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HIS EXCESS WEIGHT CONE
Prominent Idaho Physician Sayß He
Reduced 25 Pounds in ;{ Months
Salmon, Idaho, March 2. —Dr. W. C.
Whitewell of this city, former candidate
for Governor of this state, lias let it be
come known that his remarkable ex
perience in reducing 25 pounds in three
months was due neither to dieting, med
icine nor exercises. He snvs that a
simple, invisible device, weighing less
than an ounce, did it. This, when worn
as directed, acts as an effective flesh re
ducer and many prominent men and
women have adopted this easy nutans of
reducing superfluous flesh, and it is
stated the inventor, (}. Burns, ot' No. 14
West Thirty-seventh St., New York, is
sending these outfits on free trial to all
who write him.- —Adv.
HOLD MERCHANT IN BAIL
Accused by Deputy Fire Marshal of
Paying a Bribe
Subury, Pa., I.March 3.—Samuel Ro
sen, a local 'merchant, was held in +SOO
bail by Squire Dewitt, of Sunbury, after
a hearing yesterday on the charge of
, bribery. T. (». Rvan, of Danville, a
deputy fire marshal, swore that the de
fendant. paid liiin $25. to discontinue
a suit against Rosen I'er alleged arson.
Rosen is under bail for trial in next,
.May for the alleged aciting lire to his
store here to get $3,000 in
sii ranee.
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V POSTMASTERS NAMED
President Makes Appointments in Penn
sylvania and Now Jersey
Washington, 'March 3.—Now Jersey
postmasters nominated last night are:
James 1). Maifee, Bordentonvn; Jo
seph Hummel, Burlington: Francis H.
Reed, Mount Holly; A. Halsize,
Klemiingtou.
Pennsylvania postmasters appointed
. last ni(giht are: J. K. t'oatswell. Cali
fornia; Edward D. Noble, Clayville; Al
bert J. Vernon, Donora; W. A. Me-
Adoo, Kittanning; Joseph A. Martin,
Washington; J. Blaine Wise, Mari
anna. /
ECZEMA CURED (AFTER 10 YEARS
MEDICAL TREATMENT FAILED)
WITH oOc BOTTLE OF BESHORE'S
Ten years of medical treatment for
eezenm gave me no relief. Mr. Robert
Spangler, barber, advised me to use
Beshore's. Oho 50c bottle cured me. I
am entirely free from eczema and rec
ommend Beshore's for ec ema and
scalp troubles. Annie (terberiek, 153
E. .Maple St., York, Pa.—A<lv.
12,000 MINE EMPLOYES OUT
Delaware and Hudson Company Says
There Is No Market
Wilkes-Barre. I'a., March 3.—No- '
tices wpre posted at all the Delaware
and Hudson collieries of this section
Yesterday to the effect that operations
have been indefinitely suspended. No
reason is given for the suspension m
the notices, but company oflicials say
that there is no big market fur coal aA
the present time, and that the eompanv
has sufficient coal in (Storage to meet ail
demands of consumers.
Eight collieries in the Wyoming
Valley are affected by the order and
Oibout 12,000 men and boys ure thrown
out of employment. While the suspen
sion is on needed repairs will be made
about all collieries.
FATAIi JOY RIDE ON MOUNTAIN
Young Business Man and Manicurist
Pinned Under Automobile
Uniontown, Pa., March 3.—ln a
wild dash over mountain roads, Joseph
P. Rilev, 27 vpars old, a young busi
ness man of Hcllc Vernon, WHS instant
ly killed and his companion, Bertha
Jones, a Pittsburgh manicurist, was in
jured, when their automobile upset in
Hopwood, near here, at 1 o'clock yes
terday morning.
The couple were pinioned under the
wreckage for half an hour, and when
the car was lifted Riley was dead and
his companion unconscious. Kilev came
here yesterday as a juror at the' March
term of criminal court. He purchased
an automobile at the local auto show
and Sunday night invited Miss Jones
to tako R ride in his new car. She ac
cepted, and together they left Union
town about 8 o'clock. She. will ro
cover.
