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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1895
Page
3
For wasting illnesses like Consumption Scrofula or Anemia Cod-liver Oil is useful year round, especially winter and spring. Scott's Emulsion makes cod liver oil palatable and adds Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda for digestion and nerve support. It strengthens the body with each cold and claims unique benefits over ordinary remedies.
The First Boston Production of Mrs. Pacheco's New Play opened last night at the Hollis with Kiam Cameron Seymour Hess Gus Pixley and other entertainers. Travesties living pictures The Modern Cleopatra staged by Vernona Jarbeau and Charles J. Ross plus the ballet L Enfant Prodigue and Pickaninny dancers were part of the lively show. ThePassing Show has started a three weeks engagement.
Review of Mrs. Romaldo Pacheco introduced drama Princess Walanoff at Hollis with Rose Coghlan. Plot centers on a country girl turned princess and a double twist ending. Coghlan seemed uncomfortable. Sullivan and Jewett gave stronger turns. York provided light relief. The same bill repeats across several performances with additional acts Diplo Macy and Forget-Me-Not.
The Passing Show impressed Chronicle readers with a collage of tragedy grand opera farce and burlesque. Vernona Jarbeau Charles J Ross John E Henshaw George A Schiller Lucy Daly Sylvia Thorne Madge Lessing May Ten Broeck and Wil ... entertained with vivid characterizations and witty numbers in a brisk program centered on humorous scenes from contemporary plays.
Joseph Haworth stars in Hamlet at Castle Square Theatre, his first city appearance as a lead. Grace Atwell shines as Ophelia with delicate judgment, Estelle Sylvane as Gertrude, and strong support from Mark Price, Charles Inslee, and others. Tonight features Rosedale with Claflin sisters. burlesque and comedy acts entertain in a one week engagement.
Ward and Vokes drew a crowded house with A Run on the Bank at the Grand Opera last evening. Known as Lord Percy Soakup and Baron Harold De Canter the duo staged songs dances and humorous sketches then faced a bank run and counterfeit money caper before a finale with Trovatore duet. Next week brings Walter Sanford's melodrama The Power of Gold.
Standing room only sign hung after eight as Lewis Morrison’s Faust drew a very large audience. Morrison’s stage effects, especially the Brocken scene, elicited strong applause with Edward Elsner as Faust and Florence Roberts as Marguerite delivering notable performances alongside a solid supporting cast.
The first night of Rush City at the Boston Theatre delivers a cyclone of fun and laughter. The tornado spectacle in Act II, with Professor Leyden Jarr and the torn buildings, draws strong applause. Adelaide Randall shines as the blooming widow seeking a divorce while the company delivers sharp jokes and lively dancing.
A match comes of pool for 100 pounds between Joe Russell and O H White. The event is at New Hollis Test Hall, 89 Washington Street, Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Adington street.
Enthusiastic large Park Theatre crowd applauded the fiftieth performance of A Black Sheep last evening. Hoyt’s play drew encore after encore with Harlan De Vere Gerard Moore and Wells receiving repeated recall and a late final curtain. Hoyt joked about hiring Harlan and souvenirs of lizard-skin silver pocketbooks were given to ladies.
Genial Bill Hoey closed the second week of his Tremont engagement in The Flams with a strong audience showing. His mirth-provoking powers remain sharp with a capable company led by Rice. New features included Cherrie Simpson's Forever and for Aye written by Harry Dreuch, and J. T. McGurn debuting with The Clang of the Forge.
The Museum opened its fourth week of Westward Ho an opera drawing steadily growing crowds and rising advance sales. The company led by Annie Lewis Fannie Johnston Clinton Elder J H Ryley George F Marion Annie Sutherland and Harry Davenport earns high praise for the show’s bright entertaining quality and strong cast.
The Lily Clay Gaiety company and a host of performers delight the Howard Atheneum audience with a bright, witty program including Evans and Huffman Melville the acrobat and a merry comedietta. Tim Cronin was absent due to an accident. Kitty Nolan leads a strong vocal turn while Prince and Princess Watanbee and Shayne and Worden also appear in a varied bill. The show features dancing, costuming, and a lively final comedy act.
A large audience at the Grand Museum last night enjoyed a continuous stage show by management. The variety bill and the comedy drama Megs Money introduced a brilliant young soubrette Ida Russell in the title role, with performances praised for charm and skill.
For twelve years the salon has specialized in cutting hair and beards to fit facial features. Located near Harvard College and Seaton University, the shop offers tailored grooming services blending traditional and modern styles.
The program features a three year old Baby Russell performing with rare intelligence, a mine scene drama with peril and rescue, and a lively variety show led by Harry LaMarr. Ida Howell, McAvoy and Rogers, Jessie Lindsay, Lillian Chester, Kami Kochi, Marguerite Newton and others perform dances songs and sketches in a continuous show from 1 to 10 30 pm.
