Fashion Notes on Evening Gowns and Hat Trimmings
Elaborate embroideries on evening gowns are veiled with tulle. Stiff wings quills and aigrettes are favored for wide hat trimmings.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
14
Elaborate embroideries on evening gowns are veiled with tulle. Stiff wings quills and aigrettes are favored for wide hat trimmings.
A sales pitch promises money saving prices on any garment and offers credit terms that establish the store as the oldest and fairest credit clothing shop in New England.
A lengthy public notice records multiple marriage intentions listing groom and bride names ages occupations and street addresses across Dorchester Roxbury Charlestown South Boston Cambridge Brighton and other Massachusetts locales. The notice includes pairings such as Thomas Cunio and Agnes Bentley Robert Gallagher and Rose Bentley Joseph Zurowski and Beatrice Sharkus and many more with varied occupations from machinist clerk to farmer and trader.
Birthday bio briefs say Moliere born January 15 1622 Jean Baptiste Poquelin the man behind the famed French dramatist led a roaming life acting for Louis XIII later turning to playwriting He produced 30 plays in 15 years many regarded as masterpieces His death followed illness and a burst blood vessel ending a storied career A French Shakespeare label rests on him.
The record lists John Fi Fitzpatrick a 25 year old mechanic of 68 Standish Street Cambridge and Florence M ONeil a 22 year old clerk of 248 Concord Avenue Cambridge. Also named are James J Daley a 23 year old steamfitter of 16 Yorktown Street Cambridge and Pilen M Lewes a 21 year old from New York at 110 Thirty Ninth Street, New York at home. Michael ONeil a 38 year old laborer of 126 Huron Ave Cambridge and Mary Sullivan a 38 year old at 16 Lowell Street Cambridge, domestic.
Dr Richard Clarke Cabot of Boston, a lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps in France, was appointed professor of social ethics by Harvard University boards. He will assume Harvard College duties immediately while continuing as professor of clinical medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the West Medical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital.
In Mabel Herbert Urner's Married Life of Helen and Warren a company dinner becomes a test of patience and social tact as Helen navigates awkward conversations and Mrs. Urner’s sharp wit at the Boston Sunday Post Magazine feature.
Practical household tips cover gum on clothing metal crack repairs ink stains and wallpaper cleaner. Advice includes ice to remove gum, ashes and salt paste for cracks, ammonia for windows, vinegar for ink, lemon juice to prevent fruit clogs, and a homemade wallpaper cleaner from flour alum and water. Also notes on preserving piano moisture and a poem by Lucy Lhe from Cambridge.
The will of Joseph Hewett, Brockton shoe magnate, leaves MIT $200000. Interest to widow for life, then 20000 perpetual trust for Brockton scholarships. Remainder for general purposes. A further 10000 goes to Brockton High School graduates and 10000 to the Paul Revere Lodge A F and A M for needy brothers. Hewett’s estate also benefits his widow and family.
Advertises Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician approved kidney liver and bladder remedy praised by druggists. Claims it strengthens organs helps nature do their work and has stood the test of years. Encourages sending ten cents for a sample and mentions Boston Daily Post.
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