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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
12
Readers discuss money matters in the Sewing Circle column. Women share varied views on budgeting, ownership of earnings, and whether wives should document expenditures. Advice emphasizes fair conversation, shared plans, and avoiding quarrels over household finances.
Wartime flourless and sugar sparing recipes from a New England reader list dishes such as War Bread using oatmeal corn meal and molasses plus yeast. It also includes vegetable meat loaf chocolate delight and a rye based dessert with cream and apple sauce.
A cook details a feathery ham omelet recipe to please Jim on Sunday 18, using stale bread crumbs milk butter salt and pepper then beaten egg yolks and ham folded with stiff egg whites. A dash of Al lance elevates the dish into a regal breakfast.
The United States Food Administration Bureau promotes milk as economical fuel and nourishment for children and adults. It compares milk's energy to meat and eggs, recommends whole or skim milk, emphasizes cleanliness and pasteurization, and suggests cooking cereals in milk and milk puddings with raisins.
Dorothy recalls Mabel in farmgirl attire and details a vivid South winter look. She describes a white Chinese silk crepe gown with green silk traceries and white chiffon panels, a blue ribbon belt, and a turbaned white and green outfit.
A reader asks about Roger Williams banishment from Massachusetts to Rhode Island and whether he was sent to England. He also queries English usage faze versus phase and the pronunciation of Faneuil Hall, plus how Germans and French refer to Germany. The letter closes with a question on redress for crowding in public.
A fable contrasts two men building houses. One ignores neighbors and ends with a flawed, uncomfortable home. The other seeks neighborly advice, but ends with a disjointed, impractical result. The moral: in a multitude of counselors there is safety. too many cooks spoil the broth.
A reader asks about standing on moving escalators with a weak heart and notes stairs for walkers. They wonder about arrest for escalator pushing and using a different star in service flags. Separate queries cover typing speed records and testing boiled lobster freshness with a curl test.
The passage argues a sincere lover will reveal affection to the world and his circle, yet will not parade private feelings publicly. If he hides them, it is intentional and temporary, not due to indifference, and often stems from not intending a lasting relationship with the girl.
Wholesale manufacturers cite higher grain costs as the cause for yeast cake price rise from two to three cents per cake. Bread raisers will sell to retailers at 2 to 24 cents a dozen.
Douglas Malloch argues the so called simple life is tough and ironic. He mocks urban snobs and extols rugged camp life with tin plates and ground grub as the real simple life in a woodland setting.
The piece notes personal swords retain ceremonial value as canes and pistols fade. It highlights General Peyton March receiving a jeweled sword from Watson Pennsylvania. It covers Du Ponts investing in autos and hotels, Alfred Vanderbilt’s upcoming marriage to Ray Baker, and Palmer’s claim that Germans lost fur influence in the US. It also mentions Kahn citing 16 airplanes in France, Farwell on textile distribution control, Storrow’s skip stop coal savings, railway coal cuts, and Requa weighing oil supply limits to gas firms.
A column offers etiquette notes on tipping chauffeurs and half portions in restaurants. It also describes wedding cake boxes for guests and bride sword cutting, plus guidance on men making advances and patient writing in romance letters.
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