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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
13
In a tense Middlesex living room scene Mollie confronts Jim over an icy shift in their marriage. He leaves in anger but returns with softened words, and Mollie admits she has been inconsistent while Jim praises her and she forgives him, ending with mutual affection.
A long reader’s column outlines the joys and burdens of marriage and motherhood. Contributors discuss staying single or marrying for love, balancing work and family, and a young woman urged to resist eloping with a man under parental disapproval.
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones surveys American ingratitude using Aesop’s fable The Travellers and the Plane Tree. He argues people neglect helpers after benefits, citing work, liberty, and postwar attitudes as examples of ingratitude in society.
Mrs H B Crosby presents Fridd Peppers, Baked Beans Without Pork, Eggs in Green Peppers, and Split Peas with Bacon. The notes describe prep steps, ingredients, and serving ideas suitable for fish, steak, and cornbread sides. Included are olive oil, brown sugar, mustard, and optional sauces.
We helped Cecelie choose an afternoon hat, admiring her in many styles. After much effort we settled on a stiff Leghorn straw with a lace crown, pink rose bud top, and a back bow of pale blue ribbon.
Fadts and Fashions notes feature decorative buttons on serge frocks and fingertip length coats as safe for suit jackets. Light-weight laces dot spring blouses while taf feta dresses get occasional quilting. New skirts hug the figure. vests may become aprons. Veiling grows in popularity. silk stitchings rise as a trend. Summer frocks show organdie sleeves and white Mongolia goat fur accents. Black taffeta handbags display blue purple and green embroidery.
This item reviews card etiquette for women noting home addresses on visiting cards and suggests printing the address in the lower right corner with an optional at home day in the lower left. It advises using sincerely yours or very truly yours rather than respectfully yours and states titles on cards should not display ranks below captain.
An abolition era call to action argues that freedom demands decisive courage. It urges the nation to embody new duties as time and truth advance, declaring that the old heroes still require present valor and that future progress depends on current choices. December, 1845.
The United Service Club at 48 Boylston Street serves lunches and dinners to sailors and soldiers. Miss Jean Lawson, daughter of T. W. Lawson, oversees three pies and two cakes for the canteen. The club hosts nightly entertainments featuring Boston women and groups such as the Vincent Club and Mendelssohn Singers, with updates on returning servicemen and white star enlistment figures.
A service flag on the Boston Elevated Railway Company office at 101 Milk Street now displays 274 white stars indicating the number of the company's men serving.
A housewife recalls signing a food conservation pledge during wartime. Her husband Jim supports economizing after buying Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps, and she notes how thrift enabled new dishes like hors d oeuvres on war bread with tomato and herring, plus celery with cream cheese and Al Sauce, praised as economical.
Slavko V. Grouiich, minister of the kingdom of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes, reported theft of jewelry and rare coins valued at 10300 to police in Washington on February 7. The loss includes precious items from his personal collection.
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