The Governors Lady at Hollis in Strong Feminine Comedy
Alice Bradley's The Governor's Lady, staged at the Hollis under Elliott and Belasco, follows Whitom miner Daniel Slade who becomes rich and targets a governor’s chair. His wife refuses to divorce, then reconciles after a twist involving a younger wife candidate, with strong turns by Emmett Corrigan and Emma Dunn and solid support from the cast.
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Alice Bradley
Hollis
William Elliott
David Belasco
Daniel Slade
Whitom
New York
Slade
Emmett Corrigan
Pat
Emma Dunn
Mary Slade
Miss Dunn
Gladys Hanson
Get Rid of Piles at Home Free Trial Offer
An old fashioned newspaper ad touts Pyramid Pile Remedy promising relief from piles without surgery. It claims quick reduction of congested veins and urges readers to request a free trial package to prove effectiveness, then buy the regular 50 cent treatment at drug stores.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Marshall, Mich
Park Theatre Ends Run With The Woman
Park Theatre nears its final week as The Woman by William C. deMille plays to entertained crowds. The production serves as light entertainment while subtly prompting political awareness, hinting at graft perspectives without becoming a direct political sermon.
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Park Theatre
William C. deMille
Garden of Allah Captivates Boston Theatre Audiences
The Boston Theatre opened a new week with The Garden of Allah as its main attraction. The romantic spectacle draws strong crowds from Boston and New England, and owes its continued appeal to a tale that resonates with theatergoers. The engagement is not permanent, a warning to patrons to see it while available.
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Boston Theatre
Garden of Allah
Boston
New England
Believe Me Xantippe at Castle Square Delights Audiences
Castle Square Theatre presents Believe Me Xantippe a comedy drawing laugh lines and happy crowds. Donald Meek plays Arthur Sole the New York detective with humorous impersonations while Frederick Ormonde replays Limp Calloway Miss Young charms as Dolly Kamman and Mr Craig as Mac Tarland in a breezy lively cast.
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Xantippe
Castle Square
Donald Meek
Arthur Sole
New York
Arm
the Law
Frederick Ormonde
Mr. Meek
Limp Calloway
Miss Young
Dolly Kamman
Mr. Craig
Mac-Tarland
Aked to Speak at Tremont Temple on The Romance of the Golden West
Dr. Aked, D. D., of San Francisco, will lecture at Tremont Temple on Wednesday evening. The Boston appearance follows a 19 year gap since a youthful Tremont engagement. Organizers in New York invited him to the East for a series of lectures and arranged the Boston date.
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Tremont Temple
Charles F. Aked
D. D
San Francisco
Golden West
Tremont Theatre Delivers New Chinese Stagecraft in The Yellow Jacket
Tremont last evening offered The Yellow Jacket a striking novelty in stagecraft. David Powell as Wu Hoo Git leads a large cast including Miss Juliette Day and Miss Saxone Morland, with Signor Perugini directing the chorus. The show earns sustained admiration, clever visuals, and frequent applause as it blends exotic humor with dramatic artistry.
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Tremont
Yellow Jacket
Thomas Jackson
Wu Hoo Git
David Powell
Wu Lin Yin
Mr. Powell
Juliette Day
Saxone Morland
Chee Moo
Elsa Berold
Antoinette Walker
Reginald Barlow
J. Arthur Young
Grace Barbour
Mark Price
Schuyler Add
Betty Brewster
Lornon Leon
Fannie Addison Pitt
Frank Sterling
Margaret Calvert
Walter F. Scott
Signor Perugini
Red Petticoat at Shubert Ends Boston Run Soon
The novelty musical comedy The Red Petticoat at the Shubert Theatre drew fast public interest during its final Boston week. Helen Lowell shines as Miss Sophie Brush in a grotesque role. next week Ready Money opens with seat sales starting Thursday.
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Shubert Theatre
Boston
Helen Lowell
Sohpie Brush
Miss Hazy
Mrs. Wiges
Bunty Pulls the Strings Encore Matinees in Boston
The Majestic Theatre announces two extra matinees this week to accommodate demand for Bunty Pulls the Strings before it leaves Boston. In early March a Gilbert and Sullivan run begins with The Mikado on Monday March 3.
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Bunty
Boston
New England
Andre de Fouquieres to speak at Copley Hall Boston
Andre de Fouquieres known as The King of Paris will lecture on continental elegance at Copley Hall tonight. He will also exhibit for the first time in Boston his natural color photographs from The Persian Ball, a Paris season sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Hall
Beau Brummel
France
M. Andre de Fouquieres
Boston
Paris
The Miracle at Colonial Theatre Offers Surprising Night
Colonial Theatre patrons face a dreamlike Lent offering with The Miracle a two hour motion picture. Karl Vollmoller wrote the story with music by Engelbart Humperdinck and staging by Max Reinhardt and Edward P. Temple. Max Bendix conducts a large orchestra and chorus as Sister Megildis guards the Sacred Image and experiences a journey from innocence to peril then happiness. The production, warm and uplifting, runs for two weeks amid customary first night delays.
