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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1908
Page
19
Le Roy and La Vanion are European comedy gymnasts thrilling audiences with their act as moving pictures show a display titled The Devil.
The article notes many new animals arriving at the Zoo and upcoming arrivals, making visits in mild weather just as lively as summer. Sunday visits stay busy, with no band concert and visitors from abroad favoring the Zoo first. The herbivora building completion shifts wintering to outdoor yards connected to the large building housing hay eaters indoors.
The Rose Hill Folly Company brings bright breezy vaudeville to the Standard Theater this week. George W. Rice leads a cast of twenty young women with acts by T. F. Thomas and the Knights of the Red Garter comedy, plus The Four Londons gymnastic act.
Lew Fields brings his company to Cincinnati for a week long engagement at the Lyric Theater presenting the musical The Girl Behind the Counter. The New York cast of nearly one hundred includes Connie Ediss Lotta Faust Daisy Dumont Pearl Lund Topsy Siegrist Lottie Fremont and Joseph Ratliff. The Fields Company arrives from Chicago on a special train after six weeks at the Garrick Theater.
Chuck Connors, billed as mayor of the Bowery and Chinatown, will star in Hal Reid’s From Broadway to the Bowery at the Lyceum during the week of November 1. The show follows New York life with Bowery slang and lively characters including Jack McCourt the Jigger and four Bowery girls, promising thrilling, humorous acts and Connors’ distinctive stage persona.
Patrons will view a three day moving picture series at the Odd Fellows Auditorium presented by O. T. Crawford. The Edison and Vitagraph companies headline animated photographs with dramatic studies, orientalist locales, Spanish scenery, music and lectures to entertain all classes.
The new programme of vaudeville features includes the Talking Marvel Camerphone reproducing acts of famous stars. Will Price, vocalist, will perform the latest song hits, adding a strong feature to a programme well worth while.
The rover skating season begins October 5 at the New Rink in Music Hall. Cincinnati expects its biggest roller skating year as a newly redecorated venue with a new surface opens to the public.
The Owos Greenroom Gossip predicts Mrs Carter will headline a lavish season production by John Luther Long described as the most stupendous of her career. No details yet on the play title or exact nature of the production.
William Gillette begins rehearsals for the Bernstein play Samson, taking the role Guitry created in Paris and returning to the stage after a year abroad. Ethel Barrymore praises her new work Lady Frederick as her best since Frohman helped her rise to stardom.
Miss Ethel Barrymore will perform Lady Berelles in W Somerset Maughams Lady Frederick while her uncle John Drew acts Jack Straw in a comedy of the same author at the Empire Theater.
Miss Margaret Illington arrives from Denver after a three months Pacific coast tour in The Thief. She will perform nine nights and three matinees at the Empire Theater before a rest and resumed tour for several weeks.
Miss Marie Doro enters her new play The Richest Girl with rare vigor during its opening week. The production marks the first American performance of a French written piece about French life.
A cantankerous rhythm of lines lampoons marriage vice and fame. It rails at wives, art, drink and love with sardonic wit and bravado. The speaker mocks women and cowardice while praising rogues and self destruction in sharp theatrical patter.
American actor William H. Crane arrives in New York after months abroad at Carlsbad and reports full health. He praises Barrie’s play What Every Woman Knows as the standout seen overseas and says its charm makes other plays seem dull.
Neighborly patter in London features Mrs Nagg and Mrs Snapp trading barbs over visitors and doormats as W S Hart recalls his moccasin beginnings. Mme Le Bargy’s name swap and divorce law fuel theatre chatter about modern stage dexterity and character portrayal.
English actress Miss Constance Collier arrives in New York aboard the Mauretania to join William Gillette in the Bernstein play Samson. She is invited by Frohman to proceed to rehearsal at the Empire Theater for the American version of the role made famous by Mme. Le Bargy in Paris. This marks her first visit to America.
The article notes Henry Hudson as the given name of the explorer often spelled Henrik Hudson. It mentions a drop curtain for the Hudson Theater bearing Henry Hudson and cites Joseph A. Physioc stating Hudson, though Dutch flagged, was an English citizen by birth name and nationality.
A new theater is planned for a 75 by 100 foot plot on Forty first street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue near Hotel Albany. It will seat 900, the smallest NY modern playhouse, with demolition of brownstone houses already underway. Construction contracts are let and the project aims to open soon after the New Year with Walter N Lawrence as manager and Clyde Mitch’s new comedy as the inaugural piece.
Mrs John Swift returns from Louisville relatives. Many guests arrive from Cincinnati Springfield Hastings on Hudson Indianapolis Oneida and Detroit. Socials include teas dinners and missionary society gatherings with guests Mrs Foster and Mrs Tasker hosting events.
