Sewing Circle letters discuss women’s rights and home life
Readers of the Sewing Circle share views on Justice for Women proposals, motherhood, and marriage. Advisory notes advise female readers on chaperones, budgeting, and managing husbands, with letters from Malden, Antl, Una, and others offering guidance and debate.
Lucille’s Elegant Street Costume Described in Detail
The excerpt portrays Lucille in a smart street costume a compromise between a Redingote and a Princesse with tete-de-negre silk poplin coat, broadcloth underskirt, and a black velvet collar. It notes the outfit is a dress not a suit and mentions the season shifting toward fall as shops display fall suits. The writer adds a personal goodbye and a reminder to write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille
Redingote
Household Hints on Cleaning and Cooking Tricks
Household hints show dry breadcrumbs can dry-clean colors on fabrics like cre tenne and chintz. Use muslin or loose crumbs for cleaning chair covers. Butter in water prevents vegetables from boiling over. Vinegar in boiled meat tenderizes it. Salt added to coffee improves flavor. Miss Sarah Calder of 2466 Washington Street Roxbury provided the tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Calder
Washington Street
Roxbury
Molly Faces Desertion and Hope After a Lost Love
Molly endures a broken marriage as Herbert, her husband, leaves with no look back. She tends their baby, recalls happier days, and confides in her sister Maude about the collapse of affection and the loneliness that follows.
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Lincoln
America
Herbert Cole
White House
Molly
Bert
Maude
The Western Harvesters
The harvest ends as workers trek cityward after long days stacking shocks and loading racks. They earn money to spend, not to save, while dreams of painting the earth and nights of revelry fill their thoughts. The author notes hoards of hoboes in harvest season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Major
Magic Called Love Opens Evening Out for Bert and Molly
Molly and Maude coax Bert from routine loneliness after a library fire. Bert grows distant and spends time at restaurants and the club but finally agrees to a night out. A white dressed vision with a yellow rose arrives. Molly sits beside him, and Bert asks what changed. Love is the magic Bert names in response.
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Bert
Maude
Molly
Baby
Service Held for Mrs Julia Kinney
A requiem mass for Mrs. Julia M. Kinney of Windham Connecticut was solemnized yesterday at the Immaculate Conception Church in Malden. The funeral proceeded from her brother Charles S. Doyle’s home 19% Adams street Malden with six nephews as pallbearers. She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia M. Kinney
Windham
Conn
Immaculate Conception Church
Malden
Charles S. Doyle
Adams Street
James B. Doyle, Jr
Charles R. Doyle
William H. Doyle
Charles 8. Doyle, Jr
Arthur C. Doyle
Ralph Doyle
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mock Chicken and Banana Croquettes Recipes
Recipes describe mock chicken croquettes using blade meat stock flour butter and bread crumbs then banana croquettes with eggs milk breading and frying. Includes serving suggestion orange custard and tips on fat draining and soft mixture. Credit: L. M. Wilson Dorchester Massachusetts.
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L. M. Wilson
Harvard Street
Dorchester
Trailers Trolley Collision Injures Boston Man in Watertown
Morris Stryman, 46, of 938 Revere Street Boston, was injured when a trolley car striking a trailer collided near the Boston Elevated barns on Galen Street Watertown. A girl was knocked down but fled. this marked a second similar accident in 94 hours.
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Morris Stryman
Revere Street
Boston
Galen Street
Watertown
Hakka Cream Tubes Sold Safe By Hakka Chemical Co
Hakka Chemical Co announces Hakka Cream tubes priced at 50 cents. Available through druggists or mailed orders from Grove Hall Station in Boston Massachusetts.
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Hakka Chemical CO
Grove Hall Station
Boston
Mass
Fads and Fashions Adorn New Wardrobe Touches
Paragraphs describe white organdy neckpieces with taffeta ribbons, a velvet scarf hat with scarflike stole, and methods to refresh old dresses by shortening or adding sheer hems. Notes include smocked white blouses in colored silk, bright circled stockings, and outfits combining plaid with plain materials in jackets and skirts.
Pointed Silk Bodice and Net Overskirt Evening Costume
A pointed bodice of silk with a net overskirt in deep points falls over an accordion-pleated silk skirt. Heavier skirts fit smoothly at the hips with gores and pleats or a deep yoke. A small sailor hat is trimmed with ribbon and a flat bow with two hanging ends.
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