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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1910
Page
9
The Boston Post announces Sewing Circle a new department for women readers to discuss home life health child care recipes and domestic topics. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the paper addressing Sewing Circle Editor.
A letter from a happy spinster describes a simple home shared with her mother and brother. She notes earnings of 15 dollars her brother 25 dollars and plans to spend Saturdays at the theatre with her partner who prefers her company to any other. She loves housework cooking and social visits and asks if she should change her secure path.
A 20 year old daughter writes that she runs the home after her mother's death, rents a nine room house, and is kept strictly away from male visitors. She asks if her father is too strict and what she should do about the situation. She notes she dresses well and is allowed outings but must return for supper. Her letter seeks advice on romantic freedom.
A reader asks whether a wife should attend church when her husband never does and opposes her churchgoing. The column notes the husband's stance on dances and church attendance while Jeannette seeks guidance on marital church involvement.
A reader, Doris’ Aunt, seeks a gentle treatment for her 10 year old niece’s head lice. She has washed hair twice with no relief and asks for advice that won’t harm the hair or require cutting the long thick hair.
An article from Bangor urges wives to ease their husbands burden by sharing chores and finances. It argues husbands toil long hours for food and shelter and urges wives to be cheerful, supportive, and affectionate to improve daily life.
A grandmotherly reader praises her English husband for daily acts of care, from lighting the fire to bringing breakfast in bed. She recalls sewing, housework, and even shoe polishing, and reflects that love, not duty, runs marriage, ending claims of slavery or selfishness.
This letter from Cecilia argues against remaining in a harsh house with seven-family work and slave-like treatment. The writer, signing as Helen, condemns the low wages of five dollars a week and urges intelligent American women to refuse such employment and handle their own house work.
A collage of home cooking notes from readers Mary E Flye, Margaret Smith, Nelulib Fe Zackular, Madeleine Conlin, and Anna M Fuller. Instructions cover salt reduction by crust baking ham, coconut candy, pond lily salad, layered potato bake, and a light custard pie with cream and lemon.
Opals are in vogue as heels rise and toes narrow with severe French tailored suits and wing collars. A white summer is predicted with antique style necklaces and ornate cut pockets on elaborate suits. Filigree set semi precious stones adorn day wear. collarless frocks remain popular and large gun metal hat pins stand out. Embroidery and rat tail braids enliven linen tailor mades as lingerie gowns gain prominence.
Afarewell reception will honor Rev and Mrs Rowley at First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue after Dr Rowley’s departure. Preachers include Rev Henry Clay Risner of Tyler at Dudley Street Baptist. Other sermons cover personal religion at Harvard Church and daily noon services at St Pauls Tremont Street. Sixteen churches report Lenten talks and club meetings with notable speakers on Brown University president Faunce and mission boards in West Roxbury Charlestown and Newtonville.
A satirical verse by J. W. Foley imagines a massive show to reshape the world with impossible feats. It mocks ambition and political figures by promising fantastical acts from melting the sky to moving skyscrapers and lowering beef prices, ending with a tease about management bills.
The Monday whist party at 168 Massachusetts avenue in aid of the Free Home for Consumptives begins at 2 30 to help distant visitors catch trains. Ladies in charge hope for a banner month with many beautiful souvenirs to be distributed. These events run Mondays and Fridays drawing large crowds from surrounding towns.
A free lecture with stereopticon pictures of work horses will be repeated next Thursday evening in Kingsley Hall at 100 Bowdoin Street. Smoking will be permitted and encouraged. Tickets are available to drivers grooms stable bosses and other horse workers from the Boston Work-Horse Parade Association office at 15 Beacon Street or from Master Teamsters Association members and the Team Drivers Union on Causeway Street.
A 19 year old asks how to win back a girl who favors his friend Jack. The advisor notes the couple quarrel not, but the man’s modest $9.50 weekly grocery job limits a lasting engagement. She may marry him in June if his future improves. meanwhile he should prove a brighter future and self-improvement with her support.
A young man seeks guidance after pursuing a fiancée who favors another. The columnist urges honesty, says she must tell her fiancé the truth, but cautions against expecting love as a duty. She warns that changing her mind could occur again and leave him hurt later.
The Harvard Street Church, a Baptist outpost in the Chinese and Syrian quarter for nearly 75 years, will cease united work this week as the building has outgrown its mission. A large audience heard pastors recount the church’s long history, with special singing by Miss Laura Cave and a women’s quartet. The Rev. F W Padelford said the church is not disappearing, only its structure, and the church itself will continue.
Advocates of a bill allowing child actors on stage have raised 50000 to push enactment. They warn the public loses if the bill fails, while opponents say it sets a bad precedent. Endorsers include Lotta Crabtree Francis Wilson Sir Charles Wyndham Henry Clay Barnabee and Jay Hunt. Opponents include Charles W Eliot William Lawrence Howard W Brown of the child labor committee. A notable hearing was held last Friday with executive session pending.
A group of young women said to be the Boston girls basketball team are stranded in New London Connecticut. Their manager vanished with their funds and they are sheltering at a local hotel. They had played Worcester Webster Milford Oxford and were due to play Webster but failed to appear due to financial embarrassment.
Ralph Warren a 19 year old Chicago youth attracted an audience at the Boston Opera House last Thursday when Henry Russell met him. Russell plans to train Varreo for a possible leading tenor role with the Boston Opera Company next season. Warren, unable to appear on stage in Chicago, worked as an assistant stage hand while secretly pursuing a singing career.
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