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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
8
George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman closed Robert Loraine's Plymouth Theatre run last evening in this city. The comedy, popular in both theatre and libraries, emphasizes women's influence over men, with Ann described as a weak character in the excerpt.
An advertisement touts HYOMEI as a direct inhaled remedy for catarrh, claiming quick relief without stomach drugs and a refund if unused. It notes a complete outfit costs $1.00 with extra liquid at 50 cents. The piece then shifts to a theater review praising Mr. Loraine and his cast in a stage production, detailing performances of Emily Stevens and Louis Masson, and announces upcoming shows with Sara Allgood.
A 1912 testimonial from James Crowther of Columbia Pa claims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root healed his wife after local doctors failed to help. The letter notes rapid improvement and lasting relief, sworn before a Pennsylvania notary on March 20 1912.
A letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton New York promotes Swamp Root with claims it proves benefits for kidneys and bladder. The notice urges sending for a sample bottle and a booklet and notes bottles are sold in drug stores in fifty cent and one dollar sizes mentioning Boston Daily Post.
The final week of The Governor's Lady opened last evening at Hollis Street Theatre with continued audience approval and the familiar exhibitions of praise.
The Shubert Theatre saw Ready Money extend its stay in Boston as the comedy entered its third week, drawing continued public interest and full houses in the past evening.
The Majestic Theatre continues to draw crowds as the season’s anticipated run The Man With Three Wives proves popular with audiences and critics alike at the venue.
Colonial Theatre resumes operations with The Pink Lady. The first week proves the amusing story the delectable score and a coterie of pretty women remain popular, picking up the thread where it was dropped a year ago.
Final week remains to see The Yellow Jacket at Tremont Theatre as opportunities to witness the artistic production quickly diminish.
Park Theatre fills to capacity for every performance of Officer 666 the merry little thrilling farce that has captured Boston at the start of its engagement.
The Garden of Allah will end its Boston Theatre engagement after this week with final performances next Saturday evening. The romantic spectacle has been a notable triumph of stagecraft and has drawn good crowds.
An old advertisement urges taking Cascarets to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels overnight. It targets men and women with headaches coated tongues sleeplessness bilious nerves and upset stomachs and promises quick relief by morning. A 10 cent box is advertised as promoting healthy bowel action and cheerfulness for months, including suggestions for children.
The Howard Atheneum hosts a burlesque bill featuring Joseph K. Watson and Will H. Cohan as prominent figures in a comedy about two Hebrews entangled in a Mexican plot. Fay O'Dell Lillian Houston and a strong chorus provide feminine appeal while Mysterious Waldo and the Five Sensational Cyclists offer crowd-pleasing novelty acts.
B F Keith's Theatre continues a varied weekly program led by William Burress with "Song Birds" and a chorus of operatic arias. The bill includes Mabel and Dora Ford's Grecian dances, Edison kinetoscope talking pictures, the Royal Kitamura troupe of acrobats, Dolly Morrissey, Frances Stevens and company in A Country Bride, Pootzein brothers, Cavana Duo, and the Pathe Weekly news reel.
Annie Abbott the electric marvel returns to Boston at the Globe after years away. The show features the LeVan trio of gymnasts, Barry and Mildred in Reilly's Mistake, Farley and Morrison with songs, Ted Snyder's Serenaders with Berlin tunes, the Peerless Macks in dancing acts, and other acts in a full program.
Matt Kennedy led a lively burlesque revue at the Grand Opera House featuring a troupe of performers led by Mona Raymond the $10 000 beauty and Anna Red feather a Sioux. The acts included Wireless a wholesome burletta and Bar gain Day a closing piece on shopping antics.
At the St James Theatre Martini and Maximilliam staged burlesque illusions to wild laughs. Guy Bartlett Trio performed Spiven's Stage Door while Schreck and Percival and the Princeton and Yale act delighted the audience. Bloomquest Players impressed with His Bluff and Bunny Gray offered a singing act.
Bowdoin Square Theatre staged A Scene From the Donnybrook Fair with genuine Irish players led by John Marron Pat Coppinger and Jimmy Neary. Colleens bagpipers and dancers performed amid acts by Ham mond Forrester the Three Savoys and a dog routine by acrobatic terriers.
