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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
6
Edmund Breese stars for Lonergan Players at the Majestic in The Spendthrift a Boston favorite. The drama shows a careless wife’s ruin of her husband and her eventual realization and reform bringing peace and happiness to all.
The review lauds Mr. Breese for a lenient husband role showing subtle weaknesses and strengths through quiet action. Amy Ricard is praised for clear, capable portrayal of the wife with visible skill and prominence. Anna also delivers solid work in the piece.
Layng plays Aunt Gret chen while Lonergan edges as family friend Eddie Phelan learns life lessons under Florence Lee. The rest of the cast appears capable as next week Breese stars in The Master Mind.
Weekly program highlights at Bowdoin Square Theatre include the Violet Mascotte Merrie Maids singing and dancing in a lively show titled A Trip to the Sun. The bill features stars such as Ida Paris and the Rogers sisters, with moving pictures After the Ball The Diamond from the Sky and The Romance of Elaine plus other features.
Norumbega open air theatre stages Ting a Ling this week featuring Billy Carlton as Randolph Cipherhead a wealthy German whose dialect skits draw roaring laughter. Fred Blondell Jack Tucker Barton Crawford and Lillian Munro headline strong supporting roles with a sizable chorus delivering lively dancing and singing.
The Lexington Park resort inaugurates new theatrical amusements with the Adam Good Stock Company in a repertoire of old and new pieces. Yesterday featured The College Co ed and for the balance of the week The Battle Scarred Hero will be shown.
The Craig Players presented Years of Discretion a three act comedy by Frederick and Fanny Locke Hatton at Castle Square Theatre yesterday. The production scored unques tionably with audiences in Brookline.
Mrs. Farrell Howard a Brookline widow leaves home for New York to taste life. A French maid transforms her with new looks and corsets while her son disapproves. After world travel dreams the pair settle back in Brookline for a quiet old age. Cast includes William P. Carleton Doris Olsson Betty Barnicoat Theodore Friebus and Donald Meek.
The Boston Theatre showcases Fighting Bob a thrilling picture with Orrin Johnson Olive Wyndham and an all star cast plus Chaplin in Work a new Essanay comedy. Caro line B Nichols and the Fadettes provide daily promenade concerts. Also featured are Mary Pickford Billie Reeves Earle Williams Anita Stewart and A Trip Through The Arctic.
Mary Pickford stars in Behind the Scenes while John Barrymore is introduced this week. The Park features a Chaplin laughprovoker Pathe News Paramount travel pictures a vocal by Frederic Jidson Butler and a Park Symphonic Orchestra program under Charles Frank.
Tremont Temple showed the final week of color motion pictures titled With the Fighting Forces of Europe, depicting armies and navies of warring nations. The Boston engagement lasts one week before moving to San Francisco for exhibition.
The Tremont Theatre staged the 125th Boston performance of The Birth of a Nation yesterday afternoon. A large advance sale covers the upcoming weeks including the Fourth of July holidays, with plans to keep the spectacle open most of the summer.
Douglas Fairbanks headlines B F Keiths Theatre on John Street with A Regular Business Man a breezy vaudeville sketch. The show features Patricia Collings Frank Munroe Isabel West and composer Ernest R Ball with songs such as A Little Bit of Heaven and Ireland. The bill also includes nine White Hussars Pipifax and Paulo Farber girls Balzer sisters and Cycling Brunettes with other acts.
Paragon Park at Nan tasket Beach offers a popular Palm Garden cabaret this season with show girls, musical numbers, and new dancing acts. Dansants let patrons dance between courses as the Palm Garden Orchestra and Tango Banjo Band provide music. The Scenic Temple shows a four reel film daily, with capacity limits and a focus on entertainment.
Thomas J. Ryan and his company top the all star bill with Mag Haggerty's Father. The week features Mag Haggerty's Reception in the last three days and includes Clarence Wilbur the Namba brothers Leonard and Willard Madie DeLong and the Leo Feist singers. Charlie Chaplin presents Work and The Romance of Elaine returns for a second episode.
