Cuticura Soaps Heal Pimples and Blackheads
A reader reports facial acne and itching improving after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The letter describes severe pimples on the face arms and shoulders that burned on warm days and were embarrassed by, then notes healing after three cakes of soap and ointment. The notice offers free samples by mail and lists the Cuticura department in Boston.
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FE. J. Gregory
Summer St
Pawtucket
R.1
Cuticura
Dept. H
Boston
What the Doctor Knows About Kidneys and Health
Reader warning about kidney health and Bright's Disease with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. Claims kidneys drive overall health and cites statistics from New York. Promotes sample bottle offer and two bottle sizes 50c and 1.00 with order address in Binghamton New York.
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Bright
New York
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Music of Beauty in New Show at Tremont Theatre
Edward H. Crosby reports Boston audiences returned to Tremont Theatre as it shifts back toward lyric entertainment with a new production described as opera comique rather than the usual musical attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music OF Beauty
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Lyric
Atlantic
Opera Comique
Miss Springtime at Boston a New Kalman Operetta Delights
Kalman score and romantic plot please Boston audience during its initial Boston presentation. Rosika and Marco arrive incognito, impersonation leads to romance, with Frank McIntyre providing comedy. Strong cast and lavish scenery signal a promising run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Emmerich Kalman
Sam
Pilota
Rudolph Marco
Grand Opera
Budapest
Rosika
Marco
Paul Pilgrim
Frank McIntyre
Oveya
Budapesth
Herr Kalman
Ethel Pettit
Harrison Brockbank
Wilmuth Merkyl
Frank Doane
Zoe Barnett
The Awakening of Helena Richie Heads Olympia Bill
Ethel Barrymore stars in The Awakening of Helena Richie at Gordon’s Olympia this week. The program also features The Great Secret with Bushman and Bayne, Great Expectations with Louise Huff and Jack Pickford, plus vaudeville acts In Monkeyland and Captain Kidder’s miniature operetta Cru soe’s Isle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon’s Olympia
Ethel Barrymore
Helena Richie
Bushman
Bayne
Louise Huff
Jack Pickford
Captain Kidder and Company
Faust
Dayton
Farrell
Salvation Site Leads St James Theatre One-Act Bill
At the St James Theatre yesterday Octavia Handworth and company presented Salvation Site a one act comedy drama. The bill also featured Loewy and the Lacy sisters Ferguson and Sunderland Fiske and Fallon and Serbini and Grovini in acts. Also shown were Pearl of the Army episode a news pictorial a comedy film and The Pipers Price with Dorothy Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Theatre
Octavia Handworth
Loewy
the Lacy Sisters
Ferguson
Sunderland
Fiske
Fallon
Serbini
Grovini
Dorothy Phillips
Pollyanna Charms Hollis Street Theatre Crowd in Week Three
The Hollis Street Theatre hosts Pollyanna for its third week with warm audience response. Praised for Patricia Collinge’s superb performance, the cast also features Effie Shannon, Herbert Kelcey, Jessie Busley, Maude Granger, Earle Browne, Helen Weathersby, Maud Hosford, Stephen Davis, Harry Barfoot, and Henry Duffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
Pollyanna
Merry Play
Patricia Collinge
Miss Collinge
Effie Shannon
Herbert Kelcey
Jessie Busley
Maude Granger
Earle Browne
Helen Weathersby
Maud Hosford
Stephen Davis
Harry Barfoot
Henry Duffey
Mitzi Renews Her Success in Pom Pom at Colonial
Mitzi Hajes returns to Boston in the title role of Pom Pom at the Colonial Theatre for a two week engagement. The show features enhanced dance routines and new business bits with Mitzi delivering lively singing and a noted performance as Evelyn. Tom McNaughton, Rita Dane, Carl Gantvoort and Bessie De Voie headline a strong cast in a polished revival following last year’s Paris street gamin turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitzi Hajes
Boston
Colonial Theatre
Mitzi
Paris
Evelyn
Tom McNaughton
Rita Dane
Carl Gantvoort
Bessie de Voie
Cohan
Wilbur Theatre Star Shines In The Unchastened Woman
Emily Stevens as Caroline Knolys delivers a pronounced performance in The Unchastened Woman at the Wilbur Theatre now in its second week. Reeves-Smith supports as the husband with solid impersonation. Minor roles are well sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Stevens
Caroline Knolys
H. Reeves-Smith
Final Week of The Passing Show Opens at Shubert Theatre
Boston audiences packed the Shubert Theatre for the final week of The Passing Show of 1916 with strong welcomes for Ed Wynn Belle Ashlyn Stella Hoban Ma Belle and the fiddling dancers. The next bill on January 15 features Herbert Blossom’s Hearts of Erin with Vernon Stiles in the lead.
