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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
21
Dear Miss Champagne I am 19 and have dated a gentleman about a year. He kisses me before Sundays and seems to show affection mainly for his own pleasure. Is it right to accept this display of affection or not The columnist says such kissing is not true kindness and often proves his self desire. Trust in his sincerity and how much you return the affection should guide your choice.
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department serving homemakers in New England. It invites discussion of home life, domestic puzzles, family management, baby care, and household economy. Correspondents may use noms de plume and ask questions. write on one side of the paper and address letters to the Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
A reader argues that marriage requires wives to yield all friendships to the husband and his family, warning of unseen dangers from female friends and suggesting no wife should receive visits unless the husband is present. A 63 year old correspondent counters with personal examples of maintaining equal kinship circles, kissing friends, and family harmony, while another woman describes jointly vetting friends before adding new names to their shared lists.
A wife describes strict household rules, frugal living, and the value of keeping personal finances. A young mother advocates securing own savings to support her child and independence amid a domineering husband. She argues a mother’s duty to children can override marital control and recounts selling a keepsake to aid her son, urging prudence for family welfare.
The Sunday Post features a full page of recipes from New England housewives. Instructions include frying rolled pieces in hot buttered flour, baking in a hot oven until tender, and a tomato sauce made from peeled quart tomatoes cooked twenty minutes then strained with onion juice vinegar salt pepper and a butter flour roux. Lillian Schuler South Walpole.
Ripe firm tomatoes are stuffed with seasoned chopped meat and baked briefly, the gravy thickened with flour and served hot. A apple pie with crust lining, sugaring, butter dots, a flour and water glaze, and nutmeg is described, attributed to Mrs R. at Bowden Street Lowell and Mrs Nancy B Sundederg Granite Street Gloucester.
Paragraphs on spring fashion note cotton crepe lining for coats and a modish bracelet for evening wear. The minaret tunic falls out of favor, replaced by bouf fant draperies and lower edge tunics, while pearls crown the head. New evening coifs feature straight ostrich plumes. Boots pair top-lacing street wear with velvet strap highs for evenings.
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