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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1912

Page

18

Light o London at Majestic Theatre presented by Lindsay Morison

The Lindsay Morison stock company offers Light o London at the Majestic Theatre this week. Harold Armytage and his wife face deceit from villains who disinherit him and frame him for a crime. A dramatic escape, a London rescue by performers, and a return to vanish the schemes lead to reunion and restoration of lands and titles. Performers Howell Hansel Anna Cleveland Bess Marks Edward Nannery James A. Bliss Rose Morison James Burrows and Francis Woodbury receive praise for strong character work.

London Majestic Theatre Lindsay Morison Stock Company Harold Armytage Harold Howell Hansel Anna Cleveland Bess Marks Edward Nannery Seth Preene James A. Bliss Joseph Jarvis Rose Morison Mrs. Jarvis Marks James Burrows Francis Woodbury Hetty Preene

Last Week of The Fascinating Widow at Boston Theatre

The Boston Theatre stage hosts the final week of The Fascinating Widow with Julian Eltinge in the title role. Despite a city tradition that a hit play rarely repeats success on a second run, Eltinge has shattered that notion with this production.

Boston Theatre Julian Eltinge Mr. Eltinge

Night Off at Castle Square Delights Afternoon and Evening Audiences

John Craig and company present A Night Off to delighted crowds at Castle Square Theatre. Miss Young shines as Nisbo with father and lover scenes, while Craig's Harry Damask delivers strong comedy and drama. Meek Hassell Colcord as Professor Babbitt Marcus Brutus Snap and Mrs Babbitt provide further mirth.

Castle Square Theatre John Craig Miss Young Nisbo Mr. Meek Mr. Hassell Miss Colcord Professor Babbitt Marcus Brutus Snap Mrs. Babbitt

The Antique Girl at B. F. Keith's Theatre

Keith’s presents The Antique Girl a compressed musical comedy by Jesse L. Lasky set in a New York curio shop where a vase hides the soul of a Persian maiden who is Sally the dealer’s daughter. A romance unfolds as a buyer falls for the hidden performer with music by Robert Hood Bow ers and an elaborate scenic production. Maude Lambert makes a vaudeville debut with Ernest Ball and the company.

Keith Jesse L. Lasky New York Curio Sally Fletcher Norton Doris Wilson Charles Pusey Maude Earl

Orpheum Theatre Weekline Offers Variety Acts

The Orpheum Theatre presents Edmond Stanley and company in A Royal Romance for the week with Knights brothers and Sawtelle in The Fellow with the Green Umbrella. Leslie Morosco and company perform The Dollar Wife, John Dove and others, with aerialists and banjo acts. In the week's latter half, Louis Morreell and company in Second Floor Front, English suffragette Laurie Ordway, and a slate of comedians and dancers join the bill.

Orpheum Theatre Edmond Stanley and Company Knights Brothers Sawtelle Leslie Morosco John Dove McNeil and Rolle

Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents A Night Of Moving Pictures

Bowdoin Square Theatre offers a week of moving pictures with timely educational and melodramatic subjects. A trapeze feature, Johse and Sterling’s stunts, Pryor and Addison musical act, Keefe and Dunham in The Rube and the Girl, Simms and Thompson with new songs and dances, and Jack McCourt on the dancing accordion all receive praise.

Bowdoin Square Theatre Johse Sterling Pryor Addison Keefe Dunham Simms and Thompson Jack McCourt

Lambs All Star Gambol At Boston Opera House

The Lambs all star gambol will be at the Boston Opera House next Friday night May 31. It will climax the year’s theatrical interest with a star list including David Warfield Montgomery and Stone James O Neil Wilton Lackaye Robert Mantell and others. The minstrel first part features David Bispham as interlocutor with Raymond Hitchcock Eddie Foy and others on the ends.

the Lambs Boston Opera House David Warfield Montgomery & Stone James O'Neil Wilton Lackaye Robert Mantell

Globe Theatre Vaudeville Shines With Fresh Boston Acts

The Globe offers a top tier vaudeville bill with new acts for Boston. Carron and Farnum rally laughs with acrobatic stunts while Marlowe Plunkett deliver witty travesties. Lauder pokes fun with ventriloquism and patter. Sterling and Chapman entertain with song. Max Holden shadows amuse and Dynes and Dynes charm the crowd.

The Globe Boston Carron Farnum Marlowe Plunkett and Company George Lauder Dynes

All Girls Show Delights Listeners at Austin & Stone’s Museum

An all girls program at Austin & Stone’s Museum featured Marie Girard performing advanced gymnastic dancing in various styles. Nellie Hartford Tena Davis offered novelty acts, Cassie French with Mme Rentz performed The Flowing Waters ballroom scene, Ida Campbell sang new songs, and the Floradora group provided an engaging entertainment lineup.

