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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
14
An advertisement promotes Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment providing quick relief for rheumatism bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion lumbago and general pains. It claims doctor and nurse endorsements and lists 25c 50c and hospital size jars.
Advert claims Plant Juice relieves indigestion and sour stomach by aiding digestion and liver function. It cites H D Bullock of Boston praising improvements after ten days, and notes a Plant Juice representative at Houghton & Dutton explaining the remedy to locals.
The Wilbur Theatre opened its current season with the debut in this city of The Cinderella Man. Shelly Hull stars as the title hero delivering a faithful portrait of the aspiring poet. Phoebe Foster portrays the Princess in the production.
Mary T Goldman promotes a gray hair color restorer claiming quick, safe restoration to original color in days. The ad invites a free trial, promises fluffy natural results, and warns imitators while listing price and direct ordering from Goldman in St. Paul Minnesota.
Philadelphia woman tells how four years of worsening female troubles including cramps and side pains were relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She says four doses started improvement and three bottles completed her cure, enabling publication of her letter.
For years Dr Kilmer Swamp Root has been a doctor prescription kidney liver and bladder remedy. It strengthens kidneys and helps them do nature’s work. The product has stood the test of time and is sold by druggists. Send 10 cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
An article touts mercurized wax as a superior skin care method, claiming it clears pores and exfoliates dead skin to reveal healthier beneath. It asserts results in less than a fort night with daily use and offers a formula using powdered saxon and hazel for wrinkle removal.
The article praises a Plymouth presentation of Irving Cobb’s Back Home with a saccharine but saved role for the mother character played by Miss eee. Frank Bacon delivers a clever antiquated butler performance and other male leads show capable work. Bostonians will enjoy The Cinderella Man for its charm and poetic delight, with an engagement that is out of date.
The T. F. Thomas Musical Comedy Company performed yesterday at Bowdoin Square Theatre to delighted patrons. Charley Neal in Celtic role drew laughs while Ruth King and the Haskell and McLain sisters received praise. The program featured vaudeville acts, film selections including Secret Love and The Shielding Shadow, and noted aerialist Romaine.
The Boston Theatre opens with Behind the Screen guiding audiences through motion picture making. The six part romance The Conquest of Canaan stars Edith Taliaferro with Jack Sherrill. he appears post show to discuss film experiences. Also shown The Yellow Menace. Vaudeville features include A Ragtime Soldier and a Boston Theatre topical review with the Symphony under Charles Frank.
Miss Alice Brady appeared in person at the Park Theatre with the leading role in Bought and Paid For and in The Beloved Vagabond. Mary Pickford's Friend was shown as a special drama while Edwin Arden acted in a Pathe photo-play. Miss Helen Smith earned immediate acclaim and William A. Krauth led the Symphony with another set of popular overtures.
Sardou drama Diplomacy presented by Henry Jewett Players at the Copley Theatre last night with Lionel Glenister as Henry Beauclerc and Leon Gordon as Algie Fairfax among a cast including Fred Permain Baron Stein Leonard Craske Count Orloff Cameron Matthews Julian Beauclerc Arthur Dennis M Stefani Gwladys Morris Comtessa Zicka Isabel Merson Marquise de Roi Zares Beatrice Miller Jessamine Newcombe and Elizabeth Merson as Mion.
A vintage advertisement claims California Syrup of Figs cures a sick, cross, or feverish child by cleansing the liver and bowels. It extols the product as harmless and loved by children, noting directions on the bottle and urging readers to buy a 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
French star Madame Sarah Bernhardt arrives in Boston for a farewell visit and opens a week at the Hollis with unprecedented enthusiasm. The fashionable audience fills the house and rises en masse at the curtain in a display likened to royalty, signaling a historic reception.
The program featured The Death of Cleopatra L Holocauste Peace at Home and From The Theatre to The Field of Honor with Mme Bernhardt performing and praised for grace and mastery despite recent afflictions. Also highlighted were Jean Angelo Charlotte the skater and Sousa’s band in a vast stage spectacle with elaborate costumes, dance, and visual effects.
Owen Moore and Marguerite Courtot star in The Kiss at Fenway alongside Fox's The Straight Way with Valeska Suratt. Mme Calvert performs new songs. Beginning Thursday Ann Pennington appears in The Rainbow Princess and Fannie Ward in The Cheat.
The Gordon's Olympia Theatre week begins with the Fredowsky troupe Three Vagrants The Jolly Rounders Pierce and Burke and Hec tor's animals. In the program Mme Petrova in Extravagance Mae Murray in The Flower Girl and Charlie Chaplin in Behind the Scenes.
The Majestic Theatre in Davis Square hosted a revival by the Somerville Players of The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary last night. Cast includes Margaret Lotus, Betty Barnicoat, Grace Fox, G Swayne Gordon, William Townshend, Edwin Baily, Hardie Meakin and others.
The Birth of a Nation continued at the Grand Opera House yesterday with two performances daily, at 2 p m and 8 p m, signaling strong audience turnout for the second week.
