Amusements This Evening In Boston Theaters
The Boston Post lists tonight’s shows across city venues at 7 45 PM including Hanlon Walter Martinetti Company at Boston Theatre Washington Street Bettys Finish at Boston Museum Tremont Street and The Solicitor at Globe Theater Rose Coghlan in Lady Barter Grimess Cellar Door Cleopatra Cleopatra at Hollis Street Theatre Fanny Davenport at Bowako Miss Ship Ahoy at Arc Theater and The City Directory at Sycamont Theater plus other listings by venue and time.
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Boston
Washington Street
Hanlon-Walter Martinetti Company
Sboston Museum
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Betty
Glope
Rose Coghlan
Sgranp
Hollis Street
Governor Russet's appointments questioned by critics
Boston critics argue Governor Russet missed a standard in filling Superior and Municipal Court vacancies. They contend political associations influenced Bratey and Burke selections more than fitness, expressing public and bar concern over the administration's choices.
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Russkell
Bratey
Burke
Russet
Kansas Views Of In- galls Successor
Kansas commentary praises Senator elect Peregrin PreFex as the best of sixteen Alliance candidates yet notes he is not a strong figure. Lawrence Journal calls him pure and honest. Topeka Capital prints the speech but shows low regard for In galls, urging Kansas gratitude for the escape.
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Ingalls
Kansas
PreFex
Lawrence Journal
Topeka
Perrer
Alliance
Impossible Ally Aims to Narrow Irish Party Rift
A report claims Liberal leaders near terms with Mr Parwell, though he heads a minority faction in the Irish party in Parliament. His Ennis ton speech repels supposed cooperation with English statesmen, suggesting only a united Irish party willing to concessions could win Liberal alliance.
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Par- Well
Flank movement aims to test veto on free silver bill
Senator Stewart offered an amendment to the pension bill that would force a House vote on free silver coinage, challenging efforts to sink the original bill in committee. If the House passes it, the measure would reach the President for a veto test, and reformers warn it endangers honest money and must be resisted by all factions.
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Stewart
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Friends of Honest Money
Historical Society
State House
Dartmouth
Bowdoin
Brattle Street
Old South
West
Petition for Public Reservations to preserve historic places
A state senate petition urged incorporation of Public Reservations with power to acquire historic sites for public preservation. Prominent citizens requested action to prevent loss of Massachusetts landmarks to private gain and ensure public access and educational value.
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State ‘Senate
Massachusetts
Jingoism at Washington Fortification Bill Debate
The Senate debate on the fortification bill Tuesday revealed sharp division and strong opinions. The discussion showed a movement toward assertive national defense policy with divergent views on spending and strategy.
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Senate
Senators Split Over Sea Defenses and Frontier Forts
A political dispute unfolds over defense spending for seacoast and northern frontier fortifications. Dawes notes the Appropriations Committee is between the devil and the deep sea while others push for arbitration or massive fortification budgets. Hawtry warns against war scare tactics as windmills are battled, and Blairt urges sane, measured action.
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Department of State
Dawes
Committee On Appropriations
Deep Sea
Cockrele
BrLatt
Hawtry
New York
Dorts
United States
Blair
Treasury
Mr. Hawlry
Supervision of electric wires in Boston debate
The Citizens Association report condemns the 1890 wire supervision law as ineffective. It argues the supervisor lacks power to enforce safety, requires systematic rewiring and undergrounding, and calls for stronger legislation to reduce electric risks and protect life and property in Boston.
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Citizens’ Association
Boston
Thomson
Philanthropy and saleswomen wages in New York
A New York philanthropist and secretary of the Working Women's Society has conducted a personal investigation into the condition of saleswomen in the metropolis. Her conclusions, shared with the Commercial Advertiser, reveal startling findings about low wages and the harsh realities faced by these workers.
