The Witching Hour Impresses Boston Audiences at Majestic
Augustus Thomas’s occult drama The Witching Hour played at the Majestic Theatre last night in Boston prompting talk of telepathy hypnotism and mind control. John Mason Russ Whytal George Nash and Julia Hay led a strong ensemble as critics noted varied delivery and a promising opening night with potential for future performances.
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Boston
Augustus Thomas
Majestic Theatre
Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Thomas
John Mason
Russ Whytal
George Nash
George Gaston
Julia Hay
Iathel Winthrop
Amelia Gardner
Thomas P. Jackson
Emmet the Reporter
Globe Theatre Hosts Cole and Johnson in The Red Moon
Cole and Johnson bring their two week engagement to the Globe Theatre with The Red Moon a musical romance featuring Minnehaha and a jealous rival. Bob Cole as Slim Brown and J Rosamond Johnson as Plunk Green headline a cast including Abbie Mitchell Henry Grant Sam Lucas and others with a chorus that delivers intricate dances and bright numbers.
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Minnehaha
Bob Cole
Slim Brown
Mr. Cole
Abbie Mitchell
Andrew Tribble
Lily White
Herbert Sutton
Edgar Connor
Ienry Grant
Sam Lucas
Boston
Arthur Talbot
Elizabeth Williams
Fanny Wise
Mollie Dill
Theatre Premier features star lineup this week
The Theatre Premier presents Hazel Neason and Alex McDonald in singing sketches with Grace Cameron in The Coming Man and Just Plain Folks. Robert Vanni from the Metropolitan Opera gives a fine tenor performance. Edith Ray, Jerry Scanlan, and Charles Fisher contribute standout numbers. The Curtain Pole is shown among other films. On Thursday the bill entirely changes.
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Cameraphone
Hazel Neason
Alex McDonald
Grace Cameron
Robert Vanni
Metropolitan Opera Company
Edith Ray
Jerry Scanlan
Charles Fisher
A Waltz Dream at Tremont Theatre Delights City
The Tremont Theatre staged A Waltz Dream in three acts last evening in English, with a strong cast led by Octavia Broske and Sophie Brandt. Oscar Straus's score received praise for its tuneful, rhythmic qualities and dainty orchestral effects, while the ensemble earned commendations for vocal and comic performances.
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Felix Doermann
Leopold Jacobson
Joseph W. Herbert
Oscar Straus
Tremont Theatre
Wcachurts Wa
Henry V. Donnelly
Nicce Nou
Octavia Broske
Prince Lollar
Joseph W. Herbert Buco
Henry Coote
Montschi
Lawrence Coever
Muiciomcro
Coca
Rogers Pranal
Steingruber
Sophe Brandt
Josie Sadler
Hans Mueller
Niki
Helene
Franzi Steingruber
Franzi
Mr. Straus
Salome
Heldenleben
Sophie Brandt
I’ranzi
Arthur Weld
Orpheum Theatre Variety Week Delights With Lamberti
The Orpheum this week presents master musician Lamberti performing Liszt Hollmann Paderewski and Joachim. The Apache Dance pantomime depicts Paris lower world with a dramatic love story and a villain. Other acts include Gardner and Stoddard, Forbes duo A Wild Rose, Mrs Olive, Ward brothers, Harding and Ah Sid, Terra Kendall, Murphy and Francis, the Fasso Trio and a masked young soprano. The bill pleases with strong piano violin and cello playing and lively dance and acrobatics.
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Orpheum Theatre
Lamberti
Liszt
Hollmann
Paderewski
Joachim
Severin
Paris
Ile
Gardner
Stoddard
Arthur Forbes
Olive
Ward Brothers
Harding
Ah Sid
Terra Kendall
Murphy
Francis
Fasso
Hler
Cingalese Band and Variety Acts Highlight Austin & Stone's Show
The Curio Hall program featured authentic Cingalese performers from India arranged by M. Gaston Akoun of Paris. Highlighted acts included silver and gold bowl dances, a pine-stick dance, grand opera selections by John Visconi, Japanese magicians, and the Burton sisters in a strong boxing routine. New acts, songs, and comedians Billy Sparague and Ted Steele joined the program alongside moving pictures and special numbers by the Detelo sisters.
