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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1909

Page

4

Local social notes mark anniversaries and gatherings

Miss Lydia Eicher hosted about sixteen friends at East Mal Street for her fifteenth birthday. Various clubs and families hosted showers, reunions, and parties across town, with gifts, meals, and musical evenings. Upcoming meetings include a literary society, M B A social, Fortnightly Club, Navajo Club, and Gray Literary Society events.

Lydia Eicher East Mal Street Girls of the Sun Shine Club

House of a Thousand Candles to Open at Opera House

Dramatic production set new city record for performances in New York and Chicago during a poor season. The original production visits the opera house on Tuesday evening November 30 promising strong crowds. William Winter lauds the play for its effective theatrical moments in the New York Tribune.

New York Chicago Opera House William Winter New York Tribune

The Bachelor to Be Seen Here Monday Night

Clyde Fitchs latest charming comedy The Bachelor comes to town for the first time Monday night. First produced at the Maxine Elliott theatre in New York last spring it has not toured widely outside Chicago aside from the metropolis. The original cast is assured.

Clyde. Fitch Maxine Elliott New York Chicago Metropolis

The Blue Mouse at the Opera House

The Blue Mouse an imported farcical comedy by Clyde Fitch comes to the opera house next Saturday December 4. Adapted from a German hit it ran for over a year in its native land and remains a crowd pleaser.

Germany Clyde Fitch

New York Audiences Warm to The Blue Mouse and The Bachelor

The Shuberts introduce Clyde Fitch creations The Blue Mouse and The Bachelor in New York. Paulette Divine character in The Blue Mouse draws attention with Salome vibes while Miss Earle stars alongside a large cast. The Bachelor stresses witty writing and the leit motif Cuddle Up a Little Closer Lovey Mine, with runs in New York and Chicago prior to touring.

France Denmark Clyde Fitch New York Lyric Theatre Messrs Shubert Shuberts Little A Earle Blue Mouse Paulette Divine Miss Farle Mr. Fitch Miss Earle C. E. Hallan Jack Belgrave Chas E. Clarke Frank V. French H. N. Dudgeon Leo DuMont Lavinia Thomson Gertrude Steele Josephine Kennety Inez Ragan Sam S Lee Shubert Graham Fitch Maxine Elliot Whitney Chicago

Funeral services for Mrs Wen dall Knauss held in East Washington

Funeral services for Mrs Wen dall Knauss were held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the East Washington residence. The service was conducted by Rev W O Fisher with assistance from Rev W R Sawhill and the First United Presbyterian choir. Pallbearers included Myrtle Shields, Ethel Laughead, May Eagle, Kate Eagle, Ruth Pratt and Maude Loveltt. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery.

Wendall Knauss East Washington W. O. Fisher W. R. Sawhill First United Presbyterian Choir Myrtle Shields Ethel Laughead May Eagle Kate Eagle Ruth Pratt Maude Lovelett Elm Grove Cemetery

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