Kellar Retires from Stage as Magic Career Ends
Long article notes Kellar the magician has quit professional life after a storied career. He received a diamond testimonial from Society of American Magicians at a New York hotel event and will be succeeded by a new performer as the world’s leading conjurer steps back into private life.
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Montgomery Phister
Kellar
Society of American Magicians
New York
Harry Kellary
Herman
Houdini
Imro’ Fox
Goldin
T. Nelson Downs
Howard Thurston
Keller and Houdini spotlight on stage and tricks
The piece reviews Harry Kellar and Herman the Great Magician, noting Kellar's rivalries, tricks with cards and a thousand dollar bill illusion, plus Houdini's famed departure from handcuffs. It also covers Chester Park English Opera Company plans, new performers at the Zoo, and Turners’ Day events.
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Herman
New York
Needle threading lecture dazzles audience with steel mouth feat
The narrator praises Kellar for threading a dozen or more steel bits with his tongue and teeth after a lecture on the art. The crowd remembers his public performances, noting his extraordinary talents and general admiration.
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Kellar
Unknown volunteers man the small fire pump engine
The text notes the little hand pump engine battles flames. It mentions plans to extend an amusement program at the park this week and possible continuation at Coney for two weeks if bookings can be canceled ahead, with decisions pending.
Coney Opens Week With Moonlight River Rides and New Vaudeville
Coney Island launches a new week with moonlight river rides as a trump feature. The park is described as pristine, offering picnic-ready grounds. A free vaudeville bill debuts this afternoon headlined by John Zouboudakis in cartoon chalk art and the Six Fantastic Ladelles performing necromancy with animals, plus the Miskel Hunt and Miller Company, Two Verizes Mayme and Mead aerial act, and Madell and Corbley in Our Summer Boarders. The Giggler act, added last week, becomes a popular permanent attraction.
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Coney
Engelbreth
John Zouboudakis
Élay
Miskel
Hunt and Miller Company
Verizes
Mayme and Mead
Madell and Corbley
Chester Free Vaudeville Eyes Seals Act At Park Theater
At Chester free vaudeville theater this afternoon Captain Webb will present trained seals in a headline act. The bill also features Marckley the banjoist Ames and Corbett as singers and dancers, and Francelli and Lewis in a musical act. New talking pictures debut and the bathing beach operates all day.
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Chester
Captain Webb
Park Vaudeville Theater
Marckley
Ames
Corbett
Francelli
Lewis
Picture Theater
Don Philippini Leads Fifty Piece Band at Zoo Garden
Don Philippini heads a fifty piece splen did band opening a concert series at the Zoological Garden today. He is a Spaniard with a warm, colorful background and an unusual, often violent conducting style that he defends as part of his art.
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Zoo
Philippini
Europe
Liszt
Wagner
Mozart
Cincinnati
The
Don Philippini
Zoological Garden
The Darktown Brigade at Coney Island
The burlesque "The Darktown Fire Brigade Fighting the Flames" plays at Coney Island. Review notes improved dramatic parts and new comedy acts from the colored man’s view, including a genuine cake walk and grotesque comedy by the men.
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Darktown Brigade
Coney Island
River Park
Queen City Beach Sees Strong Start Amid Cool Weather
Queen City Beach managers note men shiver in the cold while women stay longer in water and on the sand. First week business is the best start this resort has had, with the river at normal summer levels and bullish expectations for the week ahead.
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Queen City Beach
Lagoon's New Programme at the Lagoon Week's Lead Show
Kemp's Wild West drew crowds as the leading attraction last week featuring Mexicans Indians cowboys and frontier scenes.
Primitive Western Life Enthralls Tour Audiences
The piece describes daring cowgirls and Indian clashes, a stagecoach attack, brutal fights, hangings, massacres, and a cowboy seeking a bride. It highlights a Sioux village show with free admission and a packed big amphitheater lineup featuring Jules and Marton, Miss Billee Molson, Weldon and Waters, Johnson and Terry, and a nautical opera Pinafore. Also notes a Lake Ontario boating challenge and strong lake activities, with Wild West Show and Indian Congress extended for another week before ending.
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Jules
Marton
Billee Molson
Weldon and
Waters
Johnson and Terry
Lon Murphy
Toronto
Billy House
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Indian Congress
Maude Adams Company Plays Twelfth Night In Two Styles
The Maude Adams company staged Twelfth Night at Harvard and Yale in Elizabethan form with no scenery, then performed a modern version at the Orange Theater in Orange New Jersey. Both runs, two and a half hours, contrasted scholarly and popular appeal with different staging but similar overall length.
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Maude Adams
Harvard
Yale
Orange Theater
Orange
New Jersey
Temple
Duke's Palace
Shakespeare
Miss Barrymore in Maugham's Lady Frederick as Irish Widow
Ethel Barrymore stars as the Irish widow Lady Frederick in Maugham's play. A love duel unfolds with the young Marquis and rival schemes from Lady Mereston as the plot twists toward an unconventional, self chosen ending.
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Miss Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore
W. Somerset Maugham
Lady Frederick
Lady Frederick Berolles
Monte Carlo
Frederick
Marquis of Mereston
Paradine Fouldes
Marquis
Mereston
Lady Mereston
Frohman Eyes Continental Tour for American and English Plays
Charles Frohman returns to London from a continental tour and plans to stage American and English plays in Paris Berlin Hamburg Vienna and likely Munich with Maude Adams in The Little Minister and Viola in Twelfth Night. He aims to tour these cities with Miss Adams after London appearances and then bring other stars to a successful continental run with English, German, and French versions and translations.
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Frohman
Charles Frohman
London
Paris
Berlin
Hamburg
Vienna
Munich
Maude Adams
Bobbie
Viola
New York
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Harry Kellard
Erie
Alexander Herman
Mephistophelian
America
India
China
Japan
Egypt
South Africa
Arabia
Land of Dollars
Land of Buddha
David Warfield
Blanche Bates
Frank Keenan
Chester’s Opera
Metropolitan English Opera Company
Chester Park
Opera House
Martin
Chicago
Edw. Beck
Metropolitan Company
Rob Roy
Joseph H. Sheehan
David Belasco
Orient
Sheehan
Aida Hemmi
the Park
Thomas Richards
Margaret Crawford
Hemmi
Joel Mossberg
George Callihan
Smith,& Nixon’s
Anna
Heuer Petia Danna Sopra
Clowman
Etan
Mlargarz
Joseph Sheehan
Aida Hemm
the Zoo
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