Milhaud Stirs Boston Crowd With Second Orchestral Suite
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Pierre Monteux faced mixed reactions as Darius Milhaud's Second Orchestral Suite was performed at Symphony Hall Friday. A hiss rang out among a sparsely demonstrative audience, while most remained silent and a minority cheered. some critics joined in.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Paris
Darius Milhaud
Symphony Hall
Boston
Milhaud and Mason Debut in Boston Symphony Program
Milhaud leads a six member Paris group with Satie and others in a bold program. Mason's Rhapsody on Persian Air enchants, while Mozart's C major symphony enthralls. Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice closes a varied concert under Monteux as Boston seeks greater wartime support.
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Tion
Huntington
Massachusetts
Village Square
Mason
Milhaud
Dukas
Goethe
Boston Symphony faces 50 000 deficit and 3 000 000 guarantee goal
Trustees report to subscribers details rising costs and deficits for 1918-19 1919-20 and current season. Deficit reached 131 000 this year funded by about 100 guarantors who now face lapse of their private guarantees within a year. The orchestra seeks a 3 000 000 guarantee fund and notes 150 000 subscribed so far under conductor Pierre Monteux.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony
Major Higginson
Pierre Monteux
Little Walks About Boston
In Boston Lyman Beecher lived on Sheafe Street beside Dr. S F Smith. Beecher’s lively household featured a powerful preacher father who relaxed by playing the violin and dancing with his children. Harriet Beecher Stowe recalls those years as vivid and formative in her father’s life. Henry Ward Beecher, age 12, visited Boston and was drawn to the wharves and ships, dreaming of the sea.
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Lyman Beecher
Boston
Sheafe Street
S. F. Smith
America
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wage Cut Planned at Saco Lowell May First
Saco Lowell Machine Shops announce a wage reduction to take effect May 1 affecting about 1800 workers. The exact percentage was not disclosed.
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Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Woman seeks return of jewelry in Boston court
Catherine Littauer of Washington has filed a bill in equity in Suffolk Superior Court to regain possession of jewelry she says was lost or stolen in September 1917. The jewelry is now held by John R. McGarr chief inspector of the Boston Bureau of Criminal Investigation. A temporary injunction bars him from delivering the pieces to anyone but Littauer pending the case. The items include a sapphire diamond and pearl chain and other gems, ring, bracelet, pendant, and emerald drop. Covington is named as a defendant. Fenway Loan Co is alleged to have moved the bracelet to the police.
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Catherine Littauer
Washington
Suffolk Superior Court
John R. McGarr
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Boston
Advocates mileage for all readers urge universal roileage
Henry Abrahams of Boston writes to the Post praising mileage tickets but arguing for roileage good for 100 miles or more on any U S road for all citizens. He says this would counteract attitudes toward private ownership and cites the editorial Interchangeable Mileage from April 21, 1921.
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Post
United States
Henry Abrahams
Boston
Japan Considers Commission To Settle Mandate Dispute
Tokio April 22 The diplomatic advisory council approved the cabinet stance on the mandate question after Viscount Uchida explained the government viewpoint. No official decision details were released though diplomats expect efforts toward a settlement satisfactory to the powers. The Asahi Shimbun reports Tokyo may appoint a special commission for this purpose.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Diplomatic Advisory Council
Viscount Uchida
Asahi Shimbun
Mass Meeting on Open Shop Held in Ford Hall
A mass meeting to aid labor against the open shop will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in Ford Hall Ashburton Place under the trade union defence committee of Greater Boston. Workers and friends are invited to hear leaders from the Cigar Makers Union International Seamen's Union United Building Trades' Council Cooks and Waiters' Union Typographical Union and Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America discuss efforts to protect the workers’ union.
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Labor
Ford Hall
Ashburton Place
Trade Union Defence Committee of
Greater Boston
Boston
Henry Abrahams
Cigar Makers’ Union
Andrew Forsyth
International Seamen’s Union
E. A. Johnson
United Building Trades’ Council
John J. Kearney
Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union
Sylvester J. McBride
Typographical
Orchids on Display at Horticultural Hall Today and Tomorrow
An interesting exhibit of New England orchids opens in Horticultural Hall today and continues tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free. Albert C. Burrage, president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, organized the show and is renowned as a collector and grower of these flowers.
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New England
Horticultural Hall
Albert C. Burrage
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
United States
Court Hears Case After Garment Fight in City
Josephine Medzek of 12 Parkman Street West End and Marie La Stella of 25 Cambridge Street faced assault and battery charges after a morning clash of about 20 women near Summer and Shlawley Streets. A continued hearing was set for May 3 in Central Court.
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Josephine Medzek
Parkman Street
West End
Marie la Stella
Cambridge Street
Central Court
Summer
Shlawley Streets
Pecos Launch at Charlestown Navy Yard News
The fuel ship Pecos is launched at Charlestown navy yard. A keel laying will follow for TJ. S. 5. Whitney, a destroyer mother ship named after former Navy Secretary William C. Whitney. Pecos third of its class launched. Brazos and Neches precede it. Pecos can refuel ships at sea with fuel oil and gasoline.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
TJ. S. 5
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