Stroke Fatal to Retired Merchant
Marietta, March 3.—John Miller,
68 years old, a retire«l merchant, of
West Lampeter, died yesterday from a
stroke. Five children and three sisters
Mirvive.
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HABRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1915.
FIRES CAUSE $20,000 LOSS
Two Ware houses Destroyed in Lancas
ter County
Lancaster, Pa., March 3.—Two de
structive fires occurred in Lancaster
county towns last evening. At Bphrata
•lacob Keller's hig two-story frame to
bacco warehouse was burned. The fire
started, it is believed, by a spark from
a Reading railway engine. Three hun
dred cases of 1900 tobacco and 325
empty cases ready for filling were burn
ed. Loss, $17,000, nearly covered by
insuraiice.
The other fire was at Quarryville, R.
R, Fritz Sons' feed warehouse. The
origin is unknown. Loss, $12,000, only
partly covered by insurance.
50-MILE CHASE AFTER AUTO
Youths Confess to Taking Machine, and
Also to Another Theft
York, Pa., 'March 3.—After an ex
citing chase, which covered a distance
or fifty miles, three automobile thieves
of Wayne, Pa., were captured last even
ing by Detective Charles S. White, this
city, and Oflicer Smeach, Hanover. The
prisoners are Walter Fritz, Harold Ho
gan and Raymond Murphy.
The stolen automobile in which they
were traveling was the property of Dr.
Thomas Aikens, of Berwyn, Pa. Tho
youths have confessed. Tliev also stated
that they were implicated in the theft
of an automobile last Sunday night at
Berwyn, which was owned by Dr. Hob
son, which car was later recovered. Tho
prisoners say they were on their wny
to Baltimore. An offer to sell a blanket
to pay toll put Detective White on their
trail.
AN ENLARGED STEEL PLANT
Thirteen Hundred Men to Find Employ
ment in Western Pennsylvania
Sharon, Pa., March 3.—The Knox
Pressed and Welded Steel Company has
decided to enlarge its plant and double
its capacity. More than 400 additional
men will find employment. The Penn
Meter Company, at New Castle, which
has been in the hands of a receiver, has
been purchased l»y Pittsburgh capital
ists and will resume operations at an
early date. The company 'plans to em
ploy 400 skilled mechanics.
The Atlas plant of the Hazel-Atlas
Glass Company at Washington, Pa.,
resumed operations in full Monday aft
er a shutdown of several weeks, giving
employment to more than 500 persons.
NEW REVENUE DISTRICT
Collector F. C. Kirkendall Makes Scran
ton His Headquarters
Lancaster, Pa., March 3.—Collector
Fred C. Kirkendall, of the Ninth In
ternal Revenue District, who was re
cently confirmed as collector of the re
created Twei'fth District, yesterday re
ceived notice from the Treasury De
partment at Washington to select the
location for the headquarters of the
new district.
Mr. Kirkendall's home is in Wilkes
liarrc. where he would prefer to locate
ihe office, but as Scranton was the
headquarters of the old Twelfth and as
he is really under obligations to put
it there again, there he has decided it
shall go.
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOURS
WITHOUT QUININE
First Dose of "Pape's
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lieves All Grippe
Misery
Don't stav stuffed-lip!
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of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken
every two hours until three "loses are
taken will end grippe misery and
break up a severe cold either in the
head, chest, body or limbs.
It promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages; stops nasty
discharge nose running; relieves
sick headache, dullness, feverishness,
sore throat, sneezing, soreness ami
stiffness.
'Tape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief luiown and
costs only 25 cents at drug stores.
It acts without assistance, tastes nice,
and causes no inconvenience. Don't
accept a substitute.—Adv.
SEEK TO ANNUL CHARTER
Complaint Against People's Railway of
Schuylkill County
Pdttevil'le, Pa., March 3.—A com
mittee of the Pottaville Merchants' As
sociation yesterday appealed' to the
Public Service Commission to annul the
charter of the People's Railway, an old
and wealthy corporation of this county,
because many o*' the streets which the
company was chartered to carry traffic
upon have never been occupied by the
tracks.
