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...great steel pier at Atlantic City the General Federation of Women's Clubs last week held its 18th biennial convention. The Federation heard William Green, President of the A. F. of L. (against child labor), Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania (for prohibition), Minnie Maddern Fiske (against the use of furs of animals* caught in cruel steel traps) and many another worthy man and woman. The Federation also passed resolutions for the beautification of highways, for a federal child labor amendment, for support of the 18th Amendment and Volstead Act.† In addition it decided to found a permanent "legislative bureau...
...Minnie Maddern Eiske...
...libretto for A Light from St. Agnes was taken from a play written and acted by Minnie Maddern Fiske. The theatrical lady placed the scene near her birthplace, in a tough Louisiana town. Toinette (heroine) is the unsavory mistress of Michel, drunken leader of drunks. The curtain rises upon a chapel lit by a rose window and the interior of a hovel. Within the chapel rests the body of Agnes Devereaux, saintly lady. The village priest tells Toinette that Agnes Devereaux has made her the especial object of her benevolence, and Toinette is about to soften into sullen goodness when...
...Last week, quite a different scene from either of those above-related took place in Washington. A luncheon was given in honor of Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, famed actress. The guests included William K. Horton, President of the American Humane Association; Mrs. George Barnett, wife of the Major General; and others who, for want of a better term, may be called beastarians (by analogy with humanitarians). Presumably, the luncheon was entirely vegetarian. It was given in honor of Mrs. Fiske because, during the last 25 of her 60 years of life, she has devoted herself to the cause of suffering...
...large as the girl from home, handling sentiment with veracity and putting the color of conviction upon the butterfly who bursts from her homespun cocoon. Miss Crothers, moreover, does not allow her to sacrifice a career on the alter of Willie's toothpaste. Louise Closser Hale (oldfashioned mother), Merle Maddern (vampire), Alan Brooks (artist) and Richard Sterling (Willie) are others who are sufficient unto their parts. The producers?Equity Players...