12 Tech High School Notes The Story Telling Club has ar ranged for programs to cover the next fourteen weeks. Vice-president Keller and Secretary Weintraub re main from last year, and they will direct the affairs of the organisa tion until new officers are elected. Professor Bowman is the faculty di rector. The French Club, whose"member -1 ship Is limited to students of the French language, has re-elected "Haps" Frank as president. The i secretary is George Germer, and ! the treasurer Leon Malick. Profes sor Meikle will direct the activities of the organization in the interest of the French language. The Tech Tatler Club, composed , of 35 members of the school, who will publish the school paper bi monthly. have elected Blair Hefkin, editor-in-chief. Milo Matter is as sociate editor, and "Bus" Snyder sports editor. The remainder of the staff will be picked at the nekt meeting. The first issue will come from the press the latter part of this month. E. E. Knauss has charge of this club. The Sophomore Dramatic Club, supervised by W. E. Strawinski. has begun work on several plays to be presented before the school during the coming year. All of the mem bers are students of the second year class. Cown is president: Cless. vice-president, and /Graeff, secre tary. Paul Kunkel is president of the Mathematical Recreation Club, and John Paul, vice-president. Wendell Taylor is secretary. L. B. Nye di-i rects. The Tech Debating Club will ar gue weekly, and many times in be tween. Leroy Strawhecker is pres ident and W. Clyde Rife, secretary. Professor Billow is adviser. One of the first organizations to be active this year was the Edison Club, that studies all phases of elec i trlcity. Its membership is limited jto boys who are studying the suh ■ Ject. W. B. I.ongeneeker is the di rector. Officers of the club include: Ernest Baker, president"; Ross Mc > Cord, secretary; sergeant-at-arms. (John Sknne: reporter. Willard 'Thursh; assistant, Stoner; treasurer, f Kraber. and vice-president. Leib. The Stamp Club will be directed I this year by J. D. Renninger, and at ithe meeting yesterday, Daniel Burk ! holder, one of the most enthusiastic ; stamp collectors of the school was! ! elected president. He served as the .first president last year. William • Sowers is vice-president: Henrv De [Laney, secretary, and Havard Sei ners. treasurer. Stamps of the [United States will he discussed at tthe next meeting of the philatelists. Various phenomena of natural :history will be discussed by the Na tural History Club during the four seasons of the year at Tech. In ithe early fall and spring the boys, •will discuss birds. During January , and February, stars will be studied. In spring flowers will also be dis- j i cussed. Frank Gregory, Robert Kel-I N. Y. Compositors Are Defying "Big Six" By Associated Press. Xew York, Oct. 6.—Efforts to in tduce members of Typographical T'nion No. 6, who have quit their jobs on simultaneous "vacations" ■out of sympathy with the strike of the so-caJled "outlaw" pressmen's and feeders' unions here to return to work met with resistance on the part of the members at a crowded meeting to-day of "Big Six." "We will continue 'vacationing' luntil the demands of the pressmen, j feeders and ourselves are met by the employing printers." said the! compositors in defying President Leon H. Rouse and other officials, i who ordered the men to return to; work in a statement which assumed the form of an ultimatum. Ex-Kaiser Adheres to Title, "Majesty"j Geneva. Oct 6.—Count Wilhelm Ho. 'henzollern still adheres to the title "majesty" Letters and messages sent out in his behalf by the chief of his suite are of the same old high-sound ing. flamboyant tenor that marked his c- rrespondence when he was emperor. This is shown by the following tele prara sent in reply to an expression .of loyalty: "His majesty graciously consented to take cognizance with deep emotion of the renewed pledge of faith by the Foetety of Catholic Noblemen of Muenrter (Westphalia)." World's "Riffraff" Seeks to Enter U. S. Washington, Oct. 6.—Undesirable liens of every nationality, the "riff raff" of the world, are waiting at a dozen foreign ports to gain admis sion to the United States under the present lax passport laws, as soon as the Peace Treaty is ratified, according to a statement issued by Representa tive Albert Johnson, of Washington, chairman of the House committee on immigration and author of a bill to make the immigration laws more stringent. Von Eckhardt Says Mexico Continues to Favor Germany Washington. Oct. 6.