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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1913
Page
14
The Sewing Circle column in the Boston Post invites homemakers to share advice on home life and women’s challenges. Readers discuss causes of city temptations, gambling dens, and dancing halls, urging action by officials and husbands to protect families and uphold virtue.
A speaker recounts poverty and low wages faced by young working women. She notes earnings of 12 dollars weekly, with five children contributing 2.50 to 5 dollars each, enabling a home and bank savings. She argues low pay drives ruinous temptations and urges liberty and equal opportunity for women.
Letters to the Sewing Circle discuss cooperative living to cut costs on a $48 weekly household income. They describe two families sharing a single house with merged duties, privacy preserved, and fewer wasteful meals. Debates arise over mother-in-law authority and the rights of daughters-in-law in managing a home.
The adviser says a girl should not fear inviting friends to her humble home and should rise above material concerns, inviting those who value her for herself. A man who tries to provoke jealousy is vain and cruel, lacking tact and consideration.
Three recipe items listed with names and addresses: Hannah Boothby of South Lawrence shares doughnut instructions using two eggs and ginger. Mariam Warner of Waltham provides a nutmeg and currant loaf style mix. Mrs. Maek Hoyt of Manchester offers a salmon salad with pickles eggs and vinegar dressing.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra performed Liszt's Battle of the Huns with ardor, Haydn and Mozart classics, and Mme Culp sang Wagner and Schubert selections with expressive fullness. The Midafternoon concert drew enthusiastic ovations for conductor Dr Muck and soloist.
A group of young women spend a country week end and bed down after a lively night. One girl Dot insists there is a burglar in the house. A sudden noise and breaking glass confirm a frightening intruder alarm amid tense curiosity and fear.
A poem where Walt Mason imagines seeking a post in France and clashing with Woodrow Wilson. He abandons revenge after seeing others suffer, choosing instead simple rural life tending cabbage, bees, pumpkins, and elbow grease, with peas and onions in bloom. Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.
A tense night leads to a revelation when a plumber named Dixon fixes failing pipes at 2 am. The narrator recalls the danger and learns the worker who stayed behind to finish the job saved the home and family. Bobby Dixon becomes a cherished memory.
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