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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1916
Page
11
Readers of the Boston Post's Sewing Circle debate leap year proposals and gender roles. Letters from readers discuss marriage duties, money in marriage, and the balance of power between husbands and wives with strong voices from multiple women.
A tired mother is driven to flee her chores and a loving family fears she has abandoned them. She plans to visit a former lover in New York with savings, but after an anxious night she returns to find her children and husband waiting. The family reconciles and vows to support each other.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson plan a New Year’s reception in Hot Springs where the president is spending his honeymoon. Crowds from miles around expect to greet the chief executive, who earlier golfed and rode a mountain road, and tea guests noted a glamorous debutante sister in an ornate ensemble.
Miss Alice M. Simpson daughter of Mr and Mrs James A Simpson of 72 Claremont avenue and a Smith College graduate married F Alfred Patterson Arlington business man and member of the Board of Assessors and treasurer of many organizations at the First Baptist Church in Arlington last night.
Dentists urge patients to switch to Burrill's as it cleanses thoroughly without harming enamel and keeps gums in good condition. Change to Burrill's and expect benefits soon.
Miss Natalie Margaret Tippett of Baltimore and J Sims Murray of Brookline Mass. wed at St Cecilia's Church Baltimore. The ceremony drew prominent guests including Cardinal Gibbons. The couple, with maid of honor Helen Tippett and best man Samuel Kay, plan a Boston residence after a South honeymoon.
Ernest Schelling performs as composer and pianist in a public rehearsal in Symphony Hall under conductor Karl Muck. The program features Brahms Third Symphony, Variations for Piano and Orchestra by Schelling, and Rimsky Korsakoff Spanish Caprice.
The concert spotlighted Brahms Third Symphony with Dr. Muck conducting as Mr. Schelling’s piano reading drew praise for drama and noble mood. Some passages register strong orchestration while other sections feel shallow and routine on a demanding program.
A speaker describes inner conflict as a woman who cannot openly plead for love. She refrains from calling or crying out, fearing sin and social restraint. She weighs boldness against restraint, hoping restraint keeps him safe from knowing her deep longing. She prays for divine mercy as her heart aches unseen.
Gene Erskine of 3 Maywood Terrace Roxbury has come back to Boston after serving with the Grenadier Guards in World War I. A veteran of Vera Cruz and later a Ypres front fighter, he recounts odd incidents from service including shaving off his moustache and taking captures from snipers. He is seeking steady work and funds to bring his English war nurse wife to Boston. He last enlisted in May, served at Ypres, and did guard duty at Buckingham Palace before discharge mandated a return to America.
Wounded by shrapnel and nearly felled by gas, the veteran found love with his nurse, then married and received an honorable discharge from military service.
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