Maude Adams Returns to Boston Stage in What Every Woman Knows
Maude Adams opened at Hollis in the Barrie comedy What Every Woman Knows after years abroad. The review praises Barrie’s straight-foward wit and character portrayal, notes Adams’s Maggie Wylie performance, while commending Richard Bennett as John Strand and the rest of the capable cast including R. Peyton Carter and David Torrence.
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Jean d'Arc
Maude Adams
Boston
Hollis
London
New York
Mr. Barrie
Barrie
Crichton
Maggie Wyte
John Strand
Maggie
Miss Adams
Maggie Wylie
Richard Bennett
R. Peyton Carter
David Torrence
Fred Tyler
Lumsden Hare
Fromott Paget
Lillian Waldegrave
Tremont Theatre Draws Largest Monday Night Crowd
The Tremont Theatre hosted its biggest Monday night audience since Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm opened there. The popular Wiggin novel adaptation continues to draw crowds, marking a rise in the play’s popularity and attendance.
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Tremont Theatre
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Park Theatre Hosts William Tledge In The Man From Home
Last night at the Park Theatre marked the fifth week of William Tledge's Boston engagement in The Man From Home. The popular comedian, making his first Boston appearance as a star, drew a full house with a remarkable run.
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Park Theatre
William Tledge
Boston
Eczema Cured Quickly by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Jaula Dorsey reports her nine month old son suffered a neck rash and constant rubbing. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment the itching eased, rubbing stopped, and the child recovered. The note, dated October 2, 1909, confirms ongoing use and satisfaction.
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Jaula Dorsey
Browns Ct
Washington, D. C
Sothern and Marlowe Star in Hamlet at Shubert Boston
Sothern returns to Hamlet at Shubert Theatre Boston with Julia Marlowe as Ophelia in a refined interpretation that emphasizes mental strain over madness. Marlowe brings a winsome Ophelia, while Buckstone’s grave digger supplies dry humor. Next week’s main attraction is Lew Fields’ The Midnight Sun musical.
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Kk. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Boston
Shubert Theatre
Hamlet
Mr. Sothern
Miss Marlowe
Ophelia
Hollis Street Theatre
Sothern
Roland Buckstone
Lew Fields
Maud Lambert
Gladys Moore
Vernon Castle
George Monroe
Harry Fisher
George A. Schiller
Are You a Mason at Castle Square This Week
Castle Square Theatre presents Are You a Mason revived after last season's success. John Craig stars as Frank Perry with Donald Meek as George Fisher providing strong comic support. Gertrude Binley shines in Irish bits. Miss Young plays the discontent wife. Next week James A. Herne's Shore Acres with Craig as Uncle Nat Berry.
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Castle Square
Craig
Mr. Craig
Frank Perry
Donald Meek
George Fisher
John Craig
Gertrude Binley
Danish Benefit Concert for St Ansgar Church Fund
Tomorrow evening February 2 a benefit concert will aid St Ansgar Danish Lutheran Church building fund. Performers include soprano Mrs Thomsen Ward mezzo Edith Weye contralto Cecilia Petersen pianist Leon Van Vieit cellist Edith Bradford accompanist.
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St. Ansgar’s
Cause of Debility and Pink Pills Endorsed by Sufferer
A historical health ad explains thin blood as the main debility cause and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic. It features a Baltimore man describing year long illness, back pain, weight loss, and recovery after using the remedy. The pills are marketed for anemia chlorosis rheumatism and post fever weakness, priced at 50 cents per box with six for 250.
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Williams
Tempest Delivers Lively Comedy in Penelope at Colonial
Marie Tempest charmed Colonial Theatre patrons last night in Penelope. The London comedy by W. Somerset Maugham showcases Tempest as a sparkling, dainty, refined comic talent with a delicate sense of humor.
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Marie Tempest
Penelope
W. Sorerset Maugham
London
Miss Tempest
Majestic Theatre hosts De Angelis in The Beauty Spot finale
Boston audiences have turned out in strong numbers for Jefferson De Angelis in The Beauty Spot at the Majestic. He ends his engagement with a standout turn as General Samovar, a role praised as an acting part.
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Boston
Jefferson de Angelis
The
Majestic
General Samovar
Globe Theatre Presents Bert Williams in Mr. Lode of Real
Globe Theatre packed from pit to home as Bert Williams and assistants open the second week of Mr. Lode of Real. Williams delivers the familiar lugubrious, humorous persona while the show is creditably staged. Going Some by Armstrong and Beach will premiere next Monday night at the Globe Theatre.
