Summer Theatres Presents Girls Will Be Girls at Boston
An audience packed the Boston Theatre to see Al Leech and his Three Rosebuds in Girls Will Be Girls. Leech’s distinctive, hearty humor drew strong laughter with the inebriate scene and stair gag. The Rosebuds and cast delivered lively numbers, while Felix Haney and Art Brock added memorable turns. Next week features A Daughter of the South with large advance sales.
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Bostop Theatre
al Leech
Leech
Rosebuds
Roma Snyder
Gladys Claire
Christine Cook
Mr. Leech
Felix Haney
Game
John Osborne
William Guiney
Boston
Well
Joyce
Miss Howard
Susan
Mr. Blackmore
Archibald Carlyle
Fey
Francis Levison
Mr. Denison
Lord Mount Severn
Messrs. Haviland
Russell
Price
May Whitely
Sky Farm and Isle of Spice at Music Hall and Glebe Theatre
A Boston audience enjoyed Sky Farm at Music Hall with strong cast led by Warren Breese and Marigold Towers, praised for its rural themes and notable ensemble. Isle of Spice at Glebe Theatre features a large chorus, standout numbers by Toby Lyons and Miss Buckner, with summer pricing posted for Globe Theatre seats.
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Music Hall
Edward Beb
Kidder
Arthur H. Ebbetts
Warren Breese
Thomas Callahan
Benjamin Breese
Helen Young
Marigold Towers
Harry Mills
Nixon
George T. Meeding
Ed Gorman
George Ebner
Leonard Ide
Frederick Burton
Adele Lane
Josephine Bacon
Sarah McVickar
Helen Douglas
Sky Farm
Toby Lyons
Denman Maley
Lesleigh
Blanche Buckner
Lisle Bloodgood
Mattie Martz
Isle of Spice
Glebe Theatre
Boston
Gus Selke
Googoo Man
Merry Isle
Weinburg
Mary Ann
Mr. Weinburg
Peggy Brady
Miss Leigh
You and
Miss Buckner
Will Armstrong
Castle Square Theatre Brings My Official Wife to Boston
The Castle Square stock company presented Archibald C. Gunt er’s novel turned play My Official Wife at the Boston venue. Arthur Bainbridge Lenox, Baron Fried rich, Colonel Petroff and other roles were well cast led by Blanche Stoddard, Isabelle Fletcher, Alice Riker and Mary Sanders. Next week, Two Little Vagrants melodrama features Sanders and Riker.
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Castle Square
Boston
Archibald C. Gunter
Howell Hansel
Arthur Bainbridge Lenox
John F. Webber
Baron. Friedrich
John T. Craven
Colonel Petroff
John Sampolis
Sacha Weletsky
Edward Wade
Constantine Weletsky
Colonel Lenox
Blanche Stoddard
Isabelle Fletcher
Laura
Alicé Riker
Eugenie
Gertrude Berkeley
Princess Palazzin
Mary Sanders
Dozia
Cordelia Macdonald
Mme
Olga
Alice Riker
East Lynne Captivates Bowdoin Square Theatre Crowd
The Lothrop stock company presented East Lynne with artistic force yesterday at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Miss Hunt wore magnificent, costly designs in acts one and two, highlighting her charms. Miss Du Bois proved chic in new wardrobe and Miss Hale charmed as Cornelia Carlyle in a demonstrative role. Hunt played both Lady Isabel and Mme. Vine, mother of royal birth and later a penitent nurse.
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East Lynne
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lothrop Stock’ Company
Miss Hunt
Miss du Bois
Miss Hale
Cornelia Carlyle
Isabel
Mme. Vine
Woodland at Tremont Theatre A Bird Themed Opera Delights
The Tremont Theatre crowded for the annual A M Sheehan benefit and Boston engagement of Henry W Savage's Woodland. Novel bird kingdom setting features Hot Bird and Cold Bottle by Donahue and Nichols plus Helen Hale singing If You Love Me Lindy with a chorus of blackbirds. Luders supplies tuneful numbers and other whistling pieces fill the bill.
