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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
9
M C Lewis of 1 Glide Street Dorchester a veteran motorman for the Boston Elevated shows a singular egg weighing a half pound and measuring 334 inches. The egg came from a Rhode Island Red pullet given to him a week ago by a two year old hen.
A Jersey City man describes how Resinol Soap and Ointment cleared a year of pimples and blackheads after ineffective remedies. He reports rapid relief, a cured barber's itch case, and advises others to try samples from Dept. 27, Resinol Chem. Co.
An advertisement urges all rheumatism sufferers in America to request a free trial bottle of Urico Uric-O, claiming a former patient found relief after three doses and that six bottles cured him. It asks for name, address, and 10 cents for mailing, with a regular six day treatment priced at $1.00 per bottle.
An advertisement promotes crystalline eye tonic for inflamed eyes and tired muscles with simple preparation and claims of improved vision. It also includes a hair remover paste, greaseless cream recipe to clear skin, a blood cleansing tonic, and a scalp tonic to stop irritation and promote hair growth.
An at home approach to tuberculosis is urged with Hickman’s Alterative praised by a patient from Colwyn Pennsylvania. The ad claims cures for bronchial conditions and upbuilding harm from the remedy, noting it contains no poisons or habit forming drugs and is sold by select druggists.
George M Cohan returned to the city with Forty Five Minutes From Broadway at the Colonial. The comedy drew large audiences praising Cohans charm as Kid Burns and Sally Fishers Mary with Lorena Atwood as Mrs Dean. The show featured familiar Cohan songs and breezy brisk action.
Frances Starr remains in The Case of Becky at Hollis Street Theatre with strong audience response. The fourth week opens amid high praise for Starr and the supporting cast as the engagement concludes next Saturday night.
The Shubert Theatre hosts Hanky Panky in its fourth week with a packed house and strong advance demand. Rumors suggest a New York summer run could end the Boston engagement soon, while stars Max Rogers Carter De Haven Bobby North and others keep the show lively with dazzling costuming scenery and lighting.
Julian Eltinge continues to draw huge crowds at the Boston Theatre with his acclaimed impersonations of women in The Fascinating Widow. For two weeks the playhouse has sold out as audiences marvel at his feminine disguises and the strong supporting company.
Harry Hastings brings a lively program to the Gaiety Theatre with Tom Coyne, Barney Toye and a strong supporting cast. Bohannon and Corey open, Hill Cherry and Hill perform trick cycles, and Seymore Dempsey and Seymore sing ragtime. Burlesque features lively chorus work and the pony ballet along with standout earlier-season acts remain excellent.
The Old Kentucky Minstrels headlined a diverse program at Austin & Stone's Museum with Southern melodies lively dances and a series of motion pictures. Notables included Joe Morley Cassie French Walsh Flynn Frohman Ida Campbell Warner and Maud Dunn in variety acts and illustrated songs.
At the Majestic Theatre Lindsay Morison presents The Commuters a James Forbes farce. The Morison company delivers versatile performances with Mortimer as Larry Brice and Mrs George A Hibbard as Mrs Julia Stickney Crane. Howell Hansel returns for The Thief next week amid strong crowd appeal.
The play enters its sixth week at the Plymouth Theatre with H. B. Warner in the title role and a strong Boston cast led by Frank Monroe and Phyllis Sherwood. A Thursday benefit performance for Boston's poor children by Warner and his company, under the Traveler Charitable Society, is planned.
Christie MacDonald star of Spring Maid headlines Tremont Theatre nightly, drawing large Boston crowds with her singing and dancing. The company features Ben Hendricks Tom McNaughton Thomas Conkey Ann Tasker and a notable supporting cast as holiday mood boosters.
Waldron's Casino features Charley Waldron presenting the Golden Crook company with A Trip to the Moon a two act four scene mirthful musical. Billy Peon Ed Johnston headline with strong support from Joe Ward Frank Mackey John Mackey Charles Cameron Bobby Morrow Jeannette Buckley Natalie Carrie Thomas Eleanor Cochrane Tillian Price Evelyn Rivers. Specialties include Jack Strouse Buckley Johnston Arlington Strouse and M Martin Ferrari plus Natalie premiere danseuse in De La Luna ballet.
Park Theatre presented motion pictures and stereopticon slides on the Jungle folk and African hunting tales of Paul J. Rainey. Stanley Dark narrated the lecture detailing Rainey’s lion hunts, dog battles, and safari methods with a large audience admires Sunday plus the usual evening and afternoon shows.