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Ine Globe Theatre
Pit
Bert Williams
Mr. Lode
Real
Globe Theatre
Paul Armstrong
Rex Beach
Stars At American Music Hall Delight Boston Audiences
James J. Corbett and R A Roberts headlined a seven character stage bill with Cruel Coppinger a pirate drama for which Roberts performed 20 costume changes on stage. Corbett regaled fans with career anecdotes and views on the Jeffries Johnson fight. Also featured were Middleton Spellmeyer and company in A Texan Wooing and Dora Pelletier in celebrity impersonations.
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James J. Corbett
R. A. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Boston
Coppinger
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Paul Lavelle
London
Mr. Corbett
Jeffries
Johnson
Corbett
Middleton , Spellmeyer and Company
Cameron
Gaylord
Dora Pelletier
Eva Tanguay
Columbia Theatre Burlesque Show Attracts Large Audience
Empire Burlesquers headline a lively bill at the Columbia Theatre this week featuring Two Pikers at the Race Track and Two Pikers in a Rathskeller. Principal acts include Tom McRae Cora White Luella Temple Azaela Fontaine Peyton and Wilson Rose and Ellis Tom Nolan Trish and the Garden City four. Wrestling Wednesday pits Joe Rusek the Bulgarian bull against Jim Prokos the terrible Greek.
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Columbia Theatre
Empire
Columbia
Tom McRae
Cora White
Luella Temple
Sonbrette
Azaela Fontaine
Peyton and Wilson
Rose and Ellis
Tom Nolan
Trish
Garden City Four
Joe Rusek
Jim Prokos
Quincy Adams Sawyer Enchants Crowd at Grand Opera House
The Boston Theatre presentation of Quincy Adams Sawyer at the Grand Opera House drew a crowded house last night. The cast delivered faithful New England characters with natural rural wit. Bright costumes and tuneful music accompanied many amusing scenes, earning high praise for the company’s performance.
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Boston Theatre
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Grand Opera House
Mr. Pidgin
New England States
New England
Waldron's Casino High Rollers Week Engagement Opens
The High Rollers company began a week at Waldron's Casino with A Night's Frolic and A Night in Paris. John W. Jess and Harry Yost provided much fun, supported by Maude Bliston and Hattie Mills in leading female roles. Other standout performers included Charles Farrell, Harry Kooper, Al Canfield, Hamilton Alvin, Jack Alvin, Ed Oliver, Clare Burg, Elizabeth Mayne, Lillian Nulty, Madeline Mathewson and Holita Anderson. Special vaudeville acts featured Canfield and Shopper, the Farrell Taylor trio, and six Bonisettis with acrobatics.
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High Rollers
Waldron
Paris
John W. Jess
Harry Yost
Maude Bliston
Hattie Mills
Charles Farrell
Harry Kooper
al Canfield
Hamilton Alvin
Jack Alvin
Ed Oliver
Clare Burg
Elizabeth Mayne
Lillian Nulty
Madaline Mathewson
Holita Andson
Canfield
Shopper
Trust Busters
Farrell
Taylor
Bonisettis
Hub Theatre Presents New Hypnotism Programme
Weldmere the hypnotist headlines a night at Hub Theatre with a sensational blood circulation and rigid catalepsy test. Frisby-Dyke and Nina Lester perform among other acts as the programme debuts a fresh list of animated photography subjects.
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Weldmere
Frisby-Dyke and Company
Nina Lester
Scenic Temple bill features Freemont and vaudeville trio
Two crowded houses enjoyed yesterday's performances at the Scenic Temple. Little Freemont delighted the audience as a singing comedienne while Sommers and Law delivered rip-roaring comedy and Skinner and Wood impressed with nimble dancing, drawing enthusiastic reactions throughout the afternoon and evening.
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Little Freemont
Sommers and Law
Skinner
Wood
Keiths Theatre Offers Fuller Ballet and Waldorf Vaudeville Fusion
Keiths Theatre presents Fullers Ballet of Light in week three with enhanced beauty. Also featured is Laskys Waldorf vaudeville spectacle with Knute Erickson and Paul West, plus Neff and Carrie Starr in a Boston debut. Mareena Nevarro Mareena, Lovenberg Neapolitans, Morton, and the Johnstons round out the diverse program.
