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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
9
A woman writes that her husband is abusive and controlling, staying home, refusing to attend church, and becoming irritable if she goes out. She asks for guidance from sisters, sharing she might quit housekeeping to cope with the distress in her second marriage in Norfolk.
Pauline from Boston writes in the Sewing Circle arguing that wives bear the work of the home all day and often into late nights, while husbands rest after their own jobs. She notes men sometimes reject wives going out and contends home life wears on women more than men's routines.
A reflective letter from Forgotten shares views on divorce honesty and happiness. The writer envies others with children, cherishes home life, and hopes for future love, while noting distance from New Hampshire and wishing readers a happy New Year.
Cheerful argues against eternal punishment and annihilation, stating souls persist through change and reform is possible. She advises Tolerant to cope with a spouse's temper by not reacting, anticipating possible reform as angels assist in life and after death.
Dear Sisters, after fourteen years of marriage and three years of nervous trouble I consider a winter trip to the South for health. My husband reacted jealously and told me if I go I can stay there. It costs me nothing to go.
A columnist urges housewives to avoid copying wealthier neighbors. She cites wives pressuring husbands with modest incomes to hire servants or buy statuses like autos, arguing such emulation leads to poverty. The piece endorses living well within means and practicing restraint.
A widowlike narrator recalls love at nineteen and ten hard years building a life in poverty then in business. She warns the reader to protect youth and not endure hard labor if better options exist, sharing the strain of aging and marital strain from an unfaithful spouse.
The renowned violinist Karl Linden, once a world acclaimed genius, seeks a last spark of inspiration in a girl in the upper box. He plays with fevered emotion, hoping she will appear again tonight, to revive his art and silence the doubters.
Wallace Bradford Fisher of Derry, New Hampshire, 13 months old with auburn hair and blue eyes, is featured in the Post's Pretty Baby gallery. He sits on his grandpa's knee and enjoys listening to old-time songs.
Karl Linden attends a haunting concert where the crowd hails a genius, whose performance awakens memories and emotion. After the final bow he discovers the upper box empty, prompting the usher to remark that geniuses are half mad.
Two hundred of Uncle Sam's regulars, recently discharged from the Philippines and en route from San Francisco to Chicago, celebrated with a Christmas tree on board the train. A five pointed star on the top branch was said to be made from a red flannel undershirt as bunkies swapped keepsakes from their island stay.
Recipes detail meat with onion parsley milk egg and butter fry, a rice custard with orange and vanilla, buckwheat pancake batter with yeast and molasses, and a spiced apple pie filling. Each item lists contributor names and addresses on the edge of a domestic recipe page.
The article notes Persian trimmings appear in children's hats and bright tapestry motifs in small designs. Slipper buckles grow essential for the well dressed woman, with fur trimmed veils matching veiling color. Mourning wear uses nun's veiling silk grenadine chiffon taffeta velvet broad cloth. Marquisette veiling is popular and colored kid highlights leaf forms on velvet hats.
A reader asks how to handle two suitors who set a Thursday visit but did not come. Mildred Champagne suggests the man’s lack of effort signals limited seriousness, notes inviting him to the home tests intentions, and advises discarding acquaintances who avoid home invites and propose meetings elsewhere.
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