Boston Symphony warms Symphony Hall with varied program
Pierre Monteux conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall for the 13th concert of the season. Soprano Mme Hulda Laschanska performed, while the program included Dvorak's Symphony No 2 in D minor, Two Passacaglias by Cyril Scott, Wagner's Faust Overture, and arias from Mozart and Charpentier.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Symphony Hall
Mme
Hulda Laschanska
Dvorak
Cyril Scott
Wagner
Mme. Laschanska
Pamina
Mozart
Louise
Charpentier
Second symphony of Dvorak praised for superb playing
The second symphony of Dvorak was performed superbly though the reviewer noted it is not as striking as expected. The orchestra delivered a polished rendition with strong ensemble and expressive phrasing.
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Dvorak
Dvorak and Scott Works in Boston Concert Review
The review praises Dvorak's best symphonies and contrasts them with Scott’s Passacaglias, noting harmonic mismatch and strong woodwind textures. Mme. Laschanska impresses with genuine vocal artistry despite a cold, while Monteux's Faust overture earns mixed regard and Wagner's music is described with both reverence and critique.
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Mme. Laschanska
Mozart
Louise
Boston
Louises
Mr. Monteux
No Gagging of Navy Officers Statement By Secretary Daniels
Secretary Daniels said navy officers and men may write and speak freely except on naval secrets. He noted no gag order exists and that only publication submissions are required to protect secrets and avoid offending allied powers. He added some officers seek limelight and joked that punishment could be gagging or giving them rope to hang themselves.
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Navy
Daniels
Borah
Senate
Evangelist Gordon to Stay Fifth Week in Boston
The soft pedaled evangelist Gordon will extend his Boston campaign to a fifth week at Tremont Temple. He will speak at noon on Life After Death, continuing his series that has drawn Evangelical churches of Greater Boston.
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PD. Gordon
Tremont Temple
Evangelical Churches
Greater Boston
Boston
Gordon
Hub Steamers to Irish Ports
The North American Steamship Company announces a February 10 start date for a monthly Boston to Cork Dublin and Belfast service. The firm plans to buy two 6000 ton steamers from the Shipping Board and charter a third. Irish consul J L Fawsitt urged freight brokers to back the line, noting potential bidirectional freight growth.
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Ireland
North American Steamship Company
Cork
Dublin
Belfast
Shipping Board
J. L. Fawsitt
New York
Steamship Freight Brokers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Fawsitt
Screen Gossip Eileen Percy Career and Life Highlights
Belfast born actress Eileen Percy moved to the United States as a child. She became an artist's model at eleven and a musical comedy actress at fifteen. Percy starred in Ziegfeld Follies, then in Wild and Wooly with Douglas Fairbanks. She later acted opposite Lew Cody and others, now a Fox star with titles Beware of the Bride and The Land of Jazz. She is married to August Busch of Los Angeles, living in Wilshire.
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Irc
Thelma
Miss Percy
Douglas Fairbanks
Lew Cody
William Russell
Frank Mayo
Fox
August Busch
Los Angeles
Wilshire
Percy
Metro Stars Lead New Productions in Active Casting
May Allison works on Kissed by Arthur Somers Roche for Metro star. Bessie Barriscale nears release of The Breaking Point. Cast includes Pat O Malley Walter McGraile and Ethel Gray Terry. Helen Jerome Eddy and Jake Novak feature in The Other Woman with Jerome Patrick leading.
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May Allison
Metro
Arthur Somers Roche
Bessie Barriscale
Pat O'Malley
Walter McGraile
Ethel Gray Terry
Helen Jerome Eddy
Jake Novak
Jerome Patrick
Colleen Moore Noted For Distinct Eye Color And Screen Presence
Colleen Moore has one brown eye and one blue eye, giving her a striking on screen look. House Petris, famed for romantic scenes with leading ladies, is married with a young son who is his constant companion.
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Colleen Moore
Colleen
House Petris
Film stars and marriages noted in Nashua Q&A column
Answers to questions list actors, addresses, marriages, and latest pictures. Notable items include Jack Pickford divorced from Dorothy Dalton, Dorothy Dalton linked to Waterville birth, Victoria Ford marriage to Tom Mix, Helen Gibson divorce from Gibson, James Cruze and Marguerite Snow as directors, Pearl White in The Mountain Woman, and other cast and industry details with studio addresses in Hollywood and Los Angeles Athletic Club listings.
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Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Cal
Heliotrope
Lew Cody
Dorothy Dalton
Waterville
Maine
William Sh. Medford
Buck Jones
Fox Film Co
Western Avenue
Los Angeles
William
Epping
N. H
Janis
London
Eng
Betty Francisco
Buster Keaton
Los Angeles Athletic
James Cruze
Mollie Dorothy Green
Norman November
Mabel Condon
Hwxchange
Prunella Hall
Boston Post
Motherhood Safety Accountability in Sheppard-Towner Bill
Washington January 28 The House commerce committee reports that the United States lags 17 foreign countries in maternal health and 10 nations in infant survival. It classifies the Sheppard-Towner bill as emergency without strong opposition, citing 16 percent rise in childbirth deaths from 1919 to 1920 and about 250000 infant deaths yearly from preventable causes. Rural study shows 80 percent of mothers received no trained care before birth.
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Washington
United States
House Commerce Committee
Deportees to Leave Deer Island Monday
Nineteen Reds awaiting deportation at Deer Island will depart Monday morning shortly after 7 o clock. They will be taken to Eastern Avenue aboard a city steamer and handed to immigration officials. Their route proceeds to New York by train, then back to Russia.
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Deer Island
George H. Harlow
Eastern Avenue
New York
Russia
Free Dinners for Children by Volunteers of America
Hunger relief effort in Boston runs Sundays at the Volunteers of America mission hall Howard street with dinners for unemployed children. L C Prior of Hotel Lenox supplies materials and its chef cooks, with Colonel Duncan organizing future hotel and restaurant participation. Boston University women serve as waitresses and other groups assist during the week.
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Volunteers of America
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Howard Street
L. C. Frior
Hotel Lenox
Prior
Colonel Duncan
Volunteers
Lenox
Brunswick
Boston University
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