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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
7
Washington reports the government bureau of chemistry denies yeast eating causes drunkenness or a jag. Experts note the yeast craze sweeping the country is misinformed and unrelated to intoxication, while unrelated details describe colored handkerchief linen trim on a white linen blouse.
General Manager W. R. Driver Jr. refused to grant wage increases or alter working conditions for operators and student operators. He cited normalizing conditions after war, a surplus of applicants, and a policy to maintain existing wages as long as possible. He warned of public tribunal options if unions press the issue.
Boston early 1921 letter to the New England Council of Telephone Operators' Unions discusses inequitable wages and working conditions, requests for a public board of inquiry, and notes that costs of living have fallen since December. It states no operator has been discharged despite reduced traffic and that actual working hours are seven and a half per day after recesses.
Mrs M D Gillespie of Kansas City, a known beauty expert, explains a home blend to darken gray hair and add shine. Combine half a pint of water, one ounce bay rum, a small box Barbo Compound, and one half ounce glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the shade reaches the target. the result purportedly makes a gray head look twenty years younger and does not color the scalp or rub off.
New York reports reveal luxury expenditures by American women in 1920 despite taxes and records. Powdering, candy, diamonds, perfumes, hats, furs, soaps, and cosmetics account for about 584.4 million dollars, with necessities pushing total above 600 million. Men’s share is small. Signor Pug Gets Going by Mildred Cram will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Paris February 9 The Chamber of Deputies ratified the Paris agreement by 395 to 83 with many abstentions. The chamber then expressed confidence in the government by 887 to 128.
Premier Brland declared he would resign if a confidence vote to authorize going to the London conference was not obtained by midnight. The U.S. honey crop is estimated at 250 million pounds, valued at about $50 million at current high prices.
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