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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
7
The advance man for Thomas W Ross promotes him as Tommie Ross, prompting a Harris telegram to stop the nickname. The Henry B Harris production at the Grand features As You Like It with scenic painting and farewell receptions after matinee Wednesday and Saturday shows.
Gl Robinson acting for his brother the Governor invites Miss Blanche King and the Gay White Way Company to attend the Robinson cree dress rehearsal Friday in the canvas theater at Florence avenue and Reading road. Miss Ring and party will lunch at the Linton then drive to the circus to be received by the Governor and shown to reserved boxes.
The Gay White Way matinee at the Tywia features Jefferson De Angelis Blanche Ring Alexander Carr Maud Raymond and Melville Ellis in a leading musical comedy attraction. The Lyric is packed and attendance for today’s show is expected to be large.
Next Monday evening is Traveling Salesmen's Night at the Grand Opera House honoring Thomas W. Ross and his comedy The Traveling Salesman. Cincinnati Traveling Men's Association officers invited to a box while Manager Henry B. Harris praises the modern traveling salesman as a fitting subject for critique of the production.
A matinee today at the Grand features the tuneful fantasy The Ginger read Man with exquisite melody by A Baldwin Sloane and well sung vocal selections by soloists. The clever work of the principal players adds to this pleasing season offering at the Grand.
The Traveling Salesman features Thomas W. Ross with Arthur Shaw as Ted Watts a drum mer necktie salesman. Shaw son of Mary Shaw rose from obscurity to stage prominence after early road work and roles with Henrietta Crosman and Henry Woodruff in Brown of Harvard. He was recommended by Woodruff to James Forbes who hired him the same day, delivering an immediate success.
The Forepaugh Stock Company closes its season at the Olympic with its last play of the winter. Managers Fish report a highly successful season and a week of notable interest in the closing performances.
The midweek matinee of Der Unter Two Flags will be staged this afternoon at the Olympic. The Forepaugh troupe reports strong attendance for Easter week as the season record attendance is approached at this popular venue.
The Fool House a three act musical comedy with forty in the company and a bevy of chorus girls will head the Walnut lineup starting Sunday matinee. The Four Huntings are a renowned acrobatic singing dancing troupe supported by Harry Dull and a forty person cast. A strong plot and bright scenery enhance the show.
Manager John B. Fitzpatrick of the Gay White Way Company at the Lyric Theater received an Easter surprise from the mechanical staff Christopher Landry Benjamin Pflumm A. E. Gartner and Thomas McGann Beane him with a fine mounted umbrella. He credited the staff for the season's financial success and artistic presentation and thanked them for teamwork behind the scenes.
The Mardi Gras Beauties Show arrives in town at the Standard Theater next week with a new vaudeville act by Harry Marks Stewart. He will sing the song Money and throw stage money into the audience as bills of 1 2 and 5 dollars prizes are distributed. The two act musical comedy Tom and Jerry features a large beauty chorus and 14 speaking parts. The company includes Dorothy Stone Cassie Bernard Kittie Clements Stella Stone Lee Alen and more with Al Reeves W Campbell presenting and managing.
The Free Setters Union accepts an invitation from Robinson Circus management for Thursday evening April 30. The event, named Free Setters night, will draw all members and many friends in a body with the entire show privileges extended. They will share supper with circus hands under a tent before the performance.
In New York on April 21 Bronson Howard the dean of American playwrights was reported seriously ill for four weeks. A friend said the family wished to keep the illness private and he has suffered a rheumatic ailment linked to his Egypt trip. Doctors feared for his health but he is now improving.
The Empire Circuit of burlesque and vaudeville houses will hold its annual directors meeting at the People's Theater today. Attendees include Ed Butler of St. Louis Colonel James Whalen of Louisville Campbell of Cleveland Stair of Toronto Colonel James Fennessy George Heuck and other members.
Blanche Ring captivates at the Lyric in The Gay White Way with Jefferson De Angelis and Alexander Carr. The piece traces Ring’s rise from early stages to London and Broadway triumphs, noting hits like In the Good Old Summer Time and The Belle of Avenue A.
The New York American editorial urges parents to take children to the Hippodrome or the circus, twice yearly if possible, praising the venues as stimulating imagination and mental growth. It lauds the Hippodrome’s clean, intelligent, spectacular presentation and public service to New York City.
The article extols the circus as essential childhood precept and entertainment. It notes Governor John Robinson invites orphans and House of Refuge children to attend, making the morality show a philanthropic event on April 27 at Reading road and Florence avenue.
