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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
21
The little Road urges departure while the little House longs for remain. The speaker echoes the pull between adventure and home as a child must travel to learn what the road will reveal. The House endures the ache of a wordless farewell while the Road presses on the journey of growth.
Pauline May, a displaced job seeker at Mrs Moore's boarding house, faces hardship after Arthur Randell dismisses her from a dictation position. Weeks later he reunites with her, learns she has grown pale and thin, offers a country outing, and confesses renewed love as she begins dictation again from a cottage in the suburbs.
A 20 year old writes about a year with an 18 year old girl and confusing feelings. The adviser says the writer is too young for lasting commitment and should avoid tying down the girl while unstable. She warns the girl will likely fall for others if kept in a flirtation.
The oldest observer recalls Boston's warmest June 4 to date as 86 degrees in 1912 and 85 in 1836, and the coldest as 44 degrees in 1881. He notes no rain on this date in the past decade except 1914.
Household hints offer practical tips from Mrs H B Crosby of East Boston on home care. Tips include heating a nail before driving into plaster to avoid cracking, using a medicine dropper to remove lamp oil, tweezers for hemstitching threads, egg white mixture for sprains, and renewing as it dries. Additional advice covers sealing cookbooks with oilcloth and creaming butter by pressing through a potato ricer to save time.
A poem and reader Q A section print a veteran voice on war and duty. It includes inquiries to the Post and brief answers on topics from nutrition to enlistment and pronunciation. Notable names ROXBURY and Rose Schneiderman appear in the compiled responses.
Charles Franklin Jones argues for open public spaces and a true Sabbath on Sundays. He urges laws to allow Sunday outdoor activities in parks, praising fresh air for health and moral well being. The piece stresses air access, recreation, and religious observance beyond church walls.
A series of brief letters to a Sewing Circle debating smoking by women. Contributors discuss morality, class, health, motherhood, and public perception, with emotional appeals and counterpoints from multiple voices.
Recipes describe Raspberry Sponge with berries and whipped cream, Fig Jelly from figs boiled in water with gelatine, and Strawberry Dainty layered with sugar and orange juice. Also included are French Vanilla Cream and attributions to Mrs. Ellen F. MacIntyre of Watertown and Mrs. Benjamin Hutchinson of Beverly.
Fashions favor the bloused back and flat front with capes worn full and hip length. Accordion-pleated skirts pair with middy blouses in blue serge and black satin. A gold-plated mesh bag adds a smart touch. Tub gowns in sheer linens remain pastel tinted. Black satin frocks feature tan tussah trim.
The Federal Department of Labor and two representative American labor women sailed on March 10 to France as Presidential appointees to the peace conference.
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