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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
15
A Midwest reader writes to the Sewing Circle debating whether wives should always cook breakfast at home or if husbands can do their own cooking. She argues education and reform rather than prohibition will advance gender roles and morality, urging readers to share views.
A column from the Observant Citizen recalls General John Sullivan born in Berwick Maine and remarks on commemorations. It also discusses winter lingering, rambler roses, an 82 year old Medway Massachusetts matriarch, a Jefferson Burr Adams president by House vote in 1801, local hay trading near Bath Maine, and a Long Beach ice canopy along the coast with windward features.
In a November night scene a lone man shadows a girl in a coat who buys sweets for a dog waiting outside a candy shop. He trails, hopes, then watches her vanish into a white house. She calls him back with warmth and offers butter scotch and shelter behind the stove.
A playful sketch features Jack and Jill in a morning scene about a request for a new wristwatch. Jill receives a small timepiece as a gift and mocks the idea of reliability, while Jack learns the watch runs fast by an hour each day. The couple reconciles with humor as Jill proves the watch’s quirks and Jack accepts her timing.
A review outlines Dr. Benjamin Harrow's Vitamines debunking artificial milk without vitamins and highlights rare adrenaline facts. It also praises Mary S. Haviland's Character Training in Childhood and Walter M. Gallienan's Sex Education for sane, essential education, plus Judge Hoyt's Quicksands of Youth showing juvenile court value in guiding youth toward productive citizenship.
A letter column answers reader questions on whether there are more men or women in the United States noting 934 females per 1000 males, the proper pronunciation of Connecticut, how far apart two six foot men must stand to disappear over curvature, citizenship age, and identifies the Bismarck as the largest vessel relative to Leviathan, with White Star Line involvement.
Walt Mason uses a playful moral tale to condemn a cow thief. He notes pity for the culprit’s future and rejects public denouncement, claiming strong punishment may come in time but not from him, as he weighs justice with restraint. The piece blends humor with moral reflection on crime.
A former public school teacher in California, Mrs Mason swapped the classroom for beekeeping. She moved to sage-covered acres, established twenty apiary stands, and after selling honey at a gain surpassing her teaching salary, produced almost five tons last season with plans to expand.
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