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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
11
A reader argues for a fifty fifty clothing budget, with wives able to save part of their share from sales and sewing. Others counter that the husband may spend more if he is the breadwinner, while recognizing the higher cost and social role of dressing well for women.
The Post invites stories about babies with three prizes including a Double Gold Eagle worth 20 dollars and a Single Gold Eagle worth 10 dollars plus 5 dollars in Gold for the top entries. Submissions must be original or not, signed with real name and address, on one side, and will be returned if not suitable.
A note from Mrs. George Billings of Newburyport recalls her grandson’s farm scene. He gathered grass, compared it with his rake, and declared it should be saved in a bag for the hens when snow arrives.
A schoolchild named Jack returns home to a mother asking what kept him after daybreak. The brief scene hints at a family routine and a moment of everyday domestic life in a fall setting.
A child boasts of preparing a Ninth Regiment to terrorize German kids as his uncles pursue them. Mrs. Nelse Henderson from Walnut Place East Dedham provides the context.
A child Alton nearly three learns manners after doors are closed softly. He asks to reopen gently and thanks. He blows his eyes due to a cold, quotes a line about early days, and muses on childhood. Mrs J M Putnam, Danvers.
Four year old Thomas volunteers to fetch starch and recites the item all the way to the store. A neighbor spots him singing Argo starch it s you I m after and asks where he learned the line. The piece notes he won a Boston baby contest before turning a year old and features Miss M Powers Roxbury address.
A three year old in Malden sought relief from heat by wearing a winter overcoat. After exhausting play on a hot day he returned home and kept the coat on until his mother found him on the back steps crying that he was cold. He did not understand another way to stay cool. Caroline M. F. Johnson, 223 Webster Street, Malden.
A brief vignette describes eight year old Hilda turning a reprimand into praise by calling her mother a good old dog. She jokes about a baby brother arriving and quips she already has a brother so a sister would be unnecessary. Mrs O E Snow Fairhaven reads this anecdote.
A parent recalls disciplining Thomas Jr., then 16 months old, who did not respond. After punishment, he turned and walked backward to the parent. At age three, he was allowed to ride an automobile on the sidewalk near the home with warnings not to go beyond the house.
A home remedy using common garden sage with sulfur is said to darken gray or faded hair. An easier method uses Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores. The product promises natural, even coloring with repeated applications.
Early verse by Edwin A Grazier describes a sunset over a bay with a gleaming belt of gold and a granite lighthouse tower. The imagery evokes a jewel on a crystal hilt and a shimmering sea blade as the sun sinks.
A Cambridge notice recalls a mother recounting a guardian angel to her son and the devil at his side. The boy reports the devil spoke loudly and he could not hear the guardian, as he longed for forbidden food but dared not ask. Mrs. Thomas F. Good, 2% Carver Street, Cambridge.
The narrator visits Dolly finds her in bed then lunch and a show plans disrupted by a water main break. A playful bathrobe image contrasts with the sudden alarm when the building reports water from the basement. Dolly is packed off after a hurried morning culminating in tea and shopping.
A five year old boy Ralph visiting his grandmother during a sugar shortage notes a taste difference in apple sauce. He exclaims Grammy you are the worst apple sauce maker I ever saw and says another grammy’s sauce uses sugar instead of Hoover. Signed Mrs G W Skinner Somerville.
A Boston reader recalls four year old James with brown eyes who admires Aunt Nell and compliments her skin and nose. His innocent observations trigger gentle humor as he dodges a stern look by claiming his eyes are too bright to face. Signed Miss K Masterson, 68 St Germain Street, Boston.
Readers ask about citizenship of a child born abroad to English parents with a late Canadian marriage, quitting duty on diamonds and jewelry into England, and enlistment terms for the regular navy. Other notes discuss Coast Artillery enlistment, under 18 service, and Canadian government pay implications for a Boston-bound family during wartime.
Birthday bio notes James G Blaine born January 31 1830 in West Brownsville Pennsylvania. It traces his early schooling college at seventeen career as editor lawyer congressman speaker of the house senator secretary of state and final presidential bid ending in 1893.
A large service flag with 73 stars was unfurled at Lexington High School yesterday during assembly. Superintendent Arthur H. Carver presented the flag, honoring the 73 men who served who were graduates or attendees of the school.
In conversation people should listen politely and attentively. Elaborate napkin folds are out of fashion with square monogrammed dinners and smaller oblong lunch napkins. A fish knife is silver with a steel blade on the dinner knife. Avoid promiscuous gift giving and send a congratulatory note instead of exchanging gifts.
A specialist has perfected a complexion treatment to banish blackheads and brighten skin. Massage the substance, wash with warm water, and see rapid clear skin. Advertised as safer than soap and better than cold cream, Ara-Mara is sold with money-back guarantees at Filene's and Liggett's.
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