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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1913
Page
11
In the Sewing Circle column of the Boston Post, readers share opinions on home life, motherhood, and finances. Letters discuss widows pension, mothers’ independence, and whether wives should remarry, plus a debate on teaching children about intimate topics and modesty.
A reader defends a mother who allowed her children to build their own lives while caring for an ailing husband, contrasts generational choices with a critic, and weighs duties to parents against children. Another correspondent condemns a woman fleeing a fire with a pet dog, leaving a baby behind as brutal and savage.
A terse, pointed excerpt argues a mother’s demand for marriage from her sons is selfish. The dialogue targets a woman deemed domineering, contrasting her expectations with the suitors and the punished suitor, the “demented fool” who promised two young girls.
A Jersey reader argues that youth between ten and sixteen should learn truthful physiological facts from parents not polluted sources. The letter contends that ignorance harms children and insists that when children ask questions they deserve careful, sacred explanations about their bodies.
A lyric speaker kneads and laments life while longing for solitude. Tears fall as rainlike thoughts haunt the earthen landscape from Leighlin Cross to the castle wall and hedges calling the wild emotions.
A letter from Mrs. A. V. denounces women who place their own children below the life of an animal. The writer contrasts a civilized Indian who burns victims with the alleged brutality of some women and urges better protection for babies.
A woman teacher argues for laws to ban pets from human dwellings. She cites tender mothers encouraging children to swat flies while cuddling germy dogs. She recalls a photo of a baby kissing a dog, later dying of typhoid, implying the dog as the transmission source.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions, crafts, and community anecdotes. Readers contribute observations on sewing projects, tips, and local happenings, reflecting a lively hobbyist exchange.
Three Harvard students in the Transvaal near the kopjes witnessed their first New England snowfall. They spent hours shaping a large replica of a classical statue in the front yard of former Mayor Walter C. Wardwell at 465 Broadway, Cambridge.
Washington Feb 4 The repeal of the Panama Canal free tolls provision via an amendment by Senator Root to the canal administration law will be taken up Friday by the Senate committee on interoceanic canals. Chairman Brandgee issued the call. Advocates of free tolls for American coastwise ships prepare to fight to block endorsement.
Every woman seeking Paris fashion will find two full pages in next Sunday's Post. One page features electrotype pictures and the other presents four color prints for the season’s latest styles.
A reader asks about a six month distant romance with a 27 year old man. The adviser says if he cared he would write, distance fosters forgetfulness, and suggests forgetting him for peace of mind rather than pushing for reassurance.
New York report states J F H Meyer of Kunhardt and Co a veteran agent for Hamburg American line from 1847 to 1889 died at his Hoboken home. Born in Bremen in 1837 he joined Kunhardt Co in 1854 when New York Hamburg service used sailing vessels.
An advertising block extols Newbro's Herpicide as a remedy to stop hair loss and rid the scalp of dandruff. It urges immediate use, claims better results with daily then thrice weekly applications, and notes satisfaction guarantees and dealer availability through Hougton & Dutton Co. as agents.
A flirtatious professor plans to declare love to Miss Paula but carves his path through danger. He rescues a baby from a distracted nurse and a mad dog, hides in Miss Paula’s yard, and returns with the infant to reveal his feelings. Paula embraces the child and the professor, moved by love, confesses.
Paragraphs describe new spring fabrics and styles. Silk and wool moire fabrics appear with bold patterns. Plain brown blue and tan Messalines with hairline stripes stay in fashion. Printed brocade figures and voices arrive in large assortments. French boots feature rich brocade tops, suggesting repeats in hats or costumes. Bright buttons in a sea of color steal attention. White serge skirts paired with colored cloth coats grow popular. Skirts with two or three tiers gain notice though wide adoption is uncertain. Russian and Norfolk children's dresses show loops belts sashes. Crepe silk weaves with large scattered figures trend. Plain white voiles trimmed with latises suit little girls. Oriental embroidery girdles shine on black satin dresses.
A collection of home recipes and cooking instructions from readers Mrs. Gertrude P. Means Mrs. W. C. Sampson and Mrs. Bertha L. Matthews. Includes a spiced molasses loaf batter with lemon extract raisins and spices a sherbet dessert with dates almonds and extracts and a haddock chowder with pork fat onions potatoes and milk.
Three women suffrage leaders gained access to the White House and asked President Taft for a guard of soldiers sailors and marines for their March 8 parade and for a half holiday for women government employees wishing to join the march to the capitol.
Supreme Court Justice McCall ruled that motion picture films are not a public utility. Therefore the Greater New York Film Rental Company cannot compel the Motion Picture Patents Company to supply it with films. New York, February 4.
A full page of electrotype pictures illustrating the advance spring fashions from leading Paris designers appears in next Sunday’s Post.
An old time ad promotes cough drops branded Red Cross with a goat motif. It advertises a price of five cents per box and uses a catchy sales line to urge relief for sore throats and coughs.
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