The Little Cottage Organ Keeps Mother's Music Alive
Poem recalls a dusty attic organ once played by mother in a family parlor. The speaker remembers hymns like Rock of Ages Abide With Me Calvary and Beulah Land, and how children learned to play with patient guidance. It contrasts old piano with modern machines while cherishing memory of home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Calvary
Beulah Land
Sewing Circle
Henry Peck
Rolls-Royce
Cherub
Ibsen
Wheeling the Baby Sparks Husband Pride and Public Debate
A reader column argues for fathers wheeling babies in public, praising husbands who share child care and criticizing men who feel humiliated. The piece cites Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt as examples of involved fathers and condemns snobbish attitudes toward parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heman
Abe Lincoln
White House
Teddy Roosevelt
Smuatter Pop
Married Life In The Kitchen Clash Between Jack And Jill
Vivian Vane presents a 1921 Thomson feature on Jack and Jill as they spar over cooking methods. Jill cites cookbook advice while Jack defends rare food and better preparation, ending with Jill stomping off and Jack apologizing.
Questions and answers from the Post Letter Box column
Readers submit queries on topics from rabbit metal and blood volume to lobster legs and deaf education. The editor provides concise factual replies about citizenship for children born in Canada, Lord Mayor MacSwiney’s fasting, Havana versus Boston July heat, Elihu Thompson’s welding work, the Great Eastern’s purpose, and Newfoundland Labrador boundary disputes.
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Mayor MacSwiney
Ireland
England
Brixton
London
Sir
New Foundland
Dominion of Canada
Labrador
Newfoundland
Canada
Quebec
Atlantic
Practical Silk Frock with Canton Crepe and Scalloped Sides
The piece features a midseason silk frock in Canton crepe with four two inch scalloped folds at the skirt sides bound by black wire ribbon. A picated ecru georgette inset vest provides a refined neckline and a chance to add color if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oyster Rabbit and Other Dishes From Mrs Munspy and Mrs Batchelder
A community column lists simple recipes and household tips. Oysters with toast and cheese bake, chocolate bread pudding, pork and onion skillet with macaroni, and Tutti Frutti Pie mix appear beside two local cooks’ names and addresses in Wilton New Hampshire and Hudson.
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Nellie Batchelder
Wilton, N. H
Perley D. Munspy
Pope Street
Hudson
Will Irwin Talks On War's Cost And A Desarmament Call
The article reviews Will Irwin's The Next War arguing science could destroy civilization. It cites war’s effect on the race, cost estimates totaling 186 billion direct and 887 billion including indirect losses, and proposes law backed by force plus armament reduction as remedies. A disarmament meeting with Irwin on Boston Common is announced for tomorrow afternoon.
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Will Irwin
Irwin
Boston Common
Household Hints and Practical Tips from Readers
Practical home hints collected from readers include using ammonia to remove odors from sink water and parboiled beans, pressing with a hot iron to remove shine from fabrics, corking door strikes to quiet bangs, and blueing linen to prevent yellowing with blue paper or old blueing-soaked cloth. Names Nellie Batchfielder and Helen Coburn appear with brief endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Batchielder
Wilton, N. H
Helen Coburn
Box
South Weston
Usage of Very Right and Most Reverend in Clergy Titles
The phrases very reverend right reverend and most reverend are used to indicate rank in Anglican and Catholic hierarchies. Very reverend typically titles deans vicar generals presidents of seminaries or abbey superiors. Right reverend names bishops abbots monsignors or prot Apostolic. Most reverend designates archbishops.
Felt hat with aliver gray and navy cockade description
A felt hat in aliver gray is described with a sharp roll at the back and a flat cockade trim of navy ribbon.
Fads and Fashions: Stripes and Embroidered Bodices Highlight Gowns
A fashion item highlights hair-line striped serge with white hem and side panels. A basque bodice features black and white embroidery paired with a black cloth skirt. Green velveteen bodice veiled by black Chantilly and green chiffon over black charmeuse skirt. Sult skirts rise eight to ten inches.
Spitzbergen Dreams of Icebound Pleasures
The poem extols Spitzbergen as a chilly paradise where winds blow steady and snow never ends. The speaker imagines fleeing the hot season to wander among icebergs and frozen lairs, urging others to abandon the heat and seek the cool, comfortable north.
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Spitzbergen
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Vera Gordon Receives Screen Role During London Run
Vera Gordon, appearing in Business Before Pleasure in London, is offered the mother role in Fannie Hurst tale of the Ghetto Humor esque for a film. Her stage presence is noted as dominating and she has since acted in The North Wind's Malice and The Greater Love and is filming Her Daughter-in-Law. Married with two children she is recognized as a leading portrayer of mother love on screen.
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Vera Gordon
London
Fannie Hurst
Miss Gordon
Change in cast Miss Lulu Bett replaces Harris with Lois Wilson
William De Mille decided to cast Lois Wilson as Lulu Bett after receiving many letters from exhibitors and fans urging a more fitting choice than Mildred Harris. Harris remains not to play the delectable role in Zona Gale's story.
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Mildred T Harris
Lulu
Betty Compson Chosen To Play Peter Pan
Betty Compson of Miracle Man fame is chosen to play Peter Pan with Penrhyn Stanlaws directing the production. decision ends long debate on casting.
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Betty Compson
Peter Pan
Penrhyn Stanlaws
Film Stars Heights and Contacts in Boston Post
A collage of actress heights and studio addresses notes Claire Windsor Louis Calhern and Norma Talmadge among others. It cites studio locations in Hollywood Selznick Fox and New York with personal details and a request to address PRUNELLA HALL at the Boston Post.
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Bluebells
Roxbury
Claire Windsor
Louis Calhern
Claire
Norma Talmadge
Constance
Lillian Gish
Dorothy
Mary Miles Minter
Helene Chadwick
Henniker
N. H
Mary Pickford
Brunton Studio
Hollywood
Cal
Ethel Clayton
Betty Compson
Lasky
Pearl White
Fox Studio
Tenth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
New York
Elaine Hammerstein
Selznick Studio
West Fort Lee N. J
Glennie W
Brattleboro
Mae Murray
Bob Leonard
Hotel Des Artistes
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
May Shift Coast Guard to Navy Department
President Harding considered transferring the coast guard from the Treasury to the Navy Department. If approved an executive order could merge the service into the navy for efficiency and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Navy Department
Washington
Coast Guard Service
The
Treasury
Harding
Navy
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Emily Metcalf
Christian Herald
Eiey
Baby
Jack and
Jill
Vivian Vane
Thompson Feature Service
Jack
Maurice Ketten
Ake
Such IS
TJ John
Boston
Horace Mann School For
Newbury Street
United States
Havana
Cuba
Elihu Thompson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post
Great Eastern
Australia
Lenore
New England
Sunday Post
Tutti
BY William Justin Mann
Happy Spitzbergen
Gentleman and Cabinet- Maker’s Director
Thomas Chippendale
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
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