Frohman reconfirms cast and London rehearsals for fall
The article notes Charles Frohman reengages the Beautiful Lagoon land role for next season with Miss Nash. It lists Frohman summoning top actors to London for rehearsals, including Ethel Barrymore Billie Burke Marie Doro and Maude Adams as Viola, and recalls a London premiere anecdote about Maude Adams in Twelfth Night.
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Charles Frohman
London
Mr. Frohman
Ethel Barrymore
Billie Burke
Marie Doro
Forrest Robinson
Helen Hale
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Hattie Williams
Francis Wilson
Maude
Poe
Algeria opens Broadway with Herbert and McDonough
Victor Herbert and Glen McDonough present Algeria a new musical play at the Broadway Theater in New York opening August 31. Frank McKee produces with George Marion as stage director and a notable cast headed by Ida Brooks Hunt Leon Moore William Pruetie Harry Tighe Harriet Burt and Katherine Hutchinson.
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Algeria
Victor Herbert
Glen McDonough
Broadway Theater
New York
Frank McKee
George Marion
Ida Brooks Hunt
Leon Moore
William Pruetie
Harry Tighe
Harriet Burt
Katherine Hutchinson
Checkers to Open Sixth Season in St Paul This August
The comedy drama Checkers will debut its sixth season in St Paul in August with Hans Robert in the title role. Cast members include Dave Braham and Pearl remain largely the same as last season. The show will tour the Pacific coast for a third time this fall and later visit the Eastern cities.
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St. Paul
Hans Robert
Dave Braham
Pacific Coast
Dinner party at the Zoo Clubhouse draws notable guests
Mr. Clough Anderson hosted a dinner at the Zoo Clubhouse on Thursday night with attendees including Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Mrs Buckner Wallingford Mr Buckner Wallingford and Mr J. V. B. Scarborough among others.
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Clough Anderson
Zoo
Nicholas Longworth
Buckner Wallingford
J. V. B. Scarborough
In Old Kentucky to Open Sixteenth Season in August
In O14 Kentucky opens its sixteenth season on August 17 in Duluth and tours Central and Eastern states. The drama remains a strong drawing card as Olive Skinner returns as Madge with Charles K. French and Bert G. Clark in the cast.
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Kentucky
Duluth
Olive Skinner
Madge
Charles K. French
Bert G. Clark
Old
Irish tenor Joseph O Mara to star in Peggy Macree Chicago
Joseph O Mara ends Covent Garden grand opera engagements then sails for America to launch a new field of work. His Peggy Macree run at McVickers Theater in Chicago is expected to begin late in the fall after recent engagements in London and Europe.
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Joseph O'Mara
England
A. W. Dingwall
Joseph Brooks
London
Peggy Mahree
Denis O'Sullivan
Grand Opera
Covent Garden
America
Mr. O’mara
Peggy ‘Macree
McVicker's
Chicago
Glendale hostess entertains nieces at Zoo Club gathering
Miss Anta K. Lewis of Glendale hosted Thursday night at the Zoo Club house for her nieces Elizabeth and Henrietta Jones and eighteen of their young friends. The table was prettily decorated and basket floors were given.
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Anta K. Lewis
Glendale
Zoo
Elizabeth
Henrietta Jones
Maine Actress Aims for London Run of Emma in Eugene Walter Play
Annie Russell writes from her Maine home that she is letter perfect in the theft of Emma in Eugene Walter's play id in Full and is ready to sail at a moment's notice for London where she and an American company will present the play in the new season.
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Annie Russell
Maine Woods
Wagenhals
Kemper
Emma
Eugene Walter
London
Taft Nomination Highlighted By Large Chicago Attendance
The Coliseum in Chicago with 15 000 seats hosted sessions nominating William Howard Taft. Grand Opera House, seating 1 500, was filled nightly for Wagenhals and Kemper’s Paid in Pull. The drama drew crowds even beyond the Republican Convention’s scale.
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Chicago
William Howard Taft
Grand Opera House
Wagenhals and
Kemper
Etiquette Guide for Open Homes and Introductions
A domestic etiquette piece advises open house on Sundays with music and dainty repasts to boost popularity. It details proper introductions, host responsibilities, and dress for anniversaries and weddings, stressing polite name usage and gracious gesture.
How to Serve Different Cheeses and Pairings
Instructions for serving various cheeses with appropriate serveware and accompaniments. Includes cheddar, brie, Roquefort, Sapsago, and parmesan usage, cheese preps, and paired dishes like vegetable salad and bar le duc currant preserves.
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Marion
Adam
France
Bar le Duc
Etiquette for Calls in a Gentleman's Office
The guide sets on formal calls during afternoons to last 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Friends may linger an hour, but a first time female visitor should not be kept long unless the hostess urges. A man may meet a stranger caller in the corridor if his office is occupied and should offer politeness and proper seating in the private office.
