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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
22
Chicago critic notes Wise and West, cast in Miss Hook of Holland at the Illinois Theater, proved strong in supporting roles after a last‑minute change by Tom Frohman. The piece, and its vaudeville and musical elements, draw crowds with a rotating program and star power.
Joe Weber argues burlesque, a distinct art from drama, offers genuine criticism by gently highlighting actors idiosyncrasies and mannerisms. He cites Maude Adams and others, noting burlesque can provoke self study and improvement without offense.
Lyman H. Howe begins his final Lyric run with a new programme of wonderful pictures. Gems from eighteen years of shows, humorous incidents, and a fresh organist repertoire by Arthur Martel accompany a diverse travel series and remarkable moving camera studies.
Greenroom gossip says Charles Frohman must balance managers requests to cast Billie Burke in Love Watches. He would need to send her to all towns where she toured My Wife with John Drew and many where she is largely unknown.
Wagenhals and Kemper plan a September tour sending a special company led by Miss Annie Russell to London to stage Paid in Full. The all American company will also tour elsewhere. current casts at the Astor Theater New York and Grand Opera House Chicago will continue indefinitely.
Mile. Adeline Lee, famed from The Soul Kiss in New York, will return this fall to resume performances in Mr. Ziegfeld’s production. The tour will cover all major U.S. cities, with expectations of another triumph similar to her New York success.
The Jewish Chronicle reports Beerbohm Tree plans to use real Jewish crowd members in the Ghetto scene. Tree warned the actors Christians would pretend to spit, then offered pay. An old man asked to increase the spit amount for realism.
Eugenie Jepson aged 60 of New York, a leading man in a Keith's Theater vaudeville sketch, collapsed from heart disease in his dressing room Monday as a fire alarm sounded. Fire damage reached about $5,000, but no audience injuries occurred as the show went on. Jepson had once appeared with Maude Adams.
Miss Lillian Russell, acclaimed for her South and West success in the racing comedy Wildfire, returns to Liberty Theater New York for an autumn engagement. The show by George Broadhurst and George W Hobart has boosted her status as a leading comedienne and prima donna. Joseph Brooks, her manager, produced a splendid staging with a strong company.
Secretary of War William H. Taft via his aide de camp reserved two Grand Opera House stage boxes in Chicago for performances of Paid in Full on June 16 and 17. The aide said the boxes were for a large party, leaving Grana employees curious about the guest list.
The Paid In Full Company’s three ladies Miss Helen Ware Florence Robinson and Marion Berg now performing at the Grand Opera House Chicago have formed a small cooperative bachelor girls club. They are keeping house in a dainty apartment on Chicago's North Side.
The so called six cylinder kid among come dians William H. Crane closed his season at the Empire Theater last Saturday night. Father will leave the boys for a short trip to Europe and then return to New York in time to resume on August 81 his fun making procession from fourteen miles behind the parade to seven miles ahead of the band in the Ade comedy of rejuvenes cent and coltish middle age.
Three Henri Bernstein works will headline the fall season on English speaking stages. The Thief will be staged by several Frohman companies across the U S. Le Detour runs at Shaftesbury Theatre London, and Samson will anchor William Gillette's next starring tour under Frohman management.
The production Paid in Full by Wagenhall and Kem per claims the greatest modern triumphs in New York and Chicago, proving Shakespeare’s line that the play is the thing. It has run six months at the Astor Theater in New York and five weeks at the Grand Opera House in Chicago, with no announced end.
Klaw and Erlanger announce Miss Alice Lloyd will headline next season with a new show titled The Bonnie Belles of Scotland by John J. McNally with George M. Cohan providing lyrics and music. Suzanne Despres recalls Cairo camel quip while Wilbur M. Bates resigns as Klaw & Erlanger general press representative due to ill health.
Charles Frohman states he will hire about 500 players in America next season and 200 more in Europe. He plans to import a new English production for John Drew, Jack Straw, a London hit by William Somerset Maugham.
For the first time in history an English company tours Spain and the royal family agrees to view thirty performances at the Comedy Theater in Madrid.
David Warfield will begin next season in his native city San Francisco. William Gillette has finished adapting Henri Bernstein's new play Samson for the American production where he will play the chief part.
Henry Arthur Jones has handed Charles Frohman the manuscript of a new comedy and plans to travel to America for its first production. The writer will return to oversee the work during its American premiere.
A life size portrait of Billie Burke in a gold framed display joins the gallery of famous actresses and actors in the Empire Theater lobby as recognition of her star status with Frohman.
Ethel Barrymore concluded her tour of Her Sister with a Saturday night performance before a packed Northampton crowd. She will sail for Liverpool on the Mauretania next Wednesday and spend her vacation in and about London.
This week Francis Wilson will close the longest and most prosperous starring run in the theater season. The curtain falls after a celebrated stretch that showcased his signature performances and drew strong crowds across venues.
