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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
7
Readers invited to address all letters to Why Editor at the Boston Post. Sketches need not accompany ideas as the Post artist will handle drawings. No conditions or correspondence allowed regarding the contest and entrants are advised no entry discussion.
Newton actress Miss Vira Frost Stowe wed Walton H. Marshall, manager of the New Vanderbilt Hotel in New York, at Central Congregational Church Newtonville. Officiant Rev John M Wilson. maid of honor Barbara Stowe. best man R Newton Marshall. Ushers included Randolph Marshall Julian Mason Mer vin Bulkley George Fernald Jr Edgar G Scott William McEwen Jr. A reception followed at 197 Walnut Street from 4 30 to 7.
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers of New England to discuss household affairs, domestic difficulties, family matters, and health tips. Contributors may use pen names and ask questions. letters should be one side of the paper and mailed to the Sewing Circle Editor at the Boston Post.
Noonday services at St Pauls Church Tremont Street will be delivered by Rev Carroll Perry today with services discontinued after tomorrow until Oct 2. The last Sunday afternoon meeting for the season is June 4 and resumes Sept 17. Communion at All Souls Church June 4 at 10 45 will be led by Rev Alfred E Wright with a Remembrance sermon.
Practical household hints cover knife treatment with potato and ashes, thin rye sandwiches with olive pepper cream cheese and mayo, medical wound care with plaster strips, Emery powder polish for steel, cooking pan cleaning, raisin prevention in dough, and removing dull furniture shine with ammonia solution.
Eveline asks if a wife is wrong to take small amounts from her husband when pin money is denied. She notes never taking more than $1 or $2 and spending only on necessities for herself and the children. She seeks guidance from the sisters on whether this is justified.
Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle offers a reader's query about hosting a church garden party to raise funds with low outlay. Suggestions and guidance are requested, including how to run a “Mrs Wiggs Cabbage Patch” style booth.
Advice to a wife named Bertha warns against letting the newborn absorb all devotion. The letter cautions that neglecting the husband leads to distance, longer absences, and possible loss of affection. The writer urges making the home attractive and the wife entertaining to preserve a devoted marriage.
A speaker defends living with a mother in law citing 15 years of care and guidance for children. She credits the mother in law as a supportive figure and spiritual doctor, laments a son urging his mother to stay away, and argues the wife bears responsibility for estrangement.
A Bay State reader, a stepmother, reflects on the stepmother role and the blues of feeling unappreciated. She recalls visiting her stepson and learning his true opinion of his stepmother, which was kinder than expected, urging persistence in efforts for stepchildren.
A reader asks Sewing Circle readers for directions to make a rose jar this summer. L. T. seeks simple, clear instructions from contributors with experience in decorative jars.
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