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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
17
Letters From the Sewing Circle Echo Dances and Duties
A reader named Faithful asks about her strict mother and marriage plans. Letters from Home Lover and Maine discuss duty to family, work, and opinions on independence, dress, and social life. Independent offers financial advice and encouragement to balance work, leisure, and parental respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty
Maine
New England Housewives Lent Dish and Sweets
Recipes from Sunday Post show a lentil, codfish and macaroni bake with onions and milk, baked until brown and served with potatoes. Contributors include Mrs D S Harris Dedham and Mrs H B Palmer Rockland ME, plus soft gingerbread by Miss Laura E Moore of Lawrence and a snow pudding by Mrs Mildred O Walker East Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. S. Harris
High Street
Dedham
H. B. Palmer
Knox Street
Rockland
Household tips from readers on cleaning and cooking
Simple remedies include lemon pieces with water to clean bottles, a lemon salt rub for marble, linseed oil and vinegar to remove ink from wood, sandpaper to smooth scorched bread crusts, and rolling biscuits thinner for tenderness. Additional notes cover cleaning mica stoves with hot vinegar, and culinary hints such as cinnamon-pruned coffee and frying sausages after flouring. Edith M. Davis. M. T. Silcox. Mrs. G. C. Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Davis
Buckingham Street
Rochester
N. Y
M. T. Silcox
Pleasant Street
Amherst
G. C. Stratton
Washington Street
Bath
Happily Married Sees Vanity as Folly in Parlor Talk
A dialogue between Jack and Jill centers on feminine vanity. He derides grooming as wasteful while she protests. He praises her despite critique, noting the time women spend grooming versus observing others along Fifth Avenue. The exchange reveals couple tension over appearance norms and social vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jill
Marlowe’s
Fifth Avenue
Fashionable couples in suburb stroll and playful banter
Jack and Jill, described with Wellesley era banter, walk with two stylishly dressed grandmothers and discuss vanity and equality. The scene shifts through tea, a trolley ride, and a humorous domestic exchange about shoes, fashion, and gender roles amid a genteel suburban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jill
Jack
Marlowes
The Post's Original Short Story Writers Notice
The Post's original short story submissions are suspended until further notice unless accompanied by self addressed stamped envelopes. Writers are advised to include return postage for any rejected or selected works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
The
Sunday Post
Snow and music move a boy toward a new life
A snowbound city scene follows a tearful mother and a violinist boy who earns coins by playing Ave Maria. An opera singer Mr Trouviere is moved to help. He invites the family to France and arranges aid for Felicite while the boy promises to tell his story. A fashion note closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
Mademoiselle
Monsieur Trouviere
Opera
Eugene
Monsieur Trouvere
Waylays
Monsieur
Felicite
France
Monsieurs
Fragmented 1920s humor and advice column excerpts
A collage of quips and vignettes ranges from courtroom wit and petty theft anecdotes to satirical proverbs and a humorous Miss Champagne advisory. Includes a magistrate scene, a missing brooch note, then assorted jokes about optimism, education, beer monopolies, and courtly diplomacy with a bashfulness dating tip.
Etiquette on Substitutes for Invited Guests
A columnist cites Correct Social Usage advising against last minute substitutes. Explain to the substitute the circumstances to avoid offence, as undisclosed second choices can cause complications despite polite filling of a vacated seat.
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New England
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Il Daisy Street
Lawrence
MILDRED _O. WALKER
East Dennis
Willya Pop
Willya
Luwa
Tony
Thompson Feature Service
Gertrude Cushing
Beacon Street
Brookline
Germany
Congress
League
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Uncle Sam
Mandate
Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Miss Alice Stuart
Burns’ Specialty Shop
Blake Bidg
Temple P
California
California Associated Raisin CO
Fresno
Cal
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