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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
19
An etiquette column explains anniversary names with 30th pearl 40th ruby and 75th diamond. It notes 80th and 40th need designations. It also says men are not usually invited to luncheon. breakfast or dinner are preferred meals. A formal dinner starts 7 to 8:30 p.m.
A lyrical meditation extols dreams over harsh reality. The speaker cherishes imagination and solitary bliss, praising gold and goodness while warning not to seek too far. The piece contrasts cynicism with idealism and affirms living in a personal paradise.
A Sewing Circle reader asks if he should marry the robust outdoorsy fiancée despite ill health and long recovery. The letters section includes cautions about smoking women and a bride describing her own past experiments with smoking.
A speaker laments the allure of smoking and recalls giving up aquatic sports due to lung harm from smoke. She questions the value of cigarettes and hints at male and female attitudes toward female smoking, noting brothers’ views on girls carrying matches.
Recipes list coconut cookies bread pudding and other sweets with details including ingredients such as sugar butter eggs coconut and spices. The note credits Mrs E H Upton of Worcester and suggests checking the Sunday Post for a full page of recipes.
Aunt Judy overhears quarrel between Jim Parker and Mollie Parker and reports a separation to Mrs Cummings and Hetty Welch. Rumors spread through Linden’s Woman’s Club as neighbors debate the marriage’s fate and possible divorce. Mollie is seen with Jim, unsettled by the Gazette.
Zipplingfehymes by Walt Mason presents a humorous verse about Old Bill Jinx who laments being left out and mocked for his poverty. The narrator promises a ride and plans a six o clock journey only to face delays as Old Bill stalls, highlighting social friction between classes in a light satirical tone.
In Linden the town learns of a staged divorce plot from a Grange play. Mollie and Jim realize a rumor misread as real scandal. Mrs Cummings becomes the target of townsfolk during an uproar. Aunt Judy laments the gossip and vows silence after the eruption.
The oldest resident recalls Boston's warmest June 11 readings 93 in 1894 and 91 in 1914 and a coldest 46 in 1881. He notes no rain on this date in the past decade except 1910 1916 and 1917, according to official figures.
A beige dress with a pomegranate red cravat notes a fashion trend with flowers of colored silk at the girdle. Dainty checked voile frocks have collars near the waist, red trims appear on black Paris shoes, dotted swiss stays cool. Larger bow sashes mark style, Louis XVI influence grows, lingerie frocks revival expected, cerise satin underdress with purple tunic shown.
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