Word: popular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...communication appeared in your columns before the Christmas recess setting forth the advantages of a series of afternoon lectures open to the members of the University and their friends. Such a scheme has much to commend it, and ought not to be lightly dismissed. Popular lectures at a convenient hour of the day would be an agreeable and legitimate addition to our University curriculum and could not fail to attract widespread interest. The audiences at evening lectures and readings are necessarily limited to members of the University and the Cambridge public. Vespers and the glass flowers are at present...
JAMES W. GLOVER,'94 Hammond street."WESTWARD Ho," a comic opera in three acts, by B. E. Woolf and R. D. Ware (the latter an old Harvard man) is scoring a big success at the Boston Museum. The whole work is so popular and so successful that nearly every number is encored...
...PEASLEE.THE second week of Julia Marlowe's engagement at the Hollis will begin on January 7, and she will appear in some of her most popular characters, including one which is comparatively new to Boston. It will be remembered that last season she appeared in an elaborate production of "The Belle's Strategem," playing the role of Letitia Hardy. Her assumption of the part was eminently successful, and thus a new play was added to her repertoire. The piece had but few representations during the time spoken of, and as many requests have been received for its revival...
...Street Theatre puts out its holiday attraction in one of the strongest cards of the season. This is the Della Fox comic opera company, and the occasion is the first appearance in Boston as a star of Miss Della Fox, who is one of the best known and most popular of the comic opera lights, and is well known as a prominent member of the DeWolf Hopper company. The opera to be presented is "The Little Trooper," which was first produced at the New York Casino early in the season. It is an adaptation from the French of Raymond...
...Hall, at a meeting called to express indignation at the killing of Loverjoy. From that time on he was the champion of the anti-slavery movement, using his unequalled powers of oratory in its cause. The fight was over when Lincoln called for volunteers, and the abolitionists came into popular favor...