A lively Boston Opera House program dazzled audiences with dance burlesque music vaudeville Sousa band and skaters. The evening blended performance forms in a joyous seamless sequence, delivering crowd-pleasing entertainment from start to finish.
The New Beacon Theatre presents four features this week including Charlie Chaplin in Behind the Scenes and Fannie Ward in Witchcraft. Dorothy Kelley and James Morrison star in Wheels of Justice, a Vitagraph masterpiece, and The Shielding Shadow's seventh episode. Gail Kane appears in The Scarlet Oath on Thursday to Saturday, with Owen Moore and Marguerite Courtot in The Kiss and Earle Williams in The Scarlet Runner episode No. 7.
The Shubert Theatre opened its second week with Al Jolson in Robinson Crusoe Jr drawing a full house last evening despite stiff city competition. The cast includes Lawrence D'Orsay Claude Flemming Mabel Withee Kitty Doner and a large chorus of scantily clad dancers.
Somerville Theatre reports Anna Held begins a second week in the musical Follow Me at the Majestic Theatre with Lew Fields slated to appear next week in Step This Way.
Doctors including Geo Richardson Anna Holmes and Ira Gabbert hail D D D as a near specific for eczema and psoriasis. Ads urge readers to try the soothing liquid with money back guarantee and offer free trial bottles from D D D Laboratories in Chicago.
At Tremont Theatre a revival of The Professor's Love Story by George Arliss drew praise for his portrayal of Professor Goodwillie and for the strong supporting cast led by Margery Maude Ethel Dane and Mollie Pearson. The comedy follows an electrician who falls in love with his secretary and regains youth in thought in a single day.
Yesterday the Orpheum Theatre presented A Whirl of Song and Dance with acts by the Phillippi Four Harry Rose Bernard and Meyers Seymour and Seymour Chadwick and Taylor and the Three Wille Brothers. The photo section was led by Charlie Chaplin in Behind the Scenes and showed Pathe news and the Dorothy Gish feature Atta Boys Last Race. The entire bill will be changed on Thursday.
St James Theatre presents Bryan Lee and company in Molly Bawn with Marie Russell as a top act. The lineup includes Handis and Millis, the Three Karareses, Pathe news, Charlie Chaplin Behind the Scenes, and A Stranger From Somewhere. Gaiety Theatre offers Bowery Burlesquers led by Billy Foster and Frank Harcourt with a strong supporting cast.
The Colonial Theatre enters the third week of the Sybil engagement led by Julia Sanderson Donald Brian and Joseph Cawthorne drawing a wildly enthusiastic audience last night.
B F Keiths Theatre presents George White and Lucille Cavanagh with elaborate original dances and scenery by Joseph Urban. Acts include The Army and Navy Hawaiian Humoresque and Indian war dance. Beatrice Herford Robert T. Haines Tom Smith Ralph Austin Harry Tighe Sylvia Jason plus flying acts Saxo Sextette and Danube Quartette. Hearst International News Pictorial screens world events.
The Waldron's Casino week features Sam Howe as star and producer in the revue A Wife in Every Part with Eva Mull Harry B Bowen and Dee Loretta in key numbers. The production travels the world with lavish stage pictures and costumes drawing praise for scenery and fashion.
For the week ending Wednesday Exeter Street Theatre presents Douglas Fairbanks in Manhattan Madness and Marguerite Clayton with Bryant Washburn in The Prince of Graystark. Sidney Drew comedies and cartoons close the programme. Thursday onward Lionel Barrymore stars in The Brand of Coward with Gail Kane in The Scarlet Oath, Burton Holmes travel views and Bray Cartoons accompany the lineup.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne headline In the Diplomatic Service with Norma Talmadge in Fifty Fifty. H B Warner stars in The Vagabond Prince and Maurice Costello in The Crimson Stain Mystery across Thursday to Saturday.
The Scollay Square Olympia showed Ten Dark Knights Putnam and Lewis The Vanishing Necklace Jorge and Hamilton Cummin Seehan in addition Virginia Pearson in The War Bride's Secret Owen Moore Marguerite Courtot in The Kiss and Charlie Chaplin in Behind the Scenes.
The Castle Square Theatre staged That Other Woman last night with Helena Claire Benedit headlining as Ellen Stowe and delivering a strong performance beside an excellent cast.
The Howard Atheneum presents a live burlesque program by the American Burlesquers led by Harry Welsh with a slide routine. Vic Dayton as Lota Class drew praise, and a cast including Hughy Bernard Babe Burnett Marie Mann Bobby Vail Billy Barnes Sam Green topped a continuous vaudeville bill.
Globe Theatre continues showing Mary Pickford in Less Than Dust as the featured photo play. Other Dramatic News appears on Page 3 with additional listings and notes.
Claiming Boston residents suffer from uric acid crystals in kidneys Urico is advertised as a dissolving remedy that clears the kidneys and joints Improve blood flow and relieve rheumatic pains quickly Urico Co. offers a ten cent trial by mail from Binghamton NY
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