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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1916

Page

15

Amusements Review of Toombes and Vaudeville Cast

The program features Toombes Lola Wentworth Hyelyn Dockson Ralpuncin Otttano and B A Rolfe’s The Bride Shop with a glittering fashion plates display. Audiences praised Toombes comic timing Wentworth voice and Ottiano Spanish maid. Also presented are Dorothy Bernard in The Sins of Men, Sweets to the Sweet with Norman Phillips, Petrocola and Myrs variety acts, Emil Mendelsohn song sketches and Mitchell aerial feats drawing strong crowd appeal.

Are Toombes Lola Wentrasil Lynn Hyelyn Dockson Ralpuncin Otttano B.A. Rolfe Toombes Miss _ Wentworth Mr. Flynn Ottiano Dockson Trousseau Dorothy Bernard Petrocola Myrs Emil' Mendelsohn Aeris Mitchell

Plaza Review Highlights The Maids from Mia

A miniature musical program features The Maids from Mia as headliner with 14 performers of song and dance. The Hig Four deliver refined harmony, and Eaton and Eaton present comedy numbers. The main photo attraction stars Robert Harpon Mae Marsh and Tully Marshall in a dramatic Paris Streets tale. Joe aerson leads The Lion and the Girl in a Keystone two part act.

Mi ~A Hig Four Ing Volice Eaton Buster Bill Iken Paris Robert Harpon Mae Marsh Tully Marshall Joe Aerson Keystone Robert Harron Tilly Marshall

Empire Mae Murray Stars in Sweet Kitty Bellairs at the Empire

Mae Murray, famed Lasky photodrama star, appears tonight in The Bath Comedy adaptation Sweet Kitty Bellairs, filmed from Agnes Castle novel. The stage and screen version showcases Bath Casino ballroom sets, with a strong supporting cast led by James Neil, Joseph King, Tom Forman, Belle Bennett, Lacille Young, and Horace B. Carpenter.

Mae Murray Lasky Have Hola the Empire Gesser, Lasky David Belasco Sweet Kitty Bellairs Agnes Ana Egerton Castle Miss Murray Wateriag Path Lasky Company Gneland America Greas Bath Crescent Kitty James Neil Joseph King Tom Forman Belle Bennett Lacille Young Lucile la Vermey Horace B. Carpenter James Young Lasky Staf of

Sunshine Dad and Sunshine D aft West End Show

West End Tonight features DeWolf Hopper in Sunshine Dad a five act Triangle comedy with Fay Tincher as Widow Marri more in striking black and white dresses. Tincher designs her own wardrobe and popularized the signature black and white style. Ford Sterling appears in The Snowie a Keystone two act comedy. Hearst Vitagraph News also shown. Tomorrow matinee and night Virginia Pearson in The Vital Question a five act Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature. Tel. 2328-13.

West End DeWolf Hopper Fay Tincher Keystone Hearst- Vitagraph News Virginia Pearson Vitagraph

The Wall Between at The Lyric features Bushman and Bayne

The Lyric presents Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in The Wall Between a romance of army life based on Ralph D. Paine. Bushman plays Sergeant Kendall, a steadfast enlisted man who faces class tensions and a rival officer while proving his merit. Also showing are Sidney Drew comedies System is Everything and The Evil, with Bentley's Orchestra.

Lyric Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne Ralph_D. Paine Mr. Bushman Kendall Miss Bayne Man Metro Yerey Quality Pictures Corporation John W. Noble John Kendall United States Army Lieut Burketty Sidney Drew E.” Bentley

Her Two Weeks Honeymoon Presented With Enthusiasm

After two weeks of rehearsals the company led by Miss Spooner and Mr. Trenton presents Her Two Weeks Honeymoon. The management claims the production is absolutely clean and full of life lessons, with high expectations for a successful season.

Pell ‘Trenton Pell Trenton Mats Lyric Hall W. H .Isham

Spandau moves dog tax from cheap to luxury status

Berlin reports Spandau raises dog taxes as food demand rises. The city ends old rates of 20 marks per year per dog and imposes 60 marks for one dog from April 1. Additional dogs cost 100 marks each annually, making pet ownership a luxury amid shortages.

Berlin Spandau Here

Young mechanics draw five weeks pay for no work

Two mechanics gained senior supervisory status in a large factory by exploiting appearances and regular time card punching. They, with the foreman, were discharged after a five week tenure. The payroll office failed to detect the scheme amid bells and routines. The piece also notes that women were barred from participating in Denver’s G. A. R. parade. Fifteen thousand attended Belmont Park’s season opening. Memorial Day flowers from John Beck & Son.

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Steamer Chiyu Maru Abandoned After Hong Kong Wreck

Tokio report states Toyo Kisen Kaisha will abandon the trans-Pacific steamer Chiyu Maru wrecked in a recent storm twenty miles south of Hong Kong. Many American passengers were aboard and fatalities occurred. The owners expect about 1.85 million dollars from insurers, who may face wartime constraints.

Tokio Toyo Kisen Kaisha Hong Kong

Military activity at Saloniki portends major developments

Athens May 26 reports exceptional allied military activity at Saloniki. General Howell chief of the British staff and other officers who had been on leave in Athens have been recalled suddenly. John Reck & Son.

Athens Saloniki Howell

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