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Shubert Theatre
Boston
Ed Wynn
Belle Ashlyn
Stella Hoban
Ma Belle
Herbert Blossom
Hearts of Erin
Vernon Stiles
Washington Theatre Presents A Trio Of 1910s Screen Dramas
Feature includes Miss Clara Williams in Three of Many set on an Austro Italian frontier. Le nore Ulrich stars in The Road to Love, Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in The Great Secret. On Thu Fri Sat bill shows Lillian Gish in The House Built Upon Sand Marie Dor o in Oliver Twist and Helen Holmes in The Lass of the Lumber Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Williams
Washington Theatre
Lenore Ulrich
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Lillian Gish
Marie Doro
Helen Holmes
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Relief from Constipation
Dr Edwards introduces Olive Tablets as a safe substitute for calomel with a mild vegetable laxative. The tablets have no griping and help normalize bowels and liver. Advertises cures for dark mouth bad breath dullness and torpid liver with one or two tablets nightly priced 25 cents per box at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Waldron's Casino Presents Trio of Burlesque Comics This Week
Waldron's Casino features three leading burlesque funmakers Bert Rose Don Clark and James Coughlin in the Great Star and Garter Show with a new musical comedy At the Mardi Gras and All Aboard in two parts. The Luna Park production includes a large chorus and a bathing pavilion showcase with striking costumes and a Paris boulevard number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron’s
Bert Rose
Don Clark
James Coughlin
Rose
Jimmy Coughlin
W. & W. Amusement Company
Jess Weiss
Walter Wolff
Burlington Four
Margaret Lee
Jacquelin Tallman
May Delisle
Luna Park
Johnny Wise
Paris
New Beacon Theatre Presents Dickens Adaptation and Civil War Drama
The New Beacon Theatre opens with Marie Doro in an elaborate Oliver Twist adaptation with the same costumes from the all-star revival. Peggy Hyland and Antonio Moreno star in The Rose of the South, a Civil War romance. Lou Tellegen appears in The Victoria Cross, with Clara Kimball Young in The Rise of Susan on the same program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Beacon Theatre
Marie Doro
Charles Dicken
Oliver Twist
Miss Doro
Peggy Hyland
Antonio Moreno
Lou Tellegen
Paul Potter
Clara Kimball Young
Susan
Pride of the Clan heads Modern Theatre bill with Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford stars in The Pride of the Clan at the Modern Theatre all week. The Nine ty and Nine features William Courtenay and Lucille Lee Stewart with a humorous village drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Mary
Marget McTavish
William Courtenay
Lucille Lee Stewart
Douglas Fairbanks Stars In The Matrimaniac At Old South
Douglas Fairbanks appears in The Matrimaniac at the Old South Theatre this week with a noted stunt riding a jackass. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne deliver strong acting in The Great Secret episode. Frank Keenan and Charles Richmond headline Thursday to Saturday shows in The Sins We Do and The Secret Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks
Old South Theatre
Fairbanks
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Frank Keenan
Charles Richmond
Bowdoin Square Theatre Currents At The Bowdoin
The Bowdoin Square Theatre remains a top amusement spot for women and youth with "Diana, the Huntress" drawing strong applause for its lifelike drama. Wormwood's monkey circus charms youngsters with Charley Chaplin mimicry as Putnam Lewis entertain and Wood and Lawson deliver piano imitations. The Clemense brothers and Clark and Levine also please. The Shielding Shadow ends today and tomorrow with Sam Cohen’s amateurs and bargain features to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Diana
Wormwood
Monkey Circus
Charley Chaplin
Putnam and Lewis
Wood
Lawson
Leroy
Barry
Todd Nards
