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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1921
Page
13
Poem on February Good Housekeeping about love’s wages as small coins that buy dawns joy and inner peace. It contrasts daily drudgery with heartbeats and simple gestures, noting lonely lives and the value of affection over luxury.
Dear Sewing Circle and readers debate a proposed law banning high heels and cosmetics. They mock petty legislation, defend personal taste, and warn such rules would fail in court, while urging moderation and common sense in dress and habits. The exchange includes humorous takes on detectives, taxes, and self-rule.
A week of fasting is praised for health, while a self described smuggler savors risk over money. A public letter argues against high heels and heavy cosmetics, urging a law to curb fashion excesses and restore decency, citing women’s health and youthful appearance as stakes. Evening gowns show Egyptian influence.
Police officer John Daily known as Big Arm John confronts bootleggers with partner Herndon. After a tense stop, a stranger taunts them with a tainted liquor bottle. John drinks and collapses from poison, collapsing near a car as Herndon, stunned, carries him away.
In a brief line from the Legion Weekly a playful exchange hints at a car ride. Mr Slow teases about chill winds while Miss Speed suggests waiting for more open country.
In a humorous domestic scene Jill questions rising meat prices and thrift, while Jack boasts a pricey porterhouse bought in town. The couple reconciles through a costly dinner, revealing tensions about value, shopping, and trust in marital economy.
Recipes from the Sunday Post present a vegetable loaf using potatoes onions beets carrots peppers and optional tomato with crumbs eggs and stock baked under salt pork. Also offered is a celery onion egg cereal and nut loaf and a cheese rice bake with tomato catsup corn flakes and grated cheese from Co. M. Stokinger Walpole.
Practical domestic tips from Mrs Elizabeth R Seigel of Roxbury. Do not let a candle overwhelm a holder. heat a large candle in hot water briefly. A 10 cent bathing cap makes an icebag in emergencies, closed with a rubber band. Protect brown shoe tips with shellac then polish as usual. Salt on icy walks helps chop ice. Make a table pad from newspapers and old sheet. Use a bushel basket with oilcloth lining for cheap laundry. Paper towels absorb fish odors and can be burned to avoid washing towels. Tie a wire around a roast pan handle to keep it closed. Rinse glass jars with cold water before milk.
A brief quip in which one person notes meeting a husband and hearing he is in love with his work. The other responds that she must visit the office to verify the claim. The exchange sharpens character and workplace curiosity in a light, humorous tone.
A Scottish farmer bids a farmhand to feed the cattle with cabbages and to award the largest head to the cow giving the most milk. The lad reports he gave all cows a cabbage and hung the biggest cabbage on the pump handle.
An admiral famed for foul language confronts Thompson in a shipboard lineup. Thompson explains he was placed on report for using profane language, prompting a sharp rebuke in front of the crew.
Mrs Gabb asks who said quarrels need two, while Mr Gabb quips that the other man likely was not married. The exchange hints at domestic humor and marital strains within a reading of daily life.
A survey contrasts Arnold Bennett and Barnett on women's intellect. Barnett argues biology and psychology support female variability and potential. He critiques feminist writers while presenting science driven views. Also reviewed is Nerves and the Man by W Charles Loosmore, a simple guide to the nervous system and nervous breakdown prevention.
Mary Pickford would have preferred painting to acting, hoping to be a painter of children’s portraits. She regrets that her film career keeps her from studying portrait painting even now.
The Cleveland sisters employed in a canning factory earned substantial extra income by selling real estate in their spare time. After answering a classified ad, they learned a plan to market small home lots to city workers. Monthly sales grew, yielding $2100 in the last month.
The piece surveys figures linked to labor, unions, and public service. It highlights a radical yet influential steel strike figure born in Taunton, mass. John Drinkwater’s plays after returning to England. Secretary David F. Houston as a non-practicing legal authority with academic leanings. Asa H. Porter’s 50-year railroad career. Dr George E. MacLean aiding American students abroad. and Alfred H. Smith rising from office boy to head of New York Central, with a noted salary.
Mrs Jones asks about bringing Mr Brown home to dinner. Mr Jones sits happily, stating he could not come and enjoyed the long awaited good dinner.
A. E. Hoffman, a 30 year butter maker renowned for sweetness, supervises Troco Nut Butter at the new Troco plant dedicated to nut margarine. The facility offers advanced laboratories and machinery for precise production.
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