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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1916
Page
9
Edward H. Crosby reviews Hobson's Choice at the Wilbur, noting dialect charm and vivid eccentric characters. He praises the production for its engaging plot and timely humor, while contrasting dialect drama with usual narrative focus.
A vintage advertisement warns that indoor life causes obesity and weakens health. It urges open air, deep breathing, and Oil of Kerin capsules taken after meals and at night to hasten weight loss, with regular weigh ins and continued use until reaching normal weight.
Mrs J M Young of Uxbridge Massachusetts reports eczema on face and neck cleared after three months using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She says one cake of Soap and one box of Ointment cured her and requests the free 32 page Skin Book by mail. Sold worldwide.
Advertises Sargol as a safe inexpensive way to add five to eight pounds in fourteen days by taking one tablet with meals. Claims it helps convert sugars and starches into fat while reducing waste, with a guarantee of weight increase or money back. Influences readers to weigh and measure before and after.
Advertisement warns against constipation from a few days of built up waste. Promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle aid to restore bowel action without harsh laxatives. Claims tablets are vegetable and olive oil based and marketed by The Olive Tablet Company Columbus.
A fragment notes a shift from lively novelty to steady, ongoing amusement in daily life, highlighting how the locale’s quirks remain a steady backdrop while activities settle into a comfortable rhythm.
In Salford England Hobson's family comedy follows Maggie Hobson who runs her father Henry Hobson's shoe shop while he plots to marry off his daughters. Maggie clashes with his plans and aligns with bashful suitor William Mossop as the play delivers brisk humor and strong performances from Molly Pearson A G Andrews Whitford Kane and others. The production features period costumes and broad yet natural wit with a single controversial wedding supper scene critics noting skillful playing and convincing execution.
Park Theatre presents Fannie Ward of the Lasky company in For the Defence with Jack Dean James Neill Camille Astor and Gertrude Shellar in the cast Edmund Breese stars in The Lure of the Heart's Desire a five part Metro wonder play The programme also includes Weber and Fields in Two of the Finest a Selig Tribune current events Sydney Drew comedy a Paramount Burston Holmes travelogue and a Park Quartet soloists Misses Mildred Efford Lilias Chapdelaine and Messrs Anthony Guarino and Robert Carlson plus Miss Ethel Costello performing selections in a class by herself.
Hollis Street Theatre continues this week and next with Daddy Longlegs starring Henry Miller and Ruth Chatterton. The charming Boston run has drawn large enthusiastic audiences with well drawn supporting roles. The final two weeks are expected to bring even more patrons before Cyril Maude arrives March 27 for Grumpy.
Mrs Robt Stopies of Moore Avenue Washington Park Illinois writes of relief from female trouble backache and nervous spells after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills She praises the remedies and invites others to visit the company laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts for inspection.
Weber and Fields staged at B F Keith's Theatre to a near ovation marking 20 years since vaudeville. The duo headline a packed bill with stunts and comedy alongside Allan Dinehart, Mary Louise Dyer, Bert Levy and others in a varied program including songs, burlesque and motion pictures. Next week Mildred Macomber brings Holiday's Dream to the venue.
Waldron's Casino hosts the Midnight Maidens a new burlesque revue blending old time burlesque travesty and vaudeville. The all star cast includes the Boulawa sisters the Walsh Lynch company Pete Curley Frank Lynch and a chorus of 24 Midnight Maidens with original songs and lavish scenic costumes.
Yesterday the Loew's Oroneum drew capacity crowds for a diverse bill headlined by Flo Irwin in A Business Woman with a strong supporting cast. Captain Barnett and son, Lilliputians, Allie White the violinist, Emma Stevens and the Box Car Duo amused, while Prevost and Brown offered comic bits and Collier with De Walde danced. The feature photoplay The Blindness of Love starred Julia Stenger and the Pathe News was shown.
Gordon's Olympia Theatre offers Future Fantasies a scenic and instrumental act praised for strong voices and clever comedy. The McNally brothers Wilson excite with acrobatics and dance while Caroly’s animals add lively charm. The feature picture Through Nobility was shown.
Yesterday the theater showcased Ye Old Tyme Hallowe en a 10 performer musical with John Leick and Mabel Keith. Other acts included Pearl brothers Burns McDonald Rowland Irish comedians Largay Snee Merlin and Kitty Gordon in As In a Looking Glass. Julia Stenger to appear Thursday with Pathe News.
William Hodge continues Fixing Sister at the Majestic to a patronage likely pleased by both star and management. The play showcases Hodge's well established talents and his unique stand in theater across the country.
The Franklin Park Theatre presents Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country and a vaudeville program led by the Hong Kong mysteries. The Tron Claw features Pearl White in the lead role and gains audience interest each week.
The Exeter Street Theatre opens the week with Blanch Sweet in Black List, a Colorado thriller, and Emily Stevens in Cora, a human interest drama, on a double bill.
Twin Beds returns to Park Square Theatre with Ray Cox Leo Carrillo and John Westley in a witty farce praised for bright lines and cheerful humor. The show follows three married couples and a meddlesome maid amid comic nearness in a New York apartment. Henry IV Part II was also staged at Castle Square Theatre with Co. B. Wetherell as Falstaff and F A Wilmot as King Henry, drawing large crowds.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre pleased patrons with acts by the Choy Ling Hee troupe, Bob Hall, Leroy and Berry, Paul Petching, and Herndon and Leiter. Pearl White and Marie Doro headlined moving pictures. A girls diving contest is planned for next Wednesday with prizes, and subway opening will bring better access to East Boston and Orient Heights. The programme changes Thursday with Barlow's comedy circus and a Sunday concert tradition continues.
