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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1914
Page
15
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post feature allowing women to discuss home and household topics. Readers may write under pen names and seek advice on family life, baby care, budgeting, gardening, and related domestic issues.
A reader labeled A Young Mother argues for less parental chaperonage for daughters, claiming American youths can self govern. A response from Arlington Street ridicules the practice, recounting a mother who praised a son’s "manliness" while encouraging smoking, drinking, and kissing, exposing the hypocrisy of chaperons.
Letters from readers discuss spending versus saving for courtship and marriage. Chelsea Mother, Experienced, Common Sense, Young Mother, and Happy Mother of Six share views on money, trust, and age constraints. A Mama endorses saving versus spending while others oppose underage marriage and monetary control.
A vintage advertisement touts Sunkist oranges as tasty seedless fruit for breakfast and dessert, claiming fiberless notes and tree ripening. It urges buying by box or half-box and promotes wrappers for 27 premiums, including Rogers A-1 Silverware, with an orange spoon offer.
Mrs. Alice L Martyn recounts a trip to the city visiting Mamie Dee a Swashsucker who married and lives in a flat The visit includes a mistaken boiled dinner with odd vegetables a squash pie and a humorous exchange on domestic life The piece ends with plans to start teaching domestic science at home and a decision to not send Ruby away to school
An old recipe describes making minced chicken moulds with butter stock bread crumbs and cream sauce. It outlines combining ingredients, beating eggs, moulding, baking, and serving hot with a rich milk based cream sauce. Also included are confectionery style notes with creamed butter cocoa coffee and vanilla from named contributors.
A description notes a woman wearing a well tailored dressy suit hanging straight with no visible sign of a corset beneath ensuring a smooth silhouette.
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