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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
3
A reader argues that modern women have dropped from their proper sphere and won men’s respect by adopting mannish dress and behavior. He urges women to reclaim traditional conduct and return to a gentler, reserved role to restore social balance.
Reader asks how to restore shirts that yellowed after wash day. Suggests lime water or lime solutions as a possible remedy for yellow stains. Recommends early action and appreciation for guidance.
A reader questions how laws are enforced by business leaders and professionals, expresses concern about alcohol at workplaces and social homes, and asks who upholds the law. The letter cites family safety and mentions home brew as a temptation, then shifts to a domestic note about bleaching wool and a child’s shirt.
A reader discusses what men real women want and how to meet good suitors. She warns against pretenders and suggests observing men at home with their families to judge character. The letter notes the writer’s experience as a business girl and emphasizes genuine behavior over appearances. The note ends with a caution about judging by first impressions and a quirky aside on Chinese calendar quirks.
Fragmentary text suggests a reference to a female figure linked to The Star and Opal Goldwyn, with unclear roles or events in a burhange context. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are discernible from the readable portion.
The Ballard high school pageant The Spirit of Ballard drew crowds of over 1 000 with a dramatic tableau The Birth of the Spirit of Ballard and a coffin scene showing the track team of 1970 returning in 1921. The pageant traced Ballard history from pioneer days to the present, ending with Auld Lang Syne.
The old gardener urges continual weed control to grow plentiful onions. With a rich soil garden and little weed pressure, a gardener can harvest enough onions for winter. Sets may be used for summer eating but won t store well. periodic nitrate feeding and phosphate at planting aid growth.
Nora Bayes stars in the musical farce Ladies First at the Metropolitan for five days beginning Tuesday April 27. She plays a young woman drawn into politics by a domineering suffragist aunt and faces a mayoral race with her suitor as the rival. Florence Morrison and Al Roberts co star with Arthur Gordon.
A revival of fun opens the week with Plashes headlining the Moore show led by Doc Baker. Supported by Pally Walker Bud and Jack Pearson and a chorus, the act showcases girls fashion and dances in an Orpheum revue. Also featured are Wailis Clark and company in What We Want Most, a power themed sketch.
Jane Morgan appears as Little Peg in an Irish melodrama at Wilkes Theatre next week starting with a Sunday matinee. Peg, raised in Ireland, comes to America to seek her guardian Dan Murphy now mayor elect. Murphy falls for Peg and battles a rival suitor before a satisfying ending.
The new bill at the Pantages begins Monday matinee featuring His Taking Way a musical farce with Willa Flett Wakefield among stars. Acts include ventriloquists Walter and Emily Walters and Nevins and Gordon with A Whoelland Hallowe en. Carlotta and Dick Lewis offer Luzon Love. Abrams and Johns perform The Unexpected Witness. Pearl White stars in episode No. 1% of Black Secret.
The Levy's Dramatic Stock company makes its initial bow in Seattle tonight at the Oak theatre with Beulah Pointer in The Little Girl God Forget. The popular comedy drama runs two hours and a half, unfolds in four scenic acts, and features major electrical effects. A reception scene is highlighted, and a thrilling Cleopatra scene appears in the third act.
A bustling program features Miss Effie Johnson in the lead role with a strong stock cast including Sherman Bainbridge Macfieon Piston and Nora Bayes. The bill also includes Ferns and Litt in a black face skit and a feature photoplay Tarnished Reputations. Matinees are scheduled Sunday Wednesday and next Saturday.
Levy's Musical Comedy company opens a seaside week at Levy's Orpheum with "The Surf Ridera" a 99 percent girls revue. Lew White Hebrew comedian stars in a humorous tale of a summer sport with Oscar Gerard Swedish detective. Robert Lorenzo appears in the third comedy as hotel keeper. Pauline Arthur Play Ward Walter Greaga and 22 chorus girls complete the cast. Gladys Finn leads bathing novelty with a big voice. Bess Hil and Lorenzo perform musical numbers and fashion runways with Irish themed scenes.
The bill opens at Loew's Palace Hip tomorrow after noon. It features a demonstration of telepathy with Mercedes and her assistant Mile Santone, claiming music selection is transmitted from Mercedes’ brain to the performer.
Telepathist Joseph Mercedes, linked to the Cheese club of New York, tours the Palace Hip Sun day disseminating anti high cost of living messages. His associate Natty Whitestone manages him as Mercedes dons work overalls amid vaudeville fame. Margaret Anglin’s The Woman of Bronze plays at the Metropolitan theatre the week of May 3. Alexis Luce recovers from illness and will rejoin Wilkes Players rehearsals for The Little Journey next week. Addison Pitt says Luce will return to rehearsals early next week for the New York direct-to Wilkes production.
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