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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1914
Page
5
A Christmas drive urges readers to visit the Post Santa department to donate gifts and funds for needy children. Workers organize day and night efforts to spread joy on Christmas Day, inviting public contributions.
A vivid appeal urges Boston residents to send contributions to the Post Santa Fund to brighten Christmas for needy children. Readers' letters, including from Mayor Good and various company employees, show broad support and a Citywide effort to deliver "smiles" to families across New England.
The Post Santa Claus asks local residents to lend their cars for delivering Christmas bundles starting Tuesday morning. Interested helpers should send their names to the Post Santa Claus department of the Boston Post. Increased demand this year requires more automobiles than ever before.
James McFadden ran Dorchester avenue barefoot and bareheaded toward a mile prize when Patrolman John Ridge arrested him on suspicion of being an escaped lunatic. The arrest came just as he neared victory in a wager with local businessman Joseph J Noonan.
Motormen and conductors are not considered skilled workers, though they hold honorable public service positions, according to Bay State Street Railway General Manager Robert S. Goff.
In a morning session Mr. Goff denounced Professor Hugo Munsterberg's general and applied psychology as nonsense. The afternoon discussion centered on railroad wages for 4000 blue-uniform workers with Goff defending a rising scale from 24 to 28 cents per hour and his view that seven years of apprenticeship does not define a skilled motorman role.
The afternoon session at Faneuil Hall yesterday brought out discussion and testimony during the wage arbitration hearing, outlining proposed pay adjustments and employer responses.
The subject noted his work described as mechanical but requested a switch to automatically. The exchange centers on choosing precise terminology to convey automated action rather than routine effort.
The Boston Auxiliary of the McAN Mission reports receipt of 1290.88 to relieve French women and children harmed by war. Further contributions are urged, to Miss C. J. Cushing at Hotel Kempton Boston or to Arthur Perry at Perry Coffin Burr 60 State Street Boston.
Mrs. Ralph M. Kirtland regent of the Minutemen Chapter D A R told chapter members at the Copley Square Hotel that donations would go to the Boston Post Santa Claus. A Christmas tree laden with gifts stood in the room and will later be used at the Home for Little Wanderers. Luncheon followed with about two dozen members present.
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