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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1895
Page
5
In Convocation Hall the senior class debated mortar boards with the boys led by Mr Evans opposing caps while Miss Small urged wearing them. The motion won by 97 votes, yet follow up actions risk a boycott if all of the class do not agree to wear the mortar boards. Some girls sided with the boys, leaving the issue unsettled.
Archbishop Williams backs the America Memorial Monument Association project to honor the nation’s hymn with a colossal sculpture. The Lyceum League of America joins in promoting state appropriations, with Miss Frances E. Willard and J R Sovereign added as vice presidents. Boston or Washington may host the memorial, with Cyrus Cobb praising the subject and a Cambridge monument link. The Broadway National Bank of Boston handles private donations.
The First Separate Company Connecticut National Guard at New Haven arrives this morning to Boston for a pleasure trip. They will stay at the Tourist Hotel on Beach Street and parade with the Hub Band. A reception, exhibition drill, dress parade, and collation with Boston members follow at the L3 armory on Green and Chardon streets.
The Navy selects Senator Gray’s daughter to christen the Wilmington and Nashville’s sponsor will be Mayor Guild’s daughter of Nashville Tenn The two gunboats will slide from the ways at New port News Shipbuilding on Saturday next marking the second dual launch on a single day following Cramp’s yard debut The Nashville known as gunboat No 4 will launch first then gunboat No 8 the Wilmington will follow
The Morse and Whyte wire workers of Cambridge held their sixth annual ball in Pythian Hall on Saturday evening attended by about one hundred couples. President A Gerry directed the floor with helpers including F Nagle G Anderson J Hynes D Anderson BF Gerry E McKenna R Whittle J Cleary F Maguire W Fisher and J Maguire. Notable costumes included Miss Mamie Hayes Nile green with pearl ornaments Miss Fannie Gerry white satin with point lace Miss Katie Donovan pink silk and Miss Alice Kelly pale blue silk. The evening was a financial and social success with Nap Gauthier rendering vocal selections.
Nashua New Hampshire Oct 14 coroner's jury met and returned a verdict that the infant found in Laton woods died by some cause or means unknown to the jury, indicating a case of child murder.
At Broadway Theatre the Gilbert Carr opera His Excellency received its first American production to a hearty first night. The plot centers on Governor Griffenfell and a ruse involving a disguised regent, with strong praise for Gilbert’s dialogue and solid Mr. Carr score though Sullivan’s influence noted as lacking. Nancy McIntosh and Ellaine Terriss led a strong cast, encores awarded, and the piece heads to Tremont Boston next.
Robert Hilliard began a week at the Park Theatre with The Littlest Girl, an adaptation of Richard Harding Davis’s Her First Appearance, and Lost Twenty-Four Hours a lively Tremayne and Fuller comedy. Hilliard’s Van Bibber and witty asides drew laughs, while the supporting cast, including Grant Stewart and Lillian, impressed in a well-acted program that balanced sentiment and humor.
The review lauds Dacre for grace and dash, with David Swift as a capable second, and Grant Stewart delivering a fine turn as the brother. The supporting cast and staging earn praise, predicting solid audience draw throughout the week.
Spectators fill Hollis Street Theatre for the second week of The Masqueraders. Viola Allen and Henry Miller lead a strong Frohman company with standout turns by William Faversham and Robert Edeson. The week closes with Maria Van, a one act by Sutherland and Fry, featuring Ida Conquest and Edeson in a tailored role.
The regular lyric stock company presented The Mikado last night, Gilbert and Sullivan’s first opera at this house. Arthur Wooley led as the title role with strong support from Thom as H. Persse as Nanki-Poo, William Wolff as Ko-Ko, J. K. Murray as Pooh-Bah, and Clara Lane as Yum-Yum. Miss Kate Davis impressed as Katisha. Edith Mason and Hattie Ladd supported as Pitti-Sing and Peep-Bo. The cast, chorus, scenery, and costumes earned high praise amid a full house.
Popular Andrew Mack stars as Myles Aroon in the Irish drama at the Columbia Theatre. The audience cheered him loudly and several flowers and gifts were given. Kitty Coleman and Millie Sackett received praise for their roles as Maggie Farrell and Nellie Glover. William J. Mason drew laughter as Pat Phelan.
The engagement of The Fatal Card at the Museum enters a new week with expectations of continued patronage. Critics and audiences discuss probabilities and climaxes, praising ingenuity in the plot. The fiftieth Boston production will be on Wednesday October 30 with two performances and elegant souvenirs in both matinee and evening shows.
The seventh week of Burmah began at the Boston Theatre with a large attendance. The production is described as the finest and most elaborate ever on the American stage. It features scenes of Skindles lawn the Em pire Theatre foyer in London a Burmese jungle battle and the interior of St George's Chapel.
This week features the diminutive Rossow brothers in their trademark ludicrous scenes alongside Lydia Yeamans Titus who is enjoying great success here. The long bill includes Ryan and Richfield Apollo Jester the Gehrne sisters Bessie Gilbert Roberta and Dorette Tom Mack Hart and Williams with strong reception from large daily audiences.
The Grand Opera House showcased Robert Buchanan's Alone in London with a South End stock company. Manager Mansfield selections drew large matinee and evening crowds, praised for strong cast and stage effects, notably the sluiceway water scene. Lisle Leigh played Annie Meadows and Nan, with Bartley McCullum directing and Samuel Brooker handling sets.
