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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
9
A columnist gives counsel to readers on family planning and money management, advising that children are a true investment and detailing prudent budgeting. It also addresses reforming a dissipated spouse, urging patience, self-reliance, and caution in domestic affairs.
The paper highlights engaging letters to the Sewing Circle in its Sunday Post edition, showcasing reader opinions and community craft interests. The items reflect local voice, hobbies, and social updates from readers.
New England housewives publish Sunday full page of recipes including soft molasses cookies gingerbread and liver and bacon dish. Recipes list ingredients with molasses, ginger, cinnamon and flour. instructions emphasize beating and baking at a hot to medium oven.
Dorothy recalls a quiet day at home with new novels and a tea invite from Molly. She describes Molly’s pale gray chiffon dress with blue sash, pink roses, rose embroidery, and velvet ribbon details in a vivid fashion note.
Recipe notes describe baking dessert in sheet or gem pans served hot with hard sauce or whipped cream. Includes suggestion to add several raisins before baking. Mentions Laura G Munro from Round Pond Maine.
Russian concert singer Mme. Eugenie Fonariova arrived in New York wearing the mourning garb sworn by Grand Duchess Tatiana and other court ladies until Russia is victorious. Her walking costume is a black mousseline empire gown with a long cloak and a black Russian turban trimmed with crepe.
Several parish activities are announced including a special men’s meeting on Wednesday January 17 at 8 o clock to form a parish committee for the annual reunion on January 29 at Mechanics building. A parish concert at St Joseph’s Roxbury tonight features an operetta A Reporter in Fairy land. Devotions for the forty hours begin January 19 across multiple Boston area chapels. A St Raphael’s West Medford lecture on The Catacombs of Rome by Rev William Corbett occurs January 18. Confraternity of the Holy Cross meets Friday at 3 pm with a 8 o clock Mass and holy hour from 8 to 9 pm.
Helen, a visitor in Maine, wanders into a fog bound woods and discovers a sobbing girl. The girl reveals a family broken by consumption with the sister only 16, and the narrator faces shared loneliness and grim prognosis.
A reflective poem contemplates two lovers parted by death. The speaker asks for reassurance that the surviving one may endure grief with dignity, while the departed rests in calm, awaiting a future reunion beyond death. The verses frame death as peace and a deeper shared burden.
Alma and her siblings ail from a damp New England home. Helen, a trained nurse, moves to treat with open windows and outdoor living. The family agrees to fumigate, prune trees, and air the house while Alma fights the disease with rest and proper diet. The children recover. Alma remains hopeful and improves under care.
Alma, once bedridden by an illness, was declared fully cured after two years. She pursued gardening and poultry, helping neighbors along the road. Older residents doubt her recovery while younger villagers embrace the idea of open windows.
Right Rev. Logan H Roots D D bishop Hankow China conducts day of devotion for diocese clergy at Cathedral Church of St Paul from 8 a m to 3 30 p m with lunch break Dean Rousmaniere leads personal religion class Friday and Rev Malbone Birck preaches at noon The Boston China fund meeting includes Bishop Roots and Grace Hutchins at Engineers Club Boston Tuesday evening
Dr. Joseph Santosuosso was elected president of the Association of Members of the Massachusetts Bar of Italian Descent. He previously served on the North End City Council. Also chosen were Jerome A. Petitti as vice president Stephen B. Bacigalupo as treasurer John V. Carchia as secretary with an executive committee including Jerome A. Paste Saverio R. Romano Felix A. Marcella James J. Bacigalupo and James A. Vitelli.
A 68 mile an hour gale swept Portland Missouri today, the strongest wind recorded by the local weather bureau. The previous record stood at 63, with the wind coming from the southeast and causing notable gusts across the area.
In Pittsfield on January 14 Reverend Earle Frederick Buck curate of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church was thrown about in a taxi after leaving services and is hospitalized with torn ligaments at the base of the spine. X ray tests planned to determine the extent of injuries.
Household hints suggest collecting soot from wood burning stoves or chimneys, placing it in an old pitcher, pouring hot water, cooling, and using the water to irrigate plants every few days. The method reportedly stimulates rapid growth and lush leaves, especially on roses in poor condition, per Mrs H G Paige of Willoughby Vermont.
The Yale Review prints Amy Lowell’s poem Trades in which she yearns to be a carpenter. She imagines shingling a house from the ridgepole and contrasts labor with writing poetry, noting carpentry seems easier.
The campaign to raise 150000 to clear the settlement debt enters its last week. Organizers aim for at least 10000 daily over six days. Campaign manager S M Bard reports 40000 already subscribed and expects more by noon today as teams of two to meet at Ford Hall for a luncheon with prominent speakers.
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