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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
12
Readers discuss finances marriage and domestic duties in the Sewing Circle column. Letters critique amusements on a $15 weekly budget and warn against airing private troubles publicly. The tone blends advice with moral judgment on couples and gender roles.
A reader asks about a wife’s right to wages and personal recreation. An elder woman suggests hiring a lawyer to demand half her husband’s pay for her own spending, claiming the police will back such a claim. The note highlights gender‑rights debates echoed in the Sewing Circle and Sunday Post.
In Symphony Hall yesterday afternoon the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented a remarkable public rehearsal. Teresa Carreno was the soloist in the Beethoven Emperor Concerto with Brahms Fourth Symphony, the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde, and Strauss Death and Transfiguration.
Dr Mack conducted Brahms fourth symphony praised as greatest in form and impersonal beauty. The performance highlighted its slow movement and final passacaglia as landmark pages in symphonic literature. Mme Carreno impressed in the concerto and Strauss tone poem drew mixed verdicts for intensity and sincerity. The concert lingered in memory despite its length.
Salem Feb 6 James J Gook 18 and Joseph Lonergan 20 both of Salem held in 1500 bail in district court to await grand jury action on assault and robbery charges.
A seven year old canary owned by Mrs. E. J. Crocker of Somerville charms neighbors. The bird rings bells to request hemp seeds, fetches seeds from mouths, kisses on command, and performs for a portrait, proving highly trained and intelligent.
After a heated quarrel Helen cuts contact with Jim. Ruth engineers a visit to a seaside bungalow where Jim secretly enters with keys, sparking a reconciliation as Helen imagines a dream home and fate intervenes as the couple reunites.
Readers with clever pets are invited to send stories and a photograph to the Feature Editor of the Post. Any animal is welcome if its tricks or wit make a good tale.
The article notes three hooped tunics in latest evening gowns and a revival of old fashioned attire. It recommends elegant tea gowns in black or dull blue velvet with metal embroidery or silver lace, and describes Panama hats trimmed with scarfs, green pongee, velvet collars with pendants, and heavy bead necklaces as popular accessories.
In Waltham the town divides into three camps over boxing at the high school. Supporters include young girls who witnessed Leon Jones strike Albert Kittredge's nose with a boxing glove until his nose turned rosy.
A pep infused afternoon at Waltham High School gym saw Coach Dame organize an athletic party featuring mixed bouts between senior and junior boys and an enthusiastic crowd of girls. Bouts ended in draws with playful banter and post match hot chocolate.
Portland Me Feb 6 The appointment of Lynedon P Noble a Portland bank clerk to succeed the late William G Ellis of Gardiner as deputy State bank commissioner was announced today Noble is son of the late Frank L Noble former Lewiston mayor He has lived in Portland most of his life and served in both branches of the city government.
Poem expresses unity and immortality, invoking love, song, and nature. Refrains emphasize oneness with wind, sea, stars, and earth. The speaker asserts enduring connection beyond life and time, celebrating shared humanity and spirit.
Miss Helen Brewer daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Brewer Bar Harbor Maine married Theodore Hilton Budd of Pemberton New Jersey at Trinity Church Emerson College of Oratory friends shocked by elopement Honeymoon planned aboard ship to Havana Cuba after wedding News mentions the 1912 class member and Boston meeting before ceremony.
The Efficiency Club will hold its second dinner at the Boston City Club on Feb. 1. Dr. Charles W. Eliot will discuss Profit Sharing and Colonel C. B. Wheeler will speak on Scientific Management with stereopticon illustrations. Brigadier General William Crozier may speak if available. Tickets are distributed by H. F. Payne of 387 Washington Street.
The final Burton Holmes lecture of the season was held last night at Tremont Temple with the subject Japan in Korea. The talk highlighted Japanese modernization in the north, eradicating old customs and introducing new innovations, beginning in Seoul with its vast railway project and ongoing improvements.
The talk contrasted past and present life in Japan, praising the busy nation and noting shifts toward European customs. The second half described domestic life, leisure, and social conditions, highlighting picturesque scenes and the impact of new rhythms. A motion picture on tides drew interest. The same discourse resumes this afternoon.
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