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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
6
A vivid Empire production of Watch Your Step opens Friday featuring a chorus of appealing GoGo performers and a lavish, syncopated score by Irving Berlin. The show promises stylish costumes, strong voices, and dazzling dance numbers led by a star cast and a Burnside involvement noted as a merit booster.
The Empire Tonight audience roared with laughter from curtain rise to fall as This is the Life drew strong applause for its musical numbers. The scenery and costumes impressed, compare to higher priced companies, with Ben Toy delivering another strong show. Lass of the Lumberlands will be shown Saturday. Pearl of the Army and The Crimper Mystery final chapter follow tonight. Admission 10 and 14 cents, 20 cents for downstairs. show at 830 with pre-show pictures.
A capacity audience filled the Atlanta theater for the season opener last night. The show featured spectacular tableaux and a startling train scene called the Humdinger express. AG Fields minstrel company delivered strong singing with several standout voices amid lively comedy.
Local report on forming a chamber of commerce to boost civic welfare and business activity. American City magazine aids this plan with a dedicated bureau and scientific approach. First Lieut Fred S Anderson of Company I, Second Virginia Regiment, returns from Browne Tex after news of his daughter Lucille’s illness improves and he plans time with family.
An ad touts Foley Kidney Pills claiming users regain youthful vitality after kidney weakness. A.W. Morgan and Angela La writes share back pain relief, with testimonials of feeling 90 to 21. Pills priced 50c and 1.00 sold widely. Miss Susan Colster heads to Baltimore then Charlotte visits.
Henry Lowe of Marlboro is very ill at his home near that place.
Jack Richards and Frederick Hughes headline an act featuring Conroy and McCarty, with Bert Swor as prisoner. The show blends cross examination humor with vaudeville stunts from an Hawaiian scene to a contortionist frog. Swor delivers a funny monologue and a sax sextet performs ragtime. box office opens tomorrow 2 to 5.
Mrs Margaret Ahern Shulkum wife of Mr Shulkum died suddenly at her Roanoke home. The funeral will be held in Roanoke at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. She was born in Martinsburg West Virginia and is sister of Mrs Lynch of Winchester who will attend. She leaves husband four sons one brother Rev Michael Ahern and three sisters. Mrs FE C Johnson visits relatives in Baltimore.
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