The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-15
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At THE ACADEMY.
when We Were Twenty One Here
Thursday Night.

Thursday Night.
Raleigh is to enjoy a splendid per-
Torrance on Thursday night in the
play when We Were Twenty-One.'
AS a usual thing the advance read
ing matter concerning coming :3ttrac-
tons is so misleading, so exaggerated.
that the average reader is at a loss TO
make any reasonable discrimination.
Every show that's coming is the best
that has ever been offered, hence. in
announcing the appearance Ut the
>cademy on Thursday night, Novem-
Der L. of Nat Godwin's great play,
when We Were Twenty One" the
management will in this instance, re-
frain from publishing any very glow
ing accounts of this weN-knoWn size
cess, as the impression made by ibis
attraction when last seen here was
very emphatic, so everlasting tina, all
that really can be said is TASK any
body
Pauline Hall i'm .'DOrcas.'
That celebrated prima donna Pau
line Hall and her big opera company
will be at the Academy of Music on
Friday November II.
''Dorcas," the new opera IN which
Miss Hall is appearing this year is
by Harry and Edward Pau!ton, au
thors Of ''Ermine, in which the prina
donna became a public idol during the
long and memorable run of that opera
at the Casino in New York. In the
latest Paulton success however, Miss
Hall appears to have hit upon the
triumph of her life.
The charming love story is daintily
told and is absorbingly interesting: its
comedy quantity mirth- provoking and
its music dashing. tuneful and catchev
1t has been staged in the most g0r-
geOuS manner. the various stage set
tings representing the very acme Of
the scenic ARTISTS skill. The cos
TUNES are beautiful in the extreme.
Mabel Paige saturday Night.
On Saturday evening. November IS,
Mabel Paige as the star in the dant-
lest of comedy dramas. AT Coy Cor
hers. Will appear at the Academy OF
Music.
Miss Paige as an actress is al tia,
could be asked for. sweet, dainty and
pretty. and with that lovable DISPOSE
ton that seems TO pervade the very
atmosphere of her audiences that sit
n front of the footiights and gaze with
admiration or the beauty of the little
stars acting which mas always been
he very essence OF art. Not a move
ment of the hands. a shrug OF the
houlders, or a tap of the dainty foot
out conveys as much meaning to her
auditors as the lines that have been
written for her in the comedy drama.
AT Coy Corners by those clever
writer's. Miss Marion Short and Pauline
Phelps.
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KcntniSs Book Club
The Kentniss Book Club will meet
with Miss McPheeters on Thursday
afternoon az four O'Clock
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\ Wedding To-day.
The following wedding announce
ment has been sent TO friends:
Mrs Sarah c. MacFadyen :.
announces the marriage of her
daughter,
Christiana,
Mr.. John Williamson MacLauchlin,
on Wednesday, November the
fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and five.
Raeford, North Carolina"
The bride-elect is a charming young
woman. Mr.. MacLauchl;n is q promi-
nent business man of Raeford, a
dealer in cotton and general mer-
chandise. both having friends.
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lie Stole the Bride.
Kinston, y. c.. Nov. f4.-There
was Il runaway marriage here sun
day mOrninf and the knot was tied by
Justice j. G.. Cox at his residence, the
couple being Mr.. c. NJ. Skinner and
Miss Matte Edgeby. both of this
county. The couple were nervous
till the ceremony was over as the
groom had stolen the bride.