Sewing Circle Discusses Household Life and Parental Support
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers of New England to share advice on home and family matters. Letters may use pen names and should be single sided addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor. A New Hampshire note reflects on parental support and costs through childhood to independence.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
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What is the best time for people to marry Portia asks
A reader in the Sewing Circle lists proposed restrictions on marriages and adds a suggestion that husbands must be able to support a wife and child, arguing lack of proper food and clothing causes most divorces, and invites sisters to respond.
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Portia
Should mothers be pensioned debate on marriage and poverty
A discussion centers on whether mothers deserve a pension to ensure their sons remain unmarried to prevent poverty. One side argues a mother may justify keeping sons single while she lives, to guard against poverty, while the opposing view holds a woman’s greater obligation is to herself.
My Long Struggle with Weight Then a Turning Moment
A narrator describes fatness and misery from rheumatism asthma and neuralgia. The speaker tried every advertised medicine diet exercise and climate change but worsened digestion and kept gaining weight. Embarrassed by jokes and social withdrawal the narrator declares something had to be done.
Pension for widowed mothers to save children from poverty
A letter argues that mothers who bore fourteen children should receive a pension to fund education for their offspring. The writer endorses placing aging mothers in homes only if funds are unavailable, claiming money motivates filial care and that society should value the next generation over the elderly.
Fond Mother and the Auto Dream in Family Duty
A letter-writer condemns a sister who sent her husband's mother to a charitable home to fund her son's college and ridicules abandoning parents for material comforts. The writer recalls caring for her own mother, contrasting sacrifice with pride in a car, and warns that children will reap their due in later life. Fair Play No. 2.
The Other Kind Dear Sewing Circle
A reflection on parental duty questioning whether gratitude to parents justifies sacrificing children welfare for parents benefits. It argues many children suffer from neglect and calls out mothers who desert, deprioritize, or mistreat their offspring, urging honesty about parental responsibility.
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Sewing Circle
Letter Writer condemns selfish mothers in harsh biblical critique
A reader denounces a published piece as Cruel and urges moral reciprocity. The correspondent argues a mother’s sacrifice for her children is justified yet condemns selfish behavior. They invoke scripture and question the fate of elderly parents, ending with the sign off Only A Schoolgirl.
Cold Blooded Letter From Fond Mother Sparks Family Censure
A correspondent signing as Fond Mother rebukes a harsh letter from a daughter defending her husband. The Loving Daughter signature appears in a response that condemns the letter as heartless and urges honoring parents, warning of justice someday. The exchange recalls family duty and moral admonition in a domestic dispute.
Great Vital Truths Debate Shapes Boston School Vote
Nationally prominent educators sparked a discussion on teaching young children the great vital truths of life, a question that influenced Boston’s recent school election and stirred debate among voters and officials.
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Boston
Knowledge Improperly Obtained and Child Truth
A letter from a Sewing Circle reader argues that children will learn about life from sources—mother or capable educator—or older children. The author, a former teacher, urges mothers to provide correct guidance to young children rather than leave them to overheard conversations and peers.
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Patrolman
Influence of suggestion and moral teaching in child guidance
The piece discusses how adults acknowledge suggestion's power over both adults and children and notes inconsistencies in teaching that ideas planted in a child's mind can deter wrongdoing. It cites personal anecdotes about warnings and curiosity, mentions primal disobedience, and notes Dr. Cabot agreeing with critics of sex hygiene theory, advocating religious instruction to preserve youth morals.
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Sewing Circle
Adam
Cabot
Foster
The First Kiss and Love’s Holy Crown Moment
The speaker recalls a first kiss that cleanses and elevates. The second kiss reaches the forehead, almost missing its mark, while the third settles on the lips, filling the speaker with pride and declaring possession as love’s own. The kiss is likened to a sanctifying chrism.
Inner Voice Guides Moral Strength for a Young Pianist
A reflective note extols conscience over outside praise, urging self denial and modesty as shields from evil. It states truth is known when one seeks inwardly, and that riches come to those who act rightly. The letter responds to a young pianist in a New England town asking about moving to Boston to pursue music amid major events.
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New England
Boston
Short Story Competition Rules Urged by Sunday Post
The Sunday Post editorial page urges readers to study the Short Story Competition guidelines. It emphasizes following rules and deadlines and invites participation from all writers.