Clemense Brothers
Clark
Levine
Whitmark
Sam *Cohen
Castle Square presents Bringing Up Father in Politics
The Castle Square Theatre enters the second and final week of Bringing Up Father in Politics with a lively vaudeville program. Jiggs Mahoney and Maggie, played by Johnny Jess and Isabel Winlocke, receive strong audience approval while the Hedges perform a string of specialties. After over three hours the show keeps a brisk pace as the sun wanes. Next week Walter Lawrence headlines as Come Back to Erin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square
Jiggs Mahoney
Maggie
Johnny Jess
Isabel Winlocke
Hedges
Walter Lawrence
Erin
Exeter Street Theatre Shows Silent Stars This Week
For the midweek, Douglas Fairbanks appears in American Aristocracy with Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Blackwell in His Brother's Wife at Exeter Street Theatre. From Thursday onward, Ethel Barrymore leads The Awakening of Helena Richie. Dill Frank Keenan stars in The Sins We Do, plus Burton Holmes and Metro travel and one part comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks
Ethel Clayton
Carlyle Blackwell
Exeter Street
Ethel Barrymore
Helena Richie
Frank Keenan
Burton Holmes
Metro Travel
The Black Butterfly at Franklin Park Theatre Delivers Strong Cast
An exceptional cast and production stand out in The Black Butterfly at Franklin Park Theatre this week. Mme Petrova excels as Sonia Smirnov the beautiful dancer and also plays a mother and daughter in a mirrored dialogue scene. Vaudeville acts shine and the Pathe Weekly highlights top events of the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Park Theatre
Mme. Petrova
Sonia Smirnov
Pathe Weekly
Russian Ballet Opens at B. F. Keiths Theatre with Kosloff
Theodore Kosloff and his Imperial Ballet troupe headline a diverse bill at B. F. Keiths Theatre. Vlasta Maslova shines in solos and duets, backed by a ten-piece Russian orchestra. The program also features Aveling and Lloyd, Julius Tannen, Dolly Connolly, Percy Wenrich, De Leon and Mary Davies, Meehan’s dogs, and the Hearst-Pathé News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kosloff
Imperial Ballets
Moscow
Petrograd
Vlasta Maslova
B. F. Keith’s
Kosloff
Imperial Theatre
M. Kosloff
Aveling
Lloyd
Aaron Hoffman
Julius Tannen
Dolly Connolly
Comedienne
Percy Wenrich
Miss Connolly
Mr. Wenrich
Walter de Leon
Mary Davies
Meehan
Pinkey
Martin Brennan
Ethel Powell
the Searles
Hearst-Pathe
Orpheum presents vaudeville bill led by Cal Dean
A full Orpheum program yesterday featured The Sorority Girls in miniature musical comedy by 14 performers led by Cal Dean. It also included Just for Instance, Berhur acrobats, Arab athletes, Jay Gould and Flo Lewis in Holding the Fort, Mae Marvin with syncopated songs, Rice and Francis in His Uncle's Ward, and a news reel plus House Built Upon the Sand as the feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
Cal Dean
Berhur
Jay Gould
Flo Lewis
Mae Marvin
Rice
Francis
Globe Theatre presents Pickford double bill and McCoy attraction
The Globe Theatre offers a two film bill this week featuring Mary Pickford in Hearts Adrift with Gertrude McCoy in The Lash of Destiny. Pickford plays Nina a Spanish waif survivor of a shipwreck. McCoy stars as a country schoolteacher who moves to the city to pursue singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Mary Pickford
Gertrude McCoy
Nina
Miss McCoy
Grace George Stars in Major Barbara at Plymouth Theatre
Grace George in the title role of Major Barbara graces the Plymouth Theatre for the week. The Shaw play attracts strong patronage and Miss George has pleased Boston audiences with this new offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace George
Barbara
Plymouth Theatre
Boston
Miss George
Broadway Belles head Howard Atheneum burlesque show
