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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
21
In John D. Wells's poem from Rhymes of Our Home Folks, an elderly speaker impenitently claims ongoing youthfulness despite age. He recalls youth’s promises, defies Time's marks, and finds renewal in summer scenes, friends, and the continuing vitality of life.
Readers debate whether husbands should dance or stay home with family. Letters from BROADMINDED and MARRIED EIGHT YEARS praise home life and caution against excess. Others defend dancing as healthy recreation and a social norm, with varied personal experiences and views.
Birthday feature profiles Lucy Webb Hayes born August 28 in Chillicothe Ohio. Biographer notes a third White House period with public interest and social activity while detailing her liberal education Civil War nursing and later quiet retirement with President Hayes.
The excerpt thanks happy people for spreading comfort and mutual cheer. It praises a heart that sings and laughter that dispels darkness, noting light from merry spirit and bright-eyed friendship guiding the paths of duty and truth.
The Bowhead sails March 18 1903 for a winter and two summers in the Arctic with full supplies and an experienced officer crew. A plan to keep 36 months in the Arctic faces sabotage from unsigned men seeking wages leading to mutinous pressure and a fatal accident at sea. The narrative ends with a cliffhanger promising daily continuation in the Daily and Sunday Post.
The text describes slip-on negligees, skirts with three bottom cuffs, jackets with steel ball buttons marching up the front, five o clock tea gowns with long trains, and the trend toward larger more crushable sashes as a style statement.
An advertisement touts La-may a pure face powder claimed to avoid enlarged pores blackheads and irritations. It brands it as safe for delicate baby skin and effective at lightening and protecting the complexion using skin specialist ingredients and long wear. The copy asserts millions of American users and urges trial at major dealers.
The writer viewed new gowns in town describing a blue and silver underskirt with a matching bodice and a hooped overskirt of silver lace edged in blue. They plan to buy one and consider remodeling later if the trend fades.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason on summer heat and the speaker's rising frustration. The speaker jokes about enduring heat then imagines riotous outbursts and melting of his organs, ending with a sardonic note on seeking relief from oppressive weather.
Polly French and Buddy Moore help prepare Tollers Lodge for The Jolly Nine vacationers. An artist, Morton Clarke, is mistaken for a doctor when Polly injures her hand. Clarke summons a real physician, aids Polly, and decorates the cottage. The group plans return next season.
Flowers should not appear on the table until dinner time to avoid heat wilt. Wilted blooms can be revived by placing stems in hot water away from heat and kept fresh for days. Gift giving for engagements should be shipped with a personal card, using the bride’s initials if marked. After a baby’s birth friends should visit or send cards, with gifts to the child’s home and a sentiment on the giver’s card.
The record cites Boston temperatures for August 28 with 92 in 1877 and 87 in 1895 as warmest, and 47 in 1885 as coldest. It notes no rainfall in Boston on this date for the past 10 years prior to 1911 and 1916.
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