The Battle and Brown of Harvard at Lyric and Olympic
Wilton Lackaye stars in The Battle at the Lyric with strong support from Grace Filkins and Josephine Victor. the play centers on a father son dynamic amid Haggleton’s moral lessons and theatrical passion. Brown of Harvard at Olympic impresses with a riveting boat race scene and robust ensemble work by Forepaugh players led by Frank Sylvester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Lackaye
LYRIC
Brown
Harvard
New York
Mr. Moffett
Haggleton
Lackaye
Cory
Grace Filkins
Jenny Moran
Mr. Abbey
Exhra Happy Jon
Crea
R. Ner
Philip
Josephine Victor
Margwrence
E. M. Holland
Ge Gritfin
Olympic
Parquette
Tom Brown
Frank Sylvester
Mr. Sylvester
Iteev
Joyd Fennimore
O'Hara
Thorne's Sordid Love Triangle Shown On Stage
The Forepaugh production captures Wilfred Kenyon's doomed influence on Thorne and sister Marian with strong performances by Harry Fenwick Evelyn Kenyon and Mrs Kenyon as well as lively portrayals by Sylvester Ravold and Cartwright The varsity crew scene and stage management heighten the tension and earn curtain calls for the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fenwick
Wilfred Kenyon
Thorne
Wilson Hummel
John Cartwright
Jennie Ellison
Marian Thorne
Gilbert Ely
Victor Colton
Varsity
Ravold
Jacob Bruehl
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway Is Touring Again
The touring production of George M. Cohan’s Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway played at Walnut Street Theater with original scenery and many company members. Frances Gordon stood in for Fay Templeton as Mary Jane Jenkins, while Scott Welsh impressed as Kid Burns and James Manning as Daniel Cronin. The melodrama with music drew praise for the staging and chorus, though comparisons to Victor Moore varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Fay Templeton
Victor Moore
George M. Cohan
Walnut Street Theater
Frances Gordon
Templeton
Mary Jane Jenkins
Scott Welsh
Victor Moors
Victor Moors In This Same Character When Seen Here At the Grand
James H. Manning
Daniel Cronin
James A. Cavett
James Blake
Elizabeth Drew
Flora Dora Dean
Harry Gwynette
Eugene MacGregor
Tom Bennett
Susan Chiswell
Purdy
Mary Cunard
David Dean
Miss Templeton
France Gordon
Mary
Kid Burns
Welsh
Veiled Vaudeville at the Walnut Delights Large Audiences
The Walnut stage housed a popular vaudeville bill with acts by Miss A Bell Mr Yates and Jules Ruby in Two Hundred Miles From Broadway. Edwin Day's Christmas idyl, plus German act Collins and Brown and the Amo roS Sisters delighted crowds. Claude Gillingwater as September Knightly gave a witty performance, with other sketches and Silbon's Novelty Circus drawing praise. Cast included Hugh Gibson Genevieve Kane Carlyn Strei litz Edward Fremont Joe C. Berry Kathryn Marney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
A. Bell
Eee. Yates
Ules Ruby
Edmund Day
Columbia
Collins and Brown
Amoros
Claude Gillingwater
September Knightly
Gillingwater
Hugh Gibson
Genevieve Kane
Carlyn Streilitz
Edward Fremont
Ray L. Royce
York State
Tony Wilson
Mile
Heloise
Clayton Kennedy
Mattie Rooney
Silbon
Mr. Silgon
Chicago
Detroit
Scribner's Show at the Standard Delights Audiences
Sam Scribner presents burlesque and vaudeville at the Standard with two major burlesques "Three Weeks in Egypt" and "Electricity Is Life" plus an audacious alio. Star cast includes Lorenze Black Maussey Carlysle Raymond May and others with The Advance Agent staged by Black and Maurice Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner
The
Standard
Sam Scribner
Arthur Roy
Guiseppe Brianza
Jean Bedini
Mr. Lorenze
Mr. Black
Miss Carlysle
William Maussey
Miss Raymond
Miss May
Mr. Lorenzo
Mr. Maussey
Columbia Sextet
Fajardo
Brianza
Bendini
Arthur
John J. Black
Maurice Frank
Mr. Frank
Sam Dessner
Squire Stebbins
Helena May
Lillian Stebbins
Navigators Burlesque at People's Delights Audiences
The Miss New York Jr company presents a varied burlesque at the People's with White and Perry as prima donna and sport. Abe Reynolds and Dave Ferguson impress as impersonator and Beau Brummel while Lilla Brennan and a strong chorus provide pleasing talent. The Navigators features a moving train holdup scene with well staged showings and strong musical numbers backing the ensemble. The cast includes Abe Reynolds, Dave Ferguson, George Perry, Lee White, Lilla Brennan, Fred Easterbrook, and Will McFarlane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Jr
People’s
Miss New York, Jr
People's
White
Perry
Dave Ferguson
Beau Brummel
Abe Reynolds
Lilla Brennan
Esterbrooks
Ensores
Still City
Navigators
George Perry
Lee White
Fred Easterbrook
Will McFarlane
Carter Play at the Lyceum in In at the Finish
Lincoln J. Carter brings a sensationalist stage program to the Lyceum yesterday afternoon drawing large Sunday matinee crowds. The reviewer notes Carter’s ingenuity with mechanical effects and railroad imagery while deeming his theatrics mostly plausible and entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Krem
Carter
Opium Smugglers melodrama at Heuck's draws crowds
Heuck's offered The Opium Smugglers of Frisco a sensational melodrama about San Francisco waterfront criminals smuggling opium from the Orient. The tale pits Uncle Sam's men against desperadoes with white leaders, amid love intrigue and hidden dens. Harry Fields stars as Sol Solomon the detective, delivering a lively performance that enhances the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heuck’s
