Sewing Circle of the Boston Post for Home Makers
A department inviting women readers to discuss home and family topics. It covers health hints, recipes, kitchen economy, child care, furnishings, gardening, social questions, and domestic concerns. Correspondents may use pen names and send inquiries to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Boston Post
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
The
Post
Sewing Circle
New England
Domestic Worker Voices Harshness and Hope in Boston
A Boston domestic 22 recounts four years in service, leaving home in Maine to earn a living. She condemns cruel treatment from some “ladies,” notes a minister's family, and argues that a home should have no boss, urging equality between husband and wife for a happy life.
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West Roxbury
Maine
Boston
Roslndale
Sewing Circle Query Sparks City Life On Debt And Help
Rosey asks for daytime or evening work to pay a lingering debt that keeps her awake at night. She supports a small Crescent home herself after past illness, hopes for a practical suggestion, and offers heartfelt thanks if a reader can assist. She signs as ROSEY.
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Crescent
Rosey
Cottage Names From Siblings At The Lake
A letter from Mrs. F C asks her sisters for suitable names for a lake shore cottage surrounded by maple and pine trees. She requests thoughtful suggestions to christen the new retreat.
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F. C
Breadmaker Advice for Housekeepers on Budget Tips
The note counsels trimming housing costs and groceries to fit weekly income. It suggests paying rent in line with earnings, using cheaper meat, baking bread at home to save money, and practicing breadmaking to improve skill.
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Hubby
Hinks Cold Water Cure Too Strenuous
A reader cautions against Nielsen plan of splashing cold water on a husband to wake him. Advice favors brief separation to let him miss you, then request your eldest son handle morning fires at 18, hoping he will help and the family duties balance.
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Neariess
Sielsen
Bhushand
Married Man of 50 Says He Balances Home and Work
A reader praises a 50 year old husband for his sterling character. He is a successful professional with downtown offices yet deeply involved in home life. He avoids tobacco and alcohol, builds morning fires, makes coffee, and guides household meals while remaining active in outdoor sports with his wife.
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Pauline
Maine
Diet substitute request for starchy foods
Bertha Brooks asks a doctor about cheap, opposite diet options to starch heavy foods. She notes switching to whole wheat bread still troubles her system and seeks affordable substitutes and a nonstarch diet plan suitable for a poor household.
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Bertha Brooks
Anti-Divorce Letter to a Married Woman
A stern anti divorce letter rebukes a wife for seeking another lover while praising her husband’s steady work and home life. It accuses deceit, warns of a hungry heart, and quotes the saying Whom God has joined together let no man put asunder, urging contemplation before action.
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Winsry
Dusty Furnace Tips and Community Requests from Dorchester
A letter to the Dorchester Housekeeper suggests wetting a cloth in cold water and placing it over furnace registers during shaking to trap dust. Charlotte of Amesbury asks for a good fruit cake recipe and thanks the editor for opening reader correspondence to sisters of Post, hoping the feature will be a hit.
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Dorchester
Sisters of Post
Charlotte
Amesbury
The Brook Lawyer Chooses Love Over Duty
In a wintry private office a lawyer writes two letters to Alice Crawford and Alice MacPherson. He chooses to marry Alice MacPherson, plans a Mediterranean trip, then an unexpected newspaper notice reveals Alice Crawford’s secret marriage to a French diplomat as their house burns, leaving Brooks and MacPherson joined in happiness amid the scandal.
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Alice
Alice MacPherson
Alice MacPherson Had Tried To “Catch’ Mr. Brooks
Alice Crawford
Allen MacPherson
Mr. Brooks
John K. Brooks
Alice McPherson
Brooks
John
Miss Crawford
Washington
Fashion Fads Highlight Evening Wear and Fur Accents
Paragraphs describe gayly colored stockings with black and white evening dresses, a time-honored black lace shawl, and a vogue for gold and silver in millinery and laces. Novel hatpins with Irish crochet lace, sable and fur borders on scarves, and a mushroom shaped umbrella handle feature among season’s accessories.
Advice Column: Local Stranger Seeks Intro To Woman
A reader asks Mildred Champagne how to meet a young woman in a strange city without bold moves. The adviser suggests frank confession, sharing business card, and a boarding-house move near the woman’s residence to secure a future invitation.
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Miss Champagne
Opal Ring Symbolism in Engagement Matters
A reader asks if a small opal ring on the left hand third finger signals engagement. The columnist notes opal rings can mean bad luck, but when blessed by the giver may signify engagement. The piece counsels discreet inquiry through the young lady herself and warns against pursuing an engaged woman.
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Miss Champagne
Natick
Corn batter and lamb bone soup and chicken stew recipes
Grate corn with egg milk and spices for frying batter. Use lamb bones in water with onion tomato and cinnamon, then thicken for a meat gravy. Martha's Vineyard Chicken Stew simmers fat chicken with pork fat onions potatoes and dumplings in a seasoned flour batter for dumplings and gravy.
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M. EB. Holbrook
Forest Street
Natick
D. A. Davidson
Clinton Avenue
Brockton
Martha’s Vineyard
M. E. Cole
Commercial Street
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Eenant
Panter Street
North Pole
John Falconer
the Press Publishing Company
Brrken
Falconer
MO Coal
Thas
Grace Agnes Thompson
Austin Street
Cambridge
Chandler
Tremont Street
A. Cowee-Clark
Mildred Champagne
Macallar Parker Company
Meltons
Washington Street
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