Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
BIRTH OF AVIATION
WILL BE SHOWN

Harrisburgers will have the oppor-
tunity of witnessing The Birth of a
Nation" at the Orpheum Theater
during the week of February IA, for
Mayor Meals, guided by the recon-
mendations given the picture by a
number of Harrisburg people who
mad seen 1t, as well as kilograms sent
TO MIN from the mayors and council
men of other Pennsylvania cities, has
decided not to interfere with its pre-
sentation here
At first 1t was thought that in pre-
senting this play, racial prejudice
might be the result, but after q care
| ful investigation of the experiences
in other cities where "The Birth of a
Nation" had been shown, Mayor
Meals found that there was really no
trouble resulting from it's presenta-
ton.
Prices for this attraction will range
from 20 cents to $2.00, the same as
T I0r any other high class attraction.
The seat sale will open on Tuesday
OF next week. Mail orders, accom-
panied by remittances, may be sent
in at any time, and will be filled at
the opening of the sale. No tele-
phone orders will be taken before the
seat sale opens, and all seats ordered
IN that way will have to be paid for
before the date of the performance
for which they are purchased.
The Birth of a Nation" will start
at and p. m. sharp, and the
theater management earnestly re-
quests that patrons be in their seats
before the performance begins.
The Mayor of Reading, where this
play is being shown during the entire
week, had remonstrances filed to him
| somewhat similar to those filed in
harrisburg, but after careful inveSti-
cation, he permitted the play to be
given. After the opening in Reading
he telegraphed to Mayor Meals say
ing that the picture had opened its
engagement without any trouble, and
he thought that it would have been
an injustice to the people of his city
to have prevented it being shown.
Mayor Meals received a list of fifty
kilograms in which "The Birth of q
Nation" was characterized as a work
Of art. Among these kilograms were
the following:
E. S. Meals,
Mayor Harrisburg, Pa.
The Birth of q Nation" was pre-
sented here this evening and delighted
large audience. 1t would seem to
us that had We stopped the perform
ance 1t would have been an injustice
to our fellow citizens as it would have
deprived them of the opportunity of
witnessing a spectacle that is being
shown throughout the United States.
We consider it play of great inspira-
ton and educational interest and one
that should not cause any racial pre-
judice or feeling nor be Objectionable.
EDW. Fl. FILBERT,
Mayor.
WILSON S. ROTHERNEL
District Attorney.
Easton, Pa, Jan. 81.
Mayor Meals,
Harrisburg, Pa:
The Birth of Nation" was satis-
factory to our people and caused no
racial prejudice.
D. w. NEvIN.
Mayor.
Shamokin, Pa, Jan. 81.
Mayor of Harrisburg,
Harrisburg, Pa:
Birth of a Nation" caused only
favorable comment here. There are
black ,heroes as we'll as white heroes,
and white villains as well as black
villains. 1t attacks not the negro race
but the corrupt and scheming politi-
clan who seeks to use the ignorance
and cruelty in men. Every good citi-
zen ought to see it and learn its les
son.
MAYOR DRUMHEISER.