Road to Yesterday and Bedford's Hope At The Lyric
A fragmentary feature notes Minerva’s life turning from student to aspiring actress. She enters the University of Nashville as a freshman, earns a degree, then pursues more, before illness delays her path to fame. The piece praises her Madge likeness and Southern charm, likening her to Betty Girard and Bessie Barriscale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lyric
Bedford
HOPE
Ams
University of Nashville
Miss Minerva
Madge
Betty Girard
Bessie Barriscale
Laura Burt
Old Kentucky
Road to Yesterday returns to Lyric after strong eastern run
Minnie Dupree and her company bring The Road to Yesterday back to the Lyric opening Sunday night after a year of success in New York Philadelphia Boston and Baltimore. The play left capacity crowds last season and received universal approval for its performance and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Minnie Dupree
Bedford's Hope and Kidnapped for Revenge At Heucks Opera
The article recounts Lincoln J. Carter's first big New York production Bedford's Hope and a humorous door knob mishap after a Cardillac celebration. It also previews Blaney's Kidnapped for Revenge with praise for its mounting and stage effects including a ferry scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Mr. Blaney
New York
Blaney Melodrama at Lyceum
The article discusses Charles E. Blaney and his melodramas, praising the vivid staging and lifelike effect of his productions. It notes Will H. Vedder as a leading actor in the Lyceum show "Kiddy for Revenge" and highlights Vedder’s continued success on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaney
Lyceum
Rncan
Charles E. Y
Mr. Vedder
Anna Held brings The Parisian Model to Grand Opera House
Monday evening the Parisian Model opens for one week at the Grand Opera House after a 33 week Broadway run where Anna Held’s show drew the era’s top-musical receipts. Zeigfeld’s Parisian revue showcases beauty, color, and clever numbers including Won’t You Be My Teddy Bear and an animated skating finale. A Saturday matinee is offered during the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Held
Grand Opera House
Broadway Theater
New York
F. Zeigfeld, Jr
Zeigfeld
Miss Held
Comedienne
Forepaugh to Stage Her Own Way at Olympic Next Week
Forepaugh stock season adds a society comedy with contrast to recent dramas. The company aims for a splendid production of Her Own Way with high standards in settings and gracious roles for the cast, led by Maxine Elliott’s acclaimed vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Elliott
Miss Elliott
May Stockton in Old Kentucky at Walnut
A Southern young woman named May Stockton, born in Nashville and granddaughter of a South Church clergyman, plays Madge in In Old Kentucky at the Walnut next week. Her ambitious, studious nature is contrasted with Yankee influences as she pursues greatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Stockton
B.A
Cincinnati
Madge
Old Kentucky
Dixie Land
Nashville
South Church
Lergyman
May
North Carolina
Manchester's Cracker Jacks at Standard Next Week
The famous beauty show Manchester's Cracker Jacks returns to the Standard for its ninth annual visit with a cast of thirty five. Twenty four young and pretty girls headline a program featuring Bob Van Osten Warden Perry and Wilber. The opening burlesque satirizes Saratoga life with Model Venus Ruby Leoni. The second edition adds Warden Perry and Wilber three singers dancers and musicians the Mannings the Millard Brothers bicycle riders and the Three Madcaps. The show ends with Nature in Marble Halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Standard
Bob Manchester
Bob van Osten
Warden Perry
Wilber
New York
Saratoga
Venus
Ruby Leoni
Lilly Vedder
Warden
Perry
Mannings
Millard Brothers
Madcaps
Marble Halls
Minnie Dupree to Lead Ermette Novelli in Next Season
It is stated that Miss Minnie Dupree, star of The Road to Yesterday at the Lyric, will be Novelli’s leading woman next season. Novelli, who recently toured major American cities, signed a contract with Dupree to star opposite him in Shakespearean repertoire. He plans an extended American tour starting in New York City late next September with an English-speaking company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novelli
Minnie Dupree
Lyric
Ermette Novelli
Majestic Theater
Boston
Miss Dupree
Madge Pierce Charms In The Man on the Box at Lyric
Critics praise Madge Pierce for her maid Cora in The Man on the Box at the Lyric Theater this week. Her performance injects comedy and atmosphere, enhancing the play alongside Jameson Lee Finney’s gallant butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Price
Jameson Lee Finney
Lyric Theater
Miss Madge Pierce
Cora
Miss Pierce
Annesley
Mr. Finney
Lion and the Mouse Farewell at the Grand
The matinee and evening performances of The Lion and the Mouse close the week at the Grand. John Burkett Ryder leads the cast under Edmond Breese with Gertrude Coghlan delivering the Shirley Rossmore role, leaving a lasting impression on local playgoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Klein
