Weary wives debate half holidays and spending norms
A series of Sewing Circle letters discuss money and leisure in marriage. Mothers, wives, and sisters question saving behavior, amusement expenses, and the idea of a wife’s right to time off. Suggestions include a two hour daily rest and shared housework to ease aging duties.
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Dedham
Straw Toque Trimmed With Crows' Wings in Paris
Paris report on Laval's artistic straw toque a black tagal model trimmed with a windmill of crows' wings. The wearer pairs it with a black and white checked tailored suit.
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Freeing Children From Parental Discipline
A Believer in Eugenics argues that parents should not whip children and that the state should take custody at birth to raise them scientifically. The letter condemns marriage for love alone among daughters, urging class, income, and heredity considerations, and stresses that love does not level social ranks.
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New England
Interesting Letters From the Sewing Circle Featured
The Sunday Post highlights engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, sharing reader opinions and anecdotes. The page showcases community voices and sewing hobby insights in a readable column.
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All's Fair in Love and War ends in unexpected wedding
Aunt Sally and a scheming plan push Priscilla to a cliffside decision as Tom Halstead arrives with a marriage certificate at the Parsonage. Priscilla faces a choice between pride and love as a rule of engagement is tested.
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Is It Worth While We Jostle a Brother in Life
A poem laments human cruelty and public strife as brothers stumble under heavy loads. It condemns jeering and warlike pride, calling for pity and forgiveness as all rise and fall together like leaves in gusts of time.
All's fair in love and war reflected in home scene
A girl seeks dependence in Tom’s arms as the Halsteads recall a motto about love and war. The text then shifts to a recipe: beans celery and onions cooked and served on lettuce with French dressing.
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Tom
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Lemon Pie Recipe From Mrs Craven Mittineague
A short modern recipe card describes a lemon pie filling with milk butter flour eggs sugar lemon juice and rind, baked in a pie crust and finished with a meringue frosting. The note is signed by Mrs T J Craven with an address in Mittineague.
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T. J. Craven
Protestant Church News From Winchester And Nearby
The Winchester churches canceled evening services for a special high school sermon by Rev. William Fryling. Nearby moves include Rev. Gabriel Reid Maguire likely joining Boston's Park Avenue Baptist Church, and Rev. Daniel Freeman accepting a call to Grand Rapids. Edifying reports from Chelsea and St. Mark's Brookline note current service leadership and a new St. James Episcopal Church project beginning at Clarendon Hill Somerville.
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Gabriel Reid Maguire
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Boston
Daniel Freeman
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Braintree
Grand Rapids, Mich
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