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de Fuller
Keith's
Miss Waller
Boston Opera House
Jesse Lasky
Miss Fuller
the Waldorf
Knute Erickson
Paul West
George Spink
Charles Berton
William Kendall Evans
Milton W. Lusk
John Neff
Carrie Starr
Boston
Neff
Miss Starr
Charles Lovenberg
Neapolitans
Mareena
Nevarro
Hd Morton
Johnstons
The Girl From Rector's Adds Extra Matinees in Boston
Due to high demand at the Boston Theatre two extra matinee performances of The Girl From Rector's are added for the final Boston stay. They will be held Thursday and Friday afternoons, in addition to the regular matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Seats are on sale now for all performances.
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Rector’s
Boston Theatre
Boston
Rector's
My Uncle from New York at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The New York musical production My Uncle from New York led by actor and playwright Harry Montague played to success at Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday. Lillian Keeley from Boston shone in a prominent role amid a balanced cast with strong supporting performances and a fine vaudeville act presented nearby.
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New York
Harry Montague
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lillian Keeley
Boston
Theatre Comique Shows Talking Picture Theme This Week
Theatre Comique features The Girl and the Judge a dramatic melodrama with strong realism. Also shown are The Skipper s Yarn Coffee Culture Billy s Boots The Great Divide Wild Waves at St Jean de Lux and Dicks a Winner. Herbert Bit ters debuts with notable tenor solos. The Comique Roto Puzzle Pictures add extra draw.
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Theatre Comique
St. Jean’ de Lux
Herbert Bitters
Gaiety Theatre Presents Columbia Burles Experiments
At the Gaiety yesterday the Columbia Burlesquers offered musical fantasies and a set of specialties. Genie Pollard May Bryant and Pearl Reid led the female roles with Ben Ross Fred Nolen and Fred Rus sell as the main performers. Edwin Han ford wrote the burlesques Vacation Days and The 10 000 Prize with comic scenes including a devil parody and poses The Sun Worshippers The Nymphs The Slave Mart and In the Moonlight. The program also featured the dancing Butlers Clipper Comedy Tour and the Jessie Keller troupe.
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Columbia
Genie Pollard
May Bryant
Pearl Reid
Ben Ross
Fred Nolen
Fred Russell
Edwin Hanford
Moonight
Dancing Butlers
Clipper
Jessie Keller
Duncan’s Greek Dances in Boston at Jordan Hall
Raymond and Penelope Duncan presented a Greek dance interpretation in Boston at Jordan Hall assisted by Eleni Sikelianos and Dionysos Devaris with Hellenic music. Mrs. Duncan sang an ancient hymn and performed folk and pastoral shepherd dances after addressing Harvard students and parading in Greek costumes in New York.
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God
Labor meetings and union events in Boston last night
Labor notes describe Union 1 arranging a Sunday meeting at 724 Washington to set the 1910 wage scale and working terms. General Organizer Waxman urged Boston craft alignment with other cities. Other items include a delegation to the Steamers Protective Association ball, attendance by notable figures, and remarks by Charles M. Kimball on Western mill visits.
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Garment Workers’ Union
Washington Street
Waxman
New York
Steamers’ Protective Association
Knights of Honor Hall
Boston
Union
Louisville
John M. Gillespie
New England
John J. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
Sullivan at the Howard in Roxbury Night reception and sketches
A Boston audience packed the Howard Theatre to see John J Sullivan, famed world champion, in a nostalgic athletic sketch with Jake Kilrain. He performs twice daily this week before embarking on a European tour. Roxbury Night will feature a reception Thursday. The program includes Johnson Ketchel fight pictures, Palmer Molr and Corbett McCoy reels, and a strong variety bill with Blake's animal circus, Howard and Collinson, Burns and Fulton, Farnon and the Clark sisters, Bouton and Burke, Burgos and Clara, Thea Leightner, Moon and Phillips, Rice and Walters, Cunningham and Durvey, Celig Weston, Oterita, Le Clair and West, and other acts.
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John J. Sullivan
the Howard
Jake Kilrain
John Ir
Boston
Blake's Animal Circus
Howard
Collinson
Moon
Phillips
Rice
Walters
Cunningham
Durvey
Celig Weson
Oterita
Gotham
le Clair
West
New Palace Theatre presents The Law of the Desert headliner
The New Palace Theatre showcases Western drama The Law of the Desert with Dave Porter setting the mood. The program includes The Four Happy Whe l ans musical sketch, Van and Davis eccentric acts, Ross and Stewart German comedy, Marrison Moor singing banjo, and Veaudion European novelty, plus motion pictures An Outlaw's Sacrifice The Cloister's Touch The Best Man Wins The Strong Man and Cousin Lou for Mine.
