If I Were King at Olympic Sunday Stars Include Miss Marlowe
The Forepaugh Stock Company will present If I Were King at the Olympic next week. Francois Villon, the beggar poet, appears with poems from his works, amid a romantic, elegant production praised for its period costumes and mood.
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King
Miss Marlowe
Mrs. Carter
Justin Huntley McCarthy
Francois Villon
Katherine de Vaucelles
Louis
François Villon
Villon
France
Mrs. Carter in Du Barry at Grand Opera House
Mrs. Carter returns to Cincinnati for a rare engagement at the Grand Opera House in Du Barry a role many hail as her greatest. Her absence from the local stage has been noted yet Cincinnati remains among her favorite cities and this visit may be one of her last major appearances before she tours England with Zara and Du Barry.
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du Barry
Belasco
Carter
Cincinnati
Broadway Theater Revival Echoes of Mrs. Carter Debut Night
A student revisits New York papers recalling Mrs. Leslie Carter’s 1898 debut in The Ugly Duckling at Broadway Theater on November 10. The piece lists contemporary stars and shows then playing nearby venues, noting many names still beloved and predicting renewed attention in the current week.
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New York
Leslie Carter
Broadway Theater
Claudius Nero
Niblo’s
Fourteenth Street
Robert Hilliard
George Fawcett
Proctor
Twenty-third Street
Maude Adams
Odette Tyler
Frederic de Belleville
C. Leslie Alien
Daly’s
Ada Rehan
Isabel Irving
John Drew
Fred Bond
Sidney Herbert
Bijou
Tim Murphy
Palmer
Willard
Maxine Elliott
John E. Kellerd
Lizzie Hudson Collier
Lillian Russell
Eva Davenport
Jefferson de Angelis
Jonathan
Al Hayman Optimistic On Theatrical Business Outlook
New York January 30 Al Hayman expresses optimism about the theatre business saying it is not as bad as some think and that the forces of Al Hayman foresee a steady path ahead as he prepares for his trip to Europe. He downplays the recent flurry and maintains a cautious but hopeful stance.
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Tober
al Hayman
New York
Europe
Dancing Contest Tonight At Walnut Stage Door
In Old Kentucky presents a buck and wing dancing contest between the pickaninnies of the In Old Kentucky Company and all challengers. Judges will be appointed and prizes awarded to winners. Contestants must appear at the stage door no later than 8 30 oclock.
Hap Ward to star in Not Yet But Soon at Walnut
Hap Ward returns for the last season in the musical comedy Not Yet But Soon at the Walnut Theater with a matinee Sunday. Manager E D Stair promises light, wholesome entertainment with song jest dance and changing color pictures. Ward, famed from Harry Vokes partnership, plays Bill Nerve the champion lazy man in a colorful potpourri show with new scenery costumes and a strong chorus.
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Hap Ward
E. D. Stair
Mr. Ward
Harry Vokes
Bill Nerve
Miss Marlowe Plans London Season As Solo Star
Miss Julia Marlowe discusses London audiences during her upcoming Lyric engagement. She notes three distinct audience groups and explains that enthusiasm in one group does not guarantee approval from the others. She praises London courtesy and attentive listening to Sothern and herself.
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Miss Marlowe
London
Julia Marlowe
Lyric
E. H. Sothern
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe and Modern Clothes
A brief note reflects on Julia Marlowe earning reputation in London for modern clothing and stage presence, contrasting traditional expectations with contemporary fashion in theater circles.
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Miss Marlowe
Julia/ Marlowe
London
Irwin's Best at the Standard Theater Weeklong Vaudeville
The Standard Theater hosts Tred Irwin's Majesties, a top vaudeville bill starting with a Sunday matinee. The program features a large lineup including Gus Fay Bert Bradley Irvin Walton Harry Stanley Ed Rogers James Wesley Joe Walker and notable female principals Flo Barnes Evelyn Walker Lillian Franklin Gertie de Mill Lillian Ardell Edith Shaw. Special acts include Irvin C Walton Bradley and Barnes Fay and Stanley the German Cousins Gertie de Mil La Dora the College Quartet and Cook and Madison as the Millionaire Tramps. Bits and The Kneippe Cure lead the first part with numerous funny situations and musical medleys.
