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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
13
A reader titled Old Fashioned Boston Woman writes to oppose restricting high school daughters during vacations, arguing daughters should enjoy time off. A widow shares how her daughters thrived with holidays, while another traces a law demanding repayment of parental costs before marriage. A third defends grooming costs as essential to marriage and suggests女性 should invest in appearance.
Clarence Hoton rejects parental help and conventionality to carve his own route to college. He sheds standards by traveling in a gray flannel shirt, brown corduroys, and sneakers, pursuing work to fund his education while pursuing independence from Theodosia Kerle, a suffragist who will not reveal her plans.
In 1916 a colorful student, Maurice Ketten, travels incognito to a college town seeking independence. He fakes origins, courts a peachy co ed, and ends up revealed at a hall dinner by chance, linking his eccentric plan to education and romance.
The Sunday Post highlights notable letters sent to the Sewing Circle, reflecting reader opinions, community tips, and practical sewing advice in a glimpse of local life.
Cape collars remain in fashion as waxed silks trim outfits and quaint parasols recall the 1830s. Pile fabrics stay crucial while evening gowns show a low shoulder line. Striped leather pocketbooks return with midnight blue and faded pink hues and beige taffeta gowns.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Karl Muck presented Rimsky Korsakov's overture The Betrothed of the Czar George Chadwick's Tam o Shanter and Strauss Thus Spake Zarathustra. The critics praised the conductor's precise attack and dramatic reading while noting occasional episodic passages and the vocal numbers by Mrs Baker Loeffler and Colburn.
Review praises Mrs Chadwick's symphonic poem based on Burns and related themes for its humor and bold orchestration. It lauds Strauss Thus Spake Zarathustra as a monumental tone poem, noting its technical daring and radiant finale.
Soprano Martha Atwood Baker presented a varied program at Steinert Hall featuring Cesti Legrenzi Vivaldi Moussorgsky Tchaikovsky Rachmaninoff Engel Loeffler Colburn Mahler Strauss Reger Palmgren. Accompanist Emil Ferir contributed two original viola pieces and viola parts in Loeffler. Baker displayed strong interpretive intelligence and stylistic adaptability.
William F. Kenney of the Boston Globe was yesterday reappointed by Mayor Curley to the library board of trustees for a five year term.
Mild instruction lists ingredients and steps for raisin bread Washington pie filled cookies and whole wheat muffins. Includes baking times and temperatures with notes on substitutions and yields. Signed by Mrs J F Riley of 30 Hancock Street Rochester NH.
A nostalgic poem recalls spring Saturdays as memories of childhood bliss. The speaker cherishes days when children could play until dusk as birds sing in streets parks and yards. Vivid images of violet fields robins wrens and vine intertwine with carefree afternoon games.
A reader described a new heavy brown linen coat suitable for travel, motoring, boating or beach use. The coat is loose yet practical, with a high flaring collar and a cream yellow stitched stripe from collar to hem. A matching linen hat with a yellow quill completes the ensemble.
The Salvation Army of Massachusetts is bequeathed all the estate of the late James E. Carter of Boston in his will filed in Suffolk Probate Court. The Army is named as executor. will dated February 11, 1916, at Tewksbury Massachusetts. Witnesses were I C Mungesser Franklin M Sulzer and John F Johnson.
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