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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
4
An appeal notes thousands of American women suffer in silence while keeping homes neat and children dressed. It highlights female weakness and displacement, urging recognition of women’s pains and the need for help to overcome daily burdens.
Mrs F Ellsworth and Mrs P Boyd of Beaver Falls Pa report relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims thirty years of cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham for advice.
General debility and weakness described as a call for a blood tonic. Lena May Brooks of Prairie Hall Macon County Ill credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rapid improvement after months of illness. She was bedridden three months and regained strength after several boxes. Each box six pills priced 2.50 from De Williams Medicine Co Schenectady N Y.
Mrs. J. A. Wheeler of Wellington Ohio reports complete cure from eczema after using oil of wintergreen compounded with glycerine in D D D Prescription. She treated with six doctors previously and says four bottles of D D D cured her permanently. She would pay five dollars a bottle again and promotes D D D Soap and related remedies. Jaynes Drug Stores offer free pamphlet on skin care.
Olga Nethersole presents an English version of Le Reveil titled The Awakening. Therese Yeans for love and thrills as Prince Jean entices her, but the play offers little moral substance. Strong scenes come from Gregoire, Simeon Keff, and Mills, with Teheence and Rose adding contrast. show runs tonight and tomorrow with Sapho Carmen Adrienne Le couvreur to follow.
The Globe Theatre hosted two audiences yesterday afternoon and night for The County Fair starring Neil Burgess as Abigail Prue. The crowd enjoyed Burgess’s famed portrayal with Corkscrew curls and period attire along with Bartley McCullum as Otis Tucker and Annie Blanche as the Taggs. The show features a pivotal marriage scene and a county fair race, with next week promising The Flower of the Ranch.
Distinctive style marks the Lyceum show with burlesque Pleasures of Paris and the Forbidden Fruit extravaganza. Interspersed are novelties and lively singing and dancing acts. The vaudeville features James and Lucia Cooper, the three Stewarts, the Phillips sisters, Garley and Keenan, and the English Bella.
A lively second-week engagement at the Majestic features Jefferson De Angelis Blanche King and a strong musical comedy company. Highlights include Miss Ring’s performances and a standout duet with De Angelis, plus Maud Raymond Melville Ellis Laura Guerite and Alexander Carr delivering comic music and spectacle.
The Orpheum last night offered strong comedy and singing with Edwin Forsberg and company in a melodramatic piece and Jack the Giant Killer featuring Captain Auger Ernest Rommel and others. The Quartet showcased four top male voices and Fred Niblo plus Watsons farmyard circus drew big laughs with an educated pig. World Kingston Cherry and Hill and Diamond and Smith provided additional singing, dancing and illustrated songs.
Last evening’s audience at the Boston Theatre packed for the rural drama The Village Postmaster now in a week run. The cast earns praise for care and staging with new donation party stunts delighting the crowd. The play offers brisk action and a window into Granite State village life a half century ago. Next Monday the company presents Arrah na Pogue.
Patrons enjoy a top tier week at Theatre Premier with strong acts headed by An Office Romance and The Bewitching Woman. Comedy shines in A Difficult Position while The Mishaps of the Jolly Goods and Dog Lost draw big laughs. Illus trated songs feature Signor di Fortini and a capable musical program by Mileva Emerson Ruth Wilmore and Bessie Beasley.
The Theatre Comique features Washington at Valley Forge as the patriotic highlight and The Mattress as a strong comedy. The Explosive Calf shows two Germans seeking a home, with illustrated songs by Irving F. Joy and others. Instrumental numbers by Suzanne Calhoun and colleagues, with Johnson and Cusick performing impersonations.
The Bijou Dream introduces a new novelty with a 20 minute lecture by Professor De Machy about the South African diamond mines. The feature complements ongoing acts including comedy and songs by top singers, aligning with Mr. Keiths new theatre policy.
An advertisement asserts a fat reduction remedy using Lexonica with buckthorn bark extract and simple syrup. It claims harmless, strength preserving weight loss with no exercise, urging readers to obtain ingredients at local drug stores and promising reliable results.
The Man of the Hour enters its eighth week at Tremont Theatre in Boston with strong advance sales and top audience turnout. Reports from other venues show similar success for the powerful play noted for humor and bold political sentiment.
Last week of Elsie Janis in The Hayden at the Park Theatre draws large crowds. Janis charms as a graceful comedienne with song and dance while Joe Cawthorn provides strong comic relief. Rose Stahl headlines The Chorus Lady, amid high anticipation for opening seats at 8 this morning.
Bowdoin Square Theatre stock company offers Life in the Golden West with Ruth Denton and Frank Allen as the leads. Arthur Tilman’s schemes clash with Nellie West and Ruth as justice prevails and the lovers unite. Cast membersJane Stuart Isabel Sherman Arthur Maitland praised for their roles.
Peter Clark's Runaway Girls company offers The Main Gazaboo and A Pair of Kings at the Palace Theatre with Georgie Cunningham leading a large female cast. The bill features Larry Smith Mamie Champion Milton Schuster Frank Fox and others plus a Palace company and Palacescope pictures.
Audiences filled the Scenic Temple at Berkeley and Warren to enjoy a high class society levee with new motion pictures aimed at Lent. The special numbers appeal as parlor entertainment and avoid burlesque or extravagant ballet scenes.
