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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
15
This season features a larger array of rattan furniture than before with day beds in frosted brown fibre ends and cretonne springs. Prices range from 11.50 hammocks to 65.00 for premium sets, 47.00 for a six legged willow chair and 30.00 for a day bed with metal frame and mattress.
A local catalog highlights summer curtains and home fabrics. Marquisette and Madras fabrics in white cream and ecru, along with printed Marquisette, Etamine, Cretonnes, and Linenslip Cloth, offer wide selections for curtains, slipovers, and furniture coverings. Pillows and chair cushions complete the display with various fillings and coverings.
Plain rugs are the season's demand with Klearflax and Scotch Wool lines in one tone colors. Sizes range from 6x9 to 9x12 feet with prices listed and designs adaptable to any room decor. The ad notes two seasonal cycles guiding trends and emphasizes new rug developments.
At the First Naval District headquarters a trio of mice were found in an officer’s desk. Yeomen fled to chairs and desk tops while skirts were let out to block invasion. The officer repelled the mice with a broad side and they were carried away to a hidden cremation site. Normal work resumed as deciphering messages continued.
The Industrial Workers of the World said it would appeal to the solidarity of the working class in America for the vindication of its rights after a raid on its lower East Side headquarters by state troopers and legislative investigators. It will not seek justice in the courts, claiming three bitter years show legal channels are futile as it continues its campaign against capitalism and aims for worker ownership of industries.
Today features a busy schedule with the Ladies' Dog Club show at Mrs. Larz Anderson estate, New England Dry Goods Association outing from Kenmore, water colors exhibit by Corporal Franklin Mitchell at Belmont Springs CC, Carver Old Home Day, Holy Cross Commencement with honorary Boston men, Lawrence High School graduation addressed by Judge Michael H. Sullivan, Hull service men reception at 5 P.M., Quincy High School graduation at 7:30 P.M., Triduum in Sacred Heart at Cathedral of Holy Cross from 7:45 P.M., and English High School graduation at Tremont Temple at 8 P.M.
A Madison Avenue businesswoman explains why Collier's Weekly fits her need for breadth of information and concise, entertaining reading. She seeks international news, U S reconstruction topics, politics, and strong American perspectives, plus quick nightly fiction.
Boston University veterans receive a welcome and a judiciary reception hosted by the Boston University Law School Alumni Association. Several hundred lawyers and graduates will suspend business next Friday afternoon to attend at Nantasket. William T A Fitzgerald, president, plans the event as the greatest alumni outing yet after weeks of outreach.
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