Hackett Family Ties and Royal Meeting Revealed
Mrs James H Hackett, mother of actor James K Hackett, recalls traveling with her son and his early career. She recounts her husband James H Hackett's rise to fame as Rip Van Winkle and the Queen’s surprise meeting after he performed Monsieur Mallet in the 1880s, with a ruby crown jewel gifted to fasten his Legion of Honor.
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James H. Hackett
James ‘K. Hackett
James K. Hackett
Rip van. Winkle
Edward Everett
Hackett
Behind the Footlights in Early Theatrical Casting
Cuyler Hastings leads Kathryn Kidder with Connelly to play a comedy Tobin in The Dollar Princess. Herbert Standing is engaged for The Majesty of Birth. Serrano to star in The Sina of South music publisher. Sonia Adler, daughter of Jacob Adler, signs for Daniel Frohman for a years term. Joe Kane set to star in a new play next August with Max Rogers. Maclyn Arbuckle to be featured in The Circus Man by Eugene Presbrey. Fred V. Bowers to star in College Days musical play, partly authored. Dr Carl Hoffman quits Seattle practice for stage career using a strong bass. Eleanor Moretti announces Maude Adams stars in What Every Woman Knows, beating Peter Pan record. Edna Porter hired for Rosabel Morrison's Faust to understudy Miss Morris.
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Cuyler Hastings
Kathryn Kidder
Connelly
Tobin
Herbert Standing
Vingent
Serrano
Sina of South Music
Vacore
Vienna
Sonia Adler
Jacob Adler
Daniel Frohman
Joe Kane
Max Rogers
Maclyn Arbuckle
Eugene Presbrey
Fred V
Bowers
College
Carl Hoffman
Seattle
Eleanor
Morett
St.ig
Maude Adams
Edna Porter
Rosabel Morrison
Faust” Company
Miss Morrison
Salaries in Vaudeville Show High Pay For Top Acts
Salaries in vaudeville run high with Lillian Russell and Elsie Janis reported at $3000 a week during brief engagements. Many earn $200 to $300 weekly, while a good sketch can net $500 to $600 weekly and song and dance acts may yield $50 to $100 per performance. Acrobats are among the least paid, with two-person acts around $100 and top costs rarely over $500. Girl acts with multiple performers are funded by big producers and can net $5000 to $10000 per season, while performers receive $20 to $30 weekly. The long running sketch From Uncle Tom to Zaza continues to draw audiences after five years. Acrobatic shows remain steady year to year with rare new stunts replacing old.
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Lillian Russell
Elsie Janis
Joe Hart
Jesse Lasky
W.H. Murphy
Blanche Nichols
Entree of Charles Abbe at the Savoy stage
The Battle comedian Charles Abbe, famed as a top teller, taps at Miss Vic tor's dressing room door and jokes about entering with a story. The Mirror calls him a versatile entertainer, with audiences always welcome to his tales.
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Charles Abbe
Savoy
Mr. Abbe
Nat Thought of It In New York Censoring Plays
N C Goodwin, resuming his season, spent a few days in New York acting as censor of plays. He fought through a mob at a theater where a stage work was selling two months ahead. A friend asked his opinion and he quipped that he needed a gargle.
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Nat
N. C. Goodwin
New York
Goodwin
Tempting Apple Desserts For Children And Invalids
The article describes baked apples topped with whipped cream or egg foam, and an apple toast dessert using crisp toasted bread with warm apple sauce. It also details a simple improvised ice cream for invalids using a baking powder can freezer, sherry sugar cream, and a method for freezing. It suggests fruit juice or coffee as alternatives to wine and notes sugar adjustments.
Cream as a Food Promotes Health and Digestion
Cream is more nutritious than butter and the easiest fat to digest. It benefits consumptively inclined people, those with poor digestion, aged individuals, and anyone sensitive to cold. It is a superior food to cod liver oil and should be used more widely, though cost is often seen as a barrier.
Stuffed Eggs Preparation with Parsley and Olives
Cut six hard boiled eggs in half and scoop the yolks to mash with parsley salt Hoglish mustard paprika lemon juice and oils. Mix to a creamy paste and fill the whites. Plate on lettuce leaves with olives as garnish.
Turkish Delight and Tipsy Parson Cake Recipe Fragments
A fragmented recipe note describes Turkish Delight made from red gelatine sugar and citrus flavors, then set in a pan and rolled in sugar with nuts. It also outlines Tipsy Parson sponge cake moistened with sherry, custard topping, blanched almonds, and a flambé of candied fruit as a finish.
How to Roll and Fill Jelly Squares
Instructions describe rolling dough to a thin sheet, cutting into 247 inch squares, folding wet corners to center, pressing down, packing and cooling, then pressing in the center to fill with jelly. The steps emphasize folding technique and a jelly filling.
