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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
7
A narrator meets a mute, bodying figure who calls himself an idiot. The man seeks refuge among flowers and trees, sharing a bond with nature that calms his troubled soul. The lovers of flora help him forget pain as the waxen Indian pipe blossoms bring peace.
Locomotives and steam whistles near Way Street primary school create dust, smoke, and harsh noise. Commissioners recommend relocation to a site away from the railroad. temporary classrooms may be needed while a new building is prepared. The Quincy district school, about 50 years old, remains in use until the next term.
A long recipe excerpt outlines jelly egg shells colored yellow white red brown with flavors like vanilla rose water almond and lemon. It includes a gelatin milk sugar mixture, filling shells, chilling overnight, serving on white jelly with candied peel, plus separate baked rice and orange sauce recipes from Melrose Highlands and Somerville and South Essex Massachusetts names.
Miss Norah Langhorne daughter of Dabney Langhorne of Virginia appeared at City Hall with Paul Phipps a London architect and a license was issued for a marriage in New York City on April 2h. Phipps arrived here from Pingland last Saturday.
The Highland Social Club of Roxbury held a Master march at Paine Memorial Hall with William Cass as floor director and assistants Charles Goode Edward Cass Michael Fahey John Lyons and William Craven assisting.
Dr. Thomas R. Lewis of Boston warned at the Plaza Hotel that an influenza and rheumatism epidemic among New York women is likely due to tight directoire gowns. He cited the Easter parade and Fifth Avenue showing 75 percent in directoire styles and warned style cannot replace warm underclothes. The concern follows Vienna where directoire is popular.
The Suburban Newsdealers Association held its annual ladies night and banquet at the Bellevue Hotel with speakers Rev Maurice A Levy Newton and Charles Everett Beane New England Magazine addressing citizenship and outdoor life. A Commonwealth Male Quartet performed as members and guests listed include prominent editors and business figures from Boston area publications and newspapers.
Spokane April 13. New statewide law requires prospective spouses to provide physicians' certificates and affidavits proving physical and moral fitness before a county auditor can issue marriage licenses after June 1. Women must be 18 and men 21. parental consent allowed only if the girl is over 15. Penalties include fines up to 1000 dollars or up to three years in prison for false information or illegal marriages. Restrictions bar marriage if either party is a habitual drunkard, feeble minded, insane, otherwise afflicted by serious conditions, or under 4 years old for a woman or any age for a man when marrying such a partner.
Steinert Hall overflowed as M. Steinert & Sons staged a pianola recital introducing the new full scale pianola to Boston. Alfred Wagner demonstrated expert dynamics and tone shading while soloists Miss Charlotte Williams Miss Adel aide Griges A Lambert Murphy and Millard Bowdoin joined a twenty voice mixed chorus. The program included Rachmaninoff Moszkowski Mendelssohn and a pianola rendition of Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14.
The Rev. Albert B. Shields sails for Europe to study hospital methods and then becomes president of St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco. Rev. E. T. Ford from Chicago preaches at Tremont Temple as potential pastor. Rev. Dr. James A. Francis returns to Clarendon Street Baptist Church May 1, and Rev. Perley C. Grant assumes Day Street Church duties in West Somerville. Congregationalists plan a 2.5 million dollar missionary drive after debts are cleared, with a major Episcopal convention next month weighing clergy salaries and Cathedral erection.
Frank Jacobs of Malden, one of Boston and Maine's oldest conductors at 72, began on the Witchburg division in 1855. He recalls starting as a brakeman in 1855, the Panic of 1857, a switch to baggage master, and returning to his old post. He notes 80 years in service, most runs between Weston and Malden, and that no lives were ever sacrificed on his trains.
A light verse riff lampoons caveman dining habits with raw meals and primitive fashion. The narrator mocks cooking, tailoring and etiquette in playful verse dated 1909.
Miss Mary notes tan shoes and stockings for children, hats worn low, and flowers like camellias and gardenias in vogue. Patterned materials, Irish crochet lace, gored skirts, and mohair tailor-mades appear, with iridescent fringe over dresses and passementerie trimmings in jet and metallic tones.
Nearly 600 attended the Quiet Day services at the Church of the Advent on Grimmer Street led by Bishop Reginald B. Heber-Weller of the Episcopal Church. Ministers from many denominations joined theological students and parishioners for five services 9 20, 11, 12 55, 2 30 and 4 o clock. Between sessions the bishop held hearings and spoke to the C B S Society. He will speak to the Catholic Club of Massachusetts this morning after a luncheon hosted by Rev. William Harmon Van Allen.
Elijah Packard urges Boston to convert Park Square station space into the Finest Market in the World for flowers plants seeds and ke April 12 letter to the editor. He notes European cities feature city markets and cites Boston 1915 efforts to be the Finest City. Packard, 47 Hemenway Street, writes April 12.
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