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New Palace Theatre
Dave Porter
Happy Whelans
Van
Davis
Ross and
Stewart
Marrison
Moor
Veaudion
Lou
Wellesley Aids New York Shirtwaist Strikers Meeting
At College Hall chapel Wellesley President Hazard Dean Pendleton and many faculty members aided the striking shirtwaist workers after a large gathering. Mrs Sue Ainslie Clark spoke on living wages and Rose Schneiderman outlined strike conditions and gains amid 2500 workers still on strike.
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Hazard
Dean Pendleton
New York
College Hall Chapel
Sue Ainslie Clark
Three Killed as Car Is Hit by Denver Trolley
Denver January 31 A trolley car struck a automobile carrying five persons killing James A. Baker of Attleboro Massachusetts and two unidentified women while fatally injuring Russell A Talbot of New York Police later reported no Attleboro resident by that name in Denver and could not locate the listed James A Baker.
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Denver
James A. Baker
Attleboro
Mass
Russell A. Talbot
New York
Hints Father Murdered: Body Washed Ashore in Plum Island
The body of William Murphy a 71 year old flour seller and local agent disappeared from 91 College avenue West Somerville last Tuesday. His body washed ashore yesterday at Plum Island Connecticut. He lived in Somerville seven years and told family he was going to Providence before vanishing. Daughter Pearl Keating suspects foul play.
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William Murphy
College Avenue
West Somerville
Plum Island
Connecticut
Murphy
Somerville
Providence
Pearl Keating
Chelsea Board of Control Pay Reduction Drive
An effort to reduce salaries for Chelsea Board of Control members is underway. Petitions addressed to Governor Draper and the Executive Council are in circulation requesting a hearing.
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Chelsea Board of Control
Draper
Executive Council
Mayor elect guest of the Heptasophs ball in Corinthian Hall
John F Fitzgerald, mayor-elect, was chief guest at the William McKinley Conclave of the Improved Order of Heptasophs ball held in Corinthian Hall 1651 Washington Street. About 500 attendees greeted him. late arrival and brief speech followed by a large reception. Floor marshal A Glynn Ward 7, aided by M A Malley, J C Killbride, J C Murphy, A J Hegney, and a list of aides including J Glynn, P Hendon, T F Hinneran, J J McDonnell, M A Malley, J J Queeney, G H Bemis, W Dunlan, D Cavanaugh and P J Lyons.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Corinthian Hall
Washington Street
A. Glynn
Ward 7
Michael A. Malley
John C. Killbride
Bacon Store Folk Hold Ball Tonight
The W. A. Bacon Employees' Association hosts its 10th ball at Catholic Union Hall with Miss Mary Finn as floor marshal. Assisting are Joseph P. McGrady, Miss Gertrude M. Cotter, Miss Sadie C. Finnerity, Miss Mae E. Long, Miss Carrie J. Hersey, Miss Katherine Mulligan and Charles H. Cummings, alongside invited guests including Augustus Bacon, Horace Bacon, Superintendent Hugh D. Gillis, A. L. O'Bacon, Greenville Bacon, W. D. Colton Jr., A. T. Rugg, and Walter Ballantyne.
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W. A. Bacon Employees’ Association
Catholic Union Hall
Mary Finn
Joseph P. McGrady
Gertrude M. Cotter
Sadie C. Finnerty
Mae E. Long
Carrie J. Hersey
Katherine Mulligan
Charles H. Cummings
Augustus Bacon
Horace Bacon
Hugh D. Gillis
A. L.o’bacon
Greenville
Bacon
W. D. Colton, Jr
A. T. Rugg and
Walter Ballantyne
Somerville Dentists Offer Free Half Day Care
At the Somerville School Board meeting a group of 25 local dentists offered free half day weekly dental care for children sent by teachers. The only condition was a heated room provided by the committee for medical inspection.
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Somerville School Board
Somerville
Thio
Committee On
Sheridan Conclave to Hold Annual Concert and Dance
The Sheridan Conclave 1029 of the Improved Order of Heptasophs will stage its second grand concert and dance at Cypress Hall Cambridge tonight. A concert from eight to nine followed by dancing from nine to two features first class professional talent.
John F. Rea Dies Suddenly in Castine at 51
John F. Rea longtime special deputy collector of customs in Castine died suddenly this afternoon at age 51 from heart disease. He was a prominent figure in town affairs and lived in Castine, Maine.
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Castine, Me
John F. Rea
Old and Perfect Violins and Basses in Stock
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