Barrymore to Star in Maughan Comedy Next Week
Grand Opera House begins sales for Ethel Barrymore engagement next week. She stars in Lady Frederick by W Somerset Maughan with a Monte Carlo setting and a strong supporting company. Meanwhile Arnold Facts and Follies features at Standard Theater and The Three of Us at the Olympic earns praise from New York audiences.
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Grand Opera House
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W. Somerset Maughan
Mr. Maughan
London
New York
John Drew
Jack Straw
Maughan
Empire Theater
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Lady Frederick
Laby Frederick
Charles Frohman
Monte Carlo
Bruce McRae
Arthur Eiliot
Douglas Gerrard
Eustace
Charles Hammond
Rothe
Orland Dailey
James Kearney
L. C. Howard
Crossley Davidson
Vira Stowe
Andariann Thuber
Percy
Morris and Kramer
May Walsh
Irvin Walton
Ed Markey
Lloyd Peddrick
Harry Keeler
Allie Vivian
Belle Benson
Eva van Osten
Carlotta Neilson
Newark
Metropolis
Cincinnati
Lew Fields Show Opens at the Lyric Sunday
The Girl Behind the Counter features a unique floor walker model from New York department stores. Fields found a distinct, charmingly refined figure who greeted women with bows and smiles and gave male shoppers only Elevator. The character’s look and quirks mirror the real model and the production starts Sunday at Lyric.
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Lew Fields
New York
Fields
Lyric
Right of Way Delights Grand Attracts Repeat Crowds
Standing and Roberts star in Gilbert Parker melodrama Right of Way at the Grand. Theodore Roberts as Joe Portugais and Mr. Standing as Charley Steel draw high type melodrama patrons, with Richard Dorney praised for scenic work and long Cincinnati tenure. The show earns more money than last season but may not exceed it for the remainder of the week due to prior crowds.
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Standing
Roberts
Dorney
Gilbert Parker
Richard Dorney
Klaw and Erlanger
Dorney Haseen
Cincinnati
Augustin Daly
Manager Overpack Plans Varied Rob inson Theatre Program
Manager Overpack of the New Rob inson outlines a varied program blending comedy illustration song drama and burlesque. Dooley Donavan a character comedian headlines the burlesque on the Directoire gown girl with the number I Dont Care and receives repeated encores. Miss Marcel De Ware showcases unusual talent drawing quick audience recognition and encore after encore. The two Moras provide illustrated acts to round out the program.
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Overpack
Robinson
Dooley Donavan
Directoire
Marcel de ‘Ware
Maugham and Jones Disagree on Drama's Purpose in British Stage
W Somerset Maugham criticizes the serious drama as overhyped while Henry Jones defends it as purposeful. Maugham, famed for lighter plays, argues playwrights should not blend mission with art. His tour favorite Lady Frederick stars Miss Ethel Barrymore, delivering a pronounced hit in the title role.
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Mr. Maugham
Jones
W. Somerset Maugham
London
Henry Hur Jones
Lady Frederick
Ethel Barrymore
Frederick Berolles
Under Southern Skies at Walnut Next Week
Lottie Blair Parker presents the Southern drama Under Southern Skies at the Walnut theater opening Sunday matinee. The company is stronger this season and promises artistic and scenic improvements with a wholesome plot and lively Halloween costumes.
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Lottie Blair Parker
Louisiana
Walnut
Moving Pictures at Odd Fellows Temple Today and Tomorrow
The Odd Fellows Temple Auditorium presents a two day series of first time shown moving pictures by the Selig and Lubin Companies with music lecture and effects. Selig’s Great Wrong Righted is showcased with new animated scenes and Cameraphone acts. Will Price sings a recent lyrics tenor number as part of the program.
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Temple Auditorium
O. T. Crawford
Moving Pictures
Selig and
Lubin Companies
Selig Company
Will Price
The Mayor and the Manicure at the Columbia Next Week
Edwin Holt and Company will stage George Ade’s best playlet The Mayor and the Manicure at the Columbia, Holt’s vaudeville debut. The sketch centers on a manicure who tries to blackmail a college father, a mayor, while his son’s letters may prove the scandal.
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George Ade
Columbia
Edwin Holt
Josephine Sahe
America
Ander
Maude Allison
Teteed
Voscarys
Lew Bloom
Faversham's Shams at Lyric Draws Steady Advance Sale
Wednesday's business at the Lyric shows strong demand for Mr Faversham's performance. The advance sale indicates a matinee likely to sell out and few seats remaining for latecomers as audiences praise the company and play's unique appeal this season.