John Burkett Ryder
Edmond Breese
Shirley Rossmore
Gertrude Coghlan
Mrs Patrick Campbell to star in Electra in America
Mrs Patrick Campbell, supported by Mrs Beerbohm Tree, brings Sophocles Electra to New York on February 1 with a special cast. The English version is a translation from German. Tree will not appear in Edwin Drood in England. she agreed to play Clytemnestra in America when invited by Liebler & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tree
Campbell
New York
Beerbohm Tree
Patrick Campbell
America
Sophocles
Electra
Mission Workers Meet Here for Preliminary Arrangements
Local members prepare for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting to be held in Cincinnati next October. Mrs. Bishop Foss of Philadelphia is the president, with a union mass meeting planned in the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Society
Wvoman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Cincinnati
Bishop Foss
Philadelphia
Book Concern
Evanston
Church of the Covenant
Eighth and
Elm. Streets
Robert P. Hargitt
Presbyterian
YWCA Members Entertained with Cincinnati Lecture at Library
The semimonthly YWCA gathering features a stereopticon lecture on Early Cincinnati by Mrs. George S. Baily at the Public Library 8 p.m. Monday January 27. Hostesses are Mrs. Milton McRae and Mrs. Charles Stephens. Attendees meet at 7:50 p.m. The Cincinnati Section of the Council of Jewish Women meets January 30 at 2:30 p.m. in Avondale Reading road Sabbath school rooms with solos, an education talk, and Miss Annie Laws as speaker chair Mrs. Sigmar Stark to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George S. Baily
Avondale
Milton McRae
Charles Stephens
Association
Council of Jewish Women
Reading Road
Whittier Street
Samson
Dalila
Saint Saens
Jeannette Alexander
Annie Laws
Sigmar Stark
Scholar to Speak on The Significance of Adolescence
Dr. William Walter Smith of Teachers College Columbia University will deliver an address on The Significance of Adolescence Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Christ Church East Fourth Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walter Smith
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York
Christ Church
East Fourth
Mrs Campbell's American Managers at Garden Theater
Mrs Tree sails from Liverpool tomorrow as production preparations begin for the American managers show at the Garden Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Campbell
Garden Theater
Mrs. Tree
Liverpool
Social leaders book 27 parties for Minnie Dupree play
The second day of seat sales for The Road to Yesterday opened strongly with many social leaders arranging theater parties. The total booked engagements now reach twenty seven as society shows its appreciation for the小 comedian and her dream play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Dupree
Paradise of Mahomet debuts at Lyric in Philadelphia
A special matinee at the Lyric Theater presented The Paradise of Mahomet a comic opera by Planquette in its first America trial run under the Shuberts. Protagonists Jefferson De Angelis and Blanche Ring led a professional audience to overall success.
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Philadelphia
Lyric Theater
Planquette
Normandy
America
Shuberts
Jefferson de Angelis
Blanche Ring
Forepaugh’s Sunday closes with matinee today
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents the Western idyll Sunday with strong audience appeal due to polished performances and production quality. Final shows are scheduled for this afternoon and evening, reflecting continued success this week.
Bedford's Hope at Heyck's Opera House Weeks Run
Lincoln J. Carter presents Bedford's Hope a Western drama at Heyck's Opera House for the week starting Sunday Stair and Havlin manage the production. The show features a dramatic race between an automobile and a train and marks New York success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Heuck’s
New York
Lincoln J. Carter
Stair and Havlin
Heyck’s
Opera House
Matinee at Lyric Theater Tonight Ends McGrath Play
The Lyric Theater hosts a matinee today and the final performance of the McGrath play The Man on the Box tonight. Jameson Lee Finney delivers a witty impersonation of Bob Wharburton entertaining the audience with skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theater
McGrath
Man On
Jameson Lee Finney
Bob Wharburton
Presbyterian Ministers Meeting at Church of the Covenant
The ministers gathering takes place Monday at 10 30 in the Church of the Covenant with addresses by Korean Missionaries Drs Underwood Hall and Sharocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Ministers
Church of the Covenant
Drs. Underwood, Hall
Sharocks
Religious Services Calendar Across Avonale Gatherings
The page lists pastors and sermon themes for multiple churches including Avon dale Methodist and Wyoming Presbyterian with morning and evening services next week. Subjects cover Despair and Remedy, Darkness and Light, and The Great Separation while choirs and evangelistic meetings are scheduled at several houses of worship.
