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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
3
The Fire Insurance Exchange filed with the city council a petition to extend the seawall on Railroad to Madison Street. They predict lower insurance rates from the improvement. The wall serves as a retaining wall and a fire break between the waterfront and business district.
A rundown of current programs at Liberty Coliseum Mission Colonial and nearby houses features stars such as Charles Ray in Hay Feet Straw Foot and Among Those Present, Blanche Hates in The Borderion, Gladys Crocker Deockwell in The Divorce Trap, Harold Lloyd in a comedy, Mary Pickford in The Little Princess, and Fatty Arbuckle in Love.
Anita Stewart in her third screen appearance directed by Lois Weber adapts Leroy Scott’s contemporary novel Mary Regan. The plot follows a young woman whose mother wed a thief to reform him, sacrificing status and wealth, and the daughter’s struggle to reclaim her social position.
Samuel L. Rothapfel's unit closes a week at Clemmer Friday night. The Basil King drama The City of Comrades stars Tom Moore as Frank Melbury, a reformed derelict aided by a girl and by Leena Owen. Marguerite Clark ends her Coliseum run with a new show following Girla, featuring Wallace Reid in The Love Burglar. Strand presents Constance Talmadge in Happiness a la Mode and Other Men's Wives, a drama about Cynthia Brock facing penniless life and an entanglement plot with a married man.
Tonight at 9 30 the Time Grand March opens in the Arena and Hippodrome Pavilions with Mayor Hanson and Governor Wart leading. Film stars Wallace Reid Bessie Love Frank Keenan Fay Tincher and Beatriz Michelena will appear along with other industry figures from Los Angeles and New York. The event is the marquee dance of the Pacific Northwest motion picture convention with elaborate decorations and Drake’s Orchestra providing music.
Prominent physicians, nurses, and parents association members attended a private Moore showing of Open Your Eyes a film backed by the Public Health Service. The film warns about youth immorality and parental silence and argues against false shame. It will run at the Moore for a week starting with the Saturday matinee.
In the Mission program Warren Kerrigan stars in The Best Man with a real ordained minister performing the wedding on screen. Filmed by Jesse Hampton the scene features a kidnapped hero forced to wed a girl he has never met, Lois Wilson plays the bride. Gladys Brockwell stars in The Divorce Trap and the show closes tonight.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges plan an outing at Thurlow Beach on Sunday. A blunt man frequently makes the most cutting remarks.
Jules Waterbury known as Doc and other names left Seattle Friday with Paul Martin and James Cunniff two New York detectives to answer a criminal assault charge. He is wanted in several other cities and denies the New York accusation. The detectives will go via San Francisco where another prisoner awaits.
The remark equates attempting to reform a difficult husband with crafting a decent omelet from a poor egg, signaling a humorous or critical stance on marital reform efforts.
The line portrays adversity tightening its hold on a man without immediate violence, emphasizing resilience and endurance amid hardship. It paints adversity as a persistent force that tests strength and resolve rather than a direct physical assault.
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