Edeson Stars In Indiscretion Of Truth At Hollis Street
Robert Edeson received strong proofs of popularity in Boston as he opened the second week of The Indiscretion of Truth at Hollis Street Theatre. A large audience praised his performance in a role unlike any he has played here. The supporting company includes Cooper Meredith Whiffen Collyer Sitgreaves Mor timer Wingfield Emmett Purdon Moore. Billie Burke to star in The Runaway at Hollis Easter Monday with seat sales starting this morning.
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Robert Edeson
Boston
Hollis Street
Frank Kemble Cooper
London
Anne Meredith
Thomas Whiffen
Dan Collyer
Beverly Sitgreaves
Henry Mortimer
Kate Wingfield
Katherine Emmett
Richard Purdon
Irene Moore
Billie Burke
Hollis
The Country Boy Retains Fresh Humor at Park Theatre
The Park Theatre continues to stage The Country Boy to a thriving Boston audience. After 18 weeks in Boston the gay comedy gathers new recruits into its large following as audiences remain eager and entertained by its rich humor.
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Park Theatre
Boston
the Park
Tremont Theatre Delights Boston in Gypsy Love
Tremont Theatre in Iva's fourth week performance of Gypsy Love draws a large enthusiastic crowd. The light opera blends drama and music with Gypsy violinist Arthur Albro and cast members George L. Bickel Robert G. Pitkin Carl Haydn Frances Demarest and Dorothy Webb receiving high praise. Marguerita Sy leads the principal team in a lively production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva
Tremont Theatre
Arthur Albro
George L. Bickel
Robert G. Pitkin
Carl Haydn
Frances Demarest
Dorothy Webb
Marguerita Sy
Majestic Theatre to Feature Lew Dockstader Weeklong Engagement
Lew Dockstader and a 60 member company will perform at the Majestic Theatre for a two week engagement starting next Monday. The troupe includes Manuel Romain Frank Farron Master Charles Teo Don Ferrandou Jienny De Cunea Patrick Mallon Neil O'Brien Happy Naulty Leo Copeland Major Nowak John Daly Georges l a Aust Pete Detzell and John Burke. Seats go on sale next Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Dockstader
Mr. Dockstader
Manuel Romain
Frank Farron
Master Charles Teo
Don Ferrandou
Jienny de Cunea
Patrick Mallon
Neil O’brien
Happy Naulty
Farnum Stars In The Littlest Rebel At Boston Theatre
Dustin and William Farnum conclude the eighth week of their engagement with The Littlest Rebel at the Boston Theatre last night. The run ends April 13 with the Easter holidays expected to boost attendance as the show features Farnum Virgie and a vivid Grant battle scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
William Farnum
Boston
Farnum
General Grant
In 1999 at B. F. Keith's Theatre headline comedy
The visitor to B F Keiths Theatre sees a serious yet funny satire on gender roles in a comedy titled In 1999 by William C de Mille starring Florence Nash Joseph Jefferson and Minnette Barrette The show lampoons rising women as breadwinners and men shaped by domestic roles with a noted triangle scene The bill features Wille brothers Mary Elizabeth Middleton Spellmeyer and others in varied acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keith
Florence Nash
Joseph Jefferson
Minnette Barrette
William C. de Mille
Mr. de Mille
Keith
Wille Brothers
Mary Elizabeth
Middleton, Spellmeyer and Company
Charles B. Lawlor and Daughters
Three Leightons
Weston Sisters
Poltzen Brothers
Globe Week Programme Delights Fans at Main Street Theatre
The Globe presents a varied week with acts by Barry Johnson Co and Natty Beau Brummell Trio. Ah Lin Foo performs new tricks, Gilmore and LaTour showcase singing and costume changes, and Don the pony wins hearty cheers. Hazel Brown and Charles Barrows star in The Pearl and the Girl, with The Rays and a local Pathe scene also praised. Taft Foss and Fitzgerald parade coverage shown. tonight features professional tryouts and Thursday The Country Store. Friday adds amateur acts to the main show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Barry-Johnson Company
Crater
Beau Brummell
Ah Lin Foo
Gilmore
LaTour
Frederick
Don
Hazel Brown
Charles Barrows
Pathe
Taft
Foss
Fitzgerald
Miss Gertrude Elliott Stars in Preserving Mr Panmure
