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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1903
Page
6
Wall Street notes a dull session with heavy undercurrents and limited price movement. Union Pacific dipped 1 1 4 while overall activity fell below 200,000 shares, signaling deep investor caution and notable bank loan stability despite broad market liquidation.
Nantasket Beach hosts land attractions adjacent to the reservation, including the original steeplechase the old mill and the coal mine, drawing thousands this season. Steamers from Rowe's Wharf run hourly to Pemberton and Nantasket with return trips and a moonlight harbor sail to Boston. The Martland Brockton Band performs daily with solos by E. S. Williams, cornet.
The Alhambra Theatre now lights a 100 candle power beacon atop the flag pole and 3000 incandescents on the tower every night, creating a bright beachside sight. Inside the building 1200 lights illuminate the Johnstown Flood reproduction for evening viewing.
The Castle Square Theatre stock company delivers a strong night with Her Majesty. Mary Hall as Queen Honora dominates, supported by strong turns from Thomas MacLarnne as Count Waldeck and John Sampolis as Baron Hausman. Izetta Jewel and Cordelia Macdonald elevate the cast with notable comic and decorative roles. The Fadettes contribute musical selections including Scotland scenes and an Windsor overture.
The Boston engagement of Peggy From Paris ends Aug 29 at Tremont Theatre after May 12. The 100th Boston performance will be celebrated with gala features including four Frenchmen and new musical numbers. Trask and Gladden join the cast. The Prince of Pilsen follows.
Beginning Thursday the Grand Opera House box office will operate 8 a m to 9 p m to sell seats for The Child Slaves of New York opening Saturday night and running all next week with matinees Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. After Friday hours extend until performance end. The edition highlights renovations including new mosaic floors, repainting, new carpets, and gilded proscenium arch and balcony fronts as part of the 16th season launch.
Music Hall announces advance sale of seats for Down by the Sea opening Saturday night with daily matinees starting Monday. The play stars Fanny Curtis, a familiar Boston theater figure, leading a strong company for the week ahead.
Keith's Theatre presented a capital vaudeville program led by James O. Barrows in A Jolly Jollier. The cast included John Lancaster Alice M. May John A. Dickson and Sam Davis with Laura Walker delivering notable vocal work. Walter Daniels portrayed Svengali Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and the violinist from Mistress Nell in rapid costume changes.
The Tyfold Collar shows a side cut out to adjust a necktie without the collar springing open. It keeps the front tight, hides the cutout, and the tie sits above the button out of sight. Sold by dealers, Cluett Brand 25c Arrow Brand 15c Cluett Peabody & Co.
Yesterday the popular house drew large crowds for every performance. L B Walker's imperial minstrels deliver a new programme praised as among the best first parts seen locally. Blake and Rice display strong boxing skill in an athletic act. January Jacobs performs a notable scientific turn and Mlle. Jeanette entertains with cambric queen routines. Nellie Hartford's all star vaudeville company also appears with Severne Gray Perkins Hutchings and Cooper. Amateur night Friday features special prizes from management.
Thousands filled Austin & Stones as midsummer heat proved no barrier to crowds. The 25 chorus, 17 musicians and three stars led by Madame Riolo Signor Santamiello and Signor Chiabelli impressed repeatedly. Countess Van Neil performed The Great Needle Threading Feat. The stage show featured Emerald trio Goodwin brothers Dolly Flynn Harringtons Lillian Held Lulu Brown Josie Le Coq Joe Mackie and others. Professor Beniger guided the ensemble with polished rhythm.
Palace Theatre draws summer patrons with a fresh weekly bill including two new burlesques and high class vaudeville. The Country School skit by Lew Carroll features Thomas Watson and company. Musical acts by Maude Bill ston and May Russell, plus acrobatic sketches by the Parkers and other specialties, conclude with The Watch Dog burlesque.
Norumbega Park denies naming the baby lions Teddy and Mark before their public exhibition next Sunday. Attendance hits record highs with a busy rustic theatre show featuring Nelson and Milledge in Glass Put In, Cooper and Bailey, Tom Brown, the Ronaldos, Yackley and Bunnell, Arthur Kelter, and other acts.
The Point of Pines venue resumed light musical comedy with The Tinted Venus drawing large crowds both afternoon and evening. Marion Manola stars as Aphrodite with Frank M. Rainger as Leander Tweedle and James E. Devlin providing lively support. The show runs all week with matinee and evening performances.
A brief note states Mrs. Carrie Nation will visit the Point of Pines this Sunday. The item also mentions someone raising the top of a 100-foot ladder into a three-foot-deep tank of water.
Thousands seek the Lowell explosion site via the Boston and Lexington street railway through Lexington to Lexington Park and Bi lerica to within five minutes of the disaster. Next Sunday Collins's First Regiment Band plays Lexington Park concerts. The rustic theatre offers international vaudeville with Hill and Whitaker, McIntyre and Rice in A Lesson in Acting, the Van brothers with Perry Hinckel's Son, and Sam D Crane as a comic mimic.
The Crescent Gardens venue at Revere Beach opened a week of vaudeville with an enlarged orchestra. Headlining is the Quaker City Quartet performing The Musical Blacksmiths with new songs and instrumentals. Also featured are Finley and Burke in The Same Thing Over Again and the Rice brothers in The China man and the Rube. Udell and Pearce sing and the Norries perform a colored entertainment act.
Sunday drew large crowds to Bass Point Nahant a popular north shore resort. Boston tourists ride boats from Union Wharf along the harbor past islands through Shirley Gut to the Atlantic. Vendors offer band concerts free dancing and Nahant shore dinners at Bass Point House. Boats depart every 60 minutes from Union Wharf reachable by ferry cars and Elevated trains.
A monster vaudeville benefit will be staged next Tuesday evening at the rustic theatre in Crescent Gardens for the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. Hap Ward of Ward and Voices organized the program, with Manager William B. O'Neill donating the theatre. Notable entrants include Dan Daly George Sidney Ward and Vokes Maude Campbell Lucy Maggie and Vinie Daly Allan Curtis Tony Williams Fred Wyckoff Eddie Clark Gus Bruno Will J. Hagan Eddie Judge Carrie Webber Charles Howard Bertha Silsby and the Busy Izzy Quartet.
Booth and hotel keepers in City Point South Boston arrange with the Boston Elevated Railway Company to host band concerts at Marine Park for the rest of the summer. The Boston Elevated Band will supply music with the South Boston Citizens Association securing band stand lanterns chairs and park space. If weather is favorable a concert will be held tomorrow evening and larger crowds could trigger weekly or more frequent performances in addition to the Municipal Band Sunday night show.
More than a dozen inland excursion parties are due at Revere Beach this week. Local business leaders and the Revere Beach Board of Trade promote incentives for groups of 100 or more to visit the resort. The beach remains able to entertain crowds with new attractions along the shore and free State band concerts every afternoon and evening.
A Rowe's Wharf line excursion aboard the Gov Andrew departs daily at 10 from Rowe's Wharf for a South Shore voyage to Plymouth. Passengers view Minots Ledge Lighthouse and harbor sights then enjoy a nearly three hour stop to see Pilgrim landmarks including Plymouth Rock.
This season sees a surge in excursion travel to Provincetown with the Bay Line steamer Cape Cod running at full passenger capacity on Sundays and throughout the summer days, reflecting growing demand for seaside trips and steady boat bookings.
Advertises Palio Tablets claiming to make nervous, pale, weak women rosy and strong with a yearly phrase of youth. Offers 50 cents per box and 12 boxes for five dollars with a guarantee and money back option. Sold by multiple druggists in Dewey Square and surrounding streets.
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