Aristocracy onstage and Frohman’s Dairy Maids at San Carlo
The San Carlo Company presents Frohman’s Dairy Maids at Lyric tonight while Grand offers Aristocracy at the Olympic. The era of multimillionaires is dramatized in Jefferson Stockton’s saga of American wealth entering English aristocracy, with Wilton Lackaye and William Faversham delivering gripping performances.
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SAN Carlo Company
Lyric
THE
GRAND
Frohman's
Charles Frohman
Wiltor Lackaye
Viola Allen
Blanche Walsh
William Faversham
St. Miller Kent
London
Frohman Company
Mr. Howard
Jefferson Stockton
Wilton Lackaye
Stockton
California
New York
San Francisco
Frohman
Herschell Mayall
Harry Fenwick
Prince
Adair
Diana Stockton
Vesta Victoria Brightens Columbia Show in Cincinnati
Vesta Victoria, famed London singing star, drew strong crowds at the Columbia in Cincinnati with comic songs and theatrical warmth. Her engaging stage presence, memorable numbers like Queen of the Jujah Islands, and energetic encores kept audiences in thrall, while the bill featured vaudeville acts including Warren and Blanchard.
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Vesta Victoria
Columbia
London
New York
Chicago
Miss Victoria
Cincinnati
Victoria
Jujah Islands
John
Warren
Blanchard
Grand Opera opens with Aida by San Carlo at San Carlo
Tonight the San Carlo Grand Opera Company presents Aida with Mme Tina Desana as Aida and Sig Constantino as Radames. The cast includes Ramon Blanchart as Amonasro and Sig Rossi as bass. Marie Claessens, a contralto of nine octaves, also appears. Conductor Sig Conti leads the San Carlo Orchestra. A ballet corps and suburban trains are noted for the evening.
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San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Aida
Mme. Tina Desana
Sig. Constantino
Radames
Verdi
Desana
Constantine
Caruso
Ramon Blanchart
Amonasro
Melba
Henry Russell
Sig. Conti
San Carlo
Corps de Ballet
Primrose Minstrels at the Walnut Theater Impresses Fans
George Primrose leads a starry minstrel company at Walnut Street Theater delivering polished singing, comedy, and dancers. Notable acts include Dave Irwin, Roswell Wright, Fred De Forrest, Earl Benham and Primrose’s own specialty The Silver Shower Clog. The program features The March of the Cubs and Giants and The Party From the South with strong audience applause throughout the evening.
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Primrose
Walnut
George Primrose
Walnut Street
the Walnut
Dave Irwin
Roswell J. Wright
Fred de Forrest
James Cantwell
William Renaud
Earl Benham
Eddie Martinee
Ed Davis
Mr. Primrose
Billy Beard
Neal Abel
John Burke
Ed Kennedy
Steve Grady
Cubs
Giants
David Irwin
Bo Kennedy
Wright
Cantwell
de Forrest
Renaud
Four Gates
Karl J. Benham
Trans-Atlantics headline burlesque lights Standard week
The Trans-Atlantics opened a week at the Standard with a high level of excellence. Miss Lizzie Freligh led the female cast in Two Hot Knights and A Gay Modiste, delivering strong songs with chorus support. The Alio featured Kalinowski Brothers, Norma Belle and her ponies, Fitzger ald and Quinn, the Trio, and the De Graff Sisters, all praised for quality entertainment.
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Lizzie Freligh
Kalinowski Brothers
Norma Belle
Fitzgerald
Quinn
James Whitely
Frank Killion
William Sharkey
de Graff
Mise
Freligh
Cowboy and the Lady at Heuck's Opera House
The adventure tale Cowboy and the Squaw follows rival cowboys and a guardian angel as an Indian maiden saves the hero from a dangerous steer escape. Dorothy Lyon and Marie Falls star with Charles Bartling Edward Saraghan Winnona Bridges and R F Sullivan in a lively Western with painted scenery and strong comedy.
