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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
11
Readers weigh Princeton president Hibben remarks on women’s dress with varied opinions. Contributors argue decorum, modesty, and personal conduct, comparing American girls with European peers and calling for sensible styles and teaching mothers.
A fragment from Alfred Noyes'sCollected Poems surveys origins of life and thought. It traces a path from primal mire to the emergence of mind and light, challenging skeptics to admit a divine beginning and to rekindle faith amid modern doubt.
An old resident cites official data on Boston weather for June 21. He notes the warmest dates were 93 in 1872 and 1884, with a cold 49 in 1918, and no rain in the past decade except 1918 and 1915.
Mildred Champagne counsels a Roxbury youth engaged for a year about generosity and marriage. She warns $12 weekly earnings can’t fund a wife or outings, urges testing love through courtesy and devotion, and urges focusing on character over extravagant spending.
Miss Alice Stuart discusses chaperonage for women in teens and beyond with views from Harper’s and The Cyclopaedia of Social Usage. In the United States an unmarried woman need not fear Dame Grundy, while Europe expects guardianship. a host leaving guests between acts is viewed as rude unless very close relatives.
A semi formal gown uses or gandie over taffeta with drapery shaping summer style. Skirts mix plain sections with pleated panels for dimension and movement.
The piece notes new ribbon trends decorative sashes for young girls in organdic and Georgette dresses. It highlights fruit and flower medleys that require imagination rather than skill and describes iridescent ribbons with gold or silver threads woven with silk for light yet firm sashes.
The piece outlines broader skirts with low waistlines and pleated separats. Linen frocks feature deep collars while hosiery pairs with Heather fabrics. Drawn work appears on lingerie blouses and sports handkerchiefs show bright colors. Jackets receive elaborate trims and green dominates evening wear.
Dreaming of eating roast beef is seen as a sign of hope and upcoming prosperity. Oracles link the meal to business gains for merchants, higher wages for workers, better crops and prices for farmers, and profitable voyages for sailors. It also suggests protection from losses and upcoming joys.
Poem-style verse urging optimism amid trouble. It emphasizes patience, love, and resilience, noting roses return with May and sunlight persists through shade as life grows from hope and faith.
A collection of simple home recipes with names and addresses of contributors. Easy Muffins by Mrs John A Scott of Chelsea. potatoes on the half shell and beef loaf by Mrs Er Stone of Waverley. other treats include molasses cookies by Rita H Billings of Eggewoggin Me and gingerbread by Mrs Donnelly of Cambridge.
In a Newport Vermont office a clerk nicknamed Dreams, Ann Flower, endures taunts while caring for a dying child and a wandering mother. Boss and Dr Sunderland admire her selflessness. He proposes marriage before a planned South trip, promising a real future rather than idle daydreams.
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