Stageland After Returns to Sydney with New Mascotte
After a lengthy absence Mr. Chas Arnold arrives in Sydney with the comedy What Happened to M Jones. The show, a London success, features Sallie Booth and J H Clyndes, with Mr L J Lobr as business manager. Also noted are reviews of The Christian at Opera House and updates on Miss Nance O Neil, Miss Essie Jenyna, and Julius Knight. The piece covers theatre personalities, tours in Australia, and British actors seeking London triumph with Forget-Me-Not and related performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Arnold
Sydney
M= Jones
Strand Theatre
London
South Africa
Australia
Pretoria
Jones
J. H. Clyndes
L. J. Lobr
Brisbane
Bernard Espinasse
Wilson Barrett
The
Opera House
Williamson Dramatic Company
Edith Crane
Tyrone Power
Glory
John Storm
Eloise Juno
Mrs. Callender
Juno
Nance O'Neil
Melbourne
I S
Adelaide
Magda
Hedda Gabler
Ingomar
W. J. Holloway
O'Neil
Essie Jenyna
Miss O'Neil
Leah
Nancy
Meg Moerrilies
Guy Mannering
And
Parthenia
Tagomar
M.A.P
Julius Knight
Miss Elliott- Page
Herman Merivale
Mr. Knight
Lowlands
Henry Irving
Knight
Orlando
David Garrick
Lura
West-end
Knight and
Elliott-rage
Charles Wyndham
Air. Haight
Sir Horace Welby
Turbulent Melbourne Season Ends With Opera and Drama
The season closes amid revivals and new bills at the Royal and Tivoli with Mir William Anderson and the Dew melodrama leading a varied program. Mme Belle Cole Concert Company tours South Africa with praise for violinist Halmund Pechotsch. News also notes the death of actor Franklin M'Leay at 33 and updates on Sarah Bernhardt and other stage figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Niobe
Mir
William Anderson
the Royal
Martinettis
Ferry the Frog
Alma Gray
Jene Franklin
Will Whitham
Tivoli
Mme
Belle Cole
Aring South
Tmatece
Sydney
Franklin M'Leay
M'Leay
Grace Warner
Chase Warner
Toronto University
Shakspere
Boston
School of Oratory
Wilson Barrett
America
Mr. M'Leay
Notes on New Books and Publications Reviewed
A public notices style column surveys recent books and magazines. It critiques Facts about China attributed to Mencius, the New South Wales Sheepbreeders Year Book, and various periodicals including The Pal Mall Magazine Scribner’s The Traveller and The Australian Medical Gazette. It notes articles on colonial topics, medical issues within the Australian Native Association, and ends with a patriotic poem Lest We Forget by W. E. Vincent about Transvaal volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Cains
Mencius
Fortune
Jm. Morrison
Gulf of Carpentaria
Melbourne
U.S
America
Pal! Mall
Constable
Gilbert Parker
Scribner's
Gordon and
Gotch
Ladysmith
Richard Herding Davis
Davis
Bey
Sydney
Australian Medical Gazette
Australian Nativea’ Association
Australian Natives’ Association
Gazette
A.N.S
W. E. Vincent
Transvaal
Glen Innea
Mr. Vincent
Stalls Up, Coachman Delivers Loose Box Gag
A Christchurch gentleman sent his coachman to secure theatre stalls during the season. The coachman returned with a comical misunderstanding claiming the stalls were taken yet offered to put him in a loose box instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Knight of the Thistle named in Court Circular
The Queen approved the Earl of Hopetoun as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in place of the late Duke of Argyll. The piece traces the title origins from Saxon times to the Garter and Bath orders, noting Scotland’s Most Ancient Order of the Thistle founded after a Northumberland battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Hopetoun
G.C.M.G
Order of the Thistle
Duke of Argyll
Colkt
Verstegan
England
William Segon
Garter
Edward liI
Order of the Bath
George I
Scotland
John Lesly
Ross
Rizzio
Achalus
Northumberland
Athelstane
St. Andrew the Apostle
James V
Linlithgow
Nisbet
James VII
James II
Holyroms House
Anne
Clark
France
Ireland
Brethren of the Order
Andrew the Apostle
Thia
St. Andrew
St. Andrew's Cross
Great Britain
Ordinis Cardus
Knights Brethren
Order
Knights
Halyroodhouse
St. James's
A.R
Cromertle
Lion's Office
Order of the Thistle Statutes and Colonial Reign Details
A detailed historical note covers the revival and governance of the Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle from the early 18th century through the reigns of Anne, George I, and George IV. It outlines statutes, uniforms, regalia, oaths, chapters, and the role of the Sovereign, with a roster of current Knights and discuss of tainted peers among the original eight.
