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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1914
Page
8
Lew Fields opens his latest entertainment at the Shubert Theatre with a lively show titled All Aboard. The production begins with a respectable plot, is sharply interrupted, then resumes toward a merry, fast paced finish.
Jan Van Haan, a Dutch sailor, trades 100 for a police warrant thinking it a commission. He dreams he is a commander visiting Spain, the Wild West, Holland, and China, forecasting 2018 with women in charge. Field gathers vaudevillians Carter De Haven and wife, Kate Elinor, for a bright, varied show full of feats.
A home cough syrup recipe promises quick relief for obstinate coughs and even whooping cough. It tallies Pinex and sugar syrup with optional honey, touts appetite boost and mild laxative effects, and offers a money back guarantee via The Pinex Co. of Fort Wayne Indiana.
American women seek slim figures like French cousins without exercise. The method promotes bathing with Clarks Thinning Salts dissolved in water to shrink fat after multiple baths. Claims note no harmful ingredients and approval by medical authorities, with a full treatment of twenty four baths.
Public notice advertises Eckman’s Alterative as a cure for bronchitis lung trouble and related symptoms. It cites a testimonial from Rosa Voelp el and Mary Korh amer claiming recovery from bronchitis and night sweats after using the product. The ad urges readers to consult physicians and obtain the remedy from leading druggists.
The orchestra members perform with lively wit as Claire Rochester and Zoe Barnett sing while Katheryn Ritchie and Ralph Riggs dance in terpsichorean and acrobatic style. The 2018 vision features Mr. Fields as a betrayed young man, a ship scene uses film to show rough seas, and the chorus appears youthful and diligent. The engagement lasts two weeks, then Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson appears on Jan. 29 in repertory.
This week only the Tremont shows Ethel Barrymore in Tante with a strong local audience following. The company includes Charles Cherry Eileen Van Biene Mrs. Thomas Whiffen Hardee Wright and others fully meeting the production's demands.
J Herbert Frank and company staged The Atonement at St James Theatre yesterday with B Kelly Frost Caron and Herbert in a pantomime piece Bootblack Four and Juggling Nelson among the acts. A list of new photo plays was shown and Lelia Davis and company were advertised for Thursday in As It May Be.
Two large audiences enjoyed yesterday’s entertainment at the Grand Opera House as the Rector Girls delivered lively burlesque on the Progressive circuit. The opener Oh You Married Men drew laughs from women patrons amid bright sun and fresh costumes.
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers a diverse lineup aimed at women and children. Headlining is the Five Alarcons, Mexican performers touring the country with patriotic songs. The bill includes Wanted by the Police with William Jefferson, Bartel and Rose, Emmett and Emmett, Burns and Clifton, Harry and Mona Turpin, Flying La Marrs, Chick Story trio, and Van Celle the foot juggler.
Mary Young headlines theCastle Square Theatre in Boston marking her first season appearance with Mr. Craigs company. The crowd filled both shows as Miss Young portrayed Lily Parradell in The Mind the Paint Girl with lively wit and confident stage presence. Co stars Jeyes Carleton and Walter Walker delivered strong supporting turns in this contemporary comedy.
The National Theatre presents a varied week featuring Ruth Lockwood and the Mecca Four, a dazzling Verigraph with lorgnettes, and acts by Charles Semen the narrow feller, the Lorretta Four, the Three Keatons, Oliver and White, Vino and Fay the Rubes, and Chief Tendehoa.
The Gay New Yorkers company at the Gaiety Theatre brings vaudeville variety with strong individual acts. Carol Schroeder and Rag Ellis headline a lively program with Will Fox and Jess Crockery contributing wit and song. The cast features a clever young singer Nelson in a leading role.
The new musical comedy Oh Oh Delphine starts at the Colonial Theatre to large audiences and rave reviews. Grace Edmond stars as Delphine with Stella Hohan as her rival while Frank Doane Frank McIntyre and Scott Welsh provide high spirited comic support in a lively production.