Mr and Mrs Sydney Stone form part of the Mardi Gras Beauties Company. They have staged with Sir Charles Wyndham in England and with John Drew in America. Their vaudeville success led them to plan more performances.
The Columbia staging of The Star Bout features Walter R. Lewis in the Matt Hennessey role, with several witnesses noting his striking resemblance to Jim Corbett. The four act sketch, written by Mr. Stone, thrills audiences and cements Lewis as a key figure in the fight scene. The Chicago success prompts a return engagement, with Taylor Granville arranging a longer run after this week.
Robert Kehle, accused of robbing three convents and the Methodist Deaconess Home in the last two weeks, was caught last evening by detectives. After a police station confrontation he confessed. Kehle, about 45, from Prussia, is said to be known to police in twenty large cities.
A reflection on the enduring appeal of Dundreary from Our American Cousin. The piece traces Asa Trenchard and the elder Sothern’s creation, noting Dundreary’s rise from minor figure to central comic force and the play’s transatlantic fame enduring into 1908.
Los Angeles hosts 3500 enlisted sailors as four divisions of the fleet anchor nearby. The day features boxing barbecues wild west shows dancing shooting chutes and other amusements from morning to night. Officers attend luncheons and a Redondo Hotel banquet honors Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry with citywide illumination.
Mrs Marsh daughter of Rear Admiral Evans left Paso Robles for Los Angeles to attend celebrations and meet her brother Lieutenant Evans and Flag Lieutenant Train who came ahead. Surgeon McDonnald remains with the Admiral and reports steady improvement after an excellent night.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune outlines that Ohio lawmakers failed to uphold pension aims for the blind. The Supreme Court struck down a 25 dollar quarterly county pension as unconstitutional, and the Harper bill to fix it is also ruled invalid unless beneficiaries are clearly dependents and public charges.
The Associated Press re elected five directors at the Waldorf Astoria gathering. Charles H. Grasty W R Nelson W L McLean George Thompson and Adolph S Ochs were named to new terms. No changes to AP rules were made. A joint banquet follows with William J Bryan as chief speaker.
Dr Samuel Nickles died at his home on 1406 John Street. Born in Cincinnati in 1833 he taught for years at Ohio Medical College and trained there as a physician. He was the first Cincinnati member of the German Literary Society. Survived by a widow three sons and two daughters.
Mr and Mrs Wilmot V Kirkpatrick of Grand Avenue Price Hill learn of the death of their daughter Mrs Irene R Kirkpatrick in Austin Texas She was the wife of Rev R S Kirkpatrick a Presbyterian minister of Austin The body will be brought here for burial.
Fire at Mercy Hospital in Big Rapids Michigan destroys the 75 000 establishment built twenty eight years ago. All patients and the forty Sisters of Mercy within the building escape unharmed. Fire starts from a faulty chimney and spreads quickly. only a small addition remains after the blaze.
Fire at the East Hamilton planing mill caused partial destruction. Firemen saved the plant from total ruin. Owner William M. Dingfelder estimates losses between 3500 and 5000 dollars, insured.
A Grand Trunk Railway Company northern elevator in Toronto was burned this morning. The wheat-filled structure suffered a $50,000 loss. A fire reel ran over and killed Mrs. Mary Scott who was en route to the blaze.
In Chelsea Massachusetts on April 21 the confirmed death toll from the April 12 fire increased to fifteen with the discovery of two additional bodies. The fire tragedy continues to unfold as investigators work at the scene.
Chicago April 21 One hundred fifty four persons have had their citizenship rights revoked by state and federal courts amid wartime action against anarchists. US District Attorney sought revocation for 55 men with suspected anarchist ties. Judge Ball stripped 99 others who did not oath they were not connected with groups seeking overthrow. 250 more cases remain to be heard.
Miss Florence Winn Farewell, 15, a Montreal pupil from a wealthy family, secretly marries Roy Hosmer McGibbon, a McGill law student, at Marble Collegiate Church after shopping with classmates. Teachers scold. grandfatherWilliam Farewell, bank president, may decide her fate.
Magistrate Armstrong yesterday married Grace Julia Barrett 22 of Ludlow avenue Clifton to James E. Nielsen 26 expert hardwood finisher of Cincinnati. They kept the wedding from the parents until consummation. Parents were surprised. Olsen is a Denmark native and expert in his line. They will reside in the city.
Grace Carter 93 Avery alley was arraigned in Police Court on assault and battery and petit larceny. She allegedly seized William Payne 816 Richmond street and took $3 as he passed George and Smith streets. In Central Station she swallowed a dollar while another bill was found in the hallway. case continued.
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