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Heuck
S. H
Circle X Ranches
Rosebud
Fem
Dorothy Lyon
Charles Bartling
Edward Saraghan
Ruth Thompson
Marie Falls
Winnona Bridges
R. F. Sullivan
Calaico
Buckskin
The Dairymaids Arrive for Grand Cincinnati Showing Tonight
The Dairymaids cast led by Harry Bulger Julia Sanderson Eugene O Rourke and Mabel Hollins arrives from St Louis after a profitable run at the Olympic Theater St Louis voted the show best song revue of the season Cincinnati hosts this big company with many veterans noting warm welcomes and hometown ties in previews and press chatter
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Dairymaids
Harry Bulger
Julia Sanderson
Eugene O’rourke
Mabel Hollins
Charles Frohman
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Miss Sanderson
Papa
Forepaugh Stock Company
Alfred Sackett
Forepaugh
Philadelphia
Characer
Edgar Atchison-Bly
Fletcher Norton
Miss Hollins
Ray
Dairymaids Company Heading to Ohio Tour
Miss Hollins and Miss Ray discuss visiting America during their tour. The Dairymaids Company performs at the Grand this week and then travels to Cincinnati Dayton Springfield Coe and Detroit before a two week run in Illinois theaters.
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Ater
London
America
Miss Hollins
St. Louis
Springfield
Coe
Detroit
Ohio
Illnois Theater
Mrs Fiske as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm at Lyric
Mrs Fiske appears as Rebecca West in Ibsens Rosmersholm at the Lyric next week delivering a commanding, introspective performance. Critics praise her blend of Becky Sharp and Lady Macbeth and hail the production for harmony and finish with the Manhattan Company as supporting force.
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Mrs. Fiske
Rebecca West
Ibsen
Becky Sharp
Lady Macbeth
Mrs.Fiske
The Last Rose of Summer at San Carlo Opera
The San Carlo Grand Opera Company presents De FLOTOW Marta with Alice Nielsen singing The Last Rose of Summer in English Tuesday. Supporting artists Mlle Olitzka and Messrs Dani Fornari Tavellchia and Franzini blend with Nielsen under Signor Conti in a charming performance.
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Tose
de Flotow
Marta
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
Alice Nielsen
Tom Moore
Impressario Russell
Mlle, Olitzka
Dani, Fornari
Tavecchi
Pat White and Gaily Girls at the People’s
Attractive young women in lively travesties performed by Pat White and his Gaily Girls to well-filled audiences at the People’s. The opening burletta “Casey at the Bat” featured Pat as Michael Casey saving Mudville nine. Al Bert mimicked De Wolf Hopper as “the King of the Fans” with clever satires on baseball. The show closed with “The Down and Out Drug Store” a sharp travesty on popular resorts.
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Pat White
Casey
Pat
Michael Casey
Mudville Nine
al Bert
de Wolf Hopper
Baseball Grounds
Diamond
Jennings
Webb
Watson
Bert
Zelma Summers
Margy Catlin
Malvern
Drug &Store
At the Old Cross Roads on Final Southland Tour
The Lyceum Theater hosts the final tour of At the Old Cross Roads this week with two large audiences. Florence Ashbrook as the octoroon and Flora Byam as the Magnolia Grove heiress earned praise, while Philip Conner’s Tom Martin and Florence Brenman as the title imp drew laughs. The production is described as a strong revival of the romantic play.
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Southland
Old Cross Roads
Lyceum Theater
Florence Ashbrook
Flora Byam
Magnolia Grove
Tom Martin
Philip Conner
Florence Brenman
The Man of the Hour Play Faces Copyright Scrutiny
The Man of the Hour by George Broadhurst faces copyright questions as Brady and Grismer prepare a Grand Theatre run next week. They paid $20 for a librarian search and received a list of similar titles. no record shows any prior performances. Seat sales start Thursday morning.
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George Broadhurst
Librarian of Congress
Mesees
Brady
Grismer
Messrs, Brady and Grismer
Seat Sale
Vesta Victoria in Cincinnati feud sparks two week bid
Vesta Victoria arrived in Cincinnati for a Columbia engagement and learned from her manager that she would perform only one week, a restriction that fueled her plan to outshine Eva Tanguay who had drawn strong crowds in the city. Her evening show drew an even stronger reception than the matinee.