Large afternoon and evening audiences filled the National Theatre to enjoy a balanced vaudeville bill and Edison talking pictures with new subjects and Kinemacolor features. Thurston McCormick’s Forty four Limited delivers one of the era’s best vaudeville dramas with constant excitement.
At the East Boston wharf market twenty six vessels docked as closing week of Lent began. The Lucania and Onato led high fares with 125000 and 118000 pounds of fish respectively. Haddock totals reached 1063000 pounds and cod 270000 pounds among others. The Carpathia arrived from Liverpool two days late with 24 saloons and 819 steerage passengers. The Indraghiri completed a record Manila to Mystic run and the Newton Hall carried nitrate of soda from Chile. Mariners and cargoes from Captain Kelway to W M Chandler were noted, with several ships preparing new voyages.
The Star line schooner Anfindsen from Antwerp will reach late this afternoon or tomorrow morning after being 36 hours behind schedule due to head winds and fog. The British ship Brynhilda begins a 7000 mile voyage to Buenos Ayres with lumber cargo. The Bombay wreck near Chatham is examined and may be blown up to clear the channel. A new tug Pan-American, built at Staten Island for Texas Oil, will tow barges from Gulf ports to Boston and is equipped with modern engines searchlight and wireless.
Reads tidal times and daylight length and lists arrived steamers and tows. Names routes and ships including Carpathia Kingstonian Nacoochee Concord and many barges. clears and sails detailed with ports from New York to Savannah and Portland.
Ed Lee Wrothe and his Ginger Girls company present a strong show at the Gaiety this season with Wrothe as Higgins the Janitor. Vocalists receive long hearty applause and the leading ladies Jane Le Beau Helen Byron and Margie Austin deliver creditable performances.
Charlie Waldron presents a burlesque at Waldron's Casino featuring a bright comedy show with Harry Ward Sam Hearn Dan Healy James Rowland Frank Winfield Ed Jerome and a lead soubrette troupe including Estelle Barbey Stella Hill Beatrice DeForest Florence Moore and others. The production boasts strong music and a large chorus of talented performers.
Week after week Believe Me Xan Tippe has continued to draw crowds at Castle Square. The ninth performance opens with no sign of waning public interest in Mr Ballard's prize play, suggesting ongoing audience enthusiasm.
John and Silas Paine, aged 62 and 65, brothers who lived a hermit life on the road between Hermits in Brownfield and Conway, N H, were found dead in their old homestead Sunday morning.
An inspection found both deaths due to natural causes. The siblings descended from early Maine settlers. the younger had been active in town affairs. Their father was a prosperous farmer. They never married and lived alone for 25 years. Only two nephews in Melrose Massachusetts remain.
Washington March 17 The Supreme Court granted a restraining order to stop Postmaster General Burleson from enforcing the newspaper publicity law while it considers its constitutionality.
A private conference in the Municipal Court reviewed 150 cases against garment workers and sympathizers. Chief Justice Bolster and Associate Justice Cohen led the session with attorneys and officers present. Some defendants will plead not, others have acknowledged satisfaction and will be dropped. Remaining cases proceed to trial today and tomorrow.
Lieut Oliver P F Remick former engineer officer of the United States revenue service died in Kittery Maine aged 59 He was a native of Kittery and survived by one brother Henry of Lynn and two sisters who reside in Kittery.
James Kelly a coal passer at the Fore River shipyards Quincy died at Red Cross Hospital from injuries after being struck by a train in the yards yesterday morning.
A newspaper notice advertises a “simple prescription” for kidney and bladder ailments. It requests six ounces of gin, half an ounce each of Murax Compound and Buchu extract, to be taken after meals and at bedtime. The ad warns to use genuine Murax and pure gin to avoid ineffective substitutes.
Opera listings show Enrico Caruso in I Pagliacci and Girl of the Golden West with Zenatello Rossi and Moranzoni. Also Haensel und Gretel Martha Tristan und Isolde Tales of Hoffmann jewels of the Madonna with timing details and box office address at 162 Boylston Street.
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