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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1915
Page
6
An advertisement promotes Rheumasalts as a fast gentle laxative beverage made from carbonated lithia. It claims to cleanse the stomach and intestines, relieve indigestion and biliousness, and be suitable for infants and adults. It is sold at druggists and Riker Jaynes stores with prices listed.
An advertisement extols Glorial Wavolene to hold curls longer and look natural when used before curling with curlers or iron. It claims the product is harmless, non bleaching, and suitable for a quick toilette. The Glorial line includes vanishing cleansing oily cremes shampoo face powder and Tonique AStringent with a money back guarantee.
Edward Crosby reviews Hello Broadway at the Colonial Theatre Boston praising Cohan as George Babbit and Collier as his equal in a fast moving show with elaborate scenery songs dances and many characters. Louise Dresser Rozsika Dolly Peggy Wood and Bella Blanche supported a lively two week engagement.
Led by a fine team George M. Cohan and William Collier headline a Boston engagement in Hello Broadway. The show delivers a lively succession of comedy and sparks a festive public revival after Cohan’s earlier retirement vow proved short lived.
An ad touts Sargol as a breakthrough in weight gain promising 10 to 20 pounds of solid flesh by enhancing digestion. It claims safety and affordability with a money back guarantee from Boston druggists and warns it is for those seeking substantial weight gain.
The advertorial cites Dr. Roberts Bartholow praising a calcium salt remedy in his Materia Medica for its alterative action and potential to aid in consumption and bronchial conditions. It notes the product Eckmans Alterative from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia as safe, non habit forming, and obtainable via druggists or direct order.
Dorothy Webb sings Good-by Everybody in A Modern Eve as Cort Theatre engagement ends this week. William Norris and Miss Meachum headline a sparking musical comedy praised for its satire on modern feminism attracting Boston audiences and many husbands.
The Heart Charmers burlesque thrilled Grand Opera House patrons with the Niagara Falls skit and A Day at the Races final. Performers Charley Burchardt and Mort Fox delivered standout humor while Mildred Stoller and May Clark led a lively chorus with several supporting acts.
Pat White stars as Casey in a weeklong burlesque farce at Waldron’s Casino. The Big Jubilee company features Red Feather, Lanier de Wolfe, Anna Grant, Bert Jones, Billy Cotton, Marty Pudig and two dozen showgirls with musical numbers and popular airs. The production promises a crowded house all week.
The Orpheum yesterday featured headliners James Grady and company in At the Toll Bridge which drew big crowds. Other acts included Haydn Burton and Haydn, Amoros and Mulvey, Billy Devere Earl and Curtis in The Girl and the Drummer, El Cota Bernard and Roberts, Jack Dealy and sister, plus new photo-plays Exployts of Elaine and war news. Charley Chaplin to appear in By the Sea.
A large audience at the Modern Theatre in Boston celebrated Mrs Leslie Carter’s performance as Maryland Calvert in The Heart of Maryland. Viewers praised her as at her best, calling the production one of the era.
This week at Exeter Street Theatre Alice Dovey stars in The Commanding Officer a dramatic four part play that stirs emotions across two continents. In the latter half Fritzi Scheff performs Pretty Mrs Smith in five parts along with other photos and musical numbers.
Globe patrons enjoyed an all star vaudeville program headlined by Roy Mack and a cast performing School Days. The bill included Wanda the seal Bogart and Nelson Senator Francis Murphy Delmore and Light Rice and Morgan and Caites Brothers. Fire list of new photo plays plus Exploits of Flame and latest comedies and war news shown. Charley Chaplin to appear late week in By the Sea.
Only a few opportunities remain to see The Duchess of Dublin at the Toy Theatre. M. Douglas Flattery's sparkling musical comedy has gained popularity amid a strong Boston season. The humor feels natural and the laughs come from genuinely funny situations with bright tuneful music.
A lively St James Theatre report notes a top season show with Ethel Clifton and company in The Saint and the Sinner. The program also features Anna Went Rose and Ellis Louis Stepp trio Patricola Meyers and Rouble Sims and The Exploits of Elaine. Chaplin to appear Thursday in The Tramp.
A burlesque show at the Howard Athenaeum featured September Morning Glories led by Blanch Baird with 23 chorus girls. Acts included Claude Golden the card manipulator, Parshleys instrumentalists, German comedians Gordon and Marx, and aerial barbour acts. a Sunday concert completes the bill.
