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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
11
Aged column features letters on marital duties dressing for youth and the right to marry. Topics include rewarding husbands with vacations, aging attire for wives, staying with a mother over eloping, and exhortations to marry if capable. Marlboro signs off with counsel and hope.
An advertisement promotes the Cody Road entrance to Yellowstone Park via Rattle Snake Mountain and Shoshone Canyon. It invites readers to plan a park visit with Burlington trains and offers a tour booklet from Alex Stocks of the Boston office of the B and Q.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader input and discussions on crafts, fabric choices, and project tips. The feature highlights community participation and practical advice from enthusiasts.
The column notes charming Scotch gingham aprons for gardening and a plain dark voile frogk with a bead bag. It mentions oyster white straw hats with velvet leaf appliques, lighter undergarments, voile striped fabrics for simple summer frocks, fine tucks and lace on French blouses, and practical slips or dresses for small girls. It also observes smocked shirtwaists for tiny boys and little ornamental options for children's clothes.
House introductions work best via the mistress of the house. Men increasingly wear wrist watches. At meals a guest should try a little of every dish, even if not to taste, to avoid offending the hostess.
A reader asks if a modest token like a pipe is appropriate for a young man going to war. The adviser says a small memento is fitting and comforting, noting a pipe is more personal than a necktie or cigars and could symbolize peace.
A Newport Rhode Island recipe note from Mrs George H Coggeshall lists original chocolate pudding made with milk eggs sugar cornstarch and melted chocolate plus a vanilla finish. It provides a second pudding with bread crumbs raisins apples nutmeg butter and a baked sauce, served with whipped cream and a vanilla sauce.
The Holy Name Society of St. Peter's Church plans a 7 30 morning mass with anticipated 10000 attendees for a Cathedral parish festival at the arena from 10 A M to 10 P M. An entertainment for children starts at 11 O'clock and Rev William Finigan leads arrangements. Sisters of Notre Dame support Women's Auxiliary Ninth Regiment efforts with Berkeley street academy use. Rev John J Brodie S J moves to St Francis de Sales Lynchburg W Va as pastor.
Boston Public Safety Committee clarifies subscriptions to the Housewives Magazine, a New York publication circulated in Boston since February 1917. The July issue features Mr Hoover’s portrait, prompting confusion with Hoover enrollment cards for food conservation. Bowles says the campaign is a commercial project judged on its own merits and not misrepresentation.
A large crowd attends the Pops with two concerts this week as Jacchia conducts Tschaikowsky and other composers. The program features several selections including Overture Solenne and the 1812 Overture, plus Rachmaninoff and Strauss pieces and a final Star Spangled Banner encore.
Hundreds of manufacturers sample wash suits on sale at 59c and 99c half their regular price. Legal Stamps in the bar gain is listed among many attractions today at Wolff's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland Streets.
A romantic pairing between a mountain and a lake observed by a speaker. The mountain stands majestic and remote while the lake adores it, mirrors its snow, and shares timeless devotion. A quiet, wistful end reveals the lake’s unrequited love and the speaker’s own sorrow.
Several hundred attended the memorial for Rev Dr William M Tufts pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Columbus Ave and Berkeley St. The service in the church auditorium was led by Rev Dr James Alexander with prayers by Rev Clarence A Vincent and address by Rev Clarence Young D D. Harvard Male Quartette provided music as pastors from Greater Boston paid tribute. Evangelist E L Cardey plans a 10 week Boston campaign starting July 15 at St James Ave and Berkeley St.
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