The original Billy Watson headlined at the Gaiety Theatre with a new condensed Krausemeyer’s Alley and lavish wardrobe. Frank Bambard supports, alongside a strong cast including Jean Leighton, Margaret Newell, Katherine Pearl, William Swan, Annette Walker, Frankie Farrell, QO. W. Braddock and Billy Bowers, delivering a high quality burlesque performance yesterday afternoon and last evening.
Entertainment at Scollay Square Olympia Theater showcased four aerial belles Wheeler and Howard singing and dancing Rairden players in The Upper East Side Swain's trained animals Decatur comedy four and A Japanese Romance A girl revue Vivian Martin stars in Merely Mary Ann Selig Tribune No 21 and other first run features shown Episode 7 The Strange Case of Mary Page to be shown late this week.
Ernest Maupain formerly with Sarah Bernhardt stars in Essanay five act drama Vultures of Society at Fenway Theatre yesterday. He plays a millionaire merchant whose schemes and his stenographer drive the plot. Maupain, a true French artist, is revealed as a vulture who pays a heavy price in the end.
The Colonial Theatre hosted the premiere of Around the Map drawing a full house last evening. The show presented a fast moving journey with vibrant costumes and locales, as a hero strives to circle the globe in a few hours echoing Jules Verne’s 80 days tale.
Harry LeVan led a three hour program with the Big Review of 1916 Burlesquers at the Howard Atheneum. The show blended farce, comedy, music and novelty with standout acts including Claire Devine, Cyril and Stuart, Mayne and Fern, and the Lampe brothers. Amateurs and circus appear Fridays, with Sunday concerts, under Sam Cohen’s direction.
Boston Theatre presents Marguerite Snow in Rosemary That’s For Remembrance adapted from an English romance. Paul Gilmore and a large company star as the film shows for the first three days. vaudeville features include The Betting Bettys and The Reynolds, plus Cooper and Ricardo and Frank Markley. Thursday brings Jennie Wehlen in Her Reckoning and Ralph Dunbar’s Nine White Hussars headlining the vaudeville act with Al Sweet in In The Land of Harmony.
Final week for the Scotland themed comedy Heart o' th Heather at Plymouth Theatre in Boston features a gala with a bagpipe band parade and a new song by star George MacFarlane. The engagement closes Saturday before Monday's premiere of Galsworthy's Justice.
The Battle Cry of Peace began its final fortnight at Tremont Temple yesterday. It proves profitable as it draws crowds with its strong message on preparedness and persuades audiences by offsetting the film’s negative view.
Industry figures unite to raise $590,000 for the Actors Fund of America with 25 cent autographed photos from famed stars. Contenders like Jackie Saunders and Mae Murray loom in forthcoming productions while backstage operations at Lasky studios reveal location scouting systems and behind the scenes talent management.
A splendid performance featured Willard Hutchison with Dorothy Sadler in The Man From the Hat Shop. Kelly and Fern, Three Clemenze brothers, Rose Berry, Harlequin Trio, and Jesson and Jesson performed. New photoplays and the third Iron Claw episode with Pearl White were shown along with the Pathe News.
The final week of King of Nowhere opened last evening at the Shubert Theatre with star Lou Tellegen facing a friendly audience. Curiosity over his English-speaking performance runs high as the romance unfolds, supported by Sydney Greenstreet as Henry VIII and Olive Tell as Lady Margaret.
Havre March 13 The Silius was torpedoed while most crew slept with seven Americans aboard including 18 year old John Hartmann of Philadelphia. The ship sank rapidly after two blasts. Captain and two sailors died. Hartmann and others survived after falling into the sea. Otto Ekmann said he slept through the first explosion and swam to a lifeboat after the second blast.
A freight steamer line between Boston and New Bedford via the Cape Cod Canal will begin operation April 1. One sailing each direction is planned every day, according to today’s announcement to importers and shippers.
John Barry of 90 Train Street Dorchester was held in Dorchester District Court on $1500 bail for the grand jury on charges of carrying a loaded revolver and assault with intent to kill.
Theda Bara stars in a new William Fox production Gold and the Woman shown for the first time yesterday at the Modern Theatre and running all week. The film portrays a depreciating woman as a siren of destructive gold with a dramatic running gun fight as its climax. Other shorter releases and the News Pictorial accompanied by interpretative organ music received praise.
Former Attorney General Herbert Parker and Joseph Walker explained League to Enforce Peace motives to Chelsea residents at Williams School hall. A Chelsea branch committee of 2 citizens was formed with Francis X. Tyrrell chairing and 22 members named including Arthur M. Huddell Alfred Anderson Martin J. Pleschinger and others.
A Kansas woman claims Swamp Root cured years of rheumatism after six weeks bedridden. Emma A Boggs says she recovered fully and has done household work for years, endorsing Dr Kilmer and Company’s product. Notary public confirms her signing of the testimonial.
A 1900s advertisement promises Swamp Root sample bottles for ten cents from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. It claims the product will convince anyone and offers a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It notes Boston Daily Post as a publication to mention and lists regular bottle sizes sold nationwide.
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