Recipes from New England Housewives page spread
A collage of home dishes and tips from Boston area contributors. Instructions cover apple pie toppings with butter and milk glaze, steak with onions, oyster croquettes, peppered toasts with oysters, a light butter and sugar confection, bacon and egg dressing for lettuce, a lemon gelatine dessert with bananas, and notes from Mrs Crosby Mrs Wendell Mrs Lowell Mrs Russell and Mrs Clancy.
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H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Boston
Mary
Russell
Bertram Street
Neponset
Breaking the Silence on a Courtship and Introduction
A young woman asks if her frequent unintroduced meetings will deter a courting man. The adviser says his cautious nature and a prior heartbreak justify hesitance, and urges the girl to require an introduction and parental figures before any future meetings. Do not pursue him. let him initiate.
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Miss Champagne
Advice Column Letter on a Shifting Romance
A reader asks Miss Champagne how to handle reconciliation with a steady young man who moved away and started seeing another girl. The columnist urges dignity, warns against pressing the reunion if the man prefers the new relationship, and emphasizes not pursing the old love if the man is already moving on.
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Miss Champagne
Post
Cost of Living Lowered Makes 50 Cups
A brief notice reports lower living costs tied to producing 50 cups of a beverage. Readers are informed that quantities or prices relate to a local production or retail trial. The item emphasizes price reduction and a set output amount.
Fashions Shift With Hats Coiffures and Skirts Mentioned
The article notes trends in headwear and gowns including trimming at the back of hats, feathery bases, gold lace and sequin embellishments, and new flat-front coiffures. It mentions two green shades almond and pistache, fur bands replacing velvet, chinchilla for brunettes, sable for blondes, lace and velvet facings, and walking skirts matching Russian blouses. Dress lengths favor walking skirts for day wear and tea gown styled evening costumes with diagonal weaves and Jacquard patterns.
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Chinchilla
Sable
Sewing Circle opens as women readers forum in Boston Post
The Boston Post launches Sewing Circle as a home makers forum for women readers to discuss home life health hints recipes and household tips. Correspondents may use pen names and send questions to the Sewing Circle Editor in Boston.
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Boston Post
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
The
Post
Sewing Circle
New England
Advice sought from brides on essential wedding wardrobe
An orphan appeals to Boston Post readers asking for guidance from recently married women on what clothes a working girl should own to prepare for marriage. She has no family to help and seeks practical attire advice from fellow women.
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Boston Post
Ideas for a Large Family Budget
A homemaker with six children explains tight finances and seeks shared strategies to stretch meals and cut costs. She notes her husband works hard for low pay, allies with frugal women, and believes optimism helps morale during hard times. She invites responses.
Topsy Responds About Luxury and Travel Indignation
A reply arguing that luxury yields happiness is met with indignation. The speaker claims a beautiful English home and annual visits abroad and challenges Topsy to travel more to broaden the mind.
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Topsy
How To Host A Home Wedding Reception
A reader asks about conducting a house wedding at the bride’s home. Guidance covers introducing the clergyman to guests, whether he should stay for refreshments, and suitable light refreshments for a small home reception.
Husband’s Sulky Spells Break Family Heart
A letter from a distressed mother asks readers to write words of cheer for her, describing a loving home with four children and a good husband who leaves for work 21 hours a day and returns sulky, silent for days, then kind again. She cries daily and seeks comfort.
Husband versus church in wifes churchgoing dispute
A reader argues that a wife should attend church despite a husband who dislikes or discourages her participation. The piece contends that scripture does not forbid attendance and suggests church is her solace after a hard week.
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Jeanette
Spiritual Uplift and Faithful Example for Women
The note urges women to seek two or three hours of spiritual uplift to endure another season’s trials. It warns that removing spiritual props leaves a woman weak and emphasizes strength, purity, and faithful example. It notes good people may not attend church but would benefit from doing so.
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Juno
To English Woman Your Dear Happy Wife
A German-American laity letter urges English women to uphold household service for their husbands. It argues husbands deserve devout care, warns against hateful letters, and praises middle class English homes as ideals akin to German families.
Question of a Wife's Rights to Husband's Earnings
A reader asks how much of a husband's earnings a wife may claim for household and personal expenses. She questions whether a fixed sum suffices for all needs and if any personal requests must be squeezed from that allowance.
For Baby's Bassinet Made From Oval Clothes Basket
Readers are asked to provide full directions for a baby bassinet made from an oval clothes basket. Include required cambric and muslin amounts and details on the base construction. Likely a feature for Young Wifs.
Suggestions for Carmen to Help Others Through Sewing Circle
A reader advises Carmen to use spare time to visit sick or lonely people, bring magazines and small gifts, and brighten her home by helping others in the Sewing Circle. The letter urges writing more lines about interest in the work and sharing happiness through service.
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Carmen
Sewing Circle
Patty P
Birthday Party Ideas for an 18th Celebration
A young writer asks for entertaining ideas for an 18th birthday party and asks for games to engage 12 friends. She hopes for suggestions published in the Boston Post and signs as Rosey Posey.
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Boston Post
Rosey Posey
Chase & Sanborn's Seal Brand Coffee Ad Sale
An old style advert promises Seal Brand Coffee for Maine or Texas buyers with full flavor and satisfaction. It promotes a two pound can as a bulk option priced at 35 cents per pound and highlights nationwide availability.
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Maine
Texas
Chase & Sanborn
Seal Brand
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