AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC Tomorrow afternoon uud ' veiling, •' Freckles.'' Friday afternoon and evening, "The Charming Widows'" (Burlesque./ Entire week of Nov. 2, Myrkle-Har der Stock Co., in a repertoire of successful plays; Monday after noon and evening, "Elevating a Husband.'' ORPHEUM Every afternoon and evening, high class vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily continuous 'audeville and pic tures. v '' Freckles'' If you are not familiar with the "Freckles" of the story, you should know t'liat "Freckles" is the only name tiio lad ever knew until his parentage was disclosed through the efforts of the "Angel." The story of the play is m uple and altogether charming. The s.-one is laid in the depths of the virgin forests known as the " LimberloSt." " Freckles" secures the work of pa trolling the boundaries of the tract for a lunvoer company and by sheer pluck, though minus one hand, lost during 'babyhood, safely protects the big trees from the lumber thieves. One dav in the forest lie finds the "Angel,'" a young girl, who was wandering in the 'woods, and the storv then weaves it self about them. Adv. "The Charming Widows" "The Charming Widows," a new 'burlesque production, comes to tthe Ma jestic Friday matinee and night. The show is one of the tip-top attractions 011 the burlcsqup circuit and has been cre ating a furore all along the line. It is equipped with new scenery, striking cos tumes and unique electrical effects. Probably the largest number of per tormers in any burlesque organization is carried by this companv. There are twenty pretty, shapely and vivacious young women iu the chorus, any one of whom would be qualified to act as an artist s model, and they sing and dance ■well, too. The costumes, which are bright and new, contribute largely to the success of tlie performance. Adv. Myrkle-Harder Stock Co. A glimpse of I'ie blue of the bay, with a sky suffused with the radiance of sunset from a small island called Moses Island, a little girl named Mary, in dis tress of mind, as fine an old salt as ever sailed the blue, a craJbbed old wmcle, a listless indolent aunt arid a gawky lover begins the New York suc cess, "What Happened to Mary," ■which is now being played by the Myrtle Harder Company at Cumber land, IMd. Owen Davis in writing ''What Happened to Mary," embodied in the play a remarkable combination ©t humor anil heart- interest. Each play jproluced has had extended runs in New York City at two dollar prices, and it is tthe first time they have ever been produced at popular' prices. Complete production and electrical effects are car ried for the pieces. Paul Armstrong's, "The Escape," a wonderful story of unwise marriages. The pulpit, press, public should not miss this great play. Lottie Blair Parker's "Under Southern Jpkies." Millions have laughed and grieved at this great Southern produc tion. David 'Belasco's powerful play of the west, "The Gir! of the Golden "V\ r e»t." Louis Mann's latest New York dramatic triumph, "Elevating a Hus ''and: Cohen and Harris. "Stor Thief," a play of inysterv, drama and laughs. "Elevating a Husband" will be presented on Monday afternoon and night. The reserve seat sale will open at. 9 n. in. Friday, Adv. At the Orpheum Included in the all-star bill at the Orpheum this week is our old friend, ' ' ou Anger. LOll is one of those Ger tiran linguists whose tongue gets-twisted sometimes and whose gratnmatrieal con struction ge>ts turned upside down, es pecially does he have these accidents When he waxes enthusiastic or real elo quent, and then mind you, his speech is about war. Lou is said to know more about war than Germany does, that's why he came to America, ille appears before the footlights in soldier uniform and for fifteen minutes gives an oration about war that is causing an upheaval of laughter at each performance. " Look at the men who go to war," he says. " I'hey must have good destitutions once before they can go to war, niice and tall, perfect lungs and all that, and then they can go to the front. And only the good men go to war, and the cripples and hunchbacks they must stay home. And then when the war is over, everv bodv gathers round the palace aiid vhouts, long live the Czar! Long live the Emperor! Long live the King'" And the poor fjMows that nrc left after the war is over, where are they? Why they are o ut in the woods somewhere cutting themselves an arm or leg." And Ix>u has scores of other gags, some of them screamingly funny, and others that arei as truthful as thev are laughable. On the same bill 80; hie Barnard, 'the beau i t iful nrima donna with a voice like a bird, has a budget of good songs; Mrs.' Gene Hughes and company offer a fine .