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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1915
Page
5
Alumni of Boston College with wives and friends, totaling over 700, attended a cabaret and dancing party at the Somerset ballroom in Cambridge. A musical program featured prominent alumni contributions and lively dancing throughout the evening.
Under director George W. C. Lord, cabaret choruses and costumed waitresses entertained alumni, officials, and clergy at a ballroom gathering. Notable soloists included McDonough Mason Collins Gallagher and Shubert quartet. Eight cabaret chorus women plus male assistants performed amid lunch and dancing until 1 am. Committees led by Mullin and Carney oversaw the successful affair.
Dr William D Kelly of the West End died last evening from blood poisoning following tonsillitis.
Dr William D Kelly 35 of 67 Hancock street died last evening at Carney Hospital from septicemia contracted while taking a throat culture. A Harvard Medical School graduate 1908 he led a Boston West End practice, served public schools, and helped found the Elizabeth Peabody House clinic and milk station. Funeral arrangements set for 1729 Commonwealth Avenue with requiem mass at St Joseph's Chambers Street.
Symphony Hall glittered as Boston Lodge Elks hosted 1000 guests for a formal ball. Decorators built a vivid scene with gay festoons and multicolored lighting, casting soft light on the elaborate gowns and festive atmosphere.
The ball featured fashionable women in lavish costumes aided by Boston Opera House scenery. A woods scene with a prominent elk, the Elks clock at 11, and the Elks toast by George E. O'Brien highlighted the evening. Joseph J. and James Ecker sang The Rosary as dancing followed an orchestral concert. John J. Cassidy led the grand march with Mrs Cassidy, with Major J J Casey and other notable guests present. Dancing lasted until 1 o'clock.
For the first time in his life the famous life prisoner Jesse Pomeroy saw an automobile yesterday in Charlestown prison yard. A large auto truck delivering provisions drew his attention as guards explained how the machine runs without horses, and he asked many questions.
Arlington Street Station Association executive committee set plans for a hearing at the State House Room 40 before the metropolitan affairs committee. The hearing is slated for Wednesday at 10 30 AM with attendees including W J Shearer Burton R Miller Otto J Pieler Benjamin F Pitman J Linfield House W F Pinkham and James Jackson.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin defends airship raids on undefended cities as necessary in wartime. He argues aerial warfare is here to stay and could shorten conflict, while noting noncombatant deaths occur in all weapons and stressing armies aim to avoid civilian harm. He discusses rules of attack, one day London possible, and the evolving role of aerial cruisers.
A wartime discussion notes Zeppelins and aeroplanes in combat, with opinions on their effectiveness and the need for naval air power. The speaker questions whether actual fights occurred, mentions machine gun fire, and recalls rulings on what aboard Zeppelins may be discarded as ballast.
London report says Count de Lalming, Belgian minister to Great Britain, tendered his resignation today because of ill health.
In London Feb 8 the largest British military budget to date dominated a Commons session alongside the official press bureau, as War Office Secretary H J Tennant urged greater recruiting while defense officials defended timely information releases amid ongoing front-line strains. King pressed for freer press access. Buckmaster defended bureau operations and denied withholding information amid reports of dispatches from the front.
A weight gain advertisement claims thin men and women can add five to eight pounds in fourteen days by taking Sargo tablets with meals. It asserts Sargol turns fats and sugars into fat producing nourishment, dissolves waste, and promises safe pleasant and inexpensive results with a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists in Boston.
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