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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
11
Poem celebrates March glimpses of spring while snow and sleet persist. It notes emerging crocus and arbutus, a robin in song, and the jasmine and violet under a delicate glow. The speaker hopes tomorrow brings true spring despite current fooling weather.
A curio of early mailbox exchanges covers citizenship proof via birth records and Fort Independence on Castle Island. It recalls fortifications from 1634, names its commanders, and highlights March 1776 bombardment and Civil War training. Other questions address divorce waiting periods, inheritance, and retail pricing disputes.
Letters praise Osmo-Chemic Doctors for cures from blood poisoning lumbago and other ailments. Advert claimed Snow Pencil and Ray Treatment eradicate deafness asthma rheumatism and skin issues with demonstrations, listing multiple diseases and cosmetic claims.
Letters from readers recount social friction between wealthy couples and neighbors over snobbery. A woman notes men chum easily with colleagues while women shun her, then sells out to move. Other voices counter that women show less snobbery, cite class bias among men, and urge domestic priorities over clubs and outings.
A poem from Women Are People by Alice Duer Miller-Stansas imagines suffragists visiting John T May. A suffragist challenges May’s view of home as women’s sole sphere, outlining how women’s work reaches factories, libraries, shops, and schools. May reassesses the idea, acknowledging the need to rethink women’s roles.
A guide notes the rudest favors in social contact. slapping a back or tapping a shoulder forces a turn. To announce proximity to a friend, step in front and address them in the socially accepted manner.
The column highlights current styles with chemise frocks belted for shape, brown as a street shade, cretonne parasols, a tricorne hat revived, Russian blouse frocks in fashion, longer Paris skirts, tassels of wool on jersey frocks, and the mushroom hat set to return this season.
James Karalis of Chelsea was fined $15 for permitting a horse to be cruelly driven. Louis Goldberg, charged with overdriving, also fined $15 with sentence suspended, both on complaints by agents of the M S P C A in Somerville Court yesterday.
Miss Gray announces a two month contest for true politeness and promises a prize to the student who best embodies polite conduct at school home and on the street. John Wentworth helps an old woman across the street earning the prize from an unseen donor who is revealed to be Miss Gray.
A Sunday Post recipe by Mrs. Mary E. Parnell of Orleans describes Lemon Honey as a filling for pies. It blends butter sugar eggs lemon rind and juice simmered to a honeylike texture, cautioning not to burn. Leftover meat and macaroni are suggested as substitutes or inclusions.
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