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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
10
Alfred Lunt delivered a personal triumph in the title role of Clarence at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening. Tarkington's Joyful American comedy complemented the performance, elevating the evening with lively humor and strong acting.
The play Clarence centers on a worn businessman and his chaotic American family. Alfred stars as a male Miss Fix-it who drives mules and fixes nearly everything from heating to romance. Bobby Cora and a clever nurse add to the lively, humorous plot.
The Jack O Lantern anchored near Cottage Farm Bridge hosts dancing parties on a goods ship. Automobile partygoers frequent the events enjoying a well run restaurant aboard with scenic maritime surroundings attracting crowds.
After two daylight holdups in the business district Chief of Police Smith issued shoot to kill orders to all officers. Mayor Fitzgerald said the clean up would target dangerous criminals over minor offenders. Two new police flying squadrons were commissioned.
At a Dublin meeting on January 3 the Dublin Corporation voted 22 to 15 against discussing proposals for an Irish truce. The decision followed a strong appeal from High Sheriff McWalter who called it a poor honor to De Valera for supporters to oppose discussion.
A studio chat with Eddie Polo and Helen Holmes, famed stars of hundreds of movie serials, by Carl Wilmore, will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
The musical Its Up to You premieres at the Globe Theatre in Boston. If the first night audience approves, the show could enjoy success as long as it remains in Boston.
A musical revue starring Joseph Santley Ivy Sawyer and Douglas Leavitt offers a plotted farce set on Long Island with three penniless suitors vying for wealth and romance. The cast delivers lively songs and varied dances including Russian numbers and encores led by Leavitt Short and Miss Hope. The show contrasts with recent offerings and promises strong attendance.
Alfred Jordan the English checker champion will give a simultaneous exhibition at St Stephen's Hall Wells Memorial building tonight. He will play 30 or more boards against local players eager to test their skill against the British phenom. Jordan’s appearance follows strong interest in the Massachusetts championship tournament at Pythian Hall Wells Memorial building where McKean Barnes Townsend and others advanced through rounds.
One man died after plunging into the Charles River to save a drowning boy. Schuyler Cutler reportedly entered the water along with another rescuer who perished.
Dramatist Ro Cooper Megrue rose to prominence in this city with the melodrama Under Cover which played for many weeks. He followed with It Pays to Advertise a farcical comedy built around a clear central theme.
Review notes a light farce on matrimony with a self willed heroine who toys with lovers. William Courtnay as the playwright and Lola Fisher as Belinda Carter are praised for ease and charm. The Selwyns company delivers bright text and capable performances with a worldly father and faithful servant roles well rendered.
Mrs. Cecilia Casserly, director of womans relations at the U S War Department and the first woman officially recognized for wartime services, urged Boston clubwomen to sustain wartime hospitality for service members. She spoke at Pilgrim Hall and planned further addresses at the Army and Navy Club and a state mass meeting.
In Newton Upper Falls yesterday a 7 year old, John Bronius, drowned in the Charles River at Cold Spring Grove after the mid river ice gave way. Ten year old John Brounialis was dragged from the water by Schuyler Cutler, who then plunged after the drowning boy and was rescued by Leon Wieczorek, a 17 year old high school student. Both Krountalis and Cutler remain in critical condition at home due to exposure and injuries from the ice.
Miss Marion Sherburne a junior at Boston University announces she is now Mrs John Lamb Heustis. The couple married December 27 in the Church of the Advent with Rev William Harman van Allen. Heustis is Springfield Firestone Tire Company office manager and a 1909 BU College of Business Administration graduate.
WATERFORD Ireland Jan 3 A Catholic curate of Callan P H Delahunty was sentenced by a court martial to two years at hard labor for possessing seditious documents.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company mines in Panther Creek Valley were shut down by a strike over employing 60 Spaniards and Portuguese. About seven thousand workers were left idle.
Amos Lodge of Boston pledged its 1500 members to fight antisemitism led by Henry Ford and support Jewish immigrants. The installation banquet at City Club honored leaders of Jewry as speakers urged passage of laws criminalizing hate and boosting immigration.
From the wreck off Villagarci the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel left about 200 passengers and crew. As of now about 45 survivors are known, with most believed perished after the vessel went ashore on Saturday night.
Telephonic and telegraphic messages from Corunna and Vigo offer scant details and little optimism for a rescue effort. The sparse communications imply limited information about survivors or conditions.
The Santa Isabel ran aground during a dinner hour as a storm raged, with over one fifth of those aboard lost at sea. The ship struck a rocky coast and foundered before rescue boats could reach her, leaving most victims to perish quickly.
First day of a cleanup campaign on illicit still operators and moonshine runners nets federal prohibition agents liquor valued at $1000 four stills and the arrest of six alleged violators of the national prohibition act.
Six people were injured when a Castro Street surface car collided with a sightseeing auto in San Francisco on Monday afternoon. Seriously hurt were Vincent Belletti and his wife Barbara of Boston.
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