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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1916
Page
13
A Boston Post column presents intended debate from readers on women’s social value versus maternal duties and a revival of punitive measures for men who neglect families or strike wives. The writer supports motherhood as society’s equal value and questions legal harshness, urging women’s opinions in New England.
A collection of reader letters discusses gender roles and family life. A woman rejecting a working husband is urged toward independence and fairness. A 14 year old advised to embrace a stepmother. a naval wife extols sailors and the Navy as a path for her sons. Some praise for sailors and family virtues appears.
Dorothy recalls a luncheon invitation with friends Janice Lucille and Clara. They swim in glorious water while Tom teaches diving. A striking blue green taffeta bathing suit with yellow silk jersey trim frames the scene.
Poem excerpt recalling the old home fire as cities fade, winter silence settles, and love’s dreams endure in firelight. The speaker longs for familiar quiet and the glow of home amid crowded streets and modern life.
A reader asks if a two-year absent suitor is joking or wasting her time. The adviser says the man’s behavior shows little commitment and urges asking him directly whether he seeks friendship or a serious sweetheart bond. If he wants exclusive dating, he must assume appropriate responsibility.
A compilation of reader questions and editor responses on topics from German population in 1910 to a 6500 pound horse mackerel sighting off Gloucester. The exchange covers Franklin birthplace, Colonel Shaw burial, and a poem about contentment by Richard Chenevix Trench with the quoted stanza included.
The Finance Commission trimmed 26 departments' requests from 412 390.05 to 20 118.02 in yesterday's council session. It will report on the remaining 15 departments later. Key changes include Assessing 1920.21 to 920.21 and Building 7903.60 to 2855.06.
The Rev. Samuel A. Eliot will preach at a union service of Arlington Street Church Church of the Disciples and South Congregational Society on July 16 with Sunday services weekly through September 4. Also noted are ordinations at Newton Theological Institution and moves of Baptist leaders as well as Unitarian tent meetings on Cape Cod led by Rev. Henry G. Ives and colleagues. An Episcopal missionary highlights a Philippine hospital ship proposal gaining government and private support.
A dainty luncheon biscuit method uses yeast cake dissolved in warm water with milk and water, salt, sugar, butter, and flour, then rises, shapes in four parts with butter, and bakes 26 minutes. Suet pudding combines molasses, suet, raisins, milk and spices, steamed three hours with an egg sauce. Recipes credited to Mrs Joseph H Linsky and Mrs C E Gonyer.
The narrator recalls starting work with D W Griffith on What Drink Did a one reel drama where she played a ragged girl who sings and strums a mandolin. She learns acting requires entering the role and not looking at the director as guidance shapes performance. Griffith shares insights on directing actors and creating lifelike films.
Rishi ar Mary Pickford's talks will appear five days a week in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post.
The Harvard Summer School of Physical Education opened with about 230 registrants. The first session studied playground work with games like drop the handkerchief duck on the rock and lame fox. The mostly young women aim to become playground instructors under Dudley A. Sargent, director of the Sargent School.
Household hints cover removing old putty with a red hot poker, ant deterrence by chalk marks near sugar, and a simple disinfectant method using coffee and camphor gum. The note is signed by Mrs Richard Tobin of 8 Harvard Road Dorchester.
James E. Burke of Company G Twenty-sixth Infantry in Harlingen Texas asks the Post to publish letters from Massachusetts residents and military men in the regular army. He notes Massachusetts letters travel far and urges correspondence with his unit and others who served in the Mexican boundary detachment and the Third Cavalry era.
Wesley R. Gilbert and Olive J. Enman, senior classmates at Waltham High, married Feb 27 in a private ceremony by Rev. Joseph P. MacCarthy. Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gilbert of 402 Main Street, is well known in the Watch City. Enman is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Enman of Waltham.
A series of church activities is listed including a Confraternity meeting at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Friday with 3 o clock services and an 8 o clock mass for members. The St Anthony’s Church fair in Revere opens at the Revere Street Schoolhouse and runs through today and tomorrow with gifts noted.
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