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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1920

Page

15

Poems For Your Scrap Book The New Crusaders

A reflective poem traces a generation's lost ambitions from youth under cherry blossoms to a mother observing her children's potential. The speaker recalls dreams of love and grand deeds eclipsed by domestic duties while finding solace in her offspring's future prospects.

Should Girls Pay Half the Bills in Society Debate

Readers weigh the 50 50 plan for dating expenses with letters praising and condemning Handsome Dans view while warning against piker behavior. Debaters cite English practice and call for mutual cost sharing as a path to independence and fairness.

Missile England Europe United States Irene S&s J. L Ada R

Bread Cake Recipe From Old New England

Soak stale bread overnight then mix with milk flour salt sugar baking powder lard and a beaten egg. Fry like pancakes but longer and serve with butter and syrup. Miss Mary Gilbert Cambridge 39.

Susan F. Hayford Perham Street West Roxbury Charles A. Capwell Porter Road Pawtucket R. I Mary Gilbert Inman Street Cambridge

Grandmother Turns Pins Into Public Lectures on Stores

Mrs. Margaret Josephine Blair, at grandmother age, discovered hidden opportunities teaching store staff and customers about the history and manufacture of goods. She presented lectures across departments, then with the general manager’s backing was hired for weekly talks nationwide, earning 150 to 200 dollars plus expenses.

Margaret Josephine Blair Blair Mrs. Blair Perfumery Divasion Cutlass

How to test silk quality and detect dyes and weights

A household hint explains a silk test using ten fibres to assess purity. It suggests a burn test that yields black charcoal for pure silk and yellow ash for dyed silk, plus rubbing to reveal gum minerals and soaps. If fibres break with natural luster and do not discolor fingers, the silk is honest and durable. Nellie E Zackular, 14 Baker Road, Everett.

Nellie. E. Zackular Baker Road Everett

Etiquette Question on Chaperone at Engagement Dining

The column answers that strict social rules require a third elderly person present when an engaged couple dines together in public. This applies even after formal engagement is announced.

Skirts and Suits Description Highlights Attire Details

The notice describes fashion items with skirts possibly draped in front and suits to be self-tone embroidered, noting styling options and decorative technique without further context.

Autumn Fashion Notes From Paris Era

The report notes wide sleeves at the wrist and Paris favored knitted woolens for fall wear. It mentions lace dresses with black and white effects, a long narrow collar for early autumn, and hats and muffs to match this winter style.

Paris

Radium Dangers and Early Cup Defenders

Radium exposure causes skin lesions such as corns and warts, skin degeneration, extreme temperature sensations, brittle nails, exhaustion, and blood changes in constant workers, with protective measures in place. Separately, an argument about America’s Cup defenders’ European forays notes the Vigilant’s 1893 defense and later Atlantic races against Britannia in British waters.

Sir Atlantic

Strathville Home for Aged Women Ends In Rescued Reunion

Mrs Dryden testifies she saw Darby with a man in the grove by the river. Mrs Trent reveals years of loneliness and a secret meeting with her husband Jasper at Strathville Home for Aged Women. Doctor Stafford arranges a family reunion as Jasper and Rhody join him, and the trio depart together, leaving the other residents stunned.

Mrs. Dryden Strathville Mke Olto Strathvillains Mrs. Trent Norah Dr. Stafford Jasper Sheba Rhody Miss. Smith

Dreaming of silverware as omen in investment luck

The passage warns that dreams of possessing or buying silverware signal possible money losses unless careful in investments and business. Purchasing solid silver is especially unlucky. selling silverware is highly auspicious. Dreaming of merely looking at silverware means a family gathering soon.

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