Mile. Fifi Delights Boston Audiences At Park Theatre
The Park Theatre reopened with Mile. Fifi a risqué French farce by Dumanoir and Carre adapted by J. R. Grismer. Grace George leads as the young wife with strong support from Ed S Abetes Marie Wainwright Dove Davidson and others. The farce blends witty dialogue with comic situations and a grand cake walk to close, drawing an appreciative crowd and promising city success.
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Carre
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Grace George
Ed S. Abetes
Marie Wainwright
Dove Davidson
Alice Judson
Noah
Opening of Hollis Stage Delights With On and Off Farce
The Hollis Street Theatre opened last evening with On and Off a light farce from Le Comptroleur Des Wagon-Lits. E M Holland stars as the wandering husband with Fritz Williams as the inspector and Esther Tittell as the wife. The well trained company delivers bright, largely clean comedy and the piece runs for two weeks.
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Hollis
Hollis Street Theatre
le Comptroleur Des
E. M. Holland
Fritz Williame
Mr. Holland
Esther Tittell
Samuel Reed
Ralph Delmore
James Kearney
Jay Wilson
Maggie Holloway Fisher
Anita Rothe
Augusta Close
May Lambert
May Galver
Louise Douglass
Season Opens at Grand Opera House with Full House
The Grand Opera House hosted a full audience for Graham's Southern specialty company opening the season amid improvements. Manager Magee received praise as the troupe entertained with a modern minstrel style wedding reception skit and lively songs and dances throughout the evening.
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Grand Opera House
Graham
Genuine Southern Specialty Company
Sarah Jackson
Two Wanderers at Grand Dime Thrills Holiday Audience
The Grand Dime Theatre opened its season with The Two Wanderers drawing a packed crowd on a holiday afternoon and evening. Lorimer Johnstone and Mildred Hyland lead a strong cast in a picturesque production with celebrated scenery and acceptable incidental music by the new Grand Dime orchestra.
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Grand Dime Theatre
Grand Dime
Grace Church
New York
Lorimer Johnstone
Clarence Bloomfield
Mildred Hyland
Rosalie Vernon
Carl Fey
Pettro Giovani
James A Bliss
Rev. Harding
T. F. Thomas
George W. Watson
Julius Johnson
Messrs
Charles Farwell
John Phillips
Alice Keane
Viola Campbell
Ettie Michael
Charley's Aunt Charms Castle Square Theatre This Week
The Castle Square Theatre presents Charley's Aunt this week with a witty dialogue and brisk pacing. Cast members Mary Sanders J L Seeley Walter Perkins Leonora Bradley and others deliver strong performances in multiple roles. My Friend from India follows next Monday.
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Castle Square Theatre
Mary Sanders
J. L. Seeley
Billa Delahay
Lindsay Morison
Ebrassette
Charley
India
Boston Theatre Crowds Attentive to Sporting Life Melodrama
Large holiday attendance at the Boston Theatre for Jacob Litt dramatization Sporting Life. Notable scenes include a recreation of the National Sporting Club interior and a thrilling authentic boxing bout. Eliza Proctor Otis gives a strong performance in Wealthy Love as Lord Woodstock’s Derby winner. The first Wednesday matinee marks the continuation of a highly profitable run.
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Jacob Litt
Boston
New England
National Sporting Club
Kilgour
Elmer
Eliza Proctor Otis
Lord Woodstock
Actress Phebe Davies Shines in Way Down East at Tremont
Phebe Davies headlines the Tremont production Way Down East portraying Anna Moore with natural charm. Her stage history. audiences note her lifelong theater presence and convincing, unscripted portrayal from the opening scene.
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the Tremont
Anna Moore
Miss Davies
Sea of Ice opens Boston Bowdoin Square Theatre season
An enormous crowd saw the Bowdoin Square Theatre open the season with the romantic melodrama The Sea of Ice. The production impressed as first class with realistic stage settings from deck to ice floe and tropical exteriors, praised cast including Pearl Seward and E L Snader, and ran one week with same prices as last season.
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Boston
Lothrop
West Nd
Arctic
Tropics
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Louise
Ogarita
E. L. Snader
Carlos
Marquis del Monte
Florence Mack
Charlotte Hunt
Diana
Frederic Ormonde
James Levering
John W. Rose
Frank J. Kirke
Louis Brosn
William Drake
Vernon Ramsdell
His Father's Boy a Boston Museum hit for Roland Reed
The Boston run of His Father's Boy at the Museum delights audiences with Roland Reed in a flawless catastrophe filled performance. Sidney Rosenfeld’s adaptation earns high praise as Isadore Rush, Lottie Alter, Brandon Hurst and a strong supporting cast enhance the comedy.
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Roland Reed
Boston
Reed
Sidney Rosenfeld
Mr. Reed
Isadore Rush
Lottie Alter
Brandon Hurst
Sheridan Tupper
Alethea Luce
Julian Reed
L. P. Hicks
Mrs
Mary Myers
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Opens With Mixed White Creole Cast
Matt J Flynn's Big Sensation era debut at the Howard Atheneum presents a twenty five white performers led by Mile Zittella and twenty Creole artists under Ella Anderson. Highlights include Conology The Darktown Club The Birth of the Rose The Mirror Dance and The Queen of the Opium Palace with a Chinatown San Francisco setting. The bill also spotlights Montague and West Farnum and Nelson Mamie Remington Pelot Finn and Finn J H Murtha and the Norries Ed Davenport and George Kaine among others.
