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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
13
A reader asks about submitting to her husband’s demand to stop wearing low neck gowns. The reply argues modest dress is wise, curfews are reasonable, and social snubs from relatives harm a woman's business and personal life. The letter also reflects on whether women are more snobbish than men.
A reader laments snobbery among women that marginalizes others and hinders social harmony. A pastor’s wife and wealthy outsiders are linked to exclusion, while a 50 year old narrator recalls personal experiences and reflections in a column style that urges less judging and more neighborly love. The letter also features responses emphasizing financial realities, husbands, and varying social pressures.
The first Gentleman's Day of the Sewing Circle will be observed in next Sunday's Post, signaling a sociable event planned for readers and members.
A shopper recounts spring excesses as she buys clothing and garden items, noting the lure of summer pieces and the urge to dress up. She details a tailor made blouse paired with a blue serge suit, praising its fine linen, pin tucks, pleatings, and delicate spleatings, calling it attractive.
A 1917 verse from Southern Press Syndicate celebrates spring as Mise May and the season’s signs. It contrasts birds and blooms with春 bright imagery, pairing references to birds, catkins, and blooming scenery to evoke renewal after winter.
Johann Sebastian Bach born March 21 1685 in Eisenach Thuringia led a line of gifted musicians spanning four generations. Orphaned young he trained with relatives and daughter singer, learned organ and clavier solo pieces, provoking rival organist Marcheand to flee after Bach’s performance. He married twice and had sons and nine daughters with much of his work unpublished or self engraved and later dispersed among his children.
Reader letters reveal local lore on Point Allerton’s name from 1621 exploration by Allerton and Standish. The missive notes Allerton’s daughter May as a Pilgrim survivor and mentions early colonial ties. A second note asks to quantify U.S. bank deposits totaling over 18.3 billion dollars. Additional queries cover ice boat speed, Grand Army of the Republic veterans counts, pension outlays, and a Galveston flood date. A lawyer replies on dower rights and contract sale implications.
The speaker recalls Boston weather records, noting the coldest date was 7 above zero in 1885 and 8 above zero in 1872, while the warmest reached 68 above zero in 1918 and 60 in 1903. Rain or snow has fallen in Boston in only two years of the past decade, 1913 and 1913.
In a rugged Truckee camp in California, a hunter family meets a Prince and Princess from British Columbia. A local boy gifts two gray squirrels to Miss Mary, prompting a dispute over royal entitlement and etiquette. The Prince's courier asks for them back, but the girl refuses, noting royal manners differ across continents. Mack calls the Princess tactless and learns the lesson may be lost east of the Mississippi.
A collection of simple New England recipe ideas by Lucy Lee. Cereal with scrambled eggs uses milk or water, cereal folded in as the eggs cook. A new sandwich blends bologna with shredded lettuce beet pickle and graham bread. Also notes Shrimp Wiggle combines shrimp butter egg yolks tomato juice rice cream and seasonings.
A cookie recipe describes mixing egg and sugar with butter sour cream soda boiling water salt and flour to a stiff dough. Grated maple sugar is added on each portion before baking cookies for about eight minutes in a moderate oven.
A practical home hint describes making an emergency screen from a small clothes horse, enamelled white with a denim or cretonne cover. Pockets on one side hold poultice cloths, absorbent cotton, scissors, mustard papers, a hot water bag, a thermometer, and other small items. From Mrs. H. B. Crosby of East Boston.
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