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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1910
Page
11
The Sewing Circle is a new department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post for home makers of New England. It offers discussion on household affairs, family management, health hints, baby care, gardening, and more. Correspondents may use noms de plume and write on one side of the page.
A reader advises daily orange juice before breakfast to aid complexion. Squeezing fresh juice into a cup and consuming it is praised for its acidity, with note that pulp may upset some. ORANGETTA.
An Anglican correspondent argues that corporal punishment was common in England, with severe lashings as discipline. He says girls as young as sixteen could be whipped, and praises rare use only when absolutely necessary. He contrasts English practices with American spanking.
The letter discusses variegated euonymus with small white or green leaves and mentions a cheaper option. It also praises the memorial rose noted for year round greenery and continuous summer blossoms. The plant is described as white flowers with waxy green leaves and rapid spreading growth, priced around 50 cents.
A reader asks for a remedy to close holes in the face left by pimples and seeks guidance from experts. The brief note labeled TROUBLED requests practical suggestions or treatment ideas.
Letter writer thanks Dolly Lyndhurst for advice about Bright Eyes not using soothing syrup. She describes her 6 pm bedtime routine for her restless baby, crying briefly, then sleeping until morning with one night feeding, praising her supportive husband and a neat home open to his friends.
A 19 year old girl asks sisters for guidance on making plaster of Paris plaques. She expresses interest in crafting them and hopes for information and tips. The note seeks practical instructions and encouragement from the community.
A fragment recalls an outsider claiming to cure hand warts by bathing them in hot water from a blacksmiths tub, then repeating the bath twice with the warts supposedly disappearing.
Marie asks what is needed to become a trained nurse, including requirements, hospitals that accept female trainees, and estimated costs to cover training and living expenses, plus any additional practical suggestions.
A 20 year old girl with no mother asks Dear Sisters for guidance on items to have before marriage. She will be a bride soon, earns a small weekly wage, and makes her own clothes with help from an older sister. She asks for prompt, kind sisterly help.
A girl of 17 shares a letter about skin care and a sewing circle. She says rubbing cucumber on the neck nightly for four weeks lightened tan necks and freckles, promising to send more tips in a future letter.
Dorothy H. weighs opinions on whether a married woman should work for pay. The piece argues a wife may work for less than four dollars a day to feed children, but not to support a useless husband, while a younger wife may seek work to escape loneliness if profits are fair. it commends the husband for his stance but questions his selfishness.
A reader shares practical household advice for softening hard well water. Add a lump of sal soda or cooking soda to soak water to improve washing and dishwater. The writer recalls a grandmother using sal soda and notes personal use for whitening and cleaning.
An aging, shy woman Miss Lavinia awakens to spring and renewal when a visiting boy shares an Easter lily and offers to help in her garden. The gesture opens her heart, revives her flowers, and brings daily joy as children fill her home with laughter and life.
The upcoming Post features a Homes Page with cottage design plans a brass photo frame design and Flora MacDonalds home decorating guidance for readers planning house projects and stylish accents.
Instructions describe preparing hollowed tomato rounds for stuffing with minced chicken and egg yolks, filling half-cracker bases with a cheese mix, baking eggs in gem pans topped with cracker crumbs, and preparing a peach and cream dessert. Contributors include Mrs. E Clark Worcester, Mrs. G W Grant North Uxbridge, Mrs. Dema Cory Lebanon NH, Mrs. Eugene Hooper Belfast ME, and Jennid R Partelow Wakefield RI.
A reader asks how to handle an engagement after admitting a past affair. Mildred Champagne urges a full confession to the fiancé, seeks forgiveness, and cautions that jealousy was caused by the confession and secrecy. The response notes the hurt trust causes and recommends seeking pardon.
A young mechanic seeks guidance on his fiancée who rejects kissing. The columnist grieves such restraint noting many marriages falter when affection is stifled. She warns love needs warmth to grow and warns against frostbitten romance.
Paragraph points to spring styles with tiny white linen buttons on suits and gowns. Marquisettes and checks appear in gun club and shepherd motifs. Embroidery, laces, varnished leather belts, hexagon mesh veils, soft serges, cashmere travel wear, silk fringe hats, nets for undersleeves, Easter bonnet veils, fluffy fabrics and cobweb laces. Mercerization elevates trims to prominence.
Miss Grace M. Flynn of Columbia road, a popular young woman of Dorchester, was surprised with a party hosted by 20 friends last evening at her home.
George Cabot Lee son of Lee Higginson founder dies on his 80th birthday. Burial at 264 Beacon Street with services at Arlington Street Church 11 a m. He is survived by wife five children and four living daughters.
George F. McKeel of the Second Baptist Church in Bridgeport issued a statement denying that Dr. Cortland Myers of Boston slandered Rev. Bradford F. Bauder of Lyons in a $50,000 suit. The witamatt says Myers merely said he would not back Bauder if he sought the pastorate, leaving the church to decide.
At a town meeting in Winthrop the vote passed to apply civil service to the police and fire departments. The town appropriated 14000 dollars for both departments, enabling the appointment of three additional policemen.
The City Council acting as a committee on appropriation slashed $41,841.21 from Mayor Fitzgerald’s annual appropriation bill in a Suffolk County focused review. Most titles were reduced by about $8,000. Municipal Court justices and the land court kept their estimates while the Superior Court civil session faced the largest cut of about $8,000.
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