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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1913
Page
8
Boston Theatre runs The Whip to packed houses as audiences praise the charming love story, exciting episodes, and a well balanced cast with realistic scenic effects.
The Tremont Temple shows the motion picture of Victor Hugo's story in its final week. Performances on Wednesday and Thursday evenings will be omitted.
An advertisement touts Zemo as instant relief for itching eczema and related skin conditions with a money back guarantee. It promotes a 26 cent sealed bottle sold by E W Rose Medicine Co and lists retailers including Landau Cloak and Suit Co. and Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston.
An old advertisement presents Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo as easy to apply hair care products. It touts glossy, soft hair, odor control, and scalp cleanliness, with money back guarantees. Sold at Rexall Stores and Liggett’s with a wide network in the US, Canada, and Britain.
Maude Adams revived Peter Pan at Hollis Street Theatre for a week in Boston with an able company. The audience filled the house with hearty applause as Adams delivered a spirited performance from start to finish, drawing cheers for her portrayal and for the moment urging audience to prove belief in fairies.
Public notice-style health warning extols rad Salts as a safe, inexpensive remedy to flush and activate sluggish kidneys. It claims benefits such as easing backache, headaches, bladder issues, and overall kidney health, recommending four ounces of rad Salts in water before breakfast for several days.
Robert Ballard of Mansfield, Pa describes an attack of grippe that settled in his kidneys and bladder, leaving him unable to work for two months. After trials without relief, he used Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root and says it restored his health and allowed him to return to work. Notarized statement dated May 7, 1912.
A promotional letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York offers a sample bottle of Swamp Root for ten cents and includes a booklet about kidneys and bladder. The notice advises mentioning the Boston Daily Post and notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes available at all drug stores.
Mme Nazimova will perform Bella Donna at Hollis Thanksgiving week. The four act dramatization adapts the Robert Hichens novel and follows Peter Pan with new leading role.
The dy of the Slipper was staged to a full Colonial Theatre last night in Boston. Stars Montgomery and Stone led the production with high audience enthusiasm as Miss Janis shared the honors. The comedy drew laughter and demand for more, signaling strong reception for the new spectacle.
Majestic Theatre continues crowded shows of Bought and Paid For a drama on marriage with real life tensions. Sixth week opens last evening and matinee tickets for $1 are promising. Harvard Yale football night and Thanksgiving performances are on sale. The play’s climactic scene is praised as immense and intensely human.
The final two weeks of The Honey moon Express opened at the Shubert Theatre with Al Jolson in command of the merriment. The crowd filled the house for a high spirited show praised as a top Winter Garden production. Jolson impresses with impromptu humor and audience driven song choices from a 50 song repertoire. Other clever performers include Melville Ellis Ada Lewis Juliette Dika Ray Samuels Anna Wheaton Doyle and Dixon Donald McDonald.
Scollay Square Olympia in Boston drew 10 000 yesterday for opening night. Located at Tremont Row and Howard Street it is run by the Olympia chain. It features the first New England theatre organ played by Richard Henry Warren and a program of vaudeville acts and motion pictures.
The Grand Opera House presents the Monte Carlo Girls famed in burlesque and as opera singers. Harry Welch delivers humorous slides while Dale Wilson leads as Lady, Chubby Fairmont and Eva Sullivan perform strong numbers. A 25-voice chorus adds depth. nightly events include rag time, popular song, wrestling, and amateur showcases with officials and referees named.
A Globe Theatre program earns praise for Hap Ward's Pinafore Kid dies' offer and a cast of about 30 juvenile stars delivering a lively operatic performance. Vaudeville and musical numbers follow with acts by Loretta and Budd, Sam Barton, Prince and Deerie, Daly and Thomas, Al Edwards, the Twins, Grapho, George Draper, Thabe Smith, Master Nelson, and others, all well received along with strong pictures.
Dave Marion leads his big company at Charlie Waldron's house with The Land of Impossible a bold new burlesque this season Agnes Behler heads a company of around twenty five dancers Marion as Snuffy the Cabman delivers laughable predicaments with many numbers and standout dancing by Emila Bartholetti who creates a sensation
The Plymouth Theatre is dark this week as Henry Jewett's company rehearses The Broad Highway. Performances are planned for the week of November 2% with the play slated to be staged by the troupe.
