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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
7
The Forepaugh company presents Elsie Janis in The Hoyden at the Grand with the companion Fascinating Flora at the Lyric. Energetic, optimistic performances convey human sympathy and a clear message to patrons.
The dainty Elsie Janis headlines The Hayden at the Grand opening Monday night in a lively Cosmo Hamilton musical comedy. Supported by Joseph Cawthorn and an able company, the show offers charm, humor, and lavish staging that outdoes previous star turns.
The passage recounts Adrienne Lecouvreur a famed 18th century actress in Paris involved with Maurice de Saxe and Duchesse dé Bouillon. It notes a key fourth act quarrel at a royal reception and Adrienne’s death by a poisoned bouquet. It praises Miss Nethersole’s dramatic portrayal and the Romantic era staging.
Francis Macmillen, studying at Brussels Conservatoire under Cesar Thomson, is set for a Cincinnati appearance at the Grand Opera House on Thursday afternoon January 16. He won the Van Hal prize in 1902 for the Handel Pascaglia piece amid controversy, and the Stradivarius he plays was presented by Lady Palmer. Macmillen embarks on a 160 concert tour through May 11, the longest for any violinist, with plans to tour Germany and Russia afterwards.
The article notes producer Gus Hill spent a year assembling the McFadden's Row of Flats company for next week's Heuck Opera House engagement. It highlights cast selection, lavish costumes, color effects, and the journey of touring productions with two special baggage cars to move new scenery and electrical equipment.
A revival of Adrienne Lecouvreur by Miss Olga Nethersole is set for Friday night. The English version is an adaptation by the star herself of Scribe and Legouvé's work. The article notes the historic French original from the late 19th century and the famed actresses who sought the role, including Sarah Bernhardt.
The piece describes Ada Lewis as Annie Wiggles staging a mock duet with Caruso using a phonograph to mock a Paris conservatoire performance. Winnie’s rasping voice, a graphophone, and a mocked aria from Il Trovatore create a comic scene. The article muses on future phonographic theatrics and a mechanized opera troupe.
The Forepaugh Stock Company brings David Harum to the Olympic next week, promising a refined American play that emphasizes optimism and finer sentiment. William H. Crane starred the production, whose dramatic adaptation of the popular novel has earned widespread acclaim and strong audience reception.
Olga Nethersole stages a dramatic treatment of the famous opera I Pagliacci revealing the rustic love and hate tale. The piece adapts Leoncavallo's music and story for a dramatic presentation drawing interest from music lovers and theater audiences.
Nedda secretly loves Silvio through the itinerant troupe led by Canio. Tonio betrays the lovers, Canio discovers the plot, and on stage he stabs Nedda when she refuses to name her lover. The two act play by Charles Brookfield, staged for Miss Nethersole, promises a compelling dramatic addition.
Theodore Thomas' Orchestra staged an illustrated concert in Chicago with pantomime, stage pictures, and dances to accompany Grieg and other works. The two performances aimed to raise over 12,000 dollars for a relief fund for ill orchestra members, with Boston Symphony Orchestra planning a similar venture.
Philadelphia importer J. Hope agreed to supply 25 rattlesnakes weekly for 40 weeks totaling 1000 snakes for the play Through Death Valley at the Lyceum. Snakes will be fanged and rendered nonpoisonous. Hope provided a large bond.
Olga Nethersole headlines a double bill at the Grand tonight with a dramatized version of I Pagliacci and The Submarine. The production combines her Pierrot prologue and epilogue with new incidental music by Leoncavallo. The tale follows a troupe of traveling players where jealousy and murder unravel on stage and off.
A scenic production titled Through Death Valley to be shown at the Lyceum next week promises unusually realistic beauty. The company provides all scenery and props and even uses a real rattlesnake in the third act climax, with a limited supply kept for performances. The Forepaugh Stock Company also presents Leah Kleschna at the Olympic this afternoon in Mrs. Fiske’s celebrated dramatic style.
Joe Cawthorn tackles a cigar smoker aboard a crowded L car in New York reading The Hayden. He buys a stump from the smoker, then ejects it, and continues the ride on the rear platform. He will perform at Grand Opera House in The Hayden next week and plans to use surface cars.
Miss Nethersole's plays return to the Grand with evening curtains at eight sharp and matinees starting at two sharp daily this week. Her performances attract local audiences and offer updated works from the stage star.
Jules Murrys big production At Yale comes to the Walnut next week as the season’s most welcome play on the road in its second year. The college life of real boys, a moral uplift, a stirring boat race scene, and a vivid love story promise lively, whole souled entertainment.
Al Reeves Fifteenth annual Beauty Show comes to Cincinnati at the Standard next Sunday afternoon. Reeves presents an elaborate vaudeville program with high class acts, beautiful women, elaborate scenery, costumes and electric effects, promising bright colorful fun.