The Howard Atheneum featured Broadway Belles in two lively acts and five scenes with original humor. Joe Marks Amy Evans and Dolly Southern drew praise while Rogers Hughes Franklyn Boldens The Flying Keelers Tom Donnelly Marvel Betts and Potter also entertained in a strong vaudeville bill promising a prosperous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Atheneum
Joe Marks
Amy Evans
Dolly Southern
the Howard
Rogers
Hughes
Franklyn
Boldens
Flying Keelers
Tom Donnelly
Marvel
Betts
Potter
Liberty Girls at Gaiety Theatre Opens with Bright Crowd
Melrose crowd greets opening performances at the Gaiety Theatre featuring Liberty Girls led by Jack Conway. Notable acts include Burlowa sisters slack wire, singer Etta Joerns, Barry Melton, and song hit New York Town by Lynd Gately. Other entertainers Mike Pugila and Arthur Mayer impress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Conway
Gaiety Theatre
Liberty Girls
Mr. Conway
Melrose
Burlowa Sisters
Slack Wire
Etta Joerns
Barry Melton
New York Town
Lynd Gately
Mike Pugila
Arthur Mayer
Prescription for Catarrhal Deafness Head Noises Relief
If you have catarrhal deafness or head noises, obtain Parmint double strength from a druggist. Mix 1 ounce with a% pint hot water and 4 ounces granulated sugar, take 1 tablespoonful four times daily. Relieves distressing noises, clears nostrils, eases breathing, and stops mucus drainage. Easy to make, inexpensive, and pleasant to take.
Final Boston week for You're in Love at Majestic
Majestic Theatre announces this is the last Boston week for You're in Love the current attraction. The show has added May Thompson dances and new cast members Cunningham Clements and others while remaining well received by patrons. Afterward Fox presents A Daughter of the Gods with Annette Kellerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Majestic Theatre
May Thompson
Cunningham
Clements
Fox
Annette Kellerman
Cambridge Man Praises Plant Juice Remedy in Testimonial
A Cambridge man, James F E Connerty, reports relief from chronic stomach trouble after using Plant Juice since 1904. The testimonial touts digestion, sleep, and overall health gains, with the product promoted by the Plant Juice Man at Houghton and Dutton drug department for public demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James FE. Connerty
Webster Street
Cambridge
Houghton & Dutton
Remedy for air passages using Balm of Gilead and Duffy’s Malt
A historic remedy advises mixing 1% Balm of Gilead buds with 1 pint Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for 48 hours then straining. Add 1 lb bruised rock candy to slowly dissolve. Dose increases from a teaspoon hourly to a tablespoon hourly, or every half hour in acute cases. Sold by druggists and grocers for $1.00. request the household booklet from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co in Rochester NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Anti-Kamma Tablets Promoted For Headache Relief
An advertisement claims headaches have various frequencies and notes doctors often cannot find or cure the cause. It promotes anti kamma tablets as a permanent relief, available from druggists in quantities from 100 to 500 and more, with AK Tablets as the product name.
A-K Tablets Offer Relief For Severe Headache Attacks
The copy promotes A-K Tablets as a remedy for sick headache describing two tablets to ward off an attack and one tablet every two hours during an attack. It claims rest and comfort follow and that relief is unique to this product.
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Robert M. Yerkes
Harvard
Pileri~m “Oll
America
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Collier's
Tremont
Edward H. Crosby
Wilbur Theatre
Himer & Amend
Third Ave
New York City
Theodore Metcalf Co
Waldron’s Casino
Modern Theatre
Castle Square Theatre
Exeter Street Theatre
B. F. Keith’s Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
J. Ogden Armour
Armour and Company
Earth
Philip D. Armour
James E. Connerty
T.D. Baker Co. Provisioners
Telephone Beach
Washington Street
Boylston
Hollis Sts
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