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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1917
Page
6
In a south side feature the page notes a tale titled Her Father s Son and includes Burton Holmes travel pictures plus a comedy short. The items appear as a varied program segment with captions and brief descriptions for the screening lineup.
John J. Donovan of 723 East Sixth street is held for the grand jury by Judge Logan after facing charges of operating as motor man the electric car that struck and killed Joseph C. Furlong on Summer street extension Tuesday evening. Furlong about 70 was riding home on K street perched on the tail of a local delivery wagon when the wagon was struck.
A claim that Q-Ban hair color restorer safely banishes gray hair with a natural, even color. Promoted as a healthful, easy shampoo like application, promising soft glossy hair and a youthful look. Available at Liggetts Ri ker Jaynes drug stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea and others for 60c a bottle with a money back guarantee.
Mariano Alvero 26, son of a Cuban planter, receives a three year term in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to stealing about $5000 from the School Street Associates where he worked. He fled with a Mrs Thom to Boston then vanished after being located in San Francisco.
Central street residents, led by three year old Ella Whiting, search daily for Ephraim the angora cat of George B. Whiting at 93 Central street. The long shaggy white cat with black patches disappeared last Thursday evening and has not been found.
The program at the St James yesterday featured Barry McCormack and his company with You Can't Beat Then plus Nevins and Gordon in Succor to the Wounded. Welch Mealy Montrose You Ain't Been Doin It. McCloud Karp and the Dancing Marts added variety, with Dorothy Gish in The Little Yank also shown. The bill changes Thursday.
B F Keith's presents two headliners led by the Marx brothers with a 15 member troupe in Home Again including Cunard docks and Henry Schneider villa scenes. Victor Morley debuts in A Regular Army Man with 12 comedians backing. Other acts include Milos, Katharine Dahl, DeForest and Kearns You Never Can Tell, Edwin George in A Comedy of Errors, Boudini brothers, Mosher and Mosher, Three Men on a Wheel, and Mrs Vernon Castle in Patria.
Waldron's Casino Edmond Hayes stars as Wise Guy and The Piano Mover in Barney Gerard's Some Show. Hay es and Bozo impersonated by Thomas Snyder draw big laughs with witty lines and sight gags. Marie Jansen leads as prima donna with Mildred Cecil as ingenue, Martha Edmond as Fifi, and a strong male cast. Original music by Gerard von Tilzer Grant Brown and Lew Brown. dances staged by James Gorman.
Park Theatre features Marie Dressler in Tillie Wakes Up supported by Johnnie Hines a domestic comedy with merriment. Ethel Barrymore appears in The White Raven and The Great Secret chapter four From Sunshine to Shadows with Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne. Madam Calvert the grand opera prima donna continues with Selig Tribune Krauth players adding to an excellent bill.
The week features Lillian Gish in The House Built Upon Sand at Old South Theatre with a human interest tale of a social butterfly. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne appear in The Great Secret. Thursday to Saturday include Dorothy Dalton in The Female of the Species and Charles Richmond in The Secret Kingdom.
Public service style ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for children's stomach and bowel relief. It claims quick, gentle cleansing of bilious or constipated waste, notes a pleasant taste, and warns against counterfeits and non genuine products.
The Howard Atheneum offered a lively burlesque program by the Cabaret Girls' company led by Mike J. Kelley. Margie Catlin, Fern Melrose, Dot Barnett, Joe Rose, and others entertained with songs, sketches, and specialty acts as Strause and Rothwell provided musical variety. The continuous show kept audiences lively with acts from George Yeomans, Art Le Fleur, Lloyd and Churchill, Lou Worth, Charley Bradley, and more.
Bowdoin Square Theatre enters anniversary week with a 17 feature bill including 12 vaudeville acts. Notable items include The Great Secret with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, The Jockey of Death, and strong turns by Helliot's Beats, Toby Lyons, Hodges and Launchmere, Wells DeVeau, Kennedy and Nelson, Earle and Bartlett, Senna and Webber, Evelyn Lewis, Reid and Alma. Photoplays feature For the Governors Chair, The Turquoise Mine, and The Wizard's Plot. Sam Cohen amateurs Thursday and Friday bargain night.
The Hollis Street Theatre presents Pollyanna with Patricia Collinge and an strong company including Herbert Kelcey Effie Shannon Jessie Busley Maude Granger Maud Horsford Earle Browne and Helen Weathersby. Boston stay praised and the next show features Henry Miller in The Great Divide revival Monday.
The second week of Hileen opened at the Shubert with Herbert Blossom musical comedy of Celtic life winning praise in Boston. Herbert's score is praised as among his best with Dainty Milesian melody. Blossom crafted a romantic story with chances for clever acting featuring Vernon Stiles Olga Roller Grace Breen Edward Martindale Scott Welsh and a lively chorus.
A week at Fenway Theatre features Whose Findeth a Wife a protest against The Woman Thou Gavest Me drawing church and press comment. The Great Secret episode four stars Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne with William Courtney and Lucille Lee Stewart in Ninety and Nine on the same bill.
