The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-20
RTeH INKS IN BosrON.

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BosroN. July ls.-The Hon. John p. Fits-
gerald. Lord Mayor Of Boston. 10 now com-
pletely ready TO be celebrated, A few days
OF characteristic torpor on the stoop at Old
Orchard during which the emergency stan
OF hello girls vary In their average estimates
from 44 TO 72s calls daily for the Publicity
Bureau. which has the week in charge shave
given his sensitive epidermis a -bronzed
and healthy look" Tho acute shrinking
from public notice which manifested itself
In the preparation period now shows a
gratifying subsistence. 1t will be remem-
bered that the actual date Of Boston's Old
Home Week is not July 20. but April 30.
For many years Mr.. Fitzgerald followed the
custom. creditable alike TO his heed and his
heart. Of travelling from his adopted north
western home Concord Junction. to the
ancestral domicile in Ward Six. where on
the morning Of May 1 the police lister found
him.. Enthusiasts Of the Publicity Bureau
At first begged their leader to be celebrated
at that tender time. But no. what il my
personal interest compared with the con-
venienoe OF h man who comes thousands
OF miles to revisit his former homesf" Thus
modesty was worn like a magisterial wig
and a thousand brother Mayors were saved
NOthhk PetOhke nv
might have been lost to them IL Boston Old
Home Week had occurred in May. But not
even the torture of being looked at and
listened to by strange crowds who cannot
vote in Boston can deter him from his duty.
He will 60 through that week Of awful
eminence II he lives.
1t will be noted that Mayor Fitzgerald
speaks OF the prodigal rcvisiting his former
"h0mR4 prOpArlv thu coropo0pfAa ahA,,lA
not be called Old Home Week. but Old
Homes Week. The pilgrimage to a New
Hampshire village, where the familiar roof
tree stands-the selectmen 1.-THE only word
in the English language which is acoented
on all It's syllables) are the same a. Of yore,
the Women's Relief Corps still serves cider
and doughnuts, and certain venerable gaps
in the fences retain. like Shakespeare
tomb. an inviolate sanctity- II accurately
described as Old Home Week. Not 90 in
Boston. The revisitor inspccts with q
critical eye the spot where he was born.
now occupied by ar Office building; he
climbs Beacon Hill to the boarding house
where once he took his blushing bride and
finds on the site an extension OF the State
House. The mansion in the South End to
which prosperity later led him adds TO the
pleasure of the s~ojourn, for the Lord Mayor,
who thinks of everything. has provided n
n.w buiIdino Inv ,,nd.r wh;oh ali - IL.
- PNe'
aio oo"s 0ohNeiUoi mo 'hree iamliy Uene-
ments OF second class construction under
discretionary regulations of the building
commissioner All his homes tho celebrant
rev;a,.a Tbs onl,, ..l.c,n.n - a.. 49,,
-, - ~ "o ".yoi'
N"e onty ienoes arc ms anu these sapless'
no cider IL on tap-only the buttermilk at
the family roIptOn IF the EatrhapL.S.
The yillag Old Home Waek ia 10 Roston,a
a. ona I'm. ci-c,. 20 ~. ruuo,.a, -
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oa.u'
Inc nrst outward sign OF what Ia to come
has been spread before the people. Tri-
,,r,nbal archas h.ro 49, - -. ~.
~ u"'
Sou'"oih so'e VI 'ne clty' Dc"ey square.
III was AT nrst planned 70 DEFER constructing
these till the week before the celebration;
but Mayor FITZGERALD was 10 attend the Eliza
convsntion IN ph;Iad.,nhi. $4,000 =.
-. yeo.y' u
VIM hop'ei ue'ea,ioh ol ,hese nonurhentS
tnan MS return from this journey? With
frolicsome affection the populace have
dubbed their ruler athe arch aand
Tba oMo;., o,ouxau-. .,L;...
oO ptOsiaio' ouoJocV 10 he~
iueas from the Loru mayor as tney may
occur later, Is as follows:
SUNDAY. July a Founders. p,v"- ,yho.
srsphicsl erro, of course No, founders, : hu,
founder" aos,on yy,s founded in ,oos hv 80
y Fitzger,ld ,Sce rItv se,l-RostonI. cond
Acl Religious services on m. Common With h.na
concer, under personal direction n, N.vor s,,,-
,.r.Id
MoSn.y Iu,v N .p.,,,o,s, nav
a, n.,r,o,ic .,d h.,ad,,ar, ora.o.,Io.. -
,roon,ns ., ths co,ors .nd sI,v,,a So Ta"n w
.rs vnt.rr,ar MIR ,.os,, 49, h.,.zs 80.
n,.,sion "i,vIn1 s.s- c.ns ,or .,oi.a.,to. 49,.
IN. m.n w,,hon, = sovn,rv 800 ,r,.,r,IIr - go
NJ. n.,n.,u.i shtn nr,son 80 oor.,n,n, . ~
q, an. fr,,,.d S,.,-. ,rorr IN. .,.r. rstss $3.50
appear in the spsngled banner at the masthead.
so the little children OF Boston. who have been
taught 10 love ana ,rus' thsr ch'ei magistrate
, ns,s . .p1 nur,,v and !, . S.hv,,n S..h " $, 5,ea,,
MIN their Giving nse."