FASTER SUNDAY JOY FILLS CATHOLIC EASTER SERVICES
Easter Sunday was celebrated across Boston churches with elaborate ceremonies. Archdiocesan events at the Cathedral drew many seminarians from Brighton and a large crowd, while parishes including Immaculate Conception St Marys St Augustine and St Josephs held solemn high masses. The day featured ornate floral decorations, illuminated texts, and extensive musical programs led by choirs and orchestras.
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Brighton
St. Stephen’s Church
Hanover Street
Denis J. O'Farrell
B. F. Killealea
Leo J. Knapp
Rev Mr Van Ness Defines Easter in Modern View
The Rev Thomas Van Ness at Second Church said Easter blends joy for all people and is more than a patriotic or national day. He argued modern reason rejects bodily resurrection yet affirms the immortality symbolized by the Easter message.
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Rev
MR. van Ness
Thomas van Ness
Jesus
Christ the Gardener Belief in Eden’s Real Garden
The speaker asserts Christ as a royal gardener and God the Father as one, defending the Eden garden as a real place against critics who argue it is myth. He emphasizes the beauty of Eden and the divine relationship that tended it.
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Christ
God
Earth
Reverend Henson Praises Mary Magdalene Amid Easter Service Crowd
The Tremont Temple congregation overflowed as Rev. Dr. Henson preached that God created not beasts but humans and women to build manhood. He highlighted Mary Magdalene as a maligned yet pivotal figure who helped redeem fallen women in biblical gardens and envisioned the world as a field for man’s growth.
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Henson
Tremont Temple
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Easter in Boston Hospitals By Conservatory Ensemble
O. E. Mills and New England Conservatory of Music pupils visited Boston hospitals for Easter, bringing flowers and songs to patients at City Hospital Relief Station Massachusetts and other infirmaries. The program, led by Homer O. Miller, featured soprano Helen Powers and others with instrumental groups and flower girls. The same program will travel to Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain and Carney Hospital South Boston next Sunday.
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O. E. Mills
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
City
Massachusetts
Homer O. Miller
Helen A. Powers
Abigail Sanford
Elisha P. Percy
John S. Garns
Euterpe Mandolin Club
H. F. Odell
W. N. Rice
I. M. Wakefield
S. B. Levy
Flower Girls
A. Gertrude Acker
Ethel B. Baker
I. Pearl Keith
Zither
Adelphe Beauvais
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Carney Hospital
South Boston
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Return to Favor of the Hoopskirt Shown by Easter Parade
The Easter Sunday fashion parade featured unusual outfits with matching accessories, bold color contrasts, and vintage hat styles. Violet dominates many ensembles, with many women wearing flowers, legwear, and coordinated gloves and shoe laces, while sea son trends lean toward lighter summer wear and floral scents fill the churches.
Reverend cites church outreach changing families
The Rev Horace G Wellington of Ruggles Street Baptist Church describes how a church outreach program is drawing in unchurched people. He cites a Tuesday meeting where a man acknowledged his faults and a Saturday act of giving earnings to his wife after years. He also mentions a wife’s plan to break up her home and how her husband’s conversion restored joy. The pastor says the effort will continue.
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Horace G. Wellington
Ruggles Street Baptist Church
Haydn's Creation Ends 90th Handel and Haydn Season
The Handel and Haydn Society under Emil Mollenhauer closed its 90th season at Symphony Hall with Haydn's Creation. Soloists Anita Rio Glenn Hall and Joseph Bernstein starred alongside an orchestra of Symphony players, with H. G. Tucker at the organ. The chorus delivered refined precision and phrasing, though Baernstein was hindered by a cold.
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Handel and Hadyn Society
Emil Mollenhauer
Symphony Hall
Haydn
Anita Rio
Glenn Hall
Joseph Bernstein
H. G. Tucker
Handel and Haydn Society
Mollenhauer
Baernstein
Notable performers shine in Verdure Clad and Native Worth
Miss Rilo leads the success with Verdure Clad while Mr. Hall delivers In Native Worth. Mr. Baernstein, despite illness, performs creditably. Neilie M. Cheney contributes alto in the final quartet as the audience responds with enthusiasm.
St George's Day Observed With Parade and Sermon
East 730ston residents joined the Order of Sons of St George for a street parade and Easter service at St John s Episcopal Church Lexing ton Street. The Rev D W Roberts conducted the sermon with a 40 voice boys choir. Uniformed groups Hearts of Oak Lodge East Boston Mayflower Kipling Chelsea and Lord Beacons field Lynn led by Reed's Brass Band. Visitors from Hyde Park Everett Malden attended and Hearts of Oak Lodge hosted postservice hospitality at Pythian Hall.
