Fitch's Advice to Playwrights and Barrymore’s Decline
Clyde Fitch offers practical guidance for new writers including selling through agents, avoiding pestering managers, and developing a germ into a play while staying in New York. The piece also profiles Maurice Barrymore, once a top actor, now in Bellevue with paresis, fading from the stage after a storied career with Modjeska and Vanity Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foundling
Acors
Mr. Fitch
Sapho
Barry
Modjeska
Vanity Fair
Bohemia
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Maurice Barrymore
Barrymore
Georgie Drew
John Drew
Ethel
Jack
Moon Baby and Elsie Learn Money in an Evolving Tale
A collage of verses and short pieces recounts the Moon Baby cradle in a rose sky, Elsie’s first money lessons from pennies to a dollar, and Aunt Kate’s left handed writing lecture. Other items describe children’s games in China, a Nantucket anecdote, and a call for rifle training for American boys with patriotic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Elun
Sam
Auntie
Brother Hal
Papa
Mamma
Blafe
New York Press
Kate Penny
Signor Squirrel
Jack Alling
Chicago
Europe
Maj
F. R Burnham
South
Americ Jan Baby
Utica Globe
Nordica the American Opera Star and Her Rise
Nordica born Lilian Norton in Parmington Massachusetts studied in Boston and Milan. She made her operatic debut in Italy and sang in European capitals before returning to America where her career gained notable status. Her success paralleled honors received by Caire and Mme Sembrich during the grand season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordica
Lilian Norton
Parmington
Boston
Milan
Italy
America
Caire
Mme. Sembrich
Frederick the Great criticizes cavalry discipline in history
A historian recounts Frederick the Great scolding generals over unruly regiments and poor drill, contrasting tense riding orders with a chaotic chain of command, and includes a stark account of a wounded soldier awaiting a pension amid harsh conditions in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick the Great
Maj Mer
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Richard Mansfield
Monsieur Beaucaire
Harry Woodruff
Maurice Beret Ses
Jessie
Lont Pringees
Calhoun Street
Hortense Moran
P. J. Moran
Elizabeth
Claire
Queen Elizabeth
Jim
Atlanta Constitution
Nantucket
Japan
Admiral Rampion
Palmyra
Hannah Walker
Cincinnati Enquirer
C. D. Johnson
Brett George
William
George
Will
Morgan
Annapolis
Sampson
Naval Academy
Lillian Nordica
Lucky Lillian
Madame Lillian Nordica
Mexico
Jor
Cornet
Servat Major
Bartel Allee
Manila
George Cris
United States Infantry
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