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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
7
A stout man offers his seat to a lady on a Heights streetcar but the vehicle brakes suddenly after a collision with an ice wagon. The fat man endures jeers as he tries to move aside while the lady exits at the next stop. A second anecdote explains Mr Smartman’s love of figures leading to a church fair miscalculation.
An 19th century style ad passage mocks the proliferation of patent medicine claims. It asserts six decades of honesty from J. C. Ayer Company and urges readers to seek refunds from druggists. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and other tonics are named amid cautionary tone about medicine labels.
A narrator recalls how she mocked her mother's sentimentalism by reading a forged love letter from "Will" supposedly addressed to Charley. The plot escalates as the mother reacts fiercely, exposing generational gaps in romance and propriety.
A Chicago Post quotation recalls a son who "stands at the head in college athletics" and is noted as a first-class street car acrobat at home reflecting on parental expectations and early skill development.
A quoted exchange from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph shows Mr Northside proposing to turn his campaign speeches into a book. Ane Wililug et responds that this is a spellbindery, signaling a literary framing of political discourse.
A humorous exchange from the Indianapolis Sun revolves around a tease about love and fortune telling. Barbary asks if it is love at first sight while Horace quips it is second sight because she is a medium.
A fragment from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph and Washington Star presents two brief dialogues. Dinwiddie questions Dinwiddie about an accident while riding a bicycle and Van Braam admits unconsciousness occurred after leaving the saddle. The Washington Star quotes a stock predictor describing his method to gamble on stocks.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note jokes about Lieutenant Hobson shaving his mustache, suggesting that girls welcoming him home will find kissing a hero no longer ticklish. The remark hints at playful hero worship and light gossip about a WWI naval figure.
Monday saw major debuts as stars opened seasons in new pieces. At Daly's New York San Toy and David Harum led the way while Washington Buffalo and Montreal hosts featured Grace George Mary Mannering Anna Held and other stars in varied productions. Don John of Austria’s history is recounted in The Palace of the King with Viola Allen, as audiences anticipate a strong week of theater activity.
The Poston presentation of The Choir Invisible played at Park Theatre last evening. Sothern shines in Hamlet at Hollis amid strong audience response and demand for cats. The Cadet Girl at Columbia exceeds promises. Windname Butterfly contrasts Naughty Anthony at Museum with Vederle Bergere praised in latter. O'Neil's Monte Cristo at Boston Theatre draws large, steady crowds. Anna Held ends Tremont engagement Saturday. Crace George debuts Monday in Her Majesty. Bertha Sewing Machine Girl renews popularity at Lowdoin Square with stock company. Sher returns in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Grand Opera House with his dual role.
The Boston Post invites amateur and professional photographers to submit pictures with titles and contestant details. Weekly cash prizes of 10 5 and 3 dollars will be awarded for photos with news value and human interest. Submissions should note circumstances and participants.
At the Park Theatre last night The Choir Invisible a dramatization of James Lane Allen's novel opened with Henry Jewett as John Gray Frances Hastings the playwright wife of Jewett adapted the work into a psychological staged as a metaphysical study The cast also included Judith Hathaway as Mrs Falconer and W J LeMoyne as Parson Moore Critics praised the acting and atmosphere noting Jewett's strong performance and Hastings successful handling of the source material
Epigrammatic performance earns high marks for lead and ensemble. Cast includes Gertrude Bennett Mabel Dixey William Hazeltine T J McGrane George Woodward Walt Hitchcock Sarah Sumner and Sarah French. Scenery and specially composed incidental music by William Lyman Johnson enhance sentiment. Jewett thanks audience after third act. production booked until further notice.
Ten thousand attendees, about 36 pianos and a near 10 piece band filled the Merchants and Manufacturers Twentieth Century Exposition. Visitors collected shoe polish, rubber hose, popcorn, doughnuts, and corn salve as exhibitors packed booths. A weight guessing booth drew big crowds before a clever girl revealed concealed weights, shocking the guesser.
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