Sothern Revisits Lord Dundreary in Boston Engagement
Mr. BE H Sothern opened a Boston engagement reviving Lord Dundreary with a closer likeness to his late father E A Sothern. The production drew a large friendly audience, with detailed period staging and vivid performances by Sydney Mather, William Harris, Helena Stead and others. Dundreary is to be repeated this week except Friday, when Richelieu premieres, and Saturday for Hamlet with Julia Marlowe.
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BE. H. Sothern
Boston
Lord Dundreary
E. A. Sothern
Mr. Sothern
Hamlet
Julia Marlowe
Ophelia
Nurse Exonerated in Adelbert Sylvia Abandonment Case
Agent Carter continues probing the abandonment of Adelbert Sylvia found in the South End. Mrs. Margaret Smith of Nashua New Hampshire, who took the child to seek a home, has been cleared of all knowledge of the affair by Agent Carter.
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Agent Carter
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Adelbert Sylvia
South End
Margaret Smith
Nashua
N. H
Sylvia
For a Weak Stomach by Arthur M Stearns
Arthur M Stearns a machinist in the B and A R R shops living in West Springfield Mass describes a severe stomach illness years ago in Concord New Hampshire that lasted eight weeks. He reports a lump in the stomach and weak digestion with headaches and weight loss and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with complete relief after a few boxes.
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Arthur M. Stearns
Hill Street
West Springfield
Mass
Bays
Concord
N. H
Dr. Williams
Ragged Robin Ends Week At Boston Theatre
Chauncey Olcott presents the Irish comedy Ragged Robin at the Boston Theatre with two remaining matinees this week. Olcott performs five songs tied to the production, including The Eyes That Come From Ireland and The Laugh With a Tear in It. The show remains a bright, wholly Irish entertainment.
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Chauncey Olcott
Boston
Mr. Olcott
Ireland
New Actor Harry Stone Joins Colonial Theatre Cast
Last night at the Colonial Theatre the production of A Stubborn Cinderella welcomed Harry Stone as Mac in the first Boston run. Stone won favor with the audience as the chorus delivered lively singing and graceful dancing, making it the season’s appealing entertainment.
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Colonial Theatre
Boston
Harry Stone
Mac
Colonial
Orpheum Week bill features James J. Corbett and crowd
The Orpheum Theatre presents a strong slate with James J. Corbett and company in a farce, Juliet in witty imitations, Fred Karno’s The Slums of London, and many acts including Martin Brothers, Josephine Ainsley, and unicycle specialists. A songwriters contest offered five entries with favorable reception.
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Orpheum Theatre
James J. Corbett and
Fred Karno
Juliet
Kenney
Hollis
James J. Corbett
Mary Cahill
Clarice Vance
James T. Powers
E. H. Sothern
Eddie Foy
Eva Tanguay
Georgia Caine
Vesta Victoria
Harry Lauder
Ethel Barrymore
Bully
Albert Weston
Bob and
Benny
Robert Lewis
W. Vern
Martin Brothers
Josephine Ainsley
Caswell
Arnold
Kenny
Hill
Svmany
Bert Potter
Boston
Grant
Harriman
Ellis
Lon Smith
Browne and Daniels
C. H. Horton
Austin and Stone's Museum attracts big crowds with diverse acts
Yesterday at Austin and Stone's Museum a large audience enjoyed Wormwood's dog and monkey circus with tight rope dogs monkey gymnasts and a monkey dog orchestra. The theatre presented two shows featuring Manhattan Girls and various specialty acts plus musical numbers and motion pictures.
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Austin & Stone
Curio Hall
Wormwood
Mitchells
Johnson
Manhattan Girls
Hi Tom Long
Dan Malundy
Tom Bullock
Tramp
Soldier
Elsa and
Campbell
Viola Crawford
Gladys Gray
Annie Ross
Johnny Jones
Walker and Stewart
Marron
Theatre premier showcases vaudeville acts and films
The Theatre Premier presents Cutter and Gillespie in a singing specialty and Arnold and Scott with novelty songs. The Magic Broom Illusion and Nora Bailey headline a week of acts. Films include The Jill, Free Champagne, A Woman's Heart, The Two Donkeys, A Distracted Man, Children’s Summer Home of Paris, and Tommy’s Own Invention. Louis LaVine and Eva Young perform, with new songs by Harold Dunne and Arthur Lynn. A three-show weekly schedule begins this week with shows on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutter
Gillespie
Arnold
Scott
Nora Bailey
Paris
Tommy
Louis LaVine
Eva Young
Harold Dunne
Arthur Lynn
Hub Theatre Delivers Top Vaudeville Acts in Boston
The Hub Theatre offered a major vaudeville program featuring Du Bois and company with Funny Dueck Noah's Ark and comedy magic. Skinner and Woods CH quality singing and dancing, Hart and Wakefield acrobatic act, all praised. Moving pictures shown first in Boston and well received. Joe Con Roy and Walter Keith provided illustrated songs. An entire programme change is planned for Thursday.
