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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1908

Page

7

Society Notes Spotlight Local Engagements And Gatherings

The Music Lovers Club held a musicale and reception at Hotel Avenue Friday. Mrs Frank M Opp of Woodlawn avenue announced the engagement of her niece Miss Marguerite Bryson to Sam Wells Jr. Other society items include hostess duties by Mrs Harry Payne, visits and returns among local residents, and upcoming Five Hundred Club hosting by Miss Margaret Brooks.

Music Lovers’ Club Avenee Frank M Opp Woodlawn Avenue Marguerite Bryson Aes G. W. Bryson Chicago Sam Weils Harry Payne Villa Place George Burgtorf Dayton E. H. Burgtorf Mt. Pleasant Avenue Alexander Wright Lawrence George Dayton, O Byrd George Blue Grass Avenue Kelley Caroline Avenue Marcelle Opp Amelia O. G. Walter Ross Ige T. Ross Ressford Avenue Maud Robinson Park Strother Paris Marjorie Donaldson Margaret Brooks Five Hundred Club

Local Socials and Visits Across Kentucky Towns

Miss Georgia Ryan of Paris is guest of Miss Bessie Park in Madison pike. Miss May McGee of Lancaster visits Mrs. W. R. Elliston in Pike street. Charles H. Duty, U S Revenue Examiner from Winchester, guest of Prof. E. S. Fogg. Mrs. John G. Metcalf Jr. visits her mother Mrs. Walter Perry in Southern avenue. Virginia returns home from New Orleans and Florida. Mrs. J. Hh. Kruse hosts a coffee social for Holy Cross Church. Frank Fogg of South Dinmore visits relatives in Lexington. Miss Ruth Sawyer returns from Philadelphia.

Georgia Ryan Paris Jiiss Bessie Park Madison Pike May McGee Lancaster W. R. Elliston Pike Street Charles H. Duty United States Revenue Examiner Winchester E. 8. Fogg South Dinmore John G. Metcalf, Jr Covington Walter Perry Southern Avenue Manson Virginia New Orleans Florida J. Hh. Kruse Park Avenue New Holy Cross Church Frank Fogg Lexington Ruth Sawyer Philadelphia

College Hill Amateur Orchestra Concert Delights Audience

The College Hill Amateur Orchestra under Prof Louis Aiken drew a large audience on Tuesday. Violin soloist Master Charles Upson gave a refined performance. Mr and Mrs Peter G Thomason left for Fortress Monroe for a three week stay. Mr and Mrs Dobbins and granddaughter Amy Aiken visit Mr and Mrs Louis Aiken. Miss Laura Simpson hosted guests at her home.

College Hill Louis Aiken Charles Upson Peter G. Thomason Fortress Monroe Dobbins Amy Aiken Laura Simpson

Saw It in the Papers and Advertising Reach

A magazine writer argues daily newspapers shape public opinion and influence perception. He notes readers absorb printed facts readily and suggests advertising in newspapers as an economical way to reach target audiences through agencies or The Six Points League in New York.

Six Points League Tribune Bldg New York

Toledo social note lists Miss Amy Aiken guests

Miss Amy Aiken of Toledo hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering with guests Misses Amy Aiken Mary Pyle Saradell Emerson Oliva Avery Dorothy Ferrie Eleanor Simpson and Helen Umstein.

Amy Aiken Toledo Mary Pyle Saradell Emerson Oliva Avery Dorothy Ferrie Eleanor Simpson Helen Umstein

Local social notes from Mt. Crab and neighboring towns

Mrs. Hodgson hosts Mrs. Walker in Mt. Crab Ohio. Guests include Miss Cora Hewitt Indianapolis and Mrs. Hathaway Price Hill. Frances Rabb Patriot Ind visits H. M. Rabb Brewster Avenue. Mr. David Monash Hudson Avenue plans South trip. Mrs. Fielders Hudson Avenue entertains N. Wadsworth and granddaughter Edna Margaret Wilson Chicago. Evanston Church holds coffee at Mrs. Basler Brewster Avenue on May 1. German school entertainment directed by Miss Schaefer. Mrs. Pete Woodburn Avenue hosts card party with guests Zerr Brown McGraw Condoe E. Brown. Edna Le Pere visiting Clara Brown Fairmount.

J. B. Fielders Hudson Avenue N. Wadsworth Wadsworth Edna Margaret Wilson Chicago Evanston Presbyterian Church Carl V. Basler Brewster Avenue Schaefer Pete Woodburn Avenue Zerr A. Brown McGraw Condoe E. Brown Edna le Pere Clara Brown Fairmount

Socials and visits highlighted by Harrison residents

Miss Stella Rabenstein of Westwood was entertained by the Misses Huber. Dr. and Mrs. Ray Davis of Cincinnati visited Mrs. Maria Cloud. Mrs. Dora Dohn-Tebbs is off for a two week stay with Mrs. Milton Craighead in Buightatown Ind. Easter dinner at the Messicks included several relatives from Home City Hamilton and Newport. Other visits and guests mentioned include Dr. Ed Sefton in Northside and Miss Zetta Huber in Hamilton.

