Amusements at the Post Show Vaudeville Acts and Films
A Post last night featured Valeska Suratt in The Slave with stunning fashion. Grazer and Bell dazzled on stage, while Otta Gygi and Mies Vadie impressed in music and dance. Al Shayne offered sharp impersonations and Bicknell showcased patriotic sculpture. Lulu Beeson and Company presented Road to New Mania with Herbert Rice and Amy Manning. Hearst Pathe News provided current visuals of headline events.
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Valeska Suratt
Broadway
Grazer and
Bell
New York
Late
Blue Paradise Company
Century Girl
Otta Gygi
Mies Vadie
Gygy
Spain
al Shayne
Bicknell
Lulu Beeson and Company
Horan
Jerry
Beeson
Herbert Rice
Amy Manning
Hearst Pathe
Within the Law at Strand theatre sparks wage debate
Bayard Veillers drama shown by Greater Vitagraph at the Strand argues against low pay for department store salesgirls. Alice Joyce stars as Mary Turner, jailed for a theft by another worker. Mary pleads for reform and a chance, highlighting the six dollar weekly wage. The film, praised for photography and acting, runs its last showings today.
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Bayard Veillers
Vitagraph
Strand Theatre
Alice Joyce
Mary Turner
Gilder
Mary
Park Theatre Presents The Butterfly On the Wheel Trial Scene
Spooner Stock Co offers The Butterfly On the Wheel all week at the Park theatre with matinees tomorrow Thursday and Saturday. The courtroom scene is praised as highly authentic and captivating. a new production has been built and the full company is needed to stage it. Women’s tickets up to 200 are valid only for tonight’s performance. advance seating is advised.
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Spooner Stock Co
Park Theatre
Thursdsey
England
Sterm
Daughter of the Gods shines at Lyric in all week
The Lyric Theatre presents William Foxs film A Daughter of the Gods starting next Sunday at 7 30 with daily matinees. The picture, praised by Annette Kellerman as The American Aphrodite, is described as a cinema art epoch and a must see spectacle in New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Lyric Theatre
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Willam Fox
Annette Kellermann
Aphrodite
Arone
Kellermann Inspires Outdoor Adventure Charm
Critics hail Kellermann as the most admirably developed and perfectly proportioned woman in the world. The figure’s beauty is said to arise vividly from the piece, and the image promises lasting memory and inspiration for outdoor excursions amid the adventures and hazards it depicts.
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Kellermann
Plaza to Feature Mary Pickford in A Romance of the Redwoods
Mary Pickford stars in A Romance of the Redwoods at the Plaza this week directed by Cecil B. DeMille with The Marionettes and O. Henry Story The Maiden's Trust a Keystone comedy and Her Anniversary. Next week will showcase The Bar Sinister amid ticketed prices and continued festival programming.
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Mary Pickford
America
Plaza
Cecil B. DeMille
Pretty Mary
O. Henry
Mrs. Sidney Drew
Edgar Lewis
Fox says A Daughter of the Gods sets new standard for cinema
William Fox defends his million dollar production claiming audiences will pay for value and perfection. He promises original, entertaining, and enlightening storytelling with high artistic aims. The film opens at Lyric Theatre next Sunday at 7:30 with matinees 2:15 and evening shows 8:15 all week.
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William Fox
Sewer Contracts For City Are Approved
City sewer and paying commission met last night but quorum failed to authorize formal awards. Bids reported by City Engineer Terry show Burns Co. sought withdrawal for North avenue sewer due to alleged clerical error. Approved contracts include Davenport avenue sewer by Howe & Waters and others totaling several thousand dollars.
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Terry
Burns Co
North Avenue
Davenport Avenue
Howe & Waters
Crescent Avenue
Howe and Waters
Wood and
Capitol Avenue
Pierce Manufacturing Co
Hickory Street
Bridgeport Sewer Construction Co
Boston Avenue
Burns
Canadian refugees manyunable to return to Canada
London June 14 40000 dependents of Canadian soldiers in this country cannot go back to Canada due to scarce passenger steamers. They arrived with soldiers and many have since learned of wounded or discharged men, while others are relatives of killed soldiers eager to be with kin.
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London
Canada
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