The Am a teur Waitress Romance in a Lunchroom
A crowded noon lunchroom sets the scene for a waitress mishap as Miss Goodwin drops a tray. Boyd Martin, heir to the Peter Martin fortune, assists her then ponders her identity. Six weeks later Norma Ordway reveals she once worked as a waitress to win a bet, and Boyd later offers her a permanent waitress job in a playful river scene.
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Boyd
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Peter Martin
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Rose
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Miss Ordway
Boya
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Dear Sewing Circle Letters on cooking and dancing school
A reader signed Home-made Housemaid argues cooking comes naturally yet her family’s chores shape her life. She details early mornings, meal prep, and a plea for feedback from Sewing Circle readers. Another letter comments on wives schools and dances, joking about rival paths to marriage.
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Hester
Sewing Circle
Dancing as a moral worry in a postwar column
A reader condemns dancing as a social vice and a danger to virtue, likening it to liquor and urging reform. Others respond with varying views on gentility, crowds, and personal restraint, with a signer claiming to be newly eighteen.
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on meeting each other’s mothers
Mildred Champagne advises that in a serious courtship the mothers should be introduced early. The suitor should arrange a cordial meeting with the woman’s mother, or vice versa, to foster good will. She emphasizes respect, kindness, and including relatives in the courtship process.
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Miss Champagne
Charming Imported Gown Wowing Week End Attire
A reader notes Mrs x- wore an elegant imported gown in biscuit color georgette crepe with lace and wide lace bands forming an apron effect. A large floppy bow at the waist and loops of grosgrain ribbon detail the back and left front. Violet taffeta hat completed the ensemble.
Fall fashion promises bright dresses and bold colors
The article notes blues with a greenish cast remain in favor, with very short underskirts shown under new frocks. It forecasts seven more elaborate dress styles and vibrant colors for fall, highlighting a lively wardrobe shift.
Braintree Post Organizes Tonight
Braintree Post 86 American Legion will elect its full slate of officers at a meeting tonight in Memorial Hall Town House at 8 o clock. Lieutenant Bernard F Carroll of Dorchester will speak on the legion's future.
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Braintree
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Bernard F. Carroll
Dorchester
Legion
New England Housewife Recipes From Sunday Post
A readable digest of home cooking tips includes quailettes with rolled flank wrapped in bacon and pan-fried, two onion gravy, a soup mix with eggs milk and onion extract, angel cake with meringue technique, and snap crackers made from bacon rind scraps. Notes credit Mrs. Bertha Gillett of Riverside Walpole New Hampshire.
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Bertha Gillett
Riverside
Walpole
N. H
Etiquette Breakfast Rules and Gentleman at Train
A formal breakfast hour is noon with varying courses like grapefruit strawberries lobster croquettes sweetbreads eggs broiled chicken or cutlets peas or potatoes salad cheese pastry and frozen punch coffee tea or chocolate. Gentlemen should precede ladies to assist the lady alighting from a departing train.
Rippling Rhymes Eb Walt Eats Op
UNCLE WALT SAYS: Rippling Rhymes eb Walt eet op present a playful line of verse with humorous wordplay and a casual, rustic tone. The fragment hints at a lighthearted, informal poetical interlude likely from a local column or comic strip.
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Walt Eet
Summer Nights and Bugs Quip by Walt Mason
A light verse recalls summer charms tainted by pests. The speaker laments insects like flies ants snakes wasps bees slugs and worms that spoil picnics and strolls while praising summer’s beauty and a bird’s song in a playful tone. Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Renew War on Cigarettes Rages On
Mrs Elizabeth R White secretary of the Massachusetts Anti Cigarette League announces a reorganization after a three year suspension. The league aims to renew its campaign against smoking practices and public health concerns.
Massachusetts Anti Cigarette League Reorganizes At Beacon Street
The Massachusetts Anti Cigarette League resumes work after a three year pause with new headquarters at 8 Beacon Street Boston. Officials led by secretary Mrs Elizabeth R White plan school visits, pledges, and campaigns starting this fall aligned with the motto Save the boy an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Massachusetts Anti-Cigarette League
Beacon Street
Elizabeth R. White
League
Robert H Magwood
Jeremiah E. Burke
Harry L. Jones
H. W. €Ibert
Fitzpatrick
Frederick
Morrison
Arthur W. Robinson
Malden Alderman Flies Largest Peace Flag
Alderman Charles H. Hyde of Malden unfurled what he calls the largest flag ever made, now flying in his yard at 70 Tremont Street. The 18 by 20 foot American flag is bordered with a five foot white linen strip, and he is believed to have made the first peace flag ever flown.
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Charles H. Hyde
Malden
Tremont Street
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