The Countess Valeska at Hollis Street in Boston
Julia Marlowe opens her annual Boston engagement with The Countess Valeska at Hollis Street Theatre a historical romance of love and duty set during Napoleon's invasion of Poland. The play features Marlowe in the title role with Colville Kendrick and Alfred Kendrick in supporting parts and will run through the week with further repertory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Miss Marlowe
Boston
Hollis
Countess Valeska
Poland
Valeska
J. M. Colville
Alfred Kendrick
Sol Smith
Donald MacLaren
Maude ‘Monroe
The Geisha Delights Tremont Audience With Strong Cast
The Geisha drew praise from Boston crowds at Tremont Theatre with a skilled American company. Nancy McIntosh Mimosa impressed with The Rose of Japan while Virginia Earle as Molly Seamore shone in dance and song. Ethel Hornick and James Powers also earned acclaim, with Augustus Cook and Julius Steger filling key roles. An auction sale for firemen families follows at 1:30 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geisha
London
Boston
Tremont Theatre
Nancy McIntosh
Mimosa
Japan
Virginia Earle
Molly Seamore
Helma Nelson
Ethel Hornick
Constantine
James Powers
Augustus Cook
Julius Steger
Reginald
Secret Service at the Boston Museum Opens
The play Secret Service by William Gillette opened at the Boston Museum last night. The drama is action driven with minor dialogue and strong plotting. New players Sara Perry and Hope Ross drew attention for Edith Varney and Caroline Mitford, while Gillette maintained audience interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gillette
Secret Service
Museum
Sara Perry
Edith Varney
Hope Ross
Caroline Mitford
Miss Perry
Miss Ross
Mr. Gillette
Boston Museum
Charles Frohman
New York
London
Mit
Gillette
Thyurne
Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup Endorsed by Readers
A Blandon Pennsylvania user testimonial praises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for cough cold and croup calling it the best cure and noting they always keep it on hand. The ad states the product sells for 25 cents and carries Save The Children branding.
Notable Audience Attends Secret Service Play in Boston
An unusually distinguished audience fills the theater for Secret Service with Miss Ida Waterman as Mrs Varney. Governor Josiah Grout of Vermont and staff in regalia attend, joined by generals Peck Gilmore and colonels Bliss Warden Josylan Hibbard Doty. They are in Boston for the Vermont Veterans Association banquet at Young's Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Waterman
Doty
Boston
Vermont Veterans’ Association of Boston
Young’s Hotel
Northern Lights Returns to Bowdoin Square Theatre
A full house greeted Northern Lights at Bowdoin Square Theatre with standing room crowded. The Montana setting before Custer massacre features an army surgeon and his deserted wife amid cholera thefts, brave acts by a deserter and an Indian, and a lavish spectacle. Robert Broderick and Robert Neil lead the strong cast with Lillian Brainard praised for her role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Montana
Custer
Robert Broderick
John Swiftwind
Robert Neil
Sidney Sherwood
Lillian Brainard
Messrs
Frank Allen
Arthur Buchanan
The Ballet Girl at Park Theatre Breaks Attendance Records
The Park Theatre continues The Ballet Girl as a popular musical comedy in its second week, praised for its lively music, strong cast, and encores. Edouard Jose and David H. Lythgoe deliver standout performances in The Boom, with Miss Crater and Miss Hepner praised for singing and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Park Theatre
Paris
Ballet Girl
Eugene Tompkins
Edouard Jose
David H. Lythgoe
Miss Crater
Hepner
Mr. Rice
Boston
the Park
The Lost Paradise Revival at Castle Square Theatre
