Romance and peril in the Seventh Cavalry siege
A detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry trapped by Indians endures a three day siege in a gorge. Hampton and a captive girl Naida escape to the plains and encounter Lieut. Brant. At Glencaid they navigate love, truth, and social pretensions amid flirtations with Miss Spencer and rising Sioux tensions as the Bachelor club ball looms.
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Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Bethune
Slampton
Gillis
Hampton
Seventh Cavalry
Lieut
Brant
Glencaid
Red Slavin
Phoebe Spencer
Miss Spencer
Naida
Rey
Wynkoop
Bachelor Club
Jack Moffat
Mr. Wynkoop
Mgr. Wynkoop
Abso
Lieut. Brant
Phoebe
The Reappearance of an Old Friend
After supper the lieutenant and Naida danced twice together, the young girl's mood having apparently
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Naida
Tragedians and Comedians in The World of Make Believe
A discussion of actors who span tragedy and comedy. Nat C. Goodwin as Shylock and Eddie Foy’s restrained Hamlet are noted. Bernhardt Modjeska Anglin Fiske Marlowe are named for dual dramatic and comic range, with examples from Juliet to Mrs Dane's Defense and Tess to Hedda.
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Nat C. Goodwin
Eddie Foy
Hamlet
Bernhardt
Modjeska
Lady Macbeth
Viola Ophelia
Beatrice
Mary Stuart
Rosalind
Julia Marlowe
Mary Tudor
Juliet
Margaret Anglin
Garrick
Chicago
Ruth
Zira
Mrs. Daive
Miss Anglin
New York
Lady Eastney
Mrs. Dane
Lena Ashwell
Hedda Gabler
Comtesse Coquette
Why She Is Billie Burke's Christian Name Origin
Miss Billie Burke explains her unusual name in a light anecdotal note from Washington. Her father expected a son and planned a William Burke Jr. future, even saving a silver spoon engraved with W. B. Jr. to symbolize the hoped for birth and wealth.
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Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Washington
Trousseau
William Burke, Jr
W. B. Jr
Irish Hospitality Phrase Reflects Generous Native Instinct
A saying praises Irish hospitality as an instinctive virtue that requires no reward and yields its own recompense in the act of kindness, attributed to Charles Philips.
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Charles Phiilips
Moving pictures to invade theaters with new Theatorium device
A new mechanical Theatorium combines gramophone and moving pictures to reproduce full plays and operas on stage. Demonstrations in New York show synchronized sound and visuals with auto changing disks. Productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream Othello Hamlet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with plans for The Girl Behind the Counter and three grand opera titles. Top seats may reach one dollar in price as these entertainments enter regular theaters.
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New York
Theaterium
The Merry Widow to Close at Colonial Chicago May 16
Notes of the Footlights announce The Merry Widow will retire from the Colonial theater in Chicago after six months, followed by Joe Weber and his all star company presenting the famed burlesque from New York. The original company led by a famed comedian resumes May 18, with Leap music and staging by Julian Mitchell. Mary Goodwin, Nate Goodwin’s cousin, to debut next season in Myra Croodwin. In Kansas City 2009 theater workers face cases over Sunday closing law. a ticket seller is convicted.
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Colonial Theater
Chicago
Joe Weber
Allstar Company
Weber's Theater
New York
Geo. W. Hobart
Julian Mitchel
Mary Goodwin
Nate Goodwin
Myra Croodwin
Kansas City
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Bob Hampton
PACFR
Randall Parrish
WHEY
Stommos AG
Christ
Spencer
Boston
Mrs. Herndon
London
Washington, D. C
Edna May
Pauline Chase
Gertrude Elliott
May de Sousa
John Drew
Atu
Billie
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