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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
7
Readers confront dance fever as popular dances like the Hesitation and One-Step shape fashion. A new dress style emerges to suit the lively rhythms, reflecting societal shifts in attire linked to ballroom culture.
Dresses described include a shorter formal evening gown style with a flaring tunic and soft chiffon bodice. Frocks feature charmeuse skirts, three part net tunics, pleated net details, chiffon draperies, and net lace bodices priced from 12.50 to 25 dollars at Filene's Sixth Floor.
Slippers designed for dancing feature tango buckles and lacings in patent feather bronze or soft kid materials. Prices start at $5 with buckles and lacings available separately for $1.50 and up. Satin or black kid options with a pump bow and Cuban heel around $5.50.
From our stock of branded corsets and exclusive makes we will select the softest most supple option for dancing. The probable choice is a flexible topless design with few bones distributed for comfort and movement.
An advertisement showcases knickers in nainsook or crepe de chine fitted at knee and waist with elastic from 50c to 5. It lists Tango drawers fitted at the ankle with elastic priced 1.50 to 5.05, plus suspender drawers and corsetless chemise 1 to 10.50 for wear with or without corsets.
Filene's offers Kayser Italian silk knickers in lace trimmed styles priced at 3 to 5.50 dollars. Ankle length Dutch knickers are 5.50 dollars. These items are displayed on the third floor.
Advertises petticoats for women featuring slim silk lingerie styles with lace and ribbon trim. Many designs are slashed for freedom, pricing from $2.95 to $25, including tango petticoats with deep lace and chiffon knee ruffles at $7.50.
Fifteen year old Korkj Martina of Arizona escaped from a State Board of Charities agent while en route to a State institution to locate his West Coast relatives. East Boston police had previously rounded him up as a wanderer days earlier.
Aklama Arizona police custody recounts Martina story of being bound and railroaded to New York by his father and uncle. On a freight he escaped at East Boston station and leaped from a moving train. State Board of Charity and police pursue, telegram sent to Arizona authorities.
A New Year reception at the American Unitarian Association HQ on Beacon Street launched a custom of sending cable and telegram greetings to missionaries abroad and workers at home. About 600 attendees contributed to tolls, with leaders including Samuel A. Eliot and several association presidents presenting telegrams and hymns of fellowship.
Reading residents protest Bay State street railway cuts to Reading Wakefield and Lawrence car service. Evening service to Lawrence and Lowell reduced to every hour from half hourly. Bay State also plans to lock Reading square at 9 30 p m for out of town service.
In Middle River near Baltimore Mrs Laura Rosel was shot and killed by Melvin Bramble while shielding her daughter Mrs Irene Vessel who was wounded. Jealousy over Vessel's attentions is blamed. Bramble fled into the woods after the shooting.
Mrs Calvin G Page presents lifelike portraits of Frances Janet Tommy and Occhi d Oro the big black cat. Miss Gretchen W Rogers offers The Blue Umbrella Stand and Study with Spring atmosphere. Other artists show landscapes portraits and scenes including Marion Howard Bruges Old Post Road and Kearsarge works.
A portrait by Mrs W Starling Burgess in a soft purple gown with an Oriental sash is praised as the standout piece among former women pupils at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts exhibition at the Copley Gallery, on display until January 10.
Charles Sleeper hosted his annual New Year’s dinner at the Castle Square Hotel. Prominent businessmen and professionals gathered for an evening of repartee and short congratulatory remarks, with many friends calling to extend season greetings.
Wakefield police appeal after James Pringle Jr now in East Cambridge jail sent letters and doggerel love verse to Bertha Eldridge of Boston. Eldridge, 18, is to be heard in Lowell on a charge of being an accomplice in Pringle’s burglaries around northern Boston suburbs. Police believe much loot remains hidden and the letters point to where to find and dispose of it. Eldridge has been described as ungovernable by her family on Somerset Street.
The funeral of Rev. Louis A. Alexander the first Jewish prison chaplain in Massachusetts was held at his Dorchester home. Rabbis from Ohabe Shalom Adath Jeshurun and Mishkan Tefila led services with others, praising his work and calling him friend of the friendless. The burial was by Temple Mishkan Tefila in Dedham.
Nearly 4000 lasters in 18 Lynn shoe factories threaten to strike Monday unless wages for certain work are raised. Employers offer a compromise, lasters reject it. The wage scale dispute to be debated at a Shoe Workers' Council meeting tonight with federated trades likely to endorse the lasters.
Dr Edward Osgood Otis of 581 Beacon street retires from active duty after years as senior physician in tuberculosos department. He remains on staff as consulting physician and teacher. Other changes include Dr Robert W Lovett named consulting surgeon of orthopedics, Dr Hilbert F P Day promoted to assistant surgeon in general surgery, Dr Robert L Denormandie in diseases of women, and Dr P B Adams advanced to surgeon in the eye department.
Hank and his animal friends enjoy a lively time in the comic section preview for next Sunday's Post. The lighthearted panel features humorous antics and charming animal characters set in a cheerful, family friendly tone.
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