Letters to Santa Claus from Athens Children
A collection of handwritten Santa letters from Athens youths dated December 1910. Children request toys, dolls, dolls’ beds, wagons, drum, trumpet, candy, nuts, firecrackers, and practical items like coats and gloves, with hopeful pleas for Santa to visit their homes and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Athens
Emory Teat
Oconee St
Little Louie Maud Teat
Candy Claus
Dubose Ave
Tam
Santa Clause
Mary Kate Hale
Lillian Russell in Pacific Coast Tour and Theatre Plans
Lillian Russell spends 9500 for China, nets 7000 in San Francisco. Seattle breaks ground for Metropolitan Theater by Klaw & Erlanger with 1600 seating, cost about 250000, due August 1 1911. Ben Hur tours set attendance records across Augusta Columbia and Jacksonville, with extended dates. The Round Up runs bigger in Boston Philadelphia. Genee on farewell U S tour for The Bachélor Belles. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm draws strong crowds at Republic Theater New York. Edith Taliaferro discusses child acting and stage value. Russell tours in In Search of a Sinner on Pacific Coast amid porcelain collection habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Metropolitan Theater
Klaw & Erlanger
Lew Wallace
Augusta
Columbia
Jacksonville
Boston
Philadelphia
Joseph Brooks
Rapley Holmes
Sheriff
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Mrs. Wiggin
Charlotte Thompson
Republic Theater
New York
Alan Dale
Edith Taliaferro
Lillian Russell
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Miss Russell
City
Hilliard’s Southern Tour and Balalaika Orchestra Notes
A retrospective on Robert Hilliard’s return to the South in the production of A Fool There Was with director E D Price recounting a Mississippi manager’s boastful gambit. The piece also reviews the Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra led by W W Andreeff, its Russian peasant tunes, and future pairing with Ruth St Denis. An agricultural aside quips hay as the era’s priciest prop for stage use, citing Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’s costly barn scenes and the fireproofing demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hilliard
South
Porter Emerson Browne
Mr. Hillard
Barnes
New York
E. D. Price
Mississippi
Mr. Price
Mr. Hilliard
Price
Hackenschmidt
Atlanta
Birmingham
Mobile
Hilliard
W. W. Andreeff
Klaw & Erlanger
Mr. Andreeff
Dorma
Andreeff
Washington
Philadelphia
New York City
Ruth St. Denis
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Also Mentioned on This Page
Japan
Brerachere
Golder
Athens Empire Laundry Co
Orr’s School
Pulaski and
Dougherty Sts
Ss. P. Orr
Mitchell's
Mitchell
John L. Arnold
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
Q. Michael
G. A. Mell
Harrie
THE
Athens. Savings Bank
Orn
W. T. Bryan
A. Hunnicatt, T. & Mati, LF. Savers
Sandy
Clifford West
Maby
Sandy Claus
Bangor
Chipper
Ant Ida
Ant Sallie Smith
Mamma
Valeo Yuest
Santy Tam
Alva Jennings
Baldwin ‘St
China
Ivan Caryll
Gaiety Theater
London
George Edwards
Palais Royale
Paris
Adeline Genee
Harry B. Smith
Raymond Hubbell
United States
Kinw & Erlanger
Ing
Miss Genee
Santa
Claus
Max M. Hubert
Clayton St
Lumpkin
W. A. Mallory
Southern States Fire Insurance Co
E. &. Ryzze
Shackelford-Hodgson Building
Athens Ry. & Electric Co
East
Dr. King
A. Schingeck
Elm St
Buffalo
N. Y
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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