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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
19
A reader letters section debates the role of men and women in the home. A "Modern Father" laments chivalry and advises husbands to guard family finances while wives claim independence and control of expenses. Responses defend women's rights, share personal experiences, and urge mutual respect in marriage.
Paying fares guidance states a gentleman escort should cover all travel costs for comfort and transport. Do not remove hat or gloves before seating. at table unpin veil if worn and put on gloves after seating, then remove and rereadjust gloves after the meal.
An inter national ad promotes Blakes Herb Tablets as a preventive against influenza in New England. It cites a Boston family testimonial and claims the product cleanses the system, purifies the blood, and boosts resistance. Available in boxes priced from 25 cents to one dollar at drug stores.
A short feature discusses dream interpretation and why people once sought meanings, noting modern skepticism and a light series aim to explore olden beliefs about dreams.
Mystics say dreaming of flowers signals valuable friendships and a pleasant life when colors are bright. Picking flowers promises health and success, bright flowers foretell many suitors for a young woman, wearing flowers signals marriage if unmarried, while throwing or tearing flowers hints at worries and disappointment, and wilting presages a setback.
A Metropolitan News o Y paper Service describes how a family uses a central home bulletin board in the rear hall and a second in the kitchen to post reminders, messages, menus, and plans. The device helps coordinate mother, daughters, sons, and staff amid Mrs. Benda’s busy household and frequent calls.
Josiah Quincy born February 4 1772 in Boston. Early statesman and Harvard president predicted Civil War over sixty years before it began. Failed bid for Congress met with opposition but later won State Congress seat. He promoted reform in politics and academia and died in 1864.
A shy girl named Elizabeth Martin, long teased as an ugly duckling, charms Allen Morse, the new neighbor, by acting confident after a tumble. He escorts her to a sleighing party and she reveals her success with a sly, secret line: she “vamped” him.
In this remark from Mrs Lillian CG Libby of Pittsfield Maine a kitchen tip recommends drying a lemon by warming it in the oven to squeeze juice later and storing a fire with small sticks to save fuel. The author notes wood cost and describes a method to keep a stove in good condition using bark side down sticks.
For Southern wear are the hats of the new glistening horsehair straw finely woven and shot with threads of contrasting colors.
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