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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1909
Page
6
The Daily Post will be mailed to any U S address for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 50 cents per month. Address changes may be made as desired. Editorial and sports editors operate from main offices in Boston at numbers 1004 1005 and 7008 and business office at 1383 1884.
The piece questions American tolerance for violent spectacles while noting deadly speed contests in Indianapolis and similar brutal events abroad, arguing a double standard in public appetite for risk and spectacle.
The death of George Cabot Lodge son of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge removes a promising American poet from the newer era. He was a tender gracious warm hearted figure devoted to righteousness and aiding the oppressed, and Senator Lodge receives the public’s deep sympathy.
The article lauds W. S. Gilbert returning to librettos for musical comedy and compares his recent work with enduring Gilbert and Sullivan classics like The Mikado and Toland or Tolanthe. The piece reflects on the quality of librettos in recent years and celebrates renewed brilliance.
The Post opposes municipal junketing but could accept a Springfield study trip by Boston’s city government to learn how Springfield maintains a low tax rate and reduced it by 70 cents. Springfield is praised as an ideal municipality with balanced, efficient management.
Mr Harriman, a wealthy railroad magnate, starved while busy, seeks nourishment in home cooking after a failed abroad rest. The Viennese physician Professor Struempel prescribes sunshine, ample rest in bed, and nourishing food to restore his strength. Thousands of New England professionals are urged to heed this health advice now.
Edward Markham, famed for the Man with the Hoe, plans to move west seeking inspiration after deeming the East barren. The piece suggests the poet should not blame the East, noting ample tragedy, pathos, and conflict in eastern courts, streets, hospitals, tenements, stock markets, and politics.
If he seeks picturesque effect he may find it wherever people gather from ball games to the streets and shopping centers. A poet or novelist who finds no inspiration in a city like Boston has missed his calling and may have talent but not genius.
The article reports unrest linked to Mexico's vice-presidential campaign. General Reyes, anti Diaz administration candidate, has retreated to the mountains amid federal troops, as Monterey demonstrations in his honor are suppressed. President Diaz seeks Ramon Corral succession, while Reyes is positioned as the people's favorite if allowed.
Beverly reports Taft administration sympathizes with China over Manchuria. Dr. Green in Hampton's Magazine notes Japan's per capita national debt at 21.93 dollars, taxes on inheritance and income, railways owned by the state, and heavy levies on life essentials. The piece argues Japan's awakening costs far more than foreign threats.
Bos ton residents doubt the claim that the tax rate of 16.50 was preserved by a 20.38 million dollar boost in city valuations. The assessors say valuation rose to prevent any tax increase, while critics question the accounting and municipal economy under Mayor Hibbard.
Forest lookouts on eight Adirondack peaks are set to observe for fires with telephonic alerts. New York intends to extend the system and other states with woods may follow. The patrol helps quiet small blazes quickly, especially in late summer and fall when campers and hunters roam. If heliograph tests succeed, further improvements may come.
Mrs O H P Belmont plans a Newport lecture on women’s suffrage with a reported packed house at five dollars a ticket. The piece notes a contrast with marble palace life and mocks a neighbor’s hunting exploits as “sport” and a slaughterhouse job.
Newton Newkirk reflects on ending the Stealthy Steve serial in the Sunday Post after 140 performances. He recalls pressure from editors and readers to continue, his writing fatigue, and a final, chaotic scramble to finish before the curtain fell.
The Observant Citizen recalls cavalry troopers from Boston and Roxbury camping at a State Farm after a long rain, praised for hospitality. It also mentions a skeptical Boston resident, Harvard’s quiet grounds, summer flora along the Middlesex Fells line, Maine baseball fans, a Revere Beach photo remark, and a North End lawyer’s misadventure with a boat bail.
ROUND ABOUT PARIS The Most Beautiful City in the World is the proud title Paris bears. For beauty of squares avenues boulevards and river front Paris is unrivalled in Europe and how well she deserves the title Post readers will be able to judge from the series of views this week.
The Place de la Concorde in Paris is praised as the most magnificent square, starting the Champs Elysees and bordered by the Tuileries and Seine. It recalls past horrors from 1770 fireworks deaths to the guillotine era, yet today hosts carriages, promenades, an obelisk, fountains, and illuminated nights. Tomorrow a view of the Arch of Triumph is promised.
A wartime style poem speaks of labor, hope, and Mother Nature saving weary workers. A dramatic scene unfolds as a wager ends with a marriage proposal and a crowded room witnessing a romantic turn, Dorothy, Gilber t, and peers present as plans for a future together emerge.
Lieutenant Mattocks, a Rough Riders veteran with Marshal Murchie, visited the Federal building but found Murchie abroad in Europe. George R. Hobbs, East Boston businessman and former rancher, rides daily on Bennington street. Captain Thomas Potter of the Cunard line paused at East Boston docks to greet friends. Highth Regiment soldiers sheltered in Old Trunk Meeting House during a heavy rain while sleeping throughout the church interior.
Gilbert moves toward a dramatic confrontation after learning from an informer that Miss Dorothy Willis wagered a glove box to provoke his proposal within three months. He loves Dorothy, suspects her duplicity, and prepares a terse, charged exchange during a contrived moment with her in a library where she begins a confession.
The New Jersey State Federation of Labor has passed a resolution in favor of woman suffrage and similar resolutions have been adopted by state federations in California Connecticut Colorado Iowa Indiana Illinois Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota Maine Michigan New Hampshire Ohio Oregon Oklahoma Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Washington and West Virginia, and by the American Federation of Labor.
Boston male residents may apply for listing at Police Headquarters 37 Pemberton Square. Office hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with Sept 1 until midnight deadline. Names not on lists printed by May 1 1999 and six months residency before the election lose voting rights. Lists available for inspection at 37 Pemberton Square. Stephen O Meara John M Minton.
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