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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
7
Poem urges playful dreaming to banish sorrow and create a hopeful world. Refrains invite transforming reality through imagination, borrowing childhood wonder, and finding joy and love in nature and daily life.
A reader contemplates life after a hypothetical return to childhood at age ten. He reflects on past missteps, vows to improve, and weighs the loneliness and moral choices of aging backward. A second reader, SYLVANIA, notes views on baseball, Sunday church, and gum chewing as harmless or harmlessly improper.
A reader debate on women entering male dominated fields across law business arts and crafts. The piece argues women threaten masculine advantage and prompts sewing circle opinions on gender roles and competition.
A nostalgic verse by Wilhelmina Stitch defends stylish dress for working women. It argues clothing boosts morale and confidence, asserts fashion does not undermine brains, and encourages smart, tasteful attire in the office.
Organdie is smart for summer and milinery favors lavish flowers. Embroidered panels run from shoulder to hem while large flower trimmed hats feature transparent brims. Evening gowns appear long and brilliantly gorgeous with elaborate bridal gowns showing a double train.
A 1922 guide favors copper wash boilers for durability and heat. It notes copper bottoms improve tin models, warns against thin tin coatings over iron, advises checking base construction and double seams, and recommends wooden handles and a 10 to 12 gallon size for family use.
Recipes printed by Mrs A G Olsen of Beverly and Mrs Walter Cook of North Abington include Berry Pudding with milk sugar butter eggs and berries steamed two hours and Lemon Snow Pudding made with lemon juice rind cornstarch and egg whites with a vanilla flavored sauce. Also Griddle Cakes using flour corn meal lard butter soda and sour milk.
Dr Hendrik van Loon recounts Columbus early landing on Guanahani renamed San Salvador. Spaniards encounter native peoples described as Indians later called Red Indians. Columbus’s voyage proceeds to San Domingo and Lisbon with a grand reception upon his return headed by his crew and captains.
A page shows home recipes with measurements for molasses with sour milk and graham flour, tomato soup with boiled water and milk, boiled rice method, and feather biscuits. It lists Marion Foster of Keene New Hampshire and Pauline P. Goldthwait of Somerville Massachusetts as contributors.
Miss W. Wren of Edgemont New Hampshire shares practical tips for food wraps keeping garments fresh dye transfer care and bean shelling. The notes include sealing waxed paper use in picnics stuffed pillowcases to protect fabrics and turpentine treatment for color bleeding.
A man visits the beach to hear the sea but ends up watching the girls on the sand. The scene focuses on his observation rather than the ocean sounds.
The island gem of the French Riviera crowned a ruler who funded oceanography and scientific research from gambling hall wealth. His swift yacht The Swallow carried him to our shores where he studied the North Atlantic depths. He offered his estate to wounded soldiers hosting about eight thousand U.S. troops yesterday’s correct guess Croesus.
A reader questions a year of close friendship with a man who she feels has become too personal. The adviser notes his attitude shows he values fun over commitment, suggests ending the friendship to avoid heartbreak, and advises insisting on respectful behavior to test his seriousness.
Leland M Champion of Roxbury was arraigned before US Commissioner Hayes on a charge of forging and uttering a money order payable to Amory Brown & Co of Franklin Street. He waived examination, held on his own recognizance for the federal grand jury, and was warned to return if indicted.
Anita confronts Viola and May as they gossip about swimming while she checks papers. The group accuses her of being fussy and loud, then mocks her insistence on quiet. Anita laments her disposition and lingering irritation over the office friction.
The Boston Post notes Elmer Clifton now directs and produces with past work at Griffith studios. It lists The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, later Dream Street The Girl Who Stayed At Home and Way Down East, plus Dorothy Gish comedies. Mentions Marguerite Courtot Raymond McKee Norma Talmadge Jane Novak and others in current projects and asks for PRUNELLA HALL.
Fritzl Brunette will star opposite Charles Jones in Bells of San Juan adapted from a story by Jackson Gregory. Claude Payton and Katherine Kay join the supporting cast. Three productions finished at William Fox West Coast Studios including Mixed Faces by William Russell Blood Will Tell by Tom Mix and The Unexpected Wife starring Shirley Mason.
Irv ing Cummings directs a special feature titled Broad Day Light with Lois Wilson Jack Mulhall and Jack Donovan in lead roles. The project showcases a notable cast and a distinctive director in a period studio effort.
Gareth Hughes, the rising Metro star, sails to Lanelly Wales to visit his father a drama teacher. The young actor is known for Sentimental Tommy and recently completed a major role in Maurice Tourneur’s The Christian.
Universal director Eric von Stroheim films Merry Go Round set in Vienna during royal era. He selects 17 year old Mary Philbin to star and lead the cast in the new photoplay drama.
French boxing idol Georges Carpentier earned a life saver title by rescuing Flora L. Breton an English film actress from drowning at Teaulieu England Miss Breton who acted with Lady Diana Manners in The Glorious Adventure is filming opposite Carpentier under J Stuart Blackton supervision When a coach sank he leaped into the waters and saved her from peril
Marshall Neilan's Pools First tops the National Board of Review list in Exceptional Photo-Plays, heading The Prisoner of Zenda and Grandma's Boy with Harold Wroyd in second and third.
Brigham Julian Eltinge is resting at his Beverly Hills home before rehearsals for a new stage play. Lassie in Concord New Hampshire references Robert Agnew known for The Passion Blower, with a note on his appearance.
A reader asks about the nutritional value of consuming peanuts from the shell. An authority on diet notes that 17 peanuts contain roughly the protein content of one egg, the nutrient that builds tissue and supplies energy.
To the Editor the Post, a reader asks the meaning of sanitorium versus sanatorium and states both refer to the same place with the preferred spelling being the former.
The letter asks how to pronounce se dan and the French word eclair. It proposes two phonetic renderings: se dan with oe like get and a as in fat, and o kla r with oe like prey and tiatt like fare. It seeks editor input on correct English pronunciation and stress patterns.
The text lists several historical indelible ink formulas. One method combines ground india ink with common black writing ink. Another uses ferrocyanide of potassium mixed into ordinary ink. A premium but costly option uses vanadium salts. Some also employ printer's ink for fabric marking.
The piece explains that P. P. C. on a woman's visiting card signals a formal departure or leave taking or a voyage announcement. It also covers rose jar recipes, Babylon’s location, the olive branch symbol on U S coins, the Massachusetts star on the seal, and Chicago’s population ranking among world cities as per reader queries to the editor.
A new original series by A. Conan Doyle features Sherlock Holmes with a fresh tale titled The Problem of Thor Bridge in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The next issue promises a complete mystery narrative and continues the classic adventures.
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