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Hub Theatre
du Bois and Company
Skinner
Joe Conroy
Boston
Walter Keith
Theatre Comique Presents Strong Week Bill
Theatre Comique showcases The Pony Express and Manufacturing Steel Rails as main features. Also shows The False Accusation The Faithful Old Horse and Dime Novel Dan plus See a Pin Pick It Up. Edith Mellor returns in illustrated songs with F. H. Chase Annetta La Vine and Herbert Hackler. Thursday changes.
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Popular Theatre Comique
Pony Express
Dan
Edith Mellor
F. H. Chase
Annetta la Vine
Herbert Hackler
Castle Square Theatre Presents The Runaway Girl and Announces The Geisha
Joan Craig remains a generous benefactor as The Runaway Girl enters its fifth week at Castle Square Theatre in Boston. Crowds delight in the musical comedy with Mr Marr and Mary Young earning hearty encores. The Geisha will open next Monday with Craig, Miss Young and the stock company in the cast.
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Joan Craig
Boston
Castle Square
Mr. Marr
Mary Young
the Geisha
Mr. Craig
Miss Young
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Lucky Ranch Melodrama
Rowland Edwards stars in a dual role in Lucky Ranch at Bowdoin Square Theatre with a western frontier plot. Cast includes Gussie Gill, James Barrett, Harry Humphrey, Harold Clairmont, T. F. Thomas, Florence Hale, Tommy Shearer, Katherine Clinton, and Hal Brown. Next week Charlotte Hunt appears in Crimes of a Great City.
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Rowland Edwards
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Reuben Faithful
Frank
Kentucky
Michael Howe
Reuben
Gussie Gill
Rose Faithful
James Barrett
Harry Humphrey
Harold Clairmont
Ebenezer Stubbs
T. F. Thomas
Patricius O’malley
Florence Hale
Mabella Prigg
Tommy Shearer
George Washington Jefferson
Katherine Clinton
Hal Brown
Charlotte Hunt
Palace Theatre Star Bill Delights Vaudeville Audiences
The New Palace Theatre offers a star bill with Carl McCullough impersonations La Combe brothers trapeze act Budd and Lloyd solos Cabanola trio Indian number Kelso and Leighton The Burglar and Robert Vanni operatic singing Sig Fontaine and A H Barnes with new motion pictures The program includes Good for Evil and a Thursday matinée with fresh acts and ladies specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Palace Theatre
Carl McCullough
la Combe Brothers
Budd and Lloyd
Cabanola
Kelso
Leighton
Robert Vanni
Sig. Fontaine
A. H. Barnes
Park Theatre Opens Fifth Week of Traveling Salesman
The Park Theatre presented the fifth week of The Traveling Salesman last evening with a large audience. Mark Smith as the hero and Rosalind Coghlan as the heroine drew praise for their refined performances. James O'Neil Jr. and Diana Huneker also shone in supporting roles. the play is expected to match The Chorus Lady in popularity.
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Park Theatre
Mark Smith
Rosalind Coghlan
James O'Neil, Jr
Mr. Smith
Diana Huneker
Tremont Theatre Presents May Robson in Aunt Mary Engagement
May Robson stars in the Tremont Theatre company debut with The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary. Local audiences praise Miss Robson and supporting players Jack Storey Paul Decker Edward Racey Walter Soulter Lila Blow Nina Saville Lillian Westner. Next week ends the engagement.
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May Robson
Aunt Mary
Miss Robson
Jack Storey
Paul Decker
Edward Racey
Walter Soulter
Lila Blow
Nina Saville
Lillian Westner
Keith's Theatre Presents A Full Vaudeville Bill This Week
Keith's Theatre features a varied vaudeville lineup with Jesse L. La Sky's The Pianophiends and George H. Wood the blackface comedian. Act highlights include Work and Over acrobatics, Frosini the accordion wizard, gymnasts Jugglers Serbini Giovini, Valerie Bergere's Morning After, Paka's Hawaiian Trio, Jack Wilson Trio's Upheaval in Darktown, and The Pissions riding act plus Kinetograph views A Visit to Benares and A Trip to Switzerland.
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Keith
Jesse L. Lasky
George H. Wood
Frosini
William Serbini
Jeanetta Giovini
Valerie Bergere
Boston
Paka
Jack Wilson
Darktown
Benares
Switzerland
Golden Butterfly Wins Fresh Praise At Hollis Street
The Golden Butterfly at Hollis Street Theatre marks its second Boston week with Grace Van Studdiford starring as Ima Walden. Her vocal display in the Budapesth chorus earns strong audience enthusiasm, especially for the duet Tell Me Once Again with Walter Percival in the final act.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Grace van Studdiford
Boston
Ima Walden
Budapesth Opera Company Chorus
Miss van Studdiford
Walter Percival
Scenic Temple Offers New Attractions In Boston
The Scenic Temple continues to draw heavy patronage with top quality entertainment at nominal prices. This week features new motion pictures, illustrated songs, humorous acts, and established entertainers. A change of films occurs on Thursday.
