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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
14
A Brockton Times feature recounts John Orth’s Liszt lecture and notes about President’s pool habit in the White House. It also recalls Princeton star Alex Moffat, nicknamed Teeny-bits, who kicked five field goals in a 26 to 7 win over Harvard.
Martin Travieso Jr the secretary and acting governor of Porto Rico Visited the United States to lobby for the Jones bill granting citizenship and self government He is the only Porto Rican to have sat in the Governor block and is viewed as a strong candidate for Resident Commissioner following the late Munoz Rivera
The article highlights Mrs. W. C. Tyler as one of California’s three female electors famed for beauty and national interest. It notes the high regard her friends hold for her, and references reactions to women electors from other states. Vernon Castle sends a New Year message from France praising aerial combat and friendship.
Boston society woman Mrs. Larz Anderson reviews exotic head hunter customs in her new book The Ratinges are tall and handsome with ornate hair and jewelry. A British Lord Chancellor engages Irish wit in a Dublin exchange about cattle prices and journeys to England. General Carranza keeps a New York hostage, his niece Oralia Carranza, a poised Mexican aristocrat finishing a school term in San Antonio before joining New York society circles.
The Belgian violinist Ysaye arrives in the United States for an extended tour with his son Gabriel and is profiled as leading a simple, strenuous life near his army headquarters. Also featured are Lloyd George’s war chauffeur niece and Mrs. Sage’s new $250,000 gift to the Emma Willard School and Russell Sage College in Troy, New York.
Beatrice Burnham warns young women against trusting reports of glamorous film actress pay. She notes a few stars earn as much as 1000 dollars a week, but cautions these are celebrities with a capital C and not representative.
Pearson’s Weekly notes most European queens favor smoking. Ex Queen Amelie of Portugal and the Dowager Empress of Russia are cited as smokers, while Queen Mary of England reportedly opposes the habit. Other monarchs including Sweden’s queen and Romania’s queen also smoke or enjoy tobacco.
Boston soprano Geraldine Farrar watched herself in the Chicago produced Joan of Arc film. She cried during the stake burning sequence and, after thanking director Cecil B. De Mille, said Joan the Woman surpassed her expectations.
The piece notes Hewart as a young, largely unknown figure who has risen to prominence due to recent government changes amid the war. It mentions his prior record as a law student and predicts he will become an influential figure in national life. The first photograph of him arriving in the country is published in the Sunday Post.
A pyramidal travel bag with stacked box units unfolds to expose every item inside once opened. Separating trays release clothing and pockets, enabling quick access without full unpacking. The design centers on ease for travelers and organized storage.
The article notes British soldiers writing lighthearted trench songs during the early years of World War I. It highlights verses about mud filled trenches, officers, and iconic tunes like It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, plus a grimly ironic chorus about an army razor. It also recalls Simonides’ epigram on Leonidas at Thermopylae.
A Chesterton limerick on a Washington leak warns of danger from leaks. The verse mentions an Antrim girl searching for the leak and jokes about gas, concluding with a brisk, period tone.
A collage of gibes about wealth and virtue features Mary Pickford on class temptations, a grocery counter boy mistaken for theft, an old gentleman gifting a ball, a temperance sermon satire, a boiler maker immune to opera noise, and punchlines from boardinghouse and resort life.
A rugged young man joins the Fusiliers and bids farewell to his love asking her to gaze at the star each night. She answers that the pale star will remind her of him when he is away at the front. In a hotel a woman asks for water to fight a room fire, triggering the astonished manager’s quizzical questions. A livery yard boss seeks Bones as his absence continues amid his father’s death, prompting a search.
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