The Blue Mouse at Globe Theatre Sparks Laughter
Review lauds Clyde Fitch farce The Blue Mouse at Globe Theatre praising the clever plotting and standout cast led by Miss Barrison Harry Conor Zelda Sears Hall McAllister and others. The show draws big crowds for three weeks and is expected to continue strong.
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Globe Theatre
Clyde Fitch
Fitch
Miss Barrison
Comediennes
Harry Conor
Zelda Sears
Hall McAllister
Boston Theatre Cheers for Three Twins Entrancing Cast
The Boston Theatre draws a large crowd for the production Three Twins. Clifton Crawford and Bessie McCoy deliver comic appeal while Gaines presents notable novelties including a moonlight maneuver, the Faceograph with a chorus face, the triangular Yama men, dancing chairs, and a human coach.
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Boston
Clifton Crawford
Gaines
Bessie McCoy
Elsie Janis Stars in Ade Comedy at Colonial Theater
The second week of Elsie Janis as The College Widow style revival opened at the Colonial Theater last evening. The cast delivers brisk repartee and steady humor as the satire of college life plays out. The audience greeted the return with hearty acclaim, signaling a repeat of prior city success.
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Elsie Janis
George Ade
Th Colonial Theatre
Athets
Steubertville
Ade
Janis
Boston
Bachelor's Honeymoon at Castle Square Theatre Delights Audiences
The Castle Square Theatre presents Bachelor's Honeymoon a fast moving farce about Benjamin Bachelor a widower aiming to remarry despite family opposition. The John Craig stock company delivers strong humor with Benjamins wife chasing maidservant roles and a cast noted for laughs. Next week The College Widow follows.
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Castle Square
John Craig Stock Company
Benjamin Bachelor
Miss Arbuckle
June Joyce
Olympic Theatre
Theodore Friehus
Ludwig Schwartz
Donald Meek
Stephen Howston
George Hassell
Bachelor-Wilower
Miss Binley
Mary Young
Mr. Craig
George Ade
Sensational acts at the Dill Theatre Palace Week
The Dill at the Palace Theatre features George Georgalas famed for hitting small objects in a wondrous shooting act. Shorey and Cambpell present One New Year’s Eve as a clever offering along with Rostron brothers’ comedy boxing. Alabama trio brings mirth and melody. Those Two College Boys with a strong pianologue. Baker and Evarts premiere a Hebrew sketch. Top pictures include The Prodigal Son The Warrior's Sacrifice Vampires of the Coast and An Unusual Elopement.
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New Palace Theatre
George Georgalas
Shorey
Cambpell
Rostron Brothers
Alabama
Fred Irwins Majesties Performs A Runaway Hit
Fred Irwins Majesties returned with a strong roster including Gus Fay Joseph Hollander Billy Smythe Roy Cummings Florence Bennett Marie Hartman Edith Hollander Marie Revere Adele Meredith Marie Melville and Magda Dahl the great American nightingale. The Affair of Honor staged by two women excites audiences while the prison scene with moving picture snow effects of convicts escaping draws praise. Grand operatic choruses feature gems from Trovatore and Cavalleria Rusticana in a sensational program.
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Fred Irwin
Majesties
Gus Fay
Joseph Hollander
Billy Smythe
Roy Cummings
Florence Bennett
Marie Hartman
Edith Hollander
Marie Revere
Adele Merideth
Marie Melville
Magda Dahl
Flight For Liberty
Trovatore
Cavalleria Rusticana
Premier programme at Casey theatre this week
Talking pictures receive favor with Leather Stocking The Culture of Tea and From Cabin Boy to King listed among films. Lillian Melcher Esther Ray Frank Miles Annett La Vine Loud and Cummings Schaffer and Beasley perform musical numbers. A change of programme will be given Thursday.
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Casey Theatre
J. Fenimore Cooper
Lillian Melcher
Esther Ray
Frank Miles
Annett la Vine
Loud and Cummings
Schaffer
Beasley
Grace George stars in A Woman's Way at Hollis Street Theatre
The first week of Grace George's appearance at Hollis Street Theatre draws a large audience as the second and final week opens. The production showcases wit and charm as a modern life problem is deftly handled. Cast includes C Aubrey Smith, Jack Standing, Carolyn Kenyon and others. Box office sales begin at 8 am for Lillian Russell in The Widow's Might, Edmund Day's bright new comedy.
