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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
8
Grace Childers leads the ballet in September Morn with a full corps de ballet. She steps off the new ballroom dances and performs popular variations with ease in the second act, drawing praise from stage critics and press agents.
Dainty Miss to Teach Seattle newest steps as the musical comedy September Morn opens at the Moore Theatre. A lively blend of fox trots aeroplane waltzes and maxixes fills an evening of dance with a light plot and snappy lines. The show runs Thursday night Friday matinee and night and Saturday.
A fragmented ads list fruit vegetables and groceries with stall numbers and unit prices. Items include milk canned goods salmon herring cod crabs oranges walnuts onions beets and potatoes with prices per can pound or sack and miscellaneous quantities. The garbled text shows multiple stalls such as 50 58 65 49 63 and 82.
A divorced woman recalls how lavish spending and dining out stripped her home of happiness. She describes chasing fashion and social expectations, charging purchases to her husband, and the eventual divorce after mounting bills. She urges thrift and mindful budgeting for future harmony.
The Seattle Commercial Club adopts a resolution urging the park board to preserve playground and fieldhouse activities. The document cites Chicago’s gains from playground supervision, noting reduced delinquency and warning against retrenchment harming children. Gorham Harden and Bert William Gorham oversee the effort and will present to the park board.
Prof Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington lectured to 1 200 unemployed residents at the Hotel Liberty about ants. He described ants as organized workers who unite tribes for the common good and never experience hunger or want.
Gov. Lester and Mayor Gill will be special guests next Tuesday at the Commercial Club for the installation of next year's officers followed by the annual banquet. Sergt. Fred Smart will head a new division for suppression of gambling and vice.
Gladys Hanson, hailed for her society bearing from an Atlanta drawing room, is chosen by Klaw & Erlanger for the role of Betty Deering in Austin Strong's The Dragon's Claw. The play, set in Peking amid the Boxer uprising, features actresses selected for appearance and presence.
John White alias Philip D Ross author of a brand new tale according to Deputy Prosecutor Kennedy White appeared at Trinity Parish church Saturday night and offered to join the church donating a $200 check Canon Bliss was introduced to W Lewis and White cashed a $35 check both checks proved worthless a complaint was sworn out Tuesday
A Minnesota state penitentiary inmate refused the weekly prison movie, declaring he would rather smoke than watch. The board of control withheld his name. Also reported a German army unit burned to death in a hut at Portville California.
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