Edeson to star in His Brother's Keeper at Academy
Robert Edeson arrives in town for a four act modern drama His Brother's Keeper at the Academy of Music on Wednesday January 24. The cast includes Hallet Bosworth Wilfred Lytell Henry Hamill and Ada Newell with director Lyle D Andrews delivering an elaborate mounting. Mary Pickford also appears tomorrow at the Victoria in Less Than the Dust a eight part feature based on Laurence Hope poetry portraying Rahda the castaway with a vivid India setting and a dramatic performance.
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Robert Edeson
Academy of Music
Edeson
Messrs. Hallet Bosworth
Wilfred Lytell
Henry Hamill
K. Mattus
DeWolfe Newcombe
Ada C. Newiell
Helen Barnes
Mrs. Lytell
Mary Pickford
Victoria Tomorrow
Rahda
Laurence Hope
India
Baby Week 1917 Aims for Healthier Mothers and Babies
Plans from the Children's Bureau and the General Federation of Women's Clubs call May 1 to 6 for Baby Week 1917. The drive emphasizes skilled maternal advice, prenatal and postnatal care, proper feeding and clothing, birth registration, and blindness prevention to improve child welfare nationwide.
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Children's Bureau
Washington
United States
Children’s Bureau
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Timest
Pleads For Home For The Fallen In North Carolina
A NC pastor urges a state reform school for wayward girls and delinquent women. He argues the state has no facility, cites reformatories in other states, and calls for legislative action to fund and support a State Home and Training School for Girls and Women. He notes endorsements from the Social Service Conference and health department.
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North Carolina
Senate
John A. McRae
East
North
Northwest
Jenuare
Cliss
Livingston
Raleigh News Notes and Warsaw Local Meeting Updates
In Raleigh Mrs. Cox is recovering from surgery performed last Monday. The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. W. N. Melxamey's home on 215 South West Street. Mrs. Hattie Gay and Miss Gay with Miss Bessie Reuse returned from New York. In Warsaw a mandamus case against the Duplin County Board of Commissioners was dismissed for lack of ten days notice. Community events include talks by Rev. Carlyle Powell and J H Carter, with activities by U D C chapters and a Woman's Club meeting rescheduled for Monday afternoon.
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Raleigh, Januy
S&s
Warsaw
George Butler
Duffy
Day
Free Rangers of
Duplin
Board of Commissioners
Connor
Kenansville
Mandamu Jtitute
Free Rangers
J. H. Carter
Christian Endeavor Society
Carlyle Powell
Fremont
W. O. Singletary
Susie
Lou Mitchell Faison
Lois Best
Edgar Singletary
Sallie Hill Loftin
Mrs. Loftin
Lee
Jackson
Sallie Hill
James Kenan
Margaret Best
Washington, D. C
Gunston College
Charles Hussey
Wallace
Fred Hussey
Wilmington
John Carter
J. C. Russ
Rob Flowers
Goldsboro
Woman's Club
Lew Williams Leads Yankee Doodle Girls in New Musical Show
The Royal announces Lew Joe Williams at the head of his Yankee Doodle Girls and Comedy Players with ten percent girls on tour. The production features new scenery wardrobe and electrical effects and a Folora dora Chorus of American Beauties. Monday and Tuesday show Splash Me with ten numbers. Waylands comedy team and Master Buster Wayland as Chaplin imitator expected to be a hit. A mini Atlantic City bathing scene from the New York Hippodrome closes the bill.
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Royal
Lew Joe Williams
Williams
Yankee Doodle Girls
Foloradora
Waylands
Wilmington
Buster Wayland
Atlantic City
New York
A Coney Island Princess at Paramount Grand
Coney Island shapes the backdrop of the Paramount film A Coney Island Princess starring Irene Fenwick and Owen Moore. The adaptation of Edward Sheldon's play The Princess Zim Zim highlights Fenwick as the princess in her first Paramount appearance, praised for versatility on stage and screen.
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Coney Island
Paramount
Owen Moore
Irene Fenwick
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