The Eternal City screen production based on Hall Caine opened at the Boston Theatre under Daniel Frohman with Pauline Frederick and Frank Losee. Historic Vatican sites and other imperial city settings appear as film locations alongside an orchestra. Frederick stars as Donna Roma in a lavish, colorful adaptation.
Public interest in the photo play The Birth of a Nation at Tremont Theatre remains keen with full houses at every showing. Audiences call it the most wonderful motion photography exhibition seen in the city and a marvel of stagecraft and groupings. Two performances are scheduled each weekday.
Majestic Theatre enters its last week of George Broadhurst play The Law of The Land with near capacity crowds last night. Julia Dean stars with the strongest emotional role of her career amid a notably odd but pleasing dramatic construction.
Last evening marked the start of the final week at the Shubert Theatre for Tonight's The Night featuring Lauri de Frice Fay Compton Emmy Wehlen Beatrice von Brunner and Maurice Faikon as principals. The large audience showed pronounced favor for the company’s performance.
The Wilbur Theatre entered its 18th week of the engagement with A Pair of Sixes. The crowd of almost 200000 Boston residents filled the house, showing strong audience enthusiasm with laughter and applause.
The Younger Generation ends its run next Saturday night at the Plymouth Theatre. The comedy is praised as clean and free of offensive lines, a refreshing choice in years.
At Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday the stage featured eighty girls in light color costumes performing lively choruses and comedy. The bill included moving pictures The Fool There Was and Kipling’s The Vampire, Charlie Chaplin, Rogers sisters, and vaudeville acts with Harry Waiman and the Lowes. Friday offers a rose matinee and a 15 act cabaret with next week Til lies Punctured Romance.
The Golden Crook company at the Gaiety entertains with brisk, varied acts from Billy Arlington’s tramp comedy to Babe La Tour’s lively performances. Frank Dobson shines as assistant man and Fleanor Cochran delivers a pleasing voice with a popular bit. The show keeps the crowd laughing and applauding throughout.
Gordon's Olympia bills a costumed musical comedy A Day at West Point. Features include Lottie Williams and her company in Stony Farm Connors and Wakefield in A Romance in China town High Sdafe Four dances Kaufman sisters performances Laypo and Benjamin acrobats The Children's House educational picture and the thrilling serial The Black Box also shown.
The Park Theatre showcased two headline photo stars on one bill Mary Pickford in The Bishop's Carriage and Hazel Dawn in Niobe along with a tropical review and other musical acts. The program included a Braves season opening scene with Mayor Curley throwing out the first ball and additional high class entertainments.
The Hollis Street Theatre hosts Ethel Barrymore for the second and final week of The Shadow. Boston audiences find the play progressive and compelling, with its power gripping spectators until the final curtain.
A pleasing bill drew patrons at Scollay Square Olympia Theatre yesterday. The lineup included Egomar and O'Brian, Peppino, Gwynn and Cossett in Their Golden Wedding, Sullivan and Pasquelena Walter, Fowler and Barrett in A Mere Scrap of Paper, the Willis Trio, eight fashion plates, Geoffry L Whalen the Spellbinder in photo talks, the three reel Out of the Ruins, and episode eight of The Black Box.
The programme led by Trixie Friganza features motion pictures at Franklin Park Zoo, Australian woodchoppers, and a troupe including Pat Rooney Marion Bent Bonnie Glass and Rudolph. Acts cover dances songs comedy and a balcony scene with multiple billed performers and an eight piece orchestra.
Cleves Kinkeads drama Common Clay drew large crowds at Castle Square Theatre signaling strong local interest. Mary Young John Craig and cast members brought the story to life with characters described as living personalities in the community.
Corey P. Currier of Dorchester drove his automobile over a 26 foot cliff behind Mather School on Meeting House Hill yesterday. He escaped injury but was arrested for drunkenness as witnesses report a dramatic loop and crash. His uncle posted $200 bail and Currier was released from the police station.
The 11th annual Massachusetts Retail Grocers' and Provision Dealers' Association convention convenes tomorrow at the Chickatawbut Club Stoughton. President Frank W. Meachum Roxbury will preside and annual reports are read by officers including Henry Mansfield South Braintree and A. H. Atwood Haverhill. A banquet and entertainment close the day at 6 15 in Stoughton Town Hall.
Lawrence Greenleaf Shepard longtime Malden water department assistant superintendent died suddenly at his Park Street home of acute heart disease. He was 51 and unmarried.
A home remedy mix of bay rum and other simple ingredients sold by druggists is recommended to stop hair loss and dandruff. The mixture is applied to the scalp daily for two weeks then weekly until used, claimed to darken gray hair and improve hair texture.
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