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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1912
Page
14
A newspaper item notes a man at Massachusetts General Hospital after an accident in Wilmington woods left him with two toes shot off by a rifle discharge. It also touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a superior scalp tonic and color restorer with a money back guarantee.
A Boston Castle Square stage opens with Butterfly Baronet a romantic drama from Mary Cholmondeley with Sir Charles Rivers Ruth Harcourt and Alfred Blair in a love triangle. The St James Theatre presents The Blue Mouse a Clyde Fitch farce starring Beth Franklyn Kate Ryan and Ethel Grey Terry in a lively company performance.
Blanche Ring headlined the Tremont Theatre second and final week show last evening with William P. Carleton and a lively company. A large audience enjoyed the vivacious star and her merry troupe.
The last two weeks of Gertrude Hoffmanns engagement at the Shubert Theatre in Broadway to Paris are being played at the house. The final performances will be on Saturday November 9.
An advert promotes the J. B. L. Cascade internal bathing method as a natural cure to keep the intestines clean and prevent constipation and related illnesses. It claims physicians endorse it and urges readers to request a booklet from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in New England.
Jesse Lasky presents The Trained Nurses at B F Keiths Theatre with book by William LeBaron score by Lee Edwards and lyrics by Blanche Merrill. Gladys Clark Henry Bergman lead a 15 person cast along with Edwina Barry debuting in The House Breaker and Maxime brothers with their dog Bobby adding novelty. Bits of Vaudeville showcases the Faber sisters in a lively skit as part of an overall strong bill.
The closing week at Hollis Street Theatre features Edgar Selwyn's comedy Coming Home to Roost with Grace Elliston William Courtleigh and Phyllis Bostwick delivering faithful portrayals as part of the company drawing strong audience comment.
George Arliss enters the third week of his engagement in Disraeli at Plymouth Theatre where capacity houses mark each performance. The audience consistency has made the venue a home for fashionable playgoers and a city success.
Globe Theatre showcases a wide variety this week with comedy acts. The Riva Larsen troupe of acrobats performs unusual athletic feats while the Five Seminary girls present a tabloid musical comedy. Reeves and Werner perform The Two Big Fellows with droll stories and songs, and Barrett and Bayne offer a lively singing and talking travesty.
The favor shown by playgoers was evident in the large enthusiastic crowd at the Colonial Theatre last evening marking the ninth week of the local engagement. The performance drew strong audience interest and continued to captivate patrons.
At 1 30 this afternoon the curtain rises at the Colonial Theatre for a monster benefit performance. The show features entertainment from Boston’s leading theatres and supports the Henry B Harris Rest Home for Stage Children. The event aims to be a historic moment in Boston theatricals due to its magnitude and excellence.
The Boston sporting fraternity paid tribute at the Howard with an athletic sketch featuring English Jack O'Brien and two ring artists, Willie Fitzgerald and Unk Russell. The program showcased burlesques with Monte Carlo Girls and comic acts by Harry Welch, Belle Travers, Billy Inman, and Earl Bates, along with a 20-woman chorus in toy outfits.
The National Theatre show yesterday afternoon and evening offered a refined vaudeville bill with the Top of the World dancers in Kris Kringle's Dream and the original Collie Ballet. Vivian Ford Harry Ali and George Hewitt appeared among the stars while Joe Conyers reappeared in Boston in The Safe Blower. Helen Trix delivered character songs to strong laughs.
Burlesque titled Girls From Joyland features Heinie Cooper Mae Edwin and Emily Nice with a lively wholesome show. Cooper shines as a stuttering Dutchman while the 2% women deliver singing acts. A 20 minute vaudeville sketch Blanche stars Eugene West Catherine Henry and Alite Blair.
The Boston area theatre listing announces only two weeks remain to enjoy the operetta Little Boy Blue at the Majestic Theatre. The cheerful production continues to attract audiences in New England with its unique lighthearted appeal.
Park Theatre in Boston opened its ninth week with strong audience turnout and lively performances. Both performers and spectators remained engaged as last evening's show drew a full house.
A new kind of entertainment arrives at Bowdoin Square Theatre as lady minstrels with the Margaret Wilcox company perform a bright show. Henry Myers Michael Sachs and Will Green add humor as bones tambo and interlocutor. The Model Minstrel Maids dazzle as a popular girl voting contest grows each week. contest ends November 25.
The programme at Waldron's Casino features Charlie Wal dron and Cracker Jacks from Bobanchester. A Garden of Affinities opens with six comedians led by Johnny Jess, including James Coglan Dan Riley and Harris and Mack. Ruby Leoni and Beatrice Harlow head the company. Beatrice Harlow delivers her original monologue and character changes during the closing burlesque satire.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly laxative for a torpid liver and clogged bowels, claiming a 10 cent box cleanses the bowels by morning. It targets adults and children, noting millions use it to regulate stomach, liver, and bowels and prevent misery.
The Gaiety Theatre showcases a lively entertainment by the Merry-Go-Rounders led by George P. Murphy. Murphy caricatures the janitor with skillful mime and grotesque touches while the music is tuneful, choruses nimble, and the dancing girls highly accomplished.
The Turkish Minister of War Nazim Pasha reports from the east that Turkish forces are in a strong position and expect a decisive battle. He says Bulgarian losses on Oct 23 hinder reform of the offensive, while Turkish strength has grown. Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid arrives with his entourage at the Bosphorus palace and Prince Abduh Sahim is wounded. Martial law restricts movement after 10 PM.
Report from the theater of operations says Turkish forces are retreating before the victorious allies. Kumanovo and Kuprilis are noted as evacuated, with Monastir in retreat. Mahmoud Shefket Pasha is named chief of the commissariat at the War Office, seen as self sacrificing but highlighting a troubled Turkish service.
Bulgarian forces report capture of Lule Burgas and Demotica with Turks building earthworks near Er Kale west of Eski Baba. Cavalry cut Adrianople routes to Constantinople and to Macedonia. Tchorlu bridge at Cheresskot blown. Civilians may pass south from Adrianople. Turkish commander summoned to surrender. A second Constantinople train with flour captured at Eski Baba.
Semi official advices say Turkish forces retreating from Uskup toward Velest seized by Servian cavalry. Servians capture 123 guns. The Istip defeated force appears broken up. Turks from Istip press Veles as retreat target as inhabitants rise and seize arms before Istip occupation.
In Bucharest on October 28 the cabinet decided that circumstances do not justify mobilizing the Roumanian army. The King told ministers the grave situation will force important decisions, and his speech suggests Roumania would demand a say in any redistribution of Turkish dominions if Turkey is defeated.
Four thousand Macedonian volunteers have begun their march to the front after brief training. They move toward Kuleli Burgas at the Adrianople Saloniki rail junction as Bulgaria commits forces to the conflict.
London report warns that unless the Turkish offensive regains momentum the Ottoman, already pushed from Europe, may be expelled entirely. Historical echoes reference 1828 and 1878 as Russia moved toward Adrianople and Constantinople during earlier campaigns.
A Mail despatch says Bulgarian detachment destroyed railway near Eski-Baba then withdrew. Adrianople surrounded and regarded as fallen soon. Azim Bey executed in Kirk Kilisseh. Montenegrin flag atop Tarabosch. Skutari siege believed imminent. Reports vary on Turkish front. Abdullah Pasha near Lule Burgas to Bunarhissar with decisive battle expected within a week.
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