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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
13
Readers discuss household management and spousal dynamics in the Boston Post Sewing Circle column. Advice covers budgeting, cooking frugally, child care, and responding to mistreatment, with personal anecdotes and reader questions guiding the dialogue.
Dorothy discusses style tips in a brief column titled Over the Wire A Little Chat on Style. The piece offers concise advice on grooming, attire, and etiquette for readers seeking quick, practical fashion guidance.
Helen hosted a luncheon described as one of the best attended with a perfect menu. The favors featured a carved flat wood figure of a little old-fashioned lady in a black hat with yellow accents and a yellow gown. A yellow muff of twine swung on a metal rod as a replaceable centerpiece.
Household hints describe cleaning an upholstered chair by dampening a towel, laying it over the fabric, and beating with a carpet beater to lift dust. The towel is refreshed as it collects dust, then reapplied and repeated. Mrs. H. B. Crosby of 260 Lexington Street, East Boston, provides the tip.
In Dorchester on January 19 B Agnes Reardon nee Cullen died at her Arcadia Street home. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Poem by the Bentztown Bard from 1918. Explores values beyond wealth and fame. Emphasizes honesty tenderness and love as guiding forces. Calls on brave strong men to fight for right through sacrifice and service in a shared humanity.
The Rev Samuel R Maxwell of the Second Church Boston spoke at a noonday service at Kings Chapel praising the Jewish mother who urged her sons to honor God of their father. Dean Rousmaniere of St Pauls Cathedral issues a Jan 28 day of devotion with luncheon to maintain continuity of feeling. Monthly Christian Endeavor School attendance noted and Castle Ward boys plan a 7 20 meeting while the peoples hour service is set for 7 48 tomorrow night.
The last of the state officers elected at the recent state election were inducted and qualified before the Governor and Council yesterday. Albert P. Langtry became Secretary of State, Charles L. Burrill was sworn in as State Treasurer, Alonzo B. Cook took the post of State Auditor, and Henry C. Attwill assumed the Attorney General duties. Governor McCall administered the oath.
Campaign expense records show architect Harrison H. Atwood funded a $441.32 shortfall in the campaign fund of independent Republican City Council nominees William Berwin and Walter Nelson Baker for the recent election.
Scotch pianist Miss Winifred Christie gave her Boston recital in Jordan Hall. She delivered an unusually entertaining program with works by Bach Loeilly Couperin Chopin Florent Schmidt Ravel Debussy Franck and others, showcasing a beautiful tone precise technique and expressive range. Her interpretation was intellectual yet poised with moments of exceptional control and subtle color. she received a hearty encore.
President and Mrs. Wilson headlined a reception and ball at the Pan-American building honoring Western Hemisphere friendship. Over 1000 diplomats, senators, congressmen, justices, cabinet members, and military officers attended with their spouses as the Marine Band played. Flags of 21 American republics decorated the hall.
The Philomatheia Club hosts a February 1 reception and ball at the Copley Plaza Hotel to raise funds for Boston College athletic advancement. Mrs. Edwin Arthur Shuman presides, with officers including Mrs. Dennis Sheehan and Mrs. Martha Moore Avery. The club engages many notable Greater Boston women in support of the college’s athletic department.
Saint Marys Catholic Women's Association Cambridge holds its monthly social with the elocution class. Members may invite their ladies. In other notes Cardinal O'Connell has a new hymnal being placed in archdiocese parochial schools. The 22 hymn collection covers mass parts and major feasts. The Cross and the Flag and Faith and Fatherland evoke devotion and patriotism. Catholic Literary Union of Revere names officers led by John Tomlinson as president.
John McKenna, John Callahan, Frank H. Farrell, Louis Keevey and George Phair appear in the readable segment of the public notice. Their roles or affiliations are not specified within the fragment.
Poem by Josephine Pollard urges repeated effort and learning from life. It uses nature imagery of dew sun rain and the mill wheel to stress perseverance. The verses suggest sorrow and hardship purify the heart and prepare for heaven.
In a small town, Dr. Scribner jokes about matchmaking after a surprising chain of events. Mrs. Harris reveals Mabel received her first valentine and became engaged through a mistaken initials mix. The doctor discovers the two young men are both Francis Scribner, one his nephew.
Miss Margaret Hale daughter of Mrs Josiah Little Hale of Chestnut Hill was married yesterday to John H Thomas son of the late Captain and Mrs George Co Thomas of St Marys County Maryland The ceremony was at St Pauls Episcopal Church Brookline with Rev Carroll Perry and Rev Upton B Thomas assisting
Mrs A C Kane from Marlboro shares a recipe for baked pork chops with salt pepper flour and sage. Chops bake an hour in a shallow pan basting with its gravy then a tomato butter sauce and onion is prepared and strained then blended with butter and flour to finish.
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