Plays and Players in stage circles of London and New York
A survey of theatre news notes Anna Laughlin replacing Mabel Barber in Lout in New York, and Joe Howard in a vaudeville sketch. It cites Ragtime claims by Max Hoffman, London premieres of The New Lady Bantock, and Deirdre at the New Theatre. Nance O Neil may join Shuberts after breaking with Rankin. Edward H Robbins debuts. Gertrude Hoffmann recalls San Francisco roots. Miss Morrison backs Faust revival and Helen Ormsbee emerges as a rising leading actress.
Fare shows grim wit of prison van driver Diack Maria
A Pearson's Weekly item recalls a jail van driver nicknamed Diack Maria who shuts down a would be jokester on the causeway. The quip about fare ends with the cruel line Dread and water came as you had before, implying a grim fate.
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Diack Maria
Robert
Pearson's Weekly
The Great Roman Circus Surpassed the Colosseum in Scale
A New York American remark notes the vast Roman Circus, filling the valley between the Talatine and Aventine hills. It cites seating capacities of 150000, 250000 and 38000 at different times, and calls the Circus the most stupendous public spectacle structure.
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Rome
Talatine
Aventine Hills
New York American
Wasn't a Beauty. Tired Traveler in Sleeping Car
A humor caption from Harper's Weekly notes a traveler quips about water and beauty aboard a sleeping car. The barber replies that the traveler’s starting look is unknown, but agrees. The exchange captures light railway life humor.
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Barber
Harper
Two tragedies in a single line from the Herald
A quotation from the New York Herald contrasts two female tragedies: enduring rejection in love and achieving it, with the first signifying resignation and the second disillusionment.
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New York Herald
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