End of Season At Park and Big Theaters
The Park Theater closed its season with Holden Dramatic Company's A Barrel of Money ending last night. The Grand and English's plan September reopens with star bookings, vaudeville and new acts. Other notes: Barbra Freitchie touring, The Lion of the People, East Lynne success, and plans for renovated theaters in Indianapolis next season.
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Holden Dramatic Company
Park Theater
Park
English’s
English's
Henry Irving
Anderson
Messrs. Dickson & Talbott
the Park
Indianapolis
Mrs. Fiske to Open Manhattan Theatre in September
Mrs. Fiske will reopen the Manhattan Theater New York under new management in September with a strong fall and winter engagement. The first production, Miranda of the Balcony, adapts A E W Mason's novel with Mrs. Fiske in the title role, set across England Spain and Morocco. The second production will be an historical costume play with lavish scenery by Gates Morange and costumes by Percy Anderson.
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Morocco
the Manhattan
Gates & Morange
Becky Sharp
Miranda
Percy Anderson
London
Harrison Grey Fiske
Manhattan Theater
Henrik Christiernson
Emil Jonas
Germany
Austria
Russia
Italy
Alice
Charles Cogh
Paul Heyse
Prospect
Jon Mitchell
Becky
George Carleton
Nell
West
New York City
Harriet Monroe
Mary Wilkins
Hattan Theater
Canada
Booston
Chicago
San Francisco
Tess
the D'Urber- Villes
Lotsge
Music program at Central Avenue Church Tonight
A 7:45 p.m. song service at Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church features soloists Mrs. Mary J. Christian soprano Mrs. Alice Fleming Evans contralto Mr. Louis J. Dowies baritone Miss Sue Smith violinist and Mrs. W. B. Barry organist The program conducted by Edgar M. Cawley includes Wagner Lohengrin Brahms Handel and Messiah selections with choral and orchestral accompaniment.
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Central-avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Mary J. Christian
Alice Fleming Evans
Louis J. Dowies
Sue Smith
W. B. Barry
Edgar M. Cawley
Musical programme at Fairbank by Ostendorf’s orchestra this week
Ostendorf's concert orchestra plays nightly at Fairbank with items from Col, Phetteplace to The Serenade and Gayest Manhattan. Philadelphia raises 20000 dollars to establish a permanent orchestra directed by Fritz Scheel.
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Herbert Ove
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Whitney
Philadelphia
Fritz Scheel
Origin of the postage stamp traced by Indianapolis official
Assistant Postmaster Shideler discusses the postage stamp history and Indianapolis May receipts showing a 6 percent year over year gain. He narrates Rowland Hill’s 1837 idea, early U S stamps in 1847, the 3 cent and 2 cent rates, and the 3000 mile limit remaining until 1893, linking stamp sales to national progress.
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Journal
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Postoffice
T. A. Goodwin Tell
Indiana
Rowland Hill
England
Fulton
Columbus
America
Rowland
St. Louis
United States
Franklin
Washington
Fool Flattery in a Classic Lecture Induced Laughter
A Chicago Evening Post piece notes a lecturer addressing women who valued flattery yet mocked his overuse of classical references. The speaker repeatedly invoked Plato Aristotle Socrates and De Moncharia, prompting amusement and questions about audience target and sincerity.
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Chicago Evening Post
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Socrates
de Moncharia
Glimmering Grove Path and the Wraiths of Rain
A lyric note set in a misty woodland journey from town to hillside where catnip and boneset grow. The speaker wanders toward red creek, hearing hornlike sounds, forest voices, and wraiths of rain as dew glistens on leaves and moths cling to blooms. Madison Cavein. in June AUantie.
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Madison Cavein
Auantie
Fashionable Summer Fashions From New Raleigh and Bernhardt Sleeves
The New Raleigh and Bernhardt sleeve styles set the pace for summer gowns and coats. Silks, foulards, lace, and guipure lace bands decorate bodices, skirts, and belts, with Empire coats, redingotes, and Connemara dust cloaks in mohair and satin-finished fabrics. Trim details include velvet ribbons, beads, and delicate French and English textiles, while collars shift toward moderate height and open fronts to flatter throats.
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Connemara
Berthe
India
Shakerdom
Convent
Fashion notes on summer cloaks and blouses from India silk to lace
A fashion column describes silk carriage cloaks and summer redingotes for beach and morning walks. It highlights a delicate pink India silk blouse trimmed with Gene lace and discusses black and white mousseline desoie blouses with lace yoke effects and embroidered trim on gowns. It also quotes an eye specialist condemning cheap opera glasses as harmful to vision, urging high quality lenses or avoiding them.
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Philadelphia
Wedding Attire Sparks Editorial Reform Debate
The Brockton News editor voices fatigue over wedding descriptions that default to conventional black. He notes a groom wore citizen’s clothes costing 15 dollars and 50 cents, paid 10 in cash and 5.50 in advertising, arguing the switch cheapens the stereotype and relieves the paper of donning the traditional dark gown.
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Kansas City Journal
Brockton News
Vagabonds Life’s Vagabonds Are We Poem
A poem by John Winwood in Smart fet reflects on two brothers with contrasting lives the elder settled in hearth and home while the younger roves the world. It celebrates wanderers and contrasts security with freedom.
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John Winwood
Bon Ami Window and Mirror Cleaning Claim
Bon Ami promises windows and mirrors become extraordinarily clear after cleaning with no muss, dust, or scratching. The slogan emphasizes spotless results and gentle abrasion.
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