Monday and Tuesday. Sept. 29 and 30 —"The Unmarried Mother." , Wednesday evening only, Oct. 1 - | William Hodge in "The Guest of I j Honor." MAJESTIC , High Class Vaudeville —Kennedy and Nelson, two speed boys; Thornton, and Thornton, comedy variety ar- 1 tists; Eddie Buzzell and Peggy I Parker in "Where's There's a I Will;" Australian Stanley. "Too ] | Full for Words," and the Sterling | ■ Saxaphone Four." Coming to-mor- j row —"The Little Cottage," a rau-i] sical offering with fifteen people and three other Keith acts. COLONIAL To-day postively last showings of I Stewart Edward White's famous ' novel, "The Westerners." Thursday, Friday and Saturday Earle Williams in "The Wolf." All next week—"The Fall of Babylon,' a great D. W. Grifilth production. VICTORIA To-day and all this week "Auction j of Souls," the only picture ever I shown in America at $lO a seat. | REGENT To-day—Double Attraction Marion Davies in the Paramount-Artcraft Special, "The Dark Star," by Rob- ; ert W. C.iambers and the Mack Sen- 1 nett comedy, "Uncle Tom Without i the Cabin." To-morrow. Friday and Saturday —! An all-star cast in the Super-Spe cial, "The Turn in the Road." I Jules and Baptlste had bid Annette | "au revoir" as they departed into ' the wilds to set their | At the Colonial traps. The former j I was her brother, the j latter, her lover. They little sus- | pected that a shadow would some , day fall on their horizon. But when j they returned they found .a mound j on the side of the mountain. It was 1 her grave. And so Jules and Bap- | iste started on a man-hunt. They : swore to mete out terrible vengeance upon the beast who caused their their loved one's death. They swore to hunt the wide world over if nec essary until their mission was ac complished. And they wandered to the cabin of Andrew -MacTavish. The Scotchman's daughter, Hilda, had . long fascinated Jules. But who was this stranger, Mac- Donald? Could he be the wolf? He was wily and never gave an inkling of his exprience with the girl he had wronged. He even forgot the inci dent in his search for a new adven ture with Hilda. So Jules had a dou ble purpose. To save the girl from his clutches and to mete out ven geance upon him. for he discovered J ho was on the right track. The wolf i had howled at night and this means | that some man must die. How this I picture is brought to an end* is told. In a striking climax. See Earle Wil- I liame in "The Wolf" at this theater, starting to-morrow. Robert TV. Chambers' story, "The | Dark Star," and the Mack Sennett j Comedy, which; Doable Attraction have formed the at the Regent delightful double I attraction at the j Regent Theater for the last two days j will be shown there for the last times to-day. The program. In changing to-morrow, brinss the great play, "Tha Turn in the Road, here for the last three days of the week. . , Marion Davies does the best work | of her career in the Paramount-Art- , craft Special, "The Dark Star." The j film version in this instance seems j better than the novel. Everyone of the intense moments portrayed by Chambers have been excellently de vised and acted for the screen. It is a picture filled with mystery, intrigue and daring with a beautful love story. rnf niVIAI ALL NEXT WEEK—STARTING MONDAY V-J JU V-/ JI Li THREE SHOWS DAILY—MATINEE AT 2:3O—NIGHTS, 7 AND 9:15 DAVID WARK GRIFFITH'S MOST rema OF K THE E A™ CTION A story of a mountain girl who loved a kind and nearly lost her happiness. The most costly screen production ever made, representing , a cost of approximately $2,000,000. An enlarged and revised edition of the marvelously thrilling episode of "Intolerance." IHEFALLOFWL BABYLON Without a Doubt the Greatest Scoop of the Season—l2s,ooo Men and constant Taimmi K e, one of th cast and Women 4,000 Dancing Girls of At the Feast of Belshazzar—7,soo Horses and Charioteers in the Sensational Chariot Races —The Walls of Babylon, 300 Feet High—Fountains Sparkling With Perfume and Wine —The Virgins of the Sacred Fires. wjr A The incomparable dancing marvel will dance the "Dance of Indulation" at