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Austin & Stone
India
M. Gaston Akoun
Paris
John Visconi
Grand Opera
Nolan and
Cahill
Trish
Ataris
Chubby Burton Sisters
Manhattan Girls
Billy Sparague
Ted Steele
Detelo Sisters
Misses Campbell
Elsa
Gray
Ross
Shaw
French
Steele
Hughes Brothers
Fox
Tom Bullock
Delmar
New Moving Pictures
Boston Theatre opens with Cohen and Harris minstrels
The Cohen and Harris Honey Boy minstrels opened the Boston Theatre regime with Raymond Hitchcock leading a 100-strong company of singers dancers and comedians. The program blends popular tunes humor and spectacular acts with vaudeville stars such as E eltinge Waterbury brothers and Tenney plus Rice and Prevost. An 18-piece orchestra directed by Carl Schilling will offer a free pre show concert in the Mason street lobby. Management notes Mason street entrance only for carriages.
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Cohen and Harris
Honey Boy
Raymond Hitchcock
Boston Theatre
Eddie Leonard
John King
Ernest Tenney
Alf Gibson
Julian Eltinge
Waterbury Brothers
Tenney
Rice
Matt Keefe
Earl I. Benham
Carl Schilling
Mason Street
Lindsay Morison
Washington Street
Park Theatre Brims With Hattie Williams In Fluffy Ruffles
Boston patrons fill the Park Theatre for the opening of the third week of Hattie Williams in Fluffy Ruffles. The actress proves at her best with multiple costume changes, while William Norris delivers hearty humor and Bert Leslie earns strong applause. The chorus, featuring a large troupe of pretty girls, adds to the show’s appeal.
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Hattie Williams
Park Theatre
Miss Williams
Boston
William Norris
Bert Leslie
Hoey Stars in The Boy Detective at Grand Opera House
Johnnie Hoey appears this week as Willie Live in The Boy Detective a melodrama seen in Boston before. The production blends musical spectacle and crime plot showing Wells Fargo Express robbery and a jail twist with Bond and lovers at center stage. Other notable cast members include F Elliott J Sims Augusta Hill Frederick Ormonde and Dorothy Rogers.
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Johnnie Hoey
Grand Opera House
Willie Live
Mr. Hoey
Boston
Charles Is
Blaney
Wells Fargo Express Company
Robert Bond
Bond
Willie
F Elliot J. Sims
Gaiety Theatre Show Features Reilly Woods Company
This week at the Gaiety Theatre the Reilly & Woods company, led by Pat Reilly, presents Miss Maryland and Miss Virginia Tyson with Donnelly, Dempsey, Donnelly, Grace Libretti, and Zenda Rotali. The program includes Forty-five Minutes in Stageland ending with Four Minutes of Grand Opera and a Deutscher girl act by Maryland and Tyson plus Buckners Three Demons cycling act and a burlesque Dealey's Night Off.
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Gaiety Theatre
Reilly & Woods
Pat Reilly
Maryland
Virginia Tyson
Spader Johnson
John Dempsey
Thomas IF. Donnelly
Grace Libretti
Zenda Rotali
Mr. Donnelly
Miss Rotali
Olio
Buckners Three Demons
Thomas Trotter Dunne
Dan Marvalle
Mike
Eminent baritone Myers draws ovations at Scenic Temple
SCENIC TEMPLE J. W. Myers, the eminent baritone, drew perfect ovations at both performances. He sang several songs illustrated by colored dissolving views and answered encore after encore. The motion picture exhibit was among the best ever shown at the Temple and will continue on the same bill with a film change on Thursday.
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J. W. Myers
Scenic Temple
Theatre Comique Showcases Variety of Films and Acts
The Theatre Comique screens multiple motion pictures this week including An Irish Hero The Brasilian's Ring and The Hand a stirring drama plus two comedies Lost in a Folding Bed and Leading the Cops a Chase. Edith Mellor Mae Vincent Gertrude Mann and Alexander Frasier perform in songs reflecting homeland themes.
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Theatre Comique
Edith Mellor
Mae Vincent
Gertrude Mann
Alexander Frasier
Doris Keane Stars In The Happy Marriage At Hollis Street
Boston audiences praised Doris Keane in The Happy Marriage entering its second week at Hollis Street Theatre. Edwin Arden played the husband with notable advantage as Doris Keane drew audience sympathy in Joan Thornton. Burke's engagement follows with a holiday matinee on Washington's Birthday and extra matinees midweek.
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Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Charles Frohman
Doris Keane
Miss Keane
Joan Thornton
Edwin Arden
Burke
Hollis Street
New York
Miss Burke
Lady Wall Street thrills at Columbia Theatre crowd
Exclamations greeted the Columbia Theatre curtain as Lady Wall Street opened a two act musical farce. Charles La Roy played a droll German baron while Beth Maher drew praise for voice and presence. De Hollis Velora and the dancing specialties drew solid marks with the Texas Steer Quartet plus juggling feats and humor. Tomorrow wrestling match Sandow faces Walter Willoughby and Friday features amateur performers delivering the goods.
