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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1916

Page

7

Griffith to present Shakespeare reader at St Louis College

C E W Griffith will give a matinee and evening read from memory at St Louis College auditorium on Tuesday. At 2 30 p m he will present scenes from As You Like It and The Verenant of Venice opens at 7 30 p m Visitors may attend both shows. The reader called the greatest of Shakespeare today by Robert Maniell has toured many American and European institutions.

E. W. Griffith St. Louis College Venice Griffith Robert B. Maniell United States Europe Cambridge England Louvain Belgium Pas Ireland Dumfries Sconid Valladolid Spain

Jewish Teachers' Seminary in Cassel Names 19 Replacements

The Jewish Teachers' Seminary in Cassel held a special exam to place 19 junior students as replacements for German Jewish teachers killed in war theaters. The deceased include over forty alumni of the Cassel Seminary, spanning elementary to college levels, reflecting a large loss to Jewish education.

Berlin Jewish Teachers’ Seminary Cassel Cagse

Burlesque Parade Plans Grow for Fiesta Week

Committees under the S. O. 8. V. organize about 200 men for 30 features in the Fiesta burlesque parade to be staged Saturday night. A military style march will keep divisions orderly with captains and lieutenants in charge. Participants must remain in assigned places to be eligible for prizes. groups include City Baseball League scouts postal workers and a fatness slogan team.

Travis Club Harry Miller Tucker J. R. Sprague City Baseball League Frank Noel Boy Scouts Hayne Debating Club Main Avenue High School Trades’ Council Feature Committee

I N & G Shops Project To Start This Week South Of City

J Wylie King announced that the International and Great Northern shops and roundhouse south of the city will begin Thursday. Construction will progress fast with tracks already under way and materials ready for delivery. The project, costing about 400000, will employ many men and relocate current facilities near West Commerce Street.

International & Great Northern Round House J. Wylie King King S. B. Houx American Construction Company of Houston Rauma House San Antonio Russell-Coleman St. Louis United States West Commerce Street

Oil burning locomotives on Southern Pacific advertised

A rail travel ad lists a Washington round trip for 55.25 with April 13 14 15 dates and a May 12 observation car service on Southern Pacific trains. Limitation details unspecified.

Washington Return Lim Southern Pacifics

Morris' Own Method Dental Offer Promises New Teeth

Dr Morris promotes a breakthrough dental restoration without plates or bridges. He claims to restore all lost teeth with two or more teeth in a jaw, without surgery, drilling, or gum work. Office visit required for diagnosis. offers porcelain, gold, fillings, crowns, removable work and alignment corrections.

Morris

Memorial Service for Three Jurists Held at Travis Park Church

Memorial services today honor Judge J. E. Webb James D. Walthall and Homer Jones who died in the Country Club fire. The San Antonio Bar Association will host at 3 p m with many lawyers and the public invited. Resolutions by committees chaired by Judge J Brooks Frank Co Davis and Ira Ogden will be read and adopted.

J. E. Webb James D. Walthall Homer Jones Country Club Travis Park Methodist Church San Antonio Bar Association San Antonio J. Brooks Frank Co. Davis Ira C.ogden Austin Walter P. Napier The Bar Association

Not the Soldier's Fault Says Young Washington Lady

A Washington party anecdote recalls a young lady returning from England who complains the rouged soldiers have it easy with the girls. She mentions a lieutenant in Blues allegedly engaged to seven women, while an officer quips Cupid uses a machine gun these days.

Washington England Leutenant Cupid Washington Times

What Sweetheart Tried for Pimples

The advertisement promotes Stuart's Calcium Wafers as the best skin beautifiers and blood purifiers. It claims impurities in the blood cause pimples and warns the product cleanses blood to improve complexions. A 50 cent box is available from druggists, and a free trial offer is offered by mail.

Stuart FF. A. Stuart Co Stuart Bldg Marshall, Mich

Ben Greet Players to Stage Open Air Shakespeare in San Antonio

Interest grows for the San Antonio Shakespeare festival as the Ben Greet Woodland Players bring As You Like It and The Comedy of Errors to Glen Marie Oakland and Fifth Streets. A women’s committee led by Mrs. John Kokernot coordinates box engagements and venues while noting past acclaimed performances of Twelfth Night and The Merchant of Venice.

San Antonio Ben Greet Woodland Players John Kokernot Lane Taylor Glen Marie Tunstall Oakland and Fifth Streets T. A. Coleman Ben Greet Automobile Club Shakespeare E. A. Wilson H. Cartwright Jot Gunter E. B. Chandler J. O. Terrell J. F. Atkins L. B. Clegg Roy Campbell G. Bedell Moore B. Lupe Eli

Play Center To Open In Belle Dilgarde Neighborhood

The Belle Dilgarde recreation center at Smith and Buena Vista will open to neighborhood children with supervision by the San Antonio Playground Association. Hours are Mondays Wednesdays Fridays 4 to 6 pm and Saturdays 2 to 6 pm, continuing until school ends. The group hopes to keep it open year round and to staff Washington parks for the summer. Commissioner Lambert pledged city support with swings seesaws and play apparatus once a supervisor is provided. Rodolfo Fornari concerts at the Gunter Hotel on Friday and Saturday aim to fund these efforts.

Belle Dilgarde Smith and Buena Vista San Antonio Lambert Brackenridge Park Rodolfo Fornari Gunter Hotel

Whiskey price secrets expose trade methods in Kansas City book

M Marcel of 519 Broadway Kansas City publishes a book revealing the Mail Order Whiskey Trust trade formula and secrets claiming whiskey priced 8 to 5 dollars per gallon costs 10 to 12 cents to make. He offers the book free to readers who write for it and notes piano prices at Conger's 714 Ave. C.

M. Marcel Broadway Kansas City

Books on Gardening at Carnegie Library

With the growing season near, Carnegie Library offers a complete gardening course from basics to advanced topics. New titles include McFarland My Growing Garden, Bailey The Farm and Garden Rule Book, Fletcher How to Make a Fruit Garden, Doubleday The American Flower Garden, French How to Grow Vegetables, Holland The Garden Bluebook, Rexford A-B-C of Vegetable Gardening, Bakeley Principles of Floriculture, and Counm- (text truncated).

Carnegie Library J H. McFarland L. H. Bailey L. B. Holland T. E. Rexford L. H. Bakeley Counm

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Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Convention Kingsville San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf RR Merchants Transfer CO Chas. Zoller Dolorosa St C. E. W. Griffith Coming St. Louis Colege Chicago Shakespeare Club Peruna Company Columbus, Ohio Ag.chopote G. Morris swearingen-McCraw E. Houston &T Messrs. Webb Walthall, Jones K Ben Greet Ave. C Kohler Campbell SAN Antonio Music CO West Commerce Street Hebel
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