Goddess of Liberty opens at Shu bert Theatre with summer tone
The Goddess of Liberty debuts in city at Shu bert Theatre with Adams and Hough text and Joseph E Howard music. Aimed at light comedy, it features a titled English suitor and feigned wealth to win an heiress, lively choruses, novel stage effects, and the Eddie Foy pastiche dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shubert Theatre
Messrs. Adams and Hough
Joseph E. Howard
Engish
Ennless
Theo
Howard
Ren
Mr. Howard
Hiture
le Webb
Edeson Opens Second Week at Colonial in Where the Trail Divides
Robert Edeson drew large crowds to the Colonial Theatre last night for the second week of his engagement in Where the Trail Divides. The play, written by Edeson, earns him double honors as author and actor while Exleson delivers a virile energetic performance of the young redskin with admirable humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edeson
Colonial Theatre
Exleson
Park Theatre Delivers Promising Start for The Man From Home
The Park Theatre enters its second week of The Man From Home with an audience that showed strong enthusiasm. Star William Hodge, portraying Indiana's witty lawyer, grows on the crowd with each appearance, suggesting a popular success ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Park Theatre
William Hodge
Indiana
Miss Barrymore Ends Hollis Street Engagement With Final Week
The Hollis Street Theatre wraps Miss Barrymore's stay as her current play Mid-Channel enters its final week. The production showcases her range from comedy to serious dramatic moments, highlighting her cleverness and stage presence.
Majestic Theatre Opens Last Week of Blue Mouse
Miss Charlotte Hunt leads the cast at the Majestic Theatre in the second and last week of The Blue Mouse. Her lighthearted performance delights, with strong work from Richard Buhler James A Bliss Olive Rea Temple Florence Wale and Harry Brooks. Next Monday afternoon she debuts William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide with Ruth Jordan and Stephen Ghent played by Hunt and Buhler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
Miss Hunt
William Vaughn Moody
Ruth Jordan
Mr. Buhler
Stephen Ghent
The Girl in the Taxi Draws Large Boston Audience
Tremont Theatre drew a large audience last night as The Girl in the Taxi continued its engagement. The show ran two and a half hours with steady laughter and applause, matching the Chicago hit and signaling the attraction will endure in the city for some time.
Castle Square Theatre Delights Audiences in My Wife
Crowds at Castle Square enjoyed the comedy My Wife with Mary Young praised for her girlish charm. Cast members Carleton, Bert Young and Meek received note for their performances as well as supporting players in a brisk, entertaining presentation. Next week the bill features Brewster's Millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Castle Square
Wife
William P. Carleton
Gerald Eversleigh
Bert Young
Putnam Furby
Mr. Meek
Gibson Gore
Miss Binley
Miriam Hawthorne
Miss Colcord
Mr. Hassel
Wilfred Young
Mr. Walker
Mr. Roberts
Brewster's Millions
Grand Opera House Opens Summer Vaudeville Season
The Grand Opera House opened its summer program under Miss Rose Morrison last night to a packed house. Mafion and Real staged The Witch's Power, the Horse Shoe Trio performed as comedy singers and dancers, Professor Burke's musical dogs delighted, Ada Corbett sang popular tunes, and Jack Manley offered pleasing numbers. Moving pictures were the latest releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Rose Morrison
Boston
Miss Morrison
Mafion and
Real
Professor Burke
Ada Corbett
Jack Manley
Ward & Voies
Bowdoin Square Theatre Frisky Evening of Variety