The Castle Square Theatre in Boston drew a large audience for H. C. DeMille's The Lost Paradise revival. The cast featured J. H. Gilmour as Rueben Warner and J. L. Seeley as Andrew Knowlton with a full company including William Humphrey Horace Lewis N. H. Fowler and Lillian Lawrence among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
H. C. DeMille
Boston
J. H. Gilmour
Rueben Warner
J. L. Seeley
Andrew Knowlton
William Humphrey
Ralph Standish
Tony Cummings
Bob Appleton
Horace Lewis
Mr. Fletcher
N. H. Fowler
Schwartz
Lindsay Morison
Old Bensel
W. CG. Masson
Billy Hopkins
Lizzie Morgan
Mrs. Sknowlton
Lillian Lawrence
Margaret Knowlton
Florence Baker
Polly Fletcher
Cora Edsall
Nell
Mary Sanders
Cinders
Wedding Day at Boston Theatre Stars Triumph in Finale Week
The Wedding Day by Stange and Edwards at the Boston Theatre ends its second week with Lillian Russell Della Fox and Jeff De Angelis leading a starry cast. Critics praise the breezy libretto bright score and refined staging as the trio shines brighter than before. Six final performances mark the last chance for Boston audiences to see these three stars together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stange and Edwards
Boston Theatre
Lillian Russell
Della Fox
Jeff de Angelis
Knickerbocker Burlesquers Lead Howard Atheneum Bill
Louis Robie's Knickerbocker burlesquers headline Boston's Howard Atheneum season. The troupe features pretty girls, comedians, and bright specialty acts with an opening skit titled A Night With the.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Atheneum
Boston
Louis Robie
Knickerbocker
Burlesque Night Highlights Clever Character Studies at The Knickerbockers
The Knickerbockers show features burlesque sketches with Char les H Burke and John B Wills delivering sharp character studies. The company includes Emma Krause Edna Aug Margaret Rosa and a witty donkey Wise Mike. The closing burletta and Howard's alio add varied musical and comic talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Wills
Wise Mike
Emma Krause
Edna Aug
Anna Held
Margaret Rosa
Aleene
LaRue
John B
Estella Wills
Howard
Craig
Alfred Anderson
Keiths Vaudeville Attracts Large Boston Audiences
The Keiths venue drew sizable crowds yesterday with Alice Atherton star of a continuous show. Leela Mitchell and Francesca Redding headlined, featuring The Duchess of Devonshire in Boston for the first time, plus Howe and Walters in Fun in the Postoffice. Motion pictures and a stereopticon album by Professor George Gies complemented the program. Madge Lessing refused to depart from the original cast as London beckons for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith’s
Alice Atherton
Willie Edouin
Leela Mitchell
Francesca Redding
Carlton Macy
Duchess of
Devonshire
Boston
Howe
Fall
Walters
Sadie Cushman
Herbert Holcombe
Fortuni Brothers
Keith
Charles T. Grilley
Lyceum
Cross
Holden
Fenton
George Gies
Grand Theatre Presents The Planter's Child at Two Crowded Houses
The Grand Theatre stock company with adds from the Conzo brothers presented The Planter's Child a Western comedy drama drawing two crowded houses. Vic Leonzo played Cupid and C H Leonzo starred as Bill Jason and White Buffalo. Isabel Pitt Lewis led with strong work and Myrtie Kingsland starred in a notable female monologue act alongside various vaudeville performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Theatre
Leonzos
Comany
Conzo Brothers Company
Duke and York
Vic Leonzo
Cupid
C. H. Leonzo
Bill Jason
White Buffalo
Messrs. Thomas and Watson
Pat O’flanagan
Eph
Frederick Murray
George Harris
Ralph Morgan
Isabel Pitt Lewis
Myrtie Kingsland
America
Adolph Adams
Hattie Stuart
Boxer
Mons. Cadieux
Tony Mack
Magee and
Crimmins
Gies
Grand Opera Season Opens with Strong Boston Demand
The Boston Theatre opened the Damrosch Ellis season to brisk sales and broad audience enthusiasm. Tickets sold rapidly for Faust Tannhauser Barber of Seville Die Walkure and La Traviata with Mme Melba and Mme Gadski headlining multiple performances and a lineup of other eminent sopranos.
