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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
5
Sculptors rely on clay for modelling while ordinary workers handle marble cutting. Cyrus I. Dallin explained at the Museum of Fine Arts that the artist’s part is essentially complete when the clay model meets the sculptor’s approval, tracing art from idea to final touches.
The artist notes there is no statue with a flawless side. A sculptor must shape four faces to please every viewpoint. The process begins with a six to seven inch clay model, then a two foot riding model, followed by larger studies.
The sculptor Dallin describes building a clay model with an iron core and lead supports then making plaster casts to reproduce the form. A plaster model guides the marble statue, with measurements ensuring a near replica before final finishing.
The Bucknall line steamer Kioto from India reached Boston after a monstrous Mediterranean comber knocked down her binnacle stand and damaged deckhouses. On the bridge Second Officer Landsley, Captain Smith, and Chief Officer Manship narrowly escaped being washed overboard as waves near 70 feet high battered the vessel. Despite the sea’s fury, Kioto carried a valuable Indian cargo and logged a generally smooth voyage aside from the day of the giant wave and a few rough Atlantic days.
Organized labor's relief committee spent funds raised for the unemployed on Sunday dinners, aiding families without steady meals since unemployment began. President Annie Molloy challenged Miss Mary Maguire of Milton to a debate on women's suffrage, as Molloy promotes votes for women.
A Boston labor relief committee funds dinners and shelter for distressed workers while protecting beneficiaries’ anonymity. The group, led by treasurer Dennis D. Driscoll at 987 Washington Street, vows equal treatment for union and non union workers, and plans new funding sources with five former Central Labor Union presidents and others. The committee denies any affiliation with other charities and continues case investigations to ensure worthiness.
A wage agreement for 1915 was adopted at a meeting of the Coal Teamsters Chauffeurs and Helpers Union yesterday and will be presented to employers on March. The Engineers and Firemen’s Union 559 gains jurisdiction over all stationary firms within 80 miles of Boston. The Boston and Maine locomotive engineers elect C. K. Mitchell as general chairman. Old Colony Lodge 148 meets with New York delegates to discuss matters as New Haven line conditions return to normal. Ben Franklin Assembly plans an annual practiceon. Sanitary and Street Cleaning Dept seeks $2 day wages. A gold watch was presented to former President William F. Salmon by the Department Store Drivers Union. Boston restaurant and cafe waitresses hold another organizing meeting at Blatchford Wall 987 Washington street. Forty new members join the Boston Telephone Operators Union charter. talks to abolish certain conditions begin with company reps this week.
The New England District Council of Electrical Workers condemned clothing concerns and Boston unions that seceded from the United Garment Workers of America. They plan a protest letter to involved firms and to the American Federation of Labor in Greater Boston. Vocational students were reported to be doing electrical work, reducing employment for skilled workers and family heads.
In six Boston liquor establishments bartenders threaten a strike unless proprietors adopt a minimum wage of 21 dollars and a short working week. The union reports most members signed the new agreement with six dissenters. An executive board will decide on possible strikes after committee talks with owners fail.
The Handel and Haydn Society under Emil Mollenhauer gave a mid winter concert in Symphony Hall with the Boston Festival Orchestra and Hiram G. Tucker. Caroline Hudson Alexander sang solo soprano parts in Gounod, Kremser, Sullivan pieces and other arias. The program included choral works by Sullivan, Counod, Gericke and Kremser, plus orchestral numbers from Voldmark and Schumann. The performance drew a large enthusiastic audience and was praised for the chorus development and Hudson Alexander’s musicianship.
Police at Dudley Street station uncovered a secret stash of $709 in the home of Julia Henry an elderly Black woman found dead at 18 Hampshire Street. Her sister Kezia living with her appeared demented and was sent to a psychopathic hospital while authorities seek relatives and any additional hidden money.
The White Star line steamship Arabic arrived in the River Mersey from New York. The crossing was uneventful with the British flag flown throughout and no submarines sighted observed on the voyage.
Miss Mary E Brennan of 308 Adams Street Dorchester married John H Snow of the Boston building department yesterday at University Hall Huntington Avenue by Justice Freeman Emerson. Only close friends attended. After a trip to New York the couple will live in Dorchester.
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