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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
11
The scene shows Miss Scheff removing a long fur scarf and wrapping it around a woman and baby before slipping away in a limousine. Onlookers describe the grateful woman touching the fur as a warm lifelike object amid tears. Miss Scheff now tours Vaudeville with enduring popularity.
Mary Pickford talks will appear in the Daily Post usually five days a week and in the Sunday Post each Sunday. The arrangement underscores ongoing media presence and regular feature scheduling for the actress.
The All Saints branch of the Ladies Benevolent Association Roxbury completes arrangements for its annual outing at Plymouth on August 13. Harold Woodbury Parsons and Father Charles Heath visit Pope Benedict with news of a Benedictine order hospital on Aventine Hill to aid Italian soldiers, run by Americans. The second annual outdoor parish festival at St. Ambrose, Dorchester, will be held at New Dover’s Landing, North Weymouth, next Saturday with a large committee assisting.
A reader column features admonitions about parenting and virtue, with letters debating marriage, secrecy, and gender roles. Dialogues critique youths, spicy confessions, and equal rights, urging restraint, self respect, and modern partnership.
A column chronicles a gardener named Clara amid a strike, noting her watering scene in a garden while wearing a dotted swiss gown with a pale green taffeta basque. The writer recalls offering a bathing suit suggestion as Clara drenches herself and surroundings with a large hose.
The piece recalls Fritzi Scheff’s volatile stage image and charm as she visits a studio, chats with a narrator, and buys hats, described against rumors of tempers. A snowbound charity moment shows Scheff aiding a shivering mother with a gold mesh purse donation.
Coatees of white serge pair with navy taffeta dresses while the belted modified circular skirt gains favor for tailored suits. Maline and Chantilly laces are expected to dominate the lace season as pastel and neutral shades approach. Skirts grow longer and waistlines rise slightly with sheer white lawn sometimes over colored crepe de chine for summer hats.
New England Homemakers are advised to check the Sunday Post for a full page of recipes. The notes list Creamed Salmon with a white sauce, Salmon and Potato Salad, Salmon Chowder with pork and potatoes, and two Salmon Croquettes varieties, including guidance on preparation, quantities, and serving suggestions by Mrs. Irving A. Taber of Clinton.
Practical tips for removing grass and grease stains with cold water and soap. Clean brass kettles and wringers with kerosene dipped cloth. Salt in vase water keeps cut flowers fresh and stems trimmed daily. Cream stains on table linen wash in cold water. Reader adds kitchen bouquet to rinse curtains for superior whitening.
A compact verse portrait of soldiers and civilians in wartime Britain. It contrasts public support with neglect, mocks uniforms, and defends the ordinary Tommy while condemning war’s costs and class attitudes. The poem contrasts mockery with tribute and ends defiant about soldiers’ humanity.
A columnist counsels a 28 year old single woman who worries about not attracting steady suitors. The piece argues geography shapes matching chances, urging her to consider moving to find eligible bachelors and treats marriage as a woman’s major life pursuit.
Church leaders from Grace New Bedford move to St. Pauls New York while First Baptist Commonwealth and Clarendon join Old South for August services. Eliot Congregational Roxbury sees Rev. George Hubbard as acting pastor and Immanuel Walnut Avenue hosts Rev. D N Beach preaching. Shawmut Congregational and First Presbyterian Boston report past pastors conducting services. Roxbury Presbyterians pause evening services until September. East Boston Presbyterian pastor Rev George Warren delivers yesterday’s sermon.
A brief verse from 1916 by the Southern Press Syndicate titled We’re All Going On to a Better Thing. It speaks of hope, purpose, and noble aims as life moves from sorrow to a brighter future, with references to fire, flame, and divine guidance.
The record notes a 95 degree high in 1890 the hottest July 31 in Boston and a 64 degree low in 1895 the coolest on this date. It also cites a 57 degree low in 1914 as the coolest in the last decade and mentions rainfall on this date in 1915.
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