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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23
"The Blue
Paradise"

'The Blue Paradise" merriest, most
mc1odious and delightful of current OPP
cratic offerings which
"The blue has recently completed a
Paradise" record run of one solid
year in New York. will
goeTs at the oTpGeu4 on
matinee and night, March 81. when
Messrs. Shubert will present this bril-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23
ARM BROKEN AT sTEEIToN

New Cumberland, Pa, March "a
John Sweeney, of Market street, New
Cumberland, had his arm broken at
the Bethlehem Steel Works the past
week, where he is employed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23
MAJEsTIC HAS ExCELLENT. nILL

new bill came to the Majestic yes
terday for the last half of the week,
and In every sense 1t is so good as to
be classed with the best there have
been shown this season. Rackoma, who
styles himself novelty gymnast, heads
the bill, and the feats of balancing are
just of the kind that should elicit your
applause whether you like his kind of
act or not. jerks and Allen present
q study in Rubeism, which for char
acter sketch is good for many a laugh.
A little singing and dancing make the
act sufficiently lively, the jokes and
the general appearances do the rest.
The Four Southern Girls sing, and they
sing well. Heard to best advantage
in unaccompanied numbers, they rose
to their greatest height in their en-
core, Kentucky Babe" ne voices
blend eXcellently we'll, but in one or
two of the bigger numbers there was
a slight tendency in the soprano to
allow her high notes to go uncovered"
and thereby give the impression of a
raspy, nasal tone which deducted from
the general tone quality. Bell and
Fredo, who were heard in this city
earlier in the season, received a great
reception and their work deserved 1t.
Tango Shoes" If 1t does nothing else,
proves that dancing does not belong
exclusively to the younger set. The
act is something of surprise for one
does not look for what one gets. But
the surprise at the end is just as de-
ltciously laughable as one might wish.
Taken all in all, there is quite a va
riety of bully good numbers on this
bill, but you'll have to pick your own
winner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23

tieehN SAtOi with Il COiipdhy VI
exceptional excellence.
To-day the Regent Theater presents
Henry b. Waltha1l, with Mary Charlie
son, in Burning the
WaIthaIl mt Candle" A fine, upright
Regent In young chap succumbs to
"Burning liquors lure and from a
the Candle" stalwart man is drag
ged to the depth of
demon runs depravity. He loses his
social and business standing, and, worst
of all, his bride. The conflicting emo
tions-the desire. to regain his lost
manhood and self respect at war with
the temptation to drift along life's
broad stream-are realistically express
ed on Henry B. Walthall's face. Mary
Charleson, as Mary, the heroine, proves
to be his inspiration, as his smolderinS
love for his wife flares up within his
breast. to expose vividly the curse
which drink has placed upon him.
Tomorrow, "The Last Sentence
with Miriam Nesbitt and Marc Mac
Dermott, will be the attraction.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne will be seen at. the Colonial to-
day in, the seventh chap
Double BllI ter of their big serial
nt Colonial success: The Great
Secret" called 1.-THE yell
low Claw" a chapter of thrills and
mystery that is one of the big features
of the series Edith Storey and An.
tonic Moreno will be on the same pro-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23
MAX ROBERTSON.

ORPHEUM - Tonight and Saturday
Carlo Opera Co.
Wednesday, night only, March 2S -
Robert B. Mantell in "Hamlet."
Coming, Friday evening, March 80 -
David Belasco presents "Seven
Chances"
MAI
COLONIAL-"Money Magic"
REGENT-"Burning the Candle"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23

Robert B. Mantell, recognized leader
of the American stage in the interpre-
tation of the great tragic
Robert ID. roles of Shakespeare, will
MantelI be seen at the Orpheum
Theater on Monday, March
2S, for an engagement of one night
only, in Hamlet"
This play has been chosen by Mr..
Mantell from his reptoire of eleven
dramas he carries permanently after
local playgoers.
Mr.. MantelPs production of Hamlet"
is said to be picturesque in the ex-
play offers all sorts of chances to the
scenic artist and all of the ,opportuni-
ties have been seized. All of the seen
cry and effects will be used here eX-
actly as in the largest cities. Mr.. Man
tells large supporting company will be
seen here in its full strength.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23

