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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1915
Page
5
Boston society women in smart gowns and Salem girls in witches garb joined Belgian women in native costume as Bostonian crowds and Salem youths filled the great square at Louvain yesterday afternoon for the Kermesse Flamande opening.
A home remedy promises to darken gray hair and improve scalp health. Dissolve Barbo Compound in water, add bay rum and gly cerine, apply weekly until darkened, then biweekly to maintain softness and gloss. Suitable for beard use and claimed to be superior and cheaper than store products.
In the evening the Kermesse Flamande at Horticultural Hall yielded gayety as art was deftly reproduced by the artist. Governor Walsh attended the fair last night and publicly sanctioned the Belgian relief fund.
Augustus WN. Rantoul and Herbert Jaques announce a financial windfall from the event opening. Boston society women run booths including Old Salem, with Miss Marjorie and Rosamond Benson of Salem in witch costumes. Flower booths overflow with sales as crowds enjoy Cafe Chantant, hourly concerts, and dances by Dorothy Jordan and others.
David Carb a Texas native and English instructor at Tech with Harvard training has secured a six month leave from MIT to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps as a chauffeur He will depart for the front within a week Carb is a dramatist critic and actor who helped organize the Harvard Dramatic Club during college
The Next Sunday Post teases a feature titled Every body's Page showcasing unusual and engaging photos. Readers are invited to view a curated selection of quirky imagery and captivating visuals.
John 5. Kent, president of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, urged members at the 45th annual meeting yesterday to use the difficult time for introspection and waste elimination to ready for a great revival of business activity to follow the current low mood.
A speaker optimistic about midyear recovery says shoe and leather industries show minimal activity in early 1915 but expects substantial improvement in the second half. South American markets are urged as promising for US goods, with patience urged as demand grows. The association voted out officers including President John S. Kent and VP Harry S. Thayer and filled board positions.
The Supreme Judicial Court held that inquiries about a former servant’s character are privileged and malice must be proven for a slander suit. Nellie Doane, a nurse employed by Ethel Ho Bart Grew, won $500 in Superior Court after Grew’s remarks cost Doane a job, but the high court sustained Grew’s privilege defenses.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce will oversee the dedication of the new custom house tower tomorrow. Furnishings moved in yesterday for inspection, with steel replacements delayed. Speakers include Governor Walsh Mayor Curley and Assistant Secretary Peters. Cardinal OConnell Bishop Lawrence and other officials invited.
East Dedham police investigate why Minnie Finn 35 lodger at 57 Waltham Street South End leaped from a rear fire escape clinging to a water pipe for minutes before falling 35 feet to the street. She is in City Hospital with multiple injuries. no room attack found yet.
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