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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1901
Page
5
In letters from J. A. Gruvenenfelder of Grant Park Illinois and Mrs. F. A. South of Billings Montana, users attest thirty years of hair vitality and dandruff control with Ayer’s Hair Vigor. Advertises the product at one dollar per bottle.
A druggist replacement offer urges customers to send $1.00 for express delivery of a bottle prepaid. Readers are asked to supply their nearest express office and request a handsome book about The If from J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
The Boston Police Relief Association held its annual meeting in the Charities building yesterday afternoon with retiring president Sergeant George F Howe presiding. Directors for the coming year were elected including Inspector George F ree, Sergeant Joe J Sheehan, John W Little, Arthur Wyman, Winslow hk Lucas, Sergeant Uther F Lovell, and John E Hughes.
Dennis L L Regan John J McCarthy Thomas A Sheehan James Colbert Serge ant Daniel F E Ragan Sergeant Thomas F Busby William Lewis Amos Wright John H Dobbyn Michael Johnson John F Quinn and Sergeant William J Hennessey were named to the auditing committee. New directors then elected officers including President Sergeant Albert F Lovell and Vice President Sergeant Thomas F Busby Clerk Edward A Dever Treasurer Thomas Ryan with James Colbert Thomas A Sheehan and Sergeant William J Sheehan on the board.
Little children visited Arab households behind Chinatown to wish Merry Christmas in Syriac. The Orthodox community at 6 Oxford Street held a morning service led by Rev Father Jourius Worry with bare heads and Holy Communion. The Syrians celebrate Christmas on their calendar with New Year’s Day gift exchanges and a 20th century ushering next Monday.
Mme Sembrich opens a three night Boston season at the Boston Theatre with Rossini The Father of Seville and a strong company. The Grand Opera House hosts John J McNallys Farce Wall Street with Kelly and Mason and a starry cast as Ben Hur week looms with Milt G Barlow Uncle Tom role.
Clarence D. Wood 2% years old an instructor at Brown University hanged himself today to the doorknob of his room at 8 Halsey Street Brooklyn. He was in poor mental health and this act ends his life.
The Chinese English musical comedy San Toy charms last night with bright music lively action and affectionate humor. Mr Powers Flora Zabelle and Ashley deliver standout turns as a clever ensemble delivers colorful staging and strong chorus. The audience responds with hearty applause indicating a strong run ahead.
During the Tremont Theatre second week engagement Stuart Robson appears as Tony Lumpkin in Goldsmiths comedy She Stoops to Conquer. The performance matches the prior night with identical costumes and settings as listed on the play bill.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presents Idles of Russia a romantic seventeenth century tale about Empress Elizabeth and a royal-tinged romance. True S James stars as the lieutenant with Susette Wiley as the Empress and E 10 Denison as Maurice De Saxe. Edith Talbot Marta Shepard and Henriette Rich headline supporting roles. A one week run includes daily matinees with a souvenir photo for tonight. Next week brings Across the Continent with Oliver Doud Byron.
Last evening's performance of Hazel Kirke at Castle Square Theatre drew a large crowd. Edmund Breese as Dunstan Kirke received strong praise for a standout portrayal, with supporting turns by Charles Mackay, Tony Cummings, J L Seeley, William J Hasson, Lillian Lawrence, Hope Ross, Jennie Kendrick, Leonora Gaito, and Marian A Chapman. The show runs for this week only before Cable Square Theatre announces Paul Kauvar production.
Goodwin and Miss Elliott head a strong cast in the new drama When We Were Twenty-one at Hollis Street Theatre. The review praises the actors and company with high praise for the production and its uplifting drama.
An ad promoting Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil age 26 years old as a staple medical food. It calls it a food with a medical object and notes changes in medical knowledge surround it. A sample offer invites readers to try a small dose, from Scott & Beynwl on Pearl Street, New York.
The Night of the Fourth continues its third farewell week at the Park Theatre featuring Mathews and Bulger. The show offers clean, light comedy with tuneful music and strong encores, supported by a clever company and lavish costumes. Magician Kellar opens a two week run January 14.
Review notes a lively burlesque at the Columbia with strong cast including Foy Nelstone Gregory McCart Sloan and newcomers. features songs Angelina's Made a March Ma Chere Paris I Told on So and Moonshine Man. Signor Ugo Biondi performs a one act comedy drama A Scandal in a Restaurant with rapid lightning changes. Uncle Eph's Christmas remains popular. Chamber of Horrors draws many patrons with Napoleon Bonaparte topic upcoming. Season tickets on sale. lectures to follow on modern topics and local views.
