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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
12
The Sewing Circle is a Boston Post department for homemakers of New England to discuss home life and family issues. Topics include baby care, economy, gardening, and household management with anonymous letters and mutual advice. Guidance stresses helpfulness and courteous tone.
Miss Gertrude Curley presents a Cambridgeport drama where Norma Chandler cares for Sefton Chandler on his deathbed. He confesses a dream of murder, but Norma retches his fear with steadfast devotion, and in a vow she binds herself to him forever despite peril and pain.
A reader asks if a one time lover should separate from his wife. The adviser argues laws and society cannot bind hearts, and two people should seek happiness. If parenthood ties them, they may stay for the children, but ethical marriage should prevail for real happiness. No doubt about it.
A reader questions whether spouses should keep secrets from each other and how much of a partner's past to disclose. The letter-writer defends withholding personal details to avoid destroying imagined ideals and explains concealing a harmless habit to prevent disruption in the relationship.
The passage debates whether spouses should know each other’s thoughts and whether women who claim to keep no secrets from their husband are truly free. It questions hero worship and spiritual stakes in intimate relationships, referencing the idea of “wil oats” and personal inspiration.
A letter from a woman who lost her husband argues a man over forty needs a wife to share life and support. She says a kind, loving partner helps happiness and comfort, and urges that it would be the wife’s wish to see him content. She signs with the initials "3".
Dorothy writes to John urging resilience after loss and suggests seeking a tender, true partner who values home life. She recalls that to love and be loved is life and God’s command, and wishes him happiness with the right spouse.
A reader shares a letter about a widowed aunt seeking love after losing her fiancé, then pivots to a long set of kitchen instructions. The text includes two recipes for jelly with macaroons and a yeast bread biscuit, followed by initials and street addresses.
A 22 year old wife writes from Readville asking whether to continue a secret relationship with an older married man or remain faithful to her traveling salesman husband. She notes frequent leisure outings with the lover and his insistence on kissing upon return home.
Elizabeth J. Magee age 102 dies in Woonsocket R I oldest resident born in Glasgow Scotland Aug 28 1809 she came to America before age two lived in Eastport Maine Douglas Massachusetts and North Uxbridge Massachusetts she was last of six children.
The piece reflects Mason expressing fatigue with writing rough verses and society’s greed while imagining various figures of wealth and fame. He ends with resilience, declaring happiness in self and continuing to cheerfully persevere.
To the Editor of the Post Sir I am so strongly in favor of the leap year proposals that I cannot permit myself to express an opinion in common prose Therefore my spirit bursts forth into song which I hope will be an inspiation and encouragement to those damsels who might or might not be thinking of making proposals of marriage Yours for freedom of choice CAMBRIDGE.
A verse comic urges a fair damsel to propose in leap year. It offers a playful list of traditional duties and vows to win a suitor by charm and service. The piece ends noting the speaker as Leap Year Poet and crowning the future wife as Mrs Cambridge.
A letter extols equal suffrage and praises the Post for inviting reader discussion on leap year proposals. The bachelor voice congratulates the paper for pleasing readers especially women and jokes about women publishing sealed proposals for suitors and marriages, inviting engagement from both sides.
The writer muses on letting ladies cast their fortunes in marriage and urges fair maids and bashful swains to embrace traditional rights. He suggests women should decide the marriage question whenever and wherever they see best, praising female agency.
A reader argues that true romance relies on male proposing and the man as protector. The writer contends equality would erase the romantic dynamic, claiming the husband bears the main burden and should decide when to propose. A SISTER.
The Portuguese cruiser Republica tied at pier 5 grounded at low water while at Rowe's wharf and could not dock at the gas house pier. A nine gun salute was fired and returned at the navy yard before she proceeded in. Ensign J C Jennings of the Chester visited Captain Lame to extend greetings. George Duart and F C Seruya visited the ship but Captain Lame was ashore.
A young 18 year old writes seeking guidance about a boyfriend who keeps wearing a stickpin gifted by a former girlfriend. The adviser says the gesture shows bad taste, causes distress, and may reveal whether his affections are genuine. The response urges him to discard the pin to be fair and avoid prolonging doubt.
A 19 year old girl seeks guidance about a two year relationship with a man who has recently stopped taking her out. She wonders if clothing or money matters, or if he is losing interest. The adviser urges frank discussion to learn the cause and suggests a change of heart, not wardrobe, as the likely reason.
James Nobel Adam former Democratic mayor of Buffalo and founder of J. N. Adam & Co. dry goods house died here after a brief illness.
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