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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
11
The poem SONS by Sara Teasdale from Love Songs published by Macmillan Co is noted as having won a $500 prize from Columbia University for the best book of poems published in 1917. The lines depict marching troops and a river of young life with soldiers and mothers.
The Sewing Circle editor offers five dollar weekly prizes for top contributions from women readers. Letters discuss whether a husband may dictate meals, the value of women in war work, and the balance between theatergoing and family life, urging women to be mistress of the house and to support Liberty bonds and thrift stamps.
A column on proper manners advises a gentleman should not lean over the back of another’s chair even at home. It explains RSVP letters on invitations mean respond promptly and notes to mark initials for brides and send gifts to the bride before the wedding.
London reports Vienna newspapers quote a Socialist manifesto saying Austrian workers and small holders face famine due to the food shortage. It cites Prague and Galicia as sharing the crisis with weeks without bread or potatoes in many towns.
A young man asks whether to reveal his love now or wait until marriage. The response urges natural warmth over force, noting her clear signals of affection and suggesting to discuss future plans openly as the ice melts through genuine friendship.
Amsterdam dispatch cites the Rheinisch Westfaelische Zeitung report that Herr Hofer an Independent Socialist in the Prussian lower house claimed ten thousand Red Guards were mowed down at Taganrog by German troops. He urged overthrow of the government for refusing peace with Russia. President Lohmann reprimanded him for the remarks.
Munich reports Bavaria cannot supply Austria with potatoes due to frost delaying the new crop. Authorities must rely on old stocks and ration carefully. The update comes from the Frankfurter Zeitung correspondent in Munich via Amsterdam dispatch.
U.S. Food Administration recipe notes for oatmeal dishes. Instructions cover oatmeal, oatmeal pudding, oatmeal Betty or brown pudding, and Scotch soup. Serves five per recipe. includes quantities for two meals and variations with dried fruits or peanuts.
The piece notes novelty skirts for sport use and white serge suits with yellow kid trim. It highlights belted coats as a top fashion, tunics that drape in points, long ribbon streamers on turbans, leghorn trims in black velvet, velvet organdy blouses, and a two yard wash skirt width. It also mentions velvet with organdy as a stylish mix and flower hats as a fashionable accessory, while sleeveless coats gain popularity.
A narrator recalls Betsy ending her engagement to Dick after breakfast. Betsy appears unsettled but masks distress with cynicism. The speaker notes her smart red straw hat with blue veil and her plan to “have a good time.”
The oldest resident recalls Boston heat records for June 22 with official highs of 92 degrees in 1909 and 89 in 1896 and a coldest 48 above in 1881. He notes no rainfall in the city on this date for the past decade.
Charles Franklin Jones lists dangers of repeating pro German rumors and urges immediate neutralization of such talk. He cautions against spreading disloyal stories even while denying them and notes the harm of reactivating harm by recounting it.
Readers submit questions on marriage licenses divorce proof and admissible facts for a divorcees license rules about emblems salutes and Dunkirk a brief note on Dunkirk’s port status antitoxin impact on diphtheria mortality and the phrase from the sublime to the ridiculous with a Newbury Street attribution The exchange cites London and early quotes as context and requests clarity on phrasing origins and military salutes.
The excerpt presents a stanza from John Keble and asks how to pronounce Xavier Ypres and massage. It suggests pronunciations: Xavier as ZAV-i-ar, Ypres as EE-pr, massage as ma-SAZH or MAS-ag.
Governor McCall restructured the Public Service Commission reducing members from five to three. He reappointed Chairman Frederick J. Macleod of Cambridge, Joseph B. Eastman of Winchester, and Everett B. Stone of Springfield for terms of three, two, and one year(s) respectively.
An advertisement describes a dish of beans with tomato sauce mixed with bananas baked in maple syrup and a dash of Al Sauce. Jim praises the flavor, noting the meal would be memorable to Boston readers and hopes to repeat the dish often.
After more than two years away Hagar an Airedale terrier once a pet and champion rat catcher at the Animal Rescue League returns as a stray. She was adopted by attendants during her first stay and helped grow the Airedale group by nine. The dog’s return followed a wagonload of strays.
A 1918 poem celebrates men in battle as they endure loss and pain. It frames struggle as inner fight with God in the heart and faith that celestial calls will restore courage. The verses praise endurance, resilience, and the meaning of battle as the inner force that makes men truly fight.
Household hints advise pouring flour into the liquid to avoid lumps and heating with a fork to clear lamps. It suggests kerosene in water to brighten linoleum and trimming wicks by pulling threads from the middle. Also says to grate lemons by soaking in cold water. Mrs H B Crosby 260 Lexington street East Boston.
The article surveys prominent figures including J Pierpont Morgan at Harvard wearing a watch chain with a charm, the Earl of Camperdown in Boston enjoying countryside drives, Lord Reading greeting cameras with a doffed hat, King George bearing a cropped beard, President Wilson reading detective fiction, Chauncey Depew sharing his 74 years and daily worries, Joe Cannon aiming to break a storytelling record, Charles Sun Bird’s emphatic gesture with a rigid finger, and other quirks noted in public life.
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