Verdi Requiem Open Air at Polo Grounds Draws Large Crowd
The Verdi Requiem performed at the Polo Grounds drew a crowd likely between six and eight thousand, seated through grandstand and bleachers. The open air setting hindered the mass, but Zenatello’s voice and the chorus under Koemmenich earned praise while acoustics limited the orchestra.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Yankees
Louis Seexmenich
Lueille
Laurenes
Marin Grey
Giovarini Zenatello
Leonguihier
Tole
Koemmenieh
Ms. Zenatello
Rothier
Laurence
Mme
Gay
Beethoven
Schonberg
French 75 Wins Bazaar Attraction At Grand Central Palace
War film display at the Day of British Empire exhibit drew large crowds as a new French 75 gun model was shown. A French demonstrator explained loading and operation while nurses watched, noting crew balance and handling as the audience asked questions.
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Palace Today
Grand Central Palace
French War Relics Bazaar Draws Crowds and FEast of Displays
The bazaar area teemed with crowds including Italian associations as relics from the French war era drew interest. A French government exhibit showed troops in action via motion pictures explained by Harvard’s Stephen Galatti, a Croix de Guerre recipient. A child performer and a booth selling keepsakes supported Blind Relief War Fund. three thousand shares of donated Earl rope were bought, while a trench soldier described the bayonet as effective in close combat.
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Stephen Galatti
Harvard
American Ambulanes Corps
Re. Gulatti
Ncene
Duc du Chavines
Ducheste de Chaulhes
Mira Theodora Shonts
Café
Chantani
Theatre de Vedure
Te Wax
Dretcer & Co
Five Days to Spain Steamship Route Proposed
The Outlook notes a proposed New York City to Vigo, Spain steamship line claiming the voyage could be five days, with the route about a thousand miles shorter than the English route. Vigo lies near New York’s latitude and benefits from neutral status.
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Spain
New York City
Vigo
New York
Sys
Macbeth in the Movies Reimagines Shakespeare's Dark Ambition
The article reviews Sir Herbert Tree and Constance Collier in a film adaptation of Macbeth directed by David W. Griffith. It praises the visual power of cinema, notes how killings and witches translate to screen, and comments on acting, scenery, and stage-to-film challenges. It also covers a separate fraud case about L. Zambrano selling mystic powers and a $10 guide.
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William Simkenpeare
Rintto Theatre
Herbert Tree
Anneboth
David W. Griffith
Shakespeare
Forber-Robertson
Hamlet
Besfore
England
Macbeth
Duncan
Five
Macheth
Macdetel
Weird Sisters
Banquo
Kent
Macduff
Sir Herbert
Constance Collier
Miss Collier
Lady Macbeth
Herbert
Sir Sterhers
Fred Lucas
L. Zambrano
West Fortieth Street
Postoffice Department
Zambrano
Lamar
Cuba
Tess of the Storm Countr y at Strand and More
The week’s programmes include Tess of the Storm Country with Mary Pickford at the Strand praised as one of her best. Fannie Ward stars in A Gutter Magita lene at the Broadway while Virginia Pearson features in Hypocrisy at the Academy of Music, all praised for performance.
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Mary Pickford
Strand Theatre
Miss Pickford
Little Mary
Broadway
Fannie Ward
Salvation Army Iass
Miss Ward
Virginia Pearson
William Fox Company
Academy of Music
Stage Notes and Players Busy With Summer Plans
Notes of the stage report West Point cadets’ annual theater party at the Cohan Theatre eight weeks hence, Mital Hajos plans a Long Beach vacation before a Chicago run, and Comstock & Geary acquire rights to A Happy Thought by Middleton and Bolton. Mentions of Very Good Eadie, The Frolic, Victor Herbert directing opening, shakespeare vaudeville tests, and The Passing Show of 1016. Also notes John T. Kelly leaving Vitagraph, a cock of the walk in Guinea parrot lore, and Flora of theater circles including Sir Herbert Tree visiting Actors’ Home.
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Cohan Theatre
West Point
Mital Hajos
Long Stand
Titeis Theatre
Chicago
Comstock & Geat Nave
George Middleton
Guy Bolton
George M. Cohan
Holliday
Holton Tellx
Eadie
Roosevelt
Guiana
City Theatre
Fourteenth Street
Irving Mace
Papa
Zoe Akins
Epich
Emanuel
Reicher
Garden Theatre
Demerara
American Museum of Natural History
C. W. Beebe
United States
Last Caliban To-night Jiban by the Yellow Sunda
The Percy spearion masque was to be the final performance at the college but rain Saturday night delayed it. Tickets for Saturday will be honored tonight.
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Caliban
Yellow Sunda
Percy
Spearion
Y College
Stad
Letters on faulty goods and fair returns from upstate readers
A collection of letters recounts consumer complaints about defective items from Woolworth and Abercrombie & Fitch. Readers describe poor gloves and boots, unsatisfactory service, and refunds or repairs. They praise fair treatment by Pursch & Greenthal and Lyman's, while urging stores to honor value and quality.
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the Tribune
Woolworth
Opticians
Mr. Haskins
Mills
Abercrombie & Fitch
Iis
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Ninth Street
Fifth
Madison Aves
Criterion Candler
John Barrymore
Mys Justice
Geo. M. Cohan
Erntey Uuil
UNE
Britain
Lyceum
Harris
Hudson
Cinderella
Uberty
U m
Pinclhrd Stabian
Brats
Mont Triox
the & Stork
Gular Phi
PaLsce
Avianis Santora
Wailer Gtratters
Emanuel Reicher Jaye
Clark
Atlan
LOEW
Bonavita
w—Dancine Thurs
Night
NEW Mat
Brice
King
Brighton
Puig
Brighton Heach
Vay
Fanny Ward
Magdalene
Shubert
Theatre Verdure
Washington
SQR
Wih Chen tEan
Chan
Ewe Elott
Bre
Marie Tempest
Katinka
Molly
Allied Booth
Euchow
14Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Mme, Povla Frisch
Adam
Schneider
Duc
With All the Stars Benefit Actors Fund
Hippodrome
Sir Herbert Tre
Carter
Wallach’s
Chambers
Think Ave
Eeveninge
Mystic
Into the Movies
Constance Collier AS
Victor Herbert
Liberty Theatre
New Brighton Theatre
Winter Garden
John T. Kelly
The
Vitagraph Company
Whitford Kane
F ‘Om
Hobson
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Tribune
Belors
Tribune Bureau of Investigations
Thad
Fitch
Sam
Ideatroot Clothing
Pursch & Greenthal
Canal Street
Tha J. Levy
Lyman's Department Store
Rochester
Minn
Drs. Mayo
Lyman
Miber
Davy Crockett
Herriesan
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