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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
6
Park Square Theatre opened its final fort night last night as audiences filled the house for the Rolling Stones production. The play draws strong response by exploring humanity’s attraction to chance and its potential rewards.
Simple at home remedy uses bay rum Batbio compound and glycerine mixed in water. Apply daily for two weeks then biweekly until gone. Stops dandruff and itching, darkens gray hair, promotes growth and makes hair soft and glossy.
Marcus Loew plans to donate 10 percent of gross receipts from all Loew houses to the Actors Fund on May 15 and 6 percent from vaudeville shows, aiming to permanently ease the fund's financial need. He urges the public to fill theatres to support the drive.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre featured Mary Pickford in Cinderella in four reels plus an all star vaudeville bill. Performers Dumarris and Floyd Prince Napoleon Reid and Alma Camm and Theresa Eddy and Bob Joe Daly’s serenaders and the Stephanoes showcased notable acts. Moving pictures include The Losing Game The Burglar's Godfather and Love's Enduring Flame. Show starts at 10 o clock today with a girls amateur diving and swimming contest Wednesday night and a Sunday concert.
The Modern Theatre opens a feature bill with William Farnum in Fighting Blood and Florence Rockwell in He Fell in Love With His Wife. Farnum appears in a virile, THRILL-drenched drama while Rockwell portrays a wronged wife with poignant silent artistry. Short releases, news pictorial, and organ recitals round out the program for the week.
The Orpheum Theatre features the first part of the week with a one act play The Spoils of War staged by eight performers led by Keith Wakeman The production offers a war tale from a new perspective Eddie Clark and The Two Roses present character studies Pauline appears with seven leopards in a thrilling animal act Other acts include Charlie Case Mary Cranston Lee Bryan Donnelly and Dorothy and Rogers Hughes and Franklin
The week features the Phyllis family with bareback and fancy riding on trained horses. The Six Musical Misses perform singing and violin, plus a comedy trio Green Mc Henry and Dean. The Shakespeare travesty Mark Antony by Broadway Players Scott and Stewart, Paull and Bayne in a comedy skit, and the photo play I Accuse with Alexander Gaden star.
In the first half of the present week at the Fenway Theatre A. H. Woods dramatic success New York is being given with Florence Reed in the leading role.
Keith's Theatre presents a sensational act headlined by Ideal the only living person to swim the Niagara River in a giant 8000 gallon tank. Also featured is Homer B. Mason and Marguerite Keeler in Married, Ralph Dunbar's Five Maryland Singers, Ruby Norton and Sammy Lee, Bessie Wynn in Madame Butterfly aria, Joe Fields and Will Halliday in A Raw Recruit, Foley and O'Neil, Al Loyal with French poodles, and Vasco the versatile musician in a full evening of novelty numbers.
Castle Square Theatre continues the Harvard prize play Between the Lines in its third week showing strong appeal across all classes of theatregoers. The cast includes John Craig William P Carleton Theodore Friebus Donald Meek and Mary Young as the Craig Players deliver simple engaging storytelling. The production runs through this week and next at Castle Square.
Broadway's latest revue at the Shubert in its second week features a chorus of many young performers described as varied in appearance yet united by charm and youth, with a noted abundance of beauty among the cast.
The Wilbur Theatre opens its sixth record week of It Pays To Advertise a rollicking comedy by Megrue and Hackett. Cohan and Harris present the show to a full house with crowds remaining consistently enthusiastic from the premiere.
Julia Arthur opened the Plymouth Theatre engagement of The Eternal Magdalene in a strong final week. The show drew large audiences and critical focus, with reviewers lauding the production as among the best presented there in a long time.
Gaiety Theatre presents a lively variety show with Will J. Kennedy as the comic sheriff and Jack Miller as his assistant. Miss Lynne Cantor debuts as a popular burlesque prima donna while Miss Fio Davis shines as a leading dancer in the ensemble.
The Midnight Follies head the vaudeville bill this week in Boston with nine performers. The rest of the bill features Lazar and Dale with J O Mack and Co in a spoof sketch, the Faynes and Dunlay and Merrill, and the Joe Morris Singers. The feature picture is Arthur Hoops in The Danger Signal.
