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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
25
In a Salem Evening News piece the old household clock is praised as the brightest neat item, its gold-touched hands and sweet chime enduring. The clock is described as a monitor with few words that still speak across eras, warning and guiding as nations change and friendship wanes.
Readers debate an invalids right to marry and the duty of bearing children, proposing state mating and a bachelor tax. Letters from Boston area correspondents discuss modern courting, women smoking, and navigating social norms in the Sewing Circle column.
Pear Excel recipe from Mrs. M. Braverman Jamaica Plain combines quartered pears cooked in lemon water with a sugar syrup, then gelatin set over the hot pear juice. Chill until firm and serve on sponge cake with apple fluff.
In a spring clean, Mrs E Hammond discovers usable remnants in a trunk. She transforms a black taffeta skirt into a coat for a three year old with a child apron pattern and georgette collar. A Swiss embroidery flounce yields a bead trimmed dress, and an out of style waist becomes a hand embroidered dress. A pillow is made from decorative motifs.
The article surveys hat trends with taffeta and leghorn combinations, organza waistcoats for summer frocks, and extraordinarily wide brims. It highlights the Camargo silhouette with a close bodice and full skirt, the Louis XVI scalloped peplum, and Directoire influence on millinery.
Muriel Wheeler rebukes Kenneth Wright for calling her a coquette then endures heartbreak after a fatal train wreck. Kenneth admits his wrong, and Muriel's courage helps save lives. After recovery they reconcile, and a future happiness seems assured for the pair.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason mocks marriage woes as a wife laments a disappointing union. The piece contrasts a complaining wife with a hapless husband, highlighting social judgments and comic lines about Fidelity and fortune within a long rhymed parody.
Miss Alice Stuart answers common etiquette questions. The bridegroom pays for bridesmaids bouquets given at the bride's home before the ceremony. Coffee is served at the very end after dessert. For a married woman signature, write Sarah and then Mrs. John James in parentheses at the left.
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