Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-20

Vile program will be the appearance
IN person OF Mollie King. the celebrate
ed moving picture star, who will be
remembered by movie fans as the
star of The Seven Pearls" and "The
Mystery of the Double Cross" Miss
klnS VIII be seen in a high class Of
fering Also on the bill are Dolan and
Lenharr, who have an amusing COM
edy sketch entitled Modest Mary"
William Guilty, popular comedian in
songs and stories. and two other
keith attractions, round out the bill.
THE Smarter Set" the successor to
the famous Smart Set" will come to
- the Orpheum next
Ihe smarter Set" Saturday. matinee
comic musical performance entitled.
ganization is headed by Salem Tut
Whitney and J. Homer Tutt. who are
also responsible for the vehicle in
Whleh they are appearing in.
hicle of fun and music of a race and
the only resemblance to a plot estab-
lished is sort of a Potash and PERL
mutter business arrangement. There
is chorus of dusky pigment. TheN
chorus is said to be graceful, and their
voices to possess that sweet quality
famous in the colored race; also they
are at home in the modern jazz.
The Colonial Theater's big attrac-
tion to-day and tomorrow is Eliza
Elizabeth Risdon Mother" m n
i'm "MOther" admiration from
the famous novel
of the same title. The story has many
ever told" and it has many times
been described as such. for it tells of
the fullness of a mothers love and
again brings home to the man and
truest friend on earth is a mother.
Critics say that in hands of less
capable than Miss, Risdons, the char
aftef OF f m9thera would lose much
OF It's beauty aid charm, but this
brings out the beauty of the part.
An old fashioned. one-ring circus.
one of the kind that were popular in
''The biggest gr n d fathers,
show On Earth" when the clown
at the Regent and ringmaster
the big feature of The Biggest Show
On Earth" with Enid Bennett as the
leading figure, which is shown at the
Regent Theater to-day and to-mor-
row.
Miss Bennett has the role of Roxie
Kemp. showgirl, whose act is to face
several lions. in their cage. She quits
| the circus when she is II and enters
girls academy, where she has many
interesting adventures, including the
saving of girl chum from the fangs
OF dog; which she masters by the
story, in which RoXie and her sweet
heart are the chief figures RoXie is
opposed by the aristocratic mother
of her fiance, who regards circus folk
with supreme contempt, until her hus-
band. a proud colonel. confesses that
he owns part of a circus and hints
that if RoXie isn't good enough for
his son, he (the coloneD isn't good
enough for the proud mother. After
| RoXie risks her life to save her
| fathers circus from a mob, she is ac-
| cepted and finds happiness.
! True Blue" will play at the Vic
| tora Theater for two days, to-day and
| tomorrow. 1t is
William Farnum a film drama of
! at the Victoria the rugged West,
| a story of a virile
man. a thorough American, also an
| English remittance man." who sud-
| denly comes into a title and Estates
! He deserts his American wife and lit
! tie son, returns to England to claim
his inheritance. In England the father
! has married again and has another
| soma profligate. The half-brothers
are brought together on ranch in
! the West. william Farnum, the
| stronger brother. begins the regenera-
| tion of his weak relative and sends
| him back to England-a man.