each |C Y IV' £L performance—Kyra is considered one of the best dancers now appearing in x m this country. Three Showings Daily Slight Increase In Admission For Next Week MATINEES 2:30 n • ♦ t .un (Doors Open at 1) Owing to the enormous expense of this super-production it will EVENINGS 7 and 9:15 necessary to increase, the prices during its run. All CfN (Doors Open at 6) parts of theater Cecil Fanning Coming in Recital .) ' ®T J . . . ; i^K£|{ HMpj | n^Bi Cecil Fanning, an American bari tone known all over the country, and highly praised by" critics, will make his Initial Ilarrisburg appearance in the Gipheum on Tuesday evening, October 1. Columbus, Ohio, is proud of Fan ning and Fanning is no less proud of Columbus. With the advent of the war he practically gave up everything else to devote himself to the organization of cantonment concerts for Camp Sherman, which was situated near Columous. and to the development of community singing in Columbus. In the latter he achieved the astonishing lesult of maintaining a participation of over cne-tenth of the entire popu lation of the city. The attention of the government was attracted and result ed in Mr. Fanning's being appointed as leader of community singing throughout the United States. Today-ROBERT DOWNING in "TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM" To-morrow "A MODERN SHYLOCK" MATS 25c and 50c MGHTS 25c to $l.OO WIIKS4SNTS LAST APPEARANCE STERLING SAXAPHONE FOUR A Musical Offering That Is Full of Ginger and Pep New Show Starts Tomorrow Featuring I JfinnilTC iT? 0 ",! 1 for ff t tha THE LITTLE COTTAGE a lively musical comedy farce with 15 people, most beautiful girls j "how^'from 0 the^to 0 "^ 00 ill handsome costumes | in admission for this special feature. REGENT REGENT REGENT LAST TIMES TODAY—DOUBLE ATTRACTION MARION DA VIES IN "THE DARK STAR" The Mack Sennett Comedy, "UNCLE TOM WITHOUT THE CABIN" TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY You'll see An All-Star Cast in An innocent ?e33 "THE TURN II THE ROAD" his own child. A Super-Special lence fail - The beautifully told story of a man who sank into the depths in search of truth and found it in his own home. SEPTEMBER 24,1919. EAGLES PLAN TO GREET SOLDIERS Reginald Wright Kauffman. Novelist, to Address Mem bers of Columbia Aerie Columbia, Pa., 3ept. 24.—Susquo hanna Aertc, No. 291, Fraternal Or der of Eagles, has completed ar rangements for the welcome homo reception and demonstration for re turned soldiers who were members of the aerie. There were sixty in the war and of thut imber four d'ed in the service. Memorial serv ices will be held for these Ir tlio publ'c park, Thursday afternoon. Oc tober 16, at which I.ieutunant Co lonel C. N. BerntheUol, district at torney of Lancaster county, will de liver the oration. Addresses will alei be made *JT Reginald Wright Kauffman, the nov elist, and Ruth Wright Knufftran. A reception and banquet will be held in the home In the evening, and there will be community sing ing and atr address by General E. C. Shannon. The exercises will close with a street dance. Fnda yia- ^ MESSRS. LEE AND J. J. SHUBERT OFFER THE MUSICAL PLAY OF NEVER ENDING JOY MAYTIME Book by Rida Johnson Young Score by Sigmund Romberg WITH EILEEN VAN BIENE Supported By An Excellent Cast Together With a Young and Beautiful Chorus Sends You Home With a Laugh SAT. MAT 50£, 75£, $l.OO, $1.50 NIGHTS 50£, $l.OO, $1.50, $2.00 PROPER UPBRINGING Children should be seen heard," said the severe parent. I "But spoech should be canlttvated to some extent You canTt expect them all to develop Into moving* picture actors."—Washington. Star. MASS MEETING The Brotherhood of Hatlwmj nnd Steamship Clerk*. Freight Handlers, Kxpreaa nnd Station Employes. MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS Wednesday Evening, Sept. 24th,, 1010, nt 8 O'clock Technical High School, MUSIC Vocal and Instrumental SPEAKERS Mr. Roberta, formerly V. 9 , labor Commlaaloner to the Porto lUcan Government, and Mrs. Mae F. Hughes, general organiser.
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