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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
5
Dr Frederick B Percy of Boston University School of Medicine said the least cultured adults need the most sleep in a lecture at Evans Memorial last night He argued the higher the intellectual development the more prone one is to dreams a view aligned with dream state as lightest sleep form.
A medical observation cautions that over sleeping can harm health while insomnia signals a need for physical activity and rest. Tips include warm baths, light diets, proper bed setup, daylight exposure, and targeted sleep hours varying by age. It notes dangers of sleep deprivation, with examples of extreme cases and hallucinations after extended wakefulness.
The Pilgrim Publicity Association will hold its last monthly dinner of the season tonight at Filene's restaurant. Chief guests will be W Post of Battle Creek Michigan from Postum Cereal Company and E D Gibbs of Philadelphia sales manager of Ketterlinus Company, who will speak. Manley M Gillam, the Wanamaker man, will attend as guest of the association along with about 40 Springfield Publicity Club members.
The Charlestown Democratic Club invites members to its new rooms at 75 Main Street for a housewarming tonight. Senator Joseph H. Brennan will preside with speeches by Thomas P. Riley, Joseph A. Maynard, James M. Curley, William F. Murray, Joseph R. Murphy and others. Special recipes appear on the Post cooking page next Sunday.
Owing to a threatened deficit, the city closed several nights of evening classes ahead of the high school commencement. The final exams finished a week ago, and four nights' pay was saved. Despite cuts, total pupils and payroll rose from January last year with more teachers employed.
The Boston Elevated Railway Company plans a new repair shop at Forest Hills with an estimated cost around $300,000. The project aims to expand maintenance capacity and improve service delivery for the railway system.
A two week old girl dressed in fine clothes was found abandoned at the West Newton Unitarian Church steps. Prominent local figures belong to the church and police could not identify the mother by nightfall. Janitor George Weeks found the infant and took her to the police.
Details describe a mother leaving a child on church steps across from the police station, near City Hall and West Newton square, with traffic passing by constantly and passersby unseen by some.
A solemn high mass honoring Mgr Denis O Callaghan was celebrated at St Augustine’s Church Dorchester street for the pupils of St Augustine’s parochial school on F street South Boston. More than 1000 children attended this commemorative service yesterday.
The city police commenced a ten year listing of voters starting yesterday at seven in the morning. Officers will visit every inhabited building to ask names ages occupations and residences current and a year prior for all residents over twenty.
San Francisco April 1 The Chinese tong war continues to flare with gunfire along the Pacific coast as Lee Sing a Sur Sing man is killed here by two Binh Kong members A bystander is seriously wounded by a stray bullet in the latest violent incident forging the ongoing conflict between tong factions.
George A. Cole was found guilty by a jury in U S District Court of using the mails to promote a lottery. Pending sentence, he is released on $2000 bail.
The Professional Woman's Club staged The Foibles of 1913 at the Shubert Theatre. Written by Lily Carthew with music by several members, the two acts featured vaudeville tea scenes, cabaret numbers, pantomime, and a reg-time dance. Kate Crockett led the orchestra and Ida Mulle won praise for two standout bits.
Two comedies were staged yesterday afternoon at the Plymouth Theatre for Emmanuel Church aid. Dr. Francis H. Wade starred in A Happy Pair as Ferdinand Honeyton with Florence Shirley as Mrs. Honeyton, while Wade also played Perkyn Middlewick in Our Boys. Cast members included Lee Wade Jr, Wright McCormick, Leslie Lindsay, Katrina Amory, Ethel Borden, W. R. Roope, Mrs. G. W. Roope, and G. E. Massey.
George Vanby, an employee of Hood rubber works in East Watertown, was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Cameron for violating the white slave act. He allegedly took Buginia Petra of Manchester New Hampshire to Reading Pennsylvania on Feb 8 for immoral purposes.
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