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Vesta Victoria
Cincinnati
Columbia
Buffalo
St. Louis
Miss Victoria
Eva Tanguay
New York
Hammerstein
Miss Tanguay
Victoria
Mrs Leslie Carter Dining Visit at Hotel Havlin
Mrs Leslie Carter was a dinner guest at the Hotel Havlin yesterday. She traveled with companions en route to Nashville and made use of time during the layover.
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Leslie Carter
The
Havlin
Hotel Havlin
Nashville
Nashville Audience Fetes Zara and Du Bary in Spirited Performance
The Zara and Du Bary duo drew big crowds, with engagements filling seats and profits rising. Nashville playgoers will see her famed portrayal of Du Bary tonight at the hostelry, amid lively anticipation.
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Zara
du Bary
Nashville
du ‘Bary
Veteran Player and Manager Whiston Dies at 81
Buffalo March 22 veteran actor-manager Joh Ward Whiston died at age 81. An early American variety performer he was nicknamed father of vaudeville and the original facial caricaturist. He managed several Jacobe theaters for many years.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joh Ward Whiston
America
Bye
Jacobe
Lyric features Bruning in Rosmersholm and notable stage history
The Lyric Theater sets next week for Mrs Fiske's Rosmersholm with Albert Bruning, famed for Hamlet and Lear roles and for work with Booth, Mantell, Salvini, and Carter. His Mor tensgard in Rosmersholm cited as a gem of artistic excellence.
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Albert Bruning
Mrs.Fiske
Edwin Booth
Berlin
Mr. Bruning
Laertes
Edgar
Booth
New Rink in Music Hall Ends Season Soon
The New Rink in Music Hall enters its final week with this afternoon’s session. Special band concerts will entertain spectators and skaters each afternoon and evening through Saturday night before the rink closes and remains dark until early October.
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Music Hall
Welfare Election Arouses Rivalry at Evanston Meet
Exciting contests will mark the annual meeting and election of the Evanston Welfare Association in the Grand Hotel tonight. Rival tickets Red and Blue claim recent victory as election begins at 8:30 after a 6:45 banquet. William H. Schwarz, retiring president, likely toastmaster.
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Evanston Welfare Association
Grand Hotel
A. C. Culbertson
J. J. Castellini
William H. Schwarz
Red
August C. Bing
Isaac White
A. E. Mittendorf
George M. Beltzhoever
Louis L. Seibert
F. M. Boutelle
John A. Franz
Fred Gott
Michael G. Heintz
Edwin F. Hollenbeck
R. C. Newcomb
John P. McCarthy
Henry Schraffen
Ben Ruskamp
A. M. Harvuot
William McKee
William F. North
Joseph M. Allen
Arthur Schoenenberger
Fred W. Brand
Charles F. Bernst
Charles Snyder
Man on Price Hill Arrested After Lunacy Claim
Walter B. Fox colored of Price Hill sought refuge at City Hall pursued by imagined enemies and claimed a murder near Ninth and Plum streets. He rushed Central Station and Police Clerk’s office alleging arrests by Judge Lueders. Patrolman Smedes and Sweeney took Fox into custody.
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Walter B. Fox
Price Hill
Fox
Central Station
Eichelberger
Ninth and
Plum Streets
Smedes
Household feud ends in stabbing at Broadway and New street
Thomas Chenault, 4, and John Dickens, 22, both residents of 415 New Street, were arrested at Broadway and New Street after a fight. Police say Chenault stabbed Dickens, whose chin was hanging by a thread. Dickens was taken to City Hospital. Chenault faces cutting to kill and carrying concealed weapons charges while Dickens is charged with disorderly conduct.
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Thomas Chenault
John Dickens
New Street
Broadway
Chenault
McSorley
Trinkler
Dickens
City Hospital
Giants Defeat Dallas In Rainy National League Tilt
The New York Nationals outclassed Dallas in a game played amid raw chill and drizzle. Attendance was 600 as Dallas used Burnett Kerns and New York fielded McGinnity Taylor Needham in a low-risk contest. Final score 9 to 3 with Dallas scoring late and New York dominating early.
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Commercial Tribune
Dallas
Tex
New York National Leaguers
R. H. EB
Burnett
Kerns
New York
McGinnity
Taylor
First Game Sees Radiums Defeat Claytons 20 to 7
In the season opener the Radiums defeated the Claytons by a 20 to 7 margin yesterday. The matchup marked the opening of the campaign with the Radiums cashing in on offense while Claytons struggled to respond.