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St. George’s
East 730Ston
Order of Sons of St. George
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lexington Street
D. W. Roberts
Hearts of Oak Lodge
East Boston
Mayflower
Kipling
Chelsea
Lord Beaconsfield
Lynn
Reed
Brass Band
Hyde Park
Everett and
Malden
Pythian Hall
Easter Service at Charlestown Prison Draws 900 Inmates
A special Easter mass was sung at Charlestown State prison at 8 30 am by Rev. Austin D Malley Catholic chaplain. Nearly all of the 900 inmates attended as St Marys parish members and the prison orchestra provided music. Father Malley delivered a sermon on The Resurrection.
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St. Mary's Church
North End
Joseph A. Gorman
Patrick McLaughlin
Mr. Ahearn
Charles B. Macksey
S. J
Georgetown College
Mary A. Barr
Thomas M. Carter
Thomas I. Gasson
Boston College
Stanislaus Palermo
St. Augustine's Church
South Boston
John J. Harkins
Francis W. Maley
Mr. Young
Holy Cross ,College
Father Maley
Charles McLaughlin
Peter C. Quinn
Joseph P. Mahar
Edmund T. Daley
Father Mahar
J. P. Mahar
Charlestown State Prison
Austin D. Malley
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Parish
Father Malley
Easter Vesper Service at Boston YMCA Union
A special Easter vesper service was held last evening at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union featuring a choice programme of Easter music. The performance was conducted by George Mendall Taylor with soloist Miss Adelaide Briggs contralto D M Babcock bass and the male quartet.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
George Mendall Taylor
Adelaide Briggs
D. M. Babcock
Easter Address by Dorchester Channing Church Leader
Arnold S Proudfoot as first tenor William P Gerrish second tenor Clifford Saville first bass Alexander Ellis second bass deliver a vocal quartet reading with an Easter address by Rev John B W Day of the Channing Church Dorchester
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Arnold S. Proudfoot
William P. Gerrish
Clifford Saville
Alexander Ellis
John B. W. Day
Channing Church
Dorchester
North End Sees Glowing Parade of Early Nuptials
In the North End yesterday, young couples in festive dress filled streets to attend weddings at the Church of the Sacred Heart and St. Leonard's. Carriages, bells, and music accompanied joyous processions as rice was tossed and best wishes offered to the newly joined pairs.
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North End
Italy
Roosevelt
Church of the Sacred Heart
North Square
Church of St. Leonard’s
Prince Street
Parkman Commandery Attends Easter Services
William Parkman Commandery Knights Templars attended services at St. John s Protestant Episcopal Church in East Boston yesterday forenoon. An Easter sermon was delivered by Rev. D. W. Roberts with special singing. Present were many Grand Commandery of Massachusetts officers and members.
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William Parkman
Knights Templars
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Lexington Street
Boston
D. W. Roberts
Grand Commandery of
Massachusetts
John Piscopo Weds Etta Frederick In Somerville Ceremony
John B. Piscopo manager of Hotel Piscopo, nephew of the proprietor, married Miss Etta Frederick of Highland road Somerville yesterday afternoon at the bride’s home. Rev Father Valeriano of St Leonard’s Church Boston officiated. Best man George McDonald and bridesmaid Mrs R M Vernaglia attended. The reception with John Gray’s orchestra ran to 10 pm with about 200 guests.
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John B. Piscopo
Hotel Piscopo
Etta Frederick
Frederick
Highland Road
Somerville
Valeriano
St. Leonard's Church
Boston
George McDonald
R. M. Vernaglia
Huguley
W. B. Watts
Hoffman
Co. H. Dunbar
Plummer
C. W. Scriven
A. F. Blanco
Steibel
Rita Miller
A. F. Burgess
Carbone
Adams
George Turco
Elias
Muir
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Greater Boston
Nicholas R. Walsh
Thomas J. MacCormack
Francis X. Dolan
James T. Whelan
William F. Gannon
John A. Moore
John M. Colgan
Ransom B. Fuller
John A. Brett
Thomas J. Hall
Daniel J. Riley
Joseph A. Sheehan
J. J. Flanagan
Newton
J. W. Dunphy
James A. Reilly
T. Hanrahan
Greater
Father Gasson
Heaven
St. Augustine’s
St. Joseph’s
St. Stephen’s
Emerson
Jesus Christ
Christ the Gardener
Eden
N. E. Conservatory
Wellington
The
St. John’s
Parkman Commandery
Trinity Church
Copley Square
John Piscopo
New England
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