Now that David Belasco has decided
to turn his attention to producing COM
edies for the time being,
"Seven Harrisburg theatergoers
Chances" will no doubt welcome the
opportunity of seeing his
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23

he is bringing to the Orpheum Thea
ter on Friday, March 80, after it's half
year run at the Belasco and George NJ.
Cohan theaters, New York. Commend
ed by the critics as particularly bright
and highly amusing, this sparkling
comedy of courtship concerns the trials
and tribulationS a young bachelor,
who is also confirmed woman hater,
encounters in his efforts to find a wife
within twenty-four hours or else lose
large fortune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23
ADJUSTMENTS

7 liant entertainment with a company of
| exceptional excellence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-23

There is quite, general interest in the
appearance of the San Carlo Grand
Opera Co., which opens q
San Carlo season of three perform
Opera Co. ances at the Orpheum
Theater this evening. This
company, which has had a most sue
cessful season, is heralded as the only
successful travelling company touring
this season, and the reception they
have received everywhere they have
appeared proves their popularity is well
deserved and Harrisburg is to be con-
graduated upon having an opportunity
to hear them. The operas chosen are
among the most popular, and for the
opening this evening .Verdfs "Rigo-
letto" will be given with the leading
artists in the cast, and augmented by
the large chorus and orchestra, under
the direction of Carlo Peroni, will pre-
sent this beautiful opera in manner
that will satisfy the most critical.
Holders of season tickets of the Key
stone Concert Course will be entitled to
exchange their tickets for any one of
the operas to be given at the box office
of the Orpheum Theater, including
"Rigoletto, Tales of Hoffman" or III
Trovatore."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR WIVES
Unfortunately, However, This Club
Has Produced No Weddings in
Five Years Life.

To fit themselves to be wives for
men whom they have not yet found,
the members of the Josephine club
are preparing to take courses in self
Control, in first aid to the injured in
literature and gymnastic work.
The organization is composed of a
large number of girls, all of mar
riageable age, who are in the business
world Every member is unmarried
with the exception of Mrs. Josephine
Coin, the founder and presiding Off
Ger of the club.
The club is five years old, and dur
ing the period there have been no
marriages of it's members. The aims
of the club are formally expressed
thus: ''The social, moral and physi-
cal advancement is to be accom-
plished by means of gymnasium work
to be undertaken, shortly. First-aid
work is already being taught by DIR.
Amelia A. Dranga. The self-control
is being inculcated into the mem
bers, when necessary, in devious ways.
"We do not want to take a course
in counting until we have made our
selves efficiently acceptable to a hus-
band" one member explained. She
added that if zone of the girls" gets
married she will not be put out of the
club.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28

knees waiting for him to drop down
on when he felt like 1t. he began
rather cautiously TO tell her what he
wanted.
'Tll tell you the reason why I've
come to you" he began, "and then
you'll see. Do you remember nearly two
years ago, the night 1 got wet coming
here TO dinner-the night you were
going to marry me off to Her
mione Woodruff? We had long talk
afterward. and sou said. speaking of
the chances people took getting mar
ried, that 1t wasn't ne you worried
about, but the girl, whoever she right
be, who married me-"
The little gesture she made admit
ted the recollection, but denied its
relevancy. She'd have said something
70 that effect, but he prevented her.
NO" he insisted. sit wasn't just
talk. There was something In 1t. Az
terward, when we were engaged. two
or three times. you gave ME tips about
things. And since we've been married
+. Wen, somehow, I've had the
feeling that you were on her side;
that you saw things her way-things
that / didn't see"
Little things" she protested; tit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Heaviest Man That Ever Lived.

The anonymous author of the recent
ly published book, Lose Weight and
Be Well" has collected many stories
of persons of abnormal weight. The
worst of these, she says, "was the clas-
sic case of Daniel Lambert, which l
came across in my reading. had
heard said of garment that was i'm
mensely too large for its wearer that
it hung on him like Daddy Lambert's
waistcoat, but / had never known be-
fore the full meaning of the saying.
Daniel Lambert, l learned at this time,
was born in ITO and died in 1909, and
weighed at the time of his death 799
pounds! He was an Englishman, and
unfortunately for himself antedated
Banting and the latter's physician,
Doctor Harvey, who prescribed the
diet which reduced Banting so salts
factorily. Lambert was said to be the
heaviest man that ever lived"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
CHAPTER XXI.
Frederica,s Paradox.