The Ben Craig Players stage The Squaw Man at Shawmut Theatre for the first half of the week. The company is greatly augmented and delivers a sterling presentation of this stirring drama of English and Western life by Edwin Milton Royle.
The Howard Atheneum hosted California comedian Monte Carter with the French Models Burlesque company in his Boston debut. Performers included Hdna Raymond Margie Wilson Adie Carlson Great Jansen Marie Hart and Frank Terry with others delivering comedy magic and song as the show opens with a 12 o clock start and Sunday concerts.
The final performance of Pom-Pom at the Colonial Theatre occurs this week with Mizzi Hayes and Tom McNaughton. After next Saturday’s show the operetta and cast depart for other scenes. Thousands have praised the entertainment and Hayes in particular for her comic Paulette role.
A pleasing bill at the Scollay Square Olympia Theatre featured vaudeville acts by Lane Plant and Timmons, Charles Ledegar in The Flying Dutchman, Rus sell and Calhoun in The Waltz Dream, Mr Garry McGarry with the Vitagraph company, Mabel Wayne and Barlow's trained animals, and the feature photoplay The Fourth Estate starring Samuel Ryan Ruth Blair and Clifford Bruce about a major newspaper story.
Two Paramount releases headline the Exeter bill this week. Theodore Roberts stars in a photo-play adaptation of Mark Twain's Puddin'head Wilson, shown yesterday and on the first half of the week program.
The week opens with Billy Tuite’s collegians a quartet of clever boys and a pretty young woman in College Days a well written leading feature. On Thursday Walter and Grayce Elliott headline in Brady of the Central Office a unique police drama at the Globe Theatre.
Lew Kelly stars in The Dope's Legacy a famed burlesque impersonation at Charlie Waldron's Casino Boston audiences fill two shows as Kelly delivers rapid footlight gags and a cyclone of laughter. Supporting cast includes Lou Hascall Jim Ten Brooke and Bert McCarthy with a finale burlesque At Shenandoah and a passing revue.
A capacity Franklin Park audience lauded Miss Muriel Astriche in A Circus Romance as the standout. The bill included two four performer acts and a five person number with Metro’s Her Debt of Honor starring Valli Valli. Mary Pickford on Thursdays and Pearl White later in the week anchor the program with extra vaudeville acts.
The leading photo play The Black List starring Blanche Sweet opens this week at Park Theatre. The House of Fear a grim divorce court tragedy also headlines with Emily Stevens featured. Burton Holmes travel pictures Selig Tribune current events and a Sydney Drew comedy complete the program.
Ethel Barrymore drew crowded houses at the Unique Theatre yesterday. Tomorrow and Thursday Edwin Arden will be featured in the five act melodrama House of Fear.
A one act police drama The System opens at the St James for the first half of the week. Miss Elizabeth Cutty offers a new monologue and several self composed songs. Sidney Forrester appears in the program.
The article touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an effective laxative for bowel regularity. It cites Dr Caldwell's century of practice and a compliment from Thomas Deloach of the Office of Indian Affairs. A free trial bottle offer is made by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
Miss Ray Lloyd and Mr Lloyd present a playlet titled An Everyday Occurrence. Benny and Boyle join the vaudeville lineup along with the Three Bobs in a varied program.
Mrs Anna Kelly of 710 Chestnut St Burlington Wisconsin reports ir regular pain in side and back eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Tablets and Sanative Wash. She claims full cure and urges other suffering women to try the remedies. The ads tout the product as herbal and non narcotic with many testimonials backing its effectiveness for female disorders.
Many thin people fail to gain despite eating heavily. Sargol tablets aid assimilation, helping fatty foods enter the bloodstream and boost red blood cells. Reported results claim three to five pounds per week, with a money back guarantee from druggists.
Advertisement touts Minard's liniment to relieve sore feet with soothing cooling action. Claims include anti inflammatory antiseptic properties speed relief and stain free use. directed by druggists to obtain a bottle for foot misery relief.
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