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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1915
Page
3
Seattle city leaders debate how to fill a revenue gap as liquor licenses fade with prohibition. They consider raising motor vehicle taxes or new billboard levies to cover deficits, while police plans face cuts and sidewalk space rents are proposed to bolster funds.
A serialized letter discusses Kitty Mariam's ambivalence toward motherhood. The writer contrasts longing for a child with Kitty's lights and laughter lifestyle, defends the joy of pregnancy, and notes the idea of duty alongside love, quoting Eugenics remarks and anticipating next installment.
Vitagraph feature The Sins of the Mothers stars Anita Stewart Earle Williams and Julia Swayne Gordon playing a gambling saga in five reels based on a prize photoplay contest. Also at area theatres a mix of dramas comedies and epics including The Rosary and Tessa of the Storm Country with Mary Pickford.
Programs list shows Alhambra ending Wednesday night with The Sins of the Mothers starring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams. Clemmer presents The Birth of a Nation featuring Lillian Gish Mae Marsh Miriam Cooper Henry Walthall and Ralph Lewis. Liberty ends Tuesday night with The Rosary starring Charles Clary.
The Residence theatres show The Exploits of Elaine part 14 and A Life in the Balance two part drama, A Skin Game comedy, Ye College Ending Tuesday The Prize Story three part drama, King Baggot in Fifty-Fifty comedy, Learning to be a Father comedy-drama.
The Venetian Festival on Lake Washington features instrumental and vocal music. The People's Chorus charters a ferry steamer for a lake tour leaving Leschi at o o'clock with excellent soloists aboard. Canoe owners are invited to decorate and enter canoes in the sun. A forest fire near Entiat was reported Saturday with campers noted as responsible.
Genevieve Gilbert, famed professional singer, retires from the stage after rheumatism and guides the Gilbert-Murray Singing and Dancing Studio in the National theatre building Portland. The studio attracts promising Portland artists and patrons though her illness prompted retirement. Gilbert credits Akoz treatment with relief, sharing her five year rheumatism struggle and travel limits before recovery.
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