—The "pro-Ger manism" of President Carranza of ■Mexico and his offic'al associates is declared by former German Minister von F.ckhardt, who directed the anti- American propaganda in Mexico dur ing the war. according to the Ham burger Fremdenblatt, which gives the text of a lecture delivered by the former minister to Mexico. Von Eckhardt asserted that "to-dlay the country is still pro-German and tho sympathies for German" will not be killed." Mother Contributes S2O For Each of Two Sons Mrs. Hary Hain, 421 South Thir teenth street, is one of the first (mothers in this city to have her sons' !names taken off tho roll in the (Chamber of Commerce by sending 's2o for each of them toward the [erection of the Memorial in State street. Mrs. Hain has one gold star in her •two-starred service flag, her son Grover Cleveland Hain having died In the service. The other star is for John Herman Hain another son. |m*A* Gilt I,S ACT AS ÜBCOYS FOR D'AXXUXZIO Finnic, Oct. 6.—Legions of Flu man girls are enticing soldiers to desert from the ranks of the Italian armv forces, stationed at Abbazla and other (points on the armistice line, in order 'to increase Gabriellc D'Annunzio's army of occupation. WHOLE FAMILY GASSED By Associated Press. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 6.—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cardinal and five chil dren are dead as a result of as •phyxlation from gas wh'ch escaped from a broken pipe in their home Utiere on Saturday. MONDAY EVENING, ler and Roy Mlnning are the officers who will assist Professor Grubb. One of the oldest of the organlza tlons at Tech Is tne Camera Club. So many of the boys are Interested In the camera that two clubs wore formed. Mr. Leswlng and Mr. Mc i Cune are the advisers. For Camera I Club No. 1, Luther Kraber, Melvtn Spengler. Russell Lippi and Cyrlll . Guarin are the officers. Directing ! No. 2 are W. Keller. Carlton Grad ner, B. A. Rich and C. Frankenburg. The Tech Gun Club has one of the largest memberships In the school. Assisting Professor Shreiner will be "BiH" Douglass, president; Anthony Wilsbach, vice-president; Howard Derrick, and Leslie Foland, secre taries. Twenty-nine boys of the school be long to the Cartoon Club that was such a success last season under the direct'on of J. W. Campbell. The boys decided to start the year by copying faces and expressions. William Bowman is president; Percy Walker, secretary and treasurer; Daniel Krieg. curator: Judges. Lind say Webster. Floyd Hassinger and Harold Kimmel. One of the now organizations is the Business Club. It is composed mostly of boys who are pursuing the business course under Mr. Burris. William Pleani is president; Roy Wagner, vice-president, and John Huston, secretary. President "Buddie" Lingle of the senior class announced to-day that the first of a series of Tech dances will be held at Hanshaw's Hall Monday night. October 20. The af fair will be open to all members of the school, but will be a senior af fair managed by the class officers, who are; "Buddie" Lingle, "Zip" Malick, Hefkin. Baker and Palm. The hall will bo decorated with the school and class colors and music will he furnished by a five-piece musical organization. Professor Harclerode has intro duced the Tech boys to a new song book that is being urged at the chapel exercises. Standard songs, featuring community singing, is its content. John Black is color bearer this year whe na school salutes the flag during chapel exercises. "Bob" Lutz carries the school flag during the singing of "Hail. Dear Old Tech nical." Many of the students of the school will hear Cecil Fanning at Chestnut street Tuesday evening. A new method of handing out the grades to the students will be in augurated this year. Instead of the grades being sent out from the office, each teacher will send out a card each quarter. The card will con tain the grade of one teacher for one subject. In addition to the grade It will also bear the attendance of the pupil, and the teacher's name. These cards will have to be return ed to the teacher with the parent's signature. It is expected that the new plan will bring about a closer co-operation between the teachers and parents. "THF. SMARTER SET" A musical comedy bearing the title of "Children of the Pun." will be the offering of "The Smarter Pet" at the Orphuem next Thursday, matinee and night. To one merely