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James Wesley
Joe Walker
Flo Barnes
Evelyn Walker
Lillian Franklin
Gertie de Mill
Lillian Ardell
Edith Shaw
Irvin C- Walton
Bradley
Barnes
Fay
Stanley
Gertie de Milt
la Dora
Cook and
Madison
Wife's Secret at Lyceum Theater Next Week
A dramatic emotional piece titled Wife's Secret will play at the Lyceum Theater next week under Spencer and Aborn. It follows a young clergyman's wife who is driven from her home by rumors and scandal as Grace Bayley leads a strong cast in this cautionary tale of honor and human frailty.
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Lyceum Theater
Spencer and Aborn
Grace Bayley
Miss Bayley
Grace Bayley's Comic Rescue Misfire at Lyceum
Grace Bayley, about to perform in A Wife's Secret at the Lyceum, bursts from her room to rescue a supposed murder scene after hearing screams. She discovers a demure occupant rehearsing a melodramatic scene and returns to her room, choosing to stay put from then on.
Dublin Dan Irish Detective Comes to Heucks Opera House
Barney Gilmore presents Dublin Dan the Irish Detective at Heucks Opera House next week. The production is praised as a top vehicle this season with a rich array of incidents and a gripping third act in which tangled interests converge toward a dramatic solution.
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Dublin
Dan
Barney Gilmore
Heuck
Gilmore
Heuck’s
The Time the Place and the Girl Returns to Lyric
Harriet Burt, known as the Cincinnati girl from The Prince of Pilsen, has recovered from appendicitis and will appear in The Time the Place and the Girl at the Lyric starting February 9. William E Burlock, the company’s business manager, reports unusually strong box office with Springfield Massachusetts receipts 2007 for the Saturday show and a sold out Meriden Connecticut run with a special matinee earning 411.
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Harriet Burt
Cincinnati
Mrs. Talcott
William E. Burlock
Springfield
Mass
Meriden
Conn
Travelogues at the Lyric Sunday
Frank R. Roberson presents travelogues at the Lyric Theater on Sunday February 2. Afternoon program covers Imperial India followed by a South America east coast voyage aboard Evans fleet route. Color views of Porto Rico Latin American Yankee ties Rio Janeiro Uruguay Paraguay Montevideo and Buenos Ayres scenes expected.
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Lyric Sunday
Frank R. Roberson
Lyric Theater
Imperial India
South America
Admiral Evans
United States
Porto Rico
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Republic
Mr. Roberson
Uruguay
Paraguay
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Father Neptune
Simpperial
Once Famous Fanchon Attends Road to Yesterday Show
The former star Maggie Mitchell visited a Lyric performance of The Road to Yesterday after retirement. She praised Miss Dupree’s role, noting the play’s quality and that she would have valued such a production in her prime. Mitchell, wealthy, owns a grand New York residence.
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Fanchon
Maggie Mitchell
America
The
Lyric
Herald Square Theater
New York City
Miss Mitchell
Miss Dupree
Fair Indian Maid Rescues a Hunter Wedding in Osage Nation
Wichita special reports a leap year marriage forming between Warren Walters of Wichita and Mary Ahkatitka of Osage Oklahoma. Walters, a Wichita Business College instructor, and Ahkatitka, daughter of a notable Osage chieftain, met after Walters was rescued following a hunting mishap on the Osage plains. Ahkatitka, a Carlisle graduate and musician, is heiress to Osage farms and colonial wealth, promising a prominent Osage white and Indian alliance.
