Arts Federation Holds 10th Annual Convention in Boston
The American Federation of Arts opens its tenth annual convention next Thursday at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York City with Boston area members from Architectural Club Boston Art Club Boston Society of Architects Copley Society Massachusetts Normal Art School Museum of Fine Arts and Society of Arts and Crafts. The federation led campaigns on Lincoln statue issues military medal design control UNESCO gifts to foreign nations and vocational art education and supports design standardization in war memorials. It operates 224 chapters nationwide and offers 26 illustrated lectures in constant circuit.
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Architectural Club
Boston Art Club
Boston Society of Architects
Copley Society of Boston
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Museum of Fine Arts
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Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston
Federation
American Federation of
Federal Commission of Fine Arts
Congress
Lawrence builders vote to resume work
Lawrence May 7 The carpenters and building laborers of this city who have been on strike to enforce demands for an increase in wages of 10 cents an hour voted today to return to work tomorrow pending arbitration.
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Lawrence
Greetings to Boy Scouts at Halifax Mission
Halifax on May 7 reports Major General Sir Robert Baden-Powell arriving by steamship Baltic with Lady Baden-Powell to greet Boy Scouts of Halifax and Canadian and U S scouts. They will travel to St John tomorrow as he sends a message of greetings from England to the scouts for wartime achievements.
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United States
Boy Scout Movement
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Milliners Night at Pops a Show in Color
Night at Symphony Hall celebrated Boston millinery with colorfully dressed guests and hats. Notable pieces included red white and blue crowns styled as Y D and V S, a $300 war tax hat by Marie Sawyer, and a spider web turquoise silk marine hat. Curated by C A Browning, the event featured Boston fashion and elegant dance performances.
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Symphony Hall
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Marie Sawyer
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Paris
Marie Sawter
Florence Berle
Florence Berle Shines at Boston Victory Pops Night
Florence Berle wore a victory red satin wrap and stood out as a bright light during Boston's Victory Pops, described as the most brilliant night of the event.
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Florence Berle
Boston
Dartmouth Elective Work Is Reduced
Hanover May 7 Under a new Dartmouth College curriculum elective work will be greatly reduced in the first two years and students will be urged to specialize in a major during junior and senior years. Of 122 required hours per semester 63 are prescribed, 24 must be a major, and 80 are free electives. Two half year courses for all freshmen will cover citizenship and evolution.
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Dartmouth College
Treble Up Triumph Beckons After Big Win
The team surged ahead with a decisive performance as key players led the attack. Coaches praised the offense while defenders tightened the line, signaling strong momentum for the next matchup and a potential title push.
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair Easily
A historical note describes brewing sage tea with sulphur and alcohol to darken gray hair, then promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easier ready made option. It claims the product darkens hair naturally, evenly, and restores youthful appearance after one or two applications.
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Steal Bride on Bridal Night
Bridgewater, May 7. Charles Brownell reports his bride was kidnapped by friends after the ceremony as a prank, taken to a conspirator’s home, and kept prisoner until morning. An auto pulled up after the wedding cake, signaling the act, and the bride was sped away before being returned the next day. The husband calls it an unpractical joke.
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Charles Brownell
William Walker the Adventurer and Dictator of Nicaragua
William Walker born in Nashville in 1824 became famed as an American adventurer who raised a small force to seize Granada and establish a Nicaragua presidency. He allied with factions, faced revolutions, and used corruption and force before his republic fell. he was elected by some in the U.S. as a hero, later captured and shot by rival powers.
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Calling a married ex as you visit a town
Mildred Champagne asks if she should telephone a former intimate who is now married and living in a town twenty miles away. The columnist advises calling on the wife, not the husband, to avoid misinterpretation and says to forget the former friend while visiting. If approached, let the couple initiate contact to avoid an unpleasant triangle.
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Etiquette and Manners From Miss Alice Stuart
A lady usually offers a hand to a gentleman after introduction, while a bow, a smile, and repeating the name suffice in large gatherings. A gentleman should offer his hand to another gentleman. Elderly ladies may extend a hand. Dance programmes remain common for college, army, and navy dances with gilt edged cards or bristol sheets and a pencil.
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Bristol
Express Drivers Vote to Strike in New York
Dissatisfied with the May 1 award of the Wagen Board of the United States railroad administration about 2000 of the 450 wagon drivers chauffeurs mechanics and garage men employed by the American Railway Express Company in New York voted to strike. Organization into the American Federation of Labor was in progress pending the walk out.
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Wagen Board
United States Railroad Administration
American Railway Express Company
American Federation of Labor
Shipyards may build ships for foreign account
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board said he discussed with President Wilson the possibility of allowing American shipyards to build vessels for foreign accounts to widen business opportunities and provide steady labor during ongoing employment in shipyards.
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Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Wilson
Preserve April Eggs Albany Advertises Kempure Demand
April 16 Albany reports Kempure Egg Preserve shipments to Boston exceed other cities in the United States. House wives anticipate higher egg prices next winter as Kempure keeps eggs fresh for eight to 12 months in a 40 cent can.
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