Metropolitan to Produce Boston Composer Opera
A Boston born composer Frederick Converse leads new works for the Metropolitan in New York with The Pipe of Desire, an American one act grand opera. The piece premiered in Boston in 1906 and showcases Converse's dramatic scoring and a poetic libretto by George Barton.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Frederick S. Converse
Azara
Professor Paine
Harvard
Cecilia Society
B. J. Lang
Jordan Hall
United States
George Barton
Mr. Barton
Mr. Converse
Claude Debussy
Tolan
Naioa
Adam
Solan
FASHION NOTES On Accessories and Evening Gowns
Commis er FASHIONS and FADS BY MISS MARY describes bronze silver and gilt shoes with simple evening frocks. Cherries in soft tones adorn hot garniture while high collars appear on many shirtwaists this summer.
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Mary Bronze
Leah Fletcher Rescues Bag in Train Robbery Escape
Leah Fletcher aids in a train theft case after catching a hand bag thrown from a moving car. Abductors seize her, but she escapes with a torn ankle, finds the jewels inside the bag, and is escorted home by the city police chief. The missing jewels bring a substantial reward.
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Leah Fletcher
Leah
Fletcher
Wilkins Forsaithe engagement announced in Dorchester and Somerville
The engagement of Miss Florence A. Forsaithe of Dorchester to Mr. Ernest H. Wilkins of Somerville is announced. Forsaithe is active in the local literary club while Wilkins is a captain of the Somerville YMCA baseball team and a standout athlete in swimming and track.
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Florence A. Forsaithe
Ernest H. Wilkins
Forsaithe
Dorchester
Wilkins
Somerville
Somerville Young Men's Christian Association
Spring Hill Athletic Association of
Scarce Seats Sold as Boston Opera House Opens
Boston operagoers faced limited seating as 954 seats were claimed by stockholders at Jordan Hall allotment. Ralph L. Flanders announced extra performances possible if public demand rises, with about 500 seats left for non stockholders for the initial run of four weekly performances.
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Boston Opera House
Ralph L. Flanders
Sion
B. J. Lang
Boston
Henry L. Higginson
Symphony Orchestra
Thomas W. Lawson
O. J. Mills
New England Conservatory of Music
Charles Hayden
George R. Fearing
Edwin Westly
C. H. Pond
Opera House
Dear Miss Champagne Conundrum Seeks Advice On Single Woman
A middle aged, unmarried man asks how to pursue a single woman who treats him kindly but keeps him at arm's length. The advisor urges effort, noting it is not good for a man to be alone and that he should pursue the relationship rather than avoid it.
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Miss Champagne
P. S
James H. Higgins
Rhode Island
Higgins
Elks
Louis A. Frothingham
George A. Hibbard
George H. Lyman
Boston
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
John D. Nichols
William Swift
Navy Yard
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Fort Warren
Allen T. Treadway
Senate
Joseph H. Walker
House of Representatives
Stephen O'Meara
Teel
Cambridge Lodge Seeks Deputies for New Branches
Grand Master Thomas Milligan and staff attended the Derry L O L No 97 meeting in East Cambridge. Officers spoke and 25 deputies were named to aid in forming new branches. A five member committee was set to work with Mt Horeb No 19 Bay State No 418 and Cambridge True Blues No 17 for a union meeting July 12 observing the order anniversary.
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Derry L. O. Li
East Cambridge
Grand Lodge
Mt. Horeb
Bay State
Cambridge True Blues
Order
Home Style Bean Soup and Omelet Mixture Recipes
A collection of kitchen tips from Mrs C M B Watertown Mrs Alden Strong and Mattie Ef Flynn including a bean soup with tomatoes and butter flour thickener a chicken filling for omelets a tongue dish and a banana iced layer cake. Names addresses and street references appear with each recipe.
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P. O. Box
Alden Strong
Melbourne Street
Portland
Mattie EF. Flynn
Lexington Street
East
Boston
Reunion of Henry 4 Pierce School Class of 1908 Dorchester
A May 21 reunion at Hendrie's Hall for the Henry 4 Pierce School Dorchester class of 1908 featured piano and violin solos readings and songs by Mabel Emrick Elvira Rhind Margerite Baker and Mildred Willcutt a grand march led by Emrick and Coleman Hibbard addresses by Warren Howe and school staff and a concluding dance arranged by Misses Emrick Willcutt and Baker.
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Henry 4 Pierce
Dorchester
Hendrie’s Hall
Mabel Emrick
Elvira Rhind
Leon Whittemore
Margerite Baker
Mildred Willcutt
Stanley McGoregill
Messrs. Warren and Howe
Coleman Hibbard
Harold Meade
David Collings
Miss Mann
Miss Cutler
Strauss Offered $60 000 For Opera Rights Sylvia and the Star
Berlin May 24 Richard Strauss has been offered 60 000 by a Leipzig publishing house for the right to publish his opera a comic work titled Sylvia and the Star The offer underscores continued high regard for his stage works in Germany and the appeal of new comic operas to publishers.
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Strauss
Berlin
Richard Strauss
Leipsichr Publishing House
Sylvia and the Star
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