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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1896
Page
5
Ivory Soap is sold in two sizes with prices at five cents per cake for the small option and a larger cake described as more convenient and economical for laundry and household use. If a grocer is out of stock, customers are advised to request it. Procter and Gamble Co. Cincinnati.
Last night Boston presented The Scarlet Letter as an opera with libretto by George Parsons Lathrop and score by Walter Damroth. The cast featured Johanna Gadski and Arthur Dimmesdale in a dramatic staging that followed Hawthorne's tale with bold departures and Wagnerian orchestration.
A vivid plea for relief from fatigue and nerve strain cites Arthur H. Wilson of South Boston as a rising state legislator candidate and endorses Dr. Greene’s Nervara as a cure. The advertisement promises personal care, physician guidance, and guaranteed results. A theatre plot features Captain Courteney disguises and a race to rescue Angela Brightwell amid a semicomic chase.
A detailed critique praises Damrosch's The Scarlet Letter performance with strong musicianship and actors like Barron Berthold, but notes Fraulein Gadski's inconsistent tuning. It also covers Hawthorne tribute, Der Freischutz lineup, and Damrosch's speech, then shifts to Park Theatre's Miss Brown farce with Bob Graham as Captain Courteney and Jennie Satterlee earning applause.
Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taber open a three week repertory season at Hollis Street Theatre with Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. The cast includes Mrs Sol Smith and William F. Owen with praise for Taber and strong support, repeated performances announced.
The Columbia Theatre showcased Clifford Dempsey’s melodrama The Arm of the Law with an Indian mute and a Chinese highbinder set in the West. Cast includes William O'Daite, Wonder, Logan Paul, Maude Granger, Carrie Rose, and W J. Doyle. strong reception for performances. Next week Steve Brodie brings The Bowery to Boston.
The second week of Iolanthe opened at Castle Square Theatre to a large audience. Miss Lane is an attractive Phyllis and Edith Mason balances the title role with strong support from Persse Wolff Murray and Woolley as the cast delivers another fine Gilbert and Sullivan performance. Tolanthe will be played at all performances this week.
An enthusiastic audience at the Museum witnessed the fifth and final midweek week of E. H. Sothern in The Prisoner of Zenda. The production drew large crowds and left a strong impression, boosting Sothern's reputation. On February 24 Charles Frohman brings his new comedy The Gay Parisians to Boston for the first time.
The Grand Opera House under Charles P. Elliott will start continuous performances featuring a dramatic stock company and refined vaudeville. Opening prices are 10 cents gallery 20 cents balcony and 20 cents lower floor. The stock company will present the American play My Partner with rehearsals beginning soon.
The history notes the first week of Abbey Schoet opening day sales for single performances. It records how tickets went on sale and the initial public response, highlighting early lines and demand for the inaugural Abbey events.
The Howard Atheneum hosted a record vaudeville program with top acts including the Vaidis sisters, Bunth and Rudd, Will H. Fox, J. Aldrich Libbey, Gyori Juliska, Kitty Michell, and several sketch teams and musical numbers. The eleven hour show featured variety, with the Palace Theatre offering burlesque and a John Tierney led company. the Boston Instrumental Club concert closed the evening with Miss Jenny Corea.
The Grand Museum staged The Pride of Kildare a lively Irish melodrama by John Walsh with a stock company. Shaun O Neill faces Squire Drummond and others as Dennis O Rourke Widow McFee and charming heiress Aroon charm the crowd. The show features Irish sentiment and humor with Mabel Stanley singing and a cast of local and visiting acts adding variety.
On Washington's Birthday The Wonderland at 11 Tremont Row offers a grand opening with novelty and interest unmatched locally Mi chauds famous fifty thousand dollar painting Folly will be among the featured attractions for the public to view.
A full bill travels through the Nickelodeon shows with Lala Coolah back from a wedding tour in the curio hall. The pie-eating contest amuses crowds while Sidonia the wire walker and Erskine with shadow graphs perform. White Eagle Bill astonishes with muscle acts as Tom and Ida Golden and others receive praise for a clever theatre program.
The Lyceum presents French Folly burlesque this week with two large audiences yesterday. Miss Pearl Bradburn leads in The Tally Ho Club and The Wicked World with bright dialogue and music. The Herbert brothers and several vaudeville acts, including Master George Murphy and Tom Ripley, provide notable specialties. Performances run twice daily at the usual low prices.
Dr. Major G L Porter of Bridgeport Conn spoke on The Tragedy of the Nation or the Assassination of Lincoln before the Danvers Historical Society. John L Morehouse of Fairfield county died at his Bridgeport home. A crank claiming to be William McDonald a Holyoke detective was found prowling Stratford and fined for vagrancy. Connecticut overtime claims for letter carriers amount to 45377.17 since the eight hour law.
Boston Post almanacs advertised with affordable mail order options and a prepaid 2 percent postpaid elbow monitor offer, inviting readers to purchase by mail or in person and emphasizing wide accessibility.
The New York Journal reports Julian Kairh’s London dispatch arguing William Sexton’s unanimous Dublin election sustains the McCarthyite split from Parnell. P. J. O Kelly cites Sexton as the chief mover of Parnell’s ouster and criticizes his leadership as failing to secure Home Rule or reforms for Ireland while serving English interests.
A tense scene unfolds on a crowded train or theater car as a man in a fur cap questions belief in women lecturers. His companion adds a nervous cough and reveals the speaker is his wife seated beside him, heightening the confrontation.
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