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Boston
Remarkable Cure Promise for Eczema Ointment Renovo
A Berry Laboratories offer promotes Renovo ointment as a pure skin cure that won’t soil fabrics and can be eaten safely. It claims rapid relief from itching pimples blackheads barber's itch and other skin troubles within 24 hours with first applications healing worst sores starting immediately. Sample tube sent for 10 cents to prove efficacy.
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Berry Laboratories
Dept. 2
Binghamton
N. Y
Columbia Theatre crowd revels in stage laughs and dancers
The Columbia Theatre audience enjoyed a night of comedy and song led by Hazelton Hearn and Flynn in The Innocent Maids company. Highlights included The Doctor's Troubles and The Arrival of Samby Ferguson plus Miss Ola Dance of Death and May Creary’s vocal showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
Messrs. Hazelton, Hearn and Flynn
Samby Ferguson
Columbia
Annie M. Howard
Gladstone Sisters
Princess Ola
Atlantic
May Creary
Miss Creary
Hazelton
Davis
Flynn
Howard
Willoughby
Cyclone Burns
Gaiety Theatre Presents Romany Girls Burlesque Troupe
Clark's Romany Girls furnish the programme at the Gaiety Theatre this week with novelty burlesques and Salome and the Judge lavishly staged. Featured players include Arthur H. Kherns Carroll Jack Crawford Milt Adams Frank Winfield Lew Fern Walter Davis plus a large chorus. Leaders include Gene Mortimore Gertrude Campbell Miriam Gordon Addie Gallant Segrnd Moore Sadie Burgess and others. The alio highlights Davis Imperial Trio Adams and Winfield, the Carroll, Livingstons, Risley acrobats, Fitzgibbon McCoy trio and Estelle Rose.
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Clark
Gaiety Theatre
Gene Mortimore
Gertrude Campbell
Miriam Gordon
Addie Gallant
Segrnd Moore
Sadie Burgess
Viola Gordon
Anna D'Arville
Belle Smith
Jeanette Reynolds
Gloie Eller
Estelle Rose
Lottie Stone
Davis Imperial
Adams
Winfield
Carroll
Livingstons
Crawford
Manning
Fitzgibbon-McCoy
Globe Theatre Presents A Varied Weekly Program
The Globe programme includes The Three Lorellos, Levis and Lloyd, Forresto with two collies, St John and Farrell, and Mr Clahane with Miss Mann. New pictures, high grade, and a special tonight with a Thursday change.
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Lorellos
Levis
Lloyd
Forresto
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Review Shines in Bohemian Night
The Howard Atheneum offered a snappy bill with Washington Society Girls Mamie Champion and Madeline Webb making a favorable impression. Ruby Marion Amy Thompson The Wrong Doctor and White City Four plus Summers Britt fight reel, Paul Azard trio and others entertained with singing dancing and stunt acts.
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Howard
Washington Society
Mamie Champion
Madeline Webb
Harry Marks Stewart
Larry Smith
Ruby Marion
Amy Thompson
Smith
Champion
Paul Azard
Stutzman
May
Barry Thompson
Annie Carter
Annie
Howard Burlesquers
Protest Over Brown & Co Bankruptcy Discharge Filed
Partners of the former stock exchange firm A. O. Brown & Co. filed an application in U S District Court seeking their discharge from bankruptcy after the firm failed last August. The filing underscores their bid to conclude the insolvency proceedings in New York.
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New York
Stock Exchange
A. 0. Brown & Co
United States District Court Today
California Fig Syrup Co Claims Pure, Ethical Production
The statement explains that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna are made to high purity standards. It asserts the company’s unique production method and insists on genuine products from the California Fig Syrup Co for safe, beneficial laxative effects.
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California Fig Syrup Co
California
Bankruptcy case ends with surrender of property
Surrendered all their property and have otherwise satisfied the requirements of the bankruptcy law. A dozen or more lawyers objected.
Cashier Elopes With Brooklyn Baker Sparks Family Resolve
May 17 New York Mrs James Edwin Armstrong wife of a Brooklyn baker said calmly that her husband who eloped with his pretty cashier Edith Silberhorn has left. She will run the bakery alone with their two children and has no plans to forgive.
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New York
James Edwin Armstrong
Brooklyn
Edith Silberhorn
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Houghton & Dutton
Boston Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Theatre Comique
Royal Academy
Berlin Photographic Company
Luke Fildes
Castle Square Theatre
Palace Theatre
Tremont Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Globe Theatre
Fort Hill
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Howard Atheneum
Brown & CO
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