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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1916

Page

9

Miss Grace Dutton to Wed Henry J Fraser of Brookline

Grace C Dutton expert ice skater and Brookline High School graduate will wed Henry J Fraser bond salesman of 460 Audubon Road Brookline in late April likely April 28 The ceremony will be by Rev Leonard Storrs and the wedding will be a quiet home affair Fraser is 31 and the son of William J Fraser of Liverpool England Duttons include Er ness W Dutton and Gertrude Dutton with father as East Boston commission merchant manager

Grace C. Dutton J. Winthrop Dutton Winthrop Road Brookline Henry J. Fraser Audubon Road Leonard Storrs St. Paul's Episcopal Church Miss Dutton Boston Gertrude Dutton Mr. Fraser William J. Fraser Liverpool England

New Owners for Somerville Paper

The Somerville News was purchased by Somerville Press Incorporated and will be renamed the Somerville Press. Charles Leo Shea, a Democrat State central committee member, will serve as manager.

Somerville News Somerville Press, Incorporated Somerville Press Charles Leo Shea Democratic State Central Committee

Just David and the Russian Hospitality in Literature

Review notes Pollyanna author Eleanor Porter on Just David from Houghton Mifflin Co. and praises Petrograd Past and Present by William Barnes Stevens. The column discusses breathing for health, new Jewish novel The Abyss by Nathan Kussy, and a child play The Steadfast Princess by Cornelia L Meigs, plus poultry lessons from the American Poultry Association.

Eleanor Porter David Houghton, Mifflin & Co Boo Nathan Kussy Macmillan Company American Poultry Association The Lippincotts Leghorn Gott Madame Leghorn

Maasine Miscellany on The North American Review

The piece reviews multiple articles in the North American Review including Colonel Harvey on preparedness, Arthur Quiller-Couch on The Workmanship of the Merchant of Venice, and Miss Repplier on American life. It praises balanced critique, highlights Helen Keller, Sydney Brooks on Americanism, and notes Brooks's view of a calmer American temperament contrasted with continental critics.

Chicago University Arthur Quiller-Couch North American Review Sir Arthur Merchant of Venice Brooks Atlantic Monthly Repplier Helen Keller

Safety First Clock Installed at Copley Square

The Boston Elevated Railway installs a safety first clock at the Copley Square outward bound station. The dial uses letters spelling safety always rather than numerals. The device doubles as a timepiece and safety warning and will be rolled out to other stations citywide.

Boston Elevated Copley Square Boston Elevated Railway Company

Homestead bill favored in committee

The legislative committee on social welfare approved a bill authorizing a $50,000 state appropriation to buy land and build homes for working people under a new homestead law. The Homestead Commission would select sites plan dwellings and arrange installment payment.

Legislative Committee On Social Welfare

Former Medical Society Head Dead

Concord March 24 Dr. Granville Priest Conn of this city formerly president of the New Hampshire Medical Society and member of the State Railroad Commission died today at Wayne Pennsylvania He was Civil War assistant surgeon of the Twelfth Vermont regiment and later compiled and edited a history of New Hampshire surgeons in that war

Concord Granville Priest Conn, S The New Hampshire Medical Society State Railroad Commission Wayne, Penn Vermont New Hampshire

Henry Monahan of Bark Silius Coming

Henry Monahan 22 of Blossom Street was aboard the Norwegian bark Silius when it was destroyed by bombs from a German aeroplane. He is a passenger on the British steamer Taxandrier which left Havre March 12 and is due in New York next Friday. Monahan has been away two years. his mother will meet him in New York and bring him home.

Sydney Brooks Brooks United States Greenwood Cemetery San Francisco Mississippi River Cook Brooklyn Turkey America New York Washington Mr. Brooks Henry Monahan Blossom Street Monahan Havre

Tone Poem by Boston Composer The Parting of Launcelot and Guinevere

Edward Burlingame Hill's symphonic poem The Parting of Launcelot and Guinevere, based on Stephen Phillips, was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karl Muck in Symphony Hall. The work drew keen interest for Hill's recognized mastery and refined orchestration.

Edward Burlingame Hill Launcelot Guinevere Stephen Phillips Boston Symphony Orchestra Karl Muck Symphony Hall Hill

Mosaic of Small Motifs in Guinevere and Launcelot Tone Poem

A reviewer praises the tone poem blending Guinevere and Launcelot themes with modern orchestral colors and expresses admiration for moments of flight and sincerity. The piece is noted as a mosaic rather than a continuous whole, with Hill's work earning respect though not matching its best parts. Dr. Muck conducts. criticisms target Volkmann and Cornelius forecasts, while Mendelssohn’s Symphony receives favorable reception.

Guinevere Hill Dr. Muck Cornelius Volkmann Mendelssohn Tralian Liszt Muck Warnke

Nightly Tragic Meeting in Phillips Poem

The poem portrays Launcelot and Guinevere meeting near a convent after her vow of seclusion. A midnight ride, a denied kiss, and memories of a May night haunt them. Guinevere hopes for God as the lovers part, Guinevere nearing deathlike birth, while music swells with trumpet fanfares and dark emotion.

Phillips Launcelot Guinevere

Brown Univ Men for Plattsburg Drills

Providence March 4 A full company of Brown University students may attend the summer camp at Plattsburg this year if Major G Edward Buxton plans are accepted More than 75 Brown men are now enrolled in Battery A Light Artillery R I N G the crack military organization of the State Members have orders to be prepared to leave for Mexico in six hours if required.

Providence Brown University Plattsburg G. Edward Buxton Brown Battery A Light Artillery Mexico

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