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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
17
Readers discuss gender expectations in marriage with letters signed Lenient Leniency and ADMIRER OF HONORABLE MEN. They contrast a strict, traditional view with calls for shared responsibility and respect, recalling farm life and domestic finance.
A reader laments the farmer city poor divide as high prices hit the poor hardest. Suggests fair pricing, warns against wasteful farming, and urges practical foods and cooking tips to preserve health. Also notes potatoes as essential for digestion and a Gentleman's Day of the Sewing Circle in next Sunday’s Post.
A Montreal reader recounts a 1912 illness and long weight loss. After trying Fruit-a-tives, symptoms improved, constipation cured, and weight returned to 208 pounds. The testimonial urges readers to order box sets or trial sizes from Fruit a-tives Limited in Ogdensburg, New York.
Reader letters discuss dating ethics and street encounters, advising that meeting a partner at home reduces risk and highlighting mutual risk in casual liaisons. The writer argues against blaming women, urging practical consideration of character and shared responsibility.
Recipes from Mrs H B Walker list hot cross buns made with yeast, milk, flour and butter with a sugar glaze and crossed tops. Birthday cake uses angel cake with white icing, pink sweet peas, lace paper and candles, plus a rhubarb mould dessert and a fudge using sugar butter milk chocolate dates and vanilla.
Helen rings up an invite to a real studio owned by a friend who chose to be an artist. The visit reveals a charming model space and a stylish young woman selecting fabric for a spring suit. She wears a pale grey linen morning frock with pink linen collar cuffs belt and pink hem tabs across the skirt.
Fashion notes describe black satin afternoon coats and white velvet dinner gowns with separate white crepe de chine skirts. Lavender blue and pale rose blouses remain popular while gray tones dominate. New hats feature soft feather trimming and droopy sports styles. Embellished stitching and wool silk embroidery add braid like detail to coats.
A brief guidance column argues against naps in closed heated rooms and warns against cold beds for infants. It recommends using a carriage to place the baby in a warm room and bed to promote quicker sleep, emphasizing proper covering and comfort. The note is signed by Luna N. Rockwell.
Annapolis reports a special examination for Naval Academy admission ordered by the Navy Department for June 27. The tests respond to a national crisis and impending graduations, with two classes graduating by September. Candidates with appointments for next year may sit the tests.
Professor Frank Aydelotte of MIT told Cambridge police yesterday morning that his car was stolen from in front of the institute at about 10 o clock. The vehicle carried the registration Mass 66814.
A Dudley Street Baptist Church series continues with Rev George R Stair on Jesus Christ and Real Christianity. Additional sermons include Rev Murray W Dewart at Church of the Epiphany and Rev W F Gookin at Cambridge. others at St Johns Cambridge St Paul Cathedral and Trinity Newton Centre. Bishop Lawrence to preach March 27 and 29.
Panama March 22 An American soldier at Fort Sherman shot and killed a canal employee who resisted arrest. This marked the second similar incident this week. Officials attribute unrest among locals to recent labor troubles and racial tensions in the zone.
Advertises home knitting jobs for women using Auto-Knitters with earnings over $2 per day. Claims year round steady employment, pleasant work, and easy learning. Mail a stamped request to Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co Inc Desk 8 D 147 Franklin St Buffalo NY for full details as more workers are needed.
A March schedule of Catholic retreats is outlined for men and women in Savin Hill Brighton and Boston. St William's Church hosts a men’s retreat starting Sunday March 2 led by Rev. Thomas A Becker S J with services daily and Palm Sunday close. A women’s general retreat runs at the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle Brighton from tomorrow night to next Wednesday with sermons by a Blessed Gabriel Monastery priest. A women’s retreat at Immaculate Conception Church ends Sunday afternoon led by Rev John A Morgan S J. The annual Young Men's Catholic Association retreat for men opens Sunday evening in both church upper and lower spaces, conducted by Very Rev Charles W Lyons S J and Rev Richard A O'Brien S J.
A bright cheery smile strengthens us in strife lightening the load as we travel life’s care laden path.
John McKeever, held at Deer Island, died in the house of correction hospital following a fall from the fourth tier to the ground floor. Master Burke described the act as attempting death by his own action, noting the prisoner reached for the railing with one hand before slipping and falling.
In Montpelier March 22 the Vermont lower branch adopted a resolution urging Congress to provide universal military training as a means of achieving adequate preparedness.
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