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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1913
Page
9
A Boston theatergoer report praises the新 play "We the People" by Harvard dramatists as a brisk debut at the Castle Square. It notes John Craig's foresight in securing the work while its author was little known and credits Ballard for the production that rises to prominence.
An old advertisement promises relief for constipation indgestion biliousness and upset stomach with Cascarets. A 10 cent box is touted to cleanse inside organs remove bile and gases and restore health and a clear head for months. It urges adults and children to take Cascarets nightly or as needed and notes all druggists carry the product.
The excerpt notes Edwin Catty Ranch collaborating to explore dramatic potential in a play. It emphasizes their combined insight and the strong creative pairing, suggesting notable prospects for staging and interpretation.
A young man in Charles Town prison seeks a pardon and aids a prison revolt as a trusty. Eight years later he becomes a prosperous Western city businessman pursuing love with Jean Townley while running for mayor. Strong acting, gripping plot, and vivid characters drive the drama. Next week the Country Boy will be staged.
Waldron's Casino hosts the College Girls company for a week at Waldron's Casino drawing crowded houses. Abe Reynolds stars with Dolly Morrissy as the college widow, Morrie Franklin as Mike McKay, and Beatrice delivers ragtime violin numbers. The cast includes Walter Johnson James Hunter Arthur Henry and Miss Lear Henry. The new score and lively musical numbers please audiences.
Howard Atheneum hosted Bob Fitzsimmons and his son Bob Jr in the athletic sketch Just before the Contest drawing an ovation. The elder praised the sporting fraternity and urged youth development. The show featured burlesque by Jack Reid and Progressive Girls with Ella Reid Gilbert and Etta Joerns prominent, plus vaudeville acts by G E Lothrop Jr and others. Election returns will be read tonight.
The Park Theatre presents Elsie Ferguson in A Strange Woman with a fitting role and artistic touch. The second week opened to a large responsive audience that enjoyed both the play’s comedy and its thoughtful themes. Hurlburt’s drama provokes reflection while delivering clever lines that keep the central idea unobtrusive. Both the production and star leave a favorable impression in the city.
The Henry Jewett Players presented the second week of Let's Go A Gardening at Plymouth Theatre last evening. Mr Jewett's plan earns praise from drama supporters for a play filled with human nature and reflection. Under his tutelage the company gains poise and talent and the outlook for a happy end is bright. Performances continue this week with afternoon shows on Thursday and Saturday.
The Hollis Street Theatre opened the final fortnight of The Sunshine Girl with Julia Sanderson warmly received. Joseph Cawthorne and castmates Flossie Hope Florence Morrison Yva Jeane Alan Mudie contributed laughs as the company extends its run toward November 16. Maude Adams starts a week of Peter Pan the following Monday.
The headline act at St James Theatre yesterday was Hardeen the King of Handcuffs. He held the audience spellbound through his entire act. Also featured were Ann Walters in The Suffragette Sidney Falke in an amusing specialty the Ryan brothers acrobatic stunts Luckie and Yost and more. Hardeen remains all week. Tonight election returns will be read from the stage.
The Boston Theatre presents The Whip a mammoth stage production with sensational realism. The premiere was delayed to tonight to finish stage preparations and features a railroad train collision and a horse race of unprecedented scale. A matinee is scheduled for tomorrow.
The fourth week of its Boston engagement at the Majestic Theatre draws large audiences proving popular approval for George Broadhurst's remarkable play. From the start playgoers from Greater Boston and New England have sought the sensational production starring Charles Richman Frank Craven Allan Atwell Kathleen McDowell and Marie Nordstrom.
A genuine novelty programme titled All Girl Vaudeville runs this week at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Marie Lee and her seminary girls perform a college specialty, the three ONeill sisters sing popular numbers, Clinton and Beatrice showcase sharpshooting, Ford and Mitchell offer a clever act, Madame Clay and her statue dogs delight, and the Vandell sisters plus Eleanor Mack perform popular hits. A four reel film A Prisoner in the Harem thrills, with events this week including a song contest, waltzing contest, amateurs, and cabaret features. Election returns read tonight.
The Dolly Dimple burlesquers drew large crowds at the Grand Opera House with strong afternoon attendance and a chorus girls contest in the evening. J Theo Murphy starred as comedian, with praised humor. Gloria Martinez Hazel Ford Rose Forrest May Burns led a talented chorus. Special nightly features include ragtime and song contests and wrestling events. Election returns to be announced this evening.
Frances Clare and Guy Rawson headlined a pleasing musical comedy at the Orpheum Theatre yesterday aided by eight little girlfriends. Walter Browne and company, Estella Rose, the Four Melodious Chaps, Nadel and Kane, DeArmo, George Wichman, Lockhart and Leddy also appeared along with the latest photo plays. Tonight election returns will be read from the stage.
An old advertisement urges thin people to gain weight using Sargol tablets taken with meals. It claims the digestive system fails to absorb fats and promotes the product as a gentle regenerator endorsed by physicians. The copy promises quicker cheek fill and firmer flesh with a satisfaction guarantee.
Winter Garden show features Al Jolson who dominates the second act with songs and chatter. Ada Lewis Anna Wheaton Melville Ellis Juliette Dika and Ray Samuels present updated acts and costumes while a vivid Paris scene titled Oriental Bacchanale showcases energetic dance and music. The overall production is lively and demanded by audiences despite a hazy plot about a Parisian couple and a divorce.
