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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1921
Page
7
A humorous verse sketch chronicles changing perceptions of age from childhood to sixty as the speaker recalls counting ages and resisting the marks of time. The narrator notes gray hair and a cane yet maintains a youthful view of old age.
Readers debate whether a son should kiss his wife or his mother first, arguing mothers have priority duties and the daughter in law may become a mother in law. Other letters discuss bobbed hair and modern comfort versus tradition.
Jill insists on a sailboat ride arranged by Jack at the yacht club. The group sails northward with a strong wind then stalls in a two hour calm. Frustration rises as they drift, the motor boat option becomes inevitable, and the cruise ends with sunburns and a dull motor tow back home.
A reader asks about Caruso’s pay from grand opera with a $2000 per performance figure, Thatcher’s Island light heights and visibility, croquet court and hoop dimensions, ball size and hoop interior, and U S rights in Cuba after 1901. The letter discusses official croquet measurements and U S trusteeship claims.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason laments gun violence and evolving laws. The verse contrasts hunting and sport with modern shootings, urging sane limits while noting deaths and legal constraints around firearms. The piece critiques politicians and civil liberties amid fear of random violence.
A reader asks about Cuba policy, police terminology, Polaris and pole shifts, wartime property seizures, fruit preservation, and US-Canada travel requirements. Answers explain Cuba welfare under certain conditions, origin of cop, pole drift, US and Germany property seized, heating sterilization to preserve foods, and travel with citizenship proof without a passport.
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