It is also charged that the People's
Railway, which owns the tracks of the
Eastern Pennsylvania Railway Com
pany, compels Hie latter corporation to
charge 10 cents fare between Potts
vlllo and Mar Ijin, a distance of only
two miles. Manager Rockwell, of the
Eastern Pennsylvania Railway Com
pany, stated to the merchants that his
company is willing to cut the fare in
half if arrangements can be made with
the People's Railway Company.
ANGRY WOMAN BURNS BARN
Had Made Threats and Confesses After
Arrest
Suntury, Pa., .March 3.—As an act
of revenge, Mrs. William (tademan, a
well-known resident of Rushtown, this
county, applied a match to the large
l>arn of W. 11. Gulick, and before the
tire was discovered the flames had gain
ed such headway that the building was
destroyed, together with practically all
its contents, including five cows, nine
hogs, 500 bnsihels of oats and quantities
of wheat and rye. The barn was one of
the largest and/finest in this vicinity.
Monday night Mrs. Hademan, who
lives close to the Gulick farm, appeared
at th e latter'» house and made threats.
Yesterday morning after the fire she
was arrested, and before a local Jus
tice she confessed haviing fired tho
•barn. She is now in jail. State Fire
Marshal T. G. Ryan, oif Danville, is
making a further investigation of the
fire.
DRYS GAIN FOUR CIHES
Only Sixteen Out of 24« Places in Ver
mont Now Wet
Burlington, Vt., March 3.—Prohibi
tion gained four cities in the city and
town elections held in this State yes
terday. Complete returns give six
teen cities and towns out of 24 6 wet.
Last year there were twenty places wet.
Mlontpclier, which was wet last year,
switched by a narrow margin into tho
dry column, and Benuingtou reversed
the process by joining t'he wets. In
Burlington the license vote carried the
day by the narrow margin of twenty
five votes.
Rutland, tilie second largest city in
the State, remained wet by three
votes. Other ot .he important places
which are wet arc St. Albans, Ver
gennes, Colchester, Shoreham, Fair
haven, Brighton and Isle 'Lamotte.
Among the towns which went back
into the dry column after being licensed
a yeair were Waterbury and S wanton.
In Burlington A. S. Drew, Republic
an, was elected Mayor iver Howard S.
Crane by a majority of 816.
FOOTPAD ATTACKS GIRL
Assailant Escapes After Being Bitten
on Hand
Reading, Pa., March 3. —Miss Mary
Rheinhart, IS years, is in a serious
condition the result of 'being at
tacked by an unknown footpad at the
entrance to the subway beneath the
Reading railway tracks here yesterday.
In the scuffle Miss Rheinhart I>it hor
assailant on the hand and was knocked
into the gutter. The g;rl was on her
way home from high school w*hen the
assault occurred.
Morris Gift, a ball player, gave
chase, but the villain escaped.
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TWO WIVES, CHARGE SAYS
Divorce Papers Reveal Queer Matri
monial Adventures
Ebensburg, Pa., March 3.—Papers
filed by L. Verd Rhue, master, yester
day in tihe divorce case of Nonnie Noon
vs. Fred L. Noon, ot Conemaugh town
ship, allege hhat February 1, 1913,
Noon murried Nonnie Dickel, his un
cle's housekeeper, in Pittsburgh. The
same day he persuaded her to go to her
parents' home in Savage, Md., until he
could provide a home for her in Johns
town.
Noon, on February 10, 1913, mar
ried Bertha Hammer, of Jothnstown, in
Uuiontown, and took her with him to
his home north of Johnstown. Tho
Diickel girl remained with her parents
till her was born and then went
to Johnstown to find her husband,
When she found him with another wife
and baby.
NO IMMUNITY TO STEGLER
Man Wbo Confessed Passport Frauds Is
Promised No Leniency
New York, March 3.—Richard P.
Stegler was brought to the Federal
Building yesterday afternoon and clos
eted for two hours with Assistant
United States District Attorney Roger
B. Wood and Charles H. Griffiths, liis
counsel. Stegler amplified his previous
statements and frankly confessed to his
part in the passport frauds.