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Grace George
Hollis Street
Miss George
C. Aubrey Smith
Jack Standing
Oliver Whitney
Carolyn Kenyon
Elizabeth Blakemore
Lillian Russell
Edmund Day
Tremont Theatre Presents The Love Cure Charm in Boston
The Love Cure at the Tremont earns praise as a sweeter comic opera. Lina Abarbanell Charles J. Ross Craig Campbell Christine Nielsen lead a distinguished cast in a delightful, painstaking performance. The show, based on a story famed with David Garrick, enjoyed a long New York run and delights both young and old.
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Boston
Tremont
David Garrick
Mr. Savage
Lina Abarbanell
Charles J. Ross
Craig Campbell
Christine Nielsen
Harry Hyde
Alfie Hosmer
New York
Broadway After Dark at Grand Opera House
Harry Fields stars in A. H. Wood melodrama Broadway After Dark at the Grand Opera House this week. The plot follows a villain seeking a cousin’s fortune and a hero thwarting his schemes with scenes from opium joints cafes and theatres and includes the Broadway Athletic Club and an uptown restaurant.
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Harry Fields
A. H. Wood
Grand Opera House
Mr. Wood
New York
Broadway Athletic Club
Iields
Abe Slitz
Austin Stone's curio hall features Myrtle Corbin four-legged woman
Crowds flocked to Austin & Stone's museum yesterday to see Myrtle Corbin of Texas, a two-bodied four-legged woman. Also billed were Fielding the underwater man fish, Prince Mungo from cannibal islands, lightning artist Hunter, and a stage lineup including La Page Collis, Colby and Hale, Warren and Mallory, Tom Bullock, and the duo Van Etta and Keane with Manhattan girls.
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Myrtle Corbin
Texas
Curio
Austin & Stone
Fielding
Prince Mungo
Hunter
la Page Collis
Colby and
Hale
Warren
Mallory
Tom Bullock
Frank van Etta
Ed Keane
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Free Trial for Piles
Advertisement urges readers to mail name and address for a free Pyramid Pile Cure trial, claiming quick relief from piles without surgery. It states a 50 cent later purchase at drug stores, asserts reducing inflammation and curing itching ulcers and congestion.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
A Gentleman from Mississippi Dominates Park Theatre Run
The comedy by Thomas A. Wise and Douglas Fairbanks has held seven weeks at Park Theatre and draws strong crowds for the eighth night. Wise charms as the old senator while Fairbanks impresses with a younger vivacity in rapid, cyclonic scenes. The Boston season marks it as a notable engagement.
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Mississippi
Thomas A. Wise
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr. Wise
Mr. Fairbanks
Columbia Theatre Presents Costly Burlesque Night
The Columbia Theatre offered a lavish burlesque show headlined by Battling Nelson in a three round bout with film of the Nelson Hyland fight. The Sam T. Jack review praised Abe Leavitt and Eddie Barto for clean comedy. Tomorrow Willoughby and Anderson clash. Friday features amateur performers and a showcase of pretty girls.
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Farren
Columbia
Battling Nelson
Sam T. Jack
Teddy
Walter Willoughby
Cleveland
Carl Anderson
M Harvard
The Heart of a Hero at Bowdoin Square Theatre
A Boston debut at Bowdoin Square Theatre presents The Heart of a Hero about a brother’s love for a wayward sister. The cast, led by Frederick Van Rensselaer and Edytha Ketchum, delivers strong performances with James Barrett as the villain and Harry Brooks as the old miser. The program includes the sensational picture Drink to follow next week.
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Boston
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Frederick van Rensselaer
Edytha Ketchum
James Barrett
Harry Brooks
Harry Humphrey
Hal Brown
Tommy Shearer
Florence Hale
Beatrice Turner
Hub Theatre Week Pushes Records With Buckley & Martin
Hub Theatre again sets weekly record as Miles brothers keep standard across moving pictures and vaudeville. Feature Buckley and Martin present a Busy Manager for the week with Kichi Hashimoto a Japanese novelty act and Beverly and Barnes appearing first three days. Miss Gertrude Fitzgerald and Mr Leo Ryan supply illustrated songs.
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Hub
Miles Brothers
Buckley & Martin Company
Kichi Hashimoto
Beverly and Barnes
Gertrude Fitzgerald
Leo Ryan
Cause of Baldness and Dandruff Reveals Hair Health
The article claims dandruff and dirt cause most baldness and scalp ills. It urges weekly washing with a specialized product, Birt's Head Wash, over common soaps. The ad lists ingredients and price, urging reader inquiry to doctors.
