Rainy Monday Club Meeting Praises Books and Authors
The TEE Woman's Club met despite heavy rain in Mrs Abram Shorts' home to hear a program organized by Department Literature Chair Mrs James Hartley. Mrs Nellie Harlin opened with remarks on the Bible and classic works while Mrs Florence Slewers offered a patriotic reading. Mrs Hartley urged American readers to broaden life by books and shared reflections on poets Longfellow Lowell and Shakespeare, stressing reading as an accessible path to knowledge and joy.
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Abram Shorts
James Hartley
Adams
Spencer Ketchum
Mra
Nellie
P. Harlin
Hullo
Collier Willcox
William Merr
New York
Lincoln
Ife
Thors
Robert
Louis Stevenson
Et Or. Bayt
Strom
Chaucer
Alfred Noyes
Will
Fielding
Galsworthy
Bennettf Little
Uttle
Crc
Misa Bella Evans
Mexico
Hving
Wild Ride theme in Griffiths Intolerance at Apollo Theater
The article recalls Griffiths dramatic use of the wild ride motif in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. It notes intense chariot and chase sequences including Babylonian chariots and a governor’s scaffold scene. Intolerance will play at the Apollo Theater Princeton for two nights May 11 and 12 with a matinee Saturday.
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Charles Chaplin
D. W. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
Ware Waliaezar
Belshazzar
Griffith
Babylon
Constipation Relief Ad Appeals To Cheerful Readers
An amiable ad copy urges readers to take Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation to ease bowel movement and improve digestion. It concludes with a teaser question about being paid in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Henry
Indus
Community singers hold Sunday program at Henry Opera House
A large turnout attended the Sunday afternoon singing event at Henry Opera House led by Rev. R. W. Martin with volunteer musicians. The program featured the new 100 song Community Song book, solos and quartet numbers, piano feats by Harold Daniels, and readings by Mrs. H. A. Hall. The audience closed with The Star Spangled Banner and calls for future patriotic demonstrations to boost Henry’s civic spirit.
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Henry Opera House
R. W. Martin
Harry Seitz
Cornell
Hefiy Publi School
America
W . Joe
Dorothy Cormwell
Althea Allinson
Marjorie Duke
Inex Anderson
Miss Harison
Harold Daniels
Daniels
Hall
Martin
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