Popular Herbal Remedy Plant Juice Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a breakthrough for stomach disorders in Boston. It features Mrs. Florence Wilcox of 54 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington praising its effects after years of indigestion and dyspepsia, and notes the Plant Juice Man selling it at Houghton & Dutton.
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Florence Wilcox
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Wilcox
Houghton & Dutton
Careful Soap Use Shapes Hair Health
An old guide warns that common soaps and shampoos contain excess alkali, drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It advocates using refined coconut oil in small amounts to cleanse the hair and scalp, produce rich lather, rinse clean, and leave hair soft and easy to manage.
Plymouth Theatre Opens Season Under Shubert Control
The Plymouth Theatre in Boston began its season under the Shubert firm with four first class houses in their control. The opener is The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, adapted from John Fox Jr. by Eugene Walter, portraying mountain life in Kentucky with faithful edge to the source tale.
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Plymouth
Messrs. Shubert
Boston
Kingdom Come
John Fox, Jr
Eugene Walter
Hills
Kentucky
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come on Plymouth stage
A melodramatic mountain tale features Chad the waif played by George Dunn and Melissa by Orrilla Smith. Mark Price, Brigham Royce, and a strong cast include a vivid dog named Jack. Ben Teal directs a refreshed Plymouth production praised as charming and visually striking.
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Chad
Waif
Jack
Turners
Dillons
Mr. Walter
George Dunn
Blue Bird
Melissa
Orrilla Smith
Mark Price
Nathan Cherry
Brigham Royce
Kentucky
Ben Teal
Plymouth
Kingdom Come
Scollay Square Olympia Delivers Whale of a Show
Scollay Square Olympia offered a holiday program headlined by Theda Bara in Under Two Flags and Marguerite Clarke in Little Lady Hileen, with Charlie Chaplin in The Count and a six act vaudeville lineup including McAleavey Abe Stabibble Dawson and Gillette Harmony Four Lee Tong Foo and Ruth Howell.
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Scollay Square
Olympia
Theda Bara
Marguerite Clarke
Lady Hileen
Charlie Chaplin
McAleavey
Abe Stabibble
Hollis Street Theatre Opens with The Melody of Youth
The Melody of Youth drew large audiences at Hollis Street Theatre after opening last Saturday night and again yesterday. Brandon Lynan wrote and stars in the charming comedy drama, blending melodrama with sharp comedy and strong contrasts. The company also features Florence Martin Mary Shaw Ben Martin William J. Kelly Harry Harwood Lizzie Hudson Collier and others.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Brandon Lynan
Florence Martin
Mary Shaw
Ben Martin
William J. Kelly
Harry Harwood
Lizzie Hudson Collier
Amber Empress At Colonial Opens Week With Praise
The Amber Empress opened another week at the Colonial Theatre with Parinteau’s music delighting audiences. Mabel Wilber and Frank Lalor have developed their roles since opening night, with Louise Allen, Donald MacDonald, May Thompson and others noted for fine work and the chorus praised.
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Parinteau
Mabel Wilber
Frank Lalor
Louise Allen
Donald MacDonald
May Thompson
Franklin Park Theatre Shows Lockwood Chaplin and More
Yesterday at Franklin Park Theatre Harold Lockwood starred in The River of Romance while Charlie Chaplin played Police. Edward DeCorsia and company offered Red Ike with White and White performing songs and dances. Lucoty and Costello showcased violin and accordion wizardry.
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Franklin Park Theatre
Harold Lockwood
Charlie Chaplin
Police
Edward DeCorsia
Lucoty and Costello
Modern Theatre Showcases Ward and Fox Features
The Modern Theatre presented Fannie Ward in Every Pearl a Tear at the Paramount along with William Fox's The Unwelcome Mother headlined by Walter Law. The program also included short comedies and the latest Matt and Jeff animated cartoons.
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Fannie Ward
Paramount
William Fox
Walter Law
Fox
Matt and
Jeff
Nan Halperin Leads Week at B F Keith's Theatre Boston
Nan Halperin stars in her Five Stages of Girl hood act direct from New York alongside a strong bill at B F Keith's Theatre. The program features Katherine Dana's Fisher Folk, Maria Lo Porcelain, Eva Taylor and Lawrence Grattan, Cook and Lorenz, Hans Hanke piano artistry, Morris Cronin juggling, and the Hearst News Pictorial.
