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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
11
Letters from readers and responses debate whether a woman should drop an old friend who has become openly immoral and notorious. Opinions urge restraint and kindness, warning against judgment while stressing the husband’s reputation and the Christian injunction to avoid the appearance of evil.
A reflective lyric imagines a postwar home with a green garden and white kitchen. Rooms filled with chint prints and books, a tree for wrens, sea seen from a morning window, and a road for tinkers carts. The speaker envisions pipes, stitching, growing children, and a bright star on a world freed from war.
Soak two cups rolled oats in eleven and two thirds cups sour milk overnight. In the morning add a level teaspoon saleratus in a tablespoon water one to four cup sugar one egg and a pinch of salt with one cup flour. Beat well and bake in hot gem pans. Make plain vanilla ice cream then fold in preserved ginger moistened with syrup and seedless raisins. Finish freezing and serve with ginger syrup on top.
President Wilson and his wife hosted a party with family in Washington as Swete was said to resemble the president. The Wil son party debated the head’s likeness with the actor. David Warfield plans to tour Liberty theatres for soldiers and present The Auctioneer with no charge. Mme Foch received 100 francs from the Knights of Columbus for French soldiers widows and orphans. Secretary Lansing’s vacation plans were shortened by the President’s insistence on duty. Bishop Davis will carry greetings to Massachusetts troops from Governor McCall.
A brief column notes Dorothy shares quick tips on style and grooming. The playful chat touches on wardrobe choices, accessories, and confidence, offering practical, lighthearted guidance for daily dressing.
A letter describes Dolly’s brave cheerfulness as her husband leaves, detailing her blue silk travel dress and silk georgette hat. Friends note her absence at departure, her neat velvet accents, and a final wave of a rose colored handkerchief as they part.
Rear Admiral Palmer, head of the Bureau of Navigation, talks of a growing navy with 430 000 personnel and awaits ships to match the manpower. Yale holds a record college commencement with surgery professor Flint conferring degrees in a hospital unit near enemy fire. Fifth Avenue mansions crumble as Mrs. Herman Oelrichs’s home loses to the New York Trust Company. English actor E Lyall Swete also noted.
A vintage advertisement touts Birt's Head Wash as the key to overcoming dandruff and baldness through thorough scalp cleansing. It condemns common soaps and promotes the formula made from refined soap, coconut oil, egg white, glycerin, and salicylic acid as superior for leaving hair glossy and scalp moist.
The column describes a Breton sailor hat needing no trim. Three quarter sleeves are suggested to be very loose with circular bell shaped cuffs. The long waistcoat remains in favor in this fashion guide style note.
Household hints suggest corn cobs as cheap summer fuel with rich potash content and soap making ashes. Cook apples with little milk as sauce, then use with soda in Johnny cake and muffins. To thicken soup, blend leftovers with onion, season, add stale bread and tomato or nutmeg, then sieve for clear soup. Every scrap is usable.
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