•Mr. Woods declared no promise of
immunity has been made to Stegler.
Several legal actions, it was learned
yesterday, are very likely to follow the
arrest of Mrs. Stegler. She conferred
with her counsel last night with a view
of instituting a suit for false ari'est and
imprisonment against the men who ad
mit they decoyed her into a compro
mising situation.
FALL KILLS MERCHANT
Captain Howard M. Hersh Rose in Na
tional Guard From Ranks
Allentown, March 3. —Captain How
ard M. Hersh, member of a large liard-
I ware firm, fell on the sidewalk near
the postoilice early yesterday. It was at
| first thought that he was suffering from
| vertigo, but a fracture of the skull was"
discovered and ho was removed to the
i hospital, where he died last night.
He was a son of Henry D. Hersh and
j was an enthusiastic National Guards
| man, rising from private to command
| of Company D, Fourth infantry.
ROBBERY ATTEMPT FAILS
! False Call Made to Lure Wilmington
Doctor Into the Country
Wilmington, Del., March 3.—Dr.
Willis Linn has reported what looks
like an attempt to lure hi.ni into the
country ami rob him. The doctor got a
call to come to St. George's, as a son
of Governor Miller had been injured in
an automobile accident.
The doctor called up the home of the
Governor and no one was injured. It is
said that other physicians have been
called in a similar manner and one of
them narrowly escaped a holdup.
ITS CRUELTY TO LOBSTERS
; Eating and Drinking Bouts May Be
Stopped By Law
Albany, March 3.—Senator Brown
has introduced a bill in the Senate
making it unlawful for any person to
conduct an eating or drinking contest,
and for any one to employ a minor to
sell or serve or aid in selling or serving
any liquor.
"I read of the recent lolbster eating
contest," said Senator Brown, "and it
; seeiius some people need to have their
; health protected penalizing lej.isla
j tion."
MILK ORDINANCE ILLEGAL
| Judge at Allentown Knocks Out License
Feature
Allentown, March 3. —In an opinion
j yesterday, Judge Gram an shot to pieces
the meat and milk inspection bill pass
ed by the city council' last May. Tho
ordinance provides for an inspector and
an annual license fee of $5 is changed,
. while some dealers, including a good
many saloonkeepers, were asked to pay
double, especially those who sold milk
oVer the bar and had an eating counter.
The decision enjoin* the city authori
ties from collecting any license fees
from thofe who sell their own products
anil knocks out the sections relative to
adulteration of milk as contrary to
iStnte law. The court suggests a good
deal of amending to make the bill legal
in other ways.
COUNT DE BEAUFORT SLAIN
Former Chicagoan Reported Killed
Fighting for France in Belgium
Chicago, March J.—Count James
Alexander von Mourik do Beaufort, of
Chicago, one-time son-in-law of M. 11.
Kilgallen, a steel magnate, was killed
fighting for France near Nieuport, Bel
gium, according to a letter received
hefe yesterday.
De Beaufort's escapades in Ohicago
cafes with his bulldog "Bob" brought
him into notoriety four years ago. In
1912 his wife obtained a divorce.
Retired Farmer Dies From Cancer
Fair 'Hill, March 3.—Samuel K.
'Hammer, 67 years old died yesterdav
from a complication of diseases and
cancer of the mouth, having suffered
intensely. He was a retired gardener
and farmer, and member of tho Pen-'
ryn Reformed church. His wife, six
ehildron, a brother and ten grandchil
dren Burviye.
Henry T. Good Dies From Pneumonia
Farmcrsville, March 3.—Henry T.
Good, 64 years old, died yesterday
from pneumonia after a short, illness.
Me was a member of the Mennonite
churcdi. Throe children, seven grand
children; two sisters and a brother sur-
I vive. i
MALTAS INSTALL OFFICEBS
Lodge Pays Out SI,OOO in Last Six
Months
Last evening in the council chamber
of Star of America Commandery No.
