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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
11
Judith runs a jonquil raffle at the Guild of St. Elizabeth fair. Mrs. Meredith wins the prize baby and acceptance. Judith brings the child to a new home with Lee, who proposes marriage and a shared life with the infant.
A 1920 poem excerpt presents a verse lament on mortality and transcendence. The Bentztown Bard contemplates eternity with hopeful imagery of a green garden beyond the skies and release from sorrow.
Local garment workshop offers hand and machine embroidery, alterations, tailoring, and remodeling. Reuses worn clothing and provides home stitching services. CO IDERY Puasa and CO advertise at 630 Wash Street, Boston.
Readers argue with Dr John Grier Hibben about today’s fashion norms. Opinions blame mothering, praise modesty, defend low necks and short sleeves, and urge focus on character over appearance.
The page presents a series of New England recipes from Mrs F E Stafford and Mrs Gladys P Anderson. Dishes include Escalloped Parsnips with cheese and cracker crumb topping, Salmon Chowder with salt pork and potatoes, Apple Snow dessert, and Eggless Layer Cake with buttermilk.
A poem about a speaker who follows his beloved above all laws or rewards. He rejects wealth and conquest unless demanded by her, valuing her favor over fame and adventure. The law governing his choices remains a mystery to him, though he serves it through her will.
In summer wear, the sleeveless guimpe complements sport costumes. A shopper models a black satin coat with a pleated white crepe de chine skirt and a white silk guimpe with a deep frill edged in vallace. Dotted Swiss frills, Swiss and organdie options with Peter Pan collars appear in jewel tones like sapphire and amethyst, plus striped silk guimpes for the eton and lacy organdie vests for dark linen looks.
Practical restoration tips to break a long narrow hall into inviting units. Use three to four rugs, a cushioned half oval seat by the door, and a gate leg table with decorative legs to create visual interest, improve light flow, and shorten perceived distance.
In sewing, fold fabric four times inside the garment when attaching hooks buttons snaps on delicate lace or chiffon to create a firm foundation. For stiffening seams start at the bottom and sew upward doubling stitches to reduce sagging. Also tips on blanket cleaning with soap and borax at night and handling pie spills with salt.
Mystic interpretations link silk dreams to wealth and greatness, luck and profits, or abundance. A silk dream signals ambition realized, possible reconciliation, and peace, with pride as a warning not to overplay it in public. Silk skeins and cloth foretell wealth and life success. Wearing silk implies rapid rise in status and wealth, especially for those seeking public office.
The article notes rising popularity of the straight tunic overskirt in two brown linen shades. It highlights dance frocks with long pointed aprons and ruffle trimming, and mentions swinging panels as a favorite for Fifth Avenue style.
A stylish parasol features a silky fringe along its edge and bright raffia flowers as trim. The description notes colorful raffia accents enhancing the straw accessory with a Japanese influence in the data.
Questions address minting dates for copper coins and half-cent pieces, and the two-cent coin era. They ask whether Bainbridge Colby was a Democrat or Republican, noting his shift from Roosevelt Progressive to Democrat. Also clarifies cousin relationships and McAdoo birth citizenship and identity.
The route via Lowell Concord and North Woodstock covers 1821-2 miles to Twin Mountain New Hampshire. The town lies a few miles beyond Fabyans and Bretton Woods.
In Little Helps for Home Makers by Chapple Publishing Company Boston a rust stain on silk is treated by boiling water, covering the spot with salt, adding enough hydrochloric acid to wet the salt, and immediately placing the fabric in the hot water to make the stain disappear.
The order given places one pair first followed by two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush, and royal flush. If no pair exists, the highest single card wins.
The writer asks where the original source of the saying It is more blessed to give than to receive is found. He cites the New Testament and Acts twenty to thirty five, noting the Lord Jesus said it in support of aiding the weak.
The term The Butcher of England referred to John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester who died around 1470. As a judge he was notorious for cruelty in a brutal era and is said to have impaled forty Lancastrian prisoners at Southampton and executed the infant children of the Irish chief Desmond.
The piece argues that a Princeton president need not be ordained. It notes Woodrow Wilson’s father was a clergyman, but Wilson studied law and practiced briefly in Atlanta before becoming an educator and writer.
Colored hat linings have returned in full glory. Some of the hand made blouses have high necks. Sashes are furnished with silk tassels or fringe.
A reader asks whether to write to a fiancé or let drop a perceived misdeed after a sixth-year acquaintance with a man ended by a sudden departure upon an unexpected caller. The columnist notes mistreatment and urges clarity to preserve genuine affection and respect.
Deborah Sampson of Sharon disguised herself as a boy named Robert Shurtleff to enlist with General Patterson’s brigade at West Point. She was wounded at White Plains and endured an epidemic before her sex was discovered. Massachusetts paid her £34 for extraordinary female heroism. She later married Benjamin Gannett of Sharon and lectured nationwide.
A reader asks how to start conversations with a shy young woman. A suggested approach is to ask about her interest in new dances or opinions on current topics like the data board. The piece cites Mrs. Manners and Usages advising small, neutral topics to spark chat.
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