Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-27
STAY AT HOME, YET
SEE THE WORLD
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dates are being arranged and the pa
pers of Detroit were loud in the praise
Of the attraction.
The Telegraph has arranged to pre-
sent this series at the Chestnut Street
Auditorium for one week, Offering a
complete change of program every
day. with a matinee on Wednesday
and Saturday. The price of general
admission will be 25 cents, but through
the arrangements of the Telegraph
every reader of this paper can obtain
admission for 10 cents when they pre-
sent the coupon that is printed in the
paper, making the coupon worth 15
cents, thus giving an unusual oppor-
tunity to witness the series.
Arthur B. Price will tell the story
as the pictures are thrown on the
screen and to know the countries of
the Old World. their attractions, their
charms and their mysteries, and to see
the places described, in beautiful COL
ored views and motion pictures. is the
treat that the Telegraph has arranged
Tor It's readers and announces as the
opening program a full presentation
of the land of riddles Russia.
Of all the countries of Europe, the
one that is the least known and yet
which attracts great attention, Russia,
n the Niblo series, offers enough of
IN most intimate manner Occupy
'ny one-seventh of all the known land
" the world and ruled by an iron
hand. the conditions that exist to-day
n this country are almost unbeliev-
able to the average person. The COM
parison of the wealth, extravaganza
and splendor of the homes of the czar
and his cabinet as compared to the
ab1ect poverty and the struggle for an
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classes is shown in all its truth and Is
such that 1t battles understanding. The
cities of st. Petersburg, with it's cathe-
drals. gardens and palaces; Warsaw,
the "City of Terror" Kremlin. the
Sacred City," are pictured, as are the
scenes in the country sections where
conditions are not generally known to
outsiders. The Niblo photographers
smuggled a motion picture camera
within the sacred walls of the Krem.
lin; they caught the Cossacks in the
drills before the czar; the wonderful
Hood at Moscow; the strange religious
ceremonies at the River Neva; the fair
at N1shni Novgorod, the largest of the
5000 fairs held in Russia yearly; the
Russian peasants and their mode of
living, and numerous other subjects
that are certain to interest everyone.
in addition to the views that will show
lights of the land of famine, as Russia
is known.
The Niblo travel talks were declared
to be the best since Stoddard by the
Hartford Comm Courant and a com
pliment of this kind is enough to as.
sure the readers of the Telegraph that
an unusual treat is in store for them
for next week. Russia is the program
for Monday night and the doors will
open at 1880 o'clock. There will be a
few reserved seats for 10 cents extra
but the greatest part of the auditorium
Is not reserved, and the first ones to
get in line will have the choice OF
seats. One coupon and 10 cents will
admit to each performance and the
Telegraph assures its readers that the
Niblo travel talks are the kind tha,
entertain while they inform and that
1t is an unusual attraction at this price
of admission.