Debate on Movies for Married Women in Sewing Circle
Readers discuss how often a married woman may attend films and the value of cinema as escape and education. Letters praise independence, warn against debt, and share personal stories of balance between home duties and screen life with references to Chaplin Pickford Mary Pickford Anita Stewart and Marguerite Clark.
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Anita Stewart
Marguerite Clark
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Denar Sisters
Sewing Circle
Dedham
Worcester
Gmore Snap Fasteners Offer 15 for Price of 12
Advertises Gmore Snap Fasteners claiming great comfort and security for women. The copy compares value to eggs, stating full measure in Snap Fasteners today equals 15 for the price of 12 in 5c and 10c grades.
Letters to the Editor on Juliet name Mrs White House and trivia
A set of reader questions and answers covers Juliet pronunciation Ju li et and a bridal visit to the White House during wartime hours. It also includes a population ranking by country Brazil Mexico Argentina, a Longfellow poem reference with a vacant chair and a note that meerschaum pipes come from mineral mines in Europe and Asia. The exchanges resemble a newspaper readers page offering quick factual clarifications.
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Julia
Post
Sir
Washington
White House
American
United States
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Europe
Asia
Courage Rises With Spartan Spirit in Her Motherhood
A concise verse celebrates a mother's courage and strength drawn from a Spartan spirit. Gratitude is expressed for bearing a son and the joy of motherhood is praised as vast and enduring.
The Two Prisoners Fable Moral on Honesty
Fable recounts two prisoners at the bar who plead their cases differently. One hides facts to avoid bias, yet is condemned. the other speaks truth fully and is condemned for misdemeanors. The moral notes honesty as best policy and warns truth not spoken at all times.
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Carolyn Wells
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Betsy and Betsy Catch a Fish Tale in Blue Linen
Yesterday afternoon Dick arrived to find Betsy missing. Betsy and Jim then arrive in a car, both laughing. Betsy shows a fish-on-a-string caught while borrowing a fishing pole, wearing a blue linen dress with a white batiste blouse and cherry ribbon details.
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Betsy
Jim
Everyday Etiquette Notes on Engagement Announcements
A column advises sincere enthusiasm in notes to friends about engagements. It discusses how single women sign as Miss Ethel X and married women use initials or full names, and suggests keeping announcements brief to share happiness with intimate friends.
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Ethel X
Virginia
At your age, my friend, you are
A nineteen year old man writes to Miss Champagne asking how to learn if a young lady of eighteen remains faithful after seeing her with an older man. He mentions a good salary and desire to support her as a husband.
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Betsy
Chelsea
Miss Champiagne
La-May Face Powder Promises Pure Skin
A New York beauty powder named Lamay Poudre L A me proclaims purity by excluding white lead and rice powder. It claims a medicinal skin-healing formula, longevity on skin, and popular use by over a million American women. Large size fifty cents, half size twenty five cents. Save this notice.
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New York
Let Love Grow With Time Before Marriage
The adviser cautions against rushing into marriage at nineteen urging patience as tastes change with age. She argues a maturer choice may come later and that a younger partner may seek stability in an older, steadier man.
Engagements and a Plain Touch on the Skirt
A fragment shows a woman handling a triangular love scene. Dick rides off with Jim and receives no explanation while the couple’s engagement is noted, leaving the man puzzled by the situation.
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Jim
War Time Recipes from New England Housewives
A Sunday Post installment presents dress sandwiches with rare roast beef and water cress, carrot pudding steamed for hours, a strawberry custard pie variation, and an oyster pate served in tin cups. Recipes credited to Mrs. Lillie M. Wheeler of Nashua New Hampshire.
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New England
Lillie M. Wheeler
Walnut Street
Nashua
N. H
Funeral of Worcester hotel owner John J. Quinn
John J. Quinn prominent Worcester hotel owner died suddenly Tuesday from a paralytic shock. His funeral will be held tomorrow from his home at 11 Oxford Street with a requiem high mass at St Pauls Church at 10 o clock.
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Worcester
John J. Quinn
Oxford Street
St. Paul's Church
Notable Honors and Appointments Around World Leaders
The report lists President Wilson and Cardinal Mercier among candidates for Paris Academy vacancies, notes James G. Blaine Jr. becoming vice president of Liberty National Bank, and mentions Alexis Carrel’s Legion of Honor promotion. It also covers Lord Reading’s honor at Columbia, King George’s offer to the Red Cross, a British officer son’s bravery, and a Paris damages payment to Mme Crignier over 19th century excavations connected to John Paul Jones remains search.
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United States
Mme. Crignier
Paris
John Paul Jones
Summer's Beginnings Sing Beyond Almanac Rules
The poem celebrates summer arriving without dates or calendars. It portrays nature declaring the season through birds, wind, waves, woods, and faery folk. It suggests scientists miss the true start, as robins sing a stave signaling summer.
General March To Write Weekly War Reviews
The War Department will provide weekly battlefield reviews for the American public via newspaper correspondents in Washington. The service begins soon and covers ongoing events across European fronts.
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March
Washington
Europe
War Department
House rejects Senate amend to postoffice pneumatic tube bill
The House voted 182 to 138 against the Senate amendment authorizing government purchase of pneumatic tube systems for mail from post offices to stations in Brooklyn New York City Boston Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis. Debates focused on alleged sinister methods and a major lobbying effort by tube owners.
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Washington
House Today
Senate
Postoffice
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Moon
Tennessee
Post Office Committee
Endicott urges Mass to give up beef to aid Allied soldiers
Food administrator Endicott calls on Massachusetts to eliminate beef from homes and public dining to boost meat conservation. He suggests using tripe and offal as substitutes and limiting bacon pork and poultry while beef shipments lag. He emphasizes the need to increase beef supplies for allies.
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Endicott
Massachusetts
Mr. Endicott
Centenary observance forms auxiliary committee in Jamaica Plain
A citizens' auxiliary committee for the John A. Andrew centenary ob servance was organized at a public mass meeting at the 12th Baptist Church. Albert Wolf was elected chairman Cornelius McKane secretary and J W Schenck treasurer. The group will assist the Boston branch of the National Royal Rights League in events starting with a wreath at the Andrew statue in Andrew square at 9 30 a m. The Rev Jacob H Powell will speak with prayer by the Rev George Stevens. The Mayor and family are invited and Civil War veterans are asked to attend and obtain reserved seats from secretary W M Troltwat.
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Citizens’ Auxiliary
John A. Andrew
12Th Baptist Church
Albert Ts Wolf
State Department
G. A
Cornelius McKane
J. W. Schenck
Boston
National Oyal Rights League
Andrew
W. M. Troltwat
Cornhill
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