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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
19
In letters to the Sewing Circle readers discuss equality versus authority in marriage. One writer argues men must be the final boss for family stability, while others debate whether a wife can buy fashionable clothes if her husband disapproves.
A brief feature explores evolving fashion cues in daily life as Dorothy discusses personal style choices and influences. The column highlights how clothing and accessories reflect mood, culture, and era, offering practical tips and subtle commentary.
Clara Isabel and Mabel plan an informal house party after a morning run and lantern decorations. The narrator describes a new gown in black silk net over blue satin with tiered net skirts, pink yellow and blue rose embroidery, and a blue satin girdle with matching embroidered panels.
The speaker notes how a small glowing flower inspires hope and strength in moments of distress. The imagery of leaf and summer music lifts gloom and steadies resolve, guiding duty and steadfast purpose through hardship. The verse links nature to spiritual comfort and resilience.
Poet Judd M. Lewis expresses love for the world and its creations in verse, praising nature and everyday wonders. He thanks the designer for a world he could not personally craft and imagines staying in it forever.
Betty Aimes revisits a strained romance with Malcolm as a love note and tears reveal unspoken feelings. The next morning Mr. Aimes discovers the rhyme, sparking a renewed hope as secrets unfold in their business district.
A woman finds a fervent love letter from 7 Betty to Malcolm hidden in a desk. Reading it, she is surprised to find her lover Malcolm present with a small diamond ring, declaring the moment and gesture as awaiting her word.
Plattsburg N Y June 21 many Boston men promoted within the ranks to officer and noncom positions. Archie Roosevelt named quartermaster of his battalion. Listings include Blake Powers Shaw Clark Pepper and others from Boston Roxbury Wakefield Cambridge Allston and nearby towns with several companies and sergeants and corporals named.
The list of promoted Bostonians includes Theodore E. Burleigh Malden acting regimental quartermaster Thomas S. Bradlee Nahant battalion quarter master Archie Roosevelt Harvard Regiment Eugene H. Sleeper Boston Samuel Cabot Jr Boston Albert P Holdsworth Stoughton William I Fearing Boston Sinclair Kennedy Boston and Harold G Sears among others. The men are described as earnest students of regular army methods teaching others military matters as West Pointers do.
Captain D. J. McKinney of the First Canadian Battalion was killed at Verdun on June 15. The mother, Mrs. William McKinney, of Everett, received the telegram via Canadian military authorities. McKinney had risen from sergeant to captain for bravery and was repeatedly noted for meritorious conduct. three other Canadian officers also fell in the same engagement.
Winona Lake Ind June 21 From present indications Billy Sunday the evangelist will not undergo an operation for double hernia as had been planned during the Baltimore revival. Tired out after a strenuous year with campaigns at Syracuse Trenton Baltimore and Kansas City he fears the operation may prevent him getting into shape for campaigns in Detroit and Boston next fall.
Sunday has endured a rupture turning into a hernia for years and wears a truss. Despite the condition his pulpit gymnastics astonish the nation. He said in Baltimore he wants the trouble fixed but will not undergo surgery now. He remains able to resume revival in Boston next fall without health risk.
Miss Annie Southerland Wood of Everett a nurse at Whidden Memorial Hospital will marry William Johnston of Malden on July 4 in Malden after graduating from the hospital on June 30.
Household hints give jam making steps from selecting fruit to sealing jars. Emphasizes dry fruit, good sugar, copper or enamelled kettles, quick boil, skimming, plate test for jelly stage, proper jar sealing, syrup first method for whole fruit, cooking order for mixed fruit, and cool dry storage with contact at end for Mrs Lucy Lee of Cambridge.
A Welch's advertisement invites readers to use the soda fountain for relief from heat and stresses. It promotes Welch's pure pressed Concord grape juice as the cooling, refreshing choice and urges families to keep Welch's at home. It also offers a free booklet attachment with serving ideas.
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