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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
13
The musketer is a short lived bug ready for business and can bite minutes after birth. People misunderstand musketeers as social yet harmless, while the essay treats them as predatory and obnoxious with humorous mis spellings and a cautionary tone.
A young man writes about loving four women and fearing a Waterloo due to deception. The column rebukes male vanity, warns that many women readers agree dropping lovers is common, and predicts returning soldiers will become steadier men after the war.
A retreating soldier asks where the band is while an officer hurls the insult You coward and asks why he does not face the music The soldier replies that the band is in the rear implying the sound comes from behind during retreating action
A Sewing Circle editor offers five dollar weekly prizes for best letters on duty and marriage. Readers may sign with a pen name. A reader shares a letter urging that a man should have funds to support a household before marriage and warns against marrying into debt or hardship.
The Boston Post invites responses to a humor contest offering three prizes for the funniest story. Entries must be original or credit the source, signed with real name and address, and limited to 200 words. Include publication rights and box address to RUNNY STORY CONTEST EDITOR.
A columnist urges confronting a man about a woman’s potentially ruinous course. Warn engaged and courting partners openly in person, not by anonymous note. Emphasizes duty to protect happiness and future children over pleas of privacy.
Borax Soap Chips offer safe sweater care with pure ingredients. The product promises gentle cleansing using only Borax and soap, avoiding damage to delicate fibers.
Sweaters washed in a luke warm solution of 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips will not shrink. They will be soft fluffy and hygienically cleaned because the Borax purifies them of odors and dirt which woolens absorb so readily.
A collection of old time dessert and cake ideas with instructions and author credits. Recipes include Mock Indian Pudding by Mrs H B Crosby of East Boston, Coffee Tapioca With Dates by Miss M I Davis of Roxbury, Fudge Squares by Norma E Bates of Arlington, Maple Sugar Cake by Mrs W H Amlaw of Somerville, detailing ingredients, quantities, mixing steps, and baking times.
An advertisement urges using plain cocoanut oil as a mild, grease free shampoo. It claims most soaps and shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and weakens hair, while coconut oil cleanses effectively with rich lather. It notes the oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores for multiple uses.
A Boston reader recalls a Sunday trip to the Cathedral of St. Denis in Paris. He asks a gendarme for directions in French and receives an unexpected reply. After repeated questions he discovers he had spoken the exact phrase the officer misinterpreted as a command to stay.
A series of manners notes critique a neighbor couple purchasing their first home and a fashionable wife, advise against bringing children on trips, judge flirtatious behavior, and offer a Sunday lunch menu with a chicken dish and sweet treats.
A pretty elbow length sleeve and MARLENE 2bk CWE JUGS are noted. The piece emphasizes bright waistcoats for sports costumes and rich dull blue rimmed with old silver. It predicts summer waists to grow increasingly sheer.
An old advertisement touts La May French Creme L'Ame as a miracle for soft white hands and a smooth complexion. It promises quick results after washing or before outdoor use and claims the product does not grow hair. Includes La May Face Powder and a savings angle.
The piece traces William H. Vanderbilt’s ascent from a New Brunswick clerk to a railway magnate. After early schooling and a Wall Street start, he marries, farms on Staten Island, becomes railroad receiver, and then builds expansive rail networks and wealth.
A fragment from Alfred Noyes in The Golden Hynde presents a sequence of dream visions. The speaker pleads with a departed love to avoid visiting in dreams lest the heart be stirred by memories and sorrow. The poem dwells on love, betrayal, and the ache of waking.
The text notes the grand bronze doors on Fifth Avenue valued at twenty five thousand dollars. It mentions a man who died of apoplexy in 188 and left about ten million dollars to each of his eight children as a portion of his wealth.
A husband jokes about belonging to a secret society as his wife questions his loyalty. He claims the idea is playful, while his sleep talking reveals a humorous misunderstanding of his own claims.
Lifebuoy soap is advertised as a daily skin care solution for soldiers, claiming its creamy lather cleanses thoroughly and carries antiseptic properties into pores. It asserts protection against perspiration acids and impurities, leaving skin clear and radiant, with a hygienic odor. Lever Bros. Co. Cambridge Mass.
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