Boston Post launches Sewing Circle for women readers
The Boston Post announces Sewing Circle a new department in its Daily and Sunday Post for women to discuss home life health household tasks and social questions. Readers may write on one side of the paper use pseudonyms and address questions to the Sewing Circle Editor to share tips recipes and domestic advice.
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A HAPPY WOMAN
A Chelsea reader writes of her husband supporting a busy household with three children aged four, four, and two months. She lists his helpful acts from cooking and shopping to caring for the infant, noting occasional cross moments and boxing at the Y. She jokes about compiling a book of letters and asks for a recipe for a one egg cake.
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Chelsea
February Bride Travel Wardrobe Inquiries For Washington Trip
A reader seeks fashion guidance for a February wedding and trip from Boston to Washington. Questions cover climate appropriate outfits, a traveling suit for church, hat and trimming colors for a mouse colored suit, and whether to buy one or two suits. The inquirer notes being about 20 and in moderate circumstances with no advisor.
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Sewing Circle
Washington, D. C
Boston
Goldfish Ailments and Growths Reported by Rosalie
Rosalie of Everett reports six goldfish with growths resembling twine. Four fish show a growth about two inches long that periodically drops off and regrows. The fishes remain bright and active aside from these lesions.
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Rosalie
Everett
Naming the Cottage Suggestions for a Cottage Name
A letter to Mrs F offers several cottage name ideas including Pinehurst Maple View Forest Vale Lake View and Lake Wood. The writer believes the cottage is beautiful and that the chosen name should reflect that quality. The note ends abruptly as the writer hopes a selection will be made.
Wrinkles Vanish Overnight Says Wealthy Beaut y
A famed socialite at Waldorf Astoria recounts a night result where deep wrinkles disappeared after a simple method. She warns against fake remedies and offers a free information folder upon request, via Madame H. M. at The Kalene Suite 750A New York.
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Waldorf Astoria
New York
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Paris
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Berlin
Per Yennes
Sunshine Letter to Post Requesting Notification
A reader asks the Post to write back so they may know the status. The message adds a courteous wish for the recipient’s satisfaction and closes with the word Sunshine.
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Sunshine
Chivalry on the crowded trolley a mother’s reflection
A Boston to home trolley ride shows an old poor man giving up his seat to a younger woman. The narrator, a mother, notes her discomfort and respect for his gesture while urging men to consider the needs of others before offering seats. She weighs duty, pride, and fairness, concluding that circumstances alter cases.
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Boston
WIFE SHOULD NOT BE SLAVE TO
Boston readers discuss gender equality and partnership in marriage in a letter urging mutual respect and shared domestic duties. The writer, English by birth, rejects the idea of a wife as a servant and calls for wives to avoid subservience while emphasizing mutual kindness and companionship. The message ends with a date reference, Tuesday the 18th.
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Boston
Felicia
Letter for Rosey seeks her address for forwarding
A letter has arrived for Rosey and will be forwarded if she sends her address. Ed.
Molly of Brookline Struggles Over Household Roles
In a staged dialogue, Molly of Brookline challenges Honey about her husband’s behavior and the expectation of wifely submission. The monologue critiques marital norms, suggesting contentment only when a wife is a meek servant who cleans up after her husband before marriage and afterward.
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Molly
Brookline
Bust developing secrets promise free tips for women
An American businesswoman in Providence claims to have obtained a Japanese secret for farm development and wrinkle removal. The method allegedly fills neck and chest hollows, firms and enlarges the bust, smooths wrinkles, and improves complexion. Subscribers receive full details by mail without charge, promising a private home routine.
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Providence
New England Housewives Recipes Featured in Sunday Post
Chopped recipes from Mrs Gertrude Hurd and Mrs N C James appear with detailed measures for bread and biscuits, fig stuffing, and tomato rice filling. Instructions cover mixing, rising, shaping, and baking times, with names and addresses of contributors in New Hampshire and Massachusetts locales.
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N. C. James
Delicate Lima Beans Prepared With Milk Bake
Delicate lima beans are soaked overnight then boiled and shells removed. They are cooked in hot sweet milk with salt and pepper, baked slowly for two hours, then uncovered to brown. Butter is dotted on top before serving in the baking dish. Mary E. Russell Neponset.
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Anna M. Fuller
Washington Street
Lanesville
Mary E. Russell
Bertram Street
Neponset
Barefooted girl a wife bride in Providence
Miss Ida Taylor Crandall aged 18 who ran away from Linwood avenue yesterday in the bitter cold in her stocking feet while ill with scarlet fever was found today the wife of Fred Morse Douglas a young optician. Her parents have forgiven her escapade.
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Providence
Ida Taylor Crandall
Linwood Avenue
Fred Morse Douglas
Lady of the Ice Wins First Prize at Vendome Carnival
Adrienne, a top skater, competes against Walter Lawrence in an ice carnival on the pond. Walter unveils “the kitten's tangle,” twists to captivate judges, yet an apparent slip costs him the prize as Adrienne’s “lady and the mouse” earns top marks for merit. Walter hints at a future chance, and Adrienne departs hopeful for another contest.
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Adrienne
Walter Lawrence
Walter
Allen Davis
Waradville
Laporte
Ice King
Allen
Lady and the
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Lady and the Mouse
Temperance Society Celebrates 11th Anniversary Jubilation
The St. Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society of Roxbury marked its 11th founding anniversary with a banquet, speeches and a musical program at Longfellow Hall Dudley Street. President Patrick D Walsh led the event with speakers including Representative Frank Colpoys and several local figures.
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St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence and Literary Society
Roxbury
Longfellow Hall
Intercolonial
Dudley Street
Patrick D. Walsh
Frank &. Colpoys
Thomas Hynn
Thomas F. Phelan
John F. Cahill
Thomas P. O'Keefe
John E. Woods
William Glynn
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Joseph Barrett
Thomas Burkley
Timothy Hurley
Charles Duross
Vermont Daughters Plan Social February 17
The Daughters of Vermont announce a social on February 17 to observe their annual gentlemen's night. The event has been a major success in past years with a large delegation of gentlemen expected to attend and enjoy the planned entertainments.
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Artist Jongers Under Knife in Bermuda
Alphonse Jongers the portrait painter from New York underwent an appendicitis operation today in Hamilton Bermuda. His condition this evening was reported as favorable.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Alphonse Jongers
New York
Sunday Post Promises New Home and Fashion Features
The up-to-date housekeeper will find a wealth of good things in next Sunday's Post including the latest fashions shown in colors hints on interior decorations dressmaking notes designs for towel ends and a full page of every day helps and household suggestions.
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