The Fat Man Napkin Farce in Colton Exchange Alley
A New Orleans Times-Democrat tale recounts a late supper in a Canal Street cafe where a portly man with a napkin wedged to his collar creates chaos. He lifts the cloth, topples soup and dishes into his companion’s lap, while bystanders crave a camera to capture the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colton Exchange Alley
Canal-street
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Czars Attain Ments. a Deep Reading of Nicholas II
Rn E Z Dillon contributes a detailed account of the Czar from Good Words. He portrays Nicholas II as highly intelligent, observant, with a memory that recalls faces after years. The prince reads voraciously, learns languages, and masters literature, especially Russian and English. His schooling emphasizes duty, artillery, and statecraft, with limited zeal for military life yet strong discipline and concern for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Z. Dillon
Nicholas T
Cierman
Muscovy
Turgueniet
Molike
Czarewitch
Folyrudt
Cid
Macbeth
Childe Harold
Plute
Marlowe
Nicholas Tr
Czarewiteh
Shakspere
Tsarskoe Selo
Gall
Wormwood
Nikolai Alexandrovitch
Dean Dickinson Known for Witty Repartee in Ireland Visit
Dean Dickinson, dean of the Chapel Royal Dublin, preached before the Queen at the Vice-regal Lodge during her Irish visit. He is famed for sharp wit, once quipping of surgeon Fitzgerald’s Niagara trip that he would face a cataract he cannot retrieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Dickinson
Chapel Royal
Dublin
Emerald Isle
Fitzgerald
Ireland
Niagara
Reedism's Court Pills Promise Health For Women Of All Ages
An 19th century advertisement proclaims Reedism's Court Pills as a universal female remedy for irregularities and chest ailments. It claims rapid relief from coughs asthma and breathing difficulties, urging trials to prove benefits. Sold by Thomas Beecham St Helens Lancashire, price two sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Reedism
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Stageland
John J. Burke
Burke
Stanze
Mr. Burke
Mabelle Gilman
Shaftesbury Theatre
Mille College
Almodeda
California
San Francisco
Augustin Daly
Arthur Rehan
Ada Rehan
Miss Gilman
Rosa
Countess Gucki
Goodwin
Mme. Barak Trophards
Hamlet
Anthough
Paris
Rostand
Johann Kubelik
Hungary
Michle
Prague
Johann
Vienna
Berlin
Richter
Thomas T. Hayden
Sidney Northcott
Chevalier de Vaudray
Hayden
Brooklyn
Toasmuch
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
United States
M. Coquelin
Willeave
New York
Henry Arthur Jones
David Nairn
Ord. Cardus
Earl of Stair
Duke of
Dumbarton
Alexander
Earl of Murray
Perth
Seaforth
Melfort
Lord Palmerston
Johnny
Ned
Dnet
Pitt-St
Feld
Uci Orconseve
James Sandy & CO
George Street
Dureso
Gzar
Oxford Street
City
George Stilmet
Realtaa Exarmrion
Lonsoon
Denger
Bev
Beecham
APS University
Sworth
Cecham
Citieen
Ececham
Thomas Beecham
St Helens
Lacrashire
Ty Bowers Fiedle
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