Major Bingham in The Second in Command at Hollis
John Drew leads two-week Boston run of Captain Robert Marshall’s The Second in Command at Hollis. Major Bingham, a debt-ridden barracks favorite, falls for Muriel Mannering then loses her to his colonel. Performance praised for Bingham’s character, criticized for Drew’s limited range and inconsistent vigor across acts.
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John Drew
Hollis
Boston
Robert Marshall
Marshall
Captain Marshall
Christopher Bingham
Muriel Mannering
Muriel
Bingham
Drew
Major Bingham
Mr. Drew
Ida Conquest
Miss Conquest
Guy Standing
Oswalde Yourke
Walter Mannering
Edward H. Crosby
Isaac B. Rich
Charles Frohman
Verdi Opera Aida Opens Metro at Boston Theatre
The Metropolitan company opened its opera season at the Boston Theatre with Verdi's Aida starring Mme Emma Eames in the title role. A full inaugural report is available elsewhere.
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Metropolitan Company
Boston Theatre
Aida
Mme Emma Eames
Verdi
Otello
Mmes
Emma Eames
Louise Homer
MM. Alvarez
Bars
Journet
Dufriche
Vanni
Viviani
Scotti
Seppilli
Slaves of the Orient at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The admirable stock company staged Slaves of the Orient a four act melodrama featuring a wrestling bear Bruno and the Arabian camel Bonita. Set in Constantinople with a Turkish harem and a Turkish castle, the show highlighted Lt. Howard of the Olympia with Bert Lytell in the lead.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Davey Mba
Bruno
Turkey
Constantinople
Bert Lytell
Howard Ard
United States
Olympia
Penwests
Carley
Os Mar Pasha
Thomas Ruussell
Horace Fisk
FE. D. Denison
E. R. Philips
Ensign Winters
Irginia Thornton
Alice Palmer
Mimi
Paris
Loraine Jeux
Tanakas
Ross Sisters
Barney Ams
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The KenneDY Butter Thin Biscuit is promoted as protected from moisture dust and operators by the In-er-seal Patent Package ensuring preserved quality and freshness.
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Kennedy
Outpost at Grand Opera House Delights Boston Crowd
A four act melodrama The Outpost by Barbour and Perkins played to strong praise at the Grand Opera House. J. K. Emmett and Lottie Gilson starred as Lt Fritz and Nora Desmond with Arthur B. Sprague as Urgo the Zulu. The Boer War plot blended love and battle with realistic Spion Kop scenes and musical interludes. The Penitent followed the piece.
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Boston
Grand Opera House
Howard Barbour
James W. Rkins, Jr
J. K. Mett
Lottie Gilson
South Africa
Fritz von Needlandt
Kimberley
Nora Desmond
Spion Kop
Fritz
Botha
Urgo
Nora
J. K. Emmett
Miss Gilson
Arthur B. Sprague
Mr. Emmett
Columbia Theatre Reopens With Morocco Bound
After a long darkness the Columbia reopened last evening under A H Chamberlyn with Morocco Bound. The full cast and scenery were transferred from a downtown venue and the audience welcomed the favorites including Dan Collyer William H West Philip Branson Templar Saxe E Lovatt Fraser Mary Baker Florence Holbrook Tillie Salinger Hattie Moore. The show will undergo changes in its first act before a short New York run. Chamberlyn plans a series of high class entertainments for the new house.
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Columbia Theatre
Columbia
A. H. Chamberlyn
Templar Saxe
E. Lovatt Fraser
Mary Baker
Florence Holbrook
Tillie Salinger
Hattie Moore
Beauty
New York
Chamberlyn
Double Bill at the Bijou features Pinafore and Cavalleria Rusticana
Murray and Gilbert present a Bijou double bill with Dick Deadeye by Mr. Gilbert and Captain Corcoran by Mr. Shields. Miss Morrison stars as Josephine in Pinafore after starting the role Friday, praised for voice and acting. Cavalleria Rusticana debuts an all star cast with Santuzza Miss Lane Lola Miss Ladd Turiddu Mr Tallman Alfio Mr Murray Lucia Miss Fairbairn. Winna conducts an acclaimed orchestra as the intermezzo draws a strong encore.
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Murray & Gilbert
Bijou
Mr. Gilbert
Dick Deadeye
Blanche Morrison
Josephine
Miss Morrison
Cavalleria Rusticana
Miss Lane
Santuzza
Miss Ladd
Lola
Mr. Tallman
Turiddu
Mr. Murray
Alfie
Miss Fairbairn
Lucia
Mr. Winna
Diplomacy Revival Delights Castle Square Theatre Crowd
Castle Square Theatre presented Diplomacy last night to a large audience. Eva Taylor as Countess Zicka and Marian A. Chapman as Dora drew strong acclaim, with Leonora Bradley, Maye Louise Aigen, and others delivering notable turns. The production runs for a week, then a revival of Rosedale follows.
