Sewing Circle at Boston Post shares home life advice
The Sewing Circle column acts as a woman’s forum for New England homemakers. Readers discuss motherhood, budgeting, and family management, offering letters, questions, and guidance to an audience of readers across Boston.
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New England
Boston Post
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New York
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Lochinvar
Sunday Post
Songs of Sunshine and Love Keeps House Theme
Poem describes love as a domestic force that shapes home life. The Bentztown Bard depicts love tending chores with grace, sweeping and dusting, brightening rooms, easing worry, and welcoming a loved one at day’s end. The verse celebrates affectionate care as the heart of home.
Harvard to hold June commencement in open air
Harvard seniors will receive degrees and several notable men will be awarded honorary degrees as the exercises move from Sanders Theatre to an outdoor stadium, weather permitting. The overseers also announced appointments for faculty and teaching fellowships.
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Harvard
Sanders Theatre
John S. Humphreys
Roland B. Dixon
Tenney L. Davis
Victor F. Lenzen
Donald H. McLaughlin
Amos P. McMahon
Norman B. Nash
John J. Savage
Albert A. Shapiro
Louis P. Hammett
Joseph L. Walsh
Austin
Millard B. Gulick
Ralph H. Bailey
Orin R. Douthett
Herbert F. Engelbrecht
James Hallett Hodges
Bruce R
Fads and Fashions Highlight Velvet Trims and Sunburst Veils
Wide velvet ribbon trims afternoon wraps and jackets fasten at the throat with a button at the waist. Crowns and brim widths vary with no definite rule in millinery. Narrow sashes tie at the left front in two loops with long ends. The sunburst veil appears round with a broad radiating border. A striped black and white taffeta frock pairs with plain black taffeta, and fancy straws from China and Mexico top hats.
Ink Stain Ruins Lovely Cream Net Blouse
A reader laments ruining a delicate cream color net under blouse with ink stains. She notes the blouse’s long sleeves with puff and frills, cape collars edged with lace, and a satin over blouse that cannot be washed away by time. She signs off with thanks and goodbye.
Four Sons Pallbearers for Mrs Julia Morrissey
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Morrissey longtime Somerville resident were held at St. Joseph's Church with a requiem high mass celebrated by Rev. Thomas F. McHugh. Her four sons William B Michael Thomas and Frank H Morrissey served as pallbearers. burial followed at St. Pauls Cemetery Arlington.
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Julia Morrissey
Somerville
St. Joseph's Church
Thomas F. McHugh
William B
Michael
Thomas
Frank H. Morrissey
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Arlington
Robin Raised From Last Spring's Nestling at Franklin Park
A Boston boy raised a robin redbreast and donated it to Franklin Park natural history. The bird now feeds daily and keeps warm, lifting visitors with its bright notes as winter ends and spring nears. The piece also promotes the magazine story "When Stuff Put It Over" in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Robin Redbreast
Cock Robin
Young
America
Southland
Boston
Robin Red
Zoo
Franklin Park
Sewell Ford
Shorty McCabe
Next Sunday Post
Robin
Walter’s Financial Crisis Threatens Winnie’s Birthday
A worried Walter tells his wife Annie he needs four hundred dollars by tomorrow to avoid ruin after a speculative loss. He plans to borrow from Aunt Mary, hoping to keep Winnie’s birthday peaceful. Annie fears Aunt Mary’s reluctance but urges him to consider any loan option.
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Winnie
Annie
Aunt Mary
Winnie celebrates birthday with peace and good will
Winnie brings a Birthday card from Aunt Mary showing Peace and Good Will. The mother explains the message as helping others in the world. Aunt Mary lent Walter four hundred dollars, and Winnie’s day ends in happiness.
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Winnie
Mummy
Aunt Mary
Mary
Walter
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