Two days later Rodney walked in
on Frederick at breakfast, alone.
''Hello" Frederick said, holding out
hand to him, but not rising. "Just
in time"
'fDon't ring" he said quickly. "Tve
had all 1 want. My train got In an
hour ago and had try at the sta
ton restaurant"
"Well, sit down, anyway" said
Frederick. She reached out q cool,
soft hand and laid it on one of Rod
ney's which rested Imply on the table.
There was rather a long silence-ten
seconds, perhaps. Then:
"How did you find out about it?'
Rodney asked.
They were both too well accustomed
to these telepathic shortcuts to take
any note of this one. She'd seen that
he knew, just with her first glance at
him there in the doorway; and some
thing a little tenderer and gentler
than most of her caresses about this
one, told him that she did.
"Harriet's back" she said. "She got
in day before yesterday. Constance
said something to her about it, think
ing she knew. They've thought all
along that you and l knew, too" And
then: ''How did you find out about it,
Roddy? Who told you?"
"No one" he said, in a voice I'M
naturally level and dry. 81 went TO
see the show on the recommendation
of country client, and there she was
on the stage"
"Ohw cried Frederica-a muff1ed,
barely audible cry Of passionate SYM
pathy. Then: you've seen her off
the stage-talked with herr"
II didn't ask her to explain" said
Rodney. 81 asked her to come home
and she wouldn't"
"Oh, It's wicked!" she cried. cts
the most abominably selfish thing
ever heard of
"Pull up, Freddyp he said. Rather
gently, though, for him. There's no
good going on like that. And besides
You were saying Harriet would
do anything In the world for me. Well,
there's something you can do. You're
the only person know who can"
Her answer was to come around be-
hind his chair, put her cheek down
beside his, and reach for his hands.
Lets get away from this miserable
breakfast table," she said. "Come up
to where I live, where we can be safe
ly by ourselves; then tell me about
it."
In front of her boudoir fire, look
ing down on her as she sat in her flow
cred wing chair, an enormously dis
tended rug-covered pillow beside her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Old Studies Goinu.

The use of Greek, Latin and mathe-
mates In the higher education of
America is declining. In a few years,
SAYS the Youths Companion, it will
be as rare for student to know Greek
as today 1t is for him to know He
brew; and 1t will not take more than
a generation or two for Latin to follow
the same course. How long the higher
reaches of mathematics-those noble
and inviting reaches In which philoso-
ply, poetry and imagination combine
to play with the intricacies of space
and the notation of time-will con-
tinue to find extensive educational use
is also a question.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Infancy of Whist Playing.

According to an authority, whist or
"whisk," as it was called, was gener-
ally played three centuries ago. For
many years the game, under the appel
lations of "whisk" and "swobbers,"
was played only by servants and 9TH
ers of the humber classes, and it was
not until more than a century had
passed that it reached the drawing
rooms of the wealthy and the nobility.
The first mention of whist in litera-
ture was made by Taylor, the water
poet, in 1921. He refers to it as
'whisk," the name having probably
been derived from the practice Of
whisking the tricks from the table as
soon as played.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Laws of the Koran.

The koran was given to his follow
ers hot from the brain of Mohammed
as the law revealed to him through the
angel Gabriel. No other man contrib
uted to its form or substance. The lin
tied range of the knowledge and ex-
perience of and suggestions to its au-
thor necessarily limited it's scope to
rules adapted to the relatively simple
conditions of the people with whom he
was familiar. 1t failed to anticipate
all the needs of the rich and cultured
cities of Damascus. Bagdad Cairo, Cor
dova and Seville and the millions of
people inhabiting the great empire he
founded. His purpose was intensely
religious and centered in the overthrow
of all idolatry and the establishment
of the worship of the one true and llv-
ing God.-Case and Comment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28

