Sewing Circle seeks homespun advice for New England readers
The Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites homemakers to join a women’s forum called Sewing Circle. Readers may discuss domestic problems from marriage and child care to gardening and household economy. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the sheet. Letters should be addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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Elopement plans of young lovers worry Sewing Circle
A 16 year old girl writes seeking guidance for an elopement to Nashua with her fiancé of the same age. They plan to marry without proper license steps and fear parental disapproval after their fathers forbade contact due to a business dispute.
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Billy
Justice of the Peace
Jolly plans spark a quick start and forgiveness
The excerpt shows urgent chatter about a fast start and seeking forgiveness from mamma. Dolly voices confidence and impatience, urging someone to write and respond promptly as they hurry to depart.
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Dolly
Pearl Earrings Dilemma in Marriage
A 21 year old wife pleads advice about piercing her ears to obtain pearl earrings. She fears pain and sanction from her husband who offers earrings if she undergoes the piercing, while his mother and sisters already have theirs pierced. She seeks guidance on what to do.
Second-hand clothes plan ends in safer home budget
Rose urges her wife to wear cheaper garments to save for the house and avoid a strained second-hand clothes business. She advises the husband will tire of the makeovers and stop spending on hotels and barrooms, praising frugality.
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Rose
Should He Propose If He Won’t Marry Soon
A 20 year old woman asks if a steady four year relationship warrants a marriage proposal. Her partner loves her and says he does not want her with other men but has never asked her to marry. She has encouraged him but sees no proposal in sight. Topsy of Maine suggests seeking advice from sisters.
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Damozel
Jehosaphat
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Reading Circle Letter Advocates Equal Footing in Marriage
A letter in the Sewing Circle denounces a married woman who must submit to a whipping for mistakes. The writer argues for parity, suggesting the husband be whipped instead or that the wife earn her own money if treated as a slave.
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Susie
Sensible Husband and Thrift in Family Style
A reader criticizes a husband for asking his second wife to wear his first wife's clothes two years out of date. She argues a $45 weekly budget should clothe a wife stylishly, noting her husband earns $13 weekly and they manage with a young child. She praises their happiness and asks for more letters on the subject.
Questionable Authorship of Mrs His Wife Letter
The writer doubts that the letter signed His Wife was penned by Sensible Hus band's spouse. The text argues a wife living on $45 a week could not afford $20 hats $15 corsets or a car, so the letter likely not from a woman.
Children honor Clement Moore at his grave in New York
One hundred children from the Church of the Intercession Sunday school laid a holly wreath on the grave of Clement C. Moore the author of Twas the Night Before Christmas A brief prayer and the singing of a Christmas carol and a hymn closed the ceremony in New York on Christmas Day.
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Moore
Church of the Intercession
Christmas Observances Across Boston Shaped by Strands of Joy and Strife
A Boston rail car conductor known as everybody's friend guards his regulars nightly as Christmas locates the city’s lodging house poor. Revelers battle icy crowds on Washington Street while Rome sends cheers for Carberry of the Post and a quaint esplanade promenade of toddlers with new dolls and go carts marks a festive, hopeful scene.
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Children’s toy joy and streetcar quarrels in Boston
The narrative recalls children on a Boston elevated car, one girl clinging to a hopping mechanical rabbit while another laments leaving a cherished toy at home. The piece also notes crowded cars and odd street life including fruit pedlars and a grafting police incident. Mer. T. S. Kennedy, rector of the American College at Rome, is praised as a busy organizer of audiences with the Pope.
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Salts on Love and Sentiment
Mildred Champagne offers guidance on a man torn between two loves after three years with one woman. He should be frank, confess, and let the first girl decide her fate, risking heartbreak or release. A brave or foolish response will determine future regrets and lessons about long engagements.
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Marion
The Eyes of God
Eileen Payson sits in the church balcony two days before her wedding to Rene a wealthy social leader seeking status. She longs for love with Van but chooses Rene for money and prestige, imagining Gods gaze on her secrets as she envisions a perfect ceremony.
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Hileen
Helen Rushmore
Rene
Eileen
Ethel Haddon
Ethel
Aubrey
Bert
Ais
America
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Should I Marry or Wait Till College Finishes
A concerned junior asks Dr H M if he should leave college to start a business and marry now. The adviser urges finishing college first and then building a career, arguing a loving partner will share the future and delaying a year will avoid regret for parents and self.
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Miss Champagne
H. M
Murial and Reginald Banter About Dogs
A brief dialogue contrasts Murial and Reginald noting dogs’ common sense over men. Murial laments human flaws while Reginald agrees dogs prefer practical gains like a rabbit to a pretty girl, highlighting humor in animal loyalty.
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Murial
Reginald
Pinex Cough Syrup Lets You Save with Quick Relief
Thousands favor Pinex Cough Syrup as a low cost remedy for coughs in the United States and Canada. A 50 cent bottle mixed with sugar syrup makes a pint of cough medicine, claimed to ease obstinate and deep seated coughs within 24 hours and is usable for whooping cough and croup. The preparation uses Norway White Pine extract. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Your druggist can supply Pinex or the company will ship.
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Christmas Blues of Uncle Walt by Walt Mason
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason laments bachelor loneliness at Christmas. The speaker imagines widowed or single men missing family joy, contrasting a hearth full of gifts with an empty home and unfulfilled love.
Fashion Notes Highlight White Collars and New Textiles
The vogue centers on white collars and reverse cuffs, with debutante dresses embracing fine nets and marquisettes. New mesh bags feature snake handles, the cutaway suit gains momentum, Gourah plume returns on hats, and striped velvet appears in novelty suits as a fashionable trend.
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