Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-28
BOSTON LETTER.
John Quill Writes Of the Doings at
the Hub.
What is Being Done at the PIayhouses
Blue Law Enforcement.
Boston, Sunday, April 81.

back as the time she gave that excIu-
sive tea party In the harbor, which
caused no end of scandal. But the
horse show, or more correctly speaking,
the beauty show with its gaudv trap
rings, tan bark ring millionaires with
cut number and beautiful women. all
under one roof, is a hazy dream of the
past, and now the smart set that set
the pace for TINS bean-loving peninsula
are craning their necks. lacking for
some new fad mlcrobe to alight within
the commonwealth, that they may
adopt and place their seal of approval
upon it.
The horse show did one thing. 1t
brought out some pretty stunning cos
tunes and many society belle made
her debut TO the world of fashion, or
more commonly speaking, in society at
the tan bark arena. Just outside and
adjoining one of the boxes a little
group was assembled the last day of
The show OF which the scribe formed
Gre. 1t was Variously estimated that
the combined wealth of the party was
nearly $20.000,000. When I thought of
the $40 tied up in a hard knot in my
banddnna [ thought that if they were
all as wei bleSt with the worlds goods
as | was il would take Il group big
enough to fill the state of Texas to
count UP $20.000,000 but had one con-
ISOLATION for when l turned my back on
the group | realized l had .money be-
hind me.
The dramatic season in Boston is on
its last quarter, yet some of the best
Il M ,,l,isrbt4:t .lttroptinre,
been seen for many day. are being
put on ut the local lighthouses. Start
ing with the beautiful Colonial. KIaw
4 Erlanger are presenting Il stupend-
Gus production of Gen. Lew WaIlace's
Ben Hur" as dramatized by William
Young, with its magnificent scenic and
mechanical effects by Ben Teal. Zen
Hur" is not new to Boston audicnc es
having played q successful engagement
at this beautiful house a year ago, but
the production is like wine. 1t i'm
proves with age, and the production as
put on at the present time is without
question the dramatic event of the sea-
son. Judging from the crowd that
nightly throng the theatre it must be
financial, as well as a dramatic success.
One of the drawing cards at the Colo
NAL, and one that their patrons appre-
ciate SO much, is the courtesy that is
accorded to all who enter the portals
from the box office to the uSherS. The
attaches vie with each other in making
their patrons feel that their patronage
is appreciated.
Over at the Hollis, Charles F'rohman
presents Annie Russell in her new
four-act comedy of '.The Girl and The
Judge" by Clyde Fitch. 1t goes with
out saying that anything by Clyde
Fitch in the dramatic line is all right.
The comedy is decidedly original in it's
plot and situation, and affords Miss
Russell and her excellent company an
opportunity to do some very clever
acting. Miss Russell willy be remem-
bered by many of our readers as a
charming hostess who for number of
years passed her summers at Ocean
Point, where with tam-o-shanter and
outing costume she fished, cruised and
entertained to her hearts content,
while the Maine sea air acted as a
tonic and painted her cheeks a good,
healthy brown, and at the same time
played sad havoc with her complexion.
Miss Russell is a close student and en-
ters into the spirit of the play with a
reality. She is unquestionably a sue
cess as the girl and the company is
very evenly balanced. Mrs. Gilbert and
Mrs. Mckee Rankin are Old-time Bos-
ton favorites and came in for a liberal
share of favorable criticism. Mr..
Johnson, as the Judge" although a
young man, is winning golden laurels.
He reminds one of Gillette both in
speech and in manner. In fact, the
whole comedy runs like clock work.
The Museum, under the management
of Rich & Harris. present a farce in
three acts, Are You Mason by Leo
Ditrichstein, a laugh in every line.
Judging by the encores it receives, it
tickles the funny bone of the average
theatre-goer
Keith is always good and his at
fractions are of that high grade that
attract the best class in Boston and the
suburbs. His motto, the best is none
too good for his patrons, is carried out
in all his undertakings. Outside of the
stage attractions offered, the house of
itself is well worth a visit.
Primrose and Dockstader, lately in
Augusta, are at the Boston playing to
SOou HOUSES. AS uIlDicdcHeu AII1eTl-
cans, they are pronounced success.
The original and only Neil Burgess.
who visited Augusta, last year.. with
that delightful old pumpkin show with
all its rural simplicity, the County
Fair is at the Park. Aunt Prue is as
funny as ever, and Cold Molasses as
usual wins the heat and takes first
money. The County Fair" is always
a success and pretty sure of a full
house. At the fremont, Webber &
Fields, fresh from their New York sue
cesses, are giving the public "Hoity
Toity'' with an all star cast. At the
Columbia 50 beautiful maidens some of
them headliners are singing themselves
hoarse in that very clever and tuneful
opera 1.-The Girl From Paris
There are others. Just at the pres
ent time the Hub is suffering from an
acute case of blue-law collie. Some
body in their spring house cleaning
discovered copy of the old blue laws
that had a place in the history of
Puritan days, and wishing to be real
funny. has started in to enforce these
blue laws on the Sabbath day. It's
true that they remain still on the Stat
ute books as a reminder of the days
when man was fined for kissing his
own wife on the Seventh day, but no
mention made papalfu for