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Miss Halperin
Katherine Dana
Maria Lo
Boston
Eva Taylor
Lawrence Grattan
George Austin Moore
Cordelia Mhnager
Texas
Kentucky
Cook and
Lorenz
Hans Hanke
Morris Cronin
Merry Men
Gordon's Olympia Theatre Shows Packed Crowd
Dustin Farnum stars in The Parson of Paramint as a bad man turned sky pilot who cleans up a mining town. Lionel Barrymore offers a domestic thriller and Charlie Chaplin appears as The Count with six vaudeville acts and Philharmonic Orchestra music.
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Gordon
Olympia
Dustin Farnum
Lionel Barrymore
Charlie Chaplin
Philharmonic Orchestra
Exeter Street Theatre Double Bill This Week
Exeter Street Theatre offers a weekly program featuring Mary Pickford in Hulda from Holland and Frank Keenan in Honor Thy Name. Also shown are Pathe travel pictures, Max Figman comedies, Edmund Breese in The Weakness of Strength, Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reed in The House of the Golden Windows, with Burton Holmes travel pictures and Bray cartoons at each performance.
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Exeter Street Theatre
Mary Pickford
Hulda
Holland
Frank Keenan
Pathe
Max Figman
Edmund Breese
Cleo Ridgely
Wallace Reed
Burton Holmes
Bray
Orpheum Holiday Bill Attracts With World Tour Comedy
The Orpheum Theatre presented a holiday program led by Ethel Whiteside's Around the World a musical comedy tour. The bill also featured Dena Cooper and company the Dolce sisters Arthur Geary the military pianist Owen and Campbell the Parise Duo the Panzer Duo and others. The photo section included Pathe News and Chaplin two reel farce The Count. The feature photo play stars Henry B Walthall in The Pillars of Society. The entire bill will be changed Thursday.
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Orpheum Theatre
Ethel Whiteside
Dena Cooper
Pillars of Society
Fenway Theatre Showcases Mary Pickford and Star Lineup
The Fenway Theatre drew strong applause with Mary Pickford starring in Hulda from Holland supported by Francis X. Bushman Billie Burke and others. Tenor Arthur Aldridge wowed audiences and was recalled repeatedly. Marguerite Clarke is slated for Little Lady Eileen with George Walsh and Anna Luther in The Beast. The Fenway Symphony Orchestra led by James M. Fulton remains a regular draw.
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Fenway
Mary Pickford
Hulda
Holland
Francis X. Bushman
Billie Burke
Arthur Aldrige
Marguerite Clarke
Lady Eileen
George Walsh
Anna Luther
Fenway Symphony Orchestra
James M. Fulton
Plymouth opens season with Hit-the-Trail Holliday
The Plymouth presented a farce titled Hit-the-Trail Holliday by George M. Cohan with ideas from George Middleton and Guy Bolton. The show follows a road to total abstinence from liquor and avoids religious satire.
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Plymouth
George M. Cohan
George Middleton
Guy Bolton
Holliday
Holliday Temperance Tale Draws Boston Crowd
A new stage piece portray s Billy Holliday a New York bar keeper imported by the Grangers. Fred Niblo stars as Holliday in a tale of revenge temperance zeal and social change set in Johnsburg with Hazel Lowry Rex Granger and Parnell Pratt in key roles.
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Billy Holliday
New York
Grangers
Holliday
Young Granger
Mr. Cohan
Fred Niblo
Mr. Niblo
Boston
Hazel Lowry
Mr. Holliday
M. M. Barnes
Rex Granger
Parnell B. Pratt
Johnsburg
Joseph Allen
Allen
Niblo
Park Theatre Week At Boston Showing Top Photo-Plays
The Park Theatre presents William A. Brady's World Film "Husband and Wife" starring Holbrook Blinn and Ethel Clayton with Emmett Corri gan Montagu Love Gerda Holmes and Madge Evans. Robert Edeson follows in "Fathers of Men" with Naomi Childers. Billie Burke appears in Gloria's Romance Modern Pirate chapter. Also featured are Max Figman in A Modern Hercules and Selig Tribune news. Opera tenor Joseph Antonelli was hosted at his Park Theatre debut and A Krauth performs music after Maine woods vacation.
