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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
5
Amusements notice previews Max Spiegel’s The Winning Widow arriving at the Grand Opera House tonight. The production is praised as highly pretentious and brilliant with a strong cast, a thirty-strong chorus, and many novel specialties enhancing the lively musical comedy stage spectacle.
George Evans and his Honey Boy Minstrels bring a veteran company to the Grand Opera House for Tuesday Wednesday and a Christmas matinee. The troupe is billed as clean entertainment with a roster of past favorites and many new vocalists.
Waugh Comfort, noted singer and famed interlocutor, conducts the opening portion once more, delivering a refined performance to start the program.
Chicago ministers protest Chief McWeeny's order allowing liquor sales to 3 a m on New Year's Eve. A hotel ball in the theater district faces attack for champagne only and formal attire. Mayor Harrison says he will investigate the dances as Baltimore housewives form leagues against short weight dealers.
Fresh cocoanut Knickerbocker orange Prince of Wales devil and ershmallow cakes offered at Riegler's 231 East Houston Street with a colorful display for customers.
Old telephone number listed as 9512-1 with a long signal followed by two short tones indicating the line status or service prompt at the White Horse Tavern.
The San Antonio Press Club staged a campus fantasy at the Gunter hotel with members dressed as schoolchildren led by Captain George A. Schreiner, amid a staged riot and arrest. Santa arrived by airplane, distributing joke gifts as the tree lights glowed and a chocolate soldier finale followed.
Nashville reports that the Southern Sociological Congress executive committee favors Atlanta for the 1913 meeting, likely in April or May. Leaders say several notable speakers have accepted invitations, and the program will cover six conferences: child welfare public health and housing courts and prisons charity organizations negro problems and churches and social service.
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