Amusement notes report Houdini visited Postmaster Montfort and opened a rotary registered lock before leaving. Superintendent Ritter of the Cincinnati Post Office registry division said the feat is beyond him.
The Court of Appeals mandate in Greene and Gaynor was ordered by Judge Speer and the United States Court in Macon committed the two prisoners to the Atlanta Penitentiary. Each faces four years from delivery to the Warden, with prior time not counted unless future disposition. Neither man attended. Marshal George White will escort them to Atlanta at once.
Twenty five thousand shippers at a Chicago meeting demand interest on unsettled railroad freight claims within thirty days. W. E. Cook becomes Secretary and Treasurer, succeeding E. B. Boyd. John F. Ryan of Toledo is chosen Vice President while J. Lincoln of St. Louis remains President.
New York January 7 Robert Caldwell the witness in the Druce case in London was too ill to be arraigned on the charge of perjury. The hearing was postponed until Friday.
In Philadelphia on January 7, Rev. D I McDermott refused funeral services at St Mary’s for John Daly if Ancient Order of Hibernians attended. The widow complied, allowing the service without Hibernians. McDermott cited his opposition to the Hibernians based on Molly Maguires, claiming he spoke truthfully and would not compromise.
Thousands gather at the National Cemetery San Diego to unveil a seventy four slab granite memorial for Bennington dead. The sixty foot shaft crowns the grave plot of those who died in the 1905 disaster.
Governor Dawson issued a call for a special session of the West Virginia Legislature to convene June 28 with thirty seven subjects on the agenda. The chief purpose is to pass an act to limit levies by public bodies.
Judge R. B. Reid Waterways Commissioner reports four months studying European waterways in Germany Austria France and England. He says the Mississippi River between tidewater and St Paul could carry ten times the traffic of all navigable rivers visited and could move Mississippi Valley freight at low cost.
The overdue Mount Royal steamer from Antwerp to St John with 300 Hungarian emigrants and 100 crew members limped into Queenstown on January 7. Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic feared for her welfare since December 10 near the Lizard. Boiler trouble caused the delay and repair efforts followed.
New York tenants facing eviction warned landlords that houses would be burned after vacated. The red flag group claimed responsibility, amid a Madison Street tenement fire linked to rent disputes. Court dispossession hearings were delayed as strikers hinder evictions by heating stores and delaying marshal action.
Viscount Aoki the Japanese Ambassador to America sails for Japan from San Francisco aboard the Manchuria at 1 PM with Viscountess Aoki and Ilowagy ecretary. He leaves after a final meeting at the Fairmount Hotel with Consul General Choso Kioke and Vice Consul Matsubara who is to become consul at Seattle.
The Coles County Grand Jury re indicts Judge Peter S Grosscup and Chicago directors of the Central Illinois Traction Company after a wreck near Charleston Illinois. Indictments include manslaughter and criminal negligence against Grosscup and other directors, plus charges against Charleston officials.
Tokyo reports the selection of Baron Takahira as the new Japanese Ambassador to the United States has been decided upon and acknowledged by the Foreign Office, though not officially announced. He will succeed Viscount Aoki.
J Schoppert was moved from chief surveyor to department clerk and William Plinger named as his replacement after mutual agreement. John D Mosby urged the City Auditor audit of Water Works books. Mayor Markbreit signed a council resolution to turn over two thirds of the tax distribution from the County Treasurer to the City Treasurer.
The Board of Health yesterday appointed Dr. J. W. Dodds district physician of the First Ward.
The Board of Sinking Fund Trustees informed Mayor Markbreit that Hinkle’s term ends January 8. He was asked to fill the vacancy and will be reappointed.
Mrs. Martha Chandler of Lily Kentucky applied to the police yesterday for a charity pass to enable her to return to her home and was supplied.
The Board of Education of New York asked the Cincinnati schools about their punishment method. New York has recently restored corporal punishment in a modified form.
Acting Chief Engineer Benzenberg of the Water Works Commission and president of the American Society of Civil Engineers will attend the group’s annual meeting in New York next week.
Former Mayor Dempsey is ill at home with the grip. Willis Kennedy, Inspector of Buildings, is also confined to his home with the same ailment.
Mayor Markbreit announced appointments to boost the police force and set an eight hour shift for patrol wagon drivers and station house keepers. James Gorman becomes patrolman, George H. Cottmann patrol wagon driver, and Thomas A. Reardon station house keeper.
Humane Society reports to Mayor Markbreit a request to include mounted policemen and Fire Department drivers in the Decoration Day work horse parade to promote better horse care. The Mayor has the matter under advisement.
Acting Chief Engineer G H Benzenberg informs the Board of Water Works that Mt Auburn tanks cannot supply needed water. He recommends keeping Eden Park Pumping Station active and using auxiliary pumps if a shutdown occurs to ensure adequate supply.
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