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Colonial Theatre
Karl Vollmoller
Engelbart Humperdinck
Messrs
Max Reinhardt
Edward P. Temple
Max Bendix
Megildis
Edison Talking Pictures At National Theatre Wows City
National Theatre showcased Edison's talking pictures to a packed crowd with clear synchronized voices audible throughout the vast venue. The audience rose in applause for the demonstration of the invention, with kinemacolor also drawing interest and a strong vaudeville lineup featuring Six American Dancers and John T. Murray among others.
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Edison
Mr. Edison
John T. Murray
Lee and Cranston
Hobbs
Willard
Cain
Paul Kltest
Wilson
Gallagher
Grand Opera House Presents Cherry Burlettas and Wrestling Night
A Grand Opera House program showcased two burlettas What A Happened to McGuirk and Widow McCarthy's Boarders with John Perry leading a troupe including George Payne Frank Dobson and a strong chorus led by Clara Raymond Tillie Perry Ethel Hall Gertrude Brown and Sadie Richards. Wrestling eyes focus on Crackerjack Butler vs Peter Goulette for the welterweight New England title with referee George Tuohy. Friday adds amateur acts to the burlesque lineup.
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Grand Opera House
Cherry Blossoms
McGuirk
McCarthy
John Perry
George Payne
Frank Dobson
Clara Raymond
Tillie Perry
Ethel Hall
Gertrude Brown
Sadie Richards
Clifford
Rose
Crackerjack Butler
Peter Goulette
Woonsocket
New England
George Tuohey
Bowdoin Square Theatre vaudeville bill features Adgie and eight trained lions
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents a weekly vaudeville program headlined by Adgie and her eight trained lions including two newborn cubs. The show includes Finley and Burke, Canarias and Cleo, the Variety Trio, Boldens, La Delles, and Corbett and Donovan with Ted Snyder songs. New acts debut each Wednesday, amateurs Thursday, and two major features Friday for Cabaret night.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Adgie
Finley
Burke
Canarias
Cleo
Burlesque Show Delights at Howard Atheneum
Those who saw the Gay Widows burlesque at the Howard Atheneum yesterday left perfectly satisfied. Opening act A Night in a Cabaret followed by The General's Wife drew strong applause. May Strehl led a gifted cast including Rosa Alarcon and 20 others, with Jim Dailey and Charles Matteo among the featured performers. The Damman family of seven, Ted and Corrine Breton, Wood and Lawson, Kimball and Donovan, and others offered a varied program of acrobats, dancers, singing and instrumental acts praised for their energy and polish.
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Howard Atheneum
May Strehl
Rosa Alarcon
Grace Foster
Janet Faust
Dot Ford
Lottie Williams
Eileen Burke
Phyllis Foster
Leone Vickers
Jim Dailey
Joe Taylor
Eddie Mack
Max Ritter
Fred Kumpf
Charles Matteo
Carl Damman
Ted
Corrine Breton
Wood
Lawson
Kimball
Donovan
Herbert Deveau
Arbery
Whirlwind Parker
Corbett
Ted Saycer
St James Theatre Brings Britt in All Star Vaudeville
Jimmy Britt excites Boston crowds at the St James yesterday as Marcus Loew enters his third week as manager. Stella Wordette and company presented A Honeymoon in the Catskills with strong acting and stage setting. The program also features Allen and Dale May Francis Kelso and Leighton Johnson Howard and Lizette and other acts. Photo plays continue to please audiences.
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Jimmy Britt
Beau Brummel
St. James
Marcus Loew
Back Bay
Jimmy
Stella Wordette
Catskills
Boston
Allen and Dale
May Francis
Kelso
Leighton
Johnson
Howard
Lizette
Robinson Crusoe Girls at Gaiety Draw Big Crowds
Charles Robinson presented two musical conceptions In His Son's Place and Cohen and the Gay Widow at the Gaiety Theatre. James Francis Sullivan supported Robinson with Libbie Blondell Frankie Martin May Bernhardt Prida Lehr Margie Conroy and Mabel Lee. An four numbers featured a duo Martins and Lee in song and dance Sullivan Blondell and company in comedy Ed Manning and James Falco in a musical act and Robinson in a monologue.