The Marriage Market ends its Boston run next Saturday evening after a successful run at the Hollis. Donald Brian and companions depart the city with many friends made, while May De Sousa Carroll McComas Moya Mannering Percival Knight Arthur Reynolds and others have each given notable performances.
The detective play Under Cover at the Plymouth Theatre drew little notice on arrival but has become a popular city attraction. Led by William Courtney and Lily Cahill, the production is praised for its ingenious plot and strong acting.
Older New England audiences renew youth watching Little Women at the Majestic Theatre. Four sisters Marie Pavey Margaret Prussing Beverly West and Madelaine Moore excel in their roles. Miss Bukeley offers an acclaimed Marmee performance with notable skill.
The Whip's final three weeks at the Boston Seton Theatre prove strong public interest in this entertainment. Boston's major playhouse ranks among the nation's best for such productions with steady patronage since opening. Indications point to a financially successful close.
Lelia Davis and her company presented As It May Be to large audiences yesterday. Ralph Ash from Boston and Win Shaw performed A Night in Chinatown, with Oxford Trio Jones and Brown, Rosalre and Prevost, Wright and Conrad, and Ward and West also featured. A list of new photo plays was shown. J Herbert Frank and company to perform The Atonement Thursday.
The Girls from Missouri burlesquers headline a live mirthmaker titled The Littlest Leading Lady at the Howard Atheneum. Carl Isagene troupe of 19 acrobats and gymnasts perform somersaults, with Weston and Keith and Hgan and Colton in specialty acts. End with election returns announced from stage tonight.
Richard Henry Warren presents Scoliag Square Olympia The Storm a musical scene of merrymakers in a forest disrupted by a coming storm with wind rain lightning and thunder. Mrs Murphy's Second Husband comedy by Gracie Emmett and company earns big hit. rest of bill considered high class.
The third week of Traffic in Souls opened at the Globe Theatre with steady crowds. Burke the handsome young police officer leads audiences through a two hour melodrama as he pursues the little girl lured away by a system agent. The suspense remains high throughout the performance.
A bright snappy show runs this week at Waldron's Casino by the Belles of Beauty Row under Henry P. Dixon. The program features lively music and genuine comedy.
Pasquali company's spectacular photo production of The Last Days of Pompeii drew large enthusiastic crowds yesterday at Tremont Temple. The show enters its third and next to last week of run.
Calvin Milton Woodward former dean of the Washington University engineering and architecture department died after a stroke at 76. He began his career in Massachusetts where he headed Brown High School in Newburyport. His daughter Mrs Ralph McCarthy of Buffalo rushed to be with him on a train to St Louis.
Professor Woodward born in Fitchburg 1887 educated at Harvard earned AB 1860 PhD 1883 served in Civil War as captain of Company A Forty eights Massachusetts Volunteers. He led Washington University engineering and architecture faculty and founded St. Louis Manual School. He died after unconsciousness since the attack leaving three daughters.
Bert Williams headlines at Keith's Theatre delivering a broad vaudeville mix with his poker game pantomime tango and sharp social observation. The bill includes Joseph Jefferson's Poor Old Jim Blanche Bender Elisha style fencing Eleanor Baldwin Cass and eight associates plus Stepp Goodrich King Prelle dogs aerialists and other acts.
Park Theatre will conclude its run of The Clever Woman with May Robson next Saturday evening. Robson has shown that a bright clean comedy can succeed financially and has drawn large audiences.
A petition with 300 York Beach area residents signatures was sent to Maine railroad commissioners protesting the York Harbor and Beach railroad service begun Jan 1. They request an early hearing and maintenance of a freight station at Kittery Point. One mixed train runs daily between Portsmouth and York Beach.
Dr. Julia Seton Sears plans to sue for divorce from Frank W. Sears naming a church member as corespondent after an alleged trip abroad. The dispute arose from a London trip in 1910 and a controversial marriage service at Aeolian Hall.
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