Not Dressing the Part in a Stage Debut
A stage manager scolds Rita Ravengelo for her second act gown while noting her husband’s line about hiding something. The exchange highlights wardrobe tension and audience misreadings in a theater scene.
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
6
A stage manager scolds Rita Ravengelo for her second act gown while noting her husband’s line about hiding something. The exchange highlights wardrobe tension and audience misreadings in a theater scene.
Mamie Folsom Wynne argues against pressuring youth to follow parental wishes. A 22 year old faces indecision between family business or pursuing education and self direction. The piece suggests allowing independence after a period of guided exploration to reach a stable, fulfilled career path.
A stranger named James comes to Punktown seeking safety from cyclones and hears boosters promise calm breezes. A Windstorm proves their boasts false, tearing his shack and forcing a reckoning on the town as he tells the world about the deceitful pitch.
W 4th Street shop advertises buying and selling household goods and provides repairing and refinishing services with a specialty in old Walnut items.
Advertisement touts a medicine named G. F. P. for catarrh of the generative organs causing weakness and nervous symptoms in women. It claims the remedy overcomes distressing effects, with thousands in large cities praising it and asserting the prior lack of a successful treatment.
In a humorous case from the clerk’s office, John McBeth, who had a license to marry Mary Manning, discovers the intended bride changed her mind. Weeks later he asks to modify the license to fit Ellen Me Watt, but is told a new license is required at cost. He laments being ruined by the expensive mistake.
A notice from A. A Polmes Office at Ist Nat Rank Greyville Texas advertises a loan on owned cars. The plan requires repayment in 19 monthly installments with loans closed promptly.
Rev. W. F. Kirby of Bonham was chosen moderator of the Texas synod of the Presbyterian church at the opening session in Dallas. Dr. G. I. Hogan of Waxahachie was his predecessor. Rev. B. E. Moore of Vernon named vice moderator. Nearly 300 Presbyterians from across the state attend the sessions to be held through July 15.
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