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Tremont Theatre
A. M. Sheehan
Boston
Henry W. Savage
John Donahue
Mattie Nichols
Helen Hale
Lindy
Keith's Theatre Delights with Diverse Acts on Yesterday's Bill
Keith's offered a varied program with four numbers resembling circus turns. The Four Welsons showcased rope work, the DeVan sisters performed on a ladder, Bea and Nettie Masse mixed juggling with humor, and Professor Kreisel featured dogs cats and a monkey. George C. Davis delivered a witty mimicry routine, Ned Monroe and partners offered a new farce The Two Senators, the village choir from Way Down East impressed, Professor Schmalz's Academy impressed with German character pieces, Watson and Hills danced well, and the Fadettes and Mrs Nichols provided notable musical selections with new public premieres.
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Keith’s
Four Welsons
DeVan Sisters
Bea
Nettie Masse
Professor Kreisel
George C. Davis
J. W. Kelly
Sir Henry Irving
Ned Monroe
W. N. Mack
Nellie Lawrence
Monroe
Entleure ment Delightful Violin Solo Invocation
A refined program featured with spirit and a valse lento. Mary Retuck Wilczek, concertmistress of the orchestra, delivered a violin solo so well performed that an encore was called for by the audience.
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Mary Retuck Wilczek
Britt Returns to Boston in a Big Howard Show
Jimmy Britt headlines a Boston engagement at the Howard Theater with a strong bill of acts including the Fields, Van, Yamamoto Japs, Opera Bluff trio, Sawtelle, Dwyers, Nichols and Croix, and others. The program features variety acts, parodies, ventriloquism, dancing, and new motion pictures, highlighting Britt and his brother Billy along with a full vaudeville lineup.
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Jimmy Britt
Corbett
Howard
Britt
Old House
Billy
Pacific Coast
Harry
Sadie Fields
Charles
Fanny van
Yamamoto Japs
Opera Bluff
Hayman
Franklin
Marion Sawtelle
Becky
Igzy
Tarry
Howardites
Van
Casper Zarnes
Charles Udell
Alf Pearce
Cunningham and
Fowley
Gordon Sisters
Dwyers
Nichols and Croix
Hebert
Rogers
Holbrooks
Frederick
Moonlight Maids at Lyceum in Rialto Rounder Burlesque
The Lyceum presents a 35 member company in A Rialto Rounder a two act burlesque with a Cuban adventuress plot. It features witty satire lively drollery charming women and grand scenery. The first act is at Senator McManus home and the second shows a county jail with several fine specialties.
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Lyceum
Senator McManus
Palace Theatre Presents Bright Stock Company This Week
Palace Theatre manager Waldron presents a bright stock company in two new sketches A New Manager and Waiting for the Train with a strong lineup. Notable acts include Mae Taylor Cissy Grant May Bryant Hattie Mills Tillie Cohan Lillian Raymond John Black and Seeback famed bag puncher with multi bag finale.
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Waldron
Palace Theatre
Mae Taylor
Mary Ann
Cissy Grant
May Bryant
Hattie Mills
Reuben and
Cynthia
Lillian Raymond
John ‘Black
Fesia
Tillie Cohan
Messrs
Alio
Ed J. Morris
Ida Carney Daly
Aldred Lyster
Violet Cooke
George
Loretta Epps
Monster Python Draws Crowds at Austin & Stone's Museum
Visitors flocked to see the monster python at Austin & Stone's Museum. The 80 foot long serpent, weighing about 476 pounds by one guess, rested in its glass den while crowds tried to estimate its size. Parisian vibrationists performed a brass instrument act by a single family, delivering a lively interlude between spectators and the creature.
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Messrs. Stone & Shaw
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Cafes Chantant
Paris
Self Illuminating Street Signs Wonder In Boston
Passersby marvel at two self illuminating street corner signs at Boylston Tremont and Boylston Exeter in Boston. The signs read from 150 feet, drawing questions why all crossings aren’t similarly marked and highlighting an experiment by the Electrical Reflector Company of New York.
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Boylston and
Tremont
Boylston
Exeter
Boston
Tremont Street
Electrical Reflector Company
New York City
Charles M. Berker
Parlor Oddities and Vaudeville Acts Draw Crowds in Boston
The piece notes the Van Doorns as notable performers in a Boston scene. Cherry Miller from Manitoba challenges men of equal weight to a catch-as-catch wrestling bout but has not found takers. Mme Myers, the bearded woman, attracts curiosity. Two vaudeville shows feature Coltons Sadie Talconer Collins and Keene Carroll male soprano burlesque acts, Fox and Cook, Eloile Uker, Franklin and Hopkins, Carroll andaker, Zanfretta and Mansfield, and Crimemins and Mack.
