Englishman Flees Draft Three Times in War Years
Frederick Hill 24 born in Birmingham England fled military service after enlisting in the Canadian Forestry Overseas division. He escaped officers twice on Portland docks and again at a railway station before being placed on a train for Camp Levisque under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Canadian Forestry Overseas Division
Frederick Hill
Birmingham
Eng
Camp Levisque
Hill
Olice
Pinex home cough remedy offered at low cost
An advertisement extols Pinex as a cheap, highly concentrated Norway pine extract cough remedy. It describes making a pint of syrup by mixing 4 ounces of Pinex with plain sugar syrup, claiming full pint for about 65 cents and promising fast relief for throat and chest symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees
Wayne
Ind
Proven Swamp Root Aids Weak Kidneys Ad
Advert says Dr Kilmer Swamp Root heals and strengthens kidneys liver and bladder herbal remedy. Claims quick relief for back pain urinary troubles and run down system. Offers sample bottle for ten cents and requests Boston Daily Post mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Register Women for War Work in Massachusetts
Massachusetts women will be registered for war work with questionnaires like draft forms. The survey asks age qualifications for work ability in special lines time available family size and other questions to build a war census of women available for industrial duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Questionnaires Seek War Work Roles for Boston Women
The committee on women in industry and the war efficiency committee plan to mail surveys to Greater Boston plants to assess women’s wartime roles. Mrs. W. A. Troy notes a South Boston munitions plant to open mid February employing 600 men and 600 women, with questionnaires guiding information on available workers and best fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Women In Industry
War Efficiency Committee
State Public Safety Committee
W. A. Troy
Committee On
Women In Industry
Boston
Troy
South
Franklin Park Theatre Week Showcases Classic Films
Franklin Park Theatre presents Mary Pickford in The Little Princess a tale of a luxuriously raised girl facing adversity. Fatty Arbuckle performs in a comedy sketch with vaudeville acts Bedford and Gardner Marlin Jackie and Billie and Barry and Layton. Ethel Barrymore headlines An American Widow Thursday to Saturday and The Hidden Hand serial airs with new Pathe pictures and vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Franklin Park Theatre
Mary Pickford
Fatty Arbuckle
Bedford and Gardner
Marlin
Jackie
Billie
Barry
Layton
Ethel Barrymore
Hidden
Pathe Pictures
Modern Theatre Presents Rose of the World and Jules of the Strong Heart
The Modern Theatre offers a week long bill headlined by Rose of the World featuring Elsie Ferguson and adapted from a story by Agnes and Edgerton Castle. It is paired with Jules of the Strong Heart starring George Beban as a cheerful French Canadian woodsman along with short releases and news pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Theatre
Elsie Ferguson
Agnes
Edgerton Castle
Jules
George Beban
Old Time Farce Shubert Presents What's Your Husband Doing
Edward H Crosby notes Boston enjoyed a real old fashioned farce last night at the Shubert in What's Your Husband Doing written by George W Hobart for the city premiere. The play aimed to provoke laughter with a breezy, nonconformist tone and succeeded as a large audience braved bad weather and roared with merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Shubert
George W. Hobart
Farcical Divorce Firm Comedy at Honeysuckle Inn
Widgast and Pidgeon law firm stars Hale Hamilton as Widgast in a frothy farce set around Honeysuckle Inn. A dinner invitation masks mischief as police raid the road house locking all in overnight. Strong turns by Jed Prouty Jane Cooper Charlotte Ives Gretchen Yates Joseph Conyers heighten the lively ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widgast
Pidgeon
Honeysuckle Inn
Mouse
Hale Hamilton
Jed Prouty
Mr. Hamilton
Jane Cooper
Charlotte Ives
Gretchen Yates
Trotman
Joseph Conyers
Three Act Comedy at Majestic
