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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1916
Page
11
A college girl in housework argues that hired women should win regular hours privacy and respect. She contrasts strict table rules with calls for predictable shifts personal rooms and the right to evenings out. The piece urges prioritizing workplace autonomy over dining arrangements.
A collection of letters discusses table manners among rich families and servants, vegetarian kitchens, and the gap between spouses. A reader asks about adopting a baby, while others praise sensible behavior and warn against drinking and gambling.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions, anecdotes, and community notes from local contributors.
Simple kitchen recipes with chicken croquettes and mushroom sauce notes. Includes method for croquettes and mushroom sauce, plus spaghetti creole with tomato onion meat and cheese. Provides two contributor names and addresses.
Household hints describe building a compact baby bed from a box three feet six inches by two feet by three feet deep. Cut to form headboard and footboard, install cleats as supports, and use cut sides as slats. Draped with cretonne and pleated at the bottom, finished with brass tacks. Signed Mrs Carrie Lakin Tl Spring Street Brockton.
Helen confronts a love triangle as Judith and Bob become more than friends. A misunderstanding prompts Helen to mediate while the trio shares moonlit outings and a tense, fairy tale tale explains the couple’s future.
The Rev. Co. W. Chandler resigns from East Hampton and West Kingston Methodist work. Rev. Arthur W. Hicks of Dover fills the summer charge. Boston University’s Dean Birney refuses 43 admission due to crowding. Berlin churches unite for Sunday services with joint evening meetings. Shawmut Congregational seeks Rev. Heber S. Mahood. Pine Banks hosts Aug 15–16 Bible and missionary conference by Christian and Missionary Alliance. South Boston’s Rev. William J. Rutledge oversees renovations of the South Baptist Church building.
Paragraphs describe chic dress ideas using cotton remnants lace butterflies on stockings and a peach-pink knitted silk golf coat with yellow green and blue borders. English beach sets feature straw baskets and silk hats while tittle girls wear rose Copenhagen blue vests over white frocks.
A mother faces the Angel of Death who asks which of her three children shall die. She pleads to spare the firstborn and the only son, then the pet lamb of the fold is chosen. "Not my will but thine," she prays as grace prevails and the child dies.
The narrator recalls meeting Ella Hall at Biograph and in Hollywood where Hall starred in Jewel. The story recounts a kind old lady giving a dollar to two hungry girls, which they return via a local child in need. Ella Hall is described as a dainty blonde star with Robert Leonard as leading man. Letters to Hall go care of Universal City.
A reflective verse notes a boy growing to five feet six, tall enough to provoke awe and concern. It recalls a mother’s memories of infancy and the fleeting reach of parenthood as a child becomes a man and part of life’s closing circle.
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