A Woman Lawyer Debate on Women and Earnings Control
Readers of the Sewing Circle discuss property rights and wills in marriage. A wife details saving 2590 from her husband’s earnings and holding deeds in her name, asking whether she may will assets to others or if her husband can claim them. Respondents disagree on duties of spouses and ownership.
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Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Sewing Circle
Boston Fost
Pixie
A Little Chat on Style by Phone with Dorothy
Louise plans a lemon yellow Soiree silk New Year’s dance frock with painted bodice lacing, violet ribbons, silk cord waist, pleated net frills, horse hair lace hem, scalloped frills with pink and blue roses, lemon chiffon pantalets, and a violet bouquet with a pink rose in paper lace tied with yellow ribbon.
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Louise
Poems for Pour Scrap Book After the Battle
A battle elegy portrays the funeral drums and silent fields where fallen soldiers lie. The persona laments vanished heroes, the collapse of peace, and the red road to honor ending in a grave. The poem contrasts triumph with death, and memory with the price of glory.
Love and Property in a Dorchester Listen
An anxious Dorchester girl seeks guidance on breaking engagements and choosing a husband with wealth. The columnist argues return the engagement ring unless kept as a gift, and warns against using love as a merely worldly strategy while urging fair treatment of suitors.
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Miss Champagne
Dorchester
Early Shopping Uncle Walt Sings of Quiet Gifts
A 1915 verse by Walt Mason celebrates buying Christmas gifts early to avoid the rush. The speaker boasts Aunt and Niece presents, a diving suit for Uncle James, and numerous doodads stored away, praising the peace of early shopping.
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James
Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Little pine wood misted by Christmas cross and cheer
A poem laments a pine wood on a hill as it awaits being chosen for a Christmas display. It recalls past losses and hints at a brother’s cross while predicting the wood’s future role in light, dance, and glow for the season.
Mrs Santa Claus Brings Christmas Dolls to Vernon Street
Julia Watson a Store employee skips meetings to finish two dolls daily for twelve days each tagged Merry Christmas from Mrs Santa Claus The customer John Bixby pursues a doll with a personal card at the Woman's Exchange They discover the memo means dressing two dolls daily leading to a Christmas ending as Mr and Mrs Santa Claus.
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Julia Watson
Julia
Mrs. Santa Claus
John Bixby
Christendom
Vernon Street
Santa Claus
John
Fads and Fashions Parade Silk Coats and Velvet
Paragraphs note fashion trends with striped knitted silk sport coats trimmed in fur. Voices gain influence among sheer white fabrics. Steel bead motifs decorate pos tillion hats. Laces and tulle suit young girls party frocks. Fur collars end frilly neckwear as skirts shorten. Velvet gains morning wear status. Ribbon slashed tulle dresses captivate debutantes in evening wear.
Former Deputy Sheriff Named Berkshire SPCA Agent
Former Deputy Sheriff Fred M. Truesdell of Great Barrington is appointed Berkshire county agent for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with headquarters in Pittsfield.
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Fred M. Truesdell
Great Barrington
Berkshire County
The
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Pittsfield
Mayor Curley postpones move to new Jamaica Way home
Mayor Curley announced he will delay moving into his Jamaica Way residence until early February due to unfinished interior work. He had planned to move this week.
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Curley
Jamaica Way
Prune Lemon Jelly and Tomato Gelatine Mold Recipes
Directions for lemon jelly with prune layers and tomato gelatine mold with mayonnaise dressing. Includes steps to prepare gruel, tomato base, and serving with whipped cream. Attributed to Mrs George D Thomas of 59 Paul Revere Road Arlington Heights.
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George D. Thomas
Paul Revere Road
Arlington Heights
Christmas Tree For Children At Morgan Memorial
The Morgan Memorial kindergarten held a Christmas tree event at Emmons Hall yesterday afternoon under head teacher Miss Helen M. Payne. Presents fruit and candy were given to 36 pupils as crepe paper decorated the festooned hall.
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Morgan Memorial
Emmons Hall
Helen M. Payne
10 Boys Will Come Home for Christmas
The Suffolk School for Boys on Rainsford Island starts a merit system under Superintendent John J. Ryan. Nineteen boys will spend Christmas at home while 135 remaining pupils will have a hearty Christmas dinner.
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Suffolk School For Boys
Rainsford Island
John J. Ryan
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