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Mrs. Ford
Mr. Edwards
Homer
Caldwell
Aman
A Woman’s Privilege Message To Marion
A guidance note states it is the woman’s privilege to ask a man to call and advises never to accept invitations from a man until he has visited.
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Marion
Training boys in respect for women at home
A columnist argues that a boy’s primary social training comes from his home by teaching deference to his mother. A boy who learns to wait on his mother with gallantry builds a foundation for thoughtfulness toward others beyond family and small social ties.
Etiquette for Dinner Invitations and Postponements
The host notes methods of inviting guests to dinners at 7 8 pm at 73 East Sixtieth Street with special guest protocols. It covers cards for Miss Elizabeth Wendell, short personal notes for small dinners, and quick replies within 24 hours. It also advises postponements due to illness or death and using a friend to fill vacancies.
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Elizabeth Wendell
Washington
Kingston Hammond
A Progressive Dinner Walks Through Tables and Topics
A social guide suggests a Gretchen style progressive dinner with men moving between small tables. Cards list which young ladies accompany each man, enabling fresh conversations every course. Topics should be amusing and familiar to prompt wit.
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Gretchen
Etiquette Rules for Walking in Crowds Declared Dated Advice
A column prescribes outdated social norms: men walk beside or in front of women, protectors in crowds, and women bow first when meeting men on the street. It stresses the man’s duty to guard the woman and the proper order of recognition and positioning.
Anniversary Golden Wedding Fifty Years Celebrated
A golden wedding anniversary observance marks fifty years of marriage for a couple noted in local circles. Friends and family gathered to honor the pair with congratulations and a small ceremony.
The Ideal Hostess Discovering Simple Dinner Mastery
Advice urges ambitious women to preplan evenings and train maids to flawless four course service. Emphasizes consistent menus, orderly room setup, and gentle firm instruction to ensure graceful hosting without chaos. Simplicity is valued over originality in table decor and menu.
Etiquette for a Formal Dinner Dress and Seating
The article guides hosting a formal dinner with men receiving name cards for their partners in envelopes on a silver tray. The butler handles service while a second man assists with utensils. Women may be served liqueurs in the drawing room or at table after dessert. Men wear full evening dress. tuxedos are improper with women present. Women wear decollete gowns and gloves.
To Estelle Mi-Careme French Feast Day
The To Estelle Mi-Careme note describes a Paris laundresses festival held on the third week Thursday of Lent. Women wear blanchisseuse attire while men dress as their social equals and parties may feature spring and winter decor plus wash board and iron favors.
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Paris
Birthday Month Flowers for Luncheon Decor
The luncheon decorations should use flowers appropriate to the guest of honor’s birth month. Each place setting may feature a single stem of that flower and a sachet placed under the card, embroidered or painted with the flower and filled with its perfumed powder.
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Elizabeth
Good Breeding Habits to Avoid in Public
Guidance on social manners lists yawning openly with mouth uncovered, interrupting conversations, carrying on a talk oneself, walking with a toothpick, breathing on others, shouting private matters, and failing to listen. It argues these habits reveal breeding and can be cured with persistent effort.
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Olivia
Yxes
Recital Highlights From Cincinnati Conservatory Pupils
A Wednesday concert in the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music featured Mrs Clara Baur's class with Miss Henrietta Weihl and Miss Madge Blount. Performers included Frank Volz, Chalmers Clifton, Sue Hillis, Dorothy Nulsen, and Mary Fletcher Gray. Readings by Miss Blount and violin by Miss Weihl complemented vocal and piano numbers in a varied program.
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Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Clara Baur
Henrietta Weihl
Tirindelli
Madge Blount
Miss Curtis
Wanderer
Rubinstein
Frank Volz
Chalmers
Clifton
Volz
Barytone
Sue Hillis
Mendelssohn
Meyerbeer
Dorothy Nulsen
Godard
Jocelyn
Piano Recitals and Concerts Highlight Local Musicians
The column lists multiple piano students and their pieces from a recital in 222 West Fourth Street and outlines engagements of Douglas Powell and Willibald Lehman at the College of Music. It notes pupil performances by Ada Butz, Connie Blin, and others, and previews a Cincinnati Conservatory program with works by Ries, Schubert, Chopin, and Saint-Saëns, alongside vocal and instrumental selections.
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Goldie R. Taylor
Adolph H. Stadermann
West Fourth Street
Douglas Powell
Willibald Lehman
College of Music
Powell
London
Stockhausen
Boohy
Ludwig Riedel
Carl Reinecke
Herr Schelper
Primo Barytonée
California Without Change on Pullman Sleeping Cars
California without change on new Pullman ordinary sleeping cars depart Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 p.m. via Louisville New Orleans Houston San Antonio El Paso and Los Angeles to San. Rates for berths half the cost in sleepers. See agents B and O W Tillis N Central or Southern Pacific or write C H Wiseman D P A Joseph Biggs D P A W H Connor General Agent.
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New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Los Angeles
San
Tillnois Central Railroad
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C. H. Wiseman
Joseph Biggs
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