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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
9
A humorous verse fragment by Walt Mason contrasts cheerful domestic life with the mess of furnace tinkering. The narrator jokes about a housewife chiding him for swearing in the basement and urges singing like the dickey birds. The piece blends grittiness of house chores with lighthearted wordplay.
Larry Desmond visits Youssef the Russian baker for rolls and wins the trust of Mirtza. He investigates upstairs rooms. Mirtza signals police to bar the trap. Larry fights off attackers until officers arrive. Youssef’s gang tied, Mirtza saved by Larry.
A reader signs as AJAX asks Miss Champagne whether to elope with a 19 year old lover or seek parental consent. The columnist warns elopement invites social disapproval and urges open marriage if consent is denied, stressing the need for responsibility and dialogue with parents.
The author advises being honest about feelings at the start to avoid giving false hope. Propinquity influences friendship becoming love or marriage, but if it conflicts with your best interests, avoid further intimacy with the young man.
The piece notes strong Oriental forms and colorings in evening costumes and medium sized flat handbags with long cord handles and ultra thin frames. It highlights spring and summer novelties in printed effects inspired by India prints and early Victorian styles, emphasizing hand block printing and regular outlines.
A note on updated pricing shows Princess Slips adopting a stepped rate structure with items labeled 1.00 1.50 2.00 and several cent values including 19c 25c 39c 49c 69c and 918c, culminating at 1.49. The change outlines new costs and thresholds for customers.
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