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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
13
The Boston Post shares reader questions from the Sewing Circle about marriage chores money and independence. Letters discuss breakfast duties husband control over earnings and whether to marry for money with guidance from neighbors and a veteran widow.
Audrey laments being the beauty of the family while sister Ann feels left out and plain. Mr. Marlowe, seeking status, courts Audrey but becomes drawn to Ann after a revealing encounter. Ann, tired of being overlooked, confesses a new love as Audrey contemplates her own future with Harold.
The Sunday Post features a selection of the Sewing Circle letters, showcasing reader opinions and community chatter. Readers share tips, stories, and reflections on sewing, fabric collecting, and circle meetings.
Cut 6 peppers in halves and stuff with a mix of tuna eggs milk bread crumbs and seasonings. Parboil peppers 10 minutes, bake until brown and serve hot. Cora B. March shares a Coffer Cake: molasses coffee sugar shortening eggs flour raisins and spices with frosting.
A tea visit at Lucille's features Marjorie and Grace playing bridge. Lucille wears a light green Russian tea gown with matching boots while describing other color velvet gowns and her habit of unusual, stylish touches.
The third annual state banquet of the Daughters of Isabella will be held tonight in the Colonial Garden. It is expected the reunion atmosphere will draw a large attendance.
From E. M. Bakeman San Francisco a reader savors frosting by adding a walnut sized butter piece while beating. The tip makes frosting smooth creamy and improves flavor, useful when frosting has become rough from overcooking.
A 1916 verse by the Bentztown Bard speaks of a brighter horizon around the bend with meadows dew lit fields wild birds high mountains and a distant comforting land. The poem invites following toward a kinder future with rest blossoms and music as storms fade away.
Geraldine Farrar was soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Karl Muck in Symphony Hall yesterday. She performed Elsa’s Dream from Lohengrin and Marguerite from Berlioz Faust, praised for lyrical nuance and expressive nuance, with emphasis on her lower and upper registers. Carpenter’s Adventures in a Perambulator received praise for wit and color, while next week Dr. Mack will conduct Don Quixote in Boston.
Adjutant-General Charles M. Cole and Commodore James P. Parker testified at the court martial of Lieutenant Charles A. McDonald of Fall River the acting commander of the eighth division of the naval militia McDonald faces charges for failing to carry out orders and call an election. Cummings led cross examination to reveal errors in correspondence between Cole's office and McDonald while noting two other charges beyond prejudicial conduct.
Charles Jackson aged 57 of 47 Cottage Street East Boston was killed while walking the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn tracks at Marginal Street terminal East Boston. He was dragged about 200 feet before the body was found.
The poem describes mariners asleep by the sea as wind and surf lash the shore. It centers on graves and church by the shore, the storm’s voracity, and villagers praying to Our Lady of Storms while children recall past ships.
A reminiscence on why audiences cry easier than laugh and the mix of sorrow and humor in acting. The narrator recalls Charlie Chaplin and Jack Barrymore, a dying clown named Giggles, and a Christmas scene on Broadway where a beggar Santa inspires a touching moment with two children.
Daisy M notes she enjoys essays and poetry and will read a book of verses despite not always understanding Browning. Jennie G says gloves at night are impractical, preferring cold cream and rose water to soften hands and avoid chapping.
The funeral for Dr Freeman M Josselyn former liberal arts faculty member at Boston University will be held at noon today at the Swedenborgian Church Bowdoin Street. The Boston University liberal arts faculty represented by the dean Dr William M Warren and five professors will attend.
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