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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1908
Page
19
Critics note Charles Frederic Nirdlinger substantially rewrote the drama El Gran Galeoto for modern stages with a new plot and characters, retaining a theme of the tragedy of gossip. The work has achieved international reach, with translations and performances in Germany Italy France England and the United States.
Chester plans a full day as the old park resumes July level amusements. Bathing Beach access extends to women’s clubs in morning and afternoon. Amateur vaudeville contests run in the pavilion at 3 and 8 p.m. with noon rehearsals and a prize waltz in the roof garden ballroom awarding three trophies to the top lady dancers.
Forepaugh Stock Company follows Zira with a new production of The House of a Thousand Candles at the Olympic next week. The mystery play by George Middleton from Meredith Nicholson novel was staged last season by James K. Hackett with E. M. Holland in the leading role.
Matinee opens as the Rays Johnny and Emma plus a company of forty perform the musical comedy King Casey at Walnut Street Theater. The show features Johnny Ray in his Casey persona with fast paced scenes at Waldorf Astoria and a mythical island, complemented by a strong supporting cast including Alma Youlin and Olive Vail.
The Grand presents Honeymoon Trail by Adams Hough and Howard marking its Chicago success at LaSalle Theater with over 200 nights. Star Harry Stone leads a cast including Alma Youin Olive Vail and Dorothy Brenner in a lively romantic farce set at Liberty Hall amid comic misunderstandings and dancing Brownies.
Theatergoers are told about principal players for Honey moon Trail at the Grand this week. Harry Stone carries the role of star comedian with a decade in leading operas and a noted reportership in The Stolen Story. Bert Baker, an Irish comedian of seventeen years on stage, is praised for natural humor and broad charm. William Bechtel, a German comedian, has work with Charles …
Patrons will see the best programme from O T Crawford since his first moving pictures at Seventh and Elm Streets playhouse. New Vitagraph and Edison subjects premier today with high class, long duration showings. Caméraphonée features all new vaudeville acts and Will Price sings latest hits at every performance.
Joe Weber and Company will appear on the local stage starting October 18 with a troupe including Blanche King Walter J Blanche Deyo Charles J Ross Al Hart and Lillian Lee. The program centers on burlesques of The Devil and The Merry Widow with the jolly little comedian in the lineup.
Clyde Fitch's comedy Girls will end its New York engagement at Daly's Theater in two weeks. The company led by Charles Cherry Florence Reed Ruth Maycliffe Amy Ricard and Zelda Sears will tour leading cities. Josie and Julia Rooney return from Europe to join the Orpheum Circuit through February and then Copenhagen in March for a Christmas pantomime in Liverpool in December 1909.
Josephine Sabel begins an early engagement at the Columbia after completing a three year world tour. The performer recently returned home and resumes stage work with a new international repertoire.
Before each matinee of The Lost Trail at the Lyceum this afternoon Montana Frank will demonstrate lariat throwing and roping in front of the theater. Also Hadji the Arabian trained horse will perform feats during each performance as a special added attraction.
Mortimer M Theise’s hit revue Wine Woman and Song returns to the Walnut, starting Sunday matinee, with Bonita leading a lavish cast. A large chorus and fresh songs promise memorable entertainment, with Max Armstrong's pony ballet and a playful travesty on Three Weeks.
Miss Gertie Moulton hosts a novelty act with Gus Edwards at the Columbia this week. She collects odd stocking styles as a curiosity, treating stockings as more than attire and a mere side line.
Mrs Harry Benedict hosted the Bridge Whist Club for the season opener with attendees including Miss Lorena Walker Mrs George Carrel and Miss Anna Thayer. The Round Robin Book Club plans its first meeting October 2 at Mrs Harry Frazer’s Mt Washington home. Linwood society members joined a Linwood Fresh Air Home fundraiser euchre and luncheon. Margaret Wilson returned from four weeks in New York and Jersey City. Will Milligan hosted a luncheon for Rho Delta Sigma members and Mrs Thomas Greenwald hosted the Ladies Aid Society and spouses on Tusculum Heights. Further social visits include Mrs Lewis Rose’s ten day stay in Martinsville Ind and a September 23 afternoon meeting of the Columbia Congregational Church Att Society at Reeves Place Linwood.
Miss Moulton curates an unusual hosiery symposium boasting 119 specimens. Highlights include seven color prismatic stripes, Old Testament scenes, silk open work with a mosquito motif, and a king of diamonds design. East Side New York and small Western stores yield rare finds.
