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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
14
Mr. and Mrs. Fiske Warren announce the engagement of their elder daughter Miss Rachel Warren to Rogers MacVeagh of New York City. Mrs. Warren has recently returned from England where the family has spent much time.
A stream of letters counsels women on economizing and raising children for financial security. Cecelia, Katherine, and Sonja urge prudent spending, saving, and forging happy homes despite low wages and social pressures.
A letter from Sally argues a husband should live near his job in Lynn rather than commute from Boston to work. She condemns cold dinners and warns about health and hearts. She suggests frequent visits if separation is intolerable and ends with a blunt marital rule.
A writer counsels a perplexed woman to consider marriage duties and relocation as a wife. The letter argues a good provider has right to expect shared work and accompanying him where his job requires, noting sisters of the Circle would find such problems trivial. Lynn is not far from Boston.
A wife explains a frugal family budget for $21 weekly earnings. Three dollars weekly saved, $2 for clothes, rent $ MS monthly, rest for husband’s needs. They avoid doctors unless necessary, noting a $4 medical bill in 12 years. The writer credits luck with 13. Contented Wife.
A young wife writes that she has no allowance and argues it unnecessary if she cares for her husband. Her husband earns $25 weekly and they pay bills together, saving regularly to buy a five room home next spring. They have been married four years and spend most evenings together.
A reader recalls a family breakup caused by a husband's repeated dalliances. The column urges self reflection on marital strain and its impact on children, urging the sister to consider how divorce would shape her family and home life.
A letter from a 19 year old describing a carefree life with wealthy parents a banker father and a brother. She notes no bad luck despite a broken mirror at age ten and reveals plans to marry a rich New Yorker in June citing a happy, uneventful life.
A reader signs as S. B. asking how to stop her husband from taking his white mice to bed with him. She describes the habit as uncomfortable and asks for tactful advice to end it without causing offense.
The committee on rules heard a push to extend St James avenue from Trinity place to Arlington street as late business for admission. Speaking for the proposal were Corporation Counsel Corbett Representative Kinney Joseph B Russell Bos ton Chamber of Commerce J Randolph Coolidge and Francis R Bangs. Opposing were Representative Donovan Ward 7 Brennan Charlestown and McGivern Dorchester.
Eminent skin specialist unveils ethine double strength a sun protection and freckle remover sold by Houghton and Dutton Drug Co and Riker Jaynes Drug Co with an absolute guarantee to refund if it fails. First night use shows improvement as lighter freckles fade and skin clarity increases with non hazardous formula.
A nostalgic speaker pleads to reverse time and return to infancy. The poem invokes a mother’s comforting presence as a remedy for weariness from toil and aging, seeking the warmth of lullabies, security, and the dream of innocence lost. The voice longs to be rocked to sleep and never wake again to sorrow.
Cardinal O Connell is honorary president of St Elizabeths Guild which reports benevolent work among children. It covers day nursery sewing cooking millinery stenography embroidery gymnastics drawing painting mothers sewing home savings stamp saving vacation school and library with 35 active members and 141 children attended nursery in 1911 representing 2 families.
A fashion survey notes white satin separates with plain white waists and wider draped skirts. Day gowns feature white satin trimmed with black satin cord. afternoon frocks show shot taffeta silks with demure bodices, ruches, and box plaiting. Evening wraps in taffeta and chiffon are sleevless with side slits for dressy occasions.
Miss Warren debuted in Boston two winters ago with a string of brill iant teas and a major Somerset ball in her honor and that of cousin Mrs. Manfred Bowditch. She is noted for beauty musical skill and linguistics and inherits her mother Gretchen Osgood's social standing. Mr. MacVeagh eldest son of Charles MacVeagh of New York and Monadnock is a Harvard graduate. The wedding date is undecided but likely early in the class of 1910 period. he trails peers John Eliot Thayer Jr and John Revere Chapin who wed last year respectively Katherine Warren and Margaret DeFord.
Advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm clears nasal and throat passages within minutes and cures worst catarrh cases. It states headaches, fevers, and discharge vanish after use, with a 50 cent bottle sufficient and guaranteed, urging readers to buy from their druggist.
The mother of 19 year old Augustus Williams visited the State Prison with Governor Foss’s pardon. Williams had served three years of a six year sentence for robbing Charlotte W. Murdock of ten dollars at gunpoint with an older accomplice. The reunion moved prison officials to tears.
The Charitable Irish Society will meet Monday evening at the Boston City Club. Rev. Charles F. Bridges of Boston College will discuss the physical historical and religious aspects of the Island of Jamaica.
A promotional notice touts Electro la as safe and instant for permanent hair removal. It promises complete, painless elimination in three minutes and offers a trial package and full size product with a money back guarantee upon request.
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