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Birt
Rose of Algi ria closes Boston run at Majestic Theatre
Lew Fields presents The Rose of Algi ria at the Majestic Theatre in Boston closing week. Victor Herbert provides distinctive musical numbers, with strong principals and chorus. Glen Mc Donough's book Ned Wayburn's staging and lavish scenery and costumes highlight Oriental setting. Tickets go on sale Thursday for Viola Allen in The White Sister starting next Monday with matinees and Thanksgiving performances.
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Majestic Theatre
Lew Fields
Algeria
Boston
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Glen McDonough
Ned Wayburn
Viola Allen
Miss Allen
F. Marion Crawford
Walter Braggett
Scenic Temple draws crowds for varied stage show
Crowded afternoon and evening performances at Scenic Temple featured Lee Tong Foo the sole Chinese entertainer in England Ned Dandy the monologist Miss Allis Vivian touted as England's cyclonic comedienne Ira Kessner the tenor and Arthur Ireland the youthful soprano delivering strong encores. Moving pictures complemented a high quality program.
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Lee Tong Foo
Engish
Ned Dandy
Scenic Temple
Allis Vivian
England
Ira Kessner
Arthur Ireland
Grace Van Studdiford Granted Divorce
Grace Van Studdiford, the singer, was granted a divorce today by the Circuit Court of St. Louis county from Charles Van Studdiford. She cited non support and desertion in the filing.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Grace van Studdiford
Circuit Court of
St. Louis County
Charles van Studdiford
St. Louis
van Studdiford
Keith's Theatre Presents A Varied Bill Of Acts This Week
Keith's Theatre hosts Sam Mahoney performing a unique English Channel style swim among floating ice cakes and a polar ice scene. Willard Simms and company headline The Paper Hanger with noted laughs. Other acts include My Friend From Home and When Caeser C's Her skits, Yvette Guilbert singing, Spissel Brothers, Geiger and Walters musicians, and the Dixie Serenaders.
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Keith's
Sam Mahoney
English Channel
Willard Simms
Yvétte Guilbert
Spissel Brothers
Geiger and Walters
Dixie Serenaders
Frolicsome Lambs Delight Howard Atheneum Audiences
The Frolicsome Lambs at the Howard Atheneum presented A Mayor's Vacation with Mike Kelly as lead comic. Gertrude Fiske and May Belmont drew praise, Alma Burman featured, and the five Mankichi Japs offered an acrobatic barrel toss.
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the Howard
Alma Burman
Frank Chick
Quigg
Nickerson
Jay Hunt
Franccelli
Lewis
Deane
Sibley
Lemuels
Clyto
Sylvester
Reeves and
Dick and
Dolly
Notable names appear in long bill for evening’s show
Barry stands out for clever contributions with Clarice the instrumental girl Cecile Oterita chic comedienne Harry Pearce the man with the pota to and Dorothy Randall singing comedienne completing the entertainment
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Barry
Clarice
Cecile Oterita
Chic Comedienne
Harry Pearce
Dorothy Randall
1872 Boston fire anniversary reported
The 87th anniversary recalls the November 9 1872 blaze that began at 7 20 p m and destroyed property worth 80 million dollars. Thirteen people were killed and sixteen were badly injured in the disaster.
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Boston
Cooper's Followers Promoting Health Based on Stomach Theory
A wide following supports L T Cooper and his stomach based health theory and medicine as he tours major cities. A Atlantic City woman reports decades of indigestion nerve pain and hemorrhoids improving after using Cooper's New Discovery, saying she now eats normally and sleeps without distress. The note claims the remedy is available at all druggists.
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Dusal Chem. Co
29Th St
Oda
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
Nettie C. Harris
S. South Carolina Avenue
Atlantic City
N. J
Ursuline Sisters Endorse Father John’s Medicine for Colds
The Ursuline Sisters of Waterville Maine praise Father John’s Medicine as a safe cure for colds throat and bronchial trouble noting a patient recovered voice after three bottles. They warn against opium morphine or addictive cough cures and claim fifty years of use.
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Ursuline Sisters of
Waterville
Father John
Ursuline Sisters
Ursuline Convent
John
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Gaiety Theatre
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City and
Harry Stuckley
Columbia Theatre
HUB Theatre
Keith’s Theatre
Howard Atheneum
James Crichton Browne
Ll.d
F.R.S
Bensdorp
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
Eng
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Ward
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Vv Pou
Stitt
Big
Plummer’s
Washington St
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Magee
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Summer Street
London
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