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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1896
Page
5
Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency notes a thirty day wholesale movement. An experienced buyer seeks exceptional bargains and often purchases entire insolvent stocks for spot cash to sell direct to the public at less than half wholesale cost.
An advertisement proclaims an unprecedented sale with nearly double the floor space and staff to handle a large customer turnout. The notice urges customers to visit during the coming week and invites patronage, highlighting garments and quoted prices.
After a successful New York run the musical comedy Lost Strayed or Stolen opened at the Park Theatre to a large Boston audience. The four act piece by J Cheever Goodwin follows a Paris florist’s son lost before baptism, with rapid laughs, disguises, and a strong cast led by Louis Harrison and Georgia Caine. The Tremont also features the Liliputians company with Selma Goerner and others in varied disguises, and James O Neill brings Monte Cristo to the Boston stage with a praised Mercedes and Nortier performance.
The Tremont Theatre hosts a week long engagement by Liliputians in The Merry Tramps. The four act spectacle showcases midget performers Adolph ink and Fanz Ebert as standout acts while the plot remains lightweight and secondary to charm and novelty.
Maurice Barrymore stars in Roaring Dick & Co. at the Boston Theatre directed by William A. Brady. The New York novelty features over 200 performers from Palmer's Theatre in New York with elaborate scenery including eight sets and a large children’s picnic scene.
James W. Reagan starred in John T. McGuinness Irish comedy The Bells of Shandon at the Columbia. The production crowd praised Reagan as Terrence O Malleya with wit and patriotism, encores for six songs, and Miss Fielding and Miss Lottie Hyde sharing principal honors.
The second week of Sue at the Museum opened with strong audience enthusiasm. Annie Russell as Sue impressed as the uneducated Western girl, with Joseph Haworth, Guy Standing, and Theodore Roberts delivering notable performances. Advance sales indicate sue has captured patrons.
Waldo O. Lyon from Leominster impresses with difficult bicycle stunts. James A. Reilly and May Templeton perform a German sketch with charm. Kawakamis display Japanese warfare methods. Amann as Liung Chang and other figures dazzle the crowd. Falke and Lemon perform, Dalys dance, and Lamartines tumble. An excellent show throughout.
Mrs Leslie Carter stars as Maryland Calvert in Belasco’s The Heart of Maryland at the Hollis. The Civil War era drama draws strong audience reaction with scenes of a lover aloft and a warly atmosphere, while avoiding overt combat.
The weekly revival of Gounod's Faust at Castle Square Theatre opened to a large audience with strong singing and acting. Miss Lane shone as Marguerite, Mr Temple sang with spirit as Faust, and Mr Murray and Mr Mephistopheles expertly supported the cast. The chorus and orchestra matched the production's high standard. Millard and Pache to alternate leading roles with Lane and Temple this week.
Large audiences enjoyed a full afternoon and evening program at Keith's Theatre featuring Papinta the dancing star Bertoldi the contortionist and Spink and Spink on flying rings. The hold overs from last week drew strong crowds and positive notices for their sensational acts.
John W Ishams Octoroons entertain Boston crowds with a mixed bill of grand opera selections song numbers and vaudeville style specialty acts. The program features The Blackville Derby The Hottest Nigger in Town and a thirty member chorus with Mme Flower dubbed the Bronze Melba plus a full operatic finale Thirty Minutes Around the Operas and an ensemble olio.
Edward Harrigan starred at Bowdoin Square Theatre with Marty Malone drawing a large, receptive crowd. His portrayal of the bluff old sailor drew laughs, while his singing, including new songs The Hole in the Wall and Shandon Bells, was well received. Thomas Le Mack earned encores as Hippolyte Ducrow. Henry A. Fisher has long partnered with Harrigan.
A busy program at Tremont Temple features Charles T Grilley and the Ariel Quartet with varied mirth and music. Grand Opera House showcases The Shavgahran Irish play with star James Hall and a strong vaudeville lineup. New Grand Theatre offers She Couldn't Marry Three with Lillian Kennedy and an extensive vaudeville olio. Austin Stone’s Museum presents Minerva in a dramatic cannon demonstration and other acts. Trocadero offers a changing bill with jugglers, singers, and acrobats keeping audiences entertained.
The Eden Musee wax works exhibit on Hanover Street attracts large crowds for a last week showing described as moral refined and amusing. Mechanical wonders and a chamber of horrors are highlighted as a lifetime sight in Boston with thousands visiting over ten weeks. Next Monday the Nickel Odeon Museum and Theatre will reopen with two curio halls and a grand double stage show and affordable admission.
The Hoosier Doctor a three act Indiana life comedy by Augustus Thomas starring Digby Bell and Laura Joyce Bell played to strong reception at Newark Theatre. John W. Isham and Octoroons tour noted alongside Kraw & Erlinger and Park Theatre Boston rehearsals. Lad, Miss Neville, Blaney troupe and Huberman Szumowska joined Boston arts calendar with various concerts, exhibitions, and vaudeville acts.
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