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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
7
Francis Wilson delivers a successful performance in Marlowe's When Knights Were Bold. Miss Mabel Cameron stands out as a gifted lead while the ensemble shows earnest, conscientious talent that Belasco would cultivate into future fame.
The Lyons comedy featuring Sir Guy De Vere and Lady Rowena unfolds a dream toward the old days of valor with Mr. Francis Wilson and a strong cast delivering broad comic scenes. The staging is rich and the laughs plentiful as the tale spirals to a gleeful, improbable denouement amid lively audience reaction.
Vienna reports the German version of J. M. Barrie's Little Minister produced at the Imperial Burg Theater. It met with an excellent reception and apparently was a great success.
Clyde Fitch's new comedy "Girls" had its opening in Washington on March 9. The play follows three woman haters who vow not to marry but each eventually accepts a wedding ring. Laura Nelson Hall, Richard and Ruth Cliffe lead a prominent cast with Charles Cherry, Herbert Standing, Zelda Sears and Fanchon.
A phrase filled fragment notes an Affinity production The Curse of Drink Company opening at the lyceum next Sunday madness was playing at Newark last week Miss Dorothy De Schelle who plays Nellie Sanford drunken engineer's daughter is a South native famed for beauty received to the state door burning love from all that the writer had at last that she
Today at Heuck's the Dora Thorne Company offers every lady a copy of Bertha M. Clay's Dora Thorne story as a souvenir for the matinee. Manager Sellers urges early arrival to ensure seating before the performance begins.
New York March 9 Otis Skinner the actor preached at Mt Vernon Universalist Church. His nephew Rev Charles R Skinner is pastor and his forebears were preachers. He argued the drama expresses human effort and that art must be moral though acting may show imperfect virtue.
The Checkers company plans another engagement at the Walnut next week after a packed last visit. Management says the cast will include veteran players Hans Robert Dave Braham Clare Armstrong Robert Crats Howard Smith and Joe Wilkes with several improved new actors, promising strong local and visiting interest.
Frances Starr's ascent in American theater accelerated from a brief stint in the comedy Gallops to leading roles. Early appreciation came from Charles Richman, with her breakout in Davida Belasco's The Music Master alongside David Warfield. Later, she was chosen by a famed author for The Rose of the Rancho, premiering after a Boston reception.
Montgomery and Stone, famed for The Red Mill, bring an eighty-strong company to Grand Opera House. The same cast as New York Knickerbocker show will appear, following four Oz tours. Holmes and Watson spoof and Italian organ grinder sketches cited as highlights.
Cincinnati to see The Rose of the Rancho next week at the Lyric in a Belasco production. Frances Starr makes her Cincinnati debut as leading woman with a strong New York cast led by Charles Richmar and A Hamilton Revelle. The piece has run two seasons at Mr Belasco’s Forty-second Street Theatre and showcases romance patriotism and colorful old California scenes.
Dramatic adaptation of Bertha M. Clay's novel Dora Thorne staged by Harry Sellers Amusement Company at Heucks. Four acts deliver thrills, comedy, and a realistic plot about youthful impulse and deception with Miss De Varney in the title role.
Review notes the play’s strong dialogue and vivid Nevada mining camp settings. Characters feel real with clear motives, from Rhy Macchesney and her mother to her restless brother. Plot centers on the struggle for a mine and emotional bonds that reach the audience.
Audiences at the Olympic praised the Forepaugh Stock Company's The First Violin for its silent, attentive drama. Next week the company plans a novelty by presenting Robert Emmett, timed with St Patrick’s Week, highlighting Emmett’s historic character.
Harry Bryant's big burlesque and vaudeville company comes to the Stand ard next week. Its popularity with theater patrons assures crowded houses. This week the Dainty Duchess Company offers entertaining performances with Miss Helena May and others pleasing large audiences.
Manager Ziegler chose Salerno the juggler as the week’s lead at the Columbia Theater, ahead of Herrmann the Great and the Ernesto Sisters. Audiences applaud Salerno as the standout act, lifting jugglery to a new peak and placing Salerno atop the vaudeville bill.
The North Cincinnati Business Men's Club hosted Federated Improvement Associations at North Cincinnati Turner Hall with remarks by Alfred Bettmann on traction and Cincinnati growth. Resolutions urged fire escapes for schools, outward doors, daily drills, regular inspections, a fireman at schools, and milk sale restrictions. committee referral followed. IF. F. Verges joined the Board of Governors. next meeting set for April at Northside Business Men's Club.
Professor Philip F. Heise of Omaha declares a crime occurred in Ohio when the Rose local option bill passed the Legislature over 85,000 protesters. Heises cites the League of Freedom and its growth while lecturing to German American citizens in Central Turner Hall.
Two Cincinnati men, Orin Waddell of 621 Crown Street and Arthur C. Lewis of 2102 Fulton Avenue Walnut Hills, may receive $144 yearly pensions from Andrew Carnegie for Civil War service with the military telegraph corps. Carnegie’s plan covers veterans who served in the Civil War.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad support through Ohio legislation is rejected by local business leaders who insist on retaining switching rights and opposing a viaduct until their terms are met. The Manufacturers' Club annual meeting also notes school needs, annexation efforts, and a new real estate tax ordinance with bond plans.
City Solicitor Ballard notes the Board of Public Service must consider granting pardon power to all Workhouse officials and guards. The opinion outlines the scope and necessity of extending clemency authority within the institution.
Council approves pay warrants totaling 988.43 to J O Connor for Vista Avenue improvements and 256.89 to Robert Laidlaw for ad costs. Also 332.38 to the Sinking Fund trustees, with 50 percent of net costs funded by assessments and all funds to service bonds and interest due. Total project cost listed as 3 323.82 with intersections 1638.42.
An ordinance authorizes a special assessment on Clifford Street and Harrison Avenue frontages to fund 80 percent of street improvements, with bond issuance of 35209.20 dollars payable over five years, interest at four percent, plus related charges and sinking fund provisions. It outlines payment deadlines for property owners, bond sale terms, and funds allocation from city accounts and the improvement project.
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