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Commercial Tribune
Wichita
Kan
Warren Walters
Mary Ahkatitka
Osage
Oklahoma
8Am Ahkatitka
A. Walters
North Lawrence Avenue
Wichita Business College
Mr. Walters
Territory
Walters
Mary Ahkatuka
Miss Ahkatitha
Nati
Carlisle School
Washington, D. C
Paroled Father Paroled to Nine Year Old Daughter Guardian
Nine year old Essie Wells designated by a Chicago judge as guardian for her father Edward Wells after he pleaded guilty to stealing brass journals from the Illinois Central Railroad. Judge Newcomer paroled the man to Essie, who pledged to ensure his reform and assist in finding work for him.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Howard Wells
Indiana Avenue
Essie Wells
Edward Wells
Illinois Central Railroad
Newcomer
Harrison Street
Wells
Roe
Fount of Justice
Man Using Dead friend's name charged with grand larceny
Olga Prust gave Michael Lehner alias Elmer Solon 525 dollars from her late husband’s estate after he wooed her with a false story and promise to marry. Authorities say Lehner, married in Michigan, spent the money in Chicago and Milwaukee and took silverware before being arrested after she grew suspicious. He is held for trial on grand larceny with bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Pasadena
Cal
Michael Lehner
Elmer Solon
Olga Prust
Locust Street
Lehner
Chicago
Say Lehner
Michigan
Pergande
Dodge County
Liedertafel Hall
Neelen
Meteor Crater Near Canon Diablo Arizona Attributed to Meteor Impact
Prof George P Merrill of the National Museum, funded by Smithsonian, argues the Canon Diablo crater near Arizona formed by a stellar object's impact. The crater spans about three quarters of a mile wide and 600 feet deep, with shattered sandstone and limestone layers, while deeper rock remains unchanged, supporting a meteor origin over volcanic activity.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
George P. Merrill
United States National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Canon Diablo
Ariz
Merrill
National Museum
Prof
Peary
Cape York
Greenland
Irons
Oregon
Knyahinya
Hungary
Barney Gilmore Made Honorary Life Guard
Barney Gilmore the Irish actor appears at Heuck's Opera House Sunday with Dublin Dan the Irish Detective. He is made an honorary Life Guard of Atlantic City for aiding in two rescues at the beach, one of only two such members alongside George Beban.
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Barney Gilmore
Heuck
Opera House
Dublin
Dan
Life Guards
Atlantic City
N. J
Mr. Gilmore
George Beban
Fighting the Drink Habit A South View on Prohibition
New York January 30. Assistant Secretary Monahan of the United States Brewers Association argues prohibition cannot end the drinking habit. He cites illicit sales in prohibitory states and favors regulated sale. He predicts New York is unlikely to adopt statewide prohibition despite brewery opposition.
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Georgia
South
Monahan
United States Brewers’ Association
Not Yet But Soon to Open at Walnut With West Point Cadets
Hap Wards new musical farce Not Yet But Soon features the West Point Cadets chorus march in gray dress parade uniform. May Ward and her eight Dresden dolls perform next week at Columbia after three weeks in Chicago vaudeville, where she is touted as the most beautiful woman on stage.
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Paris
New York
Miss Marlowe
Gloria
Lyric Theater
Italy
West Point
Hap Ward
May Ward
Columbia
Chicago
Miss Ward
Parisian Model at Grand Opera House Draws Large Crowds
Anna Held and her dancing company attract unusual crowds at the Grand Opera House Parisian Model creates a sensation among local play-goers and guarantees banner receipts for light musical entertainment in Cincinnati. The show’s dash and charm add irresistible appeal.
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Anna Held
Dancing Merrymakers
Grand Opera House
Cincinnati Playhouse
Darey’s The Suburban set for new hit after Old Kentucky
The Walnut theater continues to feature Mr. Darey whose current success In Old Kentucky has not yielded record breakers recently. He stays busy writing plays and plans The Suburban as his next major hit along with ongoing earnings from prior works.
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Old Kentucky
Walnut
Mr. Darey
Tillinois rural play earns million for its owners
The text recalls Home Folks with Edwin Arden and Mary Ryan, noting the tried work from St Paul fifteen years ago earned over a million dollars for owners. Darey’s royalties remain comfortable as ongoing profits accumulate weekly while management stays unconcerned about when it ends.
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Tillinois
Edwin Arden
Mary Ryan
Kentucky
Mr. Darey
St. Paul
Dagey
Postal cards condemned by federal grand jury
Dallas Texas January reports that a federal grand jury condemned many postcards sent through the mails. The jurors said the cards have a demoralizing effect on the youth of the state.
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Federal Grand Jury
Texas
Commercial Tribune
Dallas
Tex
Grand Jury
New York Hop Crop Falls Behind Demand
New York farmers harvested about 50 000 bales of hops, the lowest in over fifty years, risking a 3 000 000 to 4 000 000 pound shortfall for state breweries. The crop netted nearly 2 000 000 dollars, while labor shortages and prohibition agitation helped drive the decline.
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Pacific Coast
United States
Oregon
California
New York
Washington
Northwest
New England
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