Mantell Triumphs in King Lear at Shubert Theatre
Robert B. Mantell opened a two week Shakespearian repertory engagement at the Shubert Theatre with King Lear to an immense Boston audience. His portrayal drew an immense ovation as Alfred Hastings and a strong supporting cast delivered a vivid, authoritative production with elaborate settings. The evening also announced tomorrow’s program Bamilet.
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Shubert Theatre
Robert B. Mantell
Mr. Mantell
Boston
Lear
Mantell
Alfred Hastings
Earl of Gloster
Guy Lindsley
John Burke
Kent
Brigham Royce
Fritz Leiber
Gloster
Edmund
Edgar
Genevieve Hamper
Agnes Eliott Scott
Genevieve Reynolds
L’estrange Millman
Noel Tearle
Lawson Krey
John Fritz
Bamilet
Majestic Theatre Opens Bunty Pulls the Strings to Rave
The Ma jestic Theatre presented Bunty Pulls the Strings for the second week with a full house and strong laughter. Boston audiences have taken the quaint comedy with evident enthusiasm, signaling a promising long run.
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Bunty
Majestic Theatre
Boston
Tremont Theatre Stage Milestones Charms Boston Audiences
Tremont Theatre presents Milestones drawing strong Boston applause as a finely acted comedy. The company is well matched to its roles and critics praise the ensemble for flawless performance and lively pace.
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Tremont Theatre
Boston
Park Theatre Presents The Unhappiness of Grace Robinson
The Park Theatre reports strong patronage for The Unhappiness of Grace Robinson with crowds flocking to see the play and the clever performances of the cast. The audience interest remains high as the engagement continues.
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Grace Robinson
The
Park Theatre
Arliss Delivers Long Run at Plymouth Theatre
George Arliss continues in Disraeli at the Plymouth Theatre entering the 16th week with no abatement in popularity. Since opening the engagement the show has drawn about 200000 patrons and weekly receipts average just over 10000, reflecting strong Boston support for a strong attraction.
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George Arliss
Disraeli
Plymouth Theatre
Boston
Follies at Colonial Theatre Bring Back Ching Ling Foo
The Colonial Theatre hosted Ching Ling Foo and his Orientals with Yu Erh and Miss Chee Toy. The return drew a large audience as the magician performs mystifying feats on stage without props, aided by two strong men and two little maids who spin plates.
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Colonial Theatre
Ching Ling Foo
Yu Erh
Chee Toy
Hollis Street Theatre Presents The High Road Final Week
The Hollis Street Theatre ends its run of The High Road starring Mrs. Fiske with an acclaimed Mary Page portrayal. Edward Sheldon's play has drawn steady city interest. Next week Billie Burke appears in Mind the Paint Girl with seats on sale this morning.
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Hollis
High Road
Garden of Allah Draws Crowds at Boston Theatre
Boston Theatre fills nearly every performance as The Garden of Allah dazzles audiences. The spectacle is among the grandest seen in the city for many seasons and its appeal grows with repeated viewings.
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Garden of Allah
Boston
Believe Me Xantippe at Castle Square Delights Audiences
Castle Square Theatre presents Believe Me Xantippe the prize play to strong audience delight in its second week. Mary Young stars as Dolly Kammau with breezy Western flair while John Craig leads as the hero pursued by police. Notables A Lawrence Lowell and Lebaron Briggs attended and enjoyed the show.
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Xantippe
Castle Square
Mary Young
Dolly Kammau
John Craig
Donald Meek
Walter Walker
Wilson Melrose
George Trader
Mabel Colcord
Laurett Browne
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Lebaron Russell Briggs
Harvard
Veterans Attend Bowdoin Square Theatre Civil War Reenactment
A large G A R delegation watched the Bowdoin Square Theatre performance On to Richmond presented by Clifton B. Egleston of William Eaton Post Revere and 15 Civil War veterans. The show featured realistic battle scenes and gunfire with additional acts and a cabaret lineup planned for Friday.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Richmond
Clifton B. Egleston
William Eaton Post
Revere
Monarch Comedy
Cook and Stevens
Cook
Knise and Dunne
Pearl Stevens
Rose Mack
Grace Elliston Opens Limited Run at St James Theatre
The St James Theatre presents Grace Elliston in Rachael Crothers three act drama The Three of Us for a two week limited engagement. Elliston’s performance drew charm and pathos with Walsh Irene Martin and the supporting cast delivering notable portrayals. The run continues this week only with plans to extend for additional titles and tours.