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Boston
Boston Theatre
Mme. Melba
Mme. Gadski
Nordica
Gadski
Standigl
Toronto
Seggard
van Cauteren
Mattfield
Holmes Lectures At Music Hall Ends Boston Series
Mr Burton Holmes presents the final illustrated lecture in Boston at Music Hall tomorrow evening with The Cases of the Algerian Sahara. Motion pictures following the talk include the Queen's jubilee and geysers and Yellowstone falls. The last Boston appearance this season will be Saturday afternoon with a repeat of the Wednesday lecture.
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Holmes
Burton Holmes
Music Hall
Sahara
Yellowstone National Park
Boston
Jack and the Beanstalk at Museum Feb 28
A presentation of Jack and the Beanstalk will be shown at the Museum on February 28 with the original cast. Seat sales open at an early date.
Who Is Who at the Grand Opera House
Kelly and Mason headline a farce at the Grand Opera House drawing a large pleased audience. Joe Kelly and Charles A. Mason lead a strong cast with a mix of vaudeville acts including Goggin and Davis acrobatics and the Whitin sisters on cornet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Kelly
Mason
Joe Kelly
Jack Hartland, Jr
Nemo & Hartland
Charles A. Mason
Griffith Evans
Eddie Giguere
Johnnie le Fevre
J. Ed Goggin
Charles Davis
Annie Dacre
Blanche Boyer
Miss Fannie Denham Rouse
Georgie Tompkins
Eva Randolph
Evelyn Forbes
Nellie Blanchard
Carrie Jordan
Maud Wood
May Whiting
Lillian Whiting
Belle Tufts
Messrs
Goggin
Davis
Whitin
Duncan B. Harrison
Pacific Mail
Maggie Cline
New England Conservatory tableaux shine at Tremont Temple
The seventeenth entertainment on Tremont Temple's Star course featured art tableaux by New England Conservatory School of Oratory students led by Professor Samuel R. Kelley. Performances included a fan drill, plastiques, and grotesques with participants Misses Conger Fraer Hansbrough Macy McNair Phillips Rooney Russell Whipple Whipps. Vocal solos were sung by Miss Annie L. Gonyon. Alice Seiver directed the music and George H. Ryder opened with an organ solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
New England Conservatory School of Oratory
Samuel R. Kelley
Conger
Fraer
Hansbrough
Macy
McNair
Phillips
Rooney
Russell
Whipple
Whipps
Annie L. Gonyon
Alice Seiver
George H. Ryder
Siloti Second Steinert Hall Recital Draws Larger Crowd
Alexander Siloti presented the second pianoforte recital at Steinert Hall with a bigger audience than Saturdays. The program featured Tausig's Zigeunerweisen, Schubert works arranged by Tausig, Chopin study No 26, Liszt Rhapsody No 14, and a Russian group including Rachmaninoff Prelude and Tchaikowsky-Pabst paraphrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Siloti
Steinert Hall
Tausig
Schubert
Chopin
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Liadoff
Three Famous Musicians at Music Hall Recitals
The Ysaye Pugno Gerardy trio perform Thursday evening and Friday matinee in chamber music and solo works. Ysaye will play a Sarasate arrangement of the Preisleid from Die Meistersinger, showcasing their renowned talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ysaye-Pugno-Gerardy
Music Hall
Ysaye
Muscled Show Dazzles Austin & Stone's Hall
Immense crowds attend Austin & Stone's Museum as Vienna women athletes led by Helene Englehart perform. The Sansoni sisters lift weights, D Artley and Mendoza display feats, Bonelli sisters stage boxing, Mendoza twins on trapeze, Helmans bicycle acts, and a bioscope wows the audience with other entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin & Stone
Helene Englehart
Vienna
Howard Street
Sansoni
Helen Englehart
Marie D’artley
Bonelli
Caroline
Rose Mendoza
Helmans
Cat Mounaign
Mons. Carola
Mme
Patrick Miles
Fred Ireland
May Walsh
May Armstrong
Billy Burke
Dan Burke
Franc Family
Ed. Weston
Bessie Beasley
M. J. Fenton
Mazello Brothers
Charles Barringer
Mabelle Keene
Taylor
Robinson
Anderson
Collins
Morton
Joe Fox
Bioscope
Side Walks of New York staged at Columbia Theatre
Scott Marble's drama The Side walks of New York was presented last evening by T H Davis and W T Keogh's company before a large audience. The play features vivid, sensational scenes of city life with realistic characters. a principal moment shows Paul Tutin, a champion diver, plunging into shallow water to rescue the heroine amid a Herald building setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Marble
