Diversions and Notices From Brockton and Boston
A collage of local items from Brockton and Boston recount unusual events. Reports mention a phantom motor boat on Jamaica Pond, wartime reminiscences, a fish-stealing Red Army gag in Brockton, and pedestrians at Hanover Street. Also noted are poet Robert Emmons Roger joining Williams College, Spot Pond’s new scenic fame, and Chelsea Lodge’s Point of Pines outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Parrie Samuelson
Boston
Samuelson
Hanover Street
Red Army
Robert Emmons Roger
Harvard
Williams College
Roger
Chelsea Lodge
Point of Pines
Expensive simplicity guides the season’s fine gowns
The style notes praise linen straps on foulard frocks and crinoline with coarse straw. Black hats with colored trimmings rise in vogue. Imported fringe parasols appear. Gowns favor striped cotton marquisette and summer negligee from dotted Swiss to crepe de chine. Puff sleeves may return. gray suede and tan shoes remain popular.
Sibyl Powers Faces Past Life The Adirondacks Camp Revelation
Sibyl Powers confronts memories of a life in her hometown as a camp in the Adirondacks sparks disclosure. Richard Rice’s plea for her brother and a hypnotic prank reveal the cost of Sibyl’s pursuit of status and a broken engagement remains shrouded in mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibyl
Richard Rice
Professors Align on Miscegenation Views Over Racial Mix
In Los Angeles Professor Rockwell D. Hunt of USC and Reverend L. A. Gould endorsed Professor William Matthews of the University of Chicago. Matthews says mixing white with Japanese and Indian blood would produce a superior strain of manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rockwell D. Hunt
University of Southern California
L. A. Gould
William Matthews
University of Chicago
New England Housewives Recipes Include Gratin Corn and Potatoes
A Sunday Post feature presents practical recipes from New England housewives. Includes Corn and Sweet Potatoes all Gratin with milk sauce and cheese, plus quick bread and egg French toast style dishes with butter, maple syrup, and fruit spreads. Contributions from Teresa F Gleason Boston. Mrs W E Ottis Roxbury. Mrs H Bassett Hopedale. Mrs E B Bowers Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa F. Gleason
Stillman Place
Boston
W. EB. Ottis
Warren Street
Roxbury
H. Bassett
Hopedale
Mass
E. B. Bowers
Pine Street
Providence
R, I
Love and Sentiment In A Kissing Letter
Dear Miss Champagne I read your letter about kissing and I feel nobody would kiss without love. I would rather go to the moving pictures than kiss someone I do not care for. Since I have never been kissed I am sure I am not loved. Yet I believe when I am kissed I will feel sure he loves me and I will be repaid for waiting. HOPEFUL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rice
Sibyl
Winfield Ware
Adirondacks
Miss Champagne
Pen Pal Courtship With Caution On Mail Correspondence
A letter from Exchange Postals warns against marriage by correspondence for young, impulsive writers. It notes letters can become bitter when misused and cautions a widow to avoid idealizing a stranger, especially when finances and real compatibility are unknown.
The Iron Star and the Servian Royal Crisis
The tale traces the missing Iron Star of Servia its role in a royal marriage scandal and rising mob fury in Belgrade. Count Gorges princess Aline and Bulgarian prince converge in a plot to hide the relic aboard a yacht off Rhodes before captains and crew learn its value and threaten ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Belgrade
Europe
Crown Jewels
Count Gorges
J& Down
Aline
Anton
Bulgaria
Iron Star
Ding
Count Gorgei
Salonika
Egean
Rhodes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jamaica Pond
Parkway
Dawson
Richard Harding Davis
Whitman
General Pew
South Hanson
Porcecardi
Spot Pond
Fellsway
Charles Battell Loomis
Hub
Mr. Loomis
W. H. W. Bicknell
Winchester
Pemberton Square
Postal Telegraph Company
Eastern Avenue
South Ferry
Plymouth Rock
Swan
United States
Boston Floating Hospital
Nathaniel Webster
Uncle Webster
East
Captain Fire
Tei Jones
Muu
Ven
the Post
The
Sunday Post
Lena Spalding
Witherbee
Marlboro
Sip Powers
New England
Mildred Champagne
Exchange Postals
Ilss ChanMagne
England
Exchange
Frank L. Pollock
Post Publishing Company
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