seeking amuse ment, the play will be found satisfy ing. and to others who would inquire into racial psychology of the negro, it is more satisfying; it is in the na t"r a revelation. In "Children of the Sun,' there is an expression of thoughts and perspectives that are negro thoughts and perspectives. It '? one ,°' the most interesting plavs that will visit this city this season. It is funny in the fashion that, is associated with "darky" "hamor. a'tffi original and at times very clever, and all the way through clea'n and with out courseness. The singers are natural. It is not an art that they have to learn, but a thing that, is born in them. There are people in the plav with voices that will almost put to shame singers of other races. Not in the matter of training, but in the natural gift of vocalists. inn Little and .Tack Hoxie, co starring in "Lightning Bryee" at the National Studios, are shooting the final scenes of the eighth episode, un de~ the direction of Paul Hurst. Mary Miles Minter. Director Wil liam D. Taylor and the entire com pany which supports the star in her initial Itealart picture. "Anne of Green Gables." returned to New York City last week. They have been away for almost two months, making ex terior scenes. RACE STRIKE CONTINUES By Associated Press. Paris, Sunday, Oct. 5. Efforts to reach a settlement of the strike of stable boys at racetracks near Paris have met with an obstacle, after the terms were arranged. Four trainers refused to re-engage strikers, but a 24-hour truce has been agreed to so that the public might not be disappointed. At to day's meeting at Longchamps, Ballis Loisir won the municipal council handicap, with Frank Jay Gould's Deilla second. W. K. Vanderhilt. whose stables have not been affected by the strike, did not have any horses placed in the race. OG"" ' V - -7:;-If / 1 " " ; 't HI FANNING IS COMING Great American Baritone Tomorrow Evening, October 7 CHKSTXLT ST. AUDITORIUM 1.21K1 Sent, nt *1) 500 Seat, at $1.50 Entire Gtillery ISOO Seat.) Rr.erved for Student. Under Age of nt Spev'al Price of 5o Cent. SEATS ON SALE AT SIGI.ER'S MUSIC HOUSE NEWSY JOTTINGS OF THEATER AND SCREEN CYRIL KEIGHTLEY IN"A LITTLE JOURNEY" V -x ~V • - h * ■ JW f 4 ,*3R y J I *7ggf 7" ,* ' ' •]' V * Interesting facts of how- the actors and actresses that one sees in the current plays entered the theatrical profession is always the subject of much speculation. Aside from a few favorite stars, whose names are as familiar as our own. but very little is known of the real personalities of the players who visit this city week after week. In "A Little Journey." which appears at the Orpheum Theater on Wed nesday. October 8, for a matinee and evening performance, are assembled a score of players who rank among the highest in their chosen profession. For nearly a year they have played in "A Little Journey" at the Vanderbtlt Theater, New York, in this brilliant comedy by Rachel Crothers. The greater number of them have been associated for years with leading successes in the theater and have appeared in this city time and time again. Take Cyril Koighliey. who plays the role of Jim West, the big-hearted open-handed Westerner. Australia, New Zaland, South Africa, Egypt, Eng land. Canada and the United States know this name which stands for a finished natural, theatrical art. so typically rendered in "A Little Journey." "LISTEN I,ESTER" COMIXG "Listen Lester," John Cort's musical comedy sensation, which crowded the Knickerbocker theater in New York for an entire year will be the attrac tion at the Orpheum on Friday even- ; ing. "Listen Lester" has lively tunes ( with rythms strongly marked, a lot. of snappy, zippy comedy and clever, dancing, which sends its auditors; away iu good humor. The story con-] corns a gay flirtatious widower with j a prettv daughter, who goes to a' Palm Beach hotel to escape pusuit of] a blackmailing manicurist from New, York, who has a bundle of letters, ny means of which she expects to extract j a goodly portion of cash. The at- ] tempts of the hotel employes, whom; he enlists in his service, especially a; burlesque porter, Lester, who is al ways being told to listen to instruc tions to steal these letters, furnish the main portion of the plot. William Seiter, who for tho past eight months has directed Mr. and Mrs.