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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
17
Dr Eliza T Ransom of 231 Bay State reads a definition of a close fitting garment worn next to the body and a light decorative overgarment as a guide to modest dress for all, noting a crisis of modesty in the present century and church concerns.
Dr Ransom argues that modern dress immodesty affects men and women, praising hygienic training for women and urging lighter clothing for both sexes. He claims women's health has improved 60 percent in ten years due to freer dressing and better living, while men lag in health progress.
At a Boston City Council executive meeting Councillor David J. Brickley accused another councillor of promising votes for approving gasoline tanks at East First and P streets. The dispute arose during a petition from South Boston residents against Michigan Tanning and Extract Company, which had withdrawn its permit request. The committee drafted an order for street commissioners to report on all tank applications of 1000 gallons or more inflammable, as the clash over the tanks continued.
Roy P. Gangloff and Rose Gangloff were held in $1000 bail each for the grand jury on charges of breaking into Clara B. Hanks’s summer home at West Manchester. Police said $875 in goods were taken and found outside the cottage. Mrs. Gangloff denied planning the act, while Gangloff claimed she acted under his orders. Judge Sears noted the seriousness of the attempted theft. Also reported: schooner M. Vivian Peirce arrived safely in Portland. Jennie Flood Kreger towed to Portland for repairs after a collision. Norwalk freighter begins service from Union wharf to New York. Pawnee to return to Clyde line with Norwalk and Delaware continuing New York sailings.
Alderman William Levy led the move to remove Principal Assessor Jacob Bailen on grounds of incompetency. After failed attempts to block the action Bailen was dismissed by a 5 to 4 vote and Samuel Abramovitz, a former assessor, was selected as his successor.
The fishing schooner Leonora Silveira broke its foremast while fishing on Georges Bank and, after a heavy sea, the Waltham towed her to Boston in 44 hours. No injuries were reported. Twenty-five vessels docked with haddock and cod pounds sold to wholesalers, while several vessels joined a southern mackerel quest. The Regina was sold by a deputy sheriff to satisfy creditors. The steamship Oronoke arrived from La Plata and Montevideo with wool and hides. Rumor of a fire on the britain-bound Tahiti raised Boston wool hopes.
The port reported arrivals of steamers including Welshmen Freeman Oronoke Pearson La Plata Montevideo and several others via Rio Janeiro St Thomas Gloucester Hatch and Norfolk with tugs and barges towed to Augusta Hallowell Rockland Saco and Rockland Me Aboard were Prince Arthur Trekieve Italia and more with barges Thomaston and Thomaston to Saco and Rockland Me
Keith's Theatre presents a condensed revue titled Flashes with Doc Baker starring. The show features spring fashions on female models and a cast including Rob and Jack Pearson Polly Walker Edna Timmins Alma McLean Lorraine Brox the Dagmar brothers and others. It includes Yvette Rugel Valerie Bergere and skits The Moth Rice Pudding Profiteering in Fun plus Kinograms and topics of the day.
A revue by the Maids of America at Waldron's Casino showcases Varieties a la Mode a two act jazzical diversion led by Bobby Barry. The opening scene The National Bank of Laughland leads into a sequence of cheerful incidents with singing and dancing ending act one in Dancing Mad. The cast includes George Leon Merrigan Howarth George E Snyder Jane Mae Althea Barnes and the Three Jolly Bachelors.
The Post Marine Record lists incoming steamers with destinations including York Castle York Harbor Jucaro and Cape Town with sailings to Europe. An ocean forecast notes moderate shifts and fair weather to Grand Banks and weather reports from Highland Light Gravel Light and Wireless updates for Boston and New York bound vessels.
The Kinkaid Kitties top the bill at Loew's Orpheum Theatre for the opening half of the week. George Randall and company present Mr Wise Le Vey and Weist and Jim Connors with Hazel Boyne in A Piece of Lace Braxton and Hawkins. Gladys Brockwell stars in The Sage Hen as a young mother. Eugene O'Brien headlines the closing half with Gilded Lies plus new vaudeville. Friday proceeds go to the National Vaudeville Artists.
Opening at Gordon's Strand last night features Ixismet with Olig Skinner in a leading role and striking motion picture scenes noted as unusually curious. The program includes One Flight Down and Clyde Cook in All Wrong with an upcoming change Thursday replacing Rex Beach's Going Some.