Gingerbread Recipe From Mother's Kitchen Note
Classic gingerbread instructions list ingredients such as molasses sugar lard and soda dissolved in hot water and cooled with cold water then thickened with flour and flavored with ginger adding in to taste. This appears as a family recipe fragment from a historical kitchen note.
Inexpensive Cake Recipe With No Frills Variation
A 25 year family favorite plain cake recipe with butter sugar eggs and flour plus baking powder. Directions include alternating additions with milk and options to create nut fruit marble and snow cakes using egg whites and powdered sugar frosting.
Kitchen tips from a bygone era on baking and prep
Practical household hints cover painting with linseed oil for easy floor cleaning bread slicing with a hat instead of a cold knife for thinner slices preventing over browning by covering with paper as it rises a double flour sifter aids cake batter sifting avoid chopping meats and celery in bowls use scissors for piece sizing cookies formed with a star tumbler imprinting shapes by pressing a floured glass bottom into unbaked dough
Pare crusts and bake milk dipped toast dish
Pare crusts from stale bread and toast until browned then dip in boiling salted water. Drain and lay in a deep dish, pour over hot milk with butter and salt, bake covered in hot water for half an hour, then brown the top. If milk absorbs early, add more hot milk.
Prune Pudding Recipe From Old Cookbook
Prune pudding made from one third pound prunes one fourth box gelatine one fourth cup cold water one cup water used to cook prunes three fourth cup sugar two tablespoons lemon juice. Soak prune pieces wash and cook in cold water until tender remove stones cut in small pieces reduce water soak gelatine in hot water dissolve with prune water add sugar and lemon juice strain over prunes mold chill serve with cream.
Chartreuse of Vegetables with Veal in Steamer
Line a mold with thin raw bacon lay half boiled string beans carrots and turnips around edges and bottom an inch thick. Fill center with chopped veal cover with plate and cloth steam one and a half hours turn out onto platter and serve with cream or white sauce.
Dandy Pudding Recipe From Old Manuscript
A recipe describes heating one quart of sweet milk with two tablespoons of cornstarch or flour then whisking in yolks, sugar, and eggs until thick. Bake a pudding base, whip egg whites with powdered sugar into meringue, spread atop, and brown briefly in the oven.
Corn Caramels and Warm Foot Warmer Tips
A dated snack recipe mixture shows corn syrup milk and sugar boiled until hard on a spoon then gilded with chopped filberts. A walnut sized butter addition precedes pouring onto buttered platters. Also included is a comfort tip: place a soft feather pillow over the feet at night to stay warm in cold weather.
Fashions in Babies Clothes Signal Spring Trends
A Woman's Home Companion note explains baby attire follows adult fashion with spring innovations. Long infant dresses adopt princess and empire shapes, sleeves shrink, hand embroidery gains prominence on dresses cloaks wrappers and sacques, while mothers favor simple fabrics and avoid frills for everyday wear.
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Baby
Hat described in taupe plaited taffetas with silk roses
A fashion note describes a hat crafted from plaited taupe taffetas, shaded with faded pink and blue accents, and accented by silk roses for a refined, vintage look.
Morning Glory of Gauze for Hair Adorns Social Style
A new gauze flower called the morning glory is promoted as an ornament for hair in Grecian knots and as a front corsage accent for social and evening wear. It complements white or cream gowns and pale blue hues, offering a fresh touch for youth.
Treatment Of Cut Flowers And Sweet Sleep Advice
The piece offers home care tips for keeping cut flowers like violets fresh longer by recutting stems, placing them in water, and wrapping with wax paper in a glass vase, plus simple storage in a box and window sill. It also suggests lavender for sleep, recommending cool rooms, warm but not hot bedding, and lavender scented linens to induce restful slumber.
Reducing Flesh Fashion Hint Inspires Diet Drink Trend
The article notes no rumor of flesh as fashionable and describes women striving to be thin. It highlights a new remedy, camomile tea without sugar, taken an hour after meals, claimed to transform barrel shapes into sylph like lines.
To End Magazine Worry Plan By Family
A family creates a system to prevent magazines from being loaned before everyone finishes. Men and women sign the first page to mark ownership and permission to pass the book on. The scheme assigns initials as readers finish, ensuring orderly sharing.
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Joan
Three Piece Costumes in Spring Trade Show
Readable text notes many tabor made costumes for advance Spring trade. Items include three piece outfits, some designed for wear with linen suits, and dyed in net color to match the costume.
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Chicago Opera House
Chicago
Charles’ Hawtrey
London
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Hackett, SR
Pringe’ Consort
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