A snappy three act five scene musical burlesque titled Mixed Pickers opens at the Gaiety with Sam Rice the daffybill comedian topping the principals. Harry Loraine Chester Nelson Felix Rush Harry Keeler Frankie Grace Blanch Curtiss Margaret King Lulu Beeson are among the lively cast keeping the audience in constant laughter.
After ten weeks of engagement the Tremont Temple presents Les Miserables praised as the most remarkable picture production Boston has witnessed. Tonight patrons will see the latest election returns displayed by the management.
The overcoat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was shot at Ford's Theatre has resurfaced and is now owned by John M. Kirby of Washington. He also possesses a suit worn by Lincoln. The clothing is preserved well, though one shoulder of the overcoat is torn from souvenir hunting years ago.
The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions for writ of certiorari by counsel for petitioning creditors seeking bankruptcy for Wm. 8 Butler & Co. Inc. and Everybody's Store, Inc. The Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that no act of bankruptcy occurred stands, and receivers will seek to establish claims and distribute assets.
Readers urged to call the Boston Post Fort Hill 5200 for the latest news selections after noon.
Keiths Theatre presents Taking Things Easy a college life sketch that delights audiences with youthful energy, a smashed auto aftermath, strong school songs, Ma Belle and her 10 coryphees classic dances and a vaudeville debut for Robert L. Dailey in Our Bob. Prince Emil and eight trained polar bears from Hagenbeck Hamburg headline a varied program with sensational acts and Pathe Weekly current events.
Rabbit Maranville and Tom Griffith of the Boston Braves headlined a National Theatre show with a singing act and a brief onstage baseball demonstration. Slivers the clown drew laughs with a burlesque feel while Pope Uno and Edith Adams offered entertainment. A china souvenir was given to the first 300 women with orchestra seats at yesterday matinee.
The Globe presents a week long blend of vaudeville and musical comedy headlined by the Hap Ward Players in The Trouble Makers. Raymond Finlay and Tony Williams lead the cast, supported by a strong company and a dozen pretty girls, with acts including Wilson and Aubrey on horizontal bars, Kit Karson on the wire, Mile Annabelle on violin and piano, Purcella brothers dancing, Dan Daly Jr and Tuniso in a travesty, and Silent Era the speechless magician. Electric returns announced for today.
The Colonial Theatre in Boston hosts the second and final week of The Madcap Duchess with Ralph Herz as Master Hardi replacing Harry MacDonough. Herz, a known comedian, enhances the Regent's Players satire set in Louis XV era. Ann Swinehurne and Glenn Hall aid the success alongside other company members. Next Monday night The Lady of the Slipper with Elsie Janis and Montgomery and Stone is promised to be a brilliant engagement.
The Tremont Theatre closes its run of The Fol lies with Jose Collins Elizabeth Brice Leon Errol and stars ceasing engagement as Bille Burke takes over Monday as Lady Tommy in The Amazons The farewell engagement spans one week amid enthusiastic patronage and city reports note Burke's acclaimed performance.
An unprecedented demand for seats is reported for the second concert by an orchestra of 200 of Boston's leading musicians next Sunday afternoon. The Boston Musicians' Mutual Relief Society sponsors the event to be affordable for all, with Mechanics' Hall holding 6000 seats. Emil Mollenhauer will conduct this mammoth orchestra, urging prompt seat procurement for those not yet secured.
Washington November 3 Rear Admiral Henry T Mayo will be detached November 10 from his duty as Secretary Daniels aide for personnel and will attend four courses at the Naval War College Newport R I before his assignment next spring to command a division of the Atlantic fleet Captain William F Fullam will be Daniels new aide for inspections and will be relieved by Captain Augustus F Fechteler who is at present president of the board of inspection and survey for ships Captain Henry B Wilson will relieve Fechteler aboard the North Dakota
Albany N Y November 3 A Salisbury Mills farmer James A D Findley sent a ten pound turnip to Governor Glynn after observing a five pound turnip sent to Vice President Marshall. The governor’s turnip is on display in the executive chamber and he plans to cut a slice for a family meal later.
New York Nov 3 Eugene D Wood, a lobbyist accused in the John Doe inquiry into Tammany Hall graft, could not be located by subpoena servers on the eve of the mayoral election. The witness was implicated by John A Hennessy as having supplied information about Edward E McCall borrowing funds from ex police inspector W W McLaughlin to back his 1902 Supreme Court nomination.
Whitman said Wood left town Saturday after Hennessy testified and subpena servers found no trace of him. Police inspector's son W W McLaughlin Jr testified that he saw a $21,000 check given by McCall to pay a loan and reinforced that claim. He said he overheard discussions of the debt and the loan to Judge McCall for his nomination. Hearing will resume Thursday.
Providence reports Cranston mayoral race between Edward M. Sullivan Democrat and John W. Horton drew statewide interest. Sullivan won by 11 votes after court ruled votes by naturalized residents valid. Eight other towns Bar rington East Providence Johnston North Kingstown North Smithfield Portsmouth Warwick and West Warwick join in Thursday elections under new biennial laws.
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