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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1911
Page
9
A column sketches Boston cultural gossip and local lore including Mayor Fitzgerald’s stance on a controversial play, train observations, Spot Pond praise, Red Sox opening day chatter, Miss Cornelia Crosby in Boston, Newton theater talent notes, Benedict J. FitzGerald’s Paris appointment, Salem house numbering quirks, and Newton composer Arthur M. Curry’s rising profile.
Paragraph points to Helen pink as a new color and notes must have a dotted foulard palm parasols and lace with net as popular. Sailor collars, elaborate net blouses, and a short train evening skirt with swallow tail or long point fashions appear. Chou trims dresses with velvet satin or mousseline and silk flowers. Rhinestone bandeaus with plumes and bicorne hats in Napoleon lines finish the trend.
Henry Harrison Bingham of the first Pennsylvania district holds the longest continuous Congress record since 1879 and begins his 17th term this session. Joe Cannon surpasses by one term but missed the 52d Congress. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, author and diplomat, was once a civil engineering professor. Senator Clarence W. Watson of West Virginia started as a mule boy in a coal mine. Rear Admiral Schley, retired, enjoys time with his granddaughter. Senator M. J. Foster of Louisiana drove the Louisiana State lottery to Honduras.
Recipes share a mixed menu from Mrs James Simpson Chelmsford for lard fried sugar rolls, Miss Ethel Arnold Worcester’s sweet potato pie, Mrs William Pitts Atlantic bread with dates and pecan or cottage cheese, and Mrs T B Snow Northeast Carry Maine’s fluffy yolk and white omelet served from a pan or chafing dish.
A 28 year old man asks about marrying a woman who refuses due to fear of her past. The columnist suggests the woman may still care or fear a rival and urges persistence but notes scruples may reflect a lack of confidence in the relationship.
An 18 year old girl writes for guidance about a two year older boyfriend who visits Sundays but never takes her to amusements. The adviser suggests he may value her company at home or lack funds, and urges Violet to hint about going out to reveal which of three types he belongs to and what he thinks of her.
A timid boy named Billy overcomes fear to fetch a doctor for his gravely ill grandmother. Guided by his Grandfather’s wartime metaphor and a full moon night, Billy completes a brave mission, earning praise from the doctor and ridding himself of fear.
In Vancouver British Columbia County Court Judge Lampman ruled it illegal to marry a brother's widow. Herbert Baker obtained a license in Westminster by declaration that no legal impediment existed. The court voided the marriage but granted a suspended sentence pending payment of prosecution costs.
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