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Columbia
Lady Wall Street
Charles la Roy
Beth Maher
de Hollis
Velora
Yooung
Fields
Texas
Chicago
Sandow
Walter Willoughby
Bowdoin Square Theatre Triumph in Stands Across the Sea
Charlotte Hunt leads Bowdoin Square Theatre stock in a dramatic production Stands Across the Sea praised as elaborate and well constructed. Jack Dudley and Lillian Melford deliver moral lessons on greed and trust, with strong support from James Barrett Harry Humphrey Charles Stevens and others. Tom Russell and Frances McHenry singled out. moving pictures added appeal.
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Charlotte Hunt
Bowdoin Square Theatre Stock Company
Jack Dudley
Lillian Melford
Miss Hunt
Clarendon
James Barrett
Harry Humphrey
Charles Stevens
Harry Brooks
Rances McHenry
Lucy Melford
Tommy Russell
Palace Theatre Presents Sam Scribner's Big Show at Man ager Waldron's House
Sam Scribner's Big Show headlines at Waldron's house this week with two skits Tourists in Egypt and Carnival of Venice. The act features 15 dancing girls headed by Great Sonella and top comedy roles by Black Bedini Farlardo Lorenz and Maussey. Female leads include Raymond Jasper Inglish May and Graves. The bill also includes Bedini and Arthur jugglers the Brianzi trio European serenaders and the Columbia Musical Sextet. Friday is amateur night. Next week offers The Girl of the Moulin Rouge.
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Sam Scribner
Palace Theatre
Waldron
Egypt
Sonella
John J. Black
Jean Bedini
Joseph Farlardo
John Lorenz
Billy Maussey
Clara Raymond
Miss H. Jasper
Lillian Inglish
Helena May
Lillian Graves
Alio
Bedini
Arthur
Brianzi
Columbia Musical Sextet
Maurice Frank
Farlardo
Mi o na tablets claim to cure indigestion
Hundreds of readers suffer from belching fullness and other stomach distress and are urged to try Mi o na tablets sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Co. The ad promises permanent cure and offers a money back guarantee if indigestion is not cured. price is 50 cents.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
Miona Follows Flesh and Blood Enrichment Theory
The piece asserts that thin people gain nourishment from Miona by enabling the stomach to extract more nutritious matter from food, rapidly enriching the blood.
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Miona
Booths Laxative Pills Sold by Riker Jeynes Co
Booths Laxative Pills touted to regulate the liver and cure constipation for 25 cents with Riker Jeynes Drug Co selling them.
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Booth
Riker- Jeynes Drug Co
Colonial Theatre Dazzles Boston in Last Nemo Run
The Colonial Theatre sees a packed house and long box office lines as Little Nemo nears its final Boston run. A Fourth of July dream sequence of fireworks and colonial-clad dancers closes the act, with a strong cast including Joseph Cawthorne Elphye Snowden Billy B Van Rose Beaumont Harry Kelly and others delivering a standout production.
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Colonial Theatre
Joseph Cawthorne
Elphye Snowden
Billy B. van
Rose Beaumont
Harry Kelly
Madelyn Marshall
Master Gabriel
Mabel Berra
Dave Abrams
Katherine Bell
Collins
Hiatt
Mildred Manning
Boston
Burlesque at Howard Atheneum Delights Patrons
The Tiger Lilies drew big crowds at the Howard Atheneum with May Belmont and Edna Arden leading a varied bill. Lillian Lee, June Marland, Dan Malumby, and the Vincent sisters were among standout acts in a show labeled one of the season’s best.
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Howard
May Belmont
Edna Arden
Rose Allen
Mlle. del Netra
Will Ward and Company
Cafe Chantant
Lillian Lee
June Marland
Matt Kennedy
Connelly and Bannon
Elsie Harvey
De _ Bolien
Lizzie Wilson
Dan Malumby
Vincent
Dan Maley
Needham
Wood
Hayes
Slaves
Howardscope
Star Theatre Showcases Comedy and Romance Films
Yesterday at the Star Theatre audiences saw a mix of comedy and romance with Curtain Pole hailed as a top moving picture comedy. The High Diver features Florida ostrich farm footage and His Ward's Love also delights, alongside The Silver Dollar. The Long brothers provided pleasing solos.
