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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
21
Readers respond with questions on money, marriage, and love, advising women to gain independence through work and study, and offering tips to sustain marriages. A request to adopt or foster a child prompts guidance on formal procedures and a New Hampshire home option.
An advertising pitch extols Lux soap to wash silk underwear without yellowing. It emphasizes repeated washing and belief that Lux preserves sheer fabrics, cobwebby lace, and soft ribbons, appealing to readers skeptical of soap damage.
A recipe card for steamed pudding with maple sauce by Miss Evelyn Littlefield. It lists ingredients including sugar egg butter milk spices baking soda tartar flour and optional bread crumbs. Directions mention double boiler steam about two hours and a maple sauce with beaten egg maple syrup and whipped cream.
A lyrical poem celebrating spring and rebirth. It contrasts blooming flowers and birds with human hope, faith, and joy, describing renewal through beauty and music as souls rise from night to light. The piece weaves imagery of dawn, laughter, and courage overcoming fear.
A reflective poem about ships and journeys. It compares vessels at sea to people and how, when one departs this life, others left behind will recognize them and greet with Hullo. The speaker urges calling out and greeting others as you travel through the unknown.
Reading through a theater scene, a spectator recalls the leading lady’s coffee colored organdie gown with filet lace and a sash of black grosgrain. The text then lists U S submarines L-1 L-3 L-4 fleet tenders Vestal Bushnell Melville Celtic a battleship Kearsarge The Constitution and British submarines not deliverable before war’s end.
A high school student asks for the closest school around Boston on aeroplanes and where to find poetry on the mariner. The letter lists the Sturtevant Aeroplane Company in Jamaica Plain and references The Mariner's Hymn in Library of Religious Poetry. It notes ships in Charlestown navy yard including New Jersey Georgia Rhode Island Virginia Nebraska and cruisers Salem Chester Birmingham and torpedo boat destroyers Warrington Patterson Paulding Smith Trippe.
A brief romantic exchange unfolds with a woman declaring the affair over and a man pleading his love. The pair discuss returning a ring and a possible second chance, ending as the suitor pleads amid the quarrel.
An anxious man writes asking whether to wait for a definite wedding date or end his engagement. The reply notes the fiancée keeps many friends and gives mixed signals, comparing her indecision to a daisy poll and urging honesty and sincerity in love.
The latest fashion article describes mantle like topcoats with fullness and round edged handkerchiefs. Silk sheer weaves continue to be siked while unbleached rep suits boys middies. Ribbon trims many garments as bustle drapery appears on frocks with coats featuring deep hip points and smocked sports coats.
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