Zelda Sears stars in a one act piece at Keith's Theatre with a barn storming troupe in a New England setting. The program features a missing receipts caper and a lively cast including Walter Young Trovato Harriet Burt Big City Four Ahearn troupe Connolly Webb Aeroplane Ladies Pendleton sisters.
Enoch the man fish performs at Bowdoin Square Theatre drawing water fans. Louie Guertin, famed all around jumper, remains a top challenger. The Ragtime Trio, Morrissey and Burton, ussier and Evans, Lillian Maynes, and moving pictures including Pathe Weekly entertain. Amateurs Thursday night and Friday’s Country Store finale promise more.
The Olympia Theatre draws crowds with a strong bill led by Sam Curtis and company in A Session at School. Cole sisters plus Dare offer aerial novelty, Lloyd and Whitehouse mix comedy and song, ventriloquism by W. E. Whittle, plus Weber and Wilson Texas Tommy dancers and Anderson and Goines, a lively pair of comedians, aim to keep patrons in a merry mood.
Castle Square Theatre enjoys another week of Seven Days with strong laughs from Craig Hassell Meek Roberts and Young. A school children performance of Shakspeare's Taming of the Shrew drew praise for Craig as Petruchio and Mary Young as Katharine. Next week Nobody's Widow will star Mary Young in the title role.
The Globe presents a lively week with the Four Flying Mills casting act praised by friends. Quinn and Gallagher from Boston draw smiles, while Harry Doyle and the Miller sisters perform a singing and dancing novelty. Jack Symonds entertains with hobo stories. Muller and Muller sing, the Bijouves skate, Pathe Weekly and Rays delight crowds as professional tryouts and amateur acts join the lineup Thursday through Friday.
A busy week at the National Theatre features Mr and Mrs Harry Thorne as headliners with An Uptown Flat praised as a timeless comedy. An international polo on bicycles draws crowds, plus acts by Sham rocks and Thistles Barnes and Robinson and the Majestic Trio. Gordon and Warren perform Going Home to Mother and Genevieve Finley sings a varied repertoire with Agnes Hearn presenting the Human Wheel act.
Robert Fulgora, a top vaudeville talent, performs memorable impersonations of Napoleon, Bismarck, Washington, Grant and more at the Scenic Temple. His market woman and corner policeman sketches also draw strong laughs. Marlowe and Plunkett with Jessie Marsden score big in a travesty of Romeo and Juliet.
The Orpheum Theatre presents a week of vaudeville headlined by the Great Camella the mystery of the 20th century. The first half features Ward and Cullen Cathryn Chaloner and company in Kate's Press Agent the Three Stanleys Howard and Walsh Bob Warren Ballo brothers and the Flying Mitchells. The second half includes Beatrice Ingram Players The Duchess Vera De Bassini Scheck and D Arville Ed Foley and Whitney and Brandt.
Judge Archbald’s defense in impeachment proceedings was outlined at a House judiciary committee hearing. Testimony suggested a deliberate trap to entangle the jurist in an embarrassing transaction, and the defense vowed to capitalize on it.
W P Boland of Scranton faces accusations linked to Judge Archbald in the Commerce Court by seeking to entrap Archbald in a Katy did calm bank option with the Erie Railroad. Williams, May, Brownell and others are set to testify as committee hearings continue.
Central Falls Rhode Island May 1 Dr Llewellyn D Chandler of this city was arrested after a private Pawtucket hospital death of Mrs Bertha Richards aged about 40 of North Attleboro Massachusetts She allegedly gave an ante mortem statement accusing the doctor of illegal operation Richards had not lived with her husband Chandler pleaded not guilty at a District Court session and was held for a May 21 hearing on $5000 bail.
Edwin P. Phillbrick of Somerville Massachusetts was appointed city forester by Park Commissioner Hurlbut to succeed the late H J Winter. He will start duties immediately. Phillbrick, 28, is a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and has forestry experience with Munhon Whitaker Company of New York.
American Ambassador W. W. Rockhill asks the Foreign Affairs Ministry to direct Smyrna authorities to provide data for Charles W. Fowle and Frank B. Upham to draft a report on the April 9 sinking of the steamship Texas of the Archipelago American Steamship Co. about 140 drowned. The inquiry team and the Smyrna consul are at the scene. The ambassador notes the captain’s arrest and departure from a Greek hospital to a Turkish prison infirmary.
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