Plymouth Theatre enters the final week of Miss Gertrude Elliott’s engagement in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s Preserving Mr Panmure. The star delivers a charming performance in a congenial role surrounded by a notable English company including Ernest Stallard Lumsden Hare Alexander Scott Gatty Frederick Powell Ralph Nairn Teresa Conover Suzanne Perry Mona Hungerford Anne Esmond and Elizabeth Fagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Elliott
Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Panmure
Plymouth Theatre
Miss Eliott
Miss Elliott
Ernest Stallard
Lumsden Hare
Alexander Scott-Gatty
Frederick Powell
Ralph Nairn
Teresa Conover
Suzanne Perry
Mona Hungerford
Anne Esmond
Elizabth Fagan
Orpheum Week Attracts Kenney and Hollis With Boston Fame
Orpheum Theatre offers a vaudeville bill featuring Kenney and Hollis returning from Europe as headliners. The week shows Toomer and Hewins in What Happened in Lonely ville, plus Locke and Linder, Kendall auto doll, LeRoy and Rome, Great Stirk, Dan Maley, Krag Trio, Gravette and Lavendre, Folly Bere gere Trio, William Raynore and company, and Adubato and Kinsman in rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theatre
Kenney
Hollis
Boston
Gravette and Lavendre
Folly Beregere
William Raynore and Company
Adubato and Kinsman
Howard Athenaeum Burlesque Show Delights Audiences
The Howard Athenaeum presented Charmion the aerial artist to wide favor with new feats and souvenir gifts. Zallah headed a popular burlesque company with Mae Bell Mae Rose and others in strong supporting turns. The bill also featured Finlay and Burke L Aiglons Bisceaux and the Tunters. Nat Clark sang selections as next week Jack and Mike Twin Sullivan are billed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Athenaeum
Charmion
Howard Charmion
Zallah
May Bell
Mae Rose
Ike Wall
Tom Barrett
Harry Bentley
Peggie Fahr
Mile Vortez
Finlay
Burke
L’ Aiglons
Bisceaux
Tunters
Bree
Maxim
Doyle
Dolan
Nat Clark
Jack
Mike Twin Sullivan
Boston's Boys Vacation Jubilee Opens National Theatre Show
National Theatre presents a 50 boy choir from Boston in a musical program by Elsie Gertrude Phelan. Notable acts include Maurice Finn, 15, a Russian-born prodigy, Madame de la Guerra in The Belle of the Circus, Evans and Vidoy in blackface comedy, Joyce and Donnelly, Ellis and McKenna, Franklyn Ardell in The Suffragette, and the King brothers, all drawing strong crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Theatre Management
Boston
Elsie Gertrude Phelan
Maurice Finn
America
Russia
Mme. de la Guerra
Gaby Deslys
King Manuel
Madame de la Guerra
Evans
Vidoy
Joyce
Donnelly
Ellis
McKenna
Franklyn Ardell and Company
King Brothers
Siren at Colonial Theatre Delights Audiences Again
The Siren returns to the Colonial Theatre with Donald Brian as Armand, celebrated for his boyhood home triumph. Julia Sanderson shines as the heroine, shared encores with Brian, and cast members Alan Mudie Moya Mannering Will West Frank Moulan and Ethel Cadman sing with brightness and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Donald Brian
Armand
Julia Sanderson
Mr. Brian
Alan Mudie
Moya Mannering
Will West
Frank Moulan
Ethel Cadman
Roger Imhof Stars With Knickerbocker at Gaiety
Roger Imhof the clever Irish comic headlines this week at the Gaiety Theatre with the Knickerbocker Company. James J. Lake Harry Sauber Carol Schroeder and Marcelle Leslie head the company’s talent with Duff and Walsh performing a strong singing and dancing act. The audience enjoyed a lively olio and a sketch featuring Imhof Hugh St Cops and Susanne Corine. In the burlesque he appears as Casey the piper to a big hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Imhof
Gaiety Theatre
Knickerbocker Company
James J. Lake
Harry Sauber
Carol Schroeder
Marcelle Leslie
Duff and
Walsh
Hugh St. Cops
Susanne Corine
Mr. Imhof
Casey
Waldron's Casino presents Queens of Jardin de Paris
Waldron's Casino features the Queens of the Jardin de Paris company led by Harry Kohler and L. K. Hall with a cast including Harry Morton, Marry Tyler, Joel P. Corin, Signor Franz, Grace Du Bois, May Melbane, Rosalie Reading and Margie Catlin. The program opens with The Root of Evil and proceeds through rapid musical numbers and specialty acts. In the second act Joel P. Corin with May Melbane and Harry Tyler offers a concert hall scene, Grace Du Bois performs ragtime, Al K. Hall sings modern songs, and Signor and Edythe Franz close with a bicycle unicycle act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Melbane