Mother Carey's Chickens a three act comedy adapted from Kate Wiggin and Rachel Crothers was staged at the Majestic Theatre last evening for the first time in this city. A large and highly appreciative audience attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Carey
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rachel Crothers
Majestic Theatre
Mother Careys Chickens Shown To Boston Audiences
A Boston theater review praises the rural New England play Mother Careys Chickens as wholesome and uplifting. Adelaide Reim stars as Mother Carey with a strong cast including Wallace Owen Antoinette Walker Allen Murnane Ursula Ellsworth and Charles Eaton. The production is noted for its charm and accurate portrayal of New England life and ends with a happy union for Nanty Carey and John Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Mother Carey
Beulah
N. H
Nancy
John Hamilton
Carey
China
Hamilton
Nanty Carey
Adelaide Reim
Wallace Owen
Ossian Popham
Antoinette Walker
Allen Murnane
Ursula Ellsworth
Mrs. Popham
Charles Eaton
Little Peter
Louis Baker
Evelyn Eaton
Marie L. Day
Helen Francis
Helen Marqua
Robert Glecker
Colonel Silas A. Isley Dies at 78 in Middlebury
Middlebury veteran Colonel Silas A. Isley a capitalist and benefactor died today at age 78. He served in the Civil War with New York troops and was brevetted lieutenant colonel in 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Silas A. Isley
New York
Land of Promise staged by Henry Jewett Players at the Copley
W Somerset Maughams The Land of Promise was presented at the Cop ley Theatre last evening with Norah Marsh and Frank Taylor in lead roles. The drama follows an Englishwoman seeking a new life on a Manitoba farm amid harsh trials. Next week The Rivals, Sheridan’s English comedy, comes to the same stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
W. Somerset Maugham
Henry Jewett
Copley Theatre
Norah Marsh
Frank Taylor
Norah
Manitoba
England
Mr. Maugham
Miss Roach
Mr. Gordon
Sheridan
The Warrior at Boston Theatre Starring Maciste
The Warrior a dramatic spectacle starring the giant Maciste features love comedy and war with Alpine battles a detention camp escape and balcony duel. Vaudeville highlight Wanted 2 Wife a musical farce with 15 performers plus acts Ida Mae Chadwick and others and news pictures complete the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maciste
Hercules
Alps
Austria
Ida Mae Chadwick
Dad
Cavana
Moore
West
Kenney
Mason
Orpheum Theatre Vaudeville Show at Loew's
An all star vaudeville program at Loew's Orpheum Theatre featured Air-Castle Kate by Jessie Hayward and company along with Cardo and Nell Tyler and Crosius Maude Tiffany and the Osaki Duo. The screen presented News Pictorial a comedy and Ghosts of Yesterday with Norma Talmadge. The lineup changes Thursday to Colonel Patee's Old Soldier Fiddlers and Woman and Wife with Alice Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew's
Orpheum Theatre
Kate
Jessie Hayward
Cardo
Nell
Tyler
Crosius
Maude Tiffany
Osaki
Norma Talmadge
Colonel Patee
Woman and Wife
Alice Brady
Exeter Street Theatre Set To Feature Multiple Attractions
This week's Exeter Street Theatre program includes Wallace Reid in Nan of Music Mountain Florence La Badie in The Man With out a Country Pauline Frederick in Mrs Dane's Defence Constance Talmadge in The Honeymoon and Pathe news at each show, changing twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter Street Theatre
Wallace Reid
Nan
Music Mountain
Florence la Badle
Pauline Frederick
Mrs. Dane
Constance Talmadge
Pathe
Park Square Theatre Show Receives Final Week Run
Park Square Theatre last evening began its final week of Upstairs and Down a celebrated Boston comedy noted for its savory piquancy and strong playgoer appeal. Success a new play by Adeline Leitzbach and Theodore A Liebler Jr will have its metropolitan premiere at Park Square next Monday with a cast including Jesse Dandy Adele Rolland Helen Holmes Emily Gallaway Lionel Glens ter William Hassan Carree Clarke James Durkin Louis Leon Hall George Leffingwell Mrs Arda La Croix Richard Abbott and Melton Clodagh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square Theatre
Adele Rolland
