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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1893
Page
4
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Reported punishment for a nighttime disturbance. calls for continued use of solitary confinement. Criticizes sentimentality and humanitarianism, urging a strong hand in prison policy and discipline under Warden Bringles.
The recent fire teaches the danger of large single rooms and prompts stricter floor area limits. Current rules set 10,000 square feet but may be too lenient, with 6000 feet proposed by Mayor Matthews. Boston's experience suggests a very strict cap, as merchants favor lower insurance rates over larger room areas.
A Boston public appeal lauds Dr Galvin and the Emergency Hospital for its swift readiness despite limited resources. The hospital relies on voluntary contributions and calls for doubled generosity from citizens in response to its ongoing work and needs.
A city committee is urged to report in favor of burying all electric wires underground after a series of fires and fire-fighter complaints about danger and obstruction. The cost to electric corporations is weighed against the city’s need to reduce fire risk and protect lives and property. The article argues the wires must come down.
The America’s Cup programme by the New York Yacht Club promises good sport with courses placed outside the harbor. Eliminating the inner course ends a tedious, unpopular segment that caused distress to many on rough water. The change should yield more interesting and sporting races next fall.
The Post urges Mr. J Epwaxp Appicks to drop court actions against dollar gas and instead offer gas for a dollar to all consumers in his district. The board is praised for not opening a gas war and for backing the people's fight against dollar gas.
The text argues the Bell Telephone patents will expire, challenges a Barclays related tactic to delay a government suit, and calls for a vigorous local movement to force the monopoly into court with The Post leading the charge, following its gas fight leadership in Boston.
The piece argues President Cleveland should refrain from appointing newspaper editors to federal offices. It Says editors may serve if truly beneficial but emphasizes the primary duty and dignity of editors to run their papers, warning that officeholding distracts from journalism and offers no real prize. Cleveland’s stance is praised.
The Observant Citizen covers gifts such as a Landseer engraving to George C. Bent and humorous parodies by Charles Follen Adams. It notes Rev C L D Younkin entertaining children with stereopticon views for Edith Frances birthday, a parallel to Adam Forepaugh in Superior Civil Court with deputy sheriff John Leahy, and Colonel Montgomery’s Boston ties. It ends with opposition to removing newsstand keeper I N Chappell from front of the old Court House.
Mrs Carrie May Iasigi seeks a divorce from August Tasigi in Baltimore courts. Miss May Stembler, now Mrs Iasigi, sues for ill treatment and non support. Mrs J Pierpont Morgan receives a silver dinner service from the Vanderbilts. Mrs William Astor’s famed gold service is praised. Mrs McKee, daughter of ex president Harrison, pursues literary work. Mrs Wistar, translator of German fiction, is daughter of Fannie Kemble and lives in Germantown. Mrs Lloyd Bryce uses cut glass lamps in silver candelabras. Vanderbilt lace holdings valued around 500000. Amelia Rives Chanler writes stories for Lippincott's and Town Topics.
Mrs Lucy Stone lists the right to free speech education and all occupations and recalls past male opposition to women's education. She cites Chicago Yale and Johns Hopkins open to women and points to improvements in laws and access to higher education.
Lucy Larcom, a former Low Ell factory worker, valued sympathy for working classes and nature. She would rather merit the poet of little children than be poet laureate to a king, voicing preference over Jean Ingelow for the honor.
Vienna gowns captivate Boston’s fashion circle as young women praise them as swell and handsome, surpassing Paris. New colors perplex the uninitiated with absinthe and charlotte russe tones, and champagne is described as pink topaz with a hint of orange.
Kyrle Bellew notes how devoted women hunted for hair from the famed Marc Antony. Barbers were bribed to save locks for locket and watch use. The tale raises questions about conscience and the vast quantity given to admirers.
A mix of glancing quips from papers like Picayune and Yonkers Statesman notes the wind of fashion, currency beliefs, and frontier reporting. Nods to the Crow Indians fighting, a Germantown baker’s charitable gift, a grim joke about prussic acid, and a light verse on hats.
