Sothern Revives Lord Dundreary At Majestic Theatre
The Majestic staged a revival of Lord Dundreary with E H Sothern, echoing his father E A Sothern 50 years later. Adolph Lestina led the cast as Asa Trenchard with Helena Head and Loretta Healy in key roles as Florence and Augusta. Proceeds benefit Mrs Vincent Hospital with further performances planned including If I Were King and Hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
E. H. Sothern
Lord Dundreary
E. A. Sothern
Sothern
Dundreary
Boston
Dan Maguinnis
Asa Trenchard
E. H
Augusta
Adolph Lestina
Helena Head
Florence
Loretta Healy
Mrs
Gondoliers at Castle Square Ends Run Tonight
The Gondoliers closes its run at Castle Square with lively music and topsy turvy humor. Cast members Tallman Murray Le Baron Lane receive praise as final performances are set for tomorrow. Verdi's Traviata will follow next Thursday with larger orchestra and noted cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square
Tallman
Murray
Miss le Baron
Miss Lane
Helene Noldi
Signor Alberti
Mr. Davies
Mr. Tallman
Hub Theatre Stars Doherty Evans in Illustrated Ballad
Master Francis Doherty appears with Iona Evans in an illustrated ballad at Hub Theatre. Miles Bros. new comedy and sensational motion pictures headline a long schedule with Dave Ballantine A J Fontaine and Robert Plant drawing crowds after yesterday's reception. Ladies orchestra provides incidental numbers between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Doherty
Iona Evans
Miles Bros
Dave Ballantine
A. J. Fontaine
Robert Plant
Essentials of healthy homes promote trusted laxatives
One of the essentials for happy homes is information on health and good living. The text touts known products approved by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World, highlighting Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a genuine family laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Vig Syrup Co
Fritzi Scheff Shines in Hollis Street Modiste Return
The Hollis Street Theatre crowds last night welcomed Fritzi Scheff as Fifi in Mile Modiste Blossom Herbert. Scheff’s vivacious acting and warm voice carry a fresh engaging performance backed by strong supporting turns and polished staging. The two act operetta plays through a fortnight with John Drew’s My Wife to follow at the Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzi Scheff
Hollis Street
Fritzi
Fifi
Mademoiselle Modiste
Henry Blossom
Victor Herbert
Mme. Scheff
Blossom-Herbert
Scheff
Mr. Blossom
Mr. Herbert
Herbert
Franzi Scheff
Josephine Bartlett
Mme
Ceciley Bertha Holly
Bent
William Pruette
Globe Theatre Opens Two Weeks of The Wizard of Oz
The Globe Theatre launched a two week engagement of The Wizard of Oz with large crowds at matinee and evening shows. George Stone as the scarecrow drew roaring laughter, while Charles Wilkins as Nicklehopper and Minerva Cloverdale as Dorothy Gale drew praise for their performances. The cast includes Lillian English, Hattie Sims McCarthy, James D. Wilson as Pastoria II, and Myrtle Owens as the Witch of the North in a colorful production featuring new songs and elaborate poppy fields set pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
the Scarecrow
Tin Woodman
Imogene
the Cow
Cowardly Lion
George Stone
Charles Wilkins
Nicklehopper
Minerva Cloverdale
Dorothy Gale
Kansas
Lillian English
Lunatic
Hattie Sims McCarthy
Pastoria II
James D. Wilson
Gertrude Barthold
Myrtle Owens
North
Joseph Schrode
Schrode
Robert Burns
Bruno
Sir Willie
Pastoria
Herbert Donohue
William Barry
Allie Palmer
Sammy
Orpheum Vaudeville Sees Little Belle Blanche Shine
Little Belle Blanche carried off honors at the Orpheum last evening in a night of strong acts. She impersonated Anna Heid Vesta Victoria Hattie Williams Rose Stahl James T Powers Sam Bernard Richard Carle Eva Tanguay and left the crowd cheering. The bill also featured McMahon's Minstrel Maids Watermelon Girls Magnt Gehrue and a jungle bungalow act by The Four Rianos plus Work and Over and Kelly and Rode with juggl ing and Kinetograph pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Blanche
Orpheum
Miss Blanche
Anna Heid
Vesta Victoria
Hattie Wiliams
Rose Stahl
James T. Powers
Sam Bernard
Richard Carle
Eva Tanguay
McMahon
Magnt@ Gehrue
Miss Gehrue
Kelly
Rode
Howard Truesdell and Company
Willie Hale
Tremont Theatre Presents Tom Jones Delightful Comic Opera
Tremont Theatre last night hosted Henry W. Savage's Tom Jones to strong crowds. The comic opera pleases Boston with music and wit, starring Part ridge Honour Gregory and Squire Western amid lively performances. The Boston engagement ends next Saturday night.
