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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1911
Page
6
In Boston Fritzi Scheff headlines in Mlle Rosita at the Shubert Theatre while Mrs. Leslie Carter stars in Two Women at the Majestic and Frank Daniels appears with The Girl in the Train at the Colonial, among other bills.
The premiere of Mile. Rosita at the Shubert Theatre drew a large audience. Mme. Scheff sang well with Emma Janvier and Olga Steck also praised for their performances. The comic plot involves Rosita daughter of a Paris florist and a marriage scheme that ends happily with strong music by Victor Herbert and a capable company led by Walter Jones and Joseph Herbert.
The Orpheum presents a week of refined songs led by Arthur Aldrige the famed baritone. Tom Bateman Anna Lehr Frank Markley Hilton and Barron and Morris and Kramer provide a varied program including a “Battle of Too Soon” and light comedy with black faced routines.
Advertisement claims Father John's Medicine builds strength in weak children using nourishing food elements. It emphasizes safety, alcohol free composition, and more than 50 years of success as a doctor’s prescription remedy. Mothers are urged to get a bottle now.
A home remedy claims mothers can make a pint of cough syrup from Essence Mentho-Laxene and sand with water to treat coughs colds and prevent pneumonia. Widespread use urged with directions on the package though warnings of safety are implied.
Mrs. Leslie Carter returns to Boston’s Majestic Theatre in Two Women adapted from T Cicconi. The play follows a Comte who renovates life with a poor seamstress, love, betrayal, a duel, and eventual reunion, with strong dramatic moments and an upbeat reception.
The End of the Bridge enters its fourth week at Castle Square Theatre with strong applause for both play and acting. Miss Lincoln’s engaging plot centers on human, vital characters, with a standout boy role by Henriette McDaniel and fine work from Craig, Young, Colcord, Walker, and Hassell. The run is extended through this week and all of next.
The Theatre Premier presents Mr. George Sontag ex convict turned reformer in an illustrated lecture The Fol ly of a Life of Crime detailing his life story with daylight pictures and a new motion picture feature. A musical program for the week features Miss Gertrude Reese Dave Marlowe Alice Nelson and Annett Levine.
Frank Daniels headlines the Colonial Theatre in The Girl in the Train a three hour musical comedy praised for its high class music and staging. Sallie Fisher and Vera Michelena receive strong notices while the cast features 60 chorus girls and an augmented orchestra. Daniels delivers aging charm with refined humor and a curtain speech ends with a laughing button burst.
Park Theatre presented The Commuters last evening with the usual audience enthusiasm. Harry Davenport and the company chosen by Henry B. Harris delivered a smooth, finished performance marked by bright lines and humorous situations. The play content remains broadly inoffensive and continually merry.
A large appreciative audience attended Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday. Brindamour the handcuff king received a big reception. Helena Cambier's living pictures with masterworks impressed the crowd. Charlie Mackie Boston comedian entertained with original material. Rhoades Marionettes pleased young folks. Powers brothers fish story act with roller skating drew praise. Bothwell sisters and Elizabeth Kellerher with Fred Butler performed well. Amateurs slated to perform Thursday night.
Waldron's Casino features The Girl from Paris a two act burlesque with Ed Galager and Al Shean supported by Parry Codair Clara Gibson Thomas DeVassy Mabel Leslie Al Jundt Iva Les Jundt Annette Goldie Babette and more Annette Goldie sings encore Alf and Iva Les Jundt perform head balancing and equilibristics while Galager and Shean with George Ralston star in The Battle of Bay Rum naval travesty audiences cheer the lively program at the popular venue.
The Parisian Widows opened at the Gaiety Theatre showcasing strong talent including Gordon Highlanders the three Scotch musicians plus Emily Miles and Clare Burg in musical numbers Ike Wall as stage carpenter and the Strength brothers novelty acrobats Niblo and Spencer wooden shoe dancers Groves and Clare in an original specialty.
The Hub Theatre crowds verify Manager Mack maintains big shows. Julieta Arnold and her four musical elephants headline as a premier vaudeville act. The week also features McAlpine and Folger Mack as strong comedic pairs in three days of performances.
Valerie Bergere headlines B F Keiths Theatre this week with His Japanese Wife a Grace Griswold piece showing comedy and emotion and enhanced by ornate scenery. Also featured are Alice Raymond in A Night in Egypt Clarence Wilbur in The New Scholar ventriloquist Marshall Montgomery Nella Walker F Wilbur Mack and more including trapeze act Royal Tokio Troupe and singing cartoonist Art Bowen.
