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POOR EYESIGHT
CAUSES TRUANCY
Campaign Is I ntlor N\ y to
Aid Low Visionotl
Children
The delinquent, nine times out of
ten, is the defective. If your young
offspring prefers fishing: to the halls
of learning, if he lacks the avid
thirst for knowledge which as the
son of an intellectual father he
should be expected to show, the
chances are the cause is not just
cussedness, hut perhaps* detlcient
eyesight.
Many and variously dire are the
results of optical imperfection. Not
only truancy and tiie want of am
bition. but disturbances of the di
gestion. stupidity and eveu convul
sions may be caused by abnormal
organs of sight.
At the animal meeting of the Na-
Heals Running Sores
and Conquers Piles
Also Stop. \lt lldiinc of Eczema
Almost Immediately
"T felt it my duty to write veil a
letter of thanks for your wonderful
Peterson's Ointment. I had a running
sere on my left leg for one year. I
began to use Peterson's Ointment
three weeks ago and now it is
healed."—A. C. Gilbrath, 703 Reed
Street, Erie, Pa.
I'd rather get a letter like that,
says Teterson of Buffalo, than have
John D. Rockefeller give nie a thou
sand dollars. It does me a lot of good
to be able 1o be of use to my fellow
man.
..For years I have been selling
through druggists a large box of
PETERSON'S OINTMENT for 35
cents. The healing power in this
ointment is marvelous. Eczema goes
in a few* days. Old sores heal up
like magic; piles that other remedies
do not seem to even relieve are speed
ily conquered.
It stops chafing in five minutes and
for scalds and burns It is simplv won
derful. Mail orders filled bv Peter"n
Ointment Co., Inc., Buffalo.'x. Y. ,
our favorite smoke can be
had at your favorite place at the
same old price of Seven Cents.
King Oscar Cigars
are sustaining their 27-year-old
reputation for quality and in
creased production is trying to
keep up with increasing favor. ,
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THURSDAY EVENING,
tional Committee for the Prevention
of Blindness Dr. Thomas 1). Wood,
of Columbia University, chairman of
the Joint Committee oil Health
Problems in Kducation of the Na
tional Council of the National Kdu
cation Association and of the Amer
ican Medical Association, brought
o\it, too, t tie tragedy of the fact
that in only a small proportion o
the live or seven millions ot' sehoo.
children with vision defects have
these defects been recognized soon
enough to prevent more or less pet
muneiit. detrimental consequences.
The child who sees only partially
is being given mure attention ol late
than of yore. The general tendency
has been until recently to divut
school children into two classes, the
seeing and the blind, and the see
ing. however little they saw, * ia '' e
been expected to compete in the
school room with the normal visioneil
child. The result was discourage
ment and finally lack of interest.
Now there are being formed
throughout the United States, the
Philippines, Cuba. Porto Rico. Mex
ico. .Canada and China what are
called "sightsaving classes." for
which tevt books are printed in
headline sized type.
These hooks for the low-visioned
child are expensive, and because
there is not the sentimental appeal
in a child who sees at all that there
is in the blind the public has not.
so far., e ontributed lavishly for the
benefit of the partially blind child,
although they outnumber the blind
four to one.
Keeping: the low-visioned school
graduate out of "dead end jobs Is
another ntw. good work. Positions
are found for them in which tne>
are least handicapped and in which
there is least eve-strain.
Winterdale Dances
Waring's Pep
Instrumental and
Vocal Orchestra
OF TYRONE
MALE QUARTET
anil Two Soloists
THI RS., FRI. AND SAT. EVES.
DECEMBER 4, 5. 6
Admission 50c and 75c
One of Nineteen
Held in Election
Fraud Pleads Guilty
Brand Haplds, Mich-. Dec. 4.
Twenty defendants, many of them
prominent in the official life of Mich
igan, appeared before Judge C. W.
Sessions in Federal court yesterday
to plead to indictments charging cor
ruption. fraud and conspiracy in
connection with the
(lection of Truman H. Newberry,
United States Senator from Michi
gan.
With one exception, the defend
ants. who include a prominent
• ■'.ergyriian, either stood mute or
pleaded not guilty and were re
leased on SI,OOO bait.
Willis A'. Capron, of Frankfort.
Mich, pleaded guilty to three, of six
counts dealing with activities in the
primary campaign.
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. Serviss
A fourteen-year-old boy,- of New
Tork City, writes me this*.
