English Sidelights on the War and Army Appointments
An English military writer criticizes young company officers and urges recruiting 25 to 30 year olds for the new armies. Major-General Sir Frederick Robb is named military secretary, expected to handle officer recruitment on a Herculean scale. London Truth reports a London revolver ammunition case linked to a Red Cross driver’s death, deemed accidental. Lord Roberts bids farewell to the Irish Guards before their front departure with a hopeful, blessing-filled sendoff. Westminster Catholics celebrate the Belgian king’s birthday with a grand high mass led by Cardinal Bourne and Belgian composer Edgar Finet’s music.
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Boston Post
Frederick Robb
Alfred Codrington
Codrington
London
Bury Street
St. James's
Red Cross Society
Westminster
Cardinal Bourne
Edgar Finet
Highlands Lead Britain in War Enlistment and Shipping Profit
A London letter notes Scotland supplies a larger share of Britain's armed forces than any region. It also reports British tramp steamships earning high freights as government purchases boost conversions to armed cruisers, troop ships, and store carriers, aiding France and Russia.
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Scotland
Great Britain
United Kingdom
London
Highlands and Islands
Highlands
Plate
Pacific
North America
Sewing Circle Letters Discuss Family Life and Pins Money Question
The Boston Post sewing circle column invites homemakers to discuss home and household topics from managing husbands and children to care of babies and flowers. Readers share letters and seek advice while maintaining anonymity and one sided pages.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle Advice Column
In a marriage life and money questions mix with pleas for happiness. A psychologist counsels self care and cheerful resilience while a reader urges love over money and cites the Golden Rule as path to harmony. A young wife seeks guidance on roles and finances.
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Post
Sewing Circle
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
WILLING TO LEARN Seeks debt relief from frugal household manager
A wife describing 15 years of marriage, five children, and heavy domestic duties asks how to make ends meet. Her husband earns 15 to 18 dollars weekly and contributes most to the household, with minimal leisure spending. She invites advice and signs as WILLING TO LEARN.
Love and Sentiment Advice on Early Marriage
A 16 year old asks Mildred Champagne for advice about marrying a man ten years older against parental wishes. The response urges waiting until 18, improving parental approval over two years, and warns against eloping, stressing that worthy suitors face opposition openly. It cautions against trusting unworthy suitors and notes parents seek the girl’s happiness.
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Miss Champagne
Ethics of the competitive system called Pharisaic by speaker
Sidney A. Reeve, a New York civil engineer and economist, condemned the present competitive system of producing wealth as the ethics of Pharisees in a Tremont Temple lecture for the Red Cross last night.
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Sidney A. Reeve
the Red Cross
Tremont Temple
Mr. Reeve
New York
Christian Ethic in Business as Path to Reform
A speaker argues that systemic evils persist until economic life adopts a Christ like standard of ethics. He contrasts Pharisaic emphasis on mine and thine with a universal human nature and cites revolutions as proof that common citizens can govern themselves. He condemns class distinctions and urges returning to spiritual law over literalism.
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Christ
France
Debt free Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary Hanover
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Hanover is announced debt free. Devotion of the 40 hours begins Friday December 11 at St Ann Neponset St Ann Gloucester Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roxbury St Anthony Cambridge Sacred Heart Brockton and St Stanislaus Chelsea.
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Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Hanover
John H. Harrigan
St. Ann’s Church
Neponset
Gloucester
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mission Church
Roxbury
St. Anthony's Church
Cambridge
Church of the Sacred Heart
Brockton
St. Stanislaus Church
Chelsea
Three More Women Arrested for Shoplifting
As the holidays near, three more women were arrested on shoplifting charges yesterday. Inspector Pelton and Inspector Loughlin of police headquarters led the arrests.
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Pelton and
Loughlin
Police
Denounces Recall of Judges at Middlesex Bar Banquet
Former Massachusetts Justice John W. Hammond condemned recall efforts as nonsensical during the 16th annual Middlesex Bar Association banquet at Youngs Hotel. He was toasted by attendees as he compared himself to a discarded player, while US District Attorney George W. Anderson and others lauded the state’s courts and election procedures.
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John W. Hammond
The
Bar Association of the County of Middlesex
Young’s Hotel
Hammond
Robert Dc. Clapp
Massachusetts
George W. Anderson
United States
Samuel K. Hamilton
Nathan D. Pratt
George P. Drury
Arthur P. Rugg
Harvard Crimson
Frank N. Parsons
New Hampshire
Henry C. Attwill
Samuel W. McCall
Conservatory Recital Presents First Boston Showing of Chinese Pantomime
Jordan Hall hosted a Conservatory dramatic department recital featuring the first U S staging of a Chinese pantomime. Clayton D Gilbert wrote the scenario with Charles P Scott composing the music. The program repeats tonight with tickets to students and friends. Dr K E Chariton Black spoke on the playwrights. The program opened with Phipps by Stanley Houghton and included The Pierrot of the Minute performed in America by Conservatory students Marion Gilbey as the Moon Maiden and Marion Feeley as Pierrot.
