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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1922
Page
13
With most towns reporting, Gaston gains 696 in the Lodge Gas ton contest. Final counts show Gaston 411 830 against Lodge 406 111 in recounts and 410 916 to 404 501 in press returns, the Lodge lead could be 7827 if unchanged. Rome time standard adopted in 28 B C.
Mrs. Nellie Cavanaugh of Bath Missouri details severe weakness after influenza. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength appetite and sleep and urges others with poor digestion or appetite to try a sixty cent box and request a free diet book from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady New York
Harry Hastings presents Knick Knacks at the Gayety Theatre with Silk Stocking Revue of Up and Down Broadway. Frank X. Silk Kitty Warren star as main comic duo aided by Dick Hulse. Spectacular scenes include Royal George with Hiawatha singing and Indian maids, Fountain of Youth, Honeymooning, Whistle Beneath Your Windows and Black-face comedy by Kenneth Christy.
Waldrons Casino opened Chuckles of 1923 with vaudeville and motion pictures. Leads Cliff Bragdon and Howard Morrissey kept audiences laughing, while Longon Oxford Girls and the Ec lair Twins provided dance and stage acts. Billy Wells at the piano accompanied the twins, and Emmett Baker and his Saxophone Sextet added jazz highlights. Elaine Beasley and Betty Burnett led the ensemble with charm and talent.
A 2:30 pm benefit show at the Colonial Theatre features top performers from Boston including W C Fields Paul Whiteman's Palais Royal Orchestra and Eddie Cantor as master of ceremonies Proceeds aid ex service men in hospitals with Thanksgiving and Christmas comforts and gifts under Community Service Inc and the Association of Theatre Managers.
The Orpheum Theatre screened Trifling Women yesterday as part of a vaudeville bill including C. Wesley Johnson & Company Archer & Belford Raymond & Stern Miller Packer & Selz and others. Buster Keaton starred in Frozen North with a late newsreel completing the programme.
The Modern and Beacon theatres present Till We See Again a slow moving melodrama about crooks and a runaway heiress in peril. The Sin Flood follows a deadly underground cafe flood with ten men and a girl facing death and betrayal. Buster Keaton stars in The Frozen North a humorous Royal Mounted Police spoof.
Maurice Tourneur directs the Lorna Doone photo play at Olympia with Madge Bellamy John Bowers and Frank Keeran in key roles. Villainy by Jack McDonald and Donald McDonald stands out. The program also features The Frozen North with Buster Keaton and vaudeville acts June and Irene Melba Annette The Subway Whalen and McShane and the Three Lordens.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre screens Queen of Sheba starring Betty Blythe, praised for her rare charm in a passionate romance. Tom Mix in Do and Dare delivers 100 stunts with Tony the horse. Serial Speed features Charles Hutchison as well. Vaudeville includes Hill's Comedy Circus and The Lost Partner. Bargain features Friday night. Next week Orphans of the Storm shown.
The Rev. J. Corrigan of Boston College told Boston teachers at the Public Library that lack of education in personal and moral habits in schools promotes juvenile delinquency. He said character building requires habit formation and will, not just memory, and that delinquency reflects society’s failures to guide youth toward self-government.
Federal Judge Morton denied naturalization to 179 aliens who claimed wartime military service exemptions on the grounds they were not citizens. Most petitioners had not filed first papers during the war and only naturalized two years ago.
Gordon's Scollay 5a Olympia presents The Man Who Saw Tomorrow with star Thomas Meighan. The week adds reviews and a new vaudeville bill, offering a mixed program for theatergoers.
The Boston mayor received telegrams flowers and gifts from admirers nationwide for his 48th birthday. He greeted callers in his office and later addressed Wellesley College students with Mrs Curley then attended a theater performance with his family.
At the Howard Theatre this week the Jazz Time Revue delivered lively burlesque with charm and comedy. Notable performers include Charles McNally Nat Busby Viola Bohlen Ethel Bartlett Bessie Palmer James Walters Jack Stave Benny Moore and G E Lothrop presenting vaudeville acts and a film starring Tom Mix in The Fighting Streak.
Somerville Stock Company staged The Meanest Man in the World, a Broadway hit adapted from George M. Cohan. Manager McArdle brought the production, with Harry Bond as the lead and Ann Hamilton as the leading lady, delivering a well-acted performance.
A balanced vaudeville program at Keith's Theatre features the Cansines with old Spain dances, Robert Emmett Keane and Claire Whitney with F B Hersome in The Gossipy Sex, Al Wohlman in a funny monologue, Art Henry and Leah Moore in Es corts Supplied, Lillian Shaw in clever comedy, Arthur Hartley and Helen Patterson in One Night, the Dixie Four singing and dancing, Harry Moore in Paper Manipulator, closing with Mang and Snyder.
The Four Marx Brothers star in a 20th century revue at Shubert Majestic Theatre this week with songs dances and comedy. Al B White Harry Kranz Olga Mishka and Marie Rossi perform alongside the 20th century girls and the finale features William Wilson the Miracle Man.
Review notes a warm reception for Nice People at Gordon's Strand and Central Square Theatres. Listings promise weekly news, daily topics, new comedy, and special musical accompaniment tonight.
Dustin Farnum, famed Western screen star, headlines While Justice Waits a photoplay about a prospector who leaves his wife and child then returns after striking gold. The tale follows temptation, abandonment, reunion, and a father’s sworn vengeance as hero and villain clash. Vaudeville features Howard and Lewis in Do You Like Me plus Buster Keaton in Frozen North.
Trifling Women directed by Ref Ingram screens with strong acting and a Paris plotted tale of Zereda a clairvoyant and her rivals in war time The cast includes Barbara La Marr Ramon Novarro and Edward Connolly Buster Keaton's The Frozen North is shown as the comedy with musi c selections from Fauest
Harold Lloyd stars in Grandma's Boy and The Gray Dawn with Robert McKim Clair Adams and Claire McDowell. G del Castillo's organ recital drew a strong crowd and good reception last night at the Fenway Theatre.
Harold Lloyd stars in Grandma's Boy with Conway Tearle in Skin Deep. Wallace Reid appears in Nice People and Strongheart the wonder dog features in Brawn of the North.
Last night at the St James Theatre George M Cohan presents The Meanest Man In the World a new American comedy. Walter Gilbert shines as the earnest young lawyer supported by Eveta Nudsen who charms as the small town girl. The company includes Mark Kent William Jaffrey Ralph Remley Lucille Adams Houston Richards and others with Charles Hectors orchestra adding popular Cohan tunes. Next week the company repeats Shavings from Joseph C Lincoln’s Cape Cod tale.
Yesterday at the Lancaster Theatre Bessie Love and Gareth Hughes head the Forget-Me-Not bill while Billie Dove and Cullen Landis star in Youth to Youth on the same program. Thursday’s lineup includes Claire Windsor and Richard Dix in Fools First and Anita Stewart in Invisible Fear.
A compact page lists multiple shows including Colonial George continuing, George Opera and The Curse of Drink. Other items include Anna Christie Selwyn It’s a Boy Captain Applejack and The Bat with various venues and dates.
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