The Auctioneer at English's and Warfield's Ghetto Play
Mrs Fiske and David Warfield see theatre notes. David Warfield in The Auctioneer at English's Park and Empire. The review covers Warfield's portrayal of Simon Levi, Belasco's adaptation, and the play's balance of pathos and farce with scene details and cast notes. A second performance is announced.
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Mrs. Fiske
David Warfield Seey
David Warfield
Vaudey
Cripples “Reek
P. m
Inglish's
Weber-Fields Stock Company
New York Ghetto
David Belasco
Lee Arthur
Charles Klein
Mr. Belasco
Mr. Warfield
Belasco
Hester Street
George Monroe
Marie Bates
Warfield
Belisco
Miranda of the Balcony at Park Theater with Mrs Fiske
Mrs Fiske and company closed at the Park Theater presenting Miranda of the Balcony adapted from AEK Maçon’s novel. The drama follows Miranda Warriner who, after believing her husband dead, learns he is alive and enslaved. Charnock rescues him in the Sahara, a complex tale of sacrifice and fidelity amid Moorish peril and courtroom doubt.
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Sahara
Luke Charnock
Charnock
America
Australia
England
Miranda Evers
Warriner
Charhocks
Wariner
Miranda
Charrock
Felicity
Burton Harrison
Mr. Figman
Wilbraham
Algiers
Spain
Mr. Young
Hassan
Helene Mora Sings On Despite Early Mockery At School
Helene Mora, now in America fourteen years, recalls a teacher’s doubt in her voice and a patient Glydon who nurtured her talent. She shares stories of performing at the Grand, a Kansas City mishap with a saxophonist, and anecdotes of publishing fortunes from Harry Kennedy’s songs. Mora cites the power and danger of applause, noting how audiences at burlesque and continuous houses shape perception and opportunity.
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Helene Mora
Grand
Glydon
America
Kansas City
Harry Kennedy
Kennedy
Goetz
New York
Miss Mora
Minstrel Virtuoso Mora Stars at English Opera House
Miss Mora, famed for high notes with a low voice, sings works like Maid of the Mill and After the Ball in a distinctive female tenor timbre with baritone traits. George H. Ketcham secures a five year extension on English's Opera House, controlling the theater through 1900 after meeting owner W. E. English. Miller notes Indianapolis next season will showcase top attractions secured for the venue.
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Om Moore
Columbia
George H. Ketcham
Opera House
Mr. Ketcham
English
Ketcham
Miller
Indianapolis
Military Ball Draws 2400 at Tomlinson Hall Night
The Military and Uniformed Association hosted its first ball in Tomlinson Hall drawing about 2,400 guests with 1,100 couples in the grand march. A lavish display of blue and gold uniforms, banners, and electric lights decorated the hall while committees managed reception, hall, music, decoration, floor, press, printing, advertising, and programme duties.
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Military and Uniformed Association
Tomlinson Hall
General Carnahan
Uniformed Bank
Knights of Pythias
Carnahan
Col
Harry Sheets
Indiana National Guard
D. Fitch
Lebanon
K. of P
I. O
Thomas Wysong
J. T. Elliott
Jacob Fox
E. O. Winterrond
George 8. Carney
R. H. Hosea
J. W. Jones
C. R. Jones
W. H. Ross
T. W. Demmerly
J. A. Milligan
W. A. Carson
C. E. Schrorer
Harry K. Landis
Will Woldt
J. W. Price
W. L. Tilson
Harry G. Conklin
H. A. Callen
W. F. Lehr
W. W. Heiskel
Alfred Bayne
F. A. Swan
C. A. Dunlap
Charles A. Garrard
T. C. Power
W. T. Cramer
W. A. Escott
C. A. Tracy
Thomas Cathro
H. M. Franklin
H. N. McClain
A. P. Smith
E. J. Amthor
B. c<. Downey
O. M. Astley
Hall
David Boswell
William Bailey
Harvey Coonse
C. J. Clark
J. N. Rowe
Fred Hartman
N. Richardson
C. R. Miles
J. W. Speers
Charles Thompson
J. M. Winter
C. G. Davis
R. H. Strain
L. Fred Sanders
H. C. Shake
D. c. Snyder
T. Tracy
William L
Millard Gretn
Frank Holliday
R. E. Buehler
Schminsberger
Fred Noerr
D. H. Oliver
Harry Kepner
R. J. Teeter
Lbauer
Henry Allery
H-. Farris
C. J. Bergen
Charles Roth
SOCIAL LIFE AND MARRIAGES IN INDIANAPOLIS AND BEYOND
Mrs E R Trant returns from Lafayette visits. Mrs Hays of Crawfordsville guests of Miss Walk on North Delaware. Oliver Bradley wedding with William Oliver of Franklin. Kaylor Ragsdale wed at East North Street. Meyer New in Kokomo marriage at home. Mitchell Reis wedding in Evansville.