Frank Keenan and Charlotte Walker rest after a summer holiday and rehearse The Warrens of Virginia which David Belasco will tour this season to principal U S cities.
Henry W Savage sends out his fourth Devil company this week with Henry E Dixey in the title role. Dixey says no other part has fascinated him since Adonis. He will star in Dixey's plays under Savage management for years and opens in The Devil at English's Opera House Indianapolis this week. Edwin Stevens continues at the Garden Theater and Abingdon tours The Devil in Philadelphia. Campbell Gollan heads The Devil Company, newly opened in Pittsburg, with a week of performances in St Paul and Minneapolis.
Mrs Charles Skillman and sisters miss Calista and Miss Florence return from Chicago. Mr and Mrs Thomas Wise of Cincinnati guests of Mr and Mrs Powell over last Sunday. Mrs A E Stoker and daughter Gladys return from Manitou Beach Michigan. Mr Philip Bock and family with Louis Steinkoenig. Miss Ana Guin chiuiani of Richmond Kentucky guest of Mrs G W Nippert. Emma White of Crescentville visiting sister Mrs John Crum. Mrs Charles Koelsch returns from Columbus. Mr and Mrs Herbert Harrington of Columbus guests of Miss Calista Livingston. Mrs H Grettenberg of Columbus to visit Aunt Koelsch. Mr and Mrs Bock of Cincinnati visiting daughter Mrs Louis Steinkoenig. Mr Arthur Crawley leaves for Ann Arbor Michigan to attend school. Mr and Mrs J D Dykes of Richmond Kentucky guests of daughter Mrs G H Nippert. Mrs H Menuez visits friends in Cincinnati.
The wedding is planned for October 21 at Norwood Presbyterian Church with Rev. W. H. Shields officiating. Grace E Roney of Ashland avenue Ashland is to be married to Howard Lawrence of Louisville Kentucky. Elizabeth Sharp of Jamestown N Y will be maid of honor. Walter Lawrence the bridegrooms brother will be best man. A small reception will follow at the brides parents home. Mr Lawrence is an electrical engineer in Louisville and a Stevens Technical Institute graduate. The bride elect is noted as an accomplished musician.
Miss Sadie Bush of Nashville attended a party with Anna Rogers Ethel Diggs Winona Poague Merce James Martha Rule Florence Mears Sadie Bush Florence Witherspoon. Several couples including Mr and Mrs Jeptha Miller Floral avenue and Mr and Mrs H D Brown returned from trips to the Cheneaux Islands and Michigan. Linda Best returned to Memphis after two months with Mrs C S Maguire. Jennie Davis visited Boston. Ethel and Ione Diggs returned from Bass Lake and Indianapolis. Lieutenant Kent and daughter spent two weeks in Indianapolis. A Willard family and Edwin Gebhart toured Detroit Cleveland Buffalo and New York. The wedding of Maynie Helmsderfer and Greenley Sheridan Hann was held Tuesday at 3 30 pm with Rev John A Was officiating. Matron of honor Mrs Frank Kreimer bridesmaids Nora Finkelmeyer Olga Hann. Best man Oscar Helmsderfer groomsmen Rev Mr Nast and John Helmsderfer. Hanns plan a wedding trip to Atlantic City then New Haven Ohio. Guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas Dryden. Misses Ashby Green and Belle Gegner visited city friends. Jimmy Dolan left Monday for St Marys Institute Dayton Ohio.
Miss Carrie Kreis moves from Avondale to her sister in law's home and plans winter in New Orleans. Other residents travel for study at Smith College Miami University Boulder and Columbus State. The Philomathians start their year with President Miss Allen and inaugural address. The Price Hill History Club begins France study with new president Mrs Meeds.
The wedding is set for October 8 at the bride’s Clifton home with Harriet Stearns as maid of honor and bridesmaids Mildred Corning Jeanette Stacey Hickman and Julia White. Ushers include Robert Kinsey as best man and Kircher Howard Howard Hopple and Stearns.
