Chaplin Floorwalker to Close Pols Bill Tonight
Charley Chaplin in The Floorwalker headlines Pols Amusements with two reels of slapstick as Pretty Edna Purviance and colleagues perform in a varied bill. A 65 year old diving act, Lillian Herlein songs, Silver Threads, and The Results of War add to the program alongside The Eternal Sapho featuring Theda Bara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Chaplin
Pols
Chaplin
Charley
Edna Purviance
Berle
Lillian Herlein
Miss Herlein
Lockett
Waldron
Evelyn and
Dolly
Theda Bara
Plaza Vaudeville Tonight Features Mr Inquisitive Act
Plaza bill offers multiple acts led by Earle Carmanaugh in Mr Inquisitive a dental office setting with a witty female lead and a group of women. King and Harvey provide vocal and piano novelty. Leonard Dempsey and Lynch Zeller perform club juggling and skit comedy. Bessie Barriscale headlines Not My Sister with strong dramatic scenes. Mack Swain stars in the Keystone two-reeler A Bitter Pill set as a humorous sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Harvey
Ifonard
Dempsey
Lynch
Zeller
Bessie Barriscale
Miss Barriscale
Mack Swain
Snog
Lyric Presents The Volunteer Organist And New Spooner Plans
The Lyric under Cecil Spooner features The Volunteer Organist with a boys choir and Ralph Bolter and Joseph Mason as soloists. Spooner promises next week’s show Unde and a new drama Her Two Weeks Honeymoon by Pel Trenton with lavish scenic effects. First rehearsal for Her Two Weeks Honeymoon slated for Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Cecil Spooner
Ralph Bolter
Joseph Mason
Suete
Pel
Trenton
New England
Empire At The Empire Theatre Tonight At The Pictures
This evening’s program features three main attractions including the five part Metro-Play A Million a Minute with Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne, the Sydney Drew comedy, and the second episode of Reg O’ the Ring with Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, plus Universal comedies and dramas. tomorrow offers the five part Metro-Play A Million 2 Minute with daily program changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Sydney
Reg O' the Ring
Eircus
Francis Ford
Grace Cumnard
Metro-Play
West End Presents A Wife’s Fox Feature At Theatre
West End theater shows the Miest Fox feature A Wife's. Robert Mantell and Genevieve Hamper star with Mantell as Count De Briquett, drawn into a plot by Hamper's charms. J Gordon Edwards directs. Tomorrow headliner John Barrymore in The Red Widow. Tel 2328-13. Alg Mexican export duties on silver have again been advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Fox
Robert Mantell
Genevieve Hamper
Count de Briquett
Gorgone
Mr. Mantell
J. Gordon Edwards
John Barrymore
Paramount
Alg
Questions on National Anthem and World Facts Roster
A reader asks if The Star Spangled Banner is the United States national anthem and cites Navy regulations on respect and performance. Additional inquiries seek how the government issues postage stamps, the value beyond paper and labor, the government position Carl Schurz held under Hayes, and Porto Rico details including area population and distance from U.S. points. Also asked are methods to determine Easter Sunday, the death date of Menelik II, and a profile of Carranza with Madero context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Navy
Naval
Naval Service
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
Porto Rico
Spain
San Juan
Island
New York
Charleston
D. C
Key West
Fla
Political figures and old questions from a historical letter
The piece surveys Porfirio Diaz ally backing and a Diaz victory amid soldiered polling places, notes Francisco Madero’s support for Carranza and his revolt, then shifts to Carranza’s austere character and measures like prize courts, dew versus frost, and archaic terms. It also asks about elder statesmen of Japan and recalls Jamaica’s 1903 hurricane impact with Port Antonio, Kingston damage, and large financial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz
Carranza
Francisco Madero
Madero
National Palace
Japan
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Kingston
United Fruit Company
Prominent Memorial Day Figures Faded From Parade
Questioning what became of the well known citizens who once led Memorial Day events, the article notes most are dead or away in cars while their young sons march with the bass drum in the parade. The piece ends with an advertising plug for the Farmer.
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Walker
Berlo
Lillian Herlin
Evelyn Dolly
Carl Schurz
R. B. Hayes
Secretary of the Interior
Menelik
Coahuila
Park Theatre
Boston
New Strand
Main ST
High ST
Son of
Sarah Bernhardt
Eagles, Hall
Bracken
J. J. O'Neill
Quilty’s School of Dancing
Newfield Park
New London
Springfield - Springfield
Rita
Try Supplies
Planet Jr
Cultiva
Tors
Webster
Farmers Supply & RooIng Co
Middle ST
Plazay
Leonard Dempsey
Lynch & Zeller
Rapf and
Golder
Earie— Cavanaugh
King & Harvey
State Street
Clinton Avenue
Robert, Mantell
Keeney
Empire Theatre
Home OF
Ar Aramot Pictures
ALI
Francis Bushman
Peg O
IDOE
Cecil
Spooner
Trethway
W. H. Isham
Old Hampshire Bond
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