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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1918
Page
5
Ethel Barrymore returned to Boston after a long absence to star in a new comedy at Hollis titled An Off Chance. A large fashionable audience greeted her with remarkable applause and frequent curtain calls recognizing her work.
R C Carton’s new play An Off Chance centers on upper class English figures and a mock elopement scheme that rekindles a duke’s romance. Miss Barrymore returns to light comedy delivering sharp, likable lines while Ben Johnson shines in the key American role amid a well chosen company.
The Sacred Cow Fund ends tonight after raising over 500 to buy two sacred cows from India for the Boston area project. The collection supports a purchase from Morris Gest and includes a special “luxuries” fund for cow treats. A public presentation at Franklin Park with the Chu Chin Chow company is planned, followed by a visit to the zoo and a pen built in front of the elephant house. The fund totals include many distant donors and lists of contributors.
Advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims rapid kidney improvement, herbal composition, and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample by writing to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton, NY, noting to mention the Boston Daily Post.
President Julia O Connor Miss Mary Mahoney and Miss May will lead the Boston Telephone Operators Union to Washington for a conference with authorities on 1919 work conditions. Local officials say they lack authority to make changes and the current agreement expires on December 31.
A letter to the Post warns against solicitors using the society’s name to push contracts for biographical speeches with portraits priced at 250 to 400 dollars. The society says it has no connection or agents for such work and notes council direction from Edward Stanwood.
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