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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
9
The Chocolate Soldier comedy with Oscar Straus score and Shaw satire is staged at the Grand Opera House tonight and Friday with a 25 player orchestra. Nadina laughs at the Serbian officer who would rather flirt than fight in a light hearted operetta.
Gus Hill presents Bud Fishers cartoon production Mutt and Jeff at the Grand in San Antonio with Frank Tannehill Jr staging and Lee Lash studio scenery. Forty to fifty in the troupe plus flashy costumes, a bear on skates, and the Four Killarney Girls and Four Dancing Belles provide added vaudeville features. The show debuts Saturday and Sunday matinees at Plaza Theatre catering to Fisher comic fans across the United States.
Advertisement extols TIZ foot remedy promising instant relief from sore feet plus lasting effects. Claims draw out poisonous exudations, cleanses pores, prevents odor and swelling, and offers quick results. Sold at druggists for 25 cents per box or direct from Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago.
The program highlights Mrs McGreevy’s witty point with humor. Cousin to Jack McGreevy of The McGreevys, he hails from the renowned Mc Greevy family of Texas. The bill includes three other acts such as Bimm Bomm B r r r Sing Fong Lee the great Chinaman and a one act playlet The Abduction of Bianca.
The Lewis Concert company assisted by the Twenty second Infantry band will present a full evening at the post gymnasium Fort Sam Houston tonight at 8 p m. The Chicago based ensemble tours Texas in its fourth season with strong critic endorsements. Proceeds benefit the Twenty second Infantry Athletic association.
James McGreevy and Marie Bailey headline at the Royal touring in England and America. They are lauded as rapid fire chatterboxes with comic songs and quick jokes. A George Primrose imitation and a soft shoe dance highlight the act. Bailey is noted for her versatile stage presence and strong right arm.
Sage and sulphur have long been used to darken hair and treat dandruff and thinning. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, produced by Wyeth Chemical Co of New York, offered in drugstores with a money back guarantee if it fails to perform as advertised. It costs fifty cents a bottle and is sold by druggists.
Governor and Charles S. Davis discussed urgent rebuilding of the Agricultural and Mechanical college dormitory destroyed by fire. A board meeting will set the plan details, likely during holidays, with a $75,000 deficiency approved to fund a fireproof, larger dormitory to house all students.
The Texas Daughters of the Confederacy settle the dispute over the state home for aged women by a near unanimous donation to the state. Deeds will be executed soon. The convention hearings include committee reports and addresses with officer elections expected tomorrow. A monument project for Stonewall Jackson's birthplace in Clarksburg, West Virginia gains momentum. Governor Colquitt’s wife attends the gathering.
The National Association of Practical Refrigerating Engineers opened its second annual convention in Houston on December 7 with about 100 delegates. W. H. Beisley of Natchez Mississippi serves as president and J. B. Embrey of Shreveport Louisiana is secretary and treasurer.
Los Angeles December 7 The McNamara brothers who confessed to dynamite conspiracies and were sentenced to state prison prepared for a vigorous government inquiry. A federal grand jury was to meet to hear details possibly implicating others in the dynamiting and mail fraud schemes tied to labor fighting tactics.
Democratic voters in Georgia hold a primary to pick a governor successor to Hoke Smith. The field includes Joseph M. Brown Judge Richard B. Russell and Pope Brown, with liquor policy as the central issue. An irrigation budget of 25 million dollars is noted for Cuba.
Miss Suzanne Yerby daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Yerby of Washington will become a nun entering the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Educated at the convent in Belgium she is now in Paris to begin her novitiate, a surprise to her social circle.
Dr. de Werthe promotes skin protection against wind and cold with magatone dissolved in witch hazel for face neck and arms. Mother's Salve is touted as a universal remedy for skin troubles and ailments. A dry shampoo method uses ors root or corn meal to refresh hair without cold exposure.
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