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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1891
Page
4
Entered as second class matter. All money sent at the sender's bax. All checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The editor refuses to return rejected manuscripts and will ignore anonymous communications. Writers must provide full name and address for goodwill assurance, though not for publication.
Boston readers are advised of tonight's schedules across multiple venues. Performances include Rudolph Aronson's Comic Opera Company with Poor Jonathan at Tremont Theatre and William H. Crane in The Senator at Hollis Street Theatre. Additional shows feature Richard Mansfeld in Bean Brummell at the Globe, Bene fit of H. A. M'Glenen in A Midnight Bell at Boston Theatre, plus New Lamps for Ola and The Open Gate at the Museum and Park Theatre. Frank Daniels stars in Little Puck at Grand Opera House, Wm. Redmond and Mrs. Barry perform A Cure for the Blues and Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady at Grond Op EpA House. The Stowaway is shown at Howard Athenaeum, with Drama and specialty at the GranP Museum. The Corsican Brothers runs in CyYcLoRama of Jerusalem, and Lena Little sings at CuicKeRiInc Hall. An afternoon Miss Lena Little recital begins at 2:30.
Governor Hu in Boston argues that last autumn’s vote did not show broad support for tariff changes but was a protest against excessive duties restricted markets and war taxation favoring certain industries. He adds that ending these burdens will make the protectionist system appear tired to supporters.
In reply to a reader asking which wall coverings pose arsenic risk the article says color alone reveals nothing. If you cannot hire a chemist you must take your chances. Even if afflicted, ex-Governor Lone can show it is imagination.
Mayor Matthews nominates Miss Annette P Rogers to the Board of Overseers of the Poor amid controversy over her alleged ties to the Committee of One Hundred. The article argues the objection is unfounded and endorses her liberal views, education, and qualifications for the post.
A harsh critique of Senator Hoar and the Mugwumps over tariff and currency policy. The piece accuses Hoar of sarcasm toward Harvard’s young men, alleges support for a force bill, and accuses him and Dawes of moral cowardice by remaining silent on silver inflation despite business leaders’ pleas.
The fragment points to danger arising from men like Mr. Hoar rather than the Mage wumps, whom he sneers at, indicating a critical stance toward certain figures.
At a Massachusetts Club dinner, Senators from Massachusetts spoke amid depictions of a changing political landscape. They critiqued Reedism and a protective tariff while debating party future and honest elections, with comments on youth, the Mugwumps, and the Republican platform. A separate note examined state prison labor, showing rising losses from 1870 to 1890 as earnings failed to cover costs.
A Bulgarian prince faces a death threat amid Bulgarian assassination attempts tied to Russian agents. The report cites a derailed plan to install a Russian ally on the throne, attributing the plots to Russian diplomacy under Alexander III, with European opinion and potential war as the chief checks.
The prison commissioners recommend labor in penal institutions but no legislation is reported to be necessary. The editor opines the report ought not to be accepted, reflecting concern over the proposed approach and its implications.
The piece reviews Secretary Tracy’s two-year effort to reform navy yard patronage, noting slow progress and doubts about plans to depoliticize hiring. It urges timely, clear details, cites failures and potential fixes, and observes politicians tire of patronage, forecasting a tougher path but signaling possible reform.
The Saturday's Post reports the Children’s Aid Society handles sixty two boys in training homes and nineteen pounds in family homes among nearly one thousand total cases. It notes careful case examination placement, home visits after graduation, probation and special cases, ongoing advice and encouragement, requiring a large force and funds.
Evidence shows growing American focus on physical training and purposeful effort as Dr. Sargent addresses the Association for the Advancement of Physical Education. He emphasizes disciplined routines, fitness standards, and the value of systematic exercise in national welfare.
The Superintendent of Physical Education notes over 5,000,000 spent on gymnasiums in the last decade, ten times the prior decade. Outdoor recreation matters, but a well-instructed gymnasium is a valuable adjunct, signaling the movement's expansion.
A new use for drama emerges in St Louis as a political campaign ends with a play that portrays opposing bosses as characters. The production is praised as a practical Aristophanean revival echoing the wild West, reflecting intense political hostility.
The Royal Italian Opera opens in London this evening with ten singers from France or Belgium, six from Germany, five from the United States, two English and two Italian. The inaugurals are Faust by Gounod and Wagner’s Lohengrin, illustrating the Italian label’s evident reach.
