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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1915
Page
11
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column presents letters from women about marrying for money versus love. Readers recount marriages built on finances, jealousy, and respect, offering cautionary advice and personal revelations about happiness, hardship, and motherhood.
A schoolboy rallying cry calls to endure and strive. The verse contrasts battlefield sacrifice with school spirit urging all to play the game and bear its torch through life. It emphasizes duty, courage, and collective resolve across generations.
A reader asks how to win a long distance suitor who shows only brotherly affection. The Bentztown Bard notes proximity aids courtship and suggests visiting the family to gain access to the beloved. The poem by Lynd reflects optimistic daily goodwill and hopeful triumph of good.
A fragment suggesting clever women win over men by intention. It quotes Bernard Shaw on the idea that if a clever girl commits, she can capture any man, and offers the alternative of inviting the man to visit as a tactic.
Miss Champagne contributes a weekly column on love and sentiment for the Sunday Post, exploring romantic themes and personal relationships in a reflective tone.
The memoirist notes the coldest May 4 in memory at 33 degrees in 1911 and the warmest at 88 degrees in 1880. Official Boston records over the last decade show 1905 to 1914 varying from 51 to 72 highs and 43 to 50 lows with conditions ranging from clear to rainy and partly cloudy.
Polly hides to claim Rae's May basket but a darkly cloaked kiss from a mystery cousin creates a comedy of errors. Rae reveals the kicker that the cousin's name matches Rae and Polly learns the prank was not what it seemed. The cousin apologizes and Polly forgives though she keeps a secret blush.
A dated kitchen tip outlines making molasses candy in a pan with sugar water and butter. The method stresses constant stirring and cooking to a hard boil, then pouring onto a buttered platter, pulling while warm, and finishing with confectioners sugar. Attributed to Mrs W E Thompson of 12 Newbury Street Beverly.
Stove tips suggest adding a teaspoon of lard to hot starch to prevent sticking. Pie crusts gain brown crisp tops with a water wash and granulated sugar. Also mentions pink Dianthus seeds available for spring planting, with blooms in weeks and possible winter survival in New England.
The Amateur Gardener states large blossomed hothouse carnations fail outdoors and that better results come from specialized indoor cultivation rather than attempting outdoor growing.
The Concord High and Lexington High game, postponed from last Saturday, will be played on Wednesday May 26 at Concord.
Mother and all the home folks will like it. Write or phone Circulation Department, Boston Post, Main 1383.
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