Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle Seek Marital Guidance
A reader asks if marrying with modest means is wise as she and her sweetheart plan to wed. Replies urge commitment to home and children, oppose leaving a husband for a "designing heart," and caution on smoking and drinking. Several letters advise on kissing, fidelity, and maintaining personal standards.
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Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Manma
Boston
Kinney
Terra Firma
Theresa
Dewar Sewing Circle
Sisters of the Circle
Washing and cooking skills for women debated in letter
Maurice Ketten argues women should learn domestic duties while noting some girls read and write but lack housework knowhow. He claims mothers and teachers should urge girls away from dogs and cigarettes in public. The piece cites grateful readers and Sewing Circle letters in the Sunday Post.
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Sunday Post
Simplicity Poem Reflections On Hope And Wonder
A short verse explores desire for ongoing daily surprises and wonder. It contrasts hope with fear of losing awe at dawn and charms in stars. The speaker wishes to remain wooed by expectancy and to value simple pleasures across seasons.
Fashion notes on a claret velour suit with blue satin lining
The author criticizes overused trims and praises a standout outfit. A claret velour de laine suit draws admiration for its wind-flared silhouette, high collar, long armholes, and full sleeves with a mousquetaire look. Deep V tuck inserts add fullness to the skirt and coat.
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de Laine
Fads and Fashions Paragraph Highlights Shifts in Style
Paragraph points to changing waist designs with back fastenings, white net waists with colored silk bindings, white tulle scarves edged in silver, and fur novelty sets combining red fox and gray squirrel. Separate skirts feature velvet, velveteen, corduroy, and novelty wool. corsets rise higher, busts shrink, and white lace waists gain metallic buttons or silk piping.
Dreams and Dreams We Own from the Bentztown Bard
The poem speaks of dreams as personal, enduring possessions despite life’s ruins and fading fortunes. It contrasts shifting material wealth with the lasting glow of imagined realms, urging a return to youth and the serene light of a bright, early morning.
DOHA DAA HALALAS SRECIPES S SOFT GINGERBREAD AND CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
Gingerbread recipe with molasses brown sugar lard ginger cinnamon salt and saleratus dissolved in water, then flour and eggs folded in and baked. Chocolate cream pie uses cocoa corn starch milk egg whites yolks sugar salt vanilla, cooked and thickened, served with browned meringue. Recipe notes credited to Mrs H Smith Box 401 Plainfield Conn.
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H. Smith
Plainfield
Conn
Jelly fiasco turns to lawn side dinner surprise
Mary Alden and her husband George face a comic disaster as a day of jelly making ends with broken glasses and spilled concoctions. A surprise dinner guest arrives to witness the chaos, prompting Mary to improvise a breezy lawn picnic that wins praise from Mr Streeter.
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Mary Alden
George
Mary
Streeter
Alden
Mr. Streeter
Household Hints From A Local Reader
Household hints advise placing baked cookies in a covered crack to stay fresh. brassware is cleaned with a small brush to avoid cramped fingers. rubbing silverware with a soft cloth saves polishing time. jelly can set quickly if boiled. to mend worn rugs insert wool under the wear and darn over it with a large embroidery needle. Miss Laura A Currie at 60 Donnybrook Road Faneuil provides the hints.
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Laura A. Currie
Donnybrook Road
Faneuil
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
New England
Boston Post
the Press Publishing Co
Maurice Ketten
Gecoo
Goge
Walt
Halcyon
Walt Mason
Adams
Chase & Sanborn’s
Dorothy
Deerfoot Farm
Huyler
The
Bentztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Doha Daa Halalas
Ada
Nettie Rand Miller
Dunck
Lee Avenue
Stoneham
O'Connor
Gounor Eo
Tremont Street
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