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Castle Square Theatre
Castle Square
Eva Taylor
Zicka
Marian A. Chapman
Dora
Leonora Bradley
Marquise
Maye Louise Aigen
Henry Fairfax
John Craig
Henry Beauclerc
Charles Mackay
Julian Beauclerc
Edmund Breese
Baron Stein
J. L. Seeley
Count Orloff
James A. Keane
Algie Fairfax
Lindsay Morison
Markham
Rosedale
Fifth Week of King Dodo Thrills Boston Audiences
Tremont theater hosts fifth week of King Dodo with Mrs. Fiske in town marking the annual Tremont visit. Abatement in popularity signs but every seat filled as Boston audience laments the showing’s end. Cast and chorus gain local fame and music lingers beyond the monarch’s departure.
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King Dodo
Tremont
Boston
Pulse of New York at Morrison's Grand Theatre
Yesterday at Morrison's Grand Theatre a play The Pulse of New York showcased striking stage feats including an elevated railroad, a flying train, a real engine pile driver, and a Little Church Around the Corner exterior. Cast featured A Gairnes as Edward, Beggs Phil Holt, J B Haviland, H F Horn, Richard Disney, W Rainey, Joseph Dokes, C F Lyons. Florence Denison by Mattie Choate with Florence Hastings Jessie Prindle and Edith Gerald in key roles. A postshow reception on stage for patrons is planned. show runs daily for one week with matinees.
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Morrison's Grand Theatre
New York
East River
Morrison
Easy
Gairnes
Edward Nipoe
San Toy closes its Museum engagement with closing week start
The comedy musical San Toy began its final week of performances at the Museum last night marking the act's closing run as the season moves toward its end.
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San Toy
Boston audiences hail Clyde Fitch comedy at Museum
All the bright musical numbers and clever dances drew praise with Samuel Collins as the klepto maniac Chinese private secretary Minnie Ashley as the piquant English maid and George K Fortescue as the mandarin in Rhoda Who Ran a Pagoda Ethel Barrymore arrives next Monday with Captain Jinks at the Museum Seats go on sale at 8 this morning
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Samuel Collins
Minnie Ashley
Rhoda
George K. Fortescue
Marie Celeste
San Toy
Melville Stewart
Sarony Lambert
Elgie Bowen
Ethel Barrymore
Boston
Captain Jinks
Horse Marines
Clyde Fitch
Florodora Fifth Week at Colonial With Notable Cast
Florodora enters its fifth week at the Colonial City night after night acclaim for Isa dore Rush R. Peyton Carter Maude Lambert James Kiernan Guelma Baker Sidney Deane Frances Tyson and J Hal let Clarendon The Ben Hur production draws Boston and New England goers after a winter success Seats go on sale at 8 this morning for an engagement starting March 17
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Isadore Rush
R. Peyton Carter
Maude Lambert
James Kiernan
Guelma Baker
Sidney Deane
Frances Tyson
J. Hallet Clarendon
Boston
New England
Colonial Theatre
Keith's Theatre Show Receives Strong Positive Reviews
The bill this week at Keith's Theatre offers top programme quality with strong comedy from Al Shean and Charles T. Warren in a burlesque on Quo Vadis. Clayton White and George C. Davis provide amusing material. Hassan Ben Ali's Arab acrobats impress with daring feats. The Deanzo brothers perform barrel-jumping while Bell trio delivers clever pantomime. Rastus and Banks and Genaro and Bailey entertain, Claudius and Corbin play banjos, Nast caricatures amuse, and Biograph pictures plus Baer's orchestra round out a highly satisfactory season show.
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Oodward
al Shean
Charles T. Warren
Clayton White
Charles Frohman
Dickey
George C. Davis
Hassan Ben Ali
Boston
Sons of the Desert
Keith
Deanzo
Thomas Nast
Biograph
Baer
Boston Music Hall Acts Delight Audiences in varied bill
Boston Music Hall drew two large crowds yesterday, enjoying 17 acts of varied entertainment. Lew Bloom the tramp comedian, Montrell the agile juggler, and his colored assistant drew praise. Charlies Wayne and Anna Caldwell in A Book Detective amused, while The Professor and His Pupils by the Sellietts sparked laughs. Ethel Clerise played harp, The six Eddys closed the show, and DAlmas dogs and monkeys entertained. Other numbers featured Alice Mayson soprano, Drummer Quartet, Smith and Kessner, Franklyn and Hiatt, Busch trapeze, Lenore and St Claire, Edwin and Kittie Deagon, Von Kamp, Knox brothers, and vitagraph views.