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van Doorns
Cherry Miller
Manitoba
Boston
Mme. Myers
Coltons
Sadie Talconer
Collins
Keene
Carroll
Fox and Cook
Eloileuker
Franklin and Hopkins
Carroll Andaker
Zanfretta
Mansfield
Mins and Mack
Nickelodeon Vaudeville Features This Week At Local House
A strong show offers variety acts and large crowds despite warm weather. The curio halls showcase Ten Blackbirds in songs and dances, Royce brothers perform a top bag punching act, and a young ladies contest plus Lef tos head and hand balancing draw interest. The theatre presents George Platte impersonator Marie Moss Cora McCloskey Nelly Daley Hume and Hone and others in a lively vaudeville bill, with Friday amateur night as usual.
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Ten Blackbirds
Royce Brothers
America
George Platte
Marie Moss
Cora McCloskey
Nelly Daley
Hume and
Hone
Colonial Theatre Summer Opener Delayed For The Bostonians
A plan change delays the opening of the summer season of comic opera at the Colonial Theatre. The Bostonians will not start with The Queen of Laughter but perform it in week two of their limited engagement. A special Decoration Day matinee will feature The Serenade. President Henry C Barnabee and Vice President W H McDonald lead a cast including George Frothingham George Fiske Douglas Ruthven Campbell Donald Harry Dale Frank Smithson Gertrude Zimmer Agnes Cain Brown and Adele Rafter.
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Colonial Theatre
Bostonians
Queen of Laughter
Boston
Henry C. Barnabee
The
W. H. McDonald
George Frothingham
George Fiske
Douglas Ruthven
Campbell Donald
Harry Dale
Frank Smithson
Gertrude Zimmer
Agnes Cain Brown
Adele Rafter
Pop Concerts Begin Fourth Week at Symphony Hall
The fourth week of the Pop concerts opened with strong audience interest. The series will gain prominence in the city’s amusements through special nights for home and visiting organizations planned for the season end.
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Symphony Hall
Knight Mills Superintendent Resigns in Providence
David M. Thompson resigns as general superintendent of the B. B. & R. Knight mills in Providence. He was recently elected president of the F. W. Reynolds Company and is the father in law of cotton broker Daniel J. Sully.
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B. B. & R. Knight Mills
Providence
R. I
David M. Thompson
F. W. Reynolds Company
Daniel J. Sully
Delegates to National Electric Light Association event hosted by local members
Tonight the orchestra of 60 under Mr. T. Adamowski will perform selections for delegates of the National Electric Light Association convention. Program includes Vienna Always Vienna Schrammel Serenade Barcarole Harlequin on Voyage Babette Faust Gounod King Dodo Luders Flying Dutchman Wagner Semiramide Intermezzo Hoffmann Contes d Hoffmann and Czarina Mazourka Ganne.
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National Electric Light Association
Walker's Museum Vaudeville Draws Big Crowds
Automatic vaudeville in the curio hall remains a strong draw with large audiences. The bijou auditorium showcases an all star vaudeville bill featuring the Girard sisters Clara Bradley Dolly Hastings Edna Worth and Harry Shaw among others. Amateur night is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Curio Hall
Bijou
Girard Sisters
Clara Bradley
Dolly Hastings
Edna Worth
Harry Shaw
Operatic Concert at Colonial Theatre by Mme Vinello Johnson pupils
At the Colonial Theatre last evening Mme Vinello Johnson presented an operatic concert with Signor Roberto Vanni Jerome F Han shue John Zegar and L William Flint assisting. Selections included pieces from Don Juan Faust Aida The Magic Flute Trovatore Carmen and The Flying Dutchman. May Belle G Cadman and Mrs L M Wallace drew praise for their performances. Recitals by the pupils are set for von Chambers Hall on June 2 and 8.
