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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
11
A Boston Post Sewing Circle page collects letters on marriage vows and home life. Readers debate obedience, suffrage, and love lasting, urging practical husband cooperation while discussing adoption and family budgeting.
The Sunday Post features notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions and community insights on sewing topics, crafts, and hobbyist tips highlighted in the paper's letter pages.
A short column titled Over the Wire presents a light discussion on fashion and etiquette hosted by an unnamed correspondent. The piece references Dorothy as a contributor offering tips and observations on current style trends.
A reader recalls a cheerful morning chat with Elaine proposing a bridge game that afternoon. Grace wears a stylish blouse of Chippendale print silk with Georgette crepe accents and a V-neck vest, completing a simple elegant outfit.
Burton Holmes presented a Panama-Pacific Exposition lecture praised for its color and architecture. His camera work surpassed previous efforts. The same lecture repeats this afternoon, season ends tonight with a talk on West Point and the Yellowstone.
In Cannon, Miss Sadie O'Brien befriends Aunt Martha Sands and her nephew Jim during a planting fever. Mr. Billy Sands, a bashful bachelor, grows fond of Sadie as they garden together, becomes jealous of Jim, and ultimately plans to propose. The trio ends with a happy, if bustling, ending.
Two championship series start February 28 at Harvard to crown the university champion and a novice champion. The university title is open to Harvard students with intercollegiate chess experience or those approved by the executive committee, while the novice title is open to all students. Matches take place in Harvard Chess Club quarters in Fairfax Hall.
Local readers are directed to the Sunday Post for a complete page of household recipes. The letter lists lemon pie with upper crust by Mrs. B. W. Horriges of Kittery Maine, and an almond cake by Gina A. Johnson of Lowell. A third entry describes a dessert beverage using three bananas eight oranges three lemons and apricots or peaches.
A tip recommends placing crystal ammonia in a jar with a few drops of oil of lavender and adding boiling water to purge a room after men smoke. Source credited to M. BE. HARDING of Box F North Conway New Hampshire.
Poem urges gentle daily kindness toward loved ones in the face of looming loss. The Bentztown Bard reflects on the inevitability of death and the value of loving, patient conduct to spare regret when passing comes. The verses emphasize tenderness, joy, and thoughtful actions to ease sorrow.
Samuel W. Mendum corrects an error noting Robert Frost was the poet at Tufts Phi Beta Kappa Delta Chapter public exercises in Goddard Chapel on May 5 1915. Mendum, present at the reception, ships correction from Boston February 18 1916.
Fire swept the Detroit University School gymnasium late in the afternoon destroying the building. Two basketball teams and a few resident pupils were inside but escaped unharmed. The midwinter vacation reduced occupancy. Loss estimated at $100,000.
A narrator visits poor child workers in factories and meets Miss Jenny, an elderly tenement resident. Despite hardship, Miss Jenny longs for a canary, and the narrator and mother acquire a bright singer bird and cage to brighten her life. The piece notes seeking vivid color and adventure in future neighborhood visits.
The Rev. Lewis M. Roper of Petersburg leads a Union Ten Days' Mission at Dudley Street Baptist Church with St. James Christian and Advent Christian co operating. Mrs Emma R Saunders soloist with assisting ministers C C Farnham M W Williams and C L Page. A separate talk by P B Blanchard on How to be a Millionaire at Maverick Church. Choir music led by John K Snyder with Mrs W W Stover as soprano. A 10 days gospel campaign in Maynard directed by Union Congregational and Methodist churches with Evangelist Lewis H Smith. Noonday service at King's Chapel conducted by the Rev Emery B Hunt with musical program led by Organist Lang.
The correspondent notes skirts remain short this winter and mud spats dirty the look. Advice suggests wearing clean skirts and, for weak ankles, shoes for a while. Shoes are said to help conceal ankle excess flesh.
Keaiop Mary Pickford's talks will appear usually five days a week in the Daily Post and each Sunday in the Sunday Post.
Harvard professor William B. Medlicott told the Master Builders' Association at 166 Devonshire Street that a standard building type could reduce the $200,000,000 annual fire loss. He said insurance and construction must advance together and warned against short lived, fire prone structures.
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