The Rising Cost of Stage Production Through History
A historical look at stage production costs, noting early theater scenery costly to mount. It recalls Davenant and Brady shows, the first modern drawing room on stage, and the 1880s innovations by Belasco and A. Brady. It cites expensive settings from Mantell as Hamlet and other Shakespeare productions, with figures around several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Drury Lane
William Davenant
Dujhas Fils
William A. Brady
David Belasco
Academy of Music
New York
Duncan
Gloucester
Brady
Marie de Grey
England
Augustus Pitou
Thhought
Carle’s After Dinner Story Tells Humorous Insanity Tale
Richard Carle humorously recounts a recent after dinner anecdote about an insane asylum visit in northern Indiana. A doctor shows a smiling patient named Johnson who believes he is cured and eager to write home. A stamp falls, the stamp flies, Johnson tears up the letter and proclaims he cannot go home for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Carle
Carl
Indiana
Ian
Johnson
The Peddler Starring Joe Welch Sells a Whistle
In The Peddler Joe Welch struggles with temper but cannot turn away peddlers. A Yiddish vendor provokes him one day and he threatens police. The peddler responds by offering a whistle which Welch impulsively buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Welch
Bas
Guch
Joe
Gossip of the Stage Presages Busy Vaudeville Season
William H. Crane to publish stage reminiscences The Magic Battle is to be offered in vaudeville Fela La Follette joins a Cleveland stock company Sophie Brandt scores big west in The Waltz Dream Wilton Lackaye to perform in The Battle in Washington Emma Calve says American singers sacrifice drama for vocal art Jameson Lee Finney to play a leading role in The Blue Mouse Ramsay Morris at work on new plays George Evans to star for Cohan Harris minstrels Samir Bernard to try vaudeville if no good play Annie Russell to appear in New York in The Stronger Sex W Somerset Maugham finishes a play for Marie Tempest Daphyne Pollard replaces Anna Laughlin in Hamlet on Broadway Laughlin heads to vaudeville Eleanor Robson thriving in Vera the Medium Everywoman with Mary Mannering due end of season Paid in Full company to run in Philadelphia Dainty Marguerite Clark with De Wolf Hopper in The Pied Piper Spring musical version of The Prince and the Pauper With Elsie Leslie Ethel Barrymore in Lady Frederick reviews mix praise for Maugham drama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Crane
Fela la Follette
Cleveland
Sophie Brandt
West
Wilton Lackaye
Washington
Emma Calve
Jameson Lee Finney
Ramsay Morris
George Evans
Cohan & Harris Minstrels
Samir Bernard
Annie Russell
New York
W. Somerset Maugham
Marie Tempest
Daphyne Pollard
Anna Laughlin
Broadway
Miss Laughlin
Vaudesville
Eleanor Robson
Richard Harding Davis
Vera
Mary Mannering
Philadelphia
Dainty Marguerite Clark
de Wolf Hopper
Mark Twain
Elsie Leslie
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Frederick
Somerset Maugham
Roosevelt and Bear Hounds Visit From Down the Road
An uneven reminiscence features President Roosevelt hunting in Mississippi river bottoms and a humorous encounter with Old Man Dunham, a bear-hound keeper. The story blends dialect, humor, and regional portraiture, including a playful exchange about borrowing dogs and recognition of Roosevelt’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Club
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Dunham
Mr. Dunham
One-Footed Whitmore Our Armies Champion Bugler
Galveston Tex: C J Whitmore a Tremont hotel employee is the only one footed man who served in the U S army and revenue cutter service. He was a two year veteran in cavalry and artillery. He served eleven years in the revenue cutter service and retired when rules barred further absence of his natural foot. Whitmore began service at thirteen aboard the gunboat Saratoga under Invans, later became chief bos'n mate. He won the title of champion bugler in 1900 at West Point by sounding 135 calls in under two hours. He later witnessed McKinley’s assassination and provided testimony. His cork prosthetic allowed near-normal walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
United States
C. Js. Whitmore
Tremont Hotel
Revenue Cutter Service
Whitmore
Cork
Revenue Coutter
Lis
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Bob” Iivans
Invans
West Point Military Academy
Military Academy
Shafter
Wood
Siboney
St. Mary's Infirmary
Sternberg
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dog and cat dementia shocks Woodlawn club
Chicago fashion circles draw critique from Herbert A. Williams who labels wealthy wives as suffering from dog and cat dementia. He cites dog and cat shows as evidence that pets outrank babies in some elite homes. Mrs. Edward R. Burnham agrees pets are a nuisance and favors infants.
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Chicago
Herbert A. Williams
New York
Jacob Riis
Woodlawn Woman's Literary Club
Edward R. Burnham
Club
Plans to Breed Snappers in Hamburg Pa
Hamburg Pa Charles Aschenbach experiments in raising snappers with apparent success. Six weeks ago while clearing potatoes he found 24 young turtles the size of a silver half dollar and placed them in a box with wet sand. He feeds them milk and meat scraps. One died. They hide underground in fair weather and surface in rain. Neighbors watch keenly for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Charles Aschenbach
Wrecking of Old Buildings Reveals Moonshine Vaults in Brooklyn Ward
In the Fifth Ward of Brooklyn, during excavation for a Thompson Meter Company factory on Bridge York and Tasman streets, old brick vaults beneath sidewalks were uncovered. Residents recall Civil War era moonshine days. vaults, built to store provisions, now seen as clandestine liquor hiding places. six vaults on Bridge, two on York with two more under two demolished Tasman houses. A photo from the discovery shows sturdy walls of brick and rubble, and a broken triple-gash led to reminiscences of militia calls in the 1870s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Thompson Meter Company
Bridge
York and
Tasman Streets
Bridge and
York Street
Fifth Ward
Hennebique Construction Company
Israel Pomeranz
Bridge Street
York
Tasman Street
Radish Monster in Canton Stuns Local Family
Charles Wiese of Canton Avenue digs a 15 percent pound radish threatening space and wash line, planning to eat it in stages this winter. The Wiese hole will become a cistern as the family trims around the house. Greensburg man ships three Columbia Wyandotte chickens to Cape Town Africa for 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Baltimore
Charles Wiese
Canton ‘Avenue
Wiese
Africa
Greensburg
Ind
Fred Styers
R. W. Hazell
Cape Town
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Four Cohans
Moffair Studio
Josephine Gahan
Colonial Theater
Sonche
Mr. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Darky
War Booker Washington
Sahi
Gali
Hesper
Venus
By the
Way
Little Willie
H-Momk
Taft
Photo
Walden Mawcett
Fred W. Carpenter
Wm. H. Taft
Wm. R. Loeb
Mr. Carpenter
Minnesota
C. E. Whitmore
Uncle Sam
Idaho
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