Mrs C C Coburn and Miss Agnes attend Oxford College commencement and return midweek. Mr and Mrs Charles Davis visit from Bethel to see Prof and Mrs Pierce in Broadway. Hamilton guests include Mr and Mrs James Fitton of Hamilton visiting Rev and Mrs Stephan. Fred Rupp to attend Grand Lodge in Columbus representing Whitewater Lodge. Ohio Christian Missionary Society meets in Hamilton first week of September with districts including Butler Montgomery Preble Clark. Advance Club closes season with musicale at Mrs George Tebbs home featuring young members. Ice cream and cake served. A Round Table session at Robert Bowlby home discussed club matters. Summer outing planned for Barber's. Camp notes include Hiawatha trip with Hollowell family. Edith Kuhlman and Joseph Kellar to wed at family home. bridal shower held. Terrace Park High School commencement at Terrace Park Baptist Church with address by Ferdinand Jelke Jr. Baccalaureate by Rev J B Myers at St Thomas Episcopal Church.
Highlands social column lists residents and guests with travel and visits. The Talbotts and Miss Elizabeth Neblett head to Walloon Lake Michigan. Morton Matting party to New York guests of EBH Matting. Mildred Matting sails June 15 for Holland for five months. Mrs Carrick returns from Chicago. Unity Branch Alliance event planned.
Mrs. Frank Clark visits relatives in Chillicothe Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. DeMar Jr. visit relatives in Wilmington Ohio. Miss Stella Watson stays with aunt Mrs. Ennis Stevens at East Indian Hill. Mrs. Frank Dunkle from Kirkpatrick Indiana visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holbrook. Patterson commencement set for Wednesday night June 10 at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. S. V. Crossman from Chicago makes a short visit.
Mr William A McCallum and sister Miss Nellie McCallum of Hyde Park Ohio join Mr and Mrs Abraham May and Mr Carl May of Walnut Hills and Mr and Mrs Louis Breiling and daughters Pearl Amy in a local gathering.
Miss Bertha McGown travels east for summer leisure. Edna Durrell and Mollie Schneider host friends in Perintown. Mrs Dan Pierson and family visit relatives in Wyoming. Bartholomew Clifton School A Class hosted by Prof. Simmerman with chaperons Miss Neff Maxwell and Franline Harff. attendees include Pauline Robinson Blanche Walters Mary Coppie Dorothy Warner Katherine Dieterle Ruth Willey Corrinne Pfaff Marian Kuhn Helen Taylor Isabella Morrow Jessie Jewell Kate McGuffin Mildred Johnson Elizabeth Auger. Miss Lyda Hegner visits Mollie Schneider. Dr W E B Senour family hosts in Bellevue Ky. Mrs Shotwell of New York visits Ridge avenue. Edith Strong hosts Edith Brown party with Hattie Gage Edna Durrell Mollie Schneider Natalie Brown Edith Brown and Mrs Edna Kennedy. Mrs McKeyes of New York visits Mrs Sophia Lane.
J F Bradley of Avondale was guest of Dr and Mrs William Bonnell. Maccabee Knights hosted a woodland family picnic with races and trophies awarded to Mrs Horace Crowther Charley Authur Mrs Herman Mrs O Rourke Lillie Heightcamp Babetts Herman and Master Willie Herman Mrs Henry Weber and children. Visitors include Mrs Herman and Mrs J B Kline Oak Street and Mr and Mrs John Bart Silverton. A surprise 20th anniversary party for Mr and Mrs George Tiemann at Elmwood Avenue was attended by many friends. Prizes in five hundred went to Val Knecht William Tebben Mrs George Hare Miss Marcella Tieman Mr John Fritz and Mrs Harry Ketcham. Solo Club met at 507 Oak Street with prizes for Val Knecht Bert Haney Mrs Bert Haney and George Hare. Mrs Rober of Shreveport LA guests of Mrs Harry Simms. Creeta Simms to entertain classes. Mrs John Pease of Kansas City visiting Mrs W Roll.
Milford residents hosted and visited family across Walnut Hills Madisonville and Norwood. Emma Marie Folk announces her marriage to William Robert Berkshire set for May 30 in Cincinnati with a home to follow on June 20. Janet Sanders heads to New York City for a summer stay with sister Mrs Addison Pratt. The Woman's Foreign Missionary group begins the next bulletin.
Society at Mrs. H. L. Runyan home Tuesday hosted the Little Light Bearers with the mite-box opening as the day’s main event. Guests included Mrs. D. K. Harvey of Piqua visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gatch and family amid a string of local social duties and family gatherings.
In Madisonville the high school held commencement events at Town Hall last week. Class night featured two plays and a Girls Glee Club performance, followed by a graduation program with solos, essays, orations, and diploma presentations.
Ten graduates earned high honors at St Bernard High School in the Tower Avenue School auditorium. The program featured essays on Training Japan Woman's Mission Education Immigration and more with music, an address by Mr L H Blakemore, and diploma presentations by Mr Cadman of Norwood.
Entertainment committee of the Ladies Auxiliary to the A E Martin Camp hosted friends to honor a twentieth wedding anniversary with guests from Mt. Auburn Cincinnati Avondale and more. A lawn fete is planned for June 27 at the rear lawn of Mrs. I F Collins. Other notes mention visits and upcoming Presbyterian Ladies meeting.
Mrs Mary Quartz visited Clara Barstow then returned to Pittsburg Pa last Sunday. Elizabeth Ritz of Ripley Ohio visits Mrs BH Schimmel. Mae Wheatley hosted Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church Thursday. Arthur Kellar and Margaret Yearson wed Wednesday and will live in West Lockland. A party visited Franklin Chautauqua grounds over the weekend. Mrs C C De Camp hosted a ladies dinner with guests Pitman Amy Pitman Cash man and Rose.
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