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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
11
A reader argues that while comforting a dying spouse matters, living happiness can justify breaking a promise to never remarry. Another letter warns that lying tongues are abominable and upholds keeping the pledge, even at personal cost. The exchange weighs duty to the dying against living commitments and truth.
A wartime advertisement predicts postwar Europe will face widespread hardship and highlights Johann Hoff Malt Extract as a trusted tonic. It claims physicians prescribe the product for nursing mothers anaemic women and general recuperation to rebuild strength after conflict.
A column argues against the tyranny of a dead husband’s demand not to remarry. It advocates self protection, practical deceit if needed, and compares cunning in love to military strategy, while rejecting superstition about broken mirrors and misfortune.
The Sunday Post features engaging letters from readers about sewing projects and circle activities. Contributors share tips, patterns, and observations, reflecting community interest in crafts and DIY.
A young boy named Arthur longs to attend school until he turns five. He adores his teacher Miss Langdon and, after learning she will marry, plans a gift. At a school party he gives a tiny red can, misjudging the jest. the teacher honors his love with the remark that his gift is the best, a sentiment shared as she departs to a new home.
Clara and I went shopping and lunching together and I am dead tired. I bought a pale pink satin dancing frock for summer informal events. The bodice is simple with jet ornament shoulders, jet chain fringe, a wide black satin girdle, and a skirt hem lined with silver cloth. Velvet ribbon roses adorn the hem and girdle. It’s girlish but becoming.
A skin expert warns rice powder harms skins by forming a gluey paste in pores, causing blackheads and pimples. A new powder, sold for 35c, claims to be pure and avoid injurious ingredients while improving texture and reducing wrinkles.
A style roundup notes bead chains ending in silk tassels for color, though cuffs fade in importance. Coat sleeves are deep, broad, and kimono like with the Paisley motif appearing in petticoats, jewelry, linings, and maid aprons.
A household tip suggests sprinkling raisins nuts or other fruits with flour before mixing to keep them from sinking in cake batter. The note is signed Mrs Ss Arthur Ellis of 30 Belknap Street Dover New Hampshire.
A poem by Edgar H. Guest from A Heap o’ Livin’ tells of a generous man who saved little, gave much, and died poor yet rich in friends. He spent what he earned to help others, never starting his family with debt, and left a lasting fortune in people who knew his big heart.
The Russian Cathedral choir of New York conducted by Ivan Gorokhoff gave a free concert in Boston's Symphony Hall. Tschaikowsky and Rachmaninoff works were performed with noted depth and sincerity, highlighting rich bass voices and expressive interpretations.
Baritone Reinhold Warlich gave a varied program accompanied on piano by Fritz Kreisler. The recital featured songs by Schumann Franz Brahms Strauss and period pieces from the 16th to 18th centuries plus English songs by Tobias Hume Jones and Attey and various unknown composers. It included Ukrainian folk songs and Russian selections by Gretchaninov Moussorgsky and Arensky.
Benjamin N. Johnson, a Boston attorney, warns that rampant radicalism could have sinister outcomes unless conservatives assert their beliefs. He spoke at the Old Chauncy Hall Boys event with Odin Roberts and others, noting Massachusetts faces a constitutional convention and urging renewed conservative advocacy. Officers were reelected and a $1 annual dues plan was adopted for 1917.
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