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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
8
On Monday October 20 at 4 p m a colonial ball and club tea with music are planned. Thursday October 23 features a lecture by Reverend Edward Everett Hale D D on The Siege of Boston.
A woman accepts the Prohibition nomination for the Legislature in Western Massachusetts. The piece mocks social norms, notes fashion and mirror rules at Omaha high school, and imagines a future where electricity replaces coal in kitchens, with cooks in white gowns and widespread cooking career shifts.
The regular meeting of the Primary Teachers Union will be held at the First Baptist church at 3 o clock today.
Evening gown in pompadour chiffon with cream ground and sprigs of flowers. Underskirt uses pale green taffeta. Bodice and sleeve yoke feature tiny tuck work. Sleeves hang from shoulders with lace straps and pale green velvet. Wide pale green ribbon sash forms loops and knotted ends. Lace and velvet collar visible at neck.
A gaily received performance of Ole Oleson at the Opera House showcases Ben Hendricks in a lively Swedish dialect piece. The cast includes Ed Chrissie Frank Ambrose George Rusbridge Adelaide Wise Mattie Lockett Kate Ambrose and child interpreters. Tonight and tomorrow feature the hit Are You a Mason with John C. Rice and Thomas A. Wise in a first class production. Next week offers The Sign of the Cross Soldiers of Fortune and The Volunteer Organist at the Opera House.
The Rentz-Santley burlesquers under Abe Leavitt open at the Academy of Music for the remainder of the week. The show features a large company, vivid costumes and scenery, with a largely female audience enjoying encores and laughter. Act one spoofs David Warfield’s The Auctioneer as Her Tocks-in-Here. The Emerald sisters from London sing and dance, earning the night’s strongest applause alongside Charles Robinson in eccentric character comedy. The ensemble also includes James and others in varied acts.
The Worthen Street auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the M. E. church closed its official year. Two public meetings featured Miss Mary Danforth, a former Japan missionary, and a reception for new standard bearers with Miss Sue Shibata of Japan as speaker. Receipts exceeded $112, with about $99 to $100 forwarded to the general treasury. Members also link with the Women's Home Missionary society serving where the flag denotes possession by the United States.
The Molly Varnum chapter of the D A R will be entertained Saturday at 4 PM at Mrs Solon W Stevens home. Guests of honor include Mrs Henry Hodgden regent of Old South Boston and Mrs Grace LeBaron Upham and Mrs Paul Hill of Lower. Upham and Hill are honorary members.
A nostalgic poem from the Jamestown Journal laments the lost old fashion pocket in women’s dresses. The speaker recalls mohair silk satin and organdie gowns with roomy pockets, expressing longing as modern fashion bans the feature and recalls past shopping ease and carrying small items.
Sadie Leonard presented a lively sketch The Dude Doctor with witty talk by Mr Leonard and songs by his partner including a coon song a French tune and Billy Bailey James Moran and William McRobie performed as Celtic bards with bright sidewalk wit John Lyons closed with juggling dexterity The burlesque A Trip to the Coronation was elaborately staged Two daily performances today and tomorrow Next Monday The Girl in Blue is booked for the Academy.
Tomorrow afternoon the Casto presents a Saturday matinee with acts aimed at children. Featured is Mike the trained dog, a black and tan performer owned by Ed Foster, who demonstrates a variety of tricks and a musical duet. The bill also includes other strong acts and comedy to entertain all ages.
The Lincoln club held a complimentary dancing party in Associate hall with a large turnout. A minstrel performance opened the evening led by John F. McNamara. Harry Douglas spoke as interlocutor. John McNamara and H. F. Johnson were end men. Alexander Williams and Charles Cookson handled the tambos. Solos were sung by Isaac Cox and James Carr. Officers included George N. Horton as general manager and Charles W. Bell as assistant general manager, with A. Patenaude as floor director and a committee on arrangements. An honorary reception committee featured Joseph Craig and others.
Indigestion sufferers flocked to Ellingwood and Co to sample Mi o na. The firm offers a money back guarantee if the remedy does not cure dyspepsia, encouraging immediate use with the no risk offer and store crowding today.
A large audience at Branch Street Tabernacle attended last night's opening praise service led by Prof Stout. He performed The Cloud and Fire and Life's Railway to Heaven, then preached on memory and conscience from Luke 16 25. He warned that remembrance of past sins haunts the guilty, and urged turning to Jesus Christ for forgiveness. a Fanny Crosby service is planned for tonight.
A local shop invites customers to view a choice assortment of Chatelaine Pins. The display encourages visitors to examine the collection and consider purchases.
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