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Jordan Hall
Clayton D. Gilbert
Charles P. Scott
Conservatory
KE. Chariton Black
Drama League of Boston
Phipps
Stanley Houghton
Parc du Petit Trianon
Marion Gilbey
Marion Feeley
Pierrot
Chicago and Boston Opera Companies May Merge
Negotiations are underway to merge the Boston Opera Company and the Chicago Opera Company for next season under Henry Russell. The plan contemplates limited weeks of opera in both cities with Russell directing. Chicago and Boston have canceled this season’s opera. Campanini remains in charge in Chicago with singers engaged for next season.
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Boston Opera Company
Chicago Opera Company
Henry Russell
Russell
New York
Opera
Chicago
Boston
Campanini
New York City
Boston Opera House to Close Amid Financial Strain
The Boston Opera House plans to close tonight due to weak patronage as investors seek refunds and contracts are unsettled. Singers with American commitments contest the moves while European war and local stock woes depress incomes and threaten next season.
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New Haven
Jordan
Boston Opera
Russell
Boston Opera House
Protestant Church News Roundup of Local Clergy Moves
The Rev. John A. Mitchell resigns from Braintree Baptist to lead a Norwood Rhode Island church with farewell in Braintree tomorrow. Rev. William Sullivan of All Souls New York will lead noonday services at King's Chapel December 7 to 10. Rev. P. L. Cosman resigns Brookville Holbrook Baptist for evangelist work. A Phillips Brooks anniversary service is planned at St. Paul Cathedral with Dean Rousmaniere to speak. The Rev. Ralph Rose will preach at South Weymouth Universalist Church tomorrow. The fourth lecture in The Nations at War series will be given by Hon. Arthur K. Peck at South Weymouth Universalist tomorrow night. Epworth League of Franklin Methodist will hold a monthly business meeting Monday. Brookline Federation of Men's Church Clubs opens season Friday December 11 at Church of Our Savior Loggwood with Rev. Alexander Mann and Stanton H. Key as speakers.
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United States Army
Boston
St. Augustine's Parish
South Boston
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Maiden
Francis W. Maley
Church of the Annunciation
Danvers
John A. Mitchell
Braintree Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Norwood
R. I
Mr. Mitchell
Braintree
William Sullivan
All Souls’ Church
New York
King’s Chapel
Phillips Brooks
St. Paul
Dean Rousmaniere
Ralph Rose
Universalist Church
South Weymouth
Arthur K. Peck
Epworth League
Methodist Episcopal Church
Franklin
Brookline Federation of Men's Church Clubs
Church of Our Savior
Loggwood
Alexander Mann
Trinity Church
Stanton H. Key
Sailors' Haven
Charlestown
Harvard University Tea Held at Phillips Brooks House
The second in a series of university teas for Harvard students was hosted yesterday afternoon in Phillips Brooks House Cambridge. Nearly 100 undergraduates attended to meet faculty members and become better acquainted with them.
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Harvard
Phillips Brooks House
Cambridge
Judge Edson of Whitman Taken Ill
Associate Justice Charles H. Edson of Whitman fell on a sidewalk at State and Washington streets suffering a fainting spell and a forehead wound. He was removed to Relief Hospital and his relatives in Whitman were notified.
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Charles H. Edson
Whitman
State and
Washington Streets
Relief Hospital
Movie license hearing stirs Roslindale residents near Rex Theatre
Mayor Curley mediated a vote over reopening the Rex Theatre at Poplar and Washington streets in Roslindale. Charles H. Weiss seeks license revival. opposition from Rev. F L Carr, Rev. Father Toomey, and Richard Cronin. Supporters cite merit. no decision announced.
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Lcense
Roslindale
Poplar
Washington Streets
Charles H. Weiss
Rex Theatre
F. L. Carr
Federated Churches
Father Toomey
Sacred Heart Church
Richard Cronin
Germantown Citizens’ Association
Mayor Curley orders summer street clearance for holiday crowds
Obstacles on Summer street hinder Christmas shoppers from South station. Mayor Curley directs Commissioner Rourke to remove news stands and vendors from sidewalks and asks the Transit Commission to clear Dewey square of subway equipment. Public Works will remove garbage cans from sidewalks.
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South Station
Curley
Rourke
Transit Commission
Dewey Square
Public Works Department
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