-oniedy splendidly enacted, entitled " Lady Gossip;" John Ilenrihaw and Grace Avery present a pleasant variety I skit, and in fact the whole offering is a noteworthy one. Adv. At the Colonial "The Fun Shop," a joyous and rol- j licking musical -omedy, heads the cork- j ing Keith bill that is appearing at the 1 < olonial theatre. Two other acts 011 the same bill have won favor with local vaudeville devotees, while the newcom-' ers on the same offering are equally as viever and are growing to be fast fa -1 vorites also. But the mirth, talent and j pleasing little musical comedy that leads the van of excellence is in itself I worth the time and price. Dorothv ! Brenner and company; Barnard and] Hearth and .loe Kenendy are the other artists of this same bill. There's an: interesting and varied program of li-> censed films slated to appear at the! Colonial to-day also. Adv. A Severe Loss As a nation the United States has i suffered a severe Joss in recent vears. I It has lost the phrase, "1 cannot af-1 tonl.' When the housewife to-day j finds an article she needs too expen-j sive for her to purchase she does not,' say so. She hems and hedges, bu? 1 does not come out with the frank and convincing statement, "I cannot, af-j ford." She thinks she cannot afford 1 nowadays not to afford.—Chicago I Tribune, BARGAIN OFFERS CAREFULLY BEAD Increased Interest Is Taken by Advertis-i ers and Subscribers in Prize Contest CASHAWARDSARE i MADE BY JUDGES: '' Letters Selected as Being Most Con -11 . , ] vmcing and Concise Were Written j • | by Mrs. Mary Yost, William L. Kay i f and Mrs. Page *' ! 11 ' lose and careful reading of the ad-1 - vertisements which appeared on the r Star-Independent's Bargain and Educa • tional page last Wednesday is apparent I in the many letters received by the s Bargain Editor, selecting what the j 1 writers thought to be the best bargains 1 1 j on the page. Better reasons were giv- L ' j en as a whole in this contest than in I the previous one, and the judging of j the prize winners was made more dilli- j cult. The winners, as selected by the j i - judges are: First prize, ?3, Mrs. Mary j - Yost. 015 Dauphin street; second prize, 3 $2, William L. Kay, 1855 Market j 1 street, and third prize, sl, Mrs. Page,! ' 912 Mav street. 1 Many Commendable Letters Many letters otlien than these were j • submitted which were commendable. 111 ! picking the winners the judges select | ed the letters which gave the most con vincing arguments in the most concise • form. Lengthy letters are not necessary to be comprehensive. Contestants should J also bear in mind that the best letters , a|, e those which strictly stick to the | ( point, telling just what is considered 1 the biggest bargain, and just why that particular choice is made. Increased interest in these weekly I contests is being taken by advertisers' . j and by subscribers. The firms whose! 1 : announcements appear 011 the bargain • | page are well pleased with the atten-1 tion the advertisements are receiving,' J and readers of the paper are showing 1 great enthusiasm in selecting what thev i 1 consider the best offers. Opportunit'v i ; is again afforded in to-day's issue of! th,. Star-Independent for readers to se j lect thp biggest bargains on the bar ! 1 gain and educational page, and the! j I many liberal offers give room for plen ! | The winning letters in last week's j contest follow: ( j First Prize-winner The Bargain Kditor: ' Dear Sir— J The best bargain 011 your page must •| Continued on Tenth Pn«;e. c. v. yy/j rj CAHLISIiRR DIED SUDDENLY ; Painter Taken 111 While At Work In New Castle Carlisle, Oct. 28.—\ telegram rc | ceived here by John Herman, informed I I him that his brother, James Addison j 1 Herman, of this place, died very sud denly at New Castle, at which place! | he had gone to work on a painting con- , Mr. Herman left Mechanicsburg, j m Sunday evening for New Castle seem-j • ingly in the best of health and the' - j news of his sudden death was received j 1 | here with a shock to his family and j - i relatives. Mr. Herman w : as wejl-known here' < and just recently conducted a restau- j rant 011 North Hanover street. He was ! • | at various times employed by the bor-! ! j ough. ' j Death was due to heart failure. He i ' 1 was 55 years old. Surviving him arei '| his wife and daughter, Mrs. Harry Do- ' ! I wait. Three brothers, John, of this 'j place; Harry, of Philadelphia, and j ! harles, of Mechanicsburg, and a sister, j , Mrs. Oliver Jauss, of Philadelphia, also j survive. ,! Ready for County Institute , j C'hambersburg, Oct. 28. —The six . tieth annual session of the Teachers' Institute of Franklin county, will con j vene in C'hambersburg the 16th of next 1 j month. Superintendent Smith has com ; pleted the program. The leading in ■ structors will be Dr. O. T. Carson of 1 •j Columbus, O.; Dr. E. B. Bryan, p'resi ;j dent Colgate University, and Dr. Ezra j Lehman, principal of the Normal school, at Shippensburg. Prof. Robert B. Mc-j i Dovvell, of Pittsburgh, will have charge | ! of the music at the day sessions. | ! Whirled By Belt; Dead (■ettysburg, Oct. 28.