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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
2
The famed Scotch comedian Harry Lauder drew an enthusiastic crowd at the Orpheum Theater in Harrisburg. He entertained for over an hour with songs and laughter, then delivered a stirring address urging unity and supporting the United States entry into the war.
From Harrisburg the Chestnut St Auditorium reception drew strong praise with the feature number We A Go Home the Same Way. Lauder premiered the verses and chorus as the audience joined in humming along to the performance.
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey will lecture at the Chestnut street auditorium with an autographed copy of his book Over the Top auctioned to benefit the soldiers smoke fund. The event spotlights his front line experiences as featured in the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey author of Over the Top will give a live talk and gas-attack demonstration at the Chestnut Street Auditorium tomorrow evening. He will show a gas helmet and explain German gas release methods learned on the western front. Tickets are on sale at the Orpheum Theatre, with seats at all prices.
Mary Roberts Rhinehart urges readers to send wholesome stories to troops in the trenches. She advises avoiding erotic novels and choosing clean, romantic, humorous works that offer escape from mud and danger while honoring the soldiers’ courage and humanity.
A busy program at the Orpheum features The Man Who Came Back with Dorothy Bernard and an extensive cast headed by William Crowell and others. Nearby, The Princess Pat at Cort Theater, and films at Colonial Victoria offer Shale of vaudeville acts, silent features, and serials including Shall We Forgive Her and Vengeance and the Woman.
Readable items describe a musical comedy There She Goes featuring Pat di Montaldo and a large cast with Harvey Orr Martha Craver and others at the Orpheum with songs like There She Goes and There’s a Seaside Story. Also on the bill Jack Pickford stars as Tom Sawyer in a Paramount film filmed in Hannibal Missouri with Mark Twain connections. The Colonial shows The Primal Lure and William S Hart reissue, while Douglas Fairbanks in His Picture in the Paper headlines tomorrow and Saturday.
Detailed plans for the old Capitol park and its extension will be submitted to the State Board early next year. A new granite entrance at Third and State streets may open in time for the next governor's inauguration. Plans call for terrace work along Third and Walnut, a widened plaza, and a formal entrance from the extension district with a bridge over the railroads to join the park to Walnut Street. Officials will meet soon to move the initiative, with Superintendent Schreiner noting enthusiasm after a New York visit.
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