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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1919
Page
8
A review asserts Kipling's Captains Courageous is masterful, praising James B. Connolly for condemning the tale as a bold literary achievement. The piece urges readers to assess the critic’s stance carefully.
Kipling born in Bombay on December 30 1865 to John Lockwood Kipling. He rose to fame with Plain Tales from the Hills Soldiers Three and Barrack Room Ballads. His novels include Kim and The Light That Failed and he won the Nobel Prize in 1907.
Fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne, son of a wealthy Los Angeles magnate, is saved after being washed overboard and learns hard labor aboard the Gloucester schooner We’re Here. He endures four months at sea, earns $10.50 a month as second boy, gains sailing skills, and returns home with a changed perspective and a plan to help run his father's ships on the Pacific coast.
Miss Julia Lyman president of the Sewing Circle will marry Henry G. Simonds May 10 at King's Chapel. Best man will be Nathaniel Sage. Miss Lyman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Lyman of 57 Marlboro street, has led a bridal party of Sewing Circle members for the upcoming wedding.
Dancing children from toddlers to older youngsters will perform at Mrs. Butler's annual May festival in Mechanics' Building. The May pole dance tops the program and Bert Kelsey aged three will present a fairy and balloon dance. His parents live at 1% St Botolph Street. Traffic delays occurred yesterday morning on Massachusetts Avenue near Shepard Street due to a broken trolley wire.
New York May 2 Lieutenant G E Putnam of Brookline Mass returned from France in command of the 305th Field Artillery detachment 77th Division with 4 officers and 260 men cited for bravery. Also aboard Major General William S McNair promoted last August and three hours in the water after torpedoing. The 302d Engineers under Colonel Frank A Geisting returned in command after combat in Vosges and Aisne with 400 casualties among 1100 men.
Federal Judge James F. Boyd declared the child labor section of the War Revenue Bill unconstitutional in Greensboro. He previously voided the original act after the Supreme Court ruling, and today made permanent an injunction stopping enforcement in a Charlotte factory. The 10 percent tax on interstate goods from factories employing under 14 or over 14 to 16-year-olds working long hours aims to regulate employment by taxation, which Boyd says invades state authority.
Tomorrow the Sunday Post will publish for the first time in America actual pictures taken by a staff photographer showing the interior of a German submarine. The images depict the maze of machinery the torpedo tubes and the commander at his station before the valves that regulate the vessel.
New metal fare tokens, valid only north of Boston, will replace old paper tickets next Sunday on Bay State lines. Sold in lots of five for 35 cents by conductors except on Lynn-Boston and Salem-Boston routes, tokens end at Chelsea square and Scol lay square during rush hours. Tokens resemble small silver dimes and are accepted for city zone rides or a single interurban zone ride. They differ in design from metal fares south of Boston and must be placed in the fare box by passengers. conductors will not handle the fare themselves.
Dr. F M Seerleya professor of hygiene and psychology at the YMCA College has been appointed head of the department of hygiene by YMCA overseas committees and will work with American troops of occupation in Germany. He succeeds Dr James Naismith of Kansas University.
James JF Donnelly of 69 Bird Street Dorchester admitted four counts of evading Boston Elevated Railway fares by using company issued tickets for employees. He paid fines of five dollars on each count.
Kansas agricultural groups asked for lower railroad fares for harvest workers, but the railroad administration denied the request as contrary to policy. Senator Curtis of Kansas was informed of the decision. The item also notes demobilization of the 26th and urges buying bonds to support the war effort.
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