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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1895
Page
5
The Hon. George Fred Williams spoke tonight in this city and Marblehead to large, receptive audiences. His two speeches, similar in substance, were new in matter, and reports will detail the remarks and reception in both locations.
Former Massachusetts governor candidate delivers a keynote condemning the American Protective Association and urging voters to reject religious-based political influence. He accuses Senator Hoar of abandoning nonsectarian public schooling and calls for unity under the true American spirit.
BH Sawyer has been ordered to the Boston Navy Yard, according to a November dispatch from Washington. The move places Sawyer in the naval facility for assignment or processing.
London writer Henry Arthur Jones sees mixed fortune with The Case of Rebellious Susan in Boston. Isabel Irving as Susan and Herbert Kelcey lead a cast. patrons found the London style lukewarm but the Boston run aims to satisfy at the Lyceum.
A four act melodrama by James W Harkins Jr and Edwin Barbour based loosely on the Montana Indian uprising. John Swiftwood is a Sioux educated among whites. Wallace Gray is a deserter shaped by prenatalism. Strong company performances led by William Courtleigh and George A Wright. The piece has long speeches and a few dragging scenes but shows stagecraft and should run several weeks.
Melodrama dominated Castile Square Theatre as Scott Marble's The Sidewalks of New York played to a packed crowd. Charles T. Aldrich as Buttons McGuirk delivered a triumph of character acting, while Charles McCarthy as Jane Ann McCuddy drew public favor. other roles included Peete in supporting parts and skilled performers as trained pears provided comic relief.
The Museum closes its engagement with a strong finale as The Fatal Card leads to the largest business of the Boston visit. Tonight patrons will get the latest election news during the performance. On Tuesday Nov 19 Too Much Johnson debuts in Boston with William Gillette in the cast under Charles Frohman management.
In a company drawn from Mansfield’s stock, E. M. and Joseph Holland star in A Social Highwayman at Tremont Theatre with rank and Cotton in utility roles. Miss Creighton and Miss Oliver reveal new depths in leading female parts as a large audience applauds the show and anticipates a strong second week. Tonight election returns will be read from the stage between acts.
Burmah entered last evening for the tenth week at the Boston Theatre. Audiences gave hearty applause to the star cast for acting scenery and plot, with a stereopticon election returns between acts. Tomorrow night will offer each lady a shoe buttoner souvenir from the seventy fifth American performance, featuring a cartridge handle from the fourth act battle scene.
Yesterday’s program offered Billy Carter John and Nellie Healy the four Cohans and many others. Ralph performers included Alburtus and Bartram, Joe Hardman, Gracey, Burnett, Tram, the Eddie trio, Park and Inman, and more. The show drew large crowds with clever acts and lively humor in a lively Keith’s venue.
Al Reeves's big special opens a week at Palace Theater with varied feats including rifle tricks, bottle corks, and a famed hypnotism display by Agnes Charcot. The act list includes acrobatics, quick-change stunts, and demonstrations of hypnotic control over a subject, with description of dramatic effects and audience reaction.
A lineup features Pleased Were Hunn and Bohee, the Jacrybate team, C. W. Williams the ventriloquist, the Hiatts musical artists, Oliver W. Lee contortionist, McCarty and Reynolds Irish comedy ekétoh artists, and Al Reeves the banjo Padere. A special late performance is promised with election returns read from the stage.
Bright week at the Hotheneum features Fred Rider's Owls in A Pack of Cards. Florence Miller as King of Hearts leads a troupe including Saharet, Blanche Walworth and Kittie O Neal among twenty clever young women, with acts by Sam Collins, Bob Gordon, and others. Election returns read from stage.
Sam T. Jack presentsAdamless Edens at the Lyceum featuring a strong cast, up to date stage settings, fine singing and wit. Dolores sisters Vera and the aerial feats by Hickey and Cole draw applause with George Beban also popular. The bill ends with Jingos Daughter burlesque and comic duo Sturgis Raymond. A Wednesday parade is announced and election returns will be read from the stage tonight.
The Grand Museum staged The Shadow of Guilt, drawing from Miss M. E. Braddon’s novel. Maud Miller led a strong stock company with notably restrained, natural acting as Margaret Wentworth. Harry Leighton and W. S. Perry supported, while vaudeville acts and international acts filled the program. The rebel dwarf Ne-Mah arrived in Boston amid a broad lineup including Virginia Knapp, Loretta, and several specialty acts.
Manager Dunn presents John Sorwell known as Rattlesnake Jack with about forty live rattlers. His fluent lecture and demonstrations grip the audience as reptiles twine about his neck and body. A bag punching contest between George La Blanche and Willie Tucker is a feature, along with old maids' convention laughs and Persian card sharp hand shadows. The week’s vaudeville lineup includes renowned artists and a strong stage program.
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