Harry Tyler
Alio
Grace du Bois
al K. Hall
Signor
Edythe Franz
Alias Jimmy Valentine Opens at Plymouth Theatre in City
The sale of seats for the engagement of Alias Jimmy Valentine began this morning at the Plymouth Theatre. The production will start a limited run next Monday with its first city presentation. H. B. Warner, originator of the title role, remains lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Valentine
Paul Armstrong
Plymouth
H. B. Warner
Two Little Brides Opens Second Week at Shubert Theatre
Shubert Theatre presents James T. Powers in a new musical comedy with Frances Cameron Christine Nielsen and others in a lively performance. The next bill features Winthrop Ames presenting Max Reinhardt's Sumurun with music and will open Tuesday evening April 9 with seat sales beginning Thursday at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Powers
Shubert Theatre
Mr. Powers
Powers
Frances Cameron
Christine Nielson
Walter Lawrence
George Pauncefort
Sherman Wade
Helene Salinger
Melissa Ten Eyck
Winthrop Ames
Max Reinhardt
Sumurun
Castle Square Theatre Presents Mark Twain Drama The Prince and the Pauper
The Castle Square this week stages The Prince and the Pauper adapted by Abby Sage Richardson for Elsie Leslie. Henrietta McDaniel shines as the prince and beggar Tom Canty with John Craig as Miles Kendon. The cast also includes Miss Montgomery as Princess Elizabeth and Mr. Hassell as the Earl of Tremord. Next week Romeo and Juliet with Craig and Mary Young follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Prince and the Pauper
Castle Square
Abby Sage Richardson
Elsie Leslie
Henry VII
Henrietta McDaniel
Tom Canty
Miles Kendon
John Craig
Miss Montgomery
Elizabeth
Mr. Hassell
Earl of
Trertford
Mr. Craig
Mary Young
Inauguration of All-Girl Week at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre kicked off an all girls week with a strong showing by the Ernesto sisters and European athletes. Beach and Capron performed Wanted a Cook, Camille Falardaux impressed as the Anna Held of vaudeville, and ventriloquist Buella de Buse drew praise. The Carlton sisters sang and danced with moving pictures, followed by Nina Esphey the banjoist on Tuesday and Easter card souveniring on Wednesday. Amateurs perform Thursday and The Country Store is announced for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Ernesto Sisters
Beach
Capron
Camille Falardaux
Anna Held
Buella de Buse
Bertina
Brockway
Carlton
Nina Esphey
Fat man and Russia’s Cossacks headline Austin & Stone’s shows
The fat man Big Jim remains the central attraction at Austin & Stone's Museum while a troop of eight Russian Cossacks perform cavalry stunts on foot and stage dances. The bill also features the Florodora girls, Cassie French, Walsh Myers and Campbell, the Vinton sisters, the DeMays, and new motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin & Stone’s
Big Jim
Austin & Stone's
Steppes
Florodora Girls
Cassie French
Walsh, Myers and Campbell
Vinton Sisters
DeMays
Scenic Temple Lenten Closing Week Features Major Attractions
Scenic Temple presents a closing week programme with three headline vaudeville attractions and new educative motion pictures premiering in Boston for the first time, slated to run at leading houses nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scenic Temple
Boston
Thompson widow settles dower rights suit over multimillion estate
Maybelle Ames Thompson and the heirs reached a mutual agreement resolving her two year dispute over dower rights in the 1.6 million dollar estate of Robert H. Thompson. Supreme Court Justice Stapleton in Brooklyn approved the discontinuance order. The widow was said to gain more under the agreement than in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maybelle Ames Thompson
Robert H. Thompson
Boston
Supreme Court
Stapleton
Brooklyn
Two more attempts to burn Gray Mansion in Roxbury
Firefighters battled two separate blazes at the Gray Mansion on Danube Street Roxbury owned by the city. The first fire started in the morning with flames from the kitchen windows but caused no damage. The second blaze at 5 45 arose from shavings in the cellar and was quickly extinguished.