Bowdoin Square Theatre patrons enjoyed a lively program arranged by Manager Somerby. Usher and Whitecliff impressed with a frontier specialty while Davis and Davis sang, Vanni tenor featured, Valveno and La More delighted crowds in gymnastic turns. Gregoire and Elmina performed a ladder routine as Elsie Lavadau entertained, Will Herbert and Knapp and Cole provided mirth, and a card display praised for its improved flickerless method.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Somerby
Usher
Whitecliff
Davis
Robert Vanni
Valveno
la More
Gregoire
Elmina
Elsie Lavadau
Will Herbert
Columbia Theatre Promises Burlesque and Wrestling Carnival
The Tiger Lilies present lively burlesque and variety shows at the Columbia Theatre with a wrestling carnival featuring Demetras the Greek champion facing top contenders Hackenschmidt Burns Perrelli Pardello Anderson Godfrey and Willoughby. The troupe opens with A Hot Night in the Rockies and follows with Burlesque Stars on Parade showcasing impersonations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
Tiger Lilies
Farren
Demetras
Hackenschmidt
Cyclone Burns
Perrelli
Pardello
Anderson
Godfrey
Willoughby
Rockies
Far West
Austin & Stone's Museum Hosts Colored Carnival This Week
Austin and Stone present a major Colored Carnival in the curio hall with old-time plantation melodies, popular coon songs, witty acts, dusky belles, and champion buck and wing dancers. Hourly concerts run daily this week featuring Manhattan Maids and Maud Burton, the 400-pound leading lady, along with films by George Snow and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin & Stones
Curio Hall
Manhattan
Maud Burton
George Snow
Turner and Osborne
Kohls
Tom Bullock
TIZ For Sore Feet Advertisment Card
An old newspaper ad promotes TIZ for tired aching swollen and sweaty feet. It touts quick relief for corns callouses and bunions and emphasizes sure effective results.
Lovett to Star With Edeson in Where the Trail Divides
Josephine Lovett returns to the Colonial to lead opposite Robert Edeson in Where the Trail Divides. Lovett, popular in Edeson’s company, says she felt most at home with him and Holeson lauds her as a strong American actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Lovett
Robert Edeson
Mr. Holeson
Miss Lovett
Beauty Brights Headline Howard Show Draws Crowd
The Beauty Brights directed by Billy Boehm offered a popular singing and dancing program at the Howard last night. Blanche Washburn led selections while Abe Leavitt and others provided strong comedy. The bill featured skits A Midnight Spree Fun In a Seminary Teddy in the Jungle and a lively lineup of vocal and juggling acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty Brights
Billy Boehm
Hunt
The
Howard
Blanche Washburn
Abe Leavitt
Charles Ahlmagn
Edldie Barto
Charley Douglas
Arur Young
Harry Lowe
Tom Fisner
Teddy
Nan Carr
Katherine Carr
Adelan Chrytie
Mira Stuart
Maud Hamilton
Carrie Young
Rose McFarland
Helen Faust
Helen Marion
Louise Weston
Carrie Wilcox
Mae Gorman
Lou Dacre
Getra Morgan
Edna Howard
Marion Campbell
May Martin
Ray Weiner
Elsie Sutter
May Benzel
Gussie Omar
Florence Peters
Mamie Gilroy
Shannon and
Lee
Kenney
Hollis
Boston
Rhoda Bernard
de Alma
Mae
Lang and
Hilton
Mike Dowd
Blackoe
Waldron's Casino Burlesque Opens Week at Waldron's
Waldron's Casino hosts a week long engagement featuring The Man From Mayo a two act burlesque led by Jack Reid in Irish character. Frank Wakefield imitates a dope fiend while Eva Reid Gilbert Estelle Rose Pauline La Conda Perry Elliott and others perform. Dancing by Baxter and La Conda and musical numbers by the National Quartet plus Bila Gilbert add popularity. Estelle Roy impresses with character changes and songs. The show unfolds with brisk tempo.