Church Services Calendar With Sermons and Classes
Listings across Madisonville Columbia Ninth Street Walnut Hills Lincoln Park Institutional Wyoming Mt Auburn detail pastors, service times, Sunday school and revival topics. Topics include The Winning Church The Presbyterian Idea The New Patriotism and more with multiple evenings of revival meetings and youth events.
Amusement Notes at Louisville Theater Debuts
The Mary Anderson Theater in Louisville, newly acquired by the Anderson Ziegler Co, will open with high class vaudeville on Sunday afternoon. The initial bill includes top acts from the Columbia this week. Miss Inez Macauley who appears with her sketch The Unexpected at the Columbia this week dined at the Hayvn last night with other actresses from the Columbia lineup. Also present were Mile Charlene Effie Lawrence and Elizabeth Murray. Macauley formerly led James J. Corbett's Pals and Corbett and Lion and the Mouse Company members attended. Cincinnati guests included Mr and Mrs George A Gohen and longtime friends of Macauley and Corbett. A beefsteak dinner for the party was hosted by the Gohens the night before at their home.
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Mary Anderson
Louisville
Anderson-Ziegler Company
Columbia
Inez Macauley
Hayvlin
Mile
Charlene
Effie Lawrence
Elizabeth Murray
Macauley
James J. Corbett
Mr. Corbett
The
Lion and the Mouse Company
George A. Gohen
Miss Macauley
Hap Ward to Bring Not Yet But Soon to Walnut
Hap Ward of Ward and Voices will perform Not Yet But Soon at the Walnut in a two act comedy rackle titled In Old Kentucky. The production aims to keep pace with Ward’s past theater success and focus on broad humor with no plot to annoy. E D Stair, manager, promises strong scenic staging and rich wardrobes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hap Ward
Ward and Voices
Old Kentucky
E. D. Stair
Grand completes maple floor for Parisian Model engagement
Preparations for Anna Held at the Grand reveal an extensive maple floor laid on stage for next week’s engagement. A large electrical device was tested on the surface yesterday. by evening the floor was smooth as glass. The Lion and the Mouse was performed with no wobble, though actors slid briefly backstage.
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Anna
Religious Services Schedule Across Camp Washington Walnut Hills and Carthage
Calendar notes Bible schools and services at Camp Washington Walnut Hills and Carthage. Speakers include Rev. A W Fortune and H C Bowen with morning and evening sermons and youth programs listed.
Weekly church services and pastors listed by district
In Evanston and nearby districts church schedules include Bowen at County Infirmary with prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p.m. Roy E Deadman ministry 9:30 a.m. Bible school 10:45 a.m. Love's Renown 7:45 p.m. Bearing the Cross. Northside Justin N Green pastor 9:15 Bible school 10:45 Hon Lilly of Columbus Antisaloon League speaker 7:45 M G Long Harrison to preach World Plus Christ. Central Ninth Street John L Hill pastor 10:30 Ordinances and Offices 7:30 Dr P S Rutledge Antisaloon League speaker. Grace J A Lord pastor 9:45-11:30 Bible school church service 6:45 sermon Full Gospel Beginnings 7:45. Richmond Street G W Thompson pastor 10:30 Christ's Idea of Life 7:30 Quench Not the Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
John W. Craig
H. T. Crane
City Missions
Antisaloon League
Columbia
R. Venting
Young People’s Meeting
Cc. Bowen
Evanston
Roy E. Deadman
Love
Northside
Justin N. Green
Bible School
Hon. L. D. Lilly
Columbus
M. G. Long
Harrison
Central
Ninth Street
City Hall
John.l. Hill
Rutledge
Grace
J. A. Lord
A. M. Sinks
Richmond Street
G. W. Thompson
Sunday church schedules across Mohawk to First United
A list of pastors and service times across Mohawk Silverton Montgomery College Hill Welsh Church of the Covenant Bethany Mission Northside First Sixth Poplar Street First Presbyterian Third Presbyterian Clifton Norwood Seventh Pleasant Ridge Second United Glendale First United detailing morning and evening worships Sunday school and special lectures or sermons by noted ministers including Dr. Mack and Rev. Un derwood Korea connections noted for some speakers.
