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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1910
Page
9
The review highlights strong melodrama in Jim the Penman with a capable cast including Ellen Lackaye John Mason and Theodore Oberts and notes the Shubert Brady revival of The Mikado opening in New York with Fritz Scheff Christie MacDonald and others. Seats for Jim the Penman go on sale next Thursday morning.
Two large audiences at Tremont Theatre yesterday watched The Girl in the Taxi, a lively comedy that pleases Boston patrons. The fourth week of performances continues as its popularity grows.
Charlotte Hunt and her company presented Camille Gautier at the Majestic. Hunt’s youthful vivacity contrasted with later pathos, while Richard Buhler as Armand Duval and William Vaughan as Duval Pere showed solid acting. A week change shifts the bill to Caste with Hunt as Esther Eccles and Brooks as Old Eccles.
The Goddess of Liberty at the Shubert Theatre features Joseph B Howeard in a tuneful summer musical. A standout third week feature is a football game between two Boston physical culture girl elevens, added to open the second scene of the second act.
The Globe Theatre offers a week of acts including Grotesque Ran horps acrobats jugglers and eccentric comedians led by Mathieus and company Jordan Brennan and Jack Bohan. A special feature shows King Edward's funeral.
Robert Holéson starred in Where the Trail Divides at the Colonial Theatre with two yesterday showings that concluded the season at the venue. The curtain falls on this run as the house closes its doors for a break.
The Park Theatre announces The Man from Home began its 224th week in residence in this city. The production’s longevity signals real merit and audience appeal for the long running show.
The American Music Hall opened a summer policy with no interval between matinee and evening shows. The program featured Louis Chevalier & Company in A Lucky Liar with Chevalier, Myrtle M. Leavitt, and Bert Miller, plus The Malefactor by Dwight-Gaylord and acts by Hall, Marks and Young, Honey Johnson, the Three Dancing Mitchells, Madeline Harrison in Dances from China, Moran and Richards, Bredt Vaughan, and the Ameriscope.
The Columbia Theatre features a 1000-foot film recreating King Howard's funeral procession in London with striking fidelity. The vaudeville headliner is Ride for Life, a wire stunt by the Castelane brothers thrilling audiences overhead.
A bustling day at Austin & Stone's Museum featured twelve acts including Professor Blasser's odin animal exhibit Professor Lingerman the ventriloquist Mons Dugan with clay Princess Ida the 80 inch tall lady and Erin on roller skates Extra morning and afternoon shows starred Manhattan Maids Frank Vanetta Bullock Carenos Burns and Burns Violet Marcott and a parade of new motion features beyond the routine attractions
The Scenic Temple hosted a full program yesterday with three feature acts including James Riley the German comedian The Three Dancing Mitchells and Kole Tro of goldbates. Ira Kesner the famed tenor received a standing ovation as the cinema exhibit entertained with humor and instruction. Lanna Howe's Union orchestra provided musical interludes.
William H. Thompson dominates both legitimate drama and vaudeville with The Pride of the Regiment a brief yet potent portrayal of an old campaigner urging his son to follow in his steps. The Roman Sports and Pastimes production by Laveen-Cross Company features strong physical acts and scenic settings, complemented by comedy. The bill lists Stuart Barnes new monologue, Montgomery and the Healy Sisters, Ziska and King, Montrell the remarkable juggler, Mullen and Correlli, the Farrell-Taylor trio, and Reidy and Currier, with a crowded house in both matinee and evening performances.
The John Craig stock company staged Charleys Aunt at Castle Square to two large holiday crowds. Donald Meek delivered a lively English persona as Lord Fancourt Babberly while Mary Young Kitty Verdun and other cast members gave bright performances.
Regular holiday crowds filled the palace as a 14 act program with motion pictures drew praise. The Bon Air trio and their The Monlogology Boys impressed, Young and Young drew big hits, Conway and Hall wowed in burlesque, and London mimic Charles Bartholmew added material. The Barn stormer farce by Gebhart West and Berner drew laughs, while Robison trio and Kid Wilson entertained. Tonight features professional try-outs.
This week Waldron's Casino offers two burlesques College Boys and The Isle of Nowhere by a strong burlesque stock company. Frank Finney T. Thomas George Brennan Charles Madison Harry Buckley Frank Ross Louis Kurzwell star in the fun with Minnie Burke Clara Rackett Corinne Ford Carry Barry Miss Clifford Anna Meek Belle Mellette Nellie Lawler in leading feminine roles. The vaudeville bill includes the Knox brothers and other acts like Harry Sydell Paul Azard Trio and Frank Ross who was a favorite last week.
Thousands enjoyed a cool holiday at Norumbega Park with outdoor activities like canoeing and a popular new theatre. The program featured Torelli's dog and pony circus, the Majestic Musical Four, the Brookway brothers, Vaiveno and La Marr, moving pictures, and all-day concerts by Williams' Military Band.
A Howard Theatre program drew strong crowds as “Casey’s Vacation” and “The Wrong Mr Corbett” sparked nonstop laughter. Cast members including Anna Grant and George Davis entertained, while a Johnson Ketthel fight-picture feature and acrobatic acts capped a lively burlesque show. next Monday a benefit for employees is planned.
A large holiday crowd enjoyed Bowdoin Square Theatre with a snappy vaudeville show and excellent film display. The Bretto brothers impressed in their head-to-head balance act while Bern ard and Harris performed a new singing act. De Alma Mae k and Ada Corbett received praise for banjo and comedy duties along with Hilton the juggler and Cody Merritt dancers.
Wholesale market reports plentiful fish supplies with 388100 pounds landed including haddock 98500 and cod 172000 as trawlers fished despite bait shortages. The Red Star liner Manitou with 65 cabin passengers arrived in fog from Antwerp.
The Cambrian carries 3400 tons of assorted goods including Australian wool tea coffee liquors hides jute cloth and chalk valued near 800000. The Admiral Farragut faced heavy fog delaying arrival by almost 10 hours into Long Wharf with 16668 bananas and other fruit. The Moltkefels from Calcutta Colombo arrived with a million dollar cargo of teas jute and more.
The report lists arrival and departure movements of ships and tugs, with specific vessels such as Pollard, Admiral Jarragut, and toris, showing arrivals at ports like Port Antonio and Norfolk. It includes times of high water and appears to catalog multiple steamers and barges, their origins, and tows along the East Coast and Caribbean ports.
New York May 60 Manager Dahlen of the Brooklyn team was indefinitely suspended today by National League President Lynch for disputing the umpire's decision in Saturday's game.
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