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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1921
Page
12
A nostalgic verse by Joyce Kilmer contrasts wandering life with the comfort of home. The speaker notes travelers seek shelter and a roof, arguing gypsies carry a home within and roads exist for the homes they lead to, ending with images of a golden town and houses.
A reader asks if a widow must keep a promise not to remarry, while others debate laws on high heels and cosmetics. The column condemns rash reform, urges health education and real opportunity, and notes moral concerns about cosmetic use, fashion, and the social environment shaping women’s choices.
Born February 7 1478 in London Thomas More author of Utopia rose in Henry VII era. He guided youth learned manners hung with Canterbury household opposed Henry VIII divorce and suffered execution. His Chelsea mansion and estate passed to Elizabeth I.
A fragment notes a practical kitchen tip: adding a small amount of butter to water prevents vegetables macaroni or rice from boiling over. It advises saving the starchy cooking liquid for soup and mentions celery salt after peeling onions.
In a sharp spoof from 1920 by Thompson, Jack and Jill fret over an imagined medical crisis. Jill confesses a supposed adenoid problem after a boastful talk with Anne, prompting Jack to insist on immediate examination. The twist reveals Jill has no ailment or need for surgery and she and Jack share relieved amusement.
Edgar Thornton, in New York, grows mushrooms in his cellar after buying spawn and following Washington Department of Agriculture guidance. Scarcity that winter boosts demand from hotels and restaurants, netting enough to cover his entire house rent.
Rubbed over the hands before washing the odor will disappear. If you add salt to ground coffee before boiling it will improve the flavor. For burns use picric acid and gently paine the area allowing it to dry. Use toilet soapsuds and a shaving brush to clean plaster of Paris figures. Dipping in alum water adds alabaster appearance. Preserve gilt frames with a coat of white varnish. Mrs Guy A Wright 152 Neponset Avenue Dorchester.
Readable page shows baked beans with pork and mustard, plus shrimp and pimento salad in mayo, pineapple jelly dessert. Ingredients list includes yellow eyes and kidney beans, salt pork, onion, mustard, molasses, paprika, curry, mayonnaise, lettuce, and a gelatin cream dessert, attributed to Mrs. R FP Bailey of Haverhill.
The Post letters ask if a person may change their name with Probate Court consent under Massachusetts law. They query which method makes eggs more digestible and provide timing for soft and hard boiled eggs. They note when the U S stopped minting 3 cent coins and list army ranks at end of hostilities. They also reveal a second stanza to the Queen of Hearts rhyme about the tarts.
Anne Wilton hosts a house party that becomes a test of loyalty as her cousin Arthur and Rose quarrel over fidelity. Anne manipulates friends and calls to thwart Arthur while portraying herself as a forgiving, humane hostess. Rose leaves early, while Anne contemplates a wistful vision of what might have been.
Uncle Walt notes a violent era where greed and hate drive killers for small gains as city streets grow dangerous. He mocks sensational crime tales crowding poets, and references Kaiser Bill amid wartime fear. Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
A publishing test compares a cloth bound edition with a paper cover at a 25 percent cheaper price for Gertrude Atherton’s The Sister-in-Law. The novel follows Alexina Groome, a San Francisco aristocrat, whose marriage to Mortimer Dwight unravels amid earthquake ruin and social clashes.
A vivid record of two women and a devoted Englishman who loves Alexina, a relation known but not returned. The sharp duel between rival affections quickens through wartime years and culminates in Paris after the armistice, marking a standout American novel of the season.
A humorous exchange shows a child chiding a mother for calling him a little lamb in public. The mother asks why not, and the boy replies it makes him feel sheepish. The light domestic banter captures a playful family dynamic.
A new margarin called Troco Nut Butter touts white coconut meat and fat free milk as a butter substitute. A. E. Hoffman, a 30 year butter maker, oversees its production in a dedicated Troco plant claiming enhanced flavor, price about half butter, and potential to buy two pounds of Troco for every one of butter.
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