James K Hackett Sells The Grain Of Dust At Lyric Theatre
James K Hackett performs Frederick Norman in The Grain of Dust at the Lyric Theatre Monday night. The dramatic adaptation of David Gra ham Phillips story features Beatrice Beckley Jane Burley and Roland Buckstong in an admiring cast as audiences follow a New York lawyer’s fall and rise through love ambition and revenge. Beats are selling.
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James K. Hackett
Lyric Theatre
Hackett
David Graham Phillips
Frederick Norman
Norman
New York
Mr. Hackett
David K. Higgins
Roland Buckstong
Beatrice Beckley
Jane Burley
Jane Burry
James K
Lyric
Tells How to Win Good Husbands
Chicago reports Miss Mabel Craig Stillman a lecturer for the Illinois Vigilance society at Larkin mail order house. She teaches “The Story of Life” to 150 girls guiding marriage timing, with advice to wait until 25 and to join the family circle for courtship. She describes parlor norms and character study in a practical, period tone.
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Chicago
Mabel Craig Stillman
Miss Stillman
Illinois Vigilance Society
Miss Still
Co operative Farming Colony Planned Near Edmonton
Henry Howes of Bushby Park Bristol England announces plans to establish a co operative farming colony within fifty miles of Edmonton Alberta. English Irish and Scottish women would farm land care for cattle poultry and gardens while handling clerical and domestic tasks. A touring party described a model farm with six women from Britain and Scotland managing greens house and other duties with mixed results and a note on limited land and land prices.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Henry Howes
Bushby Park
Bristol
Eng
Women’s Co-operative Farming Society
Lt. of
Canada
Industrial and Provident Societies Act of England
George M. Hall
England
Ire
Scotland
Western
Scotac Eos
James K Hackett’s Rise From Lyceum Frequent to Leading Man
The narrative recalls James K Hackett’s early days at the Lyceum gallery and his path to stardom. He admired Sothern from the City loge, studied with him in Boston, and later became leading man of Daniel Froham’s stock company after succeeding Sothern as the Prisoner of Zenda.
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Old Lyceum
Daniel Froham
James K. Hackett
City Loge
Sothern
Zenda
Hackett
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Museum
Hollis
Playhouse
James H. Hackett
Rip van Winkle
Sctage
A. M. Palmer
Madison Square Stock Company
Herbert Kenney
Daniel Forham
Lyceum Company
Caesar and Cleopatra revival at Shubert with Sir Forbes Robertson
Emory and Calvert report a revival of Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra starring Sir Forbes Robertson at the Shubert Theater in New York. The reviewer notes Shaw's critique of Anthony's infatuation and the play's enduring wit and vitality.
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Emory &. Calvert
New York
Shubert Theater
Sir Forbes Robertson
Bernard Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Anthony
Shakespeare
Cleopatras charm reshapes Shaw play into modern mock tragedy
The review centers on Mr. Hackett and Cleopatra as a sixteen year old ideal, with Caesar as a calm elder, and Brittanus and Appallodarius delivering sharp humor. Gertrude Elliott as Cleopatra and Ian Robertson as Caesar anchor the performance, complemented by other strong turns. The piece also covers The Love Leash and The Great Adventure and notes Oliver Morosco’s stock theatre plans.
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Cleopatra
Circe
Mr. Shaw
Caesar
Egypt
Steele
Censar
Rome
Anthony
Brittanus
Robertson
Gertrude Elliott
Ian Robertson
Appalodarius
Alexander Scott-Gatty
Canadian dogs to compete in Southern Field Trials
Dogs from Canada will contest in the Southern Field Trials Club meet at Letohatchie near Montgomery Alabama beginning December 8. Secretary Wallace reports four dogs owned by D C Macdonell of Vancouver British Columbia entered in all age and derby stakes, bringing total entries to ten after six were entered earlier this week.
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Montgomery
Ala
Canada
Southern Field Trials Club
Letohatchie
Wallace
D. C. Macdonell
Vancouver
British Columbia
San Francisco Reports Slight Shaking Early Morning
A minor earthquake registered in San Francisco at 1:46 this morning, moving from west to east. No damage or injuries were reported.
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San Francisco
Matron start s Old Maids Club in Cincinnati
Mrs Mayer Von Walden announces plans to found an Old Maids Club in Cincinnati to rejuvenate single women with optimistic views on marriage. She cites the city’s women surplus and recalls a tale of renewal through a book and a friend’s engagement.
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Cincinnati
Queen City
Mayer von Walden
Clat
Hfe
Two Trains Of Cattle Sent To Feeding Fields
Bristol Tennessee dispatch reports Hawkins County cattle shipment, the largest ever for the area, totaling thirty carloads. H B Clay arranged two trains carrying cattle via Virginia & Southwestern and Norfolk & Western lines to feeding fields in the Valley of Virginia.
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Bristol
Tenn
Hawkins County
H. B. Clay
Virginia & Southwestern
Norfolk & W Railway
Valley
Virginia
Life saver struck dead by lightning storm
Norfolk reports an electrical storm drenched by rain over the Hatteras. William Styron, life saver, was killed when a lightning bolt struck him just after midnight during the storm.
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Norfolk
the Hatteras
William Styron
Premier production aims at stable resident company model
A plan outlines fixed blocks of seasons from two to four weeks with a resident company trained year to year toward ensemble unity. Players rotate roles, with one member occasionally stepping into a standout part. The metropolitan company will showcase new plays and modern drama from America and abroad, not serve as a repository for weak material. Moroco's playhouse expands the Little Theatre concept to include all novel and promising material.
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Houmorus Ag
Westminster Abbey
Oliver Morosco
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Morosco
Wallack
Daly
Los Angeles
Mere
Moronco
Motosco
Metropolitan
Moroco
Fiance and Fairy headlining week of silent films
Sunday October 26 features The Fiance and the Fairy with Lubin stars Frankie Mann plus Broncho Billy's Oath and The Ballyshoos Story. Other days include As a Father Spareth His Son and Twice Rescued with Edison Vitagraph Essanay and Kalem titles.
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Lubin
Frankie Mann
Billy
Essanay
G. M. Anderson
Margarite Clayton
Ballyshoo
Vitagraph
Selig
Hobart Bosworth
Tom Santehi
Adéle Lane
Edison
Bessie Learn
Arthur Housman
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Co-Operative Farm Colony
Worren
Ireland
Aeir
York
Mary Calvert
Meredeth Stevenson Harris Theatre
Anne Steese Richardson
Edmund Breese
Harris Theatre
New Era
Vera
Theodore Nash
Grace Filkins
Maud Granger
Elliot Dexter
Harry Stephenson
F. Howson
Anne Meredith
Booth Theatre
Winthrop Ames
Arnold Bennett
Lyn Harding
Sam Carve
Janet Beecher
OLD Maids” Club
Louis Evan Shipman
Billy Tetlow
Kalem
Bert French
Alice Eis
Red and Pete
Biograph
Gladis Egan
Harry Carey
Chas. Bennett
Pathe
the Foreman
Marc McDermott
Miriam Nesbit
Hiram Green
Barry O’moore
Edna Flugrath
Waterloo
Billy Mason
Lolores Cassinelli
Imbin
Romaine Fielding
Mary Ryan
Daisy
Julia Calhoun
Ray McKee
Echo Walter Stull
Alkali Ike
Lubila
Esma
Grapulia Swayne Don
Vo Rice
Teft Johnson
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