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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
17
Letters discuss dating norms and dancing as a social force. A reader argues men should value home evenings and serious commitment, while others defend modern dancing and youth culture, stressing balance between fun and morality.
The text recalls the life of Francois Fenelon born in Perigord to a noble family. Frail as a child he studied at home then in Paris at fifteen and rose to tutor the Duke of Burgundy. Fenelon authored Telemaque shaping a prince and politics, later becoming archbishop of Cambrai and facing banishment.
Barbara Benton stays with her father in town and befriends Captain Robert Curtis an Army veteran. A nighttime burglary scare tests trust but ends in cordial reconnection and a planned seaside trip.
OATMEAL COOKIES recipe from Mrs C E Brown Wells Beach Maine includes oats sugar butter raisins hickory nuts eggs sour milk flour soda cloves and cinnamon. Drop spoonfuls on greased pans about one inch apart for baking.
A recipe listing for a sweet bread using sugar butter eggs cream milk currants raisins citron molasses soda baking powder flour and spices. Another instruction mixes Indian meal rye meal sour milk and molasses with baking powder salt steam and bake.
A Boston engraver says current etiquette favors a folded sheet in two envelopes for wedding invitations. In introductions to a wife, use formal phrasing such as Mr X, I wish to present you to my wife.
Household hints suggest placing an asbestos mat over a gas stove burner to bake potatoes with a covered tin pan. For light flaky pie crust use a pea sized baking powder, brush with milk and dust with flour before baking. Deidham resident Mrs D S Harris signs.
Silk lace and chiffon make evening dresses with showy pearl jade jet and lapis lazili earrings. Godet fullness marks new tailored suits. Italian gray tops felt hats for motoring. White cotton voile trimmed with pink voile. A waistcoat in color or white adds smartness to tailored suits.
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