- Carter Pe Haven In their many Comedy successes, has been selected bv William Parsons, president of the National Film Corporation, to direct lUII "'""fUTt TO-MORROW night only JOS. H. GAITES PRESENTS THE INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY KITTY GORDON IN HER TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE SINGING AND SPEAKING STAGE, PERSONALLY APPEAR ING IN A MODERN MUSICALITY "LOVE FOR SALE" WITH JACK WILSON Book bv WILL B. JOHNS- Lyrics and mnste by TOM TONE and JACK WILSON. JOHNSTONE & W. AWBACKER Gorgeous Production of 16 Beautiful Scenes; Company of 65; Superb Cast of 20 Principals and a Chorus of Young, Natural, Very Human Girls, Born Beautiful and Unspoiled By Art. Prices—so£ to $2.50. Augmented Orchestra WEDNESDAY Tsight OCT. Bth The "Mile-A-Minute Comedy" by Rachel Crothers A LITTLE JOURNEY With CYRIL KEIGHTLEY DIRECT FROM VANDERBBILT THEATER Evening—so£ to $2.00 Matinee— to SI.OO THURSDAY rSfS? OCT. 9th America's Greatest Colored Show i SMARTER SET CO-STARRING SALEM TUTT WHITNEY AND J. HOMER TUTT PRESENTING THEIR LATEST MUSICAL COMEDY THE CHILDREN T % SUN NIGHT—2S< to SI.OO MATINEE— to 50<* — Z - FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY—OCT. 10TH JOHN CORT OFFERS THF, NEW YORK MUSICAL SENSATION ONE YEAR AT KNICKERBOCKER THEATER A FEAST OF RUN AND FRIVOLITY IP LESTER Ry HARRY C. CORT and GEORGE L. STOD -1 DARD and HAROLD ORLOB Pricet, iO£ to $2.00 Augmented Orchestra HAJFLRJBBURG TELEGRAPH Billie Rhodes in her forthcoming pro duction, "Hearts and Masks," from I the novel by that name by Harold McGrath. Constance Talmadge's second First j National picture, which, like "A Tem -1 peramental Wife," is an Emerson ' Loos production, has been definitely ; titled "A Virtuous Vamp," instead of ; "The Bachelor," as it was originally j called. ] World Pictures will have ready for j distribution this coining week a new ! I'rizma natural color picture, entitled j "The Last of the beminoles." Alice Joyce Is making rapid prog ress on "Pride." the story by William P. Courtney. In which she again as sumes the "daughter of luxury' type of character. V. P. Whittaker, general represen tative of Select Pictures Corporation, is making a tour of some of the ; Western exchanges in the Interests I of the sales department. ORPHEUM To-night. Max Brav presents D. Mey rovltz In "Victims of tho World." (Yiddish). To-morrow night only, Jos. M. Galtes presents Kitty Gordon in "Iovo For; Sale." Wednesday, matinee and night. Oct j 8, "A Little Journey" with Cyril; Kelghtley. Thursday, matin— and night. Oct. 9,! "The Smarter Set." Friday night only. Oct. 10. John Cort ' offers "Listen Tester." Saturday, matfnee and night. Oct 11, "Til Say So" with Murray and i Mack MAJESTIC High class vaudeville. Regal and > Mack in "The Book Shop;" Four! Arolos, clever xylophone Quartet* | Murray and Voelk, comedy and, nonsense; Clara Howard, singing j comedienne, end Alexander and ; Srarks. a lively eomodv offering. ! Also second episode of the new si— i rial "The Fa*al Fortune," foatur-1 lrg daring Helen Holmes. COI-ONI AT, To-day and nil this week. Nazlmova.; •he r fn r of a thousand moods In "The Red Lantern." VICTORIA To-d-v. to-morrow nd Wednesday. l "Rntt-- Passions." a wonderful photoplay. PFOUNT All this week. Douglas Fairbanks in I his few nioture "His Majesty, the] American." The Mil which opens at the Ma-! Jestlc theater to-day promises to be] exceptiona'ly good! At the MnJcsilc throughout. The] Four Arolos start' the vaudeville program with an un usual xylophone offering. These men i have a wonderful act which they pre-I sorted in Europe with much success. J Regal and Mack, two well known] vaudeville artists are offering "The | Rook Pboo." a fast moving comedy j playlet. Three other acts complete the' bill. The second episode of "The I Fatal Fortune." the new serial fea-j Hiring Helen Holmes, the most dar ing woman In the movies, is also be- I ing shown. The Victoria theater management is VICTORIA THEATER TODAY—TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY What is U that rules the destiny of man? How It It some men have such wonderful homos? Is It luek? Why can men start with a few cents and accumulate a fortune? Don't fall to ace RULING PASSIONS A Play That will Make Everyone Think. No increase in admission—lo and 20 cents as usual !■——lW—ll—■ 111 Mil 111111 lIIIIIIIWIWIIMIIMWM—III———■———I——HIUBL_ tke star^lf m a, of a feggr ' I ANTCTNI ND S* MAXWELL KARGER, >ert Capellani - lys novei ?-^. r RO WCIUMS COBWRAXMM at —" f\ f f\ |AT f A f ALL THIS WEEK I 111 I 8 111 E !