Six American Dancers at the Grand Offer New Ensemble Numbers
The Six American Dancers bring three men and three women with synchronized footwork to the Grand. After their engagement in America they will tour Europe to showcase American dancing. Next week features women with Lizzie Daly and The Fadettes, a 23-piece Boston woman's orchestra, plus Lavinia Shannon’s company. The Kinodrome shows Taft's inauguration film amid weather-related scenes, while Forepaugh's Majestic bill includes Lost Hours, a humorous stock-company run, and The Manxman staged with Hall Caine’s involvement for a powerful, faithful production by the Forepaugh management.
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the Grand
Europe
Lizzie Daly
The
Fadettes
Boston
Lavinia Shannon
Grand Stock Company
Dansense
Sue Smith
Taft
Majestic
Forepaugh
Hall Caine
Wilson Barrett
Caesar Cregeen
Peter Quilliam
Ross
Philip Christian
Play ing the Ponies at Park Theater a hearty Broadway style musical comedy
A nineteenth–twentieth century Park Theater flyer promotes Play ing the Ponies a two act musical comedy starring Yorke Adams and a large capable cast. The show features a racetrack scene and pony chorus with dazzling electrical effects plentiful costumes and a wedding bell number. Madge Lawrence Lulalie Young and Lanier DeWolfe headline a strong cast with Vera Montfort Grace Honey and Meme among the characters amid plenty of humor and song.
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Park Theater
Yorke
Adams
Madge Lawrence
Vera Montfort
Eddie Morris
Bua
Eddie Leonard Impersonation Headlines Empire Theater Show
Harry Fox, principal comedian with Miner's Merry Burlesquers, performs an excellent imitation of Eddie Leonard at the Empire Theater this week. Fox captures Leonard's unique voice and intonation, and his song number receives frequent encores. The act, paired with the Millership sisters, stands as a top feature of the program.
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Empire Theater
Eddie Leonard
Leonard
Harry Fox
Miner's Merry Burlesquers
the Empire
Fox
Millership
Sister i
Colored amateur's high act ends in abrupt exit
A tall slim colored woman performed a very high and classical act for a New Gaye audience last Wednesday. Her mummy-like look and funeral style drew a noisy reception. After about three bars the crowd grew louder and she left the stage, claiming the audience was too low for her. White amateurs are set to perform tonight with several new acts introduced.
Head of the House to Open at Grand Chicago March 14
Ada Lewis stars as the title character in a brand new play at the Grand in Chicago on Sunday March 14. The production promises a new author and marks a fresh career milestone for Lewis noted for her exceptional stage work. Edward W. Townsend reports Liebler and company will helm the production.
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the Grand
Chicago
Ada Lewis
Liebler and Company
Edward W. Townsend
The Head of the House at the Caldwell Estate
A stage review notes that Frank Ward O Malley coauthored the new play based on Chimmie Fadden tales. Miss Lewis stars as Norah Caldwell, who dominates the family and the campaign. Homer Caldwell seeks reform while his son George’s gambling ties threaten the race and fuel political capital for Caldwell opponents. Norah’s assertive leadership runs through three acts.
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Chimmie Fadden
New York
The
Stags
Frank Ward O'Malley
Miss Lewis
Norah
Caldwells
Homer Caldwell
Caldwell
Marmola Tablets Promise Quick Fat Loss Miracle
An advertisement touts Marmola Co tablets from Detroit as a safe, painless method to shed fat. It claims dieters can lose thirty pounds in days by taking one tablet four times daily, avoiding exercise and dieting, with benefits said to come without stomach upset or wrinkles. The pitch targets fat people seeking rapid, easy results through a drugstore product.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mich
HUMAN MACHINES AND UNSKILLED WORK IN FACTORY LABOR
The piece argues that unskilled workers are treated as human machines in the needle trades. A shirtwaist factory girl repeats one narrow task, unaware of the broader process, driven only by production quotas and pay. Her role isolates her from understanding where strips of cloth go or how they fit into the final product.
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Rheta Childe Dorr
Hampton's
Checker
Home Recipe Bran Bread And Noodlez And Chocolate Coating
Bran bread recipe uses yeast potatoes bran cornmeal and molasses with a sponge method and two rising stages. Noodlez are egg and flour rolls cut into strips to boil with meat broth for serving. Sweet chocolate coating mixes fondant and bitter chocolate for a shiny finish.
The Temple of Gaza and a Love Reconsidered
A mairie couple confronts love and pride as Jacques Brachard denies pity and reveals a lifelong passion for Anne-Marie. He recounts sweeping Marseille streets and plotting to win her, comparing his rise to Samson in a temple collapse. Anne-Marie learns a hidden motive tied to a recent panic and asks why he returned that night.
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Anne-Marie
Jacques
Brachard
d'Andeline
Temple of
Gaza
Gawain
Annette
Paris
Anne Marie
Samson
Samson and
Delilah
London
Anne- Marie
Brabant
Porch Swing Free at National Furniture Ad Tomorrow
An advertisement notes a porch swing free at the National Furniture store tomorrow. The notice directs readers to page five for full details and eligibility.
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Tomorow
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Jimmy Connors
Wallace Berry
Majestic Theater
New Gaye
Orhe
Hous
King Casey
Johnny
Emma Ray
the Park Theater
Elizabeth Spotter
Henry Copman : Potter
Criterion Theater
Heart Bernstein
the Thief
Israel
Charles Frohman
By Joseph O’brien
Marseilles
H. P. Wasson & CO
Holland
State Department of Entomology
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