"P am much interested in astron
omy. To get my friends together
so that X could teach them aud they
could ask questions. 1 have started
a club which I have called the Jun
ior Astronomy Club. It is getting
along tine, and we meet about three
times a week, in a good place where
we chn see the whole sky. I teach
them what 1 have learned, but two
things I- don't understand: (I) What
are the rings of Saturn made of?
and Is there a planet farther
away than Neptune?"
1 should like to see a hundred
or'a thousand such clubs as young
Edward Maeaughey's Junior Astron
omy Club, but since it will probably
be a long time before they come
into existence—after mankind has
grown considerably wiser than it is
at present—let me do what I can for
this unique example.
The resolution to met out of doors.
I 'n a good place to see the sky. was
j an admirable way of beginning. Yon
must start with the stars, with the
tun and the moon and the meteors,
and a comet whenever one is on
view.' The mathematics can wait,
and one can do a great deal in as
! tronomy with very little mathe
j matics. The first thing is to lift
I both the eyes and the minds of the
| observers to the sky. It is amazing
(how little attention the vast major
ity of men and women give to the
I marvelous celestial spectacles dis
played for them every clear night.
If they notice the heavenly bodies
at all it is only with regard to their
terrestrial aspects.
What I mean is this: Take Mark
Twain's splendid stories of the ad
ventures of "Tom Sawyer" and
"Huckleberry Finn." That fasci
nating pair are frequently out un
der the midnight moon, or the
twinkling stars, but they never think
of them except as shedders of more
or less light on the dark and devi
ous' - way of "Tom Sawyer's Gang."
Their author made them, in this
respect, as in so many others, ab
solutely true to uninstructed human
nature.
Nobody looks at the moon as ln
i teresting in itself, but only as a
beautiful, skiey ornament of the
night. Even the poets go no higher:
•'The dews of summer night did fall;
The moon, sweet regent of the skv.
Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall,
And manv an oak that grew there
by."
That is very beautifnl from an
earthly viewpoint, and it pictures
perfectly the ordinary impression
that the moon with its light makes
on people. It is the complaisant,
sensuous, self-limited satisfaction
and appreciation that cat has when
lying on a Persian rug tinder a
golden lamp before a comfortable
tire, all these things being as naught
except insofar as they contribute to
her enjoyment.
If you are going to teach astron
omy you must make your students
comprehend the interest that the
heavenly bodies have in and by
themselves. Explain whatever re
lations they have with the earth,
of course, but above all explain
what they themselves are and
make plain the fact that the earth
is but a small affair in comparison
with the majority of them. The
moon is an attendant of the earth,
though she has had a wonderful
career of her own: the sun is the
master of the earth: the stars are
other suns, many of which are hun
dreds and even thousands of times
mightier than our sun.
I once knew a man who protest
ed against "this astronomical talk
about the littleness of the earth."
He didn't like it. He said that the
earth, because it is the home of
man. is really the biggest thing in
the universal That Is like the
king of a cannibal island, located
in the midst of a vast ocean, sneer
ing at and. from a safe distance,
boastfully defying the great civil
ized nation, far beyond the horizon,
rumors of whose existence have
come to his ears. "This is the cen
ter of the world." says the king of
the little island, "for am I not
here!"
Tt is not a good plan to lead your
learners to suppose there are
beings like us dwelling among the
multitude of the stars. We know
nothing about the inhabitants of
the star depths: and it is not nec
essary to speculate about them be
cause the starry systems are so
immeasurably vast and splendid
that in themselves, in their won
derful organization, in the varying
colors of their members, in the
evidence which they show of evolu
tionary development, in the amaz
ing grandeur that many of them
have attained, they must make us
tremblingly grateful that God has a
thought to spare for so minute a
cosmic speck as the earth!
The rings of Saturn are evidently
composed of vast numbers of small
bodies, something like meteors,
circling in an endless swarm
around the planet.
It Is not positively known that
there is a planet beyond Neptune,
but certain irregular movements of
Neptune suggest that there Is an
outer planet pulling upon it
ENTERTAINS AT EVENING
New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 4.
East night Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mc-
Cfbe entertained at their home in
Third street. The rooms were at
tractively decorated with Christmas
greens. The guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Glenn Flckes, Mr. and Mrs. Emery
Miller and son, Richard,, of Harris
burg.