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Colonial Theatre
Mme. Vinello Johnson
Signor Roberto Vanni
Jerome F. Hanshue
John Zegar
L. William Flint
Don Juan
Paust
Aida
T Trovatore
Carmen
Flying Dutchman
May Belle G. Cadman
L. M. Wallace
Faust
von Chambers
Steamer New Brunswick Opens New Boston Excursions
The steamer New Brunswick, upgraded by Boston businessmen, debuts for daily ocean excursions from Boston. Her first trip opens Saturday at 2 PM from Lincoln wharf near North ferry, with Sunday all day voyage from 10 30 AM returning about 6 PM weather permitting.
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New Brunswick
Boston
Lincoln Wharf
North Ferry
Memorial Day Program by Spanish War Veterans in East Boston
Captain William J Murphy of Major P J Grady Camp announces Memorial Day events in East Boston beginning with requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. Graves at Holy Cross Cemetery will be decorated and an oration delivered by Alderman James M Curley.
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William J. Murphy
P. J. Grady
Spanish War Veterans
East Boston
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
James M. Curley
Busy Day at Divorce Court in Mason Courtroom
Three sessions presided by Chief Justice Mason and Judges Richardson and Lawton heard cases. Mary A Bennett received decree nisi and $9 weekly alimony from George J. after he left her March 23, while Mrs Wells faced Bennett as lodger in a complex split with Wells. Parkhurst divorce action ended with no appearance. creedal cruelty cited. Elizabeth A vs John Meyers deser tion decree nisi. Giuseppe vs Maria G Volpe cruelty dismissed.
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Mason
Richardson and
Lawton
Bennett-Wells
Mary A. Bennett
George J
Margaret Wells
Henry
Wells
Bennett
W. H. Parkhursts
Elizabeth A. Vg
John Meyers
Nist
Giuseppe
Maria G. Volpe
Galvin Court of Foresters Affiliated with Suffolk Society
A well attended Charlestown meeting of Owen A. Galvin Court of Foresters in Lincoln Hall approved seven new membership applications and unanimously voted to affiliate with the Suffolk county branch of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. Visiting members from Cheverus and other courts spoke.
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Galvin
Court OF Foresters
Owen A. Galvin
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Lincoln Hall
Warren Street
Charlestown
Robert E. Raeke
Suffolk County
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Cheverus
Public Anniversary Reception at Boston Y M C U
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union marks its fifty third year with a public anniversary reception tomorrow evening. It will be informal with music by Bostonia Orchestra Cecilia String Quartet Apollo Male Quartet and the union orchestra. All departments will welcome visitors and exhibitions of gymnasium drawings will be shown. Prominent state officials plan to attend.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Tremont
Christian Union
Bers
Ray Ton
Life
Bostonia Orchestra
Cecilia String Quartet
Apollo
Union Orchestra
State 10 keep run of tramps chief Shaw appoints inspector
The Legislature assigns Chief Joseph B. Shaw to appoint a State detective to oversee all tramps traveling through the Commonwealth. Detective Frederick Rhoades of Malden is named as the new inspector and will lead the effort, bringing 18 years of major-case experience and records management at State headquarters. The approach targets a rise in crimes by tramp life, with vagrants now measure by the Bertillon system under the new law, and courts can banish them for two years.
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Joseph B. Shaw
Frederick Rhoades
Malden
Murs Ther
Walpole Church to Celebrate June 5 Service
Walpole church plans a June 5 service at the Second Congregational Church to mark the ministry of Rev. Phillips Payson who was called in 1729 and became the first settled pastor. Yale professor Williston Walker will speak on New England conditions during Payson’s era.
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Second Congregational Church
Walpole
Phillips Payson
Williston Walker
Yale Divinity School
New England
Peyern
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de Ware
United States
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Clarence M. Seamons
Second Advent Church
Chelsea
Mass
North American Trust
Boston Lynn
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Nickelodeon
Walker’s Museum
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Keith
Wright & Prisons
Washington St
Pixie 4 Luders
Ye Ing. Dodo
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Mary H
William H. Parkhurst
Parkhurst
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Allston
Entertainments
Boston Theatre
Lawrench McCarty
Rosebuds and
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Aera &Ay
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Pombe Berton
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Cushin 'Gene
Colonita
Tc. Bos
Wow
Sopot
King Philip
Walpole Church
Albert
OB Wood
Brom Omfeld
Houghton & Dution Drug Dept
Alpha Shoe Store
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Scoflay Square
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