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New York
Working Women’s Society
Metropolis
Public lectures open at American School of Athens
In the Athenian Ephemeris the American School of Classical Studies at Athens announces the annual course of public lectures opened yesterday afternoon in the school rooms. Attending were King, Queen, Crown Prince, and Princess Sophia. Director Waldstein delivered a memory note for the late Henry Schlienam and spoke on Lycosura marbles. Mr Richardson discussed a Plataea inscription. Distinguished residents archaeologists and friends of antiquity attended.
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Athens
Henry Schlienam
Lycosura
Richardson
Plataea
Harvard College Library Reading Room Fund Progress
The editor notes the fundraising status for Harvard College library reading room. Details show subscriptions from graduates and friends totaling 6,525 30 and undergraduates contributing 1,179 00 with promises of 10,340 00 from graduates and friends and 2,351 00 from undergraduates. Treasurer Moses Wirthmns signs dated Feb 4, 1891. Also notices of concerts and lectures at Steinert Hall Chickering Hall Union Hall with Wagner Nibelungen review, Chopin recital, and a Franz Rummel piano program featuring works by Couperin to Liszt.
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Harvard
Harvard College
Slater
Norwich
Franz Rummel
Union Hall
Couperin
Rameau
Beethoven
Chopin
Shubert
Brahms
Raff
Liszt
Two Boston Women Die Within Hours of Each Other
The Post notes the deaths of Mary Stoddard and Alice T Johnson, wives of Samuel and Edward C Johnson, two accomplished Boston women beloved for strength and gentleness. The item reflects on their charitable lives and family ties, then shifts to a separate portrait of Thomas Wallcut, his early life, career, and eccentricities, ending with a critique of the 1888 1891 Public Statutes supplement and its unwieldy index.
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Mary Stoddard
Samuel Johnson
Alice T
Edward C. Johnson
Wallcut
Thomas Marshall
Moor
Indian Charity School
Dartmouth College
Crown Point
St. Francis Village
Chaudiere
Montreal
Hanover
Thomas
Carlton
Boston
Benjamin
Marshall
Christopher
Fort Ann
Quebec
Albany
John Warren
Newton Paper Mills Purchased By Hyde Park Buyer
Newton February 4 Special to the Post Mr Hickey of Hyde Park has bought Crandall Paper Mills at Newton Upper Falls and will begin wall paper manufacture at once. The property includes two wooden buildings with steam and water power and the opening is expected to provide employ ment for many operators.
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Newton Paper Mills
Newton
Hickey
Hyde Park
Crandall Paper
Newton Upper Falls
Providence Water Polo Triumph Over Boston A A
In a Sanitary Gymnasium match Providence Swimming Club defeated Boston Athletic Association six goals to zero. Stuart scored four goals as Providence dominated play, earning six medals. Pat Stone won the novice swim in 1m 7s, with Boston’s J A Taylor second. A handicap swim finished 1:01 4 5, Hug ins first Eaton second Quigley third. A pole match and a clothes race were won by local sixes. event closed the entertainment.
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Providence
Sanitary Gymnasium
Providence Swimming Club
Boston Athletic Association
Stuart
Pat Stone
J. A. Taylor
Boston
John Kinson
Gorman
Hugins
Eaton
Quigley
Heilborn
Taussig Parses Silver Situation in Washington Politics
Harvard professor F W Taussig and a Boston Anti Free Silver committee member spoke with a Post reporter on the silver issue. He cites election results, Western and Southern voting dynamics, possible presidential veto, and maneuvering by Democrats and Republicans as they weigh the fate of a free coinage bill. He notes the Boston protest energizing lawmakers and the likelihood of further debate into 1892.
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Harvard University
Boston Anti-Free Silver Coinage Committee
Washington
Post
Taussig
Farmers’ Alliance
Harrison
West
Cleveland
House
Boston
East
Committee On Coinage
Miss Coghlan in Peg Woffington at Globe Theatre
Miss Rose Coghlan starred in a single performance of Peg Woffington at the Globe Theatre on a large Wednesday afternoon audience. The reviewer notes Coghlan’s staging and makeup, praising her as a clever woman and ex-orange-girl while critiquing the performance’s staginess and comparing supporting actors to earlier runs of the play.
