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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post argues for annual elections to keep public servants accountable to the people. It warns that biennial terms would weaken responsible governance, praise Massachusetts laws, and oppose breaking the system that protects against unfaithful service while criticizing bond syndicates and their impact on prices.
The piece laments a Republican Congress for not authorizing long term low-rate gold bonds, arguing sub 4 percent bonds would have reduced interest and saved the public. It credits the Democratic administration and the American people for maintaining financial standing, calling the missed move a partisan lost opportunity.
In Boston, state control over police and alcohol licensing is cited, with Senator Hutchinson's election bill seen as stripping local self government. The piece notes Republican dissent, calling the measure partisan and an overreach while defending local authority and elections.
The piece argues that $600 million in gold bids prove American trust in government bonds despite Republican moves toward free coinage and a silver bill. It contends the public will not permit repudiation and that the loan bids affirm national credit before the world.
The text proclaims that the bond issue settled government finance by Americans not foreign syndicates. It notes Mr. Morgan and associates received a portion as individuals among seven thousand bidders, earning allotments by bidding higher, disproving cheap bonds to resell at high rates.
The bill banning rough sports is withdrawn as absurd amid public protest. Lawmakers seek a new measure to ban public boxing matches or sparring exhibitions only, arguing sparring is a legitimate sport when properly conducted and not inherently demoralizing.
The piece lauds public service newspapers led by the New York World for exposing secret bond sales and rallying oversubscription. It credits the World with a million dollar offer and strong telegraphic canvasses of banks, noting the Post and others joined in. It argues without press protest Uncle Sam would face large losses and weakened credit, while praising the American press.
The Observant Citizen reports a Tremont Theatre dress rehearsal where Old Mother Hubbard lost her petticoat, a dancer exposed red underwear, and a stilts act faltered. It also surveys Massachusetts lawmakers with Addis and Lord noted for judiciary and roads work, and Murphy and Ellis in the water department, plus a Back Bay painting gift to John Holden as railroad bills loom. The piece notes a Brighton Street tragedy dog Fred wandering near Perkins Street, and announces Charles Winter plans to move to Boston with his singer wife, Lizzie Stewart illness, and a wave of South African gold fever sending broker W. W. Street toward Johannesburg with an English mining engineer, as clerks answer hurricane timing questions in the Federal building.
A Boston collector recalls Charlie Bartlett as a top jurist favored by many and shared anecdotes from Curtis Guild senior. A broker on State Street endures a playful umbrella overshoe prank that spreads among bemused visitors.
The writer praises the Post for plain arguments supporting opponents of the biennial chestnut change. He argues lawmakers will railroad the measure and rely on luck for voter opinion, likening it to past subway bill passage when the public was distracted. N. G. M.
G Mayo informs the Editor of Post that the Rev Walter A King is the correct name and that Elm Hill Church was not closed. He notes King preached in January as a temporary preacher and in October supplied two Sabbaths. The church voted to call him in October 9 and his Roxbury address is 8 Crawford Street.
A comic paragraph on a mother who believes her son is an angel and dresses him in odd outfits. She misreads his legs as missing and uses stiff leather leggings. Now the boy sports a long highwayman style coat that reaches well below the knee, signaling a change in attire.
The passage details a boy's coat double breasted and straight like his father’s overcoat with three graduated capes and a turn-over collar. He may wear leggings or cotton stockings. leggings are disliked for boys but stock warmth remains. The description closes with THE LATEST.
Natalie, torn between past and future, faces an arranged marriage to Arnulf. Her dream of an English love clashes with family plans as a cousin’s arrival tests her restraint. In the end Natalie’s heart and a bridal bouquet of marguerites signal her true sentiment as Arnulf steps aside for Artemise’s charm.
A collage of wry exchanges and quips from gossiping tellers hotel clerks and stray captions. Jests cover music talk misstatements and social foibles with sly humor. References include Puck Truth Harper's Bazar Yonkers Statesman and Washington Star.
The narrative reviews Wagner’s Siegfried with Max Alvary in the title role at the Boston Theatre detailing the score’s mastery and vocal limits. It notes other cast members Paul Lange Gerhard Stehman Mina Schilling Milka Ternina and conductor Elliot Schenck. It also mentions upcoming Die Meistersinger and Sothern’s Prisoner of Zenda run plus hospital benefit results.
A collection of kitchen guidance and recipes including muffins, creamed lobster, chocolate custard, corn oysters, Harvard pudding and Sterling sauce. The guide also lists ingredients and cooking steps with precise measurements and methods. Emily V. Clifford of Somerville signs the item.
The Boston Post offers a weekly $5 prize for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner for a family of five with max $10 weekly. Entries due each Saturday. winners printed weekly. Send to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Rejected communications are not returned. Write only on one side.
Arrangements are complete to send the body of the late US ambassador Theodore Runyon from Bremen to New York aboard the steamer Havel. Runyon’s son-in-law Mr. Haskins will accompany the casket on the voyage scheduled to sail next Tuesday.
Yesterday afternoon the Cadets presented a professional matinee of The Strange Adventures of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Tremont Theatre. The performance was framed as a caress rather than critique, drawing a crowd of performers and notable attendees including Francis Wilson Grace Kimball and E. H. Sothern company members. Next week’s Tremont shows promise many pleasant surprises.
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