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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1910
Page
7
Summer Stage presents The Battle at American Music Hall and East Lynne at Majestic Theatre this week in Boston Stageland. Geisha Girls appears at Keiths with variety entertainment at the Summer Parks, adding to an active schedule.
Lindsay Morison stock company staged The Battle at American Music Hall with strong performances by Wilson Melrose as John J. Haggerton Theodore Friebus as Philip Ames and Miss Coghlan as Margaret Lawrence Audience praised the realism and the cast's nuanced portrayals Edward F Varney and Richard Pitman provided contrasting characters Katherine Clinton George Smithfield and David Stanwood were noted for their parts Next week Caught in the Rain a bright comedy is announced
Shubert Theatre enters its second week of the splendiferous musical revue Up and Down Broadway with no Wednesday matinee this week. Eddie Foy leads the cast with Emma Carus as the female star, supported by a strong company and a chorus likened to the New York Casino. Boston audiences are being tested to prove they want a typical big New York show through the summer.
A long testimonial claims Cuticura healed psoriasis after twenty years of suffering. Hiram E. Carpenter describes severe skin cracking and burning, traveling to Lansing, Michigan, and rapid improvement in six weeks after using Cuticura Resolvent, Ointment, and Soap, with supporting signatures from Henderson, New York merchants and professionals.
Majestic Theatre presented East Lynne with Charlotte Hunt starring as Lady Isabel and Madame Vine. The crowd applauded Miss Hunt’s emotional portrayal while Richard Buhler as Archibald Carlyle impressed with original, powerful acting in love scenes. James Barrett as Sir Francis Levison played the villain to perfection and the ensemble rose above average stock company fare.
Park Theatre hosted matinee and evening crowds to mark the farewell for The Man from Home in Boston. It opened the 27th week, a rare run length, with praise for the entire company including Henry Jewett Madeleine Louis Herbert McKenzie Alice Johnson Henry Harmon Ida Vernon and George Le Guere as the season winds down for Hodge before a summer vacation.
The Tremont Theatre presents Carter De Haven in The Girl in the Taxi with a limited closing run through Saturday night July 9. De Haven stars as Bertie Stewart with a strong supporting cast including Jessie Millward Gertrude Millington Fremont Benton Jeannette Bageard John Glendinning and others contributing to the comedy’s appeal.
Waldron's Casino offered a lively burlesque and vaudeville bill with the stock company. A Trip to Reno satire drew timely laughs as Lillian Keeley Kitty Bing ham Corinne Ford and Carrie Barry impressed. The olio featured Hill and Ackerman Hayes and Rayfield and Ricky W. Craig. The closing skit Slumming showcased strong company performance.
A holiday program at the Globe Theatre drew big crowds with Rush Ling Toy and company performing illusions, Tremaines offering a comedy instrumental act, Sacks and Harding as clever young comedians, Waldo Whipple with a Rube’s minstrel impression, and pictorial numbers by Jimmy Maxwell and Jack O'Donnell. The pictures were excellent and will be changed on Thursday.
Manager Dodge plans to extend the Palm Garden to wrap around both sides of the Lagoon to add hundreds of tables. Fireworks drew the largest crowds, with a near solid sea of visitors on the boardwalk last night and packed verandahs at the Palm Garden. Fireworks are set to return tomorrow and Saturday night.
A patriotic Bowdoin Square Theatre program delighted patrons with classy vaudeville and moving pictures. The Jeffries Johnson boxing replays stirred enthusiasm while Woodford's animal circus featuring Consul II and Bert the prize pony pleased audiences. Mike Corman sang well as Billie Chase and Kent and Holbrook showcased acts along with the Barretts and the Jolly Prices in lively numbers.
At Scenic Temple corner Berkeley Street and Warren avenue the weekly bill features The Clevelands Dynes and Dynes jugglers with Bob Royce. Miss Eva Walker renders illustrated songs and the motion picture exhibit matches the venue’s famed excellence.
Austin and Stone's Museum drew a holiday crowd with world pool champions Mr. and Mrs. W. W. King as the star feature. The program included one-armed Ted Miller, armless wonder Charles Kirchmann, the living picture L Amphi trate or the Goddess of the Sea, and acts by Ted and Clara Steele Nelson and Hood, Dolly Morgan, Ida Campbell, Tom Bullock and the Manhattan Maids.
Five Civil War veterans three Union and two Confederate join arms on stage at Keith's Theatre on Independence Day. The patriotic tableau features a flag backdrop and the phrase One Country One Flag as music and acts by McPhee and Hill, ventriloquist Montgomery, six Japanese geisha dancers, and performances by Barry Halvers, White and company, Conlan Steele Carr, and the Havelocks conclude with moving pictures.
A large crowd visited Lexington Park enjoying the grounds Zoological Garden restaurant and Casino merry go round theatre and outdoor amusements. This week at Rustic Theatre features His Colors Saved Him Frankie La Marche Original Buster Brown with her dog Tiger Lawton Miss Grace La Velle in Operatic Selections the Schreiber boys in a comedy musical act and new motion pictures.
Norumbega Park and its open air theatre set new holiday records as crowds swelled after a record Sunday. The theatre was packed both afternoon and evening for the musical comedy Boys and Girls by the Matthew Ott brand and produced by J. W. Gorman's capital company.
Holiday crowds at the Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre set a record as audiences packed yesterday afternoon and last evening. The program featured the Hiatts in An Operatic Rehearsal and The Watermelon Trust with Coates, Grundy and company in The Manicure and the Scarecrow, along with Nevins, Gordon and Clara in performance.
The Sonora company in The American Girl in Italy presented novel acts. The Brothers Ebretto demonstrated feats of muscular strength and head balancing while the Marettas, farcial amusers, were a great hit with the audience.
Bass Point, the seaside resort, saw a crowded Fourth of July with many city visitors. A Japanese Honeymoon presented by Ware and Cann at the Knickerbocker Theatre featured 30 entertainers. Steamers ran from Otis wharf at frequent intervals.
Metropolitan Park police recovered a dead man from the Charles River basin near the dam shortly after 9 am yesterday. The body was identified as Frank Nadeau of Lewiston Maine, who was seen jumping from the bridge several hours earlier.
A Post photographer captured an automobile district scene. The Post offers the driver of the team five dollars in gold if he identifies the picture at the City Editor's office, 275 Washington street, tomorrow between noon and 6 p m. The driver identified yesterday as S C Dexter, owner of the wagon bearing A Fiske and the Lydian Confectionery Co. names. the horse named Nellie.
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University faced a lightning session as Carroll G. Pearse of Milwaukee won re election to the National Education Association board over Butler. Pearse resigned amid controversy, was immediately re elected to finish his term, and later to a full four year term amid protests from Butler and allies.
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