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the Park Theatre
Boston
William A. Brady
Holbrook Blinn
Ethel Clayton
Emmett Corrigan
Montagu Love
Gerda Holmes
Little Madge Evans
Robert Edeson
Naomi Childers
Max Figman
Selig Tribune
Joseph Antonelli
Park Theatre
A. Krauth
Maine Woods
Howard Atheneum Labor Day Show Shines With Military Maids
The Howard Atheneum hosted a Labor Day program headlined by the Military Maids burlesque company. Will H Ward led in the principal male role with Martha Pryor as leading lady. Ed Rogers Alphea Giles Halen McArdle Harry Harrington Babe Nateworthy and others delivered well suited parts. The six act vaudeville acts by Seely Patee and Seeley drew storms of applause and Lane Plant and Timmins created a hit with songs. George C Davis offered clever monologues and Eugene Davis performed aerial feats. Valle showcased difficult musical numbers and a Sunday concert closed the event.
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Labor Day
Howard Atheneum
Military Maids Company
Will H. Ward
Howard
Martha Pryor
Lane
Plant
Timmins
George C. Davis
Eugene Davis
Selden
Bradford
Valle
the Howard
Castle Square Opens Season With Sensational New Play
Castle Square Theatre opened its season with Her Naked Self a dramatic tale of Lois Craven a woman who rises from a small town life to wealth abroad and back to New York with a mysterious plot. Mabel Montgomery leads a strong cast with solid support from Frances Woodbury Maud Williams and others. Next week’s show is Mutt and Jeff's Wedding.
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Castle Square
Lois Craven
Paris
Ruth
New York
Upper West Side
Mabel Montgomery
Frances Woodbury
Maud Williams
William A. Mortimer
Jack Walsh
Eugene Frazier
Mutt
Jeff
Katinka at Shubert Theatre Leads With Hammerstein Musical
Shubert Theatre continues Arthur Hammerstein's Katinka with star Ada Meade and vaudeville favorite T. Roy Barnes in the cast. Audrey Maple headlines as the title role with Robins as The Walking Music Store. May Thompson returns tonight after opening night injury, dancing with Walter Manthey.
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Arthur Hammerstein
Katinka
Shubert Theatre
T. Roy Barnes
Ada Meade
Audrey Maple
A. Robins
Walking Music Store
May Thompson
Walter Manthey
Boston Theatre Showings Include The Yellow Menace And The Count
The Boston Theatre presents The Yellow Menace with Edwin Stevens and Margaret Gale in lead roles and Nance O Neill in Those Who Toil, plus Chaplin's latest The Count. Other bill items include Stetson and Huber Josephine Lenhert the Four Southern Girls the Three Musical Avolos and the Boston Theatre Topical Weekly.
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Edwin Stevens
Margaret Gale
Nance O’neil
Charlie Chaplin
Boston Theatre
Stetson
Huber
Josephine Lenhert
Pictures Endure at Majestic Amid Long Run
Majestic Theatre continues showing Where Are My Children? into a third month, with the photo-play expected to remain in residence well into the future, possibly beyond Boston’s viewing period.
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Majestic
Boston
Medford Theatre Hosts Carmelo and Washburn in Wizard of Bom Bom
The Medford Boulevard Theatre welcomed Fred Carmelo and Lillian Washburn for the Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre performance of The Wizard of Bom Bom. The musical numbers were tuneful and met with instant favor from the capacity crowd.
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Fred Carmelo
Lillian Washburn
Medford Boulevard
Civilization shown at Tremont Theatre with world peace message
In a renovated Tremont Theatre the giant film Civilization was shown last night to a full audience. The production depicted the horrors of war so vividly that viewers felt the conflicts abroad as if presented before them.
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Tremont Theatre
War epic film thrills audience with grand battle scenes
A large orchestra adds atmosphere as a sweeping war film staged by Thomas H Ince and New England Film Distributors portrays air sea and land combat. Women in white-capped uniforms lead pleas for peace while dramatic destruction and triumphant return of troops conclude the remarkable production.
