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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
25
The Boston Post Sewing Circle column shares letters on frugal living for two, debating $15 a week budgets, coal, gas, and rent, with readers urging marriage planning and practical household management. It includes anecdotes on wives guiding husbands and balancing finances.
A letter from a mother explains spoiling three children aged five, three, and four months while the husband sacrifices for essentials. She recalls a local physician warning that pets bring health risks to children, citing dirty habits and germs from hair and fur.
A lyric meditation on Mary and the infant Jesus blending visions of Italy, angels, and sacred imagery with a mother’s dreams. The speaker envisions Bethlehem scenes, a cradle song, and a mother’s vow to protect and guide her child through faith and time.
A satirical note praises babies over dogs and calls for devotion to motherhood, followed by a column on fads and fashions. The piece discusses fur trends, children's coats, astrakhan cloth, and new dress accents with lace, chiffon, and contrasting fabrics.
Catholic churches in the diocese plan special Christmas music programmes and solemn vespers on Christmas Day. Cathedrals and Jesuit, St Pauls, St Philip’s and St Augustine’s churches schedule multiple high and low masses from early morning through the afternoon with sermons by notable clergy and vespers in the evening.
A small girl arrived at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals free dispensary on Central Street with a fluffy black cocker spaniel. A bone stuck in the dog's throat was removed in the operating room, ending the dog's three day hunger and bringing the girl joy as they left together.
Dearest friends extend Christmas blessings to family and home. Dinah Craig Mulock writes of blessed households, motherhood, and children. The piece shifts to a veterinary note detailing 2023 cases treated at a dispensary, comparing Boston to New York counts.
A painting titled The Wood Choppers by Ba Hobart Nichols will be a Christmas gift to President Woodrow Wilson. Nichols, a noted landscape artist formerly of Washington, now based in Bronxville. Mrs. Wilson, herself an artist, arranged the donation after the canvas had been shown at the Corcoran Gallery.
The Knights Templars across the world will drink a noon toast to their grand master. Members on land or sea observe the custom, raising crystal water if no nectar is available, and exchange Christmas greetings in a ceremonial moment.
Patrolman James J. Hughes of the Lagrange Street station was pinned between two auto cars at Bedford and Washington streets around 6 PM. He sustained brain concussion, a dislocated left ankle, and a scalp wound, and was taken to City Hospital in a semi conscious state. The cause of the crash remained under investigation.
Registration for the coming city election closed last night with 111 444 names on the voting list, 82 fewer than the Mayoralty election four years ago. Boston’s population and male adults are larger now, yet lower turnout suggests less interest. Hyde Park with 2863 voters was not part of Boston four years ago.
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