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Boston Music Hall
Lew Bloom
Montrell
Charlies Wayne
Anna Caldwell
Sellietts
Ethel Clerise
Six Eddys
D’alma
Alice Mayson
Smitl
Kessner
Franklyn and Hiatt
Wonderful Busch
Lenore and
St. Claire
Dude
Hope Booth and Stars Tump the Howard Week Show
Hope Booth sails for Europe in April after a Boston engagement, presenting The Ascension and new poses. Nat M Wills, Midgley and Carlisle, Zeno and partner acts headline a big Howard bill with comedy, dancing, acrobatics and a breezy comedietta featuring many named performers and acts.
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Hope Booth
Nat M. Wills
Midgley
Carlisle
Zeno
Carl
Howard
Boston
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Jenna
Sammy
Sarah
Anson
Nelson
Morrissey
Rich
O’rourke
Burnett
Collins and Hardt
Leah Russell
Lyons
Crowley
Swan
Bambard
Gorman
West
Billy Payne
Larkins
Patterson
Delmore
Oneida
Holbrook
Hopkins
Rag time troupe performs exotic dances at Austin & Stone’s
ee orchestra played selections in rag time productions yesterday morning at Austin and Stone's Museum. The Moorish dancing belles of the Daz aig Orient danced on stage as the crowd applauded loudly. The program featured Hindoostan nautch, Moorish butterfly ballet, Burmese da of the faithful, Egyptian dance of the Pruids, Algerian flower girls, Soudanese volcano dance, and other novelties.
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Lallah Bahl
Ais
Cold Damp Feet? Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
Advertisement copy notes that cold damp feet won’t give a cold if you take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets in time, featuring BE. W. Grove’s signature on the box. The line invites readers to use the product as a preventive remedy.
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BE. W. Grove
Sahara Whirlwind Dance Captivates Theatre Crowd
The central figure of the group wowed audiences with the Sahara Whirlwind Dance, a uniquely Oriental performance amid tom-tom and Moorish pipe music. D'Hauterives presented his Dream World under Viscount D'Hauterives of Paris with an array of novelties and a starry cast including Emmie Artelle and the Almar sisters.
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Sahara
Heston
D’hauterives
Paris
The Innocent Maids at Lyceum Opens in Lively Style
The Lyceum yesterday hosted The Innocent Maids a first class company with top artists and lavish mounting. The show featured A Wooden Woman with 20 chorus girls, star acts Madden and Jess Bennett and Rich Anna Yale Rose Carlin Mark and Kitty Hart Nellie Sylvester and Joe Morris. The burlesque A Lottery Ticket closed the performance with plantation numbers and parade roles.
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Lyceum
Madden
Jess
Bennett and
Rich
Anna Yale
Rose Carlin
Mark
Kitty Hart
Charming
Nellie Sylvester
Joe Morris
Nickelodeon Fish Marsh Stars At Manager Walker's Hall
This week at Manager Walker's popular house Nickelodeon Fish Marsh, a champion pool player, headlines the show with fevered excitement at every performance. He will meet all challengers for the balance of the week alongside a lineup including Sam Furst the Yankee whittler German Rose the musicalist Sam Johnson the human reservoir Prince Wentworth champion trick violinist and a group of arian girls competing with Martha Eters and the 600 pound fat woman in a variety showcase.
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Fish Marsh
Walker
Sam Furst
Yankee Whittler
German Rose
Sam Johnson
Prince Wentworth
Larthaeters
Vaudeville lineup at Trilby theatre promises late week fun
The Trilby theatre features two high class vaudeville companies with acts by the Taylors Charles and Bertha Nieman and Dolliver George Frazer Katherine Miskel Rose Wolfe Belle Morrison John Kluff Blanch Hartford Jeanette Willett and others. Friday night hosts amateur night with varied entertainment and a lively program of song and comedy.
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the Taylors
Charles and
Bertha
Nieman and Dolliver
George Frazer
Katherine Miskel
Rose Wolfe
Belle Morrison
John Kluff
Blanch Hartford
Jeanette Willett
Park Theatre to Reopen March 22 with Cap of Fortune
The Park Theatre closes for repairs and reopens March 22 with the first professional performance of Cap of Fortune under Edward E. Rice. Rehearsals continued yesterday and will proceed under Author R A Barnet. Seat sales begin tomorrow.