around 1t were upholstered in highly
polished coffee-colored horse-hide, with
very ornate nails.
ITS dreadfully hot in here" Rose
said. you'd better take off your coat"
She squeezed in between the table and
one of the chairs and seated herself.
Rodney threw down his wet hat. his
newspaper, and then his raincoat. on
the table, and slid into a chair oppo-
site her.
Il want to tell you first," Rodney
said, and his manner was that of a
schoolboy recitfng to his teacher an
apology which has been rehearsed at
home under the sanction of paternal
authority-I want to tell you how
deeply sorry / am for :"
He had his newspaper in his hands
again and was twisting it up. His eyes
didn't once seek her face. But they
might have done so in perfect safety,
because her own were fixed on his
hands and the newspaper they crum-
pied.
He didn't presume to ask her for
giveness, he told her. He couldn't ex-
pect that; at least not at present. He
went on lamely, in broken sentences,
repeating what he'd said already in
still more inadequate words. He was
unable to stop talking until she should
say something, it hardly mattered
what. And she was unable to say any
thing.
The formality Of his phrases got
sitter and finally CONCEALED into a
blank silence.
Finally she said, with a gasp: 81
have something to ask you to-forgive
me for. That's for leaving you to find
out-where I was, the way you did.
You see, thought at first that no one
would know me, made up and all. And
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28

was fool to quote Harriet, and I
haven'r done much better in speaking
for myself. can't make you see.
"Oh, can see plainly enough,
Roddy," she said with a tired little
grimace that was a sorry reminder of
her old smile. 81 guess 1 see too>well.
I'm sorry to have hurt yoa and made
you miserable. knew l was going to
do that, OF course, when I went away,
but l hoped that, after a while, you'd
come to see my side of it. You can't
at all. You couldn't believe that was
happy, that | thought l was doing
something worth doing; something
that was making me more nearly a
person you could respect and be
friends with.
80 l guess" she concluded after
silence, "that the only thing for you
to do is to go home and forget about
me as well as you can and be as little
miserable about me as possible. I'll
tell you this, that may make it little
easier; you're not to think of me as
starving or miserable, or even I'M
comfortable for want OF money. I'm
earning plenty to live on, and I've got
over two hundred dollars in the bank"
There was a long silence while he
sat there twisting the newspaper in
his hands, his eyes downcast, his face
dull with the look of defeat that had
settled over it.
In the security of his averted gaze,
she took long look at him. Then,
with wrench, she looked away
you will let me go now, won't
your" she asked. "This is-hard for
us both, and it isn't getting us any
where. And-and I've got to ask you
not to come back. Because it's impoS-
sible, guess, for you to see the thing
my way. You've done your best to, l
can see that"
He got up out of his chair, heavily,
put on his raincoat, and stood, for a
moment, crumpling his soft hat in his
hands, looking down at her. She
hadn't risen. She'd gone limp all at
once, and was leaning over the table.
"Good-by," he said at last.
"Good-by, Roddy." She watched him
walking out into the rain. He'd left
his newspaper. She took it, gripped
it in both hands, just as he'd done;
then, with an effort, got up and mount
ed the stairs to her room.
To BE CONTINUED
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
SOME P0STsC2IPTS

The legislatures of Al states met
during 1917.
To record the work done by stenog-
raphers a typewriter meter has been
invented.
Norway has established a national
domestic science school for girls at
Stavanger.
A recently invented steamer chair
can be folded compactly and, covered
with It's upholstery, carried like hand
bag.
One of the easiest ways to cool an
overheated oven Is to stand basin Of
cold water In 1t.
A lever operated machine to aid stu
dents TO learn the multiplication table
has been invented By French teach
er.
Due to the increased demand for
pyrite, DR.. J. II. Pratt, state geologist,
Chapel Eli, N. c., urges owners of
such deposits TO communicate with
their state biologists. At present
there are 10000 tons of this iron sui
phide produced yearly in this country
and 100000 tons imported from
abroad.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28

