The Girl in the Taxi Comes to Grand for Three Performances
The Grand hosts The Girl in the Taxi for three shows starting tonight with a matinée Monday. Ward DeWolf as the lively young ringleader, Lucile Gardiner as the flirtatious heroine, and a strong supporting cast deliver rapid, Frankie-like comedy and song with bright, jaunty energy.
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Lyceum Theater
Anthony Mars
Stanislaus Stange
Ward DeWolf
Carter’ DeHaven
Lucile Gardiner
Herbert BE. Denton
Edwin Maynard
W. McArthur
Axells
Blanche Ring Crowned Queen of Yankee Girl Musical Comedy
The New Orleans Picayune review lauds Blanche Ring as the royal lady of musical comedy. It asserts Miss Ring has the strongest claims to the dignity and stands out in her line since earlier eras, among many other praised qualities.
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The
New Orleans Picayune
Blanche Ring
Miss Ring
The Traveling Salesman at Grand Theater
The Traveling Salesman a James Forbes play stars Mark Smith as Bob Blake and Dallas Tyler as Beth Elliott in a midwest village romance comedy. A land tax scheme and a staged misbelief drive the plot toward a final wedding bells moment amid a strong cast and festive production.
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James Forbes
Bob Blake
Middle West
Watts
Blake
Beth Elliott
Beth
Henry B. Harris
Mark Smith
Dallas Tyler
Diana Huneker
Dean Borup
Felix Krembs
Mark Price
Emmett Shakleford
Geo. M. DeVere
Marion Stephenson
Gideon Burton
Charles Richmond
Louis Mann to star in The Man Who Stood Still at Grend
Louis Mann, praised for his wit, appears March 18 in Jules Eckert Goodman’s The Man Who Stood Still. He plays John Krauss a Swiss born watchmaker clinging to craft amid Bowery rivals and fading customer loyalty.
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Louis Mann
Grend
Jules Eckert Goodman
Mr. Mann
John Krauss
Bowery
New York City
Kraus
Man Who Stood Still
May Irwin Brings New Comedy to Grand Stage
May Irwin appears at the Grand in Getting a Polish under Liebler & Co. from March 23 24. The comedy follows Mrs Jim Griggs a penniless widow who becomes rich from a mine and ventures into Paris society while a wealthier rival guides her. Also on the bill are Phelps-Collenbine in A Wise Bellboy Coy de Trickey in The Belle of Coon Town Musical Braminez Morris and Parker and Ramza and Arno. Two matinees daily at 2:30 and 3:45 with night performances at 8 and 9:15.
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May Irwin
New York
Liebler & Co
Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Miss Irwin
Tarkington-Wilson
Funny May Irwin
Jim Griggs
Jim
Paris
Phelps-Collenbine
Coy de Trickey
Belle of
Morris and
Parker
Ramza
Arno
Madame Sherry Takes New York By Storm At Grand Theater
The New Amsterdam Theater company mounts Madame Sherry at the Grand for four nights starting Sunday March 19. Critics hail the Parisian musical as a bright, novel hit with twenty two numbers and a chorus of eager audiences.
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New York
Herald
Sun
Tribune
Telegraph
Times
Journal
Globe
Merry Widow
Madame Sherry
Paris
New Amsterdam Theater
Lehar
Yvonne Sherry
New Amsterdam Theater Company
Ng of
Woodb Fra Frazee
Lederer Pubnomens
Lederer Penomens
Otto Hauverbach
Karl Hoschna
Two Continents
Mass
Teratier
York
Blanche Walsh to Star in The Other Woman Here
Blanche Walsh headlines the latest Blanche Walsh production The Other Woman by Frederick Arnold Kummer. Supporting cast includes George W Howard Anna Cleveland Nellie Butler and others from Lawrence and major cities.
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Blanche Walsh
Frederick Arnold Kummer
Miss Walsh
George W. Howard
Mary Mannering
Anna Cleveland
George Fawcett
Nellie Butler
Lawrence
Metropolitan
Royal theater enjoys cool air and steady vaudeville
Manager J M Nix contracted a local expert to install cooling this summer. The Royal Theater will not close this year and will feature Hodkins circuit vaudeville bills, praised as consistently good and fairly priced, weathering the changing seasons with steady prosperity.
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Hodkins
Royal
J. M. Nix
Sixsmiths Internal Exercises Improve Circulation
Poor blood circulation and weak nerves are blamed. Sixsmiths internal exercises aim to improve circulation and strengthen the nerves, returning you to good physical condition.
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Sixsmith
Sunday mail delivery vote favors all day closing
A card vote in St. Joseph Missouri on the proposal to suspend mail delivery from carriers windows on Sundays showed an overwhelming majority in favor of all day Sunday closing. Ballots were presented to Postmaster L O Weakley who said an order will be issued within three weeks.
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Special Dispatch
St. Joseph Mo
L. O. Weakley
King of Kokomo opens at Hip podrome with Billy Allen
Savannah reports the Hip podrome will host an indefinite engagement by the Billy Allen Musical Comedy company starting tonight with The King of Kokomo as the star act. A chorus of girls accompanies Allen in a series of musical plays. Prices are 10, 20, and 30 cents with 1000 seats at 10 cents. The run will feature Sunday and Thursday changes and hopes for strong attendance. Also noted: Judge Emory Speer overruled the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Company demurrer in a Hepburn act freight case involving shipments from Baltimore and Philadelphia to Savannah.
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Hippodrome
Billy Allen
Savannah
United States
Emory Speer
Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company
Baltimore
Philadelphia
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