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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
4
John Drew presents Smith at the Hollis theater while Sam Bernard offers He Came From Milwaukee at the Shubert theater. Julian Eltinge stars in The Fascinating Widow at the Boston theater alongside other attractions.
John Drew opens his Boston engagement at Hollis Street Theatre with Somerset Maugham's Smith a drama about modern English society. Thomas Freeman travels from London to South Africa seeking a wife and marries the parlor maid Smith amid a cast led by Hastard Short Isabel Irving Sibyl Thorndike and Jane Laurel. Drew earns applause in the self assured Englishman role while the company includes Morton Selton and Lewis Casson with two weeks remaining before The Spendthrifts.
Milwaukee import Sam Bernard draws crowded bowled crowds at the Shubert Theatre Boston in a two week engagement of He Came from Milwaukee. Bernard delivers his best comic work in a lively musical comedy with a sparkling score and a hit number Consequences. Adele Rowland and Grace Leigh lead a strong supporting cast in a riotous, municipal style affair.
Julian Eltinge makes a Boston debut as star in The Fascinating Widow a comedy with music. He appears both in feminine garb and as a man delivering clever impersonations. Ruth Maryeliff supports as his appealing sweetheart. critics praise his artistry and tasteful performance.
The Tremont Theatre showcases The Follies of 1910 with singing and dancing beauties. Lillian Lorraine, Janie Brice, Shirley Kellogg, and Vera Maxwell headline while comedians Bickel and Watson, Bert Williams, Billie Reeves, and others perform. A three hour program features a water tank dive and holds strong Ziegfeld style appeal.
Boston patrons packed the Howard to watch Frankie Burns debut a training stunt act as the new bantam weight champion. The show featured a full supporting cast including Casey Corner girls Billy Spencer Ricky Craig and Olga Orloff with music by Nat Clark and Belle Hunter among others. The audience responded enthusiastically praising the entire bill and Burns performance.
The Grand Opera House continues with Uncle Tom's Cabin by A W Martins company now in its fifth decade of popularity. Marie Clark stars as Little Eva with strong supporting work and the Uncle Tom's band provides pre show music. Next week features Lillian Mortimer's melodrama No Mother to Guide Her with a Lincoln Day matinee.
Visitors flock to the Austin and Stone’s Museum in Boston to see Prince Pegasus the three legged horse after a local paper report sparked curiosity. The program features The Chimes of Eddyville by the Manhattan Maids and Walsh and Murray, plus acts by Foley and Dale Ray and Williams, Lulu Keeley, Camille Farladaux, Fleming and La Ducer, Sam Russell the clown, Ali Hashash the Dervish dancer, a monkey cage, a giant serpent, and 1000 feet of new motion pictures.
A Bowdoin Square Theatre program featured the Broncho Busters rough riders lasso acts and stunts with bronchos and a popular Adele Von Onl. Kiddo the bucking horse charmed children while Saparo Jones Verdi trio and others performed. Moving pictures offered dramatic and educational features with amateurs set for Thursday night.
Ernst Von Possart, famed German actor, joins his company for a single Boston appearance at the Shubert Theatre under the Deutsche Gesellschaft. The program features the charming Man-Cha'rian, presenting a notable repertory engagement after three weeks at Irving Place Theatre in New York.
Master Gabriel, a seven year old on stage, performs Little Tommy Tucker and impersonates past roles like Little Nemo and Buster Brown with his dog Tige. Boston duo Butler Haviland and Alice Thornton are welcomed. The cast also includes George B. Reno, Willette Whittaker, Beatrice Ingram, Rice Sully Scott, Charles and Fannie Van, and Diaz monkeys for a lively program.
Boston critics praise the Castle Square revival of The Road to Yesterday with Boston actors and authors. Mary Young captivates as the dreamt heroine while Craig shines in dual eras, supported by Homans Hassell and Marie Curtis. Next week a Goethe Faust production is planned.