The Fadette Ladies Orchestra will give a recital in Chickering Hall on March 28 at 4 p m. The Ladies Schubert Quartet will appear in Altoona Penn March 18 Salts site Penn March 14 Canonsburg Penn March 15 McKeesport Penn March 16 Alleghany City Penn March 17. Nordica matinee at Music Hall next Saturday features a great aria from Aida and songs by Liza Lehmann Luckstone and other pieces. The programme includes the Semiramide duet for Mines Nordica and Scalchi and ensembles with Messrs Campanini Del Puente and Emil Fischer. Seidi matinee at Boston Theatre today promises notable operatic numbers by Wagner Liszt Beethoven with Metropolitan Orchestra and Miss Emma Juch Mme Fyrsch Maci and M Henri Marteau the celebrated French violinist.
A reader thanks the editors for the law coupon service and the attorneys Stiles and Clifford. The writer says he received prompt courteous treatment as if he had paid the regular fee and was not asked about payment. He hopes to repay the service someday.
The Lillian Durell opera company opened a week in Boston with Faust, Marguerite sung by Miss Durell, praised for beauty and performance. Waldron, Mortimer, Burnham, and Higgins supported well as the cast impressed a large friendly audience. Kidnapped continues this week. Also Hoyt's A Temperance Town enters its fifteenth week at Park Theatre with souvenir night and a unique stink stand gift, noted as a major Boston success.
Boston audiences witnessed Miss Durell in the title role of Mignon with modest volume but wide range and refined expression. She earned an enthusiastic encore in The Bijou Song and delivered artistic Faust numbers, though power waned in later scenes. the supporting cast included Lizzie Macuichol-Vetta Gertrude Libby Clark and Campanari, with Anderson’s company opening Kidnapped at the Grand Opera House to strong crowds and lively reception.
Boston audience packed Bowdoin Square Theatre last evening to see a rewritten farce comedy version of A Mad Bargain. James T Powers led a capable cast including Peter F. Daley and Rachel Booth with Rose Cook delivering novel cook scenes. Elaborate scenery and lively performances earned strong applause. engagement runs through this week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Review praises Miss Marlowe for Shakespearean nuance and a steady performance in Romeo and Juliet at Hollis Street Theatre. It notes Juliet often lacked spirit, Romeo lacking tenderness, but Commendations go to Mr Coleman as Mercutio and to the cohesive company. The last show is scheduled for Saturday matinee.
Stuart Robson in his Bertie the Lamb impersonation greeted Tremont Theatre patrons last evening. The familiar performance is hailed as a standard, with solid support from Miss Woodward, Elwood, Hallion, Mrs. Robison, Miss Bouton, Miss Muay and others. The engagement closes this week, followed by Sol Smith Russell in A Poor Relation.
A Kentucky Girl opened at the Howard Athenzwum before a large audience with J. Jay Dowling's troupe delivering a comedy drama. Anna Pelmont starred with strong support from Samuel T. Shaw Jar Gaylor and the company in vivid stage scenes including a horse race a buzz saw and a railroad sequence. The Grand Museum bill at Dover and Washington streets featured East Lynne in a well interpreted performance by the Glassford-Barringer company led by Miss Kate Two.
An fragment mentions a “Cremation act” by Professor DeVer who cremates a handsome young woman before an audience, with Hilton, Alexander Wilson and Crane brothers named. The readable portion suggests a theatrical or story scene rather than a full report.
Mr John Mason and Miss Marion Manola will present Friend Fritz at the Columbia next Monday for a short season following the Theatre of Arts and Letters. Spectators praise the delicate love story from Erekmann Chatrian and commend the cast for their finest dramatic work in a pretty pastoral setting.
A letter from a prominent financier and politician praises The Boston Post for truth telling and opposition to monopolies. The writer commends the paper for fighting the Gas Trust and exposing dangerous wires, urging the Post to expand to meet public demand and continue its "war" on monopolies. The note ends with a boast about a top position in the newspaper business.
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