113, Ancient ami' Illustrious Onier
Knights of Malta, there was a large at
tendance to witness the installation of
ofticers-eloct of Star of America Com
mandery by Deputy Grand Commander
■Charles W. Spangler, assisted by P.
Eugene Gehr as grand captain general,
Edward Cusack as grand prelate'and
William F. C. Liiesman as grand herald.
The following officers were installed:
Commander, Joseph Piefer; generalissi
mo, O. €. Rupp; captain general, John
E. Adams; prelate, M. C. Deiseroth; re
corder, W. S. Fisher; assistant recorder,
F. F. Flegeal; treasurer, 111. J. Fine
frock; senior warden, Joseph Whisler;
junior warden, F. Eugene Gehr; first
guard, 'Linden Hates; second guard,
"L. F. Mover; standard bearer, Clarence
Miller; sword bearer, N. It. iM'iller;
warden, 'H. J. Reneker; sentinel, A. J.
Simmers.
The semi-annual report, which was
read, showed the commandery was in
a most flourishing condition, having at
present two hundred and seventy mem
bers, including forty-two past com
mandos. During the present term of
six months the commandery has paid
almost SI,OOO in relieving sick mem
bers and in addition making a good
investment. IF. F. Flegeal will represent
the commandery at Pottsville in May
when the twenty-third convocation of
the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania
meets. The scarlet degree will be con
ferred upon a class of candidates on
Tuesday evening, March 16.
FEBRUARY REVENUE GROWS
Increased Receipts Filling Uncle Sam's
Strongbox
Washington, D. C., March 3.—For
the first time since July, government
revenues for a month of the present
fiscal year have beaten the pace set
during the fiscal year 1914. During
February the Treasury Department re
ceived in revenue from all sources
$43,036,272, compared with receipts in
February, 1914, of $43,633,857. Ordi
nary expenditures, however, amounted
to $56,137,624, leaving a net. deficit
for the month of about $12,500,000.
The excess of ordinary disbursements
for the eight months of the fiscal year
which ended yesterday, over receipts
for that period, amounted to $53,306,-
622.
Customs receipts for February
amounted to $14,393,395,0r about $3,-
200,000 less than last February. In
ternal revenue receipts ran up to $24,-
625,639, or about $3,300,000 more
than last February. Much of this in
crease was due to returns from the
emergency tax.
The net balance in the Treasury's
general funid at the end of February
was 142.636,065 and the total cash as
sets in the Treasury $ 1,975,859,376.'
FOOT TRAVEL HER LIMIT
Woman of Wt Had Never Gone Fur
ther Than Sha Could Walk
Greenwich, Conn., March 3.—Mrs.
Mary Miller, 96, died yesterday at her
home in North Greenwich. She was
j lw)rn there and was never further away
| from home than she could walk. She
j had never ridden in a railroad train
!or a trolley aer. In her vouuger years
I rJhe often walked to New York City,
I a distance of thirty miles. Lately on
I several occasions she had been picked
! up on the road by automobiles of New
I Yorkers who have estates in this vicin-
I ity and taken for short rides. She said
j that automobiling was the most delight-
I ful experience of her life.
| Mrs. Miller was married at the age
of 14. She bore thirteen children, six
of whom survive her, the eldest being
Mrs. Martin Young, who is 78.
BECKER APPEAL UP MARCH 24
Counsel Agree and Court Sets Date for
Argument
Albany, March 3.—The Court of Ap
peals set March 24 yesterday as the
day for an argument of the appeal for
a third trial for Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker, convicted of the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal.
Martin T. Manton, counsel for Beck
er, said he would be ready for argu
ment March 24, and this date was
agreed on by Assistant District Attor
ney Taylor, of New York.
Bigamist Sent to Jail
Pottsville, March 3. —Raymond Co
j hasy, of Sunlbury, who courted Miss
j Eva Steel, of HatterVinville, and mar
ried her without the formality of get
ting a divorce from his wife in North
umberland county, pleaded guilty to
bigamy in court yesterday and was sen
tenced to serve a year in .jail. The court
will annul Oohaey's marriage with Miss
Steel, who did not know that her suitor
wae already married.