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Faver- Sham
Lyric
Chuck Conners the Bowery Star Heads to Broadway
The Bowery figure Chuck Conners, famed for his blue flannel shirt and Derby hat, captivates audiences with wit and honesty. He longs for Bowery hang-outs like Barney Flynn's on Bowery and Pell Street, as he prepares for a week at the Lyceum in From Broadway to the Bowery.
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Conners
the Bowery
Bowery
Barney Flynn
Pell Street
New York
Jack Sheppard Melodrama Comes to Heucks for Week
The stage show Jack Sheppard the Bandit King arrives at Heuck's for one week starting Sunday. A cast of thirty performs four acts and twenty scenes with two carloads of scenery, promising thrills and a sensation filled tale.
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Jack Sheppard
Heuck’s
Rollickers to Present Satirical Burlesque at People's Next Week
The Rollickers promote a burlesque and vaudeville satire on modern finance. Will H. Cohan and Nat Jerome portray Brushky and Rushky in a plot of fictitious stocks, pursued by a broker, with a web of romantic and comic entanglements amid a strong cast.
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Will H. Cohan
Nat Jérome
Brushky
Rushky
William J. Patton
B. Dunne Goode
Violet Pearl
Molly Sweet
Goode
Hazel Sanger
Lulu Hazelton
Harry Hewitt
Santos
Patt Taylor
Bellboy
Alfred K. Hall
Wood B. Homes
Girl Behind the Counter at Lyric Theater Sunday
Sears offers Lew Fields production The Girl Behind the Counter at the Lyric Theater with Sparsiny stagecraft and elaborate costumes. The show, began in New York and enjoyed strong prosperity after its Herald Square run, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at a reduced price.
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Sears
Lyric Theater
Lew Fields
Sparsiny
Milk Commission Accused of Certifying False Normal Milk
At an Ohio Chemical Society meeting in Cincinnati Dr. Springer accused the Cincinnati Milk Commission of certifying milk as normal for two years when it was not. Several members objected and a heated discussion followed.
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Ohio Chemical Society
Cincinnati Milk Commission
Springer
Society
Legal battle for Hains children stalls custody bid
New York Sept 30 counsel for Mrs Claudia L Hains wife of Captain Peter C Hains Jr who killed William E Annis was to file in the Supreme Court of Brooklyn for custody of her three children The filing was postponed to Oct 5 and her 3000 word affidavit was not presented The children reportedly remain with their grandfather General P C Hains at Fort Hancock Sandy Hook Subpoenas issued for witnesses in the Hains shooting case include Charles Roberts Harvey G Rockwell M McBride Dr Walter C Frey Dr Schmuck and Policeman Charles Baker
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New York
Claudia L. Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Willam E. Annis
Supreme Court of Brooklyn
Hains
P. C. Hains
Ft. Hancock
Sandy Hook
Darrin
Queens County Grand Jury
Charles H. Roberts
Bayside Yacht Club
Harvey G. Rockwell
Annis
M. McBride
Walter C.fréy
Queens County
Schmuck
Charles Baker
Bandmaster Innes Ill in Seattle Hospital
Frederick Innes the noted bandmaster and musical director of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition lies dangerously ill at the Savoy Hotel in Seattle with a fever contracted since his arrival. Mrs. Innes is with him.
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Seattle
New Town Fireswept Second Blaze Destroys Michel
A Fernie dispatch reports Michel, the new town near Fernie, was wiped out by fire last night. The settlement had already been partially destroyed in the July 31 blaze, marking a second devastating destruction within two months.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fernie
Michel
Michigan National Guard Break Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison
The Michigan National Guard brigade of three regiments and two troops of cavalry left Fort Benjamin Harrison today after joint maneuvers. The First Kentucky Regiment also returned home.
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Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Michigan National Guard
Kentucky
Car Hits Runabout on MéMillen Street
A runabout carrying John Carroll, John Réal, and Patrick Judge at 2331, 2329, and 2320 Boone street collided with a traction car at MéMillen Street and Essex Place Tuesday night. The occupants were thrown into the street and injured. The car conductor suffered a slight bruise from a shaft.
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Boone Street
Walnut Hills
John Réal
Patrick Judge
MéMillen Street
Essex Place
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