POSTMASTER GETS DEER
Oakvillc, Pa., Dec. 4. —D. Ray
mond Fogclsanger, Postmaster at
t.his place, shot a t point buck
weighing irso pou ids, Monday morn
ing near Miltrr',4 Sand Rank In the
region of Shippensburg. Fogel
sanger claims to have shot the first
deer of the sofoon.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
NEWSY JOTTINGS OF THEATER AND SCREEN
ORPHKUM .
; io-niglit only—George Broadhurst!
| presents "She Walked In Her
1 bleep. a farce of a thousand
laughs. .
To-morrow and Saturday—"Cinde-;
l'ella.' benefit of the Sunshine So-i
; ctety.
: n S—lrvln S. Cobb's famous play. |
i .i v . s AVill Be Boys." adapted from!
I the .Saturday Evening I'ost story of!
, the same name. I
! ru .AT, " ext . Thursday—"Oh! What a
. uiri. l Positively the greatest inu
sieal comedy of the season.
I , , MAJESTIC
cl\.. K . rad r yaudeville—Mullen and.
,w ° versatile comedians in.
a novelty offering: four other Keith!
acts and the tlrst episodes of "The
White Secret '" featuring Pearl I
Starting next .Monday and running!
burg*"' "Who's Who in Harris-f
„„ , COIXJNIAT.
I,,V' p, to J? , ?C r, I ,w ,ind Saturday—'
■\t i ickford in "in Wrong."
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of
"'n, Constance Talma.ige in
Ihe I irtuous Vamp."
■ VICTORIA
To-dav and all this week—Double at
traction: "The Mystery of the Yel-i
■? w S 0o ?\ and the "rat two-reel
iiTiV E Io >'d comedy, "Bumping
into Broadway.
\J1 d o? ' Tuesday and Wednesday—l
William larnum in "Wings of "the
Morning.'
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of!
nr. . .? re ''. k —.Anita Stewart in
Mind the Paint Girl."
_ . REGENT
To-day. to-morrow and Saturday—l
£?, Üb K a . t T actiou: Wallace Reid'in!
„f;he Aalley of the Giants" and
' alty Arbuckle in "The Hav
seed. ' |
M V,!l day, J Tueaday. Wednesday and
rhursday of next week—Oer&ldine
larrar with I/OU Tellegen in "The!
1 lame of the Desert."
"irrOttS' DID TOMORROW i
I the endorsement of Presi- •
deut Wilson. Actors'. Day to-morrow!
promises to be a huge success. The
Artists Fund of America is making
a one-day drive in the theaters
throughout the United States for
$1,000,000. this money to bo used tot
further their work of caring for old
and dependent actors. The actors of I
tho. American stage, thousands of!
them, have added a wonderful story |
to America's part in the war. More ;
than 1.500 of them went overseas,
withott pay, as entertainers to hole!
keep the doughboys in good spirits..
Collectively they gathered several i
million dollars in various war drives)
and campaigns. They are now going'
to he repaid but in an unusual man
ner. A large percentage of all the I
money taken in at the local Wilmer
and Vincent theaters to-morrow twill i
be donated to this fund. The fund
was started thirty-six years ago and
since that time has provided homes
for thousands of destitute actors who
have fallen in ill health or are too!
old for further stage service.
GOES TO WEST VIRGINIA
FOR MISICAI, COM 10$' I
C, Floyd Hopkins, general manag. r.
of the Wilmer and Vincent interests!
in Marrisburg, went to Martinsburg, I
West Virginia, yesterday to make ar- I
rangements with the Billie Allen Mu
sical Comedy Company, who have:
been presenting some wonderful mu
sical comedies this season, to arrange
their latest show for a vaudeville of- !
fering. The vaudeville offering is to
be on the same order of those pre-1
sented by the Jimmie Hodge com
pany. In case Mr. Hopkins makes
negotiations the offering will bo |
played in every Wilmer and Vincent
theater in the State, including Har-1
risburg.
JACK PICKFOni) IN "IN WRONG"
Jack Pickl'ord starts a. three-day.
run uV the Colonial Theater to-day in !
his latest starring vehicle. "In!
Wrong.'' This picture Is a sure fire
cure for the bluee and Is bound, it is j
said, to set the most sedate, fans <
roaring with laughter. Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday of next 1
week. Constance Talmodge, star of j
numerous laugh rollicking comedy
farces, will be offered in "The Vir-1
tuous Vamp."
