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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
4
A mass meeting of the stewards of the World in Boston and the Boston Christian Endeavorers filled Old South Church, signaling progress toward the World in Boston missionary exposition at Mechanics' Building opening Saturday.
Harold D. Cotton urged all to be in their places to ensure a successful opening of a major missionary effort. He praised the more than 200 young men who volunteered as ushers for the event.
The schedule lists a 12 10 p m noonday service at St Pauls Tremont Street with Rev C R Brown dean of Yale Divinity School a 5 00 p m exhibition hall Mechanics Building meeting to install furnishings for scenes and stalls and a 7 30 p m dress rehearsal for the Pageant of Darkness and Light at Pageant Hall
Chairman Randall stressed a weekday service shortage and urged afternoon ushers to contact the committee. Rev R P Anderson presided at the Boston Christian Endeavor Union meeting with Rev Arthur Cross and speakers Anderson, Clark, and Rev Fred B Fisher. Fisher warned the World in Boston must have a central idea and a strong finance plan to fund missions and inspire dedication among hundreds of youths.
Scenery for the World in Boston exhibit is rushed into place with Japanese and Chinese scenes finished, Mohammedan lands nearly completed, Hall of Religions well advanced, and India and home mission displays nearing occupancy. Visitors express pleasure at the beauty variety and novelty.
Ephraim Cutter Jr directing the pageant of Darkness and Light selects a large chorus and soloists. Soprano Blanche Towle portrays the chief's wife and the West bride, praised for her powerful voice. Mezzo Adelaide Griggs and contralto Mrs. Francis Annesley are noted. tenor Henry Gurney and other male soloists have national reputations.
A Chicago testimonial extols TIZ as a universal cure for tired swollen and smelly feet with bunions callouses and coins. It claims to clear pores draw out toxins and prevent limping and pain. Sold by druggists or sent direct from Walter Luther Dodge & Co Chicago for 25 cents a box.
The ceremony at the cathedral in Morningside Heights marked the consecration of completed portions of the church and its altar, organ and choir. Bishop David Hummell Greer preached on the cathedral as a force for righteousness amid continuing building.
Frank I. Conley and George Pickett, both Philadelphia residents, along with Francis Annesley, assistant pageant master, plan and drill the groups for the intricate marches and evolutions at the forthcoming pageant.
The pageant Darkness and Light was rehearsed in Page ant Hall with a semi dress run planned tonight. The musical drama depicts five episodes from world missions history including Livingstone and Stanley, a suttee abolition, a Hawaii rescue, and a final star formation with the audience joining in Old Hundred.
Acousticons placed in the Boston exposition auditorium to aid the hard of hearing during the Dark ness and Light pageant. Pageant participants must use workers tickets for rehearsals at Mechanics building. Baptist Union chaperons assist young women. Methodist day set for May 12 with former Vice President Fairbanks speaking at Pagnt Hall. Rhode Island day on April 2. World in Boston badges sold statewide and a special train supervised by Rev. W. T. Greene. Orient in Providence runs Sept 21 to Oct 7 as Rhode Island’s expo counterpart. Twenty youths from churches volunteered to help ensure success.
The event started last night at Jordan Hall with a musical club concert. Matrons listed include Mrs. Eben 8 8, Draper and Mrs. Robert C. Maclaurin along with Mrs. Alfred Burton Mrs. Henry B. Talbot and Mrs. Walter Humphreys.
Clad in overalls and old clothes Wakefield residents spent part of their holiday cleaning up houses yards and setting out shrubs and trees. The town improvement association appealed for cleanup of refuse and citizens responded nobly making the town tidier and more attractive.
The Henry Siegel Company showcases Schell's High Low Headlight Controller in an Essex street window display with a Berkshire Hills panorama and a miniature accident scene. Demonstrations in the third floor sporting department explain instant headlight regulation from high to low beam, gas savings, and safety benefits.
In London on April 19 the government pressed the Parliament bill through a late night session using closure. The vote clause limiting peers in revenue measures passed 143 to 78, delivering a major step in curbing peers power.
Firemen from engine companies 1 and 2 rowed to a lighter near the new Boston Elevated railway power station after it caught fire just before midnight. The pile driver tower atop the lighter collapsed as flames reached a hundred feet high. Damaged vessel valued at 3900, lighter owned by Stone & Webster.
An advertisement offers a money back guarantee on a freckle treatment. Buyers are urged to purchase ethine double strength from Houghton & Dutton or Riker Jaynes Drug Co. and try one night of treatment. The ad claims rare need for more than one ounce and guarantees removal with a refundable price if ineffective.
In Intero Italy April 19 the Camorra murder case may pause as a new inquiry could open if informer Gennaro Abbatemaggio confesses complicity in the Cuoccolo killing. He allegedly witnessed the crime as a warning picket while not a main assailant.
Charles Gray, 50, was struck and killed by a Boston & Worcester electric car in Natick while walking on tracks. He moved to avoid one car and stepped into the path of another. He leaves two sons, Harry and Charles Gray.
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