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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1893
Page
4
The Lowell carpet mills resume operations a week from today, restoring work for more than a thousand wage earners. The piece credits tariff reforms for reviving the carpet industry, arguing that free materials will spur widespread New England manufacturing revival and employment.
The Young Men's Democratic Club joins calls for swift tariff reform by Congress. The resolution urges immediate effect of a new tariff law to reduce taxes and end business uncertainty, arguing free raw materials and lower duties on manufactured goods will revive industry and expand trade.
Speaker Hamlin argues the McKinley tariff failed to raise wages and increased costs, noting labor unrest and closures under protectionism. He cites Homestead and Massachusetts mill layoffs as evidence and predicts the Wilson bill will not reduce workers' earnings.
President Cleveland rebukes Harrison for actions in Hawaii, describing minister Stevens and U S tactics as disreputable. He argues for noninterference and domestic self-government for foreign nations, contrasting with Harrison's push for annexation and troop involvement in Honolulu.
The speaker argues the United States should not support monarchies and must stay hands off as the issue resolves itself. He emphasizes the American idea of rejecting monarchy and allowing events to unfold without interference.
A Boston conference of representative citizens urged creating work programs to relief distress rather than alms. They stressed the unemployed, self-respecting laborers needing jobs to earn sustenance, noting private benevolence can assist but cannot solve the root issue without public work opportunities.
The Boston Board of Aldermen voted to accept the subway act passed by the Legislature. A subway board will be appointed and Tremont street from Pleasant to Scollay Square will host underground street railways. The city may borrow 2 million dollars for construction as crowds support relief from congestion and unemployment.
The column recalls a brisk sleighing spell with fine turnout by ex-Councilman James H. Stack of Brookline. It mentions labor leader Thomas F. Tracey’s rheumatism, a quip about the mayor’s chair, a waterlogged street crossing, and Rev. W. E. Barton’s invitation to speak in New York. It also highlights a furniture scheme by Osgood to aid customers.
A Boston Bowdoin Square Theatre program reports the Moscow romance In Darkest Russia opening for holiday run. H Grattan Donnelly depicts czarist secret police and exile with praise for Mme Jordan and Maggie Cline sits as crowd favorite for comedy and song.
John Drew and Maude Adams begin a three weeks engagement at Hollis Street Theatre with The Masked Ball drawing strong society crowds. The duo receive hearty laughter and applause as Adams shines in the tipsy scene. Next week Drew debuts a new Henry Guy Carleton comedy The Butterflies with Adams in a congenial role.
The Palace Theatre opened Fay Foster’s burlesque company to large crowds despite hard times. The program featured True Blue a Monmouth Park race track spoof with Florence Edwards as Effie, lively dances, clever comedians, a character change act by May T. Lawrence, and a finale burlesque on Erminie Dear Minnie. The show aims as a big draw with ladies in balcony or orchestra receiving Perkins’s candies as Christmas gifts.
Richard Mansfield returns to Boston as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the Globe Theatre after illness. Critics note a cold, calculating portrayal with rough pacing but a generally high rank performance, supported by Miss Cameron as Portia and others. the run continues this week.
Sally Ward, known as the Yorkshire Tower and listed at eight feet tall, debuted yesterday at Austin & Stone's Museum. The world’s tallest woman to date, she has long drawn attention in Britain as a curiosity and now makes her first American visit. During lectures this week, Stone and Shaw will hand her a $100 bill, challenging anyone able to stand on a level floor.
The Park Theatre hosted the 100th performance of Prince Kam last night drawing a crowded audience. Patrons recalled this marks the third season with the show at the venue, celebrating with an enthusiastic crowd and a top quality comic display. Souvenirs included a large book of gems and swords.
Bos-ton's Adonis at the Park opens with a novel production under Rice's reorganized burlesque company after Henry E Dixey's departure. The act promises an entirely new staging, with elaborate costumes and a fresh take on the famous show.
The Lyceum Theatre presents Sam T. Jack's Creoles in an engaging program praised by two crowds. The opening acts feature strong singing and comedy with interesting interpolations by Mlle. Aimee and a lengthy run concluding with Aunt Jane's Wooden Wedding and a lively dance contest. The Night Owls burlesque is announced for next week.
The Columbia house closes soon but last night drew enthusiastic crowds as the sixth week opened. The 500th performance arrives tonight with a token gift for ladies with orchestra or balcony checks.
Witness accounts detail Joseph King and Michael Coleman families in South Boston as cordage workers and unemployed for months. With six children each, they face hunger, squalor, and rent debts after the Boston Cordage Company lay off hundreds. A priest from Gate of Heaven aids them while mothers seek work for a few cents daily.
Superintendent Henry F. Parkhurst of the Pitts Street Mission proposes a charitable meal for the needy priced at 56 cents per serving. Beans and bread with coffee will be served with no butter or sugar, tickets at 4.50 per hundred cut the cost. The mission offers ample space and cooking facilities to feed an army of recipients.
C R Wood of Beachmont proposes placing collection boxes outside newspaper offices and in restaurants to gather loose change for the unemployed in Boston. He urges placing placards and frequent cash dropoffs, noting that small contributions add up.
A letter from a Boston reader argues that $75 to $100 from endowment funds, locked in receivers' safes, should be released to about fifty thousand enrolled poor by court authority, to aid families amid hardship. The writer urges courts to act to supply funds to rightful owners.
A letter from George H. Westley of Boston dated December 18 proposes using voting booths as public centers to receive and distribute food and clothing. He argues the visible locations would attract more charitable contributions than obscured church rooms.
The Christmas number of the Boston Commonwealth, issued last Saturday, is one of the handsomest holiday periodicals. It features a colored cover with the engraving Christmas Bells and includes Dr. Hale's celebrated Christmas material.
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