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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
9
Readers respond to a Sewing Circle question about a husband's right to smoke at home. Several letters argue for full freedom, some urge limits to spare others, and others emphasize home harmony and courtesy.
A New England recipe card suggests whisking two eggs into a cupful of cheese crumbs melted in rich milk with butter salt and pepper. Boil until smooth then pour over hot toasted bread and serve immediately.
The Sunday Post features a collection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share opinions, anecdotes, and practical tips on crafts.
A young woman asks Miss Champagne if her confession of love was wrong while dating a man seven years older who has not proposed. The adviser says telling him was not wrong if true and urges a direct talk to reach an understanding, noting the disparity in commitment and her continued companionship with other suitors.
I attended a soldiers dance Dolly is interested in and discovered I was suddenly popular. I wore a simple dark blue Poiret twill frock with a pongee blouse and braided pongee details, keeping hair low and fluffy for a modest look. I had lots of fun.
Birthday tribute recalls Stephen Decatur born January 56 1779 in Sinnepuxent Maryland. Highlights include the burning of the frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli and his later actions in the Barbary wars and 1812, with honors from Congress and a famed wife known as black eyed Susan.
The Navy Department recommends reducing overtime at Charlestown navy yard to two hours and restricting Sunday and holiday work to extreme war emergency cases to curb excessive pay.
Poem fragment titled Sunrise. Early verse celebrates dawn and nature. The speaker feels awakening love as the sun rises and the world becomes hopeful. The piece imagines a beloved girl greeting a luminous morning and shared sentiment.
Practical advise on patching a torn screen using wire netting slightly larger than the hole. The method involves fringing the patch, bending prongs, inserting, and pressing flat to secure from both sides. The tip is credited to Mrs Julia Minor of Belmont Street Brockton.
Readers question military sleeve braids reveal ranks from lieutenant to colonel and general staff lines. A chemist discusses luminous watch dials using zinc sulfide with trace radium bromide for a green glow. A query asks George Washington’s age at Martha Custis's marriage and who died first.
Excerpted reader queries touch on coal ash content in various fuels, pronunciation and meaning of zoo, purity of silver, dates of the San Francisco earthquake, and citizenship by birth. The column provides brief expert or editorial responses to each question in turn.
Alicia Hoyt offers etiquette guidance on card etiquette and visiting. A gentleman leaves multiple cards for host, hostess, and daughter when calling at a home. It advises against inviting a stranger to call and recommends waiting until mutual interest is evident. When departing after a formal call, rise and say goodbye. the hostess should extend her hand but not ask you to stay.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit up to 200 words on babies with three prizes of 20, 10, and 5 in gold. Entries must include real name and address, be original or not, and will be published. Judges include Rufus B Tobey and Theresa M Lally.
A toddler Gertrude aged two delighted in a Christmas gift dress with side pockets and tiny knickers. Her mother hurriedly entertained a minister guest, while the shy girl proudly trotted in and lifted her dress to reveal "See tousers" to onlookers. Miss Elizabeth Stockbridge, 245 Broadway Winter Hill.
Lois, a child described as Mary Regina Nagle of Page Street Somersworth New Hampshire, visits a school gate rings bell and enters a classroom where she plays with other children before the supervisor sternly orders her to go home. She returns weeks later.
A two year old named Sosee read at a dinner table and announced an angel would take her home. Her mother, unable to see the vision, watched as the child stretched to fly. The next day she died after falling from a window in Watertown.
A child explains her self made Plum Tart family using fingers as characters Tommy Plum Tart his mamma the daddy Susan the big sister and Sally her special friend She shares a vivid solitary play world on a June day near rocks and sand as she declares never being alone thanks to imagination with a final note from ELSID FY BURR Newtonville.
Readable recollection recounts a quiet child named Helen in a baby show. The doctor questions her, she remains silent, and an older bald man with facial hair amuses her with a clothing error. The child comments on the hair under the nose versus on top of the head.
In a parable like report, young Ellen eats an excess of salt mistaking it for sugar after her mother hides sugar in the pantry. She swallows a fistful of salt and suffers throat pain, prompting long-term caution and obedience. Miss Josephine M. Di Carlo, South Boston, signs the piece.
A two year old boy known as Bobby wandered from a porch into a hay wagon and vanished. He was later found asleep atop boxes beside the hay and carried to the barn top, then dropped to the ground laughing. The child is described as safe and unharmed. Edith M. Champney, 8 Dynamo Street, West Somerville.
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