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Lmited
Grace Elliston
St. James Theatre Company
Rachael Crothers
Boston
Helena Ritchie
Camille
Rye
National Theatre Offers Variety Acts This Week
The National Theatre presents a strong lineup led by Dick the writing dog showing intelligence via paper writing and sums. Eddie Miller and Helene Vincent deliver a surprise vocal turn while Minstrel Four provide wholesome comedy. Crouch and Welch charm with English style song and dance. George Richards returns to vaudeville with Easy Money and other acts include Collins and Whoopman and the Heyn brothers.
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National Theatre
Eddie Miller
Miller and Vincent
Boston
Helene Vincent
Crouch and Welch
George Richards
Mink Jones
A. Temperance Town
Collins and Whoopman
McRae and Clegg
Lew Wells
Francis and de Marr
Heyn Brothers
Jimmy Coady
Gaiety Theatre Presents Beauty Youth and Folly
At the Gaiety this week Cooper stars in Beauty Youth and Folly with Gas Grouch by Cooper and comic turns by Tom McRae. Dolly Webb leads, Leslie Clare and Lucia Cooper support, with Webb sisters singing and a Huckin's Run sketch by Walsh Lynch and company.
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James E. , Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Tom McRae
Dolly Webb
Leslie Clare
Lucia Cooper
Bob Algier
Billy Walsh
Frank Lynch
Lottie Blackbird
Webb Sisters
Walsh, Lynch
Huckin
Burlesque at Grand Opera House Draws Large Female Attendance
The Grand Opera House showcased burlesque "The Dandy Girls" with acts "It Happened in Havana" and "It Happened in Paris" as Sol Ward Ed Swartz Anna Yale and Margie De Alma Myrtle Clark impressed. The Vic tora Four and Ray Shirley offered numbers. A big wrestling match Cazeaux versus Yankee Rogers and amateur happenings were announced for Thursday.
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Grand Opera House
Havana
Paris
Sol Ward
Ed Swartz
Anna Yale
Boston
Margie de Alma
Myrtle Clark
Ray Shirley
Lester and Moore
Victoria Four
George Tuohey
Cazeaux
Rogers
Show Me Girls Delight at Howard Atheneum
The Show Me girls from Missouri wow the audience with Eva Mull leading The Littlest Leading Lady and an ensemble cast. Highlights include Big Jack the boxing kangaroo and a travesty on The Littlest Rebel withPierce Roslyn banjo acts Gerardy Brothers and Rose Mack singing Hicky Koo and Whistling Joe.
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Missouri
the Howard
Elsie Devere
Marie Wilson
Mildred Fletcher
Esterbrook
Christina Hall
Sylvia Pritchard
Eunice Rivers
Ethel Brady
Love Lampoon
Etta Finberg
Susette Bradford
Amy Williams
Anna Bond
Clara Stanley
Grace Burke
Helen Douglas
Monte Carlo
Royal Palace
Girl Island
Eva Mull
Big Jack
Pierce
Roslyn
Gerardy Brothers
Johnny Reynolds
Dizzy Heights
The
Angels
Rose Mack
Hicky Koo
Joe
Drums of Dude headline at Keiths Theatre this week
An extensive Keiths Theatre program features The Drums of Dude a one act melodrama set during the Sepoy mutiny with Captain MacGregor and a widow lover. Belasco style staging and strong cast lead a varied vaudeville bill including Back in Wellington Dying to Act and aerial and novelty acts plus Pathe Weekly newsreels.
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Keith’s
Dude
Belasco
India
MacGregor
Frank North
Wellington
Lois Josephine
Wellington Cross
Smith
Voelk
Archie Onri
Globe Theatre Week Lineup Features Cheyenne Days and Circus Eve
Globe programme presents Cheyenne Days with cowboy and rope throwers, broncho riders and plains sports. La Kelliers offer Circus Eve in Mexico, Clarence siblings perform a scenic singing and dancing skit. The Whelans, Steeles, Folette, Follette and others supply piano, vocal acts and cartoons. Pathe Weekly leads film program with other numbers well received.
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la Kelliers
Mexico
Clarence
Whelans
the Steeles
Folette
George Clay
Morgan and
Waldron's Casino Presents Merry Whirl Company Burlesque
Waldron's Casino features the Merry Whirl company led by Charlie Waldron. The show promises rollicking comedy with characters like the Clock, Scarecrow, Snow Man and Tin Man. Eddie Foley shines as an English nobleman then an American Parisian millionaire, supported by a strong cast.