Central Square Theatre presented Kismet with Otis Skinner at Gordon's Cambridge venue. Olympia Weekly offered a comic picture and five vaudeville acts including the Four Organds and Charles and Madeline Dunbar. Thursday features Constance Talmadge in Dangerous Business and the tenth episode of The Son of Tarzan.
A showing of The Witching Hour at Modern and Beacon theatres drew delighted crowds praising its intrinsic merit and stellar cast including Elliot Dexter Winter Hall Ruth Renick Mary Alden Robert Cain and Edward Sutherland. Mary Miles Minter stars in The Little Clown a comedy drama full of humorous situations appealing to general audiences and suitable for youth.
The Storm entered its second week at the Globe Theatre last evening. Helen MacKellar won favorable notices for youth magnetism and versatility. The cast includes Edward Arnold Robert Rendell Charles T Lewis and Max Mitzel.
The first half features Douglas Fairbanks in The Nut and Ethel Clayton in The Price of Possession with short subjects news weekly topics and singer Owen Hewitt. The latter week offers Thomas Meighan in The Easy Road Monte Blue in The Kentuckians and Buster Keaton in Hard Luck.
The Majestic Theatre enters the second week of Honeydew Joe Weber proudly presents a tuneful musical comedy with ample scenic art and humor. Efrem Zimbalist provides the score and the cast features Hal Forde Sam Ash Mrs Conover Dorothy Follis Telind Terry and Mile Marguerite in a lively production.
The final fortnight of The Greenwich Village Follies opened last evening at the Shubert Theatre. The show has proved popular in Boston and offers unique features beyond standard entertainment. The organization will stay at the Shubert this week and next with prospects for prosperous business.
The Wilbur Theatre housed a week long run of Gertie's Garter beginning last evening. The rapid farce is well knit and full of action for audiences seeking lighthearted stage comedy.
David Belaseco opened the concluding week of Jean Archibald's comedy Call the Doctor at the Tremont Theatre last evening. The production runs for several performances as the curtain falls on the run.
The show began its fourth and final week at the Colonial Theatre last evening led by Ann Pennington who heads the company.
The Welcome Home signs greeted Fred Binder at the Howard Atheneum as he headlined with the Girls from the Follies. Mae Kennis Lucia Arnold Mabel White Billy Kelly Billy Walsh Lew Howard Theo Murphy and two Edton girls Daisy Gallagher Rose Crane drew crowds. The show featured multiple acts including the Four Castings Campbells Mellen and Ronn in Books for Sale Frank Mullane and the Howardscope with Charles Ray in The Village Sleuth. Next week Round the Towry company returns.
The Gordon's Scollay Square Olympia brings The Truth About Husbands a Pinero adaptation featuring Dunstan Renshaw, a bachelor who marries Leslie Brownell after a London rendezvous with Janet Preece. Janet discovers the affair while abroad and denounces him, his wife leaves, but reconciliation comes on Janet's deathbed amid other acts including Torchy's Double Triumph and vaudeville.
Fred E Wright's York State Folks drew unusual crowds for two performances yesterday at the Somerville Theatre. Manager Clyde F E McArdle praises the production as a seasonal highlight. Henry Crossen and Frank Thomas excel, Anne Bronaugh and Carrol Ashburn charm, with strong turns from the company and a notable York State quartet.
Mae Murray returns as Lillian Drake in The Gilded Lily by Clara Beranger. The New York hostess character taunts men with a sharp edge amid a surprising climax. Supporting roles include Lowell Sherman Charles Gerard and Jason Robards with additional features Torchys Double Triumph and organ recital by Arthur J Martel.
William Courtenay and Lola Fisher conclude a four month run in Roi Cooper Megrue's comedy at Selwyn's Park Square Theatre. The final engagement ends April 16 to make room for a new spring attraction.
This week at Loew's Columbia Theatre features four vaudeville acts and the film The Restless Sex with Marion Davies and Alice Lake in The Misfit Wife. Sam Cohen's amateurs add interest last night. End of week presents Enid Bennett in Her Husband's Friend and Parlor Bedroom and Bath with new vaudeville. Friday is National Vaudeville Artists Day with proceeds to the charity.