New York
Columbia Theatre
T. H. Davis
W. T. Keogh
New York City
Paul Tustin
Herald
Sidewalks of New York to Open This Week with New Acts
The production features leading parts by F. Denny Willard McNeil Young Welch Gardner Curran and Allt. In the second act the cast introduces topical songs dances and specialty numbers. Sidewalks of New York will be presented every evening this week with matinees as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yight
Ike
Messrs. . F. Denny
Nell McNeil
C. W. Young
Harry N. Welch
Andy Gardner
Emma H. Curran
Annie Allt
New York
Fay Foster extravaganza wins praise at Palace Theatre
The Fay Foster extravaganza drew crowds at the Palace Theatre with a vaudeville and burlesque bill. Highlights include Hughes and Hughes in A Model Husband, the Bernard sisters singing and dancing, Maddox and Beach in a sketch, West and Williams parodies, Dotthrop the Serio-comic, Couture brothers acrobats, Wounded Buffalo bag puncher with a challenge to meet any rival, and Stanley Whiting's coons receiving ovations with Syncopated Sandy. Professor Joe Robinson accepted a forfeit and agreed to meet Wounded Buffalo tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Foster
Palace Theatre
Hughes
Bernard Sisters
Maddox
Beach
West
Williams
Dotthrop
Couture
Buffalo
Joe Robinson
Robinson
Stanley Whiting
Coons
Sandy
Monster Week at the Sites Promises Wide Variety
A bustling bill features Professor Johnson with harmonica and bone soles, Maid Marion, Walter Wentworth, the boneless puzzle, Nina and her snakes, Hall who swallows needles, the New Orleans chant ers, Mobile cake walkers, and a major Boston act. Sheridan and Forrest star in a comedy, with Mabel Walte, Parmena, Murray and Mc Coy, and Fernandez among other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professorohnson
Portugal
Walter Wentworth
Maid Marion
Nina
Lawrence
Hall
New Orleans
Boston
Sheridan
Forrest
Mabel Walte
Sandwich
Payne
Peck
Hooper
Parmena
Murray and McCoy
Miss Fernandez
Virginia
Frank Lawrence
Marion DU Boise Kerr
Genius Hall
Murray & McCoy
Mabel Waitse
Flag Bearer Slain as Sheriff Deputies Open Fire
Testimony identified Sheriff Martin and deputies as firing on unarmed strikers at Latimer and West Hazleton. John Pusti and Andrew Scott described being shot while others heard orders to fire. Witnesses reported several dead or wounded as strikers were urged to join the march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gunsavage
West Hazleton
Latimer
Michael Melody
Martin
Jie
George Rescher
Andrew Sivar
Harwood
Peter Zucelli
Joseph Poniatowski
Thomas Racsick
Joseph Caltick
Raczick
Steve Urech
Debated Indian Frontier Policy in House of Commons
In Parliament Liberal Mr Walton argued against occupying Chitral saying it harms frontier tribe independence and weakens India. India's Secretary Lord George Hamilton countered evacuation would hurt British prestige and tribal calm, denying breach of faith while defending ongoing occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Walton
Chitral
India
George Hamilton
Great Britain
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Harvard Opera Comique Company
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Tom Whyte
Carrie Roma
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Lilla Wiles Wyman
Aquarium
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Mattfeld
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LA Traviata
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Italia
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Russell Fox
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Augustin Daly
Merrimac St
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Edward E. Rice
Tremont St
Tremont
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Model Playhouse of the Country
Ic Art
Francesca Wedding
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Supreme Court
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Bellevue Hospital
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Pennsylvania Railroad Tourist Bureau
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Burke Bros
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M. S. Whallen
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Austin Amusement Co
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