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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
4
In vibrant pastel georgette and straw Charlie Chaplin sailor hats rise in popularity for spring and summer. Florence Berle the prominent South Boston swimmer models several novelties including oyster white with white dove wing back trim and orchid organdie with floral wreaths and ribbons.
The Exeter Street Theatre opens the week with Madam Nazimova in Out of the Fog and Enid Bennett in Parting. The bill continues for the first three days with features designed to attract filmgoers and theatre patrons alike.
The week features Elsie Wergu son in The Marriage Price and Con stance Talmadge in Romance and Arabella. Pathe News Weekly and comedies fill the lineup as the remainder of the week plays out.
Wallace Reid stars as Alias Mike Moran at Fenway Theatre with Bryant Washburn in The Poor Boob as the supporting feature. Regular musical numbers accompany the bill for the opening two days of the week. Extravagance with Dorothy Dalton and Miss Dulcie from Dixie headlines Thursday to Saturday with Gladys Leslie.
In New York on March 24 the Roosevelt Permanent Memorial National Committee adopted a resolution to build a monumental Roosevelt Memorial in Washington and a memorial park in Oyster Bay. The committee also formed the Roosevelt Memorial Association to promote Roosevelt policies and ideals for the American people.
Colonel William Boyce Thompson announces a committee plan to build a monument and form a Roosevelt society. The Oyster Bay Memorial Park would include Sagamore Hill and aim to preserve Roosevelt’s legacy like Mt. Vernon and Springfield. An executive committee will later organize the Roosevelt Memorial Association, with funds to be raised as needed.
The Salvation Army invites 50 wounded soldiers from Elks Reconstructional Hospital Parker Hill to a Roxbury social tonight. Colonel Adam Gifford hosts a menu of doughnuts chicken ice cream with entertainment by Miss Beatrice Talmas and the Perkins sisters. Red Cross Motor Corps transports the men.
Massachusetts Public Service Commission will publish its decision on the Boston & Maine Railroad reorganization. Counsel George W. Mayberry’s plan is expected to be approved in general, with possible minor changes. Maine and New Hampshire commissions reportedly align with the same outcome.
Yesterday's first half week bill featured The Experimental Marriage with Constance Talmadge and Hit or Miss with Carlyle Blackwell. Charlie Chaplin presented The Bank as the comedy. A Thursday change brings Vivian Martin in The Little Comrade and Charles Ray in The Sheriff s Son.
Clyde McArdle, manager of the Somerville Theatre, announces Easter Monday April 21 for a new play by a renowned Boston newspaper man. The work, titled Pants and Petticoats, is a straight comedy not a farce and touches on a timely public theme.
Edward H. Crosby notes a brisk Boston premiere at Plymouth Theatre of Mark Swan’s farce She Walked in Her Sleep. The show, staged by George Broadhurst, entertains with a clean, lively performance, avoiding offense.
A breezy farce features a somnambulist girl who steals a sample of high explosive from a married man. The wife’s jealousy sparks intrigues, counterplots, and a merry reconciliation with strong comedic turns from Marjorie Davis, Robert Ober, Leila Frost, and an ensemble.
The Arlington Theatre audience enjoyed Glittering Gloria a modern farce ranking with Charley's Aunt and Are You a Mason. Cast includes Gloria Grant played by Miss Robinson with Dudley Ayres Morton Stevens in trunks scene, plus Kent Bosworth Brent Cairns and Blanchard. The Witching Hour by Augustus Thomas is set for next week.
George Arliss began the third week of his engagement at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening in a double bill featuring Hubert Henry Davies The Mollusc and J M Barries A Well Remembered Voice. The latter is praised for its brilliant artistry and devices.
Mr. Griggs wraps his 20th season at Tremont Temple with a final talk on Reconstruction of Democracy. He outlines ending Tyrannies of Autocracy and introducing a real World Democracy in his Saturday morning lecture.
New York City barber A. E. O'Brien endorses Orlex powder as a simple at home treatment to color gray hair to black brown or light brown. Dissolve four ounces of water and apply. box includes mixing directions and a gold bond guarantee. One box lasts months and claims to be safe non staining non sticky and gives a younger appearance.
In Boston "The Rainbow Girl" began its life and returned to Tremont with strong public approval. The book impressed readers via Rennald Wolf with Hirsch's music pleasing audiences and making feet tap.
Mollie Murdock headlines the Rainbow Girl musical at Tremont Theatre. Beth Lydy remains the Mollie Murdock and delivers singing and acting with her usual skill. The cast includes Billy Van Harry Benham Lenora Novasio and others as the engagement runs briefly with strong audience enthusiasm.
Captain E V Rickenbacker the Ace of Aces arrives from Hartford and will be feted at a noonday luncheon by the Bay State Automobile Club. He seeks his 1917 racing teammate Jack Le Cain and will later speak at Symphony Hall with Governor Coolidge introducing him.
A women’s retreat will run at St Marys Church Thacher Street North End starting next Sunday at 7 30 p m and ending April 1 with masses. Rev Robert J Swickerath S J will preach.
Captain Lee sends a basket to the Little Sisters of the Poor on Dudley street as part of the officers transfer from South Boston. The move reflects support actions connected to the nearby community group and locality.
Berlin reports warn the entente of dangerous Hungarian events as a sign of imperialism and Bolshevism rising in Hungary. Freiheit and Tages Zeitung blame Bolshevik influence and Keren sky peace plans for spreading instability.
Thomas F. Currie of Pawtucket R I was arrested at his home on a charge of kidnapping his eight year old son Rowe. The child had been adopted by Nashua bookseller William H. Holland and was taken from Litchfield to Pawtucket aboard a Nashua Manchester elevated car. The boy’s mother is dead and Currie’s second wife accompanied him to Litchfield.
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