Monday Blues Are Mocked by Workers’ Steady Deeds
A 1914 Walt Mason verse urges starting Monday with labor and cheer. It scorns the idea of Blue Monday and praises doing honest work, keeping Sabbath rest in balance and discouraging idleness.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1914
Page
13
A 1914 Walt Mason verse urges starting Monday with labor and cheer. It scorns the idea of Blue Monday and praises doing honest work, keeping Sabbath rest in balance and discouraging idleness.
A reader recounts an acquaintance who split finances after 16 years of marriage. She inherited control of funds, left with another man, while the husband kept little. Advice follows on husbands keeping some salary and sharing duties. A Yankee Grandmother adds views on frugality and consequences of lavish living.
A reader signing as Her Mother urges against pressuring daughters into unsuitable marriages. The letter recounts a 25 year old memory of a 13 year old bride forced into a union with a wealthy but abusive husband, detailing confinement, abuse, flight, and self-support. The writer endorses eugenic marriage in her view.
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