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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
13
A speaker narrates a fable about a woman who prefers John for his manners yet admires Henry’s chivalry. The sister exposes flaws like laziness and loud humor, arguing true character is unseen. In the end the woman selects Henry and lives happily. The tale closes with a moral about manners shaping morals.
Mrs Olive Johnson aged 89 hanged herself in a clothes room in Penn Yan New York. She was found by her daughter Mrs George Barden. Her husband had ended his life similarly a year earlier at Gorham New York at age 92.
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake a pioneer in woman suffrage died in a sanitarium at Englewood New Jersey aged 80 after a long illness. Her death ends a long career in public advocacy and reform.
Mildred Champagne, Boston Post writer of Love and Sentiment, spoke last night at Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall on The Making of a Home. Her talk covered acquainting couples and duties in marriage, with audience questions answered in her usual clear manner. The Post previews new fur designs and ties in four colors in next Sunday's issue.
Readers of the Boston Sunday Post share advice on marriage income and family life. A woman on $15 weekly should consider housing costs, while others argue work vs marriage and the value of domestic roles, with anecdotes about Queen Mary and modern domestic expectations.
A reader ages 34 without children, planning adoption, laments that many sisters in the Sewing Circle focus on sacrifices for their future children while neglecting devotion to their own aging parents. He urges equal care for fathers and mothers alongside offspring.
A letter to the Sewing Circle discusses whether husbands should promise to obey their wives at home. Some readers protest, while the author cites the King of England as an example of a man who obeys in domestic matters.
A home recipe excerpt describes soaking one dozen limes, boiling, slicing, and removing seeds, then making a sugar vinegar syrup. It names Mrs H M Crosby of East Boston and a separate fry batter with a maple sauce, attributed to Mrs P G Pike of Milton Millis MW.
A reflective verse celebrates a man finishing the year with gratitude after trials in spring and summer. It notes threats of blight and loss, yet finds comfort in winter sunshine and home fireside. The speaker ends in serene acceptance, gliding through silvered days.
Barbara Galpin, longtime Somerville Journal editor, appointed by Mayor Burns to the city planning board along with six male members. Also promoted from the fire department are George H. Crosby and James F. Ward to lieutenant. Police Lt Dennis Kelly retires on half pay after more than 30 years in service.
The Presbytery of Boston will install Rev. A. M. Thompson as pastor of St. Andrew's parish in West Concord Street. Rev. John Blair will be installed as assistant pastor at Clarendon Street Baptist Church. A New Year's watch night service and party occurs at Union Congregational Church with youth groups hosting. Bishop John ...
W Hamilton and District Superintendent Dillon Bronson of the Methodist Episcopal church are to attend the People's Temple program tonight. An old fashioned watch night service at Baker Memorial Church Upham's Corner Dorchester will feature Bishop Hamilton preaching from 9 to 10 with a social hour to follow.
A special service will be held at Mission Church Roxbury tonight with Father Hayes preaching and solemn vespers. New Year's Day is observed as a holy day of obligation with Masses from 5:30 onward and a high mass at 9 o'clock at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross presided by Cardinal O Connell. Confession is offered this afternoon and tonight in preparation for the new year. A Te Deum service closes the observance.
A vice will be held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross tonight at 8. The cardinal will preside and pronounce the benediction. Mer Splaine will preach the sermon as the Hymn of Thanksgiving is sung. A large congregation is expected. An article by Sherman Montrose Craiger titled Fighting the Greatest Evil appears in next Sunday's Po Magazine describing notable American efforts.
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