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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
9
A Boston era column quotes CLERGYMAN'S WIFE urging mothers to openly teach children the truths of life. She warns against "wolves in human guise" and advocates Watch and Ward Society guidance to reduce moral danger in cities and Chinatown.
A fragment from a 19th century column discusses letters from sisters about keeping young children from ignorance, reflecting social attitudes of the era. The text is partial and lacks clear event or named entities.
A reader answers a previous letter defending pure truth in parenting. The writer, a young mother, argues for simple honest religious teaching for her one year old son. The piece cites scripture and St. Paul to defend purity of thought against cynicism.
In a skeptical tract the author condemns parents who deny life’s beauty as evil, arguing mothers spreading such views hinder moral teaching and leave the task to idle youths and peers with unclean minds.
A girl recounts losing her mother at age 12 and learning life’s hard truths through experience. She urges mothers to discuss the “great vital facts of life” with daughters to spare them sorrow and unhappy hours and vows to teach her own future child when appropriate.
Portia reports a Sewing Circle discussion favoring a law requiring marriages to be in writing. Proponents argue it would protect women from broken promises and deter quick ill advised marriages, while opponents warn it could expose insincerity or criminal intent.
A Westerner letters that Western hospitality is misread by Boston sisters. The writer proud of Western warmth, rebukes claims of impertinence and dead-beats and urges others to sweep their own doorsteps before judging. He praises big hearted Westerners and longs to return west.
The forthcoming marriage of Miss Helen Miller Gould and Finley J. Shepard is set for Wednesday January 22 at 12 30 p m at Miss Gould’s country home in Tarrytown with a small gathering of relatives and close friends including neighbors from Tarrytown and Irvington.
Elaborate musical programme with 40 piece Nahan Franko orchestra chosen today by Mr. Shepard includes Wagner Lohengrin Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream and works by Handel Wagner Massenet Schumann Goddard and Elgar though exact order pending. The ceremony will be followed by a seated breakfast and guests include the Duke and Duchess De Talleyrand and Prince De Sagan arriving from Paris. Railroad YMCA sailors and army posts plan wedding presents reflecting Miss Gould’s work with Y M C A branches and her March inspection trip prompted her romance.
A new scholarship at Radcliffe College will aid meritorious students in need. It is funded by a $5010 gift bequeathed by Carile F. Abbott of Cambridge in her will to defray college expenses.
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