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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
11
A Boston Daily and Sunday Post department invites women to discuss home life topics from motherhood and budgeting to gardening. Readers may write under pen names, ask questions, and offer practical tips to assist fellow homemakers in the region.
A reader comments on seating habits in crowded cars, noting men seek front or rear seats while women hesitate. The piece also remarks that milder autumn weather benefits coal magnates, and describes mothers and nursemaids pushing go carts with babies along Boston boulevards and residential streets.
A weary laborer longs for ease after receiving a bequeathed box of bones from his uncle. He quits work for the Avenue Easy, loafs daily, grows fat and sick, and proclaims the root of misery is endless labor with no sane thing to do. The vignette is a 1911 Adams newspaper piece attributed to Waltson.
Paragraphs describe shifting hat silhouettes with sloping fronts, puffed or plain hoods, and niaiche shapes. Tailored silk waists mimic mannish shirts with detachable cuffs and frills, versatile for travel or business. Ratine hats appeal to milliners, including country collapsible styles. Fur or satin muffs and gauze scarves edge outfits with metallic fringe.
A 20 year old woman appeals for advice from a Sewing Circle column. She has dated a man two years longer than her yet discovers his three month attention to a widow. She asks how to handle the situation and save her heart.
The piece urges cheer at home and in marriage, advising to ignore petty worries and seek beauty in life. It cites Louisa May Alcott on character over possessions, and encourages living in the present with faith and humor.
A letter recalls a long marriage based on love showing mutual happiness and companionship. The writer stresses they are lovers still, strive to make each other happy, and describe themselves as genial and reasonable.
A reader advises a young woman not to marry for a home or to wed a widower or divorcee for stability. She should seek the right partner, consider raising her own children, and build a life where love leads, even if it means a modest home. Adeline signs off with a practical, hopeful tone.
A reader quotes a fond mother letter noting pleasure at the writer's note and expressing desire to see four boys who are governed by rules. The fragment reflects nostalgic family correspondence and youthful discipline themes.
Advertises fabric patterns. Dresdens in dainty colorings 44 inches wide at per yard prices from 15 to 49 cents. Floral effects in 44 and 5 inch widths priced per yard 19 to 25 cents. New fancy ribbons 5 inches wide at 29 cents. Monotone Dresdens 5 and 6 inches wide 39 cents. Satin stripe Dresdens 54 inches wide 49 cents. Self color jacquards 4 inches wide 35 cents. Rich imported novelties in Dresdens velvet and other effects sold per yard from 1.00 to 5.00
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