The Hollis Street Theatre opens at 8 am for Maude Adams engagements with anticipation that queues will form. Audiences expect a sensational production as "LL Aigion" tops the current hype.
The programmes for Mme Carreno’s piano forte recitals at Association Hall next week promise delightful music. Manager L H Mudgett sets hall seats at 75 cents and 1 dollar by location. Seats go on sale at Symphony Hall next Friday morning.
The sentimental rural drama The Mormon Wife in four acts will play at the Boston Theatre. Set largely in Salt Lake City Utah it portrays a Gentile wife whose husband converts to Mormonism and takes another wife. Starred by Thomas McKarney J K Hutchinson Dorothy Kent and Olive White seats go on sale at 9 this morning.
Young fans can watch Kid McCoy perform his famed boxing technique at the Howard Atheneum yesterday. Billy Elmer assists in a polished stage display featuring a burlesque act by the Cracker Jacks and a parade of singers, dancers, and specialty acts.
A dainty playlet based on King Charles II and Nell Gwyn starring Fanny Rice and company drew a decided hit at Keith’s yesterday. The cast included William Cowper as the King and Miss Randolph as the Duchess of Richmond. John Bowker gave a strong Paris Exposition lecture. Browles entertained. Knowles played banjo. other acts were the Bison City Quartet Donahue and Nichols and Genaro and Bailey with songs and dances.
An unclear OCR fragment references Boston Music Hall and a prominent artist drawing the most attention. The text hints at a Vanudevill e or similar performer and the venue’s appeal to audiences. Further readable context is needed for precise details.
The Diamond Breaker played to full houses at the Grand Theatre with Severin De Deyn as Walter Warren, J. J. Owens as Batram Sackett, and Frank Kirke as Pike Price. Leading lady Mildred Hyland starred as Rex Allen while Virginia Thornton and Grace Euler supported. Vaudeville numbers between acts and a daily matinee for ladies added appeal. Next week features For given.
Harold Bauer offered a rich program for his fourth pianoforte recital at Steinert Hall featuring Beethoven op. 31 No. 2, Schumann Allegro op. 8, Brahms variations on Paganini theme including C minor study op. 10, Nocturne F sharp minor, Prelude D minor, Chopin Ballade No. 4 F minor, two Christian Sinding caprices, Liszt D flat study, and Wagner Ride of the Valkyries arrangement.
The sale of seats for the entire Boston engagement of Way Down East began yesterday morning at the Tremont Theatre, where the W. A. Brady production opens next Monday.
An American audience enjoyed the Mitsuta Geisha troupe and other acts at Austin & Stone's Museum. The show featured acrobatics and novelty numbers including Watch it and the famed Long Tom snake and Old Man gorilla. Vaudeville highlights included Lind, Vente Glenn, the Queen sisters, Gilmour and Latour, and the Burnetts.
Over 5000 visitors paid a nickel each to see Lunette, the midair marvel billed as the $50,000 mystery at the Paris Exposition sensation. She walks on the ceiling, while Tunette sleeps eats dances and sings in midair with no visible support. Manager Walker keeps Professor Harry Hopper's educated cats for another week and features Columbus Quartet Professor Sam Singer a mysterious Oriental magician the flexible Jackson and a high kicking French damsel contest. Amateur night returns Friday with a big program.
The Lyceum staged the musical comedy Over the Fence yesterday. A 30 member company showcased new electrical effects and the Parsian novelty The Colored Statuesque Illusion of Plastique Poses with artists including the Savans Swift Hu ber LeRoy Woodford LeFord Sullivan Innman Kessner Reid the Hoovers Te beau Stanton and a chorus of twenty girls.
New Palace Theatre features FKP NK KK, KP VT FW Little Egypt and her company of comedians. Acts include two skits A Nightmare and Forbidden Fruit a breezy satire on life at a female seminary. Other highlights: Al C Laurence Rawson and Batsly De Graff sisters Hodges and Launh mere a colored team and Markey and Stewart with gags and songs Mae Taylor sings new numbers.
The first in Garrett P. Serviss illustrated lecture series opens at Sym. The event showcases science fiction themes and space topics, drawing attendees eager for engaging demonstrations and visual aids.
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