Dr and Mrs C P McLaughlin return from Atlantic City. Sam Sloan sails from New York for Panama after a month with relatives. Rev and Mrs McKay entertain Mrs McKay's Indiana relatives and Miss McKay. Mrs Clara Gilbert and Miss Borden visit Rev and Mrs Franklin Johnson of Cleveland. A group including Waters Ferris De Armond Townsley Watkins enjoy a launch on the Ohio. G A Weyland visits Toronto. Mrs H G Williams plans winter in Asheville with Mrs Miller. Ira A Watson of Macon and Miss Emma Denney dined with Mrs William Fluke. Elizabeth Fluke and Richard Fluke return from summer in Zanesville. Mrs Charles Dart returns from Laurel. Dart hosts luncheon with Indianapolis guests and others. Wistful end.
Mr and Mrs John M Leaf visited Olive Branch Ohio with Miss Ollie Moore. Mrs Mattie Bellville and Miss Bessie Bellville of Price Hill called on the Drydens and Bellvilles. Mr and Mrs Charles A Meyers left for a two week outing at Les Cheneaux Islands Grand Rapids and Muskegon Michigan. Ralph Galloway entered State University Columbus Ohio. Mrs Fannie Dryden hosted guests on Floral Avenue including Mrs Elizabeth Brackett Winchester Massachusetts Antoinette Shaw Mary Long Kate M Goff Madeira and Mrs Charles Gegner Park City. Miss Mollie Sargent and Mrs Emma Brown visited last Thursday.
Hartwell notes Misses Gladys Tufts and Grace Lax ford leave for Miami University Oxford Ohio. Mrs Welsh and Carolyn Welsh depart for North Vernon Ohio. Raymond Wiltsee and Charles McGowan head to Purdue University. Helen Gorman to Wells College. Louise Gough returns home due to mother’s illness. Mrs C L Witcher of New Orleans visits Woodbine Ave. Mr Sweeney returns from California. D E Conner family to move to Clifton for winter. Fowler the new public school teacher stays with M B Lehr. Elizabeth Maxon relocates to Norwood. Elizabeth Steinmiller to spend winter in Los Angeles. Benjamin Jelleff returns to Highland Ave. Rally Day October 4 at Park Avenue M E Sunday School. Sara Creamer from Washington DC visiting. Lillian Taube of Reading PA visiting son Fred Taube. Ruth Bittle to host Five Hundred Club Tuesday. Teressa Evans leaves for Ohio Wesleyan University. Frank Harder and baby visiting Mrs Harry Barnwell. Rev Bogel and daughter move to Lawn Avenue Charleston WV.
Mrs. Robert Hilton hosted a dinner in honor of Mrs. Samuel Thompson of Chicago with a lengthy guest list from Avondale and Chicago. Other local interactions include Percival Pummill visiting Philadelphia relatives and various couples hosting gatherings in Milford and Norwood.
Madisonville hosts a Tuesday card party at the Klein home in Epworth Avenue with guests including Dr. and Mrs. P. K. Phillips and several Hyde Park Newport and Dayton families. Attendees also note departures for New York Pratt Institute and North Hampton Mass awaiting winter plans.
Miss Dena Baus of St Bernard married Mr Lou Stahman of Cincinnati in a ceremony at St Clemens Church officiated by Rev Father Benedict. Miss Henrietta Young and Mr Joe Baus attended the couple. reception followed at the bride’s parents home on Ross Avenue.
A string of social items notes weddings and entertainments in Baker Avenue Elmwood Place and Cincinnati areas. Sophia Gaius marries Edward Schreiver in Baker Avenue ceremony with reception. couple to reside in Elmwood Place. Numerous visits from local residents and gatherings at various homes and clubs through the week.
The Delhi Methodist Church staged The Great Light with Edward Osler of St. Pauls Cincinnati in the lead. A Fernbank wedding and a busy Delhi social week followed, including Club meetings, visits, and a string of charity and theater events.
Mrs. Charles Pfeiffer and Miss Rose Sponsell return from summer travels in the West and abroad. A Inverness Country Club bridge party honors guests including Mrs. Chariton Thompson and Miss Frances Simrail. Rev. B. C. Horton and Rev. J. L. M. Clark return from church duties and plan to preach today and relocate to Highlands with family.
Mrs E N Wild returns from Marietta after visiting relatives. President Dabney of Cincinnati University guests his daughter Mrs Alexander Thomson. The Misses Hunt return from Minneapolis. Mrs Ferry and daughter rent in East Walnut Hills for Mrs James Larman and her son Arthur. Miss Sloan leaves for Kansas City to visit friends. Sebee Chase Roberts home from Jo e
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