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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
6
The Lester Lonergan Players inaugurated the summer season at the Majestic Theatre presenting Bought and Paid For starring Lily Cahill. The comedy by George Broadhurst had been staged a few seasons ago.
An advertisement claims thin readers can gain 10 to 25 pounds monthly by taking Sargol with every meal. It describes Sargol as a six‑ingredient natural aid that converts sugars and starches into nourishment, offering a money back guarantee and warning only those unwilling to gain weight should avoid use.
A Philadelphia advertisement promotes Eckmans Alterative for tuberculosis bronchial catarrh and lung ailments. It offers a recoveries booklet and reports, cites a testimonial from Howard L Klotz of Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia, and notes the product is sold by Riker Drug Stores and other druggists.
A vintage ad promotes five-grain Phy-thyrin tablets as a painless path to weight loss without dieting or calisthenics. It claims gradual flesh reduction and harmless effect, urging stout readers to obtain a box and start taking them at once for quick noticeable results.
With Charles Richman headlining, the production leaves a favorable impression. The plot maintains interest with dramatic moments that demand strong performances from all players, including careful rendering of minor roles by a compact cast.
Virginia Blaine tale at Plymouth draws Boston crowds. Miss Cahill’s restrained Virginia Blaine shows strength in Act III as she leaves her alcoholic husband Robert Stafford played by Lonergan. Eddie Phelan and Amy Ricard provide humor. entre’act music by the chorabelo.
The Howard Atheneum known coast to coast as a leading burlesque house presented Violet Mascotte's Bungalow Beauties Burlesque with a new feature and laughs throughout. Harry Lander joined the company with popular support, aided by Felix Martin and Jack Marley. Bertha Rich starred with Ida Campbell and others in a continuous show including a dramatic sketch The Cop. The Arion Four sang well and Dave Manley the stump speaker performed Running for Office. Burke and Walsh Delicato the dancing, Dello and the Novelty Clintons as acrobats and Bounding Johnson among favorites.
Edgar Selwyn's three act farce Nearly Married played Castle Square Theatre drawing roaring laughter coast to coast. Betty Lindsay sues for divorce while Harry schemes elopement with a hired co respondent leading to a storm of comic mishaps.
Tremont Theatre enters its sixth week showing D W Griffiths Birth of a Nation drawing large matinee and night crowds. The film spans Civil War and Reconstruction with hundreds of miles of location, diverse landscapes, and extensive atmospheric effects in a three hour dramatic epic.
B F Keiths Theatre opens Regatta week with an all star vaudeville bill led by Carolina White as high school boys of Greater Boston prepare for the Charles River races for the interscholastic rowing trophy. Carlina White is joined by Will Rogers and a cast of international acts and Pathe Weekly front line films.
The Boston Theatre expands to a mammoth picture house with the Fadette orchestra and varied novelties. Olga Petrova stars in The Heart of a Painted Woman. Billie Reeves features in The Substitute. A sea storm, torpedo boat, live ducks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and school-boy vignettes accompany the program. The Fadettes perform morning to night as the season opens strong.
Waldron's Casino presents Madame, Who Are You by Jack Goldenberg's The Gay New Yorkers. A burlesque set in a department store and a Paris beauty parlor features Willie Seigel Irving Gear with Molly Williams and the Morrissey sisters in a large, lively cast. The Hebrew shopkeepers provide much comic management mischief and humor throughout.
Scollay Square patrons witnessed a standout bill with the Olympia Stock Company in The Cow ard a Parisian Opera Company act After the Ball Le Blanc and Loraine Kelley and Ferris Brooke and Harris the Creighton sisters and the Four Bards prominent. Richard Henry Warren played on the great pipe organ with popular selections and Geoffrey L Whalen presented photo talks. Photo plays included The Awakening Hour Episode No 11 The Black Box The Girl and the Bachelor and more.
