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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1910
Page
11
The Sewing Circle is a Boston Post department for women readers to discuss home and household topics health hints recipes and social questions. Correspondents may write under noms de plume and address letters to the Sewing Circle Editor with topics on home life and family management.
A reader praises the column and shares a personal dispute about playing the piano for a beau. She notes no one uses the piano, seeks permission to perform privately, and laments being scolded when discovered. She also comments that the kitchen is no place for a good beau.
Missive notes a mother recalling a remedy for a child who sucked her thumb. She sewed non thumbed cotton mittens to the nightdress to deny grip and let hands move freely. Also a housekeeping tip from Dorchester Housekeeper suggests damp cloths over registers to trap dust during vacuuming at Hyde Park.
In reply to Janice in this morning's Post, a reader suggests applying moist bicarbonate of soda to her cold. The note offers a home remedy tone and cites no medical authority.
A fragment notes that sores appear and can vanish as if by magic when kept on for about 15 minutes, mentioning cola as a remedy. The passage is incomplete and unclear about context or source.
A note from M. M. to a young mother urges letting a baby suck fingers as normal. As the child grows, suggest applying syrup to fingers and offering pillow feathers to amuse and occupy him while he works to remove them.
A fragment explains a simple plan to lose two pounds in nine months by daily walking and intense leg kicks. It advises alternating directions, aiming high, and persisting until perspiration. It suggests resting with a warm vinegar sponge and continuing daily, noting tomatoes and lean meats as part of the guidance.
The article urges using green vegetables (excluding corn) with salt rather than butter and saccharine instead of sugar, plus fruit, plus a lemon with salt, as a safe diet for reducing weight. It condemns patent reducers and attributes fat to laziness and self-indulgence, insisting fat must come off by exercise and self-denial.
A dated remedy suggests a druggist to provide wormseed oil to rub on a baby’s finger or hand that is sucked. The oil’s strong bitterness is said to deter the habit, with the author noting personal experience and effectiveness.
A sewing circle contributor shares home remedies for cold sores using peroxide and cotton, plus face wash with saleratus and borax. She seeks ideas on girls’ clothes and notes insomnia remedies with alcohol rub downs and warm milk with brandy. Includes a golden Johnny cake recipe and a June 22 note.
The New ton Housekeeper reports a remedy for furnace dust. Fold two thick pads larger than registers, dip in water, wring dry, place over open registers during furnace shaking. Dust adheres to cloth and can be shaken off when dry.
A reader signs as EXPERIENCE offering a home remedy for cold sores. Use very hot water on a soft cloth to gently rub the affected area in one direction, repeat while keeping the water hot, and expect faster relief. avoid camphor. Begin as soon as symptoms appear.
Despondent Mary asks readers for remedies to stop constant hand tremors believed caused by a catarrhal condition, and to address a troubling double chin. She notes doctors cannot cure the trembling and worries it spoils a youthful appearance.
A Scottish reader asks for sister readers advice about a birthmark on her little girl. It starts behind the ear and extends to the cheek. It varies in color from bright red to blue or pale and barely noticeable.
A man awakening in a sunlit field forms a gentle bond with a wanderer girl who shares food and dreams. She speaks of a betrothed, then meets him at a church wedding where happiness seems real. After vows, a photograph reveals a friend’s confession of love and a sobering truth.
Bedford cord returns softly in fashion as bracelets move with the arm. Russian influence recurs, aigrette lengths extend, and mousseline lace fur gowns appear. Frocks mix three or four lace varieties, raffia handbags display elaborate scrolls, and East imported necklaces resemble flexible snakes. Weeping willow feathers reach a foot in length. Scarves measure three yards by about a half yard. Buttons in gold silver brass with semi precious stones complete color schemes.
Dr Harvey W Wiley calls on Washington DC officials to adopt a uniform loaf priced at a nickel. He plans to address the district commissioners tomorrow as Citizen Wiley to advocate a law mandating the standard bread price.
Quincy February 1 Mayor William T Shea presided over the reception committee of the St Marys Church reunion held tonight in St Marys Hall West Quincy to aid the church debt society.
Dear Miss Champagne offers frank guidance to a school teacher with three suitors James the wealthy Roger a youthful promising man and Enoch a poor scholar. The columnist urges patience and suggests choosing love for sincerity over wealth or youth, advising to continue teaching until true affection appears.
In Reading Pennsylvania followers of Christ Church report a full figure of Christ appeared on an interior wall behind the pulpit three weeks ago after a sermon about The Coming of Christ. Bishop H M Lengel, who built the one story stone church with his own hands, led the service which moved the congregation to tears and drew visitors from the city and clergy alike.
A collection of home recipes and preserves guidance from several contributors. Nicker son shares a lemon milk dessert with toast and cinnamon, Josephine Brooks details canned plums in brine with step by step canning, and Annie L Boraks offers a baked apple syrup and flour egg batter for quick biscuits.
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