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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1908

Page

101

LAST SURVIVORS AT INVALIDES FACE END OF VETERANS

Only 27 veterans remain at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, down from a peak of 260 during the Napoleonic wars. The government debates closing the housing as officials cite crowding and aging care needs. Commandant Gallois heads a small officer contingent with 23 noncommissioned officers and privates residing in the building.

France Hotel Des Invalides Paris Contas Co’enial Army and Artilery Army Administration Mance Gallois

The Week's Amusement Offerings at Local Theatres

Columbia stage hosts Hackett in The Crims revival with Virginia Carvel and Mabel Roebuck. Hoffmanns Love Tales at Natigast Theater features Homerr Lind and star cast. Dora Thorne staged at New Academy. Twentieth Century Maids eye Lyceum. Gayty Theater burlesque leads with Reid, Maitland. Sunday concert at Academy includes new film and comic numbers.

Columbia James K. Hackett Sf Crista Columbia Theater Winston Churchill Mr Hackett Stephen Brice Doeuthern Virginia Carvel Mabel Roebuck Flavia Virginia Carver Charlotte Walker Virginia Stephen St Louis Hackett Roebuch Mooda Offenbach Opera Comique Paris Natigast Theater Manhattan Opera House New York Aborn Henri Barren Fritsle von Busing Henry Vogel Sol Solomon Mriam Norris Hester Collins C W Philips Abo Homerr Lind Barytone Europe America Washington Lyceum Academy Ed Allen

Stage and music notes mix in Belasco Theater program

A busy feature spreads from vaudeville to opera and concert plans. Belasco Theater hosts Guy Standing and the Belasco stock company in A Marriage of Convenience with authentic period sets and a strong cast led by Dorothy Hammond and Sabine. The MacDowell memorial fund concert at Columbia Theater features Florence Mulford and Emil Wollenhauer conducted by Herndon Morse with the Boston Festival Orchestra.

Belasco Guy Belasco Theater Sydney Grundy France England Mr Standing Witessey Count de Candale America John Drew Charles Wyndham London Miles Torigny Dean Chevalier de Vaides Dorothy Hammond Martin Sabine Chevalier Belasco Stock Company MacDowell Memorial Fund Columbia Theater Tues Wusicai Art Society of Washington Oy MacDowell Musical Art Society Vime Florence Mulford Vredurte Martin Bass Franklin P Lawson Myr Carl Webster Omar Franklin Comstock Boston Festival Orchestra Herndon Morse Emil Wollenhauer Mme Florence Mutford Snger Frederic Martin Franklin Lawson New York Oscar Franklin Comstock Boston Mollenhauer

Consul in China Urges American Repertoire Tour Through Orient

A Chinese town consul sees a fine chance for an American troupe with a strong repertoire to tour the Orient in winter. He notes performances in Japanese and Chinese ports and reflects on the appeal of such a show to audiences there.

China Orient Dune Oiap Osane Jose Levi al & Saab Lomdad Bry Isa Bain

Dixey in role that doubles his years in stage drama

Henry E Dixey stars opposite Beatrice Morgan in a mixed season piece. The article praises Dixey for aging convincingly into an older man and notes Morgan creates a heroine within a drama by her own design. It also highlights a second, longer biographical vignette about actress Anne Clarke and the Duchess of York intrigue.

Osers William Grimwell Irene Prath Burt Green de Josetts Wuputianand Grace Livingston Turniss Irene Franklin Wth Miss Franklin May Irwin Mr Green Franklin Fyles New York Henry Dixey Beatrice Mogan Dixey God of Beauty Adonis Venuses Henry Irning Jacques Papi Ienonnara Lebonnard Pita Pana Lebonnard Dixey le Errat Pis Beuric Morgan Miss Morgan Anne Clarke Duke of York Peg Woffingtons Nance Oldfields Kitty Clydes Peggy Prides Anne London Ufe Beatrice Morgan Beatree Beatrice Ann

Fragments From a North Florida Funeral and Weather Tale

The fragmentary account recalls a harsh Florida night with cold gales and stiff air. A survivor narrates a cremation scene near Poston and the long wait by the furnace as ash and final rites proceed under austere conditions.

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