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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
19
A devotional poem praises a woman as a quiet, steadfast presence. It extols her patience, healing touch, and charitable spirit. Though she shuns public fame, she sustains families, consoles the weary, and guides souls toward duty with gentle kindness.
Readers discuss whether modern girls dress properly and the blame for lax standards. Letters argue modesty versus fashion and note that men influence styles, with calls for reform and a slogan: A Modest Gown is a Model Gown.
A reader argues against censorship of stylish dress and short skirts. The letter defends modern outfits as modest when worn with intention, contrasts with Puritan remnants in Boston, and questions reformers focus on style over mind cleanliness in society.
Tom Burns, urged by sister Janet and editor Rob MacNeil, pursues strawberry farming to win Agnes Norman. A bank scandal shifts attention to a new suitor, but Tom reveals his love, cancels rumors, and Agnes accepts. A double wedding plans with a banner strawberry harvest.
The mystics offer varying sun dream omens. Dreaming of a bright sun signals good luck in strife or lawsuits and wealth and public honor. A dim sun warns of peril, while a setting sun foresees hardships. A rising sun is an auspicious omen for love, business, and society.
A reader asks Mildred Champagne about a 20 year old boyfriend and parental limits. The response urges parental knowledge and consent, advocates safe recreation at home, and warns against going to questionable places without family supervision.
A collection of etiquette questions answered on manners, weddings, dress codes, and language. Topics include dancing as a couple, private weddings attire, Holmes and Doyle fiction, Harvard president, grammar on Rockefeller, wartime declarations, coin values, salt in dough, and definitions of large words.
A notice explains that letters are answered in order received and most replies are by mail. It asks writers to include correct names and failure addresses to avoid delays.
The article praises black lace and satin evening gowns for young married women and older matrons, noting their safe return to becomingness and long service. It highlights summer frocks with graceful draperies and a square of chiffon at each side tied to the waist, forming a wearable gown with demodelling potential.
A collection of practical tips from readers including Mrs Eugene Butterfield and Mrs R E MacIntyre. Advice covers cleaning, polishing, and household efficiency with details on salt washing, beeswax polish, soda cleaners, iron care, oilcloth longevity, baking powder potatoes, dry mops from old stockings, wood ashes for baths, and silver cleaning in an aluminum kettle.
Salem shows a population decrease to 42 515, down 1 182 or 2 7 percent, making it the sole New England city with a population decline. Torrington Connecticut rises to 20 623, up 6 140 or 33 2 percent.
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