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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1914
Page
17
In a Boston Post Sewing Circle column, readers discuss social pressure, debt, and entertaining as markers of status. Letters recount affluence gaps, marriage choices, and balancing beauty, respectability, and frugal living within New England households.
The Sunday Post features notable letters to the Sewing Circle, sharing reader views, crafts, and community updates as printed in the newspaper.
Paris designers Chaput and Thuliler unveil a naturalistic evening gown in white satin with a draped under dress, embroidered chiffon cassage tunic, elbow sleeves, and a high back collar, presenting a new departure in design. The gown features gold and silver beadwork and a modest, decollete cut.
Whip 1 pint of sweet cream and 1 egg very stiff sweeten and flavor to suit the taste. Stir in 1 dozen figs 1 dozen dates 1 cupful of nut meats finely chopped. Pack in a quart pail with ice or snow salt and set aside to freeze. It will be solid in four hours but will not last long once sampled.
A young woman writes about two young men in her life. One calls weekly but recently avoids calling and dances, while another invites her to enjoy life. Mildred Champagne counsels that the first man is unlikely to resume, urges moving on, and to accept others’ offers with a clear conscience.
The House passed the bill to appoint women police by 65 to 50 with no roll call. Wilson of Lynn urged passage to protect young girls and cited Chicago as a model. Kennard of Somerville proposed a statewide referendum amendment, but it was defeated.
McInerney of Boston and Cassasa of Revere declare women unfit for police roles while Chamberlain of Springfield warns of moral risk if Boston hires female officers. Greenwood of Everett supports women police as needed in Everett Chelsea and Revere Beach amid juvenile crime concerns.
The mercantile affairs committee voted to report the trading stamp bill to the Legislature despite Attorney General Boynton’s finding of unconstitutionality. If enacted the bill would require licenses from county auditors for stamp users, with a $6000 annual fee.
Principal John A Callahan of Highlands School Holyoke orders a gelatine mould of the Daniel Webster statue on the State House lawn. A wooden shanty rises around the statue as a gelatine mould is to be taken and a plaster cast made, to be unveiled in Holyoke on May 2.
The mercantile affairs committee reports favorably a bill regulating International Correspondence Schools. It requires schools selling stocks to file a certificate on company condition with the corporation commissioner and imposes a misrepresentation penalty. Pupils deceived by misrepresentation may seek treble damages. Schools must file a $10 000 bond with the State Treasurer under rules by the State Board of Education.
The Boston Socialist Club executive committee at 14 Park Square passed a resolution urging President Wilson to dispatch federal troops to Colorado's mining district to restore order and provide food and homes for workers made homeless in the labor war there.
A fragment from Bour scrap book presents the speaker pleading for a missing beloved. The speaker conveys longing and isolation with lines about echoes of the voice, empty arms, and a heart aching under old sorrows and doubts. The piece ends with a call for rescue through darkness.
Commencement at Dartmouth College Hanover conferred civil engineering degrees from Thayer School, master of commercial science from Tuck School, and five medical diplomas. Notable guests included Brigadier-General Henry L. Abbott, J. P. Shaw, J. F. Tatlock, and M. O. Adams. A reception anecdote described a taciturn guest among polite chatter.
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