GERAI.DINK F ARK An
COMING TO THE REGENT
A notable cast appears with Ger- |
aldine Farrar in her greatest tri
umph. "Flame of the Desert." which
will be shown at the Regent Theater
the first four days of next week.]
Foremost in the supporting cast is ;
her husband. Hou Tellege.n. Harris-j
burg audiences need no introduction
to either of these celebrated stars.
Macey Harlam. who will be remem
bered for his performance with Mar
jorie Rambeau in "Eyes of Youth." |
and also for his appearances in "The i
Wanderer" and "The Yellow Ticket." I
i another noted star who appears in
this photoplay. Edythe Chapman
and Alec Francis are w ell known to ;
local screen followers.
The Housekeeper
With Full Bins
—is not worrying about the!
appointment of a United States
Fuel Administrator and the in
troduction of war restrictions to
meet the situation created by the,
coal strike and the scarcity of
coal in many communities.
Everyone was advised to fill
their bins when there was
enough to go around. There is
still an ample supply if house
keepers get what they need to
i see them through the Winter
without further delay.
The future is most uncertain. :
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I N II % II It IMI I HCi
E'eiile l>e Millo. whose production.
"MAle and Female.has been booked
for an early showing In Harrlsburg.
reaches \\ hat is supposed to be the
ueme of perfection in motion pic
tures. Me. l>e Mille is well known
locally, as in the early days of
vaudeville some cdglu or ten years
ago he and .lesse now one of
ine most widely known men in mo
tion pictures, produced big girl airs
..which played at the Orpheiim The
ater when that was a vaudeville
house. These men visited I larrisburg
as often as eight times a season, now
both are at the top of the motion
pieture ladder. Hundreds of loeac
people are well known to these moil
as they considered Harriaburg their
second home and always played the
lirst engagement here when they had
a new act, as they considered llarris
hurg's vaudeville patrons a repre
sentative audience and when Itarfis
burg liked the sjiow. New York was
bound to acclaim it. It is probably
due to the interest and criticism of
local vaudeville patrons in the early
days that ever macje De Mille and
l.asky household names to anyone
when speaking of motion pictures.
Although "Male and Female" is the
greatest picture thus far produced
this season. Mr. I>e Mille is anxious
to know just what Hnrrisburgers and
his former friends, will think of his
latest contribution to the silver
screen.
MYSTKKY PICTUHK
DItAWS II IK <*ltO\YD<
"The Mystery of the Yellow Room"
has been drawing enormous crowds
at tho Victoria Theater this week,
and has entertained them highly.
This picture is of the mystery type
and baffles nil attempts at solution.
Fohpled with this attraction the lirst
two-reel. SIOO,OOO comedy ever made
by Harold J'iloyd is being shown, en
titled "Bumping into Broadway."
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week William Farnum, the
highest salaried actor in America,
will be shown- in "Wings of the
Morning."
REGENT
Today, Tomorrow and Saturday
DOUBLE ATTRACTION
WALLACE REID
'THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS'
A picture of majestic power, of blood-stirring conflict, of
tender appeal to the heart. You will find plenty laughs in
seeing
"FATTY" MMCKIE
In his new comedy,
"THE HAYSEED"
Monday MPVT \\T IT 17 V Tuesday
Wednesday 1 WLI LJ Thursday
GERALDINE FARRAR
Supported by her husband,
LOU TELLEGEN
J in
"THE FLAME OF THE DESERT"
Plan now to see Geraldine Farrar's greatest triumph.
Better than "The World and Its Woman." Played one week
at the Stanley Theater, Philadelphia, at high prices. A more
costly production than any of the other great Farrar suc
cesses.
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, PASSED Til 10 HAT
"Do you know what 'buskin* Is?"!
Harry Kelly asked 4 the interviewers
lately. w The chief funmaUer in the'
Messrs. Sliubert's latest musical |
comedy, "Oh! What, a Girl." whhiit
will be the attraction at the Orpheuiu
next Thursday night, sat in his
dressing room, wearing his rural i
make-up. his ancient %frock coat ami
trusty "plug" hat, awaiting his cue.
" Buskin.' let'me explain." he con
tinued. "is just another term for
passing the hut. Ami that's the way
I earned my lirst salary as a come
dian when i was t n years "id. I ana
three other hoys about the same age
I decided we'd get up a quartet, and
■we went down to t oncy Island, and
other outdoor places to try our luck
with the crowds. Often we had to
walk home, but that experience cer
l tainlv did create an early appetite
for the stage that has stuck to nie
like a i elation in distress ever since.