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Charlie
Waldron
Merry Whirl Company
Thomas F. Smith
Sherman Wade
Eddie Foley
Boston
Paris
Bob Leonard
Emile Dufault
Lillian Fitzgerald
Abel de Nord
Oliver Tre Mayne
Noette Ames
Norine Fitzgerald
Emma Cook
Nine Horses Burned To Death In Chelsea Fire
A Chelsea Coal & Iron Company building on Third Street burned last night killing nine horses. Wagons and harnesses were lost with an estimated $10,000 damage. The fire sparked a burst water main and hindered the department. The cause is unknown but suspected to be crossed wires inside the wooden ice house near the railroad tracks.
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Chelsea
Chelsea Coal & Iron Company
Third Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Everett
Mayor Fitzgerald Accused Of Using City Force For Campaign Work
Finance Commission reports Mayor Fitzgerald used city staff for campaign related political work and paid travel costs for campaign tours in the Greater Boston area. It urges: end all overtime except emergencies, limit overtime to labor service employees, and for the Mayor to issue an executive order to implement these measures.
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Fitzgerald
Greater
Boston
Finance Commission
Library, Music and Registry
Finance Commssion
Licensing Board
Commission
United States
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Public Works Department
Field
Moore
Keough
Apollonio
Boston overtime payments spark mayoral dispute
The Finance Commission criticizes overtime paid to City Hall staff, calling those sums improper and claiming much work was not business-related. Mayor Fitzgerald defends the office, argues eight hour limits complicate operations, and notes frequent after hours work by his team and benefits from citywide reforms.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Finance Commission
City Hall
Fire forces families to flee South End building
A blaze with undetermined origin broke out on the third floor of 1805 Washington Street South End near 11:30 last night. Ernest IL Smith’s suite was involved as residents rushed to evacuate, prompting several families in the block to flee their homes.
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Ernest IL. Smith
Washington Street
South End
Wakefield Votes to Borrow 25900 for High School Site
At last night’s Wakefield town meeting the principal action was authorizing the town treasurer to borrow 25900 on 10 year bonds to purchase the Wakefield estate in the town center as the site for a proposed new high school.
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Wakefield
Taft Praises Sir Horace Plunkett At Banquet
President Taft lauds Sir Horace Plunkett English parliament member and pioneer of agricultural cooperative finance in England at a banquet of the Southern Commercial Congress in Washington on January 27.
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Washington
Taft
Horace Plunkett
England
Southern Commercial Congress
Jackson College Juniors Present Secluded Class Play
The Jackson College junior class will stage a secret class play this evening for an audience of Jackson students and invited guests from other women’s institutions. No men will be present. The production committee is chaired by Miss Emma Hulen of Cliftondale with Miss Annette McKnight of New York and Miss Helen Hearsey of Gleasondale.
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Jackson College
Jackson
Emma Hulen
Cliftondale
Annette McKnight
New York
Helen Hearsey
Gleasondale
Epistles to Quincy Officials Stump City Hall
A series of letters signed J. W. W. reached Howard, secretary of the Quin cy I. W. W. group, who deny knowledge of them. Mayor Stone orders a police probe now aided by handwriting experts, with clues pointing to nationality and city area of the writer. The term Personal on the envelope is a key hint while officials treat it as a joker, post office inspectors take it seriously.
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Howard
Quincy I. W. W
Quincy
Stone
Quincy City Hall
Ward 3 special primary nominates Rep candidate slate
Voters in Ward 3 Charles Town hold a special primary to nominate Democratic candidates for the General Court seat left vacant by the death of Representative William Murray. Seven Democrats compete while one Republican has filed. no Bull-Mooser has appeared.
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Charlestown
William Murray
Explosion Damages Dorchester Home in Special Primary Election Day
A lamp exploded at 1 30 yesterday afternoon causing 500 dollars damage to the first floor of a two story wooden dwelling at 8 Michigan avenue Dorchester. The building is owned and occupied by Joseph Roelson.
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Michigan Avenue
Dorchester
Joseph Roelson
Renova Claim Cures Over 200 Drunkards in St Jerome
Postmaster W H Scott cites affidavit on Renova as the remedy that allegedly cured more than two hundred habitual drinkers in St Jerome Quebec. Ad touts Renova as tasteless, harmless, and refundable if ineffective, with sample requests and purchase from Riker Jaynes and the Renova Company at 204 Broadway New York.
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St. Jerome
Quebec
W. H. Scott
Scott
Renova
Riker- Jaynes
Renova Co
Broadway
New York
Pe-ru-na as a aid in digestion and rheumatism
Dr Hartman discusses Pe-ru-Na as a digestive aid that can also help rheumatism by stimulating digestion and excretion. He notes it supports appetite and blood flow, reduces catarrh, and may prevent morbid material buildup in blood, while not a specific rheumatic cure. Manufactured by Pe-ru-Na Company Columbus Ohio.
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B. Hartman
M. D
Columbus
Ohio
Pe-ru-na Company
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