Candlemas Feast Observed Across Diocese with Candles Blessed
The Catholic Diocese observes Candlemas Day with blessings of candles at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and other churches. Cardinal O Connell blessed candles yesterday as Masses schedule include 6, 7, 8, and 9 o clock at the cathedral. Throats are to be blessed after masses today with times set for children at 4 pm and adults at 8 pm.
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SAYS NATION NEEDS MORE PATRICK HENRYS SAYS NATION NEEDS MORE PATRICK HENRYS
The Right Rev Boyd Carpenter sermon at Trinity Church praised Patrick Henry and George Washington as models of self sacrifice for freedom, urging Americans to adopt their courage. The crowded service filled Trinity and turned away many attendees.
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How to Save the Eyes free treatise offered
Dr Corish publishes a free user friendly guide titled How to Save the Eyes. The booklet explains simple rules to protect sight and prevent eye trouble. To receive a free copy postpaid send a request to The Okola ers Dept Rochester.
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Okolaers
Rochester
Sewing Circle Forum for Boston Post Readers
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston Post offering a woman’s forum for New England home makers. Topics include domestic life, family management, baby care, household economy, flowers, and gardening. Correspondents may use pen names and ask each other questions. Letters to the Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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A Woman Ashamed Defends Male Vice Critics Catt
A reader from New Bedford disputes Carrie Chapman Catt on voting rights as a cure for vice and asserts women dominate white slavery profit and vice. She cites police matrons and a Western saloon case, arguing women are more ruthless guardians of vice than men.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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If a Person Must Sacrifice Family First Who Comes First
A ponderous moral question contrasts care for aged parents with giving children education and home comforts. It asks which obligation trumps when meals are limited and money is tight, weighing duties to mother, child, and self in a tough family ethics dilemma.
Fond Mother and the Auto Debate Over Elder Care
A reader signs as Fond Mother defends placing her husband’s mother in a public home and questions the scriptural basis for autos as a necessity. The letter mocks selfless acts while criticizing family duty and urges reconsideration of elder care and living arrangements.
A Jarring Element in the Home Dear Sewing Circle
A reader argues for placing an elderly mother in a home to spare the next generation. She recounts conflicts over parenting and discipline, saying the mother-in-law’s intrusion harmed her child and family authority. The writer claims duty to the child over the past and endorses institutional care. CORNELIA THE YOUNGER.
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Cornelia the Younger
Fond Mother in Sewing Circle Advocates Charity Over Duty
A Sewing Circle reader signs as Fond Mother arguing that a grandmother in a care home receives only “common comforts” while relatives give weekly visits and an auto outing. The writer cites scripture about care for mothers and praises a daughter-in-law and five children for loving and supporting a grandmother who remains dependent but is not made to feel unwelcome.
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Helen
Sewing Circle
Just an Ordinary Woman and the Innocence Question
A reader debate in the Sewing Circle on whether children should learn life truths from parents or schools. Letters praise mothers’ lessons yet warn against moral trash, while addressing innocence after age ten and the role of reading materials and parental guidance.
Is She a Selfish Woman Loving Mother Spars Son's Desire to Marry
A reader rebukes a letter signed Loving Mother who forced her sons to promise to stay unmarried while she lived. The writer argues such a stance is selfish, noting several sons with good pay should marry and build their own homes. She praises a rejected fiancée who married elsewhere and condemns the mother for blocking marriages.
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