Sewing Circle Forum Probes Women Roles In Home Life
The Boston Post invites women to discuss domestic issues in the Sewing Circle column. Letters raise conflicts over mothers and married children, pensions for widows, education, and balancing work and family. Observers note shifting habits as wives work and men’s pride is challenged, with moral commentary on laziness and responsibility.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
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Master of human destinies poem teaser
Poem fragment proclaims a force that guides fame fortune and success. It travels cities deserts and seas and knocks at every gate. Those who follow reach every state and conquer foes while those who hesitate meet failure and woe.
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Hovell
Mart
Dear Sewing Circle Old Maid Letter on Mothers and Pension
A reader argues for pension support for responsible mothers while demanding punishment for neglectful mothers. The writer, self described as an old maid, defends single, virtuous women and condemns neglect as grounds for loss of support, contrasting care for the elderly with social duties and animal neglect.
Debate on large families and child labor in a letter
A correspondent signing as Justice argues against the idea that large families are divine and notes many parents of large families push children into work as soon as permissible by law. The writer observes both male and female figures with concerns about suitability and welfare.
Beautiful Hair Growth Hint From Mae Martyn
Mrs Mae Martyn writes in the Los Angeles Post that regular monthly shampooing yields long glossy hair with rich color. She cautions against soaps with free alkali and recommends a canthrax wash dissolved in hot water for cleansing the scalp and restoring softness gloss and dandruff control.
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Mae Martyn
Los Angeles Post
The Sins of the Fathers in a Sewing Circle Letter
A reader laments blame on mothers for children's faults and argues morals come from fathers and upbringing. The piece quotes an old saying about a tree’s shape and cautions about choosing good spouses to raise good children.
Interference With Wedded Children Debate Sparks Family Note
A Boston writer, Signatory Lifelong Bostonian, condemns mothers who meddle when sons marry. She argues mothers push divorces by claiming ownership of homes and urges mothers to stop interfering and respect the son's wife, accusing jealousy and coercive control.
Tarbell notes on wives and daughters of wage workers
The continuation cites Miss Ida Tarbell who criticized wealthy men’s wives and daughters described as female grafters who depress wages by competing with other women workers. The piece frames the issue as a broader discussion of labor and gender in wages.
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Ida Tarbell
Dear Sewing Circle and the grafter debate in Boston
A reader defends women who earn wages and beautify homes, rejects street corner protest, and mocks imitation luxury while noting wage disparities. The piece contrasts “graft” with loafing, cites Miss Tarbell, and argues for labor value over snobbery. A second letter questions animal virtue and parental sacrifice, referencing a kidnapped child.
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Greater
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Gratitude in Animals Seen as Rare in Canines
The piece argues dogs return to their captors or owners only if treated better than their own mother. It questions human and canine moral capacity, noting that even humans can be drawn away by strong inducements, and contends gratitude is a rare virtue among animals.
Danderine 25 Cent Hair Grower Promises Flawless Locks
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine as a cheap, quick solution for dandruff and hair growth. It claims the product softens, thickens, and adds gloss within minutes and weeks, promising new, healthy hair and a cure for itchy scalp and falling hair.
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Knowlton
Dogs Prove Love Across Genders in Belknap Letter
In a letter to Woman Dog Fancier, Mrs. S Belknap argues dogs show love beyond fear or hunger. She cites her late husband’s affection for their pet and notes a married man who keeps dogs at his business, showing devotion to both dogs and family despite a wife’s objection.
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Don
S. Belknap
Letters From the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader views and community concerns. Readers share anecdotes, sewing tips, and local happenings reflecting everyday life.
Advising a Young Woman on Love and Caution
The advice warns that looks and actions can be deceiving in romance. It suggests trusting instinct to gauge mutual interest, but cautions not to assume deeper commitments. Let time and natural development reveal true feelings.
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Miss Champagne
Boston Post
A Distant Admirer Seeks Social Cues for Attention
A young 19 year old woman asks how to approach a 26 year old man with money and a good position. The columnist notes social mobility favors men and advises subtle signals and charm rather than forceful tactics, suggesting the man must initiate if he shares the interest.
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Miss Champagne
Creamy chocolate milk pie and batter baked beef dish
One pint milk dissolves chocolate in a double boiler. Thickened with corn starch and sugar, vanilla and cream folded in. Pour into a baked crust. Mrs Clarence C Allen Box 107 Boylston Centre. Also a beefsteak dish with milk flour egg and batter poured over chopped steak then baked one hour. Mrs P S Flint Box 26 Silver Lake.
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Clarence C. Allen
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Silver Lake
Travel Muse Stopped by Cheery Travelling Man
A poet recounts a railway journey where a cheerful fellow passenger disrupts his writing by discussing expenses and the comfort of a traveling tradesman. The speaker laments the loss of creative momentum as the stranger proclaims his own success. The encounter ends with a farewell to muse and continued travel.
The Post's Original Tory Short Story Contest Rules
The Post invites writers to submit stories for its Short Story Competition. Read rules printed in the editorial section of the Sun ny Post and follow the official guidelines for eligibility, format, and judging criteria.
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The
Sunny Post
Lois Welden Restores Elusive Lois Grave To Joyous Garden
Lois Welden discovers a lone grave marked only with her name and, moved by guiltless compassion, tends the plot. A wealthy stranger, a widower who lost Lois and their child, learns of the caring and returns to honor the memory, leading to Lois's reunion and a new life with her husband in the West.
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Lois
Salting Them Down Versus Wealth in Walt Mason Verse
A 1912 poem by Walt Mason warns against reckless spending and dismissing money as waste. It paints a spendthrift’s decline from merry youth to begging for dimes and burial of cheap bones, urging prudent saving as comfort in the end.
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Walt Mason
National Skin Hospital Offers Free Book on Skin Diseases
The National Skin Hospital at 114 Main St, St Joseph, Missouri, publishes a 60 page book with colored plates on skin diseases, causes, remedies, and home treatment. It is mailed free to anyone writing with 4 cent postage.
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Mason Resigns as Brookline Gym Director
J Leonard Mason resigns as physical director of the Brookline Gym nasium and Baths and will become director of recreation in Newark New Jersey, a move announced to the committee yesterday.
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Brookline Gym
J. Leonard Mason
Brookline
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