burst spent itself. He lapsed into an
uneasy silence, got himself together
again, and went on trying to restate
his grievance-this time more reason
ably, retracting a little. But under
her continued silence he grew weak
ly irritated again.
When at last she spoke, he turned
his eyes toward her and saw sort Of
frozen look in her dull white face that
he had never seen In it before Her
information was monotonous, her voice
scarcely audible.
"I guess understand" she said. 81
do, know whether wish were dead
or not. If I'd died when the babies
we're born. But I'm glad /
came away when did. And I'm glad"
she gave a faint shudder there at the
alternative, "Tm glad I've got a job
and that can pay back that hundred
dollars I owe you. I've had it quite
while. But I've kept 1T, hoping you
might find out where 1 was and come
to me, as you did, and that we might
have a chance to talk. 1 thought I'd
tell you how I'd earned it, and that
you'd be a little-proud with me
about 1t, proud that could pay it
back so soon.'
She smiled little over that, smile
he had to turn away from. II sup
pose I'll be glad, some day, that
it all happened; that l met you and
loved you and had the babies, even
though it's all had to end" she shud-
dered again, like this"
1t wasn't till he tried to speak that
her apparent calm was broken. Then,
with a sudden frantic terror in her
eyes, she begged him not to-begged
him to go away, if he had any mercy
for her at all, quickly and without a
word. In a sort of daze he obeyed
her.
The tardy winter morning, looking
through her grimy window, found her
sitting there, just as she'd been when
he closed the door.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28

The area of Canada's forests Is more
than double that of Europe's.
A metal clamp to hold two pieces OF
wood together at right angles has been
patented.
For home consumption Great Brit
ain imports about 100000 pounds Of
coffee annually.
Il new clamp to hold a cover on a
milk bottle also serves as handle to
carry the bottle.
Nine-tenths Of Russia's gold mining
is done on lands owned or formerly
owned by the car.
An Iowa inventors currycomb con-
sists Of flexible loops of corrugated
metal through which dirt passeg
quickly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
The Pourholre.

Lord Eustace Percy is renowned for
his quick, sharp wit. In New York he
took a taxicab to his hotel and duly
paid and tipped the chauffeur on his
arrival.
But the chauffeur, accustomed 10
our American extravaganza, seemed to
think the tip too small.
whats this here for, my lord?" he
said. and he looked at the coin In his
hand with some contempt.
Lord Eustace, as he turned away,
replied curtly:
Drink, I'm inclined to think, judg-
Ing by your nose. Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
College Men In Business.

Not long ago, says Industrial Man
agement, man who is president OF
several corporations in the middle
West in discussing the question Of the
college man In business said, "When
a young man comes to me for Job
and tells me he graduated from my
university / seldom hire him. If he
tells me he belonged to my fraternity.
never hire him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Hawaii Has 24o. 600 People.

Hawaii was annexed by the United
States I'm 1898. The islands cover g.
74O square miles. The last United
States census Of the islands gave
population of about $4,000, and it is
believed to be now somewhere in the
neighborhood of 100000. This country
imports more than s50000,000 worth
Of sugar annually from Hawaii. Pow
erfuY wireless stations link up the
United States and japan. Pearl Har-
Dor is one of our most important naval
stations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Take an Interest.

If parents would keep the confidence
of their children and understand them
they must take an interest in thei!
play This does not mean that it IL
enough to watch them play. We mus;
get stheir viewpoint, understand what
1t means to them and. if possible, play
with them sometimes. At one time
there was no place in crowded city
life for children. Now the community
has recognized that they have some
rights and Fairgrounds with kindly So
pervisors are growing more and more
numerous. The nation viii be richer
in years to come for thus providing for
the play life Of its children
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Workinu II Wrong.

"Ycu see, the trouble about Bill is
that 'e's ailus afore the times"
"Wots e doneT
swell, e went away to look for work,
an e found there's strike on. So e
Joins the strikers afore 'e's got the
iob."-London Ideas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
The Rejected.

ssHe turned 800 down. Joe. Said
wasn't I'D to the standard"
"Me, too, Sam. Looks Ike he was
tryin' to keep his darned oil war to
himself. Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-28
Avoid Confusion

Work will be saved by keeping things
Ia order as you 90.