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Star Theatre
Moving Pictures
Long Brothers
Hub Theatre Shows Tiny Tinymite and Mose Monkey Acts
Patrons enjoy a novelty week at the Hub Theatre featuring Tinymite the world’s smallest horse and Mose the monkey with a human brain. Twin Chico the monkey performs bicycle feats while Lincoln military tour and Hall and Prey entertain. Motion pictures and illustrated ballads round out the program.
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Hub Theatre
Keith's Theatre Stars Shine In Vaudeville Bill
Keith's Theatre presented a top lineup led by Kiva Tanguay with her new song Success. Hungarian performer Zinka Panna impressed on a cymbalist and stage dogs with The Merry Widow waltz. The act featured Bird acts, dancing groups, and aerialists including the Three Rewards. Laddie Cliff was absent due to illness.
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Keith's
Kiva Tanguay
Zinka Panna
Miss Panna
Mary Sanders
Herbert Yost
Rose Morison
Walter Walker
Nance Oldfield
Fords
Victor Niblo
Bison City
Mirza Golem
Charlie Cartmell
Laura Harris
Amy Butler
Laddie Cliff
Circus Girl Ends Run at Castle Square Theatre
The eighth and final week of The Circus Girl opened at Castle Square Theatre with Miss Young lively as Lucile and Kenneth Hill delivering strong light comedy as Lord Reginald Gower. A gala performance is planned for Friday the 10th with a photographic portrait souvenir for attendees, then the company will stage Henry Arthur Jones drama The Evangelist after the run.
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Castle Square
Miss Young
Lucile
Lord Reginald Gower
Kenneth Hill
Craig
Mary Young
Henry Arthur Jones
the Evangelist
Lost Roxbury Boy Found in Cambridge
An eight year old boy, unable to state his name, was found last night by Officer Kelly near the Harvard Botanical Gardens in Cambridge. He said he had been walking since 3 PM after leaving school at St Patrick's Church and lives on Orchard Street in Roxbury.
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Roxbury
Cambridge
Kelly
Harvard Botanical Gardens
Orchard Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Yale Phi Beta Kappa taps Taft son at annual dinner
New Haven, February 15. Robert A Taft son of President elect William H Taft was among the new members initiated into the Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at the 129th annual dinner tonight.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Phi Beta Kappa
Robert A. Taft
William H. Taft
Keen Named Probation Officer After Resigning Patrolman Post
Retiring Patrolman Joseph H. Keen of the Dudley Street station resigned as required. Commissioner O'Meara accepted the resignation and Keen was appointed probation officer of the Roxbury District Court.
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Joseph H. Keen
Dudley Stret
O'Meara
Roxbury District
Crane Stands In With Taft in Washington Visit
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft will stay with Miss Boardman in Washington until the inauguration. Rumors swirl over Miss Boardman hosting the Taft party and Crane's possible influence in the new administration. Taft completed a ~5050 word inaugural address on a train tour while crowds saluted at stations.
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Taft
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Senator Crane
Miss Boardman
Taft Party
Crane
Massachusetts
Knox
Congress
Senate
Cincinnati
Yale pensions four professors at New Haven meeting
At the Yale corporation meeting in New Haven the resignations of Professors W. G. Sumner C. B. Richards Bernadette Perrin and H. P. Wright were accepted all retire on pensions Professor L L Breckenridge of the University of Illinois was named to succeed Richards An anonymous gift of 5000 was made to found a memorial for Rev Edward S. Hume The Rev Charles E Jefferson was named Lyman Beecher lecturer and Prof E W Lyman Bangor Theological Seminary Nathaniel R Taylor lecturer Westinghouse to wed in England Pittsfield Feb 15: the marriage of George Westinghouse Jr and Miss Evelyn Violet Brocklebank set for March 4 at Irton Hall Cumberland England.
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New Haven
Yale Corporation
W. G. Sumner
C. B. Richards
Bernadette Perrin
H. P. Wright
Ll. P. Breckenridge
University of Illinois
Richards
Charles E. Jefferson
Broadway Tabernacle
New York
Lyman Beecher
E. W. Lyman
Bangor Theological Seminary
Nathaniel R. Taylor
Edward S. Hume
Westinghouse
England
Pittsfield
George Westinghouse, Jr
Evelyn Violet Brocklebank
Irton Hall
Cumberland
Lancaster
Eng
Wage Increases at Warwick Mills Loom Fixers Spinners
In Centreville on February 15 an increase of 1.92 dollars per week was announced for loom fixers at the Warwick Cotton Mills. Spinners also received a 20 percent wage rise.
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Centreville
Rll
Warwick
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