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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1916
Page
15
Readers of the Sewing Circle weigh in on a married woman keeping her maiden name, arguing it preserves identity and social recognition. Letters discuss insurance policy names, engagement rings, and personal autonomy amid marriage, with personal anecdotes and calls for womanly rights.
A fragment describes an outfit with a silver lace trimmed foundation skirt in rose-flowered chiffon, stiffened at the hem with a silver ribbon. It mentions silver slippers as practical and stylish for summer, more versatile than black and less easily soiled. Goodbye.
A 1918 Bentztown Bard poem urges readers to spread joy to others. It describes chasing gladness as an art and notes the power of a personal beam to lift shadows. The verse emphasizes a positive creed guiding daily deeds.
At the Boston Scientific Society meeting tonight Dr Harvey W Shimer associate professor of paleontology at Technology will speak on a new chapter in the story of evolution at the society rooms on Boylston street.
Poem recounting pilgrims voyage and homeward claims by George Lunt born about 1807. It contrasts enduring faith and freedom with nostalgia for native lands while praising noble hearts and their green graves. The refrain Where the free dare to be this is our home appears throughout.
The writer seeks guidance about a young man visiting with another man. The adviser says the man may be passing time on bad nights and stresses that true love requires mutual intent, noting marriage is an all year affair. If he truly cares, he would visit alone and plan for a future together.
Classic home recipes from Minnice C. Austin and M. Ef Lary. Southern chicken fricassee instructs to cut fowl small, layer in pan with salt pepper flour fat pork, add water for gravy, bake 2 to 3 hours. dressing uses ground crackers and poultry seasoning. Cinnamon rolls mix sugar sour milk soda lard and flour, roll, cut, and bake with cinnamon sugar.
Paragraphs describe a parade of spring fashion trends. Parasol shapes hats rise in height at the back while turbans trend draped. Sweaters gain prominence for summer and silk skirts return with cords for support. Cameo buckles in pale pink and white brighten evening wear as blouses turn bolder in color and gowns favor chiffon bodices with bare sleeves.
A reader reports easing discomfort by breaking off corset stays that protruded under the arms about two inches from the top. The change reduces irritation and makes corsets more comfortable.
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