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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1921
Page
11
A series of letters from readers critique a social worker's objections to bobbed hair, arguing about fashion influence and youth culture. Contributors describe personal experiences with bobbing, makeup, and skirts, defend individual choices, and urge moderation in judging young women.
A Sunday Post feature compiles home recipes for parsnips with butter and cream, fried cabbage in hot butter with vinegar, asparagus served on toast with white sauce or butter, baked tomatoes with whipped cream, cheese cream toast, dressed sliced tomatoes with brown sugar and vinegar, and a tarragon lemon egg yolk sauce. Contributors include Margaret A Ryan of East Boston, Sue Baylis of Stamford, and Mrs G Stratton of St George Maine.
The poem speaks in a lyrical voice about returning to meadow land and orchard to find absence and loneliness. It contrasts homecoming with missing companionship, noting silent doors, fading blossoms, and a chilly, dreamlike quiet that shadows the narrator’s welcome.
A poverty framed social tale unfolds at a city fair. Clarinda Fane, in a dress made from two old gowns, navigates Mrs. Carter the wealthy matchmaker, Dick Appleton, and household gossip. Each character judges appearances, love, and ambition amid a lively postwar social scene.
Practical household tips describe melting beeswax and mutton suet to waterproof leather and soles, using kerosene to restore pliability, benzine with egg for grease removal, Vaseline for russet shoes, turpentine for patent leather, pipe clay for white shoes, and careful brushing. Also covers cleaning silk stains with French chalk and pressing, plus reviving wilted flowers by hot water. signed by Mrs Lillian Cash of Brookline.
A 8th grade style household column shares practical tips for maximizing lemon juice, preventing pie overflow with sugar and flour, removing tea cup discolorations with vinegar and salt, protecting enamelware with butter grease, and preserving gas stoves with olive oil. It also advises keeping dish cloths clean and boiling them, attributed to Lillian Bayliss of Amherst Nova Scotia.
Lace remains smart for dinner gowns and afternoon wear. Summer day costumes favor simplicity with colored stockings, black pumps, and tailored wash cotton shirtwaists. Green silk parasols, beige suede gloves, and crepe dresses with silk fringe highlight the season. Eyelet linen frocks and striped flannel sports skirts with plain jackets complete the look. Jane G. Austin’s pilgrim era tale Bringing Back Pilgrim Days appears in Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
A humorous domestic tale follows Jill and Jack as Jill cleans the house while Jack longs for city bread and companionship. He helps with dusting then can't find fellow players at the billiards club, learning a new truth about matrimony as their sunset porch scene ends.
Corporal Philip L Bowie 26, Hyde Park native, son of Mr and Mrs Frank F Bowie of 109 Highland Street, was buried yesterday with military honors at Fairview Cemetery. Veterans from three posts marched in tribute and sounded taps at his grave.
In Chicago a mystery unfolds as police search for a blond woman named Ethel linked to the disappearance of Warren G. Spurgin, president of Michigan Avenue Trust Company. The bank faces likely receivership with about $1 million missing. Spurgin travels toward Seattle en route to the Orient, carrying large sums. His wife and daughter Vivian have left for Perry, Iowa, in Spurgin’s cars.
Jane G. Austin presents a full installment of The Wife of John Carver a romance set in Plymouth during the Pilgrim era. The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will publish the tale in its upcoming issue.
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