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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
In Tremont Street in front of the Granary Burying Ground over 100 men hawk wares during Christmas permits issued by Police Commissioner O'Meara. Privileges to occupy up to four feet are bought and sold, with profits from $25 to $60 for prime spots. Quarrels flare as vendors bid for locations in a brisk, commodified sale.
Miss Laura Hawkins assisted by Mr. Carl Wendling gave the first of three chamber concerts in Steinert Hall. The program featured D Indys sonata op 59 in collaboration with Cesar Franck influence, Francks Caprice, and Griegs sonata op 11. Hawkins displayed refined technique and musical maturity while Wendling contributed a warm, vital tone and perceptive accompaniment. The performance drew hearty applause.
The Boston Singing Club presented its season opener in Jordan Hall with Hiram Tucker conducting. Miss Nellie Wright soprano and Miss Mary Chandler pianist joined, while Benjamin Whelpley played organ. The program included Bach Kyrie Eleison and Cui Spring Delight, earning strong applause. Wright’s light soprano impressed, with plans for a second concert now set for March 31 1908.
Mrs. Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift, a soprano, was to appear with Herbert Witherspoon at Chickering Hall but canceled after collapsing. Witherspoon delivered an extended program covering all numbers, including the Irish piece Black Sheela of the Silver Eye, sung in a single breath. Encores followed and critics praised Witherspoon’s artistry and technique.
A bill in equity filed in the Superior Court by Shepard Norwell Co and Smith Patterson Co asks the court to appoint a receiver to manage the assets of the Boston Club. The club is among the oldest in the city with many famous members. The bill states officers will meet to pursue the receivership.
In Randolph on December 18 Mrs Mary E Wilkins Freeman lies ill at Miss Mary Wales home on Main street and inquiries about her husband Dr Charles Manning Freeman meet cold disdain. The physician says he does not know if the writer is seriously ill and cannot be interviewed.
Reporter visits Randolph on a report of the novelist’s husband missing. Miss Wales says Mrs Freeman is present but ill and not seeing visitors. Dr Granger, family physician, knows nothing of the husband’s whereabouts.
Mrs. Ball recounts leaving with Gracie and Tommy to buy a coat then recalls wandering in woods near an old shed and a linked road, unsure if the children were taken in a passing auto. She ends at Crawford House and then Mrs. Baxter’s home, under care.
Italian community leaders back renaming North End Park after the late Representative George A. Scigliano. Clergy, business people, and editor James V. Donnarumma advocate Scigliano Park, with Mayor Fitzgerald said to favor the plan and a public subscription planned.
Guardians pursue a claim for two young Fournier girls Loraine and Eleanor to obtain about 50 000 from the estate of liquor dealer Peter Gaffney of 24 Causeway Street. The inventory values the estate at about 30 000 though estimates rise to 50 000. The hearing in Probate Court resumed with witnesses including Bernard Kline confirming signatures on the will.
In the recount of the mayoralty vote at Faneuil Hall, Mayor Fitzgerald lost four votes while mayor elect Hibbard shed 11. Ward 28 aldermanic results show Baldwin and Byrne each down 14, Anderson down 10, Brand up 41, Parker up 15, Louis M. Clark up 13. Ward 25 sees Charles H. Warren up eight over McCape for a 16 vote lead. Fitzgerald gains four in Ward 25 as Hib bard drops eight and Coulthurst four. Ward 5 results list Newton down 29, Anderson up 26, Cotton down 29, Daniel J. MacDonald up 14.
A large gray cat jumped from a third story window at 11 Fleet Street during noon hours, dying instantly after bystanders witnessed the act. Cab driver James E. Tarbox saw the cat sunning itself and warning signs before the fatal jump, leaving a broken body in the street.
The San Carlo company presented Faust at the Majestic Theatre last evening with Alice Nielsen as Marguerite in her season debut. Her voice showed fresh power, control, and fidelity to the score aided by strong acting. The garden scene and final trio drew high audience enthusiasm, alongside Darni as Faust De Segurola as Mephistopheles and Bramonia as Siebel. Tonight Rigoletto is announced with Nielsen Constantino Maurel in principal roles.
Director Russell adds M. Carl Albani to Hammerstein roster after Nordica left Manhattan. Albani, leading tenor of the Manhattan Opera Company, debuts at the Majestic Theatre tomorrow night in Pagliacci as Russell forecasts a stampede of signings.
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