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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1922
Page
2
National Educational Week starts today with public mass meetings in eight large cities. About 40 communities will be represented by immigrant education programs run by state and local departments. Representatives of the American Legion and local governments will speak. Immigrant adults learning English will participate in the program.
Frieda Hempel presented a Jenny Lind themed concert in Symphony Hall with period staging and costumes. Conraad von Bos and Louis Fritze accompanied, while selections included Benedict and Taubert pieces alongside Jenny Lind era songs to evoke an earlier century atmosphere.
The review praises Miss Hempel for an unusually beautiful artistic atmosphere and artful coloratura. Her performance included Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Bach arias with sincerity. Accompanists von Bos and Fritze enhanced the program with Chopin melodies and classical pieces.
Norreys Jephson O Connor of Grinnell College spoke at the Boston Public Library on Modern Anglo Irish Poets. He urged a return to nature in poetry featuring landscapes skies cities and farms and cited Dr. Douglas Hyde on Ireland seeking peace through the poetic spirit of the Gaels.
In Waltham yesterday Paul Revere Legion Post No. 28 hosted a large Mooseheart election with many new candidates joined and officers to be announced at the January meeting. About 1000 members from Greater Boston attended the ritual and a post-fun burlesque program followed under Captain George E. Garland.
Twenty members of the class received the sacrament of confirmation at the Church of St John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street last night.
Thousands fill Symphony Hall for a Viennese style welcome to envoys J O Kelly and J O Doherty of the Irish Republic. They pledge that De Valera will not quit until the republic is recognized and call the Free State a stepping stone to republic. Donations pour in from all sections to fund the cause.
Newport man James Hussey of Warner Street was found on Boylston Street in Boston, allegedly drunk from liquor with tacks inside. He argued with Patrolman Flaherty after being reminded it was Sunday, then fought the officer and required medical treatment for facial injuries. He faces drunkenness charges.
Springfield report says Owen Sullivan, 64, veteran Boston and Maine conductor, died today at his home. He was among the railroad's oldest active conductors.
The obituary notes that his service as baggage master and conductor spanned 47 years and he was a widely known railroad man in the Connecticut Valley. It also mentions wood wasps gnawing through wood will not alter their course even when a leaden plate is placed over the surface.
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