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Peg Woffington
Rose Coghlan
Masks and Faces
Globe Theatre
Wolfington
Charles Reade
Tom ‘Taylor
Peg
Colley Cibber
Mabel Vane
Thomas Whitten
Beatrice Moreland
Mr. Sullivan
Charles Pomander
Literary News Highlights New Kipling Edition and Series
Kipling enlarges The Light That Failed edition to be published by Macmillan. Lippincott to issue a Spanish Nun romance and upcoming Ex Ceptional Case. New verse volumes by Isabella T. Aitken and L. J. Black. A portrait essay on George E Woodberry by Lindsay Swift appears in Book Buyer. Harper’s Young People carries Men of Iron, Henry IV era portrait. The March Season offers varied art and decorative designs with masquerade costumes as a special feature.
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Macmillan & Co. Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co
Alice Montgomery Baldy
J. K. Reno
Pow
American Men of Letters
Boston
Woodberry
Lindsay Swift
Boston Public Library
Howard Pyle
Harper
Merrie England
Berlin
Nationalism Debate Opens Series at Barnard Memorial
The first discussion on Nationalism featured Captain Edward S. Huntington arguing for nationalism as scientific socialism and Professor Dewey of MIT countering with views on public control. Huntington urged state ownership of key industries. Dewey warned socialism lacks moral proof and questioned state supremacy in guiding citizens. Other speakers included John Ransom Bridge, Arthur Hildreth, and R. Simmons.
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Barnard Memorial
Edward 8. Huntington
Davis R. Dewey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Huntington
Thomas More
Robert Owen
Karl Marx
John Stuart Mill
Edward Caird
Sidney Webb
Professor Marshall
Captain Huntington
Dewey
Christ
John Ransom Bridge
Arthur Hildreth
R. Simmons
Baseball Men Agreeing and Other Quips Across 1900s Media
A miscellany notes snippets on economic talk and politics with sharp wit. It cites Blaine buying a $65,000 Washington house and jokes about wealth, labor, and the White House. It mentions gold ductility, a Italian fortune scheme, and a claim by General Spinner about hiring the first woman clerk. It also recalls sidewalk fines in Albany and a mock congress at Cornell University, describing its structure and humor while reflecting early 20th century attitudes.
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Blaine
Washington
White House
America
Italy
London
Figaro
Albany
Illustrated American
Prince Talleyrand Memoir Review in Cosmopolitan February
New magazines feature a Cosmopolitan piece on Talleyrand with multiple portraits including a striking aging image. The issue also presents Tolstoi’s unpublished Nicholai Palkin, Chateaux in Touraine cuts by Eisie de Wolfe, and an illustrated piece by Champion Bissell on gambling tools.
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Cosmopolitan
Prince Talleyrand
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Talleyrand
Tolstoi
Nikolai Palkin
Touraine
Eisie de Wolfe
Champion Bissell
Caroline Fraser
Lucien Murat
Jeanette Gilder
Bordentown
Brander Matthews
Mr. Bunner
Mr. Anstey
Mr. W. Carew Hazlett
Alphonse Vaudet
Refuge for Penitent Females Annual Meeting
The Refuge for Penitent Females held its annual meeting yesterday morning at the Rutland street home. Officers named for the coming year include President Arthur W. Tufts, Vice-President the Rev. D. W. Waldron, Treasurer William A. Paine, Secretary Charles F. Wyman, Directors Alpheus H. Hardy and Arthur G. Stanwood, along with several listed ladies.
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Refuge
Rutland Street
Arthur W. Tufts
D. W. Waldron
Wiliam A. Paine
Charles F. Wyman
Alpheus H. Hardy
Arthur G. Stanwood
Arthur Wilkinson
Alpheus Hardy
J.C. Tyler
George W. Warren
H. O. Houghton
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