Louise Glaum Dorothy Dalton and Charles Ray star in The Weaker Sex at the Washington Theatre. The program also features Vivian Martin in The Right Direction and Francis X. Bushman with Beverly Bayne in The Great Secret episode. Thursday to Saturday adds Dorothy Gish in The Little Yank Marguerite Clark in Snow White and Helen Holmes in The Lass of the Lumberland.
Tremont Theatre continues presenting Miss Springtime by Klaw & Erlanger. Last evening inaugurated another week with crowded audiences. the company led by Frank McIntyre features Edith Pettit Harrison Burbank Frank Sloane Ilmuth Merkyr and others. Music noted as captivating.
For the first half of the week the New Beacon Theatre offers a double feature with Vaughan Glaser in The House of Shadows and Lucille Lee Stewart with William Courtenay in The Ninety and Nine, a Ramsey Morris stage hit. Later Kathryn Williams with Thomas Holding stars in Redeeming Love, while Gail Kane and Carlyle Blackwell appear in On Dangerous Ground on the same bill.
The Modern Theatre presents The Girl Who Did Not Care for the week with star James Morrison Frankie Mann Don ald Hall and Louise Vale. Also on bill BE Sothern appears in The Man of Mystery in what is billed as his final photoplay before retiring from stage and screen.
Theda Bara stars as Esmeralda in The Darling of Paris, based on Victor Hugo. The romance, thrill and spectacle pair with Patria serials and a full vaudeville bill led by In Mexico. The Boston Theatre also features The Brainstorm and a supporting musical group.
At the Orpheum yesterday Hoey and Lee starred in The Nominee while Dorothy Burton and her company performed Little Doctor Love. Johnny Fogarty presented his 20th Century Dance Revue with a sprightly dancer and six pretty girls. Other acts included A Seymour Brown Laurie Ordway Overholt and the Young sisters Rose Schmettan and a phrother. The screen program offered news pictorial a comedy and Frank Keenan in The Bride of Hate.
Scollay Square Olympia features Uneeda Girls in a miniature musical novelty. George Randall and company perform All on Account of a Title. The Daring sisters perform trapeze feats. B Kelly Forest, Harris and Lawrence, and Hibbert and Nugent add singing and dancing acts. William Courtney and Lucille Stewart present Ninety and Nine. Gretchen Hartman and Allan Hale star in The Love Thief.
Last night Castle Square Theatre staged Little Women in a limited engagement. Evelyn Yorke plays Meg, Florence Huntington Jo, Henrietta McDaniel Beth, and Constance Robinson Amy, faithfully embodying Alcott’s four sisters for warm audience approval.
Last evening a strong crowd attended the Wilbur to see Emily Stevens in The Un chastened Woman in the leading role as Caroline Knolys. H Reeves-Smith and the rest of the company delivered solid performances. It is announced that on Feb 65 The Blue Paradise will follow this engagement.
Canary Cottage winds down this week and next at Park Square Theatre in Boston. The light musical comedy delights with a breezy score and strong performances by Dorothy Webb Trixie Friganza Herbert Cortell Charles Ruggles Grace Ellsworth Leela Lucey and an ensemble chorus. On Feb 5 Fair and Warmer is announced.
Majestic Theatre reports its second week of A Daughter of the Gods drawing large crowds with audiences following the poetic tale of Anitta and her Prince on screen. Fairies gnomes battles and special aquatic scenes starring Annette Kellermann accompany two daily showings.
Crowds at the Gaiety enjoyed Rose Sydell’s London Belles titled A Trip to Washington. Johnnie Weber delivers laughs backed by Lew Thall Ward Caulfield with Frances Cornell Kate Pullman and Grace Tremont leading ladies. The alio Smith and Pullman perform eccentric dancing and the Gaiety trio offers semi operatic numbers.
This week at Franklin Park Theatre features Ethel Barrymore in The Awakening of Helen Richie and Francis X. Bushman with Beverly Bayne in The Great Secret. Vaudeville includes Richards brothers Eddy and Elaine Eat and Grow Strong Morley and the McCarthy sisters and the Pete family in musical acts.
Patrons enjoyed Gordon's Olyphia yesterday with Lucy Gillette juggling. The bill also includes Sherman De Forrest and company in Jay Circus, the Hickman brothers in A Detective Detected, Holmes and Reilly as high-class vocalists, Barron and Bennett with new stories, Marie Doro in Lost and Won, and Emily Whelen in Variety.
Kathryne Williams and Thomas Holding star in Redeeming Love at Exeter Street Theatre through Wednesday evening. Emmy Wehlen appears in Vanity, while Metro travel pictures and Sidney Drew in His Perfect Day are also shown. For Thursday and Friday.
Pauline Frederick will be seen in The Slave Market on Saturday and Vivian Martin appears on the same bill.
Miss Gladys Horton of 15 Abbott Street West Lynn Massachusetts recalls four decades of pain from rheumatism and joint deformities. She credits Var nesis with restoring full joint use and eliminating pain after trying many treatments.
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