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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
16
A letter from a Seattle reader argues dancing can help better classes meet properly with chaperones. The writer opposes the idea that all men look down on girls at dances and asserts acquaintance reveals character, urging open discussion of the dating problem.
A touring vaudeville troupe crosses the continent with two porters and two maids and presents a varied program at the Pantagessope. The lineup includes musical comedies with stars Simon Myers Willy Kelly Kitty Clapp ler and the DeLite sisters plus acrobats Leelair and Sampson. The bill features The Upper and the Underworld Pair Dainty Misses and a photoplay Poor Relations and The Luck of a Totem with music by Harry Girard and lyrics by Joseph Biethen. The Japanese Revue stars Kay Hawiey with a girl only cast and Perry Rogers leading. Catland and White in The Black Secret cap the program.
A letter argues against legal protection for illegitimate children, claiming the child is better off without law safeguards. The writer shares personal experience of birth, stigma, and eventual marriage to a man who accepts the child, insisting time heals wounds and urging homes for disowned girls while denying contact with the child.
Umbrellas popular this season match costumes with matching shades. Many new designs feature ivory stub points and short wooden handles with a leather loop for wrist carry. The preferred color is dark blue.
A reader pictured here will be invited to The Star editorial rooms to receive two tickets to the Orpheum vaudeville show at the Moore. The Fashion feature Wednesday highlighted Ming Beatrice Morrignon of the Saw Film Exchange and Marguerite Price of Sheridan Arts on Thursday.
Brief OCR notes mention fabric patterns and a border contrast. It recalls Maine’s path to statehood separating from Massachusetts, a process spanning 1775 to 1819 with eventual statehood in the latter year.
Syracuse woman reports relief from fainting spells and poor appetite during Change of Life after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. The ad touts safety, lack of narcotics, and natural herbal extracts as the remedy for menopausal symptoms and restored health.
An advertisement claims Olive Tablets, a vegetable compound with olive oil, cleanse the liver and bowels to improve skin tone and buoyancy. It advises taking one tablet nightly, notes they start the bile and ease constipation, and highlights wide sales at 10c and 25c per box.
Vaudeville at the Moore and Pantages circuit offers Vie Quinn with two partners and a Memphis troupe in a sensational New York style act. Dynamos of joy Harriette Lee and Pen Ryan with Hats and Shoes. Kolb and Dill’s Wet and Dry hold over at the Metropolitan.
Walter Greaza joins Levy's Musical Comedy at the Orpheum as the new leading man in The Isle of Adam and Five. The company features Lew White and Robert Lorenzo in a string of American comedy acts, with Princess Peas Hill guarding buried treasure and exotic musical numbers including Sahara and Down in Cairo Town. Matinees daily except Monday. Also Wilkes Players present Pals First, a human interest drama about two reformed tramps with uplifting themes. A big juvenile act, Mimic World, heads to the Palace on April 22 with a 30-person troupe traveling in a four-car unit.
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