Ray Davis Cincinnati Maria Cloud Dohn-Tebbs Milton Craighead Buightatown Ind Will’ Messick Fred Biddinger Campbell Blanche McDonald Oscar Blackburn Home’ City Will Biddinger Hamilton R. A. Bowlby Jerlin Ed Sefton Northside Robert Siebenthaler Emma Siebenthaller John Hurley Newport Carl’ Gantvoort Anna Hagis Martin Fox Carrie Thomas Pierce C. \. Stewart Danville Sidney Dennis Thomas Alexander Chicago Hannah Estell George B. Tebbs Germantown Zetta ‘Huber Hill

Delhi Area Socials Highlight Whist And Dances

Mrs. Oscar Hurd entertained in honor of Mrs. Robert Wise with a Delhi Home City gathering including Mesdames Kayser Bartlett Brown Lee Lehman Calloway and others. Invitations go out for a May 8 Coronado Club dance by Hall and Morris. Grace Littleford hosted the Woman's Fortnightly Club in Cincinnati on April 2 with a monologue Everyman.

Oscar Hurd Robert Wise Denver Col W. L. Kayser Calloway H. R. Brown Walter Lee B. F. Lehman C. L. Bartlett A. B.calloway W. B. Calloway Ruth Beekman Nettie Andrew Edna Kayser Ella Lawrence Y43 F. Lenman Home City Whist Club Mesdames VA. Hurd Walter Renneker Ka Beekman Walter Calloway Harry Brown HF. Lehman A. P. Paul Hila Lawrence Alice Edna McBrair Ethel Hunt John Bell W. J. Pugh Bessie Frank Pugh Avondale Ruth Gipe Logansport Ind George Hock Kansas City Howard Yerril Erlanger Delhi Messrs Stanley Hall George Morris Coronado Club Grace Littleford Cincinnati

Social News From Madisonville and Beech Street Gatherings

Madisonville residents, Mrs Setchel and children Hayden and Mary, returned from a southern trip. Miss Alice Wallen and Miss Book hosted guests at Mrs E D Lyon’s Beech Street home, including Mrs F B Dyer and many others. Mrs Roberts and Miss Marian Roberts visited Mrs Edgeley. Mrs Charles McDevitt hosted the Amusement Club on Moore Street with a long listed guest group.

Setchel Hayden Mary Alice Wallen Miss Book E .D .Lyon Beech Street F. B. Dyer Co. M. Merry J. Ritchie M. J. Todd Mackie Néle Kelley Ada Kelley Fannie Holmes Fannie Crugar Lill Shumard Martha Shumard Helen Lasher Olive Ulm Emma Dann Helen Dann Anna Ranson Olive Moore Lfie Wood Roberts Marian Roberts Edgeley Charles McDevitt Moore Street W. A. Hall Elmer Butterfield L. A. Treton Asa Isham Joseph Stiles Joseph Klein D. E. Sauer FE. O. Ragland Drew Whitacre Harry Wood Fred Lush Robert Harkness Frank French William Perin J. Hokie May Eakle

Forepaugh Season Ends With As You Like It

The closing week features Forepaugh Stock Company presenting Shakespeare's As You Like It with Rosalind played by Miss Adair and Orlando by Frank Sylvester. Jacques is by Mr. Mayall, with a farewell audience reception after matinee Wednesday and after Saturday performances on stage.

Pope Ihens H Stock Company Oec Aréwell S. Beebe Audi Ee Canks Viola Allen Julia Marlowe Rosalind Forest of Arden Miss Adair Frank Sylvester Orlando Mr. Mayall Jacques

Chester Opens Next Sunday With Tickler Amusement

Chester announces a Sunday opening featuring new attractions led by the Tickler ride. The park reopens after a two day preliminary, then runs daily until Labor Day with added bathing facilities, a new pavilion, and expanded beach accommodations for 100 more bathers.

Chester Shriners Stanley Washington Celestial Cairo Nut College Bathing Heaoh Martin

Mayer's Moving Pictures at Lyric Theatre Tonight

Mayer's Moving Picture Company presents a series of films this afternoon and tonight at the Lyric Theatre. Titles include The Easterner Babies Will Play The Inexperienced Cabby Love Will Find a Way The King of the Cannibal Islands and others. Some are described as excruciatingly funny with Love Will Find a Way and The Easterner singled out.

