Dear Sewing Circle letter on husbands spending money
A reader asks if a wife is wrong to give her husband 30 cents daily for meals and small expenses while he earns 50 dollars a week at a munition factory. She defends flexibility, noting past allowances and the need to stretch food costs amid high prices. The letter reflects wartime domestic finance debates and duties to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiis
Abraham Lincoln
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Wifhd
Mother
The Sewing Circle Addresses Household Money Woes
The column presents letters from readers on budget control and marriage finances. A wife recounts handling money during marriage and pursuing independence after her husband mishandles funds. Another piece critiques five cent pocket money and urges fair share for husbands. Additional readers discuss joint finances, spending discipline, and sharing household duties. The tone is advise column style from a midcentury newspaper.
A Friend Slain in Broad Daylight
A somber lament recalls a friend who died after a harsh word and a single cruel moment. The speaker mourns a lost companion, slain by an act of violence and silent pain, reflecting on guilt and memory.
Home style holiday recipes from New England notices
A collection of old time recipes with brief attribution from Mrs. Anna Morrill to Mrs. Bh. L. Brown. Includes Mexican Omelet Carrot Pudding Pork Cake Spiced Cranberries and One Egg Custard Pie with simple instructions and serving ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Morrill
Prospect Street
Brattleboro
Edward Newland
Free Street
Portland
Georgy O. Thayer
Bartlett Street
Brockton
Francis P. Bangs
Commercial Street
Provincetown
BH. L. Brown
Bashful boy and girl seek words to mend quarrel at school
A reader asks how to repair a strained relation with a bashful boy from dancing class and school. The advice urges clear explanation and a simple apology or smile to restore harmony, noting either gender can speak first to heal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Make Love the Little Music of Her Day
Fragmentary poem fragment from 1917 credits Southern Press Syndicate. It repeats make love imagery as guidance for a life shared between lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Press Syndicate
Lucille in Apple Green Silk Duveryn Coat Returns Home
A narrator asks who should greet the speaker on return, naming Lucille in a striking apple green silk duveryn coat. The description details a fitted bodice, long full skirt, wide black braid sash, open wide collar, and very tight sleeves with wide crumpled cuffs.
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Lucille
Earn Money Knitting at Home
An advertisement claims women can earn over $2 daily by knitting hosiery at home using Auto-Knitters. The work is described as pleasant, easily learned, and provides steady year round employment. Send a 2 cent stamp to Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co Inc Desk 8 D 147 Franklin St Buffalo NY for details.
Catholic services and memorial mass announced in city churches
Lent Way of the Cross will be held daily at St Marys North End 1230 to 1245 except Saturdays and Sundays. Mount Benedict Council No 7 Knight of Columbus memorial mass set for 930 Thursday Feb 22 at St Catherines Somerville. 40 Hours devotion starts Friday Feb 23 at St Francis de Sales Charlestown and St Clare Bennet Street South End. Boost Debating Society officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
North End
Mount Benedict Council
Knight of Columbus
St. Catherine’s Church
Somerville
Council
St. Francis de Sales
Charlestown
Monastery of St. Clare
Bennet Street
South End
Boston College High School elects officers
Matthew F. McGuire of Charlestown was elected president Arthur K Smith of Lynn vice president Patrick T Nolan of Somerville secretary and Joseph J Doyle of Cambridge treasurer in the student club vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston College High School
Matthew F. McGuire
Charlestown
Arthur KK. Smith
Lynn
Patrick T. Nolan
Somerville
Joseph J. Doyle
Cambridge
Woman Drugist Grace Kerr Dies In Chelsea Store
Grace W. Kerr, one of the state’s few registered women pharmacists, died suddenly in the Frost pharmacy at Broadway and Webster Avenue Chelsea last night while her husband William M. Kerr was out to dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace W. Kerr
William M. Kerr
Frost Pharmacy
Broadway and
Webster Avenue
Chelsea
Protestant Church Conventions Gather in Boston Area
The 29th annual Boston Christian and Missionary Alliance convention meets at Park Street Church today through Thursday with prayers at 9 AM and sessions at 1 PM and 6 30 PM. The Cathedral Church of St Paul hosts the lay diocese communion on February 22 at 8 AM with a breakfast and address by Franklin B Edmonds of Philadelphia. Deaconess Stewart of China speaks at the Cathedral Woman's Auxiliary meeting. Rev Franklin K Gifford, formerly at Sandwich, accepts call to Farmington Maine Unitarian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Park Street
William Franklin
New England
St. Paul
Washington
Franklin
Edmonds
Philadelphia
Stewart
China
Woman’s Auxiliary
Franklin K. Gifford
Brookline
Unitarian Church
Sandwich
Farmington, Me
Dolly B Atwood Granted Divorce in Dedham Court
Mrs Dolly B Atwood of North Abington daughter of Walter C Arnold of M N Arnold Company shoe makers was granted a divorce from Benjamin W Atwood of Whitman an auto salesman by Judge Callahan on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment in Dedham Court yesterday.
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Dolly B. Atwood
North Abington
Walter C. Arnold
M. N. Arnold Company
Benjamin W. Atwood
Whitman
Callahan
Dedham
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Tau
Sewing Circle
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Jack London
Robert W. Chambers
Gouverneur Morris
Fannie Hurst
John Galsworthy
Samuel Merwin
George Randolph Chester
Wilhelm
Arthur Somers Roche
Society For
America
March
Cosmopolitan
James W. Foley
E. P. Dutton & Co
N. Y
Halifax
Mildred Champagne
D Stuart
Hathaway Street
Providence
R. 1
Horlick
Prica
Dorothy
Sunkist
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Catholic Church Notes
Boost Debating Society
Tremont ST
Georgette Crepe
Winter Street
Epard Norwell Compan
Grafonola
Columbia
Mbia
Shepard Norwell Company
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