Helen Holmes
Emily Gallaway
Lionel Glenister
William Hassan
Carree Clarke
James Durkin
Louis Leon Hall
George Leffingwell
Arda la Croix
Richard Abbott
Melton Clodagh
Plymouth Theatre Looms With Nothing But the Truth
William Collier draws hearty laughter at the Plymouth with a unique plot and bright lines. An admirable supporting company includes Lillian Lawrence Rapley Holmes Ned Sparks Charles Walton Arnold Lucy Ione Bright Betty Wales and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Collier
Plymouth
Mr. Collier
Lillian Lawrence
Rapley Holmes
Ned Sparks
Charles Walton
Arnold Lucy
Ione Bright
Betty Wales
Tanguay Headlines at B F Keiths Theatre in Weeklong Run
Tanguay draws capacity crowds at B F Keiths Theatre with Eva’s new songs and encore I Don’t Care. Cameron sisters dazzle with Egyptienne waltz and fox trot while Dooley and Sales deliver fresh comedy in Will Yer Jim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanguay
B. F. Keith
Eva
Cameron Sisters
Dorothy
Madeline
Cameron Fox
Dooley
Sales
Will Yer
Jim
George Morton
Sidney Clare
James C. Morton
Mamie Diamond
Confucius
Prosper and
Maret
Alexander MacFayden
Wilson and
Aubrey
The
News Pictorial
Castle Square Theatre Maintains Popular Continuous Performances
Castle Square Theatre opens with high appeal offering a tea room for ladies in the afternoon and evening. The first week features Pauline Stark in Until They Get Me and Baby Marie Osborn in The Little Patriot. The bill shifts to Italian songs and dances led by Miserere from Il Trovatore with cartoons and news. Thursday brings Marian Davies in Runaway Romany and Bessie Barriscale in Madame Who.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square
Pauline Stark
Baby
Marie Osborne
Il Trovatore
Matt and
Jeff
Frank Daniels
Mhearst-Pathe
Marian Davies
Bessie Barriscale
Boston
Burlesque duo charms audience at Howard Atheneum show
Howard Atheneum hosted Captain Barnett and son known as the Mutt and Jeff of burlesque with the Auto Girls Burlesque cast. Carol Schroder and Jim Lake plus Billy Barnes were highlighted among an evening of song and specialty acts. The vaudeville bill featured the Tuscano brothers, Hanley and Francis, the Aerial Levins, the Du Vall sisters and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Barnett and Son
the Mutt
Jeff
Howard Atheneum
Auto Girls
Rod Davis
Ruth Paige
Tommy Brooks
Ernest Fisher
Tuscano Brothers
Hanley and
Francis
Day and Johnson
Bowdoin Square Theatre Show Delights Boston Audience
The Bowdoin Square Theatre in Boston presented One Hour with Elinor Glynn and cast including Zena Keefe and Alan Hale. Enid Bennett led The Little Brother, plus Vengeance and the Woman with William Duncan and Carol Holloway. A Fox and Triangle comedy shared the program, with vaudeville acts and upcoming Hart in The Silent Man next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Elinor Glynn
Zena Keefe
Alan Hale
Filmland
Miss Keefe
Opal
Enid Bennett
West Side
New York
Vengeance
William Duncan
Carol Holloway
Fox
Howard
Scott
Fagin
Macomber
Wilson
Whitman
Arleys
Brown and Harris
Major’ Ralph
Payson
Sam Cohen
William 8
Hart
Scollay Square Olympia Presents The Conqueror and Attractions
At the Scollay Square Olympia this week audiences await Italian battlefront films and William Farnum in The Conqueror. Vaudeville features include The Race of Man The World in Harmony Kale and Kayne Curtis and Gilbert Walter McCullough Oh the Women and Al Taylor and the fuper troupe plus Olympia News Weekly and other pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scollay Square Olympia
William Farnum
Globe Theatre Offers D W Griffith Intolerance in Boston
The Globe Theatre verifies advance statements about D W Griffiths mammoth photo play Intolerance as it begins its second Boston week. Viewers praise the ambitious scope and the film drama weaving scenes from centuries apart into a cohesive story. Patronage remains excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Globe Theatre
Magic Freezone Promises Quick Corn Removal
An old ad copy touts Freezone drops to remove corns with little cost and no pain. It claims a touchy corn is instantly relieved and can be lifted away with fingers, offering painless relief.