Mayer Moving Picture Company Lyric Theater

Lyceum Theater To Run All-Day Film Show

Beginning this afternoon the Lyceum Theater will show moving pictures with scenes of mirth travel and distant places. The program runs from 1 p m to 10 30 p m with one admission price allowing guests to stay all day.

Lyceum Theater

A New Leading Woman at Grand Opera House

Miss Marion Kerby, new leading actress with Thomas W. Ross in The Traveling Salesman, recalls her first stage experiences. She describes nerves on opening night in Washington, growing confidence in Philadelphia, and how public performance sharpened her role despite a cautious start.

Marion Kerby Grand Opera House Thomas W. Ross Miss Kerby Washington Harris Philadelphia

Miss Crosman Opens With The Country Girl At Grand Opera House

Henrietta Crosman arrives at the Grand Opera House next week to perform The Country Girl in a breeches role. The press avoids hype and trusts the audience to judge. opening night will prove the show’s merit as in Cincinnati. The play, once The Country Wife, has evolved under Maurice Campbell’s arrangement into the current production.

Henrietta Crosman Grand Opera House Miss Crosman Cincinnati Wycherly Times David Garrick Garrick London Maurice Campbell

Popular Covington Boy Brings Mardi Gras Beauties to Standard

Covington native Jack Sydell returns home this week with his Mardi Gras Beauties at the Standard Theater. He heads one of the country’s top musical Variety outfits and is praised for his showmanship and leadership. His wife Cassie Bernard Sydell stars as soubrette while their daughter Rose ages five may appear on stage. Covington friends plan to attend to honor Jack’s notable rise in show business.

Covington Jack Sydell Standard Theater Jack Jack Ake Rose Sydell London Belles Company Atlantic City Boniface America Cassie Bernard Sydell Rose Little Rose

Cincinnati Zoo Opens Seasonal Delights Amid Spring Thrills

The Cincinnati Zoo welcomes daily visitors with unusually beautiful foliage and a growing animal collection. The cafe on the veranda serves lunches and the merry-go-round runs as new amusements appear. Today, weather permitting, macaws will be hung under trees near the aviaries and the summer atmosphere prevails at the Open Now resort.

Zoo Cincinnati

Lyman Howe's Moving Pictures Open At Auditorium

Lyman Howe's travel films begin today at 2 15 P M and 8 15 P M at the Auditorium. The new programme has pleased enthusiasts of this entertainment.

Lyman Howe Lyman H. Howe

Hamlet remarks by Sothern cited by Mr E

A fragment reports H. Sothern remarking on Hamlet when questioned by Mr. E about the play. The exchange hints at interpretation and dramatic approach without further detail.

Hamlet as a complex, humane figure says actor

The actor discusses his ideal Hamlet drawing on Shakespeare not critics. He rejects a composite portrait and emphasizes melancholy tempered by circumstance. He notes the challenge of cutting the play to fit three hours and the loss of the soliloquy. Henrietta Crosman will open in The Country Girl next fall in New York.

Booth Irving Hamlet Shakespeare Kean Macready Forbes-Robertson Henrietta Crosman New York

May Gunter's Magazine under Street & Smith debuts with fiction

The May issue showcases 160 pages of all fiction under new ownership. It opens with a full-page illustrated novel Dr Ellis substitute by Mary Catherine Bull and includes two serials The City of Lost Kings by Howard Fitzalan and The Dominant Chord by Frank Lillie Pollock plus several short stories by Stephen Gwynn J Edgerton Fekert Barry Wolcott and others. The changes are expected to broaden appeal to a discerning readership.

Gunter’s Street & Smith May Gunter’s C. H. Grunwad Dr. Ellis Mary Catherine Bull Robert Shortz Gunter Stephen Gwynn M. P J. Edgerton Fekert Song of Priest Barry Wolcott Frank Lillie Pollock Archibald Clavering Gunter

Fireproof hotel rises on Broadway near 1034 St

A new fireproof hotel sits on Broadway and 1034 Street in a healthful city area at its highest point two blocks from the Hudson and Riverside Drive. The European plan offers modern conveniences with easy access to The 103d Street express subway at the door eight minutes from Grand Central Station and all shops and theaters. Broadway and 6th Avenue surface cars pass the hotel, Congress Hall, Saratoga, under the same management.

Broadway 1034 St Hudson and Riverside Drive Grand Central Station 6Th Av

Bell Telephone Opens Doors to Independents in Ohio and Savannah Merger Echoes

The article notes Bell Telephone inviting independent companies in Ohio to connect, citing Brookville and others as accepting. It contrasts Cincinnati’s stance against new rivals, recalls Savannah’s recent merger of rival firms, and discusses the cost and practicality of dual-phone systems versus a single, citywide network.

Cincinnati Ohio Bell Telephone Company Brookville Ind Bell Bell and Edison Cincinna T New Orleans Savannah Morning News Georgia City Savannah Press Weil

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