Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-29

tic tour across militant Germany.
| 1t was the first of the traVelogueS
under the auspices of the Telegraph
and the crowd was as representative
as it was large. Glass and mass were
present and enjoyed equally the de-
| lightful and interesting screen journey
over the fatherland.
! Many people prominent in the af-
! fairs of the city were noticed in the
audience.
Enthusiasm at times ran riot.
Those of German sympathy in the
crowd warmed to the realistic pic
lures Of troops marching. of scenes
on the firing line, of the Kaiser re-
/ splendent in military garb, and the
applause which followed drowned
/ Roberson's voice in the din.
Robertson at His Best
Robertson was at his best He kept
things moving 1T a lively rate: pic
lures flashed on and off the screen.
never reaching the point where they
were the least bit tiring: merry quips
and jests by and humorous stories of
! his own travels in Germany kept the
audience laughing when it was not
more seriously engaged in watching
the warlike maneuvers of the kaiser's
/ fighting forces. And when it was all
/ over and the house lights flashed on.
\ the crowd continued for the moment
/ to remain seated so rapt was it in
vividness of the pictures and the
reality of the tour which was un-
folded before its eyes in the thous-
ands of feet of motion pictures and
/ hundreds of beautifully and accurate
/ ly colored views. The hour and three
quarters to most people passed like Il
/ third of that time.
| True to all advance notices, Mr.
Robertson did not confine himself to
picturing Germany in "war-like
mood" He took his Telegraph tour
| lists out onto the firing line; he show
| ed gigantic guns recoiling under the
force of explosion; showed civilized
men at the business of killing each
other; their work and their pleasures
at the front.
The Human Side
The human side as we'll as the spec
tacular was there, too. and Robertson
showed a graveyard in a little Prus-
sian town where soldiers and civilians
who died together in keeping in
vaders back are buried side by side.
He showed towns torn to pieces by
German and Russian shells. He pic
tured the arrival of wounded from the
front; showed them treated by Red
Cross nurses and he showed great
crowds on the "Unter den Linden" in
Berlin anXiously watching war bulle-
tins for news of brothers, fathers and
sweethearts at the front. The word
war took on a new meaning for all
who sat before the pictures.
Great German Cities
War had its part; so did peace, and
| to many in the crowd the scenes of
Germany in peace-time were much
more attractive than the war scenes.
All the large German cities were
shown in passing, with typical
! glimpses of the life of each Work
| ing southwark in his journey, Rober-
son drew a continual round of eX-
carnations from his audience with the
exquisite beauty of his still pictures of
the Bavarian highlands. One picture
! faded into another. each in passing
seeming more beautiful than the one
that preceded, until the audience was
| lost in a maze of loveliness.
! And the talk along with the pic
/ lures was interesting. too. Robertson
showed from the start that he wasn't
ponderous of speech and his remarks
! followed one another crisply in a
chatty conversational fashion. never
firing nor boring. He explained his
pictures where explanation was need
ed. told of the things he had seen and
done and painted a lively word picture
of Germany, its problems and possi-
bilities.
Militarism Caused War
The German people did not want
this war" he said at one place in his
talk. TT was forced on them by the
European militarism which has had
the continent in its grasp for years
past" Applause greeted the state
ment.
GERMANY as a travelogue will be
given again tonight for the advant-
age of those who did not attend as
first nighters." 1t will be the same
pictures throughout. Roberson's
limited stay in Harrisburg prevents
many repetitions of the same subject,
and tonight will be one of the last
chances to sec and hear this famous
traveloguer in one of the most power
full and popular of his offerings.
! Belgium Tomorrow
/ on Saturday evening Belgium and
| Holland is the subject, and, as Rob-
erson pointed out in prefacing his
travelogue of last evening it will be
q sort of sequel to the preceding one
linasmuch as the effectiveness and eff
cacy of German arms were shown first
and result in the second. Belgium as
il was before the war will be toured in
coiored views giving an accurate idea
of the beauty and quiet peace of the
land. Then glimpses will be given OF
the country as it is to-day. with the
towns about which battles have ragged
I--Liege, Namur. Ostend. Brussels and
! Antwerp. The tour will be COM
pleted in the quaintness of picturesque
old Holland.
Admission for all travelogues is the
same-10 cents with the coupon on
the first page of the Telegraph for
general admission and 25 cents, ad-
mission included and coupon not
necessary. for seats in the reserved
section. The latter are on sale in ad-
vance at the Telegraph office from
! to p. m daily. Travelogues be-
Gin at 2.15 and doors oneu at 7.2O