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Radiums
Claytons
Reds Quiet Sunday in St Augustine Before Florida Exhibition
Cincinnati Reds spent a quiet Sunday in St Augustine as they rest before their final training day. Captain Ganzel and teammates plan a last morning practice and an exhibition game at the Y M C A grounds. They regret missing Jacksonville trip but look forward to a Brooklyn game in Jacksonville Tuesday and a full spring schedule starting next month.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Augustine
Fla
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Jacksonville
Brooklyn
Ganzel
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Spalding's 1908 Guide Declares Baseball Purely American
The 1908 Spalding's Official Baseball Guide proclaims baseball an American invention. A commission of baseball authorities concluded Abner Doubleday originated the first playing scheme in 1839. The edition, dubbed Base ball's Record-Breaking Edition, features signatures of the commissioners.
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Spalding
America
A. G. Spalding
Henry Chadwick
A. G. Mills
National League
Morgan G. Bulkeley
United States Senators
Connecticut
Nicholas E. Young
Alfred J. Reach
Philadelphia Club
George Wright
James E. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Arthur Pue Gorman
Abner Doubleday
Cooperstown
N. Y
Mills’ Decisi
Cubs In Good Trim Ahead Of Southern Trip
Rain kept the Chicago Cubs indoors in Vicksburg Miss. with two days left in their stay before a South American tour of games begins. Captain Chance’s foot and Del Howard’s finger slow them slightly but the squad is in first class condition for the season.
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Vicksburg
Commercial Tribune
Miss
Cubs
South
Meridian
Montgomery
Ala
Chance
del Howard
Cars Reach Mojave Desert In New York Paris Rally
Ogden Utah March 22 Journeying south from Skiddoo Nevada the American car leading the New York to Paris rally arrived at Daggatt California in the Mojave Desert. The Italian car left Corinne Utah and is sixty eight miles beyond. The French No 1 is near Creston Wyoming after leaving Rawlins. The German car spent the night at Laramie Wyoming.
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Ogden
Utah
Skiddoo
Nev
Salt Lake
New York
Paris
Daggatt
Cal
Mojave Desert
Corinne
Kelton
Creston
Wayo
Rawlins
Laramie
Wyo
Wahle's roll-off schedule listed for Tuesday and Wednesday
The schedule lists Tuesday at 8 p m with Plummer Barron Rose Fietiz. 9 p m Grelhaus Duce Malheim Woerner. 10 p m Pocock Davis C Everslage H Vonderhaar. Wednesday 8 p m Birnbahm Wetter man Bodt Hagedorn. 9 p m Mayer Schneider Peebles Part ner. 1 p m Stahl Valstrict R G Thiene H Harris.
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Wahle
Plummer
Barron
Rose
White Sox Tie In Muddy New Orleans Game
Chicago White Sox regulars and the Pelicans played seven innings in a rain soaked New Orleans game. Several showers interrupted play before a downpour ended the contest without a score. Final: Chicago 0 Pelicans 0. Batteries: Chicago Shaw White and Smith. Pelicans Lawton Ryan Guese.
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New Orleans
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Chicago White Sox
The
Pelicans
Aantened
Chicago
Shaw, White and Smith
Lawton, Ryan and Guese
Second Team Loses on Coast in Farewell Game
Chicago White Sox seconds closed their coast trip with a training game against Los Angeles scoring 14 runs to 1 in a rough midseason outing. Key players included Chicago’s Weaver Most and Manuel and Los Angeles’ Easterly Gray and Hosp as the teams prepared to travel eastward beginning with Atchison Kansas.
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Commercial Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago White Sox
Atchison, Kan
Hk. H. EB
Chicago
Los
Queer records dot athletic almanac of odd marks
An athletic almanac lists unusual records from handicap races and miscues. Notable entries include 51 and 57 yard dashes, 105 yard races from a chalk line mistake, and 121 yard hurdles by Al Copland or BE J Clapp. The long-ago notes cover backward jumps, sack ratings, and backward hopping as historic curios.
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Almanac
Newell Hargrave
al Copland
Copland
San Francisco
A. Forrester
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