John L. Sullivan appeared on the Howard stage with an orchestra and a Celtic reminiscence solo. He also shared the spotlight with Jake Kilrain in an exhibition, displaying familiar boxing skill to fans in his native city. The program featured Cora Livingston, Jack Sheehan, Rector Girls, Tom McRae, Anna Sennet, Lydia Jospy, the Rianzo trio, and acts by Budd and Clare Chamerons Keeley and Parks and a magic act by Hansone.
Grand Opera House enters week three of Mr. Thomas E Shea extended engagement with Mathias in The Bells. His performance draws on national acclaim and patrons urged the return. He offers a distinct, forcible impersonation with mesmeric scenes, while Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde appears on other nights. Next comes McFadden's Flats.
The Cin galese troupe at Austin and Stone's Museum presented life in India with native music and dancers. A menagerie and acts including Wiseman's dogs parrots bears Big Ben and a star of shaxes entertained alongside a musical comedy Neighborly Neighbors by the Manhattan Maids Walsh and Flynn. Specialties featured Jennie De Haan and the Campbell ladies quartet.
Ethel Barrymore arrives at Hollis Street Theatre on Monday April 10 for a revival of Alice Sit by the Fire and for a performance of The Twelve Pound Look a new one act drama by J M Barrie.
A claimant offers a five method cure for all ruptures claiming it ends truss use and danger of strangulation. The advertiser vows to send it free to hopeless cases after trying other treatments and operations, urging immediate mail requests.
The Globe Theatre presented The Girl from Rector's last evening to a full house. Mary Cecil led as The Girl from Rector's delivering witty, decent humor while Kenneth Davenport played the changing Dick role with notable facial expressiveness. Supporting players Baxter Carrington Moyles Lathrop Morton Reed Betts Dunnam all complemented an unusually good cast as two weeks of shows were scheduled.
The two act musical comedy There’s One Born Every Minute delights with clever dialogue catchy songs and dazzling tableaux. Joseph K Watson leads a 40 member burlesque company with strong chorus work and notable vaudeville numbers. Signor Arvi’s mystery and ethereal models add contemporary novelty to the show.
Emma Trentin i stars as the title heroine in Naughty Marietta during the last week of its Boston Theatre run. Orville Harrold, a rising tenor, may move into grand opera, while Robert Hilliard brings A Fool There Was to the venue next week with strong box office and critical notice.
The Scenic Temple features Kennedy and Mack the acrobatic team with a sharp screech, ventriloquist George Lauder performing difficult feats, Grim and Satchel entertaining with witty talk, and Anna McMahon delivering songs with strong voice. Pictorials and movies also attract audience interest.
Tremont Theatre showcases Margaret Anglin in Green Stockings this week with H Reeves Smith and a strong company. On Monday April 3 Richard Carle returns to Boston stage with Jumping Jupiter a music and dance revue starring Carle and Edna Wallace Hopper as lead. Seats on sale at eight this morning.
Boston reports the mayor urged a review of Mrs. Carter's play amid ongoing scrutiny of "Two Women" as city officials consider theater censorship. The remarks hint at tensions over stage content and municipal oversight.
The Boston Globe reports on crowds at the Globe Theatre for The Girl from Rector's Bostonized edition. Actress Mary Cecil argues writers may need two copies one for the United States and another for Boston while censors and Watch and Ward Society officials discuss possible actions.
A severe storm wrecked the roof of A. P. Baker & Co. factory sending debris onto Main street while the WilliamS. Davis & Co. roof blew into the canal. The Masonic Hall cupola, 24 feet square, vanished. Numerous small houses were demolished and trolley lines tumbled by mud from hills.
A tornado swept through parts of Alabama yesterday evening killing two farmers Stephen Byrd and Alexander McCroy at Jones Mill and injuring about 15 others. Buildings were blown down in Jones Mill and Excel. At Manistee two people were hurt.
A northeast wind storm across Ohio and nearby states caused at least one death in Girardy Ohio where an unknown man was killed by falling wires. Steubenville reports roof and wall damage to facilities, 52 mph winds, and widespread destruction of wires billboards and glass. Barns and fences also suffered in rural areas.
Moravia in Cayuga county endures unusual rain floods. Main streets and cellars inundated as Main creek overflows railroad bridge. Trains run with caution between Moravia and Cascade. Lowlands west of the village submerged by four feet of water.
A blizzard in Washington County causes tombstones to topple across cemeteries. In McDonald sixty dericks were leveled, with damage around 25000 dollars. Oil operators plan steel replacements. In Waynesburg tombstones were blown into a road about a hundred feet from the cemetery.
The tail of a March storm swept over upper Manhattan with vivid lightning and a heavy hail downpour. Early reports claimed damage at Pennsylvania Station in Tullytown, 64 miles away, and a man killed, but damage proved far less severe. The New York City impact was minimal.
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