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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
11
Easter offerings showcase plant baskets and cut flowers with ferns and single specimen plants like gardenias and azaleas leading fashion. Lilies in two shade green grass baskets attractively watered, while raffia window baskets and new root baskets offer stylish varieties. Narcissus hyacinths tulips and a great violet bunch complete the seasonal display.
The Handel and Haydn Society performed J S Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Symphony Hall before a sparse audience. Soloists included Charlotte Maconda, Gertrude May Stein, W H Rieger, Miles, L W Flint, with H G Tucker on organ and Alfred De Voto at piano. Mollenhauer conducted. The reviewer praised the chorus and orchestral balance while noting some solo parts and voices were not fully effective, and called for future Bach performances by the conductor.
A Buffalo clergyman Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder delivers relief after years of catarrh. He says two months of use cured him and urges others to try the remedy. This is presented as one of many favorable testimonies.
New York reports an engagement between Reginald Claypool Vanderbilt youngest son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and Kathleen Neilson second daughter of Mrs Frederic Neilson. Vanderbilt a Yale student will graduate soon while Miss Neilson, 20, is described as a leading social beauty noted for elegance and accomplishments.
New York report says Addie M Francis and Albert T Patrick, convicted in the Rice murder, are engaged. Francis plans to move near Sing Sing after Patrick’s release, with Patrick’s sister and other family members returning to Texas. She vows Patrick’s innocence and future freedom.
An abductor dressed man grabbed Olive Leach, five, eldest child of Arvine and Mrs Leach, as she walked with her parents. He ran into the woods with the child but fled when pursued by an angry crowd, abandoning the girl.
Seven day tours priced at 25 dollars cover hotel accommodations meals en route and allow longer stays with stop overs in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Departures from Boston occur on April 4 and 18 and May 2 under the Personally Conducted Tourist System of the Pennsylvania Railroad. D N Bell Tourist Agent 26 Washington Street.
Viola Allen gears up for an elaborate The Hunchback in Chicago April 28 and Boston in May with three performances ending May 31. Eben Plympton, Jameson Lee Finney, and Adelaide Prince are among the cast under Frohman, with B H Sothern at Hollis and Annie Russell to follow April 14 in The Lady and the Judge. Boston Singers Club concert postponed to April 9 at Chickering Hall. Dan Daly to headline The New Yorkers at the Museum late spring.
The coming week features Mrs Fiske at Tremont in The Unwelcome Mrs Hatch followed by A Bit of Old Chelsea, with 8 pm starts. Quincy Adams Sawyer closes at Boston Theatre Monday amid strong crowds. Rays revive A Hot Old Time at Grand Opera House, and Nanon returns at Bijou with Chimes of Normandy revival. Multiple acts from Col umbia to Castle Square show frequent returns, with Ethel Barrymore, Sothern, and a busy variety bill at the Museum and Park Theatre. A host of vaudeville, burlesque, and charity concerts are planned, led by Mrs Pairless Campbell at Boston Theatre and the Grand Para benefit at the Conte nt Theatre. The period promises lively entertainment across venues with strong attendance.
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