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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
19
The Sewing Circle invites contributions of problems or comments with a weekly prize of five dollars. Readers sign with a pen name if desired. Letters discuss marital meal control and domestic life, with multiple readers weighing in on husbands dictating meals, cooking duties, and balancing work and home.
A reader asks how to win a navy suitor who has not replied to letters or a photo. The columnist dismisses the idea distance will help and notes sailors often write when free, but suggests the gentleman remains shy and unresponsive.
An excerpt from Folly for the Wise by Carolyn Wells portrays Little Katy encountering a grizzly leopard tiger ape and wolf with bold actions and dramatic outcomes. The verse features typographic oddities and a frame of peril resolved by Katy’s feats.
The speaker urges a girl to reassess romantic expectations, noting she has received no clear courtship and suggesting she may be wasting her affection on empty hope. The tone mocks unreciprocated bashfulness and questions the value of lingering on such feelings.
A 1918 verse by Walt Mason reflects on war's weariness and hope for peace. The poem urges courage and resilience as Father Time and changing days promise a brighter world beyond conflict. Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.
A new powder named Lamay claims to stay on without white lead or rice powder fillers. It uses a medicinal skin healing powder and touts anti pore and pimple benefits, with a large size selling for fifty cents.
Instructions for making rice cakes from cold boiled rice and flour with water to form a stiff dough. Drop spoonfuls into soup and boil ten minutes. Form into cakes and fry to a delicate brown. Serve with butter sugar or syrup. Signature Mrs John Hansen 471 Cottage St South Portland Me.
Jean Jacques Rousseau born June 28 1712 in Geneva Switzerland of a French family. His life included wanderings Paris marriage to Therese le Vasseur and later fame after an essay on natural state versus civilization. His writings influenced French literature and he died in 1778.
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