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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
19
Letters from Maine women discuss frugal living and budgeting for groceries. They compare weekly costs, share strategies like home canning, cooking from scratch, and cooperative saving, and describe varied expenses from rent to utilities and clothing.
A granddaughter and grandmother discuss a nursery tale where a wolf preys on the innocent. They untangle the hidden moral that love can be a dangerous predator and warn against talking with wolves, whether boy or man, as they walk home.
A village choir singer, Mabel, is lured by a city voice teacher offering fame and riches. She leaves home but dreams reveal the cost of ambition. Waking, she returns to her mother and chooses happiness at home, playing the organ for her mother.
The text describes a skirt with a yellow piped hem and a yellow linen strip with black buttons and a lace frill at the sides. A yellow linen hat features a long black silk tassel hanging from the crown center over the brim. Good-by.
The speaker urges leaving sadness behind as April skies brighten and nature awakens. Birds sing and arbutus fills the air while the hills wear springtime colors. The poem celebrates renewed life and hopeful, carefree days ahead.
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