\ I STARTING TODAY V/ U JLI \J 11 1 II L ADMISSION, 15c AND 30c offering: an unusual attraction for thel first three days of At the Victoria this week In their presentation of "Rul- ] Ing I'nsslons," a photoplay that Is dif ferent from the ordinary play. It deals with the one passion that makes some men far above others. This pro duction has only been released re cently r.nd therefore has not as yet been played in New Tork, but It will beyond a question create a furore in motion pictures realms here. No increase in admission has been made for this feature. The prices re maining 10 and 20 cents as usual. Naztmova's new production. "The Red Lantern," now showipg at the Colonial Theator. will At the Colonial shed new und Inter esting light upon tho traits and customs of the Chinese. Looming largo in the story are a number of celestials. Buddhists at heart, but who have embraced Chris tianity, only to return to their orig inal faith when their hatied of the white man ta aroused. The great mass of fact and fancy contained in Edith Wherry's novel has been supplemented by Miss Mathis and M. Capellani with several habit or prejudice depleted upon the weoka of research, so that every In cident, every customer, every racial screen will have the absolute stamp of historical and ethnological authen ticity. Douglas Fairbanks will appear at the Regent Theater all of this week in his newest picture, At the Regent "His Majesty. the American." Great in terest has been aroused here in this picture, as it is the first production released by the United Artists Cor poration. the so-called "Big Four." This production demanded not only very unusual and elaborate settings, but also an especially strong cast. In providing these essentials and also ss it was to be the lirst release of the new concern, "Doug" spared no money in making the picture. One of tile sets is said to have cost $40,000, und there is an array of talent sup porting the great star. The feminine lead is played by Marjory Daw, who has now appeared opposite Mr. Fairbanks in six of his best productions. Heir work in this picture has already won her star OCTOBER 6, 1919. dotn. Sam Sothern, a brother of E.. IL Sothern and a noted English actor, has one of the big male parts. Others of note appearing in the picture are Lillian i.angdon, who played in Fair banks first picture: Frank Campcau, .lav Diviggins and Albert McQuar rie. •VKTIIH OF THE WOHLB To-night at the Orpheum Max Brav will present the celebrated Yid dish composer and playwright, David Meyerovitz, in his latest success, "Vic tims of the World.' This will be Mr. Meyerovitz's first visit to Ilarrisburg, The play to be given is a melodrama In four acts and a prolog. Seeats are now selling rapidly. KITTY GORDON IN "I.OVB FOR SALE" "Love for Sale," a modern inuslcal lty. In which Joseph M. Gaites will introduce the famous International stage beauty again to the speaking stage, nftcr her brilliant sojourn these past few seasons in filmland, will have its first presentation at the Orpheum Theater to-morrow evening. Tne theme of "Ixive for Sale" Is the story of a beautiful woman who has run the gamut of every thrill and seeks relief from boredom. it was written for Miss Gordon bv Will B. Johnstone, who is also rerponsible for that most successful musical comedv, "Take it From Me," and "Jack Wilson." The authors have made use of many unique char acters, among thein the "Rich Man." "Poor Man," "Beggar Man," "Thief;" ~ TONIGHT Presents MAX BRAV MR. DAVID MEYROVITZ The Famous Yiddish Star VICTIMS oi the WORLD SKATS 50c, 75c, SI.OO I REGAL and MARK Present a lively act i "THE BOOK SHOP" FOUR AROLOS clever xylophone quartet 4—Other Keith Acts—4 HELEN HOLMES I In "The Fatal Fortune" ' WINTERDALE DANCES Wallace's Vocal Dance Orchestra (White) of Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday Evening, October 7th Seven of them—every one a singer. This is a wonderful danco attraction. Admission 50c and 75c "Doctor," "Lawyer," "Merchant" and the "Chief." who vie with each other in an endeavor to please and entar tain her. ABOUT NEW PICTURES Darrell Foss is the first actor en gaged by Maxwell Harder, director general, for May Allison's support In "The Walk-Oltg," to bo plcturlzed by Screen Classics. fbouei® Hiixwrii LgJi tat# MAJESTY I THE AMIPICAN' I | ALL THIS WEEK | te First performance dally i| at 10 A. >l. and every two | | jh hours thereafter, | ADMISSION* 25c AND 30c $ | £> ADMISSION 15c AND So< |
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