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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
15
Readers of the Sewing Circle respond to a question about a husband controlling meals in the home. Letters discuss patriotism, moderation in moviegoing, and personal loneliness, with a mix of defense of leisure, calls to support war efforts, and suggestions to balance duty with recreation.
Helen phoned for lunch and a gathering followed with Martha and Caroline bringing a camera. Leila wore a pale green handkerchief linen frock with a deep hem and white moonshine desoie trimming, a fichy collar, net edging, and a peach-pink silk parasol completing the look.
A cosmetic ad trumpets La-May Poudre LAme as a pure face powder that stays on until washed off and contains no white lead or starch. It claims a $5000 chemist challenge, promotes skin health, and notes rapid popularity among over a million American women with prices of fifty and twenty five cents.
The speaker longs for June and orchard silence more than work. He pictures lying under an old apple tree with the sky above and air beneath, dreaming of a companion’s presence and the freedom June offers. He contrasts June with March May and brash April, yearning for lazy, carefree days.
Buckwheat Cakes uses buckwheat flour milk flour water salt and baking powder with molasses, cooked on a greased griddle and good with sausages. Mock Chicken offers bones and leftovers boiled then mixed with chicken soup for a dish that resembles chicken. Also included are Rice Popovhas and Peanut Butter Tomato Soup credited to Mrs Bryant and Gladys Pettingill of Athol Massachusetts.
A Massachusetts conference on the fuel situation will be held in room 427 at the State House at 11 o clock this morning. Gov McCain and all members of the Committee on Public Safety are expected to participate, with the meeting called by Federal Administrator James J. Storrow.
A reader asks if mental telepathy links lovers across distance and if kind thoughts return. The response notes telepathy has not become an exact science and may be chance or mind waves, remaining a game of guesswork rather than controllable like wireless telegraphy.
Ammonia cleans willow chairs by dissolving dirt and grease and also works on very light oak chairs. The guide notes a method for cleaning black dress silks as one of the lesser known tips.
Black satin and gray crepe de chine create stylish frocks while girdles of many styles remain fashionable. A rough Swiss straw leads the new hat styles and tailored blue serge coats suit small children. Wool jersey with velour finish joins French fabrics, and tailor hats may be made entirely of organdy.
Michigan Senator Smith introduces a bill in Congress to coin 2 cent pieces. Salvation Army Commander Evangeline Booth will travel to France to review relief work at the front. Taft leases an apartment in Washington for winter. will move in autumn. Gould of New York urges including candy in rations for U S Army and Navy personnel. Armour offers a million dollars for Schwab’s smile. Sir William Weir named UK air secretary peer. Gillett of the Bureau of Mines reports a new electric brass-melting furnace after five years of work.
A lyric sketch praises Captain Blue as a joyful, carefree figure whose merry grin and hopeful songs inspire thoughts of June. The poem extols youth’s gift as a truth surpassing life’s hardships, celebrating a rosy vision through vivid imagery.
A call from Jordan Marsh Company asks one million World Soldiers of Service volunteers in Massachusetts to join before June 28. The appeal emphasizes civic participation and support for community projects.
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