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Crawfordsville
Julia
Delaware Street
M. B. Wilson
Marinsville
Yesay
Bertha Siddall
Marion
Kokomo
Russel M. Leeds
Kansas City
O'Kane
Louis Burckhardt
Europe
John R. Wilson
William M. Birk
Washington, D. C
J. H. Lambert
the Denison
James Croft
Rochester
N. Y
J. M. Cleveland
Vera
North Alabama Street
Florida
Miss Stanton
Charles C. Brown
Lexington
A. P. Stanton
California
Maine
North Meridian Street
Miss Randall
Oneida
New York
S. L. Kiser
Raymond
Edward E. Gates
San Francisco
A. B. Gates
W. H. Cook
Anna Stanton
Chapin C. Foster
James R. Kay
Pittsburg
O. H. Hasselman
Oliphant
George N. Catterson
Marie
New Orleans
Margaret Summers
Benton County
Social Clique
Etta Richmire
Sadie McKinney
Mary Wiley
Genevieve Smith
Luia Marks
Adelaide Phares
Cora Brockway
Adah Kilman
Caroline Eastburn
Oliver—Bradley
Bradley
North Capitol Avenue
Lulu M. Bradley
William George Oliver
Franklin
L. P. Marshall
R. H. Bradley, Jr
Llewellyn Bradley
John Oliver
Llewellyn Oliver
Maria Bradley
Ida Nail
William George Bradley
C. P. Lesh
W. L. Clifford
William Hinson
Shuffleberger
Mooresville
F. J. Denny
Wiegand
Wilson
Edward Ferger
Sargent
Columbus
Ethel Wyles
Spencer
James Mooney
Cincinnati
D. H. Nail
Overstreet
Oliver
East
Kaylor—Ragsdale
Mabel Marie Ragsdale
Robert Lawrence Kaylor
A. M. Ragsdale
East North Street
Allen B. Philpott
Ragsdale
W. S. Kaylor
Elizabeth M. Voris
James L. Kingsbury
Arthur E. Larsh
Amelia Morgan
Frank McNeely
Lillian EK. Morgan
Mabel Morgan
Margaret Ragsdale
John Paul Ragsdale
Samuel Brown
Ben P. Brown
Ed. Throckmorton
Lucy Valentine
Ruth Sloan
Ralph
Isaac W. Meyer
Kokema
Rosetta
Isaac New
East Main Street
Rabbi Cohen
Fort Wayne
Military officers and staff listed for committee roles
A long list of names appears for various committee chairs and check room duties including Price Col Joseph Hall, Sergt George L Denny, Lieut Walter A Escott, and Capt Harry B Callen. The roster also includes Sergts C L Golder Gus Froidevaux Robert Tindall Corporal George Havens and others, with roles in invitations and check room duties.
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O. Ormsbee
Carl Beaty
John Bedunnah
Bennett
James P. James
Ralph Kaley
Arthur Harris
R. H. Breedrove
Oris M. Astley
C. L. Golder
Gus Froidevaux
Robert Tindall
George Havens
E. T. Crawford
W. H. Schneider
John de Leery
R. R. Hindman
Grant Moore
Edward Hahn
Marconi Makes Waves in Social Circles and Industry
Report notes Marconi’s visit to society in New York, where he receives frequent invitation to dine with elite hostesses, despite focusing on electrical work. He is portrayed as socially welcomed, while pursuing fame and wealth from his invention.
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New York
Marconi
Jane
Society gossip and charity work views in major papers
Chicago society leaders discuss why public notices of luncheons and dinners are unpopular among socialites. A clubwoman notes equal guest issues and last minute cancellations complicate invitations. Philadelphia records praise charity work as a new profession with training in New York and salary prospects. The New York Tribune cites Kipling and Maeterlinck on defining woman.
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YY. W. Co
Memorial College
New Orleans
Chicago
Chicago Evening Post
Philadelphia
New York
New York Tribune
Matty
Kipling
Maeterlinck
Noted Women Discussed At Yale Tribute
Isobel Osbourne Strong, Stevenson’s stepdaughter, spoke at a Yale tribute praising Mrs. Stevenson as the ideal woman. When asked about writing or charity, she admitted Mrs. Stevenson had no artistic gifts or strong club interests, saying she can roll cigarettes and talk to men.
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Meredith
Isobel Osbourne Strong
Robert Louis Stevenson
Eugene Lamb Richards
Yale
Mrs. Stevenson
Pa why does a woman have Wednesday or Thursday on her cards
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin quips about social customs with a joke explaining why a woman’s calling cards feature a day of the week. The line suggests women’s social calling norms and humor about etiquette in midcentury society.
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Did Not Refuse to Fight a Duel in Mexico City
Mexico City March 12 There is no foundation for the story that Capt Powell Clayton son of the US ambassador and former embassy attache refused to fight a duel While here he was popular and a banquet was given in his honor on departure
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Mexico City
Powell Clayton
United States
Clayton
Bequeathed His Body to Doctors. Welch Death in Kansas City
George P. Welch owner of the Taylor Hotel at Pleasant Hill Mo committed suicide at the Hotel Corby in Kansas City during the night. Despondent over business reverses he took poison and left a note bequeathing his body to a local medical college. The body was not found until today. Welch arrived in the city yesterday.
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Kansas City
George P. Welch
Taylor
Pleasant Hill
Corby
Welch
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