Sabbath Services and Sermons at First Reformed and Avondale
The record notes 11 a.m. Sabbath services at First Reformed Church Plum Street with Sabbath School at 9:45 a.m. and a sermon titled Obedience the Way of Knowledge by D D David McKinney. Avondale hosts an 11 o'clock talk by Pastor Charles Frederic Goss on The New World Consciousness and Its Moral Obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed
Plum Street
Eighth
Ninth
David McKinney
D.D
Avondale
Charles Frederic Goss
Church schedules grace Avondale and Walnut Hills churches
A list of Sunday services shows Grace Avondale Wallace M Gordon leading Tector 7 30 am holy communion and 11 am sermon. Church of the Advent Kemper Lane Walnut Hills holds 7 30 am holy communion 9 45 am Sunday school 11 am morning prayer and sermon Rev Samuel Tyler 4 pm evening prayer Rev RE Bigler. Church of the Good Shepherd Norwood rector W J Lockton 7 30 am holy communion 9 30 am Sunday school 11 am morning prayer 7 30 pm evening prayer. St Pauls Cathedral Seventh and Plum streets 7 30 am holy communion 11 am sermon by Canon Reade 7 45 pm choir selections from St Pauls oratorio and address by Dean Matthews. Christ Church 8 45 am early communion 9 30 am Sunday school 11 am morning service sermon Rev F H Nelson 7 45 pm evening prayer sermon Rev T Campbell Mendelssohn musical service Song of Praise. Church of the Epiphany Stan ton avenue Walnut Hills rector George N Eastman 7 30 am holy communion 9 30 am Sunday school 11 am morning service sermon Rt Rev Boyd Vincent apostolic rite of confirmation 10 pm evening service address by rector.
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Church OF the Good Shepherd
Norwood
W. J. Lockton
ST. Paul's Cathedral
Seventh
Plum Streets
Mnunion
Canon Reade
Mendelssohn
Stanton Avenue
Walnut Hills
George N. Eastman
Boyd Vincent
Walnut Hills Church Notices and Sermon Schedule
Local church listings show sermons and services across several Hartford area parishes. Rev Joel Ives and Rev A Ry Pugh are noted in Middlesex association circles, with ministers Bigelow Evans Evans and M D Evans scheduled for Welsh and English services and Bible classes.
Religious Services Listings for Avondale and Downtown
The First Church of Christ Scientist on Rockdale Avenue holds services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with the reading rooms at 1011 1012 First National Bank Building. The Church of Christ Scientist meets in Assembly Hall on the fourth floor of the Mercantile Library Building at 10 45 a.m. with the subject Truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church OF Christ
Scientist
Rockdale Avenue
Avondale
First National Bank
Church OF Christ, Scientist
Assembly Hall
Mercantile Library
Religious services list across city churches
NEW THOUGHT TEMPLE on McMillan and Gilbert av hosts 11 a.m. lecture "The Infinite Will" by D. Larson. METHODIST PROTESTANT at Barr and Mound offers 11 a.m. communion and 7:45 p.m. evangelistic service on "The Existence of God." NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH at Oak and Winslow hosts 11 a.m. service titled "The Value of a Horse" by Rev. Louis G. Hoeck. NORWOOD UNITED BRETHREN on Main Ave. schedules 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. sermons, Sabbath school at 9:30 a.m., Junior Y P S at 2 p.m. FIRST UNIVERSALIST at Essex Place, 11 a.m. sermon "What Gives Meaning to Life" and 7 p.m. young people's service followed by "Man's Sin and God's Promise" at 7:45 p.m. CUMMINSVILLE UNITED BRETHREN on Borden and Weber streets lists morning sermon "The Temple of the Body" and evening "Sin" with C. E. Mission on tenements. FIRST LUTHERAN at Race and Twelfth with 11 a.m. sermon by Dr. Rutledge and 7:45 p.m. second "Pilgrim's Progress" illustrated lecture.
