Firefly Opens at Shubert with Emma Trentini in Lead
The Firefly premiered at the Shubert Theatre with Emma Trentini highlighted as the star in a largely chorus driven musical comedy. The plot follows Nina a disguised Italian girl called Jony amid Bermuda Island escapades and a New York pursuit leading to a three year later Vendare home scene. Trentini’s performance praised along with Roy Atwell Vera DeRosa and William Wolff in supporting roles. the chorus and augmented orchestra received strong marks.
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Rudolf Griml
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Tony Columbo
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Vendare
Migs Trentini
Sybil Vandare
Jack Travers
Gianina
Roy Atwell
Jenkins
Vera DeRosa
William Wolff
Franz
Ruby Norton
Sammy Lee
Audrey Maple
Craig Campbell
Melville Stewart
Hollis Street Theatre Opens Kismet Week Two
The Hollis Street Theatre enters week two of Kismet with a large audience praising Otis Skinner in the role of Hajj. Critics note a well balanced company and convincing performances as the beggar endures many experiences in 24 hours.
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Otis Skinner
Ready Money Moves to Majestic for Week
The Ready Money company, led by Joseph Kilgour as the clever counterfeiter, shifts from the Shubert to the Majestic for the current week. The same adept cast pleases Bostonians, with Hans Robert as the tool of the crook. The Boston engagement ends Saturday, then Walter Whiteside's The Typhoon is set to follow with an elaborate production.
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Hawthorne of the U S at Colonial Theatre with Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks stars as Hawthorne in Hawthorne of the U S at Boston’s Colonial Theatre. Irene Fenwick as the Princess and Irene Fenwick leads a capable cast in a lively melodrama of adventure and reform. The two week engagement precedes The Chocolate Soldier.
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Davy Crockett
Rodney Blake
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Ruth Allen
Sam B. Hardy
Ivan Simpson
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Martin L. Alsop
Prince Vladimir
Tremont Theatre Ends Week With Top o the Mornin Engagement
Tremont Theatre closed the week with the final performances of Top o the Mornin a Celtic life comedy. Gertrude Quinlan excels as a congenial lead and Tim Murphy gives Father Quinn a realistic touch. On Monday the Aborn Opera company opens a season of grand opera with Verdi Il Trovatore.
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Gertrude Quinlan
Tim Murphy
Father Quinn
Aborn Opera Company
Round-Up Draws Crowd at Boston Theatre
The Round-Up enters its second week at the Boston Theatre with packed houses each night. Macklyn Arbuckle returns as Slim Hoover the sheriff and the supporting cast is praised. engagement is limited and tickets are selling fast.
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Macklyn Arbuckle
Slim” Hoover
Sheriff
Croxone Promises Rapid Backache and Rheumatic Relief
An advertisement promotes Croxone as a scientific remedy for backache rheumatic pains and kidney bladder complaints. It claims the product reaches the kidneys dissolves uric acid cleanses the blood and stops aches with few doses. The pitch asserts universal effectiveness and offers a purchase price refund if it fails.
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Croxone
Park Theatre Screens Officer 666 With Noted Cast
Boston audiences flock to Park Theatre to see Officer 666 with Wilson the crook and Gladwin the millionaire. Nash Abeles and McGinn star, delivering clean-cut performances as the crowd savors discomfiture and cleverness on stage.
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Officer
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Crook
Sangfroid
Gladwin
George Nash
Edward Abeles
Francis McGinn
Castle Square Run Nears 182nd Be leve Me Xantippe
Less than a week remains for Be leve Me Xantippe at Castle Square Theatre. It will reach its 182nd performance next Saturday, a record unmatched in the theatre’s history. Next Monday Craig stages Belasco’s The Darling of the Gods with Craig as Zakkari Kara played by Carleton and Yo San by Young.
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Castle Square Theatre
Castle Square
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David Belasco
Darling of the Gods
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Zakkari
William P. Carleton
Kara
Mary Young
Yo San
Patriots and Spreading the News staged by Irish Players
The Plymouth Theatre hosts the Irish Players for week two. Lennox Robinson's Patriots satirizes fanaticism through a revolutionary figure affecting his family. Lady Gregory's Spreading the News is a one act comedy. The same program repeats tonight. Tomorrow features Maurice Harte by T C Murray and Coats by Lady Gregory plus The Workhouse Ward.
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Lennox Robinson
Lady Gregory
Boston
Robinson
Maurice Harte
T. C. Murray
Coats
Variety Show Delights at St James Theatre
Yesterday at St James Theatre a strong vaudeville program featured Roland West's A Cold Deal, Arthur Rigby in原创 specialty, Rialto in The Artist's Dream, Carter and Waters in a novelty act, and the juggling Bannans. Mitchell and Leighton and Hall and Hall entertained with sharp shooting novelty. a complete vaudeville and pictures change is set for Thursday.
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Leighton
Hall
Whirl of Mirth Burlesquers at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House featured Eddie Collins in a lively burlesque program headlined by In Cartoon Land with famed acts by Tod Browning Vernon and Mayo Fanny St Clair Flossie McCloud and others. The closing burletta Barber Shop Antics drew big laughs with Collins as head barber. A wrestling match Cyclone Burns vs Ernest Bergman is set for Thursday with George Tuohey refereeing. Friday brings book night and amateur acts after the burlesque performance.
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Eddie Collins
Johnny Ray
Tod Browning
Vernon and Mayo
Fanny St. Clair
Flossie McCloud
George Tuohey
School of Acting Heads a National Theatre Program with Flair
National Theatre presents Will Murphy and Blanche f Nichols in The School of Acting at the South End venue. The Cacobeco troupe performs speed on motorcycles, plus Edison talking pictures, dancing acts, juggling, song numbers, and Kinemacolor shorts.
