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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1922
Page
11
A standing offer of five dollars each week invites letters to the Sewing Circle editor. Writers must include real name and address, provided for goodwill only and not for publication.
A reader asks whether returning to age ten or continuing from now to age twice present is preferable. Reflections invoke Barrie and Shakespeare, noting fate lies in ourselves not stars. Different readers weigh youth, time, and future plans, debating life’s uncertainty and desires.
A reader writes about aging, preferring youth despite 102 looming, and recalls joys and trials from school days to marriage and motherhood. She reflects on past hardships, career hours, and the happiness of her husband and daughter, choosing to look forward to the future.
A wife writes about family, self reliance, and happiness while aging, noting lessons from motherhood and housekeeping. She muses on youth as a bright, enchanted period with missed opportunities, and grieves the passage of time, hoping to regain the spirit of childhood.
A quarrel between a wife and husband over electric usage and turning off lights. She taunts Marvin for wasteful habits while praising her own use of the electric washer and iron. The couple exchanges jibes about bills, appliances, and a visit to Aunt Harriet. The scene closes with the referee noting she wins.
The speaker recalls light chatter among female co workers during lunch. Expressions reveal desires for weight changes, fashion, romance, and money worries, while affection and teasing about families and suitors surface in casual banter.
Clifford P. Smith of Boston writes to the Post denying claims that Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins of Salem Willows escaped quarantine. He says she withdrew from a case and returned home while a health officer managed it, acting legally and with consideration for the officer.
Zona Gale, author of Miss Lulu Bett, offers another amusing story titled Arpeggio Helps in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The piece promises light entertainment in a periodical supplement.
In this brisk fragment set aboard a ship bound for a coast of North America, Sir Walter Raleigh figures amid a history of failed land grants and colonial hopes. Family tensions flare over Uncle Ed and a lemon pie, then resolve as Uncle Ed departs for Africa, leaving Grace and Lionel to sail onward.
Arthur Griffith former President of the Dail Eireann Cabinet lies in state at Dublin Cathedral after a city hall lying in state. A funeral cortege with Griffith family, military band and organizations moves slowly through a sorrowful capital. All business suspended tomorrow and no flowers per family wish.
Six men were arrested off Crescent Beach Magnolia after Chief Sulli van intercepted a rum running expedition. The sloop Hawk lobster boat and dory were seized and brought to Boston. Police traced forty cases of liquor to a Boston lawyer's summer home at Coolidge Point. The lawyer, described as discreet, paid cash for the Haquer and faces no charges for purchase under the Volstead act. A second Coolidge Point resident who bought six cases paid a $360 check found on William Meuse will be named at a later hearing before United States Commissioner Hayes.
The story follows Lionel Strange Grace and Uncle Ed as a simple lemon pie turns their married life chaotic. Uncle Ed’s spoiled nature clashes with Grace’s cooking effort and Lionel’s attempts to mediate.Grace packs to leave amid the pie’s notorious taste and a fractured household.
Home style recipes from Sunday Post readers include Hamburg in Cabbage Leaf and Stuffed Peppers Italian style. Instructions cover grinding meat with onion, spices, and milk, preparing cabbage or peppers, simmering in salted water or tomato sauce, and finishing with a thickened gravy. Names and addresses noted.
Readers ask about cat tails weather terms Mount McKinley vs Mt Whitney and other curiosities. The editor provides IDs and explanations for plant names mountain heights and lobster anatomy with cautions on handling chemicals for red fire.
The guidance states to name the younger woman first when introducing a young and an older woman, and to introduce the younger to the older if there is a sizable age gap. It also instructs to announce an unmarried woman to a married woman with the age difference noted.
Miss Collins discovers Miss Tracy selling stock ings in the hosiery department after a promotion to assistant buyer. Tracy explains she wants to learn customer tastes by handling stock. Collins doubts the move but Tracy argues customer needs keep the store and salaries.
A fragment discusses addressing married and unmarried women sharing similar ages. It suggests a double presentation etiquette: Mrs X, this is Mrs Y, and Mrs Y, this is Mrs X. The tone mirrors 19th century social custom notes.
At the war's start Foch led the 20th division at Nancy after years in command of the 18th division. He had previously served as director of the war school, shaping strategic training before the conflict began.
Hundreds of police officers and dignitaries including Governor Cox and District Attorney O'Brien attended a farewell reception for Thomas F. Goode of the Back Bay police station. Goode, long in charge of the Back Bay division, will assume the deputy superintendent post this morning.
Governor Cox praised Deputy Superintendent Goode for his service as captain of the Back Bay division. A 200-strong audience in the station house drill hall bid farewell with cheers and a gift of a watch and chain. Captain Perley S. Kneeland will take charge this morning in Goode’s stead.
Complete returns from 384 of about 1600 Mississippi precincts show Stephens leading with 25 601, Vardaman with 20 825, and Kearney with 7 445 in the Democratic Senate nomination primary reported from New Orleans at 10 o'clock tonight.
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