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College Street
William Henry Williams
Church OF the Covenant
Highth
Elm Streets
Robert Watson
Francis James Martin
Watson
Uniting Hope
Bethany Mission
State Avenue
Francis James Mann
East End
James Aikin Smith
Junior Brotherhood
Dr. Mack
Lane Seminary
Brotherhood
Poplar Street
Dunhcan Harley
West Liberty Street
First Presbyter
Walnut Hills
Gilbert Avenue
Locust Street
Robert Ogilvie
Kirkwood
A. G. Underwood
D.D
Korea
Third Presbyterian
Baymiller
W. F. McCauley
Clifton
Selby F. Vance
Robert I. Platter
Mr. Platter
Norwood
George W. Shields
Madison Road
Cleanview Avenue
Thomas Knox
Underwood
Pleasant Ridge
D. Ira Lambert
The
HB. D. Upham
Will Evans
Second United
Western Avenue
Hopple Street
Frank Boyd
NEW Thought Temple
McMillan and Gilbert Avenue
D. Larson
Methodist Protestant
Barr and Mound
C. Benninger
God
New Jerusalem
Er Oak
Winslow
Louis G. Hoeck
First Universalist
Essex Place
Walnut
Samuel Gilbert Ayres
Cumminsville
John &. Rutledge
Cleveland
Pilgrim’s Progress
Hanover College Offers Educator Presidency To Prof Millis
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Prof W A Millis of Wabash College has been tendered the presidency of Hanover College in Madison Indiana. He is believed to accept and is currently in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover College
Commercial Tribune
Madison
Ind
W. A. Millis
Wabash College
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Cathryiy Palmer
Lyceoult
Qhyree
W. Fascoe
Hotel Cardillac
Carter
Cardillac
Mr. Carter
Mr.Carter
Kentucky
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Calvin D. Wilson
Glendale
Louise Gallagher
Christie Methodist Episcopal Church
John Yeakley
Carnegie
Epworth Heights
D. Lee Aultman
George 8. Easton
Morrow
William Jennings Bryan
Society
Methodist
C. E. Schenk
Yne Avenue
Wilbur L. Y. Davis
J. G. Newman
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Epworth League
MT. Lookout
O. P. Hoffman
Hyde Park
Washington
J. D. Darling
C. W. Horn
Asbury
Webster Street
Main
Sycamore
W. E. Grose
Freeman Avenue
Fred Nightingale
Edgar P. Smith
Pueblo
Col
Race Street
John KE. Braun
Lhagles’ Wings
Edw. C. Anner
Germany
Albert F. Cramer
O. L. Seward
Wesley Chapel
Gervaise Roughton
C. Harold Clerke
Henry C. Jameson
Mt, Auburn
Wpworth League
Galileean Ministry
Jesse Bowman Young
H. A. Winans
Barth
Baptist
John F. Herget
Charles S. Brown
Lincoln ‘Park Institutional
G. R. Robbins
Wyoming
Charles EB. Stanton
MT. Auburn
Rufus W. Weaver
Junior Christian Endeavor
Christian
Camp Washington
Sidney Avenue
Hopple
Elijah the Fearless
Cy. J. Sebastian
Park Avenue
Christian Endeavor
A. W. Fortune
Carthage
Bowen
Endeavor
Church
Central Christian Church
John L. Hill
Hill
Early Church
J. S. Rutledge
Anti-Saloon League
Peter Robertson
Second Presbyterian German Church
Liberty Street
Silverton
J. M. la Bach
A. M. Sharrocks, M.D
L. E. Lee
Sabbath School
Baraca
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Franklyn Gilfillen
East Fourth Street
William L. Spiegel
John A. Wright
Pliny Ferris
First United
Grand
Nassau Streets
J. R. Millin
Liam
Episcopal
Joel
S. Ives
Hartford
Conn
National Council of Congregational Churches
Connecticut Home Missionary Society
Pratt
Middlesex (Conn.) Association
Vine Street
Herbert S. Bigelow
North Falcunt
A. Ry Pugh
A. W. Evans
Lawrence Street
M. D
Evans
Christian Science
Prof
Millis
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