Sewing Circle in Boston Post invites homemaker dialogue
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston daily and Sunday Post. It serves as a woman’s own forum for home makers in New England to discuss domestic problems. Correspondents may use noms de plume and ask questions. write on one side of the paper. address letters to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Modern woman freedom proves a lucky life, not slavery
A reader compares Mrs. Robins’s claim that women's work is slavery with her own domestic reality. She cites her husband’s long hours, her control of income, and ample free time, arguing women today are well content and far from enslaved, unlike grandmothers who toiled without conveniences.
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Sewing Circle
Raymond Robins
Boston
Mothers urged to curb graduation dress extravagance
A reader urges mothers to stop funding costly graduation outfits for daughters saying the custom fosters selfishness and vanity, noting fathers may bear the burden while daughters demand frills and shine for an hour among classmates.
A Girl Graduate’s Mother Seeks Finery For Daughters
In a Sewing Circle exchange a mother argues for buying fine gowns for daughters to match classmates. She recalls her own daughter who earned her degree and dress herself, yet attracted a professional suitor for home made attire. Other letters note a costly dress seen as status, while stressing debts for necessities should come first.
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Sewing Circle
New England
Common Sense
Living on $12 a Week Tips From Boston Reader
A Boston reader asserts three people can live comfortably on twelve dollars weekly by eating seasonally, avoiding luxuries, and making essentials at home. He urges thrift, planning, and self-reliance, noting doctors' bills as the main obstacle to cheaper living.
Prodigal Daughters and the Door Shut in the Face
A letter to the Dear Sewing Circle argues that denying a repentant prodigal entry risks corrupting younger siblings. Personal examples show forgiveness can backfire, as forgiven daughters may seek to recruit others, leading to crime and broken marriages. The writer recalls being sent away by a mother who refused entry after a prodigal sister’s disgrace.
Sewing Circle Letters Highlighted in Sunday Post
Reading the Sunday Post reveals a selection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader views, tips, and community chatter on garments, needlework, and social events.
Auld Lang Syne Echoes Nostalgia By Walt Mason
A 1918George Matthew Adams copyright piece by Walt Mason laments aging and changing tastes outlining past greatness in arts and public discourse. It contrasts bygone brilliance with present vulgarity and pines for the days of auld lang syne as future generations may echo the same nostalgia.
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Greeley
Edwin Booth
Shakespere
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Some Famous Love Letters of Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo was famed as both lover and writer. Married at twenty to Adele Foucher, he reveals a secret love for Adele. He also courted Juliette Drouet and another Claire, inspiring passionate letters and deep emotional turmoil.
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Victor Hugo
Adele Foucher
Hugo
Cupid
Victor
Adele
Love
Madame Hugo
Juliette Drouet
Juliette
Claire
School Is Out For Summer Poem Lauding Mothers
TM Daly Ditty Vacation celebrates school’s end with children shouting for play while teachers, scholars, and especially Mother dear are praised for their hard work through summer. It urges youngsters to help mothers and keep mischief in check during the break.
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Mother Dear
Mother
T.A. Daly
Fish Cakes on Toast From Miriam Wagner
One pound cold boiled fresh fish and two large cold boiled potatoes are mashed with milk and egg then mixed with flour, pepper, salt and baked into flat cakes. Fry until brown on both sides and serve on buttered toast with parsley. Miriam Wagner at 225 Charles Street, Waltham.
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Miriam Wagner
Charles Street
Waltham
Paragraph points on fads and fashions
The article surveys current fashion fads. It notes a modish gown with a sash and many phases, a lingerie blouse with a Japanese kimono neck finish, and hats featuring crowns and brims covered in white figured crepe. Light colored hats are trimmed with abundant flowers.
Box of Strawberries Sparks Elmwood Farm Romance
Ruth and Evelyn Parker run a strawberry harvest at Elmwood as two pickers fall ill. Evelyn hides a note in a berry crate. Russell Holmes buys the berries, reads the note, meets Evelyn, and falls in love. Two years later they announce their engagement in June, the month of roses.
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Elmwood Farm
Boston
Mr. Parker
Ruth
Evelyn
Evelyn Farker
Russell Holmes
Elmwood
Russell
Carney Hospital Celebrates 50th Anniversary Mass
The 50th anniversary of Carney Hospital in South Boston was observed by the sisters of charity and nurses with a high mass celebrated by Rev Father P J Lyons, chaplain. Music by St Cecilia's choir composed of the hospital’s nurses.
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Carney Hospital
South Boston
Sisters of Charity
P. J. Lyons
St. Cecilia’s
Crystalis Hair Remedy Promises Free Trial Guarantee
A local ad offers Crystalis hair remedy with a binding guarantee. If it fails to deliver claimed results, buyers pay nothing and a $1000 fund is held as forfeit by Cresto Laboratories. Mail coupon to Cresto Laboratories in Binghamton, New York.
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Europe
Paris
Brussels
Crystolys
Crystalis
Cresto Laboratories
U Street
Binghamton, N. Y
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Frills
Mr. Romeo Rich
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Walt
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Daly Ditty
T. A. Daly
Little Polly
B. Hutchinson
Mulbury Street
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The
Bernice Wheeler
Shirley
Jeremiah Sheehan
Robert Ezer
South End
Sheehan
Ezer
Shop For Women
W.b.iuform
C. Crawford Hollidge
Temple Place
Tremont Street
Kayser
Julius Kayser & Co
New York
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