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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
18
The article describes Chester staging Fourth of July events with daylight fireworks over the lake and a large vaudeville bill including Mile y the dancer and The Moscrop sisters. Highlights cover entertainment at the Buffalo ranch annex, free vaudeville acts, and evening displays, plus onshore dining and improved clubhouse facilities.
Thavin and Ruaaiin singers headline at the zoological garden. A cornet soloist akin to Bohumir Kryl performs alongside Franzella Ogden and other artists. Fireworks, new stage set pieces like Mining Girl, and daylight shows illuminate the event plus trained bears perform.
Plans highlight a three day Fourth of July event along the river with boat regalia, pyrotechnics, dancing, games, and performances by Rice's Pony, Monkey show, and Professor Van Uine. Families expected to travel to Conney for cool boat rides and park entertainment.
Lagoon hosts the Six Flying Banvards this week offering a free aerial act at seventy feet with double and triple somersaults and pirouettes. A grand pyrotechnic display on the lake is planned for Monday to celebrate the nation’s birthday. Crossman Trio also performs on the clubhouse veranda for Lagoon patrons.
The Chester Comic Opera company opens with The Mascot, featuring Margaret MacDonald as Bettina and Ellen James as Princess Fiametta. The cast includes Robert Pitkin Lorenzo Edward Mack as Rocco Henry Taylor as Prince Frederick and Arthur Deane as Beppo with new scenery and costumes. A Monday matinee and a Saturday matinee follow. prices return to the old scale after big-salary departures.
Crowds packed the Queen City beach last week for night swims under electric lights. Families visited Eden park and enjoyed the cool Ohio waters after hot days. Manager Kroger outlined a safe route from Newport to Ward avenue for beachgoers, with the beach open nightly until 10.
The programme changes Monday afternoon at New Robinsons with Doric trio, Edith Clifford the maid of laughter, and Arthur Kirk billed as the world’s greatest xylophonist. Courtland the boybertone and illustrated songs promised as highlights.
Theaters announce new dramatizations and star engagements for the coming season. Phillip Littell adapts Se Timus, Harrison Grey Fiske secures American rights and prepares George Arliss for a pre season bow. Frances Starr tours Europe with plans for a souvenir book after The Easiest Way.
Lagoon resumes operations with the Edward Hutchison company presenting The Girl Untamed a bright musical production. Lead Misa Ruby Lusby known for beauty and cleverness stars as Violet Taylor backed by James F. Fulton as Mulrooney and Earl Flynn the Candy Kid delivering songs and dances. Jacline Rossmore Juanita Owen Alfred E. Pyke join a strong chorus in a period style comedy set to entertain Cincinnati audiences.
James Forbes, author of The Chorus Lady and The Traveling Salesman, visited a sanitarium doctor friend. Forbes observed an elderly lady on the veranda reading an e book, her quietness and face making an impression. The physician explained the patient had long stayed, usually tractable, but when she imagines herself as a locomotive she becomes disruptive.
A cornettist aboard a racing balloon played a melody that lured villagers’ children far into the countryside, causing widespread fear before adults learned the sound came from the airborne musician. The tune identified was To the end of the World With You.
The article recalls Tree, famed actor Beerbohm Tree, and an unknown playwright who read his work aloud. Tree offered few suggestions and tempered enthusiasm, remarking that the manuscript deserved fair treatment and noting the writer’s plea for respect in the handling of his ideas.
A Glasgow Metropole theater plans a night nursery for theatergoers children. Fees apply per head with separate rates for gallery and pit babies and options include milk foods and cosily equipped rooms. Baby tickets must be shown at delivery and the manager may refuse delivery to doubtful claimants. A London age manager praises the idea citing anxious mothers at performances.
Nicholas Burnham, drummer in The Traveling Gates Man, recalls many one-night stands. He notes excuses for poor attendance in small towns, from pay day to a bad last show, and recounts a western visit where mail delivery was absent and fans flocked to see the performance, yet the crowd was thwarted by missing mail.
A local agency outlines daytime care arrangements for children amid a dispute over custody and guardianship. Officials emphasize safety, scheduling, and parental involvement while awaiting court guidance.
A newspaper excerpt notes Queen City Beach revelers swimming after sundown in the river, with mentions of A. G. Delamater and William Norris’s eight week Studebaker theater run in Chicago ending June 12 and touring next season. It also recalls James O Neill in Monte Cristo and quotes from English officers and theater figures about the play and actors.
