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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
13
Readers debate childrearing choices in the Boston Post Sewing Circle column. Letters discuss honoring large families versus childless life, balancing work and home, and the imagined risks and rewards of parenting as mothers share personal experiences and questions.
A married woman writes about eugenic marriage theories and argues laws cannot prevent marriage as a lottery. She recalls a lucky turn when her sickly husband improved, and questions the need for restrictions. A second reader advocates mandatory six month engagements to avoid rash unions.
In a Sew Circle column a reader laments why many eligible New England men and women stay single. The writer argues that modest, refined girls attract timid suitors while brazen, flashy ones tempt more daring partners, shaping marriage trends.
The Sunday Post prints letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions and sewing tips. Subscribers share project ideas, fabric recommendations, and community concerns in a friendly column.
A young man grown anxious over an aunt's letter pushing him toward Cousin Jane. He argues he has a country girl picked for junior prom, while the elder insists on compliance, warning against prejudice and family meddling.
At Beanboro a tense exchange unfolds as Jack Morgan pleads with his uncle to comply with Aunt Sarah’s request. A mob of students swarms the station as Jack eagerly awaits a country cousin, only to be stunned when Jane Hayward appears in a gray suit and hat.
Jane Welsh, later Mrs Carlyle, had two major loves before Thomas Carlyle. The first was Edward Irving, the London preacher, whom she met as a pupil at a Haddington school. Irving, already engaged, sent a farewell letter expressing tender affection and restraint, promising his help from Heaven.
The house of ex-Congressman Josiah Dustin in Fast Mansfield, 167 years old, is being razed to build a modern dwelling. Timbers being removed are in good condition with 112-inch oak boarding and hand made nails, marking a historic landmark’s end.
Washington Aug. 27. Graham Egerton of Charlotte Tenn has been named solicitor of the Navy Department succeeding Harry W Miller who has resigned from the post.
Francis Metcalf describes the near instantaneous change of a circus fat man into a living skeleton as told for next Sunday's Post comic section.
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