The Stronger Material
A crockery dealer was just closing
up his store for the day when one of
his customers, a grocer, came in in a
great hurry.
"Here,'' said he, "I packed this jar
full of butter and the jar split from
top to bottom. Perhaps you can ex
plain the phenomenon."
"Oh, yes; 1 can!'' was the ready re
ply. "The butter was stronger than
tho jar."—Atlanta Constitution.
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AMUSEMENTS
MAJESTIC
This evening, Thureton, the magi
cian.
To-morrow aftornoon and evening,
"The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine.''
Saturday afternoon and evening,
"l>amaged Goods."
Monday, March 8, Relkin Yiddish
Company.
Tuesday afternoon and evening,
March 9, "Twin Beds."
ORPHEUM
Every afternoon and evening, high
cluix vaudeville.
COLONIAL
lSvery afternoon and evening, vnmlt)
ville and pictures.
VICTORIA
Motion Pictures.
PHOTOPLAY
Motion Pictures.
REGENT
Motion Pictures
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Thurston, the Magician
Thurston, the magician, will close liis
local engagement at the Majestic with
a matinee and night performance to
day. The popularity of Thurston is
readily understood after witnessing one
of his performances. The absence of
sameness is strikingly noticeable, every
act is different from the one preceding
it, for while one astounds and astonish
es, the rest may be of such a'n amusing
character as to throw the audience into
a convulsion of laughter. Thurston is
conceded to be the peer of entertainers
in his claims. His genial manner, his
mode of execution of the various tricks
and illusions and the great amount of
humor he throws into his work with his
delightful patter adds to the general
excellence of the program.
This year Thurston is presenting a
more bewildering array of new myster
ies than ever before the most promi
nent are "The New Woman," "Noah's
Vision," "Balaam and His Donkey,"
"Animated Sketches," "The Evolu
tion of the Negro." "Aerial Fishing,"
"The Chocolate Soldier" and "Crea
tion." —Adv.*
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
In Eugene Walter's dramatization of
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,"
the widely read novel by John Fox, Jr.,
the author of "The Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come," you see presented on
the stage tho typical mountain com
munity of the Virginia hills. Tho priini
tiveness of the "people is shown in all
its pk'turesqueuoss and charm and you
■will love Juno and her kin folk far more
on the stage than you did [when you
■wandered with her through the pages
of Mr. Fox's delightful story. In her
characterization of June, Miss Dixio
Gompton emphasizes the wild mountain
girl's longing for the knowledge of the
world outside of her mountain environ
ment and which is, after all, the strong
est motive of mankind. This dramatic
success comes to tho Majestic to-mor
row afternoon aDd evening.—Adv.*
"Damaged Goods"
Richard Bennett's New York Com
pany of co-workers, comes to the Ma
jestic on Saturday afternoon and even
ing in Eugene Brieux's great sociolig
ical drama, "Damaged Goods," which
has created wider interest than any
other play produced on the American
stage within the last decade. The New
York "Times" has described it as the
play which initiates a new epoch of
civilization.
"Damaged Goods" is a powerful
purposed drama and de-als with a sub
ject of the social evil and its related
"social diseases," subjects hitherto
considered taln>o not only for the stage
Ibut for the pulpit and the press, but
the sincerity and startling frankness
of its treatment and the earnestness
with which Mr. Bennett and his co
workers interpret Brioux's play, rob
it of all unhealthy sensationalism and
causes it to be accepted as a profound
moral lesson.—Adv.*
At the Orpheum
Gowns made while you wait is the
striking novelty of "Tho Fashion
Shop," the tuneful one-act musical
comedy that is pleasing Orphoum pa
trons this week. The stage setting of
this production shows a fetching in
terior of one of New York's leading
gown establishments and the girls in
the piece are seen either as models or
salesladies. A French designer of gowns
who is running' the establishment, and
who by the way is a real, live design
er of European reputation, injects much
oif the comedy. More laughs are due
when a "ruibe" and his daughter hit
the store, who have plenty of money
and who want some gowns, fine gowns,
no matter what they cost. The country
girl is lean, lanky and an exaggerated
Bis Hopkins type and she injects hcajw
of good comedy, as does also her father.
