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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1917
Page
5
New York December 23 Geraldine Farrars two career paths will diverge after the 1918 19 opera season when her current contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company ends. If she does not withdraw from moving pictures she will not be asked to sing in New York opera again.
The article notes Geraldine Farrar faces pressure from the Metropolitan Opera over film work with a looming decision at season's end. It contrasts Farrar with Mary Garden, whose screen roles more directly threaten opera profits, and mentions potential career moves and box office implications.
The sugar shortage hits the traditional cranberry sauce for the Christmas meal. Boston housewives scramble to buy the few pounds left as grocers report tight supplies and limited restocks. The sauce remains a cherished centerpiece despite the scarcity.
Private George R. Soboleski, on furlough from Camp Devens to visit Lanesboro, was arrested as a deserter. He and six other soldiers were found away from camp and exposed to measles. Soboleski is quarantined at the police station, others were returned to camp for quarantine to determine if the illness develops.
James J. Storrow, state fuel administrator, unfurled the West End House 125 star service flag at 46 Chambers Street. More than 500 members, many in army uniform, cheered as the flag was presented by Mitchell Freiman then affixed to the lanyards. Mrs. Storrow spoke and the building’s social hall program closed with the national anthem.
Kenneth P. Hill of Cambridge Massachusetts among the latest group at Fort Omaha to receive commissions as first lieutenants in the captive balloon service. He is a Massachusetts political figure serving as Representative from the third Middlesex district since 1915 and will resign in January. He was among the first ten to leave Boston for the balloon school on September 7 and is the first New England man and the first Eastern cadet to be commissioned. He made the school’s first parachute drop from 2500 feet and served as transportation officer in the Third Balloon Squadron before commissioning.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a conference in New York from December 27 to 30 to discuss the relations of the American Negro to the war and the postwar adjustment. Delegates from across the country will attend.
Representative Addison P. Beardsley of Roxbury and cat breeder Hilda M. Kelly of East Weymouth argue that keeping pet cats is a personal matter and should be regulated by individuals, even during war times when the state curtails food waste.
Citizens argue over keeping cats during wartime. Beardsley cites cats as useful for rats, while Kelly defends pets against cuts and argues housing children and mice control justify maintaining cats. A shopworn view of hysteria about cats and food waste is dismissed as ridiculous.
Theatres and ads on Boston streets remained unlit as authorities enforce Fuel Administrator Storrow's darkness rule. Police vigilance limited violations, with notable offenses at Boylston Street electric signs and a Washington Street hotel drawing attention.
Dispatch from December describes near snowbound training as French divisions conduct an intricate attack under instruction for American officers. Generals Castelnau and others host luncheon with guardsmen billeted nearby while U S troops rehearse defense of a key rail head with field artillery and aircraft. Severe cold and icy roads test troops as they prepare for simulated enemy arrival.
The Handel and Haydn Society conducted by Emil Mollenhauer presented the first of two annual Messiahs in Symphony Hall with soloists Miss Stoddard Miss Beck Mr Miller and Mr Scott. The Boston Festival Orchestra with Hiram Tucker accompanied the performance which drew enthusiastic applause and will be repeated tonight.
Deputy director H. Moran will assume the duties of chief of the Secret Service when William J. Flynn retires next week. Secretary McAdoo accepted Flynn's resignation reluctantly noting the strain of wartime duties. Moran has led much of the bureau's work from New York, directing counterfeiters smugglers food hoarders and enemy plotters.
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