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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1914
Page
7
The Castle Square Theatre presented William Gillette's farce All the Comforts of Home for the first time in years. The clever nephew uses his uncle's house as lodging rooms to profit, evoking laughs at plot, incidents, scenes, and characters. Mr. Craig's company offers an adept performance.
A health column recommends reducing daily meat to lessen uric acid build up that weakens kidneys. It endorses Jad Salts as a inexpensive, safe remedy to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys and neutralize urinary acids, claiming dramatic relief.
A testimonial letter claims Eckman’s Alterative cured severe throat and lung troubles after other doctors gave up. The writer says the medicine restored health, increased weight, and restored energy, urging others to try it. It cites Rev Wm Berg and a Seheverville patient as examples and promotes the product with claims of proven long-term efficacy.
American women desiring a slimmer figure are told French salts dissolve fat when used in baths. After fifteen to eighteen treatments, muscle tone and slimness reportedly return without exercise or diet, claimed as medically approved. Sold by Wolavien Wu and druggists with a booklet available from Clark’s Sergoral in New York.
At Mollis Street Theatre Annie Russell and company opened a two week run of Sheridan’s School for Scandal with a polished 18th century production. The cast includes Oswald Yorke Fred Permain Murray Kinnell Florence Le Clercq Henrietta Goodwin and others. Scenic effects and costumes receive praise as the run continues this week with She Stoops to Conquer scheduled for the second week.
Howard Atheneum showcased Miss Cora Livingston as the undefeated female wrestling champion yesterday. Weeklong matches invite local female wrestlers to try for the title, while Jack Sheehan of the international sports circle challenged Livingston, claiming he could produce a challenger. The program featured burlesque acts from California and Western states, with performers including the Carlton sisters and Grace Moore, plus violinists and dancers, drawing strong crowds.
National Theatre yesterday presented Jesse Lasky’s Rest Cure as a 12 member laughable sketch. Kathryn Purnell starred in A Double Deception with Wag and Murray and Mason offering new songs and witty pieces. Weell Masten delivered a silver toned voice, Rivaldi and Stone danced, Hamilton and Walter impressed, Cavanna Duo wowed on the high wire, Gene Barron played the violin, and Jack Hewitt sang I’m On My Way to Mandalay delighting the crowd.
Tremont Temple patrons enjoy the illustrated narrative of Captain Scott with a graphic moving picture tale of Antarctic life. The program blends tragedy with comedy features and is shown in a double daily lecture.
Forbes Robertson and company open a second week at the Shubert Theatre with George Bernard Shaw's Cesar and Cleopatra. Sir Johnston and wife previously played the title parts. Robertson as Cesar and Gertrude Elliott as Cleopatra receive praise for wit and stagecraft in this satire on history.
The Colonial presents the final week of Oh Oh Delphine with a witty plot and memorable music. The show features a charming cast of pretty women and genuinely funny comedians, delighting audiences with its dainty spice and entertaining humor.
This week and next mark the Tremont Theatre close of the engagement of Years of Discretion. The pretty comedy has impressed audiences with careful character work including Effie Shannon as a Brookline widow whose rapidity draws praise, among her finest performances.
The Plymouth Theatre presents Under Cover to Boston crowds with wholesome comedy and lively talent led by William Courtenay and Lily Cahill. The current attraction draws growing audiences as another week begins.
The Cort Theatre in Park Square rises to front rank after a short run. Joseph Santley stars in When Dreams Come True with May Vokes Amelia Summerville Mignon McGibeny and others. The show offers bright comedy lively music and notable dancing.
Gaiety Theatre presents two act burlesque production Broadway Girls led by George P Murphy an eminent German comedian with Tinkle's Troubles. Murphy stars with Living Connors and Bill Armstrong delivering versatile performances to keep the audience amused.
Eddie Heron and company head the long bill with Birds of a Feather drawing laughs. Jones and Johnson blackface duo, Hayes and Allpoint in Robint and Cotrelli, Hills and Adams for acrobatics, and the brothers with a bag punching act share the stage alongside a strong lineup of photoplays.
The Boston Theatre audience welcomed a return viewing of Way Down East under the Keith Boston Theatre Company. William Wood’s new regime drew congratulations as the production offered familiar Winter scenes with Anna Moore and Squire Bartlett.
Zira and trained leopards presented one of the greatest acts at the theatre yesterday. The bill included Roland West Players in Who Was He and a lineup of acts by Deltorelli and Glissando clowns Roy La Pearl Creighton Brothers and Belmont. A fine display of photoplays accompanied the program.
Globe Theatre enters the sixth week of showing Traffic in Souls a stark photoplay about white slave traffic. The melodrama presents hard hitting scenes portraying the under world and the trafficking of girls as vivid on screen as topical news reports.
Vaudeville bill at Gordon & Lord's Scollay Square Olympia features W. H. Mack in High Life in Jail, with Foy and Clark in The Spring of Youth sketch. Castelluci leads seven trained musicians in a strong musical offering. rest of the program praised.
Waldron's Casino features Charley Waldron presenting The Girls From Starland with Will J. Kennedy as lead comedian. Kennedy, noted as a premier rude burlesque comic, is backed by a talented company including Edward Castano Joe Niemeyer Tom McMahon Lew Christy Billie Hill Ethel Hall and Katherine McConnell.
Keith's Theatre showcased S. Cobb's Serial Bagby featuring a Confederate and a Union veteran secretly helping a young couple, a blend of comedy and drama. Edwin Stevens fronted The Troubles of R and J burletta with Tina Marshall, while Paul Seldom's Venus offered marble statuary tableaux. The program also highlighted the Murray sisters, Bowman brothers, European dancers, Leona Stephens, Nip and Tuck, and the Pathe Weekly.
Hundreds of women attended Bowdoin Square Theatre to see The White Slave of Paris a photo drama about love duty and mercy in the French underworld. The program featured roosters bird acts banjoist Nina Esphey Lombardian street duo gymnasts and a variety of musical numbers plus athletic feats by Hildebrand and De Long and the Hugo Hamlet serenaders.
Robert Hilliard entered the Park Theatre for the third week of performances last evening drawing a full house. The Argyle Case is praised as a top detective play with worldwide appeal for fans of mystery drama.
A persuasive home remedy advocates Optona tablets dissolved in water to bathe the eyes. Claiming rapid clearing of inflammation, it urges readers to obtain the tablets from a drug store and use the solution two to four times daily, warning that neglect can lead to blindness.
Marguerite Clark stars in Prunella at the Majestic Theatre with a Lawrence Housman and Granville Barker script and Joseph Moorat music. The fantasy follows a sheltered young girl who seeks the outside world, ends in disillusionment, and steps into married life with a wedding ring.
The review notes a harsh world for the unsophisticated and Prunella’s return after her aunts and servants die. A lively dirge marks the husband’s arrival as mummers, a talking stone statue, and odd musical effects redefine sentiment, creating a curious but epic piece for poetic tastes.
Marguerite Clark delivers depth in Prunella a strong emotional performance along with John Glendinning as Pierrot. The engagement runs two weeks then features Jane Cowl's Within the Law company.
Auburn Maine February 2 William E Lawless a commercial traveller won the Democratic nomination for Mayor He previously ran in 1911 and 1912 and lost by narrow margins in both races The report notes his nomination is official tonight in Auburn.
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