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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1888
Page
2
Parisian critiques of American art note American students in Paris struggle to keep pace with French masters. The piece profiles Boulanger Geréme Henner and others, cites Hunt and Dorshheimer regarding Albany Capitol murals, and recounts a tale about a stone ceiling verdict by a West Point engineer and a critic.
Tuesday evening Miss Fanny J Bruce offers a benefit in Association Hall with artists including Miss E B Kehew Mr J H Ricketson Mr EB B Perry Alfred De Seve Miss M A Blood Mr J H Gerrish and the Mozart male quartet. Cecilia concert Thursday features Sanctus Benedictus Beethoven glee duets and more. Boylston Club presents May Song Ave Maria Finland Love Song and a Syrius of violin and vocal pieces at Music Hall. Boston Orchestral Club programs and other recitals fill the week with choral and instrumental works across multiple venues.
The Pall Mall Gazette describes the scene near Dingle Lane on the outskirts of Liverpool where poet Matthew Arnold collapsed after a walk from Dingle Bank. It notes his final letter to George Russell and mentions local property changes as the Mersey dock board plans to convert the estate into docks.
The conference committee of the common council on the appropriation will hold another meeting Saturday afternoon with the corporation counsel present. They will recommend receding from the amendment for a permanent 600 man force as ruled illegal by Mr Nettleton, but insist on $450,000 for permanent paving department employment. The Mayor has called a meeting of the common council today at 2 pm.
A letter to the editor argues against a $16,000 public grant to the House of the Good Shepherd. It questions public access, reports, and Catholic influence, praising modern scientific charity and placing out children. It warns state recognition could lead to sectarian funding and loss of freedom, urging open, nonsectarian aid.
Tuesday morning the finance committee will consider a $10,000 appropriation from public funds for the House of the Good Shepherd. The debate centers on the Catholic claim that religious influence in reforming women is a public benefit, challenging the state’s nonsectarian stance and suggesting a potential shift in policy.
Harvard University schedule outlines daily classes and events for the coming week. Highlights include French readings, English debates on oleomargarine, Divinity readings, Tyndall scholarship applications, and the final Saturday English literature lecture by Professor Hill with Walter Scott continuing.
Ball playing banned on Boston Emmon, Mesers, Jordan, Marsh & Co loan Beacon Park to Boston bays for a ball ground. Five complete diamonds laid out with regulation outfield and backstop to host ten clubs simultaneously, with morning and afternoon games. Diamonds numbered. clubs receive tickets printed with day portion and date to avoid mix ups. Only organized Boston clubs may apply. tickets issued one week ahead, the same day before 10 am.
Suffolk National Bank treasurer W C Williams acknowledges district nurse and diet kitchen gifts in Roxbury. Donors include R S&S Sturgis, Dr W P Bolles, Miss Mary Willams, Miss Anna C Lowell, Alfred Bunker, Henry L Grew, J R Lee, C A Grinnell and many others totaling 64 dollars.
The meeting of the fruit and produce exchange debated Merchants Week and freight bonds for southern shipments. A three member committee will approach Mr. Vining of the New York and New England railroad to determine bond or deposit requirements, with sentiment against either option unless shipments from specified southern points are limited. Reports covered planned fruit and vegetable trains for the season, with the berry train arriving in Jersey City five hours earlier and the vegetable train departing Norfolk at noon, reaching Boston at 1 a.m.
At a meeting of the field and staff officers of the First Brigade General Nat Wales announced it would probably be his last tour of duty as commander and that he intended to resign directly after the encampment. Wales has served in militia since 1861 with the New England Guards and was commissioned brigadier general in 1882.
CO. N. Boston May 1 1888 recalls a Philadelphia delegation pressuring Secretary Sherman to classify cotton ties as hoop iron raising duty to 1 cent per pound. Courts had ruled cotton ties iron manufacture at 35 percent ad valorem. Losses exceeded $10 000 as sales collapsed until Garfield nomination led Sherman to rescind.
A painting by Matt Morgan on display in upper Horticultural Hall depicts Christ entering Jerusalem amid a crowd of beggars and the able, with a theatrical, heavy composition. Critics note a lack of masterful unity, uneven figure drawing, and color that reads as scenic rather than deeply expressive, though some faces show good character work and the Christ figure remains visually appealing.
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