The Bass Point and Nahant steamers carry large crowds on harbor sails to Boston Harbor for historical sights and amusements at Bass Point. Passengers enjoy new diversions and a lively array of points of interest during their scenic stay.
Charlie Chaplin attracted a large enthusiastic crowd yesterday at Scollay Square Olympia where he appeared in Work Pathe Weekly Stone Age Adventure The Struggle Up wards The Angel of Spring and several other comic and dramatic pictures were shown. The vaudeville this week offers much variety.
Maurice Samuels and company headlined the show with Ellis Island as the main act. The bill also featured Ralph Edwards La Verde Trio Paul Petching and company the Leo Feist's Warblers and an added feature Charlie Chaplin in Work. The Romance of Elaine episode two was shown as well.
Gordon's Olympia presents the Olympia stock company with Walter, Fowler and Barrett in Debt. Dr. McDonald the electrical wizard, the Brown sisters, the Hamilton brothers, O'Mara and Mathews, and Robinson perform. A five reel feature A Woman's Resurrection is shown along with other dramatic and comic releases.
Firemen found burning in several parts of the tailoring rooms of the Ideal Cloak and Suit Company on the fourth floor of the Washburn building at 630 Washington street, corner of Essex street. The alarm was raised by automatic systems and followed by a box alarm. It was the second tailor shop fire of the evening.
Investigators from district and city police will start a probe after reports of a fire confined to the Ideal company rooms where H. Cohen is president and A. Cohen treasurer. The blaze disrupted streetcar routes on Washington Essex and lower Boylston streets. Damages about 3500 dollars in the Harrison avenue area and 1000 dollars in the Harrison avenue four story building.
Miss Mary Sawyer, senior at Everett High, was saved from drowning in the Charles River yesterday during the class day picnic. George F. Kumpel, vice president of the junior class, rescued her during the field day activities.
Wellington Edgett and a partner nearly drowned when their canoe overturned during a race with four Everett High students watching. Miss Sawyer vanished twice before 16 year old Kumpel swam to shore with her, saving both. About 300 students witnessed the accident near Lloyd C. Herring’s cottage as several girls fainted.
The Union Institution for Savings on Tremont Street seeks an injunction to stop the Board of Street Commissioners from removing its sidewalk clock. The bank says a permit was issued January 14, 1914, and it owns the land to the street’s middle line. It installed the clock and pole at a cost of 700 dollars after obtaining the permit.
Take the Dorothy Bradford of the Cape Cod line for an economical day trip to Provincetown. The ship leaves Bay Line wharf at 400 Atlantic avenue weekdays at 9 a.m. and Sundays at 9 30 a.m.
Berlin reports foreign office experts have begun drafting Germanys response to the US note on submarine warfare. The initial draft should be ready by weeks end and the final reply will be sent to Emperor William after departmental review, likely by mid or late next week.
The article discusses naval writers stressing British use of neutral flags and urging merchantmen to attack submarines. It notes submarines cannot observe visitation rules under these conditions and that the foreign office may treat this as a minor point in the reply. It anticipates whether a definite answer to President Wilson will be given.
Berlin reports that evidence about weaponry on the Lusitania concerns voyages before its sinking. A German sailor, Emil Grabe, says the liner carried five to six 12 centimeter guns on various decks and that naval reservists practiced with them. German industrial leaders press for peaceful talks with the United States as details on Captain Weddigen’s submarine remain limited.
The Daily Mail reports a Petrograd general staff proclamation urges Russians to remain calm as retribution nears. It says the situation will improve daily with ammunition supplies and millions still eligible for the colors. Russia hopes to resume a vigorous offensive with stronger ally support.
Massachusetts Red Cross reports received subscriptions to the Mexican Relief Fund. Names listed include Helen A Kahm, Mrs. W Scott Fits, Mrs. Herbert Findicott and Miss M V Trasigi among others, totaling 81.12 dollars.
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