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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
4
Lulu Glaser stars in Wie Mischie at the Majestic Theatre with a strong supporting company. The engaging performance draws large houses and lively response, with no interruptions to the momentum, and could continue beyond Saturday if not for the scheduled end of the engagement.
Bowdoin Square Theatre offers Whose Baby Are You a light comedy about two sport loving men dodging wives. Cast features Charlotte Hunt Nell Trotter and R G Edwards Tom Trotter with T F Thomas Tommy Shearer and Sadie Hilton joining the stock company. A new bargain matinee for ladies proves popular.
The New Palace Theatre presents a strong vaudeville bill led by Moon and Phillip musical act and featuring Hayes and Wiltzie in clever bicycle stunts. Julia Tracey performs character songs and changes, The Winnings is a bright comedy sketch, and Henry Little offers impersonations of famous people. Gertrude Mann performs illustrated songs and the motion picture lineup includes A Child of the Sea and Picturesque Sicily with several travelogues. The entire vaudeville bill changes Thursday.
The Globe patrons hailed a season best as the theatre filled with fans of continuous vaudeville and pictures. Illusionist Roland Traverse mystified many, Kennette and Patterson delivered strong songs and stories, the Gowmans impressed with singing and dancing, and prodigy Auriemma drew attention. Clahane and Manley offered notable pictorial numbers and the program will be updated Thursday.
The Theatre Premier opens with Mack and Hill in a German singing and dancing specialty. Blossom Row and The Flirty Widow provide strong laughs. Small and Webster sing, Barron and Werghley shine. Screens show The Violin Maker of Cremona The Boy Tramp A Pair of White Gloves The Child of the Regiment and What Three Children Saw in Nodland. The musical portion stands out.
Next Monday at the Majestic Theatre Boston premieres the new comic opera The Yankee Mandarin by Reginald de Koven and Edward Paulton. It is described as entirely new with catchy music and a company of favorites including Ada Lewis Irene Dillon Violet Seaton Frank Belcher Edward Garvits William Danforth George Lydecker among others.
The Hub Theatre unveils a large schedule featuring new comedys emotional and sensational works. Vaudeville includes Stuart Rollins Carmen sisters Fannie Hatfield and company with The New Butler comedy playlet and Dan Morrison singing and dancing act described as out of the ordinary.
A large Park Theatre audience enjoyed James Forbes comedy The Travelling Salesman with Mark Smith and Rosalind Coghlan in lead roles. Key scenes include a railroad station meeting and a finale where a minister is summoned via telephone for a marriage ceremony. The production continues to draw audiences.
The Castle Square Theatre announces the last week of The Geisha with cast led by Mary Young Donald Meek Theodore Friebus William Evarts Louise Learon Gertrude Binley and Mr Craig. Next week's bill includes At Yale a college life comedy drama featuring a great boat race.
James K. Hackett headlines The Bishop’s Candlesticks at the Orpheum followed by Miss Dollie Toye with Verdi and other stars. The program includes Collins and Hart strongmen Canaris the magician Millard Brothers comedy cyclers Tom Moore and Stasia and others. Hackett plans a private noon performance for city clergy with nearly 400 invites accepted.
Wonderland offers one of the biggest vaudeville shows of the season with Jules Levy and company performing instrumental acts piano violin cornet and soprano solos. Winnie D. Crawford does male impressions and dances. Willie Sisto Italian comedian and acts with harmonica numbers. Joseph Merrick and company present Chicklett's Moving Day. Henry Minstrels sing new songs. Teel's Band debuts a new program.
Norumbega Park plans to restart regular performances next Monday in the temporary theatre rising from the fire ruins. The resort near the Charles River preserves most amusements and awaits Vaudeville in the theatre, offering much to see and do.
This week at Scenic Temple features a new motion picture exhibit of humorous education, illustrated songs, and a breezy monologist. The Empire Woman's Orchestra led by Miss Rita Maria thrilled crowds and the singing comedienne won instant favor. the same strong bill continues all week.
The theatre showcases several features this week led by A Wife's Ordeal and The Oriental Mystic. The Pulverizer and A Truer Lover entertain while The Blue Legend pleases viewers. A Hold-up Held-up provides a strong comedy and the illustrated melodies deliver songs.
London idol Vesta Tilley returned to the Keiths Theatre Boston delivering a triumphant performance with new numbers like The Sea Side Smile and Jolly Good Luck to the Girls. The strong supporting bill featured Frank Stafford Marie Stone Am erica's Greatest Clown Slivers and other acts plus kineticograph views On the Riviera.
Tremont Theatre presents A Broken Idol set in Chinatown with Orientals in vivid portrayal. Otis Harlan leads as Dr. Whatt in a lively musical comedy featuring balloon finale and crowd-pleasing songs and stage surprises.
Count Nazaroff directs the Royal Russian troupe of 18 performers at Austin and Stone's Museum in Boston. The act, after years of negotiation, features captivating costumed dancers, Effie Lorraine’s illusion feats, a 437 pound world’s largest snake, vaudeville by the Garden brothers and others, a Manhattan Girls musical comedy, and recent moving pictures.
The Burns Johnson boxing films at the Columbia Theatre drew three large crowds with unusually clear, lifelike footage. A lecturer explains moves and forecasts outcomes, and an extra 1:30 PM show is added this week for baseball fans.
In San Antonio Texas on June 7 Eugene Wahrmund a policeman was assaulted at a farewell gathering for Miss Bessie Yoakum at the railroad station. His gun and club were seized. United States Attorney Charles C. Cresson and lawyer Sam Bennett were arrested in connection with the melee.
The note promotes a laxative regimen using Syrup of figs and Senna to establish regular bowel habits. It warns remedies should assist nature not replace it and urges buying the genuine SALFORNIA syrup from leading druggists at regular price per bottle.
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, former head of physics at Columbia, was inaugurated president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Symphony Hall with undergraduates, alumni, and visitors in attendance. Speeches by Frederick Fish, Bishop Lawrence, Governor Draper, and Harvard’s A Lawrence Lowell praised Tech and welcomed the new leader.
A reflective piece argues against coffee in favor of Postum a natural beverage. It frames caffeine as a drug and explains that choosing Postum leads to better sleep nerves and heart health. The prose contrasts discomfort with growth after victory over the habit and stresses natural building materials from food.
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