Martin Beck general manager of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit aims to reestablish the greenroom concept in his West Coast theaters. The new artists area will include a library with current theatrical periodicals for staff use. Henri Bernstein, author of The Thief, failed to pursue a military career after quitting St Cyr due to math difficulties.
Local ordinance bans under sixteen from entering moving picture houses without an adult. Penalty ranges from ten to fifty dollars per violation. Also noting Beerbohm Tree plans a revival of The School for Scandal with Tree as Sir Peter, Irene Vanbrugh as Lady Teazle, and Bilis Jeffreys as Lady Sneerwell. John Hare not engaged.
Willie Collier, a comedian who has risen to stardom, reportedly never cracked a smile on the famed Frederick McKay in New York Mail reports.
The note recalls Sothern's interest in Bulwer Lytton's Richelieu before his stage debut. It mentions Sothern's maternal connection to the author and a brother named Lytton Sothern in homage to Sir Edwin.
Joseph Kane who replaced Gus Rogers in In Panama is cited as a jockey on California tracks in his twelfth year and made his San Francisco stage debut earning five dollars weekly. Maxine Elliott born 1871. Jane Dermot as maiden name. A Lamb to Lackaye quips about a monocle angering people. Viola Allen vows a dazzling comedy plus Shakespeare before quitting. The New York Telegraph forms a parentage note about Ethel Barrymore. Marie Jansen, famed in Fe minnies at the Casino and Deimonico's, joins a burlesques company.
Announcement by she hu berts says Lew Fields will follow The Midnight Sons with a new musical review. The production opens in October at an undisclosed theater and Fields is currently working on the piece. It may require over 100 supers for a road tour, as the current scene shows full theater interior space.
At the Academy of Music a single matinee of Romeo and Juliet featuring Sothern and Marlowe grossed 2600 dollars. Following the performance Mr Sothern departed for Europe on business tied to his upcoming autumn productions.
Frank Hennessy’s musical comedy The Motor Girl with music by Julien Edwards has lingered in the author’s pocket for years and is now a popular summer hit at the Lyric for an extended run.
The play Going Some by Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach, moved from Belasco to the Maxine Elliott, will run at the latter theater until mid summer before traveling to Chicago.
The Casino once drew crowds with any show but now faces stiff competition. It remains a key sight for visitors, who flock to see Havana the musical comedy, which runs in its fifth month.
Maxine Elliott comes back to the country early in September or October to prepare for the opening at her name theater. She wrote to Lee Shubert that she has a trunk of new plays but will not finalize selections until he is consulted.
The Robinson Vaudeville presents a matinee at 2 p.m. and evening shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Plan your visit around these performances and enjoy the day’s lineup.
The Shuberts have secured control of the Broadway block from Forty-seventh to Forty-eighth streets. Brewster & Co. carriage builders occupy the site and expect to move by May 1911. The five-story factory land, leased at $150,000 annually, is considered the finest on Longacre square. The plan is a combined hotel and theater on the site.
Mme. Nazimova brought her long tour to a close last Saturday and will rest on her farm before resuming work in October. The Shuberts who manage Nazimova will shortly make an announcement concerning the Russian actress of considerable importance.
Augustus Thomas, now writing exclusively for the Shuberts, is at work on a musical comedy that he says, if good enough, will be among the early offerings after the new year.
Eugene Presbrey based play from Holman Day stories presents a 35 member cast plus Imogene the elephant and a parrot. Maclyn Arbuckle stars as Hime Look in a lavish Klaw and Erlanger production noted for its humor and strong love subplot.
Lotta Faust, renowned for her back and shoulders, plans to quit musical comedy after The Midnight Sons runs its course and pursue serious emotional acting roles.
Henry B. Harris and Augustus Thom as, the playwright, were once employers at Pope's theater in St. Louis. Mr. Harris served as programme boy and Mr. Thom as treasurer.
Mrs. Kendaill appears as a lecturer in west end rooms with a talk titled Rambling Roses. Her remarks humorously outline varying views on kissing from natural to sacred, noting that stealing a kiss is natural yet buying one is foolish and contrasting attitudes toward different women in the family.
The advertisement promotes Q R S music rolls priced 25c to 95c with a new 5c exchange plan allowing exchanges for rolls of equal value. It boasts the largest Middle West stock and asserts the new plan replaces the old library loan model. Rolls fit all standard size players and encompass an extensive catalog including new pieces.
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