The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-11

Supreme Court. the Boston a. Northern
street railway must protect passengers
who enter subway stations for the pur-
pose OF boarding the company's cars,
and in the event OF injury during the
rush hours the company is liable.
This came about as "A result OF the
Supreme Court Overruling the ex-
ceptions OF the defendant in the case OF
woman against the Boston &
Northern who was injured at the
Scollay square subway station, as the
result of being jammed in a crowd
that was in the station. She sued the
road and recovered a verdict of $1,000.
The court holds that the plantiff
was exercising due care In regard 10
her personal safety and that the com
pany is liable for the injuries sustained
by her This ruling establishes "A pre-
cedent for this particular kind OF
action.
The New York Pasteur institute is
no longer the only place where Boston
victims OF rabies or mad bite may get
the serum treatment. They can and
have been treated right here in Bos-
ton successfully, under the immediate
and personal direction Of the Boston
board OF health.
About year ago DR. Durgin OF the
board OF health arranged with the City
hospital authorities to take such cases
as the Boston board OF health should
find necessary TO send TO the hospital
The trustees OF the City hospital agreed
that if the board OF health would fur
nlsh the serum used i'm the Pasteur
treatment the hospital authorities
would provide the accommodation for
the patients and the nursing.
Speaking Of what Boston is doing in
this line Chairman Durgin OF the board
of health said the other day:
we arranged with the City hospital
authorities about a year ago to take
such rabies patients as we felt obliged
TO send them said DR. Durgin. They
agreed to furnish the accommodations
and the nursing of the patients and
we were to take charge of the cases
and furnish the serum. So far we
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have turned out successfully, | am
happy TO say.
"In such cases we arrange for a
fresh supply OF serum to be sent from
New York daily. II Is pretty expensive
and n difficult job to make II, and our
supply is purchased from the New
York city health board, which has ex-
cellent facilities for manufacturing the
serum. | think IL costs about S25
patient, but what is $25 compared with
human life and the horrible suffering
OF hydrophoba?"
The first appearance OF Henry II.
Irving the talented son and namesake
of the great English actor. Sir Henry
Irving, whose present American tour,
under the direction of Messrs. Nixon
a. Zimmerman, has been a series of
artistic triumphS will be made in Bos-
ton at the Colonial Theatre i'm the week
beginning January 7th. The engage
ment has been selected as follows: On
Monday night, Mr.. Irving will appear
be "Markheim," brief but facnating
drama. The second of the first nights
plays will be modern English
comedy, "Mauricette." Miss Dorethea
Baird. MIR. IrvlnC's leading woman,
will play the title role The plays of
the Monday night bill will he re-
peated at the Saturday matinee.
On Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
nights, Mr. Irving will give his remark
able impersonation of the dual roles in
The Lyons Mail" preceded at each
performance by an idyllic one-act
romance. entitled King Renes
Daughter" For the Wednesday and
Friday evening performances, Mr.
Irving and Miss Baird will be seen to-
gether in a fine presentation of w. G..
Wells historical drama, King Charles
l."
One Of the recurrent joys OF the
theatrical seasons which amusement
lovers always look forward to. is the
appearance of Lew Dockstader with his
big minstrel company. The only one
by the way, which plays in the high
class theatres. While the entertainment
is certain to he first-class in every de-
tail. the principal thought OF the public
is in the new speciality which Mr..
Dockstader himself is to present Ii is
a difficult and tying task TO create
new novelty season after season, yet
this is what Mr.. Dockstader has been
doing year after year. bringing con-
stant changes Of humor. thought and
expression. Lew Dockstader's Min
strels will be seen at the fremont
Theatre beginning Monday Jan. Z. The
production alone cost s25, 900 and the
new features which have been dis
covered from time to time during the
past season have all been worked out
and are models of interesting de-
partures from the conventional
Houdini. The Handcufr King" who
mystified SO many thousands OF people
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