The Modern theatre presents a photo adaptation of Franz Molnar's success The Devil in five parts. Bessie Barriscale carries the lead as Isabella with notable screen acting. Also featured is the second instalment of The Goddess with Anita Stewart and Earle Williams.
Max's Novelty Circus heads the bill as one of the best acts. Charles Bowser and company present Superstition and receive praise. Clifford and Burke, Louise Piotti, Blanche and Isabelle appear as features. Marie Dressler and Charlie Chaplin star in Tillie's Pun tured Romance in six parts shown all week.
Marcus SToen presents a Globe patrons favored bill headlined by J. K. Emmet and Mary E. Ryand in The Strongest Tie. Acts include Pearson and Goldie, Tom Johnson and his dogs, and the Vernons. Leo Feist entertainers perform When the Lusitania Went Down amid photo plays The Exploits of Elaine and the latest war news.
Atlanta, Ga May 17 The Georgia Prison Commission set Monday May 31 as the start date for a hearing on Leo M Frank petition to commute his death sentence for the Mary Phagan murder to life imprisonment. Three thousand letters from public officials and others urged clemency, adding to an overall 75,000 similar appeals in Governor Slaton’s hands.
Park Theatre patrons left delighted after shows featuring Elsie Janis in Betty in Search of a Thrill Clyde Fitch s The Moth and the Flame Charlie Chaplin The Champion and the Park Topical Review plus Paramount Travel Series No 5 drew big crowds and praise for a lively bill.
John R. Meakin the confessed bandit now hospitalized after Hartford capture will be transported here today if his condition allows. Extradition warrant secured by Gov Walsh and officers Lynch Burke will bring him by forenoon train to Central Station for questioning before confinement at Charles Street jail where accomplice Joseph Saul of Lancaster is held.
The Orpheum Theater presented a full vaudeville bill featuring Eddie Foyer for 80 minutes and a lineup including Ed Ford's dance review the Scotch Players Stuart Black and company Sandy's Wedding Day Bush and Shapiro Fred Hildebrand Moran sisters Walton and Boardman Hanlon and Hanlon and Leo Feist entertainers with the Lusitania song. The program also showed The Exploits of Elaine and Pathe war news along with other new pictures.
Patrons at the St James Theatre enjoyed one of the season’s best shows. Charismatic standouts included Charles Leonard Fletcher in original character studies and the Roland West company in Bryant 2564. Also featured were Morris and Allen, Joyce and West, Demarest and Collette, Los Casados acrobats, the Leo Feist entertainers, new photo plays, The Exploits of Flaine, and current war news.
William J. Hurley was fined $10 by Judge Wentworth for contempt after being arrested with three others for rude and disorderly conduct on Webster Avenue. Hurley appealed the sentence.
The Cort Theatre continues to draw crowds as The Last Laugh with Edward Abelés in the lead role sustains top success. Mystery surrounds the stage settings and brisk diverting amusements keep a fast pace.
Local advertisement extols Plant Juice as essential to health, citing testimonials from area residents including A. Swartz owner of Metropolitan Photo Studio. Swartz credits ten days of use with relief from indigestion headaches and improved appetite. Drug store location shown at Liggett's Drug Co. corner Washington and Avon Streets.
The joyous farce A Pair of Sixes ends its Boston run this week at the Wilbur Theatre after attracting the season’s largest crowds. The farewell performance is next Saturday night due to a postponed contract for the next attraction.
Impressive patriotic exercises at Medford High School hall featured the presentation of a large silk flag to the Medford High School military battalion. The gift came from members of General S. C. Lawrence Corps W. R. C. Mayor Benjamin I. Haines spoke on patriotism and Mrs. Ida M. Smith of Attleboro presented the flag. Mrs. Isabelle F. Hayes, president of the W. R. C., presided.
A short promotional piece advises obesity sufferers to curb starches and take kerin oil capsules after meals and at night. It claims weekly weigh ins prove fat loss and promotes the regimen as harmless and affordable with a one week trial.
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