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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
11
In the Boston Post Sewing Circle column readers discuss how to prevent ruined lives among young women amid city temptations. Letters from readers recount dances, theaters, drink, and failed family support, urging better supervised venues and parental oversight to curb dissipation.
The copy explains frying fish in Cottolene and reusing the fat for potatoes or other foods. It touts Cottolene as richer than butter or lard, requiring less product, and says it is twice as economical as butter and more economical than lard. It promises rich, digestible, tasty, healthful meals without greasiness or indigestion.
A series of letters respond to Grace MacGowan Cooke about marriage weariness and independence. Contributors discuss loving yet needing space, secrets, separate interests, and strong partnerships. The exchange includes a wife who enjoys self reliance and a husband who helps at home, ending with a playful aside from "THE EX OWL MAID."
Editorial contrasts two poets Julian Hawthorne and Oscar Wilde on jail life. Hawthorne likens prison to a sea voyage while Wilde depicts a grim, desolate prison existence where despair, silence, and rotting souls predominate. The piece contrasts Hope and Hell within confinement.
A reader rebuts letters claiming widespread starvation wages in offices while domestic help is scarce. She notes poor domestic jobs exist but are not the rule, sharing how she prepared a maid’s room equal to her own and values fair treatment.
Letters in the Sewing Circle discuss the challenges of keeping reliable maids in 1913. A single household with two workers faces turnover, low pay, and unequal treatment as working girls seek better prospects in shops and offices.
Area fashion notes describe mantlets and coats in flowered silk and toile de jouy. New hip sash draperies use flowered silk. broche ratine and broche satin gowns trend. Satin petticoats draped with broche satin pair with veiled silks and Chantilly lace. Evening corsages feature sloping shoulders and kimono sleeves.
A drugstore advertisement claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeds or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. The ad states the price as 50 cents and urges trial of the treatment.
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne for guidance on a seven year senior lover who promises but may not write. The columnist asserts he will write if his feelings are real, and absence or silence signals diminished importance, urging the reader to read the lines or read between them for truth.
The poem reflects a rural ideal of peaceful toil away from public scrutiny. It contrasts public life and media pressure with simple work on a farm. The speaker hopes humble labor earns quiet respect even if it lacks lasting fame.
A plea for social ease for a shy reader, advising to embrace invitations, avoid pretence, and seek guidance from the host. It encourages choosing comfortable utensils, focusing on enjoyment, and matching dining pace to companions to curb loneliness.
Sunday Post hints at an upcoming sea story by S. Ten Eyck Bourke and Charles Francis Bourke with the title Slipped Cables promised for next Sunday. The note teases readers who enjoy maritime adventure.
Recipes from readers include a cream butter sugar and egg mix with cream and spices, plus instructions for creamed finnan haddie with rice and a rich yeast bread with milk and eggs. Names listed include MISS BERTHA E MORSE Morrill Me and MRS J M THOMPSON North Leominster MRS CHARLES FORREST Provincetown.
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