—Five hours after he was caught in the main drive belt at the mill of David McCleaf, sev | eral miles from Fairfield, John Stras j baugh, 25 years old, died at his home | Monday evening. His skull was frac-' ! tured and death was the result of con , ! cussion of the brain. Young Strasbaugh was employed I j about the mill and the fatal accident ; occurred as he stepped across the belt | i running from the fly wheel to the en-1 i : gine. He misjudged the distance, and j 1 was caujht by the rapidly moving belt! and thrown twenty-five" feet through j the air, landing on his head. Insulted the Horse As an illustration of the veneration | with which the Argyll family was re ! i garded in Roseneath parish years ago 1 Principal Storey, then minister of the. i parish, used to relate that one of his i' ! parishioners in detailing to the duke'si | factor some grievances he had sustain-! j ed from a neighbor added, "And, mail-1 than that, he had the impudence tae strike me in the presence 0' his grace's) horse."—Westminster Gazette. j ARDMORE COLLARS' FOR SALE AT CfIDDVIC 3rd St. and runni d walnut TTARRISRURfi STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY KVTCNINfi. OCTOIWR 28: 1914. JHE STAR INDEPENDENT'S FREE BIBLE CERTIFICATE printed on another page, together with the stated amount that covers the necessary EXPENSE items of this wonderful distribu lon, jiirluding clerk hire, cost of packing, checking, express from factory, v etc:, entitles you to vour choice of the beautiful books described below. I his is not a Bible with meaningless pictures. 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The il- lustrations consist of the full- V——— ——— / page plates and maps approved by the Church, without the Tissot and text pictures. It will be dis tributed in .the same bindings as the Protestant, books and at the same Amount Expense Items, witli the necessary Free Certificate. NEW CUMBERLAND The Rev. A. R. Ayers and Family Ten dered a Reception Last Evening Special Correspondence New Cumberland, Oct. 2S. —The con gregation of Trinity I'nited Brethren church tendered their new pastor, the Rev. A. R. Ayers, and family a fine re ception last evening. The auditorium i of the church was prettily decorated i with fall flowers and potted plants, (i. YV. Hcffleman was master of ceremonies, j The was given: Or- 1 gan prelude. Miss Rhoda Desenberger; I singing, "Blest BP the Tie That j Binds," congregation; prayer, the Rev. i J. R. Hutchison; address of welcome, the Rev. S. N. Good; response, the Rev. i A. R. Ayers; music, Men's Chorus; reading, Mrs. Harry Senders; address, the Rev. A. (i. Wolf; solo, Miss Helen Lech thaler; address, the Rev. J. R, Hutchison; music, Men's Chorus; pi ano solo, Miss Claire Hoerner; hymn. I "All Bail the Power of Jesus Name.") After this excellent program the entire congregation, numbering about F>ftO. was invited to the social room of the church which presented a scene of beau ty. Autumn leaves' were profusely used in the decorations and from each elec tric bulb, which was covered with pink paper, was suspended a spray of moun tain berries of blight scarlet hue. The Rev. .1. V. Adams made a brief prayer and about twentv-flve young ladies formed in line and served th e large au idienee with excellent refreshments. The ! Men's I horus entertained by singing sseveral humorous selections, after which I they all shook hands with the pastor 'and his family and returned to their | homes. | Mrs. C. li. Smith has returned from j a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Edward | Berry, at Shippeusburg. | Mrs. .1. W. Wright entertained Mr. j and Mrs. Harry Troup and family, of i Harrisburg, at dinner on Sunday. Dr. J. 11. Voting visited friends in Chambcrsburg and Siiippensburg this ! week. Mrs. Plough, of Carlisle, visited her parents, the Rev. A. R. and Mrs. Ayers, at the United Brethren parsonage yes terday. Samuel Waeker and son, of York j county, were guests of Mrs. Kate Sny | dor yesterday. MECHANICSBURG ! Liberal Contributions to the Christmas Ship for War Orphans Special Correspondence. Mechanicaiburg, Oct. 28, —'After the long term of pleasant weather, the sud den cold wave took most of our people 1 unawaies. Furnaces were started, stoves I put up, plants taken indoors, roses 'bank ed and geenral preparations for winter were hurriedly made. The Rev. .l-oseph H. Prilce, pastor of Allison Meßhodist church, Carlisle, filled the pulpit of the Metthodist church in this place last evening. The monthly meeting of the local Ministerial Association was held at the | 'parsonage of St. Paul's Reformed J chure'h on Monday evening. The Rev. : iVIr. Adam, pastor of St. Paul's, read I a very excellent, paper on "'The Prog j ress ot Church Unity." An election of 1 officers resulted as follows: President, ! the Rev. Charles Ranch, of the Ohurc'h I of God; secretary, the Rev. L. M. Dice, I of-Grace Evangelical church. It was de- I cided as heretofore tlhait union Thanks giving services will be held at 10.30 a. m. on Thanksgiving Day. The serv ices to be held in Grace Evangelical church, tthe sermon to 'be preached by t'ho Rev. H. Hall Sharp, of Trinity Lu theran church. The orchestra of the Odd .Fellows' LlO