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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
11
A new department named the Sewing Circle invites New England homemakers to discuss home life, health hints, remedies, baby care, budgeting, gardening, and related topics. Correspondents may sign with pen names and write on one side, sending letters to the Sewing Circle Editor.
A reader asks for details on constructing a larger fireless cooker for meats and other foods. She requests instructions on whether the food must be heated before placing it in the cooker and other essential specifics. Chelsea is the correspondent.
A reader asks about materials for a bassinet and ground preparation for sweet peas. The April Sewing Circle promises home and garden guidance, including child care and thrifty dress ideas.
Instructions describe padding a board with soft brown paper then securing tack nails to the board and transferring design with carbon paper to create candle shades. The note references supplies from a bakery and uses casual guidance for crafting.
MIB cautions Rose that she is too young to wear hair with a tight bow and suggests a coronet style with loose twists. She notes her own 16 years and describes twisting hair over the face with two braids wound around the head. She asks Rose to try the style and report back through the Sewing Circle.
In a New York letter a wife explains her husband earns $18 weekly and gives her $10 while keeping the rest. She pays rent coal paper boy iceman and milk, does all housework and clothing herself, and struggles to afford shoes and clothes. She asks if he should provide more, noting he is French.
Inexperienced gardeners learn soil prep with deep plow or spade work, then nutrition via barnyard manure or fertilizer plus humus. For sandy soils add leaves or grass, lime for sorrel sites, and proper mixing. Seeds require covering depth, moisture, and patience for perennials to bloom in year two.
A past era note from Lilac discusses loving both a cat and a baby and asks for a long letter. It also touches on a Yankee Wife letter, praising her writing and noting a husband who smokes but does not drink, signed Lilac.
A reader letter from Happy Fern defends wives performing chores and supporting husbands. She describes mutual support, her husband helping with chores, paying household money, and choosing activities together. They claim lasting happiness after many years of marriage.
Major William H. Green a Civil War captain and brevet major in the Seventeenth Maine Regiment and former Maine G A R department commander died in Portland at 74. He served as city marshal under Major Melcher later as building inspector and was a longtime member of the Maine House of Representatives. He was a native of Portland.
The article notes plain self colored fabrics rising in popularity with outdoor garments trimmed in coarse Russian braid and soutache. It highlights new wool taffeta and voile tailored costumes embroidered with beads, plus coats with continuous fronts cut at the waist and cinched by satin or leather belts.
In a rural park, Jimmy Barnes steps between angry youths and a young umpire after a heated game between the Eagles and the Midgets. Barnes recalls spending 10 weeks in Typhoid hospital and honors the stranger who sent him books and meals, urging a fair rematch.
A reader asks if a year of steady dating with a 26 year old man signals marriage talk. Champagne notes that at 20 a man may delay commitment, and at 26 he may need to be ready to provide a home. a steady call signals interest, so wait if you love him.
A 24 year old factory worker asks Miss Champagne for guidance after a blunt joke about a stout foreman unsettles their budding affair. The advisor urges calm, suggests polite daily greetings and to let the love light shine, warning against harsh judgments about his figure and advising gentle reconciliation.
Paragraph notes fashion trends such as habutai silks in lively colors and stripes, mixed skirts with straps, new uses for chiffon bonnets, plain and fancy necklines, serge dresses with gathered blouses, patent leather belts, and trims like Russian braid and soutache on tailored models. Brocades appear but not dominant.
A Sunday Post page previews a full feature of recipes from New England housewives including comfort dishes and regional specialties to tempt readers.
A recipe from Mrs. John Simpson of South Paris Maine describes cooking corn meal in boiling water, then cooling and mixing with milk sugar salt melted butter an egg and flour with cream of tartar and soda. The batter is fried as griddle cakes.
A household recipe instructs chopping meat finely and mixing with bread, water, and butter, then cooking into small cakes. It adds galt pepper and sage, then an egg, cools, shapes, coats with crumbs, and fries. Attributed to Mrs 8S R Day of East Corinth Vermont.
Instructional note describes cracking ribs to fold, seasoning, and filling with dressing. Dressing made from soaked dry bread, fried onion, butter, pepper, salt, and egg. Ribs are stuffed and roasted, with a cooking time of 380 minutes per pound. Signed by Mrs Elsie L Bell of Everett.
A dated fruit-based dessert combines mashed dates with stiff egg white foam and lemon, then bakes in a buttered dish. Serve cooled with custard or whipped cream for a light finish. address 166 Naples Road Brookline.
A historical recipe instructs mixing 1 quart flour with 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1-2 sticks butter until dough forms. Dissolve 1-2 yeast in 1 pint warm milk, combine, knead until smooth, let rise to double, roll 1-2 inch thick, rise again and bake until hot. Mrs Isadore W Taylor 68 Ferry Street Matden.
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