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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1908
Page
18
Re engaged this week the Imperial Hungarian Military Band led by conductor John Agrony with thirty four accomplished musicians. Thousands heard them and were delighted. Matinee at 2 30 p.m. and evening at 8 p.m. Admission ten cents.
The spectacle promises danger and spectacle as Mr. Dilger plans a bold dive. Colonel Martin has arranged life-savers and a park physician for safety while crowds gather along the lakefront and verandas to watch the stunt unfold.
Holcombe and his band perform at Cincinnati Zoo for two weeks starting Sunday. The act mixes music with vaudeville features including five instrumental soloists and soprano Miss Anna Woodward. New acts and scenic dialogue will entertain while Wormwood’s monkeys baboons and dogs provide intermissions.
Miss Helen Dare of the Sam Bernard Company faltered during a 10 o clock rehearsal for Nearly a Hero at the Lyric Theater New York. After leaving the stage in fear she remained hidden in the darkened auditorium for several minutes and then withdrew from the show. Her private life is Mrs Ottinger wife of the company’s acting manager.
New York theatergoers will see behind the scenes at an arts and crafts exposition. Visitors will learn makeup wigs costumes calcium scenery painting and how a theatrical agency operates. Organizers include Mr Lee Shubert and the event is planned for the summer of 1910 at the Square Garden.
Mr Shubert will leave for Europe to combine business and pleasure on a trip. The first Exposition of Theatrical Arts and Crafts will be held in Munich next summer under German management. He plans a local exposition to boost public interest in theatre with aid from the National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers and the New York City Theatrical Managers Association.
Eddie Foy starts rehearsals for a new vehicle titled Mr Hamlet on Broadway. He plans to perform in the Prince of Denmark’s black costume and has a gimmick with twelve grave diggers in a slow waltz, later joined by ten Ophelias to the Merry Widow tune.
The Shubert management will provide nightly free ice cream and ginger ale to company members at the Casino Herald Square and Daly's Theaters to ease the heat of summer. Starting next week a chorus girl will distribute the refreshments at all three venues between performances.
Miss Lotta Faust had a portrait taken as Salome. She walked to the photographer escorted by Melville Ellis. Ellis carried Miss Fausts Salome costume hidden in a thimbles corner belonging to her maid.
An Indiana chicken-raising firm has contracted space to raise a tent for a fine blooded poultry display during the Coney Island Harvest Home. Music vaudeville and clubhouse entertainments plus park amusements promise the best week of the season at Coney Island.
Lillian Russell arrives back from London and Paris for rehearsals of Wild Fire, a Klaw and Erlanger racing comedy opening at the Liberty Theater in New York City. She traveled to Paris to avoid betting on New York tracks and notes American dressmakers now outpace Paris. Wild Fire opens at Asbury Park on September 4 with Frank Sheridan engaged as trainer Donovan.
Miss Louise Drew daughter of John Drew is engaged to perform opposite Miss Billie Burke in Love Watches. Drew last season acted at the Hudson Theater with Ethel Barrymore in Her Sister.
William Seymour, formerly of the Pike Stock Company, remains general stage director for all Charles Frohman attractions. He will rehearse Love Watches Jack Straw Diana of Dobson s and The Mollusc this season with ten stage managers under his supervision.
Charles Frohman reports a cablegram from Miss Ethel Barrymore announcing a younger, finer Miss Ethel Barrymore staying in Paris with Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Barrymore.
Among the company just brought from the Gaiety Theatre London by Charles Frohman for The Girls of Gottenberg is an English performer described as a lively little Britisher. Her arrival adds local interest to the new production.
Miss Lida Thomson returns from Georgetown as guests visit Miss Katherine Bradely. Numerous social events unfold with dinners, dances and picnics hosted by the Mathews, Rogan, and Brown circles. Trips span Avon-by-the-Sea, Camp Sycamore, Adirondacks, and England aboard the Mauretania. many guests travel to Philadelphia, Duluth, and Glendale.
An English traveler arrives in America with his golf cap and stick and rides Broadway. He stays at the Astor, wakes early to view the city, and believes the Indians he sees are part of a traveling show. He remains inside for three days until reassured the spectacle is staged, not real.
Miss Henrietta Crosman plans a New York Academy of Music production of As You Like It using the same score Adelaide Neilson and Mary Anderson employed. The arrangement was by the late David Braham.
Thomas A Wise will star in the play The Gentleman From Mississippi which he wrote with Harrison Rhodes. The first performance under William A Brady’s management is set for next month in Washington.
The Shu bert family awards yearly scholarships to the youngest company members. Winners sign five year contracts with the management and travel abroad for a year of study in Paris with brief visits to theaters in London Berlin and Vienna.
The obituary-like note recalls Henrietta Crosman known privately as Mrs Maurice Campbell. It cites her birth in Wheeling and her first stage appearance at the Windsor Theater New York on August 13 1883 as Lily in The White Slave under manager John W Elisler.
Miss Ruth Pierce hosts Dayton visitor John Winchet as a stream of friends and relatives travel from Kentucky Indiana Ohio and Michigan to spend time with local families. Visitors include Miss Ella Campbell of Indianapolis and Mrs An gie McCauley in Broadway with other guests from Bellevue and Home City.
