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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
13
A fragment from the New England Housewives column features a recipe for an omelet with asparagus and other dishes. Included are Macaroni and cheese with tomato sauce, RHUBARB JAM, and PICKLED CUCUMBERS with detailed steps and ingredient lists.
Foulard and mousseline pair well in dresses while a purple hat enhances a gray gown. Natural pongee reduces starch issues and many new hats feature uncurled ostrich trimming. The long covert coat remains popular for cross saddle riding and white shoes are poised for a record season.
Hot alum water is the best insect destroyer. Boil alum in water until dissolved and apply hot with a brush to cracks where pests are found. The solution destroys all pests and carries no poisoning danger. Reckland Maine.
Readers discuss who should rise to cook breakfast and do chores balancing eight hour work days. Letters from Maine and Massachusetts women argue for equal sharing or traditional roles, with personal anecdotes on education, independence, and leaving home.
The National Arts Club awards a $250 prize to Dan iel M. Henderson of South Orange New Jersey for a poem titled The Road to France. The piece calls for Allied unity and sacrifice, linking American liberty to Europe's struggle and Lafayette Rochambeau Joffre heroes.
A 1917 wartime verse celebrates American resolve. It contrasts peaceful prewar life with the current call to action, urging the hoe for farming, the hammer for industry, and the gun for defense as faithful citizens join the war effort for Old Glory.
A slim positively tall girl wore a dress featuring narrow tucks and old-blue embroidery floss. The plain bodice had two waistline tucks, full organdie sleeves with yellow batiste cuffs, and an organdie collar fold. A waist band of embroidered organdie with ribbon slits completed the outfit.
The Rev. Edward Cummings leads weekly union services at Arlington Street Church with South Congregational Society and Church of the Disciples continuing through September. Beginning next Sunday the First and Second churches join with King's Chapel for Sunday services in Boston. Reverend Samuel R. Maxwell preaches next Sunday and the following two weeks. A patriotic service is planned at St. Ann's Episcopal Church Dorchester with detachment contingents and Hon. Herbert W. Burr delivering the address plus hymns, flag salute, and prayers.
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad was fined 350 dollars in a U S court for failing to feed and water carloads of hogs while in transit from De Witt New York to Providence Rhode Island, the court ruled today.
A reader describes Dolly in a pale yellow batiste frock yesterday, noting how her appearance suggested a medium sized person despite prior impressions.
The 45th annual commencement exercises at Jordan Hall on Huntington Avenue honored 94 graduates with diplomas and six special certificates as more than 2000 students, faculty, alumni and friends attended.
In a letter to the editor Walter I. Austen lauds Admiral Sims commanding allied fleets near Ireland. He notes German boasts of a fresh sea clash and urges Germans to prove their boast by engaging off the high seas. The writer admires Allied unity and Sims leadership amid ongoing naval operations.
The St Joseph's Roxbury children aid soldiers via Red Cross comfort bags and dressings while Masses will be held Sundays at 9 30 in Nel son Hall for Squantum Catholics. A novena for Our Lady of Mt Carmel starts July 7 at the Carmelite Convent chapel with plenary indulgence for participants and confessions. Also noted are new fashion trends signaling changes in street wear.
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