Frisco
Heuck
Uncle Sam
Harry Fields
Sol Soloman
Mr. Fields
Solomon
The Devil Tonight at Grand as Dixey Returns
The Grand presents The Devil tonight starring Henry E. Dixey in the title role with Dr Miller. Cincinnati audiences will see the Henry W. Savage production after its Chicago run. Dixey and company arrived yesterday, with matinees slated for Wednesday and Saturday and the advance sale proving the largest of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Devil
Henry W. Savage
Cincinnati
Henry E. Dixey
Dr. Miller
Mr. Dixie
Chicago
Way Down East Company Delays Cincinnati Stay for Miss Davies
Way Down East cast members arrived in Cincinnati from Cleveland and will stay until their engagement opens next Monday. Miss Phoebe Davies, star of Anna Moore, was summoned to New York to discuss her new vehicle Mrs Tantalus with managers and playwright. Davies rebels at tears heavy scenes and may be replaced by an understudy for the new piece until she returns for the current run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way Down East
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Phoebe Davies
Anna ‘Moore
New York
Anna Moore
Miss Davies
Messrs. Brady
Grismer
Anna
Travelogue at Lyric Narrates Friesland Scenes
A moving pictures travelogue at the Lyric in Roberson’s staging showed Friesland’s dikes canals windmills and villages with lively narration by the director. Audience enthusiasm promises larger crowds. next Sunday the second travelogue will cover South Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Roberson Travelogue
North Holland
Friesland
Roberson
South Holland
New York contralto Janet Spencer wowed Berlin
Miss Janet Spencer of New York sang at a charity concert with Miss Geraldine Farrar at the Royal Theater in Berlin. Crown Prince Frederick William and the Crown Princess praised her voice, inviting her to their box and saying she should be in opera after hearing her remarkable performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Janet Spencer
New York
Geraldine Farrar
Royal Theater
Frederick William
Auditorium Family Theater Delivers Balanced Clever Show
The Auditorium Family Theater last night presented a bill with clever balance and every act drew applause. Notable acts include Casad and Deverne Bailey Walton and Cramer grotesque acrobats Fannie Donovan Berrian and Mackin blackface comedians Zene Reeves dancer Felton and Haines bag punchers and moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Theater
Casad
Deverne
Bailey
Walton and Cramer
Fannie Donovan
Berrian and
Mackin
Zene Reeves
Felton and Haines
Moving Pictures
Train Express Tragedy Claims Two Workers
Charles Case aged 55 was instantly killed and Burt Bailey 35 fatally injured at Mulhauser's on the C H D line when they stepped in front of a northbound Chicago express due to arrive at 3 58 p m. Both men were paper mill employees living in Rialto. Bailey is in Mercy Hospital with no hope of recovery. Case's body lies in a morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Charles Case
Burt Bailey
Mulhauser’s
Case
a _Morgue
Benzoic Acid and Benzoate Must Be Excluded
Dr. H W Wiley chief of the Bureau of Chemistry reports after testing on the poison squad that benzoic acid and benzoate of soda are injurious to health. Digestion is impaired and weight loss occurs with several symptoms in healthy volunteers. He argues preservatives can be avoided without harming quality as cider grape juice mince meat jelly and other foods can be preserved without these substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
H.W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Castro’s Venezuelan rule triggers widespread political prisons
A 1908 dispatch details severe measures under Castro in Venezuela including mass arrests of critics, seizure of property from revolutionists, suppression of newspapers, and banyishment. It notes a growing ban on foreign capital, expropriation of assets such as the Caracas electric light and gas plants, price manipulation in flour, and a plague response that exposed government inaction. The piece portrays fear, hunger, and a restless public amid Castro’s centralization of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Guayra
Castro
Caracas
Southoverton
Cara
Conyright
Frederic J. Haskin
Venezuela
Anthropologist Dr Lowie Returns From Hudson Bay Expedition
Dr Lowie of the American Museum of Natural History completed a month long journey to the Hudson Bay region. He endured fierce mosquitos and tough canoe travel, losing weight but gaining knowledge of the Chippewagan people. He collected weapons hides tanning tools and lore for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
BR. H. Lowie
Department of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
Hudson Bay Country
Alberta
Athabasca
Ft. Chippewagan
Lake Athabasca
Lowie
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Montgomery Philter
Mr. Lackaye
Dorothy Dale
Carly Sprelilz
Cozuzz Bia
Lomatre
the Walnut
Cohan
Joe C. Berry
Kathryn Marney
Harry Farnum
Lottie Emmons
Eddish Harris
A. L. Evans
Train
Hamilton
Deglares Benzoic
Coun
Supreme Chief
Mercardo
Mixed Commissions
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
Club Concordia
Electric Light
Electric Light Company of
Minneapolis
North
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