The cast delivered strong performances with the lead role of John Biddlecomb noted for finish and understanding. Ollie Smith played Paul, Dickie Delano Liz Jenkerson, and Carrie Prior Tom Chickweed as the vaudeville acts featured Le Clair and Leslie with clever Richelieu impersonations. Show runs all week with matinees at 2 and evenings at 7.
Fox and Ward's minstrels join Vergie Victoria's British blondes for a mixed program of minstrelsy burlesque and specialty. Opening night drew praise for strong chorus, varied acts, and standout numbers including The Gay Brummels and Take Back the Engagement Ring. A breezy finale The Marble Venus features many performers led by Helen Chartiers.
The Lyceum Theatre hosted Mana ger Batcheller presented The White Crook drawing crowds yesterday. A Royal Reception opened the program with twenty young ladies in varied costumes performing song and dance. Anna Chance Leslie and Barbier Truehart Kennedy Nellie Franklyn Turner Russell Tim Cronin pieces followed with humor and talent. The closing White Crook in Paris offered songs dances music elaborate scenery and dazzling costumes.
The Howard Atheneum opens its second half century with Harry Morris's Twentieth Century Maids a lively burlesque heavy vaudeville program. Features include Miss Teddy Pasquelena La Dance Chabut and Trilby model waltz with John T Hanson Harry Emerson Annie Carter Leila Trimble Nettie De Coursey Coakley Genaro and Clarice Terry plus George Lothrop adding variety acts.
Yesterday at Austin and Stone’s Place crowds overflowed the venue for exhibitions featuring Banner the wrestling pony Master Leon Morris and his animal acts Tom Hyde the jumper Miles Lolotte Eugenia the French duellists Old Rube the giant snake and a rich vaudeville lineup headlined by the Tuxedo quartet and Bob Winstanley.
At the Grand Museum yesterday Miss Katherine Rober and her company presented Moths to crowded houses both afternoon and evening. Rober's Vere Herbert impressed in her Boston return after several months away, with praise for the supporting cast including J Gordon Edwards Justin Paige Leonard Rowe Florence Mack Nellie Hancock Fuschia Leach Grave Hamilton. The week’s variety was billed as among the strongest seen at the Grand.
McLean and Hall and a list of acts headline this week with ten ex-wives staging a divorced women's convention and sharing tales at each show. Crystal Maze opens at 169 Tremont street drawing Pactonians and 1800 visitors last Saturday despite bad weather. The program also features Queen the necked man, silver haired Albino Birdie Morrell, human pin cushion Leo Block, ventriloquist Junks, Prince Pamohaski, Rosetta monkeys, trained birds, a South American jaguar, and two double troupes Lillie Thompson and Buckley Bryant.
A concert by the Germania Orchestra with Emma Juch as assisting soloist opened the Star course at Music Hall. Emil Mollenhauer conducted a uniformly excellent program with selections leaning away from strict classical form. Judi’s soprano selections drew artistic praise, especially the entrance piece, earning a cordial reception and signaling a brilliant start to the sixteenth season.
The third week at Irving’s theater opens with Nance Oldfield and The Corsican Brothers. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice with Irving as Shylock and Terry as Portia is set for tonight and repeated tomorrow and Saturday matinee. Bowdoin Square hosts In Sight of St Pauls, praised as top among Vane melodramas. Boston Theatre marks Burmah’s fiftieth with a silver souvenir for ladies, amid strong advance seat sales.
Frank Pierrill and Pasquatillo Casquablo, water works employees at Branch, fought a knife duel late Saturday night. Both men sustained multiple cuts seven on Pierrill and five on Casquablo. They were brought to Waterbury Hospital for treatment.
A meeting of the seed and agricultural implement trade at 47 54 North Market Boston on October 12 189... adopted resolutions mourning the death of Senator M B Gilbride and expressing condolences to his family. The group voted to close businesses from 9 to 10 am Monday October 14 and urged members to attend the funeral en masse.
The Davis Sewing Machine Company at 169 Tremont St hosts an exhibit valued at 39000 with a silk drapery called Congress of Nations and a silk etching Halt in the Desert after Schyer. Featured are embroidered portieres and draperies, running today through Oct 30, plus Dayton bicycles. J N Leach now manages the store from 21 Hayward Place with many former patrons visiting.
Rowley residents report a nighttime peeper who uses tall stilts to peer into chamber windows. Local fear grows as townspeople compare him to the earlier water proof man who chased women, with some believing they are the same individual.
Salem Common Council approves 1000 for Broadway grade settlement. Additional funds allocated to the poor department and 200 for repairs to the pumping station. Weather note mentions Da Bull’s Cough aareup handy.
Mrs Anna Abbie Carroll of Bethel Vermont is married to Frank Carroll. He has filed for divorce, now pending in Windsor County Court. The marriage to Moy Fook, the Boston Chinaman, has been widely discussed by Boston papers.
Half a century ago in Lynn Oct 14 Ex Mayor Jacob M Lewis and Mrs Lewis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Fayette street home from 7 to 10 pm A large gathering of Lynn and nearby town friends attended Three guests who were at the original wedding 50 years ago Warren Lewis and Mrs Caroline G Rich also joined in the celebration Lewis a former Common Council member and later Board of Aldermen and Mayor served many years in city government Both celebrate in good health and look to more anniversaries
Lemuel French, 65, inmate at Tewksbury town poor farm, cut his throat with a secreted razor in an early morning attempt. His condition is doubtful. He has a wife in Boston.
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