The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-11-05
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
Hubs Political Battle Royal
Has but Just Begun.

Grated Because of Effect on City EIrc-
ton Mayor Quincy Alarmed at the
Outlook Strange Scene In Newspaper
Row-Food Fair Over Samples the
Attraction-Wage Farmers Cecilia Con-
certs Aband Dned A Clever Fraud Ex-
posed General Martin to Retire Per-
sOnaI and Dram itic Notes.
Now that the state election is over and
most towns will forget politics, Boston
is really just entering into her campaign.
AS a matter of fact there were mighty
few politicians in the Tub who woe
concerned whether George Fred Will
Jams grave was deep or shallow, or
cared whether what was left of him out
of the ground was his head or his feet
! The Democratic machine hates Williams
and is hated III return. 1t welcomed him
and his speeches only upon the ground Of
eXpediency. All he did to bring out full
vote was to aid in creating prestige for
| the city election. Had there been no
city election this year the gubernatorial
candidate would have received the icy
hand and his meetings been as devoid CT
well known political leaders as a Nor
mon gathering could be Of Shakers.
The only thing the Democratic leaders
| hoped to do was to demonstrate that
RnctCr,
If a good front was shown on Tuesday
there was to be found in it encourage
ment for the municipal contest. The fact
is that Mayor Quincy and his friends are
a great deal alarmed at the outlook. All
the efforts they have been making for
the past six months have failed to make
things appear more rosy, and if the
mayor had been elected on Tuesday his
name would not have been Josiah
Quincy. 1t will be a battle royal from
now until December with the prospects
favorable to the Republican nominee t
present.
You have many of you no doubt been
in Boston on election night, and wit
messed the wild scenes in newspaper row
where the bulletins are issued for the
benefit of the crowd, but Tuesday night
saw sight of q character most unusual.
The gathering there seemed to care little
for the vote of Hull and gains or losses
in the different municipalities called
forth little enthusiasm. All eyes were
centered on Greater New York. GIVE
us the latest from New York" was the
cry. The hot contest in the metropolis
completely overshadOwed local politics
and Massachusetts, men were divided
in their adherence to Van Wyck, Low,
Tracy and George.
That people are anxious to get some
thing for nothing is we'll illustrated by
the statement that the Food fair just
closed was the most successful ever held
in this city. The one great magnet that
drew people there was the widely pub
lished fact that souvenir spoons and
samples were freely distributed. Around
every booth where something was given
away there was always a crowd, and
people pushed and perspired to get lit
tie bag of salt, bite of cheese or a grid
die cake. Collecting samples seemed to
be a mania, though all you could get
together in an evening was not worth
cents an hour. In "a days, during which .
the fair was running, not fewer than |
u 900 souvenir spoons were distributed,
and the other articles in the "give-away" |
department numbered 1884, 0O In all IS |
barrels and 100 cases of goods were given
away. No case contained less than two
dozen articles. and some of them con-
tanned an even hundred packages. The
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salt, cereal preparations, soaps of vari-
Gus makes syrups, matted drinks in bot
ties, boxes of candy, tickets good for a
glass of soda, and numerous articles
found in any grocery store.
Many a good Boston housewife will
rejoice that at last there is a school of
in this city, and will feel
and express the hope that the hundreds
who are classed as house girls will take
1T least one course of training. Although
he employment agencies are crowded
With those seeking situations, the fact
remains that to obtain a good house girl
S about the hardest thing one has to do.
rhe members of the WOmen's Educa-
ional and Industrial union hope to :
olve the question of domestic manage
nent and service, and so have leased n
wo houses where housekeepers and
are to be Systematically 7
rained. Girls will, if they are capable,
graduate from these houses skilled in :
very department of household work. !,
each will spend two weeks at a time in /
,itchen, dining room, laundry, bedroom
md parlor work. They will not only
the care of range and fur =
lace, but the reason why certain articles !.
f food are more digestibe if cooked =
ccordng to certain scientific principles; +
he reason why hardwood floors should
OF be deluged with soap and water; the :.
eason why special cuts of meats are =
lore economical than others, etc. Let =
he good work go on. We are fast be-
oming a nation of dyspeptics through q
ignorance of cooks. u
There will be general regret that the -
cries of wage earners' concerts which :,
ave been sivrl 1S tj1e Cecilia organiza- -
on during the past few years will not =
lis year be a feature or the season. At
rst these concerts were patronized by Is
ne employees of many of the large bust W
ess houses in the city, and the tickets &c
ere only used by those for whom the ci