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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
6
Bridgeport readers will see The Girl Outside at the Lyric this week a melodrama with social themes. Vincent Lawrence adapted the plot from Sing Sing prison notes and the story centers on characters striving to become better citizens amid hardship and crime.
Native Canadian farmers from Manitoba place small putyls while the text mocks tenderfeet and wrist witches. W Somerset Maugham’s The Aid of Promise will be shown at the Empire Theater today to spotlight rugged strength and work-roughened purpose.
A quoted report notes a pigeon, said to be a cross between a claw and a dodo, dinnering in Samoa. Matsuda, former Japanese commissioner, asserts the bird Diduneculus Strigorestris exists and is nicknamed Manumen. Miss Rhodes displays carrier pigeons amid Mutual-Strand fame.
Miss Billie Rhodes encounters a talking carrier pigeon during a humorous scene as a clever bird reportedly answers with a wink and prompts about visits. The quirky moment adds charm to a light entertainment feature.
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