The Hub Theatre staged a standout programme yesterday with Miles brothers’ moving pictures and a mix of dramatic and Laugh-provoking comedy. Miss May White and Miss Olive Nelson delivered hits with the ballad Smarty and Monterey while Mr. Thomas E. Shea performed Yankee Boy. The ladies' orchestra finished with incidental and instrumental selections.
Last night at the Majestic Theatre Blanche Ring appearing in The Great White Way was lauded by Boston Lodge Theatrical Mechanics. A basket of flowers bearing a golden badge was presented after the first verse of Merry Go Round as a token of good wishes from the order.
A historical medical advertisement argues backache rarely signals kidney inflammation and promotes Fulton’s Renal Compound as a specific treatment. It credits John J. Fulton with pioneering kidney inflammation therapy and lists Oakland based sources and local agents for the product.
The Hollis Street Theatre ends its stay with the Rogers Brothers in Panama drawing big crowds. Audiences enjoy the pair’s falsettos dialects and innocence amid prison cells balloon ascents and a bullfight. Maude Adams engagement for The Jesters opens box office at 8 am, promising brisk sales for a two week run.
The Temper ance Town by Charles H Hoyt was staged at Castle Square Theatre by Charles Miller and company. William Charles Masson repeated his nine year old Mink Jones role to an ovation, with praise for Miller Paige Bondhil Kent Christie Lasche and the whole cast and orchestra. Next week Shaughrauns cast features Mark Kent Conn and Vail De Vernon as Claire Ffolliott.
The Grand Opera House presents Broadway After Dark a melodrama with a young heiress and a villain scheme thwarted by a cousin and Abe Slitz. Harry Fields as Abe Slitz draws laughs with sharp sallies Miss Mildred Stoller shines as the heiress and the entire company supports the stars well.
The Lady Birds company delivered bright comedy at the Columbia Theatre with Mike Kelly as the standout act. Dan Sullivan Gertrude Fiske Alma Kelly and Lilla Brennan shared the stage while Halley and McKinnon The Great Chick and the Bates trio also drew strong audience applause.
A new stage setting for Manhattan Girls appeared at Austin and Stone's Museum yesterday. Dorothy Norton and Mabel Olive led a character piece in Marianna, with others like Vesta Gilbert and Cecil Gray offering songs and sketches. The program included moving pictures, a royal Japanese troupe, and Barrett the bee king performing a sensational hive display.
Morning crowd lines up at 74 Boylston street as 10 ticket sellers handle advance sales for performances at Mechanics Building venue. Most shows are run under society auspices, driving unusually large advance demand. general patrons should buy early.
A historical notice promotes a home mixture for rheumatism claiming it treats the disease as a kidney trouble symptom. It lists Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla with directions to mix and take a teaspoon after meals and at night.
Nat Wills headlines Keiths Theatre week delivering stories and parodies that lift spirits. The Military Odette with Mabel Keith leads a lively three-scene sketch of Hussars Fusiliers and Yankee blue. Eva Williams Jac Tucker Skinny’s Finish is praised for pathos. Juggler W CG Fields entertains, Lillian Tyee charms, and acts by Minnie Woodford Nat LeRoy Pandur Renards Guertin Saona Lind and others enrich the program along with moving pictures.
Manager Morison of the Boston Theatre reports the entire second balcony reserved for the season. Many subscriptions have arrived and checks were returned. Former subscribers renew for 3 and 5 dollar seats, while new subscribers take orchestra and first balcony. Mail subscriptions accepted until next Saturday. box office sales on Monday the 23rd, Tuesday the 24th, and Wednesday the 25th inst.
The Passion Play at Theatre Jolliette marks the final week with premium seating as music and vocal numbers draw strong applause. Afternoon performances urged for ladies and children to avoid crowds.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless, private home remedy avoiding surgery. It claims instant relief, emphasizes no doctors, and offers a free trial package by mail from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan, with full box available at 50 cents. Thousands allegedly cured.
At the Howard this week a continuous program features the Moonlight Maids burlesque troupe led by May Nash with a large chorus. Gilbert and Tanner and Brown and Bragg perform, with Wahl and Tekla trio, Conser's dog circus, and a Spanish dance by Mlle Barteletti. Moving pictures add to the bill.
Atlantis the comic operetta by William H. Gardner with music by Herbert Forrest Odell was staged in Jordan Hall by the Boston Operatic Society. Despite Odell’s illness his father directed the performance delivering sparkling music and standout numbers including In the Summer Land of Dreams and Love's Like a Star. The show featured comic roles by G Bigelow Willie Wingles and Miss Daisy F. Pierce with strong turns by Margaret Coveney Napoleon de Verge and Frank Carnahan. Atlantis will be repeated tonight.
Providence, March 9. Martin L. Gray, 65, longtime superintendent of the street cleaning department, died by his own hand after a long period of nervous prostration. Lynn, March 9. Patrick Comer, a stone mason, was found dead in the water at King street terrace, the medical examiner calling it a drowning in a personal crisis.
Baldwinsville New York farmer Frank Howe details relief after two years of rheumatism with Smiths Uric O. He reports rapid improvement, no crutches after one day, and six bottles used without relapse. Howe endorses the remedy and invites inquiries for a free trial from Smith Drug Co Syracuse. Sawyer and Co Boston also promote Urico.
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