Sewing Circle Letters Reflect Family Ties and Dances
The Boston Post Sewing Circle column carries letters on family discipline, forgiveness for prodigal children, modern dancing like the turkey trot, and the cost of living. Readers debate whether women should be forgiven for missteps, the role of mothers, and the social impact of fashion and budgets.
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Roads That Call Me to the Salt Sea
A reflective poem where the speaker chooses a seaward path over land. Roads diverge toward London Wales and distant shores. The voyage toward shipping and bronzed sailors becomes a lure, a quest to add miles and seek gone beauty God set me here to find.
A Box of Toys Sparks Family Sentiment at Ivy Cottage
In a tense scene at Aunt Lina’s Ivy Cottage the three Brocton sisters clash over a box of old toys that holds priceless memories for Aunt Lina. She recounts items tied to Tommie who died in 1861 and to children lost to illness, insisting the toys remain and move none into the attic. The sisters resolve to remove the storage and preserve the relics.
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Brocton Sisters
Lina
Ivy Cottage
Ruth
Alice
Grace
Tommie
Jennie
Harriet
Gracie
Miss Lina
Tomato baked dish from Bangor and dessert from Newport
Twelve large smooth tomatoes are baked after hollowing them out and mixing pulp with salt pepper butter sugar onion juice and crumbs. Garnish with parsley and serve. Then a lemon ice freezer recipe with sugar lemon extract and milk is provided from Newport. Includes names Mrs J H O Brien and Mrs C E Abbott and Mrs E E Richardson with locations Bangor Newport and Putnam.
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J. H. O'Brien
Spruce Street
Bangor
C. E. Abbott
Newport, VI
E. E. Richardson
R. R
Putnam, Conn
Letters From The Sewing Circle Highlight Sunday Post Pieces
The Sunday Post prints a selection of the Sewing Circle’s most interesting letters, showcasing reader views, anecdotes, and craft tips. The feature reflects community hobbyists exchanging stories and sewing insights in a friendly, period newspaper voice.
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Civil War Vet Charles B. David Weds Elsie M. Dean
In Franklin New Hampshire on June 11, Charles B. David aged 70, a Civil War veteran, married Elsie M. Dean also 70 years old from Tilton.
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Charles B. David
Elsie M. Dean
Tilton
Love and Sentiment Advice by Mildred Champagne
Mildred Champagne counsels a reader torn between two loves with a man who behaves openly toward one woman and secretly toward the other. She warns the writer to end the duplicity, protect her own interests, and not trust a man who is pledged to another.
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George
Carmen
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Miss Champagne
Bis
Tulle fashions in collarettes and sash styles
Paragraph notes tulle used for necklines and low cut decollette necklines in toilettes de course. It highlights collarettes and a fishwife sash of brocade silk in bright colors. The sash should be drawn over the hips with long ends edged in beads or silk fringe.
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