"At any rate, it wasn't any worse
than my school day experiences.
Nothing could have been worse. 1* or
I was thrown out of every school on
.the Frist Side of New York, where I
was born I remember how my pool
old grandmother used to cry to get
I them to take me hack. She would
scrub my face bright and shinv i\ l in
; laundry soap, and then lead me uatK
to school where she would plead with
(the teachers to give me anotner
I thancp. But I continued going to the
! bow-wows. 1 was always fat ino !'
j interested in stray dogs than in
school books. I used to pick up all
the lame and one-eyed mongieis
jeould find and bring tlmm liome. l
wasn't allowed to bring them into
the house. Instead. 1 w<Mlld .lit.
around outside on the steps with
them, and I'm sure they 'V n-fa or
sympathy for me as 1 bad tor
them."
jF.mv IKBUKLK AMI
' WAI.I.ACK HI M) AT HBChl I
I "Fattv" Arbuckle will share t •
honors if the double altratUonattlie
i Resent Theater to-day. to-moi row
'and Saturday with Wallace Retd. Ih<
celebrated comedian will
-The Hayseed.'.' his n ewe stole lure
1 which was written and dir. i ted
DECEMBER 4, 1919
" Fatty' himself. u l,s been rated
a* a genuine laugh maker.
Nt allure lleid will be seen lit ills
newest Parnmount-Arteraft picture.
"The Valley or the Giants.' It h.\
been said that this charming photo
play will transport the spectator into
the land of the bis;- redwoods of
noithem California. The photography
hua been especially praised.
ORPHEUM THEATER
-Tif cur *gg>
KJ MM Mmd Performance
WALKED IN HER SLEEP
TIIK MOST BEAUTIFULLY (it)WXKI) SHOW IN AMERICA
FRIDAY—DEC. 5. 6—SATURDAY
MATIXEE SATOKI>.\V
CINDERELLA
BENEFIT SUNSHINE SOCIETY
SEATS NOW SEI.I.INti Prices—.">oc, SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00
MAJESTIC THEATER
TODAY. TOMOKKOW AND SATURDAY
I irst Episode of ,5 __ KEITH ACTS 5
r™ 1 I I Everyone Ileadliners
111 l Just For I nit See
™NIII FN
WHITE m
in the last serial she will make I - 1 B |
THE \nfl N \
BLACK SECRET 1 uni,u u
THRTLLS! THRILLS! THRILLS! and laugh till it hurts
SHOWING HERE ALL NEXT WEEK
'WHO'S WHO IN HARRISBURG'
The picture showing several hundred local business men— also
your chance to win some Christmas money—sso in prizes—Watch
for it.
COLONIAL THEATER
TODAY, TOMORROW AND SATURDAY
WERE YOU EVER IN
JACK PICKFORD
was and still is in liis latest farce of peculiar circumstances,
entitled
"IN WRONG"
A picture that will make you laugh until tears trickle down
your elieeks
NEXT WEEK—CONSTANCE TALMADGE in
THE VIRTUOUS VAMP
Double VIPTADI A T ° day and
Attraction f fV, 1 \JI\I A AH Week
THE MYSTERY OF
THE YELLOW ROOM
A picture that you can't guess tlic ending until you have seen the end.
The type of picture that will make you think.
ALSO—A REEL LAUGH FEST
HAROLD LLOYD
IN
"BUMPING INTO BROADWAY"
M O N., T U E S., W E 1).: T H U R S., F R 1., 6 A T.
WILLIAM FARNUM ANITA STEWART
Highest Salaried Star In America Harrlsburg's Ever Popular Star
"WINGS OF"MORNING" "THE PAINT GIRL"
Two of the Best Productions Now Playing
NEW SEItIAI. ST t UTS
TODAY AT MAJESTIC
The flrst episodes of a new and
thrilling stunt serial featuring the
greatest serial star of all times.
Pearl White, will be shown at the
Mujeetir Theater the last half of tins
week, starting to-day. This is lha
last serial Miss White will make be
fore leaving the serial studios tor
short feature productions in which
she Is to he starred.
" Five Keith acts complete the show
at the Majestic. If you are looking
for laughs then see Mullen ami
Francis, the eccentric nut comedians
who occupy fourth place on the bill.
The entire show is of the highest
type and is one of the best shows
to play here all season.