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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
17
A stream of letters from readers signed Mother Love and others offers guidance on marriage fidelity, finances, and home life. Contributors advise counting blessings, avoiding secret marriages, handling gifts, and managing stepchildren while a few share experiences with jealousy and spoons of discipline.
Maurice Ketten defends his self and others in a reflective note. A mother praised for her loving children sends a heartfelt letter. A sister calls for blessing as she anticipates the Valley of Shadows. Vermont Sewing Circle shares notable letters in the Sunday Post.
Mildred Champagne discusses a letter about love and a leap year proposal. The writer questions whether to write a reconciliation note or forget the admirer, while Champagne argues the leap year notion is outdated and that women should feel free to propose.
A brief column offers a recipe for a beef loaf with soaked bread and vegetables plus a fruit salad with pineapple walnuts Malaga grapes and a custard dressing. The notes name Mrs Moses Marks of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs Ella L Durkee as contributors.
The narrator admits buying a French style hat despite promising not to. Helen, in a car with the narrator, stops by a shop on the avenue where the speaker admires a blue ribbon straw hat with lacquered silk braid, bright red and blue cherries, and loops at the back, and purchases it.
The letter advises a woman who fears she loves a man to be more open about her feelings. It argues that hesitation may push him to withhold proposing and suggests she show care while awaiting his engagement proposal. It endorses modesty but urges clear affection to avoid misinterpretation.
A Springfield Mass reader explains a simple kitchen helper using an oblong wire dish drainer reinforced with six wires across the top to hold plates and saucers. Dishes dry quickly when placed on a board in the pantry after washing.
Helen, urged by love and a grandmother's will, reluctantly dons an old lavender dress. She discovers a hidden check for $20,000, then accepts Fred Cunningham's marriage proposal and marries in the lavender gown a year later.
The Rev Dr George A Gordon of Old South Church will deliver five Lent sermons on Old Testament stories with meanings. Lectures include Solving the Problem of Clean Milk by Mrs Margaret D Babcock at People's Temple. Norumbega District S S Association holds its annual meeting at Auburndale Congregational Church with 2 pm program and 7:30 pm services led by Rev H Grant Person. Bishop Lawrence travels in New Jersey promoting clerical pension system.
Critics offered mild to negative takes on Scribson's new book. One quipped it might serve as a good read or a train companion if the journey offers ample charming scenery along the route.
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