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The
Sunday Post
Reconciliation Ends Engagement For Farm Life Love
After a row over living arrangements Eleanor Burton declares the engagement off. Jack King moves to the farm but returns later when Eleanor arrives with a companion. They reconcile at the cottage among roses and vow to stay together. They live happily ever after.
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Jack
Eleanor
Jack King
Eleanor Burton
Dear Sisters City Life Lures Country Girl To Opera
A lonely letter from a country girl in Boston describes scrimping on meals, waiting tables for 25 cents, and chasing fame in opera and symphonies. She urges other rural women to risk city life despite dangers, arguing farm drudgery was poorer and offers a stark view of urban possibilities and loneliness. Some letters from the Sewing Circle are printed in the Sunday Post.
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Boston
New England
Sunday Post
Mock Cherry Pie and Hamburgh Steak Recipes Shared
A housewife offers two recipes with directions and ingredient lists. The first covers hamburg steak with oysters eggs milk butter yeast salt sage and baking in a greased pan for an hour. The second details a Mock Cherry Pie filling using sugar flour water raisins cranberries and vanilla, with overnight resting and morning vanilla addition.
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M. A. Cummings
Crescent Street
Wakefield
Rice Gems Gem Pan Recipe by Ida B Peak
A short recipe notes sour milk one cupful, toiled rice one teacupful, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, one cup raisins and two cups flour. Bake in deep gem pan for half an hour. Very good. Ida B Peak Vorest street Medford.
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Ida B. Peak
Vorest
Medford
Paregraph pints on paregraph pints on pee and ashions
A color of the moment is Nell Rose a deep cerise. Frocks use bugling trimming and three piece costumes will be fashionable. Crepe de chine is favored for neglige. Paradise plumes adorn the newest coiffure fastened with jeweled ornaments. Artificial flowers brighten evening gowns adding color to white or color gowns.
Harvard Men Cut On Meals During Midyear Exams
Harvard students take advantage of a 20 day midyear exam period by eating two meals a day and sleeping longer. Many skip regular dining halls and use nearby lunch rooms to save on board costs at Memorial Hall. Some sleep about 12 hours daily and spend under $3.50 weekly for two meals.
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Harvard
College Square
Memorial Hall
U S Stamp Collection Preserved At National Museum
Washington February 7 Postmaster General Hitchcock places Uncle Sam’s postage stamp collection valued at 500000 dollars for preservation in the National Museum where philatelists and others may view it at will.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Hitchcock
National Museum
Mildred Champagne Talks On Love And Sentiment
Tremont Temple hosted Bur ton Holmes presenting Burmah and Ceylon a travelogue showing Colombo tea farms elephants at work and Buddhist funeral rites. The second half contrasted Burmese and Ceylonese life with unique Mandalay views and forest teak work.
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Tremont Temple
Burton Holmes
Burmah
Ceylon
Colombo
Lfe
Bay of Bengal
Mandalay
Holmes
Dyspepsia Blues by Walt Mason
A humorous verse on stomach pain and dyspepsia. The speaker laments indigestion's toll on mood and appetite, rejects optimistic pep talks, and mocks reform talk while describing the jig and wink of a sick stomach. The piece ends with a sharp crust of vented frustration and a warning not to bring cheer.
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Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Preserve your ideals and hitch your wagon to a star
A quoted exhortation champions choosing high ideals to attract the finest people. The speaker urges aligning with noble manhood and womanhood and discounting others deemed less worthy. This snippet reflects motivational Didactic tone and aspirational social guidance.
Arrest Man in Priest's Dress in New Hampshire
In Portsmouth on February 7, a man dressed as a priest was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses after a complaint by Rev. Edward J. Walsh. He had tried to solicit funds with credentials permitting work in New Hampshire but not fundraising. He returned the money to parishioners and was released. local clergy declined to prosecute.
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Hattie Bibl
Barclay
Denver
Colo
Portsmouth
N. H
Edward J. Walsh
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Dover
New Hampshire
Red Cross Cough Drops Mothers Remedy for Children
A brief note promotes Red Cross cough drops as a mother’s remedy for children’s colds. The short ad emphasizes soothing relief and household usefulness, aiming at parents seeking simple relief for common cold symptoms.
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Red Cross
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