Local families announce travels and visits across several states and cities including Cleveland Sandusky and Chicago. Guests include Miss Parks of Latonia Ky Miss Edith Voight Miss Andrews Thimble Club and relatives from Chillicothe Tuscaloosa and Portland Ore.
Northside notes show Miss Genevieve Schmid spending three weeks in Springfield Ohio visiting friends Miss Leight Miss Alta Hawk and Miss Cary of Harrison Ohio. Other items mention Mrs Z Miller and daughter Virginia returning from Greenfield Ohio and Bert Greenfield moving to Seattle Washington. Mrs G L Durland and daughter Bessie stay a few weeks in Shoals Indiana.
Mrs. Fred Pressier hosted a luncheon for Miss Lorena Walker and her fiancé Neal Rogers with twelve covers. Nellie Kellum plans a November departure to Tuscon Arizona for the winter with her sister Mrs. Samuel Elrod. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church welcomed Rev D W Horn back with a musical program and tea. Mrs. A C Shattuck has returned from Martinsville Indiana. Mrs Henry Abou will host the Bridge Whist Club Tuesday afternoon. A reception for Rev Charles A Forbes of the Columbia Congregational Church is announced for Tuesday evening at Mrs Edwin Kellogg’s home. The Forbes couple will receive informally next Friday evening at their Tusculum Avenue home as the Congregational Rete Round Robin Book Club holds its meeting.
Mrs Llewellyn Evans hosts a kitchen shower for Miss Katherine Clark ahead of her October wedding to Mr Frederick West. The Mystico Club and Euchre group host events in Norwood with numerous local residents attending. Several residents plan trips and visits to Chicago Troy Denver Oxford and other places as students and families travel for education and leisure.
Mrs. A. E B. Smith will host the Missionary Society of the Baptist Church Thursday at 2 30. Miss Warkley a Cuba missionary will address the group. The Query Club opens its season tomorrow at Mrs C J McDiarmid s home with hosting by Mrs Waters and Mrs Smith.
Miss Ida Davis wed Mr. Stanley Tech of Coalgate Oklahoma in a pretty ceremony Wednesday evening with Rev. Louis Belcher officiating. Miss Davis enjoyed several charming social events over the previous two weeks including three theater parties hosted by Mrs. Wilfrid McLaughlin and Miss Ella.
Local society notes list Mrs. Williams Berkshire and Miss Cora May Box hosting luncheons at the Altamont Hotel and Epworth Heights gatherings. Families like McLaughlins, Stewarts, Klausmeyers, and Clostermans family members travel home from visits in Bay View and Conway. The quiet Nuptials: Frida Foerster and Robert Selbert wed at the Foerster home with Rev Souter officiating, relatives present. The couple departs for Chicago after a wedding supper.
Mrs. Leonard Schorr and Mrs. Amor Goble hosted the Summer Card Club with prizes awarded to Mrs. Dear ness and Mr. Williams and a consolation to Mrs. Hamilton Allen. Attendees included numerous Westwood residents as clubs organize for October events and lectures follow.
John Dean and Orin Wright renewed their studies at Indiana University last week. Earl Watts returns from Huntington to spend time with family. S. Cole came back from a several days visit with son Dale at Purdue. W. R. Ashby and family plan to move to Mt. Vernon Indiana. George E. Downey and wife hosted a reception for Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana. Louise Stockman and Mary Esther Kassebaum joined Fay Marshall’s Lawrenceburg recital. Anna Cox and mother returned from Nevada Missouri. Mrs. W. Isselhardt visits Chicago sister C. Stodghill. Silas Dean came home after six weeks in Evansville.
Miss Margaret March wed Harvey Shepherd of Pittsburg on a Wednesday ceremony at the Church of the Resurrection Fernbank attended by family and friends. The reception followed and the couple plan to reside in Pittsburg after a honey moon trip east. A special car carried guests to Cincinnati and several hundred attended the church service.
Mr and Mrs William Morrison have returned from their bridal trip and will be at home to friends on Jackson street after October 1 The Episcopal Guild of St Peter s Church met Thursday Mrs Dells and attendees included Mesdames Darling Lee Dunn Williamson George Drysdale Donders Delver Morgan and Van Der Mark Refreshments were served Mrs F L Stevenson of Gulfport Miss and daughters Isabel and Elizabeth visit Mrs Mangan Kate Reisenberg and Stella Jones have left for Yellowstone Park The Anniversary and Birthday Club surprised Mrs Minke for her birthday.