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Danube Street
Roxbury
Spanish War Veterans Preference Passed to Engrossment
The Spanish war veterans preference bill passed to be engrossed yesterday afternoon by a 19 to 6 vote after a last effort to defeat it.
Police List April Voters In City For Tax Day Change
On April 1 the city police began listing male voters, visiting doors from 7 am to late afternoon with interpreters in immigrant districts. Hyde Park expected 4500 listings, with 110 officers daily, alternating shifts to avoid disturbing residents after 9 pm. This 10th annual listing followed a legislative move to curb tax dodgers by changing listing timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Central Station
Seaverns Avenue
Dogs Fail to Locate Feudisis in Hillsville Hunt
In Hillsville Va on April 1 two bloodhounds were sent after Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards the last fugitives of the Allen clan. Heavy rainfall is believed to have washed away the scent and nightfall ended the unsuccessful search by the posse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Allen
Unsigned letters target suit at University of Chicago
Judge Pomeroy warned of attempts to influence the $100,000 damage case by anonymous letters. Miss Esther Mercy sues Dean Marion Talbot. Judson testified why Mercy was dismissed. A letter attacking Mercy and Talbot was read, criticizing witnesses and university personnel. Judson said Mercy was dismissed for unreliable truthfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pomeroy Today
Miss Esther Mercy
Marion Talbot
University of Chicago
Harry Pratt Judson
Miss Mercy
Perdition
Miss Talbot
John Dpd
Rockefeller
Gabriel
Judson
Outlaws Leave Rations Then Trail Dogs To Chase
Detectives prepared to pull dogs onto a new track after outlaws abandoned a cave ration cache and blankets as posse closed in. Neighbors Scipio Gray and Alexander McGraw reported sightings near Fancy Gap with tips tying the fleeing men to the Easter and Allen families. Bloodhounds from the Beattie case at Richmond are in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scipio Gray
Fancy Gap
Gray
Allens
Alexander McGraw
McGraw
Hubbard Easter
Floyd Allen
Easter
Posse
Beattie
Richmond
Father Freed After Accidental Slaying Of Daughter Ellen
Daniel J. Donovan of South Boston, who accidentally caused the death of his 17 year old daughter Ellen by a pocket knife stab, was released by Judge Joseph D. Fallon at arraignment in South Boston District Court yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Donovan
South Boston
Ellen
Joseph D. Fallon
Sugar Prices Dip 10 Cents Across Refined Grades
New York April 1 refined sugar prices fell across all grades by 10 cents per 100 pounds today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brave men of sixties to gather at G A R encampment
The 632 officers and delegates attend the 46th annual encampment of the G A R of Massachusetts in Faneuil Hall. They represent 208 posts with 11 965 members and a loss of 892 this year. The figure is far below the 1893 peak of 24 576 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Veterans encampment closes with chief guests and banquets
The scene centers on a statewide veterans organization encampment with national commander H M Trimble of Chicago as special guest. Granville C Fiske to deliver annual address. officers’ reports, elections, and a 5 p m banquet at the Quincy House followed by visits to allied groups. Closing sessions mark tomorrow with a 1 30 pm dinner at the American House attended by Governor Foss and Mayor Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization of Veterans
H. M. Trimble
Chicago
Granville C. Fiske
Quincy House
Trimble
Aids
Bay State
Department
American House
Sons and Daughters of Veterans
Tremont Temple
Shawmut Congregational Church
24 000 000 Meals of Foreign Spuds Arrive
New York sees a massive 6000 ton potato shipment on the steamship Minnehaha from Andon. The haul could feed about 24 million meals for adults. Priced at 3.2 dollars per 168 pound bag, value tops 230000 with 50000 collected in duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andon
Minnehaha
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Almon J. Fairbanks
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Gray Mansion
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Smithport
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