George Dinger Al Haas and Fred Smith hosted a Monday evening event with Miss Jeannette Gray leading dancing and parlor games. A significant reunion occurred Friday at Garside's Grove bringing old-time friends like Mr. and Mrs. George Williams and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Campbell together after twenty-five years.
Residents return from visits to New Burlington Seymour and Niagara Falls while relatives and friends are noted in town. A temperance lecture was held at the M E Church and the Glen Este ball team lost 15 to 4 to the Newtown nine at home last Sunday.
Hartwell and nearby residents host and visit relatives across Michigan Kentucky Ohio Indiana Missouri and Wisconsin. Notables include Alma Hazel Earl Kenneth Harl Mary Marpe George Barber Irene Allen Dollie Ross and Adele Ottenstatter with trips to Niagara Falls Detroit Mackinac Island Manitowoc and Indianapolis.
A brief item notes Queen City Beach scene with upcoming events and seasonal closures. It highlights local activity and tourism plans for late season visitors and residents.
Miss Lucy Wilson and Miss Grace Wick won. Others present were Mrs. Frank Harder, Mrs. O. W. Butler, Mrs. Charles Hedrick, Mrs. S H Small and Miss Ruth Bittle. Miss Henrietta Lewis will spend the remainder of the summer at Cape May New Jersey. Miss Alberta Smith has returned from a visit in Springfield Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Price of Indian apolis visit Mrs Cornelius Buchanan's home. The Misses Emma Taylor Anna Dean Gladys Davies Alma Webber return from State Normal Terre Haute. Mrs J L Kanebaum hosted Mrs Charles Bareford Los Angeles. Misses Elizabeth Duchemin Emma Wendell back from Winona Lake. Miss Carrie Somerfield entertains Misses Bess and Helen Kling Louisville. Mrs George Stedman and children at White Sulphur Springs. Mr and Mrs T Moran return to West Point after a visit with Mrs Elizabeth Herdegan. Mrs Marsh Bailey returns from Anderson. Mrs Gilbert Wymond of Louisville visits Mrs Jane Gibson. Mrs Lizzie Clements returns from four months at Washington and Sparta.
Mrs. Frank Steth of Falmouth Ky is guest of friends in Latonia. Mrs. O H Alford of Park avenue hosts sister Mrs E Marquardt of Falmouth. Mrs Manson of Hamlin entertained the Ladies Aid of the M E Church Thursday. Emily Sullivan of Earle avenue leaves for Lawrenceburg Ky to visit grandparents. Gat Nash of Louisa Ky, guests of Mrs E S Fogg, returned home. Samuel Cotterill of Din more Park back from Winchester Ky visit. George Levi of Pike street visits relatives in Cynthiana Ky. W H Owens family of Park avenue go to Parks Hill Ky Chautauqua. Alice Taylor of Indianapolis leaves after visiting Stella Deupree. William Shipman of Ashland Ky returns home after visit with Prof E S Fogg.
Mr and Mrs E N Wild entertain cousins Miss Stella and Mr Albert Ghoreyib of Syria. Dudley Emerson and son Earl visit Lake of Bays Canada to meet Ruth Emerson. Bartholoméw visits Mrs Taylor Westwood. Coys return from the lakes. Edward Henshaw Jr leaves for Oklahoma. Orville Simpson and Mrs Simpson are at Lake of Bays. Nellie Bowman of New Albany visits Mrs Henry Bowman. Mrs Fark Bowman hosts dinner for Henry Bowman Nellie Bowman and Edward Henshaw IP. Elizabeth Thomson of Indianapolis visits Alexander Thomson.
Mr and Mrs Stephen Gano and daughter Laura went to Virginia Beach for a few weeks. The Milford area Hast Fork camp hosts Rogers Cox Joe Cox Arthur Guillauden James Chisholm Stuart Davis Wayland Hier Gustave Kreiger Robert Dubois Donald Gilbert Steven Jones and Prof Irwin Driehaus among others enjoying the outing.
The Avoca Park program announces boating bathing dancing and amusements plus moving pictures and refreshments. A new era of leisure opens with tram line access and free offers every week inviting families and visitors to enjoy a festive launch attracted by musical and social entertainments.
The article lists visits by Madden Madden family and guests to Indianapolis and Oklahoma City, plus a Miss Brice of Indianapolis visiting Miss Crugar. It highlights the corner stone laying of a new school on the old site, with speakers Allen Andrews and others, and notes return travel of Robert S. Rogers from Sand Lake Michigan and visits by Mrs. Ballentine and daughters from Hillsboro, with Anna Ranson of Batavia visiting locals.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hil entertain at dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shearman of Bloomfield New Jersey and others from Cincinnati Milford and Batavia hosts list visitors such as Halsey Harvey Pullman Washington and Detroit area relatives J S Sweet Holton and Mrs Brittie Meguire with Audrey return from a Northern lakes trip and E B Gatch back from Mansfield Ohio посещение locals and guests across several cities
A Sunday of visits and relatives throughout Terrace Park and nearby Cincinnati. Families including the Betts, Siebern, Geiger, Gegners, Drydens, Hunts, Hanauer, Meyers, Lyman, Stagg, and Bacons share greetings, with trips to Cleveland and Wilmington noted. Various residents travel to see kin and friends at Eden Park, Catawba Island, and other local locales.
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