Cheerful Wife Shares Address for Sewing Circle Help
A cheerful wife sent her address to assist sisters who requested it and said she wants to aid the Sewing Circle as much as she can.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
7
A cheerful wife sent her address to assist sisters who requested it and said she wants to aid the Sewing Circle as much as she can.
A reader argues against corporal punishment for a 15 or 16 year old, calling such methods as inappropriate as a husband striking a wife. She shares trust in her teen and condemns a harsh school experience, urging gentler child-rearing. BELIEVER IN KINDNESS.
A reader correspondence fragment discusses gender roles and household duties. Comments on husbands supporting wives, the value of shared chores, and affection. Also includes readers seeking light lunch ideas and mentions a baby and domestic scenes.
A wife asks about her husband, eight years married, who withholds his full wages and neglects supplying firewood. She seeks guidance from the Circle and shares daily life on their third floor. The letter reflects household friction and request for viewpoints.
A writer voices sympathy for a wife whose mother in law lives with her and is constantly critical. She explains her husband grows grouchy when the mother in law returns from work and the five boys add to the household tension. She urges patience.
Advice to freckled readers, claiming cucumber slices nightly for four weeks cleared freckles. Warns sun causes freckles and suggests hats or parasols in summer. Signoff Peach es and Cream.
Louise asks for planting time guidance for nasturtiums and whether seeds in packages usually germinate. She describes a small garden space for summer flowers and offers to trade seeds or plants in return.
A reader asks how to cope with a husband who dwells on old sweethearts and even mentions having an address for a pretty young lady. The columnist advises patience, noting the husband only talks of it and that a loyal wife should endure, as the issue is a mild form of his malady.
A reader disputes a prior piece on kissing, arguing that a girl who offers her face is a flirt and that kisses should be reserved for marriage. The writer contends kissing without true love harms self-respect and undermines male virtue.
In a hot crowded Nickel theatre Meg Foyerton performs with a child mimic in a brutal act of exploitation. A fire breaks out as Meg sacrifices herself to save Goldie, slipping a rope under the child and perishing as a heroic figure. A fireman saves Goldie. Meg’s final act is a somber, sacrificial image.
Bishop Mallalieu urges a strong peace movement committee at the New England Southern Annual Conference in Providence. Central Church chorus will include 12 singers for the rest of the season. Rev. van Allen spoke on Brains and Orthodoxy at Attleboro. James Bancroft joins St John’s Providence to Lowell post. Chauncey Haynes kin reception at Jamaica Plain. Rev. Tileston Whittemore dies at 60 after leaving Dorchester. N P Smith speaks to Waltham Women’s Club on Read Mark and Learn.
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