Uncle Tom Defends Perpetual Courtship Plan in Letters
A reader debate unfolds over Uncle Tom’s defense of a perpetual courtship approach. He argues vows and sanctity of marriage, contrasts with critics, and defends separate home ideas while challenging opponents’ misuse of science and nature. The exchange includes references to love, fidelity, and social norms.
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Uncle Tom
Miss Grey
G. B. Mc
Purity Squad
Star
Nature
G. B
Solomon
Russia
Savage
Nature Lover and moral reflection in The Seattle Star
A column explores ancient empires and modern vanity, praising lifelong partnership and Pilgrim love while critiquing modern fashion and free love. cites Drummond and Trotsky as contrasts. A photo feature notes cretonne fabric use in children's wear and teases an invitation to see Clarence at the Metropolitan.
Borrowing Dads Socks Fashion Trend Noted
Washington youths adopt knee stockings among the smart set as a new fad. A tight skirt in a limousine reveals the trend. Topeka, Kane, reportedly wore it a year earlier, suggesting Washington lags behind in fashion.
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Washington
Topeka
Kane
Spain Allows Tobacco Cultivation Experiments
The Spanish government will permit experiments in tobacco cultivation and will inspect seeds and plants and supervise crop disposal.
Bad Teeth and Backward Children Warned by Dr Parker
An ad urges early dental care linking decay to widespread ill health. It promotes free examinations for children by registered dentists using the E. R. Parker System and warns that neglect harms schooling and future health.
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E. R. Parker
Stage and Screen People in Briefs and Moves
J Ruth Gordon known offstage as Mrs. Gregory Belly plays Cora Wheeler in Clarence. She and her husband played in Seventeen for three seasons. The Bird of Paradise may be produced in Madrid next winter. Minnie Maddern Fiske arrives at the Metropolitan for a week starting July 5 in Mrs Nelly of Orleans. Lew White buys a new Premier buggy and is noted for daredevil stunts. Alice Easton from Berkeley joins the Wilkes Players and is Porter’s niece. Doraldina, creator of the Hawaiian craze, leaves New York for California for a Loew Metro five year run with a lavish South Seas film.
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Ruth Gordon
Cora Wheeler
Booth Tarkington
Clarence
Gregory Belly
Tarkington
Miss Gordon
Doraldina
New York
California
Loew-Metro
South Seas
Pineapple Pie Filling Instructions
A recipe fragment details making pineapple pie filling with sugar pineapple juice and cornstarch. It instructs cooking two minutes then adding a cornstarch slurry, cooking until transparent. Separate egg yolk and fold in, pour into a crust, top with stiff egg white and sugar, then brown in a hot oven.
Stage stars head Moore bill in vaudeville lineup
Louise Dremer headlines the Orpheum Circuit at the Moore with Jack Gardner in a songs program. Flan Ryan, Mina Clara Morton, Parker and Greene, Palo and Paletta, Anita Diaz’s Monkeys, and the Novelty Clintons are among acts. Odiva the water artist and Brierre and King present varied performances in the opening Monday matinee.
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Louise Dresser
Moore
Louise Dremer
Orpheum
Jack Gardner
Miss Dreaser
George M. Cohan
Miss Flan Ryan and Company
Peg
Mina Clara Morton
Wilkes Players Open Aida Johnson Young Farce At Cape Cod Farm
The Wilkes Players bring Captain Kidd Jr to the Wilkes theatre with a three act farce about a grandfather’s will and a treasure chart found in a box of books. A stampede for diggings follows discovery as the plot unfolds with new cast members. Matinee Sunday and midweek performances announced alongside a varied bill at Loew's Palace Hip featuring Military Girl and other acts. Emmy Wehlen stars in the feature film Lifting Shadows.
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Wilkes Players
Wilkes Theatre
Aida Johnson Young
Captain Kidd, Jr
Captain Kidd
Cape Cod
Wilkes
New York
Loew's Palace Hip
Mullally
Howell
McCarthy
Fred Lewis
Driscoll
Westcott
Linkon
Emmy Wehlen
Accidentally Shot Actor Recovering in Chicago
Chicago June 26 Joseph A Hack vaudeville actor and attorney was shot on a theatre stage yesterday by Kitty Gordon while on the wings during her act. The bullet pierced his right arm and side and emerged near the shoulder blade. Gordon believed she was firing blanks.
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Chicago
Joseph A. Hack
Kitty Gordon
Hack
Miss Gordon
Ann's Dilemma Deepens in Hidden Key Mystery
Jane contends with a mounting tangle including Ann's trouble, a hidden house key, and a looming family crisis. Bob's urgent note hints at a governance probe and possible profit schemes, while Ann brushes off danger after a magazine salesman intrudes. The tension builds as secrets press toward a dangerous reveal.
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Ann
Daddy Lorimers
Daddy
Bob
Jane
Joyce
Clarence comedy at Metropolitan theatre with Ruth Gordon cast
Booth Tarkington’s Clarence opens at the Metropolitan theatre for a week from Sunday with the Chicago company from the Blackstone. Ruth Gordon plays the ingénue amid a humorous portrait of a demobilized soldier and humor as character. The cast includes Gregory Ruth Gordon, Robert Adams, Beasley, Betty Murray, Grace kins, Clara Blandick, Joe James Ford and Guy.
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Ruth Gordon
Clarence
Booth Tarkington
Larence
New York
Chicago
Metropolitan Theatre
Blackstone Theatre
Tarkington
Alto
Holy Unction
Gregory Ruth Gordon
Robert Adama
Beasley
Betty Murray
Gracekins
Clara Blandick
Joe James T. Ford
Guy 4
Levy’s Company Opens DADDY No27 at the Orpheum
Levy’s Musical Comedy presents Daddy No 27 at Levy’s Orpheum week opening with Ted Howland producer. Lew White Oscar Gerard lead a witty love farce with Bess Hill Robert Lorenzo Frank Budd and Pauline Arthur in supporting roles. Jine Arthur and trio perform from Hitchy Koo in An Fashioned Garden while Madge Rush offers a dancing feature. Free kiddies show today and Sunday.
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Levy
Orpheum
Ted Howland
Lew White
Oscar Gerard
Bess Hill
Robert Lorenzo
Frank Budd
Pauline Arthur
Madge Rush
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