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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
7
The Sewing Circle editor will pay five dollars weekly for top contributions and invites women readers to submit new problems or comments under discussion. Pen names may be used, and the writer of the week’s best letter will be announced on the editorial page each Sunday.
War Time Recipes from New England Housewives presents MOCK MINCE PIE COOKIES and BLACK CHOCOLATE CAKE using simple pantry ingredients. Read by Mrs. Lucy Wentworth for the Sunday Post, the page offers practical wartime baking guidance with tips for mixing and baking in quick ovens.
Hip length blouses are very fashionable with trends showing un spotted ermine and belts on smocks. New brassieres use parakint cloth and colors like dark blue chiffon and red flannel. Veils popular in tan brown and green. A boy may knit a simple bathing suit and white dresses often feature embroidered hems. Separate apron tunics pair with many dresses and a corn colored or gandie slip-on blouse has a rolled monk collar. A gown may have long plaits outlined by large white buttons and an organdie collar that ties itself for any frock.
Betty races in for the narrator’s new large blue taffeta hat promising to be careful with it. She aims to wear it in the show tonight after a late dance, plans a swim, and insists on borrowing the hat. The hat features a front brim raised to the crown tied with a scarlet picot-edged ribbon.
Public affection is discouraged except among close family. At a bridesmaid luncheon the mothers of the bride and groom occupy prominent seats with specific placements for other relatives. In streetcar etiquette a woman should enter first but a man pays the fare.
Step by step tips describe selecting fruit washing cooking thickening and sweetening with sugar or substitutes. Spread on oiled paper dry slowly turn like griddle cakes and finish drying. Nuts may be added and pastes used as bars fillings or sauces.
Franceline waits for Michel as France fights. A mother croons to her infant and speaks of love, sacrifice, and nation. Soldiers march past the nameless town while the child is raised to the flag and a comrade falls in the shelling. Vive la France.
A 20 year old writes heartsick about a past romance after a quarrel. The columnist urges inviting the former beau to call, notes that time may change feelings, and argues that humility and communication can heal estrangements.
A column titled All in a Day presents brief observations by B Wilhelmina Stitch on daily life. The piece combines witty reflections with practical tips, reflecting a feminine perspective on ordinary events and social norms of the era.
A Canadian 1918 vignette shows Wilhelmina stitched by constant door sales. A stream of life size product pitches arrives from a piano fleece to skin creams and baby goods. The busy mother is exhausted as her husband returns to a home with empty cupboards.
Mme Paderewski appeals to Polish countrymen to enlist for democracy and forms the Polish White Cross to aid compatriots fighting in France. Caruso honeymooning at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York calls marriage his greatest triumph and praises his wife. Rev Henry N. Condon offers a prayer for unity among Americans.
The article surveys public figures debating wartime aims and policy. It notes General Bernhardi and his troops suffering against the British, Lloyd George’s shifting stance on home rule, and Philip LaFollette seeking a commission. It also lists names lacking middle names and mentions France planning to introduce baseball into the army with John Every joining General Vidal’s forces.
A playful fragment notes the speaker’s wish to pursue desires that clash with proper duties. The speaker toys with altering rules to ease personal gratification and questions the balance between impulse and obligation.
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