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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
5
A terse exchange at a charity society meeting centers on a Mr. Robert with a Boston residence and rumored marriage. The anecdote ends with a sharp, final dismissal of gossip. The item also notes recognitions for Mrs. Margaret Sunderland Cooper and Mrs. M French-Sheldon, plus other society and academic mentions.
The Anti-Tenement League and allied groups met in Charity Hall to review a report proposing a suburban cottage program for workingmen. The plan outlines three house grades priced 900, 1200, and 1500, with 30 by 60 foot to 18 by 35 foot lots, gravel soil, and 5 to 6 rooms. Weekly payments of 2.25 to 3.50 dollars could secure deeds after 15 to 21 years, with 80 percent mortgage via cooperative banks. A second aim calls for a separate corporation to house the city’s poorest tenement population. A mass meeting is set for Wednesday the 28th at People's Church with ex-Governor Brackett presiding.
Galen Holmes a veteran police captain and chief of police detectives, who later served as a turnkey at Charles Street jail, died yesterday morning at his Chelsea home. Born May 8 1813 in Boston, he worked at the Clearing House from 1856 onward, serving as a private officer for about thirty four years.
The afternoon talk on Dutch Masters, Old and New, has been relocated to the home of Mrs. Alexander Cochrane at 257 Commonwealth avenue.
Louise Dudley Leslie-Carter stars in Miss Helyett at Hollis Street Theatre. The piece’s Southern color and Belasco’s Heart of Maryland are noted as she heads toward a new dramatic role. The Park Theatre features A Tem perance Town amid Boston’s no license vote climate.
The Wolff Holman recital at Hollis Street Theatre features Godard Vieuxtemps pieces, a Rubinstein trio with Whelpley, and contralto Alice Mandelick. The Bostonians begin at Tremont with Robin Hood on Dec 26. Handel and Haydn Society performs The Messiah at Music Hall the next two evenings. Mrs Gilmore sends praise to Mr Reeves and Gilmore’s Band plans two concerts at Boston Theatre.
In Marks studio on West street an accidental lamb head bas relief becomes a trend. A clay lamb head inspired by a casual model led to two ivory finished pieces and orders for several sets after a connoisseur stag party.
Avon street side of Jordan Marsh & Co hosts a silk exhibition featuring decorations hung on large pillars in varied hues. A department member notes the display uses high art novel ties and fabrics suitable for ball and fancy costumes, with about ten thousand yards of silk creating a striking visual and drawing continual customer praise.
Paris special reports on the Panama disclosures focusing on the de Lesseps family. Count Ferdinand de Lesseps is described as frail and shielded by Relatives as court appearances falter amid a doctor’s certificate. The piece contrasts Dinard’s youth with the looming investigation and recalls Sola’s salon Confidences while debating accountability for inherited sins.
The Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society held its annual meeting at the Quincy House. Thirteen new members were elected and officers chosen for the coming year. Dr. James R. Cooke presented a paper on Massage in Gynecology, detailing cases of fibrous tumors cured by massage where other methods failed, with strong corroboration from Dr. Boothby.
Somerville Council No. 6 Royal Arcanum elected officers for the ensuing year at their last meeting. Regent C. W. Silsbee, vice regent F Y Lawson, orator F E Clifford, secretary E W Doyle, collector C G Brett, treasurer J Q Twombly, chaplain J Millar, guide B Birtwell, warden S Hayward, sentry A A Lewis, trustees H Chapin F E Raymond E P Samson.
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