Waldron’s Waldron’s Casino Burlesque Show Presents The High Cost of Flirting
Peter Clark’s Oh Girl company appears at Waldron’s Casino this week with The High Cost of Flirting a new burlesque story by Junie McCree featuring a known cast including Clare Evans Vivian Lawrence Mamie Mitchell Jeanette Mohr Morey Clark Irving Sands Al Hyatt Joe Mills and Monroe Lockwood the two lullaby rubes The program promises a premier girl show with top chorus talent and a fresh take for Clark’s audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Clark
Waldron
Mr. Clark
Junie McCree
Clare Evans
Vivian Lawrence
Mamie Mitchell
Jeanette Mohr
Morey Clark
Irving Sands
al. Hyatt
Joe Mills
Monroe Lockwood
Gordon's Olympia Hosts Tea Themed Variety Week
Madame Petrova premieres her first play with her own company The Daughter of Destiny at Gordon's Olympia. Each lady patron receives a specially imported tea package. The Uneeda Girls perform a miniature musical comedy while The Armless Wonder features The Lutz brothers and a lady assistant. Lucy Gillette and John Cutty also appear amid wartime and domestic life scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Petrova
Gordon’s Olympia
Destiny
Uneeda
Lutz
Kellermann Tops St James Bill At Loew’s Theatre
At Loew’s St James yesterday Annette Kellermann headlined in A Daughter of the Gods with aquatic feats framed by the film. Vaudeville offerings included John G Sparks, the University Four, Gleasons, Houlihan, Art Smith, and Bob Tip. A News Pictorial also played. The lineup shifts Thursday to Royal Hawaiians and Ghosts of Yesterday with The Retreat of the Germans sequel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Kellermann
Loew
St. James Theatre
Miss Kellermann
John G. Sparks
New York
University Four
Tohn
Bertha Gleason
Fred Houlihan
Art Smith
Monologist
Bob Tip
Two Photoplays At Fenway Theatre This Week
William S. Hart stars in The Silent Man a Western drama while Harle Williams leads In the Balance both showcases praised for acting and production quality at Fenway Theatre this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenway Theatre
William 8. Hart
Harle Williams
Tremont Temple Shows Navy Picture Series in Final Week
Tremont Temple began the final week of its engagement with Our Navy a Prizma process film depicting naval operations. The gelatine reel showcases the branch with informative and thrilling exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Naval
Tremont Temple
Beacon Theatre Film Bill Stays Through the Week
The Beacon Theatre presents an all film bill unchanged all week featuring Rose of the World with Elsie Ferguson in a Castle story adaptation. Jules of the Strong Heart stars George Beban as a friendly French Canadian trapper. Short releases and news pictures complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Theatre
Elsie Ferguson
Agnes
Edgerton Castle
Jules
George Beban
Park Theatre Offers Top Week Featuring Viola Dana and Hart
The Park Theatre presents Viola Dana in Blue Jeans showing silent suffering and devotion amid village gossip. William S Hart appears in Between Men as a mining man aiding a friend against a pseudo Wall Street foe. The Broadway Trio debuts, Park Symphony plays classical pieces, and Keystone comedy with Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew provides laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Viola Dana
William S. Hart
Wall Street
Park Symphony Orchestra
Sidney Drew
Gayety Theatre Presents Parisian Novelty Show This Week
At the Gayety Theatre Jean Bedini's Parisian novelty show headlines a lively bill. The cast includes Clark and McCullough, Bob Harmon, George Brooks, Bob Murphy, and John Bedini with Lorayne. Also featured are Max Myers, Marie Sabbott, the Mischka Pipik troupe, and the Five Aerial Dolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayety
Jean Bedini
Clark and
McCullough
Bob Harmon
George Brooks
Bob Murphy
John Bedini
Lorayne
Max Myers
Marie Sabbott
Lancaster Theatre Showcases Three Stars in Dual Bill
Three popular motion picture stars headline the Lancaster Theatre program yesterday. George Walsh stars in The Pride of New York as a son of a New York contractor who volunteers for his country. Theda Bara appears in Selling Liberty Bonds, while Ethel Clayton leads Stolen. Tonight the bill shifts to The Sea Master with William Russell and One Law for Both featuring Rita Julivet and Vincent Serrano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Theatre
New York
George Walsh
Theda Bara
Ethel Clayton
Bill
William Russell
Rita Julivet
Vincent Serrano
Tremont Theatre Presents The Boomerang
The Tremont Theatre hosts a bright comedy The Boomerang now offered at the house. It is finely played by Arthur Byron Martha Hedman Wallace Eddinger Ruth Shepley Mary Elizabeth Forbes and others of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Arthur Byron
Martha’ Hedman
Wallace Eddinger
Ruth Shepley
Mary Elizabeth Forbes
Rambler Rose closes as Riviera Girl debuts in Boston
Final week at Colonial Theatre features Rambler Rose drawing large crowds and praise for principals and chorus. On Monday The Riviera Girl opens in Boston with Wilda Bennett in the title role, marking a new engagement after Rambler Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Therincipals
Riviera
Boston
Wilda Bennett
Hollis Street Theatre Sees Strong Patronage for The Thirteenth Chair
The Hollis Street Theatre reports consistently large audiences for The Thirteenth Chair as patrons seek to uncover who killed Edward Wales. Mr Welller's play and Margaret Wycherley’s Irish clairvoyant role have drawn wide praise for artistic effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Edward Wales
Welller
Margaret Wycherley
Tha Wen Who Came Back Delights Wilbur Theatre Crowd
The Wilbur Theatre continues to draw audiences for Tha Wen Who Came Back. Henry Hull and Laura Walker lead in a well acted adventure tale with strong support. A clever dive scene set in San Francisco anchors the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha Wen
Wilbur Theatre
Henry Hull
Laura Walker
San Francisco
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