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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1910
Page
11
The Sewing Circle is launched as a New England home makers forum for family matters health tips baby care gardening and household economy. Correspondents may use pen names and ask questions to help one another. Send letters to Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post.
The letter-writer compares poverty among British noble visitors to American heiresses with bread giveaways in the United States. She questions why Americans must toil for wealth while in England ears are spared the nasal Yankee accent. She signs as a daughter of a true old Yankee soldier and expresses pride in the American stance.
A personal missive recounts affectionate exchanges between a wife and acquaintances. The writer thanks the recipient for interest in her and notes her child sleeps well. She asks about other mothers and children, apologizes for past carelessness, and invites further correspondence.
An American woman describes daily life with her English husband. He rises early, lights the fire, then returns to bed. She wakes later for breakfast for seven, while he works long hours after a short walk to work and back. He helps with chores and brings home salary to her.
Dear Adella To remove ink stains with tomato and sun exposure. Worried Mother of Seven advises asking relatives for discarded clothes. Do not rip seams. cut near seams for strength. For A G apply cold water and saleratus for burns, rewet if needed.
A letter recommends sublimate sulfur with glycerine and acetic acid as a wart treatment. The writer claims success removing 15 warts on her son, using a small brush applied night and morning for about a week.
A reader asks sisters for advice on dry, wrinkled hands and how to improve the appearance and texture. The inquiry notes the writer is 56 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 167 pounds, with persistently thin hands. ATR AND FORTY.
A reader asks for a simple mixing rule for sulfur and molasses using 1 cup molasses with 2 teaspoon sulfur and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. The note also seeks readers suggestions for day trip places in or near Boston suitable for a schoolgirl.
A note from a flower lover sharing easy grower tips. Verbenas bloom after frosts and are simple to grow from seeds. The writer also praises marigolds zinnias and asters for summer beds and invites a reply.
Farmer's Wife reports a baldness remedy using copper sulfate in water. A wet scalp treatment with one ounce of blue vitriol per gallon shows rapid hair restoration, noting microbes on the scalp respond to the same microbicide used against crop rust. The suggested mix, about one and a third ounces per gallon, is not too strong.
A reader offers help with the stories A Childless Wife and Evelyn and asks that addresses be sent to Mrs C H Woods in East Wakefield New Hampshire.
Chronology of parental guidance urges parents not to spank a 16 year old, favoring calm talks and understanding. Advocates near daily contact, cool discussions after anger, and praising good behavior. Emphasizes treating a sixteen year old more as an equal than a child and seeking the daughter’s trust.
A reader asks if to marry a telephone operator with $8 weekly pay while awaiting a raise. Mildred advises a heartfelt talk to show good intentions and to secure the relationship now. She urges clarity on commitment and hints at proving worth with future support from shared love.
A 17 year old asks if she is too young to keep company with a man four years her senior amid parental opposition. The columnist replies she may not be too young in ideal circumstances but should not keep company while her parents object, noting she must wait until she can discern better when adults assent.
The Observant Citizen notes Professor William Hutchings will celebrate on May 2 in this city his 60th year as showman. It recalls his early work with P. T. Barnum at the Ann Street Museum in New York and his continued vitality.
A 1910 verse by Walt Mason laments three months into the year and applauds sturdy men who stayed with the water cart. It contrasts aging toil with those who kept to bravely pursue work, home life, and neat habits as the year advances.
Lieut James Canney of the Lagrange street station is praised for keen criminology and rapid deductions in solving crimes. The Winthrop Historical and Improvement Society spent over $1000 last year on playgrounds trees and beautification with Joseph Newton elected president Mrs Elmer Dawson secretary and L J Griffin treasurer at the annual meeting The group plans further improvements this season.
Tailored white linen suits with contrasting collar details in foulard satin or plain tones lead spring looks. Cotton silk blends feature self-colored spots and satin disks. Fichus return as flat shawls with heavy embroidery or net. Hand bags vary by lining with suede moire or no lining. Blazers gain foulard trims and silk serge linings. Gold trims and nets dominate dressy costumes for spring and summer.
Billy Ells returns to the packing room after a sales visit and reflects on his prison driven route where convict labor dominates the shops. He recalls the grim contrast between his blue serge and the gray inmate uniforms. He questions how many are victims of circumstance.
Billy Elis, a salesman, grows curious about No. 227 a white faced prisoner in gray, learns the man is innocent and forms a lifelong friendship. A bank shortage motive is revealed by a deathbed confession, leading to reconciliation and promise of future meetings.
Split the birds down the back and wipe with damp cloth. Broil 10 minutes with breast toward fire. When broiled spread with butter and dust with salt and pepper. MRS R. T. SMITH. 329 Border street, East Boston. One and a half pounds of round steak cut in 2 inch squares fry in salt pork until browned. Put in stew pot with 3 pints water add onion and salt. Add potatoes when tender and thicken with flour. Dash of pepper. Serve. MRS. E. A. THOMPSON, 9 Richard street, East Saugus. Chop cold chicken finely and mix with mashed potatoes, egg, celery salt, cayenne, nutmeg. Shape, dip in egg and bread crumbs, fry in deep fat. MRS. ANNIE SULLIVAN, 227 Bowen street, South Boston.
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