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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1916
Page
11
A Boston Post Sewing Circle section prints reader letters on home life and marriage. Women exchange advice on budgets, neglect, trust, and adapting to aging husbands, with examples from The Dame of Canada and others.
The Sunday Post publishes a selection of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions, sewing tips, and community reflections.
About 670 boys at the Concord Reformatory participated in Lincoln’s birthday exercises. Chaplain Robert Walker spoke on “The Faithfulness of Abraham Lincoln.” Grade one boys viewed a six reel movie of the play The Littlest Rebel in the afternoon.
Old time home remedy promotes Haarlem Oil Capsules for bladder and kidney ailments in the elderly. The ad praises rapid relief from aches and various organ pains, promises refund if not helping, and urges readers to buy from their druggist. It stresses purity and originality of the Haarlem Oil product.
A tired mother refuses to cook and voices fatigue after years of serving the family. The father proposes a weekend guest plan, and the children pack and prepare. A kindly visitor arrives for a festive stay with meals, rides, and comforts, until a kitchen mishap reveals hidden tensions.
In a domestic scene Ellen and her mother argue over a guest in the kitchen. The guest is blamed for selfishness until the father intervenes and proclaims she will stay as a permanent family member, transforming the household.
An advertisement promotes Orine as a home remedy for the drink habit. It claims thousands of satisfied wives report sobriety and financial relief, offers a money back guarantee, and notes two forms No 1 powder and No 2 pills priced at $1.00. Sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Washington, D.C.
A 1916 verse piece laments weary walkers and celebrates the dauntless few who press on. It praises steady, brave souls needed to meet the world’s tasks and warns against the trifiers and the frightened who turn back before the crest.
Violinist Albert Stoessel will be a soloist at the Russian Music Society concert in the Oulukanoff studio at 295 Huntington Avenue on Tuesday February 29. He will perform Rimsky Korsakov and Borodin works with soprano Edith Chapman Goold of New York. A 16 member Harvard Radcliffe chorus will sing Russian folk songs and Olin Downes will provide brief talks on the composers. Tea follows the concert.
An exhausted writer recalls attempting to cook a family dinner after discovering an empty apartment and a day off. A ruined roast, exploding eggs, and near raw vegetables culminate in a modest meal, praised by mother and Lottie despite the chaos.
Mary Pickford will appear usually five days per week in the Daily Post and each Sunday in the Sunday Post. The arrangement emphasizes regular appearances by the famed actress and performer across the two newspapers.
Dorothy C sends a photo of her twin sons noting their attractive, healthy appearance and potential for future acting, expressed with pride.
Instructions for a Dolly Varden cake with layered dough and raisin mix, plus a bun and a cornmeal milk pudding. Includes amounts for butter sugar eggs milk baking powder and spices and notes on layering frosting. Ends with a byline for Mrs Charles A Wheeler of Nashua New Hampshire.
Mischa Elman, violinist, drew a large audience yesterday afternoon at Symphony Hall. He played Nardini and Paganini concertos among others and, despite prior fears of vanity, showed growth toward higher art, adding pieces in response to applause.
Kenneth Weeks son of Andrew Gray and Alice Standish Tabor Weeks was killed in battle near Givenchy France. Rector Elwood Worcester read his letter yesterday afternoon during a memorial service at Emmanuel Church. Many friends attended the service.
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