Austin & Stone’s Museum Marie Girard Nellie Hartford Tena Davis Cassie French Mme. Rentz Ida Campbell

National Gardens Presents Cabaret at National Theatre

Last evening the National Theatre opened a cabaret style entertainment in private boxes with light refreshments and smoking allowed. The program started with daylight motion pictures and featured B A Rolfe's 50 musicians performing selections from La Boheme to popular tunes, with an announced varied bill for tonight.

National Theatre Boston B. A. Rolfe Verdi Charles Edwards Ralph Corey Moonlight Bay Woenrick B van Alstyne Ce Rossiterd Berlin Gideon F William Tell Rossini Dixie NeVil B Up the Street Francisca Manetta Ephraham Jones Mayer B Havana Goetz Strauss

Howard Atheneum Burlesque Show Teems With Acts

The Howard presents a lively burlesque show with Flying Henrys trapeze, Agnes Ahern Company electric act the human wheel, Murphy and Frances Coming from the Ball, Lamont's cockatoos, Von Hampton and Josselyn, Petite sisters, Moore and Harrison singing and banjo, Hilton juggler, Jack McCourt dancer, George Draper singing, plus Violet Mascotte company favorites including May Belmont, Alice Dudley, Florida De Lisle, and many others in a bustling stage program.

Howard Violet Mascotte May Belmont Alice Dudley Florida de Lisle McLain Mabel Parsons Zola Nan Shaw May Cripps Dolly Jordan Dolly Clifford Blanche de Corret Helen Lawton May Hamilton Catherine Crawford Wors Agnes Ahern Company Jack McCourt Hilton Moore Harrison George Draper Rose Gee The the Howard Flying Henrys Agnes Ahern Murphy Frances Boston Lamont von Hampton Josselyn Merry Company Lillie Sutherland Pearl Ross Marie Kent Frances Madigan Nellie Woods Elsie Hill Mae Osborne

Durbar in Kinemacolor dazzles with elephants at Tremont

The piece notes elephants in the Durbar in Delhi and Calcutta showing up in vast numbers, with jeweled howdahs, and other scenes. It highlights scenes of elephants in holiday attire, bathing, being scrubbed, and trained.

Tremont Temple America George Queen Mary England India Delhi Calcutta

Scenic Temple Week Offers Fine Quartet and Singer

The Scenic Temple features the Astor four a top quartet with Leslie Thurston the famed xylophone soloist and Annette La Vine performing new songs. Colored dissolving views provided visual variety during the entertainment.

Scenic Temple Astor Four Leslie Thurston Annette la Vine

Death notices from Boston area families (May 26 27)

Death notices list numerous local changes with dates of services for Bernard Casey Michael Clark Margaret Collins Fred Flannagan George Gardes James Geary Mary Kinahan Justus Lamken Nathan Meyerhoff Harold Miller Frank Cambridge Elizabeth McManamin Thomas McNellis Timothy Neas Helen Robinson Sabine Sampson Amelia Stearns Annie Tracy Henry Wenz Henry Oquist Henrik Oquist James ODonnell Bridget O Donnell Henry Richardson and others. Funeral times include high masses, interments and church names such as Our Lady of the Rosary St. Immaculate Conception Sacred Heart St. Vincent’s St. Patrick’s Holy Cross and Woodlawn Cemetery.

Casey Boston Bernard Sarah Casey West Eighth Street Our Lady of the Rosary Church Calvary Clark Revere Michael J Margaret Clark Morrisey Sprague Street Church of the Immaculate Conception Division Bay State Court Herine Flannagan Con- Years Athens Street St. Vincent’s Church Gardes George A Elizabeth John Gardes Maverick Street Church of the Most Holy Redeemer Geary Malden James Geary Winslow Cryer Benner Avenue Sacred Heart Church Natick Mass Gorman Roxbury Dennis J. Gorman Forest Street St. Patrick's Church Dudley Street Kinahan Cheago Mary A Waltham Lamken Justus Henry Lamken, Jr Blue Hill Avenue Meyerhoff Nathan G Bella Reic Dorchester Columbia Road Fun- Miller Newton Harold T George A. Miller Nellie T. Miller Tremont Street Cambridge East Boston Rank Bridget McCambridge McGrath Massine’s St. Cathar M’nellis Charlestown Thomas H Theresa McNellis Albion Place Holy Cross Cemetery St. Mark’s Stearns Amelia Cyrus G. Stearns Brighton Maywood Terrace Biddeford Tracy West Medford Annie E. Tracy Burgess Street Wenz Henry Mary Louise Wenz Braemore Road New York Wilder Margaret A Abbott A. Wilder Aitken Chelsea Shirley Avenue Nahant Avenue Woodlawn Woodman Robert Woodman Bowers Avenue Woodlawn Cemetery Everett

