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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
16
Official returns of Way's street railway finances for April show total receipts of 415455.44 dollars, up 883.88 from 1918’s month. Year ago receipts were 255101.61 dollars, a 17 percent rise. Daily average passengers: 370000.
A Kansas woman says she suffered female troubles for a year with back and stomach pain and general exhaustion. After using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she regained health and strength, becoming a “new woman.” The testimonial notes many unsolicited letters support the product and invites readers to write for confidential advice.
A New York cast led by Samuel B. Grossman brings a one night Yiddish program to the Metropolitan Theatre on Sunday May 18. The bill features the one act comedy Sweet Dreams and the two act drama A Mothers Love in Yiddish with intermission specialties. Seat sale opens Thursday.
The Seattle Symphony gave a well received second pop concert at the Masonic Temple with Mendelssohn and Bach pieces. Albany Ritchie offered Bach’s air on the G string and the encore drew praise. The program also included Casian Sketches and Valse Triste. The next popular concert is set for May 18, followed by an evening symphony on May 22.
Blossom Beeley returns to the Moore theatre this week with a lively Syncopated studio set. She sings and dances with Bennie Fields in vaudeville style numbers. Molly McIntyre appears in Irish skit and the program includes June Time entertainers Jack Dunham Sammy Edwards Ada Mitchell Lew Williams Ruby Myer and Rube Beckwith.
A terse meditation on how wealth and growth awaken unseen threats as prosperity invites new risks. It suggests silent, vigilant observers tracking missteps and hidden crises that accompany economic advancement.
A burglary at O. B. Evans Furnishings, 719 Second Street, used pliers to clip the padlock. The thieves stole a quantity of clothing. Officer J. R. Robinson recovered the lock and tools used in the break in.
The Apollo club of St Mark's church a new male voice group with a 40 voice chorus presents its first concert Tuesday night in the guild hall under director Adam Jardine. A informal dance will follow the concert.
The Wilkes players present a lively stage comedy about Street an aviation author who wins a flight challenge against a French aviator. Mary Lane and Tet tle Parker shine as leading dancers and singers while Dicky Foster reforms after a $60,000 plunder scheme. Angel Citying schemes and Amy Le Grande’s charity intertwine with comic capers and a charming chorus.
Levy's Musical Comedy company offers a behind the scenes glimpse this week. On a bare stage the cast rehearses a new show when Able Kabibble wanders in and interrupts a staged crime. He rushes to rescue Abie, triggering a chaotic but humorous farce.
Lew White as Kabibble draws laughs with Floy Ward Madeline Rowe Madge Moore Claude Kelly and Bob Sandberg in a lively bill. The chorus performs September Morn encore. Marie Walcamp stars The Red Glove on screen as Quaker City Quartet perform blacksmith shop style numbers with strong harmony. Lillian Doherty Charles Scalia Tribble and Thomas Appler Appler The Propeller Trio Wallisch Anita and Honor's Cross end the program.
Ruth St. Denis makes her first appearance on the Pantages circuit in Seattle as headliner of a new show opening Monday afternoon. She is joined by four dancing partners from the Dennishawn School and a varied bill including Alice Teddy, Race and Edge, William Abrams and Agnes in The Unexpected Witness, Joe Reed, and Cats Brothers and Beatrice.
Pasadena May 12. City Clerk Hemnan Dyer reports a county borrowed double election booth missing after the last contest. Officials urge all polling places to search for the missing booth amid ongoing county election equipment shortages.
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