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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1910
Page
7
In Plympton Circus Day the Agnews face tragedy when a lion escapes after a crash. Richard Agnew, once famed as a daredevil, saves his daughter Aimee from the beast and is killed. Marie, who called him coward, mourns beside their child as a priest honors the fallen hero.
Paragraph points show current fashions with frilled blouses sheer materials and bronze slippers back in style. Gloves fall from the outfit as white gloves disappear. Wide shirring appears on boleros eyelet embroidery returns on gowns and printed chiffon dominates. Pongee auto coats with rose silk collars headline lighter travel wear.
Mildred Champagne outlines a personal dilemma as a 27 year old bookkeeper in love with a man five years older who borrows small sums and pays back in quarters. She seeks readers’ opinions on whether such behavior is acceptable and what it says about his character and future.
A proverb warns that any woman who lends money to a man who professes love is spending her funds foolishly. The remark frames romance and finance as risky for the lender, emphasizing caution in lending within intimate attachments.
A widow asks Miss Champagne for marriage advice to a younger cousin by marriage. She fears betraying her late husband and worries about age differences. The adviser says time heals wounds and suggests focusing on living and healing over six months.
The piece blends verse and moral musings from 1910 by Walt Mason and others about aging, pride, sport, and a call to companionship. It contrasts a fallen champion’s pride with a longing for simple roots in farming life and ends with a note on finding a steady partner for support and happiness.
The Sewing Circle is a regular department for home makers in New England. It invites correspondence on home and family topics, health hints, remedies, baby care, gardening, and household economy. Write on one side and address to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
A caregiver describes methods for feeding a one year old during journeys to York Beach Maine. They used a zinc lined extension bag with pasteurized milk barley gruel boiled water and packed ice plus an alcohol lamp for heating food during carriage travel and while trains paused. The note signs as "Lover of Babies."
A reader asks which makes the better husband the generous social spender or the prudent saver. A sisterly column offers varying viewpoints, weighing kindness, steadiness, and financial temper in marriage prospects.
A brief inquiry from the WEEPING WILLOW requests if the Sisters of the Sewing Circle in Boston make boots for lame or deformed feet. The note asks for guidance or an oblige.
A reader recalls a Sewing Circle letter describing a husband addicted to liquor who was advised to drink buttermilk. The plan partly satisfied the craving and helped curb the habit. The writer notes will power remains essential and hopes others may find success.
Readers clash over service values as a letter argues housemaids are workers owed respect proper meals and rest, while employers hosting guests complicate schedules. The exchange reflects tensions about fair treatment and duties in domestic employment.
A letter from South Boston discusses mistreatment of domestic workers and argues for restrictions on their conduct. It recounts a woman with a large family paying a girl $2.50 a week for washing and ironing, noting the arrangement was limited and the worker had evenings free. The piece emphasizes that house servants are hired for specific tasks and should not compare themselves to workers in stores or offices.
A married 25 year old mother of two asks for advice after her husband begins seeing a red haired woman twice weekly and on Sundays. She expresses heartache and concern for the children and marriage.
A Boston mother asks how to visit the Navy Yard and war ships. She seeks visitor fare and hours, and suggests a sailors home or Y M C A style club for docked sailors with no local home.
A letter advises patience and persevering treatment for a child’s ailment. It recommends daily sea salt baths, and rubbing the leg from ankle to knee while the child lies on its back. The writer claims these simple measures cured their own child and invites further correspondence.
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