Special meeting to act on death of P G E Dennis J Gorman

Brothers urged to attend at H O Byrne office Roxbury 2370 Washington street Wednesday 8 pm to take action on death of late brother P G E Dennis J Gorman Funeral services set for Thursday morning See death notice for details CHARLES W DRISCOLL Grand Knight JOHN B SHEERIN Recorder Norton Requiem high mass Immaculate Conception Church Thursday May 30 9 am for Annie Veronica Norton Roxbury Died Sept 4 1911 Aunt Mrs Mary E Murphy note gone but not forgotten

NEAS Roxbury Timothy Neal W. H. Powderly Washington Street St. Philip’s Church Harrison Avenue H. O. Byrne P. G. E. Dennis J. Gorman Charles W. Driscoll John B. Sheerin Norton Immaculate Conception Annie Veronica Norton Mary E. Murphy

Alias Jimmy Valentine Opens at Plymouth Theatre

The Plymouth Theatre presented another week of Alias Jimmy Valentine drawing a large audience. The crowds indicate the play’s strong hold on the amusement seeking public during its long run in the city.

Jimmy Valentine Plymouth

Hanky Panky Keeps Shubert Attendance Strong

The warm weather fails to dampen crowds at the Shubert Theatre where Hanky Panky continues to draw steady attendance.

Shubert Theatre

Gordon's Theatre Excels With Seven Vaudeville Acts

Crowded houses marked Gordon's Olympia Theatre yesterday as seven big acts pleased audiences. Erin's Isle impressed with scenic and singing offerings while new photo plays from Pathe Weekly showcased Paris bandits, plus an aviation boat race thrill.

Gordon’s Olympia Theatre Erin's Isle Boston Pathe Weekly Paris

Cargo ships bring tropical fruit and coal imports to Boston

The steamship Mandeville arrived from Jamaica with 31 700 banana bunches, 483 cocoa bags, and 3 puncheons of lime juice. Limon from Costa Rica discharged 42 500 banana bunches and goods, while Jalondo af Giorgio from Port Antonio carried 26 000 banana bunches. Hochelaga from Louisburg brought 7300 tons of coal. Canadian hay imports rise as Henry HH Chamberlain sails with 250 bales valued at $4240 and a $600 cargo duty. Onondaga delays, Onondaga to New York repairs. Reno sails to Buenos Ayres. Chippewa and Neponset moves.

Mandeville Sorensen Long’ Wharf Port Antonio Port Morant Kingston Jamaica Limon Costa Rica Boston Edward H. Cole Baltimore Port Tampa Jalondo Af Giorgio Hochelaga Tudor Louisburg C. B Middlesbro England Atlantic St. Lawrence Henry HH. Chamberlain St. John N. B Middlesex Norfolk Clyde Line Onondaga Lewis Wharf Jacksonville Charleston Macbeth New York

Park Theatre Shows Rainey Africa Hunt to Crowds

Park Theatre continues to draw large crowds with Paul J. Rainey’s African hunt film and panoramic illustrations of wild animals presented in their natural state.

Rainey Paul J. Rainey Park Theatre

Tremont Theatre Welcomes Christie MacDonald in Farewell Fortnight

Christie MacDonald began her farewell fortnight in Boston at the Tremont Theatre last night with an unusually large audience viewing The Spring Maid. The renowned soprano drew praise for her performance and drew crowds as she closes a notable Boston chapter.

Christie MacDonald Boston Tremont Theatre

Norumbega Park Offers Vaudeville Acts This Week

Norumbega Park presents an open air theatre week with the Castallanis juggling act and the Majestic trio singing with mandolins and banjos. Also featuring Hurls Falls and Veronica, noted sensational gymnasts.

Norumbega Park Castallanis Majestic Hurls Falls Veronica

Fisheries at T wharf report vast 14-vessel fleet

Yesterday 14 fishing vessels at T wharf hauled 363,900 pounds of mixed fresh fish. Haddock 62,000. cod 121,500. hake 99,500. pollock 28,900. cask 62,000 pounds. The Little John delivered 900 pounds of catfish. Mackerel receipts at l’ wharf remain strong. Two vessels arrived Newport Sunday with 410 fish. 11 netters shipped 24,000 mackerel to New York. Dealers’ prices listed for haddock and cod plus steak pollock and cask.

T Wharf Little John Newport New York Haddock

Executor appointed for the will of Mary G Stokinger

The subscriber is duly appointed executor of the will of Mary G Stokinger late of Boston Suffolk deceased. Bond taken as required. All creditors and debtors must present claims or make payments to Walter J Stokinger Executor 396 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Mass Boston May 28 1912.

Mary G. Stokinger Boston Suffolk Walter J. Stokinger Centre Street Jamaben Plain Mass Ower Dorris A. Johnson & CO Border St East Tel Marina Ave Roxbury Elb IF. H. Thompson Hampton

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