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Matt J. Flynn
Boston
Howard
Mile
Zittella
Ella Anderson
la Velles
Svengal
Wheeler
Edwards
Adams
Kelly
Sullivan
Keeler
Williams
Russell
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Montague
West
Farnum
Nelson
Mamie Remington
Pelot
Finn
J. H. Murtha
Myers
Norrisses
Ed Davenport
Darky
George Kaine
The Kleptomaniacs at Keith's Theatre Provokes Laughs
John C. Rice and Sally Cohen debut a new vaudeville sketch The Kleptomaniacs at Keith's Theatre. The dentist office setting unfolds when Jack Hollister seeks a tooth pulled and the dentist claims a prop timepiece. The rapid dialogue and spirit of performants drew strong recalls. Tim Cronin and the Three Rosebuds also scored a big hit.
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Keith’s Theatre
John C. Rice
Sally Cohen
Keith’s
Jack Hollister
Mr. Rice
Miss Cohen
Tim Cronin
Three Rosebuds
Cronin and diverse acts dazzle in Boston burlesque show
A lively Boston burlesque program features Cronin as a witty headliner with the quadraille sketch, plus Tom O’Brien and Clara Havel, the Polos acrobats, the canary whistlers, Dudley Prescott, Joe Doll and Alice Burden juggling and dancing. Max Zach’s Symphony Players perform popular pieces with Max Eugene as soloist. A Lafayette Sousa spoof biograph adds humor amid large holiday crowds.
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Tom O’brien
Clara Havel
Three Polos
Canary
Dudley Prescott
Boston
Joe Doll
Alice Burden
John C. Rice
Sally Cohen
Tim Cronin
Three Rosebuds
O’brien
Havel
Polos
Angela Sisters
Bison City Quartet
Forrester and
Floyd
Doll and Burden
Ireneny
Max Eugene
Biograph
Austin and Stone's Barnyard Circus Delights Labor Day Crowd
A large Labor Day crowd enjoyed Austin and Stone's barnyard circus featuring eight geese, the Beatrix Beatrix troupe, and Emil Mueller with his 100 faces. The program also offered the Marseilles singers, mandolin players, and a diverse stage lineup including Waldron and Waldron, the Gay Girls of Gotham, and the Creoles. The show closed with a cake walk as the Utopians set to follow next week.
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Labor Day
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Cora McNeil
Sherlock Holmes
Hawkshaw
Emil Mueller
Marseilles
Miss Beatrix
Narragansett Fier
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Percival Welding
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Carson
Chester Brothers
Jack Symonds
Killeen
Murphy
James W. Bingham
O’connell
Ack
Whidden
Dean
Franks
Annie Southard
Allar Sisters
Griffin
Griffiths
Kittie Bingham
Gladney
Howe
Lyceum Theatre
Gotham
Waldron
Pearl Stevens
George Scanlon
Furber
Davis
Jones
Dave Fuller
Beach
May Irwin
Scanlon
Sutton
Rose Hill Folly company opens fall season at New Palace Theatre
Manager Charles Waldron present a vibrant Rose Hill English Folly troupe with 20 chorus girls in burlesque and vaudeville numbers. The program features The Jolly Old Sport and The Naughty Soubrette with hits by James J. Sullivan Annie Webber Willard Raymond Berry Hughey Miles Raymond Swan and Bambard. The review praises acts and predicts a crowded house.
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New Palace Theatre
Rose Hill English Folly Company
James J. Sullivan
Annie Webber
Sullivan
Iris
Miss Webber
Willard
Raymond
Berry
Hughey
Miles
Swan
Bambard
Popular Amusement Venue Opens With Packed Doors
The venue opened at 9 o clock drawing a vast midday crowd before the main show. Extra performances kept audiences flowing as acts including J Dan Rice’s circus impressed with trained pigs on various feats and a dynamite finale. Carrie Alis and Marie Stanley starred in hourly acts with film shorts.
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Ates
Selim Sid
Curio Hall
Casey Theatre
Carrie Alis
All Star Specialty Co
Ying Pictures
Marie Stanley
Holiday carnival at Norumbega Park thrills crowds
A bustling festival week at Norumbega Park features the Queen of Long Rose Gardner plus entertainers L B Walker brings amateurs for the first appearances. Electric lanterns illumination and water fireworks draw crowds as the First Regiment Band under Frank Collins plays.
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Gardner
Ianche Hartford
Ida Johnson
May Thompson
Garon
Abe
L. B. Walker
Old Homestead
Albert Orcutt
First Regiment
Frank G. Collins
Masonic Temple Dedication Evening At Ionic Hall
Hundreds gather for informal dedication of the new Masonic Temple in Ionic Hall. St John’s Lodge hosts from Lynn to Newton as rites of initiation unfold on a spacious floor destined for capitular degrees. Guests praise the structure while old furniture remains until new furnishings arrive.
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Free Masonry
Opposed to Women Group Seeks Equal Wage Reform
A Kansas City based group the American Equal Wage Union filed for a pro forma incorporation in the Circuit Court. Officers include President Richard D. Ealtherns Secretary Arthur S. Lyman and Treasurer Robert B. Owen. The organization hopes to form lodges nationwide and advocates equal pay for equal work while opposing women occupying higher paid positions.
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Times-Herald
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American Equal Wage Union
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Robert 8. Owen
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McVeigh Gets Life Term at Alcatraz After Manila Arrival
Thomas McVeigh will not be executed but will serve life in the military prison on Alcatraz Island. The ruling follows a murder assault on Captain D. C. Wrighter of Company G First Wyoming Volunteers and a stabbing of William Ferris at the Presidio before departure to the Philippines.
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Alcatraz Island
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William Ferris
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