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New England Film Distributors, Inc
Thomas H. Ince
Roops
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Girls Will Be Girls Musical
The Bowdoin Square Theatre staged the musical comedy Girls Will Be Girls directed by Violet Mascotte. Felix Martin and Charlie Mackie charmed audiences with Michael Casey and Stumps McKenna as Ben Walker and others praised. A vaudeville line and a Lew Fields film titled Old Dutch accompanied the show with a continuous run and upcoming amateur night and bargain night events announced.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Violet Mascotte
Felix Martin
Michael Casey
Charlie Mackie
Stumps McKenna
Ben Walker
Earl Fernald
June Marlowe
Dolly Clifford
Phyllis de Roche
Fred Driscoll
Miss Mascotte
Mackie
Walker
Boston
Frank Larkin
Marvelle
Witmark
Lew Fields
Sam Cohen
the Bowdoin
Burlesque Review Shines At Gaiety Theatre
The Gaiety Theatre presents an out of the ordinary burlesque with Harry Morton and Danny Murphy as principals. Julia DeKelety leads as singer and comedienne, while Zella Russell shines as a travesty artist. The show features several numbers staged by a large chorus and capable cast.
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Gaiety
Harry Morton
Danny Murphy
Julia DeKelety
Zella Russell
Minister's Wife at Lexington Park Opens Closing Week
Eva Scott company presents The Minister's Wife for the first three days at Lexington Park allowing cast members to showcase talent. For the final three days the program shifts to Falsely Accused.
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Eva Scott Company
Lexington Park
Tele phone Tangle headlines St James Theatre bill
At the St James Theatre yesterday the leading act was the eight person farce The Telephone Tangle. The program also featured Lambert and Frederick Nora Allen Hern and Rutter the Woods brothers and others. The Count with Charlie Chaplin and Dorothy Davenport in The Unattainable were shown. the bill will be changed Thursday.
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St. James Theatre
Lambert
Frederick
Nora Allen
Hern and Rutter
the Woods Brothers
Charlie Chaplin
Pathe News
Dorothy Davenport
Vaudeville at Norumbega Opens This Week
Norumbega Park presents one of its best vaudeville programmes this week in the open air theatre. Leading the bill are the International Four the Fritchies Mozarto and Rosa Lester and Mourle and Carson and Brown. The latest motion pictures are shown each night.
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Norumbega
Fritchies
Mozarto
Rosa
Lester
Mourle
Carson and Brown
Waldron's Casino Show Features Parisian Dancers
The Aviator at Waldron's Casino headlines Arline Donaire and Jules LaBarbe in a Parisian styled act first seen in this city. Jim Barton leads a strong cast with John Barry, Arthur Young, Jim Howell, Mike Orbin, Drena Mack and Nellie O'Connor among others. The burlesque revue includes 20 plus chorus beauties and a high quality vaudeville bill with elaborate stage effects.
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Waldron
Arline Donaire
Jules LaBarbe
Paris
Jim Barton
John Barry
Arthur Young
Jim Howell
Mike Orbin
Drena Mack
Nellie O’connor
Very Good Eddie Tonight At Wilbur Theatre Delights Crowds
The Wilbur Theatre hosted the fourth week of the musical comedy Very Good Eddie with full-house attendance yesterday. The production stars Ernest Truex Alice Dovey Anna Orr Oscar Shaw Florence Earl Denman Maley Magna Paxton and dancers Josephine Harriman and William Reardon, delivering tuneful melodies and strong comedy.
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Eddie
Wilbur Theatre
Ernest Truex
Alice Dovey
Anna Orr
Oscar Shaw
Florence Earl
Denman Maley
Magna Paxton
Josephine Harriman
William Reardon
Motion Pictures Open Air Labor Day Observance at Cambridge
Thousands gathered in Cambridge for an open air Labor Day celebration hosted by the Cambridge Central Labor Union. Morning and afternoon games at Magazine Beach Rindge Field and Cambridge Field awarded medals and caps, with the Young Men's Hebrew Association defeating East End Christian Union 5 to 1 at Cambridge Field in the final. The Y M H A earlier beat Prospect Union 2 to 1 at Rindge Field, while East End Christian Union edged Riverside Alliance 1 to 0 at Magazine Beach.
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Rindge Field
Cambridge
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
Magazine Beach
Young Men's Hebrew Association
East End
Prospect Union
East End Christian Union
Riverside Alliance
Bass Point Sees Peak Crowds As Season Nears End
Large crowds flocked to Bass Point this weekend proving its enduring popularity. With the Steamer service ending in a few weeks a new schedule begins today offering ample excursion opportunities for visitors.
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Bass Point
Labor Day
Ample &Iven
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