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Charles Robinson
Gaiety
Cohen
Robinson
James Francis Sullivan
Libbie Blondell
Frankie Martin
May Bernhardt
Prida Lehr
Margie Conroy
Mabel Lee
Martin and Lee
Edison Talking Pictures at Keiths Theatre Impresses City
A resident viewing Edison Talking Pictures at B F Keith's Theatre in Boston reports astonishment at synchronized sound with images. The show features a phonograph linked to a moving picture, a piano solo, a violin tremolo, and dogs barking in time, followed by a minstrel segment and a string of acts and vaudeville numbers.
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Keith
Boston
Sometmes
Charles
Anna Glocker
Aubria Rich
Ted Lenore
Rosalind Coghlan
Richard Pitman
Miss Granger
Elsa Ruegger
Tom Nawn and
Bert Fitzgibbon
Sammy Watson
The
Pathe Weekly
Waldron's Casino feature in Joe Hurtig's Taxi Girls company
Waldron's Casino hosts the Joe Hurtig's Taxi Girls company with Charlie Waldron scoring another win this week. The show, In Mexico, delivers burlesque amid border tensions and showcases the Farrell Taylor trio, Ward, Bohlman, and a chorus led by Davenport, Bayton, and Seaman. The alio includes Ward and Bohlman in a unique act, the Farrell Taylor trio in The Minstrel Man, and Wooley Woods in a German and Hebrew routine.
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Charlie’ Waldron
Joe Hurtig
Taxi Girls
Mexico
Texas
Farrell-Taylor
Mark Wooley
Harry Woods
Tom Carter
John Bohlman
Marty Seaman
Marty Ward
Frank Taylor
Blanche Davenport
Ida Bayton
Primrose Seaman
Alio
Ward
Bohlman
Cradle Snatcher Delayed Opening at Plymouth Theatre
The Cradle Snatcher will not open at the Plymouth Theatre until Thursday evening. Robert Lorraine and his company will present the first performance of the comedy in the city.
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Plymouth Theatre
Robert Lorraine
Globe Theatre Adds Mixed Billing For This Week
The Globe Theatre presents a varied bill including the Five Wessons European gymnasts Jennings Jewell and Barlow in Dope Dutchman and e Girl, the Cycling Brunettes on wheel stunts, Browning and Lewis with 15 minutes of laughter, Eddie Howard in acrobats, Wyer and Sheldon with patter, and the LeBarron Duo plus Clark and Fay. A Thursday Newsboys Band concert features new musical pieces alongside the film program headlined by Pathe Weekly.
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The
Globe
Five Wessons
Jennings
Jewell
Barlow
Browning
Lewis
Eddie Howard
Quinlan Edges Coes in Controversial 10 Round Win
Gloucester crowd hears Johnny Coes claim an agreed draw should have stood as Jimmie Quinlan of Danvers won the 10 round bout. In prelims Kid Stone suffers multiple knockdowns before losing to Tommy Murray. Al Kennedy defeats Jerry Regan in four rounds with fast exchanges.
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Gloucester
Quinlan
Johnny Coes
Jimmie Quinlan
Danvers
Coes
New York
Kid Stone
Salem
Tommy Murray
Lynn
Stone
Matt
al Kennedy
Jerry Regan
Kennedy
Mayor Fitzgerald Dances at Palm Beach Turkish Trot
Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald danced at a Royal Poinciana party in Palm Beach with his daughter Agnes and others until 2:30 a.m. Three hundred guests demanded lively dancing. he had helped lay the St. Anne's Church cornerstone earlier, delivering a religion worthy appeal that drew large offerings from many denominations and earned townspeople praise.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Agnes
Fitzgerald
John D. Crimmins
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
West Palm Beach
Cyclone Burns Wins Bout at Portsmouth
Cyclone Burns the Cambridge light heavyweight wrestler defeated Bill Dryden of Portsmouth in two straight falls at Freeman Hall before about 2000 fans. The first fall came in 53 minutes via a body scissors and arm bar and the second in 24 minutes by a body scissors.
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Portsmouth
Cyclone Burns
Cambridge
Mass
Bill Dryden
Freeman Hall
Pine Woods Hyomei Nature Remedy for Catarrh
Hyomei is marketed as a natural pine air remedy for respiratory troubles with no stomach dosing. The kit uses a pocket inhaler to deliver healing balsams, claimed to ease catarrh and restore health, with a $1 outfit and 50-cent refills, sold with a refund guarantee by dr uggists everywhere.
Sargol promise to add flesh to the thin and underweight
An invitation touts Sargel tablets as a miracle weight gainer with testimonials from a 67 year old man and others. It claims to add pounds quickly, offers free samples, and asks readers to mail 10 cents for distribution costs. It urges readers to cut a coupon and send it with stamps to receive the package.
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Sargol Company
Herald Building
Binghamton
N. Y
Sargel
Aioe
Uncle Sam
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Majestic Theatre
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