Erl Cpor is especially good as the
"rube," while Blanche Latell, is just
as funny as his daughter. The models
are dressed, or rather the gowns are'
made on the models in full view of the
audience. The designer simply takes a
number of straight pieces of costly ma
terials, drapes them here, pins a flower
there, and in a few minutes a lyorgeous
ly dressed model steps from her ped
estal. While he is designing creations,
tuneful lyrics are sung by various mem
bers of tho company. Taken as a whole
tho act is a novelty, it is tuneful, funny
in B|>ots, and is a decidedly pleasing
"sight act." A number of fine comedy
•attractions, including "Twenty Odd
Years," a comedy sketch enacted by
Harry Beresford and company, are in
cluded in the remaining acts. The Or-
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throughout.—Adv.*
At the Colonial
Country Store will be in order at the
Busy Corner to-night. Some regulation
comedy surprises are in store for the
shoppers and at the same time they will
get their last opportunity to nee Betty,
! the wonderful monk performer, ami
'"Bill Blithers, Bachelor," the greatest
I comedy vehicle seen at the Colonial
I since the improved vaudeville went into
j effect there. A clever due of singing
I comedians and a dainty songstress,
; round out the vaudeville roster. " Vaca
tion Land,'' a pretentious musical
! comedy, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mur
| phy, the Harris'burg favorites, in
J "Clancy's Ghost," will lie the cream
i of the bill that appears at the Colonial
during the last half.—Adv.*
At Photoplay To-day
Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscou
I appear to-day at the Photoplay The
[ atre in a three-act Lttbin drama, "Her
| Martyrdom." A Vitagraph drama,
,"The Quaiity of Percy," with Antonio
I Moreno and Edith Storey in the lead
ing role also appears on to-day's pro
gram.—Adv. *
VICTORIA THEATRE
At the Victoria to-day will be pre
| sented the powerful dramatic Photoplay
j covering the leading social problem,
"Should a Woman Divorce?" It is
•shown in five parts and presents a les
' son to all persons of proper social life—
i real true environment. The presenta
j tion is full of scenes, which carry the
patrons to a thoughtful and pleasing
solution o 1 the question. It will be
shown only to-day. Adv.*
AT THE REGENT
All lovers of good film plays, well
acted, will want to witness the dra
! unitization of "The Straight Road"
by Clyde Fitch, at the Kegeut this aft
ernoon and evening. Miss Gladys Han
son portrays the character of 'll 011
O'Uara, the girl of the Slums, who
rises above the mire of her squalid and
iniquitous environment to make one of
the most tremendous sacrifices of which
the heart of woman is capable.
Adv.*
THE MALTESE DERBY
! Its Curious Race Course With Go ail
You Please Rules
Horse racing is a favorite sport the
world over, but it is doubtful whether
! any nation can boast of such a curious
| race course or claim more remarkable
ideas of the sport than the Maltese.
Oncp a year the roal skirting Sliema
harbor is reserved as a race course, and
, the people turn out in thousands. There
lis no regulation of the course. Tho
I crowd simply clears out of the way as
the horses come along.
Tlin jockeys ride without bridles or
saildlos, and each carries a whip in
cither hand —one for his own mount,
the other to keep back any horse which
i may try to overtake him. We saw one
of the deliberately trip a
| horse up by putting his leg out, at
grave risk to himself.
These things, however incredible as
they seem to sportsmen in this country,
I are taken as quite a matter of course,
and consequently hardly a year goo*
<by without a fatality of some kind. All
things considered, it is not likely that
the "go as you please" rules of this
Maltese derby are likely to commend
themselves to other tur'f authorities.—
Wide World Magazine.
Aged Woman Dies From Injuries
Mrs. John Dowhower, aged S7 years,
died lost night at her home, 414 Harris
street, from injuries she received a
month ago when she fell on an icy
sidewalk. Since that time she had beeii
confined to her bed with a fractured
hip.