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Hardeen at Bowdoin Square Theatre Tonight
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presents Hardeen the handcuff king and Houdini’s brother this week with escapes from straitjackets handcuffs and a milk can. Navy sailors bound him tonight and shipping clerks from Houghton & Dutton’s try to outescape him Tuesday.
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Waldron's Casino Presents Billy W. Watson and the Girls
Waldron’s Casino features Billy W. Watson and the Girls from Happyland in The Flying Dutchman. The cast includes Frank Harcourt James J. Lake Ed Rogers Thomas A. Brooks Jack Howard Jimmie Nugent N. Puglia and Nellie Watson Luella Temple Carol Lehbroeder Myrudie Harris. The high quality chorus and strong supporting company promise crowded audiences all week.
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Charley” Waldron
Keith's Theatre Plays Varied Vaudeville Bill This Week
Keith's Theatre features a mix of comedy and vaudeville headlined by William H. Macart and Hathelyn Bradford in The Rising Generation with ward boss Dennis Mulligan and a reformer. Also billed are Cliff Gordon The German Senator, Four Rianos acrobatics, Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker in The Girl and the Pearl, De Lasso Troupe aerial feats, Buckley’s animal acts, Tom Penfold Henry Marshall songwriters, Pauline Moran, Van Dykes, Pathe Weekly newsreel, and Edison talking pictures The Indian Girl's Revenge and The Five Jolly Bachelors.
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Nella Walker
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Henry Marshall
Pauline Moran
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Victor's Musical Melange Leads Globe Week Program
The big scenic instrumental and vocal act with 20 performers delighted crowds yesterday. Burlesque strong men Blocksom and Burns drew laughs. Ragtime Harmony Trio played piano and sang well. LaRex and LaRex showcased a gymnastic novelty. Brown and Williams offered a new dance and roller skating act. Hedricks and the Wright sisters sang and danced to encores. Pelots delivered funny juggling. Maley and Woods sang lively. Marguerite Helbig earned fans with fine dancing.
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Howard Atheneum Burlesque Delights With Parisian Flair
The Howard Atheneum hosted a lively burlesque show featuring 26 acts led by the Moulin Rouge Girls. Margie Bennett Corrine De Forrest and the Lee sisters drew crowds. Joe Rose Jules Jacobs Vera Ross Bert Rand Willie Mack and a strong chorus energized the stage. The program included De Voie trio gymnasts Allen and Clark Mabel Whitman Richard brothers Celtic singer John Donovan and other acts delivering Parisian style and novelty acts.
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Dazzlers Debut at Gaiety in Dugan the Deputy
The Gaiety presented an unusually attractive burlesque with a new troupe the Dazzlers in Dugan the Deputy. Pete Curley leads after leaving Blanch Ring with Leon Errol as book and music. supporting cast includes Benny Pierce Alf P James Charley Raymond Dan Kelly Frank Farbar and Frank Chamberlain. Nan Eagleton Kate Prior and Nellie Sawyer received noted praise.
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Brookline Y M C A Smoke Talk Highlights 13th District Race
Ex Congressmen John Mitchell spoke at Lyceum Hall Brookline where 300 attendees heard about the district race and Cannon Lorimer Weeks shaping the field. Republicans Gleason and Cutting contest the GOP ticket with a special April 15 election and Norman White running as a Progressive.
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President urged to act against coal barons by mayor
Mayor Fitzgerald sent a telegram to President Wilson urging action against coal barons for keeping anthracite coal prices high. The prompt cites alleged collusion to sustain elevated costs and calls for federal intervention.
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Fitzgerald
Strikebreakers Bring 25 Workers in Garment Battle
Manufacturers from New York sent about 25 strikebreakers to confront roughly 2200 members of the Men's Garment Workers' Union on strike since January 28, as tensions escalate in the city.
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Strikebreakers Quarters Found in City Shops
The strikebreakers were housed in shops on Lagrange and Harrison avenues, Devonshire and Washington streets, with Cots once used by the Boston Elevated Company brought to several employers. Union pickets escorted some arrivals from New York. Local union leaders and the Boston C S A alerted the Board of Health and state police about cots and cooking gear in the shops. About 200 strikers then departed for New York.
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Tailors Union Strike Ends as 250 of 1100 Return to Work
About 250 of 1100 Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Union members who struck 12 days ago accepted a compromise offer from employers. Remaining union members had already returned to work under agreed conditions and wages, while workers bound for the South station bid farewell as part of ongoing job actions.
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Compromise Ends Boston Upholsterers' Strike
A long Boston Upholsterers' Union 33 strike involving six major firms and 48 union men ended when employers signed a compromise with union officers. The agreement largely favors the union, ending years of dispute in the city.
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Storm Cuts Swath Through 3 Estates in Poughkeepsie
A 20 minute wind rain and hail storm cut a quarter mile wide path through the estates of Thomas Newbold Mrs James Roosevelt and J Roosevelt in Poughkeepsie New York. No injuries reported though farm buildings on the opposite river bank were damaged.
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Franklin Square House Wedding Celebrates Frances Swanson
Franklin Square House hosted an old world wedding last night for Miss Frances Viola Swanson sister of the superintendent who married Harold Randall Mason a lumber contractor. About five hundred guests attended the festive ceremony and reception.
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Frances Viola Swanson
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Mayor's Budget Win Seals City Hall Appropriation
The City Council acting as appropriations committee approved the Mayor's annual budget without changes. The total appropriation for the year is $20,927,192.69.
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Budget Stand Maintained by City Council Amid Scrutiny
The oldest City Hall official notes no changes to the Mayor budget as committee members hold cross examinations of department heads. The council plans to pass the appropriation bill at the next Wednesday afternoon meeting.
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