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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
16
The Boston Post Sewing Circle offers women a forum for home life issues. Readers seek guidance on marriage, work, child care, and kitchen economy with letters from districts like SOUTH YARMOUTH and GOLDEN RULE FOR ME, aiming for prudent, respectful solutions.
A poem titled 88s SONGS OF SUNSHINE portrays Mrs Sleep as a gentle figure who enters at night to comfort and lull sleepers. It describes soft slippers and a calm presence guiding eyelids closed, promising renewal and rest in a distant morning. The speaker emphasizes sleep as a doorway to rebirth and hopeful horizons.
The Sunday Post features a selection of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, offering reader insights, opinions, and community voices in a light weekly column.
Olive recalls Nan's outsider status as dark skinned compared to the Dayton clan. Nan protects her loving foster mother who raised her after saving her from abandonment, while Nan faces a choice between a wealthy biological mother and the life she has built. The tale ends with the revelation that Nan is the heiress to Mrs. Steele's fortune, unseen by most.
Recipes from Massachusetts readers include frying Hamburg steak as large cakes, a French dressing with Roqufort cheese, and a marshmallow pudding with caramelized sugar. Instructions note onions, lettuce, and angel cake as key components with practical serving tips.
A simple dresser tray can be fashioned from an unused picture frame two handles and a 10 cent paint box. Attach decorative material to the back of glass and bronze or paint to taste. Sixteen large spools and two wood squares yield a footstool tabouret magazine rack or small play table. Ellen L Foster 140 Lincoln St Holyoke.
A narrator joyfully describes selecting a bonnet shaped hat with blue satin crown, French chip brim, rose chiffon lining, cream lace frill, and black velvet ribbon. The note hints at a cheerful holiday mood and a brief Southward excursion as a light post on a strenuous season.
Charles Kennedy testified in Providence Superior Court that his wife, a widow with six children, locked him in the cellar the first night after the marriage and kept him there all night. Kennedy faced a cross-petition alleging heavy drinking and failure to provide, while she said he was too ill to share a room.
The House ordered a bill from last year to a committee proposing public employment preferences for cripples and disabled persons and exempting them from civil service provisions to provide suitable jobs where possible.
A poem frames aging and death with bells tolling as souls voyage to heaven. The voice invokes a solemn, tranquil farewell with bells urging forgiveness. The verse recalls ringing as a final blessing and destiny at the grave.
Cambridge teachers Miss Hunter and colleagues faced removal amid claims of partisan activity. Bradley and Gadsby clashed over committee politics as Hunter denied active campaigning while Doherty and Smith awaited formal notice and public hearings were promised.
A tale labeled Lady Bountiful shows a Bob receiving a goat as a gift setting off a sequence of events. Details promised in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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