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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1919
Page
13
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones argues Americans blame external problems while ignoring personal effort. He cites a fable of an old man burdened by a heavy load to show the burden is lifted by attitude, not circumstance, and urges grit to press on.
The editor offers five dollars weekly for top contributions to the Sewing Circle. Readers discuss if women should work or bear children, with letters arguing for home making as sacred duty and urging marriage, motherhood, and financial self reliance.
A series of church notices covers a Three Hail Marys devotion at St Mary's North End on Feb 19, a Feb 18 Catholic Union Hall dance to benefit Roxbury Academy of Notre Dame in Belgium, and remarks on reconstruction at the Common Cause Forum. Also details talks by Lt. Thomas T. O'Connor at St Mary's Forum, a rescheduled St Regis Guild meeting, a women’s retreat Feb 21 to 1, CTAU meeting at Cathedral School Hall to plan April 27 convention, and Star of the Sea parish festival Feb 22 inviting parishioners and adults.
The War Department announced the assignment of units to early convoy duty. Included are the 365th and 366th Infantry of the 89th Division, 34th, 350th and 851st machine gun battalions, 317th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop, 417th Sanitary Train, 817th Supply Train, 817th Engineers and train, 517th Training Headquarters, 2d Military Police, 325th Field Signal Battalion of the 92nd Negro division, Sanitary Squads 1 and 32, Base Hospital No 2, 6th Air Park, Balloon Companies D F and F, Base Hospital No 19 and 185th Aero Squadron.
The Magrane Houston Company Cooperative Association hosted a Valentine party and dance at Odd Fellows' hall. Members, friends, and many former employees attended, with arrangements led by Mrs. King and a committee including Miss Cardella Miss Buckley Miss Harrington Miss Grady Miss Murray Mr. Restall Mr. Oneill and Mr. Gardner.
The Rev S C Bearse will preach on The Amusement Problem at Channing Church Dorchester Avenue and East Cottage Street Sunday at 1030 am inviting Henry Jewett Players and H Conway Wingfield to attend Bearse argues church should oversee wholesome amusements. Father and Son night at Broadway Baptist tomorrow Scotch Highlander MacBride to recount front experiences Tuesday. Rev William Harman van Allen preaches at Church of the Advent February 22 to 28 Atlantic City sermon Tomorrow at Advent on The Great Refusal and Saving America by Americans. He addresses Walham Grange Monday on A Lasting Peace and Cambridge Radio School boys Thursday on Literature and Life in Christ Church Parish House. Dr John Higginson Cabot speaks on Washington next Friday. Inter church Sunday union services mark observance under Federal Churches of Christ in America with a May 6 7 8 Cleveland meeting.
A widow asks if she should marry her late husband’s friend despite her mother-in-law’s sorrow. The counselor urges honoring mourning while guiding the widow toward personal happiness and the living family’s needs.
Senator elect Walsh will be given a banquet by the David I Walsh Collegiate Club of Boston on Tuesday evening February 2. The event likely marks his last function before taking office in Washington on March 4. Harry J Dooley is president and Thomas N Gannon secretary of the club.
Poem fragment recalls Madelon the cafe girl beloved by French Poilus and American soldiers. It blends wartime romance with chanson moods as soldiers dream of her in cafes from Hoboken to the trenches. The refrain links Madelon to memory and love across fronts.
In Palm Beach Dorothy recalls a Valentine gathering aboard the Houseboat. The scene features heart shaped treats including sandwiches and ice cream as a wounded train aviator shares a station meet with a young woman in a lavender hat. They appear engaged or on the verge of it.
Read Sunday Post full page of recipes including Irish Tea Cake and Economy Egg Omelet. Notes cover mixing method, ingredients, bake times, and serving ideas with entries by Mrs William Drought and others from Northampton and Readfield Depot.
A cautious moral tale about a girl named Wilhelmina Stitch whose joy and singing are crushed by constant teasing. Taunts erode her happiness, turning cheer into silence as friends regret their cruelty after joy is killed. The piece warns readers that taunting is harsher than a harsh voice.
A column answers two reader questions. In mourning for a near relative attend the wedding ceremony but skip the reception. An engaged woman may not freely attend amusements with other men unless accompanied by her fiancé in a group, chaperoned with his consent.
The article highlights summer sports events featuring The fam o Shanter with fashion notes on pink batiste cotton pajamas with pale blue piping, evening gowns with floating sleeves and shoulder knots, panels and tunics creating narrow effects, smart dark taffetas underskirts and tunics, straight buttonless jackets, sheer cotton lingerie blouses, and black and white checked suits with self hands as the sole decoration.
Uncle Walt Mason spins a wry sketch of streetwise psychology noting that every man’s mood and disposition show in his countenance. The speaker muses on grim brows, short tempers, and prideful postures, concluding most faces reveal inward tales beyond outward dress.
John Morley feels unappreciated as a homefront father until Grace Bourne teaches him to knit for the war effort. He joins at the fire station, earning pride with a sweater for a friend’s loved one and discovers his son Bill will marry Grace.
A short verse celebrating sunshine and home life. It speaks of saving sunshine for loved ones, greeting twilight, and returning home to beauty and gentle springtime joy. The piece centers on domestic affection and daily life.
The old observer notes Boston’s coldest February 15 records 2 below in 1875 and 1 above in 1888 Official figures show warmest February 15 at 60 degrees in 1882 and 1908. He adds that rain or snow fell on the date in 1909 1915 and 1918.
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