The Rose Hill English Folly company presents The Fakir's Daughter at the Palace Theatre led by Rice and Barton. Lillie Washburn stars as Prince Little Casino with a bright cast, strong chorus, and varied specialties including Crawford Manning Kap, and Clare Laurence on cornet. The show features song, comedy, exotic spectacle, blackface sketch, and a burlesque trapeze finale drawing hearty applause.
Keith and Albee present a brilliant week long bill with Amelia Glover receiving rare warmth from Boston audiences. Filson and Errol provoke non stop laughter, Duncan delivers original ventriloquism humor, Adele Purvis Onri dazzles on the floating wire and globe. A varied troupe including Harding and Ah Sid, O'Brien and Redding, Alburtus and Bertram, Hamilton and Glynn, Gallagher and West, the Rixford brothers, Charles Diamond, Gilbert Saroney and others round out a strong program with music, dance, and feats.
Yesterday more visitors saw Marquis than any day since his engagement began. The remarkable equine, with a 16 foot mane and 15 foot tail, is taken out for exercise each evening under heavy blankets. Marquis will stay through the week along with Mile Electra the walking electric arc light and other curiosities. The museum also features vaudeville acts by Williams and Barton and a long list of performers.
Mr Kneisel presented two novelties at Union Hall last evening. A Borodin quartet opened the program followed by Beethoven in B flat major, second movement lauded for its legato violin lines. A third number featured Leo Schulz on second violin and a new quartet by Horatio W. Parker, performed from manuscript and praised for its second movement. The racing section lists multiple race results with times, horses, and placements, concluding with track conditions noted as heavy.
A concert by the quartet featured an unusual viola solo and pleased many music lovers. The reviewer criticizes a rattling entrance door that distracts the audience, calling the noise a discredit to a country concert hall.
The Lyceum Theatre, under new management, presents Hyde's comedians led by Helene Mora whose baritone ballads drew encores. The Electric Quartet, Binns and Binns, Redding and Stanton with "A Happy Pair," the Monopedes Forbes and Quinn, the Rays, and Thorne and Carleton all contributed to a strong bill.
Subscribers may obtain season tickets by applying to the opera box office at Tremont Theatre with a cutoff before February 9. Sale opens today for floor and balcony plans with immediate delivery on purchase. Mail orders accepted and filled as possible. Single performances begin Monday February 19.
The Bijou Opera House will host a large audience Monday evening for the Carter comedy company's new musical comedy drama Bubbles. George A. Carter leads the company with Maud K. Williams Augusta Klaus Louise Horner Miss Bulah George W. Neville Co J Alden Perry Brigham Harry Wilson and A B Davenport in key roles.
Stars including George Thatcher, John C. Rice, Sally Cohen, Annie Hart, Carrie Tutein, Dudley Prescott appear with a “human brass band” and other acts. Smiley Walker touts Wilson Barrett’s success in America. Also on the bill: Ysaye concert at Music Hall and Lady Clancarty at Tremont Theatre with Kendals. General Lew Wallace lectures at Copley Hall Monday.
Results from New Orleans include four races with multiple placegetters. First race lists Mies Lilly Bird Catcher Old Dominion as top three with Stout John P and Bill White also noted as runners and a 1 18 time. Second race names Pearline Billy McKenvie Jim Henry with Glee some Penspring Baby Bill Oh No also ran. Third race provides Rasper Trixie Eva L Annie McNary Stark red Top Verdi Buckeye as also ran with times not stated. Fourth race shows Nero Hi A Henry Miss Galop Wil Hodgson also ran with Woodrutt Viele C Czas Hassray Tippecanoe Prer Gomolls Diat.
Mechanics' Hall hosts a Cinderella rehearsal for next Friday and Saturday matinee in aid of the Floating Hospital. A 3000-strong crowd fills the 300-member cast with elaborate dances, pantomime, and brilliant tableaux. Notables include Miss Gertrude Miller and Miss Maud Chandler, with staged electric effects and a late reception.
A Boston reader appeals to the editor to improve skating conditions at Jamaica Pond and Franklin Field. He notes snow and ice blocks prevent enjoyment and proposes hiring a sweeper for two hours to clear ice, or employing unemployed residents to earn money. He cites East Boston as an example and urges city action similar to New York. Boston, Jan 21, 1895.
The All-Charlestowns defeated the All-Bostons at the Charlestown club last night. Key scores include Burton 486 Harwood 621 Willard 519 Loring 504 Kenney 524 totaling 2898 for All-Charlestown. All-Boston totals were Davis 510 James 2 Johnson 520 Gray 488 and others for a 2898 score.
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