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Clark
Ridaway Girt
Jack Reid
Waldron
Mayo
Frank Wakefield
Eva Reid Gilbert
Estelle Rose
Pauline la Conda
Perry and
Elliott
Ed Baxter
Charlotte Lone
Tom Welsh
Tom Cullen
Messrs
Hicker and Moran
Baxter
la Conda
National Quartet
J Lovesick
Bila Gilbert
Alio
Perry
Estelle Roy
New Palace Theatre Presents Vaudeville Acts This Week
The New Palace Theatre showcases top vaudeville with acts like A Night in the Orient by Rush Ling Toy, Bettys Haul by Lewis Norton, Rhodes Engle comedy acrobatics, Getting Acquainted by Campbell Parke, Is Matrimony a Failure by Frank Dana Molkie, Marne in daily life roles, La Rue and Holmes knockabout, and The Rejuvenation of Father in motion pictures. Tryouts return Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Palace Theatre
Orient
Rush, Ling, Toy Company
Lewis, Norton and Company
Betty
Frank
Dana Molkie
Marne
la Rue
Holmes
Performances at the Scenic Temple Draw Big Audiences
Large and enthusiastic crowds attended the Scenic Temple yesterday for a high quality show featuring The Juvenile Four a quartet of teens, Niblo and Riley singers and dancers, a skilled xylophone soloist named Martin, and the Long brothers with illustrated songs. Motion pictures complemented the evening, maintaining the program’s overall excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scenic Temple
Niblo
Riley
Martin
Long Brothers
Globe Theatre’s Week Program Delights Vaudeville Audience
The Globe presents a strong week with Fritas dog circus acts including a trapeze and rope walking dog. Also featured are McGloin and Shelley dancing wonders Delmar brothers come dians and acrobats. Jack O’Donnell offers excellent vaudeville numbers as Semme appears.
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the Globe
Frita
McGloin
Shelley
Delmar Brothers
St Ene
d'Ivry
Bers
Jack O’donnell
Semme
After the Opera at American Music Hall Thrills Audiences
A one act tragedy at the American Music Hall pleased spectators though ending in tragedy. Violet Fulton leads as the heroine with Frederick Montague as the jealous husband in a production adapted by Gladys Unger from French works. The program also features The Pullman Porter Maids, Ned Cork Norton, MacMahon and Chappelle, Josephine Sabel, The Bon-Air Trio, Sam Stern, Nelson, and La Rex and La Rex with acrobatics and clever comedy throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Fulton
Frederick Montague
Gladys Unger
Grand Central Station
New York
Ned Cork Norton
MacMahon
Chappelle
Hubby
Josephine Sabel
Sam Stern
Nelson
la Rex
Valerie Bergere Brings Lion Tamer to Keith's Theatre
Keith’s Theatre features Valerie Bergere in The Lion Tamer a circus tale with a dramatic love plot and a lion queen rescue. Fletcher Lovenberg Tuscany Troubadours and The Stage Carpenter provide musical and comic interludes while pantomime and acrobat acts by Pantzer and Oage entertain a large opening week audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valerie Bergere
Keith's Theatre
Miss Bergere
Charles Léonard Fletcher
Boston
Charles Lovenberg
Tuscany
Charles
Fanny van
Willie Pantzer
Fred Oage
Europe
Marion Garsons
Anderson and Goines
Doherty Sisters
New Play at the Hollis Street Theatre May 30
A strong cast is enlisted for The Prosecutor the new drama at the Hollis Street Theatre for the supplementary season with Orrin Johnson Emmet Corrigan in chief roles. Other cast members include William Owen Rapley Holmes Harriet Worthington Millicent Evans Charles I Verner Charles Lane Harry S Siggins Edmund Saraghan Augustus Wilkes and others. Franklyn Searight dramatizes William Hamilton Osborne's The Red Mouse for the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
Orrin Johnson
Emmet Corrigan
William Owen
Rapley Holmes
Harriet Worthington
Millicent Evans
Charles I. Verner
Charles Lane
Harry 8. Siggins
Edmund Saraghan
Augustus Wilkes
Franklyn Searight
William Hamilton Osborne
the Red Mouse
Ethel Barrymore Hosts Special Matinee at Hollis Street
Ethel Barrymore presents a special matinee of Mid-Channel at the Hollis Street Theatre on Thursday afternoon inviting actors from other Boston companies to attend. The event marks a notable moment for the new Pinero play, with a 1:45 PM start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore
Hollis’ Street
Miss Barrymore
Boston
P&h
A. W. Pinero
Gaiety Theatre Presents Novel Vaudeville in Boston
The Gaiety Theatre offers a bustling weekly bill at 10 cents admission featuring Coates & Grundy Watermelon Trust the Piro scoffi s Family pantomimists Mel Eastman monologist Petching brothers and comedy musical acts Jeanette Young and Mike Scott Irish dialect singer and dancer in a full new moving picture and vaudeville policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gaiety Theatre
Coates & Grundy
Watermelon Trust
Piroscoffis
Mel Eastman
Petching Brothers
Jeanette Young
Mike Scott
Holy Orders for Eleven in Massachusetts Diocese
Bishop Lawrence of the Massachusetts Episcopal diocese conferred holy orders to eleven candidates at the Church of the Advent. Three were elevated to the priesthood and eight ordained deacons, including Rev. David A. Pearson and Rev. Oliver B. Purrington among the priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Massachusetts Episcopal Diocese
Church of the Advent
Episcopal School
Cambridge
General Theological Seminary of
New York
David A. Pearson
Oliver B. Purrington
Frank M. Rathbone
Arthur B. Critchton
George KE. Norton
Charles P. Otis
Frank FP. Cronek
William B. Stevens
Elmer C. Weld
Sydney A. Caine
Brayton Byron
Arthur M. Multon
Grace Episcopal Church
Panic in Newark Crowd As Lion Rumor Triggers Stampede
New York May 16 The sight of a supposed lion loose sparked a panic outside a Newark circus tent during a parade. Seven children were crushed and cut, a man fainted, a woman dislocated, many others injured, including a girl with a broken jaw. A mounted police horse bolted into the crowd as the alarm spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newark
N. J
Mniad
Doctor to fast three weeks in New York
Dr Gustave A Gayer a philosopher physician weighs 235 pounds began a three week fast today after breakfast and will be examined daily by doctors. if signs of dangerous weakness appear he will stop. He intends to keep his usual exercise and work during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gustave A. Gayer
Tie
Dr. Gayer
Natives Plan Home Coming in Portsmouth July Fourth
At a Hotel Bellevue gathering of nearly 100 Portsmouth natives plans were laid for a fourth Portsmouth home coming on July 4. Henry C. Barnabee recalled earlier Portsmouth home comings in 1853 1878 and 1883 as speakers praised this year’s event.Thomas E. O. Marvin former mayor of Portsmouth led the meeting with other supporters including Clarence H. Walker Morris Tredicky and Colonel Michael Crowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons and Daughters
Portsmouth
N. H
Bellevue
Henry C. Barnabee
Thomas E. O. Marvin
Clarence H. Walker
Malden
Morris Tredicky
Michael Crowley
Boston
Court of Commerce Provisions Retained by Senate
Washington May 16 The Senate moved to retain the proposal to establish a court of commerce, matching the House’s affirmative action. The fate of other railroad bill provisions remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Court of Commerce
Senate
House
Waters Co Sale Draws Crowds at Washington Street Store
Throngs of shoppers lined up to buy John W. Waters Company stock of ladies wear at 566 Washington Street. Doors opened to a big markdown event. Regular and extra staff scrambled all day to handle the rush, with fifty extra salesgirls hired for today to avoid delays.
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J. W. Waters Co
John W. Waters Company
Washington Street
Marlboro Workers Strike Over Discharges
In Marlboro on May 16, about 50 workers at the Middlesex shoe factory walked out in a strike after two colleagues were discharged and not rehired. The group demands reinstatement of the two men before they will return to work.
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Marlboro
Middlesex
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Tremont Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Edeson Company
Mr. Edeson
Howard Atheneum
Waldron’s Casino
Globe Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Holy Orders
Wellville
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