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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1910
Page
9
Readers share home life tips and husband wife advice in a new Sewing Circle column at the Boston Daily and Sunday Post. Letters discuss allowances, domestic chores, child care, and maintaining harmony with practical tips and questions from readers across New England.
A Three Months' Bride writes to a Post Sewing Circle reader sharing thrift wedding attire tips. She describes affordable dress options white alba tross a variety of undergarments gowns and shoes and urges practical outfits for housekeeping. She notes spending less than $50 and offers concrete wardrobe ideas for a new bride.
A letter from a reader nicknamed English suggests the Sewing Circle publish letters and urge subscribers, proposing to buy extra Post and send to friends as a practical way to show appreciation for the editor.
A reader asks if an engaged girl should expect her fiancé to visit nightly. The note wonders if the young man needs time to himself and invites responses from circle members.
A reader writes about three years of marriage and two children, affirming contentment with her husband and dismissing comparison with others as trivial. She notes shared family roles and questions who rises first in the morning.
A letter mocks calls to close Boston churches over the Church of England label. It argues Americans can craft better laws and language, cites Shakspere and English orthography, and defends American authors over British influence. It ends with a nod to Topsy and a defiant tone.
The notice advises purchasing caustic at a drug store and applying it to warts several times daily. It notes the treatment causes a temporary unsightly appearance before the wart soaks off. Russian salve is also recommended. Augusta.
Letter from Bright Eyes to Peggy reveals a disciplined household, neat routines, early baby bedtime, and a husband drawn by money while the writer claims constant tidiness and orderly care for their child. She apologizes for lateness due to illness and asks Peggy to respond.
A reader compliments the Sewing Circle and shares affection for readers nicknamed Quiet Smile Bright Eyes Topsy and Golden West. The writer expresses fond memories of family and eagerness to visit California, sending best wishes to fellow sisters.
Lucia and Kenneth plan a rapid elopement to Mexico but Aunt Ellis discovers the scheme. After a hasty wedding rush and confetti shower at the platform, they ride to grandmother’s in Aunt Ellis’s car, where a planned Mexico trip becomes an improvised but blessed union in a romantic, comic turn.
A 20-year-old suitor seeks advice about whether his heart races are caused by love or smoking. Mildred Champagne urges him to choose health over romance, advising to quit cigarettes and ensure true love inspires better habits. She warns that love should lift, not harm, and urges clarity before commitment.
A young woman asks about marrying a broker despite objections to his red hair. The columnist advises accepting differences, noting pre marriage quarrels often worsen after marriage and urges the writer to value love over appearance.
A page of old culinary tips lists recipes from Mrs M Horwood and others. It includes a peanut brittle style treat with molasses and butter, a hearty chicken soup with corned ham, a baked apple pudding with rice, and a fig raisin citron frosting cake by Mrs C A Wheeler.
In this serial excerpt Kellen a railway conductor and Miss Van Wyck a Nesqualmie schoolteacher become entangled as he seeks escape from monotony and she longs for companionship. The Oregon setting along the Rogue River exposes quiet longing, loneliness, and budding attraction aboard trains near Shasta and Nesqualmie.
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