The Third Degree Scene in a Modern Dramatist Studio
In Robert Underwood's Fifth Avenue studio the evening unfolds as visitors arrive and secrets surface. Howard Jeffries, a debt ridden young man, pleads for cash while Underwood tries to stall him and defend a life of deception. Mrs Jeffries Sr confronts the lover with accusations and warnings of disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dinderwood
Fifth Avenue
Underwood
Bennington
Howard Jeffries
Jeffries
Howard
Mrs. Jeffries, Sr
Mrs. Jeffries
Social and personal notes from Bridgeport events
Bridgeport society items summarize a bridge whist for a $1,000 fund, awards to local women, a church concert with social afterward, and a Fraternal Order of Connecticut meeting. Other reports cite a Sweden festival trip, a Shriners dinner at the Algonquin Club, a linen shower for Miss Mary Farrell, and a local warning about cold dangers and Foley’s Honey and Tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equal Franchise League
Samuel S. Sanford
Washington Avenue
Coleman Street
Samuel C. Shaw
Lawson
Ww. 5S. Teel, Jr
Waldo C. Bryant
Winthrop F. Pyle
H. L. Sterrett
Dorothy Stanton
Tattle
William T. Hincks
Katherine Calhoun
H. H. DeLoss
C. B. Seeley
Howard M. Wakeman
Harvey Hubbell
George W. King
Grand Lodge, Fraternal Order of Connecticut
Hartford
Grand Council
Alice King
Amanda Bane
Fannie A. Kinsella
Morr. W. Brown
Richard Brown
Norden
Bridgeport
Eeerte
Chicago
Arab Patrol Association
Pyramid Temple
Shriners
Imperial Council
Los Angeles
Algonquin Club
Fairfield
J. H. Richardson
Associationf
George 8. Hill
J. J. Fisher
W. A. Stacey
W. A. Tomlinson
John Farrell, Jr
Thompson St
Mary Farrell
Miss Farrell
John Farrell Sr
Center Street
The
Crown Co
A. J. Fenton
Springfield
Mass
St. Patrick’s Church
Finnegan
Walsh
Farrell
Byrnes
Martson
Hyland
Anderson
Figlar
Banner Attacks Norwalk Principal Sparks School Row
In South Norwalk a high school flag reading Wanted a man not a grasshopper and Down with the grasshopper appeared overnight. Lineman removed the banner after afternoon. The board seeks a new superintendent and principal Edward H. Gumbart drew rebuke from Dr. William Bohannon, a board member, who urged selecting a man not a grasshopper. It is believed local boys put up the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Norwalk
Norwalk
William J. H. Bohannon
Ohio constitutional convention passes equal suffrage clause
In Columbus on May 29 the constitutional convention voted 74 to 37 to adopt a woman suffrage clause to be placed before voters in the fall. After broad support, a second reading saw the separate submission provision removed and advocates push an extensive statewide campaign with prominent speakers addressing large meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Constitutional Convention
Friends of the Cause
Sothern and Marlowe to retire after two more seasons
Cleveland May 29 announcement by H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe that after two more seasons they will retire from the stage. They plan tours of forty weeks each across the country ending with a farewell at the Manhattan Opera House in New York in June 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Manhattan Opera House
New York
City of
Bridgeport
City Hall
F. Cooney
Hartford Fraternity Officers Elected and Uncovered Burial
Fraternities Pioneer Lodge and Sons of St. George elect officers led by Thomas Benn as Worthy Past President and Charles Cressy as president. In Hartford on May 29 workmen digging the Center church cellar found two bodies six feet deep near an ancient cemetery of Hartford’s early settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Lodge
Sons of St. George
Worthy
Thomas Benn
Charles Cressy
A. Orton
John Knight
W. Armitage
Treacrer
Thomas Smith
Ricard Price
Joseph Bennett
Grand Lodge
W. Moore
J. W. Knight
Hartford
Also Mentioned on This Page
POLI
Vance C. Roberts
South Africa
Pequonnock Lodge
Mr. Roberts
Africa
Foley
L. A
Royal
Slander
South
Poli's
Sothern
Marlowe
Adieu
Louis A. Frazier
Market St
Norwich
Conn
L. F. Curtis
Bachman
Main Street
Post Office
Abcade
Dr. Cole
W.K. Mollan
Main ST
Arlington 25Th St
Broadway
New York City
Pennsylvania Station
J. Maloney
W. A. Miles
Garsaparilie
Lem Soda
A. Skidmore
Seaview Ave
Elnathan Mitchell
Washington, Conn
Yric Isham
Heaphy
Mantees
Frank Carpenter Stock Co
Eleanor Gleveland
Eaxcopeignalaselia
EA Breeze
Glenn H. Curtiss
Haver
Bullard Machine Tool Company
Kelley’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
Puse Donnie Seers
Henee
W. D. Cook
BON
Water Street Phone
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