Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
AMUSeNG1GS)
MUSICAL ACT BY
FEATURE
Offering Is Headline Attrac-
ton at Majestic and
Pleases Audience

Another musical act even better
on Monday and Wednesday, is Of
fered as "A headline attraction for
, the last half of the week The other
offerings on the program are the
usual comedy and song features, but
| the group of girls with their selec-
TONS on brass instruments received
the biggest reception, getting ap-
plause after each number.
Fred Pero has a few good comedy
juggling feats, most of which have
been seen here frequently. His clever
handling of three cigar boxes as a
closing stunt brought down the house
I last night before he had finished
Marie Russell, after singing a few
sings, springs a little surprise on the
audience which gets her enough ap-
plause to give an encore.
Tom Smith and Ralph Austin give
what they call an "all fun" Offering
but 1T proves to be nothing more
| than a lot of foolishness interspersed
with short dance numbers. Gard
ner and Bartelle, Dixie comedians,
resort to jokes on the questions
which must be answered under the
selective service law, and manage to
furnish enough laughter now and
then to keep the audience from tir-
ing of them.
The musical attraction is billed as
| ''The Melody Garden" and is given
in full stage with a special setting.
The program by the six misses in
cludes 'cornet, seXtet, another num-
Der with two Violins. an alto and two
cornets; two tuba solos, an odd fea-
ture; a cornet solo and a medley
XHrit II &c nd fNnrA
trombores. More musical acts of
| this kind would certainly make big
improvement in the vaudeville field.
MAXNROBERTSON.
ORPHEUM
Wednesday, February 13 - Peck S
Bad Boy" matinee and night.
MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
For the remainder of the week-"The
Birth of a Nation"
Monday, of next week -- Harold Lock-
wood, in Paradise Garden" u re-
turn engagement
Wednesday and Thursday Earle
Williams in "In the Balance"
Friday and Saturday - Effie Shannon
in Her Boy"
REGENT
To-day and tomorrow - Mary Pick
ford i'm stella Maris."
Monday and Wednesday : Pauline
Frederick in Madame Jealousy"
Thursday, Friday and Saturday-Lina
Cavalieri in THE Eternal Tempt
ress."
-day-Kitty Gordon in Diamonds
and Pearls"
Tomorrow - Tom Mix in "Cupid's
Roundup
Monday and Wednesday - Cheating
the Public" featuring an all-star
cast.
Beside playing two roles herself,
Mary Pickford has surrounded her
self with a notable
Mary Piclzford cast in her latest
In Dual Role production for Art
craft, which will be
shown at the Regent Theater to-day
and tomorrow. The photoplay is
adapted by Francis Marion from VIM.
produced by Marshall Neilan. whose
mastery direction Of Miss Pickford's S
last two successes, "Rebecca of sunny
brook Farm" and "The Little Prin-
cess caused most favorable COM
ment. Harrisburg critics yesterday
acclaimed stella Maris' as the best
picture in which the renowned star
mas ever appeared. In this play, Mary
Pickford plays two parts, one deli
cate and dainty. stella Maris, and the
other as Unity Blake. uncouth and un-
! lovely, but carrying with it tre-
mendous amount of pathos. In several
scenes, as Unity Blake, Mary Pickford
causes the tenderhearted feminine au-
dience to reach for it's handkerchief
and enjoy a good cry.