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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
18
A brief note announces a daily excerpt from James Russell Lowell as part of a centennial tribute by the Post. The piece highlights the poet's birth date February 22 and frames the readings as a continued recognition of his enduring influence.
Poem attributed to James Russell Lowell for Atlantic Monthly January 187. The verse recounts a king’s lost ring of power and a birthday jewel spell linking fate to a ring. It warns of power slipping if the will laxens and the sea swallows the ring.
In a small town, Ralph Beaton and Carol Warren meet by chance at an Emporium ribbon counter. A pay envelope slips from Carol to Ralph, sparking a bond as Mrs. Beaton recalls her old friend Annie Gordon. A rekindled connection unfolds when Carol visits the Beaton home seeking the envelope and answers about her mother.
A sharp eye notes Frances Ormond’s sweet face contrasted with a mean disposition as she lingered at a tea yesterday afternoon. She wore a dark old blue Georgette crepe gown with gathered round neck, ribbon trim, and decorative bows.
A shy stranger is welcomed by Ralph’s mother, who realizes the young woman is her late friend’s daughter. The romance from the ribbon counter leads to a swift wedding as the gray roadster departs on a short wedding journey, while only the mother recalls the baby blue ribbon used earlier.
Poem noting the beauty in striving and daily life. The Bentitown Bard reflects on streams of action and human splendor as they lead toward the timeless dream.
The new spring suits feature long straight waistcoats while gold and silver lace tunics appear over crepe and chiffon. Evening gowns use rich materials with little trimming and hats show a single flower. Palm Beach colors favor Victory red and Joffre blue with jade green and gray-green among popular shades.
Delicious baked apples require a hot oven and frequent syrup baste. Sal volatile in water revived seemingly dead window plants. Crushed tissue paper in rubber heels cushions wear. Enamel utensils clean with water and chloride of lime boiled briefly.
A Sunday Post page offers economical recipes including a layered apple dessert with cake and spices, a custard-like dressing, a fancy jelly cake with color layers, and classic breads and muffins. Included are notes on servings, substitutions, and author names Miss E J Tarbox Mrs F Fraher Mrs M Doyle and Mrs A Dunlop with addresses.
The editor of the Sewing Circle offers five dollars weekly for the best contribution. Women readers are invited to submit new problems or comments with optional pen names. Winners' writer announced on the editorial page each Sunday.
A reader recalls repurposing leftover chicken into a luxurious chicken a la King dish. Mushrooms red peppers and hard boiled eggs joined the meat with Al Sauce replacing sherry for a Parisian flair. Aunt Elizabeth remains unaware of the pantry improvisation.
Walt Mason writes of avoiding military service in 1919 due to health and comfort, offering to fight with ice and musketoon but deemed unfit. He laments colleagues serving abroad while he toils at a typewriter and calls himself a conscientious objector in a humorous verse.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue head of the Bureau of Navigation informed House naval committee chairman Padgett that the Navy Department plans to release 40 percent of reserves and 40 percent of men who enlisted for the war only, plus 20 percent of four-year regulars.
Admiral Blue announced phased releases of about 20 000 reserve and war enlisted men from shore duties and training programs. Commanding officers will prioritize those with dependents and those seeking education, with lots drawn if demand exceeds capacity. Many ships will be placed in commission as transports to repatriate troops from France, with training of new recruits delaying full effect for months.
Major E Lowry Humes of the judge advocate general's office will be retained as counsel for the Senate committee investigating Bolshevik I W W and other propaganda. He conferred with Secretary Baker and records from the Military Intelligence Bureau on radical movements in the United States would be made available.
Wayne McGregor 82 of Ludlow, a Shipping Board sailor, received a $25 fine after Sunday in East Boston Court for movie mashing. He leaned on a woman with a baby, caused her to move, followed her, and was later detained by Patrolman Edward Anderson.
William Michael Rossetti, author and editor of numerous poetry volumes and biographical works on poets, died in London. Born September 25 1829, he was son of Gabriele Rossetti and married Emma Lucy Brown in 1854, herself a writer and painter.
Readers query Civil War bodies brought home for burial and the town versus city distinction. The Kaiser’s siblings are listed, Henry Clay and Webster nominations noted, Shakespeare’s phrase origin given, and Boston snowstorms and Noah’s Ark trivia cited with street relocations.
Lamay powder claims to be free of white lead and rice powder and uses a skin healing medicinal ingredient. It boasts better adherence, pore and pimple reduction, and an astringent effect, with five thousand dollars reward to chemists who prove impurity. Lamay Rouge also advertised.
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