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Park Theatre
Edward E. Rice
R. A. Barnet
New Acts At Bostock's Great Animal Arena Impress Crowds
Opening week at the Cyclorama Tre mont Street venue features Frank C. Bostock the Animal King bringing European acts Ping Pong Dites-Done Mme Morelli Giant Rennikes M Dumont and more. Canine acts Dogdoms drawing power and three fierce imported panthers draw cheers from children and adults alike as performance quality rises with new acts and a European influx.
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Bostock
Great Animal Arena
Tremont Street
Frank C. Bostock
Animal King
Europe
Auguste
America
Dites
Mme. Morelli
Rennikes
M. Dumont
Bos
Amo
Brutus the lion returns from Glasgow Zoo exhibition
The article notes Brutus the untamable lion finishing a long exhibition at the Scottish Zoo in Glasgow. It mentions a boxing kangaroo and other wild life brought over, with Hsau the ape-man highlighted as a key feature of the Great Animal Arena exhibition.
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Brutus
Glasgow
Hsau
Kneisel Quartet Presents Debussy Quartet in Chickering Hall
The Kneisel Quartet gave its seventh concert at Chickering Hall with G Longy oboe and Max Zach viola. Debussy’s quartet debuted, praised for its pleasing themes and scholarly yet restrained approach. Mozart in F and Beethoven's Octet in C major were also performed. audience held a large, appreciative turnout. The eighth concert is scheduled for Monday evening, April 7.
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Kneisel
Chicking Hall
Messrs
G. Longy
Max Zach
Mozart
Debussy
Beethoven
Longy
Hutcheson Delivers Notable Steinert Hall Pianoforte Recital
Ernest Hutcheson of the Peabody Conservatory gave a Steinert Hall recital before a good sized audience. The program featured Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Schumann and Chopin works, with Hutcheson praised for up-to-date technic, ease, brilliancy, and precise, clear execution throughout the Bach piece. The review notes his previous Boston appearances and suggests his future prospects.
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Ernest Hutcheson
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Steinert Hall
Bach
Schumann
D’albert
Howard Peace Wave
Tausig
R. Hutcheson
Boston
Kneisel
Chopin
Hutcheson
Mr. Hutches
Critical notes on Hutcheson Chopin performance
The critic found Hutcheson lacking warmth and emotion, noting a dry unsympathetic tone that failed to convey Chopin's spirit. The pianist appeared more a mechanistic instrument, though the audience remained largely applausive and recalled him several times.
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Chopin
Mr. Hutcheson
Great Invention Bend? Mergenthaler-Horton Basket Machine
A mutoscope display at the Mergenthaler Horton Basket Machine Company shows the berry and fruit basket making process. The illustrated setup feeds parts, moulds and binds with wire to a finished product beside the machine. One girl can perform the work of 12 to 14 by hand, with stock priced at 40 cents a share and set to rise to 50 cents after Saturday.
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Mergenthaler-Horton Basket Machine Company
Atlantic Bank
State and
Kilby Streets
Aaron Young G A R veteran dies in Lynn home
Aaron Young, the oldest Grand Army of the Republic member in the country, died at his daughter Mrs Walter H Johnsons home in Lynn March 10. He was eight at Civil War start and exempt from service but went to the front with his son. He belonged to Post 5 G A R.
Travel via the Savannah line to Savannah and Charleston
Four steamers depart weekly from New York offering round trips for 28 dollars. Passengers may visit Savannah, Ga, and Charleston, D. C. Tickets and full details available from Simmons and Marsters at 290 Washington Street Boston or E H Downing agent 20 Atlantic Avenue Boston.
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New York
Charleston
D. C
Simmons & Marsters
Washington Street
Boston
B. R. Price
N. E. At
E. H Downing
Atlantic Avenue
Henderson Sentenced for Assault on Florence Cole
Harry L. Henderson was sentenced yesterday by Judge Parmenter in the Municipal Criminal Court to months in the House of Correction for blackening Florence Cole's eyes and breaking her nose on March 4. Inaeraga appealed, although he pleaded guilty.
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Florence Cole
Harry L. Henderson
Parmenter
Municipal Criminal Court
House of Correction
Inaeraga
Gulty
Universalist Club hears talk on Work and Opportunity in Japan Mission
The Rev. G. I. Keirn lectured before the Universalist Club at the Quincy House last evening on Work and Opportunity of the WhuVabeaster Japan Mission. About 80 were present.
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G. I. Keirn
Universalist Club
Quincy House
Japan
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