Captain Hains of the Cunard steamship Etruria left Queenstown yesterday on his 501st Atlantic voyage. Multiplying this figure by 100 yields a rough sense of how often he has faced the oft-asked query about having a pleasant voyage.
Philadelphia spring brings harsh weather and a political note as Senator Quay, recently back in the city and described as rugged yet ill, decides not to sue newspapers for libel to avoid further harm to his health.
A Boston writer first notes a police conveyance with a padlocked door seen on Tremont Street and then discusses bishop selection for Massachusetts. He argues the best candidate may come from outside the state and recalls a conductor story to illustrate nonlocal appointment. He supports a public Edwin Booth testimonial led by prominent citizens, proposing a public dinner with concise speeches and listing Holmes and Aldrich as initial signatories.
The Duff Comic Opera Company offered Carmen in English at Tremont Theatre last Friday. While the production faltered with an unfamiliar chorus and a muddled score, Miss Marie Tempest as Carmen delivered rare dramatic excellence, and the piece sparked discussion about English opera in major city houses and future company improvement.
The Referee, edited by Ed A Perry with a decade as dramatic critic and experience as sporting editor and London correspondent, launches as a weekly covering all sports from turf to fencing and a large dramatic and musical stage section with reviews, criticism, and theatre news.
In New York on April 4 official counts show 146 deaths in the last twenty four hours and 163 in the prior day. The grip killed five people and left 219 policemen on sick lists today, according to the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Selections from the works of Wagner by Mrs Antonia Micke and Mr Andreas Dipple will be sung with Puivie Hale among the performers.
The United States Marine Band under John Philip Sousa performed to a very large audience in Music Hall. The program pleased the crowd with popular selections, Sousa generously acknowledged demands, and Miss Marie Decca sang the Bolero from The Sicilian Vespers and was recalled.
Last evening at the Boston Theatre Mr William Lunwig gave an excellent concert with soprano Mme Kathinka and the St Cecilia Quartette among others. The Irish program drew strong praise and tonight's benefit for theatre manager H A McGlenen is expected to sell out. Tickets are available at Tremont Temple.
Edwin Booth acted Hamlet in the Brooklyn Academy of Music yesterday afternoon before more than 8000 spectators. The crowd packed the house with standing room, desiring a farewell performance though Booth signaled plans to rest and possibly appear again.
A Russia pavilion at the World’s Fair will differ from the Konnan exhibit. A lemon clock tower at the Los Angeles citron show has a bell that peels. A New York girl is declared insane for imagining men fall in love with her. A parent rebukes a boastful stranger. A Fortunes-era editor is shot over a free death notice. Rider Haggard is pictured at a Broadway hotel fleeing an interviewer. Boys hide in a furniture van to dodge bridge tolls. French personals show bittersweet devotion. An Italian puppet show in Boston arouses interest for its old world poetry and imagined mood.
London Despatch analyzes European press reaction to America after the McKinley bill. The piece notes widespread hostility or sarcasm toward the United States, with the London Times as a rare fair-minded voice. It argues sentiment against America spans liberal to conservative presses across capitals.
John J. Enneking spoke on Color its Principles and its Uses before Unity Art Club members. The audience applauded as he praised impressionist aims and noble artistic conduct while James Hearn discussed real life drama and managers clinging to popularity over authenticity.
The New Rochelle Yacht Club revived the yacht classification debate with input from leading American naval architects. A conference of major clubs could standardize rules, favoring corrected length over length of load water line. Volunteer to become a schooner, mast removed, hull work under Lawley's. Burgess completes new sail plan.
Massachusetts Republican Club announces a representative guest list for next Wednesday's dinner at Music Hall. Invitations were issued to over thirty figures including Senators Dawes Hoar and Lodge and Congressmen Walker Morse Randall. Speakers will include President Wolcott Secretary Stacy Senator Amrich and General Woodford with Cadet Band music between events.
Opinion splits on what makes a good novel contrast with consensus on writing paper quality. Notable note papers include Whiting's Standard Linen, M. Ward's Royal Irish Linen, and WM Ward's Genuine Irish Linen, now priced April 1 at 50c per pound and 2 pounds for 90c from Partridge Stationer at 59 Temple Place.
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