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Tom Jones
Tremont Theatre
Tremont
Boston
Back Bay
Henry W. Savage
Partridge
Honour
Gregory
Squire Western
Sherlock Holmes lights up Boston Theatre in Gillette clash
Boston Theatre stock company delivers a strong Holmes as Wilson Melrose faces Gillette’s approach. Olive Oliver returns as Madge Larrabee with prominence. Mary Sanders shines as Alice Faulkner. Theodore Friebus scores as Moriarty. Walter Walker, Thomas MacLarnis, and Donald Meek provide solid support. An elaborate Belasco bill, Sweet Kitty Bellairs, follows next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gillette
Boston Theatre Stock Company
Snader
Dr. Doyle
Wilson Melrose
Mr. Gillette
Holmes
Olive Oliver
Madge Larrabee
Mary Sanders
Alice Faulkner
Theodore Friebus
Professor Moriarty
Walter Walker
James Jarrabee
Thomas MacLarnis
Dr. Watson
Donald Meek
Billy
David Belasco
Rocky Mountain Express thrills at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House presented The Rocky Mountain Express a railroad melodrama detailing Gideon Smalley’s bid for control of the Colorado & Western. Superintendent Tom Weston foils a plot to wreck the Rocky Mountain Express and steal proxy stock. Weston wins the heroine Blanch Reading. marriage follows amid a lively supporting cast.
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Rocky Mountain’ Express
West
Grand Opera House
Gideon Smalley
Colorado & Western Railroad
Frederick Reading
Jose Montalvo
Reading
Rocky Mountain Express
Smalley
Tom Weston
Windy Gap
Weston
Blanch Reading
Mary Brady
Windy Gap Hotel
Jennie
Solomon Wiseheim
Robert O'Connor
Lawrence Williams
Catherine Challoner
Jack Hayman
Eva Lewis
Lyceum Theatre Presents Runaway Girls in New Burlesque
Clark's Runaway Girls company features new burlesque scenery and costumes in the Eastern Wheel program. The bill opens with The Main Gaza Boo and ends with A Pair of Kings, led by Miss Georgia Cunningham and a cast including Lilian Lawton Ermani Stewart Ruby Marion Marion Cook Lottie Livingston Don Leno Milton Schuster George Pugit William Monahan Billy Gale and Frank Peck with May Livingston Helen Peck Dolly Bremser Bessie Munroe Doona May Lilly Burgess. The vaudeville portion includes the Bowery comedy quartet Monahan and Monahan Marion and Thompson cornetists Milton Schuster and the Livingstons European Risley acrobats and Estella Rose in The Girl in Black performing Anna Held imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peck
May Livingston
Helen Peck
Dolly Bremser
Bessie Munroe
Doona May
Lilly Burgess
Bowery
Monahan
Marion and
Thompson
Milton Schuster
Livingstons
Girl In Black
Estella Rose
Anna Held
Theatre Comique Offers A Strong Week of Acts
This week at Theatre Comique features Fatherhood and Drunkenness a highly moral number The Bewitched Son-in-Law a spellbound tale Afraid of Microbes a funny title The Heavyweights Race a race with a dozen fat men and two women Illustrated songs Bye Bye My Caroline Ain t You Glad You Found Me Top vocalists Otto Fischer Fred Beauregard H J Hackler Luna Cooper Olive Nelson Kitty Howard and instrumentalists Marjorie Bray Katherine Hawkins Suzanne Calhoun with Johnson Sternberg providing impersonations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Comique
Caroline
Otto Fischer
Fred Beauregard
H. J. Hackler
Luna Cooper
Olive Nelson
Kitty Howard
Majorie Bray
Katherine M. Hawkins
Suzanne Calhoun
Johnson and Sternberg
The Round Up Charms Boston at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre hosts a lively second week with The Round Up thrilling a full audience. Maclyn Arbuckle as Slim Hoover shines as Western sheriff while Orme Caldara Florence Rockwell Wright Kramer lead a strong cast in a frontier melodrama full of action and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Boston
Hoover
Maclyn Arbuckle
Orme Caldara
Florence Rockwell
Wright Kramer
Joseph Lothian
Elmer Grandin
Charles Abbe
J. M. Colville
Julia Deane
Tiger Lilies Burlesque Brisk Show At Columbia Theatre
