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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1905
Page
21
The Mortons, a teen-age troupe, perform a swift handful of clubs routine that wows audiences. They travel from Lansing Michigan to Hot Springs then straight to Dallas on the Interstate circuit.
Ridiculousness and buffoonery mark Jimmie Wall a past master in humor. Wall’s grima ces and attitudes are funnier than his speeches and songs. With long minstrel experience he knows what provokes merriment and is well known across southern states.
The piece surveys Mack Wheeler a daring bicyclist and unicyclist and notes Thomas W. Ross in A Fair Exchange at the Liberty. It praises Robert B. Mantell as Lear, calls The Labyrinth weak, and previews future theaters named for Julia Marlowe Dan Sully and others. It condemns trashy current fare and urges leadership by the intellect to elevate drama.
A cyclist named Wheeler rides a unicycle with the front gearing attached, leaping over a prostrate man and then over the same figure in a flying leap. His act is praised as one of the city's best, with note of a past 80 foot stair descent.
The program awaits a replacement act after a cancellation. The Kinetograph will show two popular series this week The Whole Dam Family and The Adventurous Automobile Trip. The latter blends moving pictures with sound for a lively car voyage scene.
William Winter condemns vulgar shopkeeping in American drama and urges managers and actors to elevate theater to art. He cites New York’s forty theatres, praises figures like Harrison Grey, Fiske, Belasco, and Marlowe, and argues art must lead profit for the public benefit.
Mrs. W. H. Wilson of Nashville Tennessee is praised as a rare woman who makes confectionery an art using common materials. She credits quality ingredients and a natural knack as keys to creating eye catching and delicious desserts, evolving with new ideas and a poetic approach to sweets.
New York reviewers praise Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Oliver Twist with Amelia Bingham and J B Dodson, realist set design, and strong performances by Nancy Sikes and Fagin. Robert B Mantell appears in Macbeth at the Garden. Blanche Bates stars in The Girl of the Golden West at the Belasco. Frances Starr admired. Blanche Bates earns praise.
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