The Gaiety Theatre offers a week of Vanity Fair Burlesquers led by Billie Ritchie and the Shadow Girls with A Night at the Roadhouse and Hindoo Hoban Man. Musical numbers by Winifred Francis Anna Woods La Couvier and Sylvia. Rena La Couvier with Red Raven Cadets Howard and Lewis and Cook and Sylvia perform songs and dances. The closing burlesque Fun in a Music Hall tops a show praised as above average.
New York February 6 Samuel Rubin a 22 year old youth was sentenced in the Court of General Sessions to not less than ten years nor more than seventeen and a half years in prison and a one dollar fine He is the first person convicted under the new white slave law which makes it a felony to subsist on warnings of women of the underworld
Three robbers blew open the Linwood State Bank safe in Linwood Kansas and escaped with about 1800 dollars in silver and currency. Police say two gunmen held citizens at bay outside while the third emptied the vault before fleeing toward the outskirts of town.
A Boston delegation travels to Caribay for George Ade's U S Minister Bedloe spoof as William H. Crane opens the second week with an versatile cast led by Mrs. Thomas Whiffen and Harrison Ford. Next week will close Crane's run and present The Commuters.
A fine show at the Scenic Temple featured the Orpheum Comedy Four with new songs witty dialogue and lively dancing that became an instant hit. Harry Adler the clever mimic impressed the crowd while Rastus Brown and Miss Harrison kept the pace brisk and Mae Maxfield’s child impersonations pleased all. The motion picture exhibit also drew interest.
Louis Robie's Knickerbocker burlesquers entertain at Waldron's Casino this week with Reno a divorce spoof and The Love Kiss finale. John E. Cain Snitz Moore Eugene Kelly Harry Holden Kip and Kippy jugglers join Lucille Harron Violet Rio Beattie Evans Zella DeMar in the lively bill.
The Rosary continues to draw crowds at the Globe Theatre extending into its seventh week with matinee and night performances. Large parties from nearby towns visit and regional interest grows as the story of an unbelieving husband and loving wife unfolds alongside a priest’s intercession.
The Cherry Blossoms from Boston stars Joe Burton George Payne Charles Oro Eddie Mack Joe Carr and John W Y Perry with Lillian Perry Cherry Bonner Stella Miller and Gertrude Brown in a lively show at the Columbia. Numbers Any Little Girl and Un neighborly Neighbors fuel the merriment with a large chorus. Wednesday features wrestling Walter Willoughby versus Eli Ranalino and Friday offers Amateur Night.
This week at the Orpheum one of the season’s best shows includes The Last Day of School with Joe Weston and 10 schoolchildren delivering nonstop laughs. Also on the bill are Prof Dodd and his dog, the Howard Trio, Ferrari and company, Whirlwind and pantomime, Goodall and Craig dancing and talking act, Gracey electrical musical novelty, and Lina Pantzer wire performance with top tier pictures.
Last evening the Dollar Princess opened its fourth week at the Colonial Theatre to a large audience. Donald Brian again wins praise while Daisy Le Hay scores as the princess and Carroll McComas and F. Pope Stamper earn strong applause for their performances. Also in the cast are Edward E. Connelly Albert Hart Will West Cyril Biddulph and Hilda Vining.
The Majestic Theatre staged the 50th performance of Madame X with souvenirs of carved Swiss clocks. Boston’s largest crowd yet filled the house with standing room only after extra rows of chairs were added and seats sold out.
Large audiences at the Hub Theatre enjoyed a high quality program headlined by the Montrose family. Other acts included Hughes and Tiffany and Dynes and Dynes, with Gillette sisters and Dawson and Cowboy Williams slated for Thursday.
A pamphlet promoting Beckman’s Alterative as a cure for consumption and lung diseases argues life insurance is costly since it insures death. It asserts the remedy improves health, boosts appetite, and can allow work before full cure, citing a testimonial from Arthur Webb and listing retailers and the Kekman Laboratory for evidence.
Judge for yourself what this smoothness means to the comfort of your feet. Shoes made by the Goodyear Welt Method are more durable than hand sewed, yet they cost only one third as much.
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