At the Columbia last evening nearly all seats were filled for a Tiger Lilies burlesque with George P. Murphy as principal funmaker. Carrie Ezier impressed as a bright eccentric artiste while Warry Ellsworth pair and other acts drew applause. Bargain matinees for ladies run daily except Saturday with feature nights including wrestling tonight and basketball and amateurs Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tiger Lilies
George P. Murphy
Boston
Murphy
Carrie Ezier
Warry Ellsworth
Josie Webb
Jack Irwin
John Marion
Grace Lillian
Palace Theatre Presents Transatlantic Burlesquers Amid Fine Bill
The Palace Theatre offers a strong week of burlesque and vaudeville by the Transatlantic Burlesquers. Lizzie Freleigh stars with an energetic cast including Smith and Convey, Kalinowski brothers, Norma Bell, Mabel Leslie, Fitzgerald and Quinn, Val Raynor, James Whitely, Eddie Nugent, and the DeGraff sisters. New Palacescope pictures accompany the lively show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Alio
Smith and Convey
Kalinowski Brothers
Norma Bell
Mabel Leslie
Fitzgerald and Quinn
Val Raynor
James Whitely
Eddie Nugent
DeGraff
Palace Company
Palacescope
Theatre Premier showcases Ben Hur with repeat run this week
Over ten thousand spectators viewed Josselyn’s scenic Ben Hur at Theatre Premier last week, prompting a second showing from morning to night. The program includes The Shaughraun and Military Tournament with cavalry drills, The Mountaineers Georgia law scene, and illustrated songs Good-by Glory and Neath the Old Grape Arbor Shade performed by a lineup of artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hur
Josselyn
Dion Boucicault
Georgia
Grape Arbor
Madeline Ripley
Marie Carrilla
Vivian French
Prim Nadeau
Ernest Morgan
William Prescott
Mileva Emerson
Ruth Wilmore
Bessie Beasley
Loud
Ramsdell
Unique Theatre Show Delights Crowds at 700 Washington
Large crowds at the Unique Theatre see Brownell the reptile hunter perform. He demonstrates capturing venomous snakes and discusses four dangerous species. The program also includes the Pied Piper of Hamelin motion picture alongside the regular show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Brownell
America
South
Hamelin
Browning
Star Theatre Presents New Ballad and Comedy Pictures
A lively Star Theatre week features the ballad Neath the Old Grape Arbor Shade and the follow up See Saw. The program includes The Cashier Fatherhood and Drunkenness Energies and keeps the house filled with laughs and applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theatre
Grape Arbor
Moving Picture List
Keith's Theatre Lights Up With Carrie De Mar At Keith's
Carrie De Mar headlines Keith's Theatre with "Fluffy Ruffles" and a strong set of songs earning audience cheers. John Marcel presents art pictures including The Marathon and Washington and Lafay ette at Valley Forge while various acts including McMahon Chappelle Carson Willard and others deliver parodies sketches and feats to a lively crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie de Mar
Keith's Theatre
Miss Ruffles
Miss de Mar
John Marcel
Sicily
Washington
Lafayette
Valley Forge
McMahon
Chappelle
Carson
Willard
Foy and Clark
Will Cressy
Edward H. Kemp
Arizona
Mareena
Nevaro
Herbert Cyril
London
Kelly
Ashby
Frances Knight
Blanche Sloan
Trillers
Kramers
Park Theatre Delights In The Dairymaids Third Week
Huntley Wright Eugene O Rourke Ed gar Atchison lead a lively Park Theatre run of The Dairymaids a English musical comedy. The show features catchy airs brisk humor and strong performances from Mabel Hollins Bessie De Vos and Flossie Hope with a lively female chorus and entertaining dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntley Wright
Eugene O'Rourke
Edgar Atchison Ely
Dairymaids
Park Theatre
Mr. Wright
Mr. Ely
Mabel Hollins
Bessie de Vos
Flossie Hope
The Worst Woman in London at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Frances Vere’s tangled loves drive the plot as she schemes to ruin Jack Felton. Isabel Sherman leads the cast with Arthur Maitland as Felton while Jane Stuart shines as Ruth Milford and Olive Skinner debuts strong as Matilda. The Bowdoin Square audience applauded the engaging production and its skilled company.
