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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1919
Page
15
A reflective poem urges trampling vices beneath foot to climb toward noble renown. It compares earthly desires and folly to a staircase toward higher destinies. It asserts progress comes through steady effort, not sudden flight, and that even past faults can lead to nobler ends.
A WWI set tale follows Annie and Corporal Jim from a tense evening at a dance through long separation. Jim’s suspicion and Annie’s charm strain their relationship. After Jim’s enlistment and service in France, letters from Jessie Gray arrive, but a homecoming meeting reveals Annie had written them all. Jim reconciles with Annie, choosing love over doubt.
A Sunday Post page features home recipes including corn muffins with corn meal flour sugar baking powder egg lard or butter substitute and milk. oatme al Betty with fruit raisins and cinnamon. brown oatmeal pudding. Scotch soup with oats potatoes onions tomato. nut loaf cookies with egg sugar flour nut meat and cheese. stewed dried apples with sugar and paraffin. cheese biscuits with grated cheese baked quickly. Names include Miss M Olive Poore West Newbury Mrs John Pierce Lonsdale RI Nellie Eb Zackular Everett.
A reader describes meeting Madame Sevran, noting her charming manner and distinctive outfit. She wore black taffeta with a silk hat, ostrich tips, a long front skirt, and a high-centred back. The bodice featured lace at the neck and long sleeves with wide cuffs and antique gold buttons. A wide sash finished the ensemble.
The article outlines future fashion trends with full-length velour capes hanging from a yoke and Angora-edged collars on suits and frocks. It notes popular astrich wool coverings, monkey fur on hats, metallic velvets for waistcoats, and marmot fur combined with opossum as chic.
Household hints describe an iron stand that acts as a flatiron rest, keeping heat and reducing steps. Another tip shows deadening bedside watch ticking by covering with a glass tumbler to reduce noise. Grape juice storage advice suggests keeping juice on its side to cover the cork and prevent fermentation.
A series of letters to the Sewing Circle debates dress, morals, and identity. Authors urge sensible fashion, warn against frivolity, promote self restraint, and advocate charity. one writer discusses love and happiness, another defends single mothers, and a third signs as Heartbroken at Times.
A young woman named Wilhelmina Stitch, nearly nineteen, prepares for marriage after leaving college. A friend offers to teach domestic skills like cooking and sewing, but Wilhelmina declines, saying she is busy with embroidery and has little time for lessons.
Charles Franklin Jones argues that the League of Nations mirrors the Monroe Doctrine, applying old American liberty principles globally. He urges sharing democratic ideals and inviting the world into the family of liberty rather than selfish exclusion.
Dear Miss Champagne advises patience as a young woman and her shy partner approach commitment. After three months with a diamond ring, it’s suggested to wait three more months to see if a tacit agreement and close companionship lead to an engagement without a formal proposal.
The Cyclopedia of Social Usage states a married woman should not receive male callers alone. A duty call may include her husband, otherwise the visit should be with her husband or avoided. A matron may host bachelor callers in the afternoon if the door is open to friends.
London born in 1846 Kate Greenaway rose to fame at age 22 with original Christmas cards and toy books. Her drawings for Illustrated London News and later child fashion influence earned substantial profits and popularized a long bodice and long skirt look known as the Kate Greenaway style.
A poem extols a woman who bears many burdens with patience and care. It notes her quiet strength and constant support for others while offering laughter, sunshine, and tenderness through life’s trials. The piece frames women as key anchors in families and communities.
Funeral services are planned for Patrick Ahearn veteran Fenian raid participant and longtime Dock Square resident. Ahearn died after a long illness at his home 21 Glen Street Somerville following a life in Cork Ireland, Boston North End, and Somerville with a Requiem Mass at St Benedicts Church Fast Somerville at 9 AM tomorrow.
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