Kismet plays at the St James Theatre with special prologue and lighting effects. Mr Hector conducts the orchestra in a beautiful musical selection synchronized with the film. A Fox comedy The Limp Pathe News and vaudeville with Dot Marsell and company Kippe and Kippe Lillian Ray Leon Stanton and company and Johnny Harrigan also shown. Thursday's program includes Ex travagance the last chapter of Vel vet Fingers new comedy news and vaudeville announced.
The Lew Kelly burlesque show opened yesterday at the Gayety Theatre for a week long run. Kathleen Oden stands out as a winning toubrette with charm and notable talent, promising large house attendance per performance.
Mabel Taliaferro drew a cordial Bowdoin Square Theatre reception yesterday and will appear all week in Connie. The vaudeville program featured Miss Taliaferro and acts including the Kitamura Japs, Kaufman and Lillian, and Ford and Truly. Top attractions included Behold My Wife and films with George Arliss, Buster Keaton, and The Son of Tarzan. bargain night is Friday with Black Beauty slated for next week.
Arlington Players staged Parlor Bedroom and Bath to packed houses with Reginald Irving facing his wife Angelica. Cast featured William Shelly Sullivan Lillian Niederauer Frances Grayson Maxine Flood Ashton Newton Beatrice Whitney Florence Burroughs Edward Varney Bert Sabourin Doris Haslett Anthony Blair W. J. Brady and M. J. Ernest in a bustling ensemble.
Alice Joyce headlines the week at the Boston Theatre in Her Lord and Master. Renee Robert Revue showcases four dancers in classic and other dances with Harry Cooper in Sonologues leading the vaudeville bill. Lucy Breck on violin Perez and Marguerite juggle Frank J. James and Jack Mack present Amusing Chatter in kinograms.
The Lancaster Theatre presents Billie Burke in The Education of Elizabeth and Douglas MacLean in Chickens for the first half of the week. A Thursday change brings Clara Kimball Young in Hush and William Faversham in The Sin That Was His.
For today and Wednesday the Exeter Street Theatre presents The Nut with Douglas Fairbanks and The Little Fool, an adaptation of The Little Lady in the Big House by Jack London. In the second half of the week Otis Skinner stars in Kismet and Buster Keaton appears in Hard Luck. Pathe News Weekly is shown at each performance.
Hugo Ballin advances a modernized East Lynne at the Park Theatre this week introducing updated settings while preserving period feel. Society Secrets with Eva Novak follows as a star vehicle, its strong cast elevating the presentation. The plot centers on an old farmer and his wife whose old-fashioned ways embarrass their city smart children.
William S. Hart's latest Paramount western O'Malley of the Mounted drew strong crowds at Gordon's Olympia Theatre last night. Hart wrote the story, Lambert Hillyer directed, Eva Novak leads a capable supporting cast, with News Weekly, a comic short, and five acts of vaudeville as additional attractions.
Edward H. Crosby notes Henry Miller and Blanche Bates as stage luminaries in The Famous Mrs. Fair at the Hollis. The opening performance last evening drew a large audience testing the theatre’s capacity as Forbes' comedy-drama provoked strong interest.
A full review of The Famous Mrs. Fair, showing Mrs. Fair returning from France to find family turmoil. The play centers on infidelity and divorce, with Mrs. Fair touring as a lecturer and the daughter and son reacting to marital strain. Performances by Miller Bates Gillmore Devereaux Comegys Hammond Strange highlighted.
The Henry Jewett Players present The Rivals at the Copley Theatre for a second week. Performers H Conway Wingfield E K Clive Viola Roach and others receive high praise for their lively performance of Sheridan’s comedy.
An advertisement urges readers to treat iron starvation with organic iron such as Nuxated Iron alongside spinach and green vegetables. It warns against metallic iron products and claims refunds if results are unsatisfactory, with availability through all druggists.
John Galsworthy's The Skin Game drew a capacity crowd at the Plymouth Theatre last evening. The play has drawn thousands in London and New York, and Boston now showcases a cast of exceptional merit.
The Skin Game charts class clash between Hillcrist the old aristocrat and Hornblower the self made climber. A violent auction ends with Hornblower losing land amid a shaming exposure. tragedy follows as Mrs Hillcrist maneuvers to restore balance. Marsh Allen Gina Grayson Herbert Jones lead an English cast delivering strong performances.
The Tremont Temple opened the 20th week of D. W. Griffith's Way Down East yesterday afternoon. Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess headline the heroic roles and have earned wide acclaim.
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