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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
9
A set of social guidance notes covers paying fares, sharing gifts, and dining choices with a gentleman escort. It advises on returning fare, offering light refreshments, opening candy gifts, and ordering meals. It also mentions manners for selecting candy and questions during a restaurant order. The text shifts to praise of a naval leader noted for kindness, hard work, and rapid learning despite initial business ignorance.
Birthday note marks Samuel Pepys born February 23 1633. The diary reveals his private thoughts and actions from 1660 onward, while his naval career spanned clerkships and leadership, earning wealth and influence, and leaving a library to Magdalene College Cambridge.
Readers urged to submit new problems or comments signed with pen names. Showers of letters discuss economic hardship and thrift during wartime, with examples from readers about clothing cuts, food costs, and family budgets.
Advertisement touts Musterole as a clean alternative to mustard plasters. It claims relief from sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches and more with no blistering, offered in 30c 60c jars and a hospital size of 2.50.
The Sunday Post highlights several notable letters to the Sewing Circle, presenting reader perspectives on crafts, community, and everyday life through a string of personal notes and responses.
A reflective piece about coping with loss as the speaker joins a sisterhood of women learning to endure. It blends faith, patience, and sacrifice with patriotic imagery. The speaker finds strength in trust and honors a loved one through the flag’s symbolism and national ideals.
A reader despite two failed marriages seeks guidance on choosing a steady partner. The advice urges patience, independence, and careful study of a man’s character over wealth, stressing whether he is congenial, supportive, and capable of lasting peace and happiness with her and her child.
A lyrical fragment describes warm south wind, melting snow, a hidden stream, and a dream of spring. Imagery includes glistening slopes, bubbling hollows, sunlit pools, breaking ice, and red birds lifting their wings in valleys of visions.
The column notes style shifts with skirts shorter in front than back and shirts becoming service waists. Chenille embroidery trims velour dresses while many suit coats feature high stock collars and low open fronts.
The article argues that toleration and self sacrifice form the core of a contented marriage. It emphasizes patience and mutual understanding as essential, urging spouses to prioritize harmony over personal grievances.
Miss Marie A. George chief yeowoman at the Boston navy yard says her comments at a State House hearing were misunderstood. She asserts she did not insult the yeomen or their service and argues that at the navy yard both yeomen and yeowomen share hazardous duties with equal pay considerations for the bonus.
The Forty- Third Massachusetts Regiment Association held its 48th annual meeting at Kingsley Hall. Officers chosen include James F. Shapleigh of Roslindale as president, John F. Hatch of Rockland as first vice president, Daniel A. Cronin of Roxbury as second vice president, Ralph J. Sabin of Putnam Connecticut as third vice president, Luther W. Bixby of Roxbury as secretary, and Thomas R. Appleton of Brookline as treasurer.
Amherst College will close for the summer on June 5. President Alexander Meiklejohn announced the early closing date and said the spring recess and the semester examination period have been cancelled.
A brief recipe describes mixing two cups flour with one cup cream and sugar plus egg and leaveners soda and cream of tartar dissolved in cream. The batter, stirred well, yields a nice treat for children at tea, credited to Ethel L. Winn.
In a light style chat Dorothy notes fashion, praising a new sports dress by Lucille with a strawberry pink slip-on and black satin bands. She mentions chiffon cloth's washability and a pink parasol with large black polka dots as daring accessories for white lingerie gowns.
A tip to fix watery potatoes by adding a lime the size of a hen's egg, draining to yield dry mealy results. An old potatoes trick: scoop small potato balls from large spuds, boil in multiple waters, then steam, finish with white sauce to resemble new potatoes on the table.
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