Academy Festival Showcases Howe Alaska Travel Reel
The Waves Festival at the Academy of Music features Lyman H. Howes Alaska travel program. Spectacular salmon runs and trapping methods are shown with dramatic river scenes and giant icebergs. Also highlighted are Chinese tour, a roaring tiger, animated nature studies, and Mr. Howes own artists integrated through the entertainment.
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Academy Festival
Lyman H. Howe
Academy of Music
Howe
Cury
Alaska
Jean
Mr. Howe
North Pacific
Sam
Coney
China
Weber presents Even as You and I at the Grand
The Fort Worth theater touts Lois Weber’s Even as You and I as a groundbreaking biographic drama in seven reels. It claims rare beauty and carved marble-like figures, with no stars, and promises a sensational, artistically elite cinema spectacle. The engagement spans two days with record crowds expected.
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Lois Weber
You and I
Weber
Portici
Lois
You
New York
Rialto Theatre
Wilmington Stock Company to Return for Week of Matinee
Wilmington theatregoers welcome the return of the Pitkets Stock Company for a week of popular priced stock drama. The Picketts, longtime Wilmington favorites, will present plays including Feathers, Little Princess, Kick In, A Call to Arms, Sixes, and The Only Way. The group has drawn steady crowds in Wilmington for years. Ice Racing Circuit opens in January at the North track with a two day meeting and potential expansion to Mount Clemens and other Michigan venues. Over a hundred trainers prepare for the season as weather conditions may favor a successful start.
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Ferend
Wilmington
Inington
Tert
Picketts
Eugene Wipi
Willard Mack
the Cohan
New York
Rland
America
North Track
Mount Clemens
Mich
Michigan
Famous theatrical manager stricken in New York hospital
The elderly Marcus Mayer, a prominent American theatrical manager in his 80s, has suffered a paralytic stroke and is admitted to a local hospital with little hope for recovery. The piece recalls his influential career and lists artists and productions he led, including Patti, Bernhardt, Nilsson, and Booth, among others.
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New York
Marcus Mayer
Mayer
America
Charles Kean
Ellen Tree
British Columbia
Lawrence Barret
Mr. Mayer
Rose Eytinge
Fanny Davenport
Sarah Bernhardt
Adelina Patti
Edwin Booth
Mrs. Langtry
Christine Nilsson
Henry Irving
Old Favorite Will's Musical Comedy at the Royal
The Royal hosts one of the oldest musical comedy troupes in the country Will's Musical Comedy Company led by Wally Helston brings a 12‑performer troupe to Wilmington for a week of three new bills starting with Two Old Cronies Monday and Tuesday. The show features elaborate vaudeville acts and a two‑act shipboard opening set claimed to be the Royal stage’s finest.
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Royal Will
United States
South
Will
Wally Helston
Wilmington
Royal Stage
Notable Quotes Highlight Social and War Aptitude
Charles Compton stresses that one true friend is better than two who fail. Jane Ross mentions a young nephew eager to go to war and offers to caddy for generals. Rosamond Carpenter notes many in and out of the theater world have never had to prove themselves.
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Charles Compton
Jane Ross
Rosamond Carpenter
Jersey City Highwayman Spares Pearls In Suburban Stage
A New Jersey City gentlemanly robber plays Robin Hood in a string of diversions, notifying police before each theft and aiming for twenty victims. He wears a silk hat and fur coat, smokes, carries a monocle, and plans to quit the city after his twentieth hold up. The piece also notes theater plans by Harry Kemp and a Kris Kringle in New York with a humorous history.
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New York
Walt Raleigh
Queen Lizzie
Nareses
Jersey City
Kris Kringle
Hotel Majestic
Ill
Mr. Kringle
High Heels Doomed by War Demands
Washington reports a push from government boards to ban high boots and shoes to conserve leather for the war effort. England has already enacted restrictions, with France adopting similar measures. The shift aims to reduce heel height and promote conservative styles, urging manufacturers to respond to patriotic demand and educate consumers. Maryland women already favor lower footwear, while editors note women must choose practicality over fashion during wartime.
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Washington
France
United States
England
Maryland
Italy
Commercial Economics Board
The
Council of National Defense
America
Milady
le Matin
Paris
Women's Foreign News Bureau
Council
Tts
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Elizabeth Patterson
Harry Ashford
Chicago
Louis Calvert
Guy Bates
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Alfonso XIII
Spain
Eduardo Cansino
Cansinos
Gareth Hughes
Wales
Jane Houston
Texas
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Fanny Hatton
Grace George
Harold de Becker
George V
Lester Lonergan
Lonergan
Camille
Ethel Barrymore
Irene Payne
Liks
Elsie Herndon Kearns
Hollti
Thison
Whitford Kane
Rosaleen
Metropolitan
Ferne Rogers
Pat
Gice
Marc Klaw
Mr. Compton
Wallis Clark
Clark
Major Duquenois
John Barrymore
Peter Ibbetson
George Giddens
Pittsburgh
Gerard
Hohenzollern
Earl Schenck
Hiss
Fortuna‘e
Katherine Grey
Margaret Wycherly
Annie Russell
Lord Algy
Maxine Elliott
Maclyn Arbuckle
Mr. Arbuckle
O. McIntyre
Dispatch
Harry Kemp
Kansas
Broadway
Will’s
Musical Comedy
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