Keith's Theatre presents Ida Brooks Hunt in The Singing Countess as part of a varied vaudeville bill. Charles Kellogg the Nature Singer, Ray Cox with The Aeroplane Girl, Castillians the Spanish sculptors, Stan Stanley Trio, Cartmell and Harris, Friend and Lesser, Three Clark Razillians, Harry LL Webb, and the Pathe Weekly. Hunt earns praise for her voice and charm in Boston debut.
Review of the Castle Square Theatre performance of Monte Cristo led by director actor Craig. His portrayal of Edmond Dantes drew two packed audiences who praised his youth poverty and rise to wealth along with an able supporting cast including Miss Olsson as Mercedes and Mr Carleton as Nortier.
Roland West and his Players present Dr Brown as the main feature at the St James Theatre this week. The program includes the Ellis Nowlan Troupe the Dancing Macks Archer and Belford Orietta and Taylor and Mimico in a varied bill.
James Grady and his company present The Tall Bridge as the headliner at Loew's Orpheum this week. The Dill bill features Techow's cats, Al and Fannie Steadman, Russelly's man pikins, Frances Lettan, Nason and Halliday, and Kinzo in supporting acts.
An old fashioned 10 cent Cascarets ad urges regular bowel relief for those past fifty, comparing aging bowels to muscles and claiming Cascarets offer a natural, daily tonic. It asserts the product works while you sleep and costs only 10 cents per box at any drug store.
A Brooklyn testimonial claims Eckman's Alterative restored health from lung trouble enabling insurance acceptance. The writer describes relief from night sweats and cough, weight gain to 142 pounds, and medical clearance, urging others with throat and lung affections to try the remedy. The ad touts safety and nonaddictive ingredients and notes availability from leading organizations.
In Boston the Howard Atheneum stage delivers high satisfaction with Blanche Baird and her burlesquers led by Miss Baird, famed as The Tailor Made Maid. Eddie Dale charms patrons while burlettas burst with lively action and singing. Vaudeville acts by G. E. Lothrop Jr. and the Five Mowatts, Taylor Trio, Lulu Coates, Keene and Johnson, De Pace Trio, McNaughton brothers, Joe Parke, and McNally elicit strong responses from a lively audience.
A novelty show at the Gaiety Theatre features Miss Hill in the title role with a chorus of performers. The plot follows a Lusitania setting where a chorus girl is caught in a smuggling scheme with her gambler brother. A detective, drug clerk, Italian peasant girl, and many others mix in a humorous stage tale.
A health ad claims thin men and women cannot gain weight due to poor assimilation. It urges cutting out certain foods and using Sargol tablets, promising 5 to 8 pounds of solid fat in two weeks and 10 to 25 pounds monthly for some, with guaranteed weight increase or money back.
Advert says to save by making Mentho-Laxene cough syrup at home. It promotes buying concentrated essence, mixing with sugar syrup, and claims guaranteed effectiveness and refund option. Lists uses for coughs colds and pneumonia prevention and warns against expensive patent medicines.
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents a major weekly show featuring the Fourteen Boys in Blue military demonstration with Gatling gun drills and a wall scaling display. The program also includes a three reel Humanity, vaudeville acts Stevenson and Nugent The Stage Hand Throwing Takers Murphy and Andrews Jack and Foris European acrobats Jack Marshall The Old Miser Harriet Herbert Dave Manley and a lineup of song contests dances and cabaret features across the week.
The National Theatre offers a varied vaudeville program headlined by Madden and Fitz- Patrick in The Wanderer a skit praised for laughs. Harry Breen Hussey and Lee The Youngers and Tom Kyle troupe with The Dock tored Widow plus Dorothy Kenton The American Banjo Girl appear with new numbers and songs to entertain audiences.
Archie Onri and his company performed difficult juggling routines while Charlie Donovan sang "Down in Chattanooga, Tennessee." Women secured souvenirs with evident satisfaction, maintaining the usual post‑show ritual.
Waldorf Miller of New Rochelle, 19, who suffered a broken neck diving into shallow water over two years ago, died today from stomach trouble. He had recently regained some mobility and left his wheelchair briefly, after showing signs of recovery. His brother also suffered a broken neck in a prior accident, dying ten days later.
Washington date notes observance of Tuberculosis Day on December 7 as a nationwide effort. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis began the annual focus four years ago and has since expanded public awareness and action in the fight against the disease.
Friends of bantamweight champion Johnny Coulon were reassured as a letter arrived stating he would continue hunting in the Canadian wilds for another month following fears of harm during the recent storm on the Great Lakes.
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