Met Museum sets attendance high and art sparkles in stories
New York reports 1,073,905 visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a year with 62,922 paid admissions and revenue of 15 30.50, while fashion and jewelry trends revive elaborate headpieces. The piece also surveys film and theater notes, travels, and industry chatter across Broadway.
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Chauve Souris at Century Roof Opens with Russian Flair
Nikita Balieff presents Chauve Souris anew at Century Roof with Remisoff decor creating intimate Russian atmosphere. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers remains, other acts refreshed, Count and Countess edge toward film work in California, and New York venues introduce tickers and curb exchanges as entertainment lure. A July wedding in Little Italy draws 5000 guests for Josephine Corrao and Salvatore Francavigio at St Patrick's Cathedral.
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Nikita Balieff
New York
N. Remisoff
New York City
Josephine Corrao
Salvatore Francavigio
Little Italy
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Mulberry Street
Elisabeth Street
Bride Is Freed For Prison Wedding of Mrs. Killeen and Egan
Mrs. Margaret Killeen wed Robert Egan after being released from prison briefly to attend the ceremony. Her husband died two years ago and she faced desertion charges for her youngest child, with her fiancé Fean securing the temporary release.
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Margaret Killeen
Robert Egan
Beehive Guest Haunts Park Avenue Hotel Room
A hotel guest claims he carries bees that he releases each evening and they return to the box on the windowsill. The clerk questions the claim as the guest prepares to move to another room at sundown. The piece blends quirky anecdote with the era’s curiosity about odd habits.
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Park Avenue
Subtraction Is Distraction
Teacher explains that subtraction must operate on like things. A student asks if three quarts of milk can be taken from four cows, prompting a correction about selecting equal denominational units.
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Bilas
Working Girls Entertained by Vassar College
Poughkeepsie June 16 AP One thousand girls from factories and offices in six states begin a week of campus life as guests of Vassar for the National League of Girls Clubs convention. Lantern fetes games hoop rolling and a Pageant of Womans Opportunity set the collegiate tone. President Henry Noble MacCracken welcomes the visitors and emphasizes inclusive college life and shared spirit.
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Convention Attendees From Six States Gather for College Efforts
Delegates from Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Ohio Pennsylvania and New York attend a convention aimed at building better colleges amid broader educational reforms.
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Rhode, Island
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Ohio
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Idaho Perfects Association Unit Formed in Boise
The Idaho Perfects Association unit was organized in Boise on June 16 under Col. L. R. Holbrook with Col. D. P. Olson named president. Seventy charter members from regular army national guard and reserve officers were listed. Charter memberships will be open for thirty days.
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Association of the Army of the United States
L. R. Holbrook
Ninth Corps
Presidio
San Francisco
D. P. Olson
Idaho National Guard
Here
Idaho Falls
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Holbrook
Compromise Reached on Soldiers Bonus Measure
Washington June 16 Republican senators reported a compromise in the soldiers bonus bill procedure. The agreement would place the measure on the senate agenda after disposal of the tariff bill with the senate to grant it a right of way.
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Hoover Secures Coal Price Agreement
Secretary Hoover reports a coal price restraint pact between the National Coal Association and the National Retail Merchants Association. Retailers would sell coal at cost plus a reasonable selling charge to prevent price advances across all branches.
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Hoover
National Coal Association
National Retail Merchants’ Association
Bargain Hunting a Menvern Language Lesson Exchange
A humorous exchange shows a parent seeking a foreign language teacher for her son amid playful mispronunciations. The tutor offers Polish Jugoslavonian Armenian Czechoslovakian and more, while the parent asks which is most foreign.
Sweden Tests Air Mail Cable Laying Across Six Miles
The army air service reports a six mile telegraph cable section laid by airplane in eight minutes, with six minutes in flight and two minutes spent on connections.
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Army Air Service of
Sweden
Theodora at Rex Filming Sets Recreate Ancient Rome
Thousands of visitors to Rome watch the production of Theodora by Goldwyn at the Rex theater. Filmed on a vast tract outside the Imperial City the scenes recreate Byzantium palaces forums hippodrome and gardens matching ancient architecture in a modern restoration for the drama of a woman who changes an empire for love.
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Imperial City
Gloria Swanson in Beyond the Rocks at the Orpheum Tonight
Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino star in Elinor Glynn's Beyond the Rocks shown at the Orpheum tonight in the last performance. Tomorrow and for three days the new bill features Booth Tarkington's The Man From Home with James Kirkwood Anna Q Nilsson and Norman Kerry.
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Rudolph Valentino
Elinor Glynn
Orpheum
Booth Tarkington
James Kirkwood
Anna Q. Nilsson
Norman Kerry
Elinor Glynn's “Beyond the Rocks
Strand theater mounts last cast night with The Silent Vow
Big Bill Duncan leads the Strand program in The Silent Vow with Larry Lemon in The Bell Hop. Tomorrow Elaine Mammerstein stars in Why Announce Your Marriage a romantic comedy continuation of the Strand program.
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