Among attendees were Mesdames Crotty Arlinhaus Pauline Arlin haus Maggie Sieve Sherman Tieman Miller Tebbin Zind Minke and Wuebler with Miss Anna Minke. Visiting guest Hagard of Atlanta stayed with the Phillips. George Roosa Milford and Miss Clara Stratton with Miss Ennis Roosa dined with Mrs Seegar last week. Hazell Hammer returns from Chattanooga. Hartwell residents Harriet Morris S L White Lowell A McGilliard Helen join Dill in Chattanooga for weeks. Mrs Dotzauer hosted a card party featuring Lena Rampo Helen Kistner Kate Meyer Laura Hoffeld Mamie Grote Anna Baumgartner Carrie Woll Julia Meyer and Theresa Penter.
Latonia hosts Rev and Mrs Harrop for a Monday evening gathering with numerous local guests. Mrs E B Bradley returns from Indianapolis to South Dinmore. Beech Avenue resident D P Guthrie named Aston Madeira Chapter U D C delegate for October convention in Bardstown. George O Carter elected Grand Inner Guard of the Knights of Pythias at Lexington convention. plans to move to Lexington.
Mr and Mrs Will J Woodward celebrated their wooden wedding Tuesday evening in Bond Hill. Guests included Mr and Mrs Whitam L Woodward Mr and Mrs Harry Woodward and many Woodward relatives from Macon Georgia and Marietta Ohio. Several visitors and travelers were noted including Irene Parker heading to Mt Notre Dame and Roy Hornikel visiting Indianapolis.
Dr and Mrs Astler return from New Bremen Ohio after medical convention. Dayton Ohio and Bascom Indiana visits noted. Local euchre gatherings hosted by Mrs Rebholtz and Mrs McNamee with several named guests. Ladies Aid will meet next Thursday with listed hostesses including Mesdames Spangler Lindemann Ruehl Hifert Astler and others.
Milford happenings feature visits from Burnside Kentucky and Bond Hill residents, plus a quiet Cincinnati wedding between Genevieve Glascock of Milford and Benedict L. Fern of Terrace Park. E R Glascock hosted a bridal breakfast at the Business Men's Club. Rose Lawn hosted a luncheon with numerous guests from Wyoming Clifton Avondale Home City and other locales.
Mrs H P Durrell and Mrs John Durrell hosted a Wednesday afternoon recipe shower for Miss Gage. Attendants included Miss Strong Miss Durrell Mrs Kennedy Miss Brown Miss Schneider Miss Thompson Miss Margaret Thompson Miss McCullough Miss Wilson Miss Shipley Mrs Lester Miss Ewald Mrs Matherson Miss Jenny Mrs Engel Mrs W G Durrell Miss Ena Brockmar Miss Durrell Mrs Lambert Miss George Miss Box and others.
Gage and several local women and a man and family left last week for Washington state. Mrs T J Bakie hosted for Mrs William Schifferdecker of Albany New York with many present including Mesdames Sauger Rader Séferrer Newfarth Bakie Mattox McVay Turnan and Miss Fells. Mrs T W Senour of Independence Ky visited her son in law Dr A UG Senour. Miss Mabel Cooper returned to college in Delaware.
COLLEGE HILL The Ohio Military Institute opened Tuesday with an enrollment of eighty four cadets. Mrs Barker of Parkersburg West Virginia has returned to her Mrs Lowe Emerson and children were guests of Mrs Herbert Aiken the past week. Mrs Lake and daughter Elizabeth after visiting with Mrs James O Hara have returned to Chicago. Miss Alice Huston has returned to Oak avenue. Mrs Whitfield and daughters are home from Carp Lake.
Roy Hose travels to New River Tennessee to pursue business. L Fitts visits Lawrence County Ohio to see son and daughter in law Rev Andrew Fitts. Miss Della Valandigham of Kentucky guests at Barnes home Camargo road. Miss Mary Campbell also from Kentucky visits Bains Miami avenue. Mrs George Polser hosts quilting on Miami avenue with several guests.
Highlands reports on the October 14 marriage of Miss Berenice Littleford to Mr. Arthur Wadsworth. It lists numerous social visits, guest appearances, and residents returning from travels, plus the Highlands Athletic Club planning its season opener on October 1.
Mrs. George Kress returns to Los Angeles after a visit. Miss Marion Mott visits Grove avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Ampt back from Wequetensing. Edith Randall hosts a gathering for Kress Fox and Ampt officials. Many neighbors and guests listed. Readers' Club plans first meeting September 29 with Miss Anna Rohan. Families plan trips to Charlevoix Seattle Mt Holyoke Smith College and Europe.
In Evanston Mrs A M A Browne and daughter Agnes hosted guests from Northside with plans for Agnes and Helen Trennan to return from South Carolina next week. The Rev Roy E Deadman attended a ministers convention in Harrison Ohio. Lois Jones marked her eighteenth birthday with a party joined by a group of local young women. Mr and Mrs Bollhaefer from Marion Indiana and Misses Mary and Lizzie Weber visited Mrs Bassford on Hudson Avenue.
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