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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
13
A estranged mother and father argue over custody of Bobby as their lawyer arranges formal proceedings. The child’s plea in his sleep binds them, and at last they clasp hands over his crib and declare their shared love for Bobby.
The Boston Post Sewing Circle columns feature readers arguing over whether a daughter should pay back parental costs for upbringing. Letters claim earnings belong to parents until 21, while others defend independence and question the $5400 debt figure. The exchanges touch on motherhood, duty, and financial autonomy. World context is domestic life in New England.
A 1918 verse by T A Daly portrays Jack a beloved child with prayers and bedtime chats with the man in the Moon. The Moon-Man notices two new stars behind Jack and ponders the boy’s fate as night settles on the cottage.
A collection of kitchen notes listing ingredients and steps for cakes and puddings. Recipes include measures for eggs sugar butter milk flour baking powder and spices, plus methods like alternating light and dark batters and folding in beaten egg whites. Associated names and addresses are given for each contributor.
An 11 year old writes about early marriage and urges keeping girls innocent by avoiding notions of love and romance. She describes a husband around her age earning $20 weekly, preferring social activities over home life, and notes the perils of mothers treating daughters as grown women.
A Sewing Circle reader recounts two families sharing a farmhouse failed due to lack of services and privacy, while another household adopted strict frugality cutting steaks to stews, eggs to cheaper staples, and energy use. They warn against joint housekeeping but praise savings and happiness from simple living. UP WITH THE BIRDS. Sunday Post prints more letters from the Sewing Circle.
William Wallace Whitelock analyzes ancient gender roles and political life in Rome. The piece, scheduled for next Sunday's Post Magazine, links early civic struggles to modern suffrage debates with archival context and provocative parallels.
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