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London
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Frances Vere
Jack Felton
Philip Armstrong
Felton
Armstrong
Frances
James Milford
Vincent Lyle
Ruth Milford
Bobby Goldfinch
Isabel Sherman
Arthur Maitland
Jane Stuart
Olive Skinner
Matilda
Florence Hale
Charles Stevens
Charles Silk
Mark Kent
Tommy Shearer
Louis Bresen
Harry Leland
George Mack
Ollie Plunkett
Austin & Stone’s Museum Features Cossacks and Vaudeville Acts
Prince Luca leads the Cossack troupe with skilled soldiering and gymnastics. Caffrey and Grant perform physical culture, the La Rues pose in air, Debra the Eskimo chief visits with wife. Dainty Dorothy Norton greets fans, Russell brothers, Classen sisters, Whalen monologues, Toledo, Phara melodies, and Meadows trio in humorous Paris spoof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Luca
Austin & Stone
Caffrey
Grant
la Rues
Debra
United States
Dainty Dorothy Norton
Europe
Phil
Harry Russell
Classen
George Whalen
Grace Toledo
Norma Phara
Zarella
Harry
Sadie Daly
Stone & Shaw
Moving Pictures
Meadows
Tom Meadows
Vera Belasco
Mickey Finn
Paris
Scenic Temple Delivers Strong Second Weekbill
The Scenic Temple hosted crowded matinee and evening shows with a standout budget of songs by J. W. Myers famed bass. Special request brought Tosti's Go on Bye. Hughes brothers Castleton sisters Billy Chase June Carroll and others offered varied acts with new Boston film previews. Brown's Bronchial Troches advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Myers
Scenic Temple
Tosti’s
Goon- Bye
Hughes Brothers
Castleton Sisters
Billy Chase
June Carroll
Boston
Laugh and the World Laughs with You at the Howard Atheneum
A lively show at the Howard Atheneum featured over twenty performers and diversions. The evening included Estella Wills the three Musketeers Henry and Francis the three Deltons and Folk and Coe with musical comedy and novelty acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Howard
Estella Wills
Henry
Francis
Deltons
Folk
Coe
Hathaway and
Siegel
Brooks
Vedder
Austin Walsh
Russells
Parker
Ward
Rose Carlin
Boston
Lewis
Young
Price
Steele
Allini
Howardscope
The Man of the Hour premieres next week in Tremont
The play The Man of the Hour draws interest with a graft theme praised by many public figures. Cast includes Frederick Perry Douglas Fairbanks Charles Mackay Lillian Kemble and others. Seat sales begin this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont
Frederick Perry
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Mackay
Lillian Kemble
Jury Discharges After 24 Hour Embezzlement Trial
Federal jury in St Louis, Missouri, after 24 hours of deliberation, discharged over the guilt or innocence of Francis B Runder who faced embezzlement charges for $8000 while serving as cashier in the St Louis Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
Francis B. Runder
St. Louis
Belgian theft prompts Pittsburg art sleuthing
Pittsburg police were asked by the Belgian government to locate whether famous paintings stolen from Notre Dame Church in Central Belgium on December 7 are in local possession. The inquiry seeks to identify any Pittsburg buyers or holders of the framed artworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Anti Saloon Fight Grows in Cincinnati
Cincinnati manufacturers and dealers form a strong bloc to oppose the anti saloon crusade. The organization includes prominent local businessmen who warn their business will suffer if the movement continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Severe electrical storm lights Ossining countryside
An intense electrical storm swept Ossining on January 13 with vivid lightning and repeated thunder, illuminating the area and recalling the close of a hot July day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Praised Women of America by Mrs Crocker at D A R gathering
Mrs Florence Kallock Crocker urged Old South Chapter D A R members that American women from colonial times onward shared in liberty and national service. She cited Harriet Beecher Stowe Mother Bickerds Mary Livermore and Frances Willard and praised teachers and W T U for fostering patriotism and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Florence Kallock Crocker
Jamaica Plain
Hand
Great Britain
Republic
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mother Bickerds
Mary Livermore
Frances Willard
Hike to Gotham to Attend Thaw Trial
Three Worcester youths George M. Pelham Ted Bell and Albin Woelz start from City Hall at midnight next Saturday for a four day hike to New York to witness the Thaw trial They cannot afford travel and face a sizable wager on reaching the city in time for the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
City Hall Place
New York City
George M. Pelham
Ted Bell
Albin Woelz
New York
Kidney inflammation cure claims on Fulton Renal Paste
An advertisement argues that inflammation of the kidneys drives Brights disease and Nephritis and that Fulton s Renal Paste cures inflammation. It alleges 87 percent recovery, claims old kidney medicines irritate kidneys, and urges readers to request free literature and contact the Fulton company and local Boston agents.
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Bright
Fulton
John J. Fulton CO
Oakland
Cal
Boston
Jaynes & Co
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Frank Gendreau
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Old South Chapter
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