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Newspaper

Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1908

Page

30

Beggars Nightmare Sparks French Plan for Work Colonies

French deputy Georges Berry has pressed a bill to suppress wage bondage and mendicity by creating state run work colonies. He cites sham beggars in Paris and Poitiers, recounting cases of epiletics and counterfeit injuries, urging magistrates to sentence vagabonds to labor and fund communal workshops to absorb the unemployed.

America France Paris Georges Berry M. Berry I M. Berry Poictiers Station P Tblic Assizes St. Vitus Champs-Elysees Bicette Beg Boulevard St. Gertain School of Medicine Pere Lunette Rouge Berry

London stage plans wrecked by Drury Lane fire

Miss Anna Held’s summer contract for The Parisian Model at Drury Lane in London was disrupted when the theatre burned. Ziegfeld planned Paris costumes and a grand chorus abroad, but fire necessitates new plans as Held contemplates summer offers and June departure.

Anna Held F. Ziegfeld, Jr Miss Held Drury Lane Theater London Ziegfeld Paris Drury Lane

Billie Burke A Storied Rise From Washington to Broadway Fame

Billie Burke, born in Washington in 1886, rose from child performer to stage star. Her father was Civil War veteran William E. Burke. She trained in England, toured continental theatres, and broke into London and Glasgow productions before a pivotal move to the United States.

Billie” Burke Washington William E. Burke Miss Burke England Hungary Austria Norway Sweden Bersin France Germany Belgium London Pavilion Glasgow George Edwardes Mamie Rockefeller Mr. George Louis N. Parker Rosemary Charles Hawtrey

Crown Princess of Saxony Denies Toselli Divorce Rumors

The ex-crown princess, once famed for escapades, declares she and Signor Enrico Toselli live happily in Florence. She cites Italian divorce law, says divorce is impossible, and asserts their affection remains strong amid family tensions with Toselli's mother. Neighbors note the couple joke at home while Florence gossip continues.

Saxony Signor Enrico Toselli Mme. Toselli Florence Italy Via Ferdinando Bartolommeso Tosellis Toselli Damocles Enrico Signora Toselli House of Austria Pi Nnece Signor Toselli Sienor Toselli

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