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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
9
A short lyric fragment describes longing under quiet skies. The speaker asks a beloved to bend closer as stars gaze on the sea. It invokes calm dreams, familiar watches, and a wish for companionship in a sacred hour.
Olin Downes reviews a program featuring soloists and the ensemble, noting the performers' technique and interpretive approach as the orchestra presents a varied selection of works with emphasis on balance and musical clarity. The piece analyzes phrasing, tone quality, and the conductor's shaping of the concert.
The piece reviews a Boston Symphony rehearsal with John Marshall and Sylvain Noack, praising their Bach and Sinding performances while noting conductor Otto Urack. It also discusses the Sewing Circle column inviting homemakers to share advice, and a reader letter condemning large families and child labor, ending with a Chelsea mother lament about the changed relationship with her son after his marriage.
Poem by Walt Mason praising schools as memory aids while lamblasting memory of past sorrows and grudges. It argues for educational focus on forgetting rather than dwelling on old failures, urging society to move on with life. Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.
Five trainmen were hurt when a local passenger car collided with a freight train on the Washington Baltimore & Annapolis electric railway near Annapolis Maryland. Two of the injured were reported seriously hurt. The crash happened in dense fog today.
Boston Opera Company opens its full season with Aida at the Boston Opera House. Zenatello Melis and Gay headline as Radames Aida and Amneris, with Rossi debuting as Amonasro. Substantial orchestral unity absent but soloists’ interpretations praised. Melis in particular renders a human Aida amid an impressive Nile scene.
Three experts on Rob ert E Davie the boy broker have deferred their report until next week delaying action on the pardon. The incoming city council with four new members may decide the case. Davie supporters expect a favorable finding despite the postponement.
London rumors center on King George’s New Year honors. The Order of Merit vacancy fuels guesses toward a British Academy member, possibly Sir Aston Webb, while Sir Humphry Ward may gain recognition. Johnston Forbes-Roberts could become a knight, and Prince Arthur may receive a dukedom likely Kent. New peerages are expected but mainly outside Parliament.
William H. Wiley, longtime Wakefield resident and canoeing enthusiast, died yesterday of pneumonia. He built a large canoe business with nearly 500 canoes and a new $25,000 building this fall containing storage, repair and building shops and a ballroom. He is survived by his wife, three daughters Ethel Mabel and Vera Wiley, and brother Edward Wiley of Boston. He was 83 and ill five days.
A note reflects on the belief that a mother is cared for in old age by her children. The author recalls a son who promised to support a dying father, yet left the money to go into business with another, contradicting that promise.
A correspondent’s letter discusses forgiving a son but not a daughter, framing a broader debate on whether men and women face different moral standards today. The piece notes readers calling the essay Prodigal Daughter.
The letter argues mothers are harsher to daughters than to sons after marriage, noting daughters stay loyal to mothers while sons leave for another woman. It suggests society rewards sons for misbehavior while condemning daughters for the same acts, attributing it to women’s respect for a husband who strikes over one who serves.
A young Vermont born woman, 84, recalls leaving a dull country town for Boston seeking independence. She loses a decent job after a visit from a townswoman who spreads gossip, sparking a social fall and harsh judgment from the employer’s wife. The piece condemns gossip as ruinous.
A Boston housekeeper recounts her brother's failure to meet modest, refined brides in the city. She urges philanthropists to organize chaperoned introductions for young people seeking marriage to reduce immorality and prevent deception.
A reader praises a sister signatory "Wellesley 80" who wants licenses for marriage based on medical fitness and heredity. The letter notes historical presidents might not have been born under such tests and recalls a feeble mother in the town, highlighting concerns about eugenic proposals.
A speaker protests rigid birth and marriage rules, arguing that law should not force certificates of fitness for parenthood. She rebukes childbearing myths and contrasts human motherhood with animal breeding, insisting sense over “science” in marriage laws.
A reader cites Ida Tarbell and Isaac Watts to discuss married women who work or idle in relation to wages and virtue. She notes her husband’s travel and a dilemma between industry and temptation, warning that idleness invites ruin.
A Busy Bee letter cites daily hard work in an office, banked earnings, and a joint plan with her husband to retire on a chicken farm. She rejects gossip labeling her a grafter and asserts no need to idle. She mentions prep school for a son aiming for Harvard and dismisses criticisms.
A note about the Sewing Circle letters featured in the Sunday Post highlights reader correspondence and community interest in crafts, handiwork, and shared projects.
The Nurses Alumnae of St Elizabeths Hospital announce a reunion in aid of the free bed fund to be held at the hospital Wednesday evening New Years night. From 8 30 till 11 whist will be played then a luncheon. Committee in charge includes Miss Sadie Reynolds chairwoman Laura F Carney Anna L Connolly Clara Gay Mary Laden and Florence MacDougall.
An advertisement touts Adamson's Balsam as the safest remedy for coughs and colds, claiming it as the sure cure. The brief notice presents a period-typical promotional tone.
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